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作者:冥王      更新:2021-02-19 19:23      字数:9322
  hold their level with thy princely heart? Prince。 So please your Majesty; I
  would   I   could   Quit   all   offences   with   as   clear   excuse   As   well   as   I   am
  doubtless   I   can   purge   Myself   of   many   I   am   charged   withal。   Yet   such
  extenuation let me beg As; in reproof of many tales devis'd; Which oft the
  ear    of  greatness     needs    must   bear    By;   smiling    pickthanks     and   base
  newsmongers; I may; for some things true wherein my youth Hath faulty
  wand'red   and   irregular; And   pardon   on   lily   true   submission。   King。   God
  pardon thee! Yet let me wonder; Harry; At thy affections; which do hold a
  wing; Quite from the flight of all thy ancestors。 Thy place in Council thou
  hast rudely lost; Which by thy younger brother is supplied; And art almost
  an alien to the hearts Of all the court and princes of my blood。 The hope
  and    expectation      of  thy   time   Is  ruin'd;   and    the  soul   of   every    man
  Prophetically do forethink thy fall。 Had I so lavish of my presence been;
  So common…hackney'd   in the eyes   of   men; So   stale  and cheap to   vulgar
  company; Opinion; that did help me to the crown; Had still kept loyal to
  possession And left me in reputeless banishment; A fellow of no mark nor
  likelihood。 By being seldom seen; I could not stir But; like a comet; I Was
  wond'red at; That men would tell their children; 'This is he!' Others would
  say;   'Where?   Which   is   Bolingbroke?' And   then   I   stole   all   courtesy   from
  heaven; And dress'd myself in such humility That I did pluck   allegiance
  from men's hearts; Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths Even in
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  the presence of the crowned King。 Thus did I keep my person fresh and
  new; My presence; like a robe pontifical; Ne'er seen but wond'red at; and
  so   my   state;   Seldom   but   sumptuous;   show'd   like   a   feast   And   won   by
  rareness such solemnity。 The skipping King; he ambled up and down With
  shallow jesters and rash bavin wits; Soon kindled and soon burnt; carded
  his   state;   Mingled   his   royalty   with   cap'ring   fools;   Had   his   great   name
  profaned with their scorns And gave his countenance; against his name; To
  laugh     at  gibing    boys    and    stand    the  push    Of    every    beardless    vain
  comparative; Grew a companion to the common streets; Enfeoff'd himself
  to popularity; That; being dally swallowed by men's eyes; They surfeited
  with   honey   and   began   To   loathe   the   taste   of   sweetness;   whereof   a   little
  More than a little is by much too much。 So; when he had occasion to be
  seen; He was but as the cuckoo is in June; Heard; not regarded… seen; but
  with     such    eyes   As;    sick   and    blunted    with    community;       Afford     no
  extraordinary   gaze;   Such   as   is   bent   on   unlike   majesty   When   it   shines
  seldom in admiring eyes; But rather drows'd and hung their eyelids down;
  Slept   in   his   face;   and   rend'red   such   aspect   As   cloudy   men   use   to   their
  adversaries; Being with his presence glutted; gorg'd; and full。 And in that
  very  line;   Harry;   standest   thou;   For   thou   hast   lost   thy   princely   privilege
  With   vile participation。   Not   an   eye   But   is   aweary  of   thy  common   sight;
  Save   mine;  which   hath desir'd   to   see   thee   more; Which   now   doth   that   I
  would not have it do… Make blind itself with foolish tenderness。 Prince。 I
  shall hereafter; my thrice…gracious lord; Be more myself。 King。 For all the
  world; As thou art to this hour; was Richard then When I from France set
  foot at Ravenspurgh; And even as I was then is Percy now。 Now; by my
  sceptre;   and   my   soul   to   boot;   He   hath   more   worthy   interest   to   the   state
  Than thou; the shadow of succession; For of no right; nor colour like to
  right; He doth fill fields with harness in the realm; Turns head against the
  lion's armed jaws; And; Being no more in debt to years than thou; Leads
  ancient lords and reverend Bishops on To bloody battles and to bruising
  arms。 What never…dying honour hath he got Against renowmed Douglas!
  whose   high   deeds; Whose   hot   incursions   and   great   name   in   arms   Holds
  from all soldiers chief majority And military title capital Through all the
  kingdoms   that   acknowledge          Christ。   Thrice    hath   this  Hotspur;   Mars     in
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  swathling clothes; This infant warrior; in his enterprises Discomfited great
  Douglas; ta'en him once; Enlarged him; and made a friend of him; To fill
  the   mouth   of   deep   defiance   up   And   shake   the   peace   and   safety   of   our
  throne。     And     what     say   you    to   this?    Percy;    Northumberland;         The
  Archbishop's Grace of York; Douglas; Mortimer Capitulate against us and
  are up。   But wherefore   do I   tell these   news to   thee Why;   Harry; do   I   tell
  thee of my foes; Which art my nearest and dearest enemy' Thou that art
  like enough; through vassal fear; Base inclination; and the start of spleen;
  To fight against me under Percy's pay; To dog his heels and curtsy at his
  frowns; To show how much thou art degenerate。 Prince。 Do not think so。
  You shall not find it so。 And God forgive them that so much have sway'd
  Your   Majesty's   good   thoughts   away   from   me!   I   will   redeem   all   this   on
  Percy's head And; in the closing of some glorious day; Be bold to tell you
  that I am your son; When I will wear a garment all of blood; And stain my
  favours in a bloody mask; Which; wash'd away; shall scour my shame with
  it。 And   that   shall   be   the   day;   whene'er   it   lights;   That   this   same   child   of
  honour and renown; This gallant Hotspur; this all…praised knight; And your
  unthought of Harry chance to meet。 For every honour sitting on his helm;
  Would they were multitudes; and on my head My shames redoubled! For
  the time   will   come That   I   shall   make   this   Northern   youth   exchange   His
  glorious deeds for my indignities。 Percy is but my factor; good my lord; To
  engross up glorious deeds on my behalf; And I will call hall to so strict
  account      That   he   shall  render    every   glory    up;  Yea;   even    the   slightest
  worship of his time; Or I will tear the reckoning from his heart。 This in the
  name of God I promise here; The which if he be pleas'd I shall perform; I
  do    beseech     your   Majesty     may    salve   The    long…grown      wounds      of  my
  intemperance。   If   not;   the   end   of   life   cancels   all   bands; And   I   will   die   a
  hundred thousand deaths Ere break the smallest parcel of this vow。 King。
  A    hundred     thousand     rebels   die   in  this!  Thou     shalt   have   charge    and
  sovereign trust herein。
  Enter Blunt。
  How now; good Blunt? Thy looks are full of speed。 Blunt。 So hath the
  business   that   I   come   to   speak   of。   Lord   Mortimer   of   Scotland   hath   sent
  word That Douglas and the English rebels met The eleventh of this month
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  at Shrewsbury。 A mighty and a fearful head they are; If promises be kept
  oil   every   hand;   As   ever   off'red   foul   play   in   a   state。   King。   The   Earl   of
  Westmoreland set forth to…day; With him my son; Lord John of Lancaster;
  For   this   advertisement   is   five   days   old。  On Wednesday  next;  Harry;   you
  shall set forward; On Thursday we ourselves will march。 Our meeting Is
  Bridgenorth;   and;   Harry;   you   shall   march   Through   Gloucestershire;   by
  which account; Our business valued; some twelve days hence Our general
  forces   at   Bridgenorth   shall   meet。   Our   hands   are   full   of   business。   Let's
  away。 Advantage feeds him fat while men delay。 Exeunt。
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  SCENE III。 Eastcheap。 The Boar's Head Tavern。
  Enter Falstaff and Bardolph。
  Fal。 Bardolph; am I not fall'n away vilely since this last action? Do I
  not   bate?   Do   I   not   dwindle?   Why;   my   skin   hangs   about   me   like   an   old
  lady's loose gown! I am withered like an old apple John。 Well; I'll repent;
  and that suddenly; while I am in some liking。 I shall be out of heart shortly;
  and then I shall have no strength to repent。 An I have not forgot