第 14 节
作者:冥王      更新:2021-02-19 19:23      字数:8448
  sweet   beef;   I   must   still   be   good   angel   to   thee。   The   money   is   paid   back
  again。 Fal。 O; I do not like that paying back! 'Tis a double labour。 Prince。 I
  am good friends with   my father; and   may do anything。  Fal。 Rob me   the
  exchequer the first   thing thou doest; and do   it with unwash'd hands   too。
  Bard。 Do; my lord。 Prince。 I have procured thee; Jack; a charge of foot。 Fal。
  I would it had been of horse。 Where shall I find one that can steal well? O
  for    a  fine  thief   of  the   age   of   two…and…twenty       or   thereabouts!     I  am
  heinously unprovided。 Well; God be thanked for these rebels。 They offend
  none but the virtuous。 I laud them; I praise them。 Prince。 Bardolph! Bard。
  My   lord?   Prince。   Go   bear   this   letter   to   Lord   John   of   Lancaster;   To   my
  brother   John;   this   to   my   Lord   of   Westmoreland。   'Exit   Bardolph。'   Go;
  Poins; to horse; to horse; for thou and I Have thirty miles to ride yet ere
  dinner time。 'Exit Poins。' Jack; meet me to…morrow in the Temple Hall At
  two o'clock in the afternoon。 There shalt thou know thy charge。 and there
  receive   Money   and   order   for   their   furniture。   The   land   is   burning;   Percy
  stands   on   high; And   either   they   or   we   must   lower   lie。   'Exit。'   Fal。   Rare
  words!   brave   world!   Hostess;   my   breakfast;   come。   O;   I   could   wish   this
  tavern were my drum! Exit。
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  ACT IV。
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  SCENE I。 The rebel camp near Shrewsbury。
  Enter Harry Hotspur; Worcester; and Douglas。
  Hot。 Well said; my noble Scot。 If speaking truth In this fine age were
  not   thought   flattery;   Such   attribution   should   the   Douglas   have As   not   a
  soldier   of   this   season's   stamp   Should   go   so   general   current   through   the
  world。   By   God;   I   cannot   flatter;   I   defy   The   tongues   of   soothers!   but   a
  braver place In my heart's love hath no man than yourself。 Nay; task me to
  my word; approve me; lord。 Doug。 Thou art the king of honour。 No man so
  potent breathes upon the ground But I will beard him。
  Enter one with letters。
  Hot。   Do   so;   and   'tis   well。…   What   letters   hast   thou   there?…   I   can   but
  thank you。 Messenger。 These letters come from  your father。 Hot。 Letters
  from him? Why comes he not himself? Mess。 He cannot come; my lord;
  he is grievous sick。 Hot。 Zounds! how has he the leisure to be sick In such
  a   justling   time?   Who   leads   his   power?   Under   whose   government   come
  they along? Mess。 His letters bears his mind; not I; my lord。 Wor。 I prithee
  tell me; doth he keep his bed? Mess。 He did; my lord; four days ere I set
  forth; And at the time of my departure thence He was much fear'd by his
  physicians。 Wor。 I would the state of time had first been whole Ere he by
  sickness had been visited。 His health was never better worth than now。 Hot。
  Sick now? droop now? This sickness doth infect The very lifeblood of our
  enterprise。 'Tis catching hither; even to our camp。 He writes me here that
  inward sickness… And that his friends by deputation could not So soon be
  drawn; no did he think it meet To lay so dangerous and dear a trust On any
  soul remov'd but on his own。 Yet doth he give us bold advertisement; That
  with our small conjunction we should on; To see how fortune is dispos'd to
  us;   For;   as  he  writes;   there   is  no  quailing    now;   Because     the  King    is
  certainly   possess'd   Of   all   our   purposes。   What   say   you   to   it?   Wor。   Your
  father's sickness is a maim to us。 Hot。 A perilous gash; a very limb lopp'd
  off。 And yet; in faith; it is not! His present want Seems more than we shall
  find it。 Were it good To set the exact wealth of all our states All at one cast?
  to set so rich a man On the nice hazard of one doubtful hour? It were not
  good; for therein should we read The very bottom and the soul of hope;
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  The very list; the very utmost bound Of all our fortunes。 Doug。 Faith; and
  so   we   should;   Where   now   remains   a   sweet   reversion。   We   may   boldly
  spend upon the hope of what Is to come in。 A comfort of retirement lives
  in   this。   Hot。   A   rendezvous;   a   home   to      fly   unto;   If   that   the   devil   and
  mischance   look   big   Upon   the   maidenhead   of   our   affairs。 Wor。   But   yet   I
  would   your   father   had   been   here。   The   quality   and   hair   of   our   attempt
  Brooks no division。 It will be thought By some that know not why he is
  away; That wisdom; loyalty; and mere dislike Of our proceedings kept the
  Earl from hence。 And think how such an apprehension May turn the tide of
  fearful   faction And   breed   a   kind   of   question   in   our   cause。   For   well   you
  know we of the off'ring side Must keep aloof from strict arbitrement; And
  stop all sight…holes; every loop from whence The eye of reason may pry in
  upon   us。   This   absence   of   your   father's   draws   a   curtain   That   shows   the
  ignorant   a   kind   of   fear   Before   not   dreamt   of。   Hot。  You   strain   too   far。   I
  rather   of   his   absence   make   this   use:   It   lends   a   lustre   and   more   great
  opinion; A larger dare to our great enterprise; Than if the Earl were here;
  for   men   must   think;   If   we;   without   his   help;   can   make   a   head   To   push
  against a kingdom; with his help We shall o'erturn it topsy…turvy down。 Yet
  all goes well; yet all our joints are whole。 Doug。 As heart can think。 There
  is not such a word Spoke of in Scotland as this term of fear。
  Enter Sir Richard Vernon。
  Hot。   My   cousin   Vernon!   welcome;   by   my   soul。   Ver。   Pray   God   my
  news      be   worth    a   welcome;      lord。    The    Earl   of   Westmoreland;        seven
  thousand strong; Is marching hitherwards; with him Prince John。 Hot。 No
  harm。  What   more? Ver。 And   further;   I   have   learn'd The   King   himself   in
  person   is   set   forth;   Or   hitherwards   intended   speedily;   With   strong   and
  mighty preparation。 Hot。 He shall be welcome too。 Where is his son; The
  nimble…footed madcap Prince of Wales; And his comrades; that daff'd the
  world aside And bid it pass? Ver。 All furnish'd; all in arms; All plum'd like
  estridges      that  with    the   wind     Bated    like   eagles    having     lately   bath'd;
  Glittering   in   golden   coats   like   images; As   full   of   spirit   as   the   month   of
  May And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats;
  wild as young bulls。 I saw young Harry with his beaver on His cushes on
  his thighs; gallantly arm'd; Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury;
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  And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from
  the   clouds   To   turn   and   wind   a   fiery   Pegasus And   witch   the   world   with
  noble horsemanship。 Hot。 No more; no more! Worse than the sun in March;
  This praise doth nourish agues。 Let them come。 They come like sacrifices
  in their trim; And to the fire…ey'd maid of smoky war All hot and bleeding
  Will we offer them。 The mailed Mars Shall on his altar sit Up to the ears in
  blood。 I am on fire To hear this rich reprisal is so nigh; And yet not ours。
  Come; let me taste my horse; Who is to bear me like a thunderbolt Ag