第 15 节
作者:冥王      更新:2021-02-19 19:23      字数:9322
  Come; let me taste my horse; Who is to bear me like a thunderbolt Against
  the bosom of the Prince of Wales。 Harry to Harry shall; hot horse to horse;
  Meet; and ne'er part till one drop down a corse。 that Glendower were come!
  Ver。 There is more news。 I learn'd in Worcester; as I rode along; He cannot
  draw  his   power   this   fourteen   days。   Doug。 That's   the   worst   tidings   that   I
  hear of yet。 Wor。 Ay; by my faith; that bears a frosty sound。 Hot。 What may
  the King's whole battle reach unto? Ver。 To thirty thousand。 Hot。 Forty let
  it be。 My father and Glendower being both away; The powers of us may
  serve   so   great   a   day。   Come;   let   us   take   a   muster   speedily。   Doomsday   is
  near。   Die   all;   die   merrily。   Doug。  Talk   not   of   dying。   I   am  out   of   fear   Of
  death or death's hand for this one half…year。 Exeunt。
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  SCENE II。 A public road near Coventry。
  Enter Falstaff and Bardolph。
  Fal。 Bardolph; get thee before to Coventry; fill me a bottle of sack。
  Our   soldiers   shall   march   through。   We'll   to   Sutton   Co'fil'   to…night。   Bard。
  Will you give me money; Captain? Fal。 Lay out; lay out。 Bald。 This bottle
  makes an angel。 Fal。 An if it do; take it for thy labour; an if it make twenty;
  take them all; I'll answer the coinage。 Bid my lieutenant Peto meet me at
  town's end。 Bard。 I Will; Captain。 Farewell。 Exit。 Fal。 If I be not ashamed
  of   my   soldiers;   I   am   a   sous'd   gurnet。   I   have   misused   the   King's   press
  damnably。   I   have   got   in   exchange   of   a   hundred   and   fifty   soldiers;   three
  hundred      and   odd    pounds。     I  press   me   none    but   good    householders;
  yeomen's   sons;   inquire   me   out   contracted   bachelors;   such   as   had   been
  ask'd twice on the banes… such a commodity of warm slaves as had as lieve
  hear the devil as a drum; such as fear the report of a caliver worse than a
  struck   fowl   or   a   hurt   wild   duck。   I   press'd   me   none   but   such   toasts…and…
  butter; with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads; and they have
  bought out their services; and now my whole charge consists of ancients;
  corporals;     lieutenants;    gentlemen      of  companies…       slaves   as  ragged     as
  Lazarus in the painted cloth; where the glutton's dogs licked his sores; and
  such   as   indeed   were   never   soldiers;   but   discarded   unjust   serving…men;
  younger sons to Younger brothers; revolted tapsters; and ostlers trade…fall'n;
  the    cankers     of  a   calm    world    and    a   long   peace;    ten   times    more
  dishonourable ragged than an old fac'd ancient; and such have I to fill up
  the rooms of them that have bought out their services that you would think
  that I had a hundred and fifty tattered Prodigals lately come from swine…
  keeping; from eating draff and husks。 A mad fellow met me on the way;
  and told me I had unloaded all the gibbets and press'd the dead bodies。 No
  eye hath seen such scarecrows。 I'll not march through Coventry with them;
  that's flat。 Nay; and the villains march wide betwixt the legs; as if they had
  gyves on; for indeed I had the most of them out of prison。 There's but a
  shirt and a half in all my company; and the half…shirt is two
  napkins tack'd together and thrown over the shoulders like a herald's
  coat without sleeves; and the shirt; to say the truth; stol'n from my host at
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  Saint Alban's;   or   the   red…nose   innkeeper   of   Daventry。   But   that's   all   one;
  they'll find linen enough on every hedge。
  Enter the Prince and the Lord of Westmoreland。
  Prince。   How   now;   blown   Jack?   How   now;   quilt?   Fal。   What;   Hal?
  How now; mad wag? What a devil dost thou in Warwickshire? My good
  Lord of Westmoreland; I cry you mercy。 I thought your honour had already
  been at Shrewsbury。 West。 Faith; Sir John; 'tis more than time that I were
  there; and you too; but my powers are there already。 The King; I can tell
  you; looks for us all。 We must away all; to…night。 Fal。 Tut; never fear me。 I
  am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream。 Prince。 I think; to steal cream indeed;
  for   thy   theft   hath   already   made   thee   butter。   But   tell   me;   Jack;   whose
  fellows are these that come after? Fal。 Mine; Hal; mine。 Prince。 I did never
  see such pitiful rascals。 Fal。 Tut; tut! good enough to toss; food for powder;
  food for powder。 They'll fill a pit as well as better。 Tush; man; mortal men;
  mortal men。 West。 Ay; but; Sir John; methinks they are exceeding poor and
  bare… too beggarly。 Fal。 Faith; for their poverty; I know; not where they had
  that; and for their bareness; I am surd they never learn'd that of me。 Prince。
  No; I'll be sworn; unless you call three fingers on the ribs bare。 But; sirrah;
  make   haste。   Percy   's   already   in   the   field。   Exit。   Fal。   What;   is   the   King
  encamp'd? West。 He is; Sir John。 I fear we shall stay too long。 'Exit。' Fal。
  Well; To the latter end of a fray and the beginning of a feast Fits a dull
  fighter and a keen guest。 Exit。
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  SCENE III。 The rebel camp near Shrewsbury。
  Enter Hotspur; Worcester; Douglas; Vernon。
  Hot。  We'll   fight   with   him   to…night。   Wor。   It   may   not   be。   Doug。 You
  give him then advantage。 Ver。 Not a whit。 Hot。 Why say you so? Looks he
  no for supply? Ver。 So do we。 Hot。 His is certain; ours 's doubtful。 Wor。
  Good cousin; be advis'd; stir not to…night。 Ver。 Do not; my lord。 Doug。 You
  do not counsel well。 You speak it out of fear and cold heart。 Ver。 Do me no
  slander; Douglas。 By my life… And I dare well maintain it with my life… If
  well…respected honour bid me on I hold as little counsel with weak fear As
  you; my lord; or any Scot that this day lives。 Let it be seen to…morrow in
  the battle Which of us fears。 Doug。 Yea; or to…night。 Ver。 Content。 Hot。 To…
  night; say I。 Come;  come; it   may  not be。 I wonder   much; Being men   of
  such   great   leading   as   you   are;   That   you   foresee   not   what   impediments
  Drag back our expedition。 Certain horse Of my cousin Vernon's are not yet
  come   up。 Your   uncle Worcester's   horse   came   but   to…day; And   now   their
  pride and mettle is asleep; Their courage with hard labour tame and dull;
  That not a horse is half the half of himself。 Hot。 So are the horses of the
  enemy; In general journey…bated and brought low。 The better part of ours
  are full of rest。 Wor。 The number of the King exceedeth ours。 For God's
  sake; cousin; stay till all come in。
  The trumpet sounds a parley。
  Enter Sir Walter Blunt。
  Blunt。 I come with gracious offers from the King; If you vouchsafe
  me   hearing   and   respect。   Hot。   Welcome;   Sir   Walter   Blunt;   and   would   to
  God You were of our determination! Some of us love you well; and even
  those some Envy your great deservings and good name; Because you are
  not   of   our   quality;   But   stand   against   us   like   an   enemy。   Blunt。 And   God
  defend but still I should stand so; So long as out of limit and true rule You
  stand against anointed majesty! But to my charge。 The King hath sent to
  know   The   nature   of   your   griefs;   and   whereupon   You   conjure   from   the
  breast    of   civil  peace    Such    bold   hostility;  teaching     his  duteous    land
  Audacious cruelty。 If that the King Have any way your good deserts forgot;
  Which he confesseth to be manifold; He bids you name your griefs; and
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  with    all  speed   You    shall   have   your   desires    with   interest;   And   pardon
  absolute   for   yourself   and   these   Herein   misled   by   your   suggestion。   Hot。
  The   King   is   kind;   and   well   we   know   the   King   Knows   at   what   time   to
  promise; when to pay。 My father and my uncle and myself Did give him
  that same royalty he wears; And when he was not six…and…twenty strong;
  Sick   in   the   world's   regard;   wretched   and   low; A  poor   unminded   outlaw
  sneaking home; My father gave him welcome to the shore; And when he
  heard him swear and vow to God He came but to be Duke of Lancaster; T