第 11 节
作者:竹水冷      更新:2021-02-19 20:31      字数:9322
  handsomely;   Least   she   think   it   danger;   Because   you   are   a   stranger;   To
  come in your company。
  WIT。 I warrant thee; Inclination; I will be busy: Oh; how Wit longs to
  be in Wisdom's company!
  'Enter Lady Vanity singing; and beckoning with her hand。'
  VANITY。 Come hither; come hither; come hither; come: Such cheer as
  I have; thou shalt have some。
  MORE。 This is Lady Vanity; I'll hold my life: Beware; good Wit; you
  take not her to wife。
  INCLINATION。 What; unknown honesty? a word in your ear。
  'She offers to depart。'
  You   shall   not   be   gone   as   yet;   I   swear:   Here's   none   but   friends;   you
  need not to fray; This young gentleman loves ye; therefore you must stay。
  WIT。   I   trust   in  me  she   will   think   no  danger;  For   I   love   well  the
  company of fair women; And though to you I am a stranger; Yet Wit may
  pleasure you now and then。
  VANITY。 Who; you? nay; you are such a holy man; That to touch on
  you dare not be bold; I think you would not kiss a young woman; If one
  would give ye twenty pound in gold。
  WIT。 Yes; in good sadness; lady; that I would: I could find in my heart
  to kiss you in your smock。
  VANITY。 My back is broad enough to bear that mock; For it hath been
  told me many a time That you would be seen in no such company as mine。
  WIT。 Not Wit in the company of Lady Wisdom? Oh Jove; for what do
  I hither come?
  INCLINATION。 Sir; she did this nothing else but to prove Whether a
  little thing would you move To be angry and fret: What; and if one said so?
  Let such trifling matters go And with a kind kiss come out of her debt。
  Is Luggins come yet with the beard?
  'Enter another Player。'
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  PLAYER。 No; faith; he is not come: alas; what shall we do?
  INCLINATION。           Forsooth;     we   can   go   no   further    till  our  fellow
  Luggins   come;   for  he   plays   Good   Council;   and   now  he   should   enter;   to
  admonish Wit that this is Lady Vanity; and not Lady Wisdom。
  MORE。 Nay; and it be no more but so; ye shall not tarry at a stand for
  that; we'll not have our play marred for lack of a little good council: till
  your fellow come; I'll give him the best council that I can。Pardon me; my
  Lord Mayor; I love to be merry。
  Oh。。。Wit;   thou   art   now   on   the   bow   hand; And   blindly   in   thine   own
  opinion dost stand。 I tell thee; this naughty lewd Inclination Does lead thee
  amiss   in   a   very   strange   fashion:   This   is   not   Wisdom;   but   Lady   Vanity;
  Therefore list to Good Council; and be ruled by me。
  INCLINATION。 In   troth; my  lord; it   is   as right   to Lugginses part   as
  can be。Speak; Wit。
  MORE。 Nay; we will not have our audience disappointed; if I can help
  it。
  WIT。 Art thou Good Council; and will tell me so? Wouldst thou have
  Wit from Lady Wisdom to go? Thou art some deceiver; I tell thee verily; In
  saying that this is Lady Vanity。
  MORE。       Wit;   judge   not   things   by  the   outward    show;    The    eye  oft
  mistakes;   right   well   you   do   know:   Good   Council   assures   thee   upon   his
  honesty; That this is not Wisdom; but Lady Vanity。
  'Enter Luggins with the beard。'
  INCLINATION。 Oh; my lord; he is come; now we shall go forward。
  MORE。       Art  thou    come?    well;   fellow;   I  have   hoped    to  save   thine
  honesty a little。 Now; if thou canst give Wit any better council than I have
  done; spare not: there I leave him to they mercy。 But by this time; I am
  sure; our banquet's ready: My lord and ladies; we will taste that first; And
  then they shall begin the play again; Which through the fellow's absence;
  and by  me; Instead of helping; hath been hindered。 Prepare against we
  come。Lights there; I say! Thus fools oft times do help to mar the play。
  'Exeunt all but players。'
  WIT。 Fie; fellow Luggins; you serve us handsomely; do ye not; think
  ye?
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  LUGGINS。 Why; Oagle was not within; and his wife would not let me
  have the beard; and; by my troth; I ran so fast that I sweat again。
  INCLINATION。 Do ye hear; fellows? would not my lord make a rare
  player?   oh;   he   would   uphold   a   company   beyond   all   hope;   better   than
  Mason among the king's players! Did ye mark how extemprically he fell
  to the matter; and spake Lugginses part almost as it is in the very book set
  down?
  WIT。   Peace;   do   ye   know   what   ye   say?   my   lord   a   player!   let   us   not
  meddle with any such matters: yet I may be a little proud that my lord hath
  answered me in my part。 But come; let us go; and be ready to begin the
  play again。 LUGGINS。 I; that's the best; for now we lack nothing。
  'Enter a Servingman。'
  MAN。 Where be these players?
  ALL。 Here; sir。
  MAN。   My   lord   is   sent   for   to   the   court; And   all   the   guests   do   after
  supper part; And; for he will not trouble you again; By me for your reward
  a sends 8 angels; With many thanks。 But sup before you go: It is his will
  you should be fairly entreated: Follow; I pray ye。
  WIT。 This; Luggins; is your negligence; Wanting Wit's beard brought
  things into dislike; For otherwise the play had been all seen; Where now
  some curious citizen disgraced it; And discommending it; all is dismissed。
  VICE。 Fore God; a says true。 But hear ye; sirs: 8 angels; ha! my lord
  would never give 8 angels more or less for 12d; other it should be 3l; 5l; or
  ten li。; there's 20s wanting; sure。
  WIT。 Twenty to one; tis so。 I have a trick: my lord comes; stand aside。
  'Enter More; with Attendants with Purse and Mace。'
  MORE。 In haste to counsel! what's the business now; That all so late
  his highness sends for me? What seekst thou; fellow?
  WIT。   Nay;   nothing:   your   lordship   sent   8   angels   by   your   man;   and   I
  have lost two of them in the rishes。
  MORE。 Wit; look to that:8 angels! I did send them ten。Who gave it
  them?
  MAN。 I; my lord; I had no more about me; But by and by they shall
  rescue the rest。
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  MORE。   Well;   Wit;   twas   wisely   done;   thou   playest   Wit   well   indeed;
  Not    to  be   thus   deceived    of  thy   right。  Am   I   a  man;   by   office   truly
  ordained Equally to decide true right his own; And shall I have deceivers
  in my house? Then what avails my bounty; when such servants Deceive
  the poor of what the Master gives? Go on; and pull his coat over his ears:
  There   are   too   many   such。Give   them   their   right。   Wit;   let   thy   fellows
  thank   thee:   twas   well   done;   Thou   now   deservest   to   match        with   Lady
  Wisdom。
  'Exit More with Attendants。'
  VICE。   God   a   mercy;   Wit!Sir;   you   had   a   master   Sir   Thomas   More
  more; but now we shall have more。
  LUGGINS。   God   bless him!   I  would   there  were  more  of   his   mind!   a
  loves our quality; and yet he's a learned man; and knows what the world
  is。
  CLOWN。 Well; a kind man; and more loving than many other: but I
  think we ha' met with the first。。。。
  LUGGINS。   First   served   his   man   that   had   our   angels;   and   he   may
  chance   dine   with   Duke   Humphrey   tomorrow;   being   turned   away   today。
  Come; let's go。
  CLOWN。 And many such rewards would make us all ride; and horse
  us with the best nags in Smithfield。
  'Exeunt。'
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  SCENE II。 Whitehall。 The Council chamber。
  'Enter the Earls of Shrewsbury; Surrey; Bishop of Rochester; and other
  Lords;    severally;   doing   courtesy    to  each   other;  Clerk   of  the   Council
  waiting bareheaded。'
  SURREY。 Good morrow to my Lord of Shrewsbury。
  SHREWSBURY。   The   like   unto   the   honoured   Earl   of   Surrey。   Yond
  comes my Lord of Rochester。
  ROCHESTER。 Good morrow; my good lords。
  SURREY。 Clerk of the Council; what time is't of day?
  CLERK。 Past eight of clock; my lord。
  SHREWSBURY。 I wonder that my good Lord Chancellor Doth stay so
  long; considering there's matters Of high importance to be scanned upon。
  SURREY。 Clerk of the Council; certify his lordship The lords expect
  him here。
  ROCHESTER。 It shall not need; Yond comes his lordship。
  'Enter Sir Thomas More; with Purse and