第 5 节
作者:乐乐陶陶      更新:2021-02-19 20:38      字数:9321
  spacious; And many unfrequented plots there are Fitted by kind for rape
  and villainy。 Single you thither then this dainty doe; And strike her home
  by force if not by words。 This way; or not at all; stand you in hope。 Come;
  come;     our   Empress;    with   her  sacred    wit  To   villainy   and   vengeance
  consecrate; Will we acquaint with all what we intend; And she shall file
  our engines with advice That will not suffer you to square yourselves; But
  to your wishes' height advance you both。 The Emperor's court is like the
  house of Fame; The palace full of tongues; of eyes; and ears; The woods
  are ruthless; dreadful; deaf; and dull。 There speak and strike; brave boys;
  and take your turns; There serve your lust; shadowed from heaven's eye;
  And revel in Lavinia's treasury。 CHIRON。 Thy counsel; lad; smells of no
  cowardice。 DEMETRIUS。 Sit fas aut nefas; till I find the stream To cool
  this heat; a charm to calm these fits; Per Styga; per manes vehor。 Exeunt
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  SCENE II。 A forest near Rome
  Enter    TITUS      ANDRONICUS;            and    his   three   sons;    LUCIUS;
  QUINTUS;        MARTIUS;        making    a  noise   with   hounds    and   horns;   and
  MARCUS TITUS。 The hunt is up; the morn is bright and grey; The fields
  are fragrant; and the woods are green。 Uncouple here; and let us make a
  bay; And   wake   the   Emperor   and his   lovely  bride; And   rouse the   Prince;
  and ring a hunter's peal; That all the court may echo with the noise。 Sons;
  let it be your charge; as it is ours; To attend the Emperor's person carefully。
  I have been troubled in my sleep this night; But dawning day new comfort
  hath inspir'd。
  Here   a  cry   of  hounds;    and   wind    horns   in   a  peal。  Then    enter
  SATURNINUS;             TAMORA;          BASSIANUS           LAVINIA;        CHIRON;
  DEMETRIUS; and their attendants Many good morrows to your Majesty!
  Madam; to   you   as   many and   as good!   I promised   your   Grace   a   hunter's
  peal。 SATURNINUS。 And you have rung it lustily; my lords… Somewhat
  too   early   for   new…married   ladies。   BASSIANUS。   Lavinia;   how   say   you?
  LAVINIA。       I  say  no;  I  have   been   broad   awake    two   hours   and   more。
  SATURNINUS。 Come on then; horse and chariots let us have; And to our
  sport。   'To   TAMORA'   Madam;   now   shall   ye   see   Our   Roman   hunting。
  MARCUS。 I have dogs;  my lord; Will rouse the proudest panther in   the
  chase; And climb the  highest promontory top。 TITUS。 And I have  horse
  will   follow   where   the   game   Makes   way;   and   run   like   swallows   o'er   the
  plain。 DEMETRIUS。 Chiron; we hunt not; we; with horse nor hound; But
  hope to pluck a dainty doe to ground。 Exeunt
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  SCENE III。 A lonely part of the forest
  Enter AARON alone; with a bag of gold
  AARON。   He   that   had   wit   would   think   that   I   had   none; To   bury   so
  much gold under a tree And never after to inherit it。 Let him that thinks of
  me    so   abjectly   Know     that   this  gold   must    coin   a  stratagem;    Which;
  cunningly effected; will beget A very excellent piece of villainy。 And   so
  repose; sweet gold; for their unrest 'Hides the gold' That have their alms
  out of the Empress' chest。
  Enter TAMORA alone; to the Moor
  TAMORA。        My    lovely    Aaron;    wherefore     look'st   thou   sad   When
  everything does make a gleeful boast? The birds chant melody on every
  bush; The   snakes lie   rolled in the   cheerful sun; The   green   leaves   quiver
  with   the   cooling    wind   And    make   a   chequer'd   shadow   on   the   ground;
  Under their sweet   shade; Aaron;  let   us sit; And   while   the   babbling   echo
  mocks the hounds; Replying shrilly to the well…tun'd horns; As if a double
  hunt were heard at once; Let us sit down and mark their yellowing noise;
  And… after conflict such as was suppos'd The wand'ring prince and Dido
  once enjoyed; When with a happy storm they were surpris'd; And curtain'd
  with a counsel…keeping cave… We may; each wreathed in the other's arms;
  Our pastimes   done;  possess   a   golden slumber; Whiles   hounds   and   horns
  and sweet melodious birds Be unto us as is a nurse's song Of lullaby to
  bring    her   babe   asleep。   AARON。       Madam;      though    Venus    govern    your
  desires; Saturn is dominator over mine。 What signifies my deadly…standing
  eye; My silence and my cloudy melancholy; My fleece of woolly hair that
  now   uncurls   Even   as   an   adder   when   she   doth   unroll   To   do   some   fatal
  execution? No; madam; these are no venereal signs。 Vengeance is in my
  heart; death in my hand; Blood and revenge are hammering in my head。
  Hark; Tamora; the empress of my soul; Which never hopes more heaven
  than   rests   in   thee… This   is   the day  of   doom  for   Bassianus;   His   Philomel
  must lose her tongue to…day; Thy sons make pillage of her chastity; And
  wash their hands in Bassianus' blood。 Seest thou this letter? Take it up; I
  pray thee; And give the King this fatal…plotted scroll。 Now question me no
  more;   we   are   espied。   Here   comes   a   parcel   of   our   hopeful   booty;  Which
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  dreads not yet their lives' destruction。
  Enter BASSIANUS and LAVINIA TAMORA。 Ah;  my sweet Moor;
  sweeter   to   me   than   life!   AARON。   No   more;   great   Empress:   Bassianus
  comes。 Be cross with him; and I'll go fetch thy sons To back thy quarrels;
  whatsoe'er they be。 Exit BASSIANUS。 Who have we here? Rome's royal
  Emperess; Unfurnish'd of her well…beseeming troop? Or is it Dian; habited
  like her; Who hath abandoned her holy groves To see the general hunting
  in this forest? TAMORA。 Saucy controller of my private steps! Had I the
  pow'r   that   some   say  Dian   had; Thy  temples   should   be   planted   presently
  With horns; as was Actaeon's; and the hounds Should drive upon thy new…
  transformed   limbs;   Unmannerly   intruder   as   thou   art!   LAVINIA。   Under
  your   patience;   gentle   Emperess;   'Tis   thought   you   have   a   goodly   gift   in
  horning; And to be doubted that your Moor and you Are singled forth to
  try thy experiments。 Jove shield your husband from his hounds to…day! 'Tis
  pity  they  should   take   him  for  a  stag。  BASSIANUS。  Believe  me;  Queen;
  your swarth Cimmerian Doth make your honour of his body's hue; Spotted;
  detested;   and   abominable。   Why   are   you   sequest'red   from   all   your   train;
  Dismounted from your snow…white goodly steed; And wand'red hither to
  an obscure plot; Accompanied but with   a barbarous Moor; If foul   desire
  had not conducted you? LAVINIA。 And; being intercepted in your sport;
  Great reason that my noble lord be rated For sauciness。 I pray you let us
  hence;    And    let  her   joy  her   raven…coloured      love;  This   valley   fits  the
  purpose   passing      well。  BASSIANUS。   The         King    my   brother    shall  have
  notice   of this。  LAVINIA。 Ay;  for   these   slips   have   made   him  noted   long。
  Good king; to be so mightily abused! TAMORA。 Why; I have patience to
  endure all this。
  Enter CHIRON and DEMETRIUS
  DEMETRIUS。  How now; dear sovereign; and our gracious mother!
  Why  doth   your   Highness   look so   pale   and   wan? TAMORA。   Have   I   not
  reason; think   you;   to   look   pale? These two   have   'ticed   me   hither   to   this
  place。 A barren detested vale you see it is: The trees; though summer; yet
  forlorn and lean; Overcome with moss and baleful mistletoe; Here never
  shines the sun; here nothing breeds; Unless the nightly owl or fatal raven。
  And when they show'd me this abhorred pit; They told me; here; at dead
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  time   of   the  night;   A   thousand   fiends;    a  thousand    hissing   snakes;   Ten
  thousand swelling toads; as many urchins; Would make such fearful and
  confused cries As any mortal body hearing it Should straight fall mad or
  else   die   suddenly。   No   sooner   had   they   told   this   hellish   tale   But   straight
  they told me they would bind me here Unto the body of a dismal yew; And
  leave me to this miserable death。 And then they call'd me foul adulteress;
  Lascivious Goth; and all the bitterest terms That ever ear did hear to such
  effect; And had you not by wondrous fortune come; This vengeance on me
  had they executed。 Revenge it;