第 13 节
作者:上网找工作      更新:2021-02-21 13:17      字数:9322
  When your sweet self was got。 DIANA。 She then was honest。 BERTRAM。
  So should you be。 DIANA。 No。 My mother did but duty; such; my lord; As
  you owe to your wife。 BERTRAM。 No more o'that! I prithee do not strive
  against my vows。 I   was compell'd to   her; but I love   thee By love's own
  sweet constraint; and will for ever Do thee all rights of service。 DIANA。
  Ay; so you serve us Till we serve you; but when you have our roses You
  barely leave our thorns to prick ourselves; And mock us with our bareness。
  BERTRAM。   How   have   I   sworn!   DIANA。   'Tis   not   the   many   oaths   that
  makes the truth; But the plain single vow that is vow'd true。 What is not
  holy; that we swear not by; But take the High'st to witness。 Then; pray you;
  tell   me:   If   I   should   swear   by   Jove's   great   attributes   I   lov'd   you   dearly;
  would you believe my oaths When I did love you ill? This has no holding;
  To   swear   by   him   whom   I   protest   to   love   That   I   will   work   against   him。
  Therefore your oaths Are words and poor conditions; but unseal'd… At least
  in   my   opinion。   BERTRAM。   Change   it;   change   it;   Be   not   so   holy…cruel。
  Love is holy; And my integrity ne'er knew the crafts That you do charge
  men with。 Stand no more off; But give thyself unto my sick desires; Who
  then recovers。 Say thou art mine; and ever My love as it begins shall so
  persever。   DIANA。   I   see   that   men   make   hopes   in   such   a   case   That   we'll
  forsake ourselves。 Give me that ring。 BERTRAM。 I'll lend it thee; my dear;
  but have no power To give it from me。 DIANA。 Will you not; my lord?
  BERTRAM。 It is an honour 'longing to our house; Bequeathed down from
  many ancestors; Which were the greatest obloquy i' th' world In me to lose。
  DIANA。 Mine honour's such a ring: My chastity's the jewel of our house;
  Bequeathed down from many ancestors; Which were the greatest obloquy
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  i'   th'   world   In   me   to   lose。  Thus   your   own   proper   wisdom   Brings   in   the
  champion Honour on my part Against your vain assault。 BERTRAM。 Here;
  take my ring; My house; mine honour; yea; my life; be thine; And I'll be
  bid   by   thee。   DIANA。      When    midnight     comes;    knock    at  my   chamber
  window; I'll order take my mother shall not hear。 Now will I charge you in
  the band of truth; When you have conquer'd my yet maiden bed; Remain
  there but an hour; nor speak to me: My reasons are most strong; and you
  shall know them When back again this ring shall be deliver'd。 And on your
  finger in the night I'll put Another ring; that what in time proceeds May
  token to the future our past deeds。 Adieu till then; then fail not。 You have
  won A wife of me; though there my hope be done。 BERTRAM。 A heaven
  on earth I have won by wooing thee。 Exit DIANA。 For which live long to
  thank both heaven and me! You may so in the end。 My mother told me just
  how he would woo; As if she sat in's heart; she says all men Have the like
  oaths。 He had sworn to marry me When his wife's dead; therefore I'll lie
  with   him  When   I   am   buried。   Since   Frenchmen   are   so   braid;   Marry   that
  will; I live and die a maid。 Only; in this disguise; I think't no sin To cozen
  him that would unjustly win。 Exit
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  SCENE 3。 The Florentine camp
  Enter the two FRENCH LORDS; and two or three SOLDIERS
  SECOND LORD。 You have not given him his mother's letter? FIRST
  LORD。 I have deliv'red it an hour since。 There is something in't that stings
  his   nature;   for   on   the   reading   it   he   chang'd  almost   into   another   man。
  SECOND LORD。 He has much worthy blame laid upon him for shaking
  off so good a wife and so sweet a lady。 FIRST LORD。 Especially he hath
  incurred the everlasting displeasure of the King; who had even tun'd his
  bounty to sing happiness to him。 I will tell you a thing; but you shall let it
  dwell   darkly  with   you。   SECOND  LORD。 When   you   have spoken   it;   'tis
  dead; and I am the grave of it。 FIRST LORD。 He hath perverted a young
  gentlewoman here in Florence; of a most chaste renown; and this night he
  fleshes    his   will  in  the   spoil  of   her  honour。    He   hath   given    her  his
  monumental ring;  and  thinks himself  made   in the  unchaste   composition。
  SECOND LORD。 Now; God delay our rebellion! As we are ourselves;
  what things are we! FIRST LORD。 Merely our own traitors。 And as
  in the common course of all treasons we still see them reveal themselves
  till   they   attain   to   their   abhorr'd   ends;   so   he   that   in   this   action   contrives
  against his own nobility; in his proper stream; o'erflows himself。 SECOND
  LORD。 Is it not meant damnable in us to be trumpeters of our unlawful
  intents? We shall not then have his company to…night? FIRST LORD。 Not
  till   after   midnight;   for   he   is   dieted   to   his   hour。   SECOND   LORD。   That
  approaches apace。 I would gladly have him see his company anatomiz'd;
  that he might take a measure of his own judgments; wherein so curiously
  he had set this counterfeit。 FIRST LORD。 We will not meddle with him till
  he come; for his presence must be the whip of the other。 SECOND LORD。
  In the meantime; what hear you of these wars? FIRST LORD。 I hear there
  is   an   overture   of   peace。   SECOND   LORD。   Nay;   I   assure   you;   a   peace
  concluded。   FIRST   LORD。   What   will   Count   Rousillon   do   then?   Will   he
  travel higher; or return again into France? SECOND LORD。 I perceive; by
  this demand; you are not altogether
  of his counsel。 FIRST LORD。 Let it be forbid; sir! So should I be a
  great   deal   of   his   act。   SECOND   LORD。   Sir;   his   wife;   some   two   months
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  since; fled from his house。 Her pretence is a pilgrimage to Saint Jaques le
  Grand;      which    holy    undertaking     with    most    austere    sanctimony      she
  accomplish'd; and; there residing; the tenderness of her nature became as a
  prey  to   her   grief;   in   fine;  made   a   groan   of   her   last   breath;   and   now  she
  sings in heaven。 FIRST LORD。 How is this justified? SECOND LORD。
  The stronger part of it by her own letters; which makes her story true even
  to the point of her death。 Her death itself; which could not be her office to
  say   is   come;   was   faithfully   confirm'd   by   the   rector   of   the   place。   FIRST
  LORD。 Hath the Count all this intelligence? SECOND LORD。 Ay; and the
  particular confirmations; point from point; to the full arming of the verity。
  FIRST   LORD。   I   am   heartily   sorry   that   he'll   be   glad   of   this。   SECOND
  LORD。   How   mightily   sometimes   we   make   us   comforts   of   our   losses!
  FIRST LORD。 And how mightily some other times we drown our gain in
  tears! The great dignity that his valour hath here acquir'd for him shall at
  home be encount'red with a shame as ample。 SECOND LORD。 The web
  of our life is of a mingled yarn; good and ill together。 Our virtues would be
  proud if our faults whipt them not; and our crimes would despair if they
  were not cherish'd by our virtues。
  Enter a MESSENGER
  How now? Where's your master? SERVANT。 He met the Duke in the
  street; sir; of whom he hath taken a solemn leave。 His lordship will next
  morning for France。 The Duke hath offered him letters of commendations
  to the King。 SECOND LORD。 They shall be no more than needful there; if
  they were more than they can commend。 FIRST LORD。 They cannot be
  too sweet for the King's tartness。 Here's his lordship now。
  Enter BERTRAM
  How   now;   my   lord;   is't   not   after   midnight?   BERTRAM。   I   have   to…
  night dispatch'd sixteen businesses; a month's length apiece; by an abstract
  of success: I have congied with the Duke; done my adieu with his nearest;
  buried   a   wife;   mourn'd   for   her;   writ   to   my   lady   mother   I   am   returning;
  entertain'd     my   convoy;     and   between     these   main    parcels   of   dispatch
  effected many nicer needs。 The last was the greatest; but that I have not
  ended yet。 SECOND LORD。 If the business be of any difficulty and this
  morning      your    departure     hence;    it  requires   haste    of  your    lordship。
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  BERTRAM。   I   mean   the   business   is   not   ended;   as   fearing   to   hear   of   it
  hereafter。 But shall we have this dialogue bet