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作者:雨来不躲      更新:2021-02-21 14:48      字数:9291
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  SCENE III。 Wales。 A mountainous country with a
  cave
  Enter from the cave BELARIUS; GUIDERIUS; and ARVIRAGUS
  BELARIUS。 A goodly day not to keep house with such Whose roof's
  as   low   as   ours!   Stoop;   boys;   this   gate   Instructs   you   how   t'   adore   the
  heavens; and bows you To a morning's holy office。 The gates of monarchs
  Are   arch'd   so   high   that   giants   may   jet   through   And   keep   their   impious
  turbans on without Good morrow to the sun。 Hail; thou fair heaven! We
  house     i'  th'  rock;  yet  use   thee   not   so  hardly    As   prouder    livers   do。
  GUIDERIUS。   Hail;   heaven!   ARVIRAGUS。   Hail;   heaven!                  BELARIUS。
  Now   for   our   mountain   sport。   Up   to   yond   hill; Your   legs   are   young;   I'll
  tread these flats。 Consider; When you above perceive me like a crow; That
  it is place which lessens and sets off; And you may then revolve what tales
  I have told you Of courts; of princes; of the tricks in war。 This service is
  not service so being done; But being so allow'd。 To apprehend thus Draws
  us a profit from all things we see; And often to our comfort shall we find
  The sharded beetle in a safer hold Than is the full…wing'd eagle。 O; this life
  Is nobler than attending for a check; Richer than doing nothing for a bribe;
  Prouder   than   rustling   in   unpaid…for   silk:   Such   gain   the   cap   of   him   that
  makes      him    fine;   Yet   keeps    his   book    uncross'd。     No    life  to  ours!
  GUIDERIUS。   Out   of   your   proof   you   speak。   We;   poor   unfledg'd;   Have
  never wing'd from view o' th' nest; nor know not What air's from home。
  Haply   this   life   is   best;   If   quiet   life   be   best;   sweeter   to   you   That   have   a
  sharper known; well corresponding With your stiff age。 But unto us it is A
  cell of ignorance; travelling abed; A prison for a debtor that not dares To
  stride a limit。 ARVIRAGUS。 What should we speak of When we are old as
  you? When we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December; how; In
  this our pinching cave; shall we discourse。 The freezing hours away? We
  have seen nothing; We are beastly: subtle as the fox for prey; Like warlike
  as the wolf for what we eat。 Our valour is to chase what flies; our cage We
  make   a   choir;   as   doth   the   prison'd   bird;   And   sing   our   bondage   freely。
  BELARIUS。   How   you   speak!   Did   you   but   know   the   city's   usuries; And
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  felt them knowingly… the art o' th' court; As hard to leave as keep; whose
  top to climb Is certain falling; or so slipp'ry that The fear's as bad as falling;
  the toil o' th' war; A pain that only seems to seek out danger I' th'name of
  fame   and   honour;   which   dies   i'   th'search;   And   hath   as   oft   a   sland'rous
  epitaph As record of fair act; nay; many times; Doth ill deserve by doing
  well;   what's   worse…   Must   curtsy   at   the   censure。   O;   boys;   this   story   The
  world   may   read   in   me;   my   body's   mark'd   With   Roman   swords;   and   my
  report   was   once   First   with   the   best   of   note。   Cymbeline   lov'd   me;   And
  when a soldier was the theme; my name Was not far off。 Then was I as a
  tree   Whose   boughs   did   bend   with   fruit;   but   in   one   night   A   storm;   or
  robbery; call it what you will; Shook down my mellow hangings; nay; my
  leaves;    And     left  me   bare   to  weather。    GUIDERIUS。          Uncertain     favour!
  BELARIUS。 My fault being nothing… as I have told you oft… But that two
  villains;   whose   false   oaths prevail'd   Before   my  perfect   honour;  swore   to
  Cymbeline        I   was    confederate      with    the    Romans。      So    Follow'd     my
  banishment;   and   this   twenty   years   This   rock   and   these   demesnes   have
  been   my   world; Where   I   have   liv'd   at   honest   freedom;   paid   More   pious
  debts     to  heaven    than    in  all  The   fore…end     of  my    time。   But   up   to  th'
  mountains! This is not hunters' language。 He that strikes The venison first
  shall be the lord o' th' feast; To him the other two shall minister; And we
  will fear no poison; which attends In place of greater state。 I'll meet you in
  the valleys。 Exeunt GUIDERIUS and ARVIRAGUS How hard it is to hide
  the sparks of nature! These boys know little they are sons to th' King; Nor
  Cymbeline   dreams   that   they   are   alive。   They   think   they   are   mine;   and
  though train'd up thus meanly I' th' cave wherein they bow; their thoughts
  do hit The roofs of palaces; and nature prompts them In simple and low
  things   to   prince  it   much   Beyond   the   trick   of   others。 This   Polydore; The
  heir of Cymbeline and Britain; who The King his father call'd Guiderius…
  Jove! When on my three…foot stool I sit and tell The warlike feats I have
  done; his spirits fly out Into my story; say 'Thus mine enemy fell; And thus
  I set my foot on's neck'; even then The princely blood flows in his cheek;
  he sweats; Strains his young nerves; and puts himself in posture That acts
  my   words。   The   younger   brother;   Cadwal;   Once   Arviragus;   in   as   like   a
  figure     Strikes   life  into   my    speech;    and    shows    much     more     His   own
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  conceiving。      Hark;    the  game     is  rous'd!   O  Cymbeline;      heaven     and   my
  conscience knows Thou didst unjustly banish me! Whereon; At three and
  two years old; I stole these babes; Thinking to bar thee of succession as
  Thou   refts   me   of   my   lands。   Euriphile; Thou   wast   their   nurse;   they   took
  thee   for   their   mother;   And   every   day   do   honour   to   her   grave。   Myself;
  Belarius; that am Morgan call'd; They take for natural father。 The game is
  up。 Exit
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  SCENE IV。 Wales; near Milford Haven
  Enter PISANIO and IMOGEN
  IMOGEN。 Thou told'st me; when we came from horse; the place Was
  near   at   hand。   Ne'er   long'd   my   mother   so To   see   me   first   as   I have   now。
  Pisanio! Man! Where is Posthumus? What is in thy mind That makes thee
  stare thus? Wherefore breaks that sigh From th' inward of thee? One but
  painted     thus   Would     be   interpreted    a   thing   perplex'd    Beyond     self…
  explication。 Put thyself Into a haviour of less fear; ere wildness Vanquish
  my staider senses。 What's the matter? Why tender'st thou that paper to me
  with A look untender! If't be summer news; Smile to't before; if winterly;
  thou   need'st   But   keep   that   count'nance   still。   My   husband's   hand?   That
  drug…damn'd   Italy   hath   out…craftied   him;   And   he's   at   some   hard   point。
  Speak;     man;   thy   tongue   May   take    off  some    extremity;   which    to  read
  Would be even mortal to me。 PISANIO。 Please you read; And you shall
  find me; wretched man; a thing The most disdain'd of fortune。 IMOGEN。
  'Reads'   'Thy   mistress;   Pisanio;   hath   play'd   the   strumpet   in   my   bed;   the
  testimonies whereof lie bleeding in me。 I speak not out of weak surmises;
  but from proof as strong as my grief and as certain as I expect my revenge。
  That part thou; Pisanio; must act for me; if thy faith be not tainted with the
  breach of hers。 Let thine own hands take away her life; I shall give thee
  opportunity at Milford Haven; she hath my letter for the purpose; where; if
  thou fear to strike; and to make me certain it is done; thou art the pander to
  her dishonour; and equally to me disloyal。' PISANIO。 What shall I need to
  draw my sword? The paper Hath   cut her throat already。 No; 'tis   slander;
  Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose tongue Outvenoms all the
  worms of Nile; whose breath Rides on the posting winds and doth belie
  All corners of the world。 Kings; queens; and states; Maids; matrons; nay;
  the secrets of the grave; This viperous slander enters。 What cheer; madam?
  IMOGEN。 False to his bed? What is it to be false? To lie in watch there;
  and   to   think   on   him?   To   weep   twixt   clock   and   clock?   If   sleep   charge
  nature; To break it with a fearful dream of him; And cry  myself awake?
  That's false to's bed; Is it? PISANIO。 Alas; good lady! IMOGEN。 I false!
  Thy conscience witness! Iachimo; Thou didst accuse him of incontinency;
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