第 9 节
作者:左思右想      更新:2021-02-24 23:51      字数:9322
  soul counts thee her creditor; And with advantage means to pay thy love;
  And;   my   good   friend;   thy   voluntary   oath   Lives   in   this   bosom;   dearly
  cherished。 Give   me thy  hand。 I   had a   thing to  say… But   I will   fit it   with
  some   better   time。   By  heaven;   Hubert;   I   am  almost   asham'd To   say  what
  good     respect   I  have   of  thee。  HUBERT。       I  am   much    bounden     to  your
  Majesty。 KING JOHN。 Good friend; thou hast no cause to say so yet; But
  thou shalt have; and creep time ne'er so slow; Yet it shall come for me to
  do thee good。 I had a thing to say…but let it go: The sun is in the heaven;
  and   the   proud   day; Attended   with   the   pleasures   of   the   world;   Is   all   too
  wanton and too full of gawds To give me audience。 If the midnight bell
  Did with his iron tongue and brazen mouth Sound on into the drowsy race
  of   night;   If  this  same   were    a  churchyard     where    we   stand;  And    thou
  possessed with a thousand wrongs; Or if that surly spirit; melancholy; Had
  bak'd thy blood and made it heavy…thick; Which else runs tickling up and
  down the  veins;  Making that   idiot;  laughter;  keep   men's   eyes And   strain
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  their cheeks to idle merriment; A passion hateful to my purposes; Or if that
  thou couldst see me without eyes; Hear me without thine cars; and make
  reply    Without    a  tongue;    using   conceit    alone;   Without     eyes;  ears;   and
  harmful   sound   of   words…   Then;   in   despite   of   brooded   watchful   day;   I
  would into thy bosom pour my thoughts。 But; ah; I will not! Yet I love thee
  well; And; by my troth; I think thou lov'st me well。 HUBERT。 So well that
  what you bid me undertake; Though that my death were adjunct to my act;
  By   heaven;   I   would   do   it。   KING   JOHN。   Do   not   I   know   thou   wouldst?
  Good Hubert; Hubert; Hubert; throw thine eye On yon young boy。 I'll tell
  thee what;  my friend;  He is   a very  serpent in   my way; And   wheresoe'er
  this foot of mine doth tread; He lies before me。 Dost thou understand me?
  Thou   art   his   keeper。   HUBERT。   And   I'll   keep   him   so   That   he   shall   not
  offend   your   Majesty。   KING   JOHN。   Death。   HUBERT。   My   lord?   KING
  JOHN。   A   grave。   HUBERT。   He   shall   not   live。   KING   JOHN。   Enough!   I
  could be merry now。 Hubert; I love thee。 Well; I'll not say what I intend for
  thee。 Remember。 Madam; fare you well; I'll send those powers o'er to your
  Majesty。 ELINOR。 My blessing go with thee! KING JOHN。 'To ARTHUR'
  For England; cousin; go; Hubert shall be your man; attend on you With all
  true duty。 On toward Calais; ho! Exeunt
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  SCENE 4。
  France。 The FRENCH KING's camp
  Enter KING PHILIP; LEWIS; PANDULPH; and attendants
  KING PHILIP。 So by a roaring tempest on the flood A whole armado
  of convicted sail Is scattered and disjoin'd from fellowship。 PANDULPH。
  Courage and comfort! All shall yet go well。 KING PHILIP。 What can go
  well;   when   we   have   run   so   ill。 Are   we   not   beaten?   Is   not Angiers   lost?
  Arthur ta'en prisoner? Divers dear friends slain? And bloody England into
  England gone; O'erbearing interruption; spite of France? LEWIS。 he hath
  won; that hath he fortified; So hot a speed with such advice dispos'd; Such
  temperate order in so fierce a cause; Doth want example; who hath read or
  heard Of any kindred action like to this? KING PHILIP。 Well could I bear
  that England had this praise; So we could find some pattern of our shame。
  Enter CONSTANCE
  Look who comes here! a grave unto a soul; Holding th' eternal spirit;
  against her will;  In the vile prison of   afflicted breath。 I prithee; lady;  go
  away with me。 CONSTANCE。 Lo now! now see the issue of your peace!
  KING       PHILIP。     Patience;    good    lady!    Comfort;     gentle    Constance!
  CONSTANCE。 No; I defy all counsel; all redress; But that which ends all
  counsel;     true  redress…   Death;    death;   O   amiable    lovely   death!    Thou
  odoriferous stench! sound rottenness! Arise forth from the couch of lasting
  night;   Thou   hate   and   terror   to   prosperity; And   I   will   kiss   thy   detestable
  bones; And   put   my  eyeballs   in   thy  vaulty  brows; And   ring   these  fingers
  with thy household worms; And stop this gap of breath with fulsome dust;
  And be a carrion monster like thyself。 Come; grin on me; and I will think
  thou   smil'st; And   buss   thee   as   thy   wife。   Misery's   love;   O;   come   to   me!
  KING PHILIP。 O fair affliction; peace! CONSTANCE。 No; no; I will not;
  having breath to cry。 O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then
  with   a   passion   would   I   shake   the   world; And   rouse   from   sleep   that   fell
  anatomy Which cannot hear a lady's feeble voice; Which scorns a modern
  invocation。     PANDULPH。         Lady;    you   utter  madness     and    not  sorrow。
  CONSTANCE。 Thou art not holy to belie me so。 I am not mad: this hair I
  tear is mine; My name is Constance; I was Geffrey's wife; Young Arthur is
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  my son; and he is lost。 I am not mad…I would to heaven I were! For then
  'tis like I should forget myself。 O; if I could; what grief should I forget!
  Preach   some   philosophy  to   make   me   mad; And   thou   shalt   be   canoniz'd;
  Cardinal;   For;   being   not   mad;   but   sensible   of   grief;   My   reasonable   part
  produces reason How I may be deliver'd of these woes; And teaches me to
  kill or hang myself。 If I were mad I should forget my son; Or madly think
  a   babe   of   clouts   were   he。   I   am   not   mad;   too   well;   too   well   I   feel   The
  different plague of each calamity。 KING PHILIP。 Bind up those tresses。 O;
  what love I note In the fair multitude of those her hairs! Where but by a
  chance   a   silver   drop     hath   fall'n;   Even   to   that   drop   ten   thousand   wiry
  friends     Do    glue   themselves      in  sociable     grief;  Like    true;  inseparable;
  faithful loves; Sticking together in calamity。 CONSTANCE。 To England; if
  you   will。   KING   PHILIP。   Bind   up   your   hairs。   CONSTANCE。 Yes;   that   I
  will; and wherefore will I do it? I tore them from their bonds; and cried
  aloud   'O   that   these   hands   could   so   redeem   my   son; As   they   have   given
  these hairs their liberty!' But now  I envy  at their liberty; And will   again
  commit   them   to   their   bonds;   Because   my   poor   child   is   a   prisoner。 And;
  father   Cardinal;   I   have   heard   you   say   That   we   shall   see   and   know   our
  friends in heaven; If that be true; I shall see my boy again; For since the
  birth of Cain; the first male child; To him that did but yesterday suspire;
  There was not such a gracious creature born。 But now will canker sorrow
  eat my bud And chase the native beauty from his cheek; And he will look
  as hollow as a ghost; As dim and meagre as an ague's fit; And so he'll die;
  and; rising so again; When I shall meet him in the court of heaven I shall
  not   know   him。   Therefore   never;   never   Must   I   behold   my   pretty  Arthur
  more。      PANDULPH。            You     hold    too    heinous      a   respect     of    grief。
  CONSTANCE。 He talks to me that never had a son。 KING PHILIP。 You
  are as fond of grief as of your child。 CONSTANCE。 Grief fills the room
  up of my absent child; Lies in his bed; walks up and down with me; Puts
  on his pretty looks; repeats his words; Remembers me of all his gracious
  parts; Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then have I reason to
  be   fond   of   grief。   Fare   you   well;   had   you   such   a   loss   as   I;   I   could   give
  better   comfort   than   you   do。   I   will   not   keep   this   form   upon   my   head;
  'Tearing her hair' When there is such disorder in my wit。 O Lord! my boy;
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  my Arthur; my fair son! My life; my joy; my food; my ail the world! My
  widow…comfort;   and   my   sorrows'   cure!   Exit   KING   PHILIP。   I   fear   some
  outrage; and I'll follow her。 Exit LEWIS。 There's nothing in this world can
  make me joy。 Life is as tedious as a twice…told tale Vexing the dull ear of a
  drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste; That it
  yields nought but shame an