第 14 节
作者:左思右想      更新:2021-02-24 23:51      字数:8597
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  ACT V。
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  SCENE 1。
  England。 KING JOHN'S palaceEngland。 KING JOHN'S palace
  England。 KING JOHN'S palaceEngland。 KING JOHN'S palace
  Enter KING JOHN; PANDULPH; and attendants
  KING JOHN。 Thus have I yielded up into your hand The circle of my
  glory。   PANDULPH。   'Gives   back   the   crown'   Take   again   From   this   my
  hand;   as   holding   of   the   Pope;   Your   sovereign   greatness   and   authority。
  KING JOHN。 Now keep your holy word; go meet the French; And from
  his Holiness use all your power To stop their marches fore we are inflam'd。
  Our discontented counties do revolt; Our people quarrel with obedience;
  Swearing   allegiance   and   the   love   of   soul   To   stranger   blood;   to   foreign
  royalty。 This inundation of mistemp'red humour Rests by you only to be
  qualified。   Then   pause   not;   for   the   present   time's   so   sick   That  present
  med'cine must be minist'red Or overthrow incurable ensues。 PANDULPH。
  It was my breath that blew this tempest up; Upon your stubborn usage of
  the   Pope;   But   since   you   are   a   gentle   convertite;   My   tongue   shall   hush
  again this storm of war And make fair weather in your blust'ring land。 On
  this Ascension…day; remember well; Upon your oath of service to the Pope;
  Go I to make the French lay down their arms。 Exit KING JOHN。 Is this
  Ascension…day?   Did   not   the   prophet   Say   that   before   Ascension…day   at
  noon My crown I should give off? Even so I have。 I did suppose it should
  be on constraint; But; heaven be thank'd; it is but voluntary。
  Enter the BASTARD
  BASTARD。 All Kent hath yielded; nothing there holds out But Dover
  Castle。    London     hath   receiv'd;   Like   a  kind   host;   the  Dauphin     and   his
  powers。 Your   nobles   will   not   hear   you;  but   are   gone To   offer   service   to
  your enemy; And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number
  of your doubtful friends。 KING JOHN。 Would not my lords return to me
  again After they heard young Arthur was alive? BASTARD。 They found
  him dead; and cast into the streets; An empty casket; where the jewel of
  life By some damn'd hand was robbed and ta'en away。 KING JOHN。 That
  villain Hubert told me he did live。 BASTARD。 So; on my soul; he did; for
  aught he knew。 But wherefore do you droop? Why look you sad? Be great
  in   act;   as   you   have   been   in   thought;   Let   not   the   world   see   fear   and   sad
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  distrust Govern the motion of a kingly eye。 Be stirring as the time; be fire
  with fire; Threaten the threat'ner; and outface the brow Of bragging horror;
  so shall inferior eyes; That borrow their behaviours from the great; Grow
  great by your example and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution。 Away;
  and   glister   like   the   god   of   war  When   he   intendeth   to   become   the   field;
  Show boldness and aspiring confidence。 What; shall they seek the lion in
  his den; And fright him there; and make him tremble there? O; let it not be
  said!   Forage;   and   run   To   meet   displeasure   farther   from   the   doors   And
  grapple   with   him   ere   he   come   so   nigh。   KING   JOHN。  The   legate   of   the
  Pope hath been with me; And I have made a happy peace with him; And
  he hath promis'd to dismiss the powers Led by the Dauphin。 BASTARD。
  O inglorious league! Shall we; upon the footing of our land; Send fair…play
  orders; and make compromise; Insinuation; parley; and base truce; To arms
  invasive? Shall a beardless boy; A cock'red silken wanton; brave our fields
  And   flesh   his   spirit   in   a   warlike   soil;   Mocking   the   air   with   colours   idly
  spread;   And   find   no   check?   Let   us;   my   liege;   to   arms。   Perchance   the
  Cardinal cannot make your peace; Or; if he do; let it at least be said They
  saw we had a purpose of defence。 KING JOHN。 Have thou the ordering of
  this present time。 BASTARD。 Away; then; with good courage! Yet; I know
  Our party may well meet a prouder foe。 Exeunt
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  SCENE 2。
  England。England。
  England。England。
  The DAUPHIN'S camp at Saint Edmundsbury
  Enter;     in  arms;    LEWIS;       SALISBURY;          MELUN;        PEMBROKE;
  BIGOT; and soldiers
  LEWIS。 My Lord Melun; let this be copied out And keep it safe for
  our remembrance; Return the precedent to these lords again; That; having
  our fair order written down; Both they and we; perusing o'er these notes;
  May know wherefore we took the sacrament; And keep our faiths firm and
  inviolable。   SALISBURY。   Upon   our   sides   it   never   shall   be   broken。 And;
  noble Dauphin; albeit we swear A voluntary zeal and an unurg'd faith To
  your proceedings; yet; believe me; Prince; I am not glad that such a sore of
  time   Should   seek   a   plaster   by  contemn'd   revolt; And   heal   the   inveterate
  canker of one wound By making many。 O; it grieves my soul That I must
  draw this metal from my side To be a widow…maker! O; and there Where
  honourable rescue and defence Cries out upon the name of Salisbury! But
  such is the infection of the time That; for the health and physic of our right;
  We   cannot   deal   but   with   the   very   hand   Of   stern   injustice   and   confused
  wrong。  And   is't   not   pity;   O   my   grieved   friends!   That   we;   the   sons   and
  children of this isle; Were born to see so sad an hour as this; Wherein we
  step    after  a  stranger…march       Upon    her   gentle   bosom;     and   fill  up  Her
  enemies' ranks…I must withdraw and weep Upon the spot of this enforced
  cause…   To   grace   the   gentry   of   a   land   remote   And   follow   unacquainted
  colours     here?   What;    here?    O   nation;   that  thou   couldst    remove!     That
  Neptune's      arms;   who    clippeth    thee   about;   Would     bear   thee   from    the
  knowledge of thyself And grapple thee unto a pagan shore; Where these
  two   Christian   armies   might   combine   The   blood   of   malice   in   a   vein   of
  league; And   not   to   spend   it   so   unneighbourly!   LEWIS。 A  noble   temper
  dost thou show in this; And great affections wrestling in thy bosom Doth
  make an earthquake of nobility。 O; what a noble combat hast thou fought
  Between compulsion and a brave respect! Let me wipe off this honourable
  dew That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks。 My heart hath melted at a
  lady's tears; Being an ordinary inundation; But this effusion of such manly
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  drops; This   show'r;  blown   up   by  tempest   of   the soul;   Startles   mine   eyes
  and   makes   me   more   amaz'd   Than   had   I   seen   the   vaulty   top   of   heaven
  Figur'd     quite  o'er   with   burning    meteors。    Lift   up  thy   brow;    renowned
  Salisbury; And with a great heart heave away this storm; Commend these
  waters to those baby eyes That never saw the giant world enrag'd; Nor met
  with    fortune    other   than   at  feasts;   Full   of  warm     blood;    of  mirth;   of
  gossiping。   Come;   come;   for   thou   shalt   thrust   thy   hand   as   deep   Into   the
  purse of rich prosperity As Lewis himself。 So; nobles; shall you all; That
  knit your sinews to the st