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作者:上访不如上网      更新:2021-04-30 16:09      字数:9322
  way to make the wench amends Is to become her husband and her father;
  The which will I…not all so much for love As for another secret close intent
  By marrying her which I must reach unto。 But yet I run before my horse to
  market。 Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives and reigns; When they
  are gone; then must I count my gains。 Exit
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  SCENE 2。
  London。 Another street
  Enter corpse of KING HENRY THE SIXTH; with halberds to guard it;
  LADY ANNE being the mourner; attended by TRESSEL and BERKELEY
  ANNE。 Set down; set down your honourable load… If honour may be
  shrouded in   a hearse; Whilst   I   awhile   obsequiously  lament Th'   untimely
  fall of virtuous Lancaster。 Poor key…cold figure of a holy king! Pale ashes
  of the house of Lancaster! Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood! Be
  it lawful that I invocate thy ghost To hear the lamentations of poor Anne;
  Wife to thy Edward; to thy slaughtered son; Stabb'd by the self…same hand
  that made these wounds。 Lo; in these windows that let forth thy life I pour
  the helpless balm of my poor eyes。 O; cursed be the hand that made these
  holes! Cursed the heart that had the heart to do it! Cursed the blood that let
  this   blood   from   hence!   More   direful   hap   betide   that   hated   wretch   That
  makes us wretched by the death of thee Than I can wish to adders; spiders;
  toads;   Or   any   creeping   venom'd   thing   that   lives!   If   ever   he   have   child;
  abortive be it; Prodigious; and untimely brought to light; Whose ugly and
  unnatural aspect May fright the hopeful mother at the view; And that be
  heir   to   his   unhappiness!   If   ever   he   have   wife;   let   her   be   made   More
  miserable by the death of him Than I am made by my young lord and thee!
  Come; now towards Chertsey with your holy load; Taken from Paul's to be
  interred there; And still as you are weary of this weight Rest you; whiles I
  lament King Henry's corse。 'The bearers take up the coffin'
  Enter GLOUCESTER
  GLOUCESTER。           Stay;  you   that   bear  the   corse;  and   set  it  down。
  ANNE。       What    black   magician    conjures    up  this  fiend   To   stop  devoted
  charitable   deeds?   GLOUCESTER。   Villains;   set   down   the   corse;   or;   by
  Saint Paul; I'll make a corse of him that disobeys! FIRST GENTLEMAN。
  My lord; stand back; and let the coffin pass。 GLOUCESTER。 Unmannerd
  dog! Stand thou; when I command。 Advance thy halberd higher than my
  breast; Or; by Saint Paul; I'll strike thee to my foot And spurn upon thee;
  beggar; for thy boldness。 'The bearers set down the coffin' ANNE。 What;
  do   you   tremble? Are   you   all   afraid? Alas;   I   blame   you   not;   for   you   are
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  mortal; And   mortal   eyes   cannot   endure   the   devil。 Avaunt;   thou   dreadful
  minister of hell! Thou hadst but power over his mortal body; His soul thou
  canst    not   have;   therefore;    be   gone。   GLOUCESTER。            Sweet    saint;  for
  charity;   be   not   so   curst。   ANNE。   Foul   devil;   for   God's   sake;   hence   and
  trouble us not; For thou hast made the happy earth thy hell Fill'd it with
  cursing cries and deep exclaims。 If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds;
  Behold      this  pattern    of  thy   butcheries。    O;   gentlemen;     see;   see!  Dead
  Henry's   wounds   Open   their   congeal'd   mouths   and   bleed   afresh。   Blush;
  blush; thou lump of foul deformity; For 'tis thy presence that exhales this
  blood   From   cold   and   empty   veins   where   no   blood   dwells;   Thy   deeds
  inhuman       and   unnatural    Provokes     this  deluge    most    unnatural。    O   God;
  which   this   blood   mad'st;   revenge   his   death!   O   earth;   which   this   blood
  drink'st;    revenge     his  death!    Either;   heav'n;    with   lightning    strike   the
  murd'rer dead; Or; earth; gape open wide and eat him quick; As thou dost
  swallow   up   this   good   king's   blood;   Which       his   hell…govern'd    arm   hath
  butchered。   GLOUCESTER。   Lady;   you   know   no   rules   of   charity;   Which
  renders good for bad; blessings for curses。 ANNE。 Villain; thou knowest
  nor law of God nor man: No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity。
  GLOUCESTER。 But I know none; and therefore am no beast。 ANNE。 O
  wonderful;   when   devils   tell   the   truth!   GLOUCESTER。   More   wonderful
  when   angels   are   so   angry。 Vouchsafe;   divine   perfection   of   a   woman;   Of
  these   supposed   crimes   to   give   me   leave   By   circumstance   but   to   acquit
  myself。 ANNE。   Vouchsafe;   diffus'd   infection   of   a   man;   Of   these   known
  evils   but   to   give   me   leave   By   circumstance   to   accuse   thy   cursed   self。
  GLOUCESTER。   Fairer   than   tongue   can   name   thee;   let   me   have   Some
  patient leisure to excuse myself。 ANNE。 Fouler than heart can think thee;
  thou canst make No excuse current but to hang thyself。 GLOUCESTER。
  By such despair I should accuse myself。 ANNE。 And by despairing shalt
  thou   stand   excused   For   doing   worthy   vengeance   on   thyself   That   didst
  unworthy slaughter upon others。 GLOUCESTER。 Say that I slew them not?
  ANNE。   Then   say   they   were   not   slain。   But   dead   they   are;   and;   devilish
  slave; by thee。 GLOUCESTER。 I did not kill your husband。 ANNE。 Why;
  then he is alive。 GLOUCESTER。 Nay; he is dead; and slain by Edward's
  hands。   ANNE。   In   thy   foul   throat   thou   liest:   Queen   Margaret   saw   Thy
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  murd'rous falchion smoking in his blood; The which thou once didst bend
  against     her    breast;   But    that   thy    brothers    beat    aside    the   point。
  GLOUCESTER。 I was provoked by her sland'rous tongue That laid their
  guilt   upon   my   guiltless   shoulders。   ANNE。   Thou   wast   provoked   by   thy
  bloody mind; That never dream'st on aught but butcheries。 Didst thou not
  kill   this  king?    GLOUCESTER。           I  grant   ye。   ANNE。      Dost   grant   me;
  hedgehog? Then; God grant me to Thou mayst be damned for that wicked
  deed!   O;   he   was   gentle;   mild;   and   virtuous!   GLOUCESTER。 The   better
  for the King of Heaven; that hath him。 ANNE。 He is in heaven; where thou
  shalt   never   come。   GLOUCESTER。   Let   him   thank   me   that   holp   to   send
  him thither; For he was fitter for that place than earth。 ANNE。 And thou
  unfit for any place but hell。 GLOUCESTER。 Yes;   one place else; if   you
  will hear me name it。 ANNE。 Some dungeon。 GLOUCESTER。 Your bed…
  chamber。       ANNE。      Ill   rest   betide    the   chamber      where     thou    liest!
  GLOUCESTER。 So will it; madam; till I lie with you。 ANNE。 I hope so。
  GLOUCESTER。   I   know   so。   But;   gentle   Lady Anne;   To   leave   this   keen
  encounter of our wits; And fall something into a slower method… Is not the
  causer of the timeless deaths Of these Plantagenets; Henry and Edward; As
  blameful     as   the  executioner?     ANNE。      Thou    wast   the   cause   and   most
  accurs'd effect。 GLOUCESTER。 Your beauty was the cause of that effect…
  Your beauty that did haunt me in my sleep To undertake the death of all
  the   world   So   I   might   live   one   hour   in   your   sweet   bosom。   ANNE。   If   I
  thought   that;   I   tell   thee;   homicide;   These   nails   should   rend   that   beauty
  from     my   cheeks。    GLOUCESTER。           These    eyes   could    not  endure    that
  beauty's wreck; You should not blemish it if I stood by。 As all the world is
  cheered by the sun; So I by that; it is my day; my life。 ANNE。 Black night
  o'ershade thy day; and death thy life! GLOUCESTER。 Curse not thyself;
  fair creature; thou art both。 ANNE。 I would I were; to be reveng'd on thee。
  GLOUCESTER。 It is a quarrel most unnatural; To be reveng'd on him that
  loveth thee。 ANNE。 It is a quarrel just and reasonable; To be reveng'd on
  him that kill'd my husband。 GLOUCESTER。 He that bereft thee; lady; of
  thy husband Did it to help thee to a better husband。 ANNE。 His better doth
  not breathe upon the earth。 GLOUCESTER。 He lives that loves thee better
  than he   could。 ANNE。  Name   him。   GLOUCESTER。  Plantagenet。 ANNE。
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  Why; that was he。 GLOUCESTER。 The self…same name; but one of better
  nature。  ANNE。   Where   is   he?   GLOUCESTER。   Here。   'She   spits   at   him'
  Why dost th