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作者:尘小春      更新:2021-04-30 17:10      字数:9322
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  say   this   is   no   month   to   bleed。   Good   uncle;   let   this   end   where   it   begun;
  We'll calm the Duke of Norfolk; you your son。 GAUNT。 To be a  make…
  peace shall become my age。 Throw down; my son; the Duke of Norfolk's
  gage。 KING RICHARD。 And; Norfolk; throw down his。 GAUNT。 When;
  Harry; when? Obedience bids I should not bid again。 KING  RICHARD。
  Norfolk;   throw   down;   we   bid。   There   is   no   boot。   MOWBRAY。   Myself   I
  throw; dread sovereign; at thy foot; My life thou shalt command; but not
  my shame: The   one my duty  owes; but   my fair name;  Despite of   death;
  that lives upon my grave To dark dishonour's use thou shalt not have。 I am
  disgrac'd;   impeach'd;   and   baffl'd   here;   Pierc'd   to   the   soul   with   slander's
  venom'd   spear;   The   which   no   balm   can   cure   but   his   heart…blood   Which
  breath'd this poison。 KING RICHARD。 Rage must be withstood: Give me
  his gage…lions make leopards tame。 MOWBRAY。 Yea; but not change his
  spots。 Take but my shame; And I resign my gage。 My dear dear lord; The
  purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation; that away; Men
  are but gilded loam or painted clay。 A jewel in a ten…times barr'd…up chest
  Is a bold spirit in a loyal breast。 Mine honour is my life; both grow in one;
  Take   honour   from   me;   and   my   life   is   done:   Then;   dear   my   liege;   mine
  honour let me try; In that I live; and for that will I die。 KING RICHARD。
  Cousin;   throw   up   your   gage;   do   you   begin。   BOLINGBROKE。   O;   God
  defend my soul from such deep sin! Shall I seem crest…fallen in my father's
  sight?   Or   with   pale   beggar…fear   impeach   my   height   Before   this   outdar'd
  dastard? Ere my tongue Shall wound my honour with such feeble wrong
  Or    sound    so  base   a  parle;   my   teeth   shall  tear   The   slavish   motive    of
  recanting fear; And spit it bleeding in his high disgrace; Where shame doth
  harbour;   even   in   Mowbray's   face。   Exit   GAUNT   KING   RICHARD。   We
  were not born to sue; but to command; Which since we cannot do to make
  you   friends;   Be   ready;   as   your   lives   shall   answer   it; At   Coventry;   upon
  Saint   Lambert's   day。   There   shall   your   swords   and   lances   arbitrate   The
  swelling difference of your settled hate; Since we can not atone you; we
  shall see Justice design the victor's chivalry。 Lord Marshal; command our
  officers…at…arms Be ready to direct these home alarms。 Exeunt
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  SCENE 2。 London。 The DUKE OF LANCASTER'S
  palace
  Enter JOHN OF GAUNT with the DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER
  GAUNT。 Alas; the part I had in Woodstock's blood Doth more solicit
  me than your exclaims To stir against the butchers of his life! But since
  correction     lieth  in  those   hands   Which     made    the  fault   that  we   cannot
  correct; Put we our quarrel to the will of heaven; Who; when they see the
  hours     ripe  on    earth;  Will    rain  hot   vengeance      on   offenders'    heads。
  DUCHESS。 Finds brotherhood in thee no sharper spur? Hath love in thy
  old   blood   no   living   fire?   Edward's   seven   sons;   whereof   thyself   art   one;
  Were as seven vials of his sacred blood; Or seven fair branches springing
  from one root。 Some of those seven are dried by nature's course; Some of
  those branches by the Destinies cut; But Thomas; my dear lord; my life;
  my   Gloucester;   One   vial   full   of   Edward's   sacred   blood;   One   flourishing
  branch of his most royal root; Is crack'd; and all the precious liquor spilt;
  Is   hack'd   down;   and   his   summer   leaves   all   faded;   By   envy's   hand   and
  murder's bloody axe。 Ah; Gaunt; his blood was thine! That bed; that womb;
  That   mettle;   that   self   mould;   that   fashion'd   thee;   Made   him   a   man;   and
  though   thou   livest   and   breathest;   Yet   art   thou   slain   in   him。   Thou   dost
  consent In some large measure to thy father's death In that thou seest thy
  wretched brother die; Who was the model of thy father's life。 Call it not
  patience; Gaunt…it is despair; In suff'ring thus thy brother to be slaught'red;
  Thou showest the naked pathway to thy life; Teaching stern murder how to
  butcher   thee。   That   which   in   mean   men   we   entitle   patience   Is   pale   cold
  cowardice in noble breasts。 What shall I say? To safeguard thine own life
  The   best   way   is   to   venge   my   Gloucester's   death。   GAUNT。   God's   is   the
  quarrel; for God's substitute; His deputy anointed in His sight; Hath caus'd
  his death; the which if wrongfully; Let heaven revenge; for I may never lift
  An angry arm against His minister。 DUCHESS。 Where then; alas; may I
  complain myself? GAUNT。 To God; the widow's champion and defence。
  DUCHESS。         Why     then;   I  will。   Farewell;    old   Gaunt。    Thou    goest   to
  Coventry; there to behold Our cousin Hereford and fell Mowbray fight。 O;
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  sit   my   husband's   wrongs   on   Hereford's   spear;  That   it   may   enter   butcher
  Mowbray's breast! Or; if   misfortune miss the first career; Be   Mowbray's
  sins   so   heavy   in   his   bosom   That   they   may   break   his   foaming   courser's
  back And   throw   the   rider   headlong   in   the   lists; A  caitiff   recreant   to   my
  cousin Hereford! Farewell; old Gaunt; thy sometimes brother's wife; With
  her companion; Grief; must end her life。 GAUNT。 Sister; farewell; I must
  to Coventry。 As much good stay with thee as go with me! DUCHESS。 Yet
  one    word     more…    grief  boundeth      where    it  falls;  Not   with    the  empty
  hollowness; but weight。 I take my leave before I have begun; For sorrow
  ends   not   when   it   seemeth   done。   Commend   me   to   thy   brother;   Edmund
  York。 Lo; this is all… nay; yet depart not so; Though this be all; do not so
  quickly   go;   I   shall   remember   more。   Bid   him…   ah;   what?…   With   all   good
  speed at Plashy visit me。 Alack; and what shall good old York there see
  But empty lodgings and unfurnish'd walls; Unpeopled offices; untrodden
  stones?     And    what    hear  there   for   welcome     but   my   groans?     Therefore
  commend me; let him not come there To seek out sorrow that dwells every
  where。 Desolate; desolate; will I hence and die; The last leave of thee takes
  my weeping eye。 Exeunt
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  SCENE 3。 The lists at Coventry
  Enter the LORD MARSHAL and the DUKE OF AUMERLE
  MARSHAL。          My     Lord     Aumerle;      is  Harry     Hereford      arm'd?
  AUMERLE。   Yea;   at   all   points;   and   longs   to   enter   in。   MARSHAL。   The
  Duke   of   Norfolk;   spightfully   and   bold;   Stays   but   the   summons   of   the
  appelant's   trumpet。   AUMERLE。   Why   then;   the   champions   are   prepar'd;
  and stay For nothing but his Majesty's approach。
  The trumpets sound; and the KING enters with his nobles; GAUNT;
  BUSHY;        BAGOT;       GREEN;       and   others。   When      they   are   set;  enter
  MOWBRAY; Duke of Nor folk; in arms; defendant; and a HERALD
  KING RICHARD。 Marshal; demand of yonder champion The cause
  of   his   arrival   here   in   arms; Ask   him   his   name;   and   orderly   proceed   To
  swear him in the justice of his cause。 MARSHAL。 In God's name and the
  King's; say who thou art; And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms;
  Against what man thou com'st; and what thy quarrel。 Speak truly on thy
  knighthood      and   thy   oath;  As   so  defend    thee   heaven    and   thy  valour!
  MOWBRAY。           My   name    is  Thomas     Mowbray;      Duke    of  Norfolk;    Who
  hither   come   engaged   by   my   oath…   Which   God   defend   a   knight   should
  violate!… Both to defend my loyalty and truth To God; my King; and my
  succeeding issue; Against the Duke of Hereford that appeals me; And; by
  the grace of God and this mine arm; To prove him; in defending of myself;
  A traitor   to my  God; my  King; and   me。 And   as I   truly fight;  defend  me
  heaven!
  The   trumpets    sound。    Enter   BOLINGBROKE;            Duke    of  Hereford;
  appellant; in armour; and a HERALD
  KING RICHARD。 Marshal; ask yonder knight in arms; Both who he
  is   and   why   he   cometh   hither   Thus   plated   in   habiliments   of   war;   And
  formally;