第 9 节
作者:尘小春      更新:2021-04-30 17:10      字数:8587
  Exeunt
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  SCENE 4。 A camp in Wales
  Enter EARL OF SALISBURY and a WELSH CAPTAIN
  CAPTAIN。      My   Lord  of  Salisbury;  we  have  stay'd  ten  days  And
  hardly kept our countrymen together; And yet we hear no tidings from the
  King; Therefore we will disperse ourselves。 Farewell。 SALISBURY。 Stay
  yet   another   day;  thou  trusty  Welshman;    The   King   reposeth   all  his
  confidence in thee。 CAPTAIN。 'Tis thought the King is dead; we will not
  stay。 The bay trees in our country are all wither'd; And meteors fright the
  fixed stars of heaven; The pale…fac'd moon looks bloody on the earth; And
  lean…look'd   prophets   whisper   fearful  change;  Rich  men   look  sad;  and
  ruffians dance and leap… The one in fear to lose what they enjoy; The other
  to enjoy by rage and war。 These signs forerun the death or fall of kings。
  Farewell。 Our countrymen are gone and fled; As well assur'd Richard their
  King is dead。 Exit SALISBURY。 Ah; Richard; with the eyes of heavy mind;
  I  see  thy  glory  like  a  shooting  star  Fall  to  the  base  earth  from  the
  firmament! The sun sets weeping in the lowly west; Witnessing storms to
  come; woe; and unrest; Thy friends are fled; to wait upon thy foes; And
  crossly to thy good all fortune goes。 Exit
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  ACT III。
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  SCENE I。 BOLINGBROKE'S camp at Bristol
  Enter    BOLINGBROKE;           YORK;      NORTHUMBERLAND;                PERCY;
  ROSS; WILLOUGHBY; BUSHY and GREEN; prisoners
  BOLINGBROKE。   Bring   forth   these   men。   Bushy   and   Green;   I   will
  not vex your souls… Since presently your souls must part your bodies… With
  too much urging your pernicious lives; For 'twere no charity; yet; to wash
  your blood From off my hands; here in the view of men I will unfold some
  causes of   your deaths: You have   misled   a   prince;  a   royal   king; A  happy
  gentleman   in   blood   and   lineaments;   By   you   unhappied   and   disfigured
  clean; You have in manner with your sinful hours Made a divorce betwixt
  his queen and him; Broke the possession of a royal bed; And stain'd the
  beauty of a fair queen's cheeks With tears drawn from her eyes by   your
  foul wrongs; Myself…a prince by fortune of my birth; Near to the King in
  blood;   and   near   in   love   Till   you   did   make   him   misinterpret   me…   Have
  stoop'd   my   neck   under   your   injuries   And   sigh'd   my   English   breath   in
  foreign clouds; Eating the bitter bread of banishment; Whilst you have fed
  upon my signories; Dispark'd my parks and fell'd my forest woods; From
  my own windows torn my household coat; Raz'd out my imprese; leaving
  me no sign Save men's opinions and my living blood To show the world I
  am   a   gentleman。   This   and   much   more;   much   more   than   twice   all   this;
  Condemns you to the death。 See them delivered over To execution and the
  hand of death。 BUSHY。 More welcome is the stroke of death to me Than
  Bolingbroke   to   England。   Lords;   farewell。   GREEN。   My   comfort   is   that
  heaven   will   take   our   souls; And   plague   injustice   with   the   pains   of   hell。
  BOLINGBROKE。 My Lord Northumberland; see them dispatch'd。 Exeunt
  NORTHUMBERLAND; and others; with the prisoners Uncle; you say the
  Queen is at your house; For God's sake; fairly let her be entreated。 Tell her
  I   send   to   her   my   kind   commends;   Take   special   care   my   greetings   be
  delivered。 YORK。 A gentleman of mine I have dispatch'd With letters of
  your love to her at large。 BOLINGBROKE。 Thanks; gentle uncle。 Come;
  lords; away; To fight with Glendower and his complices。 Awhile to work;
  and after holiday。 Exeunt
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  SCENE 2。 The coast of Wales。 A castle in view
  Drums。      Flourish    and   colours。    Enter   the   KING;     the  BISHOP       OF
  CARLISLE; AUMERLE; and soldiers
  KING      RICHARD。         Barkloughly      Castle    can   they    this  at   hand?
  AUMERLE。 Yea; my lord。 How brooks your Grace the air After your late
  tossing on the breaking seas? KING RICHARD。 Needs must I like it well。
  I   weep   for   joy To   stand upon   my  kingdom  once   again。  Dear   earth;  I   do
  salute   thee   with   my   hand;   Though   rebels   wound   thee   with   their   horses'
  hoofs。 As a long…parted mother with her child Plays fondly with her tears
  and smiles in meeting; So weeping…smiling greet I thee; my earth; And do
  thee favours with my royal hands。 Feed not thy sovereign's foe; my gentle
  earth; Nor with thy sweets comfort his ravenous sense; But let thy spiders;
  that suck up thy venom; And heavy…gaited toads; lie in their way; Doing
  annoyance to the treacherous feet Which with usurping steps do trample
  thee;   Yield   stinging   nettles   to   mine   enemies;   And   when   they   from   thy
  bosom pluck a flower; Guard it; I pray thee; with a lurking adder; Whose
  double tongue may with a mortal touch Throw death upon thy sovereign's
  enemies。 Mock not my senseless conjuration; lords。 This earth shall have a
  feeling; and these stones Prove armed soldiers; ere her native king Shall
  falter   under   foul   rebellion's   arms。   CARLISLE。   Fear   not;   my   lord;   that
  Power that made you king Hath power to keep you king in spite of all。 The
  means   that   heaven   yields   must   be   embrac'd   And   not   neglected;   else;   if
  heaven would; And we will not; heaven's offer we refuse; The proffered
  means   of   succour   and   redress。 AUMERLE。   He   means;   my  lord; that   we
  are   too   remiss;   Whilst   Bolingbroke;   through   our   security;   Grows   strong
  and   great   in   substance  and   in   power。   KING   RICHARD。   Discomfortable
  cousin!   know'st   thou   not That   when   the   searching   eye   of   heaven   is   hid;
  Behind   the  globe;   that   lights   the   lower   world; Then   thieves   and   robbers
  range   abroad   unseen   In   murders   and   in   outrage   boldly   here;   But   when
  from under this terrestrial ball He fires the proud tops of the eastern pines
  And darts his light through every guilty hole; Then murders; treasons; and
  detested sins; The cloak of night being pluck'd from off their backs; Stand
  bare and naked; trembling at themselves? So when this thief; this traitor;
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  Bolingbroke; Who all this while hath revell'd in the night; Whilst we were
  wand'ring with the Antipodes; Shall see us rising in our throne; the east;
  His treasons will sit blushing in his face; Not able to endure the sight of
  day; But self…affrighted tremble at his sin。 Not all the water in the rough
  rude   sea   Can   wash   the   balm   off   from   an   anointed   king;   The   breath   of
  worldly   men   cannot   depose   The   deputy   elected   by   the   Lord。   For   every
  man that Bolingbroke hath press'd To lift shrewd steel against our golden
  crown; God for his Richard hath in heavenly pay A glorious angel。 Then; if
  angels fight; Weak men must fall; for heaven still guards the right。
  Enter SALISBURY
  Welcome; my lord。 How far off lies your power? SALISBURY。 Nor
  near   nor   farther   off;   my   gracious   lord;   Than   this   weak   arm。   Discomfort
  guides my tongue; And bids me speak of nothing but despair。 One day too
  late; I fear me; noble lord; Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth。 O;
  call back yesterday; bid time return; And thou shalt have twelve thousand
  fighting men! To…day; to…day; unhappy day; too late; O'erthrows thy joys;
  friends;   fortune;   and   thy   state;   For   all   the   Welshmen;   hearing   thou   wert
  dead;