第 9 节
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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;