第 11 节
作者:尘小春      更新:2021-04-30 17:10      字数:9322
  BOLINGBROKE。   Mistake   not;   uncle;   further   than   you   should。   YORK。
  Take   not;   good   cousin;   further   than   you   should;   Lest   you   mistake。   The
  heavens     are  over   our   heads。   BOLINGBROKE。            I  know    it;  uncle;  and
  oppose not myself Against their will。 But who comes here?
  Enter PERCY
  Welcome; Harry。 What; will not this castle yield? PIERCY。 The castle
  royally    is  mann'd;    my    lord;  Against    thy   entrance。    BOLINGBROKE。
  Royally! Why;   it   contains   no   king?   PERCY。 Yes;   my   good   lord;   It   doth
  contain a king; King Richard lies Within the limits of yon lime and stone;
  And with him are the Lord Aumerle; Lord Salisbury; Sir Stephen Scroop;
  besides      a   clergyman      Of    holy    reverence;     who;     I  cannot     learn。
  NORTHUMBERLAND。                  O;    belike    it  is   the   Bishop      of   Carlisle。
  BOLINGBROKE。             'To  NORTHUMBERLAND'                 Noble    lord;  Go   to  the
  rude ribs of that ancient castle; Through brazen trumpet send the breath of
  parley Into his ruin'd ears; and thus deliver: Henry Bolingbroke On both
  his   knees   doth   kiss   King   Richard's   hand; And   sends   allegiance   and   true
  faith of heart To his most royal person; hither come Even at his feet to lay
  my   arms   and   power;   Provided   that   my   banishment   repeal'd   And   lands
  restor'd again be freely granted; If not; I'll use the advantage of my power
  And lay the summer's dust with showers of blood Rain'd from the wounds
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  of   slaughtered    Englishmen;   The   which   how   far   off   from   the   mind   of
  Bolingbroke It is such crimson tempest should bedrench The fresh green
  lap of fair King Richard's land; My stooping duty tenderly shall show。 Go;
  signify as much; while here we march Upon the grassy carpet of this plain。
  'NORTHUMBERLAND   advances   to   the   Castle;   with   a   trumpet'   Let's
  march     without    the  noise   of   threat'ning   drum;    That   from   this  castle's
  tottered battlements Our fair appointments may be well perus'd。 Methinks
  King     Richard    and   myself    should    meet   With    no   less  terror  than   the
  elements Of fire and water; when their thund'ring shock At meeting tears
  the cloudy cheeks of heaven。 Be he the fire; I'll be the yielding water; The
  rage be his; whilst on the earth I rain My waters…on the earth; and not on
  him。 March on; and mark King Richard how he looks。
  Parle without; and answer within; then a flourish。 Enter on the walls;
  the   KING;     the  BISHOP       OF   CARLISLE;        AUMERLE;         SCROOP;      and
  SALISBURY
  See;   see;   King   Richard   doth   himself   appear;   As   doth   the   blushing
  discontented sun From out the fiery portal of the east; When he perceives
  the envious clouds are bent To dim his glory and to stain the track Of his
  bright passage to the occident。 YORK。 Yet he looks like a king。 Behold;
  his   eye;   As   bright   as   is   the   eagle's;   lightens   forth   Controlling   majesty。
  Alack; alack; for woe; That any harm should stain so fair a show! KING
  RICHARD。   'To   NORTHUMBERLAND'   We   are   amaz'd;   and   thus   long
  have   we   stood   To   watch   the   fearful   bending   of   thy   knee;   Because   we
  thought ourself thy lawful King; And if we be; how dare thy joints forget
  To pay their awful duty to our presence? If we be not; show us the hand of
  God That hath dismiss'd us from our stewardship; For well we know no
  hand of blood and bone Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre; Unless
  he do profane; steal; or usurp。 And though you think that all; as you have
  done; Have torn their souls by turning them from us; And we are barren
  and bereft of friends; Yet know…my master; God omnipotent; Is mustering
  in his clouds on our behalf Armies of pestilence; and they shall strike Your
  children yet unborn and unbegot; That lift your vassal hands against my
  head And threat the glory of my precious crown。 Tell Bolingbroke; for yon
  methinks he stands; That every stride he makes upon my land Is dangerous
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  treason; he is come to open The purple testament of bleeding war; But ere
  the   crown   he   looks   for   live   in   peace;   Ten   thousand   bloody   crowns   of
  mothers' sons Shall ill become the flower of England's face; Change the
  complexion of her maid…pale peace To scarlet indignation; and bedew Her
  pastures'  grass   with   faithful   English   blood。  NORTHUMBERLAND。 The
  King of Heaven forbid our lord the King Should so with civil and uncivil
  arms   Be   rush'd   upon! Thy   thrice   noble   cousin;   Harry  Bolingbroke;   doth
  humbly kiss thy hand; And by the honourable tomb he swears That stands
  upon   your   royal   grandsire's   bones;   And   by   the   royalties   of   both   your
  bloods;   Currents   that   spring   from   one   most   gracious   head;   And   by   the
  buried hand of warlike Gaunt; And by the worth and honour of himself;
  Comprising   all   that   may   be   sworn   or   said;   His   coming   hither   hath   no
  further   scope   Than   for   his   lineal   royalties;   and   to   beg   Enfranchisement
  immediate   on   his   knees;   Which   on   thy   royal   party   granted   once;   His
  glittering arms he will commend to rust; His barbed steeds to stables; and
  his   heart To   faithful   service   of   your   Majesty。  This   swears   he;   as   he   is   a
  prince; is just; And as I am a gentleman I credit him。 KING RICHARD。
  Northumberland;   say   thus        the   King   returns:   His   noble    cousin   is  right
  welcome       hither;   And    all  the   number     of   his   fair  demands      Shall   be
  accomplish'd   without   contradiction。   With   all   the   gracious   utterance   thou
  hast Speak to his gentle hearing kind commends。 'To AUMERLE' We do
  debase ourselves; cousin; do we not; To look so poorly and to speak so fair?
  Shall we call back Northumberland; and send Defiance to the traitor; and
  so die? AUMERLE。 No; good my lord; let's fight with gentle words Till
  time lend friends; and friends their helpful swords。 KING RICHARD。 O
  God; O God! that e'er this tongue of mine That laid the sentence of dread
  banishment   On   yon   proud   man   should   take   it   off   again   With   words   of
  sooth! O that I were as great As is my grief; or lesser than my name! Or
  that I could forget what I have been! Or not remember what I must be now!
  Swell'st   thou;   proud   heart?   I'll   give   thee   scope   to   beat;   Since   foes   have
  scope to beat both thee and me。 AUMERLE。 Northumberland comes back
  from Bolingbroke。 KING RICHARD。 What must the King do now? Must
  he submit? The King shall do it。 Must he be depos'd? The King shall be
  contented。 Must he   lose The name   of   king? A  God's   name;  let   it   go。  I'll
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  give my jewels for a set of beads; My gorgeous palace for a hermitage; My
  gay apparel for an almsman's gown; My figur'd goblets for a dish of wood;
  My sceptre for a palmer's walking staff; My subjects for a pair of carved
  saints; And   my   large   kingdom   for   a   little   grave; A  little   little   grave;   an
  obscure   grave…   Or   I'll   be   buried   in   the   king's   high   way;   Some   way   of
  common        trade;   where    subjects'    feet  May     hourly    trample    on   their
  sovereign's head; For on my heart they tread now whilst I live; And buried
  once; why not upon my head? Aumerle; thou weep'st; my tender…hearted
  cousin! We'll make foul weather with despised tears; Our sighs and they
  shall lodge the summer corn And make a dearth in this revolting land。 Or
  shall   we   play   the   wantons   with   our   woes And   make   some   pretty   match
  with shedding tears? As thus: to drop them still upon one place Till they
  have fretted us a pair of graves Within the earth; and; therein laid…there lies
  Two kinsmen digg'd their graves with weeping eyes。 Would not this ill do
  well? Well; well; I see I talk but idly; and you laugh at me。 Most mighty
  prince; my Lord Northumberland; What says King Bolingbroke? Will his
  Majesty Give Richard leave to live till Richard die? You make a leg; and
  Bolingbroke says ay。 NORTHUMBERLAND。 My lord; in the base court
  he doth attend To speak with you; may it please you to come down? KING
  RICHARD。   Down;   down   I   come;   like   glist'ring   Phaethon;   Wanting   the
  manage of unruly jades。 In the base court? Base court; where kings grow
  base;   To   come   at   traitors'   calls;