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作者:不落的滑翔翼      更新:2024-04-07 11:53      字数:8579
  piercing talons;   So   desperate thieves;  all hopeless   of their lives;  Breathe
  out   invectives   'gainst   the   officers。   YORK。   O   Clifford;   but   bethink   thee
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  once again; And in thy thought o'errun my former time; And; if thou canst
  for  blushing;  view  this  face; And   bite thy  tongue that slanders   him  with
  cowardice Whose frown hath made thee faint and fly ere this! CLIFFORD。
  I will not bandy with   thee   word for   word;  But buckler   with   thee blows;
  twice   two   for   one。   QUEEN   MARGARET。   Hold;   valiant   Clifford;   for   a
  thousand causes I would prolong awhile the traitor's life。 Wrath makes him
  deaf;     speak     thou;    Northumberland。        NORTHUMBERLAND。                  Hold;
  Clifford! do not honour him so much To prick thy finger; though to wound
  his heart。 What valour were it; when a cur doth grin; For one to thrust his
  hand between his teeth; When he might spurn him with his foot away? It is
  war's prize to take all vantages; And ten to one is no impeach of valour。
  'They lay hands on YORK; who struggles' CLIFFORD。 Ay; ay; so strives
  the   woodcock   with   the   gin。   NORTHUMBERLAND。   So   doth   the   cony
  struggle in the net。 YORK。 So triumph thieves upon their conquer'd booty;
  So true men yield; with robbers so o'er…match'd。 NORTHUMBERLAND。
  What would your Grace have done unto him now? QUEEN MARGARET。
  Brave   warriors;     Clifford   and   Northumberland;        Come;    make    him   stand
  upon this molehill here That raught at mountains with outstretched arms;
  Yet parted but the shadow with his hand。 What; was it you that would be
  England's   king?   Was't   you   that   revell'd   in   our   parliament   And   made   a
  preachment of your high descent? Where   are your mess of sons to  back
  you   now?   The   wanton   Edward   and   the   lusty   George? And   where's   that
  valiant crook…back prodigy; Dicky your boy; that with his grumbling voice
  Was wont to cheer his dad in mutinies? Or; with the rest; where is your
  darling   Rutland?   Look;   York:   I   stain'd   this   napkin   with   the   blood   That
  valiant Clifford with his rapier's point Made issue from the bosom of the
  boy; And if thine eyes can water for his death; I give thee this to dry thy
  cheeks withal。 Alas; poor York! but that I hate thee deadly; I should lament
  thy miserable state。 I prithee grieve to make me merry; York。 What; hath
  thy    fiery  heart   so  parch'd   thine   entrails   That   not  a   tear  can   fall  for
  Rutland's death? Why art thou patient; man? Thou shouldst be mad; And I
  to make thee mad do mock thee thus。 Stamp; rave; and fret; that I may sing
  and dance。 Thou wouldst be fee'd; I see; to make me sport; York cannot
  speak unless he wear a crown。 A crown for York!…and; lords; bow low to
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  him。 Hold you his hands whilst I do set it on。 'Putting a paper crown on
  his head' Ay; marry; sir; now looks he like a king! Ay; this is he that took
  King Henry's chair; And this is he was his adopted heir。 But how is it that
  great   Plantagenet   Is   crown'd   so   soon   and   broke   his   solemn   oath?   As   I
  bethink me; you should not be King Till our King Henry had shook hands
  with   death。 And   will   you   pale   your   head   in   Henry's   glory; And   rob   his
  temples of the diadem; Now in his life; against your holy oath? O; 'tis a
  fault too too Off with the crown and with the crown his head; And; whilst
  we breathe; take time to do him dead。 CLIFFORD。 That is my office; for
  my father's sake。 QUEEN MARGARET。 Nay; stay; let's hear the orisons
  he makes。 YORK。 She…wolf of France; but worse than wolves of France;
  Whose tongue more poisons than the adder's tooth! How ill…beseeming is
  it in thy sex To triumph like an Amazonian trull Upon their woes whom
  fortune   captivates!   But   that   thy   face   is   visard…like;   unchanging;       Made
  impudent with use of evil deeds; I would assay; proud queen; to make thee
  blush。   To   tell   thee   whence   thou   cam'st;   of   whom   deriv'd;   Were   shame
  enough to shame thee; wert thou not shameless。 Thy father bears the type
  of King of Naples; Of both the Sicils and Jerusalem; Yet not so wealthy as
  an English yeoman。 Hath that poor monarch taught thee to insult? It needs
  not; nor it boots thee not; proud queen; Unless the adage must be verified;
  That beggars   mounted run   their   horse   to death。  'Tis   beauty  that doth   oft
  make women proud; But; God He knows; thy share thereof is small。 'Tis
  virtue   that   doth   make   them   most   admir'd;   The   contrary   doth   make   thee
  wond'red   at。   'Tis   government   that   makes   them   seem   divine;   The   want
  thereof makes thee abominable。 Thou art as opposite to every good As the
  Antipodes are unto us; Or as the south to the septentrion。 O tiger's heart
  wrapp'd in a woman's hide! How couldst thou drain the life…blood of the
  child; To   bid   the  father  wipe   his   eyes   withal; And   yet   be seen   to   bear   a
  woman's   face?   Women   are   soft;   mild;   pitiful;   and   flexible:   Thou   stern;
  obdurate; flinty; rough; remorseless。 Bid'st thou me rage? Why; now thou
  hast thy wish; Wouldst have me weep? Why; now thou hast thy will; For
  raging   wind   blows   up   incessant   showers; And   when   the   rage   allays;   the
  rain begins。 These tears are my sweet Rutland's obsequies; And every drop
  cries   vengeance   for   his   death   'Gainst   thee;   fell   Clifford;   and   thee;   false
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  Frenchwoman。       NORTHUMBERLAND。             Beshrew    me;  but  his  passions
  move me so That hardly can I check my eyes from tears。 YORK。 That face
  of   his   the   hungry   cannibals   Would  not   have   touch'd;   would   not  have
  stain'd   with   blood;   But   you   are   more   inhuman;   more   inexorable…   O;   ten
  times more… than tigers of Hyrcania。 See; ruthless queen; a hapless father's
  tears。 This cloth thou dipp'dst in blood of my sweet boy; And I with tears
  do wash the blood away。 Keep thou the napkin; and go boast of this; And
  if thou tell'st the heavy story right; Upon my soul; the hearers will shed
  tears; Yea; even my foes will shed fast…falling tears And say 'Alas; it was a
  piteous deed!' There; take the crown; and with the crown my curse; And in
  thy need such comfort come to thee As now I reap at thy too cruel hand!
  Hard…hearted   Clifford;   take   me   from   the   world;   My   soul   to   heaven;   my
  blood upon your heads! NORTHUMBERLAND。 Had he been slaughter…
  man to all my kin; I should not for my life but weep with him; To see how
  inly  sorrow  gripes   his   soul。  QUEEN  MARGARET。 What;  weeping…ripe;
  my Lord Northumberland? Think but upon the wrong he did us all; And
  that will quickly dry  thy  melting tears。 CLIFFORD。  Here's for   my  oath;
  here's for my father's death。 'Stabbing him' QUEEN MARGARET。 And
  here's to right our gentle…hearted king。 'Stabbing him' YORK。 Open Thy
  gate of mercy; gracious God! My soul flies through these wounds to seek
  out Thee。 'Dies' QUEEN MARGARET。 Off with his head; and set it on
  York gates; So York may overlook the town of York。 Flourish。 Exeunt
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  ACT II。
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  SCENE I。 A plain near Mortimer's Cross in
  Herefordshire
  A march。 Enter EDWARD; RICHARD; and their power
  EDWARD。 I wonder how our princely father scap'd; Or whether he
  be scap'd away or no From Clifford's and Northumberland's pursuit。 Had