第 8 节
作者:不落的滑翔翼      更新:2024-04-07 11:53      字数:9319
  this molehill will I sit me down。 To whom God will; there be the victory!
  For Margaret my queen; and Clifford too; Have chid me from the battle;
  swearing both They prosper best of all when I am thence。 Would I were
  dead; if God's good will were so! For what is in this world but grief and
  woe? O God! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely
  swain; To sit upon a hill; as I do now; To carve out dials quaintly; point by
  point;   Thereby   to   see   the   minutes   how   they   run…   How   many   makes   the
  hour   full   complete;   How   many   hours   brings   about   the   day;   How   many
  days   will   finish   up   the   year;   How   many   years   a   mortal   man   may   live。
  When this is known; then to divide the times… So many hours must I tend
  my   flock;   So   many   hours   must   I   take   my   rest;   So   many   hours   must   I
  contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes
  have   been   with   young;   So   many   weeks   ere   the   poor   fools   will   can;   So
  many years ere I shall shear the fleece: So minutes; hours; days; months;
  and   years;   Pass'd   over   to   the   end   they   were   created;  Would   bring   white
  hairs unto a quiet grave。 Ah; what a life were this! how sweet! how lovely!
  Gives   not   the   hawthorn   bush   a   sweeter   shade   To   shepherds   looking   on
  their silly sheep; Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings that fear
  their  subjects'   treachery?   O   yes;   it   doth;   a   thousand…fold   it   doth。 And   to
  conclude:   the   shepherd's   homely   curds;   His   cold   thin   drink   out   of   his
  leather   bottle;   His   wonted   sleep   under   a   fresh   tree's   shade;   All   which
  secure and sweetly he enjoys; Is far beyond a prince's delicates… His viands
  sparkling in a golden cup; His body couched in a curious bed; When care;
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  mistrust; and treason waits on him。
  Alarum。   Enter   a   son   that   hath   kill'd   his   Father;   at   one   door;   and   a
  FATHER that hath kill'd his Son; at another door
  SON。 Ill blows the wind that profits nobody。 This man whom hand to
  hand I slew in fight May be possessed with some store of crowns; And I;
  that haply take them from him now; May yet ere night yield both my life
  and them To some man else; as this dead man doth me。 Who's this? O God!
  It is my father's face; Whom in this conflict I unwares have kill'd。 O heavy
  times; begetting such events! From London by the King was I press'd forth;
  My father;  being   the   Earl of Warwick's   man;  Came on   the part   of York;
  press'd by his master; And I; who at his hands receiv'd my life; Have by
  my hands of life bereaved him。 Pardon me; God; I knew not what I did。
  And pardon; father; for I knew not thee。 My tears shall wipe away these
  bloody marks; And no more words till they have flow'd their fill。 KING
  HENRY。 O piteous spectacle! O bloody times! Whiles lions war and battle
  for   their   dens;   Poor   harmless   lambs   abide   their   enmity。   Weep;   wretched
  man; I'll aid thee tear for tear; And let our hearts and eyes; like civil war;
  Be blind with tears and break o'ercharg'd with grief。
  Enter FATHER; bearing of his SON
  FATHER。 Thou that so stoutly hath resisted me; Give me thy gold; if
  thou hast any gold; For I have bought it with an hundred blows。 But let me
  see。 Is this our foeman's face? Ah; no; no; no; no; it is mine only son! Ah;
  boy; if any life be left in thee; Throw up thine eye! See; see what show'rs
  arise; Blown with the windy tempest of my heart Upon thy wounds; that
  kills   mine    eye    and   heart!   O;   pity;  God;    this   miserable     age!   What
  stratagems; how fell; how butcherly; Erroneous; mutinous; and unnatural;
  This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! O boy; thy father gave thee life too
  soon; And hath bereft thee of thy life too late! KING HENRY。 Woe above
  woe!   grief   more   than   common   grief!   O   that   my   death   would   stay   these
  ruthful deeds! O pity; pity; gentle heaven; pity! The red rose and the white
  are on his face; The fatal colours of our striving houses: The one his purple
  blood     right   well    resembles;     The    other   his   pale   cheeks;    methinks;
  presenteth。 Wither one rose; and let the other flourish! If you contend; a
  thousand lives must perish。 SON。 How will my mother for a father's death
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  Take on with me; and ne'er be satisfied! FATHER。 How will my wife for
  slaughter   of   my   son   Shed   seas   of   tears;   and   ne'er   be   satisfied!   KING
  HENRY。   How   will   the   country   for   these   woeful   chances   Misthink   the
  King; and not be satisfied! SON。 Was ever son so rued a father's death?
  FATHER。 Was ever father so bemoan'd his son? KING HENRY。 Was ever
  king so griev'd for subjects' woe? Much is your sorrow; mine ten times so
  much。 SON。 I'll bear thee hence; where I may weep my fill。 Exit with the
  body FATHER。 These arms of mine shall be thy winding…sheet; My heart;
  sweet   boy;   shall   be   thy   sepulchre;   For   from   my   heart   thine   image   ne'er
  shall go; My sighing breast shall be thy funeral bell; And so obsequious
  will thy father be; Even for the loss of thee; having no more; As Priam was
  for all his valiant sons。 I'll bear thee hence; and let them fight that will; For
  I   have   murdered      where    I  should    not  kill。  Exit   with   the  body    KING
  HENRY。   Sad…hearted   men;   much   overgone   with   care;   Here   sits   a   king
  more woeful than you are。
  Alarums;     excursions。     Enter    QUEEN       MARGARET;           PRINCE       OF
  WALES; and EXETER
  PRINCE   OF   WALES。   Fly;   father;   fly;   for   all   your   friends   are   fled;
  And Warwick   rages   like   a   chafed   bull。 Away!   for   death   doth   hold   us   in
  pursuit。   QUEEN   MARGARET。   Mount   you;   my   lord;   towards   Berwick
  post amain。 Edward and Richard; like a brace of greyhounds Having the
  fearful flying hare in sight; With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath; And
  bloody steel grasp'd in their ireful hands; Are at our backs; and therefore
  hence   amain。   EXETER。   Away!   for   vengeance   comes   along   with   them。
  Nay;   stay   not   to   expostulate;   make   speed;   Or   else   come   after。   I'll   away
  before。  KING  HENRY。  Nay;  take   me   with   thee;  good sweet   Exeter。  Not
  that   I   fear   to   stay;   but   love   to   go   Whither   the   Queen   intends。   Forward;
  away! Exeunt
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  SCENE VI。 Another part of the field
  A loud alarum。 Enter CLIFFORD; wounded
  CLIFFORD。        Here    burns   my   candle    out;   ay;  here  it  dies;  Which;
  whiles it lasted; gave King Henry light。 O Lancaster; I fear thy overthrow
  More than my body's parting with my soul! My love and fear glu'd many
  friends   to   thee; And;  now  I   fall; thy  tough   commixture   melts;   Impairing
  Henry;     strength'ning    misproud      York。   The   common       people    swarm    like
  summer flies; And whither fly the gnats but to the sun? And who shines
  now   but   Henry's   enemies?   O   Phoebus;   hadst   thou   never   given   consent
  That Phaethon should check thy fiery steeds; Thy burning car never had
  scorch'd the earth! And; Henry; hadst thou sway'd as kings should do; Or
  as thy father and his father did; Giving no ground unto the house of York;
  They never then had sprung like summer flies; I and ten thousand in this
  luckless realm Had left no mourning widows for our death; And thou this
  day hadst kept thy chair in peace。 For what doth cherish weeds but gentle
  air?   And   what   makes   robbers   bold   but   too   much   lenity?   Bootless   are
  plaints; and cureless are my wounds。 No way to fly; nor strength to hold
  out flight。 The foe is merciless and will not pity; For at their hands I have
  deserv'd   no   pity。   The   air   hath   got   into   my   deadly   wounds;   And   much
  effuse of   blood   doth   make   me   faint。   Come; York   and   Richard; Warwick
  and the rest; I stabb'd your fathers' bosoms: split my breast。 'He faints'
  Alarum      and    retreat。   Enter     EDWARD;         GEORGE;         RICHARD
  MONTAGUE; WARWICK; and soldiers
  EDWARD。 Now breathe we; lords。 Good fortune bids us pause And
  smooth   the   frowns   of   war   with   peaceful   looks。   Some   troops   pursue   the
  bloody…minded   Queen   That   led   calm   Henry;   though   he   were   a   king; As
  doth   a