第 20 节
作者:希望之舟      更新:2021-02-18 23:53      字数:9319
  angry look。 We are thy sovereign; Clifford; kneel again; For thy mistaking
  so; we pardon thee。 CLIFFORD。 This is my King; York; I do not mistake;
  But thou mistakes me much to think I do。 To Bedlam with him! Is the man
  grown mad? KING HENRY。 Ay; Clifford; a bedlam and ambitious humour
  Makes him oppose himself against his king。 CLIFFORD。 He is a traitor;
  let him to the Tower; And chop away that factious pate of his。 QUEEN。 He
  is arrested; but will not obey; His sons; he says; shall give their words for
  him。 YORK。 Will you not; sons? EDWARD。 Ay; noble father; if our words
  will   serve。   RICHARD。   And   if   words   will   not;   then   our   weapons   shall。
  CLIFFORD。 Why; what a brood of traitors have we here! YORK。 Look in
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  a glass; and call thy image so: I am thy king; and thou a false…heart traitor。
  Call hither to the stake my two brave bears; That with the very shaking of
  their chains They may astonish these fell…lurking curs。 Bid Salisbury and
  Warwick come to me。
  Enter the EARLS OF WARWICK and SALISBURY
  CLIFFORD。 Are these thy bears? We'll bait thy bears to death; And
  manacle the berard in their chains; If thou dar'st bring them to the baiting…
  place。 RICHARD。 Oft have I seen a hot o'er weening cur Run back and
  bite;   because   he   was   withheld;   Who;   being   suffer'd;   with   the   bear's   fell
  paw; Hath clapp'd his tail between his legs and cried; And such a piece of
  service   will   you   do;   If   you   oppose   yourselves   to   match   Lord   Warwick。
  CLIFFORD。 Hence;  heap of   wrath;  foul indigested   lump; As   crooked in
  thy manners as thy shape! YORK。 Nay; we shall heat you thoroughly anon。
  CLIFFORD。   Take   heed;   lest   by   your   heat   you   burn   yourselves。   KING
  HENRY。   Why;   Warwick;   hath   thy   knee   forgot   to   bow?   Old   Salisbury;
  shame to thy silver hair; Thou mad misleader of thy brainsick son! What;
  wilt thou on thy death…bed play the ruffian And seek for sorrow with thy
  spectacles? O; where is faith? O; where is loyalty? If it be banish'd from
  the frosty head; Where shall it find a harbour in the earth? Wilt thou go dig
  a grave to find out war And shame thine honourable age with blood? Why
  art thou old; and want'st experience? Or wherefore dost abuse it; if thou
  hast it? For shame! In duty bend thy knee to me; That bows unto the grave
  with   mickle   age。   SALISBURY。   My   lord;   I   have   considered   with   myself
  The tide of this most renowned duke; And in my conscience do repute his
  Grace The rightful heir to England's royal seat。 KING HENRY。 Hast thou
  not   sworn    allegiance    unto   me?    SALISBURY。        I  have。   KING     HENRY。
  Canst   thou   dispense   with   heaven   for   such   an   oath?   SALISBURY。   It   is
  great sin to swear unto a sin; But greater sin to keep a sinful oath。 Who
  can be bound by any solemn vow To do a murd'rous deed; to rob a man;
  To force a spotless virgin's chastity; To reave the orphan of his patrimony;
  To wring the widow from her custom'd right; And have no other reason for
  this wrong   But that he   was bound by  a   solemn   oath?   QUEEN。 A  subtle
  traitor needs no sophister。 KING HENRY。 Call Buckingham; and bid him
  arm himself。 YORK。 Call Buckingham; and all the friends thou hast; I am
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  resolv'd    for   death   or   dignity。   CLIFFORD。   The   first   I   warrant   thee;       if
  dreams   prove   true。   WARWICK。 You   were   best   to   go   to   bed   and   dream
  again     To  keep    thee   from   the   tempest     of  the  field。   CLIFFORD。        I  am
  resolv'd   to   bear   a   greater   storm  Than   any   thou   canst   conjure   up   to…day;
  And   that   I'll   write   upon   thy   burgonet;   Might   I   but   know   thee   by   thy
  household   badge。   WARWICK。   Now;   by   my   father's   badge;   old   Nevil's
  crest; The rampant bear chain'd to the ragged staff; This day I'll wear aloft
  my burgonet; As on a mountain…top the cedar shows; That keeps his leaves
  in   spite   of   any   storm;    Even    to   affright   thee   with   the   view    thereof。
  CLIFFORD。 And from thy burgonet I'll rend thy bear And tread it under
  foot with all contempt; Despite the berard that protects the bear。 YOUNG
  CLIFFORD。  And   so   to   arms;   victorious   father;   To   quell   the   rebels   and
  their   complices。   RICHARD。   Fie!   charity;   for   shame!   Speak   not   in   spite;
  For   you   shall   sup   with   Jesu   Christ   to…night。 YOUNG   CLIFFORD。   Foul
  stigmatic;   that's   more   than   thou   canst   tell。   RICHARD。   If   not   in   heaven;
  you'll surely sup in hell。 Exeunt severally
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  SCENE II。 Saint Albans
  Alarums to the battle。Enter WARWICK
  WARWICK。 Clifford of Cumberland; 'tis Warwick calls; And if thou
  dost   not   hide   thee   from   the   bear;   Now;   when   the   angry   trumpet   sounds
  alarum And   dead men's   cries do   fill the   empty air;  Clifford; I say;  come
  forth   and   fight   with   me。   Proud   northern   lord;   Clifford   of   Cumberland;
  WARWICK is hoarse with calling thee to arms。
  Enter YORK
  How   now;    my   noble    lord!   what;  all   a…foot?  YORK。   The     deadly…
  handed   Clifford   slew   my   steed;   But   match   to   match   I   have   encount'red
  him; And made a prey for carrion kites and crows Even of the bonny beast
  he lov'd so well。
  Enter OLD CLIFFORD
  WARWICK。   Of   one   or   both   of   us   the   time   is   come。 YORK。   Hold;
  Warwick; seek thee out some other chase; For I myself must hunt this deer
  to death。 WARWICK。 Then; nobly; York; 'tis for a crown thou fight'st。 As I
  intend; Clifford; to thrive to…day; It grieves my soul to leave thee unassail'd。
  Exit   CLIFFORD。   What   seest   thou   in   me;   York?   Why   dost   thou   pause?
  YORK。 With thy brave bearing should I be in love But that thou art so fast
  mine enemy。 CLIFFORD。 Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem
  But that 'tis shown ignobly and in treason。 YORK。 So let it help me now
  against thy  sword; As   I in   justice  and   true   right   express   it!   CLIFFORD。
  My soul and body on the action both! YORK。 A dreadful lay! Address thee
  instantly。 'They fight and CLIFFORD falls' CLIFFORD。 La fin couronne
  les oeuvres。 'Dies' YORK。 Thus war hath given thee peace; for thou art
  still。 Peace with his soul; heaven; if it be thy will! Exit
  Enter YOUNG CLIFFORD
  YOUNG CLIFFORD。 Shame and confusion! All is on the rout; Fear
  frames disorder; and disorder wounds Where it should guard。 O war; thou
  son   of   hell;  Whom  angry  heavens   do   make   their   minister; Throw   in   the
  frozen bosoms of our part Hot coals of vengeance! Let no soldier fly。 He
  that is truly dedicate to war Hath no self…love; nor he that loves himself
  Hath not essentially; but by circumstance; The name of valour。 'Sees his
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  father's body' O; let the vile world end And the premised flames of the last
  day Knit earth and heaven together! Now let the general trumpet blow his
  blast; Particularities and petty sounds To cease! Wast thou ordain'd; dear
  father;   To   lose   thy   youth   in   peace   and   to   achieve   The   silver   livery   of
  advised age; And in thy reverence and thy chair…days thus To die in ruffian
  battle? Even at this sight My heart is turn'd to stone; and while 'tis mine It
  shall be stony。 York not our old men spares; No more will I their babes。
  Tears virginal Shall be to me even as the dew to fire; And beauty; that the
  tyrant oft reclaims; Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and flax。 Henceforth I
  will not have to do with pity: Meet I an infant of the house of York; Into as
  many gobbets will I cut it As wild Medea young Absyrtus did; In cruelty
  will I seek out my fame。 Come; thou new ruin of old Clifford's house; As
  did Aeneas old Anchises bear; So bear I thee upon my manly shoulders;
  But   then Aeneas   bare   a   living   load;   Nothing   so   heavy   as   these   woes   of
  mine。 Exit with the body
  Enter RICHARD and SOMERSET to fight。 SOMERSET is killed
  RICHARD。   So;   lie   thou   there;   For   underneath   an   alehouse'   paltry
  sign; The Castle in Saint Albans; Somerset Hath made the wizard famous
  in his death。 Sword; hold thy temper; heart; be wrathful still: Priests pray
  for enemies; but princes kill。 Exit