第 9 节
作者:冥王      更新:2021-02-19 19:23      字数:9321
  ye   cuckoo!   but   afoot   he   will   not   budge   a   foot。   Prince。   Yes;   Jack;   upon
  instinct。   Fal。   I   grant   ye;   upon   instinct。   Well;   he   is   there   too;   and   one
  Mordake; and a thousand bluecaps more。 Worcester is stol'n away to…night;
  thy father's beard is turn'd white with the news; you may buy land now as
  cheap as stinking mack'rel。 Prince。 Why then; it is like; if there come a hot
  June; and this civil buffeting hold; we shall buy maidenheads as they buy
  hobnails; by the hundreds。 Fal。 By the mass; lad; thou sayest true; it is like
  we shall have good trading that way。 But tell me; Hal; art not thou horrible
  afeard? Thou being heir apparent; could the world pick thee out three such
  enemies      again   as  that  fiend   Douglas;     that  spirit  Percy;   and   that   devil
  Glendower? Art thou not horribly afraid? Doth not thy blood thrill at it?
  Prince。 Not a whit; i' faith。 I lack some of thy instinct。 Fal。 Well; thou wilt
  be horribly chid to…morrow when thou comest to thy father。 If thou love
  file; practise an answer。 Prince。 Do thou stand for my father and examine
  me upon the particulars of my life。 Fal。 Shall I? Content。 This chair shall
  be my state; this dagger my sceptre; and this cushion my; crown。 Prince。
  Thy state is taken for a join'd…stool; thy golden sceptre for a leaden dagger;
  and thy precious rich crown for a pitiful bald crown。 Fal。 Well; an the fire
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  of grace be not quite out of thee; now shalt thou be moved。 Give me a cup
  of sack to make my eyes look red; that it may be thought I have wept; for I
  must   speak   in   passion;   and   I   will   do   it   in   King   Cambyses'   vein。   Prince。
  Well;   here  is   my  leg。   Fal。 And   here  is   my  speech。   Stand   aside;   nobility。
  Host。 O Jesu; this is excellent sport; i' faith! Fal。 Weep not; sweet queen;
  for    trickling    tears   are   vain。   Host。    O;   the   Father;    how     he   holds    his
  countenance!   Fal。   For   God's   sake;   lords;   convey   my   tristful   queen!   For
  tears do stop the floodgates of her eyes。 Host。 O Jesu; he doth it as like one
  of   these   harlotry   players   as   ever   I   see!   Fal。   Peace;   good   pintpot。   Peace;
  good   tickle…brain。…  Harry;  I  do   not   only  marvel   where  thou   spendest   thy
  time;  but   also   how   thou   art   accompanied。  For   though   the  camomile;   the
  more it is trodden on; the faster it grows; yet youth; the more it is wasted;
  the sooner it wears。 That thou art my son I have partly thy mother's word;
  partly   my   own   opinion;   but   chiefly   a   villanous   trick   of   thine   eye   and   a
  foolish hanging of thy nether lip that doth warrant me。 If then thou be son
  to me; here lies the point: why; being son to me; art thou so pointed at?
  Shall   the   blessed   sun   of   heaven   prove   a   micher   and   eat   blackberries? A
  question not to be ask'd。 Shall the son of England prove a thief and take
  purses? A question   to   be  ask'd。 There is   a thing;  Harry;  which   thou hast
  often heard of; and it is known to many in our land by the name of pitch。
  This pitch; as ancient writers do report; doth defile; so doth the company
  thou keepest。 For; Harry; now I do not speak to thee in drink; but in tears;
  not in pleasure; but in passion; not in words only; but in woes also: and yet
  there   is   a   virtuous   man   whom  I   have   often   noted in   thy  company;   but   I
  know not his name。 Prince。 What manner of man; an it like your Majesty?
  Fal。 A goodly portly man;  i' faith; and a corpulent;   of a cheerful look;  a
  pleasing eye; and a most noble carriage; and; as I think; his age some fifty;
  or; by'r Lady; inclining to threescore; and now I remember me; his name is
  Falstaff。 If that man should be lewdly; given; he deceiveth me; for; Harry; I
  see virtue in his looks。 If then the tree may be known by the fruit; as the
  fruit   by   the   tree;   then;   peremptorily   I   speak   it;   there   is   virtue   in   that
  Falstaff。 Him keep with; the rest banish。 And tell me now; thou naughty
  varlet; tell me where hast thou been this month? Prince。 Dost thou speak
  like a king? Do thou stand for me; and I'll play my father。 Fal。 Depose me?
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  If  thou   dost   it   half   so   gravely;   so   majestically;   both   in   word   and   matter;
  hang   me   up   by   the   heels   for   a   rabbit…sucker   or   a   poulter's   hare。   Prince。
  Well; here I am set。 Fal。 And here I stand。 Judge; my masters。 Prince。 Now;
  Harry;   whence   come   you?   Fal。   My   noble   lord;   from   Eastcheap。   Prince。
  The complaints I hear of thee are grievous。 Fal。 'Sblood; my lord; they are
  false! Nay; I'll tickle ye for a young prince; i' faith。 Prince。 Swearest thou;
  ungracious boy? Henceforth ne'er look on me。 Thou art violently carried
  away from grace。 There is a devil haunts thee in the likeness of an old fat
  man; a   tun of   man is   thy companion。 Why dost thou converse   with that
  trunk of humours; that bolting hutch of beastliness; that swoll'n parcel of
  dropsies;   that   huge   bombard   of   sack;   that   stuff'd   cloakbag   of   guts;   that
  roasted Manningtree ox with the pudding in his belly; that reverend vice;
  that grey iniquity; that father ruffian; that vanity in years? Wherein is he
  good; but to taste sack and drink it? wherein neat and cleanly; but to carve
  a capon and eat it? wherein cunning; but in craft? wherein crafty; but in
  villany?     wherein     villanous;    but   in  all  things?    wherein     worthy;    but   in
  nothing? Fal。 I would your Grace would take me with you。 Whom means
  your     Grace?     Prince。    That    villanous     abominable       misleader     of   youth;
  Falstaff;   that   old   white…bearded   Satan。   Fal。   My   lord;   the   man   I   know。
  Prince。 I know thou dost。 Fal。 But to say I know more harm in him than in
  myself were to say more than I know。 That he is old (the more the pity) his
  white     hairs   do   witness     it;  but  that   he   is  (saving    your    reverence)     a
  whoremaster; that I utterly deny。 If sack and sugar be a fault; God help the
  wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin; then many an old host that I know
  is damn'd。 If to be fat be to be hated; then Pharaoh's lean kine are to be
  loved。 No; my good lord。 Banish Peto; banish Bardolph; banish Poins; but
  for sweet Jack Falstaff; kind Jack Falstaff; true Jack Falstaff; valiant Jack
  Falstaff;   and   therefore   more   valiant   being;   as   he   is;   old   Jack   Falstaff;
  banish not him thy Harry's company; banish not him thy Harry's company。
  Banish   plump   Jack;   and   banish   all   the   world!   Prince。   I   do;   I   will。   'A
  knocking heard。' 'Exeunt Hostess; Francis; and Bardolph。'
  Enter Bardolph; running。
  Bard。 O; my lord; my lord! the sheriff with a most monstrous watch is
  at the door。 Fal。 Out; ye rogue! Play out the play。 I have much to say in the
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  behalf of that Falstaff。
  Enter the Hostess。
  Host。 O Jesu; my lord; my lord! Prince。 Heigh; heigh; the devil rides
  upon a fiddlestick! What's the matter? Host。 The sheriff and all the watch
  are at the door。 They are come to search the house。 Shall I let them in? Fal。
  Dost thou hear; Hal? Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit。 Thou art
  essentially   mad   without   seeming   so。   Prince。 And   thou   a   natural   coward
  without instinct。 Fal。 I deny your major。 If you will deny the sheriff; so; if
  not; let him enter。 If I become not a cart as well as another man; a plague
  on   my  bringing   up!   I   hope   I   shall   as   soon   be   strangled   with   a   halter   as
  another。 Prince。 Go hide thee behind the arras。 The rest walk; up above。
  Now; my masters; for a true face and good conscience。 Fal。 Both which I
  have had; but their date is out; and therefore I'll hide me。 Exit。 Prince。 Call
  in the sheriff。 'Exeunt Manent the Prince and Peto。'
  Enter Sheriff and the Carrier。
  Now; Master Sheriff; what is your will with me? Sher。 First; pardon
  me;  my lord。 A hue and  cry Hath   followed certain men   unto this   house。
  Prince。 What men? Sher。 One of them is well known; my gracious lord… A
  gross fat man。 Carrier。 As fat as butter。 Prince。 The man; I do assure you; is
  not here; For I myself at this time have employ'd him。 And; sheriff; I will
  engage my word to thee That I will by to…morrow dinner time Send him to
  answer thee; or any man; For anything he shall be charg'd withal; And