第 17 节
作者:上网找工作      更新:2021-02-21 13:17      字数:9322
  Go to; follow。 PAROLLES。 I praise God for you。 Exeunt
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  SCENE 3。 Rousillon。 The COUNT'S palace
  Flourish。    Enter    KING;     COUNTESS;         LAFEU;      the   two   FRENCH
  LORDS; with ATTENDANTS
  KING。 We lost a jewel of her; and our esteem Was made much poorer
  by    it;  but  your  son;   As   mad   in  folly;  lack'd   the  sense   to  know    Her
  estimation   home。   COUNTESS。   'Tis   past;   my   liege; And   I   beseech   your
  Majesty to make it Natural rebellion; done i' th' blaze of youth; When oil
  and   fire;  too   strong   for   reason's   force;   O'erbears   it   and   burns   on。   KING。
  My honour'd lady; I have forgiven and forgotten all; Though my revenges
  were high bent upon him And watch'd the time to shoot。 LAFEU。 This I
  must say… But first; I beg my pardon: the young lord Did to his Majesty;
  his   mother;   and   his   lady;   Offence   of   mighty   note;   but   to   himself   The
  greatest wrong of all。 He lost a wife Whose beauty did astonish the survey
  Of richest eyes; whose words all ears took captive; Whose dear perfection
  hearts that scorn'd to serve Humbly call'd mistress。 KING。 Praising what is
  lost Makes the remembrance dear。 Well; call him hither; We are reconcil'd;
  and the first view shall kill All repetition。 Let him not ask our pardon; The
  nature of his great offence is dead; And deeper than oblivion do we bury
  Th' incensing relics of it; let him approach; A stranger; no offender; and
  inform him So 'tis our will he should。 GENTLEMAN。 I shall; my liege。
  Exit   GENTLEMAN   KING。   What   says   he   to   your   daughter?   Have   you
  spoke?   LAFEU。  All   that   he   is   hath   reference   to   your   Highness。   KING。
  Then shall we have a match。 I have letters sent me That sets him high in
  fame。
  Enter BERTRAM
  LAFEU。 He  looks well on 't。  KING。  I am  not a  day of   season;  For
  thou mayst see a sunshine and a hail In me at once。 But to the brightest
  beams   Distracted   clouds   give   way;   so   stand   thou   forth;   The   time   is   fair
  again。 BERTRAM。 My high…repented blames; Dear sovereign; pardon to
  me。 KING。 All is whole; Not one word more of the consumed time。 Let's
  take  the  instant   by  the  forward   top;   For  we   are  old;  and   on our   quick'st
  decrees Th' inaudible and noiseless foot of Time Steals ere we can effect
  them。 You remember The daughter of this lord? BERTRAM。 Admiringly;
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  my liege。 At first I stuck my choice upon her; ere my heart Durst make too
  bold   herald   of   my   tongue;   Where   the   impression   of   mine   eye   infixing;
  Contempt his scornful perspective did lend me; Which warp'd the line of
  every other favour; Scorn'd a fair colour or express'd it stol'n; Extended or
  contracted all proportions To a most hideous object。 Thence it came That
  she whom all men prais'd; and whom myself; Since I have lost; have lov'd;
  was in mine eye The dust that did offend it。 KING。 Well excus'd。 That thou
  didst love her; strikes some scores away From the great compt; but love
  that comes too late; Like a remorseful pardon slowly carried; To the great
  sender   turns   a   sour   offence;   Crying   'That's   good   that's   gone。'   Our   rash
  faults   Make   trivial   price   of   serious   things   we   have;   Not   knowing   them
  until   we   know     their  grave。   Oft   our  displeasures;     to  ourselves    unjust;
  Destroy our friends; and after weep their dust; Our own love waking cries
  to see what's done; While shameful hate sleeps out the afternoon。 Be this
  sweet Helen's knell。 And now forget her。 Send forth your amorous token
  for fair Maudlin。 The main consents are had; and here we'll stay To see our
  widower's second marriage…day。 COUNTESS。 Which better than the first;
  O dear heaven; bless! Or; ere they meet; in me; O nature; cesse! LAFEU。
  Come   on;   my  son;   in   whom   my   house's   name   Must   be   digested;   give   a
  favour from you; To sparkle in the spirits of my daughter; That she may
  quickly come。 'BERTRAM gives a ring' By my old beard; And ev'ry hair
  that's on 't; Helen; that's dead; Was a sweet creature; such a ring as this;
  The     last  that  e'er  I  took  her   leave   at  court;   I  saw   upon   her   finger。
  BERTRAM。 Hers it was not。 KING。 Now; pray you; let me see it; for mine
  eye; While I was speaking; oft was fasten'd to't。 This ring was mine; and
  when I gave it Helen I bade her; if her fortunes ever stood Necessitied to
  help; that by this token I would relieve her。 Had you that craft to reave her
  Of    what   should    stead   her  most?    BERTRAM。         My   gracious    sovereign;
  Howe'er it pleases you to take it so; The ring was never hers。 COUNTESS。
  Son; on my life; I have seen her wear it; and she reckon'd it At her life's
  rate。 LAFEU。 I am sure I saw her wear it。 BERTRAM。 You are deceiv'd;
  my lord; she never saw it。 In Florence was it from a casement thrown me;
  Wrapp'd in a paper; which contain'd the name Of her that threw it。 Noble
  she was; and thought I stood engag'd; but when I had subscrib'd To mine
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  own fortune; and inform'd her fully I could not answer in that course of
  honour As   she   had   made   the   overture;   she   ceas'd;   In   heavy   satisfaction;
  and    would    never    Receive    the   ring  again。   KING。     Plutus   himself;    That
  knows   the   tinct   and   multiplying   med'cine;   Hath   not   in   nature's   mystery
  more science Than I have in this ring。 'Twas mine; 'twas Helen's; Whoever
  gave it you。 Then; if you know That you are well acquainted with yourself;
  Confess 'twas hers; and by what rough enforcement You got it from her。
  She call'd the saints to surety That she would never put it from her finger
  Unless she gave it to yourself in bed… Where you have never come… or sent
  it us Upon her great disaster。 BERTRAM。 She never saw it。 KING。 Thou
  speak'st it falsely; as I love mine honour; And mak'st conjectural fears to
  come into me Which I would fain shut out。 If it should prove That thou art
  so inhuman… 'twill not prove so。 And yet I know not… thou didst hate her
  deadly;  And   she   is   dead;   which   nothing;   but   to   close   Her   eyes   myself;
  could   win   me   to   believe   More   than     to   see   this   ring。   Take   him   away。
  'GUARDS seize BERTRAM' My fore…past proofs; howe'er the matter fall;
  Shall   tax   my   fears   of   little   vanity;   Having   vainly   fear'd   too   little。 Away
  with him。 We'll sift this matter further。 BERTRAM。 If you shall prove This
  ring was   ever hers;  you shall   as   easy Prove   that I   husbanded her bed   in
  Florence; Where she yet never was。 Exit; guarded KING。 I am wrapp'd in
  dismal thinkings。
  Enter a GENTLEMAN
  GENTLEMAN。 Gracious   sovereign; Whether   I have been   to   blame
  or no; I know not: Here's a petition from a Florentine; Who hath; for four
  or five removes; come short To tender it herself。 I undertook it; Vanquish'd
  thereto by the fair grace and speech Of the poor suppliant; who by this; I
  know;   Is   here   attending;   her   business   looks   in   her   With   an   importing
  visage;    and   she   told   me   In  a  sweet    verbal   brief  it  did  concern     Your
  Highness       with    herself。   KING。      'Reads    the    letter'  'Upon     his   many
  protestations   to   marry  me  when   his   wife  was dead;  I   blush to say  it;   he
  won me。 Now is the Count Rousillon a widower; his vows are forfeited to
  me; and my honour's paid to him。 He stole from Florence; taking no leave;
  and I follow him to his country for justice。 Grant it me; O King! in you it
  best   lies;  otherwise   a    seducer   flourishes;    and   a  poor   maid    is  undone。
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  DIANA CAPILET。' LAFEU。 I will buy me a son…in…law in a fair; and toll
  for this。 I'll none of him。 KING。 The heavens have thought well on thee;
  Lafeu; To bring forth this discov'ry。 Seek these suitors。 Go speedily; and
  bring   again   the   Count。   Exeunt   ATTENDANTS   I   am   afeard   the   life   of
  Helen; lady; Was foully snatch'd。 COUNTESS。 Now; justice on the doers!
  Enter BERTRAM; guarded
  KING。 I wonder; sir; sith wives are monsters to you。 And that you fly
  them as you swear them lordship; Yet you desire to marry。 Enter WIDOW
  and   DIANA   What   woman's   that?   DIANA。   I   am;   my   lord;   a   wretched
  Florentine; Derived from the