第 6 节
作者:上访不如上网      更新:2021-04-30 16:09      字数:9322
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  KING RICHARD III
  SCENE 4。
  London。 The Tower
  Enter CLARENCE and KEEPER
  KEEPER。 Why looks your Grace so heavily to…day? CLARENCE。 O;
  I have pass'd a miserable night; So full of fearful dreams; of ugly sights;
  That; as I am a Christian faithful man; I would not spend another such a
  night Though 'twere to buy a world of happy days… So full of dismal terror
  was the time! KEEPER。 What was your dream; my lord? I pray you tell
  me。 CLARENCE。 Methoughts that I had broken from the Tower And was
  embark'd      to   cross   to   Burgundy;      And    in   my    company      my    brother
  Gloucester; Who   from   my   cabin   tempted   me   to   walk   Upon   the   hatches。
  Thence we look'd toward England; And cited up a thousand heavy times;
  During the wars of York and Lancaster; That had befall'n us。 As we pac'd
  along Upon the giddy footing of the hatches; Methought that Gloucester
  stumbled;   and   in   falling   Struck   me;   that   thought   to   stay   him;   overboard
  Into the tumbling billows of the main。 O Lord; methought what pain it was
  to drown; What dreadful noise of waters in my ears; What sights of ugly
  death   within   my   eyes!   Methoughts   I   saw   a   thousand   fearful   wrecks;   A
  thousand   men   that   fishes   gnaw'd   upon;   Wedges   of   gold;   great   anchors;
  heaps   of   pearl;   Inestimable   stones;   unvalued   jewels; All   scatt'red   in   the
  bottom of the sea; Some lay in dead men's skulls; and in the holes Where
  eyes    did   once   inhabit    there  were    crept;   As   'twere   in  scorn   of   eyes;
  reflecting gems; That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep And mock'd the
  dead   bones   that   lay   scatt'red   by。   KEEPER。   Had   you   such   leisure   in   the
  time    of  death   To   gaze   upon    these   secrets   of  the  deep?    CLARENCE。
  Methought   I   had;   and   often   did   I   strive  To   yield   the   ghost;   but   still   the
  envious   flood   Stopp'd   in   my   soul   and   would   not   let   it   forth   To   find   the
  empty; vast; and wand'ring air; But smother'd it within my panting bulk;
  Who almost burst to belch it in the sea。 KEEPER。 Awak'd you not in this
  sore agony? CLARENCE。 No; no; my dream was lengthen'd after life。 O;
  then began the   tempest to my  soul! I pass'd;  methought; the   melancholy
  flood With that sour ferryman which poets write of; Unto the kingdom of
  perpetual   night。   The   first   that   there   did   greet   my   stranger   soul   Was   my
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  great father…in…law; renowned Warwick; Who spake   aloud 'What   scourge
  for   perjury   Can   this   dark   monarchy   afford   false   Clarence?'   And   so   he
  vanish'd。 Then came wand'ring by A shadow like an angel; with bright hair
  Dabbled      in  blood;   and   he   shriek'd   out   aloud   'Clarence    is  come…false;
  fleeting;   perjur'd   Clarence;   That   stabb'd   me   in   the   field   by   Tewksbury。
  Seize   on   him;   Furies;   take   him   unto   torment!'   With   that;   methoughts;   a
  legion of foul fiends Environ'd me; and howled in mine ears Such hideous
  cries that; with the very noise; I   trembling wak'd; and   for a season   after
  Could not believe but that I was in hell; Such terrible impression made my
  dream。 KEEPER。 No marvel; lord; though it affrighted you; I am afraid;
  methinks;   to   hear   you   tell   it。   CLARENCE。 Ah;   Keeper;   Keeper;   I   have
  done these things That now give evidence against my soul For Edward's
  sake;   and   see   how   he   requites   me!   O   God!   If   my   deep   prayers   cannot
  appease Thee; But Thou wilt be aveng'd on my misdeeds; Yet execute Thy
  wrath   in   me   alone;   O;   spare   my   guiltless   wife   and   my   poor   children!
  KEEPER; I prithee sit by me awhile; My soul is heavy; and I fain would
  sleep。    KEEPER。       I  will;   my    lord。  God     give   your   Grace     good    rest。
  'CLARENCE sleeps'
  Enter BRAKENBURY the Lieutenant
  BRAKENBURY。 Sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hours; Makes
  the night morning and the noontide night。 Princes have but their titles for
  their   glories;   An    outward    honour     for  an   inward    toil;  And   for   unfelt
  imaginations   They   often   feel   a   world   of   restless   cares;   So   that   between
  their tides and low name There's nothing differs but the outward fame。
  Enter the two MURDERERS
  FIRST      MURDERER。           Ho!    who's    here?    BRAKENBURY。            What
  wouldst thou; fellow; and how cam'st thou hither? FIRST MURDERER。 I
  would      speak     with     Clarence;     and    I   came     hither    on    my     legs。
  BRAKENBURY。 What; so brief? SECOND MURDERER。 'Tis better; sir;
  than    to  be   tedious。   Let   him   see   our   commission      and    talk  no   more。
  'BRAKENBURY reads it' BRAKENBURY。 I am; in this; commanded to
  deliver The noble Duke of Clarence to your hands。 I will not reason what
  is meant hereby; Because I will be guiltless from the meaning。 There lies
  the   Duke   asleep;   and   there   the   keys。   I'll   to   the   King   and   signify  to   him
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  That   thus   I   have   resign'd   to   you   my   charge。   FIRST   MURDERER。   You
  may; sir; 'tis a point of wisdom。 Fare you well。 Exeunt BRAKENBURY
  and KEEPER SECOND MURDERER。 What; shall I stab him as he sleeps?
  FIRST MURDERER。 No; he'll say 'twas done cowardly; when he wakes。
  SECOND         MURDERER。          Why;     he  shall   never   wake     until  the  great
  judgment…day。 FIRST  MURDERER。 Why;  then he'll say  we  stabb'd him
  sleeping。 SECOND MURDERER。 The urging of that word judgment hath
  bred a kind of remorse in me。 FIRST MURDERER。 What; art thou afraid?
  SECOND   MURDERER。   Not   to   kill   him;   having   a   warrant;   but   to   be
  damn'd for killing him; from the which no warrant can defend me。 FIRST
  MURDERER。 I thought thou hadst been resolute。 SECOND MURDERER。
  So   I   am;   to   let   him   live。   FIRST  MURDERER。   I'll   back   to   the   Duke   of
  Gloucester and tell him so。 SECOND MURDERER。 Nay; I prithee; stay a
  little。 I hope this passionate humour of mine will change; it was wont to
  hold me but while one tells twenty。 FIRST MURDERER。 How dost thou
  feel   thyself   now?   SECOND   MURDERER。   Faith;   some   certain   dregs   of
  conscience      are   yet  within   me。    FIRST    MURDERER。          Remember       our
  reward; when the deed's done。 SECOND MURDERER。 Zounds; he dies; I
  had forgot the reward。 FIRST MURDERER。 Where's thy conscience now?
  SECOND   MURDERER。   O;   in   the   Duke   of   Gloucester's   purse!   FIRST
  MURDERER。           When     he  opens    his  purse   to  give   us  our   reward;   thy
  conscience   flies   out。   SECOND   MURDERER。   'Tis   no   matter;   let   it   go;
  there's few or none will entertain it。 FIRST MURDERER。 What if it come
  to thee again? SECOND MURDERER。 I'll not meddle with it…it makes a
  man coward: a man cannot steal; but it accuseth him; a man cannot swear;
  but it checks him; a man cannot lie with his neighbour's wife; but it detects
  him。 'Tis a blushing shame… fac'd spirit that mutinies in a man's bosom; it
  fills a man full of obstacles: it made me once restore a purse of gold that…
  by   chance   I   found。   It   beggars   any   man   that   keeps   it。   It   is   turn'd   out   of
  towns and cities for a dangerous thing; and every man that means to live
  well     endeavours      to  trust   to  himself     and   live   without    it。  FIRST
  MURDERER。 Zounds; 'tis even now at my elbow; persuading me not to
  kill   the   Duke。   SECOND   MURDERER。   Take   the   devil   in   thy   mind   and
  believe him not; he would insinuate with thee but to make the sigh。 FIRST
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  MURDERER。 I am strong…fram'd; he cannot prevail with me。 SECOND
  MURDERER。  Spoke  like  a   tall   man   that   respects   thy  reputation。   Come;
  shall we fall to work? FIRST MURDERER。 Take him on the costard with
  the hilts of thy sword; and then chop him in the malmsey…butt in the next
  room。   SECOND   MURDERER。   O   excellent   device!   and   make   a   sop   of
  him。    FIRST    MURDERER。          Soft!  he   wakes。    SECOND       MURDERER。
  Strike!   FIRST   MURDERER。   No;   we'll   reason   with   him。   CLARENCE。
  Where art thou; Keeper? Give me a cup of wine。 SECOND MURDERER。
  You shall have wine enough; my lord; anon。 CLARENCE。 In God's name;
  what art thou? FIRST MURDERER。 A man; as