第 20 节
作者:上访不如上网      更新:2021-04-30 16:09      字数:9322
  RICHARD。 Look what is done cannot be now amended。 Men shall deal
  unadvisedly sometimes; Which after…hours gives leisure to repent。 If I did
  take   the   kingdom   from   your   sons;   To   make   amends   I'll   give   it   to   your
  daughter。 If I have kill'd the issue of your womb; To quicken your increase
  I   will   beget   Mine   issue   of   your   blood   upon   your   daughter。 A  grandam's
  name is little less in love Than is the doating title of a mother; They are as
  children but one step below; Even of your metal; of your very blood; Of all
  one pain; save for a night of groans Endur'd of her; for whom you bid like
  sorrow。 Your   children   were vexation   to   your   youth;   But   mine   shall  be   a
  comfort to your age。 The loss you have is but a son being King; And by
  that loss your daughter is made Queen。 I cannot make you what amends I
  would; Therefore accept such kindness as I can。 Dorset your son; that with
  a fearful soul   Leads   discontented   steps in   foreign soil; This   fair  alliance
  quickly shall can home To high promotions and great dignity。 The King;
  that   calls   your   beauteous   daughter   wife;  Familiarly  shall   call   thy  Dorset
  brother;     Again    shall   you   be   mother    to  a   king;   And    all  the  ruins   of
  distressful   times   Repair'd   with   double   riches   of   content。  What!   we   have
  many   goodly   days   to   see。   The   liquid   drops   of   tears   that   you   have   shed
  Shall come again; transform'd to orient pearl; Advantaging their loan with
  interest Of ten times double gain of happiness。 Go; then; my mother; to thy
  daughter go; Make bold her bashful years with your experience; Prepare
  her ears to hear a wooer's tale; Put in her tender heart th' aspiring flame Of
  golden   sovereignty;   acquaint   the   Princes   With   the   sweet   silent   hours   of
  marriage joys。 And when this arm of mine hath chastised The petty rebel;
  dull…brain'd   Buckingham;   Bound   with   triumphant   garlands   will   I   come;
  And   lead   thy   daughter   to   a   conqueror's   bed;   To   whom   I   will   retail   my
  conquest won; And she shall be sole victoress; Caesar's Caesar。 QUEEN
  ELIZABETH。 What were I best to say? Her father's brother Would be her
  lord? Or shall I say her uncle? Or he that slew her brothers and her uncles?
  Under what title shall I woo for thee That God; the law; my honour; and
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  her love Can make seem pleasing to her tender years? KING RICHARD。
  Infer fair England's peace by this alliance。 QUEEN ELIZABETH。 Which
  she   shall   purchase   with   still…lasting   war。   KING   RICHARD。  Tell   her   the
  King;   that   may   command;   entreats。   QUEEN   ELIZABETH。   That   at   her
  hands which the King's King forbids。 KING RICHARD。 Say she shall be
  a high and mighty queen。 QUEEN ELIZABETH。 To wail the title; as her
  mother doth。 KING RICHARD。 Say I will love her everlastingly。 QUEEN
  ELIZABETH。 But how long shall that title 'ever' last? KING RICHARD。
  Sweetly in force unto her fair life's end。 QUEEN ELIZABETH。 But how
  long fairly shall her sweet life last? KING RICHARD。 As long as heaven
  and    nature   lengthens    it。  QUEEN     ELIZABETH。         As   long  as   hell  and
  Richard likes of it。 KING RICHARD。 Say I; her sovereign; am her subject
  low。    QUEEN        ELIZABETH。         But    she;   your   subject;    loathes   such
  sovereignty。 KING RICHARD。 Be eloquent in my behalf to her。 QUEEN
  ELIZABETH。          An   honest   tale  speeds    best  being    plainly  told。   KING
  RICHARD。 Then plainly to her tell my loving tale。 QUEEN ELIZABETH。
  Plain and not honest is too harsh a style。 KING RICHARD。 Your reasons
  are too shallow and too quick。 QUEEN ELIZABETH。 O; no; my reasons
  are too deep and dead… Too deep and dead; poor infants; in their graves。
  KING RICHARD。 Harp not on that string; madam; that is past。 QUEEN
  ELIZABETH。          Harp   on   it  still  shall  I  till  heartstrings  break。   KING
  RICHARD。   Now;   by   my   George;   my   garter;   and   my   crown…   QUEEN
  ELIZABETH。          Profan'd;    dishonour'd;     and   the   third   usurp'd。    KING
  RICHARD。   I   swear…   QUEEN   ELIZABETH。   By   nothing;   for   this   is   no
  oath:    Thy   George;    profan'd;   hath   lost  his  lordly  honour;    Thy   garter;
  blemish'd;   pawn'd   his   knightly   virtue;   Thy   crown;   usurp'd;   disgrac'd   his
  kingly glory。 If something thou wouldst swear to be believ'd; Swear then
  by something that thou hast not wrong'd。 KING RICHARD。 Then; by my
  self…  QUEEN   ELIZABETH。 Thy  self   is   self…misus'd。   KING   RICHARD。
  Now; by the  world… QUEEN  ELIZABETH。 'Tis   full of  thy foul   wrongs。
  KING   RICHARD。   My   father's   death…   QUEEN   ELIZABETH。   Thy   life
  hath    it  dishonour'd。   KING     RICHARD。       Why;    then;   by  God…    QUEEN
  ELIZABETH。 God's wrong is most of all。 If thou didst fear to break an
  oath   with   Him;   The   unity   the   King   my   husband   made   Thou   hadst   not
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  broken; nor my brothers died。 If thou hadst fear'd to break an oath by Him;
  Th' imperial metal; circling now thy head; Had grac'd the tender temples
  of my child; And both the Princes had been breathing here; Which now;
  two tender bedfellows for dust; Thy broken faith hath made the prey for
  worms。 What   canst   thou   swear  by  now?   KING  RICHARD。 The  time   to
  come。 QUEEN ELIZABETH。 That thou hast wronged in the time o'erpast;
  For    I  myself    have   many     tears  to  wash    Hereafter     time;  for   time   past
  wrong'd   by   thee。   The   children   live   whose   fathers   thou   hast   slaughter'd;
  Ungovern'd youth; to wail it in their age; The parents live whose children
  thou hast butcheed; Old barren plants; to wail it with their age。 Swear not
  by   time   to   come;   for   that   thou   hast   Misus'd   ere   us'd;   by   times   ill…us'd
  o'erpast。 KING RICHARD。 As I intend to prosper and repent; So thrive I
  in my dangerous affairs Of hostile arms! Myself myself confound! Heaven
  and fortune bar me happy hours! Day; yield me not thy light; nor; night;
  thy rest! Be opposite all planets of good luck To my proceeding!…if; with
  dear   heart's   love;   Immaculate   devotion;   holy   thoughts;   I   tender   not   thy
  beauteous      princely    daughter。    In  her   consists   my    happiness     and   thine;
  Without   her;   follows   to   myself   and   thee;   Herself;   the   land;   and   many   a
  Christian soul; Death; desolation; ruin; and decay。 It cannot be avoided but
  by this; It will not be avoided but by this。 Therefore; dear mother…I must
  call you so… Be the attorney of my love to her; Plead what I will be; not
  what   I   have   been;   Not   my   deserts;   but   what   I   will   deserve。   Urge   the
  necessity   and   state   of   times; And   be   not   peevish…fond   in   great   designs。
  QUEEN        ELIZABETH。          Shall   I  be  tempted     of  the   devil   thus?   KING
  RICHARD。 Ay; if the devil tempt you to do good。 QUEEN ELIZABETH。
  Shall   I   forget   myself   to   be   myself?   KING   RICHARD。 Ay;   if   your   self's
  remembrance wrong yourself。 QUEEN ELIZABETH。 Yet thou didst kill
  my children。 KING RICHARD。 But in your daughter's womb I bury them;
  Where;   in   that   nest   of   spicery;   they   will   breed   Selves   of   themselves;   to
  your recomforture。 QUEEN ELIZABETH。 Shall I go win my daughter to
  thy will? KING RICHARD。 And be a happy mother by the deed。 QUEEN
  ELIZABETH。   I   go。 Write   to   me   very  shortly; And   you   shall   understand
  from me her mind。 KING RICHARD。 Bear her my true love's kiss; and so;
  farewell。     Kissing    her。  Exit   QUEEN       ELIZABETH         Relenting     fool;  and
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  shallow; changing woman!
  Enter RATCLIFF; CATESBY following
  How   now!   what   news?   RATCLIFF。   Most   mighty  sovereign;  on   the
  western coast Rideth a puissant navy; to our shores Throng many doubtful
  hollow…hearted   friends;   Unarm'd;   and   unresolv'd   to   beat   them   back。   'Tis
  thought that Richmond is their admiral; And there they hull; expecting but
  the aid Of Buckingham to welcome them ashore。 KING RICHARD。 Some
  light…foot friend post to the Duke of Norfolk。 Ratcliff; thyself…or Catesby;
  where is he? CATESBY。 Here; my good lord。 KING RICHARD。 Catesby;
  fly   to   the   Duke。   CATESBY。   I   will   my   lord;   with   all   convenient   haste。
  KING   RICHARD。   Ratcliff;   come   hither。   Post   to   Salisbury;   When   thou
  com'st thithe