第 12 节
作者:尘小春      更新:2021-04-30 17:10      字数:8594
  manage of unruly jades。 In the base court? Base court; where kings grow
  base;   To   come   at   traitors'   calls;   and   do   them   grace。   In   the   base   court?
  Come      down?    Down;     court!   down;    king!   For  night…owls     shriek   where
  mounting larks should sing。 Exeunt from above BOLINGBROKE。 What
  says    his  Majesty?     NORTHUMBERLAND。                Sorrow     and   grief  of  heart
  Makes him speak fondly; like a frantic man; Yet he is come。
  Enter the KING; and his attendants; below
  BOLINGBROKE。 Stand all apart; And show fair duty to his Majesty。
  'He kneels down' My gracious lord… KING RICHARD。 Fair cousin; you
  debase your princely knee To make the base earth proud with kissing it。
  Me rather had my heart might feel your love Than my unpleas'd eye see
  your courtesy。 Up; cousin; up; your heart is up; I know; 'Touching his own
  head'  Thus   high   at   least;   although   your   knee   be   low。   BOLINGBROKE。
  My gracious lord; I come but for mine own。 KING RICHARD。 Your own
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  is yours; and I am yours; and all。 BOLINGBROKE。 So far be mine; my
  most   redoubted   lord; As   my   true   service   shall   deserve   your   love。   KING
  RICHARD。 Well you deserve。 They well deserve to have That know the
  strong'st and surest way to get。 Uncle; give me your hands; nay; dry your
  eyes:   Tears   show   their   love;   but   want   their   remedies。   Cousin;   I   am   too
  young to be your father; Though you are old enough to be my heir。 What
  you will have; I'll give; and willing too; For do we must what force will
  have us do。  Set on   towards London。  Cousin; is   it so?   BOLINGBROKE。
  Yea; my good lord。 KING RICHARD。 Then I must not say no。 Flourish。
  Exeunt
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  SCENE 4。 The DUKE OF YORK's garden
  Enter the QUEEN and two LADIES
  QUEEN。   What   sport   shall   we   devise   here   in   this   garden   To   drive
  away   the   heavy   thought   of   care?   LADY。   Madam;   we'll   play   at   bowls。
  QUEEN。   'Twill   make   me   think   the   world   is   full   of   rubs   And   that   my
  fortune runs   against the   bias。   LADY。 Madam;  we'll   dance。   QUEEN。   My
  legs   can   keep   no   measure   in   delight;   When   my   poor   heart   no   measure
  keeps     in  grief;  Therefore     no   dancing;    girl;  some   other   sport。   LADY。
  Madam; we'll tell tales。 QUEEN。 Of sorrow or of joy? LADY。 Of either;
  madam。 QUEEN。 Of neither; girl; For if of joy; being altogether wanting;
  It doth remember me the more of sorrow; Or if of grief; being altogether
  had; It adds more sorrow to my want of joy; For what I have I need not to
  repeat; And what I want it boots not to complain。 LADY。 Madam; I'll sing。
  QUEEN。 'Tis well' that thou hast cause; But thou shouldst please me better
  wouldst thou weep。 LADY。 I could weep; madam; would it do you good。
  QUEEN。 And I could sing; would weeping do me good; And never borrow
  any tear of thee。
  Enter a GARDENER and two SERVANTS
  But stay; here come the gardeners。 Let's step into the shadow of these
  trees。   My   wretchedness   unto   a   row   of   pins;   They   will   talk   of   state;   for
  every one doth so Against a change: woe is forerun with woe。 'QUEEN
  and    LADIES       retire'   GARDENER。          Go;    bind   thou    up   yon   dangling
  apricocks;      Which;    like   unruly    children;    make    their   sire  Stoop    with
  oppression of their prodigal weight; Give some supportance to the bending
  twigs。   Go   thou;   and   Eke   an   executioner   Cut   off   the   heads   of   too   fast
  growing   sprays   That   look   too   lofty   in   our   commonwealth:   All   must   be
  even   in   our   government。   You   thus   employ'd;   I   will   go   root   away   The
  noisome      weeds     which     without    profit   suck    The   soil's   fertility  from
  wholesome flowers。 SERVANT。 Why should we; in the compass of a pale;
  Keep law and form and due proportion; Showing; as in a model; our firm
  estate; When our sea…walled garden; the whole land; Is full of weeds; her
  fairest flowers   chok'd up;  Her   fruit   trees   all   unprun'd;  her hedges   ruin'd;
  Her     knots    disordered;     and    her    wholesome       herbs    Swarming       with
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  caterpillars?    GARDENER。          Hold    thy  peace。    He   that  hath   suffer'd  this
  disorder'd spring Hath now himself met with the fall of leaf; The weeds
  which his broad…spreading leaves did shelter; That seem'd in eating him to
  hold him up; Are pluck'd up root and all by Bolingbroke… I mean the Earl
  of    Wiltshire;     Bushy;     Green。     SERVANT。         What;     are    they    dead?
  GARDENER。 They are; and Bolingbroke Hath seiz'd the wasteful King。 O;
  what pity is it That he had not so trimm'd and dress'd his land As we this
  garden! We at time of year Do wound the bark; the skin of our fruit trees;
  Lest; being over…proud in sap and blood; With too much riches it confound
  itself; Had he done so to great and growing men; They might have Ev'd to
  bear;   and   he   to   taste   Their   fruits   of   duty。   Superfluous   branches   We   lop
  away; that bearing boughs   may live; Had he done so; himself had   home
  the crown; Which waste of idle hours hath quite thrown down。 SERVANT。
  What; think you the King shall be deposed? GARDENER。 Depress'd he is
  already; and depos'd 'Tis doubt he will be。 Letters came last night To a dear
  friend of the good Duke of York's That tell black tidings。 QUEEN。 O; I am
  press'd   to   death   through   want   of   speaking!   'Coming   forward' Thou;  old
  Adam's likeness; set to dress this garden; How dares thy harsh rude tongue
  sound this unpleasing news? What Eve; what serpent; hath suggested the
  To make a second fall of cursed man? Why dost thou say King Richard is
  depos'd? Dar'st thou; thou little better thing than earth; Divine his downfall?
  Say; where; when; and how; Cam'st thou by this ill tidings? Speak; thou
  wretch。 GARDENER。 Pardon me; madam; little joy have To breathe this
  news; yet   what   I say  is   true。  King Richard;  he is in the   mighty  hold   Of
  Bolingbroke。       Their   fortunes   both   are   weigh'd。   In   your   lord's  scale   is
  nothing but himself; And some few vanities that make him light; But in the
  balance of great Bolingbroke; Besides himself; are all the English peers;
  And with that odds he weighs King Richard down。 Post you to London;
  and   you    will   find   it   so;   I   speak   no  more   than   every   one   doth   know。
  QUEEN。        Nimble     mischance;     that  art  so   light  of  foot;   Doth   not   thy
  embassage belong to me; And am I last that knows it? O; thou thinkest To
  serve  me   last;   that   I   may   longest keep Thy  sorrow  in   my   breast。   Come;
  ladies; go To meet at London London's King in woe。 What; was I born to
  this;   that   my   sad   look   Should   grace   the   triumph   of   great   Bolingbroke?
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  Gard'ner;   for   telling   me   these   news   of   woe;   Pray   God   the   plants   thou
  graft'st   may   never   grow!  Exeunt   QUEEN   and   LADIES   GARDENER。
  Poor Queen; so that thy state might be no worse; I would my skill were
  subject to thy curse。   Here did she fall   a tear; here in this place I'll set   a
  bank of rue; sour herb of grace。 Rue; even for ruth; here shortly shall be
  seen; In the remembrance of a weeping queen。 Exeunt
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  ACT IV。
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  SCENE 1。 Westminster Hall