第 13 节
作者:尘小春      更新:2021-04-30 17:10      字数:9322
  KING RICHARD THE SECOND
  SCENE 1。 Westminster Hall
  Enter;    as    to   the    Parliament;     BOLINGBROKE;             AUMERLE;
  NORTHUMBERLAND;   PERCY;   FITZWATER;   SURREY;   the   BISHOP
  OF CARLISLE; the ABBOT OF WESTMINSTER; and others; HERALD;
  OFFICERS; and BAGOT
  BOLINGBROKE。   Call   forth   Bagot。   Now;   Bagot;   freely   speak   thy
  mind… What thou dost know of noble Gloucester's death; Who wrought it
  with the King; and who perform'd The bloody office of his timeless end。
  BAGOT。 Then   set   before   my  face   the   Lord Aumerle。   BOLINGBROKE。
  Cousin; stand forth; and look upon that man。 BAGOT。 My Lord Aumerle;
  I know your daring tongue Scorns to unsay what once it hath deliver'd。 In
  that dead time when Gloucester's death was plotted I heard you say 'Is not
  my arm of length; That reacheth from the restful English Court As far as
  Calais; to mine uncle's head?' Amongst   much other talk that very time   I
  heard you say that you had rather refuse The offer of an hundred thousand
  crowns Than   Bolingbroke's   return   to   England; Adding   withal;  how   blest
  this land would be In this your cousin's death。 AUMERLE。 Princes; and
  noble lords; What answer shall I make to this base man? Shall I so much
  dishonour my fair stars On equal terms to give him chastisement? Either I
  must; or have mine honour soil'd With the attainder of his slanderous lips。
  There is my gage; the manual seal of death That marks thee out for hell。 I
  say thou liest; And will maintain what thou hast said is false In thy heart…
  blood; through being all too base To stain the temper of my knightly sword。
  BOLINGBROKE。 Bagot; forbear; thou shalt not take it up。 AUMERLE。
  Excepting   one;   I   would   he   were   the   best   In   all   this   presence   that   hath
  mov'd me so。 FITZWATER。 If that thy valour stand on sympathy; There is
  my   gage;  Aumerle;   in   gage   to   thine。   By   that   fair   sun   which   shows   me
  where thou stand'st; I heard thee say; and vauntingly thou spak'st it; That
  thou wert cause of noble Gloucester's death。 If thou deniest it twenty times;
  thou liest; And I will turn thy falsehood to thy heart; Where it was forged;
  with   my  rapier's   point。 AUMERLE。 Thou dar'st   not;  coward;  live   to   see
  that   day。  FITZWATER。   Now;         by   my  soul;   I  would   it  were   this  hour。
  AUMERLE。 Fitzwater; thou art damn'd to hell for this。 PERCY。 Aumerle;
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  thou liest; his honour is as true In this appeal as thou art an unjust; And
  that thou art so; there I throw my gage; To prove it on thee to the extremest
  point Of mortal breathing。 Seize it; if thou dar'st。 AUMERLE。 An if I do
  not; may my hands rot of And never brandish more revengeful steel Over
  the glittering helmet of my foe! ANOTHER LORD。 I task the earth to the
  like; forsworn Aumerle; And spur thee on with fun as many lies As may be
  halloa'd   in   thy   treacherous   ear   From   sun   to   sun。   There   is   my   honour's
  pawn; Engage it to the trial; if thou darest。 AUMERLE。 Who sets me else?
  By   heaven;   I'll   throw   at   all!   I   have   a   thousand   spirits   in   one   breast   To
  answer twenty thousand such as you。 SURREY。 My Lord Fitzwater; I do
  remember   well   The   very   time Aumerle   and   you   did   talk。   FITZWATER。
  'Tis very true; you were in presence then; And you can witness with me
  this   is  true。  SURREY。        As   false;  by   heaven;     as  heaven    itself  is  true。
  FITZWATER。   Surrey;   thou   liest。   SURREY。   Dishonourable   boy!   That   lie
  shall lie so heavy on my sword That it shall render vengeance and revenge
  Till thou   the lie…giver   and that lie do he   In   earth as quiet as thy  father's
  skull。 In proof whereof; there is my honour's pawn; Engage it to the trial;
  if thou dar'st。 FITZWATER。 How fondly dost thou spur a forward horse! If
  I dare eat; or drink; or breathe; or live; I dare meet Surrey in a wilderness;
  And   spit   upon   him   whilst   I   say   he   lies; And   lies;   and   lies。  There   is   my
  bond of faith; To tie thee to my strong correction。 As I intend to thrive in
  this new world; Aumerle is guilty of my true appeal。 Besides; I heard the
  banish'd Norfolk say That   thou; Aumerle;  didst   send   two   of thy  men To
  execute the noble Duke at Calais。 AUMERLE。 Some honest Christian trust
  me with a gage That Norfolk lies。 Here do I throw down this; If he may be
  repeal'd   to   try   his   honour。   BOLINGBROKE。   These   differences   shall   all
  rest under gage Till Norfolk be repeal'd…repeal'd he shall be And; though
  mine   enemy;   restor'd   again   To   all   his   lands   and   signories。   When   he   is
  return'd;   Against   Aumerle        we   will  enforce   his   trial。  CARLISLE。   That
  honourable day  shall   never   be   seen。   Many  a   time   hath   banish'd   Norfolk
  fought For Jesu Christ in glorious Christian field; Streaming the ensign of
  the Christian cross Against black pagans; Turks; and Saracens; And; toil'd
  with works of war; retir'd himself To Italy; and there; at Venice; gave His
  body to that pleasant country's earth; And his pure soul unto his captain;
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  Christ;   Under   whose   colours   he   had   fought   so   long。   BOLINGBROKE。
  Why; Bishop; is Norfolk dead? CARLISLE。 As surely as I live; my lord。
  BOLINGBROKE。   Sweet   peace   conduct   his   sweet   soul   to   the   bosom  Of
  good old Abraham! Lords appellants; Your differences shall all rest under
  gage Till we assign you to your days of trial
  Enter YORK; attended
  YORK。 Great Duke of Lancaster; I come to the From plume…pluck'd
  Richard;   who   with   willing   soul   Adopts   thee   heir;   and   his   high   sceptre
  yields To the possession of thy royal hand。 Ascend his throne; descending
  now       from     him…    And      long    live    Henry;     fourth     of   that    name!
  BOLINGBROKE。 In God's name; I'll ascend the regal throne。 CARLISLE。
  Marry;   God   forbid!   Worst   in   this   royal   presence   may   I   speak;   Yet   best
  beseeming       me    to  speak   the   truth。  Would     God    that  any    in  this  noble
  presence Were enough noble to be upright judge Of noble Richard! Then
  true noblesse would Learn him forbearance from so foul a wrong。 What
  subject   can   give   sentence   on   his   king?   And   who   sits   here   that   is   not
  Richard's subject? Thieves are not judg'd but they are by to hear; Although
  apparent guilt be seen in them; And shall the figure of God's majesty; His
  captain; steward; deputy elect; Anointed; crowned; planted many years; Be
  judg'd   by   subject   and   inferior   breath;   And   he   himself   not   present?   O;
  forfend it; God; That in a Christian climate souls refin'd Should show so
  heinous; black; obscene a deed! I speak to subjects; and a subject speaks;
  Stirr'd   up   by   God;   thus   boldly   for   his   king。   My   Lord   of   Hereford   here;
  whom you call king; Is a foul traitor to proud Hereford's king; And if you
  crown      him;   let  me   prophesy…     The    blood   of  English     shall  manure     the
  ground; And future ages groan for this foul act; Peace shall go sleep with
  Turks   and   infidels; And   in   this   seat   of   peace   tumultuous   wars   Shall   kin
  with kin and kind with kind confound; Disorder; horror; fear; and mutiny;
  Shall here inhabit; and this land be call'd The field of Golgotha and dead
  men's   skulls。   O;   if   you   raise   this   house   against   this   house;   It   will   the
  woefullest division prove That ever fell upon this cursed earth。 Prevent it;
  resist it; let it not be so; Lest child; child's children; cry against you woe。
  NORTHUMBERLAND。  Well   have   you   argued;  sir;   and;   for   your   pains;
  Of capital treason we arrest you here。 My Lord of Westminster; be it your
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  charge To keep him safely till his day of trial。 May it please you; lords; to
  grant the commons' suit? BOLINGBROKE。 Fetch hither Richard; that in
  common view He may surrender; so we shall proceed Without suspicion。
  YORK。 I will be his conduct。 Exit BOLINGBROKE。 Lords; you that here
  are under our arrest; Procure your sureties for your days of answer。 Little
  are we beholding to your love; And little look'd for at your helping hands。
  Re…enter YORK; with KING RICHARD; and OFFICERS bearing the
  regalia
  KING RICHARD。 Alack; why am I sent for to a king; Before I have
  shook off the regal thoughts Wherewith