第 15 节
作者:尘小春      更新:2021-04-30 17:10      字数:8581
  Before    I  freely  speak  my   mind   herein;  You   shall  not  only  take  the
  sacrament To bury mine intents; but also to effect Whatever I shall happen
  to devise。 I see your brows are full of discontent; Your hearts of sorrow;
  and your eyes of tears。 Come home with me to supper; I will lay A plot
  shall show us all a merry day。 Exeunt
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  ACT V。
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  SCENE 1。 London。 A street leading to the Tower
  Enter the QUEEN; with her attendants
  QUEEN。   This   way   the   King   will   come;   this   is   the   way   To   Julius
  Caesar's   ill…erected   tower;   To   whose   flint   bosom   my   condemned   lord   Is
  doom'd a prisoner by proud Bolingbroke。 Here let us rest; if this rebellious
  earth Have any resting for her true King's queen。
  Enter KING RICHARD and Guard
  But soft; but see; or rather do not see; My fair rose wither。 Yet look
  up;   behold;   That   you   in   pity   may   dissolve   to   dew; And   wash   him   fresh
  again with true…love tears。 Ah; thou; the model where old Troy did stand;
  Thou map of honour; thou King Richard's tomb; And not King Richard;
  thou most beauteous inn; Why should hard…favour'd grief be lodg'd in thee;
  When triumph is become an alehouse guest? KING RICHARD。 Join not
  with   grief;   fair   woman;   do   not   so;  To   make   my   end   too   sudden。   Learn;
  good soul; To think our former state a happy dream; From which awak'd;
  the truth of what we are Shows us but this: I am sworn brother; sweet; To
  grim   Necessity;   and   he   and   Will   keep   a   league   till   death。   Hie   thee   to
  France; And cloister thee in some religious house。 Our holy lives must win
  a new world's crown; Which our profane hours here have thrown down。
  QUEEN。 What;   is   my   Richard   both   in shape   and   mind Transform'd   and
  weak'ned? Hath Bolingbroke depos'd Thine intellect? Hath he been in thy
  heart?   The   lion   dying   thrusteth   forth   his   paw And   wounds   the   earth;   if
  nothing else; with rage To be o'erpow'r'd; and wilt thou; pupil…like; Take
  the correction mildly; kiss the rod; And fawn on rage with base humility;
  Which   art   a   lion   and   the   king   of   beasts?   KING   RICHARD。   A  king   of
  beasts; indeed! If aught but beasts; I had been still a happy king of men。
  Good sometimes queen; prepare thee hence for France。 Think I am dead;
  and that even here thou takest; As from my death…bed; thy last living leave。
  In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire With good old folks; and let them
  tell thee tales Of woeful ages long ago betid; And ere thou bid good night;
  to   quit   their   griefs   Tell   thou   the   lamentable   tale   of   me;   And   send   the
  hearers     weeping     to   their  beds;    For   why;    the   senseless    brands    will
  sympathize The heavy accent of thy moving tongue; And in compassion
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  weep the fire out; And some will mourn in ashes; some coal…black; For the
  deposing of a rightful king。
  Enter NORTHUMBERLAND attended
  NORTHUMBERLAND。                My    lord;   the  mind    of   Bolingbroke      is
  chang'd; You must to Pomfret; not unto the Tower。 And; madam; there is
  order ta'en for you: With all swift speed you must away to France。 KING
  RICHARD。         Northumberland;       thou   ladder   wherewithal     The    mounting
  Bolingbroke ascends my throne; The time shall not be many hours of age
  More   than   it   is;   ere   foul   sin   gathering   head   Shall   break   into   corruption。
  Thou shalt think Though he divide the realm and give thee half It is too
  little; helping him to all; And he shall think that thou; which knowest the
  way To plant unrightful kings; wilt know again; Being ne'er so little urg'd;
  another way To pluck him headlong from the usurped throne。 The love of
  wicked men converts to fear; That fear to hate; and hate turns one or both
  To worthy danger and deserved death。 NORTHUMBERLAND。 My guilt
  be on my head; and there an end。 Take leave; and part; for you must part
  forthwith。   KING   RICHARD。   Doubly   divorc'd!   Bad   men;   you   violate A
  twofold marriage…'twixt my crown and me; And then betwixt me and my
  married wife。 Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me; And yet not so;
  for with a kiss 'twas made。 Part us; Northumberland; I towards the north;
  Where   shivering   cold   and   sickness   pines   the   clime;   My   wife   to   France;
  from whence set forth in pomp; She came adorned hither like sweet May;
  Sent   back   like   Hallowmas   or   short'st   of   day。   QUEEN。 And   must   we   be
  divided? Must we part? KING RICHARD。 Ay; hand from hand; my love;
  and heart from heart。 QUEEN。 Banish us both; and send the King with me。
  NORTHUMBERLAND。 That were some love; but little policy。 QUEEN。
  Then     whither   he   goes   thither  let  me  go。   KING     RICHARD。       So   two;
  together weeping; make one woe。 Weep thou for me in France; I for thee
  here; Better   far off   than near;   be ne'er   the near。   Go; count thy way  with
  sighs; I mine with groans。 QUEEN。 So longest way shall have the longest
  moans。   KING   RICHARD。   Twice   for   one   step   I'll   groan;   the   way   being
  short; And piece the way out with a heavy heart。 Come; come; in wooing
  sorrow let's be brief; Since; wedding it; there is such length in grief。 One
  kiss shall stop our mouths; and dumbly part; Thus give I mine; and thus
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  take I thy heart。 QUEEN。 Give me mine own again; 'twere no good part To
  take on me to keep and kill thy heart。 So; now I have mine own again; be
  gone。 That I may strive to kill it with a groan。 KING RICHARD。 We make
  woe wanton with this fond delay。 Once more; adieu; the rest let sorrow say。
  Exeunt
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  SCENE 2。 The DUKE OF YORK's palace
  Enter the DUKE OF YORK and the DUCHESS
  DUCHESS。   My   Lord;   you   told   me   you   would   tell   the   rest;   When
  weeping made   you   break the story  off; Of our   two cousins' coming into
  London。 YORK。 Where did I leave? DUCHESS。 At that sad stop; my lord;
  Where     rude   misgoverned      hands   from    windows'    tops   Threw    dust   and
  rubbish on King Richard's head。 YORK。 Then; as I said; the Duke; great
  Bolingbroke; Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed Which his aspiring rider
  seem'd to know; With slow but stately pace kept on his course; Whilst all
  tongues cried 'God save thee; Bolingbroke!' You would have thought the
  very   windows   spake;   So   many   greedy   looks   of   young   and   old   Through
  casements darted their desiring eyes Upon his visage; and that all the walls
  With   painted   imagery   had   said   at   once   'Jesu   preserve   thee!   Welcome;
  Bolingbroke!'      Whilst    he;   from    the  one    side  to   the   other   turning;
  Bareheaded;   lower   than   his   proud   steed's   neck;   Bespake   them   thus;   'I
  thank    you;   countrymen。'     And    thus  still  doing;   thus  he   pass'd   along。
  DUCHESS。 Alack; poor Richard! where rode he the whilst? YORK。 As in
  a theatre the eyes of men After a well…grac'd actor leaves the stage Are idly
  bent on him that enters next; Thinking his prattle to be tedious; Even so; or
  with   much   more   contempt;  men's   eyes   Did   scowl on gentle   Richard;   no
  man cried 'God save him!' No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home;
  But dust was thrown upon his sacred head; Which with such gentle sorrow
  he shook off; His face still combating with tears and smiles; The badges of
  his grief and patience; That had not God; for some strong purpose; steel'd
  The hearts of men; they must p