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king richard ii(理查二世)-第14部分

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shook off the regal thoughts Wherewith I reign'd? I hardly yet have learn'd 

To insinuate; flatter; bow; and bend my knee。 Give sorrow leave awhile to 

tutor   me   To   this   submission。 Yet   I   well   remember   The   favours   of   these 

men。 Were they not mine? Did they not sometime cry 'All hail!' to me? So 

Judas   did   to   Christ;   but   he;   in   twelve;   Found   truth   in   all   but   one;   I;   in 

twelve thousand; none。 God save the King! Will no man say amen? Am I 

both priest and clerk? Well then; amen。 God save the King! although I be 

not he; And yet; amen; if heaven do think him me。 To do what service am I 

sent for hither? YORK。 To do that office of thine own good will Which 

tired majesty did make thee offer… The resignation of thy state and crown 

To    Henry    Bolingbroke。     KING     RICHARD。        Give   me   the  crown。    Here; 

cousin; seize the crown。 Here; cousin; On this side my hand; and on that 

side   thine。   Now   is   this   golden   crown   like   a   deep   well   That   owes   two 

buckets; filling one another; The emptier ever dancing in the air; The other 

down; unseen; and full of water。 That bucket down and fun of tears am I; 

Drinking   my   griefs;   whilst   you   mount   up   on   high。   BOLINGBROKE。   I 

thought you had been willing to resign。 KING RICHARD。 My crown I am; 

but still my griefs are mine。 You may my glories and my state depose; But 

not   my   griefs;   still   am   I   king   of   those。   BOLINGBROKE。   Part   of   your 

cares you give me with your crown。 KING RICHARD。 Your cares set up 

do not pluck my cares down。 My care is loss of care; by old care done; 

Your care is gain of care; by new care won。 The cares I give I have; though 

given     away;    They     tend   the   crown;     yet   still  with   me    they   stay。 

BOLINGBROKE。             Are    you    contented    to   resign   the   crown?     KING 

RICHARD。 Ay; no; no; ay; for I must nothing be; Therefore no no; for I 



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resign to thee。 Now mark   me how I will undo myself: I give this heavy 

weight from off my head; And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand; The 

pride of kingly sway from out my heart; With mine own tears I wash away 

my balm; With mine own hands I give away my crown; With mine own 

tongue   deny   my   sacred   state;  With   mine   own   breath   release   all   duteous 

oaths; All pomp and majesty I do forswear; My manors; rents; revenues; I 

forgo; My acts; decrees; and statutes; I deny。 God pardon all oaths that are 

broke to me! God keep all vows unbroke are made to thee! Make me; that 

nothing have; with nothing griev'd; And thou with all pleas'd; that hast an 

achiev'd。   Long     mayst   thou   live   in  Richard's   seat   to  sit;   And  soon   lie 

Richard   in   an   earthly  pit。   God   save   King   Henry;   unking'd   Richard   says; 

And     send    him   many     years   of  sunshine     days!   What     more    remains? 

NORTHUMBERLAND。   No   more;   but   that   you   read   These   accusations; 

and these grievous crimes Committed by your person and your followers 

Against   the   state   and   profit   of   this   land;   That;   by   confessing   them;   the 

souls of men May deem that you are worthily depos'd。 KING RICHARD。 

Must     I  do   so?  And    must    I  ravel  out   My    weav'd…up     follies?   Gentle 

Northumberland;   If   thy   offences   were   upon   record;   Would   it   not   shame 

thee in so fair a troop To read a lecture of them? If thou wouldst; There 

shouldst thou find one heinous article; Containing the deposing of a king 

And cracking the strong warrant of an oath; Mark'd with a blot; damn'd in 

the book of heaven。 Nay; all of you that stand and look upon me Whilst 

that my wretchedness doth bait myself; Though some of you; with Pilate; 

wash   your   hands;   Showing   an   outward   pity…yet   you   Pilates   Have   here 

deliver'd   me   to   my   sour   cross;   And   water   cannot   wash   away   your   sin。 

NORTHUMBERLAND。 My lord; dispatch; read o'er these articles。 KING 

RICHARD。 Mine eyes are full of tears; I cannot see。 And yet salt water 

blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here。 Nay; if I 

turn mine eyes upon myself; I find myself a traitor with the rest; For I have 

given here my soul's consent T'undeck the pompous body of a king; Made 

glory    base;   and   sovereignty   a   slave;   Proud    majesty   a  subject;   state   a 

peasant。 NORTHUMBERLAND。 My lord… KING RICHARD。 No lord of 

thine; thou haught insulting man; Nor no man's lord; I have no name; no 

tide… No; not that name was given me at the font… But 'tis usurp'd。 Alack 



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the heavy day; That I have worn so many winters out; And know not now 

what name to call myself! O that I were a mockery king of snow; Standing 

before the sun of Bolingbroke To melt myself away in water drops! Good 

king; great king; and yet not greatly good; An if my word be sterling yet in 

England;  Let it   command   a   mirror   hither   straight; That it   may  show   me 

what a face I have Since it is bankrupt of his majesty。 BOLINGBROKE。 

Go     some     of    you    and    fetch   a   looking…glass。      Exit    an   attendant 

NORTHUMBERLAND。 Read o'er this paper while the glass doth come。 

KING       RICHARD。         Fiend;    thou   torments     me    ere   I   come    to   hell。 

BOLINGBROKE。               Urge    it   no    more;     my     Lord     Northumberland。 

NORTHUMBERLAND。 The Commons will not; then; be satisfied。 KING 

RICHARD。 They  shall be   satisfied。  I'll   read   enough; When   I  do   see   the 

very book indeed Where all my sins are writ; and that's myself。 

       Re…enter attendant with glass 

       Give me that glass; and therein will I read。 No deeper wrinkles yet? 

Hath sorrow struck So many blows upon this face of mine And made no 

deeper   wounds?   O   flatt'ring   glass;   Like   to   my   followers   in   prosperity; 

Thou   dost   beguile   me!   Was   this   face   the   face That   every   day   under   his 

household roof Did keep ten thousand men? Was this the face That like the 

sun did make beholders wink? Is this the face which fac'd so many follies 

That was at last out…fac'd by Bolingbroke? A brittle glory shineth in this 

face;   As   brittle   as   the   glory   is   the   face;   'Dashes   the   glass   against   the 

ground' For there it is; crack'd in a hundred shivers。 Mark; silent king; the 

moral     of  this   sport…   How    soon    my    sorrow    hath   destroy'd    my    face。 

BOLINGBROKE。 The shadow of your sorrow hath destroy'd The shadow 

of your face。 KING RICHARD。 Say that again。 The shadow of my sorrow? 

Ha!   let's   see。   'Tis   very  true:   my   grief   lies   all   within; And   these   external 

manner   of   laments Are   merely   shadows   to   the   unseen   grief   That   swells 

with silence in the tortur'd soul。 There lies the substance; and I thank thee; 

king;   For   thy   great   bounty;   that   not   only   giv'st   Me   cause   to   wail;   but 

teachest me the way How to lament the cause。 I'll beg one boon; And then 

be   gone   and   trouble   you   no   more。   Shall   I   obtain   it?   BOLINGBROKE。 

Name it; fair cousin。 KING RICHARD。 Fair cousin! I am greater than a 

king; For when I was a king; my flatterers Were then but subjects; being 



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now a subject; I have a king here to my flatterer。 Being so great; I have no 

need   to   beg。   BOLINGBROKE。  Yet   ask。   KING   RICHARD。 And   shall   I 

have?    BOLINGBROKE。         You   shall。  KING   RICHARD。      Then   give   me 

leave to go。 BOLINGBROKE。 Whither? KING RICHARD。 Whither you 

will;   so   I   were   from   your   sights。   BOLINGBROKE。   Go;   some   of   you 

convey him to the Tower。 KING RICHARD。 O; good! Convey! Conveyers 

are   you   all;   That   rise   thus   nimbly   by   a   true   king's   fall。   Exeunt   KING 

RICHARD;   some   Lords   and   a   Guard   BOLINGBROKE。   On   Wednesday 

next   we   solemnly   set   down   Our   coronation。   Lords;   prepare   yourselves。 

Exeunt    all  but  the  ABBOT      OF   WESTMINSTER;         the  BISHOP     OF 

CARLISLE;   and   AUMERLE   ABBOT。   A   woeful   pageant   have   we   here 

beheld。 CARLISLE。 The woe's to come; the children yet unborn Shall feel 

this day  as   sharp   to   them  as   thorn。 AUMERLE。 You   holy  clergymen;   is 

there no plot To rid the realm of this pernicious blot? ABBOT。 My lord; 

Before    I  freely  speak  my   mind   herein;  You   shall  not  only  take  the 

sacrament To bury mine intents; but also to effect Whate
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