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chastelard-第15部分
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By salutation or by tender eyes;
She hath made a way for my desire to live;
Given ear to me or boldness to my breath;
I pray God cast me forth before day cease
Even to the heaviest place there is in hell。
Yea; if she be not stainless toward all men;
I pray this axe that I shall die upon
May cut me off body and soul from heaven。
Now for my soul's sake I dare pray to you;
Forgive me; madam。
QUEEN。
Yea; I do; fair sir:
With all my heart in all I pardon you。
CHASTELARD。
God thank you for great mercies。 Lords; set hence;
I am right loth to hold your patience here;
I must not hold much longer any man's。
Bring me my way and bid me fare well forth。
'As they pass out the QUEEN stays MARY BEATON。'
QUEEN。
Hark hither; sweet。 Get back to Holyrood
And take Carmichael with you: go both up
In some chief window whence the squares lie clear
Seem not to know what I shall domark that
And watch how things fare under。 Have good cheer;
You do not think now I can let him die?
Nay; this were shameful madness if you did;
And I should hate you。
MARY BEATON。
Pray you love me; madam;
And swear you love me and will let me live;
That I may die the quicker。
QUEEN。
Nay; sweet; see;
Nay; you shall see; this must not seem devised;
I will take any man with me; and go;
Yea; for pure hate of them that hate him: yea;
Lay hold upon the headsman and bid strike
Here on my neck; if they will have him die;
Why; I will die too: queens have died this way
For less things than his love is。 Nay; I know
They want no blood; I will bring swords to boot
For dear love's rescue though half earth were slain;
What should men do with blood? Stand fast at watch;
For I will be his ransom if I die。
'Exeunt。'
SCENE III。The Upper Chamber in Holyrood。
MARY BEATON seated; MARY CARMICHAEL at a window。
MARY BEATON。
Do you see nothing?
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Nay; but swarms of men
And talking women gathered in small space;
Flapping their gowns and gaping with fools' eyes:
And a thin ring round one that seems to speak;
Holding his hands out eagerly; no more。
MARY BEATON。
Why; I hear more; I hear men shout The Queen。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Nay; no cries yet。
MARY BEATON。
Ah; they will cry out soon
When she comes forth; they should cry out on her;
I hear their crying in my heart。 Nay; sweet;
Do not you hate her? all men; if God please;
Shall hate her one day; yea; one day no doubt
I shall worse hate her。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Pray you; be at peace;
You hurt yourself: she will be merciful;
What; could you see a true man slain for you?
I think I could not; it is not like our hearts
To have such hard sides to them。
MARY BEATON。
O; not you;
And I could nowise; there's some blood in her
That does not run to mercy as ours doth:
That fair face and the cursed heart in her
Made keener than a knife for manslaying
Can bear strange things。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Peace; for the people come。
AhMurray; hooded over half his face
With plucked…down hat; few folk about him; eyes
Like a man angered; Darnley after him;
Holding our Hamilton above her wrist;
His mouth put near her hair to whisper with
And she laughs softly; looking at her feet。
MARY BEATON。
She will not live long; God hath given her
Few days and evil; full of hate and love;
I see well now。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Hark; there's their cryThe Queen!
Fair life and long; and good days to the Queen!
MARY BEATON。
Yea; but God knows。 I feel such patience here
As I were sure in a brief while to die。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
She bends and laughs a little; graciously;
And turns half; talking to I know not whom
A big man with great shoulders; ah; the face;
You get his face nowwide and duskish; yea
The youth burnt out of it。 A goodly man;
Thewed mightily and sunburnt to the bone;
Doubtless he was away in banishment;
Or kept some march far off。
MARY BEATON。
Still you see nothing?
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Yea; now they bring him forth with a great noise;
The folk all shouting and men thrust about
Each way from him。
MARY BEATON。
Ah; Lord God; bear with me;
Help me to bear a little with my love
For thine own love; or give me some quick death。
Do not come down; I shall get strength again;
Only my breath fails。 Looks he sad or blithe?
Not sad I doubt yet。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Nay; not sad a whit;
But like a man who losing gold or lands
Should lose a heavy sorrow; his face set;
The eyes not curious to the right or left;
And reading in a book; his hands unbound;
With short fleet smiles。 The whole place catches breath;
Looking at him; she seems at point to speak:
Now she lies back; and laughs; with her brows drawn
And her lips drawn too。 Now they read his crime
I see the laughter tightening her chin:
Why do you bend your body and draw breath?
They will not slay him in her sight; I am sure
She will not have him slain。
MARY BEATON。
Forth; and fear not:
I was just praying to myselfone word;
A prayer I have to say for her to God
If he will mind it。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Now he looks her side;
Something he says; if one could hear thus far:
She leans out; lengthening her throat to hear
And her eyes shining。
MARY BEATON。
Ah; I had no hope:
Yea thou God knowest that I had no hope。
Let it end quickly。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Now his eyes are wide
And his smile great; and like another smile
The blood fills all his face。 Her cheek and neck
Work fast and hard; she must have pardoned him;
He looks so merrily。 Now he comes forth
Out of that ring of people and kneels down;
Ah; how the helve and edge of the great axe
Turn in the sunlight as the man shifts hands
It must be for a show: because she sits
And hardly moves her head this wayI see
Her chin and lifted lips。 Now she stands up;
Puts out her hand; and they fall muttering;
Ah!
MARY BEATON。
Is it done now?
MARY CARMICHAEL。
For God's love; stay there;
Do not look out。 Nay; he is dead by this;
But gather up yourself from off the floor;
Will she die too? I shut mine eyes and heard
Sweet; do not beat your face upon the ground。
Nay; he is dead and slain。
MARY BEATON。
What; slain indeed?
I knew he would be slain。 Ay; through the neck:
I knew one must be smitten through the neck
To die so quick: if one were stabbed to the heart;
He would die slower。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Will you behold him dead?
MARY BEATON。
Yea: must a dead man not be looked upon
That living one was fain of? give me way。
Lo you; what sort of hair this fellow had;
The doomsman gathers it into his hand
To grasp the head by for all men to see;
I never did that。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
For God's love; let me go。
MARY BEATON。
I think sometimes she must have held it so;
Holding his head back; see you; by the hair
To kiss his face; still lying in his arms。
Ay; go and weep: it must be pitiful
If one could see it。 What is this they say?
So perish the Queen's traitors! Yea; but so
Perish the Queen! God; do thus much to her
For his sake only: yea; for pity's sake
Do thus much with her。
MARY CARMICHAEL。
Prithee come in with me:
Nay; come at once。
MARY BEATON。
If I should meet with her
And spit upon her at her coming in
But if I live then shall I see one day
When God will smite her lying harlot's mouth
Surely I shall。 Come; I will go with you;
We will sit down together face to face
Now; and keep silence; for this life is hard;
And the end of it is quietness at last。
Come; let us go: here is no word to say。
AN USHER。
Make way there for the lord of Bothwell; room
Place for my lord of Bothwell next the queen。
EXPLICIT
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