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chastelard-第4部分
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That I may see I have loved the best lover
And man most courteous of all men alive?
MARY SEYTON。
'Within。'
Here; fetch the light: nay; this way; enter all。
MARY BEATON。
I am twice undone。 Fly; get some hiding; sir;
They have spied upon me somehow。
CHASTELARD。
Nay; fear not;
Stand by my side。
'Enter MARY SEYTON and MARY HAMILTON。'
MARY HAMILTON。
Give me that light: this way。
CHASTELARD。
What jest is here; fair ladies? it walks late;
Something too late for laughing。
MARY SEYTON。
Nay; fair sir;
What jest is this of yours? Look to your lady:
She is nigh swooned。 The queen shall know all this。
MARY HAMILTON。
A grievous shame it is we are fallen upon;
Hold forth the light。 Is this your care of us?
Nay; come; look up: this is no game; God wot。
CHASTELARD。
Shame shall befall them that speak shamefully:
I swear this lady is as pure and good
As any maiden; and who believes me not
Shall keep the shame for his part and the lie。
To them that come in honor and not in hate
I will make answer。 Lady; have good heart。
Give me the light there: I will see you forth。
END OF THE FIRST ACT。
ACT II。
DARNLEY。
SCENE I。The great Chamber in Holyrood。
The QUEEN and MARY SEYTON。
QUEEN。
But will you swear it?
MARY SEYTON。
Swear it; madam?
QUEEN。
Ay
Swear it。
MARY SEYTON。
Madam; I am not friends with them。
QUEEN。
Swear then against them if you are not friends。
MARY SEYTON。
Indeed I saw them kiss。
QUEEN。
So lovers use
What; their mouths close? a goodly way of love!
Or but the hands? or on her throat? Prithee
You have sworn that。
MARY SEYTON。
I say what I saw done。
QUEEN。
Ay; you did see her cheeks (God smite them red!)
Kissed either side? what; they must eat strange food
Those singing lips of his?
MARY SEYTON。
Sweet meat enough
They started at my coming five yards off;
But there they were。
QUEEN。
A maid may have kissed cheeks
And no shame in themyet one would not swear。
You have sworn that。 Pray God he be not mad:
A sickness in his eyes。 The left side love
(I was told that) and the right courtesy。
'T is good fools' fashion。 What; no more but this?
For me; God knows I am no whit wroth; not I;
But; for your fame's sake that her shame will sting;
I cannot see a way to pardon her
For your fame's sake; lest that be prated of。
MARY SEYTON。
Nay; if she were not chasteI have not said
She was not chaste。
QUEEN。
I know you are tender of her;
And your sweet word will hardly turn her sweet。
MARY SEYTON。
Indeed I would fain do her any good。
Shall I not take some gracious word to her?
QUEEN。
Bid her not come or wait on me to…day。
MARY SEYTON。
Will you see him?
QUEEN。
SeeO; this Chastelard?
He doth not well to sing maids into shame;
And folk are sharp here; yet for sweet friends' sake
Assuredly I 'll see him。 I am not wroth。
A goodly man; and a good sword thereto
It may be he shall wed her。 I am not wroth。
MARY SEYTON。
Nay; though she bore with him; she hath no great love;
I doubt me; that way。
QUEEN。
God mend all; I pray
And keep us from all wrongdoing and wild words。
I think there is no fault men fall upon
But I could pardon。 Look you; I would swear
She were no paramour for any man;
So well I love her。
MARY SEYTON。
Am I to bid him in?
QUEEN。
As you will; sweet。 But if you held me hard
You did me grievous wrong。 Doth he wait there?
Men call me over tender; I had rather so;
Than too ungracious。 Father; what with you?
'Enter FATHER BLACK。'
FATHER BLACK。
God's peace and health of soul be with the queen!
And pardon be with me though I speak truth。
As I was going on peaceable men's wise
Through your good town; desiring no man harm;
A kind of shameful woman with thief's lips
Spake somewhat to me over a thrust…out chin;
Soliciting as I deemed an alms; which alms
(Remembering what was writ of Magdalen)
I gave no grudging but with pure good heart;
When lo some scurril children that lurked near;
Set there by Satan for my stumbling…stone;
Fell hooting with necks thwart and eyes asquint;
Screeched and made horns and shot out tongues at me;
As at my Lord the Jews shot out their tongues
And made their heads wag; I considering this
Took up my cross in patience and passed forth:
Nevertheless one ran between my feet
And made me totter; using speech and signs
I smart with shame to think of: then my blood
Kindled; and I was moved to smite the knave;
And the knave howled; whereat the lewd whole herd
Brake forth upon me and cast mire and stones
So that I ran sore risk of bruise or gash
If they had touched; likewise I heard men say;
(Their foul speech missed not mine ear) they cried;
〃This devil's mass…priest hankers for new flesh
Like a dry hound; let him seek such at home;
Snuff and smoke out the queen's French〃
QUEEN。
They said that?
FATHER BLACK。
〃French paramours that breed more shames than sons
All her court through;〃 forgive me。
QUEEN。
With my heart。
Father; you see the hatefulness of these…
They loathe us for our love。 I am not moved:
What should I do being angry? By this hand
(Which is not big enough to bruise their lips);
I marvel what thing should be done with me
To make me wroth。 We must have patience with us
When we seek thank of men。
FATHER BLACK。
Madam; farewell;
I pray God keep you in such patient heart。
'Exit。'
QUEEN。
Let him come now。
MARY SEYTON。
Madam; he is at hand。
'Exit。'
'Enter CHASTELARD。'
QUEEN。
Give me that broidery frame; how; gone so soon?
No maid about? Reach me some skein of silk。
What; are you come; fair lord? Now by my life
That lives here idle; I am right glad of you;
I have slept so well and sweet since yesternight
It seems our dancing put me in glad heart。
Did you sleep well?
CHASTELARD。
Yea; as a man may sleep。
QUEEN。
You smile as if I jested; do not men
Sleep as we do? Had you fair dreams in the night?
For me…but I should fret you with my dreams…
I dreamed sweet things。 You are good at soothsaying:
Make me a sonnet of my dream。
CHASTELARD。
I will;
When I shall know it。
QUEEN。
I thought I was asleep
In Paris; lying by my lord; and knew
In somewise he was well awake; and yet
I could not wake too; and I seemed to know
He hated me; and the least breath I made
Would turn somehow to slay or stifle me。
Then in brief time he rose and went away;
Saying; Let her dream; but when her dream is out
I will come back and kill her as she wakes。
And I lay sick and trembling with sore fear;
And still I knew that I was deep asleep;
And thinking I must dream now; or I die;
God send me some good dream lest I be slain;
Fell fancying one had bound my feet with cords
And bade me dance; and the first measure made
I fell upon my face and wept for pain:
And my cords broke; and I began the dance
To a bitter tune; and he that danced with me
Was clothed in black with long red lines and bars
And masked down to the lips; but by the chin
I knew you though your lips were sewn up close
With scarlet thread all dabbled wet in blood。
And then I knew the dream was not for good。
And striving with sore travail to reach up
And kiss you (you were taller in my dream)
I missed your lips and woke。
CHASTELARD。
Sweet dreams; you said?
An evil dream I hold it for; sweet love。
QUEEN。
You call love sweet; yea; what is bitter; then?
There's nothing broken sleep could hit upon
So bitter as the breaking down of love。
You call me sweet; I am not sweet to you;
Nor you…O; I would say not sweet to me;
And if I said so I should hardly lie。
But there have been those things between us; sir;
That men call sweet。
CHASTELARD。
I know not how There is
Turns to There hath been; 't is a heavier change
Than change of flesh to dust。 Yet though years change
And good things end and evil things grow great;
The old love that was; or that was dreamed about;
That sang and kissed and wept upon itself;
Laughed and ran mad with love of its own face;
That was a sweet thing。
QUEEN。
Nay; I know not well。
'T is when the man is held fast underground
They say for sooth what manner of heart he had。
We are alive; and cannot be well sure
If we loved much or little: think you not
It were convenient one of us should die?
CHASTELARD。
Madam; your speech is harsh to understand。
QUEEN。
Why; there could come no change then; one of us
Would never need to fear our love might turn
To the sad thing that it may grow to be。
I would sometimes all things were dead asleep
That I have loved; all buried in soft beds
And sealed with dreams and visions; and each dawn
Sung to by sorrows; and all night assuaged
By short sweet kissed and by sweet long loves
For old life's sake; lest weeping overmuch
Should wake them in a strange new time; and arm
Memory's blind hand to kill forgetfulness。
CHASTELARD。
Look; you dream still; and sadly。
QUEEN。
Sooth; a dream;
For such things died or lied in sweet love's face;
And I forget them not; God help my wit!
I would the whole world were made up of sleep
And life not fashioned out of lies and loves。
We foolish women have such times; you know;
When we are weary or afraid or sick
For perfect nothing。
CHASTELARD。
'Aside。'
Now would one be fain
To know what bitter or what dangerous thing
She thinks of; softly chafing her soft lip。
She must mean evil。
QUEEN。
Are you sad too; sir;
That you say nothing?
CHASTELARD。
I? not sad a jot…
Though this your talk might make a blithe man sad。
QUEEN。
O me! I must not let stray s
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