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massacre at paris-第7部分

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The Guise is slaine; and I rejoyce therefore:

And now will I to armes; come Epernoune:

And let her greeve her heart out if she will。



     Exit the King and Epernoune。



QUEENE MOTHER。 Away; leave me alone to meditate。

Sweet Guise; would he had died so thou wert heere:

To whom shall I bewray my secrets now;

Or who will helpe to builde Religion?

The Protestants will glory and insulte;

Wicked Navarre will get the crowne of France;

The Popedome cannot stand; all goes to wrack;

And all for thee my Guise: what may I doe?

But sorrow seaze upon my toyling soule;

For since the Guise is dead; I will not live。



     Exit 'the attendants taking up body of the Guise'。











'Scene xx'





     Enter two 'Murtherers' dragging in the Cardenall 'of Loraine'。



CARDINALL。 Murder me not; I am a Cardenall。



1。 Wert thou the Pope thou mightst not scape from us。



CARDINALL。 What; will you fyle your handes with Churchmens bloud?



2。 Shed your bloud;

O Lord no: for we entend to strangle you。



CARDINALL。 Then there is no remedye but I must dye?



1。 No remedye; therefore prepare your selfe。



CARDINALL。 Yet lives

My brother Duke Dumaine; and many moe:

To revenge our deaths upon that cursed King;

Upon whose heart may all the furies gripe;

And with their pawes drench his black soule in hell。



1。 Yours my Lord Cardinall; you should have saide。



     Now they strangle him。



So; pluck amaine;

He is hard hearted; therfore pull with violence。

Come take him away。



   Exeunt。











'Scene xxi'





     Enter Duke Dumayn reading of a letter; with others。



DUMAINE。 My noble brother murthered by the King;

Oh what may I doe; to revenge thy death?

The Kings alone; it cannot satisfie。

Sweet Duke of Guise our prop to leane upon;

Now thou art dead; heere is no stay for us:

I am thy brother; and ile revenge thy death;

And roote Valois's line from forth of France;

And beate proud Burbon to his native home;

That basely seekes to joyne with such a King;

Whose murderous thoughts will be his overthrow。

Hee wild the Governour of Orleance in his name;

That I with speed should have beene put to death。

But thats prevented; for to end his life;

And all those traitors to the Church of Rome;

That durst attempt to murder noble Guise。



     Enter the Frier。



FRIER。 My Lord; I come to bring you newes; that your brother

the Cardinall of Loraine by the Kings consent is lately strangled

unto death。



DUMAINE。 My brother Cardenall slaine and I alive?

O wordes of power to kill a thousand men。

Come let us away and leavy men;

Tis warre that must asswage the tyrantes pride。



FRIER。 My Lord; heare me but speak。

I am a Frier of the order of the Jacobyns; that for my

conscience sake will kill the King。



DUMAINE。 But what doth move thee above the rest to doe the deed?



FRIER。 O my Lord; I have beene a great sinner in my dayes; and

the deed is meritorious。



DUMAINE。 But how wilt thou get opportunitye?



FRIER。 Tush my Lord; let me alone for that。



DUMAINE。 Frier come with me;

We will goe talke more of this within。



     Exeunt。











'Scene xxii'





     Sound Drumme and Trumpets; and enter the King of France;

     and Navarre; Epernoune; Bartus; Pleshe and Souldiers。



KING。 Brother of Navarre; I sorrow much;

That ever I was prov'd your enemy;

And that the sweet and princely minde you beare;

Was ever troubled with injurious warres:

I vow as I am lawfull King of France;

To recompence your reconciled love;

With all the honors and affections;

That ever I vouchsafte my dearest freends。



NAVARRE。 It is enough if that Navarre may be

Esteemed faithfull to the King of France:

Whose service he may still commaund to death。



KING。 Thankes to my Kingly Brother of Navarre。

Then there wee'l lye before Lutetia's walles;

Girting this strumpet Cittie with our siege;

Till surfeiting with our afflicting armes;

She cast her hatefull stomack to the earth。



     Enter a Messenger。



MESSENGER。 And it please your Majestie heere is a Frier of the

order of the Jacobins; sent from the President of Paris; that

craves accesse unto your grace。



KING。 Let him come in。



     Enter Frier with a Letter。



EPERNOUNE。 I like not this Friers look。

Twere not amisse my Lord; if he were searcht。



KING。 Sweete Epernoune; our Friers are holy men;

And will not offer violence to their King;

For all the wealth and treasure of the world。

Frier; thou dost acknowledge me thy King?



FRIER。 I my good Lord; and will dye therein。



KING。 Then come thou neer; and tell what newes thou bringst。



FRIER。 My Lord;

The President of Paris greetes your grace;

And sends his dutie by these speedye lines;

Humblye craving your gracious reply。



KING。 Ile read them Frier; and then Ile answere thee。



FRIER。 Sancte Jacobus; now have mercye on me。



     He stabs the King with a knife as he readeth the letter; and

     then the King getteth the knife and killes him。



EPERNOUNE。 O my Lord; let him live a while。



KING。 No; let the villaine dye; and feele in hell;

Just torments for his trechery。



NAVARRE。 What; is your highnes hurt?



KING。 Yes Navarre; but not to death I hope。



NAVARRE。 God shield your grace from such a sodaine death:

Goe call a surgeon hether strait。



     'Exit attendant。'



KING。 What irreligeous Pagans partes be these;

Of such as horde them of the holy church?

Take hence that damned villaine from my sight。



     'Exeunt attendants with body'



EPERNOUNE。 Ah; had your highnes let him live;

We might have punisht him for his deserts。



KING。 Sweet Epernoune all Rebels under heaven;

Shall take example by his punishment;

How they beare armes against their soveraigne。

Goe call the English Agent hether strait;

Ile send my sister England newes of this;

And give her warning of her trecherous foes。



     'Enter Surgeon。'



NAVARRE。 Pleaseth your grace to let the Surgeon search your wound。



KING。 The wound I warrant you is deepe my Lord;

Search Surgeon and resolve me what thou seest。



     The Surgeon searcheth。



     Enter the English Agent。



Agent for England; send thy mistres word;

What this detested Jacobin hath done。

Tell her for all this that I hope to live;

Which if I doe; the Papall Monarck goes

To wrack; an antechristian kingdome falles。

These bloudy hands shall teare his triple Crowne;

And fire accursed Rome about his eares。

Ile fire his erased buildings and incense

The papall towers to kisse the holy earth。

Navarre; give me thy hand; I heere do sweare;

To ruinate this wicked Church of Rome;

That hatcheth up such bloudy practices。

And heere protest eternall love to thee;

And to the Queene of England especially;

Whom God hath blest for hating Popery。



NAVARRE。 These words revive my thoughts and comfort me;

To see your highnes in this vertuous minde。



KING。 Tell me Surgeon; shall I live?



SURGEON。 Alas my Lord; the wound is dangerous;

For you are stricken with a poysoned knife。



KING。 A poysoned knife? what; shall the French king dye;

Wounded and poysoned; both at once?



EPERNOUNE。 O that that damned villaine were alive againe;

That we might torture him with some new found death。



BARTUS。 He died a death too good; the devill of hell

Torture his wicked soule。



KING。 Oh curse him not since he is dead。

O the fatall poyson workes within my brest;

Tell me Surgeon and flatter not; may I live?



SURGEON。 Alas my Lord; your highnes cannot live。



NAVARRE。 Surgeon; why saist thou so? the King may live。



KING。 Oh no Navarre; thou must be King of France。



NAVARRE。 Long may you live; and still be King of France。



EPERNOUNE。 Or else dye Epernoune。



KING。 Sweet Epernoune thy King must dye。 My Lords;

Fight in the quarrell of this valiant Prince;

For he is your lawfull King and my next heire:

Valoyses lyne ends in my tragedie。

Now let the house of Bourbon weare the crowne;

And may it never end in bloud as mine hath done。

Weep not sweet Navarre; but revenge my death。

Ah Epernoune; is this thy love to me?

Henry thy King wipes of these childish teares;

And bids thee whet thy sword on Sextus bones;

That it may keenly slice the Catholicks。

He loves me not the best that sheds most teares;

But he that makes most lavish of his bloud。

Fire Paris where these trecherous rebels lurke。

I dye Navarre; come beare me to my Sepulchre。

Salute the Queene of England in my name;

And tell her Henry dyes her faithfull freend。



     He dyes。



NAVARRE。 Come Lords; take up the body of the King;

That we may see it honourably interde:

And then I vow so to revenge his death;

That Rome and all those popish Prelates there;

Shall curse the time that ere Navarre was King;

And rulde in France by Henries fatall death。



     They march out with the body of the King; lying on foure

     mens shoulders with a dead march; drawingg weapons on

     the ground。









     FINIS。











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