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the jew of malta-第13部分

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And see; he brings it。



     Enter FERNEZE。



                        Now; governor; the sum?



FERNEZE。 With free consent; a hundred thousand pounds。



BARABAS。 Pounds say'st thou; governor? well; since it is no more;

I'll satisfy myself with that; nay; keep it still;

For; if I keep not promise; trust not me:

And; governor; now partake my policy。

First; for his army; they are sent before;

Enter'd the monastery; and underneath

In several places are field…pieces pitch'd;

Bombards; whole barrels full of gunpowder;

That on the sudden shall dissever it;

And batter all the stones about their ears;

Whence none can possibly escape alive:

Now; as for Calymath and his consorts;

Here have I made a dainty gallery;

The floor whereof; this cable being cut;

Doth fall asunder; so that it doth sink

Into a deep pit past recovery。

Here; hold that knife; and; when thou seest he comes;

     'Throws down a knife。'

And with his bassoes shall be blithely set;

A warning…piece shall be shot off from the tower;

To give thee knowledge when to cut the cord;

And fire the house。  Say; will not this be brave?



FERNEZE。 O; excellent! here; hold thee; Barabas;

I trust thy word; take what I promis'd thee。



BARABAS。 No; governor; I'll satisfy thee first;

Thou shalt not live in doubt of any thing。

Stand close; for here they come。

     'FERNEZE retires。'

                                  Why; is not this

A kingly kind of trade; to purchase towns

By treachery; and sell 'em by deceit?

Now tell me; worldlings; underneath the sun

If greater falsehood ever has been done?



     Enter CALYMATH and BASSOES。



CALYMATH。 Come; my companion…bassoes:  see; I pray;

How busy Barabas is there above

To entertain us in his gallery:

Let us salute him。Save thee; Barabas!



BARABAS。 Welcome; great Calymath!



FERNEZE。 How the slave jeers at him!

     'Aside。'



BARABAS。 Will't please thee; mighty Selim Calymath;

To ascend our homely stairs?



CALYMATH。 Ay; Barabas。

Come; bassoes; ascend。



FERNEZE。 'coming forward' Stay; Calymath;

For I will shew thee greater courtesy

Than Barabas would have afforded thee。



KNIGHT。 'within' Sound a charge there!

     'A charge sounded within:  FERNEZE cuts the cord; the floor

     of the gallery gives way; and BARABAS falls into a caldron

     placed in a pit。



     Enter KNIGHTS and MARTIN DEL BOSCO。



CALYMATH。 How now! what means this?



BARABAS。 Help; help me; Christians; help!



FERNEZE。 See; Calymath! this was devis'd for thee。



CALYMATH。 Treason; treason! bassoes; fly!



FERNEZE。 No; Selim; do not fly:

See his end first; and fly then if thou canst。



BARABAS。 O; help me; Selim! help me; Christians!

Governor; why stand you all so pitiless?



FERNEZE。 Should I in pity of thy plaints or thee;

Accursed Barabas; base Jew; relent?

No; thus I'll see thy treachery repaid;

But wish thou hadst behav'd thee otherwise。



BARABAS。 You will not help me; then?



FERNEZE。 No; villain; no。



BARABAS。 And; villains; know you cannot help me now。

Then; Barabas; breathe forth thy latest fate;

And in the fury of thy torments strive

To end thy life with resolution。

Know; governor; 'twas I that slew thy son;

I fram'd the challenge that did make them meet:

Know; Calymath; I aim'd thy overthrow:

And; had I but escap'd this stratagem;

I would have brought confusion on you all;

Damn'd Christian dogs; and Turkish infidels!

But now begins the extremity of heat

To pinch me with intolerable pangs:

Die; life! fly; soul! tongue; curse thy fill; and die!

     'Dies。'



CALYMATH。 Tell me; you Christians; what doth this portend?



FERNEZE。 This train he laid to have entrapp'd thy life;

Now; Selim; note the unhallow'd deeds of Jews;

Thus he determin'd to have handled thee;

But I have rather chose to save thy life。



CALYMATH。 Was this the banquet he prepar'd for us?

Let's hence; lest further mischief be pretended。



FERNEZE。 Nay; Selim; stay; for; since we have thee here;

We will not let thee part so suddenly:

Besides; if we should let thee go; all's one;

For with thy galleys couldst thou not get hence;

Without fresh men to rig and furnish them。



CALYMATH。 Tush; governor; take thou no care for that;

My men are all aboard;

And do attend my coming there by this。



FERNEZE。 Why; heard'st thou not the trumpet sound a charge?



CALYMATH。 Yes; what of that?



FERNEZE。 Why; then the house was fir'd;

Blown up; and all thy soldiers massacred。



CALYMATH。 O; monstrous treason!



FERNEZE。 A Jew's courtesy;

For he that did by treason work our fall;

By treason hath deliver'd thee to us:

Know; therefore; till thy father hath made good

The ruins done to Malta and to us;

Thou canst not part; for Malta shall be freed;

Or Selim ne'er return to Ottoman。



CALYMATH。 Nay; rather; Christians; let me go to Turkey;

In person there to mediate your peace:

To keep me here will naught advantage you。



FERNEZE。 Content thee; Calymath; here thou must stay;

And live in Malta prisoner; for come all the world

To rescue thee; so will we guard us now;

As sooner shall they drink the ocean dry;

Than conquer Malta; or endanger us。

So; march away; and let due praise be given

Neither to Fate nor Fortune; but to Heaven。

     'Exeunt。'





 Heywood dedicates the First Part of THE IRON AGE (printed

1632) 〃To my Worthy and much Respected Friend; Mr。 Thomas

Hammon; of Grayes Inne; Esquire。〃



 Tho。 Heywood'  The well…known dramatist。



 censures' i。e。 judgments。



 bin' i。e。 been。



 best of poets' 〃Marlo。〃  Marg。 note in old ed。



 best of actors' 〃Allin。〃  Marg。 note in old。 ed。Any account

of the celebrated actor; Edward Alleyn; the founder of Dulwich

College; would be superfluous here。



 In HERO AND LEANDER; &c。' The meaning isThe one (Marlowe)

gained a lasting memory by being the author of HERO AND LEANDER;

while the other (Alleyn) wan the attribute of peerless by

playing the parts of Tamburlaine; the Jew of Malta; &c。The

passage happens to be mispointed in the old ed。 thus;



    〃In Hero and Leander; one did gaine

     A lasting memorie:  in Tamberlaine;

     This Jew; with others many:  th' other wan;〃 &c。



and hence Mr。 Collier; in his HIST。 OF ENG。 DRAM。 POET。 iii。

114; understood the words;



    〃in Tamburlaine;

     This Jew; with others many;〃



as applying to Marlowe:  he afterwards; however; in his MEMOIRS

OF ALLEYN; p。 9; suspected that the punctuation of the old ed。

might be wrong;which it doubtless is。



 him' 〃Perkins。〃  Marg。 note in old ed。〃This was Richard

Perkins; one of the performers belonging to the Cock…pit theatre

in Drury…Lane。  His name is printed among those who acted in

HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO by Nabbes; THE WEDDING by Shirley; and

THE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST by Heywood。  After the play…houses

were shut up on account of the confusion arising from the civil

wars; Perkins and Sumner; who belonged to the same house; lived

together at Clerkenwell; where they died and were buried。  They

both died some years before the Restoration。  See THE DIALOGUE

ON PLAYS AND PLAYERS 'Dodsley's OLD PLAYS; 1。 clii。; last ed。'。〃

REED (apud Dodsley's O。 P。)。  Perkins acted a prominent part in

Webster's WHITE DEVIL; when it was first brought on the stage;

perhaps Brachiano (for Burbadge; who was celebrated in

Brachiano; does not appear to have played it originally):  in a

notice to the reader at the end of that tragedy Webster says;

〃In particular I must remember the well…approved industry of my

friend Master Perkins; and confess the worth of his action did

crown both the beginning and end。〃  About 1622…3 Perkins belonged

to the Red Bull theatre:  about 1637 he joined the company at

Salisbury Court:  see Webster's WORKS; note; p。 51; ed。 Dyce;

1857。



 prize was play'd' This expression (so frequent in our early

writers) is properly applied to fencing:  see Steevens's note

on Shakespeare's MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR; act。 i。 sc。 1。



 no wagers laid' 〃Wagers as to the comparative merits of

rival actors in particular parts were not unfrequent of old;〃

&c。 Collier (apud Dodsley's O。 P。)。  See my ed。 of Peele's

WORKS; i。 x。 ed。 1829; and Collier's MEMOIRS OF ALLEYN; p。 11。



 the Guise' 〃i。e。 the Duke of Guise; who had been the 

principal contriver and actor in the horrid massacre of

St。 Bartholomew's day; 1572。  He met with his deserved fate;

being assassinated; by order of the French king; in 1588。〃

REED (apud Dodsley's O。 P。)。  And see our author's MASSACRE

AT PARIS。



 empery' Old ed。 〃Empire。〃



 the Draco's' 〃i。e。 the severe lawgiver of Athens; 'whose

statutes;' said Demades; 'were not written with ink; but blood。'〃

STEEVENS (apud Dodsley's O。 P。)。Old ed。 〃the Drancus。〃



 had' Qy。 〃had BUT〃?



 a lecture here' Qy。 〃a lecture TO YOU here〃?



 Act I。' The Scenes of this play are not marked in the

old ed。; nor in the present edition;because occasionally

(where the audience were to SUPPOSE a change of place; it

was impossible to mark them。



 Samnites' Old ed。 〃Samintes。〃



 silverlings' When Steevens (apud Dodsley's O。 P。) called

this 〃a diminutive; to express the Jew's contempt of a metal 

inferior in value to gold;〃 he did not know that the word occurs 

in Scripture:  〃a thousand vines at a thousand SILVERLINGS。〃 

ISAIAH; vii。 23。Old ed。 〃siluerbings。〃



 Tell' i。e。 count。



 seld…seen' i。e。 seldom…seen。



 Into what corner peers my halcyon's bill?' 〃It was anciently

believed that this bird (the king…fisher); if hung up; would vary

with the wind; and by that means shew from what quarter it blew。〃

STEEVENS (apud Dodsley's O。 P。);who refers to the note on the

following passage of Shakespe
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