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the jew of malta-第3部分
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BARABAS。 Corpo di Dio! stay: you shall have half;
Let me be us'd but as my brethren are。
FERNEZE。 No; Jew; thou hast denied the articles;
And now it cannot be recall'd。
'Exeunt OFFICERS; on a sign from FERNEZE'
BARABAS。 Will you; then; steal my goods?
Is theft the ground of your religion?
FERNEZE。 No; Jew; we take particularly thine;
To save the ruin of a multitude:
And better one want for a common good;
Than many perish for a private man:
Yet; Barabas; we will not banish thee;
But here in Malta; where thou gott'st thy wealth;
Live still; and; if thou canst; get more。
BARABAS。 Christians; what or how can I multiply?
Of naught is nothing made。
FIRST KNIGHT。 From naught at first thou cam'st to little wealth;
》From little unto more; from more to most:
If your first curse fall heavy on thy head;
And make thee poor and scorn'd of all the world;
'Tis not our fault; but thy inherent sin。
BARABAS。 What; bring you Scripture to confirm your wrongs?
Preach me not out of my possessions。
Some Jews are wicked; as all Christians are:
But say the tribe that I descended of
Were all in general cast away for sin;
Shall I be tried by their transgression?
The man that dealeth righteously shall live;
And which of you can charge me otherwise?
FERNEZE。 Out; wretched Barabas!
Sham'st thou not thus to justify thyself;
As if we knew not thy profession?
If thou rely upon thy righteousness;
Be patient; and thy riches will increase。
Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness;
And covetousness; O; 'tis a monstrous sin!
BARABAS。 Ay; but theft is worse: tush! take not from me; then;
For that is theft; and; if you rob me thus;
I must be forc'd to steal; and compass more。
FIRST KNIGHT。 Grave governor; list not to his exclaims:
Convert his mansion to a nunnery;
His house will harbour many holy nuns。
FERNEZE。 It shall be so。
Re…enter OFFICERS。
Now; officers; have you done?
FIRST OFFICER。 Ay; my lord; we have seiz'd upon the goods
And wares of Barabas; which; being valu'd;
Amount to more than all the wealth in Malta:
And of the other we have seized half。
FERNEZE。 Then we'll take order for the residue。
BARABAS。 Well; then; my lord; say; are you satisfied?
You have my goods; my money; and my wealth;
My ships; my store; and all that I enjoy'd;
And; having all; you can request no more;
Unless your unrelenting flinty hearts
Suppress all pity in your stony breasts;
And now shall move you to bereave my life。
FERNEZE。 No; Barabas; to stain our hands with blood
Is far from us and our profession。
BARABAS。 Why; I esteem the injury far less;
To take the lives of miserable men
Than be the causers of their misery。
You have my wealth; the labour of my life;
The comfort of mine age; my children's hope;
And therefore ne'er distinguish of the wrong。
FERNEZE。 Content thee; Barabas; thou hast naught but right。
BARABAS。 Your extreme right does me exceeding wrong:
But take it to you; i'the devil's name!
FERNEZE。 Come; let us in; and gather of these goods
The money for this tribute of the Turk。
FIRST KNIGHT。 'Tis necessary that be look'd unto;
For; if we break our day; we break the league;
And that will prove but simple policy。
'Exeunt all except BARABAS and the three JEWS。'
BARABAS。 Ay; policy! that's their profession;
And not simplicity; as they suggest。
The plagues of Egypt; and the curse of heaven;
Earth's barrenness; and all men's hatred;
Inflict upon them; thou great Primus Motor!
And here upon my knees; striking the earth;
I ban their souls to everlasting pains;
And extreme tortures of the fiery deep;
That thus have dealt with me in my distress!
FIRST JEW。 O; yet be patient; gentle Barabas!
BARABAS。 O silly brethren; born to see this day;
Why stand you thus unmov'd with my laments?
Why weep you not to think upon my wrongs?
Why pine not I; and die in this distress?
FIRST JEW。 Why; Barabas; as hardly can we brook
The cruel handling of ourselves in this:
Thou seest they have taken half our goods。
BARABAS。 Why did you yield to their extortion?
You were a multitude; and I but one;
And of me only have they taken all。
FIRST JEW。 Yet; brother Barabas; remember Job。
BARABAS。 What tell you me of Job? I wot his wealth
Was written thus; he had seven thousand sheep;
Three thousand camels; and two hundred yoke
Of labouring oxen; and five hundred
She…asses: but for every one of those;
Had they been valu'd at indifferent rate;
I had at home; and in mine argosy;
And other ships that came from Egypt last;
As much as would have bought his beasts and him;
And yet have kept enough to live upon;
So that not he; but I; may curse the day;
Thy fatal birth…day; forlorn Barabas;
And henceforth wish for an eternal night;
That clouds of darkness may inclose my flesh;
And hide these extreme sorrows from mine eyes;
For only I have toil'd to inherit here
The months of vanity; and loss of time;
And painful nights; have been appointed me。
SECOND JEW。 Good Barabas; be patient。
BARABAS。 Ay; I pray; leave me in my patience。 You; that
Were ne'er possess'd of wealth; are pleas'd with want;
But give him liberty at least to mourn;
That in a field; amidst his enemies;
Doth see his soldiers slain; himself disarm'd;
And knows no means of his recovery:
Ay; let me sorrow for this sudden chance;
'Tis in the trouble of my spirit I speak:
Great injuries are not so soon forgot。
FIRST JEW。 Come; let us leave him; in his ireful mood
Our words will but increase his ecstasy。
SECOND JEW。 On; then: but; trust me; 'tis a misery
To see a man in such affliction。
Farewell; Barabas。
BARABAS。 Ay; fare you well。
'Exeunt three JEWS。'
See the simplicity of these base slaves;
Who; for the villains have no wit themselves;
Think me to be a senseless lump of clay;
That will with every water wash to dirt!
No; Barabas is born to better chance;
And fram'd of finer mould than common men;
That measure naught but by the present time。
A reaching thought will search his deepest wits;
And cast with cunning for the time to come;
For evils are apt to happen every day。
Enter ABIGAIL。
But whither wends my beauteous Abigail?
O; what has made my lovely daughter sad?
What; woman! moan not for a little loss;
Thy father has enough in store for thee。
ABIGAIL。 Nor for myself; but aged Barabas;
Father; for thee lamenteth Abigail:
But I will learn to leave these fruitless tears;
And; urg'd thereto with my afflictions;
With fierce exclaims run to the senate…house;
And in the senate reprehend them all;
And rent their hearts with tearing of my hair;
Till they reduce the wrongs done to my father。
BARABAS。 No; Abigail; things past recovery
Are hardly cur'd with exclamations:
Be silent; daughter; sufferance breeds ease;
And time may yield us an occasion;
Which on the sudden cannot serve the turn。
Besides; my girl; think me not all so fond
As negligently to forgo so much
Without provision for thyself and me:
Ten thousand portagues; besides great pearls;
Rich costly jewels; and stones infinite;
Fearing the worst of this before it fell;
I closely hid。
ABIGAIL。 Where; father?
BARABAS。 In my house; my girl。
ABIGAIL。 Then shall they ne'er be seen of Barabas;
For they have seiz'd upon thy house and wares。
BARABAS。 But they will give me leave once more; I trow;
To go into my house。
ABIGAIL。 That may they not;
For there I left the governor placing nuns;
Displacing me; and of thy house they mean
To make a nunnery; where none but their own sect
Must enter in; men generally barr'd。
BARABAS。 My gold; my gold; and all my wealth is gone!
You partial heavens; have I deserv'd this plague?
What; will you thus oppose me; luckless stars;
To make me desperate in my poverty?
And; knowing me impatient in distress;
Think me so mad as I will hang myself;
That I may vanish o'er the earth in air;
And leave no memory that e'er I was?
No; I will live; nor loathe I this my life:
And; since you leave me in the ocean thus
To sink or swim; and put me to my shifts;
I'll rouse my senses; and awake myself。
Daughter; I have it: thou perceiv'st the plight
Wherein these Christians have oppressed me:
Be rul'd by me; for in extremity
We ought to make bar of no policy。
ABIGAIL。 Father; whate'er it be; to injure them
That have so manifestly wronged us;
What will not Abigail attempt?
BARABAS。 Why; so。
Then thus: thou told'st me they have turn'd my house
Into a nunnery; and some nuns are there?
ABIGAIL。 I did。
BARABAS。 Then; Abigail; there must my girl
Entreat the abbess to be entertain'd。
ABIGAIL。 How! as a nun?
BARABAS。 Ay; daughter; for religion
Hides many mischiefs from suspicion。
ABIGAIL。 Ay; but; father; they will suspect me there。
BARABAS。 Let 'em suspect; but be thou so precise
As they may think it done of holiness:
Entreat 'em fair; and give them friendly speech;
And seem to them as if thy sins were great;
Till thou hast gotten to be entertain'd。
ABIGAIL。 Thus; father; shall I much dissemble。
BARABAS。 Tush!
As good dissemble that thou never mean'st;
As first mean truth and then dissemble it:
A counterfeit profession is better
Than unseen hypocrisy。
ABIGAIL。 Well; father; say I be entertain'd;
What then shall follow?
BARABAS。 This shall follow then。
There have I hid; close underneath the plank
That runs along the upper…chamber floor;
The gold and jewels which I kept for thee:
But here they come: be cunning; Abigail。
ABIGAIL。 Then; father; go with me。
BARABAS。 No; Abigail; in this
It is not necessary I be seen;
For I will seem offended with thee for't:
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