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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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