友情提示:如果本网页打开太慢或显示不完整,请尝试鼠标右键“刷新”本网页!
tamburlaine the great, pt 1-第6部分
快捷操作: 按键盘上方向键 ← 或 → 可快速上下翻页 按键盘上的 Enter 键可回到本书目录页 按键盘上方向键 ↑ 可回到本页顶部! 如果本书没有阅读完,想下次继续接着阅读,可使用上方 "收藏到我的浏览器" 功能 和 "加入书签" 功能!
With greedy talents gripe my bleeding heart;
And like a harpy tires on my life。
Theridamas and Tamburlaine; I die:
And fearful vengeance light upon you both!
'Dies。TAMBURLAINE takes COSROE'S crown; and puts it on
his own head。'
TAMBURLAINE。 Not all the curses which the Furies breathe
Shall make me leave so rich a prize as this。
Theridamas; Techelles; and the rest;
Who think you now is king of Persia?
ALL。 Tamburlaine! Tamburlaine!
TAMBURLAINE。 Though Mars himself; the angry god of arms;
And all the earthly potentates conspire
To dispossess me of this diadem;
Yet will I wear it in despite of them;
As great commander of this eastern world;
If you but say that Tamburlaine shall reign。
ALL。 Long live Tamburlaine; and reign in Asia!
TAMBURLAINE。 So; now it is more surer on my head
Than if the gods had held a parliament;
And all pronounc'd me king of Persia。
'Exeunt。'
ACT III。
SCENE I。
Enter BAJAZETH; the KINGS OF FEZ; MOROCCO; and ARGIER; with
others; in great pomp。
BAJAZETH。 Great kings of Barbary; and my portly bassoes;
We hear the Tartars and the eastern thieves;
Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine;
Presume a bickering with your emperor;
And think to rouse us from our dreadful siege
Of the famous Grecian Constantinople。
You know our army is invincible;
As many circumcised Turks we have;
And warlike bands of Christians renied;
As hath the ocean or the Terrene sea
Small drops of water when the moon begins
To join in one her semicircled horns:
Yet would we not be brav'd with foreign power;
Nor raise our siege before the Grecians yield;
Or breathless lie before the city…walls。
KING OF FEZ。 Renowmed emperor and mighty general;
What; if you sent the bassoes of your guard
To charge him to remain in Asia;
Or else to threaten death and deadly arms
As from the mouth of mighty Bajazeth?
BAJAZETH。 Hie thee; my basso; fast to Persia;
Tell him thy lord; the Turkish emperor;
Dread lord of Afric; Europe; and Asia;
Great king and conqueror of Graecia;
The ocean; Terrene; and the Coal…black sea;
The high and highest monarch of the world;
Wills and commands; (for say not I entreat;)
Not once to set his foot in Africa;
Or spread his colours in Graecia;
Lest he incur the fury of my wrath:
Tell him I am content to take a truce;
Because I hear he bears a valiant mind:
But if; presuming on his silly power;
He be so mad to manage arms with me;
Then stay thou with him;say; I bid thee so;
And if; before the sun have measur'd heaven
With triple circuit; thou regreet us not;
We mean to take his morning's next arise
For messenger he will not be reclaim'd;
And mean to fetch thee in despite of him。
BASSO。 Most great and puissant monarch of the earth;
Your basso will accomplish your behest;
And shew your pleasure to the Persian;
As fits the legate of the stately Turk。
'Exit。'
KING OF ARGIER。 They say he is the king of Persia;
But; if he dare attempt to stir your siege;
'Twere requisite he should be ten times more;
For all flesh quakes at your magnificence。
BAJAZETH。 True; Argier; and tremble's' at my looks。
KING OF MOROCCO。 The spring is hinder'd by your smothering host;
For neither rain can fall upon the earth;
Nor sun reflex his virtuous beams thereon;
The ground is mantled with such multitudes。
BAJAZETH。 All this is true as holy Mahomet;
And all the trees are blasted with our breaths。
KING OF FEZ。 What thinks your greatness best to be achiev'd
In pursuit of the city's overthrow?
BAJAZETH。 I will the captive pioners of Argier
Cut off the water that by leaden pipes
Runs to the city from the mountain Carnon;
Two thousand horse shall forage up and down;
That no relief or succour come by land;
And all the sea my galleys countermand:
Then shall our footmen lie within the trench;
And with their cannons; mouth'd like Orcus' gulf;
Batter the walls; and we will enter in;
And thus the Grecians shall be conquered。
'Exeunt。'
SCENE II。
Enter ZENOCRATE; AGYDAS; ANIPPE; with others。
AGYDAS。 Madam Zenocrate; may I presume
To know the cause of these unquiet fits
That work such trouble to your wonted rest?
'Tis more than pity such a heavenly face
Should by heart's sorrow wax so wan and pale;
When your offensive rape by Tamburlaine
(Which of your whole displeasures should be most)
Hath seem'd to be digested long ago。
ZENOCRATE。 Although it be digested long ago;
As his exceeding favours have deserv'd;
And might content the Queen of Heaven; as well
As it hath chang'd my first…conceiv'd disdain;
Yet since a farther passion feeds my thoughts
With ceaseless and disconsolate conceits;
Which dye my looks so lifeless as they are;
And might; if my extremes had full events;
Make me the ghastly counterfeit of death。
AGYDAS。 Eternal heaven sooner be dissolv'd;
And all that pierceth Phoebus' silver eye;
Before such hap fall to Zenocrate!
ZENOCRATE。 Ah; life and soul; still hover in his breast;
And leave my body senseless as the earth;
Or else unite you to his life and soul;
That I may live and die with Tamburlaine!
Enter; behind; TAMBURLAINE; with TECHELLES; and others。
AGYDAS。 With Tamburlaine! Ah; fair Zenocrate;
Let not a man so vile and barbarous;
That holds you from your father in despite;
And keeps you from the honours of a queen;
(Being suppos'd his worthless concubine;)
Be honour'd with your love but for necessity!
So; now the mighty Soldan hears of you;
Your highness needs not doubt but in short time
He will; with Tamburlaine's destruction;
Redeem you from this deadly servitude。
ZENOCRATE。 Leave to wound me with these words;
And speak of Tamburlaine as he deserves:
The entertainment we have had of him
Is far from villany or servitude;
And might in noble minds be counted princely。
AGYDAS。 How can you fancy one that looks so fierce;
Only dispos'd to martial stratagems?
Who; when he shall embrace you in his arms;
Will tell how many thousand men he slew;
And; when you look for amorous discourse;
Will rattle forth his facts of war and blood;
Too harsh a subject for your dainty ears。
ZENOCRATE。 As looks the sun through Nilus' flowing stream;
Or when the Morning holds him in her arms;
So looks my lordly love; fair Tamburlaine;
His talk much sweeter than the Muses' song
They sung for honour 'gainst Pierides;
Or when Minerva did with Neptune strive:
And higher would I rear my estimate
Than Juno; sister to the highest god;
If I were match'd with mighty Tamburlaine。
AGYDAS。 Yet be not so inconstant in your love;
But let the young Arabian live in hope;
After your rescue to enjoy his choice。
You see; though first the king of Persia;
Being a shepherd; seem'd to love you much;
Now; in his majesty; he leaves those looks;
Those words of favour; and those comfortings;
And gives no more than common courtesies。
ZENOCRATE。 Thence rise the tears that so distain my cheeks;
Fearing his love through my unworthiness。
'TAMBURLAINE goes to her; and takes her away lovingly by
the hand; looking wrathfully on AGYDAS; and says nothing。
Exeunt all except AGYDAS。'
AGYDAS。 Betray'd by fortune and suspicious love;
Threaten'd with frowning wrath and jealousy;
Surpris'd with fear of hideous revenge;
I stand aghast; but most astonied
To see his choler shut in secret thoughts;
And wrapt in silence of his angry soul:
Upon his brows was pourtray'd ugly death;
And in his eyes the fury of his heart;
That shone as comets; menacing revenge;
And cast a pale complexion on his cheeks。
As when the seaman sees the Hyades
Gather an army of Cimmerian clouds;
(Auster and Aquilon with winged steeds;
All sweating; tilt about the watery heavens;
With shivering spears enforcing thunder…claps;
And from their shields strike flames of lightning;)
All…fearful folds his sails; and sounds the main;
Lifting his prayers to the heavens for aid
Against the terror of the winds and waves;
So fares Agydas for the late…felt frowns;
That send a tempest to my daunted thoughts;
And make my soul divine her overthrow。
Re…enter TECHELLES with a naked dagger; and USUMCASANE。
TECHELLES。 See you; Agydas; how the king salutes you!
He bids you prophesy what it imports。
AGYDAS。 I prophesied before; and now I prove
The killing frowns of jealousy and love。
He needed not with words confirm my fear;
For words are vain where working tools present
The naked action of my threaten'd end:
It says; Agydas; thou shalt surely die;
And of extremities elect the least;
More honour and less pain it may procure;
To die by this resolved hand of thine
Than stay the torments he and heaven have sworn。
Then haste; Agydas; and prevent the plagues
Which thy prolonged fates may draw on thee:
Go wander free from fear of tyrant's rage;
Removed from the torments and the hell
Wherewith he may excruciate thy soul;
And let Agydas by Agydas die;
And with this stab slumber eternally。
'Stabs himself。'
TECHELLES。 Usumcasane; see; how right the man
Hath hit the meaning of my lord the king!
USUMCASANE。 Faith; and; Techelles; it was manly done;
And; since he was so wise and honourable;
Let us afford him now the bearing hence;
And crave his triple…worthy burial。
TECHELLES。 Agreed; Casane; we will honour him。
'Exeunt; bearing out the body。'
SCENE III。
Enter TAMBURLAINE; TECHELLES; USUMCASANE; THERIDAMAS;
a BASSO; ZENOCRATE; ANIPPE; with others。
TAMBURLAINE。 Basso; by this thy lord and master knows
I mean to meet him in Bith
快捷操作: 按键盘上方向键 ← 或 → 可快速上下翻页 按键盘上的 Enter 键可回到本书目录页 按键盘上方向键 ↑ 可回到本页顶部!
温馨提示: 温看小说的同时发表评论,说出自己的看法和其它小伙伴们分享也不错哦!发表书评还可以获得积分和经验奖励,认真写原创书评 被采纳为精评可以获得大量金币、积分和经验奖励哦!