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king lear(李尔王)-第3部分

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bitter to the best of our times; keeps our fortunes from us till our oldness 

cannot     relish   them。    I  begin   to   find  an   idle   and   fond   bondage      in  the 

oppression of aged tyranny; who sways; not as it hath power; but as it is 

suffer'd。 Come to me; that of this I may speak more。 If our father would 

sleep till I wak'd him; you should enjoy half his revenue for ever; and live 

the beloved of your brother; 'EDGAR。' 

       Hum! Conspiracy? 'Sleep till I wak'd him; you should enjoy half his 

revenue。' My son Edgar! Had he a hand to write this? a heart and brain to 

breed   it   in?   When   came   this   to   you?   Who   brought   it?   Edm。   It   was   not 

brought me; my lord: there's the cunning of it。 I found it thrown in at the 

casement of my closet。 Glou。 You know the character to be your brother's? 

Edm。 If the matter were good; my lord; I durst swear it were his; but in 

respect of that; I would fain think it were not。 Glou。 It is his。 Edm。 It is his 

hand; my lord; but I hope his heart is not in the contents。 Glou。 Hath he 

never   before   sounded   you   in   this   business?   Edm。   Never;   my  lord。   But   I 

have   heard   him   oft   maintain   it   to   be   fit   that;   sons   at   perfect   age;   and 

fathers   declining;   the   father   should   be   as   ward   to   the   son;   and   the   son 

manage his revenue。 Glou。 O villain; villain! His very opinion in the letter! 

Abhorred villain! Unnatural; detested; brutish villain! worse than brutish! 

Go; sirrah; seek him。 I'll apprehend him。 Abominable villain! Where is he? 

Edm。 I do not well know; my lord。 If it shall please you to suspend your 

indignation       against    my    brother    till  you   can    derive    from    him    better 

testimony   of   his   intent;   you   should   run   a   certain   course;   where;   if   you 

violently   proceed   against   him;   mistaking   his   purpose;   it   would   make   a 

great    gap    in  your   own     honour     and   shake    in  pieces    the   heart   of  his 

obedience。 I dare pawn down my life for him that he hath writ this to feel 

my   affection   to   your   honour;   and   to   no   other   pretence   of   danger。   Glou。 

Think you so? Edm。 If your honour judge it meet; I will place you where 

you shall hear us confer of this and by an auricular assurance have your 

satisfaction;   and   that   without   any   further   delay   than   this   very   evening。 

Glou。 He cannot be such a monster。 Edm。 Nor is not; sure。 Glou。 To his 

father; that so tenderly and entirely loves him。 Heaven and earth! Edmund; 

seek him out; wind me into him; I pray you; frame the business after your 

own wisdom。 I would unstate myself to be in a due resolution。 Edm。 I will 


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seek   him;   sir;   presently;   convey   the   business   as   I   shall   find   means;   and 

acquaint      you   withal。    Glou。    These    late  eclipses    in  the   sun   and   moon 

portend no good to us。 Though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and 

thus;   yet   nature   finds   itself   scourg'd   by   the   sequent   effects。   Love   cools; 

friendship      falls  off;  brothers     divide。   In   cities;  mutinies;     in  countries; 

discord;   in   palaces;   treason;   and   the   bond   crack'd   'twixt   son   and   father。 

This villain of mine comes under the prediction; there's son against father: 

the   King   falls   from   bias   of   nature;   there's   father   against   child。  We   have 

seen   the   best   of   our   time。   Machinations;   hollowness;   treachery;   and   all 

ruinous disorders follow us disquietly to our graves。 Find out this villain; 

Edmund; it shall lose thee nothing; do it carefully。 And the noble and true… 

hearted Kent banish'd! his offence; honesty! 'Tis strange。 Exit。 Edm。 This 

is the excellent   foppery  of   the   world;   that;   when   we   are   sick in   fortune; 

often the surfeit of our own behaviour; we make guilty of our disasters the 

sun; the moon; and the stars; as if we were villains on necessity; fools by 

heavenly   compulsion;         knaves;     thieves;   and   treachers    by   spherical    pre… 

dominance;   drunkards;   liars;   and   adulterers   by   an   enforc'd   obedience   of 

planetary influence; and all that we are evil in; by a divine thrusting on。 An 

admirable evasion of whore…master man; to lay his goatish disposition to 

the   charge   of   a   star!   My   father   compounded   with   my   mother   under   the 

Dragon's Tail; and my nativity was under Ursa Major; so that it follows I 

am   rough   and   lecherous。   Fut!   I   should       have   been   that   I   am;   had   the 

maidenliest star in the firmament twinkled on my bastardizing。 Edgar… 

       Enter Edgar。 

       and pat! he comes; like the catastrophe of the old comedy。 My cue is 

villainous melancholy; with a sigh like Tom o' Bedlam。 O; these eclipses 

do portend these divisions! Fa; sol; la; mi。 Edg。 How now; brother Edmund? 

What serious contemplation are you in? Edm。 I am thinking; brother; of a 

prediction   I  read   this   other day;   what   should  follow   these  eclipses。   Edg。 

Do you busy yourself with that? Edm。 I promise you; the effects he writes 

of succeed unhappily: as of unnaturalness between the child and the parent; 

death; dearth; dissolutions of ancient amities; divisions in state; menaces 

and      maledictions       against     king    and     nobles;     needless      diffidences; 

banishment of friends; dissipation of cohorts; nuptial breaches; and I know 


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not   what。   Edg。   How   long   have   you   been   a   sectary   astronomical?   Edm。 

Come; come! When saw you my father last? Edg。 The night gone by。 Edm。 

Spake   you   with   him?   Edg。 Ay;   two   hours   together。   Edm。   Parted   you   in 

good   terms?   Found   you   no   displeasure   in   him   by   word   or   countenance 

Edg。 None at all。 Edm。 Bethink yourself wherein you may have offended 

him;   and   at   my  entreaty  forbear   his   presence   until   some   little   time   hath 

qualified the heat of his displeasure; which at this instant so rageth in him 

that with the mischief of your person it would scarcely allay。 Edg。 Some 

villain   hath   done   me   wrong。   Edm。   That's   my   fear。   I   pray   you   have   a 

continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower; and; as I say; 

retire with me to my lodging; from whence I will fitly bring you to hear 

my lord speak。 Pray ye; go! There's my key。 If you do stir abroad; go arm'd。 

Edg。 Arm'd; brother? Edm。 Brother; I advise you to the best。 Go arm'd。 I 

am no honest man if there be any good meaning toward you。 I have told 

you what   I have   seen and heard; but   faintly; nothing like the   image   and 

horror of it。 Pray you; away! Edg。 Shall I hear from you anon? Edm。 I do 

serve you in this business。 Exit Edgar。 A credulous father! and a brother 

noble; Whose nature is so far from doing harms That he suspects none; on 

whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy! I see the business。 Let me; 

if not by birth; have lands by wit; All with me's meet that I can fashion fit。 

Exit。 


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             SCENE III。 The Duke of Albany's Palace。 



     Enter Goneril and 'her' Steward 'Oswald'。 

       Gon。 Did my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his fool? Osw。 

Ay; madam。 Gon。 By day and night; he wrongs me! Every hour He flashes 

into one gross crime or other That sets us all at odds。 I'll not endure it。 His 

knights grow   riotous;   and himself   upbraids   us   On   every  trifle。 When   he 

returns   from   hunting;   I   will   not   speak   with   him。   Say   I   am   sick。   If   you 

come slack of former services; You shall do well; the fault of it I'll answer。 

'Horns within。' Osw。 He's coming; madam; I hear him。 Gon。 Put on what 

weary negligence   you please; You and   your   fellows。  I'd have   it   come   to 

question。  If   he distaste   it;  let   him  to   our   sister; Whose   mind   and   mine   I 

know in that are one; Not to be overrul'd。 Idle old man; That still would 

manage those authorities That he hath given away! Now; by my life; Old 

fools   are   babes   again;   and   must   be   us'd   With   checks   as   flatteries;   when 

they are seen abus'd。 Remember what I have said。 Osw。 Very well; madam。 

Gon。 And let his knights have colder looks among you。 What grows of it; 

no matter。 Advise your fellows so。 I would breed from hence occasions; 

and I shall; That I may speak。 I'll write straight to my sister To hold my 

very course。 Prepare for dinner。 Exeunt。 


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               SCENE IV。 The Duke of Albany's Palace。 



     Enter Kent; 'disguised'。 

        Kent。   If   but   as   well   I   other   accents   borrow;   That   can   my   speech 

defuse;   my   good   intent   May   carry   through   itself   to   that   full   issue   For 

which I raz'd my likeness。 Now; banish'd Kent; If thou canst serve where 

thou dost stand condemn'd; So may it come; thy master; whom thou lov'st; 

Shall find thee full of labours。 

        Horns within。 Enter Lear; 'Knights;' and Attendants。 

        Lear。   Let   me   not   stay   a   jot   for   dinner;   go   get   it   ready。   'Exit   an 

Attendant。' How now? What art thou? Kent。 A man; sir。 Lear。 What dost 

thou profess? What wouldst thou with us? Kent。 I do profess to be no less 

than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust; to love him that is 

honest; to converse with him that is wise and says little; to fear judgment; 

to   fight   when   I   cannot   choose;   and   to   eat   no   fish。   Lear。  What   art   thou? 

Kent。 A very honest…hearted fel
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