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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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