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king edward the third(爱德华三世)-第15部分
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'After a flourish; sounded within; enter an herald。'
HERALD。 Rejoice; my Lord; ascend the imperial throne! The mighty
and redoubted prince of Wales; Great servitor to bloody Mars in arms; The
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French man's terror; and his country's fame; Triumphant rideth like a
Roman peer; And; lowly at his stirrup; comes afoot King John of France;
together with his son; In captive bonds; whose diadem he brings To crown
thee with; and to proclaim thee king。
KING EDWARD。 Away with mourning; Phillip; wipe thine eyes;
Sound; Trumpets; welcome in Plantagenet!
'Enter Prince Edward; king John; Phillip; Audley; Artois。'
As things long lost; when they are found again; So doth my son rejoice
his father's heart; For whom even now my soul was much perplexed。
QUEEN PHILLIP。 Be this a token to express my joy;
'Kisses him。'
For inward passion will not let me speak。
PRINCE EDWARD。 My gracious father; here receive the gift。
'Presenting him with King John's crown。'
This wreath of conquest and reward of war; Got with as mickle peril of
our lives; As ere was thing of price before this day; Install your highness
in your proper right: And; herewithall; I render to your hands These
prisoners; chief occasion of our strife。
KING EDWARD。 So; John of France; I see you keep your word: You
promised to be sooner with our self Than we did think for; and tis so in
deed: But; had you done at first as now you do; How many civil towns had
stood untouched; That now are turned to ragged heaps of stones! How
many people's lives mightst thou have saved; That are untimely sunk into
their graves!
KING JOHN。 Edward; recount not things irrevocable; Tell me what
ransom thou requirest to have。
KING EDWARD。 Thy ransom; John; hereafter shall be known: But
first to England thou must cross the seas; To see what entertainment it
affords; How ere it falls; it cannot be so bad; As ours hath been since we
arrived in France。
KING JOHN。 Accursed man! of this I was foretold; But did misconster
what the prophet told。
PRINCE EDWARD。 Now; father; this petition Edward makes To thee;
whose grace hath been his strongest shield; That; as thy pleasure chose me
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for the man To be the instrument to shew thy power; So thou wilt grant
that many princes more; Bred and brought up within that little Isle; May
still be famous for like victories! And; for my part; the bloody scars I bear;
And weary nights that I have watched in field; The dangerous conflicts I
have often had; The fearful menaces were proffered me; The heat and cold
and what else might displease: I wish were now redoubled twenty fold; So
that hereafter ages; when they read The painful traffic of my tender youth;
Might thereby be inflamed with such resolve; As not the territories of
France alone; But likewise Spain; Turkey; and what countries else That
justly would provoke fair England's ire; Might; at their presence; tremble
and retire。
KING EDWARD。 Here; English Lords; we do proclaim a rest; An
intercession of our painful arms: Sheath up your swords; refresh your
weary limbs; Peruse your spoils; and; after we have breathed A day or two
within this haven town; God willing; then for England we'll be shipped;
Where; in a happy hour; I trust; we shall Arrive; three kings; two princes;
and a queen。
FINIS。
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