登陆注册
5173900000034

第34章 ACT V(4)

Enter NORFOLK

NORFOLK.Arm,arm,my lord;the foe vaunts in the field.KING RICHARD.Come,bustle,bustle;caparison my horse;Call up Lord Stanley,bid him bring his power.I will lead forth my soldiers to the plain,And thus my battle shall be ordered:My foreward shall be drawn out all in length,Consisting equally of horse and foot;Our archers shall be placed in the midst.John Duke of Norfolk,Thomas Earl of Surrey,Shall have the leading of this foot and horse.They thus directed,we will follow In the main battle,whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse.This,and Saint George to boot!What think'st thou,Norfolk?NORFOLK.A good direction,warlike sovereign.This found I on my tent this morning.[He sheweth him a paper]KING RICHARD.[Reads]'Jockey of Norfolk,be not so bold,For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.'A thing devised by the enemy.Go,gentlemen,every man unto his charge.Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls;Conscience is but a word that cowards use,Devis'd at first to keep the strong in awe.Our strong arms be our conscience,swords our law.March on,join bravely,let us to it pell-mell;If not to heaven,then hand in hand to hell.

His ORATION to his ARMY

What shall I say more than I have inferr'd?Remember whom you are to cope withal-A sort of vagabonds,rascals,and runaways,A scum of Britaines,and base lackey peasants,Whom their o'er-cloyed country vomits forth To desperate adventures and assur'd destruction.You sleeping safe,they bring to you unrest;You having lands,and bless'd with beauteous wives,They would restrain the one,distain the other.And who doth lead them but a paltry fellow,Long kept in Britaine at our mother's cost?A milk-sop,one that never in his life Felt so much cold as over shoes in snow?Let's whip these stragglers o'er the seas again;Lash hence these over-weening rags of France,These famish'd beggars,weary of their lives;Who,but for dreaming on this fond exploit,For want of means,poor rats,had hang'd themselves.If we be conquered,let men conquer us,And not these bastard Britaines,whom our fathers Have in their own land beaten,bobb'd,and thump'd,And,in record,left them the heirs of shame.Shall these enjoy our lands?lie with our wives,Ravish our daughters?[Drum afar off]Hark!I hear their drum.Fight,gentlemen of England!Fight,bold yeomen!Draw,archers,draw your arrows to the head!Spur your proud horses hard,and ride in blood;Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!

Enter a MESSENGER What says Lord Stanley?Will he bring his power?MESSENGER.My lord,he doth deny to come.KING RICHARD.Off with his son George's head!NORFOLK.My lord,the enemy is pass'd the marsh.After the battle let George Stanley die.KING RICHARD.A thousand hearts are great within my bosom.Advance our standards,set upon our foes;Our ancient word of courage,fair Saint George,Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!Upon them!Victory sits on our helms.Exeunt

SCENE 4.Another part of the field

Alarum;excursions.Enter NORFOLK and forces;to him CATESBY

CATESBY.Rescue,my Lord of Norfolk,rescue,rescue!The King enacts more wonders than a man,Daring an opposite to every danger.His horse is slain,and all on foot he fights,Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.Rescue,fair lord,or else the day is lost.

Alarums.Enter KING RICHARD

KING RICHARD.A horse!a horse!my kingdom for a horse!CATESBY.Withdraw,my lord!I'll help you to a horse.KING RICHARD.Slave,I have set my life upon a cast And I Will stand the hazard of the die.I think there be six Richmonds in the field;Five have I slain to-day instead of him.A horse!a horse!my kingdom for a horse!Exeunt

SCENE 5.Another part of the field

Alarum.Enter RICHARD and RICHMOND;they fight;RICHARD is slain.Retreat and flourish.Enter RICHMOND,DERBY bearing the crown,with other LORDS

RICHMOND.God and your arms be prais'd,victorious friends;The day is ours,the bloody dog is dead.DERBY.Courageous Richmond,well hast thou acquit thee!Lo,here,this long-usurped royalty From the dead temples of this bloody wretch Have I pluck'd off,to grace thy brows withal.Wear it,enjoy it,and make much of it.RICHMOND.Great God of heaven,say Amen to all!But,teLL me is young George Stanley living.DERBY.He is,my lord,and safe in Leicester town,Whither,if it please you,we may now withdraw us.RICHMOND.What men of name are slain on either side?DERBY.John Duke of Norfolk,Walter Lord Ferrers,Sir Robert Brakenbury,and Sir William Brandon.RICHMOND.Inter their bodies as becomes their births.Proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled That in submission will return to us.And then,as we have ta'en the sacrament,We will unite the white rose and the red.Smile heaven upon this fair conjunction,That long have frown'd upon their emnity!

What traitor hears me,and says not Amen?England hath long been mad,and scarr'd herself;The brother blindly shed the brother's blood,The father rashly slaughter'd his own son,The son,compell'd,been butcher to the sire;All this divided York and Lancaster,Divided in their dire division,O,now let Richmond and Elizabeth,The true succeeders of each royal house,By God's fair ordinance conjoin together!And let their heirs,God,if thy will be so,Enrich the time to come with smooth-fac'd peace,With smiling plenty,and fair prosperous days!Abate the edge of traitors,gracious Lord,That would reduce these bloody days again And make poor England weep in streams of blood!Let them not live to taste this land's increase That would with treason wound this fair land's peace!Now civil wounds are stopp'd,peace lives again-That she may long live here,God say Amen!

同类推荐
  • 世宗實錄(穆宗實錄)

    世宗實錄(穆宗實錄)

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • English Stories France

    English Stories France

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 南迁录

    南迁录

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 寺塔记

    寺塔记

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 四明尊者教行录

    四明尊者教行录

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
热门推荐
  • 花朵得了精神高尚死亡症

    花朵得了精神高尚死亡症

    有一种病,叫做精神高尚死亡症,我听说得上这个病的人全都死了,现在还剩下花朵一个。一花朵病得厉害的时候是在一个夏天的早上。这天,花朵蓬着一头短发,迷瞪着眼睛倚在卫生间的门上。她刚拉完晨尿,睡裙的裙裾掖在了裤衩里头,露出细瘦苍白的长腿。荆棘弓着身子拉刨锯呢。荆棘有着年轻的身体,强壮的肱二头肌,看上去一点也没有改变,同三年前健康的荆棘一模一样。荆棘是什么时候起的床,花朵并不知道,花朵和荆棘没有睡在一张床上,自从荆棘出车祸失忆,荆棘每天睡醒后的第一件事,便是将自己的身体结结实实骑在马上,不停地在刨机与头之间忙碌。
  • 第一弃后

    第一弃后

    她是窄巷之女,被太子夺爱与青梅竹马分开。后被奸人设计废除皇后之位打入冷宫,殊不知这一切均在她的算计之中。一代弃后,统帅六宫,造惊世传奇。
  • 小发明

    小发明

    文章讲述了方便垃圾桶、蛇皮袋撑扶器、多功能反转晾鞋架、深孔伸缩取物器、能取出自来水管内接断裂物的扳手等内容。
  • 重在执行

    重在执行

    工作重在执行、难在执行、赢在执行。本书从目标计划、端正态度、言出即行、尽职尽责、服从命令、相互沟通、团队协作、统筹时间、不断学习、用对方法、排除万难等11个方面阐述了快速提高执行力的具体做法,理论联系实际,简明扼要。它能切实帮助企业的员工找到问题的症结所在,从而提高团队和个人的执行力,实现工作的高效运转。
  • 掌上帝国之五胡乱华

    掌上帝国之五胡乱华

    五胡乱华,是中国西晋时期北边众多游牧民族西晋末年少数民族内迁趁西晋八王之乱期间衰弱之际陆续建立非汉族国家而造成与南方汉人政权对峙的时期。枭雄割据,逐鹿中原,天下谁主?
  • 梦中的通神者

    梦中的通神者

    大萨满斯琴掛几次来哈尔滨都坚持不住在我家里。说身上带着“东西”,包里装着“神器”。算起来我们相识交往快十年了。2002年我应莫力达瓦达斡尔族自治旗人民政府之邀,赴尼尔基做全旗的旅游规划。十几年来我一直在东蒙地区做科研搞调查,了解到达斡尔、鄂温克、鄂伦春、赫哲、朝鲜等民族是东北亚地区的世居民族,是萨满教母源地之一。他们的氏族萨满至今也是萨满教最古老、最为典型的传承人之一,并不断向外延伸,影响其他北方民族而成为一种世界性的历史文化现象。北方民族萨满继承的是“天人合一”、“人神合一”、“万物有灵”的哲学思维。
  • 洛克菲勒给子女的一生忠告

    洛克菲勒给子女的一生忠告

    一本书真实记录了洛克菲勒创造财富神话的种种业绩,从中我们可以学到很多商业方面的智慧。我相信,现代许多商业类书籍的很多观点都出自这里,只是形式上不同而已。阅读本书,你还可以学到洛克菲勒的处世哲学。相信这位在世98年的商业巨人,肯定有着别人所不可替代的处世思想与智慧。如此,即使把此书看做成就财富人生的圣经也不为过。它将向你展示一位商业巨子如何从无到有创造财富,又如何抓住每一分钱来赚取更多的财富的。
  • 孽海问道

    孽海问道

    一次意外,改变了普通乡村少年原有人生轨迹,入朝为官拜将。红尘眷恋,孽海沉沦,苍茫寻那微光一道,有子未必有果!有梦,需入幻境!
  • 新时期宗教工作与管理

    新时期宗教工作与管理

    面对新时期我国宗教状况的新形势、新变化和宗教管理工作面临的挑战,如何正确对待和处理宗教问题,切实提高做好宗教工作的能力,本书从学习党的宗教理论政策知识和做好宗教管理工作等方面进行了全面深入的阐述。正确认识和妥善处理改革开放和现代化建设进程中的宗教问题,做好新形势下的宗教工作要全面贯彻党的宗教工作基本方针。依法管理宗教事务,是依法治国和建设法治政府的必然要求,是新形势下处理复杂宗教问题的有效途径。本书还强调要做好农村宗教工作和城镇化进程中的宗教事务管理工作;加强马克思主义宗教观和中国特色社会主义宗教理论的宣传教育,依法打击邪教和利用宗教进行的非法活动。
  • 菩提心义(海运)

    菩提心义(海运)

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。