titus andronicus(泰特斯·安特洛尼克斯)-第12章
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with this reproach。 TITUS。 'Tis sure enough; an you knew how; But if you
hunt these bear…whelps; then beware: The dam will wake; and if she wind
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ye once; She's with the lion deeply still in league; And lulls him whilst she
playeth on her back; And when he sleeps will she do what she list。 You are
a young huntsman; Marcus; let alone; And come; I will go get a leaf of
brass; And with a gad of steel will write these words; And lay it by。 The
angry northern wind Will blow these sands like Sibyl's leaves abroad; And
where's our lesson; then? Boy; what say you? BOY。 I say; my lord; that if I
were a man Their mother's bedchamber should not be safe For these base
bondmen to the yoke of Rome。 MARCUS。 Ay; that's my boy! Thy father
hath full oft For his ungrateful country done the like。 BOY。 And; uncle; so
will I; an if I live。 TITUS。 Come; go with me into mine armoury。 Lucius;
I'll fit thee; and withal my boy Shall carry from me to the Empress' sons
Presents that I intend to send them both。 Come; come; thou'lt do my
message; wilt thou not? BOY。 Ay; with my dagger in their bosoms;
grandsire。 TITUS。 No; boy; not so; I'll teach thee another course。 Lavinia;
come。 Marcus; look to my house。 Lucius and I'll go brave it at the court;
Ay; marry; will we; sir! and we'll be waited on。 Exeunt TITUS; LAVINIA;
and YOUNG LUCIUS MARCUS。 O heavens; can you hear a good man
groan And not relent; or not compassion him? Marcus; attend him in his
ecstasy; That hath more scars of sorrow in his heart Than foemen's marks
upon his batt'red shield; But yet so just that he will not revenge。 Revenge
the heavens for old Andronicus! Exit
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SCENE II。 Rome。 The palace
Enter AARON; DEMETRIUS and CHIRON; at one door; and at the
other door; YOUNG LUCIUS and another with a bundle of weapons; and
verses writ upon them
CHIRON。 Demetrius; here's the son of Lucius; He hath some
message to deliver us。 AARON。 Ay; some mad message from his mad
grandfather。 BOY。 My lords; with all the humbleness I may; I greet your
honours from Andronicus… 'Aside' And pray the Roman gods confound
you both! DEMETRIUS。 Gramercy; lovely Lucius。 What's the news?
BOY。 'Aside' That you are both decipher'd; that's the news; For villains
mark'd with rape。… May it please you; My grandsire; well advis'd; hath sent
by me The goodliest weapons of his armoury To gratify your honourable
youth; The hope of Rome; for so he bid me say; And so I do; and with his
gifts present Your lordships; that; whenever you have need; You may be
armed and appointed well。 And so I leave you both… 'Aside' like bloody
villains。 Exeunt YOUNG LUCIUS and attendant DEMETRIUS。 What's
here? A scroll; and written round about。 Let's see: 'Reads' 'Integer vitae;
scelerisque purus; Non eget Mauri iaculis; nec arcu。' CHIRON。 O; 'tis a
verse in Horace; I know it well; I read it in the grammar long ago。
AARON。 Ay; just… a verse in Horace。 Right; you have it。 'Aside' Now;
what a thing it is to be an ass! Here's no sound jest! The old man hath
found their guilt; And sends them weapons wrapp'd about with lines That
wound; beyond their feeling; to the quick。 But were our witty Empress
well afoot; She would applaud Andronicus' conceit。 But let her rest in her
unrest awhile… And now; young lords; was't not a happy star Led us to
Rome; strangers; and more than so; Captives; to be advanced to this height?
It did me good before the palace gate To brave the Tribune in his brother's
hearing。 DEMETRIUS。 But me more good to see so great a lord Basely
insinuate and send us gifts。 AARON。 Had he not reason; Lord Demetrius?
Did you not use his daughter very friendly? DEMETRIUS。 I would we
had a thousand Roman dames At such a bay; by turn to serve our lust。
CHIRON。 A charitable wish and full of love。 AARON。 Here lacks but
your mother for to say amen。 CHIRON。 And that would she for twenty
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thousand more。 DEMETRIUS。 Come; let us go and pray to all the gods
For our beloved mother in her pains。 AARON。 'Aside' Pray to the devils;
the gods have given us over。 'Trumpets sound' DEMETRIUS。 Why do the
Emperor's trumpets flourish thus? CHIRON。 Belike; for joy the Emperor
hath a son。 DEMETRIUS。 Soft! who comes here?
Enter NURSE; with a blackamoor CHILD
NURSE。 Good morrow; lords。 O; tell me; did you see Aaron the
Moor? AARON。 Well; more or less; or ne'er a whit at all; Here Aaron is;
and what with Aaron now? NURSE。 O gentle Aaron; we are all undone!
Now help; or woe betide thee evermore! AARON。 Why; what a
caterwauling dost thou keep! What dost thou wrap and fumble in thy arms?
NURSE。 O; that which I would hide from heaven's eye: Our Empress'
shame and stately Rome's disgrace! She is delivered; lord; she is delivered。
AARON。 To whom? NURSE。 I mean she is brought a…bed。 AARON。 Well;
God give her good rest! What hath he sent her? NURSE。 A devil。 AARON。
Why; then she is the devil's dam; A joyful issue。 NURSE。 A joyless; dismal;
black; and sorrowful issue! Here is the babe; as loathsome as a toad
Amongst the fair…fac'd breeders of our clime; The Empress sends it thee;
thy stamp; thy seal; And bids thee christen it with thy dagger's point。
AARON。 Zounds; ye whore! Is black so base a hue? Sweet blowse; you
are a beauteous blossom sure。 DEMETRIUS。 Villain; what hast thou done?
AARON。 That which thou canst not undo。 CHIRON。 Thou hast undone
our mother。 AARON。 Villain; I have done thy mother。 DEMETRIUS。 And
therein; hellish dog; thou hast undone her。 Woe to her chance; and damn'd
her loathed choice! Accurs'd the offspring of so foul a fiend! CHIRON。 It
shall not live。 AARON。 It shall not die。 NURSE。 Aaron; it must; the
mother wills it so。 AARON。 What; must it; nurse? Then let no man but I
Do execution on my flesh and blood。 DEMETRIUS。 I'll broach the tadpole
on my rapier's point。 Nurse; give it me; my sword shall soon dispatch it。
AARON。 Sooner this sword shall plough thy bowels up。 'Takes the
CHILD from the NURSE; and draws' Stay; murderous villains; will you
kill your brother! Now; by the burning tapers of the sky That shone so
brightly when this boy was got; He dies upon my scimitar's sharp point
That touches this my first…born son and heir。 I tell you; younglings; not
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Enceladus; With all his threat'ning band of Typhon's brood; Nor great
Alcides; nor the god of war; Shall seize this prey out of his father's hands。
What; what; ye sanguine; shallow…hearted boys! Ye white…lim'd walls! ye
alehouse painted signs! Coal…black is better than another hue In that it
scorns to bear another hue; For all the water in the ocean Can never turn
the swan's black legs to white; Although she lave them hourly in the flood。
Tell the Empress from me I am of age To keep mine own… exc