cymbeline(辛白林)-第22节
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how liv'd you? And when came you to serve our Roman captive? How
parted with your brothers? how first met them? Why fled you from the
court? and whither? These; And your three motives to the battle; with I
know not how much more; should be demanded; And all the other by…
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dependences; From chance to chance; but nor the time nor place Will
serve our long interrogatories。 See; Posthumus anchors upon Imogen; And
she; like harmless lightning; throws her eye On him; her brothers; me; her
master; hitting Each object with a joy; the counterchange Is severally in all。
Let's quit this ground; And smoke the temple with our sacrifices。 'To
BELARIUS' Thou art my brother; so we'll hold thee ever。 IMOGEN。 You
are my father too; and did relieve me To see this gracious season。
CYMBELINE。 All o'erjoy'd Save these in bonds。 Let them be joyful too;
For they shall taste our comfort。 IMOGEN。 My good master; I will yet do
you service。 LUCIUS。 Happy be you! CYMBELINE。 The forlorn soldier;
that so nobly fought; He would have well becom'd this place and grac'd
The thankings of a king。 POSTHUMUS。 I am; sir; The soldier that did
company these three In poor beseeming; 'twas a fitment for The purpose I
then follow'd。 That I was he; Speak; Iachimo。 I had you down; and might
Have made you finish。 IACHIMO。 'Kneeling' I am down again; But now
my heavy conscience sinks my knee; As then your force did。 Take that life;
beseech you; Which I so often owe; but your ring first; And here the
bracelet of the truest princess That ever swore her faith。 POSTHUMUS。
Kneel not to me。 The pow'r that I have on you is to spare you; The malice
towards you to forgive you。 Live; And deal with others better。
CYMBELINE。 Nobly doom'd! We'll learn our freeness of a son…in…law;
Pardon's the word to all。 ARVIRAGUS。 You holp us; sir; As you did mean
indeed to be our brother; Joy'd are we that you are。 POSTHUMUS。 Your
servant; Princes。 Good my lord of Rome; Call forth your soothsayer。 As I
slept; methought Great Jupiter; upon his eagle back'd; Appear'd to me;
with other spritely shows Of mine own kindred。 When I wak'd; I found
This label on my bosom; whose containing Is so from sense in hardness
that I can Make no collection of it。 Let him show His skill in the
construction。 LUCIUS。 Philarmonus! SOOTHSAYER。 Here; my good
lord。 LUCIUS。 Read; and declare the meaning。 SOOTHSAYER。 'Reads'
'When as a lion's whelp shall; to himself unknown; without seeking find;
and be embrac'd by a piece of tender air; and when from a stately cedar
shall be lopp'd branches which; being dead many years; shall after revive;
be jointed to the old stock; and freshly grow; then shall Posthumus end his
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miseries; Britain be fortunate and flourish in peace and plenty。' Thou;
Leonatus; art the lion's whelp; The fit and apt construction of thy name;
Being Leo…natus; doth import so much。 'To CYMBELINE' The piece of
tender air; thy virtuous daughter; Which we call 'mollis aer;' and 'mollis
aer' We term it 'mulier'; which 'mulier' I divine Is this most constant wife;
who even now Answering the letter of the oracle; Unknown to you;
unsought; were clipp'd about With this most tender air。 CYMBELINE。
This hath some seeming。 SOOTHSAYER。 The lofty cedar; royal
Cymbeline; Personates thee; and thy lopp'd branches point Thy two sons
forth; who; by Belarius stol'n; For many years thought dead; are now
reviv'd; To the majestic cedar join'd; whose issue Promises Britain peace
and plenty。 CYMBELINE。 Well; My peace we will begin。 And; Caius
Lucius; Although the victor; we submit to Caesar And to the Roman
empire; promising To pay our wonted tribute; from the which We were
dissuaded by our wicked queen; Whom heavens in justice; both on her and
hers; Have laid most heavy hand。 SOOTHSAYER。 The fingers of the
pow'rs above do tune The harmony of this peace。 The vision Which I
made known to Lucius ere the stroke Of yet this scarce…cold battle; at this
instant Is full accomplish'd; for the Roman eagle; From south to west on
wing soaring aloft; Lessen'd herself and in the beams o' th' sun So vanish'd;
which foreshow'd our princely eagle; Th'imperial Caesar; should again
unite His favour with the radiant Cymbeline; Which shines here in the
west。 CYMBELINE。 Laud we the gods; And let our crooked smokes
climb to their nostrils From our bless'd altars。 Publish we this peace To all
our subjects。 Set we forward; let A Roman and a British ensign wave
Friendly together。 So through Lud's Town march; And in the temple of
great Jupiter Our peace we'll ratify; seal it with feasts。 Set on there! Never
was a war did cease; Ere bloody hands were wash'd; with such a peace。
Exeunt
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