romeo and juliet(罗蜜欧和朱丽叶)-第19节
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untaught! what manners is in this; To press before thy father to a grave?
Prince。 Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while; Till we can clear these
ambiguities And know their spring; their head; their true descent; And then
will I be general of your woes And lead you even to death。 Meantime
forbear; And let mischance be slave to patience。 Bring forth the parties of
suspicion。 Friar。 I am the greatest; able to do least; Yet most suspected; as
the time and place Doth make against me; of this direful murther; And
here I stand; both to impeach and purge Myself condemned and myself
excus'd。 Prince。 Then say it once what thou dost know in this。 Friar。 I will
be brief; for my short date of breath Is not so long as is a tedious tale。
Romeo; there dead; was husband to that Juliet; And she; there dead; that
Romeo's faithful wife。 I married them; and their stol'n marriage day Was
Tybalt's doomsday; whose untimely death Banish'd the new…made
bridegroom from this city; For whom; and not for Tybalt; Juliet pin'd。 You;
to remove that siege of grief from her; Betroth'd and would have married
her perforce To County Paris。 Then comes she to me And with wild looks
bid me devise some mean To rid her from this second marriage; Or in my
cell there would she kill herself。 Then gave I her (so tutored by my art) A
sleeping potion; which so took effect As I intended; for it wrought on her
The form of death。 Meantime I writ to Romeo That he should hither come
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as this dire night To help to take her from her borrowed grave; Being the
time the potion's force should cease。 But he which bore my letter; Friar
John; Was stay'd by accident; and yesternight Return'd my letter back。
Then all alone At the prefixed hour of her waking Came I to take her from
her kindred's vault; Meaning to keep her closely at my cell Till I
conveniently could send to Romeo。 But when I came; some minute ere the
time Of her awaking; here untimely lay The noble Paris and true Romeo
dead。 She wakes; and I entreated her come forth And bear this work of
heaven with patience; But then a noise did scare me from the tomb; And
she; too desperate; would not go with me; But; as it seems; did violence on
herself。 All this I know; and to the marriage Her nurse is privy; and if
aught in this Miscarried by my fault; let my old life Be sacrific'd; some
hour before his time; Unto the rigour of severest law。 Prince。 We still have
known thee for a holy man。 Where's Romeo's man? What can he say in
this? Bal。 I brought my master news of Juliet's death; And then in post he
came from Mantua To this same place; to this same monument。 This letter
he early bid me give his father; And threat'ned me with death; going in the
vault; If I departed not and left him there。 Prince。 Give me the letter。 I will
look on it。 Where is the County's page that rais'd the watch? Sirrah; what
made your master in this place? Boy。 He came with flowers to strew his
lady's grave; And bid me stand aloof; and so I did。 Anon comes one with
light to ope the tomb; And by…and…by my master drew on him; And then I
ran away to call the watch。 Prince。 This letter doth make good the friar's
words; Their course of love; the tidings of her death; And here he writes
that he did buy a poison Of a poor pothecary; and therewithal Came to this
vault to die; and lie with Juliet。 Where be these enemies? Capulet;
Montage; See what a scourge is laid upon your hate; That heaven finds
means to kill your joys with love! And I; for winking at you; discords too;
Have lost a brace of kinsmen。 All are punish'd。 Cap。 O brother Montague;
give me thy hand。 This is my daughter's jointure; for no more Can I
demand。 Mon。 But I can give thee more; For I will raise her Statue in pure
gold; That whiles Verona by that name is known; There shall no figure at
such rate be set As that of true and faithful Juliet。 Cap。 As rich shall
Romeo's by his lady's lie… Poor sacrifices of our enmity! Prince。 A
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glooming peace this morning with it brings。 The sun for sorrow will not
show his head。 Go hence; to have more talk of these sad things; Some
shall be pardon'd; and some punished; For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo。 Exeunt omnes。
THE END
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