every man in his humour-第14部分
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COB。 A gentleman in the city; sir。
CLEM。 A gentleman? what call you him?
COB。 Signior Bobadilla。
CLEM。 Good: But wherefore did he beat you; sirrah? how began the quarrel 'twixt you? ha: speak truly; knave; I advise you。
COB。 Marry; sir; because I spake against their vagrant tobacco; as I came by them: for nothing else。
CLEM。 Ha; you speak against tobacco? Peto; his name。
PET。 What's your name; sirrah?
COB。 Oliver Cob; sir; set Oliver Cob; sir。
CLEM。 Tell Oliver Cob he shall go to the jail。
PET。 Oliver Cob; master Doctor says you shall go to the jail。
COB。 Oh; I beseech your worship; for God's love; dear master Doctor。
CLEM。 Nay; God's precious! an such drunken knaves as you are come to dispute of tobacco once; I have done: away with him。
COB。 Oh; good master Doctor; sweet gentleman。
LOR。 SE。 Sweet Oliver; would I could do thee any good; master Doctor; let me intreat; sir。
CLEM。 What? a tankard…bearer; a thread…bare rascal; a beggar; a slave that never drunk out of better than piss…pot metal in his life; and he to deprave and abuse the virtue of an herb so generally received in the courts of princes; the chambers of nobles; the bowers of sweet ladies; the cabins of soldiers: Peto; away with him; by God's passion; I say; go to。
COB。 Dear master Doctor。
LOR。 SE。 Alas; poor Oliver。
CLEM。 Peto: ay: and make him a warrant; he shall not go; I but fear the knave。
COB。 O divine Doctor; thanks; noble Doctor; most dainty Doctor; delicious Doctor。 'EXEUNT PETO WITH DOB。
CLEM。 Signior Lorenzo: God's pity; man; Be merry; be merry; leave these dumps。
LOR。 SE。 Troth; would I could; sir: but enforced mirth (In my weak judgment) has no happy birth。 The mind; being once a prisoner unto cares; The more it dreams on joy; the worse it fares。 A smiling look is to a heavy soul As a gilt bias to a leaden bowl; Which (in itself) appears most vile; being spent To no true use; but only for ostent。
CLEM。 Nay; but; good Signior; hear me a word; hear me a word; your cares are nothing; they are like my cap; soon put on; and as soon put off。 What? your son is old enough to govern himself; let him run his course; it's the only way to make him a staid man: if he were an unthrift; a ruffian; a drunkard; or a licentious liver; then you had reason: you had reason to take care: but being none of these; God's passion; an I had twice so many cares as you have; I'd drown them all in a cup of sack: come; come; I must your parcel of a soldier returns not all this while。 'EXEUNT。
SCENE IV。 ENTER GIULIANO; WITH BIANCHA。
GIU。 Well; sister; I tell you true: and you'll find it so in the end。
BIA。 Alas; brother; what would you have me to do? I cannot help it; you see; my brother Prospero he brings them in here; they are his friends。
GIU。 His friends? his friends? 'sblood; they do nothing but haunt him up and down like a sort of unlucky sprites; and tempt him to all manner of villainy that can be thought of; well; by this light; a little thing would make me play the devil with some of them; an't were not more for your husband's sake than any thing else; I'd make the house too hot for them; they should say and swear; hell were broken loose; ere they went。 But by God's bread; 'tis nobody's fault but yours; for an you had done as you might have done; they should have been damn'd ere they should have come in; e'er a one of them。
BIA。 God's my life; did you ever hear the like? what a strange man is this! could I keep out all them; think you? I should put myself against half a dozen men; should I? Good faith; you'd mad the patient'st body in the world; to hear you talk so; without any sense or reason。 'ENTER MATHEO WITH HESPERIDA; BOBADILLA; STEPHANO; LORENZO JUNIOR; PROSPERO; MUSCO。
HESP。 Servant; (in troth) you are too prodigal of your wits' treasu re; thus to pour it forth upon so mean a subject as my worth。
MAT。 You say well; you say well。
GIU。 Hoyday; here is stuff。
LOR。 JU。 Oh now stand close; pray God she can get him to read it。
PROS。 Tut; fear not: I warrant thee he will do it of himself with much impudency。
HES。 Servant; what is that same; I pray you?
MAT。 Marry; an Elegy; an Elegy; an odd toy。
GIU。 Ay; to mock an ape withal。 O Jesu。
BIA。 Sister; I pray you let's hear it。
MAT。 Mistress; I'll read it; if you please。
HES。 I pray you do; servant。
GIU。 Oh; here's no foppery。 'Sblood; it frets me to the gall to think on it。 'EXIT。
PROS。 Oh ay; it is his condition; peace: we are fairly rid of him。
MAT。 Faith; I did it in an humour: I know not how it is; but please you come near; signior: this gentleman hath judgment; he knows how to censure of a I pray you; sir; you can judge。
STEP。 Not I; sir: as I have a soul to be saved; as I am a gentleman。
LOR。 JU。 Nay; it's well; so long as he doth not forswear himself。
BOB。 Signior; you abuse the excellency of your mistress and her fair sister。 Fie; while you live avoid this prolixity。
MAT。 I shall; sir; well; 'incipere dulce'。
LOR。 JU。 How; 'incipere dulce'? a sweet thing to be a fool indeed。
PROS。 What; do you take incipere in that sense?
LOR。 JU。 You do not; you? 'Sblood; this was your villainy to gull him with a motte。
PROS。 Oh; the benchers' phrase: 'pauca verba; pauca verba'。
MAT。 〃Rare creature; let me speak without offence; Would God my rude words had the influence To rule thy thoughts; as thy fair looks do mine; Then shouldst thou be his prisoner; who is thine〃。
LOR。 JU。 'Sheart; this is in 'Hero and Leander'!
PROS。 Oh ay: peace; we shall have more of this。
MAT。 〃Be not unkind and fair: misshapen stuff Is of behaviour boisterous and rough:〃 How like you that; Signior? 'sblood; he shakes his head like a bottle; to feel an there be any brain in it。
MAT。 But observe the catastrophe now; 〃And I in duty will exceed all other; As you in beauty do excel love's mother〃。
LOR。 JU。 Well; I'll have him free of the brokers; for he utters nothing but stolen remnants。
PROS。 Nay; good critic; forbear。
LOR。 JU。 A pox on him; hang him; filching rogue; steal from the dead? it's worse than sacrilege。
PROS。 Sister; what have you here? verses? I pray you let's see。
BIA。 Do you let them go so lightly; sister?
HES。 Yes; faith; when they come lightly。
BIA。 Ay; but if your servant should hear you; he would take it heavily。
HES。 No matter; he is able to bear。
BIA。 So are asses。
HES。 So is he。
PROS。 Signior Matheo; who made these verses? they are excellent good。
MAT。 O God; sir; it's your pleasure to say so; sir。 Faith; I made them extempore this morning。
PROS。 How extempore?
MAT。 Ay; would I might be damn'd else; ask Signior Bobadilla。 He saw me write them; at the (pox on it) the Mitre yonder。
MUS。 Well; an the Pope knew he cursed the Mitre it were enough to have him excommunicated all the taverns in the town。
STEP。 Cousin; how do you like this gentleman's verses?
LOR。 JU。 Oh; admirable; the best that ever I heard。
STEP。 By this fair heavens; they are admirable; The best that ever I heard。
'ENTER GIULIANO。 GIU。 I am vext I can hold never a bone of me still; 'Sblood; I think they mean to build a Tabernacle here; well?
PROS。 Sister; you have a simple servant here; that crowns your beauty with such encomiums and devices; you may see what it is to be the mistress of a wit that can make your perfections so transparent; that every blear eye may look through them; and see him drowned over head and ears in the deep well of desire。 Sister Biancha; I marvel you get you not a servant that can rhyme and do tricks too。
GIU。 O monster! impudence itself! tricks!
BIA。 Tricks; brother? what tricks?
HES。 Nay; speak; I pray you; what tricks?
BIA。 Ay; never spare any body here: but say; what tricks?
HES。 Passion of my heart! do tricks?
PROS。 'Sblood; here's a trick vied; and revied: why; you monkeys; you! what a cater…wauling do you keep! has he not given you rhymes; and verses; and tricks?
GIU。 Oh; see the devil!
PROS。 Nay; you lamp of virginity; that take it in snuff so: come and cherish this tame poetical fury in your servant; you'll be begg'd else shortly for a concealment: go to; reward his muse; you cannot give him less than a shilling in conscience; for the book he had it out of cost him a teston at the least。 How now gallants; Lorenzo; Signior Bobadilla! what; all sons of silence? no spirit。
GIU。 Come; you might practise your ruffian tricks somewhere else; and not here; I wiss: this is no tavern; nor no place for such exploits。
PROS。 'Sheart; how now!
GIU。 Nay; boy; never look askance at me for the matter; I'll tell you of it; by God's bread; ay; and you and your companions mend yourselves when I have done。
PROS。 My companions?
GIU。 Ay; your companions; sir; so I say! 'Sblood; I am not afraid of you nor them neither; you must have your poets; and your cavaliers; and your fools follow you up and down the city; and here they must come to domineer and swagger? sirrah; you ballad…singer; and slops; your fellow there; get you out; get you out: or (by the will of God) I'll cut off your ears; go to。
PROS。 'Sblood; stay; let's see what he dare do: cut off his ears; you are an ass; touch any man here; and by the Lord I'll run my rapier to the hilts in thee。
GIU。 Yea; that would I fain see; boy。
BIA。 O Jesu! Piso! Matheo! murder!
HES。 Help; help; Piso!
'THEY ALL DRAW; ENTER PISO AND SOME MORE OF THE HOUSE TO PART THEM; THE WOMEN MAKE A GREAT CRY。
LOR。 JU。 Gentlemen; Prospero; forbear; I pray you。
BOB。 Well; sirrah; you Holofernes: by my hand; I will pink thy flesh full of holes with my rapier for this; I will; by this good heaven: nay; let him come; let him come; gentlemen; by the body of St。 George; I'll not kill him。
'THEY OFFER TO FIGHT AGAIN; AND ARE PARTED。
PIS。 Hold; hold; forbear。
GIU。 You whoreson; bragging coistril。
'ENTER THORELLO。 THO。 Why; how now? what's the matter? what stir is here? Whence springs this quarrel? Piso; where is he? Put up your weapons; and put off this rage。 My wife and sister; they are cause of this。 What; Pi