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1、King Henry VI, Part 1King Henry VI, Part 1William Shakespeare1King Henry VI, Part 1ACT I.2King Henry VI, Part 1SCENE 1.Westminster AbbeyDead March. Enter the funeral of KING HENRY THE FIFTH,attended on by the DUKE OF BEDFORD, Regent of France, the DUKEOF GLOUCESTER, Protector, the DUKE OF EXETER, th

2、e EARL OFWARWICK, the BISHOP OF WINCHESTERBEDFORD. Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night!Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystaltresses in the sky And with them scourge the bad revolting stars That haveconsented unto Henrys death! King Henry the Fifth, too fa

3、mous to livelong! England neer lost a king of so much worth. GLOUCESTER.England neer had a king until his time. Virtue he had, deserving tocommand; His brandishd sword did blind men with his beams; His armsspread wider than a dragons wings; His sparkling eyes, replete withwrathful fire, More dazzled

4、 and drove back his enemies Than mid-day sunfierce bent against their faces. What should I say? His deeds exceed allspeech: He neer lift up his hand but conquered. EXETER. We mourn inblack; why mourn we not in blood? Henry is dead and never shall revive.Upon a wooden coffin we attend; And deaths dis

5、honourable victory Wewith our stately presence glorify, Like captives bound to a triumphant car.What! shall we curse the planets of mishap That plotted thus our glorysoverthrow? Or shall we think the subtle-witted French Conjurers andsorcerers, that, afraid of him, By magic verses have contrivd his

6、end?WINCHESTER. He was a king blessd of the King of kings; Unto theFrench the dreadful judgment-day So dreadful will not be as was his sight.The battles of the Lord of Hosts he fought; The Churchs prayers madehim so prosperous. GLOUCESTER. The Church! Where is it? Had notchurchmen prayd, His thread

7、of life had not so soon decayd. None do youlike but an effeminate prince, Whom like a school-boy you may overawe.WINCHESTER. Gloucester, whateer we like, thou art Protector Andlookest to command the Prince and realm. Thy wife is proud; she holdeththee in awe More than God or religious churchmen may.

8、 GLOUCESTER.Name not religion, for thou lovst the flesh; And neer throughout the year3King Henry VI, Part 1to church thou gost, Except it be to pray against thy foes. BEDFORD.Cease, cease these jars and rest your minds in peace; Lets to the altar.Heralds, wait on us. Instead of gold, well offer up o

9、ur arms, Since armsavail not, now that Henrys dead. Posterity, await for wretched years,When at their mothers moistned eyes babes shall suck, Our isle be made anourish of salt tears, And none but women left to wail the dead. HENRYthe Fifth, thy ghost I invocate: Prosper this realm, keep it from civi

10、l broils,Combat with adverse planets in the heavens. A far more glorious star thysoul will make Than Julius Caesar or brightEnter a MESSENGERMESSENGER. My honourable lords, health to you all! Sad tidingsbring I to you out of France, Of loss, of slaughter, and discomfiture:Guienne, Champagne, Rheims,

11、 Orleans, Paris, Guysors, Poictiers, are allquite lost. BEDFORD. What sayst thou, man, before dead Henrys corse?Speak softly, or the loss of those great towns Will make him burst his leadand rise from death. GLOUCESTER. Is Paris lost? Is Rouen yielded up? IfHenry were recalld to life again, These ne

12、ws would cause him once moreyield the ghost. EXETER. How were they lost? What treachery was usd?MESSENGER. No treachery, but want of men and money. Amongst the4King Henry VI, Part 1soldiers this is muttered That here you maintain several factions; Andwhilst a field should be dispatchd and fought, Yo

13、u are disputing of yourgenerals: One would have lingring wars, with little cost; Another wouldfly swift, but wanteth wings; A third thinks, without expense at all, Byguileful fair words peace may be obtaind. Awake, awake, English nobility!Let not sloth dim your honours, new-begot. Croppd are the flo

14、wer-de-luces in your arms; Of Englands coat one half is cut away. EXETER.Were our tears wanting to this funeral, These tidings would call forth theirflowing tides. BEDFORD. Me they concern; Regent I am of France. Giveme my steeled coat; Ill fight for France. Away with these disgracefulwailing robes!

15、 Wounds will I lend the French instead of eyes, To weeptheir intermissive miseries.Enter a second MESSENGERSECOND MESSENGER. Lords, view these letters full of badmischance. France is revolted from the English quite, Except some pettytowns of no import. The Dauphin Charles is crowned king in Rheims;

16、TheBastard of Orleans with him is joind; Reignier, Duke of Anjou, doth takehis part; The Duke of Alencon flieth to his side. EXETER. The Dauphincrowned king! all fly to him! O, whither shall we fly from this reproach?GLOUCESTER. We will not fly but to our enemies throats. Bedford, ifthou be slack Il

17、l fight it out. BEDFORD. Gloucester, why doubtst thou ofmy forwardness? An army have I musterd in my thoughts, Wherewithalready France is overrun.Enter a third MESSENGERTHIRD MESSENGER. My gracious lords, to add to your laments,Wherewith you now bedew King Henrys hearse, I must inform you of adismal

18、 fight Betwixt the stout Lord Talbot and the French. WINCHESTER.What! Wherein Talbot overcame? Ist so? THIRD MESSENGER. O, no;wherein Lord Talbot was oerthrown. The circumstance Ill tell you more atlarge. The tenth of August last this dreadful lord, Retiring from the siegeof Orleans, Having full sca

19、rce six thousand in his troop, By three andtwenty thousand of the French Was round encompassed and set upon. Noleisure had he to enrank his men; He wanted pikes to set before his archers;Instead whereof sharp stakes pluckd out of hedges They pitched in the5King Henry VI, Part 1ground confusedly To k

20、eep the horsemen off from breaking in. More thanthree hours the fight continued;6King Henry VI, Part 1Where valiant Talbot, above human thought, Enacted wonders with hissword and lance: Hundreds he sent to hell, and none durst stand him; Here,there, and everywhere, enragd he slew The French exclaimd

21、 the devil wasin arms; All the whole army stood agazd on him. His soldiers, spying hisundaunted spirit, A Talbot! a Talbot! cried out amain, And rushd into thebowels of the battle. Here had the conquest fully been seald up If Sir JohnFastolfe had not playd the coward. He, being in the vaward placd b

22、ehindWith purpose to relieve and follow them- Cowardly fled, not having struckone stroke; Hence grew the general wreck and massacre. Enclosed werethey with their enemies. A base Walloon, to win the Dauphins grace,Thrust Talbot with a spear into the back; Whom all France, with their chiefassembled st

23、rength, Durst not presume to look once in the face.BEDFORD. Is Talbot slain? Then I will slay myself, For living idly herein pomp and ease, Whilst such a worthy leader, wanting aid, Unto hisdastard foemen is betrayd. THIRD MESSENGER. O no, he lives, but istook prisoner, And Lord Scales with him, and

24、 Lord Hungerford; Most ofthe rest slaughterd or took likewise. BEDFORD. His ransom there is nonebut I shall pay. Ill hale the Dauphin headlong from his throne; His crownshall be the ransom of my friend; Four of their lords Ill change for one ofours. Farewell, my masters; to my task will I; Bonfires

25、in France forthwithI am to make To keep our great Saint Georges feast withal. Ten thousandsoldiers with me I will take, Whose bloody deeds shall make an Europequake. THIRD MESSENGER. So you had need; for Orleans is besiegd;The English army is grown weak and faint; The Earl of Salisbury cravethsupply

26、 And hardly keeps his men from mutiny, Since they, so few, watchsuch a multitude. EXETER. Remember, lords, your oaths to Henry sworn,Either to quell the Dauphin utterly, Or bring him in obedience to youryoke. BEDFORD. I do remember it, and here take my leave To go aboutmy preparation. Exit GLOUCESTE

27、R. Ill to the Tower with all the haste Ican To view th artillery and munition; And then I will proclaim youngHenry king. Exit EXETER. To Eltham will I, where the young King is,Being ordaind his special governor; And for his safety there Ill bestdevise. Exit WINCHESTER. Aside Each hath his place and

28、function toattend: I am left out; for me nothing remains. But long I will not be Jack7King Henry VI, Part 1out of office. The King from Eltham I intend to steal, And sit at chiefeststern of public weal. Exeunt8King Henry VI, Part 1SCENE 2.France. Before OrleansSound a flourish. Enter CHARLES THE DAU

29、PHIN, ALENCON,and REIGNIER, marching with drum and soldiersCHARLES. Mars his true moving, even as in the heavens So in theearth, to this day is not known. Late did he shine upon the English side;Now we are victors, upon us he smiles. What towns of any moment but wehave? At pleasure here we lie near

30、Orleans; Otherwhiles the famishdEnglish, like pale ghosts, Faintly besiege us one hour in a month.ALENCON. They want their porridge and their fat bull beeves. Eitherthey must be dieted like mules And have their provender tied to theirmouths, Or piteous they will look, like drowned mice. REIGNIER. Le

31、tsraise the siege. Why live we idly here? Talbot is taken, whom we wont tofear; Remaineth none but mad-braind Salisbury, And he may well infretting spend his gall Nor men nor money hath he to make war.CHARLES. Sound, sound alarum; we will rush on them. Now for thehonour of the forlorn French! Him I

32、forgive my death that killeth me,When he sees me go back one foot or flee. ExeuntHere alarum. They are beaten hack by the English, with great loss.Re-enter CHARLES, ALENCON, and REIGNIERCHARLES. Who ever saw the like? What men have I! Dogs!cowards! dastards! I would neer have fled But that they left

33、 me midst myenemies. REIGNIER. Salisbury is a desperate homicide; He fighteth asone weary of his life. The other lords, like lions wanting food, Do rushupon us as their hungry prey. ALENCON. Froissart, a countryman of ours,records England all Olivers and Rowlands bred During the time Edwardthe Third

34、 did reign. More truly now may this be verified; For none butSamsons and Goliases It sendeth forth to skirmish. One to ten! Lean raw-bond rascals! Who would eer suppose They had such courage andaudacity? CHARLES. Lets leave this town; for they are hare-braindslaves, And hunger will enforce them to b

35、e more eager. Of old I knowthem; rather with their teeth The walls theyll tear down than forsake thesiege. REIGNIER. I think by some odd gimmers or device Their arms are9King Henry VI, Part 1set, like clocks, still to strike on; Else neer could they hold out so as theydo. By my consent, well even le

36、t them alone. ALENCON. Be it so.Enter the BASTARD OF ORLEANSBASTARD. Wheres the Prince Dauphin? I have news for him.CHARLES. Bastard of Orleans, thrice welcome to us. BASTARD.Methinks your looks are sad, your cheer appalld. Hath the late overthrowwrought this offence? Be not dismayd, for succour is

37、at hand. A holy maidhither with me I bring, Which, by a vision sent to her from heaven,Ordained is to raise this tedious siege And drive the English forth thebounds of France. The spirit of deep prophecy she hath, Exceeding thenine sibyls of old Rome: Whats past and whats to come she can descry.Spea

38、k, shall I call her in? Believe my words, For they are certain andunfallible. CHARLES. Go, call her in. Exit BASTARD But first, to tryher skill, Reignier, stand thou as Dauphin in my place; Question herproudly; let thy looks be stern; By this means shall we sound what skillshe hath.Re-enter the BAST

39、ARD OF ORLEANS with JOAN LA PUCELLEREIGNIER. Fair maid, is t thou wilt do these wondrous feats?PUCELLE. Reignier, is t thou that thinkest to beguile me? Where is theDauphin? Come, come from behind; I know thee well, though never seenbefore. Be not amazd, theres nothing hid from me. In private will I

40、 talkwith thee apart. Stand back, you lords, and give us leave awhile.REIGNIER. She takes upon her bravely at first dash. PUCELLE. Dauphin,I am by birth a shepherds daughter, My wit untraind in any kind of art.Heaven and our Lady gracious hath it pleasd To shine on my contemptibleestate. Lo, whilst

41、I waited on my tender lambs And to suns parching heatdisplayd my cheeks, Gods Mother deigned to appear to me, And in avision full of majesty Willd me to leave my base vocation And free mycountry from calamity Her aid she promisd and assurd success. Incomplete glory she reveald herself; And whereas I

42、 was black and swartbefore, With those clear rays which she infusd on me That beauty am Iblessd with which you may see. Ask me what question thou canst possible,And I will answer unpremeditated. My courage try by combat if thoudarst, And thou shalt find that I exceed my sex. Resolve on this: thou sh

43、alt10King Henry VI, Part 1be fortunate If thou receive me for thy warlike mate. CHARLES. Thouhast astonishd me with thy high terms. Only this proof Ill of thy valourmake In single combat thou shalt buckle with me; And if thou vanquishest,thy words are true; Otherwise I renounce all confidence. PUCEL

44、LE. I amprepard; here is my keen-edgd sword, Deckd with five flower-de-luceson each side, The which at Touraine, in Saint Katherines churchyard, Outof a great deal of old iron I chose forth. CHARLES. Then come, o Godsname; I fear no woman. PUCELLE. And while I live Ill neer fly from aman. Here they

45、fight and JOAN LA PUCELLE overcomes CHARLES.Stay, stay thy hands; thou art an Amazon, And fightest with the sword ofDeborah. PUCELLE. Christs Mother helps me, else I were too weak.CHARLES. Whoeer helps thee, tis thou that must help me. Impatiently Iburn with thy desire; My heart and hands thou hast at once subdud.Excellent Pucelle, if thy name be so, Let me thy servant and not sovereignbe. Tis the French Dauphin sueth to thee thus. PUCELLE. I must not yieldto any ri