King Richard II. Уильям Шекспир

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        KING RICHARD. And say, what store of parting tears were shed?

        AUMERLE. Faith, none for me; except the north-east wind,

          Which then blew bitterly against our faces,

          Awak'd the sleeping rheum, and so by chance

          Did grace our hollow parting with a tear.

        KING RICHARD. What said our cousin when you parted with him?

        AUMERLE. 'Farewell.'

          And, for my heart disdained that my tongue

          Should so profane the word, that taught me craft

          To counterfeit oppression of such grief

          That words seem'd buried in my sorrow's grave.

          Marry, would the word 'farewell' have length'ned hours

          And added years to his short banishment,

          He should have had a volume of farewells;

          But since it would not, he had none of me.

        KING RICHARD. He is our cousin, cousin; but 'tis doubt,

          When time shall call him home from banishment,

          Whether our kinsman come to see his friends.

          Ourself, and Bushy, Bagot here, and Green,

          Observ'd his courtship to the common people;

          How he did seem to dive into their hearts

          With humble and familiar courtesy;

          What reverence he did throw away on slaves,

          Wooing poor craftsmen with the craft of smiles

          And patient underbearing of his fortune,

          As 'twere to banish their affects with him.

          Off goes his bonnet to an oyster-wench;

          A brace of draymen bid God speed him well

          And had the tribute of his supple knee,

          With 'Thanks, my countrymen, my loving friends';

          As were our England in reversion his,

          And he our subjects' next degree in hope.

        GREEN. Well, he is gone; and with him go these thoughts!

          Now for the rebels which stand out in Ireland,

          Expedient manage must be made, my liege,

          Ere further leisure yicld them further means

          For their advantage and your Highness' loss.

        KING RICHARD. We will ourself in person to this war;

          And, for our coffers, with too great a court

          And liberal largess, are grown somewhat light,

          We are enforc'd to farm our royal realm;

          The revenue whereof shall furnish us

          For our affairs in hand. If that come short,

          Our substitutes at home shall have blank charters;

          Whereto, when they shall know what men are rich,

          They shall subscribe them for large sums of gold,

          And send them after to supply our wants;

          For we will make for Ireland presently.

      [Enter BUSHY]

      ACT 2 SCENE 1 London. Ely House

      [Enter JOHN OF GAUNT, sick, with the DUKE OF YORK, etc.]