Chapter 2 first act

The first Sicily.Antechamber in the Palace of Leontes Enter Camillo and Archidamus. Archidamos Camillo, if you have the opportunity to come to Bohemia, as I have accompanied you to your place this time, as I have already said, you will definitely see that our Bohemia is different from yours. Sicily is very different. Camillo I think the King of Sicily intends to visit Bohemia next summer. Achidamus We laugh at our humble hospitality, yet we show our sincerity with ardor; for truth be told Camillo please ACHIDAMUS Really, I don't mean it offhand.We can't be as grand as this with this rarity I just can't tell.But we will drink you intoxicating wine, so that you will not feel our simplicity; although we will not get your praise, at least we will not offend you.

Camillo, you speak too much. Archidamus believes me, and I speak the truth from my heart. Camillo Sicily's friendship for Bohemia cannot be fully expressed.The two Majesties have been educated together since childhood; their mutual affection was originally very deep, no wonder it is so good now.Since they had grown up, position and political necessity kept them from being together, but they still exchanged gifts, letters, and envoys of friendship in place of face-to-face meetings.Although isolated, they seem to be together day and night; separated by oceans, but they seem to be on a blind date; one is in the south of the sky, and the other is in the north, but they seem to be able to embrace each other.May Heaven continue their friendship!

Archidamus I think no conspiracy or accident can change their hearts. Your little prince Mamillus is a lucky star. He is the most promising boy I have ever seen. Camillo I quite agree with your expectations of him.He was a marvelous boy, adored by people all over the country.The old man who walked with a stick before he was born is also hoping to live to see him grow up one day. Achidamus So they will die willingly? Camillo Yes, if there is no other reason to live. If Archidamus had no son, they'd hope to live on crutches to see him have one. (same below.) The second game is the same as before.palace hall

Enter Leontes, Polixenes, Hermione, Mamillus, Camillo, and attendants. Polixenes Since I left government and bid farewell to my throne, the watery moon in the shepherd's calendar has gained or lost nine degrees.Twice as long time would have been laden with my thanks, my brother; but now I must bid farewell with a debt I can never repay.Like a lowly man in the midst of splendor, I add to the thousand times I have said thank you before, thank you! Leontes is slow to thank you, let's talk about it when you go. Brother Polixenes, that is tomorrow.I'm worried about what might happen in the middle school when I'm not around; I hope nothing will happen, and don't let my doubts and fears come true!Besides, I've lived here long enough to bore you.

Brother Leontes, don't think that I am useless, and think that I will soon become impatient. Polixenes delayed no longer. Let Leontes stay another week. Polixenes, indeed, is leaving tomorrow. Leontes Then we divide the time in half; you can't object to that. Polixenes, please don't force me like this.There is no one in the world, absolutely no one, who can persuade me so much as you; and if your request were really necessary to you, I would obey it, even if I had reasons to refuse.But my affairs force me to go back. If you stop me, although it is out of good intentions, it seems to be a punishment for me.At the same time, if I stay here, I will tire you out.To avoid being both sides, Brother Wang, let's break up.

Leontes Have you become tongue-tied, my queen?You say something. Hermione I am thinking, my lord, to speak till you make him swear never to delay.His Majesty's words were too cold.You should tell him that you believe that all is well in Bohemia, as evidenced by the past.Having said that to him, he had no excuses left. Leontes Well said, Hermione. Hermione If he says he longs to see his son, that's a good reason; if he says so, let him go; if he swears so, without delay, we'll beat him with a spinning pole go. (to Polixenes) But this is not your reason, so I dare your majesty to borrow another week; When you receive my prince in Bohemia, I will allow him to leave one later than the agreed day month back.But honestly, Leontes, I love you as much as any gentleman's wife.Do you promise to stay?

Polixenes No, Mrs. Wang. Hermione, must you not agree to stay? Polixenes I really cannot delay. Hermione really!Thou shalt me ​​softly with such words; yet, though thou hast sworn so much, I still say, Your Majesty, you must not go.Truly, you can't go; A truth from a woman's mouth is as powerful as a truth from a prince's mouth.Are you still going?Must I keep you like a prisoner and not like a guest?Would you rather get away with a ransom instead of a thank you?What do you say?Where is my prisoner, or my guest?In your terrible truth, you must choose between the two. Polixenes Then, my wife, I'll be your guest; To be your prisoner means to offend me, and I dare not.

Hermione Then I am not your jailer, but your gallant mistress.Come, I want to ask you, what kind of tricks did my lord and you like to play when we were young; you must have been very interesting brothers back then? Mrs. Polixenes, we were two children who didn't know what the future would be. We thought that tomorrow would be the same as today, and we would always be children. Hermione, isn't my lord more fond of jokes than you? Polixenes We are like twin lambs leaping in the sun, exchanging bleating calls.We each treat each other with a pure innocence. We don't know how to do evil things, and we never dream that there will be evil people in the world.If we go on living in that way, if our frail hearts are never stirred by violent passions, we may boldly say to Heaven that we have no part in the evils which man has inherited.

Hermione In this way, I know you have sinned since. O Polixenes!My holy lady!Since then we have been tempted; for in those days my wife was a girl, and thy beauty was not in the eyes of my young traveler. Hermione Ouch!Don't go on talking, maybe you will say that your mother and I are both devils.But it doesn't matter if you go on; we can bear the charge of framing you, as long as you sin against us for the first time, as long as you continue to sin with us and not with others. Did Leontes agree? Hermione He will stay, my lord. Leontes I asked him, but he refused.Hermione, my dear, your three-inch tongue has done more than ever.

Hermione unprecedented? Except for one more time, Leontes can be said to be unprecedented. Hermione what!Has my tongue ever done two miracles?When was the previous time?Tell me, please; make my heart glow with compliments, as glad as a well-fed animal.The obscurity of one achievement may dampen the interest in making a thousand later; praise is our reward.A whip has not yet made the horse cover an acre, but a gentle kiss has already made it go a hundred miles.Closer to home: My contribution just now was to persuade him to stay; what about the previous one?It has a big sister, if I hear you right; I hope she has a classy name!But when was the first time I said something nice?tell me!I am anxious to know.

Leontes That's when three months of wretched time at last fade away, and I at last make you stretch out your free hand, and promise to yield to me; say, I'm yours forever. Hermione That's a good word.Twice, you see, I've said good things; once I got a king forever, and once I kept a friend for a while. (Holds out hand to Polixenes.) Leontes (narrator) is so affectionate!So affectionate!If friends are too close, sexual disputes will inevitably occur.My heart is beating; not for joy; not for joy.This manner of entertaining guests may be chaste, but sincerity, generosity, and sincerity are oblivious, there is nothing to criticize; I admit that it does not matter.But holding hands, fingers touching fingers, like they are now; with an unnatural smile on their faces, as if looking into a mirror; and sighing, like a deer panting before dying: Hey!I don't like that kind of entertainment; I don't even want something growing out of my brow.Michaelis, are you my child? Yes, good father. Leontes Haha, what a boy of mine.how!Got your nose dirty?People say he looks like me.Come, sir, we must be neat and tidy; not neat, but clean, sir; but bulls and cows and calves will be said to be neat.Still playing with his palms!Hey, you naughty calf!Are you my calf? MIMILEUS Yes, if you will, papa. Leontes, if you had a shaggy head of hair, and a pair of horns like mine, you'd be exactly like me.But they say we are as much alike as two eggs: so say the women, they can say anything; but even if they are as bad as stained black cloth, as frivolous as wind or water, as liars The dice are as unpredictable as the dice used in gambling, but it is always true to say that the boy is like me.Come, brother, look at me with your blue eyes.Adorable Bad Thing!dearest!my meat!Will your mother?Maybe there is such a thing?love!You go deep into the center of everything; you make possible facts that do not exist, and you communicate with dreams; how can this happen?You can work with falsehood, with emptiness, and can you not relate to reality?This kind of thing has happened with impunity, and I have seen it, and it pains me. What is Polixenes Sicily talking about? Hermione, he seems a little irritable. Polixenes hello, brother!What's the matter?What do you think, Brother Wang? Hermione You seem to be bewildered; what's on your mind, my lord? Leontes No, nothing really.Sometimes the true love of human beings will make people act idiots, making hard-hearted people laugh at them!Look at the lines on my child's face, I feel as if I have returned to twenty-three years ago, when I saw myself without trousers, but in a green velvet coat, with my short sword in its sheath, lest it hurt me. It turned out to be too dangerous for its owner, like ordinary decorations; I felt how much I was like this little thing, this little grandpa at that time.My dear friend, would you like to be deceived? No, Dad, I'm going to fight him. Leontes Will you fight him?Ha ha!Brother Wang, do you like your little prince as much as we do? Polixenes is at home, my lord, he's my only diversion, my only consolation, my only concern; now my sworn friend, now my enemy; now my courtier, my soldier and my officers.He made the days of July as short as the days of December, and relieved my depression in childish ways. The little grandfather Leontes did the same to me.Brother Wang, the two of us will go first, so please wait a little longer.Hermione, show your love to me, Show my brother's hospitality well; All the precious things in Sicily, don't be too expensive to prepare.Besides yourself and me, the little rascal, he is the closest person to me. Hermione If you need us, we're in the garden; we'll be right there for you? Leontes is up to you, as long as you don't fly to the sky, you can always find it. (Narrator) I'm fishing now, though you don't see me lowering my line.Alright alright!See how she turned her mouth towards him!Just as carefree as a wife is to her official husband! (Exit Polixenes, Hermione, and attendants) Already gone!A green turban has been firmly put on!Go play, boy, go play.Thy mother was playing, and I was playing; but I played such a disgraceful part, that I should be booed and booed from my grave, and scorn and sneer are my funeral bells.Go play, boy, go play.If I am not mistaken, there have always been tortoises; and even now, when I say this, there must be many people who hold his wife, not knowing that she was already in his absence. Others have plundered; the fish in his own pond have been fished by his smiling neighbor.I am not alone, and I can masturbate.If all the men who had cheating wives complained about their lives, one tenth of the human race in the world would hang themselves.There is no remedy at all.It is as if there is a dissolute planet shining on the world, causing trouble everywhere.You think, no matter where you are, no matter where you are, you can't resist the monsters in your stomach; the devil can come in and out majesticly with a suitcase and luggage.Thousands of us suffer from this disease without realizing it.hello boy! MIMILUS They say I am like you. Leontes Well, that's my little consolation.Hello!Is Camillo here? Camillo has, my lord. Leontes Go and play, Mymillus; you are a good fellow. (Exit MIMILUUS) Camillo, the lord will live. You, Camillo, managed to hold him with great difficulty; I've dropped anchor several times, but without success. Did you notice that too, Leontes? Camillo You asked him several times, but he refused to stay any longer, and instead talked about his own affairs more important. Did you see that too, Leontes? (Narrator) They've been whispering over there that Sicily is so and so.Things have come to this point, I should have seen it long ago.Camillo, why did he stay? Camillo for obeying the entreaties of the virtuous queen. It is enough for Leontes to say that he obeyed the queen's entreaties; the word virtuous is not so appropriate.This is the case on the surface, but there are other reasons.Besides you, is there anyone who understands it?Your eyes are particularly bright, and you are better at perceiving words and colors than ordinary wooden-headed people; probably only a few clever people notice it?Possibly the lowly people are ignorant of this trick?you say. What a trick Camillo, my lord!I thought everyone knew that the King of Bohemia was staying here for a few days longer. Leontes Hey! Camillo stays here a few days longer. Leontes Well, but why? Camillo because he couldn't bear to let down the kindness of His Majesty and our virtuous and virtuous lady. Leontes can't bear to disappoint your mother's kindness!This is enough.Camillo, I do not hide from you all that is in my heart, I have always consulted with you in my private affairs; you have often washed the stains of my breast like a priest, and I have heard you. Repentant believers have also received a lot of lessons.I thought you were a loyal subject, but I was wrong. Camillo I hope not, my lord! Leontes And I say this more, you are a dishonest man; otherwise, if you have any honesty, you are a coward, and dare not do your duty with dignity; Gu En's neglected servant; or a fool who sees a game ended and a large stake has been won, and thinks it's just a joke. Your Majesty Camillo knows that my servant may be negligent, stupid, and timid; these defects are inevitable for everyone, and they are often unavoidable to be revealed in the turmoil of world affairs.If I willfully be negligent in Your Majesty's business, it is because of my folly; if I will pretend to be demented, it is because I am negligent, not considering the consequences, if sometimes I dare not do a thing I am holding on to. Doubtful things, but later proved to be wrong not to do it, it is the timidity that even wise people often suffer from: these weaknesses, my lord, are inevitable for honest people.But I want to ask Your Majesty to tell me clearly my mistakes so that I can have a chance to defend myself. Leontes Don't you see, Camillo?But that goes without saying, you must have seen it, otherwise your eyes would be darker than a tortoise's shell; don't you hear?Such an obvious thing can't happen without rumors. Didn't it occur to you that my wife was unfaithful?Unless a person has no brain, he will always think.If you can't have the cheek to say that you don't have eyes, ears, and brains, you should admit that my wife is a wooden horse for people to ride and play; like the kind of small family that goes to sleep with people without getting married women are as obscene.Be honest. Camillo If I hear any man speak so slanderously of my lady, I'll give him some kindness at once.Verily, you never uttered such an indecent thing; and it would be as sinful to say it again, as such a thing as you say, if it be true. Wasn't Leontes nothing to whisper like that?Cheek to cheek, nose to nose, lips smacking lips, laughter interspersed with a sigh or two, aren't these infallible signs of infidelity?Stamping on one's feet, hiding in the corner, wishing that the clock would go faster, one o'clock and one o'clock would turn into minutes, and noon would quickly turn into night; Is it nothing?Hey, then the world and all that is in it is nothing; neither is the sky that covers the universe; nor is Bohemia; nor is my wife thing; these things that are nothing don't exist at all, if this is nothing. My lord Camillo, get rid of this morbid thought; it is very dangerous. Leontes Even if it is dangerous, the truth is always true. Camillo No, no, not really, my lord. Leontes is true; you lie!You are lying!I say you lie, Camillo; I hate you.You are a big fool, a mindless slave; otherwise, you are a fencer on the fence, able to see good and evil, but dare not offend either side.If my wife's liver is as rotten as her life is, she can't live another hour. Camillo Who rotted her? Leontes Hey, that's the Bohemia who hangs her like a portrait on her head and neck.If there are loyal courtiers with eyes around me, who not only care about their personal interests, but also my reputation, they will definitely do something to prevent worse things from happening in the future.You are his minister, I raised you from lowly position, I made you great; you know my troubles, as the sky sees the earth, and the earth sees the sky: you can give to my enemies It would give me great pleasure to mix a glass of wine and give him a perpetual sleep. I can do it, my lord, Camillo, and not with an acute drug, but with a slow one, so that he doesn't feel poisoned.But I can't believe that the empress would be so immoral, she is such a noble person.i have been loyal to you Leontes If you don't believe it, you're damned!You think I'm such a fool, that I'd be such a troublemaker, to make my bedding unclean, to disturb my sleep with thorns, hazels, and wasp's tails, to make my son's lineage doubtful, though I believe He is mine and loves him; shall I make something out of nothing without good reason?Who can lose face like this? Camillo I must take your word, my lord.I believe in you, and murder Bohemia if I wish.After he is removed, please Your Majesty, for the sake of your little highness, still reconcile with your empress as before, so as not to spread rumors in the courts of various countries that have contacts with us. Leontes You speak to my heart; I will not let her reputation be stained. Go, then, my lord Camillo; to Bohemia and your ladyship, still put on a courteous countenance.I'm his cupbearer; if he drinks my wine without a problem, you don't need me to be your servant. Well, Leontes, nothing more.If you do this, half my heart will be yours; if you don't, I'll rip your heart in two. Camillo I will, my lord. Leontes I will listen to you and pretend to be kind. (Down.) Camillo O poor lady!But what kind of situation am I in?I must poison the good Polixenes, just because of obedience to my master, who went mad himself, and forced his men to follow his madness.If I do this, I have the hope of being promoted and making a fortune.Even if I could find someone who would have a good result in the thousands of previous cases of murdering a king, I would not do it; I don't care about being loyal to such a sinful thing.I have to leave the court; whether to do it or not to do it is the same embarrassment.Good luck to me!Bohemia is here. Re-enter Polixenes. Polixenes This is amazing!I feel a little unwelcome here.Don't say a word?Good morning, Camillo! Camillo salutes your majesty! What's the news from Polixenes court? Camillo has no particular news, my lord. Polixenes Your lord's face seems to have lost some province or a precious land; I saw him just now, and greeted him with the usual courtesy, but he turned his eyes away, wiped his contemptuous lips, and then He hurriedly beat me and walked away, which made me baffled. I don't know what made him change his attitude like this. Camillo I dare not know, my lord. What about Polixenes!I dare not know!Still don't know?You know, but dare not say it?To be clear, it is probably like this; because as far as you are concerned, you must know what you know, and there is no reason not to be afraid to know.Good Camillo, thou hast changed countenance; Thy countenance was like a mirror to mine, Reflecting mine changed countenance; For I know I must have part in this change. Camillo There's a sickness that makes some of us sick, but I can't tell what it is; and it's caught from you who's still healthy. What about Polixenes!Infected from me?Don't think my eyes can hurt; I've looked at thousands of people who were roused by my attention, but never killed.Camillo, you are a gentleman, and your knowledge and understanding of the world are as worthy of respect as our noble family; if you know what you should let me know, don't Willfully hide it from me. Camillo I dare not answer you. Polixenes picked up the disease from me, and I'm healthy!I must understand the meaning of this sentence, do you hear, Camillo?By all the honorable duties of man, which includes my present appeal to you, tell me what evil you think is about to befall me; If it cannot be avoided, how should it be endured. My lord Camillo, I believe you are a noble man, and since you justify me, I must tell you.Listen to my idea; I can only tell you hastily, and you must do as soon as I say, otherwise you and I will not be spared, and the shouting is over! Polixenes Speak, good Camillo. Camillo I was ordered to kill you. Polixenes By whom, Camillo? Camillo is ordered by the king. Why Polixenes? Camillo he thinks no, and swears that you have had an affair with his mistress, as surely as if he saw or induced you to do that wicked thing. Polixenes, if such a thing is so, let my blood fester and fester, and let my name be compared with the traitor who betrayed the Saviour!Let my pure reputation stink, and those with the least sense of smell will cover their noses to avoid it, and be more hated than the worst disease that has ever been recorded in a book. Camillo If you would swear by every star in the sky that he misunderstood, it would be like telling the sea not to obey the moon, for it is impossible to relieve his foolish delusion by oath or exhortation; The thought has been deeply rooted in his heart, and it will not be changed until death. Polixenes How did this happen? Camillo I don't know; yet I believe it's safer to avoid the evil that has arisen than to ask how it happened.I can vouch for you with my whole body, if you trust me, go tonight!I can go and tell your attendants to slip out of the city by the side gate in twos and threes.As for myself, I am willing to serve you from now on; because of this disclosure, I can no longer stand here.Don't hesitate!On the honor of my father and mother, I speak the truth; and if you must testify, I dare not appear, and your fate will be the same as that of the king's own condemnation, and die. Polixenes I believe you, and I read his thoughts in his countenance.Give me your hand and be my guide; you will always be my favor.My ships are ready; my people have longed for my return two days ago.This jealousy was for a precious person; she was a beauty, and he was a hero of the day, so it must be very jealous; and he thought it was his sworn friend who dishonored him , must have made him more eager for revenge.Horror surrounds me; may I depart safely, may the virtuous queen be happy!She was also a character in the play, but he never had malicious suspicions about her, did he?Come, Camillo; if you get me out of here this time, I'll treat you like a parent.Let's run away. I have the keys to all the side gates of Camillo's capital; please your majesty, make them ready.Come, Your Majesty, let us go! (same below.)