BASTARD
Brother, adieu: good fortune come to thee!
For thou wast got i' the way of honesty.
Exeunt all but BASTARD
A foot of honour
better than I was;
But many a many foot of land the worse. 185
Well, now can I make any Joan a lady.
'Good den, sir Richard!'--'God-a-mercy, fellow!'--
And if his name be George, I'll call him Peter;
For new-made honour doth forget men's names;
'Tis too respective and too sociable 190
For your conversion. Now your traveller,
He and his toothpick at my worship's mess,
And when my knightly stomach is sufficed,
Why then I suck my teeth and catechise
My picked man of countries: 'My dear sir,'
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Thus, leaning on mine elbow, I begin,
'I shall beseech you'--that is question now;
And then comes answer like an Absey book:
'O sir,' says answer, 'at your best command;
At your employment; at your service, sir;'
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'No, sir,' says question, 'I, sweet sir, at yours:'
And so, ere answer knows what question would,
Saving in dialogue of compliment,
And talking of the Alps and Apennines,
The Pyrenean and the river Po, 205
It draws toward supper in conclusion so.
But this is worshipful society
And fits the mounting spirit like myself,
For he is but a bastard to the time
That doth not smack of observation; 210
And so am I, whether I smack or no;
And not alone in habit and device,
Exterior form, outward accoutrement,
But from the inward motion to deliver
Sweet, sweet, sweet poison for the age's tooth:
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Which, though I will not practise to deceive,
Yet, to avoid deceit, I mean to learn;
For it shall strew the footsteps of my rising.
（选自《约翰王》第一幕第一场）
朱生豪 译：
庶子
兄弟，再会；愿幸运降临到你身上！因为你是你的父母堂堂正正生下来的。（除庶子外均下）
牺牲了许多的田地，换到这寸尺的荣誉。好，现在我可以叫无论哪一个村姑做起夫人来了。“晚安，理查爵士！”“你好，朋友！”假如他的名字是乔治，我就叫他彼得；因为做了新贵，是会忘记人们的名字的；身分转变之后，要是还记得每个人的名字，就显得太恭敬或是太跟人家亲密了。要是有什么旅行的人带着他的牙签奉陪我这位爵士大人进餐，等我的尊腹装饱以后，我就要咂咂我的嘴，向这位游历各国的人发问；把上身斜靠在臂肘上，我要这样开始：“足下，就要请教，”——这就是问题，于是回答来了，就像会话入门书上所载的一样：“啊，阁下，”这是回答，“您有什么吩咐，鄙人总是愿意竭力效劳的。”“岂敢岂敢，”这是问题，“足下如有需用鄙人之处，鄙人无不乐于尽力。”照这样扯上了一大堆客套的话，谈谈阿尔卑斯山，亚平宁山，比利尼山和波河的风景，在回答还没有知道问题所要问的事情以前，早又到晚餐的时候了。可是这样才是上流社会，适合于像我自己这样向上的精神；因为谁要是不懂得适应潮流，他就是一个时代的私生子。我正是一个私生子，不管我适应得好不好。不单凭着服装，容饰，外形和徽纹，我还要从内心发出一些甜甜蜜蜜的毒药来，让世人受我的麻醉；虽然我不想有意欺骗世人，可是为了防止受人欺骗起见，我要学习学习这一套手段，因为在我升发的路途上一定会铺满这一类谄媚的花朵。
青春就应该这样绽放 游戏测试：三国时期谁是你最好的兄弟！！ 你不得不信的星座秘密