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1、THECOMEDYOFERRORSTHECOMEDYOFERRORSWilliamShakespeare1THECOMEDYOFERRORSACTI.2THECOMEDYOFERRORSSCENE1AhallintheDUKE'SpalaceEntertheDUKEOFEPHESUS,AEGEON,theMerchantofSyracuse,GAOLER,OFFICERS,andotherATTENDANTSAEGEON.Proceed,Solinus,toprocuremyfall,Andbythedoomofdeathendwoesandall.DUKE.MerchantofS
2、yracuse,pleadnomore;Iamnotpartialtoinfringeourlaws.TheenmityanddiscordwhichoflateSprungfromtherancorousoutrageofyourdukeTomerchants,ourwell-dealingcountrymen,Who,wantingguilderstoredeemtheirlives,Haveseal'dhisrigorousstatuteswiththeirbloods,Excludesallpityfromourthreat'ninglooks.For,sincethemo
3、rtalandintestinejars'Twixtthyseditiouscountrymenandus,Ithathinsolemnsynodsbeendecreed,BothbytheSyracusiansandourselves,Toadmitnotraffictoouradversetowns;Nay,more:ifanybornatEphesusBeseenatanySyracusianmartsandfairs;Again,ifanySyracusianbornCometothebayofEphesus-hedies,HisgoodsconfiscatetotheDu
4、ke'sdispose,Unlessathousandmarksbelevied,Toquitthepenaltyandtoransomhim.Thysubstance,valuedatthehighestrate,Cannotamountuntoahundredmarks;Thereforebylawthouartcondemn'dtodie.AEGEON.Yetthismycomfort:whenyourwordsaredone,Mywoesendlikewisewiththeeveningsun.DUKE.Well,Syracusian,sayinbriefthecauseW
5、hythoudeparted'stfromthynativehome,Andforwhatcausethoucam'sttoEphesus.AEGEON.Aheaviertaskcouldnothavebeenimpos'dThanItospeakmygriefsunspeakable;Yet,thattheworldmaywitnessthatmyendWaswroughtbynature,notbyvileoffence,I'llutterwhatmysorrowgivesmeleave.InSyracusewasIborn,andwedUntoawoman,happybutf
6、orme,Andbyme,hadnotourhapbeenbad.WithherIliv'dinjoy;ourwealthincreas'dByprosperousvoyagesIoftenmadeToEpidamnum;tillmyfactor'sdeath,Andthegreatcareofgoodsatrandomleft,Drewmefromkindembracementsofmyspouse:Fromwhommyabsencewasnotsixmonthsold,Beforeherself,almostatfaintingunderThepleasingpunishmen
7、tthatwomenbear,Hadmadeprovisionforherfollowingme,AndsoonandsafearrivedwhereIwas.TherehadshenotbeenlongbutshebecameAjoyfulmotheroftwo3THECOMEDYOFERRORSgoodlysons;And,whichwasstrange,theonesoliketheotherAscouldnotbedisdnguish'dbutbynames.