HENRY THE SIXTH PART 3

Act 4 Scene 4

With the drummer playing and trumpeter sounding, enter the Earl of Warwick, the Duke of Somerset, and the rest bringing King Edward out in his gown, sitting in a chair. Richard Duke of Gloucester and Lord Hastings flies over the stage
l1l	Somerset	 What are they that fly there?
l2l	Warwick	Richard and Hastings—let them go. Here is the Duke.
l3l	King Edward	“The Duke”! Why, Warwick, when we parted,
l4l		Thou calledst me king.
	Warwick	Ay, but the case is altered.
l5l		When you disgraced me in my embassade,
l6l		Then I degraded you from being king,
l7l		And come now to create you Duke of York.
l8l		Alas, how should you govern any kingdom
l9l		That know not how to use ambassadors,
l10l		Nor how to be contented with one wife,
l11l		Nor how to use your brothers brotherly,
l12l		Nor how to study for the people’s welfare,
l13l		Nor how to shroud yourself from enemies?
l14l	King Edward	(seeing George)
		 Yea, brother of Clarence, art thou here too?
l15l		Nay, then, I see that Edward needs must down.
l16l		Yet, Warwick, in despite of all mischance,
l17l		Of thee thyself and all thy complices,
l18l		Edward will always bear himself as king.
l19l		Though fortune’s malice overthrow my state,
l20l		My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel.
l21l	Warwick	Then, for his mind, be Edward England’s king.
		( 21 Warwick takes off Edward's crown)
l22l		But Henry now shall wear the English crown,
l23l		And be true king indeed, thou but the shadow.
l24l		My lord of Somerset, at my request,
l25l		See that, forthwith, Duke Edward be conveyed
l26l		Unto my brother, Archbishop of York.
l27l		When I have fought with Pembroke and his fellows,
l28l		I’ll follow you, and tell what answer
l29l		Louis and the Lady Bona send to him.
l30l		Now for a while farewell, good Duke of York.
		(They begin to lead Edward out forcibly)
l31l	King Edward	 What fates impose, that men must needs abide.
l32l		It boots not to resist both wind and tide.
		(Exeunt some with Edward)
l33l	Oxford	 What now remains, my lords, for us to do
l34l		But march to London with our soldiers?
l35l	Warwick	Ay, that’s the first thing that we have to do—
l36l		To free King Henry from imprisonment
l37l		And see him seated in the regal throne.
		(Exeunt)