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$Unique_ID{SSP00374}
$Title{King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene III}
$Author{Shakespeare, William}
$Subject{}
$Log{Dramatis Personae*00350.txt}
Portions copyright (c) CMC ReSearch, Inc., 1989
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
KING HENRY VI, PART III
(written about 1591-92)
ACT V
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SCENE III: Another part of the field.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
{Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD IV in triumph; with
GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE, and the rest.}
KING EDWARD IV: Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course,
And we are graced with wreaths of victory.
But, in the midst of this bright-shining day,
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud,
That will encounter with our glorious sun,
Ere he attain his easeful western bed:
I mean, my lords, those powers that the queen
Hath raised in Gallia have arrived our coast
And, as we hear, march on to fight with us.
CLARENCE: A little gale will soon disperse that cloud 10
And blow it to the source from whence it came:
The very beams will dry those vapors up,
For every cloud engenders not a storm.
GLOUCESTER: The queen is valued thirty thousand strong,
And Somerset, with Oxford fled to her:
If she have time to breathe be well assured
Her faction will be full as strong as ours.
KING EDWARD IV: We are advertised by our loving friends
That they do hold their course toward Tewksbury:
We, having now the best at Barnet field, 20
Will thither straight, for willingness rids way;
And, as we march, our strength will be augmented
In every county as we go along.
Strike up the drum; cry 'Courage!' and away.
[Exeunt.]