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   0  <O 4><H RDY><D 1591><K play><A Shakespeare>
   0  <T title>Henry the Sixth Part 3
   0  <X 1> <Y 1> <T dsd> {A chair of state. Alarum. Enter Richard             +
   0  Plantagenet, Duke of York, his two sons Edward, Earl of March, and       +
   0  Crookback Richard, the Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis of Montague, and     +
   0  the Earl of Warwick, [with drummers] and soldiers. [They all wear white  +
   0  roses in their hats]}
   1  <S WARWICK> <T verse> I wonder how the King escaped our hands?
   2  <S YORK> While we pursued the horsemen of the north,
   3  He slyly stole away and left his men;
   4  Whereat the great lord of Northumberland,
   5  Whose warlike ears could never brook retreat,
   6  Cheered up the drooping army; and himself,
   7  Lord Clifford, and Lord Stafford, all abreast,
   8  Charged our main battle's front, and, breaking in,
   9  Were by the swords of common soldiers slain.
  10  <S EDWARD> Lord Stafford's father, Duke of Buckingham,
  11  Is either slain or wounded dangerous.
  12  I cleft his beaver with a downright blow.
  13  That this is true, father, behold his blood.<T dsd> {He shows a bloody   +
  13  sword}
  14  <S MONTAGUE> <T asd> {[to York]}<T verse> And, brother, here's the Earl  +
  14  of Wiltshire's blood,<T dsd> {He shows a bloody sword}
  15  <T verse> Whom I encountered as the battles joined.
  16  <S RICHARD> <T asd> {(to Somerset's head, which he shows)}<T verse>      +
  16  Speak thou for me, and tell them what I did.
  17  <S YORK> Richard hath best deserved of all my sons.
  18  <T asd> {(To the head)}<T verse> But is your grace dead, my lord of      +
  18  Somerset?
  19  <S NORFOLK> Such hap have all the line of John of Gaunt.
  20  <S RICHARD> Thus do I hope to shake King Henry's head.<T dsd> {[He       +
  20  holds aloft the head, then throws it down]}
  21  <S WARWICK> <T verse> And so do I, victorious prince of York.
  22  Before I see thee seated in that throne
  23  Which now the house of Lancaster usurps,
  24  I vow by heaven these eyes shall never close.
  25  This is the palace of the fearful King,
  26  And this<T asd> {(pointing to the chair of state)}<T verse> , the regal  +
  26  seat_possess it, York,
  27  For this is thine, and not King Henry's heirs'.
  28  <S YORK> Assist me then, sweet Warwick, and I will,
  29  For hither we have broken in by force.
  30  <S NORFOLK> We'll all assist you_he that flies shall die.
  31  <S YORK> Thanks, gentle Norfolk. Stay by me, my lords
  32  And soldiers_stay, and lodge by me this night.<T dsd> {They go up upon   +
  32  the state}
  33  <S WARWICK> <T verse> And when the King comes, offer him no violence
  34  Unless he seek to thrust you out perforce.<T dsd> {[The soldiers         +
  34  withdraw]}
  35  <S YORK> <T verse> The Queen this day here holds her Parliament,
  36  But little thinks we shall be of her council;
  37  By words or blows here let us win our right.
  38  <S RICHARD> Armed as we are, let's stay within this house.
  39  <S WARWICK> `The Bloody Parliament" shall this be called,
  40  Unless Plantagenet, Duke of York, be king,
  41  And bashful Henry deposed, whose cowardice
  42  Hath made us bywords to our enemies.
  43  <S YORK> Then leave me not, my lords. Be resolute_
  44  I mean to take possession of my right.
  45  <S WARWICK> Neither the King nor he that loves him best_
  46  The proudest he that holds up Lancaster_
  47  Dares stir a wing if Warwick shake his bells.
  48  I'll plant Plantagenet, root him up who dares.
  49  Resolve thee, Richard_claim the English crown.<T dsd> {[York sits in     +
  49  the chair.]}
  50  {Flourish. Enter King Henry, Lord Clifford, the Earls of Northumberland  +
  50  and Westmorland, the Duke of Exeter, and the rest. [They all wear red    +
  50  roses in their hats]}<S KING HENRY> <T verse> My lords, look where the   +
  50  sturdy rebel sits_
  51  Even in the chair of state! Belike he means,
  52  Backed by the power of Warwick, that false peer,
  53  To aspire unto the crown and reign as king.
  54  Earl of Northumberland, he slew thy father_
  55  And thine, Lord Clifford_and you both have vowed revenge
  56  On him, his sons, his favourites, and his friends.
  57  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> If I be not, heavens be revenged on me.
  58  <S CLIFFORD> The hope thereof makes Clifford mourn in steel.
  59  <S WESTMORLAND> What, shall we suffer this? Let's pluck him down.
  60  My heart for anger burns_I cannot brook it.
  61  <S KING HENRY> Be patient, gentle Earl of Westmorland.
  62  <S CLIFFORD> Patience is for poltroons, such as he<T asd> {(indicating   +
  62  York)}<T verse> .
  63  He durst not sit there had your father lived.
  64  My gracious lord, here in the Parliament
  65  Let us assail the family of York.
  66  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> Well hast thou spoken, cousin, be it so.
  67  <S KING HENRY> Ah, know you not the city favours them,
  68  And they have troops of soldiers at their beck?
  69  <S EXETER> But when the Duke is slain, they'll quickly fly.
  70  <S KING HENRY> Far be the thought of this from Henry's heart,
  71  To make a shambles of the Parliament House.
  72  Cousin of Exeter, frowns, words, and threats
  73  Shall be the war that Henry means to use.
  74  <T asd> {(To York)}<T verse> Thou factious Duke of York, descend my      +
  74  throne
  75  And kneel for grace and mercy at my feet.
  76B I am thy sovereign.<S YORK> I am thine.
  77  <S EXETER> For shame, come down_he made thee Duke of York.
  78  <S YORK> It was mine inheritance, as the earldom was.
  79  <S EXETER> Thy father was a traitor to the crown.
  80  <S WARWICK> Exeter, thou art a traitor to the crown
  81  In following this usurping Henry.
  82  <S CLIFFORD> Whom should he follow but his natural king?
  83  <S WARWICK> True, Clifford, and that's Richard Duke of York.
  84  <S KING HENRY> <T asd> {(to York)}<T verse> And shall I stand and thou   +
  84  sit in my throne?
  85  <S YORK> It must and shall be so_content thyself.
  86  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> Be Duke of Lancaster,     +
  86  let him be king.
  87  <S WESTMORLAND> He is both king and Duke of Lancaster_
  88  And that, the Lord of Westmorland shall maintain.
  89  <S WARWICK> And Warwick shall disprove it. You forget
  90  That we are those which chased you from the field,
  91  And slew your fathers, and, with colours spread,
  92  Marched through the city to the palace gates.
  93  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> Yes, Warwick, I remember it to my grief,
  94  And, by his soul, thou and thy house shall rue it.
  95  <S WESTMORLAND> <T asd> {(to York)}<T verse> Plantagenet, of thee, and   +
  95  these thy sons,
  96  Thy kinsmen, and thy friends, I'll have more lives
  97  Than drops of blood were in my father's veins.
  98  <S CLIFFORD> <T asd> {(to Warwick)}<T verse> Urge it no more, lest       +
  98  that, instead of words,
  99  I send thee, Warwick, such a messenger
 100  As shall revenge his death before I stir.
 101  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {[to York]}<T verse> Poor Clifford, how I scorn his  +
 101  worthless threats.
 102  <S YORK> <T asd> {[to King Henry]}<T verse> Will you we show our title   +
 102  to the crown?
 103  If not, our swords shall plead it in the field.
 104  <S KING HENRY> What title hast thou, traitor, to the crown?
 105  Thy father was, as thou art, Duke of York;
 106  Thy grandfather, Roger Mortimer, Earl of March.
 107  I am the son of Henry the Fifth,
 108  Who made the Dauphin and the French to stoop
 109  And seized upon their towns and provinces.
 110  <S WARWICK> Talk not of France, sith thou hast lost it all.
 111  <S KING HENRY> The Lord Protector lost it, and not I.
 112  When I was crowned, I was but nine months old.
 113  <S RICHARD> You are old enough now, and yet, methinks, you lose.
 114  <T asd> {(To York)}<T verse> Father, tear the crown from the usurper's   +
 114  head.
 115  <S EDWARD> <T asd> {(to York)}<T verse> Sweet father, do so_set it on    +
 115  your head.
 116  <S MONTAGUE> <T asd> {(to York)}<T verse> Good brother, as thou lov'st   +
 116  and honour'st arms,
 117  Let's fight it out and not stand cavilling thus.
 118  <S RICHARD> Sound drums and trumpets, and the King will fly.
 119A <S YORK> Sons, peace!
 120  <S [NORTHUMBERLAND]> Peace, thou_and give King Henry leave to speak.
 121  <S KING HENRY> Ah, York, why seekest thou to depose me?
 122  Are we not both Plantagenets by birth,
 123  And from two brothers lineally descent?
 124  Suppose by right and equity thou be king_
 125  Think'st thou that I will leave my kingly throne,
 126  Wherein my grandsire and my father sat?
 127  No_first shall war unpeople this my realm;
 128  Ay, and their colours, often borne in France,
 129  And now in England to our heart's great sorrow,
 130  Shall be my winding-sheet. Why faint you, lords?
 131  My title's good, and better far than his.
 132  <S WARWICK> Prove it, Henry, and thou shalt be king.
 133  <S KING HENRY> Henry the Fourth by conquest got the crown.
 134  <S YORK> 'Twas by rebellion against his king.
 135  <S KING HENRY> <T asd> {[aside]}<T verse> I know not what to say_my      +
 135  title's weak.
 136  <T asd> {(To York)}<T verse> Tell me, may not a king adopt an heir?
 137A <S YORK> What then?
 138  <S KING HENRY> An if he may, then am I lawful king_
 139  For Richard, in the view of many lords,
 140  Resigned the crown to Henry the Fourth,
 141  Whose heir my father was, and I am his.
 142  <S YORK> He rose against him, being his sovereign,
 143  And made him to resign his crown perforce.
 144  <S WARWICK> Suppose, my lords, he did it unconstrained_
 145  Think you 'twere prejudicial to his crown?
 146  <S EXETER> No, for he could not so resign his crown
 147  But that the next heir should succeed and reign.
 148  <S KING HENRY> Art thou against us, Duke of Exeter?
 149  <S EXETER> His is the right, and therefore pardon me.
 150  <S YORK> Why whisper you, my lords, and answer not?
 151  <S EXETER> <T asd> {[to King Henry]}<T verse> My conscience tells me he  +
 151  is lawful king.
 152  <S KING HENRY> <T asd> {[aside]}<T verse> All will revolt from me and    +
 152  turn to him.
 153  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> <T asd> {(to York)}<T verse> Plantagenet, for all     +
 153  the claim thou lay'st,
 154  Think not that Henry shall be so deposed.
 155  <S WARWICK> Deposed he shall be, in despite of all.
 156  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> Thou art deceived_'tis not thy southern power
 157  Of Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, nor of Kent,
 158  Which makes thee thus presumptuous and proud,
 159  Can set the Duke up in despite of me.
 160  <S CLIFFORD> King Henry, be thy title right or wrong,
 161  Lord Clifford vows to fight in thy defence.
 162  May that ground gape and swallow me alive
 163  Where I shall kneel to him that slew my father.
 164  <S KING HENRY> O, Clifford, how thy words revive my heart!
 165  <S YORK> Henry of Lancaster, resign thy crown.
 166  What mutter you, or what conspire you, lords?
 167  <S WARWICK> Do right unto this princely Duke of York,
 168  Or I will fill the house with arme\d men
 169  And over the chair of state, where now he sits,
 170  Write up his title with usurping blood.<T dsd> {He stamps with his foot  +
 170  and the soldiers show themselves}
 171  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> My lord of Warwick, hear me but one word_
 172  Let me for this my lifetime reign as king.
 173  <S YORK> Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs,
 174  And thou shalt reign in quiet while thou liv'st.
 175  <S KING HENRY> I am content. Richard Plantagenet,
 176  Enjoy the kingdom after my decease.
 177  <S CLIFFORD> What wrong is this unto the prince your son?
 178  <S WARWICK> What good is this to England and himself?
 179  <S WESTMORLAND> Base, fearful, and despairing Henry.
 180  <S CLIFFORD> How hast thou injured both thyself and us?
 181  <S WESTMORLAND> I cannot stay to hear these articles.
 182A <S NORTHUMBERLAND> Nor I.
 183  <S CLIFFORD> Come, cousin, let us tell the Queen these news.
 184  <S WESTMORLAND> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> Farewell,             +
 184  faint-hearted and degenerate king,
 185  In whose cold blood no spark of honour bides.<T esd> {[Exit with his     +
 185  soldiers]}
 186  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> Be thou a prey     +
 186  unto the house of York,
 187  And die in bands for this unmanly deed.<T esd> {[Exit with his           +
 187  soldiers]}
 188  <S CLIFFORD> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> In dreadful war mayst    +
 188  thou be overcome,
 189  Or live in peace, abandoned and despised.<T esd> {Exit [with his         +
 189  soldiers]}
 190  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> Turn this way, Henry,     +
 190  and regard them not.
 191  <S EXETER> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> They seek revenge and      +
 191  therefore will not yield.
 192B <S KING HENRY> Ah, Exeter.<S WARWICK> Why should you sigh, my lord?
 193  <S KING HENRY> Not for myself, Lord Warwick, but my son,
 194  Whom I unnaturally shall disinherit.
 195  But be it as it may.<T asd> {(To York)}<T verse> I here entail
 196  The crown to thee and to thine heirs for ever,
 197  Conditionally, that here thou take thine oath
 198  To cease this civil war, and whilst I live
 199  To honour me as thy king and sovereign,
 200  And nor by treason nor hostility
 201  To seek to put me down and reign thyself.
 202  <S YORK> This oath I willingly take and will perform.
 203  <S WARWICK> Long live King Henry.<T asd> {(To York)}<T verse>            +
 203  Plantagenet, embrace him.<T dsd> {[York descends.] Henry and York        +
 203  embrace}
 204  <S KING HENRY> <T asd> {(to York)}<T verse> And long live thou, and      +
 204  these thy forward sons.
 205  <S YORK> Now York and Lancaster are reconciled.
 206  <S EXETER> Accursed be he that seeks to make them foes.<T dsd> {Sennet.  +
 206  Here York's train comes down from the state}
 207  <S YORK> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> Farewell, my gracious lord,  +
 207  I'll to my castle.<T esd> {Exeunt York, Edward, and Richard, [with       +
 207  soldiers]}
 208  <S WARWICK> <T verse> And I'll keep London with my soldiers.<T esd>      +
 208  {Exit [with soldiers]}
 209  <S NORFOLK> <T verse> And I to Norfolk with my followers.<T esd> {Exit   +
 209  [with soldiers]}
 210  <S MONTAGUE> <T verse> And I unto the sea from whence I came.<T esd>     +
 210  {Exit [with soldiers]}
 211  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> And I with grief and sorrow to the              +
 211  court.<T dsd> {[King Henry and Exeter turn to leave.]}
 212  {Enter Queen Margaret and Prince Edward}<S EXETER> <T verse> Here comes  +
 212  the Queen, whose looks bewray her anger.
 213B I'll steal away.<S KING HENRY> Exeter, so will I.
 214  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Nay, go not from me_I will follow thee.
 215  <S KING HENRY> Be patient, gentle Queen, and I will stay.
 216  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Who can be patient in such extremes?
 217  Ah, wretched man, would I had died a maid
 218  And never seen thee, never borne thee son,
 219  Seeing thou hast proved so unnatural a father.
 220  Hath he deserved to lose his birthright thus?
 221  Hadst thou but loved him half so well as I,
 222  Or felt that pain which I did for him once,
 223  Or nourished him as I did with my blood,
 224  Thou wouldst have left thy dearest heart-blood there
 225  Rather than have made that savage Duke thine heir
 226  And disinherited thine only son.
 227  <S PRINCE EDWARD> Father, you cannot disinherit me.
 228  If you be king, why should not I succeed?
 229  <S KING HENRY> Pardon me, Margaret; pardon me, sweet son_
 230  The Earl of Warwick and the Duke enforced me.
 231  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Enforced thee? Art thou king, and wilt be forced?
 232  I shame to hear thee speak! Ah, timorous wretch,
 233  Thou hast undone thyself, thy son, and me,
 234  And giv'n unto the house of York such head
 235  As thou shalt reign but by their sufferance.
 236  To entail him and his heirs unto the crown_
 237  What is it, but to make thy sepulchre
 238  And creep into it far before thy time?
 239  Warwick is Chancellor and the Lord of Calais;
 240  Stern Falconbridge commands the narrow seas;
 241  The Duke is made Protector of the Realm;
 242  And yet shalt thou be safe? Such safety finds
 243  The trembling lamb environe\d with wolves.
 244  Had I been there, which am a seely woman,
 245  The soldiers should have tossed me on their pikes
 246  Before I would have granted to that act.
 247  But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honour.
 248  And seeing thou dost, I here divorce myself
 249  Both from thy table, Henry, and thy bed,
 250  Until that act of Parliament be repealed
 251  Whereby my son is disinherited.
 252  The northern lords that have forsworn thy colours
 253  Will follow mine, if once they see them spread_
 254  And spread they shall be, to thy foul disgrace
 255  And the utter ruin of the house of York.
 256  Thus do I leave thee.<T asd> {(To Prince Edward)}<T verse> Come, son,    +
 256  let's away.
 257  Our army is ready_come, we'll after them.
 258  <S KING HENRY> Stay, gentle Margaret, and hear me speak.
 259B <S QUEEN MARGARET> Thou hast spoke too much already.<T asd> {[To Prince  +
 259B Edward]}<T verse> Get thee gone.
 260  <S KING HENRY> Gentle son Edward, thou wilt stay with me?
 261  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Ay, to be murdered by his enemies.
 262  <S PRINCE EDWARD> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> When I return with  +
 262  victory from the field,
 263  I'll see your grace. Till then, I'll follow her.
 264  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Come, son, away_we may not linger thus.<T esd> {Exit  +
 264  with Prince Edward}
 265  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> Poor Queen, how love to me and to her son
 266  Hath made her break out into terms of rage.
 267  Revenged may she be on that hateful Duke,
 268  Whose haughty spirit, winge\d with desire,
 269  Will coast my crown, and, like an empty eagle,
 270  Tire on the flesh of me and of my son.
 271  The loss of those three lords torments my heart.
 272  I'll write unto them and entreat them fair.
 273  Come, cousin, you shall be the messenger.
 274  <S EXETER> And I, I hope, shall reconcile them all.<T esd> {Flourish.    +
 274  Exeunt}
   0  <Y 2> <T dsd> {Enter Richard, Edward Earl of March, and the Marquis of   +
   0  Montague}
   1  <S RICHARD> <T verse> Brother, though I be youngest give me leave.
   2  <S EDWARD> No, I can better play the orator.
   3  <S MONTAGUE> But I have reasons strong and forcible.<T dsd> {Enter the   +
   3  Duke of York}
   4  <S YORK> <T verse> Why, how now, sons and brother_at a strife?
   5  What is your quarrel? How began it first?
   6  <S EDWARD> No quarrel, but a slight contention.
   7A <S YORK> About what?
   8  <S RICHARD> About that which concerns your grace and us_
   9  The crown of England, father, which is yours.
  10  <S YORK> Mine, boy? Not till King Henry be dead.
  11  <S RICHARD> Your right depends not on his life or death.
  12  <S EDWARD> Now you are heir_therefore enjoy it now.
  13  By giving the house of Lancaster leave to breathe,
  14  It will outrun you, father, in the end.
  15  <S YORK> I took an oath that he should quietly reign.
  16  <S EDWARD> But for a kingdom any oath may be broken.
  17  I would break a thousand oaths to reign one year.
  18  <S RICHARD> <T asd> {(to York)}<T verse> No_God forbid your grace        +
  18  should be forsworn.
  19  <S YORK> I shall be if I claim by open war.
  20  <S RICHARD> I'll prove the contrary, if you'll hear me speak.
  21  <S YORK> Thou canst not, son_it is impossible.
  22  <S RICHARD> An oath is of no moment being not took
  23  Before a true and lawful magistrate
  24  That hath authority over him that swears.
  25  Henry had none, but did usurp the place.
  26  Then, seeing 'twas he that made you to depose,
  27  Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous.
  28  Therefore to arms_and, father, do but think
  29  How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown,
  30  Within whose circuit is Elysium
  31  And all that poets feign of bliss and joy.
  32  Why do we linger thus? I cannot rest
  33  Until the white rose that I wear be dyed
  34  Even in the luke-warm blood of Henry's heart.
  35  <S YORK> Richard, enough! I will be king or die.
  36  <T asd> {(To Montague)}<T verse> Brother, thou shalt to London           +
  36  presently
  37  And whet on Warwick to this enterprise.
  38  Thou, Richard, shalt to the Duke of Norfolk
  39  And tell him privily of our intent.
  40  You, Edward, shall to Edmund Brook, Lord Cobham,
  41  With whom the Kentishmen will willingly rise.
  42  In them I trust, for they are soldiers
  43  Witty, courteous, liberal, full of spirit.
  44  While you are thus employed, what resteth more
  45  But that I seek occasion how to rise,
  46  And yet the King not privy to my drift,
  47  Nor any of the house of Lancaster.<T dsd> {Enter a Messenger}
  48  <T verse> But stay, what news? Why com'st thou in such post?
  49  <S MESSENGER> The Queen, with all the northern earls and lords,
  50  Intend here to besiege you in your castle.
  51  She is hard by with twenty thousand men,
  52  And therefore fortify your hold, my lord.
  53  <S YORK> Ay, with my sword. What_think'st thou that we fear them?
  54  Edward and Richard, you shall stay with me;
  55  My brother Montague shall post to London.
  56  Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest,
  57  Whom we have left protectors of the King,
  58  With powerful policy strengthen themselves,
  59  And trust not simple Henry nor his oaths.
  60  <S MONTAGUE> Brother, I go_I'll win them, fear it not.
  61  And thus most humbly I do take my leave.<T esd> {Exit}
  62  <T dsd> {Enter Sir John Mortimer and his brother Sir Hugh}<S YORK>       +
  62  <T verse> Sir John and Sir Hugh Mortimer, mine uncles,
  63  You are come to Sandal in a happy hour.
  64  The army of the Queen mean to besiege us.
  65  <S SIR JOHN> She shall not need, we'll meet her in the field.
  66A <S YORK> What, with five thousand men?
  67  <S RICHARD> Ay, with five hundred, father, for a need.
  68  A woman's general_what should we fear?<T dsd> {A march sounds afar off}
  69  <S EDWARD> <T verse> I hear their drums. Let's set our men in order,
  70  And issue forth and bid them battle straight.
  71  <S YORK> <T asd> {[to Sir John and Sir Hugh]}<T verse> Five men to       +
  71  twenty_though the odds be great,
  72  I doubt not, uncles, of our victory.
  73  Many a battle have I won in France
  74  Whenas the enemy hath been ten to one_
  75  Why should I not now have the like success?<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 3> <T dsd> {Alarums, and then enter the young Earl of Rutland and     +
   0  his Tutor, a chaplain}
   1  <S RUTLAND> <T verse> Ah, whither shall I fly to scape their             +
   1  hands?<T dsd> {Enter Lord Clifford with soldiers}
   2  <T verse> Ah, tutor, look where bloody Clifford comes.
   3  <S CLIFFORD> <T asd> {(to the Tutor)}<T verse> Chaplain, away_thy        +
   3  priesthood saves thy life.
   4  As for the brat of this accurse\d duke,
   5  Whose father slew my father_he shall die.
   6  <S TUTOR> And I, my lord, will bear him company.
   7A <S CLIFFORD> Soldiers, away with him.
   8  <S TUTOR> Ah, Clifford, murder not this innocent child
   9  Lest thou be hated both of God and man.<T esd> {Exit, guarded}
  10  <T dsd> {[Rutland falls to the ground]}<S CLIFFORD> <T verse> How        +
  10  now_is he dead already?
  11  Or is it fear that makes him close his eyes?
  12  I'll open them.
  13  <S RUTLAND> <T asd> {[reviving]}<T verse> So looks the pent-up lion      +
  13  o'er the wretch
  14  That trembles under his devouring paws,
  15  And so he walks, insulting o'er his prey,
  16  And so he comes to rend his limbs asunder.
  17  Ah, gentle Clifford, kill me with thy sword
  18  And not with such a cruel threat'ning look.
  19  Sweet Clifford, hear me speak before I die.
  20  I am too mean a subject for thy wrath.
  21  Be thou revenged on men, and let me live.
  22  <S CLIFFORD> In vain thou speak'st, poor boy. My father's blood
  23  Hath stopped the passage where thy words should enter.
  24  <S RUTLAND> Then let my father's blood open it again.
  25  He is a man, and, Clifford, cope with him.
  26  <S CLIFFORD> Had I thy brethren here, their lives and thine
  27  Were not revenge sufficient for me.
  28  No_if I digged up thy forefathers' graves,
  29  And hung their rotten coffins up in chains,
  30  It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart.
  31  The sight of any of the house of York
  32  Is as a fury to torment my soul.
  33  And till I root out their accurse\d line,
  34  And leave not one alive, I live in hell.
  35  Therefore_
  36  <S RUTLAND> O, let me pray before I take my death.
  37  <T asd> {[Kneeling]}<T verse> To thee I pray: sweet Clifford, pity me.
  38  <S CLIFFORD> Such pity as my rapier's point affords.
  39  <S RUTLAND> I never did thee harm_why wilt thou slay me?
  40B <S CLIFFORD> Thy father hath.<S RUTLAND> But 'twas ere I was born.
  41  Thou hast one son_for his sake pity me,
  42  Lest in revenge thereof, sith God is just,
  43  He be as miserably slain as I.
  44  Ah, let me live in prison all my days,
  45  And when I give occasion of offence,
  46  Then let me die, for now thou hast no cause.
  47  <S CLIFFORD> No cause? Thy father slew my father, therefore die.<T dsd>  +
  47  {He stabs him}
  48  <S RUTLAND> <T verse> {Dii faciant laudis summa sit ista tuae.}<T esd>   +
  48  {He dies}
  49  <S CLIFFORD> <T verse> Plantagenet_I come, Plantagenet!
  50  And this thy son's blood cleaving to my blade
  51  Shall rust upon my weapon till thy blood,
  52  Congealed with this, do make me wipe off both.<T esd> {Exit with         +
  52  Rutland's body [and soldiers]}
   0  <Y 4> <T dsd> {Alarum. Enter Richard Duke of York}
   1  <S YORK> <T verse> The army of the Queen hath got the field;
   2  My uncles both are slain in rescuing me;
   3  And all my followers to the eager foe
   4  Turn back, and fly like ships before the wind,
   5  Or lambs pursued by hunger-starve\d wolves.
   6  My sons_God knows what hath bechance\d them.
   7  But this I know_they have demeaned themselves
   8  Like men born to renown by life or death.
   9  Three times did Richard make a lane to me,
  10  And thrice cried, `Courage, father, fight it out!"
  11  And full as oft came Edward to my side,
  12  With purple falchion painted to the hilt
  13  In blood of those that had encountered him.
  14  And when the hardiest warriors did retire,
  15  Richard cried, `Charge and give no foot of ground!"
  16  []
  17  And cried `A crown or else a glorious tomb!
  18  A sceptre or an earthly sepulchre!"
  19  With this, we charged again_but out, alas_
  20  We bodged again, as I have seen a swan
  21  With bootless labour swim against the tide
  22  And spend her strength with over-matching waves.<T dsd> {A short alarum  +
  22  within}
  23  <T verse> Ah, hark_the fatal followers do pursue,
  24  And I am faint and cannot fly their fury;
  25  And were I strong, I would not shun their fury.
  26  The sands are numbered that makes up my life.
  27  Here must I stay, and here my life must end.<T dsd> {Enter Queen         +
  27  Margaret, Lord Clifford, the Earl of Northumberland, and the young       +
  27  Prince Edward, with soldiers}
  28  <T verse> Come bloody Clifford, rough Northumberland_
  29  I dare your quenchless fury to more rage!
  30  I am your butt, and I abide your shot.
  31  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> Yield to our mercy, proud Plantagenet.
  32  <S CLIFFORD> Ay, to such mercy as his ruthless arm,
  33  With downright payment, showed unto my father.
  34  Now Phae|ton hath tumbled from his car,
  35  And made an evening at the noontide prick.
  36  <S YORK> My ashes, as the phoenix, may bring forth
  37  A bird that will revenge upon you all,
  38  And in that hope I throw mine eyes to heaven,
  39  Scorning whate'er you can afflict me with.
  40  Why come you not? What_multitudes, and fear?
  41  <S CLIFFORD> So cowards fight when they can fly no further;
  42  So doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons;
  43  So desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives,
  44  Breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers.
  45  <S YORK> O, Clifford, but bethink thee once again,
  46  And in thy thought o'errun my former time,
  47  And, if thou canst for blushing, view this face
  48  And bite thy tongue, that slanders him with cowardice
  49  Whose frown hath made thee faint and fly ere this.
  50  <S CLIFFORD> I will not bandy with thee word for word,
  51  But buckle with thee blows twice two for one.<T dsd> {[He draws his      +
  51  sword]}
  52  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T verse> Hold, valiant Clifford: for a thousand      +
  52  causes
  53  I would prolong a while the traitor's life.
  54  Wrath makes him deaf_speak thou, Northumberland.
  55  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> Hold, Clifford_do not honour him so much
  56  To prick thy finger though to wound his heart.
  57  What valour were it when a cur doth grin
  58  For one to thrust his hand between his teeth
  59  When he might spurn him with his foot away?
  60  It is war's prize to take all vantages,
  61  And ten to one is no impeach of valour.<T dsd> {They [fight and] take    +
  61  York}
  62  <S CLIFFORD> <T verse> Ay, ay, so strives the woodcock with the gin.
  63  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> So doth the cony struggle in the net.
  64  <S YORK> So triumph thieves upon their conquered booty,
  65  So true men yield, with robbers so o'ermatched.
  66  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> <T asd> {(to the Queen)}<T verse> What would your     +
  66  grace have done unto him now?
  67  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Brave warriors, Clifford and Northumberland,
  68  Come make him stand upon this molehill here,
  69  That wrought at mountains with outstretche\d arms
  70  Yet parted but the shadow with his hand.
  71  <T asd> {(To York)}<T verse> What_was it you that would be England's     +
  71  king?
  72  Was 't you that revelled in our Parliament,
  73  And made a preachment of your high descent?
  74  Where are your mess of sons to back you now?
  75  The wanton Edward and the lusty George?
  76  And where's that valiant crookback prodigy,
  77  Dickie, your boy, that with his grumbling voice
  78  Was wont to cheer his dad in mutinies?
  79  Or with the rest where is your darling Rutland?
  80  Look, York, I stained this napkin with the blood
  81  That valiant Clifford with his rapier's point
  82  Made issue from the bosom of thy boy.
  83  And if thine eyes can water for his death,
  84  I give thee this to dry thy cheeks withal.
  85  Alas, poor York, but that I hate thee deadly
  86  I should lament thy miserable state.
  87  I prithee, grieve, to make me merry, York.
  88  What_hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails
  89  That not a tear can fall for Rutland's death?
  90  Why art thou patient, man? Thou shouldst be mad,
  91  And I, to make thee mad, do mock thee thus.
  92  Stamp, rave, and fret, that I may sing and dance.
  93  Thou wouldst be fee'd, I see, to make me sport.
  94  York cannot speak unless he wear a crown.
  95  <T asd> {(To her men)}<T verse> A crown for York, and, lords, bow low    +
  95  to him.
  96  Hold you his hands whilst I do set it on.<T dsd> {She puts a paper       +
  96  crown on York's head}
  97  <T verse> Ay, marry, sir, now looks he like a king,
  98  Ay, this is he that took King Henry's chair,
  99  And this is he was his adopted heir.
 100  But how is it that great Plantagenet
 101  Is crowned so soon and broke his solemn oath?
 102  As I bethink me, you should not be king
 103  Till our King Henry had shook hands with death.
 104  And will you pale your head in Henry's glory,
 105  And rob his temples of the diadem
 106  Now, in his life, against your holy oath?
 107  O 'tis a fault too, too, unpardonable.
 108B Off with the crown,<T dsd> {[She knocks it from his head]}<T verse> and  +
 108B with the crown his head,
 109  And whilst we breathe, take time to do him dead.
 110  <S CLIFFORD> That is my office for my father's sake.
 111  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Nay, stay_let's hear the orisons he makes.
 112  <S YORK> She-wolf of France, but worse than wolves of France,
 113  Whose tongue more poisons than the adder's tooth_
 114  How ill-beseeming is it in thy sex
 115  To triumph like an Amazonian trull
 116  Upon their woes whom fortune captivates!
 117  But that thy face is visor-like, unchanging,
 118  Made impudent with use of evil deeds,
 119  I would essay, proud Queen, to make thee blush.
 120  To tell thee whence thou cam'st, of whom derived,
 121  Were shame enough to shame thee_wert thou not shameless.
 122  Thy father bears the type of King of Naples,
 123  Of both the Sicils, and Jerusalem_
 124  Yet not so wealthy as an English yeoman.
 125  Hath that poor monarch taught thee to insult?
 126  It needs not, nor it boots thee not, proud Queen,
 127  Unless the adage must be verified
 128  That beggars mounted run their horse to death.
 129  'Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud_
 130  But, God he knows, thy share thereof is small;
 131  'Tis virtue that doth make them most admired_
 132  The contrary doth make thee wondered at;
 133  'Tis government that makes them seem divine_
 134  The want thereof makes thee abominable.
 135  Thou art as opposite to every good
 136  As the antipodes are unto us,
 137  Or as the south to the septentrion.
 138  O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!
 139  How couldst thou drain the life-blood of the child
 140  To bid the father wipe his eyes withal,
 141  And yet be seen to bear a woman's face?
 142  Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible_
 143  Thou stern, obdurate, flinty, rough, remorseless.
 144  Bidd'st thou me rage? Why, now thou hast thy wish.
 145  Wouldst have me weep? Why, now thou hast thy will.
 146  For raging wind blows up incessant showers,
 147  And when the rage allays the rain begins.
 148  These tears are my sweet Rutland's obsequies,
 149  And every drop cries vengeance for his death
 150  'Gainst thee, fell Clifford, and thee, false Frenchwoman.
 151  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> Beshrew me, but his passions move me so
 152  That hardly can I check my eyes from tears.
 153  <S YORK> That face of his the hungry cannibals
 154  Would not have touched, would not have stained with blood_
 155  But you are more inhuman, more inexorable,
 156  O, ten times more than tigers of Hyrcania.
 157  See, ruthless Queen, a hapless father's tears.
 158  This cloth thou dipped'st in blood of my sweet boy,
 159  And I with tears do wash the blood away.
 160  Keep thou the napkin and go boast of this,
 161  And if thou tell'st the heavy story right,
 162  Upon my soul the hearers will shed tears,
 163  Yea, even my foes will shed fast-falling tears
 164  And say, `Alas, it was a piteous deed".
 165  There, take the crown_and with the crown, my curse:
 166  And in thy need such comfort come to thee
 167  As now I reap at thy too cruel hand.
 168  Hard-hearted Clifford, take me from the world.
 169  My soul to heaven, my blood upon your heads.
 170  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> Had he been slaughter-man to all my kin,
 171  I should not, for my life, but weep with him,
 172  To see how inly sorrow gripes his soul.
 173  <S QUEEN MARGARET> What_weeping-ripe, my lord Northumberland?
 174  Think but upon the wrong he did us all,
 175  And that will quickly dry thy melting tears.
 176  <S CLIFFORD> Here's for my oath, here's for my father's death.<T dsd>    +
 176  {He stabs York}
 177  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T verse> And here's to right our gentle-hearted      +
 177  King.<T dsd> {She stabs York}
 178  <S YORK> <T verse> Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God_
 179  My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.<T esd> {[He dies]}
 180  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T verse> Off with his head and set it on York        +
 180  gates,
 181  So York may overlook the town of York.<T esd> {Flourish. Exeunt with     +
 181  York's body}
   0  <X 2> <Y 1> <T dsd> {A march. Enter Edward Earl of March and Richard,    +
   0  [with a drummer and soldiers]}
   1  <S EDWARD> <T verse> I wonder how our princely father scaped,
   2  Or whether he be scaped away or no
   3  From Clifford's and Northumberland's pursuit.
   4  Had he been ta'en we should have heard the news;
   5  Had he been slain we should have heard the news;
   6  Or had he scaped, methinks we should have heard
   7  The happy tidings of his good escape.
   8  How fares my brother? Why is he so sad?
   9  <S RICHARD> I cannot joy until I be resolved
  10  Where our right valiant father is become.
  11  I saw him in the battle range about,
  12  And watched him how he singled Clifford forth.
  13  Methought he bore him in the thickest troop,
  14  As doth a lion in a herd of neat;
  15  Or as a bear encompassed round with dogs,
  16  Who having pinched a few and made them cry,
  17  The rest stand all aloof and bark at him.
  18  So fared our father with his enemies;
  19  So fled his enemies my warlike father.
  20  Methinks 'tis prize enough to be his son.<T dsd> {[Three suns appear in  +
  20  the air]}
  21  <T verse> See how the morning opes her golden gates
  22  And takes her farewell of the glorious sun.
  23  How well resembles it the prime of youth,
  24  Trimmed like a younker prancing to his love!
  25  <S EDWARD> Dazzle mine eyes, or do I see three suns?
  26  <S RICHARD> Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun;
  27  Not separated with the racking clouds,
  28  But severed in a pale clear-shining sky.<T dsd> {[The three suns begin   +
  28  to join]}
  29  <T verse> See, see_they join, embrace, and seem to kiss,
  30  As if they vowed some league inviolable.
  31  Now are they but one lamp, one light, one sun.
  32  In this the heaven figures some event.
  33  <S EDWARD> 'Tis wondrous strange, the like yet never heard of.
  34  I think it cites us, brother, to the field,
  35  That we, the sons of brave Plantagenet,
  36  Each one already blazing by our meeds,
  37  Should notwithstanding join our lights together
  38  And over-shine the earth as this the world.
  39  Whate'er it bodes, henceforward will I bear
  40  Upon my target three fair-shining suns.
  41  <S RICHARD> Nay, bear three daughters_by your leave I speak it_
  42  You love the breeder better than the male.<T dsd> {Enter one blowing}
  43  <T verse> But what art thou whose heavy looks foretell
  44  Some dreadful story hanging on thy tongue?
  45  <S MESSENGER> Ah, one that was a woeful looker-on
  46  Whenas the noble Duke of York was slain_
  47  Your princely father and my loving lord.
  48  <S EDWARD> O, speak no more, for I have heard too much.
  49  <S RICHARD> Say how he died, for I will hear it all.
  50  <S MESSENGER> Environe\d he was with many foes,
  51  And stood against them as the hope of Troy
  52  Against the Greeks that would have entered Troy.
  53  But Hercules himself must yield to odds;
  54  And many strokes, though with a little axe,
  55  Hews down and fells the hardest-timbered oak.
  56  By many hands your father was subdued,
  57  But only slaughtered by the ireful arm
  58  Of unrelenting Clifford and the Queen,
  59  Who crowned the gracious Duke in high despite,
  60  Laughed in his face, and when with grief he wept,
  61  The ruthless Queen gave him to dry his cheeks
  62  A napkin steepe\d in the harmless blood
  63  Of sweet young Rutland, by rough Clifford slain;
  64  And after many scorns, many foul taunts,
  65  They took his head, and on the gates of York
  66  They set the same; and there it doth remain,
  67  The saddest spectacle that e'er I viewed.
  68  <S EDWARD> Sweet Duke of York, our prop to lean upon,
  69  Now thou art gone, we have no staff, no stay.
  70  O Clifford, boist'rous Clifford_thou hast slain
  71  The flower of Europe for his chivalry,
  72  And treacherously hast thou vanquished him_
  73  For hand to hand he would have vanquished thee.
  74  Now my soul's palace is become a prison.
  75  Ah, would she break from hence that this my body
  76  Might in the ground be close\d up in rest.
  77  For never henceforth shall I joy again_
  78  Never, O never, shall I see more joy.
  79  <S RICHARD> I cannot weep, for all my body's moisture
  80  Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heart;
  81  Nor can my tongue unload my heart's great burden,
  82  For selfsame wind that I should speak withal
  83  Is kindling coals that fires all my breast,
  84  And burns me up with flames that tears would quench.
  85  To weep is to make less the depth of grief;
  86  Tears, then, for babes_blows and revenge for me!
  87  Richard, I bear thy name; I'll venge thy death
  88  Or die renowne\d by attempting it.
  89  <S EDWARD> His name that valiant Duke hath left with thee,
  90  His dukedom and his chair with me is left.
  91  <S RICHARD> Nay, if thou be that princely eagle's bird,
  92  Show thy descent by gazing 'gainst the sun:
  93  For `chair and dukedom", `throne and kingdom" say_
  94  Either that is thine or else thou wert not his.<T dsd> {March. Enter     +
  94  the Earl of Warwick and the Marquis of Montague [with drummers, an       +
  94  ensign, and soldiers]}
  95  <S WARWICK> <T verse> How now, fair lords? What fare? What news abroad?
  96  <S RICHARD> Great lord of Warwick, if we should recount
  97  Our baleful news, and at each word's deliverance
  98  Stab poniards in our flesh till all were told,
  99  The words would add more anguish than the wounds.
 100  O valiant lord, the Duke of York is slain.
 101  <S EDWARD> O Warwick, Warwick! That Plantagenet,
 102  Which held thee dearly as his soul's redemption,
 103  Is by the stern Lord Clifford done to death.
 104  <S WARWICK> Ten days ago I drowned these news in tears.
 105  And now, to add more measure to your woes,
 106  I come to tell you things sith then befall'n.
 107  After the bloody fray at Wakefield fought,
 108  Where your brave father breathed his latest gasp,
 109  Tidings, as swiftly as the posts could run,
 110  Were brought me of your loss and his depart.
 111  I then in London, keeper of the King,
 112  Mustered my soldiers, gathered flocks of friends,
 113  And, very well appointed as I thought,
 114  Marched toward Saint Albans to intercept the Queen,
 115  Bearing the King in my behalf along_
 116  For by my scouts I was advertise\d
 117  That she was coming with a full intent
 118  To dash our late decree in Parliament
 119  Touching King Henry's oath and your succession.
 120  Short tale to make, we at Saint Albans met,
 121  Our battles joined, and both sides fiercely fought;
 122  But whether 'twas the coldness of the King,
 123  Who looked full gently on his warlike queen,
 124  That robbed my soldiers of their heated spleen,
 125  Or whether 'twas report of her success,
 126  Or more than common fear of Clifford's rigour_
 127  Who thunders to his captains blood and death_
 128  I cannot judge; but, to conclude with truth,
 129  Their weapons like to lightning came and went;
 130  Our soldiers', like the night-owl's lazy flight,
 131  Or like an idle thresher with a flail,
 132  Fell gently down, as if they struck their friends.
 133  I cheered them up with justice of our cause,
 134  With promise of high pay, and great rewards.
 135  But all in vain. They had no heart to fight,
 136  And we in them no hope to win the day.
 137  So that we fled_the King unto the Queen,
 138  Lord George your brother, Norfolk, and myself
 139  In haste, post-haste, are come to join with you.
 140  For in the Marches here we heard you were,
 141  Making another head to fight again.
 142  <S EDWARD> Where is the Duke of Norfolk, gentle Warwick?
 143  And when came George from Burgundy to England?
 144  <S WARWICK> Some six miles off the Duke is with his soldiers;
 145  And for your brother_he was lately sent
 146  From your kind aunt, Duchess of Burgundy,
 147  With aid of soldiers to this needful war.
 148  <S RICHARD> 'Twas odd belike when valiant Warwick fled.
 149  Oft have I heard his praises in pursuit,
 150  But ne'er till now his scandal of retire.
 151  <S WARWICK> Nor now my scandal, Richard, dost thou hear_
 152  For thou shalt know this strong right hand of mine
 153  Can pluck the diadem from faint Henry's head
 154  And wring the aweful sceptre from his fist,
 155  Were he as famous and as bold in war
 156  As he is famed for mildness, peace, and prayer.
 157  <S RICHARD> I know it well, Lord Warwick_blame me not.
 158  'Tis love I bear thy glories make me speak.
 159  But in this troublous time what's to be done?
 160  Shall we go throw away our coats of steel,
 161  And wrap our bodies in black mourning gowns,
 162  Numb'ring our Ave-Maries with our beads?
 163  Or shall we on the helmets of our foes
 164  Tell our devotion with revengeful arms?
 165  If for the last, say `ay", and to it, lords.
 166  <S WARWICK> Why, therefore Warwick came to seek you out,
 167  And therefore comes my brother Montague.
 168  Attend me, lords. The proud insulting Queen,
 169  With Clifford and the haught Northumberland,
 170  And of their feather many more proud birds,
 171  Have wrought the easy-melting King like wax.
 172  <T asd> {(To Edward)}<T verse> He swore consent to your succession,
 173  His oath enrolle\d in the Parliament.
 174  And now to London all the crew are gone,
 175  To frustrate both his oath and what beside
 176  May make against the house of Lancaster.
 177  Their power, I think, is thirty thousand strong.
 178  Now, if the help of Norfolk and myself,
 179  With all the friends that thou, brave Earl of March,
 180  Amongst the loving Welshmen canst procure,
 181  Will but amount to five-and-twenty thousand,
 182  Why, {via}, to London will we march,
 183  And once again bestride our foaming steeds,
 184  And once again cry `Charge!" upon our foes_
 185  But never once again turn back and fly.
 186  <S RICHARD> Ay, now methinks I hear great Warwick speak.
 187  Ne'er may he live to see a sunshine day
 188  That cries `Retire!" if Warwick bid him stay.
 189  <S EDWARD> Lord Warwick, on thy shoulder will I lean,
 190  And when thou fail'st_as God forbid the hour_
 191  Must Edward fall, which peril heaven forfend!
 192  <S WARWICK> No longer Earl of March, but Duke of York;
 193  The next degree is England's royal throne_
 194  For King of England shalt thou be proclaimed
 195  In every borough as we pass along,
 196  And he that throws not up his cap for joy,
 197  Shall for the fault make forfeit of his head.
 198  King Edward, valiant Richard, Montague_
 199  Stay we no longer dreaming of renown,
 200  But sound the trumpets and about our task.
 201  <S RICHARD> Then, Clifford, were thy heart as hard as steel,
 202  As thou hast shown it flinty by thy deeds,
 203  I come to pierce it or to give thee mine.
 204  <S EDWARD> Then strike up drums_God and Saint George for us!<T dsd>      +
 204  {Enter a Messenger}
 205A <S WARWICK> <T verse> How now? What news?
 206  <S MESSENGER> The Duke of Norfolk sends you word by me
 207  The Queen is coming with a puissant host,
 208  And craves your company for speedy counsel.
 209  <S WARWICK> Why then it sorts. Brave warriors, let's away.<T esd>        +
 209  {[March.] Exeunt}
   0  <Y 2> <T dsd> {[York's head is thrust out, above.] Flourish. Enter       +
   0  King Henry, Queen Margaret, Lord Clifford, the Earl of Northumberland,   +
   0  and young Prince Edward, with a drummer and trumpeters}
   1  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T verse> Welcome, my lord, to this brave town of     +
   1  York.
   2  Yonder's the head of that arch-enemy
   3  That sought to be encompassed with your crown.
   4  Doth not the object cheer your heart, my lord?
   5  <S KING HENRY> Ay, as the rocks cheer them that fear their wreck.
   6  To see this sight, it irks my very soul.
   7  Withhold revenge, dear God_'tis not my fault,
   8  Nor wittingly have I infringed my vow.
   9  <S CLIFFORD> My gracious liege, this too much lenity
  10  And harmful pity must be laid aside.
  11  To whom do lions cast their gentle looks?
  12  Not to the beast that would usurp their den.
  13  Whose hand is that the forest bear doth lick?
  14  Not his that spoils her young before her face.
  15  Who scapes the lurking serpent's mortal sting?
  16  Not he that sets his foot upon her back.
  17  The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
  18  And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
  19  Ambitious York did level at thy crown,
  20  Thou smiling while he knit his angry brows.
  21  He, but a duke, would have his son a king,
  22  And raise his issue like a loving sire;
  23  Thou, being a king, blest with a goodly son,
  24  Didst yield consent to disinherit him,
  25  Which argued thee a most unloving father.
  26  Unreasonable creatures feed their young,
  27  And though man's face be fearful to their eyes,
  28  Yet, in protection of their tender ones,
  29  Who hath not seen them, even with those wings
  30  Which sometime they have used with fearful flight,
  31  Make war with him that climbed unto their nest,
  32  Offering their own lives in their young's defence?
  33  For shame, my liege, make them your precedent!
  34  Were it not pity that this goodly boy
  35  Should lose his birthright by his father's fault,
  36  And long hereafter say unto his child
  37  `What my great-grandfather and grandsire got
  38  My careless father fondly gave away"?
  39  Ah, what a shame were this! Look on the boy,
  40  And let his manly face, which promiseth
  41  Successful fortune, steel thy melting heart
  42  To hold thine own and leave thine own with him.
  43  <S KING HENRY> Full well hath Clifford played the orator,
  44  Inferring arguments of mighty force.
  45  But, Clifford, tell me_didst thou never hear
  46  That things ill got had ever bad success?
  47  And happy always was it for that son
  48  Whose father for his hoarding went to hell?
  49  I'll leave my son my virtuous deeds behind,
  50  And would my father had left me no more.
  51  For all the rest is held at such a rate
  52  As brings a thousandfold more care to keep
  53  Than in possession any jot of pleasure.
  54  Ah, cousin York, would thy best friends did know
  55  How it doth grieve me that thy head is here.
  56  <S QUEEN MARGARET> My lord, cheer up your spirits_our foes are nigh,
  57  And this soft courage makes your followers faint.
  58  You promised knighthood to our forward son.
  59  Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.
  60  Edward, kneel down.<T dsd> {Prince Edward kneels}
  61  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> Edward Plantagenet, arise a knight_
  62  And learn this lesson: draw thy sword in right.
  63  <S PRINCE EDWARD> <T asd> {(rising)}<T verse> My gracious father, by     +
  63  your kingly leave,
  64  I'll draw it as apparent to the crown,
  65  And in that quarrel use it to the death.
  66  <S CLIFFORD> Why, that is spoken like a toward prince.<T dsd> {Enter a   +
  66  Messenger}
  67  <S MESSENGER> <T verse> Royal commanders, be in readiness_
  68  For with a band of thirty thousand men
  69  Comes Warwick backing of the Duke of York;
  70  And in the towns, as they do march along,
  71  Proclaims him king, and many fly to him.
  72  Darraign your battle, for they are at hand.
  73  <S CLIFFORD> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> I would your highness    +
  73  would depart the field_
  74  The Queen hath best success when you are absent.
  75  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> Ay, good my lord,  +
  75  and leave us to our fortune.
  76  <S KING HENRY> Why, that's my fortune too_therefore I'll stay.
  77  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> Be it with resolution then to fight.
  78  <S PRINCE EDWARD> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> My royal father,    +
  78  cheer these noble lords
  79  And hearten those that fight in your defence.
  80  Unsheathe your sword, good father; cry `Saint George!"<T dsd> {March.    +
  80  Enter Edward Duke of York, the Earl of Warwick, Richard, George, the     +
  80  Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis of Montague, and soldiers}
  81  <S EDWARD> <T verse> Now, perjured Henry, wilt thou kneel for grace,
  82  And set thy diadem upon my head_
  83  Or bide the mortal fortune of the field?
  84  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Go rate thy minions, proud insulting boy!
  85  Becomes it thee to be thus bold in terms
  86  Before thy sovereign and thy lawful king?
  87  <S EDWARD> I am his king, and he should bow his knee.
  88  I was adopted heir by his consent.
  89  <S GEORGE> <T asd> {(to Queen Margaret)}<T verse> Since when his oath    +
  89  is broke_for, as I hear,
  90  You that are king, though he do wear the crown,
  91  Have caused him by new act of Parliament
  92  To blot our brother out, and put his own son in.
  93A <S CLIFFORD> And reason too_
  94  Who should succeed the father but the son?
  95  <S RICHARD> Are you there, butcher? O, I cannot speak!
  96  <S CLIFFORD> Ay, crookback, here I stand to answer thee,
  97  Or any he the proudest of thy sort.
  98  <S RICHARD> 'Twas you that killed young Rutland, was it not?
  99  <S CLIFFORD> Ay, and old York, and yet not satisfied.
 100  <S RICHARD> For God's sake, lords, give signal to the fight.
 101  <S WARWICK> What sayst thou, Henry, wilt thou yield the crown?
 102  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Why, how now, long-tongued Warwick, dare you speak?
 103  When you and I met at Saint Albans last,
 104  Your legs did better service than your hands.
 105  <S WARWICK> Then 'twas my turn to fly_and now 'tis thine.
 106  <S CLIFFORD> You said so much before, and yet you fled.
 107  <S WARWICK> 'Twas not your valour, Clifford, drove me thence.
 108  <S NORTHUMBERLAND> No, nor your manhood that durst make you stay.
 109  <S RICHARD> Northumberland, I hold thee reverently.
 110  Break off the parley, for scarce I can refrain
 111  The execution of my big-swoll'n heart
 112  Upon that Clifford, that cruel child-killer.
 113  <S CLIFFORD> I slew thy father_call'st thou him a child?
 114  <S RICHARD> Ay, like a dastard and a treacherous coward,
 115  As thou didst kill our tender brother Rutland.
 116  But ere sun set I'll make thee curse the deed.
 117  <S KING HENRY> Have done with words, my lords, and hear me speak.
 118  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Defy them, then, or else hold close thy lips.
 119  <S KING HENRY> I prithee give no limits to my tongue_
 120  I am a king, and privileged to speak.
 121  <S CLIFFORD> My liege, the wound that bred this meeting here
 122  Cannot be cured by words_therefore be still.
 123  <S RICHARD> Then, executioner, unsheathe thy sword.
 124  By him that made us all, I am resolved
 125  That Clifford's manhood lies upon his tongue.
 126  <S EDWARD> Say, Henry, shall I have my right or no?
 127  A thousand men have broke their fasts today
 128  That ne'er shall dine unless thou yield the crown.
 129  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {(to King Henry)}<T verse> If thou deny, their       +
 129  blood upon thy head;
 130  For York in justice puts his armour on.
 131  <S PRINCE EDWARD> If that be right which Warwick says is right,
 132  There is no wrong, but everything is right.
 133  <S RICHARD> Whoever got thee, there thy mother stands_
 134  For, well I wot, thou hast thy mother's tongue.
 135  <S QUEEN MARGARET> But thou art neither like thy sire nor dam,
 136  But like a foul misshapen stigmatic,
 137  Marked by the destinies to be avoided,
 138  As venom toads or lizards' dreadful stings.
 139  <S RICHARD> Iron of Naples, hid with English gilt,
 140  Whose father bears the title of a king_
 141  As if a channel should be called the sea_
 142  Sham'st thou not, knowing whence thou art extraught,
 143  To let thy tongue detect thy base-born heart?
 144  <S EDWARD> A wisp of straw were worth a thousand crowns
 145  To make this shameless callet know herself.
 146  Helen of Greece was fairer far than thou,
 147  Although thy husband may be Menelaus;
 148  And ne'er was Agamemnon's brother wronged
 149  By that false woman, as this king by thee.
 150  His father revelled in the heart of France,
 151  And tamed the King, and made the Dauphin stoop;
 152  And had he matched according to his state,
 153  He might have kept that glory to this day.
 154  But when he took a beggar to his bed,
 155  And graced thy poor sire with his bridal day,
 156  Even then that sunshine brewed a shower for him
 157  That washed his father's fortunes forth of France,
 158  And heaped sedition on his crown at home.
 159  For what hath broached this tumult but thy pride?
 160  Hadst thou been meek, our title still had slept,
 161  And we, in pity of the gentle King,
 162  Had slipped our claim until another age.
 163  <S GEORGE> <T asd> {(to Queen Margaret)}<T verse> But when we saw our    +
 163  sunshine made thy spring,
 164  And that thy summer bred us no increase,
 165  We set the axe to thy usurping root.
 166  And though the edge hath something hit ourselves,
 167  Yet know thou, since we have begun to strike,
 168  We'll never leave till we have hewn thee down,
 169  Or bathed thy growing with our heated bloods.
 170  <S EDWARD> <T asd> {(to Queen Margaret)}<T verse> And in this            +
 170  resolution I defy thee,
 171  Not willing any longer conference
 172  Since thou deniest the gentle King to speak.
 173  Sound trumpets_let our bloody colours wave!
 174  And either victory, or else a grave!
 175A <S QUEEN MARGARET> Stay, Edward.
 176  <S EDWARD> No, wrangling woman, we'll no longer stay_
 177  These words will cost ten thousand lives this day.
   0  <Y 3> <T dsd> {Alarum. Excursions. Enter the Earl of Warwick}
   1  <S WARWICK> <T verse> Forespent with toil, as runners with a race,
   2  I lay me down a little while to breathe;
   3  For strokes received, and many blows repaid,
   4  Have robbed my strong-knit sinews of their strength,
   5  And, spite of spite, needs must I rest a while.<T dsd> {Enter Edward,    +
   5  the Duke of York, running}
   6  <S EDWARD> <T verse> Smile, gentle heaven, or strike, ungentle death!
   7  For this world frowns, and Edward's sun is clouded.
   8  <S WARWICK> How now, my lord, what hap? What hope of good?<T dsd>        +
   8  {Enter George, [running]}
   9  <S GEORGE> <T verse> Our hap is loss, our hope but sad despair;
  10  Our ranks are broke, and ruin follows us.
  11  What counsel give you? Whither shall we fly?
  12  <S EDWARD> Bootless is flight_they follow us with wings,
  13  And weak we are, and cannot shun pursuit.<T dsd> {Enter Richard,         +
  13  [running]}
  14  <S RICHARD> <T verse> Ah, Warwick, why hast thou withdrawn thyself?
  15  Thy brother's blood the thirsty earth hath drunk,
  16  Broached with the steely point of Clifford's lance.
  17  And in the very pangs of death he cried,
  18  Like to a dismal clangour heard from far,
  19  `Warwick, revenge_brother, revenge my death!"
  20  So, underneath the belly of their steeds
  21  That stained their fetlocks in his smoking blood,
  22  The noble gentleman gave up the ghost.
  23  <S WARWICK> Then let the earth be drunken with our blood.
  24  I'll kill my horse, because I will not fly.
  25  Why stand we like soft-hearted women here,
  26  Wailing our losses, whiles the foe doth rage;
  27  And look upon, as if the tragedy
  28  Were played in jest by counterfeiting actors?
  29  <T asd> {(Kneeling)}<T verse> Here, on my knee, I vow to God above
  30  I'll never pause again, never stand still,
  31  Till either death hath closed these eyes of mine
  32  Or fortune given me measure of revenge.
  33  <S EDWARD> <T asd> {(kneeling)}<T verse> O, Warwick, I do bend my knee   +
  33  with thine,
  34  And in this vow do chain my soul to thine.
  35  And, ere my knee rise from the earth's cold face,
  36  I throw my hands, mine eyes, my heart to Thee,
  37  Thou setter up and plucker down of kings,
  38  Beseeching Thee, if with Thy will it stands
  39  That to my foes this body must be prey,
  40  Yet that Thy brazen gates of heaven may ope
  41  And give sweet passage to my sinful soul.<T dsd> {[They rise]}
  42  <T verse> Now, lords, take leave until we meet again,
  43  Where'er it be, in heaven or in earth.
  44  <S RICHARD> Brother, give me thy hand; and, gentle Warwick,
  45  Let me embrace thee in my weary arms.
  46  I, that did never weep, now melt with woe
  47  That winter should cut off our springtime so.
  48  <S WARWICK> Away, away! Once more, sweet lords, farewell.
  49  <S GEORGE> Yet let us all together to our troops,
  50  And give them leave to fly that will not stay;
  51  And call them pillars that will stand to us;
  52  And, if we thrive, promise them such rewards
  53  As victors wear at the Olympian games.
  54  This may plant courage in their quailing breasts,
  55  For yet is hope of life and victory.
  56  Forslow no longer_make we hence amain.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 4> <T dsd> {[Alarums.] Excursions. Enter Richard [at one door] and    +
   0  Lord Clifford [at the other]}
   1  <S RICHARD> <T verse> Now, Clifford, I have singled thee alone.
   2  Suppose this arm is for the Duke of York,
   3  And this for Rutland, both bound to revenge,
   4  Wert thou environed with a brazen wall.
   5  <S CLIFFORD> Now, Richard, I am with thee here alone.
   6  This is the hand that stabbed thy father York,
   7  And this the hand that slew thy brother Rutland,
   8  And here's the heart that triumphs in their death
   9  And cheers these hands that slew thy sire and brother
  10  To execute the like upon thyself_
  11  And so, have at thee!<T dsd> {They fight. The Earl of Warwick comes and  +
  11  rescues Richard. Lord Clifford flies}
  12  <S RICHARD> <T verse> Nay, Warwick, single out some other chase_
  13  For I myself will hunt this wolf to death.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 5> <T dsd> {Alarum. Enter King Henry}
   1  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> This battle fares like to the morning's war,
   2  When dying clouds contend with growing light,
   3  What time the shepherd, blowing of his nails,
   4  Can neither call it perfect day nor night.
   5  Now sways it this way like a mighty sea
   6  Forced by the tide to combat with the wind,
   7  Now sways it that way like the selfsame sea
   8  Forced to retire by fury of the wind.
   9  Sometime the flood prevails, and then the wind;
  10  Now one the better, then another best_
  11  Both tugging to be victors, breast to breast,
  12  Yet neither conqueror nor conquere\d.
  13  So is the equal poise of this fell war.
  14  Here on this molehill will I sit me down.
  15  To whom God will, there be the victory.
  16  For Margaret my queen, and Clifford, too,
  17  Have chid me from the battle, swearing both
  18  They prosper best of all when I am thence.
  19  Would I were dead, if God's good will were so_
  20  For what is in this world but grief and woe?
  21  O God! Methinks it were a happy life
  22  To be no better than a homely swain.
  23  To sit upon a hill, as I do now;
  24  To carve out dials quaintly, point by point,
  25  Thereby to see the minutes how they run:
  26  How many makes the hour full complete,
  27  How many hours brings about the day,
  28  How many days will finish up the year,
  29  How many years a mortal man may live.
  30  When this is known, then to divide the times:
  31  So many hours must I tend my flock,
  32  So many hours must I take my rest,
  33  So many hours must I contemplate,
  34  So many hours must I sport myself,
  35  So many days my ewes have been with young,
  36  So many weeks ere the poor fools will ean,
  37  So many years ere I shall shear the fleece.
  38  So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years,
  39  Passed over to the end they were created,
  40  Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave.
  41  Ah, what a life were this! How sweet! How lovely!
  42  Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade
  43  To shepherds looking on their seely sheep
  44  Than doth a rich embroidered canopy
  45  To kings that fear their subjects' treachery?
  46  O yes, it doth_a thousandfold it doth.
  47  And to conclude, the shepherd's homely curds,
  48  His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle,
  49  His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade,
  50  All which secure and sweetly he enjoys,
  51  Is far beyond a prince's delicates,
  52  His viands sparkling in a golden cup,
  53  His body couche\d in a curious bed,
  54  When care, mistrust, and treason waits on him.<T dsd> {Alarum. Enter     +
  54  [at one door] a Soldier with a dead man in his arms. King Henry stands   +
  54  apart}
  55  <S SOLDIER> <T verse> Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
  56  This man, whom hand to hand I slew in fight,
  57  May be possesse\d with some store of crowns;
  58  And I, that haply take them from him now,
  59  May yet ere night yield both my life and them
  60  To some man else, as this dead man doth me.<T dsd> {[He removes the      +
  60  dead man's helmet]}
  61  <T verse> Who's this? O God! It is my father's face
  62  Whom in this conflict I, unwares, have killed.
  63  O, heavy times, begetting such events!
  64  From London by the King was I pressed forth;
  65  My father, being the Earl of Warwick's man,
  66  Came on the part of York, pressed by his master;
  67  And I, who at his hands received my life,
  68  Have by my hands of life bereave\d him.
  69  Pardon me, God, I knew not what I did;
  70  And pardon, father, for I knew not thee.
  71  My tears shall wipe away these bloody marks,
  72  And no more words till they have flowed their fill.<T dsd> {He weeps}
  73  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> O piteous spectacle! O bloody times!
  74  Whiles lions war and battle for their dens,
  75  Poor harmless lambs abide their enmity.
  76  Weep, wretched man, I'll aid thee tear for tear;
  77  And let our hearts and eyes, like civil war,
  78  Be blind with tears, and break, o'ercharged with grief.<T dsd> {Enter    +
  78  [at another door] another Soldier with a dead man [in his arms]}
  79  <S SECOND SOLDIER> <T verse> Thou that so stoutly hath resisted me,
  80  Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold_
  81  For I have bought it with an hundred blows.<T dsd> {[He removes the      +
  81  dead man's helmet]}
  82  <T verse> But let me see: is this our foeman's face?
  83  Ah, no, no, no_it is mine only son!
  84  Ah, boy, if any life be left in thee,
  85  Throw up thine eye!<T asd> {(Weeping)}<T verse> See, see, what showers   +
  85  arise,
  86  Blown with the windy tempest of my heart,
  87  Upon thy wounds, that kills mine eye and heart!
  88  O, pity, God, this miserable age!
  89  What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly,
  90  Erroneous, mutinous, and unnatural,
  91  This deadly quarrel daily doth beget!
  92  O boy, thy father gave thee life too soon,
  93  And hath bereft thee of thy life too late!
  94  <S KING HENRY> Woe above woe! Grief more than common grief!
  95  O that my death would stay these ruthful deeds!
  96  O, pity, pity, gentle heaven, pity!
  97  The red rose and the white are on his face,
  98  The fatal colours of our striving houses;
  99  The one his purple blood right well resembles,
 100  The other his pale cheeks, methinks, presenteth.
 101  Wither one rose, and let the other flourish_
 102  If you contend, a thousand lives must wither.
 103  <S FIRST SOLDIER> How will my mother for a father's death
 104  Take on with me, and ne'er be satisfied!
 105  <S SECOND SOLDIER> How will my wife for slaughter of my son
 106  Shed seas of tears, and ne'er be satisfied!
 107  <S KING HENRY> How will the country for these woeful chances
 108  Misthink the King, and not be satisfied!
 109  <S FIRST SOLDIER> Was ever son so rued a father's death?
 110  <S SECOND SOLDIER> Was ever father so bemoaned his son?
 111  <S KING HENRY> Was ever king so grieved for subjects' woe?
 112  Much is your sorrow, mine ten times so much.
 113  <S FIRST SOLDIER> <T asd> {(to his father's body)}<T verse> I'll bear    +
 113  thee hence where I may weep my fill.<T esd> {Exit [at one door] with     +
 113  the body of his father}
 114  <S SECOND SOLDIER> <T asd> {(to his son's body)}<T verse> These arms of  +
 114  mine shall be thy winding sheet;
 115  My heart, sweet boy, shall be thy sepulchre,
 116  For from my heart thine image ne'er shall go.
 117  My sighing breast shall be thy funeral bell,
 118  And so obsequious will thy father be,
 119  E'en for the loss of thee, having no more,
 120  As Priam was for all his valiant sons.
 121  I'll bear thee hence, and let them fight that will_
 122  For I have murdered where I should not kill.<T esd> {Exit [at another    +
 122  door] with the body of his son}
 123  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> Sad-hearted men, much overgone with care,
 124  Here sits a king more woeful than you are.<T dsd> {Alarums. Excursions.  +
 124  Enter Prince Edward}
 125  <S PRINCE EDWARD> <T verse> Fly, father, fly_for all your friends are    +
 125  fled,
 126  And Warwick rages like a chafe\d bull!
 127  Away_for death doth hold us in pursuit!<T dsd> {[Enter Queen Margaret]}
 128  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T verse> Mount you, my lord_towards Berwick post     +
 128  amain.
 129  Edward and Richard, like a brace of greyhounds
 130  Having the fearful flying hare in sight,
 131  With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath,
 132  And bloody steel grasped in their ireful hands,
 133  Are at our backs_and therefore hence amain.<T dsd> {[Enter Exeter]}
 134  <S EXETER> <T verse> Away_for vengeance comes along with them!
 135  Nay_stay not to expostulate_make speed_
 136  Or else come after. I'll away before.
 137  <S KING HENRY> Nay, take me with thee, good sweet Exeter.
 138  Not that I fear to stay, but love to go
 139  Whither the Queen intends. Forward, away.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 6> <T dsd> {A loud alarum. Enter Lord Clifford, wounded [with an      +
   0  arrow in his neck]}
   1  <S CLIFFORD> <T verse> Here burns my candle out_ay, here it dies,
   2  Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light.
   3  O Lancaster, I fear thy overthrow
   4  More than my body's parting with my soul!
   5  My love and fear glued many friends to thee_
   6  And, now I fall, thy tough commixture melts,
   7  Impairing Henry, strength'ning misproud York.
   8  The common people swarm like summer flies,
   9  And whither fly the gnats but to the sun?
  10  And who shines now but Henry's enemies?
  11  O Phoebus, hadst thou never given consent
  12  That Phae|ton should check thy fiery steeds,
  13  Thy burning car never had scorched the earth!
  14  And, Henry, hadst thou swayed as kings should do,
  15  Or as thy father and his father did,
  16  Giving no ground unto the house of York,
  17  They never then had sprung like summer flies;
  18  I and ten thousand in this luckless realm
  19  Had left no mourning widows for our death;
  20  And thou this day hadst kept thy chair in peace.
  21  For what doth cherish weeds, but gentle air?
  22  And what makes robbers bold, but too much lenity?
  23  Bootless are plaints, and cureless are my wounds;
  24  No way to fly, nor strength to hold out flight;
  25  The foe is merciless and will not pity,
  26  For at their hands I have deserved no pity.
  27  The air hath got into my deadly wounds,
  28  And much effuse of blood doth make me faint.
  29  Come York and Richard, Warwick and the rest_
  30  I stabbed your fathers' bosoms; split my breast.<T dsd> {[He faints.]}
  31  {Alarum and retreat. Enter Edward Duke of York, his brothers George and  +
  31  Richard, the Earl of Warwick, [the Marquis of Montague,] and             +
  31  soldiers}<S EDWARD> <T verse> Now breathe we, lords_good fortune bids    +
  31  us pause,
  32  And smooth the frowns of war with peaceful looks.
  33  Some troops pursue the bloody-minded Queen,
  34  That led calm Henry, though he were a king,
  35  As doth a sail filled with a fretting gust
  36  Command an argosy to stem the waves.
  37  But think you, lords, that Clifford fled with them?
  38  <S WARWICK> No_'tis impossible he should escape;
  39  For, though before his face I speak the words,
  40  Your brother Richard marked him for the grave.
  41  And whereso'er he is, he's surely dead.<T dsd> {Clifford groans}
  42  <S [EDWARD]> <T verse> Whose soul is that which takes her heavy leave?
  43  <S [RICHARD]> A deadly groan, like life and death's departing.
  44B <S [EDWARD]> <T asd> {[to Richard]}<T verse> See who it is.<T dsd>       +
  44B {[Richard goes to Clifford]}<T verse> And now the battle's ended,
  45  If friend or foe, let him be gently used.
  46  <S RICHARD> Revoke that doom of mercy, for 'tis Clifford;
  47  Who not contented that he lopped the branch
  48  In hewing Rutland when his leaves put forth,
  49  But set his murd'ring knife unto the root
  50  From whence that tender spray did sweetly spring_
  51  I mean our princely father, Duke of York.
  52  <S WARWICK> From off the gates of York fetch down the head,
  53  Your father's head, which Clifford place\d there.
  54  Instead whereof let this supply the room_
  55  Measure for measure must be answere\d.
  56  <S EDWARD> Bring forth that fatal screech-owl to our house,
  57  That nothing sung but death to us and ours.<T dsd> {[Clifford is         +
  57  dragged forward]}
  58  <T verse> Now death shall stop his dismal threat'ning sound
  59  And his ill-boding tongue no more shall speak.
  60  <S WARWICK> I think his understanding is bereft.
  61  Speak, Clifford, dost thou know who speaks to thee?
  62  Dark cloudy death o'ershades his beams of life,
  63  And he nor sees nor hears us what we say.
  64  <S RICHARD> O, would he did_and so perhaps he doth.
  65  'Tis but his policy to counterfeit,
  66  Because he would avoid such bitter taunts
  67  Which in the time of death he gave our father.
  68  <S GEORGE> If so thou think'st, vex him with eager words.
  69  <S RICHARD> Clifford, ask mercy and obtain no grace.
  70  <S EDWARD> Clifford, repent in bootless penitence.
  71  <S WARWICK> Clifford, devise excuses for thy faults.
  72  <S GEORGE> While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.
  73  <S RICHARD> Thou didst love York, and I am son to York.
  74  <S EDWARD> Thou pitied'st Rutland_I will pity thee.
  75  <S GEORGE> Where's Captain Margaret to fence you now?
  76  <S WARWICK> They mock thee, Clifford_swear as thou wast wont.
  77  <S RICHARD> What, not an oath? Nay, then, the world goes hard
  78  When Clifford cannot spare his friends an oath.
  79  I know by that he's dead_and, by my soul,
  80  If this right hand would buy but two hours' life
  81  That I, in all despite, might rail at him,
  82  This hand should chop it off, and with the issuing blood
  83  Stifle the villain whose unstanche\d thirst
  84  York and young Rutland could not satisfy.
  85  <S WARWICK> Ay, but he's dead. Off with the traitor's head,
  86  And rear it in the place your father's stands.
  87  And now to London with triumphant march,
  88  There to be crowne\d England's royal king;
  89  From whence shall Warwick cut the sea to France,
  90  And ask the Lady Bona for thy queen.
  91  So shalt thou sinew both these lands together.
  92  And, having France thy friend, thou shalt not dread
  93  The scattered foe that hopes to rise again,
  94  For though they cannot greatly sting to hurt,
  95  Yet look to have them buzz to offend thine ears.
  96  First will I see the coronation,
  97  And then to Brittany I'll cross the sea
  98  To effect this marriage, so it please my lord.
  99  <S EDWARD> Even as thou wilt, sweet Warwick, let it be.
 100  For in thy shoulder do I build my seat,
 101  And never will I undertake the thing
 102  Wherein thy counsel and consent is wanting.
 103  Richard, I will create thee Duke of Gloucester,
 104  And George, of Clarence; Warwick, as ourself,
 105  Shall do and undo as him pleaseth best.
 106  <S RICHARD> Let me be Duke of Clarence, George of Gloucester_
 107  For Gloucester's dukedom is too ominous.
 108  <S WARWICK> Tut, that's a foolish observation_
 109  Richard, be Duke of Gloucester. Now to London
 110  To see these honours in possession.<T esd> {Exeunt. [York's head is      +
 110  removed]}
   0  <X 3> <Y 1> <T dsd> {Enter two Gamekeepers, with crossbows in their      +
   0  hands}
   1  <S FIRST GAMEKEEPER> <T verse> Under this thick-grown brake we'll        +
   1  shroud ourselves,
   2  For through this laund anon the deer will come,
   3  And in this covert will we make our stand,
   4  Culling the principal of all the deer.
   5  <S SECOND GAMEKEEPER> I'll stay above the hill, so both may shoot.
   6  <S FIRST GAMEKEEPER> That cannot be_the noise of thy crossbow
   7  Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.
   8  Here stand we both, and aim we at the best.
   9  And, for the time shall not seem tedious,
  10  I'll tell thee what befell me on a day
  11  In this self place where now we mean to stand.
  12  <S FIRST GAMEKEEPER> Here comes a man_let's stay till he be past.<T dsd>+
  12   {They stand apart.}
  13  {Enter King Henry, disguised, carrying a prayer-book}<S KING HENRY>      +
  13  <T verse> From Scotland am I stolen, even of pure love,
  14  To greet mine own land with my wishful sight.
  15  No, Harry, Harry_'tis no land of thine.
  16  Thy place is filled, thy sceptre wrung from thee,
  17  Thy balm washed off wherewith thou wast anointed.
  18  No bending knee will call thee Caesar now,
  19  No humble suitors press to speak for right,
  20  No, not a man comes for redress of thee_
  21  For how can I help them and not myself?
  22  <S FIRST GAMEKEEPER> <T asd> {(to the Second Gamekeeper)}<T verse> Ay,   +
  22  here's a deer whose skin's a keeper's fee:
  23  This is the quondam king_let's seize upon him.
  24  <S KING HENRY> Let me embrace thee, sour adversity,
  25  For wise men say it is the wisest course.
  26  <S SECOND GAMEKEEPER> <T asd> {(to the First Gamekeeper)}<T verse> Why   +
  26  linger we? Let us lay hands upon him.
  27  <S FIRST GAMEKEEPER> <T asd> {(to the Second Gamekeeper)}<T verse>       +
  27  Forbear awhile_we'll hear a little more.
  28  <S KING HENRY> My queen and son are gone to France for aid,
  29  And, as I hear, the great commanding Warwick
  30  Is thither gone to crave the French King's sister
  31  To wife for Edward. If this news be true,
  32  Poor Queen and son, your labour is but lost_
  33  For Warwick is a subtle orator,
  34  And Louis a prince soon won with moving words.
  35  By this account, then, Margaret may win him_
  36  For she's a woman to be pitied much.
  37  Her sighs will make a batt'ry in his breast,
  38  Her tears will pierce into a marble heart,
  39  The tiger will be mild whiles she doth mourn,
  40  And Nero will be tainted with remorse
  41  To hear and see her plaints, her brinish tears.
  42  Ay, but she's come to beg; Warwick to give.
  43  She on his left side, craving aid for Henry;
  44  He on his right, asking a wife for Edward.
  45  She weeps and says her Henry is deposed,
  46  He smiles and says his Edward is installed;
  47  That she, poor wretch, for grief can speak no more,
  48  Whiles Warwick tells his title, smooths the wrong,
  49  Inferreth arguments of mighty strength,
  50  And in conclusion wins the King from her
  51  With promise of his sister and what else
  52  To strengthen and support King Edward's place.
  53  O, Margaret, thus 'twill be; and thou, poor soul,
  54  Art then forsaken, as thou went'st forlorn.
  55  <S SECOND GAMEKEEPER> <T asd> {(coming forward)}<T verse> Say, what art  +
  55  thou that talk'st of kings and queens?
  56  <S KING HENRY> More than I seem, and less than I was born to:
  57  A man at least, for less I should not be;
  58  And men may talk of kings, and why not I?
  59  <S SECOND GAMEKEEPER> Ay, but thou talk'st as if thou wert a king.
  60  <S KING HENRY> Why, so I am, in mind_and that's enough.
  61  <S SECOND GAMEKEEPER> But if thou be a king, where is thy crown?
  62  <S KING HENRY> My crown is in my heart, not on my head;
  63  Not decked with diamonds and Indian stones,
  64  Nor to be seen. My crown is called content_
  65  A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.
  66  <S SECOND GAMEKEEPER> Well, if you be a king crowned with content,
  67  Your crown content and you must be contented
  68  To go along with us_for, as we think,
  69  You are the king King Edward hath deposed,
  70  And we his subjects sworn in all allegiance
  71  Will apprehend you as his enemy.
  72  <S KING HENRY> But did you never swear and break an oath?
  73  <S SECOND GAMEKEEPER> No_never such an oath, nor will not now.
  74  <S KING HENRY> Where did you dwell when I was King of England?
  75  <S SECOND GAMEKEEPER> Here in this country, where we now remain.
  76  <S KING HENRY> I was anointed king at nine months old,
  77  My father and my grandfather were kings,
  78  And you were sworn true subjects unto me_
  79  And tell me, then, have you not broke your oaths?
  80  <S FIRST GAMEKEEPER> No, for we were subjects but while you were king.
  81  <S KING HENRY> Why, am I dead? Do I not breathe a man?
  82  Ah, simple men, you know not what you swear.
  83  Look as I blow this feather from my face,
  84  And as the air blows it to me again,
  85  Obeying with my wind when I do blow,
  86  And yielding to another when it blows,
  87  Commanded always by the greater gust_
  88  Such is the lightness of you common men.
  89  But do not break your oaths, for of that sin
  90  My mild entreaty shall not make you guilty.
  91  Go where you will, the King shall be commanded;
  92  And be you kings, command, and I'll obey.
  93  <S FIRST GAMEKEEPER> We are true subjects to the King, King Edward.
  94  <S KING HENRY> So would you be again to Henry,
  95  If he were seated as King Edward is.
  96  <S FIRST GAMEKEEPER> We charge you, in God's name and in the King's,
  97  To go with us unto the officers.
  98  <S KING HENRY> In God's name, lead; your king's name be obeyed;
  99  And what God will, that let your king perform;
 100  And what he will I humbly yield unto.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 2> <T dsd> {Enter King Edward, Richard Duke of Gloucester, George     +
   0  Duke of Clarence, and the Lady Gray}
   1  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Brother of Gloucester, at Saint Albans field
   2  This lady's husband, Sir Richard Gray, was slain,
   3  His lands then seized on by the conqueror.
   4  Her suit is now to repossess those lands,
   5  Which we in justice cannot well deny,
   6  Because in quarrel of the house of York
   7  The worthy gentleman did lose his life.
   8  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Your highness shall do well to grant her       +
   8  suit_
   9  It were dishonour to deny it her.
  10  <S KING EDWARD> It were no less; but yet I'll make a pause.
  11A <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside to George)}<T verse> Yea, is   +
  11A it so?
  12  I see the lady hath a thing to grant
  13  Before the King will grant her humble suit.
  14  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> <T asd> {(aside to Richard)}<T verse> He knows    +
  14  the game; how true he keeps the wind!
  15A <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside to George)}<T verse> Silence.
  16  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(to Lady Gray)}<T verse> Widow, we will         +
  16  consider of your suit;
  17  And come some other time to know our mind.
  18  <S LADY GRAY> Right gracious lord, I cannot brook delay.
  19  May it please your highness to resolve me now,
  20  And what your pleasure is shall satisfy me.
  21  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside to George)}<T verse> Ay,       +
  21  widow? Then I'll warrant you all your lands
  22  An if what pleases him shall pleasure you.
  23  Fight closer, or, good faith, you'll catch a blow.
  24  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> <T asd> {(aside to Richard)}<T verse> I fear her  +
  24  not unless she chance to fall.
  25  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside to George)}<T verse> God       +
  25  forbid that! For he'll take vantages.
  26  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(to Lady Gray)}<T verse> How many children      +
  26  hast thou, widow? Tell me.
  27  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> <T asd> {(aside to Richard)}<T verse> I think he  +
  27  means to beg a child of her.
  28  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside to George)}<T verse> Nay,      +
  28  whip me then_he'll rather give her two.
  29A <S LADY GRAY> <T asd> {(to King Edward)}<T verse> Three, my most         +
  29A gracious lord.
  30  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside)}<T verse> You shall have      +
  30  four, an you'll be ruled by him.
  31  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(to Lady Gray)}<T verse> 'Twere pity they       +
  31  should lose their father's lands.
  32  <S LADY GRAY> Be pitiful, dread lord, and grant it them.
  33  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(to Richard and George)}<T verse> Lords, give   +
  33  us leave_I'll try this widow's wit.
  34  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {[aside to George]}<T verse> Ay, good  +
  34  leave have you; for you will have leave,
  35  Till youth take leave and leave you to the crutch.<T dsd> {Richard and   +
  35  George stand apart}
  36  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(to Lady Gray)}<T verse> Now tell me, madam,    +
  36  do you love your children?
  37  <S LADY GRAY> Ay, full as dearly as I love myself.
  38  <S KING EDWARD> And would you not do much to do them good?
  39  <S LADY GRAY> To do them good I would sustain some harm.
  40  <S KING EDWARD> Then get your husband's lands, to do them good.
  41  <S LADY GRAY> Therefore I came unto your majesty.
  42  <S KING EDWARD> I'll tell you how these lands are to be got.
  43  <S LADY GRAY> So shall you bind me to your highness' service.
  44  <S KING EDWARD> What service wilt thou do me, if I give them?
  45  <S LADY GRAY> What you command, that rests in me to do.
  46  <S KING EDWARD> But you will take exceptions to my boon.
  47  <S LADY GRAY> No, gracious lord, except I cannot do it.
  48  <S KING EDWARD> Ay, but thou canst do what I mean to ask.
  49  <S LADY GRAY> Why, then, I will do what your grace commands.
  50  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(to George)}<T verse> He plies her    +
  50  hard, and much rain wears the marble.
  51  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> As red as fire! Nay, then her wax must melt.
  52  <S LADY GRAY> <T asd> {(to King Edward)}<T verse> Why stops my lord?     +
  52  Shall I not hear my task?
  53  <S KING EDWARD> An easy task_'tis but to love a king.
  54  <S LADY GRAY> That's soon performed, because I am a subject.
  55  <S KING EDWARD> Why, then, thy husband's lands I freely give thee.
  56  <S LADY GRAY> <T asd> {(curtsies)}<T verse> I take my leave, with many   +
  56  thousand thanks.
  57  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(to George)}<T verse> The match is    +
  57  made_she seals it with a curtsy.
  58  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(to Lady Gray)}<T verse> But stay thee_'tis     +
  58  the fruits of love I mean.
  59  <S LADY GRAY> The fruits of love {I} mean, my loving liege.
  60  <S KING EDWARD> Ay, but I fear me in another sense.
  61  What love think'st thou I sue so much to get?
  62  <S LADY GRAY> My love till death, my humble thanks, my prayers_
  63  That love which virtue begs and virtue grants.
  64  <S KING EDWARD> No, by my troth, I did not mean such love.
  65  <S LADY GRAY> Why, then, you mean not as I thought you did.
  66  <S KING EDWARD> But now you partly may perceive my mind.
  67  <S LADY GRAY> My mind will never grant what I perceive
  68  Your highness aims at, if I aim aright.
  69  <S KING EDWARD> To tell thee plain, I aim to lie with thee.
  70  <S LADY GRAY> To tell {you} plain, I had rather lie in prison.
  71  <S KING EDWARD> Why, then, thou shalt not have thy husband's lands.
  72  <S LADY GRAY> Why, then, mine honesty shall be my dower;
  73  For by that loss I will not purchase them.
  74  <S KING EDWARD> Therein thou wrong'st thy children mightily.
  75  <S LADY GRAY> Herein your highness wrongs both them and me.
  76  But, mighty lord, this merry inclination
  77  Accords not with the sadness of my suit.
  78  Please you dismiss me either with ay or no.
  79  <S KING EDWARD> Ay, if thou wilt say `ay" to my request;
  80  No, if thou dost say `no" to my demand.
  81  <S LADY GRAY> Then, no, my lord_my suit is at an end.
  82  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(to George)}<T verse> The widow       +
  82  likes him not_she knits her brows.
  83  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> He is the bluntest wooer in Christendom.
  84  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(aside)}<T verse> Her looks doth argue her      +
  84  replete with modesty;
  85  Her words doth show her wit incomparable;
  86  All her perfections challenge sovereignty.
  87  One way or other, she is for a king;
  88  And she shall be my love or else my queen.
  89  <T asd> {(To Lady Gray)}<T verse> Say that King Edward take thee for     +
  89  his queen?
  90  <S LADY GRAY> 'Tis better said than done, my gracious lord.
  91  I am a subject fit to jest withal,
  92  But far unfit to be a sovereign.
  93  <S KING EDWARD> Sweet widow, by my state I swear to thee
  94  I speak no more than what my soul intends,
  95  And that is to enjoy thee for my love.
  96  <S LADY GRAY> And that is more than I will yield unto.
  97  I know I am too mean to be your queen,
  98  And yet too good to be your concubine.
  99  <S KING EDWARD> You cavil, widow_I did mean my queen.
 100  <S LADY GRAY> 'Twill grieve your grace my sons should call you father.
 101  <S KING EDWARD> No more than when my daughters call thee mother.
 102  Thou art a widow and thou hast some children;
 103  And, by God's mother, I, being but a bachelor,
 104  Have other some. Why, 'tis a happy thing
 105  To be the father unto many sons.
 106  Answer no more, for thou shalt be my queen.
 107  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(to George)}<T verse> The ghostly     +
 107  father now hath done his shrift.
 108  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> When he was made a shriver, 'twas for shift.
 109  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(to Richard and George)}<T verse> Brothers,     +
 109  you muse what chat we two have had.<T dsd> {Richard and George come      +
 109  forward}
 110  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> The widow likes it not, for she      +
 110  looks very sad.
 111  <S KING EDWARD> You'd think it strange if I should marry her.
 112B <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> To who, my lord?<S KING EDWARD> Why, Clarence,    +
 112B to myself.
 113  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> That would be ten days' wonder at the least.
 114  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> That's a day longer than a wonder lasts.
 115  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> By so much is the wonder in extremes.
 116  <S KING EDWARD> Well, jest on, brothers_I can tell you both
 117  Her suit is granted for her husband's lands.<T dsd> {Enter a Nobleman}
 118  <S NOBLEMAN> <T verse> My gracious lord, Henry your foe is taken
 119  And brought as prisoner to your palace gate.
 120  <S KING EDWARD> See that he be conveyed unto the Tower_
 121  <T asd> {(To Richard and George)}<T verse> And go we, brothers, to the   +
 121  man that took him,
 122  To question of his apprehension.
 123  <T asd> {(To Lady Gray)}<T verse> Widow, go you along.<T asd> {[To       +
 123  Richard and George]}<T verse> Lords, use her honourably.<T esd> {Exeunt  +
 123  all but Richard}
 124  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> Ay, Edward will use women            +
 124  honourably.
 125  Would he were wasted, marrow, bones, and all,
 126  That from his loins no hopeful branch may spring
 127  To cross me from the golden time I look for.
 128  And yet, between my soul's desire and me_
 129  The lustful Edward's title burie\d_
 130  Is Clarence, Henry, and his son young Edward,
 131  And all the unlooked-for issue of their bodies,
 132  To take their rooms ere I can place myself.
 133  A cold premeditation for my purpose.
 134  Why, then, I do but dream on sovereignty
 135  Like one that stands upon a promontory
 136  And spies a far-off shore where he would tread,
 137  Wishing his foot were equal with his eye,
 138  And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,
 139  Saying he'll lade it dry to have his way_
 140  So do I wish the crown being so far off,
 141  And so I chide the means that keeps me from it,
 142  And so I say I'll cut the causes off,
 143  Flattering me with impossibilities.
 144  My eye's too quick, my heart o'erweens too much,
 145  Unless my hand and strength could equal them.
 146  Well, say there is no kingdom then for Richard_
 147  What other pleasure can the world afford?
 148  I'll make my heaven in a lady's lap,
 149  And deck my body in gay ornaments,
 150  And 'witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.
 151  O, miserable thought! And more unlikely
 152  Than to accomplish twenty golden crowns.
 153  Why, love forswore me in my mother's womb,
 154  And, for I should not deal in her soft laws,
 155  She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe
 156  To shrink mine arm up like a withered shrub,
 157  To make an envious mountain on my back_
 158  Where sits deformity to mock my body_
 159  To shape my legs of an unequal size,
 160  To disproportion me in every part,
 161  Like to a chaos, or an unlicked bear whelp
 162  That carries no impression like the dam.
 163  And am I then a man to be beloved?
 164  O, monstrous fault, to harbour such a thought!
 165  Then, since this earth affords no joy to me
 166  But to command, to check, to o'erbear such
 167  As are of better person than myself,
 168  I'll make my heaven to dream upon the crown,
 169  And whiles I live, t' account this world but hell,
 170  Until my misshaped trunk that bears this head
 171  Be round impale\d with a glorious crown.
 172  And yet I know not how to get the crown,
 173  For many lives stand between me and home.
 174  And I_like one lost in a thorny wood,
 175  That rends the thorns and is rent with the thorns,
 176  Seeking a way and straying from the way,
 177  Not knowing how to find the open air,
 178  But toiling desperately to find it out_
 179  Torment myself to catch the English crown.
 180  And from that torment I will free myself,
 181  Or hew my way out with a bloody axe.
 182  Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile,
 183  And cry `Content!" to that which grieves my heart,
 184  And wet my cheeks with artificial tears,
 185  And frame my face to all occasions.
 186  I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall;
 187  I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk;
 188  I'll play the orator as well as Nestor,
 189  Deceive more slyly than Ulysses could,
 190  And, like a Sinon, take another Troy.
 191  I can add colours to the chameleon,
 192  Change shapes with Proteus for advantages,
 193  And set the murderous Machiavel to school.
 194  Can I do this, and cannot get a crown?
 195  Tut, were it farther off, I'll pluck it down.<T esd> {Exit}
   0  <Y 3> <T dsd> {[Two] chairs of state. Flourish. Enter King Louis of      +
   0  France, his sister the Lady Bona, Lord Bourbon his admiral, Prince       +
   0  Edward, Queen Margaret, and the Earl of Oxford. Louis goes up upon the   +
   0  state, sits, and riseth up again}
   1  <S KING LOUIS> <T verse> Fair Queen of England, worthy Margaret,
   2  Sit down with us. It ill befits thy state
   3  And birth that thou shouldst stand while Louis doth sit.
   4  <S QUEEN MARGARET> No, mighty King of France, now Margaret
   5  Must strike her sail and learn a while to serve
   6  Where kings command. I was, I must confess,
   7  Great Albion's queen in former golden days,
   8  But now mischance hath trod my title down,
   9  And with dishonour laid me on the ground,
  10  Where I must take like seat unto my fortune
  11  And to my humble state conform myself.
  12  <S KING LOUIS> Why, say, fair Queen, whence springs this deep despair?
  13  <S QUEEN MARGARET> From such a cause as fills mine eyes with tears
  14  And stops my tongue, while heart is drowned in cares.
  15  <S KING LOUIS> Whate'er it be, be thou still like thyself,
  16B And sit thee by our side.<T dsd> {Seats her by him}<T verse> Yield not   +
  16B thy neck
  17  To fortune's yoke, but let thy dauntless mind
  18  Still ride in triumph over all mischance.
  19  Be plain, Queen Margaret, and tell thy grief.
  20  It shall be eased if France can yield relief.
  21  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts,
  22  And give my tongue-tied sorrows leave to speak.
  23  Now, therefore, be it known to noble Louis
  24  That Henry, sole possessor of my love,
  25  Is of a king become a banished man,
  26  And forced to live in Scotland a forlorn,
  27  While proud ambitious Edward, Duke of York,
  28  Usurps the regal title and the seat
  29  Of England's true-anointed lawful King.
  30  This is the cause that I, poor Margaret,
  31  With this my son, Prince Edward, Henry's heir,
  32  Am come to crave thy just and lawful aid.
  33  An if thou fail us all our hope is done.
  34  Scotland hath will to help, but cannot help;
  35  Our people and our peers are both misled,
  36  Our treasure seized, our soldiers put to flight,
  37  And, as thou seest, ourselves in heavy plight.
  38  <S KING LOUIS> Renowne\d Queen, with patience calm the storm,
  39  While we bethink a means to break it off.
  40  <S QUEEN MARGARET> The more we stay, the stronger grows our foe.
  41  <S KING LOUIS> The more I stay, the more I'll succour thee.
  42  <S QUEEN MARGARET> O, but impatience waiteth on true sorrow.<T dsd>      +
  42  {Enter the Earl of Warwick}
  43  <T verse> And see where comes the breeder of my sorrow.
  44  <S KING LOUIS> What's he approacheth boldly to our presence?
  45  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Our Earl of Warwick, Edward's greatest friend.
  46  <S KING LOUIS> Welcome, brave Warwick. What brings thee to               +
  46  France?<T dsd> {He descends. She ariseth}
  47  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T asd> {(aside)}<T verse> Ay, now begins a second    +
  47  storm to rise,
  48  For this is he that moves both wind and tide.
  49  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {(to King Louis)}<T verse> From worthy Edward, King  +
  49  of Albion,
  50  My lord and sovereign, and thy vowe\d friend,
  51  I come in kindness and unfeigne\d love,
  52  First, to do greetings to thy royal person,
  53  And then, to crave a league of amity,
  54  And lastly, to confirm that amity
  55  With nuptial knot, if thou vouchsafe to grant
  56  That virtuous Lady Bona, thy fair sister,
  57  To England's King in lawful marriage.
  58  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T asd> {(aside)}<T verse> If that go forward,        +
  58  Henry's hope is done.
  59  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {(to Lady Bona)}<T verse> And, gracious madam, in    +
  59  our King's behalf
  60  I am commanded, with your leave and favour,
  61  Humbly to kiss your hand, and with my tongue
  62  To tell the passion of my sovereign's heart,
  63  Where fame, late ent'ring at his heedful ears,
  64  Hath placed thy beauty's image and thy virtue.
  65  <S QUEEN MARGARET> King Louis and Lady Bona, hear me speak
  66  Before you answer Warwick. His demand
  67  Springs not from Edward's well-meant honest love,
  68  But from deceit, bred by necessity.
  69  For how can tyrants safely govern home
  70  Unless abroad they purchase great alliance?
  71  To prove him tyrant this reason may suffice_
  72  That Henry liveth still; but were he dead,
  73  Yet here Prince Edward stands, King Henry's son.
  74  Look, therefore, Louis, that by this league and marriage
  75  Thou draw not on thy danger and dishonour,
  76  For though usurpers sway the rule a while,
  77  Yet heav'ns are just and time suppresseth wrongs.
  78B <S WARWICK> Injurious Margaret.<S PRINCE EDWARD> And why not `Queen"?
  79  <S WARWICK> Because thy father Henry did usurp,
  80  And thou no more art prince than she is queen.
  81  <S OXFORD> Then Warwick disannuls great John of Gaunt,
  82  Which did subdue the greatest part of Spain;
  83  And, after John of Gaunt, Henry the Fourth,
  84  Whose wisdom was a mirror to the wisest;
  85  And, after that wise prince, Henry the Fifth,
  86  Who by his prowess conquere\d all France.
  87  From these our Henry lineally descends.
  88  <S WARWICK> Oxford, how haps it in this smooth discourse
  89  You told not how Henry the Sixth hath lost
  90  All that which Henry the Fifth had gotten?
  91  Methinks these peers of France should smile at that.
  92  But for the rest, you tell a pedigree
  93  Of threescore and two years_a silly time
  94  To make prescription for a kingdom's worth.
  95  <S OXFORD> Why, Warwick, canst thou speak against thy liege,
  96  Whom thou obeyedest thirty and six years,
  97  And not bewray thy treason with a blush?
  98  <S WARWICK> Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right,
  99  Now buckler falsehood with a pedigree?
 100  For shame_leave Henry, and call Edward king.
 101  <S OXFORD> Call him my king by whose injurious doom
 102  My elder brother, the Lord Aubrey Vere,
 103  Was done to death? And more than so, my father,
 104  Even in the downfall of his mellowed years,
 105  When nature brought him to the door of death?
 106  No, Warwick, no_while life upholds this arm,
 107  This arm upholds the house of Lancaster.
 108A <S WARWICK> And I the house of York.
 109  <S KING LOUIS> Queen Margaret, Prince Edward, and Oxford,
 110  Vouchsafe, at our request, to stand aside
 111  While I use further conference with Warwick.<T dsd> {Queen Margaret      +
 111  [comes down from the state and], with Prince Edward and Oxford, stands   +
 111  apart}
 112  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T verse> Heavens grant that Warwick's words bewitch  +
 112  him not.
 113  <S KING LOUIS> Now, Warwick, tell me even upon thy conscience,
 114  Is Edward your true king? For I were loath
 115  To link with him that were not lawful chosen.
 116  <S WARWICK> Thereon I pawn my credit and mine honour.
 117  <S KING LOUIS> But is he gracious in the people's eye?
 118  <S WARWICK> The more that Henry was unfortunate.
 119  <S KING LOUIS> Then further, all dissembling set aside,
 120  Tell me for truth the measure of his love
 121B Unto our sister Bona.<S WARWICK> Such it seems
 122  As may beseem a monarch like himself.
 123  Myself have often heard him say and swear
 124  That this his love was an eternal plant,
 125  Whereof the root was fixed in virtue's ground,
 126  The leaves and fruit maintained with beauty's sun,
 127  Exempt from envy, but not from disdain,
 128  Unless the Lady Bona quit his pain.
 129  <S KING LOUIS> <T asd> {(to Lady Bona)}<T verse> Now, sister, let us     +
 129  hear your firm resolve.
 130  <S LADY BONA> Your grant, or your denial, shall be mine.
 131  <T asd> {(To Warwick)}<T verse> Yet I confess that often ere this day,
 132  When I have heard your king's desert recounted,
 133  Mine ear hath tempted judgement to desire.
 134  <S KING LOUIS> <T asd> {(to Warwick)}<T verse> Then, Warwick, thus_our   +
 134  sister shall be Edward's.
 135  And now, forthwith, shall articles be drawn
 136  Touching the jointure that your king must make,
 137  Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised.
 138  <T asd> {(To Queen Margaret)}<T verse> Draw near, Queen Margaret, and    +
 138  be a witness
 139  That Bona shall be wife to the English king.<T dsd> {Queen Margaret,     +
 139  Prince Edward, [and Oxford] come forward}
 140  <S PRINCE EDWARD> <T verse> To Edward, but not to the English king.
 141  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Deceitful Warwick_it was thy device
 142  By this alliance to make void my suit!
 143  Before thy coming Louis was Henry's friend.
 144  <S KING LOUIS> And still is friend to him and Margaret.
 145  But if your title to the crown be weak,
 146  As may appear by Edward's good success,
 147  Then 'tis but reason that I be released
 148  From giving aid which late I promise\d.
 149  Yet shall you have all kindness at my hand
 150  That your estate requires and mine can yield.
 151  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {(to Queen Margaret)}<T verse> Henry now lives in    +
 151  Scotland at his ease,
 152  Where having nothing, nothing can he lose.
 153  And as for you yourself, our quondam queen,
 154  You have a father able to maintain you,
 155  And better 'twere you troubled him than France.
 156  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Peace, impudent and shameless Warwick, peace!
 157  Proud setter-up and puller-down of kings!
 158  I will not hence till, with my talk and tears,
 159  Both full of truth, I make King Louis behold
 160  Thy sly conveyance and thy lord's false love,<T dsd> {Post blowing a     +
 160  horn within}
 161  <T verse> For both of you are birds of selfsame feather.
 162  <S KING LOUIS> Warwick, this is some post to us or thee.<T dsd> {Enter   +
 162  the Post}
 163  <S POST> <T asd> {(to Warwick)}<T verse> My lord ambassador, these       +
 163  letters are for you,
 164  Sent from your brother Marquis Montague;
 165  <T asd> {(To Louis)}<T verse> These from our King unto your majesty;
 166  <T asd> {(To Queen Margaret)}<T verse> And, madam, these for you, from   +
 166  whom I know not.<T dsd> {They all read their letters}
 167  <S OXFORD> <T asd> {(to Prince Edward)}<T verse> I like it well that     +
 167  our fair Queen and mistress
 168  Smiles at her news, while Warwick frowns at his.
 169  <S PRINCE EDWARD> Nay, mark how Louis stamps as he were nettled.
 170  I hope all's for the best.
 171  <S KING LOUIS> Warwick, what are thy news? And yours, fair Queen?
 172  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Mine, such as fill my heart with unhoped joys.
 173  <S WARWICK> Mine, full of sorrow and heart's discontent.
 174  <S KING LOUIS> What! Has your king married the Lady Gray?
 175  And now to soothe your forgery and his,
 176  Sends me a paper to persuade me patience?
 177  Is this th' alliance that he seeks with France?
 178  Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner?
 179  <S QUEEN MARGARET> I told your majesty as much before_
 180  This proveth Edward's love and Warwick's honesty.
 181  <S WARWICK> King Louis, I here protest in sight of heaven
 182  And by the hope I have of heavenly bliss,
 183  That I am clear from this misdeed of Edward's,
 184  No more my king, for he dishonours me,
 185  But most himself, if he could see his shame.
 186  Did I forget that by the house of York
 187  My father came untimely to his death?
 188  Did I let pass th' abuse done to my niece?
 189  Did I impale him with the regal crown?
 190  Did I put Henry from his native right?
 191  And am I guerdoned at the last with shame?
 192  Shame on himself, for my desert is honour.
 193  And to repair my honour, lost for him,
 194  I here renounce him and return to Henry.
 195  <T asd> {(To Queen Margaret)}<T verse> My noble Queen, let former        +
 195  grudges pass,
 196  And henceforth I am thy true servitor.
 197  I will revenge his wrong to Lady Bona
 198  And replant Henry in his former state.
 199  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Warwick, these words have turned my hate to love,
 200  And I forgive and quite forget old faults,
 201  And joy that thou becom'st King Henry's friend.
 202  <S WARWICK> So much his friend, ay, his unfeigne\d friend,
 203  That if King Louis vouchsafe to furnish us
 204  With some few bands of chosen soldiers,
 205  I'll undertake to land them on our coast
 206  And force the tyrant from his seat by war.
 207  'Tis not his new-made bride shall succour him.
 208  And as for Clarence, as my letters tell me,
 209  He's very likely now to fall from him
 210  For matching more for wanton lust than honour,
 211  Or than for strength and safety of our country.
 212  <S LADY BONA> <T asd> {(to King Louis)}<T verse> Dear brother, how       +
 212  shall Bona be revenged,
 213  But by thy help to this distresse\d Queen?
 214  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T asd> {(to King Louis)}<T verse> Renowne\d Prince,  +
 214  how shall poor Henry live
 215  Unless thou rescue him from foul despair?
 216  <S LADY BONA> <T asd> {(to King Louis)}<T verse> My quarrel and this     +
 216  English Queen's are one.
 217  <S WARWICK> And mine, fair Lady Bona, joins with yours.
 218  <S KING LOUIS> And mine with hers, and thine, and Margaret's.
 219  Therefore at last I firmly am resolved:
 220  You shall have aid.
 221  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Let me give humble thanks for all at once.
 222  <S KING LOUIS> <T asd> {(to the Post)}<T verse> Then, England's          +
 222  messenger, return in post
 223  And tell false Edward, thy suppose\d king,
 224  That Louis of France is sending over masquers
 225  To revel it with him and his new bride.
 226  Thou seest what's passed, go fear thy king withal.
 227  <S LADY BONA> <T asd> {(to the Post)}<T verse> Tell him, in hope he'll   +
 227  prove a widower shortly,
 228  I'll wear the willow garland for his sake.
 229  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T asd> {(to the Post)}<T verse> Tell him my          +
 229  mourning weeds are laid aside,
 230  And I am ready to put armour on.
 231  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {(to the Post)}<T verse> Tell him from me that he    +
 231  hath done me wrong,
 232  And therefore I'll uncrown him ere 't be long.
 233  <T asd> {(Giving money)}<T verse> There's thy reward_be gone.<T esd>     +
 233  {Exit Post}
 234  <S KING LOUIS> <T verse> But, Warwick, thou and Oxford, with five        +
 234  thousand men,
 235  Shall cross the seas and bid false Edward battle;
 236  And, as occasion serves, this noble Queen
 237  And Prince shall follow with a fresh supply.
 238  Yet, ere thou go, but answer me one doubt:
 239  What pledge have we of thy firm loyalty?
 240  <S WARWICK> This shall assure my constant loyalty:
 241  That if our Queen and this young Prince agree,
 242  I'll join mine eldest daughter and my joy
 243  To him forthwith in holy wedlock bands.
 244  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion.
 245  <T asd> {(To Prince Edward)}<T verse> Son Edward, she is fair and        +
 245  virtuous,
 246  Therefore delay not. Give thy hand to Warwick,
 247  And with thy hand thy faith irrevocable
 248  That only Warwick's daughter shall be thine.
 249  <S PRINCE EDWARD> Yes, I accept her, for she well deserves it,
 250  And here to pledge my vow I give my hand.<T dsd> {He and Warwick clasp   +
 250  hands}
 251  <S KING LOUIS> <T verse> Why stay we now? These soldiers shall be        +
 251  levied,
 252  And thou, Lord Bourbon, our high admiral,
 253  Shall waft them over with our royal fleet.
 254  I long till Edward fall by war's mischance
 255  For mocking marriage with a dame of France.<T esd> {Exeunt all but       +
 255  Warwick}
 256  <S WARWICK> <T verse> I came from Edward as ambassador,
 257  But I return his sworn and mortal foe.
 258  Matter of marriage was the charge he gave me,
 259  But dreadful war shall answer his demand.
 260  Had he none else to make a stale but me?
 261  Then none but I shall turn his jest to sorrow.
 262  I was the chief that raised him to the crown,
 263  And I'll be chief to bring him down again.
 264  Not that I pity Henry's misery,
 265  But seek revenge on Edward's mockery.<T esd> {Exit}
   0  <X 4> <Y 1> <T dsd> {Enter Richard Duke of Gloucester, George Duke of    +
   0  Clarence, the Duke of Somerset, and the Marquis of Montague}
   1  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> Now tell me, brother Clarence, what  +
   1  think you
   2  Of this new marriage with the Lady Gray?
   3  Hath not our brother made a worthy choice?
   4  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> Alas, you know 'tis far from hence to France;
   5  How could he stay till Warwick made return?
   6  <S SOMERSET> My lords, forbear this talk_here comes the King.<T dsd>     +
   6  {Flourish. Enter King Edward, the Lady Gray his Queen, the Earl of       +
   6  Pembroke, and the Lords Stafford and Hastings. Four stand on one side    +
   6  [of the King], and four on the other}
   7A <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> And his well-chosen bride.
   8  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> I mind to tell him plainly what I think.
   9  <S KING EDWARD> Now, brother of Clarence, how like you our choice,
  10  That you stand pensive, as half-malcontent?
  11  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> As well as Louis of France, or the Earl of        +
  11  Warwick,
  12  Which are so weak of courage and in judgement
  13  That they'll take no offence at our abuse.
  14  <S KING EDWARD> Suppose they take offence without a cause_
  15  They are but Louis and Warwick; I am Edward,
  16  Your king and Warwick's, and must have my will.
  17  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> And you shall have your will, because our      +
  17  king.
  18  Yet hasty marriage seldom proveth well.
  19  <S KING EDWARD> Yea, brother Richard, are you offended too?
  20  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Not I, no_God forbid that I should wish them   +
  20  severed
  21  Whom God hath joined together. Ay, and 'twere pity
  22  To sunder them that yoke so well together.
  23  <S KING EDWARD> Setting your scorns and your mislike aside,
  24  Tell me some reason why the Lady Gray
  25  Should not become my wife and England's queen.
  26  And you too, Somerset and Montague,
  27  Speak freely what you think.
  28  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> Then this is my opinion: that King Louis
  29  Becomes your enemy for mocking him
  30  About the marriage of the Lady Bona.
  31  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> And Warwick, doing what you gave in charge,
  32  Is now dishonoure\d by this new marriage.
  33  <S KING EDWARD> What if both Louis and Warwick be appeased
  34  By such invention as I can devise?
  35  <S MONTAGUE> Yet, to have joined with France in such alliance
  36  Would more have strengthened this our commonwealth
  37  'Gainst foreign storms than any home-bred marriage.
  38  <S HASTINGS> Why, knows not Montague that of itself
  39  England is safe, if true within itself?
  40  <S MONTAGUE> But the safer when 'tis backed with France.
  41  <S HASTINGS> 'Tis better using France than trusting France.
  42  Let us be backed with God and with the seas
  43  Which he hath giv'n for fence impregnable,
  44  And with their helps only defend ourselves.
  45  In them and in ourselves our safety lies.
  46  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> For this one speech Lord Hastings well deserves
  47  To have the heir of the Lord Hungerford.
  48  <S KING EDWARD> Ay, what of that? It was my will and grant_
  49  And for this once my will shall stand for law.
  50  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> And yet, methinks, your grace hath not done    +
  50  well
  51  To give the heir and daughter of Lord Scales
  52  Unto the brother of your loving bride.
  53  She better would have fitted me or Clarence,
  54  But in your bride you bury brotherhood.
  55  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> Or else you would not have bestowed the heir
  56  Of the Lord Bonville on your new wife's son,
  57  And leave your brothers to go speed elsewhere.
  58  <S KING EDWARD> Alas, poor Clarence, is it for a wife
  59  That thou art malcontent? I will provide thee.
  60  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> In choosing for yourself you showed your          +
  60  judgement,
  61  Which being shallow, you shall give me leave
  62  To play the broker in mine own behalf,
  63  And to that end I shortly mind to leave you.
  64  <S KING EDWARD> Leave me, or tarry. Edward will be king,
  65  And not be tied unto his brother's will.
  66  <S LADY GRAY> My lords, before it pleased his majesty
  67  To raise my state to title of a queen,
  68  Do me but right, and you must all confess
  69  That I was not ignoble of descent_
  70  And meaner than myself have had like fortune.
  71  But as this title honours me and mine,
  72  So your dislikes, to whom I would be pleasing,
  73  Doth cloud my joys with danger and with sorrow.
  74  <S KING EDWARD> My love, forbear to fawn upon their frowns.
  75  What danger or what sorrow can befall thee
  76  So long as Edward is thy constant friend,
  77  And their true sovereign, whom they must obey?
  78  Nay, whom they shall obey, and love thee too_
  79  Unless they seek for hatred at my hands,
  80  Which if they do, yet will I keep thee safe,
  81  And they shall feel the vengeance of my wrath.
  82  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside)}<T verse> I hear, yet say     +
  82  not much, but think the more.<T dsd> {Enter the Post from France}
  83  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Now, messenger, what letters or what news      +
  83  from France?
  84  <S POST> My sovereign liege, no letters and few words,
  85  But such as I, without your special pardon,
  86  Dare not relate.
  87  <S KING EDWARD> Go to, we pardon thee. Therefore, in brief,
  88  Tell me their words as near as thou canst guess them.
  89  What answer makes King Louis unto our letters?
  90  <S POST> At my depart these were his very words:
  91  `Go tell false Edward, thy suppose\d king,
  92  That Louis of France is sending over masquers
  93  To revel it with him and his new bride."
  94  <S KING EDWARD> Is Louis so brave? Belike he thinks me Henry.
  95  But what said Lady Bona to my marriage?
  96  <S POST> These were her words, uttered with mild disdain:
  97  `Tell him in hope he'll prove a widower shortly,
  98  I'll wear the willow garland for his sake."
  99  <S KING EDWARD> I blame not her, she could say little less;
 100  She had the wrong. But what said Henry's queen?
 101  For I have heard that she was there in place.
 102  <S POST> `Tell him", quoth she, `my mourning weeds are done,
 103  And I am ready to put armour on."
 104  <S KING EDWARD> Belike she minds to play the Amazon.
 105  But what said Warwick to these injuries?
 106  <S POST> He, more incensed against your majesty
 107  Than all the rest, discharged me with these words:
 108  `Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong,
 109  And therefore I'll uncrown him ere 't be long."
 110  <S KING EDWARD> Ha! Durst the traitor breathe out so proud words?
 111  Well, I will arm me, being thus forewarned.
 112  They shall have wars and pay for their presumption.
 113  But say, is Warwick friends with Margaret?
 114  <S POST> Ay, gracious sovereign, they are so linked in friendship
 115  That young Prince Edward marries Warwick's daughter.
 116  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> Belike the elder; Clarence will have the          +
 116  younger.
 117  Now, brother King, farewell, and sit you fast,
 118  For I will hence to Warwick's other daughter,
 119  That, though I want a kingdom, yet in marriage
 120  I may not prove inferior to yourself.
 121  You that love me and Warwick, follow me.<T esd> {Exit Clarence, and      +
 121  Somerset follows}
 122  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> Not I_<T asd> {[aside]}<T verse> my  +
 122  thoughts aim at a further matter.
 123  I stay not for the love of Edward, but the crown.
 124  <S KING EDWARD> Clarence and Somerset both gone to Warwick?
 125  Yet am I armed against the worst can happen,
 126  And haste is needful in this desp'rate case.
 127  Pembroke and Stafford, you in our behalf
 128  Go levy men and make prepare for war.
 129  They are already, or quickly will be, landed.
 130  Myself in person will straight follow you.<T esd> {Exeunt Pembroke and   +
 130  Stafford}
 131  <T verse> But ere I go, Hastings and Montague,
 132  Resolve my doubt. You twain, of all the rest,
 133  Are near'st to Warwick by blood and by alliance.
 134  Tell me if you love Warwick more than me.
 135  If it be so, then both depart to him_
 136  I rather wish you foes than hollow friends.
 137  But if you mind to hold your true obedience,
 138  Give me assurance with some friendly vow
 139  That I may never have you in suspect.
 140  <S MONTAGUE> So God help Montague as he proves true.
 141  <S HASTINGS> And Hastings as he favours Edward's cause.
 142  <S KING EDWARD> Now, brother Richard, will you stand by us?
 143  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Ay, in despite of all that shall withstand     +
 143  you.
 144  <S KING EDWARD> Why, so. Then am I sure of victory.
 145  Now, therefore, let us hence and lose no hour
 146  Till we meet Warwick with his foreign power.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 2> <T dsd> {Enter the Earls of Warwick and Oxford in England, with    +
   0  French soldiers}
   1  <S WARWICK> <T verse> Trust me, my lord, all hitherto goes well.
   2  The common sort by numbers swarm to us.<T dsd> {Enter the Dukes of       +
   2  Clarence and Somerset}
   3  <T verse> But see where Somerset and Clarence comes.
   4  Speak suddenly, my lords, are we all friends?
   5A <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> Fear not that, my lord.
   6  <S WARWICK> Then, gentle Clarence, welcome unto Warwick_
   7  And welcome, Somerset. I hold it cowardice
   8  To rest mistrustful where a noble heart
   9  Hath pawned an open hand in sign of love,
  10  Else might I think that Clarence, Edward's brother,
  11  Were but a feigne\d friend to our proceedings.
  12  But come, sweet Clarence, my daughter shall be thine.
  13  And now what rests but, in night's coverture,
  14  Thy brother being carelessly encamped,
  15  His soldiers lurking in the towns about,
  16  And but attended by a simple guard,
  17  We may surprise and take him at our pleasure?
  18  Our scouts have found the adventure very easy;
  19  That, as Ulysses and stout Diomed
  20  With sleight and manhood stole to Rhesus' tents
  21  And brought from thence the Thracian fatal steeds,
  22  So we, well covered with the night's black mantle,
  23  At unawares may beat down Edward's guard
  24  And seize himself_I say not `slaughter him",
  25  For I intend but only to surprise him.
  26  You that will follow me to this attempt,
  27  Applaud the name of Henry with your leader.<T dsd> {They all cry         +
  27  `Henry"}
  28  <T verse> Why, then, let's on our way in silent sort,
  29  For Warwick and his friends, God and Saint George!<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 3> <T dsd> {Enter three Watchmen, to guard King Edward's tent}
   1  <S FIRST WATCHMAN> <T verse> Come on, my masters, each man take his      +
   1  stand.
   2  The King by this is set him down to sleep.
   3A <S SECOND WATCHMAN> What, will he not to bed?
   4  <S FIRST WATCHMAN> Why, no_for he hath made a solemn vow
   5  Never to lie and take his natural rest
   6  Till Warwick or himself be quite suppressed.
   7  <S SECOND WATCHMAN> Tomorrow then belike shall be the day,
   8  If Warwick be so near as men report.
   9  <S THIRD WATCHMAN> But say, I pray, what nobleman is that
  10  That with the King here resteth in his tent?
  11  <S FIRST WATCHMAN> 'Tis the Lord Hastings, the King's chiefest friend.
  12  <S THIRD WATCHMAN> O, is it so? But why commands the King
  13  That his chief followers lodge in towns about him,
  14  While he himself keeps in the cold field?
  15  <S SECOND WATCHMAN> 'Tis the more honour, because more dangerous.
  16  <S THIRD WATCHMAN> Ay, but give me worship and quietness_
  17  I like it better than a dangerous honour.
  18  If Warwick knew in what estate he stands,
  19  'Tis to be doubted he would waken him.
  20  <S FIRST WATCHMAN> Unless our halberds did shut up his passage.
  21  <S SECOND WATCHMAN> Ay, wherefore else guard we his royal tent
  22  But to defend his person from night-foes?<T dsd> {Enter silently the     +
  22  Earl of Warwick, George Duke of Clarence, the Earl of Oxford, and the    +
  22  Duke of Somerset, with French soldiers}
  23  <S WARWICK> <T verse> This is his tent_and see where stand his guard.
  24  Courage, my masters_honour now or never!
  25  But follow me, and Edward shall be ours.
  26  <S FIRST WATCHMAN> <T prose> Who goes there?
  27  <S SECOND WATCHMAN> Stay or thou diest.<T dsd> {Warwick and the rest     +
  27  all cry `Warwick, Warwick!" and set upon the guard, who fly, crying      +
  27  `Arm, arm!" Warwick and the rest follow them}
   0  <Y 4> {With the drummer playing and trumpeter sounding, enter the Earl   +
   0  of Warwick, the Duke of Somerset, and the rest bringing King Edward out  +
   0  in his gown, sitting in a chair. Richard Duke of Gloucester and Lord     +
   0  Hastings flies over the stage}
   1A <S SOMERSET> <T verse> What are they that fly there?
   2  <S WARWICK> Richard and Hastings_let them go. Here is the Duke.
   3  <S KING EDWARD> `The Duke"! Why, Warwick, when we parted,
   4B Thou calledst me king.<S WARWICK> Ay, but the case is altered.
   5  When you disgraced me in my embassade,
   6  Then I degraded you from being king,
   7  And come now to create you Duke of York.
   8  Alas, how should you govern any kingdom
   9  That know not how to use ambassadors,
  10  Nor how to be contented with one wife,
  11  Nor how to use your brothers brotherly,
  12  Nor how to study for the people's welfare,
  13  Nor how to shroud yourself from enemies?
  14  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(seeing George)}<T verse> Yea, brother of       +
  14  Clarence, art thou here too?
  15  Nay, then, I see that Edward needs must down.
  16  Yet, Warwick, in despite of all mischance,
  17  Of thee thyself and all thy complices,
  18  Edward will always bear himself as king.
  19  Though fortune's malice overthrow my state,
  20  My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel.
  21  <S WARWICK> Then, for his mind, be Edward England's king.<T dsd>         +
  21  {Warwick takes off Edward's crown}
  22  <T verse> But Henry now shall wear the English crown,
  23  And be true king indeed, thou but the shadow.
  24  My lord of Somerset, at my request,
  25  See that, forthwith, Duke Edward be conveyed
  26  Unto my brother, Archbishop of York.
  27  When I have fought with Pembroke and his fellows,
  28  I'll follow you, and tell what answer
  29  Louis and the Lady Bona send to him.
  30  Now for a while farewell, good Duke of York.<T dsd> {They begin to lead  +
  30  Edward out forcibly}
  31  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> What fates impose, that men must needs abide.
  32  It boots not to resist both wind and tide.<T esd> {Exeunt some with      +
  32  Edward}
  33  <S OXFORD> <T verse> What now remains, my lords, for us to do
  34  But march to London with our soldiers?
  35  <S WARWICK> Ay, that's the first thing that we have to do_
  36  To free King Henry from imprisonment
  37  And see him seated in the regal throne.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 5> <T dsd> {Enter Earl Rivers and his sister, Lady Gray, Edward's     +
   0  queen}
   1  <S RIVERS> <T verse> Madam, what makes you in this sudden change?
   2  <S LADY GRAY> Why, brother Rivers, are you yet to learn
   3  What late misfortune is befall'n King Edward?
   4  <S RIVERS> What? Loss of some pitched battle against Warwick?
   5  <S LADY GRAY> No, but the loss of his own royal person.
   6A <S RIVERS> Then is my sovereign slain?
   7  <S LADY GRAY> Ay, almost slain_for he is taken prisoner,
   8  Either betrayed by falsehood of his guard
   9  Or by his foe surprised at unawares,
  10  And, as I further have to understand,
  11  Is new committed to the Bishop of York,
  12  Fell Warwick's brother, and by that our foe.
  13  <S RIVERS> These news, I must confess, are full of grief.
  14  Yet, gracious madam, bear it as you may.
  15  Warwick may lose, that now hath won the day.
  16  <S LADY GRAY> Till then fair hope must hinder life's decay,
  17  And I the rather wean me from despair
  18  For love of Edward's offspring in my womb.
  19  This is it that makes me bridle passion
  20  And bear with mildness my misfortune's cross.
  21  Ay, ay, for this I draw in many a tear
  22  And stop the rising of blood-sucking sighs,
  23  Lest with my sighs or tears I blast or drown
  24  King Edward's fruit, true heir to th' English crown.
  25  <S RIVERS> But, madam, where is Warwick then become?
  26  <S LADY GRAY> I am informe\d that he comes towards London
  27  To set the crown once more on Henry's head.
  28  Guess thou the rest_King Edward's friends must down.
  29  But to prevent the tyrant's violence_
  30  For trust not him that hath once broken faith_
  31  I'll hence forthwith unto the sanctuary,
  32  To save at least the heir of Edward's right.
  33  There shall I rest secure from force and fraud.
  34  Come, therefore, let us fly while we may fly.
  35  If Warwick take us, we are sure to die.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 6> <T dsd> {Enter Richard Duke of Gloucester, Lord Hastings, and Sir  +
   0  William Stanley, [with soldiers]}
   1  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> Now my lord Hastings and Sir         +
   1  William Stanley,
   2  Leave off to wonder why I drew you hither
   3  Into this chiefest thicket of the park.
   4  Thus stands the case: you know our King, my brother,
   5  Is prisoner to the Bishop here, at whose hands
   6  He hath good usage and great liberty,
   7  And, often but attended with weak guard,
   8  Comes hunting this way to disport himself.
   9  I have advertised him by secret means
  10  That if about this hour he make this way
  11  Under the colour of his usual game,
  12  He shall here find his friends with horse and men
  13  To set him free from his captivity.<T dsd> {Enter King Edward and a      +
  13  Huntsman with him}
  14  <S HUNTSMAN> <T verse> This way, my lord_for this way lies the game.
  15  <S KING EDWARD> Nay, this way, man_see where the huntsmen stand.
  16  Now, brother of Gloucester, Lord Hastings, and the rest,
  17  Stand you thus close to steal the Bishop's deer?
  18  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Brother, the time and case requireth haste.
  19  Your horse stands ready at the park corner.
  20A <S KING EDWARD> But whither shall we then?
  21A <S HASTINGS> To Lynn, my lord,
  22  And shipped from thence to Flanders.
  23  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {[aside]}<T verse> Well guessed,       +
  23  believe me_for that was my meaning.
  24  <S KING EDWARD> Stanley, I will requite thy forwardness.
  25  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> But wherefore stay we? 'Tis no time to talk.
  26  <S KING EDWARD> Huntsman, what sayst thou? Wilt thou go along?
  27  <S HUNTSMAN> Better do so than tarry and be hanged.
  28  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Come then, away_let's have no more ado.
  29  <S KING EDWARD> Bishop, farewell_shield thee from Warwick's frown,
  30  And pray that I may repossess the crown.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 7> <T dsd> {Flourish. Enter the Earl of Warwick and George Duke of    +
   0  Clarence [with the crown]. Then enter King Henry, the Earl of Oxford,    +
   0  the Duke of Somerset [with] young Henry Earl of Richmond, the Marquis    +
   0  of Montague, and the Lieutenant of the Tower}
   1  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> Master Lieutenant, now that God and friends
   2  Have shaken Edward from the regal seat
   3  And turned my captive state to liberty,
   4  My fear to hope, my sorrows unto joys,
   5  At our enlargement what are thy due fees?
   6  <S LIEUTENANT> Subjects may challenge nothing of their sovereigns_
   7  But if an humble prayer may prevail,
   8  I then crave pardon of your majesty.
   9  <S KING HENRY> For what, Lieutenant? For well using me?
  10  Nay, be thou sure I'll well requite thy kindness,
  11  For that it made my prisonment a pleasure_
  12  Ay, such a pleasure as encage\d birds
  13  Conceive when, after many moody thoughts,
  14  At last by notes of household harmony
  15  They quite forget their loss of liberty.
  16  But, Warwick, after God, thou sett'st me free,
  17  And chiefly therefore I thank God and thee.
  18  He was the author, thou the instrument.
  19  Therefore, that I may conquer fortune's spite
  20  By living low, where fortune cannot hurt me,
  21  And that the people of this blesse\d land
  22  May not be punished with my thwarting stars,
  23  Warwick, although my head still wear the crown,
  24  I here resign my government to thee,
  25  For thou art fortunate in all thy deeds.
  26  <S WARWICK> Your grace hath still been famed for virtuous,
  27  And now may seem as wise as virtuous
  28  By spying and avoiding fortune's malice,
  29  For few men rightly temper with the stars.
  30  Yet in this one thing let me blame your grace:
  31  For choosing me when Clarence is in place.
  32  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway,
  33  To whom the heav'ns in thy nativity
  34  Adjudged an olive branch and laurel crown,
  35  As likely to be blest in peace and war.
  36  And therefore I yield thee my free consent.
  37  <S WARWICK> And I choose Clarence only for Protector.
  38  <S KING HENRY> Warwick and Clarence, give me both your hands.
  39  Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts,
  40  That no dissension hinder government.
  41  I make you both Protectors of this land,
  42  While I myself will lead a private life
  43  And in devotion spend my latter days,
  44  To sin's rebuke and my creator's praise.
  45  <S WARWICK> What answers Clarence to his sovereign's will?
  46  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> That he consents, if Warwick yield consent,
  47  For on thy fortune I repose myself.
  48  <S WARWICK> Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content.
  49  We'll yoke together, like a double shadow
  50  To Henry's body, and supply his place_
  51  I mean in bearing weight of government_
  52  While he enjoys the honour and his ease.
  53  And, Clarence, now then it is more than needful
  54  Forthwith that Edward be pronounced a traitor,
  55  And all his lands and goods be confiscate.
  56  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> What else? And that succession be determined.
  57  <S WARWICK> Ay, therein Clarence shall not want his part.
  58  <S KING HENRY> But with the first of all your chief affairs,
  59  Let me entreat_for I command no more_
  60  That Margaret your queen and my son Edward
  61  Be sent for, to return from France with speed.
  62  For, till I see them here, by doubtful fear
  63  My joy of liberty is half eclipsed.
  64  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> It shall be done, my sovereign, with all speed.
  65  <S KING HENRY> My lord of Somerset, what youth is that
  66  Of whom you seem to have so tender care?
  67  <S SOMERSET> My liege, it is young Henry, Earl of Richmond.
  68B <S KING HENRY> Come hither, England's hope.<T dsd> {King Henry lays his  +
  68B hand on Richmond's head}<T verse> If secret powers
  69  Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts,
  70  This pretty lad will prove our country's bliss.
  71  His looks are full of peaceful majesty,
  72  His head by nature framed to wear a crown,
  73  His hand to wield a sceptre, and himself
  74  Likely in time to bless a regal throne.
  75  Make much of him, my lords, for this is he
  76  Must help you more than you are hurt by me.<T dsd> {Enter a Post}
  77A <S WARWICK> <T verse> What news, my friend?
  78  <S POST> That Edward is escape\d from your brother
  79  And fled, as he hears since, to Burgundy.
  80  <S WARWICK> Unsavoury news_but how made he escape?
  81  <S POST> He was conveyed by Richard Duke of Gloucester
  82  And the Lord Hastings, who attended him
  83  In secret ambush on the forest side
  84  And from the Bishop's huntsmen rescued him_
  85  For hunting was his daily exercise.
  86  <S WARWICK> My brother was too careless of his charge.
  87  <T asd> {(To King Henry)}<T verse> But let us hence, my sovereign, to    +
  87  provide
  88  A salve for any sore that may betide.<T esd> {Exeunt all but Somerset,   +
  88  Richmond, and Oxford}
  89  <S SOMERSET> <T asd> {(to Oxford)}<T verse> My lord, I like not of this  +
  89  flight of Edward's,
  90  For doubtless Burgundy will yield him help,
  91  And we shall have more wars before 't be long.
  92  As Henry's late presaging prophecy
  93  Did glad my heart with hope of this young Richmond,
  94  So doth my heart misgive me, in these conflicts,
  95  What may befall him, to his harm and ours.
  96  Therefore, Lord Oxford, to prevent the worst,
  97  Forthwith we'll send him hence to Brittany,
  98  Till storms be past of civil enmity.
  99  <S OXFORD> Ay, for if Edward repossess the crown,
 100  'Tis like that Richmond with the rest shall down.
 101  <S SOMERSET> It shall be so_he shall to Brittany.
 102  Come, therefore, let's about it speedily.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 8> <T dsd> {Flourish. Enter King Edward, Richard Duke of Gloucester,  +
   0  and Lord Hastings, [with a troop of Hollanders]}
   1  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Now, brother Richard, Lord Hastings, and the   +
   1  rest,
   2  Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends,
   3  And says that once more I shall interchange
   4  My wane\d state for Henry's regal crown.
   5  Well have we passed and now repassed the seas
   6  And brought desire\d help from Burgundy.
   7  What then remains, we being thus arrived
   8  From Ravenspurgh haven before the gates of York,
   9  But that we enter, as into our dukedom?<T dsd> {[Hastings] knocks at     +
   9  the gates of York}
  10  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> The gates made fast? Brother, I      +
  10  like not this.
  11  For many men that stumble at the threshold
  12  Are well foretold that danger lurks within.
  13  <S KING EDWARD> Tush, man, abodements must not now affright us.
  14  By fair or foul means we must enter in,
  15  For hither will our friends repair to us.
  16  <S HASTINGS> My liege, I'll knock once more to summon them.<T dsd> {He   +
  16  knocks.}
  17  {Enter, on the walls, the Mayor and aldermen of York}<S MAYOR> <T verse>+
  17   My lords, we were forewarne\d of your coming,
  18  And shut the gates for safety of ourselves_
  19  For now we owe allegiance unto Henry.
  20  <S KING EDWARD> But, Master Mayor, if Henry be your king,
  21  Yet Edward at the least is Duke of York.
  22  <S MAYOR> True, my good lord, I know you for no less.
  23  <S KING EDWARD> Why, and I challenge nothing but my dukedom,
  24  As being well content with that alone.
  25  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside)}<T verse> But when the fox    +
  25  hath once got in his nose,
  26  He'll soon find means to make the body follow.
  27  <S HASTINGS> Why, Master Mayor, why stand you in a doubt?
  28  Open the gates_we are King Henry's friends.
  29  <S MAYOR> Ay, say you so? The gates shall then be opened.<T dsd> {They   +
  29  descend}
  30  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> A wise stout captain, and soon       +
  30  persuaded.
  31  <S HASTINGS> The good old man would fain that all were well,
  32  So 'twere not long of him; but being entered,
  33  I doubt not, I, but we shall soon persuade
  34  Both him and all his brothers unto reason.<T dsd> {Enter below the       +
  34  Mayor and two aldermen}
  35  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> So, Master Mayor, these gates must not be      +
  35  shut
  36  But in the night or in the time of war.
  37  What_fear not, man, but yield me up the keys,<T dsd> {King Edward takes  +
  37  some keys from the Mayor}
  38  <T verse> For Edward will defend the town and thee,
  39  And all those friends that deign to follow me.<T dsd> {March. Enter Sir  +
  39  John Montgomery with a drummer and soldiers}
  40  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> Brother, this is Sir John            +
  40  Montgomery,
  41  Our trusty friend, unless I be deceived.
  42  <S KING EDWARD> Welcome, Sir John_but why come you in arms?
  43  <S MONTGOMERY> To help King Edward in his time of storm,
  44  As every loyal subject ought to do.
  45  <S KING EDWARD> Thanks, good Montgomery, but we now forget
  46  Our title to the crown, and only claim
  47  Our dukedom till God please to send the rest.
  48  <S MONTGOMERY> Then fare you well, for I will hence again.
  49  I came to serve a king and not a duke.
  50  Drummer, strike up, and let us march away.<T dsd> {The drummer begins    +
  50  to sound a march}
  51  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Nay, stay, Sir John, a while, and we'll        +
  51  debate
  52  By what safe means the crown may be recovered.
  53  <S MONTGOMERY> What talk you of debating? In few words,
  54  If you'll not here proclaim yourself our king
  55  I'll leave you to your fortune and be gone
  56  To keep them back that come to succour you.
  57  Why shall we fight, if you pretend no title?
  58  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(to King Edward)}<T verse> Why,       +
  58  brother, wherefore stand you on nice points?
  59  <S KING EDWARD> When we grow stronger, then we'll make our claim.
  60  Till then 'tis wisdom to conceal our meaning.
  61  <S HASTINGS> Away with scrupulous wit! Now arms must rule.
  62  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.
  63  Brother, we will proclaim you out of hand,
  64  The bruit thereof will bring you many friends.
  65  <S KING EDWARD> Then be it as you will, for 'tis my right,
  66  And Henry but usurps the diadem.
  67  <S MONTGOMERY> Ay, now my sovereign speaketh like himself,
  68  And now will I be Edward's champion.
  69  <S HASTINGS> Sound trumpet, Edward shall be here proclaimed.
  70  <T asd> {[To Montgomery]}<T verse> Come, fellow soldier, make thou       +
  70  proclamation.<T dsd> {Flourish}
  71  <S [MONTGOMERY]> <T prose> Edward the Fourth, by the grace of God
  72  King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland_
  73  <T verse> And whosoe'er gainsays King Edward's right,
  74  By this I challenge him to single fight.<T dsd> {He throws down his      +
  74  gauntlet}
  75A <S ALL> <T verse> Long live Edward the Fourth!
  76  <S KING EDWARD> Thanks, brave Montgomery, and thanks unto you all.
  77  If fortune serve me I'll requite this kindness.
  78  Now, for this night, let's harbour here in York;
  79  And when the morning sun shall raise his car
  80  Above the border of this horizon,
  81  We'll forward towards Warwick and his mates.
  82  For well I wot that Henry is no soldier.
  83  Ah, froward Clarence, how evil it beseems thee
  84  To flatter Henry and forsake thy brother!
  85  Yet, as we may, we'll meet both thee and Warwick.
  86  Come on, brave soldiers_doubt not of the day
  87  And, that once gotten, doubt not of large pay.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 9> <T dsd> {Flourish. Enter King Henry, the Earl of Warwick, the      +
   0  Marquis of Montague, George Duke of Clarence, and the Earl of Oxford}
   1  <S WARWICK> <T verse> What counsel, lords? Edward from Belgia,
   2  With hasty Germans and blunt Hollanders,
   3  Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas,
   4  And with his troops doth march amain to London,
   5  And many giddy people flock to him.
   6  <S KING HENRY> Let's levy men and beat him back again.
   7  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> A little fire is quickly trodden out,
   8  Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench.
   9  <S WARWICK> In Warwickshire I have true-hearted friends,
  10  Not mutinous in peace, yet bold in war.
  11  Those will I muster up. And thou, son Clarence,
  12  Shalt stir in Suffolk, Norfolk, and in Kent,
  13  The knights and gentlemen to come with thee.
  14  Thou, brother Montague, in Buckingham,
  15  Northampton, and in Leicestershire shalt find
  16  Men well inclined to hear what thou command'st.
  17  And thou, brave Oxford, wondrous well beloved
  18  In Oxfordshire, shalt muster up thy friends.
  19  My sovereign, with the loving citizens,
  20  Like to his island girt in with the ocean,
  21  Or modest Dian circled with her nymphs,
  22  Shall rest in London till we come to him.
  23  Fair lords, take leave and stand not to reply.
  24  Farewell, my sovereign.
  25  <S KING HENRY> Farewell, my Hector, and my Troy's true hope.
  26  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> In sign of truth, I kiss your highness'           +
  26  hand.<T dsd> {He kisses King Henry's hand}
  27  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> Well-minded Clarence, be thou fortunate.
  28  <S MONTAGUE> Comfort, my lord, and so I take my leave.<T dsd> {[He       +
  28  kisses King Henry's hand]}
  29  <S OXFORD> <T verse> And thus I seal my truth and bid adieu.<T dsd>      +
  29  {[He kisses King Henry's hand]}
  30  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> Sweet Oxford, and my loving Montague,
  31  And all at once, once more a happy farewell.<T esd> {[Exit]}
  32  <S WARWICK> <T verse> Farewell, sweet lords_let's meet at                +
  32  Coventry.<T esd> {Exeunt [severally]}
   0  <Y 10> <T dsd> {[Enter King Henry and the Duke of Exeter]}
   1  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> Here at the palace will I rest a while.
   2  Cousin of Exeter, what thinks your lordship?
   3  Methinks the power that Edward hath in field
   4  Should not be able to encounter mine.
   5  <S EXETER> The doubt is that he will seduce the rest.
   6  <S KING HENRY> That's not my fear. My meed hath got me fame.
   7  I have not stopped mine ears to their demands,
   8  Nor posted off their suits with slow delays.
   9  My pity hath been balm to heal their wounds,
  10  My mildness hath allayed their swelling griefs,
  11  My mercy dried their water-flowing tears.
  12  I have not been desirous of their wealth,
  13  Nor much oppressed them with great subsidies,
  14  Nor forward of revenge, though they much erred.
  15  Then why should they love Edward more than me?
  16  No, Exeter, these graces challenge grace;
  17  And when the lion fawns upon the lamb,
  18  The lamb will never cease to follow him.<T dsd> {Shout within `A         +
  18  Lancaster", [`A York"]}
  19  <S EXETER> <T verse> Hark, hark, my lord_what shouts are these?<T dsd>   +
  19  {Enter King Edward and Richard Duke of Gloucester, with soldiers}
  20  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Seize on the shame-faced Henry_bear him        +
  20  hence,
  21  And once again proclaim us King of England.
  22  You are the fount that makes small brooks to flow.
  23  Now stops thy spring_my sea shall suck them dry,
  24  And swell so much the higher by their ebb.
  25  Hence with him to the Tower_let him not speak.<T esd> {Exeunt some with  +
  25  King Henry and Exeter}
  26  <T verse> And lords, towards Coventry bend we our course,
  27  Where peremptory Warwick now remains.
  28  The sun shines hot, and, if we use delay,
  29  Cold biting winter mars our hoped-for hay.
  30  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Away betimes, before his forces join,
  31  And take the great-grown traitor unawares.
  32  Brave warriors, march amain towards Coventry.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <X 5> <Y 1> <T dsd> {Enter the Earl of Warwick, the Mayor of Coventry,   +
   0  two Messengers, and others upon the walls}
   1  <S WARWICK> <T verse> Where is the post that came from valiant           +
   1  Oxford?<T dsd> {[The First Messenger steps forward]}
   2  <T verse> How far hence is thy lord, mine honest fellow?
   3  <S FIRST MESSENGER> By this at Dunsmore, marching hitherward.
   4  <S WARWICK> How far off is our brother Montague?
   5  Where is the post that came from Montague?<T dsd> {[The Second           +
   5  Messenger steps forward]}
   6  <S SECOND MESSENGER> <T verse> By this at Da'ntry, with a puissant       +
   6  troop.<T dsd> {Enter Somerville [to them, above]}
   7  <S WARWICK> <T verse> Say, Somerville_what says my loving son?
   8  And, by thy guess, how nigh is Clarence now?
   9  <S SOMERVILLE> At Southam I did leave him with his forces,
  10  And do expect him here some two hours hence.<T dsd> {A march afar off}
  11  <S WARWICK> <T verse> Then Clarence is at hand_I hear his drum.
  12  <S SOMERVILLE> It is not his, my lord. Here Southam lies.
  13  The drum your honour hears marcheth from Warwick.
  14  <S WARWICK> Who should that be? Belike, unlooked-for friends.
  15  <S SOMERVILLE> They are at hand, and you shall quickly know.<T dsd>      +
  15  {Flourish. Enter below King Edward and Richard Duke of Gloucester, with  +
  15  soldiers}
  16  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Go, trumpet, to the walls, and sound a         +
  16  parley.<T dsd> {[Sound a parley]}
  17  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> See how the surly Warwick mans the   +
  17  wall.
  18  <S WARWICK> O, unbid spite_is sportful Edward come?
  19  Where slept our scouts, or how are they seduced,
  20  That we could hear no news of his repair?
  21  <S KING EDWARD> Now, Warwick, wilt thou ope the city gates,
  22  Speak gentle words, and humbly bend thy knee,
  23  Call Edward king, and at his hands beg mercy?
  24  And he shall pardon thee these outrages.
  25  <S WARWICK> Nay, rather, wilt thou draw thy forces hence,
  26  Confess who set thee up and plucked thee down,
  27  Call Warwick patron, and be penitent?
  28  And thou shalt still remain the Duke of York.
  29  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> I thought at least he would have said `the     +
  29  King".
  30  Or did he make the jest against his will?
  31  <S WARWICK> Is not a dukedom, sir, a goodly gift?
  32  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Ay, by my faith, for a poor earl to give.
  33  I'll do thee service for so good a gift.
  34  <S WARWICK> 'Twas I that gave the kingdom to thy brother.
  35  <S KING EDWARD> Why then, 'tis mine, if but by Warwick's gift.
  36  <S WARWICK> Thou art no Atlas for so great a weight;
  37  And, weakling, Warwick takes his gift again;
  38  And Henry is my king, Warwick his subject.
  39  <S KING EDWARD> But Warwick's king is Edward's prisoner,
  40  And, gallant Warwick, do but answer this:
  41  What is the body when the head is off?
  42  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Alas, that Warwick had no more forecast,
  43  But whiles he thought to steal the single ten,
  44  The king was slyly fingered from the deck.
  45  <T asd> {[To Warwick]}<T verse> You left poor Henry at the Bishop's      +
  45  palace,
  46  And ten to one you'll meet him in the Tower.
  47  <S KING EDWARD> 'Tis even so_<T asd> {[to Warwick]}<T verse> yet you     +
  47  are Warwick still.
  48  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Come, Warwick, take the time_kneel down,       +
  48  kneel down.
  49  Nay, when? Strike now, or else the iron cools.
  50  <S WARWICK> I had rather chop this hand off at a blow,
  51  And with the other fling it at thy face,
  52  Than bear so low a sail to strike to thee.
  53  <S KING EDWARD> Sail how thou canst, have wind and tide thy friend,
  54  This hand, fast wound about thy coal-black hair,
  55  Shall, whiles thy head is warm and new cut off,
  56  Write in the dust this sentence with thy blood:
  57  `Wind-changing Warwick now can change no more".<T dsd> {Enter the Earl   +
  57  of Oxford, with a drummer and [soldiers bearing] colours}
  58  <S WARWICK> <T verse> O cheerful colours! See where Oxford comes.
  59  <S OXFORD> Oxford, Oxford, for Lancaster!<T esd> {[Oxford and his men    +
  59  pass over the stage and exeunt into the city]}
  60  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(to King Edward)}<T verse> The gates  +
  60  are open_let us enter too.
  61  <S KING EDWARD> So other foes may set upon our backs?
  62  Stand we in good array, for they no doubt
  63  Will issue out again and bid us battle.
  64  If not, the city being but of small defence,
  65  We'll quickly rouse the traitors in the same.
  66  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {[to Oxford, within]}<T verse> O, welcome,           +
  66  Oxford_for we want thy help.<T dsd> {Enter the Marquis of Montague with  +
  66  a drummer and [soldiers bearing] colours}
  67  <S MONTAGUE> <T verse> Montague, Montague, for Lancaster!<T esd>         +
  67  {[Montague and his men pass over the stage and exeunt into the city]}
  68  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> Thou and thy brother both shall bye  +
  68  this treason
  69  Even with the dearest blood your bodies bear.
  70  <S KING EDWARD> The harder matched, the greater victory.
  71  My mind presageth happy gain and conquest.<T dsd> {Enter the Duke of     +
  71  Somerset with a drummer and [soldiers bearing] colours}
  72  <S SOMERSET> <T verse> Somerset, Somerset, for Lancaster!<T esd>         +
  72  {[Somerset and his men pass over the stage and exeunt into the city]}
  73  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> Two of thy name, both dukes of       +
  73  Somerset,
  74  Have sold their lives unto the house of York_
  75  And thou shalt be the third, an this sword hold.<T dsd> {Enter George    +
  75  Duke of Clarence with a drummer and [soldiers bearing] colours}
  76  <S WARWICK> <T verse> And lo, where George of Clarence sweeps along,
  77  Of force enough to bid his brother battle;
  78  With whom an upright zeal to right prevails
  79  More than the nature of a brother's love.
  80  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> Clarence, Clarence, for Lancaster!
  81  <S KING EDWARD> {Et tu, Brute}_wilt thou stab Caesar too?
  82  <T asd> {(To a trumpeter)}<T verse> A parley, sirra, to George of        +
  82  Clarence.<T dsd> {Sound a parley. Richard of Gloucester and George of    +
  82  Clarence whisper together}
  83  <S WARWICK> <T verse> Come, Clarence, come_thou wilt if Warwick call.
  84  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> Father of Warwick, know you what this             +
  84  means?<T dsd> {[He takes his red rose out of his hat and throws it at    +
  84  Warwick]}
  85  <T verse> Look_here I throw my infamy at thee!
  86  I will not ruinate my father's house,
  87  Who gave his blood to lime the stones together,
  88  And set up Lancaster. Why, trowest thou, Warwick,
  89  That Clarence is so harsh, so blunt, unnatural,
  90  To bend the fatal instruments of war
  91  Against his brother and his lawful king?
  92  Perhaps thou wilt object my holy oath.
  93  To keep that oath were more impiety
  94  Than Jephthah, when he sacrificed his daughter.
  95  I am so sorry for my trespass made
  96  That, to deserve well at my brothers' hands,
  97  I here proclaim myself thy mortal foe,
  98  With resolution, wheresoe'er I meet thee_
  99  As I will meet thee, if thou stir abroad_
 100  To plague thee for thy foul misleading me.
 101  And so, proud-hearted Warwick, I defy thee,
 102  And to my brothers turn my blushing cheeks.
 103  <T asd> {(To King Edward)}<T verse> Pardon me, Edward_I will make        +
 103  amends.
 104  <T asd> {(To Richard)}<T verse> And, Richard, do not frown upon my       +
 104  faults,
 105  For I will henceforth be no more unconstant.
 106  <S KING EDWARD> Now welcome more, and ten times more beloved,
 107  Than if thou never hadst deserved our hate.
 108  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(to George)}<T verse> Welcome, good   +
 108  Clarence_this is brother-like.
 109  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {(to George)}<T verse> O, passing traitor_perjured   +
 109  and unjust!
 110  <S KING EDWARD> What, Warwick, wilt thou leave the town and fight?
 111  Or shall we beat the stones about thine ears?
 112  <S WARWICK> <T asd> {[aside]}<T verse> Alas, I am not cooped here for    +
 112  defence.
 113  <T asd> {(To King Edward)}<T verse> I will away towards Barnet           +
 113  presently,
 114  And bid thee battle, Edward, if thou dar'st.
 115  <S KING EDWARD> Yes, Warwick_Edward dares, and leads the way.
 116  Lords, to the field_Saint George and victory!<T esd> {Exeunt below King  +
 116  Edward and his company.}
   0  {March. The Earl of Warwick and his company descend and follow}<Y 2>     +
   0  <T dsd> {Alarum and excursions. Enter King Edward bringing forth the     +
   0  Earl of Warwick, wounded}
   1  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> So lie thou there. Die thou, and die our       +
   1  fear_
   2  For Warwick was a bug that feared us all.
   3  Now, Montague, sit fast_I seek for thee
   4  That Warwick's bones may keep thine company.<T esd> {Exit}
   5  <S WARWICK> <T verse> Ah, who is nigh? Come to me, friend or foe,
   6  And tell me who is victor, York or Warwick?
   7  Why ask I that? My mangled body shows,
   8  My blood, my want of strength, my sick heart shows,
   9  That I must yield my body to the earth
  10  And by my fall the conquest to my foe.
  11  Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge,
  12  Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle,
  13  Under whose shade the ramping lion slept,
  14  Whose top-branch over-peered Jove's spreading tree
  15  And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind.
  16  These eyes, that now are dimmed with death's black veil,
  17  Have been as piercing as the midday sun
  18  To search the secret treasons of the world.
  19  The wrinkles in my brows, now filled with blood,
  20  Were likened oft to kingly sepulchres_
  21  For who lived king, but I could dig his grave?
  22  And who durst smile when Warwick bent his brow?
  23  Lo now my glory smeared in dust and blood.
  24  My parks, my walks, my manors that I had,
  25  Even now forsake me, and of all my lands
  26  Is nothing left me but my body's length.
  27  Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust?
  28  And, live we how we can, yet die we must.<T dsd> {Enter the Earl of      +
  28  Oxford and the Duke of Somerset}
  29  <S SOMERSET> <T verse> Ah, Warwick, Warwick_wert thou as we are,
  30  We might recover all our loss again.
  31  The Queen from France hath brought a puissant power.
  32  Even now we heard the news. Ah, couldst thou fly!
  33  <S WARWICK> Why, then I would not fly. Ah, Montague,
  34  If thou be there, sweet brother, take my hand,
  35  And with thy lips keep in my soul a while.
  36  Thou lov'st me not_for, brother, if thou didst,
  37  Thy tears would wash this cold congeale\d blood
  38  That glues my lips and will not let me speak.
  39  Come quickly, Montague, or I am dead.
  40  <S SOMERSET> Ah, Warwick_Montague hath breathed his last,
  41  And to the latest gasp cried out for Warwick,
  42  And said `Commend me to my valiant brother."
  43  And more he would have said, and more he spoke,
  44  Which sounded like a canon in a vault,
  45  That mote not be distinguished; but at last
  46  I well might hear, delivered with a groan,
  47  `O, farewell, Warwick."
  48  <S WARWICK> Sweet rest his soul. Fly, lords, and save yourselves_
  49  For Warwick bids you all farewell, to meet in heaven.<T esd> {He dies}
  50  <S OXFORD> <T verse> Away, away_to meet the Queen's great power!<T esd>  +
  50  {Here they bear away Warwick's body. Exeunt}
   0  <Y 3> <T dsd> {Flourish. Enter King Edward in triumph, with Richard      +
   0  Duke of Gloucester, George Duke of Clarence, and [soldiers]}
   1  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course,
   2  And we are graced with wreaths of victory.
   3  But in the midst of this bright-shining day
   4  I spy a black suspicious threatening cloud
   5  That will encounter with our glorious sun
   6  Ere he attain his easeful western bed.
   7  I mean, my lords, those powers that the Queen
   8  Hath raised in Gallia have arrived our coast,
   9  And, as we hear, march on to fight with us.
  10  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> A little gale will soon disperse that cloud,
  11  And blow it to the source from whence it came.
  12  Thy very beams will dry those vapours up,
  13  For every cloud engenders not a storm.
  14  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> The Queen is valued thirty thousand strong,
  15  And Somerset, with Oxford, fled to her.
  16  If she have time to breathe, be well assured,
  17  Her faction will be full as strong as ours.
  18  <S KING EDWARD> We are advertised by our loving friends
  19  That they do hold their course toward Tewkesbury.
  20  We, having now the best at Barnet field,
  21  Will thither straight, for willingness rids way_
  22  And, as we march, our strength will be augmented
  23  In every county as we go along.
  24  Strike up the drum, cry `Courage!"; and away.<T esd> {[Flourish.         +
  24  March.] Exeunt}
   0  <Y 4> <T dsd> {Flourish. March. Enter Queen Margaret, Prince Edward,     +
   0  the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Oxford, and soldiers}
   1  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T verse> Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail    +
   1  their loss,
   2  But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.
   3  What though the mast be now blown overboard,
   4  The cable broke, the holding-anchor lost,
   5  And half our sailors swallowed in the flood?
   6  Yet lives our pilot still. Is 't meet that he
   7  Should leave the helm and, like a fearful lad,
   8  With tearful eyes add water to the sea,
   9  And give more strength to that which hath too much,
  10  Whiles, in his moan, the ship splits on the rock
  11  Which industry and courage might have saved?
  12  Ah, what a shame; ah, what a fault were this.
  13  Say Warwick was our anchor_what of that?
  14  And Montague our top-mast_what of him?
  15  Our slaughtered friends the tackles_what of these?
  16  Why, is not Oxford here another anchor?
  17  And Somerset another goodly mast?
  18  The friends of France our shrouds and tacklings?
  19  And, though unskilful, why not Ned and I
  20  For once allowed the skilful pilot's charge?
  21  We will not from the helm to sit and weep,
  22  But keep our course, though the rough wind say no,
  23  From shelves and rocks that threaten us with wreck.
  24  As good to chide the waves as speak them fair.
  25  And what is Edward but a ruthless sea?
  26  What Clarence but a quicksand of deceit?
  27  And Richard but a ragge\d fatal rock?
  28  All these the enemies to our poor barque.
  29  Say you can swim_alas, 'tis but a while;
  30  Tread on the sand_why, there you quickly sink;
  31  Bestride the rock_the tide will wash you off,
  32  Or else you famish. That's a threefold death.
  33  This speak I, lords, to let you understand,
  34  If case some one of you would fly from us,
  35  That there's no hoped-for mercy with the brothers York
  36  More than with ruthless waves, with sands, and rocks.
  37  Why, courage then_what cannot be avoided
  38  'Twere childish weakness to lament or fear.
  39  <S PRINCE EDWARD> Methinks a woman of this valiant spirit
  40  Should, if a coward heard her speak these words,
  41  Infuse his breast with magnanimity
  42  And make him, naked, foil a man at arms.
  43  I speak not this as doubting any here_
  44  For did I but suspect a fearful man,
  45  He should have leave to go away betimes,
  46  Lest in our need he might infect another
  47  And make him of like spirit to himself.
  48  If any such be here_as God forbid_
  49  Let him depart before we need his help.
  50  <S OXFORD> Women and children of so high a courage,
  51  And warriors faint_why, 'twere perpetual shame!
  52  O brave young Prince, thy famous grandfather
  53  Doth live again in thee! Long mayst thou live
  54  To bear his image and renew his glories!
  55  <S SOMERSET> And he that will not fight for such a hope,
  56  Go home to bed, and like the owl by day,
  57  If he arise, be mocked and wondered at.
  58  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Thanks, gentle Somerset; sweet Oxford, thanks.
  59  <S PRINCE EDWARD> And take his thanks that yet hath nothing else.<T dsd>+
  59   {Enter a Messenger}
  60  <S MESSENGER> <T verse> Prepare you, lords, for Edward is at hand
  61  Ready to fight_therefore be resolute.
  62  <S OXFORD> I thought no less. It is his policy
  63  To haste thus fast to find us unprovided.
  64  <S SOMERSET> But he's deceived; we are in readiness.
  65  <S QUEEN MARGARET> This cheers my heart, to see your forwardness.
  66  <S OXFORD> Here pitch our battle_hence we will not budge.<T dsd>         +
  66  {Flourish and march. Enter King Edward, Richard Duke of Gloucester, and  +
  66  George Duke of Clarence, with soldiers}
  67  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(to his followers)}<T verse> Brave followers,   +
  67  yonder stands the thorny wood
  68  Which, by the heavens' assistance and your strength,
  69  Must by the roots be hewn up yet ere night.
  70  I need not add more fuel to your fire,
  71  For well I wot ye blaze to burn them out.
  72  Give signal to the fight, and to it, lords.
  73  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T asd> {(to her followers)}<T verse> Lords,          +
  73  knights, and gentlemen_what I should say
  74  My tears gainsay; for every word I speak
  75  Ye see I drink the water of my eye.
  76  Therefore, no more but this: Henry your sovereign
  77  Is prisoner to the foe, his state usurped,
  78  His realm a slaughter-house, his subjects slain,
  79  His statutes cancelled, and his treasure spent_
  80  And yonder is the wolf that makes this spoil.
  81  You fight in justice; then in God's name, lords,
  82  Be valiant, and give signal to the fight.<T dsd> {Alarum, retreat,       +
  82  excursions. Exeunt}
   0  <Y 5> {Flourish. Enter King Edward, Richard Duke of Gloucester, and      +
   0  George Duke of Clarence with Queen Margaret, the Earl of Oxford, and     +
   0  the Duke of Somerset, guarded}
   1  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Now here a period of tumultuous broils.
   2  Away with Oxford to Hames Castle straight;
   3  For Somerset, off with his guilty head.
   4  Go bear them hence_I will not hear them speak.
   5  <S OXFORD> For my part, I'll not trouble thee with words.<T esd> {Exit,  +
   5  guarded}
   6  <S SOMERSET> <T verse> Nor I, but stoop with patience to my              +
   6  fortune.<T esd> {Exit, guarded}
   7  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T verse> So part we sadly in this troublous world
   8  To meet with joy in sweet Jerusalem.
   9  <S KING EDWARD> Is proclamation made that who finds Edward
  10  Shall have a high reward and he his life?
  11  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> It is, and lo where youthful Edward            +
  11  comes.<T dsd> {Enter Prince Edward, guarded}
  12  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Bring forth the gallant_let us hear him        +
  12  speak.
  13  What, can so young a thorn begin to prick?
  14  Edward, what satisfaction canst thou make
  15  For bearing arms, for stirring up my subjects,
  16  And all the trouble thou hast turned me to?
  17  <S PRINCE EDWARD> Speak like a subject, proud ambitious York.
  18  Suppose that I am now my father's mouth_
  19  Resign thy chair, and where I stand, kneel thou,
  20  Whilst I propose the self-same words to thee,
  21  Which, traitor, thou wouldst have me answer to.
  22  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Ah, that thy father had been so resolved.
  23  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> That you might still have worn the petticoat
  24  And ne'er have stolen the breech from Lancaster.
  25  <S PRINCE EDWARD> Let Aesop fable in a winter's night_
  26  His currish riddles sorts not with this place.
  27  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> By heaven, brat, I'll plague ye for that       +
  27  word.
  28  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Ay, thou wast born to be a plague to men.
  29  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> For God's sake take away this captive scold.
  30  <S PRINCE EDWARD> Nay, take away this scolding crookback rather.
  31  <S KING EDWARD> Peace, wilful boy, or I will charm your tongue.
  32  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> <T asd> {(to Prince Edward)}<T verse> Untutored   +
  32  lad, thou art too malapert.
  33  <S PRINCE EDWARD> I know my duty_you are all undutiful.
  34  Lascivious Edward, and thou, perjured George,
  35  And thou, misshapen Dick_I tell ye all
  36  I am your better, traitors as ye are,
  37  And thou usurp'st my father's right and mine.
  38  <S KING EDWARD> Take that, the likeness of this railer here.<T dsd>      +
  38  {King Edward stabs Prince Edward}
  39  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> Sprawl'st thou? Take that, to end    +
  39  thy agony.<T dsd> {Richard stabs Prince Edward}
  40  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> <T verse> And there's for twitting me with        +
  40  perjury.<T dsd> {George stabs Prince Edward, [who dies]}
  41B <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T verse> O, kill me too!<S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER>    +
  41B Marry, and shall.<T dsd> {He offers to kill her}
  42  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Hold, Richard, hold_for we have done too       +
  42  much.
  43  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Why should she live to fill the world with     +
  43  words?<T dsd> {Queen Margaret faints}
  44  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> What_doth she swoon? Use means for her         +
  44  recovery.
  45  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside to George)}<T verse>           +
  45  Clarence, excuse me to the King my brother.
  46  I'll hence to London on a serious matter.
  47  Ere ye come there, be sure to hear some news.
  48A <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> <T asd> {(aside to Richard)}<T verse> What?       +
  48A What?
  49  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside to George)}<T verse> The       +
  49  Tower, the Tower.<T esd> {Exit}
  50  <S QUEEN MARGARET> <T verse> O Ned, sweet Ned_speak to thy mother, boy.
  51  Canst thou not speak? O traitors, murderers!
  52  They that stabbed Caesar shed no blood at all,
  53  Did not offend, nor were not worthy blame,
  54  If this foul deed were by to equal it.
  55  He was a man_this, in respect, a child;
  56  And men ne'er spend their fury on a child.
  57  What's worse than murderer that I may name it?
  58  No, no, my heart will burst an if I speak;
  59  And I will speak that so my heart may burst.
  60  Butchers and villains! Bloody cannibals!
  61  How sweet a plant have you untimely cropped!
  62  You have no children, butchers; if you had,
  63  The thought of them would have stirred up remorse.
  64  But if you ever chance to have a child,
  65  Look in his youth to have him so cut off
  66  As, deathsmen, you have rid this sweet young Prince!
  67  <S KING EDWARD> Away with her_go, bear her hence perforce.
  68  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Nay, never bear me hence_dispatch me here.
  69  Here sheathe thy sword_I'll pardon thee my death.
  70  What? Wilt thou not? Then, Clarence, do it thou.
  71  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> By heaven, I will not do thee so much ease.
  72  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Good Clarence, do; sweet Clarence, do thou do it.
  73  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> Didst thou not hear me swear I would not do it?
  74  <S QUEEN MARGARET> Ay, but thou usest to forswear thyself.
  75  'Twas sin before, but now 'tis charity.
  76  What, wilt thou not? Where is that devil's butcher,
  77  Hard-favoured Richard? Richard, where art thou?
  78  Thou art not here. Murder is thy alms-deed_
  79  Petitioners for blood thou ne'er putt'st back.
  80  <S KING EDWARD> Away, I say_I charge ye, bear her hence.
  81  <S QUEEN MARGARET> So come to you and yours as to this Prince!<T esd>    +
  81  {Exit, guarded}
  82A <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Where's Richard gone?
  83  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> To London all in post_<T asd> {[aside]}<T verse>  +
  83  and as I guess,
  84  To make a bloody supper in the Tower.
  85  <S KING EDWARD> He's sudden if a thing comes in his head.
  86  Now march we hence. Discharge the common sort
  87  With pay and thanks, and let's away to London,
  88  And see our gentle Queen how well she fares.
  89  By this I hope she hath a son for me.<T esd> {Exeunt}
   0  <Y 6> <T dsd> {Enter on the walls King Henry the Sixth, reading a book,  +
   0  Richard Duke of Gloucester, and the Lieutenant of the Tower}
   1  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> Good day, my lord. What, at your     +
   1  book so hard?
   2  <S KING HENRY> Ay, my good lord_`my lord", I should say, rather.
   3  'Tis sin to flatter; `good" was little better.
   4  `Good Gloucester" and `good devil" were alike,
   5  And both preposterous_therefore not `good lord".
   6  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(to the Lieutenant)}<T verse>         +
   6  Sirrah, leave us to ourselves. We must confer.<T esd> {Exit Lieutenant}
   7  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> So flies the reckless shepherd from the wolf;
   8  So first the harmless sheep doth yield his fleece,
   9  And next his throat unto the butcher's knife.
  10  What scene of death hath Roscius now to act?
  11  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind;
  12  The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
  13  <S KING HENRY> The bird that hath been lime\d in a bush
  14  With trembling wings misdoubteth every bush.
  15  And I, the hapless male to one sweet bird,
  16  Have now the fatal object in my eye
  17  Where my poor young was limed, was caught and killed.
  18  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Why, what a peevish fool was that of Crete,
  19  That taught his son the office of a fowl!
  20  And yet, for all his wings, the fool was drowned.
  21  <S KING HENRY> I, Daedalus; my poor boy, Icarus;
  22  Thy father, Minos, that denied our course;
  23  The sun that seared the wings of my sweet boy,
  24  Thy brother Edward; and thyself, the sea,
  25  Whose envious gulf did swallow up his life.
  26  Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words!
  27  My breast can better brook thy dagger's point
  28  Than can my ears that tragic history.
  29  But wherefore dost thou come? Is 't for my life?
  30  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Think'st thou I am an executioner?
  31  <S KING HENRY> A persecutor I am sure thou art;
  32  If murdering innocents be executing,
  33  Why, then thou art an executioner.
  34  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> Thy son I killed for his presumption.
  35  <S KING HENRY> Hadst thou been killed when first thou didst presume,
  36  Thou hadst not lived to kill a son of mine.
  37  And thus I prophesy: that many a thousand
  38  Which now mistrust no parcel of my fear,
  39  And many an old man's sigh, and many a widow's,
  40  And many an orphan's water-standing eye_
  41  Men for their sons', wives for their husbands',
  42  Orphans for their parents' timeless death_
  43  Shall rue the hour that ever thou wast born.
  44  The owl shrieked at thy birth_an evil sign;
  45  The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time;
  46  Dogs howled, and hideous tempests shook down trees;
  47  The raven rooked her on the chimney's top;
  48  And chatt'ring pies in dismal discords sung.
  49  Thy mother felt more than a mother's pain,
  50  And yet brought forth less than a mother's hope_
  51  To wit, an indigested and deforme\d lump,
  52  Not like the fruit of such a goodly tree.
  53  Teeth hadst thou in thy head when thou wast born,
  54  To signify thou cam'st to bite the world;
  55  And if the rest be true which I have heard
  56  Thou cam'st_
  57  <S RICHARD> I'll hear no more. Die, prophet, in thy speech,<T dsd> {He   +
  57  stabs him}
  58  <T verse> For this, amongst the rest, was I ordained.
  59  <S KING HENRY> Ay, and for much more slaughter after this.
  60  O, God forgive my sins, and pardon thee.<T esd> {He dies}
  61  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T verse> What_will the aspiring blood of      +
  61  Lancaster
  62  Sink in the ground? I thought it would have mounted.
  63  See how my sword weeps for the poor King's death.
  64  O, may such purple tears be alway shed
  65  From those that wish the downfall of our house!
  66  If any spark of life be yet remaining,
  67  Down, down to hell, and say I sent thee thither_<T dsd> {He stabs him    +
  67  again}
  68  <T verse> I that have neither pity, love, nor fear.
  69  Indeed, 'tis true that Henry told me of,
  70  For I have often heard my mother say
  71  I came into the world with my legs forward.
  72  Had I not reason, think ye, to make haste,
  73  And seek their ruin that usurped our right?
  74  The midwife wondered and the women cried
  75  `O, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!"_
  76  And so I was, which plainly signified
  77  That I should snarl and bite and play the dog.
  78  Then, since the heavens have shaped my body so,
  79  Let hell make crooked my mind to answer it.
  80  I had no father, I am like no father;
  81  I have no brother, I am like no brother;
  82  And this word, `love", which greybeards call divine,
  83  Be resident in men like one another
  84  And not in me_I am myself alone.
  85  Clarence, beware; thou kept'st me from the light_
  86  But I will sort a pitchy day for thee.
  87  For I will buzz abroad such prophecies
  88  That Edward shall be fearful of his life,
  89  And then, to purge his fear, I'll be thy death.
  90  Henry and his son are gone; thou, Clarence, art next;
  91  And by one and one I will dispatch the rest,
  92  Counting myself but bad till I be best.
  93  I'll throw thy body in another room
  94  And triumph, Henry, in thy day of doom.<T esd> {Exit with the body}
   0  <Y 7> <T dsd> {[A chair of state.] Flourish. Enter King Edward, Lady     +
   0  Gray his Queen, George Duke of Clarence, Richard Duke of Gloucester,     +
   0  the Lord Hastings, a nurse carrying the infant Prince Edward, and        +
   0  attendants}
   1  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Once more we sit in England's royal throne,
   2  Repurchased with the blood of enemies.
   3  What valiant foemen, like to autumn's corn,
   4  Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
   5  Three dukes of Somerset, threefold renowned
   6  For hardy and undoubted champions;
   7  Two Cliffords, as the father and the son;
   8  And two Northumberlands_two braver men
   9  Ne'er spurred their coursers at the trumpet's sound.
  10  With them, the two brave bears, Warwick and Montague,
  11  That in their chains fettered the kingly lion
  12  And made the forest tremble when they roared.
  13  Thus have we swept suspicion from our seat
  14  And made our footstool of security.
  15  <T asd> {(To Lady Gray)}<T verse> Come hither, Bess, and let me kiss my  +
  15  boy.<T dsd> {The nurse brings forth the infant prince. King Edward       +
  15  kisses him}
  16  <T verse> Young Ned, for thee, thine uncles and myself
  17  Have in our armours watched the winter's night,
  18  Went all afoot in summer's scalding heat,
  19  That thou mightst repossess the crown in peace;
  20  And of our labours thou shalt reap the gain.
  21  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> <T asd> {(aside)}<T verse> I'll blast his      +
  21  harvest, an your head were laid;
  22  For yet I am not looked on in the world.
  23  This shoulder was ordained so thick to heave;
  24  And heave it shall some weight or break my back.
  25  Work thou the way, and thou shalt execute.
  26  <S KING EDWARD> Clarence and Gloucester, love my lovely queen;
  27  And kiss your princely nephew, brothers, both.
  28  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> The duty that I owe unto your majesty
  29  I seal upon the lips of this sweet babe.<T dsd> {He kisses the infant    +
  29  prince}
  30  <S LADY GRAY> <T verse> Thanks, noble Clarence_worthy brother, thanks.
  31  <S RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER> And that I love the tree from whence thou      +
  31  sprang'st,
  32  Witness the loving kiss I give the fruit.<T dsd> {He kisses the infant   +
  32  prince}
  33  <T asd> {(Aside)}<T verse> To say the truth, so Judas kissed his         +
  33  master,
  34  And cried `All hail!" whenas he meant all harm.
  35  <S KING EDWARD> Now am I seated as my soul delights,
  36  Having my country's peace and brothers' loves.
  37  <S GEORGE OF CLARENCE> What will your grace have done with Margaret?
  38  Rene/ her father, to the King of France
  39  Hath pawned the Sicils and Jerusalem,
  40  And hither have they sent it for her ransom.
  41  <S KING EDWARD> Away with her, and waft her hence to France.
  42  And now what rests but that we spend the time
  43  With stately triumphs, mirthful comic shows,
  44  Such as befits the pleasure of the court?
  45  Sound drums and trumpets_farewell, sour annoy!
  46  For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.<T esd> {[Flourish.] Exeunt}
   0  <X AP> <Y A><S ><T >
   0  [[Our edition adopts the 1595 version of 1.1.120-5 in the belief that it
   0  reflects an authorial revision; an edited text of the Folio alternative
   0  follows.]]
   1  <S KING HENRY> <T verse> Peace, thou_and give King Henry leave to speak.
   2  <S WARWICK> Plantagenet shall speak first_hear him, lords,
   3  And be you silent and attentive too,
   4  For he that interrupts him shall not live.
   5  <S KING HENRY> <T asd> {[to York]} <T verse> Think'st thou that I will   +
   5  leave my kingly throne,
   0  <Y B><S ><T >
   0  <A uncertain>
   0  [[The 1595 text abridges 5.4.82.1-5.5.17, and may reflect authorial
   0  revision. An edited text of the abridged passage follows:]]
   1  <S ALL THE LANCASTER PARTY> <T verse> Saint George for Lancaster!        +
   1  <T dsd> {Alarums to the battle. [The house of] York flies, then the      +
   1  chambers are discharged. Then enter King Edward, George of Clarence, and +
   1  Richard of Gloucester, and their followers: they make a great shout,     +
   1  and cry `For York!                                                       +
   1  For York!" Then Queen Margaret, Prince Edward, Oxford and Somerset are   +
   1  all taken prisoner. Flourish, and enter all again}
   2  <S KING EDWARD> <T verse> Now here a period of tumultuous broils.
   3  Away with Oxford to Hames Castle straight;
   4  For Somerset, off with his guilty head.
   5  Go, bear them hence_I will not hear them speak.
   6  <S OXFORD> For my part, I'll not trouble thee with words.<T esd> {Exit,  +
   6  guarded}
   7  <S SOMERSET> <T verse> Nor I, but stoop with patience to my death.       +
   7  <T esd> {Exit, guarded}
   8  <S KING EDWARD> <T asd> {(to Prince Edward)} <T verse> Edward, what      +
   8  satisfaction canst thou make
   9  For stirring up my subjects to rebellion?
  10  <S PRINCE EDWARD> Speak like a subject, proud ambitious York.
      <T characters><X ><Y ><S ><A >
      [[`Edward" and `King Edward" are the same character; so too are
      `George" and `George of Clarence", and `Richard" and
      `Richard of Gloucester"]]
      ALL
      ALL THE LANCASTER PARTY
      CLIFFORD
      EDWARD
      EXETER
      FIRST GAMEKEEPER
      FIRST MESSENGER
      FIRST SOLDIER
      FIRST WATCHMAN
      GEORGE
      GEORGE OF CLARENCE
      HASTINGS
      HUNTSMAN
      KING EDWARD
      KING HENRY
      KING LOUIS
      LADY BONA
      LADY GRAY
      LIEUTENANT
      MAYOR
      MESSENGER
      MONTAGUE
      MONTGOMERY
      NOBLEMAN
      NORFOLK
      NORTHUMBERLAND
      OXFORD
      POST
      PRINCE EDWARD
      QUEEN MARGARET
      RICHARD
      RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER
      RIVERS
      RUTLAND
      SECOND GAMEKEEPER
      SECOND MESSENGER
      SECOND SOLDIER
      SECOND WATCHMAN
      SIR JOHN
      SOLDIER
      SOMERSET
      SOMERVILLE
      THIRD WATCHMAN
      TUTOR
      WARWICK
      WESTMORLAND
      YORK
      [EDWARD]
      [MONTGOMERY]
      [NORTHUMBERLAND]
      [RICHARD]
      <A ><D ><H ><K ><O ><S ><T ><X ><Y >