home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- $Unique_ID{SSP00365}
- $Title{King Henry VI, Part III: Act IV, Scene II}
- $Author{Shakespeare, William}
- $Subject{}
- $Log{Dramatis Personae*00350.txt}
-
- Portions copyright (c) CMC ReSearch, Inc., 1989
-
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
-
- KING HENRY VI, PART III
-
-
- ACT IV
- ................................................................................
-
-
- SCENE II: A plain in Warwickshire.
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-
- {Enter WARWICK and OXFORD, with French soldiers.}
-
- WARWICK: Trust me, my lord, all hitherto goes well;
- The common people by numbers swarm to us.
-
- {Enter CLARENCE and SOMERSET.}
-
- But see where Somerset and Clarence come!
- Speak suddenly, my lords, are we all friends?
-
- CLARENCE: Fear not that, my lord.
-
- WARWICK: Then, gentle Clarence, welcome unto Warwick;
- And welcome, Somerset: I hold it cowardice
- To rest mistrustful where a noble heart
- Hath pawn'd an open hand in sign of love;
- Else might I think that Clarence, Edward's brother, 10
- Were but a feigned friend to our proceedings:
- But welcome, sweet Clarence; my daughter shall be
- thine.
- And now what rests but, in night's coverture,
- Thy brother being carelessly encamp'd,
- His soldiers lurking in the towns about,
- And but attended by a simple guard,
- We may surprise and take him at our pleasure?
- Our scouts have found the adventure very easy:
- That as Ulysses and stout Diomede
- With sleight and manhood stole to Rhesus' tents, 20
- And brought from thence the Thracian fatal steeds,
- So we, well cover'd with the night's black mantle,
- At unawares may beat down Edward's guard
- And seize himself; I say not, slaughter him,
- For I intend but only to surprise him.
- You that will follow me to this attempt,
- Applaud the name of Henry with your leader.
-
- [They all cry, 'Henry!']
-
- Why, then, let's on our way in silent sort:
- For Warwick and his friends, God and Saint George!
-
- [Exeunt.]