Speeches (Lines) for (stage directions)
in "Henry VI, Part I"
Total: 124

1

I,1,1

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Dead March. Enter the Funeral of KING HENRY the]
Fifth, attended on by Dukes of BEDFORD, Regent of
France; GLOUCESTER, Protector; and EXETER, Earl of
WARWICK, the BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, Heralds, &c]

2

I,1,61

Duke of Bedford. Cease, cease these jars and rest your minds in peace:
Let's to the altar: heralds, wait on us:
Instead of gold, we'll offer up our arms:
Since arms avail not now that Henry's dead.
Posterity, await for wretched years,
When at their mothers' moist eyes babes shall suck,
Our isle be made a nourish of salt tears,
And none but women left to wail the dead.
Henry the Fifth, thy ghost I invocate:
Prosper this realm, keep it from civil broils,
Combat with adverse planets in the heavens!
A far more glorious star thy soul will make
Than Julius Caesar or bright—

(stage directions). [Enter a Messenger]

3

I,1,94

Duke of Bedford. Me they concern; Regent I am of France.
Give me my steeled coat. I'll fight for France.
Away with these disgraceful wailing robes!
Wounds will I lend the French instead of eyes,
To weep their intermissive miseries.

(stage directions). [Enter to them another Messenger]

4

I,1,109

Duke of Bedford. Gloucester, why doubt'st thou of my forwardness?
An army have I muster'd in my thoughts,
Wherewith already France is overrun.

(stage directions). [Enter another Messenger]

5

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Duke of Bedford. I do remember it; and here take my leave,
To go about my preparation.

(stage directions). [Exit]

6

I,1,178

Duke of Gloucester. I'll to the Tower with all the haste I can,
To view the artillery and munition;
And then I will proclaim young Henry king.

(stage directions). [Exit]

7

I,1,182

Duke of Exeter. To Eltham will I, where the young king is,
Being ordain'd his special governor,
And for his safety there I'll best devise.

(stage directions). [Exit]

8

I,1,188

Winchester. Each hath his place and function to attend:
I am left out; for me nothing remains.
But long I will not be Jack out of office:
The king from Eltham I intend to steal
And sit at chiefest stern of public weal.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

9

I,2,189

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Sound a flourish. Enter CHARLES, ALENCON, and]
REIGNIER, marching with drum and Soldiers]

10

I,2,239

Duke of Alencon. Be it so.

(stage directions). [Enter the BASTARD OF ORLEANS]

11

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Charles, King of France. Go, call her in.
[Exit BASTARD OF ORLEANS]
But first, to try her skill,
Reignier, stand thou as Dauphin in my place:
Question her proudly; let thy looks be stern:
By this means shall we sound what skill she hath.

(stage directions). [Re-enter the BASTARD OF ORLEANS, with JOAN LA PUCELLE]

12

I,2,302

Joan la Pucelle. And while I live, I'll ne'er fly from a man.

(stage directions). [Here they fight, and JOAN LA PUCELLE overcomes]

13

I,2,350

Charles, King of France. Presently we'll try: come, let's away about it:
No prophet will I trust, if she prove false.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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I,3,351

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter GLOUCESTER, with his Serving-men in blue coats]

15

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Duke of Gloucester. I will not answer thee with words, but blows.

(stage directions). [Here they skirmish again]

16

I,3,453

Lord Mayor of London. See the coast clear'd, and then we will depart.
Good God, these nobles should such stomachs bear!
I myself fight not once in forty year.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

17

I,4,454

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter, on the walls, a Master Gunner and his Boy]

18

I,4,475

Master-Gunner. But now thou shalt not. Be thou ruled by me:
Chief master-gunner am I of this town;
Something I must do to procure me grace.
The prince's espials have informed me
How the English, in the suburbs close intrench'd,
Wont, through a secret grate of iron bars
In yonder tower, to overpeer the city,
And thence discover how with most advantage
They may vex us with shot, or with assault.
To intercept this inconvenience,
A piece of ordnance 'gainst it I have placed;
And even these three days have I watch'd,
If I could see them.
Now do thou watch, for I can stay no longer.
If thou spy'st any, run and bring me word;
And thou shalt find me at the governor's.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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I,4,515

Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. With scoffs and scorns and contumelious taunts.
In open market-place produced they me,
To be a public spectacle to all:
Here, said they, is the terror of the French,
The scarecrow that affrights our children so.
Then broke I from the officers that led me,
And with my nails digg'd stones out of the ground,
To hurl at the beholders of my shame:
My grisly countenance made others fly;
None durst come near for fear of sudden death.
In iron walls they deem'd me not secure;
So great fear of my name 'mongst them was spread,
That they supposed I could rend bars of steel,
And spurn in pieces posts of adamant:
Wherefore a guard of chosen shot I had,
That walked about me every minute-while;
And if I did but stir out of my bed,
Ready they were to shoot me to the heart.

(stage directions). [Enter the Boy with a linstock]

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I,4,529

Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. For aught I see, this city must be famish'd,
Or with light skirmishes enfeebled.

(stage directions). [Here they shoot. SALISBURY and GARGRAVE fall]

21

I,4,561

Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. What chance is this that suddenly hath cross'd us?
Speak, Salisbury; at least, if thou canst speak:
How farest thou, mirror of all martial men?
One of thy eyes and thy cheek's side struck off!
Accursed tower! accursed fatal hand
That hath contrived this woful tragedy!
In thirteen battles Salisbury o'ercame;
Henry the Fifth he first train'd to the wars;
Whilst any trump did sound, or drum struck up,
His sword did ne'er leave striking in the field.
Yet livest thou, Salisbury? though thy speech doth fail,
One eye thou hast, to look to heaven for grace:
The sun with one eye vieweth all the world.
Heaven, be thou gracious to none alive,
If Salisbury wants mercy at thy hands!
Bear hence his body; I will help to bury it.
Sir Thomas Gargrave, hast thou any life?
Speak unto Talbot; nay, look up to him.
Salisbury, cheer thy spirit with this comfort;
Thou shalt not die whiles—
He beckons with his hand and smiles on me.
As who should say 'When I am dead and gone,
Remember to avenge me on the French.'
Plantagenet, I will; and like thee, Nero,
Play on the lute, beholding the towns burn:
Wretched shall France be only in my name.
[Here an alarum, and it thunders and lightens]
What stir is this? what tumult's in the heavens?
Whence cometh this alarum and the noise?

(stage directions). [Enter a Messenger]

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Messenger. My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head:
The Dauphin, with one Joan la Pucelle join'd,
A holy prophetess new risen up,
Is come with a great power to raise the siege.

(stage directions). [Here SALISBURY lifteth himself up and groans]

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Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. Hear, hear how dying Salisbury doth groan!
It irks his heart he cannot be revenged.
Frenchmen, I'll be a Salisbury to you:
Pucelle or puzzel, dolphin or dogfish,
Your hearts I'll stamp out with my horse's heels,
And make a quagmire of your mingled brains.
Convey me Salisbury into his tent,
And then we'll try what these dastard Frenchmen dare.

(stage directions). [Alarum. Exeunt]

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I,5,576

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Here an alarum again: and TALBOT pursueth the]
DAUPHIN, and driveth him: then enter JOAN LA
PUCELLE, driving Englishmen before her, and exit
after them then re-enter TALBOT]

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Joan la Pucelle. Come, come, 'tis only I that must disgrace thee.

(stage directions). [Here they fight]

26

I,5,594

Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. Heavens, can you suffer hell so to prevail?
My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage
And from my shoulders crack my arms asunder.
But I will chastise this high-minded strumpet.

(stage directions). [They fight again]

27

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Joan la Pucelle. Talbot, farewell; thy hour is not yet come:
I must go victual Orleans forthwith.
[A short alarum; then enter the town with soldiers]
O'ertake me, if thou canst; I scorn thy strength.
Go, go, cheer up thy hungry-starved men;
Help Salisbury to make his testament:
This day is ours, as many more shall be.

(stage directions). [Exit]

28

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Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel;
I know not where I am, nor what I do;
A witch, by fear, not force, like Hannibal,
Drives back our troops and conquers as she lists:
So bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench
Are from their hives and houses driven away.
They call'd us for our fierceness English dogs;
Now, like to whelps, we crying run away.
[A short alarum]
Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight,
Or tear the lions out of England's coat;
Renounce your soil, give sheep in lions' stead:
Sheep run not half so treacherous from the wolf,
Or horse or oxen from the leopard,
As you fly from your oft-subdued slaves.
[Alarum. Here another skirmish]
It will not be: retire into your trenches:
You all consented unto Salisbury's death,
For none would strike a stroke in his revenge.
Pucelle is enter'd into Orleans,
In spite of us or aught that we could do.
O, would I were to die with Salisbury!
The shame hereof will make me hide my head.

(stage directions). [Exit TALBOT. Alarum; retreat; flourish]

29

I,6,627

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter, on the walls, JOAN LA PUCELLE, CHARLES,]
REIGNIER, ALENCON, and Soldiers]

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I,6,660

Charles, King of France. 'Tis Joan, not we, by whom the day is won;
For which I will divide my crown with her,
And all the priests and friars in my realm
Shall in procession sing her endless praise.
A statelier pyramis to her I'll rear
Than Rhodope's or Memphis' ever was:
In memory of her when she is dead,
Her ashes, in an urn more precious
Than the rich-jewel'd of Darius,
Transported shall be at high festivals
Before the kings and queens of France.
No longer on Saint Denis will we cry,
But Joan la Pucelle shall be France's saint.
Come in, and let us banquet royally,
After this golden day of victory.

(stage directions). [Flourish. Exeunt]

31

II,1,661

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter a Sergeant of a band with two Sentinels]

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II,1,721

Bastard of Orleans. Tut, holy Joan was his defensive guard.

(stage directions). [Enter CHARLES and JOAN LA PUCELLE]

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Soldier. I'll be so bold to take what they have left.
The cry of Talbot serves me for a sword;
For I have loaden me with many spoils,
Using no other weapon but his name.

(stage directions). [Exit]

34

II,2,759

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter TALBOT, BEDFORD, BURGUNDY, a Captain, and others]

35

II,2,763

Duke of Bedford. The day begins to break, and night is fled,
Whose pitchy mantle over-veil'd the earth.
Here sound retreat, and cease our hot pursuit.

(stage directions). [Retreat sounded]

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Duke of Burgundy. Myself, as far as I could well discern
For smoke and dusky vapours of the night,
Am sure I scared the Dauphin and his trull,
When arm in arm they both came swiftly running,
Like to a pair of loving turtle-doves
That could not live asunder day or night.
After that things are set in order here,
We'll follow them with all the power we have.

(stage directions). [Enter a Messenger]

37

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Captain. I do, my lord, and mean accordingly.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

38

II,3,825

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter the COUNTESS and her Porter]

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Porter. Madam, I will.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Countess of Auvergne. The plot is laid: if all things fall out right,
I shall as famous be by this exploit
As Scythian Tomyris by Cyrus' death.
Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight,
And his achievements of no less account:
Fain would mine eyes be witness with mine ears,
To give their censure of these rare reports.

(stage directions). [Enter Messenger and TALBOT]

41

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Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. Marry, for that she's in a wrong belief,
I go to certify her Talbot's here.

(stage directions). [Re-enter Porter with keys]

42

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Countess of Auvergne. With all my heart, and think me honoured
To feast so great a warrior in my house.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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II,4,917

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter the Earls of SOMERSET, SUFFOLK, and WARWICK;]
RICHARD PLANTAGENET, VERNON, and another Lawyer]

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Earl of Suffolk. Go forward and be choked with thy ambition!
And so farewell until I meet thee next.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Duke/Earl of Somerset. Have with thee, Pole. Farewell, ambitious Richard.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). Thanks, gentle sir.
Come, let us four to dinner: I dare say
This quarrel will drink blood another day.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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II,5,1075

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter MORTIMER, brought in a chair, and Gaolers]

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Edmund Mortimer. Enough: my soul shall then be satisfied.
Poor gentleman! his wrong doth equal mine.
Since Henry Monmouth first began to reign,
Before whose glory I was great in arms,
This loathsome sequestration have I had:
And even since then hath Richard been obscured,
Deprived of honour and inheritance.
But now the arbitrator of despairs,
Just death, kind umpire of men's miseries,
With sweet enlargement doth dismiss me hence:
I would his troubles likewise were expired,
That so he might recover what was lost.

(stage directions). [Enter RICHARD PLANTAGENET]

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Edmund Mortimer. Thou dost then wrong me, as that slaughterer doth
Which giveth many wounds when one will kill.
Mourn not, except thou sorrow for my good;
Only give order for my funeral:
And so farewell, and fair be all thy hopes
And prosperous be thy life in peace and war!

(stage directions). [Dies]

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Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). And peace, no war, befall thy parting soul!
In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage
And like a hermit overpass'd thy days.
Well, I will lock his counsel in my breast;
And what I do imagine let that rest.
Keepers, convey him hence, and I myself
Will see his burial better than his life.
[Exeunt Gaolers, bearing out the body of MORTIMER]
Here dies the dusky torch of Mortimer,
Choked with ambition of the meaner sort:
And for those wrongs, those bitter injuries,
Which Somerset hath offer'd to my house:
I doubt not but with honour to redress;
And therefore haste I to the parliament,
Either to be restored to my blood,
Or make my ill the advantage of my good.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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III,1,1216

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, EXETER, GLOUCESTER,]
WARWICK, SOMERSET, and SUFFOLK; the BISHOP OF
WINCHESTER, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, and others.
GLOUCESTER offers to put up a bill; BISHOP OF
WINCHESTER snatches it, and tears it]

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Earl of Warwick. An uproar, I dare warrant,
Begun through malice of the bishop's men.

(stage directions). [A noise again, 'Stones! stones!' Enter Mayor]

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Lord Mayor of London. O, my good lords, and virtuous Henry,
Pity the city of London, pity us!
The bishop and the Duke of Gloucester's men,
Forbidden late to carry any weapon,
Have fill'd their pockets full of pebble stones
And banding themselves in contrary parts
Do pelt so fast at one another's pate
That many have their giddy brains knock'd out:
Our windows are broke down in every street
And we for fear compell'd to shut our shops.

(stage directions). [Enter Serving-men, in skirmish, with bloody pates]

54

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Second Serving-Man. Do what ye dare, we are as resolute.

(stage directions). [Skirmish again]

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First Serving-Man. Ay, and the very parings of our nails
Shall pitch a field when we are dead.

(stage directions). [Begin again]

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Third Serving-Man. And I will see what physic the tavern affords.

(stage directions). [Exeunt Serving-men, Mayor, &c]

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Duke of Gloucester. Your ships already are in readiness.

(stage directions). [Sennet. Flourish. Exeunt all but EXETER]

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Duke of Exeter. Ay, we may march in England or in France,
Not seeing what is likely to ensue.
This late dissension grown betwixt the peers
Burns under feigned ashes of forged love
And will at last break out into a flame:
As fester'd members rot but by degree,
Till bones and flesh and sinews fall away,
So will this base and envious discord breed.
And now I fear that fatal prophecy
Which in the time of Henry named the Fifth
Was in the mouth of every sucking babe;
That Henry born at Monmouth should win all
And Henry born at Windsor lose all:
Which is so plain that Exeter doth wish
His days may finish ere that hapless time.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter JOAN LA PUCELLE disguised, with four Soldiers]
with sacks upon their backs]

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First Soldier. Our sacks shall be a mean to sack the city,
And we be lords and rulers over Rouen;
Therefore we'll knock.

(stage directions). [Knocks]

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Joan la Pucelle. Behold, this is the happy wedding torch
That joineth Rouen unto her countrymen,
But burning fatal to the Talbotites!

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Reignier. Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends;
Enter, and cry 'The Dauphin!' presently,
And then do execution on the watch.

(stage directions). [Alarum. Exeunt]

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(stage directions). [Alarum. Exeunt]

(stage directions). [An alarum. Enter TALBOT in an excursion]

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Joan la Pucelle. Away, captains! let's get us from the walls;
For Talbot means no goodness by his looks.
God be wi' you, my lord! we came but to tell you
That we are here.

(stage directions). [Exeunt from the walls]

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Sir John Fastolfe. Ay,
All the Talbots in the world, to save my life!

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Duke of Bedford. Now, quiet soul, depart when heaven please,
For I have seen our enemies' overthrow.
What is the trust or strength of foolish man?
They that of late were daring with their scoffs
Are glad and fain by flight to save themselves.

(stage directions). [BEDFORD dies, and is carried in by two in his chair]

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(stage directions). [BEDFORD dies, and is carried in by two in his chair]

(stage directions). [An alarum. Re-enter TALBOT, BURGUNDY, and the rest]

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Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. But yet, before we go, let's not forget
The noble Duke of Bedford late deceased,
But see his exequies fulfill'd in Rouen:
A braver soldier never couched lance,
A gentler heart did never sway in court;
But kings and mightiest potentates must die,
For that's the end of human misery.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter CHARLES, the BASTARD OF ORLEANS, ALENCON, JOAN]
LA PUCELLE, and forces]

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Joan la Pucelle. Your honours shall perceive how I will work
To bring this matter to the wished end.
[Drum sounds afar off]
Hark! by the sound of drum you may perceive
Their powers are marching unto Paris-ward.
[Here sound an English march. Enter, and pass over]
at a distance, TALBOT and his forces]
There goes the Talbot, with his colours spread,
And all the troops of English after him.
[French march. Enter BURGUNDY and forces]
Now in the rearward comes the duke and his:
Fortune in favour makes him lag behind.
Summon a parley; we will talk with him.

(stage directions). [Trumpets sound a parley]

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Charles, King of France. Now let us on, my lords, and join our powers,
And seek how we may prejudice the foe.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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III,4,1703

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter KING HENRY VI, GLOUCESTER, BISHOP OF]
WINCHESTER, YORK, SUFFOLK, SOMERSET, WARWICK,
EXETER, VERNON. BASSET, and others. To them
with his Soldiers, TALBOT]

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Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. My gracious prince, and honourable peers,
Hearing of your arrival in this realm,
I have awhile given truce unto my wars,
To do my duty to my sovereign:
In sign, whereof, this arm, that hath reclaim'd
To your obedience fifty fortresses,
Twelve cities and seven walled towns of strength,
Beside five hundred prisoners of esteem,
Lets fall his sword before your highness' feet,
And with submissive loyalty of heart
Ascribes the glory of his conquest got
First to my God and next unto your grace.

(stage directions). [Kneels]

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Henry VI. Welcome, brave captain and victorious lord!
When I was young, as yet I am not old,
I do remember how my father said
A stouter champion never handled sword.
Long since we were resolved of your truth,
Your faithful service and your toil in war;
Yet never have you tasted our reward,
Or been reguerdon'd with so much as thanks,
Because till now we never saw your face:
Therefore, stand up; and, for these good deserts,
We here create you Earl of Shrewsbury;
And in our coronation take your place.

(stage directions). [Sennet. Flourish. Exeunt all but VERNON and BASSET]

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Vernon. Hark ye; not so: in witness, take ye that.

(stage directions). [Strikes him]

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Vernon. Well, miscreant, I'll be there as soon as you;
And, after, meet you sooner than you would.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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IV,1,1756

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter KING HENRY VI, GLOUCESTER, BISHOP OF]
WINCHESTER, YORK, SUFFOLK, SOMERSET, WARWICK,
TALBOT, EXETER, the Governor, of Paris, and others]

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Duke of Gloucester. Now, governor of Paris, take your oath,
That you elect no other king but him;
Esteem none friends but such as are his friends,
And none your foes but such as shall pretend
Malicious practises against his state:
This shall ye do, so help you righteous God!

(stage directions). [Enter FASTOLFE]

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Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. I go, my lord, in heart desiring still
You may behold confusion of your foes.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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(stage directions). [Exit]

(stage directions). [Enter VERNON and BASSET]

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Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). An if I wist he did,—but let it rest;
Other affairs must now be managed.

(stage directions). [Exeunt all but EXETER]

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Duke of Exeter. Well didst thou, Richard, to suppress thy voice;
For, had the passions of thy heart burst out,
I fear we should have seen decipher'd there
More rancorous spite, more furious raging broils,
Than yet can be imagined or supposed.
But howsoe'er, no simple man that sees
This jarring discord of nobility,
This shouldering of each other in the court,
This factious bandying of their favourites,
But that it doth presage some ill event.
'Tis much when sceptres are in children's hands;
But more when envy breeds unkind division;
There comes the rain, there begins confusion.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter TALBOT, with trump and drum]

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General. Thou ominous and fearful owl of death,
Our nation's terror and their bloody scourge!
The period of thy tyranny approacheth.
On us thou canst not enter but by death;
For, I protest, we are well fortified
And strong enough to issue out and fight:
If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed,
Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee:
On either hand thee there are squadrons pitch'd,
To wall thee from the liberty of flight;
And no way canst thou turn thee for redress,
But death doth front thee with apparent spoil
And pale destruction meets thee in the face.
Ten thousand French have ta'en the sacrament
To rive their dangerous artillery
Upon no Christian soul but English Talbot.
Lo, there thou stand'st, a breathing valiant man,
Of an invincible unconquer'd spirit!
This is the latest glory of thy praise
That I, thy enemy, due thee withal;
For ere the glass, that now begins to run,
Finish the process of his sandy hour,
These eyes, that see thee now well coloured,
Shall see thee wither'd, bloody, pale and dead.
[Drum afar off]
Hark! hark! the Dauphin's drum, a warning bell,
Sings heavy music to thy timorous soul;
And mine shall ring thy dire departure out.

(stage directions). [Exeunt General, &c]

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Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. He fables not; I hear the enemy:
Out, some light horsemen, and peruse their wings.
O, negligent and heedless discipline!
How are we park'd and bounded in a pale,
A little herd of England's timorous deer,
Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs!
If we be English deer, be then in blood;
Not rascal-like, to fall down with a pinch,
But rather, moody-mad and desperate stags,
Turn on the bloody hounds with heads of steel
And make the cowards stand aloof at bay:
Sell every man his life as dear as mine,
And they shall find dear deer of us, my friends.
God and Saint George, Talbot and England's right,
Prosper our colours in this dangerous fight!

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter a Messenger that meets YORK. Enter YORK]
with trumpet and many Soldiers]

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Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). A plague upon that villain Somerset,
That thus delays my promised supply
Of horsemen, that were levied for this siege!
Renowned Talbot doth expect my aid,
And I am lowted by a traitor villain
And cannot help the noble chevalier:
God comfort him in this necessity!
If he miscarry, farewell wars in France.

(stage directions). [Enter Sir William LUCY]

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Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). Alas, what joy shall noble Talbot have
To bid his young son welcome to his grave?
Away! vexation almost stops my breath,
That sunder'd friends greet in the hour of death.
Lucy, farewell; no more my fortune can,
But curse the cause I cannot aid the man.
Maine, Blois, Poictiers, and Tours, are won away,
'Long all of Somerset and his delay.

(stage directions). [Exit, with his soldiers]

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Sir William Lucy. Thus, while the vulture of sedition
Feeds in the bosom of such great commanders,
Sleeping neglection doth betray to loss
The conquest of our scarce cold conqueror,
That ever living man of memory,
Henry the Fifth: whiles they each other cross,
Lives, honours, lands and all hurry to loss.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter SOMERSET, with his army; a Captain of]
TALBOT's with him]

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Captain. Here is Sir William Lucy, who with me
Set from our o'ermatch'd forces forth for aid.

(stage directions). [Enter Sir William LUCY]

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Sir William Lucy. His fame lives in the world, his shame in you.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

93

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter TALBOT and JOHN his son]

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Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. Then here I take my leave of thee, fair son,
Born to eclipse thy life this afternoon.
Come, side by side together live and die.
And soul with soul from France to heaven fly.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Alarum: excursions, wherein JOHN TALBOT is]
hemmed about, and TALBOT rescues him]

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Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury. Then follow thou thy desperate sire of Crete,
Thou Icarus; thy life to me is sweet:
If thou wilt fight, fight by thy father's side;
And, commendable proved, let's die in pride.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Alarum: excursions. Enter TALBOT led by a Servant]

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Servant. O, my dear lord, lo, where your son is borne!

(stage directions). [Enter Soldiers, with the body of JOHN TALBOT]

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Charles, King of France. So we be rid of them, do with 'em what thou wilt.
And now to Paris, in this conquering vein:
All will be ours, now bloody Talbot's slain.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Sennet. Enter KING HENRY VI, GLOUCESTER, and EXETER]

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Henry VI. In argument and proof of which contract,
Bear her this jewel, pledge of my affection.
And so, my lord protector, see them guarded
And safely brought to Dover; where inshipp'd
Commit them to the fortune of the sea.

(stage directions). [Exeunt all but CARDINAL OF WINCHESTER and Legate]

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Winchester. [Aside] Now Winchester will not submit, I trow,
Or be inferior to the proudest peer.
Humphrey of Gloucester, thou shalt well perceive
That, neither in birth or for authority,
The bishop will be overborne by thee:
I'll either make thee stoop and bend thy knee,
Or sack this country with a mutiny.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

103

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter CHARLES, BURGUNDY, ALENCON, BASTARD OF]
ORLEANS, REIGNIER, JOAN LA PUCELLE, and forces]

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Joan la Pucelle. Peace be amongst them, if they turn to us;
Else, ruin combat with their palaces!

(stage directions). [Enter Scout]

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Charles, King of France. Then on, my lords; and France be fortunate!

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Alarum. Excursions. Enter JOAN LA PUCELLE]

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Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). Curse, miscreant, when thou comest to the stake.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(stage directions). [Exeunt]

(stage directions). [Alarum. Enter SUFFOLK with MARGARET in his hand]

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Reignier. Upon thy princely warrant, I descend
To give thee answer of thy just demand.

(stage directions). [Exit from the walls]

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Earl of Suffolk. And here I will expect thy coming.

(stage directions). [Trumpets sound. Enter REIGNIER, below]

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Queen Margaret. Farewell, my lord: good wishes, praise and prayers
Shall Suffolk ever have of Margaret.

(stage directions). [Going]

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Earl of Suffolk. And this withal.

(stage directions). [Kisses her]

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Queen Margaret. That for thyself: I will not so presume
To send such peevish tokens to a king.

(stage directions). [Exeunt REIGNIER and MARGARET]

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Earl of Suffolk. O, wert thou for myself! But, Suffolk, stay;
Thou mayst not wander in that labyrinth;
There Minotaurs and ugly treasons lurk.
Solicit Henry with her wondrous praise:
Bethink thee on her virtues that surmount,
And natural graces that extinguish art;
Repeat their semblance often on the seas,
That, when thou comest to kneel at Henry's feet,
Thou mayst bereave him of his wits with wonder.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter YORK, WARWICK, and others]

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Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). Bring forth that sorceress condemn'd to burn.

(stage directions). [Enter JOAN LA PUCELLE, guarded, and a Shepherd]

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Shepherd. 'Tis true, I gave a noble to the priest
The morn that I was wedded to her mother.
Kneel down and take my blessing, good my girl.
Wilt thou not stoop? Now cursed be the time
Of thy nativity! I would the milk
Thy mother gave thee when thou suck'dst her breast,
Had been a little ratsbane for thy sake!
Or else, when thou didst keep my lambs a-field,
I wish some ravenous wolf had eaten thee!
Dost thou deny thy father, cursed drab?
O, burn her, burn her! hanging is too good.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Joan la Pucelle. Then lead me hence; with whom I leave my curse:
May never glorious sun reflex his beams
Upon the country where you make abode;
But darkness and the gloomy shade of death
Environ you, till mischief and despair
Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves!

(stage directions). [Exit, guarded]

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Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). Break thou in pieces and consume to ashes,
Thou foul accursed minister of hell!

(stage directions). [Enter CARDINAL OF WINCHESTER, attended]

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Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). Then swear allegiance to his majesty,
As thou art knight, never to disobey
Nor be rebellious to the crown of England,
Thou, nor thy nobles, to the crown of England.
So, now dismiss your army when ye please:
Hang up your ensign, let your drums be still,
For here we entertain a solemn peace.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter SUFFOLK in conference with KING HENRY VI,]
GLOUCESTER and EXETER]

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Henry VI. Whether it be through force of your report,
My noble Lord of Suffolk, or for that
My tender youth was never yet attaint
With any passion of inflaming love,
I cannot tell; but this I am assured,
I feel such sharp dissension in my breast,
Such fierce alarums both of hope and fear,
As I am sick with working of my thoughts.
Take, therefore, shipping; post, my lord, to France;
Agree to any covenants, and procure
That Lady Margaret do vouchsafe to come
To cross the seas to England and be crown'd
King Henry's faithful and anointed queen:
For your expenses and sufficient charge,
Among the people gather up a tenth.
Be gone, I say; for, till you do return,
I rest perplexed with a thousand cares.
And you, good uncle, banish all offence:
If you do censure me by what you were,
Not what you are, I know it will excuse
This sudden execution of my will.
And so, conduct me where, from company,
I may revolve and ruminate my grief.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Duke of Gloucester. Ay, grief, I fear me, both at first and last.

(stage directions). [Exeunt GLOUCESTER and EXETER]

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Earl of Suffolk. Thus Suffolk hath prevail'd; and thus he goes,
As did the youthful Paris once to Greece,
With hope to find the like event in love,
But prosper better than the Trojan did.
Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king;
But I will rule both her, the king and realm.

(stage directions). [Exit]