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Henry VI, Part I
[I, 2] |
Charles, King of France |
230 |
Let's leave this town; for they are hare-brain'd slaves,
And hunger will enforce them to be more eager:
Of old I know them; rather with their teeth
The walls they'll tear down than forsake the siege.
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2 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 2] |
Joan la Pucelle |
262 |
Reignier, is't thou that thinkest to beguile me?
Where is the Dauphin? Come, come from behind;
I know thee well, though never seen before.
Be not amazed, there's nothing hid from me:
In private will I talk with thee apart.
Stand back, you lords, and give us leave awhile.
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3 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 2] |
Duke of Alencon |
321 |
He may mean more than we poor men do know:
These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.
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4 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 4] |
Boy |
457 |
Father, I know; and oft have shot at them,
Howe'er unfortunate I miss'd my aim.
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5 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 5] |
Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury |
603 |
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.
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6 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 3] |
Messenger |
857 |
Stay, my Lord Talbot; for my lady craves
To know the cause of your abrupt departure.
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7 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Duke/Earl of Somerset |
1037 |
Ah, thou shalt find us ready for thee still;
And know us by these colours for thy foes,
For these my friends in spite of thee shall wear.
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8 |
Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Winchester |
1247 |
Gloucester, I do defy thee. Lords, vouchsafe
To give me hearing what I shall reply.
If I were covetous, ambitious or perverse,
As he will have me, how am I so poor?
Or how haps it I seek not to advance
Or raise myself, but keep my wonted calling?
And for dissension, who preferreth peace
More than I do?—except I be provoked.
No, my good lords, it is not that offends;
It is not that that hath incensed the duke:
It is, because no one should sway but he;
No one but he should be about the king;
And that engenders thunder in his breast
And makes him roar these accusations forth.
But he shall know I am as good—
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9 |
Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Duke/Earl of Somerset |
1277 |
Methinks my lord should be religious
And know the office that belongs to such.
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10 |
Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Third Serving-Man |
1323 |
My lord, we know your grace to be a man
Just and upright; and, for your royal birth,
Inferior to none but to his majesty:
And ere that we will suffer such a prince,
So kind a father of the commonweal,
To be disgraced by an inkhorn mate,
We and our wives and children all will fight
And have our bodies slaughtered by thy foes.
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11 |
Henry VI, Part I
[IV, 1] |
Henry VI |
1852 |
What is that wrong whereof you both complain?
First let me know, and then I'll answer you.
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12 |
Henry VI, Part I
[IV, 1] |
Vernon |
1866 |
And that is my petition, noble lord:
For though he seem with forged quaint conceit
To set a gloss upon his bold intent,
Yet know, my lord, I was provoked by him;
And he first took exceptions at this badge,
Pronouncing that the paleness of this flower
Bewray'd the faintness of my master's heart.
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13 |
Henry VI, Part I
[IV, 7] |
Sir William Lucy |
2308 |
Herald, conduct me to the Dauphin's tent,
To know who hath obtained the glory of the day.
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14 |
Henry VI, Part I
[IV, 7] |
Sir William Lucy |
2311 |
Submission, Dauphin! 'tis a mere French word;
We English warriors wot not what it means.
I come to know what prisoners thou hast ta'en
And to survey the bodies of the dead.
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15 |
Henry VI, Part I
[V, 4] |
Winchester |
2767 |
Lord regent, I do greet your excellence
With letters of commission from the king.
For know, my lords, the states of Christendom,
Moved with remorse of these outrageous broils,
Have earnestly implored a general peace
Betwixt our nation and the aspiring French;
And here at hand the Dauphin and his train
Approacheth, to confer about some matter.
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16 |
Henry VI, Part I
[V, 5] |
Duke of Gloucester |
2878 |
So should I give consent to flatter sin.
You know, my lord, your highness is betroth'd
Unto another lady of esteem:
How shall we then dispense with that contract,
And not deface your honour with reproach?
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17 |
Henry VI, Part I
[V, 5] |
Henry VI |
2932 |
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.
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