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Henry VI, Part II
[I, 2] |
(stage directions) |
329 |
[Enter Messenger]
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Henry VI, Part II
[I, 2] |
Eleanor |
334 |
Yes, my good lord, I'll follow presently.
[Exeunt GLOUCESTER and Messenger]
Follow I must; I cannot go before,
While Gloucester bears this base and humble mind.
Were I a man, a duke, and next of blood,
I would remove these tedious stumbling-blocks
And smooth my way upon their headless necks;
And, being a woman, I will not be slack
To play my part in Fortune's pageant.
Where are you there? Sir John! nay, fear not, man,
We are alone; here's none but thee and I.
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Henry VI, Part II
[III, 2] |
Henry VI |
1720 |
What, doth my Lord of Suffolk comfort me?
Came he right now to sing a raven's note,
Whose dismal tune bereft my vital powers;
And thinks he that the chirping of a wren,
By crying comfort from a hollow breast,
Can chase away the first-conceived sound?
Hide not thy poison with such sugar'd words;
Lay not thy hands on me; forbear, I say;
Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting.
Thou baleful messenger, out of my sight!
Upon thy eye-balls murderous tyranny
Sits in grim majesty, to fright the world.
Look not upon me, for thine eyes are wounding:
Yet do not go away: come, basilisk,
And kill the innocent gazer with thy sight;
For in the shade of death I shall find joy;
In life but double death, now Gloucester's dead.
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4 |
Henry VI, Part II
[IV, 4] |
(stage directions) |
2548 |
[Enter a Messenger]
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5 |
Henry VI, Part II
[IV, 4] |
(stage directions) |
2572 |
[Enter another Messenger]
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6 |
Henry VI, Part II
[IV, 7] |
(stage directions) |
2639 |
[Enter a Messenger]
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7 |
Henry VI, Part II
[IV, 9] |
(stage directions) |
2857 |
[Enter a Messenger]
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8 |
Henry VI, Part II
[V, 1] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
2992 |
Humphrey of Buckingham, I accept thy greeting.
Art thou a messenger, or come of pleasure?
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Henry VI, Part II
[V, 1] |
Duke of Buckingham |
2994 |
A messenger from Henry, our dread liege,
To know the reason of these arms in peace;
Or why thou, being a subject as I am,
Against thy oath and true allegiance sworn,
Should raise so great a power without his leave,
Or dare to bring thy force so near the court.
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