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In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets.

      — Hamlet, Act I Scene 1

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KEYWORD: trumpets

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1

Henry VI, Part II
[I, 1]

(stage directions)

1

[Flourish of trumpets: then hautboys. Enter KING]
HENRY VI, GLOUCESTER, SALISBURY, WARWICK, and
CARDINAL, on the one side; QUEEN MARGARET, SUFFOLK,
YORK, SOMERSET, and BUCKINGHAM, on the other]

2

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

(stage directions)

1040

[Sound trumpets. Enter KING HENRY VI, QUEEN]
MARGARET, GLOUCESTER, YORK, SUFFOLK, and SALISBURY;
the DUCHESS, MARGARET JOURDAIN, SOUTHWELL, HUME,
and BOLINGBROKE, under guard]

3

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester)

1139

Dispatch: this knave's tongue begins to double.
Sound, trumpets, alarum to the combatants!

4

Henry VI, Part II
[III, 2]

Earl of Suffolk

1688

Away! be gone.
[Exeunt Murderers]
[Sound trumpets. Enter KING HENRY VI, QUEEN]
MARGARET, CARDINAL, SOMERSET, with Attendants]

5

Henry VI, Part II
[IV, 9]

(stage directions)

2830

[Sound Trumpets. Enter KING HENRY VI, QUEEN]
MARGARET, and SOMERSET, on the terrace]

6

Henry VI, Part II
[V, 3]

Earl of Warwick

3348

After them! nay, before them, if we can.
Now, by my faith, lords, 'twas a glorious day:
Saint Alban's battle won by famous York
Shall be eternized in all age to come.
Sound drums and trumpets, and to London all:
And more such days as these to us befall!

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