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Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
4 |
While we pursued the horsemen of the north,
He slily stole away and left his men:
Whereat the great Lord of Northumberland,
Whose warlike ears could never brook retreat,
Cheer'd up the drooping army; and himself,
Lord Clifford and Lord Stafford, all abreast,
Charged our main battle's front, and breaking in
Were by the swords of common soldiers slain.
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Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
King Edward IV (Plantagenet) |
12 |
Lord Stafford's father, Duke of Buckingham,
Is either slain or wounded dangerously;
I cleft his beaver with a downright blow:
That this is true, father, behold his blood.
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3 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Earl of Warwick |
49 |
Neither the king, nor he that loves him best,
The proudest he that holds up Lancaster,
Dares stir a wing, if Warwick shake his bells.
I'll plant Plantagenet, root him up who dares:
Resolve thee, Richard; claim the English crown.
[Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, CLIFFORD,]
NORTHUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND, EXETER, and the rest]
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4 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Henry VI |
56 |
My lords, look where the sturdy rebel sits,
Even in the chair of state: belike he means,
Back'd by the power of Warwick, that false peer,
To aspire unto the crown and reign as king.
Earl of Northumberland, he slew thy father.
And thine, Lord Clifford; and you both have vow'd revenge
On him, his sons, his favourites and his friends.
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5 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Lord Clifford |
89 |
Whom should he follow but his natural king?
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6 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Earl of Northumberland |
100 |
Yes, Warwick, I remember it to my grief;
And, by his soul, thou and thy house shall rue it.
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7 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Lord Clifford |
105 |
Urge it no more; lest that, instead of words,
I send thee, Warwick, such a messenger
As shall revenge his death before I stir.
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8 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Earl of Warwick |
108 |
Poor Clifford! how I scorn his worthless threats!
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9 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Henry VI |
131 |
Think'st thou that I will leave my kingly throne,
Wherein my grandsire and my father sat?
No: first shall war unpeople this my realm;
Ay, and their colours, often borne in France,
And now in England to our heart's great sorrow,
Shall be my winding-sheet. Why faint you, lords?
My title's good, and better far than his.
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10 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
140 |
'Twas by rebellion against his king.
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11 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Henry VI |
144 |
An if he may, then am I lawful king;
For Richard, in the view of many lords,
Resign'd the crown to Henry the Fourth,
Whose heir my father was, and I am his.
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12 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
148 |
He rose against him, being his sovereign,
And made him to resign his crown perforce.
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13 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Earl of Warwick |
150 |
Suppose, my lords, he did it unconstrain'd,
Think you 'twere prejudicial to his crown?
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14 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Duke of Exeter |
152 |
No; for he could not so resign his crown
But that the next heir should succeed and reign.
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15 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Duke of Exeter |
155 |
His is the right, and therefore pardon me.
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16 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Earl of Warwick |
173 |
Do right unto this princely Duke of York,
Or I will fill the house with armed men,
And over the chair of state, where now he sits,
Write up his title with usurping blood.
[He stamps with his foot and the soldiers show]
themselves]
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Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Queen Margaret |
232 |
Who can be patient in such extremes?
Ah, wretched man! would I had died a maid
And never seen thee, never borne thee son,
Seeing thou hast proved so unnatural a father
Hath he deserved to lose his birthright thus?
Hadst thou but loved him half so well as I,
Or felt that pain which I did for him once,
Or nourish'd him as I did with my blood,
Thou wouldst have left thy dearest heart-blood there,
Rather than have that savage duke thine heir
And disinherited thine only son.
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Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Queen Margaret |
247 |
Enforced thee! art thou king, and wilt be forced?
I shame to hear thee speak. Ah, timorous wretch!
Thou hast undone thyself, thy son and me;
And given unto the house of York such head
As thou shalt reign but by their sufferance.
To entail him and his heirs unto the crown,
What is it, but to make thy sepulchre
And creep into it far before thy time?
Warwick is chancellor and the lord of Calais;
Stern Falconbridge commands the narrow seas;
The duke is made protector of the realm;
And yet shalt thou be safe? such safety finds
The trembling lamb environed with wolves.
Had I been there, which am a silly woman,
The soldiers should have toss'd me on their pikes
Before I would have granted to that act.
But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honour:
And seeing thou dost, I here divorce myself
Both from thy table, Henry, and thy bed,
Until that act of parliament be repeal'd
Whereby my son is disinherited.
The northern lords that have forsworn thy colours
Will follow mine, if once they see them spread;
And spread they shall be, to thy foul disgrace
And utter ruin of the house of York.
Thus do I leave thee. Come, son, let's away;
Our army is ready; come, we'll after them.
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Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Queen Margaret |
277 |
Ay, to be murder'd by his enemies.
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20 |
Henry VI, Part III
[I, 2] |
Richard III (Duke of Gloucester) |
305 |
Your right depends not on his life or death.
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