Speeches (Lines) for (stage directions)
in "Henry VI, Part III"
Total: 137

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I,1,1

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Alarum. Enter YORK, EDWARD, RICHARD, NORFOLK,]
MONTAGUE, WARWICK, and Soldiers]

2

I,1,19

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Speak thou for me and tell them what I did.

(stage directions). [Throwing down SOMERSET's head]

3

I,1,36

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). Thanks, gentle Norfolk: stay by me, my lords;
And, soldiers, stay and lodge by me this night.

(stage directions). [They go up]

4

I,1,198

Lord Clifford. In dreadful war mayst thou be overcome,
Or live in peace abandon'd and despised!

(stage directions). [Exeunt NORTHUMBERLAND, CLIFFORD, and WESTMORELAND]

5

I,1,217

Duke of Exeter. Accursed be he that seeks to make them foes!

(stage directions). [Sennet. Here they come down]

6

I,1,226

Henry VI. And I, with grief and sorrow, to the court.

(stage directions). [Enter QUEEN MARGARET and PRINCE EDWARD]

7

I,1,281

Queen Margaret. Come, son, away; we may not linger thus.

(stage directions). [Exeunt QUEEN MARGARET and PRINCE EDWARD]

8

I,1,292

Duke of Exeter. And I, I hope, shall reconcile them all.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

9

I,2,293

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter RICHARD, EDWARD, and MONTAGUE]

10

I,2,297

Marquess of Montague. But I have reasons strong and forcible.

(stage directions). [Enter YORK]

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I,2,366

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Ay, with five hundred, father, for a need:
A woman's general; what should we fear?

(stage directions). [A march afar off]

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I,2,374

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). Five men to twenty! though the odds be great,
I doubt not, uncle, of our victory.
Many a battle have I won in France,
When as the enemy hath been ten to one:
Why should I not now have the like success?

(stage directions). [Alarum. Exeunt]

13

I,3,375

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Alarums. Enter RUTLAND and his Tutor]

14

I,3,378

Edmond, Earl of Rutland. Ah, whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?
Ah, tutor, look where bloody Clifford comes!

(stage directions). [Enter CLIFFORD and Soldiers]

15

I,3,386

Tutor of Rutland. Ah, Clifford, murder not this innocent child,
Lest thou be hated both of God and man!

(stage directions). [Exit, dragged off by Soldiers]

16

I,3,412

Lord Clifford. Had thy brethren here, their lives and thine
Were not revenge sufficient for me;
No, if I digg'd up thy forefathers' graves
And hung their rotten coffins up in chains,
It could not slake mine ire, nor ease my heart.
The sight of any of the house of York
Is as a fury to torment my soul;
And till I root out their accursed line
And leave not one alive, I live in hell.
Therefore—

(stage directions). [Lifting his hand]

17

I,3,427

Lord Clifford. No cause!
Thy father slew my father; therefore, die.

(stage directions). [Stabs him]

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I,3,429

Edmond, Earl of Rutland. Di faciant laudis summa sit ista tuae!

(stage directions). [Dies]

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I,3,434

Lord Clifford. Plantagenet! I come, Plantagenet!
And this thy son's blood cleaving to my blade
Shall rust upon my weapon, till thy blood,
Congeal'd with this, do make me wipe off both.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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I,4,435

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Alarum. Enter YORK]

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Earl of Northumberland. Hold, Clifford! do not honour him so much
To prick thy finger, though to wound his heart:
What valour were it, when a cur doth grin,
For one to thrust his hand between his teeth,
When he might spurn him with his foot away?
It is war's prize to take all vantages;
And ten to one is no impeach of valour.

(stage directions). [They lay hands on YORK, who struggles]

22

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Lord Clifford. Here's for my oath, here's for my father's death.

(stage directions). [Stabbing him]

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Queen Margaret. And here's to right our gentle-hearted king.

(stage directions). [Stabbing him]

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I,4,622

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester). Open Thy gate of mercy, gracious God!
My soul flies through these wounds to seek out Thee.

(stage directions). [Dies]

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I,4,625

Queen Margaret. Off with his head, and set it on York gates;
So York may overlook the town of York.

(stage directions). [Flourish. Exeunt]

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II,1,626

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [A march. Enter EDWARD, RICHARD, and their power]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Nay, if thou be that princely eagle's bird,
Show thy descent by gazing 'gainst the sun:
For chair and dukedom, throne and kingdom say;
Either that is thine, or else thou wert not his.

(stage directions). [March. Enter WARWICK, MONTAGUE, and their army]

28

II,1,833

King Edward IV (Plantagenet). Then strike up drums: God and Saint George for us!

(stage directions). [Enter a Messenger]

29

II,1,839

Earl of Warwick. Why then it sorts, brave warriors, let's away.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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II,2,840

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, QUEEN MARGARET,]
PRINCE EDWARD, CLIFFORD, and NORTHUMBERLAND, with
drum and trumpets]

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II,2,909

Lord Clifford. Why, that is spoken like a toward prince.

(stage directions). [Enter a Messenger]

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II,2,1023

King Edward IV (Plantagenet). No, wrangling woman, we'll no longer stay:
These words will cost ten thousand lives this day.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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II,3,1024

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Yorkshire.

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(stage directions). Yorkshire.

(stage directions). [Alarum. Excursions. Enter WARWICK]

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Earl of Warwick. Forspent with toil, as runners with a race,
I lay me down a little while to breathe;
For strokes received, and many blows repaid,
Have robb'd my strong-knit sinews of their strength,
And spite of spite needs must I rest awhile.

(stage directions). [Enter EDWARD, running]

36

II,3,1035

Earl of Warwick. How now, my lord! what hap? what hope of good?

(stage directions). [Enter GEORGE]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). Bootless is flight, they follow us with wings;
And weak we are and cannot shun pursuit.

(stage directions). [Enter RICHARD]

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II,3,1085

George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence). Yet let us all together to our troops,
And give them leave to fly that will not stay;
And call them pillars that will stand to us;
And, if we thrive, promise them such rewards
As victors wear at the Olympian games:
This may plant courage in their quailing breasts;
For yet is hope of life and victory.
Forslow no longer, make we hence amain.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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II,4,1086

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Excursions. Enter RICHARD and CLIFFORD]

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Lord Clifford. Now, Richard, I am with thee here alone:
This is the hand that stabb'd thy father York;
And this the hand that slew thy brother Rutland;
And here's the heart that triumphs in their death
And cheers these hands that slew thy sire and brother
To execute the like upon thyself;
And so, have at thee!

(stage directions). [They fight. WARWICK comes; CLIFFORD flies]

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II,4,1101

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Nay Warwick, single out some other chase;
For I myself will hunt this wolf to death.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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II,5,1102

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Alarum. Enter KING HENRY VI alone]

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II,5,1183

Henry VI. O piteous spectacle! O bloody times!
Whiles lions war and battle for their dens,
Poor harmless lambs abide their enmity.
Weep, wretched man, I'll aid thee tear for tear;
And let our hearts and eyes, like civil war,
Be blind with tears, and break o'ercharged with grief.

(stage directions). [Enter a Father that has killed his son, bringing in the body]

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Son. I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill.

(stage directions). [Exit with the body]

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Father. These arms of mine shall be thy winding-sheet;
My heart, sweet boy, shall be thy sepulchre,
For from my heart thine image ne'er shall go;
My sighing breast shall be thy funeral bell;
And so obsequious will thy father be,
Even for the loss of thee, having no more,
As Priam was for all his valiant sons.
I'll bear thee hence; and let them fight that will,
For I have murdered where I should not kill.

(stage directions). [Exit with the body]

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Henry VI. Nay, take me with thee, good sweet Exeter:
Not that I fear to stay, but love to go
Whither the queen intends. Forward; away!

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

47

II,6,1250

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [A loud alarum. Enter CLIFFORD, wounded]

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Earl of Warwick. No, 'tis impossible he should escape,
For, though before his face I speak the words
Your brother Richard mark'd him for the grave:
And wheresoe'er he is, he's surely dead.

(stage directions). [CLIFFORD groans, and dies]EDWARD. Whose soul is that which takes her heavy leave?

49

II,6,1365

Earl of Warwick. Tut, that's a foolish observation:
Richard, be Duke of Gloucester. Now to London,
To see these honours in possession.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

50

III,1,1366

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter two Keepers, with cross-bows in their hands]

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Second Keeper. Here comes a man; let's stay till he be past.

(stage directions). [Enter KING HENRY VI, disguised, with a prayerbook]

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Henry VI. In God's name, lead; your king's name be obey'd:
And what God will, that let your king perform;
And what he will, I humbly yield unto.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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III,2,1470

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter KING EDWARD IV, GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE, and LADY GREY]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). [Aside to CLARENCE] Ay, good leave have you; for
you will have leave,
Till youth take leave and leave you to the crutch.

(stage directions). [GLOUCESTER and CLARENCE retire]

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III,2,1605

King Edward IV (Plantagenet). Well, jest on, brothers: I can tell you both
Her suit is granted for her husband's lands.

(stage directions). [Enter a Nobleman]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). See that he be convey'd unto the Tower:
And go we, brothers, to the man that took him,
To question of his apprehension.
Widow, go you along. Lords, use her honourably.

(stage directions). [Exeunt all but GLOUCESTER]

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III,2,1685

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Ay, Edward will use women honourably.
Would he were wasted, marrow, bones and all,
That from his loins no hopeful branch may spring,
To cross me from the golden time I look for!
And yet, between my soul's desire and me—
The lustful Edward's title buried—
Is Clarence, Henry, and his son young Edward,
And all the unlook'd for issue of their bodies,
To take their rooms, ere I can place myself:
A cold premeditation for my purpose!
Why, then, I do but dream on sovereignty;
Like one that stands upon a promontory,
And spies a far-off shore where he would tread,
Wishing his foot were equal with his eye,
And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,
Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way:
So do I wish the crown, being so far off;
And so I chide the means that keeps me from it;
And so I say, I'll cut the causes off,
Flattering me with impossibilities.
My eye's too quick, my heart o'erweens too much,
Unless my hand and strength could equal them.
Well, say there is no kingdom then for Richard;
What other pleasure can the world afford?
I'll make my heaven in a lady's lap,
And deck my body in gay ornaments,
And witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.
O miserable thought! and more unlikely
Than to accomplish twenty golden crowns!
Why, love forswore me in my mother's womb:
And, for I should not deal in her soft laws,
She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe,
To shrink mine arm up like a wither'd shrub;
To make an envious mountain on my back,
Where sits deformity to mock my body;
To shape my legs of an unequal size;
To disproportion me in every part,
Like to a chaos, or an unlick'd bear-whelp
That carries no impression like the dam.
And am I then a man to be beloved?
O monstrous fault, to harbour such a thought!
Then, since this earth affords no joy to me,
But to command, to cheque, to o'erbear such
As are of better person than myself,
I'll make my heaven to dream upon the crown,
And, whiles I live, to account this world but hell,
Until my mis-shaped trunk that bears this head
Be round impaled with a glorious crown.
And yet I know not how to get the crown,
For many lives stand between me and home:
And I,—like one lost in a thorny wood,
That rends the thorns and is rent with the thorns,
Seeking a way and straying from the way;
Not knowing how to find the open air,
But toiling desperately to find it out,—
Torment myself to catch the English crown:
And from that torment I will free myself,
Or hew my way out with a bloody axe.
Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile,
And cry 'Content' to that which grieves my heart,
And wet my cheeks with artificial tears,
And frame my face to all occasions.
I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall;
I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk;
I'll play the orator as well as Nestor,
Deceive more slily than Ulysses could,
And, like a Sinon, take another Troy.
I can add colours to the chameleon,
Change shapes with Proteus for advantages,
And set the murderous Machiavel to school.
Can I do this, and cannot get a crown?
Tut, were it farther off, I'll pluck it down.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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III,3,1686

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Flourish. Enter KING LEWIS XI, his sister BONA,]
his Admiral, called BOURBON, PRINCE EDWARD, QUEEN
MARGARET, and OXFORD. KING LEWIS XI sits, and
riseth up again]

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Queen Margaret. O, but impatience waiteth on true sorrow.
And see where comes the breeder of my sorrow!

(stage directions). [Enter WARWICK]

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King Lewis XI. Welcome, brave Warwick! What brings thee to France?

(stage directions). [He descends. She ariseth]

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King Lewis XI. Queen Margaret, Prince Edward, and Oxford,
Vouchsafe, at our request, to stand aside,
While I use further conference with Warwick.

(stage directions). [They stand aloof]

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Queen Margaret. Peace, impudent and shameless Warwick, peace,
Proud setter up and puller down of kings!
I will not hence, till, with my talk and tears,
Both full of truth, I make King Lewis behold
Thy sly conveyance and thy lord's false love;
For both of you are birds of selfsame feather.

(stage directions). [Post blows a horn within]

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King Lewis XI. Warwick, this is some post to us or thee.

(stage directions). [Enter a Post]

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Post. [To WARWICK] My lord ambassador, these letters are for you,
Sent from your brother, Marquess Montague:
[To KING LEWIS XI]
These from our king unto your majesty:
[To QUEEN MARGARET]
And, madam, these for you; from whom I know not.

(stage directions). [They all read their letters]

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III,3,1936

Earl of Warwick. Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong,
And therefore I'll uncrown him ere't be long.
There's thy reward: be gone.

(stage directions). [Exit Post]

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Prince Edward. Yes, I accept her, for she well deserves it;
And here, to pledge my vow, I give my hand.

(stage directions). [He gives his hand to WARWICK]

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King Lewis XI. Why stay we now? These soldiers shall be levied,
And thou, Lord Bourbon, our high admiral,
Shalt waft them over with our royal fleet.
I long till Edward fall by war's mischance,
For mocking marriage with a dame of France.

(stage directions). [Exeunt all but WARWICK]

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Earl of Warwick. I came from Edward as ambassador,
But I return his sworn and mortal foe:
Matter of marriage was the charge he gave me,
But dreadful war shall answer his demand.
Had he none else to make a stale but me?
Then none but I shall turn his jest to sorrow.
I was the chief that raised him to the crown,
And I'll be chief to bring him down again:
Not that I pity Henry's misery,
But seek revenge on Edward's mockery.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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IV,1,1973

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE, SOMERSET, and MONTAGUE]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). [Aside] I hear, yet say not much, but think the more.

(stage directions). [Enter a Post]

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George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence). Belike the elder; Clarence will have the younger.
Now, brother king, farewell, and sit you fast,
For I will hence to Warwick's other daughter;
That, though I want a kingdom, yet in marriage
I may not prove inferior to yourself.
You that love me and Warwick, follow me.

(stage directions). [Exit CLARENCE, and SOMERSET follows]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). Why, so! then am I sure of victory.
Now therefore let us hence; and lose no hour,
Till we meet Warwick with his foreign power.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter WARWICK and OXFORD, with French soldiers]

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Earl of Warwick. Then, gentle Clarence, welcome unto Warwick;
And welcome, Somerset: I hold it cowardice
To rest mistrustful where a noble heart
Hath pawn'd an open hand in sign of love;
Else might I think that Clarence, Edward's brother,
Were but a feigned friend to our proceedings:
But welcome, sweet Clarence; my daughter shall be thine.
And now what rests but, in night's coverture,
Thy brother being carelessly encamp'd,
His soldiers lurking in the towns about,
And but attended by a simple guard,
We may surprise and take him at our pleasure?
Our scouts have found the adventure very easy:
That as Ulysses and stout Diomede
With sleight and manhood stole to Rhesus' tents,
And brought from thence the Thracian fatal steeds,
So we, well cover'd with the night's black mantle,
At unawares may beat down Edward's guard
And seize himself; I say not, slaughter him,
For I intend but only to surprise him.
You that will follow me to this attempt,
Applaud the name of Henry with your leader.
[They all cry, 'Henry!']
Why, then, let's on our way in silent sort:
For Warwick and his friends, God and Saint George!

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter three Watchmen, to guard KING EDWARD IV's tent]

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Earl of Warwick. Then, for his mind, be Edward England's king:
[Takes off his crown]
But Henry now shall wear the English crown,
And be true king indeed, thou but the shadow.
My Lord of Somerset, at my request,
See that forthwith Duke Edward be convey'd
Unto my brother, Archbishop of York.
When I have fought with Pembroke and his fellows,
I'll follow you, and tell what answer
Lewis and the Lady Bona send to him.
Now, for a while farewell, good Duke of York.

(stage directions). [They lead him out forcibly]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). What fates impose, that men must needs abide;
It boots not to resist both wind and tide.

(stage directions). [Exit, guarded]

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Earl of Warwick. Ay, that's the first thing that we have to do;
To free King Henry from imprisonment
And see him seated in the regal throne.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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IV,4,2242

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter QUEEN ELIZABETH and RIVERS]

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Queen Elizabeth. I am inform'd that he comes towards London,
To set the crown once more on Henry's head:
Guess thou the rest; King Edward's friends must down,
But, to prevent the tyrant's violence,—
For trust not him that hath once broken faith,—
I'll hence forthwith unto the sanctuary,
To save at least the heir of Edward's right:
There shall I rest secure from force and fraud.
Come, therefore, let us fly while we may fly:
If Warwick take us we are sure to die.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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IV,5,2279

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter GLOUCESTER, HASTINGS, and STANLEY]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Now, my Lord Hastings and Sir William Stanley,
Leave off to wonder why I drew you hither,
Into this chiefest thicket of the park.
Thus stands the case: you know our king, my brother,
Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose hands
He hath good usage and great liberty,
And, often but attended with weak guard,
Comes hunting this way to disport himself.
I have advertised him by secret means
That if about this hour he make his way
Under the colour of his usual game,
He shall here find his friends with horse and men
To set him free from his captivity.

(stage directions). [Enter KING EDWARD IV and a Huntsman with him]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). Bishop, farewell: shield thee from Warwick's frown;
And pray that I may repossess the crown.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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IV,6,2312

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, CLARENCE, WARWICK,]
SOMERSET, HENRY OF RICHMOND, OXFORD, MONTAGUE, and
Lieutenant of the Tower]

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Henry VI. Come hither, England's hope.
[Lays his hand on his head]
If secret powers
Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts,
This pretty lad will prove our country's bliss.
His looks are full of peaceful majesty,
His head by nature framed to wear a crown,
His hand to wield a sceptre, and himself
Likely in time to bless a regal throne.
Make much of him, my lords, for this is he
Must help you more than you are hurt by me.

(stage directions). [Enter a Post]

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Earl of Warwick. My brother was too careless of his charge.
But let us hence, my sovereign, to provide
A salve for any sore that may betide.

(stage directions). [Exeunt all but SOMERSET, HENRY OF RICHMOND, and OXFORD]

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Duke/Earl of Somerset. It shall be so; he shall to Brittany.
Come, therefore, let's about it speedily.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD IV, GLOUCESTER,]
HASTINGS, and Soldiers]

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Lord Hastings. My liege, I'll knock once more to summon them.

(stage directions). [Enter, on the walls, the Mayor of York, and his Brethren]

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Mayor of York. Ay, say you so? the gates shall then be open'd.

(stage directions). [They descend]

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Lord Hastings. The good old man would fain that all were well,
So 'twere not 'long of him; but being enter'd,
I doubt not, I, but we shall soon persuade
Both him and all his brothers unto reason.

(stage directions). [Enter the Mayor and two Aldermen, below]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). So, master mayor: these gates must not be shut
But in the night or in the time of war.
What! fear not, man, but yield me up the keys;
[Takes his keys]
For Edward will defend the town and thee,
And all those friends that deign to follow me.

(stage directions). [March. Enter MONTGOMERY, with drum and soldiers]

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Marquess of Montague. Then fare you well, for I will hence again:
I came to serve a king and not a duke.
Drummer, strike up, and let us march away.

(stage directions). [The drum begins to march]

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Lord Hastings. Sound trumpet; Edward shall be here proclaim'd:
Come, fellow-soldier, make thou proclamation.

(stage directions). [Flourish]

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Marquess of Montague. And whosoe'er gainsays King Edward's right,
By this I challenge him to single fight.

(stage directions). [Throws down his gauntlet]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). Thanks, brave Montgomery; and thanks unto you all:
If fortune serve me, I'll requite this kindness.
Now, for this night, let's harbour here in York;
And when the morning sun shall raise his car
Above the border of this horizon,
We'll forward towards Warwick and his mates;
For well I wot that Henry is no soldier.
Ah, froward Clarence! how evil it beseems thee
To flatter Henry and forsake thy brother!
Yet, as we may, we'll meet both thee and Warwick.
Come on, brave soldiers: doubt not of the day,
And, that once gotten, doubt not of large pay.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

97

IV,8,2520

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, WARWICK, MONTAGUE,]
CLARENCE, EXETER, and OXFORD]

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Earl of Warwick. Farewell, sweet lords: let's meet at Coventry.

(stage directions). [Exeunt all but KING HENRY VI and EXETER]

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Henry VI. That's not my fear; my meed hath got me fame:
I have not stopp'd mine ears to their demands,
Nor posted off their suits with slow delays;
My pity hath been balm to heal their wounds,
My mildness hath allay'd their swelling griefs,
My mercy dried their water-flowing tears;
I have not been desirous of their wealth,
Nor much oppress'd them with great subsidies.
Nor forward of revenge, though they much err'd:
Then why should they love Edward more than me?
No, Exeter, these graces challenge grace:
And when the lion fawns upon the lamb,
The lamb will never cease to follow him.

(stage directions). [Shout within. 'A Lancaster! A Lancaster!']

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Duke of Exeter. Hark, hark, my lord! what shouts are these?

(stage directions). [Enter KING EDWARD IV, GLOUCESTER, and soldiers]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Away betimes, before his forces join,
And take the great-grown traitor unawares:
Brave warriors, march amain towards Coventry.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter WARWICK, the Mayor of Coventry, two Messengers,]
and others upon the walls]

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Second Messenger. By this at Daintry, with a puissant troop.

(stage directions). [Enter SIR JOHN SOMERVILLE]

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Duke/Earl of Somerset. At Southam I did leave him with his forces,
And do expect him here some two hours hence.

(stage directions). [Drum heard]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). Sail how thou canst, have wind and tide thy friend,
This hand, fast wound about thy coal-black hair
Shall, whiles thy head is warm and new cut off,
Write in the dust this sentence with thy blood,
'Wind-changing Warwick now can change no more.'

(stage directions). [Enter OXFORD, with drum and colours]

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Earl Oxford. Oxford, Oxford, for Lancaster!

(stage directions). [He and his forces enter the city]

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Earl of Warwick. O, welcome, Oxford! for we want thy help.

(stage directions). [Enter MONTAGUE with drum and colours]

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Marquess of Montague. Montague, Montague, for Lancaster!

(stage directions). [He and his forces enter the city]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). The harder match'd, the greater victory:
My mind presageth happy gain and conquest.

(stage directions). [Enter SOMERSET, with drum and colours]

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Duke/Earl of Somerset. Somerset, Somerset, for Lancaster!

(stage directions). [He and his forces enter the city]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Two of thy name, both Dukes of Somerset,
Have sold their lives unto the house of York;
And thou shalt be the third if this sword hold.

(stage directions). [Enter CLARENCE, with drum and colours]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Alarum and excursions. Enter KING EDWARD IV, bringing]
forth WARWICK wounded]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). So, lie thou there: die thou, and die our fear;
For Warwick was a bug that fear'd us all.
Now, Montague, sit fast; I seek for thee,
That Warwick's bones may keep thine company.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Earl of Warwick. Ah, who is nigh? come to me, friend or foe,
And tell me who is victor, York or Warwick?
Why ask I that? my mangled body shows,
My blood, my want of strength, my sick heart shows.
That I must yield my body to the earth
And, by my fall, the conquest to my foe.
Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge,
Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle,
Under whose shade the ramping lion slept,
Whose top-branch overpeer'd Jove's spreading tree
And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind.
These eyes, that now are dimm'd with death's black veil,
Have been as piercing as the mid-day sun,
To search the secret treasons of the world:
The wrinkles in my brows, now filled with blood,
Were liken'd oft to kingly sepulchres;
For who lived king, but I could dig his grave?
And who durst mine when Warwick bent his brow?
Lo, now my glory smear'd in dust and blood!
My parks, my walks, my manors that I had.
Even now forsake me, and of all my lands
Is nothing left me but my body's length.
Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust?
And, live we how we can, yet die we must.

(stage directions). [Enter OXFORD and SOMERSET]

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Earl of Warwick. Sweet rest his soul! Fly, lords, and save yourselves;
For Warwick bids you all farewell to meet in heaven.

(stage directions). [Dies]

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Earl Oxford. Away, away, to meet the queen's great power!

(stage directions). [Here they bear away his body. Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD IV in triumph; with]
GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE, and the rest]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). We are advertised by our loving friends
That they do hold their course toward Tewksbury:
We, having now the best at Barnet field,
Will thither straight, for willingness rids way;
And, as we march, our strength will be augmented
In every county as we go along.
Strike up the drum; cry 'Courage!' and away.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [March. Enter QUEEN MARGARET, PRINCE EDWARD,]
SOMERSET, OXFORD, and soldiers]

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Prince Edward. And take his thanks that yet hath nothing else.

(stage directions). [Enter a Messenger]

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Queen Margaret. Lords, knights, and gentlemen, what I should say
My tears gainsay; for every word I speak,
Ye see, I drink the water of mine eyes.
Therefore, no more but this: Henry, your sovereign,
Is prisoner to the foe; his state usurp'd,
His realm a slaughter-house, his subjects slain,
His statutes cancell'd and his treasure spent;
And yonder is the wolf that makes this spoil.
You fight in justice: then, in God's name, lords,
Be valiant and give signal to the fight.

(stage directions). [Alarum. Retreat. Excursions. Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD IV, GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE,]
and soldiers; with QUEEN MARGARET, OXFORD, and
SOMERSET, prisoners]

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Duke/Earl of Somerset. Nor I, but stoop with patience to my fortune.

(stage directions). [Exeunt Oxford and Somerset, guarded]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). It is: and lo, where youthful Edward comes!

(stage directions). [Enter soldiers, with PRINCE EDWARD]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). Take that, thou likeness of this railer here.

(stage directions). [Stabs him]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Sprawl'st thou? take that, to end thy agony.

(stage directions). [Stabs him]

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George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence). And there's for twitting me with perjury.

(stage directions). [Stabs him]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Marry, and shall.

(stage directions). [Offers to kill her]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). The Tower, the Tower.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Queen Margaret. So come to you and yours, as to this Prince!

(stage directions). [Exit, led out forcibly]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). He's sudden, if a thing comes in his head.
Now march we hence: discharge the common sort
With pay and thanks, and let's away to London
And see our gentle queen how well she fares:
By this, I hope, she hath a son for me.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter KING HENRY VI and GLOUCESTER, with the]
Lieutenant, on the walls]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Sirrah, leave us to ourselves: we must confer.

(stage directions). [Exit Lieutenant]

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Henry VI. Ay, and for much more slaughter after this.
God forgive my sins, and pardon thee!

(stage directions). [Dies]

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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). What, will the aspiring blood of Lancaster
Sink in the ground? I thought it would have mounted.
See how my sword weeps for the poor king's death!
O, may such purple tears be alway shed
From those that wish the downfall of our house!
If any spark of life be yet remaining,
Down, down to hell; and say I sent thee thither:
[Stabs him again]
I, that have neither pity, love, nor fear.
Indeed, 'tis true that Henry told me of;
For I have often heard my mother say
I came into the world with my legs forward:
Had I not reason, think ye, to make haste,
And seek their ruin that usurp'd our right?
The midwife wonder'd and the women cried
'O, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!'
And so I was; which plainly signified
That I should snarl and bite and play the dog.
Then, since the heavens have shaped my body so,
Let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it.
I have no brother, I am like no brother;
And this word 'love,' which graybeards call divine,
Be resident in men like one another
And not in me: I am myself alone.
Clarence, beware; thou keep'st me from the light:
But I will sort a pitchy day for thee;
For I will buz abroad such prophecies
That Edward shall be fearful of his life,
And then, to purge his fear, I'll be thy death.
King Henry and the prince his son are gone:
Clarence, thy turn is next, and then the rest,
Counting myself but bad till I be best.
I'll throw thy body in another room
And triumph, Henry, in thy day of doom.

(stage directions). [Exit, with the body]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD IV, QUEEN ELIZABETH,]
CLARENCE, GLOUCESTER, HASTINGS, a Nurse with the
young Prince, and Attendants]

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King Edward IV (Plantagenet). Away with her, and waft her hence to France.
And now what rests but that we spend the time
With stately triumphs, mirthful comic shows,
Such as befits the pleasure of the court?
Sound drums and trumpets! farewell sour annoy!
For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]