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London, Before the Tower.
[Enter GLOUCESTER, with his Serving-men in blue coats]
GLOUCESTER
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I am | come to | survey | the Tower | this day:
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Since^Hen|ry's death,| I fear | there is
con|veyance:
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Where be these | warders,| that they wait | not
here?
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Open | the gates,| 'tis Glouce/ster that | calls.
FIRST WARDER [Within]
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Who's^there,| that knocks | so im|peri|ously?
FIRST SERVINGMAN
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It is | the nob|le Duke | of Glouce|ster.
SECOND WARDER [Within]
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Whoere | he be,| you may | not be | let in.
FIRST SERVINGMAN
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Villains,| answer you | so the | lord pro|tector?
FIRST WARDER [Within]
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The Lord | protect | him, so | we ans|wer him,
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We do | no oth|erwise | than we | are willed.
GLOUCESTER
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Who willed | you? or | whose will stands | but
mine?
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There's none | protect|or of | the realm,| but I.
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Break up the gates,| I'll be | your
war|rantize;
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Shall I | be flout|ed thus | by dunghill grooms?
[Gloucester's men rush at the Tower Gates, and WOODVILE the Lieutenant
speaks within]
WOODVILE
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What noise | is this?| what trait|ors have | we
here?
GLOUCESTER
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Lieuten|ant, is | it you | whose voice | I hear?
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Open the | gates, here's^|Gloucester | that
would | enter.
WOODVILE
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Have pat|ience nob|le duke,| I may | not open,
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The Card|inal | of Winch|ester | forbids:
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From him I | have ex|press com|mandment,
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That thou | nor none | of thine | shall be | let^in.
GLOUCESTER
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Faint-hearted Wood|vile,* priz|est him | 'fore* me?
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Arrogant | Winche|ster, that | haughty | prelate,
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Whom Hen|ry our / late sove|reign nere | could
brook?
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Thou art | no friend | to God,| or to | the king:
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Open | the gates,| or I'll shut | thee out |
shortly.
SERVINGMEN
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Open the | gates un/to the | lord pro|tector,
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Or we'll burst | them open,| if that you | come
not | quickly.
[Enter to the Protector at the Tower Gates BISHOP OF WINCHESTER and his men
in tawny coats]
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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How now | ambi|tious Humph|ry, what | means this?
GLOUCESTER
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Peeled priest, dost | thou command | me to be |
shut^out?
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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I do,| thou most | usurp|ing prod|itor,
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And not | protect|or of | the king | or realm.
GLOUCESTER
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Stand back thou | mani|fest con|spirator,
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Thou that | contrivedst | to murd|er our / dead
lord,
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Thou that | givest whores indul|gences | to
sin,
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I'll can|vass thee | in thy / broad card|inal's
hat,
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If thou | proceed | in this | thy ins|olence.
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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Nay stand | thou back,| I will | not budge | a
foot:
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This be | Damas|cus, be | thou curs|ed Cain,
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To slay | thy broth|er Ab|el, if | thou wilt.
GLOUCESTER
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I will | not slay | thee, but | I'll drive | thee
back:
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Thy scar|let robes | as a / child's
bear|ing-cloth,
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I'll use | to car|ry thee | out of | this place.
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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Do what | thou darst,| I beard | thee to | thy
face.
GLOUCESTER
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What? Am | I dared,| and beard|ed to | my face?
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Draw | men, for | all this | priv|ileged place,
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Blue coats to tawny coats. Priest, beware your
beard, ????
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I mean | to tug it,| and to | cuff you | soundly.
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Under | my feet | I stamp | thy card|inal's hat:
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In spite | of pope,| or dig|nities | of church,
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Here by | the cheeks | I'll drag | thee up | and
down.
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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Gloucester,| thou wilt ans|wer this | before |
the pope.
GLOUCESTER
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Winchest|er goose,| I cry,| a rope,| a rope.
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Now beat | them hence,| why do | you let | them
stay?
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Thee I'll / chase hence,| thou wolf | in sheep's
| array.
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Out^taw|ny coats,| out* scar|let hyp|ocrite.
[Here GLOUCESTER's men beat out BISHOP OF WINCHESTER's men, and enter in the
hurly- burly the Mayor of London and his Officers]
MAYOR
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Fie lords that you | being su/preme mag|istrates,
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Thus^con|tumel|iously | should break | the peace.
GLOUCESTER
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Peace may/or, thou | knowst lit/tle of | my
wrongs:
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Here's Beau/fort, that | regards | nor God | nor king,
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Hath here | distrained | the Tow|er to | his use.
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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Here's Glouce/ster, a | foe to | citi|zens,
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One that / still mo|tions war,| and nev|er peace,
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Orecharg|ing your / free purs|es with / large
fines;
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That seeks | to ov|erthrow | relig|ion,
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Because | he is | protect|or of | the realm;
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And would | have arm|or here | out of | the
Tower,
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To crown | himself | king,| and suppress | the
prince.
GLOUCESTER
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I will | not ans|wer thee | with words,| but
blows.
[Here they skirmish again]
MAYOR
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Naught rests / for me,| in this | tumul|tuous strife,
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But to / make op|en proc|lama|tion.
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Come || officer,| as loud | as ere |
thou canst,| cry:
All manner of men, assembled here in arms this day, against God's peace and
the king's, we charge and command you, in his highness' name, to repair to
your several dwelling-places, and not to wear, handle, or use any sword,
weapon, or dagger henceforward, upon pain of death.
GLOUCESTER
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Cardinal,| I'll be | no break|er of | the law:
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But we | shall meet,| and break | our minds | at
large.
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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Glouce|ster, we'll | meet; to | thy cost,| be
sure:
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Thy heart-|blood I | will have | for this / day's
work.
MAYOR
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I'll call | for clubs,| if you | will not | away:
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This card|inal's | more* haugh|ty than | the
devil.
GLOUCESTER
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Mayor | farewell:| thou dost | but what | thou
mayst.
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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Abom|ina|ble Glouce|ster, guard | thy head,
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For I | intend | to have | it ere | long.
[Exeunt, severally, GLOUCESTER and BISHOP OF WINCHESTER with their
Serving-men]
MAYOR
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See the / coast cleared,| and then | we will |
depart.
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Good God,| these nob|les should | such stom|achs
bear,
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I my/self fight | not once | in for|ty year.
[Exeunt]