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London, at the Temple-garden.
[Enter the Earls of SOMERSET, SUFFOLK, and WARWICK; RICHARD PLANTAGENET,
VERNON, and another Lawyer]
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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Great lords and gent|lemen, what | means this |
silence?
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Dare no man | answer | in a case | of truth?
SUFFOLK
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Within | the temp|le-hall | we were / too loud,
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The gard|en here | is more | conven|ient.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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Then say | at once,| if I | maintained | the
truth:
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Or else | was wrang|ling Som|erset | in the
error?
SUFFOLK
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Faith^I | have been | a tru|ant in | the law,
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And nev|er yet | could frame | my will | to it,
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And there|fore frame | the law | unto | my will.
SOMERSET
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Judge you,| my Lord | of War|wick*, then | between us.
[*the w in "wick" is silent]
WARWICK
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Between | two* hawks,| which flies | the high|er
pitch,
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Between | two* dogs,| which hath | the deep|er
mouth,
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Between | two* blades,| which bears | the bet|ter
temper,
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Between | two* hors|es, which | doth^bear | him
best,
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Between | two* girls,| which hath | the mer|riest
eye,
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I have perhaps some shallow spirit of
judgment: ????
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But in | these^nice | sharp quil/lets of | the
law,
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Good* faith | I am | no wis|er than | a daw.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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Tut,^tut,| here is a | manner|ly for|bearance:
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The truth | appears | so nak|ed on | my side,
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That an|y pur|blind^eye | may find | it out.
SOMERSET
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And on my | side it | is so | well ap|parelled,
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So clear,| so shin|ing, and | so ev|ident,
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That it will | glimmer | through a | blind man's
eye.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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Since you | are tongue-|tied, and | so loath | to
speak,
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In dumb | signif|icants | proclaim | your
thoughts:
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Let him | that is | a true-|born gen/tleman,
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And stands | upon | the hon|or of | his birth,
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If he | suppose | that I | have plead|ed truth,
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From off | this brier | pluck a | white rose / with me.
SOMERSET
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Let^him | that is no | coward,| nor* no |
flatterer,
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But dare | maintain | the part|y of | the truth,
T . T T
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Pluck a red rose | from off | this thorn | with
me.
WARWICK
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I love | no col|ors: and | without | all col||or
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Of base | insin|ua|ting flat|tery,
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I pluck | this white | rose with | Plantag|enet.
SUFFOLK
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I pluck | this red | rose with | young Som/erset,
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And say | withal,| I think | he held | the right.
VERNON
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Stay lords and gent|lemen,| and pluck | no more
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Till you | conclude,| that he | upon | whose^side
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The few|est ros|es are | cropped from | the tree,
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Shall yield | the oth|er in | the right |
opin||ion.
SOMERSET
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Good mast|er Ver|non, it is | well ob|jected:
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If I have | fewest, I sub|scribe in | silence.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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And I.
VERNON
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Then for | the truth,| and plain|ness of | the
case,
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I pluck | this pale | and maid|en blos|som here,
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Giving | my ver|dict on the // white rose side.
SOMERSET
T T
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Prick not your | finger | as you pluck | it off,
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T T T
Lest^bleed|ing, you | do paint | the white rose red,
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And fall | on my | side so against | your will.
VERNON
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If I,| my lord,| for my | opin|ion bleed,
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Opin|ion shall | be surg|eon to | my hurt,
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And keep | me on | the side | where still | I am.
SOMERSET
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Well,| well,| come on:| who else?|
LAWYER
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Unless | my stud|y and | my books | be false,
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The arg|ument | you held,| was wrong | in you;
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In sign | whereof,| I pluck | a white rose too.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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Now Som|erset,| where^is / your arg|ument?
SOMERSET
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Here in | my scab|bard, med|itat|ing, that
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Shall dye | your white | rose in | a blood|y red.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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Meantime your | cheeks do | counter|feit our |
roses:
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For pale | they look | with fear,| as wit|nessing
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The truth | on our | side.
SOMERSET
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No | Plantag|enet: (tri with prev)
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'Tis not | for fear,| but ang|er, that | thy
cheeks
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Blush for | pure shame, to count|erfeit | our
roses,
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And yet | thy tongue | will not | confess | thy
error.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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Hath not | thy rose | a cank|er, Som|erset?
SOMERSET
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Hath not | thy rose | a thorn,| Plantag|enet?
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
T T . T , , ,
Aye, sharp and pierc|ing to / maintain | his
truth,
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Whiles^thy | consum|ing cank|er eats | his
false||hood*.
SOMERSET
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Well, I'll / find friends | to wear | my
bleed|ing roses,
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That shall | maintain | what I | have said | is
true,
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Where false | Plantag|enet | dare not | be seen.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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Now* by | this maid|en blos|som in | my hand,
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I scorn | thee and | thy fash|ion, peev|ish boy.
SUFFOLK
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Turn^not | thy scorns | this^way,| Plantag|enet.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
T T . T
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Proud Pole, I will,| and scorn | both him | and
thee.
SUFFOLK
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I'll turn | my part | thereof | into | thy throat.
SOMERSET
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Away,| away,| good Wil|liam de | la Pole,
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We grace | the yeo|man by | convers|ing with him.
WARWICK
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Now* by | God's^will | thou wrongst | him,
Som|erset:
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His grand|father was | Lionel | Duke of |
Clarence,
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Third son / to the | third^Ed|ward King | of
Eng||land:
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Spring | crestless | yeomen | from so deep | a
root?
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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He bears | him on | the place|'s priv|ilege,
,
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Or durst | not for | his crav|en heart | say*
thus.
SOMERSET
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By him | that made | me, I'll | maintain | my
words
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On an|y plot | of ground | in Christ|endom.
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Was not | thy fath|er, Rich|ard, Earl | of
Cam|bridge,
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For treas|on ex|ecut|ed in our // late king's
days? (hex with prev)
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And by his | treason,| standst not | thou
at|tainted,
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2
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Corrupt|ed, and ex|empt from | ancient | gentry?
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His tres|pass yet | lives guil/ty in | thy blood,
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2->
And till | thou be | restored,| thou art | a
yeo||man.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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My fath|er was | attached,| not at|tainted,
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Condemned | to die | for treason,| but no |
traitor;
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And that | I'll prove | on bet|ter men | than
Som||erset,
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Were grow|ing time | once^rip|ened to my will.
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For your | partak|er Pole,| and you | yourself,
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I'll note | you in | my book | of mem|ory,
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To scourge | you for | this ap|prehen|sion:
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Look to | it well,| and say | you are / well
warned.
SOMERSET
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Ah, thou | shalt find | us read|y for | thee
still:
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And know | us by | these col|ors for | thy foes,
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For these | my friends | in spite | of thee | shall wear.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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And by | my soul,| this pale | and ang|ry rose,
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As cog|nizance | of my / blood-drink|ing hate,
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Will I | forev|er, and | my fac|tion wear,
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Until | it with|er with | me to | my grave,
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Or flour|ish to | the height | of my | degree.
SUFFOLK
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Go for/ward, and be | choked with | thy am|bition:
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And so | farewell,| until | I meet | thee next.
[Exit]
SOMERSET
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Have with | thee Pole:| Farewell | ambit|ious
Rich||ard.
[Exit]
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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How | I am braved,| and must | perforce | endure
it?
WARWICK
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This blot | that they | object | against | your
house,
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Shall be / wiped out | in the / next parl|iament,
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Called for the | truce of | Winche|ster and |
Gloucester:
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And if | thou be | not^then | creat|ed York,
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I will not | live to | be ac|counted | Warwick.
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Meantime,| in sig|nal of | my love | to thee,
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Against | proud Somerset,| and Will|iam Pole,
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Will I | upon | thy part|y wear | this rose.
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And here | I proph|esy:| this brawl | today,
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Grown to this | faction | in the |
Temple-|garden,
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Shall send | between | the red | rose and | the
white,
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A thous|and souls | to death | and dead|ly night.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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Good mast|er Ver|non, I | am bound | to you,
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That you | on my | behalf | would pluck | a flower.
VERNON
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In your | behalf | still will | I wear | the
same.
LAWYER
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And so | will I.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
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Thanks | gentle.|
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Come, let | us four | to din|ner: I / dare say,
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This quar|rel will / drink blood | anoth|er day.
[Exeunt]