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Paris, at a hall of state.
[Enter KING HENRY VI, GLOUCESTER, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, YORK, SUFFOLK,
SOMERSET, WARWICK, TALBOT, EXETER, the Governor, of Paris, and others]
GLOUCESTER
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Lord bish|op set | the crown | upon | his head.
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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God save King | Henry | of that name | the sixth.
GLOUCESTER
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Now gov|ernor | of Par|is take | your oath,
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That you | elect | no oth|er king | but him;
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Esteem none friends,| but such | as are | his
friends,
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And none | your foes,| but such | as shall |
pretend
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Malic|ious prac|tices | against | his state:
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This^shall | ye do,| so help | you right|eous
God.
[Enter FALSTAFF]
FALSTAFF
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My gra|cious sove|reign, as | I rode | from
Calais, ??
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To haste | unto | your cor|ona|tion:
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A let|ter was | deliv|ered to | my hands,
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Writ to | your grace,| from the Duke | of
Burg|undy.
TALBOT
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Shame to | the Duke | of Burg|undy,| and thee:
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I vowed |(base knight) when | I did meet | thee
next,
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To tear | the gart|er from | thy crav|en's leg,
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Which^I | have done,| because (unworth|ily)
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Thou wast | instal|led in | that high | degree.
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Pardon | me prince|ly Hen|ry, and | the rest:
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This dast|ard, at | the bat|tle of | Patay,
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When (but | in all)| I was / six thous|and strong,
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And that | the French | were al|most ten | to
one,
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Before | we met,| or that | a stroke | was given,
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Like to | a trust|y squire,| did run | away.
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In which | assault,| we lost^/twelve hund|red
men.
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Myself,| and div|ers gent|lemen | beside,
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Were there | surprised,| and tak|en pris|oners.
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Then judge |(great lords)/ if I | have done |
amiss:
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Or wheth|er that / such cow|ards ought | to wear
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This orn|ament | of knight|hood, yea | or no?
GLOUCESTER
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To say | the truth,| this fact | was in|famous,
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And ill | beseem|ing an|y com|mon man;
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Much more a knight,| a cap|tain, and | a
lea||der.
TALBOT
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When first | this ord|er was | ordained | my
lords,
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Knights of | the gart|er were | of nob|le birth;
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Valiant,| and vir|tuous, full | of haught|y
cour||age,
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Such | as were grown | to cred|it by | the wars:
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Not^fear|ing death,| nor shrink|ing for |
distress,
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But al|ways res|olute,| in most | extremes.
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He then,| that is / not furn|ished in | this sort,
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Doth but | usurp | the sac|red name | of knight,
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Profan|ing this most | honor|able | order,
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And should |(if I | were worth|y to / be judge)
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Be quite | degrad|ed, like | a hedge-born swain,
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That doth | presume | to boast | of gent|le
blood.
KING HENRY VI
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Stain to | thy count|rymen,/ thou hearst | thy
doom:
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Be pack|ing there|fore, thou | that wast | a
knight:
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Henceforth | we ban|ish thee | on pain | of
death.
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And now| lord pro|tector,| view the
| letter
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Sent from | our unc|le Duke | of Burg|undy.
GLOUCESTER
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What means | his grace,| that he | hath changed | his
style?
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No more | but plain | and blunt|ly? (To | the king).
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Hath he | forgot | he is | his sov|ereign?
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Or doth | this churl|ish sup|erscrip|tion
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Pretend | some alt|era|tion in / good will?
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What's here? | I have | upon | espe|cial
cause,
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Moved with | compas|sion of | my count|ry's
wreck,
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Togeth|er with | the pit|iful | complaints
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Of such | as your | oppres|sion feeds | upon,
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Forsak|en your | pernic|ious fac|tion,
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And joined | with Charles,| the right|ful King | of
France.
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O monst|rous treach|ery:| can this | be so?
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That in | alli|ance, am|ity,| and oaths,
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There should | be found | such false | dissem|bling guile?
KING HENRY VI
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What? Doth^|my unc|le Burg|undy | revolt?
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GLOUCESTER
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He doth | my lord,| and is | become | your foe.
KING HENRY VI
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Is that | the worst | this let|ter doth |
contain?
GLOUCESTER
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It is | the worst,| and all |(my lord)| he
writes.
KING HENRY VI
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Why then | Lord^Tal|bot there | shall talk | with
him,
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And give | him chas|tisement | for this | abuse.
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How say | you (my / lord) are | you not | content?
TALBOT
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Content,| my liege?| Yes: but that | I am
pre|vented,
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I should | have begged | I might | have been |
employed.
KING HENRY VI
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Then gath|er strength,| and march | unto | him
straight:
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Let him per|ceive how | ill we | brook his |
treason,
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And what | offense | it is | to flout | his
friends.
TALBOT
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I go | my lord,| in heart | desir|ing still
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You may | behold | confu|sion of | your foes.
[Exit. Enter VERNON and BASSET]
VERNON
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Grant me | the com|bat, gra|cious sov|ereign.
BASSET
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And me |(my lord)| grant^me | the com|bat too.
YORK
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This is | my serv|ant, hear | him nob|le prince.
SOMERSET
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And this | is mine |(sweet* Hen|ry) fav|or him.
KING HENRY VI
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Be pa|tient lords,| and give | them leave | to
speak.
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Say* gent|lemen,| what makes | you thus | exclaim,
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And where|fore crave | you com|bat? or | with
whom?
VERNON
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With him |(my lord)| for he | hath done | me
wrong.
BASSET
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And I | with him,| for he | hath done | me wrong.
KING HENRY VI
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What is | that wrong,| whereof | you both |
complain?
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First^let | me know,| and then | I'll ans|wer
you.
BASSET
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Crossing | the sea,| from Eng|land in|to France,
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This fel|low here,| with env|ious carp|ing tongue,
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Upbraid|ed me | about | the rose | I wear,
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Saying,| the san|guine col/or of | the leaves
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Did rep|resent | my mast|er's blush|ing cheeks:
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When stub|bornly | he did | repugn | the truth,
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About | a cert|ain ques|tion in | the law,
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Argued | betwixt | the Duke | of York,| and him:
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With oth|er vile | and ig|nomin|ious terms.
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In con|futa|tion of / which rude | reproach
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And in | defense | of my | lord's worth/iness,
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I crave | the ben|efit | of law | of arms.
VERNON
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And that | is my | peti|tion (nob|le lord:)
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For though | he seem | with forg|ed quaint |
conceit
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To set | a gloss | upon | his bold | intent,
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Yet know |(my lord)| I was | provoked | by him,
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And he first took | excep|tions at | this
badge,
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Pronoun|cing that | the pale|ness of | this
flower
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Bewrayed | the faint|ness of | my mast|er's
heart.
YORK
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Will not | this mal|ice Som|erset | be left?
SOMERSET
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Your priv|ate grudge | my Lord | of York,| will
out,
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Though nere | so cun|ningly | you smoth|er it.
KING HENRY VI
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Good Lord,| what mad|ness rules | in brainsick
men,
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When for | so slight | and friv|olous | a cause,
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Such fac|tious em|ula|tions shall | arise?
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Good cous|ins both | of York | and Som|erset,
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Quiet | yourselves |(I pray)| and be | at peace.
YORK
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Let this | dissen|sion first | be tried | by
fight,
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And then | your high|ness shall | command | a
peace.
SOMERSET
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The quar|rel touch|eth none | but us | alone,
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Betwixt | ourselves | let us | decide | it then.
YORK
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There is | my pledge,| accept | it Som|erset.
VERNON
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Nay, let | it rest | where it | began | at first.
BASSET
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Confirm | it so,| mine^hon|ora|ble lord.
GLOUCESTER
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Confirm | it so?| Confound|ed be | your strife,
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And per|ish ye | with your | auda|cious prate,
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Presump|tuous vas|sals, are | you not | ashamed
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With this | immod|est clam|orous / outrage
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To troub|le and | disturb | the king,| and us?
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And you | my lords,| methinks | you do | not well
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To bear | with their | perverse | objec|tions:
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Much less | to take | occa|sion from | their mouths,
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To raise | a mut|iny | betwixt | yourselves.
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Let^me | persuade | you take | a bet|ter course.
EXETER
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It grieves | his high|ness,
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Good | my lords,| be
friends.
KING HENRY VI
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Come^hith|er you | that would | be com|batants:
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Henceforth | I charge | you, as | you love | our
favor,
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Quite to | forget | this quar|rel, and | the
cause.
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And you | my lords:| remem|ber where | we are,
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In France,| amongst | a fickle | wavering
| nation:
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If they | perceive | dissen|sion in | our looks
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And that | within | ourselves | we dis|agree;
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How will | their grudg|ing stom|achs be |
provoked
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To wil|ful dis|obed|ience, and | rebel?
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Beside,| what in|famy | will there | arise,
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When for|eign prin|ces shall | be cert|ified,
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That for | a toy,| a thing | of no | regard,
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King^Hen|ry's peers,| and chief | nobil|ity,
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Destroyed | themselves,| and lost | the realm |
of France?
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O think | upon | the con|quest of my | father,
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My tend|er years,| and let | us not | forego
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That for | a tri|fle, that | was bought | with blood.
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Let^me | be um|pire^in | this doubt|ful strife:
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I see | no reas|on if | I wear | this rose,
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That an|y one | should there|fore be |
suspi||cious
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I more | incline | to Som|erset,| than York:
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Both are | my kin|smen, and | I love | them both.
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As well | they may | upbraid | me with | my
crown,
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Because |(forsooth)| the king | of Scots | is
crowned.
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But your | discre|tions bet|ter can | persuade,
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Than I | am a|ble to | instruct | or teach:
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And there|fore, as | we hith|er came | in peace,
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So let | us still | contin|ue peace,| and love.
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Cousin | of York,| we inst|itute | your grace
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To be | our reg|ent in | these parts | of France:
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And good | my Lord | of Som|erset,| unite
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Your troops | of horse|men with | his bands | of
foot,
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And like true sub|jects, sons | of your progen|itors,
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Go cheer|fully | togeth|er, and | digest
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Your ang|ry chol|er on | your en|emies.
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Ourself,| my lord | protect|or, and | the rest,
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After some | respite,| will re|turn to | Calais;
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From thence | to Eng|land, where | I hope | ere
long
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To be | present|ed by | your vic|tories,
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With Charles,| Alen|con, and | that trait|orous
rout.
[Flourish. Exeunt all but YORK, WARWICK, EXETER and VERNON]
WARWICK
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My Lord | of York,| I prom|ise you | the king
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Prettily |(methought)| did play | the or|ator.
YORK
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And so | he did,| but yet | I like | it not,
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In that | he wears | the badge | of Som|erset.
WARWICK
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Tush, that | was but | his fan|cy, blame | him
not,
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I dare | presume |(sweet* prince)| he thought | no
harm.
YORK
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And if | I wish | he did. | But let | it
rest,
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Other | affairs | must now | be man|aged.
[Exeunt all but EXETER]
EXETER
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Well didst | thou Rich|ard to | suppress | thy
voice:
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For had | the pas|sions of | thy heart |
burst^out,
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I fear | we should | have seen | deciph|ered
there
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More^ranc|orous spite,| more fur|ious rag|ing
broils,
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Than yet | can be | imag|ined or | supposed:
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But how|soere,| no simp|le man | that sees
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This jar|ring dis|cord of | nobil|ity,
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This should|ering of | each oth|er in | the
court,
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This fac|tious band|ying of | their fav|orites,
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But that | it doth | presage | some^ill | event.
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'Tis much,| when scep|ters are | in
child|ren's hands:
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But more,| when en|vy breeds | unkind |
divis|ion,
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There comes | the rain,| there be|gins
con|fusi|on. (hex with prev)
[Exit]