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London, at the palace.
[Sennet. Enter KING HENRY VI, GLOUCESTER, and EXETER]
KING HENRY VI
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Have you | perused | the let|ters from | the
pope,
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The emp|eror,| and the Earl | of Arm|agnac?
GLOUCESTER
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I have | my lord,| and their | intent | is this,
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They hum|bly sue | unto | your ex|cellence,
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To have | a god|ly peace | conclud|ed of,
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Between | the realms | of Eng|land, and | of
France.
KING HENRY VI
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How doth | your grace | affect | their mot|ion?
GLOUCESTER
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Well (my | good lord)| and as | the on|ly
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To stop | effus|ion of | our Chris|tian blood,
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And estab|lish qui|etness | on eve|ry side.
KING HENRY VI
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Aye mar|ry unc|le, for | I al|ways thought
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It was / both imp|ious and | unna|tural,
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That such | imman|ity | and blood|y strife
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Should reign | among | profes|sors of / one
faith.
GLOUCESTER
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Beside | my lord,| the soon|er to | effect,
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And sur|er bind | this knot | of am|ity,
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The Earl | of Ar|magnac | near knit to Charles,
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A man | of great | author|ity | in France,
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Proffers | his on|ly daught|er to | your grace,
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In mar/riage, with a | large and | sumptuous | dowry.
KING HENRY VI
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Marriage | uncle?| alas | my years | are young:
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And fit|ter is | my stud|y, and | my books,
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Than want|on dal|liance with | a par|amour.
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Yet call | the ambas|sador,| and as | you please,
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So let | them have | their^ans|wers eve|ry one:
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I shall | be well | content | with an|y choice
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Tends to | God's glo/ry, and | my count|ry's weal.
[Enter CARDINAL OF WINCHESTER in Cardinal's habit, a Legate and two
Ambassadors]
EXETER
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What, is | my Lord | of Winch|ester | installed,
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And called | unto | a card|inal's | degree?
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Then I | perceive,| that will | be ver|ified
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Henry | the Fifth | did some|time proph|esy,
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If once | he come | to be | a card|inal,
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He'll make | his cap | co-e|qual with | the
crown.
KING HENRY VI
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My lords | ambas|sadors,| your seve|ral suits
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Have been | consid|ered and | debat|ed on,
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Your pur|pose is / both good | and reason|able:
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And there|fore are | we cert|ainly | resolved,
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To draw | condi|tions of | a friend|ly peace,
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Which by | my Lord | of Winch|ester | we mean
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Shall be | transport|ed pres|ently | to France.
GLOUCESTER
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And for the | proffer | of my | lord your | master,
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I have | informed | his high|ness so | at large,
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As lik|ing of | the la|dy's vir|tuous gifts,
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Her beaut|y, and | the val|ue of | her dower,
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He doth | intend | she shall | be Eng|land's
queen.
KING HENRY VI
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In arg|ument | and proof | of which contract,
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Bear her | this jewel,| pledge of | my
af|fection.
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And so | my lord | protect|or see | them
guard||ed,
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And safe|ly brought | to Dov|er, where |
inshipped
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Commit | them to | the for|tune of | the sea.
[Exeunt all but CARDINAL OF WINCHESTER and Legate]
CARDINAL OF WINCHESTER
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Stay my | lord Le|gate, you | shall first | receive
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The sum | of mon|ey which | I prom|ised
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Should be | deliv|ered to | his hol|iness,
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For cloth|ing me | in these / grave orn|aments.
LEGATE
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I will at|tend u|pon your | lordship's^|leisure.
CARDINAL OF WINCHESTER
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Now Winch|ester | will not | submit,| I trow,
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Or be | infer|ior to | the proud|est peer;
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Humphrey | of Glouce|ster, thou | shalt well |
perceive,
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That neith|er in / birth, or | for author|ity,
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The bish|op will | be ov|erborne | by thee:
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I'll eith|er make | thee stoop,| and bend | thy knee,
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Or sack | this count|ry with | a mut|iny.
[Exeunt]