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Henry VI part one

Act V, Scene 4

 

Camp of the YORK in Anjou.
 
[Enter YORK, WARWICK, and others]
 
YORK
        T     T     T      ,               ,          ,
      Bring forth that | sorceress | condemned | to burn.
 
[Enter JOAN LA PUCELLE, guarded, and a Shepherd]
 
SHEPHERD
           ,           ,          ,          ,          ,
      Ah Joan,| this kills | thy fath|er's heart | outright,
           ,           ,  2    ,       ,          ,
      Have I | sought^eve|ry count|ry far | and near,
           ,        ,         ,          ,          ,
      And now | it is | my chance | to find | thee out,
           ,       ,          ,        ,       ,
      Must^I | behold | thy time|less cru|el death:
           ,             ,         ,          ,           ,
      Ah Joan,| sweet* daught|er Joan,| I'll die | with thee.
 
JOAN LA PUCELLE
         ,       ,        ,       ,        ,
      Decrep|it mis|er, base | ignob|le wretch,
      ,          ,       ,      ,         ,
      I am | descend|ed of | a gent|ler blood.
        ,            ,        ,          ,          ,
      Thou art | no fat|her, nor | no friend | of mine.
 
SHEPHERD
       T    T    .   T            ,                  ,   ,
      Out, out: My lords,| and please | you, 'tis / not so,
         ,       ,          ,         ,        ,
      I did | beget | her, all | the par|ish knows:
           ,       ,       ,         ,     ,
      Her mot|her liv|eth yet,| can test|ify
       ,              ,       ,             ,    2   ,
      She was | the first | fruit of | my bach|elorship.
 
WARWICK
        ,           ,            ,        ,      ,
      Graceless,| wilt thou | deny | thy par|entage?
 
YORK
            ,        ,          ,         ,           ,
      This arg|ues what | her kind | of life | hath been,
        ,            ,         ,         ,           ,
      Wicked | and vile,| and so | her death | concludes.
 
SHEPHERD
       ,    ,                  ,           ,     ,
      Fie Joan,/ that thou | wilt be | so^ob|stacle:
            ,           ,       ,       ,        ,
      God^knows,| thou art | a col|lop of | my flesh,
                 ,    ,        2    ,     ,         ,
      And for / thy sake | have I shed | many | a tear:
         ,       ,        ,        ,        ,
      Deny | me not,| I prith|ee, gent|le Joan.
 
JOAN LA PUCELLE
       ,            ,     ,              ,           ,
      Peasant | avaunt.| You have | suborned | this man
          ,        ,       ,         ,       ,
      Of pur|pose to | obscure | my nob|le birth.
 
SHEPHERD
             ,        ,       ,      ,          ,
      'Tis true,| I gave | a nob|le to | the priest,
            ,         ,        ,       ,          x
      The morn | that I | was wed|ded to | her mother.  ??
        T     T   .    T         ,          ,         ,
      Kneel down and take | my bless|ing, good | my girl.
             ,          ,           ,      ,         ,
      Wilt thou | not^stoop?| Now curs|ed be | the time
          ,       ,    ,       ,           ,
      Of thy | nativ|ity:| I would | the milk
           ,        ,           ,            ,            ,
      Thy moth|er gave | thee when | thou suckst | her breast,
            ,       ,        ,    ,              ,
      Had been | a lit|tle rats|bane for | thy sake.
           ,           ,            ,         ,         ,
      Or else,| when thou | didst keep | my lambs | a-field,
          ,          ,    2     ,         ,       ,
      I wish | some rav|enous wolf | had eat|en thee.
             ,       ,        ,        ,        ,
      Dost^thou | deny | thy fath|er, curs|ed drab?
          ,           ,           ,            ,    ,
      O burn | her, burn | her, hang|ing is / too good.
 
[Exit]
 
YORK
        ,           ,        ,           ,           ,
      Take her | away,| for she | hath lived | too long,
           ,          ,           ,         ,     ,
      To fill | the world | with vic|ious qual|ities.
 
JOAN LA PUCELLE
             ,         ,          ,          ,          ,
      First^let | me tell | you whom | you have | condemned;
           ,      ,       ,       ,         ,
      Not me,| begot|ten of | a shep|herd swain,
           ,        ,         ,     ,        ,
      But is|sued from | the prog|eny | of kings.
       ,   2          ,      ,        ,       ,
      Virtuous | and ho|ly, chos|en from | above,
          ,     ,       ,      ,    2    ,
      By in|spira|tion of | celest|ial grace,
           ,       ,        ,     ,         ,
      To work | exceed|ing mir|acles | on earth.
         ,      ,        ,          ,        x
      I nev|er had | to do | with wick|ed spirits.
           ,          ,        ,       ,           ,
      But you,| that are | pollut|ed with | your lusts,
         ,                 ,          ,         ,      ,
      Stained with | the guilt|less blood | of in|nocents,
           ,          ,   ,      2      ,         ,
      Corrupt | and tain|ted with a | thousand | vices:
          ,           ,          ,           ,        ,
      Because | you want | the grace | that oth|ers have,
            ,            ,          ,        ,     ,
      You judge | it straight | a thing | impos|sible
          ,        ,         ,         ,          x
      To comp|ass wond|ers, but | by help | of devils.
           ,      ,         ,        ,           ,
      No* mis|conceiv|ed, Joan | of Arc | hath been
          ,       ,         ,       ,     ,
      A virg|in from | her tend|er in|fancy,
         ,             ,     ,        ,       ,
      Chaste, and | immac|ulate | in ve|ry thought,
             ,        ,           ,    2   ,       ,
      Whose^maid|en blood | thus rig|orously | effused,
            ,          ,          ,         ,           x
      Will cry | for venge|ance, at | the gates | of heaven.
 
YORK
       T   T   . T          ,        ,   ,      2->
      Aye aye: away | with her | to ex|ecu||tion.
 
WARWICK
            ,         ,        ,          ,       ,
      And hark | ye sirs:| because | she is | a maid,
        ,             ,         ,           ,      ,
      Spare for | no fag|gots, let | there be | enow:
        ,    ,              ,      ,         ,         ,  ->
      Place bar/rels of | pitch u|pon the | fatal || stake,
              ,        ,         ,         ,
      That | so her | torture | may be | shortened.
 
JOAN LA PUCELLE
            ,         ,          ,     ,         ,
      Will noth|ing turn | your un|relent|ing hearts?
             ,        ,       ,        ,     ,
      Then Joan | discov|er thine | infirm|ity,
            ,       ,        ,        ,         ,     2   ->
      That war|ranteth | by law,| to be | thy priv||ilege.
      ,     2       ,          ,      ,      ,
      I | am with child | ye blood|y hom|icides:
       ,        ,               ,         ,         ,
      Murder | not then | the fruit | within | my womb,
           ,          ,     ,         ,   2     ,
      Although | ye hale | me to | a vi|olent death.
 
YORK
             x          ,         ,      ,           ,
      Now heaven | forfend,| the ho|ly maid | with child?
 
WARWICK
            ,        ,    ,          ,          ,
      The great|est mir|acle | that ere | ye wrought.
          ,            ,         ,          ,         ,
      Is all | your strict | precise|ness come | to this?
 
YORK
       ,             ,         ,          ,     ,
      She and | the Dauph|in have | been jug|gling,
         ,      ,        ,           ,        ,       2->
      I did | imag|ine what | would be | her re||fuge.
 
WARWICK
            ,    T    T     T        ,          ,
      Well go | to, we'll have | no bast|ards live,
         ,     ,             ,            ,       ,
      Espe|cially | since Charles | must fath|er it.
 
JOAN LA PUCELLE
       ,             ,          ,          ,        ,
      You are | deceived,| my child | is none | of his,
          ,      ,        ,         ,         ,
      It was | Alen|con that | enjoyed | my love.
 
YORK
        ,        ,       ,    2   ,    2  ,
      Alen|con that | notor|ious Mach|iavel?
           ,         ,       ,        ,         ,
      It dies,| and if | it had | a thous|and lives.
 
JOAN LA PUCELLE
          ,         ,         ,       ,      ,
      O give | me leave,| I have | delud|ed you,
              ,         ,           ,          ,        ,
      'Twas neith|er Charles,| nor yet | the duke | I named,
            ,         ,        ,        ,         ,
      But Reign|ier king | of Nap|les that | prevailed.
 
WARWICK
         ,        ,             ,       ,   2  ,
      A mar|ried man,| that's most | intol|erable.
 
YORK
             ,         ,        ,           ,           ,
      Why here's | a girl:| I think | she knows | not^well
               ,        ,       ,         ,        ,
      (There were | so ma|ny) whom | she may | accuse.
 
WARWICK
             ,          ,          ,     ,         ,
      It's sign | she hath | been lib|eral | and free.
 
YORK
           ,         ,          ,       ,       ,
      And yet | forsooth | she is | a virg|in pure.
        ,              ,          ,          ,          ,
      Strumpet,| thy words | condemn | thy brat,| and thee.
           ,       ,       ,        ,        ,
      Use^no | entrea|ty, for | it is | in vain.
 
JOAN LA PUCELLE
             ,         ,            ,        ,          ,
      Then lead | me hence:| with whom | I leave | my curse.
           ,      ,    2    ,        ,          ,
      May nev|er glor|ious sun | reflex | his beams
         ,         ,        ,           ,       ,
      Upon | the count|ry where | you make | abode:
            ,         ,          ,       ,          ,
      But dark|ness, and | the gloo|my shade | of death
         ,      ,          ,         ,         ,
      Envir|on you,| till mis|chief^and | despair,
        ,              ,            ,          ,           ,
      Drive you | to break | your necks,| or hang | yourselves.
 
[Exit, guarded]
 
YORK
        ,       2      ,        ,        ,        ,
      Break thou in | pieces,| and con|sume to | ashes,
             ,       ,       ,     ,         ,
      Thou foul | accurs|ed min|ister | of hell.
 
[Enter CARDINAL OF WINCHESTER, attended]
 
CARDINAL OF WINCHESTER
            ,       ,        ,           ,      ,
      Lord reg|ent, I | do greet | your ex|cellence
            ,        ,       ,         ,          ,
      With let|ters of | commis|sion from | the king.
            ,         ,            ,          ,       ,
      For know | my lords,| the states | of Christ|endom,
        ,              ,          ,         ,          ,
      Moved with | remorse | of these | outrag|eous broils,
            ,       ,        ,         ,        ,
      Have earn|estly | implored | a gene|ral peace,
          ,          ,        ,       2   ,         ,
      Betwixt | our na|tion, and | the aspir|ing French;
            ,         ,         ,        ,          ,
      And here | at hand,| the Dauph|in and | his train
           ,         ,       ,       ,            x
      Approach|eth, to | confer | about | some^matter.
 
YORK
          ,              ,     ,          ,        ,
      Is all | our tra/vail turned | to this | effect,
       ,             ,      2    ,    ,       ,
      After | the slaught|er of so | many | peers,
      <-       ,      ,          ,      ,          ,
        So || many | captains,| gentle|men, and | soldiers,
            ,          ,        ,         ,       ,
      That in | this quar|rel have | been ov|erthrown,
            ,      ,    ,         2          ,          ,  2
      And sold | their bod/ies for their | country's | benefit,
             ,        ,         ,        ,    2     ,
      Shall we | at last | conclude | effem|inate peace?
            ,         ,           ,        ,          ,
      Have we | not lost | most^part | of all | the towns,
           ,         ,          ,         ,      ,
      By treas|on, false|hood, and | by treach|ery,
            ,         ,     ,         ,      ,
      Our great | progen|itors | had con|quered?
          ,         ,        ,        ,           ,
      Oh War|wick, War|wick, I | foresee | with grief
           ,       ,        ,          ,           ,
      The ut|ter loss | of all | the realm | of France.
 
WARWICK
          ,         ,        ,        ,         ,
      Be pat|ient York,| if we | conclude | a peace
        2       ,          ,       ,             ,     ,   2
      It shall be | with such | strict and | severe | covenants,
          ,        ,            ,         ,          ,
      As lit|tle shall | the French|men gain | thereby.
 
      [Enter CHARLES, ALENCON, BASTARD OF ORLEANS, REIGNIER, and others]
 
CHARLES
              ,         ,         ,        ,        ,
      Since lords | of Eng|land, it | is thus | agreed,
             ,         ,            ,         ,            ,
      That peace|ful truce | shall be | proclaimed | in France,
           ,        ,      ,       ,          ,
      We come | to be | inform|ed by | yourselves,
        ,            ,        ,           ,           ,
      What the | condi|tions of | that league | must be.
 
YORK
        ,     ,                 ,        ,        ,
      Speak Winch/ester,| for boil|ing chol|er chokes
           ,       ,        ,       ,          ,
      The hol|low pas|sage of | my pois|oned voice,
           ,          ,           ,       ,    ,
      By sight | of these | our bale|ful en|emies.
 
CARDINAL OF WINCHESTER
         ,                 ,        ,      ,       ,
      Charles, and | the rest,| it is | enact|ed thus:
            ,       ,          ,       ,          ,
      That in | regard | King^Hen|ry gives | consent,
           ,        ,         ,        ,    ,
      Of mere | compas|sion, and | of len|ity,
           ,           ,       ,        ,        ,
      To ease | your count|ry of | distress|ful war,
           ,       ,          ,           ,         ,
      And suf|fer you | to breathe | in fruit|ful peace,
            ,         ,      ,    ,                  ,
      You shall | become | true liege/men to | his crown.
             ,         ,       ,        ,           ,
      And Charles,| upon | condi|tion thou | wilt^swear
          ,         ,   __        ,          ,
      To pay | him tri|bute,| submit | thyself,
             ,           ,          ,       ,      ,
      Thou shalt | be placed | as vice|roy^und|er him,
            ,        ,         ,      ,     ,
      And still | enjoy | thy reg|al dig|nity.
 
ALENCON
            ,        ,         ,      ,        ,
      Must he | be then | as shad|ow of | himself?
         ,         ,         ,       ,    ,
      Adorn | his temp|les with | a cor|onet,
           ,        ,          ,        ,    ,
      And yet | in sub|stance and | author|ity,
          ,          ,     ,      2   ,        ,
      Retain | but priv|ilege | of a priv|ate man?
             ,       ,       ,         ,       ,
      This prof|fer is | absurd,| and reas|onless.
 
CHARLES
             ,        ,       ,       ,         ,
      'Tis known | alrea|dy that | I am | possessed
             ,           ,         ,    2   ,       x
      With more | than half | the Gal|lian ter|ritories,
            ,        ,          ,           ,        ,
      And there|in reve|renced for | their law|ful king.
        ,    2       ,       ,         ,      ,
      Shall I for | lucre | of the | rest un|vanquished,
          ,          ,           ,        ,     ,
      Detract | so much | from that | prerog|ative,
          ,         ,           ,       ,         ,
      As to | be called | but vice|roy of | the whole?
       T   T   . T     ,          ,        ,
      No lord ambas|sador,| I'll rath|er keep
        ,              ,          ,     ,          ,
      That which | I have,| than cov|eting | for more
           ,          ,     ,    ,       ,
      Be cast | from pos|sibil|ity | of all.
 
YORK
         ,          ,             ,        ,        ,
      Insult|ing Charles,| hast thou | by sec|ret means
            ,     ,        ,       ,         ,
      Used int|erces|sion to | obtain | a league,
           ,         ,        ,         ,       ,
      And now | the mat|ter grows | to com|promise,
         ,              ,       ,       ,     ,
      Standst thou | aloof | upon | compar|ison.
       ,           ,         ,       ,        ,
      Either | accept | the tit|le thou | usurpst,
          ,    ,        ,         ,          ,
      Of ben|efit | proceed|ing from | our king,
           ,       ,      ,         ,       ,
      And not | of an|y chal|lenge of | desert,
          ,           ,       ,            ,         ,
      Or we | will plague | thee with | inces|sant wars.
 
REIGNIER
           ,         ,         ,        ,   2   ,
      My lord,| you do | not well | in ob|stinacy,
          ,      ,          ,                ,   ,
      To cav|il in | the course | of this / contract:
           ,        ,       ,        ,        ,
      If once | it be | neglect|ed, ten | to one
        2       ,      T    T   T     ,    ,
      We shall not | find like op|portun|ity.
 
ALENCON
          ,          ,         ,         ,    ,
      To say | the truth,| it is | your pol|icy,
           ,          ,           ,          ,     ,
      To save | your sub|jects* from | such mas|sacre
            ,          ,         ,        ,       ,
      And ruth|less slaught|ers as | are dai|ly seen
          ,        ,        ,       ,    ,
      By our | proceed|ing in | hostil|ity,
            ,          ,          ,        ,       ,
      And there|fore take | this com|pact^of | a truce,
           ,           ,          ,           ,          ,
      Although | you break | it when | your pleas|ure serves.
 
WARWICK
            ,              ,
      How sayst | thou Charles?
                                  ,             ,        ,
                                Shall our | condi|tion stand?
 
CHARLES
           ,
      It shall:
                 ,  2      ,            ,         , 
                Only re|served, you | claim no | interest
         ,     ,         ,         ,     ,
      In an|y of | our towns | of gar|rison.
 
YORK
             ,        ,         ,        ,     ,
      Then swear | alleg|iance to | his maj|esty,
           ,           ,      ,          ,     ,
      As thou | art^knight,| never | to dis|obey,
           ,      ,    2    ,         ,         ,        o
      Nor be | rebel|lious to | the crown | of Eng|land,
            ,         ,        ,         ,         ,       o
      Thou nor | thy nob|les, to | the crown | of Eng|land.   (hex with prev)
       ,     2      ,          ,       ,          ,
      So, now dis|miss your | army | when ye | please:
            ,         ,         ,           ,          ,
      Hang^up | your ens|igns, let | your drums | be still,
            ,        ,      ,       ,        ,
      For here | we ent|ertain | a sol|emn peace.
 
[Exeunt]

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