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London, at the palace.
[Enter SUFFOLK in conference with KING HENRY VI, GLOUCESTER and EXETER]
KING HENRY VI
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Your wond|rous rare | descrip|tion (nob|le earl)
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Of beaut|eous Marg|aret hath | aston|ished me:
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Her vir|tues grac|ed with | exter|nal gifts,
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Do breed | love's settled pas|sions in | my
heart,
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And like | as rig|or of | tempest|uous gusts
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Provokes | the might|iest hulk | against | the
tide,
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So am | I driven | by breath | of her | renown,
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Either | to suf|fer ship|wreck, or | arrive
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Where I | may have | frui|tion of | her love.
SUFFOLK
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Tush my | good^lord,| this sup|erfi|cial tale,
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Is but | a pre|face of | her worth|y praise:
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The chief | perfec|tions of | that love|ly dame,
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(Had I | suffi|cient skill | to ut|ter them)
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Would make | a vol|ume of | enti|cing lines,
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Able | to rav|ish an|y dull | conceit.
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And which | is more,| she is / not so | divine,
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So full | replete | with choice | of all |
delights,
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But with | as hum|ble low|liness | of mind,
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She is | content | to be | at your | command:
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Command | I mean,| of vir|tuous chaste | intents,
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To love,| and hon|or Hen|ry as | her lord.
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And oth|erwise | will Hen|ry nere | presume:
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Therefore | my lord | protect|or, give | consent,
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That Marg|aret may | be Eng|land's roy|al queen.
GLOUCESTER
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So should | I give | consent | to flat|ter sin.
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You know |(my lord)| your high|ness is |betrothed
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Unto | anoth|er la|dy of | esteem,
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How shall we | then dis|pense with | that contract,
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And not | deface | your hon|or with | reproach?
SUFFOLK
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As doth | a rul|er with | unlaw|ful oaths,
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Or one | that^at | a tri|umph, hav|ing vowed
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To try | his strength,| forsak|eth yet | the
lists
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By reas|on of | his ad|versa|ry's odds.
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A poor earl's daught|er is | une|qual odds,
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And there|fore may | be broke | without |
offense.
GLOUCESTER
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Why what |(I pray)| is Marg|aret more | than
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Her fath|er is | no bet|ter than | an earl,
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Although | in glor|ious tit|les he | excel.
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Yes my | lord, her | father | is a | king,
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The King | of Nap|les, and | Jerus|alem,
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And of / such great | author|ity | in France,
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As his | alli|ance will | confirm | our peace,
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And keep | the French|men in | alleg|iance.
GLOUCESTER
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And so | the Earl | of Ar|magnac | may do,
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Because | he is / near kins|man un|to Charles.
EXETER
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Beside,| his wealth | doth war|rant a libe|ral
dower,
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Where Reign|ier soon|er will | receive,| than
give.
SUFFOLK
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A dower | my lords?| disgrace | not* so | your
king,
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That he | should be | so^ab|ject*, base,| and
poor,
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To choose | for wealth,| and not | for per|fect love.
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Henry | is a|ble to | enrich | his queen,
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And not seek | a queen | to make | him rich,
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So worth|less peas|ants barg|ain for | their
wives,
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As mark|et-men | for ox|en, sheep,| or horse.
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Marriage | is a | matter | of more | worth,
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Than to | be dealt | in by | attor|neyship:
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Not^whom | we will,| but whom | his grace |
affects,
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Must^be | compan|ion of | his nup|tial bed.
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And there|fore lords,| since^he | affects | her
most,
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It most | of all | these reas|ons bind|eth us,
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In our | opin|ions she | should be | preferred.
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For what | is wedlock forc|ed? But | a hell,
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An age | of dis|cord and | contin|ual strife,
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Whereas | the con|trary | bringeth | bliss,
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And is | a pat|tern of | celes|tial peace.
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Whom should | we match | with Hen|ry being | a
king,
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But Marg|aret, that | is daught|er to | a king:
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Her peer|less fea|ture, join|ed with | her birth,
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Approves | her fit | for none,| but for | a king:
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Her val|iant cour|age, and | undaunt|ed spirit,
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(More than | in wom|en com|monly | is seen)
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Will ans|wer our hope | in is|sue of | a king.
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For He|nry, son | unto | a con|queror,
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Is like|ly to | beget | more con/querors,
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If with | a la|dy of / so high | resolve,
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(As is fair Marg|aret) he | be linked | in
love.
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Then yield | my lords,| and here | conclude |
with me
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That Marg|aret shall | be queen,| and none | but
she.
KING HENRY VI
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Whether | it be | through force | of your |
report,
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My nob|le Lord | of Suf|folk: or | for that
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My tend|er youth | was nev|er yet | attaint
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With an|y pas|sion of | inflam|ing love,
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I can|not tell:| but this | I am | assured,
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I feel | such^sharp | dissen|sion in | my breast,
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Such fierce | alar|ums both | of hope | and fear,
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As I | am sick | with work|ing of | my thoughts.
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Take therefore shipping, post my lord to
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Agree | to an|y cov|enants,| and procure
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That La|dy Marg|aret do | vouchsafe | to come
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To cross | the seas | to Eng|land, and | be crowned
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King^Hen|ry's faith|ful and | anoint|ed queen.
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For your | expens|es and | suffi|cient charge,
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Among | the peo|ple gath|er up | a tenth.
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Be gone | I say,| for till | you do | return,
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I rest | perplex|ed with | a thous|and cares.
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And you |(good^unc|le) ban|ish all | offense:
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If you | do cens|ure me,| by what | you were,
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Not what | you are,| I know | it will | excuse
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This sud|den ex|ecu|tion of | my will.
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And so | conduct | me, where | from comp|any,
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I may | revolve | and rum|inate | my grief.
[Exit]
GLOUCESTER
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Aye grief | I fear | me, both | at first | and
last.
[Exeunt GLOUCESTER and EXETER]
SUFFOLK
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Thus Suf|folk hath | prevailed,| and thus | he
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As did | the youth|ful Par|is once | to Greece,
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With hope | to find | the like | event | in love,
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But pros|per bet|ter than | the Tro|jan did:
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Margaret | shall now | be queen,| and rule | the
king:
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But I | will rule | both her,| the king,| and
realm.
[Exit]