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London. The palace.
[Flourish of trumpets: then hautboys. Enter KING HENRY VI, GLOUCESTER,
SALISBURY, WARWICK, and CARDINAL, on the one side; QUEEN MARGARET, SUFFOLK,
YORK, SOMERSET, and BUCKINGHAM, on the other]
SUFFOLK
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As by | your high | imper|ial maj|esty,
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I had | in charge | at my | depart | for France,
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As pro|curat|or to | your ex|cellence,
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To mar|ry Prin|cess Marg|aret for | your grace;
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So in | the fam|ous an|cient ci|ty, Tours,
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In pres|ence of | the Kings | of France, and
Sicil,
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The Dukes | of Orl|eans, Cal/aber, Bre|tagne and
A|lencon, ??
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Seven earls, twelve | barons, and | twenty
| reverend | bishops (hex w/prev)
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I have | performed | my task,| and was |
espoused,
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And hum|bly now | upon | my bend|ed knee,
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In sight | of Eng|land, and | her lord|ly peers,
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Deliv|er up | my tit|le in | the queen
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To your / most gra|cious hands,| that are the |
substance
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Of that great shad|ow I | did rep|resent:
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The hap|piest gift,| that ev|er mar|quess^gave,
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The fair|est queen,| that ev|er king | received.
KING HENRY VI
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Suffolk | arise.| Welcome | Queen Mar/garet,
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I can | express | no* kind|er sign | of love
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Than this / kind kiss:| O Lord,| that lends | me
life,
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Lend me | a heart | replete | with thank|fulness:
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For thou | hast given | me in | this beaut|eous
face
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A world | of earth|ly bles|sings to | my soul,
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If sym|pathy | of love | unite | our thoughts.
QUEEN MARGARET
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Great King of Eng|land, and | my gra|cious lord,
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The mu|tual conf|erence that | my mind | hath
had,
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By day,| by night;| waking,| and in | my dreams,
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In court|ly comp|any,| or at | my beads,
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With you | mine^ald|er-lie|fest sov|ereign,
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Makes me the bold|er to | salute | my king,
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With rud|er terms,| such as | my wit | affords,
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And ov|er-joy | of heart | doth min|ister.
KING HENRY VI
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Her sight | did rav|ish; but | her grace | in
speech,
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Her words | they clad | with wis|dom's maj|esty,
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Makes me | from wond|ering, fall | to weep|ing
joys,
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Such is | the full|ness of | my heart's |
content.
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Lords, with | one^cheer|ful voice,| welcome | my
love.
ALL [Kneeling]
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Long live Queen | Margaret,| England's |
happiness.
QUEEN MARGARET
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We thank | you all. \\
[Flourish]
SUFFOLK
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My lord | protect|or, so | it please | your
grace,
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Here are | the art|icles | of contract|ed peace,
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Between | our sove/reign, and the | French king
Charles,
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For eigh|teen* months | conclud|ed by | consent.
GLOUCESTER [Reads]
Imprimis, it is agreed between the French king Charles, and William de la
Pole Marquess of Suffolk, ambassador for Henry King of England, that the
said Henry shall espouse the Lady Margaret, daughter unto Reignier King of
Naples, Sicilia, and Jerusalem, and crown her Queen of England, ere the
thirtieth of May next ensuing. Item, that the duchy of Anjou, and the county
of Maine, shall be released and delivered to the king her father.
[Lets the paper fall]
KING HENRY VI
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Uncle,| how* now?
GLOUCESTER
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Pardon | me gra|cious lord,
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Some sud|den qualm | hath struck | me at | the
heart,
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And dimmed | mine^eyes,| that I can | read no |
further.
KING HENRY VI
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Uncle | of Winch|ester,| I pray | read on.
CARDINAL [Reads]
Item, it is further agreed between them, that the duchies of Anjou and Maine,
shall be released and delivered over to the king her father, and she sent
over of the King of England's own proper cost and charges, without having
any dowry.
KING HENRY VI
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They please | us well.| Lord mar|quess kneel
down.
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We here | create | thee the first | duke of |
Suffolk,
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And gird | thee with | the sword.| Cousin | of
York,
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We here | discharge | your grace | from being
| regent
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In the parts | of France,| till term | of
eighteen months
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Be full | expired.| Thanks uncle Winch|ester,
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Gloucester,| York,| Bucking|ham, Som|erset,
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Salis|bury, and | Warwick. \\
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We thank | you all | for this / great fav|or
done,
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In ent|ertain|ment to | my prince|ly queen.
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Come, let us in,| and with all speed | provide
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To see | her co|rona|tion be | performed.
[Exeunt KING HENRY VI, QUEEN MARGARET, and SUFFOLK]
GLOUCESTER
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Brave peers of Eng|land, pil|lars of | the state,
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To you | Duke^Humph|rey must | unload | his
grief:
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Your grief, the com|mon grief | of all | the
land.
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What? Did | my broth|er Hen|ry spend | his youth,
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His val|or, coin,| and peo|ple in | the wars?
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Did he | so of|ten lodge | in op|en field:
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In wint|er's cold,| and sum|mer's parch|ing heat,
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To con|quer France,| his true | inher|itance?
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And did | my broth|er Bed|ford^toil | his wits,
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To keep | by pol|icy | what Hen|ry got:
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Have you | yourselves,| Somer|set, Buck/ingham,
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Brave York, Sal|isbury,| and victor|ious Warwick,
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Received deep scars | in France | and Norm|andy:
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Or hath | mine unc|le Beau|fort*, and | myself,
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With all | the learn|ed coun|cil of | the realm,
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Studied | so long,| sat in | the coun|cil-house,
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Early | and late,| debat|ing to | and fro
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How France | and French|men might | be kept | in
awe,
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And had | his high|ness in | his in|fancy,
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Crowned | in Par|is in | despite | of foes,
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And shall | these^lab|ors, and | these hon|ors
die?
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Shall Hen|ry's con|quest*, Bed|ford's*^vig|ilance,
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Your deeds | of war,| and all | our couns|el die?
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O peers | of Eng|land, shame|ful is | this
league,
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Fatal | this mar|riage, can|celling | your fame,
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Blotting | your names | from books | of mem|ory,
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Razing | the char|acters | of your | renown,
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Defac|ing mon|uments | of con|quered France,
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Undo|ing all | as all | had nev|er been.
CARDINAL
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Nephew,| what means | this pas|sionate /
discourse?
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This per|ora|tion with / such cir|cumstance:
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For France,| 'tis ours;| and we | will keep | it
still.
GLOUCESTER
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Aye uncle, we | will keep | it, if | we can:
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But now | it is | impos|sible | we should.
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Suffolk,| the new-made duke | that rules | the
roost,
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Hath given | the duch|y of / Anjou | and Maine,
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Unto the | poor King Reign|ier, whose^/large
style
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Agrees | not with | the lean|ness^of | his purse.
SALISBURY
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Now by | the death | of Him | that died | for
all,
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These^count|ies were | the keys | of Nor|mandy:
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But where|fore weeps Warwick,| my val|iant son?
WARWICK
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For grief | that they | are past | recov|ery.
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For were | there hope | to con|quer them | again,
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My sword | should shed | hot^blood,| mine^eyes |
no tears.
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Anjou^|and Maine?| Myself | did win | them both:
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Those^prov|inces,| these arms | of mine | did
con||quer,
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And | are the ci|ties that | I got | with wounds,
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Deliv|ered up | again | with peace|ful words?
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Mort | Dieu. \\
YORK
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For Suf|folk's duke,| may he | be suf|focate,
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That dims | the hon|or of this // warlike isle:
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France should | have torn | and rent | my ve|ry
heart,
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Before | I would | have yield|ed to | this
league.
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I nev|er read | but Eng|land's kings | have had
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Large sums of gold,| and dow|ries with | their
wives,
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And our | King^Hen|ry gives | away | his own,
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To match | with her | that brings | no vant|ages.
GLOUCESTER
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A prop|er jest,| and nev|er heard | before,
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That Suf|folk should | demand | a whole
fifteenth,
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For costs | and charg|es in | transport|ing her:
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She should | have stayed | in France,| and
starved | in France
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Before-- \\
CARDINAL
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My Lord | of Glouce|ster, now | ye grow | too*
hot,
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It was | the pleas|ure of | my lord | the King.
GLOUCESTER
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My Lord | of Winch|ester | I know | your mind.
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'Tis not | my speech|es that | you do | mislike:
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But 'tis | my pres|ence that | doth^troub|le ye,
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Rancor | will out,| proud prel/ate, in | thy face
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I see | thy fu|ry: if | I long|er stay,
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We shall | begin | our an|cient bick|erings:
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Lordings | farewell,| and say | when I | am gone,
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I proph|esied | France will be | lost ere long.
[Exit]
CARDINAL
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So, there goes | our pro|tector | in a rage:
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'Tis known | to you | he is | mine en|emy:
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Nay* more,| an en|emy | unto | you all,
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And no great friend,| I fear | me to | the king;
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Consid|er lords,| he is | the next | of blood,
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And heir | appar|ent to | the Eng|lish crown:
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Had Hen|ry got | an em|pire by his | marriage,
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And all | the wealth|y king|doms of | the west,
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There's reas|on he | should be | displeased | at
it:
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Look to | it lords,| let not | his smooth|ing
words
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Bewitch | your hearts,| be wise | and
cir|cumspect.
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What^though | the com|mon peo|ple fav|or him,
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Calling him,| Humphrey | the good | Duke of |
Gloucester,
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Clapping | their hands,| and cry|ing with / loud
voice,
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Jesu | maintain | your roy|al ex|cellence,
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With God | preserve | the good | Duke Humphrey:
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I fear | me lords,| for all | this flat|tering
gloss,
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He will be | found a | danger|ous pro|tector.
BUCKINGHAM
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Why should | he then | protect | our sov|ereign?
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He being | of age | to gov|ern of | himself.
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Cousin of | Somer|set, join / you with | me,
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And || all to|gether | with the | Duke of |
Suffolk,
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We'll quick|ly hoise | Duke Humph/rey from | his
seat.
CARDINAL
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This weigh|ty bus|iness will | not brook | delay,
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I'll to | the Duke | of Suf|folk pres|ently.
[Exit]
SOMERSET
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Cousin | of Buck|ingham,| though Humph|rey's
pride
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And great|ness of | his place | be grief | to us,
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Yet^let | us watch | the haugh|ty card|inal,
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His in|solence | is more | intol|erable
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Than all | the prin|ces in | the land | beside,
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If Glouce|ster be | displaced,| he'll be
pro|tector.
BUCKINGHAM
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Or thou,| or I |Somerset,| will be pro|tectors,
??
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Despite | Duke^Humph|rey, or | the card|inal.
[Exeunt BUCKINGHAM and SOMERSET]
SALISBURY
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Pride went before,| ambi|tion fol|lows him.
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While these | do lab/or for their | own
pre|ferment,
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Behoves | it us | to lab|or for | the realm.
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I nev|er saw | but Humph|rey Duke | of
Glouce||ster,
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Did | bear him | like a | noble | gentleman:
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Oft have | I seen | the haugh|ty card|inal,
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More like a sol|dier than | a man | of the
church,
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As stout | and proud | as he | were lord | of
all,
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Swear like a ruf|fian, and | demean | himself
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Unlike | the rul|er of | a com|monweal.
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Warwick | my son,| the com|fort of | my age,
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Thy deeds,| thy plain|ness, and | thy
house|keeping,
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Hath won | the great|est favor | of the | commons,
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Excep|ting none | but good | Duke Humphrey.
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And broth|er York,| thy acts | in I|reland,
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In bring|ing them | to civ|il dis|cipline:
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Thy late | exploits done | in the heart | of
France,
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When thou | wert reg|ent for | our sov|ereign,
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Have made | thee feared | and hon|ored of | the
peo||ple,
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Join | we togeth|er for | the pub|lic good,
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In what | we can,| to brid|le and | suppress
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The pride | of Suf|folk, and | the card|inal,
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With Som|erset's | and Buck|ingham's am|bition,
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And as | we may,| cherish | Duke^Humph|rey's
deeds,
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While they | do tend | the prof|it of | the land.
WARWICK
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So God | help^War|wick, as | he loves | the land,
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And com|mon prof|it of | his count|ry.
YORK
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And so | says^York,
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For he | hath great|est cause.
SALISBURY
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Then let's | make^haste | away,
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And look | unto | the main. (tri with prev)
WARWICK
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Unto | the main?
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O fath|er, Maine | is lost,
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That Maine,| which by | main force War|wick did
win,
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And would | have kept,| so long | as breath | did
last:
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Main chance fath|er you meant,| but I | meant^Maine,
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Which I | will win | from France,| or else | be
slain.
[Exeunt WARWICK and SALISBURY]
YORK
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Anjou | and Maine | are giv|en to | the French,
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Paris | is lost,| the state | of Nor|mandy
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Stands on | a tick|le point,| now they | are
gone:
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Suffolk | conclud|ed on | the art|icles,
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The peers | agreed,| and Hen|ry was / well
pleased,
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To change two duke|doms for a | duke's fair*|
daughter.
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I can|not blame | them all,| what is it | to
them?
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'Tis thine | they give | away,| and not | their
own.
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Pirates may | make cheap penny|worths of their |
pillage,
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And purch|ase friends,| and give | to
court|ezans,
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Still rev|elling | like lords | till all | be
gone,
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While as | the sil|ly ow|ner of | the goods
,
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Weeps^ov|er them | and wrings | his hap|less
hands,
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And shakes | his head,| and trem|bling stands |
aloof,
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While all | is shared,| and all | is borne |
away,
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Ready | to starve,| and dare | not^touch | his
own.
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So York | must sit,| and fret,| and bite | his
tongue,
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While his / own lands | are barg|ained for,| and
sold:
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Methinks | the realms | of Eng|land, France,| and
Ire||land,
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Bear | that propor|tion to | my flesh | and
blood,
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As did | the fat|al brand | Althae|a burned,
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Unto | the prin|ce's heart | of Cal|ydon:
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Anjou | and Maine | both given un|to the French?
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Cold news for me:| for I | had hope | of France,
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Even as | I have | of fert|ile Eng|land's soil.
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A day | will come,| when York | shall claim | his
own,
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And there|fore I | will take | the Nev|ils' parts,
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->
And make | a show | of love | to proud Duke
Humph||rey,
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And | when I spy | advant|age, claim | the crown,
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For that's | the gold|en mark | I seek | to hit:
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Nor shall | proud Lancaster | usurp | my right,
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Nor hold | the scep|ter in | his child|ish fist,
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Nor wear | the di|adem | upon | his head,
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Whose^church-|like^hum|ors fits | not for | a
crown.
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Then York | be still | awhile,| till time | do
serve:
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Watch thou | and wake | when oth|ers be | asleep,
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To pry | into | the sec|rets of | the state,
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Till Hen|ry surf|eiting | in joys | of love,
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With his new | bride, and | England's |
dear-bought queen,
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And Humph|rey with | the peers | be fallen | at
jars:
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Then will I | raise a|loft the | milk-white rose,
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With whose | sweet* smell | the air | shall be |
perfumed,
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And in | my stand|ard bear | the arms | of York,
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To grap|ple with | the house | of Lan|caster,
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And force | perforce,| I'll make | him yield |
the crown,
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Whose book|ish rule,| hath pulled | fair^Eng|land
down.
[Exit]