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[Sound a sennet. Enter KING HENRY VI, QUEEN MARGARET, CARDINAL, SUFFOLK,
YORK, BUCKINGHAM, SALISBURY and WARWICK to the Parliament]
KING HENRY VI
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I muse | my Lord | of Glouce|ster is / not come:
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'Tis not | his wont | to be | the hindmost man,
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Whatere | occas|ion keeps | him from | us now.
QUEEN MARGARET
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Can^you | not^see?| Or will | ye not | observe
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The strange|ness of | his alt|ered count|enance?
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With what | a maj|esty | he bears | himself,
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How ins|olent | of late | he is | become,
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How proud,| how pe|remptory,| and unlike |
himself.
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We know | the time | since he was | mild and |
affable,
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And if | we did | but glance | a far-off look,
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Immed|iately | he was | upon | his knee,
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That all | the court | admired | him for |
submis||sion.
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But | meet him | now, and | be it | in the morn,
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When ev|ery one | will give | the time | of day,
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He knits | his brow,| and shows | an ang|ry eye,
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And pas|seth by | with stiff | unbow|ed knee,
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Disdain|ing du|ty that | to us | belongs.
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Small curs are not | regard|ed when | they grin,
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But great men trem|ble when | the li|on roars,
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And Humph|rey is no | little | man in | England.
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First note,/ that he | is near | you in |
descent,
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And should | you fall,| he as | the next | will
mount.
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Me seem|eth then,| it is | no pol|icy,
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Respect|ing what | a ranc|orous mind | he bears,
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And his | advant|age fol|lowing your | decease,
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That he | should come | about | your roy|al
person,
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Or be ad|mitted | to your | highness'| council.
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By flat|tery hath | he won | the com|mons'
hearts:
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And when | he please | to make | commo|tion,
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'Tis to | be feared | they all | will fol|low
him.
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Now 'tis | the spring,| and weeds | are
shal|low-root||ed,
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Suf|fer them now,| and they'll^ore|grow the |
garden,
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And choke | the herbs | for want | of hus|bandry.
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The reve|rent care | I bear | unto | my lord,
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Made me | collect | these dang|ers in | the duke.
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If^it | be fond,| call it | a wom|an's fear:
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Which fear,| if bet|ter reas|ons can | supplant,
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I will | subscribe,| and say | I wronged | the
duke.
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My Lord | of Suf|folk, Buck|ingham,| and York,
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Reprove | my al|lega|tion, if | you can,
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Or else | conclude | my words | effec|tual.
SUFFOLK
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Well hath | your high|ness seen | into | this
duke;
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And had | I first | been put | to speak | my
mind,
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I think | I should | have told | your gra|ce's
tale.
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The duch|ess, by / his sub|orna|tion,
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Upon my | life be|gan her | devilish
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Or if | he were / not pri|vy to / those faults,
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Yet by | reput|ing of | his high | descent,
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As next | the king,| he was | succes|sive heir,
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And such high vaunts | of his | nobil|ity,
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Did inst|igate | the bedlam | brain-sick
duchess, ??
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By wick|ed means | to frame | our sove|reign's
fall.
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Smooth runs the wat|er, where | the brook | is
deep,
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And in his | simple | show he | harbors |
treason.
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The fox | barks not, when | he would steal | the
lamb.
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No, no, my sove|reign, Glouce|ster is | a man
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Unsound|ed yet,| and full | of deep | deceit.
CARDINAL
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Did he | not, con|trary | to form | of law,
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Devise strange deaths,| for small | offens|es
done?
YORK
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And did | he not,| in his | protect|orship,
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Levy great sums | of mon|ey through | the realm,
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For sol|diers' pay | in France,| and nev|er sent
it?
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By means | whereof,| the towns | each day |
revolt||ed.
BUCKINGHAM
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Tut,| these are pet|ty faults | to faults |
unknown.
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Which time | will bring | to light | in smooth |
Duke^Humph||rey.
KING HENRY VI
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My lords | at once:| the care | you have | of us,
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To mow down thorns | that would | annoy | our
foot,
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Is worth|y praise:| but shall I | speak my |
conscience,
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Our kins|man Glouce|ster is | as in|nocent,
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From mean|ing treas|on to | our roy|al person,
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As is | the suck|ing lamb,| or harm|less dove:
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The duke | is vir|tuous, mild,| and too | well^given,
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To dream | on evil,| or to work | my downfall.
QUEEN MARGARET
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Ah what's | more* dang|erous, than | this fond |
affiance?
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Seems he | a dove?| His feath|ers are but |
borrowed,
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For he's | dispos|ed as | the hate|ful raven.
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Is he a | lamb? His | skin is | surely | lent
him,
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For he's | inclined | as is | the rav|enous wolf.
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Who can|not steal | a shape,| that means |
deceit?
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Take^heed,| my lord,| the wel|fare^of | us all,
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Hangs on | the cut|ting short | that fraud|ful
man.
[Enter SOMERSET]
SOMERSET
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All health | unto | my gra|cious sov|ereign.
KING HENRY VI
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Welcome | Lord* Som|erset:| What news | from
France?
SOMERSET
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That all | your inte|rest in | those
ter|ritories,
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Is ut|terly | bereft | you: all | is lost.
KING HENRY VI
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Cold news, Lord Somerset: but God's will be done.
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YORK
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Cold^news | for me:| for I | had hope | of
France,
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As firm|ly as | I hope | for fertile | England.
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Thus are | my blos|soms blast|ed in | the bud,
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And cat|erpil|lars eat | my leaves | away:
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But I | will rem|edy | this gear | ere long,
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Or sell | my tit|le for | a glor|ious grave.
[Enter GLOUCESTER]
GLOUCESTER
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All hap|piness | unto | my lord | the king:
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Pardon,| my liege,| that I | have stayed | so
long.
SUFFOLK
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Nay* Glouce|ster, know | that thou | art come |
too soon,
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Unless | thou wert | more loy|al than | thou art:
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I do | arrest | thee of / high treas|on here.
GLOUCESTER
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Well Suf/folk, thou | shalt not see | me blush,
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Nor change | my count|enance | for this | arrest:
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A heart | unspot|ted is not | easily | daunted.
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The pur|est spring | is not | so free | from mud,
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As I | am clear | from treas|on to | my
sove||reign.
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Who | can accuse | me? Where|in am I | guilty?
YORK
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'Tis thought,| my lord,
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That you | took bribes
of France,
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And being | protect|or, stayed | the sol|diers'
pay,
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By means | whereof,| his high|ness hath / lost
France.
GLOUCESTER
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Is it | but thought | so?
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What | are they | that think it?
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I nev|er robbed | the sol|diers of | their pay,
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Nor^ev|er had / one pen|ny bribe | from France.
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So help | me God,| as I | have watched | the
night,
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Aye, night by night,| in stu|dying good | for
Eng||land,
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That doit | that ere | I wrest|ed from | the
king,
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Or an|y groat | I hoard|ed to | my use,
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Be brought | against | me at | my tri|al day.
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No: many | a pound | of mine^/own prop|er store,
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Because | I would / not tax | the nee|dy
commons,
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Have I | disburs|ed to | the gar|risons,
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And nev|er asked | for rest|itu|tion.
CARDINAL
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It serves | you well,| my lord,| to say | so
much.
GLOUCESTER
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I say | no more | than truth,| so help | me God.
YORK
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In your | protect|orship,| you did | devise
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Strange tor/tures for of|fenders,| never | heard
of,
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That Eng|land was | defamed | by tyr|anny.
GLOUCESTER
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Why 'tis | well^known,| that whiles | I was
pro|tector,
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Pity | was all | the fault | that was | in me:
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For I | should melt | at an | offend|er's tears,
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And low|ly words | were rans|om for | their
fault:
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Unless | it were | a bloo|dy murd|erer,
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Or foul | felon|ious thief,| that fleeced | poor*
pas||sengers,
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I nev|er gave | them condign | punishment.
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Murder in|deed, that | bloody | sin, I | tortured
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Above | the fel|on, or | what tres|pass else.
SUFFOLK
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My lord,| these faults are | easy,| quickly |
answered:
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But might|ier crimes | are laid | unto / your charge,
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Whereof | you can|not eas|ily purge | yourself.
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I do | arrest | you in | his high|ness' name,
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And here | commit | you to | my lord | cardinal
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To keep,| until | your furth|er time | of trial.
KING HENRY VI
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My lord | of Glouce|ster, 'tis | my spe|cial
hope,
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That you | will clear | yourself | from all |
suspense,
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My con|science tells | me you | are in|nocent.
GLOUCESTER
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Ah gra|cious lord,| these^days | are dang|erous:
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Virtue | is choked | with foul | ambi|tion,
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And char|ity / chased hence | by ranc|or's hand;
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Foul suborna|tion is | predom|inant,
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And eq|uity / exiled | your high|ness' land.
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I know,| their com|plot is | to have | my life:
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And if my | death might*| make this | island |
happy,
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And prove | the per|iod of / their tyr|anny,
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I would | expend | it with / all wil|lingness.
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But mine | is made | the pro|logue to | their
play:
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For thous|ands more,| that yet | suspect | no
peril,
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Will not | conclude | their plot|ted trag|edy.
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Beaufort's red sparkling eyes blab his heart's
malice, ????
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And Suf|folk's clou|dy brow | his stor|my hate;
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Sharp Buck/ingham | unburd|ens with | his tongue,
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The env|ious load | that lies | upon | his heart:
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And dog|ged York,| that reach|es at | the moon,
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Whose ov|erween|ing arm | I have / plucked back,
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By false | accuse | doth lev|el at | my life.
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And you,| my sove|reign la|dy, with | the rest,
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Causeless | have laid | disgrac|es on | my head,
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And with | your best | endeav|or have / stirred
up
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My lief|est liege | to be | mine en|emy:
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Aye, all / of you have | laid your | heads
to|gether,
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Myself | had not|ice of your | convent|icles,
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And all | to make | away | my guilt|less life.
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I shall not | want false wit|ness, to con|demn
me,
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Nor store | of treas|ons, to / augment | my
guilt:
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The an|cient pro|verb will be | well ef|fected,
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A staff | is quick|ly found | to beat | a dog.
CARDINAL
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My liege,| his rail|ing is | intol|erable.
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If those | that care | to keep | your roy|al
person
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From treas|on's sec|ret knife,| and trait|ors'
rage,
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Be thus | upbraid|ed, chid | and rat|ed at,
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And the | offend|er grant|ed scope | of speech,
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'Twill make | them cool | in zeal | unto | your
grace.
SUFFOLK
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Hath he | not twit | our sove|reign la|dy here
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With ig|nomi|nious words,| though clerk|ly
couched?
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As if | she had | suborned | some to | swear
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False allega|tions, to / orethrow | his state.
QUEEN MARGARET
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But I | can give | the los|er leave | to chide.
GLOUCESTER
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Far* tru|er spoke | than meant:| I lose | indeed,
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Beshrew | the win|ners, for | they played | me
false,
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And well | such^lo|sers may | have leave | to
speak.
BUCKINGHAM
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He'll wrest | the sense,| and hold | us here |
all^day.
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Lord card/inal,| he is | your pris|oner.
CARDINAL
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Sirs, take away | the duke,| and guard | him
sure.
GLOUCESTER
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Ah, thus | King^Hen|ry throws | away | his crutch,
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Before | his legs | be firm | to bear | his
bo||dy.
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Thus | is the shep|herd beat|en from | thy side,
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And wolves | are gnarl|ing, who | shall gnaw |
thee first.
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Ah* that | my fear | were false,| ah* that | it
were;
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For good | King^Hen|ry, thy | decay | I fear.
[Exit, guarded]
KING HENRY VI
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My lords,| what to | your wis|doms seem|eth best,
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Do, or undo,| as if | ourself | were here.
QUEEN MARGARET
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What, will | your high|ness leave | the
parl|iament?
KING HENRY VI
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Aye Marg/aret:| my heart | is drowned | with
grief,
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Whose flood | begins | to flow | within |
mine^eyes;
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My bo|dy round | engirt | with mis|ery:
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For what's | more mise|rable | than dis|content?
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Ah unc|le Humph|rey, in | thy face | I see
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The map | of hon|or, truth,| and loy|alty:
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And yet,| good Humph|rey, is | the hour | to come,
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That ere | I proved | thee false,| or feared |
thy faith.
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What lour|ing star | now env|ies thy | estate?
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That these | great lords, and Marg|aret | our
queen,
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Do seek | subver|sion of / thy harm|less life.
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Thou never | didst them | wrong, nor | no man
wrong:
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And as | the butch|er takes | away | the calf,
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And binds | the wretch,| and beats | it when | it
strays,
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Bearing | it to | the bloo|dy slaught|er-house;
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Even | so re|morseless | have they borne | him
hence:
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And as | the dam | runs^low|ing up | and down,
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Looking the | way her | harmless | young one
went,
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And can | do nought | but wail | her darl|ing's
loss;
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Even so | myself | bewails | good* Glouce|ster's
case
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With sad | unhelp|ful tears,| and with / dimmed
eyes;
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Look^aft|er him,| and can|not do | him good:
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So migh|ty are | his vow|ed en|emies.
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His for|tunes I | will weep,| and 'twixt | each^groan,
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Say, who's a trait|or? Glouce|ster he | is none.
[Exeunt all but QUEEN MARGARET, CARDINAL, SUFFOLK, and YORK; SOMERSET
remains apart]
QUEEN MARGARET
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Free | lords: \\
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Cold snow melts | with the | sun's hot beams:
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Henry,| my lord,| is cold | in great | affairs,
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Too full | of fool|ish pity:| and Glouce|ster's
show
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Beguiles | him, as | the mourn|ful croc|odile
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With sor|row snares | relent|ing pas|sengers;
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Or as | the snake,| rolled in | a flower|ing
bank,
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With shin|ing check|ered slough | doth^sting | a
child,
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That for | the beaut|y thinks | it ex|cellent.
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Believe | me lords,| were none | more wise | than
I,
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And yet | herein | I judge | mine^own | wit^good;
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This Glouce|ster should | be quick|ly rid | the
world,
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To rid | us of | the fear | we have | of him.
CARDINAL
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That he | should die,| is worth|y pol|icy,
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But yet | we want | a col|or for | his death:
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'Tis meet | he be | condemned | by course | of
law.
SUFFOLK
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But^in | my* mind,| that were | no* pol|icy:
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The king | will lab|or still | to save | his
life,
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The com|mons hap|ly rise,| to save | his life;
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And yet | we have | but triv|ial arg|ument,
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More than | mistrust,| that shows | him worth|y
death.
YORK
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So that | by this,| you would / not have | him
die.
SUFFOLK
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Ah York,| no man | alive,| so fain | as I.
YORK
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'Tis York | that hath | more reas|on for | his
death.
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But my lord | cardinal,| and you | my Lord | of
Suffolk,
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Say as | you think,| and speak | it from | your
souls:
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Were it not | all^one,| an emp|ty eag|le were set,
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To guard | the chick|en from | a hun|gry kite,
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As place | Duke Humph/rey for the | king's
pro|tector?
QUEEN MARGARET
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So the / poor chick|en should | be sure | of
death.
SUFFOLK
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Madam |'tis true;| and were it | not mad|ness
then,
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To make | the fox | survey|or of | the fold?
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Who being | accused | a craf|ty murd|erer,
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His guilt | should^be | but id|ly post|ed over,
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Because | his pur|pose is not | exe|cuted.
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No: let^|him die,| in that | he is | a fox,
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By na|ture proved | an en|emy | to the flock,
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Before | his chaps | be stained | with crim|son
blood,
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As Hump|hrey proved | by reas|ons to | my liege.
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x
And do | not stand | on quil|lets how | to slay
him:
, ,
, , ,
Be it | by gins, | by snares,| by sub|tlety,
,
, ,
, ,
Sleeping,| or wak|ing, 'tis | no mat|ter how,
,
, , ,
,
So he | be dead;| for that | is good | deceit,
, ,
, ,
,
Which mates | him first,| that first | intends |
deceit.
QUEEN MARGARET
,
x , ,
,
Thrice^nob|le Suffolk,| 'tis res|olute|ly spoke.
SUFFOLK
, ,
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,
Not res|olute,| except | so much | were done,
, ,
, , ,
For things | are of|ten spoke,| and sel|dom
meant,
,
, ,
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But that | my heart | accord|eth with | my
tongue,
,
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,
Seeing | the deed | is mer|itor|ious,
,
, ,
, ,
And to | preserve | my sove|reign from | his foe,
,
, ,
, ,
Say* but | the word,| and I | will be | his
priest.
CARDINAL
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, x
But I | would have | him dead,| my Lord | of
Suffolk,
,
, ,
, ,
Ere you | can take | due^ord|ers for | a priest:
,
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Say you | consent,| and cens|ure well | the deed,
, ,
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And I'll | provide | his ex|ecu|tioner,
,
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I tend|er so | the safe|ty of | my liege.
SUFFOLK
, 2
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Here is my | hand, the | deed is | worthy |
doing.
QUEEN MARGARET
, ,
And so | say^I. ????
YORK
,
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And I:| and now | we three | have spoke it,
????
,
, , ,
,
It skills | not* great|ly who | impugns | our
doom.
[Enter a Post]
POST
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Great^lords,| from Ire|land am | I come | amain,
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To sig|nify,| that reb|els there | are up,
,
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And put | the Eng|lishmen | unto | the sword.
, , ,
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Send suc|cors (lords)| and stop | the rage |
betime,
, ,
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Before | the wound | do grow | uncur|able;
,
, , ,
,
For be|ing green,| there is / great hope | of
help.
CARDINAL
, ,
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A breach | that craves | a quick | exped|ient
stop.
,
, , ,
,
What couns|el give | you in | this weigh|ty
cause?
YORK
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That Som|erset | be sent as | regent | thither:
,
, , , ,
'Tis meet | that luck|y rul|er be | employed,
,
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Witness | the for|tune he | hath had | in France.
SOMERSET
, ,
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If York,| with all | his far-|fet pol|icy,
,
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Had been | the reg|ent there,| instead | of me,
,
, , ,
,
He nev|er would | have stayed | in France | so
long.
YORK
T T . T ,
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No, not to lose | it all,| as thou | hast done.
, , ,
, ,
I rath|er would | have lost | my life | betimes,
, ,
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Than bring | a burd|en of | dishon|or home,
, ,
, , ,
By stay|ing there | so long,| till all | were
lost.
, T T
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Show me | one scar, charac|tered^on | thy skin,
T T
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Men's flesh preserved | so whole,| do sel|dom
win.
QUEEN MARGARET
,
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Nay then,| this spark | will prove | a rag|ing
fire,
, ,
, ,
,
If wind | and fuel | be brought,| to feed | it
with:
,
, , ,
,
No more,| good* York;| sweet* Som|erset | be
still.
, , ,
, ,
Thy for|tune, York,| hadst thou | been reg|ent
there,
, ,
, ,
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Might^hap|pily | have proved | far* worse | than
his.
YORK
, , ,
. T T T
What*, worse | than nought?| nay, then | a shame
take all.
SOMERSET
,
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,
And in | the num|ber, thee,| that wish|est shame.
CARDINAL
, ,
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My Lord | of York,| try what | your for|tune is.
2 ,
, , , ,
The unciv|il kerns | of Ire|land are | in arms,
, ,
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And temp|er clay | with blood | of Eng|lishmen.
,
, , ,
,
To Ire|land will | you lead | a band | of men,
, , ,
, ,
Collec|ted choice|ly, from | each count|y some,
, ,
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,
And try | your hap | against | the Ir|ishmen?
YORK
, ,
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I will,| my lord,| so please | his maj|esty.
SUFFOLK
,
, , ,
,
Why, our | author|ity | is his | consent,
, ,
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,
And what | we do | estab|lish, he | confirms:
T Tx T
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,
Then, noble York,| take thou | this task | in
hand.
YORK
, ,
, , ,
I am | content:| provide | me sol|diers, lords,
, ,
, ,
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Whiles I | take ord/er for | mine own | affairs.
SUFFOLK
, ,
, ,
,
A charge,| Lord^York,| that I | will see |
performed.
, ,
, 2 , ,
But now | return | we to the | false
Duke^|Humphrey.
CARDINAL
, ,
, ,
,
No more | of him:| for I | will deal | with him,
, ,
, ,
,
That hence|forth he | shall troub|le us | no
more:
, ,
, ,
,
And so | break^off,| the day | is al|most spent,
x 2
, , ,
,
Lord Suffolk,| you and I | must talk | of that |
event.
YORK
, x
, T T T
My Lord | of Suffolk,| within | fourteen days
, ,
, , ,
At Brist|ol I | expect | my sol|diers;
, ,
, ,
,
For there | I'll ship | them all | for Ir|eland.
SUFFOLK
, ,
, ,
,
I'll see | it tru|ly done,| my Lord | of York.
[Exeunt all but YORK]
YORK
T T .
T , ,
,
Now York, or nev|er, steel | thy fear|ful
thoughts,
, ,
, , ,
And change | misdoubt | to res|olu|tion;
,
, ,
, ,
Be that | thou hopst | to be,| or what | thou
art;
,
, 2 ,
, 2 ,
Resign | to death,| it is not | worth the
en|joying:
. T T
T , 2 T
T T
Let pale-faced fear | keep with the | mean-born
man,
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, , ,
And find | no har|bor in | a roy|al heart.
, 2 T
T Tx ,
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Faster than | spring-time showers,| comes^thought
| on thought,
,
, ,
, ,
And not | a thought | but thinks | on dig|nity.
,
x 2 , 2
,
My brain | more* busy | than the lab|oring
spi|der,
<- , ,
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Weaves || tedi|ous snares | to trap | mine
en|emies.
T Tx T
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Well nobles, well:| 'tis po|litic|ly done,
, ,
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,
To send | me pack|ing with | a host | of men:
,
, , ,
,
I fear | me, you | but warm | the starv|ed snake,
, , ,
,
,
Who cher/ished in | your breasts,| will sting |
your hearts.
,
, , ,
,
'Twas men | I lacked,| and you | will give |
them me;
,
, ,
, ,
I take | it kind|ly: yet | be well | assured,
, , ,
, ,
You put | sharp weap/ons in | a mad|man's* hands.
,
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2 , ,
Whiles^I | in Ire|land nour|ish a migh|ty band,
, 2 ,
, T T
T
I will stir|^up in | England | some black storm,
, ,
, x
,
Shall blow | ten thous|and souls | to heaven,| or
hell:
, ,
, ,
,
And this / fell temp|est shall | not cease | to
rage,
, , ,
, ,
Until | the gold|en cir|cuit on | my head,
,
, 2 ,
, ,
Like to | the glor|ious sun's | transpar|ent
beams,
,
, 2 , T T
T
Do* calm | the fu|ry of this | mad-bred flaw.
, ,
, ,
,
And for | a min|ister | of my | intent,
, 2 ,
T T T
,
I have se|duced a | headstrong Kent|ishman,
, ,
,
John Cade of Ashford, ????
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, , ,
To make | commo|tion, as / full well | he can,
, ,
, , ,
Under | the tit|le of / John Mort|imer.
, ,
, ,
,
In Ire|land have | I seen | this stub|born Cade
,
, , ,
,
Oppose | himself | against | a troop | of kerns,
, , , ,
,
And fought | so long,| till that | his thighs |
with darts
,
, . T T
T ,
Were al|most like | a sharp-quilled por|pentine:
,
, 2 ,
, ,
And in | the end | being res|cued, I | have seen
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Him cap|er up|right, like^a | wild Mo|risco,
??
,
, ,
, ,
Shaking | the bloo|dy darts,| as he | his bells.
,
, . T T T
,
Full^of|ten, like | a shag-haired craf|ty kern,
, , , , ,
Hath^he | convers|ed with | the en|emy,
, , ,
, ,
And un|discov|ered, come | to me | again,
x ,
, , ,
And given | me not|ice of | their vil|lanies.
,
, , ,
,
This dev|il here | shall be | my sub|stitute;
, ,
, , ,
For that / John Mort|imer,| which now | is dead,
,
, , ,
, ->
In face,| in gait,| in speech | he doth |
resem||ble.
, , 2 ,
, ,
By | this, I | shall perceive | the com|mons'
mind,
,
, , ,
,
How they | affect | the house | and claim | of
York.
T T T ,
, ,
Say he be | taken,| racked, and | tortured,
,
, , 2 ,
,
I know | no pain | they can in|flict u|pon him,
,
, , , ,
Will make | him say,| I moved | him to |
those^arms.
,
, , T
T . T
Say that | he thrive,| as 'tis | great like he
will,
, ,
, , ,
Why then | from Ire|land come | I with | my
strength,
, ,
, ,
,
And reap | the harv|est which | that ras|cal
sowed.
, ,
, ,
,
For Humph|rey; be|ing dead,| as he | shall be,
, ,
, , ,
And Hen|ry put | apart:| the next | for me.
[Exit]