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Henry VI part two

Act III, Scene 3

A bedchamber.
 
[Enter the KING, SALISBURY, WARWICK, to the CARDINAL in bed]
 
KING HENRY VI
            ,          ,      ,     ,         2       ,  2
      How fares | my lord?| Speak Beau/fort to thy | sovereign.
 
CARDINAL
           ,            ,            ,          ,           ,       o
      If thou | beest^death,| I'll give | thee Eng|land's trea|sure,
         ,         ,          ,      ,       ,       o
      Enough | to purch|ase such | anoth|er is|land,    (hex with prev)
           ,          ,         ,          ,         ,
      So thou | wilt let | me live,| and feel | no pain.
 
KING HENRY VI
       ,             ,        ,      ,       ,
      Ah, what | a sign | it is | of ev|il life,
               ,           ,          ,        ,     ,
      Where death's | approach | is seen | so ter|rible.
 
WARWICK
        ,         ,            ,           ,          ,
      Beaufort,| it is | thy sove|reign speaks | to thee.
 
CARDINAL
        ,           ,       ,       ,          ,
      Bring me | unto | my tri|al when | you will.
        ,        ,            ,             ,         ,
      Died he | not in | his bed?| Where should | he die?
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      Can I make | men live, wheth|er they will | or no?
          ,        ,        ,        ,         ,
      Oh tor|ture me | no more,| I will | confess.
         ,       ,           ,         ,         ,
      Alive | again?| Then show | me where | he is,
             ,        ,         ,          ,        x
      I'll give | a thous|and pound | to look | upon him.
           ,         ,          ,           ,        ,
      He hath | no eyes,| the dust | hath blind|ed them.
        T    T   .    T      T     T    .    T         ,
      Comb down his hair;| look, look, it stands | upright,
             ,     T    T   .   T          ,       ,
      Like^lime-|twigs set to catch | my wing|ed soul:
        ,              ,          ,       2   ,     x
      Give me | some drink,| and bid | the apoth|ecary
        ,            ,    ,                  ,         ,
      Bring the | strong pois/on that | I bought | of him.
 
KING HENRY VI
          ,       ,      ,      ,          x
      O thou | etern|al Mov|er of | the heavens,
        ,            ,       ,      ,            ,
      Look with | a gent|le eye | upon | this wretch,
           ,      ,         ,     ,          ,
      Oh beat | away | the bu|sy med|dling fiend,
             ,       T     T    T   2       ,         ,
      That lays | strong siege un|to this wretch|'s soul,
            ,         ,       ,            ,          ,
      And from | his bos|om purge | this black | despair.
 
WARWICK
       ,              ,          ,          ,          ,
      See how | the pangs | of death | do make | him grin.
 
SALISBURY
          ,          ,                ,    ,      ,
      Disturb | him not,| let him / pass peace|ably.
 
KING HENRY VI
        ,              ,         ,             ,        ,
      Peace to | his soul,| if God's | good* pleas|ure be.
             ,    2    ,           ,           ,         ,
      Lord^card|inal, if | thou thinkst | on heav|en's bliss,
            ,         ,      ,   ,                 ,
      Hold^up | thy hand,| make sig/nal of | thy hope.
           ,          ,           ,        ,           x
      He dies | and makes | no* sign:| Oh God | forgive him.
 
WARWICK
          ,        ,      ,          ,           ,
      So bad | a death,| argues | a monst|rous life.
 
KING HENRY VI
           ,         ,          ,        ,        ,
      Forbear | to judge,| for we | are sin|ners all.
             ,         ,          ,         ,         ,
      Close^up | his eyes,| and draw | the curt|ain close,
           ,        ,        ,    ,    ,
      And let | us all | to med|ita|tion.
 
[Exeunt]

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