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Henry VI part two

Act IV, Scene 1

The coast of Kent.
 
[Alarum. Fight at sea. Ordnance goes off. Enter a Captain, a Master, a Master's-mate, WALTER WHITMORE, and others; with them SUFFOLK, and others, prisoners]
 
CAPTAIN
           ,       ,        ,        ,        ,
      The gau|dy blab|bing and | remorse|ful day,
           ,      ,          ,      ,        ,
      Is crept | into | the bos|om of | the sea:
       .   T    T   T          ,        ,           ,
      And now loud-howl|ing wolves | arouse | the jades
             ,         ,       ,     ,       ,
      That drag | the trag|ic mel|ancho|ly night:
       ,                 ,        ,          ,         ,
      Who with | their drow|sy, slow,| and flag|ging wings
        T    T    T        ,              2       ,       ,
      Clip dead men's | graves, and | from their mis|ty jaws,  ??
         T      T   .  T         ,        ,        ,
      Breathe foul contag|ious dark|ness in | the air:
        ,           T     T    .   T         ,         ,
      Therefore | bring forth the sol|diers of | our prize,
             ,          ,        ,        ,         ,
      For whilst | our pin|nace anch|ors in | the Downs,
        ,                 ,           ,       ,         ,
      Here shall | they make | their rans|om on | the sand,
           ,            ,       ,              ,         ,
      Or with | their blood | stain this | discol|ored shore.
       ,             ,    2     ,       ,        ,
      Master,| this pris|oner free|ly give | I thee,
            ,          ,          ,           ,         ,
      And thou | that art | his mate,| make boot | of this:
          ,        ,        ,             ,    ,
      The oth|er, Walt|er Whit|more is / thy share.
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
        ,           ,       ,        ,         ,
      What is | my rans|om mast|er, let | me know.
 
MASTER
          ,          ,          ,          ,           ,
      A thous|and crowns,| or else | lay down | your head.
 
MATE
           ,                 ,    ,        ,           ,
      And so | much shall / you give,| or off | goes^yours.
 
CAPTAIN
             ,           ,     .  T   T    T          ,
      What think | you much | to pay two thous|and crowns,
            ,          ,          ,        ,      ,
      And bear | the name | and port | of gent|lemen?
            ,         ,            ,           ,          ,
      Cut both | the vil|lains' throats,| for die | you shall:
            ,          ,            ,          ,         ,
      The lives | of those | which^we | have lost | in fight,
           ,        ,            ,       ,      ,
      Be count|erpoised | with such | a pet|ty sum.
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
             ,        ,          ,          ,          ,
      I'll give | it sir,| and there|fore spare | my life.
 
SECOND GENTLEMAN
           ,        ,         ,       ,              ,
      And so | will I,| and write | home for | it straight.
 
WHITMORE
          ,          ,        ,     2      ,        ,
      I lost | mine^eye | in lay|ing the prize | aboard,
            ,         ,       ,           ,           ,
      And there|fore to | revenge | it, shalt | thou die,
           ,            ,        ,           ,         ,
      And so | should these,| if I | might have | my will.
 
CAPTAIN
          ,         ,          ,        ,          ,
      Be not | so rash,| take rans|om, let | him live.
 
SUFFOLK
            ,         ,     ,         ,      ,
      Look^on | my George,| I am | a gent|leman,
        ,            ,           ,           ,          ,
      Rate me | at what | thou wilt,| thou shalt | be paid.
 
WHITMORE
       ,    2     ,         ,        ,         ,
      And so am | I: my | name is | Walter | Whitmore*.
           ,           ,              ,           ,          ,
      How now?| why startst | thou? What | doth death | affright?
 
SUFFOLK
            ,         ,           ,           ,          ,
      Thy name | affrights | me, in | whose^sound | is death:
         ,        ,         ,      ,         ,
      A cun|ning man | did cal|culate | my birth,
            ,         ,        ,      ,           ,
      And told | me that | by Walt|er I | should die:
           ,          ,      ,      2       ,      ,
      Yet let | not^this | make thee be | bloody-|minded,  ??
            ,         ,          x       ,         ,
      Thy name | is Gault|ier, being | rightly | sounded.
 
WHITMORE
        ,            ,         ,       2         ,   ,
      Gaultier | or Walt|er, which | it is I / care not:
        2    ,          ,        ,       ,          ,
      Never yet | did base | dishon|or blur | our name,
            ,          ,          ,       ,          ,
      But with | our sword | we wiped | away | the blot.
        ,               ,          ,        ,        ,
      Therefore,| when merch|ant-like | I sell | revenge,
        ,             ,          ,      ,            ,
      Broke be | my sword,| my arms | torn and | defaced,
          ,         ,         ,         ,            ,
      And I | proclaimed | a cow|ard through | the world.
 
SUFFOLK
        T    T   T       2     ,    2    ,        ,
      Stay Whitmore,| for thy pris|oner is | a prince,
            ,        ,         ,        ,        ,
      The Duke | of Suf|folk, Wil|liam de | la Pole.
 
WHITMORE
            ,        ,         ,        ,        ,
      The Duke | of Suf|folk, muf|fled up | in rags?
 
SUFFOLK
       ,                 ,         ,     ,             ,
      Aye, but | these rags | are no | part of | the duke.
        T    T   T         2      ,          ,        ,
      Jove sometimes | went disguised,| and why | not I?
 
CAPTAIN
            ,         ,       ,          ,           ,
      But Jove | was nev|er slain | as thou | shalt be.
          ,          ,       ,           ,         ,
      Obscure | and low|ly swain,| King^Hen|ry's blood.
 
SUFFOLK
           ,    ,       ,         ,      ,
      The hon|ora|ble blood | of Lan|caster
            ,         ,         ,       ,       ,
      Must not | be shed | by such | a jad|ed groom:
             ,           ,           ,          ,          x
      Hast thou | not kissed | thy hand,| and held | my stirrup?
        T    Tx     T   ,    2       T    T     T
      Bare-headed plod|ded by my | foot-cloth mule,  ??
             ,            ,       ,        ,          ,
      And thought | thee hap|py when | I shook | my head.
           ,       ,          ,       ,       ,
      How of|ten hast | thou wait|ed at | my cup,
       ,               ,          ,        ,             ,
      Fed from | my trench|er, kneeled | down at | the board,
           ,          ,               ,    ,     ,
      When I | have feast|ed with / Queen Marg|aret?
         ,     2     ,       2     ,           ,     ,
      Remem|ber it, and | let it make | thee crest-|fallen,
       ,            ,      ,          ,         ,
      Aye, and | allay | this thy | abort|ive pride:
       ,            ,        ,       ,           ,
      How in | our void|ing lob|by hast | thou stood,
           ,      ,      ,        ,        ,
      And du|ly wait|ed for | my com|ing forth?
             ,         ,           ,        ,        ,
      This hand | of mine | hath writ | in thy | behalf,
            ,          ,          ,          ,   2      ,
      And there|fore shall | it charm | thy ri|otous tongue.
 
WHITMORE
        ,    ,                    ,              ,    ,
      Speak capt/ain, shall | I stab | the for/lorn swain.
 
CAPTAIN
        ,      2       T     T   T        ,         ,
      First let my | words stab him,| as he | hath me.
 
SUFFOLK
        T    T     .    T           ,          ,         ,
      Base slave, thy words | are blunt,| and so | art thou.
 
CAPTAIN
          ,          ,      ,    2        T    T     T
      Convey | him hence,| and on our | longboat's side,
              ,          ,
      Strike^off | his head.
 
SUFFOLK
                                   ,          ,         ,
                            Thou darst | not for | thy own.
 
CAPTAIN
       T    T
      Yes Pole.
 
SUFFOLK
                 T
               Pole?
 
CAPTAIN
                       ,          __     __
                     Pool, Sir | Pool?| Lord,
            ,        ,         ,            ,           ,
      Aye* ken|nel, pud|dle, sink,| whose^filth | and dirt
        ,             ,         ,            ,          ,
      Troubles | the silv|er spring,| where Eng|land drinks:
       ,            ,         ,          ,        ,
      Now will | I dam | up this | thy yawn|ing mouth,
            ,      ,          ,        ,         ,
      For swal|lowing | the treas|ure of | the realm.
            ,            ,           ,             ,            ,
      Thy lips | that kissed | the queen,| shall sweep | the ground:
            ,             ,           ,            ,          ,
      And thou | that smiledst | at good | Duke^Humph|rey's death,
          ,           ,          ,             ,         ,
      Against | the sense|less winds | shalt grin | in vain,
           ,        ,             ,         ,       ,
      Who^in | contempt | shall hiss | at thee | again.
           ,       ,     ,             ,         ,
      And wed|ded be | thou to | the hags | of hell,
           ,       ,      ,       ,       ,
      For dar|ing to | affy | a migh|ty lord
       ,           ,        ,       ,          ,
      Unto | the daught|er of | a worth|less king,
       ,        ,         ,           ,           , 2
      Having | neither | subject,| wealth, nor | diadem:
           x        ,    ,    .    T    T     T
      By devil|ish pol|icy | art thou grown great,
            ,       ,        ,     ,       ,
      And like | ambi|tious Syl|la ov|ergorged,
            ,        ,        ,          ,         ,
      With gob|bets of | thy moth|er's bleed|ing heart.
           ,     ,            ,            ,          ,
      By thee | Anjou | and Maine | were sold | to France,
            ,        ,        ,        ,          ,
      The false | revolt|ing Nor|mans tho|rough thee,
           ,         ,         ,         ,     ,
      Disdain | to call | us lord,| and Pic|ardy
             ,            ,      ,          ,           ,
      Hath slain | their gov|ernors,| surprised | our forts,
            ,         ,       ,          ,        ,
      And sent | the rag|ged sol|diers wound|ed home.
             ,       ,         ,         ,       ,
      The prince|ly War|wick, and | the Nev|ils all,
              ,          ,           ,       ,          ,
      Whose^dread|ful swords | were nev|er drawn | in vain,
          ,        ,         ,       ,        ,
      As hat|ing thee,| are ris|ing up | in arms.
           ,          ,          ,       ,                ,
      And now | the house | of York | thrust from | the crown,
           ,        ,       ,       ,          ,
      By shame|ful murd|er of | a guilt|less king,
           ,       ,          ,        ,     ,
      And lof|ty proud | encroach|ing tyr|anny,
        ,             ,         ,            ,         x
      Burns with | reveng|ing fire,| whose^hope|ful colors
          ,           ,     T    T     T      2     ,
      Advance | our half-|faced sun, striv|ing to shine;
       ,   2        ,          ,        x       ,
      Under the | which is | writ, In|vitis nu|bibus.
           ,         ,         ,         ,        ,
      The com|mons here | in Kent | are up | in arms,
       ,            ,          ,          ,     ,
      And to | conclude,| reproach | and beg|gary,
           ,      ,          ,       ,         ,
      Is crept | into | the pal|ace of | our king,
           ,         ,      ,        ,          ,
      And all | by thee:| Away,| convey | him hence.
 
SUFFOLK
      ,     2      ,       ,          ,            ,    2
      O that I | were a | god, to | shoot forth^|thunder
      <-    ,           ,        ,         ,        ,
        U||pon these | paltry,| servile,^|abject^|drudges:
        T      T     T      T   T    T             x         ,  ->
      Small things make | base men proud:| this villain || here,
        2      ,          2   ,           ,         ,
      Being | captain | of a pin|nace, threat|ens more
            ,     ,           ,        ,   2     x
      Than Barg|ulus | the strong | Illy|rian pirate.
        T      T   T     ,          ,               ,     ,   ->
      Drones suck not | eagles' | blood, but | rob^bee||hives:
        2        ,     ,         ,           ,
      It is | impos|sible | that I | should die
           ,       ,      ,       ,        ,
      By such | a low|ly vas|sal as | thyself.
            ,            ,         ,        ,         ,
      Thy words | move^rage,| and not | remorse | in me:
         ,       ,         ,          ,           ,
      I go | of mes|sage from | the queen | to France:
           ,            ,         ,       ,            ,
      I charge | thee waft | me safe|ly cross | the Channel.
 
CAPTAIN
       ,
      Walter: \\
 
WHITMORE
        ,    ,                   ,          ,         ,
      Come, Suf/folk, I | must waft | thee to | thy death.
 
SUFFOLK
Pine gelidus timor occupat artus, it is thee I fear.
 
WHITMORE
             ,            ,          ,        ,        ,          ->
      Thou shalt | have cause | to fear | before | I leave || thee.
        ,       2     ,       ,     ,              ,
      What,| are ye daunt|ed now?| Now will | ye stoop.
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
          ,          ,        ,            ,           ,
      My gra|cious lord | entreat | him, speak | him fair.
 
SUFFOLK
       ,             ,  2      ,          ,           ,
      Suffolk's | imper|ial tongue | is stern | and rough:
        ,    2      ,         ,          ,          ,
      Used to com|mand, un|taught to | plead for | favor.
       ,            ,           ,       ,         ,
      Far be | it, we | should hon|or such | as these
            ,        ,     T    Tx    T         ,
      With hum|ble suit:| no, rather let | my head
        ,     2        ,             T     T    T       ,    ->
      Stoop to the | block, than | these knees bow | to a||ny,
        ,      2     ,          x          ,        ,
      Save | to the God | of heaven,| and to | my king:
           ,        ,       ,        ,       ,
      And soon|er dance | upon | a bloo|dy pole,
             ,        ,        ,        ,        ,
      Than stand | uncov|ered to | the vul|gar groom.
        ,      ,    ,           ,           ,
      True no|bili|ty, is | exempt | from fear:
        ,            ,          ,          ,    ,
      More can | I bear,| than you | dare^ex|ecute.
 
CAPTAIN
        ,          ,         ,          ,         ,
      Hale him | away,| and let | him talk | no more:
             ,           ,          ,     ,       ,
      Come* sol|diers, show | what cru|elty | ye can.
 
SUFFOLK
             ,         ,          ,      ,       ,
      That this | my death | may nev|er be | forgot.
        T    T   T     ,         ,      ,  2
      Great men oft | die by | vile be|zonians.
         ,       ,        ,        ,       ,
      A Rom|an sword|er, and | bandit|to slave
       ,                 ,        ,       ,         ,
      Murdered | sweet* Tul|ly. Brut|us' bast|ard hand
         ,     ,         ,        ,        ,   2
      Stabbed Jul/ius | Caesar.| Savage | islanders
       ,             ,            x        ,        ,
      Pompey | the Great,| and Suffolk | dies by | pirates.
 
[Exeunt Whitmore and others with Suffolk]
 
CAPTAIN
           ,         ,            ,       ,         ,
      And as | for these | whose rans|om we | have set,
          ,         ,        ,         ,        ,
      It is | our pleas|ure one | of them | depart:
             ,           ,          ,    .   T   T   T
      Therefore | come* you | with us,| and let him go.
 
[Exeunt all but the First Gentleman. Enter WHITMORE with SUFFOLK's body]
 
WHITMORE
              ,          ,          ,        ,     ,
      There* let | his head,| and life|less bo|dy lie,
         ,          ,          ,         ,     ,
      Until | the queen | his mist|ress bu|ry it.
 
[Exit]
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
         ,      ,          ,       ,     ,
      O bar|barous | and bloo|dy spec|tacle,
           ,      ,        ,       ,         ,
      His bo|dy will | I bear | unto | the king:
          ,       ,         ,     ,                ,
      If he | revenge | it not,| yet will | his friends,
       ,              ,           ,         ,          ,
      So will | the queen,| that liv|ing, held | him dear.
 
[Exit with the body]

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