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Kenilworth Castle.
[Sound Trumpets. Enter KING HENRY VI, QUEEN MARGARET, and SOMERSET, on the
terrace]
KING HENRY VI
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Was e|ver king | that joyed | an earth|ly throne,
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And could | command | no more | content | than I?
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No soo|ner was | I crept | out of my | cradle,
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But I | was made | a king,| at nine months old.
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Was ne|ver sub|ject longed | to be | a king
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As I | do long | and wish | to be | a sub||ject.
[Enter BUCKINGHAM and CLIFFORD]
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Health and glad | tidings | to your ma|jesty.
KING HENRY VI
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Why Buck|ingham,| is the trai|tor Cade |
surprised?
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Or is | he but | retired | to make | him strong?
[Enter below, multitudes, with halters about their necks]
CLIFFORD
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He is fled | my lord,| and all | his powers | do
yield,
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And hum|bly thus | with hal|ters on | their
necks,
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Expect | your high|ness' doom | of life | or
death.
KING HENRY VI
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Then heaven | set ope | thy e|verlas|ting gates,
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To en|tertain | my vows | of thanks | and praise.
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Soldiers,| this day | have you | redeemed | your
lives,
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And showed | how well you | love your | prince
and | country:
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Contin|ue still | in this | so good | a mind,
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And Hen|ry though | he be | infor|tunate,
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Assure | yourselves | will ne|ver be | unkind:
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And so | with thanks,| and par|don to | you all,
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I do | dismiss | you to your | several |
countries.
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God save the king! God save the king!
[Enter a Messenger]
MESSENGER
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Please it | your grace | to be | adver|tised
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The || Duke of | York is | newly | come from |
Ireland,
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And with | a puis|sant and | a migh|ty power
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Of gal|lowglas|ses and / stout kerns,|
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Is mar|ching hi|therward | in proud | array,
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And still | proclai|meth, as | he comes | along,
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His arms | are on|ly to | remove | from thee
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The Duke | of Som|erset,| whom he terms |
traitor.
KING HENRY VI
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Thus stands | my state,| 'twixt^Cade | and York |
distressed.
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Like to a | ship, that | having e|scaped a |
tempest,
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Is straight|way* calmed | and boar|ded with a |
pirate:
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But now is | Cade driven back,| his men |
dispersed;
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And now | is York | in arms | to se|cond him.
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I pray | thee Buck|ingham | go and | meet him,
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And ask | him what's | the rea|son of | these
arms.
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Tell him I'll | send Duke Ed|mund to | the Tower;
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And Som|erset | we will com|mit thee | thither,
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Until | his ar|my be | dismissed | from him.
SOMERSET
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My lord, ????
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I'll yield | myself | to pri|son wil|lingly,
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Or un|to death,| to do | my coun|try good.
KING HENRY VI
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In a|ny case,| be not | too rough | in terms,
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For he | is fierce | and cannot | brook hard
lan||guage.
BUCKINGHAM
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I will | my lord,| and doubt | not so | to deal,
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As all | things shall | redound | unto | your
good.
KING HENRY VI
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Come wife,| let's in,| and learn | to go|vern
better;
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For yet | may Eng|land curse | my wret|ched
reign.
[Flourish. Exeunt]