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Fields between Dartford and Blackheath.
[Enter YORK, and his army of Irish, with drum and colors]
YORK
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From Ire|land thus | comes^York | to claim | his
right,
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And pluck | the crown | from feeb|le Hen|ry's
head.
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Ring bells aloud,| burn* bon|fires clear and
bright
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To ent|ertain | great^Eng|land's law|ful king.
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Ah sanc|ta majest|as! Who | would not buy | thee
dear?
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Let them | obey,| that know | not how | to rule.
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This hand | was made | to han|dle naught | but
gold.
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I can|not give | due^ac|tion to | my words,
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Except | a sword | or scep|ter bal|ance it.
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A scep|ter shall | it have,| have I | a soul,
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On which | I'll toss | the flower-|de-luce | of
France.
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Whom^have | we here?| Bucking|ham to | disturb
me?
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The king | hath sent | him sure:| I must |
dissem||ble.
[Enter BUCKINGHAM]
BUCKINGHAM
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York,| if thou mean|est well,| I greet | thee
well.
YORK
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Humphrey of | Bucking|ham, I ac|cept thy |
greeting.
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Art thou a | messen|ger, or | come of | pleasure.
BUCKINGHAM
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A mes|senger | from Hen|ry, our / dread liege,
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To know | the reas|on of / these arms | in peace.
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Or why,| thou being | a sub|ject, as | I am,
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Against | thy oath,| and true | alleg|iance
sworn,
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Should raise | so great | a power | without | his
leave?
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Or dare | to bring | thy force | so near | the
court?
YORK
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Scarce can | I speak,| my chol|er is / so great.
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Oh I | could hew | up rocks,| and fight | with
flint,
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I am / so ang|ry at these | abject terms.
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And now | like A|jax Tel|amon|ius,
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On sheep | or ox|en could I | spend my | fury.
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I am / far bet|ter born | than is | the king:
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More like a king,| more king|ly in | my
thoughts.
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But I must | make fair weath|er yet | a while,
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Till Hen|ry be | more* weak,| and I | more*
strong.
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Bucking|ham, I | prithee,| pardon | me,
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That I | have given | no ans|wer all | this
while:
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My mind | was troub|led with deep | melan|choly.
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The cause | why I have | brought this | army |
hither,
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Is to re|move proud Som|erset | from the king,
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Sedi|tious to | his grace,| and to | the state.
BUCKINGHAM
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That is / too much | presump|tion on / thy part:
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But if | thy arms | be to | no oth|er end,
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The king | hath yield|ed un|to thy | demand:
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The Duke | of Som|erset | is in | the Tower.
YORK
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Upon | thine^hon|or is | he pris|oner?
BUCKINGHAM
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Upon | mine^hon|or he | is pris|oner.
YORK
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Then Buck|ingham | I do | dismiss | my powers.
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Soldiers,| I thank | you all:| disperse |
yourselves:
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Meet me | tomor|row in / Saint George|'s field,
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You shall | have pay,| and eve|rything | you
wish.
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And let | my sove|reign, vir|tuous | Henry,
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Command | my eld|est son,| nay^all | my sons,
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As pled|ges of | my fe|alty | and love,
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I'll send | them all | as wil|ling as | I live:
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Lands, goods, horse,| armor,| any thing | I have
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Is his | to use,| so Som|erset | may die.
BUCKINGHAM
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York, I | commend | this kind | submis|sion,
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We twain | will go | into | his high|ness' tent.
[Enter KING HENRY VI and Attendants]
KING HENRY VI
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Buckingham,| doth York | intend | no harm | to us
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That thus | he march|eth with | thee arm | in
arm?
YORK
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In all | submis|sion and | humil|ity,
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York doth | present | himself | unto your |
highness.
KING HENRY VI
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Then what | intends | these for|ces thou | dost
bring?
YORK
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To heave | the trait|or Som|erset | from hence,
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And fight | against | that monst|rous reb|el
Cade,
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Who since | I heard | to be | discom|fited.
[Enter IDEN, with CADE'S head]
IDEN
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If one | so rude,| and of | so mean | condi||tion
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May / pass in|to the pres|ence of | a king:
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Lo, I | present | your grace | a trait|or's head,
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The head | of Cade,| whom I | in com|bat* slew.
KING HENRY VI
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The head | of Cade,| Great^God,| how just | art
Thou?
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Oh let | me view | his vis|age be|ing dead,
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That liv|ing wrought | me such | exceed|ing
trou||ble.
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Tell | me my / friend, art | thou the | man that
|| slew him?
IDEN
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I was,| and it like | your maj|esty.
KING HENRY VI
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How art | thou called?| And what | is thy |
degree?
IDEN
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Alex|ander | Iden,| that's my | name,
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A || poor esquire | of Kent,| that loves | his
king.
BUCKINGHAM
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So please | it you | my lord,| 'twere not | amiss
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He were | creat|ed knight | for his good |
service.
KING HENRY VI
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Iden,| kneel down, rise | up a | knight:
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We give | thee for | reward | a thous|and marks,
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And will | that thou | henceforth | attend | on
us.
IDEN
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May Id|en live | to merit | such a | bounty,
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And nev|er live | but true | unto | his liege.
[Rises. Enter QUEEN MARGARET and SOMERSET]
KING HENRY VI
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See Buck|ingham,| Somerset | comes with | the
queen,
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Go bid | her hide | him quick|ly from | the duke.
QUEEN MARGARET
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For thous|and Yorks | he shall | not hide | his
head,
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But bold|ly stand,| and front | him to | his
face.
YORK
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How now?| Is Som|erset | at lib|erty?
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Then York | unloose | thy long-|impris|oned
thoughts,
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And let | thy tongue | be e|qual with | thy
heart.
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Shall^I | endure | the sight | of Som|erset?
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False king, why | hast thou brok|en faith | with
me,
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Knowing | how hard|ly I | can brook | abuse?
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King did | I call | thee? No:| thou art / not
king:
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Not fit | to gov|ern and rule | multi|tudes,
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Which || darst not,/ no* nor | canst not^|rule
a | traitor.
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That head | of thine | doth not | become | a
crown:
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Thy hand | is made | to grasp | a palm|er's
staff,
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And not | to grace | an aw|ful prince|ly scep|ter.
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That gold,| must round | engirt | these brows
| of mine,
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Whose smile | and frown,| like to | Achil|les'
spear
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Is ab|le with | the change,| to kill | and cure.
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Here is | a hand | to hold | a scep|ter up,
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And with | the same | to act | control|ling laws:
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Give place | by heav|en thou | shalt rule | no
more
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Ore him,| whom heaven | creat|ed for | thy
rul||er.
SOMERSET
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O monst|rous trait|or! I | arrest | thee York
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Of cap|ital treas|on against | the king | and
crown:
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Obey | auda|cious trait|or, kneel | for grace.
YORK
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Wouldst^have | me kneel?| First let^|me ask | of
these,
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If they | can brook | I bow | a knee | to man:
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Sirrah,| call in | my sons | to be | my bail:
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I know | ere they | will have | me go | to ward,
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They'll pawn | their swords | for my |
enfran|chisement.
QUEEN MARGARET
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Call hith|er Clif|ford, bid | him come | amain,
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To say,| if that | the bast|ard boys | of York
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Shall be | the sure|ty for their | traitor |
father. ??
[Exit BUCKINGHAM]
YORK
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O blood-|bespot|ted Ne|apol|itan,
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Outcast of Nap|les, Eng|land's bloo|dy scourge,
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The sons | of York,| thy bet|ters in | their
birth,
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Shall be | their fath|er's bail,| and bane | to
those
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That for | my sure|ty will | refuse | the boys.
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See where | they come,| I'll war|rant they'll
make | it good.
[Enter EDWARD and RICHARD, CLIFFORD and YOUNG CLIFFORD]
QUEEN MARGARET
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And here comes Clif|ford to | deny | their
bail.
CLIFFORD
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Health, and | all hap/piness | to my lord | the
king.
[Kneels to HENRY]
YORK
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I thank | thee Clif|ford: say,| what news | with
thee?
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Nay, do | not fright | us with | an ang|ry look:
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We are | thy sove|reign Clif|ford, kneel | again;
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For thy | mistak|ing so,| we pard|on thee.
CLIFFORD
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This is my | king York, I | do not | mistake,
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But thou | mistakes | me much | to think | I do,
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To Bed|lam with | him, is the | man grown mad.
KING HENRY VI
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Aye Clif/ford, a | bedlam | and ambi|tious
hum||or
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Makes | him oppose | himself | against | his
king.
CLIFFORD
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He is | a trait|or, let | him to | the Tower,
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And chop | away | that fac|tious pate | of his.
QUEEN MARGARET
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He is | arrest|ed, but | will not | obey:
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His sons |(he says)| shall give | their words |
for him.
YORK
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Will you / not sons? \\
EDWARD
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Aye noble fath|er, if | our words | will serve.
RICHARD
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And if | words will | not, then | our weap|ons
shall.
CLIFFORD
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Why what | a brood | of trait|ors have | we here?
YORK
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Look in | a glass,| and call | thy im|age so.
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I am thy | king, and | thou a false-heart |
traitor:
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Call hith/er to the | stake my | two brave bears,
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That with | the ve|ry shak|ing of | their chains,
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They may | aston|ish these*/ fell-lurk|ing curs,
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Bid Sal|isbury | and War|wick come | to me.
[Enter the WARWICK and SALISBURY]
CLIFFORD
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Are these | thy bears?| We'll bait | thy bears |
to death,
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And man|acle | the bear-|ward in | their chains,
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If thou | darst bring / them to | the bait|ing
place.
RICHARD
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Oft have | I seen | a hot | oreween|ing cur,
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Run back and bite,| because | he was | withheld,
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Who be|ing suf|fered with the | bear's fell paw,
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Hath clapped | his tail,| between | his legs |
and cried,
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And such | a piece | of serv|ice will | you do,
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If you op|pose your|selves to | match
Lord^|Warwick.
CLIFFORD
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Hence heap of wrath,| foul in|digest|ed lump,
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As crook|ed in | thy man|ners, as | thy shape.
YORK
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Nay we | shall heat | you tho|roughly | anon.
CLIFFORD
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Take^heed | lest^by | your heat | you burn |
yourselves.
KING HENRY VI
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Why War|wick, hath | thy knee | forgot | to bow?
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Old Sal|isbury,| shame to | thy silv|er hair,
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Thou mad | mislead|er of thy // brain-sick son,
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What wilt | thou on thy | death-bed*| play the |
ruffian?
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And seek | for sor|row with | thy spec|tacles?
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Oh where | is faith?| Oh where | is loy|alty?
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If it | be ban|ished from | the fros|ty head,
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Where shall | it find | a har|bor in | the earth?
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Wilt thou | go dig | a grave | to find | out^war,
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And shame | thine^hon|ora|ble age | with blood?
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Why art | thou old,| and wantst | exper|ience?
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Or where|fore dost | abuse it,| if thou | hast
it?
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For shame | in du|ty bend | thy knee | to me,
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That bows | unto | the grave | with mick|le age.
SALISBURY
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My lord,| I have | consid|ered with | myself
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The tit|le of | this most | renown|ed duke,
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And in | my con|science do | repute | his grace
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The right|ful heir | to Eng|land's roy|al seat.
KING HENRY VI
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Hast thou | not sworn | alleg|iance un|to me?
SALISBURY
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I have. \\
KING HENRY VI
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Canst thou | dispense | with heaven | for such |
an oath?
SALISBURY
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It is / great sin,| to swear | unto | a sin:
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But great|er sin | to keep | a sin|ful oath:
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Who can | be bound | by an|y sol|emn vow
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To do | a murd|erous deed,| to rob | a man,
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To force | a spot|less virg|in's chast|ity,
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To reave | the orph|an of his | patri|mony,
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To wring | the wid|ow from | her cust|omed right,
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And have | no oth|er reas|on for | this wrong,
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But that | he was | bound by | a sol|emn oath?
QUEEN MARGARET
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A sub|tle trait|or needs | no soph|ister.
KING HENRY VI
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Call Buck/ingham,| and bid | him arm | himself.
YORK
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Call Buck/ingham,| and all | the friends | thou
hast,
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I am | resolved | for death | or dig|nity.
CLIFFORD
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The first | I war|rant thee,| if^dreams prove
true.
WARWICK
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You were best | to go | to bed,| and dream |
again,
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To keep | thee from | the temp|est of | the
field.
CLIFFORD
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I am | resolved | to bear | a great|er storm,
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Than an|y thou | canst^con|jure up | today:
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And that | I'll write | upon | thy burg|onet,
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Might I but | know thee / by thy | household
badge.
WARWICK
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Now by | my fath|er's badge,| old Nev|il's crest,
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The ramp|ant bear | chained to | the rag|ged
staff,
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This^day | I'll wear | aloft | my burg|onet,
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As on | a mount|ain top | the ced|ar shows,
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That keeps | his leaves | in spite | of an|y
storm,
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Even to | affright | thee with | the view |
thereof.
CLIFFORD
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And from | thy burg|onet | I'll rend | thy bear,
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And tread | it und|er foot | with all | contempt,
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Despite | the bear-|ward, that | protects | the
bear.
YOUNG CLIFFORD
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And so | to arms | victor/ious | father,
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To quell | the reb|els, and | their accom|plices.
RICHARD
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Fie, charity | for shame,| speak not in spite,
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For you | shall sup | with Je|su Christ |
tonight.
YOUNG CLIFFORD
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Foul stig|matic | that's more | than thou |
canst^tell.
RICHARD
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If not | in heaven,| you'll sure|ly sup | in
hell.
[Exeunt severally]