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[Alarum. Enter YORK, EDWARD, RICHARD, NORFOLK, MONTAGUE, WARWICK, and
Soldiers ]
WARWICK
,
, , ,
,
I wond|er how | the king | escaped | our hands?
YORK
,
, ,
, ,
While we | pursued | the horse|men of | the
north,
, ,
, ,
,
He sly|ly stole | away,| and left | his men:
, ,
, , ,
Whereat | the great | Lord of | Northum|berland,
,
, , ,
,
Whose war|like^ears | could nev|er brook |
retreat,
,
, ,
, ,
Cheered^up | the droop|ing ar|my, and | himself.
, ,
, , ,
Lord^Clif|ford and / Lord Staf|ford all |abreast
,
T Tx T ,
,
Charged our | main battle's front:| and break|ing
in,
,
, ,
, ,
Were by | the swords | of com|mon sol|diers
slain.
EDWARD
,
, ,
, ,
Lord^Staf|ford's fath|er, Duke | of Buck|ingham,
,
, , ,
,
Is eith|er slain | or wound|ed dang|erous.
, ,
, , ,
I cleft | his beav|er with a // downright blow:
,
, , ,
,
That this | is true |(father)| behold | his
blood.
MONTAGUE
, ,
, , ,
And broth|er, here's | the Earl | of
Wilt|shire's* blood,
, ,
, ,
,
Whom^I | encount|ered as | the bat|tles joined.
RICHARD
,
, , ,
,
Speak thou | for me,| and tell | them what | I
did.
[Throwing down SOMERSET's head]
YORK
,
, ,
, ,
Richard | hath best | deserved | of all | my
sons:
, 2
T T . T
, ,
But is your | grace dead, my Lord | of Som|erset?
NORFOLK
, ,
, ,
,
Such hope | have all | the line | of John | of
Gaunt.
RICHARD
,
, ,
, ,
Thus do | I hope | to shake | King^Hen|ry's head.
WARWICK
, ,
, 2 ,
,
And so | do I,| victor|ious Prince | of York.
, , ,
, ,
Before | I see | thee seat|ed in | that throne,
, ,
, , ,
Which now | the house | of Lan|caster | usurps,
, x
, , ,
I vow | by heaven,| these eyes | shall nev|er
close.
,
, , ,
,
This is | the pal|ace of | the fear|ful king,
, ,
, ,
,
And this | the reg|al seat:| possess | it York,
, ,
, ,
,
For this | is thine,| and not | King^Hen|ry's
heirs'.
YORK
,
, , ,
,
Assist | me then,| sweet* War|wick, and | I will,
, ,
, ,
,
For hith|er we | have brok|en in | by force.
NORFOLK
, ,
, , ,
We'll^all | assist | you: he | that flies,| shall
die.
YORK
T Tx
T ,
, ,
Thanks gentle Nor|folk, stay | by me | my lords,
, ,
, ,
,
And sol|diers stay | and lodge | by me | this
night.
[They go up]
WARWICK
, ,
, x
, 2
And when | the king | comes, offer / him no |
violence,
, ,
, ,
,
Unless | he seek | to thrust | you out |
perforce.
YORK
, ,
T T T
, 2
The queen | this day | here holds her
| parliament,
,
, , 2
, ,
But lit|tle thinks | we shall be | of her |
council,
, ,
, ,
,
By words | or blows | here let | us win | our
right.
RICHARD
,
, , ,
,
Armed as | we are,| let's stay | within | this
house.
WARWICK
, ,
, ,
,
The bloo|dy parl|iament | shall this | be called,
,
, 2 ,
, ,
Unless | Plantag|enet, Duke | of York,| be king,
, ,
2 , ,
,
And bash|ful Hen|ry deposed,| whose cow|ardice
, ,
, , ,
Hath made | us by-|words to | our en|emies.
YORK
,
, ,
, ,
Then leave | me not,| my lords | be res|olute,
,
, , ,
,
I mean | to take | posses|sion of | my right.
WARWICK
,
, ,
, ,
Neither | the king,| nor he | that loves | him
best,
,
, , ,
,
The proud|est he | that holds | up Lan|caster,
T T .
T , ,
,
Dares stir a wing,| if War|wick shake | his
bells.
, , 2
, ,
,
I'll plant | Plantag|enet, root | him up | who
dares:
,
, , ,
,
Resolve | thee Rich|ard, claim | the Eng|lish
crown.
[Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, CLIFFORD, NORTHUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND,
EXETER, and the rest]
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, , ,
My lords,| look where | the stur|dy reb|el sits,
, 2
, ,
, ,
Even | in the chair | of state:| belike | he
means,
,
x ,
, ,
Backed by | the power | of War|wick, that / false peer,
2 ,
, ,
, ,
To aspire | unto | the crown,| and reign | as
king.
, 2
, , ,
,
Earl of North|umber|land, he | slew thy | father,
, x
2 , ,
,
And thine,| Lord Clifford,| and you both | have
vowed | revenge
, ,
, 2 , ,
On him,| his sons,| his fav|orites, and | his
friends.
NORTHUMBERLAND
,
, x
, ,
If I | be not,| heavens be | revenged | on me.
CLIFFORD
, ,
, ,
,
The hope | thereof,| makes Clif|ford mourn | in
steel.
WESTMORELAND
,
, ,
, ,
What, shall | we suf|fer this?| Let's^pluck | him
down,
, ,
, , x
My heart | for ang|er burns,| I can|not brook it.
KING HENRY VI
, , ,
, ,
Be pa|tient, gent|le Earl | of West|moreland.
CLIFFORD
T T T
, ,
,
Patience is | for pol/troons, such | as he:
??
, ,
, ,
,
He durst | not sit | there*, had | your fath|er
lived.
,
, , ,
,
My gra|cious lord,| here in | the parl|iament
, ,
, , ,
Let^us | assail | the fam|ily | of York.
NORTHUMBERLAND
,
, ,
, ,
Well hast | thou spok|en, cous|in be | it so.
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, , ,
Ah know | you not | the ci|ty fav|ors them,
, ,
, , ,
And they | have troops | of sol|diers at | their
beck?
EXETER
, ,
, , ,
But when | the duke | is slain,| they'll quick|ly
fly.
KING HENRY VI
,
, , ,
,
Far be | the thought | of this | from Hen|ry's
heart,
,
, , ,
2 ,
To make | a sham|bles of | the par|liament^house.
, ,
, T T .
T
Cousin | of Ex|eter,| frowns, words, and threats,
, ,
, ,
,
Shall be | the war | that Hen|ry means | to use.
, ,
, ,
,
Thou fac|tious Duke | of York | descend | my
throne,
, ,
, ,
,
And kneel | for grace | and mer|cy at | my feet,
, , ,
I am | thy sov/ereign.
YORK
T T
T
I am thine.
EXETER
, ,
, , ,
For shame | come^down,| he made | thee Duke | of
York.
YORK
2 ,
, , 2
, ,
It was my | inher|itance,| as the earl|dom was.
EXETER
, ,
, ,
,
Thy fath|er was | a trait|or to | the crown.
WARWICK
, ,
2 , , ,
Exet|er thou | art a trait|or to | the crown,
, ,
, ,
,
In fol|lowing | this u|surping | Henry.
CLIFFORD
,
, ,
, 2 ,
Whom should | he fol|low, but | his na|tural
king?
WARWICK
, ,
, ,
,
True Clif/ford, and | that's Rich|ard Duke | of
York.
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, ,
,
And shall | I stand,| and thou | sit^in | my
throne?
YORK
, ,
, ,
,
It must | and shall | be so,| content | thyself.
WARWICK
, ,
, ,
,
Be Duke | of Lan|caster,| let him | be king.
WESTMORELAND
, ,
, ,
,
He is / both king,| and Duke | of Lan|caster,
, ,
, , 2
,
And that | the Lord | of West|moreland | shall
maintain.
WARWICK
, ,
, , ,
And War|wick shall | disprove | it. You | forget,
, ,
, ,
,
That we | are those | which chased | you from |
the field,
, ,
, ,
,
And slew | your fath|ers, and | with col|ors
spread
,
, , ,
,
Marched through | the ci|ty to | the pal|ace
gates.
NORTHUMBERLAND
, ,
, , 2
,
Yes War/wick, I | remem|ber it | to my grief,
,
, ,
, x
And by | his soul,| thou and | thy house | shall
rue it.
WESTMORELAND
, ,
, , ,
Plantag|enet,| of thee | and these | thy sons,
,
, , ,
,
Thy kins|man and | thy friends,| I'll have | more
lives
, ,
, ,
,
Than drops | of blood | were in | my fath|er's
veins.
CLIFFORD
,
, , ,
,
Urge it | no more,| lest^that | instead | of
words,
, ,
, ,
,
I send | thee, War|wick, such | a mes|senger,
,
, ,
, ,
As shall | revenge | his death,| before | I stir.
WARWICK
,
, ,
, ,
Poor* Clif|ford, how | I scorn | his worth|less
threats.
YORK
,
, ,
, ,
Will you | we show | our tit|le to | the crown?
, ,
, ,
,
If not,| our swords | shall plead | it in | the
field.
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, , ,
What^tit|le hast | thou trait|or to | the crown?
,
, ,
, ,
My fath|er was | as thou | art, Duke | of York,
, ,
, , ,
, ->
Thy grand|father | Roger | Morti|mer, Earl || of
March.
, ,
, 2 ,
I am | the son | of Hen|ry the Fifth,
, ,
, ,
,
Who made | the Dauph|in and | the French | to
stoop,
,
, , ,
,
And seized | upon | their towns | and prov|inces.
WARWICK
T T . T
, ,
,
Talk not of France,| sith^thou | hast lost | it
all.
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, , ,
The lord | protect|or lost | it, and / not I:
, ,
, 2 T T
T
When I | was crowned,| I was but | nine months
old.
RICHARD
2 ,
, ,
You are old | enough | now,
,
, ,
And yet | methinks | you lose: (tri with
prev)
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Father | tear the | crown from | the usurp|er's
head.
EDWARD
,
, ,
, ,
Sweet* fath|er do | so, set | it on | your head.
MONTAGUE
,
Good* broth|er,
, ,
, 2 ,
As | thou lovst | and hon|orest
arms,
, , . T T
T 2 ,
Let's^fight | it out,| and^not stand cav|illing
thus.
RICHARD
T T . T
, ,
,
Sound drums and trump|ets, and | the king |
will fly.
YORK
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Sons | peace. \\
KING HENRY VI
T T .
T ,
, ,
Peace thou, and give | King^Hen|ry leave | to
speak.
WARWICK
, , ,
, ,
Plantag|enet shall // speak first: hear | him
lords,
, , ,
, ,
And be | you sil|ent and | attent|ive too,
,
, , ,
,
For he | that int|errupts | him, shall | not
live.
KING HENRY VI
T T T
2 , ,
,
Thinkst thou, that | I will leave | my king|ly
throne,
, ,
, ,
,
Wherein | my grand|sire and | my fath|er sat?
, , , , , ,
No: first shall war unpeople this my realm;
????
,
, , , ,
Aye, and | their col|ors oft|en borne | in
France,
,
, 2
, , ,
And now | in Eng|land, to our / heart's great |
sorrow,
,
, ,
, ,
Shall be | my wind|ing-sheet.| Why faint | you
lords?
,
, ,
, ,
My tit|le's good,| and bet|ter far | than his.
WARWICK
, ,
, ,
__
Prove it | Henry,| and thou | shalt be | king.
KING HENRY VI
, 2 ,
T T T
,
Henry the | Fourth by | conquest got | the crown.
YORK
, ,
, ,
,
'Twas by | rebel|lion | against | his king.
KING HENRY VI
, T T . T ,
,
I know | not what to say,| my tit|le's weak:
,
, ,
, ,
Tell me,| may not | a king | adopt | an heir?
YORK
,
What then? \\
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, ,
,
And if | he may,| then am | I law|ful king:
,
, ,
, ,
For Rich|ard, in | the view | of ma|ny lords,
, ,
, 2 ,
oo
Resigned | the crown | to Hen|ry the Fourth,|
,
, ,
, ,
Whose^heir | my fath|er was,| and I | am his.
YORK
, ,
x , ,
He rose | against | him, being | his sov|ereign,
, ,
, ,
,
And made | him to | resign | his crown |
perforce.
WARWICK
, ,
, ,
,
Suppose,| my lords,| he did | it un|constrained,
,
, , ,
,
Think^you |'twere* pre|judi|cial to | his crown?
EXETER
,
, , ,
,
No: for | he could | not so | resign | his crown
,
, ,
, ,
But that | the next | heir should | succeed | and
reign.
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, , ,
Art thou | against | us, Duke | of Ex|eter?
EXETER
,
, ,
, ,
His is | the right,| and there|fore pard|on me.
YORK
,
, ,
, ,
Why whisp|er you,| my lords,| and ans|wer not?
EXETER
, ,
, ,
,
My con|science tells | me he | is law|ful king.
KING HENRY VI
,
, ,
, ,
All will | revolt | from me,| and turn | to him.
NORTHUMBERLAND
, ,
, , ,
Plantag|enet,| for all | the claim | thou layst,
, ,
, ,
,
Think^not,| that Hen|ry shall | be so | deposed.
WARWICK
, ,
, ,
,
Deposed | he shall | be, in | despite | of all.
NORTHUMBERLAND
, ,
Thou art | deceived:
, ,
x
'Tis not | thy south|ern
power
, ,
, ,
,
Of Es|sex, Nor|folk, Suf|folk, nor | of Kent,
,
, , ,
,
Which makes | thee thus | presump|tuous | and
proud,
, , , ,
,
Can set | the duke | up^in | despite | of me.
CLIFFORD
, ,
, ,
,
King Hen|ry, be | thy tit|le right | or wrong,
,
, ,
, ,
Lord^Clif|ford vows | to fight | in thy |
defense:
,
T T . T
, ,
May* that | ground gape, and swal|low me | alive,
, ,
, , ,
2->
Where^I | shall kneel | to him | that slew | my
fath||er.
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, ,
,
O Clif|ford, how | thy words | revive | my heart.
YORK
, ,
, ,
,
Henry | of Lan|caster,| resign | thy crown:
, ,
, ,
,
What mut|ter you,| or what | conspire | you
lords?
WARWICK
, ,
, ,
,
Do right | unto | this prince|ly Duke | of York,
, ,
, , ,
Or I | will fill | the house | with arm|ed men,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
And ov|er the chair | of state,| where now | he
sits,
,
, , ,
,
Write^up | his tit|le with | usurp|ing blood.
[He stamps with his foot and the soldiers show themselves]
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, T T T
My Lord | of War|wick, hear | but one word,
, 2 ,
T T T
,
Let me for | this my | lifetime reign | as king.
YORK
, ,
, ,
,
Confirm | the crown | to me | and to | mine
heirs,
, ,
, ,
,
And thou | shalt reign | in qui|et while | thou
livst.
KING HENRY VI
, , ,
, ,
I am | content:| Richard | Plantag|enet
, ,
, , ,
Enjoy | the king|dom aft|er my | decease.
CLIFFORD
, ,
, , ,
What wrong | is this | unto | the prince,| your
son?
WARWICK
,
, ,
, ,
What good | is this | to Eng|land, and | himself?
WESTMORELAND
__ ,
, ,
,
Base,| fearful,| and de|spairing | Henry.
CLIFFORD
, ,
, ,
,
How hast | thou in|jured both | thyself | and us?
WESTMORELAND
,
, ,
, 3 3
I can|not stay | to hear | these art|icles.
NORTHUMBERLAND
,
Nor I.
CLIFFORD
T Tx
T , , ,
Come cousin, let | us tell | the queen | these
news.
WESTMORELAND
, ,
, , 2
,
Farewell | faint-heart/ed and | degen|erate king,
. T T
T ,
, ,
In whose cold blood | no spark | of hon|or bides.
NORTHUMBERLAND
,
, ,
, ,
Be thou | a prey | unto | the house | of York,
,
, , ,
,
And die | in bands,| for this | unman|ly deed.
CLIFFORD
, ,
, ,
,
In dread|ful war | mayst^thou | be ov|ercome,
,
, ,
, ,
Or live | in peace | aban|doned^and | despised.
[Exeunt NORTHUMBERLAND, CLIFFORD, and WESTMORELAND]
WARWICK
,
, , ,
,
Turn^this | way Hen/ry, and | regard | them not.
EXETER
, ,
, ,
,
They seek | revenge,| and there|fore will | not
yield.
KING HENRY VI
, ,
Ah Ex|eter.
WARWICK
, ,
,
Why should |
you sigh,| my lord?
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, ,
,
Not for | myself | Lord^War|wick, but | my son,
, ,
2 , , x
Whom I | unna|turally | shall dis|inherit.
, ,
, ,
,
But be | it as | it may:| I here | entail
, ,
, 2 ,
,
The crown | to thee | and to thine^|heirs for |
ever,
, 2 , ,
, ,
Condi|tionally,| that here | thou take | an oath,
, ,
, , ,
To cease | this civ|il war:| and whilst | I live,
, ,
2 ,
, ,
To hon|or me | as thy king,| and sov|ereign:
, 2
, , ,
,
And neith|er by treas|on nor | hosti|lity
,
, ,
, ,
To seek | to put | me down,| and reign | thyself.
YORK
, ,
2 , ,
,
This oath | I wil|lingly take,| and will |
perform.
WARWICK
T T
T , , 3 3
x
Long live King | Henry:| Plantag|enet embrace him.
??
KING HENRY VI
. T T T
, ,
,
And long live thou,| and these | thy for|ward
sons.
YORK
, ,
, ,
,
Now York | and Lan|caster | are rec|onciled.
EXETER
, ,
, , ,
Accursed | be he | that seeks | to make | them
foes.
[Sennet. Here they come down]
YORK
, ,
, , 2
,
Farewell | my gra|cious lord,| I'll to my |
castle.
WARWICK
. T T T
, , ,
And I'll keep Lon|don with | my sol|diers.
NORFOLK
, ,
, ,
,
And I | to Nor|folk with | my fol|lowers.
MONTAGUE
, ,
, , ,
And I | unto | the sea,| from whence | I came.
[Exeunt YORK, EDWARD, EDMUND, GEORGE, RICHARD, WARWICK, NORFOLK, MONTAGUE,
their Soldiers, and Attendants]
KING HENRY VI
, ,
, , ,
And I | with grief | and sor|row to | the court.
[Enter QUEEN MARGARET and PRINCE EDWARD]
EXETER
T T
. T
Here comes the queen,
,
, x
Whose^looks | bewray | her
anger:
, ,
I'll steal | away.
KING HENRY VI
, , ,
Exe|ter so | will I.
QUEEN MARGARET
,
, ,
, ,
Nay, go*| not from | me, I | will fol|low thee.
KING HENRY VI
,
, , ,
,
Be pa|tient gent|le queen,| and I | will stay.
QUEEN MARGARET
,
, , ,
,
Who can | be pa|tient | in such | extremes?
,
, ,
, ,
Ah wretch|ed man,| would I | had died | a maid?
, ,
, ,
,
And nev|er seen | thee, nev|er borne | thee son,
, ,
, 2 , 3 3
,
Seeing | thou hast | proved so un|natural a |
father.
, 2
, , T
T T
Hath he de|served to | lose his | birthright thus?
, ,
, ,
,
Hadst^thou | but loved | him half | so well | as
I,
, ,
, ,
,
Or felt | that pain | which I | did for | him
once,
,
, ,
, ,
Or nour|ished him,| as I | did with | my blood;
,
, x
T T T
Thou wouldst | have left | thy dearest
| heart-blood there,
,
, ,
, ,
Rather | than have | that sav|age duke | thine
heir,
, ,
, , ,
And dis|inher|ited | thine on|ly son.
PRINCE EDWARD
, ,
, , ,
Father,| you can|not dis|inhe|rit me:
,
, , ,
,
If you | be king,| why should | not I | succeed?
KING HENRY VI
, ,
2 ,
, ,
Pardon | me Marg|aret, pard|on me / sweet son,
, ,
, ,
, 2->
The Earl | of War|wick and | the duke | enforced
|| me.
QUEEN MARGARET
, ,
, ,
,
Enforced | thee? Art | thou king,| and wilt | be
forced?
, ,
, , 2
,
I shame | to hear | thee speak:| ah tim|orous
wretch,
, ,
, ,
,
Thou hast | undone | thyself,| thy son,| and me,
x ,
, . T T
T
And given | unto | the house | of York such head,
, ,
, , ,
As thou | shalt reign | but by | their
suf|ferance.
, ,
2 , ,
,
To en/tail him | and his heirs | unto | the
crown,
,
, ,
, ,
What is | it, but | to make | thy sep|ulchre,
,
, ,
, ,
And creep | into | it far | before | thy time?
, 2
, , 2 ,
,
Warwick is | chancel|lor, and the | lord of |
Calais,
T T . T
, ,
,
Stern Falconbridge | commands | the nar|row seas,
, ,
, ,
,
The duke | is made | protect|or of | the realm.
, ,
, T T . T
And yet | shalt thou | be safe?| Such safety
finds
, , ,
, ,
The trem|bling lamb,| envir|oned | with wolves.
, ,
, ,
x
Had I | been there,| which^am | a sil|ly woman,
,
, ,
, ,
The sol|diers should | have tossed | me on |
their pikes,
, ,
, ,
,
Before | I would | have grant|ed to / that act.
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But thou | preferrst | thy life,| before
| thine honor.
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And see|ing thou dost,| I here | divorce |
myself,
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Both from | thy tab|le Hen|ry, and | thy bed,
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Until | that act | of parl|iament be | repealed,
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Whereby | my son | is dis|inher|ited.
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The north|ern lords,| that have for|sworn thy |
colors,
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Will fol|low mine,| if once | they see | them
spread:
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And spread | they shall | be, to | thy foul |
disgrace,
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And ut|ter ru|in of | the house | of York.
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Thus do | I leave | thee: Come | son, let's away,
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Our ar|my is rea|dy; come,| we'll aft|er them.
KING HENRY VI
T Tx
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Stay gentle Marg|aret,| and hear | me speak.
QUEEN MARGARET
2
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Thou hast spoke | too much | alrea|dy: get | thee
gone.
KING HENRY VI
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Gentle | son Ed|ward, thou | wilt stay | with me?
QUEEN MARGARET
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Aye, to | be murd|ered by | his en|emies.
PRINCE EDWARD
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When I | return | with vict|ory to | the field,
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I'll see | your grace:| till then,| I'll fol|low
her.
QUEEN MARGARET
T T . T
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Come son away,| we may | not ling|er thus.
[Exeunt QUEEN MARGARET and PRINCE EDWARD]
KING HENRY VI
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Poor* queen,
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How love | to me,| and to | her
son,
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Hath made | her break | out in|to terms | of
rage.
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Reveng|ed may | she be | on that hate|ful duke,
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Whose haugh|ty spir|it, wing|ed with | desire,
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Will cost | my crown,| and like | an emp|ty
eagle,
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Tire on | the flesh | of me,| and of | my son.
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T T T ,
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The loss | of those three lords | torments | my
heart:
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I'll write | unto | them, and | entreat | them
fair;
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Come* cous|in, you | shall be | the mes|senger.
EXETER
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And I,| I hope,| shall rec|oncile | them all.
[Exeunt]