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Sandal Castle.
[Enter RICHARD, EDWARD, and MONTAGUE]
RICHARD
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Brother,| though I | be young|est, give | me
leave.
EDWARD
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No, I | can bet|ter play | the or|ator.
MONTAGUE
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But I | have reas|ons strong | and for|cible.
[Enter YORK]
YORK
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Why how | now sons, and broth|er, at | a strife?
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What is | your quar|rel? How | began | it first?
EDWARD
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No quar|rel, but | a slight | conten|tion.
YORK
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About what? ??
RICHARD
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About | that which^|concerns | your grace | and
us,
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The crown | of Eng|land, fath|er, which | is
yours.
YORK
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Mine boy? not | till King | Henry | be dead.
RICHARD
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Your right | depends | not^on | his life,| or
death.
EDWARD
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Now you | are heir,| therefore | enjoy | it now;
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By giv|ing the house | of Lan|caster leave | to
breathe,
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It will | outrun | you, fath|er, in | the end.
YORK
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I took | an oath,| that he | should qui|etly
reign.
EDWARD
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But for | a king|dom an|y oath | may be | broken:
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I would | break a | thousand | oaths, to | reign
one year. (hex with prev)
RICHARD
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No: God*| forbid | your grace | should be |
forsworn.
YORK
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I shall | be, if | I claim | by op|en war.
RICHARD
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I'll prove | the contra|ry, if | you'll hear | me
speak.
YORK
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Thou canst | not, son:| it is | impos|sible.
RICHARD
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An oath | is of / no mom|ent, being | not took
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Before | a true | and law|ful mag|istrate,
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That hath | author|ity | ore him | that swears.
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Henry | had none,| but did | usurp | the place.
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Then see|ing 'twas he | that made | you to |
depose,
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Your oath,| my lord,| is vain | and friv|olous.
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Therefore | to arms:| and fath|er do | but think,
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How sweet | a thing | it is | to wear | a crown,
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Within | whose^cir|cuit is | Ely|sium,
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And all | that po|ets feign | of bliss | and joy.
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Why do | we fing|er thus?| I can|not rest,
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Until | the white rose that | I wear,| be dyed
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Even in the | lukewarm blood | of Hen|ry's heart.
YORK
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Richard | enough:| I will | be king,| or die.
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Brother,| thou shalt | to Lon|don pres|ently,
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And whet | on War|wick to | this ent|erprise.
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Thou | Richard | shalt to the | Duke of |
Norfolk,
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And tell | him priv|ily | of our | intent.
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You Ed/ward shall | unto | my Lord | Cobham,
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With whom | the Kent|ishmen | will wil|lingly
rise.
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In them | I trust:| for they | are sol|diers,
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Witty,| courte|ous, libe|ral, full | of spirit.
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While you | are thus | employed,| what rest|eth
more?
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But that | I seek | occa|sion how | to rise,
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And yet | the king not priv|y to | my drift,
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Nor an|y of | the house | of Lan|caster?
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But stay,| what news?| Why comst | thou in | such
post?
[Enter a Messenger]
MESSENGER
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The queen,
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With all | the north|ern earls | and
lords,
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Intend | here to be|siege you | in your | castle.
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She is hard by,| with twen|ty thous|and men:
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And there|fore for|tify | your hold,| my lord.
YORK
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Aye, with my | sword.
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What? Thinkst | thou, that
we | fear them?
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Edward | and Rich|ard, you | shall stay | with
me,
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My broth|er Mont|ague | shall post | to Lon||don.
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Let | noble | Warwick,| Cobham,| and the rest,
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Whom we | have left | protect|ors of | the king,
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With pow|erful pol|icy | strengthen | themselves,
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And trust | not simp|le Hen|ry, nor | his oaths.
MONTAGUE
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Brother,| I go:| I'll win | them, fear | it not.
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And thus | most hum|bly I | do take | my leave.
[Exit. Enter JOHN MORTIMER and HUGH MORTIMER]
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Sir John,| and Sir Hugh | Morti|mer,
mine^|uncles,
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You are | come to | Sandal | in a hap|py hour.
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The ar|my of | the queen | mean to be|siege us.
JOHN MORTIMER
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She shall | not need,| we'll meet | her in | the
field.
YORK
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What,| with five | thousand | men?
RICHARD
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Aye,|| with five | hundred,| father,| for a |
need.
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A wom|an's gen|eral:| what should | we fear?
[A march afar off]
EDWARD
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I hear | their drums:
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Let's set^our | men in |
order,
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And is|sue forth,| and bid | them bat|tle
straight.
YORK
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Five men to twen|ty: though | the odds | be
great,
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I doubt | not, unc/le, of | our vic|tory.
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Many | a bat|tle have | I won | in France,
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When^as | the en|emy hath | been ten | to one:
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Why should | I not | now have | the like |
success?
[Alarum. Exeunt]