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Henry VI part three

Act I, Scene 4

Another part of the field.
 
[Alarum. Enter YORK]
 
YORK
           ,     ,         ,           ,          ,
      The ar|my of | the queen | hath got | the field:
          ,        ,          ,         ,    2    ,
      My unc|les both | are slain,| in res|cuing me;
           ,        ,      ,      2     ,      ,
      And all | my fol|lowers,| to the eag|er foe
        T    T    .   T           ,         ,          ,
      Turn back, and fly,| like ships | before | the wind,
           ,          ,        ,        ,         ,
      Or lambs | pursued | by hung|er-starv|ed wolves.
           ,          ,            ,        ,        ,
      My sons,| God^knows | what hath | bechanc|ed them:
            ,        ,           ,         ,            ,
      But this | I know,| they have | demeaned | themselves
        T   T    T      2    ,         ,         ,
      Like men born | to renown,| by life | or death.
               ,          ,         ,        ,        ,
      Three* times | did Rich|ard make | a lane | to me,
       .     T     T     T        ,         ,         ,
      And thrice cried, cour|age fath|er, fight | it out:
            ,        ,          ,       ,        ,
      And full | as oft | came^Ed|ward to | my side,
            ,        ,    2     ,       ,         ,
      With pur|ple falch|ion, paint|ed to | the hilt,
           ,          ,           ,        ,         ,
      In blood | of those | that had | encount|ered him:
            ,         ,    2    ,    2    ,        ,
      And when | the hard|iest war|riors did | retire,
       ,          T      T      .    T     T   T   .    T
      Richard | cried, Charge, and give | no foot of ground,
            ,         ,          ,       ,    2     ,
      And cried,| a crown,| or else | a glor|ious tomb,
          ,        ,        ,       ,      ,
      A scep|ter, or | an earth|ly sep|ulchre.
             ,          ,         ,         ,      ,
      With this | we charged | again:| but out | alas,
            ,        ,       ,          ,        ,
      We bodged | again,| as I | have seen | a swan
             ,        ,       ,        ,           ,
      With boot|less lab|or swim | against | the tide,
            ,             ,           ,      ,          ,
      And spend | her strength | with ov|er-match|ing waves.
 
[A short alarum within]
           ,         ,      ,     2    ,       ,
      Ah hark,| the fat|al fol|lowers do | pursue,
          ,        ,          ,       ,           ,     o
      And I | am faint,| and can|not fly | their fu|ry:
            ,         ,         ,           ,           ,     o
      And were | I strong,| I would | not shun | their fu|ry:    (hex with prev)
            ,          ,          ,          ,        ,
      The sands | are num|bered that | make^up | my life,
        ,            ,          ,         ,          ,
      Here must^|I stay,| and here | my life | must end.
 
[Enter QUEEN MARGARET, CLIFFORD, NORTHUMBERLAND, PRINCE EDWARD, and Soldiers]
              ,       ,          ,          ,       ,
      Come* bloo|dy Clif|ford, rough | Northum|berland,
          ,            ,         ,           ,    ,
      I dare | your quench|less fu|ry to / more rage.
         ,          ,        ,      ,           ,
      I am | your butt,| and I | abide | your shot.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
        ,             ,        ,          ,    ,
      Yield to | our mer|cy, proud | Plantag|enet.
 
CLIFFORD
       T    .   T   T       ,         ,        ,
      Aye, to such mer|cy, as | his ruth|less arm
             ,         ,           ,        ,       ,       ->
      With down|right^pay|ment, showed | unto | my fath||er.
       ,      ,              ,         ,         ,
      Now | Phaethon | hath tum|bled from | his car,
            ,        ,    ,    2        T   T    T
      And made | an eve|ning at the | noontide prick.
 
YORK
          ,       ,         ,               ,     ,
      My ash|es, as | the phoe|nix, may*/ bring forth
          ,           ,        ,       ,         ,
      A bird,| that will | revenge | upon | you all:
           ,          ,        ,            ,          x
      And in | that hope,| I throw | mine^eyes | to heaven,
        ,             ,     ,            ,          ,
      Scorning | whatere | you can | afflict | me with.
            ,         ,      T    T  .  T           ,
      Why come | you not?| What, multitudes,| and fear?
 
CLIFFORD
          ,         ,            ,         ,        ,       o
      So cow|ards fight,| when they | can fly | no furth|er,
           ,          ,         ,          ,        ,      o
      So doves | do peck | the fal|con's pier|cing tal|ons,  (hex with prev)
          ,    2       ,            ,        ,           ,
      So des|perate thieves,| all hope|less of | their lives,
               ,        ,      2    ,          ,     ,
      Breathe^out | invect|ives against | the of|ficers.
 
YORK
          ,         ,        ,            ,       ,
      O Clif|ford, but | bethink | thee once | again,
           ,          ,           ,        ,        ,
      And in | thy thought | ore^run | my form|er time:
           ,          ,           ,          ,           ,
      And if | thou canst | for blush|ing, view | this face,
            ,           ,            ,      3   3      ,      ,
      And bite | thy tongue,| that sland|ers him with cow|ardice,  ??
              ,            ,           ,          ,          ,
      Whose frown | hath made | thee faint | and fly | ere this.
 
CLIFFORD
          ,         ,       ,           ,          ,
      I will | not ban|dy with | thee word | for word,
            ,       ,           ,       T    T   .   T
      But buck|le with | thee blows | twice two for one.
 
QUEEN MARGARET
        ,   ,           ,           2    ,         ,     ->
      Hold val/iant | Clifford,| for a thous|and caus||es
      ,        2     ,       ,           ,          ,
      I | would prolong | awhile | the trait|or's life:
        T     T    .    T      ,               ,       ,
      Wrath makes him deaf;| speak thou | Northum|berland.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
        ,    ,              ,   ,                ,
      Hold Clif/ford, do | not hon/or him | so much,
           ,          ,          ,          ,           ,
      To prick | thy fing|er, though | to wound | his heart.
            ,       ,          ,       ,           ,
      What val|or were | it, when | a cur | doth grin,
           ,          ,           ,        ,           ,
      For one | to thrust | his hand | between | his teeth,
            ,           ,           ,          ,      ,
      When he | might spurn | him with | his foot | away?
        2     ,       ,           T   T   T     ,
      It is war's | prize, to | take all vant|ages,
           ,        ,        ,       ,          x
      And ten | to one,| is no | impeach | of valor.
 
[They lay hands on YORK, who struggles]
 
CLIFFORD
            ,          ,            ,    ,              ,
      Aye,^aye,| so strives | the wood|cock with | the gin.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
           ,         ,      ,        ,        ,
      So doth | the co|ny strug|gle in | the net.
 
YORK
          ,          ,       x            ,           ,
      So tri|umph thieves | upon their | conquered | booty,
           ,          ,           ,         ,         ,
      So true | men^yield,| with rob|bers, so | orematched.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
        ,                 ,            ,       ,        ,
      What would | your grace | have done | unto | him now?
 
QUEEN MARGARET
        ,    ,            ,           2     ,       ,
      Brave war/riors,| Clifford | and Northum|berland,
             ,          ,       ,           ,          ,
      Come^make | him stand | upon | this mole|hill* here,
              ,          ,                ,    ,         ,
      That raught | at mount|ains with / outstretch|ed arms,
           ,       ,         ,        ,          ,
      Yet part|ed but | the shad|ow with | his hand.
        ,             ,           ,         ,           ,
      What, was | it you | that would | be Eng|land's king?
         2    ,          ,         ,        ,       ,
      Was it you | that rev|elled in | our parl|iament,
            ,        ,          ,          ,        ,
      And made | a preach|ment of | your high | descent?
        ,                ,         ,         ,         ,
      Where are | your mess | of sons,| to back | you now,
           ,       ,        ,         ,        ,
      The want|on Ed|ward, and | the lus|ty George?
             ,            ,   2     ,      T   T  . T
      And where's | that val|iant crook-|back prodigy,
       ,            ,           ,          ,          ,
      Dicky,| your boy,| that with | his grum|bling voice
            ,         ,          ,        ,     ,
      Was wont | to cheer | his dad | in mut|inies?
       ,              ,      ,              ,         ,        ->
      Or with | the rest,| where is | your dar|ling, Rut||land?
        ,      ,          ,            ,           2      ,
      Look | York, I | stained this | napkin | with the blood
            ,   2     ,          ,         ,   2      ,
      That val|iant Clif|ford, with | his rap|ier's point,
            ,       ,         ,      ,        ,
      Made is|sue from | the bos|om of | the boy:
           ,           ,         ,      ,          ,
      And if | thine^eyes | can wat|er for | his death,
          ,           ,        ,           ,         ,
      I give | thee this | to dry | thy cheeks | withal.
        ,           ,     ,      2      ,           ,
      Alas | poor York,| but that I | hate thee | deadly,
           ,         ,         ,    ,       ,
      I should | lament | thy mis|era|ble state.
          ,         ,          ,        ,        ,
      I prith|ee grieve,| to make | me mer|ry, York.
        ,       2       ,        ,           ,            ,
      What, hath thy | fiery | heart so | parched thine^|entrails*,
            ,        ,          ,         ,           ,
      That not | a tear | can fall,| for Rut|land's death?
       ,              ,         ,             ,          ,
      Why art | thou pa|tient, man?| Thou shouldst | be mad:
          ,        ,          ,         ,           ,
      And I,| to make | thee mad,| do mock | thee thus.
        T      T    .    T         ,         ,          ,
      Stamp, rave, and fret,| that I | may sing | and dance.
              ,           ,       ,         ,         ,
      Thou wouldst | be feed,| I see,| to make | me sport:
        T    Tx     T         ,         ,        ,
      York cannot speak,| unless | he wear | a crown.
          ,           ,          ,      ,   ,
      A crown | for York;| and lords,| bow low / to him:
        ,              ,            ,       ,        ,
      Hold you | his hands,| whilst I | do set | it on.
            ,      ,           ,          ,        ,
      Aye* mar|ry sir,| now* looks | he like | a king:
       ,              ,          ,          ,         ,
      Aye, this | is he | that took | King^Hen|ry's chair,
            ,        ,        ,       ,       ,
      And this | is he | was his | adopt|ed heir.
           ,        ,          ,          ,    ,
      But how | is it,| that great | Plantag|enet
            ,           ,          ,          ,        ,
      Is crowned | so soon,| and broke | his sol|emn oath?
         ,       ,         ,            ,         ,
      As I | bethink | me you | should not | be king,
            ,          ,             ,     ,            ,
      Till our | King^Hen|ry had / shook hands | with death.
            ,          ,           ,        ,        ,     2->
      And will | you pale | your head | in Hen|ry's glo||ry,
           ,         ,        ,        ,   ,
      And rob | his temp|les of | the di|adem,
           ,         ,        ,           ,      ,
      Now^in | his life,| against | your ho|ly oath?
       ,     2      T    T   T       ,    2  ,
      Oh 'tis a | fault too too | unpard|onable.
       ,               ,           ,          ,           ,
      Off with | the crown;| and with | the crown,| his head,
             ,           ,        T    T   .  T         ,
      And whilst | we breathe,| take time to do | him dead.
 
CLIFFORD
        ,           ,        ,        ,          ,
      That is | my of|fice, for | my fath|er's sake.
 
QUEEN MARGARET
             ,            ,         ,    ,         ,
      Nay* stay,| let's^hear | the or|isons | he makes.
 
YORK
       T    T   .   T
      She-wolf of France,
                                ,             ,           ,
                          But worse | than wolves | of France,
               ,            ,         ,         ,         ,
      Whose^tongue | more* pois|ons than | the ad|der's tooth:
           ,      ,        ,       ,        ,
      How ill-|beseem|ing is | it in | thy sex,
          ,         ,        ,   ,   2    ,
      To tri|umph like | an Am|azon|ian trull,
        ,            ,          ,        ,      ,
      Upon | their woes,| whom for|tune cap|tivates?
       ,      2        ,        ,        ,        ,
      But that thy | face is | vizard-|like, un|changing,
            ,     ,          ,       ,       ,
      Made^imp|udent | with use | of ev|il deeds.
      ,      2    T     T     T          ,           ,
      I would as|say, proud queen,| to make | thee blush.
           ,            ,            ,          ,        ,
      To tell | thee whence | thou camst,| of whom | derived,
             ,        ,           ,      ,
      Were shame | enough,| to shame | thee,
        T    T   T      ,         oo
      Wert thou not | shameless.|    (tetra with prev)
            ,       ,           ,         ,         x
      Thy fath|er bears | the type | of King | of Naples,  ??
           ,         ,       ,       ,    ,
      Of both | the Si|cils and | Jerus|alem,
           ,     ,    ,       2      ,         ,
      Yet not | so wealth/y as an | English | yeoman.
             ,           ,          ,           ,       ,
      Hath^that | poor* mon|arch taught | thee to | insult?
           ,      ,      2       ,           T     T     T
      It needs | not, nor it | boots thee | not, proud queen,
          ,         ,       ,        ,     ,
      Unless | the ad|age must | be ver|ified,
            ,         ,        ,            ,          ,
      That beg|gars mount|ed, run | their horse | to death.
             ,       ,          ,          ,       ,
      'Tis beaut|y that | doth^oft | make^wom|en proud,
           ,         ,           ,           ,        ,
      But God | he knows,| thy share | thereof | is small.
            ,        ,           ,           ,        ,
      'Tis vir|tue that | doth make | them most | admired,
           ,   ,             ,          ,         ,
      The con|trary | doth make | thee wond|ered at.
            ,       ,           ,            ,        ,
      'Tis gov|ernment | that makes | them seem | divine,
            ,          ,     ,            ,   2  ,
      The want | thereof,| makes thee | abom|inable.
            ,        ,     ,        ,       ,
      Thou art | as op|posite | to eve|ry good,
          ,       ,    ,         ,     ,
      As the | Antip|odes | are un|to us,
          ,         ,      ,           ,     ,
      Or as | the south | to the | septen|trion.
          ,         ,        ,            ,         ,
      Oh tig|er's heart,| wrapped in | a wom|an's hide,
             ,             ,           ,     ,              ,
      How couldst | thou drain | the life-|blood of | the child,
          ,         ,        ,          ,        ,
      To bid | the fath|er wipe | his eyes | withal,
           ,         ,         ,       ,         ,
      And yet | be seen | to bear | a wom|an's face?
       ,   2        T     T    T    ,          ,    ,
      Women are | soft, mild, pit|iful,| and flex|ible;
        T    T     T     ,     ,         ,         ,
      Thou stern, ob|durate,| flinty,| rough, re|morseless.  (hex with prev)
              ,         ,         ,           ,          ,
      Bidst^thou | me rage?| Why now | thou hast | thy wish.
                ,         ,         ,           ,          ,
      Wouldst^have | me weep?| Why now | thou hast | thy will.
           ,        ,           ,      ,          x
      For rag|ing wind | blows up | inces|sant showers,
            ,          ,        ,          ,        ,
      And when | the rage | allays,| the rain | begins.
        ,     ,                      ,          ,     ,
      These tears / are my | sweet* Rut|land's ob|sequies,
           ,       ,      T    T    T        2      ,
      And eve|ry drop | cries vengeance | for his death,
                ,              x       .    T    T     T     ,
      'Gainst^thee | fell* Clifford,| and thee false French|woman.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
          ,          ,         ,         ,         ,
      Beshrew | me, but | his pas|sion moves | me so,
             ,      ,        ,          ,           ,
      That hard|ly can | I check | my eyes | from tears.
 
YORK
             ,        ,
      That face | of his,                     (pickup)
           ,       ,      ,           ,            ,
      The hun|gry can|nibals | would not | have touched,
             ,            ,             ,
      Would not | have stained | with blood:  (picked up)
           ,          ,       ,        ,       ,  2  ,
      But you | are more | inhum|an, more | inex|orable,
       T   T    T       ,          ,        ,      ,  2
      Oh, ten times | more than | tigers | of Hyr|cania.  (hex with prev)
       T      Tx      T        ,        ,          ,
      See, ruthless queen,| a hap|less fath|er's tears:  ??
             ,             ,          ,               ,    ,
      This cloth | thou dipdst | in blood | of my / sweet boy,
          ,          ,          ,          ,       ,
      And I | with tears | do wash | the blood | away.
        ,              ,              ,   ,          ,
      Keep thou | the nap|kin, and / go boast | of this,
           ,           ,          ,      ,       ,
      And if | thou tellst | the hea|vy sto|ry right,
        ,         ,         ,                ,    ,
      Upon | my soul,| the hear|ers will / shed tears:
       ,    2          ,           ,      T    Tx      T
      Yea, even | my foes | will shed | fast-falling tears,   ??
           ,      ,        ,       ,   2     ,
      And say,| Alas,| it was | a pit|eous deed.
        T      T   .    T           ,          ,          ,
      There, take the crown,| and with | the crown,| my curse,
           ,         ,          ,         ,         ,
      And in | thy need,| such com|fort come | to thee,
          ,        ,              ,   ,       ,
      As now | I reap | at thy / too cru|el hand.
        T    T  .    T          ,         ,          ,
      Hard-hearted Clif|ford, take | me from | the world,
           ,          x          ,       ,           ,
      My soul | to heaven,| my blood | upon | your heads.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
           ,           ,        ,        ,        ,
      Had he | been slaught|er-man | to all | my kin,
           ,          ,         ,          ,  `       ,
      I should | not for | my life | but weep | with him,
          ,         ,     ,        ,           ,
      To see | how in|ly sor|row grips | his soul.
 
QUEEN MARGARET
        T      Tx     T         ,         ,       ,
      What, weeping-ripe,| my Lord | Northum|berland?   ??
        ,           ,          ,         ,        ,
      Think but | upon | the wrong | he did | us all,
            ,           ,       ,         ,         ,
      And that | will quick|ly dry | thy melt|ing tears.
 
CLIFFORD
        ,               ,       ,             ,          ,
      Here's for | my oath,| here's for | my fath|er's death.
 
[Stabbing him]
 
QUEEN MARGARET
             ,          ,          ,        ,        ,
      And here's | to right | our gent|le-heart|ed king.
 
[Stabbing him]
 
YORK
      ,            ,        ,       ,         ,
      Open | thy gate | of mer|cy, gra|cious God,
       .   T    T      T        T      T     .   T          ,
      My soul flies through | these wounds, to seek | out thee.
 
[Dies]
 
QUEEN MARGARET
       ,               ,         ,              ,    ,
      Off with | his head,| and set | it on / York gates,
           ,        ,      ,          ,         ,
      So York | may ov|erlook | the town | of York.
 
[Flourish. Exeunt]

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