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A forest in the north of England.
[Enter two Keepers, with cross-bows in their hands]
SINKLO
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Under this | thick-grown brake,| we'll shroud |
ourselves:
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For through | this laund | anon | the deer | will
come,
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And in | this cov|ert will | we make | our stand,
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Culling | the prin|cipal | of all | the deer.
HUMFREY
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I'll stay | above | the hill,| so both | may
shoot.
SINKLO
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That can|not be,| the noise | of thy / cross-bow
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Will scare | the herd,| and so | my shoot | is
lost:
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Here stand | we both,| and aim | we at | the
best:
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And for | the time | shall not | seem ted|ious,
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I'll tell | thee what | befell | me on | a day,
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In this / self-place,| where now | we mean | to
stand.
HUMFREY
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Here comes | a man,| let's stay | till he | be
past.
[Enter KING HENRY VI, disguised, with a prayerbook]
KING HENRY VI
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x T . T T
From Scot|land am | I stolen | eene of pure love,
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To greet | mine^own | land with | my wish|ful
sight:
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No Har|ry, Har|ry, 'tis | no land | of thine,
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Thy place | is filled,| thy scep|ter wrung | from
thee,
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Thy balm | washed^off,| wherewith | thou was
a|nointed:
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No bend|ing knee | will call | thee Cae|sar now,
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No hum|ble suit|ors press | to speak | for right:
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No, not a man | comes for | redress | of thee:
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For how | can I / help them,| and not | myself?
SINKLO
T T .
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Aye, here's a deer,| whose skin's | a keep|er's
fee:
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This is the | quondam | king; let's^|seize u|pon
him.
KING HENRY VI
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Let me | embrace | the sour | advers|ities,
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For wise | men* say,| it is | the wis|est course.
HUMFREY
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Why ling|er we?| Let us lay hands | upon him.
SINKLO
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Forbear | awhile,| we'll hear | a lit|tle more.
KING HENRY VI
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My queen | and son | are gone | to France | for
aid:
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And (as I | hear) the | great com|manding |
Warwick
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Is thith|er gone,| to crave | the French king's
sist||er
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To wife | for Ed|ward. If | this news | be true,
T T . T
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Poor queen, and son,| your lab|or is | but
lost:
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For War|wick is | a sub|tle or|ator:
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And Lewis | a prince | soon^won | with mov|ing
words:
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By this | account | then, Marg|aret may | win him,
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For she's | a wom|an to | be pit|ied much:
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Her sighs | will make | a bat|tery in | his
breast,
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Her tears | will pierce | into | a marb|le heart:
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The tig|er will | be mild,| whiles^she | doth
mourn;
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And Ne|ro will | be taint|ed with | remorse,
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To hear | and see | her plaints,| her brin|ish
tears.
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Aye, but | she's come | to beg,| Warwick | to
give:
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She on his | left side, crav|ing aid | for
Hen||ry;
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He | on his right,| asking a | wife for | Edward.
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She weeps,| and says,| her Hen|ry is | deposed:
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He smiles,| and says,| his Ed|ward is |
installed;
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That she |(poor^wretch)| for grief | can speak |
no more:
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Whiles^War|wick tells | his tit|le, smooths | the
wrong,
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Infer|reth arg|uments | of migh|ty strength,
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And in | conclu|sion wins | the king | from her,
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With prom|ise of | his sis|ter, and | what else,
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To strength|en and | support | King^Ed|ward's
place.
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O Marg|aret, thus |'twill be,| and thou |(poor*
soul)
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Art then | forsak|en, as | thou wentst | forlorn.
HUMFREY
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Say, what | art^thou | that talkst | of kings |
and queens?
KING HENRY VI
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More than I | seem, and | less than | I was |
born to:
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A man | at least,| for less | I should | not be:
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And men | may talk | of kings,| and why | not I?
HUMFREY
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Aye, but | thou talkst,| as if | thou wert | a
king.
KING HENRY VI
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Why so | I am |(in mind)| and that's | enough.
HUMFREY
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But if | thou be | a king,| where is | thy crown?
KING HENRY VI
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My crown | is in | my heart,| not^on | my head:
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Not decked | with di|amonds,| and Ind|ian stones:
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Nor to | be seen:| my crown,| is called |
content,
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A crown | it is,| that sel|dom kings | enjoy.
HUMFREY
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Well, if | you be | a king | crowned with |
content,
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Your crown | content,| and you,| must be |
content||ed
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To go | along | with us.| for (as | we think)
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You are | the king | King^Ed|ward hath | deposed:
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And we | his sub|jects,^sworn | in all |
alleg||iance, ??
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Will ap|prehend | you, as | his en|emy.
KING HENRY VI
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But did | you nev|er swear,| and break | an oath.
HUMFREY
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No, never such | an oath,| nor will | not now.
KING HENRY VI
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Where did you | dwell when | I was | King of
| England?
HUMFREY
,
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Here in / this count|ry, where | we now | remain.
KING HENRY VI
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T T
I was a|nointed | king at | nine months old,
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My fath|er, and | my grand|father | were kings:
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And you | were sworn | true sub/jects^un|to me:
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And tell | me then,| have you | not^broke | your
oaths?
SINKLO
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No, for | we were | subjects*,| but while you
| were king. ??
KING HENRY VI
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Why? Am | I dead?| Do I | not breathe | a man?
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Ah simp|le men,| you know | not^what | you swear:
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Look, as | I blow | this feath|er from | my face,
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And as | the air | blows it | to me | again,
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Obey|ing with | my wind | when I | do blow,
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And yield|ing to | anoth|er, when | it blows,
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Command|ed al|ways by | the great|er gust:
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Such is | the light|ness of / you, com|mon men.
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But do | not break | your oaths,| for of | that
sin,
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2 , ,
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My mild | entrea|ty shall not | make you |
guilty.
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Go where you | will, the | king shall | be
com|manded,
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And be | you kings,| command,| and I'll | obey.
SINKLO
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We are / true sub|jects to the | king,
King^|Edward.
KING HENRY VI
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So would | you be | again | to Hen|ry,
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If || he were | seated | as King Ed|ward is.
SINKLO
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We charge | you in / God's name | and the |
king's,
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To go | with us | unto | the of|ficers.
KING HENRY VI
. T T T
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In God's name lead,| your king's | name be |
obeyed,
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And what God will,| that let^|your king |
perform,
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And what | he will,| I hum|bly yield | unto.
[Exeunt]