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Henry VI part three

Act III, Scene 1

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

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