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London. The palace.
[Enter GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE, SOMERSET, and MONTAGUE]
GLOUCESTER
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Now tell | me broth|er Clar|ence, what / think
you
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Of this / new mar|riage with | the La|dy Grey?
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Hath not | our broth|er made | a worth|y choice?
CLARENCE
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Alas,| you know,| 'tis far | from hence | to
France,
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How could | he stay | till War|wick made |
return?
SOMERSET
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My lords,| forbear | this talk:| here comes | the
king.
GLOUCESTER
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And his well-|chosen | bride.|
CLARENCE
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I mind | to tell | him plain|ly what | I think.
[Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD IV, attended; QUEEN ELIZABETH, PEMBROKE,
STAFFORD, HASTINGS, and others]
KING EDWARD IV
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Now* broth|er of Clar|ence,
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How | like you | our
choice,
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That you / stand pen|sive, as / half mal|content?
CLARENCE
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As well as | Lewis of | France, ??
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Or the | Earl of | Warwick,
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Which are so | weak of | courage,| and in |
judgment,
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That they'll | take no offense | at our |
abuse.
KING EDWARD IV
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Suppose | they take | offense | without | a
cause:
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They are but | Lewis and | Warwick:| I am |
Edward,
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Your king and War|wick's, and | must have | my
will.
GLOUCESTER
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And shall have | your will,| because | our king:
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Yet has|ty mar|riage sel|dom prov|eth well.
KING EDWARD IV
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Yea, brother Richard, are you offended too?
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GLOUCESTER
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Not I:| no: \\
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God for|bid, that | I should | wish them |
severed,
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Whom God | hath joined | togeth|er: \\
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Aye, and |'twere pi/ty, to | sunder | them,
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That yoke | so well to|gether. \\
KING EDWARD IV
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Setting | your scorns,| and your | mislike |
aside,
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Tell me | some* reas|on, why | the La|dy Grey
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Should not | become | my wife,| and Eng|land's
queen?
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And you too, Som|erset,| and Mont|ague,
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Speak free/ly what | you think.
CLARENCE
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Then this is | mine o|pinion: (tri with
prev)
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That King | Lewis | becomes | your en|emy,
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For mock|ing him | about | the mar|riage of
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The La|dy Bo|na. \\
GLOUCESTER
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And War|wick, do|ing what | you gave | in charge,
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Is now | dishon|ored by | this new | marriage.
KING EDWARD IV
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What^if | both^Lewis | and War|wick be | appeased,
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By such | invent|ion as | I can | devise?
MONTAGUE
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Yet, to have | joined with | France in | such
al|liance,
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Would more | have strength|ened this | our
com|monwealth
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Gainst^for|eign storms,| than any | home-bred^|marriage.
??
HASTINGS
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Why* knows | not Mont|ague,| that of | itself,
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England | is safe,| if true | within | itself?
MONTAGUE
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But the | safer,| when 'tis | backed with |
France.
HASTINGS
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'Tis bet|ter us|ing France,| than trust|ing
France:
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Let^us | be backed | with God,| and with | the seas,
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Which he | hath given | for fence | impreg|nable,
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And with | their helps,| only | defend |
ourselves:
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In them,| and in | ourselves,| our safe|ty lies.
CLARENCE
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For this / one speech,| Lord^Hast|ings well |
deserves
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To have | the heir | of the / Lord Hung|erford.
KING EDWARD IV
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Aye, what | of that?| It was | my will,| and
grant,
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And for | this once,| my will | shall stand | for
law.
GLOUCESTER
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And yet | methinks | your grace | hath not |
done^well,
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To give | the heir | and daught|er of / Lord
Scales
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Unto | the broth|er of | your lov|ing bride;
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She bet|ter would | have fit|ted me | or
Clar||ence:
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But | in your bride | you bu|ry broth|erhood.
CLARENCE
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Or else | you would | not have | bestowed | the
heir
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Of the / Lord Bon|ville* on your // new wife's
son,
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And leave | your broth|ers to go | speed
elsewhere.
KING EDWARD IV
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Alas,| poor* Clar|ence: is | it for | a wife
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That thou | art mal|content?| I will pro|vide
thee.
CLARENCE
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In choos|ing for | yourself,
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You showed | your judg|ment,
(tri with prev)
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Which being shal|low, you | shall give | me
leave
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To play | the brok|er in | mine^own | behalf;
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And to that | end, I | shortly | mind to | leave
you.
KING EDWARD IV
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Leave me,| or tar|ry, Ed|ward will | be king,
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And not | be tied | unto | his broth|er's will.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
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My lords,| before | it pleased | his maj|esty
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To raise | my state | to tit|le of | a queen,
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Do me | but right,| and you | must all | confess,
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That I | was not | ignob|le of | descent,
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And mean|er than | myself | have had like |
fortune. ??
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But as | this tit|le hon|ors me | and mine,
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So your | dislikes,| to whom | I would | be
pleas|ing,
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Doth^cloud | my joys | with dang|er, and | with
sor|row. (hex with prev)
KING EDWARD IV
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My love,| forbear | to fawn | upon | their
frowns:
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What dang|er or what | sorrow | can be|fall thee,
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So long | as Ed|ward is | thy const|ant friend,
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And their true sove|reign, whom | they must |
obey?
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Nay, whom they | shall o|bey, and | love thee
too,
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Unless | they seek | for hat|red at | my hands:
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Which^if | they do,| yet will I | keep thee safe,
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And they | shall feel | the venge|ance of | my
wrath.
GLOUCESTER
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I hear,| yet say | not much,| but think | the
more.
[Enter a Post]
KING EDWARD IV
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Now mes|senger,| what letters,| or what news |
from France?
POST
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My sove|reign liege,| no let|ters, and / few
words,
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But such | as I |(without | your spe|cial
pardon)
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Dare not relate.
KING EDWARD IV
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Go to,| we pard|on thee:
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Therefore,| in brief,| tell me | their words,
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As near | as thou | canst guess | them.
(tetra with prev)
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What ans|wer makes | King^Lewis | unto our |
letters?
POST
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At my | depart,| these were | his ve|ry words:
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Go tell false | Edward,| thy suppos|ed king,
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That Lewis | of France | is send|ing over
| maskers,
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To rev|el it | with him,| and his / new bride.
KING EDWARD IV
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Is Lewis | so brave?| Belike he | thinks me
| Henry.
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But what | said La|dy Bo|na to my | marriage?
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POST
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These were | her words,| uttered | with mad |
disdain:
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Tell him, in | hope he'll | prove a | widower
| shortly,
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I'll wear | the wil|low garl|and for / his sake.
KING EDWARD IV
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I blame | not her;| she could / say lit|tle
less:
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She had | the wrong.| But what | said Hen|ry's
queen?
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For I | have heard,| that she | was there | in
place.
POST
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Tell him (quoth she)
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My mourn|ing weeds | are
done,
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And I | am rea|dy to / put arm|or on.
KING EDWARD IV
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Belike | she minds | to play | the Am|azon.
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But what | said War|wick to | these in|juries?
POST
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He, more | incensed | against | your maj|esty,
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Than all | the rest,| discharged | me with /
these words.
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Tell him | from me,| that he | hath done | me
wrong,
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And there|fore I'll | uncrown | him, ere it | be
long.
KING EDWARD IV
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Ha? Durst the trait|or breathe^out | so proud
words? ??
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Well, I | will arm | me, be|ing thus |
forewarned:
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They shall have | wars, and | pay for | their
pre|sumption.
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But say,| is War|wick friends | with Marg|aret?
POST
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Aye,| gracious | sovereign,
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They are so | linked in | friendship, (tri
with prev)
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That young | Prince^Ed|ward mar|ries War|wick's
daugh||ter.
CLARENCE
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Belike,| the eld|er;
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Clarence will | have the | younger. (tri
with prev)
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Now broth|er king | farewell,| and sit | you
fast,
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For I | will hence | to War|wick's oth|er
daught||er,
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That | though I want | a kingdom,| yet in |
mar||riage
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I may | not prove | infer|ior to | yourself.
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You that | love me,| and War|wick, fol|low me.
[Exit CLARENCE, and SOMERSET follows]
GLOUCESTER
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Not I:
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My thoughts | aim at a | further |
matter:
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I stay | not for the | love of | Edward,| but the
crown.
KING EDWARD IV
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Clarence | and Som|erset both | gone to |
Warwick?
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Yet am I | armed a|gainst the | worst can |
happen:
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And haste | is need|ful in | this des|perate
case.
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Pembroke | and Staf|ford, you | in our | behalf
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Go* le|vy men,| and make | prepare | for war;
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They are al|ready, or | quickly | will be |
landed: ??
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Myself | in pers|on will / straight fol|low you.
[Exeunt PEMBROKE and STAFFORD]
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But ere | I go,| Hastings | and Mont|ague,
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Resolve | my doubt:| You twain,| of all | the
rest,
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Are near | to War|wick, by blood,| and by
al|liance: ??
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Tell me,| if you / love War|wick more | than me;
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If it | be so,| then both | depart | to him:
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I rath|er wish | you foes,| than hol|low friends.
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But if | you mind | to hold | your true |
obed||ience,
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Give | me assur|ance with | some friend|ly vow,
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That I | may nev|er have | you in / suspect.
MONTAGUE
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So God help Mont|ague,| as he / proves true.
HASTINGS
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And Hast|ings, as | he fav|ors Ed|ward's cause.
KING EDWARD IV
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Now, brother Richard, will you stand by us?
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GLOUCESTER
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Aye, in | despite | of all | that shall
with|stand you.
KING EDWARD IV
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Why so:| then am | I sure | of vict|ory.
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Now there|fore let | us hence,| and lose | no
hour,
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Till we | meet War|wick, with | his for|eign
power.
[Exeunt]