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Henry VI part three

Act IV, Scene 5

A park near Middleham Castle In Yorkshire.
 
[Enter GLOUCESTER, HASTINGS, and STANLEY]
 
GLOUCESTER
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      Now my Lord Hast|ings, and Sir | William | Stanley
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      Leave^off | to wond|er why | I drew | you hith||er,
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      In|to this chie|fest thick|et of | the park.
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      Thus^stands | the case:| you know | our king,| my broth|er,
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      Is pris|oner to | the bi|shop here,| at whose hands  (hex with prev)
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      He hath | good^us|age, and / great lib|erty,
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      And of|ten but | attend|ed with / weak guard,
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      Comes^hunt|ing this | way to | disport | himself.
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      I have | adver|tised him | by sec|ret means,
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      That if | about | this hour | he make | his way,
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      Under | the col|or of | his us|ual game,
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      He shall / here find | his friends | with horse | and men,
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      To set | him free | from his | capti|vity.
 
[Enter KING EDWARD IV and a Huntsman with him]
 
HUNTSMAN
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      This^way | my lord,
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                         For this | way lies | the game.
 
KING EDWARD IV
             ,          ,
      Nay* this | way* man,
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                          See where | the hunts|men stand.
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      Now broth|er of Glouce|ster, Lord | Hastings,| and the rest,
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      Stand you | thus close,| to steal | the bish|op's deer?
 
GLOUCESTER
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      Brother,| the time | and case | requir|eth haste,
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      Your horse | stands rea/dy at | the park | corner.
 
KING EDWARD IV
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      But whith|er shall | we then?
 
HASTINGS
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                                    To Lynn | my lord,
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      And ship from | thence to | Flanders.
 
GLOUCESTER
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        Well guessed || believe | me, for | that was | my mea|ning.
 
KING EDWARD IV
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      Stanley,| I will | requite | thy for|wardness.
 
GLOUCESTER
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      But where|fore stay | we? 'Tis / no time | to talk.
 
KING EDWARD IV
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      Huntsman,| what sayst thou?
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                                  Wilt thou | go along?
 
HUNTSMAN
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      Better | do so,| than tar|ry and / be hanged.
 
GLOUCESTER
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      Come then,| away,| let's^have | no more | ado.
 
KING EDWARD IV
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      Bishop | farewell,
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                         Shield thee | from War|wick's frown,
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      And pray | that I | may re|possess | the crown.
 
[Exeunt]

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