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Henry VI part three

Act IV, Scene 6

London. The Tower.
 
[Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, CLARENCE, WARWICK, SOMERSET, HENRY OF RICHMOND, OXFORD, MONTAGUE, and Lieutenant of the Tower]
 
KING HENRY VI
       ,            ,        ,          ,           ,
      Master | lieuten|ant, now | that God | and friends
            ,       ,        ,         ,       ,
      Have shak|en Ed|ward from | the reg|al seat,
             ,         ,         ,         ,     ,
      And turned | my cap|tive state | to lib|erty,
           ,         ,        ,        ,      ,
      My fear | to hope,| my sor|rows un|to joys,
       ,           ,          ,               ,    ,
      At our | enlarge|ment what | are thy / due fees?
 
LIEUTENANT
       ,               ,         ,        ,           ,         ->
      Subjects | may chal|lenge noth|ing of | their sove||reigns
       ,      2   ,       ,       ,         ,
      But,| if a hum|ble pra|yer may | prevail,
          ,      ,     ,                ,    ,
      I then | crave pard/on of | your maj|esty.
 
KING HENRY VI
            ,         ,               ,   ,      ,
      For what,| lieuten|ant? For / well us|ing me?
       ,     2         ,            ,       ,           ,
      Nay, be thou | sure, I'll | well re|quite thy | kindness.
       ,      2       ,    2    ,      ,          ,
      For that it | made my im|prison|ment, a | pleasure:
       T     T  .   T         ,    T  T     T
      Aye, such a pleas|ure, as | encaged birds
           ,           ,      ,     ,         ,
      Conceive;| when aft|er ma|ny moo|dy thoughts,
           ,         ,      .   T    T   T     ,
      At last,| by notes | of household har|mony,
             ,         ,            ,        ,     ,
      They quite | forget | their loss | of lib|erty.
           ,         ,      ,           ,          ,
      But War|wick, aft|er God,| thou setst | me free,
            ,        ,         ,          ,          ,
      And chief|ly there|fore, I | thank^God,| and thee,
       ,            ,         ,         ,       ,
      He was | the auth|or, thou | the inst|rument:
        ,              ,        ,        ,           ,
      Therefore,| that I | may con|quer for|tune's spite,
          ,       ,           ,          x       ,
      By liv|ing low,| where for|tune cannot | hurt me,
            ,         ,       ,          ,        ,
      And that | the peo|ple of | this bles|sed land
           ,        ,          ,         ,          ,
      May not | be pun|ished with | my thwart|ing stars,
       ,             ,          ,            ,          ,
      Warwick,| although | my head | still wear | the crown,
          ,        ,        ,       ,         ,
      I here | resign | my gov|ernment | to thee,
            ,         ,      ,        ,          ,
      For thou | art for|tunate | in all | thy deeds.
 
WARWICK
             ,            ,            ,          ,     ,
      Your grace | hath still | been famed | for vir|tuous,
           ,          ,         ,        ,     ,
      And now | may seem | as wise | as vir|tuous,
          ,       ,      ,        ,           x
      By spy|ing and | avoi|ding for|tune's malice,
           ,           ,        ,       ,          ,
      For few | men* right|ly temp|er with | the stars:
           ,         ,           ,         ,            ,
      Yet in | this one | thing^let | me blame | your grace,
            ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      For choos|ing me | when Clar|ence is | in place.
 
CLARENCE
          ,          ,         ,       ,         ,
      No^War|wick, thou | art worth|y of | the sway,
           ,           x          ,       ,    ,
      To whom | the heavens | in thy | nativ|ity,
           ,         ,        ,           ,       ,
      Adjudged | an ol|ive branch,| and laur|el crown,
           ,      ,        ,          ,          ,
      As like|ly to | be blest | in peace | and war:
            ,              ,     ,         ,         ,
      And there|fore I / yield thee | my free | consent.
 
WARWICK
       .  T    T    T         ,     ,        ,       ->
      And I choose Clar|ence on|ly for | protect||or.
 
KING HENRY VI
       ,      2     ,           ,         ,           ,
      War|wick and Clar|ence, give | me both | your hands:
            ,           ,           ,           ,             ,
      Now join | your hands,| and with | your hands | your hearts,
            ,       ,        ,       ,       ,
      That no | dissen|sion hind|er gov|ernment:
          ,          ,        ,        ,          ,
      I make | you both | protect|ors of | this land,
            ,       ,           ,       ,         ,
      While^I | myself | will lead | a priv|ate life,
           ,      ,        ,         ,        ,
      And in | devo|tion spend | my lat|ter days,
           ,         ,         ,      ,          ,
      To sin's | rebuke,| and my | creat|or's praise.
 
WARWICK
            ,        ,         ,         ,            ,
      What ans|wers Clar|ence to | his sove|reign's will?
 
CLARENCE
            ,        ,         ,         ,          ,
      That he | consents,| if War|wick yield | consent,
           ,        ,       ,       ,        ,
      For on | thy for|tune I | repose | myself.
 
WARWICK
            ,             ,           ,       ,        ,
      Why then,| though loath,| yet must | I be | content:
              ,       ,         ,       ,       ,      2->
      We'll yoke | togeth|er, like | a doub|le shad||ow
          ,        ,      ,        ,          ,
      To Hen|ry's bo|dy, and | supply | his place;
          ,        ,         ,          ,       ,
      I mean,| in bear|ing weight | of gov|ernment,
             ,       ,         ,       ,          ,
      While he | enjoys | the hon|or, and | his ease.
           ,          ,      ,    2       ,           ,
      And Clar|ence, now | then it is | more than | needful,
             ,          ,       ,         ,            x
      Forthwith | that Ed|ward be | pronounced | a traitor,
           ,          ,           ,         ,       ,
      And all | his lands | and goods | be con|fiscate.
 
CLARENCE
             ,          ,        ,        ,      ,        ->
      What else?| And that | succes|sion be | deter||mined.
 
WARWICK
       ,      ,        ,      2         T    T   .    T
      Aye,| therein | Clarence shall | not want his part.
 
KING HENRY VI
       ,               ,         ,           ,         ,
      But with | the first,| of all | your chief | affairs,
       ,           ,         ,        ,         ,
      Let me | entreat |(for I | command | no more)
            ,     ,           ,        2    ,     ,
      That Marg|aret | your queen,| and my son | Edward,
           ,     ,            ,            ,            ,
      Be sent | for, to | return | from France | with speed:
            ,       ,           ,         ,         ,
      For till | I see | them here,| by doubt|ful fear,
          ,        ,     ,        ,        ,
      My joy | of lib|erty | is half | eclipsed.
 
CLARENCE
           ,          ,         ,                 ,    ,
      It shall | be done,| my sove|reign, with / all speed.
 
KING HENRY VI
           ,        ,     ,           ,          ,
      My Lord | of Som|erset,| what youth | is that,
           ,          ,         ,        ,        ,
      Of whom | you seem | to have | so tend|er care?
 
SOMERSET
           ,       2     ,      ,        ,         ,
      My liege,| it is young | Henry,| earl of | Richmond.
 
KING HENRY VI
             ,        ,           ,
      Come* hith|er, Eng|land's hope:  \\
          ,        x       ,         ,
      If secret powers suggest but truth    ????
          ,      ,          ,
      To my | divin|ing thoughts,  \\
             ,      ,           ,           ,          ,
      This pret|ty lad | will prove | our count|ry's bliss.
            ,           ,         ,        ,    ,
      His looks | are full | of peace|ful maj|esty,
            ,        ,         ,          ,        ,
      His head | by na|ture framed | to wear | a crown,
            ,         ,         ,        ,         ,
      His hand | to wield | a scep|ter, and | himself
        ,           ,         ,        ,        ,
      Likely | in time | to bless | a reg|al throne:
        T    T   .  T         ,           ,        ,
      Make much of him,| my lords;| for this | is he
             ,          ,          ,          ,        ,
      Must^help | you more,| than you | are hurt | by me.
 
[Enter a Post]
 
WARWICK
What news, my friend?
 
POST
            ,       ,       ,       ,          ,
      That Ed|ward is | escaped | from your | brother,
            ,              ,     ,         ,      ,
      And fled |(as he / hears since)| to Burg|undy.
 
WARWICK
         ,   2    ,         ,      ,           ,
      Unsav|ory news:| but how | made he | escape?
 
POST
       ,    2      ,         ,          ,          ,
      He was con|veyed by | Richard | Duke of | Gloucester,
                  ,   ,          ,       ,       ,
      And the / Lord Hast|ings, who | attend|ed him
          ,       ,   ,             ,        ,
      In sec|ret am|bush, on | the for|est side,
            ,          ,         ,        ,        ,
      And from | the bish|op's hunts|men res|cued him:
           ,        ,         ,      ,     ,
      For hunt|ing was | his dai|ly ex|ercise.
 
WARWICK
           ,             ,    ,        ,          ,
      My broth|er was / too care|less of | his charge.
           ,         ,          ,          ,        ,
      But let | us hence,| my sove|reign, to | provide
          ,         ,      ,          ,        ,
      A salve | for an|y sore,| that may | betide.
 
[Exeunt all but SOMERSET, HENRY OF RICHMOND, and OXFORD]
 
SOMERSET
           ,        ,     ,    2          ,         ,
      My lord,| I like | not of this | flight of | Edward's:
            ,         ,      ,          ,           ,
      For doubt|less Burg|undy | will yield | him help,
           ,                  ,    ,          x          ,
      And we | shall have / more wars | before it | be long.
          ,         ,        ,       ,      ,
      As Hen|ry's late | presag|ing proph|ecy
            ,         ,            ,      2       ,       ,
      Did glad | my heart,| with hope | of this young | Richmond:
       ,     2       ,         ,     2       T    T    T
      So doth^my | heart mis|give me, in | these conflicts,
            ,        ,               ,    ,          ,
      What may | befall | him, to / his harm | and ours.
             ,          ,        ,        ,          ,
      Therefore,| Lord^Ox|ford, to | prevent | the worst,
             ,            ,          ,          ,     ,
      Forthwith | we'll send | him hence | to Brit|tany,
              ,          ,        ,      ,    ,
      Till storms | be past | of civ|il en|mity.
 
OXFORD
       ,             ,       ,      ,          ,
      Aye: for | if Ed|ward re|possess | the crown,
             ,           ,          ,          ,            ,
      'Tis like | that Rich|mond, with | the rest,| shall down.
 
SOMERSET
           ,         ,        ,          ,     ,
      It shall | be so:| he shall | to Brit|tany.
        ,          T     T   .  T         ,     ,
      Come there|fore, let's about | it spee|dily.
 
[Exeunt]

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