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Before York.
[Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD IV, GLOUCESTER, HASTINGS, and Soldiers]
KING EDWARD IV
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Now broth|er Rich|ard, Lord | Hastings,| and the
rest,
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Yet^thus | far for|tune make|th us | amends,
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And says,| that once | more^I | shall
int|erchange
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My wan|ed state,| for Hen|ry's reg|al crown.
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Well have we | passed, and | now repassed | the
seas,
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And brought | desir|ed help | from Burg|undy.
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What then | remains,| we be|ing thus | arrived
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From rav|enspur haven, before | the gates | of
York, ??
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But that | we ent|er, as | into our | dukedom?
GLOUCESTER
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The gates made fast?
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Brother,| I like | not^this.
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For ma|ny men | that stumble | at the / threshold,
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Are well | foretold | that dang|er lurks |
within.
KING EDWARD IV
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Tush man,| abode|ments must / not now | affright
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By fair | or foul | means we | must ent|er in,
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For hith|er will | our friends | repair | to us.
HASTINGS
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My liege,| I'll knock | once more, to sum|mon
them.
[Enter, on the walls, the Mayor of York, and his Brethren]
MAYOR
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My lords,
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We were | forewarned / of your |
coming,
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And shut | the gates,| for safe|ty of |
ourselves;
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For now | we owe | alleg|iance un|to Hen||ry.
KING EDWARD IV
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But,| master | mayor, if | Henry | be your king,
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Yet Ed|ward, at | the least,| is Duke | of York.
MAYOR
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True, my | good* lord,| I know | you for / no
less.
KING EDWARD IV
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Why, and I | challenge | nothing | but my |
dukedom,
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As be|ing well | content | with that | alone.
GLOUCESTER
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But when | the fox | hath once | got in | his
nose,
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He'll soon | find^means | to make | the bo|dy
fol||low.
HASTINGS
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Why,| master | mayor, why | stand you | in a
doubt?
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Open | the gates,| we are | King^Hen|ry's
friends.
MAYOR
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Aye, say^you | so? The | gates shall | then be |
opened.
[They descend]
GLOUCESTER
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A wise | stout cap/tain, and | soon per|suaded.
HASTINGS
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The good | old^man | would fain | that all | were
well,
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So 'twere | not^long | of him:| but being |
entered,
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I doubt | not^I,| but we | shall soon | persuade
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Both him,| and all | his broth|ers, un|to reason.
[Enter the Mayor and two Aldermen, below]
KING EDWARD IV
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So*, mast|er mayor:| these gates | must not | be
shut,
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But in | the night,| or in | the time | of war.
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What, fear | not man, but^yield | me up | the
keys, ??
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For Ed|ward will | defend | the town,| and thee,
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And all | those friends,| that deign | to fol|low
me.
[March. Enter MONTGOMERY, with drum and soldiers]
GLOUCESTER
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Brother,| this is | Sir John | Montgom|ery,
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Our trust|y friend,| unless | I be | deceived.
KING EDWARD IV
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Welcome | Sir John:| But why | come you | in
arms?
MONTAGUE
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To help | King^Ed|ward in | his time | of storm,
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As eve|ry loy|al sub|ject ought | to do.
KING EDWARD IV
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Thanks good*| Montgom|ery; \\
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But we | now for|get our | title to
| the crown,
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And on|ly claim | our duke|dom, \\
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Till God | please to | send the | rest.|
MONTAGUE
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Then fare | you well,| for I | will hence |
again,
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I came | to serve | a king,| and not | a duke:
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Drummer strike up,| and let | us march | away.
[The drum begins to march]
KING EDWARD IV
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Nay* stay,| Sir John,| awhile,| and we'll |
debate
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By what safe means | the crown | may be
re|covered.
MONTAGUE
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What talk | you of | debat|ing? in / few words,
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If you'll | not^here | proclaim | yourself | our
king,
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I'll leave | you to | your fort|une, and | be gone,
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To keep | them back,| that come | to suc|cor you.
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Why shall | we fight,| if you | pretend | no
title?
GLOUCESTER
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Why broth|er, where|fore stand | you on / nice
points?
KING EDWARD IV
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When we grow | stronger,
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Then we'll | make our | claim: (tri with
prev)
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Till then,| 'tis wis/dom to con|ceal our |
meaning.
HASTINGS
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Away | with scrup|ulous wit,| now^arms | must
rule.
GLOUCESTER
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And fear|less minds | climb soon/est un|to
crowns.
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Brother,| we will | proclaim | you out | of hand,
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The bruit | thereof | will bring | you ma|ny
friends.
KING EDWARD IV
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Then be | it as | you will:| for 'tis | my right,
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And Hen|ry but | usurps | the di|adem.
MONTAGUE
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Aye, now my sove|reign speak|eth like | himself,
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And now | will I | be Ed|ward's cham|pion.
HASTINGS
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Sound | trumpet,| Edward | shall be | here
pro|claimed:
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Come,| fellow | soldier,| make thou |
procla|mation. (hex with prev)
[Flourish]
SOLDIER
Edward the Fourth, by the grace of God, king of England and France, and lord
of Ireland, et cetera.
MONTAGUE
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And who|soere | gain^says | King^Ed|ward's right,
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By this | I chal|lenge him | to sing|le fight.
[Throws down his gauntlet]
ALL
Long live Edward the Fourth.
KING EDWARD IV
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Thanks | brave Mont|gomery,
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And thanks | unto | you all: (tri
with prev)
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If for|tune serve | me, I'll re|quite this |
kindness.
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Now for this | night, let's har|bor here | in
York:
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And when | the morn|ing sun | shall raise | his
car
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Above | the bord|er of | this hor|izon,
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We'll for|ward to/wards War|wick, and | his
mates;
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For well | I wot | that Hen|ry is no | soldier.
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Ah fro|ward Clar|ence, how | evil it be|seems
thee,
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To flat|ter Hen|ry, and for|sake thy | brother?
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Yet as we | may, we'll | meet both | thee and |
Warwick.
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Come^on | brave sol/diers: doubt^|not of | the
day, ??
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And that once got|ten, doubt | not of large
pay.
[Exeunt]