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Henry VI part three

Act IV, Scene 8

London. The palace.
 
[Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, WARWICK, MONTAGUE, CLARENCE, EXETER, and OXFORD]
 
WARWICK
             ,         ,      ,             ,    ,
      What couns|el, lords?| Edward | from Bel|gia,
            ,       ,               ,    ,       ,
      With has|ty Germ|ans, and / blunt Hol|landers,
              ,          ,        ,           ,        ,
      Hath passed | in safe|ty through | the nar|row seas,
       ,      2         ,            ,       ,        ,
      And with his | troops doth | march a|main to | London,
           ,     ,      ,        ,         ,
      And ma|ny gid|dy peo|ple flock | to him.
 
KING HENRY VI
             ,     ,          ,          ,       ,
      Let's^le|vy men,| and beat | him back | again,
 
CLARENCE
         ,        ,         ,        ,       ,
      A lit|tle fire | is quick|ly trod|den out,
             ,      ,          ,       ,         ,
      Which be|ing suf|fered, riv|ers can|not quench.
 
WARWICK
          ,        ,                ,    ,         ,
      In War|wickshire | I have / true-heart|ed friends,
           ,     ,         ,           ,        ,
      Not mut|inous | in peace,| yet bold | in war,
        ,       2     ,        ,          ,         ,
      Those will I | muster | up: and | thou son*| Clarence
              ,      2    ,         ,         ,         ,
      Shalt^stir | up in Suf|folk, Nor|folk, and | in Kent,
             ,           ,      ,         ,           ,
      The knights | and gent|lemen,| to come | with thee.
             ,       ,     ,         ,      ,
      Thou broth|er Mont|ague,| in Buck|ingham,
           ,        ,          ,        ,             ,
      Northamp|ton and | in Leice|stershire,| shalt find
       T    T   .   T          ,           ,          ,
      Men well inclined | to hear | what thou | commandst.
       .    T     T    T        ,          ,        ,
      And thou, brave Ox|ford, wond|rous well | beloved,
          ,       ,             ,      ,          ,
      In Ox|fordshire | shalt must|er up | thy friends.
           ,           ,         ,       ,     ,
      My sove|reign, with | the lov|ing cit|izens,
        ,    2       ,         ,   ,              ,
      Like to his | island,| girt in / with the | ocean,
          ,       ,       ,        ,           ,
      Or mod|est Di|an, circ|led with | her nymphs,
              ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      Shall rest | in Lon|don, till | we come | to him:
              ,       T    T     .    T      ,          ,
      Fair* lords | take leave, and stand | not to | reply.
            ,        ,     ,
      Farewell | my sov|ereign.   \\
 
KING HENRY VI
            ,        ,                    ,     ,    ,
      Farewell | my Hec|tor, and my // Troy's true hope.
 
CLARENCE
           ,         ,         ,           ,          ,
      In sign | of truth,| I kiss | your high|ness' hand.
 
KING HENRY VI
             ,       ,          ,         ,      ,
      Well* mind|ed Clar|ence, be | thou for|tunate.
 
MONTAGUE
       ,             ,         ,       ,         ,
      Comfort,| my lord,| and so | I take | my leave.
 
OXFORD
            ,        ,         ,          ,       ,
      And thus | I seal | my truth,| and bid | adieu.
 
KING HENRY VI
             ,        ,        ,       ,     ,
      Sweet^Ox|ford, and | my lov|ing Mont|ague,
           ,         ,           ,       ,    2      ,
      And all | at once,| once^more | a hap|py farewell.
 
WARWICK
            ,             ,             ,        ,     ,
      Farewell,| sweet* lords,| let's meet | at Cov|entry.
 
[Exeunt all but KING HENRY VI and EXETER]
 
KING HENRY VI
        ,            ,      ,          ,       ,
      Here at | the pal|ace I | will rest | awhile.
       ,    2     ,    ,             ,            ,
      Cousin of | Exe|ter, what | thinks your | lordship?
           ,           x           ,        ,         ,
      Methinks,| the power | that Ed|ward hath | in field,
              ,       ,      ,       ,        ,
      Should not | be a|ble to | encount|er mine.
 
EXETER
            ,      ,          ,            ,          ,
      The doubt | is, that | he will | seduce | the rest.
 
KING HENRY VI
              ,         ,         ,          ,         ,
      That's not | my fear,| my meed | hath got | me fame:
          ,           ,             ,         ,         ,
      I have | not stopped | mine ears | to their | demands,
            ,      ,            ,            ,        ,
      Nor post|ed off | their suits | with slow | delays,
          ,      ,           ,         ,             ,
      My pi|ty hath | been balm | to heal | their wounds,
           ,         ,        ,             ,          ,
      My mild|ness hath | allayed | their swel|ling griefs,
          ,       ,            ,       ,        ,
      My mer|cy dried | their wat|er-flow|ing tears.
          ,          ,       ,       ,            ,
      I have | not been | desir|ous of | their wealth,
            ,         ,                    ,    ,      ,
      Nor much | oppressed | them with / great sub|sidies.
           ,        ,       ,                     ,    ,
      Nor for|ward of | revenge,| though they / much erred.
            ,             ,          ,        ,          ,
      Then why | should they | love^Ed|ward more | than me?
          ,   ,           ,        ,          ,
      No^Ex|eter,| these^gra|ces chal|lenge grace:
            ,         ,      ,       ,          ,
      And when | the li|on fawns | upon | the lamb,
            ,          ,       ,         ,       ,
      The lamb | will nev|er cease | to fol|low him.
 
[Shout within. A Lancaster! A Lancaster!]
 
EXETER
       __     __         ,            ,           ,
      Hark,| hark,| my lord,| what shouts | are these?
 
[Enter KING EDWARD IV, GLOUCESTER, and soldiers]
 
KING EDWARD IV
        ,     2        T     T    T        ,          ,
      Seize on the | shame-faced Hen|ry, bear | him hence,
            ,       ,            x       ,        ,
      And once | again | proclaim us | King of | England.
       ,     2        ,             T     T      T          ,
      You are the | fount, that | makes small brooks | to flow,
             ,            ,         ,            ,          ,
      Now* stops | thy spring,| my sea | shall suck | them dry,
            ,          ,          ,       ,          ,
      And swell | so much | the high|er, by | their ebb.
        ,           ,             x                ,    ,
      Hence with | him to | the Tower,| let^him / not speak.
 
[Exeunt some with KING HENRY VI]
            ,        ,     ,            ,              ,
      And lords,| towards Cov/entry | bend we | our course,
        ,        ,        ,        ,        ,
      Where pe|rempto|ry War|wick now | remains:
       .   T     T    T         ,       ,       ,
      The sun shines hot,| and if | we use | delay,
        T    Tx    T        ,          ,          ,
      Cold biting wint|er mars | our hoped-|for* hay.
 
GLOUCESTER
        ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      Away | betimes,| before | his for|ces join,
            ,     .    T     T     T       ,    ,
      And take | the great-grown trait|or un|awares:
        ,    ,            ,       ,            ,   2
      Brave war/riors,| march a|main towards^|Coventry.
 
[Exeunt]

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