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Coventry.
[Enter WARWICK, the Mayor of Coventry, two Messengers, and others upon the
walls]
WARWICK
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Where is the | post that | came from | valiant |
Oxford?
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How far* | hence is thy | lord, mine^|honest |
fellow?
FIRST MESSENGER
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By this | at Duns|more*, march|ing hith|erward.
WARWICK
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How far^|off is | our broth|er Mont|ague?
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Where is | the post | that came | from Mont|ague?
SECOND MESSENGER
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By this | at Daint|ry, with a // puissant troop.
[Enter SIR JOHN SOMERVILLE]
WARWICK
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Say* Som|erville,| what says | my lov|ing son?
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And by | thy guess,| how nigh | is Clar|ence now?
SOMERSET
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At South|am I | did leave | him with his |
forces,
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And do | expect | him here | some two |
hours^hence.
[Drum heard]
WARWICK
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Then Clar|ence is | at hand,| I hear | his drum.
SOMERSET
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It is / not his,| my lord,| here* South|am lies:
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The drum | your hon|or hears,| marcheth from |
Warwick.
WARWICK
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Who should | that be?| Belike | unlooked-|for
friends.
SOMERSET
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They are | at hand,| and you | shall quick|ly
know.
[March: flourish. Enter KING EDWARD IV, GLOUCESTER, and soldiers]
KING EDWARD IV
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Go, trump/et, to | the walls,| and sound | a
parle.
GLOUCESTER
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See how | the sur|ly War|wick mans | the wall.
WARWICK
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O^un|bid spite,| is sport|ful Ed|ward come?
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Where* slept | our scouts,| or how | are they |
seduced,
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That we | could hear | no news | of his | repair?
KING EDWARD IV
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Now War|wick, wilt | thou ope | the ci|ty gates,
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Speak gentle words,| and hum|bly bend | thy knee,
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Call^Ed|ward king,| and at his | hands beg
mer||cy,
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And | he shall pard|on thee | these out|rages?
WARWICK
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Nay* rath|er, wilt | thou draw | thy for|ces
hence,
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Confess | who set | thee up,| and plucked | thee
own,
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Call War|wick pat|ron, and | be pen|itent,
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And thou | shalt still | remain | the Duke | of
York.
GLOUCESTER
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I thought | at least | he would | have said | the
king,
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Or did | he make | the jest | against | his will?
WARWICK
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Is not | a duke|dom, sir,| a good|ly gift?
GLOUCESTER
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Aye, by*| my faith,| for a / poor earl | to give,
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I'll do | thee serv|ice for / so good | a gift.
WARWICK
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'Twas I | that gave | the king|dom to | thy
broth||er.
KING EDWARD IV
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Why then |'tis mine,| if but | by War|wick's
gift.
WARWICK
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Thou art | no At|las for / so great | a weight:
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And weak|ling, War|wick takes | his gift | again,
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And Hen|ry is | my king,| Warwick his | subject.
KING EDWARD IV
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But War|wick's king | is Ed|ward's pris|oner:
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And gal|lant War|wick, do | but ans|wer this,
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What is | the bo|dy, when | the head | is off?
GLOUCESTER
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Alas,| that War|wick had no | more forecast,
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But whiles | he thought | to steal | the sing|le
ten,
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The king | was sly|ly fing|ered from | the deck:
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You left | poor Hen/ry at the | Bishop's |
palace,
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And ten | to one | you'll meet | him in | the
Tower.
EDWARD
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'Tis ev|en so,| yet you | are War|wick still.
GLOUCESTER
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Come Warwick, \\
Take the time, kneel down, kneel down:
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Nay when?| Strike now, or^else | the i|ron cools.
WARWICK
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I had rath|er chop | this hand | off at | a blow,
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And with | the oth|er, fling | it at | thy face,
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Than bear | so low | a sail,| to strike | to
thee.
KING EDWARD IV
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Sail how | thou canst,
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Have wind | and tide | thy friend,
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This hand,| fast wound about | thy* coal-black
hair, ??
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Shall, whiles thy^head | is warm,| and new |
cut^off, ??
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Write in | the dust | this sent|ence with | thy
blood,
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Wind-changing War|wick now | can change | no
more.
[Enter OXFORD, with drum and colors]
WARWICK
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Oh cheer|ful col|ors, see | where Ox|ford comes.
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Oxford,| Oxford,| for Lan|caster.|
[He and his forces enter the city]
GLOUCESTER
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The gates | are op|en, let | us ent|er too.
KING EDWARD IV
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So oth|er foes | may set | upon | our backs.
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Stand we | in good | array:| for they | no doubt
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Will is|sue out | again,| and bid | us battle;
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If not,| the ci|ty being | but of small |
defense,
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We'll quick|ly rouse | the trait|ors in | the
same.
WARWICK
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Oh wel|come Ox|ford, for | we want | thy help.
[Enter MONTAGUE with drum and colors]
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Monta|gue, Montague,| for Lan|caster.
[He and his forces enter the city]
GLOUCESTER
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Thou and thy | brother | both shall | buy this |
treason
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Even with | the dear|est blood | your bod|ies
bear.
KING EDWARD IV
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The hard|er matched,| the great|er vict|ory,
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My mind | presag|eth happy | gain, and conquest.
[Enter SOMERSET, with drum and colors]
SOMERSET
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Somer|set, Somerset,| for Lan|caster.
[He and his forces enter the city]
GLOUCESTER
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Two of | thy name,| both^Dukes | of Som|erset,
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Have sold | their lives | unto | the house | of
York,
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And thou | shalt be | the third,| if this / sword
hold.
[Enter CLARENCE, with drum and colors]
WARWICK
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And lo,| where George | of Clar|ence sweeps |
along,
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Of force | enough | to bid | his broth|er battle;
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With whom,| an upright zeal | to right | prevails
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More than | the na|ture of | a broth|er's love.
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Come* Clar|ence, come:| thou wilt,| if War|wick
call.
CLARENCE
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Father | of War|wick, know | you what | this
means?
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Look^here,| I throw | my in|famy | at thee:
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I will | not ru|inate | my fath|er's house,
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Who gave | his blood | to lime | the stones |
togeth|er,
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And set | up Lan|caster.| Why, trowst thou,|
Warwick, (hex with prev)
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That Clar|ence is so | harsh, so | blunt
un|natural,
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To bend | the fat|al inst|ruments | of war
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Against | his broth|er, and | his law|ful king.
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Perhaps | thou wilt | object | my ho|ly oath:
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To keep | that oath,| were more | impi|ety,
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Than Jeph|thah, when | he sac|rificed | his
daught||er.
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I | am so sor|ry for | my tres|pass* made,
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That to | deserve | well at | my broth|er's
hands,
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I here | proclaim | myself | thy mort|al foe:
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With res|olu|tion, where|soere | I meet || thee,
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(As | I will meet | thee, if | thou stir |
abroad)
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To plague | thee, for | thy foul | mislead|ing
me.
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And so, proud-heart|ed War|wick, I | defy ||
thee,
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And | to my broth|er turn | my blush|ing cheeks.
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Pardon | me Ed|ward, I | will make | amends:
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And Rich|ard, do | not frown | upon | my faults,
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For I | will hence|forth be | no
more^un|constant.
KING EDWARD IV
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Now wel|come more,| and ten times more |
beloved,
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Than if | thou nev|er hadst | deserved | our
hate.
GLOUCESTER
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Welcome | good* Clar|ence, this | is
broth|erlike.
WARWICK
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O pas|sing trait|or, per|jured and / unjust.
KING EDWARD IV
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What War|wick,
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Wilt | thou leave | the town,| and
fight?
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Or shall | we beat | the stones | about |
thine^ears?
WARWICK
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Alas,| I am / not cooped | here for | defense:
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I will | away | towards^Barn|et pres|ently,
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And bid | thee bat|tle, Ed|ward, if | thou darst.
KING EDWARD IV
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Yes Warwick, Ed|ward dares,| and leads | the way:
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Lords to | the field:| Saint* George,| and
vict|ory.
[Exeunt King Edward and his company. March. Warwick and his company follow]