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Another part of the field.
[Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD IV, GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE, and soldiers; with
QUEEN MARGARET, OXFORD, and SOMERSET, prisoners]
KING EDWARD IV
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Now here | a per|iod of | tumul|tuous broils.
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Away | with Ox|ford to / Hames Cas|tle straight:
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For Som|erset,| off with | his guil|ty head.
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Go bear | them hence,| I will | not hear | them
speak.
OXFORD
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For my | part, I'll | not trou/ble thee | with
words.
SOMERSET
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Nor I,| but stoop | with pa/tience to my |
fortune.
[Exeunt Oxford and Somerset, guarded]
QUEEN MARGARET
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So part | we sad|ly in | this trou|blous world,
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To meet | with joy | in sweet | Jerus|alem.
KING EDWARD IV
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Is proc|lama|tion made,| that who |
finds^Ed||ward, ??
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Shall have | a high | reward,| and he | his life?
GLOUCESTER
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It is,| and lo | where youth|ful Ed|ward comes.
[Enter soldiers, with PRINCE EDWARD]
KING EDWARD IV
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Bring^forth | the gal|lant, let | us hear | him
speak.
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What? Can | so young | a thorn | begin | to
prick?
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Edward,| what sat|isfac|tion canst | thou make,
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For bear|ing arms,| for stir|ring up | my
sub||jects, ??
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And all | the troub|le thou | hast turned | me
to?
PRINCE EDWARD
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Speak like a sub|ject, proud ambit|ious York.
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Suppose | that I | am now | my fath|er's mouth,
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Resign | thy chair,| and where^I | stand, kneel
thou,
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Whilst^I | propose | the selfsame words | to
thee,
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Which (trait|or) thou | wouldst have / me ans|wer
to.
QUEEN MARGARET
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Ah, that | thy fath|er had | been so | resolved.
GLOUCESTER
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That you | might still | have worn | the
pet|ticoat,
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And nere | have stolen | the breech | from
Lan|caster.
PRINCE EDWARD
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Let^Aes|op fab|le in | a wint|er's night,
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His cur|rish rid|dles sort | not with | this
place.
GLOUCESTER
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By heav|en, brat,| I'll plague | ye for | that
word.
QUEEN MARGARET
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Aye, thou | wast born | to be | a plague | to
men.
GLOUCESTER
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For God's | sake, take away | this cap|tive
scold.
PRINCE EDWARD
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Nay, take^a|way this | scolding | crookback,
rath||er.
KING EDWARD IV
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Peace | wilful | boy, or I | will charm | your
tongue.
CLARENCE
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Untut|ored lad,| thou art | too mal|apert.
PRINCE EDWARD
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I know | my duty,| you are all | undut|iful:
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Lasciv|ious Ed|ward, and / thou per|jured George,
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And thou | misshap|en Dick,| I tell | ye all,
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I am | your bet|ter, trait|ors as | ye are,
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And thou | usurpst | my fath|er's right | and
mine.
KING EDWARD IV
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Take^that,| thou like|ness of | this rail|er
here.
[Stabs him]
GLOUCESTER
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Sprawlst thou? Take | that, to | end thy | agony.
[Stabs him]
CLARENCE
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And there's | for twit|ting me | with perj|ury.
[Stabs him]
QUEEN MARGARET
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Oh*, kill | me too.
GLOUCESTER
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Marry,| and shall.
[Offers to kill her]
KING EDWARD IV
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Hold,|| Richard,| hold, for / we have | done
too much.
GLOUCESTER
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Why should | she live,| to fill | the world |
with words?
KING EDWARD IV
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What? Doth she swoon? Use means for her
recovery. ????
GLOUCESTER
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Clarence | excuse | me to the | king my |
brother:
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I'll hence | to Lon|don on | a ser|ious matter,
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Ere ye | come^there,| be sure | to hear | some
news.
CLARENCE
What? What?
GLOUCESTER
Tower, the
Tower.
[Exit]
QUEEN MARGARET
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O Ned,| sweet* Ned,| speak to | thy moth|er boy.
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Canst^thou | not* speak?| O trait|ors, murd|erers!
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They that stabbed Cae|sar, shed | no blood | at
all:
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Did not | offend,| nor were / not worth|y blame,
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If this foul deed | were by,| to e|qual it.
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He was | a man;| this (in | respect)| a child,
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And men, nere spend | their fu|ry on | a child.
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What's^worse | than murd|erer,| that I | may name
it?
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No, no, my heart | will burst,| and if | I speak,
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And I / will speak,| that so | my heart | may
burst.
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Butchers | and vil|lains, bloo|dy can|nibals,
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How sweet | a plant | have you | untime|ly
cropped:
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You have | no child|ren (butch|ers) if | you had,
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The thought | of them | would have / stirred up |
remorse,
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But if | you ev|er chance | to have | a child,
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Look in | his youth | to have | him so | cut^off
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As death|men you have | rid this | sweet young
prince.
KING EDWARD IV
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Away | with her,| go bear | her hence | perforce.
QUEEN MARGARET
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Nay, never bear | me hence,| dispatch | me here:
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Here* sheathe | thy sword,| I'll pard|on thee |
my death:
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What? Wilt thou | not? Then | Clarence | do it
thou.
CLARENCE
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By heaven,| I will | not do | thee so | much
ease.
QUEEN MARGARET
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Good Clar|ence do:| sweet Clar|ence do | thou do
it.
CLARENCE
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Didst^thou | not hear | me swear | I would / not
do it?
QUEEN MARGARET
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Aye, but | thou us|est to | forswear | thyself.
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'Twas sin | before,| but now |'tis char|ity.
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What wilt | thou not?| Where is that | devil's |
butcher,
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Hard-favored Rich|ard? Rich|ard, where / art
thou?
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Thou art | not here:| murder | is thy /
alms-deed:
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Peti|tioners | for blood,| thou nere |
putst^back.
KING EDWARD IV
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Away | I say,| I charge | ye bear | her hence.
QUEEN MARGARET
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So come | to you,| and yours,| as to | this
Prince.
[Exit, led out forcibly]
KING EDWARD IV
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Where's Rich|ard gone. \\
CLARENCE
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To Lon|don all | in post,| and as | I guess,
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To make | a bloo|dy sup|per in | the Tower.
KING EDWARD IV
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He's sud|den if | a thing | comes in | his head.
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Now march | we hence,| discharge | the com|mon
sort
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With pay | and thanks,| and let's | away | to
Lon||don, ??
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And see | our gent|le queen | how well | she
fares,
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By this |(I hope)| she hath | a son | for me.
[Exeunt]