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William e VOLUME v. Containing the Six following PLAYS, i. I. The Firſt Part of King HEN RT VI. II. The Second Part of King HEN RAV VI.
with the Death of the Good Duke H UMPHRY.
IN. The Third Part of King HENRY VI. with the Death of the Duke of Yor Ke
IV. The famous Hiſtory of King HENRY VIII. with the Fall of Cardinal Wools kx, the Divorce of Queen KATHARIN RE,
Coronation of Ax NA BULLESN.
v. As You Like It. LD : VI. Merchant of VENICE.
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K ING Henry VI. TED" Duke of Glouceſter, C. Uncle to the K ing. "did protell 2
4 Dake ＋ Bedford, Uncle to the King, and Regent of France.
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Duke cf Somerſet,
Ea 155 . R 3 Earle Salisbury, + .-, .
Earl ef Suckolk. Fa ? Lk STEM 4 ] Lcrd 1 albot.
Tung Talbot, his Son.
Richard Plantagenet, afterwards Duke of 6 Mortimer, Earl cf Maren 5 Woodvile, Lieutenant of the Tower.
Tord Mayor cf London.
Vernon, of the White-Roſe, or York Faction.
Baſſet, of the Red-Roſe, er Lancaſter Faction. #
Charles, Dauphin, and aftirwards' Ring of -France. 'Reignier, Dukezof- Anjou, 2 Titular N 7 Naples. Duke of Burgund. ng ue, |
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Duke of Alenſons. Ef Baſtard ci Orleans. An eld Sbepherd, Fatber to Tal la Pucelle.
Margaret, Daughter 40 Reignier, and afterwar ds Queen
to King Henry. Joan la Pucelle, 4 Maid retending to be inſpir d from Heaven, and ſetting up for the n= France, Be.
Counteſs of. Auvergne,
' Terds, Captains, &. diert, Meſſengers; and oat Attend- | ante, both on the Engliſh and French.
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Dead March. Enter the Funeral of King Henry V. attended an by. the Duke. % Bedford, Regent of France; the Duke of Glouceſter, Protector; the Duke of Exe- ter, and the Earl of Warwick, the Bi- ſhop of Wincheſter, and the Duke of So J len np ed pes ob Ty pe +
Bedford. ñ UN be the Heavens with black, yield Day to Night; Comets importing change of Times and States. Brandiſh your Cryſtal Treſ- Joes ſes in the Sk y. 1 And wich them ſcourge the bad revolting Stars $4 3 jp bat have conſented unto Henry's Death: f King Heary the Fifth, too famous to liye long. no land ne er loſt a King of ſo much Wort. Glo. England nè er had a King until his time: irtue he had, deſerying ” Command. © © tn eo 4 4:
His brandiſh Sword did blind Men with his Beams. _ His Arms ſpread wider than a Dragon's Wings; Ws
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His ſparkling Eyes, repleat with awful Fire, More dazled and drove hack his Enemies Than mid-day Sun fierce bent againſt their Faces. What ſhou'd I ſay? his Deeds exceed all Speech: He ne er lift up his Hand but conquere. Exe. We mourn in Black, why mourn we not in Blood? Henry is dead, and never ſhall revive: | Upon a wooden Coffin we attend; Apd Death's diſhonourable Victory, We with our ſtately Preſence glorifie, Like Captives bound to a Lriumphant Car. M hat ſhall wecurle the Planets of Miſhap, That plotted thus our Glory's overthrow ? Or ſhall we think the ſubtile-witted French, Conjurers and Sorcerers, that afraid of him, By Magick Verſe have thus contriv'd his End? | in. He was a King, bleſt of the King of Kings. Unto the French, the dreadful Judgment-day So dreadful will not be, as was his ght. - - The Battels of the Lord of Hoſts he tought; The Churches Prayers made him ſo p reſperous.. Glo. The Church? Where is it? Had not Church- men pray d. His thread of Life had not ſo ſoon decay d. None do you like, but an effeminate Princ2. Whom like a School-boy you may over-aw, - - + Win, Gloſter, whate'er we like. thou art Protector, And lookeſt to command the Prince and Realm; Thy Wife is proud, ſhe holdeth thee in awe, More than Cod or Religious Church-men may Glo. Name not Religion, for thou lov ſt the Fleſh,
And ne er throughout the Vear to Church thou go'ſt, Except it be to pray againſt thy Fos. .
Bed. Oeaſe, ceaſe theic Jars, and reſt ycur Minds in peace; Let's to the Altar: Heralds wait on uon —- -
Inſtead of Gold, we'll offer up our Arms,
Since Arms avall not, now that Henry's dead. Poſterity await for wretched Years, | When at their Mothers moiſt Eyes Babes ſhall ſyck, Our 1fe be made a nouriſh of ſalt Tears,
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King HENRY VI.
And none but Women left to wail the dead.
Henry the Fifth, thy Ghoſt I inyocate;
Proſper this Realm, keep it from Civil Broils, Combat with. adverſe Planets in the Heavens; A far more glorious Star thy Soul will make,
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Meſſ. My honourable Lords, health to you all; Sad Tidings bring I to you out of France, Of Loſs, of Slaughter,” and Dif-omfiture ; Gruyenne, Champaign. Rheims, Orleans, 1.5 Paris, Guyſors, Poitiers, are all quite loſt. \ Bed. Whit {ay'ſt, thou, Man, before dead Henry's Coarſeꝰ
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Glo. Is Paris loſt, and is Ran yie ded up? *
If Henry were recall d to Life again, 112 Theſe News would cauſe him once more yield the Ghelt;
Exe. Ho were they loſt? What Tre achery was us'd ? Mell. No Treachery, but want of Men and Money, Amonglt the Soldiers this is muttered. That here you maintain ſeveral Factions; And whilſf a Field ſhould be diſpatch'd and You are diſputing of your Generals. One would have lingring Wars with little Coſt; Another would fly ſwift, but wanteth Wings: A third Man thinks, without expence at all, By guileful fair Words, Peace may be obtain d. Awake, awake, Engliſb Nobility, Let not Sloth dim your Honours, new begot; {1 Crop'd are the Elower-de;Luces in your Arms | © h Of Englands Coat, one half is cut away. . _ | Exe, Were our Tears wanting to this Funeral. Theſe Tidings wauld call forth her flowing Tides... Bed. Me they concern, Regent I am of Fance; Give me my ſteeled Coat, I'll fight for France, -- Away with theſe diſgraceful wailing Robes; |
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Wounds will J lend the French, in tead of Eyes, |
To weep their intermiſſive Miteries: . 7 5 Enter to them ancther Meſſenger. r 2 Mef. Lords, view theſe Letters, iull of bad Miſchance.
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6 , The Firſt Part of France is revolted from the Engliſh quite, Except from petty Towns of no import. ys The Dauphin Charles is crowned K ing in Rhen 1 The Baſtard of Orleans with him is join d: Reignier, Duke of Anjou, doth his Part, 5
I be Duke of Alenſon flieth to his ſide. [Ex.
Exe. The Dauphin erowned King ? all fly to him?
O, whither ſhall we fly from this Reproach? Glo. We will not fly, but to our Enemies Throats. Bedford, if thou edi, I' ght it out. Bed. G lo.ſter, why doubt ſt thou of my ForwardineſyÞ An Army have I muſter'd in my Thoughts, © Wherewith already France is over- run. Enter a Third Meſſenger. f 3 Meß. My Gracious Lords, to add to your Laments W herewith you now bedew King Henry's Hearfe, muſt inform you of a diſmal Fight at's - Betwixt the ſtout Lord Talbet and the French. in. What! wherein Talbet overcame, is 't ſo? | 3 Meſſ. Ono; wherein Lord Talbet was o erthromn, The Circumſtance: Ell tell you more at large, 1 he tenth of Aagaſt laſt, this dreadful in Retiring from the Siege of Orleans, Having ſcarce full fix thouland in his Troo By three and twenty thouſand of the French Mas round encompaſſed, and fet upon; No leiſure had he to enrank his Men. He wanted Pikes tô ſer before his Archers; 1 Inſtead whereof, ſharp ſtakes pluckt out of any . 1 hey pitched in the Sw confuſediy, 35 | To keep the Horſemen off from breaking in. More than three Hours the Fight continued's _ / V here valiant Talbet, above human Tkought, nx Enacted Wonders with h's Sword and Lance. Hundreds he ſent to Hell, and none durſt ſtand him: 3 Here, there, and every where enrag d he fle T. The Hen b exclaim d, the Devil was in Arms, All the whole Army ſttod agaz d on him His Soldiers ſpying his undaunted N . A Tulbet! a Talboi] cryd out am an. And ruſb'd" into the Bowels of the Battel. 8 Here, had the Corqueſt fully been ſeal'd up,
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Ik Sir John Falſtaff had not /play'd the Coward,
He being in the Vaward, plac'd behind With purpoſe to relieve and follow them,
Cowardly fled, not having ſtruck one ſtroak.
Hence grew the general Wrack and Maſſacre;
Encloſed were they with their Enemies. A baſe M alloon, to win the Dauphin's Graca,
Thruſt Talbot with. a Spear into the Back, | Wham all France, with their chief aſſembled "Strength, Durſt not preſume to look once in the Face. |
Bed. Is Talbot ſl ain then? I will lay my felt, For living idly here in pomp and ęaſe, 27 Whilſt ſuch a worthy Leader, wanting Aid, Unto his daſtard Foe-men is betray d. e
3 Mefſ. O no, he lives, but is took Priſoner.
And Lord Scales with bim, and Lord Hamgerſcrd;
Moſt of the reſt ſlaughter d, or took like wiſe.
Bed. His Ranſom there is none but I ſhall pay. I'll hale the Dauphin head long from his Throne, His Crown. ſhall be the Ranſom of my Friend :
Four of their Lords I'll change for one of ours.
Farewel, my Maſters, to my Task will 1, Bonfires in France forthwith'l am to make, To keep our great St. George's Feaſt withal. Ten thouſand Soldiers with me I will take, Whole bloody Deeds ſhall make all Europe quake. 3 Meſſ. So you had need, for Orleans is beſieg d,
The Engliſh Army is grown weak and faint: The Earlof Salisbum eraveth Supply,
And hardly keeps his Men from Mutiny, Since they ſo few, watch ſuch a Multitude.
Exe, Remember, Lords, your Oaths to Henrys ſworn: Either to quell the Dauphin utterly; | | Or bring him in Obedience to your Voak.
Bed. I do remember it, and here take leavg,
To go about my Preparation. [ Exit Bedford.
Glo. Il to the Tower with all the haſte | can, -
To view the Artillery and Munition,
And then I will proclaim young Heu King. | | (4 - 204 $244 | Ex it Glouceſter. Exe. To Eltam will I, where the young King is,
Being ordain d his ſpecial Governor.
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And for his Safety there Fll beſt deviſe, [Ext. Vin. Each hath his Place and Function to attend : _ Jam left our ; for me nothing remains: But long I will not be Jack out of Office, The King from Eltam I intend to ſend, | And ſit at chiefeſt ſtern of publick Wel. [Ex. Enter Charles, Alenſon, and Reignier, marching-with a Drum and Soldiers. | | | © Char. Mars his true moving, even as in the Heay ns, So in the Earth, to this Day is not known. | . Late did he ſhine upon the Engliſh fide: Now we are Victors, upon us he ſmiles, What Towrsof any Moment, but we have? At pleaſure here we lye near Orleans: | Otherwhiles, the famiſh'd Engliſb, like pale Ghoſts, Faintly befiege us one Hour in a Month. . at Alen. They want theirPorredge,and their fatBull-Beeves, Either they muſt be dieted like Mules, . And have their Provender ty d to their Mouths, Or piteous they will look, like drowned Mice. Talbot is taken, whom we wont to fear: Remaineth none but mad-brain'd Salisbury, And he may well in fretting ſpend his Gall, Nor Men, nor Money hath he to make War. L Char. Sound, ſound Alarum, we will ruſh on them, No for the Honour of the forlorn French: tf Him forgive my Death thatkilleth me; When he ſees me go back one Foot, or ly. [Exeunt. [Here Alarm, they are beaten back by the Engliſh, with great Loſs. e | aA Enter Charles, Alenſon, and Reignier. Char. Who ever ſaw the like ? what Men have I?
Dogs, Cowards, Daſtards: I would ne er have fle d,
But that they leſt me midſt my Enemies. Reig. Salisbuiy is a deſperate Homicide,
He fighteth as one weary of his Life:
Iwo other Lords, like Lions wanting Food,
Do ruſh upon us as their hungry Prey. 3 Alen. Freſard, a Countryman of ours, records,
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| Lean raw-hon'd Raſcals, who would &er barrel 1 it. They had ſuch Courage and INT! | . 1 4 Char. Let's leave this Lon, 5
| For they are hair- brain d Slaves, 8 * Ard hunger will enforce them to be more eager:
Of old I know them; rather with their Teeth... | The Walls they'll tear down, than forſake the Siege. Reig. I think by ſome odd Gimmals or Device T heir Arms are ſet, like Clocks, ſtill te ſtrike on; Ele ne'er could they held out ſo as they do: By my Conſent, we'll even let them alone. | ; Alen. Be it ſo. 8 es. Enter the Baſtard af FN KAY ; Haft. v have” sthePrinceDauphin? I have News for bim. Dau. Baſtard of Orleans, thrice welcome to us. Baſt. Methinks your Looks are ſad, your r d. Hath the late Overthrow wrought this Offence?.. Be not dilmay'd, for Succour is at hand: A holy Maid hither with me I bring Which by a Viſion ſent: to her from Heay! n, e Ordained is to raiſe this tedious Siege, Ard drive the Engliſþ forth the bounds of. Frances. n The Spirit of deep Fropheſie ſhe hathy, .. tt. Exceeding the nine Szbyls of old Rome: | | h, What's paſt, and whatꝭs to come, ſhe can deſery. "FE | Speak, ſhall I call ber in? Believe my Words, For they are certain and infallible. Dau. Go, call her i in; but firſt, to. try her Skil, Reignier ſtand thou as Dauphin i in my Place Queſtion her proudly, let thy Looks be ſtern, By this means ſhall we ſound what Skill ſhe bach. __ Enter Joan la Pucelle. eig. Fair Maid, is t thou wilt do theſe wondrous Feats? Pucel. Reignier, is t thou that thinkeſt to beguile me? Where is the Dauphin? Come, come, from behind, I know thee well, though never ſeen before. Tay Be not amaZz Fils there s nothing hid from me:
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And thou ſhalt find that 1 exceed my Sex.
My Heart and Hands thou haſt at once ſubdu' d.
40 The Firſt Part of In private will I talk with thee apart: 0 Stand back, you Lords, aud give us leave a while. - 101
Reig. She takes upon her bravely at firſt Daſh. Pucel. Dauphin, Lam by Birth a bade. My Wit untrain'd in any kind of Art-
Heav'n and our Lady gracious hath it —__— b To ſhine on my contemptible Eſtate. = 4 25 88 Lo, whilſt I waited on my tender Lambs, 10 And to Suns parehing heat diſplay d my hecke. God's Mother deigwed to appear to me Mö And in à Viſion füll of Majeſty. » 1 6115 fo |
And free my Country from Calamity:
Fler Aid ſhe promis d, and aſfur'd Sueceſs.
In compleat Glory ſhe reveal'd her ſelf; ;;; And whereas I was 1 and ſwart before, 14 WR} With thoſe clear Rays which ſhe infusd on me,
Ask me what queſtion thou canſt Poſſible, 5 My Courage try by >ombar, if thou dar a: &
Reſolve on this, thou ſhalt be'fortunate, If thon receive me for thy warlike Mate. Daze. Thou haſt atoniſh'd me with thy high t terms Only this proof II of thy Valour make, In ſingle Combat thou ſhalt'buckle with me; And if thou vanquiſheſt, thy Words are true, Otherwiſe I renounce all Confidence, Pucel. I am prepar d; here is my keen-edg'd Sword, Deck d with fine Flower - de- Luces on each ſides. The which at Loain in St. Katberine's Church -yard, Out of a deal of old lron, I choſe forth. Dau. Then come a God's Name, I fear no Woman. Pucel. And while I live, I'Hne' er fly no Man. . Here they Fight, and 4 oan de Pucelle overcomes. Dau. Stay, ſtay thy Hands, thou art an Amden, 1 fghteſt with the Sword of Debora. | Pucel, Chrift's mother helps me, elſe I were too weak. Dau. Who cer helps thee, tis thou that muſt ys me Impatientiy I'burn with thy.defire,
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Excellent Pucelle, if thy Name be fn,
Let me thy Servant, and not Sovereign be,
»Tis the French'Dauphin ſueth to thee thus. Pucęl. I muſt not yield to any rights of Love,
For my Profeffion's ſacred from above: |
When I have chaſed all thy Foes from hence,
Then will I thirk upon a Recompence. | Dau. Mean time look gracious on thy proſtrate Thrall. Reig. My Lord, methinks, is very long in tak Alen. Doubtleſs he ſhrives this Woman to her Smock,
Elſe ne er could he ſo long protract his Speech. 5 Reig. Shall we diſturb him, ſince he keeps no mean ? Alen. He may mean more than we poor Men do know:
Theſe Women are ſhrewd tempters with their Tongues. Reig. My Lord, where are you? what deviſe you on ?
Shall we give over Orleans, or no?
Pucel. Why no, I ſay; diſtruſtful Recreants. Fight till the laſt gaſp; for Pll be your guard. Dau, What fhe lays VI] confirm; we'll fight it out. Pucel. Aſſigr' d | am to be th: Engliſh Scourge, This Night the Siege affuredly-F1] raile : Expect Saint Martins Summer, Halcyon days, Since J have entred thus into theſe Wars, Glory is like a Circle in the Water; Which never ceaſeth to enlarge it ſelf Tin by broad ſpreading it diſperſe to nought. With Henry's death, the Engliſt Circle ends, Diſperſed are the Glories it included : TA Now am I like that proud inſulting Ship, Which Cæſar and his Fortune bore at once. Dau. Was Mabomet inſpired with a Dove? Thou with an Eagle art inſpired then. Helen, the Mother of great Conſtantine,
Nor yet St. Philip's Daughter were like thee.
Bright Star of Venus, fall n down on the Earth, How may I reverently worſhip thee enough? Alen. Leave off delays, and let us raiſe the Siege.
Reig. Woman, do what thou canſt to ſave our Honours, If
Drive them from Orleans, and be immortahz'd. Da. Preſently we'll try: Come, let's away abont it, No prophet will I truſt, if ſhe proves falſe, [ Exeunt.
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Since Henry's Death, I fear there is Conveyance :
Where be theſe Warders, that they wait not here ? Open the Gates. Tis Gleceſter that calls. | 1 Vard. Who's there that knocks ſo imperiouſly ? 1 Man. It is the Noble Duke of Gloſter. _ 5 2 Ward. Mho e er he be, you may not be let in. 1 an. Villains, anſwer you fo the Lord Protector? 1 Ward. The Lord protect him, fo we anſwer him, We do no other wiſe than we are will'd. © 6
Glo. Who willed you? or whoſe Will ſtands but mine?
There's none Protector of the Realm, but I. Break up the Gates, I'll be your warrantize;
Shall I be flouted thus by dunghill Grooms ?
Glouceſter's Men. ruſb as the Tawer Gates, and Woodvile the Lieutenant ſpeaks within. |
Wood. What noiſe is this? What Traitors have we here? Glo. Lieutenant, is it you whoſe Voice I hear?
Open the Gates, here's Gloſter that would enter. . Mocdl. Have patience, Noble Duke, I may not open,,
The Cardinal of Vincbeſter forbids; * a
From him I have expreſs Conimand ment,
That thou nor none of thine ſhall be let in. .
Slo. Faipt-hearted Veodvile, prizeſt him fore me?
Arrogant Wincheſter, the haughty Prelate,
Whom Henry our late Sovereign ne'er could broox? Thou art no Friend to God or to the King:
Open the Gate, or VI! ſhut thee out ſhortly.
Serv. Open the Gates to.the Lord ProteRor, Or we'll burſe them open, it that you come not quickly. Enter to the Pre tector at the Tower Gates, Wincheſter and his Men in Tawny Coats. Win. How now ambitious Umpire, what means this? Glo. Pied Prieſt, doſt thou command me to be ſhut out? Nin. I do, thou moſt uſurping Proditor,[h
And not Protector of the King or Realm.
Glo. Stand back, thou manifeſt Conſpirator, Thou that contrived'ſt to murther our dead Lord, Thou that giv; ſt Whores Indulgencies to Sin,
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To ſlay thy Brother Abel, if thou wilt. Glo. I will not ſlay thee, but i'll drive thee hack: Thy Scarlet Robes, as a Child's bearing Cloth, I' uſe, to carry thee out of this Place. Win, Do what thou dar'ſt, I beard thee to thy Face. Glo. What? am [ dar'd, and bearded to my Face ? Draw Men, for all this privileged Place, |
Blew Coats to Tawny Coats. Prieſt, beware thy Bea: d,
J mean to tug it, and to cuff you ſoundly. Under my Feet I'll tamp thy Cardinal's Hat: In ſpite of Pope, or Dignities of Church, | Here by the Cheeks, I'll drag thee up and down. Win. Gl:fter thou wilt aniwer this before the Pope. Glo. Wincheſter Goole, I cry, a Rope, a Rope. Now beat them hence, why do you let them ſtay ? Thee Il chaſe hence, thou Wolf in Sheep's array. Out Tawny Coats, out Scarlet Hypocrite,
Here Glouceſter's Men beat out the Cardinal's, and enter FM the hurly-burly the Mayor of London, and bis Officers.
Mayor, Fie, Lords, that you being ſupream Magiſtrates, Thus contumeliouſly ſhould break the Peace. | Glo. Peace, Mayor, for thou-know'ſt little of myWrongs:
Here's Beauf:rd;/ that regards not God nor King.
Hath here diſtrain'd the Tower to his uſe. Vin. Here's Glo ſter too, a Foe to Citizens, One that ſtill motions War, and never Peace, O' er charging your free Purſes with large Fines; That ſeeks to overthrow Religion, Becauſe he is Protector of the Realm; And would have Armour here out of the Tower, To crawn himſelf King, and ſuppreſs the Prince. - Glo. I will not anſwer thee with Words, but Blows. ; | | [ Here they Skirmiſh again.
Mayer. Nought reſts for mein this tumultuous Strife, But to make open Proclamation.
Come, Officer, as loud as cer thou can ſt; cry ;,
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you, in his Highneſs Name, to repair to aur ſeveral dwelling Places, and ut to wear handle or uſe any Sword, Weapen er Dagger henceformward upon pain of Death. + | Glo. Cardinal, I'll be no Breaker. of the Law: But we ſhall meet, and break our Minds at large. Win. Gloſter, we ll meet to thy dear Coſt be ſure; Thy Heart- blood J will have for this days Work. Mayor. Vil call for Clubs, if you will not away: This Cardinal is more haughty than the Devil. Glo. Mayor, farewel: Thou doit but what thou may ſt. Vin. Abominable Gloſter, gaurd thy head,
For I intend to have it e'er be long. —_ "2
Mayer. See the Coaſt clear'd,: and then we will depart. Good God that Noblesſhould ſuch Stomachs bear, I my ſelf fight not once in forty year. [ Exennt. Enter ibe Maſter- Gunner of Orleans, and his Bey. M. Gun. Sirra, thou know ſt how Orleans is beſieg d, And how the Engliſb have the Suburbs won. Ba. Father, I know, and oft have ſhot at them, How e er unfortunate I miſs d my Aim. 5 M. Gun. But now thou ſhalt not. Be thou rul'd by me: Chief Maſter: Gunner am Bof this Town, Something I muſt do to procure me Grace: The Prinee's eſpials have informed me, Ne: How the Egliſb in the Suburbs cloſe intrench'd, Went through a ſecret Grate of Iron Bars, In yonder Tower, to over- peer the City, | And thence diſcover, how with moſt Advantage They may ſvex us with Shot, or with Aſſault To intercept this Inconvenience, | A piece of Ordnance gainſt it I have plac'd, _ And fully even theſe three Days have I watch d, If L eould ſee them. Now, Boy, do thou watch, For can ſtay no longer If chou fpy'ſt any, run and bring me word, | And thou ſhalt find me at the Governor's. [ Exit. Bay. Father, I Warrant you, take you no care, I' never trouble you, if l may ſpy them. * 5 Enter Salisbury and Talbot, n the Turrets, witb others, „Sal. Ialbet, my Life, my Joy, again return d?
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How wert thou r being Priſoner 1
Or hy what means got ſt thou to be releas'd ꝰ
Diſcourſe I prethee om this Turret's top. Tal. The Earl of Bedford had a Priſoner, Call'd the brave Lord Panten de Santraile,
For him was Iexchang' d, and ranſomed.
But with a baſer Man of Arms by far,
Once in Contempt they would have harter d me: Which I diſdaining, fcorn'd; and craved Death, f Rather than I Would be ſo pil'd eſteem'd ;
In fine, redeem'd I was, as I deſir' d.
But O, the treacherous Falſtaff — FEI my Heart,
Whom with bare Fiſts would execute, If l now had him brought into my Power. Sal. Vet tell thou not how thou wert entertain d. Tal. With Scoffs, and Scorns, and contumelious Taunts, In open Marketplace: produc'd they me, | To be a publick Spectacle to all: Here, ſaid they, is the Terror of the French, The Scare- crow that affrights zur Children ſo, Then broke I from the Officers that led me, And with my: Nails digg'd Stones out of the Ground, To hurl at the beholders of my Shame. My griſly Countenance made others fly,
None durſt come near, for fear of ſudden Death.
In Iron Walls they deem d me not ſecure:
So great fear of my Name mongſt them * That they ſuppos d I could rend Bars of Steel, n And ſpurn in pieces Poſts of Adamant.
Wherefore a guard of choſen Shot I had;
They walk d about me every Minute while;
And if I did but ſtir ouc of my Bed,
Ready they were to ſhoot me to the Heart.
Enter Bey with a Linſtcch. Sal. 1 grieve to hear what Torments you endur'd,
But we will be reveng d ſuſficiently.
Now it is Supper time in Orleans:
Here, through this Grate, I can count every one, | And view the Frenchmen how they fortifie :
Let us look in, the ſight will much delight thee
Sir Thomas Gargrave, and Sir Wil iam Glaaſdae, Let me have:your expreſs Opinions, | |
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Where is beſt place to make our Batt'ry bert? vu A Gar. | tbink at the North Gate, - for there and, Ms. Is Glan. And I here, at the Bulwark of the Bridge. | Tal. For ought l ſee, this City muſt be famiſh' d, |
Or with light Skirmiſhes enfeebled. ; Tt
Here they ſhoc , and Salisbury fals down: 5 77 Sal. 0 Lord, have merey on 1 '3erptcbed "nay 7 Gar. O Lord, have mercy. on me, woful Man. A Tal. What chance i is this that ſuddenly bath oroſt 17 8 Speak, Salisbury; atleaſt, if thou canſt, ſpeak.. . Al How far'ſt thou, Mirror of all Martial Men: O'S 4 | : One of thy Eyes, and thy Cheeks fide ſtruek off? He Accurſed Tower, accurſed fatal Hand | TY That hath contriv'd this woful | Tragedy. ; : In thirteen Battles, Sal isbum menen 2 1 | | Henry the fifth be firſt train'd to the Wars. | Ft! OL Whilſt any Trump did ſound, or Drum ſtruck up, GE A His Sword did ne er leave ſtriking in the Field. * Yet liv ſt thou Salisbury? though thy Speech doth fail. He One Eye thou haſt to look to Heaven for R | 1 De The Sun with one Eye vieweth all the World. Bla Heaven be thou Gracious to none alive An If Salisbury wants Mercy at thy Hands. mm Bear hence his Body, I will help to — 1 Sir Thomas Gargrave, haſt thou any Life? Ss 7 Speak unto Talbot, nay, look up to him. My Salisbury, chear thy Spirit with this Comfort, d& n Ane Thou ſnalt not die while — | But He beckons with his Hand, and ſmiles on me: | As who ſhould ſay, When Iam dead and "ne; ES P Remember to avenge me on the F — E: I mi Plantagenet I will, and, Nero like, will | | * Play on the Lute, beholding the Towns burn : O'e Wretched ſhall France be only in my Name. Go, [Here an Alarm, and it Thunders and me. Hel; What tir is this? What Tumult's in the Heavens This Whence n this Alarum, and the Noiſe ? ph, : 2 ( Enter a e AW Meſſ. My Lord,my Lord, the French have gather'd head, Driy e Daupbin, with one Jean la Puvelle join dd,,
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A holy Propheteſs, new riſen up, Is come with a great Power, to raiſe the Siege. Here Salisbury lifteth himſelf up, and groans. Tal. Hear, hear, how dying Salisbury doth groan Tt irks his Heart he cannot be reyeng'd, Frenchmen, Ill be a Salisbury to you. ae l or Puſſel, Dolphin or Dog - fiſn, Your Hearts I'll ſtamp out with my Horſes heels, And make a Quagmire of your mingled Brains. Convey me Salisbury into his tent, | And then we'll try, what theſe daſtard Frenchmen dare. Alarum. [ Exit. Here an Alarum again; and Talbot purſueth the Dauphin, and driveth him: Then enter Joan la Pucelle, driving Engliſhmen before her. Then enter Talbot. Tal. Where is my Strength, my Valour, and my Force? Our Engliſb Troops retire, I cannot ſtay them. — A Woman clad in Armour chaſeth them. Dien Pacellc.;;
Here, here ſhe comes. I'll have a bout with thee;
Devil, or Devil's Dam, I'll conjure thee: Blood will I draw on thee, thou art a With
And ſtraightway give thy ſoul to him thou ſervꝰſt.
Pacel. Come, come, tis only I that mult diſgrace thee. ba beg; ee I. bey fights Tal. Heavens, can you ſuffer Hell ſo to prevails??;ʒßé My Breaſt VI] burſt with ſtraining of my Courage, And from my Shoulders crack my Arms aſunder, But I will chaſtiſe this high-minded Strumpet. II fight again. Pucel, Talbot farewel, thy hour is not yet come, I muſt go Victual Orleans forthwitb. 214929 A ſhort Alarum : Then enter the Town with Soldiers. | O'ertake me if thou'canſt, I ſcorn thy ſtrength. Go, go, chear up thy hunger-ſtarved Men, Help Salisbury to make his Feſtament, | | This Day is ours, as many more fhall be. (Exit Pucelle. Tal. My Thoughts are whirled like a Potter's Wheel. I know not where 1 am, nor what I do: A Witch by fear, not force, like Hannibal,
g Drives back our troops, and cunquers as ſhe liſts:
is The Firſt Part of So Bees with ſmoak, and Doves with noiſom ſtench, Are from their Hives and 'Houles driven away. | They call'd-us, for our fierceneſs, Engliſh Dogs, No like the Whelps, we erying run away. [ 4 ſbert Alarm, Hark Countrymen, either renew the fight, P Or tear the Lions out of England's Coat; Renounce your Soi], give Sheep in Lions ſtead: Sheep run not half ſo treacherous from the Wolf, Or Horſe or Oxen from the Leopard, As youtlly from your oft-ſubdued Slaves. * [ Alaram. Here another S W It will not be, retirc into your Trenches: Vau all conſented unto Saſisburys Death, For rone would ſtrike a ſtroke in his Revenge. Pucelle is entred into Orleans, In ſpight of us, or ought that we could do. O would I were to die with Salisbury. The thame hereof will my me hide my Head. ; [Exit Talbot,
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Enter on the Wat, Pucelle; Dauphin, Reignier,. Alenſop,
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*Reſcu'd-is Orleans from the En liſh Wolves:
Thus Joan Ia Pucel'e hath perform diher Word. Dax. Divineſt Creature, bright Aſirea's Daughter,
How ſhall I honour thee for this Succeſs |
Thy Promiſes are like Adinis Garden,
That one Day bloom d, and fruitful were the next.
Fance, Triumph in thy glorious Propheteſs,
Recover'd is the Town of Orleans;
More blefſed hap did ne'er befal. our State. Reig. Why ring not out the Bells aloud,
Throughout the Town? -
Dauphin, command the Citizens make Bonfires,
And feaſt and banquet in the open Streets,
To celebrate the joy that God hath given us.
Alen. All France will be repleat with Mirth an Joy,
When the ſhall hear how we have play'd the Men. Dau. Tis Jean, not we, by whom the Day is won:
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And all the Prieſts and Fryers in my Realm, Shall in Proceſſion ſing her endleſs Praiſe.
A ſtatelier Pyramid to her I'll rear,
Than Rhonode's or Memphis ever was. In memory of her when ſlie is dead, Her Aſhes, in an Urn more gracious al Than the Rich-jewel d Coffer of Darius, Tranſported ſhall be, at high Feſtivals,
Before the Kings and Queens of France.
No longer on Saint Dennis will we ery,
But Joan la Pucelle ſhall be France's Saint.
Come in, and let us Banquet Royally,
After this golden Day ob Victory. Fleur iſb. Exeunt
Senses Arg nnn, Fnter a Serjeant of a Band, with two Centinels.
Ser; Alters take your places and be vigilant :
If any Noiſe or Soldier you perecive
Let us have knowledge at the Court of Guard. Cent: Serjeant, you ſnhall. Thus are poor Servitors (When others ſſeep upon their quiet Beds) .
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Enter Talbot, Bedford, and Burgundy, with / aliug Tudlilers. Their Drums beating a dead Marches Tal. Lord Regent, and redoubted Burgundy, By eg 4 memo ne Regions of Artois, Wallcen, and Picarch, are Friends to us: T his happy Night, the Frenehmen are ſecure, Having all day earous' d and banquette. Embrace we then this opportunity, As fitting beſt to quittance their deceit, Contriv'd-by Art, and baleſul Sorcery. | Bed. Coward of France, how much he wrrongs his Fame, Deſpairing of his own Arms fortitude, ö To join with Witches, and the help of Hell. Bur. Traitots have never other Company. But what's that Pucel, whom they term ſo pure?
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Bed. A _— ? And be ſo Martial? _ * Bur. Pray God,; the prove not Maſculine ere leg, It underneath the Standard of the French |
She carry Armour, as ſhe hath begun.
Tal. Well, let them practiſe and converſe with Spirits
Gad is our Fortreſs, in whoſe conquering Name Loet us reſolve to ſcale their flinty Bulwarks. Bed, Aſcend, brave Talbot, we will follow thees Tal. Not all together: Better far I guels,. That we do make our Entrance ſeveral ways*s Thar if it chance the one of us do fail, F Abe other yet may riſe againſt their Force. Bed. Agreed ; I'll to: yond corne. Bur, And I to this. Tal. And here will Talbot mount,: or make his Grayes "Now IG for — and for the right Engliſh Henry, ſhall this Night appear How wes, ty in duty, 1 am dent to 3 gn Cent, Arm, n 4 Enemy doth make aſſault. (cy St. George! A I albot ! The French leap ver the Walls in their Shirts., Enter ſeveral ways, der, Alenſon, Reignier, batt. _ and half unreach. Ta Alen. How now, my A all unready ſo 2 Baſt. Unready ? Jam glad we ſcap d ſo well. Reig..* Twas time, I trow, to wake and leaye our Peds Hearing Alarums at our Chamber Doors. ; 3 Of all Exploits fince firſt I follow d Arms, Ne er heard Lof a Warlike Enterprie More venturous, or deſperate than this. 7 Baſt. I think this Talbot be a. Fiend of Hell, | Reig. If not of Hell, the Heavens ſure favour — | Alen. Here cometh Cbaries, I marvel how he . Enter Charles and Joan. | Baſt. Tut, holy Joan was his defenſive. Guard. Cha, Is this thy Cunning, thou deceitful Dame? 5 Di dſt thou at firſt, to flatter us. witbal, 1 Make us partakers of a little gain, At el That now our loſs might be ten times ſo much? W Pucel. Wherefore is Charles impatient wich N F riend ? At all times will you have my Power alike ? * or Waking, muſt I ſtill prevail,
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King HENRY VI. 21 Or will you blame and lay the fault on me? Improvident Soldiers, had your Watch been good, This ſudden miſchief never could have faln. Char. Duke of Alenſon, this was your Default. That being Captain of the Watch to Night, Did look no better to that weighty Charge. Alen. Had all our Quarters been as ſafely kept, As that, whereof I had the Government, We had not been thus fhamefully ſurpriz d. Baſt, Mine was ſecure. - | Reig. And ſo was mine, my Lord. Char. And for my elf, molt part of all this Night Within her Quarter, and mine own Precinct, | J was empioy d in pang to and fro, About relieving of the Centinels. | | Then haw, or which way, ſhould they firſt breakin ? Pucel. Queſtion, my Lord, no further of the caſe, How, or which way; tis ſure they found ſome place But weakly guarded, where the Breach was made And now there: reſts no other ſhift, but this To, gather our Soldiers, ſcatter'd and diſperſt, And lay new Plat- forms to endamage them. { Exeunt. Alarum. Enter à Soldier, crying, a Talbot! à Tal- bot! they fly, leaving their Clcaths behind. Sal. I'I be ſo bold to take what they have left: The Cry of Talbot ſerves me for a Sword, | For I have loaded me with many Spoils, Uſing. no other Weapon but his Name. Exit. Enter Talbot, Bedford, and Burgundy. Bed. The Day begins to break, and Night is fled, Whoſe pitchy Mantle over - vail'd the Earth, Here ſound Retreat, and ceaſe our hot Purſuit. (Retreat. Tal. Bring forth the Body of old Salisbary, | And here adyance it in the Market-place, The middle Centre of this curſed Town. Nou have I pay'd my Vow unto his Soul, For every drop of Blood was drawn from him; There hath at leaſt five Frenchmen dy'd to Night. And that hereafter Ages may behold What Ruin happen'd in revenge of him, Within the chiefeſt Temple Vil erect A Lamb, wherein his Corps ſhall be interr d? 8 N 8 Upon
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The treacherous manner of his mournful Death, Ar And what à terrour he had been to France, = ; But, Lords, in all our bloody Maſſacre, T In 1 muſe we met not with the Dauphin's Grace, Co His new- come Champion, virtuous Joan of Arc, Fr Nor any of his falſe Confederates. 1 Bed. Tis thought, Lord Talbct, when the fight began, i Rous d on the ſudden from their drowſie Beds, 2 An They did amongſt the Troops of armed Men, Leap o'er the Walls for refuge in the Field; | . ( Bur, My ſelf, as far as | could well diſcern, | I { For Smoak and duſty Vapours of the Night, | As Am lure I ſcar'd the Dauphin and his Trull, Gre When Arm in Arm they both came ſwiftly running, An Like to a pair of loving Turtle Doves, | Fai That could not live aſunder Day or Night. To After that things are ſet in order here. | We'll follow them with all the Power we have. N 1 | Enter a Meſſenger. þ | By Meſſe All hail, my Lords; which of this Princely Train, 0 Call ye the Warlike Talbot, for his Acts N A So much applauded through the Realm of France? C Tal. Here is the Talbot, who would ſpeak with him? Is t Mell. The virtuous Lady, Counteſs of Auvergne, Th With Modeſty admiring thy Renown, * 10. I le By me intreats, great Lord, thou would'ſt vouchſafe I th To viſit her poor Caſtle where ſhe lyesz 8 A{ That ſhe may boaſt ſhe hath beheld the Man, Ane Whoſe Glory fills the World with loud report. _ Ala. Bur. Is it even ſo? Nay, then I ſec our Wars It c Will turn into a peaceful Comick Sport, Sho! When Ladies crave'to be encountred with. T You may not, my Lord, deſpiſe her gentle ſuit. _ But Tal. Ne'er truſt me then; for when a World of Men Fil i Could not prevail with all their Oratory, | C. Yet hath a Woman's kindneſs over-rul'd: Go: And therefore tell her, I return great thanks, 4 And in ſubmiſſion will attend on her. | To]
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Bed. No, truly tis more than manners will: And I have heard it ſaid, Unbidden Gueſts
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Tal. Well then, alone, ſince there's no remedy, I mean to prove this Lady's courteſie. Come hither, Captain, you. perceive my mind, |[1/63;/pers. Capt. I do, my Lord, and mean accordingly,» [ Zxeunt. Enter Counteſs of. Auvergne. | | Count. Porter, remember what I gave in charge, | And when you haye done ſo, bring the Keys to me. | Pert. Madam, I will. | | [ Exit. Count. The Plot is laid, if all things fall out right, I ſhall as famous be by this Exploit, As Soythian Tomyris by Orcs Death. | Great is the rumour of this dreadful Knight, And his Atchievements of no leſs account: Fain would mine Eyes be witneſs with mine Ears, To give their Cenſure of theſe rare Reports. Enter Meſſenger and Talbot. | Meſſ.. Madam, according as your Ladyſhip deſir'd, By Meſſage cray'd, fo. is Lord Talbot come. + Cunt. And he is welcome; what? is this the Man? Meſſ. Madam, it is. | IT Count, Is this the Seourgę of France? Is this the Talbet, ſo much fear d abroadꝰ That with his name the Mothers ſtill their Babes ? : | | | |
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I ſee Report is fabulous and falſe. | — I thought I ſhould have ſeen ſome Herrules, A ſecond Hector, for his grim Aipect, And large proportion of his ſtrong knit Limbs. Alas! this is a Child, a filly Dwarf; | It cannot be, this weak and writnhled Sbrimp ö Should ſtrike ſuch terror to his Enemies. Til. Madam, I have been bold ta trouble you: But ſince your Ladyſhip is not at leiſure, Vi! fort ſome other time to viſit you. | Cortnt, What means he new? Go ask him, whither he goes? 5 Meſſ. Stay, my Lord Ialbet, for my Lady crayes, To know the caule of your abrupt departure. Tal. Marry, for that. ſhe's in a wrong belief, Igo to certify her, Tajbets here. 1
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24 The Firſt Part of | Enter Porter with Keys. . Cvunt. If thou be he; then art thou Priſoner. Tal. Priſoner ? to whom ? | Count. To me, Bleod-thirſty Lord : And for that cauſe I train d thee to my Houſe. Long time the Shadow hath been thrall to me, For in my Gallery the Picture hangs : But now the Subſtance ſhall endure the like, And I will chain theſe Legs and Arms of thine, That haſt by Tyranny theſe many Years Waſted our Country, flain our Citizens, And ſent our Sons and Husbands Captivate. Tal. Ha, ha, ha. Cocent. Laugheſt thou Wretch ? Thy Mirth ſhall turnto Moan. Tal. I laugh to fee your Ladyſhip ſo fond, To think that you have ought 4 Talbot's Shadow, Whereon to practiſe your Severity. a Count. Why? art not thou the Man? Tal. I am indeed. Cunt. Then have I Subſtance too. Tal. No, no, I am but Shadow of my ſelf : vou are deceiv d, my Subſtance is not here; For what you ſee is but the ſmalleſt part, 5 And leaſt Proportion of Humanity: 0 I tell you, Madam, where the w ofe Frame here, It is of ſuch a ſpacious lofty pitch, L Your Roof were not ſufficient to contain it. Count. This is a Ridling Merchant for the nonee, He will be here, apd yet he is not here : How can theſe contrarieties agree? Tal. That will I hew you preſently. Winds bis Horn, Drums ſtrike up, a Peal of Ordnance: : : Ener Soldiers. © Bi How ſay you, Madam'? are you now petſuaded, G That Talb t is but Shadow of himſelf? | ? Theſe are his Subſtance, Sinews, Arms, and Screngthy 7. With which he yoaketh your rebellious Necks, Bm T - Razeth your Cities, and ſubyerts your Towns, And in a moment makes them deſoſate. an 8 Count. Victorious Talbet, pardon my abuſe ; + | 1] I find thau art no leſs than Fame hath 9 g A 4
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For I am ſorry, that with Reverence I did not entertain thee as thou art.
Tal. Be not diſmay'd, fair Lady, nor miſconſtrue The Mind of Talbot, as you did miſtake | The outward compoſition of his Body. What you have done, hath not offended Nor other Satisfaction do I crave, But only with your Patience, that we may Taſte of your Wine, and ſee what Cates you have,
For Soldiers Stomachs always ſerves then well.
Coun. With all my Heart, and think me honoured, To feaſt ſo great a Warrior in my Houle (Exeunt.
Enter Richard Plantagenet, Warwick, Somerſet, Suffolk,
1 5 and others. Plan, Great Lords and Gentlemen, What means this ſilence? | Dare no Man anſwer in a Caſe of Truth? |
Suf, Within the Temple-Hall we were too loud, The Garden here is mare convenient. |
Plan, Then lay at once, if I maintain'd the Truth: Or elle was wrangling Somerſet in th' Error? |
Suf. Faith I have been a Truant in the Law,
And never yet could frame my Will to it, And chart frame the Law unto my Will.
dom. Judge you, my Lord of Warwick then between us.
War. Between two Hawks, which flies the higher pitch, Between two Dogs, which hath the deeper Mouth, Between two Blades, which bears the better temper, Between two Horſes, which doth bear him beſt, Between two Girls, which hath the mecryeſt Eye,
I have perhaps ſome ſhallow Spirit of Judgment, But in theſe nice ſharp Quillets of the Law, Good-faith, I am no wiler than a Daw.
Plan. Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance: The Truth appears ſo naked on my tide,
That any pur- blind Eye may find it out.
Som. And on my ſide, it is ſo well apparell'd, So clear, ſoſhining, and fo evident, | That it will glimmer weoug! a blind Man's Eye,
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Plan. Since you are Torgue-ty'd, and ſo loth to ſpeak, In dumb fignificants proclaim your Thoughts : | Let him thar 1s a true-born Gentleman, ,
And ſtands upon the honour of his Birth, If he ſuppoſe that I have pleaded truth, From off this Briar pluck a white Roſe with me.
Som. Let him that is no Coward, nor no Flatterer, But dare maintain the Party of the Truth,
Flucka red Role from off this Thorn with me.
Var. I love no Colours; and without all colour Of baſe inſinuating Flattery. | J pluck this white Roſe with Plantagenet.
Fu. I pluck this red Roſe with young Somerſet,
And ſay withal, I think he held the right.
Fer. Stay, Lords and Gentlemen, and pluck no more, Till you conclude, that he upon whoſe fide The feweſt Roſes are crop'd from the Tree,
Shall yield the other in the right Opinion. | Som. Good Maſter Vernon, it is well objected ; If I have feweſt, I ſubſcribe in ſilence.
Plau. And I.
Per, Then for the truth, and plairneſs of the Caſe, IJ pluck this pale and maiden Bloſſom here,
Giving my Verdi& on the white Roſe ſide.
Sem, Prick not your Finger as you pluck it off,
Leſt bleeding, you do paint the white Role red, And fall on my ſide fo againſt your will.
Per. If I, my Lord, for my Opinion bleed,
Opinion ſhall be Surgeon to my hurt,
Ard keep me on the fide where ſtill I am.
Som. Well, well, come on, who elſe?
Lawyer. Unleſs my Study, and my Books be falſe, The Argument you held, was wrong in you; [ TvSomerſet, In fign whereof, I pluck a white Roſe too.
Plan. Now Somerſet, where is your Argument ? Som. Here in my Scabbard, meditating that,
Shall dye your white Roſe in a bloody Red.
Plan. Mean time your Cheeks do eounterfeit our Roſes,
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King HENRT VI. 27 Bluſh for pure ſhame, to counterfeit our Roles, . And yet thy Tongue will not confeſs thy Error. Plan. Hath not thy Roſe a Canker, Somerſet? 8 Som. Hath not thy Roſe a Thorn, Plantagenet? Plan. Ay, ſharp and piercing to maintain his truth, -- | W hiles thy conſuming Canker eats his falſnood. Som. Well, I'll find Friends to wear my bleedingRoles, That ſhall maintain what I have ſaid is true. M here falſe Plantagenet dare not be ſeen. „ ANN Plan. Now by this Maiden Bloſſom in my Hand, I ſcorn thee and thy faſhion, peeviſh Bo. Suf. Turn not thy ſcorns this way, Plantagenet. Plan. Proud P.ol, I will, and ſcorn both him and thee, Suf. VII turn my part thereof into thy Throat. Som. Away, away, good William de la Pool, | We grace the Yeoman, by converſing with him. Mar. Now by God's will thou wrong'ſt him, Somerſet His Grandfather was. Zyonel Duke of Clarence, Third Son to the third Edward King of England: Spring Creſtleſs Yeomen from ſo deep a Rot? Plan. He bears him on the Place's Priviledge, Or durſt not for his craven Heart ſay thus.
Som. By him that made me, I'll maintain my words On any Plot of Ground in Chriſtendom. 10 Was not thy Father, Richard, Earl of Cambridge, For Treaſon executed in our late King's Days?
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His Treſpaſs yet lives guilty in thy Blood... And till thou be reſtor d, thou art a Leoman.
Plan. My Father was attached, not attainted, Condemn'd to die for Treaſon, but no Traitor; | | And that I'll prove on better Menthan Somerſtty -: Were growing time once ripened to my Will. For your Partaker Pool, and you your ſelf,
I'll note you in my Book of Memory, To ſcourge you for this Apptehenſion; [7 Look to it well, and {ay you are well warn; d. b Som. Ah, thou ſhalt find us ready for thee ſtill; And know us by theſe Colours, for thy Foes :' | For thele, my Friends in {pisht of thee ſhall wear. 1 Plan. And by my Soul, 7 pale and angry Roſe, „ | | 2
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Suf. Go forward, and be choak d with thy Ambition:
Ando farewel, until I meet thee next. (Exĩt. Som. Have with thee, Pol : Fare wel, ambitious Ri-
Plan. How Lam brav'd, and muſt perforce endure it ! N ar. This blot, that they object againſt your Houſe,
<hall be wip'd out in the next Parliament, ; Calpd for the Truce of Wincheſter and Gleuceſter:
And if thou be not then created Tk, ©
I will not live to be accounted Warm: k.
Mean time, in ſignal ot my love to thee, Agaitnit proud Somerſet, and William Pool, Will I upon thy party wear this Roſe, And here I propheſie; this Brawl to day, Grown to this Faction in the Temple Garden, Shall ſend between the red Roſe and the white, A thouſand Souls to death and deadly Night.
Plan. Good Maſter Vernon, I am bound to you,
That ycu on my behalf would pluck a Flower, | Ir. In your behalf Rill will I wear the ſame,
. Lanyer. And ſo will I. | Plan. Thanks, gentle Sir. |
Come, let us four to dinner; I dare ſay, | This Quarrel will drink Blood another day. ¶ Exeunt, Enter Mortimer, breughi in a Chair, and Jailors. Mer. Kind Keepers of my weak decaying Age,
Let dying Mertizzer here reit Limſelf, |
Even like a Man new haled from the Wrack,
So fare my Limbs with long Impriſonment:
And thele gray Locks the Purſuivants of Death, Neſtcr-like aged, in an Age of Care, | Argue the End of Edmand Mortimer. 15 25 Tbeſe Eyes, like Lamps, whoſe waſting Oil is ſpent, Wax dim, as drawing to their Exigent.
Weak Shoulders, over-born with burthening Grief, And pithleſs Arms, like to a withered Vine, That drops his ſapleſs Branches to the Ground,
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As witting I noother Comfort have. | But tell me Keeper, will my Nephew come: >.
Keeper. Richa!d Plantagenet, my Lord, will come, We ſent unto the Temple, to his Chamber, And anſwer was return d, that he will come.
Mor. Enough; my Soul then ſhall be Jatisfied.
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Poor Gentleman, his wrong doth equal mine.
Since Henry Mcnmeuth firſt began to Reign,
Before whoſe Glory I was great in Arms,
This loathſome ſequeſtration have I had; And even ſinee then, hath Richard been obſcur 0s Depriv'd, of Honour and Inheritance.
But now the Arbitrator of Deſpairs,
Juſt Death, kind Umpire of Mens Miſeries,
With [weet Enlargement doth-ditmifs me henee : * 5 on
I would his Troubles likewile were expir'd, That ſo he might recover what was loſt. Enter Richard Plantagenet. Keeper, My Lord, your loving Nephew now is come. Mor. Richard Plantagenet, my Friend, is he come 2, 3 Plan. I, noble Uncle, thus ignobly us'd, | Your Nephew, late deſpiſed Richard, comes. | Aer. Direct mine Arms, I may embrace his Neck, 8 And in his Boſom ſpend my latter gaſp. Oh tell me when my Lips do touch his Theeks, That I may kindly give one fainting Kiſs : And now declare, tweet Stem from Pył's great Stock, Why didſt thou lay of late thou wert delpis'd 2 Plan. Firſt, lean thine aged Back againit mine Ar; ma And in that caſe ['l] tell thee my Diſcale. ] , This Day in Argument upon a Cate, J. Some words there grew twixt Somerſet and me: Amongſt which terms, he us'd this -lavith longue, And did upbraid me with my Father's Death:
Which Obloquy ſet Bars before my Tongue,
Elſe with the like I had requited him. *
Therefore, good Unzle, for my Father's fakes Aer al
In honour of a true Plantagenet, 5
And for Alliance ſake, declare tlie Cauſe,
My F aher earl of Cambridge, loſt his Head. 14 ; B S ; ; Acer.
And Death approach not, ere my Tale be done. | Depos'd his Coufin Richard, Edward's Son, | Of Edward King, the third of that Deſcent.
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And that my fainting Words do warrant Death: Thou art my Heir; the reſt, I wiſh thee gather:
(Ve: 6b Hong 2 RD 30 The Firſt Part of Mor. This Cauſe fair Nephew, that impriſon d me, And hath detain'd me all my flow'ring Youth, Within a loathſome Dungeon, there to pine, Was curſed Inſtrument of his Deceaſe. | Plan. Diſcover more at large, what Cauſe that was, For I am ignorant, and cannot gueſs. Mer. I will, if that my fading Breath permit,
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During whoſe Reign, the Piergies of the North,
Finding his Uſurpation moſt unjuſt,
Endeavour'd my Advancement to the Throne,
The Reaſon mov'd theſe warlike Lords to this,
Was, for that, young King Richard thus remov d,
Leaving no Heir begotten of his Body,
J was the next by Birth and Parentage :
For by my Mother I derived am _ 23
From Lyonel Duke of Clarence, the third Son ;: To King Edward the Third; whereas he, c: From John of Gaunt doth bring his Pedigree,
Being but the fourth of that Heroick Line.
But mark ; as in this haughty great Attempt, | They laboured to Plant the rightful Heir, |
I loſt my Liberty, and they their Lives. |
Long after this, when Henry the Fifth, |
Succeeding his Father Bullingbroke, did Reign;
Thy Father, Earl of Cambridge, then derivid
From famous Edmund Langley, Duke of Terk,
Marrying my Siſter, that thy Mother was;
Again, in pity of my hard diſtreſs, SE
Levied an Army, weening to redeem,
And have inſtall'd me in the Diadem :
But as the reſt, ſo fell that noble Earl,
And was beheaded, Thus the Morti mers,
In whom the Title reſted, were ſuppreſt. J Plan. Of which, my Lord, your Honour is the laſt.
Mor. True; and thou ſeeſt, that I no Iffue have,
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King HENRY VI. 31 But yet be wary in thy ſtudious Care. 2 | Plan. Thy grave Admoniſhments prevail with me: But yet, methinks, my Father's Execution Was nothing leſs than bloody Tyranny,
Mor. With ſilence, , Nephew, be thou politick:
Strong fixed is the Houle of Lancaſter,
And like a Mountain, not to te remoy'd.-
But now thy Uncle is removing hence,
As Princes do their Courts, when they are cloy'd. With long continuance in a ſettled place.
Plan. O Uncle, would ſome part of my young Years Might but redeem the Paſſage of your Age.
Mor. Thou doſt then wrong me, as that {laughter doth Which giveth many Wounds, when one will kill, Mournnot, except thou ſorrow for my Good,
Only give Order for my Funeral,
And ſo farewel, and fair be all thy Hopes; 8
And proſperous be thy Life in Peace and War. [Dies. Plan, And Peace, no War, befal thy parting Soul,
In Priſon haſt thou ſpent a Pilgrimage,
And like a Hermit over-paſt thy Days.
Well, I will lock his Counſel in my Breaſt,
And what I do imagine, let that reſt, _
Keepers convey him hence, and I my ſelf
Will ſee his Burial better than his Life.
Here dies the dusky Torch of Mortimer,
Choak'd with Ambition of the meaner ſort.
And for thoſe Wrongs. thoſe bitter Injuries,
Which Samerſet bath offer d to my Houle,
I doubt not, but with Honour to redreſs.
And therefore haſte I to the Parliament,
Either to be reſtored to my Blood, „„
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cheſter, Warwick, Somerſet, Suffolk, and Richard Plantagenet. Glouceſter cffers to put up a Bills Win ' cheſter ſnatebes it, and tears it. |
Vin. CC Om'ſt thou with deep premeditated Lines? | With written Pamphlets, ſtud iouſly devis d?
Humphrey of Gli ſter, it thou canſt accuſe, 65
Or ought intend ſt to lay unto my Charge,
Do it without Invention, ſuddenly,
As with ſudden, and extemporal Speech,
Or thou ſhould'{t find thou haſt diſhonour'd me, Think not, although in Writing I preferr'd The manner of thy vile outragious Crimes, That therefore I have forg'd, or am not able Verbatim to rehearſe the Method of my Pen. No, Prelate, ſuch is thy audacious Wickedneſs, Thy leud, peſtiſerous, and diſſentious Pranks, As very Infants prattle of thy Pride. Thou art a moſt pernicious Uſurer, Freward by Nature, Enemy to Peace, - Laſcivious, wanton, more than well beſeems A Man of thy Profeſſion, and Degree. : And for thy Treachery, what's more manifeſt ? In that thou laid ſt a Trap to take my Life, As well at London- Bridge, as at the Tower. Beſide, I fear me, if thy Thoughts were ſifted, The King, thy Soveraign, is not quite exempt From envious Malice of thy ſwelling Heart. Win. Glofter, Ido deſie thee, Lords, vouchſafe To give me hearing what I ſhall repl 7. If I were Covetous, Ambitious, or Perverſe, As he will have me; how am I fo poor? Or how haps it, I ſeek not to advance a Or raiſe my ſelf? But keep my wonted Calling. And for Diſſention, who preterreth Peace
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No, my ood Lords, it is not that offends, t is not that, that hath incens'd the Duke?
It is becauſe no one ſhould ſway but he;
No one, but he, ſhould be about the King;
And that engenders Thunder in his Breaſt,
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ik Thou Baſtard of my Grandfather. : in. Ay, Lordly Sir; for what are you, q pray, But one imperious in another” Throne? Glo. Am not J Protector ſa wey Prieſt ? Vin. And am not I a Prelate of the Church? N Glo. Yet, as an Out-law in a Caſtle keeps, 3 n
Pz And uſeth it, to patronage his Theft. * Vin. Unreverent Glocefter, 222 * |
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'ouching thy ſpiritual Pab6n;" not hy Life.
Vin. Rome ſhall remedy this.
Var. Roam thither thilen ;
My Lord, it were your Duty to forbear: 5
6 Som. Ay, ſee the Biſhop be not over-born:
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= 3:2. Yes, when his holy State is touch a lo near.
War. State holy, or unballew d, what of that?:
Is not his Grace Protector to the Kings?
= Rh. Plantagenet I lee muſt bold his Longus 3 Leſt it be ſaid, Speak, Sirrah, when you ſhould,
Muſt your bold Verdict enter talk with Lords?
Elſe would | haye a flingat Vincheſi .
K. Henry. Uneles of GI# ger and of WincheBerg 1s
The ipecial Watchmen of var Engliſh Well,, I would-preyaily if Prayers might prevail, + 0 t
J join your Hearts in Love and Amit y. got! 1 1 -
Ob. what a Scandal is it to our Crown, 5 CG ME bat two ſuch Nobſe Peers as ye ſhoutdijart 35 45
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34 The Firſt Part of That gnaws the Bowels of the Common · wealth. [A noiſe within; Down with the Tawny Coats. K. Henry. What Tumult's this? Mar. An Uproar, I dare Warrant. Pegun through malice of the Biſhop's Men. | 1 A noiſe again, Stones, Stones, Enter Mayor. 1 Mayor. Oh, my good Lords, and virtuous Henry, Pity the City of Lenden, pity ue: The Biſhop, and the Duke of Glo ſters Men, Forbidden late to carry any Weapon, Have filb d their Pockets full of peble Stones; And banding themſelves in contrary Parts,
Do pelt fo fal at one another's Pate That many have their giddy Brains knock d out: Our Windows are broke down in every Street, And we, for fear, compelt'd to ſhut our Shops.
| Enter in Skirmiſh: with bloody Pater. K. Henry. We charge you on Allegiance to our ſelves, To hold your ſlaughtering Hands, and keep the Peace: Pray, Uncle Gloſter, mitigate this Strife. | 1 Serv. Nay, if we be forbidden Stones, we'll fall to etl or eh,, if hit be, 3 2 Serv. Do what ye dare, we are as reſolute. , | CCC [Skirmiſh again. Slo. You of my Houſhold leave this peeviſh broil, And ſet this unaccuſtom/d-fght aſi de. 3 Serv, My Lord, we know your Grace to be a Man Juſt and upright; and for your Royal Birth, _ Inferior to nore, but to his Majeſty: a And ere that we will ſuffer ſuch a Prince, So kind a Father of the Common-Weal, To be diſgraced hy an Ink- horn Mate We, and our Wives and Children, all will fight, And have our Bodies ſlaughter d by thy Foes. - I Serv, Ay, and the very parings of our Nails Shal? pitch a Field when we are dead. [ Begin gau _ Glo. Stay, Ray, I 51, And if you love me, as you ſay you do, Let me perſwade you to forbear a While.
K. Henry. O how this diſcord doth fflict my Soul !
Can you, my Lord of , incbeſter, behold wi
King HENRY VI. 35 Ny Sighs and Tears, and will not once relent?
Who ſhould be pitiful, if you be not? Or who ſhould ſtudy to prefer a Peace, Holy Church-Men take delight in Broils?
Var. Yield my Lord Protector, yield Wingpeſter ; Except you mean with obſtinate Repulſe To flay your Sovereign, and deſtroy the Realm. You ſee what Miſchief, and what Murther too, Hath been enacted through your Enmity :
Then he at Peace, except ye thirſt for Blood. in. He ſhall ſubmit, or I will never yield. Glo. Compaſſion on the Kingooachoada me ſtoop, Or I would ſee his Heart out, ere the Prieſt Should ever get the priviledge of me. 15 Var. Beho'd, my Lord of Wincheſter, the Duke Hath baniſh'd moody diſcontented Fury, Und by his ſmoothed Brows it doth appear: hy look you ſtill fo Stern and Trapical ? Gl». Here Wincheſter, I offer thee my Hand, K. Henry. Fie, Uncle Beauford, I have heard you preach, bat Malice was a great and grievous Sins nd will not you maintain-the thing you teach? ut prove a chief Offender in the ſame. Har. Sweet King; the Biſhop hath a kindly gird: For Shame, my Lord of Wincheſter, relent; LW bat, ſhall a Child inſtruct you what to do? Vin. Well, Duke of Gl fer, Iwill yield to thee, Love jor Love, and Hand for Hand I give. | Glo. Ay, but I fear me with a hollow Heart. See here, my Friends and loving Countrymen, This Token ſerveth for a Flag of Truce, Betwixt our ſelves, and all our Followers : do help me God, as I difſemble not. Vin. So help me God, as I intend it not. 8 K. Henry, Oh, loving Uncle, kind Duke of Gli ſter, How joyful am I made by this Contract Away, my Maſters, trouble us no more, But join in Friendſhip as your Lords have done. i Serv, Content, Ell to the Surgeons. 2 Serv, And fo will J. | L- 3 verv. And I will ſee what Phy ſick the Tayern affords. | IE, | [ Exe? 7. *
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War. 22 this Serowl, moſt gracious Sovereign, Which in the Right of Richard Plantagenet, We do exhibit to your Majeſt 7. $- Glo. Well urg'd, my Lord of arwic k; for, ſweet Prince And if youggGrace mark every Circumſtance, You have great reaſon to do Richard right, Eſpecially for thoſe Occaſions At Eltham Place I told your Majeſty, . K. Henry. And thoſe Occaſions, Uncle, were of force: Therefore, my loving Lords, our pleaſure is, That Richard be reſtored to his Blood, | War, Let Richard be reſtored to his Blood, So ſhall his Father's Wrongs be recompers'd. Win. As will the reſt, fo willeth Wincheſter. K. Henry. If Ruhard will be true, nat that alone, | Rut all the whole Inheritance I give E. - That doth belong unto the Houle of Dek, ; From whence you ſpring, by lineal Peſcent. Rich. Thy humble Servant vows Obedience, And humble Service till the point of Death. = K. Henry. Stoop then, and ſet your Knee againſt my Foot II And in reguerdon of that Duty done, = I gird thee with the valiant Sword of Terk. = Rite; Richard, like a true Plantagenet, And riſe created-Princely Duke ot 1k. = Rich. And ſo thrive Richard, as thy Foes may fall. WW! | And as my Duty ſprings, ſo periſh they 1 . That grudge one Thought againſt your Majeſty, = All. Welcome, high Prince, the mighty Duke of rt. Ar Fe. Periſh, baſe Prince, ignoble Duke of Drł. [Af 7! Glo. Now will it beſt avail your Majeſty, _ To croſs the Seas, and to be crown'd in France: A The preſt nce of a King engenders Love, __ .i Po. Amongſt his Subjects and his loyal Friends, : As it diſanimates his Enemies. . = - K. Henry. When Glo ſier ſays the word, King Henry goes, For Friendly Counſel cuts off many Foes. a 1 Glo. Your Ships already are in readinelss D[Exeun. Mauent Exeter. | 1 An
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Burns under feigned aſhes of forg d Love, And will at laſt break out into a Flame,
as feſter'd Members rot but by degrees,
Till Bones, and Fleſh, and Sinews fall away; So will this bafe and envious Diſcord breed. And now I fear that fatal Prophecy © M hich in the time of Henry nam'd the Fifth, Was in the Mouth of every ſucking Babe, That Henry born at Monmouth ſhould win all, And Henry born at Windſor ſhould loſe all: Which is ſo plain, that Exeter doth wiſh,
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iter Ioan la Pucelle diſguis d, and four Soldiers with | | Sacks upon their Backs,
= 7c]. Theſe are the City Gates, the Gates of Roan, TT brough which our Policy muſt make a Breach. Take heed, be wary how you place your Words. Talk like the V ulgar fort of Market-men, | That come agen bn Money for their Corn. lf we have entrance, as I hope we ſhall, | And that we find the flothful Watch but weak, lll by a Sign give notice to our Friends, That Charles the Dauphin may encounter them. S. Our Sacks ſhall be a means to ſack the City, And we be Lords and Rulers over Roan, * Therefore we'll knock. * 1 | [ Knocks, =_— Watch. Qui va lg? . n Pucel. Pal ſans pau vres gens de France. Poor Market Folks that come to ſell their Corn. Match. Enter, go in, the Market Bell is rung. Pucel. Now Roan, I'll ſhake thy Bulwarks to the Ground. Enter Dauphin, Baſtard, and Alenſon. Dau. St. Dennis bleſs this happy Stratagem, FO;
Bail, Here entred Pucelle and her Practiſants:
ow ſhe is there, how will ſhe ſpeciſie, |
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Reig. By thruſting out a Torch from yonder Tower, Which once diſcern'd, ſhews that her meaning is,
No way to that (for weakneſs) which ſhe entred.
Enter Joan la Pucelle on the top thrufting out a Torch burning,
Prcel. Behold, this is the happy Wedding Torch, That joineth Roan unto her Countrymen, | But burning fatal to the Talbonztes. | |
Ba#."See noble Charles, the Beacon of our Friend, The burning Torch in yonder Turret ſtands.
Dau. Now ſhines it like a Comet of Revenge,
A Prophet to the fall of all our Foes.
Rezg. Defer no time, delays have dangerous Ends, Enter, and cry, the Dauphin, preſently, | And then do execution on the Watch. | 8 | [An Alarm, Talbot in an Excurſion. Tal. France, thou ſhalt rue this Treaſon with thy Tears, If Talbot but ſurvive thy Treachery. Pucelle that Witch, that damned Sorcereſs, Hath wrought this helliſh Miſchief unawares, That hardly we eſcap'd the Pride of France. An Alarm: Excurſions, Bedford brought in fick in à Chair. Enter Talbot and Burgundy without; within Joan la Pu- celle, Dauphin, Baitard and Reignier on the Walls. Pucel. Good morrow Gallants, want ye Corn for Bread
I think the Duke of Burgundy will faſt,
Before he Il buy again at ſuch a rate, *T was full of Darnel; do you like the taſte? Burg. Scoff on vile Fiend, and ſhameleſs Curtizan, Jtruft ere long to choak thee with thine own, And make thee curſe the Harveſt of that Corn. Dau. Your Grace may ſtarve, perhaps, before that time
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Bed. O let not Words, but Deeds, revenge this Treaſon.
Puce l. What will you do, good gray Beard ? Break a Lance, and run a Tilt at Death 5 Within a Chair. 1 3
Tal. Foul Fiend of France, and Hag of all deſpight, Incompats'd with thy luſtful Paramours,, 8 Becomes it thee to taunt his valiant Age, And twit with Cowardiſe a Man half dead? Damſel I'll have a Bout with you again. Or elſe let Talbot perith with his Same.
. -*, Pacel, Are you lo hot, Sir: Yet Pucelle hold thy Pee,
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King HENRY — 39 It Talbot do but Thunder, Rain will follow. 0 [bey whiſper together in Counſel. God ſpeed the Parliament ; who ſhall be the Speaker ? Tal. Dare ye come forth, and meet us in the Field? Pucel, Belike your Lordſhip takes us thenfor Fools. To try if that our own be ours or no.
Tal. I fpeak not to that railing Hecate, But unto thee Alenſen, and the reſt.
Will ye, like Soldiers, come and fight it out?
Alen. Seignior, no. Tal. Seignior, hang: Baſe Muleteers of France, Like peaſant Foot - boys do they keep the Walls, And dare not take up Arms, like Gentlemen. Pucel. Captains away, let's get us from the Walls, For Talbct means no goodneſs by his Looks. God be w'you, my Lord; we came, Sir, but to tell you,
That we are here, Exeunt from the Walls,
Tal. And there will be too, ere it be long,
Or elſe Reproach be Talbots greateſt Fame.
Vow Burgundy, by Honour of thy Houſe,
Prick d on by publick Wrongs ſuſtain d in France,
Either to get the Town again or die.
And I, as ſure as Engliſh Henry lives,
And as his Father here was Conqueror,
As ſure as in this late betrayed Town,
Great Cæur de lion s Heart was buried:
So ſure I ſwear to get the Townor die. bags can: Burg. My Vows are equal partners with thy Vows: Tal. But ere we go, regard this dying Prince, |
The valiant Duke of Bedford: Come, my Lord,
We will beſtow you in ſome better place,
Fitter for Sickneſs, and for crazy Age.
Bed. Lord Talbot, do not ſo diſhonour me:
Here I will fat, before the Walls of Roan,
And will be partner of your Weal or Woo. Bog Couragious Bedford let us now perſuade you. Bed, Not to be gone from hence: For once I read,
That ſtout Pendragon, in his Litter fick,
Came to the Field, and vanquiſhed his Foes. PTE
Methinks I ſhould revive the Soldiers Hearts,
Becauſe I ever found them as my fell. b
Lal. Undaunted Spirit in a dying Breaſt,
Then be it ſo: Heayens keep old Bedford ſafe, And
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And now no more ado, brave Burgundy, But gather we our Forces out of hand,
And ſet upon our hoaſtirg Enemy. L [Exit :. An Alarm: : Excurſions : Enter Sir John Falſtaff, and 4 Captain,
Cup. Whither away, Sir hn Falſtaff, inſuch haſte > Fal. Whither away? to ſ2ve my ſelf by flight, are like to have the Overthrow again.
Cab. What! will you fly, and leave Lord Talbot?
Fal. Ay, all the Tulbets in the world to fave my life ¶ Ex. Cap. Cowardly Knight, ill Fortune follow thee,” | Fxit, Retreat: Excurſicns. Pucelle, Alenſon, and Dauphin fly, Bed. Now, quiet Soul, depart when Heaven pleale,
For I have ſeen our Enemies overthrow. | What is the truſt or ſtrength of fooliſh Man?
They that of late were daring with their Scoffs,
Are 1 and fain by flight to ſave themielves.
[Dies, and is carried off in his Chair,
An Alarm: Enter Talbot, Burgundy, andthe ref. Tal. Loſt, and recovered in a day again, APY
This is a double Honour, Burgundy, © Yet Heavens have Glory for this Victory.
Burg, Warlike and Martial Talbot, Burgundy Infhrines thee in his Heat, and there erects Th y Noble Deeds, as Valour's Monuments.
Tal. Thanks, gentle Duke; but where is Pace e now? I think her old Familiar is aſleep. ++ 1 Nov where's the Baſtard's braves, Charles "ty likes? What, all amort? Roan hangs her Head for Grief, 28 That ſuch a valiant Company are fled. ' whe Now we will take ſome Order in the Town, Placing therein ſome expert Officers,
And 4 > en depart to Paris to the King. For there young Henry with his N obles ye,
Burg. What wills Lord Talbet, Nerſcth Burgundy. Tal. But yet before we go, let s not forget. 5 a 1 I be Noble Duke of Bedſerd, late deccas d, W But ſee bis Exequies fulflP'd' in Ron. & ee ee A braver Soldier never couched Launcr gs A gentler Heart did never {way in Seutt, 1 But Kings and mightieſt Potentates muſt die, For * s the end of 9 e 8
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Enter Dauphin, Baſtard, Alenſon, and Joan la Pucelle.
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Pure l. Diſmay not, Princes, at this Accident, | Nor grieve that Roan is ſo recovered. _
Care is no cure, but rather corrofive,
For things that are not to be remedy'd. 8 Let frantick Talbot triumph for a while,
And like a Peacock ſweep along his Tail, | We'll pull his Plumes, and take away his Train, If Dauphin and the reſt will be but rul'd.
Dau, We have been guided hy thee hitherto, And of thy Cunning had no diffidence.
One ſudden Foil ſhall never breed diſtruſt, _ Ban. Search out thy Wit for ſecret Policies, 5 And we will make thee famous through the World. Alen. We'll ſet thy Statue in ſome Holy Place, And have thee reverenc d like a bleſſed Saint. Employ thee then, ſweet Virgin, for our good.
Pucel, Then thus it muſt be, this doth Joan derte
dy fair Perſuaſions, mixt with ſugar d words, We will entice the Duke of Burgundy | o lea ve the Talbot, and to follow us. Dau. Ay, marry, Sweeting, if we could do chats rance were no place for Henry's Warriors; | Nor ſhall that Nation boaſt it ſo with us, But be extirped from our Provinces. Alen. For ever ſhould they be expuls'd Go France, And not have Title of an Earidom here. Pacel. Your Honours ſhall perceive how will work, | o bring this matter to the withed end. + 4 [ Drum beats afar f | [ Hark, by the ſound of Drum you may perceive \ heir Powers are marching unto Paris ward. [ Here beat an Engliſh March. : 4 here goes the Talbet with his Colours ſpread, © - i \nd all the Troops of Engliſh after him. ¶ French March: ;
A ow in the Rereward comes the uke and his: | Hortune in fayour makes him lag behind, . 218 ' ummon a Parley, we 2 talk with him. . |
i ie * ſound a Parley: 5 Enter |
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Enter the Duke of Burgundy marching, Ge Daa. A'parley with the Duke of Burgundy. Ar Burg, Whocraves a Parley with the Burgundy ? Ce Pucel, , The Princely Charles of France, th 7 Country- G man. | \,. Burge What ſay'ſt chou, cbarler? for Lam marching | Hi nce. | Ap Dau. Speak, Pucelle, and enchant him with thy words. 1 Puce l. Brave Burgundy, undoubted hope of France, | Ay Stay, let thy humble hand · maid ſpeak to thee. | M. Burg. Speak on, but be not oyer-tedious. . 80 Pucel. Look on thy Country, loak on fertile Frances 5 And ſee the Cities and the Towns defae d. | By wafting Ruin of the eruel Foe, 4 22 fre As looks the Mother on her lowly Babe. 5 When Death doth eloſe his — ring Eyes; 1 See, ſee the pining Malady of France: An Behold the wounds, the moſt unnatural wounds, : V hich thou thy ſelf haſt given her woful Breaſt, An Oh, turn thy edged Sword another way, 1 Strike thoſe on hurt, and hurt not thoſe that help : | One drop of blood drawn fromthy Country's 8 i Should grieve thee more than ſtreams of common Gore; En Return thee therefore with a flood of Tears me And waſh away thy Country's ſtained Spots. | Burg, Either ſhe hath bewiteh'd me with her worde, Or Nature makes me ſuddenly relent. He Pucel. Beſides, all French and France exclaims on theey Ih Doubting thy Birth and lawtul Progeny. To M hom join ſt thou with, but with a lordly Nation, In That will not truſt thee but for Profits ſake? a To W hen Talbot hath ſet footing once in France, By =» And faſhiog'd thee that Inſtrument of Ill, Bet Who then but Engliſh Henry will be Lek . Let And thou be thruſt out like a Fugitiye ? Ani Call we to mind, and mark but this for proof; Aſc Was not the Duke of Orleans thy Foe? : Fir And was he:not imEngland-Pritoner? 2} But when they heard he wasthine Enemy, Th They ſet him free, without his Ranſom paid, 0 |
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And doth deſerve a Coronet of \ Dau. Now let us on, my Lords, and join our Powers, And ſeek how we may prejudice the Foe, CLExit.
King HENRY VI. - 8 See then, thou'fight'{t againſt thy Countrymen, And join'ſt with them will be thy ſlaughter- men. Come, come, return, return thou wandring Lord, Charles and the reſt will take thee in their Arms. | Burg. Lam vanquiſhed, Theſe haughty words of hers Haye batter'd-me like a roaring Cannon-ſhot,
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Forgive me Country, and4weet Countrymen; And; Lords, accept this hearty kind Embrace. My Forces, and my Power of Men are yours. So farewel Talbot, [ll no longer truſt thee.
Pucel. Done like a Frenchman: Turn, and turn again. 8 ow Welcome, brave Duke, thy Friendſhip makes us „ : | ia
Baſt. And doth beget new Courage in our Breaſts. |
Alen. Pucelle bath play d her . in this, |
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Enter King Henry, Glouceſter, Wincheſter, Vork, Suffolk, So- Warwick; Exeter: To tbem Talbot with bis Soldiers. Tal. My gracious Prince, and honourable Peers, Hearing of your arrival in th's realm, I have'a while given Truce unto my Wars, Todo my Duty to my Sovereign.
In ſign whereof this Arm, that hath reclaim'd
o your obedience, fiſty Fortrefles 2 | welve Cities, and ſeven walled Towns of ſtrength,
| | Beſides five hundred Priſoners of Eſteem *
Lets fall his Sword before your Highneſs Feet: And with ſubmiſſive Loyalty of Heart | Aſeribes the Glory of his Conqueſt got, - Eirſt to my Gad, and next unto your Grace. | K. Henry, Is this the fam'd Lord Talbot, Uncle Gloſter,
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That hath ſo long been Reſident in France? : Glo. Ves, if it pleaſe your Majeſty, my Liege.
K. Henry. Welcome, brave Captain, and victorious Lord. When was young (as yet I am not old)
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I do remember how my Father ſaid, e | Eſte A ſtouter Champion never handled Sword. | And Long ſince we were reſolved of your Truth, | Mal Your faithful Service, and your toil in War: if Thi: Yet never have you taſted our Reward, | rm Or been reguerdon'd with ſo much as Thanks, 1 Becauſe till now we never ſaw your Face; To! Therefore ſtard up, and for theſe good deſerts, 41 We here create you Earl of Shrewsbury, Write And in our Coronation take your place. {[ Exeuntf T; | Manent Vernon and Baſſet. | # I you Fer. Now, Sir, to you that were ſo hot at Se, To t . Diſgracing of theſe Colours that I wear, Bf Whi In honour of my Noble Lord of Dr, . 2 | They Dar'ſt thou maintain the former words thou ſpak ſt? Pard Baf. Yes, Sir, as well as you dare patronage | This The envious barking of your ſawey Tongue, I Whet Againſt the Duke of Somerſet. [S295 £79 And Err. Sirrah, thy Lord I honour as he is. | Befor + Baſ. Why, what is he? As good a man as Tok. Like Pier. Hark ye; not ſo: In witneſs take you that. In wl
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Baſ. Villain, thou knoweſt the Law of Arms is ſuch || were That whoſo draws a Sword, tis preſent Dea, Then Or elſe this Blow ſhould broach thy deareſt Blood. Or, But I'll unto his Majeſty, and crave, This I may have liberty to venge this Wrong, „ | Glo When thou ſhalt ſee, I'll meet thee to thy Coſt. And i
Ver. Well, Miſereant, I'll be there as ſoon as you, Much And after meet you, ſooner than you would. | Excun. Ty
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Enter King Henry, Glouceſter, Wincheſter, York, Suffolk | He the Somerſet, Warwick, Talbot, and Exeter, Govern:ur cf Paris Noth |
Glo. Ord Biſhop, ſet the Crown upon his Head. And i Vin. God ſave K. Henry, ofthat Name the ſixth. ¶ Be qui
Glo, Now Governor of Paris take your Oath, That d That you ele& no other King but him; Ea 4 K. He. | em
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| Ning HENRXT VI. 45 Eſteem none Friends, but ſuch as are his Friends, And none your Foes, but ſuch as ſhall pretend | Malicious practices againſt his Stats; | | This ſhall you do, ſo help you righteous God. wa Enter Falſtaff, Fal. My gracious Sovereign, as I rode from Calais, Io haſte unto your Coronation ; 130 A Letter wasdeliver'd to my Hands, 1d} Bari Writ to your Grace, from the Duke of ee | my Tal. Shame to the Duke of Burgundy,:and thee: | Ivow'd, baſe Knight, when I did meet thee next, Jo tear the Garter from thy Craven's Leg, | Which I have done; becauſe, unworthily, Thou waſt inſtalled in that high Degree. Pardon my Princely Henry, and the reſt; This Daſtard, at the Battle of Poictier,, s When, but in all, I was fax thouſand ſtrong, And that the French were almoſt ten to one, Before we met, or that a ſtroke was given, Like to a truſty Squire, did run away. | „In which A ſſault we loſt twelve hundred Men. m, My elf, and divers Gentlemen beſide, ch Were there ſurpriz d, and taken Priſoners. Then judge, great Lords, if I have done amiſs; Or, whether that ſuch Cowards ought to wear This Ornament of Knighthood, yea or no? | Glo, To ſay the truth, this Fact was infamous, Ind ill beſeeming any common Man; Much more a Knight, à Captain and a Leader. 8 an, Tal. When firſt this Order was ordain d, my Lords, Knights of the Garter were of noble Birth ; - Valiant, and Virtuous, full of haughty Courage, uch as were grown to Credit by the Mars Not fearing Death, nor ſhrinking for Diſtreſs, But always reſolute in moſt Extreams. + alk He then, that is not furnifh'd-in this fort, aris Doth but uſurp the ſacied Name of Knight, F Prophaning this moſt Honourable Order, And ſhould, if I were worthy to be Judge, h. Be quite degraded, like a Hedge-born Swain, I That doth preſume to boaſt of Gentle Blood.
en! I Heng Stain to thy Countrymen, tho hear ſt thy dogm en} ©: loom;
46 The Firſt Part of, Be: packing therefore, thou that waſt a Knight; f Henceforth we baniſh thee on pain of Death. (Exit Faltif Fi And now, my Lord Protector, view the Letter, a Sent from our Uncle, Duke of Burgundy, Th
Glo. What means his Grace that he hath chang'd his ile? Up No more but plain and bluntly, To the King [Beading Saz
Hath he forgot he is his Sovereign? Dic
Or doth this churliſh Superleription . Wh
Portend ſome Alteration in good will? | Abe
What's here? I have upon eſ pee ial cauſe, da Arg
| Mov d with Compaſſion of my Country's Mack, WI A)gecben wilb the pitiful Complaints 44} e'- VIC. 20 6 Wi Of ſuch as your Oppreſſion feeds upon, Ane Wi Forſaken your pernicious Faction, ler And joyn d with Charles; the rightſul King of 8 2
DQ monſtrous Treachery]! can this be ſo? For HM ᷑kbat in Alliance, Amity, and Oaths. | | To | I here ſhould be found ſuch falſe diſſembling gulle Let
K. Henry. What! doth: my Uncle Burgundy — And Slo. He doth, my Lord, and is become our Fe. Pro: K. Henry. Is that the worſt this Letter doth contain? Bew
Glo. It is the worſt; and all, my Lord, be writes. TV
| K.Henry.Why then Lord Talbot there ſhall talk with him E 1H And give him Chaſtiſement for this Abuſe, | Tho 178 How ſay you, my Lord, are you not content? 1K
1:78 Tul. Content, my Liege 2 Ves: But that 1 am preventeij Whe | I ſhould have begg'd I might have been employ'd. Such | K. Henry. Then gather ſtrength, and march unto him | Good | Let him perceive how ill we brock his Treaſon, {&reight! Quie
And what Offenoe it is to flout his Friends. Tor
Tal. I go, my Lord, in Heart defiring-ſtill And
You may behold Confuſion of your Foes. (Exit Talbo Fo Enter Vernon and Baſſet. © Þ Betw
Ver. Grant me the Combat, gracious Sovereign. Ty
Baſ. And me, my Lord, grant me the Combat too. Fe
a Pr. This is my Servant, hear him Noble Prinee. Ba = Som, And this is mine, ſweet Henry, favour him. G1; . K. Henry. Be patient, Lords, and give them leave to {peak And | Say, Gentlemen, what makes you thus exclaim ? Preſu f And wherefore crave. you Combat? or with whom ? With
Ver. With «him; my Lord, for he bath done me wrong} To tr
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Firſt let me know, and then 11 anſwer: you.
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| K. Henry. What is the wrong whereon y ou both complain?
Baſ. Croſſing the Sea, from Zngland into Fance,
This Fellow here with ſharp and carping Tongue, Upbraided me about the Roſe I — 2 * Saying, the ſanguine Colour of the Leaves
Did repreſent my Maſter's bluſhing Cheeks: - When ſtubbornly he did repugn the Truth, About a certain queſtion in the Law, ö́ Argu'd betwixt the Duke of Dr and him,
Wich other vile and ignominious Terms.
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Though ne'er ſo cunningly you ſmother it.
In Confutation of which rude Reproach, And in defence of my Lord's Worthineſs, I craye the benefit of Law of Arms.
Ver. And that is my Petition, Noble Lord; For though he ſeem, with forged quaint Conceit, To ſet a gloſs upon his bold intent, | Yet know my Lord, I was provok d by him, And he firſt took Exceptions at this Badge, Pronouncing that thei paleneſs of this Blower, Bewray'd the faintneſs of my Maſter's Heart.
Vr. Will not this Malice, Somerſet, be left?
Som. Your private grudge, my Lord of Tri, will out,
[Men!
K. Zenry. Good Lord | What madneſs rules in brain-ſiok
When for ſo ſlight and friyolous a+ Cauſe,
Such factious Emulations Mall ariſe ! Good Couſins both of Vt and Somerſet, Quiet your ſelves, and be at peace.
Dr. Let this Diſſention firſt be try d by fight,
And then your Highneſs ſhall command a Peace, Som. The Quarrel toucheth none but us alone,
Betwixt our ſelves let us decide it then. | Vr. There is my Pledge, accept it, Somerſet, Ver. Nay, let it reſt where it began at firſt, + Ba ſ. Confirm it ſo, mine honourable Lord.
Glo. Confirm it ſo? Confounded be your Strife,
And periſh ye with your aadacious Prate; Preſumptuous Vaſſals, are you not aſham'd
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Totrouble and diſturb-the King and Us? And you, my Lords, methinks you do not well,
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To bear with their perverſe Objections: C Much leſs to take occaſion from their Mouths, A To raile a Mutiny betwixt your lelyes: #78 Þ Let me perſuade you take a better Courſe. 1 7 Exe. It grieves his Highneſs: 18 V Good my Lords, be Friends. K. Henry, Come hither you that would 30 Combatants
Henceforth I charge you, as you love our Fayour, - P Quite to forget this — and che Gauſe. And you, my Lords, remember where we are, I In France, amongſt a fickle” wavering Nation: a If they perceive Diſſention in our. Looks, . F And that within our ſelves we dilagree ; How will their grudging Stomachs be proyok' a4 0 To wilful Piſobedience, and Rebell? 85 Beſide, what Infamy will chere ariſe, > When Foreign Princes ſhall be certified, = e 1 That for a To, a thing gf no Reg ard. 1 EKing Henry s Feers, and chief Nobility, _ 1 20... 1 Deſtroy d themſelves, and loſt the Realm of France? Ti O think upon the Conqueſt ofmy Father, . Bu My tender Years, and let us not foreg "il That for a trifle, that was bought with Blood. N in Let me be Umpire in this doubtful - Strife z : 119 I ſee no Reaſon, if I wear this Roſe. [BI WL | That any one ſhould therefore be ſuſpicious wen ge Cone 2M „ I more incline to Somerſet than Prł: | Li Both are my Kinſmen, and I love them both. 22108 © A s well they may upbraid me with my Crown, [E, | [ | Becauſe, forſooth, the King of Scots is crow d. al. 1 But your Dilcretions better can perſuade, | a} 00 7 Than I am able to inſtruct or teach: 16 2 | And therefore as we hither-came in Peace, er £042 Es So let us (till continue Peace and Love. 82 Couſin of Nrł, we inſtitute your Grade Ar To be qur Regent in theſe Parts of France's Be 3 And good my Lord of Somerſet, unite, a - At 1 ö Your Troops of Horſemen, with h's Bands af Dat 1 | [
3 And like true Subjects, Sons of your "71 pra So chearfully together, and digeſt | Your angry Gholer on your Enemies.
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Our fel; my Lord Protector, and the reſt, | After ſorhe reſpite will return to Calais F From thence to England, where I hope ere long To be preſented by your Victories, With Cha#les, Alonſo on, and that traiterous rout. Ersin. | Manent York, Warwick, Exeter, and Vernon. nt. War. My Lord of Dre, I promiſe you the King | prettily, methought,” did play the Orator. Vork. And ſo he did, but yet L like it not, A; In that he wears the Bad e of Somerſet. 408 15 War. Tuſh, that was but his fancy, blame bim o not; 0 I dare preſume, ſweet Prince, he thought no harm. rk. And if 1 With he did. But let it reſt, Other Affairs muſt now be managed. of Ds | Flouriſbd. Manet etes, Exe. Well didſt thou Richard to ſuppreſs thy Voice: E: For had the Paſſionis of thy Heart burſt out, | I tear we ſhould have ſeen decypher'd there More rancorous ſpight, more furious raging Broils, Than yet can be imagin'd or ſuppos d: | . But howſoe er, no ſimple Man that ſees | Lv # This jarring diſcord of Nobility, -* © + | This ſhouldering of each other in the Conte This fa&ious bandying of their Favourites, But that he doth preſage ſome ill event. 'Tis much, when Scepters are in Childrens Hands; But more, when Envy breeds unkind Diviſion s Then comes the Ruin, there begins Confuſion, pair. Enter Talbot with Trumpets and Drum before Bour Tal. Go to the Gates of Bourdeaux, Ten. 8 Summon their General unto the Wall. C Enter General ali. 2 Engliſt John Talbot, Captains, calls you forth, | 4 Servant in Arms to Harry King of England, | And thus he would: Open your City Gates, 98 oll | | Be humbled to us, calf my Soveraign yours, | And do him Homage as Obedient Sab ny,” | And I'll withdraw me, and my Bloody n 4 But if you frown upon this proffer'd Peace, - 3 | You tempt the Fury of m Gee Attendants, 95 aarterin 585 and climbing rue, Whe
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_ Cap, Thou ominous and fearful Owl of Death, | |
, Our Nation's Terrour, and their bloody Scourge, The period of thy Tyranny. approacheth.,
On us thou canſt not enter but by. Death? ; :
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For F proteſt we are well fortifed, _ And ſtrong enough to iſſue out and fight. If thou retire, the Dauphin well appointed, __ , __ - Stands with the Snares of War to aer, at” On either hand thee, there are Squadrons pitcht, To wall thee from the Liberty of Flight 3. _ And no way canſt thou turn thee for Redreſs, _ But Death doth front thee with apparent ſpoil, And pale deſtruction meets thee in the Face: | Ten thouſand French have ta en the Sacrament, . - . - To rive their dangerous Artillery. g Upon no Chriſtian Soul, but Engliſh Talbct: Lo there thou ſtand & a breathing valiant Man, _ Ofan invincible unconquer'd Spirit This is the lateſt Glory of thy Praiſe, ; That 1 the Enemy dew thee withal ;. | For ere the Glaſs, that now. begins to run Finiſh the proceſs ofthis ſandy Hour. Theſe Eyes thas ſee thee now well coloured, Shall ſee thee wither d, bloody, pale, and dead, $97 ot atop neun Hark, bark, the Dauphin's Drum, a warning Bel), Sings heavy Mukfick to thy timorous Soul © And mine ſhall ring thy dire departure out. [Exit Tal. He fables not, I hear the Enemy : | ; Out ſome light Horlemen,. and perule their Wings, O negligent and heedlel(s Dilcipline, .. © How are WS park d and bounded ina Pale ? 22 1 $1 B 8 A little herd.of Englands tmorous Deer, Ma d with a yelping kennel of French Cur s. _ If ave be Exgliſh Deer, be then in Blood. Nat Raſcal-like-to fall down with a-pinch,. nk But rather moody, mad, and deſperate Stages, Turn on the bloody Hounds, with Heads of Steel, «And make the Cowards ſtand aloof at Bay: wy "
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Sell every Man his Life as dear as mine, And they ſhall find dear Dger of us, my Friends. God and St. George, Talbot and England s Right, | Proſper our Colours in thisdangerous fight. ¶ Exeunt. Enter a Meſſenger, that meets York. Enter York with
Tampet, and many Soldiers. REDS. , Vr. Are not the ſpeedy Scouts return d again,
That dogg d the mighty Army of the Dauphin?
Meſſ. They are return d, my Lord, and give it out, That he is march'd to Bourdeaux with his Power
To fight with Talbot ; as he march d along,
your Eſpyals were diſcovered _ 1 6 1
Wo mightier Troops, than that the Dauphin led, Which join d with him, and made their march lor Bowrdeaux
Pr. A plague upon that Villain Samerſet,
That thus delays my promiſed Fung y | Of Horſemen that were, levied for this Siege.
Renowned. Talbd doth expect my Aid,
And Lam lowted.by a Traitor Villain, 3
And cannot help the Noble Chevalier:
God comfort him in this neceſlity : .
If he milcarry, farewel Wars in France.
2 Enter a ſecond Meſſenger.
2 1 Thou princely Leader of our Engliſb Strength, Ne ver ſo needful on the Earth of France, 1 age, af Spur to the Reſcue of the noble Talbot,
Who is nogy girdled with a waſte of Iron,
And hem'd about. with grim Deſtruction: 1 To Bourde aur, warlike Duke, to:Buurdeaux, Jr, Elſe farewel Talbat, Fance, and England s Honour.
Drk. O God! that Somerſet, Who in proud Heart Doth hop my Cornets, were in Talbot s place, — Ru we ſave a valiant Gentleman, 3 By forfeiting a Traitor and a Coward: _
Mad ire, and wrathful fury makes me weep And thus we dye, while remiſs Traitors fleep. -
Me. O ſend ſome Succaur to the diſtrels'd Lord.
Pre. He dies, wWe loſe; I break my warlike word: We mourn, France, miles: We loſe, they daily get:
All long ot this vile Fraitor Somerſet. 5
Me Then God take me rey on brave Talbots Soul,
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And on his Son, young John, who two Hours ſince,
I met in Travel towards his warlike Father;
This ſeven years did not Talbot ſee his Son,
And now they meet, where both their lives are done,
Pork, Alas! What Joy ſhall Noble Talbot have,
Io bid his young Son welcome to his Grave!
Away, Vexation almoſt tops my Breath, . | That ſundred Friends greet in the hour of Death, | Tucy farewel, no more my Fortune can, RO But curſe the Cauſe, I cannot aid the Man. Maine, Bloys, Poitiers, and Tours are won away, Long all of Sumerſet, and his delay, . _[Exit. - Mefſ. Thus while the Vulture of Sedition ,. Feeds inthe Boſom of ſuch great Commanders,
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Sleeping neglection doth betray to loſs The Conqueſts of our ſcarce cold Conqueror, That ever-living Man of Memory. 1 Henry the Fifth. Whiles they each other croſs, | Lives, Honours, Lands, and all, hurry to loſs, [ Exit. 1 Enter Somerlet with his Army, © | I Som. It is too late, 'T cannot ſend them now: This Expedition was by Dre and Talbt Io raſhly plotted. All our general force Might with a Sally of the very Town Be buckled with; the over-daring Talbot Hath ſullied all his gloſs of former Honour By this unheedful, deſperate, wild Adventure: Terk ſet him on to fight, and dye in ſhame, | That Talbot dead, great Terk might bear the Name, Capt. Here is Sir William Lucy, who with me, Set from our o'er-matcht Forces forth for aid. Som. How now, Sir William, whither were you ſent ? Lucy. Whither myLord ? fromBought andSoldL.Talbct, Who ring' d about with bold adverſity, 9 Cries out for noble Tork and Somerſet, To beat aſſailing Death from his weak Legions ; And whiles the Honourable Captain there | | Drops bloody Sweat from his War-wearied Limbs, An And in Ad vantage lingring looks for Reſcue, Fr Di You, his falſe Hopes, the truſt of England s Honour, Te Keep off aloof with worthleſs Emulation: . Th Let not your private Diſcord keepaway | -
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The levied Succours that ſhall lend him aid,
While he, renowned noble Gentleman,
Yields up his Life unto a World of odds.
Orleans the Baſtard, Charles, and Burgunch, Alenſon, Reignier, compaſs him about,
And Talbot periſheth by your Default. |
Som. Tork ſet him on, Tork ſhould have ſent him aid.
* Tucy. And Pr as faſt upon your Grace exclaims, Swearing that you with-hold his levied Hoſt, Collected for this Expedition. x
Som. Terk lies: He might have ſent, and had thtHorke : I owe him little Duty, and leſs Love, |
And take foul ſcorn to fawn on him by ſending.
Lucy. The Fraud of England, not the Force of France, Hath now entrapt the Noble-minded Talbot: | Never to England ſhall he bear bis Life, | But dies betray'd to Fortune by your Strife. | Sam. Come, go, I will diſpatch the Horſemen ſtraight : Within 11x Hours, they will be at his aid. |
Tugy. Too late comes Reſcue, he's ta'en, or (lain, For fly he could not, if he would have fled; And fly would Talbot never, though he might. Som. If he be dead, brave Talbot then adieu. Lucy. His Fame lives in the World, his Shame in you. n 1 Ert,
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54 The Firſt Part of That baſely fled, when noble Talbet ſtood. Tal. Fly, to revenge my Death, if I be ſlain. Jen. He that flies ſo, will ne'er return again. Tal. If we both ſtay, we both are ſure to Jie. 7 John. Then let me ſtay, and, Father, do you fly > Your loſs is great, {6 your Regard ſhould be; My Worth unknown, no loſs is known in me. Upon my Death, the Freach can little boaſt ; In yours they will, in you all hopes are loſt. Flight cannot ſtain the Honour you have won, But mine it will, that no Exploit have done. You fled for Vantage, every one will {wear : But it IL bow, they'll ay it was for Fear. Fhere is no hope that ever I will ſtay, If the firſt hour I ſhrink and run away. \ Here on my Knee I beg Mortality, | Rather than Life, preſery'd with infamy. Fs Tal. Shall all thy Mother's Hopes lye in one Tomb?
John, Ay, rather then I'll ſhame my Mother's Womb.
Tal. Upon my Bleſſing I command thee go.
John. To fight I will, but not to fly the Foe, Tal. Part of thy Father may be ſay'd in thee.
n, No part of him but will be ſhame in me.
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Come, ſade by ſide, together live and die,
And Soul with Soul from France to Heav n fly. [ Exeunt.
bout, and Talbot reſcues bim. . Jo. St. George, and Victory, fight Soldiers, fight:
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The Regent hath with Talbet broke his. Word,
And left us tot he rage of France's Sword.
Where is John Talbot? Pauſe, and take thy Breath,
I gave thee Life, and reſcu d thee from Death, John. O twice my Father, twice am I thy Son:
The life thou gav'ſt nie Hrſt, was loſt and done,
Till with thy warlike Sword, deſpight of Fate,
To my determin'd time thou gay-ſt new date. Tal. When from theDauphin'sCrelſt thySword (truck fire, It warm'd thy Father's Heart with proud defire
Of bold fac'd Victory. ThenLeaden Age,
Quicken'd with youthtul Spleen, and warlike Rage,
Beat down Alenſon, Orleans, Burgundy, |
And from the Pride of Gallia reſcued thee.
The ireful Baſtard Orleans, that drew Blood
From thee, my Boy, and had the Maidenhood
Of thy firſt fight, I ſoon encountered, . And interchanging Blows, I quickly ſhed _ |
Some of his Baſtard Blood, and in diſgrace
Beſpoke bim thus: Contaminated, bale And mils-begotten Blood, F ipill of thine, _ . Mean and right poor, for that poor Blood of mine,
Which thou didſt torce from Talbet, my brave Boy.
Here purpoſing the Faſtard to deſtroy, 2
Came in ſtrong Reſeue. Speak, thy Father's Care,
Art not thou weary, John? How do'ſt thou fare?
Wilt thou yet leave the Battel, Boy, and fly?
Now thou art ſeal'd the Son 9 Chiyalry ? wy
Fly, toreyenge my Death when Jam dead,
The help of one ſtands me in little ſtead, ,
Oh, too much folly is it, well I wot, .
To hazard all-our Lives in one ſmall Boat.
If Ito day die not with Henchmens Rage, |
To morrow I ſhall die with mickle Age.
By me they nothing gain, andifi ſtay, _
*T is but the ſhortning of my Life one Day. 2
In thee thy Mother dies, our Houſehold's Name,
My Death's Revenge, thy Youth, bod e Fame,
All theſe, and more, we hazard by thy. ſtay ;
All theſe are ſav d, if thou wilt fly away. -# John, The Sword of Orleans hath not made me ſmart,
Theſe: Words of yours _ Life-blood from my Heart.
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L C On that advantage, bought with ſuch a ſhame, To ſave a paltry Life, and ſlay bright Fame, Before young Talbot from old Talbot fl The Cant Horſe that bears me, fall and dis; And like me to the peaſant Boys of France, To be Shame's Scorn, and Subject of Milchance, Surely, by all the Glory you have won And if I fly, I am not Talbots Son. Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot, If Son to Talbrt, die at Talbots Foot. 13
Tal, Then follow thou thy deſp'rate Sire of Crcet,
IJ hou ſarys, thy Life to me is ſweet: | | If thou wilt fight, fight by thy Father's ſide,
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Alarum, "Excurſions, Enter old Talbot le Tal, Where is my other Life ? mine own is gone, O! where's young Talbot? where is valiant John? Triumphant Death, ſmear d with Captivity, Young Talbot's Valour makes me ſmile at thee. M hen he perceiv'd'me ſhrink, and on my Knee, His bloody Sword he brandiſh'd over me, And like a hungry Lion did commence Rough deeds of Rage, and ſtern Impatience: But when my angry Guardant ſtood alone, Tendring my Ruin, ard aſſaił d of none, Dizzy eyed Fury, and great Fo Heart, Suddenly made him from my fide to ſtart Into the cluſtering Battel of the French: 5 And in that Sea of Blood, my Boy did drench His over- mounting Spirit; and there dyd My karus, my Bloflom, in his Pride. Enter John Talbot, born. RE Serv. O, my dear Lord! lo where your Son is born.
Tal. Thou antiek Death, which laugh ſt us here to ſcorn, |
Anon from thy inſulting Tyranny, Coupled in Bonds of Perpetuity, :
Two Talbots winged through the lither Sky, * In thy deſpight ſhall ſcape Mortality. 5 O thou, whoſe. Wounds become hard favoured Deat
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Poor Boy, he ſmiles, methinks as who ſhould ſay, Had Death been French,” then Death had died to day. Come, come. and lay him in his Father's Arms,
My Spirit can no longer bear theſe harms. a
_ Soldiers adieu: I have what I would have,
Now my old Arms are young Jobn Talbot's Grave. [Dies.
nnn Enter Charles, Alenſon, Burgundy, Baſtard, and Pucelle. Char. AD Terk and Somerſet brought Reſcue in, We ſhould have found a bloody Day of this. Baſt. How the young whelp of Talbot's raging Brood, Did fleſh his puny Sword in Frenchmen's Blood. Puacel. Once I encountred him, and thus I ſaid : Thou Maiden Youth, be vanquiſht by a Maid. But with a proud Majeſtical high ſcorn 1 Ae enſwer' d thus: Young Talbot was not borr To be the Pillage of a Giglot Wench. 25 He left me proudly, as unworthy fight. | Bur. Doubtleſs he would have made a noble Knight:
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See where he lyes inherſed in the Arms Of the moſt blood yy Nurſer of his harms. | Baſt. He them to pieces, hack their Bones aſunder, Whole life was England's Glory, Gallia's Wonder, | Char. Oh no, ;forbear: For that which we haye fled During the Life, let us not wrong it dead. | WE ee er meyer | Tucy, Herald, conduct me to the Dauphin's Tent, To know who bath obtain d the Glory of the Day. Char. On what ſubmiſſiye Meſſage art thou ſent ? Lacy, Submiſſion, Dauphin? tis a meer French word : We Engliſb Warriors wot not what it means. I come to know what Priſoners thou haſt ta'en, And to ſurvey the Bodies of the Dead. Char, For Priſoners ask ſt thou? Hell our Priſon is. But tell me whom thou leek'ſt? -9o Lucy. Where ge great Alcides of the Field, Valiant Lord Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury? | Created for his rare Succeſs in Arms, | | ie Great
| | 3 ; * | * 38 The Firſt Part of Great Earl of 1Waſhford, Waterford; and Valence, Lord Talb of Gocdr:g and Crehiufields ) Lord Strange of Blatkmere, Lord Fernen of Alton,
Lord Cromwel of Wingfield, Lord Furnivatot Sheffertd, 8
The thrice victorious Lord of -Faltonbridgey. Knight of the Noble Order of St.George, ©, = Worthy St. Michael, and the Golden Fleece, Great Marſhatto our King Henrythe Sixth, + 4 Of all his Wars within the Realm of France. Pucel. Here's a filly ſtately Style indeed: The Tu k, that two and fifty Kingdoms hath, Writes not ſo tedious a Style as this. | Him that thou magnify/& with all theſe Titles Stinking and fly-blowyn lyes here at our Feet. Taq. Is Talbot lain, the Fenchmens only Scout ge, Your Kingdom's Terror, and black Nemeſis ? Oh were'mine Eye-balls into Bullets turn'd, That I in rage might ſhoot them at your Faces, Oh, that I could but call theſe dead to life, It were enough to fright the Realm of Frances Were but his Picture left among you here, It would amaze the proudeſt of you all. Give me their Bodies that J may bear them hence, And give them Burial, as beſeems their Worth. Pucel, I think this Upſtart is old Talbo#'s Ghoſt, He ſpeaks with ſuch a proud 'commanding Spirit: For God's ſake, let him have him; to keep them here, They would but ſtink, and putrifie the Air. Char. Go take their Bodies hence.
Zug, Fl bear them hene; bur from their Ates ſhall
A Phzniw that ſhall make all France aſear d. e Char. So we be rid ofthem, do with them what thou wilt. And now to Paris in this Conquering Vein,
All win be ours now bloody Tafber fin. ¶eune,
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Enter King Henry, Glouceſter, ani Exeter; 2364
K. Henry. Have you perus'dithe Letten from the Pope; The Emperor, and the Earl of Armagnar? __ Glo, I haye, my Lord, and their Intent is this, — 8 "OY * They
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King Hexxy VI. 59. They humbly ſue unto. your Excellence, ; To have a godly-Peace concluded of, ; Between the Realms of England and of France, K. Henry. How doth your Grace affect this Motion 2 . Gloz Well, my good Lord, and as the only means To ſtop effalion ot aur Chriſtian Blood, And ſtabliſn quietneſs on every ſide. K. Henry, Ay marry, Uncle, for I always thought It was both impiousand unnatural, | That ſuch Immanity and; bloody Strife Should reignamong Profeſſors of one Faith, - Glo. Beſide, my Lord, the ſooner to effect, And ſurer bind this knot of Amity, 1 The Earl of Armagnac, near knit to Charles, A Man of great Authority in France, * Proffers his only Daughter to your Grace # In Marriage, with a large and ſumptuous DoW ry K. Henry, Marriage, Uncle! alas! my Years are young 3 And fitter is my Study, and my Books, Than wanton dalliance with a Paramour. Vet call ch Ambaſſadors, and as you pleaſe, So let them have their Anſwers every one I ſhall be well content with any choice Tends to God's Glory, and e Country's Weal. Enter Wincheſter, and three Ambeſſadorse - Ext. What is my Lord of W:ncheſter inſtall'd, And cab d unto.a Cardinal's Degree? Then I perceive that will he verified Henry.the Fiſth did ſometime Propheſy. If once he come to be a Cardinal. He'll make his Cap coequal with the Crown. : K. Henry. My. Lords Ambaſſadors, your ſeveral Suits Have been conſider'd and debated on, Your Purpoſe is both good and reaſonable; And therefore are we certainly refoly'd To draw Conditions of a friendly Peace,. Which by my Lord of Winchefter we mean Shall he tranſported preſently ta Frauce. Glo, And for theProffer of my Lord your Maſters, TI have infbrm d his Highneſs ſo at large, ; As liking of · the Lad ys vintuous Gifts FF a5 Her Beauty, and abe value at ber Power | He doch iatend ſhe ſhall be Englands Queens H. Henn.
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K. Henry. In argument and proof of which Contract, ( Bear her this Tome pledge of my Affection. 2380 I And ſo, my Lord Protector, ſee them guarded,
And ſafely brought to Hover, where inſhipp' d Commit them to the fortune of the Sea. Fer.
Win. Stay, my Lord Legate, you ſhall firſt receive I N The ſum of Money which 1 promiſed | | A Should be delivered to his Holineſs, | ” For cloathing me in theſe grave Ornaments. Y
Legate. 1 will attend upon your Lordſhip's leiſure. U
Win. Now V incbeſter will not mie I Oy | Þigs A Or be inferior to the proudeſt Peer. 55 : Humpbr ey of Glo fter, thou ſhalt well perceive, yy; T That neither in Birth, or for Authority, Rs 10446 O The Biſhop will be over-born by the: a N LIl either make thee ſtoop, and bend thy Knee, O 1155 ſack this Country with a Mutiny, "CExcunt t: M0
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Dau. This News, my Lords, may cheer our AR 1 Tis ſaid, the ſtout Pariſians do revolt, 1 : And return again unto the warlike French.
Alen. Then march to Paris, Royal Charles of France, | | And keep not back your Power in dalliance. - | Pucel. Peace be amongſt them, if they turn to >: Us: | El Ruin combat with their Palaces © |
7 Enter Scout. - "5A,
Stout, Succeſs: unto our valiatit General, And happineſs to his Accomplices.
Dau. What tidin 77 ſend our Souts? I prethee ſpeak
Stout. The Englith Army, that divided was Into two Parties, is now conjoin d in one, 2 And means to give you Battle preſentiß.
Dau. Some what too ſudden, Sirs, the warning is,
But we will preſently proyide ſor them.
Burg. I truſt the Ghoſt of Talbot is not there;
New he is gone, my Lord, you need not fear. al | p
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Command the Conqueſt Charles, it ſhall be thine: Let Henry fret, and all the, World repine.
Dau. Then on, my Lords, and France be fortunate. (Ex.
Alarm: Excurſions, Enter Joan la Pucelle.
Pucel. The Regent conquers, and the Frenchmen fly, Now help ye charming Spells and Periapts, bY And ye choice Spirits that admoniſh me, And give me figns of future Accidents. - Yeu ſpeedy helpers, that are Subſtitutes Under the L ordly Monarch of the North, Appear, and aid me in this Enterprize,
„ e RPA: 1 | This ſpeedy and quick appearance argues proof Of your accuſtom d diligence to me. Now, ye familiar Spirits, that are cull d Out of the powerful Regions under Earth, Help me this once, that France may get the Field.
(Thunder.
[They walk and ſpeak not ·
Oh hold me not with Silence over long : Where I was wont to feed you with my Blood, Pl lop a Member off, and give it you
In earneſt of a further Benefit:
So you do condeſcend to help me now.
No hope to have Redreſs? My Body ſhall Pay recompence, if you will grant my Suit. + 1-463 „ te [Ter ſhake their Heads. Cannot my. Body, nor blood-Sacrifce, „„ Intreat you to your wonted furtherance? | hen take my Soul; my Body, Soul, and all, fore that England give the French the foil, -
See, they forſake me. Now the time is come,
That France muſt vail her lofty plumed Creſt,
And let her Head fall into England's Lap. ©
My ancient Incantations are too weak,
And Hell too ſtrong for me to buckle with: 4 1
Now France thy Glory droopeth to the Duſt, [Exil. [Excarfions., Pucelle and York fight Hand in Hand,
Pucelle is taken. The French f.
Trk. Damſel of France, I think I have you faſt,
Unchain your Spirits now with ling Charms SORTS
And try if they can gain your Liberty, A goodly
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As iß with cc, the would change my Shape. Pucel, . to a worſer Shape Gon cah'ſt not ber Tork, Oh, Charles the Dauphin is a proper Man, 1 No Shape but his can pleaſe your dainty Bye. . Pucel. A plaguing miſchief li WOO on Charles and thee. And may ye both be ſuddenly urpriz cd By bloody Hands, in ſleeping on your Beds.
Drk. Fell banning Hag; Inchantreſs, hold thy Tongue:
Pucel. I prethee give me leave to curſe a while.
Bk. Curle, Milcreanty when thou comet to the Stake. | [ Exeuni.
Alarm. FR Suffolk with Margie de bis Hand. Ja. Be what thou wilt, thou art my Priſoner.
Oh faireſt Beauty, Jonce fear, nor lyz
For I will touch thee but with reverend Hands,
I kiſs theſe Fingers for eternal Peace.
And lay them gently. on chy tender Side.
Who art thou, ſay? that I may honour thee,
13 Margaret my Name, and Daughter to a Kings | Sing os N Naples, whofoe er thou art.
uf att, and Szffolk am I call d.
Be not 154 Nature's Miracle,
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If thou wilt condeſcend to be my— MI Mar. What? : Y Suf. His Love. 4 |
Mar. I am unworthy to be Hepry's Wiſe, A Suf. No, gentle Madam, I unworthy am i 0 To woo ſo fair a, Dame to be his Wife, |
And have no portion inthe choice my ſelf, _ B. How (ay you, Madam, are you fo content? A Mar, And if my Father pleaſe, I am-content. "M1 Sf. Then call our Captains and our Colours forth. L. And, Madam, at your Father's Caſtle Walls, Al We'll crave a.Parley to conter with him. So Hound. Enter Reignier on the Walls. | In
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To giye thee Anlwer of thy juſt demand. | | 5 Sa. And here I will 3 as thy coming. The Irumptes ſound. Enter Reigater. ., T he
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To be the Princely Bride of ſuch a Lord: _- Upon condition I may quietly _ eee Enjoy mine own, the Country Main and Anjou, Free from oppreſſion, or the ſtroke of War, My Daughter ſhall be Hen s, if he pleaſe, Saf. That is her Ranſom, I deliver her; And thoſe two Counties, I will undertake, Your Grace ſhall well and quietly enjoy.
Rezg. And I again in Hens Royal Name, As 9 that gracious King,
Give thee her Hand for ſign of plighted Faith.
Suf. Reignier of France, I give thee Kingly Thanks, Becauſe this is in Traffick of a King. 48 And yet methinks I could be well content
| To be mine own Attorney in this caſe, _ [Aſides T'll over then to England with this News, : And make this Marriage to be ſolemniz d: So farewel Reignier, ſet this Diamond ſafe In Golden Palaces as it becomes,
Rezg. I do embrace thee, as I would embrace The Chriſtian Prince King Henry, were he here. |
Mar. Farewell myLord, good wiſhes, praiſe,and prayers, Shall Suffolk ever have of Margaret. . [She is going.
Suf. Farewel, ſweet Madam; but hark you, Margaret, No Princely Commendations to my King ? $4
Mar. Such Comendations as becomes a Maid,
A Virgin and his Servant, ſay to him.
Suf. Words ſweetly plac'd, and modeſtly directed. But, Madam, I muſt trouble you again,
No loving Token to his Majeſty ? 36
Mar, Les, my good Lord, a pure unſpotted Heart, Never yet taint with Loye, I ſend the King.
Suf. And this withal, 8 [Riſes 8.
Mar. That for thy ſelf ] will not ſo preſume, To ſend ſuch peeviſh Tokens to a King.
Saf. O wert thou for my ſelf. but Suffolk ſtay, Thou mayeſt not wander in that Labyrinth, There Minotaurs, and ugly Treaſons lurk, Sollicit Henry with her wondrous praiſe, Bethink thee on her Virtues that ſurmount, Made natural Graees that extinguiſh Art, Repeat their ſemblance often on the Seas,
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That when thou com ſt to kneel at Henry's Feet | ö Thou may ſt bereave him of hiswitswithwonder. LExeunt. l Enter Vork, Warwick, a.Shepherd,. and Pucelle. ] TNrk. Bring forth that Sorcereſs condenn'd'to;burn. ] Shep. Ah, Juan; this kiflsthy Father's Heart gur rer. 8 Have I ſought < every Country far and near, C And now it ismy chance to, find\thee aut, A E Muſt I behold thy timeleſs eruel Death! Y Ah Joan, ſweet Daughter, I will die with thee... 1 Pucel. Decript Miſer, bafe ignoble WET.” 855 N Jam deſcended of a gentler Blood. A Tou art no Father, ** vo Friend of mine. | C Shep. Out, out MyLerds, apd pleaſe e not fo V T did beget her all the Pariſh knows:s -. ,.. | V Her Mether liveth yet, canteſtifie She was the firſt Fruit of 57 atch lor . War. Graceleſs, wilt thou eny thy Pie Sp Trb. This argues what her kind of Life hath he" P] Wicked and vile, and ſo her Death concludes. 8 T] Shep. Fie, an, that thou wilt be ſo obſtacle « I | God knows thou art a Collop of my Fleſh, _ 3 # And for thy ſake have T ſhed. many a Tear | 1 Deny me not, I pray thee, gentle Pan. Ja pucel. Peaſant, avant. You have ſuborn d this Mas Mt Of purpoſe to obſcure my noble Birth, Alt Shed. I is true, 1 gave 2 Noble to the Prieſt, 7 The Morn that I was wedded to her Mother. *, 7 K neel down and take my Bleſſing, good my Tak Is : Wilt thou not ſtoop? Now curled be the time _ 0 Of thy Nativity; I would the Milk . Idi Thy Mother gave thee, when thou ſuck'ſt her Breaſts . I Had been a little Ratsbane for thy ſake: _ 2 Eſp Or elſe, when thou didſt keep my Lambs afield, EK 7 I wiſh ſome ravenous wolf had eaten thee. Bat It v | Doſt thou deny thy Father, curſed Drab-? | 1 | O burn her, burn her, hanging is too good. Coat. It d 1 Fr. Take her away, for ſhe hath liv'd too longs P = To fill the World with vicious Qualities, | Tu | | Pucet. Firſt, let me tell you whom you have x condemn 2 But Not me, begotten of a Shepherd Swain, | 7 But iſſued from the Progen)y r T7 Virtuous and Holy, choſen from aca ng (Th
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Corrupt and tainted with a thouſand Vices,
Becauſe you want the Grace that others have,
You judge it ſtreight a thing impoſſible
To compaſs Wonders, but by help of Devils.
No, mifconceived n of Arc hath been,
A Virgin from her tender Infancy,
Chaſte, and immaculate in very thought,
Whoſe Maiden-blood thus rigorouſly effus d,
Will cry for Vengeance at the Gates of Heay'n, Wk. Ay, ay; away with her to Execution. Var. And hark ye, Sirs; becauſe ſhe is a Maid,
Spare for no Faggots, let there be enow: 4
Place Barrels of Pitch upon the fatal Stake,
That ſo her Torture may be ſhortned. _ Pucel. Will nothing turn your unrelenting Hearts?
Then Far diſcover thine Infirmit̃ x,
That warranteth by Law, to be thy Privilege.
J am with Child, ye bloody Homicidess
Murther not then the Fruit within my womb,
Although ye hale me to a violent Death,
Frl. Now Heav'n forfend ! the holy Maid with Child? War. The greateſt Miracle that e er you wrought : Is all your ſtri& preciſeneſs come to this? | Terk, She and the Dauphin have been juggling, I did imagine what would be her reivge. | | Mar. Well, go to, we will have no Baſtards live, Eſpecially ſince Charles muſt Father it. OS Pucel. You are deceiy'd, my Child is none of his, It was Alenſon that enjoy d my Love, Vr. Alenſon, that notorious Machevile ! It dies, and f is had a thouſand Lives. | Pucel. O give me leave, I have deluded you *T was neither Charles, nor yet the Duke I nam'd, But Rezgnzer King of Naples that prevail d. War. A married Man! that's moſt intolerable. Jork. Why here's a Girl; I think ſhe knows not well {There were ſo many) whom ſhe may accuſe. 1555 s 0 | | | A*.
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Tk. And yet forſooth ſhe is a Virgin pure. Strumpet, thy words condemn thy Brat, and thee. Uſe no entreaty, for it is in vain. 5
Pucel. Then lead me hence; with whom Lleaye mycurſe,
May never glorious Sun reflex his Beams Upon the Country where you make abode ;
But darkneſs," and the gloomy ſhade of death Inviron you, till Miſchief and Deſpair _
Drive you to break your Necks,or bang your ſelves. [ Exit.
* Enter Cardinal.
Terk. Break thou in pieces, and conſume to Aſhes,
Thou foul accurſed Miniſter of Hell.
Car. Lord Regent, I do greet your Excellence With Letters of Commiſſion from the King. For know, my Lords, the States of Chriſtendom, Mov'd with remorſe of theſe outrageous broils, Have earneſtly implor'd a general Peace, Betwixt our Nation and th' aſpiring French ;
Ard here at hand, the Dauphin and his Train Approacheth, to confer about ſome matters.
Terk, Is all our Travel turn'd to this Effect? After the ſlaughter of ſo many Peers,
So many Captains, Gentlemen and Soldiers, That in this Quarrel have been overthrown,
And ſold their Bodies for their Countries Benefit, Shall we at laſt conclude effeminate Peace? | Have we not loſt moſt part of all the Towns, By Treaſon, Falſhood, and hy Treachery,
Our great Progenitors had conquered ?
Oh Warwick, Warwick, I foreſee with grief The utter loſs of all the Realm of France. War, Be patient Tył; if we conclude a Peace,
It ſhall be with ſuch ſtri& and ſeyere Covenants,
As little ſhall the Frenchmen gain thereby. Enter Charles, Alenſon, Baſtard and Reignier. Cha. Since, Lords of England, it is thus agreed, That peaceful Truce ſhall be proclaim!'d in France, We come to be informed by your ſelves, * 15
What the Conditions of that League muſt be.
Trk. Speak, Wincheſter; for boiling Choler chokes The hollow paſſage of my poiſon'd Voice,
And Charles, . upon condition thou wilt ſwear
And ſtill enjoy thy regal Dignity.
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King HENRY VI. 69
Byſight of theſe our baleful Enemies. Wis, Charles, and the reſt, it is enacted thus:
That in regard King Henry gives conſent, Of meer compaſſion, and of lenity, To eaſe your Country of diſtreſsful War, And ſuffer you to breath in fruitful Peace, You ſhall become true Liegemen to his Crown,
To pay him Tribute, and ſubmit thy ſelf,
Thou ſhalt be plac'd as Viceroy under him, Alen. Muſt he be then a ſhadow of himſelf?
Adorn his Temples with a Coronet, ,
And yet in Subſtance and Authority,
Retain but privilege of a private Man?
This Proffer is abſurd and reaſonleſs. |
© Char, Tis known already, that I am poſſeſt
Of more than half the Gallian Territories,
And therein reyerenced for their lawful King.
Shall I for lucre of the reſt un- vanquiſſid,
Detra&t ſo much from that Prerogative,
As to be call'd but Viceroy of the whole?
No, Lord Ambaſſador, I'll rather keep
That which I have, than ceveting for more,
Be caſt from poſſibility of all. Terk. Inſulting Charles, haſt thou by ſecret means
Us'd interceſſion to obtain a League, .
And now the matter grows to compromiſe,
Stand'ſt thou aloof upon Compariſon?
Either accept the Title thou uſurp'ſt,
Of benefit proceeding from our King,
And not of any challenge of Deſert,
Or we will plague thee with inceſſant Wars. Reig. My Lord, you do not well, in obſtinacy
To cavil in the courſe of this Contract: 4
If once it be neglected, ten to one 1
We ſhall not find like opportunitʒ. | Alen. To fay the truth, it is your Policy, | I
And ruthleſs ſlaughters as are daily ſeen By our proceeding in Hoſtility, © © | | And therefore take this compact of a Trucez _ 1 1 Although
War. How ws thou Charles > . Shall our Condition SME [1 9555 Char. It ſhall: | Only reſery'd, you. claim no ee
In any of our PET of Garriſon. |
Vik. Then ſwear Allegiance to his Majedlyy
As thou art Knight, never to diſobey, Nor be Rebelliaus to the Cxownof.Znglaud, Thou nor thy Nobles, to the Crown o England. So, now diſmiſs. your Army when you pleale : Hang up your Enfigns, let your Drums be ſtill, For here we entertaina ſolemn Peace.
Enter Suffolk in conference mith King Henry, Glouceſter
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k. Henry. Vour wondrausrare deſcription, noble Earl, Of beauteous Margaret hath aſtoniſh'd me: Her Virtues graced, with external Gitts,
Do breed Loves ſettled Paſſions in my Heart.
And like as rigour of tempeſtuous Guſts Provokes the mightieſt Hulk againſt the Tide,
So am [driven by breath of her Renown,
Either to ſuffer Shipwrack, or arrive. Where I may have fruition of her Love. Me
Suff: Tuth,, my good Lord, this ſuperficial Tal, Is but a Preface to her warthy P Praiſe: The chief Perfections of that ſovely Dame, Had I ſufficient Skill to utter them Would make a Volume of inticing lines, | Able to rariſh any dull Conceit,
And which is more, ſhe is not ſo Divine,
So tull repleat with: choice of all Delights,
But with. as humble lowlineſs of Mind,
She is content to be at your command : _ Command, I mean, ol virtuous. chaſte; intents, . To love and honour Henry, as ber Lord.
K. Henry, And otherwiſe, will Henry ne er preſumes
Therefore, my Lord Protector, give conſent, That Margaret may be Englands Royal Queen. | Glo. So ſhouldI give conſent to flatter Sin. You _ my Lord, your Highneſs is betrothd
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Unto another Lady of eſteem. How ſhall we then diſpence with the Contract, | 5 with reproach ? Suf. As doth à Ruler with unlawful Oaths, Or one that at a Triumph, having vow' d 5 To try his ſtrength, forſaketh yet the Liſts By realon of his Adverſary” s odds. A poor Earl's Daughter in unequal odds, Andtherefore thay be broke without offence, , _ Glo. Why, what, I pray, is Margaret. more chan thats Her Father is no better than an Earl, Although in glorious Titles he excel, Suf. Les, my good Lord, her Father is a King The King of Naples and Jeruſalem, | And of ſuch great Authority in France, That his Alliance will confirm our Peace, And keep the Frenahmen in Allegiance. Glo. And ſo the Earl of Armagnac may de,
Exe. Beſide his Wealth doth warrant liberal Dower, Where Reignzer ſooner will receive than give.
Suf. A Dower, my Lords! Dilgrace not ſo. your Kings That he ſhould be ſo abject, baſe, and poor, To chuſe for Wealth, and not for perfect Love. Henry is able to inrich his Queen, And not to ſeek a Queen to make him fich, So worthleſs Peaſants bargain for their Wives, As Market- men for Oxen, Sheep, or Horſe. But Marriage is a matter of more warth, Than to be dealt in by Attorney-ſhip : Not whom we will, but whom his Grace affects, Muſt be companion of his nuptial Bed. And therefore Lords, - ſince he affects her moſt, It moſt of all-theſe Reaſons bindeth us,
In our Opinions ſhe ſhould be preferr' d; 5 ö For what 1 is Wedlock forced, but a Hell, |
An age of Difcord and continual Strife? | Whereas the contrary bringeth forth bliſs, 1 And isa Pattern df celeſtial Peace. 9 Whom ſhould we watch with Henry, being a King, | þ But Margaret, that is Daughter to a King ? |
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Approves her fit for none, but for a King. Her valiant Courage, and undaunted Spirit. More than in Woman commonly is ſeen, 3 Will anſwer our hope in iſſue ofa King For Henry, Son unto 2 Conqueror, | | © © Is likely to beget more Conquerors,
If with a Lady of ſo high reſolve, _
As is fair Margaret, he be link d in Loe. Then yield my Lords, and here conclude with me, That Margaret ſhall be Queen, and none but ſne.
K. Henry. Whether it be through force of your report,
My noble Lord of Suffolk; or for that My tender Youth was never yet attaint With any Paſſion of inflaming Love,
I cannot tell; but this Tam aſſur' d, I feel ſuch ſharp diſſention in my Breaſt, Such fierce alarums both of Hope and Fear, As I am ſick with working of my Thoughts. Take therefore Shipping; poſt my Lord, to Fance, Agree to any Covenants, and procure | | That Lady Margaret do'youchſale to come To croſs the Seas to England, and be Crown'd, King Hen 's faithful and anointed Queen. For your Expences and ſufficient Charge, Among the People gather up a tenth. Be gone, I ſay, for till you do return, I reſt perplexed with a thouſand Cares. And you, good Uncle, baniſh all offence: If you do cenſure me, by what you were, Not what you are, I know it will excuſe This ſudden Execution of my Will, And ſo conduct me, where from company, . I may revolve and ruminate my Grief, [ Exit, Glo. Ay, Grief I fear me, both at firſt and laſt. 3 !! ecter. Suf. Thus Suffolk hath prevail d, and thus he goes As did the youthful Paris once to Greece. With hope to find the like event in Love, But proſper better than the Trojan diode Marg aret ſhall now be Queep,. and rule the King: _ - | But I will rule both het," the King, and Realm, Exit.
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Humphry Duke of Glouceſter, 2 Uncles to the | Cardinal Beaufort, Biſh:p of Wincheſter, King. 0 Duke of York, pretending to the Crown. | Duke cf Buckingham, ES Dake of Somerlet, $ Of the King's Party. Dake : ee Earl of Salisbury, . 20% Warwick, , of the York Faction. Lord Clifford, of the King's Party. Tor a Say. | Lord Scales, Governor of the Tower. | Sir Humphry Stafford, Tung Stafford, his Brother. 3 Alexander Iden, a Kentiſh Gentleman. | Vuang Clifford, Son to the Tord Clifford. T3, EC
| Vaux. Sea Captain, and Walter Whitmore Pirates. #1
Hume and Southwel — 2 Prieſts.
| Bullingbrock, An Aſtrologer. Fg | | A Spirit attending on Jordan the Witch, ,. Thomas Horner, an Armorer. IN Peter, his Man. \7 * Wo Mp / —
Mayor & St. Albans, Simpcox, an Impaſtor. Jack Cade, Bevis, Michael, John Holland, Dick the Butcher, Smith the Weaver, and ſeveral Others, —Rebels, Margaret, Queen to King Henry VI. ſecretly in Love | with the Duke of Suffolk. . Dame Elinor, Wife tothe Duke „ Glouceſter. | Dons Jordan, à Witch employ d by the Dutcheſs of Glou- | r. 5 M7 - Wife to Simpcox. | Petitioners, Aldermen, a Beadle, Sheriff and Officers, with
Guards, Meſſengers, and other Attendants. The SCENE is laid very diſperſedly in ſeveral Parts of England. 2 The
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| Enter King Henry, Duke Humphry, ' | Salisbury, Warwick, and Beaufort on
the one ſide. The Queen, Suffolk, York, Somerſet, and Buckingham on the other.
C) - SUFFOLK. N S by your high Imperial Majeſty, 5 I 5 had in charge at my depart for France, =D; As Procurator to your Excellence, ro marry Princeſs Margaret for your 72 — Grace; : | ; | . 1 dos in the famous ancient City Towrs, - in preſence of the Kings of France and 1 Sicil, oo The Dukes of Orleans, Calabar, Bretaigne, Alenſon,
Seven Earls, twelve Barons, and twenty reverend Biſhope,
L haye pertorm'd my Task, and was eſpous d: Fe N A 2 5 And
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I Teanexpreſs no kinder ſign of Love
And over-joy of Heart doth miniſter,
And humbly naw upon my bended Knee, Intfight of England ind her Lordly Peers, 2 Deliver up my Title in the Queen | 4 LET, UPreſenting the Queen to the King. To your moſt-gracious Hand, that are the Subſtance - Of that great Shadow I did repreſent: The happieſt Gift that ever Marquiſs gave, The faireſt Queen that ever King reesiv d. K. Henry. Suffolk ariſe. Welcome Queen Margaret,
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Than this kind Kifs. O Lord, that lend'ſt me Life, Lend me a Heart repleat with thankfulneſs :
For thou haſt given me, in this beauteous Face,
A World of Earthly Bleſſings to my Soul, If ſympathy of Love unite-our Thoughts. Mar. Great King of England, and my gracious Lord, The mutual Conference that my Mind hath had,
By Day, by Night, walkipg, and in my Dreams,
In courtly Company, or at my Beads, |
With you mine Alder liefeſt Sovereign,
Makes me the holder to ſalute my King,
With ruder terms, ſuch as my Wit affords,
K. Henry. Her fight did raviſh, but her Grace in Speech, Her Words yclad with Wiſdom's Majeſty, | 125 Make me from wondring, fall to weeping Joys,
Such is the fulneſs of my Heart's Content, . Lords, with one cheerful Voice, welcome my Love. = All kneel, Long live Queen Margaret, Englands Happineſs. L.
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. Mar. We thank you all. [ Flouriſh, Ye Suff. My Lord Protector, fo it pleaſe your Grace, * Here are the Articles of contracted Peace,. | H. Between our Sovereign, and the French King Charles, 1
For eighteen Months coneluded by conſent. Glo. Reads.] Imprimis, It is agreed between the French Te King, Charles, and William de la Pole, Margquiſs of Ar Suffolk, Ambaſſad:r for Henry King of England, That the ſaid Henry ſhall eſpouſe the Lady Margaret, Daughter unto — Reignier, King of Naples, Sicilia, and Jeruſalem, and Re Crown her Queen of England, ere the. thirteenth of May 8 next enſuing. | W. | 125 Item? JF
King Henry VI 5 Item. That the Dutchy ef Anjou, and the County of Main, ſhall be releaſed and delivered to the King her Father, \ K. Henry. Uncle, how now ? EO 15 Glo. Pardon me, gracious Lord. 3 Some ſudden qualm hath-ſtruck me to the Heart, And dimn'd mine Eyes, that I can read no further. K. Jenny. Uncle of M incheſter, I pray read on.
in. Item, It is further agreed between them, That the
Datchies of Anjou and Main ſha'! be releaſed.and delivered over to the King her Father, and ſhe ſent over of the King of England's own proper Ciſt and Charges, without having any Dory. ;
K Flow T hey pleaſe us well. Lord Marqueſs, knee! down We. here create thee the firſt Duke of Sffolk. _ And girt thee with the Sword, Couſin of Terk, We here diſcharge your Grace from being Regent
er th parts of France, till term of eighteen Months Be full expir'd. Thanks, Uncle H incbeſter, Glcuceſter, Nrł, Buckingham, and Somerſet, Salisbury and Warwick, e We thank you all for this great Favour done, In Entertainment to my Princely Queen, Come, let us in, and with all ſpeed provide To ſee her Coronation be perform'd. [ Exeunt King, Queen and Suffol „ Manent the reſt. |
Glo. Braye Peers of England, Pillars of the State, To you Duke Humphry muſt unload his Grief:
Your Grief, the common Grief of all the Land. What? did my Brother Henry ſpend his Youth, His Valour, Coin, and People in the Wars?
Did he ſo often lodge in open Field,
In Winter's Cold, and Summer's parching Heat, To conquer France, his true Inheritance ?
And did my Brother Bedford toil his Wits
To keep by Policy what Henry got:
Have you your ſelves, Somerſet, Buckingham. Brave Tork, Salisbury, and victorious Warwick, Receiv' d deep Scars in France and Nor manch:
Or hath mine Uncle Bedford, and my elfe ;
With all the learned Council of the Realm,
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Studied ſo long, fat in the Council-houle,
Early andlate, debating to and fro, .
How Hance and Frenchmen might be kept in awe z And was his Highneſs in his Infancy
- Crowned in Paris, in deſpight of Foes?
And ſhall theſe Labours, and theſe Honours die ?
Shall Henry s Conqueſt, Bedford's Vigilarce,
- Your Deeds of War, and all our Counſel die!
O Peers of England, ſhameful is this League, Fatal this Marriage, cancelling your Fame, Blotting your Names from Books of Memory, Raſing the Characters of your Renown,
Defacing Monuments of conquer'd France, Undoing all, as all had neyer been.
Car. Nephew, what mears this paſſionate Diſcourſe ?
T his peroration with ſuch Circumſtances ?
For France, tis ours; and we will keep it ſtill.
Glo. Ay, Uncle, we will keep it it we can;
But now it is impoſſible we ſheuld. - Suffolk, the new made Duke that rules the roſt, Hath given the Dutchy of Anjou and Main,
Unto the poor King Rezgnzer, whole large Style Agrees not with the leanneſs of his Purſe.
Sal. Now by the Death of him who dy d for all,
1 heſe Counties were the Keys of Ncrmandy:
_ Fut wherefore weeps Farmick, my valiant Son?
War. For Grief that they are pait Recovery. For were there hope to conquer them again,
My Sword ſhould ſhed hot Blood; mine Eyes no Tears.
Anjcu and Main! My (elf did win them both. 1 hoſe Provinces theſe Arms of mine did conquer. And are the Cities that I got with Wounds Delivered up again with peaceful Words? Mert Dien | |
Terk, For Suffolk's Duke, may he be ſuffocate, That dims the Honour of this warlike Iſle : France ſhould have torn and rent my very Heart, Eetore I would have yielded to this League. I never read but England. s Kings have had Large ſums of Gold, and Dowries with their Wives! And our King Henry gives away his own,
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Car. My Lord of Glo ſter, now ye grow too hot:
It was the Pleaſure of my Lord the King.
Glo. My Lord of Wincheſter, I know your Mind.
V is not my Speeches that you do miflike;z |
But tis my Preſence that doth trouble you.
Rancour will out, proud Prelate; in thy Face
] iee thy Fury; It I longer ſtay,
We ſhall begin our ancient Bickerings.
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I prophefi'd,” France will be loſt ere longs — Exit Car. So there goes our Protector in a Rage;
*Tis knownto you he is mine Enemy;
Nay more, an Enemy unto you all,
And no great Friend, I fear me, to tne King.
Conſider, Lords, he is the next of Blood,
And Heir apparent to the Engliſb Crown:
Had Henry got an Empire by his Marriage,
And all the wealthy Kingdomsof the WeR,
There's reaſon he ſhould be diſpleas d at it:
Look to it, Lords, let not his ſmoothing Words
' Bewitch your Hearts, be wiſe and circumſpect.
What though the common People favour him,
Calling him Humphry, the good Duke ef Gloſter,
Clapping their Hands, and crying with loud voices
Jeſu maintain ycur Royal Excellence, 1
With God preſerve the good Duke Humpbry.
I fear me, Lords, for all this flattering Gloſs,
He will be found a dangerous Protector. 8 Buck. Why ſhould he then protect our Sovereign,
He being of age to govern of himſelf?
Couſin of Somerſet, join you with me.
And altogether with the Duke of Suffolk,
We'll quickly hoiſe Duke Humphry from his Seat.
Car. This weighty Buſineſs will not brook delay. L'll to the Duke ef Suffolk preſently. - | Exits A. 4 Lam ·
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8 Som. Couſin of Buckingham, though HMumpbry's Pride p And greatneſs of his Place be Grief to us, Yet let us watch the haughty Cardinal: His Inſolence is more intolerable Than all the Princes in the Land beſide; If Gloſter be diſplac'd, he'll be Protector. : Buck. Or thou, or I, Somerſet, will be Protector, Deſpight Duke Humphry, or the Cardinal. „ : [ Ex. Buckingham and Somerſet. : Sal. Pride went before, Ambition follows him. While theſe do labour for their own Preferment, Behoves it us to labour for the Realm. VE I never ſaw but Humpbry Duke of Gloſter, Did bear him like a noble Gentleman: Oft have I ſeen the haughty Cardinal, More like a Soldier than a Man o'th' Church, As ſtout and proud as he were Lord of all, | % Swear like a Ruffian, and demean himſelf Unlike the Ruler of a common-weal.. Warwick my Son, the Comfort of my Age, Thy Deeds, thy Plainneſs, and thy Houſe- keeping, Have won the greateſt Favour of the Commons, Excepting none but Good Duke Humphry. And Brother Terk, thy Acts in Ireland, In bringing them to civil Diſcipline; | Thy late Exploits done in the Heart of France, When thou wert Regent for our Sovereign, Have made thee fear d and honour'd of the People: Join we together for the publick Good, In what we can, to bridle and ſuppreſs The Pride of Suffolk, and the Cardinal, With Soxver/et's and Buckingham's Ambition, And as we may, cheriſh Duke Humphry's Deeds, While they do tend the Profit of the Land. War. So God help Warwick, as he loves the Land, And common Profit of his Country, | Terk. And ſo ſays York, For he hath greateſt Cauſe. Sal. Then let's make haſte away, And look unto the main. War, Unto the main?
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Oh Father, Main is loſt, | That Main, which by main Force Warwick did win, And would have kept, ſo long as Breath did laſt: Main-chance, Father, you meant,” but I meant Main, Which I will win from France, or elſe be ſlain. - Ex. Warwick and Salisbury. Manet Vork. Pr. Anjou and Main are given to the French,
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„ Paris is loſt, the State of Nimandy
Stands on a tickle point, now they are gone ; Suffolk concluded on the Articles,
The Peers agreed, and Henry. was well pleag'd,. To change two Dukedoms for a Duke's fair Daughters. I cannot blame them all, what is t to them?
"Tis thine they give away, and not their own. | Pirates may make cheap penny worths of their Pillage; And purchaſe Friends, and give to Curtezans,
Still revelling like Lords till all he gone,
While as the filly Owner of the Goods.
Weeps over them, and. wrings his hapleſs Hands,
And ſhakes his Head, and trembling ſtands aloof, While all is ſhar'd, and all is born away,
Ready to ſtarve, and dare not touch his own.
So Prł muſt ſit, and fret, and bite his Tongue, While his own Lands are bargain'd for, and ſold: Methinks the Realms of England, France and Ireland, Bear that proportion to my Fleſh. and Blood, | As did the fatal brand Althea burnt,
Unto the Prince's Heart of Calidan:
Anjou and Main both given te the French!
Cold News for me:.For I had hope of France,
Even as I have of fertile England's Soil.
A Day will come, when Tyr ſhall claim his own,'.
And therefore I will take the Nevzlls. parts,
And make a thew of Love to proud Duke Humphriys .
And when I ſpy Advantage claim the Crown;
For that's the golden. Mark I feek to hit:
Nor-fſhall proud Lancaſter uſurp my Right,
Nor. hold the Scepter in his childiſh Fiit, _
Nor wear the Diadem upon his Head,
Whele Church-like Humour fits not for a Crown.
Then Pk be ill a while, till Time do lerve: . Watcly:
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Watch thou,, and wake when others be aſleep, To pry into the Secrets of the State, | . Till Henry ſurfeiting in joys of Love, N ith his new Bride, and England's dear-bought Queen, And Humphry with the Peers be fall'n at Jars. Then will I raiſe aloft the Milk-white Roſe, With whoſe ſweet {mell the Air ſhall be pei ſum'd, And in my Standard bear the Arms of Jork, To grapple with the Houſe of Lancaſter, | And force perforce I'll make him yield the Crown, Whole Bookiſh Rule hath pull'd fair England down. e bo: [ Exit York, Enter Duke Humphry, and his Wiſe Eleanor. Clean. Why droops my Lord, like oyer-ripen'd Corn, Hanging the Head at Ceres plenteous Load'? | Why doth the great Duke Humphry knit his Brows, As frowning at the Favours of the World? Why are thine Eyes fixt to the ſullen Earth, Gazing at that which ſeems to dim thy Sight ?
What ſeeſt thou there? King Henrys Diadem,
Inchac'd with all the Honours of the World?
If fo, gaze on, and grovel on thy Face,
Until thy Head be circled with the ſame. | Put forth thy Hand, reach at the glorious Gold. What, is't too ſhort? I'll lengthen it with mine.
And having both together heay'd it up,
We'll both together lift our Heads to Heaven, And never more abaſe our Sight ſo low, As to vouchſafe one Glance unto the Ground.
Glo. O Nell, fxweet Nell, if thou doſt love thy Lord, Bariſh the Canker of Ambitious Thoughts:
And may that Thought, when I imagine III
Againſt my King and Nephew, virtuous Henry,
Be my laſt breathing in this Mortal World.
My troublous Dreams this Night do make me ſad,
Elean. What dream'd my Lord? tell me, and Il] re-
quite it | | With {weet Rehearſal of my Morning's Dream,
Glo. Methought this Staff, mine Office-badpe in Court, Was broke in twain; by whom, I have forgot, But as I think, it was by th' Cardinal.
And on the Pieces of the broken Wand = | | Were
Ring HENRY VI. 14 Were plac' d the Heads of Edmond Duke of Somerſet. And William de la Pole, firſt Duke of Suffolk, This was the Dream, what it doth bode, God knows. Elean. Tut, this was nothing but an Argument, That he that breaks a Stick of Glo ſter's Grove, Shall loſe his Head for his Preſumption.. But liſt to me, my Humpbry, my ſweet Duke: Methought I ſate in Seat of Majeſty, In the Cathedral Church of Weſtminſter, And in that Chair where Kings and Queens were crown'd, . Where Henry and Margaret kneel'd to me, And on my Head did ſet the Diadem, Glo. Nay, Eleanor, then muſt I chide outright :: Preſumptuous Dame, ill-natur'd Eleanor, Art thou not ſecond Woman in the Realm? And the Protector's Wife, beloy'd of him? Haſt thou not worldly Pleaſure at command, Above the reach or compaſs of thy Thought? And wilt thou ſtill be hammering Treachery, To tumble down thy Husband and thy elf, From top of Honour, to Diſgrace's Feet ? Away from me, and let me hear no more. Elean. What, what, my Lord, are you ſo Chole:ick: With Eleanor for telling but her Dream? Next time I'll keep my Dreams unto my ſelf, And not be check'd. 58 Glo. Nay, be not angry, I am pleas d again. Enter Meſſenger. Meſſ. My Lord Protector, tis his Highneſs Pleaſure, You do prepare to ride unto St. Albans, 2 Whereas the King and Queen do mean to Hawk. Glo, I go: Come Nel, thou wilt ride with us? | | [Exit Glee Elean. Yes, my good Lord, I'll follow-pretently. . Follow I muſt, 1 cannot go before, While Glo ſter bears this baſe and humble Mind. Were I a Man, a Duke, and next of Blood, I would remove thele tedions ſtumbling Blocks, And ſmooth my way upon their headlels Necks. And being a Woman, I will not be ſlack To play my Part in Fortune's Pageant, | Where
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Where are you there? Sir John; nay fear not, Man, We are alone, here's none but thee and I. | | | Enter Hume. Hume, Jeſus preſerve your Royal Majeſty. Elean. What ſay'ſt thou? Majeſty : I am but Grace.
Hume, But by the Grace of God, and Hume's Advice,
Your Grace's Title ſhall be multiply'd. | Elean. Wharſay'ſt thou, Man? Haſt thou as yet conferr'd
With Margery Jordan, the cunning Witch,
With Roger Bullingbrock, the Conjurer,
And will they iindertake to do me good?
Hume. This they have promiſed to ſhew your Highneſs
A Spirit raiſed from the depth of under Ground, |
T hat ſhall make anſwer to ſuch Queſtions,
As by your Grace ſhall: be propounded to him.
Eklean. It is enough. I'll think upon the Queſtions:
When from St. Albans we do make return;
We'll ſee thoſe things effected to the full.
Here Hume, take this Reward, make merry Man
With thy Confederates in this weighty Cauſe.
[Exit Eleanor. Hume. Hume muſt make merry with the Ducheſs's Gold:
Marry and ſhall; -but how now, Sir John Hume ? Seal up your Lips, and give no Words, but Mum ; The Buſineſs asketh filent Secrecy. .
Dame Eleaucr gives Gold, to bring the Witch : Gold cannot come amiſs, were the a Devil.
Yet have I Gold flies from another Coaſt :-
I dare not ſay, from the rich Cardinal,
And from the great and new-made Duke of Suffolk; Yet I do find it ſo: For, to be plain, | They (knowing Dame Eleancr's aſpiring Humour) Have hired me to undermine the Dutcheſs,
And buz theſe Conjurations in her Brain, They ſay, a crafty Knave does need no Broker; Yet am I Suffelb's, and the Cardinal's Broker, Hume, if you take not heed, you ſhall go near To call them both a pair of crafty Knaves.
Well, ſo it ſtands; and thus I fear at laſt, Hume's Knavery will be the Dutcheſs's Wrack, Ard her A:tainture will be Humpbry's Fall;
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King Henry VI. 13 Sort how it will, I ſhall have Gold for all. [ Exits Enter three or four Petitioners, the Armorer's Man being one. t Pet. My Maſters, let's ſtand cloſe, my Lord Protector will come this way by and by, and then we may deliver our Supplications in the Quill, | |
2 Pet. Marry, the Lord protect him, for he's a good. Man, Jeſu bleſs him. |
5 Enter Suffolk, and Queen.
1 Pet. Here a comes methinks, and the Queen with. him: Fl] be the firſt ſure.
2 Pet. Come back, Fool, this is the Duke of Suffolk, and not my Lord Protector.
Suff. How now, Fellow; would' ſt any thing with me > | I Pet. I pray my Lord, pardon me, I took ye for my
Lord Protector.
©. Mar. To my Lerd Protector, [reading] Are your Suppli--
cations to his Lordſhip? let me {ee them; what is thine?
1 Pet. Mine is, and't pleaſe your Grace, againſt John Goodman, my Lord Cardinal's: Man, for keeping my Houſe, and Lands, and Wife, and all from me.
Suf. Thy Wife too? That's ſome wrong indeed. What's yours? What's here? [Reads] Againſt the Duke of Suf- tolk, for incloſing the Commons of Meiford, How now, Sir Knaye?
2 Pet. Alas, Sir, I am but a poor Petitioner of our whole Townſhip.. | |
3 Pet. Againſt my Maſter, Thomas Horner, for ſaying, That the Duke of Work. was rightful Heir to the Crown.
2. Mar. What ſay ſt thou? did the Duke of Terk ſay,
he was rightful Heir to the Crown?
3 Pet. That my Miſtreſs was? No, forſooth; my Ma- ſer ſaid, that he was; and that the King was an Uſurper. Suf, Who is there p. | | Enter Servant. | Take this Fellow in, and ſend for his Maſter with a Pur- ſuivant preſently; we'll hear more of your Matter before the King. 3 | [ Exit. Serv. E. Mar. And as for you that love to be protected Under the Wings of our Protector's Grace, Begin your Suits anew, and ſue to him. | | | [Tears the Supplications. Away
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©. Mar. My Lord of Suffolk, ſay, is this the ; viſe? Is this the Faſhion in the Court of England? Is this the Government of Britaiy's lile > And this the Royalty of Albion's King? What, ſhall King Henry be a Pupil ſtill, Under the ſurly Glo'fter's Governance? | - Am I a Queen in Title and in Style, | And mult be made a Subject to a Duke? J tell thee, Pool, when in the City Tours Thou ran'ſt a Tilt in Honour of my Love, And ſtol'ſt away the Ladies Hearts of France; I thought King Henry had reſembled thee In Courage, Courtſhip, and Proportion: But all his Mind is bent to Holineſs, To number Ave Marzes on his Beads: | His Champions are the Prophets and Apoſtles, . His Weapons Holy Saws of lacred Writ, His Study is his Tilt-yard, and his Loves Are brazen Images of Canonized Saints. I would the College of the Cardinals Would chuſe him Pope, and carry him to Rome, And ſet a Triple Crown upon his Head; That were a State fit for his Holineſs.
Suf. Madam, be patient; as I was the cauſe. Your Highnels came to England, ſo will 1 In England work your Grace's full Gontent..
2.Mar. Beſide the haughty Protector, have we Beauſcrd,
The imperious Churchman; Somerſet, Buckingham, And grumbling Terk; and not the leaſt of thele, But can do more in England than the King.
Stef. And he of theſe that can do moſt of all, Cannot do more in England, than the Nevils Salisbury «rd Warwick are no ſimple Peers
2. Mar. Not all theſe Lords do vex me half ſo much, As that proud Dame, the Lord Pratector's Wife: She ſweeps it through the Court with Troops of Ladies, More like an Emprels, than Duke Humphry's Wife: Strangers in Court do take her for the Queen; She bears a Duke's Reyenues on her Back, ©
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And in her Heart ſhe ſcorns our Poverty:
Shall I not live to be aveng'd on her?
Contemptuous baſe-born Callot as ſhe is,
She vaunted mongſt her Minions t'other Day,
The very train of her worſt wearing Gown
Was better worth than all my Father's Lands,
Till Suffelk gave two Dukedoms for his Daughter. Suf. Madam, my ſelf have lim'd a Buſh for her,
And plac'd a Quire of ſuch enticing, Birds.
That ſhe will light to liſten to their Lays, And neyer mount to trouble you again. So let her reſt; and, Madam, liſt to me, For I am bold to counſel you in this; Although we fancy not the Cardinal, Yet muſt we join with him, and with the Lords, Till we have brought Duke Humphry in Diſgrace. As for the Duke of Tk, this late Complaint Will make but little for his Benefit; | So one by one we'll weed them all at laſt, And you your ſelf ſhall ſteer the bappy Helm. Enter King Henry, Duke Humphry, Cardinal, Buckingham, | York, Salisbury, Warwick, and the Ducheſs, K. Henry, For my part, Noble Lords, I care not which, Or Somerſet, ar Work, all's one to me. Jork. If Prł have ill demear'd himſelf in France, Then let him be deny'd the Regentſhip. Som. If Somerſet be unworthy of the Place, Let Jork be Regent, I will yield to him. | Var. Whether your Grace be worthy, yea or no, Difpute