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Second Keeper: |
Here comes a man; let's stay till he be past. |
KING HENRY VI: |
From Scotland am I stol'n, even of pure love, |
To greet mine own land with my wishful sight. |
No, Harry, Harry, 'tis no land of thine; |
Thy place is fill'd, thy sceptre wrung from thee, |
Thy balm wash'd off wherewith thou wast anointed: |
No bending knee will call thee Caesar now, |
No humble suitors press to speak for right, |
No, not a man comes for redress of thee; |
For how can I help them, and not myself? |
First Keeper: |
Ay, here's a deer whose skin's a keeper's fee: |
This is the quondam king; let's seize upon him. |
KING HENRY VI: |
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, |
For wise men say it is the wisest course. |
Second Keeper: |
Why linger we? let us lay hands upon him. |
First Keeper: |
Forbear awhile; we'll hear a little more. |
KING HENRY VI: |
My queen and son are gone to France for aid; |
And, as I hear, the great commanding Warwick |
Is thither gone, to crave the French king's sister |
To wife for Edward: if this news be true, |
Poor queen and son, your labour is but lost; |
For Warwick is a subtle orator, |
And Lewis a prince soon won with moving words. |
By this account then Margaret may win him; |
For she's a woman to be pitied much: |
Her sighs will make a battery in his breast; |
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart; |
The tiger will be mild whiles she doth mourn; |
And Nero will be tainted with remorse, |
To hear and see her plaints, her brinish tears. |
Ay, but she's come to beg, Warwick to give; |
She, on his left side, craving aid for Henry, |
He, on his right, asking a wife for Edward. |
She weeps, and says her Henry is deposed; |
He smiles, and says his Edward is install'd; |
That she, poor wretch, for grief can speak no more; |
Whiles Warwick tells his title, smooths the wrong, |
Inferreth arguments of mighty strength, |
And in conclusion wins the king from her, |
With promise of his sister, and what else, |
To strengthen and support King Edward's place. |
O Margaret, thus 'twill be; and thou, poor soul, |
Art then forsaken, as thou went'st forlorn! |
Second Keeper: |
Say, what art thou that talk'st of kings and queens? |
KING HENRY VI: |
More than I seem, and less than I was born to: |
A man at least, for less I should not be; |
And men may talk of kings, and why not I? |
Second Keeper: |
Ay, but thou talk'st as if thou wert a king. |
KING HENRY VI: |
Why, so I am, in mind; and that's enough. |
Second Keeper: |
But, if thou be a king, where is thy crown? |
KING HENRY VI: |
My crown is in my heart, not on my head; |
Not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, |
Nor to be seen: my crown is called content: |
A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy. |
Second Keeper: |
Well, if you be a king crown'd with content, |
Your crown content and you must be contented |
To go along with us; for as we think, |
You are the king King Edward hath deposed; |
And we his subjects sworn in all allegiance |
Will apprehend you as his enemy. |
KING HENRY VI: |
But did you never swear, and break an oath? |
Second Keeper: |
No, never such an oath; nor will not now. |
KING HENRY VI: |
Where did you dwell when I was King of England? |
Second Keeper: |
Here in this country, where we now remain. |
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