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This is it that makes me bridle passion |
And bear with mildness my misfortune's cross; |
Ay, ay, for this I draw in many a tear |
And stop the rising of blood-sucking sighs, |
Lest with my sighs or tears I blast or drown |
King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown. |
RIVERS: |
But, madam, where is Warwick then become? |
QUEEN ELIZABETH: |
I am inform'd that he comes towards London, |
To set the crown once more on Henry's head: |
Guess thou the rest; King Edward's friends must down, |
But, to prevent the tyrant's violence,-- |
For trust not him that hath once broken faith,-- |
I'll hence forthwith unto the sanctuary, |
To save at least the heir of Edward's right: |
There shall I rest secure from force and fraud. |
Come, therefore, let us fly while we may fly: |
If Warwick take us we are sure to die. |
3 KING HENRY VI |
GLOUCESTER: |
Now, my Lord Hastings and Sir William Stanley, |
Leave off to wonder why I drew you hither, |
Into this chiefest thicket of the park. |
Thus stands the case: you know our king, my brother, |
Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose hands |
He hath good usage and great liberty, |
And, often but attended with weak guard, |
Comes hunting this way to disport himself. |
I have advertised him by secret means |
That if about this hour he make his way |
Under the colour of his usual game, |
He shall here find his friends with horse and men |
To set him free from his captivity. |
Huntsman: |
This way, my lord; for this way lies the game. |
KING EDWARD IV: |
Nay, this way, man: see where the huntsmen stand. |
Now, brother of Gloucester, Lord Hastings, and the rest, |
Stand you thus close, to steal the bishop's deer? |
GLOUCESTER: |
Brother, the time and case requireth haste: |
Your horse stands ready at the park-corner. |
KING EDWARD IV: |
But whither shall we then? |
HASTINGS: |
To Lynn, my lord, |
And ship from thence to Flanders. |
GLOUCESTER: |
Well guess'd, believe me; for that was my meaning. |
KING EDWARD IV: |
Stanley, I will requite thy forwardness. |
GLOUCESTER: |
But wherefore stay we? 'tis no time to talk. |
KING EDWARD IV: |
Huntsman, what say'st thou? wilt thou go along? |
Huntsman: |
Better do so than tarry and be hang'd. |
GLOUCESTER: |
Come then, away; let's ha' no more ado. |
KING EDWARD IV: |
Bishop, farewell: shield thee from Warwick's frown; |
And pray that I may repossess the crown. |
3 KING HENRY VI |
KING HENRY VI: |
Master lieutenant, now that God and friends |
Have shaken Edward from the regal seat, |
And turn'd my captive state to liberty, |
My fear to hope, my sorrows unto joys, |
At our enlargement what are thy due fees? |
Lieutenant: |
Subjects may challenge nothing of their sovereigns; |
But if an humble prayer may prevail, |
I then crave pardon of your majesty. |
KING HENRY VI: |
For what, lieutenant? for well using me? |
Nay, be thou sure I'll well requite thy kindness, |
For that it made my imprisonment a pleasure; |
Ay, such a pleasure as incaged birds |
Conceive when after many moody thoughts |
At last by notes of household harmony |
They quite forget their loss of liberty. |
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