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Post: |
He was convey'd by Richard Duke of Gloucester |
And the Lord Hastings, who attended him |
In secret ambush on the forest side |
And from the bishop's huntsmen rescued him; |
For hunting was his daily exercise. |
WARWICK: |
My brother was too careless of his charge. |
But let us hence, my sovereign, to provide |
A salve for any sore that may betide. |
SOMERSET: |
My lord, I like not of this flight of Edward's; |
For doubtless Burgundy will yield him help, |
And we shall have more wars before 't be long. |
As Henry's late presaging prophecy |
Did glad my heart with hope of this young Richmond, |
So doth my heart misgive me, in these conflicts |
What may befall him, to his harm and ours: |
Therefore, Lord Oxford, to prevent the worst, |
Forthwith we'll send him hence to Brittany, |
Till storms be past of civil enmity. |
OXFORD: |
Ay, for if Edward repossess the crown, |
'Tis like that Richmond with the rest shall down. |
SOMERSET: |
It shall be so; he shall to Brittany. |
Come, therefore, let's about it speedily. |
3 KING HENRY VI |
KING EDWARD IV: |
Now, brother Richard, Lord Hastings, and the rest, |
Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends, |
And says that once more I shall interchange |
My waned state for Henry's regal crown. |
Well have we pass'd and now repass'd the seas |
And brought desired help from Burgundy: |
What then remains, we being thus arrived |
From Ravenspurgh haven before the gates of York, |
But that we enter, as into our dukedom? |
GLOUCESTER: |
The gates made fast! Brother, I like not this; |
For many men that stumble at the threshold |
Are well foretold that danger lurks within. |
KING EDWARD IV: |
Tush, man, abodements must not now affright us: |
By fair or foul means we must enter in, |
For hither will our friends repair to us. |
HASTINGS: |
My liege, I'll knock once more to summon them. |
Mayor: |
My lords, we were forewarned of your coming, |
And shut the gates for safety of ourselves; |
For now we owe allegiance unto Henry. |
KING EDWARD IV: |
But, master mayor, if Henry be your king, |
Yet Edward at the least is Duke of York. |
Mayor: |
True, my good lord; I know you for no less. |
KING EDWARD IV: |
Why, and I challenge nothing but my dukedom, |
As being well content with that alone. |
GLOUCESTER: |
HASTINGS: |
Why, master mayor, why stand you in a doubt? |
Open the gates; we are King Henry's friends. |
Mayor: |
Ay, say you so? the gates shall then be open'd. |
GLOUCESTER: |
A wise stout captain, and soon persuaded! |
HASTINGS: |
The good old man would fain that all were well, |
So 'twere not 'long of him; but being enter'd, |
I doubt not, I, but we shall soon persuade |
Both him and all his brothers unto reason. |
KING EDWARD IV: |
So, master mayor: these gates must not be shut |
But in the night or in the time of war. |
What! fear not, man, but yield me up the keys; |
For Edward will defend the town and thee, |
And all those friends that deign to follow me. |
GLOUCESTER: |
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