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Thou canst not, son; it is impossible. |
RICHARD: |
An oath is of no moment, being not took |
Before a true and lawful magistrate, |
That hath authority over him that swears: |
Henry had none, but did usurp the place; |
Then, seeing 'twas he that made you to depose, |
Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous. |
Therefore, to arms! And, father, do but think |
How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown; |
Within whose circuit is Elysium |
And all that poets feign of bliss and joy. |
Why do we finger thus? I cannot rest |
Until the white rose that I wear be dyed |
Even in the lukewarm blood of Henry's heart. |
YORK: |
Richard, enough; I will be king, or die. |
Brother, thou shalt to London presently, |
And whet on Warwick to this enterprise. |
Thou, Richard, shalt to the Duke of Norfolk, |
And tell him privily of our intent. |
You Edward, shall unto my Lord Cobham, |
With whom the Kentishmen will willingly rise: |
In them I trust; for they are soldiers, |
Witty, courteous, liberal, full of spirit. |
While you are thus employ'd, what resteth more, |
But that I seek occasion how to rise, |
And yet the king not privy to my drift, |
Nor any of the house of Lancaster? |
But, stay: what news? Why comest thou in such post? |
Messenger: |
The queen with all the northern earls and lords |
Intend here to besiege you in your castle: |
She is hard by with twenty thousand men; |
And therefore fortify your hold, my lord. |
YORK: |
Ay, with my sword. What! think'st thou that we fear them? |
Edward and Richard, you shall stay with me; |
My brother Montague shall post to London: |
Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, |
Whom we have left protectors of the king, |
With powerful policy strengthen themselves, |
And trust not simple Henry nor his oaths. |
MONTAGUE: |
Brother, I go; I'll win them, fear it not: |
And thus most humbly I do take my leave. |
Sir John and Sir Hugh Mortimer, mine uncles, |
You are come to Sandal in a happy hour; |
The army of the queen mean to besiege us. |
JOHN MORTIMER: |
She shall not need; we'll meet her in the field. |
YORK: |
What, with five thousand men? |
RICHARD: |
Ay, with five hundred, father, for a need: |
A woman's general; what should we fear? |
EDWARD: |
I hear their drums: let's set our men in order, |
And issue forth and bid them battle straight. |
YORK: |
Five men to twenty! though the odds be great, |
I doubt not, uncle, of our victory. |
Many a battle have I won in France, |
When as the enemy hath been ten to one: |
Why should I not now have the like success? |
3 KING HENRY VI |
RUTLAND: |
Ah, whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands? |
Ah, tutor, look where bloody Clifford comes! |
CLIFFORD: |
Chaplain, away! thy priesthood saves thy life. |
As for the brat of this accursed duke, |
Whose father slew my father, he shall die. |
Tutor: |
And I, my lord, will bear him company. |
CLIFFORD: |
Soldiers, away with him! |
Tutor: |
Ah, Clifford, murder not this innocent child, |
Lest thou be hated both of God and man! |
CLIFFORD: |
How now! is he dead already? or is it fear |
That makes him close his eyes? I'll open them. |
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