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Henry VI, Part I
[I, 1] |
Messenger |
95 |
Lords, view these letters full of bad mischance.
France is revolted from the English quite,
Except some petty towns of no import:
The Dauphin Charles is crowned king of Rheims;
The Bastard of Orleans with him is join'd;
Reignier, Duke of Anjou, doth take his part;
The Duke of Alencon flieth to his side.
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Henry VI, Part I
[I, 3] |
First Serving-Man |
357 |
It is the noble Duke of Gloucester.
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3 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 3] |
Woodvile |
371 |
Have patience, noble duke; I may not open;
The Cardinal of Winchester forbids:
From him I have express commandment
That thou nor none of thine shall be let in.
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4 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 4] |
Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury |
485 |
The Duke of Bedford had a prisoner
Call'd the brave Lord Ponton de Santrailles;
For him was I exchanged and ransomed.
But with a baser man of arms by far
Once in contempt they would have barter'd me:
Which I, disdaining, scorn'd; and craved death,
Rather than I would be so vile esteem'd.
In fine, redeem'd I was as I desired.
But, O! the treacherous Fastolfe wounds my heart,
Whom with my bare fists I would execute,
If I now had him brought into my power.
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5 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 1] |
Charles, King of France |
732 |
Duke of Alencon, this was your default,
That, being captain of the watch to-night,
Did look no better to that weighty charge.
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6 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Earl of Warwick |
1013 |
Now, by God's will, thou wrong'st him, Somerset;
His grandfather was Lionel Duke of Clarence,
Third son to the third Edward King of England:
Spring crestless yeomen from so deep a root?
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7 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 5] |
Edmund Mortimer |
1140 |
I will, if that my fading breath permit
And death approach not ere my tale be done.
Henry the Fourth, grandfather to this king,
Deposed his nephew Richard, Edward's son,
The first-begotten and the lawful heir,
Of Edward king, the third of that descent:
During whose reign the Percies of the north,
Finding his usurpation most unjust,
Endeavor'd my advancement to the throne:
The reason moved these warlike lords to this
Was, for that—young King Richard thus removed,
Leaving no heir begotten of his body—
I was the next by birth and parentage;
For by my mother I derived am
From Lionel Duke of Clarence, the third son
To King Edward the Third; whereas he
From John of Gaunt doth bring his pedigree,
Being but fourth of that heroic line.
But mark: as in this haughty 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 Bolingbroke, did reign,
Thy father, Earl of Cambridge, then derived
From famous Edmund Langley, Duke of York,
Marrying my sister that thy mother was,
Again in pity of my hard distress
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 Mortimers,
In whom the tide rested, were suppress'd.
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Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Winchester |
1247 |
Gloucester, I do defy thee. Lords, vouchsafe
To give me hearing what I shall reply.
If I were covetous, ambitious or perverse,
As he will have me, how am I so poor?
Or how haps it I seek not to advance
Or raise myself, but keep my wonted calling?
And for dissension, who preferreth peace
More than I do?—except I be provoked.
No, my good lords, it is not that offends;
It is not that that hath incensed 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
And makes him roar these accusations forth.
But he shall know I am as good—
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9 |
Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Lord Mayor of London |
1303 |
O, my good lords, and virtuous Henry,
Pity the city of London, pity us!
The bishop and the Duke of Gloucester's men,
Forbidden late to carry any weapon,
Have fill'd their pockets full of pebble stones
And banding themselves in contrary parts
Do pelt so fast 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 compell'd to shut our shops.
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10 |
Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Earl of Warwick |
1353 |
Behold, my Lord of Winchester, the duke
Hath banish'd moody discontented fury,
As by his smoothed brows it doth appear:
Why look you still so stern and tragical?
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11 |
Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Winchester |
1365 |
Well, Duke of Gloucester, I will yield to thee;
Love for thy love and hand for hand I give.
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12 |
Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Henry VI |
1373 |
O, loving uncle, kind Duke of Gloucester,
How joyful am I made by this contract!
Away, my masters! trouble us no more;
But join in friendship, as your lords have done.
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Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Henry VI |
1402 |
Stoop then and set your knee against my foot;
And, in reguerdon of that duty done,
I gird thee with the valiant sword of York:
Rise Richard, like a true Plantagenet,
And rise created princely Duke of York.
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Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
All |
1411 |
Welcome, high prince, the mighty Duke of York!
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15 |
Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Duke/Earl of Somerset |
1412 |
[Aside] Perish, base prince, ignoble Duke of York!
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Henry VI, Part I
[III, 2] |
Joan la Pucelle |
1494 |
Good morrow, gallants! want ye corn for bread?
I think the Duke of Burgundy will fast
Before he'll buy again at such a rate:
'Twas full of darnel; do you like the taste?
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Henry VI, Part I
[III, 2] |
Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury |
1541 |
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.
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Henry VI, Part I
[III, 2] |
Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury |
1586 |
Thanks, gentle duke. But where is Pucelle now?
I think her old familiar is asleep:
Now where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks?
What, all amort? Rouen hangs her head for grief
That such a valiant company are fled.
Now will we take some order in the town,
Placing therein some expert officers,
And then depart to Paris to the king,
For there young Henry with his nobles lie.
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Henry VI, Part I
[III, 2] |
Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury |
1596 |
But yet, before we go, let's not forget
The noble Duke of Bedford late deceased,
But see his exequies fulfill'd in Rouen:
A braver soldier never couched lance,
A gentler heart did never sway in court;
But kings and mightiest potentates must die,
For that's the end of human misery.
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Henry VI, Part I
[III, 3] |
Joan la Pucelle |
1622 |
Then thus it must be; this doth Joan devise:
By fair persuasions mix'd with sugar'd words
We will entice the Duke of Burgundy
To leave the Talbot and to follow us.
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