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Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

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1

Henry VI, Part I
[I, 4]

Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury

532

What chance is this that suddenly hath cross'd us?
Speak, Salisbury; at least, if thou canst speak:
How farest thou, mirror of all martial men?
One of thy eyes and thy cheek's side struck off!
Accursed tower! accursed fatal hand
That hath contrived this woful tragedy!
In thirteen battles Salisbury o'ercame;
Henry the Fifth he first train'd to the wars;
Whilst any trump did sound, or drum struck up,
His sword did ne'er leave striking in the field.
Yet livest thou, Salisbury? though thy speech doth fail,
One eye thou hast, to look to heaven for grace:
The sun with one eye vieweth all the world.
Heaven, be thou gracious to none alive,
If Salisbury wants mercy at thy hands!
Bear hence his body; I will help to bury it.
Sir Thomas Gargrave, hast thou any life?
Speak unto Talbot; nay, look up to him.
Salisbury, cheer thy spirit with this comfort;
Thou shalt not die whiles—
He beckons with his hand and smiles on me.
As who should say 'When I am dead and gone,
Remember to avenge me on the French.'
Plantagenet, I will; and like thee, Nero,
Play on the lute, beholding the towns burn:
Wretched shall France be only in my name.
[Here an alarum, and it thunders and lightens]
What stir is this? what tumult's in the heavens?
Whence cometh this alarum and the noise?

2

Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4]

(stage directions)

917

[Enter the Earls of SOMERSET, SUFFOLK, and WARWICK;]
RICHARD PLANTAGENET, VERNON, and another Lawyer]

3

Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4]

Earl of Warwick

956

I love no colours, and without all colour
Of base insinuating flattery
I pluck this white rose with Plantagenet.

4

Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4]

Duke/Earl of Somerset

991

No, Plantagenet,
'Tis not for fear but anger that thy cheeks
Blush for pure shame to counterfeit our roses,
And yet thy tongue will not confess thy error.

5

Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4]

Duke/Earl of Somerset

997

Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

6

Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4]

Duke/Earl of Somerset

1001

Well, I'll find friends to wear my bleeding roses,
That shall maintain what I have said is true,
Where false Plantagenet dare not be seen.

7

Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4]

Earl of Suffolk

1007

Turn not thy scorns this way, Plantagenet.

8

Henry VI, Part I
[II, 5]

First Gaoler

1093

Richard Plantagenet, my lord, will come:
We sent unto the Temple, unto his chamber;
And answer was return'd that he will come.

9

Henry VI, Part I
[II, 5]

(stage directions)

1108

[Enter RICHARD PLANTAGENET]

10

Henry VI, Part I
[II, 5]

Edmund Mortimer

1110

Richard Plantagenet, my friend, is he come?

11

Henry VI, Part I
[II, 5]

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester)

1121

First, lean thine aged back against mine arm;
And, in that ease, I'll tell thee my disease.
This day, in argument upon a case,
Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me;
Among which terms he used his lavish tongue
And did upbraid me with my father's death:
Which obloquy set bars before my tongue,
Else with the like I had requited him.
Therefore, good uncle, for my father's sake,
In honour of a true Plantagenet
And for alliance sake, declare the cause
My father, Earl of Cambridge, lost his head.

12

Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1]

(stage directions)

1216

[Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, EXETER, GLOUCESTER,]
WARWICK, SOMERSET, and SUFFOLK; the BISHOP OF
WINCHESTER, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, and others.
GLOUCESTER offers to put up a bill; BISHOP OF
WINCHESTER snatches it, and tears it]

13

Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1]

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester)

1285

[Aside] Plantagenet, I see, must hold his tongue,
Lest it be said 'Speak, sirrah, when you should;
Must your bold verdict enter talk with lords?'
Else would I have a fling at Winchester.

14

Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1]

Earl of Warwick

1381

Accept this scroll, most gracious sovereign,
Which in the right of Richard Plantagenet
We do exhibit to your majesty.

15

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.