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1

Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1]

Queen Margaret

230

Nay, go not from me; I will follow thee.

2

Henry VI, Part III
[I, 4]

Queen Margaret

550

Nay, stay; lets hear the orisons he makes.

3

Henry VI, Part III
[II, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

667

Nay, bear three daughters: by your leave I speak it,
You love the breeder better than the male.
[Enter a Messenger]
But what art thou, whose heavy looks foretell
Some dreadful story hanging on thy tongue?

4

Henry VI, Part III
[II, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

718

Nay, if thou be that princely eagle's bird,
Show thy descent by gazing 'gainst the sun:
For chair and dukedom, throne and kingdom say;
Either that is thine, or else thou wert not his.

5

Henry VI, Part III
[II, 4]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

1099

Nay Warwick, single out some other chase;
For I myself will hunt this wolf to death.

6

Henry VI, Part III
[II, 5]

Duke of Exeter

1243

Away! for vengeance comes along with them:
Nay, stay not to expostulate, make speed;
Or else come after: I'll away before.

7

Henry VI, Part III
[II, 5]

Henry VI

1246

Nay, take me with thee, good sweet Exeter:
Not that I fear to stay, but love to go
Whither the queen intends. Forward; away!

8

Henry VI, Part III
[II, 6]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

1330

What, not an oath? nay, then the world goes hard
When Clifford cannot spare his friends an oath.
I know by that he's dead; and, by my soul,
If this right hand would buy two hour's life,
That I in all despite might rail at him,
This hand should chop it off, and with the
issuing blood
Stifle the villain whose unstanched thirst
York and young Rutland could not satisfy.

9

Henry VI, Part III
[III, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

1503

[Aside to CLARENCE] Nay, whip me then: he'll rather
give her two.

10

Henry VI, Part III
[III, 2]

George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence)

1531

[Aside to GLOUCESTER] As red as fire! nay, then
her wax must melt.

11

Henry VI, Part III
[III, 3]

Prince Edward

1871

Nay, mark how Lewis stamps, as he were nettled:
I hope all's for the best.

12

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 1]

King Edward IV (Plantagenet)

2050

My love, forbear to fawn upon their frowns:
What danger or what sorrow can befall thee,
So long as Edward is thy constant friend,
And their true sovereign, whom they must obey?
Nay, whom they shall obey, and love thee too,
Unless they seek for hatred at my hands;
Which if they do, yet will I keep thee safe,
And they shall feel the vengeance of my wrath.

13

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 3]

King Edward IV (Plantagenet)

2214

Yea, brother of Clarence, are thou here too?
Nay, then I see that Edward needs must down.
Yet, Warwick, in despite of all mischance,
Of thee thyself and all thy complices,
Edward will always bear himself as king:
Though fortune's malice overthrow my state,
My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel.

14

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 5]

King Edward IV (Plantagenet)

2295

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?

15

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 6]

Henry VI

2323

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.
But, Warwick, after God, thou set'st me free,
And chiefly therefore I thank God and thee;
He was the author, thou the instrument.
Therefore, that I may conquer fortune's spite
By living low, where fortune cannot hurt me,
And that the people of this blessed land
May not be punish'd with my thwarting stars,
Warwick, although my head still wear the crown,
I here resign my government to thee,
For thou art fortunate in all thy deeds.

16

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 7]

King Edward IV (Plantagenet)

2480

Nay, stay, Sir John, awhile, and we'll debate
By what safe means the crown may be recover'd.

17

Henry VI, Part III
[V, 1]

Earl of Warwick

2621

Nay, rather, wilt thou draw thy forces hence,
Confess who set thee up and pluck'd thee own,
Call Warwick patron and be penitent?
And thou shalt still remain the Duke of York.

18

Henry VI, Part III
[V, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2644

Come, Warwick, take the time; kneel down, kneel down:
Nay, when? strike now, or else the iron cools.

19

Henry VI, Part III
[V, 5]

Prince Edward

2925

Nay, take away this scolding crookback rather.

20

Henry VI, Part III
[V, 5]

Queen Margaret

2969

Nay, never bear me hence, dispatch me here,
Here sheathe thy sword, I'll pardon thee my death:
What, wilt thou not? then, Clarence, do it thou.