АСТ I. THE THIRD PART OF KING HENRY VI. SCENE I. London. The Parliamenthouse. Alarum. Enter the Duke of York, Edward, Richard, Norfolk, Montague, Warwick, and Soldiers. WARWICK. WONDER how the king escap'd our hands. While we pursued the horsemen of the He slily stole away and left his men: Cheer'd up the drooping army; and himself, Charg'd our main battle's front, and breaking in Lord Stafford's father, Duke of Buckingham, And, brother, here's the Earl of Wiltshire's blood, RICHARD. Speak thou for me and tell them what I did. YORK. (Throwing down the Duke of Somerset's head.) Richard hath best deserv'd of all my sons.But is your grace dead, my Lord of Somerset? NORFOLK. Such hope have all the line of John of Gaunt! RICHARD. Thus do I hope to shake King Henry's head. And so do I.-Victorious Prince of York, Assist me, then, sweet Warwick, and I will; We'll all assist you; he that flies shall die. YORK. J Thanks, gentle Norfolk:-stay by me, my lords;- WARWICK.(To the soldiers who retire.) YORK. The queen this day here holds her parliament, RICHARD. Arm'd as we are, let's stay within this house. WARWICK. The bloody parliament shall this be call'd, Unless Plantagenet, Duke of York, be king, And bashful Henry depos'd, whose cowardice Hath made us by-words to our enemies. YORK. Then leave me not: my lords, be resolute; Neither the king, nor he that loves him best, (Flourish. Enter King Henry, Clifford, North- KING HENRY. My lords, look where the sturdy rebel sits, You both have vow'd revenge On him, his sons, his favourites and his friends. NORTHUMBERLAND. If I be not, heavens be reveng'd on me! CLIFFORD. The hope thereof makes Clifford mourn in steel. WESTMORELAND. What, shall we suffer this? let 's pluck him down: My heart for anger burns; I cannot brook it. KING HENRY. Be patient, gentle Earl of Westmoreland. CLIFFORD. Patience is for poltroons, such as he: He durst not sit there, had your father liv'd. My gracious lord, here in the parliament Let us assail the family of York. NORTHUMBERLAND. Well hast thou spoken, cousin: be it so. KING HENRY. Ah, know you not the city favours them, And they have troops of soldiers at their beck? EXETER. But when the Duke is slain, they'll quickly fly. Far be the thought of this from Henry's heart, YORK. EXETER. I am thine. For shame, come down: he made thee Duke of York. YORK. 'Twas my inheritance, as the earldom was. EXETER. Thy father was a traitor to the crown. WARWICK. Exeter, thou art a traitor to the crown, CLIFFORD. Whom should he follow but his natural king? WARWICK. True, Clifford; and that's Richard Duke of York. KING HENRY. And shall I stand, and thou sit in my throne? YORK. It must and shall be so: content thyself. WARWICK. Be Duke of Lancaster; let him be king. WESTMORELAND. He is both king and Duke of Lancaster; And that the Lord of Westmoreland shall maintain. WARWICK. And Warwick shall disprove it. You forget That we are those which chas'd you from the field, And slew your fathers, and with colours spread March'd through the city to the palace gates. |