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Henry VI, Part 1 (Folio 1, 1623)
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The first Part of Henry the Sixt.
2624But Madame, I must trouble you againe,
2625No louing Token to his Maiestie?
2627Neuer yet taint with loue, I send the King.
2632Thou mayest not wander in that Labyrinth,
2633There Minotaurs and vgly Treasons lurke,
2634Solicite Henry with her wonderous praise.
2635Bethinke thee on her Vertues that surmount,
2636Mad naturall Graces that extinguish Art,
2637Repeate their semblance often on the Seas,
2638That when thou com'st to kneele at Henries feete,
2640 Enter Yorke, Warwicke, Shepheard, Pucell.
2642 Shep. Ah Ione, this kils thy Fathers heart out-right,
2643Haue I sought euery Country farre and neere,
2644And now it is my chance to finde thee out,
2646Ah Ione, sweet daughter Ione, Ile die with thee.
2648I am descended of a gentler blood.
2649Thou art no Father, nor no Friend of mine.
2651I did beget her, all the Parish knowes:
2655 Yorke. This argues what her kinde of life hath beene,
2656Wicked and vile, and so her death concludes.
2660Deny me not, I prythee, gentle Ione.
2664The morne that I was wedded to her mother.
2665Kneele downe and take my blessing, good my Gyrle.
2667Of thy natiuitie: I would the Milke
2669Had bin a little Rats-bane for thy sake.
2677Not me, begotten of a Shepheard Swaine,
2678But issued from the Progeny of Kings.
2679Vertuous and Holy, chosen from aboue,
2681To worke exceeding myracles on earth.
2682I neuer had to do with wicked Spirits.
2683But you that are polluted with your lustes,
2684Stain'd with the guiltlesse blood of Innocents,
2685Corrupt and tainted with a thousand Vices:
2686Because you want the grace that others haue,
2688To compasse Wonders, but by helpe of diuels.
2689No misconceyued, Ione of Aire hath beene
2690A Virgin from her tender infancie,
2691Chaste, and immaculate in very thought,
2693Will cry for Vengeance, at the Gates of Heauen.
2696Spare for no Faggots, let there be enow:
2697Place barrelles of pitch vpon the fatall stake,
2699 Puc. Will nothing turne your vnrelenting hearts?
2701That warranteth by Law, to be thy priuiledge.
2702I am with childe ye bloody Homicides:
2703Murther not then the Fruite within my Wombe,
2704Although ye hale me to a violent death.
2708 Yorke. She and the Dolphin haue bin iugling,
2709I did imagine what would be her refuge.
2712 Puc. You are deceyu'd, my childe is none of his,
2713It was Alanson that inioy'd my loue.
2715It dyes, and if it had a thousand liues.
2716 Puc. Oh giue me leaue, I haue deluded you,
2717'Twas neyther Charles, nor yet the Duke I nam'd,
2718But Reignier King of Naples that preuayl'd.
2724Strumpet, thy words condemne thy Brat, and thee.
2725Vse no intreaty, for it is in vaine.
2727May neuer glorious Sunne reflex his beames
2728Vpon the Countrey where you make abode:
2732 Enter Cardinall.
2735 Car. Lord Regent, I do greete your Excellence
2736With Letters of Commission from the King.
2737For know my Lords, the States of Christendome,
2739Haue earnestly implor'd a generall peace,
2740Betwixt our Nation, and the aspyring French;
2741And heere at hand, the Dolphin and his Traine
2742Approacheth, to conferre about some matter.
2745So many Captaines, Gentlemen, and Soldiers,
2746That in this quarrell haue beene ouerthrowne,
2751Our great Progenitors had conquered:
2752Oh Warwicke, Warwicke, I foresee with greefe
2753The vtter losse of all the Realme of France.
2754 War. Be patient Yorke, if we conclude a Peace
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