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  • Title: Henry VI, Part 3 (Octavo 1, 1595)

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    Author: William Shakespeare
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    Henry VI, Part 3 (Octavo 1, 1595)

    Yorke, and Henrie the Sixt.
    And in that vow now ioine my soule to thee,
    Thou setter vp and puller downe of kings,
    vouchsafe a gentle victorie to vs,
    Or let vs die before we loose the daie:
    George. Then let vs haste to cheere the souldiers harts,
    And call them pillers that will stand to vs,
    And hiely promise to remunerate
    1115Their trustie seruice, in these dangerous warres.
    Rich. Come, come awaie, and stand not to debate,
    For yet is hope of fortune good enough.
    Brothers, giue me your hands, and let vs part
    And take our leaues vntill we meet againe,
    Where ere it be in heauen or in earth.
    Now I that neuer wept, now melt in wo,
    To see these dire mishaps continue so.
    Warwike farewel.
    War. Awaie awaie, once more sweet Lords farewell.
    Exeunt Omnes.
    Alarmes, and then enter Richard at one dore
    and Clifford at the other.
    Rich. A Clifford a Clifford.
    Clif. A Richard a Richard.
    1120Rich. Now Clifford, for Yorke & young Rutlands death,
    This thirsty sword that longs to drinke thy bloud,
    Shall lop thy limmes, and slise thy cursed hart,
    For to reuenge the murders thou hast made.
    Clif. Now Richard, I am with thee here alone,
    1125This is the hand that stabd thy father Yorke,
    And this the hand that slew thy brother Rutland,
    And heres the heart that triumphs in their deathes,
    And cheeres these hands that slew thy sire and brother,
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