Henry VI, Part 1 (Modern)

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3.0.22425 Alarum. Excursions. Enter Joan [la] Pucelle.
3.12426Pucelle
 The Regent conquers, and the Frenchmen fly.
3.22427Now help ye charming spells and periapts,
3.32428And ye choice spirits that admonish me
3.42429And give me signs of future accidents.
3.4.1 Thunder.
3.52430You speedy helpers, that are substitutes
3.62431Under the lordly monarch of the north,
3.72432Appear, and aid me in this enterprise.
3.7.12433 Enter Fiends.
3.82434This speedy and quick appearance argues proof
3.92435Of your accustomed diligence to me.
3.102436Now ye familiar spirits that are culled
3.112437Out of the powerful regions under earth,
3.122438Help me this once, that France may get the field.
3.12.12439 They walk and speak not.
3.132440O, hold me not with silence overlong.
3.142441Where I was wont to feed you with my blood,
3.152442I'll lop a member off and give it you
3.162443In earnest of a further benefit,
3.172444So you do condescend to help me now.
3.17.12445 They hang their heads.
3.182446No hope to have redress? My body shall
3.192447Pay recompense if you will grant my suit.
3.19.12448 They shake their heads.
3.202449Cannot my body nor blood-sacrifice
3.212450Entreat you to your wonted furtherance?
3.222451Then take my soul, my body, soul, and all,
3.232452Before that England give the French the foil.
3.23.12453 They depart.
3.242454See, they forsake me. Now the time is come
3.252455That France must vail her lofty plumèd crest,
3.262456And let her head fall into England's lap.
3.272457My ancient incantations are too weak,
3.282458And hell too strong for me to buckle with.
3.292459Now, France, thy glory droopeth to the dust. 
3.29.1 Exit.
3.29.22460 Excursions. [The Dukes of] Burgundy and York fight hand to 2461hand. [The] French fly. [Joan la Pucelle is captured.]
3.302462Plantagenet
 Damsel of France, I think I have you fast.
3.312463Unchain your spirits now with spelling charms,
3.322464And try if they can gain your liberty.
3.332465A goodly prize, fit for the devil's grace.
3.342466[To his Soldiers.] See how the ugly witch doth bend her brows,
3.352467As if with Circe she would change my shape.
3.362468Pucelle
 Changed to a worser shape thou canst not be.
3.372469Plantagenet
 O, Charles the Dauphin is a proper man.
3.382470No shape but his can please your dainty eye.
3.392471Pucelle
 A plaguing mischief light on Charles and thee,
3.402472And may ye both be suddenly surprised
3.412473By bloody hands in sleeping on your beds.
3.422474Plantagenet
 Fell banning hag, enchantress, hold thy 2475tongue.
3.432476Pucelle
 I prithee give me leave to curse awhile.
3.442477Plantagenet
 Curse, miscreant, when thou com'st to the stake.
3.44.12478 Exeunt.
3.44.22479 Alarum. Enter [the Earl of] Suffolk with Margaret 2480in his hand.
3.452481Suffolk
 Be what thou wilt, thou art my prisoner.
3.45.12482 [He] gazes on her.
3.462483O fairest beauty, do not fear nor fly:
3.472484For I will touch thee but with reverent hands,
3.482485I kiss these fingers for eternal peace,
3.492486And lay them gently on thy tender side.
3.502487Who art thou? Say, that I may honor thee?
3.512488Margaret
 Margaret my name, and daughter to a king,
3.522489The King of Naples, whoso'er thou art.
3.532490Suffolk
 An earl I am, and Suffolk am I called.
3.542491Be not offended nature's miracle,
3.552492Thou art allotted to be ta'en by me.
3.562493So doth the swan her downy cygnets save,
3.572494Keeping them prisoner underneath her wings.
3.582495Yet if this servile usage once offend,
3.592496Go, and be free again, as Suffolk's friend.
3.602497O stay. [Aside.] I have no power to let her pass.
3.612498My hand would free her, but my heart says no.
3.622499As plays the sun upon the glassy stream,
3.632500Twinkling another counterfeited beam,
3.642501So seems this gorgeous beauty to mine eyes.
3.652502Fain would I woo her, yet I dare not speak.
3.662503I'll call for pen and ink, and write my mind.
3.672504Fie, de la Pole, disable not thyself.
3.682505Hast not a tongue? Is she not here?
3.692506Wilt thou be daunted at a woman's sight?
3.702507Aye, beauty's princely majesty is such
3.712508Confounds the tongue, and makes the senses rough.
3.722509Margaret
 Say, Earl of Suffolk, if thy name be so,
3.732510What ransom must I pay before I pass?
3.742511For I perceive I am thy prisoner.
3.752512Suffolk
 [Aside.] How canst thou tell she will deny thy suit
3.762513Before thou make a trial of her love?
3.772514Margaret
 Why speak'st thou not? What ransom must I pay?
3.782515Suffolk
 [Aside.] She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed;
3.792516She is a woman, therefore to be won.
3.802517Margaret
 Wilt thou accept of ransom, yea or no?
3.812518Suffolk
 [Aside.] Fond man, remember that thou hast a wife;
3.822519Then how can Margaret be thy paramour?
3.832520Margaret
 [Aside.] I were best to leave him, for he will not hear.
3.842521Suffolk
 [Aside.] There all is marred; there lies a cooling card.
3.852522Margaret
 [Aside.] He talks at random; sure the man is mad.
3.862523Suffolk
 [Aside.] And yet a dispensation may be had.
3.872524Margaret
 And yet I would that you would answer me.
3.882525Suffolk
 [Aside.] I'll win this lady Margaret. For whom?
3.892526Why for my king: tush, that's a wooden thing.
3.902527Margaret
 [Aside.] He talks of wood. It is some carpenter.
3.912528Suffolk
 [Aside.] Yet so my fancy may be satisfied,
3.922529And peace establishèd between these realms.
3.932530But there remains a scruple in that too,
3.942531For though her father be the King of Naples,
3.952532Duke of Anjou and Maine, yet is he poor,
3.962533And our nobility will scorn the match.
3.972534Margaret
 Hear ye captain? Are you not at leisure?
3.982535Suffolk
 [Aside.] It shall be so, disdain they ne'er so much.
3.992536Henry is youthful, and will quickly yield.
3.1002537[To Margaret.]  Madam, I have a secret to reveal.
3.1012538Margaret
 [Aside.] What though I be enthralled, he seems a knight
3.1022539And will not any way dishonor me.
3.1032540Suffolk
 Lady, vouchsafe to listen what I say.
3.1042541Margaret
 [Aside.] Perhaps I shall be rescued by the French,
3.1052542And then I need not crave his courtesy.
3.1062543Suffolk
 Sweet madam, give me hearing in a cause.
3.1072544Margaret
 [Aside.] Tush, women have been captivate ere now.
3.1082545Suffolk
 Lady, wherefore talk you so?
3.1092546Margaret
 I cry you mercy, 'tis but quid for quo.
3.1102547Suffolk
 Say gentle Princess, would you not suppose
3.1112548Your bondage happy to be made a queen?
3.1122549Margaret
 To be a queen in bondage is more vile
3.1132550Than is a slave in base servility,
3.1142551For princes should be free.
3.1152552Suffolk
 And so shall you,
3.1162553If happy England's royal king be free.
3.1172554Margaret
 Why, what concerns his freedom unto me?
3.1182555Suffolk
 I'll undertake to make thee Henry's queen,
3.1192556To put a golden scepter in thy hand,
3.1202557And set a precious crown upon thy head,
3.1212558If thou wilt condescend to be my--
3.1222559Margaret
 What?
3.1232560Suffolk
 His love.
3.1242561Margaret
 I am unworthy to be Henry's wife.
3.1252562Suffolk
 No gentle madam, I unworthy am
3.1262563To woo so fair a dame to be his wife
3.1272564And have no portion in the choice myself.
3.1282565How say you, madam; are ye so content?
3.1292566Margaret
 And if my father please, I am content.
3.1302567Suffolk
 Then call our captains and our colors forth,
3.1312568And, madam, at your father's castle walls
3.1322569We'll crave a parley, to confer with him.
3.132.12570 [Enter Captains, Colors, and Trumpeters, who] sound [a parley]. Enter Reignier [Duke of Anjou] on the walls.
3.1332571See, Reignier, see thy daughter prisoner.
3.1342572Reignier
 To whom?
3.1352573Suffolk
 To me.
3.1362574Reignier
 Suffolk, what remedy?
3.1372575I am a soldier, and unapt to weep
3.1382576Or to exclaim on fortune's fickleness.
3.1392577Suffolk
 Yes, there is remedy enough, my lord.
3.1402578Assent, and for thy honor give consent,
3.1412579Thy daughter shall be wedded to my king,
3.1422580Whom I with pain have wooed and won thereto;
3.1432581And this her easy-held imprisonment
3.1442582Hath gained thy daughter princely liberty.
3.1452583Reignier
 Speaks Suffolk as he thinks?
3.1462584Suffolk
 Fair Margaret knows
3.1472585That Suffolk doth not flatter, face or feign.
3.1482586Reignier
 Upon thy princely warrant I descend
3.1492587To give thee answer of thy just demand.
3.149.1 [Exit Reignier above.]
3.1502588Suffolk
 And here I will expect thy coming.
3.150.12589 Trumpets sound. Enter Reignier.
3.1512590Reignier
 Welcome, brave Earl, into our territories.
3.1522591Command in Anjou what your honor pleases.
3.1532592Suffolk
 Thanks, Reignier, happy for so sweet a child,
3.1542593Fit to be made companion with a king.
3.1552594What answer makes your grace unto my suit?
3.1562595Reignier
 Since thou dost deign to woo her little worth
3.1572596To be the princely bride of such a lord,
3.1582597Upon condition I may quietly
3.1592598Enjoy mine own, the country Maine and Anjou,
3.1602599Free from oppression or the stroke of war,
3.1612600My daughter shall be Henry's, if he please.
3.1622601Suffolk
 That is her ransom. I deliver her,
3.1632602And those two counties I will undertake
3.1642603Your grace shall well and quietly enjoy.
3.1652604Reignier
 And I again in Henry's royal name,
3.1662605As deputy unto that gracious king,
3.1672606Give thee her hand for sign of plighted faith.
3.1682607Suffolk
 Reignier of France, I give thee kingly thanks,
3.1692608Because this is in traffic of a king.
3.1702609[Aside.] And yet methinks I could be well content
3.1712610To be mine own attorney in this case.
3.1722611[To Reignier.] I'll over then to England with this news,
3.1732612And make this marriage to be solemnized.
3.1742613So farewell, Reignier; set this diamond safe
3.1752614In golden palaces, as it becomes.
3.1762615Reignier
 I do embrace thee as I would embrace
3.1772616The Christian prince King Henry, were he here.
3.1782617Margaret
 Farewell, my lord: good wishes, praise, and prayers
3.1792618Shall Suffolk ever have of Margaret. 
3.1802619Suffolk
 Farewell, sweet madam: but hark you Margaret;
3.1812620No princely commendations to my king?
3.1822621Margaret
 Such commendations as becomes a maid,
3.1832622A virgin, and his servant, say to him.
3.1842623Suffolk
 Words sweetly placed, and modesty directed.
3.184.1 [She is going.] 
3.1852624But madam, I must trouble you again:
3.1862625No loving token to his Majesty?
3.1872626Margaret
 Yes, my good lord: a pure unspotted heart,
3.1882627Never yet taint with love, I send the king.
3.1892628Suffolk
 And this withal.
3.189.1 [He] kiss[es] her.
3.1902629Margaret
 That for thyself; I will not so presume
3.1912630To send such peevish tokens to a king.
3.191.1 [Exit Reignier and Margaret.]
3.1922631Suffolk
 [Aside.] O wert thou for myself. But Suffolk, stay.
3.1932632Thou mayest not wander in that labyrinth.
3.1942633There Minotaurs and ugly treasons lurk.
3.1952634Solicit Henry with her wondrous praise.
3.1962635Bethink thee on her virtues that surmount,
3.1972636Mad natural graces that extinguish art.
3.1982637Repeat their semblance often on the seas,
3.1992638That when thou com'st to kneel at Henry's feet
3.2002639Thou mayst bereave him of his wits with wonder.
3.200.1 Exeunt.
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