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- Edition: Henry VI, Part 3
Henry VI, Part 3 (Folio 1, 1623)
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The third Part of Henry the Sixt.149
223To honor me as thy King, and Soueraigne:
226Plant. This Oath I willingly take, and will performe.
227 Warw. Long liue King Henry: Plantagenet embrace
228him.
230Sonnes.
233Senet. Here they come downe.
235Warw. And Ile keepe London with my Souldiers.
236Norf. And I to Norfolke with my followers.
237Mount. And I vnto the Sea, from whence I came.
239Enter the Queene.
240Exeter. Heere comes the Queene,
241Whose Lookes bewray her anger:
242Ile steale away.
244Queene. Nay, goe not from me, I will follow thee.
247Ah wretched man, would I had dy'de a Maid?
248And neuer seene thee, neuer borne thee Sonne,
252Or felt that paine which I did for him once,
253Or nourisht him, as I did with my blood;
255Rather then haue made that sauage Duke thine Heire,
256And dis-inherited thine onely Sonne.
257Prince. Father, you cannot dis-inherite me:
260The Earle of Warwick and the Duke enforc't me.
261 Quee. Enforc't thee? Art thou King, and wilt be forc't?
266To entayle him and his Heires vnto the Crowne,
267What is it, but to make thy Sepulcher,
268And creepe into it farre before thy time?
269Warwick is Chancelor, and the Lord of Callice,
270Sterne Falconbridge commands the Narrow Seas,
271The Duke is made Protector of the Realme,
273The trembling Lambe, inuironned with Wolues.
274Had I beene there, which am a silly Woman,
275The Souldiers should haue toss'd me on their Pikes,
276Before I would haue granted to that Act.
277But thou preferr'st thy Life, before thine Honor.
279Both from thy Table Henry, and thy Bed,
280Vntill that Act of Parliament be repeal'd,
281Whereby my Sonne is dis-inherited.
282The Northerne Lords, that haue forsworne thy Colours,
285And vtter ruine of the House of Yorke.
286Thus doe I leaue thee: Come Sonne, let's away,
287Our Army is ready; come, wee'le after them.
290gone.
292Queene. I, to be murther'd by his Enemies.
294Ile see your Grace: till then, Ile follow her.
295Queene. Come Sonne away, we may not linger thus.
296Henry. Poore Queene,
297How loue to me, and to her Sonne,
298Hath made her breake out into termes of Rage.
299Reueng'd may she be on that hatefull Duke,
301Will cost my Crowne, and like an emptie Eagle,
304Ile write vnto them, and entreat them faire;
307Flourish. Enter Richard, Edward, and
308Mountague.
310leaue.
311Edward. No, I can better play the Orator.
313Enter the Duke of Yorke.
317Yorke. About what?
318 Rich. About that which concernes your Grace and vs,
319The Crowne of England, Father, which is yours.
320Yorke. Mine Boy? not till King Henry be dead.
321 Richard. Your Right depends not on his life, or death.
322Edward. Now you are Heire, therefore enioy it now:
324It will out-runne you, Father, in the end.
326reigne.
327 Edward. But for a Kingdome any Oath may be broken:
328I would breake a thousand Oathes, to reigne one yeere.
330sworne.
332 Richard. Ile proue the contrary, if you'le heare mee
333speake.
335Richard. An Oath is of no moment, being not tooke
336Before a true and lawfull Magistrate,
337That hath authoritie ouer him that sweares.
338Henry had none, but did vsurpe the place.
340Your Oath, my Lord, is vaine and friuolous.
341Therefore to Armes: and Father doe but thinke,
342How sweet a thing it is to weare a Crowne,
343Within whose Circuit is Elizium,
344And all that Poets faine of Blisse and Ioy.
345Why doe we linger thus? I cannot rest,
346Vntill the White Rose that I weare, be dy'de
347Euen in the luke-warme blood of Henries heart.
348Yorke. Richard ynough: I will be King, or dye.
350And whet on Warwick to this Enterprise.
Thou