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  • Title: Henry VI, Part 3 (Folio 1, 1623)

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    Author: William Shakespeare
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    Henry VI, Part 3 (Folio 1, 1623)

    2855Flourish. Enter King Edward in triumph, with
    Richard, Clarence, and the rest.
    King. Thus farre our fortune keepes an vpward course,
    And we are grac'd with wreaths of Victorie:
    But in the midst of this bright-shining Day,
    2860I spy a black suspicious threatning Cloud,
    That will encounter with our glorious Sunne,
    Ere he attaine his easefull Westerne Bed:
    I meane, my Lords, those powers that the Queene
    Hath rays'd in Gallia, haue arriued our Coast,
    2865And, as we heare, march on to fight with vs.
    Clar. A little gale will soone disperse that Cloud,
    And blow it to the Source from whence it came,
    Thy very Beames will dry those Vapours vp,
    For euery Cloud engenders not a Storme.
    2870Rich. The Queene is valued thirtie thousand strong,
    And Somerset, with Oxford, fled to her:
    If she haue time to breathe, be well assur'd
    Her faction will be full as strong as ours.
    King. We are aduertis'd by our louing friends,
    2875That they doe hold their course toward Tewksbury.
    We hauing now the best at Barnet field,
    Will thither straight, for willingnesse rids way,
    And as we march, our strength will be augmented:
    In euery Countie as we goe along,
    2880Strike vp the Drumme, cry courage, and away. Exeunt.
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