996852King. I prethe giue no limits to my tongue,

997853I am a king and priuiledge to speake.

998854Clif. My Lord the wound that bred this meeting here

999855Cannot be cru'd with words, therefore be still.

1000856Rich. Then executioner vnsheath thy sword,

1001857By him that made vs all I am resolu'de,

1002858That Cliffords manhood hangs vpon his tongue.

1003859Edw. What saist thou Henry, shall I haue my right

860or no?

1004861A thousand men haue broke their fast to daie,

1005862That nere shall dine, vnlesse thou yeeld the crowne.

1006863War. If thou denie their blouds be on thy head,

1007864For Yorke in iustice puts his armour on.

1008865Prin. If all be right that Warwike saies is right,

1009866There is no wrong but all things must be right.

1010867Rich. Whosoeuer got thee, there thy mother stands,

1011868For well I wot thou hast thy mothers tongue.

1012869Queen. But thou art neither like thy sire nor dam,

1013870But like a soule mishapen stygmaticke

1014871Markt by the destinies to be auoided,

1015872As venome Todes, or Lizards fainting lookes.

1016873Rich. Iron of Naples, hid with English gilt,

1017874Thy father beares the title of a king,

1018875As if a channell should be calde the Sea;

1019876Shames thou not, knowing from whence thou art de-

1020877Riu'de, to parlie thus with Englands lawfull heires?

1021878Edw. A wispe of straw were worth a thousand crowns,

1022879To make that shamelesse callet know herselfe,

1027880Thy husbands father reueld in the hart of France,

1028881And tam'de the French, and made the Dolphin stoope:

1029882And had he macht according to his state,