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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.
    Thy kinsmen and thy friendes, Ile haue more liues,
    110Then drops of bloud were in my fathers vaines.
    Clif. Vrge it no more, least in reuenge thereof,
    I send thee Warwike such a messenger,
    As shall reueng his death before I stirre.
    War. Poore Clifford, how I skorn thy worthles threats
    York. Wil ye we shew our title to the crowne,
    Or else our swords shall plead it in the field?
    King. What title haste thou traitor to the Crowne?
    Thy father was as thou art Duke of Yorke,
    120Thy grandfather Roger Mortimer earle of March,
    I am the sonne of Henrie the Fift who tamde the French,
    And made the Dolphin stoope, and seazd vpon their
    Townes and prouinces.
    War. Talke not of France since thou hast lost it all.
    125King. The Lord protector lost it and not I,
    When I was crownd I was but nine months old.
    Rich. You are olde enough now and yet me thinkes
    you lose,
    Father teare the Crowne from the Vsurpers head.
    130Edw. Do so sweet father, set it on your head.
    Mont. Good brother as thou lou'st & honorst armes,
    Lets fight it out and not stand cauilling thus.
    Rich. Sound drums and trumpets & the king will fly.
    135York. Peace sonnes:
    Northum. Peace thou and giue king Henry leaue to
    speake.
    King. Ah Plantagenet, why seekest thou to depose (me?
    Are we not both both Plantagenets by birth,
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