20161527Enter king Edward, the Queene and Clarence, and 20171528Gloster, and Montague and Hastings, and 20311530Edw. Brothers of
Clarence and of
Glocester,
20321531What thinke you of our marriage with the ladie
Gray?
D3. Cla-
The Tragedie of Richard D. of
20341532Cla. My Lord, we thinke as
Warvvike and
Levves 20351533That are
so
slacke in iudgement, that theile take
20361534No o
ffence at this
suddaine marriage.
20381535Edw. Suppo
se they doe, they are but
Levves and
20391536Warvvike, and I am your king and
Warvvikes,
20411538Glo. And
shall, becau
se our king but yet
such
20421539Sudden marriages
seldome proueth well.
20431540Edw. Yea brother
Richard are you again
st vs too?
20441541Glo. Not
I my Lord, no, God forefend that I
should
20451542Once gaine
saie your highne
sse plea
sure,
20471543I, & twere a pittie to
sunder them that yoake
so wel togi
- (ther.
20491544Edw. Setting your
skornes and your di
slikes a
side,
20501545Shew me
some rea
sons why the Ladie
Gray,
20511546Maie not be my loue and Englands
Queene?
20521547Speake freelie
Clarence, Gloster,
20541549Cla. My Lord then this is my opinion,
20551550That
Warwike beeing di
shonored in his emba
ssage,
20561551Doth
seeke reuenge to quite his iniuries.
20581552Glo. And
Levves in regard of his
sisters wrongs,
20591553Doth ioine with
Warwike to
supplant your
state.
20601554Edw. Suppo
se that
Lewis and
Warwike be appea
sd,
20611555By
such meanes as I can be
st deui
se.
20621556Mont. But yet to haue ioind with France in this
20631557Alliance, would more haue
strengthened this our
20641558Common wealth, gain
st forraine
stormes,
1559Then anie home bred marriage.
20651560Hast. Let England be true within it
selfe,
20661561We need not France not any alliance with them.
20731562Cla. For this one
speech the Lord
Hastings wel de
serues,
To
Yorke, and Henrie the Sixt.
20741563To haue the daughter and heire of the Lord
Hungerford.
20751564Edw. And what then? It was our will it
should be
so?
20761565Cla. I, and for
such a thing too the Lord
Scales 20771566Did well de
serue at your hands, to haue the
20781567Daughter of the Lord
Bonfield, and left your
20791568Brothers to go
seeke el
sewhere, but in
20811569Your madnes, you burie your brotherhood.
20851570Edw. Ala
sse poore
Clarence, is it for a wife,
20871572Why man be of good cheere, I will prouide thee one.
20901573Cla. Naie you plaide the broker
so ill for your
selfe,
1574That you
shall giue me leaue to make my
20911575Choi
se as I thinke good, and to that intent,
1576I
shortlie meane to leaue you.
20921577Edw. Leaue me or tarrie I am full re
solu'd.
20931578Edward will not be tied to his brothers wils.
20941579Queen. My Lords doe me but right and you mu
st 20951580Confe
sse, before it plea
sd his highne
sse to aduance
1581My
state to title of a Queene,
20971582That I was not ignoble in my birth.
21021583Edw. Forbeare my loue to fawne vpon their frownes,
21051584For thee they mu
st obay, naie
shall obaie,
21071585And if they looke for fauour at my hands.
21081586Mont. My Lord, heere is the me
ssenger returnd from (France.
21121588Edw. Now
sirra, What letters or what newes?
21151589Mes. No letters my Lord, and
such newes as without
21161590your highne
sse
speciall pardon I dare not relate.
21171591Edw. We pardon thee, and as neere as thou can
st 21201592Tell me, What
said
Lewis to our letters?
21211593Mes. At my departure the
se were his verie words.
D4 Go
Yorke, and Henrie the Sixt.
21221594Go tell fal
se
Edward thy
suppo
sed king,
21231595That
Lewis of France is
sending ouer Ma
skers,
21241596To reuill it with him and his new bride.
21251597Edw. Is Lewis so braue, belike he thinkes me
Henry.
21261598But what
said Lady
Bona to the
se wrongs?
21281599Mes. Tel him quoth
she, in hope heele proue a widdow
- 21291600er
shortly, Ile weare the willow garland for his
sake.
21301601Edw. She had the wrong, indeed
she could
saie
21311602Little le
sse. But what
saide
Henries Queene, for as
21331604Mes. Tell him quoth
shee my mourning weeds be
21351605Doone, and I am readie to put armour on.
21361606Edw. Then belike
she meanes to plaie the
Amazon.
21371607But what
said
Warwike to the
se iniuries?
21381608Mes. He more incen
sed then the re
st my Lord,
21391609Tell him quoth he, that he hath done me wrong,
21401610And therefore Ile vncrowne him er't be long.
21421611Ed. Ha, Dur
st the traytor breath out
such proude words?
21431612But I will arme me to preuent the wor
st.
21451613But what is
Warwike friendes with
Margaret?
21461614Mes. I my good Lord, theare
so linkt in friend
ship,
21481615That young Prince
Edward marries
Warwikes daughter.
21491616Cla. The elder, belike
Clarence shall haue the
21551617Yonger. All you that loue me and
Warwike 21561618Follow me.
Exit Clarence and Summerset. 21601619Edw. Clarence and
Summerset fled to
Warwike.
21611620What
saie you brother
Richard, will you
stand to vs?
21811621Glo. I my Lord, in de
spight of all that
shall
21821622With
stand you For why hath Nature
21831623Made me halt downe right, but that I
21841624Should be valiant and
stand to it, for if
I
The Tragedie of Richard D. of
21861626Edw. Penbrooke, go rai
se an armie pre
sentlie,
21871627Pitch vp my tent, for in the
field this night
21881628I meane to re
st, and on the morrow morne,
21891629Ile march to meet proud
Warwike ere he land
21901630Tho
se
stragling troopes which he hath got in France.
21681631But ere I goe
Montague and
Hastings,
21691632You of all the re
st are neere
st allied
21701633In bloud to
Warwike, therefore tell me, if
21711634You fauour him more then me or not:
21721635Speake truelie, for I had rather haue you open
21771637Monta. So God helpe
Montague as he proues true.
21791638Hast. And
Hastings as hee fauours
Edwards cau
se.
21801639Edw. It
shall
su
ffice, come then lets march awaie.
Exeunt Omnes.