War. Alas, I am not coop'd here for de- I will away towards Barnet presently, Lords to the field; Saint George, and victory. [March. Exeunt. SCENE II.-A Field of Battle near Barnet. Alarums, and Excursions. Enter King EDWARD, bringing in WARWICK wounded. K. Edw. So, lie thou there: die thou, and die our fear; For Warwick was a bug, that fear'd+ us all.- And tell me, who is victor, York, or Warwick? That I must yield my body to the earth, Have been as piercing as the mid-day sun, Were liken'd oft to kingly sepulchres; brow? Lo, now my glory smear'd in dust and blood! My parks, my walks, my manors that I had, Even now forsake me; and, of all my lands, Is nothing left me, but my body's length! Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And, live we how we can, yet die we must. Enter OXFORD and SOMERSET. Som. Ah, Warwick, Warwick! wert thou as we are, We might recover all our loss again! The queen from France hath brought a puissant power; Even now we heard the news: Ah, could'st 'thou fly! War. Why, then I would not fly.-Ah, Montague, If thou be there, sweet brother, take my hand, That glews my lips, and will not let me speak. | Which sounded like a cannon in a vault, That might not be distinguish'd; but, at last, I well might hear deliver'd with a groan,— O, farewell, Warwick! And to the latest gasp, cried out for Warwick, And said-Commend me to my valiant brother. And more he would have said; and more he spoke, War. Sweet rest to his soul![bids You all farewell, to meet again in heaven. Fly, lords, and save yourselves; for Warwick [Dies. Oxf. Away, away, to meet the queen's great power! [Exeunt, bearing off WARWICK's Body. SCENE III-Another part of the Field. Flourish.-Enter King EDWARD in triumph; with CLARENCE, GLOSTER, and the rest. K. Edw. Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course, And we are grac'd with wreaths of victory. I mean, my lords,-those powers, that the queen cloud, Hath rais'd in Gallia, have arriv'd our coast, Glo. The queen is valu'd thirty thousand strong, And Somerset, with Oxford, fled to her; friends, K. Edw. We are advertis'd by our loving [bury; That they do hold their course toward TewksWill thither straight, For willingness rids way; We having now the best at Barnet field, And, as we march, our strength will be augmented, In every county as we go along.Strike up the drum; cry--Courage! and away. [Exeunt. SCENE IV.-Plains near Tewksbury. March. Enter Queen MARGARET, Prince EDWARD, SOMERSET, OXFORD, and Soldiers. Q. Mar. Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, But cheerly seek how to redress their harms. What though the mast be now blown over board, The cable broke, the holding anchor lost, Whiles, in his moan, the ship splits on the rock, [lings. Why, is not Oxford here another anchor? And what is Edward, but a ruthless sea? Bestride the rock; the tide will wash you off, More than with ruthless waves, with sands, and rocks. Why, courage, then! what cannot be avoided, "Twere childish weakness to lament, or fear. Prince. Methinks, a woman of this valiant spirit [words, Should, if a coward heard her speak these Infuse his breast with magnanimity, And make him, naked, foil a man at arms, Go home to bed, and, like the owl by day, Q. Mar. Thanks, gentle Somerset ;-sweet Prince. And take his thanks, that yet hath Enter a MESSENGER. Ye see, I drink the water of mine eyes. Therefore, no more but this:-Henry, your sovereign, Is prisoner to the foe; his state usurp'd, Be valiant, and give signal to the fight. [Exeunt both Armies, SCENE V.-Another part of the same. Alarums: Excursions: und afterwards a Retreat Then Enter King EDWARD, CLARENCE, GLOSTER, and Forces; with Queen MARGARET, OXFORD, and SOMERSET, Prisoners. K. Edu. Now, here a period of tumultuous broils. Away with Oxford to Hammes' castle* straight: Orf. For my part, I will not trouble thee with words. Som. Nor I, but stoop with patience to my fortune. [Exeunt OXFORD and SOMERSET, guarded. Q. Mar. So part we sadly in this troublous world, To meet with joy in sweet Jerusalem. K. Edw. Is proclamation made,-that, who finds Edward, Shall have a high reward, and he his life? Glo. It is: and, lo, where youthful Edward What! can so young a thorn begin to prick? Edward, what satisfaction canst thou make, For bearing arms, for stirring up my subjects, And all the trouble thou hast turn'd me to? Prince. Speak like a subject, proud ambi tious York! Suppose, that I am now my father's mouth; Resign thy chair, and, where I stand, kneel thou, Mess. Prepare you, lords, for Edward is at Whilst I propose the self-same words to thee, hand, Ready to fight; therefore be resolute. Oxf. I thought no less it is his policy, To haste thus fast, to find us unprovided. Som. But he's deceiv'd, we are in readiness. Q. Mar. This cheers my heart, to see your forwardness. Orf. Here pitch our battle, hence we will not budge. March. Enter at a distance, King EDWARD, CLARENCE, GLOSTER, and Forces. K. Edw. Brave followers, yonder stands the thorny wood, Which, by the heavens' assistance, and your strength, Must by the roots be hewn up yet ere night. Q. Mar. Lords, knights, and gentlemen, My tears gainsay ;t for every word I speak, + Unsay, deny. * Know. Which, traitor, thou wouldst have me answer Prince. I know my duty, you are all undutiful: [George,Lascivious Edward, and thou perjur'd And thou misshapen Dick,-I tell you all, I am your better, traitors as ye are ;And thou usurp'st my father's right and mine. K. Edw. Take that, the likeness of this railer here. [Stabs him. Glo. Sprawl'st thou? take that, to end thy [GLO. stabs him. Clar. And there's for twitting me with perjury. [CLAR. stabs him. agony. Q. Mar. Ó, kill me too! [Offers to kill her. Glo. Why should she live, to fill the world with words?* K. Edw. What! doth she swoon? use means for her recovery. Glo. Clarence, excuse me to the king my I'll hence to London on a serious matter: Glo. The Tower, the Tower! [Exit. morse: But, if you ever chance to have a child, K. Eh. Away with her; go, bear her hence Q. Mar. Nay, never bear me hence, despatch me here; [death: Here sheath thy sword, I'll pardon thee my What! wilt thou not?-then, Clarence, do it thou. Clar. By heaven, I will not do thee so much ease. Q. Mar. Good Clarence, do; sweet Clarence, do thou do it. Clar. Didst thou not hear me swear, I would not do it. Q. Mar. Ay, but thou usest to forswear thy- Q. Mar. So come to you, and yours, as to his head. Dispute, contention. + She alludes to the deser [Exeunt. SCENE VI.—London.—A Room in the Tower. Glo. Good day, my lord! What, at your K. Hen. Ay, my good lord: My lord, I Good Gloster, and good devil, were alike, Glo. Sirrah, leave us to ourselves: we must K. Hen. The bird, that hath been limed in a bush, [bush: With trembling wings misdoubteth every Have now the fatal object in my eye, And I, the hapless male to one sweet bird, Where my poor young was lim'd, was caught, and kill'd. Glo. Why, what a peevisht fool was that of K. Hen. I, Dædalus; my poor boy, Icarus Glo. Thy son I kill'd for his presumption. Men for their sons, wives for their husoanus' Shall rue the hour that ever thou wast born. trees; The raven rook'd|| her on the chimney's top, *Careless. To nisdoubt is to suspect danger, to fear. To rack signified to squat down or lodge on any thing. Thy mother felt more than a mother's pain, And yet brought forth less than a mother's To wit, an indigest deformed lump, [hope; Not like the fruit of such a goodly tree. [born, Teeth hadst thou in thy head, when thou wast To signify,-thou cam'st to bite the world: And, if the rest be true which I have heard, Thou cam'st. Glo. I'll hear no more;-Die, prophet, in thy For this, amongst the rest, was I ordain'd. after this. O God! forgive my sins, and pardon thee! [Dies. Glo. What, will the aspiring blood of Lan caster mounted. Sink in the ground? I thought it would have [death! See, how my sword weeps for the poor king's O, may such purple tears be always shed From those that wish the downfal of our house! If any spark of life be yet remaining, [so, Then since the heavens have shap'd my body Let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it. I have no brother, I am like no brother: And this word-love, which greybeards call divine, [light; Be resident in men like one another, [Exit. Re-purchas'd with the blood of enemies. Three dukes of Somerset, threefold renown'd With them, the two brave bears, Warwick and Montague, That in their chains fetter'd the kingly lion, And of our labours thou shalt reap the gain. Glo. I'll blast his harvest, if your head were laid; For yet I am not look'd on in the world. Work thou the way,—and thou shalt execute. [Aside. K. Edw. Clarence, and Gloster, love my lovely queen; And kiss your princely nephew, brothers both. Glo. And, that I love the tree from whence thou sprang'st, Witness the loving kiss I give the fruit:To say the truth, so Judas kiss'd his master; And cried-all hail! when as he meant -all harm. Aside. K. Edw. Now am I seated as my soul de. lights, Having my country's peace, and brothers loves. Clar. What will your grace have done with Reignier, her father, to the king of France to France. [time And now what rests, but that we spend the With stately triumphs, mirthful comic shows, Such as befit the pleasures of the court?Sound, drums and trumpets!-farewell, sour annoy! For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy. * Public showE. Exennte ACT I. SCENE I.-London.-A Street. Glo. Now is the winter of our discontent Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; And now, instead of mounting barbedt steeds, To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time † Armed. * Dances. Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, rence comes. Enter CLARENCE, guarded, and BRAKENBURY * Preparations for mischief. |