Part 34
[daj173] _shall_] Q1 Q2. _shalt_ Q3.
[daj175] _venture_] Q1 Q2. _venter_ Q3.
[daj188] _sometime_] Q1 Q2 _sometimes_ Q3.
[daj192] _pompe,_] Q1 Q3. _pomp!_ Q2.
[daj198], daj199: _What...lap?_] As in Q1 Q2. One line in Q3.
[daj200] _could I, could I, breath_] Q1 Q2 (_breeath_ Q2). _could I breathe_ Q3.
[daj203] _thy sight_] Q1 Q2. _my sight_ Q3.
[dak004] _saue_] Q1 Q3. _haue_ Q2.
[dak008] _strong_] Q1 Q2. om. Q3.
[dak010] _coame_] Q1 Q3. _combe_ Q2.
[dak011] _hees_] Q1 Q2. _hee’s_ Q3.
[dak021] _be_] Q1 Q2. om. Q3. ¶ Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3.
[dal001] Whickmore] Q1 Q3. Whickemore Q2.
[dal005], dal007, dal012, dal015, dal016, dal039, dal062: _Water_] Q1 Q3. _Walter_ Q2.
[dal006] _ransomes_] Q1 Q2. _ransome_ Q3.
[dal008] _Water_] Q1 Q3. _Walter_ Q2. ¶ _doest_] Q1. _doest thou_ Q3. _dost_ Q3.
[dal016], dal020: Water] Q1. Walter Q2 Q3. ¶ dal016: _als one_] Q1. _all’s on_ Q2. _al’s one_ Q3.
[dal019] _shalbe_] Q1. _shall be_ Q2 Q3.
[dal024] _hundreth_] Q1 Q2. _hundred_ Q3.
[dal026] Water] Q1 Q3. Walter Q2. ¶ dal026, dal027: _Come...haue_] As in Q1 Q2. One line in Q3.
[dal029], dal042, dal043, dal044: _Poull_] Q1. _Poole_ Q2. _Pole_ Q3.
[dal030] _rags._] Q1 Q3. _rags?_ Q2.
[dal031], dal033, dal054: _I_] Q1 Q3. _Yea_ Q2.
[dal046], dal047: _Those...Queene_] As in Q1 Q3. One line in Q2.
[dal050] _Pinnais_] Q1 Q2. _Pinnis_ Q3.
[dal052] _Masadonian_] Q1. _Macedonian_ Q2 Q3.
[dal056] _Margret_] Q1. _Margaret_ Q2 Q3.
[dal057] _thy_] Q1 Q3. _thine_ Q2.
[dal062] _hed_] Q1. _head_ Q2 Q3.
[dal069] Water] Q1 Q3. Walter Q2. ¶ _speake,_] Q1. _speake?_ Q2 Q3.
[dal071] _bandeto_] Q1. _bande to_ Q2. _bandetto_ Q3.
[dal073] _bastard-hand_] Q1 Q2. _bastard hand_ Q3.
[dal074] Water] Q1 Q3. Walter Q2.
[dal078] Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3.
[dam005] _whats_] Q1 Q2. _what’s_ Q3.
[dam007] _on it_] Q1 Q2. _on’t_ Q3.
[dam008] _I_] Q1 Q3. _Yea_ Q2.
[dam009] _gentle men_] Q1. _gentlemē_ Q2. _Gentlemen_ Q3.
[dam012] _more_] Q1 Q2. _else_ Q3.
[dam013] _theres_] Q1 Q2. _there’s_ Q3.
[dam017] _here abouts_] Q1 Q2. _hereabouts_ Q3. ¶ _all be_] Q1. _al be_ Q2. _be al_ Q3.
[dam019] _here_] Q1. _heare_ Q2 Q3.
[dam024] _Mortemer_] Q1. _Mortimer_ Q2 Q3 (and passim).
[dam025] Nicke] Q1 Q2. Dicke Q3.
[dam026] _Brases_] Q1 Q2. _Lacies_ Q3.
[dam027] Will.] Q1. Wil. Q2. Nicke. Q3.
[dam030] _honourably_] Q1 Q3. _honourable_ Q2.
[dam031] _I for_] Q1. _Yea, for_ Q2. _I_ Q3.
[dam032] _for his_] Q1 Q2. _because his_ Q3.
[dam034] _Thats_] Q1 Q2. _That’s_ Q3.
[dam042] _shall be_] Q1. _shalbe_ Q2 Q3.
[dam043] _and if_] Q1 Q2. _if_ Q3. ¶ _be king_] Q1 Q3. _be the king_ Q2.
[dam046] _weele_] Q1. _weel_ Q2. _wee’ll_ Q3.
[dam047] _shalbe_] Q1. _shall be_ Q2 Q3. ¶ _comes_] Q1 Q2. _come_ Q3.
[dam051] _I_] Q1 Q3. _Yea_ Q2.
[dam054] _Whose_] Q1 Q2. _Who’s_ Q3.
[dam058] _Sonnes_] Q1. _Sounes_ Q2. _Zounds_ Q3. ¶ _hees_] Q1 Q2. _he’s_ Q3.
[dam059] _whats_] Q1 Q2. _what’s_ Q3.
[dam060] _you_] Q1 Q2. _ye_ Q3.
[dam061] _I can tell you_] Q1 Q2 (_tel_ Q2). _I tell ye_ Q3.
[dam062] _oth_] Q1. _o’th_ Q2. _ore the_ Q3.
[dam063]–dam065: _And...Tally?_] As in Q1 Q2. Prose in Q3. ¶ dam063: _And what_] Q1 Q2. _What_ Q3. ¶ _you_] Q1 Q2. _ye_ Q3.
[dam066] _true_] Q1 Q2. _truly_ Q3.
[dam068] _hes_] Q1. _he has_ Q2 Q3. ¶ _penny-inckhorne_] Q1. _penny inckhorne_ Q2. _pen and inkehorne_ Q3.
[dam071] _mean_] Q1 Q3. _mē_ Q2.
[dam072], dam073: _hees_] Q1 Q2. _he’s_ Q3.
[dam078], dam088, dam095: _I_] Q1 Q3. _Yea_ Q2. ¶ He...Dicke Butcher] Q1 Q2. He...him Q3 (after line 79).
[dam080] Now...drumme] Q1 Q2. As part of Cade’s speech in Q3.
[dam085] _but_] Q1 Q2. om. Q3.
[dam086] _and_] Q1 Q3. om. Q2.
[dam092] _thats_] Q1 Q2. _that’s_ Q3.
[dam094] _Thats_] Q1 Q2. _That’s_ Q3.
[dam098] _that_] Q1 Q3. om. Q2
[dam100] _twas_] Q1 Q2. _was_ Q3.
[dam102] _testifie_] Q1 Q2. _testifye it_ Q3.
[dam106] _liues_] Q1. _liues:_ Q2 Q3.
[dam107] _simplicitie._ Q1. _simplicitie!_ Q2. _simplicity._ Q3.
[dam108] _weele_] Q1 Q2. _wee’ll_ Q3.
[dam111] _maimde_] Q1. _maimd_ Q2. _maim’d_ Q3.
[dam112] _crouch_] Q1 Q2. _crutch_ Q3. ¶ _my_] Q1 Q3. _the_ Q2.
[dam120] _will_] Q1. _wll_ Q2. _wil_ Q3.
[dam128] _saint_] Q1 Q2. _S._ Q3. ¶ Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3.
[dan001] the battaile] Q1 battaile Q2. the battell Q3. ¶ and sir] Q1 Q2. where sir Q3. ¶ is slaine] Q1 Q2. are both slaine Q3. ¶ enter] Q1. om. Q2. enters Q3. ¶ dan001: _valianly_] Q1. _valiantly_ Q2 Q3.
[dan004] _Thou_] Q1 Q2. _and thou_ Q3.
[dan005], dan006: _for to morrow_] Q1 Q2. _and to morrow_ Q3.
[dan006] Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3.
[dao005] Reade] Q1 Q2. om. Q3. ¶ _one_] Q1. _once_ Q2 Q3.
[dao007] _I_] Q1 Q3. _Yea_ Q2.
[dao009] _death,_] Q1 Q2. _death?_ Q3.
[dao011], dao012: _Oh...Southwarke_] As in Q1 Q2. One line in Q3.
[dao026] Exet omnes] Q1. exeunt omes Q2. Exit omnes Q3.
[dap001] Lord Skayles] Q1. Lord Scayles Q2. Sord Skayles Q3. ¶ Enter three...] Q1 Q2. Omitted in Q3.
[dap011] _I will_] Q1 Q2. _will I_ Q3.
[dap013] Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3.
[daq005] _hence forward_] Q1. _henceforth_ Q2. _henceforward_ Q3.
[daq006] _any otherwise_] Q1 Q3. _otherwise_ Q2.
[daq009] _Sounes_] Q1. _Zounes_ Q2. _Zounds_ Q3.
[daq010] _Lords_] Q1 Q2. _Lord_ Q3. ¶ _theirs_] Q1. _theres_ Q2. _Ther’s_ Q3. ¶ daq010, daq011: _theirs...Smythfield_] As in Q1 Q2. As one line in Q3.
[daq012], daq015: _lets_] Q1 Q2. _let’s_ Q3.
[daq013] _a fire_] Q1 Q3. _on fire_ Q2.
[daq015] Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3.
[dar001] _some_] Q1 Q2. om. Q3.
[dar002] _the Court_] Q1 Q2. _Court_ Q3.
[dar009] _all things_] Q1 Q3. _al thing_ Q2. ¶ _shall be_] Q1 Q3. _shalbe_ Q2.
[dar012] _should parchment_] Q1 Q2. _parchment should_ Q3.
[dar019]–dar021: _Marry...smocke_] As in Q1 Q2. As prose in Q3.
[dar020] _go with me, and_] Q1 Q2. Omitted in Q3.
[dar024]–dar027: _Come...France?_] As in Q1 Q2. As prose in Q3.
[dar031] _kepst_] Q1. _keepst_ Q2. _keep’st_ Q3.
[dar033] _abhominable_] Q1 Q3. _abominable_ Q2.
[dar034] _that_] Q1 Q2. _this_ Q3. ¶ _peace_] Q1 Q2. _the peace_ Q3.
[dar037], dar038: _Thou...not?_] See note (IV). ¶ _foot-cloth_] Q1 Q3. _foothcloth_ Q2.
[dar045] _bona, terra_] Q1. _terra bona_ Q2. _Bona terra_ Q3.
[dar046] _sounds_] Q1 Q2. _zounds_ Q3. ¶ _whats_] Q1 Q2. _what’s_ Q3.
[dar049] _outtalian_] Q1 Q2. _Outalian_ Q3.
[dar053] _I lost not_] Q1 Q2. _nor lost I_ Q3.
[dar056]–dar058: _Nay...thee_] As in Q1 Q2. As three lines in Q3, ending _say...away...thee._ ¶ dar056: _thy head, as who_] Q1 Q2. _thy head at vs, as who wouldst_ Q3.
[dar057] _the_] Q1. _thee_ Q2 Q3.
[dar058] _chop of_] Q1 Q2. _choppe off_ Q3.
[dar066] _capitie_] Q1. _capite_ Q2 Q3.
[dar070] _squench_] Q1 Q2. _quench_ Q3.
[dar076] _and and_] Q1. _and_ Q2 Q3.
[dar078] _Sargiant youle,_] Q1. _sergeant, youle_ Q2. _Sergeant, you’l_ Q3.
[dar080] _hees_] _he is_ Q3.
[dar081] _of his_] Q1 Q2. _on’s_ Q3.
[dar082] _cut_] Q1 Q2. _and cut_ Q3.
[dar084] _Braue_] Q1 Q2 Q3. _Brain_ Knight. _Brane_ Halliwell.
[dar088] _this_] Q1 Q2. _these_ Q3. ¶ _rebellions_] Q1 Q3. _rebellion_ Q2.
[dar101] _vnder_] Q1 Q3. _unto_ Q2.
[dar102] _straightwaies_] _straightway_ Q3.
[dar106] _a word_] Q1 Q2. om. Q3.
[dar114] _way,_] _way?_ Q3.
[dar115] _want_] Q1. _wants_ Q2 Q3.
[dar117] and flies] Q1 Q2. and then flies Q3.
[dar121] _away_] Q1 Q3. _way_ Q2. ¶ Exet omnes] Omitted in Q2. Exit om. Q3.
[das001] _here_] _heare_ Q2 Q3.
[das004] _must it_] Q1 Q3. _it must_ Q2.
[das005] _be it_] Q1 Q2. _be_ Q3.
[das012] _there_] _their_ Q2 Q3.
[das016] _by that_] Q1 Q2. _by these_ Q3.
[das024] _prosessions_] Q1. _processions_ Q2 Q3.
[das026] Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3.
[dat001] _life,_] Q1 Q3. _life!_ Q2.
[dat006] _Sounes_] Q1 Q2. _Zounds_ Q3. ¶ _heres_] _heere’s_ Q3.
[dat008] _Astridge_] Q1. _estridge_ Q2 Q3.
[dat012] _my ground_] Q1 Q3. _the ground_ Q2.
[dat014] _too,_] Q1 Q3. _too?_ Q2.
[dat016] _and I do_] Q1 Q2. _if do_ Q3. _if I do_ Steevens.
[dat018]–dat022: _Nay...aside_] As seven lines of verse in Q3, ending _stands,...Kent,...man...thine...hand...weapons...aside._ ¶ dat018: _neuer shall_] Q1 Q2. _shall neuer_ Q3. ¶ _doth stand_] Q1 Q2. _stands_ Q3.
[dat021] _thee_] Q1 Q2. _with thee_ Q3.
[dat022] _weopons_] Q1. _weapons_ Q2 Q3.
[dat023] _doest not hew_] Q1. _hewst not_ Q2. _dost not hew_ Q3.
[dat024] _I beseech God thou maist_] Q1 Q2. _I would thou mightst_ Q3.
[dat025] _hand_] _hands_ Steevens. ¶ _turnd to_] Q1. _turnd into_ Q2. _turn’d to_ Q3.
[dat032] _it_] Q1 Q2. _this_ Q3.
[dat033] _slaine._] Q1 Q2. _slaine?_ Q3. ¶ _ile_] Q1 Q3. _I_ Q2. ¶ dat033–dat036: _Oh sword...beare it._] As five lines of verse in Q3, ending _chamber...age,...me....sword...King._
[dat035], dat036: _his head_] Q1 Q2 (Devonshire and Malone 36) Q3. _head_ Q2 (Malone 867).
[dat036] _it_] Q1. _it with me._ Q2. _it to the King._ Q3. See note (V).
[dau005] _here_] Q1. _here?_ Q2. _heere,_ Q3.
[dau008] _comes_] Q1 Q3. _comest_ Q2.
[dau014] _is._] Q1. _is!_ Q2 Q3.
[dau018] _And not_] Q1 Q3. _And_ Q2.
[dau025] _but so_] Q1 Q2. _then so_ Q3.
[dau026] _granst_] Q1 Q3. _grants_ Q2.
[dau032] Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3.
[dau044] _Henry_] Q1 Q2. _king Henry_ Q3.
[dau057] _whats_] _what’s_ Q3.
[dau060] _sir_] om. Q3.
[dau062] _to maintaine_] Q1 Q3. _for to maintaine_ Q2.
[dau065] _waight_] Q1. _waite_ Q2 Q3.
[dau067] _to my_] Q1 Q3. _vnto my_ Q2. _to the_ Halliwell.
[dau072] _Whose that,_] Q1. _Who’s that?_ Q2. _Who’s that,_ Q3.
[dau086] Yorke.] King. Q3.
[dau087] _dispight_] Q1. _spight_ Q2. _despight_ Q3.
[dav007] _I, a_] Q1 Q3. _Yea, a_ Q2.
[dav008] _leauy_] Q1 Q2. _leuie_ Q3.
[dav009] _doth_] Q1 Q3. _do_ Q2.
[dav011] _baile_] Q1 Q3. _suertie_ Q2.
[dav018] Earles] Q1 Q3. Earle Q2. ¶ other] other doore Q3.
[dav032] _affright the_] _affright thee_ Q2 Q3.
[dav036] _renowmed_] Q1. _renowned_ Q2 Q3.
[dav037] _compleases_] Q1. _complises_ Q2. _complices_ Q3.
[dav041] Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3.
[daw001] and Richard kils] Q1 Q3. Richard kills Q2. ¶ _saint_] _S._ Q3. ¶ daw001: _breathe thy last_] Q1 Q2. _tumble in thy blood_ Q3.
[daw002] _whats_] _what’s_ Q3.
[daw007] _saint_] Q1. _S._ Q2 Q3.
[daw008] enter] Q1 Q3. then enter Q2.
[daw029] _fights_] Q1 Q3. _fightst_ Q2.
[daw040] _sinowes_] Q1. _sinewes_ Q2 Q3.
[daw044] _may I_] Q1 Q2. _I may_ Q3.
[daw045] _O! dismall sight,_] Q1. _O dismall sight!_ Q2. _Oh dismall sight,_ Q3.
[daw056] _heres_] _heer’s_ Q3.
[daw057] with him,] him, Steevens.
[daw058] _crooktbacke_] Q1. _croorktback_ Q2. _crook’d-backe_ Q3.
[daw061] _yet_] Q1 Q3. om. Q2.
[daw064] _lets_] _let’s_ Q3.
[daw066] _sommon_] Q1. _summon_ Q2. _summon up_ Q3. ¶ daw066, daw090: _Parlament_] _Parliament_ Q3.
[daw067] Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3. ¶ and Richard.] Q1 Q2. Edward, and Richard. Q3.
[daw081] _sprited_] Q1 Q2. _spirited_ Q3.
[daw090] _here_] _heare_ Q2. _heere_ Q3.
[daw093] _twas_] _t’ was_ Q3.
[daw095] _eternest_] Q1. _eternizd_ Q2. _eterniz’d_ Q3.
[daw097] Exet] Q1. exeunt Q2. Exit Q3.
NOTES TO THE FIRST PART OF THE CONTENTION, &c.
NOTE I.
I. 66. The Quarto of 1594 has ‘Exet’ throughout this play, which is corrected in the edition of 1619 to ‘Exit,’ and in that of 1600 to ‘Exit’ or ‘exeunt.’ We have only recorded the corrections of ‘Exet’ to ‘Exeunt.’
NOTE II.
II. 45–47. Instead of these lines the Quarto of 1619 has:
‘As long as Gloster beares this base and humble minde: Were I a man, and Protector as he is, I’de reach to ’th Crowne, or make some hop headlesse. And being but a woman, ile not behinde For playing of my part, in spite of all that seek to crosse me thus: Who is within there?’
NOTE III.
VI. 11–27. In the edition of 1619 this passage is so much altered that it is necessary to give it at full:
‘The second was _William_ of _Hatfield_, Who dyed young. The third was _Lyonell_, Duke of _Clarence_. The fourth was _Iohn of Gaunt_, The Duke of _Lancaster_. The fift was _Edmund of Langley_, Duke of Yorke. The sixt was _William of Windsore_, Who dyed young. The seauenth and last was Sir _Thomas of Woodstocke_, Duke of _Yorke_.
Now _Edward_ the blacke Prince dyed before his Father, leauing behinde him two sonnes, _Edward_ borne at _Angolesme_, who died young, and _Richard_ that was after crowned King, by the name of _Richard_ the second, who dyed without an heyre.
Lyonell Duke of Clarence dyed, and left him one only daughter, named _Phillip_, who was married to Edmund Mortimer earle of March and Vlster: and so by her I claime the Crowne, as the true heire to Lyonell Duke of Clarence, third sonne to Edward the third.’
NOTE IV.
XVIII. 37, 38. On the line ‘Thou ridest on a foot-cloth doest thou not?’ Mr Halliwell remarks, ‘This passage, though completely necessary for the sense, is entirely omitted in the edition of 1619 and by Mr Knight.’ It is indeed omitted by Mr Knight, who follows Steevens, but it is found in Capell’s copy of the edition of 1619, ‘Thou ridest on a foot-cloth, dost thou not?’ We take this opportunity of remarking that, in all cases where the readings given by us from the edition of 1619 differ from those quoted by Mr Halliwell, we have given them as they stand in Capell’s copy. Mr Halliwell appears to quote from Mr Knight’s reprint. Instances of these variations occur in Scene III. line 6, where Steevens and Mr Knight print ‘They’ for ‘That,’ the reading of all the Quartos: in Scene IV. line 41, where they have ‘treason’ for ‘treasons:’ in Scene VII. line 3, where they have ‘against’ for ‘gainst.’ In Scene X. line 76, Mr Halliwell says the edition of 1619 reads ‘with the vnbloody beake’: in Capell’s copy it is ‘With vnbloody beake.’ In XX. 16 he quotes ‘Yet if I do not’ as the reading of the edition of 1619 where Capell’s copy has ‘Yet if do not,’ the former being the reading of Steevens’s reprint. In XX. 28 ‘hand’ is the reading of all the Quartos, while Steevens has ‘hands.’ It is possible that these variations may be found in other copies of the ed. of 1619.
NOTE V.
XX. 36. In the edition of 1594 the words which follow ‘beare it’ have dropped out.
The true Tragedie of Richard Duke _of Yorke, and the good King_ Henry the Sixt.
Enter _Richard_ Duke of _Yorke_, the Earle of _Warwicke_, _The Duke of Norffolke_, _Marquis Montague_, _Edward Earl of March_, _Crookeback Richard_, and the yong _Earle of Rutland_, with Drumme and Souldiers, with white Roses in their hats.
## SCENE I.
_Warwike._ I wonder how the king escapt our hands. [eaa001]
_Yorke._ Whilst we pursude the horsemen of the North, He slilie stole awaie and left his men: Whereat the great Lord of Northumland, Whose warlike eares could neuer brooke retrait, ·eaa005· Chargde our maine battels front, and therewith him [eaa006] Lord _Stafford_ and Lord _Clifford_ all abrest Brake in and were by the hands of common Souldiers (slain. [eaa008]
_Edw._ Lord _Staffords_ father Duke of _Buckhingham_, Is either slaine or wounded dangerouslie, [eaa010] I cleft his Beuer with a downe right blow: Father that this is true behold his bloud.
_Mont._ And brother heeres the Earle of _Wiltshires_ Bloud, whom I encountred as the battailes ioind. [eaa014]
_Rich._ Speake thou for me and tell them what I did. ·eaa015·
_York._ What is your grace dead my L. of _Summerset_? [eaa016]
_Norf._ Such hope haue all the line of _Iohn_ of _Gawnt_.
_Rich._ Thus doe I hope to shape king _Henries_ head.
_War._ And so do _I_ victorious prince of Yorke, Before I see thee seated in that throne ·eaa020· Which now the house of _Lancaster_ vsurpes, I vow by heauens these eies shal neuer close. [eaa022] This is the pallace of that fearefull king, And that the regall chaire? Possesse it Yorke: [eaa024] For this is thine and not king _Henries_ heires. ·eaa025·
_York._ Assist me then sweet _Warwike_, and I wil: For hither are we broken in by force.
_Norf._ Weele all assist thee, and he that flies shall die.
_York._ Thanks gentle _Norffolke_. Staie by me my Lords, and souldiers staie you heere and lodge this night: ·eaa030·
_War._ And when the king comes offer him no Violence, vnlesse he seek to put vs out by force. [eaa032]
_Rich._ Armde as we be, lets staie within this house? [eaa033]
_War._ The bloudie parlement shall this be calde, Vnlesse _Plantagenet_ Duke of Yorke be king ·eaa035· And bashfull _Henrie_ be deposde, whose cowardise Hath made vs by-words to our enemies.
_York._ Then leaue me not my Lords: for now I meane To take possession of my right.
_War._ Neither the king, nor him that loues him best, ·eaa040· The proudest burd that holds vp _Lancaster_. [eaa041] Dares stirre a wing if _Warwike_ shake his bels. [eaa042] Ile plant _Plantagenet_: and root him out who dares? Resolue thee _Richard_: Claime the English crowne.
Enter king _Henrie_ the sixt, with the Duke of _Excester_, The Earle of _Northumberland_, the Earle of _Westmerland_ and _Clifford_, the Earle of _Cumberland_ with red Roses in their hats.
_King._ Looke Lordings where the sturdy rebel sits, ·eaa045· Euen in the chaire of state: belike he meanes Backt by the power of _Warwike_ that false peere, To aspire vnto the crowne, and raigne as king. Earle of _Northumberland_, he slew thy father. And thine _Clifford_: and you both haue vow’d reuenge, ·eaa050· On him, his sonnes, his fauorites, and his friends.
_Northu._ And if I be not, heauens be reuengd on me.
_Clif._ The hope thereof, makes _Clifford_ mourn in steel.
_West._ What? shall we suffer this, lets pull him downe. [eaa054] My hart for anger breakes, I cannot speake. ·eaa055·
_King._ Be patient gentle Earle of _Westmerland_.
_Clif._ Patience is for pultrouns such as he He durst not sit there had your father liu’d? My gratious Lord: here in the Parlement, Let vs assaile the familie of Yorke. ·eaa060·
_North._ Well hast thou spoken cosen, be it so.
_King._ O know you not the Cittie fauours them, And they haue troopes of soldiers at their becke? [eaa063]
_Exet._ But when the D. is slaine, theile quicklie flie. [eaa064]
_King._ Far be it from the thoughtes of _Henries_ hart, ·eaa065· To make a shambles of the parlement house. Cosen of _Exeter_, words, frownes, and threats, Shall be the warres that Henrie meanes to vse. Thou factious duke of Yorke, descend my throne, I am thy soueraigne. ·eaa070·
_York._ Thou art deceiu’d: I am thine.
_Exet._ For shame come downe he made thee D. of (_York_.
_York._ Twas mine inheritance as the kingdome is. [eaa073]
_Exet._ Thy father was a traytor to the crowne.
_War._ _Exeter_ thou art a traitor to the crowne. ·eaa075· In following this vsurping _Henry_.
_Clif._ Whom should he follow but his naturall king.
_War._ True _Clif._ and that is _Richard_ Duke of Yorke. [eaa078]
_King._ And shall I stande while thou sittest in my [eaa079] throne? ·eaa080·
_York._ Content thy selfe it must and shall be so.
_War._ Be Duke of _Lancaster_, let him be king. [eaa082]
_West._ Why? he is both king & Duke of _Lancaster_, And that the Earle of _Westmerland_ shall mainetaine.
_War._ And _Warwike_ shall disproue it. You forget ·eaa085· That we are those that chaste you from the field And slew your father, and with colours spred, Marcht through the Cittie to the pallas gates.
_Nor._ No _Warwike_ I remember it to my griefe, [eaa089] And by his soule thou and thy house shall rew it. ·eaa090·
_West._ _Plantagenet_ of thee and of thy sonnes, Thy kinsmen and thy friendes, Ile haue more liues, Then 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. ·eaa095·
_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_, ·eaa100· Thy 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 [eaa103] Townes and prouinces.
_War._ Talke not of _France_ since thou hast lost it all. ·eaa105·
_King._ 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, [eaa108] Father teare the Crowne from the Vsurpers head.
_Edw._ Do so sweet father, set it on your head. ·eaa110·
_Mont._ Good brother as thou lou’st & honorst armes, Lets fight it out and not stand cauilling thus. [eaa112]
_Rich._ Sound drums and trumpets & the king will fly.
_York._ Peace sonnes:
_Northum._ Peace thou and giue king Henry leauē to speake. [eaa115]
_King._ Ah _Plantagenet_, why seekest thou to depose (me? [eaa116] Are we not both both _Plantagenets_ by birth, [eaa117] And from two brothers lineallie discent? [eaa118] Suppose by right and equitie thou be king, Thinkst thou that I will leaue my kinglie seate ·eaa120· Wherein my father and my grandsire sat? No, first shall warre vnpeople this my realme, I and our colours often borne in _France_, And now in _England_ to our harts great sorrow Shall be my winding sheete, why faint you Lords? ·eaa125· My titles better farre than his. [eaa126]
_War._ Proue it _Henrie_ and thou shalt be king?
_King._ Why _Henrie_ the fourth by conquest got the Crowne.
_York._ T‛was by rebellion gainst his soueraigne. [eaa129]
_King._ I know not what to saie my titles weake, Tell me maie not a king adopt an heire?
_War._ What then?
_King._ Then am I lawfull king For _Richard_ The second in the view of manie Lords Resignde the Crowne to _Henrie_ the fourth, [eaa135] Whose heire my Father was, and I am his.
_York._ I tell thee he rose against him being his Soueraigne, & made him to resigne the crown perforce. [eaa138]
_War._ Suppose my Lord he did it vnconstrainde, Thinke you that were preiudiciall to the Crowne? ·eaa140·
_Exet._ No, for he could not resigne the Crowne, But that the next heire must succeed and raigne.
_King._ Art thou against vs, Duke of _Exceter_?
_Exet._ His is the right, and therefore pardon me.
_King._ All will reuolt from me and turne to him. ·eaa145·
_Northum._ _Plantagenet_ for all the claime thou laist, [eaa146] Thinke not king _Henry_ shall be thus deposde?
_War._ Deposde he shall be in despight of thee.
_North._ Tush _Warwike_, Thou art deceiued? tis not thy [eaa149] Southerne powers of _Essex_, _Suffolk_, _Norffolke_, and of [eaa150]
_Kent_. that makes thee thus presumptuous and proud, Can set the Duke vp in despight of me.
_Cliff._ King _Henrie_ be thy title right or wrong, Lord _Clifford_ vowes to fight in thy defence. Maie that ground gape and swallow me aliue, ·eaa155· Where I do kneele to him that slew my father.
_King._ O _Clifford_, how thy words reuiue my soule.
_York._ _Henry_ of _Lancaster_ resigne thy crowne. What mutter you? or what conspire you Lords? [eaa159]
_War._ Doe right vnto this princelie Duke of _Yorke_, ·eaa160· Or I will fill the house with armed men,
Enter Souldiers.
And ouer the chaire of state where now he sits, Wright vp his title with thy vsurping bloud. [eaa163]
_King._ O _Warwike_, heare me speake. Let me but raigne in quiet whilst I liue. [eaa165]
_York._ Confirme the crowne to me and to mine heires And thou shalt raigne in quiet whilst thou liu’st.
_King._ Conuey the souldiers hence, and then I will.
_War._ Captaine conduct them into _Tuthill_ fieldes.
_Clif._ What wrong is this vnto the Prince your son? ·eaa170·
_War._ What good is this for _England_ and himselfe?
_Northum._ Base, fearefull, and despairing _Henry_.
_Clif._ How hast thou wronged both thy selfe and vs?
_West._ I cannot staie to heare these Articles. _Exit._ [eaa174]
_Clif._ Nor I, Come cosen lets go tell the Queene. [eaa175]