Henry VI, Part II by William Shakespeare
Act 3 - Scene 2
Bury St. Edmund’s. A room of state.
First Murderer : Run to my Lord of Suffolk; let him know
[p]We have dispatch'd the
duke, as he commanded.
Second Murderer : O that it were to do! What have we done?
[p]Didst ever hear a man so
penitent?
First Murderer : Here comes my lord.
First Murderer : Ay, my good lord, he's dead.
First Murderer : 'Tis, my good lord.
Commons : [Within] An answer from the king, my
[p]Lord of Salisbury!
Commons : [Within] An answer from the king, or we will all break in!
Vaux : To signify unto his majesty
[p]That Cardinal Beaufort is at point of
death;
[p]For suddenly a grievous sickness took him,
[p]That makes him
gasp and stare and catch the air,
[p]Blaspheming God and cursing men
on earth.
[p]Sometimes he talks as if Duke Humphrey's ghost
[p]Were by
his side; sometime he calls the king,
[p]And whispers to his pillow,
as to him,
[p]The secrets of his overcharged soul;
[p]And I am sent to
tell his majesty
[p]That even now he cries aloud for him.
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