Henry VI, Part III by William Shakespeare

Act 1 - Scene 1

London. The Parliament-house.

Marquess of Montague : And, brother, here's the Earl of Wiltshire's blood, [p]Whom I
encounter'd as the battles join'd.

Earl of Northumberland : If I be not, heavens be revenged on me!

Earl of Westmoreland : What, shall we suffer this? let's pluck him down: [p]My heart for
anger burns; I cannot brook it.

Earl of Northumberland : Well hast thou spoken, cousin: be it so.

Earl of Westmoreland : He is both king and Duke of Lancaster; [p]And that the Lord of
Westmoreland shall maintain.

Earl of Northumberland : Yes, Warwick, I remember it to my grief; [p]And, by his soul, thou and
thy house shall rue it.

Earl of Westmoreland : Plantagenet, of thee and these thy sons, [p]Thy kinsman and thy
friends, I'll have more lives [p]Than drops of blood were in my
father's veins.

Marquess of Montague : Good brother, as thou lovest and honourest arms, [p]Let's fight it out
and not stand cavilling thus.

Earl of Northumberland : Plantagenet, for all the claim thou lay'st, [p]Think not that Henry
shall be so deposed.

Earl of Northumberland : Thou art deceived: 'tis not thy southern power, [p]Of Essex, Norfolk,
Suffolk, nor of Kent, [p]Which makes thee thus presumptuous and
proud, [p]Can set the duke up in despite of me.

Earl of Westmoreland : Base, fearful and despairing Henry!

Earl of Westmoreland : I cannot stay to hear these articles.

Earl of Northumberland : Nor I.

Earl of Westmoreland : Farewell, faint-hearted and degenerate king, [p]In whose cold blood no
spark of honour bides.

Earl of Northumberland : Be thou a prey unto the house of York, [p]And die in bands for this
unmanly deed!

Marquess of Montague : And I unto the sea from whence I came. [p][Exeunt YORK, EDWARD,
EDMUND, GEORGE, RICHARD,] [p]WARWICK, NORFOLK, MONTAGUE, their
Soldiers, and [p]Attendants]

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