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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