The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_War._ Vnto the _Maine_, Oh father _Maine_ is lost,
Which _Warwicke_ by maine force did win from _France_, ·daa140·
Maine chance father you meant, but I meant _Maine_, [daa141]
Which I will win from _France_, or else be slaine.
_Exet Salsbury_ and _Warwicke_.
_Yorke._ _Anioy_ and _Maine_, both giuen vnto the French,
Cold newes for me, for I had hope of _France_,
Euen as I haue of fertill England. ·daa145·
A day will come when _Yorke_ shall claime his owne,
And therefore I will take the _Neuels_ parts,
And make a show of loue to proud Duke _Humphrey_:
And when I spie aduantage, claime the Crowne,
For thats the golden marke I seeke to hit: ·daa150·
Nor shall proud _Lancaster_ vsurpe my right,
Nor hold the scepter in his childish fist,
Nor weare the Diademe vpon his head,
Whose church-like humours fits not for a Crowne:
Then _Yorke_ be still a while till time do serue, ·daa155·
Watch thou, and wake when others be a sleepe, [daa156]
To prie into the secrets of the state,
Till _Henry_ surfeiting in ioyes of loue,
With his new bride, and Englands dear bought queene,
And _Humphrey_ with the Peeres be falne at iarres, ·daa160·
Then will I raise aloft the milke-white Rose,
With whose sweete smell the aire shall be perfumde,
And in my Standard beare the Armes of _Yorke_,
To graffle with the House of _Lancaster_: [daa164]
And force perforce, ile make him yeeld the Crowne, ·daa165·
Whose bookish rule hath puld faire England downe.
_Exet Yorke._
SCENE II.
Enter Duke _Humphrey_, and Dame _Ellanor_,
_Cobham_ his wife.
_Elnor._ Why droopes my Lord like ouer ripened corne,
Hanging the head at _Cearies_ plentious loade, [dab002]
What seest thou Duke _Humphrey_ King _Henries_ Crowne?
Reach at it, and if thine arme be too short,
Mine shall lengthen it. Art not thou a Prince, [dab005]
Vnckle to the King, and his Protector?
Then what shouldst thou lacke that might content thy minde. [dab007]
_Humph._ My louely _Nell_, far be it from my heart,
To thinke of Treasons gainst my soueraigne Lord,
But I was troubled with a dreame to night, ·dab010·
And God I pray, it do betide no ill. [dab011]
_Elnor._ What drempt my Lord. Good _Humphrey_ tell it me, [dab012]
And ile interpret it, and when thats done,
Ile tell thee then, what I did dreame to night.
_Humphrey._ This night when I was laid in bed, I dreampt
that [dab015]
This my staffe mine Office badge in Court,
Was broke in two, and on the ends were plac’d, [dab017]
The heads of the Cardinall of _Winchester_, [dab018]
And _William de la Poule_ first Duke of _Suffolke_. [dab019]
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