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._ Then Yorke aduise thy selfe and take thy time,
Claime thou the Crowne, and set thy standard vp,
And in the same aduance the milke-white Rose, ·daf055·
And then to gard it, will I rouse the Beare, [daf056]
Inuiron’d with ten thousand Ragged-staues
To aide and helpe thee for to win thy right,
Maugre the proudest Lord of Henries blood, [daf059]
That dares deny the right and claime of Yorke, ·daf060·
For why my minde presageth I shall liue [daf061]
To see the noble Duke of Yorke to be a King.
_Yorke._ Thanks noble Warwicke, and Yorke doth hope to see,
The Earl of Warwicke liue, to be the greatest man in England,
but the King. Come lets goe. _Exet omnes._ [daf065]
SCENE VII.
Enter King _Henry_, and the Queene, Duke _Humphrey_, the Duke of
_Suffolke_, and the Duke of _Buckingham_, the _Cardinall_, and Dame
_Elnor Cobham_, led with the Officers, and then enter to them the Duke
of _Yorke_, and the Earles of _Salsbury_ and _Warwicke_.
_King._ Stand foorth Dame Elnor Cobham Duches of Gloster, [dag001] and
here the sentence pronounced against thee for these Treasons, [dag002]
that thou hast committed gainst vs, our States and Peeres. [dag003]
First for thy hainous crimes, thou shalt two daies in London do
[dag004] penance barefoote in the streetes, with a white sheete about
thy ·dag005· bodie, and a waxe Taper burning in thy hand. That done,
thou shalt be banished for euer into the Ile of Man, there to ende
thy wretched daies, and this is our sentence erreuocable. Away with
[dag008] her.
_Elnor._ Euen to my death, for I haue liued too long. ·dag010·
_Exet_ some with _Elnor_.
_King._ Greeue not noble vnckle, but be thou glad,
In that these Treasons thus are come to light,
Least God had pourde his vengeance on thy head, [dag013]
For her offences that thou heldst so deare.
_Humph._ Oh gratious _Henry_, giue me leaue awhile, [dag015]
To leaue your grace, and to depart away,
For sorrowes teares hath gripte my aged heart,
And makes the fountaines of mine eyes to swell,
And therefore good my Lord, let me depart.
_King._ With all my hart good vnkle, when you please, [dag020]
Yet ere thou goest, _Humphrey_ resigne thy staffe,
For Henry will be no more protected,
The Lord shall be my guide both for my land and me.
_Humph._ My staffe, I noble Henry, my life and all. [dag024]
My staffe, I yeeld as willing to be thine, [dag025]
As erst thy noble father made it mine, [dag026]
And euen as willing at thy feete I leaue it,
As others would ambitiously receiue it,
And long hereafter when I am dead and gone,
May honourable peace attend thy throne. ·dag030·
_King._ Vnkle Gloster, stand vp and go in peace,
No lesse beloued of vs, then when
Thou weart Protector ouer my land. _Exet Gloster._ [dag033]
_Queene._ Take vp the staffe, for here it ought to stand,
Where should it be, but in King Henries hand? ·dag035·
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