The Works of William Shakespeare (Cambridge Ed., Vol. 5) - Chapter 11

The Works of William Shakespeare (Cambridge Ed., Vol. 5) Chapter 11

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The First Part of the Contention of The Two Famovs Houses of Yorke & Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey.

SC. I. daa

Enter at one doore, King HENRY the sixt, and HUMPHREY Duke of GLOSTER, the Duke of SOMMERSET, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Cardinall BEWFORD, and others.

Enter at the other doore, the Duke of YORKE, and the Marquesse of SUFFOLKE, and Queene MARGARET, and the Earle of SALISBURY and WARWICKE.

Suffolke. As by your high imperiall Maiesties command,

I had in charge at my depart for France,

As Procurator for your excellence,

To marry Princes Margaret for your grace,

5 So in the auncient famous Citie Towres,

In presence of the Kings of France & Cyssile,

The Dukes of Orleance, Calabar, Brittaine, and Alonson.

♦ Seuen Earles, twelue Barons, and then the reuerend Bishops,

I did performe my taske and was espousde,

10 And now, most humbly on my bended knees,

In sight of England and her royall Peeres,

Deliuer vp my title in the Queene,

Vnto your gratious excellence, that are the substance

Of that great shadow I did represent:

15 The happiest gift that euer Marquesse gaue,

The fairest Queene that euer King possest.

King. Suffolke arise.

Welcome Queene Margaret to English Henries Court,

The greatest shew of kindnesse yet we can bestow,

Is this kinde kisse: Oh gracious God of heauen,

Lend me a heart repleat with thankfulnesse,

For in this beautious face thou hast bestowde

A world of pleasures to my perplexed soule.

Queene. Th’ excessiue loue I beare vnto your grace,

25 Forbids me to be lauish of my tongue,

Least I should speake more then beseemes a woman:

Let this suffice, my blisse is in your liking,

And nothing can make poore Margaret miserable,

Vnlesse the frowne of mightie Englands King.

30 Kin. Her lookes did wound, but now her speech doth pierce,

Louely Queene Margaret sit down by my side:

♦ And vnckle Gloster, and you Lordly Peeres,

With one voice welcome my beloued Queene.

All. Long liue Queene Margaret, Englands happinesse.

35 Queene. We thanke you all. Sound Trumpets.

Suffolke. My Lord Protector, so it please your grace,

♦ Here are the Articles confirmde of peace,

Betweene our Soueraigne and the French King Charles,

Till terme of eighteene months be full expirde.

40 Humphrey. Imprimis, It is agreed betweene the French King ♦ Charles, and William de la Poule, Marquesse of Suffolke, Embassador for Henry King of England, that the said Henry shal wed and espouse the Ladie Margaret, daughter to Raynard King of Naples, Cyssels, and Ierusalem, and crowne her Queene of 45 England, ere the 30. of the next month.

♦ Item. It is further agreed betweene them, that the Dutches of Anioy and of Maine, shall be released and deliuered ouer to the King ♦ her fa. Duke Humphrey lets it fall.

Kin. How now vnkle, whats the matter that you stay so sodenly.

50 Humph. Pardon my Lord, a sodain qualme came ouer my hart,

♦ Which dimmes mine eyes that I can reade no more.

♦ Vnckle of Winchester, I pray you reade on.

♦ Cardinall. Item, It is further agreed betweene them, that the ♦ Duches of Anioy and of Mayne, shall be released and deliuered 55 ouer to the King her father, & she sent ouer of the King of Englands owne proper cost and charges without dowry.

King. They please vs well, Lord Marquesse kneele downe, We here create thee first Duke of Suffolke, & girt thee with the sword. Cosin of Yorke, We here discharge your grace from being 60 Regent in the parts of France, till terme of 18. months be full expirde.

Thankes vnckle Winchester, Gloster, Yorke, and Buckingham, Somerset, Salsbury, and Warwicke.

♦ We thanke you all for this great fauour done,

In entertainment to my Princely Queene,

65 Come let vs in, and with all speed prouide

♦ To see her Coronation be performde. Exet King, Queene, and Suffolke, and Duke Humphrey staies all the rest.

♦ Humphrey. Braue Peeres of England, Pillars of the state,

To you Duke Humphrey must vnfold his griefe,

What did my brother Henry toyle himselfe,

70 And waste his subjects for to conquere France?

And did my brother Bedford spend his time

To keepe in awe that stout vnruly Realme?

And haue not I and mine vnckle Bewford here,

Done all we could to keepe that land in peace?

75 And is all our labours then spent in vaine,

For Suffolke he, the new made Duke that rules the roast,

Hath giuen away for our King Henries Queene,

The Dutches of Anioy and Mayne vnto her father.

Ah Lords, fatall is this marriage canselling our states,

80 Reuersing Monuments of conquered France,

Vndoing all, as none had nere bene done.

Card. Why how now cosin Gloster, what needs this?

As if our King were bound vnto your will,

And might not do his will without your leaue,

85 Proud Protector, enuy in thine eyes I see,

The big swolne venome of thy hatefull heart,

♦ That dares presume gainst that thy Soueraigne likes.

♦ Humphr. Nay my Lord tis not my words that troubles you,

But my presence, proud Prelate as thou art:

90 But ile begone, and giue thee leaue to speake.

Farewell my Lords, and say when I am gone,

I prophesied France would be lost ere long. Exet Duke Humphrey.

Card. There goes our Protector in a rage,

My Lords you know he is my great enemy,

95 And though he be Protector of the land,

And thereby couers his deceitfull thoughts,

♦ For well you see, if he but walke the streets,

The common people swarme about him straight,

Crying Iesus blesse your royall exellence,

100 With God preserue the good Duke Humphrey.

And many things besides that are not knowne,

♦ Which time will bring to light in smooth Duke Humphrey.

But I will after him, and if I can

Ile laie a plot to heaue him from his seate. Exet Cardinall.

105 Buck. But let vs watch this haughtie Cardinall,

Cosen of Somerset be rulde by me,

Weele watch Duke Humphrey and the Cardinall too,

And put them from the marke they faine would hit.

Somerset. Thanks cosin Buckingham, ioyne thou with me,

110 And both of vs with the Duke of Suffolke,

Weele quickly heaue Duke Humphrey from his seate.

Buck. Content, Come then let vs about it straight,

For either thou or I will be Protector. Exet Buckingham and Somerset.

Salsb. Pride went before, Ambition follows after.

115 Whilst these do seeke their owne preferments thus,

My Lords let vs seeke for our Countries good,

♦ Oft haue I seene this haughtie Cardinall

Sweare, and forsweare himselfe, and braue it out,

♦ More like a Ruffin then a man of Church.

120 Cosin Yorke, the victories thou hast wonne,

In Ireland, Normandie, and in France,

Hath wonne thee immortall praise in England.

And thou braue Warwicke, my thrice valiant sonne,

Thy simple plainnesse and thy house-keeping,

125 Hath wonne thee credit amongst the common sort,

The reuerence of mine age, and Neuels name,

Is of no little force if I command,

Then let vs ioyne all three in one for this,

That good Duke Humphrey may his state possesse,

But wherefore weepes Warwicke my noble sonne.

Warw. For griefe that all is lost that Warwick won.

♦ Sonnes. Anioy and Maine, both giuen away at once,

Why Warwick did win them, & must that then which we wonne with our swords, be giuen away with wordes.

135 Yorke. As I haue read, our Kinges of England were woont to haue large dowries with their wiues, but our King Henry giues away his owne.

Sals. Come sonnes away and looke vnto the maine.

War. Vnto the Maine, Oh father Maine is lost,

140 Which Warwicke by maine force did win from France,

♦ Maine chance father you meant, but I meant Maine,

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,

145 Euen as I haue of fertill England.

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,

150 For thats the golden marke I seeke to hit:

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:

155 Then Yorke be still a while till time do serue,

♦ Watch thou, and wake when others be a sleepe,

To prie into the secrets of the state,

Till Henry surfeiting in ioyes of loue,

With his new bride, and Englands dear bought queene,

160 And Humphrey with the Peeres be falne at iarres,

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:

165 And force perforce, ile make him yeeld the Crowne,

Whose bookish rule hath puld faire England downe. Exet Yorke.

SC. II. dab

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,

What seest thou Duke Humphrey King Henries Crowne?

Reach at it, and if thine arme be too short,

5 Mine shall lengthen it. Art not thou a Prince,

Vnckle to the King, and his Protector?

♦ Then what shouldst thou lacke that might content thy minde.

Humph. My louely Nell, far be it from my heart,

To thinke of Treasons gainst my soueraigne Lord,

10 But I was troubled with a dreame to night,

♦ And God I pray, it do betide no ill.

♦ Elnor. What drempt my Lord. Good Humphrey tell it me,

And ile interpret it, and when thats done,

Ile tell thee then, what I did dreame to night.

15 Humphrey. This night when I was laid in bed, I dreampt that

This my staffe mine Office badge in Court,

♦ Was broke in two, and on the ends were plac’d,

♦ The heads of the Cardinall of Winchester,

♦ And William de la Poule first Duke of Suffolke.

20 Elnor. Tush my Lord, this signifies nought but this,

That he that breakes a sticke of Glosters groue,

Shall for th’ offence, make forfeit of his head.

But now my Lord, Ile tell you what I dreampt,

Me thought I was in the Cathedrall Church

25 At Westminster, and seated in the chaire

♦ Where Kings and Queenes are crownde, and at my feete

Henry and Margaret with a Crowne of gold

Stood readie to set it on my Princely head.

Humphrey. Fie Nell. Ambitious woman as thou art,

30 Art thou not second woman in this land,

♦ And the Protectors wife belou’d of him,

♦ And wilt thou still be hammering treason thus,

Away I say, and let me heare no more.

Elnor. How now my Lord. What angry with your Nell,

35 For telling but her dreame. The next I haue

♦ Ile keepe to my selfe, and not be rated thus.

Humphrey. Nay Nell, Ile giue no credit to a dreame,

♦ But I would haue thee to thinke on no such things.

Enters a Messenger.

Messenger. And it please your grace, the King and Queene to 40 morrow morning will ride a hawking to Saint Albones, and craues your company along with them.

Humphrey. With all my heart, I will attend his grace:

Come Nell, thou wilt go with vs vs I am sure. ♦ Exet Humphrey.

Elnor. Ile come after you, for I cannot go before,

45 But ere it be long, Ile go before them all,

Despight of all that seeke to crosse me thus,

Who is within there?

Enter sir Iohn Hum.

What sir Iohn Hum, what newes with you?

Sir Iohn. Iesus preserue your Maiestie.

50 Elnor. My Maiestie. Why man I am but grace.

♦ Ser Iohn. I, but by the grace of God & Hums aduise,

Your graces state shall be aduanst ere long.

Elnor. What hast thou conferd with Margery Iordaine, the ♦ cunning Witch of Ely, with Roger Bullingbrooke and the 55 rest, and will they vndertake to do me good?

Sir Iohn. I haue Madame, and they haue promised me to raise a ♦ Spirite from depth of vnder grounde, that shall tell your grace all questions you demaund.

♦ Elnor. Thanks good sir Iohn. Some two daies hence I gesse

60 Will fit our time, then see that they be here:

For now the King is ryding to Saint Albones,

And all the Dukes and Earles along with him,

♦ When they be gone, then safely they may come,

And on the backside of my Orchard heere,

65 There cast their Spelles in silence of the night,

♦ And so resolue vs of the thing we wish,

Till when, drinke that for my sake, And so farwell. Exet Elnor.

Sir Iohn. Now sir Iohn Hum, No words but mum.

Seale vp your lips, for you must silent be,

70 These gifts ere long will make me mightie rich.

The Duches she thinks now that all is well,

But I haue gold comes from another place,

From one that hyred me to set her on,

To plot these Treasons gainst the King and Peeres,

75 And that is the mightie Duke of Suffolke.

For he it is, but I must not say so,

That by my meanes must worke the Duches fall,

♦ Who now by Cuniurations thinkes to rise.

♦ But whist sir Iohn, no more of that I trow,

80 For feare you lose your head before you goe. Exet.

SC. III. dac

Enter two Petitioners, and Peter the Armourers man.

♦ 1. Peti. Come sirs let vs linger here abouts a while,

Vntil my Lord Protector come this way,

That we may show his grace our seuerall causes.

♦ 2. Peti. I pray God saue the good Duke Humphries life,

5 For but for him a many were vndone,

♦ That cannot get no succour in the Court,

But see where he comes with the Oueene.

Enter the Duke of Suffolke with the Queene, and they take him for Duke Humphrey, and giues him their writings.

1. Peti. Oh we are vndone, this is the Duke of Suffolke.

Queene. Now good-fellowes, whom would you speak withall?

10 2. Peti. If it please your Maiestie, with my Lord Protectors

Grace.

♦ Queene. Are your sutes to his grace. Let vs see them first,

Looke on them my Lord of Suffolke.

Suffolke. A complaint against the Cardinals man,

15 What hath he done?

♦ 2. Peti. Marry my Lord, he hath stole away my wife,

And th’ are gone togither, and I know not where to finde them.

♦ Suffolke. Hath he stole thy wife, thats some iniury indeed.

But what say you?

20 Peter Thump. Marry sir I come to tel you that my maister said, ♦ that the Duke of Yorke was true heire vnto the Crowne, and that the King was an vsurer.

Queene. An vsurper thou wouldst say.

♦ Peter. I forsooth an vsurper.

25 Queene. Didst thou say the King was an vsurper?

Peter. No forsooth, I saide my maister saide so, th’ other day, when we were scowring the Duke of Yorks Armour in our garret.

Suffolke. I marry this is something like,

30 Whose within there?

Enter one or two.

♦ Sirra take in this fellow and keepe him close,

And send out a Purseuant for his maister straight,

♦ Weele here more of this before the King. Exet with the Armourers man.

♦ Now sir what yours? Let me see it,

35 Whats here?

A complaint against the Duke of Suffolke for enclosing the commons of long Melford.

♦ How now sir knaue.

♦ 1. Peti. I beseech your grace to pardon me, me, I am but a 40 Messenger for the whole town-ship. He teares the papers.

♦ Suffolke. So now show your petitions to Duke Humphrey.

♦ Villaines get you gone and come not neare the Court,

♦ Dare these pesants write against me thus. Exet Petitioners.

Queene. My Lord of Suffolke, you may see by this,

45 The Commons loues vnto that haughtie Duke,

That seekes to him more then to King Henry:

Whose eyes are alwaies poring on his booke,

♦ And nere regards the honour of his name,

But still must be protected like a childe,

50 And gouerned by that ambitious Duke,

♦ That scarse will moue his cap nor speake to vs,

And his proud wife, high minded Elanor,

That ruffles it with such a troupe of Ladies,

♦ As strangers in the Court takes her for the Queene.

55 The other day she vanted to her maides,

That the very traine of her worst gowne,

Was worth more wealth then all my fathers lands,

♦ Can any griefe of minde be like to this.

♦ I tell thee Poull, when thou didst runne at Tilt,

60 And stolst away our Ladaies hearts in France,

I thought King Henry had bene like to thee,

Or else thou hadst not brought me out of France.

Suffolke. Madame content your selfe a litle while,

♦ As I was cause of your comming to England,

65 So will I in England worke your full content:

And as for proud Duke Humphrey and his wife,

I haue set lime-twigs that will intangle them,

As that your grace ere long shall vnderstand.

♦ But staie Madame, here comes the King.

Enter King Henry, and the Duke of Yorke and the Duke of Somerset on both sides of the King, whispering with him, and enter Duke Humphrey, Dame Elnor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earle of Salsbury, the Earle of Warwicke, and the Cardinall of Winchester.

70 King. My Lords I care not who be Regent in France, or York, ♦ or Somerset, alls wonne to me.

Yorke My Lord, if Yorke haue ill demeande himselfe,

Let Somerset enioy his place and go to France.

♦ Somerset. Then whom your grace thinke worthie, let him go,

75 And there be made the Regent ouer the French.

Warwicke. Whom soeuer you account worthie,

Yorke is the worthiest.

♦ Cardinall. Pease Warwicke. Giue thy betters leaue to speake.

♦ War. The Cardinals not my better in the field.

80 Buc. All in this place are thy betters farre.

♦ War. And Warwicke may liue to be the best of all.

Queene. My Lord in mine opinion, it were best that Somerset were Regent ouer France.

♦ Humphrey. Madame onr King is old inough himselfe,

85 To giue his answere without your consent.

♦ Queene. If he be old inough, what needs your grace

To be Protector ouer him so long.

♦ Humphrey. Madame I am but Protector ouer the land,

And when it please his grace, I will resigne my charge.

90 Suffolke. Resigne it then, for since that thou wast King,

♦ As who is King but thee. The common state

Doth as we see, all wholly go to wracke,

And Millions of treasure hath bene spent,

And as for the Regentship of France,

95 I say Somerset is more worthie then Yorke.

Yorke. Ile tell thee Suffolke why I am not worthie,

Because I cannot flatter as thou canst.

War. And yet the worthie deeds that York hath done,

Should make him worthie to be honoured here.

100 Suffolke. Peace headstrong Warwicke.

War. Image of pride, wherefore should I peace?

Suffolke. Because here is a man accusde of Treason,

Pray God the Duke of Yorke do cleare himselfe.

Ho, bring hither the Armourer and his man.

Enter the Armourer and his man.

105 If it please your grace, this fellow here, hath accused his maister of high Treason, And his words were these.

That the Duke of Yorke was lawfull heire vnto the Crowne, and that your grace was an vsurper.

Yorke. I beseech your grace let him haue what punishment the 110 law will afford, for his villany.

King. Come hether fellow, didst thou speake these words?

♦ Armour. Ant shall please your Maiestie, I neuer said any such matter, God is my witnesse, I am falsly accused by this villain (here.

115 Peter. Tis no matter for that, you did say so.

Yorke. I beseech your grace, let him haue the law.

♦ Armour. Alasse my Lord, hang me if euer I spake the words, my accuser is my prentise, & when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees that he would 120 be euen with me, I haue good witnesse of this, and therefore ♦ I beseech your Maiestie do not cast away an honest man for a villaines accusation.

King. Vnckle Gloster, what do you thinke of this?

Humphrey. The law my Lord is this by case, it rests suspitious,

125 That a day of combat be appointed,

And there to trie each others right or wrong,

♦ Which shall be on the thirtith of this month,

♦ With Eben staues, and Standbags combatting

In Smythfield, before your Royall Maiestie. Exet Humphrey.

130 Armour. And I accept the Combat willingly.

♦ Peter. Alasse my Lord, I am not able to fight.

Suffolke. You must either fight sirra or else be hangde:

♦ Go take them hence againe to prison. Exet with them. The Queene lets fall her gloue, and hits the Duches of Gloster, a boxe on the eare.

Queene. Giue me my gloue. Why Minion can you not see? She strikes her.

135 I cry you mercy Madame, I did mistake,

I did not thinke it had bene you.

♦ Elnor. Did you not proud French-woman,

Could I come neare your daintie vissage with my nayles,

Ide set my ten commandments in your face.

140 King. Be patient gentle Aunt.

It was against her will.

♦ Elnor. Against her will. Good King sheele dandle thee,

If thou wilt alwaies thus be rulde by her.

But let it rest. As sure as I do liue,

145 She shall not strike dame Elnor vnreuengde. Exet Elnor.

♦ King. Beleeue me my loue, thou wart much to blame,

I would not for a thousand pounds of gold,

My noble vnckle had bene here in place.

Enter Duke Humphrey.

But see where he comes, I am glad he met her not.

150 Vnckle Gloster, what answere makes your grace

Concerning our Regent for the Realme of France,

Whom thinks your grace is meetest for to send.

Humphrey. My gratious Lord, then this is my resolue,

♦ For that these words the Armourer should speake,

155 Doth breed suspition on the part of Yorke,

♦ Let Somerset be Regent ouer the French,

♦ Till trials made, and Yorke may cleare himselfe.

King. Then be it so my Lord of Somerset.

We make your grace Regent ouer the French,

160 And to defend our rights gainst forraine foes,

And so do good vnto the Realme of France.

Make hast my Lord, tis time that you were gone,

The time of Truse I thinke is full expirde.

Somerset. I humbly thanke your royall Maiestie,

And take my leaue to poste with speed to France. 165 Exet Somerset.

♦ King. Come vnckle Gloster, now lets haue our horse,

For we will to Saint Albones presently,

Madame your Hawke they say, is swift of flight,

♦ And we will trie how she will flie to day. Exet omnes.

SC. IV. dad

Enter Elnor, with sir Iohn Hum, Koger Bullenbrooke a Coniurer, and Margery Iourdaine a Witch.

♦ Elnor. Here sir Iohn, take this scrole of paper here,

Wherein is writ the questions you shall aske,

And I will stand vpon this Tower here,

♦ And here the spirit what it saies to you,

And to my questions, write the answeres downe. 5 She goes vp to the Tower.

Sir Iohn. Now sirs begin and cast your spels about,

And charme the fiendes for to obey your wils,

And tell Dame Elnor of the thing she askes.

Witch. Then Roger Bullinbrooke about thy taske,

10 And frame a Cirkle here vpon the earth,

Whilst I thereon all prostrate on my face,

♦ Do talke and whisper with the diuels be low,

And coniure them for to obey my will. She lies downe vpon her face. Bullenbrooke makes a Cirkle.

Bullen. Darke Night, dread Night, the silence of the Night.

15 Wherein the Furies maske in hellish troupes,

Send vp I charge you from Sosetus lake,

The spirit Askalon to come to me,

To pierce the bowels of this Centricke earth,

And hither come in twinkling of an eye,

20 Askalon, Assenda, Assenda. It thunders and lightens, and then the spirit riseth vp.

Spirit. Now Bullenbrooke what wouldst thou haue me do?

Bullen. First of the King, what shall become of him?

Spirit. The Duke yet liues that Henry shall depose,

♦ But him out liue, and dye a violent death.

25 Bullen. What fate awayt the Duke of Suffolke.

♦ Spirit. By water shall he die and take his ende.

Bullen. What shall betide the Duke of Somerset?

Spirit. Let him shun Castles, safer shall he be vpon the sandie ♦ plaines, then where Castles mounted stand.

30 Now question me no more, for I must hence againe. He sinkes downe againe.

♦ Bullen. Then downe I say, vnto the damned poule.

Where Pluto in his firie Waggon sits.

Ryding amidst the singde and parched smoakes,

The Rode of Dytas by the Riuer Stykes,

35 There howle and burne for euer in those flames,

Rise Iordaine rise, and staie thy charming Spels.

♦ Sonnes, we are betraide.

Enter the Duke of Yorke, and the Duke of Buckingham, and others.

Yorke. Come sirs, laie hands on them, and bind them sure,

This time was well watcht. What Madame are you there?

40 This will be great credit for your husband,

♦ That your are plotting Treasons thus with Cuniurers,

♦ The King shall haue notice of this thing. Exet Elnor aboue.

Buc. See here my Lord what the diuell hath writ.

Yorke. Giue it me my Lord, Ile show it to the King.

Go sirs, see them fast lockt in prison. 45 Exet with them.

Bucking. My Lord, I pray you let me go post vnto the King,

♦ Vnto S. Albones, to tell this newes.

Yorke. Content. Away then, about it straight.

Buck. Farewell my Lord. Exet Buckingham.

50 Yorke. Whose within there?

Enter one.

One. My Lord.

♦ Yorke. Sirrha, go will the Earles of Salsbury and Warwicke, to sup with me to night. Exet Yorke.

One. I will my Lord. Exet.

SC. V. dae

Enter the King and Queene with her Hawke on her fist, and Duke Humphrey and Suffolke, and the Cardinall, as if they came from hawking.

Queene. My Lord, how did your grace like this last flight?

But as I cast her off the winde did rise,

And twas ten to one, old Ione had not gone out.

King. How wonderful the Lords workes are on earth,

5 Euen in these silly creatures of his hands,

♦ Vnckle Gloster, how hie your Hawke did sore?

♦ And on a sodaine soust the Partridge downe.

Suffolke. No maruell if it please your Maiestie

♦ My Lord Protectors Hawke done towre so well,

10 He knowes his maister loues to be aloft.

♦ Humphrey. Faith my Lord, it is but a base minde

♦ That can sore no higher than a Falkons pitch.

Card. I thought your grace would be aboue the cloudes.

♦ Humph. I my Lord Cardinall, were it not good

15 Your grace could fllie to heauen.

Card. Thy heauen is on earth, thy words and thoughts beat on a Crowne, proude Protector dangerous Peere, to smooth it thus ♦ with King and common-wealth.

Humphrey. How now my Lord, why this is more then needs,

20 Church-men so hote. Good vnckle can you doate.

♦ Suffolke. Why not Hauing so good a quarrell & so bad a cause.

Humphrey. As how, my Lord?

♦ Suffolke. As you, my Lord. And it like your Lordly

Lords Protectorship.

25 Humphrey. Why Suffolke, England knowes thy insolence.

Queene. And thy ambition Gloster.

King. Cease gentle Queene, and whet not on these furious Lordes to wrath, for blessed are the peace-makers on earth.

30 Card. Let me be blessed for the peace I make,

Against this proud Protector with my sword.

Humphrey. Faith holy vnckle, I would it were come to that.

♦ Cardinall. Euen when thou darest.

♦ Humphrey. Dare. I tell rhee Priest, Plantagenets could neuer 35 brooke the dare.

♦ Card. I am Plantaganet as well as thou, and sonne to Iohn of Gaunt.

Humph. In Bastardie.

Cardin. I scorne thy words.

Humph. Make vp no factious numbers, but euen in thine own

person meete me at the East end of the groue.

♦ Card. Heres my hand, I will.

King. Why how now Lords?

Card. Faith Cousin Gloster, had not your man cast off so soone, 45 we had had more sport to day, Come with thy swoord and buckler.

♦ Humphrey. Faith Priest, Ile shaue your Crowne.

Cardinall. Protector, protect thy selfe well.

♦ King. The wind growes high, so doth your chollour Lords.

Enter one crying, A miracle, a miracle.

50 How now, now sirrha, what miracle is it?

One. And it please your grace, there is a man that came blinde ♦ to S. Albones, and hath receiued his sight at his shrine.

♦ King. Goe fetch him hither, that wee may glorifie the Lord with him.

Enter the Maior of Saint Albones and his brethren with Musicke, bearing the man that had bene blind, betweene two in a chaire.

55 King. Thou happie man, giue God eternall praise,

For he it is, that thus hath helped thee.

♦ Humphrey. Where wast thou borne?

♦ Poore man. At Barwicke sir, in the North.

♦ Humph. At Barwicke, and come thus far for helpe.

60 Poore man. I sir, it was told me in my sleepe,

That sweet saint Albones, should giue me my sight againe.

♦ Humphrey. What art thou lame too?

♦ Poore man. I indeed sir, God helpe me.

Humphrey. How cam’st thou lame?

65 Poore man. With falling off on a plum-tree.

♦ Humph. Wart thou blind & wold clime plumtrees?

Poore man. Neuer but once sir in all my life,

My wife did long for plums.

♦ Humph. But tell me, wart thou borne blinde?

70 Poore man. I truly sir.

Woman. I indeed sir, he was borne blinde.

♦ Humphrey. What art thou his mother?

Woman. His wife sir.

Humphrey. Hadst thou bene his mother,

75 Thou couldst haue better told.

Why let me see, I thinke thou canst not see yet.

Poore man. Yes truly maister, as cleare as day.

♦ Humphrey. Saist thou so. What colours his cloake?

♦ Poore man. Why red maister, as red as blood.

80 Humphrey. And his cloake?

♦ Poore man. Why thats greene.

Humphrey. And what colours his hose?

Poore man. Yellow maister, yellow as gold.

♦ Humphrey. And what colours my gowne?

85 Poore man. Blacke sir, as blacke as Ieat.

King. Then belike he knowes what colour Ieat is on.

♦ Suffolke. And yet I thinke Ieat did he neuer see.

Humph. But cloakes and gownes ere this day many a (one.

♦ But tell me sirrha, whats my name?

90 Poore man. Alasse maister I know not.

♦ Humphrey. Whats his name?

Poore man. I know not.

Humphrey. Nor his?

Poore man. No truly sir.

95 Humphrey Nor his name?

Poore man No indeed maister.

♦ Humphrey Whats thine owne name?

Poore man. Sander, and it please you maister.

Humphrey. Then Sander sit there, the lyingest knaue in 100 Christendom. If thou hadst bene born blind, thou mightest aswell haue knowne all our names, as thus to name the seuerall colours we doo weare. Sight may distinguish of colours, but sodeinly to nominate ♦ them all, it is impossible. My Lords, saint Albones here hath done a Miracle, and would you not thinke his cunning to be great, that 105 could restore this Cripple to his legs againe.

Poore man. Oh maister I would you could.

♦ Humphrey. My Maisters of saint Albones,

Haue you not Beadles in your Towne,

And things called whippes?

110 Mayor. Yes my Lord, if it please your grace.

Humph. Then send for one presently.

Mayor. Sirrha, go fetch the Beadle hither straight. Exet one.

Humph. Now fetch me a stoole hither by and by.

Now sirrha, If you meane to saue your selfe from whipping,

115 Leape me ouer this stoole and runne away.

Enter Beadle.

Poore man. Alasse maister I am not able to stand alone,

You go about to torture me in vaine.

Humph. Well sir, we must haue you finde your legges.

Sirrha Beadle, whip him till he leape ouer that same stoole.

120 Beadle. I will my Lord, come on sirrha, off with your doublet quickly.

♦ Poore man. Alas maister what shall I do, I am not able to stand. After the Beadle hath hit him one girke, he leapes ouer the stoole and runnes away, and they run after him, crying, A miracle, a miracle.

Hump. Amiracle, a miracle, let him be taken againe, & whipt through euery Market Towne til he comes at Barwicke where he 125 was borne.

Mayor. It shall be done my Lord. Exet Mayor.

Suffolke. My Lord Protector hath done wonders to day,

♦ He hath made the blinde to see, and halt to go.

♦ Humph. I but you did greater wonders, when you made whole

130 Dukedomes flie in a day.

Witnesse France.

♦ King. Haue done I say, and let me here no more of that.

Enter the Duke of Buckingham.

♦ What newes brings Duke Humprey of Buckingham?

Buck. Ill newes for some my Lord, and this it is,

135 That proud dame Elnor our Protectors wife,

Hath plotted Treasons gainst the King and Peeres,

By wichcrafts, sorceries, and cuniurings,

Who by such meanes did raise a spirit vp,

To tell her what hap should betide the state,

140 But ere they had finisht their diuellish drift,

By Yorke and my selfe they were all surprisde,

And heres the answere the diuel did make to them.

King. First of the King, what shall become of him?

Reads. The Duke yet liues, that Henry shal depose,

145 Yet him out liue, and die a violent death.

Gods will be done in all.

What fate awaits the Duke of Suffolke?

By water shall he die and take his end.

♦ Suffolke. By water must the Duke of Suffolke die?

150 It must be so, or else the diuel doth lie.

King. Let Somerset shun Castles,

For safer shall he be vpon the sandie plaines,

Then where Castles mounted stand.

♦ Card. Heres good stuffe, how now my Lord Protector

155 This newes I thinke hath turnde your weapons point,

I am in doubt youle scarsly keepe your promise.

Humphrey. Forbeare ambitious Prelate to vrge my griefe,

And pardon me my gratious Soueraigne,

For here I sweare vnto your Maiestie,

160 That I am guiltlesse of these hainous crimes

Which my ambitious wife hath falsly done,

And for she would betraie her soueraigne Lord,

I here renounce her from my bed and boord,

And leaue her open for the law to iudge,

165 Vnlesse she cleare her selfe of this foule deed.

King. Come my Lords this night weele lodge in S. Albones,

And to morrow we will ride to London,

And trie the vtmost of these Treasons forth,

Come vnckle Gloster along with vs,

170 My mind doth tell me thou art innocent. Exet omnes.

SC. VI. daf

Enter the Duke of Yorke, and the Earles of Salsbury and Warwicke.

♦ Yorke. My Lords our simple supper ended, thus,

Let me reueale vnto your honours here,

The right and title of the house of Yorke,

To Englands Crowne by liniall desent.

5 War. Then Yorke begin, and if thy claime be good,

The Neuils are thy subiects to command.

Yorke. Then thus my Lords.

Edward the third had seuen sonnes,

The first was Edward the blacke Prince,

10 Prince of Wales.

♦ The second was Edmund of Langly,

Duke of Yorke.

The third was Lyonell Duke of Clarence.

The fourth was Iohn of Gaunt,

15 The Duke of Lancaster.

The fifth was Roger Mortemor, Earle of March.

The sixt was sir Thomas of Woodstocke,

William of Winsore was the seuenth and last.

Now, Edward the blacke Prince he died before his father, and left 20 the behinde him Richard, that afterwards was King, Crownde by name of Richard the second, and he died without an heire. Edmund of Langly Duke of Yorke died, and left behind him two daughters, Anne and Elinor.

Lyonell Duke of Clarence died, and left behinde Alice, Anne, and 25 Elinor, that was after married to my father, and by her I claime the Crowne, as the true heire to Lyonell Duke ♦ of Clarence, the third sonne to Edward the third. Now sir. In the ♦ time of Richards raigne, Henry of Bullingbrooke, sonne and heire to Iohn of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster fourth sonne to Edward 30 the third, he claimde the Crowne, deposde the Merthfull King, and ♦ as both you know, in Pomphret Castle harmlesse Richard was shamefully murthered, and so by Richards death came the house of Lancaster vnto the Crowne.

Sals. Sauing your tale my Lord, as I haue heard, in the raigne 35 of Bullenbrooke, the Duke of Yorke did claime the Crowne, and ♦ but for Owin Glendor, had bene King.

Yorke. True. But so it fortuned then, by meanes of that monstrous rebel Glendor, the noble Duke of York was done to death, and so euer since the heires of Iohn of Gaunt haue possessed the 40 Crowne. But if the issue of the elder should sucseed before the issue of the yonger, then am I lawfull heire vnto the kingdome.

♦ Warwicke. What plaine proceedings can be more plaine, hee claimes it from Lyonel Duke of Clarence, the third sonne to Edward the third, and Henry from Iohn of Gaunt the fourth sonne. 45 So that till Lyonels issue failes, his should not raigne. It failes not yet, but florisheth in thee & in thy sons, braue slips of such a stock. Then noble father, kneele we both togither, and in this priuate place, be we the first to honor him with birthright to the Crown.

Both. Long liue Richard Englands royall King.

50 Yorke. I thanke you both. But Lords I am not your King, vntil this sword be sheathed euen in the hart blood of the house of Lancaster.

War. Then Yorke aduise thy selfe and take thy time,

Claime thou the Crowne, and set thy standard vp,

55 And in the same aduance the milke-white Rose,

♦ And then to gard it, will I rouse the Beare,

Inuiron’d with ten thousand Ragged-staues

To aide and helpe thee for to win thy right,

♦ Maugre the proudest Lord of Henries blood,

60 That dares deny the right and claime of Yorke,

♦ For why my minde presageth I shall liue

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, 65 but the King. Come lets goe. Exet omnes.

SC. VII. dag

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, ♦ and here the sentence pronounced against thee for these Treasons, ♦ that thou hast committed gainst vs, our States and Peeres.

♦ First for thy hainous crimes, thou shalt two daies in London do 5 penance barefoote in the streetes, with a white sheete about thy 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 her.

10 Elnor. Euen to my death, for I haue liued too long. 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,

For her offences that thou heldst so deare.

15 Humph. Oh gratious Henry, giue me leaue awhile,

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.

20 King. With all my hart good vnkle, when you please,

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.

25 My staffe, I yeeld as willing to be thine,

♦ As erst thy noble father made it mine,

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,

30 May honourable peace attend thy throne.

King. Vnkle Gloster, stand vp and go in peace,

No lesse beloued of vs, then when

♦ Thou weart Protector ouer my land. Exet Gloster.

Queene. Take vp the staffe, for here it ought to stand,

35 Where should it be, but in King Henries hand?

Yorke. Please it your Maiestie, this is the day

That was appointed for the combating

Betweene the Armourer and his man, my Lord,

And they are readie when your grace doth please.

40 King. Then call them forth, that they may trie their rightes.

Enter at one doore the Armourer and his neighbours, drinking to him so much that he is drunken, and he enters with a drum before him, and his staffe with a sand-bag fastened to it, and at the other doore, his man with a drum and sand-bagge, and Prentises drinking to him.

♦ 1. Neighbor. Here neighbor Hornor, I drink to you in a cup of (Sacke.

And feare not neighbor, you shall do well inough.

♦ 2. Neigh. And here neighbor, heres a cup of Charneco.

♦ 3. Neigh. Heres a pot of good double beere, neighbor drinke

45 And be merry, and feare not your man.

Armourer. Let it come, yfaith ile pledge you all,

And a figge for Peter.

♦ 1. Prentise. Here Peter I drinke to thee, and be not affeard.

♦ 2. Pren. Here Peter, heres a pinte of Claret-wine for thee.

50 3. Pren. And heres a quart for me, and be merry Peter,

And feare not thy maister, fight for credit of the Prentises.

Peter. I thanke you all, but ile drinke no more,

Here Robin, and if I die, here I giue thee my hammer,

And Will, thou shalt haue my aperne, and here Tom,

55 Take all the mony that I haue.

O Lord blesse me, I pray God, for I am neuer able to deale with ♦ my maister, he hath learnt so much fence alreadie.

Salb. Come leaue your drinking, and fall to blowes.

♦ Sirrha, whats thy name?

60 Pettr. Peter forsooth.

Salbury. Peter, what more?

Peter. Thumpe.

Salsbury. Thumpe, then see that thou thumpe thy maister.

♦ Armour. Heres to thee neighbour, fill all the pots again, for before 65 we fight, looke you, I will tell you my minde, for I am come ♦ hither as it were of my mans instigation, to proue my selfe an honest man, and Peter a knaue, and so haue at you Peter with downright blowes, as Beuys of South-hampton fell vpon Askapart.

♦ Peter. Law you now, I told you hees in his fence alreadie.

Alarmes, and Peter hits him on the head and fels him.

70 Armou. Hold Peter, I confesse, Treason, treason. He dies.

Peter. O God I giue thee praise. He kneeles downe.

Pren. Ho well done Peter. God saue the King.

King. Go take hence that Traitor from our sight,

For by his death we do perceiue his guilt,

75 And God in iustice hath reuealde to vs,

The truth and innocence of this poore fellow,

Which he had thought to haue murthered wrongfully.

♦ Come fellow, follow vs for thy reward. Exet omnis.

SC. VIII. dah

Enter Duke Humphrey and his men, in mourning cloakes.

♦ Humph. Sirrha, whats a clocke?

Seruing. Almost ten my Lord.

Humph. Then is that wofull houre hard at hand,

That my poore Lady should come by this way,

5 In shamefull penance wandring in the streetes,

Sweete Nell, ill can thy noble minde abrooke,

The abiect people gazing on thy face,

With enuious lookes laughing at thy shame,

That earst did follow thy proud Chariot wheeles,

10 When thou didst ride in tryumph through the streetes.

Enter Dame Elnor Cobham, bare-foote, and a white sheete about her, with a waxe candle in her hand, and verses written on her backe and pind on, and accompanied with the Sheriffes of London, and Sir Iohn Standly, and Officers, with billes and holbards.

Seruing. My gratious Lord, see where my Lady comes,

Please it your grace, weele take her from the Sheriffes?

Humph. I charge you for your liues stir not a foote,

Nor offer once to draw a weapon here,

15 But let them do their office as they should.

Elnor. Come you my Lord to see my open shame?

♦ Ah Gloster, now thou doest penance too,

See how the giddie people looke at thee,

Shaking their heads, and pointing at thee heere,

20 Go get thee gone, and hide thee from their sights,

And in thy pent vp studie rue my shame,

And ban thine enemies. Ah mine and thine.

Hum. Ah Nell, sweet Nell, forget this extreme grief,

And beare it patiently to ease thy heart.

25 Elnor. Ah Gloster teach me to forget my selfe,

For whilst I thinke I am thy wedded wife,

♦ Then thought of this, doth kill my wofull heart.

The ruthlesse flints do cut my tender feete,

And when I start the cruell people laugh,

30 And bids me be aduised how I tread,

And thus with burning Taper in my hand,

Malde vp in shame with papers on my backe,

♦ Ah, Gloster, can I endure this and liue.

Sometime ile say I am Duke Humphreys wife,

35 And he a Prince, Protector of the land,

But so he rulde, and such a Prince he was,

As he stood by, whilst I his forelorne Duches

Was led with shame, and made a laughing stocke,

♦ To euery idle rascald follower.

40 Humphrey. My louely Nell, what wouldst thou haue me do?

Should I attempt to rescue thee from hence,

I should incurre the danger of the law,

And thy disgrace would not be shadowed so.

Elnor. Be thou milde, and stir not at my disgrace,

45 Vntill the axe of death hang ouer thy head,

As shortly sure it will. For Suffolke he,

The new made Duke, that may do all in all

With her that loues him so, and hates vs all,

And impious Yorke and Bewford that false Priest,

50 Haue all lymde bushes to betraie thy wings,

♦ And flie thou how thou can they will intangle thee.

Enter a Herald of Armes.

Herald. I summon your Grace, vnto his highnesse Parlament ♦ holden at saint Edmunds-Bury, the first of the next month.

Humphrey. A Parlament and our consent neuer craude

55 Therein before. This is sodeine.

Well, we will be there. Exet. Herald.

Maister Sheriffe, I pray proceede no further against my Lady, then the course of law extendes.

Sheriffe. Please it your grace, my office here doth end,

60 And I must deliuer her to sir Iohn Standly,

To be conducted into the Ile of Man.

Humphrey. Must you sir Iohn conduct my Lady?

♦ Standly. I my gratious Lord, for so it is decreede,

And I am so commanded by the King.

65 Humph. I pray you sir Iohn, vse her neare the worse,

In that I intreat you to vse her well.

The world may smile againe and I may liue,

To do you fauour if you do it her,

And so sir Iohn farewell.

70 Elnor. What gone my Lord, and bid me not farwell?

Humph. Witnesse my bleeding heart, I cannot stay to speake. Exet Hnmphrey and his men.

Elnor. Then is he gone, is noble Gloster gone,

And doth Duke Humphrey now forsake me too?

Then let me haste from out faire Englands boundes,

75 Come Standly come, and let vs haste away.

♦ Standly. Madam lets go vnto some house hereby,

Where you may shift your selfe before we go.

Elnor. Ah good sir Iohn, my shame cannot be hid,

Nor put away with casting off my sheete:

80 But come let vs go, maister Sheriffe farewell,

♦ Thou hast but done thy office as thou shoulst. Exet omnes.

SC. IX. dai

Enter to the Parlament.

Enter two Heralds before, then the Duke of Buckingham, and the Duke of Suffolke, and then the Duke of Yorke, and the Cardinall of Winchester, and then the King and the Oueene, and then the Earle of Salisbury, and the Earle of Warwicke.

♦ King. I wonder our vnkle Gloster staies so long.

♦ Queene. Can you not see, or will you not perceiue,

How that ambitious Duke doth vse himselfe?

♦ The time hath bene, but now that time is past.

5 That none so humble as Duke Humphrey was.

But now let one meete him euen in the morne,

When euery one will giue the time of day,

♦ And he will neither moue nor speake to vs.

♦ See you not how the Commons follow him

10 In troupes, crying, God saue the good Duke Humphrey,

♦ And with long life, Iesus preserue his grace,

♦ Honouring him as if he were their King.

Gloster is no litle man in England,

And if he list to stir commotions,

15 Tys likely that the people will follow him.

My Lord, if you imagine there is no such thing,

♦ Then let it passe, and call it a womans feare.

My Lord of Suffolke, Buckingham, and Yorke,

♦ Disproue my Alligations if you can,

20 And by your speeches, if you can reproue me,

I will subscribe and say, I wrong’d the Duke.

Suffol. Well hath your grace foreseen into that Duke,

And if I had bene licenst first to speake,

I thinke I should haue told your graces tale.

25 Smooth runs the brooke whereas the streame is deepest

No, no, my soueraigne, Gloster is a man

Vnsounded yet, and full of deepe deceit.

Enter the Duke of Somerset.

King. Welcome Lord Somerset, what newes from France?

Somer. Cold newes my Lord, and this it is,

30 That all your holds and Townes within those Territores

Is ouercome my Lord, all is lost.

King. Cold newes indeed Lord Somerset,

But Gods will be done.

Yorke. Cold newes for me, for I had hope of France,

35 Euen as I haue of fertill England.

Enter Duke Humphrey.

Hum. Pardon my liege, that I haue staid so long.

Suffol. Nay, Gloster know, that thou art come too soone,

Vnlesse thou proue more loyall then thou art,

We do arrest thee on high treason here.

40 Humph. Why Suffolkes Duke thou shalt not see me blush

Nor change my countenance for thine arrest,

♦ Whereof am I guiltie, who are my accusers?

York. Tis thought my lord, your grace tooke bribes from France,

And stopt the soldiers of their paie,

45 By which his Maiestie hath lost all France.

♦ Humph. Is it but thought so, and who are they that thinke so?

♦ So God helpe me, as I haue watcht the night

Euer intending good for England still,

That penie that euer I tooke from France,

50 Be brought against me at the iudgement day.

I neuer robd the soldiers of their paie,

Many a pound of mine owne propper cost

Haue I sent ouer for the soldiers wants,

Because I would not racke the needie Commons.

55 Car. In your Protectorship you did deuise

♦ Strange torments for offendors, by which meanes

England hath bene defamde by tyrannie.

Hum. Why tis wel knowne that whilst I was protector

Pitie was all the fault that was in me,

60 A murtherer or foule felonous theefe,

♦ That robs and murthers silly passengers,

♦ I tortord aboue the rate of common law.

Suffolk. Tush my Lord, these be things of no account,

But greater matters are laid vnto your charge,

65 I do arrest thee on high treason here,

And commit thee to my good Lord Cardinall,

Vntill such time as thou canst cleare thy selfe.

King. Good vnkle obey to his arrest,

I haue no doubt but thou shalt cleare thy selfe,

70 My conscience tels me thou art innocent.

Hump. Ah gratious Henry these daies are dangerous,

And would my death might end these miseries,

And staie their moodes for good King Henries sake,

But I am made the Prologue to their plaie,

75 And thousands more must follow after me,

That dreads not yet their liues destruction.

♦ Suffolkes hatefull tongue blabs his harts malice,

Bewfords firie eyes showes his enuious minde,

Buckinghams proud lookes bewraies his cruel thoughts,

80 And dogged Yorke that leuels at the Moone

Whose ouerweening arme I haue held backe.

All you haue ioynd to betraie me thus:

And you my gratious Lady and soueraigne mistresse,

Causelesse haue laid complaints vpon my head,

85 I shall not want false witnesses inough,

That so amongst you, you may haue my life.

♦ The Prouerbe no doubt will be well performde,

A staffe is quickly found to beate a dog.

Suffolke. Doth he not twit our soueraigne Lady here,

90 As if that she with ignomious wrong,

♦ Had sobornde or hired some to sweare against his life.

♦ Queene. I but I can giue the loser leaue to speake.

Humph. Far truer spoke then ment, I loose indeed,

♦ Beshrow the winners hearts, they plaie me false.

95 Buck. Hele wrest the sence and keep vs here all day,

My Lord of Winchester, see him sent away.

Car. Who’s within there? Take in Duke Humphrey,

And see him garded sure within my house.

Humph. O! thus King Henry casts away his crouch,

100 Before his legs can beare his bodie vp,

And puts his watchfull shepheard from his side,

Whilst wolues stand snarring who shall bite him first.

Farwell my soueraigne, long maist thou enjoy,

Thy fathers happie daies free from annoy. Exet Humphrey, with the Cardinals men.

105 King. My Lords what to your wisdoms shal seem best,

Do and vndo as if our selfe were here.

Queen. What wil your highnesse leaue the Parlament?

♦ King. I Margaret. My heart is kild with griefe,

Where I may sit and sigh in endlesse mone,

110 For who’s a Traitor, Gloster he is none. Exet King, Salsbury, and Warwicke.

Queene. Then sit we downe againe my Lord Cardinall,

Suffolke, Buckingham, Yorke, and Somerset.

Let vs consult of proud Duke Humphries fall.

In mine opinion it were good he dide,

115 For safetie of our King and Common-wealth.

Suffolke. And so thinke I Madame, for as you know,

If our King Henry had shooke hands with death,

Duke Humphrey then would looke to be our King:

And it may be by pollicie he workes,

120 To bring to passe the thing which now we doubt,

The Foxe barkes not when he would steale the Lambe,

But if we take him ere he do the deed,

We should not question if that he should liue.

♦ No. Let him die, in that he is a Foxe,

125 Least that in liuing he offend vs more.

Car. Then let him die before the Commons know,

For feare that they do rise in Armes for him.

Yorke. Then do it sodainly my Lords.

Suffol. Let that be my Lord Cardinals charge & mine.

130 Car. Agreed, for hee’s already kept within my house.

Enter a Messenger.

Queene. How now sirrha, what newes?

Messen. Madame I bring you newes from Ireland,

♦ The wilde Onele my Lords, is vp in Armes,

♦ With troupes of Irish Kernes that vncontrold,

135 Doth plant themselues within the English pale.

Queene. What redresse shal we haue for this my Lords?

♦ Yorke. Twere very good that my Lord of Somerset

That fortunate Champion were sent ouer,

♦ And burnes and spoiles the Country as they goe.

140 To keepe in awe the stubborne Irishmen,

He did so much good when he was in France.

Somer. Had Yorke bene there with all his far fetcht

♦ Pollices, he might haue lost as much as I.

♦ Yorke. I, for Yorke would haue lost his life before

145 That France should haue reuolted from Englands rule.

Somer. I so thou might’st, and yet haue gouernd worse then I.

♦ York. What worse then nought, then a shame take all.

Somer. Shame on thy selfe, that wisheth shame.

Queene. Somerset forbeare, good Yorke be patient,

150 And do thou take in hand to crosse the seas,

With troupes of Armed men to quell the pride

Of those ambitious Irish that rebell.

Yorke. Well Madame sith your grace is so content,

Let me haue some bands of chosen soldiers,

155 And Yorke shall trie his fortune against those kernes.

♦ Queene. Yorke thou shalt. My Lord of Buckingham,

Let it be your charge to muster vp such souldiers

As shall suffise him in these needfull warres.

♦ Buck. Madame I will, and leauie such a band

160 As soone shall ouercome those Irish Rebels,

But Yorke, where shall those soldiers staie for thee?

♦ Yorke. At Bristow, I wil expect them ten daies hence.

Buc. Then thither shall they come, and so farewell. Exet Buckingham.

Yorke. Adieu my Lord of Buckingham.

165 Queene. Suffolke remember what you haue to do.

And you Lord Cardinall concerning Duke Humphrey,

♦ Twere good that you did see to it in time,

♦ Come let vs go, that it may be performde. Exet omnis, Manit Yorke.

York. Now York bethink thy self and rowse thee vp.

170 Take time whilst it is offered thee so faire,

♦ Least when thou wouldst, thou canst it not attaine,

♦ Twas men I lackt, and now they giue them me,

And now whilst I am busie in Ireland,

I haue seduste a headstrong Kentishman,

175 Iohn Cade of Ashford,

♦ Vnder the title of Iohn Mortemer,

To raise commotion, and by that meanes

I shall perceiue how the common people

Do affect the claime and house of Yorke,

180 Then if he haue successe in his affaires,

From Ireland then comes Yorke againe,

To reape the haruest which that coystrill sowed,

Now if he should be taken and condemd,

Heele nere confesse that I did set him on,

185 And therefore ere I go ile send him word,

To put in practise and to gather head.

That so soone as I am gone he may begin

To rise in Armes with troupes of country swaines,

To helpe him to performe this enterprise.

190 And then Duke Humphrey, he well made away,

None then can stop the light to Englands Crowne,

But Yorke can tame and headlong pull them downe. Exet Yorke.

SC. X. daj

Then the Curtaines being drawne, Duke Humphrey is discouered in his bed, and two men lying on his brest and smothering him in his bed. And then enter the Duke of Suffolke to them.

Suffolk. How now sirs, what haue you dispatcht him?

♦ One. I my Lord, hees dead I warrant you.

Suffolke. Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still,

That when the King comes, he may perceiue

5 No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

♦ 2. All things is hansome now my Lord.

Suffolke. Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone,

♦ And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. Exet murtherers.

Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of Buckingham, and the Duke of Somerset, and the Cardinall.

King. My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle Gloster,

10 Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

Suffolke. I will my Lord. Exet Suffolke.

♦ King. And good my Lords proceed no further against our vnkle (Gloster,

Then by iust proofe you can affirme,

For as the sucking childe or harmlesse lambe,

15 So is he innocent of treason to our state.

Enter Suffolke.

How now Suffolke, where’s our unkle?

♦ Suffolke. Dead in his bed, my Lord Gloster is dead. The King falles in a sound.

Queen. Ay-me, the King is dead: help, help, my Lords.

Suffolke. Comfort my Lord, gratious Henry comfort.

Kin. What doth my Lord of Suffolk bid me comfort?

Came he euen now to sing a Rauens note,

And thinkes he that the cherping of a Wren,

By crying comfort through a hollow voice,

♦ Can satisfie my griefes, or ease my heart:

25 Thou balefull messenger out of my sight,

♦ For euen in thine eye-bals murther sits,

♦ Yet do not goe. Come Basaliske

♦ And kill the silly gazer with thy lookes.

Queene. Why do you rate my Lord of Suffolke thus,

30 As if that he had causde Duke Humphreys death?

The Duke and I too, you know were enemies,

♦ And you had best say that I did murther him.

King. Ah woe is me, for wretched Glosters death.

Queene. Be woe for me more wretched then he was,

35 What doest thou turne away and hide thy face?

♦ I am no loathsome leoper looke on me,

♦ Was I for this nigh wrackt vpon the sea,

♦ And thrise by aukward winds driuen back from Englands bounds,

What might it bode, but that well foretelling

40 Winds, said, seeke not a scorpions neast.

Enter the Earles of Warwicke and Salisbury.

♦ War. My Lord, the Commons like an angrie hiue of bees,

Run vp and downe, caring not whom they sting,

♦ For good Duke Humphreys death, whom they report

To be murthered by Suffolke and the Cardinall here.

45 King. That he is dead good Warwick, is too true,

But how he died God knowes, not Henry.

War. Enter his priuie chamber my Lord and view the bodie.

Good father staie you with the rude multitude, till I returne.

Salb. I will sonne. Exet Salbury. Warwicke drawes the curtaines and showes Duke Humphrey in his bed.

50 King. Ah vnkle Gloster, heauen receive thy soule.

Farewell poore Henries ioy, now thou art gone.

War. Now by his soule that tooke our shape vpon him,

To free vs from his fathers dreadfull curse,

I am resolu’d that violent hands were laid,

55 Vpon the life of this thrise famous Duke.

♦ Suffolk. A dreadfull oth sworne with a solemne toong,

What instance giues Lord Warwicke for these words?

War. Oft haue I seene a timely parted ghost,

Of ashie semblance, pale and bloodlesse,

60 But loe the blood is setled in his face,

More better coloured then when he liu’d,

♦ His well proportioned beard made rough and sterne,

His fingers spred abroad as one that graspt for life,

Yet was by strength surprisde, the least of these are probable,

65 It cannot chuse but he was murthered.

Queene. Suffolke and the Cardinall had him in charge,

And they I trust sir, are no murtherers.

♦ War. I, but twas well knowne they were not his friends,

And tis well seene he found some enemies.

70 Card. But haue you no greater proofes then these?

♦ War. Who sees a hefer dead and bleeding fresh,

♦ And sees hard-by a butcher with an axe,

But will suspect twas he that made the slaughter?

Who findes the partridge in the puttocks neast,

75 But will imagine how the bird came there,

Although the kyte soare with vnbloodie beake?

Euen so suspitious is this Tragidie.

♦ Queene. Are you the kyte Bewford, where’s your talants?

Is Suffolke the butcher, where’s his knife?

80 Suffolke. I weare no knife to slaughter sleeping men,

♦ But heres a vengefull sword rusted with case,

♦ That shall be scoured in his rankorous heart,

That slanders me with murthers crimson badge,

Say if thou dare, proud Lord of Warwickshire,

85 That I am guiltie in Duke Humphreys death. Exet Cardinall.

War. What dares not Warwicke, if false Suffolke dare him?

Queene. He dares not calme his contumelious spirit,

Nor cease to be an arrogant controwler,

♦ Though Suffolk dare him twentie hundreth times.

90 War. Madame be still, with reuerence may I say it,

That euery word you speake in his defence,

Is slaunder to your royall Maiestie.

Suffolke. Blunt witted Lord, ignoble in thy words,

If euer Lady wrongd her Lord so much,

95 Thy mother tooke vnto her blamefull bed,

♦ Some sterne vntutred churle, and noble stocke

Was graft with crabtree slip, whose frute thou art,

And neuer of the Neuels noble race.

War. But that the guilt of murther bucklers thee,

100 And I should rob the deaths man of his fee,

Quitting thee thereby of ten thousand shames,

And that my soueraignes presence makes me mute,

I would false murtherous coward on thy knees

Make thee craue pardon for thy passed speech,

105 And say it was thy mother that thou meants,

That thou thy selfe was borne in bastardie,

And after all this fearefull homage done,

♦ Giue thee thy hire and send thy soule to hell,

Pernitious blood-sucker of sleeping men.

110 Suffol. Thou shouldst be waking whilst I shead thy blood,

If from this presence thou dare go with me.

War. Away euen now, or I will drag thee hence. Warwicke puls him out.

Exet Warwicke and Suffolke, and then all the Commons within, cries, downe with Suffolke, downe with Suffolk.
And then enter againe, the Duke of Suffolke and Warwicke, with their weapons drawne.

King. Why how now Lords?

Suf. The Traitorous Warwicke with the men of Berry,

115 Set all vpon me mightie soueraigne i

The Commons againe cries, downe with Suffolke, downe with Suffolke. And then enter from them, the Earle of Salbury.

♦ Salb. My Lord, the Commons sends you word by me,

♦ The vnlesse false Suffolke here be done to death,

Or banished faire Englands Territories,

That they will erre from your highnesse person,

120 They say by him the good Duke Humphrey died,

They say by him they feare the ruine of the realme.

And therefore if you loue your subiects weale,

♦ They wish you to banish him from foorth the land.

Suf. Indeed tis like the Commons rude vnpolisht hinds

125 Would send such message to their soueraigne,

But you my Lord were glad to be imployd,

To trie how quaint an Orator you were,

But all the honour Salsbury hath got,

Is, that he was the Lord Embassador

130 Sent from a sort of Tinkers to the King.

The Commons cries, an answere from the King, my Lord of Salsbury.

King. Good Salsbury go backe againe to them,

♦ Tell them we thanke them all for their louing care,

♦ And had I not bene cited thus by their meanes,

My selfe had done it. Therefore here I sweare,

135 If Suffolke be found to breathe in any place,

Where I haue rule, but three daies more, he dies. Exet Salisbury.

Queene. Oh Henry, reuerse the doome of gentle Suffolkes banishment.

King. Vngentle Queene to call him gentle Suffolke,

Speake not for him, for in England he shall not rest,

140 If I say, I may relent, but if I sweare, it is erreuocable.

♦ Come good Warwicke and go thou in with me,

For I haue great matters to impart to thee. Exet King and Warwicke, Manet Queene and Suffolke.

Queene. Hell fire and vengeance go along with you,

♦ Theres two of you, the diuell make the third.

145 Fie womanish man, canst thou not curse thy enemies?

Suffolke. A plague vpon them, wherefore should I curse them?

Could curses kill as do the Mandrakes groanes,

I would inuent as many bitter termes

Deliuered strongly through my fixed teeth,

150 With twise so many signes of deadly hate,

♦ As leaue fast enuy in her loathsome caue,

My toong should stumble in mine earnest words,

Mine eyes should sparkle like the beaten flint,

My haire be fixt on end, as one distraught,

155 And euery ioynt should seeme to curse and ban,

♦ And now me-thinks my burthened hart would breake,

Should I not curse them. Poison be their drinke,

Gall worse then gall, the daintiest thing they taste.

♦ Their sweetest shade a groue of sypris trees,

160 Their softest tuch as smart as lyzards stings.

Their musicke frightfull, like the serpents hys.

♦ And boding scrike-oules make the consort full.

All the foule terrors in darke seated hell.

♦ Queene. Inough sweete Suffolke, thou torments thy (selfe.

165 Suffolke. You bad me ban, and will you bid me sease?

Now by this ground that I am banisht from,

Well could I curse away a winters night,

And standing naked on a mountaine top,

Where byting cold would neuer let grasse grow,

170 And thinke it but a minute spent in sport.

Queene. No more. Sweete Suffolke hie thee hence to France,

Or liue where thou wilt within this worldes globe,

♦ Ile haue an Irish that shall finde thee out,

And long thou shalt not staie, but ile haue thee repelde,

175 Or venture to be banished my selfe.

Oh let this kisse be printed in thy hand,

That when thou seest it, thou maist thinke on me.

Away, I say, that I may feele my griefe,

For it is nothing whilst thou standest here.

180 Suffolke. Thus is poore Suffolke ten times banished,

Once by the King, but three times thrise by thee.

Enter Vawse.

Queene. How now, whither goes Vawse so fast?

Vawse. To signifie vnto his Maiestie,

That Cardinall Bewford is at point of death,

185 Sometimes he raues and cries as he were madde,

Sometimes he cals vpon Duke Humphries Ghost,

And whispers to his pillow as to him,

♦ And sometime he calles to speake vnto the King,

And I am going to certifie vnto his grace,

190 That euen now he cald aloude for him.

Queene. Go then good Vawse and certifie the King Exet Vawse.

♦ Oh what is worldly pompe, all men must die,

And woe am I for Bewfords heauie ende.

But why mourne I for him, whilst thou art here?

195 Sweete Suffolke hie thee hence to France,

For if the King do come, thou sure must die.

Suff. And if I go I cannot liue: but here to die,

♦ What were it else, but like a pleasant slumber

In thy lap?

200 Here could I, could I, breath my soule into the aire,

As milde and gentle as the new borne babe,

That dies with mothers dugge betweene his lips,

♦ Where from thy sight I should be raging madde,

And call for thee to close mine eyes,

205 Or with thy lips to stop my dying soule,

That I might breathe it so into thy bodie,

And then it liu’d in sweete Elyziam,

By thee to die, were but to die in ieast,

From thee to die, were torment more then death,

210 O let me staie, befall, what may befall.

Queen. Oh mightst thou staie with safetie of thy life,

Then shouldst thou staie, but heauens deny it,

And therefore go, but hope ere longe to be repelde.

Suff. I goe.

Queene. And take my heart with thee. 215 She kisseth him.

Suff. A iewell lockt into the wofulst caske,

That euer yet containde a thing of woorth,

Thus like a splitted barke so sunder we.

220 This way fall I to death. Exet Suffolke.

Queene. This way for me. Exet Queene.

SC. XI. dak

Enter King and Salsbury, and then the Curtaines be drawne, and the Cardinall is discouered in his bed, rauing and staring as if he were madde.

Car. Oh death, if thou wilt let me liue but one whole yeare,

Ile giue thee as much gold as will purchase such another Iland.

King. Oh see my Lord of Salsbury how he is troubled,

♦ Lord Cardinall, remember Christ must saue thy soule.

5 Car. Why died he not in his bed?

What would you haue me to do then?

Can I make men liue whether they will or no?

♦ Sirra, go fetch me the strong poison which the Pothicary sent me.

Oh see where Duke Humphreys ghoast doth stand,

10 And stares me in the face. Looke, looke, coame downe his haire,

♦ So now hees gone againe: Oh, oh, oh.

Sal. See how the panges of death doth gripe his heart.

King. Lord Cardinall, if thou diest assured of heauenly blisse,

Hold vp thy hand and make some signe to vs. The Cardinall dies.

15 Oh see he dies, and makes no signe at all.

Oh God forgiue his soule.

Salb. So bad an ende did neuer none behold,

But as his death, so was his life in all.

King. Forbeare to iudge, good Salsbury forbeare,

20 For God will iudge vs all.

♦ Go take him hence, and see his funerals be performde. Exet omnes.

SC. XII. dal

Alarmes within, and the chambers be discharged, like as it were a fight at sea. And then enter the Captaine of the ship and the Maister, and the Maisters Mate, & the Duke of Suffolke disguised, and others with him, and Water Whickmore.

♦ Cap. Bring forward these prisoners that scorn’d to yeeld,

Vnlade their goods with speed and sincke their ship,

Here Maister, this prisoner I giue to you.

This other, the Maisters Mate shall haue,

5 And Water Whickmore thou shalt haue this man,

♦ And let them paie their ransomes ere they passe.

Suffolke. Water! He starteth.

♦ Water. How now, what doest thou feare me?

Thou shalt haue better cause anon.

Suf. It is thy name affrights me, not thy selfe.

I do remember well, a cunning Wyssard told me,

That by Water I should die:

Yet let not that make thee bloudie minded.

Thy name being rightly sounded,

15 Is Gualter, not Water.

♦ Water. Gualter or Water, als one to me,

I am the man must bring thee to thy death.

Suf. I am a Gentleman looke on my Ring,

♦ Ransome me at what thou wilt, it shalbe paid.

20 Water. I lost mine eye in boording of the ship,

And therefore ere I marchantlike sell blood for gold,

Then cast me headlong downe into the sea.

2. Priso. But what shall our ransomes be?

♦ Mai. A hundreth pounds a piece, either paie that or die.

25 2. Priso. Then saue our liues, it shall be paid.

♦ Water. Come sirrha, thy life shall be the ransome

I will haue.

Suff. Staie villaine, thy prisoner is a Prince,

♦ The Duke of Suffolke, William de la Poull.

30 Cap. The Duke of Suffolke folded vp in rags.

♦ Suf. I sir, but these rags are no part of the Duke,

Ioue sometime went disguisde, and why not I?

Cap. I but Ioue was neuer slaine as thou shalt be.

Suf. Base Iadie groome, King Henries blood

35 The honourable blood of Lancaster,

Cannot be shead by such a lowly swaine,

I am sent Ambassador for the Queene to France,

I charge thee waffe me crosse the channell safe.

Cap. Ile waffe thee to thy death, go Water take him hence,

40 And on our long boates side, chop off his head.

Suf. Thou darste not for thine owne.

Cap. Yes Poull.

Suffolke. Poull.

Cap. I Poull, puddle, kennell, sinke and durt,

45 Ile stop that yawning mouth of thine,

♦ Those lips of thine that so oft haue kist the

Queene, shall sweepe the ground, and thou that

Smildste at good Duke Humphreys death,

Shalt liue no longer to infect the earth.

50 Suffolke. This villain being but Captain of a Pinnais,

Threatens more plagues then mightie Abradas,

♦ The great Masadonian Pyrate,

Thy words addes fury and not remorse in me.

Cap. I but my deeds shall staie thy fury soone.

55 Suffolke. Hast not thou waited at my Trencher,

♦ When we haue feasted with Queene Margret?

♦ Hast not thou kist thy hand and held my stirrope?

And barehead plodded by my footecloth Mule,

And thought thee happie when I smilde on thee?

60 This hand hath writ in thy defence,

Then shall I charme thee, hold thy lauish toong.

♦ Cap. Away with him, Water, I say, and off with his hed.

1. Priso. Good my Lord, intreat him mildly for your life.

Suffolke. First let this necke stoupe to the axes edge,

65 Before this knee do bow to any,

Saue to the God of heauen and to my King:

Suffolkes imperiall toong cannot pleade

To such a Iadie groome.

♦ Water. Come, come, why do we let him speake,

70 I long to haue his head for raunsome of mine eye.

♦ Suffolke. A Swordar and bandeto slaue,

Murthered sweete Tully.

♦ Brutus bastard-hand stabde Iulius Cæsar,

♦ And Suffolke dies by Pyrates on the seas. Exet Suffolke and Water.

75 Cap. Off with his head, and send it to the Queene,

And ransomelesse this prisoner shall go free,

To see it safe deliuered vnto her.

♦ Come lets goe. Exet omnes.

SC. XIII. dam

Enter two of the Rebels with long staues.

George. Come away Nick, and put a long staffe in thy pike, and prouide thy selfe, for I Can tell thee, they haue been vp this two daies.

Nicke. Then they had more need to go to bed now,

5 But sirrha George whats the matter?

George. Why sirrha, Iack Cade the Diar of Ashford here,

♦ He meanes to turne this land, and set a new nap on it.

♦ Nick. I marry he had need so, for tis growne threedbare,

♦ Twas neuer merry world with vs, since these gentle men came vp.

10 George. I warrant thee, thou shalt neuer see a Lord weare a leather aperne now a-daies.

♦ Nick. But sirrha, who comes more beside Iacke Cade?

♦ George. Why theres Dicke the Butcher, and Robin the Sadler, and Will that came a wooing to our Nan last Sunday, and Harry and 15 Tom, and Gregory that should haue your Parnill, and a great sort more is come from Rochester, and from Maydstone, and Canterbury, ♦ and all the Townes here abouts, and we must all be Lords or squires, assoone as Iack Cade is King.

♦ Nicke. Harke, harke, I here the Drum, they be comming.

Enter Iacke Cade, Dicke Butcher, Robin, Will, Tom, Harry and the rest, with long staues.

20 Cade. Proclaime silence.

All. Silence.

Cade. I Iohn Cade so named for my valiancie.

Dicke. Or rather for stealing of a Cade of Sprats.

♦ Cade. My father was a Mortemer.

25 Nicke. He was an honest man and a good Brick-laier.

♦ Cade. My mother came of the Brases.

Will. She was a Pedlers daughter indeed, and sold many

♦ lases.

Robin. And now being not able to occupie her furd packe,

She washeth buckes vp and down the country.

30 Cade. Therefore I am honourably borne.

♦ Harry. I for the field is honourable, for he was borne

♦ Vnder a hedge, for his father had no house but the Cage.

Cade. I am able to endure much.

♦ George. Thats true, I know he can endure any thing,

35 For I haue seen him whipt two market daies togither.

Cade. I feare neither sword nor fire.

Will. He need not feare the sword, for his coate is of proofe.

Dicke. But mee thinkes he should feare the fire, being so often

burnt in the hand, for stealing of sheepe.

40 Cade. Therefore be braue, for your Captain is braue, and vowes reformation: you shall haue seuen half-penny loaues for a penny, ♦ and the three hoopt pot, shall haue ten hoopes, and it shall be felony ♦ to drinke small beere, and if I be king, as king I will be.

All. God saue your maiestie.

45 Cade. I thanke you good people, you shall all eate and drinke of ♦ my score, and go all in my liuerie, and weele haue no writing, but ♦ the score & the Tally, and there shalbe no lawes but such as comes from my mouth.

Dicke. We shall haue sore lawes then, for he was thrust into the 50 mouth the other day.

♦ George. I and stinking law too, for his breath stinks so, that one cannot abide it.

Enter Will with the Clarke of Chattam.

Will. Oh Captaine a pryze.

♦ Cade. Whose that Will?

55 Will. The Clarke of Chattam, he can write and reade and cast account, I tooke him setting of boyes coppies, and hee has a booke in his pocket with red letters.

♦ Cade. Sonnes, hees a coniurer bring him hither.

♦ Now sir, whats your name?

60 Clarke. Emanuell sir, and it shall please you.

♦ Dicke. It will go hard with you, I can tell you,

♦ For they vse to write that oth top of letters.

♦ Cade. And what do you vse to write your name?

Or do you as auncient forefathers haue done,

65 Vse the score and the Tally?

♦ Clarke. Nay, true sir, I praise God I haue been so well brought vp, that I can write mine owne name.

♦ Cade. Oh hes confest, go hang him with his penny-inckhorne about his necke. Exet one with the Clarke.

Enter Tom.

70 Tom. Captaine. Newes, newes, sir Humphrey Stafford and his ♦ brother are comming with the kings power, and mean to kill vs all.

♦ Cade. Let them come, hees but a knight is he?

Tom. No, no, hees but a knight.

Cade. Why then to equall him, ile make my selfe knight.

75 Kneele downe Iohn Mortemer,

Rise vp sir Iohn Mortemer.

Is there any more of them that be Knights?

♦ Tom. I his brother. He Knights Dicke Butcher.

Cade. Then kneele downe Dicke Butcher,

80 Rise vp sir Dicke Butcher. Now sound vp the Drumme.

Enter sir Humphrey Stafford and his brother, with Drumme and souldiers.

Cade. As for these silken coated slaues I passe not a pinne,

Tis to you good people that I speake.

Stafford. Why country-men, what meane you thus in troopes,

To follow this rebellious Traitor Cade?

85 Why his father was but a Brick-laier.

♦ Cade. Well, and Adam was a Gardner, what then?

But I come of the Mortemers.

Stafford. I, the Duke of Yorke hath taught you that.

Cade. The Duke of York, nay, I learnt it my selfe,

90 For looke you, Roger Mortemer the Earle of March,

Married the Duke of Clarence daughter.

♦ Stafford. Well, thats true: But what then?

Cade. And by her he had two children at a birth.

♦ Stafford. Thats false.

95 Cade. I, but I say, tis true.

All. Why then tis true.

Cade. And one of them was stolne away by a begger-woman,

♦ And that was my father, and I am his sonne,

Deny it and you can.

100 Nicke. Nay looke you, I know twas true,

For his father built a chimney in my fathers house,

♦ And the brickes are aliue at this day to testifie.

Cade. But doest thou heare Stafford, tell the King, that for his fathers sake, in whose time boyes plaide at spanne-counter with 105 Frenche Crownes, I am content that hee shall be King as long ♦ as he liues. Marry alwaies prouided, ile be Protector ouer him.

♦ Stafford. O monstrous simplicitie.

♦ Cade. And tell him, weele haue the Lorde Sayes head, and the Duke of Somersets, for deliuering vp the Dukedomes of Anioy 110 and Mayne, and selling the Townes in France, by which meanes ♦ England hath bene maimde euer since, and gone as it were with a ♦ crouch, but that my puissance held it vp. And besides, they can speake French, and therefore they are traitors.

Stafford. As how I prethie?

115 Cade. Why the French men are our enemies be they not? And then can hee that speakes with the tongue of an enemy be a good subject?

Answere me to that.

Stafford. Well sirrha, wilt thou yeeld thy selfe vnto the Kings 120 mercy, and he will pardon thee and these, their outrages and rebellious deeds?

Cade. Nay, bid the King come to me and he will, and then ile pardon him, or otherwaies ile haue his Crowne tell him, ere it be long.

125 Stafford. Go Herald, proclaime in all the Kings Townes,

That those that will forsake the Rebell Cade,

Shall haue free pardon from his Maiestie. Exet Stafford and his men.

♦ Cade. Come sirs, saint George for vs and Kent. Exet omnes.

SC. XIV dan

Alarums to the battaile, and sir Humphrey Stafford and his brother is slaine. Then enter Iacke Cade againe and the rest.

♦ Cade. Sir Dicke Butcher, thou hast fought to day most valianly, And knockt them down as if thou hadst bin in thy slaughter house. And thus I will reward thee. The Lent shall be as long againe ♦ as it was. Thou shalt haue licence to kil for foure score & one a week. 5 Drumme strike vp, for now weele march to London, for to morrow ♦ I meane to sit in the Kings seate at Westminster. Exet omnes.

SC. XV. dao

Enter the King reading of a Letter, and the Queene, with the Duke of Suffolkes head, and the Lord Say, with others.

King. Sir Humphrey Stafford and his brother is slaine,

And the Rebels march amaine to London,

Go back to them, and tell them thus from me,

Ile come and parley with their generall.

5 Reade. Yet staie, ile reade the Letter one againe.

Lord Say, Iacke Cade hath solemnely vowde to haue thy head.

♦ Say. I, but I hope your highnesse shall haue his.

King. How now Madam, still lamenting and mourning for Suffolkes ♦ death, I feare my loue, if I had bene dead, thou wouldst not 10 haue mournde so much for me.

♦ Queene. No my loue, I should not mourne, but die for thee.

Enter a Messenger.

Messen. Oh flie my Lord, the Rebels are entered

Southwarke, and haue almost wonne the Bridge,

Calling your grace an vsurper,

15 And that monstrous Rebell Cade, hath sworne

To Crowne himselfe King in Westminster,

Therefore flie my Lord, and poste to Killingworth.

King. Go bid Buckingham and Clifford, gather

An Army vp, and meete with the Rebels.

20 Come Madame, let vs haste to Killingworth.

Come on Lord Say, go thou along with vs,

For feare the Rebell Cade do finde thee out.

Say. My innocence my Lord shall pleade for me.

And therfore with your highnesse leaue, ile staie behind.

25 King. Euen as thou wilt my Lord Say.

♦ Come Madame, let vs go. Exet omnes.

SC. XVI. dap

Enter the Lord Skayles vpon the Tower walles walking.

Enter three or foure Citizens below.

♦ Lord Scayles. How now, is Iacke Cade slaine?

1. Citizen. No my Lord, nor likely to be slaine,

For they haue wonne the bridge,

Killing all those that withstand them.

5 The Lord Mayor craueth ayde of your honor from the Tower,

To defend the Citie from the Rebels.

Lord Scayles. Such aide as I can spare, you shall command,

But I am troubled here with them my selfe,

The Rebels haue attempted to win the Tower,

10 But get you to Smythfield and gather head,

♦ And thither I will send you Mathew Goffe,

Fight for your King, your Country, and your liues,

♦ And so farewell, for I must hence againe. Exet omnes.

SC. XVII. daq

Enter Iacke Cade and the rest, and strikes his sword vpon London stone.

Cade. Now is Mortemer Lord of this Citie,

And now sitting vpon London stone, We command,

That the first yeare of our raigne,

The pissing Cundit run nothing but red wine.

5 And now hence forward, it shall be treason

♦ For any that calles me any otherwise then

Lord Mortemer.

Enter a souldier.

Sould. Iacke Cade, Iacke Cade.

♦ Cade. Sounes, knocke him downe. (They kill him.

10 Dicke. My Lords, theirs an Army gathered togither

Into Smythfield.

♦ Cade. Come then, lets go fight with them,

♦ But first go on and set London Bridge a fire,

And if you can, burne downe the Tower too.

15 Come lets away. Exet omnes.

SC. XVIII. dar

Alarmes, and then Mathew Goffe is slaine, and all the rest with him. Then Enter Iacke Cade again, and his company.

♦ Cade. So, sirs now go some and pull down the Sauoy,

♦ Others to the Innes of the Court, downe with them all.

Dicke. I haue a sute vnto your Lordship.

Cade. Be it a Lordship Dicke, and thou shalt haue it

5 For that word.

Dicke. That we may go burne all the Records,

And that all writing may be put downe,

And nothing vsde but the score and the Tally.

♦ Cade. Dicke it shall be so, and henceforward all things shall be 10 in common, and in Cheapeside shall my palphrey go to grasse. Why ist not a miserable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb ♦ should parchment be made, & then with a litle blotting ouer with inke, a man should vndo himselfe.

Some saies tis the bees that sting, but I say, tis their waxe, for 15 I am sure I neuer seald to any thing but once, and I was neuer mine owne man since.

Nicke. But when shall we take vp those commodities

Which you told vs of.

♦ Cade. Marry he that will lustily stand to it,

20 Shall go with me, and take vp these commodities following:

Item, a gowne, a kirtle, a petticoate, and a smocke.

Enter George.

George. My Lord, a prize, a prize, heres the Lord Say,

Which sold the Townes in France.

♦ Cade. Come hither thou Say, thou George, thou buckrum lord,

25 What answere canst thou make vnto my mightinesse,

For deliuering vp the townes in France to Mounsier bus mine cue, the Dolphin of France?

And more then so, thou hast most traitorously erected a grammer schoole, to infect the youth of the realme, and against the Kings 30 Crowne and dignitie, thou hast built vp a paper-mill, nay it wil be ♦ said to thy face, that thou kepst men in thy house that daily reades of bookes with red letters, and talkes of a Nowne and a Verbe, and ♦ such abhominable words as no Christian eare is able to endure it. ♦ And besides all that, thou hast appointed certaine Iustises of peace 35 in euery shire to hang honest men that steale for their liuing, and because they could not reade, thou hast hung them vp: Onely for ♦ which cause they were most worthy to liue. Thou ridest on a foot-cloth doest thou not?

Say. Yes, what of that?

40 Cade. Marry I say, thou oughtest not to let thy horse weare a cloake, when an honester man then thy selfe, goes in his hose and doublet.

Say. You men of Kent.

All. Kent, what of Kent?

45 Say. Nothing but bona, terra.

♦ Cade. Bonum terum, sounds whats that?

Dicke. He speakes French.

Will. No tis Dutch.

♦ Dicke. No tis outtalian, I know it well inough.

50 Say. Kent, in the Commentaries Cæsar wrote,

Termde it the ciuel’st place of all this land,

Then noble Country-men, heare me but speake,

♦ I sold not France, I lost not Normandie.

Cade. But wherefore doest thou shake thy head so?

55 Say. It is the palsie and not feare that makes me.

♦ Cade. Nay thou nodst thy head, as who say, thou wilt be euen ♦ with me, if thou getst away, but ile make the sure inough, now I ♦ haue thee. Go take him to the standerd in Cheapeside and chop of his head, and then go to milende-greene, to sir Iames Cromer his 60 sonne in law, and cut off his head too, and bring them to me vpon two poles presently. (Away with him. Exet one or two, with the Lord Say.

There shall not a noble man weare a head on his shoulders,

But he shall paie me tribute for it.

Nor there shal not a mayd be married, but he shal fee to me for her.

65 Maydenhead or else, ile haue it my selfe,

♦ Marry I will that married men shall hold of me in capitie,

And that their wiues shalbe as free as hart can thinke, or toong can (tell.

Enter Robin.

Robin. O Captaine, London bridge is a fire.

Cade. Runne to Billingsgate, and fetche pitch and flaxe and 70 squench it.

Enter Dicke and a Sargiant.

Sargiant. Iustice, iustice, I pray you sir, let me haue iustice of this fellow here.

Cade. Why what has he done?

Sarg. Alasse sir he has rauisht my wife.

75 Dicke. Why my Lord he would haue rested me,

♦ And I went and and entred my Action in his wiues paper house.

Cade. Dicke follow thy sute in her common place,

♦ You horson villaine, you are a Sargiant youle,

Take any man by the throate for twelue pence,

80 And rest a man when hees at dinner,

♦ And haue him to prison ere the meate be out of his mouth.

♦ Go Dicke take him hence, cut out his toong for cogging,

Hough him for running, and to conclude,

♦ Braue him with his owne mace. Exet with the Sargiant.

Enter two with the Lord Sayes head, and sir Iames Cromers, vpon two poles.

85 kisse togither. So, come carry them before me, and at euery lanes ende, let them

Enter the Duke of Buckingham, and Lord Clifford the Earle of Comberland.

Clifford. Why country-men and warlike friends of Kent,

♦ What meanes this mutinous rebellions,

That you in troopes do muster thus your selues,

90 Vnder the conduct of this Traitor Cade?

To rise against your soueraigne Lord and King,

Who mildly hath his pardon sent to you,

If you forsake this monstrous Rebell here?

If honour be the marke whereat you aime,

95 Then haste to France that our forefathers wonne,

And winne againe that thing which now is lost,

And leaue to seeke your Countries ouerthrow.

All. A Clifford, a Clifford. They forsake Cade.

Cade. Why how now, will you forsake your generall,

100 And ancient freedome which you haue possest?

♦ To bend your neckes vnder their seruile yokes,

♦ Who if you stir, will straightwaies hang you vp,

But follow me, and you shall pull them downe,

And make them yeeld their liuings to your hands.

105 All. A Cade, a Cade. They runne to Cade againe.

♦ Cliff. Braue warlike friends heare me but speak a word,

Refuse not good whilst it is offered you,

The King is mercifull, then yeeld to him,

And I my selfe will go along with you,

110 To Winsore Castle whereas the King abides,

And on mine honour you shall haue no hurt.

All. A Clifford, a Clifford, God saue the King.

Cade. How like a feather is this rascall company

♦ Blowne euery way,

115 But that they may see there want no valiancy in me,

My staffe shall make way through the midst of you,

♦ And so a poxe take you all. He runs through them with his staffe, and flies away.

Buc. Go some and make after him, and proclaime,

That those that can bring the head of Cade,

120 Shall haue a thousand Crownes for his labour.

♦ Come march away. Exet omnes.

SC. XIX. das

Enter King Henry and the Queene, and Somerset.

♦ King. Lord Somerset, what newes here you of the Rebell Cade?

Som. This, my gratious Lord, that the Lord Say is don to death,

And the Citie is almost sackt.

♦ King. Gods will be done, for as he hath decreede, so must it be:

5 And be it as he please, to stop the pride of those rebellious men.

Queene. Had the noble Duke of Suffolke bene aliue,

The Rebell Cade had bene supprest ere this,

And all the rest that do take part with him.

Enter the Duke of Buckingham and Clifford, with the Rebels, with halters about their necks.

Cliff. Long liue King Henry, Englands lawfull King,

10 Loe here my Lord, these Rebels are subdude,

And offer their liues before your highnesse feete.

♦ King. But tell me Clifford, is there Captaine here.

Clif. No, my gratious Lord, he is fled away, but proclamations are sent forth, that he that can but bring his head, shall haue a thousand 15 crownes. But may it please your Maiestie, to pardon these ♦ their faults, that by that traitors meanes were thus misled.

King. Stand vp you simple men, and giue God praise,

For you did take in hand you know not what,

And go in peace obedient to your King,

20 And liue as subiects, and you shall not want,

Whilst Henry liues, and weares the English Crowne.

All. God saue the King, God saue the King.

King. Come let vs hast to London now with speed,

♦ That solemne prosessions may be sung,

25 In laud and honour of the God of heauen,

♦ And triumphs of this happie victorie. (Exet omnes.

SC. XX. dat

Enter Iacke Cade at one doore, and at the other, maister Alexander Eyden and his men, and Iack Cade lies downe picking of hearbes and eating them.

♦ Eyden. Good Lord how pleasant is this country life,

This litle land my father left me here,

With my contented minde serues me as well,

As all the pleasures in the Court can yeeld,

5 Nor would I change this pleasure for the Court.

♦ Cade. Sounes, heres the Lord of the soyle, Stand villaine, thou wilt betraie mee to the King, and get a thousand crownes for ♦ my head, but ere thou goest, ile make thee eate yron like an Astridge, and swallow my sword like a great pinne.

10 Eyden. Why sawcy companion, why should I betray thee?

Ist not inough that thou hast broke my hedges,

♦ And enterd into my ground without the leaue of me the owner,

But thou wilt braue me too.

♦ Cade. Braue thee and beard thee too, by the best blood of the 15 Realme, looke on me well, I haue eate no meate this fine dayes, yet ♦ and I do not leaue thee and thy fine men as dead as a doore nayle, I pray God I may neuer eate grasse more.

♦ Eyden. Nay, it neuer shall be saide whilst the world doth stand, that Alexander Eyden an Esquire of Kent, tooke oddes to combat 20 with a famisht man, looke on me, my limmes are equall vnto thine, and ♦ euery way as big, then hand to hand, ile combat thee. Sirrha ♦ fetch me weopons, and stand you all aside.

♦ Cade. Now sword, if thou doest not hew this burly-bond churle ♦ into chines of beefe, I beseech God thou maist fal into some smiths 25 hand, and be turnd to hob-nailes.

Eyden. Come on thy way. (They fight, and Cade fals downe.

Cade. Oh villaine, thou hast slaine the floure of Kent for chiualrie, but it is famine & not thee that has done it, for come ten thousand diuels, and giue me but the ten meales that I wanted this fiue daies, and ile fight with you all, and so a poxe rot thee, for Iack Cade must die. (He dies.

♦ Eyden. Iack Cade, & was it that monstrous Rebell which I haue ♦ slaine. Oh sword ile honour thee for this, and in my chamber shalt thou hang as a monument to after age, for this great seruice thou 35 hast done to me. He drag him hence, and with my sword cut off his ♦ head, and beare it Exet.

SC. XXI. dau

Enter the Duke of Yorke with Drum and souldiers.

Yorke. In Armes from Ireland comes Yorke amaine,

Ring belles aloud, bonfires perfume the ayre,

To entertaine faire Englands royall King.

Ah Sancta Maiesta, who would not buy thee deare?

Enter the Duke of Buckingham.

5 But soft, who comes here Buckingham, what newes with him?

Buc. Yorke, if thou meane well, I greete thee so.

Yorke. Humphrey of Buckingham, welcome I sweare:

♦ What comes thou in loue or as a Messenger?

Buc. I come as a Messenger from our dread Lord and soueraign,

10 Henry. To know the reason of these Armes in peace?

Or that thou being a subiect as I am,

Shouldst thus approach so neare with colours spred,

Whereas the person of the King doth keepe?

♦ Yorke. A subiect as he is.

15 Oh how I hate these spitefull abiect termes,

But Yorke dissemble, till thou meete thy sonnes,

Who now in Armes expect their fathers sight,

♦ And not farre hence I know they cannot be.

Humphrey Duke of Buckingham, pardon me,

20 That I answearde not at first, my mind was troubled,

I came to remoue that monstrous Rebell Cade,

And heaue proud Somerset from out the Court,

That basely yeelded vp the Townes in France.

Buc. Why that was presumption on thy behalfe,

25 But if it be no otherwise but so,

♦ The King doth pardon thee, and granst to thy request,

And Somerset is sent vnto the Tower.

Yorke. Vpon thine honour is it so?

Buc. Yorke, he is vpon mine honour.

30 York. Then before thy face, I here dismisse my troopes,

Sirs, meete me to morrow in saint Georges fields,

♦ And there you shall receiue your paie of me. Exet souldiers.

Buc. Come York, thou shalt go speake vnto the King,

But see, his grace is comming to meete with vs.

Enter King Henry.

35 King. How now Buckingham, is Yorke friends with vs,

That thus thou bringst him hand in hand with thee?

Buc. He is my Lord, and hath dischargde his troopes

Which came with him, but as your grace did say,

To heaue the Duke of Somerset from hence,

40 And to subdue the Rebels that were vp.

King. Then welcome cousin Yorke, giue me thy hand,

And thankes for thy great seruice done to vs,

Against those traitorous Irish that rebeld.

Enter maister Eyden with Iacke Cades head.

♦ Eyden. Long liue Henry in triumphant peace,

45 Lo here my Lord vpon my bended knees,

I here present the traitorous head of Cade,

That hand to hand in single fight I slue.

King. First thanks to heauen, & next to thee my friend,

That hast subdude that wicked traitor thus.

50 O let me see that head that in his life,

Did worke me and my land such cruell spight,

A visage sterne, cole blacke his curled locks,

Deepe trenched furrowes in his frowning brow,

Presageth warlike humors in his life.

55 Here take it hence and thou for thy reward,

Shalt be immediatly created Knight.

♦ Kneele downe my friend, and tell me whats thy name?

Eyden. Alexander Eyden, if it please your grace,

A poore Esquire of Kent.

60 King. Then rise vp sir Alexander Eyden knight,

And for thy maintenance, I freely giue

♦ A thousand markes a yeare to maintaine thee,

Beside the firme reward that was proclaimde,

For those that could performe this worthie act,

65 And thou shalt waight vpon the person of the king.

Eyden. I humbly thank your grace, and I no longer liue,

♦ Then I proue iust and loyall to my king. (Exet.

Enter the Queene with the Duke of Somerset.

King. O Buckingham see where Somerset comes,

Bid him go hide himselfe till Yorke be gone.

70 Queene. He shall not hide himselfe for feare of Yorke,

But beard and braue him proudly to his face.

♦ Yorke. Whose that, proud Somerset at libertie?

Base fearefull Henry that thus dishonor’st me,

By heauen, thou shalt not gouerne ouer me:

75 I cannot brooke that Traitors presence here,

Nor will I subiect be to such a King,

That knowes not how to gouerne nor to rule,

Resigne thy Crowne proud Lancaster to me,

That thou vsurped hast so long by force,

80 For now is Yorke resolu’d to claim his owne,

And rise aloft into faire Englands Throane.

Somer. Proud Traitor, I arest thee on high treason,

Against thy soueraigne Lord, yeeld thee false Yorke,

For here I sweare, thou shalt vnto the Tower,

85 For these proud words which thou hast giuen the king.

♦ Yorke. Thou art deceiued, my sonnes shalbe my baile,

♦ And send thee there in dispight of him.

Hoe, where are you boyes?

Queene. Call Clifford hither presently.

SC. XXII. dav

Enter the Duke of Yorkes sonnes, Edward the Earle of March, and crook-backe Richard, at the one doore, with Drumme and soldiers, and at the other doore, enter Clifford and his sonne, with Drumme and souldiers, and Clifford kneeles to Henry, and speakes.

Cliff. Long liue my noble Lord, and soueraigne King.

Yorke. We thank thee Clifford.

Nay, do not affright vs with thy lookes,

If thou didst mistake, we pardon thee, kneele againe.

5 Cliff. Why, I did no way mistake, this is my King.

What is he mad? to Bedlam with him.

♦ King. I, a bedlam frantike humor driues him thus

♦ To leauy Armes against his lawfull King.

♦ Clif. Why doth not your grace send him to the Tower?

10 Queene. He is arested, but will not obey,

♦ His sonnes he saith, shall be his baile.

Yorke. How say you boyes, will you not?

Edward. Yes noble father, if our words will serue.

Richard. And if our words will not, our swords shall.

15 Yorke. Call hither to the stake, my two rough beares.

King. Call Buckingham, and bid him Arme himselfe.

Yorke. Call Buckingham and all the friends thou hast,

♦ Both thou and they, shall curse this fatall houre.

Enter at one doore, the Earles of Salsbury and Warwicke, with Drumme and souldiers. And at the other, the Duke of Buckingham, with Drumme and souldiers.

Cliff. Are these thy beares? weele bayte them soone,

Dispight of thee, and all the friends thou hast. ·dav20·

War. You had best go dreame againe,

To keepe you from the tempest of the field.

Clif. I am resolu’d to beare a greater storme,

Then any thou canst coniure vp to day,

25 And that ile write vpon thy Burgonet,

Might I but know thee by thy houshold badge.

War. Now by my fathers age, old Neuels crest,

The Rampant Beare chaind to the ragged staffe,

This day ile weare aloft my burgonet,

30 As on a mountaine top the Cædar showes,

That keepes his leaues in spight of any storme,

♦ Euen to affright the with the view thereof.

Clif. And from thy burgonet will I rend the beare,

And tread him vnderfoote with all contempt,

35 Dispight the Beare-ward that protects him so.

♦ Yoong Clif. And so renowmed soueraigne to Armes,

♦ To quell these Traitors and their compleases.

Richard. Fie, Charitie for shame, speake it not in spight,

For you shall sup with Iesus Christ to night.

40 Yoong Clif. Foule Stigmaticke thou canst not tell.

♦ Rich. No, for if not in heauen, youle surely sup in hell. Exet omnes.

SC. XXIII. daw

Alarmes to the battaile, and then enter the Duke of Somerset and Richard fighting, and Richard kils him vnder the signe of the Castle in saint Albones.

♦ Rich. So Lie thou there, and breathe thy last.

♦ Whats here, the signe of the Castle?

Then the prophesie is come to passe,

For Somerset was forewarned of Castles,

5 The which he alwaies did obserue.

And now behold, vnder a paltry Ale-house signe,

♦ The Castle in saint Albones,

♦ Somerset hath made the Wissard famous by his death. Exet.

Alarme again, and enter the Earle of Warwicke alone.

War. Clifford of Comberland, tis Warwicke calles,

10 And if thou doest not hide thee from the Beare,

Now whilst the angry Trompets sound Alarmes,

And dead mens cries do fill the emptie aire:

Clifford I say, come forth and fight with me,

Proud Northerne Lord, Clifford of Comberland,

15 Warwicke is hoarse with calling thee to Armes. Clifford speakes within.

Warwicke stand still, and view the way that Clifford hewes with his murthering Curtel-axe, through the fainting troopes to finde thee out.

Warwicke stand still, and stir not till I come.

Enter Yorke.

20 War. How now my Lord, what a foote?

Who kild your horse?

Yorke. The deadly hand of Clifford. Noble Lord,

Fiue horse this day slaine vnder me,

And yet braue Warwicke I remaine aliue,

25 But I did kill his horse he lou’d so well,

The boniest gray that ere was bred in North.

Enter Clifford, and Warwicke offers to fight with him.

Hold Warwicke, and seeke thee out some other chase,

My selfe will hunt this deare to death.

♦ War. Braue Lord, tis for a Crowne thou fights,

30 Clifford farewell, as I entend to prosper well to day,

It grieues my soule to leaue thee vnassaild. Exet Warwicke.

Yorke. Now Clifford, since we are singled here alone,

Be this the day of doome to one of vs,

For now my heart hath sworne immortall hate

35 To thee, and all the house of Lancaster.

Cliffood. And here I stand, and pitch my foot to thine,

Vowing neuer to stir, till thou or I be slaine.

For neuer shall my heart be safe at rest,

Till I haue spoyld the hatefull house of Yorke. Alarmes, and they fight, and Yorke kils Clifford.

40 Yorke. Now Lancaster sit sure, thy sinowes shrinke,

Come fearefull Henry grouelling on thy face,

Yeeld vp thy Crowne vnto the Prince of Yorke. Exet Yorke.

Alarmes, then enter yoong Clifford alone.

Yoong Clifford. Father of Comberland,

♦ Where may I seeke my aged father forth?

45 O! dismall sight, see where he breathlesse lies,

All smeard and weltred in his luke-warme blood,

Ah, aged pillar of all Comberlands true house,

Sweete father, to thy murthred ghoast I sweare,

Immortall hate vnto the house of Yorke,

Nor neuer shall I sleepe secure one night,

Till I haue furiously reuengde thy death,

And left not one of them to breath on earth. He takes him vp on his backe.

And thus as old Ankyses sonne did beare

His aged father on his manly backe,

55 And fought with him against the bloodie Greeks,

♦ Euen so will I. But staie, heres one of them,

♦ To whom my soule hath sworne immortall hate.

Enter Richard, and then Clifford laies downe his father, fights with him, and Richard flies away againe.

♦ Out crooktbacke villaine, get thee from my sight.

But I will after thee, and once againe

60 When I haue borne my father to his Tent,

♦ Ile trie my fortune better with thee yet. Exet yoong Clifford with his father.

Alarmes againe, and then enter three or foure, bearing the Duke of Buckingham wounded to his Tent.

Alarmes still, and then enter the King and Queene.

Queene. Away my Lord, and flie to London straight,

Make hast, for vengeance comes along with them,

♦ Come stand not to expostulate, lets go.

65 King. Come then faire Queene, to London let vs hast,

♦ And sommon a Parlament with speede,

♦ To stop the fury of these dyre euents. Exet King and Queene.

Alarmes, and then a flourish, and enter the Duke of Yorke and Richard.

Yorke. How now boyes, fortunate this fight hath bene,

I hope to vs and ours, for Englands good,

70 And our great honour, that so long we lost,

Whilst faint-heart Henry did vsurpe our rights:

But did you see old Salsbury, since we

With bloodie mindes did buckle with the foe,

I would not for the losse of this right hand,

75 That ought but well betide that good old man.

Rich. My Lord, I saw him in the thickest throng,

Charging his Lance with his old weary armes,

And thrise I saw him beaten from his horse,

And thrise this hand did set him vp againe,

80 And still he fought with courage gainst his foes,

♦ The boldest sprited man that ere mine eyes beheld.

Enter Salsbbury and Warwicke.

Edward. See noble father, where they both do come,

The onely props vnto the house of Yorke.

Sals. Well hast thou fought this day, thou valiant Duke,

85 And thou braue bud of Yorkes encreasing house,

The small remainder of my weary life,

I hold for thee, for with thy warlike arme,

Three times this day thou hast preseru’d my life.

Yorke. What say you Lords, the King is fled to London?

90 There as I here to hold a Parlament.

What saies Lord Warwicke, shall we after them?

War. After them, nay before them if we can.

♦ Now by my faith Lords, twas a glorious day,

Saint Albones battaile wonne by famous Yorke,

95 Shall be eternest in all age to come.

Sound Drummes and Trumpets, and to London all,

♦ And more such daies as these to vs befall. Exet omnes.

FINIS.

London.

Printed by Thomas Creed, for Thomas Millington, and are to be sold at his Shop vnder Saint Peters Church in Cornwall.

1594.

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LINENOTES TO THE FIRST PART OF THE CONTENTION, &c.
daa008 then the] Q₁ Q₂. twenty Q₃.
daa030 her speech] Q₁ Q₃. speech Q₂.
daa032 Lordly] Lorldly Q₃.
daa037 confirmde of peace,] Q₁. confirm’d of peace, Q₂. confirmd, of peace Q₃.
daa040: Imprimis] Q₁. Inprimis Q₂ Q₃.]
daa041 Poule] Q₁. Poole Q₂. Pole Q₃.
daa045 daa030.] Q₁ Q₂. thirty day Q₃. ¶ month] moneth Q₂.
daa046, daa078: Dutches] Q₁ Q₂. Dutchesse Q₃.
daa048 fa.] Q₁ Q₂. fa— Q₃. ¶ Humphrey] Q₁. Humprey Q₂. Humfrey Q₃.
daa050 ouer] Q₁ Q₂. ore Q₃.
daa051 reade] Q₁ Q₃. see Q₂.
daa052 Vnckle of Winchester] Q₁ Q₂. My Lord of Yorke Q₃. ¶ you] Q₁ Q₂. do you Q₃.
daa053 Cardinall.] Q₁. Cardinal. Q₂. Yorke. Q₃.
daa054 Duches] Q₁ Dutches Q₂. Dutchesse Q₃.
daa063 all for] Q₁ Q₂. for all Q₃.
daa066 Exet] Q₁. Exit Q₂ Q₃. See note (1).
daa067 Pillars] Q₁. Pillers Q₂ Q₃.
daa075 spent] Q₁ Q₂. spent quite Q₃.
daa087 dares] Q₁ Q₃. dare Q₂.
daa088 Lord] Q₁ Q₂. Lords Q₃.
daa090 begone] Q₁. be gone Q₂ Q₃.
daa097 well you] Q₁ Q₂. you well Q₃.
daa112 then] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
daa117 seene] Q₁ Q₃. heard Q₂.
daa119 Ruffin] Q₁ Q₂. Ruffian Q₃. ¶ Church] Q₁ Q₂. the church Q₃.
daa132 Sonnes] Q₁ Q₂. Sonnes (italic) Q₃.
daa141 meant] Q₁ Q₃. meane Q₂.
daa156 a sleepe] Q₁. asleepe Q₂ Q₃.
daa164 graffle] Q₁ Q₂. grapple Q₃.
dab002 Cearies] Q₁ Q₂. Ceres Q₃.
dab005 not thou] Q₁ Q₂. thou not Q₃.
dab007 minde.] Q₁. minde? Q₂. mind? Q₃.
dab011 no] Q₁ Q₂. none Q₃.
dab012 Lord.] Q₁. Lord? Q₂ Q₃.
dab015, dab016: that This] Q₁ Q₂. That this Q₃.
dab017 in two, and on] Q₁ Q₂. in twaine, by whom I cannot gesse: But as I thinke by the Cardinall. What it bodes God knowes; and on Q₃.
dab018 the...Winchester] Q₁ Q₂. Edmund Duke of Somerset Q₃.
dab019 Poule] Q₁ Poole Q₂. Pole Q₃.
dab026 Kings] Q₁ Q₃. the Kings Q₂.
dab031 wife...him,] Q₁. wife,...him, Q₂. wife?... him? Q₃.
dab032 thus,] Q₁. thus? Q₂ Q₃.
dab035 dreame.] Q₁. dreame? Q₂ Q₃.
dab036 keepe] Q₁ Q₂. keepe it Q₃.
dab038 Enters] Q₁ Q₂. Enter Q₃.
dab040 Saint] Q₁ Q₂. S. Q₃.
dab043 vs vs] Q₁. vs Q₂ Q₃.
dab045–dab047: See note (II).
dab051 I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dab054 Ely] Q₁ Q₂. Rye Q₃. ¶ Bullingbrooke] Q₁. Bullinbrooke Q₂. Bullenbrooke Q₃.
dab055 rest,] Q₁ Q₂. rest? Q₃.
dab057 depth] Q₁ Q₃. the depth Q₂.
dab059, dab060: Thanks...here] As three lines in Q₃, ending John...time...heere.
dab063 they may] Q₁ Q₂. may they Q₃.
dab066 vs] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
dab078 rise] Q₁ Q₃. raise Q₂.
dab079 trow] Q₁ Q₂. tro Q₃.
dac001 let vs] Q₁ Q₂. lets Q₃.
dac004 Duke] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
dac006 cannot] Q₁ Q₃. can Q₂.
dac012 grace.] Q₁. grace? Q₂ Q₃.
dac016, dac018: stole] Q₁ Q₃. stoln Q₂.
dac018 wife,] Q₁ Q₂. wife? Q₃. ¶ thats] Q₁ Q₂. that’s Q₃.
dac021 vnto] Q₁ Q₂. to Q₃.
dac024, dac029: I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dac030 Whose] Q₁. Who’s Q₂ Q₃.
dac031 in] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
dac033 here] Q₁. heare Q₂. heere Q₃. ¶ this] Q₁ Q₂. this thing Q₃.
dac034 what] Q₁. whats Q₂ what’s Q₃.
dac035 Whats] Q₁ Q₂. What’s Q₃.
dac038 knaue.] Q₁ Q₃. knaue? Q₂.
dac039 me, me] Q₁. mee Q₂ (Capell, Devonshire, and Malone 867). it Q₂ (Malone 36). me Q₃.
dac041 petitions] Q₁ Q₃. petition Q₂.
dac042 you] Q₁ Q₃. ye Q₂.
dac043 thus.] Q₁. thus? Q₂ Q₃. ¶ Exet] Q₁. exeunt. Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dac048 nere] Q₁ Q₃. ne’re Q₂.
dac051 nor] Q₁ Q₂. to Q₃.
dac054 takes] Q₁ Q₂. take Q₃. ¶ the] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃. ¶ Queene] Here Q₃ alone inserts She beares a Dukes whole reuennewes on her backe.
dac058 this.] Q₁. this? Q₂ Q₃.
dac059 Poull] Q₁. Poole Q₂. Pole Q₃.
dac060 Ladaies] Q₁. ladies Q₂ Q₃.
dac064 to] Q₁ Q₂. into Q₃.
dac069 and enter] Q₁ Q₂. Then entereth Q₃.
dac071 alls] Q₁ Q₂. all’s Q₃. ¶ wonne] Q₁. one Q₂ Q₃.
dac074 thinke] Q₁ Q₂. thinkes Q₃.
dac078 Pease] Q₁. Peace Q₂ Q₃.
dac079 Cardinals] Q₁. Cardinal’s Q₂. Cardnal’s Q₃.
dac081 the best] Q₁ Q₂. best Q₃.
dac084 our] Q₁. our Q₂ Q₃.
dac086 old] Q₁ Q₃. bold Q₂.
dac088 ouer] Q₁ Q₂. ore Q₃.
dac090 King] Q₁ Q₂. a King Q₃.
dac091 thee.] Q₁. thee? Q₂. thee: Q₃.
dac095 then] Q₁ Q₃. than Q₂.
dac112 Ant] Q₁. An’t Q₂ Q₃.
dac117 my Lord] Q₁ Q₂. master Q₃. ¶ the words] Q₁ Q₃. these words Q₂.
dac121 Maiestie] Q₁. maiesty Q₂. worship Q₃.
dac127 Which...month] Omitted in Q₃.
dac128 Standbags] Q₁ Q₂. Sandbags Q₃.
dac131 to fight] Q₁ Q₂. for to fight Q₃.
dac133 them] Q₁ Q₃. him Q₂.
dac137 French-woman,] Q₁ Q₂. French-woman? Q₃.
dac142 will.] Q₁ Q₃. will! Q₂.
dac146 wart] Q₁. wert Q₂ Q₃. ¶ to blame] Q₁. too blame Q₂ Q₃.
dac154 should] Q₁ Q₃. doth Q₂.
dac156 ouer] Q₁ Q₂. ore Q₃.
dac157 trials] Q₁ Q₃. trial’s Q₂.
dac160 rights gainst] Q₁ Q₂. right ’gainst Q₃.
dac166 lets] Q₁ Q₂. let’s Q₃.
dac169 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dad001 Elnor] Q₁ Q₂. Elanor Q₃. ¶ Koger] Q₁. Roger Q₂ Q₃.
dad004 here] Q₁. heare Q₂ Q₃.
dad012 be low] Q₁. below Q₂ Q₃.
dad020 Assenda, Assenda] Q₁ Q₃. Ascenda, Ascenda Q₃.
dad024 But] Q₁ Q₃. Yet Q₂. ¶ out liue] Q₁ Q₂. out-liue Q₃.
dad025 awayt] Q₁. awaits Q₂. awaites Q₃. ¶ Suffolke.] Q₁ Q₃. Suffolke? Q₂.
dad026 shall he] Q₁ Q₃. he shall Q₂.
dad029 then] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
dad031 poule] Q₁. poole Q₂ Q₃.
dad037 Sonnes] Q₁ Q₂. Zounds Q₃.
dad041 your] Q₁. you Q₂ Q₃.
dad042 notice] Q₁ Q₃. a notice Q₂.
dad047 S.] Q₁ Q₃. Saint Q₂.
dad050 Whose] Q₁ Q₃. Who’s Q₂.
dad052 Earles] Q₁ Q₃. Earle Q₂.
dae005 silly] Q₁ Q₃. seely Q₂.
dae006 sore?] Q₁. soare, Q₂. sore, Q₃.
dae007 soust] Q₁. sowst Q₂. souc’d Q₃.
dae009 Hawke] Q₁. hawke Q₂. hawkes Q₃. ¶ done] Q₁. doe Q₂. do Q₃.
dae010 He...aloft] Q₁ Q₂. They know their master sores a Faulcons pitch Q₃.
dae011 it is] Q₁ Q₂. it’s Q₃.
dae012 That...pitch] Q₁ Q₂ (soare Q₂). That sores no higher then a bird can sore Q₃.
dae014 I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dae015 fllie] Q₁. flie Q₂ fly Q₃.
dae018 common-wealth] Gommon-wealth Q₃.
dae020 hote.] Q₁. hote! Q₂ hot? Q₃. ¶ doate.] Q₁. dote? Q₂. do’t. Q₃.
dae021 not Hauing...cause] Q₁. not? having...cause. Q₂ not, hauing...cause? Q₃.
dae023 it like] Q₁ Q₂ t’like Q₃.
dae033 darest] Q₁ Q₂. dar’st Q₃.
dae034 Dare.] Q₁. Dare! Q₂. Dare: Q₃. ¶ rhee] Q₁. thee Q₂ Q₃.
dae036 Plantaganet] Q₁ Q₂. Plantagenet Q₃.
dae042 Heres] Q₁ Q₂. Here’s Q₃.
dae047 Faith] Q₁ Q₂. Gods mother Q₃.
dae049 chollour] Q₁. color Q₂. choller Q₃. ¶ A miracle, a miracle.] Q₁ Q₃. a myracle. Q₂.
dae050 How now,] Q₁. How now! Q₂. How now? Q₃.
dae052 S.] Q₁ Q₃. Saint Q₂. ¶ his] Q₁ Q₂. the Q₃.
dae053 hither] Q₁ Q₂. hether Q₃.
dae057 Humphrey. Where...borne?] Q₁ Q₂. Continued to ‘King’ in Q₃.
dae058 sir] Q₁ Q₂. please your Maiesty Q₃.
dae059 helpe.] Q₁ Q₃. help? Q₂.
dae060 I sir] Q₁ Q₃. Yea sir Q₂.
dae062 art thou] Q₁ Q₂. are Q₃.
dae063, dae070, dae071: I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dae065 on] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃.
dae066 Wart] Q₁ Q₂. Wert Q₃.
dae069 wart] Q₁ Q₂. wert Q₃.
dae072 thou his] Q₁ Q₃. thou, his Q₂.
dae078 so.] Q₁. so! Q₂. so: Q₃. ¶ dae078, dae082: colours] Q₁. colour’s Q₂ Q₃.
dae079 Why red] Q₁ Q₂. Red Q₃.
dae081 thats] Q₁ Q₂. that’s Q₃.
dae084 colours] Q₁ Q₂. colour’s Q₃.
dae087 yet] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
dae089 whats] Q₁. what’s Q₂ Q₃.
dae091 Whats] Q₁ Q₂. What’s Q₃.
dae097 Whats] Q₁ Q₃. What’s Q₂.
dae100 mightest] Q₁. mightst Q₂ Q₃.
dae103 saint] Q₁ Q₂. S. Q₃.
dae105 againe.] Q₁ Q₃. againe? Q₂.
dae107 saint] Q₁ Q₂. S. Q₃.
dae122 do,] Q₁ Q₃. do?] Q₂. ¶ girke] Q₁ Q₂. ierke Q₃.
dae128 halt] Q₁ Q₃. the halt Q₂.
dae129 I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dae132 here] Q₁. heare Q₂ Q₃.
dae133 Humprey] Q₁. Humphrey Q₂. Humfrey Q₃.
dae145 out liue] Q₁ Q₂. out-liue Q₂.
dae149 die?] Q₁ Q₃. die: Q₂.
dae154 Protector] Q₁. protector? Q₂. Protector, Q₃.
dae170 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
daf001 ended, thus,] Q₁. ended, thus Q₂. ended thus, Q₃.
daf011–daf027: The second...third] See note (III).
daf027 Now sir. In the time] Q₁ Q₂. Now sir, in time Q₃.
daf028 Bullingbrooke] Q₁ Q₃. Bullenbroke Q₂.
daf031 both you] Q₁ Q₂. you both Q₂.
daf036 Owin Glendor] Q₁. Owen Glendor Q₂. Owen Glendour Q₃.
daf040 sucseed] Q₁. succeed Q₂ Q₃.
daf042 plaine] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃. plaine,] Q₁. plaine? Q₂. plain, Q₃.
daf056 gard] Q₁. guard Q₂ Q₃. ¶ will I] Q₁ Q₃. I wil Q₂.
daf059 Lord] Q₁ Q₃. lords Q₂.
daf061 why my] Q₁. why, my Q₂ Q₃.
daf065 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dag001 foorth] Q₁. forth Q₂ Q₃.
dag002 here] Q₁. heare Q₂ Q₃.
dag003 States] Q₁ Q₂. State Q₃.
dag004 crimes] Q₁ Q₂. crime Q₃.
dag008 erreuocable] Q₁. irreuocable Q₂ Q₃. ¶ Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dag013 Least] Q₁ Q₃. Lest Q₂.
dag015 awhile] Q₁ Q₂. a while Q₃.
dag020 hart] Q₁ Q₃. heart Q₂.
dag024 I] Q₁ Q₃. yea Q₂.
dag025 My staffe......thine] Q₁ Q₃. Omitted in Q₂.
dag026 erst] Q₁ Q₂. ere] Q₃.
dag033 weart] Q₁. wert Q₂ Q₃. ¶ my] Q₁ Q₂. this my Q₃.
dag041 Hornor] Q₁. Horner Q₂ Q₃. ¶ dag041, dag042: Here...inough] As in Q₁ Q₂. Prose in Q₃.
dag043 heres] Q₁ Q₂. here’s Q₃.
dag044 Heres] Q₁ Q₂. here’s Q₃.
dag048 affeard] Q₁ Q₂. affraid Q₃.
dag049, dag050: heres] Q₁ Q₂. here’s Q₃.
dag055 all the] Q₁ Q₃. all my Q₂.
dag057 learnt] Q₁. learnd Q₂. learn’d Q₃.
dag059 whats] Q₁ Q₂. what’s Q₃.
dag064 Heres] Q₁. Here Q₂. Here’s Q₃.
dag066 my mans] Q₁ Q₃. mans Q₂.
dag069 hees] Q₁ Q₂. hee’s Q₃. ¶ Alarmes, and] Q₁. Alarme: and Q₂. Alarmes, Q₃.
dag078 Exet omnis.] Q₃. exeunt omnes. Q₂. Exit omnes. Q₃.
dah001 whats] Q₁. what’s Q₂ Q₃.
dah017 doest] Q₁ Q₂. dost Q₃.
dah027 Then] Q₁ Q₂. The Q₃.
dah033 liue.] Q₁. liue? Q₂ Q₃.
dah039 rascald] Q₁ Q₃. rascall Q₂.
dah045 ouer] Q₁ Q₂. ore Q₃.
dah051 can] Q₁ Q₂. canst Q₃.
dah053 saint] Q₁ Q₂. S. Q₃.
dah055 This is sodeine.] Q₁ Q₂. This is— Q₃.
dah060 Standly] Q₁ Q₂. Stanly Q₃.
dah063 I my] Q₁ Q₃. Yea my Q₂.
dah065 neare] Q₁. nere Q₂ Q₃.
dah070 What gone] Q₁ Q₃. What? gone Q₂. ¶ me not] Q₁. not me Q₂ Q₃. ¶ farwell?] Q₁. farewell? Q₂. farewel Q₃.
dah076 lets] Q₁ Q₂. let’s Q₃. ¶ hereby] Q₁. here by Q₂. heereby Q₃.
dah081 shoulst] Q₁. shouldst Q₂ Q₃. ¶ Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dai001 Parlament] Q₁ Q₂. Parliament Q₃. ¶ and the Duke] Q₁ Q₂. the Duke Q₃. ¶ the Queene] Q₁ Q₃. Queene Q₂.
dai002 see,] Q₁ Q₂. see? Q₃.
dai004 that] Q₁ Q₂. the Q₃.
dai008 And] Q₁ Q₂. Yet Q₃.
dai009 how] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
dai011 And...grace] Q₁ Q₂. Omitted in Q₃.
dai012 their] Q₁ Q₃. a Q₂.
dai017 call it] Q₁ Q₂. call’t Q₃.
dai019 Alligations] Q₁. allegations Q₂ Q₃.
dai030 Territores] Q₁. Territories Q₂ Q₃.
dai042 am I] Q₁ Q₂. I am Q₃.
dai045 By] Q₁ Q₂. Through Q₃.
dai046 so,] Q₁ Q₂. so? Q₃.
dai047 helpe me] Q₁. help me Q₂. me helpe Q₃.
dai056 offendors] Q₁ Q₂. offenders Q₃.
dai060 felonous] Q₁. felonious Q₂ Q₃.
dai061 silly] Q₁ Q₃. seely Q₂.
dai062 tortord] Q₁. torturd Q₂ Q₃.
dai077 harts] Q₁. hearts Q₂ Q₃.
dai085 inough] Q₁. inow Q₂. enough Q₃.
dai087 well] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃.
dai090 ignomious] Q₁. ignominious Q₂ Q₃.
dai091 sobornde] Q₁. subornd Q₂. suborn’d Q₃. ¶ life.] Q₁ Q₃. life? Q₂.
dai092 I but] Q₁. Yea but Q₂. But Q₃.
dai094 Beshrow] Q₁. Beshrew Q₂ Q₃.
dai108 I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dai110 Traitor.] Q₁ Q₃. traitor? Q₂.
dai124, dai125: No...more] Given to ‘Yorke’ in Q₃.
dai125 Least] Q₁ Q₃. Lest Q₂.
dai133 Lords] Q₁ Q₃. lord Q₂.
dai134 Kernes that vncontrold,] Q₁ Q₂. Kernes, that vncontrolde Q₃.
dai135 Doth] Q₁ Q₃. Do Q₂. ¶ After this line, Q₂ and Q₃ insert line 139.
dai137 very] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃.
dai139 burnes and spoiles] Q₁ Q₃. burne and spoile Q₂. See note to line 135.
dai143 Pollices] Q₁. Pollicies Q₂ Q₃.
dai144, dai146: I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dai145 France] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
dai147 What worse then nought.] Q₁ Q₂. What, worse then naught? Q₃.
dai155 fortune against] Q₁. fortune gainst Q₂. fortunes ’gainst Q₃.
dai156 shalt. My] Q₁ Q₃. shalt, my Q₂.
dai159 leauie] Q₁. leuie Q₂ Q₃.
dai162 I wil] Q₁. I will Q₂. I’le Q₃.
dai167 Twere] Q₁ Q₂. T’were Q₃.
dai168 Exet...] Q₁. exeunt omnes, manet Yorke. Q₂. Exit omnes, Manet Yorke. Q₃.
dai171 Least] Q₁ Q₃. Lest Q₂. ¶ it not] Q₁ Q₃. not it Q₂.
dai172 Twas] Q₁ Q₂. T’was Q₃.
dai176 Iohn Mortemer,] Q₁. Sir John Mortimer, Q₂. John Mortimer, (For he is like him euery kinde of way) Q₃.
daj002 I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂. ¶ hees] Q₁. he is Q₂. hee’s Q₃.
daj006 hansome] Q₁ Q₂. handsome Q₃.
daj008 Exet murtherers.] Q₁. exeunt murderers. Q₂. Exit murtherers. Q₃. ¶ Then enter...] Q₁ Q₂. Enter... Q₃.
daj012 against] Q₁ Q₂. ’gainst Q₃. ¶ Gloster] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃.
daj017 Lord Gloster is] Q₁. Lord, Gloster is Q₂. Lord of Glosters Q₃. ¶ sound.] Q₁ Q₃. swoone. Q₂.
daj024 heart:] Q₁. heart? Q₂ Q₃.
daj025 messenger out] Q₁ Q₃. messenger, out Q₂.
daj026 thine] Q₁ Q₃. thy Q₂.
daj027 Basaliske] Q₁ Q₂. Basiliske Q₃.
daj028 silly] Q₁. seely Q₂. om. Q₃.
daj032 you had] Q₁ Q₂. y’had Q₃.
daj035 doest] Q₁. dost Q₂ Q₃.
daj036 leoper] Q₁. leaper Q₂ Q₃.
daj037 nigh] Q₁ Q₃. nie Q₂. ¶ sea,] Q₁ Q₃. sea? Q₂.
daj038 bounds,] Q₁ Q₂. bounds? Q₃.
daj041 angrie] Q₁. angry Q₂. hungry Q₃.
daj043 Duke] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
daj055 thrise] Q₁. om. Q₂. thrice Q₃.
daj056 toong] Q₁. tongue Q₂ Q₃ (and passim).
daj060 his] Q₁ Q₃. the Q₂.
daj062 proportioned] Q₁ Q₂. proportion’d Q₃.
daj065 chuse] Q₁ Q₂. choose Q₃.
daj068 I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂. ¶ twas] Q₁ Q₂. tis Q₃.
daj070 you Q₁ Q₂. ye Q₃.
daj071 hefer] Q₁. heifer Q₂. heyfer Q₃.
daj072 hard-by] Q₁. hard by Q₂ Q₃.
daj078 your talants] Q₁ Q₂. his talents Q₃.
daj081 But heres] Q₁ Q₂. Yet here’s Q₃. ¶ case] Q₁. ease Q₂ Q₃.
daj082 rankorous] Q₁. rancarous Q₂. rancorous Q₃.
daj089 hundreth] Q₁ Q₂. hundred Q₃.
daj090 be] Q₁ Q₃. be ye Q₂.
daj096 vntutred] Q₁ Q₃. vntutor’d Q₃.
daj100 deaths man] Q₁ Q₂. deaths-man Q₃.
daj105 meants] Q₁. meantst Q₂ Q₃.
daj108 thy soule] Q₁ Q₂. thee downe Q₃.
daj115 soueraigne i] Q₁. soueraigne, Q₂ Q₃. ¶ Salbury.] Q₁. Salisbury. Q₂. Salisburie. Q₃.
daj116 Salb.] Q₁. Salsb. Q₂. Salisb. Q₃.
daj117 The] Q₁. That Q₂ Q₃.
daj123 foorth] Q₁. forth Q₂ Q₃.
daj132 all for] Q₁ Q₃. for all Q₂. ¶ louing] Q₁ Q₂. kinde Q₃.
daj133 I not] Q₁ Q₃. not I Q₂.
daj140 erreuocable] Q₁. irreuocable Q₂ Q₃.
daj141 good] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
daj144 Theres] Q₁ Q₂. There’s Q₃.
daj151 leaue fast] Q₁. leane facde Q₂. leane fac’d Q₃.
daj156 breake,] Q₁ Q₃. breake Q₂.
daj159 sypris] Q₁ Q₂. cypresse Q₃.
daj162 scrike-oules] Q₁. scrike-owles Q₂. scritch-owles Q₃.
daj164 torments] Q₁ Q₃. tormentst Q₂.
daj165 sease] Q₁. cease Q₂ Q₃.
daj173 shall] Q₁ Q₂. shalt Q₃.
daj175 venture] Q₁ Q₂. venter Q₃.
daj188 sometime] Q₁ Q₂ sometimes Q₃.
daj192 pompe,] Q₁ Q₃. pomp! Q₂.
daj198, daj199: What...lap?] As in Q₁ Q₂. One line in Q₃.
daj200 could I, could I, breath] Q₁ Q₂ (breeath Q₂). could I breathe Q₃.
daj203 thy sight] Q₁ Q₂. my sight Q₃.
dak004 saue] Q₁ Q₃. haue Q₂.
dak008 strong] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃.
dak010 coame] Q₁ Q₃. combe Q₂.
dak011 hees] Q₁ Q₂. hee’s Q₃.
dak021 be] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃. ¶ Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dal001 Whickmore] Q₁ Q₃. Whickemore Q₂.
dal005, dal007, dal012, dal015, dal016, dal039, dal062: Water] Q₁ Q₃. Walter Q₂.
dal006 ransomes] Q₁ Q₂. ransome Q₃.
dal008 Water] Q₁ Q₃. Walter Q₂. ¶ doest] Q₁. doest thou Q₃. dost Q₃.
dal016, dal020: Water] Q₁. Walter Q₂ Q₃. ¶ dal016: als one] Q₁. all’s on Q₂. al’s one Q₃.
dal019 shalbe] Q₁. shall be Q₂ Q₃.
dal024 hundreth] Q₁ Q₂. hundred Q₃.
dal026 Water] Q₁ Q₃. Walter Q₂. ¶ dal026, dal027: Come...haue] As in Q₁ Q₂. One line in Q₃.
dal029, dal042, dal043, dal044: Poull] Q₁. Poole Q₂. Pole Q₃.
dal030 rags.] Q₁ Q₃. rags? Q₂.
dal031, dal033, dal054: I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dal046, dal047: Those...Queene] As in Q₁ Q₃. One line in Q₂.
dal050 Pinnais] Q₁ Q₂. Pinnis Q₃.
dal052 Masadonian] Q₁. Macedonian Q₂ Q₃.
dal056 Margret] Q₁. Margaret Q₂ Q₃.
dal057 thy] Q₁ Q₃. thine Q₂.
dal062 hed] Q₁. head Q₂ Q₃.
dal069 Water] Q₁ Q₃. Walter Q₂. ¶ speake,] Q₁. speake? Q₂ Q₃.
dal071 bandeto] Q₁. bande to Q₂. bandetto Q₃.
dal073 bastard-hand] Q₁ Q₂. bastard hand Q₃.
dal074 Water] Q₁ Q₃. Walter Q₂.
dal078 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dam005 whats] Q₁ Q₂. what’s Q₃.
dam007 on it] Q₁ Q₂. on’t Q₃.
dam008 I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dam009 gentle men] Q₁. gentlemē Q₂. Gentlemen Q₃.
dam012 more] Q₁ Q₂. else Q₃.
dam013 theres] Q₁ Q₂. there’s Q₃.
dam017 here abouts] Q₁ Q₂. hereabouts Q₃. ¶ all be] Q₁. al be Q₂. be al Q₃.
dam019 here] Q₁. heare Q₂ Q₃.
dam024 Mortemer] Q₁. Mortimer Q₂ Q₃ (and passim).
dam025 Nicke] Q₁ Q₂. Dicke Q₃.
dam026 Brases] Q₁ Q₂. Lacies Q₃.
dam027 Will.] Q₁. Wil. Q₂. Nicke. Q₃.
dam030 honourably] Q₁ Q₃. honourable Q₂.
dam031 I for] Q₁. Yea, for Q₂. I Q₃.
dam032 for his] Q₁ Q₂. because his Q₃.
dam034 Thats] Q₁ Q₂. That’s Q₃.
dam042 shall be] Q₁. shalbe Q₂ Q₃.
dam043 and if] Q₁ Q₂. if Q₃. ¶ be king] Q₁ Q₃. be the king Q₂.
dam046 weele] Q₁. weel Q₂. wee’ll Q₃.
dam047 shalbe] Q₁. shall be Q₂ Q₃. ¶ comes] Q₁ Q₂. come Q₃.
dam051 I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dam054 Whose] Q₁ Q₂. Who’s Q₃.
dam058 Sonnes] Q₁. Sounes Q₂. Zounds Q₃. ¶ hees] Q₁ Q₂. he’s Q₃.
dam059 whats] Q₁ Q₂. what’s Q₃.
dam060 you] Q₁ Q₂. ye Q₃.
dam061 I can tell you] Q₁ Q₂ (tel Q₂). I tell ye Q₃.
dam062 oth] Q₁. o’th Q₂. ore the Q₃.
dam063–dam065: And...Tally?] As in Q₁ Q₂. Prose in Q₃. ¶ dam063: And what] Q₁ Q₂. What Q₃. ¶ you] Q₁ Q₂. ye Q₃.
dam066 true] Q₁ Q₂. truly Q₃.
dam068 hes] Q₁. he has Q₂ Q₃. ¶ penny-inckhorne] Q₁. penny inckhorne Q₂. pen and inkehorne Q₃.
dam071 mean] Q₁ Q₃. mē Q₂.
dam072, dam073: hees] Q₁ Q₂. he’s Q₃.
dam078, dam088, dam095: I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂. ¶ He...Dicke Butcher] Q₁ Q₂. He...him Q₃ (after line 79).
dam080 Now...drumme] Q₁ Q₂. As part of Cade’s speech in Q₃.
dam085 but] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃.
dam086 and] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
dam092 thats] Q₁ Q₂. that’s Q₃.
dam094 Thats] Q₁ Q₂. That’s Q₃.
dam098 that] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂
dam100 twas] Q₁ Q₂. was Q₃.
dam102 testifie] Q₁ Q₂. testifye it Q₃.
dam106 liues] Q₁. liues: Q₂ Q₃.
dam107 simplicitie. Q₁. simplicitie! Q₂. simplicity. Q₃.
dam108 weele] Q₁ Q₂. wee’ll Q₃.
dam111 maimde] Q₁. maimd Q₂. maim’d Q₃.
dam112 crouch] Q₁ Q₂. crutch Q₃. ¶ my] Q₁ Q₃. the Q₂.
dam120 will] Q₁. wll Q₂. wil Q₃.
dam128 saint] Q₁ Q₂. S. Q₃. ¶ Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dan001 the battaile] Q₁ battaile Q₂. the battell Q₃. ¶ and sir] Q₁ Q₂. where sir Q₃. ¶ is slaine] Q₁ Q₂. are both slaine Q₃. ¶ enter] Q₁. om. Q₂. enters Q₃. ¶ dan001: valianly] Q₁. valiantly Q₂ Q₃.
dan004 Thou] Q₁ Q₂. and thou Q₃.
dan005, dan006: for to morrow] Q₁ Q₂. and to morrow Q₃.
dan006 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dao005 Reade] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃. ¶ one] Q₁. once Q₂ Q₃.
dao007 I] Q₁ Q₃. Yea Q₂.
dao009 death,] Q₁ Q₂. death? Q₃.
dao011, dao012: Oh...Southwarke] As in Q₁ Q₂. One line in Q₃.
dao026 Exet omnes] Q₁. exeunt omes Q₂. Exit omnes Q₃.
dap001 Lord Skayles] Q₁. Lord Scayles Q₂. Sord Skayles Q₃. ¶ Enter three...] Q₁ Q₂. Omitted in Q₃.
dap011 I will] Q₁ Q₂. will I Q₃.
dap013 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
daq005 hence forward] Q₁. henceforth Q₂. henceforward Q₃.
daq006 any otherwise] Q₁ Q₃. otherwise Q₂.
daq009 Sounes] Q₁. Zounes Q₂. Zounds Q₃.
daq010 Lords] Q₁ Q₂. Lord Q₃. ¶ theirs] Q₁. theres Q₂. Ther’s Q₃. ¶ daq010, daq011: theirs...Smythfield] As in Q₁ Q₂. As one line in Q₃.
daq012, daq015: lets] Q₁ Q₂. let’s Q₃.
daq013 a fire] Q₁ Q₃. on fire Q₂.
daq015 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dar001 some] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃.
dar002 the Court] Q₁ Q₂. Court Q₃.
dar009 all things] Q₁ Q₃. al thing Q₂. ¶ shall be] Q₁ Q₃. shalbe Q₂.
dar012 should parchment] Q₁ Q₂. parchment should Q₃.
dar019–dar021: Marry...smocke] As in Q₁ Q₂. As prose in Q₃.
dar020 go with me, and] Q₁ Q₂. Omitted in Q₃.
dar024–dar027: Come...France?] As in Q₁ Q₂. As prose in Q₃.
dar031 kepst] Q₁. keepst Q₂. keep’st Q₃.
dar033 abhominable] Q₁ Q₃. abominable Q₂.
dar034 that] Q₁ Q₂. this Q₃. ¶ peace] Q₁ Q₂. the peace Q₃.
dar037, dar038: Thou...not?] See note (IV). ¶ foot-cloth] Q₁ Q₃. foothcloth Q₂.
dar045 bona, terra] Q₁. terra bona Q₂. Bona terra Q₃.
dar046 sounds] Q₁ Q₂. zounds Q₃. ¶ whats] Q₁ Q₂. what’s Q₃.
dar049 outtalian] Q₁ Q₂. Outalian Q₃.
dar053 I lost not] Q₁ Q₂. nor lost I Q₃.
dar056–dar058: Nay...thee] As in Q₁ Q₂. As three lines in Q₃, ending say...away...thee. ¶ dar056: thy head, as who] Q₁ Q₂. thy head at vs, as who wouldst Q₃.
dar057 the] Q₁. thee Q₂ Q₃.
dar058 chop of] Q₁ Q₂. choppe off Q₃.
dar066 capitie] Q₁. capite Q₂ Q₃.
dar070 squench] Q₁ Q₂. quench Q₃.
dar076 and and] Q₁. and Q₂ Q₃.
dar078 Sargiant youle,] Q₁. sergeant, youle Q₂. Sergeant, you’l Q₃.
dar080 hees] he is Q₃.
dar081 of his] Q₁ Q₂. on’s Q₃.
dar082 cut] Q₁ Q₂. and cut Q₃.
dar084 Braue] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃. Brain Knight. Brane Halliwell.
dar088 this] Q₁ Q₂. these Q₃. ¶ rebellions] Q₁ Q₃. rebellion Q₂.
dar101 vnder] Q₁ Q₃. unto Q₂.
dar102 straightwaies] straightway Q₃.
dar106 a word] Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃.
dar114 way,] way? Q₃.
dar115 want] Q₁. wants Q₂ Q₃.
dar117 and flies] Q₁ Q₂. and then flies Q₃.
dar121 away] Q₁ Q₃. way Q₂. ¶ Exet omnes] Omitted in Q₂. Exit om. Q₃.
das001 here] heare Q₂ Q₃.
das004 must it] Q₁ Q₃. it must Q₂.
das005 be it] Q₁ Q₂. be Q₃.
das012 there] their Q₂ Q₃.
das016 by that] Q₁ Q₂. by these Q₃.
das024 prosessions] Q₁. processions Q₂ Q₃.
das026 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dat001 life,] Q₁ Q₃. life! Q₂.
dat006 Sounes] Q₁ Q₂. Zounds Q₃. ¶ heres] heere’s Q₃.
dat008 Astridge] Q₁. estridge Q₂ Q₃.
dat012 my ground] Q₁ Q₃. the ground Q₂.
dat014 too,] Q₁ Q₃. too? Q₂.
dat016 and I do] Q₁ Q₂. if do Q₃. if I do Steevens.
dat018–dat022: Nay...aside] As seven lines of verse in Q₃, ending stands,...Kent,...man...thine...hand...weapons...aside. ¶ dat018: neuer shall] Q₁ Q₂. shall neuer Q₃. ¶ doth stand] Q₁ Q₂. stands Q₃.
dat021 thee] Q₁ Q₂. with thee Q₃.
dat022 weopons] Q₁. weapons Q₂ Q₃.
dat023 doest not hew] Q₁. hewst not Q₂. dost not hew Q₃.
dat024 I beseech God thou maist] Q₁ Q₂. I would thou mightst Q₃.
dat025 hand] hands Steevens. ¶ turnd to] Q₁. turnd into Q₂. turn’d to Q₃.
dat032 it] Q₁ Q₂. this Q₃.
dat033 slaine.] Q₁ Q₂. slaine? Q₃. ¶ ile] Q₁ Q₃. I Q₂. ¶ dat033–dat036: Oh sword...beare it.] As five lines of verse in Q₃, ending chamber...age,...me....sword...King.
dat035, dat036: his head] Q₁ Q₂ (Devonshire and Malone 36) Q₃. head Q₂ (Malone 867).
dat036 it] Q₁. it with me. Q₂. it to the King. Q₃. See note (V).
dau005 here] Q₁. here? Q₂. heere, Q₃.
dau008 comes] Q₁ Q₃. comest Q₂.
dau014 is.] Q₁. is! Q₂ Q₃.
dau018 And not] Q₁ Q₃. And Q₂.
dau025 but so] Q₁ Q₂. then so Q₃.
dau026 granst] Q₁ Q₃. grants Q₂.
dau032 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
dau044 Henry] Q₁ Q₂. king Henry Q₃.
dau057 whats] what’s Q₃.
dau060 sir] om. Q₃.
dau062 to maintaine] Q₁ Q₃. for to maintaine Q₂.
dau065 waight] Q₁. waite Q₂ Q₃.
dau067 to my] Q₁ Q₃. vnto my Q₂. to the Halliwell.
dau072 Whose that,] Q₁. Who’s that? Q₂. Who’s that, Q₃.
dau086 Yorke.] King. Q₃.
dau087 dispight] Q₁. spight Q₂. despight Q₃.
dav007 I, a] Q₁ Q₃. Yea, a Q₂.
dav008 leauy] Q₁ Q₂. leuie Q₃.
dav009 doth] Q₁ Q₃. do Q₂.
dav011 baile] Q₁ Q₃. suertie Q₂.
dav018 Earles] Q₁ Q₃. Earle Q₂. ¶ other] other doore Q₃.
dav032 affright the] affright thee Q₂ Q₃.
dav036 renowmed] Q₁. renowned Q₂ Q₃.
dav037 compleases] Q₁. complises Q₂. complices Q₃.
dav041 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.
daw001 and Richard kils] Q₁ Q₃. Richard kills Q₂. ¶ saint] S. Q₃. ¶ daw001: breathe thy last] Q₁ Q₂. tumble in thy blood Q₃.
daw002 whats] what’s Q₃.
daw007 saint] Q₁. S. Q₂ Q₃.
daw008 enter] Q₁ Q₃. then enter Q₂.
daw029 fights] Q₁ Q₃. fightst Q₂.
daw040 sinowes] Q₁. sinewes Q₂ Q₃.
daw044 may I] Q₁ Q₂. I may Q₃.
daw045 O! dismall sight,] Q₁. O dismall sight! Q₂. Oh dismall sight, Q₃.
daw056 heres] heer’s Q₃.
daw057 with him,] him, Steevens.
daw058 crooktbacke] Q₁. croorktback Q₂. crook’d-backe Q₃.
daw061 yet] Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
daw064 lets] let’s Q₃.
daw066 sommon] Q₁. summon Q₂. summon up Q₃. ¶ daw066, daw090: Parlament] Parliament Q₃.
daw067 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃. ¶ and Richard.] Q₁ Q₂. Edward, and Richard. Q₃.
daw081 sprited] Q₁ Q₂. spirited Q₃.
daw090 here] heare Q₂. heere Q₃.
daw093 twas] t’ was Q₃.
daw095 eternest] Q₁. eternizd Q₂. eterniz’d Q₃.
daw097 Exet] Q₁. exeunt Q₂. Exit Q₃.

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