Henry VI, Part One (1623 First Folio Edition)

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Henry VI, Part One (1623 First Folio Edition)
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Act III

Scene i

1201: Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.
1202: [ Flourish. Enter King, Exeter, Gloster, Winchester, Warwick.
Somerset, Suffolk, Richard Plantagenet. Gloster offers
to put vp a Bill: Winchester snatches it, teares it.]

1205:
Winch.
Com'st thou with deepe premeditated Lines?
1206: With written Pamphlets, studiously deuis'd?
1207: Humfrey of Gloster, if thou canst accuse,
1208: Or ought intend'st to lay vnto my charge,
1209: Doe it without inuention, suddenly,
1210: As I with sudden, and extemporall speech,
1211: Purpose to answer what thou canst obiect.
1212:
Glo.
Presumptuous Priest, this place co[m]mands my patie[n]ce,
1213: Or thou should'st finde thou hast dis-honor'd me.
1214: Thinke not, although in Writing I preferr'd
1215: The manner of thy vile outragious Crymes,
1216: That therefore I haue forg'd, or am not able
1217: Verbatim to rehearse the Methode of my Penne.
1218: No Prelate, such is thy audacious wickednesse,
1219: Thy lewd, pestiferous, and dissentious prancks,
1220: As very Infants prattle of thy pride.
1221: Thou art a most pernitious Vsurer,
1222: Froward by nature, Enemie to Peace,
1223: Lasciuious, wanton, more then well beseemes
1224: A man of thy Profession, and Degree.
1225: And for thy Trecherie, what's more manifest?
1226: In that thou layd'st a Trap to take my Life,
1227: As well at London Bridge, as at the Tower.
1228: Beside, I feare me, if thy thoughts were sifted,
1229: The King, thy Soueraigne, is not quite exempt
1230: From enuious mallice of thy swelling heart.
1231:
Winch.
Gloster, I doe defie thee. Lords vouchsafe
1232: To giue me hearing what I shall reply.
1233: If I were couetous, ambitious, or peruerse,
1234: As he will haue me: how am I so poore?
1235: Or how haps it, I seeke not to aduance
1236: Or rayse my selfe? but keepe my wonted Calling.
1237: And for Dissention, who preferreth Peace
1238: More then I doe? except I be prouok'd.
1239: No, my good Lords, it is not that offends,
1240: It is not that, that hath incens'd the Duke:
1241: It is because no one should sway but hee,
1242: No one, but hee, should be about the King;
1243: And that engenders Thunder in his breast,
1244: And makes him rore these Accusations forth.
1245: But he shall know I am as good.
1246:
Glost.
As good?
1247: Thou Bastard of my Grandfather.
1248:
Winch.
I, Lordly Sir: for what are you, I pray,
1249: But one imperious in anothers Throne?
1250:
Glost.
Am I not Protector, sawcie Priest?
1251:
Winch.
And am not I a Prelate of the Church?
1252:
Glost.
Yes, as an Out-law in a Castle keepes,
1253: And vseth it, to patronage his Theft.
1254:
Winch.
Vnreuerent Glocester.
1255:
Glost.
Thou art reuerent,
1256: Touching thy Spirituall Function, not thy Life.
1257:
Winch.
Rome shall remedie this.
1258:
Warw.
Roame thither then.
1259: My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare.
1260:
Som.
I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne:
1261: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious,
1262: And know the Office that belongs to such.
1263:
Warw.
Me thinkes his Lordship should be humbler,
1264: It fitteth not a Prelate so to plead.
1265:
Som.
Yes, when his holy State is toucht so neere.
1266:
Warw.
State holy, or vnhallow'd, what of that?
1267: Is not his Grace Protector to the King?
1268:
Rich.
Plantagenet I see must hold his tongue,
1269: Least it be said, Speake Sirrha when you should:
1270: Must your bold Verdict enter talke with Lords?
1271: Else would I haue a fling at Winchester.
1272:
King.
Vnckles of Gloster, and of Winchester,
1273: The speciall Watch-men of our English Weale,
1274: I would preuayle, if Prayers might preuayle,
1275: To ioyne your hearts in loue and amitie.
1276: Oh, what a Scandall is it to our Crowne,
1277: That two such Noble Peeres as ye should iarre?
1278: Beleeue me, Lords, my tender yeeres can tell,
1279: Ciuill dissention is a viperous Worme,
1280: That gnawes the Bowels of the Common-wealth.
1281: [ A noyse within, Downe with the
Tawny-Coats.]

1283:
King.
What tumult's this?
1284:
Warw.
An Vprore, I dare warrant,
1285: Begun through malice of the Bishops men.
1286: [ A noyse againe, Stones, Stones.]

1287: [ Enter Maior.]

1288:
Maior.
Oh my good Lords, and vertuous Henry,
1289: Pitty the Citie of London, pitty vs:
1290: The Bishop, and the Duke of Glosters men,
1291: Forbidden late to carry any Weapon,
1292: Haue fill'd their Pockets full of peeble stones;
1293: And banding themselues in contrary parts,
1294: Doe pelt so fast at one anothers Pate,
1295: That many haue their giddy braynes knockt out:
1296: Our Windowes are broke downe in euery Street,
1297: And we, for feare, compell'd to shut our Shops.
1298: [ Enter in skirmish with bloody Pates.]

1299:
King.
We charge you, on allegeance to our selfe,
1300: To hold your slaughtring hands, and keepe the Peace:
1301: Pray' Vnckle Gloster mittigate this strife.
1302:
1.Seruing.
Nay, if we be forbidden Stones, wee'le fall
1303: to it with our Teeth.
1304:
2.Seruing.
Doe what ye dare, we are as resolute.
1305: [ Skirmish againe.]

1306:
Glost.
You of my household, leaue this peeuish broyle,
1307: And set this vnaccustom'd fight aside.
1308:
3.Seru.
My Lord, we know your Grace to be a man
1309: Iust, and vpright; and for your Royall Birth,
1310: Inferior to none, but to his Maiestie:
1311: And ere that we will suffer such a Prince,
1312: So kinde a Father of the Common-weale,
1313: To be disgraced by an Inke-horne Mate,
1314: Wee and our Wiues and Children all will fight,
1315: And haue our bodyes slaughtred by thy foes.
1316:
1.Seru.
I, and the very parings of our Nayles
1317: Shall pitch a Field when we are dead.
1318: [ Begin againe.]

1319:
Glost.
Stay, stay, I say:
1320: And if you loue me, as you say you doe,
1321: Let me perswade you to forbeare a while.
1322:
King.
Oh, how this discord doth afflict my Soule.
1323: Can you, my Lord of Winchester, behold
1324: My sighes and teares, and will not once relent?
1325: Who should be pittifull, if you be not?
1326: Or who should study to preferre a Peace,
1327: If holy Church-men take delight in broyles?
1328:
Warw.
Yeeld my Lord Protector, yeeld Winchester,
1329: Except you meane with obstinate repulse
1330: To slay your Soueraigne, and destroy the Realme.
1331: You see what Mischiefe, and what Murther too,
1332: Hath beene enacted through your enmitie:
1333: Then be at peace, except ye thirst for blood.
1334:
Winch.
He shall submit, or I will neuer yeeld.
1335:
Glost.
Compassion on the King commands me stoupe,
1336: Or I would see his heart out, ere the Priest
1337: Should euer get that priuiledge of me.
1338:
Warw.
Behold my Lord of Winchester, the Duke
1339: Hath banisht moodie discontented fury,
1340: As by his smoothed Browes it doth appeare:
1341: Why looke you still so sterne, and tragicall?
1342:
Glost.
Here Winchester, I offer thee my Hand.
1343:
King.
Fie Vnckle Beauford, I haue heard you preach,
1344: That Mallice was a great and grieuous sinne:
1345: And will not you maintaine the thing you teach?
1346: But proue a chiefe offendor in the same.
1347:
Warw.
Sweet King: the Bishop hath a kindly gyrd:
1348: For shame my Lord of Winchester relent;
1349: What, shall a Child instruct you what to doe?
1350:
Winch.
Well, Duke of Gloster, I will yeeld to thee
1351: Loue for thy Loue, and Hand for Hand I giue.
1352:
Glost.
I, but I feare me with a hollow Heart.
1353: See here my Friends and louing Countreymen,
1354: This token serueth for a Flagge of Truce,
1355: Betwixt our selues, and all our followers:
1356: So helpe me God, as I dissemble not.
1357:
Winch.
So helpe me God, as I intend it not.
1358:
King.
Oh louing Vnckle, kinde Duke of Gloster,
1359: How ioyfull am I made by this Contract.
1360: Away my Masters, trouble vs no more,
1361: But ioyne in friendship, as your Lords haue done.
1362:
1.Seru.
Content, Ile to the Surgeons.
1363:
2.Seru.
And so will I.
1364:
3.Seru.
And I will see what Physick the Tauerne af-fords.
1365: [ Exeunt.]

1366:
Warw.
Accept this Scrowle, most gracious Soueraigne,
1367: Which in the Right of Richard Plantagenet,
1368: We doe exhibite to your Maiestie.
1369:
Glo.
Well vrg'd, my Lord of Warwick: for sweet Prince,
1370: And if your Grace marke euery circumstance,
1371: You haue great reason to doe Richard right,
1372: Especially for those occasions
1373: At Eltam Place I told your Maiestie.
1374:
King.
And those occasions, Vnckle, were of force:
1375: Therefore my louing Lords, our pleasure is,
1376: That Richard be restored to his Blood.
1377:
Warw.
Let Richard be restored to his Blood,
1378: So shall his Fathers wrongs be recompenc't.
1379:
Winch.
As will the rest, so willeth Winchester.
1380:
King.
If Richard will be true, not that all alone,
1381: But all the whole Inheritance I giue,
1382: That doth belong vnto the House of Yorke,
1383: From whence you spring, by Lineall Descent.
1384:
Rich.
Thy humble seruant vowes obedience,
1385: And humble seruice, till the point of death.
1386:
King.
Stoope then, and set your Knee against my Foot,
1387: And in reguerdon of that dutie done,
1388: I gyrt thee with the valiant Sword of Yorke:
1389: Rise Richard, like a true Plantagenet,
1390: And rise created Princely Duke of Yorke.
1391:
Rich.
And so thriue Richard, as thy foes may fall,
1392: And as my dutie springs, so perish they,
1393: That grudge one thought against your Maiesty.
1394:
All.
Welcome high Prince, the mighty Duke of Yorke.
1395:
Som.
Perish base Prince, ignoble Duke of Yorke.
1396:
Glost.
Now will it best auaile your Maiestie,
1397: To crosse the Seas, and to be Crown'd in France:
1398: The presence of a King engenders loue
1399: Amongst his Subiects, and his loyall Friends,
1400: As it dis-animates his Enemies.
1401:
King.
When Gloster sayes the word, King Henry goes,
1402: For friendly counsaile cuts off many Foes.
1403:
Glost.
Your Ships alreadie are in readinesse.
1404: [ Senet. Flourish. Exeunt.]

1405: [ Manet Exeter.]

1406:
Exet.
I, we may march in England, or in France,
1407: Not seeing what is likely to ensue:
1408: This late dissention growne betwixt the Peeres,
1409: Burnes vnder fained ashes of forg'd loue,
1410: And will at last breake out into a flame,
1411: As festred members rot but by degree,
1412: Till bones and flesh and sinewes fall away,
1413: So will this base and enuious discord breed.
1414: And now I feare that fatall Prophecie,
1415: Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fift,
1416: Was in the mouth of euery sucking Babe,
1417: That Henry borne at Monmouth should winne all,
1418: And Henry borne at Windsor, loose all:
1419: Which is so plaine, that Exeter doth wish,
1420: His dayes may finish, ere that haplesse time. [ Exit.]

Scene ii

1421: Scoena Secunda.
1422: [ Enter Pucell disguis'd, with foure Souldiors with
Sacks vpon their backs.]

1424:
Pucell.
These are the Citie Gates, the Gates of Roan,
1425: Through which our Pollicy must make a breach.
1426: Take heed, be wary how you place your words,
1427: Talke like the vulgar sort of Market men,
1428: That come to gather Money for their Corne.
1429: If we haue entrance, as I hope we shall,
1430: And that we finde the slouthfull Watch but weake,
1431: Ile by a signe giue notice to our friends,
1432: That Charles the Dolphin may encounter them.
1433:
Souldier.
Our Sacks shall be a meane to sack the City,
1434: And we be Lords and Rulers ouer Roan,
1435: Therefore wee'le knock. [ Knock.]

1436:
Watch.
Che la.
1437:
Pucell.
Peasauns la pouure gens de Fraunce,
1438: Poore Market folkes that come to sell their Corne.
1439:
Watch.
Enter, goe in, the Market Bell is rung.
1440:
Pucell.
Now Roan, Ile shake thy Bulwarkes to the
1441: ground. [ Exeunt.]

1442: [ Enter Charles, Bastard, Alanson.]

1443:
Charles.
Saint Dennis blesse this happy Stratageme,
1444: And once againe wee'le sleepe secure in Roan.
1445:
Bastard.
Here entred Pucell, and her Practisants:
1446: Now she is there, how will she specifie?
1447: Here is the best and safest passage in.
1448:
Reig.
By thrusting out a Torch from yonder Tower,
1449: Which once discern'd, shewes that her meaning is,
1450: No way to that (for weaknesse) which she entred.
1451: [ Enter Pucell on the top, thrusting out a
Torch burning.]

1453:
Pucell.
Behold, this is the happy Wedding Torch,
1454: That ioyneth Roan vnto her Countreymen,
1455: But burning fatall to the Talbonites.
1456:
Bastard.
See Noble Charles the Beacon of our friend,
1457: The burning Torch in yonder Turret stands.
1458:
Charles.
Now shine it like a Commet of Reuenge,
1459: A Prophet to the fall of all our Foes.
1460:
Reig.
Deferre no time, delayes haue dangerous ends,
1461: Enter and cry, the Dolphin, presently,
1462: And then doe execution on the Watch. [ Alarum.]

1463: [ An Alarum. Talbot in an Excursion.]

1464:
Talb.
France, thou shalt rue this Treason with thy teares,
1465: If Talbot but suruiue thy Trecherie.
1466: Pucell that Witch, that damned Sorceresse,
1467: Hath wrought this Hellish Mischiefe vnawares,
1468: That hardly we escap't the Pride of France. [ Exit.]

1469: [ An Alarum: Excursions. Bedford brought
in sicke in a Chayre.]

1471: [ Enter Talbot and Burgonie without: within, Pucell,
Charles, Bastard, and Reigneir on the Walls.]

1473:
Pucell.
God morrow Gallants, want ye Corn for Bread?
1474: I thinke the Duke of Burgonie will fast,
1475: Before hee'le buy againe at such a rate.
1476: 'Twas full of Darnell: doe you like the taste?
1477:
Burg.
Scoffe on vile Fiend, and shamelesse Curtizan,
1478: I trust ere long to choake thee with thine owne,
1479: And make thee curse the Haruest of that Corne.
1480:
Charles.
Your Grace may starue (perhaps) before that
1481: time.
1482:
Bedf.
Oh let no words, but deedes, reuenge this Trea-son.
1483: _
1484:
Pucell.
What will you doe, good gray-beard?
1485: Breake a Launce, and runne a-Tilt at Death,
1486: Within a Chayre.
1487:
Talb.
Foule Fiend of France, and Hag of all despight,
1488: Incompass'd with thy lustfull Paramours,
1489: Becomes it thee to taunt his valiant Age,
1490: And twit with Cowardise a man halfe dead?
1491: Damsell, Ile haue a bowt with you againe,
1492: Or else let Talbot perish with this shame.
1493:
Pucell.
Are ye so hot, Sir: yet Pucell hold thy peace,
1494: If Talbot doe but Thunder, Raine will follow.
1495: [ They whisper together in counsell.]

1496: God speed the Parliament: who shall be the Speaker?
1497:
Talb.
Dare yee come forth, and meet vs in the field?
1498:
Pucell.
Belike your Lordship takes vs then for fooles,
1499: To try if that our owne be ours, or no.
1500:
Talb.
I speake not to that rayling Hecate,
1501: But vnto thee Alanson, and the rest.
1502: Will ye, like Souldiors, come and fight it out?
1503:
Alans.
Seignior no.
1504:
Talb.
Seignior hang: base Muleters of France,
1505: Like Pesant foot-Boyes doe they keepe the Walls,
1506: And dare not take vp Armes, like Gentlemen.
1507:
Pucell.
Away Captaines, let's get vs from the Walls,
1508: For Talbot meanes no goodnesse by his Lookes.
1509: God b'uy my Lord, we came but to tell you
1510: That wee are here. [ Exeunt from the Walls.]

1511:
Talb.
And there will we be too, ere it be long,
1512: Or else reproach be Talbots greatest fame.
1513: Vow Burgonie, by honor of thy House,
1514: Prickt on by publike Wrongs sustain'd in France,
1515: Either to get the Towne againe, or dye.
1516: And I, as sure as English Henry liues,
1517: And as his Father here was Conqueror;
1518: As sure as in this late betrayed Towne,
1519: Great Cordelions Heart was buryed;
1520: So sure I sweare, to get the Towne, or dye.
1521:
Burg.
My Vowes are equall partners with thy
1522: Vowes.
1523:
Talb.
But ere we goe, regard this dying Prince,
1524: The valiant Duke of Bedford: Come my Lord,
1525: We will bestow you in some better place,
1526: Fitter for sicknesse, and for crasie age.
1527:
Bedf.
Lord Talbot, doe not so dishonour me:
1528: Here will I sit, before the Walls of Roan,
1529: And will be partner of your weale or woe.
1530:
Burg.
Couragious Bedford, let vs now perswade you.
1531:
Bedf.
Not to be gone from hence: for once I read,
1532: That stout Pendragon, in his Litter sick,
1533: Came to the field, and vanquished his foes.
1534: Me thinkes I should reuiue the Souldiors hearts,
1535: Because I euer found them as my selfe.
1536:
Talb.
Vndaunted spirit in a dying breast,
1537: Then be it so: Heauens keepe old Bedford safe.
1538: And now no more adoe, braue Burgonie,
1539: But gather we our Forces out of hand,
1540: And set vpon our boasting Enemie. [ Exit.]

1541: [ An Alarum: Excursions. Enter Sir Iohn
Falstaffe, and a Captaine.]

1543:
Capt.
Whither away Sir Iohn Falstaffe, in such haste?
1544:
Falst.
Whither away? to saue my selfe by flight,
1545: We are like to haue the ouerthrow againe.
1546:
Capt.
What? will you flye, and leaue Lord Talbot?
1547:
Falst.
I, all the Talbots in the World, to saue my life.
1548: [ Exit.]

1549:
Capt.
Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.
1550: [ Exit.]

1551: [ Retreat. Excursions. Pucell, Alanson, and
Charles flye.]

1553:
Bedf.
Now quiet Soule, depart when Heauen please,
1554: For I haue seene our Enemies ouerthrow.
1555: What is the trust or strength of foolish man?
1556: They that of late were daring with their scoffes,
1557: Are glad and faine by flight to saue themselues.
1558: [ Bedford dyes, and is carryed in by two in his Chaire.]

1559: [ An Alarum. Enter Talbot, Burgonie, and
the rest.]

1561:
Talb.
Lost, and recouered in a day againe,
1562: This is a double Honor, Burgonie:
1563: Yet Heauens haue glory for this Victorie.
1564:
Burg.
Warlike and Martiall Talbot, Burgonie
1565: Inshrines thee in his heart, and there erects
1566: Thy noble Deeds, as Valors Monuments.
1567:
Talb.
Thanks gentle Duke: but where is Pucel now?
1568: I thinke her old Familiar is asleepe.
1569: Now where's the Bastards braues, and Charles his glikes?
1570: What all amort? Roan hangs her head for griefe,
1571: That such a valiant Company are fled.
1572: Now will we take some order in the Towne,
1573: Placing therein some expert Officers,
1574: And then depart to Paris, to the King,
1575: For there young Henry with his Nobles lye.
1576:
Burg.
What wills Lord Talbot, pleaseth Burgonie.
1577:
Talb.
But yet before we goe, let's not forget
1578: The Noble Duke of Bedford, late deceas'd,
1579: But see his Exequies fulfill'd in Roan.
1580: A brauer Souldier neuer couched Launce,
1581: A gentler Heart did neuer sway in Court.
1582: But Kings and mightiest Potentates must die,
1583: For that's the end of humane miserie. [ Exeunt.]

Scene iii

1584: Scaena Tertia.
1585: [ Enter Charles, Bastard, Alanson, Pucell.]

1586:
Pucell.
Dismay not (Princes) at this accident,
1587: Nor grieue that Roan is so recouered:
1588: Care is no cure, but rather corrosiue,
1589: For things that are not to be remedy'd.
1590: Let frantike Talbot triumph for a while,
1591: And like a Peacock sweepe along his tayle,
1592: Wee'le pull his Plumes, and take away his Trayne,
1593: If Dolphin and the rest will be but rul'd.
1594:
Charles.
We haue been guided by thee hitherto,
1595: And of thy Cunning had no diffidence,
1596: One sudden Foyle shall neuer breed distrust.
1597:
Bastard.
Search out thy wit for secret pollicies,
1598: And we will make thee famous through the World.
1599:
Alans.
Wee'le set thy Statue in some holy place,
1600: And haue thee reuerenc't like a blessed Saint.
1601: Employ thee then, sweet Virgin, for our good.
1602:
Pucell.
Then thus it must be, this doth Ioane deuise:
1603: By faire perswasions, mixt with sugred words,
1604: We will entice the Duke of Burgonie
1605: To leaue the Talbot, and to follow vs.
1606:
Charles.
I marry Sweeting, if we could doe that,
1607: France were no place for Henryes Warriors,
1608: Nor should that Nation boast it so with vs,
1609: But be extirped from our Prouinces.
1610:
Alans.
For euer should they be expuls'd from France,
1611: And not haue Title of an Earledome here.
1612:
Pucell.
Your Honors shall perceiue how I will worke,
1613: To bring this matter to the wished end.
1614: [ Drumme sounds a farre off.]

1615: Hearke, by the sound of Drumme you may perceiue
1616: Their Powers are marching vnto Paris-ward.
1617: [ Here sound an English March.]

1618: There goes the Talbot with his Colours spred,
1619: And all the Troupes of English after him.
1620: [ French March.]

1621: Now in the Rereward comes the Duke and his:
1622: Fortune in fauor makes him lagge behinde.
1623: Summon a Parley, we will talke with him.
1624: [ Trumpets sound a Parley.]

1625:
Charles.
A Parley with the Duke of Burgonie.
1626:
Burg.
Who craues a Parley with the Burgonie?
1627:
Pucell.
The Princely Charles of France, thy Countrey-man.
1628: _
1629:
Burg.
What say'st thou Charles? for I am marching
1630: hence.
1631:
Charles.
Speake Pucell, and enchaunt him with thy
1632: words.
1633:
Pucell.
Braue Burgonie, vndoubted hope of France,
1634: Stay, let thy humble Hand-maid speake to thee.
1635:
Burg.
Speake on, but be not ouer-tedious.
1636:
Pucell.
Looke on thy Country, look on fertile France,
1637: And see the Cities and the Townes defac't,
1638: By wasting Ruine of the cruell Foe,
1639: As lookes the Mother on her lowly Babe,
1640: When Death doth close his tender-dying Eyes.
1641: See, see the pining Maladie of France:
1642: Behold the Wounds, the most vnnaturall Wounds,
1643: Which thou thy selfe hast giuen her wofull Brest.
1644: Oh turne thy edged Sword another way,
1645: Strike those that hurt, and hurt not those that helpe:
1646: One drop of Blood drawne from thy Countries Bosome,
1647: Should grieue thee more then streames of forraine gore.
1648: Returne thee therefore with a floud of Teares,
1649: And wash away thy Countries stayned Spots.
1650:
Burg.
Either she hath bewitcht me with her words,
1651: Or Nature makes me suddenly relent.
1652:
Pucell.
Besides, all French and France exclaimes on thee,
1653: Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie.
1654: Who ioyn'st thou with, but with a Lordly Nation,
1655: That will not trust thee, but for profits sake?
1656: When Talbot hath set footing once in France,
1657: And fashion'd thee that Instrument of Ill,
1658: Who then, but English Henry, will be Lord,
1659: And thou be thrust out, like a Fugitiue?
1660: Call we to minde, and marke but this for proofe:
1661: Was not the Duke of Orleance thy Foe?
1662: And was he not in England Prisoner?
1663: But when they heard he was thine Enemie,
1664: They set him free, without his Ransome pay'd,
1665: In spight of Burgonie and all his friends.
1666: See then, thou fight'st against thy Countreymen,
1667: And ioyn'st with them will be thy slaughter-men.
1668: Come, come, returne; returne thou wandering Lord,
1669: Charles and the rest will take thee in their armes.
1670:
Burg.
I am vanquished:
1671: These haughtie wordes of hers
1672: Haue batt'red me like roaring Cannon-shot,
1673: And made me almost yeeld vpon my knees.
1674: Forgiue me Countrey, and sweet Countreymen:
1675: And Lords accept this heartie kind embrace.
1676: My Forces and my Power of Men are yours.
1677: So farwell Talbot, Ile no longer trust thee.
1678:
Pucell.
Done like a Frenchman: turne and turne a-gaine.
1679: _
1680:
Charles.
Welcome braue Duke, thy friendship makes
1681: vs fresh.
1682:
Bastard.
And doth beget new Courage in our
1683: Breasts.
1684:
Alans.
Pucell hath brauely play'd her part in this,
1685: And doth deserue a Coronet of Gold.
1686:
Charles.
Now let vs on, my Lords,
1687: And ioyne our Powers,
1688: And seeke how we may preiudice the Foe. [ Exeunt.]

Scene iv

1689: Scoena Quarta.
1690: [ Enter the King, Gloucester, Winchester, Yorke, Suffolke,
Somerset, Warwicke, Exeter: To them, with
his Souldiors, Talbot.]

1693:
Talb.
My gracious Prince, and honorable Peeres,
1694: Hearing of your arriuall in this Realme,
1695: I haue a while giuen Truce vnto my Warres,
1696: To doe my dutie to my Soueraigne.
1697: In signe whereof, this Arme, that hath reclaym'd
1698: To your obedience, fiftie Fortresses,
1699: Twelue Cities, and seuen walled Townes of strength,
1700: Beside fiue hundred Prisoners of esteeme;
1701: Lets fall his Sword before your Highnesse feet:
1702: And with submissiue loyaltie of heart
1703: Ascribes the Glory of his Conquest got,
1704: First to my God, and next vnto your Grace.
1705:
King.
Is this the Lord Talbot, Vnckle Gloucester,
1706: That hath so long beene resident in France?
1707:
Glost.
Yes, if it please your Maiestie, my Liege.
1708:
King.
Welcome braue Captaine, and victorious Lord.
1709: When I was young (as yet I am not old)
1710: I doe remember how my Father said,
1711: A stouter Champion neuer handled Sword.
1712: Long since we were resolued of your truth,
1713: Your faithfull seruice, and your toyle in Warre:
1714: Yet neuer haue you tasted our Reward,
1715: Or beene reguerdon'd with so much as Thanks,
1716: Because till now, we neuer saw your face.
1717: Therefore stand vp, and for these good deserts,
1718: We here create you Earle of Shrewsbury,
1719: And in our Coronation take your place.
1720: [ Senet. Flourish. Exeunt.]

1721: [ Manet Vernon and Basset.]

1722:
Vern.
Now Sir, to you that were so hot at Sea,
1723: Disgracing of these Colours that I weare,
1724: In honor of my Noble Lord of Yorke
1725: Dar'st thou maintaine the former words thou spak'st?
1726:
Bass.
Yes Sir, as well as you dare patronage
1727: The enuious barking of your sawcie Tongue,
1728: Against my Lord the Duke of Somerset.
1729:
Vern.
Sirrha, thy Lord I honour as he is.
1730:
Bass.
Why, what is he? as good a man as Yorke.
1731:
Vern.
Hearke ye: not so: in witnesse take ye that.
1732: [ Strikes him.]

1733:
Bass.
Villaine, thou knowest
1734: The Law of Armes is such,
1735: That who so drawes a Sword, 'tis present death,
1736: Or else this Blow should broach thy dearest Bloud.
1737: But Ile vnto his Maiestie, and craue,
1738: I may haue libertie to venge this Wrong,
1739: When thou shalt see, Ile meet thee to thy cost.
1740:
Vern.
Well miscreant, Ile be there as soone as you,
1741: And after meete you, sooner then you would.
1742: [ Exeunt.]