Henry VI Part 1 by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook
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enter the funeral of king henry v attended on by dukes of bedford regent of france gloucester protector the exeter

Earl of Warwick, the Bishop of Winchester, heralds, etc. Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night. Comets, importing change of times and states, brandish your crystal tresses in the sky, and with them scourge the bad revolting stars that have consented unto Henry's death. King Henry V, too famous to live long.

england ne'er lost a king of so much worth england ne'er had a king until his time virtue he had deserving to command his brandished sword did blind men with his beams his arms spread wider than the dragon's wings his sparking eyes replete with wrathful fire

more dazzled and drove back his enemies than the midday sun fierce bent against their faces what should i say his deeds exceed all speech he ne'er lift up his hand but conquer'd we mourn in black why mourn we not in blood

henry is dead and never shall revive upon a wooden coffin we attend and death's dishonourable victory we with our stately presence glorify like captives bound to a triumphant car what shall we curse the planets of mishap that plotted thus our glory's overthrow

or shall we think the subtle-witted french conjurers and sorcerers that afraid of him by magic verses have contrived his end he was a king blest of the king of kings unto the french the dreadful judgment day so dreadful will not be as was his sight the battles of the lord of hosts he fought the church's prayers made him so prosperous the church where is it had not churchman prayed his thread of life had not so soon decayed

none do like but an effeminate prince whom like a schoolboy you may overawe gloucester whate'er we like thou art protector and look'st to command the prince and realm thy wife is proud she holdeth thee in awe more than god or religious churchmen may nay not religion for thou lovest the flesh

I ne'er throughout the year to church thy goest, except it be to pray against thy foes. Cease, cease these jars, and rest your minds in peace. Let's to the altar. Heralds wait on us. Instead of gold we'll offer up our arms, since arms avail not now that Henry's dead.

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enter messenger messenger my honourable lords health to you all sad tidings bring i to you out of france of loss of slaughter and discomfiture

guion champagne rheims orleans paris guisseurs poitiers are all quite lost what sayest thou man before dead henry's course speak softly or the loss of those great towns will make him burst as lead and rise from death is paris lost is rohan yielded up

If Hendry were recalled to life again, these news would cause him once more ill to ghost. How were they lost? What treachery was used? LADY MACBETH: No treachery, but want of men and money. Amongst the soldiers this is muttered, that here you maintain several factions, and whilst a field should be dispatched and fought, you are disputing of your generals.

one would have lingering wars with little cost another would fly swift but wanteth wings a third thinks without expense at all by guileful fair words peace may be obtained awake awake english nobility

Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot. Cropp'd are the flow'r de luce in your arms; Of England's coat one half is cut away. Where are tears wanting to this funeral? These tidings would call forth their flowing tides. Me they concern. Regent I am of France. Give me my steel'd coat.

I'll fight for France. Away with these disgraceful wailing robes. Wounds will I lend the French instead of eyes to weep their intermissive miseries.

enter to them another messenger lords view these letters full of bad mischance france is revolted from the english quite except some petty towns of no import the dauphin charles is crowned king of rheims the bastard of orleans with him is join'd regnier duke of anjou doth take his part the duke of alenon flieth to his side

The Dauphin-crowned king, all fly to him. Oh, whither shall we fly from this reproach? We will not fly, but to our enemies' throats.

bedford if thou be slack i will fight it out gloucester why doubt'st thou of my forwardness an army have i mustered in my thoughts wherewith already france is overrun enter another messenger my gracious lords to add to your laments wherewith you now bedew king henry's hearse i must inform you of a dismal fight betwixt the stout lord talbot and the french

what wherein talbot overcame is't so lady utterword oh no wherein lord talbot was o'erthrown the circumstance i'll tell you more at large the tenth of august last this dreadful lord retiring from the siege of orleans having full scarce six thousand in his troop by three and twenty thousand of the french was round encompassed and set upon

no leisure had he to enrank his men he wanted pikes to set before his archers instead whereof sharp stakes plucked out of hedges they pitched in the ground confusedly to keep the horsemen off from breaking in

more than three hours the fight continued where valiant talbot above human thought enacted wonders with his sword and lance hundreds he sent to hell and none durst stand him here there and everywhere enraged he flew the french exclaimed the devil was in arms all the whole army stood gazed on him his soldiers spying his undaunted spirit a talbot a talbot cried out to main and rushed into the bowels of the battle

here had the conquest fully been sealed up if sir john fastolf had not played the coward he being an avowed placed behind with purpose to relieve and follow them cowardly fled not having struck one stroke

hence grew the general wreck and massacre enclosed were they with their enemies a base walloon to win the dauphin's grace thrust talbot with a spear into the back whom all france with their chief assembled strength durst not presume to look once in the face

Is Talbot slain? Then I will slay myself for living idly here in pomp and ease, whilst such a worthy leader wanting aid unto his dastard foeman is betrayed. Oh no, he lives, but is took prisoner, and Lord Scales with him and Lord Hungerford, most of the rest slaughtered or took likewise. His ransom there is none but I shall pay. I'll hail the Dauphin headlong from his throne. His crown shall be the ransom of my friend.

four of their lords i'll change for one of ours farewell my masters to my task will i bonfires in france forthwith i am to make to keep our great saint george's feast withal ten thousand soldiers with me i will take whose bloody deeds shall make all europe quake

so you had need for all leon is besieged the english army is grown weak and faint the earl of salisbury craveth supply and hardly keeps his men from mutiny since they so few watch such a multitude remember lords your oaths to henry sworn either to quell the doe far-heartedly or bring him in obedience to your yoke i do remember it and here take my leave to go about my preparation exit

"'I'll to the tower with all the haste I can, to view the artillery and munition, and then I will proclaim young Henry king.' "'Exit.' "'To Eltham will I, where the young king is, being ordained his special governor, and for his safety there I'll best devise.' "'Exit.' "'Each hath his place and function to attend. I am left out. For me nothing remains, but long I will not be jack out of office.'

the king from eltham i intend to steal and sit at chief astern of public weal scene two france before orleans sound a flourish enter charles alenon and rainier marching with drum and soldiers mars his true moving even as in the heaven so on the earth to this day is not known

Late did he shine upon the English side. Now we are victors, upon us he smiles. What towns of any moment but we have!

at pleasure here we lie near orleans otherwise the famished english like pale ghosts faintly besiege us one hour in a month they want their porridge and their fat bull-beaves either they must be dieted like mules and have their provender tied to their mouths or piteous they will look like drowned mice let's raise the siege why live we idly here talbot is taken whom we want to fear

Remaineth none but mad-brained Salisbury, and he may well in fighting spend his gall, nor men nor money hath he to make war. XI. Sound, sound alarm! We will rush on them. Now for the honour of the forlorn French. Him I forgive my death that killeth me when he sees me go back on one foot or fly. XI. Exeunt. Hear alarm.

they are beaten back by the english with great loss re-enter charles alenon and rainier who e'er saw they like what men have i dogs cowards dastards i would ne'er have fled but that they left me midst my enemies solsparee is a desperate homicide he fighteth as one weary of his life

the other lords like lions wanting food do rush upon us as their hungry prey frasart a countryman of ours records england all oliver's and roland's bred during the time edward the third did reign more truly now may this be verified for none but samson's and goliath's it sendeth forth to skirmish one to ten lean raw-boned rascals who would e'er suppose they had such courage and audacity

Let's leave this town, for they are harebrained slaves, and hunger will enforce them to be more eager.

of old i know them rather with their teeth the walls they'll tear down than forsake the siege i think by some odd game or sore device their arms are set like flocks stiff to strike on else ne'er could they hold out so as they do by my consent we'll even let them alone be it so enter the bastard of orleans

where's the prince dauphin i have news for him d' bastard of orleans thrice welcome to us leon me thinks your looks are sad your cheer uphold hath the late overthrow wrought this offence be not dismayed for succour is at hand

a holy maid hither with me i bring which by a vision sent to her from heaven ordaineth to raise this tedious siege and drive the english forth abound the france the spirit of deep prophecy she hath exceeding the nine sibyls of old rome what's past and what's to come she can descry speak shall i call her in

Believe my words, for they are certain and infallible.

go call her in exit the bastard of orleans but first to try her skill regnier stand thou as daffon in my place question her proudly let thy looks be stern by this means shall we sound what skill she hath re-enter the bastard of orleans with joan la pucelle fair maid is thou willed to do these wondrous feats

is it thou that thinkest to beguile me where is the dauphin come come from behind i know thee well though never seen before be not amazed there's nothing hid from me in private will i talk with thee apart

stand back you lords and give us leave awhile she takes upon her bravely at first dash dauphin i am by birth a shepherd's daughter my wit untrained in any kind of art heaven and our lady gracious has it pleased to shine on my contemptible estate lo whilst i waited on my tender lamps and to sun's parching heat displayed my cheeks

god's mother deigned to appear to me and in a vision full of majesty willed me to leave my base vocation and free my country from calamity her aid she promised and assured success in complete glory she revealed herself and whereas i was black and sword before

with those clear rays which she infused on me that beauty am i blessed with which you see ask me what question thou canst possible and i will answer unpremeditated my courage try by combat if thou darest and thou shalt find that i exceed my sex

Resolve on this, thou shalt be fortunate if thou receive me for thy warlike mate. Thou hast astonished me with thy high terms. Only this proof I of thy valour make. In single combat thou shalt buckle with me, and if thou vanquishest, thy words are true. Otherwise I renounce all confidence.

I am prepared. Here is my kineged sword, decked with five flower de luces on each side. The witch at Touraine, in Saint Catherine's churchyard,

out of a great deal of old iron i chose force then come o god's name i fear no woman and while i live i'll ne'er fly from a man they fight and joan la pucelle overcomes stay stay thy hands thou art an amazon and fightest with the sword of deborah christ's mother helps me else i were too weak

Whoever helps thee, 'tis thou that must help me. Impatiently I burn with thy desire; My heart and hands thou hast at once subdued. Excellent Pusella, if thy name be so, Let me thy servant and not sovereign be; 'Tis the French Dauphin suist to thee thus. I must not yield to any rites of love, For my profession's sacred from above.

When I have chased all Zaifus from hence,

then will i think upon the recompense in the meantime look gracious on thy prostrate thrall my lord methinks is very long in talk doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock else ne'er could he so long protract his speech shall we disturb him since he keeps no mien he may mean more than we poor men do know these women are shrewd tempters with their tongues

my lord where are you what device you on shall we give over orleans or no why no i say distrustful recreants fight till the last gasp i will be your guard what she says i'll confirm we'll fight it out assigned am i to be the english scourge this night the siege assuredly i'll raise

expect st martin's summer halcyon days since i have entered into these walls glory is like a circle in the water which never ceases to enlarge itself till by broad spreading it disperse to naught with henri's death the english circle ends dispersed are the glories it included

now am i like that proud insulting ship which caesar and his fortune bear at once was mahomet inspired with a dove thou with an eagle art inspired then

helen the mother of great constantine nor yet saint philippe's daughters were like thee bright star of venus fallen down on the earth how may i reverently worship thee enough helen leave off delays and let us raise the siege helen woman do what thou canst to save our honours drive them from orleans and be immortalized

presently we'll try come let's away about it no prophet will i trust if she prove false scene three london before the tower enter gloucester with his serving-man in blue coats i am come to survey the tower this day since henry's death i fear there is conveyance where be these warders that they wait not here

Open the gates, 'tis Gloucester that calls. Within. Who's there that knocks so imperiously? It is the noble Duke of Gloucester. Where he be, he may not be let in. Villains, answer you so, the Lord Protector. The Lord protect him, so we answer him. We do no otherwise than we are willed. Who willed you? Or whose will stands but mine? There's none Protector of the realm but I.

Break up the gates, I'll be your warrant eyes. Shall I be flouted thus by Dunhill grooms? Gloucester's men rush at the tower gates, and Woodville, the lieutenant, speaks within. What noise is this? What traitors have we here? Lieutenant, is it you whose voice I hear? Open the gates, here's Gloucester that would enter. Have patience, noble duke, I may not open.

the cardinal of winchester forbids from him i have express commandment that thou or none of thine shall be let in faint-hearted woodvile prizest him for me arrogant winchester that haughty prelate whom henry our late sovereign naked brooke thou art no friend to god or to the king open the gates or i'll shut thee out shortly open the gates unto the lord protector or we'll burst them open if that you come not quickly

enter to the protector of the tower gates bishop of winchester and his men in tawny coats bishop how now ambitious humphrey what means this humphrey peeled priest dost thou command me to be shut out bishop i do thou most usurping prodigal and not protector of the king or realm

stand back thou manifest conspirator thou that contrivist to murder our dead lord thou that givest whores indulgences to sin i'll canvass thee in thy broad cardinal's hat if thou proceed in this thy insolence nay stand thou back i will not budge a foot

this be damascus be thou cursed cain to slay thy brother abel if thou wilt damascus i will not slay thee but i'll drive thee back thy scarlet robes is a child's burying-cloth i'll use to carry thee out of this place abel do what thou darest i beard thee to thy face damascus what am i dead and bearded to my face

Draw, men, for all this privileged place, Blue coats to tawny coats. Priest, bewail beard, I mean to tug it and to cuff you soundly. Under my feet I stamp thy Cardinal's hat. In spite of Pope or dignities of Church, Here by the cheeks I'll drag thee up and down. Gloucester, thou wilt answer this before the Pope. Winchester goose, I cry, a rope, a rope! Now, beat them hence! Why do you let them stay?

thee i'll chase hence thou wolf in sheep's array out tawny coat out scarlet hypocrite here gloucester's men beat out bishop of winchester's men and enter in the hurly-burly the mayor of london and his officers by lords that you being supreme magistrates thus contumeliously should break the peace peace mayor thou knowest little of my wrongs

Here's Beaufort that regards nor God nor King, hath here to strain the Tower to his use. Here's Gloucester, a foe to citizens, one that still motions war and never peace, overcharging your free purses with large fines, that seeks to overthrow religion, because he is protector of the realm, and would have armour here out of the Tower, to crown himself King and suppress the Prince. I will not answer thee with words but blows.

here they skirmish again not rest for me in this tumultuous strife but to make open proclamation come officer as loud as e'er thou canst cry

Cardinal Albino, Breaker of the Law.

but we shall meet and break our minds at large. Gloucester, we will meet, to thy cost be sure. Thy hot blood I will have for this day's work. I'll call for clubs if you will not away. This cardinal's more haughtier than the devil. Mayor, farewell. Thou does but what thou mayst. Abominable Gloucester, guard thy head, for I intend to have it ere long.

Exeunt, severally, Gloucester, and the Bishop of Winchester, with their serving-men. Exeunt.

SCENE IV. ORLEANS. ENTER ON THE WALLS. A MASTER GUNNER AND HIS BOY. Sira, thou know'st how Orléans is besieged, and how the English have the suburbs won. Father, I know, and oft have shot at them, howe'er unfortunate I missed my aim. But now thou shalt not. Be thou ruled by me. Chief Master Gunner am I of this town. Something I must do to procure me grace.

The Prince's espials have informed me how the English, in the suburbs close entrenched, want through a secret grate of iron bars in yonder tower to overpeer the city, and then discover how with most advantage they may vex us with shot or with assault. To intercept this inconvenience, a piece of ordnance gainst it I have placed, and even these three days have I watched, if I could see them.

now do thou watch for i can stay no longer if thou spy'st any run and bring me word and thou shalt find me at the governor's exit father i warrant you take you no care i'll never trouble you if i may spy them exit enter on turrets salisbury and talbot glensdale gargrave and others talbot my life my joy again returned

How wert thou handled being prisoner, or by what means gotst thou to be released? Discourse, I pray thee, on this turret's top. The Duke of Bedford had a prisoner, called the brave Lord Ponton de Saint-Choray. For him was I exchanged and ransomed, but with a base of man-of-arms by far. Once in contempt they would have bartered me, which I, disdaining, scorned, and craved death.

rather than I would be so vile esteemed in fine. Redamed I was as I desired, but oh,

the treacherous fastolf wounds my heart home with my bare fists i would execute if i now had him brought into my power yet tell'st thou not how thou wert entertained with scoffs and scorns and contumelious taunts in open market-place produced they me to be a public spectacle to all here said they is the terror of the french the scarecrow that affrights our children so

then broke i from the officers that led me with my nails digged stones out of the ground to hurl at the beholders of my shame

my grisly countenance made others fly none durst come near for fear of sudden death in iron walls they deemed me not secure so great fear of my name amongst them was spread that they supposed i could rend bars of steel and spurn in pieces posts of adamant

wherefore a guard of chosen shot i had that walked about me every minute while and if i did but stir out of my bed ready they were to shoot me to the heart enter the boy with the linstock i grieve to hear what torments you endured but we will be revenged sufficiently now it is supper-time in orleans here through this grate i count each one and view the frenchmen how they fortify

let us look in the sight will much delight thee sir thomas gargrave and sir william glonsdale let me have your express opinions where is the best place to make our battery next sir thomas gargrave i think at the north gate

For there stand lords. And I here, at the bulwark of the bridge. For aught I see, the city must be famished, or with my skirmishes enfeebled. Here they shoot, Salisbury and Gargrave fall. O Lord, have mercy on us wretched sinners. O Lord, have mercy on me, woeful man. What chance is this that suddenly hath crossed us? Speak, Salisbury, at least inform.

if thou canst speak how fairest thou mirror of all martial men one of thy eyes and thy cheek-side struck off accursed tower accursed fatal hand that hath contrived this woeful tragedy in thirteen battles salisbury overcame henry v he first trained to the wars

whilst in a trumpeted sound or drum struck up his sword did ne'er leave striking in the field yet livest thou solace pray though thy speech doth fail one eye thou hast to look to heaven for grace the sun with one eye vieweth all the world heaven be thou gracious to none alive if solace pray wants mercy at thy hands bear hence his body i will help to bury it

sir thomas gargrave hast thou any life speak unto talbot nay look up to him sir lespre cheer thy spirit with his comfort thou shalt not die whiles he beckons with his hand and smiles on me as who should say when i am dead and gone remember to avenge me on the french plantagenet i will i like thee nero play on the lute

beholding the town's burn wretched shall france be only in my name hear an alarum and it thunders and lightens what stair is this what tumults in the heavens

whence comes this alarum and the noise enter messenger my lord my lord the french have gather'd head the dauphin with one joan la pucelle join'd a holy prophetess new risen up he's come with great power to raise the siege here salisbury lifteth himself up and groans here here how dying salisbury doth groan it irks his heart he cannot be reveng'd

frenchmen i'll be a salisbury to you poucelle or puzzle dolphin or dog-fish your hearts will stamp out with my horse's heels and make a quagmire of your mingled brains convey me salisbury into his tent and then we'll try what these dastard frenchmen dare alarum exeunt scene v the same here and alarum again

and talbot pursueth the dolphin and driveth him then enter joan la pucelle driving englishmen before her and exit after them then re-enter talbot where is my strength my valour and my force now english troops retire i cannot stay them a woman-clad in armour chaseth them re-enter joan la pucelle here here she comes

i'll have a bout with thee devil for devil's damn i'll conjure thee blood will i draw on thee thou art a witch and straightway give thy soul to him thou servest come come tis only i that must disgrace thee here they fight heaven can you suffer hell so to prevail

my breast outburst with straining of my courage and from my shoulders crack my arms asunder but i will chastise this high-minded serpent they fight again talbot farewell thy hour is not yet come i must go victor orleans forthwith a short alarum then enter the town with soldiers or what take me if thou canst i scorn thy strength

go go cheer up thy hungry starved man help salisbury to make his testament this day is ours as many more shall be exit my thoughts are word like a potter's wheel i know not where i am nor what i do

a witch by fear not false like hannibal drives back our troops and conquers as she lists so bees with smoke and doves with noise and stench are from their hives and houses driven away

they called us for our fiercest english dogs now like two whelps we crying run away a short alarum hark countrymen i renew the fight or tear the lions out of england's coat renounce your soil give sheep in lion's stead

"'Sheep run not so half so treacherous from the wolf, "'or horse or oxen from the leopard, "'as you fly from your oft-subdued slaves.' "'Alarm! Hear another skirmish!' "'It will not be. Retire into your trenches. "'You all consented unto Salisbury's death, "'for none would strike a stroke in his revenge. "'Pucelle is entered into Orléans. "'In spite of us, or what that we could do,

were i to die with salisbury the shame hereof will make me hide my head exit talbot alarum retreat flourish scene six the same enter on the walls joan la poussel charles rainier alenon and soldiers advance our waving colors on the walls rescue this orleans from the english

Thus Joan Lapucelle has performed her word. Divinest creature, Astraea's daughter!

How shall I honor thee for this success? Thy promises are like Adonis gardens, That one day bloomed and fruitful were the next. France, triumph in thy glorious prophetess! Recovered is the town of Orléans; More blessed hap did ne'er befall our state. Why ring not out the bells aloud throughout the town?

dophins command the citizens to make bonfires and feast and banquet in the open streets to celebrate the joy that god hath given us all france will be replete with mirth and joy when they shall hear how we have played the men tis joan not we by whom the day is won for which i will divide my crown with her and all the priests and friars in my realm shall in procession sing her endless praise

A statelyer Pyramus to her our rear Than Rodolph's or Memphis ever was. In memory of her when she is dead, Her ashes in an urn more precious Than their rich jeweled of Darius, Transported shall be at high festivals Before the kings and queens of France. No longer on Saint-Denis will we cry, But Joan, la Pucella, shall be France's saint.

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for more information or to volunteer please visit le dot o act two scene one before orleans enter a sergeant of a band with two senators sirs take your places and be vigilant

if any noise or soldier you perceive near to the walls by some apparent sign let us have knowledge at the court of guard sergeant you shall exit sergeant thus our poor servitors when others sleep upon their quiet beds constrained to watch in darkness rain and cold enter talbot bedford burgundy and forces with scaling ladders their drums beat a dead march

Regent and redoubted Burgundy by whose approach the regions of Artois Wallon and Picardy are friends to us this happy night the Frenchmen are secure having all day caroused and banqueted embrace we then this opportunity as fitting best acquittance their deceit contrived by our

and baleful sorcery. Coward of France! How much he wrongs his fame, despairing of his own arm's fortitude, to join with witches and the help of hell! Traitors have never other company. But what's that Purcell of whom they term so pure? A maid, they say. A maid? And be so martial! Pray God she prove not masculine ere long, if underneath the standard of the French she carry armour as she hath begun. Well,

Let them practice and converse with spirits. God is our fortress. In whose conquering name let us resolve to scale a flinty bulwark. Ascend, brave Talbot. We will follow thee. Not altogether. Better far, I guess, that we do make our entrance several ways.

That, if a chance the one of us do fail, the other yet may rise against their force. Agreed. I'll to yond corner. And I to this. And here will Talbot mount, or make his grave.

now salisbury for thee and for the right of english henry shall this knight appear how much in duty i am bound to both arm arm the enemy doth make assault cry st george a talbot the french leap over the walls in their shirts enter several ways the bastard of orleans

alencion and rainier half ready and half unready alencion how now my lords what all unready so alencion unready ay and glad we scaped so well alencion twas time i trow to wake and leave our beds hearing alarums at our chamber doors

Of all exploits since first I followed arms, ne'er heard I of a warlike enterprise more venturous or desperate than this. I think this Talbot be a fiend of hell. If not of hell, the heavens sure favour him. Here cometh Charles, and marvel how he sped. Tut!

Holy Joan was his defensive guard. Enter Charles and Joan La Poussel. Is this thy cunning, thou deceitful dame? Didst thou at first to flatter us withal, make us partakers of a little gain, that now our loss might be ten times so much? Wherefore is Charles impatient with his friend? At all times will you have my power alike?

sleeping or waking must i still prevail or will you blame and lay the fault on me improvident soldiers

Had your watch been good, this sudden mischief never could have fallen. Duke of Alencon, this was your default, that being captain of the watch to-night did look no better to that weighty charge? Had all your quarters been as safely kept as that whereof I had the government, we had not been thus shamefully surprised. My!

Mine was secure. And so was mine, my lord. And for myself, most part of all this night within her quarter and mine own precinct, I was employed in passing, to and fro, about relieving of the sentinels. Then how or which way should they first break in? Question, my lord, no further of the case. How or which way?

tis sure they found some place but weakly guarded where the breach was made and now there rests no other shift but this to gather our soldiers scattered and dispersed and lay new platforms to endamage them alarum

Enter an English soldier, crying, "'A Talbot! A Talbot!' They fly, leaving their clothes behind. I'll be so bold to take what they have left, the cry of Talbot serves me for a sword, for I have loaded me with many spoils, using no other weapon but his name. Exit. Scene 2. Orleans. Within the town. Enter Talbot.

Bedford, Burgundy, a captain, and others. The day begins to break and night is fled, whose pitchy mantle overveiled the earth. Here sound retreat and cease our hot pursuit. Retreat sounded. Bring forth the body of old Salisbury, and here advance it in the marketplace, the middle centre of this cursed town. Now have I paid my vow unto his soul.

for every drop of blood was drawn from him there hath at least five frenchmen died to-night and that hereafter ages may behold what ruin happened in revenge of him within the chiefest temple i'll erect the tomb wherein his corpse shall be interred upon the which that ever one may read shall be engraved the sack of orleans the treacherous manner of his mournful death and what a terror he had been to france

but lords in all our bloody massacre i muse we met not with the dauphin's grace his new-found champion virtuous john of arc nor any of his false confederates

Tis thought, Lord Talbot, when the fight began, roused on the sudden from their drowsy beds, they did amongst the troops of armed men leap o'er the walls for refuge in the field. Myself, as far as I could well discern, for smoke and dusky vapors of the night, am sure I scared the dolphin and his troll, when arm in arm they both came swiftly running, like to a pair of loving turtle-doves that could not live a Sunday day or night. After that, things are set in order here. We'll follow them with all the power we have.

enter a messenger all hail my lords which of this princely train call ye the warlike talbot for his act so much applauded through the realm of france

here is the talbot who would speak with him the virtuous lady countess of auvergne with modesty admiring thy renown by me entreats great lord thou wouldst vouchsafe to visit her poor castle where she lies that she may boast she hath beheld the man whose glory fills the world with loud report is it even so

nay then i see our wars will turn into a peaceful comic sport when ladies crave to be encountered with you may not my lord despise her gentle suit nay trust me then for when a word of men could not prevail with all their oratory yet hath a woman's kindness overruled and therefore tell her i return great and in submission will attend on her

will not your honours bear me company no truly it is more than manners will and i have heard it said unbidden guests are often welcomest when they are gone well then alone since there's no remedy i mean to prove this lady's courtesy come hither captain you perceive my mind captain i do my lord and mean accordingly avernier the countess's castle

enter the countess and her porter porter remember what i gave in charge and when you have done so bring the keys to me madam i will exit the plot is laid if all things fall outright i shall as famous be by this exploit as scythian thomres by cyrus's death great is the rumour of this dreadful knight and his achievements of no less account

Fain would mine eyes be witness with mine ears, To give their censure of these rare reports. Enter Messenger and Talbot. Madam, according as your ladyship desired, By message craved, so is Lord Talbot come. And he is welcome. What, is this the man? Madam, it is. Is this the scourge of France? Is this the Talbot so much feared abroad, That with his name the mothers steal their babes?

i see report as fabulous and false i thought i should have seen some hercules a second hector for his grim aspect and large proportion of his strong-knit limbs alas this is a child a silly dwarf it cannot be this weak and writhled shrimp should strike such terror to his enemies madame i have been bold to trouble you but since your ladyship is not at leisure

I'll show it some other time to visit you. What means he now? Go ask him whither he goes. Stay, my lord Talbot, for my lady craves to know the cause of your abrupt departure.

marry for that she's in a wrong belief i go to certify her talbots here re-enter porter with keys if thou be he then art thou prisoner prisoner to whom to me bloodthirsty lord and for that cause i train thee to my house long time thy shadow hath been thrall to me for in my gallery thy picture hangs

but now the substance shall endure the like and i will chain these legs and arms of thine that hast by tyranny these many years wasted our country slain our citizens and sent our sons and husbands captivate

Laughest thou, wretch, thy mirth shall turn to moon. I laugh to see your ladyship so fond, to think that you have aught but told but shadow whereon to practise your severity. Why, art not thou the man? I am indeed. Then have I substance too? No, no, I am but the shadow of myself. You are deceived. My substance is not here.

for what you see is but the smallest part and least proportion of humanity i tell you madam were the whole frame here it is of such spacious lofty pitch your roof were not sufficient to contain it this is a riddling merchant for the nuns he will be here and yet he is not here how can these contrarieties agree that will i show you presently winds his horn

drum strike up appeal of ordnance enter soldiers i see you madam are you now persuaded that talbot is but shadow of himself these are his substance sinews arms and strength with which he yoketh your rebellious necks erases your cities and subverts your towns and in a moment makes them desolate

victorious talbot pardon my abuse i find thou art no less than fame hath bruited and more than may be gathered by thy shape let my presumption not provoke thy wrath for i am sorry that with reverence i did not entertain thee as thou art be not dismayed fair lady nor miscontrol the mind of talbot as you did mistake the outward composition of his body

what you have done hath not offended me no other satisfaction do i crave but only with your patience that we may taste of your wine and see what kitsch you have for soldier's stomachs always serve them well with all my heart and make me honoured to feast so great a warrior in my house scene for london the temple garden enter the earls of somerset suffolk

and Warwick, Richard Plantagenet, Vernon, and another lawyer. Great lords and gentlemen, what means this silence? Dare no man answer in a case of truth? Within the temple wall we were too loud. The garden here is more convenient. Then say at once if I maintained the truth, or else was wrangling Somerset in the error. Faith I have been a truant in the law, and never yet could frame my will to it.

and therefore frame the law unto my will. Judge you, my lord of Warwick, then, between us. Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch? Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth? Between two blades, which bears the better temper? Between two horses, which doth bear him best? Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye? I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgment—

But in these nice sharp quillets of the law, Good faith, I am no wiser than a Daw. Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance. The truth appears so naked on my side That any purblind eye may find it out. And on my side it is so well apparelled, So clear, so shining, and so evident, That it will glimmer through a blind man's eye. Since you are tongue-tied and so loath to speak, In dumb significance proclaim your thoughts.

let him that is a true-born gentleman and stands upon the honour of his birth if he suppose that i have pleaded truth from off this brier pluck a white rose with me lear let him that is no coward nor no flatterer but dare maintain the party of the truth

pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me i love no colours and without all colour of base insinuating flattery i pluck this white rose with plantagenet i pluck this red rose with young somerset

and say withal i think he held the right stay lords and gentlemen and pluck no more till you conclude that he upon whose side the fewest roses are cropp'd from the tree shall yield the other in the right opinion good master vernon it is well objected

If I have fewest, I subscribe in silence. And I. Then for the truth and plainness of the case, I pluck this pale and maiden blossom here, giving my verdict on the white rose side. Break not your finger as you pluck it off, lest, bleeding, you do paint the white rose red and fall on my side so against your will. If I, my lord, for my opinion bleed, opinion shall be surgeon to my hurt, and

and keep me on the side where still i am well well come on who else unless my study and my books be false the argument we held was wrong in you to somerset in sign whereof i pluck a white rose too now somerset where is your argument here in my scabbard meditating that shall dye your white rose in a bloody red

meantime your cheeks do counterfeit our roses for pale they look with fear as witnessing the truth on our side ant no plantagenet tis not for fear but anger thy cheeks blush for pure shame to counterfeit our roses

and yet thy tongue will not confess thy error. Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset? Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet? Ay, sharp and piercing, to maintain his truth, whilst thy consuming canker eats his falsehood. Well, I'll find friends to wear my bleeding roses, that shall maintain what I have said is true. Well,

where false plantagenet dare not be seen now by this maiden blossom in my hand i scorn thee and thy fashion peevish boy turn not thy scorns this way plantagenet proud pole i will and scorn both him and thee i'll turn my part thereof into thy throat away away good william de la pole we grace the yeoman by conversing with him now by god's will thou wrongest him somerset

his grandfather was lionel duke of clarence third son to the third edward king of england spring crestless yeoman from so deep a root he bears him on the place's privilege or durst not for his craven heart say thus by him that made me i'll maintain my words on any plot of ground in christendom was not thy father richard earl of cambridge for treason executed in our late king's days

and by his treason stance not thou retained corrupted and exempt from ancient gentry his trespass yet lives guiltily in thy blood until thou be restored thou art a yeoman my father was attached not attainted condemned to die for treason but no traitor and that i'll prove on better men than somerset where growing time once ripened to my will

Ah.

Ah, thou shalt find us ready for thee still, and knowest by these colours for thy foes, for these, my friends, in spite of thee, shall wear. And by my soul, this pale and angry rose, as cognizance of my blood-drinking hate, will I forever and my faction wear, until it wither with me to my grave, or flourish to the height of my degree. Go forward, and be choked with thy ambition.

and so farewell until i meet thee next exit have with thee pole farewell ambitious richard exit how i am braved and must perforce endure it this blot that they object against your house shall be wiped out in the next parliament called for the truce of winchester and gloucester and if thou be not then created york i will not live to be accounted warwick

Meantime, in signal of my love to thee, against proud Somerset and William Pole, will I upon thy party wear this rose. And here I prophesy, this brawl to-day, grown to this faction in the temple garden, shall send between the red rose and the white a

a thousand souls to death and deadly night good master vernon i am bound to you that you on my behalf would pluck a flower in your behalf still i will wear the same and so will i thanks gentle sir come let us for to dinner i dare say this quarrel will drink blood another day

scene v the tower of london enter mortimer brought in a chair and jailers kind keepers of my weak decaying age let dying mortimer here rest himself

even like a man new-hailed from the rack so fare my limbs with long imprisonment and these gray locks the pursuivants of death nestor like aged in an age of care argue the end of edmund mortimer these eyes like lamps whose wasting oil is spent wax dim as drawing to their exigent

weak shoulders overborne with burthening grief and pithless arms like to a withered vine that droops his sapless branches to the ground

yet are these feet whose strengthless stay is numb unable to support this lump of clay swift winged with desire to get a grave as witting i no other comfort have but tell me keeper will my nephew come

richard plantagenet my lord will come we sent unto the temple and to his chamber and answer was returned that he will come enough my soul shall then be satisfied poor gentleman his wrong doth equal mine since henry monmouth first began to reign before whose glory i was great in arms this loathsome sequestration have i had

and even since then hath richard been obscured deprived of honour and inheritance but now the arbitrator of despairs just death

Enter Richard Plantagenet. My lord, your loving nephew now is come. Richard Plantagenet, my friend, is he come? I am.

Ay, noble uncle, thus ignobly used, Your nephew, late despised Richard, comes. Direct mine arms I may embrace his neck, And in his bosom spend my latter gasp. O tell me when my lips do touch his cheeks, That I may kindly give one fainting kiss.

And now declare, sweet stem from York's great stock, Why didst thou say, of late thou wert despised? First lean thine aged back against mine arm, And in that ease I'll tell thee my dis-ease. This day, in argument upon a case, Some words there grew twixt Somerset and me, Among which terms he used his lavish tongue, And did upbraid me with my father's death,

which obloquy set bars before my tongue, else with the like I had requited him.

therefore good uncle for my father's sake in honour of a true plantagenet and for alliance sake declare the cause my father earl of cambridge lost his head that cause fair nephew that imprisoned me and hath detained me all my flowering youth within a loathsome dungeon there to pine was cursed instrument of his decease

Discover more at large what cause that was, for I am ignorant and cannot guess. I will, if that my fading breath permit, and death approach not ere my tale be done.

henry the fourth grandfather to this king deposed his nephew richard edward's son the first begotten and the lawful heir of edward king the third of that descent during whose reign the perses of the north finding his usurpation most unjust endeavored my advancement to the throne

The reason moved these warlike lords to this was, for that, young King Richard thus removed, leaving no heir begotten of his body, I was the next by birth and parentage, for by my mother I derived am from Lionel, Duke of Clarence, the third son to King Edward III.,

whereas he from john of gaunt doth bring his pedigree being but fourth of that heroic line but mark as in this haughty attempt they laboured to plant the rightful heir i lost my liberty and they their lives

"'Long after this, when Henry V, succeeding his father Bolingbroke, did reign, "'thy father, Earl of Cambridge, then derived from famous Edmund Langley, Duke of York, "'marrying my sister, that thy mother was, again in pity of my hard distress, "'levied an army, weaning to redeem and have installed me in the diadem. "'But—'

as the rest so fell that noble earl and was beheaded thus the mortimers in whom the tide rested were suppressed of which my lord your honour is the last true and thou seest that i no issue have and that my fainting words do warrant death

thou art my heir the rest i wish thee gather but yet be wary in thy studious care thy grave admonishments prevail with me but yet methinks my father's execution was nothing less than bloody tyranny with silence nephew be thou politic strong fixd is the house of lancaster and like a mountain not to be removed

but now thy uncle is removing hence as princes do their courts when they are cloyed with long continuance in a settled place o uncle would some part of my young years might but redeem the passage of your age thou dost then wrong me as that slaughterer doth which giveth many wounds when one will kill

"'Mourn not, except thou sorrow for my good, only give order for my funeral.'

and so farewell and fair be all thy hopes and prosperous be thy life in peace and war dies and peace no war befal thy parting soul in prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage and like a hermit overpass'd thy days well i will lock his counsel in my breast and what i do imagine let that rest

Keepers, convey him hence, and I myself will see his burial better than his life. Exeunt, jailers, bearing out the body of Mortimer. Here dies the dusky torch of Mortimer, choked with ambition of the meaner sort, and for those wrongs, those bitter injuries, which Somerset hath offered to my house, I doubt not but with honour to redress.

and therefore haste I to the Parliament, either to be restored to my blood, or make my ill the advantage of my good. Exit. End of Act Two. Out here, there's no one way of doing things, no unwritten rules, and no shortage of adventure. Because out here, the only requirement is having fun.

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XIII.

warwick somerset and sophick the bishop of winchester richard plantagenet and others gloucester offers to put up a bill bishop of winchester snatches it and tears it comest thou with deep premeditated lines with written pamphlets studiously devised humphrey of gloucester

if thou canst accuse or ought intendest to lay unto my charge do it without invention suddenly as i with sudden and extemporal speech purpose to answer what thou canst object pre presumptuous priest this place commands my patience or thou shouldst find thou hast dishonoured me

Think not, although in writing I preferred the manner of thy vile outrageous crimes, that therefore I have forged, or am not able verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen. No, prelate, such is thy audacious wickedness, thy lewd, pestiferous, and dissentious pranks, as very infants prattle of thy pride.

Thou art a most pernicious usurer, Forward by nature, enemy to peace, Lascivious, wanton, more than well beseems A man of thy profession and degree; And for thy treachery, what's more manifest In that thou laid'st a trap to take my life, As well at London Bridge as at the Tower? Beside, I fear me, if thy thoughts were sifted, The King, thy sovereign, is not quite exempt

from envious malice of thy swelling heart. Gloucester, I do defy thee. Lords, vouchsafe to give me hearing what I shall reply. If I were covetous, ambitious, or perverse, as he will have me, how am I so poor? And howhaps it I seek not to advance or raise myself, but keep my wanted calling? And for dissension, who preferreth peace more than I do? Except I be provoked.

no my good lords it is not that offends it is not that that hath incensed the duke it is because no one should sway but he no one but he should be about the king and that engenders thunder in his breast and makes him roar these accusations forth

but he shall know i am as good as good thou bastard of my grandfather ay lordly sir for what are you i pray but one imperious in another's throne am i not protector saucy priest and am not i a prelate of the church yes as an outlaw in a castle keeps and useth it to patronite his theft

Unreverent Gloucester! Thou art reverent, touching thy spiritual function, not thy life. Rome shall remedy this. Rome thither then. My lord, it were your duty to forbear.

Me thinks his lordship should be humbler. It fitteth not a prelate so to plead. State holy or unhallowed, what of that? Is not his grace protector to the king?

Plantagenet, I see, must hold his tongue, Lest it be said, Speak, sir, when you should, Must your bold verdict enter talk with lords, Else would I have a fling at Winchester. UNCLE. Uncles of Gloucester and of Winchester, The special watchmen of our English wheel, I would prevail, if prayers might prevail, To join your hearts in love and amity.

"'Oh, what a scandal is it to our crown "'that two such noble peers as ye should jar! "'Believe me, lords, my tender years can tell "'civil dissension is a viprous worm "'that gnaws the bowels of the Commonwealth.' "'A noise within. Down with the tawnycoats!' "'What she mots this?' "'An uproar, I dare warrant, begun through malice of the bishop's men.' "'A noise again. Stones, stones! Enter mayor!'

Oh, my good lords and virtuous Henry, pity the city of London, pity us. The bishop and the duke of Gloucester's men, forbidden late to carry any weapon, have filled their pockets full of pebble-stones, and banding themselves in contrary parts, do pelt so fast at one another's pate that many have their giddy brains knocked out.

our windows are broke down in every street and we for fear compelled to shut our shops enter serving-men in skirmish with bloody pates we charge you on allegiance to ourself to hold your slaughtering hands and keep the peace

pray uncle gloster mitigate this strife glost nay if we be forbidden stones we'll fall to it with our teeth dina do what ye dare we are as resolute skirmish again you of my household leave this peevish broil and set this unaccustomed fight aside glost my lord we know your grace to be a man just and upright and for your royal birth inferior to none but to his majesty

and ere that we will suffer such a prince so kind a father of the commonweal to be disgraced by an ink-horn mate we and our wives and children all will fight and have our bodies slaughtered by thy foes ay and the very parings of our nails shall pitch a field when we are dead begin again stay stay i say and if you love me as you say you do let me persuade you to forbear awhile oh how this discord doth afflict my soul

can you my lord of winchester behold my sighs and tears and will not once relent who should be pitiful if you be not or who should study to prefer a peace if holy churchmen take delight in broils yield my lord protector yield winchester except you mean with obstinate repulse to slay your sovereign and destroy the realm

you see what mischief and what murder too hath been enacted through your enmity then be at peace except ye thirst for blood he shall submit or i will never yield compassion on the king commands me stoop or i would see his heart out ere the priest should ever get that privilege of me behold my lord of winchester the duke hath banished moody discontented fury as by his smooth brows it doth appear

Why look you still so stern and tragical? Here, Winchester, I offer thee my hand. Fie, Uncle Beaufort! I have heard you preach that malice was a great and grievous sin. And will you not maintain the thing you teach, but prove a chief offender in the same? Sweet king, the bishop hath a kindly gird. For shame, my lord of Winchester, relent!

what shall a child instruct you what to do well duke of gloucester i will yield to thee love for thy love and hand for hand i give aside ay but i faint me with a hollow heart see here my friends and loving countrymen this token serveth for a flag of truce betwixt ourselves and all our followers

so help me god as i dissemble not so help me god as i intend it not lady gawaine o loving uncle kind duke of gloucester how joyful am i made by this contract away my masters trouble us no more but join in friendship as your lords have done

I'll to the surgeons. And so will I. And I will see what physic the tavern affords. Exeunt, serving men, mayor, etc. Accept this scroll, most gracious sovereign, which in the right of Richard Plantagenet we do exhibit to your majesty. Well urged, my lord of Warwick. O sweet prince, and if your grace mark every circumstance, you have great reason to do Richard right.

"'Especially for those occasions at Eltham Place, I told your majesty.' "'And those occasions, uncle, were of force. Therefore, my loving lords—'

Our pleasure is that Richard be restored to his blood. Let Richard be restored to his blood, so shall his father's wrongs be recompensed. As will the rest, so willeth Winchester. If Richard will be true, not that alone, but all the whole inheritance I give, that doth belong unto the house of York, from whence you spring by lineal descent. Thy humble servant vows obedience and humble service till the point of death.

"'Stoop, then, and set your knee against my foot, "'and in regerdon of that duty done, "'I gird thee with the valiant sword of York.'

Rise, Richard, like a true Plantagenet, and rise, created princely Duke of York. And so thrive, Richard, as thy foes may fall, and as my duty springs, so perish they that grudge one thought against your majesty. Welcome, high prince, the mighty Duke of York.

aside perish base prince ignoble duke of york now will it best avail your majesty to cross the seas and to be crowned in france

the presence of a king engenders love amongst his subjects and his loyal friends as it disanimates his enemies when gloucester says the word king henry goes full friendly council cuts off many foes your ships already are in readiness senate flourish exeunt all but exeter nay we may march in england or in france not seeing what is likely to ensue

this late dissension grown betwixt the piers burns under faint ashid of forged love and will at last break out into a flame as festered members rot but by degree till bones and flesh and sinews fall away so will this base and envious discord

and now i fear that fatal prophecy which in the time of henry named the fifth was in the mouth of every sucking babe that henry born at monmouth should win all and henry born at windsor lose all which is so plain that exeter doth wish his days may finish ere that hapless time

scene two france before rouen enter jean la poussel disguised with four soldiers with sacks upon their backs these are the city gates the gates of rouen through which our policy must make a breach take heed be wary how you place your words talk like the vulgar sort of market men that come to gather money for their corn

if we have entrance as i hope we shall and that we find the slothful watch but weak i'll by a sign give notice to our friends that charles the dauphin may encounter them our sacks shall be a mean to sack the city and we be lords and rulers over ruin therefore we'll knock knocks within qui est la

poor market folks that come to sell their corn enter go in the market barely's round now rouen i'll shake their bulwarks to the ground enter charles the bastard of orleans alan sione rainier and forces sandony bless this happy stratagem and once again we sleep secure in rouen

Here entered Pucelle and her practicant. Now she is there, how will she specify where is the best and safest passage in? By thrusting out a torch from yonder tower, which once discerned shows that her meaning is, no way to that for weakness which she entered.

Enter Joan La Poussel on the top, thrusting out a torch burning. Exit.

See, noble child, the beacon of our friend, the burning torch in yonder turret stands. Now shine it like a comet of revenge, a prophet to the fall of all our foes. Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. Enter and cry, the dauphin presently, and then do execution on the watch. Alarm. Exeunt.

and alarum enter talbot in an excursion franz thou shalt rue this treason with thy tears if talbot but survive thy treachery

purcell that witch that damn'd sorceress hath wrought this hellish mischief unawares that hardly we escape the pride of france exit an alarum excursions bedford brought in sick in a chair enter talbot and burgundy without within

joan la pucelle charles bastard of orleans alan sione and rainier on the walls good morrow gallants won't ye come for bread i think the duke of burgundy will fast before he'll buy again at such a rate twas full of tarno do you like the taste

scoff on vile fiend and shameless courtesan i trust ere long to choke thee with thine own and make thee curse the harvest of that corn your grace may starve perhaps before that time oh let no words but deeds revenge this treason what will you do good graybeard break a lance and run a-tilt at death within a chair vile fiend of france and hag of all despite encompassed with thy lustful paramours

becomes it thee to taunt his valiant age and twit with cowardice a man half dead damsel i'll have about with thee again or else let talbot perish with the shame

are you so hot sir yet pucelle hold thy peace if talbot do but sunder rain will follow the english whispered together in council god speed the parliament who shall be the speaker dare he come forth and meet us in the field be like your lordship takes us then for fools to try if that our own be ours or no i speak not to that railing

but unto thee alenon and the rest will ye like soldiers come and fight it out signor no signor hang base muleteers of france like peasant foot-boys do they keep the walls and dare not take up arms like gentlemen away captains let's get us from the walls for talbot means no goodness by his looks

god be with you my lord we came but to tell you that we are here exeunt from the walls and there will we be too ere it be long or else reproach be tulbert's greatest fame thou burgundy by honour of thy house pricked on by public wrongs sustained in france either you get the town again

and i as sure as english henry lives and as his father here was conqueror as sure as in this late betrayd town great cur de lion's heart was buried so sure i swear to get the town my vows are equal partners with thy vows but ere we go regard this dying prince the valiant duke of bedford

Come, my lord, we will bestow in some better place, fit of a sickness and for a crazy age.

Lord Talbot, do not so dishonor me. Here will I sit before the walls of Rouen, and will be partner of your weal or woe. Courageous Bedford, let us now persuade you. Not to be gone from hence. For once I read that stout Pendragon and his litter sick came to the field and vanquished his foes. Methinks I should revive the soldiers' hearts, because I ever found them as myself. Undaunted spirit in a dying breath, then be it so.

heavens keep old bedford safe and now no more ado pray burgundy but gather we our forces out of hand and set upon our boasting enemy exeunt all but bedford and attendants and alarum excursions enter fastolf and a captain whither away sir john fastolf in such haste fastolf whither away to save myself by flight we are like to have the overthrow again

Will you fly and leave, Lord Talbot? Aye, all the Talbots in the world, to save my life. Exit. Cowardly knight, ill fortune follow thee. Exit. Retreat. Excursions.

Joan La Poussel, Alencion, and Charles fly. Now, quiet soul, depart when heaven please, For I have seen our enemies overthrow. What is the trust or strength of foolish men? They that of late were daring with their scoffs Are glad and fain by flight to save themselves. Bedford dies and is carried in by two in his chair, And Alarum re-enter Talbot, Burgundy, and the rest.

and recovered in a day again this is a double honour burgundy yet heavens have glory for this victory burgundy warlike and martial talbot burgundy enshrines thee in his heart and there erects thy noble deeds as valour's monuments thanks gentle duke but where is pucelle now i think her old familiar is asleep now where's the bastard's braves and charles his gleeks what all amour

rouen hangs her head for grief that such a valiant company are fled now we take some order in the town placing therein some expert officers and then depart to paris to the king for there young henry with his nobles what wills lord talbot pleaseth burgundy but yet before we go let's not forget the noble duke of bedford late deceased but see his exeguies fulfilled in rouen

a braver soldier never couched lance a gentler heart did never sway in court but kings and mightiest potentates must die for that's the end of human misery scene three the plains near rouen enter charles the bastard of orleans alan siong joan la poussel and forces dismay not princess at this accident nor grieve that rouen is so recovered

Care is no cure, but rather corrosive, for things that are not to be remedied.

let frantic talbot triumph for a while and like a peacock sweep along his tail will pull his plumes and take away his train if dauphin and the rest will be but ruled we have been guided by thee hitherto and of thy cunning had no diffidence one sudden foil shall never breed distrust

Search out thy wit for secret policies, and we will make thee famous through the world. We'll set thy statue in some holy place, and have thee reverenced like a blessed saint. Employ thee then, sweet virgin, for our good. Then thus it must be. This doth June devise.

by fair persuasions mixed with sugared words we will entice the duke of burgundy to leave the talbot and to follow us ay mary sweeting if we could do that france were no place for unraised warriors nor should that nation boast its soul with us but be extirp'd from our provinces

Forever should they be exposed from France and not have title of an earldom here. Your honours shall perceive how I will work to bring this matter to the wished end. Drum sounds afar off. Hark!

By the sound of drum you may perceive their powers are marching unto Paris ward. Hear sound an English march. Enter and pass over at a distance Talbot and his forces. There goes the Talbot with his colors spread and all the troops of English after him. French march. Enter Burgundy and forces. Now in the rear ward comes the Duke and his. Fortune in favor makes him lag behind.

summon a parley we will talk with him trumpet sound a parley a parley with the duke of burgundy who craves a parley with the burgundy the prince le charles of france thy countryman what sayest thou charles for i am marching hence speak pucella and enchant him with thy words brave burgundy undoubted hope of france

stay let thy humble handmaid speak to thee speak on but be not over tedious look on thy country look on fertile france and see the cities and the towns defaced by wasting ruin of the cruel foe

as looks the mother on her lowly babe when death doth close his tender tying eyes see see the pining melody of france behold the wounds the most unnatural wounds which thou thyself hast given her woful breast oh turn thy edged sword another way strike those that hurt and hurt not those that help

one drop of blood drawn from thy country's bosom should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gore return thee therefore with a flood of tears and wash away thy country's stained spots either she hath bewitched me with her words

or nature makes me suddenly relent besides all french and france exclaims on thee doubting thy birth and lawful progeny who jointest thou with but with a lordly nation that will not trust thee but for profit's sake when talbot hath set footing once in france and fashioned thee that instrument of ill who then but english henry will be lord and thou be thrust out like a fugitive

call we to mind and mark but this for proof was not the duke of orleans thy foe and was he not an england prisoner but when they heard he was thine enemy they set him free without his ransom paid in spite of burgundy and all his friends see then thou fightest against thy countrymen and jointest with them will be thy slaughter men

Come, return, return, thou wandering lord, Shall, and the rest, will take thee in their arms. I am vanquished. These haughty words of hers have butted me like roaring cannon-shot, And made me almost yield upon my knees. Forgive me, country, and sweet countrymen, and lords, Accept this hearty kind embrace. My forces and my power of men are yours.

so farewell talbot i'll no longer trust thee aside done like a frenchman turn and turn again welcome brave duke thy friendship makes us fresh

and doth beget new courage in our breasts. Pucelle hath bravely played her part in this, and doth deserve a coronet of gold. Now let us on, my lords, and join our powers, and seek how we may prejudice the foe. Exempt. Scene 4. Paris. The Palace.

Enter King Henry VI, Gloucester, Bishop of Winchester, York, Sulfik, Somerset, Warwick, Exeter, Vernon, Basset, and others, to them with his soldiers Talbot. My gracious prince and honorable peer, hearing of your arrival in this realm, I have a while given truce unto my war, to do my duty to my sovereign.

In sign whereof this arm that hath reclaimed your obedience fifty fortresses, twelve cities, and seven walled towns of strength, beside five hundred prisoners of esteem, lets fall his sword before your Highness' feet, and with submissive loyalty of heart ascribes the glory of his conquest got first to my God, and next

And to your grace. Is this the Lord Talbot, Uncle Gloucester, that hath so long been resident in France? Yes, if it please your majesty, my liege. Welcome, brave captain and victorious lord. When I was young, as yet I am not old, I do remember how my father said a stouter champion never handled sword. Long since we were resolved of your truth, your faithful service and your toil in war,

Yet never have you tasted our reward, or been regurdened with so much as thanks, because till now we never saw your face. Therefore stand up, and for these good desserts we here create you Earl of Shrewsbury, and in our coronation take your place. SENATE

Flourish, exalt all but Vernon and Basset. Now, sir, to you, that were so hot at sea, disgracing of these colours that I wear in honour of my noble Lord of York, darest thou maintain the former words thou spakest? Yes, sir, as well as you dare patronage the envious barking of your saucy tongue against my lord, the Duke of Somerset.

Sura, thy lord I honour as he is. Why, what is he? As good a man as York. Hark ye, not so. In witness, take ye that. Strikes him. Villain, thou knowest the law of arms is such that whoso draws a sword tis present death, or else this blow should broach thy dearest blood. But all under his majesty, and crave I may have liberty to venge this wrong.

When thou shalt see, I'll meet thee to thy cost. Well, miscreant, I'll be there as soon as you, and after, meet you sooner than you would. Exempt. End of Act 3.

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Act 4 of Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Act 4, Scene 1, Paris.

a hall of state enter king henry the sixth gloucester bishop of winchester york sulphic somerset warwick talbot exeter the governor of paris and others lord bishop set the crown upon his head god save king henry

of that name the sixth now governor of paris take your oath that you elect no other king but him esteem none friends but such that are his friends and none your foes but such as shall pretend malicious practices against his state this shall ye do

so help you righteous god enter festoff my gracious sovereign as i rode from calais to haste unto your coronation a letter was delivered to my hands writ to your grace from the duke of burgundy shame to the duke of burgundy and thee i vowed best knight when i did meet thee next to tear the garter from thy craven's leg

plucking it off which i have done because unworthily thou wast installed in that high degree pardon me princely henry and the rest this dastard at the battle of patay when by denial i was six thousand strong and that the french were almost ten to one before we met or that a stroke was given like to a trusty squire did run away

in which assault we lost twelve hundred men myself and divers gentlemen beside were there surprised and taken prisoners then judge great lords if i have done amiss

or whether that such cowards ought to wear this ornament of knighthood ye or no to say the truth this fact was infamous and ill-beseeming any common man much more a knight a captain and a leader when first this order was ordained my lords knights of the garter were of noble birth valiant and virtuous full of haughty courage

such as were grown decreed by the wars not fearing death nor shrinking for distress but always resolute in most extreme he then that is not furnished in this sort doth but usurp the sacred name of night

profaning this most honourable order and should if i were worthy to be judge be quite degraded like a hedge-bone swain that doth presume to boast of gentle blood

Stain to thy countrymen, thou hear'st thy doom. Be packing, therefore, thou that wast a knight. Henceforth we banish thee on pain of death. Exit for staff. And now, my lord protector, view the letter sent from our uncle, Duke of Burgundy. What means his grace that he hath changed his style? No more, but, plain and bluntly, to the king. Hath he forgot he is his sovereign?

Or doth this churlish superscription Pretend some alteration in good will? What's here? I have upon a special cause Moved with compassion of my country's wreck, Together with the pitiful complaints Of such as your oppression feeds upon, Forsaken your pernicious faction, And joined with Charles, the rightful King of France.

O monstrous treachery, can this be so, That in alliance, amity, and oath There should be found such false dissembling guile? What, doth my uncle Burgundy revolt? He doth, my lord, and has become your foe. Is that the worst this letter doth contain? It is the worst, and all, my lord, he writes. Why then, Lord Talbot there shall talk with him, And give him chastisement for this abuse. How say you, my lord, are you not content? Content, my liege.

Yes, but that I am prevented, I should have begged I might have been employed. Then gather strength and march unto him straight. Let him perceive how ill we brook his treason, and what offence it is to flout his friends. I go, my lord. In heart, desiring still, you may behold confusion of your foes. Exit.

Enter Vernon and Basset. Grant me the combat, gracious sovereign. And me, my lord, grant me the combat too. This is my servant. Hear him, noble prince. And this is mine, sweet Henry. Favor him. Be patient, lords, and give them leave to speak. Say, gentlemen, what makes you thus exclaim? And wherefore crave you combat, or with whom? With him, my lord, for he hath done me wrong. And I with him, for he hath done me wrong.

What is that wrong whereof you both complain? First let me know, and then I'll answer you. Crossing the sea from England into France, this fellow here, with envious carping tongue, upbraided me about the rose I wear, saying the sanguine colour of the leaves did represent my master's blushing cheeks, when stubbornly he did repugn the truth about a certain question in the law argued betwixt the Duke of York and him—

with other vile and ignominious terms in convutation of which rude reproach and in defence of my lord's worthiness i crave the benefit of law of arms lord and that is my petition noble lord for though he seen with forged quaint conceit to set a gloss upon his bold intent

yet no my lord i was provoked by him and he first took exceptions at this badge pronouncing that the paleness of this flower bewayed the faintness of my master's heart will not this malice somerset be left your private grudge my lord of york will out though near so cunningly you smother it

good lord what madness rules in brain-sick men when for so slight and frivolous a cause such factious emulations shall arise good cousins both of york and somerset quiet yourselves i pray and be at peace

let this dissension first be tried by fight and then your highness shall command a peace the quarrel toucheth none but us alone betwixt ourselves let us decide it then there is my pledge accept it somerset nay let it rest where it began at first assur confirm it so mine honourable lord

Confirm it so, confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious trape. Presumptuous vassals, are you not ashamed With this immodest clamorous outrage To trouble and disturb the king and us? And you, my lords, methinks you do not well To bear with their perverse objections, Much less to take occasion from their mouths To raise in meeting the Beatrix yourselves.

let me persuade you take a better course it grieves his highness good my lords be friends come hither you that would be combatants henceforth i charge you as you love our favour quite to forget this quarrel and the cause and you my lords remember where we are in france amongst a fickle wavering nation

if they perceive dissension in our looks and that within ourselves we disagree how will their grudging stomachs be provoked to wilful disobedience and rebel besides what infamy will there arise when foreign princes shall be certified that for a toy a thing of no regard king henry's peers and chief nobility destroyed themselves and lost the realm of france

O think upon the conquest of my father, My tender years, and let us not forgo that For a trifle that was bought with blood. Let me be umpire in this doubtful strife. I see no reason, if I wear this rose, That any one should therefore be suspicious I more incline to Somerset than York. Both are my kinsmen, and I love them both.

as well they may upbraid me with my crown because forsooth the king of scots is crown'd but your discretions better can persuade than i am able to instruct or teach

"'And therefore, as we hither came in peace, so let us still continue peace and love. "'Cousin of York, we institute your grace to be our regent in these parts of France, "'and, good my lord of Somerset, unite your troops of horsemen with his bands of foot, "'and, like true subjects, sons of your progenitors, "'go cheerfully together and digest your angry choler on your enemies.'

ourself my lord protector and the rest after some respite will return to calais from thence to england where i hope ere long to be presented by your victories with charles alenon and that traitorous rout

Exaunt all but York, Warwick, Exeter, and Vernon. My lord of York, I promise you the king prettily, methought, did play the orator. And so he did, but yet I like it not, in that he wears the badge of Somerset. Tush, that was but his fancy. Blame him not. I dare presume, sweet prince, he thought no harm. And if I wist he did, but let it rest. Other affairs must now be managed. Exaunt.

all but exeter well didst thou richard to suppress thy voice for had the passions of thy heart burst out i fear we should have seen deciphered there more rancorous spite more furious raging broils than yet can be imagined or supposed

But howsoe'er, no simple man that sees this jarring discord of nobility, this shouldering of each other in the court, this factious bandying of their favourites, but that it doth presage some ill event. Tis much when sceptres are in children's hands, but more when envy breeds unkind division. There comes the rain, there begins confusion. EXIT

scene two before bordeaux enter talbot with trump and drum go to the house of bordeaux trumpeter summon a general unto the wall trumpet sounds enter general and others aloft english john talbot captains calls you forth servant in arms to harry king of england and thus he would open your city gates

be humble to us call my sovereign yours and do him homage as obedient subjects and i'll withdraw me and my bloody power if you frown upon this prophet beast you tempt the fury of my three attendants lean famine quartering steel and climbing fire

who in a moment even with the earth shall lay your stately and air-braving toes if you forsake the offer of their love thou ominous and fearful owl of death our nation's terror and their bloody scourge the period of thy tyranny approacheth on us thou canst not enter but by death

for i protest we are well fortified and strong enough to issue out and fight if thou retire the dauphin well appointed stands with the snares of war to tangle thee

On either hand thee there are squadrons pitched, to wall thee from the liberty of flight. And no way canst thou turn thee for redress, but death doth front thee with apparent spoil, and pale destruction meets thee in the face. Ten thousand French have ta'en the sacrament to rive their dangerous artillery upon no Christian soul but English Talbot.

lo there thou stand'st a breathing valiant man of an invincible unconquered spirit this is the latest glory of thy praise that i thy enemy do thee withal

For ere the glass that now begins to run Finish the process of his sandy hour, These eyes that see thee now well coloured Shall see thee withered, bloody, pale, and dead. Drum afar off. Hark! Hark! The dauphin's drum, a warning bell, Sings heavy music to thy timorous soul, And mine shall ring thy dire departure out. Exeunt, General, etc. Evabled not.

i hear the enemy out some light horsemen and peruse their wings oh negligent and heedless discipline how are we packed and bounded in a pail a little herd of england's timorous deer mazed with the yelping kettle of french curse

if we be english dear be then in blood not rascal like to fall down with a pinch but rather moody mad and desperate stags turn on the bloody hounds with heads of steel and make the cowards stand aloof at bay sell every man his life as dear as mine and they shall find dear dear of us my friends god and st george talbot and england's right

prosper our colors in this dangerous fight. Exeunt. Scene 3. Planes in Gascony. Enter a messenger that meets York.

Enter York, with trumpet and many soldiers. Are not the speedy scouts returned again, that dogged the mighty army of the Dauphin? They are returned, my lord, and give it out that he has marched to Bordeaux with his power, to fight with Talbot. As he marched along, by Euryspiles were discovered two mightier troops than that the Dauphin led, which joined with him and made their march for Bordeaux. A plunderer!

plague upon that villain somerset that thus delays my promised supply of horsemen that were levied for this siege renowned talbot doth expect my aid and i am louted by a traitor villain and cannot help the noble chevalier

God comfort him in this necessity. If he miscarry, farewell wars in France. Enter Sir William Lucy. Thou princely leader of our English strength, never so needful on the earth of France, spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot, who now is girdled with a waist of iron and hemmed about with grim destruction. To Bordeaux, warlike duke! To Bordeaux, York! Else, farewell Talbot, France, and England's honour.

Oh,

O send some succour to the distressed lord. He dies, we lose, I break my warlike word, We mourn, France smiles, we lose, they daily get, All long of this vile traitor Somerset. Then God take mercy on brave Talbot's soul, And on his son young John, who two hours since I met in travel toward his warlike father.

this seven years did not talbot see his son and now they meet where both their lives are done alas what joy shall noble talbot have to bid his young son welcome to the grave away vexation almost stops my breath that sundered friends greet in the hour of death

lucy farewell no more my fortune can but curse the cause i cannot aid the man main blois poictiers and tours are one away long all of somerset and his delay exit

With his soldiers. Thus, while the vulture of sedition feeds in the bosom of such great commanders, sleeping Neglection doth betray to loss the conquest of our scarce cold conqueror, that ever-living man of memory, Henry V, whilst they each other cross, lives, honours, lands, and all hurry to loss. Exit. Scene 4. Other planes in Gascony.

enter somerset with his army a captain of talbot's with him it is too late i cannot send them now this expedition was by york and talbot too rashly plotted all our general force might with a sally of the very town be buckled with the over-daring talbot hath sullied all his gloss of former honour by this unheedful desperate wild adventure york set him on to fight and die in shame

that tall but dead great york might bear the name here is sir william lucy who with me set from our o'ermatched forces forth for aid enter sir william lucy how now sir william whither were you sent

whither my lord from bought and sold lord talbot who ringed about with bold adversity cries out for noble york and somerset to beat a sailing death from his weak legions and whiles the honourable captain there drops bloody sweat from his war-wearied limbs and in advantage lingering looks for rescue you his false hopes the trust of england's honour keep off aloof with worthless emulation

Let not your private discord keep away the levied suckers that should lend him aid, while he, renowned noble gentleman, yields up his life unto a world of odds. Orleans the bastard, Charles Burgundy, Alencon Rainier, compass him about, and

and talbot perisheth by your default york said amon york should have sent him aid and york as fast upon your grace exclaims swearing that you withhold his levied host collected for this expedition york lies he might have sent and had the horse i owe him little duty and less love and take foul scorn to fawn on him by sending the fraud of england not the force of france hath now entrapt the noble-minded talbot

never to england shall he bear his life but dies betray'd to fortune by your strife come go i will dispatch the horsemen straight within six hours they will be at his aid too late comes rescue he is ta'en or slain for fly he could not if he would have fled and fly would talbot never though he might if he be dead brave talbot then adieu his fame lives in the world his shame in you

scene v the english camp near bordeaux enter talbot and john his son o young john talbot i did send for thee to tutor thee in stardoms of war that talbot's name might be in thee revived when sapless age and weak and stable limbs should bring thy father to his drooping chair but o malignant and ill-boding stars

now thou art come unto a feast of death a terrible and unavoidable danger therefore dear boy mount on my swiftest horse and i'll direct thee how thou shalt escape by sudden flight come dally not begone is my name talbot and am i your son and shall i fly oh if you love my mother dishonour not her honourable name

To make a bastard and a slave of me. The world will say, He is not Talbot's blood, That basely fled when noble Talbot stood. Fly, to revenge my death, if I be slain. He that flies so will ne'er return again. If we both stay, we both are sure to die. Then let me stay, and father, do you fly? Your loss is great, so your regard should be.

my worth unknown no loss is known in me upon my death the french can little boast in yours they will in you all hopes are lost flight cannot stain the honour you have won but mine it will that no exploit have done you fled for vantage every one will swear but if i bow they'll say it was for fear there is no hope that ever i will stay

if the first hour i shrink and run away here on my knee i beg mortality rather than life preserved with infamy phaedrus shall all thy mother's hopes lie in one tomb

Rather than I'll shame my mother's womb. Upon my blessing, I command thee, go. To fight I will, but not to fly the foe. Part of thy father may be saved in thee. No part of him, but will be shame in me. And if I hadst renown, nor canst not lose it. Yes, your renowned name. Shall flight abuse it? My father's charge shall clear thee from that stain. You cannot witness for me being slain.

if death be so apparent then both fly and leave my followers here to fight and die my age was never tainted with such shame and shall my youth be guilty of such blame no more can i be servant from your side than can yourself yourself entwine divide stay go do what you will the like do i for live i will not if my father die then here i take my leave of thee fair son

born to eclipse thy life this afternoon come side by side together live and die and soul with soul from france to heaven fly scene six a field of battle alarum excursions wherein john talbot is hemmed about and talbot rescues him saint george in victory fight soldiers fight

the regent hath with talbot broke his word and left us to the rage of france his sword where is john talbot pause and take thy breath i gave thee life and rescued thee from death o twice my father twice am i thy son the life thou gavest me first was lost and done till with thy warlike sword despite of late

to my determined time thou gav'st new date when from the dauphin's crest thy sword struck fire it warmed thy father's heart with proud desire of bold-faced victory then led in age quickened with youthful spleen and warlike rage beat down alenon oléon burgundy and from the pride of gallia rescued thee

the ireful bastard orleon that drew blood from thee my boy and had the maidenhood of thy first fight i soon encountered and into changing blows i quickly shed some of his bastard blood and in disgrace bespoke him thus

contaminated base and misbegotten blood i spill of thine mean and right poor for that pure blood of mine which thou didst force from talbot my brave boy here purposing the bastard to destroy came in strong rescue speak thy father's care art thou not weary john how dost thou fare

wilt thou yet leave the battle boy and fly now thou art sealed the son of chivalry fly to revenge my death when i am dead the help of one stands me in little stead too much folly is it well i wot to hazard all our lives in one small boat if i to-day die not with frenchmen's rage to-morrow i shall die with mickle age

by me they nothing gain and if i stay tis but the shortening of my life one day in thee thy mother dies our household's name my death's revenge thy youth and england's fame all these and more we hazard by thy stay all these are saved if thou wilt fly away the sword of orleans hath not made me smart these words of yours draw life-blood from my heart

on that advantage bought with such a shame to save a paltry life and slay bright fame before young talbot from old talbot fly the coward horse that bears me fail and die and like me to the peasant boys of france to be shamed scorn and subject of mischance

surely by all the glory you have won and if i fly i am not talbot's son then talk no more of flight it is no boot if santa talbot die at talbot's foot then follow thou thy desperate sire of crete thou icarus thy life to me is sweet if thou wilt fight fight by thy father's side

commendable proved, let's die in pride. Exant. Scene 7. Another part of the field. Alarum. Excursions. Enter Talbot, led by a servant. Where is my other life? Mine own is gone. Where's young Talbot? Where is valiant John? Triumphant death, smeared with captivity, young Talbot's valour makes me smile at thee.

when he perceived me shrieking on my knee his bloody sword he brandished over me and like an angry lion did commence a ruffage of rage and stern impatience but when my angry guardian stood alone tendering my ruin and assailed of none dizzy-eyed fury and great rage of heart suddenly made him from my side to start into the clustering battle of the french

And in that sea of blood my boy did drench his over-mounting spirit, and there died.

my icarus my blossom in his pride icarus o my dear lord lo where your son is born enter soldiers with the body of john talbot thou antic death which laugh'st us here to scorn anon from thy insulting tyranny coupled in bonds of perpetuity

two talbots winged through the lithe sky in thy despite shall scape mortality o thou whose wounds become hard-favoured death speak thy father ere thou yield thy breath brave death by speaking whether he will or no imagine him a frenchman and thy foe poor boy

he smiles methinks as who should say had death been french then death had died to-day come come and lay him in his father's arms my spirit can no longer bear these harms soldiers adieu what i would have now my old arms are young john talbot's grave dies

enter charles alan sion burgundy bastard of orleans joan la pucelle and forces had york and somerset brought a rescue in we should have found a bloody day of this how the young whelp of talbot's raging wood did flesh his puny sword in frenchman's blood once i encountered him and thus i said though maiden youth be vanquished by a maid

but with a proud majestical high scorn he answered thus young talbot was not born to be the pillage of a giglot wench so rushing in the bowels of the french he left me proudly as unworthy fight doubtless he would have made a noble knight

see where he lies inerst in the arms of the most bloody nurser of his harms hugh them to pieces hack their bones asunder whose life was england's glory gallia's wonder oh no forbear for that which we have fled during the life let us not wrong it dead enter sir william lucy attended

Herald of the French, preceding. Herald, conduct me to the Dauphine's tent, to know who hath obtained the glory of the day. On what submissive message art thou sent? Submission, Dauphine, tis a mere French word. We English warriors wot not what it means. I come to know what prisoners thou hast ta'en, and to survey the bodies of the dead. For prisoners, askest thou? Hell our prison is!

But tell me whom thou seekest. But where's the great Alcides of the field, valiant Lord Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, created for his rare success in arms, great Earl of Washford, Waterford and Valence, Lord Talbot of Goodrigg and Urchandfield, Lord Strange of Blackmere, Lord Verdon of Alton, Lord Cromwell of Wingfield, Lord Furnival of Sheffield,

the thrice-victorious Lord of Falconbridge, Knight of the noble Order of St. George, worthy St. Michael and the Golden Fleece, Great Marshal to Henry VI of all his wars within the realm of France. Here is a silly stately style indeed. The Turk that two and fifty kingdoms hath writes not so tedious a style as this. Him that though magnified with all these titles, stinking and fly-blown, lies here at our feet.

I think this upstart is old Talbot's ghost.

He speaks with such a proud, commanding spirit. For God's sake, let him have him.

To keep them here they would but stink, And putrify the air. Go, take their bodies hence. I'll bear them hence, but from their ashes shall be reared A phoenix that shall make all France afeard. So we be a read of them, do with them what thou wilt. And now to Paris, in this conquering vein All will be ours, now bloody Talbot's lane. Exemple. End of Act 4.

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Act 5 of Henry VI Part 1 by William Shakespeare. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org.

Act V, Scene I. London. The Palace. Senate. Enter King Henry VI, Gloucester, and Exeter. Have you perused the letters from the Pope, the Emperor, and the Earl of Armagnac? I have, my lord, and their intent is this.

They humbly sue unto your excellence, To have a godly peace, concluded of, Between the realms of England and of France. How doth your grace affect their motion? Well, my good lord, and as the only means To stop effusion of our Christian bread, And stablish quietness on every side. Ay, merry uncle!

for i always thought it was both impious and unnatural that such a manity and bloody strife should reign among professors of one faith professor besides my lord the sooner to effect and sure abine this knot of amity

the earl of armagnac near knit to charles a man of great authority in france proffers his only daughter to your grace in marriage with a large and sumptuous dowry mar marriage uncle alas my years are young and fitter is my study and my books than wanton dalliance with the paramour

yet call the ambassador and as you please so let them have their answers every one i shall be well content with any choice tends to god's glory and my country's weal enter cardinal of winchester in cardinal's habit a legate and two ambassadors what is my lord of winchester installed and called unto a cardinal's degree

then i perceive that will be verified henry v did some time prophecy if once he come to be a cardinal he'll make his cap co-equal with the crown my lord's ambassadors your several suits have been considered and debated on and therefore are we certainly resolved to draw conditions of a friendly peace

Which by my lord of Winchester we mean shall be transported presently to France. And for the proffer of my lord your master, I have informed his highness so at large, As liking of the lady's virtuous gifts, her beauty, and the value of her dower, He doth intend she shall be England's queen. In argument and proof of which contract, bear her this jewel, pledge of my affection,

and so my lord protector see them guarded and safely brought to dover wherein shipped commit them to the fortune of the sea exalt all but cardinal of winchester and legate stay my lord legate you shall first receive the sum of money which i promised should be delivered to his holiness for clothing me in these grave ornaments i will attend upon your lordship's leisure

Now Winchester will not submit, I trow, or be inferior to the proudest peer. Humphrey of Gloucester, thou shalt well perceive that neither in birth or for authority the bishop will be overborne by thee. I'll either make thee stoop and bend thy knee, or sack this country with a mutiny. Exemple. Scene 2. France. Plains in Anjou.

Enter Charles, Burgundy, Alencion, Bastard of Orleans, Rainier, Joan La Pucelle, and forces. This news, my lord, may cheer our drooping spirits. 'Tis said the stout Parisians do revolt and turn again unto the warlike French. Then march to Paris, royal Charles of France, and keep not back your powers and dalliance. Peace be amongst them if they turn to us.

Else ruin combat with their palaces. Enter Scout. Success unto our valiant general, and happiness to his accomplices. What tidings send our scout? I pray thee, speak. The English army that divided was into two parties is now conjoined in one, and means to give you battle presently. Somewhat too sudden, sirs, the warning is.

but we will presently provide for them. I trust the ghost of Talbot is not there. Now he is gone, my lord, you need not fear. Of all base passions, fear is most accursed. Command the conquest, Charles, it shall be thine. Let Henry fret, and all the world repine. Then on, my lords, and France be fortunate. Exemple. Scene 3. Before Angiers. Alarum.

Excursions Enter Joan La Pucelle The Regent Congress and the Frenchman Fly

Now help, ye charming spells and periapts, and ye joy-spirits that admonish me and give me signs of future accidents. Thunder You speedy helpers that are substitutes under the lordly monarch of the north appear and aid me in this enterprise. Enter fiends These speedy and quick appearance argues proof of your accustomed diligence to me.

now ye familiar spirits that are curled out of the powerful regions under earth help me this once that friends may get the field they walk and speak not oh hold me not with silence overlong where i was wont to feed you with my blood i lop a member of and give it you in earnest of further benefit so you do condescend to help me now they hang their heads no hope to have redress

my body shall pay recompense if you will grant my suit they shake their heads cannot my body nor blood sacrifice and treat you to your wonted furtherance then take my soul my body soul and all before that england give the french the foil they depart see they forsake me

now the time is come that france must veil her lofty plumed crest and let her head fall into england's slap my ancient incantations are too weak and held too strong for me to buckle with now france thy glory drippeth to the dust exit excursions re-enter joan la pucelle fighting hand to hand with york

Joan La Poussel is taken. The French fly. Damsel of France, I think I have you fast. Unchain your spirits now with spelling charms, and try if they can gain your liberty. A goodly prize, fit for the devil's grace. See how the ugly wench doth bend her brows, as if with Circe she would change my shape. Changed to a worse shape thou canst not be. Oh, Charles the Dauphin is a proper man.

no shape but his can please your dainty eye. A plaguing mischief light on Charles and thee, and may you both be suddenly surprised by bloody hands in sleeping on your beds. Fel-banning hag, enchantress, hold thy tongue! I pry thee, give me leave to curse awhile. Curse, miscreant, when thou com'st to the stake. Exeunt!

alarum enter suffolk with margaret in his hand be what thou wilt thou art my prisoner gazes on her o fairest beauty do not fear nor fly for i will touch thee but with reverent hands i kiss these fingers for eternal peace and lay them gently on thy tender side

Who art thou? Say that I may honour thee. Margaret, my name, and daughter to a king, the king of Naples, whoso'er thou art. An earl I am, and Suffolk am I called. Be not offended, nature's miracle, thou art allotted to be tamed by me, so doth the swan her downy signet save, keeping them prisoner underneath her wings.

yet if this servile usage once offend go and be free again as suffolk's friend she is going oh stay i have no power to let her pass my hand would free her but my heart says no as plays the sun upon the glassy streams twinkling another counterfeited beam so seems this gorgeous beauty to mine eyes fain would i woo her yet i dare not speak

i'll call for pen and ink and write my mind fie de la pole disable not thyself hath not a tongue is she not here would thou be daunted by a woman's sight ay beauty's princely majesty as such confounds the tongue and makes the senses rough

Say, Earl of Suffolk, if thy name be so, what ransom must I pay before I pass, for I perceive I am thy prisoner? How canst thou tell she will deny thy suit, before thou make a trial of her love? Why speak'st thou not, what ransom must I pay? She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed?

She is a woman, therefore to be won. Will't thou accept of ransom, yea or no? Fond man, remember that thou hast a wife; then how can Margaret be thy paramour? I were best to leave him, for he will not hear. There all is marred, there lies a cooling card. He talks at random, sure the man is mad. And yet a dispensation may be had.

and yet i would that you would answer me. I'll win this lady Margaret. For whom? Why, for my king. Tush, that's a wooden thing. He talks of wood. It is some carpenter. Yet so my fancy may be satisfied, and peace established in between these realms. But there remains a scruple in that too, for though her father be the king of Naples, duke of Anjou and Maine, yet he is poor, and our nobility will scorn the match.

hear ye captain are you not at leisure captain it shall be so disdain they ne'er so much henry is youthful and will quickly yield madam i have a secret to reveal lady valsse what though i be enthralled he seems a knight and will not any way dishonour me captain lady valsse to listen what i say lady valsse perhaps i shall be rescued by the french and then i need not crave his courtesy

Sweet madam, give me a hearing in a cause. Tush, women have been captivate ere now. Lady, wherefore talk you so?

I cry you mercy, 'tis but quid for quo. Say, gentle princess, would you not suppose your bondage happy to be made a queen? To be a queen in bondage is more vile than as a slave in base servility, for princes should be free. And so shall you, if happy England's royal king be free. Why, what concerns his freedom unto me?

i'll undertake to make thee henry's queen and put a golden sceptre in thy hand and set a precious crown upon thy head if thou wilt condescend to be my what his love i am unworthy to be henry's wife no gentle madam i unworthy am to woo so fair a dame to be his wife and have no portion in the choice myself how say you madam

are ye so content and if my father please i am content then call our captains and our colors forth and madam at your father's castle walls we'll crave a parley to confer with him a parley sounded enter rainier on the walls see rainier see thy daughter prisoner to whom to me suffolk what remedy i'm a soldier and unapt to weep or to exclaim on fortune's fickleness

yes there is remedy enough my lord consent and for thy honour give consent thy daughter shall be wedded to my king whom i with pain have wooed and won thereto

and this her easy-held imprisonment hath gained thy daughter princely liberty. Speak Suffolk as ye thinks. Fair Margaret knows that Suffolk doth not flatter, face, or feign. Upon thy princely warrant I descend to give the answer of thy just demand. Exit from the walls. And here I would expect thy coming. Try.

trumpet sound enter rainier below welcome brave earl into our territories commanding anjou what your honor pleases thanks rainier happy for so sweet a child fit to be made companion with the king what answer makes your grace unto my suit

Since thou dost deign to woo her little worth, to be the princely bride of such a lord, upon condition I may quietly enjoy mine own, the country Maine and Anjou, free from oppression or the stroke of war, my daughter shall be Henry's if he please. That is her ransom. I deliver her.

and those two counties i will undertake your grace shall well and quietly enjoy and i again in henry's royal name as deputy unto that gracious king give thee her hand for sign of plighted faith regnier of france i give thee kingly thanks because this is in traffic of a king aside and yet methinks i could be well content to be mine own attorney in this case

i'll over then to england with this news and make this marriage to be solemnized so farewell reynier set this diamond safe in golden palaces as it becomes i do embrace thee as i would embrace the christian prince king henry were he here farewell my lord good wishes praise and prayers shall suffolk ever have of margaret going farewell sweet madam

But hark you, Margaret, no princely commendations to my king. Such commendations as becomes a maid, a virgin, and his servant. Say to him. Words sweetly placed and modestly directed. But, madam, I must trouble you again. No loving token to his majesty? Yes, my good lord, a pure unspotted heart. Never yet taint with love I send the king. And this withal.

kisses her that for thyself i will not so presume to send such peevish tokens to a king exxonth rainier and margaret oh wert thou for myself but suffolk stay thou mayst not wander in that labyrinth

there minotaurs and ugly treasons lurk solicit henry with her wondrous praise bethink thee on her virtues that surmount and natural graces that extinguish art repeat their semblance often on the seas that when thou com'st to kneel at henry's feet thou mayst bereave him of his wits with wonder exit scene four camp of the york in anjou

Enter York, Warwick, and others. Bring forth that sorceress condemned to burn. Enter Joan La Poussel, guarded, and a shepherd. Ah, Joan, this kills thy father's heart outright. Have I sought every country far and near? And now it is my chance to find thee out. Must I behold thy timeless cruel death? Ah, Joan.

sweet daughter joan i'll die with thee decrepit misere base ignoble wretch i am descended of a gentler blood thou art no father nor no friend of mine hout hout my lords and please you tis not so i did bigot her all the parish knows

her mother liveth yet can testify she was the first fruit of my bachelorship graceless wilt thou deny thy parentage this argues what her kind of life hath been wicked and vile and so her death concludes fie john that thou wilt be the obstacle god knows an arctic colop of my flesh and for thy sake i have shed many a tear

deny me note i pray thee gentle joanne peasant i won't you have stooped on this man of purpose to obscure my noble birth tis true i gave a novel to the praeces and mourned that i was wedded to her mother kneel down and take my blessing with my girl will you not stoop now couldst be the time of thy nativity

i rolled the milk thy mother gave thee when to suck'st her breast had been a little rat's bane for thy sake or else when to dist keep my lambs filled i wish some ravenous wolf had hidden thee doth zeudene thy father curse the drab

oh burn hair burn air hanging is too good exit take her away for she hath lived too long to fill the world with vicious qualities first let me tell you whom you have condemned

not me begotten of a shepherd's wain but issued from the progeny of kings virtuous and holy chosen from above by inspiration of celestial grace to work exceeding miracles on earth

i never had to do with wicked spirits but you that are polluted with your lusts stained with the guiltless blood of innocence corrupt and tainted with a thousand vices because you want the grace that others have you judge it straight a thing impossible to compass wonders but by help of devils no misconceived

Joan of Arc hath been a virgin from her tender infancy, chaste and immaculate in very thought.

whose maiden blood thus rigorously effused will cry for vengeance at the gates of heaven ay ay away with her to execution and hark ye sirs because she is a maid spare for no faggots let there be a now place barrels of pitch upon the fatal stake that so her torture may be shortened will nothing turn your unrelenting hearts then joan discover thine infirmity

that warranteth by law to be thy privilege i am with child ye bloody homicides murder not then the fruit within my womb although ye hale me to a violent death now heaven forfend the holy maid with child the greatest miracle that e'er ye wrought

is all your strict preciseness come to this she and the dauphin have been juggling i did imagine what would be her refuge well go to we'll have no bastards live especially since charles must father it you are deceived my child is none of his

it was alençon that enjoyed my love alençon that notorious machiavel it dies and if it had a thousand lives oh give me leave i have deluded you twas neither charles nor yet the duke i named but regnier king of naples that prevailed a married man that's most intolerable why here's a girl

i think she knows not well there were so many whom she may accuse it's sign she hath been liberal and free and yet forsooth she is a virgin pure strumpet thy words condemn thy brat and thee use no entreaty for it is in vain then lead me hence with whom i leave my curse

may never glorious sun reflects his beams upon the country where you make abode but darkness and the gloomy shade of death environ you till mischief and despair drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves exit guarded break thou in pieces and consume to ashes thou foul accursed minister of hell enter cardinal of winchester attended

lord regent i do greet your excellence with letters of commission from the king for know my lords the states of christendom moved with remorse of these outrageous broils have earnestly implored a general peace betwixt our nation and the aspiring french

and here at hand the dauphin and his train approach us to confer about some matter is all our travail turned to this effect after the slaughter of so many peers so many captains gentlemen and soldiers that in this quarrel have been overthrown and sold their bodies for their country's benefit

Shall we at last conclude effeminate peace? Have we not lost most part of all the towns? By treason, falsehood, and by treachery, our great progenitors had conquered. O Warwick, Warwick, I foresee with grief the utter loss of all the realm of France.

be patient york if we conclude a peace it shall be with such strict and severe covenants as little shall the frenchmen gain thereby enter charles alencion bastard of orleans rainier and others since lords of england it is thus agreed that peaceful truce shall be proclaimed in france

We come to be informed by yourselves what the conditions of that league must be. Charles. Speak, Winchester, for boiling choler chokes the hollow passage of my poisoned voice by sight of these our baleful enemies. Charles. Charles, and the rest, it is enacted thus.

that in regard king henry gives consent of mere compassion and of lenity to ease your country of distressful war and suffer you to breathe in fruitful peace you shall become true liegemen to his crown

and shals upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute submit thyself thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him and still enjoy thy regal dignity must he be then as shadow of himself adorn his temples with a coronet and yet in substance and authority retain but privilege of a private man

This proffer is absurd and reasonless. 'Tis known already that I am possessed with more than half the Dallian territories, and therein reverenced for their lawful king. Shall I, for lucre of the rest unvanquished, detract so much from that prerogative as to be called but the Viceroy of the whole?

No, lord ambassador, I'd rather keep that which I have than, coveting for more, be cast from possibility of all. Insulting Charles! Hast thou by secret means used intercession to obtain a league? And, now the matter grows to compromise, stand'st thou aloof upon comparison?

either accept the title thou usurp'st of benefit proceeding from our king and not of any challenge of desert or we will plague thee with incessant wars my lord you do not well in obstinacy to cavil in the course of this contract

if once it be neglected then to one we shall not find like opportunity adolph to say the truth it is your policy to save your subjects from such massacre and ruthless slaughters as are daily seen by our proceeding in hostility

and therefore take this compact of a truce although you break it when your pleasure serves charles how sayest thou charles shall our condition stand charles it shall only reserved you claim no interest in any of our towns of garrison then swear allegiance to his majesty as thou art knight never to disobey nor be rebellious to the crown of england thou nor thy nobles to the crown of england

so now dismiss your army when ye please hang up your ensign let your drums be still for here we entertain a solemn peace scene five london the palace enter sulphic in conference with king henry the sixth

"'Gloucester and Exeter, your wondrous rare description, noble earl, of beauteous Margaret hath astonished me. Her virtues graced with external gifts do breed love's settled passions in my heart, and like as rigor of tempestuous gusts provokes the mightiest hulk against the tide, so am I driven by breath of her renown, either to suffer shipwreck, or arrive where I may have fruition of her love.'

"'Tush, my good lord, this superficial tale is but a preface of her worthy praise. The chief perfections of that lovely dame, had I sufficient skill to utter them, would make a volume of enticing lines, able to ravage any dull conceit. And which is more, she is not so divine, so full replete with choices of all delights, but, with their humble lowliness of mind, she is content to be at your command.'

command i mean a virtuous chace intense to love and honour henry as her lord and otherwise will henry ne'er presume therefore my lord protector give consent that margaret may be england's royal queen so shall i give consent to flatter sin you know my lord your highness is betrothed and to another lady of esteem

How shall we then dispense with that contract, and not to face your honour with reproach? As doth a ruler with unlawful oaths, one that at a triumph of having vowed to try his strength forsaketh yet the list by reason of his adversary's odds. A poor earl's daughter is unequal odds, and therefore may be broke without offence. Why, what, I praise Margaret more than that.

Her father is no better than an earl, although in glorious titles he excel. Yes, Lord. Her father is a king, the king of Naples and Jerusalem, and of such great authority in France as his alliance will confirm our peace and keep the Frenchmen in allegiance.

And so the Earl of Armagnac may do, because he is near kinsman unto Charles. Beside, his wealth doth warrant a liberal dower, where Rainier sooner will receive than give. A dower, my lords? Disgrace not so your king, that he should be so abject, base and poor, to choose for wealth and not for perfect love. Henry is able to enrich his queen, and not seek a queen to make him rich.

so worthless peasants bargain for their wives as market men for oxen sheep or horse marriage is a matter of more worth than to be dealt with by attorneyship not whom we will but whom his grace affects must be companion of his nuptial bed therefore lord since he affects her most it most of all these reasons bindeth us in our opinion she should be preferred

for what is wedlock forcd but a hell an age of discourse and continual strife whereas the contrary brings bliss and is a pattern of celestial peace whom should be match with henry being a king but margaret that is daughter to a king her peerless feature joined with her birth approves her fit for none but for a king

Her valiant courage and undaunted spirit, more than in women commonly is seen, will answer our hope in issue of a king. For Henry, son unto a conqueror, is likely to beget more conquerors, if with a lady of so high resolve as his fair Margaret he be linked in love. Then yield, my lords, and here conclude with me that Margaret shall be queen, and none but she.

whether it be through force of your report my noble lord of suffolk or for that my tender youth was never yet attained with any passion of inflaming love i cannot tell but this i am assured i feel such sharp dissension in my breast such fierce alarums both of hope and fear as i am sick with working of my thoughts take therefore shipping

"'Post, my lord, to France. Agree to any covenants, and procure that Lady Margaret do vouchsafe to come, to cross the seas to England, and be crowned King Henry's faithful and anointed queen. For your expenses and sufficient charge, among the people gather up a tenth. Be gone, I say, for till you do return I rest perplexed with a thousand cares.'

and you good uncle banish all offence if you do censure me by what you were not what you are i know it will excuse this sudden execution of my will and so conduct me where from company i may revolve and ruminate my grief exit i grief i fear me

both at first and last exalt gloucester an exeter thus suffolk hath prevailed and thus he goes as did the youthful parish once to greece with hope to find the like event in love but prosper better than the trojan did margaret shall now be queen and rule the king but i will rule both her the king and realm exit end of act v

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