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Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
39 |
The queen this day here holds her parliament,
But little thinks we shall be of her council:
By words or blows here let us win our right.
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Henry VI, Part III
[II, 1] |
Messenger |
677 |
Environed he was with many foes,
And stood against them, as the hope of Troy
Against the Greeks that would have enter'd Troy.
But Hercules himself must yield to odds;
And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.
By many hands your father was subdued;
But only slaughter'd by the ireful arm
Of unrelenting Clifford and the queen,
Who crown'd the gracious duke in high despite,
Laugh'd in his face; and when with grief he wept,
The ruthless queen gave him to dry his cheeks
A napkin steeped in the harmless blood
Of sweet young Rutland, by rough Clifford slain:
And after many scorns, many foul taunts,
They took his head, and on the gates of York
They set the same; and there it doth remain,
The saddest spectacle that e'er I view'd.
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3 |
Henry VI, Part III
[II, 3] |
Earl of Warwick |
1026 |
Forspent with toil, as runners with a race,
I lay me down a little while to breathe;
For strokes received, and many blows repaid,
Have robb'd my strong-knit sinews of their strength,
And spite of spite needs must I rest awhile.
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Henry VI, Part III
[III, 1] |
First Keeper |
1394 |
Forbear awhile; we'll hear a little more.
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5 |
Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 1] |
King Edward IV (Plantagenet) |
2077 |
I blame not her, she could say little less;
She had the wrong. But what said Henry's queen?
For I have heard that she was there in place.
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6 |
Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 8] |
George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence) |
2528 |
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
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7 |
Henry VI, Part III
[V, 3] |
George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence) |
2787 |
A little gale will soon disperse that cloud
And blow it to the source from whence it came:
The very beams will dry those vapours up,
For every cloud engenders not a storm.
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8 |
Henry VI, Part III
[V, 6] |
Henry VI |
2996 |
Ay, my good lord:—my lord, I should say rather;
'Tis sin to flatter; 'good' was little better:
'Good Gloucester' and 'good devil' were alike,
And both preposterous; therefore, not 'good lord.'
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