Chapter XVIII: Act V: SCENE I. Coventry (1)

_Enter_ WARWICK, _the_ Mayor of Coventry, _two_ Messengers, _and others upon the walls_.

_War._ Where is the post that came from valiant Oxford? [cea001] How far hence is thy lord, mine honest fellow?

_First Mess._ By this at Dunsmore, marching hitherward.

_War._ How far off is our brother Montague? Where is the post that came from Montague? ·cea005·

_Second Mess._ By this at Daintry, with a puissant troop.

_Enter_ SIR JOHN SOMERVILE.

_War._ Say, Somervile, what says my loving son? [cea007] And, by thy guess, how nigh is Clarence now?

_Som._ At Southam I did leave him with his forces, And do expect him here some two hours hence. [cea010] [_Drum heard._

_War._ Then Clarence is at hand; I hear his drum.

_Som._ It is not his, my lord; here Southam lies: [cea012] The drum your honour hears marcheth from Warwick. [cea013]

_War._ Who should that be? belike, unlook’d-for friends.

_Som._ They are at hand, and you shall quickly know. ·cea015·

_March: flourish. Enter_ KING EDWARD, GLOUCESTER, _and
soldiers_.

_K. Edw._ Go, trumpet, to the walls, and sound a parle. [cea016]

_Glou._ See how the surly Warwick mans the wall!

_War._ O unbid spite! is sportful Edward come? Where slept our scouts, or how are they seduced, That we could hear no news of his repair? ·cea020·

_K. Edw._ Now, Warwick, wilt thou ope the city gates, Speak gentle words and humbly bend thy knee, Call Edward king and at his hands beg mercy? [cea023] And he shall pardon thee these outrages.

_War._ Nay, rather, wilt thou draw thy forces hence, ·cea025· Confess who set thee up and pluck’d thee down, Call Warwick patron and be penitent? [cea027] And thou shalt still remain the Duke of York.

_Glou._ I thought, at least, he would have said the king; Or did he make the jest against his will? ·cea030·

_War._ Is not a dukedom, sir, a goodly gift?

_Glou._ Ay, by my faith, for a poor earl to give: I’ll do thee service for so good a gift.

_War._ ’Twas I that gave the kingdom to thy brother.

_K. Edw._ Why then ’tis mine, if but by Warwick’s gift. ·cea035·

_War._ Thou art no Atlas for so great a weight: And, weakling, Warwick takes his gift again; And Henry is my king, Warwick his subject.

_K. Edw._ But Warwick’s king is Edward’s prisoner: And, gallant Warwick, do but answer this: ·cea040· What is the body when the head is off?

_Glou._ Alas, that Warwick had no more forecast, But, whiles he thought to steal the single ten, [cea043] The king was slily finger’d from the deck! [cea044] You left poor Henry at the Bishop’s palace, ·cea045· And, ten to one, you’ll meet him in the Tower.

_K. Edw._ ’Tis even so; yet you are Warwick still.

_Glou._ Come, Warwick, take the time; kneel down, kneel down: [cea048] Nay, when? strike now, or else the iron cools.

_War._ I had rather chop this hand off at a blow, [cea050] And with the other fling it at thy face, Than bear so low a sail, to strike to thee.

_K. Edw._ Sail how thou canst, have wind and tide thy friend, This hand, fast wound about thy coal-black hair, Shall, whiles thy head is warm and new cut off, ·cea055· Write in the dust this sentence with thy blood, ‘Wind-changing Warwick now can change no more.’ [cea057]

_Enter_ OXFORD, _with drum and colours_.

_War._ O cheerful colours! see where Oxford comes! [cea058]

_Oxf._ Oxford, Oxford, for Lancaster! [cea059]
[_He and his forces enter the city._

_Glou._ The gates are open, let us enter too. ·cea060·

_K. Edw._ So other foes may set upon our backs. Stand we in good array; for they no doubt Will issue out again and bid us battle: If not, the city being but of small defence, [cea064] We’ll quickly rouse the traitors in the same. ·cea065·

_War._ O, welcome, Oxford! for we want thy help.

_Enter_ MONTAGUE, _with drum and colours_.

_Mont._ Montague, Montague, for Lancaster! [cea067]
[_He and his forces enter the city._

_Glou._ Thou and thy brother both shall buy this treason [cea068] Even with the dearest blood your bodies bear.

_K. Edw._ The harder match’d, the greater victory: ·cea070· My mind presageth happy gain and conquest.

_Enter_ SOMERSET, _with drum and colours_.

_Som._ Somerset, Somerset, for Lancaster!
[_He and his forces enter the city._

_Glou._ Two of thy name, both Dukes of Somerset, Have sold their lives unto the house of York; And thou shalt be the third, if this sword hold. ·cea075·

_Enter_ CLARENCE, _with drum and colours_.

_War._ And lo, where George of Clarence sweeps along, Of force enough to bid his brother battle; With whom an upright zeal to right prevails [cea078] More than the nature of a brother’s love! [cea079] Come, Clarence, come; thou wilt, if Warwick call. ·cea080·

_Clar._ Father of Warwick, know you what this means? [cea081] [_Taking his red rose out of his hat._ Look here, I throw my infamy at thee: I will not ruinate my father’s house, Who gave his blood to lime the stones together, And set up Lancaster. Why, trow’st thou, Warwick, [cea085] That Clarence is so harsh, so blunt, unnatural, [cea086] To bend the fatal instruments of war Against his brother and his lawful king? Perhaps thou wilt object my holy oath: To keep that oath were more impiety ·cea090· Than Jephthah’s, when he sacrificed his daughter. [cea091] I am so sorry for my trespass made That, to deserve well at my brother’s hands, I here proclaim myself thy mortal foe, With resolution, wheresoe’er I meet thee-- ·cea095· As I will meet thee, if thou stir abroad-- To plague thee for thy foul misleading me. And so, proud-hearted Warwick, I defy thee, And to my brother turn my blushing cheeks. Pardon me, Edward, I will make amends: ·cea100· And, Richard, do not frown upon my faults, For I will henceforth be no more unconstant.

_K. Edw._ Now welcome more, and ten times more beloved, Than if thou never hadst deserved our hate. [cea104]

_Glo._ Welcome, good Clarence; this is brother-like. ·cea105·

_War._ O passing traitor, perjured and unjust!

_K. Edw._ What, Warwick, wilt thou leave the town, and fight? Or shall we beat the stones about thine ears?

_War._ Alas, I am not coop’d here for defence! I will away towards Barnet presently, ·cea110· And bid thee battle, Edward, if thou darest.

_K. Edw._ Yes, Warwick, Edward dares, and leads the way.
Lords, to the field; Saint George and victory!
[_Exeunt King Edward and his company. March. Warwick and
his company follow._

SCENE II. _A field of battle near Barnet_.

_Alarum and excursions. Enter_ KING EDWARD, _bringing forth_ WARWICK _wounded_.

_K. Edw._ So, lie thou there: die thou, and die our fear; [ceb001] For Warwick was a bug that fear’d us all. [ceb002] Now, Montague, sit fast; I seek for thee, That Warwick’s bones may keep thine company. [_Exit._

_War._ Ah, who is nigh? come to me, friend or foe, ·ceb005· And tell me who is victor, York or Warwick? Why ask I that? my mangled body shows, My blood, my want of strength, my sick heart shows, That I must yield my body to the earth And, by my fall, the conquest to my foe. ·ceb010· Thus yields the cedar to the axe’s edge, [ceb011] Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle, Under whose shade the ramping lion slept, Whose top-branch overpeer’d Jove’s spreading tree And kept low shrubs from winter’s powerful wind. ·ceb015· These eyes, that now are dimm’d with death’s black veil, Have been as piercing as the mid-day sun, To search the secret treasons of the world: The wrinkles in my brows, now fill’d with blood, Were liken’d oft to kingly sepulchres; ·ceb020· For who lived king, but I could dig his grave? And who durst smile when Warwick bent his brow? [ceb022] Lo, now my glory smear’d in dust and blood! My parks, my walks, my manors that I had, Even now forsake me, and of all my lands ·ceb025· Is nothing left me but my body’s length. Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And, live we how we can, yet die we must.

_Enter_ OXFORD _and_ SOMERSET.

_Som._ Ah, Warwick, Warwick! wert thou as we are, We might recover all our loss again: ·ceb030· The queen from France hath brought a puissant power: Even now we heard the news: ah, couldst thou fly!

_War._ Why, then I would not fly. Ah, Montague, If thou be there, sweet brother, take my hand, And with thy lips keep in my soul awhile! ·ceb035· Thou lovest me not; for, brother, if thou didst, Thy tears would wash this cold congealed blood That glues my lips and will not let me speak. Come quickly, Montague, or I am dead.

_Som._ Ah, Warwick! Montague hath breathed his last; ·ceb040· And to the latest gasp cried out for Warwick [ceb041] And said ‘Commend me to my valiant brother.’ And more he would have said, and more he spoke, Which sounded like a clamour in a vault, [ceb044] That mought not be distinguish’d; but at last [ceb045] I well might hear, deliver’d with a groan, ‘O, farewell, Warwick!’

_War._ Sweet rest his soul! Fly, lords, and save yourselves; [ceb048]

For Warwick bids you all farewell, to meet in heaven.
[_Dies._

_Oxf._ Away, away, to meet the queen’s great power! ·ceb050·
[_Here they bear away his body. Exeunt._

SCENE III. _Another part of the field_.

_Flourish. Enter_ KING EDWARD _in triumph; with_ GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE, _and the rest_.

_K. Edw._ Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course, [cec001] And we are graced with wreaths of victory. But, in the midst of this bright-shining day, I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud, That will encounter with our glorious sun, ·cec005· Ere he attain his easeful western bed: I mean, my lords, those powers that the queen Hath raised in Gallia have arrived our coast And, as we hear, march on to fight with us.

_Clar._ A little gale will soon disperse that cloud ·cec010· 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.

_Glo._ The queen is valued thirty thousand strong, And Somerset, with Oxford, fled to her: ·cec015· If she have time to breathe, be well assured Her faction will be full as strong as ours.

_K. Edw._ We are advertised by our loving friends That they do hold their course toward Tewksbury: [cec019] We, having now the best at Barnet field, ·cec020· Will thither straight, for willingness rids way; And, as we march, our strength will be augmented In every county as we go along. Strike up the drum; cry ‘Courage!’ and away. [_Exeunt._

SCENE IV. _Plains near Tewksbury_.

_March. Enter_ QUEEN MARGARET, PRINCE EDWARD, SOMERSET, OXFORD, _and_ Soldiers.

_Q. Mar._ Great lords, wise men ne’er sit and wail their loss, [ced001] But cheerly seek how to redress their harms. What though the mast be now blown overboard, The cable broke, the holding-anchor lost, And half our sailors swallow’d in the flood? ·ced005· Yet lives our pilot still. Is’t meet that he Should leave the helm and like a fearful lad With tearful eyes add water to the sea And give more strength to that which hath too much, Whiles, in his moan, the ship splits on the rock, [ced010] Which industry and courage might have saved? Ah, what a shame! ah, what a fault were this! Say Warwick was our anchor; what of that? And Montague our topmast; what of him? Our slaughter’d friends the tackles; what of these? ·ced015· Why, is not Oxford here another anchor? [ced016] And Somerset another goodly mast? The friends of France our shrouds and tacklings? [ced018] And, though unskilful, why not Ned and I For once allow’d the skilful pilot’s charge? ·ced020· We will not from the helm to sit and weep, But keep our course, though the rough wind say no, From shelves and rocks that threaten us with wreck. As good to chide the waves as speak them fair. And what is Edward but a ruthless sea? ·ced025· What Clarence but a quicksand of deceit? And Richard but a ragged fatal rock? [ced027] All these the enemies to our poor bark. Say you can swim; alas, ’tis but a while! Tread on the sand; why, there you quickly sink: ·ced030· Bestride the rock; the tide will wash you off, Or else you famish; that’s a threefold death. This speak I, lords, to let you understand, If case some one of you would fly from us, [ced034] That there’s no hoped-for mercy with the brothers [ced035] More than with ruthless waves, with sands and rocks. Why, courage then! what cannot be avoided ’Twere childish weakness to lament or fear.

_Prince._ Methinks a woman of this valiant spirit Should, if a coward heard her speak these words, ·ced040· Infuse his breast with magnanimity And make him, naked, foil a man at arms. I speak not this as doubting any here; For did I but suspect a fearful man, He should have leave to go away betimes, ·ced045· Lest in our need he might infect another And make him of like spirit to himself. If any such be here--as God forbid!-- Let him depart before we need his help.

_Oxf._ Women and children of so high a courage, ·ced050· And warriors faint! why, ’twere perpetual shame. O brave young prince! thy famous grandfather Doth live again in thee: long mayst thou live To bear his image and renew his glories!

_Som._ And he that will not fight for such a hope, ·ced055· Go home to bed, and like the owl by day, If he arise, be mock’d and wonder’d at.

_Q. Mar._ Thanks, gentle Somerset; sweet Oxford, thanks.

_Prince._ And take his thanks that yet hath nothing else.

_Enter a_ Messenger.

_Mess._ Prepare you, lords, for Edward is at hand, ·ced060· Ready to fight; therefore be resolute.

_Oxf._ I thought no less: it is his policy To haste thus fast, to find us unprovided.

_Som._ But he’s deceived; we are in readiness.

_Q. Mar._ This cheers my heart, to see your forwardness. ·ced065·

_Oxf._ Here pitch our battle; hence we will not budge. [ced066]

_Flourish and March. Enter_ KING EDWARD, GLOUCESTER,
CLARENCE, _and soldiers_.

_K. Edw._ Brave followers, yonder stands the thorny wood, [ced067] Which, by the heavens’ assistance and your strength, Must by the roots be hewn up yet ere night. I need not add more fuel to your fire, ·ced070· For well I wot ye blaze to burn them out: Give signal to the fight, and to it, lords! [ced072]

_Q. Mar._ Lords, knights, and gentlemen, what I should say My tears gainsay; for every word I speak, Ye see, I drink the water of mine eyes. [ced075] Therefore, no more but this: Henry, your sovereign, Is prisoner to the foe; his state usurp’d, His realm a slaughter-house, his subjects slain, His statutes cancell’d and his treasure spent; And yonder is the wolf that makes this spoil. ·ced080· You fight in justice: then, in God’s name, lords, Be valiant, and give signal to the fight. [ced082] [_Alarum: Retreat: Excursions. Exeunt._

SCENE V. _Another part of the field_.

_Flourish. Enter_ KING EDWARD, GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE, _and soldiers; with_ QUEEN MARGARET, OXFORD, _and_ SOMERSET, _prisoners_.

_K. Edw._ Now here a period of tumultuous broils. [cee001] Away with Oxford to Hames Castle straight: [cee002] For Somerset, off with his guilty head. Go, bear them hence; I will not hear them speak.

_Oxf._ For my part, I’ll not trouble thee with words. ·cee005·

_Som._ Nor I, but stoop with patience to my fortune. [cee006]
[_Exeunt Oxford and Somerset, guarded._

_Q. Mar._ So part we sadly in this troublous world, To meet with joy in sweet Jerusalem.

_K. Edw._ Is proclamation made, that who finds Edward Shall have a high reward, and he his life? ·cee010·

_Glo._ It is: and lo, where youthful Edward comes! [cee011]

_Enter_ Soldiers, _with_ PRINCE EDWARD.

_K. Edw._ Bring forth the gallant, let us hear him speak. [cee012] What! can so young a thorn begin to prick? Edward, what satisfaction canst thou make For bearing arms, for stirring up my subjects, ·cee015· And all the trouble thou hast turn’d me to? [cee016]

_Prince._ Speak like a subject, proud ambitious York! [cee017] Suppose that I am now my father’s mouth; Resign thy chair, and where I stand kneel thou, Whilst I propose the selfsame words to thee, ·cee020· Which, traitor, thou wouldst have me answer to.

_Q. Mar._ Ah, that thy father had been so resolved!

_Glou._ That you might still have worn the petticoat, And ne’er have stol’n the breech from Lancaster.

_Prince._ Let Æsop fable in a winter’s night; ·cee025· His currish riddles sort not with this place. [cee026]

_Glou._ By heaven, brat, I’ll plague ye for that word. [cee027]

_Q. Mar._ Ay, thou wast born to be a plague to men.

_Glou._ For God’s sake, take away this captive scold.

_Prince._ Nay, take away this scolding crook-back rather. ·cee030·

_K. Edw._ Peace, wilful boy, or I will charm your tongue.

_Clar._ Untutor’d lad, thou art too malapert.

_Prince._ I know my duty; you are all undutiful: [cee033] Lascivious Edward, and thou perjured George, And thou mis-shapen Dick, I tell ye all ·cee035· I am your better, traitors as ye are: And thou usurp’st my father’s right and mine.

_K. Edw._ Take that, thou likeness of this railer here. [cee038]
[_Stabs him._

_Glou._ Sprawl’st thou? take that, to end thy agony. [cee039]
[_Stabs him._

_Clar._ And there’s for twitting me with perjury. [cee040]
[_Stabs him._

_Q. Mar._ O, kill me too!

_Glou._ Marry, and shall. [_Offers to kill her._

_K. Edw._ Hold, Richard, hold; for we have done too much.

_Glou._ Why should she live, to fill the world with words? [cee044]

_K. Edw._ What, doth she swoon? use means for her recovery. [cee045]

_Glou._ Clarence, excuse me to the king my brother; I’ll hence to London on a serious matter: Ere ye come there, be sure to hear some news. [cee048]

_Clar._ What? what?

_Glou._ The Tower, the Tower. [_Exit._ [cee050]

_Q. Mar._ O Ned, sweet Ned! speak to thy mother, boy! Canst thou not speak? O traitors! murderers! They that stabb’d Cæsar shed no blood at all, Did not offend, nor were not worthy blame, If this foul deed were by to equal it: [cee055] He was a man; this, in respect, a child: And men ne’er spend their fury on a child. What’s worse than murderer, that I may name it? No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak: [cee059] And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. ·cee060· Butchers and villains! bloody cannibals! How sweet a plant have you untimely cropp’d! You have no children, butchers! if you had, The thought of them would have stirr’d up remorse: But if you ever chance to have a child, ·cee065· Look in his youth to have him so cut off As, deathsmen, you have rid this sweet young prince!

_K. Edw._ Away with her; go, bear her hence perforce.

_Q. Mar._ Nay, never bear me hence, dispatch me here; Here sheathe thy sword, I’ll pardon thee my death: ·cee070· What, wilt thou not? then, Clarence, do it thou.

_Clar._ By heaven, I will not do thee so much ease.

_Q. Mar._ Good Clarence, do; sweet Clarence, do thou do it.

_Clar._ Didst thou not hear me swear I would not do it?

_Q. Mar._ Ay, but thou usest to forswear thyself: ·cee075· ’Twas sin before, but now ’tis charity. What, wilt thou not? Where is that devil’s butcher, [cee077] Hard-favour’d Richard? Richard, where art thou? Thou art not here: murder is thy alms-deed; Petitioners for blood thou ne’er put’st back. [cee080]

_K. Edw._ Away, I say; I charge ye, bear her hence.

_Q. Mar._ So come to you and yours, as to this prince! [cee082]
[_Exit, led out forcibly._

_K. Edw._ Where’s Richard gone?

_Clar._ To London, all in post; and, as I guess, To make a bloody supper in the Tower. ·cee085·

_K. Edw._ He’s sudden, if a thing comes in his head. Now march we hence: discharge the common sort With pay and thanks, and let’s away to London, And see our gentle queen how well she fares: By this, I hope, she hath a son for me. [_Exeunt._ ·cee090·

SCENE VI. _London. The Tower_.

_Enter_ KING HENRY _and_ GLOUCESTER, _with the_ Lieutenant, _on the walls_.

_Glou._ Good day, my lord. What, at your book so hard? [cef001]

_K. Hen._ 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.’ ·cef005·

_Glou._ Sirrah, leave us to ourselves: we must confer. [cef006]
[_Exit Lieutenant._

_K. Hen._ So flies the reckless shepherd from the wolf; [cef007] So first the harmless sheep doth yield his fleece, [cef008] And next his throat unto the butcher’s knife. What scene of death hath Roscius now to act? [cef010]

_Glou._ Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

_K. Hen._ The bird that hath been limed in a bush, With trembling wings misdoubteth every bush; And I, the hapless male to one sweet bird, [cef015] Have now the fatal object in my eye Where my poor young was limed, was caught and kill’d. [cef017]

_Glou._ Why, what a peevish fool was that of Crete, That taught his son the office of a fowl! And yet, for all his wings, the fool was drown’d. ·cef020·

_K. Hen._ I, Dædalus; my poor boy, Icarus; [cef021] Thy father, Minos, that denied our course; The sun that sear’d the wings of my sweet boy Thy brother Edward, and thyself the sea Whose envious gulf did swallow up his life. ·cef025· Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words! My breast can better brook thy dagger’s point Than can my ears that tragic history. But wherefore dost thou come? is’t for my life?

_Glou._ Think’st thou I am an executioner? ·cef030·

_K. Hen._ A persecutor, I am sure, thou art: If murdering innocents be executing, Why, then thou art an executioner.

_Glou._ Thy son I kill’d for his presumption.

_K. Hen._ Hadst thou been kill’d when first thou didst presume, [cef035] Thou hadst not lived to kill a son of mine. And thus I prophesy, that many a thousand, Which now mistrust no parcel of my fear, And many an old man’s sigh and many a widow’s, And many an orphan’s water-standing eye-- ·cef040· Men for their sons, wives for their husbands, [cef041] And orphans for their parents’ timeless death-- [cef042] Shall rue the hour that ever thou wast born. The owl shriek’d at thy birth,--an evil sign; The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time; [cef045] Dogs howl’d, and hideous tempest shook down trees; [cef046] The raven rook’d her on the chimney’s top, [cef047] And chattering pies in dismal discords sung. [cef048] Thy mother felt more than a mother’s pain, And yet brought forth less than a mother’s hope, ·cef050· To wit, an indigested and deformed lump, [cef051] Not like the fruit of such a goodly tree. Teeth hadst thou in thy head when thou wast born, To signify thou camest to bite the world: And, if the rest be true which I have heard, ·cef055· Thou camest-- [cef056]

_Glou._ I’ll hear no more: die, prophet, in thy speech: [cef057] [_Stabs him._ For this, amongst the rest, was I ordain’d.

_K. Hen._ Ay, and for much more slaughter after this. O, God forgive my sins, and pardon thee! [_Dies._ ·cef060·

_Glou._ What, will the aspiring blood of Lancaster Sink in the ground? I thought it would have mounted. See how my sword weeps for the poor king’s death! O, may such purple tears be alway shed From those that wish the downfall of our house! ·cef065· If any spark of life be yet remaining, Down, down to hell; and say I sent thee thither: [_Stabs him again._ I, that have neither pity, love, nor fear. Indeed, ’tis true that Henry told me of; For I have often heard my mother say ·cef070· I came into the world with my legs forward: Had I not reason, think ye, to make haste, And seek their ruin that usurp’d our right? The midwife wonder’d and the women cried ‘O, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!’ ·cef075· And so I was; which plainly signified That I should snarl and bite and play the dog. Then, since the heavens have shaped my body so, Let hell make crook’d my mind to answer it. [cef079] I have no brother, I am like no brother; ·cef080· And this word ‘love,’ which greybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another And not in me: I am myself alone. Clarence, beware; thou keep’st me from the light: [cef084] But I will sort a pitchy day for thee; ·cef085· For I will buz abroad such prophecies That Edward shall be fearful of his life, And then, to purge his fear, I’ll be thy death. King Henry and the prince his son are gone: Clarence, thy turn is next, and then the rest, ·cef090· Counting myself but bad till I be best. I’ll throw thy body in another room And triumph, Henry, in thy day of doom. [cef093] [_Exit, with the body._

SCENE VII. _London. The palace_.

_Flourish. Enter_ KING EDWARD, QUEEN ELIZABETH, CLARENCE, GLOUCESTER, HASTINGS, _a_ Nurse _with the young Prince, and_ Attendants.

_K. Edw._ Once more we sit in England’s royal throne, [ceg001] Re-purchased with the blood of enemies. What valiant foemen, like to autumn’s corn, Have we mow’d down in tops of all their pride! [ceg004] Three Dukes of Somerset, threefold renown’d [ceg005] For hardy and undoubted champions; [ceg006] Two Cliffords, as the father and the son, And two Northumberlands; two braver men Ne’er spurr’d their coursers at the trumpet’s sound; With them, the two brave bears, Warwick and Montague, ·ceg010· That in their chains fetter’d the kingly lion And made the forest tremble when they roar’d. Thus have we swept suspicion from our seat And made our footstool of security. [ceg014] Come hither, Bess, and let me kiss my boy. [ceg015] Young Ned, for thee, thine uncles and myself Have in our armours watch’d the winter’s night, [ceg017] Went all afoot in summer’s scalding heat, That thou mightst repossess the crown in peace: And of our labours thou shalt reap the gain. [ceg020]

_Glou._ [_Aside_] I’ll blast his harvest, if your head were laid; [ceg021] For yet I am not look’d on in the world. This shoulder was ordain’d so thick to heave; And heave it shall some weight, or break my back: Work thou the way,--and thou shalt execute. [ceg025]

_K. Edw._ Clarence and Gloucester, love my lovely queen; And kiss your princely nephew, brothers both. [ceg027]

_Clar._ The duty that I owe unto your majesty [ceg028] I seal upon the lips of this sweet babe.

_Q. Eliz._ Thanks, noble Clarence; worthy brother, thanks. [ceg030]

_Glou._ And, that I love the tree from whence thou sprang’st, Witness the loving kiss I give the fruit. [_Aside._] To say the truth, so Judas kiss’d his master, [ceg033] And cried, ‘all hail!’ when as he meant all harm.

_K. Edw._ Now am I seated as my soul delights, ·ceg035· Having my country’s peace and brothers’ loves.

_Clar._ What will your grace have done with Margaret? Reignier, her father, to the king of France [ceg038] Hath pawn’d the Sicils and Jerusalem, And hither have they sent it for her ransom. ·ceg040·

_K. Edw._ Away with her, and waft her hence to France. And now what rests but that we spend the time [ceg042] With stately triumphs, mirthful comic shows, Such as befits the pleasure of the court? [ceg044] Sound drums and trumpets! farewell sour annoy! ·ceg045· For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy. [_Exeunt._ [ceg046]

LINENOTES TO III KING HENRY VI.

[caa001] ACT I. SCENE I.] Actus Primus. Scæna Prima. Ff. ¶ London.] Theobald. ¶ The Parliament-house.] Capell. Before the Parliament-House. Hanmer. ¶ Alarum. Enter the Duke of York......] Alarum. Enter Plantagenet...... Ff. Drums. Enter Soldiers of York’s Party, as breaking in. Then, Enter the Duke of York...and others, with white roses in their Hats. Capell, partly following (Qq). ¶ _hands._] _hands!_ Theobald. _hands?_ Ff.

[caa011] _dangerously_] (Qq) Theobald. _dangerous_ Ff.

[caa013] [Showing his bloody sword. Capell.

[caa014] [To Warwick, showing his. Capell. To York, showing his. Malone.

[caa016] [Throwing down......head.] Theobald. Shewing...head. Hanmer.

[caa018] _But is your_] _Is his_ Pope. _Is your_ Capell. _What, is your_ Malone, from (Qq). _What, ’s your_ Steevens conj. ¶ caa018, caa019: _But is your......Gaunt_] Norf. _Is his...Gaunt_ Hanmer.

[caa019] _hope_] _end_ Capell. _hap_ Anon. apud Rann conj. ¶ _Gaunt!_] Theobald. _Gaunt_ Ff.

[caa020] _shake_] Ff. _shape_ (Qq).

[caa021] _I. Victorious...York,_] Theobald. _I, victorious...Yorke._ Ff.

[caa022] _that_] F1 F2. _the_ F3 F4.

[caa027] _this is_] _it is_ Capell. ¶ _heirs’_] Warburton. _Heires_ F1 F2. _Heirs_ F3 F4. _heir’s_ Hanmer.

[caa029] _we have_] _are we_ Capell, from (Qq).

[caa032] [They go up.] Omitted by Capell.

[caa034] _thrust you out perforce_] _thrust you out by force_ Rowe. _put us out by force_ Capell, from (Qq). ¶ [To the Soldiers, who retire. Capell.

[caa036] _council_] Pope. _counsaile_ F1 F2. _counsell_ F3. _Counsel_ F4.

[caa041] _Henry_] _Harry_ Hanmer. ¶ _deposed_] _be deposde_ (Qq).

[caa043] _not, my lords; be_] _not, my lords, be_ Rowe. _not, my lords be_ Ff.

[caa048] _dares_] _dare_ Rowe. ¶ [putting him in the Throne. Capell.

[caa049] [Warwick leads York to the throne, who seats him. Johnson. ¶ Flourish.] F1. om. F2 F3 F4. ¶ Enter...and the rest.] Ff. Enter...and others, at the further end of the stage. Johnson. Flourish. Enter...and others, with red Roses in their Hats. Capell, partly following (Qq).

[caa050] SCENE II. Pope.

[caa055] _you both have vow’d_] _you have both vow’d_ F4. _you vow’d_ Pope. _you have vow’d_ Collier MS. _both have vow’d_ Collier conj. ¶ caa055, caa056: _vow’d revenge On...favourites and his friends._] _vow’d Revenge on...his favourers._ Capell. _vow’d Revenge on him, his favourers, and his friends._ Rann.

[caa057] _heavens be_] _heavens, be_ Capell.

[caa062] _poltroons, such as he_] _poultroones, such as he_ F1. _poultroones, and such is he_ F2 F3. _poltroons, and such is he_ F4. _poltroons, and such as he_ Capell.

[caa066] _spoken, cousin: be_] _spoken, cousin, be_ Theobald. _spoken, cousin be_ Ff.

[caa069] Exe.] Theobald, from (Qq). Westm. Ff.

[caa070] _the thought of this from_] _it from the thoughts of_ (Qq) Capell.

[caa073] [To the Duke. Rowe (ed. 2). They advance to the Duke. Johnson.

[caa076] _thy_] _my_ F2. ¶ _I am thine_] _Henry, I am thine_ Rowe. _Thou ’rt deceiv’d, I’m thine_ Theobald, from (Qq).

[caa078] _’Twas_] (Qq) Pope. _It was_ Ff. ¶ _earldom was_] _kingdom is_ (Qq) Theobald.

[caa083] _and that’s_] F2 F3 F4. _that’s_ F1. _and that is_ (Qq). _that is_ Collier.

[caa093] _Yes_] _No_ (Qq) Theobald. ¶ _remember it_] _remember ’t_ Capell.

[caa105] _Thy_] (Qq) Rowe. _My_ Ff. ¶ _father_] _uncle_ Capell conj.

[caa113] _You...lose._] One line in Pope. Two in Ff. ¶ _and yet_] _yet_ Hanmer.

[caa114] _Father, tear the crown_] _Tear the crown, father_ Hanmer.

[caa116] _Good...arms_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff. ¶ [To War. Capell. To York. Malone.

[caa131] _Prove it_] F1. _But prove it_ F2 F3 F4. _Prove it so_ Keightley conj.

[caa134], caa151: [Aside.] First marked by Capell.

[caa137] _An if_] Capell. _And if_ Ff.

[caa142] _his_] _the_ (Qq) Capell.

[caa144] _his crown_] _his son_ Johnson conj. _the crown_ (Qq) Capell.

[caa150] [to the Lords. Capell.

[caa154] _all_] _thee_ (Qq) Theobald.

[caa155] _Thou...power_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[caa164] _thy_] _the_ Singer (Anon. MS.). _my_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[caa168] _over_] F1. _ore_ F2. _o’re_ F3 F4.

[caa170] _hear me_] (Qq) F3 F4. _heare_ F1 F2.

[caa171] _for this my life-time_] F1. _for this time_ F2 F3 F4. _for the time present_ Hanmer. ¶ _for...king_] _but reign in quiet, while I live_ (Qq) Theobald.

[caa188] [Exeunt...] Rowe. om. Ff.

[caa189] SCENE III.] Pope.

[caa196] _thou_] _you_ F3 F4.

[caa199] _And neither_] F1. _Neither_ F2 F3 F4.

[caa201] [coming from the Throne. Capell.

[caa205] [Sennet......] Senet...... F1. Sonet... F2 F3 F4. Tucket... Hanmer. Flourish; and the Lords come forward. Capell.

[caa209] [Exeunt...] Capell. om. Ff. Exe. Rowe. Exeunt York, Warwick, Norfolk, and Montague. Theobald.

[caa210] Enter...] Enter the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Rowe. Enter the Queene. Ff.

[caa211] _Here...anger_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[caa212] _Exeter, so will I_] Ff. _So Exeter will I_ Pope. ¶ [Going. Rowe.

[caa220] _well_] _much_ F4.

[caa224] _have_] F1 om. F2 F3 F4.

[caa235] _and his_] _and’s_ Pope.

[caa245] _granted_] _assented_ Keightley conj.

[caa256] _army is_] _army’s_ Pope.

[caa259] _with_] F2 F3 F4. om. F1. _by_ S. Walker conj.

[caa261] _from_] (Qq) F2 F3 F4. _to_ F1.

[caa263] [Exeunt...] Exeunt Queen and Prince. Rowe. om. Ff.

[caa264] _Poor...son_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[caa268] _cost_] _truss_ Hanmer. _coast_ Warburton. _cote_ Steevens conj. _court_ Jackson conj. See note (VIII).

[caa273] _I, I hope_] F1. _I hope_ F2 F3 F4. _as I hope_ Pope. ¶ [Exeunt.] Pope. Exit. Ff.

[cab001] SCENE II.] Capell. SCENE IV. Pope. om. Ff. ¶ Sandal Castle.] Changes to Sandal-Castle, in Yorkshire. Pope. Sandal-Castle near Wakefield, in Yorkshire. Theobald. ¶ Enter...] F2 F3 F4. Flourish. Enter... F1.

[cab004] _brother_] F1 F2. _brothers_ F3 F4. _cousin_ Capell.

[cab006] _slight_] _sweet_ (Qq) Theobald.

[cab010] _till_] F1 F2. _untill_ F3. _until_ F4.

[cab017] _I would_] _I’d_ Pope.

[cab024] _over_] _o’er_ Pope.

[cab036] _Brother_] _Cousin_ Capell, from (Qq).

[cab038] _shalt_] _shall_ Rowe (ed. 2). ¶ _to the Duke of Norfolk_] F1 F2 F3. _be Duke of Norfolk_ F4. _go to the Duke of Norfolk_ Rowe. _to th’ Duke of Norfolk go_ Pope. _unto the Duke of Norfolk_ Steevens (1793).

[cab040] _Lord Cobham_] _Lord of Cobham_ Hanmer.

[cab043] _Witty_] _Wealthy and_ Theobald. _Witty, and_ Capell.

[cab046] _And yet_] _As yet_ Hanmer.

[cab047] Enter a Messenger.] (Qq) Theobald. Enter Gabriel. Ff.

[cab049] _The queen...lords_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[cab050] _Intend_] Ff. _Intends_ Pope.

[cab053] _Ay...them_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[cab055] _brother_] _cousin_ Capell, from (Qq).

[cab060] _Brother_] _Cousin_ Capell, from (Qq).

[cab061] [Exit.] Exit Mountague. Ff. ¶ Enter...] Rowe. Enter Mortimer, and his Brother. Ff.

[cab062] _uncles,_] _uncles!_ Capell.

[cab064] _mean_] _meane_ F1 F2. _means_ F3 F4.

[cab069] _I hear...order_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[cab075] [Alarum. Exeunt.] Theobald. Alarum. Exit. Ff.

[cac001] SCENE III.] Capell. SCENE V. Pope. ¶ Field...] Theobald. ¶ Alarums.] Alarmes. (Qq). Alarums, as a Battle join’d. Excursions, and Parties flying. Capell. ¶ Enter...] Ff. ¶ cac001: _whither_] _whether_ Warburton.

[cac002] Enter...and Soldiers.] Theobald. Enter Clifford. Ff.

[cac004] _accursed_] _accused_ F2.

[cac005] _Whose_] _His_ Capell.

[cac007] _away with him_] Ff. _away, and drag him hence perforce_ (Qq) Theobald.

[cac009] [Exit...] Theobald. Exit. Ff.

[cac010], cac011: _How...them_] Arranged as by Pope. As three lines in Ff, ending _alreadie?...eyes?...them._

[cac013] _devouring_] _destroying_ Jackson conj. ¶ _paws_] _jaws_ Delius conj.

[cac021], cac022: _In vain...enter_] As in Pope. As three lines in Ff, ending _boy:...passage...enter._

[cac023] _open it_] _open ’t_ Pope.

[cac030] _of the_] _of of the_ F2.

[cac034] [Lifting his hand.] Johnson. om. Ff.

[cac047] [Stabs him.] Rowe. om. Ff.

[cac048] [Dies.] Theobald. om. Ff.

[cac052] _this_] _his_ Anon. conj.

[cad001] SCENE IV.] Capell. SCENE VI. Pope. om. Ff. Theobald continues the Scene. ¶ Another...] A field of Battle. Hanmer.

[cad016] _And cried..._] _Ned cried..._ Collier conj. A line lost before this, referring to Edward. Edd. conj.

[cad019] _bodged_] _budged_ Johnson conj. _botch’d_ Collier conj.

[cad025] _make_] _makes_ F1.

[cad026] Enter Queen Margaret...] Enter the Queene... Ff. ¶ the young Prince] om. Capell.

[cad035] _phœnix_] _phœnix’_ Edd. conj.

[cad050] _buckle_] (Qq) Theobald. _buckler_ Ff. ¶ [Assailing him. Capell. draws. Johnson. om. Ff.

[cad059] _prize_] _praise_ Warburton.

[cad060] [They lay...] Johnson. om. Ff. joins with Cli. Capell.

[cad062] _cony_] F3 F4. _connie_ F1. _conny_ F2. ¶ [In the struggle York is taken prisoner. Theobald.

[cad064] _yield, with robbers_] _yeeld with Robbers,_ F1. ¶ [falls his Sword. Capell.

[cad068] _raught_] F1 F2. _caught_ F3 F4.

[cad072] _made_] _mad_ F2.

[cad073] _back_] _bail_ Theobald conj.

[cad082] _And if_] _An if_ Delius conj.

[cad091] _Stamp...dance_] Malone, after (Qq), makes this line follow _merry, York,_ line 86.

[cad095] [Putting...] Rowe. om. Ff.

[cad098] _his_] _is_ F2.

[cad100] _and broke_] _hath broke_ Hanmer.

[cad105] _his...your_] _this...the_ F4.

[cad109] _sake_] _death_ (Qq) Capell.

[cad110] _hear_] _here_ F4.

[cad111] _She-wolf...France_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[cad117] _deeds,_] _deedes_. F.

[cad118] _assay_] _essay_ Collier (ed. 2).

[cad120] _Were...shameless_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff. ¶ _thou_] om. S. Walker conj.

[cad121] _type_] _style_ Lloyd conj.

[cad137] _tiger’s_] _Tyger’s_ Rowe. _Tygers_ (Qq). _Tygres_ F1 F2. _Tigres_ F3 F4. _tygress’_ Capell.

[cad141] _and_] om. S. Walker conj.

[cad148] _for_] _to_ F4.

[cad150] _passion moves_] Edd. _passions move_ F2 F3 F4. _passions moves_ F1.

[cad151] _my_] F1 F2. _mine_ F3 F4.

[cad152], cad153: _That...blood_] As in Warburton, from (Qq). As three lines in Ff, ending _his...toucht...blood._

[cad153] _Would...blood_] _Would not have touch’d those roses, new in bloom, The mountain beasts would not have stain’d with blood_ S. Walker conj. ¶ _with blood_] F1. _the roses just with blood_ F2 F3 F4. _the roses juic’d with blood_ Theobald. _the roses just i’ th’ bud_ Hanmer. _the rose’s hues with blood_ Collier MS.

[cad159] [He gives back the handkerchief. Johnson.

[cad164] [Giving back the paper-crown. Dyce.

[cad169] _to all_] _of all_ Capell, from (Qq).

[cad170] _should_] _could_ Capell, from (Qq).

[cad172] _weeping-ripe_] Theobald. _weeping ripe_ Ff.

[cad175] [Stabbing him.] Pope.

[cad176] [Stabbing him.] Rowe.

[cad178] [Dies.] Rowe.

[cad180] [Flourish. Exeunt.] Flourish. Exit. F1. Exeunt. F2 F3 F4.

[cba001] ACT II. SCENE I.] Rowe. om. Ff. ¶ A plain......] Malone. Near Mortimer’s Cross in Wales. Theobald. The Marches of Wales. Hanmer. A plain in Herefordshire. Capell. ¶ A march.] Ff. Drums. Capell. ¶ Enter...] Ff.

[cba003] _and_] _and from_ F4.

[cba020] _prize_] _pride_ (Qq) Warburton. _praise_ S. Walker conj.

[cba021] _See how_] Edw. _See how_ Hanmer, from (Qq).

[cba025] Edw.] om. Hanmer.

[cba028] _clear-shining_] _clear shining_ Pope.

[cba032] _heaven figures_] _heavens doth figure_ (Qq). _heavens figure_ Collier MS.

[cba033] _’Tis...of._] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[cba036] _meeds_] _deeds_ Johnson conj.

[cba040] _fair-shining_] _faire shining_ F1 F2. _fair shining_ F3 F4.

[cba041] _Nay...it_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[cba042] Enter a Messenger.] Rowe. Enter one blowing. Ff.

[cba055] _Hew...fell_] Pope. _Hewes...fells_ Ff.

[cba061] _cheeks_] _cheekes_ F1. _cheeke_ F2. _cheeks_ F3 F4.

[cba082] _selfsame_] _th’ self-same_ Hanmer.

[cba083], cba084: _coals...fires...burns_] _coales...fires...burnes_ F1 F2. _coals...fires up...burns_ F3 F4. _coals...fire up...burn_ Rowe. _coals...fire...burn_ Capell. _coal...fires...burns_ Edd. conj.

[cba094] _Either that is_] Ff. _Either that’s_ Pope. _Either they’re_ Hanmer. ¶ March.] Ff. Drums. Capell. ¶ Marquess of Montague,] Marquesse Mountacute, Ff (Marquess F4).

[cba095] SCENE II. Warburton. See note (I). ¶ _fare_] _faire_ F1.

[cba096] _recount_] F3 F4. _recompt_ F2. _tecompt_ F1.

[cba101] _O_] _Ah_ (Qq) Capell.

[cba106] _sith_] _since_ (Qq) Capell.

[cba113] _And...thought_] (Qq) Steevens. Omitted in Ff.

[cba114] _toward_] _towards_ Rowe.

[cba124] _heated_] _hated_ Warburton.

[cba127] _captives blood_] _Captives, Blood_ Ff. _captives--blood_ Capell.

[cba130] _soldiers’_] Capell. _souldiers_ Ff.

[cba131] _an idle_] (Qq) Capell. _a lazy_ Ff.

[cba133] _our cause_] Ff. _the cause_ (Qq) Capell.

[cba134] _rewards_] F1. _reward_ F2 F3 F4.

[cba138] _brother,_] F1 F2. _brother_ F3 F4.

[cba144] _the soldiers_] _his power_ (Qq) Theobald.

[cba158] _makes_] _make_ F1.

[cba170] _moe_] Ff. _more_ Rowe.

[cba180] _Amongst_] Ff. _Among_ (Qq) Capell.

[cba182] _to London...march amain_] (Qq) Theobald. _to London...march_ Ff. _straight to London...march_ Hanmer.

[cba184] _our foes_] _the foe_ (Qq) Capell.

[cba188] _if Warwick bid_] _when Warwick bids_ (Qq) Capell.

[cba189] _shoulder_] _shouldier_ F4.

[cba190] _fail’st_] _fall’st_ Steevens (1793). _faints_ (Qq).

[cba193] _throne_] _king_ (Qq) Capell.

[cba196] _throws_] _casts_ (Qq) Capell.

[cba198] _Richard, Montague_] Rowe. _Richard Mountague_ Ff.

[cba209] _sorts, brave warriors, let’s_] F1 F2. _sorts, brave warriors let’s_ F3 F4. _sorts; brave warriors, let’s_ Theobald. _sorts, brave warriors: let’s_ Capell. ¶ [Exeunt.] Exeunt omnes. Ff.

[cbb001] SCENE II.] Capell. SCENE III. Pope. ¶ Flourish.] F1. om. F2 F3 F4. ¶ Enter...] Enter the King, the Queene, Clifford, Northum--and Yong Prince, with Drumme and Trumpettes. F1. Enter......Northumberland and Yong...Trumpetes. F2. Enter...Northumberland and young...Trumpets. F4. Enter......Northumberland and young...Drum and Trumpets. F4.

[cbb002] _yonder’s_] F3 F4. _Yonders_ F1 F2.

[cbb008] _Nor_] _Not Reed_ (1803). ¶ _wittingly_] _willingly_ S. Walker conj.

[cbb010] _harmful_] _harmless_ Rowe.

[cbb020] _smiling_] _smilling_ F2.

[cbb030] _with_] _in_ (Qq) Capell.

[cbb033] _precedent_] Johnson, _president_ Ff.

[cbb037] _grandsire_] F1 F2. _my grandsire_ F3 F4.

[cbb039] _were_] _was_ Rowe.

[cbb041] _steel_] _steele_ F1 F2 F3. _steal_ F4.

[cbb042] _with him_] _to him_ Hanmer.

[cbb046] _ill-got had ever_] _ill-gotten have had_ Hanmer.

[cbb048] _hell?_] (Qq) Theobald. _hell:_ Ff.

[cbb053] _Than...pleasure_] _Than may the present profit countervail_ (Qq) Rann.

[cbb057] _courage_] _carriage_ Collier (Mason conj.).

[cbb072] _for they are_] F1. _they are_ F2 F3 F4. _they are near_ Rowe.

[cbb080] March.] Ff. Drums. Capell. ¶ Enter....George....] Enter....Clarence... Ff.

[cbb081] SCENE IV. Pope.

[cbb089] _Since when_] F2 F3 F4. Cla. _Since when_ F1. George. _Since when_ (Qq). See note (II).

[cbb095] _Are you_] _Art thou_ Capell.

[cbb101] _What...crown?_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[cbb110] _parley_] _parle_ Reed (1803). ¶ _for_] om. Hanmer.

[cbb112] _Clifford_] _Clifford there_ Capell, from (Qq).

[cbb116] _sunset_] F1 F2. _sun set_ F3 F4.

[cbb121] _wound_] _wounds_ S. Walker conj.

[cbb123] _executioner, unsheathe_] _execution erunsheath_ F4. _execution, reunsheath_ Rowe.

[cbb133] Rich.] (Qq) Pope. War. Ff.

[cbb138] _venom_] F4. _venome_ F1 F2 F3. _venomous_ Rowe. _venom’d_ (Q3) Capell.

[cbb141] _channel_] _kennel_ Roderick conj.

[cbb171] _longer_] _further_ Capell.

[cbb172] _deniest_] (Qq) Warburton. _denied’st_ F1 F2. _deni’dst_ F3 F4.

[cbb174] _else a grave_] _a welcome_ Collier MS.

[cbb176] _we’ll_] _I’ll_ (Qq) Capell.

[cbb177] _These_] _Thy_ (Qq) Capell. ¶ _this day_] _to-day_ (Qq) Capell. ¶ [Exeunt] Exeunt omnes. Ff.

[cbc001] SCENE III.] Capell. SCENE V. Pope. ¶ A field...] Malone. A field of Battel at Ferri-bridge in Yorkshire. Theobald. ¶ cbc001: _Forspent_] _Fore-spent_ Ff. _Sore spent_ (Qq) Rann.

[cbc008] Enter George.] Enter Clarence. Ff.

[cbc009] _Our_] _Out_ F2.

[cbc011] _whither_] F2. _whether_ F1 F3 F4.

[cbc020] _belly_] _bellies_ Collier MS. ¶ _their_] _his_ Rowe.

[cbc026] _whiles_] _while_ Capell.

[cbc027] _look upon_] _looking on_ Rann (Capell conj.).

[cbc028] _counterfeiting_] F3 F4. _counterfetting_ F1 F2.

[cbc032] _given_] _give_ Johnson.

[cbc034] _to thine_] _with thine_ Warburton.

[cbc040] _thy_] _the_ Long MS.

[cbc043] _in earth_] F1 F2. _in the earth_ F3 F4. _on earth_ Pope.

[cbc044] _Brother...Warwick_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[cbc048] _Away...farewell_] One line in (Qq) Pope. Two in Ff.

[cbc049] _all together_] Rowe. _altogether_ Ff.

[cbc053] _wear_] _wore_ Collier MS. _ware_ Collier (ed. 2).

[cbc056] _Forslow_] _Foreslow_ F1 F2. _Fore-slow_ F3 F4.

[cbd001] SCENE IV.] Capell. Pope continues the scene. om. Ff. ¶ Another...] Steevens. The same. Another Part of it. Capell. ¶ Excursions. Enter...] Ff.

[cbd011] [They fight...] Ff. They fight. Enter Warwick, as joining Richard;... Capell.

[cbe001] SCENE V.] Capell. SCENE VI. Pope. ¶ Another......] Steevens. The same. Another Part. Capell. ¶ Alarum. Enter...] Ff.

[cbe005] _a mighty_] Ff. _the self-same_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[cbe009] _then_] _than_ F1.

[cbe015] _there_] _theirs_ Capell conj.

[cbe026] _make_] Hanmer. _makes_ Ff.

[cbe027] _bring_] _brings_ F1.

[cbe030] _times_] _time_ Theobald.

[cbe036] _ean_] F3 F4. _eane_ F1 F2. _yean_ Theobald. After this S. Walker conjectures that a line is lost.

[cbe037] _years_] _months_ Rowe.

[cbe038] _months_] _weeks, months_ Rowe.

[cbe044] _rich embroider’d_] _rich-embroider’d_ S. Walker conj.

[cbe054] _treason waits_] F1 F2. _treasons waits_ F3 F4. _treasons wait_ Rowe (ed. 2). ¶ Alarum.] Ff. Alarums. Capell. ¶ Enter...body.] Capell. Enter a Sonne that hath kill’d his Father, at one doore: and a Father that hath kill’d his Sonne at another doore. Ff. (had kill’d F4). Enter...Father. Theobald. Enter a Son, bearing his Father. Hanmer.

[cbe055] SCENE VII. Pope.

[cbe060] _doth me_] _to me_ Hanmer. ¶ [going to rifle him. Capell.

[cbe062] _unwares_] _unawares_ F4. _un-’wares_ Hanmer.

[cbe074] _Whiles_] _Whilst_ (Qq) Capell.

[cbe078] Enter...body.] Capell. Enter Father, bearing of his Sonne. Ff.

[cbe079] _hast_] F3 F4. _hath_ F1 F2.

[cbe083] _mine_] _my_ F4.

[cbe087] _kill_] Rowe (ed. 2). _killes_ F1 F2. _kills_ F3 F4.

[cbe089] _stratagems_] F3 F4. _stragems_ F1 F2.

[cbe090] _Erroneous_] _Erreoneous_ F1.

[cbe092], cbe093: _soon...late_] _late...soon_ (Qq) Hamner. See note (III).

[cbe095] _ruthful_] _ruefull_ F3. _rueful_ F4.

[cbe099] _his_] _is_ F4.

[cbe100] _cheeks_] _cheek_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[cbe110] _his son_] _a son_ Reed (1803).

[cbe113] [Exit with the body.] Capell. Exit. Theobald. om. Ff.

[cbe119] _Even_] Capell. _Men_ F1 F2 F3. _Man,_ F4. _Sad_ Rowe. _Mere_ Mitford conj. _Son_ Delius (Mitford conj.). _’Fore men_ or _To men_ Keightley conj. _Mang’d_ Bullock conj. _Main_ Anon. conj.

[cbe122] _murdered_] (Q1 Q3). _murthered_ F1 F2 F4. _murther’d_ F3. ¶ [Exit with the body.] Capell. Exit. Ff. ¶ Alarums...Queen Margaret...] Alarums... the Queene... Ff.

[cbe125] SCENE VIII. Pope.

[cbe139] _Whither_] _Whether_ F1.

[cbf001] SCENE VI.] Capell. SCENE IX. Pope. ¶ Another...] Dyce. The same. Capell. ¶ A loud...] Ff.

[cbf002] _whiles_] _while_ Pope.

[cbf003] _O_] _Ah_ (Qq) Capell. ¶ _thy_] _thine_ (Qq) Capell.

[cbf005] [falling. Rowe.

[cbf006] _fall, thy_] Rowe. _fall. Thy_ Ff. ¶ _thy_] _the_ Johnson conj. _that_ Rann. ¶ _commixture melts_] (Qq) Steevens. _commixtures melts_ F1. _commixtures melt_ F2 F3 F4. ¶ cbf006, cbf007: _melts. Impairing...York,_] (Qq). _melt. Impairing...York,_ Capell. _melts, Impairing...Yorke;_ Ff (_York;_ F3 F4). ¶ cbf006: After this S. Walker conjectures that a line is lost.

[cbf008] _The......flies_] (Qq) Theobald. Omitted in Ff.

[cbf009] _whither_] F2 F4. _whether_ F1 F3.

[cbf010] _enemies_] Ff. _enemy_ (Qq) Capell.

[cbf012] _Phaëthon_] _Phaeton_ Ff. ¶ _steeds_] F1 F4. _steds_ F2 F3.

[cbf013] _never had_] _had never_ (Qq) Pope.

[cbf015] _Or as_] _And as_ (Qq) Capell.

[cbf017] _They...flies_] Omitted in (Qq) Capell.

[cbf019] _our_] _their_ Long MS. ¶ _death_] _deaths_ (Qq) Capell.

[cbf021] _weeds_] _words_ Pope (ed. 2).

[cbf024] _out flight_] _our flight_ Warburton. _out fight_ Johnson conj.

[cbf026] _For...I have_] _And...I have_ (Qq) Capell. _Nor...have I_ S. Walker conj.

[cbf030] _bosoms_] _bosom_ Rowe (ed. 2). ¶ [He faints.] Rowe. om. Ff. ¶ Alarum and retreat.] Ff. Drums. Capell. ¶ Enter...] Enter Edward, Warwicke, Richard, and Soldiers, Montague and Clarence. Ff.

[cbf039] _words_] (Qq) F1. _word_ F2 F3 F4.

[cbf041] [Clifford groans, and dies.] Steevens, from (Qq). Clifford grones. Ff.

[cbf042]–cbf045: Edw. _Whose...leave?_ Rich. _A deadly...departing._ Edw. _See who it is; and now...used._] Arranged as in (Qq) Capell. Rich. _Whose...it is._ Ed. _And now...used._ Ff. ¶ cbf042: _her_] F3 F4. _hir_ F1 F2.

[cbf043] _life and death’s_] _life in death_ Hanmer. _life and breath’s_ Capell conj.

[cbf049] _But set his_] _Set his fell_ Hanmer.

[cbf054] _this_] _his_ (Qq) F4.

[cbf059] [Attendants bring the Body forward. Capell.

[cbf060] _his_] _is_ F1.

[cbf067] _Which_] Ff. _As_ Pope, from (Qq).

[cbf068] _If...words_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[cbf072] _for_] _of_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[cbf076] _They...wont_] One line in (Qq) Pope. Two in Ff.

[cbf077] _then_] om. F3 F4.

[cbf080] _If...hours’_] _Would this right hand buy but an hour’s_ Capell, from (Qq). ¶ _two_] F1. _but two_ F2 F3 F4.

[cbf082] _This hand should_] _I’d_ Capell, from (Qq).

[cbf086] _stands_] F1 F4. _stand_ F2 F3.

[cbf090] _Bona_] _Boua_ F2.

[cbf091] _sinew_] F4. _sinow_ F1 F2 F3.

[cbf092] _shalt_] _need’st_ Capell conj., from (Qq).

[cbf096] _the_] _thy_ Capell conj.

[cbf100] _in_] F1. _on_ F2 F3 F4.

[cbf106] [Aside to Warwick. Anon. conj.

[cca001] ACT III. SCENE I.] Rowe. om. Ff. ¶ A forest...] Hanmer. A Wood in Lancashire. Theobald. ¶ Enter two Keepers...] Malone. Enter two Keepers with bow and arrows. (Qq). Enter Sinklo and Humfrey... Ff. See note (IV). ¶ cca001: First Keep.] Malone. Sink. Ff (and throughout the scene). ¶ _thick-grown_] Pope. _thicke growne_ Ff.

[cca002] _laund_] Ff. _lawn_ Capell.

[cca003] _make_] _take_ Capell conj.

[cca005] Sec. Keep.] Malone. Hum. Ff (and throughout the scene).

[cca007] _scare_] F3 F4. _scarre_ F1 F2.

[cca012] Enter...] Malone. Enter the King with a Prayer booke. Ff. Enter King Henrie disguisde (Qq) Capell. Enter the King as a Churchman,... Collier MS.

[cca014] _To greet...sight._] _and thus disguis’d to greet my native land._ (Qq) Rann.

[cca017] _wast_] F3 F4. _was_ F1 F2.

[cca019] _press_] F4. _presse_ F3. _prease_ F1 F2.

[cca020] _of thee_] F1 F2 F3. _to thee_ F4.

[cca024] _thee, sour adversity_] Singer (Dyce conj.). _the sower Adversaries_ Ff. _these sour adversities_ Pope. _these sour adversaries_ Clarke’s Concordance. _the sour adversities_ Delius.

[cca029] _great commanding_] _great-commanding_ S. Walker conj.

[cca039] _whiles_] _while_ Pope.

[cca040] _And Nero will_] _And Nero would_ Pope. _A Nero will_ Steevens conj.

[cca048] _Whiles_] _While_ Pope. ¶ _title_] _tale_ Grey conj.

[cca051] _what else_] _aught else_ Collier MS.

[cca053] _O Margaret_] _Margaret_ Malone.

[cca055] _thou that talk’st_] Rowe. _thou that talkes_ (Qq). _thou talk’st_ Ff. _thou, talkest_ Collier.

[cca060] _and that’s enough_] _though not in shew_ (Qq) Rann.

[cca063] _Indian_] _India_ F4.

[cca064] _Nor_] _Not_ F4.

[cca073] _nor_] _and_ Pope.

[cca074] _King_] F4. _K._ F1 F2 F3.

[cca080], cca081: _No; For we...king._] As in Steevens. As one line in Ff. _No, we...king._ Pope.

[cca081] _king_] _a king_ F4.

[cca083] _swear_] _sware_ Delius conj.

[cca090] _oaths_] _oathes_ F1. _oathe_ F2. _oath_ F3 F4.

[cca094] One line in Pope. Two, the first ending _the king,_ in Ff.

[cca097] _you_] _you now,_ or _you then_ Anon. conj. ¶ _and the king’s_] _and in the king’s_ Rowe.

[cca100] _that_] _then_ Reed (1803).

[ccb001] SCENE II.] Pope. ¶ London. The palace.] The Palace. Theobald. The King’s Palace in London. Hanmer. ¶ Lady Grey.] Capell. Lady Gray. (Qq) Ff.

[ccb002] _Richard_ (Qq) Ff. _John_ Pope (from Hall). ¶ _Grey_] Ff. _Gray_ (Qq) Rowe.

[ccb003] _lands_] (Qq) Capell. _land_ Ff.

[ccb011], ccb015, ccb025, ccb028: [Aside to Clar.] Capell. Aside. Johnson.

[ccb014], ccb024, ccb027: [Aside to Glou.] Capell. Aside. Johnson.

[ccb021], ccb030, ccb034, ccb057: [Aside to Clar.] Edd. Aside. Johnson and Capell.

[ccb022] _An if_] Theobald. _And if_ Ff. ¶ _pleasure_ F1. _please_ F2 F3 F4.

[ccb028] _whip me then_] (Qq) Pope. _then whip me_ Ff.

[ccb031] _lands_] (Qq) Ff. _land_ Capell.

[ccb032] _it then_] Ff. _it them_ (Qq). _’em then_ Hanmer.

[ccb035] [Glou. and Clar. retire.] G. and C. retire to the other side. Johnson. om. Ff.

[ccb046] _boon._] _boon?_ Theobald.

[ccb050], ccb082, ccb107: [Aside to Clar.] Dyce. Aside. Capell.

[ccb051], ccb083, ccb108: [Aside to Glou.] Dyce. Aside. Capell. ¶ ccb051: _must_] F1 F2. _will_ F3 F4.

[ccb056] _thanks_] F3 F4. _thankes_ F1. _thanke_ F2.

[ccb057] _curt’sy_] _cursie_ F1. _curtsie_ F2 F3 F4.

[ccb068] _aims_] om. F4.

[ccb070] _I had_] _I’d_ Pope.

[ccb074] _Therein_] Ff. _Herein_ (Qq) Capell.

[ccb078] _either_] _or_ Pope.

[ccb082] _she_] _shes_ F2.

[ccb083] _the_] _thee_ F2.

[ccb084]–ccb088: [Aside] Johnson. ¶ ccb084, ccb085: _do_] _doth_ F1.

[ccb100] _should_] _shall_ F4.

[ccb101] One line in Pope. Two lines, the first ending _daughters,_ in Ff. ¶ _my_] _thy_ Reed (1803).

[ccb108] _’twas for shift_] F1 F2. _’twas for a shift_ F3. _it was for a shift_ F4.

[ccb110] _very_] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.

[ccb112] _whom_] (Qq) F2 F3 F4. _who_ F1.

[ccb119] _your prisoner_] Ff. _as prisoner_ (Qq) Capell. _a prisoner_ Id. conj.

[ccb123] _honourably_] (Qq) F2 F3 F4. _honourable_ F1. ¶ [Exeunt...] Exeunt. Manet Richard. Ff.

[ccb124] SCENE III. Pope.

[ccb139] _lade_] _lay_ or _ladle_ Keightley conj.

[ccb141] _keeps_] F3 F4. _keepes_ F1 F2. _keep_ Rowe (ed. 2). ¶ _me_] om. F4.

[ccb143] _Flattering...impossibilities_] _Flatt’ring my mind with things impossible_ Pope.

[ccb144] _eye’s_] F3 F4. _eyes_ F1 F2.

[ccb150] _witch_] Capell. _’witch_ Ff.

[ccb156] _up like_] _like_ F4. _like to_ Rowe.

[ccb161] _an_] F1 F2. om. F3 F4.

[ccb163] _be_] om. F4.

[ccb168] _make_] _mak’t_ Capell conj.

[ccb169], 182: _whiles_] _while_ Pope.

[ccb170] _Until my...head_] F1 F2. _Untill this...head_ F3 F4. _Until the...head_ Pope. _Until the head of this misshapen trunk_ Thirlby conj. _Until my misshap’d trunk bear’st, that this head_ (sic) Theobald conj. (withdrawn). _Until the head this mis-shap’d trunk doth bear_ Hanmer. _Until my head, that this mis-shap’d trunk bears_ Steevens conj.

[ccb172] _the crown_] _a crown_ Johnson (1771).

[ccb175] _rends_] Pope. _rents_ Ff.

[ccb186] _mermaid shall_] _mermaids all_ Anon. conj.

[ccb191] _to_] _ev’n to_ Pope.

[ccb193] _the murderous Machiavel_] _th’ aspiring Catiline_ (Qq) Warburton. ¶ _Machiavel_] Pope. _Macheuill_ F1 F2 F3. _Matchevil_ F4.

[ccb195] _I’ll_] _Ile_ F1 F2. _I’le_ F3 F4. _I’d_ Collier MS.

[ccc001] SCENE III.] Capell. SCENE II. Rowe. SCENE IV. Pope. ¶ France.] Pope. ¶ The King’s palace.] A Room in some Palace. Capell. ¶ Flourish. Enter...] Ff. Flourish. Enter Lewis the French King, and Lady Bona, attended: King takes his State. Then, Enter Queen Margaret, Prince Edward, her Son, and the Earl of Oxford. Capell.

[ccc003] _while...doth sit_] _whiles...sits_ Rowe. _while...sits_ Pope.

[ccc011] _seat_] _state_ S. Walker conj.

[ccc014] _heart is_] _my heart’s_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[ccc016]–ccc018: _And...mischance_] As in Theobald. Four lines in Ff, ending _side...yoake...triumph...mischance:_ Four in Pope, ending _side...neck...mind...mischance._

[ccc021] _Those...thoughts_] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.

[ccc026] _a forlorn_] _all forlorn_ Collier MS.

[ccc029] _true-anointed_] Theobald. _true anoynted_ Ff.

[ccc033] _And if_] _An if_ S. Walker conj.

[ccc038] _Renowned...storm_] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.

[ccc042] _waiteth...sorrow_] _waiting rues to-morrow_ Hanmer (Warburton).

[ccc044] SCENE V. Pope.

[ccc045] _Our_] _The_ Collier MS.

[ccc046] _brings_] _beings_ F2. ¶ [He descends...] Ff. Coming from his State--Mar. rises. Capell.

[ccc058] [Aside] Marked first by Capell.

[ccc059] [To Bona] Speaking to Bona. Ff. ¶ _And...behalf_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.

[ccc061] _your_] _you_ F2.

[ccc064] _virtue_] _virtue’s_ Hanmer.

[ccc074] _that_] om. Hanmer.

[ccc075] _thy_] _thee_ Johnson.

[ccc078] Prince.] Edw. Ff.

[ccc109] _Oxford_] _Lord Oxford_ Hanmer.

[ccc111] [They stand aloof.] Ff. Retiring with Oxf. and the Prince. Capell (after line 112).

[ccc115] _were not lawful chosen_] _is not lawful heir_ (Qq) Rann.

[ccc117] _eye_] F1 F2. _eyes_ F3 F4.

[ccc124] _an eternal_] (Qq) Warburton. _an externall_ F1 F2. _an external_ F3 F4. _a perennial_ Hanmer.

[ccc130] _denial_] _denyall_ F1. _deny_ F2 F3 F4.

[ccc131] [To War.] speaks to War. Ff.

[ccc134] _Then...Edward’s_] One line in Pope. Two in Ff. ¶ _thus_] F1. _this_ F2 F3 F4.

[ccc140] Prince.] Pr. Edw. Ff.

[ccc155] _’twere_] _it were_ Rowe.

[ccc156] _Warwick, peace_] F2 F3 F4. _Warwick,_ F1.

[ccc161] [Post blows...] Post blowing... Ff (after line 160).