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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Complete Works of William Shakespeare novel. A total of 593 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.by William Shakespeare.1609 THE SONNETS by Wil
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.by William Shakespeare.1609 THE SONNETS by William Shakespeare 1 From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty's rose might never die, But as the riper should by time decease, His tender heir
- 101 SCENE III.Britain. CYMBELINE'S palace Enter CYMBELINE, LORDS, PISANIO, and attendants CYMBELINE. Again! and bring me word how 'tis with her.Exit an attendant A fever with the absence of her son; A madness, of which her life's in danger. Hea
- 102 Another part of the field Enter POSTHUMUS and a Britain LORD LORD. Cam'st thou from where they made the stand?POSTHUMUS. I did: Though you, it seems, come from the fliers.LORD. I did.POSTHUMUS. No blame be to you, sir, for all was lost, But that the
- 103 Be not, as is our fangled world, a garment n.o.bler than that it covers. Let thy effects So follow to be most unlike our courtiers, As good as promise.[Reads] 'When as a lion's whelp shall, to himself unknown, without seeking find, and be embrac
- 104 CYMBELINE. How? me?IACHIMO. I am glad to be constrain'd to utter that Which torments me to conceal. By villainy I got this ring; 'twas Leonatus' jewel, Whom thou didst banish; and- which more may grieve thee, As it doth me- a n.o.bler sir n
- 105 Why fled you from the court? and whither? These, And your three motives to the battle, with I know not how much more, should be demanded, And all the other by-dependences, From chance to chance; but nor the time nor place Will serve our long interrogatori
- 106 Fran. You come most carefully upon your hour.Ber. 'Tis now struck twelve. Get thee to bed, Francisco.Fran. For this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold, And I am sick at heart.Ber. Have you had quiet guard?Fran. Not a mouse stirring.Ber. Well,
- 107 Flourish. [Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the Queen, Hamlet, Polonius, Laertes and his sister Ophelia, [Voltemand, Cornelius,]Lords Attendant.King. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death The memory be green, and that it us befitted
- 108 Hor. O, yes, my lord! He wore his beaver up.Ham. What, look'd he frowningly.Hor. A countenance more in sorrow than in anger.Ham. Pale or red?Hor. Nay, very pale.Ham. And fix'd his eyes upon you?Hor. Most constantly.Ham. I would I had been there.
- 109 Ham. The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold.Hor. It is a nipping and an eager air.Ham. What hour now?Hor. I think it lacks of twelve.Mar. No, it is struck.Hor. Indeed? I heard it not. It then draws near the season Wherein the spirit held his wont to walk
- 110 I have sworn't.Hor. (within) My lord, my lord!Enter Horatio and Marcellus.Mar. Lord Hamlet!Hor. Heaven secure him! Ham. So be it!Mar. Illo, ho, ho, my lord!Ham. Hillo, ho, ho, boy! Come, bird, come.Mar. How is't, my n.o.ble lord?Hor. What news,
- 111 Pol. And then, sir, does 'a this- 'a does- What was I about to say?By the ma.s.s, I was about to say something! Where did I leave?Rey. At 'closes in the consequence,' at 'friend or so,' and gentleman.'Pol. At 'close
- 112 But you shall hear. Thus: [Reads.]'In her excellent white bosom, these, &c.'Queen. Came this from Hamlet to her?Pol. Good madam, stay awhile. I will be faithful. [Reads.]'Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt tr
- 113 Ros. [aside to Guildenstern] What say you?Ham. [aside] Nay then, I have an eye of you.- If you love me, hold not off.Guil. My lord, we were sent for.Ham. I will tell you why. So shall my antic.i.p.ation prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the King
- 114 Ham. Follow him, friends. We'll hear a play to-morrow.Exeunt Polonius and Players [except the First].Dost thou hear me, old friend? Can you play 'The Murther of Gonzago'?1. Play. Ay, my lord.Ham. We'll ha't to-morrow night. You co
- 115 Oph. O, what a n.o.ble mind is here o'erthrown!The courtier's, scholar's, soldier's, eye, tongue, sword, Th' expectancy and rose of the fair state, The gla.s.s of fas.h.i.+on and the mould of form, Th' observ'd of all ob
- 116 Pro. For us, and for our tragedy, Here stooping to your clemency, We beg your hearing patiently. [Exit.]Ham. Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring?Oph. 'Tis brief, my lord.Ham. As woman's love.Enter [two Players as] King and Queen.King. Full
- 117 Guil. The Queen, your mother, in most great affliction of spirit hath sent me to you.Ham. You are welcome.Guil. Nay, good my lord, this courtesy is not of the right breed.If it shall please you to make me a wholesome answer, I will do your mother's c
- 118 Words without thoughts never to heaven go. Exit.Scene IV.The Queen's closet.Enter Queen and Polonius.Pol. He will come straight. Look you lay home to him.Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen'd and
- 119 That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat Of habits evil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery, That aptly is put on. Refrain to-night, And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abs
- 120 Enter Rosencrantz.How now O What hath befall'n?Ros. Where the dead body is bestow'd, my lord, We cannot get from him.King. But where is he?Ros. Without, my lord; guarded, to know your pleasure. King. Bring him before us.Ros. Ho, Guildenstern! Br
- 121 Gent. She speaks much of her father; says she hears There's tricks i' th' world, and hems, and beats her heart; Spurns enviously at straws; speaks things in doubt, That carry but half sense. Her speech is nothing, Yet the unshaped use of it
- 122 Laer. How now? What noise is that?Enter Ophelia.O heat, dry up my brains! Tears seven times salt Burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye!By heaven, thy madness shall be paid by weight Till our scale turn the beam. O rose of May!Dear maid, kind sister, s
- 123 [Reads]'High and Mighty,-You shall know I am set naked on your kingdom. To-morrow shall I beg leave to see your kingly eyes; when I shall (first asking your pardon thereunto) recount the occasion of my sudden and more strange return.'HAMLET.
- 124 Clown. Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for your dull a.s.s will not mend his pace with beating; and when you are ask'd this question next, say 'a grave-maker.' The houses he makes lasts till doomsday. Go, get thee to Yaughan; fetch me a
- 125 I hop'd thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife; I thought thy bride-bed to have deck'd, sweet maid, And not have strew'd thy grave.Laer. O, treble woe Fall ten times treble on that cursed head Whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sen
- 126 Osr. You are not ignorant of what excellence Laertes is- Ham. I dare not confess that, lest I should compare with him in excellence; but to know a man well were to know himself.Osr. I mean, sir, for his weapon; but in the imputation laid on him by them, i
- 127 Ham. Nay come! again! The Queen falls.Osr. Look to the Queen there, ho!Hor. They bleed on both sides. How is it, my lord?Osr. How is't, Laertes?Laer. Why, as a woodc.o.c.k to mine own springe, Osric. I am justly kill'd with mine own treachery.Ha
- 128 Archibald, Earl of Douglas.Owen Glendower.Sir Richard Vernon.Sir John Falstaff.Sir Michael, a friend to the Archbishop of York. Poins.Gads.h.i.+ll Peto.Bardolph.Lady Percy, wife to Hotspur, and sister to Mortimer.Lady Mortimer, daughter to Glendower, and
- 129 Poins. Good morrow, sweet Hal. What says Monsieur Remorse? What says Sir John Sack and Sugar? Jack, how agrees the devil and thee about thy soul, that thou soldest him on Good Friday last for a cup of Madeira and a cold capon's leg?Prince. Sir John s
- 130 Hot. If he fall in, good night, or sink or swim!Send danger from the east unto the west, So honour cross it from the north to south, And let them grapple. O, the blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare!North. Imagination of some great exploi
- 131 Gads. Sirrah, if they meet not with Saint Nicholas' clerks, I'll give thee this neck.Cham. No, I'll none of it. I pray thee keep that for the hangman; for I know thou wors.h.i.+ppest Saint Nicholas as truly as a man of falsehood may.Gads. W
- 132 Scene III.Warkworth Castle.Enter Hotspur solus, reading a letter.Hot. 'But, for mine own part, my lord, I could be well contented to be there, in respect of the love I bear your house.' He could be contented- why is he not then? In respect of th
- 133 Prince. Away, you rogue! Dost thou not hear them call?Here they both call him. The Drawer stands amazed, not knowing which way to go.Enter Vintner.Vint. What, stand'st thou still, and hear'st such a calling? Look to the guests within. [Exit Fran
- 134 Fal. What doth gravity out of his bed at midnight? Shall I give him his answer?Prince. Prithee do, Jack.Fal. Faith, and I'll send him packing.Exit.Prince. Now, sirs. By'r Lady, you fought fair; so did you, Peto; so did you, Bardolph. You are lio
- 135 Sher. I will, my lord. There are two gentlemen Have in this robbery lost three hundred marks.Prince. It may be so. If he have robb'd these men, He shall be answerable; and so farewell.Sher. Good night, my n.o.ble lord.Prince. I think it is good morro
- 136 I warrant you that man is not alive Might so have tempted him as you have done Without the taste of danger and reproof.But do not use it oft, let me entreat you.Wor. In faith, my lord, you are too wilful-blame, And since your coming hither have done enoug
- 137 How now, good Blunt? Thy looks are full of speed.Blunt. So hath the business that I come to speak of.Lord Mortimer of Scotland hath sent word That Douglas and the English rebels met The eleventh of this month at Shrewsbury.A mighty and a fearful head they
- 138 Prince. I am good friends with my father, and may do anything.Fal. Rob me the exchequer the first thing thou doest, and do it with unwash'd hands too.Bard. Do, my lord.Prince. I have procured thee, Jack, a charge of foot.Fal. I would it had been of h
- 139 Scene II.A public road near Coventry.Enter Falstaff and Bardolph.Fal. Bardolph, get thee before to Coventry; fill me a bottle of sack. Our soldiers shall march through. We'll to Sutton Co'fil'to-night.Bard. Will you give me money, Captain?F
- 140 Arch. Like enough you do.To-morrow, good Sir Michael, is a day Wherein the fortune of ten thousand men Must bide the touch; for, sir, at Shrewsbury, As I am truly given to understand, The King with mighty and quick-raised power Meets with Lord Harry; and
- 141 Wor. I told him gently of our grievances, Of his oath-breaking; which he mended thus, By now forswearing that he is forsworn.He calls us rebels, traitors, aid will scourge With haughty arms this hateful name in us.Enter Douglas.Doug. Arm, gentlemen! to ar
- 142 Prince. Lead me, my lord, I do not need your help; And G.o.d forbid a shallow scratch should drive The Prince of Wales from such a field as this, Where stain'd n.o.bility lies trodden on, And rebels' arms triumph in ma.s.sacres!John. We breathe
- 143 The trumpets sound. [Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster, Earl of Westmoreland, with Worcester and Vernon prisoners.King. Thus ever did rebellion find rebuke.Ill-spirited Worcester! did not we send grace, Pardon, and terms of love to a
- 144 The PORTER opens the gate Where is the Earl?PORTER. What shall I say you are?LORD BARDOLPH. Tell thou the Earl That the Lord Bardolph doth attend him here.PORTER. His lords.h.i.+p is walk'd forth into the orchard.Please it your honour knock but at th
- 145 CHIEF JUSTICE. What's he that goes there?SERVANT. Falstaff, an't please your lords.h.i.+p.CHIEF JUSTICE. He that was in question for the robb'ry?SERVANT. He, my lord; but he hath since done good service at Shrewsbury, and, as I hear, is now
- 146 Exeunt > ACT II. SCENE I.London. A street Enter HOSTESS with two officers, FANG and SNARE HOSTESS. Master Fang, have you ent'red the action?FANG. It is ent'red.HOSTESS. Where's your yeoman? Is't a l.u.s.ty yeoman? Will 'a stan
- 147 FALSTAFF. Will you sup with me, Master Gower?CHIEF JUSTICE. What foolish master taught you these manners, Sir John?FALSTAFF. Master Gower, if they become me not, he was a fool that taught them me. This is the right fencing grace, my lord; tap for tap, and
- 148 NORTHUMBERLAND. I pray thee, loving wife, and gentle daughter, Give even way unto my rough affairs; Put not you on the visage of the times And be, like them, to Percy troublesome.LADY NORTHUMBERLAND. I have given over, I will speak no more.Do what you wil
- 149 PISTOL. Not I! I tell thee what, Corporal Bardolph, I could tear her; I'll be reveng'd of her.PAGE. Pray thee go down.PISTOL. I'll see her d.a.m.n'd first; to Pluto's d.a.m.n'd lake, by this hand, to th' infernal deep, w
- 150 POINS. No abuse!FALSTAFF. No abuse, Ned, i' th' world; honest Ned, none. I disprais'd him before the wicked- that the wicked might not fall in love with thee; in which doing, I have done the part of a careful friend and a true subject; and
- 151 SHALLOW. 'A must, then, to the Inns o' Court shortly. I was once of Clement's Inn; where I think they will talk of mad Shallow yet.SILENCE. You were call'd 'l.u.s.ty Shallow' then, cousin.SHALLOW. By the ma.s.s, I was call�
- 152 FALSTAFF. Never, never; she would always say she could not abide Master Shallow.SHALLOW. By the ma.s.s, I could anger her to th' heart. She was then a bona-roba. Doth she hold her own well?FALSTAFF. Old, old, Master Shallow.SHALLOW. Nay, she must be
- 153 Our battle is more full of names than yours, Our men more perfect in the use of arms, Our armour all as strong, our cause the best; Then reason will our hearts should be as good.Say you not, then, our offer is compell'd.MOWBRAY. Well, by my will we s
- 154 FALSTAFF. What's your name, sir? Of what condition are you, and of what place, I pray?COLVILLE. I am a knight sir; and my name is Colville of the Dale.FALSTAFF. Well then, Colville is your name, a knight is your degree, and your place the Dale. Colvi
- 155 Enter HARCOURT Look here's more news.HARCOURT. From enemies heaven keep your Majesty; And, when they stand against you, may they fall As those that I am come to tell you of!The Earl Northumberland and the Lord Bardolph, With a great power of English
- 156 What, canst thou not forbear me half an hour?Then get thee gone, and dig my grave thyself; And bid the merry bells ring to thine ear That thou art crowned, not that I am dead.Let all the tears that should bedew my hea.r.s.e Be drops of balm to sanctify th
- 157 Enter LANCASTER, CLARENCE, GLOUCESTER, WESTMORELAND, and others WARWICK. Here comes the heavy issue of dead Harry.O that the living Harry had the temper Of he, the worst of these three gentlemen!How many n.o.bles then should hold their places That must st
- 158 BARDOLPH. Yea, sir, in a pottle-pot.SHALLOW. By G.o.d's liggens, I thank thee. The knave will stick by thee, I can a.s.sure thee that. 'A will not out, 'a; 'tis true bred.BARDOLPH. And I'll stick by him, sir.SHALLOW. Why, there sp
- 159 FALSTAFF. Stand here by me, Master Robert Shallow; I will make the King do you grace. I will leer upon him, as 'a comes by; and do but mark the countenance that he will give me.PISTOL. G.o.d bless thy lungs, good knight!FALSTAFF. Come here, Pistol; s
- 160 CHARLES THE SIXTH, King of France LEWIS, the Dauphin DUKE OF BURGUNDY DUKE OF ORLEANS DUKE OF BRITAINE DUKE OF BOURBON THE CONSTABLE OF FRANCE RAMBURES, French Lord GRANDPRE, " "GOVERNOR OF HARFLEUR MONTJOY, a French herald AMBa.s.sADORS to the
- 161 WESTMORELAND. But there's a saying, very old and true: 'If that you will France win, Then with Scotland first begin.'For once the eagle England being in prey, To her unguarded nest the weasel Scot Comes sneaking, and so sucks her princely e
- 162 Give me thy fist, thy fore-foot to me give; Thy spirits are most tall.NYM. I will cut thy throat one time or other, in fair terms; that is the humour of it.PISTOL. 'Couple a gorge!'That is the word. I thee defy again.O hound of Crete, think'
- 163 Arrest them to the answer of the law; And G.o.d acquit them of their practices!EXETER. I arrest thee of high treason, by the name of Richard Earl of Cambridge.I arrest thee of high treason, by the name of Henry Lord Scroop of Masham.I arrest thee of high
- 164 FRENCH KING. To-morrow shall you know our mind at full.EXETER. Dispatch us with all speed, lest that our king Come here himself to question our delay; For he is footed in this land already.FRENCH KING. You shall be soon dispatch'd with fair condition
- 165 MACMORRIS. I do not know you so good a man as myself; so Chrish save me, I will cut off your head.GOWER. Gentlemen both, you will mistake each other.JAMY. Ah! that's a foul fault. [A parley sounded]GOWER. The town sounds a parley.FLUELLEN. Captain Ma
- 166 FRENCH KING. Therefore, Lord Constable, haste on Montjoy, And let him say to England that we send To know what willing ransom he will give.Prince Dauphin, you shall stay with us in Rouen.DAUPHIN. Not so, I do beseech your Majesty.FRENCH KING. Be patient,
- 167 CONSTABLE. Nay, for methought yesterday your mistress shrewdly shook your back.DAUPHIN. So perhaps did yours.CONSTABLE. Mine was not bridled.DAUPHIN. O, then belike she was old and gentle; and you rode like a kern of Ireland, your French hose off and in y
- 168 KING HENRY. 'Tis good for men to love their present pains Upon example; so the spirit is eased; And when the mind is quick'ned, out of doubt The organs, though defunct and dead before, Break up their drowsy grave and newly move With casted sloug
- 169 The slave, a member of the country's peace, Enjoys it; but in gross brain little wots What watch the king keeps to maintain the peace Whose hours the peasant best advantages.Enter ERPINGHAM ERPINGHAM. My lord, your n.o.bles, jealous of your absence,
- 170 WESTMORELAND. G.o.d's will, my liege! would you and I alone, Without more help, could fight this royal battle!KING HENRY. Why, now thou hast unwish'd five thousand men; Which likes me better than to wish us one.You know your places. G.o.d be wit
- 171 Alarum. Enter the KING and his train, with prisoners; EXETER, and others KING HENRY. Well have we done, thrice-valiant countrymen; But all's not done- yet keep the French the field.EXETER. The Duke of York commends him to your Majesty.KING HENRY. Liv
- 172 WILLIAMS. I warrant it is to knight you, Captain.Enter FLUELLEN FLUELLEN. G.o.d's will and his pleasure, Captain, I beseech you now, come apace to the King: there is more good toward you peradventure than is in your knowledge to dream of.WILLIAMS. Si
- 173 FLUELLEN. You say very true, scald knave- when G.o.d's will is. I will desire you to live in the meantime, and eat your victuals; come, there is sauce for it. [Striking him again] You call'd me yesterday mountain-squire; but I will make you to-d
- 174 KING HENRY. I would have her learn, my fair cousin, how perfectly I love her; and that is good English.BURGUNDY. Is she not apt?KING HENRY. Our tongue is rough, coz, and my condition is not smooth; so that, having neither the voice nor the heart of flatte
- 175 GLOUCESTER. Name not religion, for thou lov'st the flesh; And ne'er throughout the year to church thou go'st, Except it be to pray against thy foes.BEDFORD. Cease, cease these jars and rest your minds in peace; Let's to the altar. Hera
- 176 Enter the b.a.s.t.a.r.d OF ORLEANS b.a.s.t.a.r.d. Where's the Prince Dauphin? I have news for him.CHARLES. b.a.s.t.a.r.d of Orleans, thrice welcome to us.b.a.s.t.a.r.d. Methinks your looks are sad, your cheer appall'd.Hath the late overthrow wro
- 177 Open the gates, or I'll shut thee out shortly.SERVING-MEN. Open the gates unto the Lord Protector, Or we'll burst them open, if that you come not quickly.Enter to the PROTECTOR at the Tower gates WINCHESTER and his men in tawny coats WINCHESTER.
- 178 Wretched shall France be only in my name.[Here an alarum, and it thunders and lightens]What stir is this? What tumult's in the heavens?Whence cometh this alarum and the noise?Enter a MESSENGER MESSENGER. My lord, my lord, the French have gather'
- 179 TALBOT. Lord 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 carous'd and banqueted; Embrace we then this opportunity, As fitti
- 180 Fain would mine eyes be witness with mine ears To give their censure of these rare reports.Enter MESSENGER and TALBOT.MESSENGER. Madam, according as your ladys.h.i.+p desir'd, By message crav'd, so is Lord Talbot come.COUNTESS. And he is welcome
- 181 His trespa.s.s yet lives guilty in thy blood; And till thou be restor'd thou art a yeoman.PLANTAGENET. My father was attached, not attainted; Condemn'd to die for treason, but no traitor; And that I'll prove on better men than Somerset, Wer
- 182 Thou b.a.s.t.a.r.d of my grandfather!WINCHESTER. Ay, lordly sir; for what are you, I pray, But one imperious in another's throne?GLOUCESTER. Am I not Protector, saucy priest?WINCHESTER. And am not I a prelate of the church?GLOUCESTER. Yes, as an outl
- 183 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.FIRST SOLDIER. Our sacks shall be a mean to sack the city, And we be lords a
- 184 Enter CHARLES, the b.a.s.t.a.r.d, ALENCON, LA PUCELLE, and forces PUCELLE. Dismay not, Princes, 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 triump
- 185 Enter SIR JOHN FASTOLFE FASTOLFE. My gracious sovereign, as I rode from Calais, To haste unto your coronation, A letter was deliver'd to my hands, Writ to your Grace from th' Duke of Burgundy.TALBOT. Shame to the Duke of Burgundy and thee!I vow&
- 186 This is the latest glory of thy praise That I, thy enemy, due thee withal; For ere the gla.s.s that now begins to run Finish the process of his sandy hour, These eyes that see thee now well coloured Shall see thee withered, b.l.o.o.d.y, pale, and dead.[Dr
- 187 JOHN. To fight I will, but not to fly the foe.TALBOT. Part of thy father may be sav'd in thee.JOHN. No part of him but will be shame in me.TALBOT. Thou never hadst renown, nor canst not lose it.JOHN. Yes, your renowned name; shall flight abuse it?TAL
- 188 Were but his picture left amongst you here, It would amaze the proudest of you all.Give me their bodies, that I may bear them hence And give them burial as beseems their worth.PUCELLE. I think this upstart is old Talbot's ghost, He speaks with such a
- 189 My ancient incantations are too weak, And h.e.l.l too strong for me to buckle with.Now, France, thy glory droopeth to the dust. Exit Excursions. Enter French and English, fighting.LA PUCELLE and YORK fight hand to hand; LA PUCELLE is taken. The French fly
- 190 REIGNIER. And I again, in Henry's royal name, As deputy unto that gracious king, Give thee her hand for sign of plighted faith.SUFFOLK. Reignier of France, I give thee kingly thanks, Because this is in traffic of a king.[Aside] And yet, methinks, I c
- 191 If once it be neglected, ten to one We shall not find like opportunity.ALENCON. [To CHARLES] To say the truth, it is your policy To save your subjects from such ma.s.sacre And ruthless slaughters as are daily seen By our proceeding in hostility; And there
- 192 SUFFOLK. My Lord Protector, so it please your Grace, Here are the articles of contracted peace Between our sovereign and the French King Charles, For eighteen months concluded by consent.GLOUCESTER. [Reads] 'Imprimis: It is agreed between the French
- 193 Hast thou not worldly pleasure at command Above the reach or compa.s.s of thy thought?And wilt thou still be hammering treachery To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honour to disgrace's feet?Away from me, and let me hear no more!d.u.c.
- 194 BUCKINGHAM. Thy cruelty in execution Upon offenders hath exceeded law, And left thee to the mercy of the law.QUEEN. Thy sale of offices and towns in France, If they were known, as the suspect is great, Would make thee quickly hop without thy head.Exit GLO
- 195 'By water shall he die and take his end.''What shall betide the Duke of Somerset?''Let him shun castles; Safer shall he be upon the sandy plains Than where castles mounted stand.'Come, come, my lords; These oracles are hardly
- 196 SIMPc.o.x. But that in all my life, when I was a youth.WIFE. Too true; and bought his climbing very dear.GLOUCESTER. Ma.s.s, thou lov'dst plums well, that wouldst venture so.SIMPc.o.x. Alas, good master, my wife desir'd some damsons And made me
- 197 YORK. And, Nevil, this I do a.s.sure myself, Richard shall live to make the Earl of Warwick The greatest man in England but the King. Exeunt SCENE III.London. A hall of justice Sound trumpets. Enter the KING and State: the QUEEN, GLOUCESTER, YORK, SUFFOLK
- 198 I pray thee sort thy heart to patience; These few days' wonder will be quickly worn.Enter a HERALD HERALD. I summon your Grace to his Majesty's Parliament, Holden at Bury the first of this next month.GLOUCESTER. And my consent ne'er ask
- 199 SUFFOLK. My lord, these faults are easy, quickly answer'd; But mightier crimes are laid unto your charge, Whereof you cannot easily purge yourself.I do arrest you in His Highness' name, And here commit you to my Lord Cardinal To keep until your
- 200 Bury St. Edmunds. A room of state Enter two or three MURDERERS running over the stage, from the murder of DUKE HUMPHREY FIRST MURDERER. Run to my Lord of Suffolk; let him know We have dispatch'd the Duke, as he commanded.SECOND MURDERER. O that it we