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are treated as single work with 154 parts.
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Henry VI, Part I
[I, 1] |
Duke of Bedford |
148 |
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 foemen is betray'd.
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2 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 1] |
Duke of Gloucester |
175 |
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.
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3 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 2] |
Charles, King of France |
300 |
Then come, o' God's name; I fear no woman.
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4 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 2] |
Joan la Pucelle |
312 |
I must not yield to any rites of love,
For my profession's sacred from above:
When I have chased all thy foes from hence,
Then will I think upon a recompense.
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5 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 2] |
Charles, King of France |
339 |
Was Mahomet inspired with a dove?
Thou with an eagle art inspired then.
Helen, the mother of great Constantine,
Nor yet Saint Philip's daughters, were like thee.
Bright star of Venus, fall'n down on the earth,
How may I reverently worship thee enough?
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6 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 3] |
Lord Mayor of London |
450 |
See the coast clear'd, and then we will depart.
Good God, these nobles should such stomachs bear!
I myself fight not once in forty year.
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7 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 4] |
Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury |
497 |
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,
And with my nails digg'd 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 deem'd me not secure;
So great fear of my name 'mongst 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.
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8 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 4] |
Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury |
567 |
Hear, hear how dying Salisbury doth groan!
It irks his heart he cannot be revenged.
Frenchmen, I'll be a Salisbury to you:
Pucelle or puzzel, dolphin or dogfish,
Your hearts I'll 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.
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9 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 5] |
(stage directions) |
576 |
[Here an alarum again: and TALBOT pursueth the]
DAUPHIN, and driveth him: then enter JOAN LA
PUCELLE, driving Englishmen before her, and exit
after them then re-enter TALBOT]
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10 |
Henry VI, Part I
[I, 5] |
Joan la Pucelle |
595 |
Talbot, farewell; thy hour is not yet come:
I must go victual Orleans forthwith.
[A short alarum; then enter the town with soldiers]
O'ertake me, if thou canst; I scorn thy strength.
Go, go, cheer up thy hungry-starved men;
Help Salisbury to make his testament:
This day is ours, as many more shall be.
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11 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 1] |
Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury |
673 |
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 caroused and banqueted:
Embrace we then this opportunity
As fitting best to quittance their deceit
Contrived by art and baleful sorcery.
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12 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 1] |
Charles, King of France |
740 |
And, for myself, most part of all this night,
Within her quarter and mine own precinct
I was employ'd in passing to and fro,
About relieving of the sentinels:
Then how or which way should they first break in?
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13 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 2] |
Duke of Burgundy |
805 |
Is it even so? Nay, then, I see our wars
Will turn unto a peaceful comic sport,
When ladies crave to be encounter'd with.
You may not, my lord, despise her gentle suit.
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14 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 2] |
Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury |
809 |
Ne'er trust me then; for when a world of men
Could not prevail with all their oratory,
Yet hath a woman's kindness over-ruled:
And therefore tell her I return great thanks,
And in submission will attend on her.
Will not your honours bear me company?
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15 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 2] |
Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury |
818 |
Well then, alone, since there's no remedy,
I mean to prove this lady's courtesy.
Come hither, captain.
[Whispers]
You perceive my mind?
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16 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 3] |
Countess of Auvergne |
862 |
If thou be he, then art thou prisoner.
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17 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 3] |
Countess of Auvergne |
880 |
Then have I substance too.
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18 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
925 |
Then say at once if I maintain'd the truth;
Or else was wrangling Somerset in the error?
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19 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Duke/Earl of Somerset |
930 |
Judge you, my Lord of Warwick, then, between us.
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20 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Vernon |
969 |
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.
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