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Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
920 |
Great lords and gentlemen, what means this silence?
Dare no man answer in a case of truth?
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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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3 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
940 |
Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance:
The truth appears so naked on my side
That any purblind eye may find it out.
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4 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
947 |
Since you are tongue-tied and so loath to speak,
In dumb significants 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.
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5 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Duke/Earl of Somerset |
953 |
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.
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6 |
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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7 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
988 |
Meantime your cheeks do counterfeit our roses;
For pale they look with fear, as witnessing
The truth on our side.
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8 |
Henry VI, Part I
[II, 4] |
Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) |
999 |
Ay, sharp and piercing, to maintain his truth;
Whiles thy consuming canker eats his falsehood.
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9 |
Henry VI, Part I
[III, 4] |
Henry VI |
1723 |
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 reguerdon'd with so much as thanks,
Because till now we never saw your face:
Therefore, stand up; and, for these good deserts,
We here create you Earl of Shrewsbury;
And in our coronation take your place.
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10 |
Henry VI, Part I
[IV, 1] |
Duke of Gloucester |
1790 |
To say the truth, this fact was infamous
And ill beseeming any common man,
Much more a knight, a captain and a leader.
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11 |
Henry VI, Part I
[IV, 1] |
Basset |
1854 |
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 confutation of which rude reproach
And in defence of my lord's worthiness,
I crave the benefit of law of arms.
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12 |
Henry VI, Part I
[V, 4] |
Duke of Alencon |
2834 |
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.
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