# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

Character Indicates who said the line. If it's a play or sonnet, the character name is "Poet."

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The numbering is not keyed to any copyrighted numbering system found in a volume of collected works (Arden, Oxford, etc.) The numbering starts at the beginning of the work, and does not restart for each scene.

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1

Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

125

Sound drums and trumpets, and the king will fly.

2

Henry VI, Part III
[I, 2]

King Edward IV (Plantagenet)

367

I hear their drums: let's set our men in order,
And issue forth and bid them battle straight.

3

Henry VI, Part III
[II, 1]

King Edward IV (Plantagenet)

832

Then strike up drums: God and Saint George for us!

4

Henry VI, Part III
[V, 7]

King Edward IV (Plantagenet)

3136

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