# Result number

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

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1

Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1]

Earl of Warwick

138

Prove it, Henry, and thou shalt be king.

2

Henry VI, Part III
[I, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

314

I'll prove the contrary, if you'll hear me speak.

3

Henry VI, Part III
[III, 3]

Queen Margaret

1758

King Lewis and Lady Bona, hear me speak,
Before you answer Warwick. His demand
Springs not from Edward's well-meant honest love,
But from deceit bred by necessity;
For how can tyrants safely govern home,
Unless abroad they purchase great alliance?
To prove him tyrant this reason may suffice,
That Henry liveth still: but were he dead,
Yet here Prince Edward stands, King Henry's son.
Look, therefore, Lewis, that by this league and marriage
Thou draw not on thy danger and dishonour;
For though usurpers sway the rule awhile,
Yet heavens are just, and time suppresseth wrongs.

4

Henry VI, Part III
[III, 3]

Bona

1929

Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly,
I'll wear the willow garland for his sake.

5

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 1]

Post

2074

These were her words, utter'd with mad disdain:
'Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly,
I'll wear the willow garland for his sake.'

6

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 1]

George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence)

2095

Belike the elder; Clarence will have the younger.
Now, brother king, farewell, and sit you fast,
For I will hence to Warwick's other daughter;
That, though I want a kingdom, yet in marriage
I may not prove inferior to yourself.
You that love me and Warwick, follow me.

7

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 6]

Henry VI

2382

Come hither, England's hope.
[Lays his hand on his head]
If secret powers
Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts,
This pretty lad will prove our country's bliss.
His looks are full of peaceful majesty,
His head by nature framed to wear a crown,
His hand to wield a sceptre, and himself
Likely in time to bless a regal throne.
Make much of him, my lords, for this is he
Must help you more than you are hurt by me.