As wild Medea young Absyrtus did:
In cruelty will I seek out my fame.-
Come, thou new ruin of old Clifford's house:

As did Æneas old Anchises bear,

[Taking up the body.

So bear I thee upon my manly shoulders;
But then Æneas bare a living load,

Nothing so heavy as these woes of mine.

[Exit.

Enter RICHARD PLANTAGENET and SOMERSET, fighting, and

SOMERSET is killed.

Rich. So, lie thou there ;—

For underneath an alehouse' paltry sign,

The Castle in Saint Albans, Somerset

Hath made the wizard famous in his death.

Sword, hold thy temper; heart, be wrathful still:
Priests pray for enemies, but princes kill.

[Exit.

Alarums: excursions. Enter KING HENRY, QUEEN MARGARET, and others, retreating.

Q. Mar. Away, my lord! you are slow; for shame, away! K. Hen. Can we outrun the heavens? good Margaret,

stay.

Q. Mar. What are you made of? you'll nor fight nor fly: Now is it manhood, wisdom, and defence, To give the enemy way; and to secure us By what we can, which can no more but fly.

[Alarum afar off.

If you be ta'en, we then should see the bottom
Of all our fortunes: but if we haply scape,-
As well we may, if not through your neglect,-
We shall to London get: where you are lov'd;
And where this breach, now in our fortunes made,
May readily be stopp'd.

Re-enter YOUNG CLIFFORD.

Y. Clif. But that my heart's on future mischief set, I would speak blasphemy ere bid you fly:

But fly you must; uncurable discomfit

Reigns in the hearts of all our present parts.
Away, for your relief! and we will live

To see their day, and them our fortune give:
Away, my lord, away!

[Exeunt.

SCENE III.-Fields near Saint Albans.

Alarum: retreat. Flourish; then enter YORK, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, WARWICK, and Soldiers, with drum and colours.

York. Of Salisbury, who can report of him,-
That winter lion, who in rage forgets

Aged contusions and all brush of time,
And, like a gallant in the brow of youth,
Repairs him with occasion? This happy day
Is not itself, nor have we won one foot,
If Salisbury be lost.

Three times to-day I holp him to his horse,
Three times bestrid him, thrice I led him off,
Persuaded him from any further act:

But still, where danger was, still there I met him;
And like rich hangings in a homely house,

So was his will in his old feeble body.

But, noble as he is, look where he comes.

Enter SALISBURY.

Sal. Now, by my sword, well hast thou fought to-day; By the mass, so did we all.-I thank you, Richard:

God knows how long it is I have to live;

And it hath pleas'd him that three times to-day
You have defended me from imminent death.-
Well, lords, we have not got that which we have:
'Tis not enough our foes are this time fled,
Being opposites of such repairing nature.

York. I know our safety is to follow them;
For, as I hear, the king is fled to London,
To call a present court of Parliament.
Let us pursue him ere the writs go forth:-
What says Lord Warwick? shall we after them?
War. After them! nay, before them, if we can.
Now, by my hand, lords, 'twas a glorious day:
Saint Albans battle, won by famous York,
Shall be eterniz'd in all age to come.—

Sound drums and trumpets;-and to London all :
And more such days as these to us befall!

[Exeunt.

EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND,

EARL OF WESTMORELAND,

LORD CLIFFORD,

Lords on KING HENRY'S side.

RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York.

EDWARD, Earl of March, afterwards

KING EDWARD IV.

EDMUND, Earl of Rutland,

GEORGE, afterwards Duke of Clarence,
RICHARD, afterwards Duke of Gloster,
DUKE OF NORFOLK,

MARQUIS OF MONTAGUE,
EARL OF WARWICK,

EARL OF PEMBROKE,
LORD HASTINGS,
LORD STAFFORD,
SIR JOHN MORTIMER,
SIR HUGH MORTIMER,

his Sons.

- of the DUKE OF YORK's party.

Uncles to the DUKE OF York.

HENRY, Earl of Richmond, a youth.

LORD RIVERS, Brother to LADY GREY.
SIR WILLIAM STANLEY.

SIR JOHN MONTGOMERY.

SIR JOHN SOMERVILLE.
Tutor to RUTLAND.
Mayor of York.

Lieutenant of the Tower.

A Nobleman.

Two Keepers.

A Huntsman.

A Son that has killed his Father.

A Father that has killed his Son.

QUEEN MARGARET.

LADY GREY, afterwards Queen to EDWARD IV.

BONA, Sister to the French Queen.

Soldiers, and other Attendants on KING HENRY and KING EDWARD, Messengers, Watchmen, &c.

SCENE,-During part of the Third Act in FRANCE; during the rest of the Play in ENGLAND.

THIRD PART OF

KING HENRY VI.

ACT I.

SCENE I.-LONDON. The Parliament House.

Then

Drums. Some Soldiers of YORK's Party break in. enter the DUKE OF YORK, EDWARD, RICHARD, Norfolk, MONTAGUE, WARWICK, and others, with white roses in their hats.

War. I wonder how the king escap'd our hands.

York. While we pursu'd the horsemen of the north,

He slily stole away, and left his men:

Whereat the great Lord of Northumberland,
Whose warlike ears could never brook retreat,
Cheer'd up the drooping army; and himself,
Lord Clifford, and Lord Stafford, all a-breast,
Charg'd our main battle's front, and, breaking in,
Were by the swords of common soldiers slain.

Edw. Lord Stafford's father, Duke of Buckingham,
Is either slain or wounded dangerous;

I cleft his beaver with a downright blow:
That this is true, father, behold his blood.

[Showing his bloody sword. Mont. And, brother, here's the Earl of Wiltshire's blood, [To YORK, showing his.

Whom I encounter'd as the battles join'd.
Rich. Speak thou for me, and tell them what I did.

[Throwing down SOMERSET's head. York. Richard hath best deserv'd of all my sons.But, is your grace dead, my Lord of Somerset?

Norf. Such hope have all the line of John of Gaunt.
Rich. Thus do I hope to shake King Henry's head.
War. And so do I.-Victorious Prince of York,

Before I see thee seated in that throne

Which now the house of Lancaster usurps,