So am I driven, by breath of her renown,
Either to suffer shipwreck, or arriveto, and 9/T
Where I may have fruition of her love. a bud
Suf. Tush! my good lord! this superficial tale
Is but a preface of her worthy praise: buf.
The chief perfections of that lovely damel
(Had I sufficient skill to utter them), and
Would make a volume of entieing lines, LA
Able to ravish any dull conceit.
And, which is more, she is not so divine, el
So full replete with choice of all, delights,
But, with as humble lowliness of mind, oni
She is content to be at your command; od taifT
Command, I mean, of virtuous chaste intents, T
To love and honour Henry as her lord.
K. Hen. And otherwise will, Henry ne'er pré-
And othe
50'sume. Di sis
Therefore, my lord protector, give consent,A
That Margaret may be England's royal queen, n
Glo. So should I give consent to flatter sin.
You know, my lord, your highness is betroth'd
Unto another lady of esteem; olema od davla
How shall we then dispense with that contract, A
And not deface your honour with reproach t
Suf. As doth a ruler with unlawful oaths!
Or one, that, at a triumph having vow'd 20%
To try his strength, fursaketh yet the lists A
By reason of his adversary's odds: tessod!
A poor earl's daughter is unequal odds: huA
And therefore may be broke without offence.
Glo. Why, what, I pray, is Margaret more than
etot aubinsy
Her father is no better than an earl,
Although in glorious titles her excel
1 A triumph, then signified a public exhibition ;' such as a tour. nament, mask, or revel. Thus Milton in L'Allegro :—
knights and barons bold,
In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold.”
See first note in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Suf. Yes, my good lord, her father is a king,
The king of Naples, and Jerusalem;
And of such great authority in France, 194 Re
As his alliance will confirm our peace, A
And keep the Frenchmen in allegiance.und al
Glo. And so the earl of Armagnac may do, SAT
Because he is near kinsman unto Charles. It
Exe. Beside, his wealth doth warrant liberal
dower;
While Reignier sooner will receive than give.
Suf. A dower, my lords! disgrace not so your
king, aim to rzaouil wok-eldmið de
That he should be so abject, base, and poor,
To choose for wealth, and not for perfect love.
Henry is able to enrich his queen, jobs9701 di
And not to seek a queen to make him rich:
So worthless peasants bargain for their wives,
As market-men for oxen, sheep, or horse.or
Marriage is a matter of more worth,fe led's
Than to be dealt in by attorneyship 2
Not whom we will, but whom his grace affects,
Must be companion of his muptial bed:set
And therefore, lords, since he affects her most,
It most of all these reasons bindeth us, to bal
In our opinions she should be preferr'd.
For what is wedlock forced, but a hell,
An age of discord and continual strife?
Whereas the contrary bringeth forth bliss,
And is a pattern of celestial peace.. important
Whom should we match with Henry, being a king,
But Margaret, that is daughter to a king? Lo
Her peerless feature, joined with her birth,
Approves her
fit for none, but for a king
Her valiant courage, and undaunted spirit
2 By the intervention of another man's choice; or the discretional agency of another. The phrase occurs twice in Ki chard III.:
Be the attorney of my love to her.
I, by attorney, bless thee from thy mother."
(More than in women commonly is seen),
Will answer our hope in issue of a king;
For Henry, son unto a conqueror,
Is likely to beget more conquerors,
If with a lady of so high resolve,
As is fair Margaret, he be link'd in lore sensit Then yield, my lords; and here conclude with
That Margaret shall be queen, and none but she. K. Hen. Whether it be through force of your report,
My noble lord of Suffolk; or for that
My tender youth was never yet attaint
With any passion of inflaming love,
I cannot tell; but this I am assur'd,
I feel such sharp dissension in my breast,
Such fierce alarums both of hope and fear,
As I am sick with working of my thoughts.
Take, therefore, shipping: post, my lord, to
France; el base din, hari jeni podilirdi
Agree to any covenants: and procure,
That Lady Margaret do vouchsafe to come ate
To cross the seas to England, and be crown'd
King Henry's faithful and anointed queen771
For your expenses and sufficient charge, text
Among the people gather up a tenth.
Be gone, I say; for, till you do return,
I rest perplexed with a thousand cares
And you, good unele, banish all offence:
you do censures me by what you were, rotat Not what you are, I know it will excuse
This sudden execution of my will.ods in atten
And so conduct me, where from company, bu
I may revolve and ruminate my grief. [Exit.
Glo. Ay, grief,, I fear me, both at first and last
(asigino 267 tuyen [Exeunt GLOSTER and EXETER!
3 To censure is here simply to judge. If in judging me you consider the past frailties of your own youth."
4 Grief, in the first line, stands for pain, uneasiness; in the second, especially for sorrow.
FIRST PART OF KING HENRY VI.
Suf. Thus Suffolk hath prevail'd: and thus he
As did the youthful Paris once to Greece;
With hope to find the like event in love,
But prosper better than the Trojan did.
Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king;
But I will rule both her, the king, and realm.
pa [Exit.
Or this play there is no copy carlier than that of the folio in
1623, though the two succeeding parts are extant in two editions
in quarto. That the second and third parts were published with-
out the first, may be admitted as no weak proof that the copies
were surreptitiously obtained, and that the printers of that time
gave the public those plays, not such as the author designed, bat
such as they could get them, That this play was written before
the two others is indubitably collected from the series of
that it was written and played before Henry, events;
rent, because in the epilogue there is mention made of this play,
and not of the
of the other parts:-
Henry the Sixth in swaddling bands crown'd king,
wn'd king,
Whose state so many had the managing, ISTUT
That they lost France, and made his England bleed:
Which oft our stage hath shown.'
FRANCE 18 LOST in this play. The two following contain, as the old title imports, the contention of the houses of York and Lan
The Second and Third Parts of Henry VI. were printed in 1600. When Henry V. was written, we know not, but it was printed likewise in 1600, and therefore before the publication of the first and second parts. The First Part of Henry VI. had been often shown on the stage, and would certainly have appeared in its place, had the author been the publisher.
THAT the second and third parts, sas they are now called, were printed without the first, is a is a proof; in, jex apprehension, that they of The Conwere not written by the same author: and the tention of the Houses of York and Lancaster, being affixed to the. were printed in quarto, is a proof
two pieces work, commencing where the other ended at they
written at the same time; and that this play was never known by Part of King Henry VI. till Heminge and
the title of The name in their volume, to distinguish it from
the two subsequent plays: which being altered by Shakepeare, assumed
Henry VI, that they of the Second and Third Parts of King not be confounded with the original pieces on which they were formed, The first part was originally called The Historical Play of King Henry VI.
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