King Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
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Whom, like a school-boy, you may over-awe.
WINCHESTER. Gloucester, whate'er we like, thou art Protector, And lookest to command the Prince and realm. Thy wife is proud; she holdeth thee in awe, More than God or religious churchmen may. GLOUCESTER. Name not religion, for thou lov'st the flesh, And ne'er throughout the year to church thou go'st, Except it be to pray against thy foes. BEDFORD. Cease, cease these jars and rest your minds in peace: Let's to the altar: heralds, wait on us: Instead of gold, we'll offer up our arms; Since arms avail not, now that Henry's dead. Posterity, await for wretched years, When at their mothers' moist eyes babes shall suck, Our isle be made a marish of salt tears, And none but women left to wail the dead. Henry the Fifth, thy ghost I invocate: Prosper this realm, keep it from civil broils, Combat with adverse planets in the heavens! A far more glorious star thy soul will make Than Julius Caesar or bright-- [Enter a Messenger.] |
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