2 Henry the Sixth (The First Part of the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster) · chunk 14 of 32
Anonymous / Marlowe, Christopher / Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written c.1590 (Annals) history · Pembroke's Men (?) unassigned nearest T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour · 511 words
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My lovely Nell, what wouldst thou have me do? Should I attempt to reseve thee from hence, I should incur the danger of the law, And thy disgrace would not be shadowed so. Be thou mild, and stir not at my disgrace, Until the axe of death hang oven thy head, As shortly sure it will: For Suffolk he, The new made Duke▪ that may do all in all With her that loves him so, and hates us all, And impious York and Beviford that false priest, Have all limed bushes to betray thy wings, And fly thou how thou can they will entangle thee. I summon your grace, unto his highness Parliament holden at saint Edmunds bury, the first of the next month. A Parliament and our consent never craude Therein before. This is so deine. Well, we will be there. Please it your grace, my office here doth end, And I must deliver her to sir Iohn Standly, To be conducted into the I'll of man.. Must you sir Iohn conduct my lady? Yea my gracious lord, for so it is decreed, And I am so commanded by the King. I pray you sir Iohn, use her near the worse, In that I entreat you to use her well, The world may smile again, and I may live, To do you favour if you do it her, And so sir Iohn farewell. What? gone my lord, and bid not me farewell? Witness my bleeding heart, I cannot stay to speak. Then is he gone, is noble Gloster gone, And doth duke Humphrey now forsake me too? Then let me haste from out fair England's bounds, Come Standloy, come, and let us haste away. Madame, let's go unto some house here by. Where you may shift yourself before we go. Ah good sir Iohn, my shame cannot be hid, Nor put away, with casting off my sheet: But come, let us go, master Sheriff farewell, Thou hast but done thy office as thou shouldst. I wonder our uncle Gloster stays so long. Can you not see, or will you not perceive, How that ambitious duke doth use himself? The time hath been, but now that time is past, That none so humble as Duke Humphrey was: But now let one meet him even in the mome, When every one will give the time of day, And he will neither move nor speak to us, See you not the Commons follow him In troops, crying, God save the good Duke Humphrey, And with long life Iesus preserve his grace, Honouring him as if he were a King: Gloster is no little man in England, And if he list to stir commotions, 'tis likely that the people will follow him: My lord, if you imagine, there is no such thing, Then let it pass, and call it a woman's fear, My lord of Suffolk, Buckingham, and York, Disprove my allegations if you can, And by your speeches, if you can reprove me, I will subscribe and say, I wrong de the Duke.
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My louely Nell, what wouldſt thou haue me do▪ Should I attempt to reſeue thee from hence, I ſhould incurre the danger of the law, And thy diſgrace would not be ſhadowed ſo. Be thou milde, and ſtir not at my diſgrace, Vntill the axe of death hang ouen thy head, As ſhortly ſure it will: For Suffolke he, The new made Duke▪ that may do al in all With her that loues him ſo, and hates vs all, And impious Yorke and Beuiford that falſe prieſt, Haue all lymde buſhes to betray thy wings, And flie thou how thou can they will intangle thee. I ſummon your grace, vnto his highnes Parlament holden at ſaint Edmunds bury, the firſt of the next month. A Parlament and our conſent neuer craude Therein before. This is ſo deine. Well, we will be there. Pleaſe it your grace, my office here doth end, And I muſt deliuer her to ſir Iohn Standly, To be conducted into the Ile of Man. Muſt you ſir Iohn conduct my lady? Yea my gracious lord, for ſo it is decreede, And I am ſo commaunded by the King. I pray you ſir Iohn, vſe her nere the worſe, In that I intreat you to vſe her well, The world may ſmile againe, and I may liue▪ To do you fauor if you do it her, And ſo ſir Iohn farewell. What? gone my lord, and bid not me farewell? Witneſſe my bleeding heart, I cannot ſtay to ſpeake. Then is he gone, is noble Gloſter gone, And doth duke Humphrey now forſake me too? Then let me haſte from out faire Englands boundes, Com Standloy, come, and let vs haſte away. Madame, lets go vnto ſome houſe here by. Where you may ſhift yourſelfe before we goe. Ah good ſir Iohn▪ my ſhame cannot be hid, Nor put away, with caſting off my ſheete: But come, let vs go, maſter Shiriffe farewell, Thou haſt but done thy office as thou ſhouldſt. I wonder our vnckle Gloſter ſtaies ſo long. Can you not ſee, or will you not perceiue, How that ambitious duke doth vſe himſelfe? The time hath beene, but now that time is paſt, That none ſo humble as Duke Humphrey was: But now let one meete him euen in the mome, When euery one will giue the time of day, And he will neither moue nor ſpeake to vs, See you not the Commons follow him In troupes, crying, God ſaue the good Duke Humphrey, And with long life Ieſus preſerue his grace, Honoring him as if he were a King: Gloſter is no little man in England, And if he liſt to ſtir commotions, Tis likely that the people will follow him: My lord, if you imagine, there is no ſuch thing▪ Then let it paſſe, and call it a womans feare, My lord of Suffolke, Buckingham, and Yorke, Diſproue my allegations if you can, And by your ſpeeches, if you can reproue me, I will ſubſcribe and ſay, I wrong de the Duke.