King Henry VI Part 2(亨利四世Ⅱ)

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King Henry VI, Part 2

William Shakespeare

King Henry VI, Part 2

ACT I.

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SCENE I. London. The palace

Flourish of trumpets; then hautboys.Enter the KING, DUKE

HUMPHREY OF GLOUCESTER, SALISBURY, WARWICK, and

CARDINAL BEAUFORT, on the one side; the QUEEN, SUFFOLK,

YORK, SOMERSET, and BUCKINGHAM, on the other

SUFFOLK. As by your high imperial Majesty I had in charge at my

depart for France, As procurator to your Excellence, To marry Princess

Margaret for your Grace; So, in the famous ancient city Tours, In presence

of the Kings of France and Sicil, The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretagne,

and Alencon, Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend bishops, I

have perform'd my task, and was espous'd; And humbly now upon my

bended knee, In sight of England and her lordly peers, Deliver up my title

in the Queen To your most gracious hands, that are the substance Of that

great shadow I did represent: The happiest gift that ever marquis gave, The

fairest queen that ever king receiv'd. KING HENRY. Suffolk, arise.

Welcome, Queen Margaret: I can express no kinder sign of love Than this

kind kiss. O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with

thankfulness! For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of

earthly blessings to my soul, If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.

QUEEN. Great King of England, and my gracious lord, The mutual

conference that my mind hath had, By day, by night, waking and in my

dreams, In courtly company or at my beads, With you, mine alder-liefest

sovereign, Makes me the bolder to salute my king With ruder terms, such

as my wit affords And over-joy of heart doth minister. KING HENRY. Her

sight did ravish, but her grace in speech, Her words y-clad with wisdom's

majesty, Makes me from wond'ring fall to weeping joys, Such is the

fulness of my heart's content. Lords, with one cheerful voice welcome my

love. ALL. [Kneeling] Long live Queen Margaret, England's happiness!

QUEEN. We thank you all. [Flourish] SUFFOLK. My Lord Protector, so it

please your Grace, Here are the articles of contracted peace Between our

sovereign and the French King Charles, For eighteen months concluded by

consent. GLOUCESTER. [Reads] 'Imprimis: It is agreed between the

French King Charles and William de la Pole, Marquess of Suffolk,

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ambassador for Henry King of England, that the said Henry shall espouse

the Lady Margaret, daughter unto Reignier King of Naples, Sicilia, and

Jerusalem, and crown her Queen of England ere the thirtieth of May next

ensuing. Item: That the duchy of Anjou and the county of Maine shall be

released and delivered to the King her father'- [Lets the paper fall] KING

HENRY. Uncle, how now! GLOUCESTER. Pardon me, gracious lord;

Some sudden qualm hath struck me at the heart, And dimm'd mine eyes,

that I can read no further. KING HENRY. Uncle of Winchester, I pray read

on. CARDINAL. [Reads] 'Item: It is further agreed between them that the

duchies of Anjou and Maine shall be released and delivered over to the

King her father, and she sent over of the King of England's own proper

cost and charges, without having any dowry.' KING HENRY. They please

us well. Lord Marquess, kneel down. We here create thee the first Duke of

Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword. Cousin of York, We here discharge

your Grace from being Regent I' th' parts of France, till term of eighteen

months Be full expir'd. Thanks, uncle Winchester, Gloucester, York,

Buckingham, Somerset, Salisbury, and Warwick; We thank you all for this

great favour done In entertainment to my princely queen. Come, let us in,

and with all speed provide To see her coronation be perform'd. Exeunt

KING, QUEEN, and SUFFOLK GLOUCESTER. Brave peers of England,

pillars of the state, To you Duke Humphrey must unload his grief Your

grief, the common grief of all the land. What! did my brother Henry spend

his youth, His valour, coin, and people, in the wars? Did he so often lodge

in open field, In winter's cold and summer's parching heat, To conquer

France, his true inheritance? And did my brother Bedford toil his wits To

keep by policy what Henry got? Have you yourselves, Somerset,

Buckingham, Brave York, Salisbury, and victorious Warwick, Receiv'd

deep scars in France and Normandy? Or hath mine uncle Beaufort and

myself, With all the learned Council of the realm, Studied so long, sat in

the Council House Early and late, debating to and fro How France and

Frenchmen might be kept in awe? And had his Highness in his infancy

Crowned in Paris, in despite of foes? And shall these labours and these

honours die? Shall Henry's conquest, Bedford's vigilance, Your deeds of

war, and all our counsel die? O peers of England, shameful is this league!

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Fatal this marriage, cancelling your fame, Blotting your names from books

of memory, Razing the characters of your renown, Defacing monuments

of conquer'd France, Undoing all, as all had never been! CARDINAL.

Nephew, what means this passionate discourse, This peroration with such

circumstance? For France, 'tis ours; and we will keep it still.

GLOUCESTER. Ay, uncle, we will keep it if we can; But now it is

impossible we should. Suffolk, the new-made duke that rules the roast,

Hath given the duchy of Anjou and Maine Unto the poor King Reignier,

whose large style Agrees not with the leanness of his purse. SALISBURY.

Now, by the death of Him that died for all, These counties were the keys

of Normandy! But wherefore weeps Warwick, my valiant son?

WARWICK. For grief that they are past recovery; For were there hope to

conquer them again My sword should shed hot blood, mine eyes no tears.

Anjou and Maine! myself did win them both; Those provinces these arms

of mine did conquer; And are the cities that I got with wounds Deliver'd

up again with peaceful words? Mort Dieu! YORK. For Suffolk's duke,

may he be suffocate, That dims the honour of this warlike isle! France

should have torn and rent my very heart Before I would have yielded to

this league. I never read but England's kings have had Large sums of gold

and dowries with their wives; And our King Henry gives away his own To

match with her that brings no vantages. GLOUCESTER. A proper jest,

and never heard before, That Suffolk should demand a whole fifteenth For

costs and charges in transporting her! She should have stay'd in France,

and starv'd in France, Before- CARDINAL. My Lord of Gloucester, now

ye grow too hot: It was the pleasure of my lord the King. GLOUCESTER.

My Lord of Winchester, I know your mind; 'Tis not my speeches that you

do mislike, But 'tis my presence that doth trouble ye. Rancour will out:

proud prelate, in thy face I see thy fury; if I longer stay We shall begin our

ancient bickerings. Lordings, farewell; and say, when I am gone, I

prophesied France will be lost ere long. Exit CARDINAL. So, there goes

our Protector in a rage. 'Tis known to you he is mine enemy; Nay, more,

an enemy unto you all, And no great friend, I fear me, to the King.

Consider, lords, he is the next of blood And heir apparent to the English

crown. Had Henry got an empire by his marriage And all the wealthy

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kingdoms of the west, There's reason he should be displeas'd at it. Look to

it, lords; let not his smoothing words Bewitch your hearts; be wise and

circumspect. What though the common people favour him, Calling him

'Humphrey, the good Duke of Gloucester,' Clapping their hands, and

crying with loud voice 'Jesu maintain your royal excellence!' With 'God

preserve the good Duke Humphrey!' I fear me, lords, for all this flattering

gloss, He will be found a dangerous Protector. BUCKINGHAM. Why

should he then protect our sovereign, He being of age to govern of himself?

Cousin of Somerset, join you with me, And all together, with the Duke of

Suffolk, We'll quickly hoise Duke Humphrey from his seat. CARDINAL.

This weighty business will not brook delay; I'll to the Duke of Suffolk

presently. Exit SOMERSET. Cousin of Buckingham, though Humphrey's

pride And greatness of his place be grief to us, Yet let us watch the

haughty cardinal; His insolence is more intolerable Than all the princes in

the land beside; If Gloucester be displac'd, he'll be Protector.

BUCKINGHAM. Or thou or I, Somerset, will be Protector, Despite Duke

Humphrey or the Cardinal. Exeunt BUCKINGHAM and SOMERSET

SALISBURY. Pride went before, ambition follows him. While these do

labour for their own preferment, Behoves it us to labour for the realm. I

never saw but Humphrey Duke of Gloucester Did bear him like a noble

gentleman. Oft have I seen the haughty Cardinal- More like a soldier than

a man o' th' church, As stout and proud as he were lord of all- Swear like a

ruffian and demean himself Unlike the ruler of a commonweal. Warwick

my son, the comfort of my age, Thy deeds, thy plainness, and thy

housekeeping, Hath won the greatest favour of the commons, Excepting

none but good Duke Humphrey. And, brother York, thy acts in Ireland, In

bringing them to civil discipline, Thy late exploits done in the heart of

France When thou wert Regent for our sovereign, Have made thee fear'd

and honour'd of the people: Join we together for the public good, In what

we can, to bridle and suppress The pride of Suffolk and the Cardinal, With

Somerset's and Buckingham's ambition; And, as we may, cherish Duke

Humphrey's deeds While they do tend the profit of the land. WARWICK.

So God help Warwick, as he loves the land And common profit of his

country! YORK. And so says York- [Aside] for he hath greatest cause.

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SALISBURY. Then let's make haste away and look unto the main.

WARWICK. Unto the main! O father, Maine is lost- That Maine which by

main force Warwick did win, And would have kept so long as breath did

last. Main chance, father, you meant; but I meant Maine, Which I will win

from France, or else be slain. Exeunt WARWICK and SALISBURY

YORK. Anjou and Maine are given to the French; Paris is lost; the

state of Normandy Stands on a tickle point now they are gone. Suffolk

concluded on the articles; The peers agreed; and Henry was well pleas'd

To changes two dukedoms for a duke's fair daughter. I cannot blame them

all: what is't to them? 'Tis thine they give away, and not their own. Pirates

may make cheap pennyworths of their pillage, And purchase friends, and

give to courtezans, Still revelling like lords till all be gone; While as the

silly owner of the goods Weeps over them and wrings his hapless hands

And shakes his head and trembling stands aloof, While all is shar'd and all

is borne away, Ready to starve and dare not touch his own. So York must

sit and fret and bite his tongue, While his own lands are bargain'd for and

sold. Methinks the realms of England, France, and Ireland, Bear that

proportion to my flesh and blood As did the fatal brand Althaea burnt Unto

the prince's heart of Calydon. Anjou and Maine both given unto the French!

Cold news for me, for I had hope of France, Even as I have of fertile

England's soil. A day will come when York shall claim his own; And

therefore I will take the Nevils' parts, And make a show of love to proud

Duke Humphrey, And when I spy advantage, claim the crown, For that's

the golden mark I seek to hit. Nor shall proud Lancaster usurp my right,

Nor hold the sceptre in his childish fist, Nor wear the diadem upon his

head, Whose church-like humours fits not for a crown. Then, York, be still

awhile, till time do serve; Watch thou and wake, when others be asleep, To

pry into the secrets of the state; Till Henry, surfeiting in joys of love With

his new bride and England's dear-bought queen, And Humphrey with the

peers be fall'n at jars; Then will I raise aloft the milk-white rose, With

whose sweet smell the air shall be perfum'd, And in my standard bear the

arms of York, To grapple with the house of Lancaster; And force perforce

I'll make him yield the crown, Whose bookish rule hath pull'd fair England

down. Exit

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SCENE II. The DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S house

Enter DUKE and his wife ELEANOR

DUCHESS. Why droops my lord, like over-ripen'd corn Hanging the

head at Ceres' plenteous load? Why doth the great Duke Humphrey knit

his brows, As frowning at the favours of the world? Why are thine eyes

fix'd to the sullen earth, Gazing on that which seems to dim thy sight?

What see'st thou there? King Henry's diadem, Enchas'd with all the

honours of the world? If so, gaze on, and grovel on thy face Until thy head

be circled with the same. Put forth thy hand, reach at the glorious gold.

What, is't too short? I'll lengthen it with mine; And having both together

heav'd it up, We'll both together lift our heads to heaven, And never more

abase our sight so low As to vouchsafe one glance unto the ground.

GLOUCESTER. O Nell, sweet Nell, if thou dost love thy lord, Banish the

canker of ambitious thoughts! And may that thought, when I imagine ill

Against my king and nephew, virtuous Henry, Be my last breathing in this

mortal world! My troublous dreams this night doth make me sad.

DUCHESS. What dream'd my lord? Tell me, and I'll requite it With sweet

rehearsal of my morning's dream. GLOUCESTER. Methought this staff,

mine office-badge in court, Was broke in twain; by whom I have forgot,

But, as I think, it was by th' Cardinal; And on the pieces of the broken

wand Were plac'd the heads of Edmund Duke of Somerset And William de

la Pole, first Duke of Suffolk. This was my dream; what it doth bode God

knows. DUCHESS. Tut, this was nothing but an argument That he that

breaks a stick of Gloucester's grove Shall lose his head for his

presumption. But list to me, my Humphrey, my sweet Duke: Methought I

sat in seat of majesty In the cathedral church of Westminster, And in that

chair where kings and queens were crown'd; Where Henry and Dame

Margaret kneel'd to me, And on my head did set the diadem.

GLOUCESTER. Nay, Eleanor, then must I chide outright. Presumptuous

dame, ill-nurtur'd Eleanor! Art thou not second woman in the realm, And

the Protector's wife, belov'd of him? Hast thou not worldly pleasure at

command Above the reach or compass of thy thought? And wilt thou still

be hammering treachery To tumble down thy husband and thyself From

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top of honour to disgrace's feet? Away from me, and let me hear no more!

DUCHESS. What, what, my lord! Are you so choleric With Eleanor for

telling but her dream? Next time I'll keep my dreams unto myself And not

be check'd. GLOUCESTER. Nay, be not angry; I am pleas'd again.

Enter a MESSENGER

MESSENGER. My Lord Protector, 'tis his Highness' pleasure You do

prepare to ride unto Saint Albans, Where as the King and Queen do mean

to hawk. GLOUCESTER. I go. Come, Nell, thou wilt ride with us?

DUCHESS. Yes, my good lord, I'll follow presently. Exeunt

GLOUCESTER and MESSENGER Follow I must; I cannot go before,

While Gloucester bears this base and humble mind. Were I a man, a duke,

and next of blood, I would remove these tedious stumbling-blocks And

smooth my way upon their headless necks; And, being a woman, I will not

be slack To play my part in Fortune's pageant. Where are you there, Sir

John? Nay, fear not, man, We are alone; here's none but thee and I.

Enter HUME

HUME. Jesus preserve your royal Majesty! DUCHESS. What say'st

thou? Majesty! I am but Grace. HUME. But, by the grace of God and

Hume's advice, Your Grace's title shall be multiplied. DUCHESS. What

say'st thou, man? Hast thou as yet conferr'd With Margery Jourdain, the

cunning witch of Eie, With Roger Bolingbroke, the conjurer? And will

they undertake to do me good? HUME. This they have promised, to show

your Highness A spirit rais'd from depth of underground That shall make

answer to such questions As by your Grace shall be propounded him

DUCHESS. It is enough; I'll think upon the questions; When from Saint

Albans we do make return We'll see these things effected to the full. Here,

Hume, take this reward; make merry, man, With thy confederates in this

weighty cause. Exit HUME. Hume must make merry with the Duchess'

gold; Marry, and shall. But, how now, Sir John Hume! Seal up your lips

and give no words but mum: The business asketh silent secrecy. Dame

Eleanor gives gold to bring the witch: Gold cannot come amiss were she a

devil. Yet have I gold flies from another coast- I dare not say from the rich

Cardinal, And from the great and new-made Duke of Suffolk; Yet I do find

it so; for, to be plain, They, knowing Dame Eleanor's aspiring humour,

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