* Shall to my flaming wrath, be oil and flax. * Henceforth I will not have to do with pity: * Meet I an infant of the house of York, * Into as many gobbets will I cut it, * As wild Medea young Absyrtus did: * In cruelty will I seek out my fame. 'Come, thou new ruin of old Clifford's house; [Taking up the body. 'As did Æneas old Anchises bear,

'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 ale-house' 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 not fight, nor fly:

* Now it is 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 shall 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,

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 partsf.
Away, for your relief! and we will live

*

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

SCENE III.

Fields near Saint Albans.

[Exeunt.

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 youths, * Repairs him with occasion? this happy day * Is not itself; nor have we won one foot, * If Salisbury be lost.

Rich. My noble father, 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;

+ For parties.

i. e. The gradual dentrition of time.

§ i. e. The height of youth: the brow of a hill is its summit,

'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 havet. * "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 faith, 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.

† i. e. We have not secured that which we have acquired. i. e. Being enemies that are likely so soon to rally and recover themselves from this defeat.

KING HENRY VI.

PART III.

PERSONS REPRESENTED.

King Henry the Sixth.

Edward prince of Wales, his son.
Lewis XI. king of France.

Duke of Somerset,

Duke of Exeter,

Earl of Oxford,

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 Glocester,

Duke of Norfolk,

Marquis of Montague,

Earl of Warwick,

Earl of Pembroke,
Lord Hastings,

Lord Stafford,

Sir John Mortimer,
Sir Hugh Mortimer,

of the duke of York's party.

uncles to the duke of York.

Henry, carl of Richmond, a youth.

his sons.

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 all the rest of the play, in England.