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[To WARWICK] My lord ambassador, these letters are for you,
Sent from your b...
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[To WARWICK] My lord ambassador, these letters are for you,
Sent from your brother, Marquess Montague:
[To KING LEWIS XI]
These from our king unto your majesty:
[To QUEEN MARGARET]
And, madam, these for you; from whom I know not.
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King Lewis XI. Warwick, this is some post to us or thee.
Post. [To WARWICK] My lord ambassador, these letters are for you,
Sent from your brother, Marquess Montague:
[To KING LEWIS XI]
These from our king unto your majesty:
[To QUEEN MARGARET]
And, madam, these for you; from whom I know not.
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IV / 1
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My sovereign liege, no letters; and few words,
But such as I, without your s...
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My sovereign liege, no letters; and few words,
But such as I, without your special pardon,
Dare not relate.
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Edward - Earl of March, later King Edward IV. Now, messenger, what letters or what news
From France?
Post. My sovereign liege, no letters; and few words,
But such as I, without your special pardon,
Dare not relate.
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At my depart, these were his very words:
'Go tell false Edward, thy supposed...
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At my depart, these were his very words:
'Go tell false Edward, thy supposed king,
That Lewis of France is sending over masquers
To revel it with him and his new bride.'
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Edward - Earl of March, later King Edward IV. Go to, we pardon thee: therefore, in brief,
Tell me their words as near as thou canst guess them.
What answer makes King Lewis unto our letters?
Post. At my depart, these were his very words:
'Go tell false Edward, thy supposed king,
That Lewis of France is sending over masquers
To revel it with him and his new bride.'
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These were her words, utter'd with mad disdain:
'Tell him, in hope he'll pro...
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These were her words, utter'd with mad disdain:
'Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly,
I'll wear the willow garland for his sake.'
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Edward - Earl of March, later King Edward IV. Is Lewis so brave? belike he thinks me Henry.
But what said Lady Bona to my marriage?
Post. These were her words, utter'd with mad disdain:
'Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly,
I'll wear the willow garland for his sake.'
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'Tell him,' quoth she, 'my mourning weeds are done,
And I am ready to put ar...
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'Tell him,' quoth she, 'my mourning weeds are done,
And I am ready to put armour on.'
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Edward - Earl of March, later King Edward IV. I blame not her, she could say little less;
She had the wrong. But what said Henry's queen?
For I have heard that she was there in place.
Post. 'Tell him,' quoth she, 'my mourning weeds are done,
And I am ready to put armour on.'
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He, more incensed against your majesty
Than all the rest, discharged me with...
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He, more incensed against your majesty
Than all the rest, discharged me with these words:
'Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong,
And therefore I'll uncrown him ere't be long.'
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Edward - Earl of March, later King Edward IV. Belike she minds to play the Amazon.
But what said Warwick to these injuries?
Post. He, more incensed against your majesty
Than all the rest, discharged me with these words:
'Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong,
And therefore I'll uncrown him ere't be long.'
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IV / 1
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Ay, gracious sovereign; they are so link'd in
friendship
That young Prin...
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Ay, gracious sovereign; they are so link'd in
friendship
That young Prince Edward marries Warwick's daughter.
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Edward - Earl of March, later King Edward IV. Ha! durst the traitor breathe out so proud words?
Well I will arm me, being thus forewarn'd:
They shall have wars and pay for their presumption.
But say, is Warwick friends with Margaret?
Post. Ay, gracious sovereign; they are so link'd in
friendship
That young Prince Edward marries Warwick's daughter.
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That Edward is escaped from your brother,
And fled, as he hears since, to Bu...
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That Edward is escaped from your brother,
And fled, as he hears since, to Burgundy.
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Warwick. What news, my friend?
Post. That Edward is escaped from your brother,
And fled, as he hears since, to Burgundy.
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He was convey'd by Richard Duke of Gloucester
And the Lord Hastings, who att...
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He was convey'd by Richard Duke of Gloucester
And the Lord Hastings, who attended him
In secret ambush on the forest side
And from the bishop's huntsmen rescued him;
For hunting was his daily exercise.
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Warwick. Unsavoury news! but how made he escape?
Post. He was convey'd by Richard Duke of Gloucester
And the Lord Hastings, who attended him
In secret ambush on the forest side
And from the bishop's huntsmen rescued him;
For hunting was his daily exercise.
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