Conditionally that here thou take an oath To seek to put me down and reign thyself. 200 205 [Sennet. Here they come down. York. Farewell, my gracious lord: I'll to my castle. [Exeunt York and his Sons, Warwick, Norfolk, K. Hen. And I with grief and sorrow, to the court. 210 Enter Queen MARGARET and the PRINCE OF WALES. Exe. Here comes the queen, whose looks bewray her anger : I'll steal away. K. Hen. 196-198. that here Exeter, so will I. an oath . . . this civil war Sovereign] 187, 188. That here . . . thine oath. these ciuill Broiles Soueraigne Q. 199, 200. And thyself] omitted Q. 201-205. This oath 206. Farewell . And I to ... ... ... and these thy • foes] 189-193. That oath and all thy foes, Sound trumpet Q. castle] 194, 195. My Lord Ile take my leaue, for Ile to Wakefield To my Castell. Exit Yorke and his sonnes Q. 207-209. And I'll And I unto came] 196-198. And Ile . Exit. And Ile to Exit. And I to came. Exit. Enter the Queene and the Prince Q. 210. K. Hen. And I .. court] omitted Q. 211, 212. Here . . . so will I] 199, 200. My Lord here comes the Queen, Ile steale away. King. And so will I Q. upon the Saturday next ensuyng, Richard Duke of Yorke, was by the sound of a trumpet, solempnly proclaimed heyre apparaunt to the crowne of Englande, and Protectour of the realme" (i. 669, 1461, 39th Yere). Amongst the many other articles "not given by Hall or Grafton, is York's oath, given by Holinshed" (1808 ed., iii. 266): "I Richard Duke of Yorke promise and sweare by the faith and truth that I owe to almightie God, that I will neuer consent, procure, or stirre, directlie, or indirectlie, in priuie or apert .. anie thing that may sound to the abridgement of the naturall life of King Henrie the Sixt, or to the hurt or diminishing of his raignes or dignitie roiall, by violence or anie other waie, against his freedome or libertie. . . .” 197. civil war] Very properly replaces "civil broils" of Q, an expression occurring in 1 Henry VI. 1. i. 53, and 2 Henry VI. IV. viii. 46, but not where the crown is called in question. 205. Sennet] Only appears as a stagedirection in Shakespeare. A special sounding of the trumpets. 206. my castle]" to Wakefield to my castle." Q is useful. 211. the queen . . . her anger] Both texts bring in the queen dramatically, Q. Mar. Nay, go not from me; I will follow thee. Ah! wretched man; would I had died a maid, Prince. Father, you cannot disinherit me. If you be king, why should not I succeed? K. Hen. Pardon me, Margaret; pardon me, sweet son: 215 220 225 Q. Mar. Enforced thee! art thou king, and wilt be forced? 230 And given unto the house of York such head As thou shalt reign but by their sufferance. 2I3, 2I4. Nay Be patient or else I follow thee. King. Be Who can... man] 203. Queene. What 216-229. would I had died a maid. Enforced thee. and I will stay] 201, 202. Naie staie, then Ile staie Q. 215, 216. Q. Mar. patience can there? ah timorous man Q. enforced me] omitted Q. 230-234. sufferance] 204-206. Thou hast . and me (1. 232) And giuen our rights unto the house of Yorke. Art thou a king and wilt be forst to yeeld? Q. the present one adding "her anger." She does not really come at all. "The Duke of Yorke well knowyng that the Queene would spurne and impugne the conclusions agreed and taken in this Parliament, caused her and her sonne to be sent for by the King: but she being a manly woman, vsyng to rule and not to be ruled, and thereto counsayled by the Dukes of Excester and Sommerset, not only denyed to come, but also assembled together a great armie, intendyng to take the King by fine force, out of the Lordes handes, and to set them to a newe schoole " (Grafton, i. 670). 211. bewray] betray, as below, III. iii. 97, in the sense of expose to view, discover. Occurs again in King Lear, Coriolanus, and Titus Andronicus. 215. Q. Mar. Who can . .] The development of the Queen's character and dramatic importance, from the Quarto, is to be noticed. At her first entry her first speech is nearly trebled, with the addition of several poetic touches. Moreover, the lines which have been knocked out of verse and misprinted are rearranged into proper metre. The Queen boasts a good deal more, being a manly woman, in the developed speech, as at line 254; we see at once what Shakespeare's view is, and what he does, given a free hand. 223. heart-blood] An old expression, revived by Spenser in Shepheard's Calender. Shakespeare has it in each of these three plays, and three times in Richard II. Also figuratively in Troilus and Cressida. It is not in Q. 233. given such head] A term in horsemanship, liberty of motion (Schmidt). See again Taming of Shrew, II. ii. 249, and 2 Henry IV. 1. i. 43. To entail him and his heirs unto the crown, 235 And creep into it far before thy time? Warwick is chancellor and the lord of Calais; Stern Faulconbridge commands the narrow seas; 240 And yet shalt thou be safe? such safety finds The trembling lamb environed with wolves. Had I been there, which am a silly woman, The soldiers should have toss'd me on their pikes 245 235-238. To entail him . . . Calais] omitted Q. 239-241. Stern Faulconbridge safe?] 209(line)-212 (line). The Duke is made... land: Sterne seas. And thinkst thou then To sleepe secure? Q. 241, 242. such safety wolves] omitted Q. 243-246. Had I . . . honour] 207-209 (1). Had I beene there, the souldiers should have tost Me on their lances points, before I would haue Granted to their wils Q. dost] omitted Q. 238. Warwick . . . Calais] These appointments are not mentioned by the Queen in Q. At the parliament held at Westminster after the first battle of St. Albans (1455-6), Grafton tells that "the Erle of Salisbury (Warwick's father) was appointed to be Chauncelor, & had the great Seale to him delivered: and the Erle of Warwike was elected to the office of the Capteyne of Calice " (i. 654). 246, 247. But thou thou The 239. narrow seas] from Q. See again below, IV. viii. 3, and Merchant of Venice, II. viii. 28 and III. i. 4. expression occurs in Golding's Ovid, bk. xiv. line 819 "The Lady crueller Than are the rysing narrowe seas. The expression occurs in " English Policy" (in Hakluyt), 1436. See also J. Aske, Elizabetha Triumphans (Nichols' Prog. ii. 574), 1588. 240. duke is made protector] For the Duke's third protectorship, see above, 11. 192-201, extract. 242. lamb. . . wolves] This favourite metaphor occurs about eight times in these plays. In the two later plays it is usually absent (as here) from the Quarto. 243. silly woman] "mere woman." Occurs again in Two Gentlemen of Verona. Not in Q. In Faerie Queene, 1. i. 30, and in Peele's David and Bethsabe. 239. Stern Faulconbridge . . . nar. row seas] This appointment is mentioned later after the battle of Tewkesbury in "the X Yere" of Edward the Fourth (Grafton, ii. 43): “One Thomas Neuel, Bastard sonne to Thomas Lorde Fauconbridge the valyaunt capitayne, a man of no lesse courage than audacitie. . . . Thys Bastarde was before thys time appoynted by the Erle of Warwike to be Viceadmyrall of the Sea, and had in charge so to keepe the passage between Douer and Calice, that none which either fauored King 244. toss'd me on their pikes] ComEdward or his friends should escape.' pare J. Rainoldes Dolarneys Primerose Stone says: "This appointment must (Grosart, p. 106), 1606: "to manage have been made in 1470 after Warwick armes, To tosse a pike, and how to had broken with Edward IV." After wield a lance." "Granted to that act Warwick's death he turned robber and is a peculiar construction (consented pirate, and was taken and beheaded to) not in Shakespeare elsewhere. It is at Southampton. Marlowe copies this in Q. In the " Irving Shakespeare line in Edward II.: "The haughty a quotation from Hall (254)," Graunted Dane commands the narrow seas. to their petitions," is given. See note at IV. viii. 3 below. And seeing thou dost, I here divorce myself Both from thy table, Henry, and thy bed, Whereby my son is disinherited. 250 The northern lords that have forsworn thy colours And spread they shall be, to thy foul disgrace, Thus do I leave thee. Come, son, let's away; 255 K. Hen. Stay, gentle Margaret, and hear me speak. Q. Mar. Thou hast spoke too much already: get thee gone. K. Hen. Gentle son Edward, thou wilt stay with me? Q. Mar. Ay, to be murder'd by his enemies. Prince. When I return with victory from the field I'll see your grace: till then I'll follow her. 260 265 [Exeunt Queen Margaret and the Prince. K. Hen. Poor queen! how love to me and to her son Hath made her break out into terms of rage. Revenged may she be on that hateful duke, Whose haughty spirit, winged with desire, Will cost my crown, and like an empty eagle 247-250. I here . . . disinherited] 212-214. I heere diuorce me Henry From thy bed, untill that Act . . . recalde, wherein thou yeeldest to the house of Yorke Q. 251-253. The northern . . . foul disgrace] 215-217. The Northern spread they shall unto thy deepe disgrace Q. 254-256. And utter. Come, son after them] 218. Come sonne, lets awaie, and leaue him heere alone Q. 257-262. Stay, gentle get thee gone thou wilt... . follow her] 219-224. Staie gentle therefore be still wilt thou Exit. follow her. Exit. Q. 263. Come... thus] omitted Q. messenger] 225-230. Poore Queene, her loue to me and to the prince Her ... 264-272. Poor queen Tire on the flesh of me and of my son! SCENE II.-Sandal Castle. Enter EDWARD, RICHARD, and MONTAGUE. Rich. Brother, though I be youngest, give me leave. Mont. But I have reasons strong and forcible. Enter the DUKE OF YORK. York. Why, how now, sons and brother! at a strife? Edw. No quarrel, but a slight contention. York. About what? Rich. About that which concerns your grace and us; 270 [Exeunt. 5 sonne, Makes hir in furie thus forget hir selfe. Reuenged maie shee be on that accursed Duke. Come cosen of Exeter, staie thou here, For Clifford and those Northren Lords be gone I feare towards Wakefield, to disturbe the Duke Q. 273. And I . . . them all] omitted Q. SCENE II. 1-3. Rich. Brother... Edw. No... orator... forcible] 1-3. Edw. Brother, and cosen Montague, giue mee leaue to speake. Rich. Nay, . Orator. forceable Q. 4-5. Enter York. York. Why ... first?] 4. Enter the Duke of Yorke. Yorke. How nowe sonnes what at a jarre amongst your selves? Q. 6-9. Edw. No quarrel . • yours] 5-7. (prose) Rich. No father, but a sweete ... full "give me leave to speak 2. play the orator] See note, 1 Henry VI. iv. i. 175. The expression occurs there, and twice later in the present play. Also in Richard III. Gabriel Harvey has "his constant zeale to play the Diuels Oratour" (Pierces Supererogation (Grosart, ii. 75), 1593). "Devil's orator" is a favourite expression of Harvey's. 4. at a strife]" at a jar in Quarto here is paralleled in Part II. 1. i. 251: "the peers be fall'n at jars." The lines 6 to 9 omitting "About what?" are printed as prose in Q, but are obviously verse. The careless printing of that copy is to be borne in I. give me leave] Shortened from the mind. |