The Whole Contention: (1619) The Third Quarto, 1619, Part 2C. Praetorius, 1886 |
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alterd battaile Belgia blood bloud braue brother Clarence Clif Clifford Cont contention Crowne death depofde doth Duke of Yorke Earle Earle of March Earle of Warwicke Engliſh Enter Edward Euen Exeunt omnes Exit Faire Lords famous Houses faue fhall fhould fight flaine flye fome fonne fotograft fouldiers foule fpeake France friends ftand fuch fword gaue gentle giue Glofter Greene Haftings hath haue heauen heere Hen.M Hen.VI highneffe himſelfe Houfes houſe of Yorke King Edward King Henry Lady Bona leaue Lewis liue Lord loue Marlowe Meffenger Montague muſt nere neuer Northumberland oath Oxford pitty Plantagenet pleaſe pofte Prince Queene reft reuenge Rich Richard Richard II Rutland ſhall shalt Somerset Soueraigne ſpeake ſtand ſtay ſweet tell thee theſe thine thou art thouſand Thy father Torke Twas valiant vfurpe vnto vpon warre Weft whilft yeeld Yorke and Lancaster
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Page i - Praetorius, 1886. 4°. pp. xn, 64. No. 24. The Whole Contention (1619). Part II. The second part, containing The tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the good King Henrie the Sixt. The third Quarto, 1619. (Q...
Page vii - Oh flie my Lord, lets leaue the Castell," Marlowe ; but Greene had some share in this scene, as the doves, ravens, woodcocks, curs, and conies shew. The latter part of Margaret's long speech may have been written by Greene, or by Peele : the second writer begins at 1. 130, " I, now lookes he like a king," and writes on to 1. 143, " And, whilst we breath, take time to doe him dead.
Page 57 - And Warwike as our maine mast ouerthrowne, Yet warlike Lords raise you that sturdie post, That beares the sailes to bring vs vnto rest, And Ned and I as willing Pilots should For once with carefull mindes guide on the sterne, To beare vs through that dangerous gulfe That heretofore hath swallowed vp our friends. Prince. And if there be, as God forbid there should, Amongst vs a timorous or fearefull man , Let him depart before the battels ioine, Least he in time of need intise another, And so withdraw...
Page 31 - Bring forth that fatall scrichowle to our house, That nothing sung to vs but bloud and death, Now his euill boding tongue no more shall speake. War. I thinke his vnderstanding is bereft. Say Clifford, doost thou know who speakes to thee ? Darke cloudie death oreshades his beames of life, And he nor sees nor heares vs what we saie. Rich. Oh would he did, and so perhaps he doth, And tis his policie that in the time of death, He...
Page 55 - WARWIKE wounded. War. Ah, who is nie ? Come to me friend or foe, And tell me who is victor Yorke or Warwike ? Why aske I that ? my mangled bodie shewes, That I must yeeld my bodie to the earth. And by my fall the conquest to my foes...
Page 62 - Glo. What ? will the aspiring bloud of Lancaster Sinke into the ground, I had thought it would haue mounted, See how my sword weepes for the poore kings death. Now maie such purple teares be alwaies shed, For such as seeke the downefall of our house. If anie sparke of life remaine in thee, [Stab him againe.
Page 3 - Clif. Whom should he follow but his naturall king. War. True Clif. and that is Richard Duke of Yorke. King. And shall I stande while thou sittest in my throne?
Page 17 - He reuenge thy death, Or die my selfe in seeking of reuenge. Edw. His name that valiant Duke hath left with thee. His chaire and Dukedome that remaines for me. Rich. Nay, if thou be that princely Eagles bird. Shew thy descent by gazing gainst the sunne, For chaire, and dukedome, Throne and kingdome faie: For either that is thine, or else thou wert not his ? Enter the EARLE OF WARWIKE, MONTAGUE, with drum, ancient, and souldiers.
Page vii - After this dangerous fight and haplesse warre," Marlowe ; but the Messenger's speech is like Greene's work. Sc. v. Reprints, pp. 139-144: "Welcome my Lord to this braue town of York," Greene and Marlowe; but Clifford's speech, beginning 1. 8, " My gratious Lord, this too much lenitie," recalls many a passage by Peele. Sc. vi. Reprints, pp. 144-146 : " Sore spent with toile as runners with the race,