The Second Part of Henry the Sixth: ACT IV
Introduction ACT I ACT II ACT III ACT IV SCENE I. The coast of Kent. SCENE II. Blackheath. SCENE III. Another part of Blackheath. SCENE IV. London. The palace. SCENE V. London. The Tower. SCENE VI. London. Cannon Street. SCENE VII. London. Smithfield. SCENE VIII. Southwark. SCENE IX. Kenilworth Castle. SCENE X. Kent. IDEN's garden. ACT V About the Play Feedback			Search: All the plays Hamlet Coriolanus Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Richard II Richard III Titus Andronicus Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry the Fifth Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry VIII King John Pericles Troilus and Cressida All's Well... As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline A Midsummer... Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives... Much Ado about Nothing The Merchant of Venice Twelfth Night The Taming of... The Tempest The Two Gentlemen... The Winter's Tale    for: SCENE IX. Kenilworth Castle. Sound Trumpets. Enter KING HENRY VI, QUEEN MARGARET, and SOMERSET, on the terrace KING HENRY VI       Was ever king that joy'd an earthly throne,       And could command no more content than I?       No sooner was I crept out of my cradle       But I was made a king, at nine months old. 5     Was never subject long'd to be a king       As I do long and wish to be a subject. Enter BUCKINGHAM and CLIFFORD BUCKINGHAM       Health and glad tidings to your majesty! KING HENRY VI       Why, Buckingham, is the traitor Cade surprised?       Or is he but retired to make him strong? Enter below, multitudes, with halters about their necks CLIFFORD 10    He is fled, my lord, and all his powers do yield;       And humbly thus, with halters on their necks,       Expect your highness' doom of life or death. KING HENRY VI       Then, heaven, set ope thy everlasting gates,       To entertain my vows of thanks and praise! 15    Soldiers, this day have you redeemed your lives,       And show'd how well you love your prince and country:       Continue still in this so good a mind,       And Henry, though he be infortunate,       Assure yourselves, will never be unkind: 20    And so, with thanks and pardon to you all,       I do dismiss you to your several countries. ALL       God save the king! God save the king! Enter a Messenger Messenger       Please it your grace to be advertised       The Duke of York is newly come from Ireland, 25    And with a puissant and a mighty power       Of gallowglasses and stout kerns       Is marching hitherward in proud array,       And still proclaimeth, as he comes along,       His arms are only to remove from thee 30    The Duke of Somerset, whom he terms traitor. KING HENRY VI       Thus stands my state, 'twixt Cade and York distress'd.       Like to a ship that, having 'scaped a tempest,       Is straightway calm'd and boarded with a pirate:       But now is Cade driven back, his men dispersed; 35    And now is York in arms to second him.       I pray thee, Buckingham, go and meet him,       And ask him what's the reason of these arms.       Tell him I'll send Duke Edmund to the Tower;       And, Somerset, we'll commit thee thither, 40    Until his army be dismiss'd from him. SOMERSET       My lord,       I'll yield myself to prison willingly,       Or unto death, to do my country good. KING HENRY VI       In any case, be not too rough in terms; 45    For he is fierce and cannot brook hard language. BUCKINGHAM       I will, my lord; and doubt not so to deal       As all things shall redound unto your good. KING HENRY VI       Come, wife, let's in, and learn to govern better;       For yet may England curse my wretched reign. Flourish. Exeunt Return to top of page ... or ... Go to next scene