To cease!-Wast thou ordain'd, dear father, And, in thy reverence, and thy chair-days, thus My heart is turn'd to stone: and, while 'tis mine, As did Æneas old Anchises bear, [Taking up the Body. So bear I thee upon my manly shoulders; Nothing so heavy as these woes of mine. [Exit. Enter RICHARD PLANTAGENET and SOMERSET, fight ing, and SOMERSET is killed. Rich. So, lie thou there ; For, underneath an alehouse paltry sign, The Castle in Saint Albans, Somerset Hath made the wizard famous in his death. Sword, hold thy temper; heart, be wrathful still : [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 is it manhood, wisdom, and defence, To give the enemy way; and to secure us [Alarum afar of. If you be ta'en, we then should see the bottom 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 parts. To see their day, and them our fortune give: [Exeunt. SCENE III.-Fields near Saint Albans. Alarum: Retreat. Flourish; then enter YORK, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, WARWICK, and Soldiers, with Drum and Colours. York. Of Salisbury, who can report of him; Rich. My noble father, Three times to-day I holp him to his horse, But still, where danger was, still there I met him; 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; 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 have: 'Tis not enough our foes are this time fled, Being opposites of such repairing nature. York. I know, our safety is to follow them; Sound, drums and trumpets;-and to London all: [Exeunt. |