Page 609 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1

So bear I thee upon my manly shoulders;
But then Aeneas bare a living load,
Nothing so heavy as these woes of mine. [65]

[Exit bearing off his father.]

Enter Richard and Somerset to fight. [Somerset is killed under the inn-
sign.]

RICHARD

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: [70]
Priests pray for enemies, but princes kill.

[Exit.]

Fight. Excursions. [Alarums again, and then enter three or four bearing
the Duke of Buckingham wounded to his tent. Alarums still.] Enter King,

Queen, and others.

MARGARET

Away, my lord! You are slow; for shame, away!

KING HENRY

Can we outrun the heavens? Good Margaret, stay.

MARGARET Alarum afar off.

What are you made of? You’ll nor fight nor fly.
Now is it manhood, wisdom, and defence [75]
To give the enemy way, and to secure us
By what we can, which can no more but fly.

If you be ta’en, we then should see the bottom
Of all our fortunes: but if we haply scape,
As well we may - if not, through your neglect - [80]
We shall to London get, where you are loved,
And where this breach now in our fortunes made
May readily be stopped.

Enter [Young] Clifford.