The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, Deel 2Yale University Press, 1923 - 166 pagina's A history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591 and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas Henry VI, Part 1 deals primarily with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, and Henry VI, Part 3 deals with the horrors of that conflict, 2 Henry VI focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, the death of his trusted adviser Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the rise of the Duke of York and the inevitability of armed conflict. As such, the play culminates with the opening battle of the War, the First Battle of St Albans (1455). |
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Absyrtus art thou bear Beaufort blood Buck Buckingham burgonet Butch Cade's Cardinal Clif Clifford Contention version crown dead death dost doth Duchess Duke Humphrey Duke of Gloucester Duke of Suffolk Duke of York Earl Edmund Elea Eleanor enemy England Enter Exeunt Exit false father fear fight Folio France Gloucester Gloucester's Grace hast thou hath head heart heaven heir Henry the Sixth Holinshed honour house of York Humphrey's Iden Jack Cade Kent King Henry Lancaster licence to kill lines London Lord of Suffolk Lord Protector Lord Say Madam majesty Margaret marquesse of Suffolke master Mortimer murther never Nevils Peter play prisoner protector Queen realm reviser Saint Albans Salisbury Scene Shakespeare shame Simp Sirrah slain soldiers Somerset soul sovereign sword thee thine thou art thou hast thou shalt traitor treason uncle unto villain Warwick wife words
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Pagina 142 - The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster...
Pagina 149 - To make a child now swaddled, to proceed Man, and then shoot up, in one beard and weed, Past three-score years ; or, with three rusty swords, And help of some few foot and half-foot words, Fight over York and Lancaster's long jars, And in the tyring-house bring wounds to scars.
Pagina 94 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and whereas before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and contrary to the King his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verb and such abominable words as no Christian ear can endure to hear.
Pagina 67 - What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted ! Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Pagina 74 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : O God, forgive him ! War.