King Henry VI, Part III
ACT IV SCENE V | A park near Middleham Castle In Yorkshire. | |
[Enter GLOUCESTER, HASTINGS, and STANLEY] | ||
GLOUCESTER | Now, my Lord Hastings and Sir William Stanley, | |
Leave off to wonder why I drew you hither, | ||
Into this chiefest thicket of the park. | ||
Thus stands the case: you know our king, my brother, | ||
Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose hands | 5 | |
He hath good usage and great liberty, | ||
And, often but attended with weak guard, | ||
Comes hunting this way to disport himself. | ||
I have advertised him by secret means | ||
That if about this hour he make his way | 10 | |
Under the colour of his usual game, | ||
He shall here find his friends with horse and men | ||
To set him free from his captivity. | ||
[Enter KING EDWARD IV and a Huntsman with him] | ||
Huntsman | This way, my lord; for this way lies the game. | |
KING EDWARD IV | Nay, this way, man: see where the huntsmen stand. | 15 |
Now, brother of Gloucester, Lord Hastings, and the rest, | ||
Stand you thus close, to steal the bishop’s deer? | ||
GLOUCESTER | Brother, the time and case requireth haste: | |
Your horse stands ready at the park-corner. | ||
KING EDWARD IV | But whither shall we then? | 20 |
HASTINGS | To Lynn, my lord, | |
And ship from thence to Flanders. | ||
GLOUCESTER | Well guess’d, believe me; for that was my meaning. | |
KING EDWARD IV | Stanley, I will requite thy forwardness. | |
GLOUCESTER | But wherefore stay we? ’tis no time to talk. | 25 |
KING EDWARD IV | Huntsman, what say’st thou? wilt thou go along? | |
Huntsman | Better do so than tarry and be hang’d. | |
GLOUCESTER | Come then, away; let’s ha’ no more ado. | |
KING EDWARD IV | Bishop, farewell: shield thee from Warwick’s frown; | |
And pray that I may repossess the crown. | 30 | |
[Exeunt] |
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