ren to bring forth laments:
educe their currents to mine eyes,
g govern'd by the watry moon,

th plenteous tears to drown the world!
husband, for my dear lord Edward !
for our father, for our dear lord Clarence !
, for both, both mine, Edward and Clarence!
What stay had I, but Edward? and he's gone.

stay had we, but Clarence? and he's gone. at stays had I, but they? and they are gone. Jas never widow, had fo dear a lofs. = never orphans, had so dear a lofs. s never mother, had fo dear a lofs. the mother of these griefs ; re parcell'd, mine are general. dward weeps, and fo do I; nce weep, fo doth not she : for Clarence weep, and so do I: ard weep, so do not they :ree, on me, threefold distress'd, - tears, I am your sorrow's nurse, amper it with lamentations.

Fort, dear mother; God is much displeas'd, ze with unthankfulness his doing :

In

In common worldly things, 'tis call'd-ungrateful,
With dull unwillingness to repay a debt,
Which with a bounteous hand was kindly lent;
Much more, to be thus oppofite with heaven,
For it requires the royal debt it lent you.

Riv. Madam, bethink you, like a careful mother,
Of the young prince your fon: send straight for him,
Let him be crown'd; in him your comfort lives:
Drown defperate forrow in dead Edward's grave,
And plant your joys in living Edward's throne.

Enter GLOSTER, BUCKINGHAM, STANLEY, HASTINGS, RATCLIFF, and Others.

Glo. Sifter, have comfort: all of us have cause
To wail the dimming of our shining star;

But none can cure their harms by wailing them.-
Madam, my mother, I do cry you mercy,

I did not fee your grace :-Humbly on my knee

I crave your bleffing.

Duch. God bless thee; and put meeknefs in thy breast, Love, charity, obedience, and true duty!

Glo. Amen; and make me die a good old man!—

That is the butt-end of a mother's bleffing;

[Afide.

I marvel, that her grace did leave it out.

Buck. You cloudy princes, and heart-forrowing peers, That bear this mutual heavy load of moan,

Now cheer each other in each other's love:
Though we have spent our harvest of this king,
We are to reap the harveft of his fon.

The broken rancour of your high-fwoln hearts,
But lately splinted, knit, and join'd together,
Muft gently be preserv'd, cherish'd, and kept:
Me feemeth good, that, with some little train,

Forthwith

of harm, as harm apparent, ought to be prevented.

the king made peace with all of us; &t is firm, and true, in me.

in me; and fo, I think, in all : but green, it should be put - likelihood of breach,

by much company might be urg'd: -, with noble Buckingham,

fo few should fetch the prince. fay I.

e it fo; and go we to determine

be that ftraight fhall poft to Ludlow. you my mother, will you go

enfures in this weighty bufinefs?

eunt all but BUCKINGHAM and GLOSTER. d, whoever journeys to the prince, , let not us two stay at home: y, I'll fort occasion,

e ftory we late talk'd of,

cen's proud kindred from the prince. er felf, my counfel's confiftory, prophet!-My dear coufin,

I, as

of us;

g'd:

dlow.

GLOSTER

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3 Cit. Doth the news hold of good k 2 Cit. Ay, fir, it is too true; God Cit. Then, mafters, look to fee a 1 Cit. No, no; by God's good grad 3 Cit. Woe to that land, that's gov 2 Cit. In him there is a hope of go That, in his nonage, council under And, in his full and ripen'd years, h No doubt, fhall then, and till then,

I Cit. So ftood the state, when Hen Was crown'd in Paris but at nine mo 3 Cit. Stood the ftate fo? no, no, wot;

For then this land was famously enrich'd

With politick grave counsel; then the king
Had virtuous uncles to protect his grace.

1 Cit. Why, fo hath this, both by his father and mother.

3

Cit. Better it were, they all came by his father;

Or, by his father, there were none at all:

For emulation now, who fhall be nearest,

Will touch us all too near, if God prevent not.

O, full of danger is the duke of Glofter;

And the queen's fons, and brothers, haught and proud : And were they to be rul'd, and not to rule,

This fickly land might folace as before.

1 Cit. Come, come, we fear the worst; all will be well. Cit. When clouds are feen, wife men put on their

3

cloaks ;

When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand;
When the fun fets, who doth not look for night?
Untimely ftorms make men expect a dearth:

All may be well; but, if God fort it fo,
'Tis more than we deferve, or I expect.

2 Cit. Truly, the hearts of men are full of fear: You cannot reafon almoft with a man

That looks not heavily, and full of dread.

3 Cit. Before the days of change, ftill is it fo :
By a divine inftinct, men's minds mistrust
Enfuing danger; as, by proof, we see
The water fwell before a boift'rous ftorm.
But leave it all to God. Whither away?

2 Cit. Marry, we were fent for to the justices.

3 Cit. And fo was I; I'll bear you company. [Exeunt.

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