The Second Part of Henry the Sixth: ACT III
Introduction ACT I ACT II ACT III SCENE I. The Abbey at Bury St. Edmund's. SCENE II. Bury St. Edmund's. A room of state. SCENE III. A bedchamber. ACT IV ACT V About the Play Feedback			Search: All the plays Hamlet Coriolanus Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Richard II Richard III Titus Andronicus Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry the Fifth Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry VIII King John Pericles Troilus and Cressida All's Well... As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline A Midsummer... Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives... Much Ado about Nothing The Merchant of Venice Twelfth Night The Taming of... The Tempest The Two Gentlemen... The Winter's Tale    for: SCENE III. A bedchamber. Enter the KING, SALISBURY, WARWICK, to the CARDINAL in bed KING HENRY VI       How fares my lord? speak, Beaufort, to       thy sovereign. CARDINAL       If thou be'st death, I'll give thee England's treasure,       Enough to purchase such another island, 5     So thou wilt let me live, and feel no pain. KING HENRY VI       Ah, what a sign it is of evil life,       Where death's approach is seen so terrible! WARWICK       Beaufort, it is thy sovereign speaks to thee. CARDINAL       Bring me unto my trial when you will. 10    Died he not in his bed? where should he die?       Can I make men live, whether they will or no?       O, torture me no more! I will confess.       Alive again? then show me where he is:       I'll give a thousand pound to look upon him. 15    He hath no eyes, the dust hath blinded them.       Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright,       Like lime-twigs set to catch my winged soul.       Give me some drink; and bid the apothecary       Bring the strong poison that I bought of him. KING HENRY VI 20    O thou eternal Mover of the heavens.       Look with a gentle eye upon this wretch!       O, beat away the busy meddling fiend       That lays strong siege unto this wretch's soul.       And from his bosom purge this black despair! WARWICK 25    See, how the pangs of death do make him grin! SALISBURY       Disturb him not; let him pass peaceably. KING HENRY VI       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. 30    He dies, and makes no sign. O God, forgive him! WARWICK       So bad a death argues a monstrous life. KING HENRY VI       Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.       Close up his eyes and draw the curtain close;       And let us all to meditation. Exeunt Return to top of page ... or ... Go to next scene