Henry VI, Pt. 3
Act II, Scene 4
Yorkshire. Another part of the battlefield between Towton and Saxton.
Thou setter-up and plucker-down of kings
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, the "Kingmaker"
16th century
- Excursions. Enter Richard at one door and Clifford at the
- other.
Richard
1 - 4- Now, Clifford, I have singled thee alone:
- Suppose this arm is for the Duke of York,
- And this for Rutland, both bound to revenge,
- Wert thou environ’d with a brazen wall.
Lord Clifford
5 - 11- Now, Richard, I am with thee here alone:
- This is the hand that stabb’d thy father York,
- And this the hand that slew thy brother Rutland,
- And here’s the heart that triumphs in their death,
- And cheers these hands that slew thy sire and brother
- To execute the like upon thyself—
- And so have at thee!
- Alarums. They fight.
- Warwick comes.
- Clifford flies.
Richard
12 - 13- Nay, Warwick, single out some other chase,
- For I myself will hunt this wolf to death.
- Exeunt.