John Herman Merivale [1817], Richard, Duke of York; or, the contention of York and Lancaster. (As altered from Shakspeare's Three Parts of Henry VI.) In five acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane (Published by Richard White [etc.], London) [word count] [S41100].
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SCENE IV.
A Field of Battle.
[Alarm. Excursions. The White Rose banner is
driven over the stage; and several soldiers of York's
party are seen flying tumultuously across, pursued
by others of the Red Rose faction.
Enter Clifford.
Cliff.
Pursue! pursue! pursue! and give no quarter!
I charge you spare not.
[Exit.
[The noise of the battle grows more distant. Several
Peasants and Women belonging to the castls, are
seen flying in different directions.]
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Enter Rutland and Attendant.
Rut.
Oh! whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?
Look, Tutor! See where bloody Clifford comes!
So looks the pent-up lion o'er the wretch,
That trembles under his devouring paws—
And so he walks, insulting o'er his prey,
And so he comes to rend his limbs asunder.
Oh! bear me hence! his looks so frighten me.
[Exeunt.
Re-enter Clifford.
Cliff.
Rutland! In vain thou fliest—my father's blood
Hath stopp'd the passage where thy tears should enter.
Had I thy brethren here, their lives and thine
Were not revenge sufficient for my grief.
No—if I digg'd up thy forefathers' graves,
And hung their rotten coffins up in chains,
It could not slake mine ire, nor ease my heart.
The sight of any of the House of York,
Is as a fury to torment my soul;
And 'till I root out thine accursed race,
And leave not one alive, I live in Hell.
[Exit.
Alarm. Then re-enter Clifford.
Cliff.
Thy father slew my father—therefore die!—
Plantagenet! I come, Plantagenet!
And this thy son's blood cleaving to my blade
Shall rust upon my weapon, till thy blood
Congeal'd with this, do make me wipe off both.
[Exit.
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John Herman Merivale [1817], Richard, Duke of York; or, the contention of York and Lancaster. (As altered from Shakspeare's Three Parts of Henry VI.) In five acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane (Published by Richard White [etc.], London) [word count] [S41100].
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