Playlist Henry VI Part One | Dramatis Personea | Playhouse Page
Act One
1.1 Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night!
1.2 Mars his true moving, even as in the heavens
1.3 I am come to survey the Tower this day:
1.4 Sirrah, thou know’st how Orleans is besieged,
1.5 Where is my strength, my valour, and my force?
1.6 Rescued is Orleans from the English
Act Two
2.1 Sirs, take your places and be vigilant:
2.2 The day begins to break, and night is fled,
2.3 Porter, remember what I gave in charge;
2.4 Great lords and gentlemen, what means this silence?
2.5 Kind keepers of my weak decaying age,
Act Three
3.1 Comest thou with deep premeditated lines,
3.2 These are the city gates, the gates of Rouen,
3.3 Dismay not, princes, at this accident,
3.4 My gracious prince, and honourable peers,
Act Four
4.1 God save King Henry, of that name the sixth!
4.2 Go to the gates of Bourdeaux, trumpeter:
4.3 Are not the speedy scouts return’d again,
4.4 It is too late; I cannot send them now:
4.5 O young John Talbot! I did send for thee
4.6 Saint George and victory! fight, soldiers, fight.
4.7 Where is my other life? mine own is gone;
Act Five
5.1 Have you perused the letters from the pope,
5.2 O, were mine eyeballs into bullets turn’d,
5.3 The regent conquers, and the Frenchmen fly.
5.4 Bring forth that sorceress condemn’d to burn.
5.5 Your wondrous rare description, noble earl,
Playlist Henry VI Part One | Dramatis Personea | Playhouse Page