文档介绍：King Henry VI, Part 1
King Henry VI, Part 1
William Shakespeare
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King Henry VI, Part 1
ACT I.
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King Henry VI, Part 1
SCENE 1.
Westminster Abbey
Dead March. Enter the funeral of KING HENRY THE FIFTH,
attended on by the DUKE OF BEDFORD, Regent of France, the DUKE
OF GLOUCESTER, Protector, the DUKE OF EXETER, the EARL OF
WARWICK, the BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
BEDFORD. Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night!
Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal
tresses in the sky And with them scourge the bad revolting stars That have
consented unto Henry's death! King Henry the Fifth, too famous to live
long! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth. GLOUCESTER.
England ne'er had a king until his time. Virtue he had, deserving to
command; His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams; His arms
spread wider than a dragon's wings; His sparkling eyes, replete with
wrathful fire, More dazzled and drove back his enemies Than mid-day sun
fierce bent against their faces. What should I say? His deeds exceed all
speech: He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. EXETER. We mourn in
black; why mourn we not in blood? Henry is dead and never shall revive.
Upon a wooden coffin we attend; And death's dishonourable victory We
with our stately presence glorify, Like captives bound to a triumphant car.
What! shall we curse the s of mishap That plotted thus our glory's
overthrow? Or shall we think the subtle-witted French Conjurers and
sorcerers, that, afraid of him, By magic verses have contriv'd his end?
WINCHESTER. He was a king bless'd of the King of kings; Unto the
French the dreadful judgment-day So dreadful will not be as was his sight.
The battles of the Lord of Hosts he fought; The Church's prayers made
him so prosperous. GLOUCESTER. The Church! Where is it? Had not
churchmen pray'd, His thread of life had not so soon decay'd. None do you
like but an effeminate prince, Whom like a school-boy you may overawe.