Act V, Scene 3 Fields near St. Alban's.

Alarum. Retreat. Enter YORK, RICHARD, WARWICK,
and Soldiers, with drum and colours

 

YORK Of Salisbury, who can report of him,
That winter lion, who in rage forgets
Aged contusions and all brush of time,
And, like a gallant in the brow of youth,
Repairs him with occasion? This happy day
Is not itself, nor have we won one foot,
If Salisbury be lost.
RICHARD My noble father,
Three times to-day I holp him to his horse,
Three times bestrid him; thrice I led him off,
Persuaded him from any further act:
But still, where danger was, still there I met him;
And like rich hangings in a homely house,
So was his will in his old feeble body.
But, noble as he is, look where he comes.
  [Enter SALISBURY]
SALISBURY Now, by my sword, well hast thou fought to-day;
By the mass, so did we all. I thank you, Richard:
God knows how long it is I have to live;
And it hath pleased him that three times to-day
You have defended me from imminent death.
Well, lords, we have not got that which we have:
'Tis not enough our foes are this time fled,
Being opposites of such repairing nature.
YORK I know our safety is to follow them;
For, as I hear, the king is fled to London,
To call a present court of parliament.
Let us pursue him ere the writs go forth.
What says Lord Warwick? shall we after them?
WARWICK After them! nay, before them, if we can.
Now, by my faith, lords, 'twas a glorious day:
Saint Alban's battle won by famous York
Shall be eternized in all age to come.
Sound drums and trumpets, and to London all:
And more such days as these to us befall!
  [Exeunt]

 

To see other scenes from the show:

Full Text Act III, Scene 3 A bedchamber.
Act I, Scene 1 London. The palace. Act IV, Scene 1 The coast of Kent.
Act I, Scene 2 GLOUCESTER'S house. Act IV, Scene 2 Blackheath.
Act I, Scene 3 The palace. Act IV, Scene 3 Another part of Blackheath./Act IV, Scene 4 London. The palace. /Act IV, Scene 5 London. The Tower./Act IV, Scene 6 London. Cannon Street. 
Act I, Scene 4 GLOUCESTER's garden. Act IV, Scene 7 London. Smithfield.
Act II, Scene 1 Saint Alban's. Act IV, Scene 8 Southwark.
Act II, Scene 2 London. YORK'S garden. Act IV, Scene 9 Kenilworth Castle./Act IV, Scene 10 Kent. IDEN's garden.
Act II, Scene 3 A hall of justice. Act V, Scene 1 Fields between Dartford and Blackheath.
Act II, Scene 4 A street. Act V, Scene 2 Saint Alban's.
Act III, Scene 1 The Abbey at Bury St. Edmund's. Act V, Scene 3 Fields near St. Alban's.
Act III, Scene 2 Bury St. Edmund's. A room of state.  

 

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