I mean to ttg it, and to cuf you soundly: Here by the cheeks I'll drag thee up and down. Here a great tumult. In the midst of it, enter the May, Fie, lords! that you, being supreme magis trates, Thus contumeliously should break the peace! Glo. Peace, mayor; thou know'st little of my wrongs: Here's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor king, Win. Here's Gloster too, a foe to citizens; Because he is protector of the realm; And would have armour here out of the Tower, -Come, officer; as loud as e'er thou canst, Offi. All manner of men, assembled here in arms this 'day, against God's peace and the king's, we charge and command you, in his highness' name, to repair to your several dwelling-places; and not to wear, handle, or use, any sword, weapon, or dagger, henceforward, upon pain of death. Vol. 4. B Glo. Cardinal, I'll be no breaker of the law : But we shall meet, and break our minds at large. Win. Gloster, we'll meet; to thy dear cost, be sure Thy heart-blood I will have, for this day's work. May. I'll call for clubs, if you will not away ;'This cardinal is more haughty than the devil." Glo. Mayor, farewell; thou dost but what thou may'st. Win. Abominable Gloster! guard thy head; For I intend to have it, ere long. [Exeunt. May. See the coast clear'd, and then we will depart,Good God! that nobles should such stomachs bear! I myself fight not once in forty year. [Exeunt. SCENE IV-France. Before Orleans. Enter on the walls, the Master-gunner and his Son. M. Gun. Sirrah, thou know'st how Orleans is besieg'd; And how the English have the suburbs won. Son. Father, I know; and oft have shot at them, Howe'er, unfortunate, I miss'd my aim. M. Gun. But now thou shalt not. Be thou rule by me: Chief master-gunner am I of this town ; Something I must do, to procure me grace. And thence discover, how, with most advantage, A piece of ordnance 'gainst it I have plac'd; If thou spy'st any, run and bring me word; And thou shalt find me at the governor's. [Exit. Son. Father, I warrant you; take you no care; I'll never trouble you, if I may spy them. Enter, in an upper chamber of a Tower, the Lord Salis. bury and Talbot, Sir William Glansdale, Sir Thom as Gargrave, and others. Sal. Talbot, my life, my joy, again return'! Once, in contempt, they would have barter'd me: But, O! the treacherous Fastolfe wounds my heart If I now had him brought into my power. Sal. Yet tell'st thou not, how thou wert entertainal, Tal. With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. In open market-place produc'd they me, To be a public spectacle to all; Here, said they, is the terror of the French, The scare-crow that affrights our children so. My grisly countenance made others fly; None durst come near for fear of sudden death. So great fear of my name 'mongst them was spread, And spurn in pieces posts of adamant: Ready they were to shoot me to the heart. Sal. I grieve to hear what torments you endur'd; But we will be reveng'd sufficiently. Now it is supper-time in Orleans: Here, through this grate, I can count every one, Where is best place to make our battery next. Gar. I think, at the north gate: for there stand lords. Glan. And I, here, at the bulwark of the bridge. Tal. For aught I see, this city must be famish'd, Or with light skirmishes enfeebled. [Shot from the town. Salisbury and Sir Sal. O Lord, have mercy on us, wretched sinners! us? -Speak, Salisbury; at least, if thou canst speak; One of thy eyes, and thy cheek's side struck off!- That hath contriv'd this woeful tragedy! In thirteen battles Salisbury o`ercame; Henry the Fifth he first train'd to the wars; If Salisbury wants mercy at thy hands!- -He beckons with his hand, and smiles on me; Play on the lute, beholding the towns burn: [Thunder heard; afterwards an alarum. What stir is this? What tumult's in the heavens? Whence cometh this alarum, and the noise? Enter a Messenger. Mes. My lord, my lord, the French have gather'd head: The Dauphin, with one Joan la Pucelle join'd,- Is come with a great power to raise the siege. [Salisbury groans. Your hearts I'll stamp out with my horse's heels, And then we'll try what these dastard Frenchmen dare, [Exeunt, bearing out the bodies. |