Henry VI, Part 2
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Biography
Henry VI, Part 2 (1591) is a Shakespearean history play about King Henry VI of England's inability to quell the bickering of his noblemen, the death of his trusted advisor Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and the political rise of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York; it culminates with the First Battle of St Albans (1455), the initial battle of the Wars of the Roses, which were civil wars between the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
"Put forth thy hand, reach at the glorious Gold."
"How irksome is this music to my heart! When such strings jar, what hope of harmony?"
"The fox barks not, when he would steal the lamb."
"He dies, and makes no sign."
"Small things make base men proud."
"I say it was never merry world in England since gentlemen came up."
"There shall be, in England, seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hoop'd pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony, to drink small beer."
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
"Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o’er, should undo a man?"
"And Adam was a gardener."
"Sir, he made a chimney in my father’s house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify it."
"Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved to thy face, that thou hast men about thee, that usually talk of a noun, and a verb; and such abominable words, as no Christian ear can endure to hear."
"Away with him, away with him! he speaks Latin."