KING HENRY.
[Aside.] All will revolt from me and turn to him.
NORTHUMBERLAND.
Plantagenet, for all the claim thou lay’st,
Think not that Henry shall be so deposed.
WARWICK.
Deposed he shall be, in despite of all.
NORTHUMBERLAND.
Thou art deceived. ’Tis not thy southern power,
Of Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, nor of Kent,
Which makes thee thus presumptuous and proud,
Can set the Duke up in despite of me.
CLIFFORD.
King Henry, be thy title right or wrong,
Lord Clifford vows to fight in thy defence.
May that ground gape and swallow me alive,
Where I shall kneel to him that slew my father!
KING HENRY.
O Clifford, how thy words revive my heart!
YORK.
Henry of Lancaster, resign thy crown.
What mutter you, or what conspire you, lords?
WARWICK.
Do right unto this princely Duke of York,
Or I will fill the house with armed men,
And over the chair of state where now he sits,
Write up his title with usurping blood.
[He stamps with his foot, and the Soldiers show themselves.]
KING HENRY.
My Lord of Warwick, hear but one word:
Let me for this my lifetime reign as king.