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| Character | Salisbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Persuasive, Descriptive, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama | |
| Description | Salisbury urges York and Warwick to side with Gloucester | |
Summary
This is the first scene of the play. The French wars are over and a peace treaty has been presented to King Henry VI. In exchange of the regions of Anjou and Maine he is given Margaret of Anjou's hand.
Gloucester is displeased by the treaty and expresses his outrage. Cardinal Beaufort tells other English lords not to trust Gloucester because he thinks he wants to become the next king of England.
In this monologue Salisbury, an English lord, urges York and Warwick not to trust the Cardinal, to side with Gloucester and to unite for the public good.
Gloucester is displeased by the treaty and expresses his outrage. Cardinal Beaufort tells other English lords not to trust Gloucester because he thinks he wants to become the next king of England.
In this monologue Salisbury, an English lord, urges York and Warwick not to trust the Cardinal, to side with Gloucester and to unite for the public good.
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| SALISBURY Pride went before, ambition follows him. While these do labour for their own preferment, Behoves it us to labour for the realm. I never saw but Humphrey Duke of Gloucester Did bear him like a noble gentleman. Oft have I seen the haughty cardinal, More like a soldier than a man o' the church, As stout and proud as he were lord of all, Swear like a ruffian and demean himself Unlike the ruler of a commonweal. Warwick, my son, the comfort of my age, Thy deeds, thy plainness and thy housekeeping, Hath won the greatest favour of the commons, Excepting none but good Duke Humphrey: And, brother York, thy acts in Ireland, In bringing them to civil discipline, Thy late exploits done in the heart of France, When thou wert regent for our sovereign, Have made thee fear'd and honour'd of the people: Join we together, for the public good, In what we can, to bridle and suppress The pride of Suffolk and the cardinal, With Somerset's and Buckingham's ambition; And, as we may, cherish Duke Humphrey's deeds, While they do tend the profit of the land. |
