Henry VI, Part 1
The First Part of King Henry the Sixth is one of William Shakespeare's history plays, believed to have been written approximately 1588–1590. It is the first in the cycle of four plays often referred to as "The First Tetralogy."
Act I
- Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night!
- Bedford, scene i
- Stay, stay thy hands! thou art an Amazon,
And fightest with the sword of Deborah.- Charles to Joan la Pucelle, scene ii
- Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days.
- Joan La Pucelle, scene ii
Act II
- Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch;
Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth;
Between two blades, which bears the better temper;
Between two horses, which doth bear him best;
Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye; —
I have, perhaps, some shallow spirit of judgment;
But in these nice sharp quillets of the law,
Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw.- Warwick, scene iv
Act III
- Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.
- Alençon, scene ii
Act V
- She’s beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd;
She is a woman, therefore to be won.- Suffolk, scene iii
