Henry VI, Part 3
Henry VI, Part 3 (c. 1591) is the third of William Shakespeare's plays set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England.
Act I
- I am your butt, and I abide your shot.
- Richard Plantagenet, scene i
- How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown,
Within whose circuit is Elysium,
And all that poets feign of bliss and joy.- Richard of Gloucester, scene ii
Act II
- And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.- Messenger, scene i
- The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
- Clifford, scene ii
- Didst thou never hear
That things ill got had ever bad success?
And happy always was it for that son,
Whose father for his hoarding went to hell?- King Henry, scene ii
Act III
- Warwick, peace!
Proud setter-up and puller-down of kings!- Queen Margaret, scene iii
Act IV
- A little fire is quickly trodden out,
Which being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.- Clarence, scene viii
Act V
- Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind;
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.- Richard of Gloucester, scene vi
