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King Henry the Sixth, III. ii

Glo. Your ships already are in readiness.

Sennet. Flourish. Exeunt.

Exe. Ay, we may march in England or in France,

Not seeing what is likely to ensue.

This late dissension grown betwixt the peers

Burns under feigned ashes of forg'd love,

And will at last break out into a flame:

As fester'd members rot but by degree,

Till bones and flesh and sinews fall away,

So will this base and envious discord breed.

And now I fear that fatal prophecy

Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fifth,

Was in the mouth of every sucking babe:

That Henry born at Monmouth should win all,

And Henry born at Windsor lose all:

Which is so plain that Exeter doth wish

His days may finish ere that hapless time.

Exit.

Joan. These are the city gates, the gates of Roan,

Through which our policy must make a breach:

Take heed, be wary how you place your words;

Talk like the vulgar sort of market-men

That come to gather money for their corn.

If we have entrance,—as I hope we shall,—

 185 S. d. Sennet; cf. n.

194 that fatal prophecy; cf. n.

 Scene Two S. d.; cf. n.

2 policy: trickery 