Clarence complete text
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Clarence. Father of Warwick, know you what this means? | 5.1.81
Taking his red rose out of his hat
| Look here, I throw my infamy at thee | 5.1.82
I will not ruinate my father's house, | 5.1.83
Who gave his blood to lime the stones together, | 5.1.84
And set up Lancaster. Why, trow'st thou, Warwick, | 5.1.85
That Clarence is so harsh, so blunt, unnatural, | 5.1.86
To bend the fatal instruments of war | 5.1.87
Against his brother and his lawful king? | 5.1.88
Perhaps thou wilt object my holy oath: | 5.1.89
To keep that oath were more impiety | 5.1.90
Than Jephthah's, when he sacrificed his daughter. | 5.1.91
I am so sorry for my trespass made | 5.1.92
That, to deserve well at my brother's hands, | 5.1.93
I here proclaim myself thy mortal foe, | 5.1.94
With resolution, wheresoe'er I meet thee-- | 5.1.95
As I will meet thee, if thou stir abroad-- | 5.1.96
To plague thee for thy foul misleading me. | 5.1.97
And so, proud-hearted Warwick, I defy thee, | 5.1.98
And to my brother turn my blushing cheeks. | 5.1.99
Pardon me, Edward, I will make amends: | 5.1.100
And, Richard, do not frown upon my faults, | 5.1.101
For I will henceforth be no more unconstant. | 5.1.102
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