Henry VI Part 2 Quote Identification Quiz

“Great men oft die by vile beseeching hands.”

“My lord, I’ll tell you, the Duke is dead.”

“Now York, or never, steel thy fearful thoughts.”

“Let me not live after my flame lacks oil.”

“Ah, Humphrey, this dishonor in thine age Will bring thy head with sorrow to the ground.”

“I am come to survey the Tower this day.”

“Duke Humphrey’s death is made the subject of my shame.”

“O, Henry, let me plead for gentle Gloucester.”

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”

“I’ll send some holy prayers to heaven for thee.”

“Thou art a proud traitor, priest.”

“Break open shops, for nothing can we get.”

“Gloucester’s show Beguil’d me of my duty to the crown.”

“I’ll make the city flames of rebellion rise.”

“I am the soldier and will bear him hence.”

“The King is kind, and well affected.”

“O, let me pray before I rise again.”

“Now Margaret must strike her sail and learn awhile to serve where kings command.”

“This be Damascus, be thou cursed Cain.”

“Here died the Duke of Somerset, Whom fortune made his vassal.”

“O, this is full of pity, full of grace.”

“I’ll canvass thee in thy broad cardinal’s hat.”

“The commons hast thou rack’d; the clergy’s bags Are lank and lean with thy extortions.”

“O peers of England, shameful is this league.”

“The trust I have is in mine innocence.”

“O mortal man, how frail thy state of life!”

“O pity, God, this miserable age! What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly.”

“Now is the winter of our discontent.”

“Was ever king that joyed an earthly throne, And could command no more content than I?”

“The King’s too mild an innocent for such as we.”