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I say, without characters, fame lives long.
Thus, like the formal vice, Iniquity,
I moralize two meanings in one word.
PRINCE EDWARD:
That Julius Caesar was a famous man;
With what his valour did enrich his wit,
His wit set down to make his valour live
Death makes no conquest of this conqueror;
For now he lives in fame, though not in life.
I'll tell you what, my cousin Buckingham,--
BUCKINGHAM:
What, my gracious lord?
PRINCE EDWARD:
An if I live until I be a man,
I'll win our ancient right in France again,
Or die a soldier, as I lived a king.
GLOUCESTER:
BUCKINGHAM:
Now, in good time, here comes the Duke of York.
PRINCE EDWARD:
Richard of York! how fares our loving brother?
YORK:
Well, my dread lord; so must I call you now.
PRINCE EDWARD:
Ay, brother, to our grief, as it is yours:
Too late he died that might have kept that title,
Which by his death hath lost much majesty.
GLOUCESTER:
How fares our cousin, noble Lord of York?
YORK:
I thank you, gentle uncle. O, my lord,
You said that idle weeds are fast in growth
The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.
GLOUCESTER:
He hath, my lord.
YORK:
And therefore is he idle?
GLOUCESTER:
O, my fair cousin, I must not say so.
YORK:
Then is he more beholding to you than I.
GLOUCESTER:
He may command me as my sovereign;
But you have power in me as in a kinsman.
YORK:
I pray you, uncle, give me this dagger.
GLOUCESTER:
My dagger, little cousin? with all my heart.
PRINCE EDWARD:
A beggar, brother?
YORK:
Of my kind uncle, that I know will give;
And being but a toy, which is no grief to give.
GLOUCESTER:
A greater gift than that I'll give my cousin.
YORK:
A greater gift! O, that's the sword to it.
GLOUCESTER:
A gentle cousin, were it light enough.
YORK:
O, then, I see, you will part but with light gifts;
In weightier things you'll say a beggar nay.
GLOUCESTER:
It is too heavy for your grace to wear.
YORK:
I weigh it lightly, were it heavier.
GLOUCESTER:
What, would you have my weapon, little lord?
YORK:
I would, that I might thank you as you call me.
GLOUCESTER:
How?