Monologue

Clifford Monologue from Henry VI

From Henry VI by William Shakespeare

male · defiant · 1:21 min

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Is Cade the son of Henry the Fifth, That thus you do exclaim you’ll go with him? Will he conduct you through the heart of France And make the meanest of you earls and dukes? Alas, he hath no home, no place to fly to, Nor knows he how to live but by the spoil, Unless by robbing of your friends and us. Were ’t not a shame that whilst you live at jar The fearful French, whom you late vanquished, Should make a start o’er seas and vanquish you? Methinks already in this civil broil I see them lording it in London streets, Crying “_Villiago!_” unto all they meet. Better ten thousand base-born Cades miscarry Than you should stoop unto a Frenchman’s mercy. To France, to France, and get what you have lost! Spare England, for it is your native coast. Henry hath money, you are strong and manly; God on our side, doubt not of victory.

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Clifford passionately rallies his fellow soldiers against the threat of rebellion and foreign invasion, urging them to remain loyal to England and resist the influence of Cade.

30s · determination · power · betrayal · identity · honor

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