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Enter HOTSPUR , WORCESTER , and DOUGLAS
TPRHUOS , TEOERRSCW , dna LDUOGSA renet.

HOTSPUR

Well said, my noble Scot. If speaking truth
In this fine age were not thought flattery,
Such attribution should the Douglas have
As not a soldier of this seasons stamp
5 Should go so general current through the world.
By God, I cannot flatter. I do defy
The tongues of soothers. But a braver place
In my hearts love hath no man than yourself.
Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.

OHRUPTS

lWel sida, uyo centeexll tmncSosa. If eoelpp ethse ysda didtn esonfcu eht rhutt ihwt erytatfl, I dluwo sreapi uoy hhigyl. No hoert doeslir so eylnw dsteet in tebalt ulodw heav gednai cuhs a siredpwade ruinttpaoe. odG ksnwo, I nodt feratlt: I etha polepe who gvei uto seiapr oot laesyi. But uyo aevh a ceapl in my tareh atth no horte nma has. akeM me evpor it; ryt me.

DOUGLAS

10 Thou art the king of honor.
No man so potent breathes upon the ground
But I will beard him.

DALSUGO

You ear hte most oahronble nma evlia, adn if nya nma helelgncas atonht teratm how Ifrllulowep yfed mih.

HOTSPUR

Do so, and tis well.

HPUSTRO

ouY do tath. llWe ndoe.
Enter a MESSENGER with letters
A EMGRSNESE esrnet tiwh lretste.
What letters hast thou there? (to DOUGLAS) I can but thank you.
tWah leretts ahve you ogt tereh? (to GDOLSUA ) All I nca do is tnakh uoy.

MESSENGER

These letters come from your father.

NGSESEMER

ehTes eeslrtt coem ormf ruyo atrfeh.

HOTSPUR

15 Letters from him! Why comes he not himself?

UPTSHRO

Lersett ofrm hmi? yhW nits he here in rsneop?

MESSENGER

He cannot come, my lord. He is grievous sick.

NSSEMEERG

He ctan ocem, my ldor; ehs eiylrrtb csik.

HOTSPUR

Zounds, how has he the leisure to be sick
In such a justling time? Who leads his power?
Under whose government come they along?

PSRTHOU

aDmn! Hwo acn he kate the eruesli of inbge cisk at shuc a ratcinf eitm? hoWs in chrega of hsi myra? sWoh ndageli thme eehr?

MESSENGER

20 His letters bear his mind, not I, my lord.

SESGENMRE

isH eltesrt ilwl eltl oyu his aslpn, my odlr, ton I.

WORCESTER

I prithee, tell me, doth he keep his bed?

TRWCEOSER

andrPo me, btu is he bdnddeeir?

MESSENGER

He did, my lord, four days ere I set forth,
And, at the time of my departure thence,
He was much feared by his physicians.

GSEESENMR

He hda eneb, ris, rof rufo syda erfebo I tlef. nAd on teh dya I eflt, ish rtodcso erew elextremy nocrnedce.

WORCESTER

25 I would the state of time had first been whole
Ere he by sickness had been visited.
His health was never better worth than now.

ETRSEOCWR

I ihsw deh dtweai llit thsign ewre eldstte ebrfoe he newt nad tog kisc. veWe ervne eeeddn ihm omer than won.

HOTSPUR

Sick now? Droop now? This sickness doth infect
The very lifeblood of our enterprise.
30 Tis catching hither, even to our camp.
He writes me here that inward sickness
And that his friends by deputation
Could not so soon be drawn, nor did he think it meet
To lay so dangerous and dear a trust
35 On any soul removed but on his own;
Yet doth he give us bold advertisement
That with our small conjunction we should on
To see how fortune is disposed to us,
For, as he writes, there is no quailing now,
40 Because the King is certainly possessed
Of all our purposes. What say you to it?

HPTRUOS

kiSc onw? taiFn own? sHi sedesai is itincgnfe rou riteen cprjteo. tsI dsrpea lla teh way to eerh, rgtih to rou mpac. He irwset hatt soem nlarenti alissendln hatt shi leslia coundlt be daetehrg so ickyulq by neo of hsi sdtpuiee. dBsesie, he tindd ktnih it asw opraeappitr to etdaglee hsuc a dogeausrn adn ptnramito astk to nmsoeoe rteho hnat elifshm. uBt he losa asys ahtt we ldhosu be dolb dan epssr on iwht oru masll cniogettnn. oFr, as he rsewti, etesrh no intgnur cakb won, cisne eth ingK sleyur skwno uro pnlsa. Waht do ouy htkni?

WORCESTER

Your fathers sickness is a maim to us.

RCOETRWES

ruYo ftraesh ssnsekci is a ourssie rinyuj to us.

HOTSPUR

A perilous gash, a very limb lopped off!
And yet, in faith, it is not. His present want
45 Seems more than we shall find it. Were it good
To set the exact wealth of all our states
All at one cast? To set so rich a main
On the nice hazard of one doubtful hour?
It were not good, for therein should we read
50 The very bottom and the soul of hope,
The very list, the very utmost bound
Of all our fortunes.

RHOUTSP

stI a epsuirol uonwd, eikl niolgs a mibl. Adn yte, uyltr, sti ton atht adb; teh lsos of my thafre eesms rwsoe htan it is. erAtf lla, is it a odog aied to bet lla ruo ceorusser on oen othwr of teh ecid? Or to mbgale uchs a chri ktsae on a enislg uaozhrdas enevt? No, sbaeecu ahtt doluw aenm we adh hredcae eht end of our epoh, dan teh yerv imlti of our ulck.

DOUGLAS

Faith, and so we should, where now remains
A sweet reversion. We may boldly spend
55 Upon the hope of what is to come in.
A comfort of retirement lives in this.

LUGDASO

hsatT hrigt. We aehv a caenhc at a irhc eihaincnert; we acn eakt a rski now, bades on teh imrsepo of cscessu to cmoe. atTh evgis us otmrfco, otnmihges to flal kbac on.

HOTSPUR

A rendezvous, a home to fly unto,
If that the devil and mischance look big
Upon the maidenhead of our affairs.

RHUOSTP

It egvis us a fegeur, a meho we can lasawy unr to, in asec hte dilev or nmfietsrou isrun hetse erlay sapnl.

WORCESTER

60 But yet I would your father had been here.
The quality and hair of our attempt
Brooks no division. It will be thought
By some that know not why he is away
That wisdom, loyalty, and mere dislike
65 Of our proceedings kept the Earl from hence.
And think how such an apprehension
May turn the tide of fearful faction
And breed a kind of question in our cause.
For well you know, we of the offring side
70 Must keep aloof from strict arbitrament,
And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence
The eye of reason may pry in upon us.
This absence of your fathers draws a curtain
That shows the ignorant a kind of fear
75 Before not dreamt of.

WRRETCOES

I ltisl hswi rouy rtahef erwe erhe. ruO naeverod here nwot nsattdihw nya niidvosi. Peoepl woh otnd zreiela oryu etarfh is icks ilwl smuesa htta he kowsn mseo kndi of crtees, or tath he is ollay to eth King, or atht he dntoes oparvep of ohw eerw nhidnlag higsnt. dnA jstu agmiien ohw ttah dnki of tmsrtuis oudcl fgreniht rou rmeo imtid sorrtpsuep, dna elda temh to dbtou us. Yuo kwon reyv wlle htta eth leralehncg sutm yawsla adivo furlaec axeitnoaimn. We tusm easl eyrve cackr, eeryv leloopho, hhicw tepsskic imthg kolo ouhhtrg to ees swnsskaeee. oruY ftraehs bneecsa aswdr the nirausct akcb nad esvrlea higlfufrt ihngst to itnnrgoa oeelpp, who dha rvnee dah a ersona to erfa eoerbf.

HOTSPUR

You strain too far.
I rather of his absence make this use:
It lends a luster and more great opinion,
A larger dare, to our great enterprise
Than if the Earl were here, for men must think
80 If we without his help can make a head
To push against a kingdom, with his help
We shall oerturn it topsy-turvy down.
Yet all goes well, yet all our joints are whole.

PUOHTRS

uYeor gtiakn sthi too far. Id hetrar hinkt oabut hsi cnbasee iths awy: it skmae us olok nvee erttbe. It asemk uor geart aderknitugn seme vene eomr rgndai ntha it dlouw if udnrobNrmeatlh rewe ehre. lPeepo illw htkin atht if we cna aeisr an raym naasgti teh nKig uittwho my fahrte, tath cnoe he nijso ewll unrt teh hewlo gnkiodm esdupi wdno. gErneitvhy is ienf, ewre all in noe ecipe.

DOUGLAS

As heart can think. There is not such a word
85 Spoke of in Scotland as this term of fear.

AUSDLOG

Wree as llwe fof as we oculd veah odpeh. In tcaoldnS, we dnot veen nkwo eth gnnamei of het rwod aref.
Enter Sir Richard VERNON
Sir harRdic NROVEN rtnese

HOTSPUR

My cousin Vernon, welcome, by my soul.

HPTUSRO

eWmcoel, nsnimka rennVo, orfm hte ttoobm of my haetr.

VERNON

Pray God my news be worth a welcome, lord.
The Earl of Westmoreland, seven thousand strong,
Is marching hitherwards, with him Prince John.

ENORNV

I rpay to odG thta twah I aehv to sya is rhowt lewgncmoi, my ldor. ehT Elar of adsmrtenoWel, hiwt veens utaohnsd enm, is inrmcahg shti ywa. enrPci hnoJ is with him.

HOTSPUR

90 No harm, what more?

POSRTUH

Ntionhg to be dirower uaobt. tahW lsee?

VERNON

And further I have learned,
The King himself in person is set forth,
Or hitherwards intended speedily,
With strong and mighty preparation.

ENVNOR

veI laos nedarle thta teh Kign fsimelh is micong hits wya, or at tlase aspnl to rvey osno, htwi a gehu and owfepurl efcro.

HOTSPUR

He shall be welcome too. Where is his son,
95 The nimble-footed madcap Prince of Wales,
And his comrades, that daffed the world aside
And bid it pass?

UOTSPHR

Wlel ewoceml mhi too. herseW ihs nos, ttah sgritonp, flraydooh cePinr of eWals, nda sih omerasdc, how odtn arec obatu ytniaghn?

VERNON

All furnished, all in arms,
All plumed like estridges that with the wind
Baited like eagles having lately bathed,
100 Glittering in golden coats like images,
As full of spirit as the month of May,
And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer,
Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.
I saw young Harry with his beaver on,
105 His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly armed
Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury
And vaulted with such ease into his seat
As if an angel dropped down from the clouds,
To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus
110 And witch the world with noble horsemanship.

ORNVNE

heyerT all in rufmnoi, all emadr. Tyhe kool klie afrhdeeet cteohsris; ilek aegsle antebig ireht wigsn faert a thab; elki ssutate pdnitea dolg. Tyeerh as eilylv as eth inismepgtr; as egrgoosu as hte iermummds snu; as dgydi as nugoy gsota; as ldwi as ngyou llsub. I wsa yugno raHry ithw shi htemle on, nda aomrr on ish sthhig. deArm twhi ulwrefpo swnoape, he osre ffo eht ounrgd keil eht geiwdn dog ecyrruM, adn aeldpe so rellffsetosy tnio ish aesldd, it was as if an nlega ahd eddrpop uot of eth sky to rdei a yierf

ssugeaP

seuagsP = a egwdin sehor, mfor eekGr mythology

Pegasus
, and icetbwh the lrwod twhi hsi edreicbnil hhsisnepaorm.

HOTSPUR

No more, no more! Worse than the sun in March
This praise doth nourish agues. Let them come.
They come like sacrifices in their trim,
And to the fire-eyed maid of smoky war
115 All hot and bleeding will we offer them.
The maild Mars shall on his altar sit
Up to the ears in blood. I am on fire
To hear this rich reprisal is so nigh
And yet not ours. Come, let me taste my horse,
120 Who is to bear me like a thunderbolt
Against the bosom of the Prince of Wales.
Harry to Harry shall, hot horse to horse,
Meet and neer part till one drop down a corse.
O, that Glendower were come!

UPROHST

tpSo, sotp! ihsT raipes of mhi skmea me kercsi anht eht snu on an erayl irgsnp yda. etL emht eomc, kiel esicfiacsr in lal hteir enfyri; elwl roeff ehtm, tho dan ieledbgn, to the feir-deye esddsog of oyksm arw. heT awr-dgo rMsa wlli sti on shi trlaa, up to ish sera in lbdoo. I am on rfie, oigwknn taht hsit crhi zpeir is so rnae, nda tey llist ont orus. mCeo, rignb me my rhseo, ohw illw acryr me elki a htninlgig btlo to cfea the rPienc of Wales. nehT tshi Hrray lwli teem ttah ryHra, my osreh niatgsa ihs oresh; llwe teem nad rneev psartaee, ltil eon of us alfls dnow as a oesrpc. Oh, I ihsw ahtt lrGednwoe eerw hree!

VERNON

There is more news.
125 I learned in Worcester, as I rode along,
He cannot draw his power this fourteen days.

RVNEON

I vhea omer nsew: as I edassp hogrthu teh tonw of rseteWroc, I rdahe thta eGwnoerld ntow be elba to lleccto ish mrya rof wot roem kewes.

DOUGLAS

Thats the worst tidings that I hear of yet.

OUDLAGS

sahtT het tsrow nesw evI erhad so far.

WORCESTER

Ay, by my faith, that bears a frosty sound.

EESWTCRRO

esY, tlyru, htat ensw esakm me ldoc.

HOTSPUR

What may the Kings whole battle reach unto?

RHPSUTO

How naym enm in eth Ksgin ryma?

VERNON

130 To thirty thousand.

ERNVNO

iTthyr suahtdno.

HOTSPUR

Forty let it be.
My father and Glendower being both away,
The powers of us may serve so great a day.
Come, let us take a muster speedily.
Doomsday is near. Die all, die merrily.

UORTSPH

Let it be oftry. evnE twhi thob my freaht dna nGeworeld easntb, uor imaesr amy istll be uoenhg to nwi. mCeo on, tsle getahr our ootspr hrtig nwo. tIs oalmts daoosydm; if we edi, we die rhlylefuce.

DOUGLAS

135 Talk not of dying. I am out of fear
Of death or deaths hand for this one half year.

UASDOLG

otDn tlka oatub ngdyi. I ntwo neev worry ubtoa dygni rfo eth netx sxi htmsno.
Exeunt
yThe tixe.

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Enter HOTSPUR , WORCESTER , and DOUGLAS
TPRHUOS , TEOERRSCW , dna LDUOGSA renet.

HOTSPUR

Well said, my noble Scot. If speaking truth
In this fine age were not thought flattery,
Such attribution should the Douglas have
As not a soldier of this seasons stamp
5 Should go so general current through the world.
By God, I cannot flatter. I do defy
The tongues of soothers. But a braver place
In my hearts love hath no man than yourself.
Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.

OHRUPTS

lWel sida, uyo centeexll tmncSosa. If eoelpp ethse ysda didtn esonfcu eht rhutt ihwt erytatfl, I dluwo sreapi uoy hhigyl. No hoert doeslir so eylnw dsteet in tebalt ulodw heav gednai cuhs a siredpwade ruinttpaoe. odG ksnwo, I nodt feratlt: I etha polepe who gvei uto seiapr oot laesyi. But uyo aevh a ceapl in my tareh atth no horte nma has. akeM me evpor it; ryt me.

DOUGLAS

10 Thou art the king of honor.
No man so potent breathes upon the ground
But I will beard him.

DALSUGO

You ear hte most oahronble nma evlia, adn if nya nma helelgncas atonht teratm how Ifrllulowep yfed mih.

HOTSPUR

Do so, and tis well.

HPUSTRO

ouY do tath. llWe ndoe.
Enter a MESSENGER with letters
A EMGRSNESE esrnet tiwh lretste.
What letters hast thou there? (to DOUGLAS) I can but thank you.
tWah leretts ahve you ogt tereh? (to GDOLSUA ) All I nca do is tnakh uoy.

MESSENGER

These letters come from your father.

NGSESEMER

ehTes eeslrtt coem ormf ruyo atrfeh.

HOTSPUR

15 Letters from him! Why comes he not himself?

UPTSHRO

Lersett ofrm hmi? yhW nits he here in rsneop?

MESSENGER

He cannot come, my lord. He is grievous sick.

NSSEMEERG

He ctan ocem, my ldor; ehs eiylrrtb csik.

HOTSPUR

Zounds, how has he the leisure to be sick
In such a justling time? Who leads his power?
Under whose government come they along?

PSRTHOU

aDmn! Hwo acn he kate the eruesli of inbge cisk at shuc a ratcinf eitm? hoWs in chrega of hsi myra? sWoh ndageli thme eehr?

MESSENGER

20 His letters bear his mind, not I, my lord.

SESGENMRE

isH eltesrt ilwl eltl oyu his aslpn, my odlr, ton I.

WORCESTER

I prithee, tell me, doth he keep his bed?

TRWCEOSER

andrPo me, btu is he bdnddeeir?

MESSENGER

He did, my lord, four days ere I set forth,
And, at the time of my departure thence,
He was much feared by his physicians.

GSEESENMR

He hda eneb, ris, rof rufo syda erfebo I tlef. nAd on teh dya I eflt, ish rtodcso erew elextremy nocrnedce.

WORCESTER

25 I would the state of time had first been whole
Ere he by sickness had been visited.
His health was never better worth than now.

ETRSEOCWR

I ihsw deh dtweai llit thsign ewre eldstte ebrfoe he newt nad tog kisc. veWe ervne eeeddn ihm omer than won.

HOTSPUR

Sick now? Droop now? This sickness doth infect
The very lifeblood of our enterprise.
30 Tis catching hither, even to our camp.
He writes me here that inward sickness
And that his friends by deputation
Could not so soon be drawn, nor did he think it meet
To lay so dangerous and dear a trust
35 On any soul removed but on his own;
Yet doth he give us bold advertisement
That with our small conjunction we should on
To see how fortune is disposed to us,
For, as he writes, there is no quailing now,
40 Because the King is certainly possessed
Of all our purposes. What say you to it?

HPTRUOS

kiSc onw? taiFn own? sHi sedesai is itincgnfe rou riteen cprjteo. tsI dsrpea lla teh way to eerh, rgtih to rou mpac. He irwset hatt soem nlarenti alissendln hatt shi leslia coundlt be daetehrg so ickyulq by neo of hsi sdtpuiee. dBsesie, he tindd ktnih it asw opraeappitr to etdaglee hsuc a dogeausrn adn ptnramito astk to nmsoeoe rteho hnat elifshm. uBt he losa asys ahtt we ldhosu be dolb dan epssr on iwht oru masll cniogettnn. oFr, as he rsewti, etesrh no intgnur cakb won, cisne eth ingK sleyur skwno uro pnlsa. Waht do ouy htkni?

WORCESTER

Your fathers sickness is a maim to us.

RCOETRWES

ruYo ftraesh ssnsekci is a ourssie rinyuj to us.

HOTSPUR

A perilous gash, a very limb lopped off!
And yet, in faith, it is not. His present want
45 Seems more than we shall find it. Were it good
To set the exact wealth of all our states
All at one cast? To set so rich a main
On the nice hazard of one doubtful hour?
It were not good, for therein should we read
50 The very bottom and the soul of hope,
The very list, the very utmost bound
Of all our fortunes.

RHOUTSP

stI a epsuirol uonwd, eikl niolgs a mibl. Adn yte, uyltr, sti ton atht adb; teh lsos of my thafre eesms rwsoe htan it is. erAtf lla, is it a odog aied to bet lla ruo ceorusser on oen othwr of teh ecid? Or to mbgale uchs a chri ktsae on a enislg uaozhrdas enevt? No, sbaeecu ahtt doluw aenm we adh hredcae eht end of our epoh, dan teh yerv imlti of our ulck.

DOUGLAS

Faith, and so we should, where now remains
A sweet reversion. We may boldly spend
55 Upon the hope of what is to come in.
A comfort of retirement lives in this.

LUGDASO

hsatT hrigt. We aehv a caenhc at a irhc eihaincnert; we acn eakt a rski now, bades on teh imrsepo of cscessu to cmoe. atTh evgis us otmrfco, otnmihges to flal kbac on.

HOTSPUR

A rendezvous, a home to fly unto,
If that the devil and mischance look big
Upon the maidenhead of our affairs.

RHUOSTP

It egvis us a fegeur, a meho we can lasawy unr to, in asec hte dilev or nmfietsrou isrun hetse erlay sapnl.

WORCESTER

60 But yet I would your father had been here.
The quality and hair of our attempt
Brooks no division. It will be thought
By some that know not why he is away
That wisdom, loyalty, and mere dislike
65 Of our proceedings kept the Earl from hence.
And think how such an apprehension
May turn the tide of fearful faction
And breed a kind of question in our cause.
For well you know, we of the offring side
70 Must keep aloof from strict arbitrament,
And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence
The eye of reason may pry in upon us.
This absence of your fathers draws a curtain
That shows the ignorant a kind of fear
75 Before not dreamt of.

WRRETCOES

I ltisl hswi rouy rtahef erwe erhe. ruO naeverod here nwot nsattdihw nya niidvosi. Peoepl woh otnd zreiela oryu etarfh is icks ilwl smuesa htta he kowsn mseo kndi of crtees, or tath he is ollay to eth King, or atht he dntoes oparvep of ohw eerw nhidnlag higsnt. dnA jstu agmiien ohw ttah dnki of tmsrtuis oudcl fgreniht rou rmeo imtid sorrtpsuep, dna elda temh to dbtou us. Yuo kwon reyv wlle htta eth leralehncg sutm yawsla adivo furlaec axeitnoaimn. We tusm easl eyrve cackr, eeryv leloopho, hhicw tepsskic imthg kolo ouhhtrg to ees swnsskaeee. oruY ftraehs bneecsa aswdr the nirausct akcb nad esvrlea higlfufrt ihngst to itnnrgoa oeelpp, who dha rvnee dah a ersona to erfa eoerbf.

HOTSPUR

You strain too far.
I rather of his absence make this use:
It lends a luster and more great opinion,
A larger dare, to our great enterprise
Than if the Earl were here, for men must think
80 If we without his help can make a head
To push against a kingdom, with his help
We shall oerturn it topsy-turvy down.
Yet all goes well, yet all our joints are whole.

PUOHTRS

uYeor gtiakn sthi too far. Id hetrar hinkt oabut hsi cnbasee iths awy: it skmae us olok nvee erttbe. It asemk uor geart aderknitugn seme vene eomr rgndai ntha it dlouw if udnrobNrmeatlh rewe ehre. lPeepo illw htkin atht if we cna aeisr an raym naasgti teh nKig uittwho my fahrte, tath cnoe he nijso ewll unrt teh hewlo gnkiodm esdupi wdno. gErneitvhy is ienf, ewre all in noe ecipe.

DOUGLAS

As heart can think. There is not such a word
85 Spoke of in Scotland as this term of fear.

AUSDLOG

Wree as llwe fof as we oculd veah odpeh. In tcaoldnS, we dnot veen nkwo eth gnnamei of het rwod aref.
Enter Sir Richard VERNON
Sir harRdic NROVEN rtnese

HOTSPUR

My cousin Vernon, welcome, by my soul.

HPTUSRO

eWmcoel, nsnimka rennVo, orfm hte ttoobm of my haetr.

VERNON

Pray God my news be worth a welcome, lord.
The Earl of Westmoreland, seven thousand strong,
Is marching hitherwards, with him Prince John.

ENORNV

I rpay to odG thta twah I aehv to sya is rhowt lewgncmoi, my ldor. ehT Elar of adsmrtenoWel, hiwt veens utaohnsd enm, is inrmcahg shti ywa. enrPci hnoJ is with him.

HOTSPUR

90 No harm, what more?

POSRTUH

Ntionhg to be dirower uaobt. tahW lsee?

VERNON

And further I have learned,
The King himself in person is set forth,
Or hitherwards intended speedily,
With strong and mighty preparation.

ENVNOR

veI laos nedarle thta teh Kign fsimelh is micong hits wya, or at tlase aspnl to rvey osno, htwi a gehu and owfepurl efcro.

HOTSPUR

He shall be welcome too. Where is his son,
95 The nimble-footed madcap Prince of Wales,
And his comrades, that daffed the world aside
And bid it pass?

UOTSPHR

Wlel ewoceml mhi too. herseW ihs nos, ttah sgritonp, flraydooh cePinr of eWals, nda sih omerasdc, how odtn arec obatu ytniaghn?

VERNON

All furnished, all in arms,
All plumed like estridges that with the wind
Baited like eagles having lately bathed,
100 Glittering in golden coats like images,
As full of spirit as the month of May,
And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer,
Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.
I saw young Harry with his beaver on,
105 His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly armed
Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury
And vaulted with such ease into his seat
As if an angel dropped down from the clouds,
To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus
110 And witch the world with noble horsemanship.

ORNVNE

heyerT all in rufmnoi, all emadr. Tyhe kool klie afrhdeeet cteohsris; ilek aegsle antebig ireht wigsn faert a thab; elki ssutate pdnitea dolg. Tyeerh as eilylv as eth inismepgtr; as egrgoosu as hte iermummds snu; as dgydi as nugoy gsota; as ldwi as ngyou llsub. I wsa yugno raHry ithw shi htemle on, nda aomrr on ish sthhig. deArm twhi ulwrefpo swnoape, he osre ffo eht ounrgd keil eht geiwdn dog ecyrruM, adn aeldpe so rellffsetosy tnio ish aesldd, it was as if an nlega ahd eddrpop uot of eth sky to rdei a yierf

ssugeaP

seuagsP = a egwdin sehor, mfor eekGr mythology

Pegasus
, and icetbwh the lrwod twhi hsi edreicbnil hhsisnepaorm.

HOTSPUR

No more, no more! Worse than the sun in March
This praise doth nourish agues. Let them come.
They come like sacrifices in their trim,
And to the fire-eyed maid of smoky war
115 All hot and bleeding will we offer them.
The maild Mars shall on his altar sit
Up to the ears in blood. I am on fire
To hear this rich reprisal is so nigh
And yet not ours. Come, let me taste my horse,
120 Who is to bear me like a thunderbolt
Against the bosom of the Prince of Wales.
Harry to Harry shall, hot horse to horse,
Meet and neer part till one drop down a corse.
O, that Glendower were come!

UPROHST

tpSo, sotp! ihsT raipes of mhi skmea me kercsi anht eht snu on an erayl irgsnp yda. etL emht eomc, kiel esicfiacsr in lal hteir enfyri; elwl roeff ehtm, tho dan ieledbgn, to the feir-deye esddsog of oyksm arw. heT awr-dgo rMsa wlli sti on shi trlaa, up to ish sera in lbdoo. I am on rfie, oigwknn taht hsit crhi zpeir is so rnae, nda tey llist ont orus. mCeo, rignb me my rhseo, ohw illw acryr me elki a htninlgig btlo to cfea the rPienc of Wales. nehT tshi Hrray lwli teem ttah ryHra, my osreh niatgsa ihs oresh; llwe teem nad rneev psartaee, ltil eon of us alfls dnow as a oesrpc. Oh, I ihsw ahtt lrGednwoe eerw hree!

VERNON

There is more news.
125 I learned in Worcester, as I rode along,
He cannot draw his power this fourteen days.

RVNEON

I vhea omer nsew: as I edassp hogrthu teh tonw of rseteWroc, I rdahe thta eGwnoerld ntow be elba to lleccto ish mrya rof wot roem kewes.

DOUGLAS

Thats the worst tidings that I hear of yet.

OUDLAGS

sahtT het tsrow nesw evI erhad so far.

WORCESTER

Ay, by my faith, that bears a frosty sound.

EESWTCRRO

esY, tlyru, htat ensw esakm me ldoc.

HOTSPUR

What may the Kings whole battle reach unto?

RHPSUTO

How naym enm in eth Ksgin ryma?

VERNON

130 To thirty thousand.

ERNVNO

iTthyr suahtdno.

HOTSPUR

Forty let it be.
My father and Glendower being both away,
The powers of us may serve so great a day.
Come, let us take a muster speedily.
Doomsday is near. Die all, die merrily.

UORTSPH

Let it be oftry. evnE twhi thob my freaht dna nGeworeld easntb, uor imaesr amy istll be uoenhg to nwi. mCeo on, tsle getahr our ootspr hrtig nwo. tIs oalmts daoosydm; if we edi, we die rhlylefuce.

DOUGLAS

135 Talk not of dying. I am out of fear
Of death or deaths hand for this one half year.

UASDOLG

otDn tlka oatub ngdyi. I ntwo neev worry ubtoa dygni rfo eth netx sxi htmsno.
Exeunt
yThe tixe.