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Enter HOTSPUR , WORCESTER , DOUGLAS , and VERNON
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Enter HOTSPUR , WORCESTER , DOUGLAS , and VERNON
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HOTSPUR We’ll fight with him tonight.
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HOTSPUR We’ll fight with him tonight.
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WORCESTER It may not be.
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WORCESTER It may not be.
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DOUGLAS You give him then advantage.
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DOUGLAS You give him then advantage.
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VERNON Not a whit.
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VERNON Not a whit.
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HOTSPUR Why say you so? Looks he not for supply?
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HOTSPUR Why say you so? Looks he not for supply?
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VERNON So do we.
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VERNON So do we.
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HOTSPUR 5 His is certain; ours is doubtful.
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HOTSPUR His is certain; ours is doubtful.
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WORCESTER Good cousin, be advised. Stir not tonight.
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WORCESTER Good cousin, be advised. Stir not tonight.
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VERNON (to HOTSPUR ) Do not, my lord.
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VERNON (to HOTSPUR ) Do not, my lord.
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DOUGLAS You do not counsel well.
You speak it out of fear and cold heart.
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DOUGLAS You do not counsel well.
You speak it out of fear and cold heart.
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VERNON Do me no slander, Douglas. By my life
10 (And I dare well maintain it with my life),
If well-respected honor bid me on,
I hold as little counsel with weak fear
As you, my lord, or any Scot that this day lives.
Let it be seen tomorrow in the battle
15 Which of us fears.
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VERNON Do me no slander, Douglas. By my life
(And I dare well maintain it with my life),
If well-respected honor bid me on,
I hold as little counsel with weak fear
As you, my lord, or any Scot that this day lives.
Let it be seen tomorrow in the battle
Which of us fears.
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DOUGLAS Yea, or tonight.
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DOUGLAS Yea, or tonight.
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VERNON Content.
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VERNON Content.
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HOTSPUR Tonight, say I.
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HOTSPUR Tonight, say I.
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VERNON Come, come it nay not be. I wonder much,
Being men of such great leading as you are,
20 That you foresee not what impediments
Drag back our expedition. Certain horse
Of my cousin Vernon’s are not yet come up.
Your Uncle Worcester’s horse came but today,
And now their pride and mettle is asleep,
25 Their courage with hard labor tame and dull,
That not a horse is half the half of himself.
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VERNON Come, come it nay not be. I wonder much,
Being men of such great leading as you are,
That you foresee not what impediments
Drag back our expedition. Certain horse
Of my cousin Vernon’s are not yet come up.
Your Uncle Worcester’s horse came but today,
And now their pride and mettle is asleep,
Their courage with hard labor tame and dull,
That not a horse is half the half of himself.
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HOTSPUR So are the horses of the enemy
In general journey-bated and brought low.
The better part of ours are full of rest.
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HOTSPUR So are the horses of the enemy
In general journey-bated and brought low.
The better part of ours are full of rest.
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WORCESTER 30 The number of the King exceedeth ours.
For God’s sake, cousin, stay till all come in.
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WORCESTER The number of the King exceedeth ours.
For God’s sake, cousin, stay till all come in.
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The trumpet sounds a parley
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The trumpet sounds a parley
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Enter BLUNT
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Enter BLUNT
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BLUNT I come with gracious offers from the King,
If you vouchsafe me hearing and respect.
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BLUNT I come with gracious offers from the King,
If you vouchsafe me hearing and respect.
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HOTSPUR Welcome, Sir Walter Blunt, and would to God
35 You were of our determination.
Some of us love you well, and even those some
Envy your great deservings and good name
Because you are not of our quality
But stand against us like an enemy.
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HOTSPUR Welcome, Sir Walter Blunt, and would to God
You were of our determination.
Some of us love you well, and even those some
Envy your great deservings and good name
Because you are not of our quality
But stand against us like an enemy.
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BLUNT 40 And God defend but still I should stand so,
So long as out of limit and true rule
You stand against anointed majesty.
But to my charge. The king hath sent to know
The nature of your griefs, and whereupon
45 You conjure from the breast of civil peace
Such bold hostility, teaching his duteous land
Audacious cruelty. If that the king
Have any way your good deserts forgot,
Which he confesseth to be manifold,
50 He bids you name your griefs, and with all speed
You shall have your desires with interest
And pardon absolute for yourself and these
Herein misled by your suggestion.
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BLUNT And God defend but still I should stand so,
So long as out of limit and true rule
You stand against anointed majesty.
But to my charge. The king hath sent to know
The nature of your griefs, and whereupon
You conjure from the breast of civil peace
Such bold hostility, teaching his duteous land
Audacious cruelty. If that the king
Have any way your good deserts forgot,
Which he confesseth to be manifold,
He bids you name your griefs, and with all speed
You shall have your desires with interest
And pardon absolute for yourself and these
Herein misled by your suggestion.
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HOTSPUR The king is kind, and well we know the king
55 Knows at what time to promise, when to pay.
My father and my uncle and myself
Did give him that same royalty he wears,
And when he was not six-and-twenty strong,
Sick in the world’s regard, wretched and low,
60 A poor unminded outlaw sneaking home,
My father gave him welcome to the shore;
And when he heard him swear and vow to God
He came but to be Duke of Lancaster,
To sue his livery, and beg his peace,
65 With tears of innocency and terms of zeal,
My father, in kind heart and pity moved,
Swore him assistance and performed it too.
Now when the lords and barons of the realm
Perceived Northumberland did lean to him,
70 The more and less came in with cap and knee,
Met him in boroughs, cities, villages,
Attended him on bridges, stood in lanes,
Laid gifts before him, proffered him their oaths,
Gave him their heirs as pages, followed him
75 Even at the heels in golden multitudes.
He presently, as greatness knows itself,
Steps me a little higher than his vow
Made to my father while his blood was poor
Upon the naked shore at Ravenspurgh,
80 And now forsooth takes on him to reform
Some certain edicts and some strait decrees
That lie too heavy on the commonwealth,
Cries out upon abuses, seems to weep
Over his country’s wrongs, and by this face,
85 This seeming brow of justice, did he win
The hearts of all that he did angle for,
Proceeded further—cut me off the heads
Of all the favourites that the absent King
In deputation left behind him here
90 When he was personal in the Irish war.
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HOTSPUR The king is kind, and well we know the king
Knows at what time to promise, when to pay.
My father and my uncle and myself
Did give him that same royalty he wears,
And when he was not six-and-twenty strong,
Sick in the world’s regard, wretched and low,
A poor unminded outlaw sneaking home,
My father gave him welcome to the shore;
And when he heard him swear and vow to God
He came but to be Duke of Lancaster,
To sue his livery, and beg his peace,
With tears of innocency and terms of zeal,
My father, in kind heart and pity moved,
Swore him assistance and performed it too.
Now when the lords and barons of the realm
Perceived Northumberland did lean to him,
The more and less came in with cap and knee,
Met him in boroughs, cities, villages,
Attended him on bridges, stood in lanes,
Laid gifts before him, proffered him their oaths,
Gave him their heirs as pages, followed him
Even at the heels in golden multitudes.
He presently, as greatness knows itself,
Steps me a little higher than his vow
Made to my father while his blood was poor
Upon the naked shore at Ravenspurgh,
And now forsooth takes on him to reform
Some certain edicts and some strait decrees
That lie too heavy on the commonwealth,
Cries out upon abuses, seems to weep
Over his country’s wrongs, and by this face,
This seeming brow of justice, did he win
The hearts of all that he did angle for,
Proceeded further—cut me off the heads
Of all the favourites that the absent King
In deputation left behind him here
When he was personal in the Irish war.
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BLUNT Tut, I came not to hear this.
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BLUNT Tut, I came not to hear this.
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HOTSPUR Then to the point.
In short time after, he deposed the King,
Soon after that deprived him of his life
And, in the neck of that, tasked the whole state.
95 To make that worse, suffered his kinsman March
(Who is, if every owner were well placed,
Indeed his king) to be engaged in Wales,
There without ransom to lie forfeited,
Disgraced me in my happy victories,
100 Sought to entrap me by intelligence,
Rated mine uncle from the council board,
In rage dismissed my father from the court,
Broke oath on oath, committed wrong on wrong,
And in conclusion drove us to seek out
105 This head of safety, and withal to pry
Into his title, the which we find
Too indirect for long continuance.
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HOTSPUR Then to the point.
In short time after, he deposed the King,
Soon after that deprived him of his life
And, in the neck of that, tasked the whole state.
To make that worse, suffered his kinsman March
(Who is, if every owner were well placed,
Indeed his king) to be engaged in Wales,
There without ransom to lie forfeited,
Disgraced me in my happy victories,
Sought to entrap me by intelligence,
Rated mine uncle from the council board,
In rage dismissed my father from the court,
Broke oath on oath, committed wrong on wrong,
And in conclusion drove us to seek out
This head of safety, and withal to pry
Into his title, the which we find
Too indirect for long continuance.
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BLUNT Shall I return this answer to the King?
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BLUNT Shall I return this answer to the King?
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HOTSPUR Not so, Sir Walter. We’ll withdraw awhile.
110 Go to the King, and let there be impawned
Some surety for a safe return again,
And in the morning early shall my uncle
Bring him our purposes. And so farewell.
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HOTSPUR Not so, Sir Walter. We’ll withdraw awhile.
Go to the King, and let there be impawned
Some surety for a safe return again,
And in the morning early shall my uncle
Bring him our purposes. And so farewell.
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BLUNT I would you would accept of grace and love.
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BLUNT I would you would accept of grace and love.
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HOTSPUR 115 And maybe so we shall.
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HOTSPUR And maybe so we shall.
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BLUNT Pray God you do.
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BLUNT Pray God you do.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Enter HOTSPUR , WORCESTER , DOUGLAS , and VERNON
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Enter HOTSPUR , WORCESTER , DOUGLAS , and VERNON
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HOTSPUR We’ll fight with him tonight.
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HOTSPUR We’ll fight with him tonight.
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WORCESTER It may not be.
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WORCESTER It may not be.
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DOUGLAS You give him then advantage.
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DOUGLAS You give him then advantage.
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VERNON Not a whit.
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VERNON Not a whit.
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HOTSPUR Why say you so? Looks he not for supply?
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HOTSPUR Why say you so? Looks he not for supply?
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VERNON So do we.
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VERNON So do we.
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HOTSPUR 5 His is certain; ours is doubtful.
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HOTSPUR His is certain; ours is doubtful.
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WORCESTER Good cousin, be advised. Stir not tonight.
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WORCESTER Good cousin, be advised. Stir not tonight.
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VERNON (to HOTSPUR ) Do not, my lord.
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VERNON (to HOTSPUR ) Do not, my lord.
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DOUGLAS You do not counsel well.
You speak it out of fear and cold heart.
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DOUGLAS You do not counsel well.
You speak it out of fear and cold heart.
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VERNON Do me no slander, Douglas. By my life
10 (And I dare well maintain it with my life),
If well-respected honor bid me on,
I hold as little counsel with weak fear
As you, my lord, or any Scot that this day lives.
Let it be seen tomorrow in the battle
15 Which of us fears.
|
VERNON Do me no slander, Douglas. By my life
(And I dare well maintain it with my life),
If well-respected honor bid me on,
I hold as little counsel with weak fear
As you, my lord, or any Scot that this day lives.
Let it be seen tomorrow in the battle
Which of us fears.
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DOUGLAS Yea, or tonight.
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DOUGLAS Yea, or tonight.
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VERNON Content.
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VERNON Content.
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HOTSPUR Tonight, say I.
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HOTSPUR Tonight, say I.
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VERNON Come, come it nay not be. I wonder much,
Being men of such great leading as you are,
20 That you foresee not what impediments
Drag back our expedition. Certain horse
Of my cousin Vernon’s are not yet come up.
Your Uncle Worcester’s horse came but today,
And now their pride and mettle is asleep,
25 Their courage with hard labor tame and dull,
That not a horse is half the half of himself.
|
VERNON Come, come it nay not be. I wonder much,
Being men of such great leading as you are,
That you foresee not what impediments
Drag back our expedition. Certain horse
Of my cousin Vernon’s are not yet come up.
Your Uncle Worcester’s horse came but today,
And now their pride and mettle is asleep,
Their courage with hard labor tame and dull,
That not a horse is half the half of himself.
|
|
HOTSPUR So are the horses of the enemy
In general journey-bated and brought low.
The better part of ours are full of rest.
|
HOTSPUR So are the horses of the enemy
In general journey-bated and brought low.
The better part of ours are full of rest.
|
|
WORCESTER 30 The number of the King exceedeth ours.
For God’s sake, cousin, stay till all come in.
|
WORCESTER The number of the King exceedeth ours.
For God’s sake, cousin, stay till all come in.
|
|
The trumpet sounds a parley
|
The trumpet sounds a parley
|
|
Enter BLUNT
|
Enter BLUNT
|
|
BLUNT I come with gracious offers from the King,
If you vouchsafe me hearing and respect.
|
BLUNT I come with gracious offers from the King,
If you vouchsafe me hearing and respect.
|
|
HOTSPUR Welcome, Sir Walter Blunt, and would to God
35 You were of our determination.
Some of us love you well, and even those some
Envy your great deservings and good name
Because you are not of our quality
But stand against us like an enemy.
|
HOTSPUR Welcome, Sir Walter Blunt, and would to God
You were of our determination.
Some of us love you well, and even those some
Envy your great deservings and good name
Because you are not of our quality
But stand against us like an enemy.
|
|
BLUNT 40 And God defend but still I should stand so,
So long as out of limit and true rule
You stand against anointed majesty.
But to my charge. The king hath sent to know
The nature of your griefs, and whereupon
45 You conjure from the breast of civil peace
Such bold hostility, teaching his duteous land
Audacious cruelty. If that the king
Have any way your good deserts forgot,
Which he confesseth to be manifold,
50 He bids you name your griefs, and with all speed
You shall have your desires with interest
And pardon absolute for yourself and these
Herein misled by your suggestion.
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BLUNT And God defend but still I should stand so,
So long as out of limit and true rule
You stand against anointed majesty.
But to my charge. The king hath sent to know
The nature of your griefs, and whereupon
You conjure from the breast of civil peace
Such bold hostility, teaching his duteous land
Audacious cruelty. If that the king
Have any way your good deserts forgot,
Which he confesseth to be manifold,
He bids you name your griefs, and with all speed
You shall have your desires with interest
And pardon absolute for yourself and these
Herein misled by your suggestion.
|
|
HOTSPUR The king is kind, and well we know the king
55 Knows at what time to promise, when to pay.
My father and my uncle and myself
Did give him that same royalty he wears,
And when he was not six-and-twenty strong,
Sick in the world’s regard, wretched and low,
60 A poor unminded outlaw sneaking home,
My father gave him welcome to the shore;
And when he heard him swear and vow to God
He came but to be Duke of Lancaster,
To sue his livery, and beg his peace,
65 With tears of innocency and terms of zeal,
My father, in kind heart and pity moved,
Swore him assistance and performed it too.
Now when the lords and barons of the realm
Perceived Northumberland did lean to him,
70 The more and less came in with cap and knee,
Met him in boroughs, cities, villages,
Attended him on bridges, stood in lanes,
Laid gifts before him, proffered him their oaths,
Gave him their heirs as pages, followed him
75 Even at the heels in golden multitudes.
He presently, as greatness knows itself,
Steps me a little higher than his vow
Made to my father while his blood was poor
Upon the naked shore at Ravenspurgh,
80 And now forsooth takes on him to reform
Some certain edicts and some strait decrees
That lie too heavy on the commonwealth,
Cries out upon abuses, seems to weep
Over his country’s wrongs, and by this face,
85 This seeming brow of justice, did he win
The hearts of all that he did angle for,
Proceeded further—cut me off the heads
Of all the favourites that the absent King
In deputation left behind him here
90 When he was personal in the Irish war.
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HOTSPUR The king is kind, and well we know the king
Knows at what time to promise, when to pay.
My father and my uncle and myself
Did give him that same royalty he wears,
And when he was not six-and-twenty strong,
Sick in the world’s regard, wretched and low,
A poor unminded outlaw sneaking home,
My father gave him welcome to the shore;
And when he heard him swear and vow to God
He came but to be Duke of Lancaster,
To sue his livery, and beg his peace,
With tears of innocency and terms of zeal,
My father, in kind heart and pity moved,
Swore him assistance and performed it too.
Now when the lords and barons of the realm
Perceived Northumberland did lean to him,
The more and less came in with cap and knee,
Met him in boroughs, cities, villages,
Attended him on bridges, stood in lanes,
Laid gifts before him, proffered him their oaths,
Gave him their heirs as pages, followed him
Even at the heels in golden multitudes.
He presently, as greatness knows itself,
Steps me a little higher than his vow
Made to my father while his blood was poor
Upon the naked shore at Ravenspurgh,
And now forsooth takes on him to reform
Some certain edicts and some strait decrees
That lie too heavy on the commonwealth,
Cries out upon abuses, seems to weep
Over his country’s wrongs, and by this face,
This seeming brow of justice, did he win
The hearts of all that he did angle for,
Proceeded further—cut me off the heads
Of all the favourites that the absent King
In deputation left behind him here
When he was personal in the Irish war.
|
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BLUNT Tut, I came not to hear this.
|
BLUNT Tut, I came not to hear this.
|
|
HOTSPUR Then to the point.
In short time after, he deposed the King,
Soon after that deprived him of his life
And, in the neck of that, tasked the whole state.
95 To make that worse, suffered his kinsman March
(Who is, if every owner were well placed,
Indeed his king) to be engaged in Wales,
There without ransom to lie forfeited,
Disgraced me in my happy victories,
100 Sought to entrap me by intelligence,
Rated mine uncle from the council board,
In rage dismissed my father from the court,
Broke oath on oath, committed wrong on wrong,
And in conclusion drove us to seek out
105 This head of safety, and withal to pry
Into his title, the which we find
Too indirect for long continuance.
|
HOTSPUR Then to the point.
In short time after, he deposed the King,
Soon after that deprived him of his life
And, in the neck of that, tasked the whole state.
To make that worse, suffered his kinsman March
(Who is, if every owner were well placed,
Indeed his king) to be engaged in Wales,
There without ransom to lie forfeited,
Disgraced me in my happy victories,
Sought to entrap me by intelligence,
Rated mine uncle from the council board,
In rage dismissed my father from the court,
Broke oath on oath, committed wrong on wrong,
And in conclusion drove us to seek out
This head of safety, and withal to pry
Into his title, the which we find
Too indirect for long continuance.
|
|
BLUNT Shall I return this answer to the King?
|
BLUNT Shall I return this answer to the King?
|
|
HOTSPUR Not so, Sir Walter. We’ll withdraw awhile.
110 Go to the King, and let there be impawned
Some surety for a safe return again,
And in the morning early shall my uncle
Bring him our purposes. And so farewell.
|
HOTSPUR Not so, Sir Walter. We’ll withdraw awhile.
Go to the King, and let there be impawned
Some surety for a safe return again,
And in the morning early shall my uncle
Bring him our purposes. And so farewell.
|
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BLUNT I would you would accept of grace and love.
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BLUNT I would you would accept of grace and love.
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HOTSPUR 115 And maybe so we shall.
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HOTSPUR And maybe so we shall.
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BLUNT Pray God you do.
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BLUNT Pray God you do.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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