of Henrie the fourth.
6867Staind with the variation of each
soile,
6968Betwixt that Holmedon and this
seat of ours:
7069And he hath brought vs
smothe and welcom newes,
7170The Earle of
Douglas is di
scom
fited,
7271Ten thou
sand bould Scots, two and twenty knights
7372Balkt in their own bloud. Did
sir Walter
see
7473On Holmedons plaines, of pri
soners Hot
spur tooke
7574Mordake Earle of Fife, and elde
st sonne
7675To beaten Douglas, and the Earle of Athol,
7776Of Murrey, Angus, and Menteith:
7877And is not this an honorable
spoile?
7978A gallant prize? Ha coo
sen, is it not?
In faith it is.
8079West. A conque
st for a Prince to boa
st of.
8180King. Yea, there thou mak
st me
sad, and mak
st me
sinne
8281In enuy, that my Lord Northumberland
8382Should be the father to
so ble
st a
sonne:
8483A
sonne, who is the theame of honors tongue,
8584Among
st a groue, the very
straighte
st plant,
8685Who is
sweet fortunes minion and her pride,
8786Whil
st I by looking on the prai
se of him
8887See ryot and di
shonour
staine the brow
8988Of my young Harry. O that it could be prou'd
9089That
some night tripping fairy had exchang'd,
9190In cradle clothes our children where they lay,
9291And cald mine Percy, his Plantagenet,
9392Then would I haue his Harry, and he mine:
9493But let him from my thoughts. What think you coo
se
9594Of this young Percies pride? The pri
soners
9695Which he in this aduenture hath
surprizd
9796To his own v
se, he keepes and
sends me word
9897I
shal haue none but Mordake Earle of Fife.
9998West. This is his vncles teaching. This is Worce
ster,
10099Maleuolent to you in all a
spe
cts,
101100Which makes him prune him
selfe, and bri
stle vp
102101The cre
st of youth again
st your dignity.
103102King. But I haue
sent for him to an
swere this:
104103And for this cau
se a while we mu
st negle
ct 105104Our holy purpo
se to Ieru
salem.
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