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  • Title: Henry IV, Part 1 (Folio 1 1623)
  • Editor: Rosemary Gaby

    • ISBN: 978-1-55058-371-7

    Copyright Rosemary Gaby. This text may be freely used for educational, non-profit purposes; for all other uses contact the Editor.
    Author: William Shakespeare
    Editor: Rosemary Gaby
    Peer Reviewed

    Henry IV, Part 1 (Folio 1 1623)

    Scena Quarta.
    Enter the Arch-Bishop of Yorke, and Sir Michell.
    Arch. Hie, good Sir Michell, beare this sealed Briefe
    With winged haste to the Lord Marshall,
    2590This to my Cousin Scroope, and all the rest
    To whom they are directed.
    If you knew how much they doe import,
    You would make haste.
    Sir Mich. My good Lord, I guesse their tenor.
    2595Arch. Like enough you doe.
    To morrow, good Sir Michell, is a day,
    Wherein the fortune of ten thousand men
    Must bide the touch. For Sir, at Shrewsbury,
    As I am truly giuen to vnderstand,
    2600The King, with mightie and quick-raysed Power,
    Meetes with Lord Harry: and I feare, Sir Michell,
    What with the sicknesse of Northumberland,
    Whose Power was in the first proportion;
    And what with Owen Glendowers absence thence,
    2605Who with them was rated firmely too,
    And comes not in, ouer-rul'd by Prophecies,
    I feare the Power of Percy is too weake,
    To wage an instant tryall with the King.
    Sir Mich. Why, my good Lord, you need not feare,
    2610There is Dowglas, and Lord Mortimer.
    Arch. No, Mortimer is not there.
    Sir Mic. But there is Mordake, Vernon, Lord Harry Percy,
    And there is my Lord of Worcester,
    And a Head of gallant Warriors,
    2615Noble Gentlemen.
    Arch. And
    The First Part of King Henry the Fourth. 69
    Arch. And so there is, but yet the King hath drawne
    The speciall head of all the Land together:
    The Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster,
    The Noble Westmerland, and warlike Blunt;
    2620And many moe Corriuals, and deare men
    Of estimation, and command in Armes.
    Sir M. Doubt not my Lord, he shall be well oppos'd
    Arch. I hope no lesse? Yet needfull 'tis to feare,
    And to preuent the worst, Sir Michell speed;
    2625For if Lord Percy thriue not, ere the King
    Dismisse his power, he meanes to visit vs:
    For he hath heard of our Confederacie,
    And, 'tis but Wisedome to make strong against him:
    Therefore make hast, I must go write againe
    2630To other Friends: and so farewell, Sir Michell.
    Exeunt.
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