of Henry the fourth.
601579As what I thinke might be, but what I know
602580Is ruminated, plotted, and
set downe,
603581And onely
stayes but to behold the face
604582Of that occa
sion that
shal bring it on.
605583Hot. I
smell it. Vpon my life it will do well:
607584Nort. Before the game is afoote thou
still let
st slip.
608585Hot. Why, it cannot chu
se but be a noble plot,
609586And then the power of Scotland, and of Yorke,
610587To ioyne with Mortimer, ha.
612589Hot, In faith it is exceedingly well, aimd.
613590Wor. And tis no little rea
son bids vs
speed,
614591To
saue our heades by rai
sing of a head,
615592[F]or beare our
selues as euen as we can,
616593[T]he king will alwayes thinke him in our debt,
617594And thinke we thinke our
selues vn
sati
sfied,
618595Till he hath found a time to pay vs home,
619596And
see alreadie how he doth begin
620597To make vs
strangers to his lookes of loue.
621598Hot. He does, he does, weele be reuengd on him.
622599Wor. Coo
sen farewell. No further go in this,
623600Then I by letters
shall dire
ct your cour
se
624601When time is ripe, which will be
suddenly,
625602Ile
steale to Glendower, and Lo: Mortimer,
626603Where you and Douglas, and our powers at once,
627604As
I will fa
shion it
shall happily meete,
628605To beare out fortunes in our owne
strong armes,
629606Which now we hold at much vncertaintie.
630607Nor. Farewell good brother, we
shall thriue
I tru
st.
631608Hot. Vncle adieu: O let the houres be
short,
632609Till
fields, and blowes, and grones, applaud our
sport.
Exeunt. 634610Enter a Carrier with a lanterne in his hand.
6356111 Car. Heigh ho. An it be not foure by the day ile be hangd,
636612Charles-waine is ouer the new Chimney, and yet our hor
se not
Cii. 1 Car.