427408Ran fearefully among the trembling reedes,

428409And hid his crispe-head in the hollow banke,

429410Bloud-stained with these valiant combatants,

430411Neuer did bare and rotten pollicy

431412Colour her working with such deadly wounds,

432413Nor neuer could the noble Mortimer

433414Receiue so many, and all willingly,

434415Then let not him be slandered with reuolt.

435416King. Thou dost bely him Percy, thou dost bely him,

436417He neuer did encounter with Glendower:

437418I tel thee, he durst as well haue met the diuell alone,

438419As Owen Glendower for an enemy.

439420Art thou not asham'd? but sirrha, henceforth

440421Let me not heare you speake of Mortimer:

441422Send me your prisoners with the speediest meanes,

442423Or you shal heare in such a kind from me

443424As will displease you. My Lord Northumberland:

444425We licence your departure with your sonne,

445426Send vs your prisoners, or you wil heare of it.

446427Hot. And if the diuel come and rore for them

447428I wil not send them: I will after straight

448429And tel him so, for I will ease my hart,

449430Albeit I make a hazard of my head.

450431Nor. What? dronk with choler, stay, & pause a while,

451432Here comes your vncle. Enter Wor.

452433Hot. Speake of Mortimer?

453434Zounds I will speake of him, and let my soule

454435Want mercy if I do not ioine with him:

455436Yea on his part, ile empty all these vaines,

456437And shed my deere bloud, drop by drop in the dust,

457438But I will lift the down-trod Mortimer

458439As high in the aire as this vnthankefull king,

459440As this ingrate and cankred Bullingbrooke.

460441Nor. Brother, the king hath made your nephew mad.

461442Wor. Who strooke this heat vp after I was gone?

462443Hot. He wil forsooth haue all my prisoners,

463444And when I vrg'd the ransome once againe

464445Of my wiues brother, then his cheeke lookt pale,