The Historie
16081470And our indentures tripartite are drawn,
16091471Which being
sealed enterchangeably,
16101472(A bu
sine
sse that this night may execute:)
16111473To morrow coo
sen Percy you and I
16121474And my good Lord of Worce
ster wil
set forth
16131475To meet your father and the Scotti
sh power,
16141476As is appointed vs at Shrew
sbury.
16151477My father Glendower is not ready yet,
16161478Nor
shal we need his helpe the
se fourteen daies,
16171479Within that
space you may haue drawne together
16181480Your tenants, friends, and neighbouring gentlemen.
16191481Glen. A
shorter time
shall
send me to you Lords,
16201482And in my condu
ct shall your Ladies come,
16211483From whom you now mu
st steale and take no leaue,
16221484For there wil be a world of water
shed,
16231485Vpon the parting of your wiues and you.
16241486Hot. Me thinks my moity North from Burton here,
16251487In quantity equals not one of yours,
16261488See how this riuer comes me cranking in,
16271489And cuts me from the be
st of all my land,
16281490A huge halfe moone, a mon
strous
scantle out,
16291491Ile haue the currant in this place damnd vp,
16301492And here the
smug and
siluer Trent
shall run
16311493In a new channell faire and euenly,
16321494It
shall not wind with
such a deepe indent,
16331495To rob me of
so rich a bottome here.
16341496Glen. Not wind it
shal, it mu
st, you
see it doth.
16351497Mor. Yea, but marke howe he beares his cour
se, and runs mee
16361498vp with like aduauntage on the other
side, gelding the oppo
sed
16371499continent as much as on the other
side it takes from you.
16391500Wor. Yea but a little charge wil trench him here,
16401501And on this North
side win this cape of land,
16411502And then he runs
straight and euen.
16421503Hot. Ile haue it
so, a little charge will do it.
Glen.