of Henry the fourth.
26482419As now we meete. You haue deceiu'd our tru
st,
26492420And made vs do
ffe our ea
sie roabes of peace,
26502421To cru
sh our old limbs in vngentle
steele,
26512422This is not well my Lord, this is not well.
26522423What
say you to it? will you againe vnknit
26532424This churli
sh knot of all abhorred war?
26542425And moue in that obedient orbe againe,
26552426Where you did giue a faire and naturall light,
26562427And be no more an exhalde meteor,
26572428A prodigie of feare, and a portent
26582429Of broched mi
schiefe to the vnborne times.
26602431For mine own part I could be well content,
26612432To entertaine the lag end of my life
26622433With quiet houres. For
I prote
st 26632434I haue not
sought the day of this di
slike.
26642435King. You haue not
sought it, how comes it then?
26652436Fal. Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it.
26672438Wor. It plea
sd your maie
sty to turne your lookes
26682439Of fauor from my
selfe, and all our hou
se,
26692440And yet I mu
st remember you my Lord,
26702441We were the
fir
st and deare
st of your friends,
26712442For you my
sta
ffe of o
ffice did I breake
26722443In Richards time, and po
sted day and night
26732444To meet you on the way, and ki
sse your hand,
26742445When yet you were in place, and in account
26752446Nothing
so
strong and fortunate as I.
26762447It was my
selfe, my brother and his
sonne,
26772448That brought you home, and boldly did outdare
26782449The dangers of the time. You
swore to vs,
26792450And you did
sware that oath at Danca
ster,
26802451That you did nothing purpo
se gain
st the
state,
26812452Nor clame no further then your new falne right,
26822453The
seat of Gaunt, Dukedom of Lanca
ster:
26832454To this we
swore our aide: but in
short
space
26842455It rainde downe fortune
showring on your head,
26852456And
such a
floud of greatne
sse fell on you,
I2. What