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  • Title: Henry IV, Part 1 (Quarto 1, 1598)
  • 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
    Not Peer Reviewed

    Henry IV, Part 1 (Quarto 1, 1598)

    The Historie.
    King. With all my hart.
    Prin. Then brother Iohn of Lancaster,
    To you this honorable bounty shal belong,
    3165Go to the Douglas and deliuer him
    Vp to his pleasure, ransomlesse and free,
    His valours shewne vpon our Crests to daie
    Haue taught vs how to cherish such high deeds,
    Euen in the bosome of our aduersaries.
    Iohn. I thanke your grace for this high curtesie,
    Which I shall giue away immediatly.
    3170King. Then this remaines that we deuide our power,
    You sonne Iohn, and my coosen Westmerland
    Towards York shal bend, you with your deerest speed
    To meet Northumberland and the Prelate Scroope,
    Who as we heare are busily in armes:
    3175My selfe and you sonne Harry will towards Wales,
    To fight with Glendower and the Earle of March,
    Rebellion in this land shall loose his sway,
    Meeting the checke of such another day,
    And since this businesse so faire is done,
    3180Let vs not leaue till all our owne be won.
    Exeunt


    FINIS.