54SO shaken as we are, so wan with care,

65Find we a time for frighted peace to pant,

76And breath short winded accents of new broiles

87To be commencte in stronds a far remote:

98No more the thirsty entrance of this soile

109Shal dawbe her lips with her own childrens bloud,

1110No more shall trenching war channel her fields,

1211Nor bruise her flourets with the armed hoofes

1312Of hostile paces: those opposed eies,

1413Which like the meteors of a troubled heauen,

1514Al of one nature, of one substance bred,

1615Did lately meete in the intestine shocke

1716And furious close of ciuill butcherie,

1817Shall now in mutuall welbeseeming rankes,

1918March all one way, and be no more oppos'd

2019Against acquaintance, kindred and allyes.

2120The edge of war, like an ill sheathed knife,

2221No more shall cut his maister: therefore friends,

2322As far as to the sepulcher of Christ,

2423Whose soldiour now, vnder whose blessed crosse

2524We are impressed and ingag'd to fight,

2625Forthwith a power of English shall we leauy,

2726Whose armes were moulded in their mothers wombe,

2827To chase these pagans in those holy fields,

2928Ouer whose acres walkt those blessed feet,

3029Which 1400. yeares ago were naild,

3130For our aduantage on the bitter crosse.

3231But this our purpose now is twelue month old,

3332And bootelesse tis to tell you we wil go.

3433Therefore we meet not nowe: then let me heare

3534Of you my gentle Cosen Westmerland,

3635What yesternight our counsell did decree

3736In forwarding this deere expedience.

3837West. My liege, this haste was hot in question,

3938And many limits of the charge set down

4039But yesternight, when all athwart there came

4140A post from Wales, loden with heauy newes,

4241Whose worst was that the noble Mortimer,

4342Leading the men of Herdforshire to fight

4443Against the irregular, and wild Glendower,

4544Was by the rude hands of that Welchman taken,

4645A thousand of his people butchered,

4746Vpon whose dead corpes there was such misuse,

4847Such beastly shamelesse transformation

4948By those Welch-women done, as may not be

5049Without much shame, retould, or spoken of.

5150King. It seemes then that the tidings of this broile,

5251Brake off our businesse for the holy land.

5352West. This matcht with other did, my gratious L.

5453For more vneuen and vnwelcome newes

5554Came from the North, and thus it did import,

5655On holly rode day, the gallant Hotspur there,

5756Yong Harry Percy, and braue Archibold,

5857That euer valiant and approued Scot,

5958At Holmedon met, where they did spend

6059A sad and bloudy houre:

6160As by discharge of their artillery,

6261And shape of likelihood the newes was told:

6362For he that brought them in the very heat

6463And pride of their contention, did take horse

6564Vncertaine of the issue any way.

6665King. Here is deere, a true industrious friend,

6766Sir Walter Blunt new lighted from his horse,

6867Staind with the variation of each soile,

6968Betwixt that Holmedon and this seat of ours:

7069And he hath brought vs smothe and welcom newes,

7170The Earle of Douglas is discomfited,

7271Ten thousand bould Scots, two and twenty knights

7372Balkt in their own bloud. Did sir Walter see

7473On Holmedons plaines, of prisoners Hotspur tooke

7574Mordake Earle of Fife, and eldest sonne

7675To beaten Douglas, and the Earle of Athol,

7776Of Murrey, Angus, and Menteith:

7877And is not this an honorable spoile?

7978A gallant prize? Ha coosen, is it not? In faith it is.

8079West. A conquest for a Prince to boast of.

8180King. Yea, there thou makst me sad, and makst me sinne

8281In enuy, that my Lord Northumberland

8382Should be the father to so blest a sonne:

8483A sonne, who is the theame of honors tongue,

8584Amongst a groue, the very straightest plant,

8685Who is sweet fortunes minion and her pride,

8786Whilst I by looking on the praise of him

8887See ryot and dishonour staine the brow

8988Of my young Harry. O that it could be prou'd

9089That some night tripping fairy had exchang'd,

9190In cradle clothes our children where they lay,

9291And cald mine Percy, his Plantagenet,

9392Then would I haue his Harry, and he mine:

9493But let him from my thoughts. What think you coose

9594Of this young Percies pride? The prisoners

9695Which he in this aduenture hath surprizd

9796To his own vse, he keepes and sends me word

9897I shal haue none but Mordake Earle of Fife.

9998West. This is his vncles teaching. This is Worcester,

10099Maleuolent to you in all aspects,

101100Which makes him prune himselfe, and bristle vp

102101The crest of youth against your dignity.

103102King. But I haue sent for him to answere this:

104103And for this cause a while we must neglect

105104Our holy purpose to Ierusalem.

A.3 Coosen

106105Coosen on wednesday next our councel we wil hold

107106At Windsore, so informe the Lords:

108107But come your selfe with speed to vs againe,

109108For more is to be said and to be done,

110109Then out of anger can be vttered.

111110West. I will my liege.