18151663Enter the King, Prince of Wales, and others. 18161664King. Lords giue vs leaue, the Prince of Wales and I,
18181665Mu
st haue
some priuate conference, but be neare at hand,
18201666For we
shall pre
sently haue neede of you.
Exeunt Lords.
18221667I know not whether God will haue it
so
18231668For
some di
splea
sing
seruice I haue done,
18241669That in his
secret doome out of my blood,
18251670Heele breed reuengement and a
scourge for me:
18261671But thou do
st in thy pa
ssages of life,
18271672Make me beleeue that thou art onely markt
18281673For the hot vengeance, and the rod of heauen,
18291674To puni
sh my mi
streadings. Tell me el
se
18301675Could
such inordinate and low de
sires,
18311676Such poore,
such bare,
such lewd,
such mean attempts,
18321677Such barren plea
sures, rude
societie
18331678As thou art matcht withall, and grafted to,
18341679Accompanie the greatne
sse of thy blood,
18351680And hold their leuell with thy princely heart?
18361681Prin. So plea
se your Maie
stie, I would I could
18371682Quit all o
ffences with as cleare excu
se,
18381683As well as I am doubtle
sse I can purge
18391684My
selfe of many I am chargd withall,
18401685Yet
such extenuation let me beg,
18411686As in reproofe of many tales deui
sde,
18421687Which oft the eare of greatnes needs mu
st heare
18431688By
smiling pickthanks, and ba
se newes mongers,
18441689I may for
some things true, wherein my youth
18451690Hath faulty wandred, and irregular,
18461691Find pardon on my true
submi
ssion.
18471692Kin. God pardon thee, yet let me wonder, Harry,
18491693At thy a
ffe
ctions, which do hold a wing
18501694Quite from the
flight of all thy aunce
stors,
18511695Thy place in coun
sell thou ha
st rudely lo
st 18521696Which by thy yonger brother is
supplide,
18531697And art almo
st an allien to the harts
Of
The Historie.
18541698Of all the Court and princes of my blood,
18551699The hope and expe
ctation of thy time
18561700Is ruind, and the
soule of euery man
18571701Prophetically do forethinke thy fall:
18581702Had I
so laui
sh of my pre
sence beene,
18591703So common hackneid in the eyes of men,
18601704So
stale and cheape to vulgar companie,
18611705Opinion that did helpe me to the crowne,
18621706Had
still kept loyall to po
sse
ssion,
18631707And left me in reputele
sse bani
shment,
18641708A fellow of no marke nor likelihoode.
18651709By being
seldome
seene,
I could not
stirre
18661710But like a Comet I was wondred at,
18671711That men would tell their children this is he:
18681712Others would
say, where, which is Bullingbrooke?
18691713And then I
stole all curte
sie from heauen,
18701714And dre
st my
selfe in
such humilitie
18711715That I did plucke allegiance from mens hearts,
18721716Loud
shouts, and
salutations from their mouths,
18731717Euen in the pre
sence of the crowned king.
18741718Thus did I keepe my per
son fre
sh and new,
18751719My pre
sence like a roabe ponti
ficall,
18761720Nere
seene but wondred at, and
so my
state
18771721Seldome, but
sumptuous
shewd like a fea
st,
18781722And wan by rarene
sse
such
solemnitie.
18791723The
skipping king, he ambled vp and downe,
18801724With
shallow ie
sters, and ra
sh bauin wits,
18811725Soone kindled, and
soone burnt, carded his
state,
18821726Mingled his royaltie with capring fooles,
18831727Had his great name prophaned with their
scornes,
18841728And gaue his countenance again
st his name
18851729To laugh at gibing boyes, and
stand the pu
sh 18861730Of euery beardle
sse vaine comparatiue,
18871731Grew a companion to the common
streetes,
18881732Enfeoft him
selfe to popularitie,
18891733That being dayly
swallowed by mens eyes,
18901734They
surfetted with honie, and began to loath
18911735The ta
ste of
sweetne
sse, whereof a little
More
of Henry the fourth.
18921736More then a little, is by much too much.
18931737So when he had occa
sion to be
seene,
18941738He was but as the Cuckoe is in Iune,
18951739Heard, not regarded: Seene, but with
such eies
18961740As
sicke and blunted with communitie,
18981742Such as is bent on
sun-like maie
stie,
18991743When it
shines
seldome in admiring eies,
19001744But rather drowzd, and hung their eie-lids down,
19011745Slept in his face, and rendred
such a
spe
ct 19021746As cloudy men v
se to their aduer
saries,
19031747Being with his pre
sence glutted, gordge, and full.
19041748And in that very line Harry
stande
st thou,
19051749For thou ha
st lo
st thy princely priuiledge
19061750With vile participation. Not an eye
19071751But is a weary of thy common
sight,
19081752Saue mine, which hath de
sired to
see thee more,
19091753Which now doth that I would not haue it do,
19101754Make blind it
selfe with fooli
sh tenderne
sse.
19111755Prin. I
shall hereafter my thrice gratious Lord,
King. For all the world,
19141757As thou art to this houre was Richard then,
19151758When I from France
set foot at Rauen
spurgh,
19161759And euen as I was than, is Percy now,
19171760Now by my
scepter, and my
soule to boote,
19181761He hath more worthie intere
st to the
state
19191762Then thou the
shadow of
succe
ssion.
19201763For of no right, nor colour like to right,
19211764He doth
fill
fields with harne
sse in the realme,
19221765Turnes head again
st the lions armed iawes,
19231766And being no more in debt to yeares, then thou
19241767Leads ancient Lords, and reuerend Bi
shops on
19251768To bloudie battailes, and to brui
sing armes.
19261769What neuer dying honour hath he got
19271770Again
st renowmed Dowglas? Who
se high deeds,
19281771Who
se hot incur
sions, and great name in armes,
19291772Holds from al
souldiors chiefe maioritie
G.1. Through
The history
19311774Through all the kingdoms that acknowledge Chri
st,
19321775Thrice hath this Hot
spur Mars in
swathling cloaths,
19331776This infant warrier in his enterpri
ses,
19341777Di
scom
fited great Dowglas, tane him once,
19351778Enlargd him, and made a friend of him,
19361779To
fill the mouth of deepe de
fiance vp,
19371780And
shake the peace and
safety of our throne,
19381781And what
say you to this? Percy, Northumberland,
19391782The Archbi
shops grace of York, Dowglas, Mortimer,
19401783Capitulate again
st vs, and are vp.
19411784But wherefore do I tel the
se newes to thee?
19421785Why Harry do I tell thee of my foes,
19431786Which art my neare
st and deare
st enemy?
19441787Thou that art like enough through va
ssall feare,
19451788Ba
se inclination, and the
start of
spleene,
19461789To
fight again
st me vnder Percies pay,
19471790To dog his heeles, and curt
sie at his frownes,
19481791To
shew how much thou art degenerate.
19491792Prin. Do not thinke
so, you
shal not
find it
so,
19501793And God forgiue them that
so much haue
swaide
19511794Your maie
sties good thoughts away from me.
19521795I will redeeme all this on Percies head,
19531796And in the clo
sing of
some glorious day
19541797Be bold to tell you that I am your
sonne,
19551798When I will weare a garment all of bloud,
19561799And
staine my fauors in a bloudy ma
ske,
19571800Which wa
sht away
shall
scoure my
shame with it,
19581801And that
shal be the day when ere it lights,
19591802That this
same child of honour and renowne,
19601803This gallant Hot
spur, this all prai
sed knight,
19611804And your vnthought of Harry chance to meet,
19621805For euery honor
sitting on his helme
19631806Would they were multitudes, and on my head
19641807My
shames redoubled. For the time will com
19651808That
I shal make this Northren youth exchange
19661809His glorious deedes for my indignities.
19671810Percy is but my fa
ctor, good my Lord,
19681811To engro
sse vp glorious deeds on my behalfe.
And
of Henry the fourth.
19691812And
I will call him to
so
strickt account,
19701813That he
shall render euery glory vp,
19711814Yea, euen the
sleighte
st wor
ship of his time,
19721815Or I will teare the reckoning from his heart.
19731816This in the name of God
I promi
se heere,
19741817The which if he be plea
sd I
shall performe:
19751818I do be
seech your maie
sty may
salue
19761819The long grown wounds of my intemperance,
19771820If not, the end of life cancels all bands,
19781821And
I will die a hundred thou
sand deaths
19791822Ere breake the
smalle
st parcell of this vow.
19801823King. A hundred thou
sand rebels die in this,
19811824Thou
shalt haue charge and
soueraine tru
st herein.
19821825How now good blunt thy lookes are full of
speed.
19841827Blunt. So hath the bu
sine
sse that I come to
speake of.
19851828Lord Mortimer of Scotland hath
sent word,
19861829That Dowglas and the Engli
sh Rebels met
19871830The eleuenth of this month at Shrew
sbury,
19881831A mighty and a fearefull head they are,
19891832If promi
ses be kept on euery hand,
19901833As euer o
ffred foule play in a
state.
19911834King. The Earle of We
stmerland
set forth to day,
19921835With him my
sonne Lord Iohn of Lanca
ster,
19931836For this aduerti
sement is
fiue daies old.
19941837On Wedne
sday next, Harry you
shall
set forward,
19951838On thur
sday we our
selues will march. Our meeting
19961839Is Bridgenorth, and Harry, you
shall march
19971840Through Gloce
ster
shire, by which account
19981841Our bu
sine
sse valued
some twelue daies hence,
19991842Our general forces at Bridgenorth
shall meet:
20001843Our hands are full of bu
sine
sse, lets away,
20011844Aduantage feedes him fat while men delay.
Exeunt.