24602243Hot. Weele fight with him to night.

24612244Wor. It may not be.

24622245Doug. You giue him then aduantage.

24632246Ver. Not a whit.

24642247Hot. Why say you so, lookes he not for supply?

24652248Ver. So do we.

24662249Hot. His is certaine, ours is doubtful.

24672250Wor. Good coosen be aduisd, stir not to night.

24682251Ver. Do not my Lord.

24692252Doug. You do not counsel wel,

24702253You speake it out of feare, and cold hart.

24712254Ver. Do me no slander Douglas, by my life,

24722255And I dare well maintaine it with my life,

24732256If well respected honor bid me on,

24742257I hould as little counsell with weake feare,

24752258As you my Lord, or any Scot that this day liues,

24762259Let it be seene to morrow in the battell which of vs feares.

24782260Doug. Yea or to night.

24802261Hot. To night say I.

24812262Ver. Come, come, it may not be.

24822263I wonder much being men of such great leading as you are,

24832264That you foresee not what impediments

24842265Drag backe our expedition, certaine horse

24852266Of my coosen Vernons are not yet come vp,

24862267Your Vncle Worcesters horses came but to day,

24872268And now their pride and mettall is a sleepe,

24882269Their courage with hard labour tame and dull,

24892270That not a horse is halfe the halfe of himselfe.

24902271Hot. So are the horses of the enemie

24912272In generall iourney bated and brought low,

24922273The better part of ours are full of rest.

24932274Wor. The number of the King exceedeth our,

24942275For Gods sake coosen stay till all come in.

24972277Blunt. I come with gracious offers from the king,

24982278If you vouchsafe me hearing and respect.

24992279Hot. Welcome sir Walter Blunt: and would to God

25002280You were of our determination,

25012281Some of vs loue you well, and euen those some

25022282Enuy your great deseruings and good name,

25032283Because you are not of our qualitie,

25042284But stand against vs like an enemie.

25052285Blunt. And God defend but still I should stand so,

25062286So long as out of limit and true rule

25072287You stand against annointed Maiestie.

25082288But to my charge. The king hath sent to know

25102289The nature of your griefes and whereupon

25112290You coniure from the breast of ciuill peace

25122291Such bold hostilitie: teaching his dutious land

25132292Audacious crueltie. If that the king

25142293Haue any way your good deserts forgot

25152294Which he confesseth to be manifold,

25162295He bids you name your griefes, and with all speede,

25172296You shall haue your desires with interest

25182297And pardon absolute for your selfe, and these

25192298Herein misled by your suggestion.

25202299Hot. The king is kind, and well we know the king

25222300Knowes at what time to promise, when to pay:

25232301My father, and my vncle, and my selfe,

25242302Did giue him that same royaltie he weares,

25252303And when he was not sixe and twentie strong,

25262304Sicke in the worlds regard, wretched and low,

25272305A poore vnminded outlaw sneaking home,

25282306My father gaue him welcome to the shore:

25292307And when he heard him sweare and vow to God,

25302308He came but to be Duke of Lancaster,

25312309To sue his liuery, and beg his peace

25322310With teares of innocencie, and tearmes of zeale,

25332311My father in kinde heart and pitie mou'd,

25342312Swore him assistance, and performd it too.

25352313Now when the Lords and Barons of the realme,

25362314Perceiu'd Northumberland did leane to him,

25372315The more and lesse came in with cap and knee,

25382316Met him in Borroughs, Cities, Villages,

25392317Attended him on bridges, stoode in lanes,

25402318Laid gifts before him, profferd him their oathes,

25412319Gaue him their heires, as Pages followed him,

25422320Euen at the heeles, in golden multitudes,

25432321He presently, as greatnesse knowes it selfe,

25442322Steps me a little higher then his vow

25452323Made to my father while his blood was poore

25462324Vpon the naked shore at Rauenspurgh,

25472325And now forsooth takes on him to reforme

25482326Some certaine edicts, and some streight decrees,

25492327That lie too heauie on the Common-wealth,

25502328 Cries out vpon abuses, seemes to weepe

25512329Ouer his Countrey wrongs, and by this face

25522330This seeming brow of iustice did he winne

25532331The hearts of all that he did angle for:

25542332Proceeded further, cut me off the heads

25552333Of all the fauourits that the absent king

25562334In deputation left behind him here,

25572335When he was personall in the Irish warre.

25582336Blunt. Tut, I came not to heare this.

25592337Hot. Then to the poynt.

25602338In short time after he deposd the king,

25612339Soone after that depriu'd him of his life,

25622340And in the necke of that taskt the whole state,

25632341To make that woorse, suffred his kinsman March

25642342(Who is if euerie owner were well plac'd

25652343Indeed his king) to be ingagde in Wales,

25662344There without raunsome to lie forfeited,

25672345Disgrac't me in my happy victories,

25682346Sought to intrap me by intelligence,

25692347Rated mine vnkle from the counsell boord,

25702348In rage dismisd my father from the Court,

25712349Broke oath on oath, committed wrong on wrong,

25722350And in conclusion droue vs to seeke out

25732351This head of safetie, and withall to prie

25742352Into his title, the which we find

25752353Too indirect for long continuance.

25762354Blunt. Shall I returne this answere to the king?

25772355Hot. Not so sir Walter. Weele withdraw a while.

25792356Go to the king, and let there be impawnde

25802357Some surety for a safe returne againe,

25812358And in the morning early shal mine vnkle

25822359Bring him our purposes, and so farewell.

25832360Blunt. I would you would accept of grace and loue.

25842361Hot. And may be so we shall.

25852362Blunt. Pray God you do.