Richard II (Modern)

 2792[5.6]
 [Flourish.] Enter [King Henry] with the Duke of York[, other lords, and attendants].
6.12794King Henry
 Kind uncle York, the latest news we hear
6.22795Is that the rebels have consumed with fire
6.32796Our town of Ciceter in Gloucestershire,
6.42797But whether they be ta'en or slain we hear not.
 2798Enter [the Earl of] Northumberland.
6.52799Welcome, my lord. What is the news?
6.62800Northumberland
 First, to thy sacred state wish I all happiness.
6.72801The next news is, I have to London sent
6.82802The heads of Oxford, Salisbury, Blunt, and Kent.
6.92803The manner of their taking may appear
6.102804At large discoursèd in this paper here.
 [He gives King Henry a paper.]
6.112805King Henry
 We thank thee, gentle Percy, for thy pains,
6.122806And to thy worth will add right worthy gains.
 2807Enter lord Fitzwater.
6.132808Fitzwater
 My lord, I have from Oxford sent to London
6.142809The heads of Brocas and sir Bennet Seely,
6.152810Two of the dangerous consorted traitors
6.162811That sought at Oxford thy dire overthrow.
6.172812King Henry
 Thy pains, Fitzwater, shall not be forgot.
6.182813Right noble is thy merit, well I wot.
 2814Enter Harry Percy [with the Bishop of Carlisle, guarded].
6.192815Percy
 The grand conspirator, Abbot of Westminster,
6.202816With clog of conscience and sour melancholy
6.212817Hath yielded up his body to the grave.
6.222818But here is Carlisle living, to abide
6.232819Thy kingly doom and sentence of his pride.
6.242820King Henry
 Carlisle, this is your doom:
6.252821Choose out some secret place, some reverend room,
6.262822More than thou hast, and with it joy thy life.
6.272823So, as thou liv'st in peace, die free from strife;
6.282824For, though mine enemy thou hast ever been,
6.292825High sparks of honor in thee have I seen.
 2826Enter Exton, with [attendants bearing] the coffin.
6.302827Exton
 Great King, within this coffin I present
6.312828Thy buried fear. Herein all breathless lies
6.322829The mightiest of thy greatest enemies,
6.332830Richard of Bordeaux, by me hither brought.
6.342831King Henry
 Exton, I thank thee not, for thou hast wrought
6.352832A deed of slander with thy fatal hand
6.362833Upon my head and all this famous land.
6.372834Exton
 From your own mouth, my lord, did I this deed.
6.382835King Henry
 They love not poison that do poison need,
6.392836Nor do I thee. Though I did wish him dead,
6.402837I hate the murderer, love him murderèd.
6.412838The guilt of conscience take thou for thy labor,
6.422839But neither my good word, nor princely favor.
6.432840With Cain go wander through shades of night,
6.442841And never show thy head by day nor light.
 [Exit Exton.]
6.452842Lords, I protest my soul is full of woe
6.462843That blood should sprinkle me to make me grow.
6.472844Come mourn with me for what I do lament,
6.482845And put on sullen black incontinent.
6.492846I'll make a voyage to the Holy Land
6.502847To wash this blood off from my guilty hand.
 [Attendants lift the coffin to carry it out.]
6.512848March sadly after. Grace my mournings here
6.522849In weeping after this untimely bier.
 [Exeunt with the coffin.]
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