696723As is the
sepulchre in
stubburne Iewry,
697724Of the worlds
ran
some ble
ssed Maries
sonne:
698725This land of
such deare
soules, this deere deere land,
699726Deare for her reputation through the world,
700727Is now lea
sde out; I dye pronouncing it,
701728Like to a tenement or pelting Farme.
702729England bound in with the triumphant
sea,
703730Who
se rockie
shoare beates backe the enuious
siege
704731Of watry Neptune, is now bound in with
shame,
705732With inckie blots, and rotten parchment bonds:
706733That England that was wont to conquer others,
707734Hath made a
shamefull conque
st of it selfe:
708735Ah would the
scandall vani
sh with my life,
709736How happy then were my en
suing death?
712737Yorke The King is come, deale mildely with his youth,
713738For young hot colts being ragde, do rage the more.
710739Enter king and Queene, &c. 714740Queene How fares our noble vncle Lanca
ster?
715741King What comfort man? how i
st with aged Gaunt?
716742Gaunt O how that name be
fits my compo
sition!
717743Old Gaunt indeede, and gaunt in being olde:
718744Within me Griefe hath kept a tedious fa
st.
719745And who ab
staines from meate that is not gaunt
? 720746For
sleeping England long time haue I watcht,
721747Watching breedes leanene
sse, leanene
sse is all gaunt
: 722748The plea
sure that
some fathers feede vpon
723749Is my
stri
ct fa
st; I meane my childrens lookes,
724750And therein fa
sting ha
st thou made me gaunt
: 725751Gaunt am I for the graue, gaunt as a graue,
726752Who
se hollow wombe inherites naught but bones
. 727753King Can
sicke men play
so nicely with their names
? 728754Gaunt No mi
sery makes
sport to mocke it
selfe,
729755Since thou do
st seeke to kill my name in me,
730756I mocke my name (great King) to
flatter thee.
731757King Should dying men
flatter with tho
se that liue
? 732758Gaunt No no, men liuing
flatter tho
se that die.
King