25322352To win thy after loue, I pardon thee.
25332353Aum. Then giue me leaue that May turne the key,
25342354That no man enter till my tale be done.
2356The Duke of Yorke knokes at the doore and crieth. 25362357Yor. My leige beware, looke to thy
selfe,
25372358Thou ha
st a Traitor in thy pre
sence there.
25382359King. Vilain Ile make thee
safe
. 25392360Aum. Stay thy reuengefull hand, thou ha
st no cau
se to
(feare 25412361York. Open the dore,
secure foole, hardie King,
25422362Shall I for loue
speake trea
son to thy face,
25432363Open the dore, or I will breake it open.
25452364King What is the matter vncle,
speake, recouer breath,
25472366That wee may arme vs to encounter it?
25482367Yor. Peru
se this writtng heere, and thou
shalt know,
25492368The trea
son that my ha
ste forbids me
shew.
25502369Aum. remember as thou read
st, thy promi
se pa
st,
25512370I do repent me, reade not my name there,
25522371My hart is not confederate with my hand.
25532372Yor. It was (vilaine) ere thy hand did
set it downe.
25542373I tore it from the traitors bo
some (King,)
25552374Feare, and not loue, begets his penitence:
25562375Forget to pittie him, le
st thy pittie proue,
25572376A Serpent that will
sting thee to the hart.
25582377King. O heynous,
strong, and bould con
spiracy;
25592378O loyall Father, of a treacherous Sonne,
25602379Thou
sheere immaculate and
siluer Fountaine,
25612380From whence this
streame, through muddy pa
ssages,
25622381Hath held his current, and de
fild him
selfe,
25632382Thy ouer
flow of good, conuerts to bad:
25642383And thy aboundant goodnes,
shall excu
se,
25652384This deadly blot in thy digre
ssing
sonne.
25662385Yor. So
shall my vertue, be his vices baude,
25672386An he
shall
spend mine honour, with his
shame,
25682387As thriftles
sonnes, their
scraping Fathers gold:
25692388Mine honour liues when his di
shonour dies,
Or
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