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Henry IV part one

Act I, Scene 1

London. The palace.
 
[Enter KING HENRY, LORD JOHN OF LANCASTER, the EARL of WESTMORELAND, SIR WALTER BLUNT, and others]
 
KING HENRY IV
          ,       ,       ,        ,           ,
      So shak|en as | we are,| so wan | with care,
        ,           ,          ,         ,          ,
      Find we | a time | for fright|ed peace | to pant,
             ,        T     Tx    T             ,     ,
      And breathe | short-winded ac|cents of / new broils
          ,         ,           ,        ,        ,
      To be | commenced | in strands | afar | remote:
           ,           ,      ,         ,          ,
      No more | the thirst|y ent|rance of | this^soil,
              ,          ,                ,    ,           ,
      Shall daub | her lips | with her / own child|ren's blood:
           ,             ,        ,      ,              ,
      No more | shall trench|ing war | channel her | fields,
             ,            x         ,         ,       ,
      Nor bruise | her flower|ets with | the arm|ed hoofs
          ,        ,        ,        ,       ,
      Of host|ile pac|es. Those | oppos|ed eyes,
        T     T   .   T    ,      2    ,          x
      Which like the met|eors | of a troub|led heaven,
       T   .  T   T             ,   ,           ,
      All of one na|ture, of / one sub|stance bred,
            ,       ,     ,          ,         ,
      Did late|ly meet | in the | intes|tine shock,
           ,   2     ,         ,       ,     ,
      And fur|ious close | of civ|il butch|ery,
             ,        ,   2    ,      ,         ,
      Shall now | in mu|tual well-|beseem|ing ranks
             ,     ,   ,              ,           ,
      March^all | one way,/ and be | no more^|opposed
          ,         ,           ,               ,  ,
      Against | acquaint|ance, kind|red, and / allies.
            ,        ,      T   .  T    T         ,
      The edge | of war,| like an ill-sheath|ed knife,
            ,           ,         ,         ,           ,
      No* more | shall cut | his mast|er. There|fore friends,
          ,        ,        ,      ,          ,
      As far | as to | the sep|ulchre | of Christ,
             ,        ,     ,              ,        ,
      Whose^sol|dier now | under | whose^bles|sed cross
          ,        ,       ,        ,          ,
      We are | impres|sed and | engaged | to fight,
             ,        x         ,    ,       2      ,
      Forthwith | a power | of Eng|lish shall we | levy,  ??
              ,          ,       ,          ,          ,
      Whose arms | were mol|ded in | their moth|ers' womb,
           ,            ,       ,          ,       ,
      To chase | these pag|ans in | those ho|ly fields,
      ,            ,         ,             ,        ,
      Over | whose^ac|res walked | those bles|sed feet
              ,        ,         ,       ,           ,
      Which four|teen hund|red years | ago | were nailed
           ,       ,        ,        ,        ,
      For^our | advant|age on | the bit|ter cross.
            ,         ,        ,          ,            ,
      But this | our pur|pose now | is twelve | month^old,
            ,         ,         ,         ,         ,
      And boot|less 'tis | to tell | you we | will go:
             ,         ,         ,          ,         ,
      Therefore | we meet | not^now.| Then let | me hear
          ,        ,       ,        ,    ,
      Of you | my gent|le cous|in West|moreland,
            ,       ,           ,       ,        ,
      What yest|ernight | our coun|cil did | decree
          ,       ,           ,       ,     ,
      In for|warding | this dear | exped|ience.
 
WESTMORELAND
           ,            ,          ,         ,     ,
      My liege:| this haste | was hot | in ques|tion,
           ,     ,                   ,    ,     ,
      And ma|ny lim|its of the // charge set down
           ,       ,           ,        ,              ,
      But yest|ernight:| when all | athwart | there* came
          ,           ,       ,            ,       ,
      A post | from Wales,| loaden | with hea|vy news;
        T     T    T        2     ,      ,     ,
      Whose worst was,| that the nob|le Mor|timer,
       ,             ,         ,        ,          ,
      Leading | the men | of Here|fordshire | to fight
          ,        2   ,    ,          ,          x
      Against | the irreg|ular | and wild | Glendower,
       ,    2        ,    ,                 ,         ,
      Was by the | rude hands / of that | Welshman | taken,
       ,        ,         ,        ,        ,
      And a | thousand | of his | people | butchered:
        ,      T     T     T          2      ,        ,
      Upon | whose dead corpse | there was such | misuse,
             ,         ,          ,       ,    ,
      Such^beast|ly, shame|less trans|forma|tion,
                   ,   ,       ,        ,         ,
      By those*/ Welshwom|en done,| as may | not be
            ,           ,         ,        ,       ,
      (Without | much^shame)| retold | or spok|en of.
 
KING HENRY IV
           ,       ,               ,        ,          ,
      It seems | then, that | the tid|ings of | this broil,
             ,         ,         ,         ,      ,
      Brake^off | our bus|iness for | the Ho|ly Land.
 
WESTMORELAND
              ,            ,       ,        ,          ,
      This^matched | with oth|er like,| my gra|cious lord,
            ,      ,            , ,         ,
      For more | unev|en and / unwel|come news
        ,               ,           ,        ,        ,
      Came from | the north,| and thus | it did | report:
          ,   2      ,         ,        ,         ,
      On Ho|ly-rood^day,| the gal|lant Hot|spur there,
             ,      ,              ,     ,     ,
      Young^Har|ry Per|cy, and / brave Arch|ibald,
           ,      ,   2    ,       ,       ,
      That ev|er-val|iant and | approv|ed Scot,
           ,        ,            ,          ,
      At Holme|don met,| where they | did spend
         ,          ,      ,     o
      A sad | and bloo|dy ho|ur,    (tetra with prev?)
          ,         ,          ,        ,     ,
      As by | discharge | of their | artil|lery,
            ,          ,      ,          ,          ,
      And shape | of like|lihood | the news | was told:
           ,           ,             ,        ,      ,
      For he | that brought | them, in | the ve|ry heat
            ,          ,         ,                ,    ,
      And pride | of their | conten|tion, did / take horse,
         ,        ,        ,     ,     ,
      Uncert|ain of | the is|sue an|y way.
 
KING HENRY IV
        ,           ,          ,       ,     2      ,
      Here is | a dear | and true | indus|trious friend,
           ,        ,            ,        ,          ,
      Sir Walt|er Blunt,| new* light|ed from | his horse,
         ,                ,   ,             ,    ,
      Stained with | the var|ia|tion of / each soil,
          ,            ,         ,           ,         ,
      Betwixt | that Holme|don, and | this seat | of ours:
           ,           ,            ,          ,         ,
      And he | hath brought | us smooth | and wel|come news.
            ,         ,       ,       ,     ,
      The Earl | of Doug|las is | discom|fited,
             ,         ,      T     T   .    T        ,
      Ten* thous|and bold | Scots, two and^twen|ty knights
         ,               ,      ,              ,       ,
      Balked in | their own | blood did | Sir Walt|er see
           ,            ,          ,    2     ,         ,
      On Holme|don's plains.| Of pris|oners, Hot|spur took
       T   T   .    T         ,         ,       ,
      Mordake the Earl | of Fife,| and eld|est son
          ,        ,        ,          ,        ,    ,  ->
      To beat|en Doug|las, and | the Earl | of Ath||ol,
            ,        ,       T   T   T
      Of | Murray,| Angus,| and Menteith.
           ,         ,        ,    ,       ,
      And is | not this | an hon|ora|ble spoil?
         ,         ,           x       2    ,         ,          , ->
      A gal|lant prize?| Ha cousin,| is it not?| In faith || it is.
 
WESTMORELAND
         ,    ,      2       ,          ,
      A con|quest for a | prince to | boast of.
 
KING HENRY IV
       ,                  ,         ,          ,         ,
      Yea, there*| thou makst | me sad,| and makst | me sin,
          ,       ,         ,         ,       ,
      In en|vy, that | my Lord | Northum|berland
              ,         ,           ,   ,        ,
      Should be | the fath|er to / so blest | a son:
         ,         ,         ,         ,          ,
      A son,| who is | the theme | of hon|or's tongue;
          ,         ,          ,       ,           ,
      Amongst | a grove,| the ve|ry straight|est plant,
                 ,    ,          ,        ,          ,
      Who is / sweet For|tune's min|ion, and | her pride:
             ,        ,       ,          ,         ,
      Whilst^I | by look|ing on | the praise | of him,
           ,     ,        ,       ,           ,
      See ri|ot and | dishon|or stain | the brow
                ,    ,      ,       2     ,           ,
      Of my / young Har|ry. O | that it could | be proved,
                     ,     ,        ,       ,         ,
      That some* / night-trip|ping fai|ry, had | exchanged
          ,         ,            ,         ,           ,
      In crad|le-clothes,| our child|ren where | they lay,
       .     T     T   T       ,         ,    ,
      And called mine Per|cy, his | Plantag|enet:
             ,         ,         ,             ,   ,
      Then would | I have | his Har|ry, and / he mine:
           ,          ,           ,             ,          ,
      But let | him from | my thoughts.| What think | you coz
                  ,    ,         ,          ,      ,
      Of this / young Per|cy's pride?| The pris|oners
             ,        ,       ,         ,          ,
      Which he | in this | advent|ure hath | surprised,
                ,   ,         ,           ,          ,
      To his / own use | he keeps,| and sends | me word
      ,                ,         ,         ,         ,
      I shall | have none | but Mor|dake^Earl | of Fife.
 
WESTMORELAND
        ,    2       ,         ,           ,         ,
      This is his | uncle's | teaching,| this is | Worcester,
         ,     ,        ,     .  T   T  T
      Malev|olent | to you | in all aspects:
              ,           ,          ,          ,       ,
      Which makes | him prune | himself,| and bris|tle up
            ,          ,         ,           ,     ,
      The crest | of youth | against | your dig|nity.
 
KING HENRY IV
          ,          ,         ,        ,        ,
      But I | have sent | for him | to ans|wer this:
           ,           ,        ,          ,        ,
      And for | this^cause | awhile | we must | neglect
           ,     ,        ,      ,    ,
      Our ho|ly pur|pose to | Jerus|alem.
       ,             ,         ,          ,       ,           , ->
      Cousin,| on Wednes|day next,| our coun|cil we || will hold
           ,        ,      2    ,          ,
      At Wind|sor, and | so inform | the lords:
            ,          ,           ,         ,      ,
      But come | yourself | with speed | to us | again,
            ,        ,        ,     ,    2       ,
      For more | is to | be said,| and to be | done,
      <-         ,        ,         2    ,      2
        Than || out of | anger | can be ut|tered.
 
WESTMORELAND
                                                      ,         ,
                                                  I will | my liege.
 
[Exeunt]

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