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Henry IV part one

Act I, Scene 3

London. The palace.
 
[Enter the KING, NORTHUMBERLAND, WORCESTER, HOTSPUR, SIR WALTER BLUNT, with others]
 
KING HENRY IV
           ,            ,          ,         ,      ,
      My blood | hath been | too cold | and temp|erate,
         ,         ,         ,        ,      ,
      Unapt | to stir | at these | indig|nities,
           ,           ,          ,       ,       ,
      And you | have found | me; for | accord|ingly,
            ,       ,        ,          ,         ,
      You tread | upon | my pa|tience: but | be sure,
          ,           ,          ,       ,       ,
      I will | from hence|forth^rath|er be | myself,
        ,           ,         ,           ,       ,      2->
      Mighty,| and to | be feared,| than my | condi||tion
              ,            ,         ,      T   .   T     T
      Which hath | been smooth | as oil,| soft as young down,
            ,          ,          ,      ,       ,
      And there|fore lost | that tit|le of | respect,
                    ,     ,           ,     ,             ,
      Which the / proud soul | nere pays,| but to | the proud.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
            ,         ,           ,      ,            ,
      Our house (my sove|reign liege)| little | deserves
             ,           ,         ,        ,        ,
      The scourge | of great|ness to | be used | on it,
                   ,    ,         ,                 ,    ,
      And that / same great|ness too,| which our / own hands
             ,         ,         ,     o
      Have holp | to make | so port|ly.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
                                                ,
                                           My lord.
 
KING HENRY IV
        ,          T    T    T        ,       ,
      Worcester | get thee gone:| for I | do see
       ,            ,    ,         ,          ,
      Danger | and dis|obed|ience in | thine^eye.
         ,          ,       2    ,      ,     2     ,   2
      O sir,| your pres|ence is too | bold and pe|remptory,
           ,    ,           ,      ,        ,
      And maj|esty | might nev|er yet | endure
           ,       ,    ,          ,         ,
      The moo|dy fron|tier of | a serv|ant brow.
                   ,    ,          ,           ,         ,
      You have / good leave | to leave | us. when | we need
            ,          ,        ,           ,         ,
      Your use | and couns|el, we | shall send | for you.
       ,            ,         ,
      You were | about | to speak.
 
[Exit Worcester]
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
                                   ,                ,
                                  Yea, my | good* lord.
              ,    x     2        ,           ,       ,
      Those pris|oners in your | highness'| name de|manded,
             ,      ,       ,         ,         ,
      Which^Har|ry Per|cy here | at Holme|don took,
        ,             ,     ,           T      T     .  T
      Were (as | he says)| not with | such strength denied
          ,       ,        ,         ,    ,
      As was | deliv|ered to | your maj|esty:
       ,    ,                ,         ,   ,
      Who eith/er through | envy,| or mis|prison,
            ,      ,          ,          ,        ,
      Was guil|ty of | this fault;| and not | my son.
 
HOTSPUR
           ,        ,       ,    ,  ,
      My liege,| I did | deny | no pris/oners.
       ,          ,        ,          ,           ,
      But, I | remem|ber when | the fight | was done,
           ,        ,           ,             ,     ,
      When I | was dry | with rage,| and ex/treme toil,
         ,               ,      ,          ,         ,
      Breathless,| and faint,| leaning | upon | my sword,
        ,       2     ,          T     T   .    T        ,
      Came there a | certain | lord, neat and trim|ly dressed;
        ,     2      ,    ,                 T   T     T
      Fresh as a | bridegroom,/ and his | chin new reaped,
         ,              ,        ,        ,         ,
      Showed like | a stub|ble-land | at harv|est-home.
       ,           ,       ,       ,     ,
      He was | perfum|ed like | a mil|liner,
             ,          ,       ,          ,          ,
      And 'twixt | his fing|er and | his thumb,| he held
          ,       ,          ,      ,      ,
      A poun|cet-box,| which ev|er and | anon
           ,          ,          ,      2  ,       ,
      He gave | his nose,| and took | it away | again:
            ,         ,        ,     .   T    T    T
      Who there|with ang|ry, when | it next came there,
        ,            ,           ,           ,            ,
      Took it | in snuff.| And still | he smiled | and talked:
       ,    2       ,           T    T   T       ,
      And as the | soldiers | bore dead bod|ies by,
            ,           ,   T       T     T  ,    2
      He called | them un|taught knaves, un|mannerly,
           ,        ,           ,  ,         ,
      To bring | a slov|enly / unhand|some corse
          ,           ,         ,       ,    ,
      Betwixt | the wind,| and his | nobil|ity.
            ,     ,    ,         ,      ,
      With ma|ny hol|iday | and la|dy terms
           ,          ,       ,           ,       ,      2->
      He ques|tioned me:| amongst | the rest,| deman||ded
          ,    2      ,         ,     ,         ,
      My pris|oners, in | your maj|esty's | behalf.
          ,          ,          ,          ,       2     ,
      I then,| all smart|ing, with | my wounds | being cold,
           ,       ,          ,       ,     ,
      (To be | so pest|ered with | a pop|injay)
       ,            ,          ,      ,     ,
      Out of | my grief,| and my | impa|tience,
       ,             ,       ,       ,          ,
      Answered |(neglect|ingly)| I know | not what,
            ,           ,      ,              ,        ,
      He should,| or should | not: for | he made | me mad,
          ,          ,          ,           ,          ,
      To see | him shine | so brisk,| and smell | so sweet,
       .    T   T   T        ,        ,      x
      And talk so like | a wait|ing-gent|lewoman,
           ,          ,            ,            ,          ,
      Of guns,| and drums,| and wounds:| God* save | the mark;
           ,        ,         ,            ,          ,
      And tel|ling me,| the sove|reignst thing | on earth
           ,     ,      ,        ,         ,
      Was par|mace|ti, for | an in|ward bruise:
            ,               ,    ,      ,       ,
      And that | it was / great pi|ty, so | it was,
            ,             ,   ,        ,           ,
      This vil|lanous / salt-pet|er should | be digged
       ,            ,       ,         ,         ,
      Out of | the bow|els of | the harm|less earth,
             ,   2    ,      ,   ,                 ,
      Which ma|ny a good | tall fel/low had | destroyed
           ,      ,        ,                  ,    ,
      So* cow|ardly.| And but | for these / vile guns,
       T   T    T    ,           ,       ,
      He would him|self have | been a | soldier.
             ,        ,        ,        ,         ,
      This bald,| unjoin|ted chat | of his |(my lord)
        ,    2      ,        ,     ,        2    ,
      Made me to | answer | indi|rectly |(as I said).
       ,          ,           ,         ,        ,
      And I | beseech | you, let | not his | report
        ,   ,                 ,    ,    ,
      Come cur/rent for | an ac|cusa|tion,
          ,          ,                 ,   ,    ,
      Betwixt | my love,| and your / high maj|esty.
 
SIR WALTER BLUNT
           ,        ,         ,          ,         ,
      The cir|cumstance | consid|ered, good | my lord,
           ,          ,      ,       ,          ,
      Whatere | Lord^Har|ry Per|cy then | had said,
           ,       ,        ,         ,        ,
      To such | a pers|on, and | in such | a place,
           ,        ,          ,          ,        ,
      At such | a time,| with all | the rest | retold,
           ,     ,      ,         ,       ,
      May reas|ona|bly die | and nev|er rise
          ,         ,        ,     ,        ,
      To do | him wrong | or an|y way | impeach
             ,         ,             , ,        ,
      What then | he said,| so he / unsay | it now.
 
KING HENRY IV
           ,         ,       ,        ,      ,
      Why yet | he doth | deny | his pris|oners,
            ,        ,     ,       ,     ,
      But with | provi|so and | excep|tion,
            ,             ,     ,             ,         ,
      That we | at our / own charge,| shall rans|om straight
           ,      2    ,         ,        ,     ,
      His broth|er-in-law,| the fool|ish Mort|imer,
            ,        ,           ,      ,        ,
      Who^(in | my soul)| hath will|fully | betrayed
            ,          ,           ,         ,         ,
      The lives | of those,| that he | did lead | to fight,
          ,            ,        ,          ,           x
      Against | that great | magi|cian, damned | Glendower,
              ,         ,        ,          ,         ,
      Whose^daught|er (as | we hear)| the Earl | of March
             ,      ,          ,          ,         ,
      Hath late|ly mar|ried. Shall | our cof|fers then,
          ,         ,       ,        ,        ,
      Be emp|tied, to | redeem | a trait|or home?
                  ,    ,        ,        ,           ,
      Shall we / buy treas|on? And | indent | with fears,
             ,           ,         ,      ,           ,
      When they | have lost | and for|feited | themselves.
       ,            ,        ,         ,           ,
      No: on | the bar|ren mount|ains let | him starve:
          ,          ,       ,          ,          ,
      For I | shall nev|er hold | that man | my friend,
               ,            ,              ,   ,       ,
      Whose tongue | shall ask | me for / one pen|ny cost
          ,        ,       ,       ,     ,
      To rans|om home | revolt|ed Mort|imer.
 
HOTSPUR
         ,       ,     ,
      Revolt|ed Mort|imer?  \\
          ,      ,          ,         ,          ,
      He nev|er did | fall^off,| my sove|reign liege,
       ,              ,         ,         ,            ,
      But by | the chance | of war:| to prove | that^true,
        ,    ,   ,       ,     ,         ,    ,      ,
      Needs no more but one tongue. For all those wounds,   ????
              ,         ,            ,   2   ,        ,
      Those mouth|ed wounds,| which val|iantly | he took,
            ,        ,       ,         ,       ,
      When on | the gent|le Sev|ern's sed|gy bank,
          ,       ,    ,        ,         ,
      In sing|le op|posi|tion hand | to hand,
          ,         ,           ,      ,            ,
      He did | confound | the best | part of | an hour
           ,        ,      ,           ,           x
      In chan|ging hard|iment | with great | Glendower:
        T     T     .       T            ,       ,                ,
      Three times they* breathed | and three | times did | they drink ??
        ,       ,               ,    ,          ,
      Upon | agree|ment, of / swift Sev|ern's flood;
            ,         ,        ,            ,       ,
      Who then | affright|ed with | their bloo|dy looks,
       ,    ,             ,          ,          ,
      Ran fear/fully | among | the trem|bling reeds,
           ,          ,       ,            ,        ,
      And hid | his crisp | head in | the hol|low bank,
        ,     ,                    ,        ,      ,
      Bloodstained / with these | vali|ant com|batants.
       ,            ,         ,       ,    ,
      Never | did base | and rot|ten pol|icy
       ,           ,         ,           ,        ,
      Color | her work|ing with | such dead|ly wounds;
            ,       ,          ,      ,     ,
      Nor* nev|er could | the nob|le Mo|rtimer
          ,         ,            ,   ,       ,
      Receive | so ma|ny, and / all wil|lingly:
            ,         ,         ,          ,        ,
      Then let | not him | be sland|ered with | revolt.
 
KING HENRY IV
             ,         x       ,             ,         x
      Thou dost | belie him | Percy,| thou dost | belie him;
          ,      ,        ,               ,   x
      He nev|er did | encount|er with / Glendower:
          ,             ,        ,        ,        x      ,
      I tell thee, he durst as well have met the devil alone,  ????
          ,      ,    x            ,    ,
      As Ow|en Glen|dower for | an en|emy.
       ,          ,       ,           ,              ,
      Art thou | not a|shamed? But | sirrah,| henceforth
       ,             ,          ,         ,     ,
      Let me | not hear | you speak | of Mort|imer.
        ,             ,     2     ,          ,          ,
      Send me | your pris|oners with | the speed|iest means,
          ,            ,         ,        ,          ,
      Or you | shall hear | in such | a kind | from me
           ,          ,          ,     ,         ,   2
      As will | displease | ye. My | Lord North|umberland,
          ,         ,       ,         ,          ,
      We lic|ense your | depart|ure with | your son,
        ,             ,    2      ,    ,           ,    2
      Send us | your pris|oners, or | you will | hear of it.
 
[Exeunt King Henry, Blunt, and train]
 
HOTSPUR
           ,        ,       ,          ,          ,
      And if | the dev|il come | and roar | for them
          ,          ,          ,         ,         ,
      I will | not send | them. I | will aft|er straight
            ,         ,       ,          ,         ,
      And tell | him so:| for I | will ease | my heart,
           ,         ,         ,       ,        ,
      Although | it be | with haz|ard of | my head.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
        T     T     .   T         ,          ,         ,
      What? Drunk with chol|er? Stay | and pause | awhile,
              ,           ,
      Here* comes | your unc|le.
 
[Enter WORCESTER]
 
HOTSPUR
                                   ,         ,     ,
                                 Speak | of Mort|imer?
       ,              ,         ,         ,         ,
      Yes, I | will speak | of him,| and let | my soul
        ,   ,              ,         ,          ,
      Want mer/cy, if | I do | not join | with him.
          ,        ,          ,      ,            ,
      In his | behalf,| I'll emp|ty all | these veins,
            ,     .   T    T     T         ,      2      ,
      And shed | my dear blood drop | by drop | in the dust,
       ,   2         ,          T    T   T     ,
      But I will | lift the | down-trod Mort|imer
           ,      2     ,         ,        ,         ,
      As high | in the air,| as this | unthank|ful king,
                 ,  ,          ,         ,       ,
      As this / ingrate | and cank|ered Bol|ingbroke.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
       ,              ,           ,          ,       ,
      Brother,| the king | hath made | your neph|ew mad.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
             ,            ,     ,  ,               ,
      Who struck | this heat | up af/ter I | was gone?
 
HOTSPUR
           ,         ,           ,        ,      ,
      He will |(forsooth)| have all | my pris|oners:
            ,        ,          ,        ,       ,
      And when | I urged | the rans|om once | again
                 ,     ,         ,     .    T      T     T
      Of my / wife's broth|er, then | his cheek looked pale,
           ,        ,          ,         ,         ,
      And on | my face | he turned | an eye | of death,
        ,         ,        2      ,        ,     ,
      Trembling | even | at the name | of Mort|imer.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
         ,        ,                 ,   ,         ,
      I can|not blame | him: was / not he | proclaimed
          ,         ,      ,             ,         ,
      By Rich|ard that | dead is,| the next | of blood?
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
          ,        ,          ,      ,    ,
      He was:| I heard | the proc|lama|tion,
            ,        ,      ,           ,       ,
      And then | it was,| when the | unhap|py king
         T      T    .  T         ,              ,    ,
      (Whose wrongs in us | God* pard|on) did / set forth
        ,        ,       ,    ,    ,
      Upon | his Ir|ish ex|pedi|tion:
              ,         ,      ,       ,        ,
      From whence | he int|ercept|ed, did | return
          ,       ,           ,       ,
      To be | deposed,| and short|ly murd|ered.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
      <- ,           ,       ,     ,               T      T    T
        And || for whose | death, we / in the | world's wide mouth
        T    T  .  T           ,      ,       ,
      Live scandalized,| and foul|ly spok|en of.
 
HOTSPUR
            ,        ,          ,          ,         ,
      But soft | I pray | you; did | King^Rich|ard then
           ,         ,        ,       ,     ,
      Proclaim | my broth|er Ed|mund Mort|imer,
        ,             ,
      Heir to | the crown?
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
                              ,        ,            x
                          He did,| myself | did hear it.
 
HOTSPUR
       ,            ,        ,          ,        ,
      Nay then | I can|not blame | his cous|in king,
              ,          ,        ,        ,           ,
      That wished | him on | the bar|ren mount|ains starved.
            ,         ,         ,          ,          ,
      But shall | it be,| that you | that set | the crown
        ,          ,         ,        ,       ,
      Upon | the head | of this | forget|ful man,
           ,          ,      ,           ,        ,
      And for | his sake,| wear the | detes|ted blot
          ,     2    ,     ,         ,         ,
      Of murd|erous sub|orna|tion? Shall | it be,
            ,        ,         ,       ,     ,
      That you | a world | of curs|es und|ergo,
       ,          ,               ,   ,        ,
      Being | the a|gents, or / base sec|ond means,
            ,            x      ,         ,         ,
      The cords,| the ladder,| or the | hangman*| rather?
      T   Tx     T        ,        ,         ,
      O pardon, if | that I | descend | so* low,
           ,          ,     ,            ,     ,
      To show | the line,| and the | predic|ament
            ,         ,      ,            ,        ,
      Wherein | you range | under | this sub|tle king.
        ,              ,         ,       ,           ,
      Shall it | for shame,| be spok|en in | these^days,
           ,         ,      ,         ,         ,
      Or fill | up chron|icles | in time | to come,
            ,         ,       ,    ,         x
      That men | of your | nobil|ity | and power,
            ,           ,             ,  ,        ,
      Did gage | them both | in an / unjust | behalf
            ,        ,     ,   ,                  ,
      (As both | of you,| God pard/on it,| have done)
       .  T    T   T                 ,     ,       ,
      To put down Rich|ard, that / sweet love|ly rose,
            ,            ,           ,       ,       ,
      And plant | this thorn,| this cank|er Bol|ingbroke?
            ,       2     ,      ,         ,         ,
      And shall | it in more | shame be | further | spoken,
            ,           ,         ,               ,    ,
      That you | are fooled,| discard|ed, and / shook off
          ,          ,             ,         ,      ,
      By him,| for whom | these shames | ye und|erwent?
       ,          T     T      T     2     ,        ,
      No: yet | time serves, where|in you may | redeem
            ,         ,        ,        ,            ,
      Your ban|ished hon|ors, and | restore | yourselves
       ,           ,        ,               ,        ,
      Into | the good | thoughts of | the world | again.
          ,           ,       ,          ,          ,
      Revenge | the jeer|ing and | disdained | contempt
                  ,     ,         ,        ,          ,
      Of this / proud king,| who stud|ies day | and night
          ,       ,          ,         ,     ,  2
      To ans|wer all | the debt | he owes | unto you,
        x               ,      ,        ,           ,
      Even with | the bloo|dy pay|ment of | your deaths:
             ,       ,
      Therefore | I say--
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
                            T     Tx     T         ,
                          Peace cousin, say | no more.
           ,        ,        ,        ,        ,
      And now | I will | unclasp | a sec|ret book,
       ,              ,        ,        ,       ,
      And to | your quick-|conceiv|ing dis|contents,
             ,         ,         ,         ,      ,
      I'll read | you mat|ter, deep | and dang|erous,
           ,        ,      ,       ,    2       x
      As full | of per|il and | advent|urous spirit,
               ,    ,       ,         ,         ,
      As to / ore-walk | a cur|rent, roar|ing loud
                ,   ,    ,    ,               ,
      On the / unstead|fast foot/ing of | a spear.
 
HOTSPUR
          ,         ,          ,          ,         ,
      If he | fall^in,| good night,| or sink | or swim:
            ,        ,          ,       ,         ,
      Send^dang|er from | the east | unto | the west,
          ,       ,          ,          ,          ,
      So hon|or cross | it from | the north | to south,
           ,      ,    ,               T     T    T
      And let | them grap/ple: the | blood more stirs
           ,        ,       ,         ,         ,
      To rouse | a li|on, than | to start | a hare.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
        ,    ,     2     ,      T    T  T
      Ima|gina|tion of some | great exploit,
         ,             ,           ,         ,     ,
      Drives him | beyond | the bounds | of pa|tience.
 
HOTSPUR
            x          ,          ,        ,      ,
      By heaven,| methinks | it were | an ea|sy leap,
           ,        ,    ,         2        T    T     T
      To pluck | bright hon/or from the | pale-faced moon,
           ,     ,          ,       ,         ,
      Or dive | into | the bot|tom of | the deep,
             ,        ,           ,       ,            ,
      Where fath|om-line | could nev|er touch | the ground,
            ,      T    T     T      ,         ,
      And pluck | up drowned hon|or by | the locks:
          ,          ,        ,           ,             ,
      So he | that doth | redeem | her thence,| might wear
           ,        ,       ,         ,      ,
      Without | corriv|al, all | her dig|nities:
           ,      ,           ,     ,    ,
      But out | upon | this half-|faced fel/lowship.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
          ,      ,         ,         ,         ,
      He ap|prehends | a world | of fig|ures here,
           ,          ,         ,          ,         ,
      But not | the form | of what | he should | attend:
             ,        ,        ,   2     ,        ,
      Good* cous|in give | me aud|ience for | a while,
            ,        ,
      And list | to me.  \\
 
HOTSPUR
         ,         ,
      I cry | you mer|cy.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
                                    ,   ,       ,
                          Those / same nob|le Scots
            ,          ,      ,
      That are | your pris|oners.
 
HOTSPUR
                                         ,          ,
                                  I'll keep | them all.
            x      ,          ,             ,         ,
      By heaven,| he shall | not have | a Scot | of them:
       ,           ,            ,          ,      2       ,
      No, if | a Scot | would save | his soul,| he shall not.
             ,           ,          ,
      I'll keep | them, by | this hand.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
                                             ,       ,
                                       You start | away,
            ,        ,       ,       ,     ,
      And lend | no ear | unto | my pur|poses.
             ,    2     ,            ,
      Those pris|oners you | shall keep.
 
HOTSPUR
       ,         T      T     T
      Nay, I | will; that's flat:  (tri with prev)
           ,         ,          ,       ,     ,
      He said,| he would | not rans|om Mort|imer:
          ,          ,          ,         ,     ,
      Forbad | my tongue | to speak | of Mort|imer.
          ,          ,          ,         ,       ,
      But I | will find | him when | he lies | asleep,
           ,        ,          ,       ,     ,
      And in | his ear,| I'll hol|ler Mort|imer.
       ,            ,        ,             2      ,          ,
      Nay, I'll | have a | starling | shall be taught | to speak
       ,             ,     ,          ,        ,
      Nothing | but Mort|imer,| and give | it him,
           ,         ,       ,         ,    ,
      To keep | his ang|er still | in mo|tion.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
        ,         ,           ,
      Hear you | cousin:| a word.  \\
 
HOTSPUR
            ,        ,       ,      ,      ,
      All stud|ies here | I sol|emnly | defy,
        ,             ,          ,           ,       ,
      Save how | to gall | and pinch | this Bol|ingbroke,
                   ,    ,          ,         ,          ,
      And that / same sword-|and-buck|ler Prince | of Wales.
       ,             ,          ,        ,          ,
      But that | I think | his fath|er loves | him not,
            ,          ,        ,           ,          ,
      And would | be glad | he met | with some | mischance,
          ,            ,        ,        2   ,        ,
      I would | have pois|oned him | with a pot | of ale.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
        T   T    T         ,      T   T  T
      Farewell kins|man: I'll | talk to you  ??
            ,         ,       ,         ,       ,
      When you | are bet|ter temp|ered to | attend.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
       ,             ,     ,            ,         ,
      Why what | a wasp-|stung and | impa|tient fool
            ,         ,        ,         ,         ,
      Art thou,| to break | into | this wom|an's mood,
       ,             ,        ,      ,                ,
      Tying | thine^ear | to no | tongue but | thine^own?
 
HOTSPUR
            ,         ,         ,              ,             ,
      Why look | you, I | am whipped | and scourged | with rods,
       ,              ,           ,    ,               ,
      Nettled,| and stung | with pis|mires, when | I hear
                  ,   ,    ,       ,       ,
      Of this / vile pol|iti|cian Bol|ingbroke.
          ,           ,      ,             ,          ,
      In Rich|ard's time:| what do | you call | the place?
           ,         x      ,            ,         ,
      A plague | upon it,| it is | in Glouce|stershire:
         ,        2       T  T    T         ,       ,
      'Twas, where the | madcap duke | his unc|le kept,
           ,       ,      ,               ,          ,
      His unc|le York,| where I | first^bowed | my knee
       ,            ,          ,           ,       ,
      Unto | this king | of smiles,| this Bol|ingbroke:
            ,         ,          ,          ,       ,
      When you | and he | came back | from Rav|enspurgh.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
           ,         x
      At Berk|ley castle.
 
HOTSPUR
                           T   T    T    oo
                          You say true:|
       ,            ,       ,         ,     ,
      Why what | a can|dy deal | of court|esy,
             ,        ,          ,          ,       ,
      This fawn|ing grey|hound^then | did prof|fer me.
        ,              ,       ,         ,        ,
      Look when | his in|fant for|tune came | to age,
           ,       ,      ,              ,     x
      And gent|le Har|ry Per|cy, and / kind cousin:
      ,         Tx     T    T     ,   2      ,         ,    ->
      O, the | devil take such | cozeners,| God for||give me,
            ,       ,           ,        ,           ,  ->
      Good^unc|le tell | your tale,| for I || have done.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
       ,                    ,     x         ,
      Nay, if | you have / not, to it | again,
              ,          ,
      We'll stay | your leis|ure.
 
HOTSPUR
                                     ,          ,         ,
                                     I | have done | in sooth.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
             ,      ,              ,        ,      ,
      Then once | more to | your Scot|tish pris|oners.
         ,    2      ,        ,           ,          ,
      Deliv|er them up | without | their rans|om straight,
            ,          ,        ,          ,      ,
      And make | the Doug|las' son | your on|ly mean
             x          ,          ,          ,        ,      ->
      For powers | in Scot|land: which | for div|ers reas||ons
        ,      2        ,          ,        ,       ,
      Which | I shall send | you writ|ten, be | assured
            ,    ,        ,       ,         ,
      Will ea|sily | be grant|ed you,| my lord.
 
[To Northumberland]
            ,         ,        ,       ,         ,
      Your son | in Scot|land be|ing thus | employed,
             ,      ,      ,        ,       ,
      Shall sec|retly | into | the bos|om creep
                  ,   ,      ,           ,        ,
      Of that / same nob|le pre|late*, well | beloved,
            ,   ,
      The arch|bishop.  \\
 
HOTSPUR
           ,             ,
      Of York,| is it / not?
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
                               ,     T    T     T
                             True,| who bears hard
           ,           ,          ,               ,     ,
      His broth|er's death | at Brist|ol, the / Lord Scroop.
          ,           ,        ,    ,    ,
      I speak | not^this | in es|tima|tion,
           ,        ,       ,    ,                  ,
      As what | I think | might be,/ but what | I know
          ,    ,        ,              ,    ,
      Is rum|inat|ed, plot|ted, and / set down,
           ,      ,      ,           ,          ,
      And on|ly stays | but to | behold | the face
           ,       ,        ,            ,         ,
      Of that | occa|sion that | shall bring | it on.
 
HOTSPUR
             x
      I smell it:  \\
        ,         ,     ,            ,          ,
      Upon | my life,| it will | do wond|rous well.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
          ,          ,         ,           ,             ,
      Before | the game's | afoot,| thou still | letst^slip.
 
HOTSPUR
       ,         ,          ,          T .  Tx    T
      Why, it | cannot | choose but | be a noble plot,  ??
            ,          x          ,         ,         ,
      And then | the power | of Scot|land, and | of York,
           ,          ,     2    ,
      To join | with Mort|imer, ha.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
                                         ,          ,
                                    And so | they shall.
 
HOTSPUR
           ,         ,      ,             ,    ,
      In faith | it is | exceed|ingly / well aimed.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
            ,        ,       ,        ,         ,
      And 'tis | no lit|tle reas|on bids | us speed,
           ,          ,         ,        ,       ,
      To save | our heads,| by rais|ing of | a head:
            ,          ,        ,      ,       ,
      For bear | ourselves | as ev|en as | we can,
            ,          ,        ,          ,         ,
      The king | will al|ways think | him in | our debt,
            ,          ,           ,        ,      ,
      And think,| we think | ourselves | unsat|isfied,
            ,          ,         ,        ,         ,
      Till he | hath found | a time | to pay | us home.
           ,       ,       ,         ,       ,
      And see | alrea|dy, how | he doth | begin
           ,         ,         ,         ,          ,
      To make | us strang|ers to | his looks | of love.
 
HOTSPUR
           ,         ,      ,             ,         ,
      He does,| he does;| we'll be | revenged | on him.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
       ,             ,        ,        ,        ,
      Cousin,| farewell.| No furth|er go | in this,
           ,       ,         ,         ,            ,
      Than I | by let|ters shall | direct | your course
             ,         ,            ,        ,      ,
      When time | is ripe,| which will | be sud|denly:
             ,          ,    x            T   T  . T
      I'll steal | to Glen|dower, and | Lord Mortimer,
             ,         ,         ,           x          ,
      Where you,| and Doug|las, and | our powers | at once,
         ,          ,       ,          ,    2    ,
      As I | will fash|ion it,| shall hap|pily meet,
           ,         ,    ,     2       T     T     T
      To bear | our for|tunes in our | own strong arms,
             ,         ,         ,       ,       ,
      Which now | we hold | at much | uncert|ainty.
 
NORTHUMBERLAND
            ,          ,         ,            ,         ,
      Farewell | good broth|er, we | shall thrive,| I trust.
 
HOTSPUR
       ,         ,       ,          ,          ,
      Uncle,| adieu:| O let | the hours | be short,
              ,           ,            ,         ,           ,
      Till fields,| and blows,| and groans,| applaud | our sport.
 
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