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Henry IV part one

Act III, Scene 1

Bangor. The Archdeacon's house.
 
[Enter HOTSPUR, WORCESTER, MORTIMER, and GLENDOWER]
 
MORTIMER
              ,    ,          ,         ,         ,
      These prom|ises | are fair,| the part|ies sure,
           ,       ,         ,         ,    2      ,
      And our | induc|tion full | of pros|perous hope.
 
HOTSPUR
            ,     ,         ,        ,   ,
      Lord^Mort|imer,| and cous|in Glen|dower,
            ,          ,
      Will you | sit down?   \\
           ,       ,     ,          ,      ,
      And unc|le Worce|ster; a | plague u|pon it,  ??
      ,            ,         ,
      I have | forgot | the map.
 
GLENDOWER
                                  ,    ,
                                 No, here / it is:
       T    Tx    T       ,            x      ,
      Sit cousin Per|cy, sit | good cousin | Hotspur:
           ,          ,        ,        ,      ,         ,       ,
      For by | that name,| as oft | as Lan|caster doth speak of you,  ????
       .     T     T    T          ,       ,        ,         ????
      His cheeks look pale,| and with | a ris|ing sigh,
           ,       ,          x
      He wish|eth you | in heaven.  \\
 
HOTSPUR
And you in hell, as oft as he hears Owen Glendower spoke of.
 
GLENDOWER
         ,        ,                ,  ,  ,  2
      I can|not blame | him: at / my na|tivity,
            ,           x           ,        ,        ,
      The front | of heaven | was full | of fie|ry shapes,
          ,         ,         ,     T  T   T
      Of burn|ing cres|sets: and | at my birth,
            ,           ,         ,       ,         ,
      The frame | and huge | founda|tion of | the earth
       ,         ,       ,
      Shaked | like a | coward.  \\
 
HOTSPUR
Why so it would have done at the same season, if your mother's cat had but kittened, though yourself had never been born.
 
GLENDOWER
         ,          ,           ,          ,         ,
      I say | the earth | did shake | when I | was born.
 
HOTSPUR
          ,    ,          ,          ,            ,
      And I | say the | earth was | not of | my mind,
          ,         ,         ,       ,         ,
      If you | suppose | as fear|ing you | it shook.
 
GLENDOWER
             x            ,         ,          ,            x
      The heavens | were all | on fire,| the earth | did tremble.
 
HOTSPUR
       ,               ,       ,
      Oh, then | the earth | shook
      <-       ,           x          ,
        To || see the | heavens on | fire,  (tri with prev)  ??
           ,         ,         ,       ,    ,
      And not | in fear | of your | nati|vity.
           ,      ,        ,      T      T     T
      Diseased | nature | often|times breaks forth
            ,        ,          ,         ,         ,
      In strange | erup|tions; and | the teem|ing earth
           ,        ,        ,        ,            ,
      Is with | a kind | of col|ic pinched | and vexed,
       ,    2    ,               , ,      ,
      By the im|prison|ing of / unru|ly wind
          ,          ,      ,      2     ,           ,
      Within | her womb:| which for en|largement | striving,
         ,      2       T  T    T          ,         ,
      Shakes the old | beldam earth,| and tum|bles down
        ,         .    T    T    T        ,          ,
      Steeples,| and moss-grown tow|ers. At | your birth,
            ,         ,      ,           2    ,    2   ,
      Our gran|dam* earth,| having | this distemp|erature,
          ,         ,
      In pas|sion shook.
 
GLENDOWER
                         ,           ,     ,
                        Cousin,| of ma|ny men
         ,         ,            ,           ,         ,
      I do | not bear | these cros|sings. Give | me leave
           ,          ,       ,          ,        ,
      To tell | you once | again,| that at | my birth
            ,           x           ,        ,        ,
      The front | of heaven | was full | of fie|ry shapes,
            ,      ,               ,          ,          ,
      The goats | ran from | the mount|ains, and | the herds
              ,        ,     2    ,          ,         ,
      Were strange|ly clam|orous to | the fright|ed fields:
              ,             ,         ,     ,     x
      These signs | have marked | me ex|traord|inary,
           ,          ,       ,        ,         ,
      And all | the cours|es of | my life | do show,
      ,       ,             ,        ,       ,
      I am | not in | the roll | of com|mon men.
        ,            ,          ,       ,             ,
      Where is | he liv|ing, clipped | in with | the sea,
              ,           ,         ,          ,       2      ,
      That chides | the banks | of Eng|land, Scot|land, and Wales,
              ,         ,       ,          ,        ,
      Which calls | me pup|il, or | hath read | to me?
            ,          ,          ,        ,        ,
      And bring | him out,| that is | but wom|an's son,
            ,         ,        ,   2     ,        ,
      Can trace | me in | the ted|ious ways | of art,
            ,         ,         ,       ,     ,
      And hold | me pace | in deep | exper|iments.
 
HOTSPUR
          ,              ,    T     T    T        ,
      I think | there's no | man speaks bet|ter Welsh:
        ,        ,
      I'll to | dinner.   \\
 
MORTIMER
        T     Tx    T       ,           ,         ,
      Peace cousin Per|cy, you | will make | him mad.
 
GLENDOWER
                ,   ,         ,         ,       ,
      I can / call spir|its from | the vas|ty deep.
 
HOTSPUR
           ,       ,       ,       ,     ,
      Why so | can I,| or so | can an|y man:
            ,           ,          ,         ,          ,
      But will | they come,| when you | do call | for them?
 
GLENDOWER
       ,             ,              x       2     ,          x
      Why, I | can teach | thee, cousin,| to command | the devil.
 
HOTSPUR
          ,         ,              x          ,           x
      And I | can teach | thee, cousin,| to shame | the devil,
          ,         ,       T    T     .    T           x
      By tel|ling truth.| Tell truth, and shame | the devil.
       ,     2         x          ,           ,          ,
      If thou have | power to | raise him,| bring him | hither,
            ,         ,      2       x          ,           ,
      And I'll | be sworn,| I have power | to shame | him hence.
            ,           ,      T    T     .    T           x
      Oh,^while | you live,| tell truth, and shame | the devil.
 
MORTIMER
        T     T    T     ,    2          ,    3 3     ,
      Come, come, no | more of this | unprof|itable chat.
 
GLENDOWER
               ,           ,      ,       ,            ,
      Three* times | hath Hen|ry Bol|ingbroke | made^head
          ,          x        ,                ,         ,
      Against | my power:| thrice from | the banks | of Wye,
           ,      ,         ,         ,        ,        ->
      And san|dy-bot|tomed Sev|ern, have | I sent || him
        ,         ,         ,        ,        ,
      Boot|less home,| and weath|er-beat|en back.
 
HOTSPUR
        ,             ,
      Home with|out boots,
                                     ,   ,        ,
                          And in / foul weath|er too,
             ,        ,   ,            ,         ,
      How scapes | he ag|ues in | the dev|il's name?
 
GLENDOWER
        T      T    .   T
      Come, here's the map:
                             ,           ,           ,
                           Shall we | divide | our right,
         ,        ,         ,         ,       ,
      Accord|ing to | our three|fold^ord|er tane?
 
MORTIMER
            ,   ,         ,      ,      __
      The arch|deacon | hath di|vided | it  ??
               ,    ,        ,     ,     ,
      Into / three lim|its, ve|ry eq|ually:
       ,               ,          ,        ,      ,
      England,| from Trent,| and Sev|ern, hith|erto,
           ,           ,        ,        ,         ,
      By south | and east,| is to | my part | assigned:
            ,          ,         ,         ,        ,
      All west|ward, Wales,| beyond | the Sev|ern shore,
           ,          ,         ,        ,           ,
      And all | the fert|ile land | within | that bound,
          ,      ,    x                 ,        ,
      To Ow|en Glen|dower: and | dear* coz,| to you
           ,         ,          ,      ,           ,
      The rem|nant north|ward, ly|ing off | from Trent.
           ,       ,         ,       ,          ,
      And our | inden|tures tri|partite | are drawn:
        T     Tx     T      ,      ,     ___
      Which being sealed | inter|changea|bly,  ??
          ,          ,           ,          ,    ,
      (A bus|iness that | this night | may ex|ecute)
         ,        ,       ,       ,        ,
      Tomor|row, cous|in Per|cy, you | and I,
       ,               ,         ,                 ,    ,
      And my | good* Lord | of Worce|ster, will / set forth,
           ,          ,        ,          ,         x
      To meet | your fath|er, and | the Scot|tish power,
          ,       ,       ,         ,    ,
      As is | appoint|ed us | at Shrews|bury.
          ,        ,    x         T   T  .  T
      My fath|er Glen|dower is | not ready^yet,
       ,               ,          ,            ,         ,
      Nor shall | we need | his help | these four|teen^days:
          ,           ,          ,           ,        ,      2->
      Within | that space,| you may | have drawn | togeth||er
            ,           ,            ,      2    ,      ,
      Your ten|ants, friends,| and neigh|boring gent|lemen.
 
GLENDOWER
          ,        ,            ,        ,          ,
      A short|er time | shall send | me to | you, lords:
           ,       ,    ,                ,        ,
      And in | my con|duct shall | your lad|ies come,
             ,         ,           ,           ,         ,
      From whom | you now | must steal,| and take | no leave,
            ,           ,       ,         ,       ,
      For there | will be | a world | of wat|er shed,
        ,         ,        ,          ,          ,
      Upon | the part|ing of | your wives | and you.
 
HOTSPUR
           ,          x        ,           ,        ,
      Methinks | my moie|ty, north | from Bur|ton here,
           ,     ,   ,             ,         ,
      In quan|tity | equals | not one | of yours:
       ,               ,       ,          ,        ,
      See, how | this riv|er comes | me crank|ing in,
            ,         ,          ,        ,         ,
      And cuts | me from | the best | of all | my land,
      .   T    T    T        ,          ,      ,
      A huge half-moon,| a monst|rous cant|le out,
        ,      2       ,         ,          T      T    T
      I'll have the | current | in this | place dammed up,
            ,          ,         ,        ,            ,
      And here | the smug | and silv|er Trent | shall run,
              ,    ,         ,        ,     ,
      In a / new chan|nel, fair | and ev|enly:
       .   T    T    T           ,        ,        ,
      It shall not wind | with such | a deep | indent,
          ,             ,   ,       ,        ,
      To rob | me of / so rich | a bot|tom here.
 
GLENDOWER
            ,         ,          ,         ,         ,
      Not wind?| It shall,| it must,| you see | it doth.
 
MORTIMER
       ,           ,             ,            ,
      Yea, but | mark how | he bears | his course,
      <-      ,         ,          ,       ,      3  3    ,        ,
        And runs || me up,| with like | advant|age on the oth|er side,
       ,           2   ,       ,     ,         ,
      Gelding | the oppos|ed cont|inent | as much,
          ,       ,        ,         ,           ,
      As on | the oth|er side | it takes | from you.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
       ,            ,         ,             ,           ,
      Yea, but | a lit|tle charge | will trench | him here,
       ,    2         T     T   T           ,         ,
      And on this | north side win | this cape | of land,
            ,         ,       ,           ,      oo
      And then | he runs | straight and | even.|
 
HOTSPUR
             ,        ,      ,         ,            x
      I'll have | it so,| a lit|tle charge | will do it.
 
GLENDOWER
            ,      ,        ,
      I'll not | have it | altered.
 
HOTSPUR
                                      T   T   T
                                    Will not you?
 
GLENDOWER
       T   T   T      T    T
      No, nor you | shall not.
 
HOTSPUR
                                T           ,         ,  ->
                               Who | shall say || me nay?
 
GLENDOWER
       ,               ,
      Why, that | will I.
 
HOTSPUR
      <- T   T  T      ,      ,           ,     ,              ___
        Let me not || under|stand you | then, speak / it in | Welsh.
 
GLENDOWER
                ,    ,          ,         ,        ,
      I can / speak Eng|lish, lord,| as well | as you:
          ,          ,       ,           ,         ,
      For I | was trained | up in | the Eng|lish court:
        ,     ,             ,           ,              ,
      Where, be/ing but | young, I | framed to | the harp
       ,         ,        ,        ,       ,
      Many | an Eng|lish dit|ty, love|ly well,
            ,           ,         ,       ,     ,
      And gave | the tongue | a help|ful orn|ament;
         ,        ,         ,       ,        ,
      A vir|tue that | was nev|er seen | in you.
 
HOTSPUR
       ,       ,   2       ,    2           ,         ,
      Marry,| and I am | glad of it | with all | my heart,
       2     ,       ,      ,              ,   ,
      I had rath|er be | a kit|ten, and / cry mew,
            ,      2        ,    ,       ,       ,
      Than one | of these same-|meter | ballad-|mongers:
       2     ,        ,       ,         x             ,
      I had rath|er hear | a braz|en candle|stick* turned,
              ,    ,       ,             ,      ,
      Or a / dry wheel | grate on | the ax|le-tree,
            ,           ,         ,      ,             ,
      And that | would set | my teeth | nothing | on edge,
       ,             ,        ,        ,    ,
      Nothing | so much,| as min|cing po|etry;
             ,           ,       ,           ,         ,
      'Tis like | the forced | gait of | a shuf|fling nag.
 
GLENDOWER
       __     ,            T    T      T     oo
      Come,| you shall | have Trent turned.|
 
HOTSPUR
         ,          ,           ,       ,               ,
      I do | not* care:| I'll give | thrice so | much land
         ,      ,      ,          ,     oo
      To an|y well-|deserv|ing friend;|
           ,        ,        ,          ,        ,
      But in | the way | of bar|gain, mark | ye me,
            ,      ,         ,       ,           ,
      I'll cav|il on | the ninth | part of | a hair.
       ,           ,          ,            ,        ,
      Are the | inden|tures drawn?| Shall we | be gone?
 
GLENDOWER
       .    T     T     T
      The moon shines fair,
                                 ,      ,         ,
                            you may | away | by night:
             ,          ,        ,        ,    oo
      I'll haste | the writ|er; and | withal,|
        ,                 ,          ,       ,         ,
      Break with | your wives,| of your | depart|ure hence:
      ,         ,          ,               ,   ,
      I am | afraid | my daught|er will / run mad,
           ,         ,       ,        ,     ,
      So much | she dot|eth on | her Mort|imer.
 
[Exit GLENDOWER]
 
MORTIMER
       T     Tx    T       ,          ,         ,       2->
      Fie, cousin Per|cy, how | you cross | my fath||er.
 
HOTSPUR
         ,         ,           ,        ,       ,
      I can|not choose:| sometime | he ang|ers me,
            ,        ,              ,   ,       2     ,
      With tel|ling me | of the / moldwarp | and the ant,
        2      ,       ,        ,          ,      ,
      Of the dream|er Mer|lin, and | his proph|ecies;
           ,      ,        ,       ,         ,
      And of | a drag|on, and | a fin|less fish,
      .   T     T      Tx      ,       ,        ,
      A clip-winged griffin,| and a | molten | raven,
          ,        ,      ,        ,       ,
      A couch|ing li|on, and | a ramp|ing cat,
            ,        ,         ,        ,        ,
      And such | a deal | of skim|ble-skam|ble stuff,
           ,         ,         ,         ,          ,
      As puts | me from | my faith,| I tell | you what,
           ,         ,      ,           T     T    T
      He held | me last | night, at | least nine hours,
           ,    2    ,         ,       ,         ,
      In reck|oning up | the seve|ral dev|ils' names,
        ,      2        ,
      That were his | lackeys:  \\
          ,      ,           ,         ,
      I cried | hum, and | well, go | to,
      <-         ,           T  .   T   T       ,       ,      , ->
        But | marked him || not a word. O,| he is | as ted||ious
               ,     ,        ,         ,
      As a / tired horse,| a rail|ing wife,
        ,             ,       ,      2     ,        ,
      Worse than | a smo|ky house.| I had rath|er live
              ,          ,                ,   ,   ,
      With cheese | and garl|ic in a // windmill far,
             ,         ,           ,          ,        ,
      Than feed | on cates | and have | him talk | to me,
         ,     ,        ,          ,       ,
      In an|y sum|mer-house | in Christ|endom.
 
MORTIMER
           ,         ,        ,       ,     ,
      In faith | he was | a worth|y gent|leman,
         ,             ,    ,         ,     ,
      Exceed|ingly / well read,| and prof|ited,
            ,           ,
      In strange | conceal|ments: \\
       ,          2    x       2     ,      ,    ,
      Valiant | as a lion,| and wondros|us af|fable,
       ,        ,      ,          ,         , 2
      And as | bounti|ful, as | mines of | India.
        ,         ,         ,
      Shall I | tell you,| cousin,  \\
           ,           ,       ,       ,        ,
      He holds | your temp|er in | a high | respect,
            ,          ,    ,        2     ,         ,
      And curbs | himself,| even | of his na|tural scope,
                   ,     ,          ,        ,          ,
      When you / come 'cross | his hum|or: faith | he does.
         ,        ,          ,        ,       ,
      I war|rant you,| that man | is not | alive,
              ,          ,       ,        ,           ,
      Might* so | have tempt|ed him,| as you | have done,
           ,          ,         ,        ,        ,
      Without | the taste | of dang|er, and | reproof:
           ,        ,        ,     ,    2     ,
      But do | not use | it oft,| let me en|treat you.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
           ,          ,     ,              ,        ,
      In faith,| my lord,| you are | too* wil|ful-blame,
            ,           ,       ,      2       ,       ,
      And since | your com|ing hith|er, have done | enough,
          ,          ,         ,         ,     ,
      To put | him quite | beside | his pa|tience.
                   ,     ,       ,           ,           ,
      You must / needs learn,| lord, to | amend | this fault:
               ,               ,    ,          ,          ,
      Though some|times it / show great|ness, cour|age, blood,
             ,          ,         ,         ,        ,
      And that's | the dear|est grace | it rend|ers you;
           ,      ,          ,         ,            ,
      Yet of|tentimes | it doth | present | harsh^rage,  ??
       T  T   .  T          ,        ,       ,
      Defect of man|ners, want | of gov|ernment,
        ,      ,              ,        ,         ,
      Pride, haught/iness,| opin|ion, and | disdain:
            ,          ,       ,           ,     ,
      The least | of which,| haunting | a nob|leman,
       ,         T      T     .     T         ,        ,
      Loseth | men's hearts, and leaves | behind | a stain
        ,          ,           ,    ,         ,
      Upon | the beaut|y of / all parts | besides,
         ,         ,        ,      ,    ,
      Beguil|ing them | of com|menda|tion.
 
HOTSPUR
        ,              ,
      Well, I | am schooled:
                                  ,        ,          ,
                            Good man|ners be | your speed;
             ,          ,          ,         ,          ,
      Here come | our wives,| and let | us take | our leave.
 
[Enter GLENDOWER with the ladies]
 
MORTIMER
            ,         ,       ,           ,       ,
      This is | the dead|ly spite,| that ang|ers me,
           ,          ,         ,        ,        ,
      My wife | can speak | no Eng|lish, I | no Welsh.
 
GLENDOWER
           ,         ,                 ,    ,          ,
      My daught|er weeps,| she will / not part | with you,
              ,      ,        ,       ,              ,
      She'll be | a sol|dier too,| she'll to | the wars.
 
MORTIMER
             ,        ,                 ,             ,      ,
      Good* fath|er tell | her, that | she and | my aunt || Percy
             ,        2        ,   ,      ,   2
      Shall fol|low in your / conduct | speedily.
 
[Glendower speaks to her in Welsh, and she answers him in the same]
 
GLENDOWER
       ,        ,           __
      She is | desperate | here:  \\
          ,        ,    ,        ,    ___
      A peevi|sh self-|willed | harlo|try,  ??
       ,          ,      ,     2       T   T  . T
      One that | no per|suasion can | do good upon.
 
[The lady speaks in Welsh]
 
MORTIMER
         ,      ,           ,            ,       ,
      I und|erstand | thy looks:| that pret|ty Welsh
                      ,     ,        2        ,          x
      Which thou / pourst down | from these^swel|ling heavens,
              ,   ,        ,        ,          ,
      I am / too per|fect in:| and but | for shame,
           ,       ,         ,        ,        ,
      In such | a par|ley should | I ans|wer thee.
 
[The lady speaks again in Welsh]
         ,      ,          ,               ,    ,
      I und|erstand | thy kis|ses, and / thou mine,
             ,        ,        ,     ,    ,
      And that's | a feel|ing dis|puta|tion:
          ,         ,      ,      ,         ,
      But I | will nev|er be | a tru|ant, love,
           ,           ,            ,         ,           ,
      Till I | have learned | thy lang|uage: for | thy tongue
              ,          ,         ,         ,        ,
      Makes^Welsh | as sweet | as dit|ties high|ly penned,
        ,           ,      ,           ,          x
      Sung by | a fair | queen in | a sum|mer's bower,
            ,     ,        ,       ,         ,
      With rav|ishing | divis|ion to | her lute.
 
GLENDOWER
       ,          T    T     T          ,         ,
      Nay, if | thou melt, then | will she | run mad.
 
[The lady speaks again in Welsh]
 
MORTIMER
      ,   2      ,   2         ,         ,
      O, I am | ignorance^|itself | in this.
 
GLENDOWER
                                                   ,        ->
                                             She bids || you,
       ,        ,        ,      ,          ,
      On | the want|on rush|es lay | you down,
            ,          ,        ,      ,         ,
      And rest | your gent|le head | upon | her lap,
           ,           ,          ,           ,        ,
      And she | will sing | the song | that pleas|eth you,
           ,         ,    T    T    .   T         ,
      And on | your eye|lids crown the god | of sleep,
        ,               ,            ,        ,      ,
      Charming | your blood | with pleas|ing heav|iness;
       ,         ,   ,               T     T   .    T
      Making | such dif/ference | 'twixt wake and sleep,
          ,        ,     2         ,    ,          ,
      As is | the dif|ference be/twixt day | and night,
            ,        ,           x       ,           ,
      The hour | before | the heaven|ly-harn|essed team
          ,         ,        ,        ,         ,
      Begins | his gold|en prog|ress in | the east.
 
MORTIMER
            ,         ,           ,          ,          ,
      With all | my heart | I'll sit,| and hear | her sing:
       ,          ,               ,        ,          ,
      By that | time will | our book,| I think,| be drawn.
 
GLENDOWER
       ,
      Do so:  \\
            ,        ,         ,            ,        ,
      And those | musi|cians that | shall play | to you,
        ,            ,        ,          ,             ,
      Hang in | the air | a thous|and leagues | from hence;
              ,             ,          ,     ,             ,
      And straight | they shall | be here:| sit, and | attend.
 
HOTSPUR
        ,    ,                ,            ,       ,
      Come Kate,/ thou art | perfect | in ly|ing down:
        T     T      T          ,        ,         ,               , ->
      Come, quick, quick,| that I | may lay | my head || in thy / lap.
 
LADY PERCY
       ,       ,       ,
      Go,| ye gid|dy goose.  \\
 
[The music plays]
 
HOTSPUR
       ,           ,           x              ,     ,
      Now I | perceive | the devil | under/stands Welsh,
       .    T   T   T      ,       ,    ,   2
      And 'tis no marv|el he | is so | humorous:
        2     ,     ,            ,   ,  ,
      By our la|dy he | is a / good mus|ician.
 
LADY PERCY
              ,          ,    ,             ,    ,
      Then should | you be | nothing | but mus|ical,
           ,         ,    ,       ,         ,    ,
      For you | are al|togeth|er gov|erned by | humors:
             ,          ,           ,         ,      ,         ,
      Lie* still | ye thief,| and hear | the la|dy sing | in Welsh.
 
HOTSPUR
       2     ,        ,     ,          ,       ,       ,
      I had rath|er hear |(Lady)| my brach | howl in | Irish.  (hex with prev two)
 
LADY PERCY
         T      T    T          ,     ,
      Wouldst thou have | thy head | broken?
 
HOTSPUR
                                              __
                                              No.
 
LADY PERCY
        ,         ,
      Then be | still.
 
HOTSPUR
                       ,                  ,         ,
                      Neith/er, 'tis | a wom|an's fault.
 
LADY PERCY
       ,          ,
      Now God | help thee.
 
HOTSPUR
                                     ,    ,       ,
                          To the / Welsh la|dy's bed.
 
LADY PERCY
What's that?
 
HOTSPUR
Peace, she sings.
 
[Here the lady sings a Welsh song]
 
HOTSPUR
        ,       2         T    T   T
      Come, I'll have | your song too.  \\
 
LADY PERCY
            ,      2        ,
      Not mine,| in good* sooth.
 
HOTSPUR
            ,                ,
      Not yours,| in good* sooth?  (match prev)
            ,       ,       ,       ,         __
      You swear | like a | comfit-|maker's | wife.
           ,      2        ,      ,          ,           ,
      Not you,| in good* sooth;| and, as | true as | I live;
         2    ,            ,         ,         ,        ,
      And as God | shall mend | me; and,| as sure | as day:
       .    T     T    T         ,      ,          ,
      And givst such sarce|net sure|ty for | thy oaths,
          ,         ,        ,      ,     2         ,   2
      As if | thou nev|er walkst | further than | Finsbury.
        ,          T     T  .  T      ,         ,
      Swear me,| Kate, like a la|dy, as | thou art,
      .   T    T    T         ,          ,          ,
      A good mouth-fil|ling oath:| and leave | in sooth,
            ,     ,            ,       ,       ,
      And such | protest | of pep|per-gin|gerbread,
          ,         ,          ,        ,     ,
      To vel|vet guards,| and Sun|day* cit|izens.
       __     __
      Come,| sing.
 
LADY PERCY
                            ,    ,
                  I will / not sing.
 
HOTSPUR
'Tis the next way to turn tailor, or be red-breast teacher: and the indentures be drawn, I'll away within these two hours: and so come in, when ye will.
 
[Exit]
 
GLENDOWER
              ,          ,     ,     ,             ,
      Come* come,| Lord^Mort|imer,| you are | as slow,
       .  T    T   T      ,        ,        ,
      As hot Lord Per|cy is | on fire | to go.
           ,          ,         ,       ,           ,
      By this | our book | is drawn:| we'll but | seal,
      <-          ,         ,       ,  3  3
         And || then to | horse im|mediately.
 
MORTIMER
                                                   ,         ,
                                             With all | my heart.
 
[Exeunt]

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