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London. The palace.
[Enter KING HENRY IV, PRINCE HENRY, and others]
KING HENRY IV
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Lords, give us leave:
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the Prince | of Wales,|
and I,
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Must have | some priv|ate confe|rence: \\
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but be
near at hand, \\ ????
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For we | shall pres|ently | have need | of you.
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I know | not wheth|er heaven | will have | it so,
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For some | displeas|ing serv|ice I | have done;
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That in | his sec|ret doom,| out of | my blood,
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He'll breed | revenge|ment, and | a scourge | for
me:
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But thou | dost^in | thy pas|sages | of life,
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Make me | believe | that thou | art on|ly marked
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For the / hot venge|ance, and | the rod | of
heaven
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To pun|ish my | mistread|ings. Tell | me else,
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Could such | inord|inate | and low | desires,
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Such^poor,| such^bare,| such^lewd,| such^mean |
attempts,
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Such bar|ren pleas|ures, rude | soci|ety,
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As thou | art matched | withal | and graft|ed to,
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Accomp|any | the great|ness of | thy blood,
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And hold | their lev|el with | thy prince|ly
heart?
PRINCE HENRY
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So please | your maj|esty,| I would | I could
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Quit all offens|es with | as clear | excuse,
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As well | as I | am doubt|less I | can purge
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Myself | of ma|ny I | am charged | withal:
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Yet such | exten|ua|tion let | me beg,
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As in | reproof | of ma|ny tales | devised,
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Which^oft | the ear | of great|ness needs | must
hear,
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By smil|ing pick-|thanks, and base news-|mongers;
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I may | for some | things true, where|in my youth
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Hath faul|ty wand|ered, and | irreg|ular,
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Find pard/on on | my true | submis|sion.
KING HENRY IV
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Heaven pardon / thee:
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yet | let me |
wonder,| Harry,
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At thy | affec|tions, which | do hold | a wing
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Quite from | the flight | of all | thy
an|cestors.
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Thy place | in coun|cil thou | hast rude|ly lost,
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Which by | thy young|er broth|er is | supplied;
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And art | almost | an a|lien to | the hearts
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Of all | the court | and prin|ces of | my blood.
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The hope | and ex|pecta|tion of | thy time
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Is ru|ined, and | the soul | of eve|ry man
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Prophet|ically | doth forethink | thy fall.
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Had I | so lav|ish of | my pres|ence been,
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So com|mon-hack|neyed^in | the eyes | of men,
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So stale | and cheap | to vul|gar comp|any;
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Opin|ion, that | did help | me to | the crown,
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Had still | kept loy/al to | posses|sion,
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And left | me in | repute|less ban|ishment,
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A fel|low of / no mark,| nor like|lihood.
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By be|ing sel|dom seen,| I could | not stir,
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But like | a com|et, I | was wond|ered at,
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That men | would tell | their child|ren, This |
is he:
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Others would | say; Where, which | is
Bol|ingbroke.
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And then | I stole | all court/esy | from heaven,
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And dressed | myself | in such | humil|ity,
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That I | did pluck | alleg|iance from / men's
hearts,
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Loud shouts and sal|uta|tions from | their
mouths,
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Even | in the pres|ence of | the crown|ed king.
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Thus did | I keep | my pers|on fresh | and new,
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My pres|ence like | a robe | pontif|ical,
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Nere* seen,| but wond|ered at:| and so | my
state,
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Seldom | but sump|tuous,| showed like a feast,
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And won | by rare|ness such | solem|nity.
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The skip|ping king | he am|bled up | and down,
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With shal|low jest|ers, and / rash bav|in wits,
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Soon kind/led, and | soon burnt, card|ed his
state,
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Mingled | his roy|alty | with cape|ring fools,
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Had his / great name | profan|ed with | their
scorns,
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And gave | his count|enance,| against | his name,
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To laugh | at gib|ing boys,| and stand | the push
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Of eve|ry beard|less vain | compar|ative;
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Grew a | compan|ion to | the com|mon streets,
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Enfeoffed | himself | to pop|ular|ity:
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That be|ing dai|ly swal|lowed by / men's eyes,
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They surf|eited | with hon|ey, and | began
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To loathe | the taste | of sweet|ness, where|of a
little
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More than | a lit|tle, is | by much | too* much.
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So when | he had | occa|sion to | be seen,
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He was | but as | the cuck|oo is | in June,
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Heard, not | regard|ed: seen | but with / such
eyes,
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As sick | and blunt|ed with | commun|ity,
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Afford | no ex|traord|inar|y gaze,
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Such as is | bent on | sun-like maj|esty,
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When it / shines sel|dom in | admir|ing eyes:
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But rath|er drowsed,| and hung | their
eye|lids^down,
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Slept in his | face, and | rendered | such aspect
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As clou|dy men | use to | their ad|versaries,
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Being with | his pres|ence glut|ted, gorged,| and
full.
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And in | that ve|ry line,| Harry,| standst^thou*:
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For thou | hast lost | thy prince|ly priv|ilege,
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With vile | parti|cipa|tion, not | an eye
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But is | a-wea|ry of | thy com|mon sight,
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Save mine, which | hath desired | to see | thee
more:
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Which now | doth that / I would | not have | it
do,
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Make blind itself | with fool|ish tend|erness.
PRINCE HENRY
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I shall | hereaft|er, my / thrice gra|cious lord,
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Be more | myself.
KING HENRY IV
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For all | the world (di with prev?)
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As thou | art to this hour,| was Rich|ard
then,
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When I | from France | set foot at
Rav|enspurgh;
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And even | as I | was then,| is Per|cy now.
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Now, by | my scep|ter, and | my soul | to boot,
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He hath | more worth|y inte|rest to | the state
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Than thou | the shad|ow of | succes|sion;
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For of / no right,| nor col|or like | to
right,
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He doth fill fields | with harn|ess in | the
realm,
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Turns head against | the li|on's arm|ed jaws;
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And being | no more | in debt | to years,| than
thou,
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Leads^an|cient lords,| and reve|rend bish|ops on
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To bloo|dy bat|tles, and | to bruis|ing arms.
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What nev|er-dy|ing hon|or hath | he got,
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Against | renown|ed Doug|las? Whose / high deeds,
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Whose hot | incur|sions, and / great name | in
arms,
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Holds from^|all* sol|diers chief | major|ity,
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And mil|ita|ry tit|le cap|ital.
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Through all | the king|doms that | acknow|ledge
Christ,
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Thrice hath this | Hotspur Mars,| in swadd|ling
clothes,
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This in|fant war|rior, in | his ent|erpris||es,
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Dis|comfited | great^Doug|las, tane | him once,
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Enlarged | him, and | made a | friend of him,
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To fill | the mouth | of deep | defi|ance up,
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And shake | the peace | and safe|ty of | our
throne.
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And what | say you | to this?| Percy,|
Northum|berland,
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The Arch|bishop's| grace of York, Doug|las,
Mort|imer, (hex with prev)
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Capi|tulate | against | us, and | are up.
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But where|fore do | I tell | these^news | to
thee?
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Why, Har/ry, do | I tell | thee of | my foes,
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Which art | my nearst | and dear|est en|emy?
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Thou, that | art like | enough,| through vas|sal
fear,
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Base^in|clina|tion, and | the start | of spleen,
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To fight | against | me und|er Per|cy's pay,
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To dog | his heels,| and curt|sy at | his frowns,
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To show | how much | thou art | degen|erate.
PRINCE HENRY
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Do not | think so,| you shall | not find | it so:
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And heaven | forgive | them, that | so much | have
swayed
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Your maj|esty's^/good thoughts | away | from me:
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I will re|deem all this | on Per|cy's head,
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And in | the clos|ing of / some glor|ious day,
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Be bold | to tell | you, that | I am | your son,
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When I | will wear | a gar|ment all | of blood,
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And stain | my fav|ors in | a bloo|dy mask:
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Which washed | away,| shall scour | my shame |
with it.
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And that | shall be | the day,| whenere | it
lights,
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That this / same child | of hon|or and | renown,
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This gal|lant Hot|spur, this | all-praised
knight,
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And your | unthought-|of Har|ry chance | to meet:
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For eve|ry hon|or sit|ting on | his helm,
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Would they | were mult|itudes,| and on | my head
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My shames | redoub|led. For | the time | will
come,
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That I | shall make | this north|ern youth |
exchange
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His glor|ious deeds | for my | indig|nities:
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Percy | is but | my fac|tor, good | my lord,
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To engross | up glor|ious deeds | on my | behalf:
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And I | will call | him to / so strict | account,
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That he | shall rend|er ev|ery glo|ry up,
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Yea, ev/en the | slightest | worship | of his
time,
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Or I | will tear | the reck|oning from | his
heart.
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This, in | the name | of heaven,| I prom|ise
here:
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The which,| if I | perform,| and do | survive,
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I do | beseech | your maj|esty,| may salve
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The long-grown wounds | of my | intemp|erature:
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If not,| the end | of life | cancels | all*
bands,
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And I | will die | a hund|red thous|and deaths,
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Ere break | the smal|lest par|cel of | this vow.
KING HENRY IV
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A hund|red thous|and reb|els die | in this:
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Thou shalt | have charge,| and sove|reign trust |
herein.
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How now | good* Blunt?| Thy looks | are full | of
speed.
[Enter BLUNT]
SIR WALTER BLUNT
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So hath the | business | that I | come to | speak
of.
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Lord^Mort|imer | of Scot|land hath / sent word,
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That Doug|las and | the Eng|lish reb|els met
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The elev|enth of | this^month,| at Shrews|bury:
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A migh|ty and | a fear|ful head | they are,
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(If prom|ises | be kept | on eve|ry hand)
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As ev|er of|fered foul | play in | a state.
KING HENRY IV
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The Earl | of West|moreland | set forth | today:
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With him | my son,| Lord^John | of Lan|caster,
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For this | adver|tisement is | five days old.
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On Wednes|day next,| Harry thou | shall set |
forward:
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On Thurs|day, we | ourselves | will march.
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Our meet||ing is / Bridgenorth:| and Har|ry, you |
shall march
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Through Glouce|stershire:| | by which |
account,
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Our bus|iness val|ued some | twelve days hence,
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Our gene|ral for|ces at / Bridgenorth | shall
meet.
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Our hands | are full | of bus|iness: let's |
away,
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Advant|age feeds | him fat,| while men | delay.
[Exeunt]