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Henry IV part one

Act III, Scene 2

London. The palace.
 
[Enter KING HENRY IV, PRINCE HENRY, and others]
 
KING HENRY IV
        T      T   .   T
      Lords, give us leave:
                                   ,          ,         ,
                            the Prince | of Wales,| and I,
             ,           ,        ,
      Must have | some priv|ate confe|rence:  \\
       ,       ,       ,
      but be near at hand,  \\  ????
           ,           ,      ,          ,        ,
      For we | shall pres|ently | have need | of you.
          ,     ,              x            ,        ,
      I know | not wheth|er heaven | will have | it so,
            ,         ,        ,       ,          ,
      For some | displeas|ing serv|ice I | have done;
            ,        ,        ,     ,            ,
      That in | his sec|ret doom,| out of | my blood,
              ,         ,          ,         ,           ,
      He'll breed | revenge|ment, and | a scourge | for me:
            ,          ,        ,     ,         ,
      But thou | dost^in | thy pas|sages | of life,
        ,           ,            ,         ,       ,
      Make me | believe | that thou | art on|ly marked
                 ,    ,    ,               ,          x
      For the / hot venge|ance, and | the rod | of heaven
          ,       ,        ,           ,         ,
      To pun|ish my | mistread|ings. Tell | me else,
              ,       ,     ,         ,        ,
      Could such | inord|inate | and low | desires,
             ,           ,           ,           ,         ,
      Such^poor,| such^bare,| such^lewd,| such^mean | attempts,
            ,        ,           ,       ,   ,
      Such bar|ren pleas|ures, rude | soci|ety,
           ,           ,          ,          ,       ,
      As thou | art matched | withal | and graft|ed to,
         ,     ,         ,         ,         ,
      Accomp|any | the great|ness of | thy blood,
            ,           ,       ,          ,         ,
      And hold | their lev|el with | thy prince|ly heart?
 
PRINCE HENRY
            ,           ,    ,        ,         ,
      So please | your maj|esty,| I would | I could
        T   T   . T        ,         ,         ,
      Quit all offens|es with | as clear | excuse,
           ,       ,        ,        ,         ,
      As well | as I | am doubt|less I | can purge
          ,        ,    ,         ,          ,
      Myself | of ma|ny I | am charged | withal:
            ,       ,   ,       ,        ,
      Yet such | exten|ua|tion let | me beg,
          ,       ,         ,      ,         ,
      As in | reproof | of ma|ny tales | devised,
             ,         ,         ,          ,            ,
      Which^oft | the ear | of great|ness needs | must hear,
          ,         ,      T     .    T    T    ,
      By smil|ing pick-|thanks, and base news-|mongers;
         ,          ,       T     T     T     2     ,
      I may | for some | things true, where|in my youth
             ,      ,          ,       ,    ,
      Hath faul|ty wand|ered, and | irreg|ular,
        ,    ,               ,        ,     ,
      Find pard/on on | my true | submis|sion.
 
KING HENRY IV
         x      x
      Heaven pardon / thee:
                                   ,        ,        ,
                            yet | let me | wonder,| Harry,
          ,       ,           ,          ,        ,
      At thy | affec|tions, which | do hold | a wing
        ,                 ,         ,         ,  ,
      Quite from | the flight | of all | thy an|cestors.
            ,          ,        ,           ,       ,
      Thy place | in coun|cil thou | hast rude|ly lost,
        ,              ,       ,        ,        ,
      Which by | thy young|er broth|er is | supplied;
           ,     ,          ,   2   ,          ,
      And art | almost | an a|lien to | the hearts
          ,          ,           ,       ,        ,
      Of all | the court | and prin|ces of | my blood.
            ,         ,     ,       ,         ,
      The hope | and ex|pecta|tion of | thy time
          ,        ,          ,        ,      ,
      Is ru|ined, and | the soul | of eve|ry man
          ,       ,      T    T   T           ,
      Prophet|ically | doth forethink | thy fall.
          ,       ,       ,       ,          ,
      Had I | so lav|ish of | my pres|ence been,
          ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      So com|mon-hack|neyed^in | the eyes | of men,
           ,           ,         ,       ,     ,
      So stale | and cheap | to vul|gar comp|any;
        ,         ,          ,        ,         ,
      Opin|ion, that | did help | me to | the crown,
            ,       ,   ,              ,     ,
      Had still | kept loy/al to | posses|sion,
            ,        ,       ,        ,       ,
      And left | me in | repute|less ban|ishment,
         ,            ,   ,          ,      ,
      A fel|low of / no mark,| nor like|lihood.
          ,      ,         ,        ,           ,
      By be|ing sel|dom seen,| I could | not stir,
            ,       ,      ,        ,         ,
      But like | a com|et, I | was wond|ered at,
            ,            ,            ,          ,        ,
      That men | would tell | their child|ren, This | is he:
       ,    2         T     T      T         ,       ,
      Others would | say; Where, which | is Bol|ingbroke.
            ,        ,      ,    ,                 x
      And then | I stole | all court/esy | from heaven,
             ,          ,         ,       ,    ,
      And dressed | myself | in such | humil|ity,
           ,         ,        ,                 ,      ,
      That I | did pluck | alleg|iance from / men's hearts,
        T     T    .   T    ,         ,             ,
      Loud shouts and sal|uta|tions from | their mouths,
      ,        2     ,         ,         ,        ,
      Even | in the pres|ence of | the crown|ed king.
        ,            ,        ,        ,          ,
      Thus did | I keep | my pers|on fresh | and new,
          ,          ,        ,        ,    ,
      My pres|ence like | a robe | pontif|ical,
              ,         ,         ,        ,        ,
      Nere* seen,| but wond|ered at:| and so | my state,
       ,             ,     ,       T     T  .   T
      Seldom | but sump|tuous,| showed like a feast,
           ,         ,         ,       ,     ,
      And won | by rare|ness such | solem|nity.
            ,         ,        ,       ,         ,
      The skip|ping king | he am|bled up | and down,
             ,        ,               ,   ,       ,
      With shal|low jest|ers, and / rash bav|in wits,
        ,   ,                T    T      T    2      ,
      Soon kind/led, and | soon burnt, card|ed his state,
        ,            ,     ,          ,         ,
      Mingled | his roy|alty | with cape|ring fools,
                  ,     ,        ,       ,             ,
      Had his / great name | profan|ed with | their scorns,
            ,          ,      ,         ,           ,
      And gave | his count|enance,| against | his name,
           ,         ,        ,          ,           ,
      To laugh | at gib|ing boys,| and stand | the push
          ,       ,          ,        ,     ,
      Of eve|ry beard|less vain | compar|ative;
        ,          ,       ,        ,          ,
      Grew a | compan|ion to | the com|mon streets,
        2   ,          ,        ,    ,    ,
      Enfeoffed | himself | to pop|ular|ity:
            ,      ,       ,               ,     ,
      That be|ing dai|ly swal|lowed by / men's eyes,
            ,      ,          ,       ,       ,
      They surf|eited | with hon|ey, and | began
            ,           ,          ,           ,     2     x
      To loathe | the taste | of sweet|ness, where|of a little
        ,            ,        ,        ,          ,
      More than | a lit|tle, is | by much | too* much.
           ,        ,       ,       ,        ,
      So when | he had | occa|sion to | be seen,
          ,         ,        ,       ,        ,
      He was | but as | the cuck|oo is | in June,
        ,             ,         ,                 ,    ,
      Heard, not | regard|ed: seen | but with / such eyes,
           ,          ,        ,        ,    ,
      As sick | and blunt|ed with | commun|ity,
          ,        ,     ,    ,      ,
      Afford | no ex|traord|inar|y gaze,
        ,    2       ,        T    T   T    ,
      Such as is | bent on | sun-like maj|esty,
                   ,    ,       ,      ,        ,
      When it / shines sel|dom in | admir|ing eyes:
           ,         ,            ,           ,         ,
      But rath|er drowsed,| and hung | their eye|lids^down,
        ,     2        ,          ,           T   T  T
      Slept in his | face, and | rendered | such aspect
           ,      ,     ,              ,      x
      As clou|dy men | use to | their ad|versaries,
        x               ,          ,          ,           ,
      Being with | his pres|ence glut|ted, gorged,| and full.
           ,         ,      ,     ,         
      And in | that ve|ry line,| Harry,| standst^thou*:  ??
            ,           ,           ,       ,      ,
      For thou | hast lost | thy prince|ly priv|ilege,
             ,        ,    ,        ,        ,
      With vile | parti|cipa|tion, not | an eye
           ,      ,      ,        ,        ,
      But is | a-wea|ry of | thy com|mon sight,
        T    T     T         2    ,         ,           ,
      Save mine, which | hath desired | to see | thee more:
             ,      ,    ,               ,             ,
      Which now | doth that / I would | not have | it do,
        T    T    .  T          ,        ,       ,
      Make blind itself | with fool|ish tend|erness.
 
PRINCE HENRY
          ,          ,              ,    ,          ,
      I shall | hereaft|er, my / thrice gra|cious lord,
           ,        ,
      Be more | myself.
 
KING HENRY IV
           ,          ,
      For all | the world  (di with prev?)
           ,     T   .   T    T         ,         ,
      As thou | art to this hour,| was Rich|ard then,
           ,           ,      T    T   .  T       ,
      When I | from France | set foot at Rav|enspurgh;
            x       ,         ,        ,      ,
      And even | as I | was then,| is Per|cy now.
       ,             ,        ,         ,         ,
      Now, by | my scep|ter, and | my soul | to boot,
           ,          ,        ,       ,         ,
      He hath | more worth|y inte|rest to | the state
             ,         ,       ,       ,     ,
      Than thou | the shad|ow of | succes|sion;
                ,   ,          ,       ,         ,
      For of / no right,| nor col|or like | to right,
       .   T    T     T           ,        ,         ,
      He doth fill fields | with harn|ess in | the realm,
        T     T  .   T          ,       ,       ,
      Turns head against | the li|on's arm|ed jaws;
            x          ,         ,         ,            ,
      And being | no more | in debt | to years,| than thou,
             ,         ,           ,         ,       ,
      Leads^an|cient lords,| and reve|rend bish|ops on
           ,      ,         ,         ,         ,
      To bloo|dy bat|tles, and | to bruis|ing arms.
            ,      ,      ,       ,        ,
      What nev|er-dy|ing hon|or hath | he got,
          ,        ,        ,                 ,    ,
      Against | renown|ed Doug|las? Whose / high deeds,
             ,       ,                 ,     ,         ,
      Whose hot | incur|sions, and / great name | in arms,
        ,               ,          ,        ,    ,
      Holds from^|all* sol|diers chief | major|ity,  ??
           ,    ,     ,      ,    ,
      And mil|ita|ry tit|le cap|ital.
               ,          ,         ,        ,           ,
      Through all | the king|doms that | acknow|ledge Christ,
         ,       2        T   T    T         ,           ,
      Thrice hath this | Hotspur Mars,| in swadd|ling clothes,
            ,       ,    2    ,        ,     ,      ->
      This in|fant war|rior, in | his ent|erpris||es,
       ,   ,   2             ,         ,          ,
      Dis|comfited | great^Doug|las, tane | him once,
           ,      ,           ,         T    T  T
      Enlarged | him, and | made a | friend of him,
           ,          ,          ,       ,       ,
      To fill | the mouth | of deep | defi|ance up,
            ,           ,           ,      ,          ,
      And shake | the peace | and safe|ty of | our throne.
            ,     ,             ,     ,           ,       ,
      And what | say you | to this?| Percy,| Northum|berland,
            ,   ,          T    .   T     T        ,     ,
      The Arch|bishop's| grace of York, Doug|las, Mort|imer,  (hex with prev)
         ,     ,        ,          ,         ,
      Capi|tulate | against | us, and | are up.
            ,         ,       ,            ,         ,
      But where|fore do | I tell | these^news | to thee?
       ,    ,               ,          ,        ,
      Why, Har/ry, do | I tell | thee of | my foes,
             ,          ,          ,       ,    ,
      Which art | my nearst | and dear|est en|emy?
        ,                ,       ,              ,        ,
      Thou, that | art like | enough,| through vas|sal fear,
            ,     ,        ,          ,           ,
      Base^in|clina|tion, and | the start | of spleen,
           ,         ,         ,      ,        ,
      To fight | against | me und|er Per|cy's pay,
          ,          ,           ,      ,          ,
      To dog | his heels,| and curt|sy at | his frowns,
           ,          ,          ,       ,     ,
      To show | how much | thou art | degen|erate.
 
PRINCE HENRY
          ,      ,         ,                ,        ,
      Do not | think so,| you shall | not find | it so:
             x          ,      ,               ,            ,
      And heaven | forgive | them, that | so much | have swayed
            ,            ,      ,        ,          ,
      Your maj|esty's^/good thoughts | away | from me:
      ,     2     T   T    T        ,         ,
      I will re|deem all this | on Per|cy's head,
           ,        ,              ,   ,         ,
      And in | the clos|ing of / some glor|ious day,
           ,         ,           ,       ,         ,
      Be bold | to tell | you, that | I am | your son,
           ,          ,       ,        ,         ,
      When I | will wear | a gar|ment all | of blood,
            ,         ,       ,       ,       ,
      And stain | my fav|ors in | a bloo|dy mask:
               ,       ,            ,          ,           ,
      Which washed | away,| shall scour | my shame | with it.
            ,           ,        ,         ,          ,
      And that | shall be | the day,| whenere | it lights,
                    ,    ,         ,      ,        ,
      That this / same child | of hon|or and | renown,
            ,        ,    ,           T     T       T
      This gal|lant Hot|spur, this | all-praised knight,
            ,         ,         ,        ,          ,
      And your | unthought-|of Har|ry chance | to meet:
           ,      ,      ,        ,         ,
      For eve|ry hon|or sit|ting on | his helm,
              ,           ,     ,          ,        ,
      Would they | were mult|itudes,| and on | my head
            ,         ,        ,          ,           ,
      My shames | redoub|led. For | the time | will come,
           ,           ,           ,         ,          ,
      That I | shall make | this north|ern youth | exchange
           ,          ,          ,      ,      ,
      His glor|ious deeds | for my | indig|nities:
       ,          ,        ,         ,         ,
      Percy | is but | my fac|tor, good | my lord,
        2     ,        ,    2     ,         ,       ,
      To engross | up glor|ious deeds | on my | behalf:
          ,          ,              ,    ,         ,
      And I | will call | him to / so strict | account,
            ,          ,      ,       ,      ,
      That he | shall rend|er ev|ery glo|ry up,
       ,    ,            ,          ,          2      ,
      Yea, ev/en the | slightest | worship | of his time,
         ,          ,          ,    2     ,          ,
      Or I | will tear | the reck|oning from | his heart.
        ,              ,          x        ,         ,
      This, in | the name | of heaven,| I prom|ise here:
            ,        ,        ,         ,        ,
      The which,| if I | perform,| and do | survive,
         ,       ,           ,    ,          ,
      I do | beseech | your maj|esty,| may salve
       .    T    T      T         ,      ,       ,
      The long-grown wounds | of my | intemp|erature:
          ,         ,         ,     ,               ,
      If not,| the end | of life | cancels | all* bands,
          ,         ,       ,         ,          ,
      And I | will die | a hund|red thous|and deaths,
            ,           ,        ,       ,         ,
      Ere break | the smal|lest par|cel of | this vow.
 
KING HENRY IV
         ,         ,        ,       ,         ,
      A hund|red thous|and reb|els die | in this:
             ,            ,            ,          ,          ,
      Thou shalt | have charge,| and sove|reign trust | herein.
           ,            ,           ,           ,         ,
      How now | good* Blunt?| Thy looks | are full | of speed.
 
[Enter BLUNT]
 
SIR WALTER BLUNT
       ,     2       ,           ,        ,         ,
      So hath the | business | that I | come to | speak of.
            ,     ,         ,                ,    ,
      Lord^Mort|imer | of Scot|land hath / sent word,
             ,       ,         ,        ,       ,
      That Doug|las and | the Eng|lish reb|els met
         2  ,        ,          ,           ,    ,
      The elev|enth of | this^month,| at Shrews|bury:
          ,      ,        ,        ,          ,
      A migh|ty and | a fear|ful head | they are,
           ,     ,         ,        ,       ,
      (If prom|ises | be kept | on eve|ry hand)
          ,     ,         ,      ,           ,
      As ev|er of|fered foul | play in | a state.
 
KING HENRY IV
            ,         ,    ,              ,        ,
      The Earl | of West|moreland | set forth | today:
        ,            ,           ,        ,     ,
      With him | my son,| Lord^John | of Lan|caster,
            ,       ,          x       T    T   T
      For this | adver|tisement is | five days old.
            ,         ,     ,                  ,     ,
      On Wednes|day next,| Harry thou | shall set | forward:
           ,         ,         ,            ,
      On Thurs|day, we | ourselves | will march.
      <-     ,                ,    ,          ,       ,            ,
        Our meet||ing is / Bridgenorth:| and Har|ry, you | shall march
                 ,         ,     oo        ,         ,
      Through Glouce|stershire:|    | by which | account,
           ,         ,        ,       T     T    T
      Our bus|iness val|ued some | twelve days hence,
            ,       ,              ,    ,             ,
      Our gene|ral for|ces at / Bridgenorth | shall meet.
            ,           ,        ,           ,        ,
      Our hands | are full | of bus|iness: let's | away,
         ,         ,          ,           ,       ,
      Advant|age feeds | him fat,| while men | delay.
 
[Exeunt]

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