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Henry IV part one

Act IV, Scene 3

The rebel camp near Shrewsbury.
 
[Enter HOTSPUR, WORCESTER, DOUGLAS, and VERNON]
 
HOTSPUR
              ,           ,        ,
      We'll fight | with him | tonight.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
                                            ,         ,
                                        It may | not be.
 
EARL OF DOUGLAS
            ,          ,       2   ,
      You give | him then | the advant|age.
 
VERNON
                                             ,        ,
                                            Not | a whit.
 
HOTSPUR
           ,         ,     ,         ,            ,
      Why say | you so?| Looks he | not for | supply?
 
VERNON
        2    ,
      So do we.
 
HOTSPUR
                 ,        ,          ,         ,
                His is | certain,| ours is | doubtful.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
             ,       ,       ,            ,        ,
      Good* cous|in be | advised,| stir* not | tonight.
 
VERNON
          ,         ,
      Do not,| my lord.
 
EARL OF DOUGLAS
                            ,         ,        ,
                       You do | not couns|el well:
            ,         ,         ,          ,     ___
      You speak | it out | of fear,| and cold | heart.
 
VERNON
       ,           ,         ,        ,        ,
      Do me | no sland|er, Doug|las: by | my life,
                ,    ,          ,         ,         ,
      And I / dare well | maintain | it with | my life,
           ,       ,       ,      ,        ,
      If well-|respect|ed hon|or bid | me on,
          ,        ,        ,               ,    ,
      I hold | as lit|tle couns|el with / weak fear,
          ,         ,       ,      ,           ,            ,   ->
      As you,| my lord,| or an|y Scot | that this || day* lives.
       ,    2       ,      ,        ,         ,    ->
      Let it be | seen to|morrow | in the || battle,
        ,             ,
      Which of | us fears.
 
EARL OF DOUGLAS
                           ,            ,
                          Yea, or | tonight.
 
VERNON
           ,
      Content.
 
HOTSPUR
                   ,         ,
               Tonight,| say I.
 
VERNON
                                 __     __         ,         , ->
                                Come,| come,|| it may | not be.
         ,        ,     ,        ,         T    T    T        ,        ,
      I wond|er much,| being || men of | such great lead|ing as | you are
            ,         ,     ,            ,     ,
      That you | foresee | not what | imped|iments
        T    T   .   T    ,        ,         ,
      Drag back our^ex|pedi|tion: cert|ain horse
        2    ,        ,              ,   ,          ,
      Of my cous|in Vern|on's are / not yet | come^up,
            ,       ,            ,           ,       ,
      Your unc|le Worce|ster's horse | came^but | today,
           ,            ,          ,       ,      ,
      And now | their pride | and met|tle is | asleep,
             ,                ,   ,       ,          ,
      Their cour|age with / hard lab|or tame | and dull,
            ,        ,          ,          ,      2     ,
      That not | a horse | is half | the half | of himself.
 
HOTSPUR
       ,             ,      ,       ,    ,
      So are | the hors|es of | the en|emy
           ,        ,       ,               ,     ,
      In gene|ral journ|ey-bat|ed, and / brought low:
           ,        ,         ,          ,         ,
      The bet|ter part | of ours | are full | of rest.
 
EARL OF WORCESTER
           ,       ,         ,       ,         ,
      The num|ber of | the king | exceed|eth ours:
            ,       T     Tx      T          ,          ,
      For God's | sake, cousin, stay | till all | come^in.
 
[The trumpet sounds a parley. Enter SIR WALTER BLUNT]
 
SIR WALTER BLUNT
          ,          ,         ,        ,          ,
      I come | with gra|cious of|fers from | the king,
                 ,    ,        ,         ,        ,
      If you / vouchsafe | me hear|ing, and | respect.
 
HOTSPUR
       ,             ,        ,
      Welcome,| Sir Walt|er Blunt:
      <-      ,         ,      ,             ,       ,     ,    ,
        And would | to God || you were | of our | deter|mina|tion.
        ,            ,          ,          x            ,
      Some of | us love | you well:| and even | those^some
       ,            ,        ,                 ,    ,
      Envy | your great | deserv|ings, and / good name,
          ,      ,         ,            ,     ,
      Because | you are | not of | our qual|ity,
            ,         ,          ,       ,    ,
      But stand | against | us like | an en|emy.
 
SIR WALTER BLUNT
             x         ,          ,                  ,    ,
      And heaven | defend,| but still | I should / stand so,
           ,        ,        ,              ,    ,
      So long | as out | of lim|it, and / true rule,
            ,         ,        ,       ,    ,
      You stand | against | anoint|ed maj|esty.
           ,         ,
      But to | my charge.
                               ,           ,         ,
                         The king | hath sent | to know
           ,       ,           ,           ,     ,
      The na|ture of | your griefs,| and where|upon
           ,         ,           ,         ,       ,
      You con|jure from | the breast | of civ|il peace,
             ,       ,     ,    ,              ,    2     , ->
      Such bold | hostil|ity,| teaching | his du||teous land
         ,         ,        ,       2      ,
      Auda|cious cruel|ty. If | that the king
           ,     ,           ,        ,         ,
      Have an|y way | your good | deserts | forgot,
        ,            ,        ,       ,     ,
      Which he | confes|seth to | be man|ifold,
           ,          ,            ,                 ,    ,
      He bids | you name | your griefs,| and with / all speed
       ,            ,             ,           ,     ,
      You shall | have your | desires | with int|erest;
           ,       ,     ,       2      ,          ,
      And pard|on abs|olute | for yourself,| and these,
           ,       ,         ,        ,     ,
      Herein | misled,| by your | sugges|tion.
 
HOTSPUR
            ,         ,
      The king | is kind:
                               ,         ,          ,
                         and well | we know,| the king
        ,               ,        ,          ,        ,
      Knows at | what time | to prom|ise, when | to pay.
          ,        ,    ,       T   T  T
      My fath|er, my | uncle,| and myself,
            ,                 ,   ,     ,        ,
      Did give | him that / same roy|alty | he wears:
            ,              ,   ,          ,        ,
      And when | he was / not six | and twen|ty strong,
        ,              ,          ,      ,             ,
      Sick in | the world's | regard,| wretched,| and low,
          ,         x      T  T     T         ,
      A poor | unminded | outlaw, snea|king home,  ??
           ,       ,         ,        ,         ,
      My fath|er gave | him wel|come to | the shore:
            ,         ,           ,          ,        ,
      And when | he heard | him swear,| and vow | to God,
           ,     ,            ,        ,      ,
      He came | but to | be Duke | of Lan|caster,
          ,         ,    ,        ,          ,
      To sue | his liv|ery,| and beg | his peace,
             ,         ,   2   ,         ,          ,
      With tears | of in|nocency,| and terms | of zeal;
          ,              ,    ,          ,      ,
      My fath|er, in / kind heart | and pi|ty moved,
        ,            ,          ,          ,         ,
      Swore him | assist|ance, and | performed | it too.
       ,                ,          ,       ,         ,
      Now, when | the lords | and bar|ons of | the realm
            ,          ,       ,          ,        ,
      Perceived | Northum|berland | did lean | to him,
            ,          ,          ,         ,          ,
      The more | and less | came^in | with cap | and knee,
       ,            ,          ,        ,     ,
      Met him | in bor|oughs, cit|ies, vil|lages,
         ,       ,         ,         ,          ,
      Attend|ed him | on brid|ges, stood | in lanes,
        T    T    .  T          ,          ,            ,
      Laid gifts before | him, prof|fered him | their oaths,
        ,                ,         ,      ,         ,
      Gave him | their heirs,| as pag|es fol|lowed him,
        x             ,         ,       ,      ,
      Even at | the heels,| in gold|en mult|itudes.
          ,       ,        ,          ,         ,
      He pres|ently,| as great|ness knows | itself,
        ,           ,        ,       ,         ,
      Steps me | a lit|tle high|er than | his vow
        ,           ,         ,           ,           ,
      Made to | my fath|er, while | his blood | was poor,
        ,         ,       ,         ,       ,
      Upon | the nak|ed shore | at Rav|enspurgh:
           ,         ,       T    T  T      2    ,
      And now |(forsooth)| takes on him | to reform
            ,       ,         ,            ,         ,
      Some cert|ain e|dicts,^and | some strait | decrees,
            ,     ,   ,               ,        ,
      That lay | too hea/vy on | the com|monwealth;
        T    T  . T      ,        ,          ,
      Cries out upon | abus|es, seems | to weep
      ,            ,           ,          ,          ,
      Over | his count|ry's wrongs:| and by | this face,
            ,         ,        ,         ,        ,
      This seem|ing brow | of just|ice, did | he win
            ,          ,          ,        ,      ,
      The hearts | of all | that he | did ang|le for.
          ,       ,         ,        ,          ,
      Proceed|ed furth|er, cut | me off | the heads
          ,         ,     2      ,         ,        ,
      Of all | the fav|orites, that | the ab|sent king
          ,    ,        ,        ,          ,
      In dep|uta|tion left | behind | him here,
            ,        ,     2   ,        ,       ,
      When he | was pers|onal in | the Ir|ish war.
 
SIR WALTER BLUNT
       ,         T   T   .   T
      Tut, I | came not to hear | this.
 
HOTSPUR
                                          ,      2      ,
                                        Then | to the point.
           ,           ,       ,       ,           ,
      In short | time^aft|er, he | deposed | the king.
            ,       ,         ,          ,         ,
      Soon^aft|er that,| deprived | him of | his life:
           ,         ,         ,       T    .    T     T
      And in | the neck | of that,| tasked the whole state.
       .   T    T    T      ,               ,        ,
      To make that worse,| suffered | his kins|man March,
       T   T   T    ,       ,              ,
      Who is, if | every | owner | were placed,
          ,          ,        ,       ,          ,
      Indeed | his king,| to be | engaged | in Wales,
        ,          ,   ,             ,   ,
      There, with|out rans/om, to | lie for/feited:
            ,         ,       ,      ,      ,
      Disgraced | me in | my hap|py vic|tories,
         ,            ,        ,      ,      ,
      Sought to | entrap | me by | intel|ligence,
       ,          ,       ,          ,        ,
      Rated | my unc|le from | the coun|cil-board,
           ,         ,          ,        ,          ,
      In rage | dismissed | my fath|er from | the court,
              ,         ,        ,        ,          ,
      Broke^oath | on^oath,| commit|ted wrong | on wrong,
           ,       ,          ,               ,   ,
      And in | conclu|sion, drove | us to / seek out
             ,         ,       ,        ,        ,
      This head | of safe|ty; and | withal,| to pry
       ,  2       ,            ,      T   T
      Into his | title:| the which | we find
      <- T      ,     ,           ,       ,    __
        Too || indi|rect, for | long con|tinu|ance.
 
SIR WALTER BLUNT
        ,           ,          ,       ,         ,
      Shall I | return | this ans|wer to | the king?
 
HOTSPUR
           ,        ,
      Not so,| Sir Walt|er.
                              ,           ,       ,
                            We'll | withdraw | awhile:
       ,            ,         ,           ,        ,
      Go to | the king,| and let | there be | impawned
             ,      ,        ,        ,       ,
      Some sure|ty for | a safe | return | again,
       ,    2       ,         ,        ,         ,
      And in the | morning | early | shall my | uncle
        ,              ,     ,         ,         ,
      Bring him | our pur|poses:| and so | farewell.
 
SIR WALTER BLUNT
          ,           ,         ,         ,           ,
      I would | you would | accept | of grace | and love.
 
HOTSPUR
         2    ,         ,        ,
      And it may | be, so | we shall.
 
SIR WALTER BLUNT
                                              x          ,
                                     Pray* heaven | you do.
 
[Exeunt]

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