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The rebel camp.
[Enter WORCESTER and VERNON]
EARL OF WORCESTER
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O no,| my neph|ew must not | know, Sir | Richard,
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The libe|ral and / kind of|fer of | the king.
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'Twere best | he did.
EARL OF WORCESTER
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Then are | we all | undone.
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It is / not pos|sible,| it can|not be,
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The king | should keep | his word | in lov|ing
us,
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He will | suspect | us still | and find | a time
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To pun|ish this | offense | in oth|ers' faults:
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Suspi|cion, all | our lives,| shall be stuck |
full of eyes;
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For treas|on is | but trust|ed like | the fox,
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Who nere | so tame,| so cher|ished, and / locked
up,
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Will have | a wild | trick of | his an|cestors:
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Look how | we can,| or sad | or mer|rily,
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Inter|preta|tion will | misquote | our looks,
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And we | shall feed | like ox|en at | a stall,
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The bet|ter cher|ished, still | the near|er
death.
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My neph|ew's tres|pass* may | be well | forgot,
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It hath | the excuse | of youth,| and heat | of
blood,
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And an | adopt|ed name | of priv|ilege,
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A hair-brained Hot|spur*, gov|erned by | a
spleen:
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All his | offens|es live | upon | my head,
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And on | his fath|er's. We | did train | him on,
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And his | corrup|tion be|ing tane | from us,
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We as | the spring | of all,| shall pay | for
all:
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Therefore | good* cous|in, let | not Har|ry know
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In an|y case,| the of|fer of | the king.
VERNON
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Deliv|er what | you will,| I'll say |'tis so.
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Here comes | your cousin.
[Enter HOTSPUR and DOUGLAS]
HOTSPUR
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My unc|le is | returned,
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Deliv|er up | my Lord | of West|moreland.
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Uncle,| what news? \\
EARL OF WORCESTER
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The king | will bid | you bat|tle pres|ently.
EARL OF DOUGLAS
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Defy | him by | the Lord | of West|moreland.
HOTSPUR
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Lord Doug|las: go | you and | tell him | so.
EARL OF DOUGLAS
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Marry | and shall,| and ve|ry wil|lingly.
[Exit]
EARL OF WORCESTER
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There is / no seem|ing mer|cy in | the king.
HOTSPUR
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Did you beg | any?| God for|bid.
EARL OF WORCESTER
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I told | him gent|ly of | our griev|ances,
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Of his / oath-break|ing: which | he mend|ed thus,
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By now | forswear|ing that | he is | forsworn,
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He calls | us reb|els, trait|ors, and | will
scourge
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With haugh|ty arms,| this hate|ful name | in us.
[Enter the EARL OF DOUGLAS]
EARL OF DOUGLAS
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Arm gent/lemen,| to arms,| for I | have thrown
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A brave | defi|ance in / King Hen|ry's teeth:
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And West|moreland | that was | engaged | did bear
it,
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Which can|not choose | but bring | him quick|ly
on.
EARL OF WORCESTER
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The Prince | of Wales | stepped forth before |
the king,
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And neph|ew, chal|lenged you | to sing|le fight.
HOTSPUR
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O, would | the quar|rel lay | upon | our heads,
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And that no | man might | draw short breath |
today,
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But I | and Har|ry Mon|mouth. Tell | me, tell ||
me,
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How | showed his | tasking?| Seemed it | in
contempt?
VERNON
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No, by | my soul:| I nev|er in | my life
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Did hear | a chal|lenge urged | more mod|estly,
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Unless | a broth|er should | a broth|er dare
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To gent|le ex|ercise,| and proof | of arms.
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He gave | you all | the dut|ies of | a man,
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Trimmed^up | your prais|es with | a prince|ly
tongue,
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Spoke your | deserv|ings like | a chro|nicle,
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Making | you ev|er bet|ter than | his praise,
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By still | disprais|ing praise,| valued | with
you:
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And which | became | him like | a prince |
indeed,
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He made | a blush|ing cit|al of | himself,
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And chid | his tru|ant youth | with such | a
grace,
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As if | he mast|ered there | a doub|le spirit
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Of teach|ing, and | of learn|ing inst|antly:
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There did | he pause.| But let | me tell | the
world,
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If he | outlive | the en|vy of | this^day,
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England | did nev|er owe | so sweet | a hope,
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So much | miscon|strued in | his want|onness.
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Cousin,| I think thou | art e|namored
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On his | follies:| never | did I hear
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Of an|y prince | so wild | at lib|erty.
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But be | he as | he will,| yet once | ere night
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I will | embrace | him with | a sol|dier's arm,
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That he | shall shrink | under | my court|esy.
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Arm, arm with^speed:| and fel|lows, sol|diers,
friends, ??
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Better | consid|er what | you have | to do,
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Than I | that have | not^well | the gift | of
tongue,
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Can lift | your blood | up with | persua|sion.
[Enter a Messenger]
MESSENGER
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My lord,| here are | letters | for you.|
HOTSPUR
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I can|not read | them now. \\
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O gent|lemen,| the time | of life | is short;
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To spend | that short|ness base|ly, were / too
long.
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If life | did ride | upon | a di|al's point,
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Still^end|ing at | the arriv|al of | an hour,
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And if | we live,| we live | to tread | on kings:
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If^die; brave death,| when prin|ces die | with
us.
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Now for | our con|sciences,| the arms | is fair,
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When the | intent | of bear|ing them | is just.
[Enter another Messenger]
MESSENGER
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My lord | prepare,| the king | comes^on | apace.
HOTSPUR
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I thank | him, that | he cuts | me from | my
tale:
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For I pro|fess not talk|ing: on|ly this,
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Let each | man do | his best.| And here | I draw
| a sword, (pair of tri??)
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Whose worth|y temp|er I | intend | to stain
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With the / best blood | that I | can meet |
withal,
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In the | advent|ure of | this per|ilous day.
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Now Esp/erance | Percy,| and set on:
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Sound^all | the lof|ty inst|ruments | of war,
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And by | that mus|ic, let | us all | embrace:
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For heaven | to earth,| some of | us nev|er shall,
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A sec|ond time | do such | a court|esy.
[The trumpets sound. They embrace, and exeunt]