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Westminster. The palace.
[Enter KING HENRY IV in his nightgown, with a Page]
KING HENRY IV
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Go, call the Earls | of Sur|rey, and | of
War|wick:
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But ere | they come,| bid them | ore-read these |
letters, (hex with prev)
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And well | consid|er of | them: make^/good speed.
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How many | thousand | of my | poorest | subjects
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Are at this hour asleep? O sleep, O gentle
sleep, ????
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Nature's | soft nurse, how | have I fright|ed
thee,
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That thou | no more | wilt weigh | my
eye|lids^down,
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And steep | my sens|es in | forget|fulness?
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Why rath|er (sleep)| liest thou | in smo|ky
cribs,
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Upon | unea|sy pal|lets stretch|ing thee,
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And hushed | with buz|zing night,| flies to thy |
slumber,
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Than in the | perfumed chamb|ers of | the great?
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Under | the can|opies | of cost|ly state,
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And lulled | with sound | of sweet|est me|lody?
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O thou dull god,| why* liest | thou with | the
vile,
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In loath|some beds,| and leavst | the king|ly
couch,
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A watch-|case, or | a com|mon alar|um-bell?
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Wilt thou,| upon | the high | and gid|dy mast,
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Seal up the | ship-boy's eyes,| and rock | his
brains,
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In crad|le of | the rude | imper|ious surge,
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And in | the vis|ita|tion of | the winds,
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Who take | the ruf|fian bil|lows by | the top,
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Curling | their monst|rous heads,| and hang|ing
them
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With deaf|ening clam|ors in | the slip|pery
clouds,
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That with | the hur|ly, death | itself | awakes?
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Canst^thou |(O part|ial sleep)| give thy | repose
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To the wet | sea-boy,/ in an | hour so rude:
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And in | the calm|est and / most stil|lest night,
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With all | appli|ances,| and means | to boot,
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Deny it | to a king?| Then hap|py low,| lie*
down,
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Unea|sy lies | the head,| that wears | a crown.
[Enter WARWICK and SURREY]
WARWICK
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Many | good mor/rows to | your maj|esty.
KING HENRY IV
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Is it | good* mor|row, lords?
WARWICK
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'Tis one | o'clock,| and past. (tri with
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KING HENRY IV
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Why then good | morrow | to you all |(my lords):
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Have you read | ore the | letters | that I | sent
you?
WARWICK
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We have |(my liege). \\
KING HENRY IV
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Then you per|ceive the | body | of our | kingdom,
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How foul | it is:| what rank | diseas|es grow,
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And with / what dang|er, near | the heart | of
it?
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It is | but as | a bo|dy, yet | distem||pered,
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Which | to his form|er strength | may be |
restored,
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With good | advice,| and lit|tle med|icine:
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My Lord | Northum|berland | will soon | be
cooled.
KING HENRY IV
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O heaven,| that one | might read | the book | of
fate,
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And see | the rev|olu|tion of | the times
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Make^mount|ains lev|el, and | the cont|inent
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(Weary | of sol|id firm|ness) melt | itself
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Into | the sea:| and oth|er times,| to see
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The beach|y gird|le of | the o|cean
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Too wide | for Nep|tune's^hips;| how chan|ces
mocks
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And chan|ges fill | the cup | of alt|era||tion
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With div|ers liq|uors. 'Tis / not ten | years^gone,
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Since Rich/ard, and Nor|thumber|land, great
friends,
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Did feast | togeth|er; and in // two years
af||ter,
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Were | they at wars.| It is but // eight years
since,
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This Per|cy was | the man,| nearest | my soul,
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Who, like | a broth|er, toiled | in my | affairs,
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And laid | his love | and life | under | my foot:
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Yea, for | my sake, even | to the eyes | of
Rich||ard
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Gave | him defi|ance. But | which of you | was by
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(You cous|in Nev|il, as | I may | remem||ber)
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When Rich|ard, with | his eye,| brimful | of
tears,
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(Then checked,| and rat|ed by | Northum|berland)
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Did speak | these words |(now proved | a
proph|ecy):
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Northum|berland,| thou lad|der, by | the which
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My cous|in Bol|ingbroke | ascends | my throne:
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(Though then,| heaven^knows,| I had / no such |
intent,
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But that | neces|sity | so bowed | the state,
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That I | and great|ness were | compelled | to
kiss:)
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The time | shall come |(thus did he | follow it)
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The time | will come,| that foul sin gath|ering
head,
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Shall break | into | corrup|tion: so | went on,
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Foretel|ling this / same time's | condi|tion,
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And the | divis|ion of | our am|ity.
WARWICK
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There is | a hist|ory in // all men's lives,
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Figur|ing the | nature | of the times | deceased:
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The which | observed,| a man | may proph|esy
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With a / near aim,| of the / main chance | of
things,
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As yet | not come to life,| which^in | their
seeds
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And weak | begin|nings lie | intreas|ured:
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Such things become | the hatch | and brood
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And by | the ne|cessa|ry form | of this,
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King^Rich|ard might | create | a per|fect guess,
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That great | Northum|berland,| then false to
him,
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Would^of | that seed,| grow to a | greater |
falseness,
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Which should | not find | a ground | to root |
upon,
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KING HENRY IV
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Are these | things then neces|sities?|
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Then let | us meet | them like | neces|sities;
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And that / same word,| even now | cries^out | on
us:
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They say | the bish|op and | Northum|berland
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Are fif|ty thous|and strong.
WARWICK
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It can|not be |(my lord): (tri with prev)
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Rumor doth double,| like the | voice, and | echo,
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The num|bers of | the feared.| Please it | your
grace
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To go | to bed,| upon | my life |(my lord)
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The powers | that you | alrea|dy have / sent
forth,
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Shall bring | this prize | in ve|ry ea|sily.
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To com|fort you | the more,| I have | received
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A cert|ain inst|ance, that / Glendower | is dead.
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Your maj|esty | hath been | this fort|night ill,
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And these | unseas|oned hours | perforce | must
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Unto your | sickness.
KING HENRY IV
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I will | take your | counsel:
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And were | these in|ward wars | once^out | of
hand,
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We would |(dear* lords)| unto | the Ho|ly Land.
[Exeunt]