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Henry IV part two

Act III, Scene 1

Westminster. The palace.
 
[Enter KING HENRY IV in his nightgown, with a Page]
 
KING HENRY IV
       T    T   .    T         ,        ,        ,       o
      Go, call the Earls | of Sur|rey, and | of War|wick:
           ,           ,     ,          T    T    T      ,
      But ere | they come,| bid them | ore-read these | letters, (hex with prev)
            ,        ,      ,                 ,    ,
      And well | consid|er of | them: make^/good speed.
       ,    2      ,         ,        ,        ,
      How many | thousand | of my | poorest | subjects
           ,        ,     ,        ,          x    ,
      Are at this hour asleep? O sleep, O gentle sleep, ????
       ,           T    T     T        2    ,         ,
      Nature's | soft nurse, how | have I fright|ed thee,
             ,         ,           ,         ,         ,
      That thou | no more | wilt weigh | my eye|lids^down,
            ,         ,       ,       ,       ,
      And steep | my sens|es in | forget|fulness?
           ,         ,       x              ,       ,
      Why rath|er (sleep)| liest thou | in smo|ky cribs,
        ,       ,     ,          ,          ,
      Upon | unea|sy pal|lets stretch|ing thee,
             ,           ,         ,       ,     2        ,
      And hushed | with buz|zing night,| flies to thy | slumber,
        ,    2       T   T     T        ,         ,
      Than in the | perfumed chamb|ers of | the great?
       ,           ,     ,         ,       ,
      Under | the can|opies | of cost|ly state,
             ,            ,          ,        ,    ,
      And lulled | with sound | of sweet|est me|lody?
      .   T    T   T           ,       ,               ,
      O thou dull god,| why* liest | thou with | the vile,
           ,          ,           ,           ,       ,
      In loath|some beds,| and leavst | the king|ly couch,
          ,      ,           ,     2  ,       ,
      A watch-|case, or | a com|mon alar|um-bell?
             ,      ,          ,         ,       ,
      Wilt thou,| upon | the high | and gid|dy mast,
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      Seal up the | ship-boy's eyes,| and rock | his brains,
          ,       ,         ,       ,   2     ,
      In crad|le of | the rude | imper|ious surge,
           ,        ,    ,       ,         ,
      And in | the vis|ita|tion of | the winds,
            ,         ,    2   ,        ,        ,
      Who take | the ruf|fian bil|lows by | the top,
       ,               ,           ,           ,        ,
      Curling | their monst|rous heads,| and hang|ing them
            ,    2     ,        ,         ,    2     ,
      With deaf|ening clam|ors in | the slip|pery clouds,
             ,         ,        ,         ,       ,
      That with | the hur|ly, death | itself | awakes?
              ,       ,         ,       ,            ,
      Canst^thou |(O part|ial sleep)| give thy | repose
        2     ,     ,   ,              T   T   T
      To the wet | sea-boy,/ in an | hour so rude:
           ,         ,              ,    ,         ,
      And in | the calm|est and / most stil|lest night,
            ,       ,     ,          ,          ,
      With all | appli|ances,| and means | to boot,
          x       2    ,          ,      ,           ,
      Deny it | to a king?| Then hap|py low,| lie* down,
         ,      ,          ,           ,         ,
      Unea|sy lies | the head,| that wears | a crown.
 
[Enter WARWICK and SURREY]
 
WARWICK
       ,       ,   ,                  ,    ,
      Many | good mor/rows to | your maj|esty.
 
KING HENRY IV
       ,             ,         ,
      Is it | good* mor|row, lords?
 
WARWICK
            ,        ,           ,
      'Tis one | o'clock,| and past.  (tri with prev)
 
KING HENRY IV
       T    T    T     ,         2     ,         ,
      Why then good | morrow | to you all |(my lords):
          2      ,     ,         ,          ,        ,
      Have you read | ore the | letters | that I | sent you?
 
WARWICK
           ,         ,
      We have |(my liege).  \\
 
KING HENRY IV
        ,     2      ,          ,      ,         ,
      Then you per|ceive the | body | of our | kingdom,
            ,        ,          ,        ,       ,
      How foul | it is:| what rank | diseas|es grow,
                   ,   ,         ,          ,         ,
      And with / what dang|er, near | the heart | of it?
 
WARWICK
          ,        ,      ,      ,        ,        ->
      It is | but as | a bo|dy, yet | distem||pered,
        ,       2     ,          ,           ,        ,
      Which | to his form|er strength | may be | restored,
             ,        ,         ,       ,     ,
      With good | advice,| and lit|tle med|icine:
           ,         ,       ,           ,          ,
      My Lord | Northum|berland | will soon | be cooled.
 
KING HENRY IV
           x           ,            ,          ,         ,
      O heaven,| that one | might read | the book | of fate,
           ,         ,    ,       ,         ,
      And see | the rev|olu|tion of | the times
             ,         ,       ,          ,     ,
      Make^mount|ains lev|el, and | the cont|inent
        ,          ,       ,          ,        ,
      (Weary | of sol|id firm|ness) melt | itself
       ,          ,        ,        ,         ,
      Into | the sea:| and oth|er times,| to see
            ,       ,      ,       ,    ,
      The beach|y gird|le of | the o|cean
            ,         ,           ,          ,        ,
      Too wide | for Nep|tune's^hips;| how chan|ces mocks
            ,        ,         ,        ,    ,      2->
      And chan|ges fill | the cup | of alt|era||tion
            ,       ,                ,   ,            ,
      With div|ers liq|uors. 'Tis / not ten | years^gone,  ??
        ,    ,           2      ,       T     T      T
      Since Rich/ard, and Nor|thumber|land, great friends,
            ,        ,                  ,    ,    ,     ->
      Did feast | togeth|er; and in // two years af||ter,
        ,        2     ,                   ,     ,     ,
      Were | they at wars.| It is but // eight years since,
            ,      ,         ,     ,             ,
      This Per|cy was | the man,| nearest | my soul,
       ,             ,           ,         ,       ,
      Who, like | a broth|er, toiled | in my | affairs,
            ,          ,          ,     ,           ,
      And laid | his love | and life | under | my foot:
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      Yea, for | my sake, even | to the eyes | of Rich||ard
        ,       2   ,        ,      ,     2           ,
      Gave | him defi|ance. But | which of you | was by
            ,       ,       ,      ,       ,       2->
      (You cous|in Nev|il, as | I may | remem||ber)
            ,          ,         ,      ,            ,
      When Rich|ard, with | his eye,| brimful | of tears,
               ,           ,      ,        ,       ,
      (Then checked,| and rat|ed by | Northum|berland)
            ,             ,            ,         ,     ,
      Did speak | these words |(now proved | a proph|ecy):
           ,       ,          ,        ,         ,
      Northum|berland,| thou lad|der, by | the which
          ,       ,       ,         ,           ,
      My cous|in Bol|ingbroke | ascends | my throne:
                ,       2     ,              ,   ,        ,
      (Though then,| heaven^knows,| I had / no such | intent,
            ,       ,     ,        ,           ,
      But that | neces|sity | so bowed | the state,
           ,         ,          ,          ,          ,
      That I | and great|ness were | compelled | to kiss:)
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      The time | shall come |(thus did he | follow it)
            ,           ,      .    T   T   T    2      ,
      The time | will come,| that foul sin gath|ering head,
              ,        ,       ,         ,         ,
      Shall break | into | corrup|tion: so | went on,
           ,                ,     ,         ,    ,
      Foretel|ling this / same time's | condi|tion,
       ,           ,       ,       ,    ,
      And the | divis|ion of | our am|ity.
 
WARWICK
        ,           ,              ,    ,     ,
      There is | a hist|ory in // all men's lives,
       ,     ,         ,         2      ,          ,
      Figur|ing the | nature | of the times | deceased:
            ,          ,        ,          ,     ,
      The which | observed,| a man | may proph|esy
                 ,   ,               ,     ,           ,
      With a / near aim,| of the / main chance | of things,
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      As yet | not come to life,| which^in | their seeds
            ,       ,         ,        ,     ,
      And weak | begin|nings lie | intreas|ured:
        T     T    .  T          ,           ,          ,
      Such things become | the hatch | and brood | of time;
       ,            ,     ,      ,         ,
      And by | the ne|cessa|ry form | of this,
            ,         ,         ,       ,         ,
      King^Rich|ard might | create | a per|fect guess,
             ,          ,       ,      T    T    .  T
      That great | Northum|berland,| then false to him,
             ,          ,      ,    2      ,         ,
      Would^of | that seed,| grow to a | greater | falseness,
               ,           ,         ,          ,      ,
      Which should | not find | a ground | to root | upon,
          ,        ,
      Unless | on you.  \\
 
KING HENRY IV
            ,       T      T   . T      ,    oo
      Are these | things then neces|sities?|
        ,             ,           ,       ,      ,
      Then let | us meet | them like | neces|sities;
                   ,    ,     2    ,           ,        ,
      And that / same word,| even now | cries^out | on us:
            ,          ,      ,         ,       ,
      They say | the bish|op and | Northum|berland
           ,       ,          ,
      Are fif|ty thous|and strong.
 
WARWICK
          ,       ,        ,
      It can|not be |(my lord):  (tri with prev)
        Tx    T    Tx       ,          ,           ,
      Rumor doth double,| like the | voice, and | echo,
           ,        ,          ,        ,               ,
      The num|bers of | the feared.| Please it | your grace
          ,       ,      ,         ,         ,
      To go | to bed,| upon | my life |(my lord)
             x           ,       ,              ,    ,
      The powers | that you | alrea|dy have / sent forth,
              ,            ,         ,     ,    ,
      Shall bring | this prize | in ve|ry ea|sily.
          ,        ,          ,    ,             ,
      To com|fort you | the more,| I have | received
         ,        ,                  ,   x          ,
      A cert|ain inst|ance, that / Glendower | is dead.
            ,    ,           ,           ,         ,
      Your maj|esty | hath been | this fort|night ill,
            ,         ,         ,          ,           ,
      And these | unseas|oned hours | perforce | must add
       ,  2         ,
      Unto your | sickness.
 
KING HENRY IV
                           ,          ,           ,
                           I will | take your | counsel:
            ,           ,        ,          ,         ,
      And were | these in|ward wars | once^out | of hand,
           ,             ,        ,        ,      ,
      We would |(dear* lords)| unto | the Ho|ly Land.
 
[Exeunt]

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