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Another part of the forest.
[Enter, from one side, MOWBRAY, attended; afterwards the ARCHBISHOP OF YORK,
HASTINGS, and others: from the other side, Prince John of LANCASTER, and
WESTMORELAND; Officers, and others with them]
LANCASTER
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You are well | encount|ered here |(my cousin
| Mowbray)
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Good day | to you,| gentle lord arch|bishop,
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And so | to you | Lord Has|tings, and | to all.
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My Lord | of York,| it bet|ter showed | with you,
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When that | your flock |(assem|bled by | the
bell)
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Encirc|led you,| to hear | with rev|erence
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Your ex|posi|tion on | the ho|ly text,
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Than now | to see | you here | an ir|on man
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Cheering | a rout | of reb|els with | your drum,
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Turning | the word,| to sword;| and life | to
death:
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That man | that sits | within | a mon|arch's
heart,
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And rip|ens in | the sun|shine of his | favor,
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Would he | abuse | the count|enance | of the
king,
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Alack,| what mis|chiefs^might | he set | abroach,
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In shad|ow of such | greatness?| With you,| lord
bish||op, ??
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It is ev|en so.| Who hath not | heard it |
spoken,
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How deep | you were | within | the books | of
heaven?
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To us,| the speak|er in | his parl|iament;
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To us,| the imag|ined voice | of heaven | itself:
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The ve|ry op|ener,| and intel|ligen||cer
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Between | the grace,| the sanct|ities | of
heaven,
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And our dull work|ings. O,| who shall | believe,
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But you | misuse | the reve|rence of | your
place,
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Employ | the count|enance,| and grace | of
heaven,
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As a / false fav|orite doth | his prin|ce's name,
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In deeds | dishon|orable?| You have tak|en up,
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Under | the count|erfeit|ed zeal | of heaven,
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The sub|jects of heaven's | substi|tute, my |
father,
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And both | against | the peace | of heaven,| and
him,
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Have here | up-swarmed | them.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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Good my Lord | of Lan|caster,
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I am / not here | against | your fath|er's peace:
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But (as | I told | my lord | of West|moreland)
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The time |(misord|ered doth)| in com|mon sense
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Crowd us,| and crush | us, to | this monst|rous
form,
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To hold | our safe|ty up.| I sent | your grace
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The par|cels, and | partic|ulars of | our grief,
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The which | hath been | with scorn | shoved from
| the court:
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Whereon | this Hyd|ra son | of war | is born,
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Whose dang|erous eyes | may well | be charmed |
asleep,
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With grant | of our / most just | and right |
desires;
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And true | obed|ience,| of this mad|ness cured,
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Stoop tame/ly to | the foot | of maj|esty.
MOWBRAY
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If not,| we rea|dy are | to try | our for||tunes,
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To the / last man.
HASTINGS
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And though | we here fall down,
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We have | supplies,| to sec|ond our | attempt:
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If they | miscar|ry, theirs | shall sec|ond them.
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And so,| success | of mis|chief shall | be born,
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And heir | from heir | shall hold | this quar|rel
up,
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Whiles Eng|land shall | have ge|nera|tion.
LANCASTER
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You are too | shallow |(Hastings)| much too
| shallow,
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To sound | the bot|tom of | the aft|er-times.
WESTMORELAND
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Pleaseth your | grace, to | answer | them
di|rectly,
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How far forth | you do like | their art|icles.
LANCASTER
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I like | them all,| and do | allow | them well:
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And swear | here, by | the hon|or of | my blood,
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My fath|er's pur|poses | have been | mistook,
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And some,| about | him, have | too lav|ishly
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Wrested | his mean|ing, and | author|ity.
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My lord,| these griefs | shall be | with speed |
redressed:
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Upon | my life,| they shall.| If this may |
please you,
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Discharge | your powers | unto their | several |
counties,
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As we | will ours:| and here,| between | the
arm||ies,
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Let's | drink to|gether | friendly,| and embrace,
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That all | their eyes | may bear | those tok|ens
home,
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Of our | restor|ed love,| and am|ity.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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I take | your prince|ly word | for these |
redres||ses.
LANCASTER
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I give | it you,| and will | maintain | my word:
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And there|upon | I drink | unto | your grace.
HASTINGS
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Go cap/tain, and | deliv|er to | the ar||my
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This news | of peace:| let them | have pay,| and
part:
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I know,| it will well | please them.| Hie thee |
captain.
[Exit Officer]
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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To you,| my nob|le Lord | of West|moreland.
WESTMORELAND
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I pledge | your grace: \\
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And if | you knew | what pains | I have |
bestowed,
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To breed | this pres|ent peace, \\
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You would | drink free/ly: but | my love | to ye,
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Shall show | itself | more op|enly | hereaf||ter.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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I do | not doubt | you.
WESTMORELAND
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I | am glad | of it.
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Health to my | lord, and | gentle | cousin |
Mowbray.
MOWBRAY
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You wish | me health | in ve|ry hap|py season,
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For I | am, on | the sud|den, some|thing ill.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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Against | ill chan/ces, men are | ever | merry,
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But heav|iness | foreruns | the good | event.
WESTMORELAND
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Therefore | be mer|ry (coz)| since^sud|den
sor|row
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Serves to say thus:| some* good | thing^comes |
tomorrow. (hex with prev)
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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Believe | me, I | am pas|sing light | in spirit.
MOWBRAY
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So much | the worse,| if your / own rule | be
true.
[Shouts within]
LANCASTER
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The word | of peace | is rend|ered: hark | how
they shout.
MOWBRAY
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This had | been cheer|ful, aft|er vict|ory.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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A peace | is of | the na|ture of a / conquest:
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For then both part|ies nob|ly are | subdued,
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And neith|er part|y los|er.
LANCASTER
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Go |(my lord)
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And let | our ar/my be | discharg|ed too:
[Exit WESTMORELAND]
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And good | my lord |(so please | you) let | our
trains
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March by / us, that | we may | peruse | the men
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We should | have coped | withal.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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Go, good Lord | Hastings, (tri with prev)
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And ere | they be | dismissed,| let^them / march
by.
[Exit HASTINGS]
LANCASTER
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I trust |(lords) we shall | lie to|night
to|gether.
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Now cousin, where|fore stands | our ar|my
still?
[Enter WESTMORELAND]
WESTMORELAND
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The lead|ers hav|ing charge | from you | to
stand,
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Will not | go off,| until | they hear | you
speak.
LANCASTER
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They know | their dut|ies.
[Enter HASTINGS]
HASTINGS
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Our ar|my is | dispersed:
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Like^youth|ful steers,| unyoked,| they took | their course
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East, west, north,| south: or like^|a school,|
broke^up, ??
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Each^hur|ries toward | his home,| and
sport|ing-place.
WESTMORELAND
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Good tid|ings (my / Lord Hast|ings) for | the
which,
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I do | arrest | thee (trait|or) of high |
treason:
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And you lord arch|bishop, and | you Lord |
Mowbray,
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Of cap|ital treas|on, I | attach | you both.
MOWBRAY
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Is this | proceed|ing just,| and hon|orable?
WESTMORELAND
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Is your | assem|bly so? \\
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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Will you | thus break | your faith?
LANCASTER
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I pawned | thee none:
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I prom|ised you redress | of these / same
griev|ances ??
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Whereof | you did | complain;| which, by
mine^|honor,
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I will | perform,| with a / most Chris|tian care.
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But for / you (reb|els) look | to taste | the due
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Meet for | rebel|lion, and / such acts | as
yours.
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Most^shal|lowly | did you | these arms |
commence,
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Fondly | brought here, and fool|ishly / sent
hence.
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Strike^up | our drums,| pursue | the scat|tered
stray,
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Heaven, and not we,| hath safe|ly fought |
today.
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Some guard | these trait|ors to | the block | of
death,
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Treason's | true bed, and yield|er up | of breath.
[Exeunt]