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Henry IV part two

Act V, Scene 2

Westminster. The palace.
 
[Enter WARWICK and the Lord Chief-Justice, meeting]
 
WARWICK
           ,     .   T    T    T         ,      2  ,
      How now,| my lord chief just|ice, whith|er away?
 
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
            ,          ,
      How doth | the king?
 
WARWICK
                             ,         ,          ,
                          Exceed|ing well:| his cares
           ,     ,   ,
      Are now,| all end/ed.
 
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
                                  T    T    T
                            I | hope, not dead.
 
WARWICK
              ,          ,        ,
      He's walked | the way | of na|ture, \\
           ,        ,     ,         ,          ,
      And to | our pur|poses,| he lives | no more.
 
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
          ,          ,    ,           ,            x
      I would | his maj|esty | had called | me with him,
           ,          ,       ,      ,          ,
      The serv|ice, that | I tru|ly did | his life,
             ,       ,           ,   ,     ,
      Hath left | me op|en to / all in|juries.
 
WARWICK
          ,        ,      .    T     T    T          ,
      Indeed | I think | the young king loves | you not.
 
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
          ,         ,     ,             ,        ,
      I know | he doth | not, and | do arm | myself
          ,        ,        ,       ,         ,
      To wel|come the | condi|tion of | the time,
             ,        ,          ,   2   ,     ,       ->
      Which can|not look | more hid|eously | upon || me,
        ,     2       ,         ,       ,     ,
      Than | I have drawn | it in | my fant|asy.
 
[Enter LANCASTER, CLARENCE, GLOUCESTER, WESTMORELAND, and others]
 
WARWICK
              ,         ,      ,    2     ,     ,
      Here* come | the hea|vy is|sue of dead | Harry:
      ,      2       ,        ,       ,         ,
      O, that the | living | Harry | had the | temper
          ,          ,                  ,    ,      ,
      Of him,| the worst | of these / three gent|lemen:
       ,    2     ,         ,              ,           ,
      How many | nobles | then, should | hold their | places,
             ,       T     T    .   T             ,    ,
      That must | strike sail, to spir|its of / vile sort?
 
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
        ,        ,     ,            ,       ,
      Alas,| I fear,| all will | be ov|erturned.
 
LANCASTER
             ,       ,       ,          ,     ,
      Good* mor|row cous|in War|wick, good | morrow.
 
GLOUCESTER CLARENCE
            ,        ,
      Good mor|row, cous|in.   \\
 
LANCASTER
           ,          ,          ,        ,         ,
      We meet,| like men,| that had | forgot | to speak.
 
WARWICK
          ,      ,        ,         ,     ,
      We do | remem|ber: but | our arg|ument
       .  T   T   T              ,    ,    ,
      Is^all too hea|vy, to ad//mit much talk.
 
LANCASTER
        T     T    T     ,            2       ,        ,     ->
      Well: peace be | with him,| that hath made | us hea||vy.
 
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
        ,       2      ,     ,           ,     ,
      Peace | be with us,| lest we | be hea|vier.
 
GLOUCESTER
      ,              ,       2       ,         ,        ,
      O, good | my lord,| you have lost | a friend | indeed?
                ,    ,          ,       ,           ,
      And I / dare swear,| you bor|row not | that face
          ,        ,        ,        ,          ,
      Of seem|ing sor|row, it | is sure | your own.
 
LANCASTER
              ,    ,           ,            ,          ,
      Though no | man be | assured | what grace | to find,
            ,         ,        ,     ,    ,
      You stand | in cold|est ex|pecta|tion.
      ,           ,    2     ,            ,      ,
      I am | the sor|rier, would |'twere oth|erwise.
 
CLARENCE
        ,      2        T    T    .   T      T   T     T
      Well, you must | now speak Sir^John | Falstaff fair,  ??
              ,         ,             ,         ,     ,
      Which swims | against | your stream | of qual|ity.
 
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
               ,         ,       ,       ,         x
      Sweet* prin|ces: what | I did,| I did | in honor,
       ,          2   ,        ,    ,            ,
      Led by | the impart|ial con|duct of | my soul,
           ,       ,          ,         ,         ,
      And nev|er shall | you see,| that I | will beg
         ,               ,    ,         ,     ,
      A rag|ged, and / forestalled | remis|sion.
           ,          ,   ,    ,   2         ,
      If truth,| and up|right in/nocency | fail me,
            ,         ,        ,         ,         ,
      I'll to | the king |(my mast|er) that | is dead,
            ,          ,           ,        ,      ,
      And tell | him, who | hath sent | me aft|er him.
 
WARWICK
             ,            ,
      Here comes | the prince.  \\
 
[Enter KING HENRY V, attended]
 
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
             ,                x     ,          ,    ,
      Good* mor|row: and / heaven save | your maj|esty.
 
KING HENRY V
            ,         ,         ,         ,    ,
      This new,| and gor|geous gar|ment, maj|esty,
            ,        ,     ,        ,         ,
      Sits not | so ea|sy on | me, as | you think.
       ,              ,          ,                ,    ,
      Brothers,| you mix | your sad|ness with / some fear:
        ,            ,         ,         ,         ,
      This is | the Eng|lish, not | the Turk|ish court:
           ,    ,        ,    ,         ,
      Not Am|urath,| an Am|urath | succeeds,
           ,       ,       ,        ,          ,        o
      But Har|ry, Har|ry: Yet | be sad |(good broth|ers)
                  ,     ,         ,      ,        ,          o
      For (to / speak truth)| it ve|ry well | becomes | you:   (hex with prev)
       ,           ,     ,       ,        ,
      Sorrow,| so roy|ally | in you | appears,
           ,          ,      ,          ,       ,
      That I | will deep|ly put | the fash|ion on,
            ,        ,        ,           ,        ,
      And wear | it in | my heart.| Why then | be sad,
           ,      ,         ,      2      ,     ,
      But ent|ertain | no more | of it (good | brothers)
                 ,    ,         ,      ,        ,
      Than a / joint burd|en, laid | upon | us all.
           ,         x        ,         ,       ,
      For me,| by heaven |(I bid | you be | assured)
        ,             ,        ,          ,        ,
      I'll be | your fath|er, and | your broth|er too:
       ,             ,           ,           ,           ,
      Let me | but bear | your love,| I'll bear | your cares;
            ,          ,         ,         ,        ,
      Yet weep | that Har|ry's dead,| and so | will I.
           ,       ,       ,               ,            ,
      But Har|ry lives,| that shall | convert | those tears
          ,        ,      ,         ,      ,
      By num|ber, in|to hours | of hap|piness.
 
PRINCES
           ,        ,       ,          ,    ,
      We hope | no oth|er from | your maj|esty.
 
KING HENRY V
           ,            ,        ,              ,    ,
      You all | look^strange|ly on | me: and / you most,
           ,        ,         ,         ,         ,
      You are |(I think)| assured,| I love | you not.
 
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
         ,       ,      ,  2      ,           ,
      I am | assured |(if I be | measured | rightly)
            ,    ,          ,     T    T    .   T       ->
      Your maj|esty | hath no | just cause to hate || me.
 
KING HENRY V
       ,     ,       2       ,         T   T     T         ,
      No? | How might a | prince of | my great hopes | forget
           ,        ,      ,          ,      ,        o
      So great | indig|nities | you laid | upon | me?     (hex with prev)
        T     T    . T           ,        ,          x
      What? Rate? Rebuke?| And rough|ly send | to prison
         2   ,   2     ,        ,         ,          ,     ->
      The immed|iate heir | of Eng|land? Was | this ea||sy?
       ,        2      ,          ,      ,          x
      May | this be washed | in Leth|e, and | forgotten?
 
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
          ,         ,         ,     2     ,     ,
      I then | did use | the pers|on of your | father;
          ,       ,         x            ,        ,
      The im|age of | his power,| lay* then | in me,
           ,      2   ,     ,             ,   ,
      And in | the admin|istra|tion of / his law,
         ,            ,     ,         ,        ,
      Whiles I | was bu|sy for | the com|monwealth,
             ,         ,       ,       ,         ,
      Your high|ness pleas|ed to | forget | my place,
           ,    ,          x         ,         ,        2->
      The maj|esty,| and power | of law,| and jus||tice,
          ,       ,         ,         ,       ,      2->
      The im|age of | the king,| whom I | present||ed,
             ,      ,   2      ,       ,         ,
      And struck | me in my | very | seat of | judgment:
            ,    ,   2    ,        ,         ,
      Whereon |(as an of|fender | to your | father)
      .   T    T   T        ,      ,     ,
      I gave bold way | to my | author|ity,
           ,        ,          ,         ,          ,
      And did | commit | you. If | the deed | were ill,
       ,    2     ,        ,         ,         ,
      Be you con|tented,| wearing | now the | garland,
           ,       ,          ,        ,           ,
      To have | a son,| set your | decrees | at nought?
       .   T     T   T                ,   ,       ,
      To pluck down just|ice from / your aw|ful bench,
           ,           ,         ,          ,           ,
      To trip | the course | of law,| and blunt | the sword
              ,           ,           ,            ,     x
      That guards | the peace,| and safe|ty of / your person?
       T    T    .   T       2       ,     ,      ,
      Nay more, to spurn | at your most | royal | image,
            ,          ,     ,     2     ,        ,
      And mock | your work|ings, in a | second | body?
        ,              ,         ,        T   .    T    T
      Question | your roy|al thoughts,| make the case yours:
       T  T   .    T       ,         ,       ,
      Be now the fath|er, and | propose | a son:
        ,          T   T  . T        ,         ,
      Hear your | own dignity | so much | profaned,
       ,      2        ,          ,          ,         ,
      See your most^|dreadful | laws, so | loosely | slighted;
          ,          ,        ,      ,          ,
      Behold | yourself,| so by | a son | disdained:
            ,      ,       ,    ,              ,
      And then | imag|ine me,| taking | your part,
                 ,    x       ,   ,                 ,
      And in / your power | soft sil/encing | your son:
       ,             ,        ,   2       ,         ,
      After | this cold | consid|erance, sent|ence me;
       ,     2       ,        T     T    T          ,
      And, as you | are a | king, speak in | your state,
           ,          ,          ,      ,         ,
      What I | have done,| that mis|became | my place,
          ,        ,       ,         ,        ,
      My pers|on, or | my lie|ge's sove|reignty.
 
KING HENRY V
                  ,    ,         ,          ,            ,
      You are / right just|ice, and | you weigh | this well:
            ,       T     T   .   T         ,          ,
      Therefore | still bear the bal|ance, and | the sword:
          ,        ,          ,       ,         ,
      And I | do wish | your hon|ors may | increase,
            ,         ,        ,       ,         ,
      Till you | do live,| to see | a son | of mine
          ,          ,      ,              ,  ,
      Offend | you, and | obey | you, as / I did.
           ,         ,         ,         ,          ,
      So shall | I live,| to speak | my fath|er's words:
       ,         ,          ,       ,         ,
      Happy | am I,| that have | a man | so bold,
             ,         ,         ,       ,       ,
      That dares | do just|ice, on | my prop|er son;
       .   T   T   T       ,        ,       ,
      And^no less hap|py, hav|ing such | a son,
             ,        ,      ,         ,         ,
      That would | deliv|er up | his great|ness so,
       ,  2        ,         ,         ,     2     ,
      Into the | hands of | justice.| You did com|mit me:
            ,        ,       ,       ,          ,
      For which,| I do | commit | into | your hand,
       .   T   T      T           ,           ,         ,
      The^unstained sword | that you | have used | to bear:
             ,       ,            ,         ,          ,
      With this | remem|brance; that | you use | the same
                   ,    ,      ,            ,          x
      With the / like bold,| just, and | impart|ial spirit
          ,           ,        ,           ,       2     ,
      As you | have done | against | me. There | is my hand.
       ,           ,         ,        ,        ,
      You shall | be as | a fath|er, to | my youth:
           ,             ,         ,          ,           ,
      My voice | shall sound,| as you | do prompt | mine^ear,
          ,          ,          ,       ,       ,
      And I | will stoop,| and hum|ble my | intents,
                  ,    ,           ,       ,     ,
      To your / well-prac|ticed, wise | direc|tions.
            ,       ,        ,      ,   2     ,
      And prin|ces all,| believe | me, I be|seech you:
          ,             ,    ,     ,           ,
      My fath|er is / gone wild | into | his grave,
                 ,    ,          ,      ,     ,
      (For in / his tomb,| lie* my | affec|tions)
            ,         ,         ,     ,        ,
      And with | his spir|its, sad|ly I | survive,
           ,         ,     ,       ,         ,
      To mock | the ex|pecta|tion of | the world;
       .   T   T     T      ,               ,   ,
      To frustrate proph|ecies,| and to / raze out
       ,         ,        ,           ,         ,
      Rotten | opin|ion, who | hath writ | me down
       ,   2      ,              ,         ,         ,
      After my | seeming.| The tide | of blood | in me,
             ,         ,         ,    ,         ,
      Hath proud|ly flowed | in van|ity,| till now.
       T    T   .   T         ,      ,            ,
      Now doth it turn,| and ebb | back to | the sea,
             ,           ,       ,          ,           ,
      Where^it | shall ming|le with | the state | of floods,
            ,           ,         ,       ,    ,
      And flow | henceforth | in form|al maj|esty.
            ,               ,    ,         ,       ,
      Now call | we our / high court | of parl|iament,
             x        ,            ,         ,        ,
      And let us | choose such | limbs of | noble | counsel,
                   ,    ,     ,         ,          ,
      That the / great bo|dy of | our state | may go
         ,        ,        2      ,     ,          ,
      In e|qual rank,| with the best | governed | nation,
            ,         ,          ,         ,         ,
      That war,| or peace,| or both | at once | may be
            ,         ,        ,       ,        x
      As things | acquaint|ed and | famil|iar to us,
           ,      ,     ,           2         T   T    T
      In which | you (Fath/er) shall have | foremost hand.
           ,    ,        ,     ,            ,
      Our cor|ona|tion done,| we will | accite
          ,       ,       ,          ,          ,
      (As I | before | remem|bered) all | our state,
             x          ,       ,        ,        ,
      And heaven |(consign|ing to | my good | intents)
            ,           ,            ,      T    T    .  T
      No prince,| nor peer,| shall have | just cause to say,
        Tx      Tx    T        ,       ,         ,
      Heaven shorten Har|ry's hap|py life,| one^day.  ??
 
[Exeunt]

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