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A room in a castle.
[Enter HUBERT and Executioners]
HUBERT
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Heat me | these^ir|ons hot,| and look | thou
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Within | the ar|ras: when | I strike | my foot
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Upon | the bos|om of the // ground, rush forth
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And bind | the boy,| which you | shall find |
with me
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Fast to | the chair:| be heed|ful: hence,| and
watch.
FIRST EXECUTIONER
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I hope | your war|rant will / bear out | the
deed.
HUBERT
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Unclean|ly scrup|les fear | not you:| look to it.
[Exeunt Executioners]
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Young^lad | come* forth;| I have | to say | with
you.
[Enter ARTHUR]
ARTHUR
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Good mor|row Hub|ert.
HUBERT
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Good* mor|row, lit|tle prince.
ARTHUR
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As little | prince, hav/ing so | great a | title
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To be more prince,| as may | be: you | are sad.
HUBERT
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Indeed | I have | been mer|rier.
ARTHUR
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Mer|cy on me:
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Methinks | nobo|dy should | be sad | but I
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Yet I | remem|ber, when | I was | in France,
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Young gent/lemen | would be | as sad | as night,
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Only | for want|onness:| By my | christendom,
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So I | were out | of pris|on, and / kept sheep
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I should | be as mer|ry as | the day | is long:
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And so | I would | be here,| but that | I doubt
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My unc|le prac|tices / more harm | to me:
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He is | afraid | of me,| and I | of him:
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Is it / my fault,| that I | was Geof|frey's son?
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No in|deed is it | not: and | I would | to heaven
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I were your | son, so | you would | love me,|
Hubert.
HUBERT
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If I talk | to him,| with his | inno|cent prate
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He will | awake | my mer|cy, which / lies dead:
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Therefore | I will | be sud|den, and | dispatch.
ARTHUR
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Are you / sick Hub|ert? You / look pale | today,
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In sooth | I would | you were | a lit|tle sick,
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That I | might sit | all night,| and watch | with
you.
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I warrant | I love | you more | than you | do me.
HUBERT
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His words | do take | posses|sion of | my bosom.
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Read here young Arthur. How now foolish rheum?
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Turning | dispit|eous tor|ture out | of door?
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I must | be brief,| lest res|olu|tion drop
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Out at | mine^eyes,| in tend|er wom|anish tears.
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Can you | not read | it? Is it | not fair writ?
ARTHUR
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Too fairly | Hubert, | for so foul | effect,
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Must you with | hot irons, burn | out both |
mine^eyes?
HUBERT
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Young^boy,| I must.
ARTHUR
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And will | you?
HUBERT
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And | I will.
ARTHUR
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Have^you | the heart?| When your | head did but^ache,
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I knit | my hand|kercher | about | your brows
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(The best | I had,| a prin|cess wrought | it me)
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And I | did nev|er ask | it you | again:
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And with | my hand,| at mid|night held | your
head;
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And like | the watch|ful min|utes, to | the hour,
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Still and | anon | cheered^up | the hea|vy time;
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Saying,| what lack | you? and / where lies | your
grief?
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Or what | good* love | may I | perform | for you?
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Many a | poor man's son | would have / lain
still,
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And nere | have spoke | a lov|ing word | to you:
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But you,| at your / sick serv|ice had | a prince:
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Nay, you | may think | my love | was craf|ty
love,
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And call | it cun|ning. Do,| and if | you will,
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If heaven | be pleased | that you | must use | me
ill,
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Why then | you must.| Will you | put^out |
mine^eyes?
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These eyes,| that nev|er did,| nor nev|er shall
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So much | as frown | on you.
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I have sworn | to do it:
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And with / hot ir|ons must | I burn | them out.
ARTHUR
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Ah, none / but in | this iron | age, would | do
it:
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The iron | of it|self, though | heat red-hot,
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Approach|ing near | these^eyes,| would drink | my
tears,
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And quench | his fie|ry in|digna|tion,
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Even in | the mat|ter of | mine^in|nocence:
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Nay, aft/er that*,| consume | away | in rust,
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But for | contain|ing fire | to harm | mine^eye:
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Are you | more stub|born-hard,| than ham|mered
iron?
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And if | an ang|el should | have come | to me,
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And told | me Hub|ert should / put out |
mine^eyes,
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I would not | have believed | him: no | tongue
but | Hubert's.
HUBERT
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Come forth: Do | as I bid | you do.
[Stamps. Enter Executioners, with a cord, irons, etc.]
ARTHUR
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O save | me Hub|ert, save | me: my^eyes | are
out
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Even | with the / fierce looks | of these bloo|dy
men.
HUBERT
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Give me | the iron | I say,| and bind | him here.
ARTHUR
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Alas,| what need | you be | so bois|terous rough?
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I will not | struggle,| I will | stand
stone-still:
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For heaven | sake Hub/ert let | me not | be
bound:
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Nay* hear | me Hub|ert, drive | these men | away,
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And I | will sit | as qui|et as | a lamb.
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I will | not stir,| nor wince,| nor speak | a
word,
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Nor look | upon | the ir|on ang|erly:
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Thrust but | these men away,| and I'll for|give
you,
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Whatev|er tor|ment you | do put | me to.
HUBERT
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Go stand | within:| let me | alone | with him.
FIRST EXECUTIONER
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I am / best pleased | to be | from such | a deed.
ARTHUR
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Alas,| I then | have chid | away | my friend,
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He hath | a stern | look, but | a gent|le heart:
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Let him | come^back,| that his | compas|sion may
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Give^life | to yours.
HUBERT
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Come^(boy)| prepare | yourself.
ARTHUR
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Is there | no rem|edy?
HUBERT
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None, but | to lose | your eyes. (tri with
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O heaven:| that there | were but | a mote | in
yours,
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A grain,| a dust,| a gnat,| a wand|ering hair,
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Any | annoy|ance in | that pre|cious sense:
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Then feel|ing what / small things | are
boist|erous there,
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Your vile | intent | must needs | seem hor/rible.
HUBERT
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Is this | your prom|ise? Go | to, hold | your
tongue.
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Hubert,| the ut|terance | of a brace | of
tongues,
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Must needs | want^plead|ing for | a pair | of
eyes:
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Let me | not hold | my tongue:| let me not |
Hubert,
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Or Hub|ert, if | you will | cut^out | my tongue,
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So I | may keep | mine eyes.| O spare |
mine^eyes,
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Though to no use,| but still | to look | on
you.
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Lo, by | my troth,| the inst|rument | is cold,
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And would | not harm | me.
HUBERT
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I | can heat | it, boy.
ARTHUR
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No, in | good* sooth:| the fire | is dead | with
grief,
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Being | create | for com|fort, to | be used
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In un|deserved | extremes:| see else | yourself,
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There is / no mal|ice in | this burn|ing coal,
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The breath | of heaven,| has blown | his spir|it
out,
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And strewed | repent|ent ash|es on | his head.
HUBERT
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But with | my breath | I can | revive | it boy.
ARTHUR
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And if | you do,| you will | but make | it blush,
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And glow | with shame | of your | proceed|ings,
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Nay,| it perchance | will spark|le in | your
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And, like a dog | that is | compelled | to
fight,
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Snatch at | his mast|er that | doth^tarre | him
on.
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All things | that you | should use | to do | me
wrong
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Deny | their of|fice: on|ly you | do lack
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That mer|cy, which / fierce fire,| and iron |
extends,
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Creatures of | note for | mercy,| lacking | uses.
HUBERT
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Well, see to live:| I will | not touch |
thine^eye,
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For all | the treas|ure that | thine^unc|le owes,
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Yet am | I sworn,| and I | did pur|pose, boy,
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With this / same ve|ry iron,| to burn | them out.
ARTHUR
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O now | you look | like Hub|ert. All | this while
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You were | disguised.
HUBERT
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Peace: no more.| Adieu.
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Your unc|le must | not^know | but you | are dead.
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I'll fill | these dog|ged spies | with false |
reports:
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And pret|ty child,| sleep doubtless,| and secure,
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That Hub|ert for | the wealth | of all | the
world,
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Will not | offend | thee.
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O heaven!| I thank | you Hub||ert.
HUBERT
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Sil|ence, no | more; go | closely | in with me,
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Much^dang|er do | I und|ergo | for thee.
[Exeunt]