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A royal palace.
[Enter HENRY BOLINGBROKE, HENRY PERCY, and other Lords]
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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Can no | man^tell | me of my / unthrif|ty son?
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'Tis full | three months since | I did see | him
last.
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If an|y plague | hang ov|er us,| 'tis he,
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I would | to heaven |(my lords)| he might | be
found:
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Inquire | at Lon|don, amongst | the tav|erns
there:
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For there |(they say)| he dai|ly doth | frequent,
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With un|restrain|ed loose | compan|ions,
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E||ven such |(they say)| as stand | in nar|row
lanes,
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And beat | our watch,| and rob | our pas|sengers,
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Which he,| young want/on, and | effem|inate boy
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Takes^on | the point | of hon|or, to | support
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So dis|solute | a crew. \\
HENRY PERCY
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My lord,| some two | days^since | I saw | the
prince,
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And told | him of those | triumphs | held at |
Oxford.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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And what | said the | gallant?
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HENRY PERCY
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His ans|wer was:| he would | unto | the stews,
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And from | the com|monst creat|ure pluck | a
glove
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And wear | it as | a fav|or, and | with that
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He would | unhorse | the lust|iest chal|lenger.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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As dis|solute | as des|perate,| yet through both,
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I see | some sparks | of bet|ter hope:| which
eld|er years (hex with prev)
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May hap|pily / bring forth.| But who | comes
here?
[Enter DUKE OF AUMERLE]
DUKE OF AUMERLE
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Where is | the king?
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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What means | our cous|in, that || he stares
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And looks | so wild|ly?
DUKE OF AUMERLE
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God* save | your grace.
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I do | beseech | your maj|esty,
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To have || some conf|erence | with your grace |
alone.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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Withdraw | yourselves,| and leave | us here |
alone:
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What is | the mat|ter with | our cous|in now?
DUKE OF AUMERLE
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For ev|er may | my knees | grow to | the earth,
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My tongue | cleave to | my roof | within | my
mouth,
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Unless | a pard|on, ere | I rise,| or speak.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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Intend|ed, or | commit|ted was | this fault?
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If on | the first,| how hein|ous ere | it be,
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To win | thy aft|er-love,| I pard|on thee.
DUKE OF AUMERLE
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Then give | me leave,| that I | may turn | the
key,
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That no | man ent/er, till | my tale | be done.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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Have thy | desire. \\
DUKE OF YORK
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My liege, beware, look to thyself,
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Thou hast | a trait|or in | thy pres|ence there.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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Villain,| I'll make | thee safe. \\
[Drawing]
DUKE OF AUMERLE
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Stay thy revengeful hand, thou hast no cause to
fear. ????
DUKE OF YORK [Within]
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Open the | door, se|cure foolhar|dy king:
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Shall I | for love | speak treas/on to | thy
face?
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Open the | door, or | I will | break it | open.
[Enter DUKE OF YORK]
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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What is | the mat|ter (unc|le) speak,| reco||ver
breath,
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Tell us | how near is | danger,
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That we | may arm | us to | encount|er it.
DUKE OF YORK
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Peruse | this writ|ing here,| and thou | shalt
know
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The treas|on that | my haste | forbids | me show.
DUKE OF AUMERLE
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Remem|ber as | thou readst,| thy prom|ise passed:
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I do re|pent me,| read not my | name there*,
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My heart | is not | confed|erate with | my hand.
DUKE OF YORK
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It was |(villain) ere | thy hand | did set | it
down.
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I tore | it from | the trait|or's bos|om, king.
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Fear, and | not love,| begets | his pen|itence;
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Forget | to pi|ty him, lest | thy pi|ty prove
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A serp|ent, that | will sting | thee to | the
heart.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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O hein|ous, strong,| and bold | conspir|acy,
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O loy|al fath|er of | a treach|erous son:
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Thou sheer,| immac|ulate,| and silver
| fountain,
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From whence | this stream | through mud|dy
pas|sages
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Hath held | his cur|rent, and | defiled |
himself.
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Thy^ov|erflow | of good,| converts | to bad,
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And thy | abund|ant good|ness shall | excuse
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This dead|ly blot,| in thy | digres|sing son.
DUKE OF YORK
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So* shall | my vir|tue be | his vi|ce's bawd,
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And he | shall spend | mine hon|or, with | his
shame;
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As thrift|less sons,| their scrap|ing fath|ers'
gold.
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Mine hon|or lives,| when his | dishon|or dies,
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Or my / shamed life,| in his | dishon|or lies:
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Thou killst | me in | his life,| giving | him
breath,
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The trait|or lives,| the true | man's put to
death.
DUCHESS OF YORK [Within]
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What ho |(my liege)| for heaven's | sake let^|me in.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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What shrill-voiced sup|pliant, makes | this eag|er
cry?
DUCHESS OF YORK
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A wom|an, and | thine^aunt |(great^king)| 'tis I.
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Speak with | me, pi/ty me,| open | the door.
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A beg|gar begs,| that nev|er begged | before.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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Our scene | is alt|ered from | a ser|ious thing,
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And now | changed to | The Beg|gar, and | the
King.
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My dang|erous cous|in, let | your moth|er in,
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I know | she's come,| to pray | for your / foul
sin.
DUKE OF YORK
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If thou | do pard|on, who|soev|er pray,
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More* sins | for this | forgive|ness, pros|per
may.
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This fest|ered joint | cut^off,| the rest |
rest^sound,
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This let | alone,| will all | the rest |
confound.
[Enter DUCHESS OF YORK]
DUCHESS OF YORK
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O king,| believe | not this | hard-hearted man,
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Love, loving not | itself,| none^oth|er can.
DUKE OF YORK
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Thou frant|ic wom|an, what | dost thou / make
here,
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Shall thy | old^dugs,| once^more | a trait|or
rear?
DUCHESS OF YORK
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Sweet* York | be pa|tient, hear | me gent|le
liege.
[Kneels]
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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Rise^up | good^aunt.
DUCHESS OF YORK
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Not yet,| I thee | beseech.
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For ev|er will | I walk | upon | my knees,
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And nev|er see | day, that | the hap|py sees,
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Till thou | give joy; until | thou bid | me joy,
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By pard|oning Rut|land, my | transgres|sing boy.
DUKE OF AUMERLE
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Unto | my moth|er's prayers,| I bend | my knee.
DUKE OF YORK
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Against | them both,| my true joints bend|ed be.
DUCHESS OF YORK
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Pleads he | in earn|est? Look | upon | his face,
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His eyes | do drop | no tears:| his prayers | are
in jest:
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His words come | from his mouth,| ours from | our
breast.
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He prays | but faint|ly, and | would be | denied,
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We pray | with heart,| and soul,| and all |
beside:
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His wea|ry joints | would glad|ly rise,| I know,
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Our* knees | shall kneel,| till to | the ground |
they grow:
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His prayers | are full | of false | hypoc|risy,
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Ours of true zeal,| and deep | integ|rity:
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Our* prayers | do out-|pray* his,| then let |
them have
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That mer|cy, which | true prayer ought | to have.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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Good^aunt | stand^up.
DUCHESS OF YORK
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Nay, do | not^say | stand^up,
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But pard|on first,| and aft|erwards | stand^up.
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And if | I were | thy nurse,| thy tongue | to
teach,
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Pardon | should be | the first | word of | thy
speech.
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I nev|er longed | to hear | a word | till now:
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Say pard|on (king),| let pi|ty teach | thee how.
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The word | is short:| but not | so short | as
sweet,
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No word | like pard|on, for / kings' mouths | so
meet.
DUKE OF YORK
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Speak it in | French (king) say | pardon|nez moi.
DUCHESS OF YORK
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Dost^thou | teach^pard|on, pard|on to | destroy?
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Ah my | sour hus/band, my | hard-hearted lord,
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That sets | the word | itself,| against | the
word.
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Speak pard/on, as |'tis cur|rent in | our land,
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The chop|ping French | we do | not und|erstand.
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Thine eye | begins | to speak,| set thy / tongue
there,
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Or in thy | piteous | heart, plant thou |
thine^ear,
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That hear|ing how | our plaints | and prayers |
do pierce,
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Pity | may move | thee, pard|on to | rehearse.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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Good aunt,| stand^up.
DUCHESS OF YORK
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I do | not sue | to stand,
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Pardon | is all | the suit | I have | in hand.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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I pard|on him,| as heaven | shall pard|on me.
DUCHESS OF YORK
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O hap|py vant|age of | a kneel|ing knee:
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Yet^am | I sick | for fear:| speak it | again,
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Twice saying pard|on, doth | not pard|on twain,
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But makes one pard|on strong. \\
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I pard|on him | with all | my heart.|
DUCHESS OF YORK
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A god | on earth | thou art. \\
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
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But for our | trusty | brother-in-|law, the |
abbot,
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With all | the rest | of that | consort|ed crew,
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Destruc|tion straight | shall dog | them at | the
heels:
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Good^unc|le help | to ord|er seve|ral powers
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To Ox|ford, or | wherere | these trait|ors are:
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They shall | not live | within | this world | I
swear,
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But I | will have | them, if | I once |
know^where.
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Uncle | farewell, and | cousin | adieu:
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Your moth|er well | hath prayed,| and prove you
true.
DUCHESS OF YORK
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Come my old^|son, I | pray heaven make | thee
new.
[Exeunt]