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Before Lord Hastings' house.
[Enter a MESSENGER]
MESSENGER
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My lord,| my lord.
HASTINGS [Within]
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Who knocks?
MESSENGER
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One from | the Lord | Stanley. (tri with prev)
[Enter HASTINGS]
HASTINGS
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What is it | o'clock?
MESSENGER
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Upon | the stroke | of four.
HASTINGS
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Cannot | my Lord* Stan|ley sleep | these ted|ious
nights?
MESSENGER
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So it | appears,| by that | I have | to say:
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First, he com|mends him | to your | noble | lordship.
HASTINGS
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What then? \\
MESSENGER
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Then cert|ifies | your Lord|ship, that | this
night
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He dreamt,| the boar | had raz|ed off | his helm:
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Besides,| he says | there are / two coun|cils kept;
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And that | may be | deter|mined at | the one,
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Which may | make you | and him | to rue | at the
oth||er.
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There|fore he sends | to know | your lord|ship's
plea||sure,
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If | presently^|you will / take horse | with him,
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And with / all speed | post with | him toward | the
north,
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To shun | the dang|er that | his soul | divines.
HASTINGS
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Go fel|low, go,| return | unto | thy lord,
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Bid him not | fear the | sepa|rated | council:
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His hon|or and | myself | are at | the one,
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And at the | other,| is my / good friend | Catesby;
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Where noth|ing can | proceed,| that touch|eth us,
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Whereof | I shall | not have | intel|ligence:
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Tell him his | fears are | shallow,| without |
instance.
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And for | his dreams,| I wond|er he's so |
simple,
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To trust | the mock|ery of un|quiet | slumbers.
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To fly | the boar,| before | the boar | pursues,
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Were to | incense | the boar | to fol|low us,
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And make | pursuit,| where he | did mean | no*
chase.
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Go, bid | thy mast|er rise,| and come | to me,
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And we | will both | togeth|er to | the Tower,
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Where he shall | see the | boar will | use us |
kindly.
MESSENGER
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I'll go,| my lord,| and tell | him what | you
say.
[Exit. Enter CATESBY]
CATESBY
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Many | good mor/rows to | my nob|le lord.
HASTINGS
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Good mor|row Cates|by, you are | early | stirring:
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What news,| what news,| in this | our tot|tering state?
CATESBY
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It is | a reel|ing world | indeed,| my lord:
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And I | believe | twill nev|er stand | upright,
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Till Rich|ard wear | the garl|and of | the realm.
HASTINGS
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How wear | the garl|and?
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Dost thou | mean the | crown?
CATESBY
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Aye, my | good lord.|
(tri with prev)
HASTINGS
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I'll have | this crown | of mine | cut from my |
shoulders,
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Before | I'll see | the crown | so foul |
misplaced:
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But canst | thou guess,| that he | doth aim | at
it?
CATESBY
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Aye, on my | life, and | hopes to | find you |
forward,
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Upon | his part|y, for | the gain | thereof:
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And there|upon | he sends | you this / good news,
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That this / same ve|ry day | your en|emies,
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The kin|dred of the | queen, must^|die at
| Pomfret.
HASTINGS
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Indeed | I am / no mourn|er for / that news,
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Because | they have | been still | my
ad|versaries:
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But, that | I'll give | my voice | on Rich|ard's
side,
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To bar | my mast|er's heirs | in true | descent,
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God^knows | I will | not do | it, to | the death.
CATESBY
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God^keep | your lord|ship in | that gra|cious mind.
HASTINGS
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But I | shall laugh | at this | a
twelve-month hence,
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That they | who brought | me in | my mast|er's
hate,
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I live | to look | upon | their trag|edy.
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Well Cates|by, ere a / fortnight | make me |
older,
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I'll send | some pack|ing, that | yet think | not on
it.
CATESBY
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'Tis a / vile thing | to die,| my gra|cious lord,
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When men | are un|prepared,| and look | not for it.
HASTINGS
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O monst|rous, monst|rous! And | so falls | it out
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With riv|ers, Vaugh|an, Gray:| and so | 'twill do
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With some | men^else,| who think | themselves | as safe
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As thou | and I,| who^(as | thou knowst)| are
dear
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To prince|ly Rich|ard, and | to Buck|ingham.
CATESBY
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The prin|ces both | make high | account | of you,
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For they | account | his head | upon | the
bridge.
HASTINGS
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I know | they do,| and I have | well de|served it.
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Come on,| come on,| where is your | boar-spear
man?
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Fear you the | boar, and | go so | unpro|vided?
STANLEY
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My lord | good mor|row, good | morrow | Catesby:
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You may | jest^on,| but by | the ho|ly rood,
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I do | not like | these seve|ral coun|cils, I.
HASTINGS
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My lord,| I hold | my life | as dear | as yours,
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And nev|er in | my days,| I do | protest,
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Was it | more pre|cious to | me as |'tis now:
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Think you,| but that | I know | our state |
secure,
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I would | be so | triumph|ant as | I am?
STANLEY
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The lords | at Pom|fret, when they | rode from
| London,
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Were joc|und, and | supposed | their states |
were sure,
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And they | indeed | had no | cause to | mistrust:
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But yet | you see,| how soon | the day | orecast.
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This sud|den stab | of ran|cor I | misdoubt:
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Pray* God |(I say)| I prove | a need|less
coward.
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What, shall | we toward | the Tower?| The day | is
spent.
HASTINGS
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Come,| come, have | with you.
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Wot you | what, my | lord, (tri with
prev)
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Today | the lords | you talk | of, are | behead||ed.
LORD STANLEY
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They,| for their truth,| might bet|ter wear |
their heads,
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Than some | that have | accused | them, wear |
their hats.
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But come,| my lord,| let's a|way.|
[Enter a Pursuivant. Exeunt STANLEY and CATESBY]
HASTINGS
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Go on | before,| I'll talk | with this good |
fellow.
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How now,| sirrah?| How goes | the world | with thee?
PURSUIVANT
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The bet|ter, that | your lord|ship please | to
ask.
HASTINGS
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I tell | thee man,| 'tis bet|ter with | me now,
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Than when | thou metst | me last,| where now | we
meet:
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Then was | I go|ing pris|oner to | the Tower,
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By the | sugges|tion of | the queen's | allies.
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But now | I tell | thee (keep | it to | thyself)
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This^day | those en|emies | are put | to death,
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And I | in bet|ter state | than ere | I was.
PURSUIVANT
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God hold | it, to | your hon|or's good | content.
HASTINGS
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Gramer|cy fel|low: there,| drink that | for me.
[Throws him his purse]
PURSUIVANT
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I thank | your hon|or. \\
[Exit. Enter a Priest]
PRIEST
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Well met,| my lord,| I am glad | to see | your
honor.
HASTINGS
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I thank | thee, good | Sir John,| with all | my
heart.
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I am in | your debt,| for your / last ex|ercise:
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Come the next | Sabbath,| and I | will con|tent you.
PRIEST
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I'll wait | upon | your lord|ship. \\
BUCKINGHAM
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What, talk/ing with | a priest, lord
chamb|erlain?
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Your friends | at Pom|fret, they | do need | the
priest,
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Your hon|or hath | no shriv|ing work | in hand.
HASTINGS
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Good* faith,| and when | I met | this ho|ly man,
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Those men | you talk | of, came | into | my mind.
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What,| go you | toward | the Tower?
BUCKINGHAM
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I do,|| my lord,| but long | I can|not stay |
there:
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I shall | return | before | your lord|ship,
thence.
HASTINGS
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Nay like enough,| for I | stay* din|ner there.
BUCKINGHAM
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And sup|per too,| although | thou knowst | it
not.
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Come, will you | go?
HASTINGS
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I'll | wait u|pon your | lordship.
[Exeunt]