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SHAKSPERE'S

KhNG HENRY THE FOURTH,

PART I: THE FIRST QUARTO,

1598,

A FACSIMILE IN PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY

BY

WILLIAM GRIGGS,

FOR 13 VEARS PHOTO-LITHOOKAPHKR TO THE INDIA OFFICS,

WITH FOREWORDS BY

HERBERT A. EVANS, M.A.,

BALLIOL COLLEOB, OXFORD.

LONDON: PuBLiSHT BY W. GRIGGS, Hanovkr Street, Peckham, S. K.

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DEDICATED

TO THE MEMORY OF

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[Shaks fere- Quarto Facsimiles, No. 8.]

Ill

FOREWORDS TO 1 IIEXRY THE FOURTH,

QUARTO 1598.

§ I. I 6^ 2 Henry IV. membfrs of a

scries of historical plays, p. iii. $ 2. I Henry IV., -Mhm writliit, p. iv. § 3. Editions, p. v.

§ 4. Thf Q. of 1598 the standard text,

p. viii. \ 5- Fottlty stagi directions, p. ix. § 6. This Facsimile, p. x.

§ I. In the First and Second Parts of Henry IV., Shakspere again takes up the thread of his story where he had dropped it three or four years before, at the end of Richard II. At the end of that play Bolingbroke (for he has not yet been crowTied king) declares it is his purpose to make a crusade to the Holy Land, and expiate his crimes, and, at the opening of the First Part of Henry IV., although " the furious clofe of ciuill butcherie " has compelled him to put it oflf for twelve months, his purpose is still unchanged, and he is making busy preparations for "forwarding this deere expedience." We find a similar link between the Second Part of Henry IV. and Henry V, when, at the end of the former play, Prince John of Lancaster sounds the note of the coming invasion of France :

" I wil lay ods, that ere this yeere expire, We beare our ciuill Iwords and natiue fier, As farre as France, I heard a bird fo ling, Whole mulique, to my thinking, pleafde the King ; "

and thus, as Johnson long ago remarked, these four plays {Richard II., Henry IV. Parts L & IL, and Henry V.) seem to have been designed to form a connected historical series. But though so closely following each other in historical order, artistically a wide interval separates Richard II. from the three plays that follow. During this interval Shakspere has rapidly become more and more

iv § 2. THE DATE OF 1 & 2 HENRY IV.

conscious of his power. He has emancipated himself from the traditionary rules of his art ; he has, in JCing yoAn, already ventured to introduce an element of humour into the grave and stately march of an historical drama, and now at last, in Henry IV., he puts forth the full strength of a ripened genius, and wins for himself immediate renown as the author of a masterpiece, that in its kind has never since been surpassed.

§ 2. The first mention which we have of the First Part of Henry IV. is the entry in the Stationers' Registers, which is as

follows :

[1597-8] xxv" die Febriiarij

Andrew Wyse./- Entred for his Copie vnder thandes of Master Dix : and master Warden man a book intituled The historye of Henry the iiij"* with his battaile of Shrewsburye against Henry Hottspurre of the Nortlie with the conceipted mirthe of Sir John Falstoff. vj'*./-

Arber's Transcript, iii. 105.

In the same year (1598), probably immediately after the above entry had been made with the Stationers' Company, the play was printed for the first time, and of this edition the present volume is a facsimile. In this year too, Francis Meres published his Palladis Tamia, in the often-quoted passage of which treatise Henry IV. is one of the plays mentioned as evidence of Shakspere's excellence in Tragedy.^ Both parts of the play are here intended by Meres in all probability, for it can be demonstrated, as I shall have occasion to show in the Forewords to Part II., that both parts had been already written.- Next year (1599) we have an allusion to Falstaff in Ben Jonson's Every Man out of his Humor, which I give here, not as throwing any additional light upon the date of Henry IV., but as evidence how early one of its leading characters had become well- known and popular :

* Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse, ed. 2, p. 21. Meres, in another passage of the same work adopts FalstafTs "there is notliing but rogery to be found in villanous man" (i Hen. IV. II. iv. 138). Ibid. p. 24.

* Sec Forewords to Part II., p. iii.

§ •_'. DATE OF HKSIiV 11'. § 3. EDITIOSS OF THE PLAY. V

" Marie, I will not do as riaiitus in his AvipJiitryo for all this, {Summi lovis caufa Plauditi :) begge a Platidite for Gods lake : but if you (out of the bountie of your good-liking) will bellow it, why, you may (in time) make leane Alacilente as fat as Sir John Fall-ftaffe."^

But, however interesting such allusions as those of Meres and Jonson may be, the entry in the Stationers' Registers remains our most important guide to the date at which the play was written, proving as it does that it cannot have been later than February, 1598 ; and if, as will be shown, the Second Part had also been produced by this date, we may be fairly safe in asserting that it cannot have been later than some time in 1597. Very possibly it may have been written in the summer of that year, and followed by the Second Part in the winter of 1597-8.

§ 3. No less than six Quarto editions of Part I. were brought out before the publication of the First Folio in 1623, a fact which compared with the single (known) Quarto of Part II. is somewhat remarkable, viz., in 1598 (the ed. here facsimiled), 1599, 1604, 1608, 1613, and 1622. After the publication of the Folio we have two editions, one printed in 1632, the other in 1639. Thus the play went through eight editions in a separate form before the middle of the 17th century, a number equalled by no other play except Richard HI. ; and this is quite in harmony with what we know of the popularity of the play, and particularly of the character of Falstaff, from the number of "allusions " (I use the word to in- clude mentions) to it which occur throughout the 17th century, and are collected in Dr Ingleby's and Miss Smith's Shakespeare' s Centurie of Pray se. The title-pages of the first five of these editions will be found in the Cambridge Shakespeare, or in Lowndes. I need only mention here that on the title-page of the 2nd ed. first appears the addition, " Newly corrected by W. Shake-speare." This must be taken, it is hardly necessary to say, at its own value, namely that of a bookseller's puff.

Capell, who was the first editor who made a careful examination

' Centurie of Prayse, p. 31.

1 b

vi § 3. RELATION OF THE QUARTO TO THE FOLIO.

of the Shaksperian Quartos, points out that each succeeding edition was generally printed from the one next preceding it j^ and the successive editions of the play before us are no exception to this rule. In the opinion of Malone,- the play as it stands in the first Folio was printed from the fifth Quarto of 1613 ; and in this he is followed by the Cambridge editors, who are also of opinion that the copy sent to press for the Folio had been partly corrected from a consultation of the earlier editions. Allowing therefore for such changes as are due to the editions from 1599 to 1613, it follows that we have in the Folio what is substantially a reprint of the j)resent edition ; and a comparison of the two confirms this result. Where the Folio differs from the Quarto, it generally differs for the worse ; and although in less than a score of instances it supplies a preferable reading, these are almost all only corrections of obvious mistakes ; e. g. two or three defective metres are mended, dropped letters are supplied, or redundant ones cancelled, and misspellings are corrected.^ Really difficult and defective passages, of which

' Works of Shakespeare, vol. i. Introduction, p. 13. ' Variorum Shakespeare, 1821, vol. xvi. p. 274, note 8. * Take a few specimens : {a) Instances in which the Folio corrects the Quarto. (The Quotations are from the Folio. The notes as to the Quartos and Folios after Qi, Fi, are from the Cambridge .Shakespeare) II. iv. 442. For though / the Camo- Quarto i, 2, 3, 4, are we all

mile, the more it is troden, the vnder one. Quarto 5, 6, 7, 8,

faster it growes ; \ yet youth, the are we all vndone.

more it is wasted, the sooner it V. iv. 34. But seeing thou fall'st on weares. p. 58b me so luckily,

(Quarto I, 2, so. I will assay thee : so defend thy

IV. i. 126-7. I learned in Worcester, selfe. p. 72a

as I rode along, Quartos [alt) and.

He cannot draw his Power this V. iv. 68. .AW shall it //rtrrr [brook a

fourteene dayes. double reign], for the houre is

DoT.L's;. That's the worst Tidings come

that I heare of / yet. p. 66b To end the one of vs ; p. 72a

Quarto 1, 2, 3, 4, can and it. Quarto No^v. [Mr. Aldis

IV. iii. 21. Your Vncle Worcesters Wright informs me that Capell's A^r.ff' came but to day, p. 67b copy of Qi has Nor, like the

Quarto 1, 2, 3, 4, horses. Folio.— F.]

V. ii. 3. Then we are all vndone.

p. 70a (h) Instances in which the reading of the Folio is inferior to that of the Quarto. (But where the passage is starr'd (*), the bad reading is due to a later

§ 3. RELATION OF THE QUARTO TO THE FOLIO.

Vll

there are, however, but three in the play and all in the same scene (IV. i. 31, IV. i. 52, and IV. i. 98)^ are left unaltered; and of the

Quarto than Ql. The Cainbridge editors say that "The version in the first Folio seems to have been printed from a partially corrected copy of the fifth Quarto," 1613.)

I.

111.

Chat

II. iv.

II

66. This bald, vnioynted of his (my Lord) Made me to anrMi'T indirectly (as I said.) P- 51a

Quartos {all) I anyivereJ. •II. iii. 65. When men restraine

their breath On some great sodaine hast.

P- 55a

Quarto, hest. Q2, 3, 4, 7, 8,

F 3. 4, haste. Q4, 5, 6, Fi, 2,

hast.

127. lie sowe nether stockes, and mend / them [Quartos, and foote them] too. p. 56b

All the Folios leave out * and

foote them.' iv. 215. Thou knowest my oUle / 7vord ; here I lay, and thus I bore my point ; P- 57^

Quarto l, 2, 4, warde. Q3

ward.

II. iv. 598. lie procure this fat Rog^^e

a Charge of Foot, / and I know his

death will be a Match of Twelue-

score p. 60a

Quarto i, 2, 3, 8. F3, 4, March,

but Match Q4 [1608 A.D.], Q5

li6i3],Q6[i622]; Fi, Q7. F2. i. 32. [the imprisoned windj for enlargement striuing. Shakes the old Bddame Earth, and tomhles downe / Steeples, and mosse-growne Towers. p. 60a b

Quartos {topUs Q5, 6), topples. •III. i. 66. thrice from the Banks

of Wye, And sandy-bottom'd Seueme, haue

I hent him

III.

sent.

60b Q5

•I\

'IV

take my p. 66b

Boollesse home.

Quarto i. 2, 3, 4

[1613], Fi, 2, hetit. i. 119. Come, let me Horse,

Quarto i, tast ; Quarto 2, taste

the rest, take. . i. 122. Harry \.o Harry, ^7\}\ not

Horse to Horse Meete, p. 66b

Quarto I, 2, hot : the rest, not. •IV. iv. 17. And what with Given Glendcnt'ers absence thence. Who with them was rated finndy

too, p. 68b.

Quarto l, 2, 3, 4, « rated sinew.

rated firmdv, Q5 [1613], Q6

[1622], Folios, Q7, 8. V. i. 71. Swome to vs in [Q your] yonger enterprize. p. 69b

Both Fi and F2 leave out the Q your. *V. ii. 51. Howshew'd his Talking? Seem'd it in contempt ? p. 70b

Quarto l, tasking; the rest, talking. •v. ii. 889. Now for our Consciences,

the Armes is faire. When the intent yi^r bearing them

is iust. p. 71a

Quarto I, 2, 3, 4, are and of;

the rest, is andyir. •V. iv. 84. O, 1 could Prophesie,

But that the Earth, and the cold

hand of death, I.yes on my Tongue : p. 72a.

'Quarto I, earthy and cold ; the

other Quartos, earth and cold ;

the Folios, earth, and the cold.

IV. i. 31. He \vrites me here, that inward sicknesse.

And that his friends by deputation

Could not so soone be drawne : p. 66a

IV i. 52 DcM^. Faith, and so wee should,

Where now remaines a sweet reuersion.

We may boldly spend, vpon the hope

Of what is [Q. tis] to come in :

A comfort of retyrement Hues in this. p. 66a

viii § 4. THE QUARTO OF 1598 IS THE STANDARD TEXT.

omissions, the largest number by far are made in obedience to the Act of Parliament (3 James I. ch. 21) for restraining the abuses of Players ; the rest, which, — except in V. v. 32, 33, where two lines have been dropped, — never extend beyond a word or two, are apparently due to errors of the compositor.

§ 4. There can therefore be no hesitation in pronouncing the Quarto of 1598 the standard text of the play. It is not an incor- rect, garbled, or fragmentary ver.sion, as some of the early Quartos of other plays are, but, with a limited number of exceptions, a faith- ful reproduction of the author's manuscript. That it was printed from that manuscript itself is indeed unlikely. The jealousy Avith which the original MS. would be guarded by its proprietors, especially in the case of so popular a play, forbids such a supposition. But the '• copy " employed had been for the most part correctly transcribed, though it is possible from the two or three lacunse in Act IV. sc. i., that this scene at least may have been obtained from an inferior source. At any rate, Andrew Wise was more fortunate in his "copy" for Part I., however obtained, than he and his partner, William Aspley, were in that for Part II. How he obtained it, whether by bribing some actor, or servant of the theatre, or from the MS. of an attentive short-hand writer,^ can only be matter of

IV. i. 97. TWn. All furnisht, all in Armes,

All plum'd like Estiidges, that with the Winde

Bayted like Eagles, hauing lately bath'd, p. 66b

' On the business done by these short-hand writers at the theatres Mr J. Payne Collier (History of English Dramatic Poetry, ed. 1879, vol. iii. p. 192) quotes Thomas Heywood's comjilaint " that some of his pieces had 'accidentally ' got into the printer's hands and ' therefore so corrupt and mangled, copied only by the car, that I have been unable to know them, as ashamed to challenge them.'" T. Hey wood, address to the Reader prefixed to the Rape of Lticrece, first pub- lished 1608.

Again, " \vi.'W\% Pleasant Dialogues and Dramas, 1637, Ileywood explains in wliat way plays were 'copied by the ear' : he is adverting to his Queen Elizabeth (so he there calls his If you know not me, you know Nobody, first published in 1606), and ' taxeth the most corrupted copy, now imprinted,' observing ;

' Some by stenography drew The plot, put it in print, scarce one word true.' "

Collier, ibid.

§ 4. PLAYEllS AND PUBLISHERS. § 5. FAULTY STAGE-DIRECTIONS, ix

conjecture ; but we may feel fairly certain that Shakspere himself was in no way connected with the publication. Mr Ebsworth, in- deed, in his Introduction to the Roberts Quarto of the Midsummer Night's Dream, in the present series of Facsimiles, suggests that the Fisher Quarto of the same play may have been an accredited publication, favoured by Shakspere. But this would hardly be likely, if we consider the fact that Shakspere was himself a member of the Lord Chamberlain's company, and that his interest would be identified with theirs. Now the interest of the players and the bookseller were diametrically opposite. The latter would be anxious to make as much money out of a popular play as he could, by the sale of printed copies, if he could succeed in getting an edition into print, while the former would regard with jealousy any such attempt to interfere with their vested interests. After they had once purchased a play from the author, they justly regarded it as their private property, and any attempt at giving it publicity outside the walls of their theatre might not only tend to diminish their audiences, but would certainly facihtate its production by a rival company.^

§ 5. In the present edition there is no division into Acts and Scenes : this was first made in the Folio. The Localities and the Dramatis Personae were first added by Rowe, in 1709. The stage- directions are generally completely given, but in I. ii. iSi, the names of two of the actors, " Haruey " and "RofTil," have crept into the text instead of Bardolph and Peto, an error repeated in the Folio; while in II. iv. 193, 195, and 199, " I^oJ/y' appears in the margin where the Folio has Gad. Neither of these names appears in the list of the actors belonging to the Lord Chamberlain's com- pany: their connection with it was, therefore, probably a temporary one. Again, in V. i. (stage direction) the Earl of Westmoreland is

' From the following entry in Henslowe's Diary it appears that the players sometimes even bribed a printer to ' stay the printing ' of one of their plays : ' I^nt unto Robart Siiaw, the 18 of March 1599, to geve unto the printer to stay the printing of Falienl Grissell, 40s.' Quoted by Mr Collier, History, &c., vol. iii. p. 193, note.

X § 5. FAULTY STAGE-DIRECTIONS. § 6. THIS FACSIMILE.

included in the list of persons present on the stage, and his name

has been retained by the Cambridge editors. Alalone omitted it,

and I think rightly, for he was clearly at the time indicated a

hostage in the rebel camp, and not with the king. Compare IV. iii.

loSff:

" Go to the king, and let there be impawnde Some furety for a lafe returne againe, And in the morning early lliali mine vnkle Bring him our purpofes "

with V. ii. 28

" My vncle is return' d, Deliuer vp my Lord of Weftmerland ; "

and it follows that Westmoreland was the surety required by Hot- spur, and that he must have gone to the rebel camp as such before the interview of Hotspur's uncle with the king in Act V. sc. i. at which he is represented as present.

§ 6. In the Duke of Devonshire's copy of the Quarto, here facsimiled, the head-lines have often been cut into, or cut away altogether, by the mounter; and, in one instance (III. i, 2), the following line of the text has also disappeared :

[Head-line] The Hiftorie " And our induction ful of profperous hope."

Mr Griggs has accordingly facsimiled this page from the British Museum copy of the Quarto, and put it in an Appendix. The marginal division into Acts and Scenes is that of the GMe Shakespeare, and the lines are numbered by fours to correspond with the line-numbers in that edition. This system will facilitate reference, and make this facsimile easy to use with such books as Schmidt's Shakespeare Lexicon. Lines which seem to require emendation have been daggered (t), and the two lines in Act V. sc. v., wanting in the Folio, have been starred (*).

Herbert A. Evans.

XI

PERSONS REPRESENTED.

King Henry the Fourth Prince of Wales "| Sons

> to the Lord Iohn of Lancaster J King. Earle of Westmero Of the LAND ^ Kings

Sir Walter Blunt J Party. Sir Iohn Falstaffet

P«'^"^5 I Irregular

Gadshill ^ Humorists.

Peto I

Bardoll j

Earle of Northumberland ■» ^

Earle of Worcester

Harry Percie (Hotspur)

Lord Mortimer

Owen Glendower

Earl of Douglas

Sir Richard Vernon

Archbishop of Yorke

Sir Mighell

t/3 W rt =

a,

)

Lady Percie Lady Mortimer HosTEssE Quickly

Enters

p. 2, lo, 46, 65, 73, 78.

p. 5, 20, 22, 26, 46, 52, 60, 65, 73, 74,

77, 7S. P- 2, 65, 73, 77. p. 2, 60, 65 1, 73, 78.

p. 2, 10, 50, 62, 65, 72.

p. 5, 20, 22, 28, 33, 50, 59, 65, 72, 75.

p. 7, 20, 22, 26, 28.

p. 19, 21, 22, 28-.

p. 20 {in error), 21-. 22, 28-, 52-. p. 2I':, 22, 282, 37^ 50, 59. p. 10.

p. 10, 13, 38, 55', 61, 6s, 69, 78.

p. 10, 23, 38, 553, 61, 70, 72, 75.

p. 38.

P- 38, 43-

p. 553, 61, 70*, 72, 74'. 75-

p. 57, 61, 65^ 69, 78.

p. 64.

p. 64.

P- 24, 43-

P- 43-

P- 32, 37. 52-

Two Carriers, p. 18, 37 [one only) ; Ostler, p. 18 {does not enter) ; Chamber- laine, p. 19 ; Trauailers, p. 22 ; Seruant, p. 24' ; Drawer, p. 26, 28'; Vintner, p. 27 ; Sheriffe, p. 37; Lords, p. 46 ; Messengers, p. 55, 71.

' A mistake ; see p. ix. • Omitted in Sta^e Direction. ' No Stage Direction.

* Omitted in Stage Direction on first entrance.

r.s. AND xoTE TO iiEynY iv'., PAiir I. xin

P.S. Mr. HalliwellPhillipps possesses a fragnienl of an edition of this play differing from that of any known edition. In ii, 2, 119, this has "How the fat rogue roared!" whereas all other editions omit the wordyi?/; and, omissions being commoner than insertions in early reprints, Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps believes that the reading of the fragment tends to show that it belongs to an edition earlier than the one at present known as Quarto i. Both editions were, he thinks, published by Andrew Wise in 159S, and may be further distinguished by the fact that the fragment has Jiystorie in the head- line where the other prints histarie. This precious relic consists of four leaves only, and was found many years since at Bristol hidden in the recesses of an old book-cover. — {Oii/Ii/ws of the Life of

Shaksferc, p. 131.)

H. A. E. June 14, iSSi.

Note to p. iv. EARL Y POPULARITY OF THE PLA Y.

Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps {Outlines of the Life of Shakspere, p. 132) quotes a private familiar letter from Toby Matthew to Dudley Carleton, written in September, 1598, wherein he observes, speaking of some miUtar}' officers, and with the evident notion that the quotation would be recognized, — " Well, honour prickes them on, and the world thinckes that honour will quickly prick them of againe." (V, i, 130.)

HISTORY OF

HEN R IE THE

F O V R T H;

Wicb the battellar Shrewsburie, beiweene the Kjng and Lord

Henry Percy, (urnamed

HcnrieHotfpur of ihc North.

With the humorous conceits of Sir John Falftalffe.

AT LONDON,

Printed by P. S, for t^^ndrew Wtfe^ dwelling

in Paulcs Churchyard^t the fignc of

ihcAngcli. 15^8,

THE HISTORIE OF

Henry the fourth.

Enter the Kifjf^^Lordlohn cfLdftcaJlery Earle of

WtJimerUnd^ixith others, \

KtMjr. Act IS

^^T^Tj^ O fhakcn as wc arc, fo wan with care,

^^^''^i^Find we a time for frighted peace to pant,

^^>.^E*^And breath fliort winded accents of new broilcs

»'*L^|^ To be commence in ftronds a far remote:

No more t' e thirfty entrance of this foile

Shaldav\bc her lips withher own childrensbloud,

No more fhall trenching warchanncl her fields.

Nor bruife her flourcts with the armed hoofes

Oi hoftile pacesrtholc oppofed cics,

Which like the meteors of a troubled heaucn,

Al ofone nature ,ofonc fubftance bred.

Did lately meete in ihc intcftinc Hiocke

And furious clofe ofciuili butcherie,

Shall now in mutuall wclbefecming rankes, March all one way,and be no more opposed i\oainrt acquaintance^indred and allycs.

TTieedgeof\var,likcani!i fheathed knife, No more fhaJl cut his maificr: therefore friends. As far as to the fcpulchcr ofChrift, VVhofe foldiournovv.vnder whofe bleflcd croflc We arc imprefTcd and ingag'd tofight. Forthwith a power of Englifh fhalJ wc Icauy, Whofe armes were mouJded in their mothers wombc, To chafe ihefc pagans in thofc holy fields, Ouer whofe acres walktihofe blefle d feet,

A,» Which

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3<i

44

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5.1'

51

to

Which f 400. yearcs ago were naild. For our aduantage on the bitter croflc. But this our purpofe now is tweluc month old, And bcoteleflc tisto tell you we wil go. Therefore we meet not nowe : then let me heare Ofyoumv gentle CofenWcftmerland, What yefrcrnight our counfell did decree In forwarding rhisdccre expedience,

Wf/?. Myliege,thishaftc was hot in qucftion And many limits ofthc charge fet down But yeflernightjwhcn all athwart there came Apoftfrom WalcSjloden withheauy newcSj VVhofe worft was that the noble Mottimcr, Leading the men ofHerdforrhirc to fighc Againft the irregular,and wild Glendower, Was by the rude hands ofchat Welchmantakenj A thoufandofhis people butchered, Vpon whofe dead corpcs there was fuch mifufe. Such beaftlyfiiamclelTc transformation By thofc Welch- women donejas may not be Without much rhame^rctouldjOr fpoken of.

King. Itfecmes then thatthe tidings ofthisbroile. Brake oPfour bufmefle for rhe holy land.

fi^eft. This matcht with other did.my gratious L, For more vneucn and vn welcome newes Came from the Norih,and thus it did import. On holly rode day the gallant Hotspur there, Yong Harry Percy^and brauc Archibold, That eucr valiant and approued Scot, At ilolmcdon met^where they di^ fpend A (ad and bloudy houre: As by difcharge of their artillery, And fhape oflikelihood the newes was told: For he rhac brought them in the very heat And pride of their contcntioM,d)d take horfe Vnccrtainc ofthc iflue any way.

King. Here is dccre,airueiiKluftrious friend, Sir Walter Blunt new 1 ighicd from his horfe,

Staind

l.i.

ofHenrie the fourth,

Staind with the variation ofeach /bile,

Bciwixt that Holmedon and this feat ofours:

And he hath brought vs fmothc and wclcom ncvvcs,

lihz Earle o^DonglM is diTcomfitcd,

Ten thoufand bould Scots, two and twenty knights

Balktin their own bloud. Did fir Walter fee

OnHoImcdonspIaincs.ofprironersHotfpurtookc

Mordake Earlc orFirc,and eldcft fonne

To beaten DougIas,and the Earle of AthoJ,

Of Munry,Angus,and Menteith:

And is not this an honorable fpoile.'

A gallant priz.c?Ha coofcnjis it not? In faith it is,

f'y'efi. Aconqucrt fora Prince to boaftofi King. Yea,therethoiimakrtmefad,andmakftmcfinne

In enuy,that my Lord NorthumberJand

Should be thcfachcrtofobleft afonne:

A fonncjwho is the theame ofhonors tongue,

Amongfi a grouc.thc very flraightcft plant.

Who is fwect fortunes mi nion and her pride,

Whiifi I by looking on the praifc of him

See ryot and difhonour flaine the brow

Ofmy young Harry. O that Jt could beprou'd

That fome night tripping fairy bad cxchang'd,

^n cradle clothes our children where they lay,

And cald mine Percy.his Plantagenct,

Then would] hauc his Harry, and he miiv:

But let him from my thotjghts. What think you Coo(c

Ofthis young Percies pride? The prifbncrs

Which he in this aducnturc hath furprizd

To his own vfcjhc kecpes and fends me word

1 dial hauc none but Mordake Earle of Fife.

yy'ejl. This is his vncIesteachingThisis Worccflcr. M aleuolent to you in all afpeds. Which makrshim pmnc himfclfe,and brifllevp The crcft of youth againft yourdignity.

Ktff^. But ] haue fent for him to anfwere this; And for this caufe a while we murt ncglcd^ Our holy purpofc co Icrufalem.

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Coofcn on wednefday next our councel we wil hold At Windfotc, fo informe the Lords: But come your felfe with fpecd to vs againe. For more is to be faid and to be done. Then out ofangcr can be vttered. fVeji. I will my liege. Exeunt.

Enter prince offVaUs^ndStr lohn Falfiajfi,

Taljl. Now //<?/, what time of day is it ladf

Prince. Thou art fb fat-witted with drinking of oldc fackc, and vnbuttoning thee after fuppcr, and flceping vpon benches after noone^that thou haft forgotten to demaunde that truelie which thou wouldeft trulie knowe. What a diuell haft thou to do with the time of the daie?vnleshoureswere cups offacke, and minutes capons,andclockes the tongues of Baudes, and Diallesthe fignes of leaping boufcs, and the bleffed funne himfclfc afairehotwcnchin flame-couioured taffata; I fee no reafonwhy ihoufhouldftbefofuperfluous todemaundc the time of the day,

Faljl, Indccdc you come ncere me nowc Hal^ for wee that takcpurfesgobythemconeandthefcucnftarsi and not by Tfeaf^«^,he,that wandting knight fo fairc : and I prethe fweec wag when thou an a king as God faue thy grace : maieftte I fiiould fay.fbr grace thou wilt haue none.

*Frtnce. What none?

Falji. No by my troth,not lb much as v\all ferue to bee pro- logue to an egge and butter,

Trin. Wcljhow thenPcome roundly, roundfy.

FaiJ}. Mzrry then fweet wag,when thou art king let not vs that are fquicisof the nights bodie , bee called theeues ofthe daics beauty: letvsbei)i4»4f/forreftcrs, gentlemen of the fhade,minions ofthe mcone, and let men fay wee be men of good goucmcmcni.bcinggouerned as the fea is , by our noble and chaft miftrcflethe moone, vndcr whofe countcnaunce wcHeale.

Prince. Thou faieft well,and it holds wel to , for the fortune of vs that a re the moones men,doth ebbe and flow like the fea, being goucinedasihefcaisby thcmoone,asforproofe.Now

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a purfe of gold moft rcfoiutcly fnatcht on Munday night and moft dilTolutcIy fpent on tuefday morning,got with fwearing, lay by .andfpcni with crying, bring in, now in as low an ebbe as the toot of the ladder,and by and by in as high a flow as tlic ridge of the galiowcs.

FMfi, By the Lord thou fairt trueladjand is not my hoftcfle of the tauerne a mort fwecc wench?

Trin. Asthehonyof//l(^/rfmyoldladofthe caftlc,andis not a buffe Icrkin a mort fwect robe of durance?

Fdl/}, How now, how nowc mad wag, what in thy quips and thy quiddities/ whac a plague haucl to doc with a buflfe Icrkin?

Prince. Why whatapoxchaueltodo with my hoftcfieof the tauemc?

Fal/i. WeIi,thouhaft cald hec to a reckoning mar^ a time and oft.

*Prince. Did I cuer call for thee to pay thy part?

FaJJ}, No,iJegiucthee thydue,thou haft paid all there.

Prin. Yea and elfe wherCj/o far as my coine would ilretch, and where it would not,I haue v(ed my credit,

Falfl. Ycajand ^o vs'd it that were it not here apparant that thou an hrire apparant.But I prcthe fwcet wag, thall there be gallowes ftanding in England when thou art king f and rcft>- kdon thus fubd as it is with the mfty curbe of olde father An- tickc the law.do not thou when thou art king hanga theefe.

Prince. No, thou (halt.

Ffil/i. Shall J.'O rare 1 by the Lord ilebe abraueiudge.

Prin, ThouiudgcftfaHeaiready,Iraeanethou fhalthaue the hanging of the tneeucs,and (b become a rare hangman,

Falji. Well //■<»// well, and in forae fort it iuropes with my humour, as well as waighting in thcCounI can tell you.

Prinre For obtaining of fuites?

F^lfi* Yea, for obtaining of fuites, whereof the hangman hath noleane wardrob. Zbioud I am as melancholy as a gyb CatjOr a higd bcare,

Prtn, Or an old Iyon,or a loucrs Lute,

Faljl. Yea ,or the drone of a L incolnfhire bagpipe.

Prtnce. What faic ft thou to a Hare - orihc malancholyof

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Falfl. Thou haft the moft vnfauory fmilcs, and art indeed the moftcomparatiuc rafcallicft fwcci yong Prince. But Hal rprcthc trouble mc no more with vanitic, I woulde to God thou and 1 kncwc where a commodity ofgood names were tobebought: anoldcLorde of the counccll rated mc the o- thcr day in thcftreet about you fir, but I rnarkt blm not , and yethetalktvcry wifely, but I regarded him not , andycthcc talkt wifely and in the ftrect to.

7V;». Thou didft well, for wifedome cries out in the ftreets and no man regards it.

Fal[i. Othou haft damnable iteration , and art indeed able to corrupt a faint : thou haft done much harme vponme Hal^ God forgiue thee for it : before I knc we thee Hal I k nc we no- thing, and now am I,ifa man ftiould fpcaketrulic, little better then one ofthe wicked : I muft giuc ouer this life , and I will giueitouer : by the Lord and Idoenotj I am a viilainc,ilcbcc damnd for ncuer a kings fonnc in Chiiftendom.

Trin. Where flial wc take a purfe to morrow Iacke.>

Talfl. Zounds where thou wiltlad,ilc make onc^an I do not call mc villaine and bafFell me.

Prm. I fee a good amendment of life in thee , from praying to purfc-taking.

TaL Why Hall.m my vocation Hally tis no finne for a man to labor in his vocation, Enter Pomes >

PoyaesnowefhallweknowcifGadfliillhauefctamatch. O if men were to be (aued by merir, what hole in hell were hot enough for him.^'this is the moft omnipotent villaine that euer cried,ftand,to a true man,

"^Prin. Good morrow Ne<l.

Toines. Good morrow fweete Hal. What faiesMonHcut remorfc.^ what faics fir lohn Sacke, and Sugar lacke? howe agrees theDiuell and thee about thy foulc that thou fouldeft him on good friday laft,fbr a cup ofMedcra and a cold capons legge.

Tmf<?.Sir John ftands to his word, the diucllfliallhauehis bargaine , for he was neucr yet a breaker of prouctbcs : he will giue the diucU his due.

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Paynes. Thenarclhoudamnd for keeping thy wordc with the diucll-

Trince. Elfc hechadbindamnd forcoofcning ihe diucll. ij«

T^oy, But my lads, my lads, to morrow morning, by toure a clocke early at Gadfhill, there are pilgrims going to Caniur- i-fo

buric with rich offerings,and traders riding to London with fat purfcs.l hauc vizards for you al youhauehorfcsforyourfelucs, Gadrhill lies to night in Rochefler , 1 hauc befpokc fuppcr to ,4^

morrow night in Eaftchcape : wc may do it as fecure as fleepe, if you will go I will ftuffe your purfes full ofcrowncs:if you will not tarieaihomc and behangd. ,^i

Falft. Hcareye Ycdward,»f 1 tarry at home and go not, ilc han^ you for going.

/*<>. You will chops.

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Prwce. Who 1 rob,l a thiefe ? not I by my faith.

Frf^.Theres neither honeflic,manhood^nor good fcllowftilp ,^6

in ihcc,nor thou camft noc of the bloud roiall^ifthou datcfl noc ftand for ten niillings.

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Tain. Why thats well faid.

Trwc-f-WelljCome what wil,ile tarrieathome,

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/'rmci'.l care not.

Po Sir Iohn,I preethc Icauc the prince and mee alone, T will ,6g

lay him downc fuchrcafons for this aduenture that be fhall go.

Fulfl. Well God giue thee the fpirit ofpcrfwafion, and him the eares of profiting, rhat what thou fpeakeft, may inoue,and what he hcares,may be bclecued, diat the true prince mayltbr recreation f^ke) proue afalfc thiefe, for thcpoDrc abufes of the time want countcnance:farcwel,you flial find me in Eaflchcap 176

*Trm Farewc! the latter fpring,farcwcl Alhallownefummer, Poin. Now my good fwecte hony Lord, ride with vs to mor- ,!»

row, I hauc a icart to execute, that I cannot mannagc alone, FainaIftc,Haruey,Rofsill,andGadfhil,fhalrobthofc men that f

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Po. Why, we wil fet forth before or after them , and appoint them a place of meeting, whercinitisat our pleafurc to failc; ;?/ and then wil they aduenturc vpo the exploit themfeiues, which

they ftial haue no fooneratchicued but wcclefetvpon them. ,,« PrtK.Yei but tis like that they wil know vs by our horfes^by

our habits^ and by euery other appointment to be our fclucs. T<».Tut,our horfcs tney (hal not fee jle tie them in the wood, 2D0 our vizards wee wil change after wee leauc them : and firrha, I

haue ca(e$ofBuckrom for the nonce, toimmaskeour noted outward gamicnts.

Prin. Yca.buc I doubt they wil be too hard for v$» 7*0. Wei, for two of them, I know them to bee as true bred cowards as euer tumd backerand for the third,ifhe fight longer then he fees reafon/ile forfweare atmcs. The vertue of this lea ft wil be the incomprehenfiblc lies,that this fame fat rogue wil tel vs when we meet at fupper,howthirtie at Icaft he fought with, what wardes,whatbIowes, what extremities heindurcd^and in the reproofc ofthis liucs the icft, Trtft, WcWy ilcgoc with thee, prouidevs allthingesneced i»tf faric,andmcetcmctoraocrownight in EaftcheapCj there ile

fup: farewell.

Po. Fare wel my Lord, S'xit Poinet,

'Prin, I know you all,and wil a while vphold The vnyokt humour of your idlenes. Yet herein wil I imitate the funne. Who doth permit the ba/c contagious clouds To fmother vp his beautte from the world , /!# That when he pleafe againe to be himlclfe.

Being wanted he may be more wondred at By breaking through the foulc and ougly mifts Ofvapours thatdidfeemctoftranglehim. K all the yeere were playing holly-dayes, To fpof t would be as tedious as to worke; B ut when they fcldome come,they wifht for come^ And nothing plcafeth but rare accidents ,• ijt So when this loufe behjcuiour I throw off.

And pay the debt I ncucr proroifed.

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By f»ow much becrer then my word I am,

By fo much fliall 1 falfihc mens hopes,

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My reformation glittring ore my fault,

Shal fhew more gcDdly,and actra£^ more eyes

Then that which hath no foile to fet it oflF.

lie (o offrndjto make offence a skill, j^ o

Redeeming lime when men thinkeleaft I wil. Exit,

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fir IValter blunt ;cvith others.

Ktyjg, My blood hath bin too coldc andccmpecatC) Vnapt to ftir at thefc indignicies, And you haue found me,for accordingly Ycxj tread vponmypaticnce,butbcfurc I will from henceforth rather be my fcife Mightie, and to be fcardc,then my condition Which hath bin frnooth as oile,foft asyong downc. And therefore loft that title of refpeA, Which the proud foule nearepaycs but to theproucL

fVoT. Out houfe(my foueraigneliegc)littledcfcrucs The fcourgc ofgrcatnes to be 's^A on itj And thai u»megreatncfleto,which our owne hands Haue holpe to make foponly. A7i>r.MyLotd.

iK"«w^.Worceftcr get thee gone.fbr I do fee Danger, and difobcdience in thine cie: ,*

O rir,your prefcncc is too bold and perempcori^ And MaieAie might neucr yet endure The moodic frontier of a feruant browc. You haue good leaue to Icaue vs,whcn we need Your V fe a nd counfd we Hiall fend for you. Exit fVor^ You were about to fpeake.

North.\fi my good Lord, Thofe prifoners in your highnes name demanded. Which Harry Percy here at Hotmedon tooke,- 24

Were as he faies,not with fuch ftrcngth denied As isdcliucrcd to your maieftie. Either enuie thcrefore.or mifprifion. Is guiliic of this fauJt^and not my fonnc. 2»

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Hotjp. My li^g^i I di<l dcnje no prifbners, But I remember when the fight was done, When I was dric with rage,and extrcametoile, Breathles and faint,leaning vpon my fword, Came there accttahic Lord,ncatand trimly dreft, Frefli as a bridegrcDme,and bis chin new rept, Shewd like a fiubble land at harueft home^ He was perfumed like a Milliner, And twbcthisfinger and his thumbc he heldc A pouncet boxe,which euer and anon He gauc his nofcjand tookt away againe. Who therewith angry^whenit next came there Tcokc it in rnufFe,and ftill hee fmild and talkt ; And as the fouldiours bore dead bodies by. He cald thenrvntaught knaues,vnmanerlie. To bring a flouenly vnhandfomc coarfe Betwixt thcwindeandhisnobilitic; With many holly-day and bdic tcrmcs He qucftioned me^amongft the reft demanded My prifoners in your Maiefties behalfe. I then, all fmarting with my wounds being cold, To be Co peftred with a Popingay, Out of my gricfe and my impacionce Anfwerd negle(ftingly,lknow not what Ke fhouldjOr he fhould not,for he made me mad To fee him fhine fo briske,and fmcll fo fweet. And taike fo like a waiting gentlewoman, Ofguns,and drumSjand wound s,Godfaue the mark: An d telling me the foucraigncft thing on earth Was P armacitic, for an inward bruife. And that it was great pitty/o it was, This viilanous faltpccter^mould be digd Out of the bowels of the harmeles earth, Which many a good tail fellow had deftroycd So cowardly, and but for (hcfe vile guns He would himfelfe haue beene a fouldior. This bald vnioyniedchat ofhis(my Lord) 1 anfwetedindjicdlly^^as Ifaid)

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Betwixt my loue and your high maicftie,

BJufir. The circumftancc confidered,good my lord, VV h at crc Lord Harry Terete then had (aid To fuch a pcrron,and in fitcha place, 7*

At fuch a timc,wiih all the reft retold. May re afonably die, and ncuer rife To do him wr ong^or any way impearfi Whatthenhefaidjfbhcvnfayitnow, 7*

Kiftg, Why yet he doth dcnie his prifoncrs. But with prouifo and exception, That we at out ovvne charge fhall ranfome ftiaight His brother in l3w,thcfooIirti Mortimer, *>

Who on my foulejhath wilfully betraid The Hues of thofe.thac he did lead to fight Againll that great Magitian,damndGlendower, Whofe daughter as we heare^that Earlc ofMarch «*

Hath lately married: (Kail ourcoffersthen Be emptied,to redeeme a traitor home ? Shall we buy treafon ? and indent with fcares When they haueloft and forfeited themfelucs ; NojOn the barren mountaineslet him ftaruc: For 1 l>iall neucr hold that man my friend, Whofe tongue fhall aske me for one penny coft To ranfome home reuoltcd Mortimer, 9^

Hof.ReuoIted Mortimer: He neuer did fall off,myfoueraigne liege

But by the chance of war.to proue that true Needs no more but one tongue : for all thofe wounds, Thofe moudicd wounds which valiantly he lookc, When on the gentle Seuemsfiedgicbanke,

In fingle oppofition hand to hand.

He did confound the bcft pare of an houre,

In changing hatdiment with great Glendowcr,

Three times they breathd & three times did they dtinkc

Vpon agreement offwift Seuems floud,

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Ran fearefiiily among the trembling tccdes. And hid his crifpc- head in the hollow banke, Bloud-ftained with thefe valiant combatants, /"* Ncucr did bare and rotten pollicy

Colour her working with luch deadly wounds, Nor ncucr coiild the noble Mortitncc Recciuc fo many.and all willingly. Then let not him be flandcrcd with rcuolt.

King. Thou dolt bcly him Percy,thou doft bcly him. He neuer did encounter with Glendower: ny6 1 tcl thce,he diirft as well hauc met the diuell alone,

As Owen Glendower for an enemy. Art thou not a(ham'd?but firrha. hence forth Let me not heare you fpcake of Mortimer: Send me your prisoners with the fpeedieft meanes, Or you fhal heare in fuch a k ind from me As will difplcafc you. My Lord Northumberland; Wclicencc your dqjanturc with your fonnc, ,14 Send vs your prifoners.oryou wil heare ofit-Exit King

Hot. And if the diuel come and rorc for them I wil not fend than : J will after firaight And tcl him fo,for I will cafe my hart, «* A Ibeit ] make a hazard of my head.

Nor. What?dronk widi choIer,ftay, & paufe a whUe, Here comes your vncle. Efiter War,

Hot. Speakc of Mortimer? Zounds I will {peake ofhim,and fetmy (bule m Want mercy if I do not ioine with him:

Yea on his part/ilc empty all thefe vaines. And flied my dcerebIoud,drop by drop in the dufi^ But /will lift the down-trod Monimer '•»* As high in the aire as this vnthankcfullking,

As thisingrate andcankred Bullingbrooke . Nor. Broihcr,ihe king hath made your nephew mad^ Wor. Who fhookc this heat vp after I was gonc^ '*" Hot . He wil forfboth haue aJl my prilbners.

And when I vrg'd the ranfotnc once agaiiic Of my wiucs broiher,thcn his chcckc looki pate,

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Trembling eucn at the name ofMonimcr. /* *

Worfl. I cannot blame him^was not hcprocIaimM By Richard thatdcad is,rhc nextofbloud?

North He was,I heard the proclamation: And then it wa$,when the vnhappy king, h»

(Whofc wrongs in vs God pardonjdid Ice fonh Vponhis Irifh expedition J From whence he interceptcd,did retumc Tobedcpos'd.andfhonlymurdcted- »5a

Worfi. And for whofc death,we in the worlds wide moudl Liue fcandaiiz'd and fbuly fpoken of.

//or. But loft/ pray you did king Richard then Proclaime my brother Edmund Mortimer ,56

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Norxh. Hedid,my felfcdidheareit. Hot.Nzy then Icannot blame his coofcnlting, That wifht him on the barren mountainesftarue, Butfhalicbcthatyouthatretthecrowne no

Vpon the head of this forgetful man, And for his fake wearc the deteftcd blot Ofmurtherousfubornation.'rtialube That you a world of curfes vndergo, m^

Being the agcnts,orbafcfecondmcanes, Thecordes,ihcladdcr,orthe hangman rather,

O pardon me, that 1 defcend fo low»

To fhew the line and the predicament, "'

Wh.erein you range vnder this fubiil king!

Shall it for Oiamebc fpokenin thefe daies,

Orfil vp Chronicles in time to come,

Thaimcnofyournobility and power >7*

Did gage them both in an vniuft behalte,

(As botfi ofyou.God pardon ii,hauc done)

To put down Richard.that fweet loucly Rofe,

And plant this thorne>th<sc anker Bullingbrooke^ ^^

And fhal it in more fhame be funhcr fpoken.

That you are fooId,difcarded,and fhcoke off

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No,yet time ferues, wherein you may redecme Yourbanifhthonors.and reftorc yourfclues Into the gcpdthoughtsofthc world againe ; Reuenge the leering and difdaind contempt Ofthis proud king.whoftudies day and night To anfwerc all the debt he owes to you, Euen with the bloudic paimenr ofyour deaths : Therefore I fay.

ff'tfr. Peace caofcn.fay no more. And now I will vnclafpe a fecret booke, And to your quicke conceiuing difcontcnts 71c reade you matter dcepe and daungcrous. As full ofpetill and aduenterous fpirit, As to ore walke a Current roring lowd, On the vnftedfaft footing of a fpeare.

Hot. /f he fall in^ god-night,orfinke,or fwim, Send danger from the Eafl vnto the Weft. So honor croflfc it,fi:om the North to South, And lei them grapple : O the bloud more ttirs Toroufc a iyon than toftart a hare.

North. Imagination offomc great exploit Driues him beyond the bounds of patience. By hcauen me thinkcs it were an ea fie Icape, Toplucke bright honour from the palefac*d marine, Or diue into ihc bottome oKhe dcepe, Whercfadomc line could neucr touch the ground, And pluckc vp drowned honour by the locks, So he that doth redecme her thence might wearc Without con iuall all her dignities, But out vpon this halfe fac't tellowfhip.

tVor He apprehends a world of figures here. But not the forme ofwhat he fliould attend. Good coofen giue rac audience for a while. Hot. I crie you mcrcie.

War Thofe fame noble Scots that are your prifoners Hot. We kccpe them all; By God he fhall not haue a Scot of them, No,if a S cot would fauc his foule he fhall not.

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fVor, You dart away, A nd lend no care vnto my purpofes: Thofe prifoiiers vou fhall kccpe.

//o/.Nay I vvilhthaisflat: He faid he would not ranfomeMQitimer, Forbad my tongue to fpeakc ofMortimer, But I will find him when he lies aflccpe, And in his care ilc hollow Mortimer: Nay,ile haue a flarling dialbe taught to fpeakc 223-^

Nothing but Morumcr.and giue it him To kecpc his anger ftill in motioJi,

f^or, Heare you cofen a word.

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Sauc how to gall and pinch this Bullcnbrooke, And that fame fword and buckler Prince of Wales, But that I thinke his father loucs him not. And would be glad he met with fome mifchance: I would haue him poifoned with a pot of ale,

fyor. Farcwel kinfman,iJe taikc to you When you are better tempcrd to attend.

Nor. Why what a wafpe- ftung and impatient foole «j«

Art thouPto breake into this womans moode. Tying thine eare to no toung but thine ovvnc? Hot. Why looke you,I am whipt and fcourg'd with rodxj Netled^and Itung with pi{rnircs,when I hearc 240

Of this vile poliritian Bullingbrooke, In Richards time^whatdoyou call thcplace? A plague vpon it,it is in GloccfterQiirc; Twas where the mad-cap duke his vncle kept 244

His vncic Yorkcjwhere I firftbowcdmykiice Vnto this king of fmiies.this Bullenbiooke: Zbloud,whcn yon and he came backc from Rauen^urgh. 24*

North. At barkly caftle. Hot, You fay truc«

Wliy what a candy deaic ofcurtefie,

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Looke when his infa nt fortune came to agc^ And gentle HanyPcrcy,and kind coofcn:

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O the diulll take fuch ccofoners^god forgiue me, Good vncic tell your tale,Ihaue done,

War. Nay.ifycu haiic notjto it againc, Wc wil ftay your leifurc, //i?^ I haue done Ifaith,

WV, Then once more to your Scottifhptifoners, Dcliucr thcni vp without their ranfome ftraight, And make the Douglas fonne your only mcane For Powers in Scotland^which for diucrs rcalons Which I fliall fend you written,bc aflur'd 26^ Wil cafeiy be granted you my Lord.

Your fonne in Scotland being thus emploied, Shalfecretly into the bofome creepe I Of that fame noble prclat wcIbelou*d, 26» The Archbifhop,

Hot, OfYoikcj'isit not? Wor, TruCjWhobcarcshard His brothers death at BriRow the lord Scroop, tjz Ifpcakcnotthisineftimation,

As what I thinke might be,but what I know Is ruminatcdjplottcd.and fet downc, And oncly fiaies but to behold the face '7< Of that occ afion that fiial bring it on.

Hot. I fmellit.Vpon my hre it will do well* Nort, Before the game is afbote thou l^ili letft flip. Hot. Whyjit cannot chu(c but be a noble plot, ttc And then the powcrofScotland,andof Yorkc,

Toioine with Mortimer,ha. IVor, And fo they fhaU. Hot. In faith it is exceedingly well aimd. Wor. And tisno littlercafon bids vs fpccd, To fauc our heads by raifing of a head, Forbearcourfeluesaseuenas we can. The king will al waies thinke him in our debt, And thinke we thinke our felues vnfatisfied, »'* Till he hath found a time to pay vs home.

And fee already how he doth begin To make vs Grangers to his lookes ofloue.

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Hot. He doe5,hc docs.weele be rcueng'J on him.

IVorJ}. Coofen farcwcll.No further go in rhis> Then 1 by letters fhall dired your courfc When time is ripe,which will be fuddcnly, lie Healc to Glendower.and Lo:Mortimer, Where you andDouglas,andourpowrcsatoncc, As ] will tafhion it fhall happily meete, To beare our fortunes in our own ftrong arm«, Whjch now we hold at much vncertainty.

Nor. Fare weJl good broiher,wc fhall tnriuc I ttuft.

Hot. Vncle adicu:0 let the houres be fhort, Tillficld$,and bIowes,and grones.applaud our fport. Exeunt Enter a Comer rvith <t Lmterne m ha hand

I Car. Heigh ho.Anitbcnotfourebythedayilcbehangd, Charles waine m ouerthc new Chimney, and yetourhorfe noc packt.WhatOftlec

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1 Car.X preethe Tom beat Cuts facidlc , put a few flockcs in the pointjpoorc iadc is wroong in the withcrs,out of all ceflc

Snttr Another Carter.

2 C^/APeafcandbcanesarcasdankchercasadog and that is the next way to glue poore iades the bots : this houfe is turned \^^\6t downe fince Robin Oilier died.

1 Car Poore fellow neucr ioied fincc the prife of Oates rofe, it wasthe death ofhim.

2 Car. I thinkc this be the nioft villainons hou(c in al London road for fleas,! amftunglikc aTench.

/ Car, Like a Tench, by the Maflc there is nerc a King chrU ften could be better bit then 1 haue bin fince the firft cocke.

2 Car.Wh^ they will allowc vs nere a lordane, and then we leakc in yourchimney^and yourchambcr-lic brccdcs fleas like a loach.

/ Car. What Ortlcr.come away and be hangd, come away.

J Car, Ihauea mammon ofbacon , andiworazcs of Gin- ger.to be defiucred as far as Charing c rolTe,

/ Citr. Gods bodic, the Turkies in my Panicr are quite ftar- uedrwhatQftler'a plague on thee,haf^ thou neucr an eie in thy head;'canft not hcarc,and twcrc not as good dccdc as drinke to

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Cjodihill. Good morrow Cariers,whats a clocked

Car . I thinkc it be two a docke.

Cad I prcthc lend me thy lanreine, to fee my gelding in the ftable.

1 C^. Nay by God fbfi, Iknowca trickc worth two of {hat I faith.

Cad* I pray thee lend me thine.

2 Car, I when canft tcJl?Iendme thylanterne(quoth he)mar- ry ile lee thee hangd firft.

Gad, Sirrha Carrier, what time doe you meane to come to London.''

4i 2 Car. Time enough to go to bed with a candle, I warrant

thee J come neighbour Mugs, wcele call vp theGentlcmcn they will along with company, for they ha ue great charge. Enter Chamberltdne ^ Exeunt,

gad. What ho : Chamberlaine. Cham. Ar hand quoth pickcpui Ic. (jad Thats eucn as fairc as at na nd quoth the Chamberlaine: for (houvaricrt no morefrom picking of purfes, thenoiuing di- rc6lion doth from labouring: chou laicft the plot how.

Cham. G<r>d morrow maiflcrGadfhili , it holdes currant that I toldcyouycfternight, ther'saFrankelininthewildeofKcnt hath brought three hundred Markes with him in goide , I heard him tell it to one of his company iaft night at fupper , a kindc of 64 Auditor , one that hath abundance of charge too , God knovves

what^thcy are vp already ,and cai for Egges and buttcr,they wil awayprcfcntly.

gad Sirrha, iftheymeetc not with Saint Nicholas clearkes ile giue thee this nccke. '

Chara. No, ile none ofitjpray thee kecpe that for the hang- ma n,for I know thou worThippeft Saint Nicholas, as trulie as T amanoffalilioodmay.

Ga, What talked thou to me ofthe hagmanPif I hang Jle make afatpaireofCallowes : forif Ihang, oldefirlohn hangs with 7« mc, and thou knowefthec is no ftaruelingt tut, there are other

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Chant. What, the Common-wealth their bootes? willfhcc hold out water in fbuJe way ?

gad. She will, Oic will,luftice hath liquord her : we flealc as in a Caftell cocklurc : wee hauc the receytc of FcmefecdCjWCC ^alke inuifible.

Cham. Nay by my fayth,/thinkeyou are more beholding to the night then to Ferneleedjfor your walking inuifible,

Qad. Giue mcc thy hand,thou fh alt hauc a (liare in our pur- chafe,as lam a true man.

Cham Nayratherlctmehaueit,asyouarc afalfe thcefc,

CjodGo lo^homo is a common name to al mcn:bid the Oftler bring my gelding out of the (table, fare vvel you muddy knauc. Enter Trmce^ Vomes^and Peto^^frc

Po. Come fhelter, fhelter, Ihaue rcmoude FalflaJffeshorfe, and he frets like a gumd Veluer.

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Fa/Ji.Poyncs^ Poynes,and be hangd Poynes.

*Prw. Peace ye fat-kidneyd rafcaJ^ what a brawling doft diou kecpc :»

Fa/Ji. Whercs Poynes Hally

Prin.Hc is walkt vp to the top of the hill^ /Je go feeke him, F</i?./am accurft to rob in that rheeues companie.the rafcal hath remcoucd my hotfe, and tied him I ki>owc not where, if I irauell but foure foote by the fquire funher a foote, I fhall breakc my winde. Well , I doubt not but to die a faire death for all this, if 1 fcapc hanging for killing that rogue 1 hauc forfwornc his companic hourly any time this xxii. yeares^and yet T am be-

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witcht with the rogues companic , Ifihe rafcal! haue not gl- ucn mc medicines to make mec louc him,ilc be hangd.It could not be elfc. 1 haue drunkc medicines, Poynes, Hall, a plague vpon youooth. Bardoll , Pcto , ilc ftaruc ere ilerob a fbote 2i fiirthcr,andtwcrenotasgoodadcedcasdrinkcto tume true-

man, and toleaucthefc rogues,! am the veriefl varlet that cuet chewed with a tooih:eightyeardes of vncuen ground is three- fcore and ten myles a foote with mee , and the ftonie hearted villaincsknowck wellinough, a plague vponit when thecues can not bctrueonc toanother:

rheyrvhtfile, Whcw,a plague vpon youalI,giuemcemyhorre yourogucf, 32 giucmcmynorfcandbehangd:

Prw, PcaceyefatgutSjlie do wne,Iaie thine earc clofcto the ground,and lilt if thou canft hearc the treade of traucllcrs.

Ftilfl, Haue you anyleauerstoliftme vpagainc being down, zbloud ile not bearc mine owne flefh Co farrc a fbote againc for all the coine in thy fathers Exchequer .• What a plague meane ye to colt me thus? Vrin. Thou lieft^thou art not colted , thou art vncolted. Falfi, I prccthe gcod prince5Hal,helpc me to my horfe,g<x>d kings fonne,

Pr/* Out ye rogue fhall I be your Oftler? Faljl, Fiangthy felfe in thine owne heire apparant garters, ts if/betanc, ile peach for this: and I haue not Ballads made on

youalU and fungtofilthictunes, letacuppeoffacke bee my poy fon,wlien a icafl is fo forwar<i,and a foote too I hate it.

Eftter CjacipiilL sz Qad.S\zs\^. FalJiSo I do againft my will.

Po. O tis our fetter, I know his voice,Bardoll, what ncwes. 5<r B^o-.Cafeyee, cafeyee on with your vizards , theres money

ofthe kings comming downe the hill, tis going to the Kings Exchequer. Fnlft» You lie ye rougue.tis going to the kings Tauerne. So Cad. Thcresinough to make vs all;

Falft. To be hangd.

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Cad. Some eight or ten.

F(d Zounds will they noi rob vs f

Prw. What, a coward fir lolin paunch.

F4/. In deed I am not lohnofGaunt your grandfather, but ^et no coward, Hall,

/'r/«.Wcll,v\ e leaue that to the proofe,

To. Sinha Iackc,thy horfe ftandes bchindc the hedgc,when thou nccdft him,therc thou flialt find himrfarewel & fland taft,

F*l. Now can not I flrikc him if I (hould be hangd.

*?rw, Ned, where arc ourdifguifes^

1*0. Here, hard by jftandclofe.

Fal. Now my maiftcrs,happie man bee his dolejfay I,eucric man to his bufincflir, EtJtcr the trauaiUrs.

7>4«r/.Ccmc neighbour, the boy fiial lead our horfcs down the hill^w eclc walkc a foote a while and eafe our legs,

ThecHcs. Stand. Trauel. Icfus bleflc vs.

Faljl. Strike, downc with them, cut the villaines throates, a horefon Caterpillars, bacon-fed knaues, tliey hatcvsyouili, downe with them,flecce them.

Tra, O we are vndone jboth we and ours for euer.

F^y.Hang yegorbellicd knaucs, arc ye vndone, noyeefattc chufFcSjI woald yourftorewerehere; on bacons on, whatyec Inaues yong men m uft )iue,you are grand iutcn, are ye, weclc iurc ye faith.

Here they rol? them ^nd hind them. Exeunt. Enter thepr$nce and Coynes . Vrin. The thceueshauc bound the true men, nowc couldc tfiou and I rob the thcciics, and go mcrilie to Loiidon^it would be argument for a weck,Iaughter for a month, and a goodicfl for cucr,

Po. Stand clofc, Ihearc them comming. Enter the theeues agaitte.

Fdl. Come my ma ilkrs, let vsfhare and then to horfe before day , and the Prince and Poinesbcc not two arrant cowardes thercs no equitie Ifirriiig,thcrc5 no more valour in d>at Poyncs, then in a wilde duckc,

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^toojieautng the bootie behind them. Trin. Got with much cafe. No w merrily to horfcthe thcaies are all fcaitcrcd.and poflcft with fearc (bftrong!y,that they dare not mcete each other, each takes his fellow for an officer, awaie oood Ned, Falrtalffe fweatcs to death, and lards the leane earth as he waikcs along, wen not for laughing I lliould pittie him.

Poynei.Hovi the rogue roard. Exeafft-

Jf.iii Epter Hstjpur folpu readmg a letter.

Bnt formme oxvnpart rf^ Lord Icoftldbevpell coMtentedto bee t herein refpetl of the lone I bexreyottr houfe.

He could be contented jwhy is hce not then ;' in the rcfpeil of the loue he beares our houfe : hclhevves in this,heloueshisown barne belter then he loucs our houfe. Let mefcciomemore.

Thepurpofeyouvndertak^eia dangerous, Whyihatsccrtaine,tisdaungeroustotakca cold,io(]ecpc, to drinke,but I tell you(my Lord roDle)oui of this ncwlc danger,wc plucke thisflowafafctiei

The furpofeyoH vndertake u dangeroMJ , the friends yon haue W4- med vncertnine, the time tt felfe vnferted, mdyow veheleflot too light for the comterpoyfeofforreAt an opfojitton.

Say you (b ,(ay youfo, 1 (ay vntoyou againe, you arc a fhal- low cowardly hind.and you lie : what a lackebtainc is this y by the Lord our plot is a good plot, as euer was Iaid,our friends true and conftant:a good plot^ood friends.andful of expectation: an excellent pIot,verie goid friends; what afrofty fjiirited rogue is this? why my Lord of York commends the plot , and the genc- rallcourfe otthc Action, ^oundes, and I were no we by this rat. call I could braine him with his Ladies fannc. Is there not my father, myvncle, andmyfelfc; Lord Edmond Mortimer, my n Lord of Yorke, and Owen Glendower : is there not bcfides the

Dowglas^haue I not all their letters to mcete me in armes by the ninth ofthe ncyx month , and are they not fome of them fct fbr- 3' ward alreadie ? What apaganrafcallisthis,aninfidell; Ha,you

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How now KatCjI murt Icauey ou within thefe two houres.

Lady. O my good Lord, why are you thus alone? For what offence haue I this fortnight bin A banifht woman from my Harries bed.-* 7 el me fwcet Lord,what i(i that takes from thee Thy liomacke^pleafurc^and thy goulden fleepe^ Why doH thou bend thine ejes vpon the earth? And ftart fo often when thou ht(t alonc:' Why hart thou loft the frcOi bloud inthycheckes^ Andgiuenmy treafures and my rights ofthee To thickc cydc rnulHig,and curft melancholy? In thy faint flumbers 1 by thee haue watcht. And heard themurmur,iales ofyron wars, Speake tearmesofmannage to thy bounding ftced^ Cry courage to the field. And thou haft talkt OffallieSjand rcryres oftrenches tents, Ofpallizadoes/rontierSjparapcts, Orbanrisks,ofcanon,cuJucrin, Of prifoners ranfomc,and of foldiors flai'ne, And all the currents ofa heddy fighl^ Thy fpirit within thee hath bin fo at war, And thus hath fb bcftird thee in thy fleecpe, That beads of fweat haue ftood vpon thy brow Like bubbles in a late diftutbcd ftreame And in thy face (Grange motions haue appeard, Such as we fee when men reftraine their breath,. On fome great fud dam heft.O what portents are thcfc? Some heauy bufinefle hath my Lord in hand. And I muft know it elfe he loues me not.

Hot. What ho,is Gilliams with the packet gor^f

Ser. He is my Lord.an hourc ago .

Hot Haih Cutler brought ihoic horfcsfrom the Sheiiffe?

Scr. One horfc my Lord he brought cuennow.

Hot. Whathorfe.RoancPa cropcareisit noc?

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I ftraighi:0 Efperance^bid Buder lead himforih into the parkc. 7« j Z-x.BLitbcareyoumyLord.

' Hot. What fail} thou mv Lad v?

j iL,4. What IS ucarncsyou away?

j Hot . Why.my horfe^my !ou?^my horfe.

ic I 1,4. Out you madhedded ape,a weazel hath not fuch a deale ■ , offpieene as you are loft with. In faith ilekiio we your bufinefle ty4 H arry'thaci will, /feare my brother Mortimer doth ftir about

his tirle,and hath Tent for you to line his cntcrprifc^but if you go. Hot, So far a foot I fhal be weary loue.

M \ i^-«. Come, come you Paraqu!to,anfwere me djrccllyvnto

i this qucrtion that I aske,in faith ilebreake thy little finger Har- ry and ifthcu wilt not eel me all things true. M i //i?f.Away,aw3yyoutriflerJcue,Ilouethecnot, ! I care not for thee Katejthis is no world I To play with mammets,and to lilt with Iip$, 9t ; We muH haue bloudy nofei^and crackt crownes, j And pade them currant roo:gods me tny horfe: j What faift thou Ka.ccr what wouldft thou haue with me? j La Do you nor loue me'doyounotindccd/

••• I Wel,donotdien/orrinceyoulouemcnoc I will not loue my (clfe. Do you not loue mc»» j Nay tcl me L^you fpeake in ieit or no.' ] Hot. Come,wilt thou fee me ride:*

.«* \ And sshen I am a horfebacke I will fvveare 1 loue th ee infinitely, But harke you Kare, I muft n ot ha ue you henceforth q uefiion me Whither I go^nor reafon where about, i«< Whither I mufr.I rriurt,and to conclude

This euming tnufi I Icaue you gentle Kate, I know you wife^but yet no farther wife

Then Harry Percics wife^nftant you arc3 'I* Burycta womanandforfecrecy

Ko Laay c!ofcr/or I wellbeleeue Thou wilt not vner what thou doft not know, h.v,6 To far wil I tnifl thee gcntk Kate» Lx, How/ofar.

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?r/w. Ned,precthe come out ofthat fat roome, and Icnde mc thy hand to laugh a little.

Pot Where haft bin Hat?

Vrtn, With three or fbureIoggcrheades,amongcft three or fourcfcorc ho2.nieades. I hauc founded the vcricbafe firing oT humiliiic.Siirna^I amfwomebrodicrtoalcafh ofdtav.ers, and can call them all by their chrifien names, as Tom ,Dicke , and Francis,thcy ukc it already vpon their faluation, that though \ bcbutprinccofWaIcs,yctIamthckingofCurtefje,andtelnie flatly I am no proud lacke Lkc Faliblffc^bui a Corinthian, a lad of mctali, a good boy (by the Lord ib they callme) and when I am king of England I /hall command all the good lads in Eaft- cheape. They call drinking decpe^dyingfcarlctjaiid when you breath in your watering they cry hem , and bid you play it off. To concludcjl am (o gocxi a proficict in one quancr ofan hourc that I can drinkc with any Tinker in hisow nc language, during mylifc, ItellthrcNeddiouhaftlolt much honour, that thou vert not with me in this a<^on ; but fwcete Ned , to fweetcn which name of Ned^ I giue ihec this peniworth of rugar,clapt e- ucn now into my hand by an vnderskinker^one that neucr fpake other Englifl-i in his life then eight fhillings and (ixe pence, and you arcvvelcomCjWith thisfhrill addjuon.aiion.anon fix;skorca pintofbaftardinchchalfcmaonCjOrfo, But Ned, todriuea- waic the time till Fai/lalffeccmc: Iprcethe doethouftandeiti (onK by-roome,whilc I qucftionmy puny drawer to what end hcoaucmethefugarjanddotliouneuerleaue callir^g Frances, that his talc to me may bee nothing but anon , ftep alide and ile flicwthecaprefcnt, f

T<». Frances. 7*r/w. Thou art pcifc^l.

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'Prh. Come hether Frances. Fran. My Lord.

Priit, How long haft thou to ferue Frances?

Frw. Forfcoth^fiue yecrcs^and as much as to,

'Foi. Frances.

Fran, Anon,anonfir,

Tun. Fiue yearc,bcrlady a long lea fc for the clinking oFpew- ter;but France5,dareft thou be To valiant, as to pJay the cowarde with thy Indenture, and fliewe it a fairc paire of hecles, and run from it?

Fran, O Lord fir, iie be fworne vpon all the bookcs in Eng . landjl could find in my hart,

Toi'fj. Frances. Fr«H, Anon fir,

Prin. How old art thou Francesf

Fran. Let me fce,about Michelmas next I fiialbe.

V^o'tn. Frances,

Fran. Anon fir.pray ftay a little my Lord. Pnn, Na.y but harke you Frances, for the fugar thou gaueft me,tvvasa peniworthjwaft not:'

Fran. O Lord J would ithad bin two. Vrince. I will glue thee for it a thoufand pound,aske me when thou wilt^and thou fhalt haue it,

*Poin. Frances. Fran, Anon, anon.

Trin, Anon Frances,no Frances, but to morrow Frances: or Frances a Thurfday; oi indcede Fraunces v^hcn thou wilt . But Fraunces,

Fran, My Lord.

Prm. Wiltthou rob this leathern lerkin, entail button, not- patcd, agat ring.pukeftocking.Caddice ganer,fmothe tonpue, fpanifh pouch;"

Fran. OLordfir^whodoyoumeane.? I'rin. Why then your brown baftard is your only drinkcr-for looke you Fraunces, yourwhirc canuas doublet will fullcy .In Barbary nr.it cannot come to (o much. Fran. What ffrf Pom. Frances.

Trin. Away you rogue doft thou not hearc them cal. Here they both calhim^the Ibravperjiandi anui^^dnst knomnjf

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Prt I.ct them alone awhile^and ihen open the dcotz'.Totnes.

Po/. Anon,anon fir. inter Poinet.

Vrince. Sirrha.Falftalftc and the reft ofihe thceucs arc at the doorc,fhall we be merric?

Po. As mcrr)' as Clickers mylad; but harke ye, what cunning match haue you made with rhisicft of the Drawer.'comc whats I

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Frances? FrAn. Anon,anon fir,

Pr. Thatcuer thisfcllowelhould haucfcwcrwordesthena Parrat,andyeithcfonncofa woman. His induftricis vpf^aircs and down (taircsjhis eloquence the parcel ofa reckoning, lam not yet ofPcrcyesminde,the Hotfpurofthe North, hcthatkils mee fome fixe or fcuen douzen ofS cots at a breakefaft: vvafhes his handes , and faies to his wife , fie vpon this quiet life , I wane vvorke. O my fwcct Harry faies Hie ! how manic haft thou kild today ? Giuc my roane horfc a drench (fayes hee) and aun- fweres foiTic foureteene,an houre after : a triHe,a trifle. I prcethc call in Falffalffe,ile play Percy , and that damnde bra wnc fhall play dame Mortimer his wife. Ritio faies the drunkarde : call ia Ribs,cal in Tallow,

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VoiH. Welcome lackc, where hafi thou bin?

F«/'/?. A plague of a I cowards I fay,and a vengeance too, mar- ry and Amen: giucmeacupoffacke boy . Eare Head this life long lie fowneatherfTocks and mend them, and foote them too. Aplagueofallcowards.Giuemeacupoflackcrogue, '\$ there 91

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p/ n cnrte imjouri^, Vcdji. You rogue, bcercs lime in this facke too : there is no- thing but rogety to be found in villanous man, yet a covvarde i$ worfe then a cup offackc with lime in it, A villanous cowarde. Go thy vvaics old lacke^die when thou wilt, ifmanhood , good manhood be not forgot vpon the face ofthe earth, then am I a U4 fhoiten herring: there hues not three good men vnbangde in

England,and one ofthemisfafjand growes old ,Godhelpe the while, a bad worId/fay,I would I were a wcauer. Icouldfing m pralmcs,oranything. Aplagucofallcowards/fayM.

Vrtn How now Wolfacke, what mutter you? Falfi. A kings fonne, if/do not beat thee out of thy kingdom 152 with a dagger oflath, and driue aH thy fubiccSls afore thee hkc a

flock of wild geefe, ile ncuer wcare haire on my face more^ yoii prince of Wales. ,5# Vrtn. Why you horefbn round-man,whats the matter?

Falfi. Are not you a cowarde? aunfwere mee to that^ and Poincs there* i«g P<?/«, Zoundesycfatpaunchjandyecallmccowardebythe

Lord ile flab thee. Talfl. /caJItheccowarde,iIcfeethecdamndeere /call thee j coward, but /wouldegiuea thoufand pound /coulderunnc as ,<,^ fafl as thou canft^ You are ftreight enough in the fbouldcrs, you

care not who fees your backc : call youthatbackingofyouc j friends, a plague vpon fuch backing , giue me them that will »6j ; facemcjgiuemcacupoffacke.lamarogucifldrunketoday, Trin.O villain,thy lips arcfcarfc wipt iincc thou drunkft laft. Fain. AIUs one for thac» He drinketh,

A plague of all cowards ftiil fay I, Prw, Whats the matter f

Fdfi, Whats the maiterjthercbe foure ofvs here haue tanc a thoufand pound this day morning ^Trin. Where is it /acke,whcre is it? ,h Fal. Where is it ? taken from vs it is : a hundred yppon pooic

foure ofvs. PrtH, VVhat,a hundred^man?

Fal/i. / am a rogue if/ were not at halfe fword with a douzen »»♦ of them two houres together. /haue (capt by myraclc. /am

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(/"'^Speakc fir$,how was it^

Jiojf. We foure fet vpon fome douzen.

/^</i7.Sixtecnc atlcaft my Lord.

Rojf And bound them.

fcra No,no, they were not bound.

FaJj}. You rogue they were bounde euerie man cfthemj or I am a lew elfe : an Ebrew lew.

'I^{f. As wc were (hating, fomefixe orfeucnfrefh men fet

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F4//1. And vnbound thereft,and then come in the other,

Prw. What.fouoht vou with them all ^

Falsi, M^ /know not what you calal, but if I fought nor with fifticof them I am a bunch ofradifh ; ifthcre were not two or three and fifcie vponpoore olde lacke, then am 1 no two legd Creature.

'Prf». Pray God you haue notmurdred fome of them. F<i^.Nay,thats part praying for,I haue pepperd two of them. Two /am fure I haue paied^two rogues in buckrom fates: 1 tel thee what Hall, if ItelUhcc a lic/pit in my face^calimc horfe, thou knoweft my dde wardc : here 1 lay, and thus I bo?e my poynr/oure rogues in Buckrom let driue at me.

Trm What fourc f thou faid(tbut tv;o cuen now,

fa/J}. Foure Hal, I told thee fourc.

Pet», I, I,hc fa id foure.

FaL Thefe foure came alJ a front, and mainely thruft at mc, I made me no more adoCjbuttookc all their feucn points in my targetjthus,

'Pritt. S euen,why there were but fourc eucn now,

F*cs}. In Buckrom.

*Po. I foure in Buckrom fuices.

Fi«/y?.Scuen by thefe hilts, or lam a villaincclfc.

Pr. Precthc let him alone we fhall haue more anon»

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romthatltold^cccf. Prince. So, tv^o more alreadie, FWy?. Their points bcingbroken. T<3> Downc fell their hofe.

F/r^.Began to giue me ground; but 1 followed me clofe, came

in,faotj3nd hand, and with a thought, feucn of the eleuen 1 paid.

Prtn O rr.onftrous! eleuen Buckrom men growne out oftwo,

pal^ But as the diuell would haue it^chrce misbegotten knaues

in Kendall grecnecaraeatmy backejandlctdriucatmce, for it

was fo darke Hal, that thou couldeft not fee thy hand,

Pm. Thcfc lies are like thcit father that begets them, grolTe as a mouni.aine,open, palpable. Why thou clay braind guts, thou knotty-patedfoolejthouhorcfonobfcenegrearie tallow- catch.

Fa/fi. What art thou mad ? art ihou mad / is not the truth the truth ?

Pr. Why, how couldft thou knowthcfemen in Kendal grccnc when it wasfo darke thou couldft notCcc thy hand, come tell vs your rcafon.What fayeft thou to this ? Po. Come your reafon, fackeyourrcafon. Faffi. WhatjVppon compulfiqn : Zoundes, and 1 were at the ftrappadojor all therackesin the worlde, 1 would not tell you on compulfion, GiueyouareafononcompuKion? if rcafons were as pleritifull as blackberries,! would giuc no man a rcafon vppon compulfion, 1.

Prtw. He be no longer guiltie of this iinne. This fanguine co' ward.thisbcd -prcfler, thishorrc-backe-breakcr , this huge hill offlc/h.

Fa Zbloudyouflarueling^you clfskin you dried neatftong,vou

bulfpizzle, you flockfifh ; O for bicaih to vtter what is like thee,

you tailersy ard,you fheatb,you bowcare,you vile ftanding tuck.

Prm. Wcljbreath a while,and then to iragainc,and when thou

haft tired thy fclfe in bafc comparifons heare race fpeake but this,

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Vo. Come, lets heare iacke, whattrickehali thou now ?

FaIJH^^ the Lordjlknew ye as wcl as he that made ye. Why heareyoumymaifterSjWasitfor meto kill the heirc apparant } fhould I turne vpon the true pnncc ? why thou knowelt I am as valiant as Hcrculesrbut beware inftin<^ , the lion will not touch the (rue prince, inrtincft is a great matter. I was now a cowarde on inftind, ffhall thinke the better of my felfc, and thee during my life j I for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince : but by the Lord, lads, lam glad you haue the money, Hofiefleclapto the doores, watch to night , pray to morrowe , gallants, lads, boyes, hearts of golde, all the titles of good fellowOiip come to you. What fhall wee bee merriCj Hiall wee haue a play ex- tempore ?

Prin. Contcnt,and the argument fhall bee thy running away.

Faifi.K.no more of that Hal and thouloueft me.£«r^^o/?^

Ho.O Icfu,my Lord the prince !

Vrm. How now my lady the hof^efTe, what faift thou to me ?

Ho, Marrymy Lo.thercisanoblemanofthecourtatdcore would fpeakewithyourhefaies hecommesfrom yourfather.

Pr/w.Giuchimasmuchaswillmakehima royallman , and fend him backe againe to my mother,

Fal^ Wha t m ancr of man is he .•*

Hof}. An oldc man.

F(«^.What doth grauitic out of his bcdatmidnight?ShallI giuc him his anfwerc?

Pm. Prcethc do iacke. Fa. Faith and ilc fend him packing.

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Frin: Now firs, birlady you fought faire,fo did you Peto, fo did youBardol,you arc lions to,you ran away vpon in{^in6l,you will not touch the true prince,no fie.

Bar. Faith I ran when I faw others runne»

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Peto, Why,hc hackc it with his dagger,and faid hcc wculdc fweare truth out of England, but hcc would make you beleeue it was done in fight^and perfwaded vs to do tlic like.

5««r. Yea,and to tickle our nofcs with fpearcgrafle, ro make them bleed, andthentobeflubberourgarmcntswiihft, and fweare it was the blood of true men. Ididthatldid not this fc- uen veare before, Iblufht to heare his monftrous dcuices.

Pr/«. O villaine , thou ftoleft a cup of Sacke cightecne y eares ago and wcrt taken with the inaner , and cuer fincc thou haft blufht cxtcn)pore,thou hadft fire and fword on thy fide, and yet thou ranft away,whatinrtin6\ hadft thou for it i

Bar My Lord do you fee thefenietcors:'do you behold thefe exhalations :r 'Prm.ldo,

Bar. What thinke you they portend , Vrin. Hot liuers,and cold purfes. ;B4r.Choler,my Lord.if rightly taken,

Enter Fdftalfe, P^w.No ifrighrly taken halter.Herc commcs leane iacke,herc commesbare bone: how nowmy fwecte creature ofbiimbaft, how lon<» ift ago iackc (vacQ thou fa weft thine owne knee?

Fa/My owne knee jwhen I wasabout thy yeares^Hall)! was not an Eagles talent in the wafte, I could haue crept into ante Aldetmansthumbe ringra plague of fighing and grief it blowcs a man vp like a bladder. Tlicrs villainous newesabroade , heere was fir lohnBracy from your father: you mufttothe court in the morning. That fame mad fdlow of the North Percie , and he ofWaJes that gaue Amamon the baftinado and made Luci- fer cuckold,and fworc the diuel his tme liegeman vpo the crofle of a Welfti hooke : what a plague call you himf Poynes. O Glendower.

FalJ}, O wen^ Owen,thc fame, and his fonnc in lawe Morti- mer, and oldc Northumberland, and ihat fprightly Scot of Scotces, Dowglas, that runnes a horfcbacke vp a hill perpendi- cular.

Pr/>/.Hc that rides at high fpccdc, and with hispiftoll kiiles a /pariow flying.

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Vrifi. So did he ncuer the fparrow. Fid. Welljthac rafcalihaib good meiull ill him, hce will noc nrnnc. Prm, Why, whata rafcall art thou thcn^topraifehim (o for

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FaI. a ho:(cbacI<e(\'e cuckoc)but a foote hec will notbudge a foote.

Prt», Ycslackc.vpon inrtinft,

Fa//f. I grant yc vpon inrtin(^ : well hce is there to , and on€ Mordackc,and a thouTand blew ca ps more. Worccfter is flolnc away to night, thy fathers beard is turnd white with the ncwc5, you may buy land now as chcapc as ftinking MackreU

Prin. Why then , it is like if there come a bote lune, and this ciuill buffeting ho!d,we fhall buy maidenheads as they buy hob nailes^by the hundreds*

Fa/fi. By the mafle lad thou faieft true , it is like wee fhall haue good trading that v\-ay : but tell mee Hall, art not thou horrible afearde.' thou being heirc apparant, could the world picke thee out three fuch enemies aoaine? as that fiend Dowglas , that spi- rit Percy, and that diucl (jlcndower,art£hou ix)t horribly afraid? doth not thy bloud ihril at it:*

Prm. Not a whit ifaith,! lacke Come of thy inftin^^.

f.i^. Well thou wilt bee honiblicchiddc to morrowc when ihou commeft to thy father j if thou louerace pra£lifc an aun- fwerc,

'Prin. Do thou fland for my father and examine me vpon the particulars of my life.

Fa/fi. Shall 1; content. This chaire fh all be my ftatc, tliis dag- ger my fccpter,and this cu(}iion my crowne.

Trtrj. Thy ft ate is taken for a ioy nd ftoole,thy golden fceptcr for a leaden dagger, and thy precious rich crowne for a pittituU bald cro\\'ne.

Falft. Well , and the fire of grace bee not quite out of thee nowe (halt thou be mooued, GiuemeacupofSacketo make my eyes looke rcdde, that it maic bee thought I haue wept, for I mult fpcakc in pallion , and I will doc it in king Cambifes vaine.

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Fa/ft. By the ma 1 1 . 1 thou faieft true , it is like wee fhalJ haue good trading tha c -a but tell mec Hall, an not thou horrible afeardef thou being h re appar ant, could the world picke thee out three fuch enemies gaine? as that fiend Dowglas , that fpi- rit Percy, and that c uic jlcndower,art thou not horribly aftaid? doth notthybloud thiacicf Prin. Not a wh ! c J i ,1 lackc (bme ©rthy inflinc^. F^ilfi, Well thou \\\. eehonibliechiddcto morrowe when ihou commeft to thy faicr , if thou louerace pra£bfc an aun- fwerc,

'Prin. Do thou (ta : mj^/^/^^d cxamineme vpon the particulars of ray hfe

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Talfl.hxxA here is my fpecch j (land afidc Nobilitie.

Hoft,0 /cru,!:his is excellent (port ihith.

f«?//I.WecpenotrweetQueene, fortrickiingtearesare vain.

Hofi,0 thefathcr,howhe holds his countenance i

FaL¥ot Cods fake Lords,conuay my truftfuU Quecne, For tearcs do flop the floudgates of her eyes.

Hofl^O Iefu,he doth it as like one of thcfc harlotricplaiersas euer I fee.

F«i^, Peace good pint-pot,peace good tickle- brainc.

Harrie, I doe notonelie maruaile where thou fpendeft thy timejbuc alfo how thou art accompanied. For though the cam- momill.themoreitistroden on, die fafter it growes ; fo youth the more it is wafted, the fooner it weares : thatthou art my fbn I haue partly thy mothers wordc,partlic my owne opinion, but chicfliea villainous tricke of thine eye, and a fbolifh hanging of thy neather lippe, that dooth warrant me. /ftfaen thou bee fonne to mee.heere lies the poynr.why becing fonnetorac, an thou fopointedat:'fhaltheblcficd funneofheauenproue a mi- thcTjand eat black-berries? a quefticn not to be askt. Shall the fonne ofEnglandproue a thee fc, andtakepurfcspa queftionto beaskt.Thcre is a thing Harry, which thou haft often heard of, and it is knowne to many in our 1 and by the name of piich.This pitch(as ancient writers do report)doth defilc,fo doth the com- panie thou keepeft: for Harrie, now I do not fpeaketoiheein drinke,but in tcares^not in plcafuie but in paflRon : not in words oneJy,but in woes alfo: and yet there isavertuousman, whom Ihaucoftcnnotcdinthy companie,butl know not his name.

Tr/». What maner ofman and it like your Maicftic.^

Fal, A goodly portly man ifayth,and a corpulent,of a cheerful lookc,a pleafing cie^and a moft noble cariage , and as 1 thinke his age fome fiftie, or birladie inclining to threefcore, and nowe I remember me, his name xsFalJlaljfe^ if thatmanfhouldebee lewdly giucn, hce decciueth me. For Harry.I fee vertue jn his laokes:ifthcn the tree may bee knowne by the fruit, as the fruit by the tree, then peremptorily 1 fpcakc it, there is vertue in that Tulflaljfe^ him keepe with.the reft banifli, and tell me now thou naughiie varletjtcll mc whcte haft thou bccne this months

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ofHenrie thefo urth. Prin. Doft thou fpeakc like a king , do thou fiand for me, and ile play my father.

Fal. Depofc me,if thou doft it halfe Co grauely, fo maieftical- ly,both in word and maiter,hang me vp by the neclcs for a rab- bet rucker,or a poukcrs H arc

Prin. Welljberc I am fct.

Fa/. And here I ftand judge my maifVrs.

Trin Now Harry,whencc come you'

Fa/. My noble Lord from Eaftcheape.

'Prin. The complaints I hea re ofthee arc grceuous. Fa/. Zbloud my Lord they arc falfcmay ile tickle yc for a yong princci taith.

*Prin. Swcarcft thou vngratious boy .hencefonhnerclooke on me, thou art violently carried aw aie from grace, there is a di- uell haunts thcc in the likcncfle of an oldc fat man , a tun of man is thy companion : why doeft thouconuerfc with that trunke of humours,that boultinghutch ofbeafHinefle, that fwolne parcell ofdropfieSjthat huge bombard of facke, that fluft cloakcbag of guts, that roftcd ManningtrcOxe with the pudding in his belly, that reuerent vice,that gray iniquity,that father ruffian , tliat va- nity in yeareSjwherein is he good, but to taft facke and drinke it? wherein neat and clenly,but to carue a c apon and ca t it? wherein cunning.but in craft/wherein cratty,but in viUany ?vvhcrcin villa- nous,but in a! thingsPwhere in worthy ,but in noiliing:'

Fa/. I would your grace would take me with you, whome meanes your grace;;'

Prin. ThatyiUanousabhominablemifleaderof youthj Fal- fhlfFc,that olde white bearded Sathan,

Fal MyLord.themanlknow.

Pri». 1 know thou docft.

Fa/. But to fay I knowe more harme in him then in my felfe, were to fay more then I know: that he is olde the more the pit- tie, his white haires doe witnefle it^but that he is fauing your rc- ucrcnce.a whorcmafterjthat I vttcrlie denie : iC facke and fugar be a faultjGod hclpc the wickcd;ifto be okJc and merry be afin, thcnmanyanoldhollthatlknowisdamnd:iftobe fat be to be hated.then Pharaos lane kine arc to be loucd.No my good lord banifh Tcto^banjOi BardolJ, banifh Poincs,butfor fweet lackc

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I he Hiftorie Falftalffc , kindc lackcPalftalffc , true lackc FalftalfTe , valiant lackc Falftalftc & chcrfbre more valiant being as-hcisold lackc Faiftalffe , banifli not him thy Harries companie , banifh not him thy Harries corapanicjbanifh plumpc lackc, and banifh all the world.

Trin, I do,I will. Timer BardollrHnning.

Bar. O my Lord,my Lord. the Shcriffc with a moft monflrous watch is at the doorc.

Fcdjl. Out yc rogue , play out the play, 1 haue much to fay in thcbciialfc ofthatFalftalfFe.

Snter the hoflejfe^

Hojl. O /cfu^my Lordjiny Lord'.

Vrin. Hcighjheighjthe Dcuil rides vpon a fiddle flicke,whats the matter?

Hoft. The Shcriffc and al the watch are at the doorc,they arc come torcarchthehourcjfhallllctthemin?

Falfl, Doeft tliou heare Ha!/* ncuer call a tmc piece ofooldc a countctrct,thouarteflenti.iIly made without fecming fo.

Trin. And thou a naturail coward without inftin(^.

falft> I deny yourMaiorJfyouwil deny the SherifFcfojifnot, let him enter, /f 1 become not aCart as well as another man.a plague on my bringing vp,I hope / fliall as foonc bee ftranglcd with a halter as another.

Vrin. Go hide thee behind tlie ArraSjthc rcf} walkc vp abouc, now my maftcrs for a true face, and good confcicncc,

Valfl, Both which / haue had, but their date is out^and there- fore ilc hide me.

Trin^ CalJ in the Sheriff?,

Enter Sheriff e a^d the Carrier.

Prifj. Now mafier Shcriffc.^ what is your wil with mc:f

Sher. Firf^ pardon me my Lord. A hue and eric hath followed certaine men vnto this houfc.

*Pr/». What men?

5A<:A.Oneofihcm is well known my gratious Lorde, a grofTc fat man.

Car As fat as butter.

Prt». The man I do affurc you IS not here, For / my fcJfc at this time haue cmploid him:

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And Sheriffe./ will ingagc my U'oiu lo tncc. That T will oy tomorrow dinner time Send him to anfvvcre dice or any man. For any tiling be Qiall be charg'd withal. And (o let me inrreat you Icaue the houfc.

Sher. I will my Lord:thcre arc two gentlemen Haue in this lobbery \o(\ 3 00. markes.

^rm It may be io;ifhc hnue robd thefe men He fhalbc'anrwcrablc,andfo farewell* Sffc. God night my noble Lord. Prtn. I chinke it is god morrow is ic not? She. /ndeed my Lord I thinkc it be two a clocke. Exit

Vrin. This oy lie rafcall is knownc as well as Poulcs r goe call him forth.

Veto, FalftalfFc : faft aflcepc behind the Arras , and fnorting like a horfc,

Vrin, Haike how hard he fetches breath , fearch his pockets*

He fearcheth his pocket .andjindech certainepripcrs^ Pr. What had thou found:' Pet. Nothing but papers my Lord Pnn. Lets fee wlut they bc,rcad dicm. Item a capon. 2.sjt,d.

licmfawcc. iiii,d.

Jtcmfacke two gallons, . v.s,viij,d.

Item anchauci and fackc after fuppcr. 2^s,yj,d,

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O monftroiislbut one halfcpeniworch ofbread to this intollc- rable dealc offackfwhat dicre is clfc keepe clofc , vvccl read it at more aduantage; there let him flcepc ti'J day.ilc to the court in the morning. We mul^ all to the wars.and thy place Oial be ho- norable, /le procure this fat rogue a charge offoot.and / know bis death will bee a march of twelueskorCjthemoneyfhall bee paid backeagainevvidi aduantage; bee with the betimes in the moming,and fo good morrow Pcto. Pcta Good morrow good my Lord* Exeunt

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Hot. Lord Mortimet,and coofen Glen dower wil you fit down? and Vncle Worcefter-,a pla gue vpon it T haue forgot the map. giendaro. Nohereitisjw Coolen Percy, fit good Coofen 7 3 Hotfpur/orbythatnatneasoftasLancafterdothfpeakeofyou,

his cheekelookcs pale,and with a rifing figh bee wifhethyouin heauen,

Hot^ And you in hell , as oft as he heares Owen Glendower fpoke of.

glen, I cannot blanfiehim;a tmy natiuity The front ofheauen was full offiery fhapes Ofburning creflrets,and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth. Shaked like a coward.

Hot, Why fo it wouldc hauc done at the fame feafbn if your motherscatbad butkittend, though your felfe had neuerbeene borne^ glen I fay the earth did (hake when / was borne^ Hot. And /fay the earth was not ofmy mind, 7f you fuppofe as fearing you it fhooke. gk». The heauens were all on fire,the earth did tremble, Hot. Oh then the earth (hookc to fee the heauens on fire, A nd not in feare ofyom natiuity, Difeafed nature oftentimes breakes forth, 2S /nftrangeeruprions.oft the teeminc earth

Is with a kind ofcollicke pincbt andvexi. By the imprifoningof vnnily wind Within hcrrvombeiVvluch for enlargement ftriuing Shakes the old Beldame earthy and topples down Steeples a nd moflegrown towers. At your birth Out Grandam eartn,hauing this difiemptature in palsion fhooke.

Glen. Coofen of many men je I do not beare thefe crofsings , giue me leaue

To tell you once againe that at my birth The front ofhe aucn was full offiery fhapes. The goaies ran from the mouniaines,and theheards ^0 Were (Irangely clamorous to the frighted fields.

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ofHenrie the fourth, Thcfc fignes haue marki me exiraordinary. And all the courfes of my life do flicw I am not in the roulc ofcommcn men: Where is he liuing dipt in with the fca, h

That chides thebancks of England, Scotland, WalcJj Which cals me pupil or hath read to mc? And bring him out that is but womansfonne?

Can trace me in the tedious waics of Anc, ^<

And hold me pace in dcepc experiments.

Hot, I thinke thcrcsno man (peakcs better Wcl(h$ lie to dinner.

Mor. Peacecoofcn Percy ,you vvil makchim tmcL (jlen, 1 can cal fpiritsfxcmthcvafly dcepe, 52

H0t. Why (o can I,or fb can any man. But wil they come when you do cal for them

CUn. Why I can teach you ccnfen to command the Dcuil>

Hot. And IcantcachthcccoDfctofhamcthedcuil^ By telling tnrth. Tel truth and ibamc the dcuil: Ifthou haue power to raift him bring him hichcr, Andilebcfwomelhauepowertofliame him hence: fo

Oh while you Ijuc tcl truth and fhamc thedcuil.

^cTT. Comc,come/JO more of this vnprofitable chat.

G/en. Three times hath Henry BuiJcnbitJoke made head »>

Againn my power,thricefrom the bankej ofYV'ye, Audfandybottomd Scuernchauc Ifenthim Bojteles home,and weathcrbeaten backe,

/fb/g Home without baDtes,and in foule weather too, «

How fcapes he agues in the deuils name?

^/5fw, Comchcrc is thcmap,ftial we diuide our right? According to our three fold order tanc.

^pr. The Archdeacon hath diuided it i*

Into three limits very equally.* England from Trent, and Scuerne hitherto, By South and Eaft is to my pare afsignd,-

AI weft ward, Wales beyond the Scuerne Hiore, 7+

And al the fertile land within that bound To Owen Glendower.* and dcare coofcto you The remnantNorthward lying ofFfrom Trent,

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And our Indentures tripartite arc drawn. Which being fcalcd cnterchangcably, [h bulineflfc that this nightmay execute:) To morrow cafcn Percy you and I And my good Lord of Worcefter w'll fet forth To meet your father and the Scottifli power. As is appointed vs at Shrewsbury. My father Glcndo wer is not ready yet. Nor fhal wc need his heJpe thefc fourteen daics. Within that fpicc you may haue drawne together Your tcnants^icnd ,and neighbouring gentlemen. C^lcn. A ftioncT time (hall fend mc to you Lords, And in my condutf^ Hiall your Ladies come. From whom you now muU liealc and take no leaue, For there wil be a world oTwatcr fhcd, Vpontlie parting of your wiucsandyou.

Hot. Mc thinks my moity North from Burton here, In quantity equals not one ofyours. See how this riuer comes me cranking in. And cuts me from die be(i ofall my land, A huge haifc raoone,a monftrous fcantic out, iJe haue the cunant in this place damnd vp, And here the fmue and filuer Trent fliall run In a new channclTfairc and cucnly, It fhall not wind with fuch a decpe indent. To rob meoffo rich abottomc here. ^Icn, Not wind it (hal,it muft,you fee it doth. -/i/Icr.YcajbutmarkclKJwc hebcareshiscourfe,andruns mec vp widi like aduauntagc on the other fide , gelding the oppofcd continent as much as on the other fide it takes from you.

H'or, Yea but a litde charge wil trench him here, And on this Nonhfide win this cape ofland, And then he runs ftraight and eucn. hJotWt haue it fo a little charge will do it. G/<-«. lie not haue it alttcd. jF/w, Will not you/ ^

^Un, No nor you Qnall not. Hit. Whofhallfaymcnay?

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glen. Why that wil! /.

Hot. Let mc noc vndcrftand you thcn,rpeal<c it In WclHi.

^Ivi. lean rpcakc Englifh Lord as well as you, For / was rrairid vp in the Englifh courr. Where being but yong I framed to the harpc Mary an EngiiHi dicty louely well. And gauc the tongue a hclpeful ornamcnr» A vem« that was neuer feene in you.

Hot. Manv and /am glad of it with all ray harf, «7.i

I had rather be a kitten and cry rac w. Then one of thelc fame micer ballet mongers, / had rather heare a brazen canftidvc lumd. Or a dricwhcelegratcontlKcxJetrec, y»

And ihat would let my teeth nothing an edge. Nothing lb much as min/ing poetry, Tis like the fbrc't gate ofa fhuffling nag.

CUn. Come,you fhal haue Trent turnd. y«

Hot. I do not carc.ilc eiuc thiice fo njucfaknd To any well dcferuing friend: But in the way ofbargaine marke ye nie, Jlecauillonthemnthpartofahaire, ,^,

Are the Indentures drawn. fliaJ we begone? G/rw.The mooQ fhines tairc.you may away by nig^t lie haftc the writer,and wichaf

BreakewithyourjWiuesofyour departure hence, ,„

J am afra id my daughter w ill run mad. So much fhc doteth on her Mortimer. Exit

Aior, Re coofen Percy, how you erode my father.

//ij/. /cannot chufe.fomcdmc he angers me With telling me ofthc Mold warp and the Ant, Of the dreamer Merlin and his prophecies, And ofa Dragon and a finlesfifh, A clip wingd Griffin and a molten raueo, A couching Leon and a ramping Cat, And fuch a dcale ofskimble fc amble HufJc, As puts me from my faith, /tcl you whar, He held me lafl nieht at Icafl nine hourej »»

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That werehislackieSjI cried hum,and wel gotO| But markighim not a word O he is as tedious As a tyred horfcja ratling wife, Worle then a fmoky houfe. I had r aiher liue With chcefe and garlikcin a Windmil far. Then ^ct^ on cates and haue him taike to me, In any fummer houfe in Chriftendome,

Aior, In faith he is a worthy gentleman, Exceedingly well read and profited InftrangeconceaIements,valiantasalion, And wondrous aflrable;and asbountifiili As mines oflndiajfhal I tell you coofen. He holds your temper in a high rcfpeA And curbs himfclfeeuencfbis natural (cope. When you come croffc his humor/aiih he does, I warrant you that man is not aliue

Might fohaiie tempted him asyouhauedonc, Without the taft of danger and repr oofc. But do not vfe it oft,let me intrcat you. War. In faith my Lord you are too wilfijllblame. And fince your comming hichcr haue done enough To put him quite bcfides his patience. You muft necdes leame Lord to amend this fault. Though Ibmetimes it fliewgreatnes,courage,bloudj And thats the dcarcft grace it renders you. Yet oftentimes it doth prefentharfii rage, ,S4. Defe6lofmaners,wantofgoucmmenc,

Pride,hautinefle,op}nion,anddirdaine, Theleaft ofwhicb hanringa noble man, Loofcth mens harts and leaues behind a ftainc Vpon the beauty of all parts befides. Beguiling them of commendation.

Hot. WcJ /am fchoDld good manersbeyour fpccd. Here come our wiues.and let vs lakeourleauc. Ettter g/endotver with the Ladies.

Mor, This is the deadly fpight that angers me. My wifecan fpeakc no Englifh,/no WclHi.

CUn My daughter wecpes,(hcclc not part withyou,

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Sheelc be a fouldior to,(hccIc to the wars.

Mor, Good father tcU her, that flic and my Aunt Percy ShaJ follow in yourcondu<5lfpcedily.

giondovper fpeakei to her'tnWel[h^(Otdp>ca»[vfercs htm in the fame,

^ten. She is dcfperate here, Apecuifhfelfcvvildharlotiie, oncthn nopcrfwafion can doe good vpon.

The Ladiefpeakcf in fVelfh,

Ckor. I vnderftand thyloDkcs^tharprcttic WcIQi, Which thou powreftdowne from thefe fwcUing hcaucns, I am too pcrfc6l in,and but forrtiame In fuch a parley fhould I anfwere thee. The Ladie agAtie in weljb

LZfor. 1 vnderftand thy ki(les,and thou mine, And thats a feeling djfputation. But I will neuer be a truant loue. Till I hauc learnt thy language /or thy tongue f

Makes Wclfh as fweet as ditties highly pend, Sune by a faire Queene in a fammers bowrc. With rauifhingdiuifion to her Lute.

gUa. Nay.ifyou melt, then will flie itjn mad. The Lad efieakes aqainein JVe^.

Afor.O I am ignorance h feffe in this.

^^.She bid* you on the wanton ruHiesIay youdov/ne. And reft your gendc head vpon her lap^ And fhc will fine the fong that plcafeih yon, 2'^

And on your eyelids crownc the God of flecpCj Charming your bloud with plealing heauineiTe, Making fuch difference twixt wake and fleepe. As is the difference betwixt day and night, The hourc before dieheauenly harncft tccme Begins his golden progrelTe in the eaf^.

./*/ r.With all my heart ile fit and hcare her fing. By that time will our booke I thinke be dra wne. «f

(j/en. Do fo^ thofe mufitions that fhal play to you. Hang in the airea thoufand leagues from hence,

And flraight they fhalbc here/it and attend, «»

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HoU Come Kate,thou art perfe£^ in lying downe, G)me quick,qukk,thai I may lay my head in thy lap. 2JI haGo yc giddy goolc;

the mupcke^layei, Hoti^ow I pcrcciue the diuell vnderftands Welfli, And tis no maiuaile he is fb humorous^ Birlady he is a good mulmon.

La, Then (hould you be nothing but mtificall, For you arc altogithcrgouemdby humors. Lie ftill yc thicfcjand hearc the Lady fing in Wclrti. 240 Hot, Ihad rathet hearclady my brache howic in Irifti.

Z,rf. Wouldft thou haue thy head broken? Hot^ No. Z><.ThenbefliII. Hotfp. Ncither,cis a womans fault. La, No we God hclpethec. Hot. To the Wellh Ladies bed. 24i iwf.Whatsthac?

//<;/.Pcacc,nie fings.

Here the Ladieftngs a welpjfotig^ Hot, Come KatCjiic haue your long too. La. Not mine in good fcnth. Z5Z Hot.Notyours'm goodrooth,Hart,you fwearelike a comfit-

makers wife,not you in good footh , and as true as I liue, and as God (hall mend mcjand as fure as day: And giucft fuch farccnet furcty for thy oathes, As ifthou neucr walkft further thenFinsbury, S wcarc me Kate like a ladie as thou art, A good mouthfillingo3th,and Icaue in footh. And fuch protein ofpcpper ginger bread To veluetgards,and Sunday Citizens. Come fing« i^<«.Iwillnotfing» "T, Hot.Tis the next way to tumc tayler, or be rcdbrcf^ teacher,

and the indentures be drawn ilc away within thefe two hourcs, and fo come in when ye will. Exit,

<y/w. Come corae,Lord MortiraeTjyou are as flow. As Hot, Lord Percy is ou fire to go :

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By iWs our booke isdrawncj wcelc but lealc,

And then tohorfc immcdiatlie. {.Mar, With all my hart. Exeunt, __

Sttter the King^Pr'mce oflVules^ani others. Dl

Kotg. Lords giue vs leaucthc Prince ofWalcs and 1, ~

Mufthauefomcpriuaceconfcrcncc.butbcncareathand,

For we fliall prcfendy hauc neede ofyou. Sxeunt LorAf,

I know not whether God will hauc it Co

For fomc difplcafing feruicc I hauc done,

That in Hs fecrct doome out of my blood,

Hcelc breed reuengemcnt and a (courge forme;

But thou doft in thy paffeges oflifc,

Make me bclccue that thou art onely markt

For the hot Yengcance,and the rod ofheauen,

Topunifh my miftrcadings.TcIl meelfe

Could fuch inordinate and low defires.

Such poore/uch barc,fuch Icwd/uchmean attempts.

Such banen plcafures.rude fociciie

As dbou art matcht wiihall,and grafted to, Accompanic the grcatneffe ofthy blood. And hold their IcucU with thy princely heart:?

Tr/V/.So plcafc your Maieftie,! would /could Quit all offences wirh as clearecxcufe. As well as I am doubrleffe I can purge My felfc of many I am chared withall. Yet fuch extenuation letmc beg, Asin reproofe of many tales deuifde. Which oft the eareofgrcatncsncedsmuftheare By fmilingpickthanksjandbafenewes mongers, I may for fome things true,wherein my youin Hath faulry wandredjand irregular, Find pardon on my true fpbmifsion, «

ifm. God pardon thee, yet let rac wondei.Hartyj At thy afFe(5^ions,v/hich do hold a wing Quite from the flight of ail thy aunceftors. Thy place in counfell thouhaf^ rudely loft Which by thy yonger brother is fupplide^

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Ofall the Court and princes ofmy blood. The hope and expcdtationof thy time Is ruind.and the foulc ofeuery man Prophetically do fbrcchinke thy fall ; Had I folauifliofmy prefence beene. So common hackneid in the eyes of men. So ftalcandcheape to vulgar companic. Opinion that did hclpc mc to the crownc. Had ftill kept loyall to pofl'effion. And left me in rcputeleife banifhment, A fellow of no marke nor likeliK cede. By being feldome lcene,/couldnotftitre But like a Comet I was wondred ati

4S That men would tell their children this is he ;

Others would (ay, where, which is Bullingbrookc ? And then I ftole all curtcfie from heaueu. And dreft my fclfc in fiich humilitie

s z That I did plucke allegiance fiom mens beatts.

Loud (bouts,and falutationsfrom their mouths, Euen in the prefence of the crowned king. Thus did I kecpe mc perfbn frcfh and new,

56 My prefence like arcwbepontificall,

Nere fecnc but wondred at and fo my flate Seldome,but fumpmousfbewdiikeafead^ And wan by rarenefle fuch folemnitie. The skipping king^he ambled vp and downc. With (hallow ie(?crs^nd rafh bauin wits, Soone kindled,and fcjone burnt,carded his ftatc. Mingled his royaJtie with capring foales,

<^* Had his great name prophaned with their fcornes. And gaue his countenance againft his name To laugh at gibing boyesjand ftaiid the pufli Of cue ry bea r dleflc vainc coropar adue,

^^ Grew a companion to the common ftrectes,

Enfeoft himlelfe to popularide. That being day ly fwallowed by mens eyes. They furfctted with honie«and began toloath Thetafte of fweetnclTe whcrcofa little

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So when he had occaiion to be feene,

He was but as the Cuckoc is in lune,

Heard,notregardcd:Seene,butwiihrucheie

As (icke and blunted with commanitie,

AfFoord no extraordinary gaze.

Such as is bent on fup-like maieftie, ^^

When it fliines feldome in admiring eies, *o

But rather drovvzd,and hung theireie-lids down,

Slept in his facc,and rendred Tuch arpc<ft

As cloudy men vfe to theiraduerfarics

Being with his prefcnce glutted,gordge,and full

And in that very line Harry ftandeQthou,

For thou haft loft thy princely priuiJedge

With vile participaiion.Not an eye

But is a weary of thy common fight, u

Sauemine,whichhathdefiredto fee thee more,

Which now doth that I would uot h aue it do.

Make blind it fclfe with fbolifti tendemefle.

Tr/ff. I fliall hereafter my thrice gratious Lord, Bemoremyfelfe. Ktng For all the world.

As thou art to this houre was Richard then. When I from France fctfootat Rauen/purgh, And euen as I was than,isPercy now. Now by my fcepter,and my foule to boote. He hath more wonhie intereft torheftate Then thou the fhadow of fucceftion. For of no right,nor colour like to right. He doth fill fields with hamcffc in the realme , Tumes head againft the lions armed iawes. And being no more in debt to yeares, then thou Leads ancient Lords,andreucrendBjfhops on '•/

To bloudie battailes.andtobruifingarmes, Whatneucr dyinghonour haih hegot Againft ten owmed Do wglasfWbofe high deeds, Whofc hot incurfions,and great name in atmcs, Holds from al fouldiors chiefe maioritic And militarie tide capitalJ.

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Through all the kingdoms that acknowledge Chrift. Thrice hath this Hotfpur Mars in fwathlingcloaihs. This infant warricrin his cnterprifes,

Difcomfited great Dowglas.tane him oncCj Enlarge! him,and made a friend of him,

„tf To fill the mouth ofdcepe defiance vp.

And {hake the peace and fafety of our throne.

And what fay you to this:* Percy,Norihumberland,

The Archbifliops grace of YorkjDowglas^Mortimer,

Capitulate againft vs,and arc vp.

But wherefore do I tcl thefe ncwes tothcc?

Why Harry do I tell thee ofmy foes,

Which art my nearcft and deareft enemy^

,24 Thou that art like enough through vaffall fcare,

Bafc indination.and the ftart offpleene. To fight againft me vnder Percies pay. To dog his hceles,and curtfic at his frOwncs,

>2S To fhc \y how much thou art degenerate ♦

Prin . Do not thinke fojyou fhal not find it (o. And God fbrgiue them that fb much hauc fwaldc Your maiefticsgood thoughts away from me.

13s I will redeeme all this on Percies head.

And in thcclofingoffbmc glorious day Be bold to tell you that I am your fonne. When I will wcare a garment all ofbloudj

,36 And ftainc my fauors in a bloudy maskc.

Which wafht a way fhall fcoure my fhamc with it. And thatfhal be the day when ere it lights. That this fame child of^honour and rcnownc,

'♦« Ti^iis gallant Hotfpur,this all praifed knight.

And your vnthoueht ofHarry chance to meet. For cucry honor (itting on hishelme Would they were muliitudcs,and on my head

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That /fhal make this Northren youth exchange His glorious decdes for my indignities. Percy is but my fai^or^good my Lord,

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And /will callhimto foftrickc account.

That hcfhall render cucry glory vp,

Vca,cucn she flc ightcft worfliip of hij dme.

Or I will tcare thcrcckcmlng from his heart

Thisinthcnamcof God/promirchecrc,

The which ifhc be pleafd 1 fhalJ peiformc:

I do befccch your maicfty may faluc

The long grown woundi ofmy intemperance, '56

If notjthe end of life cancels all bands.

And /will die a hundred thoufand deaths

Erebreakc thefoullcft parcellofthis vow. Kiȣ. A hundred thoufand rebels die in this,

Thoufluk hauc charge and foucraine truft herein.

How now gocdbiuui thy lookcs arc full of fpeed.

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Blunt. So haththebufmcflcthatlcometo fpeakcof.

Lord Mortimer of Scotland hath Tent word, .«>

ThatDowglasanddieEoglifhRcbclsmcc

The cleuendi of this month atShrcwsburyj

A mighty and afearcfuU head they are,

/fpromlfes be kept on cucry hand, •*/

As euer offred foule play in a flatc.

Khf^. The Earlc of VVcftmerland fct forth to day, With him my fonne Lord /ohn ofLancaftcr, For this aducrti/cment is fiue dales old. On Wedncfday ncxt.Harry you fhall fet forvi-ard. On thurfday wc our fclues wiJJ march.Our mccring Is Bridgcnorth,and HarrVjyou fhall march Through Glocefterfhire^by which account Ourbufincfle valued fometwcluedaics hence^ Our general forcfsat Bridgenorth fhall meet: Our hands arc full ofbufincffc.lcts away, Aduamagc fcedc5 him fat while men delay. Exeunt. >*o

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Fal. Bardoll,amlnot falnc a way vilely fincc this lafta6Hon/ do / not bate.' do I not dwindlcPVVhy ,my skinne hangs about me like an old Ladies loofcgowne. lam withered like an ouldc apple lohn, Well ,iie rq^ent and that fuddainly , while I am in

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fome liking, 1 IhaU be out ot heart 1 hortly , and then I {hall haue no ftrength to repent. And I haue notforgoiten what the infide of a Church is made of, I am aPeppcr come , a brewers Horfe, the infide ofa Church.Company, villainous company,hath been thefpoileofme.

Bar. Sir Iohn,you are fo ftetfuil you cannot liue long, T(U, Why,there is itjcome fing me abawdie fong , malie me merry. I was as vertuoufly giuen as a gendeman need to be,vef- tuous enough/wore litde, dic't not abouefeucn times a weeke, went to a baudy houfe not aboue once in a quarter ofan houre, paid money that /borrowed three or foure times ,liued weljand in good compaffe , and nowc I liue out of all order , out of all compaflc.

Bar. Why^ou are (b fat (ir Iohn,that you mud needes be out ofallcompafle:outcfaIlreafonablccompafle,firIohn.

Fal. Do thou amend thy facc,and ile amend my life : thou art our Admiral,ihou beareft the lanterne in the poope^but ris in the nofe of thee: thou art the knight ofthebuniing lampe. 5<*r.Why,fir/ohn,myface does younoharmc. Fat. No ile be fworn , I makeas good vfe of it as many a man doth ofa deaths head,or a mententomori » i neuer fee thy face, butlthinkcvponhellfire, and Diues that liued in Purple: for there he is in his tobesburning burning. If thou were any waie giuentoverrue, I would fweatcby thyface :myoath(houldbe bythisfirethatGods Angcll . Butthouart altogether ^ueno- uer : and wert indeede but for the light in thy face , the (bnne of vtierdarkencffe. When ihouranflvpGadfhUlin the night to catch my horfe^f 1 did not thinke thou hadft beene an ignis fa- f«i//,oraball ofwildfire,thcresnopurchafe in money . O inou art a pcrpctualltriumph,an euerlaftingbonefire lights thou haft faued me a thoufand Markes in Linkes, and Torches ^ walking widi thee in the night betwixt taueme and taucrne;but the facke that thouhaft drunke me,would haue bought me lights as good chcape,atihedeareftChandl€rsin Europe. I haue maintained thatSallamander of yours with fire any time this two and thirty yeareSjGodrewardme for ir. Bar. Zbbud J would my face were in your belly. /;:«/. Godamerey/o fhould I be fure to be hattbumt,

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Of tiettrii: %vv juurin* Hownow dame Partlct the hen,haueyou ciiqulrd Enter hofi, yet v/ho pickt my pocket?

Hofiefet Why fir lohn, what do you thinke fir Tohn, doe you think elkecpe theeuesinmyhouJe,Ihauefearcht, Ihaue en- i^

quired,(b has my husband,man by man,boy by boy /eruani by feruant, the right of a haire,was neuerloft in mv houfc before.

FaJ. Yce lie Hoftefle , Bardoil was fhau a, and loft manie a <>«

halrc,and ile be fworne my pocket was pickt:go to, you arc a woman, go.

/fo.Who I.NojAdcfic thee-.Gods light Iwasneucrcaldfoin fz

mineowne houfe before.

Fal. Go to. I know you well inough,

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rell to beguile mcofii,Iboughtyouadouzenof fliirts to your backe.

iv«^.Doulas,filthieDoulas,Ihaue giuenthem away to Ba- *<.

kcrs wiues,they haue made boulters of them.

Hofl^o^i as I am a true woman,holland of viii s.an ell, you owe mony here.befides fir lohn/or your diet, and bydrinkings, and money lent you xxiiii jjound.

f4//?.Hchad hispartoht,lcthimpay.

Hojl. He,alas he is poore, he hath nothing. '*

Ftf/.How.'poorct'lookevponhisfacc. What call you fich?let them coyne his nofe, let them coynchischeekes, ile not pay a dcnyet : what willyou make a yonker of mee ;• fhall I rwt take 91

mine eafein mine Innc,but I flfiali haue my pocket pickt.'I haue loft a fcale ring of my grandfathers worth fortie marke.

Ho.O lefu/hauc heard the Prince tellhim Iknow not how oftjthatthat ring was copper.

Falfi. How?the prince is a iacke, a fneakcup, Zbloud and hee were here,I would cudgellhim like a dog ifhe would fay fo. Enter thefrbice march ing^andFttljtaljfe mcetes him flaying vpon his trnnchion UVe a fife, F<j^.How now lad,isthe windcinthat dooreifaith,muft we all march?

i?<«r. Yea jtwo,andtwo,Newgatefafhion. "^

HoJi,lA) Lordjlpray you hcare me,

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Pr« Whatfaift thoumiftris quickly, how doth thy husband ? 'OS Ilouc him well, he is an honeft man,

HoJf.Ccodmy Lordhcareme?

Fa/fi, Prcethc let her alonc^and lift to me.

Prin. What faift thou iacke,

Fa/Jf. The other night I fcl a fleepc herc.behind the Arras,and had my pocket plckt,ihis houfc is tur n*d b audy houfcj they pick pockets.

*Prw. What didft thou looie iacke f

"<s Fal. Wilt thou belccucmcHalljthree or fburc bonds of forty

pound a pcecc,and a fcale ring of my grandfathers, Prin. A trifle, fbmc eight penie matter. Hofi, So I told him my Lord, and I faid I heard your grace fay fo:& my lord he fpcakes moH vilely of you,likc a fbulc mouthd man as he is,and faid he would cudgel you. PriV. What he did not:?

//"o.Theres neither faith,truth,nor womanhood inmeeile. "* Fal, Thercs no more faith in thee then in a flued prune, not

t no more truth in thee then in a drawn fox, and for womandood

maid marion may be the deputies wife of the ward to thcc. Go you thing,go, Hoji, S ay what thing,what thing? FaI, Whatthingc* why a thing to thankc God on, 'j« 7/^.1 am nothing to thankc God on 5 I would thou fliouldft

knowitjiaman honeft mans wifejandfctting thy knighthood afide,thou art a knauc to call me fo. HO Fnt Setting thy womanhood afidc,thou art a be aft to lay o-

ihervvi/c. HoJi. Say, what beaft,thou knauc thoucf u4 F4/i?,Whatbcaft:' why an Otter.

Prin, An Otter fir /ohn,whyan Otter? F:',iji. Why ? fhccs neither filh nor flcfli , a man knowcs not where to ha uc her. //(?/?. Thou art anvniuftmanin faying fo, thou or anicman '*s knowcs where to hauc me,thou knaue thou.

Prin. Thou faift true hofteflc ^ and hec (launders thecmoft groflcly

's^ FJofi, So hcc doth you my Lord^and faidc this other day you

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ought him a thoufand pound.

Prtn. Sirrha,do I owe you a thoufand pound ?

Fal^. A thoufand pound Hall ? a million, thy loue is worth a '$6

milIion,thou owcft mc thy loue.

HoSi. Nay my Lord^hc cald you Ucke,and faidc hcc woulde cudgel you.

F4//?.DidIBardol?

Bar. Indeed fir lohn youfaid Co,

Td, yea,ifhe/aid my ring was copper,

Pm.T fay tiscopper,darcft thou be as good as thy word now? '«♦

F4^. Why Hail? Thou knoweft as thou a rebut manldare, but as thou art prince, I fcarcthcc as Ifeare the loaringofthc Lyons whclpe.

Vrin. And why not as the Lyon ? '<**

Td. The king himfclfc is to be feared astheLion,doeft thou thinke lie fearc thee as I fcare thy father ? nay and 1 doo ,/pray God my girdle breake.

Pr'm. 0,ifitfhouldj howc woulde thy guts fall about thy knees ? but firrha, theres no rcome for faithj tructh, nor honc- ftie.in thisbofomc ofthinc.Itisallfild vp withguttcSjandmid- riffeCharecanhoneft woman with picking thy pocket, why /y* thou horclon impudent imboft rafcall, if there were anie thing in thy pocket but taucrnereckonings,memorandums ofbaudic houles,and onepoore peniwoxth offugar-candieto make thee n> long winded, if thy pocket were inricht widi any other iniiirics but thcfe jl am a villain.and yet you will ftand to it,you will not pocket vp wrong, art thou not adiamed ? ''*

FaL Docft thou hearc Hall, thou knoweft in the Hate of inno- ccncic Adam feLI,& what fhould poorc iacke Falftalfc do in the daies ofvillanicPthou feeft 1 hauc more fle(h then another man, tn

& therfore more frailty. You confcflc then you pickt my pocket,

Trm. Itappeares foby thcftorie,

F«/.Hortcire,l forgiuc thce,go make ready breakfaHjIouc thy '>*

husbandjlooke to thy fcmaunts, chcri(h thy ghcfTc , thou rtialt t

find mc tradtable to any honcft rcafon, thou fcefl I am pacified fiill,naypreethebegone. €xit Hoficjfc '9*

Now Haljto the ncwes at court for the robbe^ lad,how is that

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-rrm, u myiweetDcotte,lmuftltillbeegoodangeltothee, the mony is paid backe againe,

Fd. O I do not iike that payingba cke,tis a double labor.

Trin. I am goad friends with my father and may do any thing

Fal. Rob me the exchequer the firfl thing thou docft, and doe it with vnwafht hands too,

JJ^ir.DomyLord. -oj ^rin I haue procured thee lacke a charge of foot.

Fal, I would it had been ofhorle. Where Oiall I findeone that can fteale well , O for a fine thiefe of the age of xxii . or therea- bouts: lamhainouflyvnprouided. Well, God be thanked for thele icbcISjthey offaide none but the venuousj / laudc them, I prailethcm.

'Prm. Bardoll^ Bar. My Lord.

7r/». Go beare this letter to Lord lohn of Lancafter, To my brother lohn, this to my lord of Weftraorland. Go Pcto to horfcjto horfe/or thou and I Haue thirty miles to ride yet ere dinner time, Iacke,meetc me to morrow in the temple haule "4 Attwoofclockeintheaftemoone,

There (halt thou know thy chargc^and there receiue Money and order for their fiirniture. The landbburning,Pcrcy ftandson high, "* And either we or they muft lower lie.

Fai Rare words,braue world hoftefle, my breakfaftcome Ohicouldwifhthistauerneweremydrum, '

IVji 'Per. Wei faid my noble Scot,if fpeaking tmth

Inthisfineagewerenotthought flattery, Such attribution fhould the Douglas haue, As not a fouldiorof this feafons ftampe. Should go fo generaU currant through the world By GodjI cannot flatter,! do dcfie The tongues ofibothers,but a brauer place In my harts loue hath no man then your felfe. Nay taske me to my word ,approue me Lord.

Doug. Thou art the King of honor, No man fo potent breaths vpon the ground, ButI will beard him* Enter onevith letters,

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Per.Do fojand tb wel.What letters haft thouthere^ 1 can butthankc you:

A^efThc(c IctcCTS come from your father,

'Per. Leners from hun,\\'hy comes he not himfcirc?

^^<r/Hc cannot come mylord^hcisgricuous fickc*

Pfr. Zounds Jiow has he the leifure to be fickc In fuch a iul^ling time.who leads his po\tct? Vndcr whofc gouernment corac they along?

A^ef. Hi? letters bcares his cnind,not I my mind.

ITffr. I prccthc tcl mc,doth he keepc his bed?

Mef. He did my Lord/ourc daies ere I fee forth, And at the time ofmy departure thence. He was much feardc by his Phifitions. '-f

fyor, 1 would the ftatc of time had firfl been whole, Eare he by fickncfTe had bin viiiced, His health was neuet better worth then now.

Ver. Sicke now,droupc now,thls fickncs dodiinfcd -^

The very life bloud ofour enterprife, Tis catching hither eucn to our -campe. He writes me here that inward fickncfle, And that his friends by deputation Could not fo foonc be dra wn,tJor did he thinJcc it meet To lay fo dangerous and dcarc a trufl On any (bule rcmoou'd but on his own. Yet doth he giuc vs bold aduertifcnicnt. That with our fmall coniunc^ion wc fhould on. To fee how fortune is difpofd to vs. For as he writes there is no quailing now,

Becaufe the king is certainly poflcft *'

Qfai our purpoles,what fay you to it?

fVor, Your fathers fickncfle is a raaime to vs.

Per^ A perilous ga/hja very limbe lopt off, Andyetinfaithitisnot,hisprcfcntwant ^4

Secmes more then wc fhal find it: were it good To fct the cxa<5l wealth of al our flates Al atonccaflPto fetibrich a mainc On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre? It were not good for therein fhould we read

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5J The very botcome and the fbule of hope,

The very li{),the very vtmoft bound Ofall our fortunes.

Doug , Faith^and fo we fhould. Where now remaines a fwect reuerfion, •f We may boldly (jjend vpon the hope of what tis to come in,

« A comfort of retirement Hues in this,

Fer. A randeuous,a home to flic vnto If that the Diueland mifchancelookebig Vpon the maidenhead of our affaires*

Wot. But yet / would your father had bin hcerc! The quality and hairc ofour attempt Brookes no deuifion,it will be thought By fome that know not why he is away, ("t That wiTedomejloialtyjand meere diflikc

Ofour proceedings kept theEarle from hence. And thinke how fuch an apprchenfion May turne the tide of fearefull facflion. And breed a kin d of queftion in our caufc: For wel you know we of the oflfring fide Muft keepe alcx>fefromflri6l arbitrcmcnt, And ftop a! fight-holes euery loope from whence The eie of region may priem vpon vs. This abfencc of your fathers drawes a curtain That fhewes the ignorant a kind offearc Before not dreamt of, Ter. You flraine too far. ^e I rather ofhis abfence make this v/e,

It lends a luftrc and more great opinion,

A larger dare to our great enterprife

Then ifthc Earle were here/or men mufl thinke

If we without his hclpe can make a head

To pufli againfla kingdomCjwith hishelpc

We fhaloreturne it topfie luruy down,

Yet all goes well,yct all out ioints are whole.

I><?«^, As hart can thinke,thcre is not fuch a Word Spoke ofin Scotland as this tearme offearc. Smerjir Rr.yernon,

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*Per. My coofcn V''crnon,\vch;om by my foule.

Ver. Pray God my newcs be wortha welcome lord. The Earlc of VVcRmcrland fcuen thoufand flrong ss

3s marchinghcthcrvvards,with him prince lohn, T^r. No hami Cjwhat more;

Ker. Andfurchcrlhauelearnd, The Kinghimfelfe in pcrfon is fee forth, Orhethervvards intended fpecdily With flrong and migluy preparation,

Hot. He ihal be welcome too: where ishisfbnne? The nimble footed madcap prince of Wales, And his Cumradcs that daft the world alide AndbiditpafTe?

Fer. AllfurnifhtalinArmes: AH pliimde like Efl ridges that with the vvind Baited like Eagles hauing lately bathd, Glittering in golden coates like images, As ful of fpirit as the month ofMay, And gorgeous as thefunneatMidfbmcr: Wanton as youthful goates,wild asyoung buls,

/faw yong Harry with hisbeuer on, -o^

His cufhes on his thighs gallantly armde. Rife from the ground like feathered Mercury, And vaulted with fucheafc into his feat, As if an Angel drop down from the clouds, /«■« t

To turn c and wind a fiery Pcgafus, And w itch the world with noble horlcmanfiilp.

Hot.So more,no more,wor/e then the fun in March, This praifc doth nourifh agues,Ict them come. They come like faaifices in their trim. And to the fire-eyd maide offmoky war, Al hot and bleeding will wcoflFcr them. The mailed Mars fhal on his altars fit Vp to the earcs in bloud I am on fire To hearc this rich reprizalisfonigh, And yet not ours:Come let me tafl my horfe. Who is to bearc me like a thunderbolt, Againft the bofome of the Prince of Wales,

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Harry to Harry /hal hotborfc to horfe,

Mccte and neare part til one drop down a coatfc.

Oh thai Glendowet were come,

Ver^ There is more ncwes, I iearnd in Worcefter as I rode along, He can draw hispowcr this fourtcenedaies. ^ Doug. Thats the worft tidings that I heare ofit. WorAhy my faith,thatbearesa frofty found. /r<?f. What may the kings whole battel reach viito? Ver, To thirty thoufand. J^i'/.Fortylctitbe, My father and Glendowcr being both away, The powers of vs may fcruc fo great a day. Come let vs take amufter fpeedily, Doomesday is nearc,die all,diemerely. Doug. Talke iiot of dying,! am out offearc

Ofdeath or deaths hand for this one halfe yeare. Exeunt

IV. ii Snter Falfialffe^ardoU,

Falfl, Bardol get thee b cfore to Couentry , fill me a bottle of + Sacke, our fouldiors ihall march through. Weelc to Sutton cop-

hill to night.

Bar, Will you giue me money captaincy Fal, Lay outplay out. Bar. Thisbottell makes an angel. Fal. And if it do , take it for thy labour, and ifit make twenty take them all,ile anfwcrethe coynage, bid my LiuetenantPeto meet me at cowncs end; Bar. Iwillcaptaine/arewcll. Exit

Tal. Iflbcnot afhamcdofmyfoIdiourSj/amafoutftgumet, I haue mifufcd the kinges prcfle daranablic . I haue got in ex- change of 1 50. foldiours 3 00, and odde poundes » 1 prefle me none but good houfhouIders,Ycomansfonnes, inquire me out contrad^ed batchclcrs/uch as had been askt twice on the bancs, fuch a commodity ofwarmcflaues J as had as lieue heare the Diucllasa drumme jfuch asfearethe rcportofaCaliuer, worle then a ftruckcfoulc,orahurtwildducke: Ipreftmec none but fuch toftes and butter with hearts in iheir bellies no bigger then ^4 pinnes heades , and they haue bought out their feruices , and

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efHenrie ihejoHrtb, now my wliole charge confifls of Ancients, Corporals, Lieu cenantSjgentlemcn ofccmpanicstflaues as ragged as Lazarus in the painted cloth, where the gluttons dogs licked hrs fores, and fuch as indeed were neuer fouldiourSj but difcarded, vniuft fer- uingmen, yongcr fonnes to yongcr brothers, rcuoltcd tapfters, and Oftlers,tradefalne,the cankers ofacalmcwoildjand a long pcacCjtcn times more difhonourablc ragged then an oldefiizd ancient, and fuch hauc/ to fill vp the roomes of them ashaue bought out their feruices , that you wouldc thjnke that I had a hundred and fiftie tottered prodigals, latelie come from fwine kcepingjfrom eating draffe and husks. A mad fcllowc met mee on the way, and tolde mee I had vnloaded all the Gibbets, and preft the dead bodies. No eye hath feenc fuch skarcrowcs. lie not march through Couentry with them, thats flat may, and the villains march wide betwixt the legs as if they had giucs on, fbrindecde/hadthcmod of themoutofprifon, theresnoi a Qiert and a halfe in all my companie, and the halfe fliert is two napkins tackt togithcr , and throwne ouer the fhoulders like a Heralds coate without flecucs , and the flicrt to fay the trueth ftolne from my hoft at S. Albones,or the red-nofe Inkeeper of Dauintry, but thats all one , theile find linnen inough on cucrie hedge.

Enter the Trince.Lord offVefimerland,

Vrin. Hownowblowne iackefhow now quilt ?

Fal. What Hal , ho w now mad wag? what a diuel doflthouin WarwickfhirefMy good Lo of VVcflmerland,! cry you mercy, /thought your honour had alrcadie bin at (hrcwesburie.

Wryf Faith fir lohn tis more then time that / were there , and you too, but my powers are there already,thc king lean tcl you lookcsforvsall,we muftaway all night.

Faljt, Tut ncuet fearc mce,I am as vigilant as a Cat to fteale Creamc.

Trift, I thinkc to ftcale Crcame indeed, for thj theft hath al- readie made thee butter, but tell mciackcjwhofc ftllowcs arc thefc that come after ?

Falfl. Mine H3ll,minc.

Prince. I did ncucr fee fuch pitifull rafcals.

Tdji. Tut,tut,good inongh to toffe/oodeforpowdcrjfoodc

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for powder, thelle fill a pitas well as betterituniman,mo«aIi nicn,mortalmen.

fyejl, I but fir lohn^me rhinkes chey are exceeding poore and bare^toobeggeHy. ^i Ffllfl. Faith for iheir pouerty I know not where they had that,

and for their bareneffc I am fure chey ncucr learnd chat of me, s, Prin, No ile be fworne^vnleffe you call three fingers in the ribs

bare,but Hrrha make hafte, Percy is already in the field, Exit%

Fd, What is the king incampt?

TVeJi^Ht is fir Iohn,I feare we fhal fiay too long.

Ffit. Wei, to the latter end ofa fray, and the beginning ofafeaft. fits a dul fighter and a kene gueft. Exefint.\

^LSL Enter HotJfur^lVorcefierJ^oug'.Vfrnottt

Hot* Wcele fight with him to night*

fVor, It may not be.

Z>(?»^, Yougiuc him then aduantage.

Ver, Not a whit.

Hot. Why fay you fo,lookes he not for fupply ?

^fr. So do we,

Hot, His is certaine,ours is doubtful.

IVor. Good coofenbeaduifdjftirnot to night.

Z^er. Donotmy Lord.

Dong* You do not counfcl wel, Vou fpcake it out of feare,and cold hart,

'Oer. Do me no flander Douglas,by my life. And I dare wellmaintaine it with my life. If well reipedled honor bid me on, I hould as little counfell with weake feare, As you my Lord,or any Scot that this day Hues, Let it be leene tomorrow in the battell which of vsfcarcs;

2)c;^. Yea or to night, Ver* Content.

Hot* To night-fay I.

Zfcr. Comejcomejitmaynothe. I wonder much being men of fiich great leading as you are, That you forcfee not what impediments. Drag backc our expcdition,certainc horfe Of my coafcn Vernons are not yet come vp.

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YourVncIcVVorcelkrs horfescamc buccoday^

And now clicir pride and rncttall is a fleepe.

Their courage with hard labour tame and dull ,

That not a horfc ishalfc the halfc ofhimfelfc.

Hot. Soarethchorfesotthcencmie Ingeneralliourney bated and broughc low, The better part of ours are tull of reft.

ff^'or, The number of the King cxceedeth our, i,^

For Gods fake coofcn ftay till all come in.

The trnrnpet founds a parley^ Enter fir JValter BltPtt,

BUnt. /come with gracious ofifcrs from the king, Ifyou vouchfafc me hearing, and refpedt.

/for .Welcome fir Walter Blunt;and would to God j»

You were of our determination. Some ofvs louc you well, and euenthofe fome Enuy your greatdeferuings and goDdname, Becaufe you are not of our qualitie, But ftand againft vs like an enemie.

Blunt. And God defend but ftill I fliould ftand fb. So long as out oflimic and true rule You ftand againft annointed Maieftie. Buttomycharge.Tlie king hath fcnt to know The nature of your griefes^and whereupon Youconiurc from the breaft ofciuill peace

Such bold hoftilitie : teaching his ducious land ,^

Audacious crueltie./f that the king Haueany way your good deferts forgot Which he confeflcth to be manifold, Hebids you name your ericfes,and with all fpeede. You fhall hauc your delircs with intcrcft And pardon abfolutc for your felfe^and thefe Herein miflcd by your fuggeftion.

Hot. 1 he king is kind,and well wc know the king ,,

Knowes at what time to promife.when to pay; My father, and my vncle,and my {t]£t.^ Did glue him that fame royaltie he weares. And when he was not fixe and twcntie rtrong, Sicke in the worlds regard: wretched and low

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My father gaiie him welcome to the fhorc »

And when he heard him fwearc and vow to God,

He came but to be Duke of Lancafter,

To (ue his liuery,and beg his peace

With tcarcs of innoccncie,and tcarmes <^zeale,

My father in kinde heart and pi tic mou d.

Swore him a{rt{)ance,and perfbnnd it too.

Now when the Lords and Barons of the realme,

Perceii/dNorthumbeHanddidleane to him, (t The more and leflc came in with cap and knee.

Met him in Borroughs,Cities,ViUages,

Attended him on bridges,fto>de in lanes.

Laid gifts before himjprofFctd him their oathes,

Gaue him their heires,asPagesfolIowed him^

Euen at the hcelcs^in golden multitudes,

He pre(ently,as greatneffe knowes it felfe.

Steps me a little higher then hk vow

Made to my father while his blood was poorc

Vpon the naked fhorc at Rauenipurg^^

And now fbrfooth takes on him to rcfbrmc

Some certainc edi(5l5,and fome flreight decrees,

Tbatlie tcD heauieon the Common- wealthy

Cries out vpon abufcs.fcemcs to weepe

Ouerhis Countrey wrongs,and by this face

This feeming brow of iuftice did he winnc

The hearts of all that he did angle for :

Proceeded further,cuc me offthc heads

Of all the fauourits that the abfcntking

In deputation left behind him here, ss Whenhewaspcrfonallinthclrifhwarre.

Blu»t, Tutjl came not toheare this. Hot- Then to the poynt.

In fhorl time after he dcpofd the king,

Soone after diat dcpriu d him ofhis life, ,, And in the necke oFthat taskt the whole flate.

To make that woorfc/uffted his kinfman March

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Indeed hisking)to be ingagdc in Wales, There without raunfome to lie forfciccdj Difgrac't me in my happy vii'^orics, Sought to intrapme by intelligence, Bated mine vnkic from the counfell boord , In rage difmiTd my father from the Court, Broke oath on oath^coramittcd wrong on wrong, And in conclufion droue vs to fcckc out This head ofranrtie^and withal! topric Into his li tle,thc which wc find Too indirc(f^for long continuance^

Blunt. Shall I returnc tliis aafwerc to the king^

Hot. Not fo (it Walter. Wcele withdraw a while. Go to the king,and let there be impawnde Some furetyfor a fafcrccurneagaine, And in the morning early fha( mine vnkle Bring him our purpofcSjand fo farewell.

Blunt . I would you would accept of grace and louc.

Hot. And tnay be fo we (ha\U

Blunt. Pray God you do.

Enter Archbijbof ofTorke.fr Mighelh^ IViv

^rci&. Hie good fir Mighell,bearc this fealcdbricfc With winged haflc to the Lord Matfliall, This to my coofen Scroopc.and all the reft To whom they are dire6\cd. If you knew How much they do import you would make hafte.

Sir //.My good Lord I geffe their tenor.

Arch. Like enough you do. To morrow good fir Mighell is a dny. Wherein the fortune often thoufand men Muft bide the touch. For (ir at Shrewsbury As I am truly giuen to vnderftand. The king with mighty and quicke raifcd power Meeces with Lord Harry And I fcarc fir Mighell What with thefickncfle ofNorthumbcrland, Whofc power was in the firft proportion. And what with Owen Glendowers abfence thence, Who with them was a rated fine w too,

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And comes not in ouenulde by prophecies, I fcarc ihc power of Percy is too wcake To wage an ioftant triall \m\\ the king.

Sir Ad. Why my good Lord,you need notfeare, There isDougIas,and Lord Mortimer.

Arch. No, Mortimer is not there.

Sir lM. But there is Mbrdake,Vcrnon,I.ord Harry Percy, And there is my LordofWorccftcr.andahead of gallant warriours,nobIe gentlemen,

Arch. And fo there is:but yet thekinghath drawn The fjjeciall head of all the land togither. The Prince of Wales, Lord /ohn of Lancafter, The noble Weftmcrland,and warlike Blun^ And many mo coriuals and deare men Of cftimat ion and command in armcs.

SirM. Doubt not my Lo: they fhalbe wel oppos'd.

Arch . 1 hope no leflfciyet necdfull tis to fcare. And ropreuentthe worft,fir Mighell fpeed: For ifLord Percy thriuc not ere the king Difmiffe his power,he meanes to viflt v$. For he hath heard of our confederacy, And tis but wifedome to make ftrong agalnft him. Therefore make haftcj mull go write againe To other friends.and fo farewell fir Mighcl, Exeunt

Tp- "Enter the KttigfJ*rmc€oftrales,LordlohnofLancitf}er,Earle of

•*■ Wcjimerlandfr Walter Blmt,F<tlfiiilffe.

King How bloudily the funne begins topeare Abouc yon bulky hill,the day lookes pale Ac his diftempra ture.

9*r/«, TheSouthrenwinde Doth play the trumpet to his purpofes, And by hishollow whirling in the leaues Foretels a tempeft and a blurring day.

Kin. Then with the loofers let it fimpathize, For nothing can feeme foule to thofcthat winne. * The trnntpet founds. Enter Worcefler

Kmg. How now my Lord of Worcefter,tis not wcI, Thatyou and I ftiould meet vpon fuch icarmes

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oj nenfj mcjourfrj. As now we raeete. You hauc dccciu'd our truft. And made vs dofFeour eafic roabcs of peace. To crufti ourold limbs in vngcntic (lecle, Thisisnocwcllmy Lordjthisisnot well. What fay you to it/ will you againevnknit This churlifliknocofall abhorred war? And mouc in that obedient orb c againe. Where you did giue a fairc and naturall light, And be no more an exhalde meteor, A prodigicoffcare.and a portent ofbroched mifchiefe to the vnborne times.

Worji, Hearc me my liege: For mine own part I couldbc well content, Toentertainethelagendofmvlifc 2*

With quiet houres For/protcft t

I haue not fought the day of this diflike.

King. You haue not fought it jho w comes it then?

Tal. Rebellion lay in his way,and he found ic.

*Prin, Peace che wct,pcacc. Wor. It pleafd your maicfty to turne your lookes Of fauor from my fe)fe,and all our houfe, And yet I muft rf member you my Lord , 3^

We were the firft and dearcft of your friends, Foryou my ftafFcofoflFicedid I breake In Richardsumc,and ported day and night To meet you on the way,and kiffc your hand, i»

When yet you were in placc,and in account Nothing fortrong and fortunate as I. Ic was my felfe,mv brother and his fonne, That brought you home, and boldly did outdare The dangers of the time. You fworetovs. And you did fware that oath at DancaOer, That you did nothing purpofe gainft the ftate. Nor dame no further then your new falnc right, *i

The fcatofGaunt.Dukedom of Lancaftcr: To this we fworc our aide : but in fhott fpace h raindc downe fortune fhowring on your head. And fuch a floud of greatneflc fell on you, *»

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So long in his vnlucky Irifh wars, That all in England did repute him dead: And from this fwarme offaire aduantages. You tooke occafion to be quickly wooed To gripe the general fway into your hand, Forgot your oath to vsatDancafter, And being fed by vs,you vfd vs Co As that vneentle gull the Cuckoes bird Vfeth the IparroWjdid oppreffc our neaft, Grcwby our feeding to fo great a bulke. That euen our louc durft not come neare your fightj

6+ For feare offwallowingibut with nimble wing

We were infbrfl for fafety fake to flie Out ofyour fight,and raife this preftnt head. Whereby we ftand oppofed by fuch m canes,

es As you your fclfe haue forgde againft your felfc

By vnkind vfagCjdaungerous countenance. And violation ofall faith and troth, Swornc to vs in your yongcr cnrerprize.

Ki»g. Thcfe things indeed you haue articulate, Proclaimd at market CrofTes.read in Churches, To face thegarment of rebellion With fomc fine colourthat may pleafc theeye

7< Of fickle changlings and poore difcontentSj

Which gape and rub the elbow at tlienewes Of hurly burly innouation. And neueryct did infurrecSlion want

*o Such watercolors to impainc his cauft

Nor moody beggars ftaruing for a time, Ofpellmcllhauocke and confufion. Prin. In both your armies there is many a loulc,

«f Shall pay full dearcly for this incounter

If once they ioine in trial, tell your nephew The prince of Wales doth ioine with all the world

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I do not thinkc a braucr Gentleman, More acftiuc.valiantjOr more valiant yong, More daringjOr more bold is now aliue To grace this latter age with noble deedes. For my part I may fpcake it to my fhamc, I haue a truant bcene to Chiualrie, And fo I heare he doth accoun t me too; Yet this before my fathers maieftie, I am content that he Hiall take the oddes Ofhis great name and eHimation, And will to fauc the blood on cither fide Trie fortune with him in a finglc figlu. King.knA prince of Wales,{b dare wc venture thee, AlbeitjConfiderations infinite Do make againft it : no good Worccftcr no. We loue our pcopl c well,euen thofc wc louc •»*

That arc miflcd vpon your coofens part, And will they take the offer of our grace, Both he,and they , and you,y ea cuery man Shall be my friend againc^and ilebe his, -»*

So tell your coofen,and bring me word What he will do But if he will not yecld. Rebuke and dread correftion waight on vs^ And they fhall do theiroffice.So be gone : We will not now be troubled with rcplie, Wc offer faire,takc it aduifcdiy, ExitlVorceJiert

Prin. It will not be accepted on my life, The Dowglas and the Hotfpur both togithei^ , ,6

Arc confident againfl the world in armcs.

Kittg.Hcncc thcrefore.euery leader to his charge^ For on their anfwere will we fet on them, And God befriend vs as our caufc is iuft. Exeunt -.maHent

FalJ} Hal,if thou fee me downc in the battel Prmce^alfi, And bcftridc me,fojtis apoyntoffricndfhip.

Pr/« Nothing buiaColofluscando thecthatfricndfhip, Say thy prayers^and farewell,

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Prm,Why,ihou owe ft God a death.

Falfl. Tisnot dueyet,! would be loaih to pay him before his day,whatneed Ibeto forvvardc with him that cats not on mce? Well, tis no mattcr,honor prickes me on;yca, but how ifhonor piicke me off when I come on? how then can honor fct to a legf no,or an arme?no,or take away the griefe of a wound i no. ho- nor haih no skil in furgerie rhenf no^what is honor^a wotd,what is in that word honor .' what is that honour ? aire, a trim recko- ning. Who hath itf he that died a Wednefday,doth he feeleit t nojdoth he hcarc it?no,tis infcnfiblc the?yca,to the dead.but wil not Hue with the liuing ; no, why ? detraction will nor fuffer it, therefore iie none ofit,honor is a meere skutchion , and fo ends tny Catechifmc. £xit.

y]7. SnterJVorceJler^fr RicbardVernon,

fVor, O no.my nephew mufi not know fir Richard, The liberal and kind ofH;r ofthe king.

Ver. Twcre beft he did.

JVar. Then are we all vndcr one. It is notpolTiblejit cajinot be The king (hould keepe his word in louing v$. He will fu/pe(ft vs ftill,andfind a time To puniOi this odence in other faults, Suppofition aloutliuesQiallbe ftuckefullofeycs, For treafbn is but trufted like the Foxe, Who ncuer lb tame,(b cheriflit and lockt vp. Will haue a wilde tricke of his ancel^ers, Lcoke how we can,or fad or merely. Interpretation will mifquoteour lookes. And we (hall feed like OKen at a (lall, The better cherifht ftill the nearer death. My nephewcs trefpafle maybe well forgot, It hath the cxcufe of youth and heat ofblood, And an adopted name of pnucledge, A hair-braind Hotfpur gouemd by a fpleenc. All his offences liue vpon my head And on his fathers. Wedidtrainehim on. And his corruption being tane from vs>

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Therefor? gooci coofenjct not Harry know

/n any cafe the offer ofthc King. Enttr^Tercy,

FfT .Dcliucr uhat you willjilc fay us fo.Hcrc corns your ccofcn.

Hot. My vncle is recur nd, »/

Dcliucrvp my Lord of Weftmcrland, Vncle, whac novcs ?

IVor. The king will bid youbattell prefcntly.

Doug Defie him by the Lord of WeftmerUnd, j»

Hot. Lord Douglas go you and tell him fo.

Doug Marry and fhal,and very wiUingly.fjrir.Pow.

War. There is no fccming mercic in the king

Hot Did you beg any .? God forbid,

W<7r. I colde him gently of our grccuances, Of his oath br caking, whkh he mended thus. By now forfwearing that he isforfworae, He cals vs rcbels,trauors,ond will fcourge With haughtie armcs this hatcfull name in vs. Enter Douglas,

Doug. Arme gendemen.to armes/or /hauc thrownc Abrauc defiance in king Henries teeth, And Weftmcrland thai was ingag*d did bcare ic, Which cannot chufe but bring him quickly on,

fVor, The Prince of Wales ftept fonh before the king, And nephew jchalengd you to fingle fight.

Hot. O would the quarrel lay vpon our heads. And rhac no man might draw fhon breath to day But land Harry Monmouth^tell me tell roe. How fhewcd his tasking? fccmd it In contempt?

^CT'.No, by my (oule Incucr in my life Did heare a chalcnge vrgdc more model^, Vnlefle a brother fhould a brother dare. To gentle exercife and proofr of armcs. He gauc you all the dudes of a man, Trimd vpyour praifes with a Princely tongue. Spoke your defcruings like a Chronicle, Making you eucr better then his praifc. By ftill difpraifing praifc valued with you. And which became hun like a prince indeed^

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He made ablufliingcitallof himfelfc, And chid his truant youth with fuch agtacc As ifhe maftred there a double fpirit Ofteaching and oflearning inftandy , There did he paufc,butletmetchhc world /f he outliue the cnuie of this day, u England did neucr owe fo fwcete a hope

Somuch mifconftrued in his wantonnefTc,

Hot^ Coofcn I thinkc ihou art enamored On his foliics^ncuer did / hearc Of any prince fo wilde alibettie. But be he as he will,y ct once ere night / will imbrace him with a fould lours arme. That he fhall Qirinke vndcr my curtcfic, AnnCjarmc with rpeed,and fellowcs, foldiors/ricndsj Better confider whatyou haue to do Then I that haue not wel the gift of tongue Can life yourblood vp with pctCwzC^ot\,EfJter^A'feffeȣer,

OliefMy Lordjherc are letters for you.

Hot. I cannot read them now, O Gentlemen the time oflife isfliort, To fpcnd that (hotmes bafcly were too long Iflife did ride vpon a dials point, Still ending at the atriuallofan houre. And if we line we iiue toticad on kings. If dicjbrauc death when princes die with vs, Now for our confciences,the armes ate faire When the intent ofbearing them is iuft. Enttr another ^

Mef. My Lord.prcpare the king comes on a pace.

Hot- 1 thanke him that he cuts me from my tale,

For I profcfle not talking oncly this.

Let each man do his beli^and here draw I a fword,

Whofc temper 1 intend to ftaine

With the be(i bloud that I canmeet withall.

Inthcaduenture of this perillous day,

Now efpcrance Percy and fet on,

Sound all the loftie infirumcntsofwar.

And by that Muficke let ys allcmbrace,

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ofBenrie the fourth. For heaucn to earth fome ofvs neuer fhall A fecond time do fuch a courtcfie.

Here they embrace, the trumpets fonnd, the kjffg enters y»ith his

pewer,a/armeto the battel.theK enter DoHglas^AndfirWal' ^ '"

ter Blunt .

'Blunt. What is thy name that In battell thus thou croM me. What honour deft thou fccke vpon my head?

Doug, Know then my name is Douglas, And I do haunt thee in the battell thus Bccaufe fome tell me that thou art a king.

Blunt, They tell thee true.

Doug. The Lord ofStafford deare to day hath bought Thylikeneflc/orin ftccd of tiiee king Harry This fword hath ended him/o (hall it thee Vnlefle thou yeeld thee as my prifoner.

Blunt. I was not bome a yeclder thou proud Scot, And thou fhait find a king that will reuengc Lord Staffords death.

They fight, Douglas kils Blunt ^then enter Hot f^ur,

//<?r.O Douglas hadft thou fought at Holmcdonihus Incuer had triumpht vpon a Scot.

Doug. Als done^als won here^breathles lies the king.

Hot . Where ? "Doug, Here.

//■(?/. This Douglas?no,I know this fece ftjU well, A gallant knight he was,his name was Blunt, S emblably furnifht like die king himfelfc.

Dw(|^. Ah foole,goe with thy foulc whither it goes, A borrowed title haft thou bought too deare. Why didft thou tell me that thou wert a king ?

Hot, The king hath many marching in his coates.

Doug, Now by my fword J will kill al his coates. He murder all his wardrop,pcccc by peecc Vntill I meete the king. Hot. Vp and away.

Our fouldiers ftand full fairely for the day

Alttrmefintcr Faljlaljfefolw. FaM. Though I could fcapc (hot-free at London, I feare the ftiot here,hcres no skoring but vpon the pate,Soft,who arc you? (ir Walter Blunt, thcrcs honour for you,neresno vanitic,! am as

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Prin. Whatjftands thou idle hcrcflcnd mc thy fword. Many a noble man lies ftarke and ftiffc, Vnder the hoofes of vaunting enemies, whofedeathsareyctvnreuengd,Iprccthelcnd mec thy fword. Falfi.O Hal/preethe giuc me leaue to breath a while, Turke Cregorie neucr did fuch deeds in armcsas I haue don this day, 1 hauc paid Percy , I haue made him fure,

Prin, He is indecd,and liuing to kill thee : / preethe lend me thy fword.

Fal, Nay before God Hal, if Percy be aliuc thou gets not my fwordjbut take my piftoll if thou wilt. Prin. Giuc it mc,what ? is it in the cafe ? Paljl. I Haljtis hotjtis hot,theres that willftcke a Citie* "The Prwce drawcs it out ^attd finds it to be a bottle of Sac^e, Prin. What is it a time to ieft and dally now;f

He throrves the bottle at him* Exif^

Falfi. Well if Percy be aliue.ile pierce him-,irhee doe come in my way fbjifhc doe not,if/comc in his willingly, let him make a Carbonado of mc. I like not fuch grinning honour as fir Wal- ter hath, giuc mc Iifc,which if I can faue,lb ; ifnot, honor comes vnlcokt ior^and thetesanend.

yj- Alarme/sxcurfiom. Enter the King^he 'Pri>ice,Lord lohn

of Lancaster yEarle of WcftmerUnd, King. I preethe Harry withdraw thy felfcjihoubleedefl too Lord lohn of Lancaf^er go you with him, (much,

PJohn. Not I my Lord,vnlefTe I did bleed loo, Vrin. I befccch your maicfljc make vp, Leaft your retirement do amaze your friends. (tent.

King, I will do fo.My Lord of Weflmcrland lead him to his fV^. Come my Lord,iIe lead you to your tent. *Prin. Lead nie my Lord? I do not need your heipe. And God forbid a (hallow fcratch Oiould driuc

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loh. VVc breath too long,comc crofcn VVeftmerland Our dutiethis way lics;For Gods fake come.

Prt»» By God thou haQ dcceiu*d me Lancafter, I did not thinkc thee Lord offiich a (pirit^ Before I lou'd rhec as a brother lohn, But now /do refpetfl thee as my foule.

King. I faw him hold Lord Percy at the poync. With ludicr maintenance then I did Icckc for Of fuch an vngrowne warrior.

Prin.O tills boy lends mcttall to vs all. Extt»

2)o;^.Anodier king they growlikc Hydraes heads, I am the Douglas fatall to all ihofe TTiat wearc thofe colours on thcm.What art thou That counterfetft the perfon of a King? i*

King. The king himfclf, who Douglas gricucs at hait. So many ofhis madowes thou haft met And not the vcrie king,I haue two boies Sceke Percy and thy Iclfc about the field. But feeing thou falft on me fo luckily I will affay ihec and defend thy felfc.

Dohg, 1 feare thou art another counterfet. And yet in faith thou bcaref^ thee like a king, But mine I am fure thou art who ere thou be, Aud thusi winnc thee.

Thejf fight ^t he ki^g being in (Ungcr, Enter ^Prince ofH^a^fS,

*PrinMo\d vp thy head vile Scor,or thou artlikc Neucr to hold it vp againe,the fpirits *»

OfValiant Shcrly,Stafford,Blunt are in my armes. Iris the Prince of Wales that threatens thee. Who ncuer promifcth but he mcanes to pay.

The^Jightj Douglas fiictht Cheerly my Lord,bovv fares your grace ? Sir Nicholas G a wfcy hath for fuccour fcnt, And fo hath Cliftonjle to Clifton flraight.

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X tJt, XX //< ur tc Thou haft redeemed thy loft opinion, And/hewde thou makft fome tender ofmylifc, In this faire rcfcue thou haft brought to me« Trin. O God they did me too much iniury, 5^ That euer faid I harkncd for your death,

Jfit were fo,! might hauelct alone The infuitinghand of Douglas ouer you. Which would haue been as fpeedy in your end si As a! the poifonous potions in the world,

Andfau dthe trecherous labour of your fonne. King, Make vp to Clifton,ile to S.NicholasGawfey. Sxit Ki: Enter Hot [pur. Hot. If I miftake not, thou art Harry Monmouth. Prin. Thou fpcakft as if I would deny my name. Hot. My name is Harry Percy. Pr. Why then I fee a vay valiant rebel of the name^ I am the Prinee of Wales,and thinke not Percy s-f To fliare with me in glory any more?

Two ftars keepe not their motion in one fpherCj Nor can one England brooke a double raigne Of Harry Percy and the Prince of Wales. ^f" Hot, Now flial it Harry ,fbrthehoureis come

To end the one ofvs,and would to God Thy name in armes were now as great as mine. Trtn. He make it greater ere I part from thee, 7» And al the budding honors on thy creft

He crop to make a garland for my head. Hot, I can no longer brooke thy vanities;

Theyfight'.Enter Faljialffe. Fatji. Well faid Hall,to it Hall . Nayyoufliall find no boyes play here lean tel you.

Enter Douglas ^hefighteth with Talfldffejjefals dovpnoi ifheweredead^the Prince ktlleth T>ercy, Hot. Oh Harry thou haft robd me ofmy youth, I better brooke the lofleofbrittlc life rhcn thofe proud titles diou haft won of me,

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And time that takes furuey ofall the world Muft haue a ftop. O I could prophecy, But that the earthy and cold hand of death Lies on my tongue : no Percy thou artduft And food for.

Tr. For vvormcs,braue Percy.Farc thee wel great hart HI weaud ambition,how much art thou fhrunke, a»

When that this body did containea fpirit, A kingdom for it was too fmall a bound. But now two paces of the vileft earth Is roome inough.this earth that beares the dead Beares not aliue fo ftout a gentlenun, Ifihou wert fenfible ofcurtefic I /hould not make To dcarc a fhcw of zcale, But let my fauois hide thy mangled face, ^*

And eucn in thy behalfe iie thanke my felfe, For doing thefe faire rights of tenderncflc, Adicw and take thy praife with thee to heaucn^ Thy ignominy flecpc with thee inthegraue, But notrcmembredinthy Epitaph.

Hefpkth Faljialjfe on the ground. What old acquaintance,could not all this flcfli Kecpe in a linle lifc?poore /acke fare well^ I could haue better fparde a better man: m

O / fhould haue a heauy milTc of thee, /f I were much in loue with vanitic: Death hath not flrooke fo fat a Deere to day, Though many dearer in this bloudy fray, <"

Inboweld will I fee thee by and by, TJ then in bloud by noble Percy lie. ExiU

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H< takes vp Hotjpar on his hiickS" Et2ta Trince John of Lancafler. 'Priff, Come brother lohn^fullbraucly haft thou flelht Thy mayden fword .

/eh» ofLan But foft,whorf» haue wc heere? Did you not tell me this fat man was dead?

Pr'm. Idid.Ifawhimdcad, Breathlcflc and bleeding on the ground. Art thou aliue f Or is it fantafie that playes vpon our eiefight? I preethc (pcake, we vwU not truft oureies Without our earcs j thou art not what thou fecmft.

Fal. Nothats certainc, I am not a double man; but if/bee not/ackcFalftalfic,thenamIaIackc .• there is Percy, if your father will doe mc anie honour, fo ; if not, let him kill the next Pcrcic himfclfc • I looke to bee cidier Earle or Duke, /can aC- furc you. Prin. WhyPcrcy^I kild my fclfe,and kw thee dead. Falfi, Didftthou:'Lord,Lord,howe this world is giucn to lying, I graunt you I was do wne, and out of breathjand lb was he.butwcrofebothataninftant, and fought along hourc by Shrewcsburie clocke^iCI may be belceudc fo : if not , let them that fhould rewarde valour, beare the finnevppon their owne hcads.IIc take it vpon ray death,! gaue him this wound in the thigh,ifthc man were aliuejand would denicit, zounds I would make him eatc a pcece of my fword, lohH. This is the ftrangcft talc that euer T heard. Pritt^ This is the ftrangcft fellow ,brothcr lohn. Come bring your luggage nobly on your backe.

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A retraite is founded.

*Prw.The Trumpet founds rerrait,the day is out. Come brother let vs to the higheft of the field. To fee what friends arc iiuing.who are dead. Exetmt.

Fal^ 1 Ic follow as they fay for rcward.Hec that rewardcs mcc God reward him. If I do growe great , ile growc lefle.fbr ile purge and Icaue Sacke , and liuc clcanlic as a noble man (hould do. Exit^

The Trumpets found. Enter the King, *Trince oftVales , Lord John ofLmcafier^ ExrleofWefhnerUnd, with hyorce^er, andFiernoHprtfonerx, K/Vj. Thus eucr did rebellion find rebuke,

III fpirited Worcefter,did not we fend grace, Pardon,and tcarmcs oHouc to allofyou:' And wouldft thou turae our ofifers comiuyi Mifufc the tenor of thy k'mfmans truft. Three knights vpon our party flainc to day, A noble Earle and many a creature elfc, Had been aliuc this houre. If like a Cliriilian thou hadft truly borne Betwixt our armies true incclhgence.

IVor. What I haue done my 1 afery vrg'd me to: And I embrace this fortune paticndy. Since not tobc auoided itfaJson me.

Ksrtg. Beare Worceftcr to the death and Vernon too: Other Offcndors wc will paufc vpc^n. How goes the field/

*PrOT. The noble Scot Lord Dowgl a Sjwhen he fa w The fortune of the day quite tumd trom him, The noble Percy flame and all his men Vpon tlie foot oTfearc^ fled with the reft And falling from a hill,he was fo bruifd. That the purfucrstookehim. Atmy tent The Douglas js:and I bcfccchyour grace I may difpofc oQiim.

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IT/wg-. With all my hart. Prm. Then brother lohnofLancaflcr, To you this honorable bounty fhai belong, Go to the Douglas and deliuer him Vptohis plearurejianfomlcfle and frcCj His valours (liewne vpon our Crefls to daie Hauc taught vs how to cherini fuch high deeds, Euenin thebofome of our aducrfarics,

fohn. Ithankeyour grace for this high curtefie, Which /(hall giuc away immediatly.

Km£ Then this rcmaines that wc deuide our power, YoufonneIohn,and my coofcnWcftmerland Towards York (hal bend, you with your decreft fpeed To mectNorthumbcdand and the Prelate Scroope, Who as wc heare are bufily in armes: My feifc and you fonnc Harry will towards Wales, To fight with Glendowet and the Earle oTMarch, Rebellion in thisland fliall loofe his fway. Meeting the chccke of fuch another day. And fince this bufincflcfo faire is done, Lctvsnotlcaue till all our owne be won. Exeunt

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Mr. Griggs finds the leaf of the British Museum Quarto containing the missing line to be defective, and has therefore been unable to fac- simile the page as stated in § 6.

PR Shekespeare, William

2750 King Henry the Fourth

HIO 1881

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