Act II, Scene III — Wilds in Gloucestershire.…

Act II, Scene III — Wilds in Gloucestershire.

Enter BOLINGBROKE and NORTHUMBERLAND, with Forces.[1200]

Boling. How far is it, my lord, to Berkeley now?

North. Believe me, noble lord,[1201] I am a stranger here in Gloucestershire:[1202] These high wild hills and rough uneven ways[1203] Draws out our miles, and makes them wearisome;[1204] 5 And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,[1205] Making the hard way sweet and delectable. But I bethink me what a weary way From Ravenspurgh to Cotswold will be found[1206] In Ross and Willoughby, wanting your company,[1207] 10 Which, I protest, hath very much beguiled The tediousness and process of my travel: But theirs is sweetened with the hope to have The present benefit which I possess;[1208] And hope to joy is little less in joy[1209] 15 Than hope enjoy'd: by this the weary lords Shall make their way seem short, as mine hath done[1210] By sight of what I have, your noble company.[1211]

Boling. Of much less value is my company Than your good words. But who comes here?[1212][1213] 20

Enter HENRY PERCY.[1214]

North. It is my son, young Harry Percy,[1214][1215] Sent from my brother Worcester, whencesoever.[1216] Harry, how fares your uncle?[1217]

Percy. I had thought, my lord, to have learn'd his health of you.[1217][1218]

North. Why, is he not with the queen?[1217][1219] 25

Percy. No, my good Lord; he hath forsook the court, Broken his staff of office and dispersed The household of the king.

North. What was his reason?[1220] He was not so resolved when last we spake together.[1220][1221]

Percy. Because your lordship was proclaimed traitor. 30 But he, my lord, is gone to Ravenspurgh, To offer service to the Duke of Hereford, And sent me over by Berkeley, to discover[1222] What power the Duke of York had levied there; Then with directions to repair to Ravenspurgh.[1223] 35

North. Have you forgot the Duke of Hereford, boy?[1224]

Percy. No, my good Lord, for that is not forgot Which ne'er I did remember: to my knowledge, I never in my life did look on him.

North. Then learn to know him now; this is the duke. 40

Percy. My gracious lord, I tender you my service, Such as it is, being tender, raw and young; Which elder days shall ripen and confirm To more approved service and desert.

Boling. I thank thee, gentle Percy; and be sure 45 I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends; And, as my fortune ripens with thy love,[1225] It shall be still thy true love's recompense: My heart this covenant makes, my hand thus seals it. 50

North. How far is it to Berkeley? and what stir Keeps good old York there with his men of war?

Percy. There stands the castle, by yon tuft of trees,[1226] Mann'd with three hundred men, as I have heard;[1227] And in it are the Lords of York, Berkeley, and Seymour;[1228] 55 None else of name and noble estimate.

Enter ROSS and WILLOUGHBY.[1229]

North. Here come the Lords of Ross and Willoughby,[1230] Bloody with spurring, fiery-red with haste.

Boling. Welcome, my lords. I wot your love pursues A banish'd traitor: all my treasury 60 Is yet but unfelt thanks, which more enrich'd Shall be your love and labour's recompense.

Ross. Your presence makes us rich, most noble lord.

Willo. And far surmounts our labour to attain it.

Boling. Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor;[1231] 65 Which, till my infant fortune comes to years, Stands for my bounty. But who comes here?[1232]

Enter BERKELEY.

North. It is my Lord of Berkeley, as I guess.

Berk. My Lord of Hereford, my message is to you.[1233]

Boling. My lord, my answer is--to Lancaster;[1234] 70 And I am come to seek that name in England;[1235] And I must find that title in your tongue,[1236] Before I make reply to aught you say.

Berk. Mistake me not, my Lord; 'tis not my meaning To raze one title of your honour out:[1237] 75 To you, my lord, I come, what lord you will, From the most gracious regent of this land,[1238] The Duke of York, to know what pricks you on To take advantage of the absent time[1239] And fright our native peace with self-born arms. 80

Enter YORK attended.[1240]

Boling. I shall not need transport my words by you;[1241] Here comes his grace in person. My noble uncle! [Kneels.[1242]

York. Show me thy humble heart, and not thy knee, Whose duty is deceiveable and false.

Boling. My gracious uncle-- 85

York. Tut, tut![1243] Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle:[1243][1244] I am no traitor's uncle; and that word 'grace'[1245] In an ungracious mouth is but profane. Why have those banish'd and forbidden legs[1246] 90 Dared once to touch a dust of England's ground?[1247] But then more 'why?' why have they dared to march[1248] So many miles upon her peaceful bosom, Frighting her pale-faced villages with war And ostentation of despised arms?[1249] 95 Comest thou because the anointed king is hence? Why, foolish boy, the king is left behind, And in my loyal bosom lies his power. Were I but now the lord of such hot youth[1250] As when brave Gaunt, thy father, and myself[1251] 100 Rescued the Black Prince, that young Mars of men, From forth the ranks of many thousand French,[1252] O, then how quickly should this arm of mine, Now prisoner to the palsy, chastise thee[1253] And minister correction to thy fault! 105

Boling. My gracious uncle, let me know my fault: On what condition stands it and wherein?[1254]

York. Even in condition of the worst degree, In gross rebellion and detested treason: Thou art a banish'd man, and here art come 110 Before the expiration of thy time, In braving arms against thy sovereign.[1255]

Boling. As I was banish'd, I was banish'd Hereford: But as I come, I come for Lancaster. And, noble uncle, I beseech your grace 115 Look on my wrongs with an indifferent eye: You are my father, for methinks in you[1256] I see old Gaunt alive; O, then, my father,[1257] Will you permit that I shall stand condemn'd A wandering vagabond; my rights and royalties 120 Pluck'd from my arms perforce and given away To upstart unthrifts? Wherefore was I born? If that my cousin king be King of England,[1258] It must be granted I am Duke of Lancaster. You have a son, Aumerle, my noble cousin;[1259] 125 Had you first died, and he been thus trod down. He should have found his uncle Gaunt a father, To rouse his wrongs and chase them to the bay.[1260] I am denied to sue my livery here, And yet my letters-patents give me leave:[1261] 130 My father's goods are all distrain'd and sold; And these and all are all amiss employ'd.[1262] What would you have me do? I am a subject, And I challenge law: attorneys are denied me;[1263] And therefore personally I lay my claim 135 To my inheritance of free descent.[1264]

North. The noble duke hath been too much abused.

Ross. It stands your grace upon to do him right.

Willo. Base men by his endowments are made great.

York. My lords of England, let me tell you this: 140 I have had feeling of my cousin's wrongs And laboured all I could to do him right; But in this kind to come, in braving arms,[1265] Be his own carver and cut out his way, To find out right with wrong, it may not be;[1266] 145 And you that do abet him in this kind Cherish rebellion and are rebels all.

North. The noble duke hath sworn his coming is[1267] But for his own; and for the right of that We all have strongly sworn to give him aid; 150 And let him ne'er see joy that breaks that oath![1268]

York. Well, well, I see the issue of these arms: I cannot mend it, I must needs confess, Because my power is weak and all ill left: But if I could, by Him that gave me life, 155 I would attach you all and make you stoop Unto the sovereign mercy of the king; But since I cannot, be it known to you I do remain as neuter. So, fare you well;[1269] Unless you please to enter in the castle 160 And there repose you for this night.[1270]

Boling. An offer, uncle, that we will accept: But we must win your grace to go with us To Bristol castle, which they say is held[1271] By Bushy, Bagot and their complices,[1272] 165 The caterpillars of the commonwealth, Which I have sworn to weed and pluck away.

York. It may be I will go with you: but yet I'll pause;[1273] For I am loath to break our country's laws. Nor friends nor foes, to me welcome you are:[1274] 170 Things past redress are now with me past care. [Exeunt.[1275]

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Act II, Scene IV — A camp in Wales.

Enter SALISBURY and a Welsh Captain.[1276]

Cap. My Lord of Salisbury, we have stay'd ten days,[1277] And hardly kept our countrymen together,[1278] And yet we hear no tidings from the king; Therefore we will disperse ourselves: farewell.[1279]

Sal. Stay yet another day, thou trusty Welshman: 5 The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.[1280]

Cap. 'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd[1281] And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven;[1282] The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth 10 And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change; Rich men look sad and ruffians dance and leap,[1283] The one in fear to lose what they enjoy, The other to enjoy by rage and war:[1284] These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.[1285] 15 Farewell: our countrymen are gone and fled, As well assured Richard their king is dead. [Exit.[1286]

Sal. Ah, Richard, with the eyes of heavy mind[1287][1288] I see thy glory like a shooting star[1288] Fall to the base earth from the firmament. 20 Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west,[1289] Witnessing storms to come, woe and unrest: Thy friends are fled to wait upon thy foes, And crossly to thy good all fortune goes. [Exit.[1286]

FOOTNOTES:

[977] Ely House] London. A room in Ely-house. Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

Enter John of GAUNT sick, with the Duke of York, &c.] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Enter Gaunt, sicke with Yorke. F₁ F₂. Enter Gaunt sicke, with the Duke of Yorke. Q₅. Enter sick Gaunt, with York. F₃ F₄.

[978] He ... ear.] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[979] have] hath Q₃ Q₄.

[980] at the close] Q₁. at the glose Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. is the close Ff Q₅. in the close Rowe.

[981] As ... sweetest last] (As the last taste of sweets is sweetest) last Rann (Mason conj.).

[982] life's] lives F₄. lives Qq F₁ F₂ F₃.

[983] No; it] His ear Pope.

sounds] charms Pope.

[984] of whose ... fond] Edd. (Collier conj.). of whose taste the wise are found Q₁. of whose state the wise are found Q₂. of his state: then there are found Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅. of his state; there are beside Pope. of whose taste th'unwise are fond Lettsom conj.

[985] metres] Malone (Steevens conj.). meeters Qq Ff. metr'ers Anon. conj.

venom sound] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff. venome sound Q₁ Q₅. venom'd sound Pope.

[986] ear] eare Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁. eares F₂ Q₅. ears F₃ F₄.

[987] Report] Reports Capell.

[988] tardy apish] tardy-apish Dyce (S. Walker conj.).

[989] base] base awkward Pope.

[990] his] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁. their F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[991] Then] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. That Ff Q₅.

[992] Direct ... lose] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[993] wilt thou lose.] thou wilt lose. Q₄. wilt thou lose? Capell conj.

[994] burn] do burn Seymour conj.

[995] insatiate] insaitat Q₅.

[996] See note (XIII).

[997] demi-paradise] this demi-paradise England's Parnassus.

[998] infection] intestion 'England's Parnassus.' invasion Johnson conj. (withdrawn). infestion Farmer conj. insection Becket conj. infraction Jackson conj.

[999] men] man England's Parnassus.

[1000] as a] as Q₁ Q₂.

[1001] happier] happy Pope.

[1002] This ... England] Omitted in England's Parnassus and by Pope.

[1003] by ... by] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ and England's Parnassus, by ... for Ff Q₅. for ... for Rowe. for ... by Pope.

[1004] Johnson suggests that these lines should be transposed.

[1005] for] Q₁ Ff Q₅. in Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ and England's Parnassus.

[1006] Christian] charitie, England's Parnassus.

[1007] or] and Q₄.

[1008] siege] surge Grey conj.

[1009] is now] is Pope. 's now S. Walker conj.

[1010] blots] bolts Steevens conj.

[1011] Ah,] Q₅. Ah Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Ah! F₁ F₄. Ah? F₂ F₃. O, Capell.

vanish] vanisht Q₃ Q₄.

[1012] Enter ...] Enter King, Queene, ... Ff Q₅. Enter the King and Queene, &c. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ (after line 70).

Ross,] Roos, Grant White (and passim).

[1013] SCENE II. Pope.

[1014] being raged] inrag'd Pope. being 'rag'd Hanmer. being rein'd Singer (Ritson conj. and Long MS.). being urg'd Collier (Collier MS.). being chaf'd Jervis conj. being curb'd Keightley conj.

[1015] O, how ... I see thee ill] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[1016] hast thou] thou hast Theobald.

[1017] I mock] Q₁ Ff Q₅. O mock Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1018] flatter with] Q₁. flatter Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅. then flatter Heath conj.

[1019] flatterest] flatter'st Ff Q₅.

[1020] and see] Q₁. I see Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1021] to see] om. Seymour conj.

to see ... ill] but seeing thee too, ill Pope, and in thee seeing ill Capell.

and] om. Long MS.

[1022] thy land] Q₁ the land Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1023] commit'st] Giv'st Pope.

[1024] head] hand F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1025] incaged] F₁ F₂. inraged Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. encaged Q₅. ingaged F₃ F₄.

[1026] The] Thy Pope.

[1027] Which] Who Pope.

[1028] wert] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₄. were F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃.

[1029] this] Qq F₄. his F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1030] now, not] Theobald, now not, not Q₁ Q₂ Q₃. now not, nor Q₄. and not Ff Q₅.

[1031] of law] o'er law Hanmer.

[1032] And thou-- K. Rich. A lunatic] And thou King. A lunatike Q₁. And thou. King. A lunatick Q₂. And thou. King. Ah lunaticke Q₃ Q₄ (lunatick Q₄). And-- Rich. And thou, a lunaticke Ff Q₅ (lunatick F₃ F₄). And thou-- K. Rich. And thou, a lunatick Warburton.

[1033] chasing] chafing Ff Q₅.

[1034] residence.] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. residence? F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃. residence; F₄.

[1035] unreverent] unreverend Theobald.

[1036] brother] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₃ F₄. brothers Q₁ F₁ F₂.

[1037] Hast thou] Thou hast Ff Q₅.

out] om. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1038] respect'st] respects Warburton.

[1039] Becket would transpose these lines.

[1040] like crooked age] times crook'd edge Johnson conj.

[1041] Live] Die Capell conj.

[1042] Exit ... Attendants] Capell. Exit. Qq Ff.

[1043] the grave] thee grave Q₂.

[1044] Arranged as in Qq Ff. Pope ends line 141 at impute and omits in him.

[1045] I do beseech] Beseech Steevens.

[1046] all] om. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

Enter Northumberland.] Omitted in Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1047] SCENE III. Pope.

[1048] says he?] sayes he? Qq F₁ F₂. saies he? F₃. say's he? F₄. says old Gaunt? Pope. says he now? Capell. sayeth he? Anon. conj.

says he? North. Nay, nothing] says he? North. Says he,--Nothing Lettsom conj.

Nay] om. Q₃ Q₄.

[1049] those] these Capell.

kerns] kerne Q₁ Q₂.

[1050] have] hath Capell.

[1051] revenues] and revennewes F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄. (reuenewes Q₁ Q₂ Q₄. reueneues Q₃. reuennewes F₁. revennews F₂. revenews F₃. revenues F₄).

[1052] ah] oh Ff Q₅.

[1053] nor] not Rowe.

[1054] noble] the noble Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1055] war] warres F₂ Q₅ F₃. wars F₄.

raged] ragde Q₁ Q₂ Q₃. rage Q₄. rag'd Ff Q₅.

[1056] the] Ff Q₅. a Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1057] kindred] Q₃ Q₄. kinred Q₁ Q₂. kindreds Ff Q₅.

[1058] between.] between-- Hanmer.

[1059] Arranged as by Theobald. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ end the lines with matter?... please ... with all (withal Q₂. withall Q₄). As four lines ending uncle, ... matter?... if not ... with all. in Ff Q₅.

[1060] Pardon ... withal.] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[1061] rights] right Q₄.

[1062] Now ... true!--] omitted by Pope.

[1063] rights] rightes Q₁. right Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1064] the] his FF Q₅.

[1065] lose] Q₂ F₄. loose Q₁ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃.

[1066] seize] Q₃ Q₄ F₄. cease Q₁. ceaze Q₂. seise F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃.

[1067] lands] land Q₃ Q₄.

[1068] business] business done Rowe.

[1069] Flourish. Exeunt....] Exeunt.... Capell. Exeunt King and Queene: Manet North. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Flourish. Manet North. Willoughby, and Ross. Ff Q₅.

[1070] SCENE IV. Pope.

[1071] revenue] revennew Ff Q₅ (revenue F₃ F₄).

[1072] that thou wouldst] that thou'dst Ff Q₅. what you'd Pope. that that thou'dst Keightley conj.

the Duke] Q₁ F₄. the D. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. th' Du. F₁ F₂. th' D. Q₅. th' Duke F₃.

[1073] God] heaven Ff Q₅.

'tis] F₁. tis Q₁ Q₂. t'is Q₃ Q₄. 'its F₂. 'ts Q₅. it's F₃ F₄.

[1074] moe]Ff Q₅. mo Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. more Rowe.

[1075] 'gainst ... 'Gainst] Ff Q₅. gainst ... Gainst Q₁. against ... Against Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1076] lives] wives Collier (Collier MS.).

[1077] pill'd] F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄. pild Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. pil'd F₁.

[1078] And quite] And Pope. And hath quite Keightley conj.

[1079] and ... hearts] om. S. Walker conj., ending lines 246-248 at pill'd ... hearts ... quarrels.

[1080] benevolences, and I] benevolences, I Pope. _benevolence', I_ S. Walker conj.

[1081] But....] North. But Q₃ Q₄.

o'] Ff Q₅. a Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1082] Given to North. in Q₁ Ff Q₅; to Willo. in Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1083] Wars have] Rowe. Wars hath Q₁ Q₂ Ff. Warres hath Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. War hath Capell.

[1084] noble] om. Ff Q₅. See note (XIV).

[1085] king's] king Q₁ Q₂.

[1086] dissolution] desolution Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

hangeth over] hang o'er Hanmer.

[1087] sails] salles F₁ (Capell's copy).

[1088] unavoided is] unavoidable Pope.

[1089] spy] espie Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

peering] peercing Q₅.

[1090] as thoughts] our thoughts Singer (Collier MS.).

[1091] thus] thus, my friends Pope.

[1092] See note (XV).

[1093] Brittany] Brittanie Q₂ Q₃. Brittaine Q₁. Britaine Q₄ F₁ F₂ Q₅. Britain F₃ F₄.

received] had Pope.

[1094] Duke of] om. Pope. See note (XVI).

Rainold] Q₁ Q₂. Raynold Q₃ Q₄. Rainald Ff. Raynald Q₅. Reignold Capell. Reginald Collier.

[1095] brother] uncle Rann conj.

[1096] Ramston] Rainston Ff Q₅.

[1097] Quoint] Coines Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1098] slavish] countries slavish Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1099] broking] Q₁ Q₂. broken Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. brooking Ff.

[1100] our] the Q₅.

gilt] Ff Q₅. guilt Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1101] post] haste F₃ F₄.

[1102] SCENE II.] SCENE V. Pope. The palace.] The court of England. Pope.

[1103] too much] much too Pope.

[1104] life-harming] Q₁ Q₂. half-harming Q₃ Q₄. selfe-harming F₁ F₂ Q₅. self harming F₃ F₄.

[1105] towards] toward Rowe (ed. 2).

me, ... soul] Ff Q₅. me ... soule, Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1106] With ... at] Which nothing trembles, at F₃ F₄. Which nothing trembles at, Rowe (ed. 1).

With nothing trembles: at some thing] With something trembles, yet at nothing Warburton.

at some thing it] yet at some-thing Pope.

some thing] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. some-thing Q₁ Ff Q₅.

[1107] hath] had Q₅.

[1108] shows ... is] shews ... is Qq Ff (shews F₃ F₄). show ... are Pope.

[1109] eye] Ff Q₅. eyes Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1110] rightly gazed upon ... eyed awry] wrily gaz'd upon ... ey'd aright Capell. gaz'd upon awry ... ey'd aright Blackstone conj.

[1111] Distinguish] Distinguisht Q₄.

[1112] Find] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₃ F₄. Finde Q₁ F₁ F₂. Finds Pope.

[1113] it is, is] they are, are Hanmer.

[1114] it is] they are Hanmer.

thrice-gracious queen] thrice (gracious Queene) Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1115] Then ... weep not] gracious queen, then weep not More than your lord's departure Pope.

[1116] more's] Ff Q₅. more is Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1117] eye] eyes Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1118] weeps] weepes Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. weepe F₁ F₂ Q₅. weep F₃ F₄.

[1119] if is] om. Pope.

it be] 't be S. Walker conj.

[1120] so] most Pope.

[1121] As, though ... shrink] Placed in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[1122] though] thought Q₁.

on thinking on] one thinking, on F₃ F₄. in thinking, on Capell (Johnson conj.). unthinking, on Collier MS.

on no] on, no Q₄ Q₅.

no thought] no thing Lettsom conj.

[1123] Makes] 'T makes Capell.

[1124] nothing] something Seymour conj.

[1125] For nothing ... I wot] Placed in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[1126] grief] woe Collier MS.

[1127] Or] Not Johnson conj.

grieve] guess Collier MS.

[1128] reversion that ... possess] reversion--that ... possess Johnson conj.

[1129] But ... wot] But what it is, not known, 'tis nameless woe Pope.

[1130] Enter Green] Omitted in Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1131] SCENE VI. Pope.

God] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Heaven Ff Q₅.

[1132] designs crave] design craves Capell.

his haste] om. F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1133] enemy's hope] enemy Pope.

[1134] And ... Ravenspurgh] As in Ff Q₅; as one line in Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1135] Ravenspurgh] Ravenspurg Ff Q₅.

[1136] Ah] O Ff Q₅.

that] what Rowe.

[1137] The Lord] om. Anon. conj.

his son young Henry] his son yong H. Q₁. his yong sonne H. Q₂. his young sonne H. Q₃. his young Son H. Q₄. _his yong sonne Henrie_ F₁. his yong sonne Henry F₂. his young sonne Henry Q₅. his young son Henry F₃ F₄. his young son Pope. young Henry Seymour conj.

Percy] om. Capell.

[1138] all the rest] al the rest Q₁. the rest of the Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ Q₅. the rest of that F₃ F₄. all of that Pope. all the rest of the Capell (ending the line at faction).

revolted] revolting Q₃ Q₄.

[1139] whereupon] whereon Pope.

[1140] broke] broken Q₁.

[1141] And all ... Bolingbroke] Arranged as in Pope; as one line in Qq Ff.

[1142] To Bolingbroke] om. Capell.

[1143] to my] Q₁. The rest of my.

[1144] new-deliver'd] new delveerd Q₁ Q₂. new delivered Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1145] cozening] couetous Q₃ Q₄.

[1146] hope lingers] hopes linger Ff Q₅.

Enter York] om. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Enter York, part. armed. Collier MS.

[1147] SCENE VII. Pope.

Here comes] Madam, here comes my lord Seymour conj.

[1148] O] How Anon. conj.

[1149] Uncle, for God's sake] For heav'ns sake, uncle Seymour conj.

God's] heaven's Ff Q₅.

speak] om. Pope.

[1150] Should ... thoughts] Omitted in Ff Q₅.

[1151] cares] Q₁. The rest care.

[1152] him lose] him loose Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. his loose F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃. his lose F₄.

[1153] comes the] comes his F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

that his] after Pope.

[1154] flatter'd] flatterd Q₁ Q₂. flattered Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1155] Enter ...] Ff Q₅. The rest omit.

[1156] Serv.] Servingman Q₁ Q₂.

[1157] they are cold] cold Pope.

[1158] Sirrah] om. Pope.

[1159] me] om. Pope.

[1160] Hold ... called there] Arranged as in the first four Quartos; as two lines in Ff Q₅, ending forgot ... call'd there.

[1161] your lordship] om. Pope.

[1162] as I came by, I] Q₁. I came came by and Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1163] To-day ... to report] I to-day came by And call'd there, but--alack! I shall but grieve you if I Seymour conj.

[1164] knave] om. Pope.

[1165] God] Heaven Ff Q₅.

[1166] Comes] Come Ff Q₅.

[1167] no] Q₁. two Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. om. Ff Q₅.

[1168] fellow] follow F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1169] [Exit ...] Capell.

[1170] go] om. Ff Q₅. go and Pope. Seymour would continue this line to if I.

[1171] or which way] om. Pope. See note (XVII).

[1172] Thus thrust disorderly] Steevens. Thus disorderly thrust Qq Ff. Disorderly thus thrust Pope. Thus most disorderly thrust Capell.

[1173] Both are] They are both Pope.

are my kinsmen] my kinsmen are Seymour conj.

[1174] The one] Tone Q₁ Q₂. T'one Q₃ Q₄. Th'one Ff Q₅.

is] om. Pope.

[1175] the other] Q₅. tother Q₁ Q₂. t'other Q₃ Q₄. Th'other Ff Q₅.

[1176] Is my kinsman] My kinsman is, one Pope. He is my kinsman Capell. My kinsman is, too Seymour conj. Is my near kinsman Collier MS.

[1177] Well ... men] As two lines in Qq Ff, ending cousin ... men.

[1178] Gentlemen] om. Pope (ending the lines) I'll ... men.

[1179] Berkeley] Barkly Q₁ Q₂. Barckly Q₃ Q₄. Barkley castle Ff Q₅. (Barkly F₃ F₄). Berkley, gentlemen Capell (reading lines 117, 118 with Pope).

[1180] I should ... seven] Arranged as by Pope; as two lines in Qq Ff, ending permit ... seven.

[1181] [Exeunt ...] Exeunt Duke, Qu. man. Bush. Green. Q₁ Q₂. Exeunt Duke, & Queene: manent Bushie and Greene. Q₃ Q₄. Exit. Ff. Ex. Q₅.

[1182] SCENE VIII. Pope.

to Ireland] Ff Q₅. for Ireland Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1183] Proportionable ... unpossible] Arranged as in Pope; as one line in Qq Ff.

[1184] all] om. Seymour conj.

unpossible] impossible Ff Q₅.

[1185] that's] Ff Q₅. that is Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1186] whoso] Q₅. who so Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff. who Pope.

[1187] Wherein] Therein Q₅.

[1188] ever have been] have been ever Ff Q₅.

[1189] Well and No] Placed in a separate line by Dyce.

[1190] I will] I'll Pope.

Bristol] Brist. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1191] will I] will will I Q₄.

[1192] The hateful commons will] Pope. Will the hateful commons Qq Ff.

[1193] to pieces] Q₁. The rest in pieces.

[1194] go along] go Pope, along Seymour conj. inserting We must be brief.

[1195] I will] I'll Pope.

[1196] ne'er] nere Q₁ Q₂ Q₃. neere Q₄. neu'r F₁ F₂. nev'r Q₅ F₃. never F₄.

[1197] Green.] Bag. Capell.

[1198] Farewell ... ever. Bushy. Well ... again.] Bush. Farewell ... again Ff Q₅. Bush. Farewell ... ever. Green. Well ... again. Rowe.

[1199] [Exeunt.] om. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Exit. F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃. Ex. F₄.

[1200] SCENE III.] SCENE IX. Pope.

Wilds ...] Capell. In Gloucestershire. Pope. A wild prospect ... Theobald.

Enter ...] Enter B. and N. journeying; Forces with them. Capell. Enter Hereford, Northumberland. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Enter the Duke of H. and N. Ff Q₅.

[1201] Believe ... lord,] Omitted by Pope. Believe ... lord, I cannot tell; Capell. Believe ... lord, 'tis past my knowledge Seymour conj.

[1202] here] om. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1203] wild] wide Q₅.

[1204] Draws ... makes] Draw ... make Rowe. See note (XVIII).

[1205] your] our Ff Q₅.

[1206] Cotswold] Hanmer. Cotshall Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Coltshold Ff Q₅.

[1207] In] By Hanmer.

[1208] which] Q₁. The rest that.

[1209] to joy] of joy Malone conj.] t'enjoy Seymour conj.

[1210] done] been Collier MS.

[1211] noble] om. Seymour conj.

[1212] good words] good words, my lord Seymour conj.

[1213] S. Walker proposed to read Than ... It is as one line.

[1214] Enter Henry] Enter Harry Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Enter H. Ff Q₅.

[1215] my son] my son, my lord, Capell.

[1216] Worcester, whencesoever.] Worcester whencesoever. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃. Worcester whensoever: Q₄. Worcester: Whencesoever. Ff (in the same line). Worcester: whencesoever, Q₅.

[1217] As two lines in Capell, ending lord ... queen?

[1218] had] om. Pope.

to have learn'd] that I should learn Seymour conj., reading as one line, my lord ... you.

[1219] Why] Of me! why so? Seymour conj.

[1220] What ... resolved] As one line in Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1221] last we] we last Ff Q₅.

together] om. Steevens conj.

[1222] over] o'er Pope.

[1223] directions] direction Ff Q₅.

[1224] Hereford, boy] Herefords boy Q₁ Q₂.

[1225] thy love] my love Q₅.

[1226] yon] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. yond Ff Q₅.

[1227] three hundred] 300. men Q₁ Q₂.

[1228] are ... of] om. Seymour conj.

of] om. Pope.

and] om. Pope.

[1229] estimate] estimation Q₃ Q₄.

Enter....] Ff Q₅. om. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1230] come] comes Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1231] thanks] thanke's Q₁ Q₂ Q₃.

[1232] Stands ... bounty] Must for my bounty stand Seymour conj.

who] who now Pope.

[1233] My lord of] Lord Pope.

is to you] is-- Steevens conj.

[1234] is--to] Malone. is to Qq Ff.

[1235] And] As Anon. conj.

[1236] And I must] For I must Capell conj.

tongue] towne F₂ Q₅. town F₃ F₄.

[1237] raze] race Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. 'rase Capell.

title] tittle Capell conj.

[1238] gracious regent of] gratious regent of Q₁. ghorious of Q₂. glorious of Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅. glorious of all Hanmer.

[1239] time] king Theobald conj.

[1240] Enter Y. attended.] Capell. Enter Yorke. Ff Q₅. om. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1241] SCENE X. Pope.

[1242] My noble] Noble Pope.

[Kneels.] Rowe.

[1243] Tut ... uncle] As one line in Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Omitted by Pope.

[1244] no uncle] om. Ff Q₅.

[1245] and] om. Pope.

word] om. Mitford conj.

[1246] those] these Ff Q₅.

[1247] a dust] the dust Q₅.

[1248] But then more 'why?'] But then more why? Q₁. _But more than why?_ Q₂ Q₃. But more then why? Q₄. But more then why, F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃. But more then, why, F₄. But more than,--why, Theobald. But more than this; Tyrwhitt conj. Why?--but then more:-- Jackson conj.

[1249] despised] despightful Hanmer. disposed Warburton. despited Becket conj. despoiling Collier (Collier MS.). displayed Singer conj. ostentation of despised] ostentation's undisguised Bullock conj.

[1250] the lord] lord Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1251] myself] my selfe Q₁ Q₂ F₁. thy selfe Q₃ Q₄ F₂ Q₅. thy self F₃ F₄.

[1252] thousand] thousands Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1253] palsy] Plashy Q₅.

[1254] On] In Johnson conj.

[1255] thy] my Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1256] for] or Q₃ Q₄.

[1257] my] om. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1258] King of] King in Q₁.

[1259] cousin] kinsman FF Q₅.

[1260] wrongs] wrongers Heath conj.

[1261] letters-patents] letters-patent Malone.

[1262] are all] om. Q₅.

[1263] And I] And Ff Q₅.

[1264] my] mine F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1265] kind to come, in] Q₁. kind to come in Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1266] wrong] wrongs Ff Q₅.

[1267] North.] Yor. Q₅.

[1268] ne'er] F₄. ne're Q₃ Q₄. never Q₁ Q₂. nev'r F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1269] fare you well] farewell Pope.

[1270] there] there, my lords Collier (Collier MS.).

night.] night, or so. Capell.

[1271] Bristol] Bristoll Q₅. The rest Bristow.

[1272] complices] complicies Q₃ Q₄.

[1273] with you] om. Pope.

[1274] Nor friends] Not friends Q₅. For friends F₃ F₄.

welcome you] you welcome Jackson conj.

[1275] Exeunt.] om. Q₃ Q₄.

[1276] SCENE IV.] SCENE XI. Pope. Johnson proposes to insert this Scene after Act III. Sc. I.

A camp in Wales.] Capell. In Wales. Theobald.

Enter....] Enter Earl of S. and a Welch Captaine Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Enter Salisbury and a Captaine Ff Q₅.

[1277] Cap.] Welch. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1278] our] Qq F₁. your F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1279] will] all Rowe.

[1280] all ... thee] in thee all his confidence Capell.

all his] om. Seymour conj.

confidence] trust Pope.

[1281] are all] Q₁ F₃ F₄. all are Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ Q₅.

[1282] And] The Q₅.

[1283] leap] rape Capell conj.

[1284] to enjoy] hope t' enjoy Pope. in hope t' enjoy Theobald.

[1285] signs] boding signs Hanmer.

or fall] Q₁. The rest omit.

[1286] [Exit.] om. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1287] with the] Q₁. with Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅. ah, with Pope.

[1288] with the ... I see] I with ... Do see Seymour conj.

[1289] Thy sun] The sun Dyce.

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Act III, Scene I — Bristol. Before the Castle.

Enter BOLINGBROKE, YORK, NORTHUMBERLAND, ROSS, PERCY, WILLOUGHBY, with BUSHY and GREEN, prisoners.[1290]

Boling. Bring forth these men. Bushy and Green, I will not vex your souls-- Since presently your souls must part your bodies-- With too much urging your pernicious lives,[1291] For 'twere no charity; yet, to wash your blood 5 From off my hands, here in the view of men I will unfold some causes of your deaths.[1292] You have misled a prince, a royal king, A happy gentleman in blood and lineaments, By you unhappied and disfigured clean: 10 You have in manner with your sinful hours Made a divorce betwixt his queen and him, Broke the possession of a royal bed[1293] And stain'd the beauty of a fair queen's cheeks With tears drawn from her eyes by your foul wrongs.[1294] 15 Myself, a prince by fortune of my birth, Near to the king in blood, and near in love Till you did make him misinterpret me,[1295] Have stoop'd my neck under your injuries, And sigh'd my English breath in foreign clouds,[1296] 20 Eating the bitter bread of banishment; Whilst you have fed upon my signories,[1297] Dispark'd my parks and fell'd my forest woods, From my own windows torn my household coat,[1298] Razed out my imprese, leaving me no sign,[1299] 25 Save men's opinions and my living blood, To show the world I am a gentleman. This and much more, much more than twice all this, Condemns you to the death. See them deliver'd over[1300] To execution and the hand of death. 30

Bushy. More welcome is the stroke of death to me Than Bolingbroke to England. Lords, farewell.[1301]

Green. My comfort is that heaven will take our souls And plague injustice with the pains of hell.

Boling. My Lord Northumberland, see them dispatch'd. 35

[Exeunt Northumberland and others, with the prisoners.[1302]

Uncle, you say the queen is at your house; For God's sake, fairly let her be entreated:[1303] Tell her I send to her my kind commends; Take special care my greetings be deliver'd.[1304]

York. A gentleman of mine I have dispatch'd 40 With letters of your love to her at large.

Boling. Thanks, gentle uncle. Come, lords, away,[1305] To fight with Glendower and his complices:[1306] Awhile to work, and after holiday. [Exeunt.

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Act III, Scene II — The coast of Wales. A castle in view.

Drums: flourish and colours. Enter KING RICHARD, the BISHOP of CARLISLE, AUMERLE, and Soldiers.[1307]

K. Rich. Barkloughly castle call they this at hand?[1308]

Aum. Yea, my lord. How brooks your grace the air,[1309] After your late tossing on the breaking seas?[1310]

K. Rich. Needs must I like it well: I weep for joy To stand upon my kingdom once again. 5 Dear earth, I do salute thee with my hand, Though rebels wound thee with their horses' hoofs: As a long-parted mother with her child[1311] Plays fondly with her tears and smiles in meeting,[1312] So, weeping, smiling, greet I thee, my earth,[1313] 10 And do thee favours with my royal hands.[1314] Feed not thy sovereign's foe, my gentle earth, Nor with thy sweets comfort his ravenous sense; But let thy spiders, that suck up thy venom, And heavy-gaited toads lie in their way, 15 Doing annoyance to the treacherous feet Which with usurping steps do trample thee: Yield stinging nettles to mine enemies; And when they from thy bosom pluck a flower.[1315] Guard it, I pray thee, with a lurking adder[1316] 20 Whose double tongue may with a mortal touch Throw death upon thy sovereign's enemies. Mock not my senseless conjuration, lords: This earth shall have a feeling and these stones Prove armed soldiers, ere her native king 25 Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms.[1317]

Car. Fear not, my lord: that Power that made you king Hath power to keep you king in spite of all. The means that heaven yields must be embraced,[1318][1319] And not neglected; else, if heaven would,[1318][1320] 30 And we will not, heaven's offer we refuse,[1318][1321] The proffer'd means of succour and redress.[1318][1322]

Aum. He means, my lord, that we are too remiss; Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security,[1323] Grows strong and great in substance and in power.[1324] 35

K. Rich. Discomfortable cousin! know'st thou not[1325] That when the searching eye of heaven is hid,[1326] Behind the globe, that lights the lower world,[1326][1327] Then thieves and robbers range abroad unseen In murders and in outrage, boldly here;[1328] 40 But when from under this terrestrial ball[1329] He fires the proud tops of the eastern pines And darts his light through every guilty hole,[1330] Then murders, treasons and detested sins, The cloak of night being pluck'd from off their backs, 45 Stand bare and naked, trembling at themselves? So when this thief, this traitor, Bolingbroke, Who all this while hath revell'd in the night Whilst we were wandering with the antipodes,[1331] Shall see us rising in our throne, the east, 50 His treasons will sit blushing in his face,[1332] Not able to endure the sight of day, But self-affrighted tremble at his sin.[1333] Not all the water in the rough rude sea[1334] Can wash the balm off from an anointed king;[1335] 55 The breath of worldly men cannot depose[1336] The deputy elected by the Lord: For every man that Bolingbroke hath press'd[1337] To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown,[1338] God for his Richard hath in heavenly pay[1339] 60 A glorious angel: then, if angels fight, Weak men must fall, for heaven still guards the right.

Enter SALISBURY.

Welcome, my lord: how far off lies your power?[1340]

Sal. Nor near nor farther off, my gracious lord, Than this weak arm: discomfort guides my tongue 65 And bids me speak of nothing but despair. One day too late, I fear me, noble lord,[1341] Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth:[1342] O, call back yesterday, bid time return, And thou shalt have twelve thousand fighting men![1343] 70 To-day, to-day, unhappy day, too late, O'erthrows thy joys, friends, fortune and thy state:[1344] For all the Welshmen, hearing thou wert dead, Are gone to Bolingbroke, dispersed and fled.[1345]

Aum. Comfort, my liege: why looks your grace so pale? 75

K. Rich. But now the blood of twenty thousand men[1346] Did triumph in my face, and they are fled; And, till so much blood thither come again,[1347] Have I not reason to look pale and dead?[1347] All souls that will be safe fly from my side, 80 For time hath set a blot upon my pride.

Aum. Comfort, my liege; remember who you are.

K. Rich. I had forgot myself: am I not king? Awake, thou coward majesty! thou sleepest.[1348] Is not the king's name twenty thousand names?[1349] 85 Arm, arm, my name! a puny subject strikes At thy great glory. Look not to the ground, Ye favourites of a king: are we not high? High be our thoughts: I know my uncle York Hath power enough to serve our turn. But who comes here?[1350] 90

Enter SCROOP.

Scroop. More health and happiness betide my liege[1351] Than can my care-tuned tongue deliver him!

K. Rich. Mine ear is open and my heart prepared: The worst is worldly loss thou canst unfold. Say, is my kingdom lost? why, 'twas my care; 95 And what loss is it to be rid of care? Strives Bolingbroke to be as great as we? Greater he shall not be; if he serve God, We'll serve Him too and be his fellow so: Revolt our subjects? that we cannot mend; 100 They break their faith to God as well as us: Cry woe, destruction, ruin and decay;[1352] The worst is death, and death will have his day.

Scroop. Glad am I that your highness is so arm'd To bear the tidings of calamity. 105 Like an unseasonable stormy day, Which makes the silver rivers drown their shores,[1353] As if the world were all dissolved to tears, So high above his limits swells the rage[1354] Of Bolingbroke, covering your fearful land 110 With hard bright steel and hearts harder than steel.[1355] White-beards have arm'd their thin and hairless scalps[1356] Against thy majesty; boys, with women's voices,[1357] Strive to speak big and clap their female joints[1358] In stiff unwieldy arms against thy crown:[1359] 115 Thy very beadsmen learn to bend their bows[1360] Of double-fatal yew against thy state;[1361] Yea, distaff-women manage rusty bills[1362] Against thy seat: both young and old rebel,[1362] And all goes worse than I have power to tell. 120

K. Rich. Too well, too well thou tell'st a tale so ill. Where is the Earl of Wiltshire? where is Bagot?[1363] What is become of Bushy? where is Green? That they have let the dangerous enemy Measure our confines with such peaceful steps? 125 If we prevail, their heads shall pay for it:[1364] I warrant they have made peace with Bolingbroke.[1365]

Scroop. Peace have they made with him indeed, my lord.[1366]

K. Rich. O villains, vipers, damn'd without redemption! Dogs, easily won to fawn on any man![1367] 130 Snakes, in my heart-blood warm'd, that sting my heart! Three Judases, each one thrice worse than Judas! Would they make peace? terrible hell make war Upon their spotted souls for this offence![1368]

Scroop. Sweet love, I see, changing his property,[1369] 135 Turns to the sourest and most deadly hate: Again uncurse their souls; their peace is made With heads, and not with hands: those whom you curse[1370] Have felt the worst of death's destroying wound[1371] And lie full low, graved in the hollow ground.[1372] 140

Aum. Is Bushy, Green and the Earl of Wiltshire dead?

Scroop. Ay, all of them at Bristol lost their heads.[1373]

Aum. Where is the duke my father with his power?

K. Rich. No matter where; of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs; 145 Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.[1374] Let's choose executors and talk of wills: And yet not so, for what can we bequeath Save our deposed bodies to the ground? 150 Our lands, our lives and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the barren earth[1375] Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground[1376] 155 And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been deposed; some slain in war; Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed;[1377] Some poison'd by their wives; some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd: for within the hollow crown 160 That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court and there the antique sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, 165 Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and humour'd thus Comes at the last and with a little pin[1378] Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king![1379] 170 Cover your heads and mock not flesh and blood[1380] With solemn reverence: throw away respect,[1380] Tradition, form and ceremonious duty,[1381] For you have but mistook me all this while: I live with bread like you, feel want,[1382] 175 Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus,[1382][1383][1384] How can you say to me, I am a king?[1382][1384][1385]

Car. My lord, wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes,[1386] But presently prevent the ways to wail. To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength, 180 Gives in your weakness strength unto your foe, And so your follies fight against yourself.[1387] Fear, and be slain; no worse can come to fight:[1388][1389] And fight and die is death destroying death;[1388][1390] Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.[1388] 185

Aum. My father hath a power; inquire of him,[1388] And learn to make a body of a limb.[1388]

K. Rich. Thou chidest me well: proud Bolingbroke, I come To change blows with thee for our day of doom.[1391] This ague fit of fear is over-blown;[1391] 190 An easy task it is to win our own.[1391] Say, Scroop, where lies our uncle with his power? Speak sweetly, man, although thy looks be sour.[1392]

Scroop. Men judge by the complexion of the sky[1392] The state and inclination of the day:[1392] 195 So may you by my dull and heavy eye,[1392] My tongue hath but a heavier tale to say.[1392] I play the torturer, by small and small To lengthen out the worst that must be spoken: Your uncle York is join'd with Bolingbroke,[1393] 200 And all your northern castles yielded up And all your southern gentlemen in arms Upon his party.

K. Rich. Thou hast said enough.[1394] Beshrew thee, cousin, which didst lead me forth [To Aumerle.[1395] Of that sweet way I was in to despair! 205 What say you now? what comfort have we now? By heaven, I'll hate him everlastingly That bids me be of comfort any more. Go to Flint castle: there I'll pine away; A king, woe's slave, shall kingly woe obey. 210 That power I have, discharge; and let them go[1396] To ear the land that hath some hope to grow,[1397] For I have none: let no man speak again To alter this, for counsel is but vain.

Aum. My liege, one word.

K. Rich. He does me double wrong 215 That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue. Discharge my followers: let them hence away,[1398] From Richard's night to Bolingbroke's fair day.[1399] [Exeunt.

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Act III, Scene III — Wales. Before Flint castle.

Enter, with drum and colours, BOLINGBROKE, YORK, NORTHUMBERLAND, Attendants, and forces.[1400]

Boling. So that by this intelligence we learn The Welshmen are dispersed; and Salisbury Is gone to meet the king, who lately landed With some few private friends upon this coast.

North. The news is very fair and good, my lord: 5 Richard not far from hence hath hid his head.

York. It would beseem the Lord Northumberland To say 'King Richard': alack the heavy day[1401] When such a sacred king should hide his head.

North. Your grace mistakes; only to be brief,[1402] 10 Left I his title out.[1403]

York. The time hath been,[1404] Would you have been so brief with him, he would[1404][1405] Have been so brief with you, to shorten you,[1406][1407] For taking so the head, your whole head's length.[1406][1408]

Boling. Mistake not, uncle, further than you should.[1409] 15

York. Take not, good cousin, further than you should,[1409] Lest you mistake the heavens are o'er our heads.[1410]

Boling. I know it, uncle, and oppose not myself[1411] Against their will. But who comes here?[1412]

Enter PERCY.

Welcome, Harry: what, will not this castle yield?[1413] 20

Percy. The castle royally is mann'd, my lord,[1414] Against thy entrance.[1415]

Boling. Royally![1416] Why, it contains no king?[1416]

Percy. Yes, my good lord, It doth contain a king; King Richard lies[1417] 25 Within the limits of yon lime and stone:[1418] And with him are the Lord Aumerle, Lord Salisbury,[1419] Sir Stephen Scroop, besides a clergyman Of holy reverence; who, I cannot learn.

North. O, belike it is the Bishop of Carlisle.[1420][1421] 30

Boling. Noble lords,[1421][1422] Go to the rude ribs of that ancient castle; Through brazen trumpet send the breath of parley[1423] Into his ruin'd ears, and thus deliver:[1424] Henry Bolingbroke[1424][1425][1426] 35 On both his knees doth kiss King Richard's hand[1426][1427] And sends allegiance and true faith of heart[1428] To his most royal person; hither come[1429] Even at his feet to lay my arms and power,[1430] Provided that my banishment repeal'd 40 And lands restored again be freely granted: If not, I'll use the advantage of my power And lay the summer's dust with showers of blood Rain'd from the wounds of slaughter'd Englishmen:[1431] The which, how far off from the mind of Bolingbroke[1432] 45 It is, such crimson tempest should bedrench[1433] The fresh green lap of fair King Richard's land, My stooping duty tenderly shall show. Go, signify as much, while here we march Upon the grassy carpet of this plain. 50 Let's march without the noise of threatening drum,[1434] That from this castle's tatter'd battlements[1435] Our fair appointments may be well perused. Methinks King Richard and myself should meet With no less terror than the elements 55 Of fire and water, when their thundering shock[1436] At meeting tears the cloudy cheeks of heaven. Be he the fire, I'll be the yielding water:[1437] The rage be his, whilst on the earth I rain[1437][1438] My waters; on the earth, and not on him.[1437][1439] 60 March on, and mark King Richard how he looks.

_Parle without, and answer within. Then a flourish. Enter on the walls_, KING RICHARD, the BISHOP of CARLISLE, AUMERLE, SCROOP, and SALISBURY.[1440]

See, see, King Richard doth himself appear,[1441] As doth the blushing discontented sun From out the fiery portal of the east, When he perceives the envious clouds are bent 65 To dim his glory and to stain the track[1442] Of his bright passage to the occident.

York. Yet looks he like a king: behold, his eye, As bright as is the eagle's, lightens forth Controlling majesty: alack, alack, for woe,[1443] 70 That any harm should stain so fair a show![1444]

K. Rich. We are amazed; and thus long have we stood To watch the fearful bending of thy knee, [To North.[1445] Because we thought ourself thy lawful king:[1446] And if we be, how dare thy joints forget[1447] 75 To pay their awful duty to our presence?[1448] If we be not, show us the hand of God That hath dismiss'd us from our stewardship; For well we know, no hand of blood and bone Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre, 80 Unless he do profane, steal, or usurp. And though you think that all, as you have done, Have torn their souls by turning them from us, And we are barren and bereft of friends; Yet know, my master, God omnipotent,[1449] 85 Is mustering in his clouds on our behalf Armies of pestilence; and they shall strike Your children yet unborn and unbegot, That lift your vassal hands against my head And threat the glory of my precious crown. 90 Tell Bolingbroke--for yond methinks he stands--[1450] That every stride he makes upon my land[1451] Is dangerous treason: he is come to open[1452] The purple testament of bleeding war; But ere the crown he looks for live in peace,[1453] 95 Ten thousand bloody crowns of mothers' sons Shall ill become the flower of England's face,[1454][1455] Change the complexion of her maid-pale peace[1455][1456] To scarlet indignation and bedew Her pastures' grass with faithful English blood.[1457] 100

North. The king of heaven forbid our lord the king Should so with civil and uncivil arms Be rush'd upon! Thy thrice noble cousin[1458] Harry Bolingbroke doth humbly kiss thy hand;[1459] And by the honourable tomb he swears, 105 That stands upon your royal grandsire's bones, And by the royalties of both your bloods, Currents that spring from one most gracious head, And by the buried hand of warlike Gaunt,[1460] And by the worth and honour of himself, 110 Comprising all that may be sworn or said, His coming hither hath no further scope Than for his lineal royalties and to beg Enfranchisement immediate on his knees: Which on thy royal party granted once, 115 His glittering arms he will commend to rust, His barbed steeds to stables, and his heart To faithful service of your majesty. This swears he, as he is a prince, is just;[1461] And, as I am a gentleman, I credit him.[1462] 120

K. Rich. Northumberland, say thus the king returns:[1463] His noble cousin is right welcome hither; And all the number of his fair demands Shall be accomplish'd without contradiction:[1464] With all the gracious utterance thou hast[1464][1465] 125 Speak to his gentle hearing kind commends.[1466] We do debase ourselves, cousin, do we not, [To Aumerle.[1467] To look so poorly and to speak so fair? Shall we call back Northumberland, and send Defiance to the traitor, and so die? 130

Aum. No, good my lord; let's fight with gentle words[1468] Till time lend friends and friends their helpful swords.[1469]

K. Rich. O God, O God! that e'er this tongue of mine, That laid the sentence of dread banishment On yon proud man, should take it off again[1470] 135 With words of sooth! O that I were as great As is my grief, or lesser than my name! Or that I could forget what I have been, Or not remember what I must be now! Swell'st thou, proud heart? I'll give thee scope to beat, 140 Since foes have scope to beat both thee and me.

Aum. Northumberland comes back from Bolingbroke.

K. Rich. What must the king do now? must he submit? The king shall do it: must he be deposed? The king shall be contented: must he lose 145 The name of king? o' God's name, let it go:[1471] I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown,[1472] My figured goblets for a dish of wood, 150 My sceptre for a palmer's walking-staff, My subjects for a pair of carved saints And my large kingdom for a little grave, A little little grave, an obscure grave; Or I'll be buried in the king's highway, 155 Some way of common trade, where subjects' feet[1473] May hourly trample on their sovereign's head; For on my heart they tread now whilst I live;[1474] And buried once, why not upon my head?[1474] Aumerle, thou weep'st, my tender-hearted cousin![1475] 160 We'll make foul weather with despised tears; Our sighs and they shall lodge the summer corn, And make a dearth in this revolting land. Or shall we play the wantons with our woes, And make some pretty match with shedding tears?[1476] 165 As thus, to drop them still upon one place,[1477] Till they have fretted us a pair of graves Within the earth; and, therein laid,--there lies[1478][1479] Two kinsmen digg'd their graves with weeping eyes.[1478] Would not this ill do well? Well, well, I see[1478] 170 I talk but idly, and you laugh at me.[1478][1480] Most mighty prince, my Lord Northumberland, What says King Bolingbroke? will his majesty Give Richard leave to live till Richard die? You make a leg, and Bolingbroke says ay. 175

North. My lord, in the base court he doth attend To speak with you; may it please you to come down.[1481]

K. Rich. Down, down I come; like glistering Phaeton, Wanting the manage of unruly jades.[1482] In the base court? Base court, where kings grow base,[1483][1484] 180 To come at traitors' calls and do them grace.[1483] In the base court? Come down? Down, court! down, king![1483][1485] For night-owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.[1483]

[Exeunt from above.[1486]

Boling. What says his majesty?

North. Sorrow and grief of heart[1487] Makes him speak fondly, like a frantic man: 185 Yet he is come.[1488]

Enter KING RICHARD and his attendants below.[1488][1489]

Boling. Stand all apart,[1488] And show fair duty to his majesty.[1488] [He kneels down.[1490] My gracious lord,--[1488]

K. Rich. Fair cousin, you debase your princely knee[1491] 190 To make the base earth proud with kissing it: Me rather had my heart might feel your love Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy. Up, cousin, up; your heart is up, I know,[1492][1493] Thus high at least, although your knee be low.[1492][1494] 195

Boling. My gracious lord, I come but for mine own.

K. Rich. Your own is yours, and I am yours, and all.

Boling. So far be mine, my most redoubted lord, As my true service shall deserve your love.

K. Rich. Well you deserve: they well deserve to have,[1495] 200 That know the strong'st and surest way to get. Uncle, give me your hands: nay, dry your eyes;[1496] Tears show their love, but want their remedies. Cousin, I am too young to be your father, Though you are old enough to be my heir.[1497] 205 What you will have, I'll give, and willing too; For do we must what force will have us do. Set on towards London, cousin, is it so?[1498]

Boling. Yea, my good lord.

K. Rich. Then I must not say no.

[Flourish. Exeunt.[1499]

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Act III, Scene IV — Langley. The DUKE of YORK'S garden

Enter the QUEEN and two Ladies.[1500]

Queen. What sport shall we devise here in this garden, To drive away the heavy thought of care?

Lady. Madam, we'll play at bowls.[1501]

Queen. 'Twill make me think the world is full of rubs, And that my fortune runs against the bias. 5

Lady. Madam, we'll dance.

Queen. My legs can keep no measure in delight, When my poor heart no measure keeps in grief: Therefore, no dancing, girl; some other sport.

Lady. Madam, we'll tell tales.[1502] 10

Queen. Of sorrow or of joy?[1502][1503]

Lady. Of either, madam.

Queen. Of neither, girl:[1504] For if of joy, being altogether wanting, It doth remember me the more of sorrow; Or if of grief, being altogether had,[1505] 15 It adds more sorrow to my want of joy: For what I have I need not to repeat; And what I want it boots not to complain.[1506]

Lady. Madam, I'll sing.

Queen. 'Tis well that thou hast cause; But thou shouldst please me better, wouldst thou weep. 20

Lady. I could weep, madam, would it do you good.

Queen. And I could sing, would weeping do me good,[1507][1508] And never borrow any tear of thee.[1507][1509]

Enter a Gardener, and two Servants.

But stay, here come the gardeners:[1510] Let's step into the shadow of these trees. 25 My wretchedness unto a row of pins,[1511] They'll talk of state; for every one doth so Against a change; woe is forerun with woe.

[Queen and Ladies retire.[1512]

Gard. Go, bind thou up yon dangling apricocks,[1513] Which, like unruly children, make their sire 30 Stoop with oppression of their prodigal weight: Give some supportance to the bending twigs. Go thou, and like an executioner, Cut off the heads of too fast growing sprays,[1514] That look too lofty in our commonwealth: 35 All must be even in our government. You thus employ'd, I will go root away The noisome weeds, which without profit suck[1515] The soil's fertility from wholesome flowers.

Serv. Why should we in the compass of a pale[1516] 40 Keep law and form and due proportion, Showing, as in a model, our firm estate,[1517] When our sea-walled garden, the whole land, Is full of weeds; her fairest flowers choked up, Her fruit-trees all unpruned, her hedges ruin'd, 45 Her knots disorder'd and her wholesome herbs[1518] Swarming with caterpillars?

Gard. Hold thy peace: He that hath suffer'd this disorder'd spring[1518][1519] Hath now himself met with the fall of leaf: The weeds which his broad-spreading leaves did shelter,[1520] 50 That seem'd in eating him to hold him up, Are pluck'd up root and all by Bolingbroke,[1521] I mean the Earl of Wiltshire, Bushy, Green.

Serv. What, are they dead?

Gard. They are; and Bolingbroke[1522] Hath seized the wasteful king. O, what pity is it[1522][1523] 55 That he had not so trimm'd and dress'd his land[1522][1524] As we this garden! We at time of year[1522][1525] Do wound the bark, the skin of our fruit-trees,[1525] Lest, being over-proud in sap and blood, With too much riches it confound itself: 60 Had he done so to great and growing men, They might have lived to bear and he to taste Their fruits of duty: superfluous branches[1526] We lop away, that bearing boughs may live:[1527] Had he done so, himself had borne the crown, 65 Which waste of idle hours hath quite thrown down.[1528]

Serv. What, think you then the king shall be deposed?[1529]

Gard. Depress'd he is already, and deposed 'Tis doubt he will be: letters came last night[1530][1531] To a dear friend of the good Duke of York's,[1530][1532] 70 That tell black tidings.[1533]

Queen. O, I am press'd to death through want of speaking![1533][1534]

[Coming forward.

Thou, old Adam's likeness, set to dress this garden,[1533][1535] How dares thy harsh rude tongue sound this unpleasing news?[1533][1536] What Eve, what serpent, hath suggested thee 75 To make a second fall of cursed man? Why dost thou say King Richard is deposed? Darest thou, thou little better thing than earth, Divine his downfal? Say, where, when, and how, Camest thou by this ill tidings? speak, thou wretch.[1537] 80

Gard. Pardon me, madam: little joy have I To breathe this news; yet what I say is true.[1538] King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke: their fortunes both are weigh'd: In your lord's scale is nothing but himself,[1539] 85 And some few vanities that make him light; But in the balance of great Bolingbroke, Besides himself, are all the English peers, And with that odds he weighs King Richard down. Post you to London, and you will find it so;[1540] 90 I speak no more than every one doth know.

Queen. Nimble mischance, that art so light of foot, Doth not thy embassage belong to me, And am I last that knows it? O, thou think'st[1541] To serve me last, that I may longest keep 95 Thy sorrow in my breast. Come, ladies, go,[1542] To meet at London London's king in woe. What, was I born to this, that my sad look Should grace the triumph of great Bolingbroke? Gardener, for telling me these news of woe,[1543] 100 Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow.

[Exeunt Queen and Ladies.[1544]

Gard. Poor queen! so that thy state might be no worse, I would my skill were subject to thy curse. Here did she fall a tear; here in this place[1545] I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace:[1546] 105 Rue, even for ruth, here shortly shall be seen, In the remembrance of a weeping queen. [Exeunt.[1547]

FOOTNOTES:

[1290] ACT III. SCENE I. Bristol. Before the Castle.] Capell.

Enter Bolingbroke....] Ff Q₅. Enter Duke of Hereford, Y., N., B. and G. prisoners. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1291] too] two Q₄ Q₅.

[1292] deaths] death Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1293] possession] profession Q₄.

[1294] by] Q₁. with Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1295] you] they Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1296] sigh'd] sight Q₁ Q₂.

clouds] climes Long MS.

[1297] Whilst] Q₁. While Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1298] my] Q₁ Q₂. mine Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1299] imprese] Q₅. impreese Q₁ Q₂ Q₃. impresse Q₄ F₁ F₂ F₃. impress F₄.

[1300] over] om. Pope.

[1301] Lords, farewell] Omitted in Ff Q₅.

[1302] see] seem Capell (corrected in Notes).

[Exeunt....] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1303] God's] Heavens Ff Q₅.

[1304] deliver'd] delivered Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1305] lords] my lords Pope. After this line S. Walker would supply And lead we forth our well appointed powers.

[1306] To fight ... complices] Omitted by Theobald.

Glendower] Glendor Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Glendoure Ff. Gendoure Q₅.

[1307] SCENE II. The coast ... view.] Capell. Changes to the coast of Wales. Pope.

Drums ... colours.] Ff Q₅. Flourish: drums, and colours. Rowe (ed. 1). Flourish: drums and trumpets. Rowe (ed. 2).

Enter....] Enter the King, Aumerle, Carleil, &c. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. (Carlile. Q₃ Q₄). Enter Richard, Aumerle, Carlile, and Souldiers. Ff Q₅.

[1308] Barkloughly] Berkley Grey conj.

they] Q₁. you Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1309] Yea] Even so Keightley conj.

my lord] my good lord Pope. good my lord Grant White conj.

[1310] your late] your Pope. late Steevens (1793).

[1311] with] from Rann (Capell conj.).

[1312] tears and smiles] teares and smiles Q₁ Q₃. teares, and smiles Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅. tears and smiles, Knight.

meeting] weeping Capell (withdrawn).

[1313] weeping, smiling] weeping-smiling Dyce (S. Walker and Delius conj.).

my] the F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1314] favours] Q₁. The rest favour.

[1315] thy] my Q₄.

[1316] pray thee] prethee Ff Q₅.

[1317] rebellion's] Q₁ Q₂. rebellious Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1318] The means ... redress] Omitted in Ff Q₅.

[1319] heaven yields] Pope. heavens yeeld Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. heaven's yield Anon. conj.

[1320] neglected; else, if] Pope. neglected. Else Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. neglected then: else, Capell.

[1321] will not] Q₁ Q₂. would not Q₃ Q₄.

will not, heaven's offer we refuse,] would not heav'n's offer, we refuse Theobald.

[1322] The proffer'd] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃. The poofered Q₄. That proffers Capell conj.

succour] Pope. succors Q₁ Q₂. succours Q₃ Q₄.

[1323] our] their F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1324] power] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. friends Ff Q₅.

[1325] know'st] knowest Ff Q₅.

[1326] is hid, Behind ... world] that lights The lower-world is hid behind the globe Malone conj.

[1327] that] and Hammer.

[1328] boldly Dyce (Collier conj.). bouldy Q₁. bloudy Q₂. bloodie Q₃ Q₄. bloody Ff Q₅.

[1329] this] his Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1330] light] lightning Ff Q₅.

light ... every] lightning through each Long MS.

[1331] Whilst ... antipodes] Omitted in Ff Q₅.

[1332] sit] set F₃ F₄.

[1333] his sin] themselves Seymour conj.

[1334] rough rude] rough-rude S. Walker conj.

rude] wide Collier conj.

[1335] off from] from Ff Q₅.

an anointed] a'nointed Anon. conj.

[1336] worldly] wordly F₂.

cannot] can cannot Q₄.

[1337] press'd] prest Qq Ff.

[1338] shrewd] sharp Pope.

[1339] God] Heaven Ff Q₅.

Richard] Ric: Q₁ Q₂ Q₃.

[1340] SCENE III. Pope.

lord] lo: Q₁ Q₂.

[1341] day too ... lord] day (too ... lord) Pope.

me] Q₁ Q₂. my Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

lord] lo: Q₁ Q₂ Q₃.

[1342] thy] my F₂ Q₅.

[1343] twelve thousand] See note (XIX).

[1344] O'erthrows] Orethrowes F₁ F₂ Q₅. Orethrows F₃. O'rethrows F₄. Overthrowes Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

friends] frindes Q₂.

state] tate F₂.

[1345] and] or Collier MS.

[1346] twenty thousand] 20000. Q₁ Q₂.

[1347] And ... dead] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[1348] coward] Q₁. coward, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. sluggard Ff Q₅.

coward majesty!] sluggard! majesty Seymour conj.

[1349] twenty] forty Ff Q₅.

[1350] Hath ... here?] As two lines in Ff Q₅ ending turn ... here? Capell ends the first line at who.

enough] om. Pope.

[1351] SCENE IV. Pope.

[1352] and decay] loss, decay Ff Q₅.

[1353] makes] Q₁ Q₂. make Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

shores] showers Q₄.

[1354] swells] swell Steevens (1778).

[1355] harder] more hard Pope.

[1356] White-beards] White beards Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. White Beares F₁ F₂ Q₅. White Bears F₃ F₄.

[1357] boys] boies Q₁. and boyes Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ Q₅. and boys F₃ F₄.

[1358] clap] clasp Pope. clip Ritson conj.

female] feeble Collier (Collier MS.).

[1359] arms ... crown:] armes ... crowne, Q₁ Q₂. armes, ... crowne, Q₃ Q₄. armes: ... crowne F₁ F₂ Q₅. armes: ... crown F₃. arms: ... crown F₄.

arms against] armour 'gainst Collier MS.

[1360] Thy] The Rowe.

bows] browes Q₃ Q₄.

[1361] double-fatal] Warburton. double fatal Qq Ff. doubly-fatal Hanmer.

yew] Hanmer. ewe Q₁ Q₂ F₄. woe Q₃ Q₄. Eugh: F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃.

state;] state, Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. state Ff Q₅.

[1362] bills ... seat:] bils ... seate, Q₁. billes, ... seate Q₂. billes: ... seate Q₃ Q₄. bills: ... seat Ff Q₅.

[1363] where is Bagot] Omitted by Hanmer.

Bagot] he got Theobald.

[1364] heads] hands F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1365] they have] they've Pope.

Bolingbroke] Bulling. Q₁.

[1366] have they] they have Rowe.

[1367] won] woon Q₁ F₁. woonne Q₂. wonne Q₃ Q₄.

[1368] offence] om. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄, ending line 133 at hell (hel, Q₁. hell, Q₂. hell Q₃ Q₄).

[1369] love, I see, changing] love (I see) changing Ff Q₅. love I see changing Q₁. love I see changing, Q₂. love's (I see) changing: Q₃. Iove's (I see) changing Q₄.

[1370] heads] head Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1371] wound] hand Ff Q₅.

[1372] hollow] hallow'd Warburton.

[1373] Ay] I Q₁. Ye Q₂. Yea Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

Bristol] Bristow Qq Ff.

[1374] on] in F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1375] model] modle Q₁.

[1376] God's] Heavens Ff Q₅.

[1377] the ghosts] their ghosts Jervis conj.

have deposed] dispossess'd Pope. have depriv'd S. Walker conj.

[1378] little] lettle Q₃.

[1379] through] thorough Q₁.

wall] Q₁. walls Q₂ Ff Q₅. walles Q₃ Q₄.

[1380] blood With ... reverence:] Ff Q₅. blood, With ... reverence Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1381] Tradition] Addition Roderick conj.

[1382] I live with ... king?] Left as in Qq Ff. I live on ... want like you ... friends, like you ... king? Pope, ending the lines at you, ... thus, ... king? Steevens ends the lines grief ... thus ... king.

[1383] friends:] friends, fear enemies S. Walker conj.

subjected] and being subjected Seymour conj.

[1384] need ... say] As one line. Keightley conj.

[1385] king] kin Q₃.

[1386] sit ... woes] wail their present woes Ff Q₅.

[1387] And so ... yourself] Omitted in Ff Q₅.

[1388] Fear ... limb] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1389] to fight] from fight Pope (in margin).

[1390] destroying] defying Johnson conj. (withdrawn).

[1391] To change ... own] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1392] Speak ... say] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1393] is] hath Capell (corrected in Notes).

with] to F₄.

[1394] party] faction Ff Q₅.

[1395] [To Aumerle] Theobald.

[1396] them] 'em Ff Q₅.

[1397] hath] have Delius conj.

[1398] hence away] away Pope. hence, away Theobald.

[1399] Bolingbroke's] Bullingbrooke F₂.

[1400] SCENE III.] SCENE V. Pope.

Wales ...] Capell. Bolingbroke's camp. Pope. B.'s camp near Flint. Theobald.

Enter ...] Enter ... Attendants. Ff Q₅. Enter Bull., Yorke, North. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1401] alack] ah Pope.

[1402] mistakes] mistakes me Rowe. mistaketh Delius conj.

[1403] his] this Q₅.

[1404] The ... him] As in Ff Q₅. As one line in Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1405] Would you] Should you Q₃ Q₄.

[1406] Have ... length.] Have been so brief, to shorten you the head. Pope.

[1407] with you] Ff Q₅. om. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄, reading He would ... you as one line.

[1408] taking so] taking off Keightley conj.

your] the Theobald.

[1409] further] farther Ff Q₅.

[1410] mistake the] mistake, the Q₅ F₄. mistake; the Rowe.

o'er our heads] over our heads Q₁ Q₂. over your heads Q₃ Q₄. ore your head Ff Q₅.

[1411] and oppose not] nor oppose Pope. and will not oppose Capell (ending the line here). and do not oppose or and I not oppose Seymour conj. and oppose me not Anon. conj.

myself] om. Steevens conj.

[1412] Against] Againe F₂.

will] willes Q₃ Q₄.

here?] here? 'tis Percy Hanmer.

[1413] Welcome,] Well, Hanmer.

[1414] royally is] is royally Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1415] thy] your Pope.

[1416] Royally!... king?] As one line in Qq Ff. So Hanmer, reading doth contain. Royally! how so? Capell, reading Against ... so? as one line. Royally, say'st thou Seymour conj.

[1417] King] Kind F₂ F₃.

[1418] yon] yond Ff Q₅.

[1419] are the] Q₁. the Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅. om. Pope.

[1420] O] om. Pope.

O, belike it is the] Believe me Seymour conj.

[1421] it is ... lords] As one line by S. Walker.

[1422] lords] lord Ff Q₅. lord [To North. Rowe.

[1423] parley] parlee Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. parle Ff Q₅.

[1424] Into ... Bolingbroke] S. Walker arranges as two lines, the first ending ears.

[1425] Henry Bolingbroke] Henry Bullingbrooke Ff Q₅. H. Bull. Q₁ Q₂. H. Bul. Q₃ Q₄. Henry of Bolingbroke Pope. _Harry of Bolingbroke_ Capell.

[1426] Henry ... hand] As one line in Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. That Harry ... knees Doth, in his duty, kiss ... hand Seymour conj.

[1427] On both] Upon Ff Q₅ ending the lines kisse ... allegeance ... come.

[1428] true] om. Pope.

[1429] To his most] Q₁ Q₂. To his Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅. unto his Pope ending the lines knees ... allegiance ... person.

hither come] om. Pope.

[1430] to lay] I lay Pope.

[1431] slaughter'd] Ff Q₅. slaughtered Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1432] Bolingbroke] Bulling. Q₁.

[1433] bedrench] be drench Q₃. be drencht Q₄.

[1434] [Nor. bows; and approaches the Castle, with a Trumpet, &c. Capell.

[1435] this] the Capell. See note (XX).

tatter'd] Ff Q₅. tottered Q₁ Q₂. tattered Q₃ Q₄.

[1436] shock] shocke Q₁. smoke Q₂. smoake Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ Q₅. smoak F₃ F₄.

[1437] Be he ... him.] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1438] whilst] while Ff Q₅.

rain] raigne. Q₁ Q₂. raigne Q₃ Q₄.

[1439] waters; on] Rowe (ed. 2). water's on Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. waters on Ff Q₅.

[1440] Parle ...] Parle ... Richard, Carlile ... Ff Q₅. The trumpets sound. Richard appeareth on the walls. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ (trumpet Q₃ Q₄).

[1441] SCENE VI. Pope.

See ...] Ff Q₅. Bull. See ... Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. York. See ... Hanmer (Warburton), continuing the speech of York to show! line 71. Percy. See ... Dyce conj.

[1442] track] tract Ff Q₅.

[1443] alack, alack] alacke Q₃ Q₄.

[1444] harm] storm Singer (Collier MS.).

[1445] fearful] faithful Collier MS.

[To North.] Rowe.

[1446] thy] the Q₃ Q₄.

[1447] And if] An if S. Walker and Delius conj.

[1448] their] the F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

to our] of our Q₅.

[1449] master] masters Capell conj.

[1450] yond] Ff Q₅. yon Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. he stands] he is Ff Q₅. is he Capell conj.

[1451] my] the Rowe.

[1452] open] ope Ff Q₅.

[1453] live in] light in Warburton. give him Anon. conj. apud Halliwell conj.

peace,] peace. F₂.

[1454] ill become the flower of] ill become the floor of Theobald conj. mis-become the flow'ry Hanmer.

face] race Heath conj.

[1455] face ... peace] peace ... face Malone conj.

[1456] her] om. Q₄.

[1457] pastures'] Capell. pasture's Theobald. pastors Qq Ff. pastor's Pope.

[1458] Thy] no, thy Pope. This thy S. Walker conj.

[1459] Bolingbroke] of Bolingbroke Pope.]

humbly] om. Pope.

[1460] buried ... warlike] warlike ... buried Warburton.

[1461] a prince, is just] Ff Q₅. princesse just Q₁ Q₂. a prince just Q₃ Q₄. a prince, as just Seymour conj.

[1462] I am] om. Collier MS.

gentleman] gentlem Q₃.

[1463] thus] Q₂. thus, Q₁. thus: Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1464] contradiction: ... hast,] Ff Q₅. contradiction, ... hast, Q₁ Q₂. contradiction, ... hast; Q₃ Q₄.

[1465] thou] that thou Capell conj.

[1466] [Northumberland retires to Bolingbroke. Collier.

[1467] We do] King. We do Q₁ Q₂.

ourselves] our selves Q₁ Q₂ Q₃. Q₄. our selfe F₁ F₂ Q₅. our self F₃ F₄. us Capell.

cousin] coz S. Walker conj.

[To Aumerle.] Rowe.

[1468] lord;] lo: Q₁.

[1469] helpful] hopeful F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1470] yon] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃. you Q₄. yond Ff Q₅.

[1471] king] a king Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

o'] Ff Q₅. a Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1472] almsman's] almshouse Johnson (1771).

[1473] trade] tread Theobald (Warburton).

[1474] For ... Head?] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1475] weep'st] weepest Q₃ Q₄.

[1476] shedding] sheading Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1477] As] And Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

thus,] thus: Ff Q₅. thus Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1478] Within ... at me] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[1479] there] their Q₃ Q₄ F₂.

lies] lie Roberts MS. apud Halliwell.

[1480] laugh] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. mock Ff Q₅.

[1481] may it] may't Pope.

[1482] [North. retires again to Boling. Collier.

[1483] In ... sing.] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1484] court?] FF Q₅. court, Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1485] court?... down?] Capell. court ... downe: Qq Ff.

[1486] shriek] shreeke Q₁ Q₃ Q₄. shreek Q₂ F₄. shrike F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃.

[Exeunt ...] Capell.

[1487] his majesty] he now Seymour conj.

and grief] om. Pope.

[1488] Yet ... lord] S. Walker reads as two lines, ending show. lord; Pope has three, the first ending show.

[1489] come] come, my lord Capell.

Enter ...] Capell.

[1490] [He kneels down.] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. om. Ff Q₅.

[1491] Fair ... knee] As in Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄; as two lines in Ff Q₅.

[1492] Up ... low] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1493] [raising him. Capell.

[1494] [touching his own head. Steevens.

[1495] you deserve] you deserv'd Ff Q₅ (reading line 200 as two lines ending deserv'd ... have).

[1496] hands] Q₃ Q₄. handes Q₁ Q₂. hand Ff Q₅.

[1497] my] om. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1498] Set ... so] Printed as two lines in Ff Q₅.

on] one F₂.

[1499] [Flourish. Exeunt.] Ff Q₅. om. Q₁ Q₂. Exeunt. Q₃ Q₄.

[1500] SCENE IV.] Scæna Quarta. F₁. Scæna Quinta. F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄. SCENE VII. Pope.

Langley ... garden.] Capell. A garden. Pope. A garden in the Queen's Court. Theobald.

Enter ...] Ff Q₅. Enter the Queene with her Attendants. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ (Quenne Q₄).

[1501] Lady.] 1 L. Capell (and passim).

[1502] we'll ... sorrow ... of joy] we will ... joy ... grief Capell, reading as one line Madam ... grief.

[1503] joy] Rowe (ed. 2). griefe Qq Ff.

[1504] Of neither] No, of neither Capell.

[1505] had] sadd Q₄.

[1506] what] of what Hanmer.

[1507] And ... sing ... thee.] An ... sing ... thee? Jackson conj.

[1508] sing ... weeping] Qq Ff. weep ... weeping Pope. sing ... singing Staunton conj. See note (XXI).

[1509] Enter ...] Ff Q₅. Enter Gardeners. Q₁. Enter Gardiners. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Pope (after line 26).

[1510] But stay ... gardeners] Placed by Pope after line 26.

stay] stay, girl Keightley conj.

come] Q₁ F₂ Q₅. commeth Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. comes F₁ F₃ F₄.

gardeners] gardiners of this place Capell.

[1511] unto ... pins] suits with a row of pines Pope.

pins,] pinnes, F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃. pines, Q₁ Q₂ F₄. pines. Q₃ Q₄.

[1512] change; woe] Ff Q₅. change woe Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

with woe] with mocks Warburton.

[Queen....] Pope.

[1513] yon] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. yond Ff Q₅. yong Q₁.

apricocks] aphricokes Q₁. aphricockes Q₂. apricots Johnson.

[1514] too] Ff Q₅. two Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1515] which] Q₁. The rest that.

[1516] Serv.] Ser. Ff Q₅. Man. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ (and passim).

[1517] as] om. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

estate] state F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

our firm estate] a firm state Warburton.

[1518] disorder'd] Ff Q₅. disordered Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1519] suffer'd] Ff Q₅. suffered Q₁ Q₂ Q₃. suffred Q₄.

[1520] which] Q₁. The rest that.

[1521] pluck'd] pluckt Q₁ Q₂. puld Q₃ Q₄. pull'd Ff Q₅.

[1522] They are ... year] Arranged as by Capell; in Qq Ff the lines end are ... king ... trimm'd ... year.

[1523] seized] ceasde Q₁ Q₂.

O,] om. F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

is it] it is Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. is't Theobald.

[1524] had] hath Q₅.

so] om. F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1525] garden! We at time of year Do wound] Capell. garden at time of yeare Do wound Q₁ Q₂. garden, at time of yeare Do wound Q₃ Q₄. garden, at time of yeare; And wound F₁ F₂ Q₅. garden at time of year; And wound F₃ F₄. garden dress, And wound Pope. garden, who at times of year Do wound Steevens (1773). garden! who at time of year Do wound Id. (1785). garden at the time of yeare We wound Collier MS. garden do at time of year And wound Delius conj. garden. At due time of year We wound Grant White conj.

in] Q₁. The rest with.

[1526] duty:] duety: Q₁. dutie: Q₂. duetie: Q₃ Q₄. dutie. F₁. dutie. All F₂. duty. All Q₅ F₃ F₄. duty. The S. Walker conj.

[1527] live] line Q₄.

[1528] of ... hath] and ... hath Ff Q₅. and ... have Pope.

[1529] then] Pope. om. Qq Ff. that Long MS.

[1530] 'Tis ... York's] 'Tis doubted he will be. Letters last night Came to a dear friend of the duke of York Pope.

[1531] doubt] doubted Ff Q₅.

[1532] good] Q₁ Q₂. The rest omit.

York's] Yorkes Q₁ Q₄ F₁. Yorks Q₂ Q₃. Yorke F₂ Q₅. York F₃ F₄.

[1533] Malone arranges as four lines, ending death ... likeness ... dares ... news?

[1534] [Coming forward.] Starting from her concealment. Capell.

[1535] old] om. Pope.

set] set here Steevens conj.

dress this garden] dress out this garden. Say, Malone conj.

[1536] harsh rude] harsh F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄. om. Pope. harsh-rude Steevens (1793).

this] these Dyce.

[1537] this] these Pope.

[1538] this] Q₁. The rest these.

[1539] lord's] Lo. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1540] you will] you'l Ff Q₅.

[1541] knows] know Q₅.

think'st] Ff Q₅. thinkest Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1542] Thy] The Hanmer.

[1543] these] this Ff Q₅.

[1544] Pray God] I would Ff Q₅.

[Exeunt....] Pope. Exit. Qq Ff.

[1545] fall] Q₁. The rest drop.

[1546] rue, sour] rewsowre Q₄.

[1547] the] om. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[Exeunt.] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Exit. Ff Q₅.

Westminster Hall.] Malone. London. Pope.

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Act IV, Scene I — Westminster Hall.

Enter as to the Parliament, BOLINGBROKE, AUMERLE, NORTHUMBERLAND, PERCY, FITZWATER, SURREY, the BISHOP of CARLISLE, the ABBOT of WESTMINSTER, and another Lord, Herald, Officers, and BAGOT.[1548]

Boling. Call forth Bagot.[1549] Now, Bagot, freely speak thy mind;[1550] What thou dost know of noble Gloucester's death; Who wrought it with the king, and who perform'd The bloody office of his timeless end. 5

Bagot. Then set before my face the Lord Aumerle.

Boling. Cousin, stand forth, and look upon that man.

Bagot. My Lord Aumerle, I know your daring tongue Scorns to unsay what once it hath deliver'd.[1551] In that dead time when Gloucester's death was plotted, 10 I heard you say, 'Is not my arm of length, That reacheth from the restful English court As far as Calais, to mine uncle's head?'[1552] Amongst much other talk, that very time, I heard you say that you had rather refuse[1553] 15 The offer of an hundred thousand crowns Than Bolingbroke's return to England;[1554][1555] Adding withal, how blest this land would be[1555][1556] In this your cousin's death.[1555]

Aum. Princes and noble lords,[1557] What answer shall I make to this base man? 20 Shall I so much dishonour my fair stars,[1558] On equal terms to give him chastisement?[1559] Either I must, or have mine honour soil'd[1560] With the attainder of his slanderous lips.[1561] There is my gage, the manual seal of death, 25 That marks thee out for hell: I say, thou liest,[1562] And will maintain what thou hast said is false[1563] In thy heart-blood, though being all too base[1564] To stain the temper of my knightly sword.

Boling. Bagot, forbear; thou shalt not take it up. 30

Aum. Excepting one, I would he were the best In all this presence that hath moved me so.

Fitz. If that thy valour stand on sympathy,[1565] There is my gage, Aumerle, in gage to thine: By that fair sun which shows me where thou stand'st,[1566] 35 I heard thee say, and vauntingly thou spakest it, That thou wert cause of noble Gloucester's death. If thou deny'st it twenty times, thou liest;[1567] And I will turn thy falsehood to thy heart, Where it was forged, with my rapier's point. 40

Aum. Thou darest not, coward, live to see that day.[1568]

Fitz. Now, by my soul, I would it were this hour.

Aum. Fitzwater, thou art damn'd to hell for this.[1569]

Percy. Aumerle, thou liest; his honour is as true In this appeal as thou art all unjust; 45 And that thou art so, there I throw my gage, To prove it on thee to the extremest point Of mortal breathing: seize it, if thou darest.

Aum. An if I do not, may my hands rot off[1570] And never brandish more revengeful steel 50 Over the glittering helmet of my foe!

Another Lord. I task the earth to the like, forsworn Aumerle;[1571][1572] And spur thee on with full as many lies[1571] As may be holloa'd in thy treacherous ear[1571][1573] From sun to sun: there is my honour's pawn;[1571][1574] 55 Engage it to the trial, if thou darest.[1571]

Aum. Who sets me else? by heaven, I'll throw at all:[1571] I have a thousand spirits in one breast,[1571] To answer twenty thousand such as you.[1571]

Surrey. My Lord Fitzwater, I do remember well[1575][1576] 60 The very time Aumerle and you did talk.[1575][1577]

Fitz. 'Tis very true: you were in presence then;[1578] And you can witness with me this is true.

Surrey. As false, by heaven, as heaven itself is true.[1579]

Fitz. Surrey, thou liest.[1580]

Surrey. Dishonourable boy![1581] 65 That lie shall lie so heavy on my sword,[1581] That it shall render vengeance and revenge Till thou the lie-giver and that lie do lie[1582] In earth as quiet as thy father's skull: In proof whereof, there is my honour's pawn;[1583] 70 Engage it to the trial, if thou darest.

Fitz. How fondly dost thou spur a forward horse! If I dare eat, or drink, or breathe, or live,[1584] I dare meet Surrey in a wilderness, And spit upon him, whilst I say he lies, 75 And lies, and lies: there is my bond of faith,[1585] To tie thee to my strong correction. As I intend to thrive in this new world,[1586] Aumerle is guilty of my true appeal: Besides, I heard the banish'd Norfolk say,[1587] 80 That thou, Aumerle, didst send two of thy men To execute the noble duke at Calais.

Aum. Some honest Christian trust me with a gage, That Norfolk lies: here do I throw down this, If he may be repeal'd, to try his honour.[1588] 85

Boling. These differences shall all rest under gage Till Norfolk be repeal'd: repeal'd he shall be, And, though mine enemy, restored again To all his lands and signories: when he's return'd,[1589] Against Aumerle we will enforce his trial. 90

Car. That honourable day shall ne'er be seen.[1590] Many a time hath banish'd Norfolk fought For Jesu Christ in glorious Christian field,[1591] Streaming the ensign of the Christian cross Against black pagans, Turks, and Saracens; 95 And toil'd with works of war, retired himself[1592] To Italy; and there at Venice gave His body to that pleasant country's earth,[1593] And his pure soul unto his captain Christ, Under whose colours he had fought so long. 100

Boling. Why, bishop, is Norfolk dead?[1594]

Car. As surely as I live, my lord.[1595]

Boling. Sweet peace conduct his sweet soul to the bosom[1596][1597] Of good old Abraham! Lords appellants,[1597][1598] Your differences shall all rest under gage[1597] 105 Till we assign you to your days of trial.

Enter YORK, attended.[1599]

York. Great Duke of Lancaster, I come to thee[1600] From plume-pluck'd Richard; who with willing soul Adopts thee heir, and his high sceptre yields[1601] To the possession of thy royal hand: 110 Ascend his throne, descending now from him; And long live Henry, fourth of that name![1602]

Boling. In God's name, I'll ascend the regal throne.

Car. Marry, God forbid![1603][1604] Worst in this royal presence may I speak,[1605] 115 Yet best beseeming me to speak the truth.[1606] Would God that any in this noble presence[1607] Were enough noble to be upright judge Of noble Richard! then true noblesse would[1608] Learn him forbearance from so foul a wrong. 120 What subject can give sentence on his king? And who sits here that is not Richard's subject?[1609] Thieves are not judged but they are by to hear, Although apparent guilt be seen in them; And shall the figure of God's majesty, 125 His captain, steward, deputy, elect,[1610] Anointed, crowned, planted many years,[1611] Be judged by subject and inferior breath,[1612] And he himself not present? O, forfend it, God,[1613] That in a Christian climate souls refined 130 Should show so heinous, black, obscene a deed! I speak to subjects, and a subject speaks, Stirr'd up by God, thus boldly for his king.[1604] My Lord of Hereford here, whom you call king, Is a foul traitor to proud Hereford's king: 135 And if you crown him, let me prophesy; The blood of English shall manure the ground, And future ages groan for this foul act;[1614] Peace shall go sleep with Turks and infidels, And in this seat of peace tumultuous wars 140 Shall kin with kin and kind with kind confound; Disorder, horror, fear and mutiny Shall here inhabit, and this land be call'd The field of Golgotha and dead men's skulls. O, if you raise this house against this house,[1615] 145 It will the woefullest division prove That ever fell upon this cursed earth. Prevent it, resist it, let it not be so,[1616] Lest child, child's children, cry against you 'woe!'[1617]

North. Well have you argued, sir; and, for your pains, 150 Of capital treason we arrest you here. My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge To keep him safely till his day of trial. May it please you, lords, to grant the commons' suit.[1618][1619]

Boling. Fetch hither Richard, that in common view[1618][1620] 155 He may surrender; so we shall proceed[1618][1620] Without suspicion.[1618][1620]

York. I will be his conduct.[1618][1621] [Exit.

Boling. Lords, you that here are under our arrest,[1618][1622] Procure your sureties for your days of answer.[1618] Little are we beholding to your love,[1618][1623] 160 And little look'd for at your helping hands.[1618][1624]

Re-enter YORK, with RICHARD, and Officers bearing the regalia.[1618][1625]

K. Rich. Alack, why am I sent for to a king,[1618][1626] Before I have shook off the regal thoughts[1618] Wherewith I reign'd? I hardly yet have learn'd[1618] To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my limbs:[1618][1627] 165 Give sorrow leave awhile to tutor me[1618][1628][1629] To this submission. Yet I well remember[1618][1628][1630] The favours of these men: were they not mine?[1618][1628] Did they not sometime cry, 'all hail!' to me?[1618][1628][1631] So Judas did to Christ: but he, in twelve,[1618][1628] 170 Found truth in all but one; I, in twelve thousand, none.[1618] God save the king! Will no man say amen?[1618][1632] Am I both priest and clerk? well then, amen.[1618][1632] God save the king! although I be not he;[1618][1632] And yet, amen, if heaven do think him me.[1618][1632] 175 To do what service am I sent for hither?[1618]

York. To do that office of thine own good will[1618] Which tired majesty did make thee offer,[1618] The resignation of thy state and crown[1618] To Henry Bolingbroke.[1618][1633] 180

K. Rich. Give me the crown. Here, cousin, seize the crown;[1618][1634] Here cousin;[1618][1635][1636] On this side my hand, and on that side yours.[1618][1635][1637] Now is this golden crown like a deep well[1618][1638] That owes two buckets, filling one another,[1618][1638] 185 The emptier ever dancing in the air,[1618][1638] The other down, unseen and full of water:[1618][1638] That bucket down and full of tears am I,[1618][1638] Drinking my griefs, whilst you mount up on high.[1618][1638][1639]

Boling. I thought you had been willing to resign.[1618][1638] 190

K. Rich. My crown I am; but still my griefs are mine:[1618][1638] You may my glories and my state depose,[1618][1638] But not my griefs; still am I king of those.[1618][1638]

Boling. Part of your cares you give me with your crown.[1618][1638]

K. Rich. Your cares set up do not pluck my cares down.[1618][1638] 195 My care is loss of care, by old care done;[1618][1638] Your care is gain of care, by new care won:[1618][1638] The cares I give, I have, though given away;[1618][1638] They tend the crown, yet still with me they stay.[1618][1638][1640]

Boling. Are you contented to resign the crown?[1618][1638] 200

K. Rich. Ay, no; no, ay; for I must nothing be;[1618][1638][1641] Therefore no no, for I resign to thee.[1618][1638][1642] Now mark me, how I will undo myself:[1618] I give this heavy weight from off my head[1618] And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand,[1618] 205 The pride of kingly sway from out my heart;[1618] With mine own tears I wash away my balm,[1618][1643] With mine own hands I give away my crown,[1618] With mine own tongue deny my sacred state,[1618] With mine own breath release all duty's rites:[1618][1644] 210 All pomp and majesty I do forswear;[1618] My manors, rents, revenues I forego;[1618][1645] My acts, decrees, and statutes I deny:[1618] God pardon all oaths that are broke to me![1618] God keep all vows unbroke that swear to thee![1618][1646] 215 Make me, that nothing have, with nothing grieved,[1618] And thou with all pleased, that hast all achieved![1618] Long mayst thou live in Richard's seat to sit,[1618][1647] And soon lie Richard in an earthy pit![1618][1647][1648] God save King Harry, unking'd Richard says,[1618][1647][1649] 220 And send him many years of sunshine days![1618][1647][1650] What more remains?[1618]

North. No more, but that you read[1618][1651] These accusations and these grievous crimes[1618] Committed by your person and your followers[1618] Against the state and profit of this land;[1618] 225 That, by confessing them, the souls of men[1618] May deem that you are worthily deposed.[1618]

K. Rich. Must I do so? and must I ravel out[1618] My weaved-up folly? Gentle Northumberland,[1618][1652] If thy offences were upon record,[1618] 230 Would it not shame thee in so fair a troop[1618] To read a lecture of them? If thou wouldst,[1618][1653] There shouldst thou find one heinous article,[1618] Containing the deposing of a king[1618] And cracking the strong warrant of an oath,[1618] 235 Mark'd with a blot, damn'd in the book of heaven:[1618] Nay, all of you that stand and look upon,[1618][1654] Whilst that my wretchedness doth bait myself,[1618][1655] Though some of you with Pilate wash your hands[1618] Showing an outward pity; yet you Pilates[1618][1656] 240 Have here deliver'd me to my sour cross,[1618][1657] And water cannot wash away your sin.[1618]

North. My lord, dispatch; read o'er these articles.[1618]

K. Rich. Mine eyes are full of tears, I cannot see:[1618] And yet salt water blinds them not so much[1618] 245 But they can see a sort of traitors here.[1618] Nay, if I turn mine eyes upon myself,[1618] I find myself a traitor with the rest;[1618] For I have given here my soul's consent[1618] To undeck the pompous body of a king;[1618][1658] 250 Made glory base and sovereignty a slave,[1618][1659] Proud majesty a subject, state a peasant.[1618]

North. My lord,--[1618]

K. Rich. No lord of thine, thou haught insulting man,[1618][1660] Nor no man's lord; I have no name, no title,[1618][1661] 255 No, not that name was given me at the font,[1618] But 'tis usurp'd: alack the heavy day,[1618] That I have worn so many winters out,[1618] And know not now what name to call myself![1618] O that I were a mockery king of snow,[1618][1662] 260 Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke,[1618] To melt myself away in water-drops![1618] Good king, great king, and yet not greatly good,[1618][1663] An if my word be sterling yet in England,[1618][1664] Let it command a mirror hither straight,[1618][1665] 265 That it may show me what a face I have,[1618] Since it is bankrupt of his majesty.[1618][1666]

Boling. Go some of you and fetch a looking-glass.[1618]

[Exit an attendant.[1618][1667]

North. Read o'er this paper while the glass doth come.[1618]

K. Rich. Fiend, thou torment'st me ere I come to hell![1618][1668] 270

Boling. Urge it no more, my Lord Northumberland.[1618]

North. The commons will not then be satisfied.[1618]

K. Rich. They shall be satisfied: I'll read enough,[1618] When I do see the very book indeed[1618] Where all my sins are writ, and that's myself.[1618] 275

Re-enter Attendant, with a glass.[1618][1669]

Give me the glass, and therein will I read.[1618][1670][1671] No deeper wrinkles yet? hath sorrow struck[1618][1670] So many blows upon this face of mine,[1618][1670] And made no deeper wounds? O flattering glass,[1618][1670] Like to my followers in prosperity,[1618][1670] 280 Thou dost beguile me! Was this face the face[1618][1672][1673][1674] That every day under his household roof[1618][1673] Did keep ten thousand men? was this the face[1618][1673][1675][1676] That, like the sun, did make beholders wink?[1618][1673][1676] Was this the face that faced so many follies,[1618][1673][1677][1678] 285 And was at last out-faced by Bolingbroke?[1618][1678][1679] A brittle glory shineth in this face:[1618][1678] As brittle as the glory is the face;[1618][1678]

[Dashes the glass against the ground.[1618][1678][1680]

For there it is, crack'd in a hundred shivers.[1618][1678][1681] Mark, silent king, the moral of this sport,[1618][1678][1682] 290 How soon my sorrow hath destroy'd my face.[1618]

Boling. The shadow of your sorrow hath destroy'd[1618] The shadow of your face.[1618]

K. Rich. Say that again.[1618][1683] The shadow of my sorrow! ha! let's see:[1618][1683] 'Tis very true, my grief lies all within;[1618][1683] 295 And these external manners of laments[1618][1683][1684] Are merely shadows to the unseen grief,[1618][1683] That swells with silence in the tortured soul;[1618][1683] There lies the substance: and I thank thee, king,[1618][1685] For thy great bounty, that not only givest[1618][1686] 300 Me cause to wail but teachest me the way[1618] How to lament the cause. I'll beg one boon,[1618] And then be gone and trouble you no more.[1618] Shall I obtain it?[1618]

Boling. Name it, fair cousin.[1618][1687]

K. Rich. 'Fair cousin'? I am greater than a king:[1618][1688] 305 For when I was a king, my flatterers[1618][1689] Were then but subjects; being now a subject,[1618][1689] I have a king here to my flatterer.[1618][1689] Being so great, I have no need to beg.[1618][1689]

Boling. Yet ask.[1618] 310

K. Rich. And shall I have?[1618][1690]

Boling. You shall.[1618][1691]

K. Rich. Then give me leave to go.[1618][1692]

Boling. Whither?[1618]

K. Rich. Whither you will, so I were from your sights.[1618][1693] 315

Boling. Go, some of you convey him to the Tower.[1618]

K. Rich. O, good! convey? conveyers are you all,[1618][1694][1695] That rise thus nimbly by a true king's fall.[1694][1696]

[Exeunt King Richard, some Lords, and a Guard.

Boling. On Wednesday next we solemnly set down[1697] Our coronation: lords, prepare yourselves.[1697] 320

[Exeunt all except the Bishop of Carlisle, the Abbot of Westminster, and Aumerle.[1698]

Abbot. A woeful pageant have we here beheld.[1699]

Car. The woe's to come; the children yet unborn[1700] Shall feel this day as sharp to them as thorn.

Aum. You holy clergymen, is there no plot To rid the realm of this pernicious blot? 325

Abbot. My lord,[1701] Before I freely speak my mind herein, You shall not only take the sacrament To bury mine intents, but also to effect[1702] Whatever I shall happen to devise. 330 I see your brows are full of discontent, Your hearts of sorrow and your eyes of tears:[1703] Come home with me to supper; and I'll lay[1704] A plot shall show us all a merry day.[1704] [Exeunt.

FOOTNOTES:

[1548] Enter....] Ff Q₅. Enter Bullingbroke with the Lords to Parliament. Q₁. Enter Bull.... Q₂ (in margin). Enter B., Aumerle, and others. Q₃ Q₄.

the Bishop of Carlisle] Carlile Ff Q₅.

and another Lord] Omitted in Ff Q₅.

[1549] [Enter Bagot. Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Officers set him to the Bar. Capell.

forth Bagot] Bagot forth Pope (reading as one line Call ... mind).

[1550] Now, Bagot, freely ... mind] now freely speak thy mind. Pope. Now Bagot freely speak. Capell.

[1551] once it hath] it hath once Ff Q₅.

deliver'd Ff Q₅. delivered Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1552] Calais] Callice Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Callis Ff Q₅.

mine] my Ff Q₅.

[1553] that you had rather] you rather had Pope. too, you had rather Capell.

[1554] Than] Than to see or Than see proud Keightley conj.

Than ... England] Than Bolingbroke to England should return Seymour conj.

Bolingbroke's] Bullingbrooke F₂ F₃. Bullingbrook F₄. to have Bolingbroke Capell.

[1555] Than ... death.] Arranged as by Capell; as two lines in Qq Ff, ending withal ... death; Hanmer ends the lines adding ... in this ... death.

[1556] withal] om. Pope, who reads 17-19 as two lines, ending adding ... death.

[1557] Princes and] My Seymour conj.

[1558] stars] stem Warburton conj.

[1559] him] them Q₁. my Q₂.

[1560] soil'd] spoyld F₂. spoyl'd Q₅. spoild F₃. spoil'd F₄.

[1561] attainder] attainture Capell conj.

[1562] I say] Q₁. The rest omit.

liest] liest, Bagot Hanmer.

[1563] will] I'll Rowe (ed. 2).

[1564] heart] hearts Q₅.

[1565] sympathy] sympathize F₁. sympathies F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1566] which] Q₁. The rest that.

[1567] it twenty times,] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. it, twenty times Ff Q₅.

[1568] live to see that] Q₁. live I to see the Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. live to see the Ff Q₅.

[1569] Fitzwater] Fitzwaters Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1570] An if] Edd. (Capell conj.). And if Qq Ff.

[1571] Another Lord. I task ... as you] Omitted in Ff Q₅. See note (XXII).

[1572] task the earth] taske the earth Q₁. take the earth Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. task thee Capell. take thy oath Johnson conj. task thy heart Steevens conj. take oath S. Walker conj.

[1573] As] Capell. As it Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

holloa'd] hollowed Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1574] sun to sun] Capell. sinne to sinne Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1575] My lord ... talk] As three lines in Ff Q₅, ending Fitzwater ... time ... talk.

[1576] do] om. Pope.

[1577] Aumerle] (Aumerle) Q₁.

[1578] 'Tis very true] My Lord, 'Tis very true Ff Q₅. _My Lord, 'tis true_ Pope.

[1579] As ... true] As two lines, the first ending heaven, in Ff Q₅.

[1580] Surrey] Suerrie Q₃.

[1581] Dishonourable ... sword,] As one line in Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1582] do lie] rest Pope.

[1583] my] Q₁ Q₃ Q₄. mine Q₂ Ff Q₅.

[1584] live,] live,-- Capell.

[1585] my] om. Q₁. the Q₂.

[1586] As I intend] A I intended F₂ F₃. As I intended Q₅ F₄.

[1587] heard] heare Q₄.

[1588] Throws down his hood. Grant White (from Holinshed).

[1589] all] om. Seymour conj.

lands and] om. Pope.

he's] he is Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1590] ne'er] F₄. ne're F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃. never Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1591] Jesu] Jesus Q₃ Q₄.

[1592] And] Then Pope.

[1593] that] a Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1594] Why, bishop] Why B. Q₁ Q₂. om. Capell.

[1595] As surely] Q₁. As sure Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅. Sure Pope.

[1596] sweet soul] soul Pope.

[1597] In Ff Q₅ the lines end soul ... Abraham ... gage.

[1598] good old] good Pope, ending the lines soul ... appealants.

Abraham] father Abraham Keightley conj.

Lords] My lords Capell.

appellants] Q₁ Q₂ Q₄. appeallants Q₃. appealants Ff Q₅.

[1599] you to] to you Collier MS.

Enter ... attended.] Capell.

Enter Yorke. Qq Ff.

[1600] SCENE II. Pope.

[1601] thee] the Q₁.

[1602] fourth of that name] of that name the fourth Ff Q₅.

[1603] Marry] F₃ F₄. Mary Qq F₁ F₂.

[1604] God] Heaven Ff Q₅.

[1605] may I] I may Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

speak,] speak? Hanmer.

[1606] beseeming me] beseems it me Johnson conj.

[1607] that] om. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1608] noblesse] Q₁. The rest noblenesse.

[1609] here] not here Q₂ Q₃.

[1610] deputy, elect] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. deputy elect Ff Q₅.

[1611] crowned, planted] crown'd, planted F₁. crown'd and planted F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1612] subject] subjects Q₅.

breath] breaths S. Walker conj.

[1613] O, forfend] O, forbid Ff Q₅. forbid Seymour conj.

God] om. Pope.

[1614] this] Q₁. his Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1615] you] yon Q₁.

raise] reare Ff Q₅.

against this] against his Q₃ Q₄.

[1616] Prevent it] Qq Ff. Prevent Pope.

let] and let Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁.

[1617] child, child's] children's Pope.

[1618] May it please you ... true king's fall.] Omitted in Q₁ Q₂.

[1619] commons'] common Q₃ Q₄.

[1620] Fetch ... suspicion] Continued to Northumberland, and printed as two lines, the first ending view, in Q₃ Q₄.

[1621] [Exit.] om. Q₃ Q₄.

[1622] here are] F₁ F₂ Q₅. are here, are Q₃ Q₄. are here F₃ F₄.

[1623] [To Carl. Hanmer.

beholding] beholden Pope.

[1624] little look'd for] look for little Collier MS.

look'd] looke Q₃ Q₄.

[1625] Re-enter ...] Capell. Enter king Richard. Q₃ Q₄. Enter Richard and Yorke. Ff Q₅.

[1626] SCENE III. Pope.

[1627] limbs] limbes Q₃ Q₄. knee Ff Q₅.

[1628] Give sorrow ... twelve] As four lines in Q₃ Q₄, ending submission ... men ... hail ... twelve.

[1629] tutor] Q₃ Q₄. tuture F₁. returne F₂ Q₅. return F₃ F₄.

[1630] well] will F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1631] sometime] sometimes Q₃ Q₄.

[1632] God save ... me] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1633] To Henry Bolingbroke] Omitted by Pope.

Henry] Harry Q₃ Q₄.

[1634] Give ... cousin] Omitted in Q₃ Q₄.

seize the crown] Seizes the crown. Singer (as a stage direction).

[1635] Here ... yours] As one line in Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1636] Here cousin] Here Pope (reading Here, on ... thine as one line). om. Malone (1821).

[1637] and on ... yours] Q₃ Q₄. on ... thine Ff Q₅.

[1638] Now is ... to thee] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1639] griefs] griefe Q₃ Q₄.

[1640] tend] 'tend F₁.

[1641] Ay, no; no, ay;] I, no no I; Q₃ Q₄. I, no; no, I: F₁ F₂ Q₅. I no; no, I F₃. I no; no I, F₄.

[1642] no no,] Q₃ Q₄. no, no, Ff Q₅.

[1643] balm] balme Q₃ Q₄ F₁. blame F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄.

[1644] duty's rites] duties rites Q₃ Q₄. dutious oathes F₁ F₂ Q₅. dutious oaths F₃ F₄. duties, rites Collier. duteous rites Id. conj. duties, rights Id. conj. apud Delius.

[1645] manors] F₁ F₂. manners Q₃. mannors Q₄ Q₅ F₄.

[1646] that swear] Q₃ Q₄. are made Ff Q₅.

[1647] Long ... days] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1648] earthy] earthly Q₄.

[1649] Harry] Q₃ Q₄. Henry Ff Q₅.

[1650] sunshine] sun-shines Q₄.

[1651] [Offering a paper. Capell.

[1652] folly] Q₃ Q₄. follyes F₁ F₂ Q₅. follies F₃ F₄.

Gentle] Oh Pope.

[1653] them?] Ff Q₅. them, Q₃ Q₄.

[1654] all] Ff Q₅. om. Q₃ Q₄.

upon] Q₃ Q₄. upon me Ff Q₅.

[1655] bait] bate Q₃ Q₄.

[1656] you] yon F₃.

[1657] deliver'd] deliver Q₃. delivered Q₄ F₄.

[1658] To] Q₃ Q₄. T' Ff Q₅.

[1659] Made] Make Capell.

and sovereignty] Q₃ Q₄. a soveraigntie F₁. a soveraigne F₂ Q₅. a soveraign F₃ F₄.

[1660] thou haught] om. Pope.

haught insulting] haught-insulting Ff Q₅.

[1661] Nor] Q₃ Q₄. No, nor Ff Q₅.

[1662] mockery king] Q₃ Q₄. mockerie, king Ff Q₅.

[1663] Good ... good] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1664] An if] Theobald. And if Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅. Ah if Pope.

word] Ff Q₅. name Q₃ Q₄.

sterling] starling, Q₃ Q₄.

[1665] hither] hether Q₃.

[1666] his] it's Capell conj.

[1667] [Exit ...] Capell.

[1668] torment'st] Rowe. torments Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1669] Re-enter....] Capell. Enter one with a Glasse. Ff Q₅. om. Q₃ Q₄.

[1670] Give me ... prosperity] As four lines in Q₃ Q₄, ending yet?... this ... woundes?... prosperitie.

[1671] the] that Ff Q₅.

and ... read] Omitted in Q₃ Q₄.

[1672] Thou ... me] Omitted in Q₃ Q₄.

[1673] Was this ... follies,] As three lines in Q₃ Q₄, ending his ... men?... follies? See note (XXIII).

[1674] this face] this Q₃ Q₄.

[1675] keep] feed Capell.

[1676] was ... wink?] Omitted in Q₃ Q₄.

[1677] Was ... that] Q₃ Q₄. Is ... which Ff Q₅.

[1678] Was this ... sport] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1679] And] Q₃ Q₄. That Ff Q₅.

[1680] [Dashes....] Theobald.

[1681] a hundred] Q₃ Q₄. an hundred Ff Q₅.

[1682] sport] spor Q₃ Q₄.

[1683] Say ... soul] As five lines in Q₃ Q₄, ending sorrow; ... griefe ... manners ... unseene, ... soule.

[1684] manners] manner F₁.

laments] lament Capell.

[1685] There ... substance] Omitted in Q₃ Q₄.

[1686] For ... bounty] Omitted in Q₃ Q₄, reading as one line _And I ... givest_.

[1687] Shall ... it?] Omitted in Q₃ Q₄.

fair] my fair Hanmer.

[1688] cousin?] coose, why? Q₃ Q₄. cousin? why Steevens.

[1689] For ... beg] In Q₃ Q₄ the lines end subiects ... heere ... beg.

[1690] have?] have it? Q₃ Q₄.

[1691] You] Ay, you Seymour conj.

[1692] Then] Why then Q₃ Q₄. Why, pr'ythee Seymour conj.

go] go then Seymour conj.

[1693] sights] sight Pope.

[1694] O, good ... fall] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1695] good!] good: Ff Q₅. good Q₃ Q₄.

convey?] Capell. convey, Q₃. convay Q₄. convey: Ff Q₅.

[1696] [Exeunt ...] Capell.

[1697] On ... yourselves.] Let it be so, and loe on Wednesday next, We solemnly proclaime our coronation, Lords, be ready all. Q₁ Q₂.

[1698] After this line Johnson inserts Let it be so, and lo be ready all.

Exeunt ...] Exeunt. Manent West. Caleil, Aumerle. Q₁ Exeunt. Manet West Carleil, Aumerle. Q₂. Exeunt. Manet West., Carleill, Aumerle. Q₃ Q₄. Exeunt. Ff Q₅.

[1699] SCENE IV. Pope.

[1700] woe's] woes F₁.

[1701] My lord,] My Lo: Q₁ Q₂. om. Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1702] intents] intent Q₄.

also] om. Pope.

[1703] hearts] harts Q₁. hart Q₂. heart Q₃ Q₄ Ff Q₅.

[1704] and I'll lay A plot shall ... day] Pope. Ile lay a plot, Shall ... day Qq Ff (I'le F₄. plot Ff Q₅). I will lay A plot shall ... day Malone.

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Act V, Scene I — London. A street leading to the Tower.

Enter QUEEN and Ladies.[1705]

Queen. This way the king will come; this is the way To Julius Cæsar's ill-erected tower, To whose flint bosom my condemned lord Is doom'd a prisoner by proud Bolingbroke: Here let us rest, if this rebellious earth 5 Have any resting for her true king's queen.

Enter RICHARD and Guard.[1706]

But soft, but see, or rather do not see, My fair rose wither: yet look up, behold, That you in pity may dissolve to dew, And wash him fresh again with true-love tears. 10 Ah, thou, the model where old Troy did stand,[1707] Thou map of honour, thou King Richard's tomb, And not King Richard; thou most beauteous inn, Why should hard-favour'd grief be lodged in thee, When triumph is become an alehouse guest? 15

K. Rich. Join not with grief, fair woman, do not so, To make my end too sudden: learn, good soul, To think our former state a happy dream; From which awaked, the truth of what we are Shows us but this: I am sworn brother, sweet,[1708] 20 To grim Necessity, and he and I Will keep a league till death. Hie thee to France[1709] And cloister thee in some religious house: Our holy lives must win a new world's crown, Which our profane hours here have stricken down.[1710] 25

Queen. What, is my Richard both in shape and mind[1711] Transform'd and weaken'd? hath Bolingbroke deposed[1712] Thine intellect? hath he been in thy heart? The lion dying thrusteth forth his paw, And wounds the earth, if nothing else, with rage 30 To be o'erpower'd; and wilt thou, pupil-like, Take thy correction mildly, kiss the rod,[1713] And fawn on rage with base humility, Which art a lion and a king of beasts?[1714]

K. Rich. A king of beasts, indeed; if aught but beasts.[1715] 35 I had been still a happy king of men. Good sometime queen, prepare thee hence for France:[1716] Think I am dead, and that even here thou takest, As from my death-bed, thy last living leave.[1717] In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire 40 With good old folks and let them tell thee tales[1718] Of woeful ages long ago betid;[1719] And ere thou bid good night, to quit their griefs,[1720] Tell thou the lamentable tale of me[1721] And send the hearers weeping to their beds: 45 For why, the senseless brands will sympathize[1722][1723] The heavy accent of thy moving tongue[1722][1724] And in compassion weep the fire out;[1722] And some will mourn in ashes, some coal-black,[1722] For the deposing of a rightful king.[1722] 50

Enter NORTHUMBERLAND and others.[1725]

North. My lord, the mind of Bolingbroke is changed;[1726] You must to Pomfret, not unto the Tower. And, madam, there is order ta'en for you; With all swift speed you must away to France.

K. Rich. Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal 55 The mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne, The time shall not be many hours of age More than it is, ere foul sin gathering head Shall break into corruption: thou shalt think,[1727] Though he divide the realm, and give thee half, 60 It is too little, helping him to all; And he shall think that thou, which know'st the way[1728] To plant unrightful kings, wilt know again,[1729] Being ne'er so little urged, another way[1730] To pluck him headlong from the usurped throne. 65 The love of wicked men converts to fear;[1731] That fear to hate, and hate turns one or both To worthy danger and deserved death.

North. My guilt be on my head, and there an end.[1732] Take leave and part; for you must part forthwith. 70

K. Rich. Doubly divorced! Bad men, you violate[1733] A twofold marriage; 'twixt my crown and me,[1734] And then betwixt me and my married wife. Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me;[1735] And yet not so, for with a kiss 'twas made. 75 Part us, Northumberland; I towards the north, Where shivering cold and sickness pines the clime; My wife to France: from whence, set forth in pomp,[1736] She came adorned hither like sweet May, Sent back like Hallowmas or short'st of day.[1737] 80

Queen. And must we be divided? must we part?

K. Rich. Ay, hand from hand, my love, and heart from heart.[1738]

Queen. Banish us both and send the king with me.

North. That were some love but little policy.[1739]

Queen. Then whither he goes, thither let me go.[1740] 85

K. Rich. So two, together weeping, make one woe.[1740] Weep thou for me in France, I for thee here;[1740][1741] Better far off than near, be ne'er the near.[1740][1742] Go, count thy way with sighs; I mine with groans.[1740]

Queen. So longest way shall have the longest moans.[1740] 90

K. Rich. Twice for one step I'll groan, the way being short,[1740] And piece the way out with a heavy heart.[1740] Come, come, in wooing sorrow let's be brief,[1740] Since, wedding it, there is such length in grief:[1740] One kiss shall stop our mouths, and dumbly part;[1740][1743] 95 Thus give I mine, and thus take I thy heart.[1744]

Queen. Give me mine own again; 'twere no good part[1745] To take on me to keep and kill thy heart.[1746] So, now I have mine own again, be gone, That I may strive to kill it with a groan. 100

K. Rich. We make woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more, adieu; the rest let sorrow say. [Exeunt.

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Act V, Scene II — The DUKE of YORK'S palace

Enter YORK and his DUCHESS.[1747]

Duch. My lord, you told me you would tell the rest, When weeping made you break the story off[1748] Of our two cousins coming into London.

York. Where did I leave?

Duch. At that sad stop, my lord, Where rude misgovern'd hands from windows' tops[1749] 5 Threw dust and rubbish on King Richard's head.

York. Then, as I said, the duke, great Bolingbroke, Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed Which his aspiring rider scem'd to know, With slow but stately pace kept on his course, 10 Whilst all tongues cried 'God save thee, Bolingbroke!'[1750] You would have thought the very windows spake, So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted their desiring eyes Upon his visage, and that all the walls 15 With painted imagery had said at once 'Jesu preserve thee! welcome, Bolingbroke!'[1751] Whilst he, from the one side to the other turning,[1752] Bareheaded, lower than his proud steed's neck, Bespake them thus; 'I thank you, countrymen:'[1753] 20 And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along.

Duch. Alack, poor Richard! where rode he the whilst?[1754]

York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, 25 Thinking his prattle to be tedious; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard; no man cried 'God save him!'[1755] No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home: But dust was thrown upon his sacred head; 30 Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted 35 And barbarism itself have pitied him. But heaven hath a hand in these events, To whose high will we bound our calm contents.[1756] To Bolingbroke are we sworn subjects now,[1757] Whose state and honour I for aye allow.[1758] 40

Duch. Here comes my son Aumerle.[1759]

York. Aumerle that was; But that is lost for being Richard's friend, And, madam, you must call him Rutland now: I am in parliament pledge for his truth And lasting fealty to the new made king. 45

Enter AUMERLE.[1760]

Duch. Welcome, my son: who are the violets now[1761] That strew the green lap of the new come spring?[1762]

Aum. Madam, I know not, nor I greatly care not:[1763] God knows I had as lief be none as one.

York. Well, bear you well in this new spring of time, 50 Lest you be cropp'd before you come to prime. What news from Oxford? hold those justs and triumphs?[1764]

Aum. For aught I know, my lord, they do.[1765]

York. You will be there, I know.[1766]

Aum. If God prevent not, I purpose so.[1767] 55

York. What seal is that, that hangs without thy bosom? Yea, look'st thou pale? let me see the writing.[1768]

Aum. My lord, 'tis nothing.

York. No matter, then, who see it:[1769] I will be satisfied; let me see the writing.

Aum. I do beseech your grace to pardon me: 60 It is a matter of small consequence, Which for some reasons I would not have seen.

York. Which for some reasons, sir, I mean to see. I fear, I fear,--

Duch. What should you fear?[1770] 'Tis nothing but some band, that he is enter'd into[1771] 65 For gay apparel 'gainst the triumph day.[1772]

York. Bound to himself! what doth he with a bond That he is bound to? Wife, thou art a fool.[1773] Boy, let me see the writing.

Aum. I do beseech you, pardon me; I may not show it.[1774] 70

York. I will be satisfied; let me see it, I say.[1775]

[He plucks it out of his bosom and reads it.

Treason! foul treason! Villain! traitor! slave!

Duch. What is the matter, my lord?[1776]

York. Ho! who is within there?

Enter a Servant.

Saddle my horse.[1777] God for his mercy, what treachery is here![1778] 75

Duch. Why, what is it, my lord?[1779]

York. Give me my boots, I say; saddle my horse.

[Exit Servant.[1780]

Now, by mine honour, by my life, by my troth,[1781] I will appeach the villain.

Duch. What is the matter?[1782]

York. Peace, foolish woman.[1783] 80

Duch. I will not peace. What is the matter, Aumerle?[1784]

Aum. Good mother, be content; it is no more Than my poor life must answer.

Duch. Thy life answer!

York. Bring me my boots: I will unto the king.

Re-enter Servant with boots.[1785]

Duch. Strike him, Aumerle. Poor boy, thou art amazed. 85 Hence, villain! never more come in my sight.[1786]

York. Give me my boots, I say.[1787]

Duch. Why, York, what wilt thou do? Wilt thou not hide the trespass of thine own?[1788] Have we more sons? or are we like to have? 90 Is not my teeming date drunk up with time? And wilt thou pluck my fair son from mine age, And rob me of a happy mother's name? Is he not like thee? is he not thine own?

York. Thou fond mad woman,[1789] 95 Wilt thou conceal this dark conspiracy? A dozen of them here have ta'en the sacrament, And interchangeably set down their hands,[1790] To kill the king at Oxford.

Duch. He shall be none;[1791] We'll keep him here: then what is that to him?[1791] 100

York. Away, fond woman! were he twenty times my son,[1792][1793] I would appeach him.[1792]

Duch. Hadst thou groan'd for him[1794] As I have done, thou wouldst be more pitiful.[1794][1795] But now I know thy mind; thou dost suspect That I have been disloyal to thy bed, 105 And that he is a bastard, not thy son: Sweet York, sweet husband, be not of that mind: He is as like thee as a man may be, Not like to me, or any of my kin,[1796] And yet I love him.

York. Make way, unruly woman! [Exit. 110

Duch. After, Aumerle! mount thee upon his horse; Spur post, and get before him to the king,[1797] And beg thy pardon ere he do accuse thee. I'll not be long behind; though I be old, I doubt not but to ride as fast as York: 115 And never will I rise up from the ground Till Bolingbroke have pardon'd thee. Away, be gone![1798]

[Exeunt.

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Act V, Scene III — A royal Palace.

Enter BOLINGBROKE, PERCY, and other Lords.[1799]

Boling. Can no man tell me of my unthrifty son?[1800] 'Tis full three months since I did see him last: If any plague hang over us, 'tis he. I would to God, my lords, he might be found:[1801] Inquire at London, 'mongst the taverns there, 5 For there, they say, he daily doth frequent, With unrestrained loose companions, Even such, they say, as stand in narrow lanes, And beat our watch, and rob our passengers;[1802] Which he, young wanton and effeminate boy,[1803] 10 Takes on the point of honour to support[1804] So dissolute a crew.[1804][1805]

Percy. My lord, some two days since I saw the prince, And told him of those triumphs held at Oxford.[1806]

Boling. And what said the gallant? 15

Percy. His answer was, he would unto the stews,[1807] And from the common'st creature pluck a glove,[1808] And wear it as a favour; and with that He would unhorse the lustiest challenger.

Boling. As dissolute as desperate; yet through both[1809] 20 I see some sparks of better hope, which elder years[1809][1810] May happily bring forth. But who comes here?[1809][22]

Enter AUMERLE.[1811]

Aum. Where is the king?

Boling. What means our cousin, that he stares and looks[1812][1813] So wildly?[1812] 25

Aum. God save your grace! I do beseech your majesty, To have some conference with your grace alone.

Boling. Withdraw yourselves, and leave us here alone.

[Exeunt Percy and Lords.[1814]

What is the matter with our cousin now?

Aum. For ever may my knees grow to the earth,[1815] 30 My tongue cleave to my roof within my mouth, Unless a pardon ere I rise or speak.

Boling. Intended or committed was this fault? If on the first, how heinous e'er it be,[1816] To win thy after-love I pardon thee. 35

Aum. Then give me leave that I may turn the key,[1817] That no man enter till my tale be done.[1818]

Boling. Have thy desire.[1819]

York. [Within] My liege, beware; look to thyself;[1820] Thou hast a traitor in thy presence there.[1821] 40

Boling. Villain, I'll make thee safe.[1822] [Drawing.

Aum. Stay thy revengeful hand; thou hast no cause to fear.[1822][1823]

York. [Within] Open the door, secure, foolhardy king:[1824] Shall I for love speak treason to thy face? Open the door, or I will break it open. 45

Enter YORK.

Boling. What is the matter, uncle? speak;[1825][1826][1827] Recover breath; tell us how near is danger,[1826] That we may arm us to encounter it.

York. Peruse this writing here, and thou shalt know The treason that my haste forbids me show.[1828] 50

Aum. Remember, as thou read'st, thy promise pass'd: I do repent me; read not my name there; My heart is not confederate with my hand.

York. It was, villain, ere thy hand did set it down.[1829] I tore it from the traitor's bosom, king;[1830] 55 Fear, and not love, begets his penitence:[1831] Forget to pity him, lest thy pity prove A serpent that will sting thee to the heart.[1832]

Boling. O heinous, strong and bold conspiracy! O loyal father of a treacherous son! 60 Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain,[1833] From whence this stream through muddy passages Hath held his current and denied himself![1834] Thy overflow of good converts to bad,[1835] And thy abundant goodness shall excuse[1836] 65 This deadly blot in thy digressing son.[1837]

York. So shall my virtue be his vice's bawd; And he shall spend mine honour with his shame, As thriftless sons their scraping fathers' gold. Mine honour lives when his dishonour dies, 70 Or my shamed life in his dishonour lies: Thou kill'st me in his life; giving him breath, The traitor lives, the true man's put to death.

Duch. [Within] What ho, my liege! for God's sake, let me in.[1838]

Boling. What shrill-voiced suppliant makes this eager cry.[1839] 75

Duch. A woman, and thy aunt, great king; 'tis I.[1840] Speak with me, pity me, open the door: A beggar begs that never begg'd before.

Boling. Our scene is alter'd from a serious thing,[1841][1842] And now changed to 'The Beggar and the King.'[1841][1842] 80 My dangerous cousin, let your mother in: I know she is come to pray for your foul sin.[1843]

York. If thou do pardon, whosoever pray, More sins for this forgiveness prosper may.[1844] This fester'd joint cut off, the rest rest sound;[1845] 85 This let alone will all the rest confound.

Enter DUCHESS.

Duch. O king, believe not this hard-hearted man![1846] Love loving not itself none other can.

York. Thou frantic woman, what dost thou make here?[1847] Shall thy old dugs once more a traitor rear? 90

Duch. Sweet York, be patient. Hear me, gentle liege. [Kneels.

Boling. Rise up, good aunt.

Duch. Not yet, I thee beseech: For ever will I walk upon my knees,[1848] And never see day that the happy sees, Till thou give joy; until thou bid me joy,[1849] 95 By pardoning Rutland, my transgressing boy.

Aum. Unto my mother's prayers I bend my knee.

York. Against them both my true joints bended be. Ill mayst thou thrive, if thou grant any grace![1850]

Duch. Pleads he in earnest? look upon his face; 100 His eyes do drop no tears, his prayers are in jest;[1851] His words come from his mouth, ours from our breast:[1852] He prays but faintly and would be denied; We pray with heart and soul and all beside: His weary joints would gladly rise, I know; 105 Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow:[1853] His prayers are full of false hypocrisy; Ours of true zeal and deep integrity. Our prayers do out-pray his; then let them have[1854] That mercy which true prayer ought to have.[1855] 110

Boling. Good aunt, stand up.[1856]

Duch. Nay, do not say, 'stand up;' Say 'pardon' first, and afterwards 'stand up.'[1857] An if I were thy nurse, thy tongue to teach,[1858] 'Pardon' should be the first word of thy speech. I never long'd to hear a word till now; 115 Say 'pardon,' king; let pity teach thee how:[1859] The word is short, but not so short as sweet;[1860] No word like 'pardon' for kings' mouths so meet.[1860][1861]

York. Speak it in French, king; say, 'pardonne moi.'[1860][1862]

Duch. Dost thou teach pardon pardon to destroy?[1860][1863] 120 Ah, my sour husband, my hard-hearted lord,[1860] That set'st the word itself against the word![1860][1864] Speak 'pardon' as 'tis current in our land;[1860] The chopping French we do not understand.[1860] Thine eye begins to speak, set thy tongue there:[1860] 125 Or in thy piteous heart plant thou thine ear;[1860] That hearing how our plaints and prayers do pierce,[1860] Pity may move thee 'pardon' to rehearse.[1860][1865]

Boling. Good aunt, stand up.

Duch. I do not sue to stand; Pardon is all the suit I have in hand. 130

Boling. I pardon him, as God shall pardon me.[1866]

Duch. O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! Yet am I sick for fear: speak it again; Twice saying 'pardon' doth not pardon twain, But makes one pardon strong.

Boling. With all my heart[1867] 135 I pardon him.[1867]

Duch. A god on earth thou art.

Boling. But for our trusty brother-in-law, and the abbot,[1868] With all the rest of that consorted crew, Destruction straight shall dog them at the heels. Good uncle, help to order several powers 140 To Oxford, or where'er these traitors are:[1869] They shall not live within this world, I swear,[1870] But I will have them, if I once know where.[1870][1871] Uncle, farewell: and, cousin too, adieu:[1870][1872] Your mother well hath pray'd, and prove you true.[1870] 145

Duch. Come, my old son: I pray God make thee new.[1866][1870]

[Exeunt.[1873]

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Act V, Scene IV — The same.

Enter EXTON and Servant.[1874]

Exton. Didst thou not mark the king, what words he spake,[1875] 'Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?' Was it not so?

Ser. These were his very words.[1876][1877]

Exton. 'Have I no friend?' quoth he: he spake it twice.[1878] And urged it twice together, did he not? 5

Ser. He did.[1876]

Exton. And speaking it, he wistly look'd on me;[1879] As who should say, 'I would thou wert the man[1880] That would divorce this terror from my heart;' Meaning the king at Pomfret. Come, let's go: 10 I am the king's friend, and will rid his foe. [Exeunt.[1881]

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Act V, Scene V — Pomfret castle.

Enter KING RICHARD.[1882]

K. Rich. I have been studying how I may compare[1883] This prison where I live unto the world: And for because the world is populous And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it; yet I'll hammer it out.[1884] 5 My brain I'll prove the female to my soul,[1885] My soul the father; and these two beget A generation of still-breeding thoughts, And these same thoughts people this little world, In humours like the people of this world, 10 For no thought is contented. The better sort,[1886] As thoughts of things divine, are intermix'd With scruples and do set the word itself[1887] Against the word:[1887][1888][1889] As thus, 'Come, little ones,' and then again,[1888] 15 'It is as hard to come as for a camel To thread the postern of a small needle's eye.'[1890] Thoughts tending to ambition, they do plot Unlikely wonders; how these vain weak nails May tear a passage through the flinty ribs[1891] 20 Of this hard world, my ragged prison walls, And, for they cannot, die in their own pride. Thoughts tending to content flatter themselves That they are not the first of fortune's slaves, Nor shall not be the last; like silly beggars[1892] 25 Who sitting in the stocks refuge their shame,[1893] That many have and others must sit there;[1894] And in this thought they find a kind of ease, Bearing their own misfortunes on the back[1895] Of such as have before endured the like. 30 Thus play I in one person many people,[1896] And none contented: sometimes am I king;[1897] Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar,[1898] And so I am: then crushing penury Persuades me I was better when a king; 35 Then am I king'd again: and by and by[1899] Think that I am unking'd by Bolingbroke, And straight am nothing: but whate'er I be,[1900] Nor I nor any man that but man is With nothing shall be pleased, till he be eased[1901] 40 With being nothing. Music do I hear? [Music.[1902] Ha, ha! keep time: how sour sweet music is, When time is broke and no proportion kept! So is it in the music of men's lives. And here have I the daintiness of ear[1903] 45 To check time broke in a disorder'd string;[1904] But for the concord of my state and time Had not an ear to hear my true time broke. I wasted time, and now doth time waste me; For now hath time made me his numbering clock:[1905] 50 My thoughts are minutes; and with sighs they jar[1906] Their watches on unto mine eyes, the outward watch,[1907] Whereto my finger, like a dial's point, Is pointing still, in cleansing them from tears. Now sir, the sound that tells what hour it is[1908] 55 Are clamorous groans, which strike upon my heart,[1909] Which is the bell: so sighs and tears and groans[1910] Show minutes, times, and hours: but my time[1911] Runs, posting on in Bolingbroke's proud joy, While I stand fooling here, his Jack o' the clock.[1912] 60 This music mads me; let it sound no more;[1913] For though it have holp madmen to their wits, In me it seems it will make wise men mad.[1914] Yet blessing on his heart that gives it me! For 'tis a sign of love; and love to Richard 65 Is a strange brooch in this all-hating world.

Enter a Groom of the Stable.[1915]

Groom. Hail, royal prince![1916]

K. Rich. Thanks, noble peer;[1917] The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear.[1917][1918] What art thou? and how comest thou hither,[1919] Where no man never comes, but that sad dog[1920] 70 That brings me food to make misfortune live?

Groom. I was a poor groom of thy stable, king, When thou wert king; who, travelling towards York, With much ado at length have gotten leave To look upon my sometimes royal master's face.[1921] 75 O, how it yearn'd my heart when I beheld[1922] In London streets, that coronation-day, When Bolingbroke rode on roan Barbary, That horse that thou so often hast bestrid,[1923] That horse that I so carefully have dress'd! 80

K. Rich. Rode he on Barbary? Tell me, gentle friend, How went he under him?

Groom. So proudly as if he disdain'd the ground.[1924]

K. Rich. So proud that Bolingbroke was on his back! That jade hath eat bread from my royal hand; 85 This hand hath made him proud with clapping him. Would he not stumble? would he not fall down, Since pride must have a fall, and break the neck Of that proud man that did usurp his back? Forgiveness, horse! why do I rail on thee, 90 Since thou, created to be awed by man, Wast born to bear? I was not made a horse; And yet I bear a burthen like an ass, Spurr'd, gall'd and tired by jauncing Bolingbroke.

Enter Keeper, with a dish.[1925]

Keep. Fellow, give place; here is no longer stay.[1926] 95

K. Rich. If thou love me, 'tis time thou wert away.

Groom. What my tongue dares not, that my heart shall say.

[Exit.[1927]

Keep. My lord, will't please you to fall to?[1928]

K. Rich. Taste of it first, as thou art wont to do.[1929]

Keep. My lord, I dare not: sir Pierce of Exton, who[1930][1931] 100 lately came from the king, commands the contrary.[1930][1932]

K. Rich. The devil take Henry of Lancaster and thee![1933] Patience is stale, and I am weary of it. [Beats the Keeper.[1934]

Keep. Help, help, help!

Enter EXTON and Servants, armed.[1935]

K. Rich. How now! what means death in this rude assault?[1936] 105 Villain, thy own hand yields thy death's instrument.

[Snatching an axe from a Servant and killing him.[1937]

Go thou, and fill another room in hell.

[He kills another. Then Exton strikes him down.[1938]

That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire That staggers thus my person. Exton, thy fierce hand[1939] Hath with the king's blood stain'd the king's own land. 110 Mount, mount, my soul! thy seat is up on high; Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward, here to die. [Dies.[1940]

Exton. As full of valour as of royal blood: Both have I spill'd; O would the deed were good![1941] For now the devil, that told me I did well, 115 Says that this deed is chronicled in hell. This dead king to the living king I'll bear: Take hence the rest, and give them burial here. [Exeunt.[1942]

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