Why have those banish'd and forbidden legs Dar'd once to touch a dust of England's ground? But then more why; - Why have they dar'd to march So many miles upon her peaceful bosom ; Com'st thou because the anointed king is hence? And in my loyal bosom lies his power. Were I but now the lord of such hot youth, As when brave Gaunt, thy father, and myself, Rescued the Black Prince, that young Mars of men, From forth the ranks of many thousand French; O, then, how quickly should this arm of mine, Now prisoner to the palsy, chástise thee, And minister correction to thy fault! Boling. My gracious uncle, let me know my fault; On what condition stands it, and wherein ? York. Even in condition of the worst degree, In gross rebellion, and detested treason: Thou art a banish'd man, and here art come, In braving arms against thy sovereign. Boling. As I was banish'd, I was banish'd Hereford; But as I come, I come for Lancaster. 3 Impartial. You have a son, Aumerle, my noble kinsman; And yet my letters-patent give me leave: Το my inheritance of free descent. North. The noble duke hath been too much abus'd. Ross. It stands your grace upon, to do him right. 1 Willo. Base men by his endowments are made great. York. My lords of England, let me tell you this,I have had feeling of my cousin's wrongs, And labour'd all I could to do him right: But in this kind to come, in braving arms, Be his own carver, and cut out his way, To find out right with wrong, it may not be; And you, that do abet him in this kind, Cherish rebellion, and are rebels all. North. The noble duke hath sworn, his coming is But for his own: and, for the right of that, We all have strongly sworn to give him aid; I cannot mend it, I must needs confess, 4 The persons who wrong him. 5 Possession of my land, &c. 6 It is your interest. you well; I do remain as neuter. So, fare Boling. An offer, uncle, that we will accept. For I am loath to break our country's laws. [Exeunt. SCENE IV. A Camp in Wales. Enter SALISBURY, and a Captain. Capt. My lord of Salisbury, we have staid ten days, And hardly kept our countrymen together, man; The king reposeth all his confidence In thee. Capt. 'Tis thought, the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd, And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven; The pale-fac'd moon looks bloody on the earth, And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change; Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap, The one, in fear to lose what they enjoy, - The other, to enjoy by rage and war: These signs forerun the death or fall of kings. Fall to the base earth from the firmament! [Exit. ACT THE THIRD. SCENE I. Bolingbroke's Camp at Bristol. Enter BOLINGBROKE, YORK, NORTHUMBERLAND, PERCY, WILLOUGHBY, Ross: Officers behind with BUSHY and GREEN, prisoners. Boling. Bring forth these men. Bushy, and Green, I will not vex your souls 7 Completely. wrongs. Made a divorce betwixt his queen and him; This, and much more, much more than twice all this, Condemns you to the death: See them deliver'd over To execution and the hand of death. Bushy. More welcome is the stroke of death to me, Than Bolingbroke to England. Green. My comfort is,—that heaven will take our souls, And plague injustice. Boling. My lord Northumberland, see them despatch'd. [Exeunt NORTHUMBERLAND and others, Uncle, you say, the queen is at your house; Boling. Thanks, gentle uncle. - Come, lords, away; To fight with Glendower and his complices; [Exeunt. |