He would himself have been a soldier. Blunt. The circumstance consider'd, good my Whatever Harry Percy then had said, K. Hen. Why, yet he doth deny his prisoners But with proviso, and exception, That we, at our own charge, shall ransom straight Hot. Revolted Mortimer! He never did fall off, my sovereign liege, (1) Sign an indenture. (2) Expend. In changing hardiment' with great Glendower: Three times they breath'd, and three times did they drink, Upon agreement, of swift Severn's flood; Colour her working with such deadly wounds; Then let him not be slander'd with revolt. K. Hen. Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him, He never did encounter with Glendower; He durst as well have met the devil alone, Art not ashamed? But, sirrah, henceforth [Exeunt King Henry, Blunt, and train. North. What, drunk with choler? stay, and pause a while; Here comes your uncle. Re-enter Worcester. Zounds, I will speak of him; and let my Hot. Speak of Mortimer? soul Want mercy, if I do not join with him: As high i'the air as this unthankful king, As this ingratel and canker'd Bolingbroke. Wor. I cannot blame him: was he not proclaim'd, From whence he, intercepted, did return Wor. And for whose death, we in the world's wide mouth Live scandaliz'd, and foully spoken of. Hot. But, soft, I pray you: Did king Richard then Proclaim my brother Edmund Mortimer Heir to the crown? North. He did; myself did hear it. Hot. Nay, then I cannot blame his cousin king, That wish'd him on the barren mountains starv'd. But shall it be, that you,-that set the crown Upon the head of this forgetful man; And, for his sake, wear the detested blot Of murd'rous subornation,-shall it be, That you a world of curses undergo; Being the agents, or base second means, (1) Ungrateful. The cords, the ladder, or the hangman rather?— O, pardon me, that I descend so low, To show the line, and the predicament, To Wherein you range under this subtle king.— Even with the bloody payment of your deaths. Wor. Peace, cousin, say no more: And now I will unclasp a secret book, And to your quick-conceiving discontents I'll read you matter deep and dangerous; As full of peril, and advent'rous spirit, As to o'er-walk a current, roaring loud, On the unsteadfast footing of a spear. Hot. If he fall in, good night :-or sink or swim: Send danger from the east unto the west, So honour cross it from the north to south, And let them grapple ;-O! the blood more stirs To rouse a lion, than to start a hare. North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon; (2) Disdainful. (1) The dog-rose. Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, But out upon this half-fac'd fellowship !2 Wor. He apprehends a world of figures3 here, But not the form of what he should attend.-— Good cousin, give me audience for a while. Hot. I cry you mercy. Wor. That are your prisoners, Hot. Those same noble Scots, I'll keep them all; By heaven, he shall not have a Scot of them: No, if a Scot would save his soul, he shall not: I'll keep them, by this hand. Wor. You start away, And lend no ear unto my purposes.- Hot. Nay, I will; that's flat :- I'll have a starling shall be taught to speak To keep his anger still in motion. Hear you, Hot. All studies here I solemnly defy,4 Save how to gall and pinch this Bolingbroke: And that same sword-and-bucklers prince of Wales, But that I think his father loves him not, (1) A rival. (2) Friendship. (3) Shapes created by his imagination. (4) Refuse. (5) The term for a blustering quarrelsome fellow. |