Sal. Nay, it is in a manner done already; For many carriages he hath dispatch'd To the seaside, and put his cause and quarrel To the disposing of the Cardinal: With whom yourself, myself, and other lords, If you think meet, this afternoon will post To cónsummate rhis business happily. Bast. Let it be so: And you, my noble Prince, may best be spar'd, With other I'rinces that P. Hen. At Worcester For so he will'd it. must his body be interr'd; Bast. Thither shall it then. And happily may your sweet self put on Sal. And the like tender of our love we make, To rest without a spot for evermore. P Hen. I have a kind soul, that would give you thanks, And knows not how to do it, but with tears. us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeunt. PERSONS REPRESENTED. King Richard the Second. Edmund of Langley, Duke of York; uncles to the John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster;} King. Henry, surnamed Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, son to John of Gaunt; afterwards King Henry IV. Duke of Aumerle, son to the Duke of York. Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. Duke of Surrey. Earl of Salisbury. Earl Berkley. Bushy Bagot, Green, creatures to King Richard. Earl of Northumberland: Henry Percy, his son. Lord Ross. Lord Willoughby. Lord Fitzwater. Sir Pierce of Exton. Sir Stephen Scroop. Queen to King Richard. Duchess of York. Lady attending on the Queen.' Lords, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, two Gardeners, Keeper, Messenger, Groom, and other Attendants. SCENE, dispersedly in England and Wales. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD II ACT I. SCENE I. London. A Room in the Palace. Enter King RICHARD, attended; JOHN of GAUNT, and other nobles, with him. K. Rich. Old John of Gaunt, time-honour'd Lancaster, Hast thou, according to thy oath and band, Brought hither Henry Hereford thy bold son; Here to make good the boisterous late appeal, Which then our leisure would not let us hear, Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray? Gaunt. I have, my Liege.` K. Rich. Tell me moreover, hast thou sounded him, If he appeal the Duke on ancient malice; Or worthily, as a good subject should, On some apparent danger seen in him, K. Rich. Then call them to our presence; face to face, And frowning brow to brow, ourselves will hear The accuser, and the accused, freely speak : [Exeunt some Attendants. High-stomach'd are they both, and full of ire, In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire. Re-enter Attendants, with BOLINGBROKE and NO FOLK. Boling. Many years of happy days befal My gracious Sovereign, my most loving Liege! Nor. Each day still better other's happiness ; Until the heavens, envying earth's good hap, Add an immortal title to your crown! K. Rich. We thank yon both yet one but flatters us, As well appeareth by the cause you come; Namely, to appeal each other of high treason.— Cousin of Hereford, what dost thou object Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray ? Boling. First, (heaven be the record to my speech!) - In the devotion of a subject's love, |