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1 KING HENRY IV 5.5

Another part of the field.

[The trumpets sound. Enter KING HENRY IV, PRINCE

HENRY, LORD JOHN LANCASTER, EARL OF WESTMORELAND,

with WORCESTER and VERNON prisoners]

KING HENRY IV Thus ever did rebellion find rebuke.

Ill-spirited Worcester! did not we send grace,

Pardon and terms of love to all of you?

And wouldst thou turn our offers contrary?

Misuse the tenor of thy kinsman's trust? 5

Three knights upon our party slain to-day,

A noble earl and many a creature else

Had been alive this hour,

If like a Christian thou hadst truly borne

Betwixt our armies true intelligence. 10

EARL OF WORCESTER What I have done my safety urged me to;

And I embrace this fortune patiently,

Since not to be avoided it falls on me.

KING HENRY IV Bear Worcester to the death and Vernon too:

Other offenders we will pause upon. 15

[Exeunt WORCESTER and VERNON, guarded]

How goes the field?

PRINCE HENRY The noble Scot, Lord Douglas, when he saw

The fortune of the day quite turn'd from him,

The noble Percy slain, and all his men

Upon the foot of fear, fled with the rest; 20

And falling from a hill, he was so bruised

That the pursuers took him. At my tent

The Douglas is; and I beseech your grace

I may dispose of him.

KING HENRY IV With all my heart. 25

PRINCE HENRY Then, brother John of Lancaster, to you

This honourable bounty shall belong:

Go to the Douglas, and deliver him

Up to his pleasure, ransomless and free:

His valour shown upon our crests to-day 30

Hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds

Even in the bosom of our adversaries.

LANCASTER I thank your grace for this high courtesy,

Which I shall give away immediately.

KING HENRY IV Then this remains, that we divide our power. 35

You, son John, and my cousin Westmoreland

Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speed,

To meet Northumberland and the prelate Scroop,

Who, as we hear, are busily in arms:

Myself and you, son Harry, will towards Wales, 40

To fight with Glendower and the Earl of March.

Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway,

Meeting the cheque of such another day:

And since this business so fair is done,

Let us not leave till all our own be won. 45

[Exeunt]

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		[The trumpets sound. Enter KING HENRY IV, PRINCE
		HENRY, LORD JOHN LANCASTER, EARL OF WESTMORELAND,
		with WORCESTER and VERNON prisoners]

KING HENRY IV	Thus ever did rebellion find rebuke.
	Ill-spirited Worcester! did not we send grace,
	Pardon and terms of love to all of you?
	And wouldst thou turn our offers contrary?
	Misuse the tenor of thy kinsman's trust?	5
	Three knights upon our party slain to-day,
	A noble earl and many a creature else
	Had been alive this hour,
	If like a Christian thou hadst truly borne
	Betwixt our armies true intelligence.	10

EARL OF WORCESTER		What I have done my safety urged me to;
		And I embrace this fortune patiently,
		Since not to be avoided it falls on me.

KING HENRY IV	Bear Worcester to the death and Vernon too:
	Other offenders we will pause upon.	15
	[Exeunt WORCESTER and VERNON, guarded]
	How goes the field?

PRINCE HENRY	The noble Scot, Lord Douglas, when he saw
	The fortune of the day quite turn'd from him,
	The noble Percy slain, and all his men
	Upon the foot of fear, fled with the rest;	20
	And falling from a hill, he was so bruised
	That the pursuers took him. At my tent
	The Douglas is; and I beseech your grace
	I may dispose of him.

PRINCE HENRY	Then, brother John of Lancaster, to you
	This honourable bounty shall belong:
	Go to the Douglas, and deliver him
	Up to his pleasure, ransomless and free:
	His valour shown upon our crests to-day	30
	Hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds
	Even in the bosom of our adversaries.

LANCASTER		I thank your grace for this high courtesy,
		Which I shall give away immediately.

KING HENRY IV	Then this remains, that we divide our power.	35
	You, son John, and my cousin Westmoreland
	Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speed,
	To meet Northumberland and the prelate Scroop,
	Who, as we hear, are busily in arms:
	Myself and you, son Harry, will towards Wales,	40
	To fight with Glendower and the Earl of March.
	Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway,
	Meeting the cheque of such another day:
	And since this business so fair is done,
	Let us not leave till all our own be won.	45
	[Exeunt]

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