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The Cambridge Shakespeare Volume 4 William Shakespeare E dited by William George C l ark and William Aldis Wright

C A m b R I D G E U N I V E R SI t y P R E S S Cambridge, New york, melbourne, madrid, Cape town, Singapore, São Paolo, Delhi, Dubai, tokyo Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New york www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781108000819 © in this compilation Cambridge University Press 2009 This edition first published 1864 This digitally printed version 2009 ISbN 978-1-108-00081-9 Paperback This book reproduces the text of the original edition. The content and language reflect the beliefs, practices and terminology of their time, and have not been updated. Cambridge University Press wishes to make clear that the book, unless originally published by Cambridge, is not being republished by, in association or collaboration with, or with the endorsement or approval of, the original publisher or its successors in title.

THE

WORKS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

THE WORKS OF

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE EDITED BY

WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK, M.A. FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PUBLIC ORATOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ;

AND WILLIAM ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A. LIBRARIAN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOLUME IV

QDambrftge anto Uonbon: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1864.

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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was printed for the first time in the Folio of 1623. The poet adopted most of the characters, the general plot, and occasional lines, or fragments of lines, from an earlier play, in two parts, published in 1591, with the following title-page: SHAKESPEARE'S K I N G J O H N

The I Troublesome Raigne | of John King of England, with the dis-\coi/erie of King Richard Cordelions | Base sonne (vulgarly named, The Ba-Jstard Fawconbridge): also the | death of King John at Swinsfead | Abbey. | As it was {sundry times) publikely a fled by the | Queenes Maiesties Players, i?i the ho-\nourable Citie of\ London. | Imprinted at London for Sampson Clarke, \ and are to be solde at his shop, on the bache~\sidt of the Roy all Excha?ige. This play was reprinted for a different bookseller in 1611, with the words ' W. Sh.' added to the title; and a third edition in 1622, again issued by a different bookseller, has ' W . Shakespeare/ There can be little doubt that the booksellers attributed the play to Shakespeare in the hope that so popular a name might help the sale, for although the earlier play is by no means devoid of merit, the evidence of its style conclusively proves that Shakespeare had no part in the authorship. We have therefore not reprinted it, but contented ourselves with indicating the passages borrowed verbally from it.

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2. Of RICHARD II. four editions in Quarto were published before the appearance of the first Folio: Q r The | Tragedie of King Ri-Jchard the se-|cond. | As it hath beene publikely afted \ by the right Honourable the \ Lorde Chambcrlaine his Ser-\na.fits. | LONDON | Printed by Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, and | are to be sold at his shop in Paules church yard at | the signe of the Angel. | 1597. | Q2. The I Tragedie of King Ri-jchard the second. | As it hath beene publikely a6led by the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his | seruants. | By Willia7n Shakespeare. LONDON Printed by Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wise, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules churchyard at | the signe of the Angel. | 1598. Q3. The I Tragedie of King | Richard the second. | As it hath been publikely a6led by the Right | Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine | his seruantes. | By William Shakespeare. | LONDON, I Printed by W. W. for Mathew Law, and are to be | sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard, at | the signe of the Foxe. | 1608. I T h e same edition was also issued in the same year with the following title-page : The I Tragedie of King Richard the Second: | With newadditions of the Parlia-jment Sceane, and the deposing | of King Richard, [ As it hath been lately afted by the Kinges | Maiesties seruantes, at the Globe. | By William Shakespeare. | At London, | Printed by W. W. for Mathew Law, and are to | be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard, | at the signe of the Foxe. 1608. I Q,. The I Tragedie of King | Richard the Se-jcond: | With new additions of the Parliament Sceane, \ and the deposing of King Richard. | As it hath been lately a6led by the Kinges | Maiesties seruants, at the Globe. | By WILLIAM SHAKE-SPEARE. | At LONDON, I Printed for Mathew Law, and are to be sold | at his shop in Paules Church-yard, at the | signe of the Foxe. | 1615.

Each of these Quartos was printed from its immediate predecessor. The third however contains an important addition, found in all the extant copies of Q3, amounting to 165 lines, viz. iv. 1. 154—318. This is what is meant

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by ' the new additions of the Parliament scene' mentioned in the title-pages of some copies of Q 3 and in that of Q4. These 'new additions' are found also in the first and following Folios and in Q^. The play, as given in the first Folio, was no doubt printed from a copy of Q4, corrected with some care and prepared for stage representation. Several passages have been left out with a view of shortening the performance. In the 'new additions of the Parliament Scene' it would appear that the defective text of the Quarto had been corrected from the author's MS. For this part therefore the first Folio is our highest authority: for all the rest of the play the first Quarto affords the best text. The fifth Quarto (Q5) was printed from the second Folio (F2), but its readings sometimes agree with one or other of the earlier Quartos, and in a few cases are entirely independent of previous editions. Its title-page is as follows : The | Life and | Death of King | Richard the | Second. | With new Additions of the | Parliament Scene, and the | Deposing of King Richard. | As it hath beene a£led by the Kings Majesties Servants, at the Globe. | By William Shakespeare. | London, Printed by Iohn Norton. | 1634. 3.

T H E F I R S T P A R T OF K I N G H E N R Y T H E F O U R T H

appeared in six successive Quarto editions before the publication of the first Folio. The title-pages of the first five of these editions are given in full below. The version in the first Folio seems to have been printed from a partially corrected copy of the fifth Quarto. In many places the readings coincide with those of the earlier Quartos, which were probably consulted by the corrector. The title of the play in the Folio is, 'The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry Sirnamed Hotspurre.' As there is no copy of the fourth Quarto in the Capell collection, our collation has been made from the

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copy in the Bodleian, and verified by that in the Devonshire Library. The deficiencies of Capell's copy of the third Quarto have been supplied by a collation of the Bodleian copy of that edition. Qr

The | History of | Henrie the | Fovrth; | With the bat-

tell at Shrewsburie, | betweeiie the King and Lord | Henry Percy, surnamed | Henrie Hotspur of | the North. | With the humorous conceits of Sir | Iohn Falstalffe. | AT LONDON, | Printed by P. S. for Andrew Wise, dwelling | in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of | the Angell. 1598. Q2. The I History of [ Henrie the | Fovrth; | With the battell at Shrewsburie, | betweene the King and'Lord'Henry | Percy, surnamed Henry Hot-|spur of the North. | With the humorous conceits of Sir | Iohn Falstalffe. | Newly corrected by IF. Shakespeare, j AT LONDON, | Printed by S. S. for Andrew Wise, dwelling | in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of J the Angell. Q3. The I History of | Henrie the fourth, | With the battell at Shrewsburie, | betweene the King, and Lord | Henry Percy, surnamed Henry Hot-\spur of the North. \ With the humorous conceits of Sir ) Iohn Falstaffe. | Newly corredted by W. Shakespeare. I London | Printed by Valentine Simmes, for Mathew Laze, and | are to be solde at his shop in Paules Churchyard, | at the signe of the Fox. | 1604. | Q4. The I History of | Henry the fourth, | With the battell at Shrewseburie, | betweene the King, and Lord | Henry Percy, surnamed Henry | Hotspur of the North. \ With the humorous conceit es of Sir I Iohn Falstalffe. | Newly corrected by W. Shakespeare. I London, | Printed for Mathezv Law, and are to be sold at I his shop in Paules Church-yard, neere vnto S. | Augustines gate, at the signe of | the Foxe. 1608. | Q5. The I History of | Henrie the fourth, | With the Battell at Shrewseburie, betweene | the King, and Lord Henrie Percy, sur- named Henrie Hotspur of the North. | With the humorous conceites of Sir j Iohn Falstaffe. | Newly corrected by W. Shakespeare. I LONDON, | Printed by W. W. for Mathew Law, and are to be sold I at his shop in Paules Church-yard, neere vnto S. | Angustwes Gate, at the signe of the Foxe. | 1613. I

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Subsequent editions in Quarto were printed in 1622 (Q6) by T. P. for Mathew Law, in 1632 (07) by John Norton for William Sheares, and in ^1639 (Q8) by John Norton for Hugh Perry. In all these the title-page is substantially the same. Each Quarto appears to have been printed from its predecessor. The ' Bering MS/ quoted in our foot-notes was discovered in the muniment room at Surrenden by the Rev. Lambert B. Larking in 1844, and published in the following year for the Shakespeare Society under the editorship of Mr Halliwell. It contains a large portion of the First Part of Henry IV. and some scenes of the Second Part. Mr Halliwell believes it to have been written in the early part of the 17th century, certainly earlier than 1640, for the purpose of private theatrical performance. Some additions and corrections were made by the hand of 'Sir Edward Deryng, the first baronet, who died in 1644/ (Introduction, p. xii. ed. 1845.) We are of opinion that this MS. was copied from the fifth Quarto of the First Part, and from a complete Quarto of the Second Part. The writer seems to have been both illiterate and careless. His pun6luation is singularly bad, and his spelling peculiar to himself. We have noticed such various readings as seemed in any way remarkable. 4.

T H E SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH

was first published in Quarto in 1600 with the following title-page : THE I Second part of Henrie | the fourth, continuing to his death, | and coronation of Henrie | the fift. | With the humours of sir Iohn Fal- | staffe, and swaggering | Pistoll. | As it hath been simdrie times pnblikely | acfted by the right honourable, the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants. | Written by William Shakespeare. LONDON | Printed by V. S. for Andrew Wise, and | William Aspley. [ 1600. I In some copies of the Quarto the first scene of Aft in.

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is left out altogether. The omission seems to have been discovered after part of the edition had been struck off and re//Rowe. 377. 371- Kmg'd of our fears,] Rann - 8 . mutines] vmtiners Spedding (Tyrwhitt conj.). Kings of our fare, CO nj. F X F 2 . Kings of our fear, F 3 F 4 . Kings 379. awhile] a-while F X F O . a" while of our fears} — Theobald. Kings are F 3 F 4 .

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Till their soul-fearing clamours have brawl'd down The flinty ribs of this contemptuous city: I'Id play incessantly upon these jades, Even till unfenced desolation Leave them as naked as the vulgar air. That done, dissever your united strengths, And part your mingled colours once again; Turn face to face and bloody point to point; Then, in a moment, Fortune shall cull forth Out of one side her happy minion, To whom in favour she shall give the day, And kiss him with a glorious vi6lory. How like you this wild counsel, mighty states? Smacks it not something of the policy? K. John. Now, by the sky that hangs above our heads, I like it well. France, shall we knit our powers And lay this Angiers even with the ground; Then after fight who shall be king of it ? Bast. An if thou hast the mettle of a king, Being wrong'd as we are by this peevish town, Turn thou the mouth of thy artillery, As we will ours, against these saucy walls; And when that we have dash'd them to the ground, Why then defy each other, and pell-mell Make work upon ourselves, for heaven or hell. K. Phi. Let it be so. Say, where will you assault? K. John. We from the west will send destruction Into this city's bosom. Aust. I from the north. K. Phi. Our thunder from the south Shall rain their drift of bullets on this town. Bast. O prudent discipline! From north to south: Austria and France shoot in each other's mouth: I'll stir them to it. Come, away, away! 396. Smacks...policy?] Omitted by Pope. 401. [To Phi. Capell. An if] Capell. AndifYi. 411. thundei7] thunders Grant White

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First Cit. H e a r us, great kings: vouchsafe awhile to stay, A n d I shall show you peace and fair-faced league; Win you this city without stroke or wound; Rescue those breathing lives to die in beds, field: 420 T h a t here come sacrifices for the Persever not, but hear me, mighty kings. K. John. Speak on with favour; we are bent to hear. First Cit. T h a t daughter there of Spain, t h e Lady Blanch, Is niece to England : look upon the years Of Lewis the Dauphin and that lovely maid : 425 If lusty love should go in quest of beauty, Where should he find it fairer than in Blanch ? If zealous love should go in search of virtue, Where should he find it purer than in Blanch? 430 If love ambitious sought a match of birth, Whose veins bound richer blood than Lady Blanch? Such as she is, in beauty, virtue, birth, Is the young Dauphin every way complete : If not complete of, say he is not s h e ; And she again wants nothing, to name want, 435 If want it be not that she is not h e : H e is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as s h e ; And she a fair divided excellence, 440 Whose fulness of perfection lies in him. O, two such silver currents, when they join, Do glorify the banks that bound them in ; And two such shores to two such streams made one, Two such controlling bounds shall you be, kings, 422. Speak on with favour; 7ce] Speak on with favour, we Ff. Speak on; with favour we Rowe. 424. niece] Singer (Collier MS.). neere F X F 2 . near F 3 F 4 . 4 2 5, 433, 484- Dauphin] Rowe. Dolphin Ff (and passim). 428. should] YXYA. om. F 2 F 3 . 434. complete of say] compleat of,

—say, Theobald, compleat, oh! say Hanmer. completed, say Lloyd con/. 436. be not, that] be, but that Jervis conj. O S . as she] Ff. a she Theobald (Thirlby conj.). fair-divided S. o > fair dividcd\ Walker conj.

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To these two princes, if you marry them. This union shall do more than battery can To our fast-closed gates; for at this match, With swifter spleen than powder can enforce, The mouth of passage shall we fling wide ope, And give you entrance: but without this match, The sea enraged is not half so deaf, Lions more confident, mountains and rocks More free from motion, no, not Death himself In mortal fury half so peremptory, As we to keep this city. Bast. Here's a stay That shakes the rotten carcass of old Death Out of his rags! Here's a large mouth, indeed, That spits forth death and mountains, rocks and seas, Talks as familiarly of roaring lions As maids of thirteen do of puppy-dogs ! What cannoneer begot this lusty blood ? He speaks plain cannon fire, and smoke and bounce; He gives the bastinado with his tongue: Our ears are cudgell'd; not a word of his But buffets better than a fist of France: Zounds! I was never so bethump'd with words Since I first call'd my brother's father dad. Eli. Son, list to this conjunction, make this match; Give with our niece a dowry large enough : For by this knot thou shalt so surely tie Thy now unsured assurance to the crown, That yon green boy shall have no sun to ripe The bloom that promiseth a mighty fruit. I see a yielding in the looks of France; 448. With...enforce] Swifter than powder can in spleen enforce Becket CO ni. spleen] speed Pope. fire 45-2, 453. more... More] so ... So Pope, 455. stay] flaw Johnson conj. say Singer (Becket conj.). story or storm Spedding conj.

461. lusty blood] lusty-blood Anon. conj. 462. cannon fire,] Ff. cannon,— Capell. 4 6 7- I first] first / A n o n . conj. 468. Eli.] Rowe. Old Qu. Ff. 468—479. Son...it was.] Marked as ' Aside to John' by Capell. 471. unsured] unsure Anon, conj.

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Mark, how they whisper: urge them while their souls 475 Are capable of this ambition, Lest zeal, now melted by the windy breath Of soft petitions, pity and remorse, Cool and congeal again to what it was. 480 First Cit. Why answer not the double majesties This friendly treaty of our threatened town? K. Phi. Speak England first, that hath been forward first To speak unto this city: what say you? K. John. If that the Dauphin there, thy princely son, Can in this book of beauty read 'I love/ 485 Her dowry shall weigh equal with a queen: For Anjou, and fair Touraine, Maine, Poi6liers, And all that we upon this side the sea, Except this city now by us besieged, 490 Find liable to our crown and dignity, Shall gild her bridal bed and make her rich In titles, honours and promotions, As she in beauty, education, blood, Holds hand with any princess of the world. K. Phi. What say'st thou, boy? look in the lady's face. 495 Lew. I do, my lord; and in her eye I find A wonder, or a wondrous miracle, The shadow of myself form'd in her eye; Which, being but the shadow of your son, Becomes a sun and makes your son a shadow : 500 I do protest I never loved myself Till now infixed I beheld myself Drawn in the flattering table of her eye. [ Whispers zvith Blanch. 477. Zest]F4. Least Y^^F^ Let Jackson conj. now melted by] now melted, by Hanmer. windy] whining Jackson conj. 482. hath] have Anon. conj. 486. queen] queerts Keightley conj. 487. Anjou] Pope, ed.2, (Theobald). Angiers Ff. 493- As] Ff. And Rowe.

494. hand] F r hands F 2 F 3 F 4 . • 496- Lew.] Dol. Ff. 498— 500. The shadow.. .a shadow] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope. 500. sun] Rowe (ed. 2). sonne F , F 2 . son F3F4. 502. beheld] behold Hanmer. 503. Whispers...] Ff. Courts in dumb Shew. Capell.

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Bast. Drawn in the flattering table of her eye! Hang'd in the frowning wrinkle of her brow! 505 And quartered in her heart! he doth espy Himself love's traitor: this is pity now, That, hang'd and drawn and quartered, there should be In such a love so vile a lout as he. Blanch. My uncle's will in this respeft is mine: If he see aught in you that makes him like, That any thing he sees, which moves his liking, I can with ease translate it to my will; Or if you will, to speak more properly, I will enforce it easily to my love. I r. Further I will not flatter you, my lord, That all I see in you is worthy love, Than this ; that nothing do I see in you, Though churlish thoughts themselves should be your judge, 52° That I can find should merit any hate. K. John. What say these young ones? What say you, my niece? Blanch. That she is bound in honour still to do What you in wisdom still vouchsafe to say. K. John. Speak then, prince Dauphin; can you love this lady? Lezv. Nay, ask me if I can refrain from love; For I do love her most unfeignedly. K. John. Then do I give Volquessen, Touraine, Maine, Poi6liers, and Anjou, these five provinces, With her to thee; and this addition more, Full thirty thousand marks of English coin. Philip of France, if thou be pleased withal, Command thy son and daughter to join hands. K. Phi. It likes us well; young princes, close your hands.

504. [Aside. Dyce. 510. [To Lew. Capell. 513. it to] into Anon. conj. 515. easily] F 3 F 4 . easlie FjF 2 . 523. still] willPope, shall Stee-

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A list A n d your lips t o o ; for I am well assured 535 T h a t I did so when I was first assured. K. Phi. Now, citizens of Angiers, ope your gates, Let in that amity which you have made; For at Saint Mary's chapel presently The rites of marriage shall be solemnized. Is not the Lady Constance in this troop ? 54° I know she is not, for this match made up Her presence would have interrupted much: Where is she and her son ? tell me, who knows. Lew. She is sad and passionate at your highness' tent. K. Phil. And, by my faith, this league that we have made 545 Will give her sadness very little cure. Brother of England, how may we content This widow lady? In her right we came; Which we, God knows, have turn'd another way, T o our own vantage. K. John. We will heal up all; 550 For we'll create young Arthur Duke of Bretagne And Earl of Richmond; and this rich fair town We make him lord of. Call the Lady Constance; Some speedy messenger bid her repair 555 To our solemnity: I trust we shall, If not fill up the measure of her will, Yet in some measure satisfy her so That we shall stop her exclamation. Go we, as well as haste will suffer us, To this unlook'd for, unprepared pomp. 560 [Exeunt all but the Bastard. Bast. Mad world! mad kings! mad composition! John, to stop Arthur s title in the whole, 534,535- And your...assured] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope. *JC ^ ...affiedS. Walker conj. 536. Angiers] Angires F z . 541. not for] F3F4. not for Y\Y2. 543. son ?...knows] Steevens (1793). son,...knows? YL 544- She is] She's Pope.

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Hath willingly departed with a part, And France, whose armour conscience buckled on, Whom zeal and charity brought to the field As God's own soldier, rounded in the ear With that same purpose-changer, that sly devil, That broker, that still breaks the pate of faith, That daily break-vow, he that wins of all, Of kings, of beggars, old men, young men, maids, Who, having no external thing to lose But the word i maid/ cheats the poor maid of that, That smooth-faced gentleman, tickling Commodity, Commodity, the bias of the world, The world, who of itself is peised well, Made to run even upon even ground, Till this advantage, this vile-drawing bias, This sway of motion, this Commodity, Makes it take head from all indifferency, From all direction, purpose, course, intent: And this same bias, this Commodity, This bawd, this broker, this all-changing word, Clapp'd on the outward eye of fickle France, Hath drawn him from his own determined aid, From a resolved and honourable war, To a most base and vile-concluded peace. And why rail I on this Commodity? But for because he hath not woo'd me yet: Not that I have the power to clutch my hand, When his fair angels would salute my palm; But for my hand, as unattempted yet, 571. having] as they have Hanmer. 572. c maid''... maid] maids... maids Hanmer. cheats...that] are cheated ien of that Seymour conj. 575. who] which Pope. peised] peysed F I F 2 F 3 . poysed F4. 5 77. vile-drawing] vile drawing Ff. 582. this all-changing word] this all-changing-zvord F I # that all-changVOL. IV.

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KING JOHN. Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich. Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary. Since kings break faith upon commodity, Gain, be my lord, for I will worship thee.

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[Exit

ACT III. SCENE I.

The French KING'S Pavilion,

Enter CONSTANCE, ARTHUR, and SALISBURY.

Const. Gone to be married! gone to swear a peace! False blood to false blood join'd! gone to be friends! Shall Lewis have Blanch, and Blanch those provinces? It is not so; thou hast misspoke, misheard; Be well advised, tell o'er thy tale again: 5 It cannot be; thou dost but say 'tis so: I trust I may not trust thee; for thy word Is but the vain breath of a common man : Believe me, I do not believe thee, man ; I have a king's oath to the contrary. TO Thou shalt be punislid for thus frighting me, For I am sick and capable of fears, Oppressed with wrongs and therefore full of fears, A widow, husbandless, subject to fears, 15 A woman, naturally born to fears; And though thou now confess thou didst but jest, With my vex'd spirits I cannot take a truce, they will quake and tremble all this 593. whiles] while Pope. 598. Gain, be] Theobald. Gaiue be Ff {Gain F 3 F 4 ). ACT H I . SCENE i.j Pope (ed. 2). Acflus Secundus. Ff. ACT II. SCENE 1. Rowe. S C E N E VIT. Pope (e Believe...maii\ Omitted in Pope. 16, 17. jcs/,...sj>irits]Rowe. jes/... spirits, Ff. i 7 . ' cannot] r^;/VPope. T h e

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JOHN,

What dost thou mean by shaking of thy head ? Why dost thou look so sadly on my son? What means that hand upon that breast of thine? Why holds thine eye that lamentable rheum, Like a proud river peering o'er his bounds ? Be these sad signs confirmers of thy words? Then speak again; not all thy former tale, But this one word, whether thy tale be true. Sal. As true as I believe you think them false That give you cause to prove my saying true. Const. O, if thou teach me to believe this sorrow, Teach thou this sorrow how to make me die, And let belief and life encounter so As doth the fury of two desperate men Which in the very meeting fall and die. Lewis marry Blanch! O boy, then where art thou ? France friend with England, what becomes of me? Fellow, be gone: I cannot brook thy sight: This news hath made thee a most ugly man. Sal. What other harm have I, good lady, done, But spoke the harm that is by others done? Const. Which harm within itself so heinous is As it makes harmful all that speak of it. Arth. I do beseech you, madam, be content. Const. If thou, that bid'st me be content, wert grim, Ugly and slanderous to thy mother's womb, Full of unpleasing blots and sightless stains, Lame, foolish, crooked, swart, prodigious, Patch'd with foul moles and eye-6ffending marks, I would not care, I then would be content, For then I should not love thee, no, nor thou Become thy great birth nor deserve a crown. But thou art fair, and at thy birth, dear boy, Nature and Fortune join'd to make thee great: signs] sighs Warburton. 27. you think]you'II think Keightley conj. 34. marry] wed Pope. Blanch f] Blanch ? Ff. 35. England,] Ff. England! Rowe

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[ACT III.

Of Nature's gifts thou mayst with lilies boast And with the half-blown rose. But Fortune, O, She is corrupted, changed and won from thee; She adulterates hourly with thine uncle John, And with her golden hand hath pluck'd on France To tread down fair respe6l of sovereignty, And made his majesty the bawd to theirs. France is a bawd to Fortune and King John, 6o That strumpet Fortune, that usurping John! Tell me, thou fellow, is not France forsworn ? Envenom him with words, or get thee gone And leave those woes alone which I alone Am bound to under-bear. Sal. Pardon me, madam, I may not go without you to the kings. Const. Thou mayst, thou shalt; I will not go with thee: I will instruct my sorrows to be proud ; For grief is proud and makes his owner stoop. To me and to the state of my great grief Let kings assemble; for my griefs so great That no supporter but the huge firm earth Can hold it up: here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it. [Seats herself on the ground. Enter

KING JOHN, KING PHILIP, LEWIS, BLANCH, ELINOR, BASTARD, AUSTRIA, and Attendants.

the

K. Phi. Tis true, fair daughter; and this blessed day Ever in France shall be kept festival: 56. She adulterates] Capell. S/if adulterates Ff. Adulterates Pope. 60. King yo/ut] to John Pope. 64. those] these F4. 68. sorrows] sorrow Rowe (ed. 2). 69. and] a?i V Anon. conj. his] its Boswell. See note (xv). owner stoop] donor stoop Jackson conj. owners too M it ford conj. stoop] F 3 F 4 . stoope F , F 2 . stout Ilanmer. 72. earth] earth [throwing herself upon it. Capell.

73. and sorrows] F 3 F 4 . and sor7'oiucs FjF 2 . and sorrow Pope, in sorrow Jackson conj. 74. Seats ] Sits down on the floor. Theobald, om. Ff. 75. PRIMA.

scene.

ACTUS

TERTIUS,

SCiENA

Ff. Theobald continues the ACT HI. SC. 2. Hanmer. See

note (11).

Enter Attendants] Malone. Enter King John, France, Dolphin, Blanch, Elianor, Philip, Austria, Constance. Ff.

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JOHN.

To solemnize this day the glorious sun Stays in his course and plays the alchemist, Turning with splendour of his precious eye The meagre cloddy earth to glittering gold: The yearly course that brings this day about Shall never see it but a holiday. Const. A wicked day, and not a holy day! [Rising. What hath this day deserved? what hath it done, That it in golden letters should be set Among the high tides in the calendar? Nay, rather turn this day out of the week, This day of shame, oppression, perjury. Or, if it must stand still, let wives with child Pray that their burthens may not fall this day, Lest that their hopes prodigiously be cross'd: But on this day let seamen fear no wreck; No bargains break that are not this day made : This day, all things begun come to ill end, Yea, faith itself to hollow falsehood change! K. Phi. By heaven, lady, you shall have no cause To curse the fair proceedings of this day: Have I not pawn'd to you my majesty ? Const. You have beguiled me with a counterfeit Resembling majesty, which, being touch'd and tried, Proves valueless: you are forsworn, forsworn; You came in arms to spill mine enemies' blood, But now in arms you strengthen it with yours: The grappling vigour and rough frown of war Is cold in amity and painted peace, And our oppression hath made up this league. 82. holiday] holy day F j F 2 F 3 . Holy-day F 4 . 83. A...day!] Omitted by Pope. an holy-day Theobald, a holy day] F j F ^ . a Holy-day F 4 . [Rising] Theobald. 92. But on this day] Rowe (ed. 2). But (on this day) Ff. Except this day ]>Ope# 7unrk] wrack Ff.

95. change] changed Pope. 100. being] om. Pope. a7id tried] om. Ritson conj. 102. mine] my F 4 . 105. cold] cooVd Hanmer. clad Capell. coiVd Staunton conj. painted] faint in Collier MS. parted Bubier conj. 106. hath] had F 2 .

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[ACT HI.

Arm, arm, you heavens, against these perjured kings! A widow cries; be husband to me, heavens! Let not the hours of this ungodly day Wear out the day in peace; but, ere sunset, no Set armed discord 'twixt these perjured kings! Hear me, O, hear me! Attst. Lady Constance, peace! Const. War! war! no peace! peace is to me a war. O Lymoges! O Austria! thou dost shame That bloody spoil: thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward! 115 Thou little valiant, great in villany! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side ! Thou Fortune's champion that dost never fight But when her humorous ladyship is by To teach thee safety ! thou art perjured too, 120 A n d soothest up greatness. W h a t a fool art thou, A ramping fool, t o brag and stamp a n d swear Upon m y party ! T h o u cold-blooded slave, H a s t thou not spoke like thunder on m y side, Been sworn m y soldier, bidding m e depend 125 Upon thy stars, thy fortune and thy strength, And dost thou now fall over to my foes ? Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame, And hang a calf s-skin on those recreant limbs. Anst. O, that a man should speak those words to me ! 130 Bast. And hang a calf s-skin on those recreant limbs. Aust. Thou darest not say so, villain, for thy life. Bast. And hang a calf s-skin on those recreant limbs. K. John. We like not this; thou dost forget thyself. Enter PANDULPH.

K. Phi. Here comes the holy legate of the pope. 107. 108.

yon]yeVope. cries;] Capell. cries, Ff. heavens] hcav'// Pope. n o . day] Theobald, dales Fx. dayes F 2 . days F 3 F 4 . 122. and stamp] to stamp YA. 129. calf s-skin] Capell. Calves skin F j F ^ . Calves-skin F 4 .

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SCENE III.]

KING

JOHN.

Hub. Do but hear me, sir. Bast. Ha! 111 tell thee what; Thou'rt damn'd as black—nay, nothing is so black; Thou art more deep damn'd than Prince Lucifer: There is not yet so ugly a fiend of hell As thou shalt be, if thou didst kill this child. Hub. Upon my soul— Bast. If thou didst but consent To this most cruel aft, do but despair; And if thou want'st a cord, the smallest thread That ever spider twisted from her womb Will serve to strangle thee; a rush will be a beam To hang thee on; or wouldst thou drown thyself, Put but a little water in a spoon, And it shall be as all the ocean, Enough to stifle such a villain up. I do suspeft thee very grievously. Hub. If I in a£l, consent, or sin of thought, Be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath Which was embounded in this beauteous clay, Let hell want pains enough to torture me. I left him well. Bast. Go, bear him in thine arms. I am amazed, methinks, and lose my way Among the thorns'and dangers of this world. How easy dost thou take all England up! From forth this morsel of dead royalty, The life, the right and truth of all this realm Is fled to heaven; and England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state. 12r. as black—] Rowe (ed. 2). as blacke, FjF 2 . as black, F 3 F 4 . so black— Pope. 125. soul—] Pope, soule. FjF 2 . soul. F3F4. 129. serve to] Omitted by Pope. 130. thyself] om. Steevens conj. (ending line 129 at will be).

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KING JOHN.

[ACT V.

Now for the bare-pick'd bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest And snarleth in the gentle eyes of peace : Now powers from home and discontents at home Meet in one line; and vast confusion waits, As doth a raven on a sick-fallen beast, The imminent decay of wrested pomp. Now happy he whose cloak and cin6lure can Hold out this tempest. Bear away that child And follow me with speed: I'll to the king: A thousand businesses are brief in hand, \_Exeunt. And heaven itself doth frown upon the land.

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ACT V. SCENE

Enter

I.

K I N G JOHN'S

KING JOHN, PANDULPH,

palace.

and Attendants.

K. John. Thus have I yielded up into your hand The circle of my glory. {Giving the crown. Pand. Take again From this my hand, as holding of the pope Your sovereign greatness and authority. K. John. Now keep your holy word: go meet the French, 153. sick-fallen] sick, fairn Pope. 154. wrested'] wasted Anon. conj. 155. cinclure] Pope, center Ff. bever Anon. MS. conj. (ap. Halliwell). 158. in] at Rowe. 159. [Exeunt.] Exit. Ff. Exeunt; Hubert bearing out Arthur. Collier (Collier MS.). A C T v. SCENE L ] Rowe. Acflus Quartus, Scaena prima. Ff. King John's palace.] The court

of England. Pope. The same (i.e. Northampton). A room in the palace. Capell. Bristol. A...palace. Halliwell. Pandulph] Pandolph, F x . Pandulph with the crown. Capell. 2. [Giving the crown.] Pope. Giving back the Crown. Capell (after Take again). 3- From this] This from Heath conj.

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JOHN.

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And from his holiness use all your power To stop their marches 'fore we are inflamed. Our discontented counties do revolt; Our people quarrel with obedience, Swearing allegiance and the love of soul IO To stranger blood, to foreign royalty. This inundation of mistemper'd humour Rests by you only to be qualified: Then pause not; for the present time's so sick, That present medicine must be minister'd, Or overthrow incurable ensues. Pand. It was my breath that blew this tempest up, Upon your stubborn usage of the pope; But since you are a gentle convertite, My tongue shall hush again this storm of war 20 And make fair weather in your blustering land. On this Ascension-day, remember well, Upon your oath of service to the pope, [Exit. Go I to make the French lay down their arms. K. John. Is this Ascension-day? Did not the prophet 25 Say that before Ascension-day at noon My crown I should give off? Even so I have: I did suppose it should be on constraint; But, heaven be thank'd, it is but voluntary. Enter the

BASTARD.

Bast. All Kent hath yielded; nothing there holds out But Dover Castle: London hath received, Like a kind host, the Dauphin and his powers: Your nobles will not hear you, but are gone To offer service to your enemy, And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends. K. John. Would not my lords return to me again, 7. their] the Warburton. marches Yore] marches; for^ Mason conj. 10. the love] love Hanmer.

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[ACT V.

After they heard young Arthur was alive? Bast T h e y found him dead and cast into the streets, A n empty casket, where the jewel of life By some damn'd hand was robb'd and ta'en away. K. John. That villain Hubert told me he did live. Bast So, on my soul, he did, for aught he knew. But wherefore do you droop ? why look you sad ? Be great in a)> conj.

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KING

JOHN.

For if the French be lords of this loud day, He means to recompense the pains you take By cutting off your heads: thus hath he sworn And I with him, and many moe with me, Upon the altar at Saint Edmundsbury; Even on that altar where we swore to you Dear amity and everlasting love. Sal May this be possible? may this be true? Mel Have I not hideous death within my view, Retaining but a quantity of life, Which bleeds away, even as a form of wax Resolveth from his figure 'gainst the fire? What in the world should make me now deceive, Since I must lose the use of all deceit? Why should I then be false, since it is true That I must die here and live hence by truth? I say again, if Lewis do win the day, He is forsworn, if e'er those eyes of yours Behold another day break in the east: But even this night, whose black contagious breath Already smokes about the burning crest Of the old, feeble and day-wearied sun, Even this ill night, your breathing shall expire, Paying the fine of rated treachery Even with a treacherous fine of all your lives, If Lewis by your assistance win the day. Commend me to one Hubert with your king: The love of him, and this respe6l besides, For that my grandsire was an Englishman, Awakes my conscience to confess all this. In lieu whereof, I pray you, bear me hence From forth the noise and rumour of the field, Where I may think the remnant of my thoughts 14. the French be lords] that France be lord S. Walker conj. the Prince be lord Lloyd and Keightley conj. the French be lord Edd. conj. See note (xxvin). 17. moe] more F 4 . 18. Saint] F 2 . S. F x . St. F 3 F 4 .

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JOHN.

[ACT V.

In peace, and part this body and my soul With contemplation and devout desires. Sal We do believe thee: and beshrew my soul But I do love the favour and the form Of this most fair occasion, by the which We will untread the steps of damned flight, And like a bated and retired flood, Leaving our rankness and irregular course, Stoop low within those bounds we have o'erlook'd 55 And calmly run on in obedience Even to our ocean, to our great King John. My arm shall give thee help to bear thee hence; For I do see the cruel pangs of death 60 Right in thine eye. Away, my friends! New flight ; And happy newness, that intends old right. [Exeunt, leading off Mehtn.

SCENE V.

The French camp.

Enter

and his train.

LEWIS

Lew. The sun of heaven methought was loath to set, But stay'd, and made the western welkin blush, When English measure backward their own ground In faint retire. O, bravely came we off, When with a volley of our needless shot, After such bloody toil, we bid good night; 53. retired] retiring Hanmer. Fright in thine eye Anon, apud Collier 54. rankness] bankless Capell conj. conj. Riot in thine eye Brae conj. 55. overlookV] overleaf d Anon, New flight;] and fly! Pope. conj. 6 r. And,.. right] Omitted by Pope. 59. pangs] fangs Heath conj. SCENE V.] SCENE VIL Pope. 60. Right in thine eye] Ff. Right The French camp.J Hanmer. in thine eyes Pope. Fight in thine eyes 3. English measure] tK English Hanmer. Fight in thine eye Warbur- measure Rowe (ed. 2). tK English ton. Fight in thine eye Capell. Bright measured Pope. in thine eye Collier (Collier MS.).

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And wound our tattering colours clearly up, Last in the field, and almost lords of it! Enter a Messenger.

Mess. Where is my prince, the Dauphin ? Lezv. Here: what news? Mess, The Count Melun is slain; the English lords 10 By his persuasion are again fall'n off, And your supply, which you have wish'd so long, Are cast away and sunk on Goodwin Sands. Lew. Ah, foul shrewd news! beshrew thy very heart! I did not think to be so sad to-night 15 As this hath made me. Who was he that said King John did fly an hour or two before The stumbling night did part our weary powers? Mess. Whoever spoke it, it is true, my lord. Lew. Well; keep good quarter and good care to-night: 20 The day shall not be up so soon as I, To try the fair adventure of to-morrow. \Exeunt.

SCENE VI. An open place in the neighbourhood of Swinstead A bbcy. Enter the BASTARD and HUBERT, severally.

Hub.

Who's there? speak, ho! speak quickly, or I shoot. Bast. A friend. What art thou ? Hub. Of the part of England. 7. tattering] Malone. tot?ring ¥L tatter"d Pope, totter*d Collier MS. clearly] chearly Capell conj. closely Collier MS. cleanly Edd. conj. See note (xxix). 9. prince] lord Capell conj.

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[ACT V.

Bast. Whither dost thou go ? Hub. What's that to thee? why may not I demand Of thine affairs, as well as thou of mine? 5 Bast. Hubert, I think? Hub. Thou hast a perfect thought: I will upon all hazards well believe Thou art my friend, that know'st my tongue so well. Who art thou ? Bast. Who thou wilt: and if thou please, Io Thou mayst befriend me so much as to think I come one way of the Plantagenets. Hub. Unkind remembrance! thou and eyeless night Have done me shame: brave soldier, pardon me, That any accent breaking from thy tongue J 5 Should 'scape the true acquaintance of mine ear. Bast. Come, come; sans compliment, what news abroad ? Hub. Why, here walk I in the black brow of night, To find you out. Brief, then; and what's the news ? Bast. Hub. O, my sweet sir, news fitting to the night, 20 Black, fearful, comfortless and horrible. Bast. Show me the very wound of this ill news: I am no woman, I'll not swoon at it. Htib. The king, I fear, is poison'd by a monk: I left him almost speechless; and broke out 2 5 To acquaint you with this evil, that you might The better arm you to the sudden time, Than if you had at leisure known of this. Bast. How did he take it? who did taste to him? Hub. A monk, I tell you; a resolved villain, 3° Whose bowels suddenly burst out: the king 3. Whither] And whither Pope. 3—6. Arranged as in Capell. As six lines, ending go?...thee?...affairs ...mine...think...thought: in Ff. 4—6. why...mine? Bast. Hubert] Bast. Why...mine? Hubert Ingleby conj.

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SCENE

VII. The orchard in Swinstead Abbey.

Enter Prince HENRY, SALISBURY, and BIGOT.

P. Hen. It is too late: the life of all his blood Is touch'd corruptibly, and his pure brain, Which some suppose the soul's frail dwelling-house, Doth by the idle comments that it makes Foretell the ending of mortality.

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Pent. His highness yet doth speak, and holds belief That, being brought into the open air, It would allay the burning quality Of that fell poison which assaileth him. P. Hen. Let him be brought into the orchard here. 32. Who] Whom Hanmer. 33. not?] Ff. not, Malone conj. 39. power] powVs Pope. 42. hardly] F z . om. F 2 F 3 F 4 . SCENE V I I . ] SCENE IX. Pope. The...Abbey.] Theobald. 44. orere]Y1¥2Fy ore'reY^. or

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[ACT V.

{Exit Bigot Doth he still rage ? Pern. He is more patient Than when you left him; even now he sung. P. Hen. O vanity of sickness! fierce extremes In their continuance will not feel themselves. Death, having prey'd upon the outward parts, 15 Leaves them invisible, and his siege is now Against the mind, the which he pricks and wounds With many legions of strange fantasies, Which, in their throng and press to that last hold, Confound themselves. 'Tis strange that death should sing. 20 I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest. Sal. Be of good comfort, prince; for you are born 25 T o set a form upon that indigest W h i c h h e h a t h left so shapeless a n d so rude. Enter Attendants, and BIGOT, carrying KING JOHN in a chair.

K. John. Ay, marry, now my soul hath elbow-room; It would not out at windows nor at doors. There is so hot a summer in my bosom, 30 That all my bowels crumble up to dust: I am a scribbled form, drawn with a pen Upon a parchment, and against this fire Do I shrink up. 14. their] thy Malone conj. 15. pre/d] F 3 F 4 . praide F r preVd F 2 . 16. Leaves...siege] Leanes them in?iisible, and his seige F r Leaves them invisible, and hir siege F 2 F 3 F 4 (her F3F4). Leaves them; invisible his siege Pope. Leaves them insensible; his siege Hanmer. Leaves them invincible; and his siege is now Steevens conj. Leaves them, and his invisible siege Mitford conj. Leaves them; and, invisible, his siege Jackson conj. Leaves

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KING

JOHN.

P. Hen. How fares your majesty? K. John. Poison'd,—ill fare—dead, forsook, cast off: And none of you will bid the winter come To thrust his icy fingers in my maw, Nor let my kingdom's rivers take their course Through my burn'd bosom, nor entreat the north To make his bleak winds kiss my parched lips And comfort me with cold. I do not ask you much, I beg cold comfort; and you are so strait And so ingrateful, you deny me that. P. Hen. O that there were some virtue in my tears, That might relieve you! K. John. The salt in them is hot. Within me is a hell; and there the poison Is as a fiend confined to tyrannize On unreprieveable condemned blood. Enter the

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Bast. O, I am scalded with my violent motion, And spleen of speed to see your majesty! K. John. O cousin, thou art come to set mine eye : The tackle of my heart is crack'd and burn'd, And all the shrouds wherewith my life should sail Are turned to one thread, one little hair: My heart hath one poor string to stay it by, Which holds but till thy news be uttered ; And then all this thou seest is but a clod And module of confounded royalty. Bast. The Dauphin is preparing hitherward, Where heaven He knows how we shall answer him ; For in a night the best part of my power, As I upon advantage did remove, 35. fare] fair F4. fate Fope. dead] oh! dead Hanmer. ///deed Anon. conj. 41. I do not ask you] I ask not Pope. 42. strait] straight Ff. 43. ingrateful] ungrateful F 4 .

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KING RICHARD II

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Which I with some unwillingness pronounce: The sly slow hours shall not determinate The dateless limit of thy dear exile; The hopeless word of 'never to return 1 Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. Mow. A heavy sentence, my most sovereign liege, And all unlook'd for from your highness' mouth: A dearer merit, not so deep a maim As to be cast forth in the common air, Have I deserved at your highness' hands. The language I have learn'd these forty years, My native English, now I must forego: And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp; Or like a cunning instrument cased up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony: Within my mouth you have engaol'd my tongue, Doubly portcullis'd with my teeth and lips; And dull unfeeling barren ignorance Is made my gaoler to attend on me. I am too old to fawn upon a nurse, Too far in years to be a pupil now: What is thy sentence then but speechless death, Which robs my tongue from breathing native breath ? K. Rich. It boots thee not to be compassionate: After our sentence plaining comes too late. Mow. Then thus I turn me from my country's light, 150. sly slow] slie slow Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . slye J7,?W F I Q 5 F 3 F 4 . flyeslow¥2. flyslow Pope, sly-slow Malone. slideslow Keightley conj. See note (xi). 151. dear] drear Anon. conj. I 53* life] death Anon. conj. 156. merits not] mede, and not Johnson conj. 159. learn'd] Ff Qs. learnt QXQ2. learnd Q3Q4. 166—-169. Within...on me] Put in the margin as spurious by Pope.

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166. engaoPd] F j F ^ . engaold QiQ 2 - ingayld (±£1+ engoaPdFzYA. 167. portcullis'd] porlculist Q r portcullist Q 2 . percullist Q-Q$^r2 F 3 . piu'cullist Q 5 . percullis'd F4. 169. gaoler] Q . Q ^ F ^ . Iayler Q3Q4. goaler F3F4. 172. then]F(Q5. om. QtQ2Q3Q4174- be compassionate] be so passionate Singer, becomepassion ate Grant White (Theobald conj.). 175- too] to F 2 .

SCENE III.]

KING RICHARD II

127

To dwell in solemn shades of endless night. K. Rick. Return again, and take an oath with thee. Lay on our royal sword your banish'd hands; Swear by the duty that you owe to God— Our part therein we banish with yourselves— To keep the oath that we administer: You never shall, so help you truth and God! Embrace each other's love in banishment; Nor never look upon each other's face; Nor never write, regreet, nor reconcile This louring tempest of your home-bred hate; Nor never by advised purpose meet To plot, contrive, or complot any ill 'Gainst us, our state, our subje6ls, or our land. Bo ling. I swear. Mow. And I, to keep all this. Boling. Norfolk, so far as to mine enemy:— By this time, had the king permitted us, One of our souls had wander'd in the air, Banish'd this frail sepulchre of our flesh, As now our flesh is banish'd from this land: Confess thy treasons ere thou fly the realm; Since thou hast far to go, bear not along The clogging burthen of a guilty soul. Mow. No, Bolingbroke: if ever I were traitor, My name be blotted from the book of life, lotting Q3Q4. 177. solemn] sullen S, Walker 189. plot...complot] plot.. .compass conj. or plan... complot Keightley conj. 178. thee] ye Rowe. 191. swear] swear, my liege Sey180. you owe] FfQr. y* owe QSl2 mour conj. Q3Q4. 192. [Kissing the King's sword. 180, 183, 204. God] Q x Q a Q 3 Q 4 Collier (Collier MS.). heaven FfQ 5 . 183. never] ueuer F z . 193. far]F4. >^QIQ2Q3Q4FI. 185, 186, 188. never] Q ^ Q s Q * farre¥2Q5F3. ever Ff Q 5 . enemy:—] Theobald, enemy: 186. writei regreet] write; regreete QiQ 2 - enemie: Q3Q4. enemie, F j F 2 . Q 3 Q 4 . writ, regreet Q 5 . write regreet enemy', Q5F3. enemy F 4 . enemy:— Delius. [in salutation] Hanmer. A line omitted. Anon. conj. 187. lowing] lowring Qj 198.

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200

128

KING RICHARD II

[ACT i,

And I from heaven banish'd as from hence! But what thou art, God, thou, and I do know; And all too soon, I fear, the king shall rue. Farewell, my liege. Now no way can I stray; [Exit. Save back to England, all the world's my way. K. Rich. Uncle, even in the glasses of thine eyes I see thy grieved heart: thy sad aspe6l Hath from the number of his banish'd years 210 Pluck'd four away. [To Boling.] Six frozen winters spent, Return with welcome home from banishment Boling. How long a time lies in one little word! Four lagging winters and four wanton springs 215 End in a word: such is the breath of kings. Gaunt. I thank my liege, that in regard of me He shortens four years of my son's exile: But little vantage shall I reap thereby; For, ere the six years that he hath to spend 220 Can change their moons and bring their times about, My oil-dried lamp and time-bewasted light Shall be extin6l with age and endless night; My inch of taper will be burnt and done, And blindfold death not let me see my son. K. Rick. Why, uncle, thou hast many years to live. 225 Gaunt. But not a minute, king, that thou canst give: Shorten my days thou canst with sullen sorrow, And pluck nights from me, but not lend a morrow; Thou canst help time to furrow me with age, But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage; Thy word is current with him for my death, But dead, thy kingdom cannot buy my breath. 206. 207. stray;... England,] Capell (Roderick conj.). stray,...England QZQ2. stray,...England, Q 3 Q 4 Ff Q 5 . stray,...England; Rowe. 207. [Exit.] Q J F J . The rest omit. 208. SCENE V. Pope. 2i 1. [To Boling.] Steevens. 215. a word] one word Q4. breath] breach Q 3 .

216. thank] think, Rowe (ed. 2). 219. the six] these six Q5. 220. their moons] QIQ2Q3Q^v the moons F 2 Q 5 F 3 F 4 . 222. extinfi] extint Q r ^ Qf. night^ nightes nights 223. inch] intch QTQ2. Q i Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . sudden 227# sullen]

SCENE IIL]

KING

RICHARD

II

129

K. Rich. Thy son is banish'd upon good advice, Whereto thy tongue a party-verdi6l gave: 235 Why at our justice seem'st thou then to lour? Gaunt. Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour. You urged me as a judge; but I had rather You would have bid me argue like a father. O, had it been a stranger, not my child, To smooth his fault I should have been more mild: 240 A partial slander sought I to avoid, And in the sentence my own life destroyed. Alas, I look'd when some of you should say, I was too stri6l to make mine own away; 2 45 But you gave leave to my unwilling tongue Against my will to do myself this wrong. K. Rich. Cousin, farewell; and, uncle, bid him so: Six years we banish him, and he shall go. [Flourish. Exciint King Richard and train. Aunt. Cousin, farewell: what presence must not know, 250 From where you do remain let paper show. Mar. My lord, no leave take I; for I will ride, As far as land will let me, by your side. Gaunt. O, to what purpose dost thou hoard thy words, That thou return'st no greeting to thy friends ? Bo ling. I have too few to take my leave of you, 255 When the tongue's office should be prodigal To breathe the abundant dolour of the heart. Gaunt. Thy grief is but thy absence for a time. Boling. Joy absent, grief is present for that time. Gaunt. What is six winters? they are quickly gone. 260 233.

upon] with Q2Q3Q4advice] FfQ 5 . advise QTQ2

Q3Q4. 234. party-verdidl] FfQ 5 . party verdid Q r party, verdict Q2Q3Q4235. lour] lowre QqFf. 236. sour] sozure QqF T F 2 F 3 . sowr F 237. urged] urdge Q r ? ^ Q 2 Q 3 Q4. urg\l¥iQe.

VOL. IV.

239—242. O, had destroyed] Omitted in FfQ 5 . See note (xn). ^39- had **] had^ QiQ2Q3Q4240. should] Q x . would Q2Q3Q4. 241. sought] Q 3 Q 4 . ought O X Q 2 . 248- [Flourish. Exeunt...] Exit. Flourish. Ff Q5. om. Q ^ Q / ^ . 249. SCENE VI. Pope. ^54- return st] FfQ5. relurnest QiQ2Q3Q4*

K

130

KING RICHARD II.

[ACT I.

Boling. To men in joy; but grief makes one hour ten. Gaunt. Call it a travel that thou takest for pleasure. Boling. My heart will sigh when I miscall it so, Which finds it an inforced pilgrimage. Gaunt. The sullen passage of thy weary steps Esteem as foil wherein thou art to set The precious jewel of thy home return. Boling. Nay, rather, every tedious stride I make Will but remember me what a deal of world I wander from the jewels that I love. 2^0 Must I not serve a long apprenticehood To foreign passages, and in the end, Having my freedom, boast of nothing else But that I was a journeyman to grief? Gaunt. All places that the eye of heaven visits /0 Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity. Think not the king did banish thee, But thou the king. Woe doth the heavier sit, 280 Where it perceives it is but faintly borne. Go, say I sent thee forth to purchase honour And not the king exiled thee; or suppose Devouring pestilence hangs in our air 285 And thou art flying to a fresher clime: Look, what thy soul holds dear, imagine it To lie that way thou go'st, not whence thou comest: Suppose the singing birds musicians, 2

261. one hour te?i] ten hours of one Seymour conj. 266. as foil ] as foyle Q z. a foyle Q 2 . a soyle Q a Q ^ F ^ . asoylYz. a soil F 4 . 268—293. Nay, rather light] Omitted in FfQ 5 . 268—274. Nay, rather grief?] Omitted by Pope. 269. a deal] deale Q 3 Q 4 . world] world: O .

276.

7cise man] Q3Q4. wkeman

QiQ 2 279—28r. Think not borne] Omitted by Pope. 279. Think not] Therefore think not Ritson conj. Thou must not think Seymour conj. Wherefore think not Keightley conj. thee,] thee, my son Capell. 280. king. Woe] QTQ2. king, who Q 3 Q 4 .

SCENE'IIL]

KING RICHARD II.

The grass whereon thou tread'st the presence strew'd, The flowers fair ladies, and thy steps no more 290 Than a delightful measure or a dance; For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it and sets it light. Boling. O, who can hold a fire in his hand 295 By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December snow By thinking on fastastic summer's heat? O, no! the apprehension of the good 300 Gives but the greater feeling to the worse : Fell sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more Than when he bites, but lanceth not the sore. Gaunt. Come, come, my son, I'll bring thee on thy way : Had I thy youth and cause, I would not stay. 305 Boling. Then, England's ground, farewell; sweet soil, adieu; My mother, and my nurse, that bears me yet! Where'er I wander, boast of this I can, Though banish'd, yet a trueborn Englishman. [Exeunt 189. strewed]floorPope. 292, 293. For gnarling Omitted by Pope.

'94.

flre]Q2F{Q5.

fier

303.

77M;/]

F4.

Then QqF x F

light]

QZQ3Q4.

lanceth] FfQ 5 . lanncelh Qx. 298. December] December's Capell latincketh Q2. lanchetk Q3Q4. 307. that] Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . which Ff conj. 301. Gives] Give Q 4 . 309. [Exeunt] om. FfQ 5 . 302. never~\

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K2

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KING RICHARD II

SCENE

[ACT I.

IV. The court.

Enter the KING, with

BAGOT and GREEN at one DUKE OF AUMERLE at another.

door; and the

K. Rich. We did observe. Cousin Aumerle, How far brought you high Hereford on his way? A inn. I brought high Hereford, if you call him so, But to the next highway, and there I left him. K. Rich. And say, what store of parting tears were shed ? A um. Faith, none for me; except the north-east wind, Which then blew bitterly against our faces, Awaked the sleeping rheum, and so by chance Did grace our hollow parting with a tear. K. Rich. What said our cousin when you parted with him? Awn. ' Farewell:' And, for my heart disdained that my tongue Should so profane the word, that taught me craft To counterfeit oppression of such grief, That words seem'd buried in my sorrow's grave. Marry, would the word 'farewell' have lengthened hours And added years to his short banishment, SCENE IV.] SCENE VII. Pope. A C T

II. Sc. I. Johnson conj. The court.] Theobald. Enter... Bagot and Green...] Enter... Bushie, &c. Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . Enter King, Aumerle, Green, and Bagot. Ff Q5. i. obseme\ indeed observe Pope. observe it well Seymour conj. observe it Keightley conj. Ait merle'] An merle F x . Hitmerle Q 4 . 6. for me} Q ^ Q j Q ^ . by me F2Q5F3F4.

7.

b/e:c>] Qq. grew Ff. faces] Q X Q 2 . face Q3Q4FfQ5. 8. sleeping] Q X Q 2 . sleepie Q3Q4 F X F 2 . sleepy Q 5 F 3 F 4 . 10. our]your Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . ] 1, 12. Farewell.. .tongue] Arranged as by Pope: as one line in QqFf. 12. that] om. Long MS. and Seymour conj. 15. words] Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . word Ff

Qs16.

Marry] But Pope. have] had F 2 F 3 F 4 .

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SCENE IV.]

KING RICHARD II

He should have had a volume of farewells; But since it would not, he had none of me. K. RICJL He is our cousin, cousin; but 'tis doubt, When time shall call him home from banishment, Whether our kinsman come to see his friends. Ourself and Bushy, Bagot here and Green Observed his courtship to the common people; How he did seem to dive into their hearts With humble and familiar courtesy, What reverence he did throw away on slaves, Wooing poor craftsmen with the craft of smiles And patient underbearing of his fortune, As 'twere to banish their affefts with him. Off goes his bonnet to an oyster-wench; A brace of draymen bid God speed him well And had the tribute of his supple knee, With 'Thanks, my countrymen, my loving friends;' As were our England in reversion his, And he our subje6ts' next degree in hope. Green. Well, he is gone; and with him go these thoughts. Now for the rebels which stand out in Ireland, Expedient manage must be made, my liege, Ere further leisure yield them further means For their advantage and your highness' loss. K. Rich. We will ourself in person to this war: And, for our coffers, with too great a court And liberal largess, are grown somewhat light, We are inforced to farm our royal realm; The revenue whereof shall furnish us 20. cousin, co7tsiii\ cos in (cosi/i) Yz Q3Q4. 27. What]F[Q5. With QZQ2Q3Q4. F 2 Q 5 F 3 . cousin {cousin) F 4 . coosens 28. smiles] Qq. soules F T F 2 . souls coosin Qj. coosens cosin Q 2 . coosins coosin Q3Q4. kinsman^ cousin Pope. 30. affecls] affedions Hanmer. 22. come] comes Q2Q3« 36. sub/eels'] subjecTs Pope. 22, 23. friends... Greeii\ friends, 40. them further] the futher F 2 . Our se/fe, and Bushy\ Bagot here and the further Q 5 . Greene Q 5 . fi'iends, Our selfe, and 46, 47. revenue...that] revenues... Bushy: heere Bagot and Greene Ff. they Heath conj. friends. Our sel^e and Bushie, QXQ2

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134

KING

RICHARD

II

[ACT I.

For our affairs in hand: if that come short, Our substitutes at home shall have blank charters; Whereto, when they shall know what men are rich, They shall subscribe them for large sums of gold And send them after to supply our wants; For we will make for Ireland presently. Enter

BUSHY.

Bushy, what news? Bushy. Old John of Gaunt is grievous sick, my lord, Suddenly taken; and hath sent post haste To entreat your majesty to visit him. K. Rich. Where lies he? Bushy. At Ely House. K. Rich. Now put it, God, in the physician's mind 60 To help him to his grave immediately! The lining of his coffers shall make coats To deck our soldiers for these Irish wars. Come, gentlemen, let's all go visit him: Pray God we may make haste, and come too late! {Exeunt 65 All. Amen. 47. hand: if that] F I # hand if that Q z Q 2 Q 3 . hand, if that Q 4 . hand: if they F 2 Q 5 F 3 F 4 . short,] short. Q 5 . 52, 53. Enter Bushy. Bushy, what nezus?] FfQ 5 . Enter Bushie with newes. Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . Enter Bushy. K. Rich. What news? Rowe. 54. John of Gaunt] John a Gaunt

grievous] Q ^ Q s Q ^ verie¥1 F 2 . very Q 5 F 3 F 4 . om. Pope. 57. lies he] does he lie Seymour

conj. lies he now Collier (Collier MS.). 58. Ely House] Ely-house, my liege Collier (Seymour conj.). Ely-house, my lord Keightley conj. •59, 64. God] QjQzQsQ*. heaven 59. in the] QT. into the in his FfQ 5 . 65. All. Amen.] Staunton. Amen. 3Q4. om. FfQ 5 . [Exeunt.] QxQ.QsQ^ Exit.

SCENE I.J

KING RICHARD

II

135

ACT II. SCENE

Enter

JOHN OF GAUNT

L Ely House.

sick, with the DUKE

OF YORK,

Gaunt. Will the king come, that I may breathe my last In wholesome counsel to his unstaid youth? York. Vex not yourself, nor strive not with your breath; For all in vain comes counsel to his ear. Gaunt. O, but they say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony: Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain, For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain. He that no more must say is listened more Than they whom youth and ease have taught to glose; More are men's ends mark'd than their lives before: The setting sun, and music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in remembrance more than things long past: Though Richard my life's counsel would not hear, My death's sad tale may yet undeaf his ear. York. No; it is stopp'd with other flattering sounds, As praises, of whose taste the wise are fond, Ely House] London. A room in Ely-house. Theobald, om. QqFf. Enter John of GAUNT sick, with the Duke of York, &c.J Q r Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . Enter Gaunt, sicke with Yorke. FjF 2 . Enter Gaunt sicke, with the Duke of Yorke. Q 5 . Enter sick Gaunt, with York. F3F4. 9—16. He...ear.] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope. 10. have] haih Q3Q4. 12. at the close'] Q r at the glose Q 2 Q 3 O 4 . is the close FfQ 5 . /// the

close Rowe. 13. As...sweetest last] {As the last taste of sweets is sweetest) last Rann (Mason conj.). 15. life's] lifes F 4 . lives No ; it] His ear Pope. sounds] charms Pope. 18. of whose...fond] Edd. (Collier conj.). of whose taste the wise are . of whose state the wise are found found Q 2 . of his state: then there are found Q3Q4Ff Q 5 . of his state; there 17

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KING RICHARD II.

[ACT II.

Lascivious metres, to whose venom sound The open ear of youth doth always listen; Report of fashions in proud Italy, Whose manners still our tardy apish nation Limps after in base imitation. Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity—So it be new, there's no respe6l how vile— That is not quickly buzz'd into his ears? Then all too late comes counsel to be heard, Where will doth mutiny with wit's regard. Dire6l not him whose way himself will choose: 'Tis breath thou lack'st, and that breath wilt thou lose. Gaunt. Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus expiring do foretell of him: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires soon burn out themselves; Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short; He tires betimes that spurs.too fast betimes; With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder: Light vanity, insatiate cormorant, Consuming means, soon preys upon itself. This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise; This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infe 3o. Direct...lose] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope. 30. wilt thou lose.] thou wilt lose. Q 4 . wilt thou lose? Capell conj. 34. bunt] do burn Seymour conj. 38. insatiate] insaitat Q 5 . 40—r5- See note (xni). 42. de/ui-paradise] this demi-paradise England's Parnassus. 4-4- infeclion] intesiion ' England's Parnassus.' invasion Johnson conj. (withdrawn), infestion Farmer conj. inseelion Becket conj. infraftion Jackson conj.

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SCENE I.J

KING RICHARD II

This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands; This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry, As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son; This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leased out, I die pronouncing it, Like to a tenement or pelting farm: England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds: That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself. Ah, would the scandal vanish with my life, How happy then were my ensuing death! 45. meii\ man England's Parnassus. 48. as a~\ as Q t Q 2 . 49. happier] happy Pope. 50. This...England] Omitted in England's Parnassus and by Pope. 52. by...by] QtQzQiQ* and England's Parnassus, by...for FfQ 5 . for.. for Rowe. for...by Pope. 53, 54. Johnson suggests that these lines should be transposed. 53. > - ] Q I F f Q s . i « Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 a n d

England's Parnassus. 54. Christian] charilie, England's Parnassus. 60. or] and Q 4 . 62. siege] singe Grey conj. 63. is now] is Pope. \r now S. Walker conj. 64. blots] bolts Steevens conj. 67. Ah,] Q 5 . Ah Q X Q 2 Q 3 Q4. Ah I F T F 4 . Ah? F 2 F 3 . O, Capell. vanish] vanisht Q3Q4.

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KING RICHARD II

138 Enter

KING RICHARD

and QUEEN,

[ACT II.

AUMERLE, BUSHY, GREEN,

BAGOT, ROSS, and WILLOUGHBY.

York. The king is come: deal mildly with his youth; 70 For young hot colts being raged do rage the more. Queen. How fares our noble uncle, Lancaster? K. Rich. What comfort, man? how is't with aged Gaunt? Gaunt. O, how that name befits my composition! Old Gaunt indeed, and gaunt in being old: Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast; 75 And who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? For sleeping England long time have I watch'd; Watching breeds leanness, leanness is all gaunt: The pleasure that some fathers feed upon, 80 Is my stri6l fast; I mean, my children's looks; And therein fasting, hast thou made me gaunt: Gaunt am I for the grave, gaunt as a grave, Whose hollow womb inherits nought but bones. K. Rich. Can sick men play so nicely with their names? 85 Gaunt. No, misery makes sport to mock itself: Since thou dost seek to kill my name in me, I mock my name, great king, to flatter thee. K. Rich. Should dying men flatter with those that live? Gaunt. No, no, men living flatter those that die. K. Rich. Thou, now a-dying, say'st thou flatterest me. 9° Gaunt. O, no! thou diest, though I the sicker be. K. Rich. I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill. Gaunt. Now, He that made me knows I see thee ill; 68. Enter...] Enter King, Queene, ... FfQ 5 . Enter the King and Queene, &c- Q1Q2Q3Q4 ( a f t e r l i n e 7°)Ross,] Roos, Grant White (and passim). 69. SCENE II. Pope. 70. being raged] inrag*d Pope. being ^rag^d Hanmer. being rciu\i Singer (Ritson conj. and Long MS.). being urg'd Collier (Collier MS.). being chafd Jervis conj. being curb V

Keightley conj. 7 3 - 9 3 . O, how...Isee thee ill] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope. 81. hast thou] thou hast Theobald. 87. / mocJk] Q x FfQ 5 . 0 mock Q2 Q3Q4. 88. flatter with] Q x . flatter Q2Q3 Q 4 FfQ 5 . then flatter Heath conj. 90. flatterest] flatter"st Ff Q5. 92. and see] Q x . / see Q2QsQ4

SCENE 1.]

KING

RICHARD

II.

111 in myself to see, and in thee seeing ill. Thy death-bed is no lesser than thy land Wherein thou liest in reputation sick; And thou, too careless patient as thou art, Commit'st thy anointed body to the cure Of those physicians that first wounded thee : A thousand flatterers sit within thy crown, Whose compass is no bigger than thy head; And yet, incaged in so small a verge, The waste is no whit lesser than thy land. O, had thy grandsire with a prophet's eye Seen how his son's son should destroy his sons, From forth thy reach he would have laid thy shame, Deposing thee before thou wert possessed, Which art possessed now to depose thyself. Why, cousin, Avert thou regent of the world, It were a shame to let this land by lease; But for thy world enjoying but this land, Is it not more than shame to shame it so? Landlord of England art thou now, not king: Thy state of law is bondslave to the law; And thou— K. Rich. A lunatic lean-witted fool, Presuming on an ague's privilege, Darest with thy frozen admonition Make pale our cheek, chasing the royal blood to see~\ o m - Seymour conj. to see... ill] but seeing thee too, ill Pope, and in thee seeing ill Capell. and] om. Long MS. 95. thy land] Q r the land Q2Qi Q 4 FfQ 5 . 98. commifst] Giv'st Pope. 101. head] hand F 2 Q 5 F 3 F4. 102. incaged] FjF 2 . inraged Qx Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . encaged Q 5 . ingaged F 3 F4. 103. The] Thy Pope. 108. Which] Who Pope. 109. wcrf] Q ^ Q s Q j F ^ we F r 94.

F2Q5F3. n o . this] QqF 4 . his j ^ 113. now, not] Theobald. 71010 not, not (^QsQs- now not, nor Q 4 . and not Ff Q5. 114. of law] o*er law Hanmer. 115. A?td thou— K. Rich. A lunatic] And thou King. A lunatike Qz. And thou. King. A lunatick Q2. And thou. King. Ah lunaticke Q 3 Q 4 (lu~ natick Q4). And— Rich. And thou, a lunaticke FfQ 5 (lunatick F 3 F 4 ). And thou— K. Rich. And thou, a lunatick Warburton. 118. chasing] chafing Ff Q5.

139 95

100

JO

110

140

KING RICHARD II.

[ACT II.

With fury from his native residence. Now, by my seat's right royal majesty, 120 Wert thou not brother to great Edward's son, This tongue that runs so roundly in thy head Should run thy head from thy unreverent shoulders. Gaunt. O, spare me not, my brother Edward's son, For that I was his father Edward's son; 12 That blood already, like the pelican, Hast thou tapp'd out and drunkenly caroused: My brother Gloucester, plain well-meaning soul, Whom fair befal in heaven 'mongst happy souls! May be a precedent and witness good 130 That thou respe6l'st not spilling Edward's blood: Join with the present sickness that I have; And thy unkindness be like crooked age, To crop at once a too long wither'd flower. Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee! '35 These words hereafter thy tormentors be! Convey me to my bed, then to my grave: Love they to live that love and honour have. \Exity borne off by his Attendants. K. Rich. And let them die that age and sullens have; For both hast thou, and both become the grave. 14° York. I do beseech your majesty, impute his words To wayward sickliness and age in him: He loves you, on my life, and holds you dear As Harry Duke of Hereford, were he here.

119. residence.] Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . residence? F 1 F 2 Q 5 F 3 . residence; F 4 . 123. unreverent] unreverendTheobald. 124. ^ / ^ ] Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 5 F 3 F 4 . brothers Q I F 1 F 2 . 127. Hast thou] Thou hast FfQ 5 . out] om. Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . 131. respedPst] respefis Warburton. i33> *34- Becket would transpose these lines.

1

33-

tike crooked age] time's crooked

edge Johnson conj. 135. Live] Die Capell conj. 138. Exit Attendants] Capell. Exit. QqFf. 140. the grave] thee grnve Q2. 141, 142. Arranged as in QqFf. Pope ends line 141 at impute and omits /;/ him. T41.

vens.

I do beseech] Beseech Stee-

SCENE

I.]

KING

RICHARD

II.

141

K. Rich. Right, you say true: as Hereford's love, so his; As theirs, so mine; and all be as it is. Enter

NORTHUMBERLAND.

North.

My liege, old Gaunt commends him to your majesty. K. Rich. What says he? North. Nay, nothing; all is said: His tongue is now a stringless instrument; Words life and all, old Lancaster hath spent York. Be York the next that must be bankrupt so! Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. K. Rich. The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he; His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be. So much for that. Now for our Irish wars: We must supplant those rough rug-headed kerns, Which live like venom where no venom else But only they have privilege to live. And for these great affairs do ask some charge, Towards our assistance we do seize to us The plate, coin, revenues and moveables, Whereof our uncle Gaunt did stand possessed. York. How long shall I be patient? ah, how long Shall tender duty make me suffer wrong? Not Gloucester's death, nor Hereford's banishment, Not Gaunt's rebukes, nor England's private wrongs, Nor the prevention of poor Bolingbroke About his marriage, nor my own disgrace,

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all] om. Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . N«y\ o m - Q3Q4Enter Northumberland.] Omit156. those] these Capell. ted in Q ^ Q s Q ^ kerns] kerne QXQ2. 147. SCENE in. Pope. 158. have] hath Capell. 148. says kef] sayes he? QqF x F 2 . 161. revenues] and revennewes F 2 saieshe?Y3. say's he•? F 4 . says old Q5F3F4. (revenezves Q I Q 2 Q 4 - reiteGaunt? Pope, says he now? Capell. neues Q 3 . reuennezves F x . revennews sayeth he? Anon. conj. F 2 . reveneivs F 3 . reve?mesYA). says he? North. Nay, nothing] 163. ah] oh FfQ 5 . says he? North. Says he, - Nothing 165. nor] not Rowe. 146.

Lettsom conj.

142

KING RICHARD II

[ACT n.

Have ever made me sour my patient cheek, Or bend one wrinkle on my sovereign's face. I am the last of noble Edward's sons, Of whom thy father, Prince of Wales, was first: In war was never lion raged more fierce, In peace was never gentle lamb more mild, Than was that young and princely gentleman. 175 His face thou hast, for even so look'd he, Accomplished with the number of thy hours; But when he frown'd, it was against the French And not against his friends; his noble hand 180 Did win what he did spend and spent not that Which his triumphant father's hand had won; His hands were guilty of no kindred blood, But bloody with the enemies of his kin. O Richard! York is too far gone with grief, Or else he never would compare between. 185 K. Rich. Why, uncle, what's the matter? York. O my liege, Pardon me, if you please; if not, I, pleased Not to be pardon'd, am content withal. Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands l 9° The royalties and rights of banish'd Hereford? Is not Gaunt dead, and doth not Hereford live? Was not Gaunt just, and is not Harry true? Did not the one deserve to have an heir? Is not his heir a well-deserving son ? Take Hereford's rights away, and take from time His charters and his customary rights; Let not to-morrow then ensue to-day; Be not thyself; for how art thou a king 171. 173. ^V

noble] the noble Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . war] warres F 2 Q 5 F 3 . wars

raged] ragde Q ^ Q o . rage Q 4 . rag'd FfQ 5 . 177. tAe] FfQ5. aQzQ2QsQ4. 182. kindred] Q 3 Q 4 . kinred Q x Q 2 . kindreds FfQ 5 . 185. between.] between— Hammer.

186—188. Arranged as by Theobald. Q j Q ^ C ^ end the lines with waiter?...please...with all {withal Q2. withall Q 4 ). As four lines ending not...with all. in nnciey.,,matter?...if FfQ5. 187, 188. Pardon...wiihal.] Put in t h e margin? ag spurious> b y Pope. , 9 5 . rights} r!ght Q

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i.J

KING

RICHARD

II

14

But by fair sequence and succession ? Now, afore God—God forbid I say true!— 200 If you do wrongfully seize Hereford's rights, Call in the letters patents that he hath By his attorneys-general to sue His livery and deny his offered homage, You pluck a thousand dangers on your head, 205 You lose a thousand well-disposed hearts And prick my tender patience to those thoughts Which honour and allegiance cannot think. K. Rich. Think what you will, we seize into our hands His plate, his goods, his money and his lands. 2 io York. I'll not be by the while: my liege, farewell: What will ensue hereof, there's none can tell; But by bad courses may be understood [Exit That their events can never fall out good. K. Rich. Go, Bushy, to the Earl of Wiltshire straight: 215 Bid him repair to us to Ely House To see this business. To-morrow next We will for Ireland; and 'tis time, I trow: And we create, in absence of ourself, Our uncle York lord governor of England; 220 For he is just and always loved us well. Come on, our queen: to-morrow must we part; Be merry, for our time of stay is short. {Flourish. Exeunt King, Queen, A timerle, Bushy, Green, and Bagot. North. Well, lords, the Duke of Lancaster is dead, Ross. And living too; for now his son is duke. 225 Willo. Barely in title, not in revenue. 200. Aozv /rue!—] omitted by Pope. 201. rights] rightes Q r right Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 FfQ 5 . 202. the] his FfQ 5 . 206. lose] Q 2 F 4 . loose Q x Q s Q ^ , F2Q5F3. 209. seize] Q 3 Q 4 F 4 . cease Q x . ceaze Q 2 . seise F X F 2 Q 5 F 3 . 2 1 o. lands] land Q3Q4.

217. business] business done Rowe. 223. Flourish. Exeunt...] Exeunt ... Capell. Exeunt King and Queene : Manet North. Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q4- Flourish. Manet North. Willoughby, and Ross. FfQ 5 . 224. SCENE IV. Pope. 226. revenue] revenneiv FfQ 5 («?venue F 3 F 4 \

144

KING RICHARD II.

[ACT II.

North. Richly in both, if justice had her right. Ross. My heart is great; but it must break with silence, Ere't* be disburdened with a liberal tongue. North. Nay, speak thy mind; and let him ne'er speak more

230

That speaks thy words again to do thee harm! Willo. Tends that thou wouldst speak to the Duke of Hereford? If it be so, out with it boldly, man; Quick is mine ear to hear of good towards him. Ross. No good at all that I can do for him; 235 Unless you call it good to pity him, Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. North. Now, afore God, 'tis shame such wrongs are borne In him a royal prince and many moe Of noble blood in this declining land. 240 The king is not himself, but basely led By flatterers; and what they will inform, Merely in hate, 'gainst any of us all, That will the king severely prosecute 'Gainst us, our lives, our children, and our heirs. 245 Ross. The commons hath he pill'd with grievous taxes, And quite lost their hearts: the nobles hath he fined For ancient quarrels, and quite lost their hearts. Willo. And daily new exaQ4. Enter York, part, armed. Collier MS. 73. SCENE V I I . Pope. Here comes] Madam, here comes my lord Seymour conj. 75. O] How Anon. conj. 76. Uncle, fur God's sake] For

jo

YORK.

Qreen. Here comes the Duke of York, Qtieen. With signs of war about his aged neck; O, full of careful business are his looks! Uncle, for God's sake, speak comfortable words. York. Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts: Comfort's in heaven; and we are on the earth, Where nothing lives but crosses, cares and grief Your husband, he is gone to sa,ve far off, Whilst others come to make him lose at home; Here am I left to underprop his land, Wh,o, weak with age, cannot support myself: Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made; Now shall he try his friends that flatter'd him. 62. 65. ()TO2. 69. 72.

65

hcav'ns sake, uncle Seymour coiij. God's] heaven's FfQ 5 . speak] om. Pope. 77. Should...thoughts] Omitted in 79. cares] Q T . TJie rest 81. him lose] him loose QIQ2Q3Q4 his loose F I F 2 ( V ) 5 F 3 . his lose F 4 . 84. comes the] comes his F F4. thai his] after Pope. 85. Jlaiter'd] flatlerd QiQ.2-

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SCENE ILj

KING RICHARD II. Enter a Servant.

Serv. My lord, your son was gone before I came. York. He was ? Why, so ! go all which way it will! The nobles they are fled, the commons they are cold, And will, I fear, revolt on Hereford's side. Sirrah, get thee to Plashy, to my sister Gloucester; 90 Bid her send me presently a thousand pound: Hold, take my ring. Serv. My lord, I had forgot to tell your lordship, To-day, as I came by, I called there; But I shall grieve you to report the rest. 95 York. What is't; knave? Serv. An hour before I came, the duchess died. York. God for his mercy! what a tide of woes Comes rushing on this woeful land at once! 100 I know not what to do: I would to God, So my untruth had not provoked him to it, The king had cut off my head with my brother's. What, are there no posts dispatched for Ireland ? How shall we do for money for these wars ? Come, sister,—cousin, I would say,—pray, pardon me. Go, fellow, get thee home, provide some carts And bring away the armour that is there. {Exit Servant. Gentlemen, will you go muster men ? If I know how or which way to order these affairs Enter...] FfQ 5 . The rest omit. 86, g%, 97. Serv.] Servingman Qjr 88. they are cold] cold Pope. c,o. Sirrah] om. Pope. 91. me] om. Pope. 92. 94. Hold. called there\ Arranged as in the first four Quartos; as two lines in FfQ5, ending forgot... calPd there. 93. yotir lordship] om. Pope. 94. as I came by, I] Q r / came came by and QzQaQ^fQs94? 95- To-day. ..to report] I to-day came by And calVd there, but—alack!

I shall but grieve you if I Seymour conj. 96. knave] om. Pope. 98, 100. God] Heaven FfQ 5 . 99. Comes] Come FfQ 5 . 103. 110] Q z . two Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . om. 106. fellow] follozu F 107. [Exit...] Capell. 108. go] om. FfQ5. go and Pope. Seymour would continue this line to 109. or which way] om. Pope. See note (XVII).

152

KING RICHARD II

[ACT II,

Thus thrust disorderly into my hands, no Never believe me. Both are my kinsmen : The one is my sovereign, whom both my oath And duty bids defend; the other again Is my kinsman, whom the king hath wrong'd, Whom conscience and my kindred bids to right. Well, somewhat we must do. Come, cousin, I'll Dispose of you. Gentlemen, go, muster up your men, And meet me presently at Berkeley. I should to Plashy too; 120 But time will not permit: all is uneven, And every thing is left at six and seven. {Exeunt York and Queen. Bushy. The wind sits fair for news to go to Ireland, But none returns. For us to levy power Proportionable to the enemy 125 Is all unpossible. Green. Besides, our nearness to the king in love Is near the hate of those love not the king. 110. Thus thrust disorderly] Steevens. Thus disorderly thrust QqFf. Disorderly thus thrust Pope. Thus most disorderly thrust Cap ell. in. Both are] They are both Pope. ai'e my kinsmen] my kinsmen are Seymour conj. 112. The one] Tone QZQ2. T'one Q3Q4. 77. W F f Q 5 . is] om. Pope. 113. the other] Q5. (other QXQ2. f other Q3Q4. Tli other FfQ 5 . 114. 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. 116—118. Well men] As two lines in QqFf, ending cousin...men. 118. Gentlemeji] om. Pope (ending

the lines PII...men. 119. . Berkeley] Barkly Qx Q2. Barckly Q3Q4. Barkley castle FfQ5. {Barkly F 3 F 4 ). Berkley, gentlemen Capell (reading lines 117, 118 with Pope). 120—122. / should seven] Arranged as by Pope; as two lines in QqFfa ending permit...seven. 122. [Exeunt... ] Exeunt Duke, Qu. man. Bush. Green. Q ^ . Exeunt Duke,& Queene: manent Bushie and Greene. Q 3 Q 4 . Exit. Ff. Ex. Q5, J23. SCENE VIII. Pope. to Ireland] FfQ5. for In125, 126. Proportionable. ..impossible] Arranged as in Pope; as one line in QqFf. 126. all] om. Seymour conj. impossible] impossible FfQs-

SCENE II.]

KING RICHARD II.

153

Bagot. And that's the wavering commons: for their love Lies in their purses, and whoso empties them 130 By so much fills their hearts with deadly hate. Bushy. Wherein the king stands generally condemned. Bagot. If judgement lie in them, then so do we, Because we ever have been near the king. Green. Well, I will for refuge straight to Bristol castle : 135 The Earl of Wiltshire is already there. Bushy. Thither will I with you; for little office The hateful commons will perform for us, Except like curs to tear us all to pieces. 140 Will you go along with us ? Bagot. N o ; I will to Ireland to his majesty. Farewell: if heart's presages be not vain, We three here part that ne'er shall meet again. Bushy. That's as York thrives to beat back Bolingbroke. 145 Green. Alas, poor duke! the task he undertakes Is numbering sands and drinking oceans dry : Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly. Farewell at once, for once, for all, and ever. Bushy. Well, we may meet again. I fear me, never. Bagot. [Exeunt. 129. that's] FfQ 5 . that is Q X Q 2 Q3Q4. 130. whoso] Q5. who so QjQzQl Q4Ff. who Pope. 132. Wherein] Therein Q5. 134. ever have been] have been ever FfQ5135, 141. We/land No] Placed in a separate line by Dyce. 135. I will] /"'//Pope. Bristol] Brist. QjC^QaQ* 137. will I] will will I Q4. 138. The hateful commons will] Pope. Will the hate/til commons Qq Ff. 139. to pieces] Q x . The rest in

pieces. 140. go along] go Pope, along Seymour conj. inserting We must be brief. 141. I will] I'll Pope. 147.. ne'er] nere QrQoQ-i. 11 cere Q 4 . neiCr FjF 2 . nevr Q5F3. never F4. 145. Green.] Bag. Capell. 148, 149. Farewell...ever. Bushy. I Veil... aga in.] Bush. Fa rewell... aga in FfQ 5 . Bush. Farewell...ever. Green. Well...again. Rowe. 149. [Exeunt.] om. Q Exit. F.F2Q5F3. Ex. F 4 .

KING RICHARD II.

154

SCENE I I I . Enter

BOLINGBROKE

[ACT II,

Wilds i?i Gloucestershire. and NORTHUMBERLAND, with Forces.

Bo ling. How far is it, my lord, to Berkeley now ? North. Believe me, noble lord, I am a stranger here in Gloucestershire: These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out our miles, and makes them wearisome; And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar, Making the hard way sweet and dele6lable. But I bethink me what a weary way From Ravenspurgh to Cotswold will be found In Ross and Willoughby, wanting your company, 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; And hope to joy is little less in joy Than hope enjoy'd : by this the weary lords Shall make their way seem short, as mine hath done By sight of what I have, your noble company. Boling. Of much less value is my company Than your good words. But who comes here ? Pope. Wilds...] Capell. In Gloucestershire. Pope. A wild prosped:... Theobald. Enter...] Enter B. and N. journeying; Forces with them. Capell. Enter Hereford, Northumberland. QIQo(v)3 Q 4 . Enter the Duke of H. and N. FfQs2. Believe lord,'] Omitted by Pope. Believe...lord, I cannot tell; Capell. Believe...lord, 'tis past my knowledge Seymour conj. 3. here] om. Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . 4. wild] wide O5. SCENE H I . ] SCENE IX.

5. Draws....makes] Draw...,make Rowe. See note (XVIII). 6. your] our FfQ 5 . 9. Cotswold] Hanmer. Cotshall QiM.2^3^4- Coltshold FfQ5. 10. /;/] By Hanmer. 14. which] Q x . The rest that. 15. to joy] of joy Malone conj. f enjoy Seymour conj. 17. done] been Collier MS. 18. noble] om. Seymour conj. 20. good words] good words, my lord Seymour conj. 20, 21. S. Walker proposed to read Than...It is as one line.

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SCENE III.]

KING RICHARD II. Enter

155

HENRY PERCY.

North. It is my son, young Harry Percy, Sent from my brother Worcester, whencesoever. Harry, how fares your uncle ? Percy. I had thought, my lord, to have learn'd his health of you. North. Why, is he not with the queen ? 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 ? He was not so resolved when test we spake together. 30 Percy. Because your lordship was proclaimed traitor. But he, my lord, is gone to Ravenspurgh, To offer service to the Duke of Hereford, And sent me over by Berkeley, to discover What power the Duke of York had levied there; Then with directions to repair to Ravenspurgh. 35 North. Have you forgot the Duke of Hereford, boy ? 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. 4° 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 20. Enter Henry] Enter Harry QiQ2Q3Q4- Enter H.FfQs. 21. my son] my son, ?ny lord, Capell. 22. Worcester, whencesoever.] Worcester whencesoever. Q-QSlzWorcester whensoever: Q4. Worcester: Whencesoever. Ff (in the same line). Worcester: whencesoever, Q5. 23—25. As two lines in Capell, ending Iord...queen1 24. had] om. Pope. to have learn d] that I should

learn Seymour conj., reading as one line, my lord.. .you. 25. Why] Of me! why so? Seymour conj. 28, 29. What...resolved] As one line in Q ^ Q a Q * 29. last we] we last FfQ 5 . together] om. Steevens conj. 33. over] o^er Pope. 35. directions] direction FfQ 5 .. 36. Hereford, boy] Hereford^ boy •- 1 O .

156

KING RICHARD II

[ACTII,

I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends; And, as my fortune ripens with thy love, It shall be still thy true love's recompense: 50 My heart this covenant makes, my hand thus seals it. 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, Mann'd with three hundred men, as I have heard; And in it are the Lords of York, Berkeley, and Seymour; 55 None else of name and noble estimate. Enter Ross and WILLOUGHBY.

North. Here come the Lords of Ross and Willoughby, Bloody with spurring, fiery-red with haste. Boling. Welcome, my lords. I wot your love pursues 60 A banish'd traitor : all my treasury 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; 65 Which, till my infant fortune comes to years,' Stands for my bounty. But who comes here ? Enter

BERKELEY.

North. It is my Lord of Berkeley, as I guess. Berk. My Lord of Hereford, my message is to you. Boling. My lord, my answer is—to Lancaster; And I am come to seek that name in England; 48. thy love] my love Q 5 . S3- yon] Q x Q ^ s Q ^ yond F f Q s . 54. three hundred] 300. men Q X Q 2 . 55. are...of] om. Seymour conj. of] om. Pope. and] om. Pope. 56. estimate] estimation Q 3 Q 4 . Enter...] FfQ 5 . om. Q x Q a Q 3 57.

come] comes Q 5 F 3 F 4 .

65. thanks] thankts QXQ2Q3. 67. Stands...bounty] Must for my bounty stand Seymour conj. pope. w/l0] w/l0 now E n t e r B j F f Q 5 < o m # QiQ2Q3 Q ^ ^ Lord p o p e # My lord Is— Steevens conj. is toyon] 70. is—to] Malone. is to QqFf. Afid] As Anon. conj. 1u

1°

SCENE III.]

KING RICHARD II.

157

And I must find that title in your tongue, 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: 75 To you, my lord, I come, what lord you will, From the most gracious regent of this land, The Duke of York, to know what pricks you on To take advantage of the absent time 80 And fright our native peace with self-born arms. Enter

YORK

attended.

Boling. I shall not need transport my words by you; Here comes his grace in person. My noble uncle ! \Knecls. York. Show me thy humble heart, and not thy knee, Whose duty is deceiveable and false. Boli?ig. My gracious uncle— 85 York. Tut, t u t ! Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle : I am no traitor's uncle; and that word i grace' In an ungracious mouth is but profane. 9° Why have those banish'd and forbidden legs Dared once to touch a dust of England's ground ? But then more i why?' why have they dared to march 72. And I must] For I must Capell conj. tongue] towne F 2 Q 5 . town F 3 F4. 75. raze] race QIQ2Q3Q4» 'rase Capell. title] tittle Capell conj. 77. gracious regent of] gratious regen t o/Qim g/i orions ofQ2. gloiious °f QsQ^fQs- glorious of all Hanmer. 79. ti?7ie] king Theobald conj. 80. Enter Y. attended.] Capell. Enter Yorke. FfQ 5 . om. Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q481. SCENE X. Pope. 82. My noble] Noble Pope.

[Kneels.] Rowe. 86, 87. Tut...uncle] As one line QiQ2Q3Q4- Omitted by Pope. 87. no uncle] om. FfQ 5 . and] om. Pope. word] om. Mitford conj. 90. those] these FfQ 5 . 91. a dusi] the dust Q5. 92. But then more 'whyV] But then more why? Q r But more than whvi Q2Q.3- But more then why1 Q 4 . But more then why, F T F O Q 5 F 3 . But more then, why, F 4 . But more than, why, Theobald. But more than this ; Tyrwhitt conj. Why ?— but then more:— Jackson conj.

158

KING RICHARD II

[ACTII,

So many miles upon her peaceful bosom, Frighting her pale-faced villages with war And ostentation of despised arms ? ^ 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 As when brave Gaunt, thy father, and myself ]00 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, chastise thee 105 And minister corre6lion 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 no Before the expiration of t h y time, In braving arms against t h y sovereign. Boling. A s I was banish'd, I was banish'd Hereford; But as I come, I come for Lancaster. T 15 And, noble uncle, I beseech your grace Look on tny wrongs with an indifferent eye: You are my father, for methinks in you I see old Gaunt alive; O, then, my father, Will you permit that I shall stand condemned 120 A wandering vagabond; my rights and royalties 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, It must be granted I am Duke of Lancaster3. '95. despised] despigJitful Hanmer. disposed Warburton. despited Becket ton], despoiling Collier (Collier MS.). displayed Singer conj. 99. the lord] lord Q ^ Q ^ . 100. myself] my selfe Q ^ F , . thy sclfc Q 3 Q 4 F 2 Q 5 . thy ^ / F 3 F 4 .

162. thousand] thousands Q2Q3Q4' 104. palsy] Flashy Q 5 . 107. On] In Johnson conj. , T 2 . thy] my Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . for] or Q3Q4. II?> I I ( S . ;//r] om. Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . , 2 3 . Kiug of] in

SCENE IIL]

KING

RICHARD

II.

You have a son, Aumerle, my noble cousin; 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. I am denied to sue my livery here, And yet my letters-patents give me leave: My father's goods are all distrained and sold; And these and all are all amiss employed. What would you have me do ? I am a subject, And I challenge law: attorneys are denied me; And therefore personally I lay my claim To my inheritance of free descent. 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 : 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, 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; And let him ne'er see joy that breaks that oath ! 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, I would attach you all and make you stoop Unto the sovereign mercy of the king; 125. 128. 130. Malone. 132. 134. 136.

cousin"] kinsman FfQ 5 . wrongs] wrongers Heath conj. letters -patents] letters -patent arc all] om. Q 5 . And I] And FfQ5. my] mine

T43. to come J 4 5. M8. 151. Q/,) a .

kind to come, in] Q x . kind, in (^QsQ^fQswrong] wrongs FfQ 5 . North.] Vor. Q 5 . ne'er] F4. ne'rc Q3Q4. mvev nei?r F X F 2 F 3 .

159 125

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KING RICHARD II

i6o

[ACT II.

But since I cannot, b e it known t o y o u I d o remain as neuter. So, fare y o u well ; Unless y o u please t o enter in t h e castle i60 A n d there repose y o u for this night. A n offer, uncle, t h a t we will accept : Boling. But we must win your grace t o g o with us T o Bristol castle, which t h e y s a y is held 165 By Bushy, Bagot a n d their complices, 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; For I am loath to break our country's laws. 170 Nor friends nor foes, to me welcome you are: Things past redress are now with me past care. [Exeunt.

SCENE IV. A camp in Wales. Enter

SALISBURY

and a Welsh Captain.

Cap. My Lord of Salisbury, we have stay'd ten days, And hardly kept our countrymen together, And yet we hear no tidings from the king; Therefore we will disperse ourselves : farewell. Sal Stay yet another day, thou trusty Welshman : The king reposeth all his confidence in thee. 159. fare you well] farewell Pope. 161. there] there, my lords Collier (Collier MS.). nighty night, or so. Capell. 164. Bristol] BristollQ5. The rest Bristow. 165. complices] complicies Q3Q4. 168. with yoti] om. Pope. 170. Nor friends] Not friends Q 5 . Forfriends F3F4. welco77ie you] you welcome Jackson conj. 171. Exeunt.] om. Q3Q4. SCENE IV.] SCENE XI. Pope. John-

son proposes to insert this Scene after Acft i n . Sc. I. A camp in Wales.] Capell. In Wales. Theobald. Enter...] Enter Earl of S. and a Welch Captaine QIQ2Q3Q^ Enter Salisbury and a Captaine FfQs* 1. Cap.] Welch. Q1Q2Q3Q4. 2. our] QqF x . your F 2 F 3 F 4 . 4. will] all Rowe. 6. all...ihcc] in thee all his confidence Capell. all his] om. Seymour conj. confidence] trust Pope.

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KING

RICHARD

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Cap. 'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay-trees in our country are all withered And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven ; 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, 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. 15 Farewell: our countrymen are gone and fled, As well assured Richard their king is dead. [Exit. Sal. Ah, Richard, with the eyes of heavy mind I see thy glory like a shooting star firmament 20 Fall to the base earth from the Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west, Witnessing storms to come, woe and unrest: Thy friends are fled to wait upon thy foes, [Exit. And crossly to thy good all fortune goes,

ACT III. SCENE I. Bristol. Enter

Before the Castle.

BOLINGBROKE, YORK, NORTHUMBERLAND, ROSS, PERCY, WILLOUGHBY, with BUSHY and GREEN, prisoners.

Boling. Bring forth these men. Bushy and Green, I will not vex your souls— 8. are all] Q Z F 3 F 4 . all are Q 2 Q 3 iF F Oc. 9. And] The Q s . 12. leap] rape Capell conj. 14. to enjoy] hope f enjoy Pope. in hope f enjoy Theobald. 15. signs] boding signs Hanmer. or fall] Q r The rest omit. 17, 24. [Exit.] om. QZQ3Q3Q418. with the] OT. with Q0Q3Q4 VOL. IV.

f fQ5. ah, with Pope. 18, 10. with the...Isee] I with... Do see Seymour conj. 21. Thy sun] The sun Dyce. A C T H I . SCENE I . Bristol. Before the Castle.] Capell. Enter Bolingbroke...] FfQ 5 . Enter Duke of Hereford, Y., N., B. and G. prisoners. QIQ2Q3Q4M

162

KING RICHARD II

[ACTm

Since presently your souls must part your bodies— With too much urging your pernicious lives, For 'twere no charity ; yet, to wash your blood From off my hands, here in the view of men I will unfold some causes of your deaths. You have misled a prince, a royal king, A happy gentleman in blood and lineaments, By you unhappied and disfigured clean : Io You have in manner with your sinful hours Made a divorce betwixt his queen and him, Broke the possession of a royal bed And stain'd the beauty of a fair queen's cheeks 15 With tears drawn from her eyes by your foul wrongs. 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, Have stoop'd my neck under your injuries, 20 And sigh'd my English breath in foreign clouds, E a t i n g t h e bitter bread of b a n i s h m e n t ; Whilst you have fed upon m y signories, Dispark'd m y parks a n d fell'd m y forest woods, F r o m m y own windows torn m y household coat, 25 Razed o u t m y imprese, leaving m e no sign, Save men's opinions a n d m y living blood, T o show t h e world I a m a gentleman. This a n d much more, much more than twice all this, Condemns y o u t o t h e death. See them delivered over 3° T o execution a n d t h e h a n d of death. Bushy. More welcome is t h e stroke of death to me T h a n Bolingbroke to England. Lords, farewell. Green. M y comfort is that heaven will take our souls 4.

too] two Q 4 Q 5 .

Q5

7. « J ] W ( ) 2 Q 3 Q 4 , mine Q3Q4FfQ524> / ; y / ] Q x Q a . 13. possession']profession O 4 . . 25 . imprese] Q 5 . impreese QXQ2 '5- 4 y ] Q r with Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 FfQ 5 . Q 3 . impresse Q 4 F I F 2 F 3 . impress J8. yon] they Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . F4. 2O. Sigh'd] Sight Q x Q 2 . 29> ^ v r ] o m < p o p e . clouds] climes Long MS. 32. Lords, farewell] Omitted in 22. Whilst] o x . while Q 2 QjQ 4 FfQ5.

SCENE I.J

KING

RICHARD

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163

And plague injustice with the pains of hell. Boling. My Lord Northumberland, see them dispatch'd. 35 [Exeunt Northumberland and others, with the prisoners. Uncle, you say the queen is at your house; For God's sake, fairly let her be entreated : Tell her I send to her my kind commends; Take special care my greetings be delivered. York. A gentleman of mine I have dispatch'd With letters of your love to her at large. Boling. Thanks, gentle uncle. Come, lords, away, To fight with Glendower and his complices: Awhile to work, and after holiday. {Exeunt.

SCENE II.

The coast of Wales.

Drums: flourish and colours. Enter

A castle in view.

KING RICHARD, OF CARLISLE, AUMERLE, and Soldiers.

the

BISHOP

K. Rich. Barkloughly castle call they this at hand? Aum. Yea, my lord. How brooks your grace the air, After your late tossing on the breaking seas? K. Rich. Needs must I like it well: I weep for joy To stand upon my kingdom once again. Dear earth, I do salute thee with my hand, 35. see] seem Oapell (corrected in Notes). [Exeunt...] Capell. om. QqFf. 37. God's] Heavens FfQ 5 . 39. delivered] delivered 42, lords] my loi'ds Pope. After this line S. Wallcer would supply And lead we forth our well appointed powers. 43. To fight...complices] Omitted by Theobald. Glendower] Glendor Q,jQ?Qz Q4. Glendoure Ff. Gendoure Q 5 . SCENE II. The coast...view.] Capell. Changes to the coast of Wales.

Pope. Drums.. .colours.] FfQ 5 . Flourish: drums, and colours. Rowe (ed. 1). Flourish: drums and trumpets. Rowe (ed. 2).

Enter...] Enter the King, Aumerle, Carleil, &c. Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 (Carlile. Q3Q4). Enter Richard, Aiamerle, Carlile, and Souldiers. FfQ 5 . 1. Barkloughly] Berkley Grey conj. they]Q^ you Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 FfQ 5 . 2. Yea] Even so Keightley conj. my lord] my good lord Pope. good my lord Grant White conj. 3. your late] your Pope. late Stcevens (1793), M 2

164

KING RICHARD II

[ACT in.

Though rebels wound thee with their horses' hoofs: As a long-parted mother with her child Plays fondly with her tears and smiles in meeting, So, weeping, smiling, greet I thee, my earth, l0 And do thee favours with my royal hands. 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, 15 And heavy-gaited toads lie in their way, 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, Guard it, I pray thee, with a lurking adder 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 25 Prove armed soldiers, ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. 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, 3° And not neglected; else, if heaven would, And we will not7 heaven's offer we refuse, The proffer'd means of succour and redress. 8. with] from Rann (Capell conj.). Omitted in FfQ 5 . 29. heaven yields] Pope, heavens 9. tears and smiles] teares and smiles Q,Q 3 . teares, and smiles Q3Q4 yecld QjQaQsQ^ heaven's yield FfQ 5 . tears and smiles, Knight. Anon. conj. meeting] weeping Capell (with30. neglefted ; else, if] Pope, negne Mei drawn). / ^ ^ Else QIQ2Q3Q4S 10. weeping, smiling] weeping- then: else, Capell. 31. will not] QZQ2. would not smiling Dyce (S. Walker and Delius J)Q3Q4. will not, heaven's offer we remy] the F 2 Q 5 F 3 F 4 . 11. favours] Q r The rest favour, fuse,] would not heav'n's offer, we re19. thy] ?ny Q 4 . fuse Theobald. 32. The proffertf] QxQaQ* Tk 20. pray thee] pretheeYi^. 26. rebellion's] Q x Q a . rebellious pooferedQ4. That proffers Capell conj. Q4 Ff Qssuccour] Pope, succors QQ 2 9~32. The means redress ] succours Q3Q4.

SCENE IL]

KING

RICHARD

II.

Aum. He means, my lord, that we are too remiss; Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security, Grows strong and great in substance and in power. K. Rich. Discomfortable cousin ! know'st thou not That when the searching eye of heaven is hid, Behind the globe, that lights the lower world, Then thieves and robbers range abroad unseen In murders and in outrage, boldly here; But when from under this terrestrial ball He fires the proud tops of the eastern pines And darts his light through every guilty hole, Then murders, treasons and detested sins, The cloak of night being pluck'd from off their backs, 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, Shall see us rising in our throne, the east, His treasons will sit blushing in his face, Not able to endure the sight of day, But self-affrighted tremble at his sin. Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord: For every man that Bolingbroke hath pressed To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown, 34. our] their F 2 Q 5 F 3 F4. 35. power] QXQ2Q3Q4- friends FfQ s . 36. knovfst] knowest FfQ 5 . 37. 38. is hid. Behind...world] that lights The lower world is hid behind the globe Malone conj. 38. that] and Hanmer. 40. boldly] Dyce (Collier conj.). bouldy Q x . bloudy Q 2 . bloodie Q3Q4. bloody FfQ 5 . 41. this] his Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . 43. light] lightning FfQ 5 . light...every] lightning through each Long MS.

49. Whilst ....antipodes] Omitted in FfQ 5 . 51. sit] set F3F4. 53- his sin] themselves Seymour conj. 54- rough rude] rough-rude S. Walker conj. rude] wide Collier conj. 55offfrom]from*'fQ5. an anointed] a "nointed Anon. conj. 56. worldly] wordly F 2 . cannot] can cannot Q 4 . 5 8 - press* d\ prest QqFf. 59- shrewd] sharp Pope.

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KING RICHARD II.

[ACT HI.

God for his Richard hath in heavenly pay A glorious angel: then, if angels fight, Weak men must fall, for heaven still guards the right Enter

6

SALISBURY.

Welcome, my lord: how far off lies your power ? Sal. Nor near nor farther off, my gracious lord, Than this weak arm: discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair. One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth: O, call back yesterday, bid time return, And thou shalt have twelve thousand fighting men \ To-day, to-day, unhappy day, too late, Overthrows thy joys, friends, fortune and thy state: For all the Welshmen, hearing thou wert dead, Are gone to Bolingbroke, dispersed and fled. A urn. Comfort, my liege: why looks your grace so pale? ?5 K. Rich. But now the blood of twenty thousand men Did triumph in my face, and they are fled; And, till so much blood thither come again, Have I not reason to look pale and dead? 80 All souls that will be safe fly from my side, For time hath set a blot upon my pride. Awn. Comfort, my liege; remember who you are. K. Rich. I had forgot myself: am I not king? Awake, thou coward majesty! thou sleepest. 85 Is not the king's name twenty thousand names? Arm, arm, my name! a puny subje6l strikes 60. 63. 67. Pope.

God] Heaven FfQ 5 . Richard] Ric: Qx Q 2 Q 3 . SCENE HI. Pope. lord] lo: Q ^ . day too...lord] day {too...lord) w

*]QxQ 2 - ^ Q 3 Q 4 F f Q 5 . lord] lo: Q,Q 2 Q 3 . 68. thy] my F 2 Q 5 . 7o. twelve thousand] See note (XIX) * f 7*. Overthrows] Ontkimves F X F 2 ] F 4 . thee FJF.2Q5F3. the QiQ2Q3Q417. thee/] thee, FfQ 5 . the Q t Q 2 Q3Q4. 18. the one] one FfQ 5 . 20. Bespakc] Bespeak YA. Bespoke Rowe. 22. Alack] Alac Q r Alacke Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 - Alas F[Q5. rode] Q r rides Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Ff Qswhilst] while Pope.

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KING RICHARD II

[ACTV

After a well-graced a6lor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, 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!' No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home: But dust was thrown upon his sacred head; 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 35 The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted And barbarism itself have pitied him. But heaven hath a hand in these events, To whose high will we bound our calm contents. To Bolingbroke are we sworn subjefts now, 40 Whose state and honour I for aye allow. Duch. Here comes my son Aumerle. 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 45 And lasting fealty to the new made king. Enter

AUMERLE.

Ditch. Welcome, my son: who are the violets now That strew the green lap of the new come spring? Aum. Madam, I know not, nor I greatly care not: God knows I had as lief be none as one. York. Well, bear you well in this new spring of time, 5° Lest you be cropp'd before you come to prime. 28. gentle Richard'] Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . gentie Ric. Q r Richard FfQ5. See note (xxv). 38. bound] bind Capell. 39. sub/eels] subieel Q 3 Q 4 . 40. for] for for F 2 . 41. SCENE IV. Pope. 45- to] in F M F 3 F 4 . Enter Aumerle.] Ff (after line

40). Enter Aum. Q3Q4 (at line 41-). 0111. Q X 0 0 . 4 6 . ^re] art Q 3 Q 4 . spring Q&t 4 7 . spring?] FfQ5. Q3Q4. 4 8 . nor...not] nor do greatly care Hanmer. Care not] care Rowe.

SCENE II.]

KING RICHARD II.

205

What news from Oxford? hold those justs and triumphs? A tun. For aught I know, my lord, they do. York. You will be there, I know. Awn. If God prevent not, I purpose so. York. What seal is that, that hangs without thy bosom ? Yea, look'st thou pale? let me see the writing. Ainu. My lord, 'tis nothing. York. No matter, then, who see it: I will be satisfied; let me see the writing. Awn. I do beseech your grace to pardon me: 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? 6Tis nothing but some band, that he is entered into For gay apparel 'gainst the triumph day. York. Bound to himself! what doth he with a b;>nd That he is bound to ? Wife, thou art a fool. Boy, let me see the writing. Aunt. I do beseech you, pardon me; I may not show it. York. I will be satisfied; let me see it, I say. [He plucks it out of his bosom and reads it. 52. hold those..,.] FfQ 5 . 53.

do these

my lord] om. Pope. they do] om. Capell. £4. I know] om. Pope. 55. prevent] preve?it me Rowe. prevent it Capell. purpose] do purpose Grant White conj. 57. Yea...let me] Yea...come, let me Hanmer. Yea... boy, let me Malone conj. Boy...come, let me Rann conj. pale?]pale, sir? Capell. writing] writing, sir Keightley conj. See note (xxvi). 58. see] sees FfQ5. 64. I fear,—] I fear me— Seymour conj. What] You fear? J^W Capell.

fear?] fear, my lord? Pope. 65. band] bond FfQ 5 . that he is] he^s Pope. 66. gar] gay a?id fit Seymour conj. 'gainst... .day. ] gainst day. QL. against the triumph. Q a Q s Q ^ f Q 5 . 7iow against the triumph. Hanmer. 68. bound to?] Q 4 FfQ 5 . bound to. QjQ 2 . bound to; Q 3 . [pushing her away. Capell. 70. T do beseech] ''Beseech Capell. I beseech Seymour conj. pardon me] To pa?"don me, my lord Seymour conj. 71. see it] see9t Q 5 . [He....reads i t ] Q X Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 . Snatches it. FfQ 5 .

2o6

KING RICHARD II

[ ACTV

Treason! foul treason! Villain! traitor! slave! Ditch. W h a t is the matter, m y lord ? York. H o ! who is within there? Enter a Servant.

Saddle my horse. God for his mercy, what treachery is here! Ditch. Why, what is it, my lord? York. Give me my boots, I say; saddle my horse. [Exit Servant Now, by mine honour, by my life, by my troth, I will appeach the villain. Ditch. What is the matter? York. Peace, foolish woman. Ditch. I will not peace. What is the matter, Aumerle? A tint. Good mother, be content; it is no more Than my poor life must answer. Ditch. Thy life answer! York. Bring me my boots: I will unto the king. Re-enter Servant with boots.

Ditch. Strike him, Aumerle. Poor boy, thou art amazed. Hence, villain! never more come in my sight. York. Give me my boots, I say. Ditch. Why, York, what wilt thou do ? Wilt thou not hide the trespass of thine own? Have we more sons? or are we like to have? 9° Is not my teeming date drunk up with time? 7374. pears. 7576. 77. 78.

79-

What is] What's FfQ 5 . who is] who's FfQ 5 . Enter a Servant.] Servant apCapell. om. QqFf. Saddle] Saddle me Hanmer. God] Heaven FfQ 5 . here!] Capell. here? QqFf. is it] is't FfQ 5 . [Exit Servant.] Capell. mine] my FfQ 5 . by my...by my] Q r my...my fQs. by my...my Pope. What is] JThat's Capell.

80. woman] woman, peace Seymour conj. son 81. Aumerle] sonne F3F4. 84. SCENE V. Pope. me] om. F 2 Q5F 3 Re-enter....] Enter.... FfQ5 (after line 84). His man enters with his bootes. Q!Q2Q3Q4' 86. [Speaking to the Servant. Pope. 87. I say] om. Pope. 89. thou ?iot] not thou Q2Q3Q4'

SCENE

ii.J

KING RICHARD

II.

2O7

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, 95 Wilt thou conceal this dark conspiracy? A dozen of them here have ta'en the sacrament, And interchangeably set down their hands, To kill the king at Oxford. Ditch. H e shall b e none; We'll keep h i m h e r e : then what is t h a t t o him? TO o York. Away, fond w o m a n ! were he twenty times m y son, I would appeach him. Dudi. Hadst thou groan'd for him As I have done, thou wouldst be more pitiful. But now I know thy mind; thou dost suspe6t 105 That I have been disloyal to thy bed, 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, And yet I love him. York. Make way, unruly woman! [Exit, no Ditch. After, Aumerle! mount thee upon his horse; Spur post, and get before him to the king, And beg thy pardon ere he do accuse thee. Ill 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! \Exeunt. 95. mad] and mad Q 5 . 98. set down] set F 3 F 4 . have set Rowe. their] there Q r 99, 100. He...here] As one line *n QiQ2QsQ4' 101, 102. Away...him] As in Q z Q2Q3Q4; as prose in FfQ 5 ; as two lines in Rowe (ed. 2), the first ending times. • ior. were] where F 2 .

102, 103. Hadst...done] Arranged as in Rowe (ed. 2); as one line in Qq Ff. 103. thou wouldst] thou wouldest F 7 F 9 Q 5 . thou'dst Rowe (ed. 2). 1O 9' Not] Nor Rowe (ed. 2). to] om. Q2Q3Q4« or] Q r The rest nor. n * . Spur post] Spur, post Capell. i i 7 - beSone~\ o m - P o P e [Exeunt] Exit. Ff. Ex. Q5.

KING RICHARD II

2O8

SCENE Enter

[ACT

v.

III. A royal Palace.

BOLINGBROKE, P E R C Y , a?td otherLords.

Bo ling. Can no man tell me of my unthrifty son? 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: Inquire at London, 'mongst the taverns there, 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; Which he, young wanton and effeminate boy, Takes on the point of honour to support So dissolute a crew. Percy. My lord, some two days since I saw the prince, And told him of those triumphs held at Oxford. Bo ling. And what said the gallant? Percy. His answer was, he would unto the stews, And from the commonest creature pluck a glove, And wear it as a favour; and with that He would unhorse the lustiest challenger. Boling. As dissolute as desperate; yet through both I see some sparks of better hope, which elder years May happily bring forth. But who comes here? SCENE III.J SCENE SCENE I I . Capell.

VI.

Pope.

A royal Palace.] Oxford. Pope. The court at Windsor-Castle. Theobald. Enter...] FfQ 5 . Enter the King with his nobles. QIQ2