And furbish new the name of John a Gaunt, Even in the lusty haviour of his son. Gaunt. God in thy good cause make thee prosperous! Be swift like lightning in the execution; And let thy blows, doubly redoubled, 80 Fall like amazing thunder on the casque Of thy adverse pernicious enemy: Rouse up thy youthful blood, be valiant and live. Boling. Mine innocency and Saint George to thrive! 85 There lives or dies, true to King Richard's throne, Never did captive with a freer heart Cast off his chains of bondage and embrace Go I to fight: truth hath a quiet breast. K. Rich. Farewell, my lord: securely I espy Mar. Harry of Hereford, Lancaster and Derby, Mar. Go bear this lance to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk. First Her. Harry of Hereford, Lancaster and Derby, Stands here for God, his sovereign and himself, On pain to be found false and recreant, To prove the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray, A traitor to his God, his king and him; And dares him to set forward to the fight.. Sec. Her. Here standeth Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, On pain to be found false and recreant, Both to defend himself and to approve To God, his sovereign and to him disloyal; Attending but the signal to begin. Mar. Sound, trumpets; and set forward, combatants. [A charge sounded. Stay, the king hath thrown his warder down. K. Rich. Let them lay by their helmets and their spears, And both return back to their chairs again: While we return these dukes what we decree. Draw near, [A long flourish. And list what with our council we have done. With that dear blood which it hath fostered; And for our eyes do hate the dire aspect Of civil wounds plough'd up with neighbours' sword; 130 With rival-hating envy, set on you To wake our peace, which in our country's cradle Which so roused up with boisterous untuned drums, 135 And grating shock of wrathful iron arms, Might from our quiet confines fright fair peace, And make us wade even in our kindred's blood; 140 Till twice five summers have enrich'd our fields But tread the stranger paths of banishment. Boling. Your will be done: this must my comfort be, Shall point on me and gild my banishment. K. Rich. Norfolk, for thee remains a heavier doom, 145 135. 136. With] And Pope. ing Qr Mow. A heavy sentence, my most sovereign liege, And all unlook'd for from your highness' mouth: 155 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, 160 And now my tongue's use is to me no more Or like a cunning instrument cased up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony: 165 Within my mouth you have engaol'd my tongue, Doubly portcullis'd with my teeth and lips; 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, Mow. Then thus I turn me from my country's light, 150. sly slow] slie slow Q,Q2Q3Q4• slye slow F1Q5F3F4. flye slow F2. flyslow Pope. sly-slow Malone. slideslow Keightley conj. See note (XI). 151. dear] drear Anon. conj. 153. life] death Anon. conj. 156. merit, not] mede, and not Johnson conj. 159. learn'd] FfQs. learnt Q.Q2 learnd Q3Q4. 166-169. Within...on me] Put in the margin as spurious by Pope. 166. engaol'd] F,F2Q5. engaold QQ ingayld Q3Q4. engoal'd F3F4. 167. portcullis'd] portculist Q. portcullist Q percullist Q3Q4F1F2 F3. purcullist Q5. percullis'd F4. 169. gaoler] Q.Q2F,F2Q5. Tayler Q3Q4. goaler F3F4· 172. 174. then] FfQ5. om. Q,Q2Q3Q4• be compassionate] be so passionate Singer. become passionate Grant White (Theobald conj.). 175. too] to F2. 170 175 To dwell in solemn shades of endless night. K. Rich. Return again, and take an oath with thee. Our part therein we banish with yourselves- You never shall, so help you truth and God! 185 This louring tempest of your home-bred hate; 'Gainst us, our state, our subjects, or our land. Boling. I swear. 190 Mow. And I, to keep all this. Boling. Norfolk, so far as to mine enemy: By this time, had the king permitted us, Mow. No, Bolingbroke: if ever I were traitor, 177. solemn] sullen S. Walker conj. 178. thee] ye Rowe. 180. you owe] FfQ5. y' owe QiQ2 Q3Q4 180, 183, 204. God] QxQzQ3Q4 heaven FfQ5. 183. never] ueuer F1. 185, 186, 188. never] Q1Q2Q3Q4 ever FfQ5. 186. write, regreet] write; regreete Q3Q4. writ, regreet Q5. write regrect Delius. nor] QiQ2Q3Q4. or FfQ5. 187. louring] lowring Q.Q2FfQ5. louing Q3Q4. 189. plot...complot] plot...compass 192. [Kissing the King's sword. 193. far] F4 fare Q1Q2Q3Q4F.. enemy:-] Theobald. enemy: 198. the] QQ2Q3Q4. this FfQ5. 195 200 |