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; Which, till my infant fortune comes to years, Stands for my bounty. But who comes here? Enter BERKLEY. North. It is my lord of Berkley, as I guess. Berk. Mistake me not, my lord; 'tis not my meaning, To raze one title of your honour out : To you, my lord, I come, (what lord you will,) 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! [Kneels. York. Show me thy humble heart, and not thy knee, Whose duty is deceivable and false. Boling. My gracious uncle !— York. Tut, tut! Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle: I am no traitor's uncle; and that word-grace, In an ungracious mouth, is but profane. Why have those banish'd and forbidden legs gracious regent "-MALONE. the absent time,] i. e. time of the king's absence. But then more why';-Why have they dar'd to march So many miles upon her peaceful bosom ; Frighting her pale-fac'd villages with war, And ostentation of despised arms? Com'st thou because the anointed king is hence? Why, foolish boy, the king is left behind, Were I but now the lord of such hot youth, Boling. My gracious uncle, let me know my fault; York. Even in condition of the worst degree,- In gross rebellion, and detested treason: Thou art a banish'd man, and here art come, Before the expiration of thy time, In braving arms against thy sovereign. Boling. As I was banish'd, I was banish'd Hereford : But as I come, I come for Lancaster. And, noble uncle, I beseech your grace, Look on my wrongs with an indifferent eye": But then more why ;] But, to add more questions. 5 And ostentation of despised arms?] The meaning of this probably is-a boastful display of arms which we despise. 6 indifferent eye] i. e. with an impartial eye. VOL. IV. Y You have a son, Aumerle, my noble kinsman : And yet my letters-patent give me leave: My father's goods are all distrain'd, and sold; To my inheritance of free descent. North. The noble duke hath been too much abus'd. North. The noble duke hath sworn, his coming is I cannot mend it, I must needs confess, 7 To rouse his wrongs,] i. e. the persons who wrong him. to sue my livery here,] A law phrase belonging to the feudal tenures. 9 It stands your grace upon, to do him right.] i. e. it is your interest, it is matter of consequence to you. But, since I cannot, be it known to you, Boling. An offer, uncle, that we will accept. 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. 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 Captain. Cap. My lord of Salisbury, we have staid 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 Welchman; The king reposeth all his confidence In thee +. Cap. 'Tis thought, the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd', And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven; The pale-fac'd moon looks bloody on the earth, And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change; † Mr. Malone adds "In thee" to the preceding line. 1 The bay-trees, &c.] This enumeration of prodigies is in the highest degree poetical and striking. JOHNSON. [Exit. Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap,— These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.- Sal. Ah, Richard! with the eyes of heavy mind, I see thy glory, like a shooting star, Fall to the base earth from the firmament! [Exit. ACT III. SCENE I-Bolingbroke's Camp at Bristol. Enter BOLINGBROKE, YORK, NORTHUMBERLAND, PERCY, WILLOUGHBY, Ross: Officers behind, with BUSHY and GREEN, prisoners. Boling. Bring forth these men. Bushy, and Green, I will not vex your souls And stain'd the beauty of a fair queen's cheeks |