You have a son, Aumerle, my noble kinsman; And yet my letters patent give me leave: North. The noble duke hath been too much abused. Be his own carver, and cut out his way, To find out right with wrong,-it may not be; 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; I cannot mend it, I must needs confess, 1 Wrongs is probably here used for wrongers. 2 Steevens explains the phrase, "It stands your grace_upon," to mean, "it is your interest; it is matter of consequence to you." But hear Baret"The heyre is bound; the heyre ought, or it is the heyre's part to defend; it standeth him upon; or is in his charge. Incumbit defensio mortis hæredi.” The phrase is therefore equivalent to it is incumbent upon your grace. Unless you please to enter in the castle, Boling. An offer, uncle, that we will accept. pause; :-but yet I'll For I am loath to break our country's laws. SCENE IV. A Camp in Wales. Enter SALISBURY, and a Captain. [Exeunt. 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; Sal. Stay yet another day, thou trusty Welshman. 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 withered, And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven; The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth, And lean-looked 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.Farewell; our countrymen are gone and fled, As well assured, Richard their king is dead. [Exit. 1 Johnson thought this scene had been, by some accident, transposed, and that it should stand as the second scene in the third act. Sal. Ah, Richard! with the eyes of heavy mind, 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.— your deaths. And stained the beauty of a fair queen's cheeks 1 i. e. quite, completely. 2 There seems to be no authority for this. Isabel, Richard's second queen, was but nine years old at this period; his first queen, Anne, died in 1392, and he was very fond of her. Near to the king in blood, and near in love, 2 This, and much more, much more than twice all this, Condemns you to the death.-See them delivered over To execution and the hand of death. Bushy. More welcome is the stroke of death to me, Than Bolingbroke to England.-Lords, farewell. Green. My comfort is,-that Heaven will take our souls, And plague injustice with the pains of hell. Boling. My lord Northumberland, see them despatched. [Exeunt NORTHUMBERLAND, and others, with Prisoners. Uncle, you say, the queen is at your house; Boling. Thanks, gentle uncle.-Come, lords, away, [Exeunt.3 1 To dispark signifies to divest a park of its name and character, by destroying the inclosures, and the vert (or whatever bears green leaves, whether wood or underwood), and the beasts of the chase therein; laying it open. 2 The impress was a device, or motto. 3 Johnson says, "here may be properly inserted the last scene of the second act." SCENE II. The Coast of Wales. A Castle in view. Flourish: drums and trumpets. Enter KING RICHARD, Bishop of Carlisle, AUMERLE, and Soldiers. K. Rich. Barkloughly castle call you 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, Plays fondly with her tears, and smiles, in meeting, Bishop. Fear not, my lord; that Power, that made you king, Hath power to keep you king, in spite of all. 1 The quarto of 1597 reads they. |