Join with the present Sickness that I have, [Exit, borne out. K. Rich. Right, you fay true; as Hereford's love, fo his; As theirs, fo mine; and all be, as it is. Enter Northumberland. North. My Liege, old Gaunt commends him to your Majefty. K. Rich. What fays old Gaunt? North. Nay, nothing; all is faid : His tongue is now a ftringlefs inftrument, Words, life, and all, old Lancaster hath spent. York. Be York the next, that must be bankrupt fo! Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. K. Rich. The ripeft fruit firft falls, and fo doth he; His time is spent, our pilgrimage muft be: So much for that. Now for our Irish wars; We must fupplant those rough rug-headed Kerns, And, for thefe great affairs do ask fome charge, Not Not Gaunt's rebukes, nor England's private wrongs, Of whom thy father, Prince of Wales, was firft : K. Rich. Why, uncle, what's the matter? Pardon me, if you please; if not, I, pleas'd Seek you to feize, and gripe into your hands, Take Hereford's Rights away, and take from time If you do wrongfully feize Hereford's Right, His livery, and deny his offer'd homage; B 3 You You lofe a thousand well-difpofed hearts; And prick my tender patience to thofe thoughts, K. Rich. Think, what you will; we feize into our hands His plate, his goods, his money, and his lands. York. I'll not be by, the while; my Liege, farewel: What will enfue hereof, there's none can tell. But by bad courfes may be understood, That their events can never fall out good. [Exit. K. Rich. Go, Busby, to the Earl of Wiltshire flraight, Bid him repair to us to Ely-house, To fee this bufinefs done: To morrow next Our uncle York Lord-governor of England: Come on, our Queen; to morrow muft we part; [Flourish. [Exeunt, King, Queen, &c. Manent Northumberland, Willoughby, and Rofs. North. Well, Lords, the Duke of Lancafter is dead. North. Richly in both, if justice had her right. Ere't be disburthen'd with a lib'ral tongue. North. Nay, speak thy mind; and let him ne'er fpeak more, That speaks thy words again to do thee harm. Willo. Tends, what you'd fpeak, to the Duke of Hereford? If it be fo, out with it boldly, man: Quick is mine ear to hear of good towards him. Unless you call it good to pity him, Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. North. North. Now, afore heav'n, it's fhame, fuch wrongs are borne In him a royal Prince, and many more 'Gainst us, our lives, our children, and our heirs. not, But bafely yielded upon compromise That, which his Ancestors atchiev'd with blows: Rofs. The Earl of Wiltshire hath the Realm in farm, man. North. Reproach, and diffolution, hangeth over him. Rofs. He hath not mony for these Irish wars, (His burthenous taxations notwithstanding) But by the robbing of the banish'd Duke. North. His noble Kinfman-moft degenerate King! But, lords, we hear this fearful tempeft fing, Yet feek no fhelter to avoid the ftorm: We fee the wind fit fore upon our fails, And yet we strike not, but fecurely perish. Rofs. We fee the very wreck, that we must suffer ; And unavoided is the danger now, For fuff'ring fo the causes of our wreck. North. Not fo: ev'n through the hollow eyes of Death I fpy life peering; but I dare not say, How near the tydings of our comfort is. Willo. Nay, let us fhare thy thoughts, as thou doft ours. B 4 Rofs. Rofs. Be confident to fpeak, Northumberland'; We three are but thy fel, and speaking fo, Thy words are but as thoughts, therefore be bold. North. Then thus, my friends. I have from Port le Blanc, A bay in Bretagne, had intelligence, That Harry Hereford, Rainald lord Cobham, Sir John Norberie, Sir Robert Waterton, and Francis All these well furnish'd by the Duke of Bretagne, Rofs. To horse, to horse; urge Doubts to them that fear. Wille. Hold out my horfe, and I will first be there. SCENE, the Court. Enter Queen, Bushy, and Bagot. Bubby. M [Exeunt. Adam, your Majefty is much too fad : You promis'd, when you parted with the King, To lay afide self harming heaviness, And entertain a chearful difpofition. Queen. To please the King, I did; to please my self, I |