Cap. De Enter Salisbury, and a Captain.". M Y lord of Salisbury, we have ftaid ten days, And hardly kept our Countrymen together, And yet we hear no tidings from the King; Therefore we will difperfe ourselves. Farewel. Salif. Stay yet another day, thou trufty Welshman: The King repofeth all his truft in thee. Cap. 'Tis thought, the King is dead: we will not stay. The Bay-trees in our Country all are wither'd, 2 Here is a fcene fo unartfully and irregularly thrust into an improper place, that I cannot but fufpect it accidentally transpofed; which, when the fcenes were written on fingle pages, might eafily happen, in the wildnefs of Shakepeare's drama. This dialogue was, in the authour's draught, probably the second fcene of the enfuing act, and there I would advise the reader to infert it, though I have not ventured on fo bold a change. My conjecture is not fo prefumptuous as may be VOL. IV. Fall to the base earth from the firmament. [Exit. ACT III. SCENE I. Enter Bolingbroke, York, Northumberland, Rofs, BOLINGBROKE. RING forth thefe men. B B Busby and Green, I will not vex your fouls And ftain'd the Beauty of a fair Queen's cheeks Eat Eating the bitter bread of Banifhment, This, and much more, much more than twice all this, Condemns you to the death. See them deliver'd T'execution, and the hand of death. Busby. More welcome is the ftroke of death to me, Than Bolingbroke to England. Lords, farewel. Green. My comfort is, that heav'n will take our fouls, And plague injuftice with the pains of hell. Boling. My lord Northumberland, fee them dispatch'd. Uncle, you fay the Queen is at your house; For heav'n's fake, fairly let her be intreated; Tell her, I fend to her my kind Commends; Take fpecial care, my Greetings be deliver'd. York. A gentleman of mine I have dispatch'd With letters of your love to her at large. Boling. Thanks, gentle Uncle.-Come, my lords, 4 away, 3 From mine own windows torn my boufhold coat.] It was the practice, when coloured glafs was in ufe, of which there are ftill fome remains in old feats and churches, to anneal the arms of the family in the windows of the house. 4 Thanks, gentle Uncle; Come, A while to Work, and after Holyday.] Tho' the intermediate Line has taken Poffef [To fion of all the old Copies, I have great Sufpicion of its being an Interpolation; and have therefore ventur'd to throw it out. The first and third Line rhime to each other; nor, do I imagine, this was cafual, but intended by the Poet. Were we to acknowledge the Line genuine, it must argue the Poet of Forgetfulnets and Inattention to Hiftory. Bolingbroke is, as it were, yet but juft arrived; he is now at Briftul; weak in his Numbers; has had no Meeting with a Parliament; E 2 nor [To fight with Glendower and his Complices;] A while to Work; and, a?ter, Holy-day. [Exeunt. SCENE II. * Changes to the coaft of Wales. Enter King Richard, Aumerle, Bishop of Carlisle, and Soldiers. K. Rich. B Arkloughly-caftle call you this at hand? Aum. Yea, my good lord; how brooks your Grace the air, After your toffing on the breaking Seas? K. Rich. Needs muft I like it well. I weep for joy To ftand upon my Kingdom once again. Dear Earth, I do falute thee with my hand, Though Rebels wound thee with their horfes' hoofs: Plays fondly with her tears, and fmiles in meeting; nor is fo far affur'd of the Suc- macy of Wales, and imprison'd Mortimer; yet it was not 'till the fucceeding Year, that the King employed any Force against him. THEOBALD. This emendation, which I think is jutt, has been followed by Sir T. Hanmer, but is neglected by Dr. Warburton. Here may be properly inferted the laft fcene of the fecond act. Yield stinging nettles to mine enemies; Bifbop. Fear not, my Lord; that Pow'r, that made you King, Hath pow'r to keep you King, in fpight of all. Aum. He means, my lord; that we are too remifs; The cloak of night being pluck'd from off their backs, |