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Scene VIWindsor castleFlourish. Enter Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of York, with other Lords, and AttendantsHenry BolingbrokeKind uncle York, the latest news we hear Is that the rebels have consumed with fire Our town of Cicester in Gloucestershire; But whether they be ta’en or slain we hear not.Enter NorthumberlandWelcome, my lord what is the news?NorthumberlandFirst, to thy sacred state wish I all happiness. The next news is, I have to London sent The heads of Oxford, Salisbury, Blunt, and Kent: The manner of their taking may appear At large discoursed in this paper here.Henry BolingbrokeWe thank thee, gentle Percy, for thy pains; And to thy worth will add right worthy gains.Enter Lord FitzwaterLord FitzwaterMy lord, I have from Oxford sent to London The heads of Brocas and Sir Bennet Seely, Two of the dangerous consorted traitors That sought at Oxford thy dire overthrow.Henry BolingbrokeThy pains, Fitzwater, shall not be forgot; Right noble is thy merit, well I wot.Enter Henry Percy, and the Bishop of CarlisleHenry PercyThe grand conspirator, Abbot of Westminster, With clog of conscience and sour melancholy Hath yielded up his body to the grave; But here is Carlisle living, to abide Thy kingly doom and sentence of his pride.Henry BolingbrokeCarlisle, this is your doom: Choose out some secret place, some reverend room, More than thou hast, and with it joy thy life; So as thou livest in peace, die free from strife: For though mine enemy thou hast ever been, High sparks of honour in thee have I seen.Enter Exton, with persons bearing a coffinExtonGreat king, within this coffin I present Thy buried fear: herein all breathless lies The mightiest of thy greatest enemies, Richard of Bordeaux, by me hither brought.Henry BolingbrokeExton, I thank thee not; for thou hast wrought A deed of slander with thy fatal hand Upon my head and all this famous land.ExtonFrom your own mouth, my lord, did I this deed.Henry BolingbrokeThey love not poison that do poison need, Nor do I thee: though I did wish him dead, I hate the murderer, love him murdered. The guilt of conscience take thou for thy labour, But neither my good word nor princely favour: With Cain go wander through shades of night, And never show thy head by day nor light. Lords, I protest, my soul is full of woe, That blood should sprinkle me to make me grow: Come, mourn with me for that I do lament, And put on sullen black incontinent: I’ll make a voyage to the Holy Land, To wash this blood off from my guilty hand: March sadly after; grace my mournings here; In weeping after this untimely bier.Exeunt
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William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act IV
- William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act IV
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