Enter NORTHUMBERLAND. Welcome, my lord: what is the news? North. First, 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: Boling. We thank thee, gentle Percy, for thy And to thy worth will add right worthy gains. Enter FITZWATER. Fitz. My lord, I have from Oxford sent to The heads of Brocas and Sir Bennet Seely, Boling. Thy pains, Fitzwater, shall not be forgot; Right noble is thy merit, well I wot. Enter PERCY, and the BISHOP of Carlisle. Percy. The grand conspirator, Abbot of Westminster, With clog of conscience and sour melancholy But here is Carlisle living, to abide Thy kingly doom and sentence of his pride. Choose out some secret place, some reverend room, More than thou hast, and with it joy thy life; ΤΟ 20 8. Oxford; apparently an given by Holinshed, and thence oversight for 'Spencer' (i.e. the Earl of Gloucester), the name substituted in Ff. So as thou livest in peace, die free from strife: Enter EXTON, with persons bearing a coffin. Boling. Exton, I thank thee not; for thou hast wrought A deed of slander with thy fatal hand Upon my head and all this famous land. Exton. From your own mouth, my lord, did I this deed. Boling. They love not poison that do poison Nor do I thee though I did wish him dead, 35. A deed of slander, one that will cause scandal or re proach. [Exeunt. So Q1 30 40 50 The rest SIR MICHAEL, a friend to the Archbishop of York. GADSHILL. PETO. BARDOLPH. LADY PERCY, wife to Hotspur, and sister to Mortimer. MISTRESS QUICKLY, hostess of a tavern in Eastcheap. Lords, Officers, Sheriff, Vintner, Chamberlain, Drawers, two Carriers, Travellers, and Attendants. SCENE: England. DURATION OF TIME Dramatic Time. -Ten 'historic' days, with three extra 'Fal. staffian' days, and intervals. |