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DUCHESS OF YORK:
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After, Aumerle! mount thee upon his horse;
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Spur post, and get before him to the king,
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And beg thy pardon ere he do accuse thee.
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I'll not be long behind; though I be old,
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I doubt not but to ride as fast as York:
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And never will I rise up from the ground
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Till Bolingbroke have pardon'd thee. Away, be gone!
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HENRY BOLINGBROKE:
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Can no man tell me of my unthrifty son?
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'Tis full three months since I did see him last;
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If any plague hang over us, 'tis he.
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I would to God, my lords, he might be found:
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Inquire at London, 'mongst the taverns there,
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For there, they say, he daily doth frequent,
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With unrestrained loose companions,
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Even such, they say, as stand in narrow lanes,
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And beat our watch, and rob our passengers;
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Which he, young wanton and effeminate boy,
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Takes on the point of honour to support
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So dissolute a crew.
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HENRY PERCY:
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My lord, some two days since I saw the prince,
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And told him of those triumphs held at Oxford.
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HENRY BOLINGBROKE:
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And what said the gallant?
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HENRY PERCY:
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His answer was, he would unto the stews,
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And from the common'st creature pluck a glove,
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And wear it as a favour; and with that
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He would unhorse the lustiest challenger.
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HENRY BOLINGBROKE:
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As dissolute as desperate; yet through both
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I see some sparks of better hope, which elder years
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May happily bring forth. But who comes here?
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DUKE OF AUMERLE:
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Where is the king?
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HENRY BOLINGBROKE:
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What means our cousin, that he stares and looks
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So wildly?
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DUKE OF AUMERLE:
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God save your grace! I do beseech your majesty,
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To have some conference with your grace alone.
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HENRY BOLINGBROKE:
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Withdraw yourselves, and leave us here alone.
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What is the matter with our cousin now?
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DUKE OF AUMERLE:
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For ever may my knees grow to the earth,
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My tongue cleave to my roof within my mouth
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Unless a pardon ere I rise or speak.
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HENRY BOLINGBROKE:
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Intended or committed was this fault?
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If on the first, how heinous e'er it be,
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To win thy after-love I pardon thee.
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DUKE OF AUMERLE:
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Then give me leave that I may turn the key,
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That no man enter till my tale be done.
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HENRY BOLINGBROKE:
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Have thy desire.
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DUKE OF YORK:
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HENRY BOLINGBROKE:
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Villain, I'll make thee safe.
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DUKE OF AUMERLE:
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Stay thy revengeful hand; thou hast no cause to fear.
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DUKE OF YORK:
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HENRY BOLINGBROKE:
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What is the matter, uncle? speak;
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Recover breath; tell us how near is danger,
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That we may arm us to encounter it.
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DUKE OF YORK:
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Peruse this writing here, and thou shalt know
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The treason that my haste forbids me show.
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DUKE OF AUMERLE:
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Remember, as thou read'st, thy promise pass'd:
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I do repent me; read not my name there
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My heart is not confederate with my hand.
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DUKE OF YORK:
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It was, villain, ere thy hand did set it down.
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I tore it from the traitor's bosom, king;
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