| KING HENRY IV Lords, give us leave; the Prince of Wales and I | |
| Must have some private conference; but be near at hand, | |
| For we shall presently have need of you. | |
| [Exeunt Lords] | |
| I know not whether God will have it so, | |
| For some displeasing service I have done, | |
| That, in his secret doom, out of my blood | |
| He'll breed revengement and a scourge for me; | |
| But thou dost in thy passages of life | |
| Make me believe that thou art only mark'd | |
| For the hot vengeance and the rod of heaven | |
| To punish my mistreadings. Tell me else, | |
| Could such inordinate and low desires, | |
| Such poor, such bare, such lewd, such mean attempts, | |
| Such barren pleasures, rude society, | |
| As thou art match'd withal and grafted to, | |
| Accompany the greatness of thy blood | |