4 PERSONS REPRESENTED. KING HENRY THE Fourth : HENRY, Prince of Wales, afterwards King Henry V.; THOMAS, Duke of Clarence : PRINCE JOHN of Lancaster, afterwards (his Sons. (2 Henry V.) Duke of Bedford ; PRINCE HUMPHREY of Gloster, after wards (2 lieury V.) Duke of Gloster; Earl of Warwick; Earl of Westmoreland; of the King's Party. GOWER; HARCOURT; Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. A Gentleman attending on the Chief Justice. Earl of Northumberland ; SCROOP, Archbishop of York; LORD MOWBRAY; LORD HASTINGS; LORD BARDOLPH; SIR JOHN COLEVILE; Enemies to the King. TRAVERS and Morton, Domestics of Northumberland. FALSTAFF, BARDOLPH, PISTOL, and Page. POINS and PETO, Attendants on Prince Henry. SHALLOW and SILENCE, Country Justices. DAVY, Servant to Shallow. MOULDY, SHADOW, WART, FEEBLE, and BULLCALF, Lords, and other Attendants; Officers, Soldiers, Messenger, Drawers, Beadles, Grooms, &c. SCENE. England. SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH. INDUCTION. Warkworth. Before Northumberland's Castle. Enter RUMOR, painted full of tongues.1 That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, 1 In a mask on St. Stephen's Night, 1614, by Thomas Campion, Rumor comes on in a skin coat full of winged tongues. 2 The stops are the holes in a flute or pipe. Can play upon it. But what need I thus Among my household? Why is rumor here? Who, in a bloody field by Shrewsbury, Hath beaten down young Hotspur, and his troops, Even with the rebels' blood. But what mean I wrongs. ACT I. SCENE I. The same. The Porter before the Gate. Enter LORD BARDOLPH. Bardolph. Who keeps the gate here, ho?-Where That the lord Bardolph doth attend him here. Port. His lordship is walked forth into the orchard. 1 Northumberland's castle. Please it your honor, knock but at the gate, Bard. Enter NORTHUMBERLAND. Here comes the earl. North. What news, lord Bardolph ? Every minute now Should be the father of some stratagem; Bard. Bard. As good as heart can wish. The king is almost wounded to the death; North. How is this derived? Saw you the field? Came you from Shrewsbury? thence; A gentleman well-bred, and of good name, North. Here comes my servant, Travers, whom I sent On Tuesday last to listen after news. Bard. My lord, I overrode him on the way; And he is furnished with no certainties, More than he haply may retail from me. Enter TRAVERS. North. Now, Travers, what good tidings come with you? Tra. My lord, sir John Umfrevile turned me back With joyful tidings; and, being better horsed, Outrode me. After him, came, spurring hard, A gentleman almost forspent1 with speed, That stopped by me to breathe his bloodied horse. He asked the way to Chester; and of him I did demand, what news from Shrewsbury. He told me, that rebellion had bad luck, And that young Harry Percy's spur was cold. With that he gave his able horse the head, And, bending forward, struck his armed heels Against the panting sides of his poor jade Up to the rowel-head; and, starting so, He seemed in running to devour the way, Staying no longer question. North. Ha!—Again. Said he, young Harry Percy's spur was cold? Of Hotspur, coldspur? that rebellion Had met ill luck ! Bard. My lord, I'll tell you what; If my young lord your son have not the day, Upon mine honor, for a silken point * I'll give my barony; never talk of it. 2 North. Why should the gentleman, that rode by Travers, Give then such instances of loss? Bard. 3 Who, he? He was some hilding fellow, that had stolen The horse he rode on; and, upon my life, Spoke at a venture. Look, here comes more news. Enter MORTON. North. Yea, this man's brow, like to a title-leaf, Foretells the nature of a tragic volume; 1 Exhausted. 2 A silken point is a tagged lace. 3 i. e. Hillerling, base, low fellow. |