Enter LORD RANDOLPH. Lord Rand. Hold! I command you both! the man that stirs Makes me his foe. Norv. Another voice than thine, That threat had vainly sounded, noble Randolph. Glen. Hear him, my Lord; he's wondrous condescending! Mark the humility of shepherd Norval ! Norv. Now you may scoff in safety. Lord Rand. Speak not thus, Taunting each other, but unfold to me The cause of quarrel; then I judge betwixt you. Norv. Nay, my good lord, though I revere you much, My cause I plead not, nor demand your judgment. I blush to speak: and will not, cannot speak I owe a subject's homage; but even him Lord Rand. Thus far I'll mediate with impartial voice; The ancient foe of Caledonia's land Now waves his banner o'er her frighted fields; Suspend your purpose till your country's arms The private quarrel. Glen. I agree to this. Norv. And I. Glen. Norval, Let not our variance mar the social hour, Shall stain my countenance. Smooth thou thy brow; Norv. Think not so lightly, sir, of my resentment; HOME. HENRY IV.-PART I. Enter KING HENRY, NORTHUMBERLAND, WORCESTER, HOTSPUR, SIR WALTER BLUNT, and others. K. Hen. My blood hath been too cold and temperate, Unapt to stir at these indignities, And you have found me; for accordingly, You tread upon my patience: but, be sure, Which the proud soul ne'er pays, but to the proud. And that same greatness, too, which our own hands North. My lord,— K. Hen. Worcester, get thee gone, for I do see O sir, your presence is too bold and peremptory, The moody frontier of a servant brow. You have good leave to leave us; when we need You were about to speak. North. Yea, my good lord. [Exit WORCESTER. [TO NORTH. Those prisoners in your highness' name demanded, Were, as he says, not with such strength denied Either envy, therefore, or misprision Hot. My liege, I did deny no prisoners. He was perfumed like a milliner; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held He gave his nose, and took 't away again ;— He questioned me; among the rest demanded I then, all smarting, with my wounds being cold, Out of my grief and my impatience, Answered neglectingly, I know not what; He should, or he should not ;—for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk, and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting-gentlewoman, Of guns, and drums, and wounds (God save the mark!), And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti, for an inward bruise; And that it was great pity, so it was, Betwixt my love and your high majesty. Blunt. The circumstance considered, good my Whatever Harry Percy then hath said, lord, K. Hen. Why, yet he doth deny his prisoners; That we, at our own charge, shall ransom straight Hot. Revolted Mortimer! He never did fall off, my sovereign liege, But by the chance of war ;-To prove that true, In single opposition, hand to hand, He did confound the best part of an hour In changing hardiment with great Glendower : Three times they breathed, and three times did they drink, Upon agreement, of swift Severn's flood; Who then, affrighted with their bloody looks, Ran fearfully among the trembling reeds, Colour her working with such deadly wounds; Receive so many, and all willingly : Then let him not be slandered with revolt. K. Hen. Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him, He never did encounter with Glendower; I tell thee, He durst as well have met the devil alone, Art thou not ashamed? But, sirrah, henceforth [Exeunt KING Henry, Blunt, etc. Hot. And if the devil come and roar for them And tell him so; for I will ease my heart, North. What, drunk with choler? stay, and pause awhile; Here comes your uncle. Re-enter WORCESTER. Hot. Speak of Mortimer ? 'Zounds, I will speak of him; and let my soul Want mercy, if Ì do not join with him: In his behalf, I'll empty all these veins, And shed my dear blood drop by drop i̇' the dust, As high i' the air as this unthankful king, North. Brother, the king hath made your nephew mad. [TO WORCESTER. Wor. Who struck this heat up, after I was gone? And when I urged the ransom once again Wor. I cannot blame him: Was he not proclaimed, From whence he, intercepted, did return |