Henry IV, Part II by William Shakespeare

Act 4 - Scene 4

Westminster. The Jerusalem Chamber

Prince Humphrey : I think he's gone to hunt, my lord, at

Prince Humphrey : I do not know, my lord.

Prince Humphrey : No, my good lord, he is in presence here.

Prince Thomas : What would my lord and father?

Prince Thomas : I shall observe him with all care and love.

Prince Thomas : He is not there to-day; he dines in London.

Prince Thomas : With Poins, and other his continual followers.

Harcourt : From enemies heaven keep your Majesty; [p]And, when they stand against
you, may they fall [p]As those that I am come to tell you of! [p]The
Earl Northumberland and the Lord Bardolph, [p]With a great power of
English and of Scots, [p]Are by the shrieve of Yorkshire
overthrown. [p]The manner and true order of the fight [p]This packet,
please it you, contains at large.

Prince Humphrey : Comfort, your Majesty!

Prince Thomas : O my royal father!

Prince Thomas : No, no; he cannot long hold out these pangs. [p]Th' incessant care and
labour of his mind [p]Hath wrought the mure that should confine it
in [p]So thin that life looks through, and will break out.

Prince Humphrey : The people fear me; for they do observe [p]Unfather'd heirs and
loathly births of nature. [p]The seasons change their manners, as the
year [p]Had found some months asleep, and leapt them over.

Prince Thomas : The river hath thrice flow'd, no ebb between; [p]And the old folk,
Time's doting chronicles, [p]Say it did so a little time
before [p]That our great grandsire, Edward, sick'd and died.

Prince Humphrey : This apoplexy will certain be his end.

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