DRAMATIS PERSONA. KING HENRY the Fourth. HENRY, Prince of Wales, Sons to the King. WORCESTER, NORTHUMBERLAND," HOT-SPUR, MORTIMER, Archbishop of YORK, DOWGLAS, OWEN GLENDOWER, Sir RICHARD VERNON, Sir MICHELL, WESTMORLAND, Enemies to the King. Sir WALTER BLUNT, of the King's Party. Sir JOHN FALSTAFF. POINS, BARDOLPH, } Companions of Falstaff. Lady PERCY, Wife to Hotfpur. Lady MORTIMER, Daughter to Glendower, and Wife to Mortimer. Hoftefs QUICKLY. Sheriff, Vintner, Chamberlain, Drawers, two Carriers, Travellers, and Attendants. SCENE, ENGLAND, THE The Court at LONDON. Enter King Henry, Lord John of Lancaster, Earl of Westmorland, and others. K. Henry. S O fhaken as we are, fo wan with care, broils To be commenc'd in ftronds afar remote ! No more the thirsty entrance of this foil Shall dawb her lips with her own children's blood: Of hoftile paces. Thofe oppofed arms And And furious clofe of civil butchery, (Whose foldier now, under whofe bleffed Cross But this our purpose is a twelvemonth old, Then let me hear Of you, my gentle coufin Weftmorland, What yefternight our council did decree, Weft. My Liege, this hafte was hot in question, : But yefternight when all athwart there came By thofe Welforwomen done, as may not be Without much fhame re-told or spoken of. K. Henry. It seems then, that the tidings of this broil Brake off our bufinefs for the holy land. Weft. This, matcht with other like, my gracious Lord; Farther uneven and unwelcome news Came from the North, and thus it did import. Young |