[dows, With nothing trembles: at something it grieves, As,-though, in thinking, on no thought I think,- Bushy. 'Tis nothing but conceit, my gracious lady. But what it is, that is not yet known; what Enter GREEN. Green. God save your majesty!-and well met gentle men : I hope, the king is not yet shipp'd for Ireland. Queen. Why hopest thou so? 'tis better hope, he is; For his designs crave haste, his haste good hope: Then wherefore dost thou hope, he is not shipp'd? Green. That he, our hope, might have retired his And driven into despair an enemy's hope, Who strongly hath set footing in this land The banish'd Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived At Ravenspurg. Now God in heaven forbid! [power, Green. O madam, 'tis too true: and that is worse,The lord Northumberland, his young son Henry Percy, The lords of Ross, Beaumond, and Willoughby, With all their powerful friends, are fled to him. Bushy. Why have you not proclaim'd NorthumberAnd all the rest of the revolting faction, Traitors? Green. We have: whereon the earl of Worcester To Bolingbroke. Queen. So, Green, thou art the midwife to my woe, And Bolingbroke my sorrow's dismal heir: Now hath my soul brought forth her prodigy; And I, a gasping new-deliver'd mother, Have woe to woe, sorrow to sorrow join'd. Who shall hinder me? I will despair, and be at enmity Who gently would dissolve the bands of life, Enter YORK. Green. Here comes the duke of York. Uncle, For Heaven's sake, speak comfortable words. York. Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts: Who, weak with age, cannot support myself:- Enter a Servant. Serv. My lord, your son was gone before I came. York. He was? Why, so! - go all which way it will! The nobles they are fled, the commons cold, And will, I fear, revolt on Hereford s side. Sirrah, Get thee to Plashy, to my sister Gloster: Serv. My lord, I had forgot to tell your lordships" To-day, as I came by, I called there;- Serv. An hour before I came, the duchess died. some carts, And bring away the armour that is there. [Exit Servant. Is my kinsman, whom the king hath wrong'd; But time will not permit :-All is uneven, [Exeunt York and Queen. Bushy. The wind sits fair for news to go to Ireland, But none returus. For us to levy power, Proportionable to the enemy, Is all impossible. Green. Besides, our nearness to the king in love, Is near the hate of those love not the king. Bagot. And that's the wavering comnions; for their love Lies in their purses; and whoso empties them, Bagot. If judgment lie in them, then so do we, Green. Well, I'll for refuge straight to Bristol castle; The earl of Wiltshire is already there. Bushy. Thither will I with you: for little cffice The hateful commons will perform for us; Bagot. No; I'll to Ireland to his majesty. We three here part, that ne'er shall meet again. Bushy. That's as York thrives to beat back Bolingbroke. Green. Alas, poor duke! the task he undertakes, Is-numb'ring sands, and drinking oceans dry; Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly. Bushy. Farewell at once; for once, for all, and ever. Green. Well, we may meet again. Bagot. I fear me, never. [Exeunt. SCENE 111.- The Wilds in Glostershire. Enter BOLINGBROKE and NORTHUMBER- Boling. How far is it, my lord, to Berkley now? I am a stranger here in Glostershire. These high wild hills, and rough uneven ways, And hope to joy, is little less in joy, Than hope enjoy'd: by this the weary lords Shall make their way seem short; as mine hath done North. It is my son, young Harry Percy, Percy. I had thought, my lord, to have learn'd his health of you. North. Why, is he not with the queen? Percy. No, my good lord; he hath forsook the court, Broken his staff of office, and dispersed The household of the king. North. What was his reason? He was not so resolved, when last we spake together. Percy. Because your lordship was proclaimed traitor. But he, my lord, is gone to Ravenspurg, To offer service to the duke of Hereford; What power the duke of York had levied there; North. Have you forgot the duke of Hereford, boy? [duke. North. Then learn to know him now; this is the Percy. My gracious lord, I tender you my service, Such as it is, being tender, raw, and young; Which elder days shall ripen, and confirm To more approvéd service and desert. Boling. I thank thee, gentle Percy; and be sure, I count myself in nothing else so happy, As in a soul rememb'ring my good friends; And, as my fortune ripens with thy love, It shall be still thy true love's recompense: My heart this covenant makes, my hand thus seals it. North. How far is it to Berkley? And what stir Keeps good old York there, with his men of war? Percy. There stands the castle, by yon tuft of trees, Mann'd with three hundred men, as I have heard: And in it are the lords of York, Berkley, and Seymour; None else of name, and noble estimate. Enter ROSS and WILLOUGHBY. North. Here comes the lords of Ross and Willoughby, Bloody with spurring, fiery-red with haste. Boling. Welcome, my lords: I wot, your love pursues A banish'd traitor; all my treasury Is yet but unfelt thanks, which, more enrich'd, Ross. Your presence makes us rich, most noble lord. Enter BERKLEY. North. It is my lord of Berkley, as I guess. |