King Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
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NORTH.
He did; myself did hear it. HOT. Nay, then I cannot blame his cousin King, That wish'd him on the barren mountains starve. But shall it be, that you, that set the crown Upon the head of this forgetful man, And for his sake wear the detested blot Of murderous subornation,--shall it be, That you a world of curses undergo, Being the agents, or base second means, The cords, the ladder, or the hangman rather?-- O, pardon me, that I descend so low, To show the line and the predicament Wherein you range under this subtle King;-- Shall it, for shame, be spoken in these days, Or fill up chronicles in time to come, That men of your nobility and power Did gage them both in an unjust behalf,-- As both of you, God pardon it! have done,-- To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose, And plant this thorn, this canker, Bolingbroke? And shall it, in more shame, be further spoken, That you are fool'd, discarded, and shook off By him for whom these shames ye underwent? No! yet time serves, wherein you may redeem Your banish'd honours, and restore yourselves Into the good thoughts of the world again; Revenge the jeering and disdain'd contempt |
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