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wish Success and conquest to attend on us。 CAMBRIDGE。 Never was
monarch better fear'd and lov'd Than is your Majesty。 There's not； I think；
a subject That sits in heart…grief and uneasines Under the sweet shade of
your government。 GREY。 True： those that were your father's enemies Have
steep'd their galls in honey； and do serve you With hearts create of duty
and of zeal。 KING HENRY。 We therefore have great cause of thankfulness；
And shall forget the office of our hand Sooner than quittance of desert and
merit According to the weight and worthiness。 SCROOP。 So service shall
with steeled sinews toil； And labour shall refresh itself with hope； To do
your Grace incessant services。 KING HENRY。 We judge no less。 Uncle of
Exeter； Enlarge the man committed yesterday That rail'd against our
person。 We consider It was excess of wine that set him on； And on his
more advice we pardon him。 SCROOP。 That's mercy； but too much
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security。 Let him be punish'd； sovereign； lest example Breed； by his
sufferance； more of such a kind。 KING HENRY。 O； let us yet be merciful！
CAMBRIDGE。 So may your Highness； and yet punish too。 GREY。 Sir；
You show great mercy if you give him life； After the taste of much
correction。 KING HENRY。 Alas； your too much love and care of me Are
heavy orisons 'gainst this poor wretch！ If little faults proceeding on
distemper Shall not be wink'd at； how shall we stretch our eye When
capital crimes； chew'd； swallow'd； and digested； Appear before us？ We'll
yet enlarge that man； Though Cambridge； Scroop； and Grey； in their dear
care And tender preservation of our person； Would have him punish'd。 And
now to our French causes： Who are the late commissioners？
CAMBRIDGE。 I one； my lord。 Your Highness bade me ask for it to…day。
SCROOP。 So did you me； my liege。 GREY。 And I； my royal sovereign。
KING HENRY。 Then； Richard Earl of Cambridge； there is yours； There
yours； Lord Scroop of Masham； and； Sir Knight； Grey of Northumberland；
this same is yours。 Read them； and know I know your worthiness。 My
Lord of Westmoreland； and uncle Exeter； We will aboard to…night。 Why；
how now； gentlemen？ What see you in those papers； that you lose So
much complexion？ Look ye how they change！ Their cheeks are paper。
Why； what read you there That have so cowarded and chas'd your blood
Out of appearance？ CAMBRIDGE。 I do confess my fault； And do submit
me to your Highness' mercy。 GREY； SCROOP。 To which we all appeal。
KING HENRY。 The mercy that was quick in us but late By your own
counsel is suppress'd and kill'd。 You must not dare； for shame； to talk of
mercy； For your own reasons turn into your bosoms As dogs upon their
masters； worrying you。 See you； my princes and my noble peers； These
English monsters！ My Lord of Cambridge here… You know how apt our
love was to accord To furnish him with an appertinents Belonging to his
honour； and this man Hath； for a few light crowns； lightly conspir'd； And
sworn unto the practices of France To kill us here in Hampton； to the
which This knight； no less for bounty bound to us Than Cambridge is； hath
likewise sworn。 But； O； What shall I say to thee； Lord Scroop； thou cruel；
Ingrateful； savage； and inhuman creature？ Thou that didst bear the key of
all my counsels； That knew'st the very bottom of my soul； That almost
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mightst have coin'd me into gold； Wouldst thou have practis'd on me for
thy use… May it be possible that foreign hire Could out of thee extract one
spark of evil That might annoy my finger？ 'Tis so strange That； though the
truth of it stands off as gross As black and white； my eye will scarcely see
it。 Treason and murder ever kept together； As two yoke…devils sworn to
either's purpose； Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration did
not whoop at them； But thou； 'gainst all proportion； didst bring in Wonder
to wait on treason and on murder； And whatsoever cunning fiend it was
That wrought upon thee so preposterously Hath got the voice in hell for
excellence； And other devils that suggest by treasons Do botch and bungle
up damnation With patches； colours； and with forms； being fetch'd From
glist'ring semblances of piety； But he that temper'd thee bade thee stand up；
Gave thee no instance why thou shouldst do treason； Unless to dub thee
with the name of traitor。 If that same demon that hath gull'd thee thus
Should with his lion gait walk the whole world； He might return to vasty
Tartar back； And tell the legions 'I can never win A soul so easy as that
Englishman's。' O； how hast thou with jealousy infected The sweetness of
affiance！ Show men dutiful？ Why； so didst thou。 Seem they grave and
learned？ Why； so didst thou。 Come they of noble family？ Why； so didst
thou。 Seem they religious？ Why； so didst thou。 Or are they spare in diet；
Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger； Constant in spirit； not
swerving with the blood； Garnish'd and deck'd in modest complement； Not
working with the eye without the ear； And but in purged judgment trusting
neither？ Such and so finely bolted didst thou seem； And thus thy fall hath
left a kind of blot To mark the full…fraught man and best indued With some
suspicion。 I will weep for thee； For this revolt of thine； methinks； is like
Another fall of man。 Their faults are open。 Arrest them to the answer of
the law； And God acquit them of their practices！ EXETER。 I arrest thee of
high treason； by the name of Richard Earl of Cambridge。 I arrest thee of
high treason； by the name of Henry Lord Scroop of Masham。 I arrest thee
of high treason； by the name of Thomas Grey； knight； of Northumberland。
SCROOP。 Our purposes God justly hath discover'd； And I repent my fault
more than my death； Which I beseech your Highness to forgive； Although
my body pay the price of it。 CAMBRIDGE。 For me； the gold of France
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did not seduce； Although I did admit it as a motive The sooner to effect
what I intended； But God be thanked for prevention； Which I in sufferance
heartily will rejoice； Beseeching God and you to pardon me。 GREY。 Never
did faithful subject more rejoice At the discovery of most dangerous
treason Than I do at this hour joy o'er myself； Prevented from a damned
enterprise。 My fault； but not my body； pardon； sovereign。 KING HENRY。
God quit you in his mercy！ Hear your sentence。 You have conspir'd against
our royal person； Join'd with an enemy proclaim'd； and from his coffers
Receiv'd the golden earnest of our death； Wherein you would have sold
your king to slaughter； His princes and his peers to servitude； His subjects
to oppression and contempt； And his whole kingdom into desolation。
Touching our person seek we no revenge； But we our kingdom's safety
must so tender； Whose ruin you have sought； that to her laws We do
deliver you。 Get you therefore hence； Poor miserable wretches； to your
death； The taste whereof God of his mercy give You patience to endure；
and true repentance Of all your dear offences。 Bear them hence。 Exeunt
CAMBRIDGE； SCROOP； and GREY； guarded Now； lords； for France； the
enterprise whereof Shall be to you as us like glorious。 We doubt not of a
fair and lucky war； Since God so graciously hath brought to light This
dangerous treason； lurking in our way To hinder our beginnings； we doubt
not now But every rub is smoothed on our way。 Then； forth； dear
countrymen； let us deliver Our puissance into the hand of God； Putting it
straight in expedition。 Cheerly to sea； the signs of war advance； No king of
England； if not king of France！ Flourish。 Exeunt
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SCENE III。 Eastcheap。 Before the Boar's Head
tavern
Enter PISTOL； HOSTESS； NYM；