"That water-walled bulwark, ftill fecure, I "And confident from foreign purposes" 23 Id. ib. Is bound with fame, With inky blots, and rotten parchment bonds.] Alluding to the great fums raised by loans, and other exactions, in this reign, upon the English fubjects. "MO? LYR 97 03 104 Act 2. fc. 2. p. 28. Thy fate of law is bond fave to the law, And thou Thou wanting in folio edi tions of 1623, and 1632, and in Sir Thomas Hanmer's.09 Wed anal lidem suT" Sc. 3. p. 29. Enter Northumberland. North. My hege, old - Gaunt commends him to is your majesty. nci ex Elaco ohms soding King Rich. What fays old Gaunt?]“ What fays he "Folios 16231 and 1632. P Sc. ib. so alemmables diy brother " King Richard. Now for our Irish wars, And for thefe great affairs do afk fome charge; Towards our affiftance we do feize to us The plate, coin, revenues, and moveables,» Whereof our uncle Gaunt did fand poffefst.]} The Duke of Lancaster died poffefs'd of a vaft eftate, which the king fiez'd. See Helinfoed's Richard the Second. boudin mautomot [Sc. 4. p. 32. cong sad, doow more) Willo. Tends, what you'd speak to the " Duke of Hereford.]hed erunt tool stou "Tends, that thoud'ft fpeak to the Duke "of Hereford, Folios 1623,16324ooo brA " in shamera' b'għod kualgabundo !! • nevd » Id. ib. ง Id. ib. Rofs. The commons bath be pill'd with grievous taxes, And left their hearts; the nobles be bath fined For ancient quarrels.] "The nobles hath he "fined." Folios 1623, 1632, and Sir Thomas Hanmer. Id. ib. North. I have from Port le Blanc, A bay in Bretagne, bad intelligence, That Harry Hereford, &c.]" Harry Duke of Hereford,” Folios 1623, and 1632. Sc. 5. p. 341. Madam, your majesty is much too fad.] "much fad," Folios 1623, 1632. Sc. 8. p. 39. Busby "Too Will you go with us?] "Go "along with us," Folios 1623, 1632. Sc. 9. Bolin. How far is it, my Lord, to Berkley now? North. I am a ftranger bere in Gloustershire.] North." Believe me, noble Lord, "I am a stranger here in Glousterfbire." Folios 1623, 1632. Sc. 2. p. 47. K. Rich. Barloughly-Caftle call you this at band? Aum. Yes, my good Lord.] Qu. Berkley-Caftle in Gloucefterfbire, as Percy and Northumberland mention Berkly, Act 2. fc. 9 p. 40, 418% and Berkly-Caftle, First Part of King Henry the Fourth, Act 1. fc. 4. p. 118. Id. ib. Mack not my fenfeless conjuration, Lords, This earth fhall have a feeling, and thefe ftones Prove armed foldiers.] Alluding probably to the fable of Cadmus's fowing the dragon's teeth out of which he faw armed men grow up, who flew one another, excepting five; who furviving that flaughter, help'd him to build the city of Thebes. See Danet's Dictionary. Sc. 4. p. 53 King Richard to Aumerle. K. Rich. Thou haft faid enough,Hwy Befbrew thee, coufin, which didft lead me forth Of that fweet way I was in to despair.] This thought might be borrow'd from Horace's madman, who being reftor'd to his fenfes by the help of his friends, cry'd out, That they had (e) destroy'd him, by removing those imaginary pleasures, which his madness had suggested to him. Sc. 5. P. 55. Percy fpeaking of the king, and the perfons of rank attending him. Percy. And with him Lord Aumerle, Lord Salifbury, man topama Sir Stephen Scroop; befides a clergyman North. Belike it is the Bishop of Carlife.A (e) Hic, cum cognatorum opibus curifque refectus Expulit eleboro morbum, bilemque meraco bo Ed redit ad fefe: pol me occidiftis amici, dy. Non fervaftis ait cui fic exorta voluptas, * Et demtus per vim mentis gratiffimus error. I ni A man (as Bishop (f) Godwin obferves) very "deferving of that honouro For he was a man' "both learned and wife; but principally to be "commended for his conftant, and unmove "able ofidelity to his patron and protector," "King Richard For his excellent courage in profeffing the fame, when he might fafely and "honestly have conceal'd his affection. When "the furious, unftable multitude, not con"tented that King Richard had refign'd his "crown, to fave the head that wore it; and "their darling Henry the Fourth, feating himself "in his royal throne, importuned the parlia ment affembled to proceed yet farther against "him, defiring, without all doubt, to make "all fure, his life might be taken from him "this worthy, and memorable prelate, stepping "forth, doubted not to tell them, that there was none amongst them meet to give judg"ment upon fo noble a prince as King Richard 66 was, whom they had taken for their fove"reign and liege Lord, by the fpace of twenty 66 two years and more. and more. And proceeding fur"ther, I affure you, quoth he, (I report his "words as I find them in our Chronicles) there "is not fo rank a traytor, nor fo errand a thief, nor yet fo cruel a murderer, apprehended, or "detained in prifon for his offence, but he "fhall be brought before the juftice, to hear (ƒ) See the Catalogue of the Bishops of England, &c. publish'd in 1615. pa678, Gala an “judg Id. ib. Mack not my fenfelefs conjuration, Lords, This earth fhall have a feeling, and these ftones Prove armed foldiers.] Alluding probably to the fable of Cadmus's fowing the dragon's teeth out of which he faw armed men grow up, who flew one another, excepting five; who furviving that flaughter, help'd him to build the city of Thebes. See Danet's Dictionary. Sc. 4. p. 53. King Richard to Aumerle, K. Rich. Thou haft faid enough, w Befbrew thee, coufin, which didft lead me forth 50 Of that fweet way I was in to defpair.] This thought might be borrow'd from Horace's madman, who being reftor'd to his fenfes by the help of his friends, cry'd out, That they had (e) destroy'd him, by removing those imaginary pleasures, which his madness had suggested to him. Sc. 5. p. 55. Percy fpeaking of the king, and the perfons of rank attending him. Percy. And with him Lord Aumerle, Lord Salifbury, D Sir Stephen Scroop; befides a clergyman OC North. Belike it is the Bishop of Carlife.]A (e) Hic, cum cognatorum opibus curifque refectus 1 Et demtus per vim mentis gratiffimus error. A "A |