K. John. O, cousin, thou art come to set mine eye. Bast. The dauphin is preparing hitherward; [The King dies. Sal. You breathe these dead news in as dead an ear.My liege! my lord!-But now a king,-now thus. P. Hen. Even so must I run on, and even so stop. What surety of the world, what hope, what stay, When this was now a king, and now is clay! Bast. Art thou gone so? I do but stay behind, And then my soul shall wait on thee to heaven, Now, now, you stars, that move in your right spheres, To push destruction and perpetual shame. Out of the weak door of our fainting land. Straight let us seek, or straight we shall be sought; Sal. It seems you know not then so much as we. The cardinal Pandulph is within at rest, Who half an hour since came from the dauphin; Bast. He will the rather do it, when he sees Sal. Nay, it is in a manner done already; With whom yourself, myself, and other lords, To consummate this business happily. Bast. Let it be so;-and you, my noble prince, P. Hen. At Worcester must his body be interred; For so he willed it. Bast. Thither shall it then. And happily may your sweet self put on And true subjection everlastingly. Sal. And the like tender of our love we make, To rest without a spot for evermore. P. Hen. I have a kind soul, that would give you thanks, And knows not how to do it, but with tears. Bast. O, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs.- And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue, [Exeunt. PERSONS REPRESENTED. KING RICHARD THE SECOND. EDMUND of Langley, Duke of York, JOHN of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, S Uncles to the King. HENRY, surnamed BOLINGBROKE, Duke of Hereford, Duke of Aumerle, Son to the Duke of York. Duke of Surrey. Earl of Salisbury. Earl Berkley. BUSHY, BAGOT, Creatures to King Richard. Earl of Northumberland. HENRY PERCY, his Son. Lord Ross. Lord Willoughby. Lord Fitzwater. Lord Marshal; and another Lord. SIR PIERCE of Exton. SIR STEPHEN SCROOP. Queen to King Richard. Duchess of Gloster. Duchess of York. Lady attending on the Queen. Lords, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, two Gardeners, Keeper, Messenger, Groom, and other Attendants. SCENE, dispersedly in England and Wales. |