be honourable. I'll procure this fat rogue a charge of foot, and, I know, his death will be a march of twelvefcore. The mony fhall be paid back again with advantage. Be with me betimes in the morning; and fo good morrow, Peto. Peto. Good morrow, good my lord. [Exeunt. ACT III. SCENE I: The Archdeacon of Bangor's Houfe in Wales. Enter Hot-fpur, Worcester, Lord Mortimer, and Owen Glendower. T MORTIMER. HESE promises are fair, the parties fure, And our Induction full of profp'rous hope. Hot. Lord Mortimer, and coufin Glendower, Will you fit down? And, uncle Worcester I have forgot the map. Glend. No, here it is. -a plague upon it! Sit, coulin Percy; fit, good coufin Hot-Spur; Doth speak of you, his cheek looks pale; and with Hot. And you in hell, as often as he hears Owen Glendower spoke of. Glend. I blame him not; at my Nativity, The front of heav'n was full of fiery fhapes, Of burning Creffets; know, that, at my birth, -I know, his death will be a march of twelvefcore.] i. e. It will kill him to march fo far as twelvefcore yards. 5 -induction] That is, entrance; beginning. The The frame and the foundation of the earth Hot. So it wou'd have done At the fame feason, if your mother's cat Had kitten'd, though your felf had ne'er been born. Glend. The heav'ns were all on fire, the earth did tremble. Hot. O, then the earth fhook to fee the heav'ns on fire, And not in fear of your nativity. 'Diseased Nature oftentimes breaks forth In ftrange eruptions; and the teeming earth Within her womb; which, for enlargement ftriving, Glend. Coufin, of many men I do not bear thefe croffings. Give me leave That chides the banks of England, Wales, or Scotland, 6 Difenfed Nature] The poet has here taken, from the perverfenefs and contrarioufnefs of Hofpur's temper, an oppor tunity of raifing his character, by a very rational and philofophical confutation of fuperftitious errour. And And bring him out, that is but woman's fon, Hot. I think, there is no man speaks better Welb. Mort. Peace, cousin Percy; you will make him mad. Glend. I can call Spirits from the vasty deep. Hot. Why, fo can I, or fo can any man: But, will they come when you do call for them? Glend. Why, I can teach thee to command the devil. Hot. And I can teach thee, coz, to fhame the devil, By telling truth; Tell truth and fame the devil.If thou haft pow'r to raise him, bring him hither, And I'll be fworn, I've pow'r to shame him hence. Oh, while you live, tell truth, and fhame the devil. Mort. Come, come! No more of this unprofitable chat. Glend. Three times hath Henry Bolingbroke made head Against my pow'r; thrice from the banks of Wye, And fandy-bottom'd Severn, have I fent Him bootless home, and weather-beaten back. Hot. Home, without boots, and in foul weather too! How 'scapes he agues, in the devil's name? Glend. Come, here's the Map: Shall we divide our According to our threefold order ta'en? Mort. Th' Archdeacon hath divided it England, from Trent, and Severn hitherto,' Το To morrow, coufin Percy, you and I, My father Glendower is not ready yet, Nor fhall we need his help these fourteen days. Upon the parting of your wives and you. Hot. Methinks, my moiety, north from Burton here, In quantity equals not one of yours. See, how this river comes me crankling in, It shall not wind with fuch a deep indent, Glend. Not wind? it fhall, it must; you fee, it doth. Mort. But mark, he bears his courfe, and runs me up With like advantage on the other fide, Gelding th' oppofed continent as much, As on the other fide it takes from you. Wor. Yes, but a little charge will trench him here, And on this north fide win this cape of land, And then he runs ftraight and even. 7 Methinks, my moiety,] Hofpur is here juft fuch a divider as the Irishman who made three halves: Therefore, for the honour of Shakespeare, I will WARB. Hot. Hot. I'll have it fo, a little charge will do it. Glend. I will not have it alter'd. Hot. Will not you ? Glend. No, nor you fhall not. Hot. Who fhall fay me nay? Hot. Let me not understand you then, Glend. I can fpeak English, lord, as well as you, And gave the tongue a helpful ornament; Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart, Hot. I do not care; I'll give thrice fo much land To any well deferving friend; But in the way of bargain, mark ye me, I'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair. Are the indentures drawn? fhall we be gone? Glend. The moon fhines fair, you may away by night; (I'll hafte the writer) and withal, Break with your Wives of your departure hence. So much the doteth on her Mortimer. [Exit. |