The First Part of King Henry the Fourth

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... King Henry The Fourth Henry, Prince of Wales, ) ," T T f Sons to the King John Of Lancaster, ) a Earl Of Westmoreland Sir Walter Blunt Thomas Percy, .EarZ 0/ Worcester Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy surnamed Hotspur, his son Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York Archibald, Earl of Douglas Owen Glendower Sir Richard Vernon Sir John Falstaff Sir Michael, a Friend to the Archbishop of York Poins Gadshill Peto Bardolph Francis, a Drawer Lady Percy, Wife to Hotspur, and Sister to Mortimer Lady Mortimer, Daughter to Glendower, and Wife to Mortimer Mistress Quickly, Hostess of the Boar's Head Tavern in Eastcheap Lords, Officers, Sheriff, Vintner, Chamberlain, Drawers, two Carriers, Travellers, and Attendants Scene: England."] The First Part of Henry the Fourth With The Life And Death Of Henry, Surnamed Hotspur ACT FIRST Scene One [London. The Palace] Enter the King, Lord John of Lancaster, Earl of Westmoreland, with others. King. So shaken as we are, so wan with care, Find we a time for frighted peace to pant, And breathe short-winded accents of new broils To be commenc'd in stronds afar remote. 4 No more the thirsty entrance of this soil Shall daub her lips with her own children's blood; No more shall trenching war channel her fields, Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs 8 Of hostile paces: those opposed eyes, Which, like the meteors of a troubled heaven, All of one nature, of one substance bred, Did lately meet in the intestine shock 12 And furious close of civil butchery, Shall now, in mutual well-beseeming ranks, March all one way, and be no more oppos'd Against acquaintance, kindred, and allies: 16 The edge of war, like an ill-sheathed knife, No more shall cut his master