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Henry IV, Part 1 - Act 4, scene 4
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Henry IV, Part 1 - Act 4, scene 4Act 4, scene 4
⌜Scene 4⌝
Synopsis:
The archbishop of York and Sir Michael, who sympathize with Hotspur, debate the chances of his success against the king’s greater force.
Enter Archbishop of York ⌜and⌝ Sir Michael.ARCHBISHOP, ⌜handing papers⌝
2587 Hie, good Sir Michael, bear this sealèd brief
2588 With wingèd haste to the Lord Marshal,
2589 This to my cousin Scroop, and all the rest
2590 To whom they are directed. If you knew
2591 5 How much they do import, you would make haste.
SIR MICHAEL
2592 My good lord, I guess their tenor.
ARCHBISHOP 2593 Like enough you do.
2594 Tomorrow, good Sir Michael, is a day
2595 Wherein the fortune of ten thousand men
2596 10 Must bide the touch. For, sir, at Shrewsbury,
2597 As I am truly given to understand,
2598 The King with mighty and quick-raisèd power
2599 Meets with Lord Harry. And I fear, Sir Michael,
2600 What with the sickness of Northumberland,
2601 15 Whose power was in the first proportion,
2602 And what with Owen Glendower’s absence thence,
2603 Who with them was a rated sinew too
2604 And comes not in, o’erruled by prophecies,
2605 I fear the power of Percy is too weak
2606 20 To wage an instant trial with the King.
SIR MICHAEL
2607 Why, my good lord, you need not fear.
2608 There is Douglas and Lord Mortimer.
ARCHBISHOP 2609 No, Mortimer is not there.
SIR MICHAEL
2610 But there is Mordake, Vernon, Lord Harry Percy,
2611 25 And there is my Lord of Worcester, and a head
2612 Of gallant warriors, noble gentlemen.
ARCHBISHOP
2613 And so there is. But yet the King hath drawn
2614 The special head of all the land together:
p.
183
2615
The Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster,2616 30 The noble Westmoreland, and warlike Blunt,
2617 And many more corrivals and dear men
2618 Of estimation and command in arms.
SIR MICHAEL
2619 Doubt not, my lord, they shall be well opposed.
ARCHBISHOP
2620 I hope no less, yet needful ’tis to fear;
2621 35 And to prevent the worst, Sir Michael, speed.
2622 For if Lord Percy thrive not, ere the King
2623 Dismiss his power he means to visit us,
2624 For he hath heard of our confederacy,
2625 And ’tis but wisdom to make strong against him.
2626 40 Therefore make haste. I must go write again
2627 To other friends. And so farewell, Sir Michael.
They exit.