Hial. Your vow'd beadsman." [Exeunt URS. and HIAL. K. Hen. King Ferdinand is not so much a fox, But that a cunning huntsman may in time Fall on the scent; in honourable actions Safe imitation best deserves a praise. Re-enter URSWICK. What, the Castillian's past away? Urs. He is, And undiscover'd; the two hundred marks K. Hen. What was't He mutter'd in the earnest of his wisdom? "How if king Henry were but sure of subjects, Such a wild runnagate might soon be caged, No great ado withstanding." K. Hen. Nay, nay; something About my son prince Arthur's match. Urs. Right, right sir: He humm'd it out, how that king Ferdinand Swore, that the marriage 'twixt the lady Kathe rine, His daughter, and the prince of Wales your son, • Your vow'd beadsman.] One bound to pray for you; from bede, the old English word for prayer: at this time, however, the expression was sufficiently familiar, and meant little more than the common language of civility-your vowed or devoted servant. Should never be consummated, as long K. Hen. I remember, 'Twas so indeed: the king his master swore it? Urs. Directly, as he said. K. Hen. An earl of Warwick! Provide a messenger for letters instantly To bishop Fox. Our news from Scotland creeps; Let him be son to Clarence," younger brother messenger. SCENE IV. Before the Castle of Norham. Enter King JAMES, WARBECK, CRAWFORD, DALYELL, HERON, ASTLEY, JOHN A-WATER, SKETON, and Soldiers. K. Ja. We trifle time against these castle-walls, The English prelate will not yield: once more Give him a summons! 7 Let him be son to Clarence, &c.] of the king, who eagerly caught at given above, and sought "to export prince's execution out of the land, and [A parley is sounded. These are ominous musings the words of Ferdinand, as the odium of this innocent lay it upon his new ally." Enter on the walls the Bishop of DURHAM, armed, a truncheon in his hand, with Soldiers. War. See the jolly clerk Appears, trimm'd like a ruffian. K. Ja. Bishop, yet Set ope the ports, and to your lawful sovereign, And he will take thee to his grace; else Tweed Dur. Warlike king of Scotland, Vouchsafe a few words from a man enforced Loos'd from his chains, to set great kings at strife. What nobleman, what common man of note, Since first you footed on our territories, And clap on arms.] So the old copy: it is not improbable, however, that the poet's word was clasp. Your proclamations, and the wiser pity Who juggles merely with the fawns and youth Such slaughters as the rapine of your soldiers Already have committed, is enough To shew your zeal in a conceited justice. Yet, great king, wake not yet my master's vengeance; But shake that viper off which gnaws your en trails! I, and my fellow-subjects are resolv'd, War. O sir, lend No ear to this traducer of my honour!-9 Dur. Rather yield Unto those holy motions which inspire It is the surest policy in princes, To govern well their own, than seek encroach ment Upon another's right. 9 to this traducer, &c.] The 4to, by an evident over sight, reads to this seducer, &c. the same line-me for no. There is another misprint in Craw. The king is serious, Deep in his meditation[s]. Dal. Lift them up To heaven, his better genius! While such a devil raves? Oh, sir. K. Ja. Well,-bishop, You'll not be drawn to mercy? Dur. Construe me In like case by a subject of your own: My resolution's fix'd; king James, be consell'd, A greater fate waits on thee. [Exeunt DURHAM and Soldiers from the walls. K. Ja. Forage through The country; spare no prey of life or goods. nature: I am most miserable; had I been Born what this clergyman would, by defame, The truth of mine inheritance with rapes Afflicted with a kingdom's devastation: Shew more remorse, great king, or I shall never Endure to see such havock with dry eyes; Spare, spare, my dear, dear England! K. Ja. You fool your piety, Ridiculously careful of an interest |