King Henry the Fourth: Henry, Prince of Wales, afterwards Thomas, Duke of Clarence; Prince John of Lancaster, afterwards Earl of Warwick; >his sons. Earl of Westmoreland; of the king's party. Gower; Harcourt; 1;} of the king's party. Lord Chief Justice of the king's bench. A Gentleman attending on the chief justice. Earl of Northumberland; Scroop, Archbishop of York; Lord Mowbray; Lord Hastings; enemies to the king. Lord Bardolph; Sir John Colevile; Travers and Morton, domestics of Northumberland. Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, and Page. Poins and Peto, attendants on Prince Henry. Shallow and Silence, country justices. Davy, servant to Shallow. Mouldy, Shadow, Wart, Feeble, and Bulcalf, recruits. Fang and Snare, sheriff's officers. Rumour. A Porter. A Dancer, speaker of the Epilogue. Lady Northumberland. Lady Percy. Hostess Quickly. Doll Tear-sheet. Lords and other Attendants; Officers, Soldiers, Mes senger, Drawers, Beadles, Grooms, &c. SCENE-England. SECOND PART OF KING HENRY IV. INDUCTION. m Warkworth. Before Northumberland's Castle. Enter Rumour, painted full of tongues. Rumour. OPEN your ears; For which of you The vent of hearing, when loud Rumour speaks? I, from the orient to the drooping west, That the blunt monster with upcounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it. But what need I thus Among my household? Why is Rumour here? Who, in a bloody field by Shrewsbury, Hath beaten down young Hotspur, and his troops, Even with the rebels' blood. But what mean I Than they have learn'd of me; From Rumour's tongues wrongs. m [Exit. ACT I. SCENE I-The same. The Porter before the gate; Enter Lord Bardolph. Bardolph. WHO keeps the gate here, ho?-Where is the earl? Port. What shall I say you are? Tell thou the earl, Bard. Port. His lordship is walk'd forth into the orchard; Please it your honour, knock but at the gate, And he himself will answer. Bard. Enter Northumberland. Here comes the earl. North. What news, lord Bardolph ? every minute now Should be the father of some stratagem: Bard. Noble earl, I bring you certain news from Shrewsbury. Bard. As good as heart can wish : Prince Harry slain outright; and both the Blunts North. How is this deriv'd? Saw you the field? came you from Shrewsbury? A Bard. I spake with one, my lord, that came from thence; gen tleman well bred, and of good name, That freely render'd me these news for true. North. Here comes my servant, Travers, whom I sent On Tuesday last to listen after news. Bard. My lord, I over-rode him on the way; And he is furnish'd with no certainties, More than he haply may retail from me. |