The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9] · William Shakespeare
SCENE IX.
Enter two keepers with bow and arrowes. _Keeper._ Come, lets take our stands vpon this hill, And by and by the deere will come this waie. But staie, heere comes a man, lets listen him a while. Enter king _Henrie_ disguisde. _Hen._ From _Scotland_ am I stolne euen of pure loue, And thus disguisde to greet my natiue land. ·eai005· No, _Henrie_ no, _I_t is no land of thine, No bending knee will call thee _Cæsar_ now, No humble suters sues to thee for right, For how canst thou helpe them and not thy selfe? _Keeper._ I marrie sir, here is a deere, his skin is a [eai010] Keepers fee. Sirra stand close, for as I thinke, This is the king, king _Edward_ hath deposde. _Hen._ My _Queene_ and sonne poore soules are gone to [eai013] _France_, and as I heare the great commanding _Warwike_, To intreat a marriage with the ladie _Bona_, ·eai015· If this be true, poore _Queene_ and sonne, Your labour is but spent in vaine, For _Lewis_ is a prince soone wun with words, [eai018] And _Warwike_ is a subtill Orator. He laughes and saies, his Edward is instalde, She weepes, and saies her _Henry_ is deposde, He on his right hand asking a wife for _Edward_, She on his left side crauing aid for _Henry_.
_Keeper._ What art thou that talkes of kings and queens? [eai024] _Hen._ More then I seeme, for lesse I should not be. ·eai025· A man at least, and more I cannot be, And men maie talke of kings, and why not I? _Keeper._ I but thou talkest as if thou wert a king thy selfe. [eai028] _Hen._ Why so I am in mind though not in shew. [eai029] _Keeper._ And if thou be a king where is thy crowne? ·eai030· _Hen._ My crowne is in my hart, not on my head. My crowne is calde content, a crown that [eai032] Kings doe seldome times enioy. _Keeper._ And if thou be a king crownd with content, Your crowne content and you, must be content ·eai035· To go with vs vnto the officer, for as we thinke You are our quondam king, _K. Edward_ hath deposde, [eai037] And therefore we charge you in Gods name & the kings To go along with vs vnto the officers. _Hen._ Gods name be fulfild, your kings name be [eai040] Obaide, and be you kings, command and Ile obay. _Exeunt Omnes._
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