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hold him up; Are pluck'd up root and all by Bolingbroke… I mean the Earl 

of    Wiltshire;     Bushy;     Green。     SERVANT。         What;     are    they    dead? 

GARDENER。 They are; and Bolingbroke Hath seiz'd the wasteful King。 O; 

what pity is it That he had not so trimm'd and dress'd his land As we this 

garden! We at time of year Do wound the bark; the skin of our fruit trees; 

Lest; being over…proud in sap and blood; With too much riches it confound 

itself; Had he done so to great and growing men; They might have Ev'd to 

bear;   and   he   to   taste   Their   fruits   of   duty。   Superfluous   branches   We   lop 

away; that bearing boughs   may live; Had he done so; himself had   home 

the crown; Which waste of idle hours hath quite thrown down。 SERVANT。 

What; think you the King shall be deposed? GARDENER。 Depress'd he is 

already; and depos'd 'Tis doubt he will be。 Letters came last night To a dear 

friend of the good Duke of York's That tell black tidings。 QUEEN。 O; I am 

press'd   to   death   through   want   of   speaking!   'Coming   forward' Thou;  old 

Adam's likeness; set to dress this garden; How dares thy harsh rude tongue 

sound this unpleasing news? What Eve; what serpent; hath suggested the 

To make a second fall of cursed man? Why dost thou say King Richard is 

depos'd? Dar'st thou; thou little better thing than earth; Divine his downfall? 

Say; where; when; and how; Cam'st thou by this ill tidings? Speak; thou 

wretch。 GARDENER。 Pardon me; madam; little joy have To breathe this 

news; yet   what   I say  is   true。  King Richard;  he is in the   mighty  hold   Of 

Bolingbroke。       Their   fortunes   both   are   weigh'd。   In   your   lord's  scale   is 

nothing but himself; And some few vanities that make him light; But in the 

balance of great Bolingbroke; Besides himself; are all the English peers; 

And with that odds he weighs King Richard down。 Post you to London; 

and   you    will   find   it   so;   I   speak   no  more   than   every   one   doth   know。 

QUEEN。        Nimble     mischance;     that  art  so   light  of  foot;   Doth   not   thy 

embassage belong to me; And am I last that knows it? O; thou thinkest To 

serve  me   last;   that   I   may   longest keep Thy  sorrow  in   my   breast。   Come; 

ladies; go To meet at London London's King in woe。 What; was I born to 

this;   that   my   sad   look   Should   grace   the   triumph   of   great   Bolingbroke? 



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Gard'ner;   for   telling   me   these   news   of   woe;   Pray   God   the   plants   thou 

graft'st   may   never   grow!  Exeunt   QUEEN   and   LADIES   GARDENER。 

Poor Queen; so that thy state might be no worse; I would my skill were 

subject to thy curse。   Here did she fall   a tear; here in this place I'll set   a 

bank of rue; sour herb of grace。 Rue; even for ruth; here shortly shall be 

seen; In the remembrance of a weeping queen。 Exeunt 



       



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                     ACT IV。 



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                        SCENE 1。 Westminster Hall 



     Enter;    as    to   the    Parliament;     BOLINGBROKE;             AUMERLE; 

NORTHUMBERLAND;   PERCY;   FITZWATER;   SURREY;   the   BISHOP 

OF CARLISLE; the ABBOT OF WESTMINSTER; and others; HERALD; 

OFFICERS; and BAGOT 

       BOLINGBROKE。   Call   forth   Bagot。   Now;   Bagot;   freely   speak   thy 

mind… What thou dost know of noble Gloucester's death; Who wrought it 

with the King; and who perform'd The bloody office of his timeless end。 

BAGOT。 Then   set   before   my  face   the   Lord Aumerle。   BOLINGBROKE。 

Cousin; stand forth; and look upon that man。 BAGOT。 My Lord Aumerle; 

I know your daring tongue Scorns to unsay what once it hath deliver'd。 In 

that dead time when Gloucester's death was plotted I heard you say 'Is not 

my arm of length; That reacheth from the restful English Court As far as 

Calais; to mine uncle's head?' Amongst   much other talk that very time   I 

heard you say that you had rather refuse The offer of an hundred thousand 

crowns Than   Bolingbroke's   return   to   England; Adding   withal;  how   blest 

this land would be In this your cousin's death。 AUMERLE。 Princes; and 

noble lords; What answer shall I make to this base man? Shall I so much 

dishonour my fair stars On equal terms to give him chastisement? Either I 

must; or have mine honour soil'd With the attainder of his slanderous lips。 

There is my gage; the manual seal of death That marks thee out for hell。 I 

say thou liest; And will maintain what thou hast said is false In thy heart… 

blood; through being all too base To stain the temper of my knightly sword。 

BOLINGBROKE。 Bagot; forbear; thou shalt not take it up。 AUMERLE。 

Excepting   one;   I   would   he   were   the   best   In   all   this   presence   that   hath 

mov'd me so。 FITZWATER。 If that thy valour stand on sympathy; There is 

my   gage;  Aumerle;   in   gage   to   thine。   By   that   fair   sun   which   shows   me 

where thou stand'st; I heard thee say; and vauntingly thou spak'st it; That 

thou wert cause of noble Gloucester's death。 If thou deniest it twenty times; 

thou liest; And I will turn thy falsehood to thy heart; Where it was forged; 

with   my  rapier's   point。 AUMERLE。 Thou dar'st   not;  coward;  live   to   see 

that   day。  FITZWATER。   Now;         by   my  soul;   I  would   it  were   this  hour。 

AUMERLE。 Fitzwater; thou art damn'd to hell for this。 PERCY。 Aumerle; 



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thou liest; his honour is as true In this appeal as thou art an unjust; And 

that thou art so; there I throw my gage; To prove it on thee to the extremest 

point Of mortal breathing。 Seize it; if thou dar'st。 AUMERLE。 An if I do 

not; may my hands rot of And never brandish more revengeful steel Over 

the glittering helmet of my foe! ANOTHER LORD。 I task the earth to the 

like; forsworn Aumerle; And spur thee on with fun as many lies As may be 

halloa'd   in   thy   treacherous   ear   From   sun   to   sun。   There   is   my   honour's 

pawn; Engage it to the trial; if thou darest。 AUMERLE。 Who sets me else? 

By   heaven;   I'll   throw   at   all!   I   have   a   thousand   spirits   in   one   breast   To 

answer twenty thousand such as you。 SURREY。 My Lord Fitzwater; I do 

remember   well   The   very   time Aumerle   and   you   did   talk。   FITZWATER。 

'Tis very true; you were in presence then; And you can witness with me 

this   is  true。  SURREY。        As   false;  by   heaven;     as  heaven    itself  is  true。 

FITZWATER。   Surrey;   thou   liest。   SURREY。   Dishonourable   boy!   That   lie 

shall lie so heavy on my sword That it shall render vengeance and revenge 

Till thou   the lie…giver   and that lie do he   In   earth as quiet as thy  father's 

skull。 In proof whereof; there is my honour's pawn; Engage it to the trial; 

if thou dar'st。 FITZWATER。 How fondly dost t

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