By William Shakespeare
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989 First therefore. 7.5" x 10.75" tall; 448pp. with resources of Illustrations.
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Am I either priest and clerk? good then, amen. God keep the King! even if I be now not he; And but, amen, if heaven do imagine him me. To do what provider am I despatched for hither? York. to do this place of work of thine personal reliable will Which drained majesty did make thee provide— The resignation of thy country and crown To Henry Bolingbroke. okay. wealthy. provide me the crown. right here, cousin, grab the crown. the following, cousin, in this part my hand, and on that facet thine. now's this golden crown like a deep good That owes buckets, filling each other; The emptier ever dancing within the air, the opposite down, unseen, and entire of water. That bucket down and entire of tears am I, consuming my griefs, while you mount up on excessive. Boling. i assumed you have been keen to surrender. ok. wealthy. My crown i'm; yet nonetheless my griefs are mine. you could my glories and my nation depose, yet now not my griefs; nonetheless am I king of these. Boling. a part of your cares you provide me along with your crown. okay. wealthy. Your cares manage don't pluck my cares down. My care is lack of care, via previous care performed; Your care is achieve of care, through new care gained. The cares I supply i've got, although given away; they generally tend the crown, but nonetheless with me they remain. Boling. Are you contented to surrender the crown? okay. wealthy. Ay, no; no, ay; for i have to not anything be; accordingly no no, for I surrender to thee. Now mark me how i'm going to undo myself: I supply this heavy weight from off my head, And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, The delight of kingly sway from out my center; With mine personal tears I wash away my balm, With mine personal fingers I provide away my crown. With mine personal tongue deny my sacred country, With mine personal breath free up all duteous oaths; All pomp and majesty I do forswear; My manors, rents, sales, I forgo; My acts, decrees, and statutes, I deny. God pardon all oaths which are broke to me! God continue all vows unbroke are made to thee! Make me, that not anything have, with not anything griev’d, And thou with all pleas’d, that hast all achiev’d. lengthy mayst thou dwell in Richard’s seat to take a seat, and shortly lie Richard in an earthy pit. God store King Henry, unking’d Richard says, And ship him decades of light days! What extra continues to be? North. not more; yet that you simply learn those accusations, and those grievous crimes dedicated by way of your individual and your fans opposed to the country and revenue of this land; That, through confessing them, the souls of fellows might deem that you're worthily depos’d. okay. wealthy. needs to I accomplish that? And needs to I ravel out My weav’d-up follies? mild Northumberland, If thy offences have been upon list, wouldn't it disgrace thee in so reasonable a troop To learn a lecture of them? If thou wouldst, There shouldst thou locate one heinous article, Containing the deposing of a king And cracking the powerful warrant of an oath, Mark’d with a blot, damn’d within the booklet of heaven. Nay, all of you that stand and glance upon me when that my wretchedness doth bait myself, although a few of you, with Pilate, wash your fingers, exhibiting an outward pity—yet you Pilates Have right here deliver’d me to my bitter move, And water can't wash away your sin.