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Fear not my Lord, that power that made you king Hath power to keep you king in spite of all, The means that heavens yield must be embraced And not neglected. Else heaven would, And we will not, heavens offer, we refuse, The proffered means of succors and redress. That honourable day shall never be seen, Many a time hath banished Norfolk fought, For Jesu Christ in glorious Christian field, Streaming the ensign of the Christian Cross, Against black Pagans, Turks, and Saracens, And toiled with works of war, retired him self To Italy, and there at Venice gave His body to that pleasant Countries earth, And his pure soul unto his Captain Christ, Under whose colours he had fought so long. As surely as I live my Lord. My lord, wisemen never fit and wail their woes, But presently prevent the ways to wail, To fear the foe, since fear oppresses strength, Gives in your weakness strength unto your foe, And so your follies fight against your self: Fear and be slain, no woe see can come to fight, And fight and die, is death destroying death, Where fearing dying, pays death servile breath. Ma y God forbid. Worst in this oyall presence may I speak. Yet best beseeming me to speak the truth, Would God that any in this noble presence, Were enough noble to be upright judge Of noble Richard. Then true noblesse would Learn him forbearance from so foul a wrong, What subject can give sentence on his King: And who sits here that is not Richard's subject? Thieves are not judged but they are by to hear, Although apparent gui to be seen in them, And shall the figure of Gods Majesty, His Captain, steward, deputy, elect, Anointed, crowned, planted, many years Be judged by subject and inferior breath, And he himself not present? O for end it God, That in a Christian climate souls refined, Should show so heinous black obsceene a deed I speak to subjects and a subject speaks, Stirred up by God thus boldly, for his King, My Lord of here whom you call King, Is a foul traitor to proud Herefords King, And if you crown him let me prophesy, The blood of English shall manure the ground, And future ages groan for this foul act, Peace shall go sleep with turks and infidels, And in this seat of peace, tumultuous wars, Shall kin with kin, and kind with kind confound: Disorder, horror, fear, and mutiny, Shall here inhabit, and this land be called, The field of Golgotha and dead men's skulls. O if yond raise this house against this house, It will the woefullest division prove, That ever fell upon this cursed earth: Prevent it, resist it, let it not be so, Lest child, child's children cry against you woe. The woe's to come, the children yet unborn Shall feel this day as sharp to them as thorn.
Plot summary
Plot — Richard the Second
HennyiBolingbroke and THOMasIMGWbiay accuse one another of treason. Bolingbroke claims that Mowbray has misappropriated money intended to pay the army, and is responsible for the murder of the Duke of Gleweester. Mowbray insists that the money he kept was in reimbursement of legitimate expenses, but has no very clear rebuttal to the murder charge. They challenge one another to fight, and KimglRi@hard is unable to persuade them out of it. On the appointed day, however, he intervenes to halt the trial by combat and banishes them both, Bolingbroke for a term of years and Mowbray forever; Bolingbroke’s sentence is ===== PAGE 288 ===== cut from ten years to six to please his father, JOHMIS Gaunt Richard is using unorthodox means to raise revenue, including leases and forced loans. He goes to visit Gaunt, who is mortally ill, hoping to find him dead so that he can seize the estate to pay for his Irish wars; but he arrives too soon and has to listen to some dying words of wisdom. He then sequesters Gaunt’s property, despite fRelDUKeIOMork's protest at the dispossession of the rightful heir, Bolingbroke. He goes to Ireland, leaving York to rule England in his absence. NOrhUmbeHand and other nobles, discontented with Richard’s fiscal practices, learn that Bolingbroke is returning to England with an army, and join him. York mobilizes troops to defend the kingdom, but Bolingbroke insists that he only comes to claim his inheritance. Richard returns from Ireland, intending to crush the rebellion, only to find that the Welsh troops with whom he was to rendezvous have given up waiting, thinking him dead, and disbanded themselves. He gives in to despair on learning that Bolingbroke has executed his favourites and won York’s support. Bolingbroke demands the repeal of his banishment and restoration of his lands, but Richard is willing even to give up the crown. At a parliament, there are persistent rumours and recriminations about Gloucester’s death, and gages thud to the floor as numerous lords challenge one another to fight. Bolingbroke controls the situation. Richard resigns in his favour, and he becomes King Henry IV; HelBishoplofcarlisle dissents and is arrested. Richard is summoned to make a formal, public surrender of power, but he balks at the demand that he read a list of charges against his regime. His Qh returns to France, and he is imprisoned at Pontefract. WorkSMson, degraded in rank for supporting Richard, joins a conspiracy to assassinate the new King. York…