Hot. Lord Douglas, go you and tell him so.[3097][3098]
Doug. Marry, and shall, and very willingly.[3099] [Exit.
Wor. There is no seeming mercy in the king.35
Hot. Did you beg any? God forbid![3100][3101]
Wor. I told him gently of our grievances,[3101][3102]
Of his oath-breaking; which he mended thus,
By now forswearing that he is forsworn:[3103]
He calls us rebels, traitors; and will scourge40
With haughty arms this hateful name in us.
Re-enter Douglas.[3104]
Doug. Arm, gentlemen; to arms! for I have thrown
A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth,
And Westmoreland, that was engaged, did bear it;
Which cannot choose but bring him quickly on.45
Wor. The Prince of Wales stepp'd forth before the king,
And, nephew, challenged you to single fight.
Hot. O, would the quarrel lay upon our heads,
And that no man might draw short breath to-day
But I and Harry Monmouth! Tell me, tell me,50
How show'd his tasking? seem'd it in contempt?[3105]
Ver. No, by my soul; I never in my life
Did hear a challenge urged more modestly,
Unless a brother should a brother dare
To gentle exercise and proof of arms.55
He gave you all the duties of a man;
Trimm'd up your praises with a princely tongue,
Spoke your deservings like a chronicle,
Making you ever better than his praise
By still dispraising praise valued with you:[3106]60
And, which became him like a prince indeed,
He made a blushing cital of himself;
And chid his truant youth with such a grace[3107]
As if he master'd there a double spirit[3108]
Of teaching and of learning instantly.65
There did he pause: but let me tell the world,
If he outlive the envy of this day,
England did never owe so sweet a hope,
So much misconstrued in his wantonness.