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Where stain'd nobility lies trodden on,

And rebels' arms triumph in massacres!

Lanc. We breathe too long: come, cousin Westmoreland,

Our duty this way lies: for God's sake, come.

[''Exeunt Lord John of Lancaster and Earl of Westmoreland.'']

Prince. By God, thou hast deceiv'd me, Lancaster;

I did not think thee lord of such a spirit:

Before, I lov'd thee as a brother, John;

But now, I do respect thee as my soul,

King. I saw him hold Lord Percy at the point

With lustier maintenance than I did look for

Of such an ungrown warrior.

Prince.O! this boy

Lends mettle to us all.

Doug. Another king! they grow like Hydra's heads:

I am the Douglas, fatal to all those

That wear those colours on them: what art thou,

That counterfeit'st the person of a king?

King. The king himself; who, Douglas, grieves at heart

So many of his shadows thou hast met

And not the very king. I have two boys

Seek Percy and thyself about the field:

But, seeing thou fall'st on me so luckily,

I will assay thee; so defend thyself.

Doug. I fear thou art another counterfeit;

And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king:

 22 lustier maintenance: more vigorous bearing

25 Hydra: a fabled monster, whose heads grew again as they were cut off 