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"But for mine own part, my lord, I could be

well contented to be there, in respect of the love

I bear your house."

He could be contented; why is he not then? In

respect of the love he bears our house: he shows

in this he loves his own barn better than he

loves our house. Let me see some more.

"The purpose you undertake is dangerous;—"

Why, that's certain: 'tis dangerous to take a

cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord

fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this

flower, safety.

"The purpose you undertake is dangerous; the

friends you have named uncertain; the time itself

unsorted; and your whole plot too light for the

counterpoise of so great an opposition."

Say you so, say you so? I say unto you again,

you are a shallow cowardly hind, and you lie.

What a lack-brain is this! By the Lord, our plot

is a good plot as ever was laid; our friends true

and constant: a good plot, good friends, and full

of expectation; an excellent plot, very good

friends. What a frosty-spirited rogue is this!

Why, my Lord of York commends the plot and

the general course of the action. 'Zounds! an

I were now by this rascal, I could brain him

with his lady's fan. Is there not my father, my

uncle, and myself? Lord Edmund Mortimer, my

 1 Cf. n.

15 unsorted: ill-chosen

18 hind: servant, slave 