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King Henry the Fourth, I. i

L. Bard.Tell thou the earl

That the Lord Bardolph doth attend him here.

Port. His Lordship is walk'd forth into the orchard:

Please it your honour knock but at the gate,

And he himself will answer.

L. Bard.Here comes the earl.

North. What news, Lord Bardolph? every minute now

Should be the father of some stratagem.

The times are wild; contention, like a horse

Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose

And bears down all before him.

L. Bard.Noble earl,

I bring you certain news from Shrewsbury.

North. Good, an God will!

L. Bard.As good as heart can wish.

The king is almost wounded to the death;

And, in the fortune of my lord your son,

Prince Harry slain outright; and both the Blunts

Kill'd by the hand of Douglas; young Prince John

And Westmoreland and Stafford fled the field;

And Harry Monmouth's brawn, the hulk Sir John,

Is prisoner to your son: O! such a day,

So fought, so follow'd, and so fairly won,

Came not till now to dignify the times

Since Cæsar's fortunes.

North.How is this deriv'd?

Saw you the field? came you from Shrewsbury?

L. Bard. I spake with one, my lord, that came from thence;

 3 attend: await

4 orchard: garden

13 an: if

19 brawn: the fleshy part of the body, especially the buttocks or the calf of the leg

21 follow'd: carried through

