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King Richard might create a perfect guess

That great Northumberland, then false to him,

Would of that seed grow to a greater falseness,

Which should not find a ground to root upon,

Unless on you.

King. Are these things ?

Then let us meet them like necessities;

And that same word even now cries out on us.

They say the bishop and Northumberland

Are fifty thousand strong.

War. It cannot be, my lord!

, like the voice and echo,

The numbers of the fear'd. Please it your Grace

To go to bed: upon my soul, my lord,

The powers that you already have sent forth

Shall bring this prize in very easily.

To comfort you the more, I have receiv'd

A certain instance that Glendower is dead.

Your majesty hath been this fortnight ill,

And these unseason'd hours perforce must add

Unto your sickness.

King.I will take your counsel:

And were these inward wars once out of hand,

We would, dear lords, unto the Holy Land.

Exeunt.

Scene Two

[Before Justice Shallow's House in Gloucestershire]

Enter Shallow and Silence, with Mouldy, Shadow, Wart, Feeble, Bullcalf [and Servants].

Shal. Come on, come on, come on, sir; give

me your hand, sir, give me your hand, sir: an

 103 instance: proof

105 unseason'd: unseasonable 