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King Henry the Sixth, IV. ix

Continue still in this so good a mind,

And Henry, though he be infortunate,

Assure yourselves, will never be unkind:

And so, with thanks and pardon to you all,

I do dismiss you to your several countries.

All. God save the king! God save the king!

Mess. Please it your Grace to be advertised,

The Duke of York is newly come from Ireland;

And with a puissant and a mighty power

Of gallowglasses, and stout kerns,

Is marching hitherward in proud array;

And still proclaimeth, as he comes along,

His arms are only to remove from thee

The Duke of Somerset, whom he terms a traitor.

King. Thus stands my state, 'twixt Cade and York distress'd;

Like to a ship, that, having scap'd a tempest,

Is straightway calm'd, and boarded with a pirate.

But now is Cade driven back, his men dispers'd;

And now is York in arms to second him.

I pray thee, Buckingham, go and meet him,

And ask him what's the reason of these arms.

Tell him I'll send Duke Edmund to the Tower;

And, Somerset, we will commit thee thither,

Until his army be dismiss'd from him.

Som. My lord,

I'll yield myself to prison willingly,

Or unto death, to do my country good.

King. In any case, be not too rough in terms;

For he is fierce and cannot brook hard language.

Buck. I will, my lord; and doubt not so to deal

 21 countries: districts

23 advertised: informed

26 gallowglasses: heavy-armed Irish soldiers

33 with: by 