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Henry the Fifth, II. ii  Exe. I arrest thee of high treason, by the

name of Richard Earl of Cambridge.

I arrest thee of high treason, by the name of

Henry Lord Scroop of Masham.

I arrest thee of high treason, by the name of

Thomas Grey, knight, of Northumberland.

Scroop. Our purposes God justly hath discover'd,

And I repent my fault more than my death;

Which I beseech your highness to forgive,

Although my body pay the price of it.

Cam. For me, the gold of France did not seduce,

Although I did admit it as a motive

The sooner to effect what I intended:

But God be thanked for prevention;

Which I in sufferance heartily will rejoice,

Beseeching God and you to pardon me.

Grey. Never did faithful subject more rejoice

At the discovery of most dangerous treason

Than I do at this hour joy o'er myself,

Prevented from a damned enterprise.

My fault, but not my body, pardon, sovereign.

K. Hen. God quit you in his mercy! Hear your sentence.

You have conspir'd against our royal person,

Join'd with an enemy proclaim'd, and from his coffers

Receiv'd the golden earnest of our death;

Wherein you would have sold your king to slaughter,

His princes and his peers to servitude,

His subjects to oppression and contempt,

And his whole kingdom into desolation.

Touching our person seek we no revenge;

 151 discover'd: revealed

155-157 Cf. n.

159 in sufferance: while suffering the penalty

166 quit: pardon

169 earnest: pledge money 