Page:Richard II (1921) Yale.djvu/45

King Richard the Second, II. i

By his attorneys-general to sue

His livery, and deny his offer'd homage,

You pluck a thousand dangers on your head,

You lose a thousand well-disposed hearts,

And prick my tender patience to those thoughts

Which honour and allegiance cannot think.

K. Rich. Think what you will: we seize into our hands

His plate, his goods, his money, and his lands.

York. I'll not be by the while: my liege, farewell:

What will ensue hereof, there's none can tell;

But by bad courses may be understood

That their events can never fall out good.

K. Rich. Go, Bushy, to the Earl of Wiltshire straight:

Bid him repair to us to Ely House

To see this business. To-morrow next

We will for Ireland; and 'tis time, I trow:

And we create, in absence of ourself,

Our uncle York lord governor of England;

For he is just, and always lov'd us well.

Come on, our queen: to-morrow must we part;

Be merry, for our time of stay is short.

Flourish. Exeunt King and Queen [''and Others]. Manent North[umberland''], Willoughby, and Ross.

North. Well, lords, the Duke of Lancaster is dead.

Ross. And living too; for now his son is duke.

Willo. Barely in title, not in revenues.

North. Richly in both, if justice had her right.

 204 attorneys-general: proxies

204, 205 sue livery; cf. n.

213 ensue: come as the consequence

215 events: outcome

216 Earl of Wiltshire: Lord Treasurer of England

219 I trow: I dare say

224 S. d. Manent: remain

