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King Richard the Second, II. iii

From Ravenspurgh to Cotswold will be found

In Ross and Willoughby, wanting your company,

Which, I protest, hath very much beguil'd

The tediousness and process of my travel:

But theirs is sweeten'd with the hope to have

The present benefit which I possess;

And hope to joy is little less in joy

Than hope enjoy'd: by this the weary lords

Shall make their way seem short, as mine hath done

By sight of what I have, your noble company.

Boling. Of much less value is my company

Than your good words. But who comes here?

North. It is my son, young Harry Percy,

Sent from my brother Worcester, whencesoever.

Harry, how fares your uncle?

H. Percy. I had thought, my lord, to have learn'd his health of you.

North. Why, is he not with the queen?

H.Percy. No, my good lord; he hath forsook the court,

Broken his staff of office, and dispers'd

The household of the king.

North. What was his reason?

He was not so resolv'd when last we spake together.

H. Percy. Because your lordship was proclaimed traitor.

But he, my lord, is gone to Ravenspurgh,

To offer service to the Duke of Hereford,

And sent me over by Berkeley to discover

What power the Duke of York had levied there;

Then with directions to repair to Ravenspurgh.

 12 tediousness and process: tedious progress

21 young; cf. n.

