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A park near Middleham Castle In Yorkshire. |
[Enter GLOUCESTER, HASTINGS, and STANLEY] |
GLOUCESTER | Now, my Lord Hastings and Sir William Stanley, | ||
Leave off to wonder why I drew you hither, | |||
Into this chiefest thicket of the park. | |||
Thus stands the case: you know our king, my brother, | |||
Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose hands | 5 | ||
He hath good usage and great liberty, | |||
And, often but attended with weak guard, | |||
Comes hunting this way to disport himself. | |||
I have advertised him by secret means | |||
That if about this hour he make his way | 10 | ||
Under the colour of his usual game, | |||
He shall here find his friends with horse and men | |||
To set him free from his captivity. | |||
[Enter KING EDWARD IV and a Huntsman with him] |
Huntsman | This way, my lord; for this way lies the game. |
KING EDWARD IV | Nay, this way, man: see where the huntsmen stand. | 15 | |
Now, brother of Gloucester, Lord Hastings, and the rest, | |||
Stand you thus close, to steal the bishop's deer? |
GLOUCESTER | Brother, the time and case requireth haste: | ||
Your horse stands ready at the park-corner. |
KING EDWARD IV | But whither shall we then? | 20 |
HASTINGS | To Lynn, my lord, | ||
And ship from thence to Flanders. |
GLOUCESTER | Well guess'd, believe me; for that was my meaning. |
KING EDWARD IV | Stanley, I will requite thy forwardness. |
GLOUCESTER | But wherefore stay we? 'tis no time to talk. | 25 |
KING EDWARD IV | Huntsman, what say'st thou? wilt thou go along? |
Huntsman | Better do so than tarry and be hang'd. |
GLOUCESTER | Come then, away; let's ha' no more ado. |
KING EDWARD IV | Bishop, farewell: shield thee from Warwick's frown; | ||
And pray that I may repossess the crown. | 30 | ||
[Exeunt] |
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