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KING RICHARD II.
[Act II.
Willo. And far surmounts our labour to attain it.
Boling. Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor;
i W hich, till my infant fortune comes to years,
Stands for my bounty. But who comes here I
North. It is my Lord of Berkley, as I guess.
Enter Berkley.
Berk My Lord of Hereford, my message is to you.
Boling. My lord, my answer is—to Lancaster:
And I am come to seek that name in England :
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And I must find that title in your tongue,
Before I make reply to aught you say.
Berk Mistake me not, my lord ; ’tis not my meanin
To raze one title of your honour out:—
To you, my lord, I come (what lord you will),
From the most gracious regent of this land,
The Duke of York ; to know what pricks you on
To take advantage of the absent time,
And fright our native peace with self-born arms. 80
Boling. I shall not need transport my words by you ;
Here comes his grace in person,— w-*-*
Enter York, attended.
My noble uncle!
[Kneels.
York Shew me thy humble heart, and not thy knee,
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Boling. My gracious uncle !
Tut;tut!
Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle. t-
I am no traitor’s uncle ; and that word, grace,
, „ / ' V In an ungracious mouth is but profane.
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Dar’d once to touch a dust of England’s ground ?
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A ’ , . But more then, why—why have they dar’d to march
So many miles upon her peaceful bosom.
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