No Fear Shakespeare
Henry IV Part 2
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Act 4, Scene 1, Page 13
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LANCASTER
Go, my lord,
And let our army be dischargèd too.
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LANCASTER
Go and disperse our army, too, Lord Westmoreland.
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And, good my lord, so please you, let our trains
March by us, that we may peruse the men
We should have coped withal.
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Good Archbishop, let’s have both our troops march past us here so that we can see the men we would have fought against.
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ARCHBISHOP
Go, good Lord Hastings,
And ere they be dismissed, let them march by.
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ARCHBISHOP
Go, Lord Hastings, and have them march past before they’re dismissed.
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LANCASTER
I trust, lords, we shall lie tonight together.
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LANCASTER
I hope, sirs, that we’ll spend tonight in the same camp.
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Now, cousin, wherefore stands our army still?
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Cousin, why is our army still standing?
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WESTMORELAND
The leaders, having charge from you to stand,
Will not go off until they hear you speak.
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WESTMORELAND
The leaders have orders from you to stand fast, and they won’t disperse until they hear you give the order.
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LANCASTER
They know their duties.
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LANCASTER
They know how to follow orders.
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HASTINGS
My lord, our army is dispersed already.
Like youthful steers unyoked, they take their courses
East, west, north, south, or, like a school broke up,
Each hurries toward his home and sporting-place.
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HASTINGS
Our army is already dispersed. They’ve headed off to the east, west, north, and south like young bulls whose yokes have been removed. The men are like children after school, each hurrying toward their homes or the playground.
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WESTMORELAND
Good tidings, my Lord Hastings, for the which
I do arrest thee, traitor, of high treason.—
And you, Lord Archbishop, and you, Lord Mowbray,
Of capital treason I attach you both.
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WESTMORELAND
That’s good news, Lord Hastings. And hearing it, I now arrest you, traitor, for high treason. And you, Archbishop, and you, Lord Mowbray. I arrest you both for capital treason.
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