Reading The First Part of henry the Fourth, with the life and Death of Henry Sirnamed Hot-spurre

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King.

Lords, giue vs leaue:

The Prince of Wales, and I,

Must haue some priuate conference:

But be neere at hand,

For wee shall presently haue neede of you.

Exeunt Lords.

I know not whether Heauen will haue it so,

For some displeasing seruice I haue done;

That in his secret Doome, out of my Blood,

Hee'le breede Reuengement, and a Scourge for me:

But thou do'st in thy passages of Life,

Make me beleeue, that thou art onely mark'd

For the hot vengeance, and the Rod of heauen

To punish my Mistreadings. Tell me else,

Could such inordinate and low desires,

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