Reading The Second Part of the Henry the Fourth, Contaning his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift

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West.

Then (my Lord)

Vnto your Grace doe I in chiefe addresse

The substance of my Speech. If that Rebellion

Came like it selfe, in base and abiect Routs,

Led on by bloodie Youth, guarded with Rage,

And countenanc'd by Boyes, and Beggerie:

I say, if damn'd Commotion so appeare,

In his true, natiue, and most proper shape,

You (Reuerend Father, and these Noble Lords)

Had not beene here, to dresse the ougly forme

Of base, and bloodie Insurrection,

With your faire Honors. You, Lord Arch‑bishop,

Whose Sea is by a Ciuill Peace maintain'd,

Whose Beard, the Siluer Hand of Peace hath touch'd,

Whose Learning, and good Letters, Peace hath tutor'd,

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