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

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King.

O my Sonne!

Heauen put it in thy minde to take it hence,

That thou might'st ioyne the more, thy Fathers loue;

Pleading so wisely, in excuse of it.

Come hither Harrie, sit thou by my bedde,

And heare (I thinke, the very latest Counsell

That euer I shall breath: Heauen knowes, my Sonne)

By what by‑pathes, and indirect crook'd‑wayes

I met this Crowne: and I my selfe know well

How troublesome it sate vpon my head.

T o thee, it shall descend with better Quiet,

Better Opinion, better Confirmation:

For all the soyle of the Atchieuement goes

With me, into the Earth. It seem'd in mee,

But as an Honour snatch'd with boyst'rous hand,

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