Page 685 - Shakespeare - Vol. 2

And then the power of Scotland and of York
To join with Mortimer, ha?

WORCESTER
And so they shall.

HOTSPUR
In faith, it is exceedingly well aimed.

WORCESTER
And ’tis no little reason bids us speed [280]
To save our heads by raising of a head;

For, bear ourselves as even as we can,
The king will always think him in our debt,
And think we think ourselves unsatisfied,

Till he hath found a time to pay us home. [285]
And see already how he doth begin
To make us strangers to his looks of love.

HOTSPUR
He does, he does! We’ll be revenged on him.

WORCESTER
Cousin, farewell. No further go in this
Than I by letters shall direct your course. [290]

When time is ripe, which will be suddenly,
I’ll steal to Glendower and Lord Mortimer,
Where you and Douglas, and our pow’rs at once,

As I will fashion it, shall happily meet,
To bear our fortunes in our own strong arms, [295]
Which now we hold at much uncertainty.

NORTHUMBERLAND
Farewell, good brother. We shall thrive, I trust.

HOTSPUR
Uncle, adieu. O, let the hours be short