Page 780 - Shakespeare - Vol. 2

So many of his shadows thou hast met,
And not the very king. I have two boys [30]
Seek Percy and thyself about the field;
But, seeing thou fall’st on me so luckily,

I will assay thee. So defend thyself.

DOUGLAS
I fear thou art another counterfeit;
And yet, in faith, thou bearest thee like a king. [35]
But mine I am sure thou art, whoe’er thou be,

And thus I win thee.

They fight. The King being in danger, enter Prince of Wales.

PRINCE
Hold up thy head, vile Scot, or thou art like
Never to hold it up again. The spirits
Of valiant Shirley, Stafford, Blunt are in my arms. [40]

It is the Prince of Wales that threatens thee,
Who never promiseth but he means to pay.
They fight. Douglas flieth.
Cheerly, my lord. How fares your grace?
Sir Nicholas Gawsey hath for succour sent,

And so hath Clifton. I’ll to Clifton straight. [45]

KING
Stay and breathe awhile.
Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion,
And showed thou mak’st some tender of my life,

In this fair rescue thou hast brought to me.

PRINCE
O God, they did me too much injury [50]
That ever said I heark’ned for your death.
If it were so, I might have let alone
The insulting hand of Douglas over you,

Which would have been as speedy in your end
As all the poisonous potions in the world, [55]