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The trumpet sounds retreat; the day is ours.
Come, brother, let’s to the highest of the field,
To see what friends are living, who are dead.
Exeunt [Prince Henry and Prince John].

FALSTAFF
I’ll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God reward him. If I

do grow great, I’ll grow [160] less; for I’ll purge, and leave sack, and live
cleanly, as a nobleman should do.
Exit [bearing off the body].

Scene V IT

The trumpets sound. Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord John of
Lancaster, Earl of Westmoreland, with Worcester and Vernon prisoners.

KING
Thus ever did rebellion find rebuke.

Ill-spirited Worcester, did not we send grace,
Pardon, and terms of love to all of you?
And wouldst thou turn our offers contrary?
Misuse the tenor of thy kinsman’s trust? [5]
Three knights upon our party slain to-day,

A noble earl, and many a creature else
Had been alive this hour,
If like a Christian thou hadst truly borne

Betwixt our armies true intelligence. [10]

WORCESTER

What I have done my safety urged me to;
And I embrace this fortune patiently,
Since not to be avoided it falls on me.

KING
Bear Worcester to the death, and Vernon too;
Other offenders we will pause upon. [15]

[Exeunt Worcester and Vernon, guarded.]