The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_King._ How bloodily the sun begins to peer
Above yon busky hill! the day looks pale[3034]
At his distemperature.
_Prince._ The southern wind
Doth play the trumpet to his purposes,
And by his hollow whistling in the leaves[3035] 5
Foretells a tempest and a blustering day.
_King._ Then with the losers let it sympathise,
For nothing can seem foul to those that win.
[_The trumpet sounds._
_Enter_ WORCESTER _and_ VERNON.[3036]
How now, my Lord of Worcester! 'tis not well
That you and I should meet upon such terms 10
As now we meet. You have deceived our trust,
And made us doff our easy robes of peace,
To crush our old limbs in ungentle steel:[3037]
This is not well, my lord, this is not well.
What say you to it? will you again unknit 15
This churlish knot of all-abhorred war?
And move in that obedient orb again[3038]
Where you did give a fair and natural light,
And be no more an exhaled meteor,
A prodigy of fear and a portent 20
Of broached mischief to the unborn times?
_Wor._ Hear me, my liege:
For mine own part, I could be well content
To entertain the lag-end of my life
With quiet hours; for, I do protest,[3039] 25
I have not sought the day of this dislike.
_King._ You have not sought it! how comes it, then?[3040]
_Fal._ Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it.
_Prince._ Peace, chewet, peace![3041]
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