Act VScene V
Another Part of the Field
The trumpets sound. Enter King Henry, Prince Henry, Lancaster,Westmoreland and others, 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 tenour of thy kinsman’s trust?Three knights upon our party slain today,A noble earl, and many a creature else,Had been alive this hour,If, like a Christian, thou hadst truly borneBetwixt our armies true intelligence.
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.
Exeunt Worcester and Vernon, guarded.
How goes the field?
Prince
The noble Scot, Lord Douglas, when he sawThe fortune of the day quite turn’d from him,The noble Percy slain, and all his menUpon the foot of fear, fled with the rest,And, falling from a hill, he was so bruisedThat the pursuers took him. At my tentThe Douglas is, and I beseech your GraceI may dispose of him.
King
With all my heart.
Prince
Then, brother John of Lancaster, to youThis honourable bounty shall belong.Go to the Douglas and deliver himUp to his pleasure, ransomless and free.His valours shown upon our crests todayHath taught us how to cherish such high deeds,Even in the bosom of our adversaries.
Lancaster
I thank your Grace for this high courtesy,Which I shall give away immediately.
King
Then this remains, that we divide our power.You, son John, and my cousin Westmoreland,Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speedTo meet Northumberland and the prelate Scroop,Who, as we hear, are busily in arms.Myself and you, son Harry, will towards Wales,To fight with Glendower and the Earl of March.Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway,Meeting the check of such another day,And since this business so fair is done,Let us not leave till all our own be won.
Exeunt.