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Against thy entrance.

BOLINGBROKE

Royally?
Why, it contains no king.

PERCY

Yes, my good lord,
It doth contain a king. King Richard lies [25]
Within the limits of yon lime and stone,
And with him are the Lord Aumerle, Lord Salisbury,
Sir Stephen Scrope, besides a clergyman
Of holy reverence; who, I cannot learn.

NORT HUMBERLAND

O, belike it is the Bishop of Carlisle. [30]

BOLINGBROKE

Noble lords,
Go to the rude ribs of that ancient castle,
Through brazen trumpet send the breath of parley
Into his ruin’d ears, and thus deliver:
Henry Bolingbroke [35]
On both his knees doth kiss King Richard’s hand,
And sends allegiance and true faith of heart
To his most royal person; hither come
Even at his feet to lay my arms and power,
Provided that my banishment repeal’d [40]
And lands restor’d again be freely granted.
If not, I’ll use the advantage of my power
And lay the summer’s dust with showers of blood
Rain’d from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen;
The which how far off from the mind of Bolingbroke [45]
It is such crimson tempest should bedrench
The fresh green lap of fair King Richard’s land
My stooping duty tenderly shall show.
Go signify as much while here we march
Upon the grassy carpet of this plain. [50]
Let’s march without the noise of threat’ning drum,
That from this castle’s tattered battlements