slave, shall kingly woe obey. That power I have, discharge, and let them go To ear the land that hath some hope to grow, For I have none. Let no man speak again To alter this, for counsel is but vain. 

 AUMERLE. My liege, one word. 

 KING RICHARD. He does me double wrong That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue. Discharge my followers. Let them hence away, From Richard’s night to Bolingbroke’s fair day. 

 [Exeunt.]

 SCENE III. Wales. Before Flint Castle.

 Enter, with drum and colours, Bolingbroke and Forces; Northumberland and Others.

Bolingbroke

Northumberland

 BOLINGBROKE. So that by this intelligence we learn The Welshmen are dispersed, and Salisbury Is gone to meet the King, who lately landed With some few private friends upon this coast. 

 NORTHUMBERLAND. The news is very fair and good, my lord: Richard not far from hence hath hid his head. 

 YORK. It would beseem the Lord Northumberland To say “King Richard”. Alack the heavy day When such a sacred king should hide his head! 

 NORTHUMBERLAND. Your Grace mistakes; only to be brief Left I his title out. 

 YORK. The time hath been, Would you have been so brief with him, he would Have been so brief with you to shorten you, For taking so the head, your whole head’s length. 

 BOLINGBROKE. Mistake not, uncle, further than you should. 

 YORK. Take not, good cousin, further than you should, Lest you mistake. The heavens are o’er our heads. 

 BOLINGBROKE. I know it, uncle, and oppose not myself Against their will. But who comes here? 

 Enter Harry Percy.

Harry Percy

 Welcome, Harry. What, will not this castle yield?

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