QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: King Henry IV Part 2 ACT/SCENE: 4.3 SPEAKER: King CONTEXT:
KING
O Westmoreland, thou art a summer bird,
Which ever in the haunch of winter sings
The lifting up of day.
Enter HARCOURT
Here comes more news.
HARCOURT
From enemies heaven keep your Majesty,
And when they stand against you, may they fall
As those that I am come to tell you of.
The Earl Northumberland and the Lord Bardolph,
With a great power of English and of Scots,
Are by the shrieve of Yorkshire overthrown.
The manner and true order of the fight
This packet, please it you, contains at large. DUTCH: O, Westmoreland, gij zijt een zomervogel,
Die aan des winters verz’nen steeds den opgang
Des nieuwen dags bezingt.
MORE:
Haunch=Hind part, towards the end (of winter)
Shrieve=Sheriff Topics: emotion and mood, wellbeing

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