Enter Lady Percy.
How now, Kate! I must leave you within these two hours.

Lady.
O my good lord, why are you thus alone?

For what offence have I this fortnight been
A banish'd woman from my Harry's bed?
Tell me, sweet lord, what is't that takes from thee
Thy stomach, pleasure, and thy golden sleep?
Why dost thou bend thy eyes upon the earth?
And start so often when thou sitt'st alone?
Why hast thou lost the fresh blood in thy cheeks?
And given my treasures and my rights of thee,
To thick-ey'd musing, and curst melancholy?
In thy faint slumbers I by thee have watcht,
And heard thee murmur tales of iron wars:
Speak terms of manage to thy bounding steed;
Cry, courage! to the field! and thou hast talk'd
Of sallies, and retires; of trenches, tents,
Of palisadoes, frontiers, parapets;
Of basilisks, of cannon, culverin,
Of prisoners ransom, and of soldiers slain,
And all the current of a heady fight.
Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war,
And thus hath so bestir'd thee in thy sleep,
That beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow,
Like bubbles in a late disturbed stream:
And in thy face strange motions have appear'd,
Such as we see when men restrain their breath,
On some great sudden haste. O what portents are these?
Some heavy business hath my lord in hand,
And I must know it; else he loves me not.

Hot.
What ho, is Gilliams with the packet gone? Enter Servant.

Serv.
He is, my lord, an hour agone.

Hot.
Hath Butler brought those horses from the Sheriff?

Serv.
One horse, my lord, he brought ev'n now.

Hot.
What horse? a roan, a crop ear, is it not?

Serv.
It is, my lord.

Hot.
That roan shall be my throne.
Well, I will back him strait. O Esperance!
Bid Butler lead him forth into the park.

Lady.
But hear, you, my lord.

Lady.
What say'st thou, my lady?

Hot.
What is it carries you away?

Hot.
Why, my horse, my love, my horse.

Lady.
Out you mad-headed ape! A weazel hath not
Such a deal of spleen as you are tost with.
In faith I'll know your business, that I will.
I fear my brother Mortimer doth stir
About his title, and hath sent for you
To line his enterprize: but if you go—

Hot.
—So far afoot, I shall be weary, love.

Lady.
Come, come, you Paraquito, answer me
Directly to this question, I shall ask.
I'll break thy little finger, Harry,
If thou wilt not tell me true.

Hot.
Away, away, you trifler: love! I love thee not,
I care not for thee, Kate; this is no world
To play with † ^notemammets, and to tilt with lips.
We must have bloody noses, and crack'd crowns,
And pass them currant too—gods me! my horse.
What say'st thou, Kate? what wouldst thou have with me?

Lady.
Do ye not love me? do you not indeed?
Well, do not then. For since you love me not,
I will not love my self. Do you not love me?
Nay, tell me if you speak in jest or no?

Hot.
Come, wilt thou see me ride?
And when I am a horse-back, I will swear
I love thee infinitely. But hark you, Kate,
I must not have you henceforth question me,

Whither I go; nor reason where about.
Whither I must, I must; and to conclude,
This evening must I leave thee, gentle Kate.
I know you wise, but yet no further wise
Than Harry Percy's wife. Constant you are,
But yet a woman; and for secresie,
No lady closer. For I will believe,
Thou wilt not utter what thou dost not know,
And so far will I trust thee, gentle Kate.

Lady.
How so far?

Hot.
Not an inch further. But hark you Kate,
Whither I go, thither shall you go too:
To-day will I set forth, to-morrow you.
Will this content you, Kate?

Lady.
It must of force. [Exeunt.

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