Monologue

Archbishop Monologue from Henry IV, Part 1

From Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare

male · dramatic · 1:29 min

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Hie, good Sir Michael; bear this sealed brief With winged haste to the Lord Marshal, This to my cousin Scroop, and all the rest To whom they are directed. If you knew How much they do import, you would make haste. (SIR MICHAEL: My good lord, I guess their tenour.) Like enough you do. Tomorrow, good Sir Michael, is a day Wherein the fortune of ten thousand men Must bide the touch; for, sir, at Shrewsbury, As I am truly given to understand, The King with mighty and quick-raised power Meets with Lord Harry. And, I fear, Sir Michael, What with the sickness of Northumberland, Whose power was in the first proportion, And what with Owen Glendower’s absence thence, Who with them was a rated sinew too, And comes not in, o’er-rul’d by prophecies, I fear the power of Percy is too weak To wage an instant trial with the King. (SIR MICHAEL: Why, my good lord, you need not fear, There is Douglas and Lord Mortimer.) No, Mortimer is not there.

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40s · fear · power · fate · honor · war

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