From Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Oxford 1911)/Volume 4/The Tragedy of King Richard the Second by Oxford 1911

:As I was banish'd, I was banish'd Hereford; :But as I come, I come for Lancaster. :And, noble uncle, I beseech your Grace :Look on my wrongs with an indifferent eye: :You are my father, for methinks in you :I see old Gaunt alive: O! then, my father, :Will you permit that I shall stand condemn'd :A wandering vagabond; my rights and royalties :Pluck'd from my arms perforce, and given away :To upstart unthrifts? Wherefore was I born? :If that my cousin king be King in England, :It must be granted I am Duke of Lancaster. :You have a son, Aumerle, my noble cousin; :Had you first died, and he been thus trod down, :He should have found his uncle Gaunt a father :To rouse his wrongs and chase them to the bay. :I am denied to sue my livery here, :And yet my letters-patents give me leave. :My father's goods are all distrain'd and sold; :And these and all are all amiss employ'd. :What would you have me do? I am a subject, :And challenge law: attorneys are denied me; :And therefore personally I lay my claim :To my inheritance of free descent.

Bolingbroke Monologue from Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Oxford 1911)/Volume 4/The Tragedy of King Richard the Second

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