Henry IV, Part II by William Shakespeare (best way to read e books .TXT) 📕
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As the dust settles on the battlefield at Shrewsbury, news spreads that the rebel forces fighting against King Henry IV have suffered a terrible defeat. Their leader, Harry “Hotspur” Percy, was killed by Prince Hal. The rebel troops quickly abandon the fight after seeing their leader die. Two powerful cohorts, the Earl of Worcester and Douglas, are taken as prisoners by the King’s men. The Earl of Northumberland vows to avenge his son’s death and plans to seek support from the Archbishop of York.
Meanwhile, the Archbishop has convened his group of allies—Thomas Mowbray, Lord Hastings, and Lord Bardolph—to plan the next battle against King Henry. If they want a chance of winning, they fight on three separate fronts: one to fight King Henry’s forces, one to fight the Welsh rebels led by Owen Glendower, and one to maintain the fight in France. They decide to follow this plan regardless of whether or not Northumberland lends them his army.
As the Prince’s merry team of misfits return to London, Falstaff continues to create mischief wherever he goes. After hearing that his father has fallen sick, Hal starts to regret the days when he used to drink and steal with Falstaff. If he is to be the next king, he must leave behind his past along with his partners in crime.
This Standard Ebooks production is based on William George Clark and William Aldis Wright’s 1887 Victoria edition, which is taken from the Globe edition.
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“Sir John Falstaff, knight, to the son of the king, nearest his father, Harry Prince of Wales, greeting.”
Why, this is a certificate.
Prince Peace! PoinsReads. “I will imitate the honourable Romans in brevity:” he sure means brevity in breath, short-winded.
“I commend me to thee, I commend thee, and I leave thee. Be not too familiar with Poins; for he misuses thy favours so much, that he swears thou art to marry his sister Nell. Repent at idle times as thou mayest; and so, farewell.
“Thine, by yea and no, which is as much as to say, as thou usest him,
“Jack Falstaff with my familiars,
John with my brothers and sisters,
and
Sir John with all Europe.”
My lord, I’ll steep this letter in sack and make him eat it.
Prince That’s to make him eat twenty of his words. But do you use me thus, Ned? must I marry your sister? Poins God send the wench no worse fortune! But I never said so. Prince Well, thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and
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