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3,604 | 2250_act_2,_scenes_3-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the wild highlands of Gloucestershire, in south central England, we find Henry Bolingbroke and Lord Northumberland riding toward Berkeley Castle, where they intend to meet up with the Lord Ross and Lord Willoughby. The two have had a long journey from Ravenspurgh in the northeast, where Bolingbroke landed, but North... | [
"Scaena Tertia.",
"Enter the Duke of Hereford, and Northumberland.",
"Bul. How farre is it my Lord to Berkley now?\n Nor. Beleeue me noble Lord,\nI am a stranger heere in Gloustershire,\nThese high wilde hilles, and rough vneeuen waies,\nDrawes out our miles, and makes them wearisome.\nAnd yet our faire discou... |
3,605 | 2250_act_3,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Bristol Castle in southwestern England, a short distance south of Berkeley Castle, Henry Bolingbroke and his men have apprehended Bushy and Greene, who remain loyal to King Richard. Bolingbroke accuses them of having "misled a prince"--that is, of having given Richard deliberately bad advice--and recites a list of c... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Bullingbrooke, Yorke, Northumberland, Rosse, Percie,\nWilloughby,\nwith Bushie and Greene Prisoners.",
"Bull. Bring forth these men:\nBushie and Greene, I will not vex your soules,\n(Since presently your soules must part your bodies)\nWith too much vrging your pernitious li... |
3,592 | 2250_act_iii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Bolingbroke, along with the Duke of York, Lord Northumberland, and their attendants, rides toward Flint Castle , to which King Richard has fled. York, although he has now joined forces with Bolingbroke, is deeply disturbed about the possibility of divine retribution for the impending overthrow of the king, and Bolingbr... | [
"Scaena Tertia.",
"Enter with Drum and Colours, Bullingbrooke, Yorke,\nNorthumberland,\nAttendants.",
"Bull. So that by this intelligence we learne\nThe Welchmen are dispers'd, and Salisbury\nIs gone to meet the King, who lately landed\nWith some few priuate friends, vpon this Coast",
"North. The newes is ver... |
3,593 | 2250_act_iii,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | While Richard, Bolingbroke, and their respective allies have been having their fateful encounters in the west of England and in Wales, Queen Isabel has been staying at the house of the Duke of York . Although she has not yet heard the news of Richard's capture by Bolingbroke, sadness and foreboding weigh very heavily u... | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter the Queene, and two Ladies",
"Qu. What sport shall we deuise here in this Garden,\nTo driue away the heauie thought of Care?\n La. Madame, wee'le play at Bowles",
"Qu. 'Twill make me thinke the World is full of Rubs,\nAnd that my fortune runnes against the Byas",
"La. Madame, wee'le... |
3,594 | 2250_act_iv,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Henry Bolingbroke, his allies, and the captured party of King Richard have returned from Wales to London. There, in Westminster Hall, they call on Bagot to give testimony, asking him who conspired with Richard to kill Thomas, Duke of Gloucester. Bagot claims that the Duke of Aumerle was central in the conspiracy. Aumer... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter as to the Parliament, Bullingbrooke, Aumerle,\nNorthumberland,\nPercie, FitzWater, Surrey, Carlile, Abbot of Westminster. Herauld,\nOfficers, and Bagot.",
"Bullingbrooke. Call forth Bagot.\nNow Bagot, freely speake thy minde,\nWhat thou do'st know of Noble Glousters death:... |
3,595 | 2250_act_v,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Queen Isabel and her attendants have arrived in London, where they have stationed themselves on a street leading to the Tower of London so that they may meet the deposed King Richard when he passes by on his way to the Tower. Richard and his guard ride into view, and Isabel laments to see her lord so changed: "ut see, ... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Queene, and Ladies.",
"Qu. This way the King will come: this is the way\nTo Iulius C�sars ill-erected Tower:\nTo whose flint Bosome, my condemned Lord\nIs doom'd a Prisoner, by prowd Bullingbrooke.\nHere let vs rest, if this rebellious Earth\nHaue any resting for her true K... |
3,606 | 2250_act_5,_scene_2-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the Duke of York's house at Langley, the aged Duke greets his wife, the Duchess of York, and tells her about the long day he has had: when Bolingbroke rode into London in triumph for his coronation, leading Richard in captivity, the people scowled upon Richard and dumped rubbish onto his head, but cheered wildly for... | [
"Scoena Secunda.",
"Enter Yorke, and his Duchesse.",
"Duch. My Lord, you told me you would tell the rest,\nWhen weeping made you breake the story off,\nOf our two Cousins comming into London",
"Yorke. Where did I leaue?\n Duch. At that sad stoppe, my Lord,\nWhere rude mis-gouern'd hands, from Windowes tops,\... |
3,607 | 2250_act_5,_scenes_4-6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Windsor Castle, where the new King Henry IV now resides, a nobleman called Sir Piers Exton is talking with his servants. He tells them that King Henry has asked his audience of courtiers, "Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?" Exton reasonably interprets the "living fear" as a reference to the still-li... | [
"Scaena Quarta.",
"Enter Richard.",
"Rich. I haue bin studying, how to compare\nThis Prison where I liue, vnto the World:\nAnd for because the world is populous,\nAnd heere is not a Creature, but my selfe,\nI cannot do it: yet Ile hammer't out. My Braine, Ile proue the Female to my Soule,\nMy Soule, the Father:... |
3,582 | 2250_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | SCENE SUMMARIES WITH NOTES Act I, Scene 1 The play opens in Windsor Castle. King Richard asks his uncle, John of Gaunt, "time-honor'd Lancaster" if he has, according to his oath, made his son, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, prove his claim that Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, is guilty of treason. Richard furthe... | [
"Actus Primus, Scaena Prima.",
"Enter King Richard, Iohn of Gaunt, with other Nobles and\nAttendants.",
"King Richard. Old Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster,\nHast thou according to thy oath and band\nBrought hither Henry Herford thy bold son:\nHeere to make good y boistrous late appeale,\nWhich then our l... |
3,583 | 2250_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The second scene shifts to Gaunt's palace in London, where he is talking with the Duchess of Gloucester, who is very upset. Gaunt laments that his blood relationship with Gloucester urges him to take revenge for his brother's murder, but that he cannot take action against these "butchers of his life." Since he can do ... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Gaunt, and Dutchesse of Gloucester.",
"Gaunt. Alas, the part I had in Glousters blood,\nDoth more solicite me then your exclaimes,\nTo stirre against the Butchers of his life.\nBut since correction lyeth in those hands\nWhich made the fault that we cannot correct,\nPut we our quarrell ... |
3,584 | 2250_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens in Coventry with a conversation between the Lord Marshal and Aumerle, who reveal to the audience that both Bolingbroke and Mowbray are ready for the trial by combat and await the king's arrival. There is a blowing of trumpets as King Richard enters with his knights: Gaunt, Bushy, Bagot, Green and others... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter Marshall, and Aumerle.",
"Mar. My L[ord]. Aumerle, is Harry Herford arm'd",
"Aum. Yea, at all points, and longs to enter in",
"Mar. The Duke of Norfolke, sprightfully and bold,\nStayes but the summons of the Appealants Trumpet",
"Au. Why then the Champions, are prepar'd, and stay\n... |
3,585 | 2250_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene opens in Windsor Castle in London almost immediately after the previous scene. Richard assesses the feelings of Aumerle, the Duke of York's son, and asks him about his parting words with Bolingbroke. Richard observes that Aumerle had accompanied Bolingbroke for a long distance. Aumerle replies bluntly that h... | [
"Scoena Quarta.",
"Enter King, Aumerle, Greene, and Bagot.",
"Rich. We did obserue. Cosine Aumerle,\nHow far brought you high Herford on his way?\n Aum. I brought high Herford (if you call him so)\nBut to the next high way, and there I left him",
"Rich. And say, what store of parting tears were shed?\n Aum.... |
3,586 | 2250_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens at Ely House in London, with Gaunt anxiously awaiting the arrival of Richard. He is lying on a couch and is surrounded by his brother, who is the Duke of York, and his other followers. Gaunt expresses his annoyance to the Duke of York at the fact that the king has not yet arrived. York cynically tells G... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Gaunt, sicke with Yorke.",
"Gau. Will the King come, that I may breath my last\nIn wholsome counsell to his vnstaid youth?\n Yor. Vex not your selfe, nor striue not with your breth,\nFor all in vaine comes counsell to his eare",
"Gau. Oh but (they say) the tongues of dy... |
3,587 | 2250_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens in Windsor Castle, where Bushy is trying to cheer Queen Isabel, who is saddened by the King's departure for Ireland. Isabel confesses that she feels the onset of some ominous event and that "some unborn sorrow" is approaching her. Bushy attempts to comfort Isabel by dismissing her thoughts as mere "shap... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Queene, Bushy, and Bagot.",
"Bush. Madam, your Maiesty is too much sad,\nYou promis'd when you parted with the King,\nTo lay aside selfe-harming heauinesse,\nAnd entertaine a cheerefull disposition",
"Qu. To please the King, I did: to please my selfe\nI cannot do it: yet I know no cau... |
3,588 | 2250_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Gloucestershire, Bolingbroke is engaged in conversation with Northumberland. Bolingbroke asks Northumberland how long it will take them to reach Berkeley. Northumberland replies that he himself is a stranger in Gloucestershire, but Bolingbroke's "fair discourse" has been like "sugar" and has made the hard way "sweet... | [
"Scaena Tertia.",
"Enter the Duke of Hereford, and Northumberland.",
"Bul. How farre is it my Lord to Berkley now?\n Nor. Beleeue me noble Lord,\nI am a stranger heere in Gloustershire,\nThese high wilde hilles, and rough vneeuen waies,\nDrawes out our miles, and makes them wearisome.\nAnd yet our faire discou... |
3,589 | 2250_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene moves to Wales, where a conversation takes place between the Lord of Salisbury and a Welsh captain. The captain informs Salisbury that his army has anxiously waited for some news from the king for ten days and that now he will disband the army. Salisbury exhorts him to maintain his troops for one more day, s... | [
"Scoena Quarta.",
"Enter Salisbury, and a Captaine.",
"Capt. My Lord of Salisbury, we haue stayd ten dayes,\nAnd hardly kept our Countreymen together,\nAnd yet we heare no tidings from the King;\nTherefore we will disperse our selues: farewell",
"Sal. Stay yet another day, thou trustie Welchman,\nThe King rep... |
3,590 | 2250_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This short scene opens in Bristol, where Bolingbroke orders the execution of two of Richard's favorites, Bushy and Green. This is Bolingbroke's first public act, although he has not yet assumed the office of the king. Bolingbroke lists the causes of their execution to justify his action. He charges them with having "mi... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Bullingbrooke, Yorke, Northumberland, Rosse, Percie,\nWilloughby,\nwith Bushie and Greene Prisoners.",
"Bull. Bring forth these men:\nBushie and Greene, I will not vex your soules,\n(Since presently your soules must part your bodies)\nWith too much vrging your pernitious li... |
3,591 | 2250_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Arriving at Barkloughly Castle in Wales, Richard is happy to return to his kingdom. York's son, Aumerle, is present, as is the Bishop of Carlisle. He humbly addresses England with emotionally charged words. He salutes the "dear earth" of England and proclaims his intense affection for her: "As a long- parted mother wit... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Drums: Flourish, and Colours. Enter Richard, Aumerle, Carlile,\nand\nSouldiers.",
"Rich. Barkloughly Castle call you this at hand? Au. Yea, my Lord: how brooks your Grace the ayre,\nAfter your late tossing on the breaking Seas? Rich. Needs must I like it well: I weepe for ioy\nTo stand vpon m... |
3,592 | 2250_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene moves to Flint Castle in Wales, where Richard has taken refuge. Bolingbroke appears before the castle with York, Northumberland and his army. Henry Percy, Northumberland's son, who had been sent into the castle, comes back with the news that Richard is inside along with Aumerle, Lord Salisbury, Sir Stephen S... | [
"Scaena Tertia.",
"Enter with Drum and Colours, Bullingbrooke, Yorke,\nNorthumberland,\nAttendants.",
"Bull. So that by this intelligence we learne\nThe Welchmen are dispers'd, and Salisbury\nIs gone to meet the King, who lately landed\nWith some few priuate friends, vpon this Coast",
"North. The newes is ver... |
3,593 | 2250_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the meanwhile, in the garden of the Duke of York, Queen Isabel seeks some amusement to distract her from her worries. She is accompanied by two lady attendants who try to alleviate her grief, but she rejects all of their suggestions, professing that such diversions would only make her remember "more of sorrow." As t... | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter the Queene, and two Ladies",
"Qu. What sport shall we deuise here in this Garden,\nTo driue away the heauie thought of Care?\n La. Madame, wee'le play at Bowles",
"Qu. 'Twill make me thinke the World is full of Rubs,\nAnd that my fortune runnes against the Byas",
"La. Madame, wee'le... |
3,594 | 2250_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act IV consists of only one scene, which deals with Bolingbroke's assumption of the throne and Richard's renunciation of kingship. It occurs in Westminster Hall in London. Historically speaking, Bolingbroke brought Richard to London in August, and was himself crowned Henry IV on 13 October. The scene focuses on the dep... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter as to the Parliament, Bullingbrooke, Aumerle,\nNorthumberland,\nPercie, FitzWater, Surrey, Carlile, Abbot of Westminster. Herauld,\nOfficers, and Bagot.",
"Bullingbrooke. Call forth Bagot.\nNow Bagot, freely speake thy minde,\nWhat thou do'st know of Noble Glousters death:... |
3,595 | 2250_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene focuses on Richard's poetic farewell to his queen. Queen Isabel is waiting with her attendants for Richard on a street leading to the "ill-erected tower" of London. When Richard appears, the queen melancholically compares Richard to a "beauteous-inn" whose lodger is "hard-favor'd grief" as "triumph" has "bec... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Queene, and Ladies.",
"Qu. This way the King will come: this is the way\nTo Iulius C�sars ill-erected Tower:\nTo whose flint Bosome, my condemned Lord\nIs doom'd a Prisoner, by prowd Bullingbrooke.\nHere let vs rest, if this rebellious Earth\nHaue any resting for her true K... |
3,596 | 2250_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene shifts to York's palace in London. Bolingbroke's coronation as Henry IV has taken place and York is relating to his wife the events that occurred when Bolingbroke brought Richard to London. He tells her how the commoners abused Richard but showered blessings on Bolingbroke. York sees these events as being a ... | [
"Scoena Secunda.",
"Enter Yorke, and his Duchesse.",
"Duch. My Lord, you told me you would tell the rest,\nWhen weeping made you breake the story off,\nOf our two Cousins comming into London",
"Yorke. Where did I leaue?\n Duch. At that sad stoppe, my Lord,\nWhere rude mis-gouern'd hands, from Windowes tops,\... |
3,597 | 2250_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene 3 shifts to Windsor Castle where Bolingbroke, who has assumed the throne as Henry IV, is complaining to Harry Percy about his truant son and heir to the throne, Prince Hal. He has not seen Prince Hal for three months. He asks Harry Percy to inquire for him at the London taverns, which he frequents with his "unres... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter Bullingbrooke, Percie, and other Lords.",
"Bul. Can no man tell of my vnthriftie Sonne?\n'Tis full three monthes since I did see him last.\nIf any plague hang ouer vs, 'tis he,\nI would to heauen (my Lords) he might be found:\nEnquire at London, 'mongst the Tauernes there:\nFor there (t... |
3,598 | 2250_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This is a very short scene and barely exceeds eleven lines. It focuses on Sir Pierce Exton, who is speaking to his servant in one of the rooms in Windsor Castle. He asks the servant whether the king's words were "Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?" The servant affirms that those were the very words of th... | [
"Scaena Quarta.",
"Enter Richard.",
"Rich. I haue bin studying, how to compare\nThis Prison where I liue, vnto the World:\nAnd for because the world is populous,\nAnd heere is not a Creature, but my selfe,\nI cannot do it: yet Ile hammer't out. My Braine, Ile proue the Female to my Soule,\nMy Soule, the Father:... |
3,599 | 2250_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene shows Richard imprisoned in Pomfret Castle soliloquizing his present state. He ruefully reflects upon his fallen condition. He establishes a parallel between his prison cell and the world outside: "I have been studying how I may compare / This prison where I live unto the world." He says that the world is fil... | [
"Scoena Quinta.",
"Flourish. Enter Bullingbrooke, Yorke, with other Lords &\nattendants.",
"Bul. Kinde Vnkle Yorke, the latest newes we heare,\nIs that the Rebels haue consum'd with fire\nOur Towne of Cicester in Gloucestershire,\nBut whether they be tane or slaine, we heare not.\nEnter Northumberland.",
"Wel... |
3,582 | 2250_act_1_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The first scene of Richard II is set in Windsor Castle, in London. King Richard is to hear the charge of treason that Henry Bolingbroke, the Duke of Hereford, has brought against Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. Bolingbroke and Mowbray enter, and Bolingbroke accuses Mowbray to his face of treason. Mowbray replies by ac... | [
"Actus Primus, Scaena Prima.",
"Enter King Richard, Iohn of Gaunt, with other Nobles and\nAttendants.",
"King Richard. Old Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster,\nHast thou according to thy oath and band\nBrought hither Henry Herford thy bold son:\nHeere to make good y boistrous late appeale,\nWhich then our l... |
3,583 | 2250_act_1_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | John of Gaunt tells the widow of the Duke of Gloucester that he plans to leave vengeance for his brother's death to the will of heaven. The Duchess of Gloucester rebukes him, reminding him that both he and Gloucester were sons of Edward III; they are connected by the same blood. Warning him that he may be the next vict... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Gaunt, and Dutchesse of Gloucester.",
"Gaunt. Alas, the part I had in Glousters blood,\nDoth more solicite me then your exclaimes,\nTo stirre against the Butchers of his life.\nBut since correction lyeth in those hands\nWhich made the fault that we cannot correct,\nPut we our quarrell ... |
3,584 | 2250_act_1_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Coventry, Mowbray and Bolingbroke appear for their trial by combat. It is a ceremonial occasion, and each combatant follows the rules in declaring who they are and affirming the justness of their cause. Gaunt gives Bolingbroke his encouragement. But just as the combat is about to begin, Richard halts it. He gives se... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter Marshall, and Aumerle.",
"Mar. My L[ord]. Aumerle, is Harry Herford arm'd",
"Aum. Yea, at all points, and longs to enter in",
"Mar. The Duke of Norfolke, sprightfully and bold,\nStayes but the summons of the Appealants Trumpet",
"Au. Why then the Champions, are prepar'd, and stay\n... |
3,585 | 2250_act_1_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the court, Richard inquires of his cousin Aumerle, who has just escorted Bolingbroke to the next highway, how Bolingbroke behaved. Aumerle's reply emphasizes the hostility that he feels for Bolingbroke, who is his cousin . Richard hints that Bolingbroke may never be allowed to return from exile. He recalls how Bolin... | [
"Scoena Quarta.",
"Enter King, Aumerle, Greene, and Bagot.",
"Rich. We did obserue. Cosine Aumerle,\nHow far brought you high Herford on his way?\n Aum. I brought high Herford (if you call him so)\nBut to the next high way, and there I left him",
"Rich. And say, what store of parting tears were shed?\n Aum.... |
3,586 | 2250_act_2_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Ely House, Gaunt and the Duke of York await the King. Gaunt hopes that Richard will listen to the advice he has to offer, but York doubts that he will. In York's opinion, Richard listens only to flatterers and has too much of a taste for luxury. Gaunt says that Richard's reign will not last long; it will burn itself... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Gaunt, sicke with Yorke.",
"Gau. Will the King come, that I may breath my last\nIn wholsome counsell to his vnstaid youth?\n Yor. Vex not your selfe, nor striue not with your breth,\nFor all in vaine comes counsell to his eare",
"Gau. Oh but (they say) the tongues of dy... |
3,587 | 2250_act_2_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Windsor Castle, the Queen meets with Bushy and Bagot. The Queen is distressed at Richard's departure, and feels anxious about the future. She fears that some misfortune is about to occur, and she persists in her belief despite Bushy's efforts to talk her out of it. . Greene enters with the news that Bolingbroke has ... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Queene, Bushy, and Bagot.",
"Bush. Madam, your Maiesty is too much sad,\nYou promis'd when you parted with the King,\nTo lay aside selfe-harming heauinesse,\nAnd entertaine a cheerefull disposition",
"Qu. To please the King, I did: to please my selfe\nI cannot do it: yet I know no cau... |
3,588 | 2250_act_2_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene takes place in Gloucestershire, in the south-west of England. Bolingbroke and his followers have made their way from Ravenspurgh in the north-east and are nearing Berkeley Castle. . Northumberland makes a flattering speech to Bolingbroke, hoping to get in Bolingbroke's good graces, since he expects him soon ... | [
"Scaena Tertia.",
"Enter the Duke of Hereford, and Northumberland.",
"Bul. How farre is it my Lord to Berkley now?\n Nor. Beleeue me noble Lord,\nI am a stranger heere in Gloustershire,\nThese high wilde hilles, and rough vneeuen waies,\nDrawes out our miles, and makes them wearisome.\nAnd yet our faire discou... |
3,589 | 2250_act_2_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At a military camp in Wales, the Earl of Salisbury, who is loyal to the King, tries to persuade a Welsh captain not to disband his forces. The Welsh have been encamped for ten days, but they have heard nothing from the King. They believe him to be dead. After the Welsh captain's exit, Salisbury speaks regretfully about... | [
"Scoena Quarta.",
"Enter Salisbury, and a Captaine.",
"Capt. My Lord of Salisbury, we haue stayd ten dayes,\nAnd hardly kept our Countreymen together,\nAnd yet we heare no tidings from the King;\nTherefore we will disperse our selues: farewell",
"Sal. Stay yet another day, thou trustie Welchman,\nThe King rep... |
3,590 | 2250_act_3_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Bristol, Bolingbroke addresses Bushy and Greene, who have been taken prisoner and are condemned to death. Bolingbroke lays out their offenses: they misled the King by encouraging his vices. These included adultery, which caused grief to the Queen. Bolingbroke also accuses Bushy and Greene of misrepresenting him to t... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Bullingbrooke, Yorke, Northumberland, Rosse, Percie,\nWilloughby,\nwith Bushie and Greene Prisoners.",
"Bull. Bring forth these men:\nBushie and Greene, I will not vex your soules,\n(Since presently your soules must part your bodies)\nWith too much vrging your pernitious li... |
3,591 | 2250_act_3_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Richard, Aumerle and the Bishop of Carlisle return from Ireland and land on the Welsh coast. Richard is delighted to be back in his own kingdom, even though he knows there is a rebellion. He is supremely confident that the rebels will be defeated. Aumerle points out that the royal party is being over-confident, and Bol... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Drums: Flourish, and Colours. Enter Richard, Aumerle, Carlile,\nand\nSouldiers.",
"Rich. Barkloughly Castle call you this at hand? Au. Yea, my Lord: how brooks your Grace the ayre,\nAfter your late tossing on the breaking Seas? Rich. Needs must I like it well: I weepe for ioy\nTo stand vpon m... |
3,592 | 2250_act_3_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Before Flint Castle, in Wales, Bolingbroke reviews the situation with Northumberland. Northumberland informs him that Richard is hiding nearby. He omits to refer to him as King Richard, which draws a protest from York. Percy enters, and informs them to their surprise that Richard is inside the castle, with Aumerle, Sal... | [
"Scaena Tertia.",
"Enter with Drum and Colours, Bullingbrooke, Yorke,\nNorthumberland,\nAttendants.",
"Bull. So that by this intelligence we learne\nThe Welchmen are dispers'd, and Salisbury\nIs gone to meet the King, who lately landed\nWith some few priuate friends, vpon this Coast",
"North. The newes is ver... |
3,593 | 2250_act_3_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the Duke of York's garden, the queen and two ladies enter. The queen is filled with sorrow because she knows Richard is in peril. When a gardener and two servants enter, she hides in the shadows of trees and listens, because she believes they will talk of matters of state. . The gardener gives instructions to his as... | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter the Queene, and two Ladies",
"Qu. What sport shall we deuise here in this Garden,\nTo driue away the heauie thought of Care?\n La. Madame, wee'le play at Bowles",
"Qu. 'Twill make me thinke the World is full of Rubs,\nAnd that my fortune runnes against the Byas",
"La. Madame, wee'le... |
3,594 | 2250_act_4_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Westminster Hall in London, Bolingbroke and the senior nobles are assembled. When called upon, Bagot accuses Aumerle of being involved in the murder of the Duke of Gloucester, the same murder that was the cause of the quarrel between Mowbray and Bolingbroke in Act 1, scene 1. Bagot also accuses Aumerle of advocating... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter as to the Parliament, Bullingbrooke, Aumerle,\nNorthumberland,\nPercie, FitzWater, Surrey, Carlile, Abbot of Westminster. Herauld,\nOfficers, and Bagot.",
"Bullingbrooke. Call forth Bagot.\nNow Bagot, freely speake thy minde,\nWhat thou do'st know of Noble Glousters death:... |
3,595 | 2250_act_5_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In a London street leading to the Tower, the queen sees Richard, accompanied by a guard. Richard tells her not to join him in grief. He advises her to go to France and enter a convent. The queen reproaches him for his defeatism and wishes he would behave with more aggression. Richard again tells her to go to France and... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Queene, and Ladies.",
"Qu. This way the King will come: this is the way\nTo Iulius C�sars ill-erected Tower:\nTo whose flint Bosome, my condemned Lord\nIs doom'd a Prisoner, by prowd Bullingbrooke.\nHere let vs rest, if this rebellious Earth\nHaue any resting for her true K... |
3,596 | 2250_act_5_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the Duke of York's house, York tells his wife of the scene he witnessed in London. As Richard was led through the streets, people tossed rubbish at him from windows. But Bolingbroke was hailed with enthusiasm by everyone. . Their son Aumerle enters. The duke notices he is carrying a document with a seal on it. Aumer... | [
"Scoena Secunda.",
"Enter Yorke, and his Duchesse.",
"Duch. My Lord, you told me you would tell the rest,\nWhen weeping made you breake the story off,\nOf our two Cousins comming into London",
"Yorke. Where did I leaue?\n Duch. At that sad stoppe, my Lord,\nWhere rude mis-gouern'd hands, from Windowes tops,\... |
3,597 | 2250_act_5_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Windsor Castle, the king is worried about his son, Prince Hal, whom he has not seen for three months. The prince has a habit of hanging around taverns with disreputable companions. Percy tells him that he saw the prince only two days before, ready to take part in a tournament that was part of the royal show being pu... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter Bullingbrooke, Percie, and other Lords.",
"Bul. Can no man tell of my vnthriftie Sonne?\n'Tis full three monthes since I did see him last.\nIf any plague hang ouer vs, 'tis he,\nI would to heauen (my Lords) he might be found:\nEnquire at London, 'mongst the Tauernes there:\nFor there (t... |
3,598 | 2250_act_5_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Exton remarks to a servant that the king has expressed a desire to be rid of Richard. And when the king expressed this wish, he looked at Exton, which Exton took as a sign that the king wanted him to act on his wish. Exton decides to go to Pomfret Castle and kill the former king. . | [
"Scaena Quarta.",
"Enter Richard.",
"Rich. I haue bin studying, how to compare\nThis Prison where I liue, vnto the World:\nAnd for because the world is populous,\nAnd heere is not a Creature, but my selfe,\nI cannot do it: yet Ile hammer't out. My Braine, Ile proue the Female to my Soule,\nMy Soule, the Father:... |
3,599 | 2250_act_5_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Pomfret Castle, the imprisoned Richard reflects. He tries to compare his prison with the wider world, but this is difficult because in prison he is alone, whereas in the world are many people. He decides that his many thoughts will serve as the people in this analogy between prison and world. Just like people in the... | [
"Scoena Quinta.",
"Flourish. Enter Bullingbrooke, Yorke, with other Lords &\nattendants.",
"Bul. Kinde Vnkle Yorke, the latest newes we heare,\nIs that the Rebels haue consum'd with fire\nOur Towne of Cicester in Gloucestershire,\nBut whether they be tane or slaine, we heare not.\nEnter Northumberland.",
"Wel... |
3,608 | 2251_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One King Henry speaks with Westmorland about the fact that he has tried to lead a crusade to the Holy Land for over a year, but cannot due to the civil strife at home. He vows to end the civil wars within England. Westmorland, however, has news that Mortimer has been captured by the Welsh nobleman Glyndwr, and th... | [
"Actus Primus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter the King, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of Westmerland,\nwith\nothers.",
"King. So shaken as we are, so wan with care,\nFinde we a time for frighted Peace to pant,\nAnd breath shortwinded accents of new broils\nTo be commenc'd in Stronds a-farre remote:\nNo more the thirsty... |
3,609 | 2251_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One Two carriers are in an innyard in Kent yelling for the Ostler to come and get their horses for them. While they further complain about how terrible the fleas were in the tavern, Gadshill arrives and asks them for a lantern so he may find his horse. They refuse, correctly thinking he is a thief. They leave to ... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter a Carrier with a Lanterne in his hand.",
"1.Car. Heigh-ho, an't be not foure by the day, Ile be\nhang'd. Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, and yet\nour horse not packt. What Ostler?\n Ost. Anon, anon",
"1.Car. I prethee Tom, beate Cuts Saddle, put a few\nFlockes in... |
3,610 | 2251_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One The rebels are gathered in Glyndwr's castle where they look over a map of England, Scotland and Wales. Glyndwr tells Hotspur that he has magic powers, which is why King Henry has failed to defeat him, in spite of sending three armies into Wales already. Hotspur rejects this as nonsense, but is forced to remai... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Hotspurre, Worcester, Lord Mortimer, Owen Glendower.",
"Mort. These promises are faire, the parties sure,\nAnd our induction full of prosperous hope",
"Hotsp. Lord Mortimer, and Cousin Glendower,\nWill you sit downe?\nAnd Vnckle Worcester; a plague vpon it,\nI haue forgot... |
3,611 | 2251_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One At the rebel camp near Shrewsbury, a messenger brings Hotspur news that his father is sick. This bodes poorly for the rebels, since they need the full support of Northumberland to maintain their military force. Additionally, Northumberland is needed to help lead the troops into battle, since his persona is we... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Harrie Hotspurre, Worcester, and Dowglas.",
"Hot. Well said, my Noble Scot, if speaking truth\nIn this fine Age, were not thought flatterie,\nSuch attribution should the Dowglas haue,\nAs not a Souldiour of this seasons stampe,\nShould go so generall currant through the wo... |
3,612 | 2251_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One King Henry, surrounded by his assembled nobles, meets with Worcester. Worcester tells him that he would like to end this rebellion, but cannot since Henry broke his word by illegally seizing the throne. Hal steps forward and briefly praises Hotspur, after which he challenges Hotspur to a single combat. King H... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of\nWestmerland, Sir Walter Blunt, and Falstaffe.",
"King. How bloodily the Sunne begins to peere\nAboue yon busky hill: the day lookes pale\nAt his distemperature\n Prin. The Southerne winde\nDoth play the Trumpet t... |
3,613 | 2251_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The year is 1402. King Henry delivers a lengthy speech to his council at his palace in London. He says he's totally spent from all the civil warfare the country has endured. But, he's looking forward to uniting English soldiers in a crusade against the "pagans" in the Holy Land. But, he says it's too bad he can't do th... | [
"Actus Primus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter the King, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of Westmerland,\nwith\nothers.",
"King. So shaken as we are, so wan with care,\nFinde we a time for frighted Peace to pant,\nAnd breath shortwinded accents of new broils\nTo be commenc'd in Stronds a-farre remote:\nNo more the thirsty... |
3,614 | 2251_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the prince's bachelor pad in London, Falstaff asks Hal what time of day it is. Hal tells his boy that it shouldn't matter to Falstaff, who spends all his time boozing, eating, and visiting brothels. Falstaff agrees with his pal's assessment and the two continue to joke around. Falstaff says that, when Hal is king, h... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Henry Prince of Wales, Sir Iohn Falstaffe, and Pointz.",
"Fal. Now Hal, what time of day is it Lad?\n Prince. Thou art so fat-witted with drinking of olde\nSacke, and vnbuttoning thee after Supper, and sleeping\nvpon Benches in the afternoone, that thou hast forgotten\nto demand that ... |
3,615 | 2251_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King Henry meets with the Percy family and tells them he's been acting too soft lately because the Percys are totally out of control. From here on out, though, Henry's putting the kibosh on their insubordination. Worcester mouths off to Henry and reminds him that his family helped him become king. King Henry tells Worc... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter the King, Northumberland, Worcester, Hotspurre, Sir Walter\nBlunt,\nand others.",
"King. My blood hath beene too cold and temperate,\nVnapt to stirre at these indignities,\nAnd you haue found me; for accordingly,\nYou tread vpon my patience: But be sure,\nI will from henceforth rather b... |
3,616 | 2251_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At dawn in the yard of a roadside inn near Gads Hill, two Carriers pack up their horses and gear in preparation for a little road trip, Elizabethan style. The Carriers chit-chat about the usual kinds of things that concern sixteenth-century delivery men - the good-for-nothin' stable boy who can't seem to keep the horse... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter a Carrier with a Lanterne in his hand.",
"1.Car. Heigh-ho, an't be not foure by the day, Ile be\nhang'd. Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, and yet\nour horse not packt. What Ostler?\n Ost. Anon, anon",
"1.Car. I prethee Tom, beate Cuts Saddle, put a few\nFlockes in... |
3,617 | 2251_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hal, Falstaff, Poins, Peto, and Bardolph gather on a roadside at Gads Hill in anticipation of the robbery they've planned. Because Poins has hidden Falstaff's horse, Falstaff complains he's too fat to walk - he'll wheeze and fart if he has to waddle too far. Falstaff jokes that Poins has bewitched him because, even tho... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Prince, Poynes, and Peto.",
"Poines. Come shelter, shelter, I haue remoued Falstafs\nHorse, and he frets like a gum'd Veluet",
"Prin. Stand close.\nEnter Falstaffe.",
"Fal. Poines, Poines, and be hang'd Poines",
"Prin. Peace ye fat-kidney'd Rascall, what a brawling\ndost thou kee... |
3,618 | 2251_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, at Warkworth Castle in Northumberland, Hotspur reads a letter from someone who refuses to take part in the rebellion because it's too dangerous and the parties involved are untrustworthy. Hotspur, ticked off about the letter, rants and raves to himself before his wife, Kate, enters the room. Hotspur announce... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter Hotspurre solus, reading a Letter.",
"But for mine owne part, my Lord. I could bee well contented to\nbe there, in respect of the loue I beare your house. He could be contented: Why is he not then? in respect of\nthe loue he beares our house. He shewes in this, he loues\nhis owne Barne ... |
3,619 | 2251_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Glendower hosts Mortimer, Hotspur, and Worcester at his castle in Wales, where the rebels gather to strategize. Before we know it, Hotspur and Glendower start talking smack. Trash talk, as we know, is an Olympic sport in this play. Hotspur swears and says he can't find his map but Glendower finds it and tells the young... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Hotspurre, Worcester, Lord Mortimer, Owen Glendower.",
"Mort. These promises are faire, the parties sure,\nAnd our induction full of prosperous hope",
"Hotsp. Lord Mortimer, and Cousin Glendower,\nWill you sit downe?\nAnd Vnckle Worcester; a plague vpon it,\nI haue forgot... |
3,620 | 2251_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the castle in London, King Henry tells his people to scram so he call yell at his son in private. According to the king, Prince Hal was sent to earth by God to punish him for his past sins. Why else, asks King Henry, would a prince act like such a total loser? Hal asks for forgiveness and hints that he'll "purge" hi... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, and others.",
"King. Lords, giue vs leaue:\nThe Prince of Wales, and I,\nMust haue some priuate conference:\nBut be neere at hand,\nFor wee shall presently haue neede of you.",
"Exeunt. Lords.",
"I know not whether Heauen will haue it so,\nFor some disple... |
3,621 | 2251_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the rebel camp, Hotspur and Douglas tell each other how great they are. "You're so brave, Douglas." "No, Hotspur, you're more brave," and so on. A messenger enters with letters from Hotspur's dad, Northumberland. Turns out, dad can't make it to the battle because he's got the sniffles and can't get out of bed. "Gee,... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Harrie Hotspurre, Worcester, and Dowglas.",
"Hot. Well said, my Noble Scot, if speaking truth\nIn this fine Age, were not thought flatterie,\nSuch attribution should the Dowglas haue,\nAs not a Souldiour of this seasons stampe,\nShould go so generall currant through the wo... |
3,622 | 2251_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Coventry, on the road to Shrewsbury, Falstaff and his foot soldiers take a breather and Falstaff sends Bardolph to town for a bottle of sack . Falstaff tells us that he's abused his powers as a captain. He's allowed able-bodied soldiers to buy their way out of service and has, consequently, amassed a sad looking gro... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Falstaffe and Bardolph.",
"Falst. Bardolph, get thee before to Couentry, fill me a\nBottle of Sack, our Souldiers shall march through: wee'le\nto Sutton-cop-hill to Night",
"Bard. Will you giue me Money, Captaine?\n Falst. Lay out, lay out",
"Bard. This Bottle makes an Angell",
... |
3,623 | 2251_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the rebel camp, Hotspur says he wants to fight the king's forces that evening, but Vernon and Worcester try to talk him out of it - they don't have all their troops together yet and the king's army outnumbers theirs. Douglas calls Worcester a chicken. Sir Walter Blunt arrives from the king's camp with a peace offeri... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter Hotspur, Worcester, Dowglas, and Vernon.",
"Hotsp. Wee'le fight with him to Night",
"Worc. It may not be",
"Dowg. You giue him then aduantage",
"Vern. Not a whit",
"Hotsp. Why say you so? lookes he not for supply?\n Vern. So doe wee",
"Hotsp. His is certaine, ours is doubtful... |
3,624 | 2251_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next morning, the king's forces prepare for the day's battle. Worcester and Vernon arrive from the rebel camp for a little chat with the king. Henry urges them to accept his peace offer. Falstaff cracks an inappropriate joke and Hal tells him to zip it. Worcester says he doesn't necessarily want to fight with the k... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of\nWestmerland, Sir Walter Blunt, and Falstaffe.",
"King. How bloodily the Sunne begins to peere\nAboue yon busky hill: the day lookes pale\nAt his distemperature\n Prin. The Southerne winde\nDoth play the Trumpet t... |
3,625 | 2251_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Worcester and Vernon agree not to tell Hotspur about the king's peace offer. They're afraid that if they take him up on it, Hotspur will be forgiven but the others will be punished eventually. Hotspur and Douglas enter. Worcester lies and says the king is merciless. He then relays Prince Hal's challenge to fight Hotspu... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Worcester, and Sir Richard Vernon.",
"Wor. O no, my Nephew must not know, Sir Richard,\nThe liberall kinde offer of the King",
"Ver. 'Twere best he did",
"Wor. Then we are all vndone. It is not possible, it cannot be,\nThe King would keepe his word in louing vs,\nHe will suspect vs ... |
3,626 | 2251_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cut to the battle scene. Walter Blunt, who is disguised as the king, encounters Douglas. They talk trash and then Douglas kills Blunt. Hotspur enters and gives Douglas props for being such a mighty warrior. Douglas tells Hotspur they can all go home and have a nice hot soak in the tub because he's just killed King Henr... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Alarum, excursions, enter the King, the Prince, Lord Iohn of\nLancaster,\nand Earle of Westmerland.",
"King. I prethee Harry withdraw thy selfe, thou bleedest\ntoo much: Lord Iohn of Lancaster, go you with him",
"P.Ioh. Not I, My Lord, vnlesse I did bleed too",
"Prin. I beseech your Maiest... |
3,627 | 2251_act_5,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next time we see Prince Hal, he's bleeding from battle wounds. His dad tells him to take a break. Hal refuses. Alone with the king, Prince Hal remarks that his little brother, Prince John, has fought bravely. He's proud of him. Then, Douglas enters and sees Henry. Douglas says he can't tell if Henry is another "cou... | [
"Scaena Quarta.",
"The Trumpets sound.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of\nWestmerland, with Worcester & Vernon Prisoners.",
"King. Thus euer did Rebellion finde Rebuke.\nIll-spirited Worcester, did we not send Grace,\nPardon, and tearmes of Loue to all of you?\nAnd would'st ... |
3,613 | 2251_act_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | I . . .See riot and dishonor stain the browOf my young Harry. In the royal palace of London, King Henry IV of England speaks with his counselors. Worn out by the recent civil wars that have wracked his country, Henry looks forward to a project he has been planning for a long time: joining in the Crusades. He plans to ... | [
"Actus Primus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter the King, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of Westmerland,\nwith\nothers.",
"King. So shaken as we are, so wan with care,\nFinde we a time for frighted Peace to pant,\nAnd breath shortwinded accents of new broils\nTo be commenc'd in Stronds a-farre remote:\nNo more the thirsty... |
3,614 | 2251_act_i,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | So, when this loose behaviour I throw off. . .My reformation . . . Shall show more goodly. . . . In his dwelling somewhere in London, Prince Harry passes the time with his friend Sir John Falstaff. Falstaff is an old, fat criminal who loves to drink sack , eat, and sleep away the day. He makes his living as a highwaym... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Henry Prince of Wales, Sir Iohn Falstaffe, and Pointz.",
"Fal. Now Hal, what time of day is it Lad?\n Prince. Thou art so fat-witted with drinking of olde\nSacke, and vnbuttoning thee after Supper, and sleeping\nvpon Benches in the afternoone, that thou hast forgotten\nto demand that ... |
3,615 | 2251_act_i,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | I then, all smarting with my wounds being cold --To be so pestered with a popinjay! --. Hotspur has answered the summons of King Henry and has come to see him at Windsor Castle in order to explain his refusal to hand over the prisoners he captured in Scotland. Hotspur's father, the Earl of Northumberland, and his unc... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter the King, Northumberland, Worcester, Hotspurre, Sir Walter\nBlunt,\nand others.",
"King. My blood hath beene too cold and temperate,\nVnapt to stirre at these indignities,\nAnd you haue found me; for accordingly,\nYou tread vpon my patience: But be sure,\nI will from henceforth rather b... |
3,616 | 2251_act_ii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At an inn yard in Rochester, beside the main highway about twenty-five miles outside of London, two carriers--middlemen who deliver goods from one merchant to another--are readying their horses to depart in the early-morning darkness. The stableboy is slow in coming out to help, and the carriers are annoyed. Gadshill, ... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter a Carrier with a Lanterne in his hand.",
"1.Car. Heigh-ho, an't be not foure by the day, Ile be\nhang'd. Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, and yet\nour horse not packt. What Ostler?\n Ost. Anon, anon",
"1.Car. I prethee Tom, beate Cuts Saddle, put a few\nFlockes in... |
3,617 | 2251_act_ii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Waiting a few miles further along the highway, at Gad's Hill, -Falstaff searches for his horse--Poins has secretly taken it from where it was tied and concealed it in the woods. Peto, Bardolph, and Harry, who is in on the joke, stand by. The fat Falstaff is very uncomfortable on foot and, puffing and panting, complains... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Prince, Poynes, and Peto.",
"Poines. Come shelter, shelter, I haue remoued Falstafs\nHorse, and he frets like a gum'd Veluet",
"Prin. Stand close.\nEnter Falstaffe.",
"Fal. Poines, Poines, and be hang'd Poines",
"Prin. Peace ye fat-kidney'd Rascall, what a brawling\ndost thou kee... |
3,618 | 2251_act_ii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As the four split up the gold, Poins and Harry, in their buckram disguises and new masks, charge the thieves and demand their money. The four flee in terror without putting up a fight--only Falstaff even tries to get in a blow or two. Laden with gold and mightily entertained, Poins and Harry go to their horses, laughin... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter Hotspurre solus, reading a Letter.",
"But for mine owne part, my Lord. I could bee well contented to\nbe there, in respect of the loue I beare your house. He could be contented: Why is he not then? in respect of\nthe loue he beares our house. He shewes in this, he loues\nhis owne Barne ... |
3,619 | 2251_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Wales, at the castle of Owain Glyndwr, the leaders of the rebel armies have gathered to discuss strategy. The two most important members of the Percy family, Hotspur and Worcester, are there, along with Lord Mortimer . Their host, Glyndwr, is Mortimer's father-in-law and the leader of the Welsh rebels. He believes s... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Hotspurre, Worcester, Lord Mortimer, Owen Glendower.",
"Mort. These promises are faire, the parties sure,\nAnd our induction full of prosperous hope",
"Hotsp. Lord Mortimer, and Cousin Glendower,\nWill you sit downe?\nAnd Vnckle Worcester; a plague vpon it,\nI haue forgot... |
3,620 | 2251_act_iii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Prince Harry has come to the royal palace, after a long absence, to answer his father's summons. Henry is both sad and angry and rebukes his son in stinging terms. He says he would like to be able to forgive Harry but he cannot tolerate Harry's recent behavior. Henry asserts that if Harry continues to hang around with ... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, and others.",
"King. Lords, giue vs leaue:\nThe Prince of Wales, and I,\nMust haue some priuate conference:\nBut be neere at hand,\nFor wee shall presently haue neede of you.",
"Exeunt. Lords.",
"I know not whether Heauen will haue it so,\nFor some disple... |
3,621 | 2251_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the rebels' base camp in Shrewsbury , Hotspur, Worcester, and the Douglas are discussing their strategy of attack when a messenger arrives bearing bad news. Hotspur's father, Northumberland, is very sick and has decided not to lead his troops to Hotspur--or to send them at all. Worcester is deeply disturbed by this ... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Harrie Hotspurre, Worcester, and Dowglas.",
"Hot. Well said, my Noble Scot, if speaking truth\nIn this fine Age, were not thought flatterie,\nSuch attribution should the Dowglas haue,\nAs not a Souldiour of this seasons stampe,\nShould go so generall currant through the wo... |
3,622 | 2251_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, on the road near Coventry--in southeastern England, east of London--Falstaff and his men are marching west toward their rendezvous with Henry at Bridgnorth. Falstaff sends Bardolph to buy some wine, and, while Bardolph is gone, Falstaff talks aloud about his methods for finding his unit of foot soldiers. Fal... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Falstaffe and Bardolph.",
"Falst. Bardolph, get thee before to Couentry, fill me a\nBottle of Sack, our Souldiers shall march through: wee'le\nto Sutton-cop-hill to Night",
"Bard. Will you giue me Money, Captaine?\n Falst. Lay out, lay out",
"Bard. This Bottle makes an Angell",
... |
3,623 | 2251_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the rebels' camp in Shrewsbury, Hotspur and the Douglas argue with Worcester about whether they ought to attack Henry's forces right away or hold off for a while. Worcester and Vernon urge them to wait: not all of the forces that Vernon will send have arrived yet, and since Worcester's band of knights on horses has ... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter Hotspur, Worcester, Dowglas, and Vernon.",
"Hotsp. Wee'le fight with him to Night",
"Worc. It may not be",
"Dowg. You giue him then aduantage",
"Vern. Not a whit",
"Hotsp. Why say you so? lookes he not for supply?\n Vern. So doe wee",
"Hotsp. His is certaine, ours is doubtful... |
3,624 | 2251_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | scene i onour pricks me on. Therefore I'll none of it. Honour is a mere scutcheon. In their camp at Shrewsbury, Henry and Harry watch the sun rise, red and dim, on the morning of the all-important battle. Worcester and Vernon arrive as messengers from the rebel camp, and Henry addresses Worcester, asking if he is willi... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of\nWestmerland, Sir Walter Blunt, and Falstaffe.",
"King. How bloodily the Sunne begins to peere\nAboue yon busky hill: the day lookes pale\nAt his distemperature\n Prin. The Southerne winde\nDoth play the Trumpet t... |
3,625 | 2251_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the rebel camp in Shrewsbury, Worcester has decided not to tell Hotspur about Henry's respectful offer of amnesty or Harry's challenge to single combat. Worcester is afraid that Hotspur would accept the offer of peace, which he does not want: Worcester is sure that if a truce were made and the Percys returned to liv... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Worcester, and Sir Richard Vernon.",
"Wor. O no, my Nephew must not know, Sir Richard,\nThe liberall kinde offer of the King",
"Ver. 'Twere best he did",
"Wor. Then we are all vndone. It is not possible, it cannot be,\nThe King would keepe his word in louing vs,\nHe will suspect vs ... |
3,626 | 2251_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the battlefield at Shrewsbury, the fight is on between the army of King Henry and the forces of the Percy rebellion. The Douglas, the fearless leader of the Scotsmen, searches the battlefield for Henry himself. He meets Sir Walter Blunt, dressed like the king and acting as a decoy. The two fight, and the Douglas kil... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Alarum, excursions, enter the King, the Prince, Lord Iohn of\nLancaster,\nand Earle of Westmerland.",
"King. I prethee Harry withdraw thy selfe, thou bleedest\ntoo much: Lord Iohn of Lancaster, go you with him",
"P.Ioh. Not I, My Lord, vnlesse I did bleed too",
"Prin. I beseech your Maiest... |
3,627 | 2251_act_5,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Harry reenters, now accompanied by his father, brother John, and Westmoreland. Harry is wounded but refuses to stop fighting and seek medical attention. He heads off with John and Westmoreland to fight, leaving Henry alone. The Douglas reenters, still seeking the king. Henry bravely meets the Douglas in single combat, ... | [
"Scaena Quarta.",
"The Trumpets sound.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of\nWestmerland, with Worcester & Vernon Prisoners.",
"King. Thus euer did Rebellion finde Rebuke.\nIll-spirited Worcester, did we not send Grace,\nPardon, and tearmes of Loue to all of you?\nAnd would'st ... |
3,613 | 2251_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The play opens with King Henry IV in council with Westmoreland and others advisors. Henry announces his plans for a crusade to the Holy Land, which he hopes will unite England, which has been suffering terrible civil unrest in the year that he has been king. But England has other troubles; she is also fighting border w... | [
"Actus Primus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter the King, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of Westmerland,\nwith\nothers.",
"King. So shaken as we are, so wan with care,\nFinde we a time for frighted Peace to pant,\nAnd breath shortwinded accents of new broils\nTo be commenc'd in Stronds a-farre remote:\nNo more the thirsty... |
3,614 | 2251_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Prince Hal and his companions are introduced in this scene. Hal and Sir John Falstaff are in the prince's apartment engaged in witty, insulting discourse. When Falstaff asks the time, the prince asks him what he needs to know it for, since is a lazy drunkard. Falstaff, in turn, teases the prince for being a wastrel. Th... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Henry Prince of Wales, Sir Iohn Falstaffe, and Pointz.",
"Fal. Now Hal, what time of day is it Lad?\n Prince. Thou art so fat-witted with drinking of olde\nSacke, and vnbuttoning thee after Supper, and sleeping\nvpon Benches in the afternoone, that thou hast forgotten\nto demand that ... |
3,615 | 2251_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene shifts to Windsor castle, where the proposed meeting between the king and the Percies is going on. The king chastises them, and Worcester tells the king that they do not deserve such treatment, for it was with their help that he became king. The king orders him out and Northumberland tells the king that there... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter the King, Northumberland, Worcester, Hotspurre, Sir Walter\nBlunt,\nand others.",
"King. My blood hath beene too cold and temperate,\nVnapt to stirre at these indignities,\nAnd you haue found me; for accordingly,\nYou tread vpon my patience: But be sure,\nI will from henceforth rather b... |
3,616 | 2251_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At an inn in Rochester, two carriers wait to get their horses. In the meantime, Gadshill, an accomplice of Falstaff's and the robbers gang, arrives. He tries to borrow their lanterns and engage them in conversation, but they refuse him, not wishing to import information regarding their masters' departure. After the car... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter a Carrier with a Lanterne in his hand.",
"1.Car. Heigh-ho, an't be not foure by the day, Ile be\nhang'd. Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, and yet\nour horse not packt. What Ostler?\n Ost. Anon, anon",
"1.Car. I prethee Tom, beate Cuts Saddle, put a few\nFlockes in... |
3,617 | 2251_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The robbers appear near Gad's Hill. Poins announces that he has hidden Falstaff's horse and disappears with Bardolph and Peto as Falstaff enters, cursing him. Hal offers to go find Poins and Falstaff continues complaining. When Hal and the others return, he curses them and demands his horse. Hal tells him to be quiet a... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Prince, Poynes, and Peto.",
"Poines. Come shelter, shelter, I haue remoued Falstafs\nHorse, and he frets like a gum'd Veluet",
"Prin. Stand close.\nEnter Falstaffe.",
"Fal. Poines, Poines, and be hang'd Poines",
"Prin. Peace ye fat-kidney'd Rascall, what a brawling\ndost thou kee... |
3,618 | 2251_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene shifts to Hotspur's castle, Warkworth. Hotspur is reading a letter from an unnamed nobleman, who has declined to participate in the rebellion. Hotspur responds to the noble's cautious misgivings with epithets - how could this "shallow cowardly hind" hesitate to join him when he already has the support of so ... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter Hotspurre solus, reading a Letter.",
"But for mine owne part, my Lord. I could bee well contented to\nbe there, in respect of the loue I beare your house. He could be contented: Why is he not then? in respect of\nthe loue he beares our house. He shewes in this, he loues\nhis owne Barne ... |
3,619 | 2251_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hotspur, Worcester, Glendower, and Mortimer meet in Wales to finalize their plans. When Glendower remarks that the king fears him because his birth was attended by strange signs in the heavens, Hotspur, who does not believe in magic or omens, mocks him, and the two have a brief argument. Mortimer stops them and proceed... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Hotspurre, Worcester, Lord Mortimer, Owen Glendower.",
"Mort. These promises are faire, the parties sure,\nAnd our induction full of prosperous hope",
"Hotsp. Lord Mortimer, and Cousin Glendower,\nWill you sit downe?\nAnd Vnckle Worcester; a plague vpon it,\nI haue forgot... |
3,620 | 2251_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King Henry is holding court when Prince Hal arrives. He immediately dismisses his lords and turns towards his son. As Hal and Falstaff had anticipated, the king lectures Hal disapprovingly. He wonders out loud whether God is punishing him for some misdeed by giving him such an irresponsible son, and he chastises Hal fo... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, and others.",
"King. Lords, giue vs leaue:\nThe Prince of Wales, and I,\nMust haue some priuate conference:\nBut be neere at hand,\nFor wee shall presently haue neede of you.",
"Exeunt. Lords.",
"I know not whether Heauen will haue it so,\nFor some disple... |
3,621 | 2251_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Shifting from the tavern scene in the previous act, the fourth act begins in an open field - the rebels' camp at Shrewsbury. As Hotspur and Douglas exchange civilities, a messenger arrives. He carries news that Northumberland, Hotspur's father, is ill and will not be able to join them. The party is at first disappointe... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Harrie Hotspurre, Worcester, and Dowglas.",
"Hot. Well said, my Noble Scot, if speaking truth\nIn this fine Age, were not thought flatterie,\nSuch attribution should the Dowglas haue,\nAs not a Souldiour of this seasons stampe,\nShould go so generall currant through the wo... |
3,622 | 2251_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Falstaff and Bardolph are on their way to the battlefield, with Falstaff's soldiers following behind. Falstaff sends Bardolph to buy some sack and asks him to bid Peto to meet him at the end of town. Falstaff then engages in a long monologue, in which he confides that he has earned three hundred pounds by pressing onl... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Falstaffe and Bardolph.",
"Falst. Bardolph, get thee before to Couentry, fill me a\nBottle of Sack, our Souldiers shall march through: wee'le\nto Sutton-cop-hill to Night",
"Bard. Will you giue me Money, Captaine?\n Falst. Lay out, lay out",
"Bard. This Bottle makes an Angell",
... |
3,623 | 2251_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the rebel camp, the leaders argue over when to attack the enemy. While Hotspur and Douglas want to attack that evening, before Henry can receive any more reinforcements, Worcester and Vernon recommend delaying the assault until their forces are better rested and more support comes in. The king sends Sir Walter Blunt... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter Hotspur, Worcester, Dowglas, and Vernon.",
"Hotsp. Wee'le fight with him to Night",
"Worc. It may not be",
"Dowg. You giue him then aduantage",
"Vern. Not a whit",
"Hotsp. Why say you so? lookes he not for supply?\n Vern. So doe wee",
"Hotsp. His is certaine, ours is doubtful... |
3,624 | 2251_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The kings forces have gathered, and Henry, Hal, Blunt, Lancaster, and Falstaff are at camp. Henry and Hal discuss the weather, which is worsening. The king is not worried, for "nothing can seem foul" to those that win. Worcester and Vernon arrive. Worcester reiterates the complaints of the Percies. The king replies the... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of\nWestmerland, Sir Walter Blunt, and Falstaffe.",
"King. How bloodily the Sunne begins to peere\nAboue yon busky hill: the day lookes pale\nAt his distemperature\n Prin. The Southerne winde\nDoth play the Trumpet t... |
3,625 | 2251_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the rebel camp, Worcester tells Vernon not to convey the message of peace and pardon, as the king cannot be trusted. Hotspur, who is young and rash, may indeed by forgiven, but the king will blame Northumberland and Worcester and at some point seek revenge. Vernon is hesitant to comply but does so. Hotspur and Dougl... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Worcester, and Sir Richard Vernon.",
"Wor. O no, my Nephew must not know, Sir Richard,\nThe liberall kinde offer of the King",
"Ver. 'Twere best he did",
"Wor. Then we are all vndone. It is not possible, it cannot be,\nThe King would keepe his word in louing vs,\nHe will suspect vs ... |
3,626 | 2251_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Douglas confronts Blunt, who is disguised as King Henry. Thinking that it is indeed Henry, he announces that he has already killed the Lord of Stafford, who was dressed as the king, and will kill Henry as well if he does not surrender. Blunt fights him and is killed. Douglas is overjoyed over his success and thinks tha... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Alarum, excursions, enter the King, the Prince, Lord Iohn of\nLancaster,\nand Earle of Westmerland.",
"King. I prethee Harry withdraw thy selfe, thou bleedest\ntoo much: Lord Iohn of Lancaster, go you with him",
"P.Ioh. Not I, My Lord, vnlesse I did bleed too",
"Prin. I beseech your Maiest... |
3,627 | 2251_act_5,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Prince Hal is wounded but refuses to rest. He praises the valor of his brother as he watches him fight the enemies. Suddenly, King Henry is challenged by Douglas. It is the third "king" he has encountered that day and Douglas is unsure of his identity. As they begin to fight, Hal realizes that King Henry is in danger o... | [
"Scaena Quarta.",
"The Trumpets sound.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of\nWestmerland, with Worcester & Vernon Prisoners.",
"King. Thus euer did Rebellion finde Rebuke.\nIll-spirited Worcester, did we not send Grace,\nPardon, and tearmes of Loue to all of you?\nAnd would'st ... |
3,613 | 2251_act_1_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Henry IV begins with a meeting called by Henry IV at his palace in London. He believes that after a long period of civil war, peace has finally been established. He therefore hopes that his plan to take an English army to the Holy Land to reclaim it from the infidels can now be put into action. But Westmoreland announc... | [
"Actus Primus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter the King, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of Westmerland,\nwith\nothers.",
"King. So shaken as we are, so wan with care,\nFinde we a time for frighted Peace to pant,\nAnd breath shortwinded accents of new broils\nTo be commenc'd in Stronds a-farre remote:\nNo more the thirsty... |
3,614 | 2251_act_1_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Prince Hal and his pal Sir John Falstaff indulge in some good-natured banter at the Prince's lodging in London. The Prince ribs Falstaff about being lazy, drinking too much and hanging out at brothels. Falstaff takes it all in good humor. He acknowledges he is a thief, and says he hopes that when Hal is king, Falstaff ... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Henry Prince of Wales, Sir Iohn Falstaffe, and Pointz.",
"Fal. Now Hal, what time of day is it Lad?\n Prince. Thou art so fat-witted with drinking of olde\nSacke, and vnbuttoning thee after Supper, and sleeping\nvpon Benches in the afternoone, that thou hast forgotten\nto demand that ... |
3,615 | 2251_act_1_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The King and his advisers meet at Windsor. The King says that in the future he is going to be tougher and more decisive. He thinks others have not been treating him with sufficient respect. Worcester tries to protest, but the King orders him to leave the meeting. He believes Worcester to be disloyal. After Worcester le... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter the King, Northumberland, Worcester, Hotspurre, Sir Walter\nBlunt,\nand others.",
"King. My blood hath beene too cold and temperate,\nVnapt to stirre at these indignities,\nAnd you haue found me; for accordingly,\nYou tread vpon my patience: But be sure,\nI will from henceforth rather b... |
3,616 | 2251_act_2_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene switches to an innyard in Rochester, very early in the morning. Two carriers , are grumbling about their working conditions as they start to prepare the horses in readiness for their departure. Gadshill enters and asks to borrow their lantern so he can inspect his gelding in the stable, but the men are suspic... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter a Carrier with a Lanterne in his hand.",
"1.Car. Heigh-ho, an't be not foure by the day, Ile be\nhang'd. Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, and yet\nour horse not packt. What Ostler?\n Ost. Anon, anon",
"1.Car. I prethee Tom, beate Cuts Saddle, put a few\nFlockes in... |
3,617 | 2251_act_2_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the highway near Gadshill, Falstaff frets because Poins has hidden his horse away somewhere. He complains to Prince Hal, who teases him about it. Bardolph and Gadshill enter and announce that the travelers who are to be robbed are approaching down the hill. The Prince and Poins make an excuse to separate themselves ... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Prince, Poynes, and Peto.",
"Poines. Come shelter, shelter, I haue remoued Falstafs\nHorse, and he frets like a gum'd Veluet",
"Prin. Stand close.\nEnter Falstaffe.",
"Fal. Poines, Poines, and be hang'd Poines",
"Prin. Peace ye fat-kidney'd Rascall, what a brawling\ndost thou kee... |
3,618 | 2251_act_2_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At his castle in Northumberland, Hotspur reads to himself a letter from an unidentified person. The writer is refusing to join the rebellion against the King. He says the enterprise is too dangerous, the forces not reliable, and the time not right. Hotspur is angry at the refusal. Speaking out loud to himself , he says... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter Hotspurre solus, reading a Letter.",
"But for mine owne part, my Lord. I could bee well contented to\nbe there, in respect of the loue I beare your house. He could be contented: Why is he not then? in respect of\nthe loue he beares our house. He shewes in this, he loues\nhis owne Barne ... |
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