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| Enter Bullingbrooke, Yorke, Northumberland, Rosse, Percie, Willoughby, with | Enter Bolingbroke, York, Northumberland, with | | R2 III.i.1.1 | |
| Bushie and Greene Prisoners. | Bushy and Green, prisoners | | R2 III.i.1.2 | |
| Bull. | BOLINGBROKE | | | |
| Bring forth these men: | Bring forth these men. | | R2 III.i.1 | |
| Bushie and Greene, I will not vex your soules, | Bushy and Green, I will not vex your souls, | | R2 III.i.2 | |
| (Since presently your soules must part your bodies) | Since presently your souls must part your bodies, | part (v.) depart [from], leave, quit | R2 III.i.3 | |
| | presently (adv.)after a short time, soon, before long | | |
| With too much vrging your pernitious liues, | With too much urging your pernicious lives, | urging (n.)pressing on the attention, bringing forward | R2 III.i.4 | |
| For 'twere no Charitie: yet to wash your blood | For 'twere no charity. Yet, to wash your blood | | R2 III.i.5 | |
| From off my hands, here in the view of men, | From off my hands, here in the view of men | | R2 III.i.6 | |
| I will vnfold some causes of your deaths. | I will unfold some causes of your deaths. | | R2 III.i.7 | |
| You haue mis-led a Prince, a Royall King, | You have misled a prince, a royal king, | | R2 III.i.8 | |
| A happie Gentleman in Blood, and Lineaments, | A happy gentleman in blood and lineaments, | lineament (n.)personal appearance, distinctive quality | R2 III.i.9 | |
| | happy (adj.)fortunate, lucky, favoured | | |
| | blood (n.)nobility, breeding, gentility, good parentage | | |
| By you vnhappied, and disfigur'd cleane: | By you unhappied and disfigured clean. | unhappy (v.)make unhappy, make unfortunate | R2 III.i.10 | |
| | clean (adv.)totally, absolutely, utterly | | |
| You haue in manner with your sinfull houres | You have in manner with your sinful hours | manner, inas it were, in a manner of speaking | R2 III.i.11 | |
| Made a Diuorce betwixt his Queene and him, | Made a divorce betwixt his Queen and him, | | R2 III.i.12 | |
| Broke the possession of a Royall Bed, | Broke the possession of a royal bed, | possession (n.)joint rights, shared ownership | R2 III.i.13 | |
| And stayn'd the beautie of a faire Queenes Cheekes, | And stained the beauty of a fair queen's cheeks | | R2 III.i.14 | |
| With teares drawn frõ her eyes, with your foule wrongs. | With tears drawn from her eyes by your foul wrongs. | | R2 III.i.15 | |
| My selfe a Prince, by fortune of my birth, | Myself – a prince by fortune of my birth, | | R2 III.i.16 | |
| Neere to the King in blood, and neere in loue, | Near to the King in blood, and near in love | | R2 III.i.17 | |
| Till you did make him mis-interprete me, | Till you did make him misinterpret me – | | R2 III.i.18 | |
| Haue stoopt my neck vnder your iniuries, | Have stooped my neck under your injuries, | stoop (v.)kneel, submit, bow down | R2 III.i.19 | |
| And sigh'd my English breath in forraine Clouds, | And sighed my English breath in foreign clouds, | | R2 III.i.20 | |
| Eating the bitter bread of banishment; | Eating the bitter bread of banishment | | R2 III.i.21 | |
| While you haue fed vpon my Seignories, | Whilst you have fed upon my signories, | signory (n.)estate, domain, territory | R2 III.i.22 | |
| Dis-park'd my Parkes, and fell'd my Forrest Woods; | Disparked my parks, and felled my forest woods, | dispark (v.)convert [a park] to other uses, change the nature of [a park] | R2 III.i.23 | |
| From mine owne Windowes torne my Household Coat, | From my own windows torn my household coat, | tear (v.)break, shatter, burst | R2 III.i.24 | |
| | coat (n.)coat-of-arms | | |
| Raz'd out my Impresse, leauing me no signe, | Razed out my imprese, leaving me no sign | imprese (n.)crest, heraldic device, emblem | R2 III.i.25 | |
| | race out (v.)raze out, erase, scrape away | | |
| Saue mens opinions, and my liuing blood, | Save men's opinions and my living blood | | R2 III.i.26 | |
| To shew the World I am a Gentleman. | To show the world I am a gentleman. | gentleman (n.)someone of high birth, nobleman | R2 III.i.27 | |
| This, and much more, much more then twice all this, | This and much more, much more than twice all this, | | R2 III.i.28 | |
| Condemnes you to the death: see them deliuered ouer | Condemns you to the death. See them delivered over | | R2 III.i.29 | |
| To execution, and the hand of death. | To execution and the hand of death. | | R2 III.i.30 | |
| Bushie. | BUSHY | | | |
| More welcome is the stroake of death to me, | More welcome is the stroke of death to me | | R2 III.i.31 | |
| Then Bullingbrooke to England. | Than Bolingbroke to England. Lords, farewell. | | R2 III.i.32 | |
| Greene. | GREEN | | | |
| My comfort is, that Heauen will take our soules, | My comfort is that heaven will take our souls | | R2 III.i.33 | |
| And plague Iniustice with the paines of Hell. | And plague injustice with the pains of hell. | | R2 III.i.34 | |
| Bull. | BOLINGBROKE | | | |
| My Lord Northumberland, see them dispatch'd: | My Lord Northumberland, see them dispatched. | dispatch, despatch (v.)kill, put to death, make away with, finish off | R2 III.i.35 | |
| Exeunt Northumberland with Bushy and Green | | R2 III.i.35 | |
| Vnckle, you say the Queene is at your House, | Uncle, you say the Queen is at your house. | | R2 III.i.36 | |
| For Heauens sake fairely let her be entreated, | For God's sake, fairly let her be intreated. | entreat, intreat (v.)treat, handle, deal with | R2 III.i.37 | |
| | fairly (adv.)cordially, warmly, becomingly | | |
| Tell her I send to her my kind commends; | Tell her I send to her my kind commends. | commend (n.)(plural) greeting, compliment, remembrance | R2 III.i.38 | |
| Take speciall care my Greetings be deliuer'd. | Take special care my greetings be delivered. | deliver (v.)report [to], communicate [to], tell, describe | R2 III.i.39 | |
| York. | YORK | | | |
| A Gentleman of mine I haue dispatch'd | A gentleman of mine I have dispatched | | R2 III.i.40 | |
| With Letters of your loue, to her at large. | With letters of your love to her at large. | large, atat length, in full, thoroughly | R2 III.i.41 | |
| Bull. | BOLINGBROKE | | | |
| Thankes gentle Vnckle: come Lords away, | Thanks, gentle uncle. Come, lords, away, | gentle (adj.)well-born, honourable, noble | R2 III.i.42 | |
| To fight with Glendoure, and his Complices; | To fight with Glendower and his complices. | complice (n.)accomplice, confederate, associate | R2 III.i.43 | |
| A while to worke, and after holliday. | A while to work, and after, holiday. | | R2 III.i.44 | |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | R2 III.i.44 | |