(The one with the wound-fingering. )
But thou dost in thy passages of life
Make me believe that thou art only marked
For the hot vengeance and the rod of heaven
To punish my mistreadings.
The king is sick, and the prince is his cure.
Young Richard looks too deeply into the workings of chance.
Well, it's not quite a hairshirt.
--For 'twere no charity; yet, to wash your blood
From off my hands, here in the view of men
I will unfold some causes of your deaths.
This has all happened before, and it is happening again.
Aumerle lives to regret many things.
You have misled a prince, a royal king,
A happy gentleman in blood and lineaments,
By you unhappied and disfigur'd clean...
Henry thinks he's being helpful. How cute.
What would you have me do? I am a subject,
And challenge law: attorneys are denied me.
Henry of Lancaster has had ample time to think over what he wants and what he intends to do. Not that this is a whole lot of help.
Ask meme drabble written for this challenge. Prompt: Tim Hart & Maddy Prior, Bruton Town.