The First part of King Henry the Fourth — Act 5, Scene 5: Another part of the field.

The battle is over, and King Henry enters with Prince Henry, Lancaster, Westmoreland, Worcester, and Vernon as prisoners. He condemns Worcester for refusing his offer of pardon and says that his betrayal helped cause the deaths of loyal knights and others on the field. Worcester accepts his fate, and the king orders that Worcester and Vernon be taken away and executed. Henry then asks how the battle ended. Prince Henry reports that Douglas was captured after Hotspur was slain and his army fled. He asks that Douglas be given into Lancaster’s care, and the king agrees. Henry then sends Lancaster and Westmoreland toward York and prepares to march with his son toward Wales.

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Thus ever did rebellion find rebuke.

Ill-spirited Worcester! did not we send grace,

Pardon and terms of love to all of you?

And wouldst thou turn our offers contrary?

Misuse the tenor of thy kinsman's trust?

Three knights upon our party slain to-day,

A noble earl and many a creature else

Had been alive this hour,

If like a Christian thou hadst truly borne

Betwixt our armies true intelligence.

What I have done my safety urged me to;

And I embrace this fortune patiently,

Since not to be avoided it falls on me.

Bear Worcester to the death and Vernon too:

Other offenders we will pause upon.

How goes the field?

The noble Scot, Lord Douglas, when he saw

The fortune of the day quite turn'd from him,

The noble Percy slain, and all his men

Upon the foot of fear, fled with the rest;

And falling from a hill, he was so bruised

That the pursuers took him. At my tent

The Douglas is; and I beseech your grace

I may dispose of him.

With all my heart.

Then, brother John of Lancaster, to you

This honourable bounty shall belong:

Go to the Douglas, and deliver him

Up to his pleasure, ransomless and free:

His valour shown upon our crests to-day

Hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds

Even in the bosom of our adversaries.

I thank your grace for this high courtesy,

Which I shall give away immediately.

Then this remains, that we divide our power.

You, son John, and my cousin Westmoreland

Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speed,

To meet Northumberland and the prelate Scroop,

Who, as we hear, are busily in arms:

Myself and you, son Harry, will towards Wales,

To fight with Glendower and the Earl of March.

Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway,

Meeting the cheque of such another day:

And since this business so fair is done,

Let us not leave till all our own be won.