DUKE OF AUMERLE
Fitzwater, thou art damn'd to hell for this. HENRY PERCY
Aumerle, thou liest; his honour is as true In this appeal as thou art all unjust; And that thou art so, there I
throw my gage, To prove it on thee to the extremest point Of mortal breathing: seize it, if thou darest. DUKE OF AUMERLE
An if I do not, may my hands rot off And never brandish more revengeful steel Over the glittering helmet
of my foe! Lord
I task the earth to the like, forsworn Aumerle; And spur thee on with full as many lies As may be holloa'd
in thy treacherous ear From sun to sun: there is my honour's pawn; Engage it to the trial, if thou darest. DUKE OF AUMERLE
Who sets me else? by heaven, I'll throw at all: I have a thousand spirits in one breast, To answer twenty
thousand such as you. DUKE OF SURREY
My Lord Fitzwater, I do remember well The very time Aumerle and you did talk. LORD FITZWATER
'Tis very true: you were in presence then; And you can witness with me this is true. DUKE OF SURREY
As false, by heaven, as heaven itself is true. LORD FITZWATER
Surrey, thou liest. DUKE OF SURREY
Dishonourable boy! That lie shall lie so heavy on my sword, That it shall render vengeance and revenge Till
thou the lie-giver and that lie do lie In earth as quiet as thy father's skull: In proof whereof, there is my
honour's pawn; Engage it to the trial, if thou darest. LORD FITZWATER
How fondly dost thou spur a forward horse! If I dare eat, or drink, or breathe, or live, I dare meet Surrey
in a wilderness, And spit upon him, whilst I say he lies, And lies, and lies: there is my bond of faith, To tie
thee to my strong correction. As I intend to thrive in this new world, Aumerle is guilty of my true appeal: Besides,
I heard the banish'd Norfolk say That thou, Aumerle, didst send two of thy men To execute the noble duke
at Calais.
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