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it is likely that h« ohanges Ms mini when he discovers that
the messenger is Sir John Bracy and acmes from the king.7
When Worcester and Vernon take Hotspur's list of griev-
ances to the king, the latter preaches them, especially
Worcester, quite a sermon, on loyalty.® Later, after Worcester^
capture and after the re-relation that Worcester has lied to
Hotspur about his message, the king, though obviously angry,
shows some restraint in simply calling M "Ill-spirited.11
Then he sends both him and Vernon expeditiously to their
death.®
Hotspur receives two messengers in succession |ust he-
fore he joins hat tie at Shrewsbury, le is too "busy to re-
ceive the first one at allj the second one tells him that
the king Is marching on him. This pleases Hotspur and he
thanks the messenger for breaking into his speech to his
soldiers and calling him to the action that he so dearly
loves.10
In 2 Henry VI, the Karl of Suffolk, having just returned
from Prance with the beauteous Margaret and her father's con-
isunleationa, pleases Henry so much with his seeming successes
that, he Is made a duke at once.1* But later when Henry sends
Suffolk to summon Gloucester to his trial, and Suffolk
7Ibid., XI, lv, 327. ®lbid., V, i, 9-21.
%Md., V, v, 1-14. 1QIbld., V, 11, 80-95.
Xl£ Henry VI, I, 1, 38-66.
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Branch, James Wesley. The Messenger in Shakespeare, thesis, May 1955; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130421/m1/73/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .