2. then: i.e., if you wait. (Addressed to Worcester, not Hotspur.)
3. supply: reinforcements.
10. well-respected: well weighed or considered (in contrast to Hotspur's bravado).
11. I hold as little counsel: I have as little to do.
17. leading: leadership.
19. expedition: (speedy) progress. horse: cavalry.
22. pride and mettle: spirit.
26. journey-bated: weary from travel.
28. our: our number.
**. parley: trumpet call sounded to request a conference.
31. respect: attention.
33. of our determination: i.e., on our side in the fight.
34. even those some: those same persons.
35. Envy: begrudge.
36.Because: only because. quality: party.
38. defend: forbid. still: always.
39. limit and true rule: i.e., the bounds of honest conduct.
41. charge: commission.
44. griefs: grievances.
45. If that: If.
51. suggestion: instigation, (evil) prompting.
58. unminded: disregarded.
62. To sue his livery and beg his peace: to petition to take possession of his rightful inheritance and be reconciled with King Richard II.
63. terms of zeal: i.e., declarations of loyalty.
65. perform'd it: i.e., fulfilled his oath.
68. The more and less came in with cap and knee: persons of all ranks came to him with cap in hand and with bended knee; i.e., deferentially.
70. Attended: waited for. stood in lanes: stood row-deep along the roads.
72. Gave him their heirs, as pages: i.e., brought him their heirs to serve as pages and also as hostages to the fathers' loyalty.
73. golden: (1) auspicious, celebrating; (2) majestically attired, resplendent.
74. knows itself: comes to recognize its power.
75. Steps me: i.e., steps. (Me is used colloquially.) vow: i.e., Bolingbroke's vow to seek no more than his inheritance.
76. while his blood was poor: i.e., while Bolingbroke's spirits were still humbled and his dynastic claim in question.
79. strait: strict.
82. face: show, pretense.
85. cut me: i.e., cut.
88. personal: in person; personally engaged.
92. in the neck of that: next, immediately thereafter. task'd: taxed.
94. if every owner were well plac'd: i.e., if every claimant occupied his proper station.
95. engag'd: held as hostage.
96. lie forfeited: remain prisoner, unclaimed, unredeemed.
97. Disgraced me: By demanding the prisoners; see 1.3.23 ff. happy: fortunate.
98. intelligence: secret information, espionage.
99. Rated: scolded.
103. head of safety: armed forces for our protection. withal: also, moreover.
104. title: i.e., to the throne.
108. impawn'd: pledged.
111. purposes: proposals.