Today’s Totally Random
Lines
But now the bishop
Turns
insurrection to religion:
Supposed
sincere and holy in his thoughts,
He’s
follow’d both with body and with mind;
And
doth enlarge his rising with the blood
Of
fair King Richard, scraped from Pomfret stones;
Derives
from heaven his quarrel and his cause;
Tells
them he doth bestride a bleeding land,
Gasping
for life under great Bolingbroke;
And
more and less do flock to him.
Morton
King Henry the Fourth Part II Act I, Scene i, Line 202
Morton and Northumberland are discussing the rebellion
against Henry IV that they are leading and that they appear to be losing. In
today’s lines Morton brings up the Archbishop of York who is inspiring people
to rebellion through his religion. I believe Northumberland’s going to make
plans to join forces with the bishop.
What, you didn’t get
that the archbishop was inspiring people to rebellion through his religion when
you read today’s Totally Random Daily Lines? Oh come on! Okay then, you want
the Pete Version? Fine.
Morton starts off his speech, preceding Today’s Totally Random Lines, by saying that the people under their command in this rebellion are torn: they want to fight, but their consciouses tell them that rebellion is wrong.
But the bishop turns rebellion into being a part of religion.
He shows sincerity and
holiness in his thoughts,
And the people follow
him with body and mind.
He grows the ranks of
his followers by talking about how King Richard (the guy that Henry IV stole
the throne from) was murdered by Henry at Pomfret Castle.
He tells the people
that God is on the side of a rebellion.
He tells the people
that the land is bleeding and gasping for life under the leadership of Henry IV
(Henry IV was known as Bolingbroke before he became Henry IV).
And in this way the
bishop has drawn many people to his side.
Got it now? Good.