Both Uses of
forfeit
in
Henry IV, Part 1
- Shall we buy treason? and indent with fears When they have lost and forfeited themselves?†
Scene 1.3 *
- …after that, deprived him of his life; And, in the neck of that, task'd the whole State: To make that worse, suffer'd his kinsman March (Who is, if every owner were well placed, Indeed his king) to be engaged in Wales, There without ransom to lie forfeited; Disgraced me in my happy victories, Sought to entrap me by intelligence; Rated my uncle from the Council-board; In rage dismiss'd my father from the Court; Broke oath on oath, committed wrong on wrong; And, in conclusion, drove us to…†
Scene 4.3
Definition:
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(forfeit) to lose or surrender something -- often as a penalty