geeking out on shakespeare's histories

Title: "'Tis not the balm, the sceptre and the ball...."
Author: the_red_shoes
Play: Henry IV 1 and 2, a little bit of Henry V? Begins just before Richard reaches Waterford.
Recipient: speak_me_fair
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Hal/Richard II....sort of.
Rating: Irredeemably gen.
Notes: I have taken the liberty of Richard's knighting Hal before they reach Ireland, instead of afterwards.
Summary: "What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poison'd flattery? O, be sick, great greatness, And bid thy ceremony give thee cure!"

( It was the first time Hal had ever been out of England, the first (and possibly last, he couldn't help thinking) time he had ever been on a ship, and the first time he had ever been so sick he thought he might die. )