Although Shakespeare did not wholly embrace this paradigm, elements of it work their way into his histories. Certainly, the death of Richard II is seen as a crime that must be paid for by his successors. The price is civil war and instability. Because Shakespeare took no interest in the publication of his plays, his drama got into print in uncertain and unreliable ways. It is difficult to say which plays, if any, come to us straight from Shakespeare's manuscripts.
Corrupt texts abound.
2 Henry IV has a particularly troubled publication history. As a history play, it was subject more than most to censorship and revision by hands other than Shakespeare's. The play was first printed in quarto in 1600. It appeared again in 1623 in the collection known as the First Folio. There are many discrepancies between the two versions.