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John pf Gaunt, Duke of Lanorfter, J ^«««^^•^<'^^''Ahf^ Bolingbrokc, Son to John of Gattnt^ ^trwardt Kii^
Henry the Fourth, Aumefk, ^nio the Duke of York. Mowbray, Duke of ^ottolk. Earlof'SAWib^ry. iJ/w/^/ Berkley. Bulhy, 1
Bagot, ySefvants tO'JCiug'Kich'axi. Green, j
Earl of Northumberland, -j
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WiUoughby, ^ J
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i^^^« ^tf ATf*^ Richard,
"yui chefs of GlouceftcT.
Outchefi of York.
\,adies attendinj^on the ^een.
HeraUsf t^u/o 'Gardinefs^ Keiper^ MtffenpY^ Groomt ani other Attendants*
S C E N E, difperfedly, in feveral Parts of
The
(i) The LIFE and D^EATttof
King RICHARD IF.
A C T I.
S C E NE,. the C O UR X
MMter £f/i|f Richard 9 John of Gaunt) with other Ni- blii and AtUndcmti*,
King RiCTH ARIy..
OLD JobMO^ Gaunty time-honoorM Lancafltr^ Haft t&ou^ according %o thy oath and bond. Brought hither Himy Htreford thy bold fon^ Here to make good the boift'rous late appeals
(i) TViift a»d death of JGnv Jlichard If.] But this hidory CO«i«^ ftfistf little more than the twolaft years of tnir unfortonate Prince*. The a^on of. the drama begins with Boliti^^roke^t appealing the Duke of Norfolkt on an acoufation of high treafon, wbfch fell out in the year 1398 ; mod it dofes with the murder of King KUbard at Pmfroi'- C!aftle« towardi the end of the year 14001 or the beginning of the^ •afuing year. Mr. GUdon acknowledges, that Sbahtfpeare has dravva? K. RkhJuid^t cbaraAer according to the heft accounts of hiAory ; that ia«. infolent, piDody and thoughtlefs in profpertty ; dejeftcd, andde- ^nding on the appearance of danger,— —>— But whatever blemithet ht had either in temper or condod!, the diftrelTes of hi^ latter dajrs,. the double ditofoe from his throne and Qeeen, are painted 10 fuch Itroog colours, that thofe biefnlihel are I0& in tht ftk^^t c^VVC\% mA- fortoDcsi and oareompafBon fat him wi^M ou\ \!i;k^ ixACM^r) ^\ W>sl
Cu..' iCing Ri cHAiitr IF; ^\ [
Which then oar leifurc would not let os hear, *
Againft; the Duke o£ Ncfr/oli, ThomaiMo'wbraj F *
Gfiunt. I have^ my Liege. ^ , ■
K. Ricb^ Tell me moreover, t haft thou founded him># If he appeal the 'Duke on ancteqt roahcej Or^orthilyi as a good fu^bjeft j5i0VrW#;>. , ♦ : On fbme known ground of treachery in him ?
Gaunt* As jiear as I could lift hin? Q|i that argument. On (bine apparent danger feen:in -him- - .
Aim^d at your HighneS ; no invet'rate malice.
R. Rkk, Then call them to oui\ preflnce \ ijace^tQ fece. And frowAing brow to broWj ourTeWea will hear Th* accufer, and th' accufed freely fpeak : Higir ftomadi'd are they both; and fuM of irer "^ In rage, deaf as the fea,: hally as fire.
Enter Bolingbroke /2«^ Mowbray, ^^
B4flfng,M2Ly many years of ha^py daystefil My graciou? Sovereign, my moil loving Liege I
■Mo-wh* Each day ftill better other's happinefs; ^ Until the heavens*, envying earth's good hap. Add an immortal title to your, crown \
K. Rich, We th^nk ycia both, ^yet one but flatters U8» As wcil lappeareth by thie caufeyou cbmej. Namely, t'appeal each oth^r Of high tfeafon. CoofiD of Hereford^ what doft rfiOu obje^ Againft the Dokcf off Norfolk^ Thomas Mfitvhray f * • ' ^ Boling. jFirfl, (Heaven be the record to my fpcechl) Iri the devotion _of a fubjedi's love, Tcnd'ring the precious fafety of my Prince^ A«d ixtt from other mif- begotten hate,- Come J appellant to this princely prefence. Now, Thomas Mo^volray^ do I t\irn to th^e. And mark my greeting .well j for what I fpeak. My body fhall make good upon.this earthy Or my divine foul an Aver it in heav'n. Thoti art a traitor and a mifcreaht ; Too good to be fo, and too bad \o Jive ; Since, the more fair $gd cryflalis the (fcy. The uglier feem the clouds, ^that in it fly«
Once
King JR I CH AR D II. 7
Once more, the. more to agcrravate the note.
With a foul traitor's name ItufF 1 thy throat :
And wifh, fo pleafe n»y Sovereign, ere I move, *
"What my tQngqerpeaks,my right* drawn fword may prove.
" MoiajL Let not my cold, words here accafe my zeal ;
'Ti^ not the trial pf a woman's war.
The bitter clamour, of two eager tongues.
Can arbitrate this caufe betwixt us twain ;
The bluod.i^hpt^ thatimuii be cooPd for this.
Yet can I not of fuch tame patience bo.ift.
As to be huih'd, and nought at all to iay.
Firft, the fair rev'rence of .your Highncfs curbs roe.
From giving reins ai|d.fpurs to my free fpeech ;
Which- elfewpnW' p^ftv until it had return*d
Thefe terms of treafon. doubled down his tliroat. .
Setting aiide his hjgh blopd's royalty.
And let him b^tuo Kinfman to my Liege*
I do defy him, and I fpit at him ; ""^-^
Gall him a ila»443r<H25 cowards and a villain ;
Which to maintain, I would allow him odds.
And meet him, wei!^ I tyM to mo a-foot
Sven to th/o^fro^ft ridges of the JIp*,
Or aqy otb^rground uohabitabie (2),
Where
(1) Ortiiydthfrgrovndlnh2hiuh]e.'] I don't krtow that this word, (like the French term, inbabitabk,) ^il] admit the two different accrp. tttions of a place to he dwelt in, and not to bedweit ins (or that it in ay be taken in the lauer feafe, a^ inhahitabilis (among the Lafinn) ftgni- ^ fies Mnmbabitab*e \ tho* inhabitare Tigni^es onljr to inbajAt :) and tl^crco fore I have veotorM to read.
Or any other ground \inhih\tib\e I So in the old ^artoi, or firft rough draught of our autVr*s faming of tbeSbnwi^
Unhabitabie as the burning Zone. Iconfcfs, there is a paflage in Benjohnfon% tragedy of Cat'tlinet which ihould fteifi to favour the equivocal conflroAion and ufe of this word |- And who, in fuch a caufe, tnd *galni| fuch fiends. Would not now wifh himfelf t\\ arm arr^vneapon^ . To cut fuch poifoni from, the earihj and let Their blood«p°t, to be drawn. away in cloudi, iind pcyr^d 01) fcme,r/;^ja^/V4v^/ir place, *
Where the hot foQ anji flime breejs iioughil.b«»t noniftert-?.- A 4 .-: ' ' But.
t King R J c H A R n II.
Where never EngUfiman dorft fet his foot. Mean time, let this defend my loyalty ; By all my hopes^. moft talily doth he lie.
Bohng, Pale trembling coward, there 1 throw my gftgtir Difdaiming here the kindred of a King, And lay a£de my high blood's royalty :: (Which fear, not rev'rence, makes thee to except i\ If gwlty dread hath left thee fo much ftrength^ As to take op mine honour's pawn, then ftoopi By that, and ali the rites of knighthood elfe. Will I make good againfl thee, arm to arm. What i have ipoken, or thou canfl d^vife.
MonAjb.l take it up, and by that fword I fwearr Which gently laid my knighthood on my fhoulder^^ J '11 anfwer thee in any fair degree, Or chivalrous delign of knightly trial ^ And when I mount, alive may I not lights If I be traitor, or unjullly fight t
K.Ricb» What doth oor eoufin Jay to Mowiray^i charge it- Tc muft be great, that can inherit us )0 much as of a thoiight of ill in hinr.
Moling. Look, what I faid, my life ihall prove it trae$ That MoiAihrtij hath rcceiv'd eight thonfand Robles^. tn name of lendings for your highnefs' foldiers, The which he hath deta^n'd for lewd employments |; Like a falfe traitor and injurious viHain. jBefides, 1 fay, and will- in battle prove. Or here, or elfewhere, to the furtneft verge,. That ever w^s fdrvey'd by Englijh eye ;. *rhat all the treafbns for tliefe eighteen years^ Com plotted and contrived in thfs l^nd, fetch from falfe Mtnvhray their firft head and (pring^ i^urther, I fay, and further will maintain. Vpon his bad Ii6eto make all this good. That he did plot the Duke of Gkucejhr*^ death y Suggeil his &on- believing ad verfarics f
JIttty I fufped, Jeknfn ;prrote here;
And pour*d on- form unbakltabU pl'iee, &c, tth6*x ^ know, by our Htiom, un aad In prefix*d to words for the ge^ j^mltt/ Mf§ egQidfy Jitgatives in their ^ow^r
King RicaARi>Ifi |
I And' oonfeqaently, like a tnitor-cowardy Sloic'd out bis inn'cent foul tbroogh lireamrof blooi^ Which blood, like facrificing JbtT^t criet Bven from the tonguelefs caverns of the eardir To me, for jaftic^ and roogh chtftifement*' And by the glorious worth of my defcenty This arm (hall do it, or this life be fpent;
K* Rich. Ifow high a pitch his reiolotion ibars!^ Thomas of Norfolky^yihzl (ay'ft thoo to this?
MowL O, let my Sovereign turn away his facet* And bid his eUrl a littie while be deaf, TiU I have told this fknder of his blood (3)^ How God and good men hate fo foul a liar.
K. Rich, Mwv>hraft impartial arc oar eyes aad Oirs^ Were he our brother, nay, our kingdom's heir^t ^s he is but our father's brother's fon ;* Now by my fcepter's awe, I make a vow,. Such neighbour-neamefs to our facred blood' Should' nothing priv'leee him, nor partial] sdb Th' unftooping firmne^ of my upright foul. He is our fubjed, M^^br^vf^ fo art thou ; Free fpeech,. and fearlefs,* I to thee allows
Monvb, Then, Bolinghrokt^ as low as to thy hearr;^ Through the falfe paflage of thy throat, thou iieft V Three parts of that receipt I had for Calmh, Diiburft I to his highnefs' foldiers ; The other part refervM I by confenc, , i
For that my ibvereign Liege was in my debt ;> ^
Upon remainder of a dear account^: '|
(3) TtU'lbavt told this Slairf'rer ef hit bloody^ All the atith^ copies read, ^iander, as Ihave reftor*d to the text ; this Mr. Poff tIi(ottghc fit to throw oot, as an abfarday ; and fubftituted Slandti its place. Bat why not, , Slaadtrf *Tit our auchpt^t mode cf c| fion in other paflages ; -J
But yoo mbft' learn to know fdch Slanders of the tg«, or el msy be marvellouiSy miftook. \ K. iijl
Stain to thy countrymen, thou hear*ft thy doom. 1 f/ii
Thou Siander of thy heavy morher*8 woonb ! Ri
Bonur, in the fame manner as Mr. Po^«mtght haveremfmber*J jibrgamemtton call the Greeks, the Shames, the Reproaches, of thj^
^10 ILing Richard IT.
Since laft I went to Ftanci to fetch hb Qu^en.
J^tNiv {Wallow down that lie For GUmifter*s deatS,
I flew him not^' hot, to mine own dirgrace,
Negledl^ my fworn duty iii that cafe. '-
For you, my noble Lord of Ldnc^Jkr^
The honourable fethertom yfoe^
Once did I lay an amhufh for your life, ' - .
A iicipkh that doth vex my grieved fouli
But ere I laft received th« fadrament,
I did cobfefs it» and exactly be^rgM
Your Grace's pardon v ai^d, 1 hope, {had it.
This is my fablt; as for the rell appealed.
It iiTues from the rancor of a viDain,
A-rtcreatit aifditttoH degenVate traitor: •
Which in myfelf I bdldly will defend, ,'
And interchangeably hurl down my gage
Upon this overweening traitor's foot ;
To proveimyfelf a loyal gentleman,
Even in the beft blood chambcr'd in his bofom.
In hade whereof, ts^ heartily 1 pray
Your highnefs to affign our trial-day. -
K. Rich, Wrkh-kindl*d gentlemen, be rul'd by me ; Let's pufge this<:holer without letting blood : This we prefcribe, though no phyiician ; Beep malice makes too deep incifion : Forget, forgive, conclude and be agreed ; Our doftors fay, this is no time to bleed. Good uticle,' let this end where it begun ; We'll calm the Duke of Norfolk^ you your fon. "^ QauHi. To be a make- peace fhall become my age ; Throw down, my ion, the Duke of Norfolk' ^ g^g^* * K. i?/Vi&. And, Norfolky throw down his. G^2^»/. When, H^rry, when ? Obedience bids, I fliould not bid again.
K»Rfch» Norfolk^ throw down, we bid ; there is no boot. Me-wb. Myfelf I throw, dread Sovereign, at thy foot. My life thou fhalt command, but not my fhame ; The one my duty owes ; but my fair name, (Defpight of death, that lives upon my grave,) To dark diihonour's ufe thou (halt u^t hs.vQ«
King R 1 c H ii^ ji D IJ. 1 1
I am difgracM, impeach'd, and baflled here, Pierc'd to th« fou) with (lander's venoip'd ipear: Th^ which no balm can cure, but his heart-blood Which breath'd this polfon.
K. Rich. Rage mull be wichilood : Give me his gage : Lions make leopards tame.
jHo^^' Yea, but not change their fpots : take b«t my And I refign iny gage. M)^ dear, dear Lord, . [Ihame^' The pureft treafure mortal times afford. Is fpotlefs reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam, or painted day, A jewel in a teti-tim«s«barrki-up chefl. Is a bold fpirit in a loyal bread. Mine honour is my life, both grow in one; Take honour ft^om me, and my life is done. Then^ dear my Liege, mtne honour let me try ; In that I live, and for that will I die.
K. Rich. Couiin, throw down your gage ; do you begm.
Boling, Oh, heav'ii defend my fool from fiich foui fift ! Shall I feetn creft fall'n in my father's fight. Or with pale beggar face impeach my height. Before thas out-darM daftard f Ere my tongue Sbalh wound my honour with fuch feeble wrong, Or found fo bafe a parle, my teeth ihall tear The flavifh motive of recanting fear. And fpit it bleeding, in his high difgrace. Where fhame doth harbour, even in Mowbray* $ faoe.
[f*// Gaunt.
K. Riih. We were not born to fue, but to command^ •Which fince we cannot do to make yoafriendsli ' Be ready, as your lives ihall anfwer it,. At Co'ventry upon faint Lambert^s day. -
There Ihall your fwords and lances arbitrate The fwelling diff 'rence of your fettled hate.. • Since we cannot attonc you, you (hall fee i
Juftice decide the vigor's chivalry. Lord Marfhal, bid our ofticejfs at arma • Sue ready to dired thcie home-alarms- '*
\Extunf,
A 6 S.C^^^
i^ - King Rfcitarit IT.
SCENE chanees* to the Duke of: Lmicqfttr*U Palace. '\
inter Gaunt and Dittche/io^GloiKtttjBr^.
6amMi. A Las,, the part I had in Gio'Jier*s bl^od
./jl Dothmoft /olicit ino» than your exdaku^ To ftir againft the biHchers of his life; Bat fioce corredion lieth in thoferbands^ Which niad&the f^It that we oanoot corre^r put we our <]parrel to the will of heav'o ;. r
Who when it feea the heart ripe od .ea^hy . \
Will rain hot. vengeance on ottenders heads.
Dittck^ Finds bretBcrhood in thee no fliarper fpnrft . HtLih love in thy old blood no livine fire ? Bdnuard^s fev^d tons,, whereofir thyfelf art one,. Were as fevh) vi^ds of his facred. blood ; Or fev'n fair branches, fpringing from one root:- Some of tbofe fbv'n are dry'dby natufo's courfe^ Some of ihofe branches by the deft'nies cat : Bat Tbontai, ray dear Lord,, my life, my GU^Jier,^ (One vial, full of Edwar^i^s-facrtd blood; One flourUhingr branch of his mod royal- root^ la crack'd, and all the preckus liquor fpilt; Is hackt down, and his fummerJeaves all. faded,. By envy's hand and murder's* bloody ax! Ah, Gaunt/ his blood was thine; that bed, that wom^v That metal, tliat iclf-mould that fa(hion!d thee» Made him a man; and though thou liv'ft and breath'fitt Yet art thou flaip in him; toon doft confent In fome large meafuire to thy. father^s dt ach : In that thon feeft diy wretched brother die. Who was the model of thy father's, life; Call it not padence, Gmtnt, it is defpair. lo.fufi^ring thus thy brotlier to be flaughter'd,. Thou fhew'ft thenaked pathway to thy life. Teaching ftcrn murder how to butcher, thee. That which in mean men we entitle patience,* Is pale cold cowardife in noble breads. Wha ibatt I fa^ I to iafi^uaii thiue own lif^»
King RrcHiCRD^ir. r$
Tffie bed way is to 'vcnge my Glo*fier*% death.
Gaunr, God's is tiie quarrel ; for God's fub/litatCr Bis depaty anointed in his fight, HJith caas'd his death ; the which if wroftgfolly,. Let God revenge, for I may never lift An angry arm againft his minifler.
Z)«/c/&. Where then, alas^ may I complain. myfcJf^'
Gaunt ^To Heav'n, the widow's champion and defencpii.
Dutch. Why then, I will : Farewel, o\d:Gauiu^ farewtfU Thou go'ff to Cmnntry^ there to behold Our con fin Hereford and fell Mow^ay fight,^ O, fit my hufband's wrongs on Hereford^ (bear,. That it.ma]^ enter hatches. Mowhray^.% breaft ! Or if misfprtutt| mifs the firil career. Be Mowobraft^tA fo heavy in his bofom,. That they make break his Ibaming courfer'i back^ And throw the. rider hcadlbwp in rfie lifts, A caitiff recreant to my coufin Hereford ! Farewel, old Gaunt % thy fometime brother'a wife' With her companion %n^f muft end her life;
Gautrt. Sifter,, farewel; I muft to Co-vtrarj. As much good ftky with thee, as |o with meP
T>uich^ Yet one word more ; grief bonndeth whemltt Not with the empty hollownefs, but weight:: [fa]U», I t^ke my leave, before I have begim ; For (brrow ends not, when it feemeth done; Commend me to my brotherj BdmundYort : Lo, this is aH^-*— Tiay, yet depart not ib^ Though this be all, do not fo quickly go: Ifliali remember more. Bid bim-ioh, whatf* With ali'good fpeed at Plajhie vifit me. Alack, and* what ftjall good old Torkit^ there/ But empty lodgings, and unfumiih'd walls>. Un-peopled offices, untrodden ftoncs ^' And what hear there for welcome, but my groMf j[ - T-herefore commend me, let him not come Uiere. To fcek out (brrow that dwells every where;* All defolate,. will I. from hence, and die;. The laft: leave of. tliee takes my wtepii^g t^e. \E»euTwt«
:^4 *>ng Richard II.
SCEN E, the Lifts, at Coventry. 'Enter the Lord Marjhal^ and the Duke of Aumerlcw
Mar, 1\>T y Lord AumerUy is Harry Hereford 9JXE^^\ . XVl. Aum, Yea, at all points, and longs to enter iHa
Mar. The Duke of Norfoik, fprightfully and bold, 'Stays but the fummons of th* appellant's trumpet.
jium. Why, then the champions are prepar'd, and ilay For nothing b.ut his Majefty*8 approach. [^Flouriftt.
The trumpets found, and the King enters nvitb bis Kohles : lAjhen they are fetf Enter the Duke of Norft>lk in arms. Defendant. ^
K. Rich, Marfhal, demand of yondex champion The cattfe of his arrival here in arms ; *"
Aflc him his name, and orderly proceed To fwe^r him in the juftice of his caufe.
Mar. Ill Cod's name and the Kiog's, fay who thou art ?
\T.o Mowb* And why thou com'ft, thus knightly clacj in arms ?
-Agajnfl what man thou com'ft, and why thy quarrel? Speak truly on thy knighthood, and thine oath. And fo defend thee heaveir, and thy valour !
Moiuh My name is Thom as Mowhray, Duke of Norfdlip
, Who hither come engaged by my oath, (Which, heav'n defend, a Knight ihould violate I) Both to defend my loyalty and truth, "•. To God, my King, and my fucceeding iflue, Againft the Duke of Hereford y that appeals mc j And by the grace of God, and this mine arm. To prove him, in defending of myfelf, A traitor to my God, my King, and mc;^ Ai^d a3 1 truly fight, defend me heav'n! , •
7he trumptets found. Enter Bolingbroke, Appellant ^ V»
armour.
, ; K. Rich. Marflial, afk yonder Knight in armsi Both who he is, and why he coiftfidi Vi\\.Vvfct»
6 TKSiV
&ng RiCHAkD II. 15
Thas plated in habiliments of war :
And formally, accordiog to oar law,
Depofe him in the juftice of his caufe. . .
Mar. What is thy name,and wherefore com'ii thoa hither. Before K.iDg,Ri<hari/t in his royal lills i [To Boling. Againft whom comeft thou ? and what's thy qaarrcl ? Speak like a trneXnight, fo defend thee heav'n ! «
- Skiing, Harry of Herefiri^ Laiuafter and Dirhy Am I9 who ready here do iland in arms. To prove, by heav'n's grace and my body's valour^ in QUsy pn Thtmas Mowhray Dnke of Nor/oik^ That he's a traitof fool and dangerous. To God of heayn, Kiiig Richard^ land to me ; And as I truly fight, defend me heav'n !
Mar, On ptin'of death, no peribn be fo bold. Or daring-hardy, as, to to uA ithe lifts. Except the marlhal, and focfa officers Appointedhtodiroft thefe fair defigns*
Boling, Lord MaHbal, let me kifs my Sovereign's ha^df AAdj^boty my knee before his Majefty : For ilfoWriT^^nd myfelf are like two men That vow a long and weary pilgrimage % Then let us tak^ a ceremonious leave And loving farewel •f our feveral friends.
Mdr* Th' appellant in all duty greets your Highn^s.
[TV /.Rich; And craves to kifs your hand, and take his leave.
JC. Rich* We will defcend and fold him in our arffils* Coufin of Herefdrd, «> thy caufe is right, So be thy fortune dn this royal fight ; Farewel,' my blood 5 whijch if to-day thou fhed (4), , Lament we may, but not revenge thee dead.
Moling^ (4) Farewel, my blood )] i. e, my kin(mftn. Thit appellatiQn is purely cjifljcal. , . , ♦ .^ ,
PryVc/r^/d «r/2»«. Sanguis meu«, VIrg. ^«. vi, Vcr. $3$,
' Tu Sanguinis uitmus auSior* Id. \Mn, vti. vcf. 49,
Clarui J^nckifa yefnrJfju^Szti%mt, ' Horat. Carm. Stecul*
— ; FosO
PompUlus Sanguis. Id, Art* Poet% ^tt^ i.^\%
*' %^^eias anes SatJguit ruut» Si\% \U^Vi%> t\\)» v
^ King RrcHARiy ni
Baling, Oh, let no noble eye prophane a tetF For ine, if I be ger'd "with Mvtvbray^ (pear:- As confident, as is the faulcon's flight Againft a bird, do I with Meiuhray flght^ My loving Lord, I take say leave of you,. Of yoa, tny noble coafin, Lord AumirU^ Not fick, althOtigh I liave to do with death 7: Bat lufty, yoong, and chearly drawing breath. ■ 1 ■ Lo, as at Englijb feafts, fo I ftgreet The dantieft Jail; to make the end moft fweet : Oh thott ! the earthly author of my bloody [^ GaiiaU Whofe youthful fpirit, in me regenerate,. *^
Doth with a twoHfold vigour lift me up To reach at vidbry above my headi Add proof pnto mine armour with thy^ prayen ;. And with thy bkflinfrs (leel my lance's poiAt,> That it may enter Mon06ri^*$ waxen coat, And furbiib new the name of Jltbn^o^Gaum' Even ID the lady 'haviour of his foo.
Gmunt. Heav'n in thy good caofe make thee proTpetoas fl Be fwift like lightning in the execution. And let thy blows, doubly redoubled.
Fall like amazing thunder on the cafque Of thy ad verfe pernicious eneai^y^.
Rouze up thy youthful blood, be brave and live.
BoUng^ Mine innocence, G^d and St. GeorgeXo thrive ! i' . M^W. However heav'n or' fortune caft my loty
.There lives^ or dies, true to King Ricbard*^ throniH.
A loyal, juft. and upright gentleman ^
Never did captive with a freer heart
Caft' off his chains of bondage^ and embrace
His golden nncontroul'd enfranchifement.
More than my dancing foul doth celebrate
This feaft of battle,- with mine adverfaiy.
Moft mighty Liege, and my companion Peers,
Take from my mouth the wifh^of happy years j^.
As gentle and as jocund, as to jell.
Go I to fightj Truth hath a.quietvbreafl.
•w«, ClSK|yri| ne«i| wtEiiM Saoiuit,
Sftt^ ice Sit. "^^ ^^»^
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K. Rich, Farcwel, my Lord ; fecarely Itfyf Virtue with valour couched in thine eye*- Order the trial,. MarfhaJ, and b^in*
Mar. Barry of Hereford^ Lamu^Ur and Dirty, Receive thy lance;, and heav'n defend thy right C
Baling Strong a2 a tower in hope, I crv Jmetu
Mar. Go bear this lance to Thomas Dake of Ntrfdh^
1 Her. Harry of HfreforAy Lancafier and Derby^ Stands her^ for God, hi6 Sovereign and himfelf^ On p^ain to be found falfe and recreant.
To prove the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowhrqyr A traitor to his God, his &ing, and himf And. dares hint to fet forward to the fight.
2 Rer^ Here flandeth Thomas Mowhray, Dake of Nmfolti On pain to be found falfe and recreant,.
Both to defend himfelf,. and to approve Harry of Hereford^ Lancajier and Derhyy To God^ his Sovereign, and to him, difloyal r Courageoufly, and with a free defire. Attending but the fignal to begin^ \A Chargt fiundtdl Mar. Sound, trumpets ; and fet forward, combatanu.. •—But flay, the King hath thrown his warder down.
K. Rich, Let them lay by their helmets,, and their fpeart^ And both ceturn back to their chairs again : Withdraw with us, and let the trumpets foond^ While we retuxn thefe Dukes what We decree.
\A longFlouriJh ; after inbich, the Kingf^aks to th0 Combatants, Draw near; ■
And lift, what with our council we have done. For that our kingdom's earth (hould not be foii'd With that dear blood, which it hath folfered > And, for our eyes do hate the dire afpe£i Cf civil wounds ploughed up with neighbour fwords^ And for we think, jthe eagle- winged pride Offey-afpiring and ambitious thoughts With rivat-hating envy fet you on,. To- wake ou^peaJce^ which in our country's cpadle- Draws the fweet infant breath of gentle flt^\i \ (Wbldi tha&jcuz'd up with boill'tou^iiiivaix'^AivxTttv
1 8 King Richard IL ^
Atid harfh-refoundlDg trumpets dreadful bray.
And grating (hock o? wrathful iron arms,
Might from our-qoiet confines fright fair peace.
And make t^s wade even in our kindreds blood :)
Therefore, we banifh you our territories.
You cottfin Hereon/, on pain of death.
Till twice five fu mm crs have enrich'd our fields.
Shall not re-greet our fair dominions,
But tread the ({ringer paths of banifhment.
Boling, Your Avill be done : This muft my comfort be^ That fun, that warms you here, ihall fhine on mc: And thofe his goldeh beams, to you here lent. Shall point on me, and gild my banishment.
K. Rich. Norfolk^ for thee remains a heavier doomi^ Which I with feme unwillingnefs pronounce. The fly-flow hours fhall not determinate The datelefs limit of thy dear exile : The hopelefs word, of never to return^ Breathe lagainft thee, upon pain of life. ^
Mowh, A heavy fentence, my moft fovereign Lieg^ , And all unloofc'd for from yotir Highnefs* mouth: A dearer merit, not fo deep a maim. As to be cail fbrth in the common air, Hi^ve Ideferved at your Highnefs' hands. . The language I have learn'd thefc forty yearrn My native En^lifi, now I muft forego ; And now my tongue's ufe is to me no more^^ , Than an tmftringed viol, or a harp, Or, like a canning inftrument casM up. Or being open, put into his hands '
That knows no touch to tune the harmony. . Within my mouth you have engoaPd my tongae {$y,
(5) fFitbin wy wwutbyou have engoaPJ my twgue,
pOMbly portcullisM vtUb my teeth mnd llpt s] Thcf^ verfef Mr. Popt has degraded and thrown out of the text, 00 account of the , image convey'd in the fecond line, at I prcfume, I am far from. , praifing the metaphor; but, perhaps, the ufagc might be defended for once from the example of our mafter Homer,
'ATff£^i, «ro7o» 0-1 krO^ ^u^iy cpit^ lM»t» Iliad. A. yv 3^0*
The IpjtO' o9^>1«y here, mctbinkfiy approaches very nigh to the
Jde^4if arori-cullife* .^ x^.
Kfng Richard II; 19
Boubly port-cuUisM .with my teeth ajid lips :
A9^<fulU unfeeling, barren ignorauKc
Is made iny goaler to attend ob me.
I am too old to fawn upon a norfe, . '
Too far in years to be a pupil now :
What is thy fentence then, but fpeechlefs death*
Which robs my tongue from breathing native breath ?
K. Rid. It boots chee not to be compaflionate ; After our fentence, plaining comes too late.
Monv6. Then.thus I torn me from my country's lights To dwell in folcmn ihades of endlefs night.
K. Rich. Return again ^ and take an oath with ye. . Lay on our royal fword your banifh'd hands ; Swear by the duty that 3ron owe to Heav'n, (jQiiir part therein we baniih with yourfelvesj To keep the oath that we adininifter : You never fhall, (fo help you truth, and heav'n I) , Embrace each! otlier's love in baniihment ; Nor ever look upon each other's face. Nor ever wjtte, re-greet» or reconcile Thi^ low'ring tempefl of your home-bred hatei Nor ever be. advifed porpofe meet, . ^ '
To plot, ^contrive, ,or complot an^ ill, 'Gainft us, Qiir ftate, onr fubje^ls, or our land*
Bolinf, I Iwear.
Mowb^ And I, to keep all this.
BoUng.^ Korfilk^ fo far, as tp mine enemy \y^ By th^time, had the King permitted us; One of our fouls had wandred in the aiiv Sanifh'd this frail fepnlchre of our. fleih»- Jis.now <mr flefh is baniihM fVom this land. Confefs thy treafons, ere thou fly this realms • Since thou liafl far to go, bear not along The clogging burden of a guilty foul.
Momip^ No, Bolinghroke ; if ever I were traitors My name be blotted from the book of life. And I from Heaven banilh'd as from hence! But what tjioi^ art, Heav'n, thouj and I do know> And all too foon, I fesir, the King tv2i\\ tut* ^ '
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M» King R I c B A R D^ IT.
lareweU my lAcgt ; fiowr no way can I flray.
Save back to EngTami i all the world's my way. lEjt^L
X.. Rich, Uncle, even in the glafles of chine eye»^ I fee thy grieved heart ; thy fad afpe^ Hath from the namber of his baniih'd years s
PJuck'd four away ; &k frozen winters fpcnt. Return with welcome home from bani^ment.
Boling.. How long a time lies in one little word t Four lagging winters, and foon wanton fprdngs- £nd in a word ; fuch is the breath of Kings.
Gaunt, I thank my JLiege, that in regard of m» He Mortens four year» of my fon's exiler But little 'vantage ihalll reap thereby;* For ere the fix years, that he hath to ijpend; Gan change their moons, and bring theirtimes aboit^ My oil-dry'd lamp, and time-bew^d light, ShaIltbeextin(Sl with age, and endlefs night :. My inch of taper will be burnt and done : And blindfold death not let me Pee my foBw
TL.Rich, Why, uncle? thou haft many years to Inres
Gaum, But not a minute, Xing^ that thou canft give^ Shorten my days thou canfl with fullen fomowv And pluck nights from nw,. but not lend a saorfow;; Thou "can flr help time to furrow me with age,. But flop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage;. Thy word is current with him, for my death;: But dea^ thy kingdom o^nnot buy my breath..
£. Rich, Thy fon is- banifh'd upon good advice^. Whereto thy tongue a party -verdift gave ; Why at our juilice feem'ft thou then to low'rf
Gaunt, Things, fvveet to tafte, prove in digdtion fow*tX You urg'd me as a judge; but 1 had rather. You would have bid me argue like a father, O, had it been .a ftranger, not my child, ' fo fnrooth his fault, I would have been jnore mild ;: Alas, I look'd, when fome of yo^ ihould fay, 1 was too ftridl to make mine owi> away : But. you gave leave lo my unwilling tongue,, ^ainil ro^^ will>. to. da myfelf this wrong*.
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King Ri<iiAiL3 tU ti
A partial flander foagkt I to avoid,
And in thefenlence my own life deftroy'd. '
£. i^/V^. CoQ&, farewel ; and.tlncle, bidiiimib^ 3ix years w^banifh him, and he fliall go. [FUurifi. Exiu
Jam. Coufin, farewel ; what prcfence muft not know* from where you do reaMiiH let paper ihow.
Mar. My Lord, no leave take I^ for I will ride As far as land will let me, by vonr fide^.
Gdiint. Oh, to whatpurpofe doft thoa hoard diy wordi. That thoo retarn'ft no greeting to thv friends ?
Boting. I have tdo few to take my l^ve of yoo» When the tongoe^s office fliould be prodigal. To breathe th' abundant doloor of the heart.
Gaunt* Thy grief is but tl^ abienoe for a time.
Boling. Joy aofent, grief is prefent for that time,
-Gaunt. What is fix winters ? they are quickly gone*
Baling. To men in joy ; but grief makes one hour ten.
''Gaunt. Call it a travel, that thou tak'fl for pleasure*
BoUng. My heart will figh, when I mifcall it fo, Which finds it an inforoed pilgrimage.
Gaunt. The fullen pafij^ge of thy weary fteps ^^fteem a foil, wherein thou art to fet The preciooe jewel of thy home-return.
Boling. Ns^, rather, ev^ry tedious ftride I make (^ Will but remember me, what a deal of world I zander from the Jewels that I love. iMufl I not ferve a long apprentice^hoodi sTo foreign paiTages, and in the end
Having my freedom, boaft of Clothing elfe ^
But that I was a journeyman to gtiti^
-Gaunt. All places, that the eye of heaveti vlffti Are to a wife man ports and happy havens. Teach thy neceflity to reafon thus^ There is no virtue like neceflity.
(6) Boling. Nay, rather, ev'ry tidiousjrids 1 maJkt.^ Thi», MA the fix verfes which foflow, 1 have ventur'd to fupply from the old Slgarto. Theallofion, 'tis true, to tn A/>prehtice Jbiff, zn6 btcoming a Journeyman, is not in the fublimc tafte^ nor, as tforace has cxpre(k*d it, fiirtt trap^mfatis-f However, a« there is irt) doubt of the palT^e 4>eiof gcniiinc, tkc lines ace not fo defpicahk m to dtfct^tV>t\tii<v^\\"ft loft.
3 T:\:vri«L
12 •king R I CHARD II.
Think not, the King did baniih thee;
But thou the Xing. Woe doth ^e heavier fit^
Wherc'it perceives it ift-but faintly l>orne.
Go fay, I Tent thee forth to pufchafe honour.
And not, the King exil'd thee. Or fuppoTe,
Devouring peililence h^ne;8 in ottr air.
And thou art %ing to a treiher clime.
Look, what thy foul holds dear, imagine it
To lie that way thou |0*ft, not wl^nce thoii com^ft,
Suppoft the fingin|; burds, muficians ; '
The giafs, whereon thou ti^ad 'ft, the prefence^flo
The flow'rs, fair Ladies; and thy Heps, no moi^
Than a delightful meafure, or a dance. '
For gnarling forrow hath lefs pow'r to bitft
The man, that mocks at it, and fets it light.
BoUngi Oh,, who can hold a fire in his hand. By thinking on the frofty Caucafus ? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a ieafti Or wallow naked in December fnOw, By thinkiqg oil fantailick fummer's heat? Oh, no! t^e appreheiSiion Of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worfe; Kell forrow's tooth doth liever irankle more Than when it bites, but lanceth not the fore*
Gaunt. Come, come, my fon, I'll bring thee on thy way Had I thy youth, and caufe, I Would not flay.
BoHng-Tihcn, England's ground, fare wel; fweet foil,adiei My mother and my nurfe, which bears me yet. Where-e'er I wander, boaft of this I can. Though taaifti'd, yet a true-born J?»^/i/&m/?». lExeun
SCENE changes to the Cburt.
'Mnter King Richard, «WBu(hy, ^f. at one door ; m the , Lord AQintrle, at ih other,
K.-RiV^.Tl 7 Edidvindeed,obfervc-— Coqfin^nOT^i VV . How iar. brought you lugh Hfrejfbrd € his way ?
King R I c H A R D II. 25
Aunt, I J}raught high Hertford^ if you call him (b. But to the next high- way,, and there I left him. K. Rich, And fay, what (lore of parting tears were (hed ? Aum. 'Faith, none by 9ie ; except the north-eafl wiod» (Whijch. then blew bitterly againfl our faces) Awak'd the fleepy rheum ; and fo by chance Did grace our hollow parting with a tear. K. Rich\ What faid your couHn^ when you parted with Aum. FareiveL ■ ■ ■ £hiitt I
And for my heart difdaine^ that my tongue Should fo prophane the word, that tai^ht me craft To counterfeit oppreffion of fsichgrie^ That words feem'd buried in mv forrow*s grave. Marry, would the word /areivel h^ive lengtncn'd hours^ And added years to his fhort banifliment. He (hould Jiave had a volume of farewels ; But fince it would not, he had none of me.
K, Rich, He- is our kinfman, coufin ; but 'tis dojibtj ^hen time fhall call him home from banifl>ment. Whether our kinfman come to fee his friends. Ourfelf, Sind BuJ^y, Ba^othere, and Gr^«, Obferv'd his courtihip to the common people: JEfowhe did feem to dive into their hearts. With humble and familiar courtefy ; ^
, "What reverence he did. throw away on flavcs.; ,' Wooing poor crafts men with the craft of fmileSt i^nd patient under-bearing of his fortune, As 'twere to banifh theiraffedls with him. Off goes his bonnet to an oyfter-wench ; A brace of dray^n^n bid,, God fpeed him well! And had the tribute of his fupple knee ; . With,— Thanks, my countrymen, my loving* friends; As were our England 'm i:e«(ei:iioii his, . And he.our fubjedls next degree in. hope. .
Gr^^«.' Well, he is gone,and with him go thefe thbughts.^*^ Now for the rebels, which (land out in Ireland^ Expedient manage muft be made, my Liege; Ere further leifure yield them further means For their advantage, and your Highnefs' lofs. K. Rich. We wiU ourfelf in perfon to this war ;
XL4. Kin^ R ic H A4i p n*
And, for our coffers with too great acourt And liberal lareefs, are grown fomewhat ligb^ We are inforc'd to farm our itjyal realm. The revenue whereof fliall farnith lis For our tffms in hand ; if rhey come lhort« Our fubftitutes at home fliall have blank charted: Whereto, when they fhaU icoow wliat men arc ridi. They fliall fubfcribe them for large foms of goM« And fend them after to fupply our wants^ For ive wil4 make for Ireland prefently.
Entir Bafliy«
K. Rub* Bujhy^ what news ?
Bufhy. Old John of Gaunt is iiclc^ my Lord^ Suddenly taken, and hath fent pofl-haile T* iotreat your Majefty to vifit him.
K.-R/VJ&. Where Kcs lie ^
JBi^. At Eiy-houje,
K. Rich, Now putltjIieaVn, in his phyfician'saiiiiJ, To help him to his grave immediately: The lining of his cofFbrs fliall make coats To deck our foldiers for thefe Irijh wars. Come, gentlemen, let's ail go viiit him: fray heav^n,^ema)r make ha^e, and come too late 1 '[Em^
A C T IL
SCENE, Ely-houfe. Oaont irought in^ Jkk^, nuith the Duke tf York*
G A t; IT t.
WIL L the King come, that I may Weathe my laft In wholefome counfel to his utiflayM youth ? Turk. Vex notyoilrfelf, nor ftrivc toot with your breath | For all \ti vain comes counfel to his ear.
Gaunt, Oh, but, they fay^ the tongnes of dyisg tiien Jh force attention^ like dee]^ hatmoii^ \
j^ing R I c H A R D IL ^5
WhciC words arc fcarce, theyVe feldom /pent in vain ;
For they breathe truth, that breathe their word3 in pain*
He,, that no more muft fay, is liftenM more
Than they, Whom youth and eafe have taught to glofc ;
^ore are men's ends marked, than their lives before :
The fetting fnn*— and mnfick in the clofe.-^
As the laft taft^ of fweets, is fweeteft laft ;
Writ in remembrance, more than things long pa/! ;
Though kichard my life's counfel would notnear^
Kiy death's fed tale may yet bhdeaf his ear.
T'orA. His ear is ftopt with other flatt'riog charjln)^ As praifes of his date ; there are, befide, Lafcivious meeters^ te whofe venom'd fotiqdl The open car of youiii doth always liften : Report of fafhion5 in proud I/alj^ Whofe manners dill our tai-dy, apifh, natioii Limps after, in bafe aukward imitation. Where doth the world thruft forth a vanity, (So it be new, there's no refp^how vile,) That is not quickly bul&'d into his ears ? Then all too late comes counfel to be heard. Where will ^loth mutiny with wits re^anL ^ '^ ■ Pireft not him* whofe way himfelf willxhufe ; ^is bivath thoa lack'd, and that breadi wtit thoii loie.
Gauni. Methinks, I am a prophet neW-lfifpiPd, And thus expiring, do focetel of Jiirn, His raih, fierce blaze of riot cannot laft ; For violent fires foon burn oiit^themielves. Small (how'rs lad long, but fudden dorms are fhort $ He tires betinaes, that fpurs too fad betimes ; With eager feeding, food doth choak the feedei* ; Light vanity, infatiate cormorant, Confuming means, foon prpys upon itfelf. This royal throi^e ef Kings, this fcepter'd lile. This earth of Majedy, this feat of Mars^ This Qtber Edtt, demy ParaM/e, This for^efs, built by nature for herfelf, ^
Againd infedion, aUd the habd of war ; ^
This hapipy breed of men* this little world > Thi5 precious Sotte /it in the filver fea, VoL.JV. B NNVv^V
26 King Richard II.
Which fenres it in the office of a waU» Or as a moat defenfive to a Koafe, A^ainft the envy of lefs happier lands ; This nnrfcy this teeming womb of royal Kinrt, Fear'd for their, breed, and famous by their bmht Renowned for their deeds, as far from home. For chriftian fervice and tme chivalry. As is the fepulchre in fiobbom Jwy Of the world's ran{bm, blefled life's fon ; This land of fuch dear fouls, this dear dear land* Dear for her reputation through the worlds li now leas'd out, ( t die, pronouncing it) Like to a tenement, or pelting farm. England^ bound in with the triumphant iea, Whofe rocky (hore beats back the envious fiege Of watry Neptun$t is bound in with fhame. With inky blots, and rotten parchment-bonds: That England^ that was wont to conquer others^ Hath m»fe a ihameful conquell of itfelf. Ah ! would the fcandal vaniih with my life. How happy then were my enfuing death!'
£ii//f^ X/aj' 'Richard, ^/av, Aumerle, Bufliy, Gre< Bagot, Rois, ii»^ Willbughby.
7'ork, The Xing is come, deal mildly with fais yootl ' tor young kot colts, bein? rag'd, do rage the more. ^ecn. How fare»QQr noble nndc, Lancafierf K.^/V^. What comfort, man? How is't with ngedGmn Gaunt. Oh, how tliat aame befits my compofition J Old Qaunt, indeed^ and gaunt in being old : Within me grief hath kept a tedious fail ;^ And who abdains from meat, that is not gaunt } For fleeping EnglandioM time have I watch'd. Watching breeds leanneis, leannefs is all gaunt: The pieafure, that fome fathers feed upon. Is my ftrid fail ; I mean,^ my children's looks ; And, therein fading, thou i»ft made me gaunt ;
«aunt am I for die grave, gaunt as a grave, hofc hollow womb inherits nought but bones« S.. Rich, Can fickfnen play fo nicely with their nam<
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King R I ^ IT A> t> If. ^f
Garni. No, ffiiiery maket fpoft to wuxk itfdf ? STnce thoa doft (eek to kill my naaio is mc, 1 nock my nancg gretl King, to flfttttr thee.
K. JUcJ^. Shottkl dying aen teier tfiofe tkat live ?
CauMt. No, no, men Jiving flatter tbofethjudk.
K. i^fl'. Thou, BOW adying, iky'it, tkoaflatter'll me.
GaMnt. Oh ! no^ thou dy*ft, thoogh I the ficker i>e.
K. Ricif. I am in^ health, I breathe, I fee thee ill;
Gaami. Now he, thatflitde me, kaows, ITee thee iU| III in myfelf, but feeing thee too, ill. *I1iy death*1»ed is no leSer than the land, VTheretn thoa UeH in repoution lick ; ^nd thou, too carelefi patient as then art, Civ*ft thy anointed body to the core Of thoie phyitcians, that firft wounded thee ; A thonfand flatt'rers fit within thycrown, Whoie-compafs is^no b»ger than thy heady And yet ingaged in ib inial! a verge. Thy wade is no whit kfier than thy land. Oh, had th^ graadiire, with a prop1^t*s eye. Seen how his Ton's ion ihould defttoy his foos^ , From forth thy veafk. he would have laid thy Ihaaies^ Depofing thee befoie thou wert po^eft ; Vho art poffefs*d now, to depofe thyfelf.^ Why, covfin, wert thou recent of the world, It were a fkame to let this land law leafed ' Uttt for xky world enjoying but tms land. Is it not nK>it than (h^me, to ffiame it fo ? Landlord iHf ingUnd art thou now, not King : Thy ftate ^f law is bondflave to the law; And thou— —
K. Rich^ And thou, a luaatick lean-wleted fool, Prefumingpn an ague's privilege, Dar'ft with thy frozen admonition Make pale our cheek ; chafing the royal blood With fury from his native reMence^ Now by my feat's ^ht-royal Majeliy, Wert thou not bromr to great jf^/w^ri'afon. This tongue, that runs fo roundly in thy head, Should run thy bead ftom thy ttnrenitiA:ftvo\)L\4ti:^.
3fi - King R r xm a r t> It.
GaMftt^ Ob, ipire inenot, inv*hrethtt £/war^^ tai^ For that I was Ms father BdwaM*$ Ion. That blood already, like the pdicato^ Haft ttioa tapt out, aad dnrnkesly tarows*d. *
My brother Ch'fitfy plain wdKmeamfi^ foul, .(Whom faxf ibe^l in h^av'n 'mDngft' happy fottlsl) M^y be a prec^ent add wittiefs good) Tliat thou refpt£l*ft irot fpilling EdwarJTt bloods ;J(iin with the prefent fidcfieft^kat I have. And thy unkindncfs be like erdoked age. To crop at oace a two lofig-wither*d f)ower» Live in thy fhame, but die not (hame with thee ! Thefe words hereafter thy tormentors be. I
Convey me to my bed, then to my grave: I
Love theyito live, that love and honour have.
\Extt^ homtthA*
K. RUh. Aird Jet them die, that age and fuilens have; For both haft thou, and both become the grave.
York, I do befeech your Majefty, hnptite ' His words to wayward ficklinefs, and age S He loves yon, on my life ; and holds you dear As Harry Puke of Hereford^ were he here.
K. Rioh. Right, you fay true ; as Herefor^^Xov^^ fo h»; As theirs, fo mine ; and all be, as it is.
Enter Nbrthunberland.
i^orth. My Liege, old Gaunt commends Mitf to youf
K. Rich. What fays old Gaunt ? [Majcfty.
North, Nay, nothing; all is faid : His tongue is nowaftringlefs inftrument. Words, life, and all, old Za«f/2/?^r hath (pent.
Tark Be r(?r/l thenext, tJiatmuftbe bankrupt fo! ; Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe.
K. Rich. The rlpell" fruit firft falls, and fo dotli he j , His time is fpent, our pilgrimage muft be :
So much for that Now for our Irijh wars ;
We moft fupplanf thofe rough rug-headed kerns^ Which live like venom, where no venom elfe. But only they, have privilege to live. And, for thefe great affairs do aik fome charge, "^ . ' * Towards
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awards otir aiBftance we do feiae tq os
be plate, coiii» fei^ii«es» and jnoveables, ;
^hereof onr vncl^ &ut9t did Aaadpo iTeft.
TorL How long (hall I be patient? Ok^homlong
tail tender doiy^ make me -i offer wrong ?
ot Gio^er's death, aet Herefwd^^ banifliment, . N.
ot Gaunt'i rebukes^ nor England*^ pri?ate wrongi,
or the prevention of poof Bdinghroh
bout his marriage, ^nor my own difgcace,
ave ever made me ib*v'r my patient cheek y
r bend one wrinkle oa my Sovereign's ^ce.
im the laft of noble EdwarePs fopv^
F whom thy fathet, Prb)ce of tValn^ was fa9i :
1 war, was never Mtm rag'd, more fierce ; .
\ peace, was never gentle lamb more miid,
ban was that youn^and priacrly gentleman ;.
is face thou haft, for even fo Iook*d he,
ccomplifh'd wich the ntiniberof riiy hotirs.
It when he &owa'd, it was againft the Fruicb^ ^
nd not againft his friends : His noble hand
id win what be didfpesd, and fpent not that,.
^hich his triumphant father's hand had won.
is hands wfM gnilt^ of no kindred's blood,
at bloody with die enemies of his kin.
b, RicharJ i Tsrk is too far gone with grief,^
r elfe he never woald con^pare betweea.
X. Rich. Why, uncle, what's the natter ?
fork. O my Liege^
ardon me, n yon pfeafe ; if tnot, I,, pleas'd * ot to be pardon'dk tm o^ntent withal. rek yea to feiae,. and gripe into your hands, 'he royalties and rights of banifh'd Her^srdi
not Gmw» dead, and doth not Herefbrd live ? T'as not Geair/ juft, and is not Harry trae? i\d not the one deferve to have an heir ? ! not his heir a wdl^eferving ion I *ake Htrtfwrir^ rights away, and take from time- [is charters, and his coAomary rights. «t not to-morrow then cnfce to-day ; e not thy felf.— For how art thoaaKing^.
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30 King R i c tt^il r d II-
But by fair iequence aod fucce^on ?
If you do wrongfully feize ^^^y^Vvil^'s ffighc, • • ^'
Call in his letters patents tbatlie kath»
By his attomeysgeucral to fine
His livery, and deny hist>fFer*d hoinag€|
You pluck a tbonfand daDgert eo fouf liead ;
You iofe a thoufand weH-difpofed liearts ;
And prick my tender patience tD thofe tbcmghts*
Wbicnlionour and allegiance cannot chink.
K. JUck/Tlankf what jrou will ; we feize into our handi His plate, bis goods, his moneVf and his lands.
Tori^ I'll not be by, the while ; Biy Lim, fiutwel : What will enfue hereof, there's none can tmU But by bad couries may be nnderftood, That their eveats can never fall out ffood* [Exiu
K. Pick. Go^ Bu/fy, to the Earl {^WikjUfinttrngku J3id him repair to us to Elj-hoyfif To fee this hufiaefs done : To-morrov/ next We will for ItiUtnd ; and 'tis time, I trow* And we ereate, in abfence of ourfelf. Our uncle 2Vi Lord* governor of £ai^/a8i/«* For he is juft, and always lovM ns well. Come on. our Queen ; to-morrOw fliuft we part i Lc merry, for our time of ftay is Ikort. [Flmtip^
VExiumKing^ ^Men^ Uc
J/tfaM/ Nonhnroberland, Willottghby, simi Rod.
Nmb. Well, Lords, the Dakaof I^M^#r is dead.
JUfu And living too, for now his fim is Duke.
H^iU9* Barely in title, not in revenae.
MWr^ Richly in both, if jaftice bad her right.
Rc/s. My heart is great; but it maft break wtth fileace, Ere't be difburden'd with a lib'ral tongue*
Nor, Nay, fpeak thy mind; and let him ne'er fpeak nore. That fpeaks thy words again to do thee harm.
/r///o.Tends,what you'd fpeak, to th' Duke of Htrefirif If it be io^ out with it boldly, man : Quick is minfc car to hear of good towards hinu '
Roft* No good at all that 1 can do for him» Unlefs you call it good to pity him. Bereft aad gelded of his patrimony.
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i North, Mbw« afore HeaT*D» it's ibane fach wrongs are \%k hiiii.a royaTPHnc^ and in any more, [borne
Of noble blood in this dedrnrng land ; Tlie King is not himfirlf^ bat bafely led By flatterers ; and what they will inform Mcrt\y in hate 'gainft any of os all, 7hat will the King fcverely profecute •Gainft us oar lives, our children, and onr heirs.
Jtc/s. The Commons hath hepiird with grievoos Taxes^ And loft their hearts ; the Nobles hath be fin'd For ancient quarrels, and quite led their hearts. e fniU* And daily new exaflions are devised ;
\ As blanks» benei^olentes, I wot not what ; ^ But what, •'God's name, doth become of this ^ ^, Ntrth* Wars have not waited it, for warr'd he hath nof^ A Bac baMy yielded upon compromife I That, which his anceflors atchiev'd with blows : More hath he (jpent in peace, than they, in wars. ko/s. The Earl of Wiltjbin harh the realm in farm. WiU§, The King's grown bankrupt, IJpke a broken maov NbrtB-, Reproach, and diilalotion, hangeth over him. . R&fs. He hath not money for thefe Triflrynaip (His faordcnoos taxations notwith (landing) . \ B«t by the robbing of the bani(h'd Duke.
North, His nfskSt kinfman — mod degenerate Sang, Bat» Lords, we hear thif fearful tempeft fingt Tet feek no Jielier lo^iivoid ibe dorm : MTe fee the wind fijt f&9t. opon 9^ fails, And yet we ftrike not) bpt ieoirely perifiw I Rofi. We fee %\m very wreck, that we mo^ fufier ; ^ And Bsavoid^ is the dangeri^ow, ) For fnff'ring ib the caufes of our wreck.
North Not lb : £v*d through the hoUow cy^ of de^^th I^y life peering ; but 1 dare not (ay^ How near the tidings ofvour comfort is. Willo. Nay, let us (hare thy thoughts, as thou doft oiirs. Ro/s. Be confident to fpeak, NorthumherianJ ',- We three are but thyfelf, and fpeaking fo, ^ Thy words are but as thoughts, therefore be bold. ' Mrth.Then thus, my friends. I have from forth Blanc^
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3% King R I c H A R B II*
A bay in JSre/agnt, had intelligence,
I'hat Harfy Herefori^ Rainald Lord Cobhsmr
That late broke from the Duke of Exeterj
His brother, Archbifhop late of Canter bifry^
Sir Thomas Erpinghamy Sir John Rainjion,
Sir JohnN^rheriei Sir Robert Waterfon^ and Francis Cotnts^
All thcicwell furnifh'd by the Duke pf Bretagne^
^Vith eight tall ihipst three thoufand men of war»
Are making hither with all due expedience»
And (hortly mean to touch our northern (hore ;
Perhaps, they had ere this ; but that they flay
The fir^ depai;tiDg of the J^ing £oxlrelai$a.
If then we AiaH ihake off our flavifli vokcj^
Imp out our drooping country's broKeo wing.
Redeem from broking pawn the blemifh'd crown (7),^
Wipe cff the duft that hides onr fcepter's gii(.
And make bigH Majefty look like itielf:
Away with me in poft to Ra'v^n/purg.
But if you faint, as fearing to do fo.
Stay, and be fecret, and myfelf will go.
Rq/s. To borfe, to horfe ; urge doubts to thofe tbat feai;.
Wilh. Holdout my ^orfe, a^d I will fLx2s^ be there, '
[Exaint^
S C E N E, the Court. Ei^er^eMj Bn&y, ^ui^Bagot* Sufly.yLiiAdzm^ yotkr M^jefly is milck too M :,
^Vl You promis'd^when ycitpiirtodwkh theKiiigt> To lay afide felf-baiimiDg heavine^. And entertato a chearfnl difpofition.
^etm. To pleafe the King, I did ; to ^lealt inyfel^^ I cannot do it ; yet 1 kf^ow no caufe, Why I fkdttld l^kbme fuch a gueft as gric^;
(7) ^eBem from broken ptran the hUm'ifi'd cr^wni] What ideas Mr. RovH and Mr, Poft form*d to the/nfelves from tha fajitfe rpt« thrt tofitxM to ptwn, 1 cannot t«ll. To me, it feesna dire^ oonf/nfe. I have rtflotM the «eadint of the genuine oM copica/ Sft^king Pdwft* The revenoet of the.crown were fatm*d to the Barl el jyil'Jhiro, who, bad them jn/tf^* for nfhat («ms he adyaxic*d| and fa play'a ihe broker
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SiiTc bidding farewd to felweeta goeft. As my bntlRitimtd: i^tijgain, jnetbinkff Some unborn ibrroiv» ripe in forutne's womb» Is coming tow'rc) me ; and mjr inward fooi With nothiflg cremblet, ytec at ibmethin^ grieves^. More tbafn with parting from my Lord uie King*
Bujhj, Each fob^nceof a grief bath twtnty (bftdowi^.^ Which (hew liice grief itlelf» but are not fo : ^ For fotrov's efe» glazed with blinding tcartt. Divides one thing entire, to ouny obge&s ; Like perfpedlivesy which, rightly gaz'dapon (S)t. ^.* Shew notbine batoonfafion ; •y'dawry, >
Diftingaiih form.— So your fweetMajefty,. Looking awry upon your Lord's departttre, • ; Finds ihapes of grief, more than bimfelf, to wail;. Which look'd on, as it is, is nought but ihadows Of what it is not ; gracions Qneen, then weep not More than your Lord's departure ; more'a.not feen :
(8 ) Lih perfpeflivea, ^vbich^ righdyf ajbV up^ Sbe^u nothing but (onfufion j ey*d awry,
Dtflbigui/b form.^ This is a very fine fimilitirf^, and the thiuf meant 18 this. Amcti^ matbmatkal recreations, this, whch %oiHr ■niftert iti ^«trr amuie tbemfeUftt with, holds a piincipal place. They draw a figure, in which all the rules of perfpeS'tve^rc i'lrt^Wk inverted:. So that, confequently, if held in the fjine pofuion witU thofe pi^ures which are drawn according td the rules of pfrfp^flive^. it muft prefeot nothing bat confufion ; And to be fe;n i.': fo'itw, and tinder a regular appearance, it mnft be look.*d upon fronn a contrary ftatioA ^ Or, as Shakefpeare fayS) ey'd tewry, Thcfc kind of pi£^urta are now very commoo; but not fo, I believe, in our aothor'i time?, though he (o well underRood theiroature. Of our writers, the oear- eft I can meet with to his time is Hobhes, who defcribes thiscuriofiiyv very particalarly. Eft & aliud perfpcaivae jrenus, bujus de qua di>i~ mtrx invei^faa, in pta ohje€t\im Mium rirte aliquid apparet \ & {r'^Ji ocolo in certo poo^to collocatt) inMrme } in eo verQ ^nQif^ id •vidttur fUtJappareriv^uitpiGor, Mr.lVarburmn,
To this fort of pi^tire otir aathor feems again to allude in his Km^ Henry V. _
K. Benry* It is foj and you may fome of yOu thank love for my Uindnefs, who cannot fee many a fair Ffentb city, for one Um frertcb maid that ^ands in «iy way.
Vt, King, Yes, my Lord, you fee \Jtktm ptrjpe&ively ^ the ci.'/'i turn" dint 9 Mjft£i4*
Be Ok'
}4 King Richard^ ||,
Or if it be, 'ds with ialfe fomHff*i eft.
Which, for things trti«9 wecpt- things ima^iia»f» ^ae/i. It mty be ib ; bnt yet my inward foul
Periuadf s me ethcrwiic : How e'er it be, \l
J cannot bot be fad ; fo beavy.fad,
A9, thought on thinldng> on no thought I thiok.
Makes me with heavy nothing faint and Ihrink. Stt/lh^. 'Tis nodiing but GOncint» my gradona Ladyi ^ueen. 'Tis nothing hsfs; conceit is Hill derrS'*4
From fome fore- father gri^ ; mine is not fo ;
For nothing bath begoa my fometbing grief $
Or Ibmething hath, the nothing that I grieve ;
^Tis in reveiSon that I do pofleis ;
Bat what it is, that is not yet known, what
1 cMflOt name» 'tis namelefs woe, I wot.
E/ttir Green.
Green. Heav'ti fave your Majefty ! and well met, gen- 1 hope, the King is not yet flijpt for Ireland, [tiemen :
^een. Why hop'H then fo? *tis better hope, he is : For his deiign^ crave hafte, his hade good hope : Then wherefore doft thou hope, he is tiot (hipt ?
Gr^fif.Thathe, our hope, might liave retir'd his power; And driven into defpai^ an epemy*s hope. Who ftrongly hath fct looting in this land. The banifh'd Botmgbrokertpezis himfelf ; And with up*lifted avms is "fafe arriv'd AtRavet^pttyg. .^ .
^en* Now God in Heav'n fofbid !
Green. O, Madam, 'tis too true ^ and what is worfei Tlic Lord Northumhrtandi his young fon Percy ^ I'he Lords of R^ft Bmumndf and WillQHghhy^ With all their powerful friends, are fled to him.
Bujhy. Why have you n 01 proclaim 'd Mrthumierlaadt And ail of that revolted faction, traitors ?
Green. We havd : Whereon the Earl of ff^rcejfer Hath broke his ftaiF, refign'd his ftewardfhip, , And all the houihold fervants fled with him 'Jo B9linghroke%
,^teeH. So, GneKi thoa axliVv^ jxv\W\tfc^ ^^ ^tjt^
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Aod B^Unghroh Av forfow'» difmal heir : Now Imth my foQi brought forth her Pfodigy» And I» a gaipiog new-delivered niocher^ Have woe to woe» forrow to Ibngw joiaed.
J^^. Defpaix not. Madamu
^num. Who fliall hinder me ? Iwilldefp»r» and be at enmity With coxeaiag hope ; he ia a Hattefer, Ajparafite, a keeper back of death» Who gently would diflblve the bands of life. Which falfe hopes linger, in octremity.
ttaer York.
Grten. Here come the Duke of IViii
^etn. With figns of war about his aged neck«;
Oh» fall of careful bufinefs are his looks !
Uncle, forHbavVs-iake, com fortaUe words* Yftk, Should I do fo, I ihould bely* my thot^ts ;.
Comfort's in heaven, and we ave on«the eanh,
Whene nothing Hves bntcr^s^ care,- and grief.
Ypor hufband Ae is gone to fave ftr off,
Whilft others come to make Um lofe at home,.
Here am I left to underprop his land;
Who, weak with age^ cannot fiipport myfelf.
Now COOKS the fick how^ thhthis forfeit made ;.
Nowihall he try his friends, thatflatterM him..
Eniar a SirvoMt* Ser^. My Lord, your (on was gone b^fe I camec. ^ Terk. He was i why, fo, go all, which way it will V*
Th^ Nobles they are ffed, the Commons col^,.
And will, I fear, s«volt on HnefcrtPs fide.
Get (bee to PU^it {n)i to my mtt.Glo^fter ;^
Bid her (ttk^ prefently a thoufand pound : .
Hold, take my ring.
Serv. ^fy Lord, I. had forgot'
To tell, to- day I came by, andcaH^d there;;
.6iH I ihall grieve youco report the reft.
(4) Gti tbte to Pla Aie,— } the lordihip of ?hfAi ^U %tMU «C \hh ' Duuk^ Qf Gkuc^^i in EJht Set Baif v^h»M&^^ ^ \V
B. 6 T«»\%>
36. King RiciiA.Rp^tl;
Tori. What is'« ? .
^rri;. An ]K>^^ before I came* the Dutckefs dyM«^ "1 2V>(« Heav'n for hU mcfcyt what a tide of W9^%, Come ri^fhing oil this woeful land at once I 1 know not what to do : I woold |o Heav's, (So my untruth had not provok'd him to it) The King had cut off my head with myr brother'f« ^
What, are there polk dM*pa(ch'd for InUnd f How ihall we do for money for thefe vyarsf Come, filler ; (coufin, I iho^)d i^y ;) piray, pardon mc^. Go, jfellowy get thee hone, provide kn^ carts,
\To the Servant*. And bring way the armour that is there. Gentlemen, will yoi| go and mofter mm I If I know how to order thefe affairs, Diforderly thus thrnft into my hands. Never believe me. ' Tliey are both my kinfmen ; The one my Sovereign, whom both my oath And duty bids defend ; th'other again My kinfman is, one whom the King hath wrong'd ;; Whom conicience and my kindred bids to right. Well, fomewhatiwe muft do ^ Ct>nie> co«iiti« ril* Difpofe of you. Go niuiler up your men. And ipeet me prefently at Reu-kliy caHie : I fhculd to PUJhie too ; -t^^ .* But tii|^e will not permit. All is «neven» And every thing is left at fix and feven.
[Exeunt Yotk and Qs^tXL., Sujhy,. The wind fits fafr for news to go to Ireland,^ B*»t none feturns ; for us to levy power. Proportionable to the eBeroy, ^ '
k all impoffible.
Green. Befides, our nearnefs to the King Ifi lore Is near the hate of thofe, love not the King.
Bagot, Ai*4,that's the wav'ring Commons, for their lovt; Lies in their purfes ; and who emmies them. By fo much fills their heartswith deadly hate.
Bufiy. Wherein the King Hands geij'rally condemn'^. B^got. .If judgment lie in them, then fo do we j Bccauic we h^KQ be^a %y^ near tie ^ng, .
Greeu^^
ten. Well ; Til for rc%c ftrait to Brijlolcafile y
Earl of lViltJhir4 is already there. • , ,
^,. TJhither w.ij) P with yon.; for Httlq o^ce
hatefu]. Commons will .perform for us ;
pi^ like curs, to tear, ^s all.in pieces :
)(OM go wuh us ? .
got. No : ni to Ireland to his Majcfly^
vcl. : * if hearts prel^ge^ \st ftftt v»}i}, *
hrcc hprc part, that n6*crflultmeet ajaia. ^ ^'*\
(by. That's as IV/tj thrives, to beat back Balingirph.
un% AJa», poor Duke ! the taflt. htf ondertake^ ,
mb'rlng fands, and drinking Oceans dry ; /
•e one on his fide fights, thoufands will fly.
^. Farcvvcl: at once, for once, for ajl, aod even
tin. Well, we may meet agaJi>.
\got. lfc^ri^e« never, ' \Zxei0iti,
fMJ^, changes to a wi! J proved inGhJferfirrrl.
g.lT T 0,W far is It, my I/)rd» to Borklej now ?= Jl a -^^^A« I am aftanger here in G^V^^r^irr,.'; b high wild hills,, and roughs uneven ways, r out our miles, and make them wearifome r^. yet yoQr fair difcourfe^ has been as fagar, ' ing the hjir^ way fweei and delegable. 1 bethinitm^t what a weary way I Raven/purff to CotJhM will be /ound* >/5and If^l^ughhy^ wanting your company j." :h» I prbteft, hath very much beguird tedioufoefs a^d procefs of my travel : heirs \% fwcetned with the hope to have prefent bene£t that I poiflefs : hope to joy^ 1^ little lef^ in joy, I hope enjoy'd. By this, the weary Lordt Baake their way feem fhort, as mine hath denCy, jhtof what I have, your noble company, \ing. Of much lefs value is my company, \ yoQj |^oo4 words : . but who comes here ?
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^ King R I c IT A R D U.
Enter Percy.
NortL It ii my fon, yoong Harty Pgrey^ Sent from my brother fFmrnfier : wbencefeevert Jbkrrjr, how due:* yoor uncle f
Prrry. I thought, my Lord» t'hare InumM his hetldr
Ihrfh. Why, is he aoc With the Qoeen ? ^ [of yom
Wircy. No, my sodd Lord, he hath fbrfixA the courts* tmktn his ftaff oTofice, aad difpersM TlMe Hoafliold of the King,
Mrli^. What was his reafon f '
He was not fo reiblv'd, whea la(t wr f^^ake tDgetKer.
Feny. Vecaafe yoar lordfliip was psaclaimM traiQMKi Bat he, my Lord, is gone to kawnfpurgi. To ofFcr fervice to the DnKe of Hereford^ And fenl m o'er by Ba^kfy, to discover What Pdw*r the Ddce of nrihad lci7*d there r Thea with dire^Uoiu to nepair to Ravemf^jorg. .
North. Have you forgot the Dake of mnfifi^ boy ^^
Percy, ^kl9 my good LoihbI ; for that is not forgot. Which neVr I didremember ; to my knowledge,. I never in my life ^ look otihim.
JVtfr/&The» learn to know hldt now; this k the Dhke*-
Pir^p My gracious Lcurd, I lender yoa>my fervice,. Sach as it is, leing tender, raw, and yoong^. Whkhdder days fliall ripen and confirnir To more apptoved fervice and defert.
MbUng. 1 thank thee, gentle Pir^i; and^be fttre,^ J count myfelf in nothing elfe fo happy,. As in a foul remembring my good~ friends ; And as my fortune ripens with thy love. It (hall be (till thy true love's recompence. My heart this covenant makes, my hand thos ftals il*
North How far is it to Be^kliy? and what ftir Keeps good old Tork there with his men of war ?
Percys. There ftands the cadleby yond tuft of trees, Mann'dwiih three hundred men, as 1 have heard p And in irare-the Lords, Tifrk^ Barkley^ Seymour % None eiie of nam£, and hoble eftimate.
ig«/er Rofsaw^Willou^hby. Mrfj^. Here come the-Lordiol Ro/iasA WiVUu^,
Eng Richard IL ^
ftoody with ipiirruigy fery-red with hafte.
BeSag. Wetcoam, ny Lords ; 1 wot, yosrlove pttifi»^ A baniSiM tfaitor ; all my trcafoiy h yd bnt unfelt thanks, which, more enrichMt Swt be yottr lore a«d labow'i recompeace*
R^/s. Your prdoice makes as rich, moft noble Loitfw
ITiilU* A^ far furmoimts our labouf to attain it.
BoUmg, Evermore^ thank.s|— (th'cxc^qiiierof thtfjQOl) 'X'^hich, /till mv infimt fbrtone comes to years* Scaada for my bounty. Bat who aotf^^omcs bece ?'
fa/fr Barkley.
V^th. It is my Lo^ of Rarkltyt ^ I gvi^t.
BarL My Lord of Vert/M^ my lOeilage is to you«
Boling. liy Lord, toy answer is io Lofuafttr ; And I am come xo, fcel^ tE^t mme in Englamit And I muft^ iiid thai title in yc^ir tongue, Befoce Ij^afc^ to ought; you fay.
Jtfri. Miftake ||^e not, my Lord ; 'tis not my meaning To razfe one title of your honour out. To you, my Lord, Icome, ^wh^ Lprd yon wiU«) '
From the xnoft gloiious of this. lapd^ The Duke of /0ri, to know, what pricks you on To take advantage of tl^e abfcnt time,- And fright our nadve peace, with felf-bomarms^ -
Enter Y^fk.
Bolhg. I (hall not need tranfport my words by yoo. Here comes his Grace in perfon. Noble uncle! [Kneels.
Tork. Shew me thy humble heart, and not thy knee» Whofe duty is decetvable and falie.
Boli^» My gracious uncle I [uncle :-«
TorL Tut, tut I Grace me no Grace, nor uncle me np I am no traitor's uncle; and that word Grace, In an ungracious mouth, is but prophane. Why have thofe banifliM, and forbidden legs Dar'd once to touch a duft of England* s ground ? But more than,— why, why, have they dar'dto march ^ many miles upon her peaceful bofom, Vnghtwg ierpaU'fac^d villages vilVi v<w,
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j^ King R i c H A ft D IL
And oftentaiioo of defpifed arnrs ? Com^ thoiJU beoufe th' anointed Kine is Ilellce^ Why, foolifh boy, ihc King ii Jeft behind ; And in ray loyai bofom lies his powen Were 1 but uow tbe lord of fack hoc yotttb, Ai^hen brave Gatint^ thy fiuher, and myfetf Refcued tiie Black Prin€i^ that young Mars o( mttif. F.rotn forth the ranks of many thoofand Fnrnh ; Oh! then, how qaickly ihoald this arm of mine,. Now pf iioBcr to the paJfy» chaftife thee» And milliner corre^iOD to thy fault.
Bolhg, My |rracious uncle,, let me know my fault;; On whdt condition ftands it,, and wherein ?• -
Tcrk. fiv'n in condidon of the woril decree; In gruft reb^^lHon, and detefted treafon : Thou art a baniihM man, and here artcome. Before the e;(pirBtion cf thy time. In braving arms againft thy. Sovereign.
Bc/ing. A« Iwas bani(h*d, I was baniihM Hereford;: But as 1 ccme, I qomc for Lancajfer. And, noble unclr, 1 btfeech your Grace, Lcok on my wrongs with an indifitre nt eye ; You are my. iathtr; for, methfnks^ in you Ifee old GflKA/,ali«e. O then, my father !• Will yotf permit,.. th«t I iftall fland condemned A war>d*rir.g vagabond; my rights and royalties. PJuckt from my arms perforce, and giv'n away To upftart tintnrifts ? Wherefore was I born ? If that my coufin King be King of England^ It in u ft be granted, I am Duke of hawafter. You have a fon, Aumerie^ my noble kinfman : Had you firft dy'd, and he been thus trod down. He fhould have found his uncle Gaunt^a. father. To roua^e his wrongs, and chafe them to the bay* I.am dcny'd to (hew my livery here. And yet ir^y letters patents give me leave : My father's goods arc all diftrain'd and fold. And thefe, and all, are al! amifs imploy'd. What would you have me do ? I am a fubjefl. And challenge law : attorneys ar&deny'd me;.
And
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And therefore perfoQ$lIy I lay my claim
To mine inheritance of free defcent.
North. The noble jDuke hath been too orach abtts'd*. Ro/s. It ftands your Grace upon, to do him^right« Wilh. Bafe men by his endowments are made greaU Tork, My Lords of Englandy let me tell you this,,
I haVe' had feeling of my coafin's wrongs,
Anci labour'd all I could to do him right :
But, in this kirtd, to come in braving arms^
Be his own carver, and cut out his way.
To find out right with wrongs, it may not be j^
And you that do abet him in this kind,
Chenfti rebellion, and are rebels all. ^ortb. The noble Puke h^thfworix, his coming i*
But for his awn; and, for the right of ths^t.
We all have ftrongly fworn to give him aid ;
And let him ne'er fee joy, that breaks that oath. York* Well, well, I fee the iflue of thefe arms;^
I cannot mend it, I mull needs coxifefs,
Becaufe my powV is weak, and alHU left ;
But if I could, by him that gave me life,
I would attach you alt, and make you (loop
Unto the foyereiga ipercy of the King.
But fince I cannot, be it knowo^ to youp
I do remain as neuter. So, farewel.
Unlefs you pleafe to enter in the caftle.
And there repofe you for this night. . .
BoUng. An offer, uncle, that we will accept]^ \ \
But wc muft win your Grace to go with us
To BrififiUCqftte, wh^ch, they fay, is held ^
By Bufiyt Bagot^ and their complices ;
The caterpillars of the commpn-wealdi, "Whi^h I have fworn tp weed, ao.d pluck aw^y* Toriiy \t v^y l^e, I will go : but yet Til paujCe v
For I am loath to break our country's laws :
Nor friends, nor foes, to me welcome yon are ;
Xl^ga fail redrefs are now lyith zpe paft care. \^ExeunK
S C e N 8k,
42 King E I c K A. R D n.
SCEli E, \n fTaUs.
MmtiT Sali(bar]r» anJ a Caftaiu.
Cap. l[L/i V Lord of Sali^rj^ we ^ave ftaid ten irpt IVX And hardly kept our coantrymeo together^ And yet we hear no tidines from the King ; Therefore we will difpeHe oorfelvcs ; fgrewel.
Salt/. Stay yet another day, thoa trnfty Wikhmans The King repofeth all his tru^ tn thee.
Gt#, 'Tis uiooght, the King is dead : we will not ftay. The iMy-tFecs in onr country ail are witkerM» And neteors fright the fixed liars of heav'n ; The pale-fac'd moon looks bloody on the earth ; And lean-look'd prophets whifper fearfal change s Rich men look fad, sUid roRians dance and leap ; The ene, in ftar to lofe what they enjoy ; Th' other, in hope t'enjoy by rajM and war. Thefe figns forerun the death oflCings— - Farewel; oar country men are gbne and flcd» As well aiTur'd, Richard their King is dead. [ExU*
SaUf* Ah, kicbardt ah ! with eyes of heavy mind, Hiee thy g^ory, like a (hooting ftar, Fall tQ the bafe ear^ from the firmament : Thy fnn fets weeping in the lowly weft, Witnefiine ftorms to come, woe, and unreft : Thy frie»ds are fied to wait upon thy foes ; Abo» crofsly to thy good, all fortune £oe^ [S^^
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SCENE, BoEnghroi/s Camp ixBrifiJ.
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Enter Bolmgbroke, York,NorthDmberland» RoTs, Petcy, WiUoughbvi witbivL^y MudGtttn Prifiturj.
BOLINGBEOKl.
\ Ring forth theft men
Bufiy aod Green^ I wilt not vex yonrfents (Since prefently your fovit nuft part yoar bodies^ With too much nr^ng jronr pernicious lives ; For 'twere no chanty : yet to wafli your blood From off my hands, here, in the view of men, J will oofold fome cauies of your deaths. Ypo have mtf-led aPnnce, aroyal Kllrg» A happy Gentleman in blood and lineamests^ By you unhaj^pyM, and disfigured deaii. Yon have* in manner, with your finful hoort Made a divorce betwixt hif Queen and him ; Broke the poffeAon of a royaTbed, And ibdn'd the Beauty ef a fair Queen's cheeks With tears drawn from her eyes, with jronr foul wrongs* Myfelf, a Prince, by fortune of my btrth. Near to the King in blood, (and near in love^ Till you did make him mif-interpret me,) Have ftoopt my neck under vpur injuries ; And figh'd my Bn^LfohttiXVkiti foreign clouds. Eating the bitter bread of baaifhment : While you have fed upon my iigniories ; Dif-park'd my parks, and MN my forefl- woods ; From nrine own windows torn my houihold coat ; R4»*d om my imprefs ; kavine me no iign. Save me»» c^nioan and my living bfeod, ToAew the world I am a gettdeman. Thfsy 'and much more, much more than twice all this.
44 Kltig RfCHARD II,
Condemns yoa to the death. See them delivered T/xexeqution, and the hand of death.,
Bt^jt- McM^ weleofne is the ftroke^f i^th to mC^ Than Bolingbroke to Englan^.^^'^-^Lords, farewel.
Green, My coorff n is, thsic heav'u will take our fo«Is» And plague injufiice with the pains of hell.
Bohng, My Lord Nortbumherlmtdi fee them difpatch'd.. Uncle, you fay the Queen is at yourhoufe; For heav'fi^s fake,, fairly let her be intreated ; Tell her, I feijid to her my kind commends ; Take fpecial care, my greetings be dtlivcr'di
Tork, A gentleman of tniiie i iiave4ifpatch'd With letters of your love toJierat large. [way (ro)i
Baling, Thanks, gentle ancle :. come, py Lords, a^ Awhile tQ^workf and^ after» hojy-day^ [Exeimi*.
S e g N E chaug^toibecoaftof ^tf//i.
• Fhurifi: Drums and. Trumpets,
Mnier King Ricbard» A)V»erle^ Bijbcp tf Carliile, mni SMitrs.
K. £/V^. TljfrkUtigBfy'iaJib call yoa this at hand I
- J3 •^»«' Yea» my g^iod Lord; how bfooki. your Grace the aar, ^fter your toffin? on lite breaking feas i
'{lo) Thanks, gentU uncle I eeme, mf tordsi awr^,
Tc fighc with Clendiwer andhU Complicet,
ji whih /» wtrk, mad afitr h^»dg^,'\ '\ W tke iMcfa«^«t4 lane has taken poiiieiiaop oi aU the old c*pi€a» I have gnat fuificrop. of it& being an imerpolatioA } and have thcreft r« vtnuir^d tp throw it out. The iirft and thiid line rhyme to each •ther; nor, do I imagine, chts was cafial, btft imended by tbt Pot t. Were we to acknowledge the line gqr.vbie,. it muft argot the Poet ti fofuctfiBK' fiefs in h)& own plan ; asd ioottcntioo to UiMli^ of which he wat^ snoft cl)fetvjimr. BglinghrokM \%p at it were, jet hat juft ariiv'd: Ho ia now a< Brijlol^ weak in bis numbers \ hai^h^d no meeting wiib ■ pariiament j nor U Tq hx aVur*d.o£ the fucceiSoa, as to think of going to fupprefs iafutreaiona befoftlto is plasited ill ^ diwoe. Refioes, we find,, the oppofiiioalif Glmdniftf boghis thr^E^ port of K. Htnry IV ; anfl AUrtimprM dciou by that hasdj U^t^mm U^he tici^i^ Mt the feft fcenaaf that pX^y. Agf^iUj^^tho! Gmidtwetr in tho
fexy.
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King R t c « A R t> U. 45
K. X/V^. Needs mirft i like it well; I wsrplbr jojr To (land npoo my ktngdetn dnoe if tiii. Dear earth, t do falofie thee m%k Kiy hand, Though rebels wottod thee with their horfct hoofs : At a KHig-parted mother with her child •
t'lays f«ml4y with her tears, and (wiles in aieetingl So weeping, Atotling, ^reet 1 thee my eanh. And do th^ fa<ro«M' with ny foyal hands* Feed not<hy Sovereign's !be, my geade ea»th| i^or with thy iWeets coai^fert his raV'noos feaie t *
Bat let thy fpiders chat Tack np thy venooi) And heavy^gaited ;toadS| Ue in their way; Doing annoyance to thetfeacheroas feet. Which with ufurping fleps do tranvple theev Yield (lingHig netties to mine enemies; And, when t£ey &om thy bofom plack a Howeri Guard it, I pr'ythee, with a larking adder i Whofe double tongne may with a mortal touch Throw death upon thy Sovereign's enemies- Mock not nay fenielefs conjuration, Lords: *" This earth (hall have a feeling \ and tfaefe ftones Prove armed foldiers, ere her native Kia^ Shall faulter under foul rebellious arms. [Kiog^
BUhop, Fear not, my Lord; that pow'r, that madeyo^ Hatn pow'r to keep yoii King, in ^ighe of all. The means, tliar hearv'n yields, muft be emhrac'd. And not neglcfted ; elfe if heaven wouW, And we would not heav*n*s offer, we refufe TheprofFer'd meanSof fuccourand redrefs.
Aum. He means, my Lord) that we are too remiis % Whilfl BoHngbroke^ through our fecurity. Grows ilrpng^^and great, in. fubftance and in power.
K. Rich* Difeom for table coufin, know'fl thoa.aot^ That when the fearching eye of heav'n is hid Behind the globe, that lights the lower world; Then thieves and robbers range abroad unfeen. In mtirders, arid in outrage bloody here.
▼cry firft year of K. Vienjty IV, began to be trboblefome, put in for the ^uprenKcjr of J^/o, and imprifonM Mortimer i yrt it was not till the faccecdiag year, ih^ the King employ '4 any force a^ainft him. 3 But
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But when from under thit tendbiil btU He fires tbe jn^bnd tops of the eaftem pioety i^nd dart^ Jus Itght through ev^ry guilty hole ; The» mufders, treafonst aod detetled hns^ The cloak of mght beiag plnck'd from off their backjb^ Staad baicand naked* trembling at themielvei. So when thii thicf» thit traitor ^tfAv^Jrolf, Who all this while hath reveird in the nighe» Whilft we were wnnd'ring with th' Antipodal Shall fee us rifii^ in o«r throne^ the eaft ; ' His treaibns will fit blnfliing in his face^ Not able tm endure the fight of day ; Bttt, 'ielfaCnghted* tremble at his fin. Mm aU the water in the roagh rade fea ( 1 1) Can wafli the balm from an anoint<?4 Sang ;. The braadi of worldly men cannot dqpofe The Deputy ekded fay the Lord. For every man ^ztMingBroii hMih pieft. To lift fiiarn ftael againft our gold<»i crown, Heav'n for hhiUAard hath in heav'nly pay A glorioaaa^gri ; then if angels, fight, Weak'^nen muft faU, for heav'n ftiO guards the tight*
Enttr Salilbnry.
Ml^elcome, my Lord, ^w far off lies your power K
•Soli/' Nor near, npr farther ofiF, my gracious Lord, Than this weak arm : difcomfon^ guides my tongue. And bids me fpeak of nothing^t defpair : One dinr (too late, I itwr^, my noble Lord) Haih CKHiaed all thy Happy days on earth.
(it) fftit sll the «rster in the rough rudi Tea
Cam walk the balm frm sm aoointci Klnr ; ] Tint paiT^ge /eeoif S» W paroiici, if not facer M at, in l\m Nohk OtMthman, by Btauimni tiAFkttber* Moafieur Msrim is perfuaiied to qoit a counttj Itfcy aiid come up to coon. When there, his wife and her accomplicu laake him believe that the King hat created him a Duke. Upon fait not behaving to their ratndt, they unduke h«m ; but he, not mUiof to refiga hit aew grandeur, argues thot upon it.
Thi Kmg cammi tah hack what hi hat pv*nf
Unlefi iforftit U by courfi cf law :
Not all the water in the river Sehn
Cui waih the blood oul o( tett ^i\aj«;V| n«k!CA%
King R I CH 4.R D 11. 4f
Oht call back yefterday. bid time fCtoni» And thoB ihalt have twelTt tbovfasd fightjn^ met. To-day, to<*day, — unhappy dav» too late O'ierthrows thy joys, friends, /ortane, and tby ftatf. For all the Wdfiimen. hearing thoo wertdead» Are gone to Mimg^ke, dif|ml aod fltd. jfum. Comfort^ my Lieee,why looks yonr Otacelbpikf K. Rich. Bot now the blood of twenttr thooiand WUM Did triumph in my facc» and they are fled. And till (6 moch blood thither come again. Have 1 not reafon to look pale, and dead f All fools, that will be fafe, ily from my fide ; For time hath fet a blot upon tny pride^
jfrnm. Comfort, my Liege, remember, who yon alib K. J?/Vi&. I had fergoc myfelf : am I not Kingi Awake, thoa coward Majefty, thou ileepcft *: Is not the King!s name forty thouiand names ? Arm, arm, my name ; a puny fubjeft fhiket Ac thy |reat glory. Look not to the ground. Ye fav'ntes of a ^tng ! are we not high i High be our tbougfhts. 1 know, my uncle ^rk Hiuh pow'r to ferve tmt turn, fiat -wJio comes heref
£itf^ Scroop.
Scrnof. Moreheakh and happine6 befide my laege. Than can my care^MiiifM tongue ddivtr him 1
K. Rich. Mine ear if^^en, and my heart prefotf'd: Th^ worfl is worldly Idfii'^thou canft unfold. Say^ is my kin|[d9m loft ? why, \was ny cart : And what lofs is it, to be rid tk carti Strives BoUnghroU to be .as great as we? Oreater he mail not be ; if he ferre God, We'll ierve him too, and be his fellow To. Revolt our fnbjeds ? that we cannot mend ; They break their faith to God as well as tts. Cry, woe, deftrudiion, ruin, lofs, decay ; The worftis death, and death will have -his day*
Scroop. Glad am I, that your Highnefs is foarm*d To bear the tidines of calamity. Like an onfeafonabJe Horwy day«
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Which loakes the filvet' livera dcovv^n their i(We^« As if the world were all di/Tolv'd to teart j So high above his limits fwclls the rage Of BdiHghrcke^ cfovVitag your fearful land With hard bri£ht fteel, and hearts more hard than ^^; , White bc;ardi have arm'd their thin and hairtefs fcalpl Againfl thy Majedy ; boys with womens voices '€trive to fpeak big* and cla(^ their female joints In ftifF unwieldy arms^ againfl thy crown \ Thy very beadfmen learn to bend their bows tDf dduMe fatal ewe, againft thy ftate : Yea, diRafF- women manage ruAy bilh, Againft thy feat both young and old rebel, ' And all goes worfe than I have pow'r to tell.
K. Rich. Too wdU too well, thou tell'ft a tale Jlo ill. Where k the Earl of tFUtJbire? where is he got (it) ? What is become j©f Bu/hy / where is i^reen P That they have let the dangerous enemy ^eaAire'ounconfin^ with mch peaceful fteps ? If we prevaiU their heads fhall pay for it. IfW.arrant, they've made peace with Bolmgiroh.
Scroop, Peace they have made with him^ indeed, my Lord« K.Rich. O Villains,viper8, dainti'd without redemptionj Dogs, eafily woa to fawn on any man ; Snakes in my heart-blood warm'd, that ifting my heartj .Three Jud^^y each one thrkte ^orie than Julias f
(12) Where is the Marl of Willfliire ^ where ^ Bagot ?
^bat ft become of Bufty ? ^ere is Green ?] Here are ^«J* ief thetn narred; and, within avcry few lines, the King, faeariog they had made (heir ^ace with B^Ungbrokty calls them THSEk '^uias^s. But how was their peace made ? Why, with the iofe of their heads. This hems explain'd, jiumerle fays, Ik Btifliy, Greeny vnd tb^ Earl oj^ Wiltfliire dead f So that Bagot ought to be left out tof the queftion: and, indeed, he had made the beft of his way for Cbeftert and from thence had efeap'd into Ireland. And fo we fiai bim, inthe Id aA, determiniitg to do.
Bag^ot. i^o t ril to Irclatnd to bis Majefy, The Poet could not be guilty of To much forgethiJaefs a&d abfurdity* The tranfctibers mud have blonder'd* Ic feems probable to me that he wrote, as I have conjeQurally alter*d the tet'.
^ere is the Eanl pf W»k(hit« ? ^b«r« h he got ? /. f^ JatQ whit cotuct of ©y doivVia<jAsv%\ktjlunV^ wAdbjcwiti?
Woald they inakA^p«i«j?tdW6W heH ijrrtfeVir Upon their fpdttSW^'fatiti fbj- ihls^iffSAtt !
Scroop. Sw^loVt^; Ife^, chartg;hJg hft pfopcrfy, Toras-t^th^foiufVeffiaiid nfdfl deadly hitei Again uncarfe ^hd^Todfs i theh- peiteeis Wid'c' MlfWhc^d«{ «t*d^With*hiahtJi : ih6fe; whbh^yodcurfci' HaVe felt the wortfbffli^atht^ dc'fttbyitog hand, ' And lye fgW 'lo#v gravM i n^ Uiifcr hbMbt^ eTonnd. * >/i^«n U'Bi/fy, aret/naitd'th*'Eirlofmi/jifire digi f * Scroop. Ypa, all of ^ih*rtrar^//?(>/ fell 'their hciids. ^«w« Where is thit^iilrtTny'fethbr; with bis power ? K. ^/Vi^. Nb tnYittttS^rhtt^i of Tbirtfdftho man fpciikv Let's taH;V)f 'gnlV^j^ir-of^b/rtiSiJ antf (Jpifaplis, Make duft'loui' papttr,' and witii rafiiycyes ^Vritc forrow on thcHidfbm of tht eatth J Let'0chi!(b*btetttor^/ and folk of wilh V ^nd yet notfo*^ ■■"■' •fbf What cah we bequeath, Save our depofed bodies to 'thd'grbllnd ? Dor lands, our lives, zvi^^'^rt'BoJinghoh^i, \nd nothlilg tran'we'talFbur'ovPii, but death; ^nd thatfmallfhod^Wthfc'ba/^f^neatth,^ Which -fenres as pafhrlitid coVefto ouhbohe^. Per hcav'ns fake, leius fjf'upOfl[the gi'dUnd,* And tell fad ^orjes of ihe'd^tfth'oPKIrigs • How fome havebetefl'depos'd, fdhi& flai^n in war : Some haunted by the •ghof!^'^ they dJfpoflers^d: Sonie poiitm*d by thidt wive^, f6m6' fleepi!i|4ciird» All murder'd.— — FOrwithhx the hoIlo\V Crown, That rounds the mortal tcftiples of a King, Keeps death hiscoutt'i antt therfeithe^ntick iGu Scoffing his (!ate, and grinning athispbinp • Allowing Jiin^ a breath; a little fcene Tomonarehke,^ be'feat'd, and kiIl'widi1o6ks I [tSfiJfing hira with fdf aod vain conceit, ^
As if this fle{h, whifch walls about otir'liffe. Were brafif^impre^frfabhE? : and, humo\j|''ilihas» Comes at th^ laft, and with a little pin Bores through his x:all!<!- walls, and farewel King 1 Cover yo ar headsv and- m ock ' not Hefh and blood
With foleuiiiitfrcfwce^ throivaway^efBta; Vi^L.IV. C / ^ ' ti^Xv<x^,
50 King RiCttARD IL
Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty. For you have but miftook roe all this while : I li V e OD bread* like yoa» feel want like you, Tailt grief, need friends, like you: fubjefled thus, How can you fay to me, I am a Kinff ?
Ciiri My lx)rd, wife men ne'er wau their preient wocsj Bnt preicntly prevent the Ways to wail : To fear the foe, fmcc fear oppreiTeth ftrength, ^
Giv€s, in your weaknefs, ftrength Unto your foe ; And fo your fogies fight againil youifelf. Fear, and be (lain ; no worfe can come from fight ; <And fght and die, is death deftroying death : Where fearing, dying, pays death fervile breath.
/urn. My father hath a pow'r, enquire of him. And learn u make a body of a limb.
lL,Rich T h ou chid ' ft me well : proud BQiingiroie^ Immfi To change blows with thee, for our day of^doom ; This ague-fit of fear is over-blown; An eafy taik it is to win our own. Say, Scroop, where lies our uncle with his power ? Speak fwvefetly, n^an, although thy looks be fower. Scroop. Men judge by the complexion of the fky The ftate and inclination of the day ; So may you,' by my dull and heavy eye. My tongue hath but a heavier tale to fay. I play the torturer, by Imcill and fmall To lengthen Out the worft, thatmuft be fpokeh. Your uiiclf Tork is joir^M with Bolingbrokd And all your northern"caitles yielded up. And all yoyr foiithem gentlemen in arms Upon hip iadlion.
K. Rich, Thau h^ft faid enough. Beihrew thee, coufin,- which didft lead me forth
[Ti? Aumerlc. Of that fweet.way I was in to defpair. What fay you now ? what comfort have we now ? By heav*n; Til hate him everlaftingly, That bids m^. be of comfort any mv>re. , Go to Fli fit caftle, there I'll pine away : A King, woe's flave, ftiall kingly woe obey :
King R I en A a D nf Ji
TThat pow'r I have, difcharge; and let *em go To car the land, that hath fome hope to grow : For I have none. Let no man fpeak again To alter thi9> for cotinfel is but vain.
Aum. My liege, one word. ^
K. Rich, He does me double wrong. That wounds me with ihe flatt'ries of his tongue^ Difchajrge my folPwers : let them iience, away, From Richard^s night to Biilinghnki*^ fair day, [Exeunt^
SCENE Bolingbroke's Camp, near Flint.
Et^er luitb drum and colours ^ Bolingbroke, York, Nor» thumberland, «iir//^7//<ff^a/!r//.
Soling. Q O that by this intelligence we learn,
i3 The Weljhmen are diipers'd ; and ia^/bury Is gik« to meet the King, who lately landed With fome few private friends upon this coaft.
North: T\it riews is very fair and ^d, my Lordf Richard, nor far from hence, hath hid his head.
T^k. It would befeem the Lord Northumberland^ To fay. King Richard. Ah, die heavy day. When fuch a facred King fliould hide his head !
North. Your Grace midiakes me; only to be brie^ Left I his title out. ^
2^(?ri. The time liath been. Would you have been fo brief witiK him, he would Have been fo brief with you, to fhorten you. For taking fo the head, the whole head's length.
Boling. Miftakenot, uncle, farther than yoQ fhould.
York. Take not, good coufin, farther than you (hould, Left you miftake, ; the heav'ns are o'er your head.
Boling. I know it, uncle, nor oppofe myfelf Agaiuft their will. But who comes here ?
Enter Tetcy.
Vf'elcome, Harrys what, will not this caftle yield ?
Percy. The caftle royally is mann'd, my Lord, Againft your entrance.
Boling, Royally? why, it contains no King? '
C 2 Percy.
5«, I^lfgb? ifeHAAixlli
It doth contain a l^^ig^ K|Og /Cif^^^/, Jy,<A, . Within tlie'lii^ui^^T.yg^^l^ And with hina Lord^^JuinfrJifXpf^A^Jifrj^^ Sir Stephen Serccp^ beiides a cl^^i^s^. Of holy reverence ; is^ f 'C^nn9ti!«gl». iV^^r/i&^^Bclike^ it is.thf >ift<Ji#C.C«'-yifoL ^.%. Nobfe W^; ^^ I^i^itttL
Go to .jhfc rude^ ril^ p'tt^aadc^ f%&i§^ l^fough brazen trumpet ifend the breath of parle Into his ruin'dj:arf,aii^ thifid^Uwri , ^^
fl5r«ry of Bolinghreke up9n his kn^ es I^BitK kcifsJKing'"iftyV^4rA nandy and fends allegiance And faith of heart unto bis royal perion : ' Ev'n at his/fetj )ay^TOJMriW.ani|)Qw'rr ProjiJldi^tHa^ .
Andlands reM^t^g^AOft be Jre^y.granted t *
If npt, riliui!fi^fe,UdifWltagfiuofA3ny,paiv'r, And lajut^e^itunij^i^'j^ id,w<wttl^ /honors, of bloed,^ Rai|i*dTro|^hftjfi^CAW4fl-iof fi^htiU^A^Etig/tJIbmep. The whjycji^ h9;iy^f;y:vpff Afim^^lhfi^^ of BpUitgHroU ^ It is, fuch cr^o^.t€»IMlft Awjld.ibedrench,^ The freihsgreeg Jap^f ,/4U-Ktttg^i2iBi&^<:/'»4and, My iloqp^^g if}p^.^t«n^fifilyiibaU}fh^^ ""^ ^
Go lignify'as much, while here we march Upon the graiTy carpet of t|kk plaiiL;, Let's ni^ri^^^thfH^t Ihe^noife of thteat'ning idnujn^ That from thi&,ca(il«*s ^aucj^d battlements "^ Our fair ap|)oin|;.ni^iit8 jnay be.we|lperus*d* Methinks, King .^^^^nr^/.and myf^t ihould mcct^. With n6ief^^errpjf.th^o,th^.jelement^ Oif fire and w^tcr^ whfio.thrirthund*n>g ihocfc(i3). At meetlngi tears th^ cloudy .cheeks of £eav'n :
(13) -f toben thelr^ *bunJ*ring fmoak,
j9t meeting, /Mf 1, 't}>e clou^ cheeks of beav*n i] Thii if th^. firft tiin.e> I be'ieve, we ever heard ''of 'ii't'bund*riog/maakt 1* ncter conceived any thiag_of,a oiotf -filciit^nature. 'Am. thii i» i neflrM^ of>S^ wile editors J who iniagine, I prcfupj^,. thai. th«L.fepwt '»nC thundering ojf a cannon procfiijd. fro« the fmak^ ^ndjiQt /rqi^the Mijloiion of t&e />0ttf/rr, ' I Ixave^ rehot*d the 'reading of the elder
King R'lcft'AhiD H, 53
fe he the fire, ril1)eiffie'y!«^l<irn^ wster : The rage be "his, Whilcf^on'tfhe earth I rata * ^y waters ; 6n ttie'lSSlWh, VAcT not 6n him. March on, and'mttHc Ki^g RicB^d howlielSbks.
^arb nrntboutt and iS^j^r'wtbin ^ thin aflaurifi* £«f#rr' Qu the walls ^tng llchard, tl^ Bifilff tf Ctrlifle, A^omerle, Scroop, tf^i^ Saliibury.
)ee I fee! King i?r^r^ doth hhnfelf appdifi k% doth thebrafhlttg^difbohtetitedfaDi ?rom ottt the fiery ^irtal -of "theeaft, l^hen he pen:eive»,.*the«ti^oot*dotidrait^tMit Fo dim his^M^kfry ;-afid'to1lain4Keitftta DC'lils brSgHVpaffige'tb'die'ocefiitet.
Tork. Yet looks he4tke^aKiilg: %ehoId ICU e?e» /^ IMght asis the MgleV, -I^ht6li»f9rth. Qoatrolling Majefty ; 'alicfc, for woe. That any harm (hottld'ftain fo felr a fluhv I
K. Rich. W«'a#e itoaz/d, md chtSsldftg hlfire Weftor^ To watch the fefarAil bend^o^ of thy kH^tffc, [fV Norrh. BecaQfe #e thottshroor felf thy ImhllU^; And^ iff we be, hOW>dkVethy jciiiif»^fbr)^t To pay their svWftiHifc^o oait^^iMft^e ? If we be not,, -ft^w ns the hand tff X3M. That hath difmHsM >3s fhim oop 'it^^tmtifi For well "we know, no hand of' Ubod and D^ne Gan eripe thelbeHA^h^ndte'df bdrlcS^^Sr^ Unlets he do pHttMe^ %^l^ % olarfi^ ^ ^d thoiigh you -think, . t^at aU, asyoa hs#c d6ne^ Have torn ^ir fDolty 'byltirMog them ffdfli 'tti^ And we are barren, and b«¥eftm Wieals:
*frteuTl^nng fn.nis* clouds in our behtrf , 'i&inies of peflilence j atad they (hall ftfiklr
^iimb/^fii^'v'^ts ifi theiluV»ntt2M'Sir\lVi^ 'So ifdata tit •
WrUch like the mc^drs of jr |gro«^'^h€if *% . All of one Altaic, of. one tbb^iinpe bcetf,
C 3 Twa*
54 King R I € H A R D IL
Your children yet nnborn, and nnbegoc, , That lift your vafTal hands againft my head» And threat the glory of my precious crown. ^
^t\\ Boiingtroh, (foryond» methinks, he is) if
That every firide he makes upon my land m
Is dangerous treafon. He is co^e to ope ' iia
The purple tcftamcnt of bleediAg war : \
But ere the crown, he locks for, live in peace (14), lii Ten thoufand bloody crowns of mothers fons L
Shall ill become the flow'r of England^i face : 3:^
Change the complexion of her maid-pale peace i&
To fcarlec indignation ; and bedew . 11
Her pailure's grafs with faithful Et^iifi blood. k:
North. The King of heav'n forbid, our Lord the King e Should fo with civil and uncivil arms k
Be rufh'd upon ! no, thy thrice-noble couiin, b
Barry of BoUngbroket doth kifs thy hand, !■
And by the honourable tomb hefwears, ^
That ilands upon your royal grandfire's bones. And by the royalties of both your bloods, (Currents, thatfpring from one moft gracious head) And by the bury'd hand of warlike Gtf«r»/, ' And by the worth and honour of himielfy Comprifing all that may be fworn, or faid, His coming hither hath no further fcope,
(14) But ier the erewn^ he looks fort live inpeMCi, 7>» thoufand kloody crowns of mothers fous Sbali illbeiom rht flow*r of Zn^9a6U/die n Tho* I httt
not cii^orbed the text lyere, ] cannot bat think it liable to fufpicion.
A crown Uiir^ ia peace, as Mr. IVarhurtw juftly obfierved toae,
it t very odd phraf^. He fup pofet j
Bvt-eVr the crown he looks for, Rght in peace,
i. t. defcend and fettle upon BoHnibroke'$\tzA in peace —AgaiOy
I have a fmal} qvarrel to the third line quoted. Would the Poet fay,
that bloody aowai ihould disfigure the ftom*rs that fpring on the
ground, and bedew the grafs with bloop ? Sorely, the two imaget
-aretoo firailar. Ihare'fufpeded,
Shall ill become the foor of ZngUu^z face \
I. #. Shall make t diftnal fpeAadc on the furface of ^e kiflgdom*s
cartht So, \m, the 'Merchant of Venice, '
> ■ Look how the floor of heaven
is thick inlajM vlth ^nxxtiM 4( Vu^\ ^jAilx
King Rich a'r d II. 55
for his lineal rojrtltiesy and to beg
icbifement immediate on his knees :
1 on thy royal party granted once,
ittVing arms he will commend to rud;
irbed Seeds to ftables ; nnd his heart ^
ith/iil fervice of jroar M^j^fty- fwears he, as he is a Prince, is jud ; is I am a Gentleman^ I credit hira. Rich, Northumbirlaniij fay, thus the King ret arns ; oble confin is right- welcome hither, ill the number of his fair demands be accompliih'd withoat con tradition, all the gracious utterance thou hafl, L to his gentle hearing kind commends. o deba(e ourfelf, couln, do we not, [To Jam*
»ok fo poorly, and to fpeak fo fair ? we call back Northumbtrland^ and fend nee to the traitor, and {o die I m. Np, good my Lord, let's fight with gentle words, ime lend friends, and friends their helpful fwonis. Rich, Oh God, O God! that e'er this tongue of mioc^ laid' the fentence of dread banifhment ond pioud man, fhoald take it off again words of footh : oh, that I were as great my grief, or lefler than my name I lat I could forget what I have been, ot remember what I muft be now I I'ft thou, proud heart ? HI give thee fcope to beatr ! foes have fcope to beat both thee and me. m, Northumberland comes back from Bolinghroke, Rich What mud the King do now? rauft he fubmit f King fliall do it : mud he be deposed ? King diall be contented : mud he lofe name of King ? o'God^s name^ let it gOk ;ive my jewels for a fet of beads ; *
rorgeous palace, for a hermitage ; ?ay apparel, for an alms-man's gown ; igur'd goblets, for a di(h of wood ; cepter, for a palmer's walking ft^ff ; ^ .
irii/e<^> i&r a pair of carved feints V
C 4 Kxvi.
5.6 Kfng ^R i.,c^HArR^ ^I.
And ray large kin^dcup, hr .iJif||e gr^y^;
A little, little grave ;— r-r-an pbi^ure^rive.
Or ril be bury'd in tlje'Kjng*8 higliAyay (i j) J
Some way ot common tread, ,where;r^b[^s j^el
May hourly trample on their Sgii^i^^i^p's ^j^a :
Jor on my heart they |read;pow, wJiijft ?Jivc|;
And, boryMoiic;e».why not ^poniny headi— r—
Jtimerle, thouWeep'ft; (my lender- hearted^CjQiiifin!}
,Wc*n jnak? .foul weather with defpifed, \czis ;
Our figlis, and thev^ ^all lodgetbe fommer ^orn^
And make a dearth in this xcivolti^^ Ja^dk
Or Aiall wc^lay the wantons ;with(^Qi9r:iVQe5,
And make lome pretty, match, Vith_Qi^dlin^.|qa|-s ?.
As thus, to drop them ilill^u^on one pjg(^c>
TiU th^ have Iretied u^ a SL^r jof mv^s
Within the earth ; ^nd th^rep }^d» there J[y^s
Two kinfm^n, ^dljg^'d their ^grjayfs^itjh y^m^g!fyti ^
Would not this ilfdo w^ll f yit% well,;Xj(^c
r (alk but idlely, ai^d yqu jac^k at. me.
Mofi mighty Prince, . my Lorf NortJ^gi^/^fif^
What %s YL\vi%:Bp!:tfgtrcie? wU^|iiB.]i4aiefty
Give J?;VAtfryieavc,t6 l}v^, till^/>^^f/4ic « '
Ynu make a leg, .^n6.Bc{tngfifchJaySt <^.
Kwib^ ?^y Lord, in ^hel?afej:puri;"he^dpth jKtend To peak with you, may*t^l^|ife,yop to crme down*
K. Ruh^ D wn7 do^^n Lcpinc; Ijkcjglift'jrwjjg,^^^^ Watiting ihe maiii'jge of ^Mi^ruly Jjidj^. la the bsiiMPMrt ? bafc Cf^Vft, .Whcrc^ings^jv^l^rc, To come at,tr,aitdrs ^alls, jind ()o |l}em.^^raCe. In t|]« |)afc court coro«idown?,4.Qwn, po^rt ;^oviaJj *King ; P«»".night-owls (hriek, >vhere4po5jp]j^^]a5jM^ui4 fi^g.
a^pearr^ Mt.HCarhurten,^i4rrBijLj^, >nd'1,^3l).conctfrred infp^^- iai| it, isd in the amemlincfit whl^b jmw f •fiiflf s tk« ttsc j
Some way of cqsamaaini^.rvr- I. t. ahighroid. J^ fiAi>i9JfW»Wffli«*^yiJ , ,
For on my |ieii>rt th^j t^ aoy, . w Wc • I Uje ; Ana we kr.Dw how much .it,iB^^W;^«rtf> wfy,t«^iyerfij(y -the ima|e with the |lm^ wc^d, tt^
I
KJhg ^ixiflA A D It; ^7
^. S}i¥«W, aiidMef dfli^t,
himfpeak fondly, B&e'S l»iiiickitfyi{. .
he coinc.
tg. Stand all apart,
ew fair d utv to his MaJOT^. .
icioQs Ldro^^^** . t<M^'^»
ke the bafe ^rtti^cid vukh iLmnk il. her had, ^h^rt^ voalr ioVe^ .
ny unpleas'a eye lice your VduireiV. mfioy op; yourftcartis op» I ftnoW. .
Ifae myiti Ihall defeRe vbuf love.
liil^. Well.yott f^tirv%: thejr well detervl Hd^irt, .
aow the ftrong^n an^ ^5^ ^^X ^^ ^*'
give aiejrdnrh and: iiav, j^yo'^f V^»
(faewtthnfove, bat want tiiei^r renTeaTeB. *
, I am too young to be your father,
hfdndH m tmiH k^ be ti^ Mt.
roo wHl hai^e. . ^11: «jW» ^^ *fltiixg ibo; ;
we inaft, what icfra will nave os do.
towards Lomhm. Coafin, ii xc^fo ?
2r.¥cfit, irf]fg6otfctJrd.
!/Vi6. Then I niiift not %, NS. • [FhurlJh^E^iimii'
£ N £, a Gardelif io .the Que^'^ Court. .
EntiT ^een ami t<aJS tidithk ^
rljjTRMt ftbrC fhrfll we devifc here in tWsgardeir^- ,
inf. T6 dyrVi ^wiy the Relyy QWirglit of cafe I t
r MiadaSiy we^n play at bbwls. .
I. *Twill jnafce^me tinnlc, the world isfuilof rubi^ ,
at my fortune runs agalnft the bias,
. Madami we'll dancd. '
»• My legs can Mif no HieaffirS in delij^ht, ,
DBy poor niart no mearuVe ke^ps.ro gri^f./
C^ , Thcrcfot^^^
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58 King Richard IC
Therefore no dandpg, girl ; Tone other fporU
La^y, MadaniA we'll cell tales.
i^#». Of fi>rrow» or of joy f
£tf^. Of either. Madam.. ' .
^uitn. Of neither, girk ^ 1^
For if of joy, being ^together wanting^ It doth remember me the. more of ibrrow : Or if of griefs being altogether bad»; It adds more forrow to my want of joy^ For what ' I have, I need not to repeat:: And what I want, it boots, not to complahu
Lady. Madam» V\\ fing.
\^een. 'Tis well, that choa haA cauft : But thou ihould^ft pleafe me better, woiild'ft.tho«.weq^
Laiff. I could weep. Madam, would it do yon good*
^en. And I could weep, would weeping 06 ine goo<^ ^wnfSftt borrow any tear of thee, lot ftay , here come the Gardiners. ,
Let's ftep in^o the fhadow of thefe trees:— —^ My wretQhednefs unto a. row of pins (16),,
(t6) My wretcbednef%.(mttyt\tha rtmtf piflei^] This is metrly, I prefum^, tx Catbidra Poplana : for I can find no authority for ir,. any mort than any fenfe in it. Mr. Rowe** editions, indeed, havik it}
My wretchcdneli Mia» a tow of fines* But this, again, is wrong; and we muft read with the old. book^«
*— WU9 a rno,if pins,. So Bamkf fayi ;
I iralue not my life at a pin'% fee«.
^-«i-Oh, were it but my life,
IM throw ic down for yotir deliveraoce . As frankly as a fin» Mtaf, for Mtsf,
The Queen here it flaking her affliAiorta to the moft inconfideiaUc (rifle the can think of, that the gardiners will talk of ft»ce>afiidrt« The alioiion of a row pfpln$^ *ti8 trqe, is mean and ridicnlout enoogh 10 con/cience ; but thefe difproportionM wagers may be juftified by a number of parallel io(!ancei.
m lay my head to any good nian*s bat* Love*s. Lab. Lof^ An<| again
My bat to an balfpenny. Ibid*.
My dukfdom to a beggarly denisr, Richard HI.
80 Fer'd, a contemporary Pott with out author, in hULove^s Sacrificf^
By
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KjJhg R i c H A r' D TL 55
•The^ll talk 6f ftate ; for every ouc . ' AgaXvk^ a change ; iMpe is fore run v th ^ot-
[ ^een and Ladies » . . 're .
Gard, Go» bind tfiou up yond dangling apricocks,, Which^ like unruly diiJMren, make their fire Stoop with oppreffibn of thei- pro-figal \veight : ^ive/ome fupportance to the ben n^ twigs* Go tboo^ and, like an executioner. Cut off the heads of too-faft-gro»ving fprays*. ..% That look too lofty in oar common-wealth : Ail' mud be even in our ^vernment. You thus employed, I will go root away The noifome weeds, that without profit fuck The foil's fertility ftom wholfome flowers.
' Sefv* Why ihould we, in th e compafs of a palCr t . Keep.law>». and-fbr^, and dae proportion,. Shewing, as^in a model, our firm itatc ? When our (ba- walled garden^ (th&wbole land,) Is full of weeds, lier faireft flowers choak'd up, '
Her ^oit-trees airnnprun'd, her hedges ruin'd,. 4
Her knots diforderM, and her wholfome herbs Swarming with caterpilliars f y
Gard. Hold thy peace. He, that hath fufPer'd thirdiforder*d Aring,. Hath nW hiinfeif met with the fall or leaf: The weeds, that his broad-l][^reading leaves did ffielter^ (That (eem'd, in eating him, to hold him up ;) Are puird up, root and all, by Bolingbroki ;, Imean^ the Earl of J^/Zj/Wr^ Bttjhji^ Green*-
Serui. Whatj are they dead? ^GiuuLThejfVe,' And A'//>^^i'i(< hath feiz'd the wafteful Sangi
' Bfthit Rght, '»
Fif pledge mfiiyeX^dnfla ufelefi nikU Aitd again in Che famsplajr^ • %
^T^ a ,M/kif <o 1^ dozen lof pmM, &c; But examples of ^h^s fort' are fa numerous, thai I would be bounds with mat eafe toifuratih five h<imlred«
e 6 What:
^ Ki?g ^ f 9 «[ # H D Jt
Wlitt pity is't, ihat he had not fo trimm'd And drefl ^ l^, #^ |vip ibh^i»f^^A[^ And^RTOund t^yc ^fiik, thej^in^ of our fy\^t^^s^%^ Left, being oyer jproud wit^h fyp yui blopd^ With too much riches it confound Icfelf $ Had IvB done fo to^re^t ^n^ gTP^vipff ipeaj They mi^ht have hvM to bear, ^uid'ne to tafle Their fruit^s of duty. All fop^r|luous brancW We lop away^ thj^t bearing qioa6;hs m^y Hve : Had he done lb, himfelf fi^d borne the crown^ Which wafte jind |dle hours have duit^ thrown 4owo.
Sir*u, What Vjiink you thpn^ iheKinjr fha}! jbedepps'd?
GgrJ, Depreil he is alltady^ apffdi^pos'd, •Tis doubted, h^ \yiil jbe. Letters laft night Came to a dear /riend of j(he Dul^e of 7(7r>(^ That tell black .tidings.
5«f<^. pji, J aiRp/eftto^eaA, t*rp^w^ Thou' Jdam*sl\kQj^tts^ (et to clr^fs this garden/ How dares thy tpiigue fpu^^ this ^t|npleafing news ? What Eye^ wh^f (frpept,hath'',fpggdte^ thee. To make a feco^id fjail of ci^ffj^d m^ri ? ' Why doft thou %, 'King Rifkard is 4c|)0sM f Dar'ft thoM, (thou little he t{jer thing than e^rth,) Divine his downfal ? fay^ ^here, when, and how Cam'ft thou Hy thefeill tidings ? /peak, thpu wretehf
Gard* Pardon^i^e, .I^d^i)|i. JLiftle jay have I To breathe tbjpfe ipfSys T y?t,' what I fav, is uuc } . KipgfiieJlfard^ he is in the xp jghty i;'o|&
6f jBolingbroi^ei their fortunes ])oTh are wdgh'd y In your Lord*s fcale is nothii^ but himfelf| And fome few yaiiities th&t m?k^ \(\xs^ iight: But in the balance of gre^i^ BoHn^brckti Se&dcs himfclf are all the Englip Pters, And with that o^^ hf weighs ^^S ^'^^^^^ down* ^oft you to London^ and yoti'll fina it lib ; I fpegk no more, than every ^^ jl(jth know*
^een. Nimble mi&hance* dt^al S^t ^ %hl (>f foot. Doth not thy embafTage belong to (ne? And an^ I laft, that know it ? 6h, thou thkik^ft 5roit/Ke me laft, that I m^a^ i^nj,^^ kv^
King RicfiAJLD IL €^
Thjr fonow in my breaft. Come» Ladiei, go^ To jaeet, at Lfnifti, Lmidoifs Xing ia woe. What, was I born to this ! that my fad look Should grace thetrlumph of great BoUngbroiii Gardiner, for telUng me ihete news of woe,. Iwoold, the plants, thougraft'ft, may nerer grow.
Card. PoorQveen^ fo that thy ftatemight beno worft^ I wotild my idll were fvbjea to tby cnrfe. Heae did flie drop a tear ; here, in this place, jm £rt a hnk of roe, fow*r herhof gract (17)^ Rue, e? ^a for rath, here ihortly ihail be feen. In the temen^brance of a weeping Queen.
\Ex. Card, aadStryk
(17) TBfttM hmk tf nit* fow'r ^trk •flgf't^i] Ovr fHH bat Hi •thcr paflaget, not wit^r fomt i«|ier|kiuon, hiaUd »t tm hif^lhi forvAaqneoiF ktrh 4^ gr^ct* $0| i» his U^tMltri Tsk^
— ^RetefciHl fin. For jtPA there's roibnary and Rm, theft keep Seeming and favour ail the winter longi ^rg€$ ajpd raneaiibf aace Ic aato ytu both 1
There's r«# for you, and here*i fome for mt. We may call it h»h ^ igruci o* Saodaji | yon may wear yottr rue witk a difference. Mutf I prefume, mi^t have obttta*d tbia tMitkn of reveience,*ftNr that it has been c^ipUyV la fi>me countries as an alesipbarmie potenft agalnft peftilence. And as to its general efficacy againft poiibns* JJUom^ if we ftiay believe him, tells os s that the weefel eats of It, to prevent • tl^ injury of a ferpent*s bite. But whit contributed to i's fuppos*d 4bn<Hty, I goeft, it, tbot it was always one of the hallow'd ingredi* cnis ofed in the preparatiost by esoscila to eipel devUa. Attiigms ia his Thgittum lVri^aip% {fiini t^^flhjtt btokf # tbac Am^) im '^ fofficient aiithotiuct*
€x King R I c R A k ET IL
I
ACT l\r.
lEhler, arto the Pwdumnmt'9 Bolin^iolie, Aomerfe, Nbr^ thumber1and,.Feicy, Fiizwatery Sorry, Bifiiop tf QwC' liile. Abhot ff/WeOmiofter, UtPaldrpfica^ and Bagot.
B*o L 1 N c F It o ic e; V
CA.L L Bagoti forth ; Now freely fpcak thy mind. What thou doft know of no1>le GUfter*l deaths Who wrought it with the King, and* whoperfbrm'd fphc bkiody ofike of his timelefs end.
Bagot. Then fct before my fkce the Lord' Aumirlk. BoUng. Coufin, ftand forth', and lobk upon that man.^ Bagot, My Lord JumrJet l know your daring tongue Scorns to uni^y, what it hath once deli ver'd. In that dead time when G/s^r's death was plotted,. I heard you fay, ** Is not my arm of length, «< That reacheth from the reftful Euglijh court •« As far afs (?«/«/ to my uncle's head.? . Amongd much ether talk, that very time^. I heard you fay, •• You rather had refufe ** The offer of an hundred thoufand crowns,' •« Than Bofingkroke return to England \ adding, '^ How bleft this land would be in this your couun'sdeath^)' ^ Aum. Princes, and noble Lords^. What anfwerfhalUnnake to this bafe man f: Shall- 1 fo much di (honour my fair ftars,' On equal terms to jgivc him chaflifement F ]Bither I muft, or have miiie honour foil'd: With the attainder of his fland'rous lip^. There is my. gage, the manual feal of death,. That marks thee out for helL Thou lieft. And ril maintain what thou haft faid, is fal/e,. ^ Jn thy h^art-blood, though being all too bafe j?b ttda the temper bf my kti\^\\^ ^>wQt^,
King RicifAEZirL ^j(
f9Rng. Bagott forbear ; thoafhah not take it ap^
y/tt«. ExceptiDg one, I would he were the bed In all this pxefitoce that hath mov'd m^ To.
Fiiznui ff that thy valour fland on fympathiejSj^ Therein my gage». JkmerUy in £;age to thine. By thai fair mn^ that (hews me wAece thou ftand^^ 1 heard thee fay» and vauntingly thou fpak'il i^, ' That diou wert caufe of noble Gio*/er*i death.. If thoo deny'ft it, twenty times thou lied j. And I will torn thy falfhood to thy hearty. Whef6^itw.as forged >. with, my rapier's point.
j^um. Thou dar*(l not>. coward; live to fee the dityj
Fitxw. Njow, by my foul, f would it were this houn.
j^Mm% Fiiznvaietr thou art damnfd to hell for this«^
Percys ^umerU^ thou Heft; his honour is as tnie>, In this appeal,, as thou art all unjuf!;. And that thou art fo, there I throw my gage To prove it on thee, to thf extreameft point Of mortafbreathing. Seize it, if thou dar'fl.
Jum. And if I do not, may my hands rot off',. And never brandilfa more cevengeful fteel Over the glittering helknet of my foe !' Who feu me elfe? by heav*n, 1*11 throw at alh. I have a thoufand fpirits in my breaf!. To anfwer twenty thoufand foch as yoo*
SurrjMy. Lord' Ef/znvaferi T remember well*. The very time i^«»!i^r// and you. did talk.
Fiixiv. My Lord^ 'tis true: You were in^i^ncetUent; And you canwitnefS with me, this is trnk
Syrry, M falfe,,by Heav'n, as Hcav'h itfelf is true..
Fitznv. Surry ^ thoo.liefh
Suny. Difhonourable boy,. That lie (hall lye fo heavy on my (Word, That it fliall rendfervengeance and revenge,. Till thou the lie-giveti and tbatlie, reft In the earth. as quieti as thy father's fculL. In prqof whereof,, there is mine honour'spawn ^ Engage it to. the tryal, if thou. dar^H.
Fitxtu. How fondly doft thou fpur a forward horic ? ' , K I'dare car, or driuk, or brtathe, or live,
Ivdare teeet Suny in: ^ wilderhef^y And (pit apon him, whilil I fay, lie Uesr- And heSf.and liesr-Thereis mylKindof faift;*. To tie thee to my^ftrongcom&ion. A« I intend to thrive in thb rievi^ wdfk!^ , Aumirte is gaQtr of mf. true appeal.. Befides, I heard the baaifiifd mfoUtifi Thatthouv AumerUt didft fend two or{hy*|»eBj To execute the noble Duke at Calais^
jbtm. Some honeft chriftian tKuft me withagagf^. That Norfolk lies : Here do I throw doWa.this; . If he may be repeal'd, tatry lits hbnouh
Soling. Thefe differences Ihall all xtft onder e^A*, TiU Norfolk be rcpealM : RcpcalM he fcall befr And though mine enemy, reftorM again < To all his feigniories ; when heV return'd, , Againd AunurU we will enforce his trval.
Carl, That honourable dav (hall ne'er be jfeei*.. Many a time hath banifliM NorfM fought For Jefa> GhrifU in glorious chriftian field- Streaming the enfign of the chriilian crofs, AgainftUacIo pagans, turks, and faracens: Then, tbird with works of war, n^ijr'd himfett f To liafyi and there at Fenite gave His body to thai pleafant country's earth; . And his pure fooLunto hi& captain Chrift, , Under wmfe colou'r& he had fought h long. .
A//»^. why, bifhfOp, is Jfoj/«/i.deadi
CarL^wm as I livd,> my Lord.
i»lmg\ Sweet peace condud his foul Tb th'bofom of goo4^<5rAi&iu9i./— LoVds ap|)^Ifii]|i^ Y6ur difF'rqnces mall all reft under gage, Till we affign you to your days of tryal. .
Bnftr Vbrk^ TarL Great Duke of Laucafier, I cefiie to th^ From plume-plackt Richarif, who with willing font i Addpts thee heir,, and his high fcepter yields To the pofte^on of thy roy^al hand. A/ceadhis throne, defceudtng ciq'h 'St^mVkvmv ^
King it' I c « A» R D II. 65
And long live Henry, of that name the Fonrtfa !
Bolin£. In God'atfame, FU afeend the rrgal thrDne;
Car}, Marry, Heav'n forbid !^ Woril in thia-ropl prcfenceiBiay I fpeak. Yet Ji>eftiib«i««i;ning me to fi>eak Hie truth. ' ^
Woutd God, thatany iiitais oobleprefence Were enough -Dcbk^ to be upright jo^ge Of noble Ricband', then tfue^ibbkne^would Learn hioi-foirbeafance from fo^ foul a wrong. What/uj^^-ean. give fcnteace en hia^King } And who fits here, thfttiismot iiirifor^s fnfajei^ ? Thieyes are not judg'd» but they are by to hear, ^hqugh apparent guilt bei^en in* them. And IhaU ^he figure of .God^s Majetly, His captain, vAward, deputy elid. Anointed, crown\i».«ad planted mtnyyeara^ Be judg'd by fubje^ end inferior' bteeth. And he himfeir not prefent ? oh, forbid it I ^hat, i^ a chriftian clhirate, fouls refinfd Should AeW fa heiaous, ^ktk, obfce ne a deed* I fpeak to fubjea?, andMi Abjda fpej^ks, Stir'd npubyiheavlo, thustboidlyforhisJUiig. . My IjoriitiJitr^dvsihKfet whom you cill Kirig» Is a foul traitor to protid^Ar^ri^s King.. And if you crown Jiiin, let me'pfophejiy. The liloodtif^^ii^i^ (hall manure thej^roun^a And future ages groan fer- this foul ^. ^n. Peace (hall go ilcep^ith«iQrks and iirfideh^f, Aadjikitliatieat^f peace, tumultuous wars 8h^l kin wsih^kin, -and 'kind with kiod« xonfoua3^ Difinder, hoitor, tfoar «fld muthiy ^11 here inhabit, and this hmd bexall*a The fieki of :GaIgo$bth 'and dead men'is icuKs. Oh, if you reariUs kottfeagaiaft this houfe t^^>
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4«S)^. jTjrM rJ^tHi ti^ aioinft hif k^.^ Thl> li«illr the reading •£ oar Ml learned editor, and cao oeaa no fliore than this^ if yoo rear ih* Tmrhtmnt' houfM^ or BtHnghroh^t hoofe jie<^oi^Ktag JKeitfWfs'Wttle, it will make a moft woeful dlvifion. But, ii»ith Aib* ■•iffioii, ^he poct.iotended fonethiDg &nher : i. e. If yon ain at hi-* tiag ly nonarchy agaioft mooarcb^, m. b^ufe'dividtd a^J^Ujiif e4m
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66 King Richard IF.
It will thc^^oefalleft divifion prove. That ever fell upon this curfed earth. Prevent, refift it, let it not be fo, Left children's children cry againft yoo, woe.
North. Well have you argu'd, Sir ; and for your pMM, Of capital treafon we arreil you here. My Lord of Wefiminfiery be it your charge, To keep him fafely till his ^dcyoi tryaJ. May't^pleafe you. Lords, to gfant the Commons fultf
Baling Fetch hither Richard^ that in common view He may furrender : So we fti^U porcced Without fufpicion.
York. 1 will be his conduft. \ltdt^
Baling, Lords, you that here are under oar arreft,. Procure your fureties for your days of anfwer : Little are we beholden to your love. And little look'd for at your helping hands^
£nUr King Richard, and York^ K.. Rich, Alack, why am I fent for to a King^ Before I have fhook oiF the regal thoughts Wherewith I feign'd ? I hardly yet have learned* T' infinuate, flatter, bow» and bend my knee» Give fbrrow leave a- while, to totor me . . To this fubmiffion. Yet I well remember The favours of thefe men t Were they not mine ? Pid they not fometimes cry, all hail to me ? So Judas d\d to Chri/ : But he, in twelve. Found truth in all, but one ; I, in twelve thoi^nd, not6'» God fave the King ! — will no man fay, Amen^ Am I both priel! and clerk 2 well then» Amefk^ God fave the King,, although I be not he : And yet, Amen^ if Heav'n do think him mc* To do what iervice, am 1 fent for hither I
tttoer Hand. The al'nfion if certainly to tkisVhi'arc in ^imG^^\ Md all the genuine copies, tffyo orr, toncur in reading ;
Ob if yon. rear fiii< hoofe agaan(> thtt houftf But Mr. Vtft perhafr, may not Be for having Scripntn alluded tO) unlefs ludicroufly ; and fo wou d not allow a £ij>9^ to qi»te a tetttt ibQMgh ever fo much tmhU pur^oi^
King R I c H A R D II. $f
York. To do that office of thine own good will.
Which tired Majefty did make thee ofer :
The refignation of thy ftate and crown. fcrowa.
K. Rich. Give ine the crown. — Here, confin, ieize the
Here on this fide my hand, on that fide thine.
Now is this golden crown like a deep well.
That owes two buckets, fillineoDe another;
The emptier ever dancing in the air, '
The other down, unfeen and foil of water ;
That backet down, and full of tears, am I ;
Drinking my griefs, whilfl you mount up on high* Baling, I thought you had been willing to refign. K. Ricb-'My crown I am ; but ftill my griefs are mine^
You may my glories, and my ftate depofe.
But not my griefs ; ilill am I King of thofe.
Boling, Part of your cares you give me with your crown. K. Rich. Your cares, fet up, do not pluck my cares down*
My care, is lofs of care, by old care done ; Your care, is gain of care, by new care won. The cares I give, I have, though given away ; They tend the crown, yetftill with me they ^y. Boling, Are you contented to refign the crown f K. Rich. Ay, no ;^-bo, ay ;— for i muft nothing hi ; Therefore no no f for I refign to thee. Now, mark me how I will undo myfelf ; I give this heavy weight from off my head : And this unwieldy Tcepter from my hand; . The pride of kingly fway from out my heart; With mine own tears I waih away my bahrn^. . ' ^ With mine own hands I give away my crowiii^ < With mine own tongue deny nQy;facred: ftate; ^
With mine own breath leleafe all diitioi^ oaftks^ All pomp and Majefty I do forfwear : • ' '
My manors,, rents, revenues, I lbnego>; My adls, decrees, and ftatutes, 1 deny r
: God pardon all oaths » that are broke to hm ! God keep all vows unbroke, arebxiad* tb thee ( /*
Make me„ that nothing haare, with naming grievM,. ' And thoB with all t>]e»^, that haft /all aklAtev^iV hoDg may 'a thoa liwe m Rithardh feat to f\t^ ^
Ami Aoa lf€&d^d vk aa cftrdiy gkJK ^^
^ King R I c H A^R p 1L
God (kve KitkgHemy, nnkingM Rid^a^dAye, And fend him matty years of fiin-/hine days ! Wliat more remams ?
Ncriif. No^more ; but that you read Theie accaAuionSy and tiicfe* grievous cpmes Committed by" your perfost iand your foUowtrs^ Againft the flote and profit bf this land : That, by confeffing theffl» the fouls of men May deem that you are! wonhily deposed.
K. Rich. Muft I do fo ? and muft I ravel o«t My i¥edvM-up follies? gentle Nortl^tim^Iaint, If thy offences ivttre^ upon i^cordy Would they not iiiMhc thee, in fo ifeirti trb6p^ To read a ieaure*bf ^thAn ? if tfaott-woold'ft. There ihould'A^thou find-Oiiehetnousai^tiGle* ContainM^ thedepoiing'of a-^Ktng^ Aiid cfacking the flroAg-iitratfrant of an CMth> Mark*d with«a bict, *damn|d iii the book*of BenYhM^ Nay, all of yoo> that itand and look upon mt». Whilft that my wretch6^tt«fs dodi bait jnyfelf« Thonjgh 'ibme -bf yon* with P^0 wt(h your handle, Shewuig'anontWstra-^fty'; yet yon iV&nrr/ ilbve^hSfe '^divc^'d ikie to- my -ibw'x croft. And water cannot *wilflmwny 'yoUr -fin.
North. My iJ^ 4if(^tGh ; reftdo'^r dielts ^MticleK
X. Rub. MJnm^es aire Mlisf' tears :-lcni)no|*Ap^»: And vet falt-'itkntea blndt tBem not fo'jimids. But they cm i^'ar«fort of traitnrshMfre. Nay, it I*tnitt'lQinecyes*nfMn'jQliyitlf», 1 find. my&If 'ntfnitqr;«mdi the r^ft : ITor I haveipvdniherV'ay fouFs eoniene* T' undeda thtMiq^ nedy of n^rig^: Made glory, bale ; n^Sovtn^gn, a ^fliive : Froud Majefty, *a fnbj6a^ 6tate» *tt.panfent..
Nortb.lAj Lnid,*''-^
K. Bieb. No j^ord^f dfine, thouhtoght-infoittiig M»| If or no inan^ iMd : I'knve no niine» no dde ; , ^
No, nnC'tbarttttnr#atJgiv>%tKiattbe fgfat,. But 'tis idorpNI. Altek» cfeie henvy tiiayv That I have Hvornib oNmy winters mit» ' iAttl know not simh fAiiitvnmn i^^^ ! Ok^
]©pgcRlC:H>AfcT>T Ifc 6g(
Oh, that I were s^^amlfffnfixKiti^f>{r(mmT,
Standing before tlMt.tupfp^j^i/M^f^iri^
To melt myftlC aw|i3&indiv««ndr9p« J
Good.King,— grfa|fKi9g,r-'(^nd.'yelnet.gfWtly,gt*4k'
An if my word, be, fkeflij^yf^tm Mnft^^^ iT$ fittUn|^i
Let it comman4ja mi^a%^l(bUi^rQig)it,^
That it niaycibiav9in^nwbaj,q, fa«<l haWj
Since it is baftfe»gJ&jofcbi%jMl^}fAjff Boiittg.Go ibme of you and fetch a lopkii^gfofi. North. Read o'er this papfif^.wbiteiihfiglafitiiptb^OWr. K. J^/Vi'. Piendi.thj8j*,jo«fi«R^'il ttiftteieJ.cQmj^ja bdU ^^//^g-. Urge it na9|ftr^^mj!jI^pr4JVi^/|*lir4^<fol* AT^r/i^. The C(^i9(^i^r«viIl.n^t:thsil,b9tfaMfy'4< K. Rich. They fhall be.fatftrfj'vd : I'll rea4.cnough»'. When I do fee the very bog£,;,in4^d»./ ^litit all my fins are writ, and that's mfi^<
Enitr ojUy ivith a GlaJ^,
CJivc me that glafs,, and. thfim^iWiitl J-e^fc i
^^Io deeper wrinkles yet ? hath/forrow ftiVQki&
Sd' maBy>lofij(s.sUpp9.;l¥lft?fi'PfcinHi^«»,
And m^§ np5deiEper;t\vptti?^ ohy fl^tlWogt^Jaftl'
l^e tpjn}yv^9<lp^^r§ ;a)prx%^ily>:,
Thou deft beguile, mgt. WiwibU.fa<;$withq:/aiQCbr
That gw^jj 4^yyU?x4^ Jii# .iq«flw>J4 jfOftf.
I|id keep t€njtl?if>rfan4vni<^B<f wa^^thif |hc Afifco
TT^^t^lifes^thg luQ^^did jn#k§Tbeh9Jd9i:s mi\ktf.
Is this thf,/apfu wfeic^v/^c.y .fp,pi^y;foliift«itf
T^i^ltf lil^afepufofa^a by BotingtfX^l
A brittle glorj^hia^tj^ jn, hi? /4P8;; ;
Az brittle,^ as tHetgl9r^> is thci.faci^ : lor there \t ^Sj^^crgfikiiin^ai^ hundred ftiFers., Mark, filent King^ith^,mQi^!.pf thisjfpor^l^ How foon my forrow hath dellroy'd my face.
-^fifi^^iThe O^d/^^^^f ,yourn&rxQw iath dcihroyfdj Hhcfhad^w.of your face^^
K . Rich. Say ^th at agai n ., The fhadovv of Iny icriow^ ha, let's fcC/:
An«|
yo Kjhg R t c H A R D II,
And thefe external manners of laftents Are merely (hadows to the unfeen gfief. That fwells with filence io the tortur'd foul. There lies the fubftance : And I thank thee» King» For thy great bounty, that not only giv'ft Me cau(e to wail, but teackeft me the way How to lament the canfe. I'll beg one lx>on ; And then be gone, and trouble yott no more Shall I obtain it t
Beiing, Name it, fair coufin.
K. Rich* Fair couiini I am g;r eater than a King^ For when I was a King, my flatterers Were then but fabje^s ; being now a fafcjeft, I have a King here to my flatterer : Being ib great, I have no need to beg.
Baling. Yet alk.
K. Rich. And (hall I have ? "
Boling. You (hall. |i
K. Rich. Then give me leave to go» I
^©//Vfg-. Whither.
K. Rich, Whither vou will, fo I were from your fighik
Boling, Go fome of you, convey him to the To^^r.
K. Rich.Ohs good I convey :^-<:onveyers are you all( 1 9») That rife thus nimbly by a true King's fall.
Boling. On Wednefday next we fol^mnly fet down Our coronation : Lords, prepare yourfelves.
\Exe. all hut Ahboty Btfiop of Carlifle tf«^ Aumerlc
Jhbot. A woeful pageant have we, here beheld.
Bijhop. The woe's to come ; the children yet anbom JSh^ll feel this day as fharp to them as thorn. • Aum. You holy. clergymen, is there no plot To rid the realm of this pernicious blot ?
Abbot. Before I freely fpeak my mind herein> '^
You fhall not only take the facrament,
(19) ^* I'ooi//—- conveyi— conveycrr are you all,'] i. c. Tbie^ts, This will be explained by a pafTage quoted from the Merry IVivet ot Hnndfir.
Ftf/.— -his filebing was like an anfkilful finger, he kept not time*
^ym. The good humour is to fteal ac a minute's reft.
fifi. Convey, the wife it call« Steaif^iohi t fico for th<> phrtfifc.
To
King R I CH A R. D II. 71
To bi|iy mine intents, but to cflfed
Whatever I (hall happen to devife.
I fee, your brows are fviU of dilcontent,
Your hearts of forrow, and your eyes of tears.
Come home with me to fupper, and PU lay
A plot, (hall ifaew as all a taenj day. [ExiUMt*
ACT V.
S C £ N E, a Street in London.
Enter Quitn^ iuid Ladieu
Queen.
TH I S way the King will ctrni^e : This is the way To Julius Ctefitr's ilUerefted tow'r ; To whofe flint bofom my condemned Lord Is dooroM a prifoner, by proud Bolingbroh* Here let as reft, if this rebellious earth Have any refting for her true King's Qneen.
Enter King Richard, dud Guardu Bat foft, but fee, or rather do not fee. My fair rofe wither ; yet look up ; behold. That you in pity may diflblve to dew> And waih him frefh again with true^love*s tears. O thoa, the model where old Troy did ftand, \To K, Kichi Thou map of honour, thou King Richard*^ tomb, And not Xing iSrci&ar/; thou mofl beauteous inn » Why fhould hard'-favour'd gri^f be lodg'd in thee. When triumph is become an aTe-houfe gueftf
K. Rich. ]6iVi not with grief, fair woman, do not fb> To make my end too fudden : Learn^ good foul» To think our former ftate a happy dream. From which awak'd, the troth of what we are Shews us bat this. I am fworn brother, fweet, To grim npcefity:; ^nd he and I
Will
72, King, R I c h-a r d- IT. .
Will keep a league til^ death* Hie^th^tntouFsnaai^ And doiibr thee in fome xeligiow hoofe; Our holy lives mufl win .a now world's ecown, ■ Which our profane hours here have^ilf ieken fdiann^
Sluien. What, is my Rithaisdbotk in^fhape an^ttilWli*^ TransfbrmM and weak I haUi £tf/mgtr$itsdiefo$id'^ Thhie intelle^? hath he been in thy heart? ' The lion, dyings thjro^th forth- his jpaw^ And wounds the car^ir if nothing clfe, wltKi'age To bco'crpowVd; and wilt thou, pupil-like» Take thy correction mildly^v kifs the it)d» And fawn on rage with bafe huxpility, Whicn art aUon^anda King of beaftfTi?
R. Rich. A Kin e of beads, indeed ; if ought but beaUsy 1 had been ftill ahaj^y King^of men. Good fometime Queen, prepare thee hence for France; Think, I am dead ; and that (^v'n here thoa tak'ft. As from my death4)cd^ my kft living l^av^v Injkunter's tedious nigf^ta^fitby d^e^ire * W'kh good old folkfi, .andtletthem <tell thes'talcir. Of woeful ages, longv^go betide.^ And ere thou bid gopd-juigbt^ ; to quit their^ricf^ . Tell thou the lamentable fall. of zMr And fend the hearers weeping to their beds* For why? the feniekf^ brands will fympathize The heavy accent of ^thy^ moving: tongue^ And in compdffioa we«p> the ftneiout : And fome will mouro^in^fliea^ fomccoal-^blackr For the depQfio^pfc^ rigbcAil King. ^
Efiier Northumberland,, .^r/^^*
North.. My Xord« . , the jnittdiof iB^ugirciifiu xhttg^ You mud xo P^n/keti, not iintQrjth».9o<z4^ii«^ And, Madarn^. th&Aeis ordentaWii;£aryoU t Wi-tKall rwiftfpeed, ,you mufbawj^ to F/iaifff ^
K. Rkh. NorihumitrUn^i ithou Jadd€i.wherewMml^
?he mount! ngBolingiroke afcends mjr thn>n«i^ he time fliallnot be many. hours jol^gc^^^ More than it is, ere foul im^/gaih'iingelMbad,^ Shall break into corrapiQcikv U^^^'^'^^^W^
6 Tws«^
. King R I c h A R D fl. ^j
ih he divide the realm, and give thee hatf» oa little> helping hioi to all s le fiiall think, that thou, which kiiaw'ift ttie waf> ant unrfghtfal Kings* wilt know again^
ne'er fo little nrg'd, another way ittck hioi headloft^ from th* nfarped throve*- ove of wicked friends converts to fear ; fear to hate ; and hate turns one> tit both* orthv danger, and deferved deaths ^
rtb. My guilt be on my head, and there's an end) : leave and part, for you mu^ part forthwith.
Rich, Doubly divorcM ? bad men, ye vti»]ate 0-fold marriage i 'twixt my crown and aie^ then betwixt me and my married wife, le unkifs the oath, ^twixt thee and me i \T9ibi^een% yet not fo, for with a kifs 'twas made* - us, Northumberland: I, towards the norths • re fhiv'xing cold and iicknefs pines the dime i [^^een to iFranui from whence, fet foith in poinp^ ' ame adorned hither like fweet Mgty^ ^
back like fb/ZtfoMM/,* or fhorteft day. \ein. And muft we be divided ? muJI we part ? [heart;
Rich. Ay, hand from hand, my love, and heart At^ai leen, Bamfli us both, and fend the King with nte. ' rth. That were fome love, but little policy. ; • \ien. Then whither he goes, fblther let me gp« i
Rich. So two, together weeMng, make one wQe., / p thob for me in France $ 1 ifor uiee herp ;, r
ir far ofT; than near, be ne'er the near* ccmnt thy way with fighs, i mine with groans : teen. So longeu way Aiall have the longeft moans.
Rich. Twice for one Hep 141 groan, the viray bejng piece die \vay out with a heavy heart. [ihort^
e, come, in wooing forrow let's be brjlef,f , , ^ wedding it, there is fuch length in grief: kifi- fliall ftop our. mouths, and.dumbly part t I give I mine, and th\w take I thy heart, [the^ iift^ leen* Give ,9^,011 ne own again ;; 'twere no good part^ akc on meto keep, and kill thy %t^x\. [il^i {ifgmn.
^4 King Ri.cha/hd tL
Sd, cow I have my.owrt agaioi be goftej That I'fnajr l^five tb kill if with a groan.
K. Rich.,^c make ^voe wanton with thus fo^idtelayJ OA^ nibrc, kditti ; the Heft let fortow fay* (JSx^wih
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S. C E N B, tli« 0(ike of r^^'a Palkce.
, fytfr Yovki ami Us i^atchefh Dutch.l\/i Y L«r<K yorttbM^e, you woaW teirthtfeS, iyjt Wfc^w^ejyi^gmafdt^ou break the ftoryof^ Of out twotdufi^.coihitig itito Ldniion.
ToPk, Whifit d!d I IfeaVe?
Z)z//f;&;Atf'thiat'ft4^llof>, myLordj ^'here rude-rtif'gfbvern'd hands, froixr wittdow-tops, Threw 'diift >ftd^?iibbiffir bif King kithc&d'^ head,
^Vi. ThdhV ^ I'falkl, tfteDoife, great Sdlingbroh 'Mdtintedf\ipc* a^hoe aiid fiei^r fbjed. Which hftla^tl'rhjg^Tid^rfceffi'd to knbw, "Wjlh^flowz-but ftatety pace,, ktpt 'Oti his xrbiirfl : While all tongtitjs cry*d, God fave thet, Si^Unghroh! You wou'd havt thought j the mery^ wimdows fpakci ^¥mmy ^ti^ htoks of yootig aiid ot^ ThitA>gh<?ifthiel!ts darted tWeir defining ey(?s. Upon his Vgk^ej atid that aH the walls With pafhifed? ittftf'ry had i^idat once, 7c/«,-ptefi?rv%'thefel wekonfrc, Soltftghf-oktt Whim K^ ftb«* ohie-filde to the other tarnldgj Bare-heade^y lower than hii proird fteed's heck, Befpoke theifr'thtts } Ithank yt)ti» ^Oantry-ttieii j And th^ ftirt db!^g7 thtre he paft along. *
i>mthv Akiis r p*bOT ^/r^^rfr//, where rides h6 the wWle? -] ' J%>P/ As-iri a theatre, the eyes of nren , Aftei* a well-grafc'fl Jlftor li^ves theftage^ Are idly b^ttt On^him that enters Wxt, Thinking hi* prattle to be tedious : Evenfd,^rAv1th ittuth mote cot^tenfpt, nfen'^ eyei Bt^ fcowje 6V-^;>i&fl>•^^1l6 mahcfy'd; God fave htiftt Ko joyfcfl tOti^iie^ave hini his Svelcotae ht)ai(^; ^t du(l'ifvis ihlrewjs trpt:!} his faettrd head ;
Which
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Wlfich wkhjTuch ^ft^e forrow he flibbk offi
Hlsr fe&^m comb^ tears and fmiM/
The badges 6f nls grief and |>fitience $
Yhact had nqt^God,. for fomc ^ron^ parpofe, fteeP^
fteiiVai^s of ;inen,, Aey mi{< perforce have mfehcdj
i\nd barbk^m ftielf have pitied him.
Mr lie^an;jiath a tiaxid in thefe eVenltr»>
^o whofe mgli Wili we bound ourcahn contentf.
To Bafinmtr^e are;,we fwora fol^'e£b my^
Vhc^^^e^ and ivoAobr^ I for aye ailovr.
£i//*r Abrtierle.
Dsteh. tikre domes my fon Jttmeriik
York, Aumlfrte that ^^as. But that is loft, For being Riehard^t frfend. i^nd, Madam^ you oraft call him Rutland no^ : I am in parUamiBnjt^edge for his tradr, NAnd lafiii^f^tjc to the new--»aide-Kift^i
DutcB.WcUomif my foa;* who are the vidl^fi nbw. That ftrew the green lap of thfe Bew.€Omfef|trfng?
Aum* Madam» IkftQw not, tior I greatly care : God knows, I had jTs li^ be none, as one.
>ringof time.
T ««• «w-. - .•w«- ,^™ „ . ..>,.^ ..w.^ j^xis ffhd triumphs ?
Jum. Fof'owbt I k^pw, they do.
yii^i/Voiiwm be' there?
Aum, If Godpi^veat me not, I purpofefb.
York. WhavJjpal istiat, that hangs without thy bofom ? Yea, look'itthq^ pale ? let me fee the WrifihgC
Jum. My Lor3, 'tis nothitig.
Tork. No inatl^,,then, who fees it. I will be*fatisliedi let me fee the writing.
Aum, I do befcech your Grace tb pataon nie> It is a matter of fmall confequenc^. Which for fome rcafon^ I would riot feive (cen.
7'ork. W^chfpr,ibaieVeafons, Sir, I mdan to fte. I fear, I ffe'af^-—.^ . ^^ ;. .
Dutch. What fliouid you feaf» my Loi-d ? *Ti6 nothing but fome bond he's enter'd into.
^6 King Richard IL
For gay apparel, a|;ain(l the trnfmph.
Tork. Boaod to himfelf ? what dbth he with a boD<i» That he is bound to ? wife, thou art a fool. Boy, let me fee the writing.
Jum. I do befeech you, pardon me ; I may tot fhew it
2'ork. I will be fatisfied, let me fee it, I fay.'
[Snatches iu andreadt» Treafon! foultr^afon! vHlain, traitor, flave!
Dutch. What's the matter, my Lord I
Tork.Hoz^ ^ho*s within there ? faddle my horfe. Heav'ti, for his mercy! what treachery is here ?
Dutch, Why, what is't, my I^iOrd ?
York. Give me my* boots, I fay : (addle my horie* Nnw by my honour^ by my life, liiy troth, I will appeach the villain.
Dutch. What is the matter ?
2>i. Peace, foolifh woman. - Dutch. 1 will not peace: What is the matter, fon ?
Jum. Good mother, be content ; it it no more Than my poor life mnft anfwer.
Dutch. Thy life anfwerl
Enter Servant^ 'with io0tt» .
Tork. Bring me my boots. I will unto the King.
Dutch.SinkehitA^ Aumerle. (Poor bo^, thou artami^U) Hence, villain, never more come in my fight.
[Sfeaksng to the ServmU*
Tork. Give me my boots. , Dutch. Why, Tork^ what wilt thott do ? Wilt thou not hide the trefpafs of thine own t . Have we more fons ? or are we like to have ? Is not my teeming date drunk up with time? And wilt thou pluck my fair fon from mine age« And rob me of a happy mother's name? Is he not like thee ? is he not thine own ?
Tork. Thou fond mad-woman, Wilt thou conceal this ^ark confpiracy ? ' A dozen of them here have ta*eri the facramCflKy And interchangeably have fet their hands. To kill the King at Oxford.
King R I c H A R D II. 77
Dutch. He fliall be none : We'll keep him here : then what is that to him?
TorJt. Awa/y fond woman ; were he twenty timet My Ton, I would appeach him.
Dutch. Hadft thou groanM for him» As I have done» thoaMft be more pitiful t But now I know th^ mind ; thou doft fafpe^ That I have been difloyal to thy be4» And that he is a baflard, not thy foa ; Sweet Tork^ fweet hufband, be not of that mind } He is as like thee as a man may be, ;Nor like to me» nor any of my kin. And yet I love him.
iTork. Make way» .onruly woman. [^xih
Dutch, After, Jumirle; mount thee upon hit horfc; Spur pod, and get before him to the King, And bee thy pardon, ere he do accufe thee. I'll not be long behind $ though I be old» I doubt oot'but to lide as faft as Tltri : And never will I rife up from the ground, TiIl''M!Mi;|j#vif liavepmoaM thee. Away. [Exiuai. .
(20} SCENE changes to the court at jyindforr CaftU.
Mnur Bolbgbroke, Percy, 4tmt other Lwrdu
BQUng.jr^KYk no man tell of my unthriftv foo ?
V^ 'Ht full three montlis, fince I did fee him la."*. If soy p1*gve iiang over us, 'tis he : I would to heav*n, my Lords, he might be found. Enquire at£Mi/Mr> 'mon^ft the taverns there: For tbere, they fay^ he oaily doth frequents
With
(»o) %tmk ^nf^ n Oaftii. J This difKn€Koa of fceoery. whicfai It markiid is woatk of tke'lonner copies, we owe to the hafpy e ffons •f Mr. FiM io iiia tMoMi Bat indolence and inauftry work the Umt, e^NBCU upon tkic GentlemaA ta his dtfcoTertes, and arc be & the parents of crrot. *Tia troe^ the turname nts, prepared f r tl e dfftfoftion ofBt&^hnti, were appointed at Onfiri, and thirhet.l'*- B0gh$kt mu iafitcd by the cenfpiraton. Bnl tha ^ma «aS&oh«^' 4.
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78 :^ing R I c H A|i 9 ^|^
With unreftfained loofe companions ; Even fuch, they fay, as ftand in narro^ }?^^h And beat our watcn, and rob oar b^Seogers (z i ) i While he, young, wanton, andenemijifte j^'oy. Takes on the point of honour, to fuppoi;^ ' So djfrolutc a crew.
Percy. My Lord, fometwodiys fince^ I favw thePricct^ And told him pf thefe triumpi^s hcjd at O^prd. * Boling, And what faid the gallant?
Ferey. His anfwer was; heVouJd untO tj»e ft^y^s^ And fvom the ^emtxion'ft <;l-eatare pi ocic a £l^yp -And wear it as t favour, and wittf that He would unhorfe the luftie;ft challenger.*
Boling, As diffolute, as derp'rate;'yet thrpi^ffh botJi I fee feme fparks of hope ; which tldpt day^ May happily bring forth, ^ut whq coxites hetf; I
jium, Wherq ii the Kii|^ ^ i > '
BoUng. What means onrcoisin,^ chaff krllitresi And looks fo yildly? ' " f * ;^
^m- God &vfi your Grace. I d^ beftedi your Majefty, To have fome conf'rence with your Grace alone.
Baling. W^bdfi^^ yourft:lvef^ anxi leiaveCoS iSrf alomi^ What is the matter with Qur cpufin now ?
Jum For ever^ay my knees grow to the earth, [Knieh* My tongue cte^fijkji^ mof ^'iMa^m^McmtH'S Unlefsaparc^on, ereJ,ri^,(^^ipMy .^ . ; r < .- . , Baling, Intended, or cgrrinvt^f^ ^Vi^rfT* ^"v^ early enough' to prevent his fffjlne f^\^ PfM^ f94'<hf PvkeVf TcrkimocicWt h\? Con to him^ zp) Jj^mt^^}ikt^^!k^c}i^*^ l^n^lt »t the cMHeof Wtndf(iri wliefe -- -' -^ ^ • • *- » ..■ ^ might have firtn ik our £ffj "' hive rcmov'd ^hg^epOt » -
{%%) ^lid rob o»r wateb, and htat eur fajfengert.'] This fafhion fetftAs a little alter'd in our days, if we weie to take this on trui^ for the tcnmj^i^ Vff^.h A^^z\M tk?i.fia»feM*r4flh<Mwfiearlllvc fallen into t% J h,l^^<j^,fi<ijj t|^f^49Ami«^^^SMl! gM^.Ddd fuatUf with vhich One >ou^ ipu^SiPf %.yf^had||lMrf|4 Ak WC*i|Jkljr, Wai thread ail haw ^jy^uf^^edt^e If x|^ ;♦ . ;, . ...t ,» ,, . - - ••
If
'• ■j'^r^'B Xr*i5W z'ynHt tw?**^ ■fv»» vi him, «9i f^V<ri^[\f,^4§^CH^M,|^^ rhefe J^o/ifff^ro^ tpeti landed, ^&Mr. P^ :»^/^' Ar&ftl^-. ai^tRefifbrc thither^
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King R I c R A R ^ If. 2!Sf
If btttAefiril, how heinjDU? W |t be, u- \
To win thy after-Iovp^ I pardon thcje. *
Jum. Then give me Ic^vc tl^at I i»ay tuiR ttejfccy, > That no m^Q enter till tKe tale be ipnf;.
Bolinjt. Have thy ^Hirc* (Yori wttiify
/ori. My Li«ge beware, look to thyfelf. Thou haft a traicor in <hy prcfenee therc^
Bolinj^, VilJain, I'll njijce thee fafe.
Jum, S^a^: tky revengefiLl han^, thou haft no cajMreto ftar.
York. Open the door, Yecjire fool-Kardy Ktic|g ; .. » Shall I for love ipea]^ treaftxi to |:hy faif ^ . .
Open tie <ioor^ or I will Vcak k opctt. , • , •
^ firi'fr York-, \ •' ;•
Boling^ What is the matter iiqcle ? Tpfial^ talteitfcath :; Tell us how near ij d^pger^ _ \ *. ^
That we may arm ^s to.eritcpunter iu ,. , ^ ^ . . ( York. Perufe this writipg iiere, a^'d. tVp^HaJt fkuo^ ^- The treafon that my bade fprbids' mie' (bovif^,,.; * * ^ -^ ^«m« Remember, as thoii read'ft,' thy ^'romiifc'pjSfi * I do repent me, read iibt my naiM ibhere, My heart is not cpnfed'rate with n|y ^and. ;^ o A. ./^
^0ri. Villain, it was, ere thy bund f^t it d^iiy^ I tore hi from the traitiu-'s boibip, Kn^git- ^ . I i- Fear, and not love^ bwts his pemte;nce ;,, ^'.^\\\.\i Foijjct to pity hiiif.|ep.t% pity wye _'i,... : '\.,. ;. A ierpest,. tlfat will fting tliee to the heart.
iMtng, Q heinous ftrong, and )b^4 cqpfpj|rai|py^. < . ^ O loyal father of a trenoh'roos fiia I . ^-v v :«.». V Thou dear, immaculate, and iilv^r toantaiinif ^ v. -^l From whence this flream, through muddy. p^9g^8f. \ Hath had his cyr^ent, anddefil'd himfelf. ^4, -^ 4 , i Thy overflow of goo4 converts to b^. (^a^ j , , ,3;
And thiiie .^undan t goodoefs (ball f j^cp fe ^ . , j ^ J, ^ ' Ti^s dftdly blot, in thy digfefling Ton. ^
Ziri. §9 fli^V W virtue ^c>is ?i^ l^siyfic ; \ l^;^
,...-". j ..3 ., •>; : ■ i ..: i • ,;• >i >.r :f^•y.:: . ■ I
(««) '7i^mfri<fw rf good AiNrc^ ir» bidi*] Tbii aHodn t t«.,»Vt
obftrvacion of ihf 4Bi^u/iJ||(li^ Ti^t, :thl^f4|llfm» <|f ^^1 Oo^ivV'xtT
effJy coarertcd t6Ms eontrmry* ' * "i^ii, ll^afiiiTU*
to King Richard II.
And he ihall fpcnd xnine honoiir with his (hamc ;
As thrifdeft ions their fcrapine fathers gold. P
Mine honour lives, when his diAonour dies :
Or my iham*d life in hit diihonour lies :
Thott kill'ft me in his life; giving him breath.
The traitor Hves, the true man's put to death.
[Dtitcbefi njoUhin* Dutch, What ho, my Uege! for heav*ns fake, letmeini B»liifg.'^\i9X ihrill- veic'd fupplian t makes thiseager cry) '"Dutch. A woman, and thine aunt, great King, 'tis h
Speak with nie, pity me, open the door ;
A beggar begs, tnat never oegg'd before.
Bmng. Our Icene is alrer'd from a feriovs thing.
And BOW changed to the beggar, and the King :
My dang'ioas coofio, let your mother in ;
I know, (he's come to pray for your foul fjp. 2Vi. If thou do pardon, wbofoever i>ray,
More fins for his forgivencfs profper may ;
This fefter'd joint cut oflT, the reft is found ;
Thia, Ice alone, will all the reft confound.
£«/«r Dtttchefs.
Dutch* O.King, believe sot this hard-hearted man; Love, ibving BOt itfelf, none other can.
Tmrh ThoB firantick woman, what doft thou do here? Shall thy old dogs once more a traitor rear ?
Dutch* Sweet f#ri, be patieBt; hear me, gentle Liege.
\Kmch>
JStHt^.WHt^Pf goodamst.
Dutch, Not yetj 1 thee befeech i For ever will I kneel upon my knees. And Bever fee day that the happy fees. Till thou give joy ; until thou bid me joy. By pard'ning Rutiumd^ my uanfgreffine boy.
Tium* Ufito my mother's prayers, I bend my knee.
J'Knttlt. , ^ ^ ed be.
Ill may'ft tnoa thrive, if thou grant any grace! [KmA*
. Dittch. Pleads he ib earaeft i look upOB his me % His €Yts do drop BO tean* las ^ti.yt'% in ^^\
King R I G H A R i> If. 8i
Hit "wovis tome fitmi kia raouili, tmn from our bffcift ; He prays but fuBtly» and would be deoy'd ^ Wc pray with heart and fiml, «od all befide. His weary joints would gladly riie» I kaowi Oar knees ihall kneelf till to the gfoimd ihey gffpw» His prayers aie fiiil of falle hypocrtfy. Ours of true aea)» luid de6p integrity ; par prayers do om-pmy his; thea let them crave Thatmercy, which true prayets ooght to htvf,
JBoih». Good aDBt> iand up.
Ihuk Nay, do not fay Hand op^ Bot pardon iAi fay afterwardfy ^aad i^ Ab if I were diy nnrfe, thy tongoe to teach» Fte-doB ihoald be the firft wofd of thy ^ch. I never longed tp hear a word till new : Say, Pardon, Kingi let pity teach thee how*
Bdimf. Good auat^ ibM op*
Dmitl. I do not foe to iboid. Pardon is all the fait I have in hand.
B§Um9. 1 pardon him, is heav'n Ihall pardon me.
Dutel* O Jiappy Vaauge of a kaeeHag knee I Yet I am idt for fatti ijpeaE' it again : Twice faying paidea, doth not pardon twain. Bat makea one pardon frong. The word is ihort, bol not S> (hort at fweeti Ho word like pardon, for Kings mooths fo meet
Turk. Speak it in Frtncbt King; 6y, Fardumz Mpy*
DiacJ^. Doft thoa teach pardon » pardon to deftioy t Ah, my fow'r hufband, my hardrbearted Lord, That fet'ft the word itfelf, agaioft the word. ^ Speak pardon, as 'tis current in oar land ; The chopping French we do not underftand. Thine eye begins to ipeak, fet thy tongoe theie r Or, m thyjntioas heart, plant thoa thine ear ; That, hearing how our pnints and prayers do pierce^ ^ Pity may moveehee pardon to rchearfc.
B^Ui^ With all my heart I pardon lum.
Duidf. A god 0m $Mtik fhoe ait
j> i idiiiis.
With all the refl^ of ii^t^fH^r^ Cf^Wn tb^li^zill ^
Dellruaion ftrcigbc Oi^U fiojp the^ii 91 ^A l^fi^ M
Good oncle^ h^ tp p^^^r. ftvef al j^^mff. M
To 0;5^f* Of jyh^rf-je'«r thpfc tr^%?^f.Mfii ? . ' B
They fhall not liv© w^hii^ itW^. WOfW^. ft ffmo^ r 4
But I will have th^nj, if I #i|fft k4Piy ^kl£e« . F
Uncle, (ilM^«)iM4iva)id (^^(in. U)ip, W^S) 1. ll
your mo^^^f Wjl fearf* w=^*4 5«d . Ij
Dutch. Come, my old u>9^ I ftfty Ht^Vi'v 0»)^ t)i«<t o«v. 1 1
«• Have I no friend wIUiH^iniaflhisttvilYi^fl^ d'^^Mke I
Wasitfiotft??. , . . . ;:
Serv> Thefe were hk vjwy WQrds.j , ^ .
j?;r/.** Havel no friend?' Vf^QAW,?)wij|Utei4 fcwice^ And UTg'd it twice tflgRthor^;. 4idl Iq IWU^, ,
As who (hall fay,-rlr W04l4 m»,iitf»t tie J»tti^ That wou]4i di5r!Pr«9;(% Mf QT. Api^^ myi ilpi^;;, Meaning the King at /^/w/rt^ ClWIfV >l*f go* . lam the Kipg^'i^lFif jl^vimi. Witt iU/hii Jim. ' [Exma^
SC £ N£ chaises. IP the priifiMkaft Pamfritf^cgjiH
Enttr King Mx^rndx
IHiave Been flfiidyiirg, hp^ toi' como^rc This prifop, v^hi^fl t ffv^^^ unto xSe ^U^ * And, for becaufe the vt^^^^^
out thefe in^^jw of disjuf^aw^, 'J^'^H J lwiy«, tU^Vglll F©^ tp. add, the AoBot here inen^io^ d a^^ W^pV*^ br(>t1i<j^in*l^W (<P<» to be one and the fame ptfi^foh ; but tmi wai nol^ tb^ cafe.' Tlie Abbot of Wefiniuifitr* w^» an ecciielhfNc j.' ^ut the bi^ptijer^in^lawj meant, was y^/wa Duke of Bxetennd Earl of Hunting^ {owti^tot tker to King Richard II.) "Jlrta"bl)llP^' TMIlftrt '^^ ^jf. ^^'^ ii'f ;tui^^j^€t IQ Henry, of Behf^ToU^ ^
KTng R r c h a r^ d^ IE" ,, |^
And here is not a creature but my felf, i*
I^cannot do ii; yet Pli hammer on'c. T
My brain TU prove the feinale to my fouiy f
My fouly the rather f; and thefe two l^eget > y
A generation of fiill-breedtng thoaj^^^ f . ?
And tbefe fame thoughts people this little v^rU^ ' In humonr^ like t^e people of jhia v^orl^ * . T
For no thought is covvtented. Thfs h^tct: ff^Hfi d * /
(As thoughts* of things- divine J am lateimiict With fcruplesf and do fet the word itfelf ;' .
Againftthe word ; as thus ; C«m^, IntUoMH*, ai^diMH;!^^ *« It is as hard to confer ^ (pr a cf^ifl ,, '
•« To tltre^4 the poftem of a feedle's eye.." , . -^^Z
Thoughts, tending to ambition, ^heydc^pJ^ft r- \
Unlikeljc wo<)decs | \<m tbefe v;^n weaW .n|UIi> I // May tear a paflwe thrc^gh dif flint)^ rifb^ . : ^
Of ihis bard wpwd« W r^gp4 -prifp*- Wf«lk : - . i And, for they qkiiRO^ 4i9 la their owivpridt* . i
Thoughts tending tp cQnte^tt^ flatter t6trmiUve«ii • / That they are not the firA of fbrt^^'s Wat/ ^ I
And (hall noft be the laft^ (lUke iil|y b^ggWs^ : r t •! Who, fitting in th<f ftocks, refuge their ihame ^
That many have, and ^fi^rt ift^fit there ^} And, in this thought, the^ £ndiai kiiitd of i^ft,; ^ fiearing their own misfortsii^ mi thr baeki r* A
Of fuchas have before* endured th& like. ^ ^ T
Thus, play I, in one priibi, naiij^ people^ . '^^^
An,d AOne cicwfierited. Soflvetimos am I King^ u ^'# Then treaibn makes we wifli myfelf a beggar,. Afld>forIam«. XhiUcmtikig^isf)^ -t
Berftiades aie, I #as bettef ftrhcn a Kiftg ;^ Tl^en am I king*d again ; and by apd bjr, ^ ; . ' ' [W •jf^lnJ^, that 1 am unfcing*d by jfffli/^^^^ , « i •••
And iftVeight am.notbin^^bjuf what*«!er lifflilh * -i'* Nor I, norany maii^' thai but man4«». . With nothing. (haU be pkas'd,, tiH-^hif ,be eai^d With being nothing— Muftck. do I hear? . ^mJUk' Hi^ ha; keeptua^ 4ii«>#tiaw^r iWter m^k^chpis. When time is><broke, and no profM^tteH kfegt^ ^ m^brxh^ StaLiiit in ihemuiick.of men's lives*. ^
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^4 Kl^ R I C H A H D IL
And here kave I the daindneft of ear» To check time broke in a diforderM firing ; B«t for the concord of my ftate and time» Had not an ear to hear my trne time broke :
I wafted time, and now doth time wafte me.
For now hath time made me hU numbring clock : My thonghta are minntes ; and with fight they jar» Their watches to mine eyes the oatwaid watch ; Whereto ay finger, like a dial's point,
II pointing IlilU in cleanfing them from tears. MpWf Sir, the founds, that tell what hoiuf it is» ^t itamoroos groans, that ftrike upon my heart.
Which is the bell } fo iighs, and tears, and groans. Shew nunotes, hours, and times-- O, but my time Rans pofting on, in BoHmghrcki^t prond joy, Whik I ftand fooling here, his jack o*th' dock. This mnfick mads me, let it found no more; . For though it ha?e help'd mad men to their wits» In me it teems, it will make wife nieir mad. Yet bleSns on his lieart, that gires it nie ! For *tis a ipk of lore ; and lOve to Richard If a ftrange brooch^ in this all-hating world..
MiOtr Gr9Pm.
<rrs#stl^ Hail, royal Prince I
K. Rich. Thanks, Boblc PMr. The cheapeft qf us is ten groan to6 dear. What an ? how com'i thou higher t If hcit Ao SUA evef comcs^ but that ihd drudge (94)^
•V($4) M«r» m mm rtntf Umtx^ hut tkit Jkd i^"] I bave wntmra ml A ckaBfe kcic. tfainft tbc autlMrity of ths copkt, by ckcdi «taio« of Mr. mtrhtrtm* Indeed, jM dtg iatotfi toe aiueh tf tb tooK^aaa, ^c orttory of the late uctnam Mb Pt/ikttbmM. 4a elr»4p 11 tbe «ror4 ol ceotempt/ which our tvtbor ehttftt m ofe « •Chiflikco«etieM« So im tbe a Ifosj^ VK
Oh, that I were a god, to frool forth thaedmr Upmi tbcfc ftdciy, ierfik, tbjea drttdgn t
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And onll 70« cn^ thM lift ib^/t iratas? A^iJMMsagi «th«f fiftits.
King R I c H A R D n« f 5
That brings me food» to make tnisfortone livei
Groom. I was a poor groom of thy dable. King, VThen thou wert King ; who travelling towards Tmrjt^ "With much ado, at length have gotten leave To look apon my fometime Mailer's £ice. O, how it yearnM my heart» when I bcheldt In London ttteets, that coronation day ; When BoUngbroki rode on Roan Bariofy^ That horfe» that thou fo often haft beffiid | That horfe, that I U} carefally have dreft^d*
K. JUcb. Rode he on Bariaryf tell me, gentle hiadp Row went he under him ?
Groom. So proudly as he had difdainM the eronod.
K. Rich. So proud, that BoUnghoki was on his back I That jade hath eat bread from my royal hand. This hand hath made him proud with clapping him» Would he not ftamble ? would he not fall down, (Since pride mni( have a fall) and break the neck Of that pr6nd mau, that did tfnrp his back ? Forgivenefs, horfe ; why do I rail on thee* Since diou, created to be aw*d by man. Waft born to bear 7 I was not nude a horfe ; And yet I bear a burden like an afs ; SpurgalFd^ and tirM by jaunting !BoB»gSroit^
Enter Keefer, with a dtfi^
Kttp. Petlow» give place; here is no longer flay;
[To tio Groom l^Wch. If thou love me^ 'tis time thou wert away. Grtftfsa. What my tongue dares n6t» that my heart fiiaJI
^y- , {Exit.
Klip. My Lord„ wilrt pleafe you to fall to ?
K. Ri£b, Tafte of it £rft> as thou wert wont tado^
Kitf^ My Lordy I dare, not ; for Sir Fierco of Extony > Who late came from the King,, commands the contrary^
K. Rich. The Do^vl take ffemy ofLancafior, and thee ! Farience is fiale, and I am weary of it. [Biolf thoKiofttt^
Kiif. Help^ helDj, help.— -^
Eater
itfi»otdi I
i&^ King k I eit k H d* IT,
Enfer Exton* av^ Servamtu K.Rici. Hpw npw? wliat mtans death in thU nide afiaak? Wretch, thine pwn hand yicjfia thy doatk's in^vomeat;
Go thour and fHl another: rooiman heil. \kHh
. . [Ejiton^'if/ i(»iB denuMy That hand fh^ll bftni in nevohquettcJeng fire. That flaggers^ tji^ my p«rlbn : thy fierce hand Hath wi^ tl«9K^ing'$ blood ftain'd the King's own ]aod». Kfonnt, mount, my foul !• thy (eat 19 up^ on high ; WhiU]:m>L^|W9 flclh. finks doAviMwardy here to die. [Difj*.
^^tof$. As i^uUiOi* Ytlowr» as oflrayai bioed ; * Both have I (jpiU : Qh, would the deed w^t ^xM ' For n^v(A the deviU that told me, I did:wdl, Says,.th^ ihi^ deeiis ehronicledin.hQlL This d^ King ta the living Hingl'tl. beat ; Take henct th« left^ and' giva them hjinal \inx^. \Mn%um^
SCENE changes to the court zxff^tndjhr.
Blourifi: JE^;!^f/r. BoUbf broke, Yqt^^ *wjti pthr for^s anil Attendants,.
Soling JJ7^ Ind qncle Tork^. the Uteft news we hear,
\p^ Is, that the rebels have co»ftim*d with fire- 0ur town of CtQefter in Glpuce^erjhiu^ 9 at whether they beta'en or fiain, we he^r aot«
Enter Northumberland..
. Welcqme^. my Lord ;. what is the news ?
North, Pirft tp thy facred f!ate wifli I ^| hap()ri%ei5|; The next news is, 1 have to Lpndon fent The heads of Sal^finrj^ Sfencer^, Blun^wxd Kent :. Tlie manner of their taking may s^pear At large difcourffd in this paper here. {Erefenting^^paffr* Boling, We thank thee, gentle Pi?rr^j for^thy pdihs,. An^d^to thy worth will add n^\:^ot\V^ ^^vea*
luui
iVMr FhsMvater. \
Fitx^ir. My Loik}^ I h^vc fyom (%^/ ibn< tp. f^^dii^^ The head* of JJ>-«!(Ofl;^^ s^rid S^ JJoMr^/ ^«if ^ j
RoUng. Thy paanf^ Si^Wff$rf fMl j^ hcjpfgpti Right noble is thy merUji ^(;^IvKo;^
£iir/^ l^Cy^ and" the Biftfop of Cariifc.
iu&C- "^^ ?^"^ cd^fjiiator. 4kb9t o( ^T/ijimiM^^^ . With ci(^ of xonfciebce, and <OMr melancholy. Hath yielded up his body to the grave : But,here is Cariije» living to abide Thy kingly doom, and tentence of his pride.
Baling, CarliJU^ this is your doom : Chufe out fome fecret place, fome reverenci roonii More than thou haft,, and with it joy thy life ; So, as thou liv'ft in peace, die free from ftrife*. For though mine enemy thou haft ever been. High fp^s of honour in thee I have fe^n.
Enter Exton, nuith a ce^n,
Exftm, Great King,, within this coffin I preftnt: Thy bury'd fear. Herein all; breathlefs lies The mighticft^of thy gre^eft enemies, Richard, of Bourdeaux^ by me hither brought..
BoL Exton. I thank thee not ; for thou haft wrought. (25 Jv A deed of flander with thy fatal hand,. Upon my head, and all this famous land'.
Exton^'Srom your own mouth, my Lord, did J this deed*.
Boling. They love not poifon, that do poifon needj, I^or do I thee ; though I did wifti him dead». 1 hate the murd'rer^ love him murdered^
(^5)^ ' ' for thou baft wrought
' A detd 0/ /laughter wub thy /atafiband,'] I havc*cho(r the reading of the elder quarto here, a deed of (lan^tT, Of c. 1i^% Micbard*9 murder might be a reproach upon the YrhoVt CA^kiCkNXf ^ ^Cu^^ Jus dauh cauki not be Jiid ta thcJk gtntrai chac^ti
tt Kifig Ri cuAtLD IL
Tbe-toilt of confcieoce take thoa for th^ labooPp Bot neither my good word, nor firiiiGely favoor. With Cairn go winder through the ifaadeof nighty An^ never ftew thy face by day« or light. Iiordst I proteft, my foul is fu!I of woe. That blood ihonld fprinkle me» to make me grovr< Come, mourn with me for what I do lament^ And pvtonftllen black, incontinent: ni make a voyage to the hdy-land. To wa(h this blem of from my guilty bend* March fadly after, grace my mpunung kere» Iniitrfii^ Ofcr tbb untimely bier. (Atimt
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N R Y IV.
WITH THB
^IFE and DEATH
OF
iYj Siman:i*d Hot-S*Vr.
n' - ■ . ■:^ :":; ■ ■
^*ri?_^ ^ ^'«'
Dramatis Perfona^.
H r N G tJenry fhe Fourb,
Worcefter,
Northumberlai|d»
Hot-fpur,
Mortimer,
Archbijhop of York| SMneniies t$ th^ JUin^
Owen ISlendowcf;
Sir Richard Vernon„
Sir Michell, J
Weilmorland, Xm£*km A^v«»»* »^k«.^
A> Walter Blunt, t S^^* ^^^ ^^'^
Bir John FalflafF.
poins, n
Bardolphy J
hady Percy, IT^^ /o Hot-fpur.^
Lady Mortimer, Daughter to Gtendower, an4 Wife k Mqrtijper. » ^ •
Sheriffs Vintner y Chamherlain^ Dranvers^ t*wo, CarrierSf Travellers^ and Attendant u
^QE^t, ENGLAND.
Thr
(I) The FwsT p,4«T pf
H E N a y ly.
.> k; (fi iiF H' .'lyr wi p,h
ACT L
Eater K^g HtHiy; Z»rii Jblin fiT^Jmc^qri |fW ^
SO j5ba)i^ f& ^e ay, fo w^ ^ifitk Find wc a time fpr frig|ite4 p^gcp to g^ntj
l^rp|!^{[«4i^:thi.cfty,^U'«p^(y^ tU^ a
t>ibaght oF Hot^ b^XM
. ^ . . v-H . ; - -rw''«W ^*y ♦.(if f 14^6 0' Sep- timber, T40S 1) »nd it aofel ^Uh t|i^ fuf^l ^^ 4fW 9f) ^otfffur tt Sbretvfiuty j which ewWii^cnt nappf n /'*" ^-* — '-' ^ ' " " "
(the r- -' ''' «^i£- l^v.:*_/._^ '.? wiT?'^
I
oldeft more recent
defeated the Scots under Architfl^ ^M^/\
/0«rff hill) which battle was fbjiig^^f^n HjA^^i ^ty V'
Mgdafen) in the ytar 1403.
0 and the firft Foiw, \ h»Y(
imeof the not'miftake the fenfe of
• I
92 The First Part ©f
Shall dain^ her lips With her own children's blood t No more &all crencLing war channel her fields. Nor bruife her flowrecs with the armed hoofs Of hoftile paces. Thofe oppofed tyts^ Which, like the meteors of a troubled Heav*D» All of one nature, of one fubftance bred, Pld lately meet in the intelline (hock And furious clofe of civil butchery. Shall now in mutual well-befeeming ranks March all one way ; and be no more opposed Againft acquaintance, kindred, and allies : The edge of war, like an ill-iheathed knif^. No more ihall cut his mafter. Therefore, friendsp As far as to the fepulchre of Chrift, (Whofe foldier now, under whoie blefl*ed croft We are impreifed, and engagM to %ht) FohWith a power of En^pfhtU we leavy; Whofe arms were mooldea in their modien* wombf To chafe thefe pagans, in thole holy fields , Oyer whofe acres walked thofe blefTed.ftct, Which, fourteen hundred years ago, were aail'd For pur advantage on the bitter orofs. Bat this our pftrpofe is a twelvemonth old. And bootlefs 'tis to^tell yon we will go. Therefore, we meet not now : Then let me hear^
tfitpaflage, theantithefii, th»t feemt defia*^*!!, rrquifet thitrtadi»f. Mmrmtci •/ tlt$ fin, lapprehend^ cannot well mean anrnvii^aof <lie kiafdom t Nor coqid the King have a reafon to fay, that MwghU Aoold never again he attcatipied hy heftile arni. The et prcftia ii ^cryohTcore) hef I take this to he the neanag: That xhttkhff earth, tk4^ and fmad with drmj^, ihall ne nore dsmf, of^m^fm %tt fipa, or furface, with her oktu children's hlood. The ^ earth driMtg in this manner, is a very aatuial aUufioo, and fte^ocnt with
;
anti
ilo« lA hb tnaikfim rthm of King Jokm i
If all the kUJi yfpih on either part»
Ckfiwg the iraiuHit of the tbirjij earth,
Qrow» to a- tore-game, and a bridU fv*aft I ^
I mmy VI.
Thy brother*! Uo§itht thvfy tsrth hath drunks,
4.ct ay tean^c^ the earth* t drj «(|ci^iia«
King Henry IV^ . 93
3f you my gtfntle coudn Weftmorland^ ' , iVhat yefternight our cooncil did dei:ree» [n forwarding this dear expedience.
Weft, My Liege, this haite was hot in qneftion» Aind many limits of the charge fet down Bat yefternight : When, all athwart, there comt K pod from Wales^ loaden with heavy news ; V^^hofe word was, that the Bobk Afi9r//>«frf Leading the men of Herefoni/hirtlo fight Again ft th' i/regular and wild Giende^er^ Was by the rude hands of that Weljbman taken | A thdufand of his people butchered. Upon whoie dead corps there was fuch mifufe. Such beaftly, ihamelefs transformation^ By thofe Welflywomen done, as majr not be, without muth fhame, re-told or (poken of.
K. Henry, It feems then, that the tidings of this br«il Brake off our bufinefs for the holy land.
Wefi. Tkis, matcht with other, did, my gracious Lord | I^or more uneven and unwelcome news Came from the north, and thus it did import. On holy^rood day, the gallant Hot-fpur there^ Young fferrjr Prr{j>, and brave Archibald^ • That ever- valiant and approved ^^0/, At Holmedon fpent a fad and bloody hour \ .
As by difchargc of their artilleiy. And fkzp^oC likelihood, the news was toM } Fw Die/ rtiat brought it, in the verv heat • And pride of their contention, did take fioj^fe. Uncertain of the ifTue any way.
K. Henry. Her^ is a dear and true induftriotts friendi ^ixfTuher Blunt fUtiv lighted from his horfe (3)1
Slain'd
(^) Sh "^tlUttlunU new ligtued/retfi hit kr/ti Staia*d with the variation of each foil,
Betvtitu that Holmedoq, &c.) Tbii circomftanee of Bkmt'B , Ipeed, and being befjmttiSr^d with the diifeient dirt of each county, waa |ook*d Ton,' I attptehend, io a ladicroas li^ht by fom^ tarpen ) at leaf^^ i find it farodfid in an old cottedjr, ind appljM to ft ^\ttauL% luffle tiunhkd iit0 tbe dirt.
9+ The Fiks*r Part df
SuinM with th^ va^ratioh of each foil
Betwixt that HottneJbitt and this feat of outs t
And he hath brought u^ fitiooth and welcome news*
The Eall of DbTi^//i/ is difcomfit^d.
Ten thoufand bold Scots, three and twfenty Knightsi
Balk'd in thiiP own blood did Sir ff^alter fee
On ^<^/wf^Y plains. Of |5rifoners. Hot -f pur icok
Mordake the Eafl of fifey and cldeft'fott
To beaten Donjoglas, and the Earls of \*^/it^^
Of Mttrryy Angiisy arid Menteith.
And is not thii^'dii honoorabid fJjbJl ?
A gallant prize ? ha-, ebt^fin, is it hb^ ?
IFeJi. In faCthy a cbnqti^ft for Vitni\tti6 bbalf oft Yi. Henry. Yea, there thoti mak*ft rtielkd, aiid mak'ft In envy, that Arly Ldrd Northumiyeriakd [me i&i
Should be the fkther of fo bleft a fon : Atotiy who is the theme of hoiiout's tongn'e t Amongft a grove> the vefy Hreighteft plant i Who i« iWtferf Fb/tttnt's rainion> ah'd' hi&t- pfide : Whilft I. by lookihg on the ptkiii' dr'hito, . See riot and <HftifWiOlif ftain thfe ^o^' Of my youf^g Haf)ry. 6 couid it ht pf<iV% That fome night*trlppin^ fairy had eji^hang^i In cradle-cloaths, out diildf^'n wh^fe'they lay, And cdlVdmmbPffcy, hit Pkftiiig'iHei'; Then would I have his H^rfy^ an'd he ttificf. But let him frtrtft' rfiy tho^^ts.-^ What think* ycTi^Cbyi, Of this yming i*^rf/s pride ? thcttrlforfer*. Which he in th?s advehtiire hath^ftfrprii'd. To his own ufe he keeps, alid ffetrds 'rtr6 Wt^rd,^ I ftiall ha^i«i nam' but MinTaJte Earl of A/^ .
Pf^eji. TWisii Ms Article's teachi^'gi this isTJ^^r^ri lAakVblent to you in all afpeds ; Which makes him prune him(elf, and brjiftle .up The creft of youAr agaifift ybiir digHitjr;
——— your band* ami doublet ^
*roro /fortj vQur n«c)c and back: and your bfal^jefertft^hei .
&dinii''wirB tBt vaHadon of eac^/oil.
Kirtg HrNft* IV* ^
lt.-Afe»>3t ftut I have fent for htm to anrw^r tkii j And for this c^^ft awhHr we muft ilegled Oar holy purpoftf xnjeruftdem, Cou^n, ^xiH^fdnefdaytityX^ odf CouHc/l weJ Will hold at Wtndfor, fo inforhi the Lotds : Sot come yoorfelf <vrth fjpc^d to as agaift j ,
For more is tor be faid, and to be done. Than our of anger can be tittered.
S C E N> E aft apartment of the PHtici^'s.
Enttr ^itixy Ih^ifice ^ Wales, ^^»/5/> /cAb Falitatf. Ftf/.l^t O W, iSr^/,: what time of day is it, ltd ?
l/^ P- /&«r)^. TKoaart fo fet-wittfed withdrml^ ing old fack,. and unbuttoGTMig^ tliee aftef fuppfcr; and flecping upoti benched in the i^tcniopn^ that* thoa Inft forgotten to demand that truly, which thowwOlild'ftthiljf know. What a devilhaft thou to do with Ac time of tM« day ^ unTefs hoars were ctips of fack, ^hd minuter xxpouif aiid clocks the tongues of bawds, and dials the iiens o( leaping-houfes, and the blefled .fun himfelf a fair hot wench in ftiihi-c6l0^r'd'taffataf I fee no rcafon why thou ^outdUl'l^e fa (uperKHOosi Kh demand tiic tiiAtf ot the day. ^ FAh itt»*K^^ yettxwhif ti^V ritt^Wfifv^; Bid. " Fdr^ itre, that nlee ^i^lte; ^hfi\^ ftibOTt and (eveti ftarSy arid not by P halms, Mq^ that' wandering knight fo fair* And, I pray thee, fwiet wag,; whai^ th«u art Kill|;-s«^-«*t8 God favc thy Graoe, (M^efty^ Ilftiotfld fay y ^gtati'thM wilt have notfe.)*"*"*-^
P. Henfy. Wh^l:'! nbmi ?
FaL No, by niy troth, not fo'lmich^is'wiH fer^ to ht prologue to an egg^.aiidbiiftet'.'
F: HAtrJ. Wdlj hbw^Afe^ fcowe^, rmilh'd!;^, Ibtiyiy-^
Fal: U^frfi tl!fWVf^«?fef^%rV^6rt'tliouartK:Hig.(4),
let '
(4J5 t^ »•* «i; r*w<? aw 8f4lrW^fjle^^i^'sDb(fyi Bt dm thkn)ti ejT Ari&ry'f bewity.] Thir am'^^> ti6^ ilKkiakttt of idea to ttfc. 'fi<i^ c#ol^^y hi^attf<hihfc^^ai#lilfr'1t'^«t)'nVv^ tM'^^%vc^t$^.
d6 Tht First Part of
iet not us that are fquires of the night's hody^ he caiP^ thieves of the day's booty. , Let us be DUna's forefters, gentlemen of the ihade, minions of the moon ; and let men fay, we be men of good government, being go- verhed as the fea is> by our noble and chafte miflrefs the moon, under whofe countenance we-^^ — fteal.
P. Henry. Thou fay^il well^ and it holds well too ; for the fortune of ub, that are the moon's men, doth ebb and flow like the fea $ being governed, as the fea is^ by the moon. As for proof, now: a porfe of gold moft refoltttely fnatch'd on Meftday night, and tnoft difiblutely fpent OR Tuefdn^ morning ; got with fwearing, lay ij i and fpent with crying, Mfi^g in : now in as low an ebb as the foot of the Jadder ; and by and by in as high I flow as the ridge of the gallows.
(5) FaL By the Lord> thou fay'ft true, lad t and Is not neiine hoftefjr of the taverh a moft fweet wench ?
(6) Y. Henry. As the honejr of HyUa^ my old lad of the caftle ; and is not a buff-jerkin a moft fiveet robe of idurancef
Fd.
fttne; they tmfAi net fi^al the fiir ^y-lighh ) have Veotiifed to fobftitute, Uotyi aiid thU I take to be thfc meaning. Let ua not M called tbitvHt the pturfoioCtt of that $oHy, which, to the propneroit, waa the porchafe of honeft labour and indoftry by day*
(5) Fal.— tfiM^ it mtnuM bcftfk tf thtfs^ftru m wtfifntdt notn^hf ' P. faenry»-<ww/ itmta huj^jfrkiM a tm0 fwtet rih$ of durmct f M.— — w^«' 0 Prague b^i I to do vitb a buff^jerldn f
JF.Httsty, ^hy, vtmt a p^x bavt I to do koitb ipy b^hfo 0/ the ti* vtrn f This manner of trofi-^iicAioning ia not unlike fevertl naflafeft in Piautut i pailicolarly thia in MofoHorU, Ac. s« Sc. 3, ^M^id^ teoftor fiigida mtt Isvi wtagit biSektor § Nee quutniHi melius f nu€S€Di^f roar ^tdefigeatsm* S. Eventut rehms omnibus^ tteUit berwo Mejitmagtia
Fmt, K Slkfdoa Meffisattinte admeem Lavatmem f $• Nihiki pluf, quam Latatfe tua ad Meflim.
(6) A the howM 0/ HyUa, »y old W 0/ tho caftle-l Mr. ttewH \t% I haVe obfervM in a note on the Sdirry fVtwi of H^ind^',) took notice of atraditioli, that this part of ti^off was laid to have been written originally under the name of Oldeoflk. An ingenioua corr#> Ijpondent {whom I only know by his figiling hiiiifelf L. H.) hmtt to me, that the, paAage above quoted from our author proves, whit itr.Rewe teJli os was a tnditiom OULad af the C^ir feam to
hate
KJT^' H £ K R Y rV, 97
Fb£'Hd# mmt htm imupi mad wtg; wHat, ki-th/ 9pmp9 an»i>tt7 ^vkkUfiea^? wiiat a pkigiie have 1 to do wkh a M{tj6Pkiai
F. 4fti»rfi Wfcy, wfcat « pM fanre I to ito-wkh toy toRoTs' ctf tleiaveM ^
AiiL ¥M(v AcMrfeoftasH'dlieriCKareGkoMnsinaBjr athnraad^Af.
i^ £;?m3r» Dfi I a¥«v iait cHea lo psqr f/kf pxtv i ^
Fah
lMrv^.i«Att«« «» MM^ (Beidei^ ar *U(lai4 aot htm tkf faA, ^Injlvr^ lh# Qhto|a^fli»i|i4df^fto Fa^tf) why»^ In the e^Uogoe to tbs-iccaai^p^'Of Armej^ iV« wbivr our author promires to continue ' %n ttoty with Sir 5'«''^" >n it, flioufd fay, WbtrCifir any thing Jkno'u; f«Jftaff /&«//. dU of afweat, unhfs already bt be kiird wkhyimr bard i^kAatnt firiMeMt Jf^d^inmrtyr, anStbU is not tba tttanf This Mj^/ lilM ^idieiSia a potato ttec hul bom me4e.e« ol^^iHoii to ' him. 1*11 gfve » fetther nMf tcr i» paoof^ which feamfaioxift to /ix tt»cbiitf^ irMvertpd aa ej^ ylay».caird, TBe^famm f^iSorks of ff^ocy.f*' Vth^coataiipihg the honourable Battle of y^mrcvrf.——* . n€ aNRiofi of tftis Vi<cr cinnmences aboot the 14th year of K, Hemy IVth's reign, and ends -wtthn iArurf th» Tdi aMrryini Ffiacefs Ctf« ;i6tfrfM of FkMW* tte fc«i« oppa* wstb Priacc ^«ir^*s robberies. Sir yQjM^a/U^i<9M0*Mk«aaof b « |pi^ and caird Jackie ; tad Ned and
QfUt-Iti// ate two other comrades. <i From thi« old iinperfeA
tk^th, 1 have a fof^cion, SBakeffeare might form bis two parrs of Hemy the iVth^ tod his hiftory t>f K. Ihnry V : and conreqcently, *^^ imk^pMklif^ liisf ta^asigat caofiaoe th« nseiitioo ef Sit Jobm fftfifftfr, tij^rftmriHrmrtnTt- of tl»M: ftfmljr mot'd Q^Elizabetb to t««Ml>*f»4^hw»io^nfiattke.a«m^r Whea this change was made, it canMt riQsc be eajSlydetem^ined. Falpaff U out tmn as far back as tie y^r 1599; (the ditc of thy tildctt quareo of i Henry IV.) Aird^ fhat fhk piece had been pKy^t^ iod was well know» before Chat yeot^ a^petio frisa il^f- ebroifliftaiee | that B. Johofon's ^«riy Mucooa^f bM immufi^miStft i»to publkk in 1 599, a«d in the clofe of it there is mention made of the Fat of Sir John Falfiaff* V A obferve but one thir>g more in fupport of the tradition, which will go Qfi^f-to itpt the natter out of queftion* I have an edition printed in lUioo of thf fi^ft part of the troe and honourabfe hiftoty of the life oT'Sir ^ht^ Ctdiq^e^ the gcoa Lord Cobbam. There is a prologue ^r«fiV^> w^ich exj>reires fom^fiats in the author, left the doubtfih jiilf ufotx iht arj'Mrrunt \n hand /hoiild breed fonve Aifpence in the fpedbtori : Ts Jtop voh'icb fcrufie, iays the prologue, let tbh brief
ttum p;imper*d Glutton 9a§ pi^efent, Nor aged CounCelldr ic yodihful ua«
9* The First Part of
F4/. No, ril fiTt thee thy due^tkoH haft paid all dieff.
F. HiMTj, Yea, and elfewbere. So far as my Goia woakl
ftretcb ; and where it would no(| I liave u[ied my €fedu.
Fal. Yet, and To afed it, that were it not here ap^ar^t, I ^
that thou art heir apparent— —Bat» I pr'jrthe^ fweet I g
wag» (ball there be gailowa ftaadiaff is £i^|Aift/^ whea 1 1
thott art ELing ? and refolutioB thot fimed at it ia, miA
the nifty curb of oM lather andckp the law ? Deaot
thou, when tlioa art a King, haag a thief. I |
P. Himj. No ; then (halt. I ]
/«! Shall H O rare I Bf theLord, rii be abravejodge.
P. Hemy* Thoa jadgeft falfe already : I mean, thott
(lialt have the hanging of the thievies, and (b become |
rare hangman.
FaL W^Wf Hal, well; and in fome fort it jumps' with my hnmoar, at well as waiting in the coart, I caa tell yoi. V. Henry. For obtaining of fuits ?—— FaU Yea, for obtaining of fuits ; wheteof thehaii(« man hath no lean wardroM. 'Sblood, I am as mdta- choly as a gib- cat, or a luggM bear. P. Henry. Or an old lion, or a loi^^s lute. Fah Yea, or the drone of a Linceh^n bagpipe. P. Henry. What fay'|l thou to a bare, or the melia« choly of moorditch \
Fal Thoo haft the moft oafavonry fimilies ; and art, indeed, the moil comparative, rafcallieft, fweet young Prince — —But, Hal^ I pr*ythee, trouble me no more with vanity ; I would to God, thou and 1 knew where t commodity of good names were to be bought : an oU Lord of the council rated me the other day jn the fticet abouc youji Sir ; but I mark*d him not, and yet'ke talk'd vtry wifely, and in the flreet too.
tve^y body muft agree, that Talfiaff'i f^axtBdtt it here nnqii^ftfOB* 3hiy bioted at } and that theie could be so room for fuch % palliatijl| cantim in this prologue, unleft Oldeafih^t nine had once fafl^rM b^ /uppottiof F«jpaff'% vices. That the change y/wt made Ibme yean before this piece appear^ oni the fiage, feimiob^ioMffOfli bnefDCMh ^f K.Henry V. in hi
fyhere tbt iivU are all mj^ old tbitottt Falft Jf, tbaivil/ah, isfi fat. be €Mn9t git '9n btt b$rfe ^ but^ mttbiik, foias and Ptt9 Jbtuli ktfikrrmg btrtabwtu
t.Btmy.
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P. fienri^. Thou didft well ; for wifdom cries oat in the ftreets, ^nd no mail renrds it.
Fal. 0» thoa haft damnable ittouion» and ait» indeed* able tocoiTaptafaint.Tho« haft donenach ham unto me,' Halt God forgive thee for it ! Before I knew thee» Hml^ I knew nothing r and now am I» if a man flioald fpeak UxXjt little better dian one of the wicked. I mtift give over this life, and I will pit it over ; bjr tlie Lord, ai> I do not» I am a villain. I'll be damn'd for never « K.bg'8 fon in chriftendom.
P. idmry. Where (hall we takea jmrfe to-morrow. Jack f Fal. Where thoa wilt, lad, I'll make one ; an I do not, call me villain, and bafleme*
V.Bmy. I fee a good amendment of life in thee, from praying to purfe-tMung.
(7) fal. Why, Hal, 'tit my vodrtioB* JHb/. ^Tis oo ^n for a man to labonr in hit vocation. . F9ins /---^^ iNbw ^ali we know, if G«rf^-i^ have fet a match. O, if men were to be fayed by 'tterit, what hole in liell were hot enoagh for himl
' (7} Fal. B^, Ha]» *f<i«9 ^fc^tkitt Hal. ^Ta iu Jin jQtAmpa fo Ithur in hit vocation^
Enter Pomik Pouis. M|v Jball mf^ktumf \f Gads- bill Uvifa m match,] Mr. Ptpt hu given ut ooe ii|^ obCervation in kli frtfti^ to our Mthor*! WdTJct. T^oK^^Mf bU piap, fays he, had all the fpeeches bten. primtd vjkhout tbt 'oery names of the- perfons, / htRevi ont mi^ht have ^ffk^dtbem with certainty tb every j^eahtr. But how f«lltt>le the iBoft fufficteiit critsck may be* the paOage in controt erfy it a mats inftsbce. At fignal a blunder hat elcap*d atl the editort here, u any one throogh the whole fet of playi. WiU any one perfuade me. Shake^tmt Could be guilty of fach an inconfiftency, as to make F9ins at bit firit entrance want news ef(7tf^£j//y and immedia ely after to be ab)( to give a fuU accoimt <rf him } ■ «Nd$ Falfiaff^ feciat Pwii at band, turns the ftream of his diicourf^ from the FHlice, andiay^, Now ftall we know whether GA/s-i)/// has fet a iiMtch for us \ and H^en imnjediattly falls into railing and inve£livet MpMtToink, Mow aliAirably is this in character for TaJfiaffl Aad j>llM|^.«.i.who knew well hisjftbufive manner, feems in part to over- bear him : and fo foon as he has retqroM the Prin<:e's fatutationt cries, by way of anfwcr, What Jaji Mtifour Rcmorfc? fVhatfcys STr John Sack »nd Sugar f
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100 The Fir SI Part^
ItMet P6ihs. Itbi*^ )A Ike nwftf omntfoaMfrflialifti tftst Cfiet ci^d.
bow m-te the ^vihMd thowtbiMft tt^fbuh tlfit thoU
a cold capon's leg?
P. ^f^Tv €irfbi(iP Atfl4»f*^MS'#^A ; th« dHiT ftdall JM^ve M% bwgaait^ fbr'H* w4m ncvtt y«t * bi^ai^f of {>to* verbs ; ^^ <will ptve ii^^^k'M hk Ait.
with the devil.
Px^r^ryiBMelietaMweV'dailNi^di^^rtQ^^
Foiit*. Mt, fliT^ lachsi M^ X^Sd^i t6 IMu^Ovv xftoi-Aing, bf fQgr Vcltob^ tady^^a^MIi; there ate pHgrfttt* |{p#«grt6 Qadietkiify \vitbHch bffefh^s, aihi tr^deti tidhig; to London with fat purfes. I ha^revkort for JrOftf 4f!'; ydff have horfes for yourfelve^ : Gads-hill lies to-nij^ht in Ro* tinfiir^ I have Befpolce fimM» tcMttdrnm nigm m Bdjt- iheap ; we may do it, as iccure as ffeep : if you will go, • I will (lufF your purfes ftrti of (;ir6wns j if you will not, taffy it-hcmie iBtjttbfe hatng'd.
F)al. Hfelar y€> Te'ikvard ; if" I tarry athomcj andjio^ ifr.t. III hang you for going.
Po/W. You will, chops?
FaU UaU ^'«H thwi make one f
P. Henfy. Wh6, f i^ob ? la thie/f not f, by my faitlu
FaL There's neither haneHy, manhood, n<or gaod^ low (hip in thee, nor thou cafla'ft not of the blood royal, if thou dar'ft not cry, ftand, ^r ten IhiltiifH.
P. Henry. Well, theli,olidcin iWy d^ys I'Bbe^ ifaadcstti. . Fal Why, that's well faid. : P. Henry, ^t\\^ come what will, l^ll t»rry at home.
/a/.By theLord,ril be« traitor thdn^when thou ftrtKlfygk
P. Henry. 1 care not;
Point. Sirjfif^f I pt'ylhee> Icac^etKc Prince and me
King Hen ar IV, loi
ilitfat ; ¥ wifl layliim Hownfudi reafods for thls^dv^B- ture, that he (hall go.. r ,
Taf. WeU, may% tho\i liavc the fpirii: o/'jpv.fgafi<{q,
flttdlie the ^rs <jf prdfiting, that what .tT;^pM* fpeak'ji may raovey ai:!d what he beafs may t>e beli^v^d ; that the troc^iincc may (for recrctation ftfce) prov^ a faJfc thief;
for the poor abjifes of the time W^pt countenance, F^are- •wel, you ihail find me in %aft'chedp*
^. iWwfjrj*. Farewel, thou lafCer fpring ! Far^wej, alj-
hoUown fummcr ! [J*^ '/ Fal,
Pptttt. Now, my good Rveethony Lord, rjdie wUh .us
^ta-morrpw. I imvc a left to execut^^ tba,t J capopt
mmarge alone. (€) fdqiaff'^ Bc^rdolff^ iPf/9, ■♦nd C^45r-
i^7/, n^a}l rpb thofp men that we have already way Ijiid ;
yoorfeilf and 1 will ;iOt 'be there ; and when they have
the%poty, if yon ^d i ^<^ il6t rd.b ll^^ip/ oi^ ih^s bct^d H>ff /rtun luy ihptridera. ' j
(S) JWftfir, HAiivaw, IVfl!^Hli«. wW 9t^ Wl>Mtf tw* ^/*
^Aram the fifft doWDwar'^t. qot thjis ^e -,)^vr ^«(;(>i^r^q|^ i i^tn^. at cbart£leri in tk}t|i)ay, 'tkttntmr v'.^ne tfoce 'infrl'tea .^mdi^'the 'Mrmmtk^mfrnkt ia «ny of -Iht i«^riiAi4Mit5(vlia(ro(rv«r. -^ut^ei us
we may be able to account >% ^t pai^ V ai^iti^fiMl |hi^«f » ^a they 4t prtTofit feem. Ia tha Teccmjl a^ He pome ^o a fqeoe of the fii^'Ufay, Ffilflaff, wanting hi^ horfe, w^ich ^ad be^« h)(J on pu«pefe ^ p)agoe4iHn, -ciVa odt^m 'i/<s/, 4^0/11;, 9Wo)^> ^^d J^ctf 9 and fays, he has ^ §ycut otiai f« Uave Hiefe 'r^ues. Prefdit ;y, Caii-bill joins *em, with inH |^|amie 4}f tnsvellcrs 'b<iid9 ac band f •pon which ^ P/iofiC /ays-»r»ri*--»f«y^ttiD|if)7l^.jP'4ti >s;«f /*« ffarrffw lane, Ned Pnins <i|f^.I wi^jp/i(k lomer, 3p tMt thc/o^rto be concerned are Ftttfiaf,BaYdi}fei Pito, and Ocds hill Accord- ingly, the robbery is cuinmitted : and the Prince and Peins after- WAi4« j^ them /»^r, Wibep tb^.«Mttcr^(tff)QtfV>'«t>9Vdft»t«i»liftii Sfl the V4iar\i''ffei4 t^ywi, the PcUce ralUes ^1^ A0>1 Mi^i^lfi for their running awajr j vbo co^^cfs the xi^fjp. U^i^eA the >evio«oce pow is it aot pUip, th^t M^rd^lft ^nd fV'* v^i^ /kh .of rihe /tur i(o1>biett ? Ai\4 who then pajp dfii4>c^ i>ut -Hf ^VCM^r 9«d j(^/ #raM iihe pa^es of the a^ors.ths^t perforin'd thoie twfOcp^Si Aiyt^^b^ytnaUiaJie, ;n tJ&e old ^ay-hovkfe book(8, ^U,t ipi^ca^ qf |he namca -of €he >«&a- raSfers fo 'be reprefented by them ? So, throui>^^m j'.i«h^ (eMie* ia diiuib ^9 about l/ttbUg, the namas of Kem^ and Coiv/e^ %t«
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P. Hmj. Bat how Hull we part with tHem k fi^iiag forth?
Poimt. Why, we will fet forth before or alter them ; and appcnnt them a place of raeetingy whereiit it is at our pleafure to fail ; and then will they adventure upon the exploit theofelves, which they ihall have noibcMier atchievMy bat weHl fet upon them.
P. Hemy. Ay ; but» 'tis like, they will know us by oar horfesi by our habits » and by every other appointmenti to be ourfelves.
Poins. Toty oar horfes they Aall not fee, I'll tie then in the wood ; our vizors we will change after we leave them; and iirrah, I have cafes of buckram for the nonce, to immaik our outward garments.
p. Henfy, Bat, I doubt, thev will be too hard for us.
Pcint. Well, for two of them, I know them to be as true-bred cowards as ever tumM back ; and for the ihirdt if he fight longer than he fees reafon, PIl forfwear anns. The virtue of this jell will be, the incompre- henfible lies that this iame fat rogoe will tell us when we meet at fupper ; how thirty at leaft he fought with, what wards^ what blows, what extremities he endured ; and, in the reproof of this, lies the jeft.
P. Hinrj. Well, I'll go with thee; provide os all things neceflary, and meet me to-morrow night in £0/!" fbt^Pi there PJl fap. Farewel.
Poins, Farewel, my Lord. r^xiV Ppini.
P. Binry, I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idlenefs ; Yet herein will I imitate the fun. Who doth permit the bafe contagious cloudy To fmother op his beauty from Uie world ;
priatcd in tbe rid t>eoks,.inftea4 of the Town Clerk kr^ VQghtrrfi ts, ib another ftcoe of the fame play, Jack H^ilfon we find marlrd to enter inftead of Baltbaiear. The like inaccuracies are fieqoeat through BeawKont and Fletcher, It were to be wiiked indeed, oiif- tikes of this fort ha^ happened throughout our author's works : for . fo we might have known »hat particular parti were peiform*^ ^y Shah^tare him&lf, and the other croi&ent adora cooctrn*d in this tmfcij with him.
That
KmgHivftTiy. id^
TlialtwkcakepleafeagiiQ tobehiiiifdf, .
Bring wanted, lie may be more wondrcd at.
By breaking thxoafijli the foUl and n^ly mifts
Of vapovrd, tbat did ftem to ftrangle him.
If all the year were playing holidays,
Toi Iport woold be as tedioos as to work ;
But when they feldom come, diey wifhc-fbr corner
And nothing pleafeth bnt rare accidents.
So when thb4ooie behavionr I throw off.
And pay the debt I never piomifed ;
By how modi better than my word I am.
By (b much ihall I falfify men's hopes ;
And, like bright metal on a rnllen ground.
My reformation,- glittering o'er my faslt.
Shall ihew m<»e goodly, and attraA more cyet^
Than that whkh hath no foil to fet it off*.
ril fo offend, to make offence a fkiH ;
Redeeming time, when men think kaft I will. lExtf.
SCENE changes to an Apartment in the Palaa.
Emter King Htnxy^ Northumberland, Worceffer, Hot-ipnr, Sir Walter Blunt, AHd»tb$rs.
K.^#ai7.1iif YUpodhath been too cold and temperate,
lYX Unapt to ilir at thefe indtgnicies ^ And you hare found me ; for accordingly You tread UDon ray patience : but be ture, I will from heticerarth rather be myMf^ Mighty, and to be feared, than my condition. Which hath been fmooth as oil, fbft as young down. And therefore loft that title of refpeA, Which the proud foul ne'er pays, but to the proud.
Wor, Oar houfe, my fovereign Liege, little deferves The fconrge of greatnefs to be ufed on it ; And that faoie greatnefs too, which our own handa Have helped to make lb portly.
North. Mygood Lord, — —
K. lienrf. Wortefitrt get thee gone ; for I do fee Danger and disobedience in thine eye.
E4 O
IQ4 TkcFiA^y Fmp of
O Sir, your prdcoceis too bold and pifwuMQFff
And Majefty might never y^^ndune
The moody frontier of a ferKant bfCMv*
You have good leaw lo h^ws^s. Wkt^iwp^ifiei.
Your ufe and counfel, we ihall Omd for yoH*
[iamk Wofflifleff. You were about to if eak. £^ NoftteqibeElaiuU
Ndrtk. Yc8, my good Lord. Thofe prifoners^ in your Highaefs' aa^it deiitaaded» V/hich Harry Per (J htit at lUlm^^took^ Were, as he fays, not with fuch ftremgib doof -d As was deliverM to your JJajefly, Or envy therefore, or mil^rifion. Is guilty of this faol(;» and Xiot my ifta.
Hot. My liii^/^ I did deoy no .furifoD#0$» But 1 remember^ when tibe fight -was 4k>if at When I was dry with cage, .and ^xtMme <ojlU Breatblefs, and ^nt, leaning iVpAv^iy^WDrds Came there a ccnain Lord, neat, trimly drefs'd ; Frefti as a bridegroom, awl his jchin,» iUBW-rcap'xl, Sbew'd like a ftu'bl^le laird at harveft^omc. He was perfiuned like a milliner ; And 'twixt hh finger an5 1iis thwrtb^ 'bi;irel3 A pouncet-box, whidi ever and anon Ue ^vc his nek : .and cooik't ajwiiy -W** t ^
Who, therewith iki\gry, wh/an it aext cam^ Aisre, Took it in fnirff.— And ftiU he Jaul*4 a»d ^Vl ; ,, And as the foldiers bare dead .bodtfS hy^ ;.
He caird theib u«ta«^tJtnaves, uxuttaAaexl>^ ; To bring a Oovenly^ anhandfome^oarlfe Betwixt the wind, and his iiobility* With many holiday and Jady terjns Hequeftion'dme: amongj^the jxrfi, licknuuidied My prifoners, in your M^eSy^ Hchalf. 1, then all fmai^ting wlji^ my wounds Jbeii^ xold* (To be fo jpeller'd with a popinjay^ put of my grief, and my impatimie^ r.
Anfwer'd, negledtingly, .I'knowjjft what.; He fhotild. ^r ftouldnoi; /or Jie anode we mad« To fee him thine fo hrl}k» and fioeil & fime^ . ^
•And
I
King Hiirity IV. ^^c^s
And talk(fe IHcr a waMfig-;geotlewomafl,
Of guns, and drms, tttid wounds ; (God fare At tajA !)
Ai^tMamg «fe> ^e fivere%ii'ft thiDg 09 tiuth
Was fttpato€i€y« >for «n ktward braHe :
And that it was|fpeat .pky» fo it wa3^
This villainous ialt-petre fliould be diggM
Out of the |>o«vds tff the han^lefs earrti.
Which maiiy m good, taH &How had d.eftroytd
36 OMinMlf : And 'Vnt for th9^ ?i1e gmn.
He would himf^'haveljeen afoldiet. -
This bald^ nn^itlted dhat of his, my Lord. I anfwer'd indii«(^^ es f faid X And I betedi-yoQ^ let not j^is report Come current 4fer«ii tKcirfatiou, Betwixt my love and yonr high 'Majdhr.
SJuMt. '9h^ dfcemftftnee csmfider^^ good my Lofd^ Whatever Harry Percy thtn 4xad -feid. To fuch a perfon, and, in fuch a place, Atfuchatime, wid^ >i41 th^^xeft recoU, JMay xeafiwiaUy die^ r^ never rijb To ido bifli wrong, cor afny way impeadi t Whattiien'he faid» fo he irafayitnow.
K. Hewy. Why, yet he ,doA dqny his piifenexv^ $4xt With juiqyiip and excc^tion^ That we lat our ow^n charge fhall ranfom ftrtit His bfOCher4n'kw, the toolHh Mortimer ; . Who, on my *fDtil, hath wilfully betrayM The lives ot thofe, that he did lead to Aght Againft the great magician, damn'd Glstdtitferj Whole daughter, as we hear, the*£arl of March "^ ^Hatk 4ately marry'd. Shall our coffers then Be empty*d, to redeem a traitor home ? Shall we buy trrafon ? and indent witji fears.. When %\i^ hav6 Jq(1 and forfeited themfelves I - He I on :t&e iMN^en mountains let him ftarVe; 9^t I ihan ^levef hold that man my friend, -Whofe tongue jfhall afk me for one ^'^nxKy wft t To ranfom home revolted Afor/z^itfr.
J^tf/. Revolted Jiar/i«ir/
• • ^^y. - Be
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He oever did fa)l off, ny ibveretga Liege (^), .
^Q^ hf the chance of war ; to prove that ttuct
Needs no more but one toneae» for all thofe weond^,
Thofe mouthed wounds, which valiantly he took.
When on the gentle Severn's fedgy bank»
In iingle opjpofition, hand to hand, I
He did confound the beil part of an hoar I
In cl)angi|ig argument with great Ghndower: w}
Three times they breath'd, and three times did they drinl^
Upon agreement, of fwift Se<vem*s flood ;
Who then affrighted with their bloody looks.
Ran fearfully among the trembling reedf.
And hid his crifp'd head in the hollow badk»
Blood-ftained with thefe valiant combatants.
Never did bafe and rotten jpolicy
Colour her workiag with (uch deadly wounds;,
I^ur ever could the noble Mortimer
(9) He never iidfM tff m^fov*rdgn LtM,
But hj the chance 9f war*] The teak here is very caidefly esprefsM, if this be the geauine feadiag : for, in thtt cafe, the poet oiuft mean { he never did fall off, tho* we by the chance of wu have 'lo/l his fervice. Mr. Warburton has fnfpeded Uie text } lad thcreliore V\\ fo^jeia his reifons and emeodatioo .*-»<* A very pretty « way of apologizing for Mortimer / The King ca^lt him revoiut «< Mortimer I and well be mighty if he bad indeed revolted, tho* i^ <* the cbance of war* Can the chance of war excofe a foldier filr ** forfeiting his honour? Our mi iuty men will icarce allow it. •* But in cafe Hot-J^ur had a mind to infinuate, that the chance of <* war was ah alievation to the revolt, he would not, fure, in ** common fenfc have tefented the epithet in foch a 'manner as ^ «« repeat the Kln«*s wofds with great dii<UiB $•— rnra/lci MortLner % ^ This would be execrable ftuff, indeed, in the mouth of a fbUieFn *< or a reaioner. 1 am perfuaded therefore the poet WOW} ffe never didfaU e^, my fev* reign Li^ge, But *bides tie ebance ef war* ** i. #• abides by it, endures it. And that, indeed, w«i a foftcle?! ** pfeof that he had not falPn off, if he yet endored the rigours of •< imprtfofiment. And that this was truly Bot'£^r*% fentiment, « that is, that he had at leaft a mind to maifii the King beli^tf •* fi), hear his own words afterwards |[
■ ' fifffrd bh kinjmm March» (ff^^ht if ev*iy vmnervftrtti^kiflaiCdit Mieef, bit King \\ to kt tlkta^'i m Hi \Vt«« ^c%
Kif^ H £ N R Y IV, r lo^
Receive Co mmj, tnd i^l wijliii^yi
Tbea let iiim not be (lander'd with revolt. -
K.HtM'j, Thoo deft belie him, Perc^^ thoabeliefthimi;; He never did encounter with GUndower : He darft as well have met ^e devil alone,. As Owen GUridower for an enemy. Art sot aihamM I but, firrah, from tUs honr Let me not hear jrou fpeak of Mtrtimtr.. Send me )Foor pnfoners with the (peedieft meant^ Or you (hall hear in fuch akind'^from me? As will difpieafe yon — My Lord N^rthumberlandft We licence yoor departure with yxmr Ton. Send'Os your prifoners,. oryon^lhearof iti
\BxiiK. Henry;.
Hta. And if die devil come and roar tor tfaem», I will not fend them. I will after ftrait,. And tell him fo ; fbr f will eafe my hcarr,. ' Although it be with bizard of my head.
iVbr/iSlWhat, drank withcholer?flay^andpanie a while;; Here comes yoor uncle*
£/i/4r WoroeScR.
Stf/; Speak of Mortimer f Yes, I will fpeak of him ; and I^ m^ tcM Want mercy^ if I do not join with him. In his behalf, I'llempty all thefe veint» And fhed my dear blood drop by drop in dufi». Bat I will lift the downfall'n Mkrtimer As hi|h i'lh'air as this onthankfurKing,, As this ifigrate and cankred BBlit^broh..
Nertb. Srother, the King hath made yoor nephew msd I.
[?«W^rcefter,
Wor. Who ftit>ok tht« heat np» alter I was gone ?;
Hot. He willy IbHIbotby have all my prifonen :: And when I urgM the ran(bm onoe again- Of (ny wife's brother, then his cheek lod&'^l P>d^» And on my face he turn'4 an ^ of' death,. Trembling ev'n at the name^r Morthnmrx ' Wot'. 1 cannot blame him ; was he not ptxliim'dv J^Ri^JhanitteLtitidUt the next of bWoili
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N»rtb. He was: I Jtcaidtte|tfi(olitmtia»; And ihen it wat^ whtn the unhappy ^^^ YWkde wjoi^t io lu* God pascbR 1} ^did <fet fonJi upon his Jrifi ex{>edition $ From whence h«» kter^epte^ d^ 4f$tmn To be deposM, and fliortl^ 4mirdoed«
^<rr. Andibr whoie4eath,wevinih^ wcirid's wide^oaA Live icandalizVl^ And fnuliy ^)toktn<€^»
/^0^. fitttii»ft, 2j^a7f4>tf4««-ididJ^aliSi2/«iMri/ih«i Proclaim my htoiherMoniimr Heir to the crown ? North. He did ; myM( did hear It, £f0/. Nay, then Ifiaaniatbiaime jiic^oiifio Kinfi That^^iAiVi him on the barren mountains ilarv^d. tut (hall k 'hpj that ^ou^ 4hdt f(K4fce 4fGie« Upon the head «if this iMM'gf4fi4 ma«H And for his fake ^ear this 4fteftei) bio; Of mnrdVous iiibornauo^^ MMivh^ - ^[^jAt you a wofid of cw&s uiifkr09> JBeing the agents ot bafe fecond fmsio$t The cordsy the ladder^ or the hanj;maa rather ? (O pardon me, that f 'M'eej)^ tb l€9w» To ihew the line and the ptedjcament Wherein yopriai^ wder dthis^iubcie Kix^gf) Shall it for fhame Joe (poken an theie ds^. Or fill op chroiu£k& in tiime to .cone> That men of yourgiQi4^t}^aiNd<j>owfr Ingag'd them both in in unjittft behalf; (As both of you, <7od ^yairdon it! rhave done :} To put down ^ichardi that'i^Mieet lovely xofe, A«d ^lasu «this ^horn, .this canker Molinghroh ? An4 Ar^H it in more ihame be further fpoken» Tb^^iyouaW l^^» diifacKied, aiMiibookpff By hii|^ ^^hpm ilbeiie 4ban>os ye Mnderweott? No ; yet time ferves^ whomu yQtt4Bay redeem Your bani^k'jd honour^,^ and reftore yourfeivea Into the'goo4 thoughts of ^e world again. Kevenge the jeeriiig and difdain'd contempt Qf 4his jMPoud Xiqgf who -Hudies day^aad night Ob aniwcxls^^ ^^ )mi ^)«i^% «ixi> y^nhi
King HsNi.^' IV. fo9
Ev^n with the bloody paymenlB 4>f yovr dcidis t Therefore, I Af-^*-*
fTcr. ft9fi^9 flO«fin, Jzy A^ inore. And now I will unclafp a fiicret book. And to yonr quick-conceiving difcontents rU read you matter, itff mmd 4aogeroas ; As full of peril and advftnt!n)ii8/pirii, *
As to o'erwalk a current, loanitt; load. On the unfteadli«ft .feo<ilBg irf a /pear.
Hot, U he fall in, ^oSA Aigfat, or iink Of fmok : Send danger from the eaft unto ^e weH, So honour crofs it ftom tbe nortili ao Ibuth $ And let theiil^pnapple.-^-*-^0 1 th« Wood «Me tiii To rOQze a lioq» than <o ftavt a hare.
Noriif. Imagination of fome ^Utteoqpfek Drives him beyond tine 4K)iiiidi 'of pafiience.
Hot. By heav'o, Med^dakWH wcie «a ^y laap )(lc). To pluck bdgibt honour £t>» die psk-ifac^d moon ; Or 4iv« iito ^he ^tcfftom of Ihr (deep, Wh^re fadoffi*ltaeicofikl never ^teiich the. ground, ■ Aad plufik np dfowaed (faooour i)y the locka : So he, that doth nedaein her thenoe, ttightweic WithcAtt^ooH^l aU her diflikits. But out upon tUs^aif-iac'd iieUowfliip I
Wm^* iic upprehtm^ a world of (figures here. But not theiom 0f what he flioiild ^ttoad. Good coa&a« >giye mc laudtenoe iot a wJbtfe.
^fir. Iici^'youmorcy. JTor.TikOikbmt noble Scots^ That are your prifoncM ■ ■■ ■
0 * ■
(lo) By b€av*99 mth'pth, it Vfege an tqjjf Imp
To fluck bright honour, Ac] This bold IihJomiifai$ ^t HfitffSr, Winter, ^ thre moathiirg of gn aftor, it ^nay be alwa^t aown*!imMk «|^sMiie^ I find, an4 Bot widRfut feme Jnftite, vnt cai pM at and tii^m^4 in ftpr ttuthpr'* time. In ittmimtt afid fUf . sbtr** Knight t^ tht hurniiigFefk, {the iMftarfal «f thok ^uys,) a grocer*s wHe Mngs her *premlce Rafffb to the PUy-houfg to «^ a part ; and encouraging him to exert, Tays^ Hold up thy htad^ lUlph | Shew the gentlemen ^bat thou can*Jt do : "Speak a huffing part : 1 mmrrantjou the genftm^^M 4«c»t tf if. And thtll lU(ti> t^^c^w
. • Hot.
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H0t. !*U ketp chc^m all. JIv heav*D, he ball not have 9i Scat of then : No, if a Scot would fave his fou], be ihall noti^ f U keep them, by this hand.
HTor. Yuu ft art away, Aod lend naeai* unto my parpofes}; '
Thofe prifoners you., fthall Koepv
Hot. I will; that's flat: He faid, he would not ranibm MerHpur: Forbadt- my tob^ue to ifeak of ^^Hmer : But I will find bun' when bellies afleep,. And in his ear 1^11 holla, Mortimer! ISays I will have a flaiiing taught to fpeak Nothing but Mortimer^ and give it him,. To keep hii aoger fiiliin motion..
^ar. Hear yoa> coufia :- a word.
Hot, All ftudtas here I foleranly ii^^t Save how ta gall and pinch this. Balinghr^ki : And that fame fwocd and buckler Prince of fFaUn, (But tbat^. 1 thifik, his fathtr loves him not» And would be glad he met with fome mifchance^) rd hava^bim poiibn'd with a pot of ale.
fTor. Farewel, my kinfman ; 1 will talk to yoo^. When you arc better temperM to attends
Nortlh Wbv* whatawafp feongu'd and impatient-fool! Art thou, to break into tbis> woman^s mood^ Tying thine eai^ to no tongue but thine own ^
Hdi. Why 9 look you, I ani whipt and icourg'd with rods^, Nfettledy. and ftung with pifmires,. whoa I hear Of this^ vile poliuctan BtUnghraki: In RicJkariTs time— —what do ye call the plitce ?' A. plagqe iipon't b ■ it is in G/9^^/V#^— *-
Twas where the mad-cap Duke his ujide ke||t-« ll^is unde Ifarir— -«where I firft bow'd av knee: Unto this King of fmiles» this Baiinghrake : Wben yott and he came back from Ravtnffurg^
Iforti, At Bari^Uj^ caftle.
Hot, You fay true :. *l^hy, what a deal of candied courtefy This fawiUDg greyhound. thcA did pro0er me ! 1
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King Henry IV. ill
look* when this infant fwrtum camt f9 4^#, ■ ■ ■ ^nid gtntle Harry Ftrcj — and kind c^ufii^''^ The devil take fach cozeners— God forgive me *^ €|Ood ancle, tell your talc, for I have oooe.
W9r. Nay, if yon have not» (o*t again. We'll ftay yoyar lei^iure. Hot. I have done, i^akb. *
J^or. Then Qnci^ ^ore to your Scottifk prifonera.
[ri? Hot-fpttiw Deliver thf» wilhont their panfon ftrak. And make the IVw^Asj^ fon yonr onl^ mean For pow'rs in Scotlwuly which,, for divers reafons (i i)^ Which I ihaU fend yoi^ wriuen^ be afliir'd,. Will eafily be graaudt. — Yoii^ my Lord, (fv Nortl)^ Yoor fon in ^roi/iur^'' being thus employed. Shall fecretly into the bolnn creep Of that &me noble Prelaw,, w^ belpv^ Til' Archbiftop.. Hot. Vork^ is'tnot^ Wor, True, who bears bar* His brother^ death at J?f^«/, die Lord Str^vfs I fpeak not this in eftimation. As whai» Lthink, might be ; bat what, I kium^ Is rnminated, plotted apd fet down>
Whicb Jpalljend you wrjtun^ bt ajlur*4, JfVf safiy b« ir^mtd ypttt my Lord, nw /mi ik Scotland bmng.tbutAw^hf'i^ SbaUfuralfiaffjbfbi^mtrteg
Cf tbatfame 9§bU freltt§t &c.J I have cbaag*d thtpolatiagi of tbis-f aflage hy the direaion of Dr. T'btrlty i and certainly with joa rcafoa. fT^rafltr is here planning out a confpiracy to hit nephew, iu«d. brother. But ff^tuffUr never calls hit nephew mj^ Ltrd:. nna tyat Hofjfiir intended to be [the pef(bn to tAr- np thjp Arcbkifbtf* « Do 70«» (fayi he, to Boi-^r\) dcbicr up your priionen ) rtkafe^ C ^^Mo^foC: ranfomlelt, and emplQ][ him toniiea forc^lbr yoa in t ^ctUndf which wiU he granic^ 4Ad 700, my Lord, (fays £c. to. * J^^rtbumberla9i\ while your fon is (o employ*d, ihali go and worl^. « opon the ^cbhi4op of T§rk to rifc and affift ypo.** Confooant 10 . thit, the KLint, at \k$ «n^ of this play fendt hltfen Jobft wttkan, r towards Tfrk*
7« miit Northomberland an4prtJa!t9 Sc^o^ Wl^ 9t W€ btsr, 9r§.b»fifi, iutarm*
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And oolf .ftaf«>bttt^ih0M< the &ee Of that occafioa, ibat Aril M»g itioii.
£&UL J fta€l\ it : oa J»y lift, it^will do well.
Norib. Before ibe gait^s a*l«<it» thooiftili iett*ft<%
^47/. It caiutf>t cbi& bjit j»e anobk ]A>t ; And then the power of Scotlaruly JuA of T^k To join with M»rtimir ; haJ« i \
Wor. SotHeylMl.
,Ik$-* In faithy it is exceedingly well aimM.
Wor, And 'Uf no liltfe teafim i>]ds lis ^^ed To fave ouf Imm^^ ihy ouliiig lof ^a Jiettd: For, bnar <»MrftlNtf «i leveti as we casl. The King wiU «ilfra>y<tbink)hiifntiii Qttr>dcl]C:) AAd;ihi9k, wcdaemenrfeiytsmitiatasfy^d* Till h& hath (f»^ « tlime to My <bs ^«yne. And fee already, how Jie»dotii begis To make us ftningeiiB pb iiis jnoiv tof jove«
jEfa/. He does, he does ; we'll be revenged •a him*
Wor. Coo/in» farewel. No fvutfeer go in this. Than I by letters ihall direfil ircnvoMn^; When tioie jiari|pe» ivwiu$:h«KiHJbefiiAdeDly, ril ileal to Glen^/oaver^ , and Lcard Bhrti/mt, Where ^po«^ tBLni Jhvghis^ jtt)d«0iir^>ow'rB«t onoey (As I will falhion it) (fliall Jiappily meet. To bear our fortoaes in our own &rong arms^ Which now we hcHd at much uncertainty. t
North, Farewel, good .brother; we&allthrlre» Itrai
Hot, Uncle, adieii : O4ot'«ibe liovfs he fiiort^ Till fieldsi, and blows, and gnmns apjvlaitd our fport !
Jk9L
ACT
I
King H E K R T IV. Ill
ACT IL
S C E N E, an inn at Rocbefter.
Enter a Carrier ^Uh^ lantbsmin bis hand*
I C A R It 1 B R.
H£l|h ho ! an't be not four by the (l&3r, HI be ha^g'cl. Charle? *watn is bver tbe new c^sm^ey, and yH oar horfe not packt/ What^ Oftlrr ? O/^. IwitJbin,} AnoQ, anon. 1 X:ar. 1 pf^^hce, 7i«, beat C«tt*0 fadJlc!, put* few fiocks in the point : ib^ poor jade is wrjuig so th$ wi- tkcrst out of ^ t:ers.
"Enttr^l^ierCarrSef,
pCat. .Peafeauidi)eaic9«mai4iifKk4ieiie'Mftilog» ami &At it Jhe JMOttiwav to give poor jade t ♦be biots x tiih liouie ia tuniM npfide down* nnce %him Oftler dyM.
1 Car, ?QQt fdlow never fey'dfinte the price of oatt Toie« it was tbe4leath of him.
2 Car, I think ^Mi'be ihc moft vilhdaous iiottfe kiall Ijmdm Miad Cwr Jeas : I am Aui^ Hke a tench.
1 ^C^. like a lench ? hf AtV jBafs, tbere^s ne'er i iCing in ptHifteoiAam could fceixtter bstt tkinl har^ been fince the firfl cock.
0^411-. Wh]^, .tticy .^'U aHow ns ne^er a jourden, «nd t^eo wie te^ in y^r cUouiey : /and your cbaoiber-lie tM0«4s fleaa lifaeaioaeh.
9<:ar. Wh«t, Qflkit,^ come away» ^d ^be han^, CAaie«wdy.
a C^r. I hav^ A^^aouDon of -faaooi), ( 1 2) sand t>wo rases o^ Jgingcr/ to be dcliver'd as far ^&Chating^Cr^.
I Cbt.
(m) Jitoitf rw9 msM ^/ jf^itf^ As otir author in feveral paflagea ftieations* TMicr •^^iftgir^ Ithotigbt proper to'dif iiiauifli it from the
M4 The FiasT Partol
• I Car. 'Odfbody, the torkies in my panniers are quite ftarvM. What oilier? a plague on thee I haft thou n«r« AA eye in thy head ? canft not hear f an 'twere not ts . good a deed as drink, to beat the pate of thee, I am a ytry villain. Come and be hanged , hail no faith in thee ?
En}er Gads-hill.
Gash. Good-morrow, carriers. What's o'clock ? Car. I think, it be two o'clock. Cadi, Ipr'ythee, lend me thy lanthorn, to fee my gelding 'm ti^e ftable. ^
1 Car. Nay, foft, I pray ye i I know a trick imk a Uro of that, ?*feith. ^ .^ i
Gads. I pr'ythee, lend me thine. ,
a Car. Ay, when ? canft tell ? lend me thy lanthontt
4110th a ! marry, I'll fee thee hang'd firft. Gads. Sirrah, carrief. What time do you mean to coiM
to London F
2 Car. Time enough to go to bed with a candle, I warrant thee. Coxpe, neighbomr Muggn^ we'll call up the gentlemen ; they will ^ng with company, for thqr ^ve great charge. ( [Exnua d^msi
Enttr Chamhirlaim.
Gads. What, ho, Chamberlain I
C^0i»4. At hand, quoth pick-ptirie.
Gads. That's even as fair, as at hand, qnofh die jChamberlain ; for tlwu varieft no more from j^icking pf purfes, than giving Are^Uon dodi fifom labouringii Thou lay'ft the plot how, - '
Cham. Good- morrow, mzSitr Gads-hill \ it holds c«r- rent« that I told you yefternight. There's n l^r^klia, in the wild of Kentf hath brought three hundred marki with him in gold % I heard lum tell it to one of hit company lad night at fupper ; a kind of auditor, one ^at hath abnndance of charge too, God knows whit :
vMfse raenclonc^ here. The former 6goifiet 00 snore than a fbgle SMtoffit, from tht JtaRon term rMdici*^ b«t • rtau is the Zm&m term far a hale of it. Two rooti of tHu ffico, M< obviMst, ivo«M H^dljf Jha ve bvcn feni from Rotbejicr \a X>%»im \\ \^ iM%vtt«
King Henry IV. 115
|3iey are up already, and call for eggs and botte?. They
lAlt away prefeotly.
^ Gads. Sirrah, if they meet not with St. Ni€t9lm^ darks, I'll fiive thee this neck.
Cbcmb, No, ril none of it : I pr'ythee, keep that for the hangman ; for, I know, thou worfkipp'ft St. Nieh§Uu as truly as a jnan of falihood may.
Gaih, What talk'ft thou to me of the hangman ? if I hang, ril make a fat pair of gallows. For if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and, thou know'ft, h^% no ilanreling. Tut, there are other TrojoMS that thou dream'il not of, the which, for fport-fake, are conte^c to do the profeflion fome grace ; that would, if matters Ihottld be look'd into, for their own credit fake» make all whole. I am join'd with no foot- land-rakers, no lo^g* fiaff-iix-penny-ftrikers, none of thofe mad mnftachio* purple- hu'd-malt- worms ; but with nobility and tranquil- ' lity; (13) burgomafters, and great moneyers; fuch as can hold in, fuch as will ftrike fooner than fpeak ; and fyeak, f<)dner than drink ; and drink, fooner than pray | and yet 1 lie, for they pray continually unto thti? iaU)t the common-wealth ; or rather, not pray to her, but prev on her ; for they ride up and down on her, and malce her their boots*
(13) Bmrg^mafitn, md^irtM oae-eycrs.l ftrbspt oacniftt, tnf^ ttft or tomm^»tier$ j fays Mr. Pope, But how this word comet ta idmit of tnf fuch conftruAion, I am at a bfs to luiow. The word h^ apparently of French termination j and muft have itf dcrivatitn from Onui of the Latines^ accordingly the Inmb fay Nff* •atr^iret^ Aipa of burihni i and fo un Agent oaerairi is fuch a» agent fmet k Jnm et la charge dfune cbofe, doni un autre a tUnMeur, ' So that thit Cxpofition doen not at all fort with the chara^ers intended by otr lothor. ToMr, P9pe*t fecond conjeAure, of cunning men thai Uck jbarf and aim weff, I have no'tfaiog to leply fenoufly : but choofe ^o drop it. I formerly fufpeded that we ikould read Seignk^s { bat 1 retraA it as a bad conje^nre. The reading, which I have now Aib* iit^ted, I owe to the frienri/bip of the iageoioui NUbdat Hardi^gtg Ef^;. A Mender, is an officer pf the mint, which makea coin and delivCrt oat the King's money. Moneyers aje alfo taken for Bata* ^•ert, or thofie that make it their trade to com and rettmi money. Either of ihcic acc^Utioai iviil ^dminkij f^oiie «ltk«tti I9&xbnf v
Ji6 The Fir ST Part qF
C/fttfMJ. Wkftt, Ift^commof) -wraith tlicir ix>oCs ? fhe hold out water in foul way ?
GaJi^ 6!ie win, ^e wiU; jufHce hath HquoPd We ftealy as in a caflle^ cock-'^rej we have the j "•of "fern-lleed, we walk invifible. "^ >Gkmn. ^x» I'thfmk rather^ you are more beho]<l to the night, than the fern -feed, for your W9lking ]»1 tyMble. I
Gads. Gkvt me thy hand : thoa 'fliah have a ibai« lil ^OMf porthafe, as 7 «Hn a true-man. |
Ckam. fiN^y father let me have it, as >oa are a AUt 1 :*ief. I
Gat/s. Gf)iOi^Hmo h a common natneto all nqb| ' Bid >he d^r Mng my gdding.Dttt of ch« firabte. f^rtr -«reli ^ muddy Icrrare. ££xiMrt|
is C £ N i: chaqgfii to ibe lug^imy. Enter Tritf^tti^t^ry^ Poia^ /miTfUto*^
J^Wbv/«/^Ojn«,^ker,4h«lien !l ^^«vre removed F^H/hfi
\ji iKxrft, 4Mid Ite ffcts Itke « f iimm'4 ^elmt. ^. JftMjP. <tarod ^eMe.
£iy/^r FalitaiF.
fjrf. Tvinsi Tthtss atid1>c1»ai«^ll, F«/«// ' ^ ?. J5&«ry. Peace, yefat-WdDf^/dwfc^, wha^tubnwl- *iw dcrfl fliou keep J
/W.Wfaat, jP^# /««//-.--« », jfifipwry. He is waifcM wp to ehe t»p of #hc *iM, Ml ^^k*him.
Fal. I am Accurft tp j»b iji Aat tjiief *s conjpanjr : t^c jaTcal haih ri^o^d m^ hotic^ 9M ly^d i»9i, 1 know POt Wibe^. a I tf asAel Ijut four ifoot hy the fq«are fat «bcr albot, I WiM break my wind. 'Wtjfl, Idoobt not t)fit to die a fair death for atl )Chis, |f I 'fcape hanging for JiilliRg ftajt i^ogiic, Ilxa«efarfwQroJus4:ompanytP»»ly My4m(i^i)m two and twanty year* «Bd ytt I «m ke- i mtdi'd with the tr^iie-s conif anf . if cbe rafcai have not giv^n me medicines to miViR tsi^\oN^V\Ts\^ ¥^ %e
King H fi N R} r IV. ^tiji
ig^M; It could n^tbeeHbi^ Ikive iraitb ntsditifte^.f tnjf Hal! apkgiieiipon:yoii]k>Ui. BmMp%! F^^t^ i ftarve, ere Til rob a flot. furditr^ Pmt ^w«re aoc as od a ^tt^ as to drink, to xam vm^xumt and ta»le«ire de rogues» I am thtf Tariaftr \flrltr thar mm x:b«v»'d th a ti^lkr Eigiif yards of viwvsn. froiind» i»<^rie* M#:aBdntBD'miiesaloa*wftftinr: aad iit ftoiif-licwned llains know it well enMgh. A plagiir vpcto^t^ l»4Mfti
^liaiiKl— *«-'ar plague^Qftttywi afti Griva latiiiy Mrfc ; in K>sH»s» me mtfiBf iovfe^ aa4 lie haotMv
P. ^TM^r. Peace, ye fat eats, lie d(Ml«r Mf driie-CW lole td-tlid giowid,^ siadlift^if ihoi» d«ii.'lieaiL'die Mud f travellers.
jFtf/. Have you any teavftre to lift lOV «p*agrinf Mag avm^ 'SNe^^ I'll not bear miftw own ilfAl £»> far foot again, for all the coin in ciiy InlWira^ eMlM^fSiRr ^at a plague mean ye, to colt me thus ?
P.^^fy.Thou lieftylhMMna«itGdl^,thou art uncolted.
Fdi I pf'^thee, goad Frioce jWy hel^ <&» M Ay good King'svf
iQl/cv^gOod King'svfon.
f.Htnrj. Oat, you rogue! (hall L be yMuroftlAr?
FaL Go hang thyfelf in thy own htiriHf |MUMtgaittfKI ; f I he t^'enr riLpeach for tWn u^l bav^ iMt bidJi^s ik^dt on you all, and iiiag to fikby UMietf* l«t a tilup 'of ack be my poi(<m;,*wh€aa j^ia«f0 farwiivd> and afeoi toa! Lhaicit.
j«fi^ Gtfdi^hill ^iW B&rdol^h.
(?ij4/j. Stand, *
i?'<i/. si) t do ag^^itt itiy will.
Poiru. O, ''tis our fettei^, I know his v<5ice : BUrdolphf what news ?
Bard, Cafe y#, caft^ye t trtt With your vifors ; there*s nMoeytof the: King's oomiiig down the KilH 'tit^e&ng to tl^KiBg*8f^x<keqtie#. •
#W. Vot^lie^ you rogae^ Hisfoing tortheKi^ig^tsif em«
Gads. There's enough to naaloe us AL
FaL To be hanged*
P. Htnrj. Sirsi you four ihalf front them in xVie n^t.
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row lane : Ned Pmms and I will walk lower; if they fape from yoar encoanter, then they light on as*
PiU, Bat how muLj be of them ?
G4ids. Some eight or ten.
Fml. 2^nds! will they not rob nsi
P. Hmry. What, a coward, Sir J»lm Paumhf
Fd. Indeed, I am not Jtbn of Gaumt^ your graad* father ; bat yet no coward, Hal.
P. Hmrj^ Well, we*ll leave that to the proof.
Pmms. iAxt^i Jmcif thyhorfeftands behind the hedge; when thoa need*ft him, there ihalt thoa find him ; mt: wel, atid ftand M.
tml. Now cannot I ftrike him» if I ihonld be haiig'd.
P. Hifuy* Ntdi where are oar diigaifes ?
Pmks. Here, hard by : ftand dole.
Fid. Now m]f mailers, happy man be his doIe» faylj crery man to mi bttfinefs.
Ewtir TrMvdUn.
Trmf. Com^ neighboor \ the boy fhall lead our horfts down the hill : we'll walk a foot a while, and eafe our legs.
Thievis* Staftd,— **•
Trmv, Jefa bleft as t
Fal. Strike I down with them, cat the rillains throats^ ah^ whoribn cater^llars ; bacon-fed-knaves ; they hate tts youth % down with them» fleece them.
Trav> O, we are undone, both we and oors for ever.
Fal. Hang ye, gorbellied knaves, are you undone? no, ye fat chofFs, I would your ftore were here. On, baconsi onl what, ye knaves? young men mttft livei you are grand jurors, are ye? we'll jure ye, i'faitb.
[Hifi thij r$h and hind thtm : Esamd*
Enter Prince Henry imd Poins.
P. Henry^ The thieves have bound the true men : now oould thou and I rob the thieves and go merrily to Un^ dm^ it wbuld be argument f6r a week, laughter for a month, and a good jeft for ever.
PQim. Stand clofe, I hear them coming.
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Enter TbU'ves again.
. fakQ^naty my laaflersy kt us (hare* and thea to boric before day ; an the Prince and Poins be not tw^ arrant cowards, thereat no equity ftirrinfi;. Tkereli no jBore vidonr in that Puns^ than in a wilci dnck* P. Htnn. Yoor money* i>«fiM. Villatns!
[Jb tktj^ ari fimrii^^ the Princi and Poins fit uftn Am* Thij aU mm awi^, ^m^ FaHlafl^ after m Um»0r tv0o mm mutay t$$% Uawnr tbt i$oiy It^ khulthm. ^
P.fiNH^. Gotwitkmucheafe. Now merrily lohorfe: Tbe tbieires aie fcatterM, and pofleft with fear So ftronglyt dut they dare not meet each other j £adi taket hit fellow ibr an ofHcer. Away, good NeJ. Now Falftaf {yfitzx% to deatH And lards the lean earth as hq walks along. Were't not for laughing, I ihould pity him.
P§im. How the rogue roar*d ! [Exeunu
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SCENE, Lord Ptre^i'^ houfe.
Euhr Hot-fpnr fihs^ reading a Letter.
VT fir mim onjim parti my Lord^ 1 c^uld he njnell ctn*
temed H he then, in reffea of the lon^e J hear ^our
bonfi. He cpuld be contented to be there ; why is he not then? in reffeBrf the lave he bean our houfe! he ihews in this# he loves his own barn better than he lovet oor iioQfe. Let me fee feme more. The furpofe yon nn* dertake is dangmms. Why, that's certain : ^ti% dangerous to uke a cdd, to fleep, to drink ; bat I tell you, my Loiti fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck thif flower, (afcty. The purpofi you un^rtake is dangerous^ the friends you have named uncertain^ the time itjelf uuy fortedp and your vshole pht too tight ^ for the counterpoise^ ^fo great an oppofhion. Say you fo, fay you fo? I fay onto you again, yon are a (hallow cowardly hind, and yoQ be. what a lack-brain is this ? By the Lord, ouir plot is a geod plot as ever was laid \ oar friends true and.
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conftant : a good plot, good friends, and fall of exp tacion ; an excellent plee> very good friends. Wh] ftoily-ipiiittd mgue; is Uiii t Wiiyy^ fliy iiwrd o£ 2 conmends the piot^ and tiw gescralconrfeo^tfieadi By tliis kand). il I were now n^ tkb jafta^ looiikt?bi him with hiS Ladjr'a fan* Is them not myi^Mher^ uncle, and myfelf. Lord EdmumhMarftimtrp m^Eoti Torif and Oivett Glendotwer ? Is there OMI bf^das^ J>wjo^*t kattelaoc^ al^ their kiipn^- ta^«Qte.,me arj&foy the adntk^f theaest mofithri andase^'ere ibme of them fet forward akead^l >IVhak»a»pagaii ra is this? an infidel. Ha! you (hall £» now^ in v fincarity^ef fea* and jColdhaAity.witfWtv tile JUag^i lay open all oar proceadinga. Of I tnuld^ divide aiyii and go to bttffecs» fortnoviog Adi adiAf filiknasifdm with fo honourable an a£tton» Hang Min» tet Unt:^ theKing^ Wear&pwparady.IiiiilfetfbffWaadtoaigh
Enter Ladji^txcfw ^^ 3;
Bow now, Kate ! I muft ldaveyoauwithii«thcfittM(#BlNn Laiiy, O my good Lord, why are you thus alone f For what ofTeace have I this Ibrtn^nt bctea A baniih'd woman from my Hany^s bed? Tell me, fweet LQvd» whaaisifttiMit-tate^ikMn thee Thy ilomach, pleaCure, and thy gplden deep ? Why dofl thott bend thy eyes upon the earth ? And ftart fo often, when thou iitt^ft alaoe-f Why haft thou loft the frefh blood k thy cheei;s ? And given my treafures and my rjgits of thee. To thick-ey'd nwifing, and curi nielancholy I In thy faint Cumbers I by thee have watcht. And heard thee murnMir tales of iron wars: Speak terms of manage to thy bounding (teed |, Crv, courage! to the field! aud thoirhaft talk'd Or fatlle^, and retires; of trenches^ (Ohts, Of palifadoes, frontiers, parapets^^ I Of bafilifes, of cannon, tulverm,. Of prlfoners rahfom, and of foldiers flain^ Ancl all the current of a heady fight* Thy ipirit within thee hatb beeu^b at war#.
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And ttiv^ lisittt foi beiir'd.tkee in thy fleep. That beads of Aveat have Hood upon thy brov^. Like bubbles in a late-didurbed ibeam : And in thy face ftraqge motions have appearM, Sach a» we fee when men refb-aia their breath On fome great fuddeii hade. O, what portents are thefe ? Some heavy bhfin^s hath my Lord in hand. And I mail kiiow it; elfe he loves me not. H^. What^ ho! is GiUiams with the packet gone?
Euier Siruant.
Ser*v. He is, my Lord» an hour agone.
Hot. H^tYi Xvtkr brought thofc horfes from the fhcriff?
Serv. One horfe, my Lord, he brought ev*n now.
Hot. What horfe ? z roan, a crop-ear, is it not ?
Sew. It is, my Lord.
Hot. That roan fhair be my'throne. Well, I will back him flrait. O E/ferance ! Bid ^iirtpr*lead him forth into the park.
Lady. But hear* you, my Lord.
Hot. What fay'ft thou, my Lady ?
Lady. What is it carries you away ?
Iftr. ^^hy, my horfe, my love, my horfe.
La^. Out, yqam$d-hcadcdape! A weazel hath not S«ch a^dealx>f fpl^en as you ai« tdft with. In faith, ril know your bufintefs, that I will. I fear, my brother Mortimer doth iJir About his title, nnd hathfent fqr you To line his enterprize : but if you go— —
*Jya/.—— So far afoot, 1 ihall be weary, love.
Lady* Conie, come, you Paraquito, anfwer me I^iredly to this queftion, I (hall aik. X*n break thy little finger, Harry y And if thou wilt not teU me all things true.
Hot* Away, away, you trifler: — love! 1 love thee not, 1 care not for thee, Kati\ this is no world ' L To phy With mammecs, and to tilt with lips. V We mufthave bloody nofes.and crack*d crowns, 1 Arid pa6 them current too-^gods mel my horfe. I What {ay'fl: thou, Kate ? what wouldll tfeou have with me ? W. V»L. IV. F Lady
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Liidy. Do ye not lore me ? do you not» indeed f ' Well, do not then. For fiace yon love me not» I will not love royfelf. Do ^ou not love me ? ^<^
Nay, tell me, if yon fpeak m jeil, or no? 1%
Hot, Come, wilt thou fee me ride f ^
And when I am o'horfe back, I will fwear l^^
. I love thee infinitely. But hark you, Kaie, I mud not have you henceforth queHiOn me, ^ ^
Whither I go; nor rcafon, where about. Whither I mufl I mud; and to conclude, i ^
This evening mud 1 leave thee, gentle JCaie. K
] know you wife ; but yet no further wife "^
Than Harry Percfs wife. Conftant you arc. But yet a woman ; and for fecrefV, No Lady clofcr. Fori well believe. Thou wilt not utter what thou doft not know ; And fo far will I trull thee, gentle KaU.
Lady. How, fo far ?
Hot. Not an inch further. But hark you, Katn Whither I go, thither fliall you go too : To-day will I fet forth, to-morrow you. Will this content you, Kdtif
Lady. It mud of force. [£xWHtf<
SCENE changes to the Boards-Head T^^trn in E aft -cheap.
Enter Prince Henry and Polns.
P.£/;?«ryl'VT E D, pr'ythce come out of that fat roo»i X >l and lend me thy band to laugh a little.
Poins. Where had been, Hal?
P. Henry., With three or four loggerheads, amongft three or fourfcoie hogftieads. I have founded the ytry bafc il ri r, g of humility. Sirrah, I am fworn brother to a leaih of d 1? vers, and can call them allby their chrid^n names, ;u r ;;;, Dicky and Francis. They take it already upon ■heir COT) l:;ence, that though I be but Prince of Walest yr j vr tic King ofcourtefy J telling me flatly, lam no proic :?. :> Yik^ Faljlaff^ but a C^/Vr/^w/r, a Jad of met*
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tier* a- good boy: (By the Lord, fo they call toe;) kni when I am King of Englani/^ I (hall command all the good lads in Eafi'^cheaf.They call drinking deep, dying fcarlct ; (44) and when you breathe in your watering, they cry» hem ! and bid yoa play itoff.-^To conclude, 1 am fogood a proficient in one cjuarter of an hour, that I tan drink with any tinker in his own liinoiiage during my life. I rell thee, NeJ, thou ha&loft muchnonour, that thou wert not with me in thifi adion; but, fweet A^<f</, — (to fweeten which name of Ned, I give thee this penny-worth of fn- ]gar clapt even now into my hand by an under- fkinker» one that never fpake other Englijh in his life, than eigh't /billings and fix-pence , andj^n are^welcome. Sir: With this ihrill addition, jfnon, anon. Sir; fctra^A pint dfbaftard *« the half moony or fo.) But Ned, to drive away the lime till Tidftaffzomt, I pr'ythee, do thou (land in fomc bye-room, while I queftion my puny drawer, to what end he gave me the (ugar ; and do thou never leave calling Francis^ that his t^e to me may be nothing bnt, an^n. Step aiide« and I'll fliew thee a precedent. [Poins- ntireh
Poins* Prancis,' ■■ T.Henry, Thou art perfcd. . P^iiu* Francis y^'^^^
inter t^Ancis the dranver* Fran. Anon, anon. Sir ^ look down into the pomgfiinttj kalpby
P. Henry. t?ome hiftier, Francis.
Fran. My Lord.
P. Henry, MOW loiig haft thou to ferVe, Francis?
Fran. Forfooth, five years, and as much as to— -^
Poins. Franciiy-^^^^ ;
^ran. Anon, anOfi, Sir.
P. Henry. Five years ; byVl^dy, a tOng leafe for the
(14) And ^benyw brealhie tnyour watering, &c.] This decent way ^f esq^effing «n iodecelicy puts me in miti^ of the fame decorum a- kMiog the Greeks, which is quoted three times by "nidcis, and whith ^en^y conies up to this plirare quoted by car author. *Awo^e^iTiit ri
'Af4^^Xv* Sic bon^e ^ere k^oeattir: H^n^ui vert eft, hannXv, it
f i tUnking ,
j'2'4.' 1* liC F m.'rs t Fin of
clinking of pewter. But, ^Awi/, dareft^hoabc Yd va- liant, as to play the coward with thy indenture, and ihew it a fair pair of heels, ^nd rah from it ?
Fran^ O lord, Sir, TU be f^Vorn i^pon all tb« bodkft^i] ttt^Uftd, 1 could find in rtiy heart ■
Poinu Francit, ■ ■ -^
Fran. Anon, an6h, Sir.
Y.Henry. HOw old art thou, Francis^
Fran. Let me fee, about Mi clbaelmas next HhsiUhei^
Poins, Ftanciif'
Fran, Anon, Sir; pray you ftay a little, my Lord.
V. Henry. Nay^ but hark you, Francis , for the fugy thou gaveft me, 'twas a pennyworth, was't not ?
^Fran, O lord, 1 4Voald it h^ been two.
P. Henry. I will give thee fbr it athoufand po^Qd : Aft xne when thou wilt, and thoii (halt have it.
Poins Francis^' ' ■
F;^<w. Anon,'ati6n. " ^
i P. Henry, Anbtii' Francis? no^ /'^ftfef//, but to^ilibrtdw, Francis \ or Francis^ on Tlnerfday^i^r^ itidecdt'^FYan^r, when thou wilt. But, Srancis, ■ ■ ■
/'rflw. My Lord ?
P. -fi'^/rry. Wilt thoujrob this leaThcrn^jerfcin, rtyftil* button, knot-pated, agat-ring, ptfke-ftockiog, caddice- -g^rter, fmooth-tongue, 5/fl«i/^-pouch ? t
Fran- O lord. Sir, who do you mean ?
P. Henry, Why then your brown baftarAis your only drink ; for look you, Fr ana's, your white eaiMras doublet will fully. In Barhary^ Sir, it cannot come to fo much.
Fran. What, Sir?
Poins, Francis t " ■ ' ■.
P. Henry, Away, you rogue, dofl thou not heiar theni calO \^Hcre they both call \ thedraivefjfandsamazedf net knowing nfjhich tMoy to go.
Enter Vintner.
Vint, What, (land*fl thou ftill, and hear^iltach a catf
ing ? look to the guefls within. My Lord, old. Sir Jdi
with half a dozen more arc at the^door ; ihall I let themin i
P. Henry. Let them alone a while, and then opeh' th(
fyfit. Ptfins, ■ -i {Exit Vintner
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Pains, Aoon^ anoji,. Sir ;
Y.Henry, Sirrah, F^y/T^'.aBiiJ.theTcft of the tiicvcs av 11 the dpor.; fliaU \veyb^«?erry ? -
what cunoing inaXch.h^ve^yqM ^a49 with jthis jeil of th^ dra%t^er? come, wbat'is (h^ iflV|$ ?
V. Henry. \ am nq^v^of allhiimours, that hav^ (he>«'d themfelves ht^noars, /ia.(ge ihf ol4 days of goodman 4danL, uube pupi lageof thisrp^efeat twel v«iO*clock at mldiugh^ What's o'clock, Francis^ Fratt^ Aoorif anQn« Sir.
P. i/#«J3>. That evjerthjst fellow ftould have fewer word^ thin.^ PpW|t, a^diyott^e.ifolkpf Awomaal— HiiJnduilrf is up flairs and down flairs ; his eloquence the parcel of a reckoaingv I am^^not yetofPtrcy's mind, the liot-fpur of th« north ; he th^t kJlfs me fonje fix or feven dozen of &Cofs at a brcakfaft, wafhes his handi?» and.fayj) to his wife, fy, upon thb quiet life ! 1 waiit work, O my fwect i/^/r/> Ays fe<, how many haft thou killM to-day ? give nvy roati iibrie a drench, fays he, and anfwers, (bme fburtt^on, an
hbur after ; a trifle, a trifle, I pr*y thee, calji in F/tl/aJ';
ril play Pircyt and that damn'd braivn^fhall pjay dame
Afarz/jn^r his wife, jR)(i/0j fay4 the. djronkara. Call ia
^ibs, call in tallow^
S^tfr Falftaff, Ga48rhiII, Ba/dolpb, ^^ Peto.
Pw»/. Welcome, ^ack; where hafl thou been ?
Fal. A plague of all cowards, I fay, and a vengeance too, marry and .Jta^a J give nie a cap of fack^ boy^^Ef^ I lead this life long, Pll^w nether ibcks, and mend themv and foot them too. A plague of all cowards J give me a capof fack, rogue. Is there no virtue extant ? [^Hednnkh
P. Henry. Didft thou neyer fee TiiankiU a diih of b^tf terf (15) pitiful-hearted. butter, thatmeked^the^fwcci
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(> $) p*f*f'*i' hearted Titan« tbflt melted at the fv>eel taU of /i^S^ip,?}
Thii abfurd reading poflelTes all the copic^ in general ; and th^^ it b9f
pa(i*d tbfip* Cach a number of impreflions, is noAfeniei which we nv>^
ptonoooce to ha?e arifen at Br& from the iaadvctienct diVti qVvc«.x«
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tale of the fun ? if thoa didft, then behold that compound Fal, You rogue, here's lime in this fack too ; there is nothing but roguery to be found in villainous man ; yet a coward is worfe than a cup of fack with lime in it. A villainous coward-^— Go thy ways, old Jack^ die when thou wilt, if manhood, good.manhood be not forgot ap- €n the face of the earth, then am I a ihotten herring: There live not three good men unhangM \xiEngland\ and one of them is fat, 2uid grows old, God help, the while! a bad world ; I fay. ( 1 6) I would, I were a weaver ; \ could iing pfalms, and all manner of fongs. A plagoe of all cowards, I fay Hill !
P. Henry, How now, Wool/ackf what mutter you ? Ffil, A King's fon ? if I do -not beat thee out of thy kingdom with a dagger of lath, and drive all thy fubjefls
fcriberi, or the cooopofitors at Prtfi. *T|s well known, Ttum it one of the poetical names of the fun ; but we have so aathority from fakle for Titan » ineltiog away at his own fweet tale, as Narcijfns did at tlM reflexion of his own fweet form. The poet's meaning was certainljr this : Falftaff'tnUti in a great heat, after having been robb*d by the Prince and Poins in difguife : And the Prince feeing him in foch a fweat, makes the following^aii/^apon him t ** Do but look upoB that ** compound of greafej— his fat drips away with the violence of hii «< motion, jtfft as butter does with the heat of the Jun-keams dartiog '* full upon it.** I corre£ted the paflage in the appendiie to my Shakv «viAaK refl«r*d\ and Mr. Pcfe, in his laft edition, has been fo gri* cio^s to fay at the bottom of hts page ; or ratbef, butter that milted, &e* (t6) / ioouldf J were a weaver ; / cQuldfing pfalms, &c.][ This is plainly a fling at the piritanical feflaries of our authov*s time. Aoi I have obferv'd this, that w hen the men of wit of his age, and 6ncr, would characterize an ignorant fan£li6ed zealot, they have generally made him a weaver by profbllion : Which ihews, that that fpirit was «ioft remarkable among thofe mechanicks : And, I believe, I can ac- count for its fo happening. It is very well knowo^ that when Pbilip the fecond was for Aiding the^birth of the reformation in Flandtrt and the Low Countries by an inquifitlonal reflraint, many pf^ the in\iabitants fo^fook their couniry, arid fought refuge amongil ihevr neighbours. Thofe, who came into England^ brought over with them the wooUen wuinufaSory, and the principle of Calvin : And at the fame time taught us to weave cloth, and ravel out the contexture of church- government. So that pmritanifm (a word, which then took its rife) and weaving were generally profefs^d by one and the fame artlft. Their love forpfaimody was what then did, and ftiil does, diftingui(h the dif- dplcs of John CaMn, Mr. fFarhurt^n*
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afore tbee like a flock of wild gcefe, . Pll nerer weir bair on my face more. Yoo Prince of Wala f
P. Henry. Why, yoa whorfon round man ! what's the matter ?
¥aU Are yoa not a coward ? anfwer me to that, and ?oins there ? P.i^4fifr^.Yefatpaanch,anyecaIImecoward,rilfiabthee. Fal, I call thee coward ! Pll fee thee damnM ere Til call thee coward ; but I would give a thoufand pound I could run as faft as thou canft. You are ftrait enough in the (boulders, you care not Who fees your back : Call you that backing of your friends ? a plague upoa (ucb backing ! etve me them that will face me — Give me a cup of fack ; I am a rogue, if I drunk to-day.
P. Henry. O villain, thy lips are fcarce wip'd Ance thou dronk*(l lad.
Fal. All's one for that. [He drinh.
A plague of all cowards, ftill, fay I ! P. Henry. What*8 the matter ? fal. What's the matter ! here be four of us, have ta'en a thoufand pound this morning.
P. Henry. Where is it, JacJ^ P where is it ? fal. Where is it ? taken from us, it is ; a hundred upon poor four of us.
P. Henry. What, a hundred, man ? fai. I am a rogue, if I were not at half fword with a dozen of them two hours together. I have efcapM by miracle. I am eight tinies thruil through the doublet, ibur through the hofe, my buckler cut through and through, «y fword hack*d like a hand faw, ecce fegnum. I never ^ealt better (incel was a man ; all would not do. A plague of all cowards !— Let them fpeak ; if they fpeak more or Ufs than truth, they are villains and the Tons of darkue^ P. Henry. Speak, Sirs, how was it ? Gads. We four fet upon fome dozen. Fal. Sixteen, at leaft, my Lord. Gads, And bound thenn. Feio. No, no, they were ifotboond. fal. You rogue, they were bound, every man of their, or lam a Je'w elfe, an Ehre^ Jew.
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Gads. As we were (baring, fome fix or feren fieih mea let upon us.
^^y. And unbound tbe reft, and tbeocaipe in the other. '?, Henry, What, fought ye with them all f
FaL All ? I know not^ what ye call ajl ; but if I fought not with fifty of them, I am a bunch of radiib : If thet^ were not two or three and fifty upon, poor old Jack^ then am I no two-Icgg'd cre<lture«
Pains, Ttzy hea v'n ,you have not murdered fojne of them.
Fal, Nay, that's paft praying for* I have pcpperMtwo of them ; two^ I am fure, I have pay'd» two rogues 91 buckram fuits. I tell thee what^ /^a/« if I tell theealif) -Tpit in my face, call me horfe ; thou know'ft pjy old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point; jfouA rogues in buck^ ram let drive at me.
P. Hmry. What, four ? thoufaidil bit two, even flOV«
FaL Four t Hal, 1 told thee four.^
Pcrnr, Ay, ay, he faid four.
FaL Thefe four came all a-front, and mainly thruftat niQ ; I made no more ado^ but took all their fevcn poinu in my target, thus.
P. Hgmy, Seven ? why there were but four, even now.
F^^L In buckram.
Pchs, Ay, four, in buckram fuits.
FaL Seven, by thefe hilts, or^l am a villain elfc.
P. Henry. Pr'ythce let him alone,, we ihall have mere anon.
FaL Deft thou hear me, Hal^
P. Hevry. Ay, and mark thee too^ ^aeL
FaL Do fo, for it is worth the liftning to : Tkefe nine in buckram, that I told .thee of
P. Henry. So, two more already.
FaL Their points being broken> ' Ptins. Down fell his hofe.
Fai. Began to give me ground ; but IfbllowMmeclofe, came in foot and nand; and with a thought, feven of the eleven I pay'd.
P.Henry, O monftrous ! eleven.buckfaiR men grpwn out of two ! .
Fal.
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K^ipg- Henry IV. \^^
P^i4\ ?ofaa.t!vi»<ieyU would have it, tivee auf-begpt'-' Qen knayes'in. Ke»i^ g/reea came at my ba^» s^dlet^ drive at me ; (for it was fo darl^ Ha/, uiat thoa could It; Dpt. fed t^y. hand.)
p. Hewy, Thefe lies are like the father that beget» thenuM »pA a^afinpantaiDy open, palpable. Why, thou cUy- Er^in'd.gpts, thou kaotty-pated fool, thoa whorfbn o^^ Ic^ne gyeafy tallowrcatch— --
Fatfyiiisx^ art thou mad ? artthptt.iMd,^ is not the tim^,. the truth ?
P« Himy. Wh^f ho^eCoAld^fl thoi^ know theie men ia^ K^^iil gW^t w^en it wasfad^irlc, thoa cpuld'A not fee thy* h^ajrS? coxnia,. teU .iw your^ reafop ,: What fay'ft thou, ID this?
Peinu Come, yoorreafon. Jack, your reaibm JF^A What, UDon>compulAon I no; were I. at the flrap^i^ pado« ox all the rackf : in ^ th^ world , I would not tell y pu on compulfion. Give you a reafon on compulfion.l \6 leafonjs were^& plenty.as, bla^kt-, berries, I would give no nan a ireafon upon compulfion, I. ;
Y..Hwy> rU.bfr ^V^ longer* gyil^ of^ this fin* This ianguine coward, this bed-prefler, this horfeback- breaker, this huge hill of flcfhi— ^
FaL Away, you djcveling, you elf-iWn^ you dry*d ^eatSrtongjae;, bull's pizzel, you-ilock'-fiih^: O for breath to utter ! what is like thee ? You taylor's yard, you (heath; you l^w cafe, you iVilie ftandiu? tuck, — t-
f4,Hiwyf WelU hreathe a wHle and then to't again; and when thou haft tir'd thyfelf in bafe comparifons, hear JMfy^ki but this. Poins^ Mark, Jagh
P. Henry. We two faw yoa four fet on four, you Biotind them, and were mafters of their weal^ : Mark now; how aptl^ia tale &aU put you down. Then did we two fet on you four, and with a word, ontfacM yon from your prize* and have it ; yea, and can fliew it you here in the houfe. ; kvA^falftaffi youcarrj^'dyourguts away as nimbly, with ai <)iuck dexterity, and roaxM for mercy, and flill tan and If ar'd* as cver.I heard hull-calf. - What a Have ^rt*thoui taback thy fword as thou hall done, and tlien fay it was F 5 in
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in fight — What trick ? vrhat device l What ftartiftg" canft tbou now find oHt to hide thee from, this opei: ap})arcnt (harried /
Fohis. Coipe, let's heai^ JacJk :. What trick haft
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Fal. By the Lord, I knew ye, as well as he tha^i ye. Why, h^ar ye, my mailers ; was it for i|ic t< the heir apparent? Should I turn upon the trqc.fi? Why, thoii knoweft, tarn as valiant ^s^fffKcuks ;^b\\ ware inftinft, the Ijon will no^touch thf iru^ prince llin€l ifi a great matter. I was a coward Qn kiftip Ihall think the better of my felf, an^ thee, c^ij-id: 14fo ; h for a valiant lion, and thou (pt a trup Prince by the Lord, lads, I ani glad yoi^ have theinoney^ H( clap to the doors ; watch to-night, ^ ray to-morrow;, knts, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of fellowihip come to you !• what, Ai^ll wje be merry ? we have a play extempore? '
P. iftWry Content j:— and: the argument fhajlbe. running away. .
Fal. Ah !*— lio mor^b£that, .K?/, if t^p^ loycft:
Enter mjlj^s.,
Hofti O Jefu ! my Lord the Prince h
P. Henry. How now, my. lady, the hpftefs, ^JiaJ thou, to me? , - ' •
Hojk, Marry, my Lord*, thcise i^ a. Nobleman C court a t. door would fpeak with yoi* | he - ^y s,, b^ I frp^n ypur Catber^ '. . . ; f
P. Henry, Give him as much as willmake-bixii a man, and fend him back again to my mother.,
Fal W.h^t manner of man is he?
Hofi, An pld mtan.
F,qL What doth gravity out o£ his bed^t fludii (h^lll give him. his>anfwer ?^
p. Heri^ry, Pt'ythiSe, dp,. Jack, >j ftf A Faith, .^gijd IfU fend him packing, ^ |
?.. Henrj, Now, Sirs, by*r lady you foughtfair; you^ (noy fp did you, Bardilph: You are lions toi
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ran away upon InfHnA; you will not touch the true Prince ; no, fy !
Bkir^i, 'Faith, I ran when I Aw others ran.
V,^Hinry, Tell me now in eameft ; how tzm^Falflaff^i- fword ft> hackt ? ^ . t
Peio. Why, he hackt it with his dagger, and'faid> hof vould fwear truth out of'Efrglam/, but he wouIJ make ^ou believe it was done in fight, and perfoadedus to da :he like.
Barif. Yea, and to tickle our noies with f^ear-grafs, to
nake them bleeds and then beflubber our garments with\
t, an4 fwear it was the blood of true-men;. I' did that
did not thefe feven years before,: I blufliM to hear his.
nonilVous devices.
2. Henry, Ovillain, tfaou.doleft a capof fack eighteen^ i^ears ago, and wert taken in the manner, and. ever finc0^ :hou haft blufhM exiempon; thou Kadfi fire and! AvbrdW :by fide^ and yet thou ranneft away; what inftln£l hadftt thou for it ?- ^
Biord.. My Lordi do you fee thefe meteors? do 7001 behold thefe exhalations ?.-
P. Henry. Idoi • u
Bard. What think you they portend ?' \
V, Henry i Hot livers, and cold purfeSk.
Bard. Choler, my Lord^. if rightly ukeit^.
v.. Henry, No, if rigjuly taken,. haltCR. "^
RerenferFMsiff:. ' [[
Here comesJ^ean Jack^ here comes bare-^ bone;. How now^ Hiy (wect creature of bombaft, how long,i&*ta^,. ^oeAp^ Bnce thou faw'ft thy own knee ? , .
FmL My own knee ? Wheh I was aboutthy years, H^ t: was not an eagle's-t^lon in the. wafte;: IJ QOttld> have crept into any alderman's thumb 'ring : Aplagueof figh^ ing and grief,. it blpws amftn up like a blaa^cri:. There's viUainous news abroad : Here war Sit jphtt Bfafyfrcxa^ |f<oar father ; you muft go to the court in tM^ morning iThat faroe mad fellow of the nQrth,,Pfrr^.;'^aiid heof^<ii/^. ih^x gsiVcJma/Mn the bafUnadoiand madcLur^ cuipk^]d,;
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«tid tWore the dcsW hh true llegem sui upon the erois of ^,Wtlfth\iOGk : Whgt a pla|^ oail. yoa him-^
Poins, O, GUn^ower,
fal, OiuefifOwiifi the dmt I and his fon-ia-law Mif' ^ timert and old N^rthumierlmud, and: that fprightly Sat^al cs ^cois^ Dowuglasi that runs a horfeback up a hill perpendi- cular— /
?. Henfy. He that rides at high fpeed, andwithK piftol kilU a fparrow flying,
Fal. You have hit it.
P. Henfy, So did he never the fparrovtr.-
FaL Well; thatrafcal hadi good mettle in hin, he will not nun. • ,
^ P. Hfinrji. Whyt what a rafcal art thou then» to praife him Co for running ?
, /V« A:lK^ftback> yecuckow,— fbntafooty l^ewiUnot l^udge a i^t^ J (Pvi^^O^ YfSy Jfac^ upon, mSdn^.
F^^. I:graf)tyey/upoAiiifHn&: Well, he is there too, and one Monlake^ and a thoufand blue-caps more. IVtr" ^^rh ^ointiyiMy by night: Thy ^fither's beard is torsM white with the news : You may buy land novif as cheap as ftinking mackerel.
P. Hemy. Then 'tis like j if there come a hot y«ii^, and this civil bufFetin^'hold, weihall: buy maidenheads as they buy hob^nailf ,.- by die huadred .
Fal. By the mdh, 1^,. dioa fay'ft. true ; it is like, we fhall have good trading thafeway. But tell me» Hal, art not thou horribly afraid ? thou being heir apparent, could the worM pick thee out three fuch enemies again as that fiend D6iA>gksy that fpirit Perc^y and that devil Gkn* dvwer ? art thou not horribly afraid ? doth not thy blood thriMatit?
P. Henry* Not a whit, Pfaith; I lack fome of thy in- ftind.
Ful Well, thou ^ilt be horribly chid to-morrow, when tlnm cQm*ft^tChthy father: If thou do love me, praftife an an Aver.
. K "Henty. Dtf thou (land for my father^ and examiat me ttpwi-thepiirticolars of my lift^ -
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FaL Shall I? content: Thi» chair fhall be my ftate^ this dagger my fcepter, and this caihion my cro^vn.
P. Hewy. Thy date is taken for a joint-flool, thy golden fcepter for a leaden dagger, and thy prepons rich . erowA fbr a pitif\il bald crown.
FaL Well, an the fire of grace be not qnite oot of thee» now ikalt thou be moved—' — Give me a cup of fade t» make mine eyes look Ted, that it may be thought I hare wept; fori nmft fpeak in paffion, (17) and I will dp it in King Camhyfes^ vein.
P. Henry. Well, here is my leg. FaU And here is my fpeech^ltand afide, nobility*^ J5;yf. This is excellent fport, i'faith. FifLWecp not, fweet Queen, for trickling tears are vain^ Hajt, O the father! how he holds his countenance f F»i, For God's fake, Lords, convey my triftful Q^een^ For tears do flop the flood-gates of her eyes*
Hojt. O rare, he doth it as like one of thofe harlotry players, as I ever fee.
Fa{.^zcef good pint-pot^ peace, good tickle-brain-^ Hartyi Fdo liot' only marvel, where thou fpendcft thy time; bnt alfo, how thou.art accompany'd : For though' the-camomiie, the more it is trodden on, the fader it grows : Yet youth, the more it is wafted, the foonqr it wear^; Thou art my fon ; I have partly thy mother'^ word, partly my own opinion; but chiefly, a villainous trick of' thine eye, and afoolifli haneingof thy nether lip, that doth warrant me. If then thou be fon to me, here lieth the point ; why, being fon to me, art thou fo pointed at ? Shall the blefled fon of Heav'n prove a micber, and eat black berries f a quedion not to be aik'd. Shall the foti of Eftgiand prove SL thief, and take purfes? a
(17) and IwUl d$ it in King Cambyfes*! vam.] The bantei' heiW. ift upon a pky- writteo in old-fafliion'd ikietre, calPd, a Lamentabk TtrSgedy^ mix*d full of pieajant mirth, containing. the life ^Cambyfet Kii^g o^Perfiln, &c. If. the whole were writ in that ineafure with the Ipcciaaeii given us by Mr. hangbainein his account of the dramatick poets %^ k is eigbi ^iuid fx, as ^ktce calls it in Midfumnur Nigbt-s Dream* Thi» was the Tcrfiikmtioii chiefly in vogue, in the 14th and ijtU centuriei : And moft of the plays of that date, in black letter, ara in that meafuret
136 The Ftivs.T PzTtci
Ho/, The SljeriiF and'ajl the vyatcKareat tkcrdeot:
They are come to fcarch thjc houfe : Shall I let them in?*
Fal. Doft thou hear, Hal ? never call a true piece of
glji a counterfeit: Thou art eflfntially mad, without lining, To.
P. Henry, And thou a natural coward, without inflinft.
Fal' I dc«y your major ; if you will deny the Sheriff,
fo; if not« let hiln enter. Ifl become not a cart as well
as another man, a plague on my bringing up ; I hope^
I ihaU as (bon be flrangled with a halter, as ainother^
?. Henry. Go, hide thee behind the arras, therell walk up above. Now, my mailers, for a true face anct good confcience.
Fal, Both Which! have had; but tKeb date is oitt, and therefore HI hide me.
TJ^^iw/ FalftaflT, Bardolph, tfr. P, Hfnrj. Call in the ShcriE
Entir SbttiJ[ and> Carrien,
Kbw, mafter Sheriff, what is your will with me?
^'er. Firft, pardoning, my Lor d^ A.lme aia^ay Hath fbllow'd certain men unio this houfe.
P. Hinry, What men ? * Sher. Oneof them is well known, my gracious L6rd« A grofs fat man.
Car, As fat as butter.
P. Heniy, The man, I do affure you, is not here, *' For I myfelf at this time have imploy'd him ; And, Sheriff,. I. engage my woijd to thee,
?'ftat r will, by to morrow dinner time, end him to anfwer thee» or ^ny man, ' For any thing he ihall bq ^h^g'd wit^l : And fo let me intreat you leave the houfe* . " ^
Sher, I will, my Lord : The^e are two gentlemen. Have in this robbery loft three hundred marks. ' ,
p. Henry. It may be fo ; if he have robb'd thefe meS| 4He (hall be anfwerable ; andYo f^cwel.
Sher. Good-night, my, noble Lord* \ ■ ;
P. Hfnryi I think, it is good-morrow, Ts it not ? i Sbm Indeed, my Lord, 1 think it betW9jQ'd<|ck., [BktK 6 f. Henry.
Ring H E N It r IV. 157
P: Henry.. This oily rafcal is knows as well SLsPauNi go call him forth.
Peto. Faljiaff! fail aileep^ behind the arras, an^d
(horting like a liprie.
P. Henry. Hark^ how hard he fetches breath : Search his pockets.. \He /earches bis pocket Sy and finis certain fafer$%
P. Henry, What h«ft thoa found ?
Peto. Nothing bat papers^ ray Lord.
P. Henry. Let's fee, what be they ? read them.
Peto. IttMy a capon, 2 /• 2 d. Jtem^ Sawce, 4</* Item, Sack, two gallons, 5 /• 8 </. Item, AnchovHes and fack after fupper, 2 J* 6 /. Item^ Bread, a halfpenny.
P. Henry, O monftroiis ! but one halfpenny -worth of bread, to this intderable deal of fack? What there is elfe, keep clofe^ we'll read it at more advantage ; there lethim fleeptill day. Pll to the court in the morning : we miiitvlito thewars, and thy placeihall behonourable. rU Dfiocure this^ fat rogue a charge of' foot, and-, I know, iSs'dnth will: be a Mmttk of twelrefcore; The money ftaM rbe:paid back a^n witfci advantage. Be with me betimes m the morning*; and fo good-mor»ow> P^ta
Peto. Good-mforrow, good my Lord. [Exeunt b
ACT III.
S C E N E, the Archdeacon of Bangor's houft, in ff^a/es.
Bntir Hot-fpur, Worcefter, X«r^ Mortimer, and Own Glendower.
MOR TIM BR.
'TT^efc promifts are fair, the parties fure, X And our indu6[ion full of profpVous hope* Hft. LordtMoreimeri and coufin Giendc<wer, .
Will yoa fit down ?
138 The First Part of
And, uncle Worctjter A plague upon it!
I have forgot the map.
Glind. No, here it is ; * !
Sit, coufm P/rry, fit, good coufm/fo/jJy^r.- For by that name, as oft as Lancafter Poth fpeak of you, his cheek looks pale ; and with» A rifing iigh, he wifheth you in heav'n.
Hot. And you in hell, as often as he heara Qtwen QUndower fpoke of.
GUnd. I blame him not : at my nativity. The front of heav'n was full of fiery fliapes. Of burning creflets ; know, that^ at my birth. The frame and the foundation of the earCh Shook like a coward.
Hot^ So it wou'd have done At the fame feafon, if your mother's cat |iad kitten'd, though yourfelf had ne'er been born.
Gletid, I fay, the earth did fhake when I was born*
Hot. I fay, the earth then was not of my mind ; If vou fuppofe, as fearing you, it fiiook.
S/iW.Theheav'ns were all on fire, the earth did trembl«»
Hot, 0> then the earch ihook tofe« the heav'ns oiifiis. And not in fear of your nativity.. JDifeafed nature oftentimes breaks forth - In fl:r:i' ' eruptions; and the teeming earth Is vvj n a kind of cholick ptnch'd and vext, B> txc imprifoning of unruly wind Within her wombi which, for enlargement ftriving» Shakes the old 'beldam earth and topples down jHigh tow'rs and niofs-grown fteeples. At your birtbt Our grandam earth, with this dillemperaturej^ In palTion fhock._
Qle/id. Couftn, of many men I do not bear thefe croffings : give me leave To tell you once again, that at my birth . The front of heav'nwas foH of fiery (hapes,. The goats ran from the mountains, and the herdf^ Were flrangely clara'rous in the frighted fields: Thefe figns have mark'd me extraordinary,.* And all the courfes of my life do (hew,.
II anx aotiu. the roll of common men*.
King H E N R V iV^ 135
e IS he living dipt in with the tea chides the banks of England^ Wdlesp Qt Si9$Umd% calls me pupil, or hath read to me ? 3ring him outf that is but woman's ibiw «
race me in the tedious ways of art« >ld me pace in deep experiments. '. I think, there is no man fpeaks better ^/^. » dinner
rt. Peace, couiin Pircy ; yon will make him mad» iid. I can call fpirits from the vafty deep. r. Why, fo can I, or fo can any man : 'ill they come, when you do call fpr (hem ? nd. Why, I can teach thee to command the deWL' r. And I can teach thee, C07, to ihame the dcvil^ lling truth; TfU truths and Jham tht divil.'^ u h& pow'r to raifc.him, bring him hither, I'll be fworn, I've pow'r to fhame him hence, while yoq live, tell truth, and fhame the deviL r/. Cbnief, come! lore of this unprofitable chat^ nd. Three times hatfi Hewy Botit^hroke made he^ nft my ppw'r; fKiic^ from the banks of Wy^p > fandy-bottbni'4^^«i>^r/r, have I fent bootlefs home, and^^eather-beaten back. ./
t. Home, without boots, and in foul weather too } 'fcapes he agues, in the devil's name ? r«^. Come,^ here's the ipap : (hall we divide our rightj^ rding /to our threefold order ta'en ? »rr. Th* Archdeacon haih divided it :hre^limij5%verx equally : wd; from Trent, and Se<v.ern hitherto^ uth and eaft, is to my part affign'd 1 reft ward, Wales, beyoijd'the S^ernmort,, all the fertile land withmxhat bound, ;
^en Glendoiuer ; and, dear cois, to you remnant noc'thward* lying o^ from Trent,* our indentures tripartite are drawn,: ;h being, fealed interchangeably, jfinefs, that this uignt may execute')i . [
^orrow, cdufih P^rry,' youandli
J4p Xhe F I R s T' Part of
And my goooLar^ of Worafter^ will fet fbrtli»
To meet your fatheV/ and the ^cottijh power.
As W appoWted us, ztShre<wJbury .
My father Glemfpnjber is not ready/yet.
Nor fhall wfe need liis heJp thcfe fdufteea days :
Within that fpace, y6u inay have drawn together
Your tenants, (riepas, iknd neighbouring gentlemen.
Qtend. A ihbrtcr time (h^llfend me to you, Lords : And in my cpnduj^ fliall your Ladies come, Ffom- whom you now ipuft ileal and take no leave; For there -will bt a world of water (bed. Upon the parting of youK wives and you.
Hot. Methihks, my moiety, north from Burtanhctef III quiinticy equals not one of yours : ' Se^j how this river «pmes m? crankKng in. And 'cuts me, from the bcft of all my land, A huge half^oon, a mon^rou's catirfe out. I'll have the current in this place damm'd up ; And here the fmug-and filvcr Trent fhall run " In a new channel, fair and .evenly : It (hall not win4 wijhlfuch ^ deep indent, T^^ohr'mcof'fo wh arbottop:! herp.
G/««^ Notwind?;it (halli it n^tift*; yoii fe^, itdbtli
Mort, B^t mark; hcj bears his, courfe, ai\d/ups qie uj With lil^e advantage on the othj^r fide, GfeWihgtVoppofed continent as much', As on tne other fide, it takes from you. ' JFhr/ Y^s, but a little charge will trench him heriPi And on this north-fide win this cape of l^nd. And then he runs fh^t and even.
Hot. I'll have it fo, a little charge will do it.
Glen J, I will not have it alter'd.
Hot. Will not you?
GienJ, Nb, nor you fhall not. '
Hot. Who fhall fay me nay? *
Glenif. Why, that will I.
Hot. Let me not uhderftand you then. Speak it in fTelfi^
Glend. I canfpcffk Englifiy Lord, as well a4 yoii, ' For I was trained un in the Ert^ijh court :
Wbc
icre, being young I framed to the harp;
my an E^lifi dftty, lovely well,
d gave the ton^ad a helpfdl broament ;
rirtue, that was never feen in you.
Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all oiy Jie^r^
ad rather be a kitten, and cry, mew I-.—
an one of thefe farob m€et«r-ballad^im^ger6|
rather hi^ ^brazien candlefliektum'q,
a drj^ whftcl gtWc on the axle-tree, id that wonld nothing fet my teeth on ed^c,' >thing fo*mti€h as mincing poetry ; is like the forc'd gate of a fhtiffling najf. Glfftd. Come, you (hall have Treat turn^4* H0t. I do not care ; VU give thrice fo much laofl 3 any Vvell-d^erving friend ; It in the way of bargain, mark ye mc, il. cavil on the n|rith part of a hair. re the iildctttore's dfaivn ? fliall wc be gone J^. Glend. The moon (hines- fair, you may away^ by mgbt I '11 haile the writer) and withal, reak with your wives of your departure heBCf;;{. am afraid, my daughter will run' mad ; D much ihe dotdth on htf Mortimer. {MfciU
Mort. Fy, cbtiiiii ?<r(y, howyou crbfsiny &theirr
Hot. I cannot chufe ; fonietime heai^gdrsssney ^ith telling me of the mold warp and theant, ' >f dicamer Merlin^ and his prophecies j kud of a dragon, and afinlefs £fh, k clipt-wing gri€io,' and a moohing ^%SftA ; \, couching Hop, and a. ramping cat ; Vnd fudi a deal of &imble-&ainb]e ftufF, ^8 puts me fropri my faith. . I tell you wha(« ^e heldme tht Tad night at Idafbnine hoi^rs, [n reck'nin^ up the feveral devils names^ That w6re nis lackeys : I cryM, hum, — and welU*^ Bat mark'd him net a word. O, he's as tedious Ai a tir*d hoVfe, or as a railing wife : Worfe than a fmoaky houfe. I'd rather live ^Vi(h cheefe'knd'garlick, in a windmill, far; Tbaa feed on cates* and have him talk to m«^
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t+a The First Pact ojf
Ih any fammer-hoofe in chriftendom.
Mmrt. In faith, he is a worthy gentleman | Exceedingly well read^, and profited In ilrangt concealments ; valiant as a lion ; And wond'rous affable ; as bountiful As laines of India : ihall I tell you, couiin t , He holds yoor temper in a high refped* And curbs himfelf, even of his natural Icope^ r When you do crofs his humour ; ^faith, he does* I warrant you, that man is fiot all vie Might fo hksc tempted him as you have done> Without the tafte of danger and reproof. But do not ufe it oft, let me intreat you.
Wor* In faith, my Lord, you are too wil,ful-blam< And, iince yont coming h^re, haV^ done enough ^o put hira ^ttite befides his patience ; . . Von mud needs leatu, Lord, to ata end this fault ; Though fometimes it ihews greatnefe, cptttage, blo€ (And that's the deareft grace it renders you ;) Yet oftentimes it doth prefent harfh rdge, !Defed of manners, want of government. Pride, haughtinefs, opinion^ and difdain t The leaft of which, haunting a Nobleman, Lofeth men's hearts, and leaves behind a ftain Upon the beanty of all parts befides^ Beguiling them of commendation.
Hot. well,I am fchool'd : cood manners be your fp« Here come oiur wives, and let us take our leave.
Enter Glendower, ^with the L^diis.
Mart. This is the deadly fpight that angers me. My wife can fpeak no Englijby 1 no Weyb,
Gknd. My daughter weeps, fhe will not pai't wiUi j She'irbe a loldier too^ iheMl to the wa)-s.
Mort. Good fathier, tell her, ihe and my kont Feri Shall follow in your condudl fpeedily.
[Glendower /peaks to her in Welfh, ^ndfie /nuers him in the fame. G/i^iM^She'sdeip'rate here : apeeviih felf-will'd harlo
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ut no perfnafioQ can do good upon.
Mart, . I underftand thy looks ; that pretty Welftf^ ^hich thou pou'r'ft down from thofe two fwelllng hea« am too perfe^ in : and, but for (hamci (vent»
1 fuch a parly ihonld I anfwer thee.
[The Lady again im Wclfh. underftand thy kiflb, and thou mine (18), M that's a feeling difputation : {at I will never be a traun^ love. Till I have leam'd thy language ; for thy toogue Vfakes fVelJh as fweet as ditties highly pennM, . Sung by a fair Queen in a fummers bower^ With raviihing diviiio'n to her lute.
GUnd. Nay, if thou melt, then will (he run mad.
[The Ladyfpeak$ again in WcUh«
Mort. O, I am ignorance itfelf in this%
GUnd. She bids you, \11 on the wanton rulhes lay you dowii^ \od reft your gentle liead upon her lap, '
\nd fhe will fing the fong that pleafetn you, !Vnd on your eye-lids crown the God of ileep# charming your blood with pleaiing heavinefs \ lilaking inch difference betwixt wake and fleep# ^8 is the difference betwixt day and night, rhe hour before the heav'nly-hai^nefs'd team Begins his eolden progrefs in the eaft.
Mort. With all my heart PU fit, and hear her fing 1 By that time will our book, I think, be drawn «
G/nr/. Dofo; And thoie muficians, that (hall play to yoU^ Hang in the air a thoufand leagues from hence ;
(18) / underfaad tty kjffes, and thou miuei
And tbafi a feeble difputation, '[ Thus both Mr. Rvwe an4 Mr. Popi in their edition! ; bat they have much enfeebled what Mortimer meant to fay) in this aokward epithet. This is Hot talking like a fond bridegroom in the honey-moon, as, 'tis evidfent, Morthner is. I have reftor*d the reading of the old copies, which, I am confident, it the true one. What Mortmer would fay to his youog wife, is this t Tho' I don't underftand your H^eybj I underftand the tendernefs of . your kiiles, I f«el the force of thtir argamcnt, aad rnQrlag rheto<* ricki ^tk
Yet
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1 44 The F 'r?R « ^ *f art 6f .
Yet ftrait they ftiall.be here ; fit, and atteitd. .Hot, Come, Kutgf thou art perfeft in lying come, quick, ^uick, that 1 may lay my head in t .£«4^. Go, ycgiddygoofe, iTbeMmfic
rHot, Now I perceive the devil underftands W$lj, •tis no marvel, he is fo humoroas : 'byVlady, hcV mafleian.
Lady. Then would yon be nothing bat mufic you are altogether govern^ by humours : lie ftill, yt and hear the Lady iing in Jf^elfi. Hot. I had ratber bear Ladj^ my brach/kowl in Lady. Wottld'ft have thy head brokeni Hot. No.
Lady. Then be dill. Hot. Neither, 'tis a woman's fault* J0ady. Now God help thee ! Hot. To the Wiljh Lady's bed. Lady. What's that ?
Hot, Peace, (he fings. [Here the Lady Jinpd^£ii^ Come, ril have your fong tdo. Z«^* Not mine, in good footb. Hot. Not yours, in good footh ! 3rou TwearHkea e maker's wife; not you, ingoodfoothi Md,artrt^asl ^nd, as God jSbali mend frte; and^ as Jkre as day : andj fuch farcenet fuKty for thy oaths> as if thoit never Wal further than finjhury. Swear me, Kate^ like a I^ady as thou art, A good-^k}tlth'-fi^ling oat^, and leave infotnh^ And fuch protclVbf pepper-ginger-b^ead. To velvet-guards, and ^«9//^-citizens. Come, iing. ^<Ki^. r will not ftilg.
Hot. 'Tis the next way to turn tailor, 01^ be 'RohtH' J^rM/ tocher: if theindehtures t>e drawn, I'll awayi in thefe two hours : and {o come in when ye will. [. Glend. Come, come^ Lord Mortimer, you are as : As hot Ijord Percy is on fire to go» By this, our book is drawn : we will but feal, Atid then to horfe immiediately . Mr/. With all rtiy heart. [E^
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King H B HR ir IVj 145
SCENE changes to the prefcnce^himber ia mmifir.
Entif King Ktwcjt Princi ^ Wales, Xff/# §ndiibtft.
:. Henry. T Ords» give us leave ; the Priace of IFk&i
1^ and 1 (aft have fome priVate confeieiice t But he near, or we fliall preJently have need of yoti.-*[£;n«if j^//* know not« whether God will have it fe^ 'Or fome difpleafrng fervice t have done % That in his fecret doom, out of my blood le breeds revengement and a fcoarge for me t \vLi thoo deft in thy pafiages of life ' 4ake me believCy that thou art only mark*<| ^or^he hot vengeance and the rod of tteav^Of To puniih my mir-tread]n£;s. Tell me elie# ^oald fach inordinate and low defires, luch poor, fuch bafe, fuch lewd, fOch Mean attetnj^tSt iuch barren pleaftiresi rude fbciety^ Is thoa art niatch'd withal and grafted tO# kcompany the greatnefs of thy blood, Vnd hold their level with thy princely heart f
P. Henry. So pleaTe your Majefty» I wiflit I COttU !2ait all offences with as clear excofe^ \s well, asy I am doubtlefs» I tan purge ^yfelf of many I am charged withal* Ifet fuch extenuation let me beg, \%t in reproof of many tales devis'd, IVhich oft the ear of greatnefs needs mnft hear^ ly fmiling pick-thanks and bale news-mongers; i may for fome things true (wherein my youth iiath faulty wander'd, and irregular) und pardon. On my true fubm^on.
K. Henry. Heav'n pardon th^e : yet let mc wondcfj Lt thy affe^ions, which do hold a wing [Harrys
^ite from the flight of all thy anceflors. ^\\y place in council thou haft rudely loft, /hich by thy younger brother is fupply*d>| nd art almoft an alien to the hearts Vol. IV- Q V ^^
146^ V^ f i^i^sT Part of
Of all the court and Princes of my blood.
Tl^ Hope apd cjjjiRi^Slat^n of thy timei
la ruin'd, and the foul of every n[ian
Prophetically does fore-think thy fall.
Had lioMy'i^ of rqy^pjffeijc^ heep.
So cpmnion-hafknev'd in tl^e eyes of men,.
So (lllc and cHcap'ttft tulgar company ; '
Opinion, that did help me to the crown.
Had flilf kept loyal ^o pofTeflion;
Ani left me in reputelefs banifhment,
A fellow of no mark, nor likelihood.
By bejng feldom fe^n, I could not flir.
Bat like a comet I was wonder'd at !
That men would tell their children, this Is he.'
Others would fay, where ? which is BolinghroJii?
And then I ftole all courtefy from heav'n.
And dreft hiyfelf in fuch humility.
That I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts.
Loud (houts and falutations from their mouth$
Even in the prefence of the crowned King.
Thus 1 did keep my perfon frefh and new,
IVIy prefence, like a robe pontifical.
Ne'er feen, but wonder'd at ; and fo my (late,
Seldpm, but Jumpfuous, fcewed like a feaft,
Andfworl, byrarenefs, fuch folemnity.
The Ikipping King, he ambled up and down
With fhallow jefters, and rafti bavin wits.
Soon kindled, and foon burnt; carded his ftate;
Mingkd hrs royalty with carping fools ;
Had his great namp profaned with their fcoms j
And gave his countenance, againil his name,«
To laugh at gybing bop, and fland the pufh
Of ^\cry b^ardlefs, v^m comparative :
Grew a companion to the common Ilreets,
EnfeofPd hin^f^f to popularity :
That, being daily fwallow'd by men's eyes, ^
They^furfeited with honey, and began
To loath the tafte of fweetnefs ; whereof a little
More than a little is by muchjoo much.
So when he had occafion jto be feen.
King H t M ft Y IVl *f^
:Ie was but, ^ the-.cuicbo^ u itt y«iMV
ieardy not reg^ded*; fcen, bot with fach qriBI,
\s, iick and blunted with: comfnumty,
Afford no emrMrdinarjgfze;
luck, as i»r bent oa rfia-li& Maj«fty^,
W4i«fticT(bioef fddoman admiiing «fes :
Bat rather drowz'd, and hnag their eyelids dowB^
Slept in his fact» atid rendred fach afpeA^
As cloudy men uCi to their adverTaries,
Being with his prefitnce glutted, ^otg^dj ^ad fu!i. •
And in thM very line^ Harty^, kaud^ thou^
For thou haft loiL'thy Princely privilege
'With vile participation. Notaaeyci
Sut is a-weai;ytof thy conunoti iight.
Save mine, which hath defir'd to fee tbeemores
'VThieh now doth% what I would not have it do,
l^ake blind itfelf with foolifh tendernefs. '
P. Henry. I ihaU hereafter, my thrice-gracious Lord» le more myfelf.
K. Henry. For all the worldv Ai thou art at this hour, was^/V^^^ii^ then^ "When I from FroMce fet foot at Ranfin/purg^ And ev'n as I was then, is Percy now. Kow by my fcepter, and my foul to. boot,. He hath mqre wcM'thy interest to the ftate. Than thou, the (hadow of fucceilion \ For, of no rightg nor'colour like toright. He doth fill iields with harnefs in the* realms >^
Tarns head againft the lion^s armed jaws; And, being nOi more in.debt to years than tho*i» Leads ancient Lords, and rev'rend BKhops «fi^ To bloody ^ battles^ and to bruifing ai-ms. What never-dying honour hath he got / Againft renowned Djowglasy whofeJiigh dcedsy Whofe hot incerfionS) andgreat namein ami5| Holds from all foyiors chief m^ority. And military title capital^
Through all the f kingdoms that acknowledge ChriiK Thrite hath tbi$: HkiyfpurMurs in fwathiog cloatbs^ < TiHS ysSu^xiHW^aSi- in h|s entetpiifeiii .
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Difcorofite^ great D^^bu, ta'en Uiii oiice»
Enlarged him, and made a friend of him.
To fill the niouth pf deep defiance up.
And (hake the peace and fafety of our throne*
And what fay you to this? Ptrtjff NmhimbirlaaJt ^
Th' Archbilhop's Grace of Torky Dtnv^ks and Mtr^mTf
Capitulate againft us, and are up.
But wherefore do I tell this news to ^ee }
Why, Harry^ do I tell thee of my fcei,
Which.trt my near*ft and deareft enemy }
Thou that ar;t like enough, through vafial fear^
Bafe inclinationt and the ftart of ^leen>
To fight againft me under Perc/^ pay j
To dog his heelsy and curt'fy at his frowns.
To (how how much thou art degenerate.
P. Henry, Do not think fo, you (hall not find it fo! And heav'n forgive them> that fo much have fway'd Your Majefty's eobd thoughts away from me I I will redeem an this on Percy s head. And in the clofing of fome glorious day. Be bold to tell you, that I am your fom When I will wear a garment all of blood. And (lain my favours in a bloody ma(k» Which, wa(ht ^way, (hall fcour my (hame with \U And'that (hall be the day, whene'er it lights. That this fame child of honour and renown. This gallant Iht-fpur^ this all-praifed Knight, And your unthou^ht*of Harrys chance to meet. For every honour fitting on his helm. Would they were multitudes, and on my head My (hames redoubled i for the time will come. That I (hall make this northern youth exchange His glorious deeds for my indignities. Percy is but my fa6lor, good my Lord, T' engrofs up elorious deeds on my behalf | And I will calihim to fo ftrifl accQunt, That he (hall render every glory up, Vea^iTven the fiighteft wormip of his time. Or I u A. .» ar the reckoning from his heart* Tj»ls, in the wme p£ Hcav'a, 1 pronift bcfts
King H £ N R Y IV. M4f
Tlie whicby if I perform, and do furvive,
] do bdeech your Majefty, may falve
The long-grown wounds of my intemperature* .
If not, the end of life cancels all bonds ;
And I will die a hundred thoufand deaths,
£fe break the fmalleft parcel of this tow.
K. Hemy. A hundred thoufand rebels die in this ^ Thoa ihalt hare charge, and fovereign truft herein.
Eniir Blunt.
How now, good Blunt ? thy looks are full of fpeed.
Bluttt, So is the bufioefs chat I come to fpeak oK Lord IMortimer of Scotland hath fcnt word. That D0wghs and the Enghp rebels met Th* eleventh of this month, at Sbre^vfiury : A ndghty and a fearful head they are. If promifes be kept on every hand. As ever ofier'd foul play in a ilate.
K. Hemy. The Earl of Weftmorland fet forth to-day. With huD my fon. Lord ^ohn of Lamafler y For thi4 advertifement is five days old. On W§dntfday next, ^^irrjs thou (halt fet forward : On Thmtfimyy we ourfelves will march : our meeting Is zt Bridgnorth I and, Harry , you (hall march Throogh Gh*JlerJbire : by which, fome twelve days hei ce Our general forces at Bridgnorth ihall meet. ^ Oar hands are full of bufinefs : let's away. Advantage fbeds them fat, while we delay. \Exeunt,
SCENE changes to the BoarU-Uai Taver;> \nEqft' cheap.
Eniir FalilafF and Bardolph.
^stTyjrdolphf am not I falPn away vilely, fince this
ly laft adion ? do I not bate ? do I not dwindle f
why, my ikin hangs about me like an old Lady's loofe
MWtt : I am witherd t Hke an old apple yohn. Well,
rUiepenl, andthatfuddenly, while I am in fome^ liking :
1 ihall be out of heart ihortly, and then I (hall have no
ftrCBgdi to repentt An J have not forgotten what the
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isfide of a church is made of, I am a pepper com»a^feivePs horfe ; the in fide of a church ! company, viUainous com- pany hath been the fpoil of me.
Bard Sir Jchn^ you are fo fretful , yr scannot lite long.
Fai, Why,. there is it; come, fing me a bawdy fong, to make me meriy ; I was as vi r t uou fly .given, as a-geotle- manmeed to be ; virtuous enough ; fwore little ; diced not above feven times a. week ; went to a bawdy-imufe oeot above once in a quarter of an hour ; paid money, that I borrowed, three or four times ; Hv'd well, and in good cos^pafs i'iand now I live out of ail order, oat of iidl compafs.
Bard. Why, you are fo fat. Sir Jtfhn^ tkat you mtfft needs be out of all compafs, out of all reaibmoile cev pafs, Sujohn,
FaL Do thou amend thy face, and I'll amend m^Jife. Thou art our Admiral, thou beared the lanthprn in the poop, but 'tis in the nofe of thee.; thou wt l^e£n]ght €)f die burniiig larn^.
Bard, Why, ^u John^ my face do66 you <no havtit.
FaL No, ril be fworn ; I m^he -as good ttfe of it, «s many a man doth of a death's head, or .a metftemfirminn, I lii ver fee thy face, but 1 think \x]fQtiy^'fa^:9sAi^aves x\shi tiv'd in pui]ples for there he is in hi^ftobe^bamtog, burning. — If thou wert any way given 40 victaie, laMwJd fwear by thy face ; my oathjhould be, ^f^^fkfimy Jlit thou art altogether given over {and war tindecwU hfktiwt the ligiht in |hy face, ttie Ion cif «|tar 4aidkaa(fi. Wixn thou rann'fl up Gads-hill in the night to catch my horfe, if I did .not thinJc, thou kad'ft been ^mJiguis fatimSi f>r a%all of wild-Ere, there's no purchafe ipi money. O, thou art a perpetual triumph, an everlaflin? bonfire light ; thou hail faved me a «hdufand marks in lin^s and torches, walking with thee i;n the night betwiat tavern and taVbvn; but the fack, thai thau haft drunk me, would ikave bought me lights ^s good cheap, attheKk!sreftciiandier's.in Ai- rope, I have matntain'd that SaUmaniibr <of )»o«PS<with fire, any tiiae this two and thirty yedra, lieav'fi aoaard <nie fork! / '
J^i/. %b|Qod« I would my fac^^warein yo«i^4be<lly.
King Henry I^. 151
Fdl God a mercy! fo fliould I be fore lo be Hfeart- burn'd. , '
Enter Boftefs, How now, dame Parfletihc hen, have you eitqi^JrM yet who pickM my pocket ?
Hoji, Why, Sir John, what do ydu think, Sir Jbhn ? do you think, I keep thieves in my hoUfe ? I have fearch'd, I have enquirM, fo has my hufband, man by man, boy by boy, fervant by fervant : The tithe of a heir was never loft in my houfe before.
Fal- Ye lie, hoftefs ; Bardolph was (hav'd, and loft many ^ hair; and I'll be fworn, my pocket was pick'd ; go to, you are a woman, go.
Hoft, Who I? I defy- thee; 1 Was never eafl'd fo in mine own houfe before.
FaL Go to, I know ybu well enorfgh. Hoft. No, Sir John : YoU do not know nfie, Sfr John ; I know you, Sir John ; you owe me money, Sir JTohk, ard iiow.you pick a quarrel to beguile me of it. 1 bought ycu '^ dozen of ftiirts to your back, v
FaL Dowlas, filthy dowlas : 1 have giveh tbefti away t6 bakers wives, and they ha\^e m^de boulters of them. Ho^. Now as I am a true woman, Hollanti of eight (hillings an cll : You owe money bene befides, SiV Jobn, for your diet^ and by-drifikiDgs, atld iaotty lent ytiu, four and twenty |)Ounds, ,
FaL He had his part of it, let him l^zy. ^
Hoft, He } alas ! he is poof, he hath hothing. FaL How ! poor? look tipon his fhce : What call you rich ? let him coin his nOfe, let him coih his cheeks : Til not pay a denier. What will you mike a ^ohWer of ifte ?- ihall ) not take mine eafe in bine inn, but I ftlall hiVe hiy pocket pick'd ? Ihaveloftafeal-ringof hiy gr^iidpfithb!^ ^orth forty mark.
Hoft. O Jefu ! I have beartl the Printfe tfell hiiai, I feiiov^ not how oft, that, the ring was copper.
FaL How ? the Prince is a Jaei, a fnfeak-cup ; itid if h^ were here> I would cudgel him like a dog, if he would lay fo.
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Entif Prina Henry marttitigi ^nd Peto^ flajfin^g tnmebem Uh a J^i : ^alflaff* nutts ibtm.
Fal. How now* lad ? is the wind in that door ? mu all march ?
Bttri. Yea* two and two, Nenugatt-iTXtCxovk.
Hofi, My Lord, I pray yoa« hear me.
P. Htnrj. What fay'ft thoa, miUxtk ^ickly F how thy hdband ? I love him well, he Is an honeft man
Hofi. Goody mv Lord, hear me.
Fid. Pr'ythee, let her alone, and lift to me.
P. HiMty. What fay'ft thou. Jack?
Fal. The other night f fell a flecp here behind the a and had my pocket pickt : This hoafe is turn'd bat houfe, they pick pockets. ^ P. Henrj. What didft thou lofe. Jack f
Fal. Wilt thou believe me, Hml? three or Tour b of forty -pounds a-piece, and a feal-ring of m^ gr father's.
P. Henry* A trifle, fome eight-pennylnatter.
Hop. So I told him, my Lord; and I faid, I Ii your Grace fay fo ; and, my Lord, he fpeaks moft v a of yon, like a foul-mouth'd man as he is, and fai would cudgel you.
P. Henry. What ! he did not ?
Heft. There's neither faith, truth, nor woman-] in roe elfe.
Fd. There's no more faith in thee than in a ft- pruen; no more truth in thee than in a drawn fox ; for woman-hood, maid Marian may be the deputy's of the ward to thee. Go, you thing, go.
Hoft. Say, what thing? what thing?
Fal> Whatthin^? why, a thing to thank God or
Htfl. I am nothing to thank God on, I would ftould'ft know it : I am an honeft man's wife ; ietting thy knighthood afide, thou art a knave to meib.
FaL Setting thy womanhood afid^, thou art a bea fay otherwife. Hofl, Say, what beaft, thou knjive tho^?
King Henry IV. 15 j
Fal. What bcafi ? why, an otter.
v. Henry', An otter, Sitjolnt why an otter?
FaL JVhy? (he's neither fifh nor flelh ; a man kno vs fiot where to have her.
Hoft, Thou art an unjuft man in faying To : Thoii, or any man knows where to have me ; Thou koave, the u !
P. Henry, Thou fay'il true,^ hoUeisa and he flanclLrs thee moil grofsljr*
Hofi. So he doth yoi», my Lord, and faid this other ddy, you owM him a thoufand pound.
P. Hhny. SinA^ do I owe yon a thouTand pound ? ^
FaL A thouTand pound, Hal? a million ; thy love U worth a miffioa : Thou ow^fl me thy love»
Htft. Nay, ray Lord, he calFd you JacA^ and faid he vottto cudgel you.
Fal, Did I,^ Bardblfb T
Bard, fndeedy Sir Jobn^ you faid fe. '
Fal. Yea» if he faid, my ring was copper.
P. Bemy, I fay, ^lis copper. Dar'fl; thou Be as good as thy word now ?
Fat. Why, &4 thou know% as thouart butamar,. I dare ; but as thou art a Prince, \ fear thee, as I fear the roaring of the lion's wheflp.
P. Henry, And why not as the libn I
Fal. The King himfelf is to be fear'd as the lion ; dofl hour tbink,rH ftar thee, as I fear thy faxher.^ nay, i£ I lo, let my girdle break \
P. Henry, O, if it fhould, how would thy guts fall about hy knees t but,, firrah, there's no room for feitb, truth,, lor honefty, in this bofom of thine ; it is all fill'd up> mh guts and midriff. Charge an honcft^ woman with . icking thy pocket! why, thou whorfon, impudent, im- lofsM' rafcal^ if there were any thing in thy pocket hut a vern- reckonings, Memorandums of bawdy houfes,aud one- ►oot penny-worth of fugar-'candy to make thee long- ifinded ; if thy pocket were enrich'd with any o;her in- uries but thefe, I am a villain ; and yet you wiH (land to t, you.will notpocket up wrong*. Art thou not a(bao/d ?
Fal, Doftthou hear, Hal? thou know'ft, in the Itaie oC innocency, M«vn fell : And what Iheuld poor Jack G r F^^r
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Falfiaff do, in the days of villainy ? Aau feefi, I lavft more fleih than another man, and therefore mote firiilty. a You confefs tlien, you pickt my pocket ? P. Hinry. It appears lo by the ftory. FaU Hoilefsy 1 forgive theS : Go make ready break* faft ; love thy huibancH look to tby fervants, and chfrilh thy gucft : Thou (halt firid me trafiabje to any hond r^afon : Thou feefl^ I am pacify'd ftUl. Nay» I pr*ytbee, be gorie. ' {Exit Hofiefu
Now, HmU, to the news at <;oort : For, the robbery, lid, •—how is that anfwer'd ?
^: Henry, O my fweet beef, I rouft ftill be good angel to thee. The money is paid back again.
Fal» Of 1 do not like that paying back; ^tisadouble labour.
P. Henrj. I a^ good friends with my father, and may do any thing.
Fa}, Rob me the exchequer the firft thing then do'ft, and do it with unwafh*d hands too. . fi^n^, rDo^ my Lord.
P. Henry, I have procur'd thee, Jaci, a charge of foot. FaL I would it had been of horfe. Where (hall I £nd one, that can Heal well ? O, for a fine thief, of two and twenty, or thereabout ; I am heinou fly unprovided. Well, God be thank'd for thefe rebels, tkey o&i^d nose but the virtuous ; I laud thesQ, I pcai^ them* P. Henry. Bar^oiph,--^-^. Bard. My Lord ? J*. Henry, Go bear tKis letter to hordyghn of Lan^ tafter^ to my brother John, This to my Lord of Wlfi^ morland ; go, Pei9^ to horfe ; for thou and I have thirty miles to ride yet ere dinner time. Jack^ meet me to- morrow in KhtTemple-Halldit two o'clock in the afternocMi, tfiere fhalc thou know thy charge, and there receive naoney and order for their furniture. The Jand is burning, P^rry flands^on high j And cither they, or we, muft lower lie*
i^^'^ARare words! brave world! hoftefsjmy breakfail,€ome: Oh> 1 could wifh, this tavern were my drum ! Exmai. 6
ACT
I
King He m * t IV. is's
ACT IV.
S C E N £^ change) to Sbrnvjburf. Entir Hot-fpar^ Worccftcr, mnd Dowglas;
H o T - 8 p u ir.
WE L L faid, my nobfe 5«>/ ; if fjjcaking trilih, In this fine age, tvere not thought fi^ttery, ' Sach attribution fhould the Dowglas have. As not a foldier of this feafon's flamp Should go (o gen'ral current through the world. By heav'n, 1 cannot flatter : 1 defy The tongues of foothers. But a brarer place In my heart's love hath no itian than yburfelf. Nay, taik me to my >^ord; approve liie. Lord.
Dtnu, Thou art the King of honbnf : No man fo potent breathes upon the grontid, 3 at I will beard him,
KMter a MeJ/enger.
Hot, Do, aod 'tis well — What letters haft thou there f-*^ I can bi^t thank you. ^
Mejfi Thefe come from your father.
Hot. Letters from him I why comes he not hinifelf ?
Meffl He cannot come, my Lord, he's gfievo'qs fick.^
Hoi, Heav'ns ! how has he the leifure to be^cjfe In fuch a juftling time ? Who leads his power ;; Under whofe government come they along ?
Meffl His letters bear his mind, not I his n>fmi.
/3^. I pr'ythee, tell me, doth he keep his bed ?
Mef, He did, ipy Lord, four days ere I fet forth : And at the time of my departure thence. He was much fear'd by his phyficiatls.
Wor, I would, the ftate of time bad firff been wliolf. Ere he by ficknefs had been vifit^d ;
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156 The Fir st Part of
JHis hmlxh was never better worth than now.
H^t. Sick now ? droop now ? this ficknefs doth infeft The very life-blood of our enterprize ; 'Tis catching hither, even to our camp. He writes me &ere, that inward fickncTs— -r And that his friends by deputation Could iv>t fo foon b^ dr^^wn : Nor thoMght he 4iept To lay to dangerous and dear a truft On any foul removal, bat on his own. Yet doth he give us bold advertifement. That with our fmall conjunOion we fliould on^ To fee how fortune is di(|>08'd to us : * For, as he writes, there is no quailing now ;^ Becaufe the £^ing i's certainly po^eft Of all our purpoiipsc What fay you to it?
If^er. YoQ^ flM^er^s Ackpefs is a piain to us..
Hfit. A perillous gafli, a very limb lopt off : And yety in faith, 'tis nots his prefeut lyant Seems more th^n we ihall $nd it. We^e it goo4^ To fee tlie ei^adt wealth of aU our ftate« All at one caft ? ^o fet &> rich 9 main On fhe nice hazard of ope doubtful hour ? It were not good ; for therein (hould we rea^' The very bottDin» Itnd the foul of hope^^ The very lift, the very QtQiQ$ boi^4 -:Pf all opr <b?tufes. '
Daw. Faith, and fo we (houtd y Where now remains a fweetreverfioi^ We now 9^y bpldJy fpend,. upo^ the hope. Of whe^ is ^o ^ome in i ' ^ A conjfort of retirement lives in this*
Soi, i^ rendezvous, a home to 9y ont'>^ If that Uie devil ^nd mifchance look big Vpon the inaidenhead o( our affaii:s.
fF^. But yet I would your father had bee 9 here^^ The quality and air of our attempt 9rooks no divifion ; It will be thoughjt ^ fome, thatltnow not why he is away, That wiiUom, loyalty, and mere diflike ^f our proceeding!, kep^ the Eari&p^ ^ence.
Mi
King H E H R Y IV, I5JI
Ud think, Jiow.fuch aij apprth^nfipa.
4ay turn tbe tide of £earw fa^oa,
Ud br^d a kind of qaeftipn ip our caufe ^
^or well you know, we of tk\ o^ending &de
^c^ft keep aloof from ijbri^ arbitrcinept ;
^nd ftop %Ii fightrl\oJe8» every loop, from wKeact
Fhe eye of reafon may pry in U|>oa us ;
This abfenc« of your father draws a cortaipg^
{*hat (hews th^ ignorant a ki|ad pf (cy:
gefore not dreamt opoi^.
ffot,. You fM'ain^ too £ar^ [ rather vf , h^is ablenoe ipake this ofe i^ t lends a lo^ftre, and mote great opioioo^ ^ larger dar^^to our gte^t enteq>xife. Than if the ^^kri^were here: For men muft thiok^ :f vyc vi'ithout his b^p can. m^e a head, Po pu^ agajnft ^e kingdom ; with his h<Jp,^ Ve ihail a'erturn it topw ti^ry dowp,. Tet z^ goes well) yet all out joints are whole.
Dow. As heart can thiijik ; there i¬ fi;cU ^ WOt^ '*po]ffi^ of in ^(otlatul% as th^ tet«i of fea^.
fnter Sir Richard Venion.
ffot. My coufin F^noft, wcfcome^ by my Ibul !•
yer. Pray God, my news be worth a, >yel<;o9ie, Lp^4. The Earl of Weftniprland^ fev*n thoqland ibong^ 8 marchir^g hither^ wi.th prince John, of i^m^n;.
Hot. No harm ; what xnorel!
Ver. An<J further, I have le^nn'd^ - l[*be King hiin(i?lf in person hath fet forthj^ 3r hitherwards intended fpeedjly, Vith ftrong and mighty preparation..
Hot. He fl\^U be velcpme top : Where is his ibu \- The nimble-fpo^d piad-cap Prinee of W^tt ^nd his comfadesi tb^t d^( the Wo;ld afide ^nd bid it pafs7-
Fer. AU fufniiht, all in ar^s, \I1 plum'd like efiridges, that with the wtQA kited like eagles, having lately batVd : flittering in goJidcn coats liif^e ima^gss^
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As fall of fpirits as th^ month of May,
And gorgeous as the fu n at Mf^/um^r ;
Wanton as ybuthHil goats, wild as young bulls.
I faw young Harry 9 with his beaver on.
His cuiiles on his thighs, gallantly arm'd.
Rife fW>m the ground like ft?ather'd Mercury ;
And vaulted with fuch eafe into his feat.
As if an Angel dropt dowft from the clouds
To turn and wind a fiery Pegafns^
And witch the world with noble horferaanfliip. *
Hot. No more, no more; worfe than the fun in Mb\ This praife doth riourilli agues ; let them come. They come like facrifices in their trim^ And to the fire-ey'd maid of fmoaky war. All hot, and bleeding, will we offer theiii. The mailed Mars (hall on his altar £t Up to the ears in blood. I am on fire, • To hear this rich rcprifal is fo nigh, And yet not ours. Come, let me take my horiS;^ Who is to bear me, like a thunder- bolt, Againft the bofom Of the Prince of Wales. Harry to &rry ihall (not horfe to horfe) Meet,, and ne'er part, till one drop down a coarfe. < Oh, that Glendb<wer were come !
Fer. Ther^ is more news : I lean*d in Worcefier^ as I rode along. He cart not dfftw his poW*r this fourteen days.
D^oy. That's the worft tidings that I hear of, yet.
War. Ay, by my faith, that Dears a frofty found.
//«/. What may the King's whole battle reach unti
Ver. To thirty thptifand, ,
Uot. Forty let it be; My father and Glendower being both away^ The pow*r of ds may ferve fo great a day. Come, let us take a muller fpeedily : Dooms-day is near ; die all, die merrily.
Dow. Talk not of dying, I am out of fear Of death, or death's hand,, for this one half year. [£»
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S C E N £ changes to a [mblick roadi *^^ Coventry.
£«^r Falftaff ««i/ Bardolpb.
FiJ.'Ti^fM^y get thee before to CoveMfry ; fill ne a , J3 bottle of Tack : Oarfoidiers (hall inarch tlMrgttgh : We'll to Smti^-c^'HU to-night. Bar4i. Will you give me money^ captain f Fiti, Lay out, lay out. Bm^'. This bottle makes an angel. FaJ. And if it do^ take it for thy labovr ; and if itmaka Nreiity» take them all, Til anfwer the cofuage. Bid my fieucenaat Peie meet me at the town's end. Sat>^. I will, captdin ; farewel. C^^*
#W. If I be not aibamM of my foldiers, I am a louc'd gurnet : I have mif-us'd the King^s prefs damnably, I have got, in exchange of a hundred and fifty foldiers, three hundred and odd pounds. I prefs me none but good hooihoLder^t yc6nfiena foas ; enquire me out contraded iMtcheloi's, fudi as had been aik'd twice on the banes : Suck m commodity' of warm flaves as had as lief hear the devils an adnim ; fuch as fear the reportof a culverin, worfe than St ftrnck-fowl, or a hurt wild-duck. I prefs me none but fucb toafts and but^r, with hearts in their bellies no big- ger than pin& heads, and^they. have bought out their (er* vices : And now my whole charge confifts of ancients» cof^drals, lieutenants, gentlemen of companies, Haves as ragged.as Lazarms in the painted cloth, where the glut* ton's dogs licked his fores ; and fuch as indeed were never Ibldiers, out dif-carded unjuft fervingmen, younger fons to younger brothers ; revolted tappers, and ofllers trade-^ fairn,the cankers of a calm worldand along peace;(i 9)ten
times
( 19) •^teu timet more dijbommrahty ragged than tn cld-fti*^ an*
We«r.] Shakejpeare ufes tkis word to promifcuQufly, to fignify aa enfigii or ftandard bearer,, and t\(o the colevri or ^andard bojroe, that I ean- «ot he at a certainty for bis allafion here. If the text be geAuine^ I think, the meaning muft be$ as diihoooorabJly rafged as one that bas been an enfign all hisdajs ; that has let age creep upon hin, and «e?ex had merit enough to gain picicrafttAt* Mr. ^nr^ar/tn, wh«
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timea more diflionourably ragged, tkaa an old fac^d ancient ; and fuch have I to fill op the rooms of them that kave bought put their fervices ; that you would think, I fcad a hundred apd fifty tatt^r'd prodigals, lately 'come Irom fwine- keeping, from eating draiF and huikv A Qiad itHow met me on the way, and told me» I had un load- ed all the gibbets^ and pred the dead bodies. No eye hath feen iuch ikarecrows : TU not march ^hvongh Co^tn- try with them, xhhxh flat. Nay, and the villailljs march ' wide betwixt the legs, as if they had gyves on ; for^ in- deed, I had the moft of them out of pri^n« There's but a ihirt and a half in aU ray company ; and tha half (hirl is ;wQ napkins tack'd together, and throwa. ovcs the Ihoulders like a berald's coat without fleevea ^ and ihe <fiiirt^ to fay the truth, fioU'ii from myhoftof Sc. Aihrns't or the r«d-AOs'd inkeeper of Daintry. Bu^that's aUoaei they'll find linQea enough on every hedges
Enter Prince Henry,, and Weftmod^odc
P. Henry. How now, blown Jeukf liow now, quill J^ FaL What, Hal? how now, mad wag, what a deidt
doft t^iou in Warnuick/hinf my good Lord of Wefimm-^
ifl/idi I cry you mercy; I thought^ yoiir honour had aU
ipeady heen at 5Ar^w^»ry. '
fFefi.. 'Faith , Sir 7^*> 'tin mora than tibte that I were^
there, and you too ; hut my po^er& are there already..
vaderftan^A it lo the feeond coaftra^^ioa, has fufpefled the text, audi given the ifpllowing ingenious emendatiQn.<>— -<* How I9 an old>fac*d) *^ jincUnt, or Bnfigk^ dt(honourably ragged ? on the contrary^ nothing f< is efleemM more honourable than a ragged pair ofCokitrt* A TCrf <«■ little aheracion m\\\ reftore it to its original fenfe, which contain*, , •' a touch of the ftrongeft and tnoft iine-torn'd fattfe in the world^. Ten timesntort difitekourahly raggedy than an $14 fe«fi ntuient .*• « i, e. xht eckurs u'fed by the city- com panics in their feafb and pro* *' ceflions. For each company had one with its peculiar device^ which Mt was ufoally difplayM and bore about on fuch occsGons. Now no- ** thing covld be more witty or fatirical than this-comparifen. Foms^ *•* Faljfajpt raggamoilins were reduced to their tattered condition thio* *f their riotous exceffes ; fo this old fe a ft ancient became torn andi •i fhattet*d, not in any nnanly ea^rdCc of arinsi bdt amidlVthe rcvck V ^drunkeJl bacchanals.*^
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The King, I can tell yon, looks for qi all ; we ipoft away all to-night. ^
Fal> Tut, ncTcr fear me, I am as vigilant, as a cat to fteal cream*
P. Henr^. I thijik, to ileal cream, indeed ; for thy theft hath already made thee butter ; but tell me, J^ck^ whoiil fellows are thefe that come after f
FaL Mine, Hal^ mine.
P. Henry* I did never fee fach pitiful rafcals,
Fal, Tut, tut, good enough to tofs : Food for powder, iood for powder, they'll fill a pit, as well as better; tofht man, mortal men, mortal men.
Weft* Ay, but Sir Jobn^ methinks, they are exceeding poor and bare, too beggarly.
Fal. Faith, for their poverty, I know not where tbev had that ; and for their barenefs, I am fore, t|iey nevor learn'd that of me. --
P. Henry. No, PIl be fworn, nnlefs you call three fing;^ ers on the ribs, bare. But, firrah) make hafte. ftrcy la already in the field.
FaL What, is the King encamp'd ?
Weft, He is, ^ivjobn: I fear, wcfliall ftayto61on&
FaL Well, The latter end of a fray, and beginning of a feail, Fiu a dull fighter, and a keen gueft. [Exemnt.
SCENE changes tb Sbrewjbury^
,ff*r€r Hot-fpur, Worceftcf, Dowglas, ^w^Vernoib^
ITtf/. TT/E'll fight with him to-night. VV Wor. It inay not be.
Doiv* You give him then advantage.
Fer, Not 9 whit.
Hot, Why fay you fo ? looks he not for fupply I
Fer* So do we.
Hot* He is certain, ours is doubtful.
Wor. Good coufi^n, be advis'd ; (lir not to-nighti
Fer. Do not, niy l^ord.
Doiv^, You do not counfel well ; Yoq f^cak i^ out of fe^r, >nd froiji cold hear,t, ^
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Ver. Do me no flander, Donvglas : By my life. And I dare well maintain it with my life. If well-rerpe£lcd honour bid me on, I hold as Httle tounfel with weak fear. As you, my Lord, or any Sect that lives. Let it be ften to-morrow in the battle, .
Which of us fears.
Dow. Yca^ or to-night. . Fer. Content.
Hoi. To night, fay L
t^er. Come, come, it may not be : I wonder much. Being men of fuch great leading as you are. That you forefee not what impediments Drag back our expedition ; certain horfe X)f my couiin Vernon^ % are not yet come up ; Your uhclc WorceJler^% horfe came but to-day. And now their pride and mettle is afleep, Their courage with hard labour tame and dttll, *^hat not a horfe is half half of himfelf.
Hot* So are the horfes of the enemy, (n.geq'ral, journey -l)ated, and brought lo^ ; The better part of ours'are full of reft.
TVof. The number of theiCing's exoeedeth our8<: For God's Take, cbufiti, Iday till all come in.
\Thie trumpet fiunis a foAiJy
£«/^r 5/y Walter Blunt.
stunt* \ come with gracious qiers from the Kin^^ If* you vouchfafe roe hearing, and refpeft.
Hot, Welcome, Sir Walter Blunt : Aiid would tO Gbi!> You were of our determination ; Some of us love you well ; and ev'n thofe fomoT Envy your great defervings, and good name, ^^ecaufe you arc not of our quality ; But ftand agaipft us like an enemy.
Blutit, And heav*n defend, but ftilll ihould Hand fo, So lotig as out of limit, and true rule. You (land againft anointed Majedy. .
gii^, to my charge — The King hath fent to know TIkie aature of your griefs, and whereupon • Vol
King He n r y TV. tf^
l^oa conjure fi-om the bread of civil peace Such bold hoftility, teaching his datious hnd Audacious cruelty. If that the King Flavc any way your good deferts forgot, iVhich he confefleth to be manifold, rie bids you name your griefs : And with ail fpeed ITou ihall have your de6res, with intereil : \ntl pardon abfolute foryourfelf^ and thefe» Herein mif-led by your fuggeftion.
Hot, *rhe King is kind : And well we know^ the King Cnows at what time to promife, when to pay. Ay father and my uncle, and myfelf,, Did give him that fameroyahy he wears : \nd when he was not fix and twenty ftrong, >icklnthe world's regard , wn-etched and low, \ poor unminded oot-kw, fneaking home, Vly father gave him welcome to the (bore : \nd when we heard him Twear, and vow to Oo4>. He came to be hvtl Djike 0f Lancafier, To fue im livery nnd beg his peace, ^ith tears of inni^ence and teraa of zeal ; My father, in kind heart aird pity movM, Swore him afliftance, and perfornf^ it tm>. NTow, when the Lord« and Bainmsof the realnH Perceived Npri^iwm^erliMdiiA leaiti to him, Tlle^, more ^md l€<&, caMe in witb cap and knee $ Met him in borcmglis, cities, village. Attended him on briidges, ftood in lanes, Laid gifts before bira, profitr*d bim their oafths. Gave him their heirs, as pages following him E^ven at ebe bf ek, io golden mtikitudes. He prefently, as greatnefs know« itf^f, '
Steps me a little higher than his vow Made to my father, while his blood was poor, Upon the naked ihore at Ravenffurg : And now, foffooth, takes on him to reform Some certain edids, and (bme ilrait decrees. That lay too heavy on the common-wealth ; (Zxiei out upon abufes, feems to weep Over bis country's wrongs j and by this face, ^
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This Teeming hrow of mfticCy did he ^ii The hearts of- all that he did angle for;~ Proceeded further, cut me oS the heads Of all the fav'rites that the abfent King In deputation left behind him here, Whtn he was perfonal in the Irijk war.
Blunt, I came not to hear this.
Hot, Then, to the point.
In (hort time after, he depos'd the King, ^ Soon after that deprivM him of his life : ^ And, in the neck of that, tafk'd the whole ftate; To make that worfe, fuffcr'd his kinfman March^ (Who is, if every owner was right plac'd. Indeed, his K-ing) to be encag'd in Walis^ There without ranfom tolie forfeited; Difgrac'd me in my happy vi^oriesy Sought to in trap me by intelligence. Rated my uncle from the council-board,, ' in rage difmifs'd my father from the cour(. Broke oath on oath, committed wrong on wrong* And in concludon drove us to fee k out This head of fafety ; and withal to pry Into his title too, the* which we find Too indirect for long continuance.
Blunt, Shall I return this anfwer to the King }
Hot* Notfo, 8ir^fl//^r; we'll withdraw a whiles Go to the King, and let there be impawned Some furety for 9 fafii return again ; And ii^ the mornin^^ early ihall my uncle \
firing hin» our pnrpofes; And fo farewel.
Blunt, 1 would, you would accept of grace and loft!
Hot, It may bf, fo we fhall.
iknt^ Praylxeav'n, yPttdol [ExHiti*
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N fi changes to the Archbifliop of tork*9 Palace.
?r tbi Arehbtfikp cf York, dnd Sir Michell.
I IB, good SirMUbeB, bear thiafealed brie/ With winged hafte to Lord Mareihal ; my codfin Serodf, and all the rtft !m they are directed; If yoo knt^ nch they do'impofl, yod wou'd make hade* ffelf. My Lord, I gtiefs their tenour.
like enongh. TOW, good Sir Micbeil^ is a day^ n the fortune of ten thoiifand men de the tOudh* ^or. Sir, at Shretw/turyi 1 traly giv^n to underfland, ing, with mighty and quick- faifed powefi with Lord Harry \ and I fear^ Sir Miebelii /ith the dckn^U of N^rtkiudhirland^ pOW'r was in the firft proportion ; liat with Owen Glendower^s abfence thence^ rith them was a rated iinewtoo, >mes not in, o'er-rul'd by prophecies ;
the poW*r of Per^y is too weaki ge an infUnt trial with the lUng« uicb. Why, my good Lord/ there's t)onvgiaSf aiid llortimir,
. No, Mortimtr is not there. \dich. But there is Mordake^ VermH^ Harry Percys »ere*s my Lord of W'orcefier^ and a head llant warriors, noble gendemeft. , And To there is \ BUt yet thelliiig hath drawH fecial head of all the Idnd together : rince of Waks^ Lord John of Lancafier^ oble Wefimorland^ and warlike Blunt ; lany more corrivals, and dear men imation and command in arms. itch. Doubt not, my Lord, they ihall be t^ell opposed. \% I hope no tefs \ Yeti ae edful 'tis to fear.
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And to prevent the worft. Sir Michelle fpeed;
For if Lord Pen^y thrive iwt, ere the King
Difmifs his power, he means to vifit us ;
For he hath heard of our confederacy.
And 'tis but wifdom tQ make ftrooig agfinft hiv^t
Therefore make hafte, I muft go write again
To oth^r friends ; and fo farewel, Sir-MkMt. l^Ejtfmk
A C T V.
S C EN £, the camp ztShrnu/iury.
Enter King Hcnxy, Prince of Wales, LerJ John ef La»F ' caller. Earl of Weftmorland, ^/> Waller Blood «ff4/Falftaff.
K. Hen r. y.
HOW bloodily the fun begjhs to peer Above yon bulky hill ! the day look9 palc At his diftemperaturie.
P. a«ry. The fouthem wind Doth play the trumpet to his purpoles, Andy by his hoUow whirling in the ]eave$^ Foretels a temped^ and a bluft'ring day.
k. Hewryn Then with the lofers let it fympat^hsft For nothing can Teem foul to thofe that win.
\The.irutnf)et founit* ^
Enter Worcefter, and Sir Richard. Vernon.
K. Henry. How now, my Lord ofWor'Jer ? 'tisjaQtWitlli, Th^t.you and J fhpuld mc^t upon fuch tenjiai As now we meet. You have deceiy'd our truft^ And made us dofF our eafy robes pf peace. To crufh our old limbs in ungentle ft^el : This is not well, n>y Lord, this is npt well. What fay you to't ? will you again ugknit This churUfti knot of all* abhorred war* . And move ii> ^^t ol^f4ipnt orb ^gain>
Where
King Henry IV. 167
iThere you did give a fair a^d natural light i
Lod be no more an exhal'd metepr,
i prodigy of fear, and a. portent
3k broached mifchief, to the unborn times ?
fFor. Hear me, cjy^ Liege : For mine own party 1 could be well content To entertain the lag-end of ixiy life With quiet hours : For I do proteft, 1 have not fought the day x>f this diflike. K.Henry. YouhavenotfoughtitjSir? how comes it then? Fal. RebelHoft lay in his way» apd he found it (20), P. Henry, Peace, chewet, peace. fTor, It pleas'd your Majefty, to turn your looks Of favour, frouL myfelf, and all our houfe; And yet I muft remember you, my Lord, We were the firft and deareft of your friends : For yoo, my ftafF of office did I break h Richard's time, and pofted day and night To meet you on the way, and kits your hand j When y«t you w^re in, place and in account Nothing fo ftrong and fortunate, as I : It was myfelf, my brother, and his fon. That brought you home, and boldly did x>ut-dare
(20} Fal., Rtbtilhn lay in bis vfoft and h found it,' ■ ■ prince. Peace, Chevec, peaci,} This, I take to be «n arbitnty re*
fjpeare^i wor3 here. W^y, fhoold Pripce /r««rj[ call /4A?^,bolfter, lor interpoHng in the difcburfc betwixt the King and fe^f^rrf with fobmiffion, he ^oes not take him up here for his unreafonabie fize, but for bit ill'timM usreafonable chattering. I thereCofe have preferr*d the reading of the old bo9ki. A Cbrti/et, or Chuet, u a noifjr chat* tering bird, a Pie, This carries a proper reprqach to Falfaff for his tnc4$iiiBg aod ii^Mrt^i^eiit jeft. And befides, if the poe^ had intended that the Prince didnld fleer at Falflaff, on account of his corpulency, 1 doobt not, but he wonld have call'd him Bolfter in plain Engiijb, and act JiaTe wrapp*d up the abufe in the French word Cbevet, In ano* ther paffage pi this play « the Prince hcne/Uy calls him ^ilt i *tis pity, Mr. Pope did not turn this into Lodier, or Materai, if his French would exteod fo far. As to Prince Henry, his ftock in this language was (6 fmali, that when he comes to be King, he hammers out one fpiall fen« tence of it to Princefs Catharine, and tells her, // is as eafyfir hint f foisfuer thi kingdom at to Jpeah/o nmch tnore Fiench*
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The daiigefi of thfe tilnc. You fworc to us, (And you did fwear tAat oath titDeucaJer, That vou did nothing Ourpofe *gainfl the ilate, N6r claiffl nO fordicr than your new-falPn right | The feat of Gaunt, dukedom of Lanedfttr. To this, wc IWare our aid i Btit in ihort fpace It rainM down fortanfe (hdw'ring on yoor'hcad. And foch a flood of greathefs fell oil vbtt, "What with our help, what with the aofent King» iVhat with the injuries of a wanton time> Thy feeinitig fafF'rances that you had b(Miie» And the contrarious wi6ds that held the Kinj[ Salod^ in the nnlUcky Irijb warsj That all in England did repute him dead t And from this (Warm of fair advantages You took o^caiion to be quickly woo'd^ 'To gripe die general fwajr into your hand | .l^oreot vour oath td us at poncafterx And bemg fed by us, you us'd us io^ As that ungentle gull, the cuckow's birc(# Ufeth the farrow ; did dpprefs our nell^ Grew by our feeding to fo great a bulk^ That ev^n our love durft not codie near vOur fight For fear of fwallowing ; but with nimble wing We yitvt inforc'd for fa/ety^s fake to fly Out of your fl^ht, and rai/b this preibnt head \ Whereby we ftand oppofed by fuch means As you yourfelf have forgM againil yourfelf^ By unkind olag^, dangerous countenanoct And violation of all faith and troth, Sworn to us in your younger enterprize.
K. Henry. Thefe things, indeed, )roa have articd Proclaimed at iharket-Crofles, read in churches. To face the garment of Rebellion With fome fine colour, that may pleafe the eye Of fickle changelings and poor difcontents ; Which gape, and rub the elbow at the news Qf hurly-Durly innovation.—-^ And never yet did infurre£kion want , Such water-coloursj to impaint his caife i
'KiHg H € N Ji V IV. t^
f^OT moody b^gari, ftarving for a time Cf pell-mell havock and coofufion^
■ ?. Henry* In both our armies, there is many a foal
Shall pay full dearly for this bold encounter,
Jf once they join in ttial. Tell your nephew.
The Prince of Wales doth join with all the world .Inpraifc o^ Henry .Per ty.: By my hopes,
(This prefent enterprize fet off his head)
Ido not think a braver gentleman (21),
More adtiv.e- valiant, or more valiant-young, ji More daring, or more bold, is now alive.
To grace this latter age with noble deed. I For my part, I may fpeak it to my ihame, I I have a truant been to chivalry,
And fo, I hear, he doth account me toe.
Yet this before my father's Majefty,
I am content that he fhall take the odds
Of histgieat name and eflimation,
And wiH, 'to iave tde blood pn either (ide.
Try fortune with him, in a iingle fight. K. Henry, And, Prince oi Wales y fo dare we vontorc tliec.
Albeit, cenfiderations infinite
Do make againil it': No, good Wor^Jler^ no, *Wc love our people well ; even thofe we love, Thatare mif-lcd upon your cott^n*« part : And, will they take the offer of our Grace, Both^be^ and they, and you, yea, every man ^hall be my friend again, andi'll be his. ^o tell your couiin, and return me word AVhat hewiilxlo. But if he will not yield, Rebuke and dread corre^lion wan on us, Aad tbey (hall do their olHce. So be goae^
(»l) I <fo ^ot tb'tnky a braver gentleman t
More aB'voe, valian.y or more valtant yourv^'^ I ha»« alter*d the po'nting, and added Hyphens betwixt both tne adjectives in the Icto&d verfc. With' ut them the fenfe feemsJceble and cold. The Prince means, in my v>pinion, he cid not know a braver g*fli)em»il than Hot-fpmr j one more fpriglitly znci fii ring in his valour, rr more TaUant for his youth. The »arter branch of this charaOer Beaumont •nd Fletcher ^ in their Two iVfti > Kinfmen, have exprefs'd ihus j I have noi fccn fiy^nng a man, fo nfiKe^ .
H,V • Vot. IV. H W«
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We wHl not now b« titmbled with ttf^ji
We offer fairy uke ic tdviiedly. i;;^
[ExiiWorcOttr, ^tiVttMil^
P. ttemy. It will not be accepted^ on my lift. I -
The DiwfUs and the Hoi'/purboih together \^
Are eonfiqent againft the world in arms. i^
. K. Henry * Hence, therefore, every leader toliis tiotflt* y
For on their anfwef will we fet on them : j*
And God befriend us, as oor caufe is juft ! ^Bximi* P
Manent Prince Henry» and Falftaffl 1
fal tIaU if thoa fee me down in the battle and be- ftride me* fo \ 'tis a point of friendihip.
P, Henry. Nothing but a coloffns ctn do fbae duft friendihip : Say thy prayers, and farewd.
FaL 1 would, it were.bed tiine, Hal^ andidl wril.
P. Henry. Why, thoo oweft heav'n a death« [Exit*
Fal. ^Tis not due yet: I would be loth tc^ fmj hidi before bis day. What need I be ib fbrwird witt Uid that calls not on me ? well, 'tis no matter, konottr pricks me on< But how if honour prick me oiF, when I C6fiie | \ on ? bow then ? can honour fet to a leg ? ao : Orlo arm ? no* Or take away the grief of a wosnd ? nd. Honour hath no (kill in furgery then I no. What 2ii bonour^ a word. What is that wordhonoar? Ai ik trim reckoning— Who hath it? he that dy'd a iFm/a^. Doth he feel it ? no. Doth he hear it ? no. Is it iufefl' iible then ? yea, to the dead. But willit not live with the living? no. Whyrdetradionwillncftfufferit. Tbert- fore> i*ll none Of it; honour is a mere fcatduxm* and fo ends my catechifra. {Sx^.
SCENE changes to Percy*^ camp.
Enter Worcefter, and Sir Richard Vemon# Wfir, /^ No, my nephew muft not know. Sir Rich§f/i yj'i The liberal kind oiFer of the King. «
Ver. 'Twerc beft, he did.
JVor. Then we are all undone* ^
it is not po£ble9 it cannot bcj
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l^ke king Auni'ii kee^ his word in \amg tu | ge will riiiped Its ftill, and find a time To ptiniih this offence in odter faalti x 8ufpicion/ali Oor lives, fliall be ftock Inll of efes) For treafon i» bat tnifted like a fbx* .Wbone>r fo tame^foclwrifli'di and looked np^ IVill hav^ n wild trick of his anceftorsi Look how we can, or fad, ormcrrilf» interpretation will mif4aote onr loon % ^nd we (ball feed like Oixen at a ftall^ The better cherifliM, fiill the nearer death* My nephew^s trefpafs may be well f0i)^c. It hath th' e3(cofe of youth and heat of Nood | And an adopted A^nie of privileee, ^
A hair-brain'd Hot-Jfaar^ govem'd by aTpleen t , All hisofTences live upon my head, And on hi» father's. We did train him dh; And his corruption, being ta'en from as, We, as the fpriag of ail, (hall |Miy for all* Therefore, gosd coafin, let not Harry kaow^ In any cafe, the offer of the 1&ii\g. , Ver. Deliver what you will, I'll fey, *tis few- Here comes your coufin.
£«r^ Hot*fpur 41^4^ Dowglas^ H<7/. My uncle is retum'd :
Deliver up my Lord oi Wefimorlani^
Uncle, what news ? .
Wor. The King will bid yon battle prefently* Dtxw, Defy him by the L^d;6f W^nmland.. Hot, Lord Doiivglas^ go you tlien and tell him fo. , Dow. Marry, I fiiall, and very willingly. ri?;r.Dowgl3^ fFor. There is no feeming mercy in the-nLing. ffift. DW^yottbegany? Godfotbid! Wo'r. I ttJld hitn genily of Ourgrievanccf,
Of his oath-breaking } which he mended thus^
By now forfweafing that he is fbrfWorh. ^. He calls nsrfebels, trattprs, and Will fcoorgc
With hao^hfty tttos this^i^teful name in us,
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D(nu, Arm, gentlemen, to arms ; for I hare throwi A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth : And fFeflmrlandt that was engag'd, did bear it ; Which cannot chufe but bring him quickly on.
^cr^ The Prince of Waler ftept forth before the Kinjf, And, nephew, phalleng'dyoii to fmgle fight.
Hot. O, woulc] jthe quarceL lay opon our heads. And that no mai^ nlight draw ifaort breath to-day, 6ut I and Harry Monmouth I tell me, tell me. How (hew'dhts ulking? feein'd it in contempt?
Fer. No, by my foul : I. never in mv life Did hear a challenge urgM more modeftly, Unlefs a brother (hould a brother dare. To gen tie exercife an d proof of . arms* He gave you all the^duties of a ma^, TrimM up your praiies with a princely tbngue. Spoke your defervings like a chronicle. Making you ever better than his praife : By flili difpraifmg praife, valued with yon. And, which became him like a Prince indeed^ He made a blufhing cital of himfelf, ' And chid his truant youth with fuch a grace. As if he mafter'd there a double fpirit. Of teaching, and of learning, in(lantly« 1 here did he paufe ; but let me tell the world. If he out-live the enVy of this day, England did never owe fo fweet a hope. So much mifconftrued in his-wantonnefs.
Hot, Couiin, I think, thou art enamoured Upoii his follies ; never did I hear (21)
Of
(%i) > Never did I bear
Ofan^ Princtfe wild a liberty.] ThQS Mr. P^ has given it OS in both hts ediiio'ns, at if a Uherty could mean a lihertine. Whether ci>ance, or purpofe, be the fource of thil reading,- it not eafjr to determine : For, b«fiidet that thtt gentleraan*t indolence it fo fingolar, his vein of criticism it fo extravagant, that, like-««T author^s Foo/j, he is fcldom or never to b« caH'tl to an accooflt for hit rhetorick. I* have re(lored the reading of the old copiet t And hit meaning it, that a Prince of fo wild and Uccotioas a behaviour ihould not be fuft'er*d at
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dr ^ny Ttincet fo wild, at liberty.
But be he as he will» yet» once ere night,
I will embrace him wiA a foldieff's arm.
That he (hall ihrirtk under my courtefy.
Arm, arm with fpeed. And fellows, foldierj, frieadsy
Better conflder what you have to do,
Than I, that have not well the gift of tongue.
Can lift your blood up with perfuafion.^
Eitfir a Meffinger,
Mejf. My Lord, here are letters for you.
Hot, I cannot read them now. O gentlemen, the time of life is (hort : "To fpend that (hortnefs bafely were to© long, Tho' life did ride upon a dial's point, Still ending at th' arrival of an hour. And if we live, we live to tread on Kings : Jf die; brave death, when Princes die with us ! Now, for our confciences, — the arms are fair, When the intent for bearing them is juft.
I,ntir another Meffinger. Meff, My Lord, prepare, thcr King comes on apace. ^ H9t. I thank him, that he cuts me from my tale. For I profefs not talking: Only this. Let each man do his beft. And here draw I A fword, whofe temper I intend to ftain With the bed blood that I can meet withal. In the adventure of this perilous day. Now, E/peranxm I Percy i and fct on : Sound all the lofty inftruments of war ; And by the mufick let us all embrace : For (heav'n to earth) fonie of as never (hall ,
liberty for fear of doing mifchtef. He inculcates the fane featlmeat fcfcral times in Hamlet^ on account of that Princess madocfs. ^ Ma4nefs in great ones maft not unwat<b*d go*
J like him not, nor Aands it faft with us To let his madnefs rage* His liberty is full of threats to all. ' How dang' tout is it, that this man goet loofi.
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A fecond time do foch a courtefy.
[Tifijf emir^ice, ttenexfum. The tritmfiifs fiutJl,
ni King itttrethimtk kis ftnutri aiarm gQ tke hattk. Thin intir Powglaa, 4fmi Sir Walter Blant.
Bbmt. What is thy name, that thps in battle uofkft me) What honour doft thoQ feek upon my hea4 ?
Dow. Know then, my name 19 DoivgUi^ And I do haunt thee in the battle thus, Becauf^y fome tell me* that thou an a King.
filuni. They tell thee true.
Donu, TheLordof^/^r/dear to-day hath bought Thylikenefs; for infietd of thee, ^i^glfarrj^ This fivord hat& ended him 1 fo (hall it tHeo« Unlefs thou yield thee as my prifoner.
BhnU I was not born to yield, thou haughty JVf^ And thou ihalt find a King that will r«v€ug9 Xord Stajfwfz deaths
Fighti Blunt //^tf/»: TO#» iv^ Hot-f^ur.
Hot. O Dokuglat^ hadft thou fought at Uolmdon thnti I never had triumphed x>'er a Sco$,
P^od. All's done,, all's won, here breaihlti»4i^a the (iagt
Hot. Where?
Do^u. Here.
Hot. This, Bowghi^ 00; I know his face full wdlr A gallant Knight he was, his name was Mim^t. Semblably furni(h'd like the King himfelf.
J)onv. Ah ! fool go with thy foul, whither it goes! A borrowed title h^ thoa bojiight top dnai:. Why didft thou telli^e th^ thou wett a l^^n^ f
Hot, The King Halh many marching in bia eo^s.
Do*w. Now by. my fw.ord, J, will kill all hiscoatAH^ m murder all his wardrobe piece by piece. Until I flkoU the King.
Hot. Up and away, Qnr (bldiers A^od faJI fmflf for the d^y . lExe^ni^
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JImih, enter HM.^ /oIua- fd. Tlioogh I could fcape (hot- free at Lmdon^ I frar tke fhot here : Here's no fcoring, but upon the patu. Soft, w1k> art thou ? Sir Walter Blunt ? there's honour for you ; here's no vanity : I am ^ hot as mouleen fead. and as heavy too : Heav'n keep lead out of me, I need no more weight than mine own bowels ! I have led my rag-o-mufHans where they are pepper'd : There's not tkree of my kuiidre^ and fifty left alive ; and they are for the town's end« to beg during life. But who comes - kere ?
Enier Prime Henry. P. a«rjiu What, ftand'ft thou idle here ? lend me thy Many a noble man lies (lark and ftiff [ivvord^
Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies, Whofe deaths are unreveng'd. Lend me thy fword.
FaL O Half I pr'ythee, give me leave to breathe a Vl/hile. (23) Turk Gregory never diJ fach deeds in arms, its I have done this day. I have paid Fercj^ I have made bim fnre. ,
P. Henry. He is, indeed, and living to kill thee : J pr'ythee, lend me thy fword.
Fed* Nay, Half if Percy be alive, thou gtt'fl not my IWord : But take my piftol, if thou wilt.
P. Henry. Give it me : What, is it in the cafe? FaL Ay, /&/, 'tis hot, There's that will fack a city. [The Prince dranvs out a bottle of fuck. P. Hiwry. What, is it a time to jeft and dally now \
\Thronxi5 it ai him, and exifm
(13) Turk Gregory.! Bjr this Tork Gnguy onr author niu4 cfr- tainly mean Pope HUaehoMd who aflumM the aane of Gregory the Se^entb. Fox, in his book of Martyrs, tells terrible ftories of this HUde^and. It was ho, who furmounted almoft invincible ob:)ac](>§ to deprive the Bmperor of the right of inveflttare of BiOiqps whicli hit prede^eflors had fo long in vain attempted. But the reafon of giving him this epithet ef Turk was on account of that infamou^ pe- nance he eojoin*d the Emperoff Nmry IV. and the treading on hit ■eck. FoM had made thit Gregory ib odiout, that, I don*t doubt, hut the good proteftamu at that tixne were well pleased to heat h'» l(ynabf j^vbUfikly tenarkM on. Mr. Warburton^
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Fat. If Ptrcy be alive, I'll pierce him ; if he d* cone in my way, fo ; if he do not, if Ixome in his, willinglyi let him make b carbonado of roe. I like not fnch grin- a:ng honour as Sir Walter hath : Give me life, which If I can fave, fo^ if not,, honour comes unlook'd for, aad tkere^s an end* \^Exii.
Alarmt Excurfions. Enter the King^ the Prince j Lord Jbhn of Lancafler, and the Earl of Weftmorland.
K. Henry, I pr'ythee, Harry^ withdraw thyfelf, thou kleedeit too much : Lord John of Lancafier^ go you witb him.
Lan, Not I, my Lord, onlefs I did bleed too.
P. Henry, I do befeech your Majefty make up» Le^ your j-etirement do amaae your friends.
K. Henry. I will do fo : ^y Lord of WeJlmorlanJ^ lead him to his tent.
^f^tft. Ccmc, my Lord, I'll lead you to your tent.
P. Htnry, Lead me, my Lord ! I do not need your help; And beav*n forbid, a (hallow fcratch Ihould drive ' The Prince of Wales from fuck a ficJd as this» Where ttair^'d nobility lies trodden on, And rehtis :trms triumph in maiTacres f
Lan, Wt breathe too long ; come, coufin TFeftmorlatidf Our duty this way lies; for heav'n's fake, come.
P. Henry. By heav'n, thou haft deceiv'd me, Lancaftefj I did not think thee Lord of fuch a fpirit: Before, I lov*d thee as a brother, John j But now, I do refpeft thee as my (bul.
K. Htnry, 1 faw him hold Lord Percy at the point, -Wich luftier maintenance than I did look for Of fuch an angrown warrior.
P. Henry, Oh, this boy Lends mettle to us all. [Exeunf*
Manet King Henry. Enter Dowglas.
Dq<w, Another King? they grow, like Ifydra*shczds ' I am the Do^glasy fatal to all thofe That wear thofe colours on them. What art thou, I'hat countcrfcit'ft the perfon of a King ?
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K. Henry. The K^ing himfelf, who, Donvgloip grieves at io many of his ihadows thou haft met, [hearty
^nd not the yery King. I have two boys Jeek Percy and thyfelf about the field ; But feeing thou fall'ft on me fo luckily, [ mil aHay thee : So defend thyfelf.
Do*w, I fear, thou art another counterfeit ; And yet, in faith, thou bear*!! thee like a King : But mine, J'm fure, thoo art, who e'er thou be, And thus I win thee. [TbtyfgBt : The King being im danger^
Enter Prince Henry.
P. Henry, Hold up thy head, vile Scof^ or thou art like '^ Never to hold it up again : The fpirits Of S&ellyt Stafford t Blunts are in my arms ; It is the Prince of Walei^zx, threatens thee» Who never promifeth, but means to pay.
\They fight y Dowgla^ JUetL Cbearly, my Lord ; bow fares your Grace? Sir Nicholas Ga^ufey hath for'fuccour fent. And fo hath Clifton: Til to Clifton ftrait.
K. Henry. Stay, and breathe a while. • ^hou haft redeemed my loft opinion, ^d^ihew'd, thou mak'ft feme tender of my lile, n this fair refcue tho«j haft brought to me. •
P. Itienry. O heav'n ! they did me too much injury, i ]hat ever faid, I hearken'd for your death.
it were fo, 1 might have let alone 'h' infulting hand of Dowi2gla$ over yo^ ; i^hich would have beein as fpeedy in ycxur end, s all the pois'nous potions in the world, ud favM the treach'rous k-bour of your fon.
K. iienry. Make up to Cliftouy V\\ tQ Sir Nichol^ ^ Ga'wfey. \Kxikt*
Enter Hpt-fptir. Hot. If 1 miftake not, thou art Harry Monmouth, p. Henry, Thou fpcakTl as if . I would deny my name. Hot. My name is Harry Percy* V.Henry. Then I (ee
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A way viSftnt vebel of dur naiqe.. I nM dit Pnnce of Jpyes: And think fiOtj, Ar^y, To fliare with m^ iti glory any spore : ^Two ftart keep not their mption in ope fphere^^ Nor CIA one Ef^Jami brook a doiible reigqj^ Of Hi^Tfy Firqi and the Prince of Woles.
iht» Kor mil it, Hany^ for the ho^r is com0 To ^nd Che one of us ; an^a would to heiiv*n, .Thv AJifBe in arms were oow at great a« mine !
r* Hnn. VW pake it greater, ere I part frojx^ tfa^i And ail the baddtog hommra on thy cseft 1*11 crop, 10 make a garland for my head«
fiofs I c^ no long^ brook thy v^i(ifps« [Fi^b\
£«/^PalftaC jr^. WeQftid, Kal\ toixHaf, ^^^ foaftaH H 90 boyf play here, I can tell yo^.
gatsr Dowglai» hi fights with Falftaf^ nttho fi^Ui ^gim tu if ki *ifim 4ud% Thf Pri^aUt Bexcy. Ar* Oh, Hariy, thou hai| robb'd n^e of (ny youths I better biook the lofs of brittle lifet Than ihofe proii^ titles dioa haft won of vtc^ They wotiflDd my ^lo^ghts, wor(e than thy fword my fieft < 9ttt thought's 1^ Qave of life, an4 life time's fool; ' 4^nd timet that takes fisirvey of all the woirldj^ Moft bave a jftop. O, I could prophefy, IPut thai ;he earthy and Cold hand of deaih, ties on iBoy tongue : N9* F^^, xkQ^, vt 4q^
And food for [Z)/Vx<
P. fftnfy^ Worms, hrave Fer^, Fare the well!/ HI weavM aimbitioo, how much art thou ikannk!. When unt thi* body did contain a ^irit (24.),^^
{24] ff^ben ttfot tbii ke^: £d (Qiiimn a fpirit,
A Kingdom fit ^ was tp^JtBoIla b$tm4}: y
But n^rftf twci V^^ ff 4< viUft tartk^
li room enough f] A reflekioa, ▼<ry ^jke thitin thVfltoce, W9r )M hat again |if en us in his JmIium Cafar. O mighty C^tfar. ! do*ft U^pv lie (o loi| ? Att ali thy coo<}ueftfl, glories, triua^ hs, ipoilsjt
M^rwfk to tik M( m^MTtl ,
hi a! Ik
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A Uogdom for it was too fmall a boand : Bnt now two paces of the vileil earth Is room enoogh I this earth, that beats thee dead» Bears not alive h ftoot a gentleman. If thott were fenfil^e of coartefy^ I fhoald not make ib great a fhow of zeal. Bat let my favoars hide thy mangled face» And^ ev'n in thy behalf, I'll thank myfelf For doing thefe fair rites of tendernefs. Adiea, and take thy praile with thee to heav'n; Thy ignominy deep with thee in the grave^ But not remember'd in thy epitaph. [He fees Pa](!^af& •—What I old acquaintance I could not all this flefh Keep in a little life ? poor Jacky farewel ! I could have better fpaPd a better man. ^ O, I Aiould have a heavy mifs of thee. If I were much in love with vanity. Death hath not ftruck fo fat a deer to-day. Though many a dearer in this bloody fray :. Imbowell'd will I fee thee by and by. Till then^ in blood by noble Percy lye. \Jtxlu
1?al&^g n/ej, Fal Fmboweird !— if thou im bowel me to- day, ril give ^Ottle^ve to powder me,^ and eat tne to-morrow 1 'fblooJ^ ^wai'time to counterfeit,^ or that heft tormagant Scot had^ jaid me {cot and lot too* Counterfeit? I lie, I am no counterfeit; to die, is to be a countei feh ; for he is but the counterfeit of a man^ who hath not the life of a man ; 3 .in: an counterfeit <fying,. when a man thereby Uvetb, is to be no counterfeit, but the true and perfect image of life, ii • deed. The better partof valour. is dikrttion ; in ^ne w hicli better part, lihave faved my life. 1 am afraid of this g\in' }0wderiPir^« though he be dead. How if he (houid couV ;Both thefe paflagei m»y very well feem to have^ad their. foiuidatK «; inm Juviiiaii
Moft ffla fafetur
Quantola^g/ Homiffum Co»pufcula. i <i
Vitus Fellse^ Jttveni non fufficit Orh^s,
/£ftuat in/ght angoiho limite mundi
Sarc^phago coattotM ent. Sau X.
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terfeit too, and rife ? I am afraid, be would prove tKe bet tcr counterfeit ; therefore I'll make him fure ; yea, and IV fwear, I kilPd him. Why may not he rife as well as 1 ? SQ. thing confutes me but eyes, and no body fees me. There- fore, iirrah, with a new wound in your ttigh co|ne yoa along with me. [Takes Hot- fpur on bis back
Enter Prince Henry, /7»/ John of Lancafler. P. Ilenrj Come, brother John, full bravely haft thou Thy maiden fword. [flcibt
Zair. £ut fofc ! whom have we here ? Did you not tell me, this fat man was dead ?
P. Heory. I did, I (aw him dead, And breathlefs on the ground : Art thou alive^ Or IS it fancy plays upon our eye-fight? I pr*ythee, fpenlk, we will not truft our tyt% Without our ears : Thou art not what thou feem'ft.
Fal, No, that's certain ; ] am not a double man ; bnt. if I am not Jack Falftaff^ then am I a Jack : There is Percji if your father wii\ do me any honour, fo ; if not,, let him kijl the next Percy himfelf. 1 look either to be £arl or Duke» I can allure you.
P. Henry, Why, Percy I kiird myfclf, and faw thee dead^ Fai, Did'ft thou ? Lord, Lord, how the world is given to lying! J grant you, 1 was down, and out of breath, and foVastie ; but we rofe both at an inftant, and fovght a Ibng hour by Shre<wjb'ury deck : If I may be believed^ fo ; if not, let them, that fiiould reward valour, bear the fin upon their own heads. I'll take't on my death, I gave him i\\h wound in the thigh : If the man were alive, and' would deny it, I would make him eat a piece of my fword». -La». This is the ftrangeft tale that e'er I heardl P. Henry, This is the ftrangeft fellow, brother Jobft* Come, bring your luggage nobfy on your back : For my pan, if a Ire may do thee grace» I'll gild it with the happieU terms! have.
{4 (tireat is founded. The trtnnpets found retreat, she day is oars ; Come, brother, let's to ih' h^heft of the field. To fee what ftie&4^ aie living, who are dead.. \^Exennt^ 6 FaL
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FaL V\\ followr, as they fay, for reward. He that re- wards me, heav'a reward him! if I do grow great. Til frrow lefs ; for I'll purge, and leave fack, and live clean - y, as a Doblemaa fhouid do. [Exit^
Vbe Trumpets ftmnd: Enter King JJenry, Frime of Wales, Z/«r/ John 0/* Lancailer, Earl of WeftmorlaDd, 'witb Worcefter and Vernon Pri/oners,
K. Henry, Thus ever did rebellion find rehlike* Jll-fpiritedTFAry^r, did we not fend grace. Pardon, and terms of love to all of you ? And would'fl thou turn our offer's contrary? .Mifufe the tenor of thy ktnfman's trnil? Three Knights upon our party ilain to-day, A noble Earl, and many a creature elfe. Had been alive this hour. If like a chriftian thou had'ft truly borne Betwixt our armies true intelligence.
H^or, What 1 hav^ done, my fafety iirg'd me tt>; And I embrace this fi>rtune patiently, Since not to be avoided it falls on me.
K, Henry, Bear Worcefier to death, and Fer$t9n tD^ Other offenders we will paufe upon.
[Exeunt Worcefter anJ Vernon, guarded. How goes the field ?
P. Henry. The gallant 5i«, Lord Dowglas^ when he iaw The fortune of the day quite turned from him. The noble Percy flain, and all his men Upon the foot of fear, fied with the reft ; And, falling from a hill, he was fo bruisM, That the purfurers took him. At my tent The Denvglas is« and, Kbeiecch your Grace^ 1 may difpofeof him.
K. Henry. With all my heart.
P. Henry. Then, brother John of lancaj^f to yc© This honourable bounty fliall belong ; Co to the Doivglas, and deliver him Up to his pleafure, ranfomlefs and fres : His valour, fliewn upon our creft* to-day, iiatb taught u& how 10 ch&iih Ikch high dteds^
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Laf^, I thank your Grace for this hi^courUfyf. Which I (kaH give away immediately.
l^.Henry, Then this remains ; that we divide our powen You fon y*htr and my cou/ia frejimftrland, Tow'rds rcri (hall bend you^ with your deareift (j^^ To meet Nortbumherland and prelate Scroops ' Who» as 'we hear,, are bufUy in arms. Myfclf and you, ion Harrj^ will tow'rds Walis^ To fight with GUndoiwtr dnd the Earl ef Marcb^ Rebellion in this laad ihall lofe his Tway^ Meeting the check of fuch another day ;, And fince this bodnefs fo far fair is doae,, \i^i ms tiot; le^^vcr ^i 41 o^ qwcq. be woa* [4»«»tf|4b
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{ I ) Enter Rumour, fainted full of Tongues.
OPen your cars : For which of yon will ftop The v«nt of hearing, when loud Rumoter fpeaki? I from the orient to the drooping wefl. Making the wind my poft-horfe« dill unfold The ads-commenced on this ball of earth. Upon my tongues' continual (landers ride. The which in every language I pronounce ; %uffing the ears of men with falfe reports. I fpeak of peace, while covert enmity. Under the fmile of fafety» wounds the world : And who but Rumour, who but only I, Make fearful muAers and prepar'd defence, Whilft the big year, fwola with fome other grxefs» Is thought with child by the Hern tyrant war. And no fuch matter ? Rumour is a pipe Blown by fiinnif<^s, jealoufies, conjedtures ; And, of fo eafy and fo plain a flop, That the blunt monfter with uncounted heads> The ftilldifcordant wavering multitude. Can play upon ft. But what need I thus My well-known body to anatomize Among my houfhold ? why is Rumour here ? I ran before King Harrys vi^ory ; Who in a bloody field by* Sbrewfiury
(i) Rumour, painttd full ^ Tonguet.'\ This de/brip^n of 'Xkmmt if plainly to me a draught copied from Virgirt Piflure of Fame, cut quot funt certore Phm^p Tot vlgUes ocul't fubter^ mirabile diSiu, Tot lingua, tat'yiem tra Jonant, tot fubrigu aurtu
Tarn fiili pranjtqui tenax, quam nunlia'veri, Jflac turn multipltci populos Sermone replehat CaudcnSf (Sf Paruer fada ataite iofeita <aufbMt* JEntM. IV
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^ath beatCB down young Hot-ffur and his troops ; Quenching the fiame of bold rebellion £v'n with the rebels blood. But what mean I To fpeak fo true at firft ? my office is To noife abroad, that Harry Monmomb fell Under the wrath of noble Hot-fpur^s fword ; And that the King befoi^ the Do^wglas* rage Stoop'd his anointed head as low as death. This have J rumour'd through the peafant towns. Between that royal field of SbrenvJBury^ ^nd this worm-eaten hold of ragged ftone (2); W^here Hot-fpur\ father, old Nortbumherlojutt Lies crafty- iick. The pofts come tiring on ; ^nd not a man of them brings other news Than they have learn'd of me. From RumourH tongues. They bring fmooth comfgrts fklfe^warfe than true wrongs.
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(i) Anitbh wrm-Uttn hole •/ rmei fioiUtl NorthiimhtrhMd\k9L^ . retir'd and fortified himfelf in hit came, a olace of ftrength in thofe timet, thcogh the building might be impalrM by itt antiquity \ a^d kkexefbrcy I believe, our poet wrote :
And this Vform-eaten hold ef ragged Jtoui, ^, in the 3d Htnty VI.
Tht Queen with all the northern Earia and Lords
loteods here to befiege you in your cafiU ;
She is bard by with twenty thou(aad men ;
And therefore fortify your boldt my Lord. ^ Dmikl in his Miftries of civil wars, fpeaking of this ? ery Eatl*| Muemenr, fays)
N$r:bumb€rland, recorerM, i^iU out (lands, The principal of this great family
And faction \ having Berwick in his haodf. With other toUs
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Dramatis Perfonae.
KING Henry the Faurth,
Prince Henry, eifHr'wards crpwned ^/W Henry th Tifif^
/^r/V^ John «/ Lancaftcr, "j5*«/ to Henry fh€ F^urfJkf
Humphrey c/GIouccfter, v and Brethren to Henry ti^
Thomas r/ Clarence, J Pi/tk^
Northumberland, "1 *
9'&e Jrchbijhop of York,
Mowbray, I
Haftings, lOfpofttes i^ainfi King fjfim
f^ord Bsirdolph^ ^ tbeFourtk»
Travers,
Morton,
Cole vile,
Warwick,
Weftmorland,
JJarcourt,
lord Chief Jufiice,
Falftaff, Poins,
Pifto?,^ V \lrregidar Ihm^rifiiK .Peto,' page,
Shallow and Silence, Coutttrj Juftieou
Dafy, Ser<vamioS\i2\\Q\y,
Phang and Snare, t-wo Serjeants^
Mouldy, "1 . i
Shadow, /
Wart, \ Country Soldieru
Feeble, I
Julcalf, J
Itf^J^ North umberlaticj^ \
tady Percy. Hojie/s QhnckXy. Poll Tear- ihfet,
(3) The Second Part ef
E N R y IV,
A c T I.
J G E N E, Nmbumherland't Caftic, t^cr Lord Bafdo!^ j the PorUr at tbi 4oork
^ H'O keeps (he gate here, hoat wher(» is the %ul ^
Port, What mall I fay you are ? . 'J, Tell thou the Earl, the Lord Bardolph doth attend him here* /. E[is Lordihip is walk'd forth into the oich^M'd.i \ it yofir honour, knock but at the gat9> le him^lf will anfwen
Enter Northumberland.
y. Ifer«'s the Earl.
'th. What news, Lqrd Bardolfk^ ev'xy minute uow d be the father of fome ftratageiji« ime« arc wild : Contention, like a horfe if high feeding, madly h^tfe brol^e looftft jcars down all before bim.
vie %d Part of Henry IV.1 The traafaiEiions comprisM id th^t. take up about 9 years. The a£tioa commences with^the ac<« f Hotfpur^i being defeated and killM; and clqfes with theHeati^ ff««r^ ly, 4fld the c*ro{ittioj| of I^, H^nxf Vt
i88 The SECOND Part of
Bard. Noble Earl, .,
I bring yoo certain news from SbrewJBurj.
liorth. Good, if hcav'n will !
Bard. As good as heart can wiih : Tlie King is almoft wounded to the death : |
And in the fortune of my Lord your fon, |
Prince Harry flain outright ; and both the BUtnts Kiird by the hand of Ddwgias; young Prince Jdn, And fFeftmerlahdf and Stafford^ fled the field. And Harry Monmotdb^i brawn, the hulk Sir Jubn^ It prifdner to your fon. O^ fach a day. So fought, fo follow'd, and fo fairly won» Omit nof till now, te dignify the times. Since Cafar'*^ fortunes !
North. How is this derivM ? Saw you the field ? came you from Sbre^Jbutj f
Bard.Upske with one, my Lord,that came from thefiC^ A gentleman well bred, and of good name; That freely rendered ^e thefe news for true.
North. Here comes my krvknt Travis, whom I fent On Tue/day laft to liflen after news.
Bard. My Lord, J over- rode him on the way. And he is furnifh'd with no certainties. More than he, liaply, may retail from me.
Enter Travers.
North. Now,7rfl*rfr/,what good tidings come with yoa ?
Tra. My Lord, Sir John Vmfreinl taru'd me back With joyful tidings; and being better horsM Out-rode me. After him came fpurring hard A gentleman^, almoll fore-fpent with fpeed. That dopp'd by me to breatlje his bloodied horfe^ He alk'd the way to Chefter ; and of him I did demand what news from Shrefwjhury, He told me, that Rebellion had ill luck ; And that young Harry Fercf% four was cold. With that he gave his able horie the head. And bending forward, ftruck his agile heels Againfl the panting fides of his poor jade t)p to the rowelhea^ \ and« il^rti^g ib,
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pm'd in running to devour the wqr* \g no longer queftion. •th. Ha ? again :
le, young Harry Percy^s fpur was cold? lion had ill luck ? ^J. My Lord .I'll tell you ; r young Lord your Ton have not the day* mine honour, for a filken point tve my barony. Ne'er talk of it. -tL Why (hould the gentleman, that rode by Trav^rf, then inch infUnces of lofs ? rif. Who he ?
as fome hilding fellow, that had floPn borie he rode on ; and, upon my life, i at adventure. Look, here comes more news.
Enter Morton.
rth. Tea, this man's brow; like to a title-Ieaf»
els thenature of a tragick volume :
oks the flrondy whereon th' imperious, flood
left a witnefs'd ufurpation, Mortons did'ft thou come from Shre*wfiurj ? frt. 1 ran from Sbreivfiury^ my noble Lord^ re iiateful death put on his uglieft maik right our party* ' ^
rth. How doth my fon, and brother ? I trcmbleft ; and the whitenefs in thy cheek ter than thy tongue to tell thy errand.
fuch a man, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, jilt fo dead in look, fo woe be-gone, ^ Priam^s curtain in the dead of night, would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : ?riam found the^fire^ ere he is tongue : I, my Peny^s death, ere thou report'ft it.
thou would'ft fay : Your fon did thus, and thus ;
brother, thus i So fought the noble Doto^las: ping iny greedy ear with their bold deeds, n the end, to hop mine ear indeed, 1 haft a figh to blow, aw^y this praife, Qg with brother, fon, and all, are dead !
Morti
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feufrfor my Lord your fon "■'"'■»
North, Why, he is dead. See, what a ready tbri^be fiii|^fci6ii hath ! He, that bot fears the thing he woiild not^oi^i Hath, by inftind, knotirleagb f>om other eyts, ^hat what lie fbarHl is chadic'd. Y^t, A&r/tfH, (p^ ^ell thou thy Earl, hi^ divitiation lies | And I will take it as a ft^eet difgrace, 'And makfe thefc rich, fbr doing £ne futh Wtong.
Mort. You are too g^eat, ib be by trie gainiaid! Your fpirit is too tfue^ your fcari too e^rCdn.
North. Yfctfor dl this, fay rtot, that i>#f 91*3 deal . 1 fee a ftrange confdifioh in thfhe tyjt: Thdii Ihak'ft thy head, and fiold^ft itfezfi Ct iu^ hTo fpeak a truth. If ht be flaifi, fay fo i The tongue offends iiot^ that reports bis di^atbi And he dbth fin, that doth belie the dtsuig
?ot he, which fays the dead is not alive, et the fird bnnger of nti welcome newS (4]
Hath but a lofing office : And his tdogtie
Sounds ever after as a fiilleh bell,
%emeixfber^3, tolling; a departing fHehd.
BarJ, t cannot think, my Lord, your (bh is d^adl Mort. I'm ibrry, I ^ould force yon to believe
^hat, which, I w6uld to heaven, I had not feen.
ivLt thefe mine eyes faw him in bloody ftate.
Rendering faint quittance, wearied and otit-breath'di
(4) Tet the Jtrft hriniir 6f ytAbilc^m ftnbs
Hath M a i^g <fice f ] This obfenrttien is etmlnly tiNK* iiatu^, and' has the fandion of no left wathbiities thfcn tfaofeof 1^' 1 ebylut and Sopboclu ; who iay tlaioft the fatte^thiBg fritk ovf aatbit i ^
here. ^ 4,; i j>
Menr.Stephtnthu takfen n6cite, tbit m fdiiSd 6f ^Jcb^Hii't ^ntH ' copies this.sd veKe quoted had been infinrtedus a ptrtof his teitt B^t judges, the miftake^ happeli*d firft from its having bcea U^icnVd id the margin at a parallel fifn'iment. Fortajfeautem ex bic iCfchjli vc" Ju natut ifi iife, fays he. This learoed nikn does not feem to have
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3 Hinrj MdnmoHfif i whorfe fwift wrath beat d6wii
he never-daiUiited Perry to the eai-th^
r&m whencey with Mft^ he never more fprung bpi
1 few ; his death, whjoie fpirit lent a fire
ven tt> thedttlkft^peafaht in his cam^,
eing bruited oiice> took fire and heat tiwitf .
rois the beft-temperM cobrage in his troops.
or from his metal was his party fleel'd ;
/hich once in him abated, all the reft
'urn'd oil themfelves, like dull and heavy lead.
md as the thing, that*s heavy in its felf,
Jpon enforcenlcnt, ffieJ with g^eafeft fotcd ;
o did our men, hc«vy in Hot f pur* i lod,
.end to this weight fuch HgKtticfs ^itlr thfeir fe^r^
That arrows ftwl not fwtfter toward 'flieir aim.
Than did oor foidiers> ainihig at their fafety,
?ly from the field. Th^n Was that nbble ft^oryer
Poo foon taVYi prifoili?f : And that fm-ioas Scot^
The bloody i>z«JO^/rt/, whofe well-labouring fword
tiad three tiihes Bain di*a):^ea ranee of the King^
Gaoi'vaii hi| ftoanac^ aiid did grace the ftiame
Df thofe diatna#n'd their backs; and in histiigRt
Stambling in ftsafj was took. The foitt of all
[s, that the King hdth won i And hath fent out
A fpecdy p6>^*r t*^cotinter you, my Lofd,
Qnd^r the ccm^tf^ of youHg Lantafier
And lV$fim6rlanJt. Th^s is the hews ^t full.
North, For this, I Iftall have time enough to inoum^ tn poifoB thei-e is phyfick : And this news, That would j had I been well, have made me fick^ Being Tick, hath in fon>e meafore made me well. And as the wi-tffCh^ whofe feaver-tVeakefred joints^ Like ftnengthlefs hiAges, buekJe under life,. Impatient of his fit^ breaks like a fire Out of his keeper's arras ; ev'o fo my limbs, U^eaken'd with grief, bein^ no\v inragM with grief. Arc thrice themfelves. Hence therefore, thoo mcecrdttfti A fcaly gauntlet now with joints df fteel Miift^love this hind. And hence, t\\ou RcViVy c^cJv^i thou art a guard too tvaniOQ for tUt Vicad*
T9« Th€ S E CO N D Part of
Which Princc€, flefliM with coDqueft, aim to bit*^
Now bind my brows with iron, and approach
The rQgged'ft hour» that time and fpight dare bring (5)
To frown upon th'cnrag'd Northumberlattd !
Let heav'n kifs earth ! now let not nature's hand
Keep the wild flood confin'd ; let order die*
jAnd let this world no longer be a ilage
To feed contention in a lingering a^:
But let one fpirit of the Hrft-born Cain
Reign in all bofoms, that each heart being fet
On bloody courfes, the fcene may end.
And darknefs be the burier of the dead !
Bard. This (Vrained paflion doth you wrong, my Lord i Sweet Early divorce not wifdom from your honour.
Mort. The lives of all your loving complices . \jtzxi on your health ; the which if you give o'er To ftormy paflion, muft perforce decay. Yoo call th' event of war, my noble Lord, And iumm'd the account of chance, before yoo did, Let us make head : It was your prefurmife. That, in the dole of blowns, your fon might drop: You knew, he walk'd o'er perils, on an edge More likely to fall in, than to get o'er : You were advis'd, his flefh was capable Of wounds^and fears; and that his forward fpirit Would lift him where moft trade of danger rang'd: Yet did you fay, Go forth. And none of this. Though ftrongly apprehended, could reftrain The ftilF.borne aftion. What hath then befall'n. Or what hath this bold enterprize brought forth. More than that being, which was like to be ?
Bard. We all, that are engaged to this lofs. Knew, that we ventur'd on fuch dang'rous fea«y
(5) ^he ragged*ft hour that time and fptght dare bring
To frown, &c,] I know very well, our author frequently nf« this epithet, when be fpeaks eiiher of fharp o'erhangtngrockt, ru\n*4 fbrtificationt, &c» but there is no confoiiance of iretaphors here be- twi«t ragged and fr(.7vn ; nor, indeed, »ny dignity in the inriage.' On both accounts, therefore, I fufpeil our a«tbor wrote,, at I have le- i«nn*d the textj the roggcd*A htur, &c.
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Phaty, if yift^yvrpngji4 o^t life, \wjB^ . ten :t4^ oae : bd yet we ventiir'ci for the gain propos'di i!lio^k!d>t^it^e£M' i^^^y penlifnirM;». bd iince we are o'er-fet* vesure again. )QiDe« vi/^yiH\^l pfit iwjhf body »]id.0oods«
Aforf. 'XisjjiQ^th^o time; ami roy.moftooble'Lerd, hear fprcjCXtain^, a^yj^d^.ip^alf: the truth.:
The gentle^chbiihop of Tori is up l^kh v(dl-a{ipointed powers : He Is a tn an, ¥ho Willi ?ndouble furpty binds hi* followers* dy Lojcd^.ypurfon, l)Wi.<^nIy but the corps, hit fh^vv5, SL(\d the (hewfof men to fight. ?or th^t fame.w^rd, rebellion, did divide rhe aftiqn,of their bodies from their fouU ; And they. 4id ,fight with queafinefs ; conJlrain'd, As men drink potions, that their weapons onty Seem'd on our fide : But for their fpirits and fouls. This word, rebellion, it had ftoze them up^ As fiih a^ein a pond. But noW| the Biihop Turns infurreCtipn to religion ; Sapposfd fipcere and holy ia his thoughtSt HeVfollQw'd botk.with body and with mind: And dpth^^nlarge'his rifing with the blood Oi hir^ixkg Xic^r/if fcrap'd from Pomfret ftones; Derives frpm.he^v'n his quarrel and his caufe; Tells them, hedpch beftride a bleeding land Gafping fyt life, under^great Batingbroke : And mpre, ^nd lefs, do fiock to follow htm. ^
North. I kttcwof this before: Bm to fpeak trath. This prefent grief had wip'd it from my mind. Go in ^thme, and^cpunfel every man ^
The aptcft way foff^t'ty and revenge : Get pofb$#,and.letters, and make friends with fpeed ; N'cTcr fo few, nor nevcf^ yet more need. {Exeunu
VoL.m I ' SCENE
T94 The Second Part of
SCENE ichangcs to a Street in iMdm.
Enter jir John Falft^iTt 'votth his page birring hU fwm
andhuckUr^ Tal. QIiTaH,you,giant ! what fays the doaor to iny water j i3 P^gf- He faid, Sir, the water iffelf was a good healthy water. But for the party that owned it, he might have more difeafes than he knew for,
Fal. Men of all forts take a pride to gird at me. The
brain of this foolifh-compounded clay, man, is not able
to invent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I
invent, or is invented on me. I aih not only witty ta
myfelf, but the caufe that wit i^ in other men. I do heit
walk before thee, like a fow, that hath overwhelmed all
her litter but one. ; If the Prince put thee into my fervicc
for any other reafon than to fct me off, why, then I have
no judgment. Thou whorefop, mandrake, thou art fitter
to be worn in my cap, than to wait at my heels. I was
never mnnn'd with an agot till now : But I will fct yoa
neither in gold nor filver, but in vile apparel, and fend
you back again to your mafter, for a jewel: (6) The
Juvenal^ the Prince your mailer! whoie chin is not yet
iiedg'd ; I will fooner have a beard grow in the palm of
my hand, than he (ball get one on Jiis cheek: Yet he
will not ftick to fay, his face is a face-royal. Heav'nmay
(6) The Juvenil, the Prince your mafitr /J All the oM edidont both
here, and in feveral other paffages of our a^uthor, write, yM««a/. Why
#ur modern ccHtors have bf en fo nice to make th^ change,'Icannot fay,
Both the words arejequally well deriv'd. ^ juveois tjt imm ktYenafii,
r«w ju\'enilisj «f a verna, vcrnalis, vernilis:— £i^Ko^« inhh
£tymoIcgiccn, Nor does the ufage want its authorities. yuvenaSd,
'viiav hprri. JuTcnaliSi fiili^Miu*i»^i»k' fay the old Glofirhs-'^^
}avenA\'i»fngeifanfur VUnx/tfiuIacbra, fuia ta JEtathrtit efi aj nlf
randam •v'tam, Diana enim viarum putahatur Dta i hyM S, Pcg^ehis
f'efius* In like manrer, the poets ;
Et mibi quafrerint juvenali In Corpore Vtres* Virg. JSneid, V.
Tu mhi diSiofii juvenalia Car mina primus, Ovid. Epyi aJMtxim,
Faute, cemis, tfu/mo juvenali Senex. Aufimias aj NTepot.
Nutfc ego tepuerum, mox in juvenalibtis atmis,
yatffifue vtrumternam. Idem* Idylt. iTt
Scilvet immfifie. vi^i j a veoalibus tfrsrix,
Suh/hJent alpa f Sil. Italicus. /. If,
Accipejkcundi carmen juveosk Prvp&tu Martial. /. XIV.
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King H E M R y IV. 195
L it when it wil]» it is not a hair amifs yet : He may it ftill as a face-royal, for a barber fhall never eara ence out of it ; and yet he will be crowing, as if he writ man ever fince his father was a batchelor. He keep his own grace, but he is almoft out of mine, I K^nre him. What faid Mr. Domhkikn, about th6 n for my Ihort cloak and flops ? 2gi. He faid, Sir» you (hould proctire him better ance than Bardolph > He would not take his bond! yours, he likM not the fectirity. id. Let him be damn'H like the glutton, may hU ;ue be hotter I a Whorefon Acbitophel^ a rafcally yea^F wtli-kna^e, to bear a gtotleman in hand,, ttid cheti d upon feturitj f the wnorefon-fmooth-pates' , do naW r nothing but high iho^t &nd btmches* of )iit^ at r girdles ; and if a man is thorough with them iM eft taking up, then. they mull daira tr^x^ ficuritjr^ ad as lief they would put rats-bane i& my mouthy as-, r to ftop it with fecurity. I looked^ he fhould have : me two and twenty yards of fatten^ as I aov a true ght, and he fends m^ficuritj. Well* he may (leep^ ecurity, for he hath the horn of abundance. AndL lightnefs of his wife fhinefrthionglilt* and yet cannot fee, though he have his own lanthom to light hink
^age. He's gone into SmithfiMto^ boy your worflup a
fe.
^al. I bought him in iP^^Pi^ and he'll buy me a hoH&
^mitbJUU. If I could get mc hot a wdfe in the ftews^
efcmano'd, horsM, aadwit'd*
Enter Chief Juflict^ amdSemjeimt.
Page^ Sir, here comes the Nobleman that oommittelt
: Prince for ftriking him, about i?ar^i?i^/^.
Fid. >HWait clofe, I will not fee hioi.
Zb. Juft. What's he that goes there f
^erv. Balftaffi and't pleafe your Lordfhip.
£b. Juft. He that was in qiieftion for the robbery?
Semf, He, my Lord. But he hath fince done gooj
vice at SbrenjJft>ury : And, as I hear, is now going with
ne charge to tke Lord Jabu of Lamajhr.
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Ch, Jufi. Wi^ ip rorir' call him b«i<;k;a#«ii^
^tf/. Boy, tell Kim 1 am de^.
Pa^e. You muft rp(;ak loufd^r, n^y m,a^fU de^f*
Ck^Juft. I fl)nlare he is, to tb^hcai^Mr ofia^f. thi9| good, Oo, plucjchim by thedbow. 1 mu(tip^l(wi|(^ki9i4
Ser-v. ^xrjohn' ; »
ftf/. What J a, y?Qung knav-candbcg! ar^ thf wi^oi wars? i$ tb*'? notepjploymcMJti dpib?not t^Ki»Uck rubje«5ts? do not the rebels need fpldiers? ^bpi^^itbi^a fhanvc tCl be. on ^y. fide buj on^, i; is worfeftiaisifrto beg, than to be oix the word fide, w^fe it wi^fe tlw-lkt n<iroe of rebel lioi^ can tell how to s^^eit*
Sir*u, Youn\ift4|[;fi me. Sir.
Tal. Why, Si?, did I fay you w<re an honeA man? felting my knjg^ht-hood and my r9ldie^(hip afi4^, i bad lied in my thrpat, if Lhad fiiid To.
Ser'v, I pirajr you. Sir, then fet your knight -hood and yo.Mr foldierftup a^fide, and give m« leave to tfU you, you lye in yoiu throat, if you fay I am any other thanai hpnf^ mail. . ,
' F^L I give thee lf*Y^ to tei) nfvp To ? I lay a^Aei thfin v,hich.grQW^ tp x^^e,^ if thok^ ge^'ft, a^Y le»W: of tx»,
hap^mej if tho,^^L'a|l(}^V6. ^hott;W€ff'tbcttcf Mha^i^'d; You hunt counter, hence; avaunt.
Sei-Hf.. Sir, my -4wd,vnip\^ld,fp^ vjith yp«,.
Ch. Jufl, Sir John Faljlaff^^ a word with yon.
f^/. Mygoodl^d \ Qpd^&iy^yQ^rl^rdfcip^gQod^tiipc of day. i;am ^i^i^^o ft^j yp^r Lord^Hip abroad i \^^i. fay, your Lordlhip wa^/ipk, \ hop?, yAMr.LQf^.ftttpb^W. abroad by advice. Your Lordfhip, tboygh not clean paft your youth, li^dfl* yet fthie fmack of age in you: SoAc rf}i(hof thg: fahnii£r.c£time ; aad I moft humbly befeech your LordQiip, tQrAav^ a reverend care of your health.
Cb. Juft* Sir Johjif I feat for you before your expe- dition to Shrew/huty^' nj t. j*
FaL IFit pleafryaurLordihip, I hear, his Majefly Is returned with fomsedifcomfort from ^ij/«.
Ch^ Juft. \ talk not of his Majefty r Ydu would nit come when 1 fent fcM* you;-' u m ■■
FaL And I hear moreover, bis Higbi^t'js&lllDiDM- l^s^fame whorefonapoplexy.v Ch^
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yu/. Well, hcav*n ihttid him ! t Vf fay let mc
with yoti.
This ^poplexv is, as I take it, a kind of Uthar|y,
tafe yt«r Ldrdflvip, a kind of Ileeping in'the bIoo4^
efon tingling.
7a(^/What'tcll jron meofit? Beit, as it it.
It hath Its original froln tnUch grief; from lludy rturbation of the brain. I have read the caafe of aUft. It is a kind of deafnefs. / Jufl. r think, vou are fairn into that difcafe: Foi* ar not what I fay to yoti.
I Pkil. Very well, tay Lbrd, very well : Rather, an*t you, it is the difeafe of not liil'ning, the malady irt&rking, thdt r&m tro\lb^ed \vithal. Jpfi. To punilh you by the heels, wbuM amend ention of your ears ; and I care not if I do-becooie !iyfician.
I am as poor as yohf my Lord, but n'^t 'fo-pa« Your Lordfttpiiiav tainift'cr the;p6tion-of iropri- atto die, inrefpeK 6f jSovfetty; bat how f ihoold If 'pstti^t to fdlxJw yoor .t^refcriptibns, the wife lake fome dram of a fcfople, or/sndeed, « fcriiple
5^. Ifent 'for ybo, Whtti th«rc Wdre 'matteft [ you for your life, to eoro€ fpeak With mie.
As I was ihtn advised by tny couri(el learned in ^ 6f tbis Iand-(brvice, I did not come. ,
yujf. Well, the truth is, Sir JoHfu, yoU lire ia nfamy.
'al, y^/y wiil. 9^ Ltd, wrjr viU:} I» the •Weft 4^«r«t e4s« Kick I have or this play, (priqtci m i6pp) thia fpeecfc Aaail»
t)0. Very well, my Lord, very well t !>t oVeffv*d tliis, when I wrote my Jiote, to the^t-ifirtogf IV^ lag the tradition ofFal/i^» eharaaer haviaf 4it«ii firlH^^ r, T-hii almoft alllo^nts to a felf-evidtnt proof, of- fhe^Wai^ I And that„ the play being prioud from the fti^miiM&iifte,- r had been all along altered into Faljief, except iif fiitrfi00« f an overfig^t : Of yrhUh tjie printers ao(| bei«g«wcM, ^^« :he(e initial traces of the original nnn^
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Fal. He, thai buckles him inxny belt, cannot live in lefs.
Cb, Jufi. Yoor means are very ilender, and your waftt isereat.
FaL I wonld, itwere otherwife: Iwo^ld, my meaiu were greater, and niy wafle flenderer.
Cb. Juft. You have mif-lcd the youthful Prince.
Ftf/. The youDg Prince hath mif-led me. I am the fellow with the great belly, and he my dog.
Cb. Juft, Wellj, I am loth to gall a new-hcal'd wbnndj your day's fervice at Sbreiv/hury hath a little gilded o? er your night^s exploit On Gads-bill. You may thauk the unquiet time, for your quiet o'er-pofting that afiidn.
Fal. My Lord,*— — —
Cb. Juft. But fmce all is well, keep it fo: Wake not a ileeping yrolf.
Fal. To wake a wolf. Is as bad as to fmell a fos^.
Cb. Juft. What ? you are as a candle, the bettc^ part burnt out. . '
FaL A waflel-candle, my Lord 1 all tallow : Bti^ if I did fay of wax, my growth would approve the truth.
Cb. Juft. There is not a white hair on your face, but ihould have his effedi of gravity.
Fal. His effcft of gravy, gravy, gravy ■ ■ . .
Cb. Juft. (8)You follow the young rrince op and down, Kke his ill angel. ^
FaL Not fo, my Lord, your ill angel is light : But I hope, he, that looks upon me, will take tat without weighing; and yet, in fome refpeds I grants I cannot
(S) Tmt foikw tte young Wrinee up and down Rke bit vrX SBgelA What a predous collator h«s Mr. Pope appr^v*d hijoofelf in thit pAfTagie ? Scfidet, if this were the true reading, Falfiaffx^M not have made the witty and hvmorous etafion he has done m bis reply. I have i«ftor*d the read ag of the oldell Quarto. The Lord Chief Jufticc tt^tf^ttf the Prince*8 iUangtl, or gtnius : Which Faljlejf tvrnt off by iaytns, an. 90 anpl 'rtneaning the coin call'd an angH,) is U^ht j but, furely, it lftii*t be laid that he wants weig^/.' £1^0^— the inference it obvious. Now money may be calPd ill, or body but it is never call *drpj/, with regard to iti being under weight. This Mr. P^# will facetiosfly call stflortng l^ Ftinst But if the author wrote a Fun, and it happens to hcig|iaaae4itov*a]ado]ebee, lAall, ia fptte of Jut grimace, veB<- tare at brlogiof it back to light*
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go ; I cannot tdl ; vif tue is of fo litde regard in thefe cofter-mongers days, dnc true valoar is tarnra bear-herd. ?regnaiiC7 is made a tapft^r, and hath his quick wit w^ed' in giving reckonings ; and all the other gifts ap- pertinent to many as the malice of this age ihapes them, are not worth a^fe-berry. You* that are old, confi- der not the capacities of us that are young ; von mcafure the heat of onr livers, with the bicterne/s of your galls ; and we that ace in the va-ward of our youth, I muft con- &fs, are wags too.
C^. Juft. l>o you fet dowp your name in the fcrowl of youth, that are written down old» with all the charadlers of age ? have ^ou not a moid eye ? a dry hand ? a yellow cheek ? a white beard ? a decreaiing leg ? an increasing belly ? is not yoiir voice broken ? your wind.^ort ? your chin double ? your wit fingle ? and every part about you blafted with andquity ? and will you yet call ypurfclf young? fy, {y^ ty^ Sirjq/m.
Fal. My Lord, I was born about tl^ree of the clock in the afternoon, with a white head, and fomething a found belly. For my voice, I have loft it with hallowiftg and fioging of anthems. To approve my youth further, I wiU not. The truth is, I am only old in judgment and nnderftanding, and he, that will caper with me for a' thonfand marks, let him lend me the money, and have at him. For the box o'th* car that the Prince gkvc youi, he gave it like a rude Prince, and vou took it Hke a fen- fible Lord. I have checkt him for it ; and the young lion repents : Marry^ not in aihes and fack-cloth, but in new £lk and old fack; -
Gk yujf. Well, heav'n fend the Prince a better com* panion!
fii/. Heav'n fend the companion a better Prince! I cannot rid my hands of him.
W. Jufi. Well, the King hath feverM you and PrinccL Harry:, I hear, yon are gotog with Lord John of Lan* foftitf againft the Archbilhop and the Earl of Nvrtbum* lerUuul*
F4J. Yes, I thank your ]»ett)f fweet wit for it; but
look you, pray, all you that kifs t^y lady peace at home,
I 4 that
too T\ff SrE-ciO N pr Part )l>f
that oar irmies Jotn nfot i»b hot dayf^ Forrhf>Ae4iOf6i 1 take but two flHrls out with mcy tfndPiileafrnattofweat extraordinarily : If it be ahotday, if Ibraadiniftiryrthhi^ but a bottky would I might never f|^whiie«giain. Tbert 29 not a daiKlgerous a£lion cfiui peep out his head, btit I am tbruft upon tt Well, I -eaton'ot iaft H9ver<^-^*-fbut it was alwayi yet the trick of our £«,l^ nalio a, if they have a good thij)g» to make it too ecMntoon. If7e Irifi needs fay, I am, an eld mta^ you ihott'd /give me reft : I would to God, my name wertf not fo terrible to the enemy as it is ! I were better to be^afen-eoideiath witli a rufl, than to befcoar*d to nothing with^perpetual motbn.
a>, Ji^. Well, behenea, berhonefiiMdheav'nbldi your expedition !
Fai, Will your Lord&ip lend iike^A*dioufiMid poasd» to furniih me forth f
Ch, Jjt/f. Not a penny, not a pennyi; yofl are too im* paiient to bear crofTes. Fare you well. -Commend ne tg my coofin Weftmirland* [£xii,
Fai. If I iio, fillip me with a ihiee-maB b^tle.-^^^^A man can no m6ie fcparate age ahd covcrtoufne^y than be cyin pare young limbs and letchery : dutifaeigout 'galli x\\t one« and the pox pinehes the oth^.^ (And (b both tht de[*rees prevent my' eurfes« Boy, ■ ■« ■
Pu^e. SJT?
FtiL What money is in my porfc ?
Ptige. Seven groats, and two-penc^.^
FeL lean get no remedy agaikiftthsa M^famption of fhe purfe, Borrowing only lii^ers amlt^mgets it out, but the dife&fe is incurable. Go bear thb letter to my Lord ofl/akcajier^ this to the f rfnce,: thk^ the Earl of WefimoAand^ and this to old Mrs. Ur/ula^ whom I hxn w^ly fv^orli to marry ftnco I jyertci^d^he firft white hair on my chin. About it.; you kitow *wherc to find me. A pex of this jfoiit! or, agout lif ihis pox! §ot the one, or t^oiNr, pmys the rogue^withmy^feat toe i It is no matter, ifl do halt, I save this #ars fi:>r my colour, and my penfion (hall feem the moroveaibnahle : A good wit wtilmAk't ofeofTany >thilig;.IIwiH tiirn 3k(* ^afe^ to coaunedity.. . [Eoteam^.
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C E'N E changes to the Archbifliop oftinn
Palace. hagr Jrchiffifop 0/ York, mftiogt, Thomas Mowbfa>
{Eari MarJ^aJ) anJ Lor J Bardolph. ri^i.^^'f^Has have you heard our caufe, and knowosf
X means:
Now, ttiy taoft noble fnends, I pray yon alU Speak planrrly your qpihlons of oar hopes; And firft, LordMarihal, what fay you to it?
MotvS. I W^ll aMow th' occafion of oiur arms. But gladly wonld *be better fi tubed How in our m'e^ns we '(hould advance onr&lvesy To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the poW'r and puTflan'ce of the King?
/lafl. Oijr pVefeftt mufters grow upon ibe file , v To five and twenty ilioufand men of choite^ And our fupplies live largely in the hope \
Of great NorthumberlanHj whofe bofom burns ;
With an inccnfed fire of injuries.
BarJ. The queftion't'hen. Lorcl tic^ingsi ftandedi thDS;| Whether our prifeht five anil tWtnty thoutahd May hold up head wltliout 'Nortbumhtrtand ?
Haft. With him we niay." :
Bard. Ay, marry, there'^ the point: But if wfthout him we be thoi»ght too feeble. My judgiherit w, we (hould not llcp too far Till we had hi^ aflillance by the band. • \
For in a theam fo bloody- fac'd as this, Cortje€ttfrc, cxpe6lation, and furmifey Of aids uncertain (hould not be admitted.
Terk. 'Tis very true. Lord 5arflW//iiy/cr, in^ed,* t It was young Hot-/fur^%Q2i{Q at ^hrt^-wjh'ur.y.
Bard. It was, my Lord, who Hn'd hjmfolf Hvitk-hOpe, fiatiiig the airy on promife of fupply; ■Pkitt'nffg hIjEhfelf with projedl of a power * •
Much fmaller than the Imalleil of his thopghts ; «.
And fo, with great imaoinition. Proper to madmen, led his .f)ow*rs to deaib. And, winking, -leaped into deftruclion-
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Haft* But» by your leave, it never yet did hurt. To lay down likelihoods and fomu of hope. Bard. Yes, if this prefent quality of war Impede the inftaat ad ; a caule on foot Lives fo in hope, as in an early fpring We fee th' appearing buds ; which, to jprove fnut, Hope gives not (b much warrant, as delpair. That mfts will bite them. When we mean to buildt We £i^ furvey the jplot, then draw the model ; And when we fee the figure of the honfey Then muft we rate die coft of the erection ; Which, if we find out- weighs ability. What do we ^hen but draw a-new the model In fewer offices ? at lead, defift To build at all ? much-more, in this great work» fWhickis almoft to pluck a kingdom down» And fet another up) ihould we furvey The nlot of fituation, and the modd ; Confent ujpon a fure foundation, Queftion uirveyors, know our own eftate. How able fuch a work to undergo. To wei^h againft his op^fite: Or elfe» We fortify in paper ancT in figures, XJfing the names of men inftead of men ^ Like one, that draws the model T)f a hbufe Beyond his pow^r to build it \ who; half through, Gives o'er, and leaves his part-created coft A naked fubje£t to the weeping clouds, Ahd walle for churlifh winter's tyranny. '
Haft. Grant, that our hopes, yet likely of fair birth Should be flill-born ; and that we now pofTeft The utmoft man of expedlation : I think, we are a body ftrong enough, £v'n as we are, to equal with the King. \Bafd. What, is the King but five and twenty thoufand Haft. Taus, no more; nay, not fo much, Lord ^tfr^^i^. For his divifions, as the times do brawl. Are in three heads ; one pow'r aeainft the Frencbf And one again ft Gkndnuer; perSrce, a third Muft take op usi So is the unfirm King
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In three divided ; and his eoStn found With hollow poveit)r and emptinefs.
Teri. That he Ihould draw his fev'ral (Irengths tc^ethef » And come againft us in fall poiflance. Need not be dreaded.
Hafi. U he ihould do fo. He leaves his back nnarm'dy the FreiKh and ^^ Baying him at the heels ; never fear th^t.
Bard. WhOt is it like/ fliould lead his forces hither?
Hafl. The Duke of Lancafler and Weftmorland: ^ Againft the Wtlfit^ him/elf and Harry Monamub t But who is fubltituted 'gainft t\it French^ I have no certain notice.
Tork. Let us on : And paUiih the occafion of our arms. The commonwealth is fick of their own choice; Their over-greedy love hath furfeited. An habitation giddy and unfure Hath he, that buildeth on the vulgar heart. O thou fond many ! with what loud applaufe Did'ft thon beat heav'n with blefling Bolin^treh, Before he was» what thou would'ft have him be ? And now» being trim'd up in thine own deiires, Thoiiy beailly mder, art (o full of hira^ That thou provok'ft thyielf to cafl him up. So* foy thou common dog, didft thou dKgorge Thy glutton boibm of the royal Richard t And now thou would'ft eat thy dead vomit up. And howl'ft to £nd it. What trufl is in th^fe times ? They, that when Richard liv'd, would hav6 him die. Are now become enamour'd on his grave : Thou, that threw'ft duft upon his goodly head, When through j^to^di London he came fighing on After th* admired heels of Bolinghroke^ Cry'ii now, O earth, yield us that King again, And take thou this. O thoughts of men accuril I Part, and to come, feem beft; things prefent, woril.
Moiuh, Shall we -go draw our numbers, and fet on ?
HaJ. We are time's fubjedls, and time bids, begone^ - . ' ^ {Exeunt,
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Hostess.
MR. Fang^ have you entered litcmAioit ? Fang, It is euter'd.
//«/. Where's year Ttomhi ? eft te »:ltiftjry«mi«i! will he ftand 10 h ?
Fang. Sirrah, whefe'i ^kOlnf
Httft, O Lord, ay, good Mr. i^Mfy.
5»^r^. Here, here.
Ftf»^. ^nure^ we mod arreft Sir fohtF-ulfts^,
HoJI, Ay, good Mr. Sftat^e, Jkaf&efMiertdiiiiiiai^^lk
^ff/2r^. It may chamcc c<yft iomedf los our lives : For it will ftab.
Hcfl. Alas-the^day ! tslke heed of Mm; he IfcabM infe in mine own houfe, and that moft beaftiy ; he cares not what mifchief he doth, if his weapon iMi om. He w^U foin ]ike any devil; he will fpare neither man, wcttiian, doi^ child.
Fang, If 1 can clofe with hfm, 1 <are not for his thwft.
Hoft. No, nor I neither \^--Vl\ be at yonr elbow.
Fang. If I but fill him once; if ke come but within my vice.
Hoft. I am undone by his |oing; I warrant yoa, he \k an infinitive thing upon my (core. Qctod Mr. Fang, hold him fure ; good Mr. Snare, let him not fcape. He cornel continuaHy to /*/>-c<?r»<?r, faving your manhoods, to buy a faddle: And he is invited to dinaer to the Luhbar^i* head in Lombard-ftrett to Mr, Smacth*s the Sflhnan. I pray ye, fince my aOion is entered, and my cafe fo openly known to the world^ let him be brought in to his anfwer*
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(9^ A hundred markis a lodg lone, for a poor lone wo^ inan to bear; and I have borne, and borne» and-borQe^ and Irave been fab*d ofT, and fubM off, from this day to that day, chat it is a (hame to be thought on. There it n& honefty in fach dealing, anieis a woman fhould be made an afs and a beaft, to bear every knave's wrong.
J?/tffr Falftaff, BardoIph» ^nJ tbt hey.
Yiffnderhe eomes, and that arrant tnalmfey-nofe knave, "B^inndoipb with him. Do yoor offices, do yoiir offices^ %Af. FMg ^oiAMr. Sharif dd me» dome, do me year offices.
Fal. How now ? Whofe marel's dead^ ? what's the matter ?
^itiig*. Sit" JbBHi I arteft you at the fnii of Mrs. ^ickly.
Fid. Away» varhfts; draw, Bardolpb : Cat me off the vltkia^ head : Throw the quean in the kennel. .
tiojt. Throw toe in the kennel ? 1*11 throw thee in the kennel. Wilt thou ? wilt thou ? thou baftardly rogue. Miickr, mnrderl O thou hony-fuckle villain, wih thou kill God's officers and the Kine's^ (lo) O thou hony- M^ rogue ! thou art a hony-feed, a inan-queller> and a Ivuman-^nelter.
/•«/. Keep them off, BardiUph.
F^ng. A refcue, a refcue !
Hofi. Good pec^ple, hiding a refeue or two ; thou wo't, iv«A tkbu? thou wo't, wo't thou? do, do, thou rogue, Ho, thou hemp-feed !
FaL Away, thou fcullion, you rampallion, you fufti- larian : I'll tickle your catadrophe.
(fj yi i/nufrid merk is a Jong one.] A long vnef z. long what ? k loag mark ? for that> the only antecedent fvbftantivc it has to agree >ii1th : And common fenfe won*t admit of its being coupled to tbat. ^t ti afmoft needlefs to Mtne, how familiar it is with our poet to '^Uy the chimes upon words fiwhlar in puni^ and difering in fignifca* vim «• And thereffki-e I make no queftion but he wrote,
A bundred murk i\a long lone for a p90r lone vfoman to htar i ^. r» one hundred marks is a good round fum for a poor widow ^ "Venture ,on trui>. According to the old way of writing the word wm ^pelt, more genetally. Lone, than, Loan, as it is new.
(lO)Of^M hony-fcett rogm!'\ The poet i^ery homorouDy makfi '^aiu ^UUj l»Uiidcr e«t lus uroidj iaAetd of hmick/e.
20# The SjEcoNd Paitlo*
Enter Chief Juflice^ ^^Unhd.
a, JuJI. What's the matter ? keep the peace hcr©^ hoal
Hoft. Good my Lord, be good to me. I befeech you, ftand to me.
Ch.J.Ho^ now, SxrJobM ? what>are yon brawling here? 0bth this become yoar place, your time, and baiiaers? You (hoald have been well oa your way to Tork. Stand from him, fellow; wherefore hang'ft thou on him?
H^ft. O my mod worfhipfol Lord, ftn't pleaie yoor G race, I am a poor widow oi Eafi-cbeaf^ and he is arrefted at my fuit.
Cb. Jufi. Yi:^x what iiim ?
Hoft, It is more than for fbme» my Lord, it is for all ;
all I have ; he hath eaten me out of houfe and home ;
jbe hath put all my fubftance into that ^c belly of his;
, but I will have fome of it out again, or I'll ride thee
o'nights, like the mare.
FaU I think, I am as like to ride the maret if I have any vantage of ground to get up.
Ch. Juft* How comes this, Sir John? fy, what man of good temper would endure this temped of exclamation I are you not a(ham'd to inforce a poor widow to iq rough a courfe to come by her own ?
Fal, What U ihc groTs fum that I owe thee ?
Hoft. Marry, if thou wert an honeft man, thyielf, and the money tea. Thou didil fwear to me on a parcel-gilt goblet, fitting In my /)^i^^i«-chamber» at the round table, by a Tea- coal fire, on Wednefday in Whitfun-ineelt^ when the Prince broke thy head for likening him to a iinging-man of Wind/or i thou didil (wear to me then, as I was waOiing thy wound, to marry me^ and make me my lady thy wife. Canft thou deny it? did not good* v/ifeKeecby the butcher's v^ife, come in then, and. call jhe goflip ^ickly? coming in to borrow a mefs of vine- gar ; telling us, (he had a good diih of prawns ; whereby thou did defire to eat iome; whereby I told thee, they were ill for a green wound ; and didft not thou, when (he was gone down flairs, defire me to be no more fo familiarity with fuch poor people, faybg, that
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tre long tbey (hoald call me Mad^mi ? and didft thoo not kifs me» and bid me fetch thee thirty (hillings? I put tibee now to thy book-oath ; deny it, if thoa can'ft.
Fal. My Lord, thi^ is a poor mad foul ; and (he fays np and down the town, that her eldeft Ton is like yoa* She hath been in good cafe, and the truth is» poverty hath dilUaded her ; but for thefe foolifli officers, I be- ieech yon, I may have redrefs againft them. «
Cb. Juft. Sir John, Sir Joh/tt I am well acqaainted with your manner of wrenching the true caufe the fal(e way. It is not a confident brow, nor the throng of words that come with fuch more than impudent fawcinefs froA you, can thruil me from a level confideration. I know* you have pradisM upon the eafy-yielding fpiric of this woman. Hcfi, Yes, in troth, my Lord.
Ch. Juft. Pr'y thee, peace ; pay her the debt you owe her, and unpay the villautiy you have done her; the one you may do with fterling money, and the other with cur* fent repentance.
FaL My Lord, I will not undergo this fneap without reply. You call honourable bcldne^ impudent (awcinefs : if a man will court'fy and (ay nothing, he is virtuous. No my Lord, my humble duty remember'd, I will not be your Alitor: I fay to you, I defire deliverance from thefe officers, being upon hafly employment in theKing's affairs. Cb. Juft, You fpeak, as having ^ower to do wrong : but anfwer in the effed your reputation, and fatisfy tne poor woman. , FaU Come hither, hoftefs. * \Jfidu
Enttr Mr. Qo^tr.
Ch. Jttft. Mailer Goiver, what news ?
Goiuer. The King, my Lord, and Henry Prince oflFa/fs Are near at hand : The reft the p^pcr tells.
FaL As 1 am a gentleman—
Hofi, Nay, you faid fo before.
Fai. As 1 am gentleman ; — come,' no more words of it.
Hofl, By this heavenly ground I tread on, I muft be fain to pawn both my plate, and the tapedry of my din- ing chambers. Fal.
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I Fal. Glifles, glaflce, is 'the only drinJcritt^; tild fhf thy walls, a pretty flight dro]J'*ry, or the ftory of the j^rodigaly or the German hunting in water-work, is worth a thoufand of thefe bed -hangings, and thefe flyhitten tapeftrics : Lee it be ten pound, if thou canft. Come, if it were not for thy humours^ t^e is not a better wenck in England Go, wa(h thy ^e,' and draw thy action: Come, thou mull not be in ihis hamourwith me; do*il liot know me ? come, com^, I know, thou waft fet on U> this. \
Hoft. Pr'ythee, Sir Jchn^ let it be but twenty nobles, Pam loth to pawn my pljtte,' in good earned, la.
FaL Let ic alone, I'll mak^ other ihift; you'll bet fcolftill.
Hofi, Well, you (hall have it, * though I pawn my {Own. I hope, you'll come to fuppcr : Vou*lI pay xbe mil together ?
jFaZ Will I live ? go with her, with her ; hook oo, Iiook on.
Hofi. Will you have Dell Tear- Sheet meeryou at fupper ?
Fal. No more words. Let's have htr,
[Exeunt HoJU and Serjeant,
Cb» Juft. I have heard better news.
Fal. What's the news, my good Lord.?
Cb. Juft. Where lay the King laft night?
Conuer. At Bajtngftoke^ my Lord.
FaL 1 hope, my Lord, all's well. What is the news, «y Lord ?
Ch, Juft, Come all his forces back ?
Gonjuer. No; fifteen hundred foot, £ve hundred horfCf Are march'd up to my Lord of Lancajler^ Againft Northumberland and the Archbifhop.
FaL Comes the King backfri)ra IValet^ my noble Lord ?
Ch Juft. You (hall have letters of me prefently. Come, go along with me, good Mr. Goijuer.
FaL My Lord,— -
Ch, Jifff What's the matter?
'^^^ 7 Mafter Gcnver^ (hall I entreat you with me to dinner?
Gc^en I muft wa't upon my good Lord here, I ihank you, good Sir J^bu*
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Xh^yujf, "Sir Jchn, you loiter here too long, being ptL are to take foldiers up in the coantries as you go.
Fa!. Will^btt fiip with me, mailer Gower ?
(11) Cb. Jiift, What foolifti maRcr taught you theft rttoners, Slrjobn^
, hd.lAsdStet Ginvery If they become me not, he was a fbdl that tatlght th^ln me. This is the ri^ht fencing grace, my Lord, tap for tap, and fo part fail*
tb. Jufi. Now the Lord lighten thee, thou art a great fbdl! [Exiwa^
SCENE continues in London^
Enter Prince Henry and Poins.
P.Br«rjp.''^"|*^Ruft me, I am exceeding weary.
JL P^ns. Is it come to thsit ? I had though t( wearinefs durft not have attach'd one of fo high blood. P. Henry. It doth me, tho^h it difcolour^ the com- » jlexion of my greatnefs to acknowledge it. Doth it not (Sew'vlle^ in me to defire fmall beer ?
?w«/. why, a Prince ihould not be fo loofcly flodiedf 81 to remember fi> weak a ^ompoiitiotik
P^HeMny, Belike then, my appetite was notptincely got,; for, in trotli, I do now remember the poor crea- UirCy fmatl beer, ^ut, Indeed, thefe humble con^dera- ^9ns make me out of love wil'h my greatnefs. What m Qifgr^ce is it to me to remeniber thy name ? or to kno^ thy face to-morrow ? or to take note how many pair of £lk dockings thou hail? (o/iss. thefe, and thofe that were %lie peaeh« coloured ones ;) or to bear the inventory of thy Hurts, as one for fnperfluity, and one other for ufe ; but that the tennis-ceurt- keeper kaowB better than I, for it
( 1 i ) tih . Juft. fThat/poJj^ mafler tsagbtym tbttfi manmrs, Sir Jpha^.
Fa . Majlif Cower, tft&^ btcotne me not, &c.J This fame tRcaa* tf«a-Af ittat^rei'teflte u agaia ptaais*d by our pdet in the iirft part of Btmy VI. Ad 5. bctwUt Piiincefs Margant «nd Sufoik, Vfhtn he hat made her. kii piifMicr. 9Rt thfre it wants the grace and hemoot^ whhh we find htre$ hec^uk Margaret and Suffolk areforc*d to ulk M/Ue to themfelvts! And the Chief JuftUe ^ni Falficff \kM9 beta dMttet ^oTvrr to addrefs thcrofelTCi t« by turni*
k
2IO The Second Part of
is a low ^bb of liimeB with tliee, whea thou ke^ft not racket there ; as thou had not done a great whilc> be- caufc the reft of thy low countries have made a fhift to cat op thy holland. And God kAOwSy whether.thofc, that bawl oat of the ruins of thy linnen, fhall inherit hii kingdom : But the midwives £iy« thethildrenarenotin i Che £ialt ; whereupon the world iucreafes, and kiadiedt |i ire mightily firengthened.
Poins* How ill jt follows, after you have laboar'd fo hardy you fhoold talk fo idly ? tell me, how many good young Princes would do fo, their fathers lying ib fick as yours at this time is^
P. Henry. Shall I tell thee one thingt Poinsf
Foins. Yes, and let it be an excdwntgood thing.
P. Hemy. It (hall ferve among wits of no higher breed'> ing than thine,
Foims. Go to ; I ftand the pufh of your one things, that you'll tell.
. ?. Henry. Why, I tell thee, it tsuot meetthat HhouU be fad now my father is fick ; albeit, I could tell to thee; 1 (as to one it pleafcs me, for fault of a better, to call my friend) I could be fad, and fad indeed too.
Pnns. Very hardly, upon fnch a fubjeft. i
' P. Hgmy. By this hand, thou think'ft me as far in tie j devil's hook, as thou and FaiJIaf^ for obduracy and per- fiilency. Let the end try the man. But, I tell thee, my^heaxt bleeds inwardly that my father is fo fick ; and keepinflf fuch vile company, aj thou art^ hath in reafoo token from roe all oftentation of forrow.
Foiw. Thereafon?
P. Htnty. What would'ft thou thiftk of me, if I fhould weep ? : Foin4. I would think thee a moft princely hypocrite*
P. Henty. It would be every man's thought i and thoif* art a bleffcd fellow, to think as every man thinks ; neVelT a man's thought in the world keeps the'road-way betted than thine ; every man would think me an hypocrsce, in^ deed. And what excius^oor moll wOriiipful thought to think fol
King He N R y IV. 211
^mus» Why, becaofe you ha?e feemed fo lewd, and to much ingjraffed to Falftaff.
P. Htttrf, And to thee.
P»iMj. Nay, by this light, I am well fpoken of^v I caa hear it with mine owa ears; the word they can fay of lie is, thati amaTecond brother, and that I ^ ■ pro- per fellow of my hands : And thofe two thincrs, I cq»- fefs« I cannot help. Look, look, here comes oarJolfh. * P. Himy. And the boy that I gave Faljiafi he hsA bim from me chriftian, and, {te, if the fat villain have not transformed him ape.
Enitr Bardolph and Page.
Bard, Save your Grace.
P. Henry. And yours, moft noble Bardolfb.
(1 2} Bard, Come, you virtuous afs, you bafhful fool, iniift you be blu(hing ? wherefore blnfh you now ?, what a maidenly man at arms are you become ? Is it fuch a matter to get a oottle^— pot's maiden head ? ^
Page> He call'd me even now, my Lord, through a led lattice, and Icould difcem no part oT his face from the window ; at laf(, I fpy'd his eyes, and methonght, he had made two holes m the ale-wives new petticoat, .and pecpM through.
P. Henry. Hath not the boy profited?
Bar A. Away, you whorefon upright rabbet, away
Page. K^^iz:^^ you rafcally Jlthea's dream, away !
P. Henry. Inflrudl us, boy, what dream, boy ?
Page. Marry, my Lord, JUbea dream'd, fhe was de*
liver'd 6f a firebrand ; and therefore I call him her dream.
• P. Henry. A crowns-worth of good interpretation ; there
it ia, boy. \Giveibim money*
(t»> Point. Cme, ywwrtuout afs, &c.] Though all the edition *«]>cur lA givfngthJi Tpeech to.Poitif, it (eeons evident to roe, by the Pfige'.t immediate reply, that it muft be placed to Bardolph, For Bar* doipb bad ctird to the boy from an ale-boofe, and, *tis iikdy, madie \im half-druokt And, the boy being alham'd of it, *ii8 natural for Bardoipb, a bold unbred fellow, to banter hiro on hts «ukwaid baih* felaefs. 1 ha?e theriefbre placed it to him.
Pfiinh
112 The SECbtJD t'art of
iVAif. O that this good bjoflbxn could be kept from tankers ! well, there is fix- pence to prefer vc thee.
Bard. If );oa do not make him be hang'd among you, the gatro^s ihall be wrong'd.
P. Hif&y, And how doth thy fliaft'es, BardoJph ?
Bard. Well, my good Lord ; he heard of your GraceV CDmitag'to tdwn. There's a letter for you.
P. Henry Delivered with good rcfpea;— and how dotK the MaNitmaSf your mailer ?
Bard. In bodily health, Sir.
Poins. Marry, the immortal part needs a phyfician ; bot that moves not him ; though that be fick, it dies not.
1^. Henry. I do allow this wen to be as fiami liar with me as my dog ; and he holds his place : For, look you, how he writes.
Poins reads. John Taljlaff, Knigh^^Ewj man muft know that, as often as he hath occafion to name him&lf : Even like thofc that arc kin to the King, for they aevor
frick their finger but they fay, there ujomeof the King^s hod/pilt. How comes thai? fays he, that takes upoa him not to conceive : (13) the anfwer is as rea4y as a 'borrower's cap ; / dm the Kin^s peor coufin. Sir.
V.Hefiry. Nay, they will be kin to us, of they wiU fetch it from Japket. But, to the letter :— 5/r John FalftaflF, Knight, to the fin ef the Kingy near eft his father tH^Xt^ Prince of Wales, .greeting.
Poins. Why, this is a certificate,
•P. Henry, reace. 7 'will imitate the honowrahle Romans in hrevity {14).
(\i)Tbe airffmr is at ready as a bonrewM e^.} B«t how ii a iir- rowV cap fo ready ? read, a borrower's cap : And then there it foiae 'humour in it. For s man, that goes to borrow money, is of a)l otbers the aioft complaifar.t : Hh cap is always at hand. »tr. IKk/AvrtM.
(14) JwiUmitate(htben9urMbleK6tMntim^ivhy.} I deo'tkaow, who coold fvtaiihSbskeffeMrtmith^hls account of ihe Amm* btertty, hut Pliny the younger: B. i. Epift.xi. ORm nu!hs miki efijMn mattie. Hibil tfi {inquU.) fuod feribam. j^f bociffum fcribe, Nibfl ej» fti§d Jkrlbass Vel Jolum tUu^f unde inciter e Priores frielmtit. Si valet, beg* •ft } ego valeo. — — 1 commend me t$ tbee, I commend tbee, and I harm thee, «ut, after all, (hould it not be Roman, (in ihejtngu'ar number) tnd'Srutus be meant? for he wa« peculiarly laconiclc in his ftile.
Mr. lyarbmrton. PUmt.
King H E K A Y IV. %t^
. Surei he means brevity in bre^tli ; {hort«ivind^' fH/y. I commit me to thei, I commtH^ thet^ and L ee. Be not top^ familiar ^with Polo^, ftr hi mifyfa ours fo mMcb, that tijkvearsp thou art n eimrry bit, pi}. Refeut at iMi times as thou may^ft^ aiU/tifmtt' 'bine^ by yea avd m : Which is at mofb as. t^fyt eu fbifth J^d^Fal&Siffi^itb.sitj^/amiliars: JokB'with bers andjifters : Jnd iSirJoha<witb aU Europe^ f. My Lord^ I will deep this letter in (uka and lim eat it.
fptry. Tfiat'sto maloe him eat twenty ofliitjirohb* you ufe me thus, Ned? tfixxR, I marry yonr fifter I A May the wench have no worfe fortune ! but I Paid fo.
fenry. Well, thut we ])1ay the fools with thedne, e fpirits of the wife fit in the clouds and mock us ; r mailer here in. London P (/. Yes, my Lord.
iemy. Where fups he? doth the old boar feed in \ frank ?
d. At the old place, my Lord, in Eaji^ebeaf* Henry. What company n?
e, Epbejiansy my Lord, of the old church* iersry. Sup any women with him ?
/. None, my Locd^ bat odd Mrs. ^uicb/y, UiA
Qal Tear-Sheet.
itmry. What pagnn may that be ?
i. A proper gendewoinaiif Sir, and a kinfwoman.
' mafter's.
Henry. Even fuch kip, as the parifh heifers, are to
wn bull. Shall we ileal ppon them, "^edy at (upper ^
fi/. I am your (hadow, my Lord, Til follow you.
Henry. Sirrab» you boy, and Bardolpb^ no word to
nailer that I am yet come to town. There's for your
rd. I have no tongue, Sir.
ve. And for mine. Sir, I will govern it.
Henry, Far6 ye well : Go. This Dol Tear-Sheit fhould*
ne road.
»/. I warrant ycHi, as common aft tix« v;a^ Aatvwttxv
W/ andLcrtdofg* \^ H«iiT3 •
Ii4 The S 1 c o K p Part of
P. HiM9y. How might wc fee Faifiafht^ow hlmt&f to-nigkt in his true colours, and not ourfelves be feen ?
Pcimi, Put on two leather jerkins and aprons, and waic Upon him at his table, as drawers.
P. Betny. From a god to a biill ? (i j) a heavy declcn- fion. It was 7(w/8 cafe. From a Prince to a prentice, a low transformation ; that (hall be mine : For in every thing, the purpofe muft weigh with the folly. Follow me, Ned. [Exiunt.
SCENE changes to Nortbumberlan£t Cftftle.
Efiter Northumberland, Lady Northumberlaadf and Ladp Percy.
iVbr/i&.TPr*ythce, loving wife, and gentle daughter,
X Give even way unto my rough a^airs. Pur not yoff on the vifage of the times. And be like them to Percy ^ troublefome.
L. North. I h^ve giv'n over, I will fpeak no more : Do what you will : Your wifdom be your guide.
North. Alas, fwcct wife, my honour is at pawn. And, but my going, nothing can redeem it.
L. Percy. Oh, vet, for heav'ns fake, go not to thefe wars* , The time was, father, that yon broke vour word. When you were more endear'd to it, t nan now; When yoor own Percys when my heart-dear Harrj^ Threw many a nqrthward look, to fee his father Bring up his powers : But he did look in vain (16) !
Wht
(15) ^iSetfrjrdeCcenrion.] This l« the. reading, which Mr. P^bjtf eipous*d t But, wrhy not, declenjlon T is not the term purejy ryoono- moas ^ fo in ^/(iuir^ III.
SedacM the pitch and height of all hit tboughta
To bafe dfclenfiou and loath'd biga^iy. And fo, inH0m/<f; *
■■ ■■ -and to decRnt
Vpon a wretch, whoie natural gifts were poor
To thofe of mine ! Tor her^ it fignifiet, tofieop, dtjcend,
(16) But U did long in warn n Nothing of U/iging h as been etprefs'} before, tithUh makes me (ufptft i\v\« t^a^Wv ^haktO^t^tte^ and noft
^f/JbeprntertcfhisiimejWdiit^tCwvo^^il ^^<Whi^^\ id^
King Henrt IV. 2 IS
bo Aetk perfuaded yoa to ftay at homd f
here were two hpnonrs loft ; yoars and yoir CquU.
yt yottrs» may Keav'nljr glory brighten it !
or bis, it ftcck upon bim as the fan
\ the grey vault of heav'n : And by his light
M, all the chivalry of England move
To do brave adls. He was, indeed the glafs,
Vherein the noble ^outh-did drefs themielves.
It had no legs, that pradisM not his gait :
\nd fpeaking thick, which nature niade his blemilhii
kcame tlie accents of the valiant :
?or thofep that cotlld fpeak low and tatdily,
RTould turn their own perfe6lion to abufe,
To feem like him. So that in fpeech, in gait,
[q diet, in aifedliotis of delight,
Innulitary rules, humours of blood.
He was the mark and glafs, copy and book.
That faihiofi'd others. And him, wond^roos him !
0 miracle of men ! him did you leave (Second to none, unfeconded by yoa ;) To look upon the hideous God of war . indifadyantage; to abide a field, '
Where nothing bat the found of Houfpur^i name Did feexH-defenfible: So you left hiin^ Never, O, never do his ghoft' the wrong. To hold your honour more precife and nice With others, than wit him; ^ Let them alone : The Marihal and the Archbilhop are ftrong.
*i itis imiBediaiely befoie faid, that Vercy thtew many a BOrthirtfl ^, I am pcrfwaded the Poet wrote;
hut hi did look \n vmn!
1 caoQot help an this occafion queting a paflage from AnfiopUneSf ^hich has been fofpeded and tampered with.
*IXxO* yiy^nfA'^i vfOff'iuiSif, o V iHvm, Thefmoph. w€u 853. ^fitTf who objedf, that ExpeBatitm of any body could neter bavtf the tfkCt here mentioned, would hate uf rtad, MM- ytyirifXAit Set. l«m dry'd, pmed avuy, ftc. with ftanling and ezpefting bim. I own, 1 have alwa js thoogbt, the error lay in another werd ; and would read,
Uj eyea are perfectly difipriedt titrn*d afqu'mt^ w'uk Uoki^o^aN. l^i ^mg SutJeaaii^aothing^f him.
m6 The S t CO n d Part qf
Had my fweet Harry had hat hajf thf ir lUMot^^ To-day might I (hanging on Hot-ffufi x^%^^ Have talkM of Monmou^Ps grave*
North. Befhrew your heart, Pair daughter, you do draw my fpjritj /fp«j ififi^ With nev/-iamcnting ancient ovcr-fight§. Bat 1 mull e^o and meet with danger there.; ' Or it will (eek me in another plac^i^ . And And me worfe provided.
L. North, Fly to Scotland^ Till that the Nobles and the arpi^d CpmttlOOS, Have of their puifl>nce made a little talUi*
L. Percy. V they get ground and Vant^fie qf,t)i€3p>* Then jdiq you with them, like a rib of SeeU To make ilrtngth ftronger. But, for all <9urJlov(S| Firft let them try themfelves. So did your foA ; He was fo fi^er'd ; fo came I a widow : And never (hall have length of life enough. To rain upon remembrance with mine eyes. That it may grow and fprout as high as I^av'n, For recordation to my noble hufband.
NortL Come, come, ^ in with ine : ^^i^^^i^iny.lQiQ^ As with the tide fwellMup unto his .heig)Uf That makes a ftill-ftand, running neither^'Way^ Fain would I go to meet the Archbifliop, But many thoufand reafons hold me bac^ : I will reiolve for Scotland ; there am Ij Till time and vantage crave my company* \£xtii»h
SCENE change? to the £p^V-=£ittt^c Tavern » Eqfi-ch$ap.
Enter /«tvp Dra^Ufers* 1 Drfltv*\T7Hat the devil haft thou bropgKt tjwrc? ' V V Sipp\c- J obas F tho^ know'.fti5iri7<?i^t«l' not endure an zp^lQ-John,
2 DrOfWjf Mafs ! thou fayeft true ; the Prince once fe*
a diih of zf^lt'^otns before hi^i, and told him then
were five more Sir Johns ; and, puuing off his hat, faid
I will tiow take irvy Icslv^ oi OwSrAS .^vj.*.i»xiJNi*.QU
King H E N n V IV. 117
^Itker'd knights. It anger'd him to the heart $ bm h0 Hath forgot that.
1 Dra'tjif. Why then, cover^ and fet them down ; and [te if thou can'ft find out Sneak* t noife ; Mrs. Tior- Sheet MTOttld &in hear fome miifick. Difpatch! the.room where thqr fupt is too hot> they'll come in ftrait.
2 Draw. Sirrah, here will be the Prince, and mailer Jt^oins anon ( and they will put on two of our jerkins and aprons, and Sir Joi^ muft not know of it. Bardolpb hath liDDght word.
I Draw. Then here will be old Vtis : It wiU be am excellent ftratagem. % Draw. I'll fte, if I can find oat SneMk* [Exetuien
Enter Ho/e/i snd Dol.
fltf/?. Pfaith, fwect heart, methinks, now you arc vH tti excellent good temperality ; your pulfidge beats a* txtraordinarily as heart would defire ; and your colour, 1 warrant you, is as red as any rofe : But» i'faith, yon liave drank too much cananrs, and that's a marvell*u4 fearching wine ; and it perfumes the blood, ere we cav iay what's this. How do you now?
DuU Better than I was t Hetn.— —
Hoft. Why, that was well faid ; A good heart's worth {old. Look, here comes Sir John.
Enter Falftaff.
Eal. When kriYiJUTfrft in tf<5«r/— -empty the jourdc«t '^mdwas a worthy King : How now, Mrs. Do/?
Hofi. Sick of a calm : Yea, good (both,
fal. So is all her fex; if they be once in a calm, they areficfc.
DoU You muddy rafcali ia that all the comfbrt you' give me ?
ftd. Yon make fat rafcals, Mrs. DoU
Dol. I make them! gluttony and difeafes make them» I make them not.
fat. If the cook make the gluttony, you help to make Ae difeafes, Dol% we catch of you, Dol^ we catch of yoa; grant thar, my poor virtue, grant that.
YoL.IV. K DaU
t \ 8 Tte S B c tf H t> Part ^f
Dt/.j A^h onarry our chains and our jtweh,
faC Your brooches, pearls and owcfees : 1^^ to feni bravdy, is to. come halting off, yeii-lc»owi t<^ come of the breach with Iiii pike bent bravely, atfkd to i'ti^geif bravely ; to ventnrc upon thecharg'd chain bersrbravely^
Voh Hang yottrielf, you moddy congor, hang youHtflf !
Ih^. By my troth, this 15 the old faiSiietn; y^x^ two sever nicety but you fall to U^vAt diicotYl; yoa are. both, in good trotb^ as rkenmatick as two dry toaftst yoi can* not one bear with another's conlirmities. What the, good- jer ? one niuft bear, and that inufl l>e you :. You are the weaker veflcl, as they fay, the emptier vefle]. [7i Dd,
Dal Can a weak empty veiT^l bear fuch a hi^ foil hog(heai? there's a wholemerchant's venture of Bourdeaux HofFin him; you:httlre»ot l«en a hulk better fluft in the held. Come, I'll befriends with thee. Jack: Thoaart going to the wars, and whether 1 ihall ^\tski& thee agaia cr no, there is no body carea*
Enter Draper.
DrJtw. Sir, ancient P^^ h below, and would fpedt with you. ^ .
DoL Hang him, fwaggering raical, let him not come Wther ; it is .tlie foul-mouth*dft rogue in EngLmJ,
Uofl. If he fwagger, let him not come here : no, by my faith :'I niuft live amongft my neighbours, I'll no fwaggerers : I am in good name and fame with the very beft : Shut the door, there comes no fwagjerera here : I have not4iv'd all this while tohaveAvag^eruig now; Shot the door, I pray you. * FaU Do'ft thou hear, boftefs?
Hoft. Pray you, pacify yourfelf, Sir John ; there cofiCi |J no fw?iggers here. ^ ^ ^ "
jptf/.^o'ft thpu hear— it is mine ancient.
Hoft^ Tilly-fally, Sir Jobn^ never tell me 4 yoarani* cient fwaggerer comes not in my doors. I was befor^ rtafter Tifick the deputy the other day ; and, as he faid t(i ' jxie — it was no longer ago than WtdnifJay laft — ne^hbourj - Richly ^ fays he;-^mafter Domb our minifter was by cheq i •--4)cighboiir ^My^ iz^\ \sl% itodve thofe that are civil i|
Ibr faltb he, you a^e in ^n ill luine : (Novf he faid (b, I lltt tell wherenpoB ;) wtf fiiys he, von are an hfaneft wo» asap, apd v^ell t)i|;)uaht on ; therefore p^Jke tm^, wlM ioteis 700 receive : Receivei (ays he, no Twaggwiw ^|Mi« SaDions— There come nope here. Yoii would blefs yon, to hear what He laid. No, FlFno fwaggerers.
FaL Hq'fr no fiyaggerer, hoflefs ; a tame cheater; i'fatth ; you may ftroke him as gently as a pupjpey.'greyhoond ; he will not fwagger wi^h a Barbarj hen, if her feathers torn back in a fhew of refinance. Call bim up, drawer.
Hoft, (17) Chcatar, call yon him ? 1 will bar no hon^ft man my houfe, nor.no cheater;, but I do not |ove dag- gering, by my troth ; ( 1 8) I am the worfe, when one &y«, fwagger : Feel, mailer?, how I ihake« look yon, I warrant yot. Dot, So you do, hofieffr.
Hofi. Do I ? yea, in very tmth, do I, as if it were in tfpen leaf ^ I cannot abide fwaggerers.
Enter Pidol, Bardolph Md Page.
Pijf, Save you, Sir y^hn,
FaL Welcome, ancient PifioL Here, Piftol^ I charge voo with a cup of fack : Do yets difcharge tipoa mine ftoftefs.
(17) Cheater cmUjom bim f I wfl bar no honefi man my houfe, mor ng the«tcr.] The humour of this cooiifts in the ho{ler<*t miftake in the fignification of the weed Cheater, For the officer, who wis concern*^ in colU^ng the BfcbeaU due to the erewn, ifru call'd by the cominoa people the '§ht4ter, i« e. thtEfcbeater^ And this was the honcft m%M the good woman dreamt of. But as the publick officers of the re- venue were afways had in odiuwi, I make no doubt, but the poet a^At here likewife to ridicule the cffice r. Mr. FFa^w^
' ■ (18) X am the toorfe, ivbui one fays fwagger: Feel, MM^^rf, hmt |
Del. So you do, bfjhfs, ^ [
Hoft. Do If yea, in very truth do I. ts if tt were an afpen leaf.J This^fright of the hoflefs, though perre£^!y in nature and rhirader.^ " fecms foeer'^d at bjr Beaumont 9kn4 Fletcher in ilie'n Knight of t%g JBtfrf %igPeftle,
, By the faith of wy ^wjr, *' hat put me intofuch a fright that I tre^- Me . at they fay) as 't were an afpcn leaf. Look 0' wy i'utiefuim, George^ bofif k /haiket* //««', 10 ttut^, every i|)enber of my bodj ti th« worf^ iWt.
120 The SscoitD Piit of
Pi/t^ I mil dUcharge upon her, Siijohn^ with h
FmL She it pifl6l-pnx>f, Sir» 70a (hill hardI>-ofiend b H^Jt. Come, I'll drink no proofs, nor no bullets : will drink no move than will do me good, for no man jilenfiire, I. . ^
Pifi. Then to yoo, miftreis D^rctly, I will charge ^01
DU' Charge me ! I fcorn yon, fcorvy companios
what ? yon poor, bafe, rafcally, cheating, lack-liniM
mate; away, yiDtt mooldy rogoe, away, I am meat fi
your mafter.
Piji. I kaow yoo, miftrefs Der§tfy. Doi. Away, yon cot-porfe rafcal, you filthy buo| away : by this wine^ Til thrnft my knife in your mould chaps» if you play the fawcy cuttle with me. Away, yo botue-ale rafcaU yon baiket- hilt ftalejugler» you. Sine when, I pray yon. Sir? what, with two points on yov flioolder? much. Pifl, I will murder your ruff for this. fal. No more, Ptfiol ; I wou*d not have you go oi here 2 Difcharge yonrfclf of our company, PifioL Neji^ No, good captain Ptfiol: Not here, (wect captab Dol. Captain ! thou abominable damn'd cheater, an thou not aiham'd to be call'd captain f if captains wen of my mind, they would truncheon you out of takifl| their names^ upon you, before yon have earnM them Ybu a captain ! you flave I for what ? for tearing a pool whore's ruff in a bawdy houfe ? he a captain ! hang himi jogue, he lives upon mouldy ftew*d prunes and dry^i cakes. A captain ! thefe villains will make the word taptttim as odious as the word occupy ; which was an ex< cellent good word, before it was ill forted : ThereitDfl captains had need look to it.
Bard, Pray thee, «) down, good ancient. FaL Hark thee hiuier, miftrefs Dol. Pift. Not I : I tell thee what, corporal Bardalfh^ \ could tear her : 1*11 be reveng'd on her. Page* Pray thee, go down.
Plft, rri fee her damnM firft : To Pluto^ damned lake to the infernal deep, where Ertbus and tortures vile alfc
Hoi
King H B N nY IV. i2f
d hook und line, fay I : down ! down, dogi ; down,
is : Have we not Hiren here ?
hfi. Good <;aptain Pte/el, be qaiet, it is very late : I
scch yon now, aggravate your choler.
Hft. Thefe be good humours, indeed. Shall paqk-
i hollo w-pampor'd jades oi AJUt [horfcs (19)'
lich cannot go but. thirty miles a-day,
npare with Cafarsi and with Cannibals^ "^
1 Trojan Greeks? nay, rather damn them with
ig Cerberus^ and let the welkin roar :
\\ we fair foul for toys ?
ioft. By my troth, captain, thefe are very Utter words.
'iard. Be gone, good ancient : This will grow to a
tvl anon.
'^« Die men, like dogs ; give crowns like pins ; f 20)
e we Slot ^r^/i here ? - Uoft.
19) ' ■ Sbali paek-'horlh, And holkmff^mpv^d judn of Afia,
ff^bicb cannot mi but thirty miletM*^, &c.] Pi/iol, ^tis certain* not dtBver bimfitf Wie a man tf tbs world ; but we*ll -derive- one mony fr«ai iMnc?, that alibis «r{Srdv«f«mkS4-*i are not mere aa* 9tng flif iits of Wildnefs j bat tbronv n in to convey ftrokes of Yatire, eipnle the fuftlan of fomc contemporary ptecei.- In the id part of Id play, caird 7ambmrlt^i9 Conauefif, or the Scythian Shepherd, burlaimt appears in his chariot, drawn by the Rings otTnHzond Soriof with bift in ^eir mouths. He, holding the reins in hia hand, and ar whip ia his right, fcoarges them j and thus be^oa loene*
Halia I jt panper'd {ades of Apa^
What J can ye draw but twenty miles a-day.
And h ave fo prond a chariot at your heel^
A nd fuch a coachman as great Tamburtaise f ■
9 paflage was in fo ftrong ridicule, that I find it again parodied im medy call'd, 7'br Sun's Darting \ as atfp in thtCitcoirUf^ by HtM^ f An6 PletcheF,
20) Have wi net Hirei^ here f
loft. 0* my w9rd, captain, tbire't non$fuch hereA u e. Shall I fear» : have this trufty and invincible fword by my fide ?' for, as Ring tffr*s Swords were calPd CalUbvrne and Ron ; as Sdmard theCon-> tr's, Curtana \ as Charlenmgiu'if yoyeufe $ Orlandi't, Duiindms ; 9ido\ Fufierta ; and Konro^Zi'Balifarda\ £0 FiJMf in imitation of e heroes, calls his twatd Hiren, I nave been told, Jtmadis du Gaui a fword of this name. It feens to belonf to fome Spamfo Rp- icej aod wc a»ajr^pctlupa» gather the reaipA of thf name from K 3 \\i*^
4ai T^c S £ c ^ !9 D Pent ctf
U^. Of Wij w<yrd, captahv there's nbae fodil What the good.jer? do you think, I would ^enyfl I pray, befioiet.
Fift. Then feed, aod be fat, my fair CaHpeihi c4 give me fiune fack. Sifortuna nit Urmtnti^ Jftrat9 m I
Year we broad i&des ? no, let the fietfd §ive fire : Give me fome fack : And, (Weet*heirt» lie thou ( CoflM wft to full points here ; and are &eaf4ra*§ nothin|
/«/• fijlal, I would be quiet.
Pifi. (21) Sweet Kbight, I ktfs thy^neif : What! have feen iSke feven ilars.
DcL Thruft him down ftairit I cannot endure fuch t\ fuftian rafcal.
tfiat Unsafe. Xa CbVica <«i|ftahn HMUdtp (fhe t^mad from I Mrir^ to ftrik« ;) tn frafpBiHt Batttndot ^eriMnd§ f From hence I ferm^ probable that Hiren may be derit^d ; and fo fignify^ ^fwajthit tutting fvkord. — But wb^t ^obdcrful liuinour U there in the fooi hoAelt fo innocently miftakittg Pj|?o/*t dfift, fancyHi^ that he meant 10 Aght-for a ^hore in the heufe, and tberelbre telling Him, «« §9 ^(rd, captain^ thtrit MW9 ftcb bert\ what the^itd.jtrf dojmt^A J wtutd deny iter ?
A r) ^ueet Kmghti t kift tiy fietf.] u f. I kift th^ fift.. Mr. Ptft ¥t[\ 4ia«i it, fbat net/ litre -it fr ^m metitfa, U c. » woman* Have tfaiC i$ bom ii) 0D«Mi'>ufc', and that^P^i wonUkiU^Fm/fl^t domcftiik m.Mreft Dol ^legrjbeft. But I appc«l to cveaf oar tkat ihall but read the Tcrne over, \%1iether this coold pofliblyhe the poet*t . iMaoijl|« There is 1 perf a fray betwixt •/>«/ and FjfM} Ae eallt him tn hint- drcd the wnril namet ihe can think of: He threaCeat t« mwlcr hff fu¥f, and iays, he could tear Iter. -iZ«nA^w««}d htvttfm bcflODe{ but he fays, Jbe*Ji itehcr damn'd firftt And ZM ontiie^tJieff haadt •^■iWi hitn to be ihruftdown ftaiia, nnd iayt, flirom^t endure facb a fuflian rafcaU 1 fhoiiid very httk ekpeA, that thcfe ptitiea, hi foch 'a f^rincnt« ihould come to kiffing. Aod I amrperfntded, SbMbtm thought of no recoiiciHation ) For tke braWl i» IfilBpt on, till it run ts draining fwordsj and F'Jfel, among /em, it huftled 4k>wn ftaira* I tan*t thi^k, any more i« intended by Hm p#et liiaA this : That Tai- ^if, weary of Ty^X %ranf lifif , teils him. he Uroold be qniet t And that FilM. who had no quarrel wsth Sir Jtibm^ but a iort of depend- ■not on him, fpeaks the Kaigiit fairlMO lella ^im, thM bt kjfii'hit iWi tor it* the wdrd iw/fifiti6es'in our nofchcfi cooatiti* So, bt« f ore, m itfi^vJMMT iVi^^'t DytfliM I
Btit. Giwme thy ntif, Mortfienr MiJ^Md^Jhiit t'dkndr fo. in M. JobMfim*$ PootaHer )
1 ivo*adt, my good two pcany raical ^ iMch BMhy mt[/e»
Pifi.
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King H « N R V IV. 22$
^//^.Throft him down fiairs? know wenotgaHowaynags^
Fal. Quoit him down, Bardt^lph^ like a ihore-groat IhilKng : nay, if he do toothing but fpeak nothing, he &all be QOthi ng here.
Bard, Come, get you down Hairs.
Fift. What (hall we have iftcifion ? fliall t^re einlsrew ?
then death rock me afleep, abridge my doleful days :
Why, then let grievous, ghaftJy, gaping wounds untwine
ihe £ficf3 three : Come, Jtrdpos^ I (sLy,
y [praiviftg bis fiMord*
Hofi. Here's g6odly ftuff toward.
Fat. Give me my rapie?, boy,
DcL I pr'ythee, Jacky I pr'ythee, do not draw.
Fal, Get you down ftairs.
[Dra^ving, and dri*vtng Piftol aut»
Heft, Here's a goodly tumult ; I'Jl forfwear keeping houfe, before V\\ be in thefe tirrics and frights. So ; tnurdery I warrant now. Alas^ alas^ put up your naked weapons, put up you naked weapons.
Dol. \ pr'ythee, J^X, be qotet, the raical is g6ne: ah, ymiwhorefony littli valiant viltain. you!
H^. Are yoo not hurt i'th' groin .^ methought^ he ttmde a fiit-ewd thruft at your belly.
Fai. Have yon tom'd him out of doon ?
Bard. Tes/ Sii", the rafeal'a drank : Yea hfiTf hu/e liiii, ^, hi the flioulder.
WmL A imical, to brave met— —
JM» Aii> yoa fweel litde rogtie» yoa : Alas, poor ape, lUH¥ thoo iWcat1fl^ come, let me wipe thv moe -— «- «e«ie«a» yoa wtioreibe chops-— ah, fegoe! liove thee-* ^ diDii an as valorodi as JU^Qt of 7r«v« wortli ih*e t^ A^amimupn ; and ten nines better ibaa the nine worthies : Avitlaiiil
Fid. A rafcally flave! I will lofr the togtie turn ilaiiker.
IM. Ao, If fliea ^apft fbr shy lieait : If thottle^j FU canvafs thee between a pair of fteess* v
P^i. The mnfick is come, Sir. Fml. jLet them pfay ; play. Sirs, 9k en.my Icaer^ WJ. K 4 A
£24 The Second Part of
A rafcalf hngging Have ! the rogne fled from me likif quick-iiltrer.
Dol, Pfaith, and thou followd'ft him like a churcb : thou whorefon little tydy Bartholomi*w boar-pig, when wilt thou leave fighting on days«,and fbyning on nightSi and begin to patch i^^ thine old body for heaven ?
Enter Prince Henry and Poin» difgms^d,
FaL Peace, ^pod DtU do not fpeak like a death'i head : Do not^id me remember mine end.
DoL Sirrah, what humonr is the Prince of?
TaL A good fhallpw young fellow : he would have made a good pantler, he would have chipp'd bread well.
Dol, They fay, Poins hath a good wit. \ ,^ .
Fal, He a good wit ? hang him, baboon !— his witii j as thick i^i^envkfiury muftard: There is no more con- j ceit in him, than is in a mallet.
Dol, Why doth the Prince love him fo then ?
Fal, Becaufe their legs^are both of a bignefs: And he plays at quoits well, and eats conger and fennel, aA<i drinks ofF candles ends for ilap-dragons, and rides the wild mare with the boys, and junnps upon joint iftoolSf and fwears with a good grace, and wears his boot very fmooth like unto the fign of the leg, and breeds no bat^ with telling of di/creet ilories<; and fucb [other gambol faculties he hath, that iliew a weak mind and an ab^ body, for the which the Prince admits him ; For tV^* Prince himfelf is fuch another : The weight of an ha^ will turn#the fcales between their A'verdupois.
I\ H^uy, ^Would not this nave pf a wheel haye bis ea^ futjoff? . . . f
r ^ 'Pfiins. Let us beat him before his whore.
P. Henry. Look, if the wither'd elder hath no^his pc^ f^aw*d like a parrot.' * .
^ Pains* Is it not ilrangc, that defire ihould fo nian ; years out-Uve pi^form^nce ? *
» FeJ. Kifs me, Dol,
V^B^nrj, Saturn and Fenus this year in conjunAion Ifvhat fays the almanack to that i
^Poi/u* And, look, whether the fiery Triton his man b< . . A not
^ King H B N R Y IV. 1^5
not lifping to his maftei^soldTableSt his iioce>book» hia comifel- keeper ? 'Fal, Thoa doft give me flattering baiTfS.
IW. By my trothj I kifs tht« with a lapft conftant ' licar t.
FaL I am old, I am old.
Pe/. I Idve thee better than I love eV a fcarvy jioiuig boy of them alL
Fal. What ftaff wilt thou h^tvea kirtle of? I (hall iFeceive money on ^hurfdaj: Thon (halt have a. cap to* morrow. A menry £»ng, come t It grows late^ we wUl to bed. Thou wilt forget me» when I am goftr*.
DoU By my troth, thou wilt fet me a weeping if tho« &y'ft fo;^: Prave, that ever I drefs myfelf handibni till thy leturn— — Well, hearken the end*^
Fal. Some fack, Frjnuis.
P. Htfiry, Pnw. Anon, anon> Sir. . ,
Fal^ Ha! a liaftard fon of theKing^st and aft not ihou Poins his brother!
P. Hinry. Why, thoii globe of finfol continents^ what a life doft thou lead I
FaL A better than tkoo: I am a gentleman^ thoajm a drawer.
P. Hemry.. Very true. Sir ;'and I come to dxiaw yott eat by the ears.
Hoft, Oh, the Lord preleive thy good Grace !: WeU come to ^Wtfii^-— Now heav^i bleU that {iweet face of thine : tvhat, are you come from Wales? , ,
Fal. Thou whoseibn-mad compound of nujefty, ,bf this light Hefli aad corrupt blood, thou art welcome.
[Leaning his band up9% Dol*
T>(kL How ! yott fat fboU I fcorn^you,
Poins. My Lord, he will drive you out of yoqr re- venge, and turn all to a merriment, if you take not fhe fceat. ^
p. Henry. You whoreibn candle-myne,. you» how yilely did you fpeak of me even now^ before this honed, vir- tuous, civil gentlewoman?
Bojl. 'Bleffing on your good heart, and (o ihc is, hf »y troths «
\
2i6 ^hie S% t e N D Birr of
/W. 't>IM'tiK>o lifttrme?
P. Htmy. Yet I and jroa knew ne» teyoa dU mkat TOO ran auMy ftyy O^s^M; y<id ^ale«% I was at foor bkk, andfj^eltmifttnMfeko'Cqrinytfattence.
/W.No, no, no; notio; I did not aiiDk» then wit within bciritig*
P. £(Sr«rf. rftillHlHie yntt^ilMD to cottfeTs the wUfid abofe) and then I know how to handle^you*
fsl No ahttfe, fidi, on my^hondiir, M^abufi^v
P, Hemy. Noc'to dlTpraiftl me» andHftU me pandtf« ind brcad-diipMr, and I know Hot what f
/W. No afanfe, Ai/.
/«/*/. Nonbufcfi
/W. No ahnici My/» in the worMj^ boii^ft M/, noae. I dirpra}|'4 him befbfe the wick^^^ thut the wicked might not Ul in love with him ; in which Mng, I have dpn^4kepartof«earefelTncTKiy and« t#ue fobjedy and Ay faA^r is to give Me thanks Ibrit. No abn<e» Salt |K>Qe» Nedf none; no^ boys, none.
%iilHekfy. St&tiow^ Whether putt fear 'and^en tire eow- trd}^ doth not make thee wrong this Yirtnous gende* wi3iiiaA,4o'clore with as^? ^is %t Oflhewicked ? is thiae koftefs here of the wicked i or is the boy of the wicked ? 6t honefkBarMpl^t Whofe teal barlis in his'nofe, of the wicked? ' '
fcinr. Anfver, thoa dead e!m, anfwer^
Jtf/. The fiend hath prickt down J?4ri^(>//i& irrcco?c- table, and Ims fiiBe is luci/er^s pri^*kitdien, where he doth nothing bat roaft malt-wormt : 4ot the boy, xUjt U a good angei about hiniy b«t the devil joot bidskim too.
p. Hemy. For the w^men ?
Fai4 For one of them^ 9ie is in hell already, and borM poor fouls : for the other, I owe her money ; and whether fie be damnd for that, I know not.
Ikji' No, I warrant you.
FaL No, 1 think, thou art not : I think, thoo art quit fbr that. IMarry, there is another indiftment upon thee, ^for ftrflfering flelk to be eaten in thy (loufe, contrary to the law, for the wkkh 1 think thou wilt howlk
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King Hbii R Y IV. ^27
. All viauailers do fe: What is a joiiftjof muttoa
in a whole Lent P iiwy. Yoa, gentlewomaot— — •
What fays your Grace I
. His Grace fays that, which hit %ih rebefi agMAft* . Who knockf folondat^oor? toik^tlw4eaf
FramciH
Entir Veto.
Imfy.Bao^ hownowi? whacrtwa? u The King your fzA^r is at We/imi^^r, here are tweity wtak andwearicci pofts from the north ; and as I came alongf amd overtook a donen captains, leadecU (wealing, "l^nockiagiK the Xwatrm^ tamg every one fiat Sir Jkbti Falftitf. ^bmrj. By heaven^ .fishi^ilUtX mejnocklO/ltJMi^ f to, ffofane the fH-ecloos xiokt ; lempeft of commotion, like theifouth with Mack v^our, doth begin ito melt Ira^ ufOn^Hir hareunasmed Heads. ^
me mylwofd, and.dqak i F^ifiafft .good*i)i|hr^
\;Exemt Prim and P.oifiS. '.. Now comes jn the fwccteil morf?lx>f the cnjght, e muil heoce^ and leave it unpickt. More knocks the door ^ .how .^now ? • what's the matter ? : •</. You mnftaway to court. Sir, prefcntly : A. captains lUy at door for you. '. Pajj the mu&ciaos, firrah : farewcj, hoftcfs ; fare- D^U You fee, my good wenches, ^how men of are feu|ht after ; the uitdeferver may fleep, v^>bcn an.of aSion is calPd on. Farewel, good wenches ; . s not fent away pofl, I will fee you again, ere I gp. \ r cannqt fpeak ; if my heart be not ready to -well, fweet Jackt have a care of tbyfelf. '. Farewel, ikrtwel. \Exit^
h Well, .fate the well : I -have known thee thefe ^•*niae years, >come pefcpd-time; but an honefler :uer-hearted man!— well, fare thee w«lK
K 6. Hofi.
ft28 The ^EtoN0 Part of
H9jt. What's the matter ?
Bard. Bi^ miftrefs Tear-Shnt tome to mf maftf r.
Hojt. O run, /)»/, ran ; nm, good Ooi, [Exemit,
A C T III.
S C E N £» the Palace in Londath Enter King Henry in bis night gonvn, with a pfigt.
iT^ H E N R Y.
GO9 call the Eartt of Surr^ and of Wammck ; Bf ty ere they come» bid them o^er-read thefe letters. And well confider of them : Makegoodrpeed.[£x//A|/i How many thonfands of my pooreft^bjc^^ Are at this horn- aileep 1 O gentle fleep» Katore's foft narfe, how have I frighted thee, ^ That thoo no more wilt weigh my eye-lid«.down^ And fteep my fenfes in forgetfolnefs ? Why xather» fleep, ly'ft thou in fmoaky cribs, Vpononeafy pallets ftretching thee. And hnflit with buzzing night-flies to thy {lumber; Than in the perfum'd chambers ef thegceat. Under the canopies of coftly ftate» And luH'd with founds of fweeteft melody } O thou dull God, why ly*ft thou with thej^iJe In loathfom beds, and leav'ft the kingly couch A watch-cafe, or a common Jarum-bell ^ Wilt thou, upon- the high and giddy maft. Seal up the (hi p- boy's eyes,^ and rock his brains, la cradle of the rude imperious furge ; And in the vifitation of the winds. Who take the ru'fiian billows by the top. Curling their monftrous heads, and haiiging theoa . With deaPning clamours in the flip*ry ftroods^ That, with the hurley, death itielf awakes ? *
C^a^i thoa, O partial Ase^ » %v<i« xXi>iv\^^|^
King H B N R T IV. 929
To the wet fea-boy in an hour fb rude f
And» in the calmeft and the ftiUcft night,
>Vith all appliances and means to bdot,
IDeny it to a King f then happy Ipw 1 lie down (21} |
Une^ lies the head, that wears a cfown.
Entir Warwick anii Sarrey.
^ar. Many good morrows to yoorMajefty.
K. Henry. Is it good-morrow. Lords I
War. *Tis one o'clock, and paft.
K. Henrj, (23) Why, then, good-morrow to you. Wdl, my Ix>rds» Have you read o^Br the letters that I fent you ?
War. We have, my Liege.
K. Henry. Then you perceive the body of our kingdosi^ How foul it is ; what rank diieafes grow. And with what danger, near the heart of it.
War. It is bat as a body, yet diftemper'd„ Which to its former ftrength may be reftor'd,^ With good advice and little medicine ; My Lord Northumhertand will foon be cooN.
K. Heriry, Oh heaven, that one might read the beok of fate, And fee the revolution of the timel
fj^x) — ^—ir-/^m£ir^ low Mie down )
Uneaff lies the i&W» frc] Though I btve net difhuiM tie test, Mr. WarBurtoM thir ks, Shaktjpeare would not have ufed Co poor « repetition as He dnva and ufMJy /its. He therefore conjeduiea Then bafpyt Jowjy clown I Untafy lies the bead, that vfton a crcvjn. This, fays he, is the juft conclofion from all faid before. If fleep wit ily a King, andconforr itfelf with beggars, tbeji happy the/i>w^ glvwn, and uneafy the crown'd head.
(23) ff^j then g»od morriw tojtu all, tnj Itordi :
Have y9u read o*ert &c.] I muft account for the change I have ventured at bcie. In the preceding page the King fends Uttev to Surrey and Pf^arwick, with charge that ihty ihculd read them and attend him. Accordingly here Sttrrey and ff^arwick come, and op body elfe, ia obedience to that fummoos. The King would hardly have Uid good-morrcju \o you aU, to two Pceis, and no more. My snendation wants ao further lupporr, than this aaked Aating of the
ftje The S e c o hv Part of
Make moonuuM tovel» and the condiient^
Wetiyof fQlid finnnefs» mdt itfelf -
Into the fee; end, other times, toiee
The beach V girdle of the ocean
Too wide tor Neptmn^t hips : How chances mock^
And changes fill the cup of alteration
With divers Isquors ! O, if this were feeo.
The happieft youth viewing his progrefs through.
What perils paft, what crofles to eniae,
Wob'd (hut the bocdt, and iit him down and die.
•Til not ten years gone.
Since Richard and N§rtbumiertan0l9 great friends.
Did feaft together $ and in two years after I
Were they at wars* It is but eight years £nee, '
This Pircy was the man neareft my fou) ;
Who, like a brother, toiPd in my affairs,
And laid his Jove and life under my foot ;
Vea, for my fake, ev'n to th^ eyes of Richard
Gave him defiance. But which of you was by ?
(You, coufin Ntvilt as I may remember) [To Warwific*
yfhtn^Richardt with his eye biim-fuU of tears.
Then check'd and rated by I^ortbumheriand^
Did fpeak thefe words, now prov'd a prophecy*
* Ntfrthumhcrlandf thou ladder by the which
• My coufin BoUnghr^e afcends my throne : (Though then, Heav'n knows, I had no fuch intent; But that necefiity fo bowM the flate,
That I and greatnefs were compelled to kifs :)
• The time (hall come, (thus did he follow it,)
-* The time will come, that foal fin, gathering headi
* Shall break into corruption : So went on. Foretelling this fame time's condition. And r the diviiion of our amity.
IVar. There is a hjftory in all meiVs lives. Figuring the nature of the times deceasM ; The which obfervM, a man may prophefy. With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their feeds ' And weak beginnings lie intreafured. Such things become tte KauVv wid V>vi^4\iC tinjic ; ;,
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Kihg H B N a Y IV. ^gt
fMid by Ae nsceffiiry form of tlii^« King Richard might create t perfeift gnefr* That great Nmhumlnrltmd^ then falie to him» IV^dald of that feed grow to a greater fidfenefsi -IVluteh ftoold'noi find « gro«iid to root vpon, llnl^fs on you* ^
K.lbiii^. Arethefe things then necefitiei? ^[Thmi'tet lis meet dicm*liiBe i»eceffities I Akid that fiuno^word even mow cries out on us : They %, the Biihop tmA N^tbrnkrhmd Are fifty thonfand ftroogi
irtf)*. It cannot be: ttnmourdoth dollb}e^ like the-volce mA echo. The numbers of the fearM. Pfoafe it your Graet To go tq bed. Upon my life, my Lord^ The pbw'rs, thai yp« already have fent forthy Shall bring this prize in very eafily. To conifort yon the more, I have re^eiv^d A certain inftance that GJefufpwirh dead. Yonr Majefty hath been this fortnight in» And thefe onieafon'd hours perforce muft add Unto your ficknefs. . .( .
K« Henry. J will take your coupfe! : And were'thefe inward wars once out of hand, lj7e would^ dear Lords, unto the h9ly fand. [Sxnmf*
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SCENE changes to Juftice Shallow's feat in Ckucejlcrfhin^
JEster Shallow atui Silence, Jufticn%^*wUh Mouldy, Slia- dow. Wart, Feeble, and Bull-calf.
Shal.f^Omt on, eome on, come on; give me your
\^ hand. Sir; an early ftirrer, by the rood. And how doth my good coufin 5//f«r/^ Sil. Good-morrow, good coufin ^)&tf/b<tv. Sbal. And how doth my coafin, your bed-fellow ? and your faireft daughter, and mine, my god-daughter JV/rv?
SiL Alas, a olack ouzel, CQufin Shallow. , SM0 By y€M, and aay^ Sir> 1 ^at« t«j» m^ tjcsoSktk
WiUiana
2J1 TKc Sbcokd Part of
William 18 become a^goo^ fchoUr : He is at OxfiriBi^ is he not }
Sii. In^lecd, S^, to ray coft.
SkaJ. ^e moft then to the icuMof covrt fhortlf : I Wu imce of C/^Mnr/'/'/mi; 5vhcxe» Ithiok» they wiU Calk of Bad Shallow yet.
£r7. Yoa wen called lofty Shslkwthakt coofs*
^W. I was caird 'any tding, aad I would ]ia?€ dene any thing* indeed, too, and roandly too* Theic was I» and little y^n Btoit of Si^ijfMJkiri, and black Gmp Bare, and Francis PicASeiu, ^nd fFill S^mfili a Col^s^noili snan, you had not four foch fwinge- bucklers io all the Inns of Court s^am » hM I nay fay to you, we knew wh^e the Botta-RUaW'nittxtt and had the beft of them all at commandm^ot. Then was Jatk FaWaJf^ (now Sir John) a boy, and page to Th§nuu Utmtbray^ Duke dE Iforfolk.
SiL This. Sir Jelm^ coffin, that comes hither anon about foldiers I . ^
SJbal. The itfme Sir Jo^Hy the veay fame : I faw him break Sd^gga/t^ head at the court-gate,, when he was a crack, not thus high ; and the very fame day I did £ght with one Sampfon ^tockfifi^ z fruiterer, behind Grays-Jnn, O the mad days that 1 have fpent ! and to fee how BMUiy of mine aid acq[ilaijitaBce ase dead I
Sii. We fhali all follow, coufin.
Shal. Certain, 'tis certain,, very fure, very fare: Death (as the Pfalmid faith) is certain to all, all (hall die. How a good yoke of bul'locksat Stamford fair?
SiL Truly, coufin, 1 was not there.
Shed. Death is certaia. Is old D.oubk of your town Kving yet ?
S'd, Dead,. Sir.
Shd.. Dead ! fee, fee, he drew a good bow : And dead ? he (hot a Ene (hoot. John of Gaunt loved bim well, and betted much money on his- head. Dead ! he would have clapt in the clowt at twelve fcore, and car- ried you> a fore-hand (haft a fourteen and fourteen- and a half, that it would have done a maa's heait good to fee, How a f^poce of cw«s nQjv I
Sil
King Henry IV. t$%
St'L Thereafter as they be : A fcore of good ewes may b« worth ten pounds. ^
S/bal. And is old Douilg dead?
Eater Bsifdolphf and Pa^i,
SiL Here come twaof Six Jolm Falftaff^s meoi at I tkink.
BhaL Good-morrowy honefl gentlemen.
Bard, I befeech you, which is Juftice Shallow f
SJbaL I am JRolurf Shalloavt Sir, a poor Efquire of this counpy, one of the King's Jultices of the peace ; What it your good pleafure with me ?
Bard. My captain. Sir, commends him to you : My captain Sir yohtt Faljfaf; a ull ge»tlemaD» by^heav'n ! and a moft gallant leader,
SJbal He greets me well : Sir, I knew him a good back'fword man. How doth the good Knight? may I afk, how my Lady his wife doth ?
Bard. Pardon, Siry'a foldier is better accommodated than with a wife.
ShaL It is well faid. Sir ; and it is well faid, indeed,
too : Better accommodated it is good, yea, indeed,
it it ; good phrafes, furely^ are, and ever were, very commendable. Accommodated — it comes of acetmmcdt ; very good, a good phrafe.
Bard, Pardon me. Sir, I have heard the word. Phrafe, call you it? by this day, I know not the phraie: But I will maintain the word with my fword, to be a foldier- like word, and a word of exceeding good command. Accommodated, that is, when a man is, aa they fay, accommodated; or, when a man is, being whereby he may be thought to be accommodated, which is an eaccel- lent thing.
Eater FalftafF,
Shsl. It is very juft : Look, here comer good Sir JohM. Give me your good hand, gii^e me your worfhip*8 gopd band: Truft me,^ you look,weiI, aud bear your yeart very well. Welcome, good Sir John^
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/*«/. Jam clad to fee you well, good maimer Rcltrt Shallow ; Mafligr Surt-cardy as I think, ■ ■ ■
Shal. No, Sir Jobn^ it is my coufia SiUnce; in com- jniffionv^ith me.
Fai. Good mailtr Si/ena, it w«l] befits, you ihould be of the peace.
^/7. Your good Avorfhlp is welcome.
Fal, Fy, this is hot weather, gentlemen ; have you provided me here half a dozen of ftifficierit men ?
Shai, Marry have we. Sir : Will you fit ?
Fal. Let me fee them, I befeech you.
Shal, Where's the roll ? Where's tie roll ? where*s tbi roll ? let me fee, let me fee, let roe fee : To, fo, (o. To: Y«a, marry. Sir. Ralph MtmJdj : — ^^let them appear as I call: X>et them do fo, let them do fo. Let me fee, Vihtft is Mouldy^
MouL Here, if it pleafe you.
ShaL What think you. Sir Jphn^ a good liabM fel- low : Young, ftrong, and of good friends.
/Vi/. Is thy name MIa»/</^/
lifeuL Yea, if it pleafe you, .
tuL 'Tis the more time thou wert «s*d«
SbitL Ha» ha, ha, mod exceUeat^ i'&ith. Thingfi Ihtt Me~mo8ldy» lack «fe : Very £apilar |fOod. Well faid« Sirjobnt very well faid.
fei. Prick him.
Mtmi. I was prickt well ^oagh before, if you conkl Imve 1^ me idone : My old dane wifl be endone now for one to do her hufl>andry, and her drudgery ; you need not to have prickt me, there are other men fitter to go Out than I.
FnL Go to : Peace, MomUfy^ yoa ihali go. JUmUj^ it is time yoa were fpent.
AfW. Spent?
Shah Peace, fellow, pieace: Stand afide: Kaow yoo ^ere you are? for tift other, Sit ^obn^'^^tt me fee: ISimon Shadow*
Fai. Ay, marry, ktmirhave him to fit under f hcPs like to be a cold foldier. Ata/. Where*s ShadoiMf
i
King H E N R y IV. t^S
^W. Here, Sir.
faJ. ^haJefiv, whofc fon art thou ?
Shad. My inother*s Ton, Sir.
Ftf/. Thy mother's fon 5 like enough ; and thy father's iiadow ; So the fon of the female is the fhadow of th^ , male^. It is often fo, indeed, bat not of the father'.s fabftance.
^/&a/. Do you like him, Sxr^(?i&;i.^
FkL ShdHnff will ferve for fummer; prick him; fo» we have a number of (hadows do fill up the mttfter-book!.
SbaL Thomai PTdri.
Fal.Wkttreshef
Wart. Here, Sir.
FsL Is thy name Wart ? ' Wart. Yea, Sir.
Tal. Thou art a v«ry ra|ged wart.
SbaL Shall I prick him down, Sir John?
Fal. It were itipltfiuous \f for his apparel is built u^ott^ -lib biKk> and tbe whole frame (lands upon pins : Pricic him no more.
, Shal. Ma, ha, ha, yon can do it, Sir| yoo can do xKl I conUHieiid yon weH. Francis FtiHi*
Faile.Hexc^ Sir.
F«iL What trade art^on, Feeilef
FteSk. A woman's tlolok'. Sir.
Sbal. Shall I prick him. Sir ?
F^. Ton Duay : Biit if h^ had hetn a ihsin's taifor, he would haVe prickM von. Wilt thon taake as many hoK^t ^ tn linetnjr's foattiei as thon haft done in a wcAnfan^a petticoat?
jFWAEp. I will tlo my good will, Sir; you can have dp snore.
FaL Well faid, |^od woman *8 tailor; well (kid, courageous Feeble: Thou wilt be as valiant as the wrath- M^df^, or mod magnanimous molife. Prick the wo- man's tailor well, mafter Sbalh*w, deep, maftcr Sbailokxi*
Fiebk. I Woiild, H^art might have gone. Sir.
Fa!. T would, thou wert a man's tailor, that tho^ might'fi mend him, and mike him fit 10 ^o« \ c^al^^v^'oX
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him to be a private foldicr, that is the leader of fo pany thoafands. Let that fuiEce, moil forcible Feeble.
Feeble, It ihall fufiice.
FaL I am bound to thee, reverend feebk^ Who is the next ?
ShaL Piter Bulcalf of the green.
Fal. Yea, marry, let us fee j5«/ftf^.
£ui. Here, Sir.
FaL Trufl me> a likely fellow. Come, prick me ^it eal/\ till he roar again.
BuL Oh, good my Lord captain,' ■
Fal, What doit thou roar before th'art prkkt ?
JSuL Oh, Sir, I am a difeafed man.
FaL What difeafe haft tho^ ? ^ ^
JSuL A whorefon cold. Sir ; a cough. Sir; which I caught with ringingin the King** affairs, upon hiscQfO- nation-day. Sir.
^ FaL Come, thou (halt go to the wars in a gown : We will have auay tfapr cold, and I will take fuch order that thy friends fhall ring for thee. Is here all ?
ShaL There is two more called' than your niunberi you mufl have but four here. Sir;. and fo» I pray yoi* go in with me to dinner.
Fal. Come, I will go drink with you, but J cannot tarrv dinner. I am glad to fee yon, in good troth> matter ShaUo<w.
SbaL O, ^iijobn^ do yon remember fincc we lay all night in the wind-mill ip Saint George^s fields ?
Fal. No more of that, good msJker Sballaw, no wait *of that.
SbaL Ha I it was a merry night., And is Jamliiiht* work alive ?
FaL She lives, inafter Shallow. ■ SbaL She never could away with rac. ' FaL Never, never : She would alwayafay, IhcconU not abide mafter Shalk'w.
ShaL By the mafs, I could anger ber to the heart: ^She was th^n a Bona-raha. Doth ihe boktbei own well?
FaL Old, old, mafter ShaUo*w.
, Sbal. Nay, ihe muii be old, ihe cannot chnic^ bat be
oldi
U
(Ml
m
King Hemrv IV- 23t
i; certdii» (he's oldf and had R^oBin NigbiJFork b/ d Nigkt-'worki before I came to Clemni's'Inn. 5/7. That's fifty- five years ago, , $%al. Hah» coufin Silenctf that thott hadfl (een that^ lat diis knight and I have feen I— hah, . Sir John, faid well?
Fal. We have heard the chimes at midnight, roafier hallow* .
ShaL That we have» that we have, In faith, Sir John^ ^have: Our watch- word was, heni, boys. — Come, let's :> dinner ; Oh, the days that we have feen I come, come, Bui, Good mailer corporate i^itri/tf^i^, (land my friend» nd here is fbiir Harry ten ibillings in French crowns for on: In very tr nth, Sir^ I had as lief be hangM, Sir, as ;o ; and yet for my own part. Sir, I do not care, but ather becaafe I am unwilling, and for mine own part, lave a deiire to Hay with my friends ; elfe. Sir, I did not :are for mine own part {o much.
Bard. Go to ; fiand afide.
il/W. And good mader corporal captain, for my old Same's fake Hand my friend : She hath no body to dp any thing about her when I am gone, and (he's old and caoBOt help herfelf : Vou (hall have forty, Sir,
Bard. Go to ; ftand aiide.
Feeble. I care not, a man can die but once ; we owe God a death, I will never bear a bafe mind : if it be my dcftiny fo : If it be not, fo. No man is too good to fcrve hii Prince ; and let it go which way it will, he that dies this year is quit for the next.
Bard* Well faid, tnoa art a good fellow.
Feeble, 'Faith, I will bear no bafe niind.
Fed. Come, Sir, which men (hall I have ^
BhaL Four of which you pleafe.
Bard. Sir, a word with you : — I have diree pound ta free Mouldy and Bulcalf.
Fal. Go to : well*
BbaL Come, Sir John^ which four will you have ?
Fal. Do you chufe for me.
^W. Marry then, Mouldy ^ Bulcalf^ Feeble and Shadow.
Fd. Mouldy ^ and Bulealf:—^toT you, MvuJdy, (lay ^t
home
938 The S ECO N^ Part of
lomc till yoq are ptft fcrvice : And for your pirtj 4i|{> c»^» grow till you come unto it! I will nonedf you.
^M. Sir JoJbM, Sirjoh/it do not yourfelf wrppg, thejr ar^ yoor likclic(l men* and I would have you iicrvM with Cliebcil.
Fal. Will you tell me, matter ShaUow^ how tp chuft • man ? c|u-c I for the linb, the thewes» the ftamre, bulk and big femblance of a roan ? give me the fpifrit, mafi^ ShaUe^; Here*$ Wari ; you fce> ivhat a ragged appear- ance it is : He fhal) charge you and difcbargfypa witji the motion of a pewterer*s hiunmer; come off and oq, fwifter than he Uiat gibbets on the brewer's bucket. And this fame half-fac*d {t\\(m Shadow , give m^.this mn, he prefents no mark to the ei^emy ; the fpe-jnaa may with as great aim Jevel at the edge of a pen*kbife: and, for a retreat, ^ow fweetly will this F^ibkf the wo- man^ tailor, run off? O give me the fpare men, and ipare me the great ones. Pat me a caliver into }fitrt*% hand, BarMpb. 1^
Bari. Hold, Wari^ traverfe; thus, riins, thus, cj
Fal. Come, manage me your caliver \ So, very well} go to, very good, exceeding eoo4« O, give me always a little, lean, old, chopt, bald ihbt. Well faid, Woitii ^Ott art a good fcab : Hold, there's a tetter for thee.
^hai. He is not his craft- matter, he doth not do it right. I remember at Mih-EndGrttn^ when I lay it CftmnCs'lnny (24) I was then Sir Dagoma in ^rihm'* ftow; (25) there was a little quiver fellow, and he
would
(24) / was then Sk Dafonet m Arthj^V /^*1 '^^^ '^^y i**^^^* gence 1 hive gl^n*d of this worthy wight, Sir Dagnut^ it from Btaw moHt and Fkuber in their Knitbt of t\U Burning ftftlu B(f. Befidel, it wiU 4cw ill faYoateiily to have a Grutr^i pmtkt
to court a ^f'v*' dmigbter* Cf/. Will it TiA Sir? joft.$tt well re%d In hift^ries ! I prayTon, what was Sir Dagcnet f was not he prtntkt to « Groctr io lot* ' donf read the play uf the Fwr PrentUet of London, where they
toft their pikes fo : &c, (15) Ihtrg was a tittle fuhierfiikmf and hi tvou^d manage you bit piece tbnt.'l This extreme fine (Ketch of natme and Kumour in Sbal* 'fm** charadier feecns^ io my opinioii| iiMridi^^fly fo^uth ineer'd at ta the Burning Pefik above quoted.
1^
King H B K R Y IV. aj^
wottM manage yon his piece tbu$ ; |ind he wimUi abooCf ^nd about, ^ come yoQ ia, and come you in : ]lah» i|ah, tah, would he fay; bounce, would he (ay, and way again would he go» and agaiii would he comex I ihall never lee fuch a fellow.
:FaL Thefe fellows will do well. Matter Shallow, God keep y04i ; faveweU mafter Silence. I would not ufe many l^nis with you, fare yoa well, gentlemen both, I thank you^ I mufta doa^n mle to-night. Bardolfb^ give the Copiers cpats*
ZM^ Sir y(»i^)beaven Uefs yau,and profper your affairs*
aad fend us peace. As you retarn, vifit my houie. Let
^iir lold acquaintance be renewed ; Peradventure^ I will
tith yo« to (^ CQHrt.
/v. I would yoa would , m after Shallvw*
5W. Goto : I havefpokeataword. Fare you weH. [E}C.
fai. Pare you well, gentle gentlemen. On, Bardolpb^
' lead the men away. As I return, I will fetch off thefe
juftices : 1 do fee the bottom of Juftice Sballoiv. How
fabje£t we old men ar# to this vice of lying \ this fame
fiarv'd judice hath done nothing but prated to me of the
wildnefs of his youchr^and the feats he hath done about
Turnhal'ftreit ; and every third word a lie, more duly paid
to the he^er than the Turf^s tribute. I do remember
him at Clement' 5 Inn^ like a man made after fupper of a
theefe- paring. When he was naked, he was for all the
, World like a forked r^di(h, with a head fantaftically carv'd
: tpoo it with a knife. He was fo forlorn, that his.dimen-
\ fions to any thick fight were invifible. He was the
v^y C/WiOJ of famine, yet leacherous as a monkey, and
the whores call'd him mandrake : He came ever in the
tere-ward of the fa (hi on ; and fuiig thofe tunes to the
over-fcutchi hufwives that he heard the carmen whilUe,
ll«», tan^ tan, tan, tan, tan. O wench, and thou badfi but feen
^tU Ned of Aldgate drum! how he made it roar again and laid on Mke a tyrant 5 and then ftruck Softly till »he ward came up, and thcii thun^crM agaii;^ and together we go. Sa, fif fri bounce, ()uotj> the f<"»«} courage, my hearts, quoih che caprajn*^ ^d\n< George, quoth Ac pikemcn j and witha.1 here ttey Ly and bete thty, lay j and ytt for ^ this I em bere, w«o€h.
6, and
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mnd fwarc tbcy were his Fancits^ or bis GodJ-kigbts. (2d) And now b this vice's dagger become a fquire^ and talks as familiarly of Jolm of GauHt as if be bad been fwom brother to him : And 111 be fworn, he never faw him bot once in the tilt-yard, and then he broke his head for croudine among the marfhaPs men. I faw it, and told John oi Gaunt he beat his own name ; for you might have trttfs'd him and all his apparel into an eel-ftin : Ths Cafe of a treble hoboy was a mansion for him» a court | and now hath he latid and beeves. Well, I will he ac- quainted with him, if I return ; and it (hall go hard bqC I will make him a philofopher's two ftones to me. If the young dace be a bait for the old pike, I fee no realbnitt' the law of nature but I may (hap at him. Let time ihape» and there^s ao end. [Exmu,
A C T IV.
SCENE, changes to a Foreft in rttrkjhirt.
inter the Archhijhop of York, Mowbray, HaHings, vi Colevile.
Yo a K,
WI^AT isthisforeftcall'd? Haft. 'Tis Gtf»//w foreft. Tor^. Here (land, my Lords, and fend dlfcoveriesforth^ To know the numbers of our enemies* Haft. We have fent forth already. York. 'Tis well done. My friends and brethren in thefe gteat afiairs.
\
wooden dagger. Ic is very fatirical in Falfiaff to compare Sballcv\ af^ivtty and impertinence to Tuch a naachiac as a Vftodm dagger ia \hi ^ands an4 maaagement of a bujf^qn.
k
New-dated lctt«fs ffO^ fferikmfffyrfMt^ ; Their C0I4 injtoo^, ^nouiiifid ffbiUacc thf s s Here doch he wid^ bis pcmiP, with fuch powers As might hold jforti^iqc with his qvality, the which b^ ,qf^ f^ hvy j whereupon He is retit'd, to |iBf Jji* ^rowi^g fortoq^. To $4xtla$uli j^i {^d^cjcs la hearty prayfrip That your axt^f^tsjmay over-ltve die liatard And lear^ ^ettipf; of thei;- oppofite.
Mo^h. Thits do.the hopes we have in him toach ground^ And dafli themfelves to pieces.
Bniit a Mejp0gtr^
Baft. Now^' wJalt P«y«^
Idijf. Weft of vthis foi|eft> fc^ rcely ofF % aiile, In goodly *jG^nfi 9C^<^ Pi^ ^^^ enemy : And by the gjci]ini]4 they hide, 1 jud^ their number "Upon, or near, u^e rfie of thirty thoufand*
Mowb* The juft prppor.tioii ^that we gave d^ oat^ - Let us fway on, aiid face then ia the neld*
• £«frr Weftmorland.
fork. WhAt well-^^ppQinted leader fronts us here ? iUbotri. I ^i^. It i^^my Lord of Wfjlmorland. Wtfi, Health 4Q^ fair greeting from our deoeial. The FrinceV lord Jphth a^nd Duke of Lancafter. ^Viw Sjiy^ODf my l^ord of Weftmarland^ in peacei What doth coiM^n Yoiy' coming ?
«r^. TW nyr Lord, Unto your Grace .do I in chief fiddrefi The fubftance of my fpeech. If that rebelUom Came like itfelf> ,in bsife and abje£l routs, led on by bloody yopth^ ^aded with rage» And counteiuncM by bpy^ and beggary ; I fay, if dabnM commqtion fo appear'd In his true, V^^J^ And moft proper ihape. Yon, reverend jfatber, and tbefe noble Lordsi Had not b^en Jie;ce.^ .di^dfs the ugly form Of bafe and b|j;^y iqf^l^tCUoQ ^OL. IV» • li Witk
»4t Tlic SBCONb Pift Jrf
With your fkir honoars. Yoo, my Lord Arcb)aibo|^
Whofe fee is by a civil peace aiaintain*'d»
Whofe beard tie fiiver hand of pcaoe hatk touched,
Whofe learning and good letters peace hath ttttor'd> '
Whofe white inveftmenu figure innocenoet
The dove and very blefled fpirit of peace;
Wherefore do' you fo ill trail^te yoorfeLf,
Out of the ^eech of peace, that bean (nch grace*
Into the hardi and boift'rous tongue of war f ^
Turning your books to graves, your ink to blood,
Vour pens to launces, and your tongue divine
To a loud trumpet and a point of war f
Tork. Wherefore do I this ? fo the queftiott ftaadf. Briefly, to this end : We are all difeas*d» And with our furfeiting and wanton hours, V
liave brought ourfelves into a burning feves^ And we mud bleed for it ; Of which difeafe Oat late King Richard hting infeded, dy'd.^ Bat, my molt noble Lord of We^mortanip 2 Mke not on me here as a phyfiuan : Nor do I9 as an enemy to peace. Troop in the throngs of military meA : Eat rather fhew awhile like fearful war. To diet rank minds, flck of happinefs ; And purgr th' oblbudtioAs, which begin to ftop Our very veins of life. Hear me more plainly. 7 have in equal balance juftly weigh'd Wliat wrongs our arms may do, what wrongs wc blki\ And find our griefs heavier than our oflences. We iee, which way the ftream of time doth ran, And are inforc'd from our moft quiet there. By the rOugb torrent of occaiion ; And have the fummary of all our grieft, ' When time (hall ferv^, to fhew in articles ; ]
Which long ere this we offer'd to the King, .
And might by no fait gain our audience. ^ ' \
When we are wrong'dand would unfold our griefsi We are deny'a accefs unto his perfon, Ev'n by thofe f^en that moil have done ns wrdng. The danger of the days butnfwhr gone> ^ W * ' J • *• . (Whofe
rVlMk memoff ii> Wf$^ oil the esrth With yet-4ippearifi|| Mood) md the example! Of every minate't laibttice, preTent now. Have pat as in thefe Ml-belbaiiiiig arms : Not to break peace, or any branch of it : fittt to eftablim here a peaoe, indeed, Concaning both in name and quality.
fPffi. Whtn ttet yet was yoar appeal denyM ? Wherein have yon been galied by the King ? What Peer hath been fobom'd to grate on yoa, That you ihonM feal this lawlefs bloody book Of ior^d rebellion with a feal divine (27), And confecrate commotion's civil page ?
ThrJt. My brother general, the commonw^th (22}a To brother bom an £)a(hold cruelty, X make my qnarrel in particular.
IFffts Thm is nd need of fuch redrefi ; Or if . there were it not belongs to you.
^KMrt9*t miSoo (for I have two of the fdf Ume edition ; one ol* '^vluch^ 'tis erideoty was corre^cd in fome paffages daring the wark- Sng oflT the whole impreffioii ;) after the line above quoted I ibond Ohitferle,
Ml coHjurate fommothn^s cvoU edge. X hate thought the yttit worth prelcrving, and veatnr'd to fobftitute #a|» ^ edg^f with regard to the uaiformitf of metaphor. Though^ 1 cottfeff , the latter may very well do in this fenfe : That the fword «f rebellion, drawn by a Bifiiop» may in fome fort be faid to be con* fatted by ^tMrettncej astheKio& aft^rwardij talking of going tt the h^ wan, faya ,
HVmrmn mfwrdt, kut wBat are iknaified. [%%) B§^ httber gtneral the commime^b
I wait wtf 'quarrd in particular*} From the lame corrected
^srta I retrier'd the intermediate line now added to the text ;
hichf at Mr.#M«rr«robferv*d to me, it a Very fenfible and
tec^QQiry liie. <f The fenfe it thit ; ( fay t my iogeniont iVieod ^ )
brother general th^ commonwealth, which ought to be the
rfing Cither of nt al^ ^ifiUly dift^ibutlng itt beoefitt, is become
houAold enemy even to thofe of hit own houie, to hrotbert born^
di6nheriti ng fome Who have an equal tide to the patrimony with
wberty to whom it. gives all : And (his I make bi^ qoarcel . And
, *< thit wat the grievance i The coaflant one that makes aU the
' ^ aiakeootentt in dvU €eiiimotion» | that^enottii vt re aot tcfatUy
?litiib«ttil4'' \ .
^44 Tl« S*<>«»ti!Hjft*f
Mml. Why s^tto.kim 4a fH^ «M <««i^
Tbat feel tlie bunk* of tlm dty« brfane f And ^iiifer the cosMlicioa ^ Mm^^c tt«ifii To Uy an heavy aod 4UMfaal Juuii Upon oor honoorai . ,
fTffi. O my good LM J||MiAr4p, Conftrue the timeaxo ibair o^oclJidea^ And yoa Ihall-iJiy, iftdaM* U «« jiltf ^yne^ And not the Kji^ ^lat d^ih jnoai ittj«rie9i ¥et, for your paxt^ it a at ifi^atf t ao »e» Or from tfie Kang^ oriia the f soiibiit itiii^ That yoa Ihoold^avc an inohof iwy ^gsoaaA To baild a grief on. Were y^ net afitarM . To a^ the IXuke xkT JVi»i;/«Z(*t .ioigaicMVila, 'V'our noble and ri^ht-^weU-neaMQibec^d lalhetM
M9*wS. What tiding, ui.hanaiiii, kti my father irf^ That need to ho 4fe^v 'd and btanth^ in me.i *The King» t6at lov'd j^ioi* as^ha Aate ilood tfaen» Waff, force perforce, comptird to banifii him. And then » when ft^ryJIiuf/ii^AfrwI^vnd he fieinj^ anonnied and both rov^'fed in the!/ feats. Their neiifhhrg conifers daring of the §)ui:» Their armed ibvtrln charge, their beavers dowiw Their eyes of fire ^ztk^ing thraaghifigbca of Biml, And Ihe bud arvnipet Homing them together; Then, then^ when ^ere was nothing; -co vild hate ftatS My father ff oni xht hreaft of SoIiHgFroii ; 6, when the King ^ throw Ua wfurdar domip His own life hung upon the ftaff he thiew.) Then threw ka*down imnfelf , and iM their Itvelt That by indiftaacnt, -or by dint of fwofi). Have iince miTcarried vitAtr ^oli^6r$At^
0^jf/^.Yoo{pea]^LocdJkr(Mt^4ywa^ The Bail of Ayv)^i^ iwas»rept^ then In £ji^/i?«lf li^ ttoft v^Haiit genttei^ Who knows, on whom fortune Wodtd thenkaYefUi!^ But if your father had been vi^or thesCy He ne'er Iliad borne it out of C^^uetOt^i - For all die countr;^ in a eeneriil voice Cry*d hate'Upon4ittti ; allitheir pravtra aadltnrt Were fct Oft UcrefQrd^ whom ijicy dottd on, *
Ind blefi^y and gracM.iadecd, mon thaAsdytKimg (a^)^
lot this is mere dtgrefion from ray parp«ier*«-»»
^erc come I from oar princely general.
To knonr your griefs ; to cell you from birO«acef
That he will give you audience ; and wbeaeta
it fiiall appear ibac your denuDdi are jiift.
If on AaU iMjoy tbem; evely ditag kt^^f,
rhat mtght fo much as think foa enemies.
MtfW. Bot he haih forcM us to compel this ofler, And it proceeds from polky» not love.
fFeJi. M&wirajf yoo over- ween to take it foi Xhia offer tomes from mercy, not ^m fear. For, lol within a ken» onr army lies; Upon mine hoaieor, all too confident To ^ve admittance to a thoaght of fear. Our battle is more full of names than yours. Our men more perf^A in the a& of arms, Our armour all^ at Afong» our eanfe the bcft ; Then reafoo wills, par bearu Ibonld be as good. Say yon not then, omr ofer is compeil'd. MowL Well; by my witf^ we (ball admit no parley. Wkjf. That argues bot the ihame of your offence : A rotten cafr abides no handling.
H^^. Hatb the Prince ^shm a foil comniiffion^ In very am^le virtve of bis father. To bear and abfolutely to determine 9f wb^t condtbons we fliall ffand upon?
Wfjt. That is intended in the general's name: I mnfe, ydu make fo flight a qoeftion.
nrJk. Then take, my Lord of mjlm»Umdy thieicbedab^ For this cont|dns oar general grictvances i Each feveral article herein redrefs'd. All members of oar caafe, both beta and hence,,
(19) j^ hUftU Mdj^d mm than the Ktaa hinfelf.] The tiMf ^deft /0&*t (which firft gate us thit fpcech of PT^m^rkm^ read this liae tnits ;
AbJ Utfi'datUI ffae^if 9ind M mrt than tbi XSag, Dr. l^lrUf fav ft#at cMrupted bjr the trajDfipnhers, an4 gate .me that* ^9ad§i itfiib winch I have retoim'a the t«U,' fo fery a^ loathe «n«fl'ef.ihec«miedrea4iiie. /. ^
11, La TU\.
146 The SscofMTD Part iif
Tlitt «re ibfinewcd to this a£Hon,
AccHiittad by a true fabifaintial f^rm ;
And prefent execotions of oar wills, i |»<
To as, and to our porpofetf confin'd ; '^
We come within our awfal banks again, ' , ^
And knit onr powers to the arm of peace. ^ Ik
^^. This will I fliew the General. Pleafe j^on; IerA( kbi In £ght c^ both our battles/ wenmy meet^ {30) ; ^
And either end in peace, (which heav'n ftr frame !} ^
Or to the place of difierence call the iwords 9
Which maft decide it; r ~ ■ \
Tori. My Lord, wewilldofo. [ExifWtl
Monjtib, There is a thing within my bofom teUs me, That no conditions of onr peace can ftand.
Haft. Fear you not that : If we can make our p^icf Upon fttch I^rge terms and fo abiblute. As our conditions ihall infift upon. Our peace ihall ftand as firm as rocky mountains,
Moiubi, Ay, but our valuation (hall be fuch^ ^
That cv'ry ffight and falfe- derived caufe. Yea, ev'ry idle, nice and wanton trealbn, ShalLto the Kirig uftc of thisaAion. ^ That, were our royal faiths martyrs iii' Jove, ^ ' , ^ We ihal} be vvinnow!d with ib, rough a wind; ' That ev'n our corn (hall {ttm as light as chaff. And good from bad- fiud no partition. ^
Tork, No, nds my Lord, note this ; the Kingit wea^t Of dainty and fiuih picking grievances : ' For he hath found, to end one ddubl by death,' >' ' ^ {Uvives twogireater in theheirsdf life*. •*- '^ ^
And therefore will he wipe his tables cle^in, ' '
And keep no tell-tale to his memory. That m^y repeat and hiikiry his \ok To new remembrance. For full well he kno^Sji lie cannot fo precifely Weed this land,
(to) UJMrt «/• h^hiir Unki, we mtiy *** - ^iAbirtndimptaci-.{wlMckBtmu'Afifimm^) V
Or /« the place <} d^W^ce, ttQ.\ Th^ maa^wi^ 5ahi^ I> hMt jvdehtreio the pointini, ^tv^tW «»&^ Vx 5.«i^tki1i»iifB^]ii.fka
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King HBiik V IV. ii^y
As hi» mifdoubts prefent occafloh ;
His foes are (6 enrooted with his frieod*.
That, plucking to unfix an enemy y
He^otn unfoften (o and (hake a friend.
So that this land, like an offenfive wife, ' '
That bath enrag'd him oo to offer trokes»
As he is ftrikine, h6lds his infant Up,
And hangs reiorv'd corredion in the arm
That was upr^ar'd to execntiott.
HaJ^. Beides, the King hath wafled all his roda On late ofenders, that he now doth lack The very inftroments of chaftilement : So that hk powV» like to a faogleft iion^ May offer^ oat not hrfd.
rari. *Tit very tnie : «
And therefore be afiiir'di my good Lord Marflial^
If we do now taiake onr atonement well.
Our peace will, like a broken limb muted*
Grow Wronger for the breaking* Mo^^ Be it ibb *
Here is retum'd jny Lord of Wtfitimlmii.
£ii/er Weftmorland.
JiP^.ThePrinceis here it band : Pleafcth yourLordfhlp T# meet his Grace, juft diftance ^tweea onr armies ? Afootf^.YourGrac^fTViiinGod^ name then fet forward. Ttrh Before, and greet his Grace ; my Lor^ we come.
Arl^rPfMir^ John ^ Lancafler.
Lem. Yoi're well eoconntei^d here, mycotafin MiMr^nt; \ C3qod^day X» yo», my gelitle Lord Archbtfhop, ^nd n) to yon. Lord ntiflingf^ and to all. I4y Lbrd of York^ it better fliewM with yoa, "When that your flock, afiembled by the bell, Sndrcled yon, to hear with reverence -
YoQf expcmdon on the holy text ;
^haii ROW to iee you here an iron man^, ^ ^
Cheering m iMl of r^te with your dmm,
Turniiig the word to fword, mid life to death.
L4 J^^
Hi TlM S« eo 90 ?m tf
Ani ripens in the fon-flibe of his 6voim»
Would he abufe tlie coanc*nance of tji^ KiSfg^
Alack, what miichiefft might he iet abrofic^
Id ihadow of (vch ^reatnefs ? with yon, hotd B^p^
It is ev'n fo. Who hath not heard it fpokeo* .
How deep } oo, were within the books of Heaven?
To us, the fpeaker in his parlkm^nti
To us, th* imagin'd voice of Heaven itielf i
The very opener, and intelH^eacer,
Betweqd she^race, the fandbties of Hea»*n^
And cor doll workings^ O, who ihail believo
Bat you roifufe the rev'rence of your {»laof»
Employ the countenaMicp and grace of Heav'Hf
As a falfe favourite doth liis Prince's babm^
Jn deeds dilhon'rable f you've taken up.
Under fhe coontcrlnt^ scal^f G<^f
The fnbjeds of his fubftitiite, my father |
And both agaiioft the peace of Hoav'a and i&dii
Have here up^fwarm'd tham.
Tori. Good my Lord or Xatuafttr^ I am not here agai^il i^Okrt father's ^eafe; But, as I told my Lord Of WifimwUmd^ The time mifrorder'd -dock in OoiMMv feofii Crowd as mad crmlh os to this monftfOtts &rim To hold our iaStiy up. J ient your Q^m The parcei;t and particulars of oar|;rie^ The which hath been with ^ct>^lil^aiv'dirQmtbr COafl^> Whereon this Uydra-kn of war is 1)orn> Whofe dangeroas eyes may #dl b« dhttHttVl afleep With grant of our moft jail mi inghf fdtficf } * - And true obedience, of duStmadnaft oar'dt. Stoop tamely to the fbot of Maji^ftyv
MvwL it BOty i»e avady are lo uy opwibituaca To the htft man.
Maft. And though we h^rt |all ^OUrii We have fupplies to ffcond oar antmat s If they mifcarry,' ibtirs fliaU ftcond iheaa. And fo fuccefs pf mifchiff fiia|l 4)0 Iwib^t And heir fii^m heir IhaH i^old ihi^ .qnaNiitiitpf Wiiic £fiikml Avail W»o.n^^asMp#v:u ^c.^- v.Lv.
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&M. Yoa nn too (hallow, fiafiinfi, iqach tpo finMqw, Toibandlihe'bbttofnof tbeafter-iiines. ^
^^.yictfcth your Grace, to anfwer^iem tKiv^jr, How far-forth yoq do like their artides f
Lan. I like them all, and do allow then wellr: 4n4 fweiyr^here, bv the honoiir of my blood. My father^j parpoiei hare been miftook ; . And font mtttKii|i: hare too laviflily Wrefted his meaning and andioiity* My Lord, thefe gridft fhall be with ipeed redrrfl^ * y^n my life, they ihall. If this may pleafe^yoo, * KMiafgeyour ppw'rs nnto their iever^ counties, k% we wiUoftfs^ and here, .between the armies. Let's drink ^tpgethbr friendly, and embrace ; Thar all th^r eyes m#y bear thofe tokesis iiomet * • ^ Qf oaf >nfored love /ind amity# , /V-i. 1 take.fAiriprfnoely word forxhefe redsei&t, '
£ee. I give it yoo ; aad jviU matwtaia i|iy wocd| ; And thereupon I drix^j^|ito,,yp|ir^race.
iy^.tQ<^ cf^^in« aii^()^Uyer]^otbear»y IMiis pews of be^cf ; tet rthcip h^jreW, ^ jpart : - iStftow, itw.iilvyejlpliealf.thejnh Hje.th^, captatp.
4;^i/Co]kvae.
York. To yoo> py nol?le ^^rd of Wtftmrnrl/vid.
Wefl, 1 pledge your 6r^e ; aod if ypu .|uiew wl^Upai»s I'ha¥^ baiotwM, %o bi;eed t^is prefept peace. You wontd dfink freely. ; bat my Ipve to ye ■ ' Shall ft^ iltfelf mpre openly hereafter^
Tork, i io not doubt ypu. ...
»Vy?. lamfftedof ii. Health to my Lord, and geptle,coufia il&Nii^fk^
Mowh, you wi(b nie health jn very Jiappy feafim** i For I api pfli ^e fuddeq fpoiiethipg ill.
Tork. Againll ill chances men are eve^^fierry, .. But heavinefs fore-y^una the good event.
W$Ji. Therefprft b^ mpf^y^sfos^ fii^e jfudden-fofinw Serves to fay t>us; fome good, thing copf^ to-morxofr.
Torh Bdieve me, I am pafiiiSg light in Spirit.
Mowh.^ mueh the worie, ifypar qwA rule be troe« ^ J . . . • ' [Sho^tK
Xea. The word of peace is rendex'd*> hark 1 they fhout, Li 5 Honnb
2 so The Second* Part: of
Mowi. This had been che^urfol after vidoiyw Tari» A peace is of the natare of a conqueft^ For then both parties nobly are fabda'd» And neither party lofer. Lam.' Go, my Lord,. * And let oar army be difcharged too. [E^t Weft*
And, good my Lord, fo pl^e you, let ottr<^tiainfi March by ui, that we mav peruie the men We (hoiild have cop'd witoal.
ZorL Go, ffood Lord Hajtings : And, ere they be difinifs'd, let them march by. [ExM^" him. I truft, Lords, we (hall lie to-night together. Re-tmer Weftmorland. Now, coofin, wherefbie Hands par army ^U ?
Weft. The leaders, having charge ^myotf totind^ Will not go off nntil they hear yo« %i^. Lqm. Tliey knpw their dutiea.
Ri^Mer Hafttngs. ' EMft. My Lord, our army it dtfpersM already : * Like youthful fteert unyoakM, they took their courie Eaft, weft, north, fouth : Or like a (chool broke up^ • Each harries towards his home and fporting<*place» Weft. Good tidings, my Lord Hapngs ; n>r the which , I do arreilthee, traitor, of high trcafon t
A^d you, Lord Archbilhop, and yoo Lord Momahrofy Of capital treafon I attach yoo both. Mowh. Is this proceeding juft and honourable I Weft. Is vour ailembly A) ? York. Will you thus break your faith f Lem. I pawn'd yon none : I promis'd you redrefs of thefe fame giievanees. Whereof you did complain ; which, by mine hOnoar» I will perrorm with a moft chriftian case. But for you, rebels, look to tafte the due Meet for rebellion and Ach ads as yours. Mod fhallowly did yon thefe arms commence. Fondly brought here, and fooliihly fent hence» Strike op our drums, ourfue the fcatter'd ftray, HcMv'n, and not wCf Wii Wit\i fs^^x^a-^.
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King H 1 n ft r IT. 1^51
Some guard A^ traitort to Ae Mock of itMh^ TfeafonV true bed and yieldcr uf, of breatk [Mx9Mitt^
Enttr Falfiaff and Colevite,
J«/. What'^ yotur liaac» Sir ? of what eonditioii are you I and of what place, I pray I
C«iSr. I ant a KB%ht, Sir : and my name b C9/4Rii/# of thedal^ '
iyL-^eH then, C^fvili u yonr natnr» » Knight i»
Cir debtee, and yoor place, the dale.i €cii^ile fliim fUll your name,, a traitor your deetee, and the dai)|eoo jcDor place, a place deep enough : £> fli&U yoa mil be; ' CeUwle of the dale.
€^U. Aft not jov^ Sir J^BxFalJh^^
FmL Aft good a man as he. Sir, who e^fr I am: do ye>
; yield. Sir, or ihall I fWeat for you ? if I do fweat,. they are
, the drops of thy lovers, and they Weep for thy death ;;
tiierefbreroixBe Bpfearandtstefaling, aoddoobfeevaiiGe
•tomymer^.
Cok, I think, yoa are Sir Jbiii Fmijhf^ and in that thought yield me..
F^^ I have a whole fchool of tongues in this beUy.of mine, and not a tongue of them all ipeaks any othrr word bnt my name i an I had but a belly* of any indif- ferency, 1 were itmply At moft adive h\Um in Europt : JKky woi|ib^ my womib, my womb, undoes me.. H«fe comes our GeneraL
Etrtir Frince John of Lancailer^ and Weflmortand..
Z^nr. The heat is paft, follow no ferther naw^ Call in Uie pow'rs,. good couim Hrefinufland.
{Sxif. Weft. Kow, Faljhffi where have you been all' this wiiUe I ^hen. every thing is ended, then you come. Thefe tardy'tricks of yours will, on my life^ One time or othec break fome gallows* back.
FaU \ would be fe>rty, my Lord, b<Jt it (hould be: thus : I never knew yet, but rebuke «iid check was the sciyard ol vsloor,. Do you. think me a {if?\\^^, %l\v v^x*
L 6 \ViN^^,
t$2 The fit eo^H) jRufof
row» or a Imlktl telrcl^ 'mmripoot «id dd ^ lb« 4a^didoB of tho«glitl I ppititi hhkei tviih Oe H Wtry /Mtrctmeft fnch of* pdffibiiity. I have fouiiderM fc ainefcore and odd potts : and hca^ ttaTel-tab^ed v I an, hare in mv puit and Iminaeouie valour takei Sir TiAa CiiK^ of the dale, a iMftfavio«» kdfhta»f va- loroiM enemy : botwhit of that? he iwir me and yielded; S that I i^jr jtt% fajr with theaiook-4Mt!d felknv of Rmt I there, C^tfar^ — I came, faw, and overcame. «. ' Ltm^ It was moremf Ibb odorUiy thaii rf^nt tf efating.
/«/• I k«o# not: bets he i«, and here I mkhhha; and 1 heieech jroor Gtai^e, Jet it he book'd rwith theatft of this day^ deeds ; or, .by the JJord, I will have it in a particular ballad elfe, with mine owa pidore oo the^ of it, CdemiU kiiSnff niy isnSt : totthe ndikh coarie if I be enlbrc'd, if yoo do not all (hcwriyte giit«two^pancei to ne ; ai»d T, in the clear lky;of faaie, o^erfiaaii yoo as tnnch ^s the foil noon doih.the cinders of the ekaMt« 'which fliew like pins headato her; beHere not the wird cf the noble. Therefore let me have right, and 4ct de« 'firt^momtt.
Lan. Thjne*s too heavy to moant. i
/«/. Let it fliine then.
lsan^T\avet\ too thick to fliiae.
Fal L^ it do fomething, iiy good Lord, that may do I me good, and call it whsrt yo«i wi^l, \
tan. Is thy name C^lnfik't j
Cole* It is, ray Lord. • *
Lan* A famOMs rebel art thou, CoUvtU.
Tal. And a famous true fubjefl took hioK
CoU. 1 am, my Lord, but as my betters are. That led me hither ; had they been rul'd by iiie» You (hould have won them desrer than you have.'
Fal, I know not how they ibid ihemfelvcsi 'btit thoi^:^ like a kind fellow, gav'ft thyfelf away grmiii and '—3 thank thee ipr thee.
£«/fr Wett(norland. Law. Now, have you left purfuit }
^is^ Hbnet IV. jiflg
Skm9 i^ ^^^ bence; md foTt 7P0 gpiiud him TorfB.
[Ex. nvith ColevUc* vAw4 now dirpaUh M^ Cow'fd tl^ court, my Lords; ^ tl Jirsjr, thi Kii^, . myr futhdr* i« ibre fick : fOw aews Aall go before^ os to bb Majeily, WUd^, ^Ottfin, fOu ib»ll bear to comfort him : Jlund 9it with fobcr ifttA will follow you.
/"fi/i My Im4* I M9%^ yoBt s^ve me leaife to go i>|biP«igli Wft^Jbmi wik whea jrou oomt to court, 'pray, let me ftand my good Lord in your good rejurt.
LoM. Fare voo well^ Fof/i^l h in my condition. Shall better »eak of you than you defervc. lExit^
/W. I would, you had but the wit; 'twere gbetirr ihjui voor dukedom. Good faith, this fame y onng fiiber- Mbodird boy doth not lo?e me ; nor a man cannot make feini laughs bat thiit'^ ao manrel, he drinks no wine. There'k never any of d&efe demure boys come to any fMof ; for thin >drink doth fi> over-cool thf ir blood, aad making many fi(h-meals, that they fall into a kind of male gieea-fickn^s ; and then, when tbey marry, they get wenches. They are generally fools and cowards } which Somt of us (bould be too, bat for iaAammation* A good iberris-fack hath a two-fold operation in it ; it afcends aac into the blrj^in, dries me there all the fooliih, dull nid crudv vapours Which environ it ; makes it apprehenfive, quick, forfi;etive, full of nimble, fiery and dele^bble &apes ; which delivered o'er to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. The fecond property of your excellent (herris, is, the warming of the blood; which before, cold and fettled, left the liver white and pale ; which is the badge of pufiUanimity and cowardi(e ; but the (herris warms it, and makes it conrio. fiom the inwards, to the paru extreme y it illuroinateih the face, which, as a beacon, gives warning to all the aeft of this little kin2;dom,.man, to arm; and then the vital commoners and inland petty fpirits mufter me all to their captain, the heart; who great, and puft up with thif retinufj doth uay dc^ of couiag^t \ \xA \b\^ N^%>tt
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^S4 The Second Fart of
c omes of fhemt. Sd that iktll in tke wetponis aofths wit lioiit &ck, for that fcts h a-work ? and learniog « mm hotrd of gold kep^ bya devil» till fack conraencesi^ -and fets ft in aA and ufe. Hereof comes it, that Prince Harty is valiant i for the cold blood &e did natwally in. kerit of his father, hath, Hkelean^, (teril and bare iand» sanurcd) hafrandcd, and tfH'd, with excellent endeavour of drinkihg good and «)od ftorc of fertil fherris, tbarie is become very hot and valiant. If I had a thoofandfoM, the firft horaan principle I would teach them^ fhould be to forfwtar thin poutton^, and to addidt tbenvfclvc^s fe» ^k.
Eft/er EardoljpL
How now, Bdtrdoipk ?
Bar. The army h difcharged all, and gione.
Fal, Let them go ; Pll throngh Giouctfttrjbiret and tho^ wilt ( viRt mafter Robert &haiUw9 Bfqoire ;, I have him S^ready tempering between my finger and mj thumb,.aod iiortly will^ 1 feal with hinu Come awagi.^ [Extmt*
SCENE cftangcs to the Pahce at Weftmmjkr,.
Infer Ki/t^UenrY^V^sawkK Clarence, iJw^ Gioixefter.
Jt. Hknty. XT ^ W Lords, if heav'n ibth jrive fat- \ Jl\ cefsfulcnd * '
To this debate that bleedeth at our door»,. We will our yotrth lead on to higher fields. And draw no (words but what arefandify'^K. Our navy is addreis'jd, oirr power colieded,. Out fubRitntes in abfence well invefled, And every thing lies Jtelrcl to our wifh :: Only we want a little jperfbnal flrength,r And panfc uv till thew rebels now afdot,. Come underneath the yoke of government.
fTar. Both which, we doubt not, bat your M^jeft^ Shall foon enjoy.
K. Henry. Humphry^ my fon of GkiHefitr^ Where- h the Prince ^oui bt<>>ivti \
King Ht «r R y IT: 255
'^&r» CtWk, hc*s gom tohnnu my lAud, tit fFiml^^ K. 'Rcnryl And how acconpanied ^ Clou. 1 do nat know» my Lord. V.Henry. Is not Us brother.T'itfna/of C/amr»,witli himl C/fi^. No^ my good Lord, he is in pre&nce here. eta. What would my Lord and father ? K. Henry. Nothing but well to thee, fbouun oiCiargmf^ How chance thou art not with the Prince thy brother i He loves thee^ and thou doH negled him^ n^mu i Thou hail a bette^r place in his affe^ion* Than all thy brothers x cherifli it, my hoy; And noble oiRces thou may'ft efied Of xnediation, after lam dead, . Between his greatncfs and thy other brethreiw Therefore, omit him not; blunt not his love ; N^r lo(e the good advantage of his giacci^ *ij ieeming cold, or carelefs of his wilL For he is gracious, if he be obferv'd • He hath a tear fpr pity » and a hand Open as day, forme] tlog charity : Yet notwith&anding, being incens'd, he's flint; As hnsiorous as winter, and as fudden As flaws congealed in the ibring of day. His temper therefore mud oe well obferv'd : Chide him £ar faults, and do it reverently, Whea you perceive his blood inclin'd to mirth : Bat being moody, giye him line and fcope. Tilt that his paiEons, like a whale on ground, Confound themfelves with working. Learn this, n^mar. And thou flialt prove a fhelter tp thy friends ; A hoop of gold to bind thy brothers in. That the onited veflel of their blood, (Mingled with venom of fuggeftion. As, force perforce, the age will pour it in :) Shall never leak, though it do wt>rk as ilrong As Afomtum^ or ra(h gun-powder. Cla. l.ihall obferve him with all care and love. '
K.Henry, Why art thou not 2XWindfor with VixxiyTbenmf Cla. He is not there to day ; he dines in London^ K. /ir/irr/' And Bow a^cojDipanied! can?&x.WabV^^vc\
2^ Tbt S.B cp ^i» P»rr0f
CU. With Ponut and other his cpntiaoal foUowM» ] * K. litmy. Mm fubjea is the fatteft foil to #eefti^ i^ And he, the noble image of tny vouth. Is over-fpread with them ; therefore my grief ' I8tretches itfelf beyond the hour of death. The Mood weejps from my heart, when I do fhape*. In forms imaginary, th' nnetrided days And rotten times that^ou &all look upon, u
When I am lleeping with my ancestors. |fe
For when' his head-itrong riot hath no curb. When rage and hot blo^ are his counfeOors, When means and lavifh nxapners meet tt^eth^, , \ Oh» with what wings ftaH his afledtion nj. Towards fronting. peril and oppos'd decay ?
War. My gracious Lord, yon look beyond him qmU: The Prince pot iludies his compaoxons. Like a ftrange tongnej wherein, to gain the language^ ^Tis needful, that the moft immodeft word Be loekM upon, and leariiM ; which opce attained, , Yonr Highnefs knows^ comes to no farther ofe. Bat to be known and hated. So, like grois terms. The Prince w^ in the perfedhiefs of time Caft off hts followers^ and their memory n Shall as a pattern or a meafure live, By which nit Grace muft meet the lives of others; . Turning paft evils to advantages.
K. Henry, ^li feldom, when the bee doth leave her cooab ' In the dead carrion. Who's here ? WeftrnwUndf .
£ir/rr WeftaM>rland.
Weft. Health to my Sovereign* and new happineis^ Added to that, which 1 am to deliver ! Prince John^ your fon, doth kifs your Grace's hand : MowBray, the Bi/hop Scroof^ Hafiirngs, and all, '
Are brought to the corredlion of your law | There is hot now a rebel's fword unfheath'd. But peace puts forth her olive ev'ry where. ^
TJif manner how this action hath been boroe. Here at more leifure may yonr Highnefs read,- Widi every courfe, in)u% ^^ix\c^\%t% ^
R. Hfmy. O W^ll0tmrltmit tf^rn art a (bminer birdf ^Uca ever in tbe haundi of wUlcr fings riie lifoaf «p of day.
i?/i//r Harcoart.
l^Qoky^ kcre** more acws. .
iS^r. f fom eoeiniea heav'n keep your Majefly t ^hd, when (^ ftand againA you, may tbey fall ^s thofe thaf T am come to tell yon of f The Eaf 1 NorthMmhofUitui, and the Lord Bariflth% i^ith a great pow^r of EngUfij and of ^r(?//» Kit by the Sheriff of York/hire overthrown :
fhe manner and trae order of the fight %\i packet, pleafe it yon, contains at large.
K. Htn, And wheisfpre ihonld thefe good news make ae W\\\ fortune never come with boih hands ful]» [fick ih But write her fair words ftill in fboleft letterai She either gives a fibmacht and no food \, [Such are toe poor in health) or elie a feaft» And takes away the fiomach ; {ftich the rich^ That have at>dhdance an^ ei^oy it not.)^ I ihould rejoice now at this happy news, And now my fight iails^ and my Watm i» giddyii O me, come near ine« now I am much illl
GUm. Cbitifen your Majcfty 1
Cld, Oh, my royal father !
Writ. My^Soveftlgn Lord, chear up yourfelf, look uji^
Wwr. Be patient. Princes ; yon do know, thefe fits '■ Are with his Highnefs very ordinary. Sund from him, give him air : he'll ftrait be well,
CAi. No, no,, he pannot long hold out thefe pangt^ Th' ancefiTaut care and labour of his mind (3 1 )
Haiki
(il) 71* Huegkmi curt tad U^ur tf his mind
M9A t»rM|l# flk JnoJV, ftc] Damkl. in bit Mtytrkt «C th»
tij^ civil WMS, rpe»king ef the loog decay Huify IV. felt hc^
mwtmtt fickncit, hat thii very thought. I don't ki|ow ^he date ^f that
Ipem b^iiig wrote^ fo cannot lay which poet h«8 copied fmm the elAtlW.
And pain And grief, iaforcing more and ftiore,
Befif g*d the hold that could not long defend § Confomiiig ib sli the feeing htfltt Of fbof0 pr$^QM9 nktmt liei^ii^ito UK^ '
^59 The S K d o K 6 Ftit of
Ha|h wrought the mnrt, that ftoold confioe it !»,
So thin, that life look* through, and will break out
Clou. The people fear me ; fbr thty do oUbrve
Unfather'd heirs and loathly births of natnre: Bi
The feafons change their manners, as the year C
Had foand feme months afleep, and Ieap*d them mr, 1
Cia, ^The river hath thrice flow'd, no ebb between i |l
And the old folk (tinted doting chronicles) I S
Say, it did fo a little time before I i
That our great grandiire Edward fick'd and dyM. |S
fTan Speak lower. Princes, for the King recoTen. 1^
Cleu. This apoplex will, certain; be his end. 1 1
IL. Henry, I pray yon take me up. and bear me hcnce |'
Into fome other chamber: fofdy, *pray.
Let there be no noife made, my gentle friends*
tJnleis fome dull and favourable hand
Will whiiper mufick to my weary fpirit.
IFar. Call for the mufick tn the other room.
K. Henry, Set me the crown upon my pillow heiCL
C/a. His eye is hollow, and he changes mttdu
War. Lcfs noife, lefs noife*
Entir Prince Htntf*
p. Henry. Wh# faw the Duke of CUrencif^
€ia. I am here, brother, fall of heavinefs*
T.ffenrf. How now 1 rain witli^in doors, and none abioftl^ Jlow doth the King ?
Giou, Exceeding ill,
P. Henry. Heard he the good newayet ¥ Tellithiro,
GUu. He alter'd much upon the hearing it^ ;
P, Henry. If he be fick with joy. He'll recover without phyfick.
JTar. Not fo much noife, my Loids; fweet Pruice, fpetk The King, yonr father, is difposM to deep. [W;
Cla. Let us withdraw into the other rooni.
Will't pleafe your Grace to go along .v^tk os^
At fhit the vtallh worn thin* ^cnit the mmd
^ Kbg Hit M R y IV. 255
P. Senry. No ; I will fit, and watch here by the King.
[Exeunt all hut P. He^ry, Why doth the crown He there m)on his pillo#» Being fo troublefome a bed-feliow ? O polilh'd {>ercurbatioto ! golden care ! That keep'ft the ports of slumber ojsen wide To many a watchful night : fleep with it now t Yet not fo found, and half fo deeply fwect. As he, whofe brow, with homely biggen boand, Snores out the watch of night. O Majefty ! When thoQ doft pinch thy bearer, thou doift fit Like a rich armour worn in heat of day. That fcalds with fafety. By his gates of breath There lies a downy feather, which ftirs not : Did he fufpire, that light and wejghtlefs down ^ Perfbrce mud moVe. My gracious Loid ! my father I This fleep is fonnd, indeed ; this is a fleep. That from this golden ngol hath diforcM (32) So' many Enzlijb Kings. Thy due from me Is tci^s, and heavy forrows of tl» blood | 'mdchna^re, love, and filialtendemeli %all, O dear father, ipzy thee plenteOafly; My due from thee is thi^ imperial crowd, Wliichj -as immediate from thy place and blood. Derives itfelf to me. Lo, here it fits. Which heav'n fhall guard : and put the world's who1# Into one giant arm, it fhall not fbrce [ftrength
This lineal hbnoar fkMn me. This from thee '
Will I to mine leave; as '^ds kit to me. {Exk*
{%%) Tb*tJmmihk\iflimnfBBX^'yie^ Ring, •rdKlo« . V Jn idscktth be bit exptefsM it ;
All that impedes %hfit hoii^^he gMen rtuiul. But we once noorc me«t >yith the word rigol ia our anthorH wor^| j About ihc mouri^ag and congealpd face Of tbat bl4ck blood » watry rsigd god^ &is.
TarquHi ^ Locrece*. Tht word feemt of ^alka. cstradioo<---«— Ridda, cborta, cum nem* mmmimt fitktnd: 'm orhm vertvntur. A ridda^ ridoletto, rigohtto, ngolo.— — So Fef nanus in his Origlnes Italh^e. Hence a rig»ftt, off
I
(1(56 The Se con D Part 'of
Enter Warwkk^ GloQcefter, and Clarence*
X . Henry, War^uk ! GUme^ •' Clannce I
CU. Doth the King call ?
I^tff. What would yourMajefty ? how fares your Grace?
K. Henry. Why did you leave me here alone, xny Lordsl
C/«. We left the Prince my i>rother here, my Liege« Who undertook to fit and watch by^on.
K.^^.ThePrince of fTalejI where u he r let me fee hin.
JTar. Thii door is of^n, he is gone this way.
G/m. Ht Game not throogh the chamJ>er where we fta^d*
K.^M. Where is the crown? whotook it from my pillow^
ITar, When we withdrew, my Liege, we left it ben.
Kt Hen. The Prince hath ta'en it hence ; goieek himoiit. li Ke fo hafty, that he doth fuppofe ^ ,
My flefp mv death ? find him, ^y Lord of J^izrwwci^; >^nd chide him hither flrait; this part of his Conjoins with my difeafe, and hel|tt to end me. £ee, fons, what things you are ! how quickly natoxe Falls to revolt. wh«n g^ld become^i (ler objed t , For this, the ^lifh oven^areful fathers [caiff.
Have broke their fleepa with fthou^t^ i^eiri>]^ns im Their bones w}th iodo^rv : fbrthiSy; engrofled The cankerM heaps of ftrange-f tcUeved gold t . . For this, thrjT have been thoi^ktfi^l to inveft Their foo4 with arts and martial ^xercsfes: Wheuj like the bee, cuUiag ^K^n ev'ry flower. Our thighs are packt 9(9th wax, ^r pooths with houqr^ .Wt bring it to the hiye^ an^ like th^bees, , ,.
Are murder'd for our pains ! this bitter tafto Yield hii eagfoiinents tc[ihe,dyt«^>fiiik«u
* ffir^' Warwick.
Now, where is he^ that will i\ot ftay fo long* Till his friend, ficknefs, hath determin'd mti
Wmr. My Lord, I found the Prince in the next rooD; Wafhing witli kindly t^ar his g;enftle cheeks ; .With fuch a deep demeanour in great ibrrow, . That tyraiM^y, which n^er i^att tnit tiopd, v
\ Would by beholding him have waih'a his knife
* With
mtli gentle eyenXropi. He is coflmag liiditr. K. Hemy. Bat wherefore did kc uke away die tnmut
EmUr PrinciVsnrj. Lo> wWe he comes. Come Uther to me^ B4tnyi Depart the chamber, leaira qs here alone. [Ext. L§rds%
p. Hemy, I never thptight to hear yon fpeak amn.
K. Ami^. Thy wllh was father, Umny^ tQ that tboiigfcc t I ftay too loiifi; by thee» I' weajy thee* Doft thoo fo nunger far » v empty chai^ That ihoo wile nerds inTcft thee with mv hoaeiutif Before thv hoitr be ripe ? O foolifli yoath I Thoa feek'ft the.greatnefs, that will oifierwhelm theib ' ^Stay hot a little^ for mv cloud of , dignity Is held from falling with fo weak k wind, iPhat it will quickiy djrof ; xny day is diaK. Thoa haft ftotn that» which, after fomt few h^uijiy Were thibe without offence : And at my df^ Thon had feal'd up my expefiauoa : Thy life did n^aniteft, thon lor'dft fl»e aotj >And thou wilt have me die aiTar'd of it. , Thon hid'il a thoufand daggers in thy thoiighti Which thou haft whetted 'on thy ftony heart. To ftab at half an hour of my frail life. What ! can'll thau not forbear me half an hour f Tlien fH thee goae, and dig my grave ihyftlf^ And bid'^he merry bells ring^to thy ear. That thon art crowned, not ths^ I am dead. I.et alf the learAi that ihould bedew my herfi^^ Be drops of i>alm;to fan^fy thy head y Only Gomponnd me with for^tten dafl:» Give that, which save thee Ufe, unto the wojrms* Pluck down my omcers, break my decrees. ; For now a time is come to mock at form : &nrj the ftfth is crown'd : up, vanity ! ]]toiwa, royal ftate I all you (age coun)eUors» hence $* And to the Engl^ oonrt afTemble now» From ev^ry region, apes of idlenefs: Now, neighbour confines, pnrge you of your fcnm t Have yon a jTo^a t^ut wiU fwetf ? dri&)&? dance t
Rtvfl
t6i lH Sftt«ili I^f?t>f
Revel the night? rob? inuf^? aod commit *
The oldeft fins the neweft kind of ways ? Be happ7t;he will trouUe ^ou no more : EMgUmi fllUl double gild his treble guiU (33) | Englami (hall give him office, honoor, might : For the Fifth Harrj from corb'd licence plocks The muzzle of reftraint ; and the wild dog Shall flefii his tooth on every innocent.
0 my poor kingdom; fick with civil blows ! Whea that my care could tot with<*hold thy riots^ What wilt thou do, when riot is thy care ?
O9 thpo wilt be a wildemefs again. Peopled with wolves thy old inhabitants.
F.HiMfy. O pardon me, my Liege! but for my tean^ (The moift impediments unto my ipeech,) l&udbf^
1 had fore-ftalrd this dear and deep rebuke. Ere yo<i with grief had ipoke, and I had heard The courie of it fo far. There is your crown ; And he^ that wears the crown immortally, Long guard it vours ! If I affedt it more. Than as your honour and as your renown^ Let me no more from this obedience rife. Which my mod true and inward -duteous it^irit Teacheth th^s proftrate and exterior bendtn^^. Heav'n witnen with me, when I here eame in. And found no courfe of breath within yottr Majefty^ How cold it ftruck my heart! if I doiagn»
0 let me in my prefent wildnefs die.
And never live to (hew th* incredulous wodd The noble change that I have purpofed. Coming to look on you, thinking yon dead# (And dead almofl, my Liege, to think yoa were)
1 fpake unto the crown, as having fenfe,
(13) England JbaU dnBte gild bis trUU guUt.] Thtt line iria «U f be editions in gencraJ, but Mr. Papist | and he hat th«aght fit is cafliier tt« If be imagined tbe conceit too mean, be ougbt '•! leaf to have degraded it to the bottom of his page, not abfotutelj ftifled ih But mean at tbe conceit ti, our author hat tepeatcd it agpio in hit
Have for the gilt of France (O guilt, hdudt) Confirmed cel^piracy with fearful l^jacftf
3 Aad
King HiifftY iV, t5|
IS iiphndded it. The care oir thee depending d itpoa the body of my /ather, >re thou beft of gold art worft of gold ; left fine in carrat» is more precious, ing life in med'cine potable : ton, taoft fine,, mod honoar'd, moft renownMi t thy bearer op. Thus, royal Liegei ig it^ I pm it on my head) with it (as with an enemy, ad before my faca murdered my fkther) larrel of a trne inheritor, it did infea my blood with jdj, 11 my thoughts to any ftrain or pride^ rebel or Tain (pint of mine th the leaft afe£^ion of a welcome, ntertainment to the might of it ; raY'n for ever keep it from my head, lake me as the pooreft vaiTal is, loth with awe and terrof kneel to it ! iemy. OmyAm!
I put it in thy mind to take It hence, :hoii mi^ht*ft win the more thy father's lovei^ Dg fo wifely in excttfe 6f it. hither, Harty^ fit thou by my bed ; car, I think, the very lateft counfe], Bver I (hall breathe. Heaven knows, my fon^ at by-paths and indireA crook'd wavi this ctQwn ; apd i myfelf know weli^ roublefome it fate npon my head. ee it fliall delcend with better quletj . opinion, better confirmation :
I the foil of the atchievement goes me into the earth* It icemM m me
) an hoMmr fnatchM with boiftVods hand^ : had many living to apbriaid dn of it by their afliftances ; h daily grew to quarrel and to blood ihed« iding fuf>pofed peace. All tbefe bold fearsi j feeft, with peril I have anfwered.
II my reign bath beeit but as a fcene, <
I
uH The Stc?oif& Pjirt idf
A Atng tb«t arg«ineii^ : Aim! bow n^ jt^ttlt
ClNinges the imxle; for what in me w^^gjmk^%
Falls Qfon thee in « much fainr ibrt I
So thou the garland wear'^ faccefivelf^
Yet though tnou (land 'ft more fiire th^n I (pold 4p^
Thoo art not firm caou^, ftnce grieis are gr^oj
And ail my fricada, which thou muft ipake thy ^jcfQijf;
Have but their iHn^ and tteih newly U'en 0|Bt |
By whofe fell working I win firfl advanc'dt
And by whofepowV I yft\\ migkt lodge ^/eft^
To be again diiplac'd : Which to avoid
I cot them ofiF» and had # pnrpoie now
To lead out saany to the holy land ;-
Ldft reft and lying ftill might make them look
Too near into ^y ftate. Therefore* my Hanry^
Be it thy courfe to bufy giddy minds
t"(^th foreign quarrds; that adioii> Jben^^ hm^p^
May wafte the memory of former days.
More would I» bnt my lungs are waft^ fo*
That ftrength of fpeech is utterly de^y'4 .me.
How I came by the ^rpwn> O ^^^» ioi^pm t
And grant it may with thee in true pef ce Uyc^
P. ttiwrj. My gracious Liege» Yon won it» wore it* kept it> gave it mcf Th^n plain and right muft imr potfeifiQA {be; Which I with more than with a common ps^Q 'Gainft idl ^e world will rightfully m^ip^ain*
Enttr l^rd John tf Lancafter* and Warwkk. K. Henty. Look, look, here comes my^hnof Laj^c^* Lan. Healtb, peace and happinefs t0 m;y royal father I K. tignry^ Thon bring*ft nie happinefs and peace^ ^^
But fa^ealth, alack, with youthful wings is flown \J9H\
From th^ bare, withered, trunk. Upon thy fight
My woridly bofinefs makes a period.
Where is my Lord of Wamfjidtf .P. Hiufy. My Lord of Warmsick^"^'*^ K. Hinry. Do^ any name particular belong
Unto the lodging where I iis^ did fwoon I ff^ar. 'Tis caffA 3«ri^alcm, ttcj ip^U fcord.
K5hg HVnry It"; t6s
S. H^. Ltttd betbGo4 ! ev'n there my lifemafteadt Jt hatb bbeti jjTop^cyid to me many years-, 1 fhould not die bat in Jerufalem : Which vainly I fuppos'd the holy land. •1li!it b^ar me to that chamber, there rillte: In that Jirufdim (hall Hwrry die. \Extum%
A C T V.
SCENE, Sballow*^ feat in GUuceJIerJhtn. £«/^ Shallovi^ Silence, FalAafF, Bardolph, andVzgt.
Shallow.
BY cock and jfye, Siri you (hall not away to-nightv What! Davy, I fay-^— Fal. Yoii muft excu(e jne^ mafter Robtrt Shallow, SbaL I will not excu(e you : you (hall not be excufed* Excufeis (hall ndt be admitted : There is no excufe (halt icrve : you (hall not be excused. Why, Davj^^*^
Enter Davy.
2>#vjr. Here, SiK
^bal, Davj, Davyt Daij, let nie fee, Da'vyy let me fee ; yea, marry, William cook, bid him come hither.-^ Sir John^ you (hall not be excos'd.
I>a<uy, Mstrfy, Sir, thtist Thofe precepts cannot b^ lerv*d ; and, a^fein, Sir, (hkll we fow the head-land with Wheat? . . A
ibd. Wkh fed wheat. Z)<w;jr. But for mdiam coofc, *^atc there no yoiii)g pigeons?
Daty. Yea, Sir— Here it now thfe fmith*» note for Siooinc^, iihd plow-irOns.
ShaZ Let it be ^aft and paid — Sitjohn, you (hall not be excus'd.
Danfy. Now ^uy tt ntw Ikik-td the bucket tciiA %«b&v
Vol. IV. ^ • M Vit.
%66 The S £ € ON • Part :pf
l)e had. And, Sir, do you mean to llop any of XFTffiini wages about the fack he loft the other dayat A&d fair? "^
SJbal. He (hall anfwer it. Some pigeons, Dav^r couple of fliortjegg'd hens, a joint of mutton, aodai] pretty little tiny kickfhaws : Tell William cook.
Davy, Doth the man of war day all night. Sir?
SbJ. Yes, Dany. I will ufe him well. A friend iVtk' court is better than a penny in purfe. Ufe his men wdB, Da*vyy for they are arrant knaves, and will back-bile.
Da^. No worfe than they are back-bitten. Sir; for they have marvclloas fool linnen.
Shal, Well conceited, Dmvy. About thy butinefs, Davj.
Da'vy. 1 befeech you. Sir, to countenance ^//!rtfw ^/«f of fFoncot againil Clement Perkes of the hill.
6kal, There are many complaints, /)it<i^,^agiunfttkt Vijor; that Vifor is an arrant knave, on my knowledge.
Daiy, I grant your worfhip, that he is a knave, Sir; but yet God forbid, Sir, but a kna^ ihould have ibne countenance at his friend's reqoeft. An honeft man, Sir, is able to fpeak for himlelf, when a knave is not* ^faave ferv'd your worfliip truly. Sir, thefe eight years ; and if I cannot once or twice in a ouartcr war out a knave agarnft an honeft man, I have mit very little credit with your worihip. The knave is mine honeft friend. Sir, there* fore I befeech your worlhip let him be countenanc'd.
Shal. Go to, I fay, he (hall have no wrong : Look about, Da'vy. Where are you, ^xrjobnf come, off widl your boots. Give me your hand, mafter .^S«ry«^.
Bard. I am glad to fee your worlhijp.
Sbid, I thank thee with all my heart, kind nafier Bardolph\ and welcome, my tall fjpUow ; [?aiArP^i.] Come, ^Vfjobn.
Fal. I'll follow you, good mafier Roiirt Sbalhw.
t Exeunt Shallow, Silence, dT^.] Bardolfb^ look to oar orfes.— — If I were faw'd into quantities, I ihonld make four dozen of fuch bearded hermite-flaves aa snafter ^W« ienju. It is a wonderfal thing to fee the femblable. cohe- rence of his mens fpirits and his: They, by obferving.oi hmp dp bear thenxULvt^ UJu, C^^UQi iaftices; he, bj
King H E N%t Y IV/ 267
tsonverfing with then), is turn'4 intaa joftice-like fervinf- 'inkiu' Tneir fpirits are fo married in conjua6tion» with Ihe jparticipatioo of fociety» that they flock together in conftni like fo many wild geefe. If I .had a fuit to mafter Sballpw^ I would humour his men with the im- putation of being near their mafter : If to bis men, I would curry. 4¥ich nailer Sballonu^ that no man could better command his fervants. It is certain, that either wife bf^aring or ignorant carriage is caught, as men take difeafes, one of another : Therefore let men take heed of their company. I will devife matter enough out of this Shallow to keep Prince Hemy in continual laughter the wearing out of fix falhiohs, which is four terms Or two zBaonSf and he ihall laugh without Intetnjallums, O, it 28 much, that a lye with ^ flight oath, and a jefl with ^{tid. brow« will do with a felk>w that never had the ache in his flioulders. O, you flull fee^l^ laugh/ tiH his face be lifae a wet cloak ill laid up. ^'
ShgL [vnibin.\ Sir Jabn-—'
Fal. Icome, mafler^iW/invs I corner mafler^W/m.
[Sxu Falftaff.
SCENE changes to the Court, in Londgrt.
Snter the Earl tf Warwick and the lord Chief JufiUu
Wwr.T TOW now, my Lord Chief Juflice, whither away ? ii Cb. Jufi. How doth the King ? ^
War. Exceeding well : His cares arc now all ended.
Ch. JuAJ I hope, not dead ?
War. He*s walkM the way of nature 5 And to bur purpofes he lives no more.
Ch* Jufi* I would, his Majetty had call'd me with him. The fimce, that! I truly did his life, Hi^ kft me open to all injuries.
War. Indeed, I think, the young King loves you not.
Ch. Ji0. 1 know, he ioth not ; and do arm myMf, To welcome the condition of the time ; Which cannot look more hideoufly 6n me. Than I hzrcinrtn itin my fant^fy.
,e6B ' The St c p u d P^ r ^f
Enttr ijrd J(Am 9/ Ijincdier^ Gloucefkcr, AwfClareBor*
PTar, Here come the heavy iHue o£ dead iEfirr^? O, that the living Harry had the, temper Of hiin» the worft^of thefe three gendemen : , How many Noblet then (hould hdd their pkcei^ « That mafi ftrikc ikil to fparits of vile fort ! .
Ch. Jufi. Alas, I fear, all will be overtont^d*
Lan. Good-fliorrow» coofio WiummcL
Cicu. C/ar. Good-morrow, CQuiia.
Lan.'We meetr likemen that had forgot to fpeak.
W^an We do remember; but oqk tff omeftt Is all too heavy to admit much tatk<
ZtfjT. Well, prate be with him that hath made ivkeavf!
CL Jufiu Peaoe bewith us, leil we be heavievl
Glo^. 0» good my L^rd, you^eJoft ^fncttdAndeAi Jtndl dare {wear, yoo borrow not' thait laoe . . Of Teeming forrow ; it is, fure, yoor oWn. ^
Lan. Tho'^no man be aflurM what grace to In4^ You (land ia coldeftexpedatioA. I am the forrieri would, 'twere otherwife.
Cla, Well, you muft now fpeak^Sir yeJIfn Falftaff fair, Wbiah fwiros againftyoor ftream of qodlity. '
Ch. Jufi, Sweet Princes, what I did, I did in honooj;, Let by th'imp^tial <x)ndi»£lof m^%tt{^' ^ And never (hall you fee, that I will beg A ragged and ibreHaird remiffion/ If truth and upright inmcency fail me» ^
ni to the King my mafter that is dead. And tell him who hath fent me afiter hint. '
War. Here comes the Prince, '
Entir Prittcetl^nry^
Ch. Jufi. Heav'n fave your Majet^ I
P. Henry. This new and gocgeoBftgafiaOBtv lilijdlff^ Sits not fo eafy on me* as you tMnk. Frothers, you mix your Mneft wtth font f(taitV This IS the EngUp^ not the 7Wi>& courts tiotJmurathsLuJmuratAfatcttdsg Batffarry, Harry. Ytt \>^ i«t^, .^«i&Vitti^wiK
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Pdr ^ (Jicdt lr«tfa, it rtry well becomes yoQ : Sorrow lb royally in you appears. That I will deeply put the fafhion on. And wear-^ic in siy heart. Why then, be fad ; But entertain no more of it, good brothers. Than* a joint burden laid upon us all. . Forn>e, by Heaven, fbid yon be affur'd, ril be your father and your brother too; Let me bat bedr your love, 1*11 bear your cares: Yet weep, thtiJarty's dead ; and {6 will 1. But Harry lives, that (hall convert thofe teart fy Bomoer into hours of happinefs.
Lan» ISc, We hope no other from your Majcfly,
P. Hemy, Yotttdllook ftrangejy on me; and you mod* You arc, I think, aflur'd. Hove you not. [To the CL. Jufi*
Cb. Jufi, I am.aiTurr'd, if I be m^AirM Hght^y, Your Majefty hath no jail caufe to hate me.
P. Hiwy- No \ might a Prince of my great hopes forget . So great wdignieies you laid upon me f What I rate, rebuke, and roughly fend to prifon Th' immediate heir of EnglaiSl was this eafy ? May this'll« wafb'd vaLttit^ a;nd forgotten f
Gfc. 7iy2. 1 then did iii« the periba of your fiubef i The image of his power lay then in me i And in th' edminillration of his i^w. While I wat bufy for the common* wealtbj Yoar VB^ti^ pleafed to forget my plac^i^ The Majefty and pow'r of law and jqftice. The image of the King whom 1 prefenf<M) ;. And ftmck me i» my veiy &at or j udgxneQt t Whereon, as an offender to jronr father* I gaye bold< wa^: to my anthority , Android commii ybui ' tl die deed were iTI, Be yon conteQted, wearing noi$r the garland^. To have a fon f^ ypor decrees at naa^ht : To plock down mftice Uam your muvoX bench ; To trip the cenrfr of law, atMl blant the fword Tkat gvard*' tkt peaop and iafetv of yoor perfon; May liiore, to i^um at your m<m foy^ imi^e,. Aim ttottt jour WQj^ipg ^ eJ^Ad hody*.
ijo The Si c aif d Pact (if
Queflion yooi royal thovghts, make tiie cafe you^i ;
Be BOW the father, and propofe a fon ;
Hear your own dignity fo much prophan'd ;
See yeur moft dreadful laws fo loofely flighted ; '
Behold yoorfelf fo by a fon diAiain'd : .
And then imagine me taking your part.
And in your pow'r fo filencing your fon.
After this cold confid^rance, fentence m^ ; .;
And» asyoaareaKing, 0>eakin ypur^ef
What I have done that mliDecame my place.
My perfon» or my Liege's fovercignty.
P. Hemy, You are riebt Juftice* and yon weigh thit^wril^ . Therefore ftill bear the balance and the fwmi ; Apdldowifliy your honours may increafe. Till you do live to fee a fon of mine Oflend you» and obey you» as I did : So fliall I live to fpeak my father's words ;
* Happy am I, that have a man (b bold» '* That dares do jufiice on my proper fon ;
* And no left happy, having fuch a fen,
• Thpt ^tould'dv]iv«r up Kis ;r»ei>tnc(* fA
• Into the "hand of juliice.* — Ycir committed j9Ci | / t For which 1 do commit into your hand . Th* tinftaincd fword that you have us*d to bear ; ^ " With this remembrance, that you ufe the /anoye
With the like bold, jaftf and impartial fpirit« . As you have done 'gainft me. There it my hamfr You ihall be as'a father to my yontk : My voice ihall found, as vou do prompt ttii^ esur s • And I will (loop and humble my intenu, : -^ ■ . . i "</V To voQr well-praf^isM wife 4u^<^v>n8. j. ^ ^;. .v ^ And, Princes all, 'believe me« 4' befeecLvQ^;;. :; I My father is gone wijd into his gra!rej^34},, . ; . - ■ .[. w\
. - ' • - - '.:*vy *w- .. w-Fo'i
(34) f^yfif^ » f «"' waird tnto his gMvi^
{F0r ik bis 9mh He mf afeffions)] This tidlcnlottt readiAf ^ (which, I pr«f«inc u Uu Pif«'t conjeaarc,^ tinfttp^ott^ ^ tiitho*\ fitie9, or leafen) i is o«t •aiy nonlinire,iii4trilf,bQt4t-thecaafe tkst* sonfcnfc poOeiSet the foUowtog verfea. . Thf jfiMt «it|aiA)rv«V^c, «. I have rcftdr*d with all the old copies. V My (atl^er, lays the^f^iM;^! ^ is gone wHd-mto hit %x^'Ht^ tot tkQ% «U m^ to(M ajrofi^qns ji«a9>% '' feafc'd withhitt,; aiidlC>»tVmVtiU\^t>btTVi\iRl^^'^-^
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King H B M i Y IV. 27 X
•p hU tomb lie my a^6Uoos ; i with his fpirit fadly I iurvivc, mock the expe^ations of the world i /rhilratejMrophedes, and to rase out ' , . «
:ten opinion, which hath writ roe down er my (eeoiUg. Tl^ my tide of b(ood - ,. i ih proudly flowed in vanity 'tiU now ; w doth it turA and ehi back to the Tea, lere it (hall mingle with the iUte of floods* d flow heoceform in formal Majefty. »w call we our high coort of parliament ; id lei OS chafe fuch limbs of noble counfely kat the great body of our (late may go eqnai rank with the beH govern'd nation ; lat war or peace, «r both at once, may he things acquainted and familiar to us, which you, father, fhall have foremotl hanc!. ,
\l'o Urd Chief Jujlict.' tr Coronation done,. we will accite % I before rcmcir."ber*Jj all oar (late, d (Heav'h configniiig to my good intents) » Prince, nor Peer, ihall have juil caufe to fay, av*n ihorteo Harry % happy life one day. ^ [^Bx£Ui$f^
B difappoint thefe exv^>tionf the poblick hate form*4 tit ft/\ t'the Prince bad refuIvM to do, upon his father^i demifej as we ' 6' heard' from his own mouth i
Jfld^feig»r 2
And wtver Stfi ^Jk^w A" uiareiuUmi wtrli.^ r
TA# AoUe change tbaf hbivt purpofed. V ^
i% lie did make thif chajife. We hear from the Arebblihop-k the ^ nning of Hemj V, ' ■ ■ ' ■ i
The breath BO fdiBoer left hirf«ther*t body, * , • i
Bat that his HF^m/s^ flMr/j/(«/io him,
ScernM to die too* sfe two qooutioni very pUialy aHert oor.poet*s icadia^ tnd art raat Ceftimomei of Mr. Fo/^'t uohap pj fauUtgr in m»ttm§ wrongs
Ma SC^^^
a7i The S I c p N D Part <rf
SCENE changes to Shalbu/s Scat m ' GIotice/terfi>irt.
Sntir Faiftjif; Shdlow» Silence, iztdcipk, tin Pupt
and Davy. ^i^.l^T A y, you fhall fee mine orchard; wfaeie in aa JL\i arboar we v^l eat a laft year's pippin Of mi own £ra^ng» with a diih of carraways, tM'tti fofdi: come, coaiin SiUna % and then to bed.
Fal. Yon have here a goodly dwelling, and a rich.
ShaL Barren, barren, barren : beggars all, beggih all. Sir Jdhn : marry, good air. Spread, D^rnj, i)>re«d, Dav^ ; well faid, Da^»
Fal, This Dayy ferves you for good ofts $ he is your icrvingmao, and yodt hufbandman. *
^ Stttl, A good variety a good varlet, a very good rarlet, Sir John» By th' mafs, I have drank too mach fack at fupper.— -A good varlet. Now fit down, now fitdowa ^ come, couiin.
SiL Ah, firrab, quotha. We fhall do nothing but eat,and make good cheari[^i>^/ff^' And praife heav'n for the merry ye^r; When fleih is cheap and females dear. And hiily lads roam here and there; So mcrHiv, and ever among, lb merrily, &Cw
FaL There's a mtrry heart, good mafter Silepci. VY^ gi¥e you a health for that anon.
Sba!. Give Mr. Bardolph fome wine, DiK^.
Dany. Sweet Sir, fit; Pll be with you anon; moft ftyeet Sir, fit. Mafter JPage, ^fit : jgopd mafter Pajge, ^t \ (35) proface. What you want m meat, iye*llb9yc in drink; but you muft bear, the hearths all. [£ri|.
(35) Proface. Whaijw want ip mat, jtu hsve ht driakA I meet with this word again in an old comedy, caU'd, The Ifi^Srw^ Tiaru ' ' ' W^i), t have done ;— and weil done, ftailty« Ft^fiti I 'htow lik*ft thott it r / {Spektn to a girl, that it greedily eatlog viaaali brought her by the ^aker.) I have not found this word any where explain*d ; but | pre- fiime it a contiaAion fram the StaSan phrale, M99 vi frtfatcia \ i. c« Much food jBa|*t do )ou«
1
AML Be menj, mafter M§r4ip(fky i^> m/ l|ttl(e fol- dierjihcrei bcmqny*
J^r f^ttetf are^hlrcw8,Jq^ Oi^rt and tiU.|; ^xis neriy & luill^ when t^ards i^a^ all> . An4 ^^cpnif merry SirMf^ Miminyi hi merxy^
fal. Idid noc thisk, maier JiAwrrlnd b^^lTi^iiuurof dui jnetdcr :
^£7.*W^^Iii^yeJbee& la^ny ^^
Daifv. Tliere is a dlQi of leaAet-coats for yoo#
Sbai. Da^^'^"^ ^
Davy. Yowe woffcip— rPlI be witl^ yoo {j^tigj^U A^ cop of wiacr Sir ?
^»^r r«S/w//r#.3 A-ciipof wine, ThaPs/bri&indfinc, And dfink^unto ttifelemaAl&fne;- ' - ^n4^ a merry Jieart livo long-a^ .
Fal WeH ^d, maffer ^iUnct. '
Si/. U we ihallbe^merry^.novr cornea in tbe*fwe(^t off tbe night.
Fai. Healtb andlong^Hfetoyod^ mztter St^ncf^
Sil, Fill the cop, , and let it come. Til pledge yo% wer'tamiletachebpnoflv."
S^I. Hont^ BandifJph, we1eoxD^;.ff thou wan t'fb any thing andv^ift not calf, befti^w th/ heart. "Wfelcomc, ]Bjrlitt& tiiay thief, abd Welcome, indeed, to©^: HI driDk^ mm^tt BariMfb^ and to all the cavilcrpes about
Daif. I'hope tafee Londen^ ere I die.
Bard. If 1 might fee yoiC there Dat^y,* .
SbaL Youll df^clc a quart together ? ha, will you. not*
Bard. Yes^ Sir, in a j^ottle po^.
ShaL By God's Hggens, Hth^nk thee ; the knaire wilt fliclcby me/;icaa'iSru|H^ t&,ee that^ He will no€out» te.ia uuc-Jied»
274 The SficoMD Part c^ ,, , '
Bari. AndnilHckby biitoi SiK '!' ^ *'* "'r' t
Sbal. ynny, i^trt Tpokc m ^ing: lack/'iiflfthlDg^ V merry. Loolt; who*satdoorthere» lio : wipkaotk^l » Fm. Why, now yoa^have done me riglit,
Sil. [Sttigimg.] Do me right, and dub me ^igkv.^^. mfw. li't not ib ? . ^Tii/. ^8fo. - * ^ ^5, ^
5/7. Is't fo ? wjhyi then %, nn old m^ caii ^o fyaamikt * Dtfv. !f ftplcareyourwclrfliip, ihePi?8 0J»€pijM coie^ from the court with news. faJ. Froin the coort^ let him come in.
' ' * J«r/f PjftoL ♦ *^
Hpw now, PifioU Tift, ^xjohn^ faveydn, Sir. ..-,
tol. What wind blew you bifhcr^ Tift^lf Pift. Not the ill wind which blows oojmap good, jRtreetf Knight: thou art now ope of the gjveate^ ix^n i^i thf realm. ' ' , >- -j -. .
Sil. Indeed, I think bt be^. bat good man P^oi
Pift. Puff? PufF in thy teeth, moft recreant cowttid kftft !• ; Sir Jobn^ I am thy Piftol and thy friend i* , ilnd belter Ikelter have I rode to thee ; ^ >/
hfJk ttdinga do I bring, mod lucky joys,. . ., .
And golden times, and happy news of price* ^ > .>
/*« /. Ipr'ythee now,dcliver themlikea mfin of thil worl/ft
W^ A fotttra for the world and worldling! ^t^dl^ 1 I fpeak of Jfrica and golden joys. . , :,
^ /4'/. Obafeutg^Viff Knight, what is thy newf? . lift l^ing Cophttua know the truth thereof . , ,
SiJ. And Roiiu-lfooJp Scarlit^ ^d Jtkm*
Pifl. Shall dunghill curs confr6nt theji##«l^ ^ Andihall good news bebaffiedi , ' \ • '\
Then PtftA lay thy head in fury V lap* y
ZluiL Honed gentleman, 1 know not year l^eding*^
Pift. Why then, lament therefore.
JW. Give me p«doB, Suh TS»^Vt, ^^>a. '^'^a* ^Itk
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news from the coart, I take it, there is but two .ways, either to utter them, or to conceal them. I am, Sir, under the King in ibme authonity. -
Fifi. Under which Ring ? BexcniaUt fpeak or die (36}.
Pift. Many the Fottrth ? or Fifth ?
SbiU. Harry the Fourth^ j '■' *■
Fift, A foutra for' thine office 1 * ,
^xxjobni th^ tender Iamb»kili now is King^ . ' ^'
Harry the Fifth's the man. I fpeak the truth* ''• ^ * When /'/^ff/ lyes, do this, and fig me like' ' ' ^ •the bragging Spaniard,
Fal. What^ it the old King dead ?
Fift* As nail in door : the things I fpeak are jnil. "
¥ai. Away, Bardolpby faddle my horfe. Mialkr if^^rr^ ihmlhwi chnib what office thou wilt in the land, 'tis thine. ?iJiol» I will double charge thee with dignitil^.
Bard: O joyful day ! Iwould not take a Knighthood fer my fortune.
Fijf. What? I do bring good new»?
Fal. Carry mafier 5«iirjvr^ to bed : mafter ^i^oZI^, my l^ord Shallow, be what thoti ¥^lt, 1 am fortune's fitward. Geton thy boots, we'll ride all night. Oh, fwett Fifiolf - away, Bardelph: come, PiftoU utter more tome; and withal devife foraething to do thyfelf good. Boot, booty roafter Shallow, I know the young King is fick for me. Let us. take any man'^s horfes : the laws dF England a^ at my commandment. Happy are they which haTe been my friends; and woe to my Lord Chief Juftice !
Pifi. Let vultures vile fcize on his lungs alfo! Where is the life that late I led, fay they ? Why, hefc it is, welcome this pleafa»t ika^ym [Exeuat.
(^6) ■ «i BegoniiBi ^k or dU."] So again SMJfolk fajs in
^ Henry V%, v* .
Great men ^ die by vile Bezsnians, We are not to imagine this any nation of people ,• bot It is a term of reproach, frequeilt in the writers contemporary with our poet, and of wStfa extraAioA* Biftgne, among ether fignifications^ means, nuejity^ mi Bifopiop, a ntfdj ytrhn ; thence, metap hortcally^ a bafe fconadrel.
M6 ^.^i-?.'!^^
2^6 Thq St COM 0 Put pf
S C,E K ^ changjC!! to a Stiieet in Lfndffn*
£mfer U^tfi Quickly* Dol| Teaf-{hej9t, ttndSfa^Us.
»/.XT O, diott arrant-|y|j|?.e, I wppW I niig^lt4ief Jl>| that 1 wight hfiyc ^^ iiapgM; fdion M drawn my ihoulder out of joint.
Biad. The conftables ihayir djpliirfr'ili lerQVQir ^n^e; and fhe fliall .ha^e w)iippM>g cheer enpag^i, I. w^faQ^.hf r. There hat^^lb^eii a injin or two )uir4 iabput her.
Do/., Nut-hQpJcy 9ut-hpqk> ypoly^: congie pn, }'ll tell thee what> thoo daxnn'd tripe- rif^fi'd rafeal. |f the chili l^o with, do mifcarry, thou had'ft bettfir ^tl^pu hadft ftruck thy adojth^o thoo paper-fac'd yill^ip.
£^0/?. O the Lord, that Sir ^dihr w|^f coipe, Ke!<r09M T9ake (1)18 a bloody day to fo»^ bpdy. %fi^ Iw^ ©pi* the froit of her woinb xnifcarry.
B$ad. tf it ^o, you O^all have Z} ^pzen of ^fM^D> agaiD» you have bot eleven now. Cotne^ I chiM'g^ yP^I both go with me i ^ tl)e num. if d^^i tjl^^ 79V 9fA fifiol%t%t among you.
thU y\\ teil thee what^ (j^) thou thin man in a f^nJTer ! I ^il] ^^ve you as foundly fwindg'd for this, yoa i^kie-bottle rog^ue ! you filthy famiih'dcorre&ipner ! if yoa y^ no^ fwi)tdg'd> i'l(l foHiivear l^alf kirtles. - ^is^y. C^me, pome, yoo ihe-Knight-arrai9.tj €0|I|jb«
Jipft. t>, that right ihould th«s overcome ikught I (^fiK P^ AiiTcrance come^cafe.
(37) ^^'^ '^'" 'f^" '* " Cenfer I] A Cenfir, *dt weTl kaowD, it t i^f Ael for burniop incenfe, a p^rfuine-pao. But what is tbh tbm ma in it? I liave fecn feveral antique Cenfen, exaAIy ia the Aapeef our illlkes fori the table, which, being «f brala, were beat «»t exceediog thin. In the middle of the bottom was raiiM up, in imbofsM work, ^it^ th^ hammer, the figare of iomt Saiat in a kiod of b^rbarooi hclk>w Safs relief f tbe whole diameter of the bottom. The Sauu w«9 generally he, to whom the chuKh, in which -t^ fifUkief was us*d, wai fde4icatetf : (tho* I once faw one with an ji4am and Eve at the bottop.) |9ow this tbin Btadle is conoparM, for his fubftan^e, to one of thefe tMn hammered Figurest with the fime kind of hvmour that PtJioiiA [iim mrry ffmt calls Shnder a iattm Bilboe, Mr. H^arbvrtX
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. K|ng H I K R y IV. 05^7
&/. Yea, t6iiie, you ftarv'd Wppd Jhp^ood. Dpi. Ccpd^Oj^ dqith, |{094faan l?pnc3 ! — - Sifi. ThovL Aiiomyf woittl DoL Come, yoa thin thing : ^tj^f yo|i raljball • ^^V- y^i^ ?5C^>.. (^*^«^-
S C E N E, » ^H?* Pl.af« liear ff^ffhifi/firr
^«i^ /i^f Gromj, ftrrmitg rufiit* xVJL ^ Gr^M. The utimpetf ha|r)» foiin^M
1 GrvMtf. It will be two of the clock ere they OMM from the coronation : diipatch| difpatch.
^ iSxeunf Gro9mSm
)Snttr f alftaff; Sh.alW, Piftol, Qardolph, a/uftieM^.
Fal. Stand here by me, matter Mc^rt Stqihvif, I will make the King do yea gjrace t I wiU leer «poo him as he CQ9|i|i^ b^^ im ,49 Dtt' 9^arlF 4^ cifDuntenance that be will tiyem^.
Ptfi. Blefs thy lungs, £Ood Knight,
F^. Comq here,. f^Jl Aand behind me. O, if I had )i^d tinie to have ^lade new livyeries, I would have beftow'd the thottfan^ pound I borrow'd of you. Bat it is n^ natter, this poor Itie^w 4oiih better j this doth infer tht 2eal I had to fee him,.
^W.Itdothfo.
Fal* It ihews my e^trneftnefs of afie^on^ . PI^. It doth fo.
fal. My devotion.
fifi. It doth, it doth, it doth.
Fal. As it were, to ride .day and night, and not to de* liberate, not to remember, not to have p^i(ence to jh^fi toe. _
$k4L It U qipft certain*
/W. But 10 ftand ftained with travel, and fweatinv With defire to fee Wmp Uunkin^ of nothing e,^^^ fitting
r/f The Second Part of
M afl^s elie in obUvioD* as if there were notbing dfe to be done but to fee him.
Psfi. *T\t/mftridtMi tat^Jfiu hoc mbil tji. TisaU in every part.
Sbal. 'Tis To, iiide^d.
fift. My Knight, I will enflame thy noble liver/ and make thee rage.
Thy Di/ Imd Heltn of thy noble thong&tf Is in bafe durance and contagions priibn ; Haul'd thither by mechanick dirty hands. Rouze nj^ revenge from Ebon den> with fell JleSoh fnake» For Dol IS in. Pifioi fpeaks nooght but trithi
fal. I will deliver her.
Pijt. There roar'd the fea; and trpmpet dangoar
The Trumf$ls found* SuHr tbt King mul his train.
Fal. God fave thy Graee, King Hal, my royal Halt Fiji. The heav'ns thee g.uard and keq>>. moft royal
imp of fame f Ftd". God five thee, mv fweerboy f King, My Lord Chief Jttftice, Q)eakt& that vain mat;' Cb.Juft. Have yon yowrwiu? know you, what'ti^
you fpeak ^ fah My King, my Jiwiy I fpeak to thee, my heart I Kin^. I know chee not, old man : fall to thy prayers ;
How lit white hairs become a fool and jefter I
I have fbng dreamed of fuch a kind of man.
So fur feit-i weird, fo old, and fo profane ;
But, being awake, I do defpife my dream.
Make lefs thy body, (hence^ and- more thy grace ;.
Leave gormandizing^ know, die grave doth ga{)e (58^
for
(38) Xmv, ttngrMVidHhgtft^
For thee tbrke wider than for aher meu.j I caanot heUobfeif* lat eir tbfo paflagcy at 6ne of SbakeffeareU grand touches of natuiv* The Kmg, hanog Aaken ofF his vanities, in this fceoe reproves hil •)d companion Sir John for his follies with great feverity. He afltimet the air of a preacher} bi48 him fall to his prayers, andconHder how m giey Jiairi become a boflfooa \ bida him Mc after grace, ^c. ani'
^^^ Kling H B K R Y IV. t;9
fte4iee, diri<e wider tbta fbf odt^r men*
|i^3lLJioltOiiil(mtiii«#Mil*born jeft; ^ .*
PreTame notf that I am the thing I was :
Rar hear'n doth know^ fo fliall uie world p^rctWc^
Tha$l ha?e tarn'd a#ift/ ny fbvmer felf.
So will I thofe that kept me compaay.
When, thoa doft hear I am as 1 have been.
Approach me, and thott Aah be «8 tho« wat^
Tm VBLUx and the feeder of my riott ;
Till then Ibamihtheey on pain of death,
At I kave done thareil of my mif-leadera.
Not to come near our perfon hy ten milea.
For competence of lile, I will «llow yo«.
That lack of means enfdrce yon not to evil :
And, M *w» htm yon do reform yourielves.
We will according to yom* ftiengths and ^^litiet
Gire yoo advancement. Be't jonr charge, my Lord^
Toriee pae^bim'd the tenotnr ^ oar word.
Set on. [Sjee. Kingi kti
Fat. MaAtf MMhvh^ K ow^ yon a thooTand pounds - xShsL Ay, marry. Sir Jobm^ which I befeech yoo tm }tt Bie have home with me.
Fah That can hardly be, Mr. Shallow. Do not yoo
9 pleafimt idea, he can*|k'fofWar puvfotiig it in thefirwerdf,— JCvmp,' $bt mvt ^h gspi fir tbm ihwict wiiier, &c. and at j«A falling back Kato Bsi ^j an homotoot allufion co Fml/laf» bulk : but Jie pCKeive# it mt once, is afraid Sir Jehn flioold take the adTaaUgt of si. 1^ chccfci kth himfelf aodthe Knight with
MtpifmoiUmwthmfiti-bmm'j^i and refunet the thread of his difcoQrfe, i^id moraliaet on to the end «f ihc chapter* * This, I thinlc» it copying natore with great eKaAnefs, by ftewing how apt men are to hW back into old cnaomt ) when the ^Mige it not made by degreea, at the habit itfelf wat> but determined of ail at oaca, on the rootiret of honoor, intercft, or rea(bn« AnA nothing it, qiore difgufting than that vicious praAice of Drmmtkk ft^i of violating the I/»«rjf ^ CbafvOer, and giving the faine per« fenage different aims/putfoits» appetites, and pafliont, at the latter end •f the piece from what he r<t not with tt the brginntng | thai rule of JB§rmo*9 being much more general than he makaa its »
t ^ Sewetur sd imum ^
llli«WefWtiA%
g
tlo The Second Part of
(fim tC this ; I fluUl be ftn((br in private to Urn : look ]roa» he maft fiscsi dm to the world. Fear not yovr kdvaBcemeot, I will be tiie mn ftttku IhtH nukejpve. frrcAt*
Sha/, I cMMfoi Mficiifte bow, «ii)c6 |M>« |iye aeyov^ doobkt, and ftip me e«t ifith Araw. S Ixleecli fei^ good Sir 7#i(»» let me bfve fiiefaniidredor mj tbouwi^
Fat. Sir, 1 t^li be «a good aa inj w^d. Tbif, dMK yen heard,. iKm b«^ a.cakiiir«ffnr-«-
^^«/. A coloor, Iftarw tbat^oo^willtdiria, Sir^i&ir.
Fa/. Fear nQCokwra: go with ane to diaaer : eome,. lieotenant Pijl^r, come» Barth^h. iiuOl be feat ^ toon at night.
£»/cr Chi^ ^^/fffr^ aju( rr^nfifphn.
Take aU hit.cqmp^y aWg wkb fcim».
Rrf- Mm l-Qfd^ my l-ordirrr— .
ih. Jufl. I caDRp>( 9Mr i(eak» BwiH ilear jtafeoBi. Xa|(e Uien» awAy.
Xfaneat Lancaft^^ ajtj^ Chitf JvftfCf.
tan. I like this fair proceeding of the Kiog'l. He hath intent, his wonted foll<^ra Shall all be very weirprovided for;
iat they are banifh'd, till thei|.€pnyerfatio|U. ppear more wife and modeft tp the* worlds Cb. Jm/. And fs^ they are*
(39) ^< f»^^^ »f Hrment9, fpira m fMrfrivfo.] TUt Mfk Hrfeteb* aot from the editon, but purpoiclj from the aatfaor. Fi/IpI, at aalg- aorant feilow, but aaaffe^^trof Urjgaages, quotes • fcrap Wbif lieardy at al| i^eAtuict j not knowinf whether he it right, or be- HeviJif that aoy of" the company know* It ieemt to oat a A-agneat' Irom feme CkafM, or Msdrigafi an4, perbtpi, ftood thus in th«: eriginal.
Si fiftu94 me iormtnta^ \ . . \
La Ipc^aza wu c.ntntM* * m . ..
If foituae afflia me, i'U wrap myiclf u^ cODtCAtcdi)^..the hope ofv* i «r irewi^k Jua4ei«>
»« The King hath call'd his parliament nj Ijord*
>. 7u/f. He hath.
ill. 1 wi|l ^y odd|, th|t art thif yeanezpiv^
>ear oiur Civil (Words and nativi fire
\i as Franct. I heard a bird fo finv,
fe muficky to my thiAkingt pl^M'J U^ Kinr.
?, wiU yoo kcAoif^^^^ ^^ [£;r«wi.
IB.^ V
E P I L O G U E,
Spoken by i Dak est.
FIrft, my fear; tlien» my conrtYy; laft, my fpeech* My fear is yoar di^leiuttre ; my courtTy, my daty; and mv fpeech, to beg yonr pardons. If yon look for a rood ipeech now, yoa ondo me ; for what I have to fay - U of mine own making* and what, indeed, I ihoald fayr win, I donbt, prove mine own miuring. Bot to the pur- pofe, and fo to the venture. Be it known to you, (as it is very well) I was lately here in the end of a difpleafing .
eiy, to pray your patience for it, and to promife you ar tter. I did mean, indeed, to pay ypu with this ; which if, like an ill vent&re, it come unluckSyhome, I break f and you, my gentle credUors, lofe. B^m, Ipromifed yoo, 1 would be, and here i commit niy bo^ to yoor mercies ^ iate me fome, and I win jpay, yotf ibme, and, as mpff debtors do, promife you iiifiBiWiy«
If my tongue cannon entreat yoa to acquit me, wilt
?rott commaqd me to ufe my legs ? and yet that were but ight payment, to dance out of your debt : but a good confcience will make any poffiblefatisfa^lbn, and fo will « I. All the gentlewomen here have forgiven me ; if the gentlemen will not, then the gentlemen do not agree with the gentlewomen, which was npver feen before in fttch an afTembly..
One word more, I befeech you ; if you be not too much cloyed with fat meat, our humble author will con- tinue the ftory with Sir J^obn in it, and make you merry with fair CMiiarim of Franct ; where, for any thing I know, Falftaff flull die of a fweat, nnlefs already he be kilPd with your hard opinion : for Oldcafih died a martyr, and this is not the man. My tongue is weary : when my legs are too, I will bid you fi;ood night, and fo kneel J^OH^A before yoa \ bul» Va^t^d) x<() ^xv| foe the Queen.
ua:>
Dramatis Perlbnae.
KING Henry lAf Fifti.
Diri^ £^ Gloucefter^ ^
D«i/ e^ Bedford, V Mrcfins to tht King.
Dukt of ClzxtfkOt^ 3
Duki of York, \u^,h,^fL.giii^. Dukijf Exeter, J ''''"'* ^ '^ ^"^^
Earl of SzWfb^ry. Earl of WtHmothnd. Earlofyir^rwick. Archhifliop of Cantetbitry* BifiofofEXy.
Earl of Cambridge^ >
Ar>Thoaa8Grex» \ A> TbomatJEtridii^iMtt, 1
nnell^> iq^/MrJCrivHenry^/^'
Mackmorri8» I
Piftol, f tb$ King^s Jni^ Bo,. J
Bates^ ^
Cook, Mi»i*rf».
WilUaai.,) ^^
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Charles, King 9/ "Btixxot.
SrirpaupUo. - .
bkkt of B«tgun<f)ri
Conftable^ '\
Orleans, /
Ramburcs, > French Lords.
Bourbon, I
Grandpree^J
Governor of Harflewr.
Mountjoy, a Herald* ^
Amhajfadort to ibt Kiif of Bpgiand;
I&bel, ^iH of Vnxict. ' •^
Catharine, Daughter to ttg Xing' tf Fmnei% Alice, a Lady attondiitgin fBe frincifi QiiXtAtSt. Quickly, ?\^oVs}rife, mmlhftefs. CHORUS.
Lords, M(fingers, French aim/ EngUih i'^i^iVr/, witi
otter Attendatrie.
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The Scenes at the hepnning of the Play^ lies it England i but afterward&^ wholly in France*.
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P R O L O G U E
^^ For t mole of fire, that would kktnd (i) \9 The brightefthearen of invention 4 <
Akingdom for a ftage, Princes to aA» And monarcht to behold the fwelliAg fcene ! ' Then Oiould the warlike Harry, like himfelf^ > \^ Aflame the port of Man ; and, at his heels, (Leaiht in, like hoands), ihould famine^ fword and flit Crouch ^ employnocBt. Pardon, gentleaill^^ . . . The flat unralfied fpitit, that hath idar'd. On this iM^AOrthy fcaflR>ld9 to bring forth So great an objeA. Can this cbck-pit hold The vafty 6eld of France f or may we cram^ Within this wooden O, the very caflces That did aflirigbt the ait, at ^nciurt f O, pardon \ iince a crooked figure may A tteft in little phice a million } AnA let us^ cyphers to this great accomptf On your imaginary forces work* Suppofe, within the girdle of thefe walls Ate now confin'd two mighty monarchies ; Whofe high up-reared, and abutting, fronts The perilous narrow ocean parts afunder. Piece cut our imperfed^oos v^ith your thoughts} Into a thoufand parts divide one man. And make imaginary pniflTancc : . ^ >
^Think, when we talk of horfes, that you fee theoi Printing their proud hoofs i*th* receiving earth. For *tis your thoughts that now moil deck our ICtngs« . Carry them here, and there } jumping o'tx times; \
Turninj^ th* accompUfliment oif many years
Into an-hour^glafs: for the which fopply^ fl
Admit me C^at to this hiftory ; Who, prologoe-like, your humble patience prsy^ Gently to hear, kindly to judge, our play.
(i) Ofvr a mufe offre*] Milton, who was a tealotit timlrttt and ftudious imitator of our author, feems to have had the fine open* ing of this prologue in his eye» when he began the 4th Book of hit Paradifi Ltft*
O for that warning rotcey which he, who faw Th* Ap»cafyfs, heard cry in heav*n aloud. Then, when the Dragon, put to fecond root^ Came furious down to be te<<ten%*d on men, ff^pi t» tk" inbah'itaiai on sorth \
Tbc LIFE of
King H E N R Y V.<^>
ACT L
SClE.Vf% An JnH'cbmbir m the &Z^ Court, at KenUwarth.
MtUir ihi Arcblnfl)9p {/* Canterbury^ mid Bifl>op tf Ely.
ArchUJhof ^CantbIibv %r.
My Lord, 111 tell yoo; diat feirbUl isnro'd. Which, la th' eleventh year o'th'laftKing^reigii, Was like, and had, indeed, againft us paft» But that the fcambling and unquiet tiiiie Did pulh it out of farther qoeftion. Ely. But how» my Lord, (hall we refift it now ? Catu. It mnft be thought on : if it pafs againfi ill. We lofe the better half of our pofleffioo,: For all the temporal lands, which men de?ont
{%)^rh€ Life 9f XSbrf Henry] The tranfaAions, cooiprisM la thif kiftortcal fliy, commeact about the latter eo4 of the fit ft, $Dd ti^* annate in the 8th year of thit .Kijig*s ^reigB \ when he iiitrrle4 Caibarine, Princeft of FrMtt, aad doftd^p tk«dlfilitaM%V«liiCviX
Englani md thit O'OWM,
5^ King rfi K R y V.'
Ay teftanent We given to cbe clmrch, Wopld they ftrip from as ; 6ebg valaM thus* At much at wotild maintiyhi, to the King's honovTr Fall fifteen Earls and fifteen hundred Knights, Six thoofand and two handred good Efqairea : i^nd to relief of laears, and weak age. Of indigent faint fouls, paH corporal toil, A handred alms-houfes, ri^ht well fopply'd ; ~ And to the coffM of the King, beflde, A thoufand pounds by th' year. Thus rons the btH £Ij. This Wo«ld drink ietp. Catii, Twodld d/Snk tlfe cup; <nd alf.
EIj. But what prevention ?
CmT. The Kfi^irfMrof gfjcrand fafr n^arct* Kfj. And a true lover of the holy church. Cant. The covlfet of his yodth pW)niis'd it not| The breath no fooner left his father's body, Bnt that'hisiKdMifl^V moM^ Seem'd to die too ; yea, at that very mbment, Confideration, like an angel, came, And whint th' offending jfdam out of him ; XiCaving his body as a paradife, T' xnvelope and contab celeftial fpirits. Never was fuch a fadden fcholar made : Never camer^fbrftiitfoii in a flood With fuch a heady current, fcow'ring faultt: N<}r ever ^i/ra-headed Witfulnefs 8b foon did lofe hi^ feat, ^and all at once» Air in this King. i
£fy. We're blelRd in the chf^nge. ^ Capt, Hear him bUt reafon in divinity. And, all-admiring, with sin inward wim Yda would defire, the King were made a Prelate. Hear hini debiite of com lilon Wealth aFair^ YouM fay, it hath b^en all in iall his ftOdy. Lift his difcourfe of war, and you (hall hear A fearful battle fenderM you in muilck. Turn him to any caufe of policy. The Gwrdim knot of it lie will unloofe, AmiJiar at hia gaixax. ^\k«&\yt ^^^ti^^^
King H js ^ & Y V. ^tp
he air, a tkarter'd libcrttoe^ k ftUl ;
ad the inute wonder lorketh in men's ears,
o fteal his fweet and. honied feotences :
» that the a^> and praAtc oart of life (3),
[aft be the miftrefs to the theorique.
^hich is a Wonder how his Grace ihonld glean it«
ince his addition was to courfes vain ;
[is companies onktter'd» rude and Ihadlow ;
[is hours filPd up with riots, banquets^ iportsf
ind never noted m him anv ilady,
Lny retirement, any feque^ration
Vom open haunts and popularity.
£fy. The ftrawberry f rows underneath the oettlcs ^nd wholefom berries urive, and ripen heftf Neighboured by fruit of bafer quality : Undfo the Prince obfcurM his contemplation Under the veil of wildnefs ; which, no doubt» Grew like the fnmmer grafs, fafted by night» tlnfeen, yet crefcive in his faculty.
Ca/u. it mud be fo ; for miracles are ceasM : And therefore we muft n^eds admit the meanf» How things are perfeded*
Ely. But, my good Lord, How now for mitigation of this bill, tJrgM by the Commons! doth his MajeAy Incline to itf ornoT
Cant» He feems indifferent ; ^ rather fwaying more upon ottr part, Than cheriflling th* cxhibiters againft ns»
(3) ^0 ihtt fhe art attd^tz€tie part rf Rfi.] AU the edidoiii, If t ^aot deceived, are guilty of a flight corruption in this palTage. The Archbiihop hat been ftewing, what a mafte^ the King was in the tl^eoiy of divioicy, .war» and policy : fo that it moft be eirpefted (as I ttaceivc, ht WoiiM infer {)th*t the King ikould now wed that theory tOaAioo, and the putting the feveral parts of his knowledge in(o pfftdice* If this be our atithor*s mSaiilng^ 1 thinks we can hardly doabt bnt that he wrote,
^0 th4t thi ad^ aad fraSky ^c. Thul Itre have a confonanca in the terms and fenie. For theory is liie art, and ftudy of the rolts (sf any fcience ) and a^oa the ttc«i^ fUi'catiOB of iht>ft rules by proof ahd experut^enX.
Vojii IVi N ^^
•^90 ^ing H E N it Y V.
For I have flsade'an ofier to his Majefty* Upon oar ipnitaal convocation. And in regard of canfes now in hand. Which I haveopen'd to his Grace at large^ As touching Franet^ to give a greater fajn» Than ever at one time the clergy yet Did to his predeceflbrs part withal.
Ely* How did this otter feem receivM, my Lord ?
CanK With good acceptance of his Majefty : Save that there was not time enough to hear (As, I perceiv'd, his Grace wo^ld fain have done) The feverals, and unhidden paflages Of 'his true titles to fome certain dukedoms, And^ generally, to the crown oi trance, Deriv*d from Ed'ward his great grandfather.
Ely, What was th* impediment, that broke this off
Qant. The French Ambaflador upon that inftaat Crav'd audience % and the honr, I think, is come To give him hearing. Is it four o'clock ?
Ely. It is.
Cant* Then go we in to know his embalTyt Which I could with a ready guefs declare. Before the Frencbmqn fpeaks a word of it.
Ely. ril wait iipon yon, and I long tb hear it. [ExetM*
SCENE opens to the Prefence.
Enter King Henry, Gloncefter, Bedford, Clarence, Warwick, Weflmorland, and'Evttvu^
K. ^'*0'»\X 7 ^^^® " ™y gracious Lord of Canteriuryf V V Exe. Not here in prefence. ]
K.Hemy. Send for him, good uncle.
ffyi. Shall we call in th' Ambaflador, my Liege ?
K. Henry. Not yet, my coufin ; we would be r^lv'^ Before we hear him, of fome things of weight, That taik our thoughts, concerning us and France. Enter the Arcbhijbop of Canterbury, andBtJbop ofZ\j*
Cant. God and his angels guard your facred thrpne. And make you long become it !
King H fil^E Y V: iyt
IL^Henrj. Sure, wc thank you # My learned Lord, we pray you to proceed ; And juilly and religioufly unfold. Why the la^v Baltkey that they have In Ffona, Or flionld^ or ihould not, bar us in our claim* And» God forbid, my dear and faithful Lord, That you (hould fafhjon, wreft, or bow your reading f Or nicely charge your underftanding foul With opening titles mifcreate, whole right Sutes not in native colours vvith the truth. For God doth ^^now^ how many now in health Shall drop their blood, in approbation Of what your reverence ftall ipcite us to. Therefore take heed, how you impawn our perfon ; How you a^ake our fleepirig fword of war : - We cnarge you in the; name of God, take heed. For never two fucb kingdoms did contend Without muph fall of blood ; whofe guiltlefs drops Are every qne a woe, a fore complaint, 'Gainft him, whofe wrong gives edge unto the fwords. That make fuch wafte in brief mortality. Under this conjuration, fpeak, my Lord ; For we will hear, rote, and believe in heart. That what you fpeak is in your confcience wafct. As pure as fin with baptifm.
Cant.Then hear me,gracious Sovereign, and youPeersi That owe your lives, your faith, and fervices. To this imperial throne. There is no bar To make againft your Highnefs* claim to Frante^ But this which they produce from Pharamondi In terram Salicam Mulieres ne/uccedant ; JVo ewoman Jhall fucceed in Salike land : Which Salike land the French unjuftly glofc To be the realm of France^ and Phammond The founder of this law and female bar. Vet their own authors faithfully affirm. That the land Salike lies in Germany, Between the floods of Sala and of Ehe : Where Charles the great, having fubduM the Saxons^ There left behind and fettled certain French :
N I Who^
^59 King H imt Y T.
Who» hdldmg in difdam the^/f^sMW wonitfit^ for Tome difboneft manners of their lif«^ £ilablttbt then thi« law; to wit. no lemak Should be In^ritrix in ^^i/ii^ land's Which SalfAetjZs I faid, 'twixt £hi Uiiiabh Is at 'this day in •Germary call'd Miifih. Thii» doth it well ap|ear, the Sidike law Was not deyifcd for ^he realm of jF'rtf*^. Nor did the French poflefs the Salih landy Until four 'htindred one and twenty yean After dcfnndlion of King Bharamond^ (idly fuppos'd» the founder of this law;) Who died within the year Gi our redemption Four hnndred twenty-^x^ and CharUs tMgreait Subdifd x^t Faxons ^ and did feat the frMcft Beyond the river Bala in the year Eight iHind red 4ive. ^^di<i%^t their writers fit)!^ ILing Fefifiy which depofed Childerick^ Did as heir general (i)eing defcended Of BUthiid, which was daughter to King Cbtiitir) ^)akc claim and title to the crown of Frmui. Httgh Captt alfo, who nfurpM the crown 'Of Charles the Duke of Lorain, fole heir male Of the true line and flock of CharUs the great. To fine his title with fome (hews of troth, ('though, in pure truth t it was corrupt and naught} fconrveyM himfelf as heir to th' Lady Lin^an, , Daughter to Charhmain, who was the fon To Leivis th' Emperor, which was the fon OF Charles the great. Alfo King J,e«ans the ninths W h 0 was fo] e 41 ei r to the u furper Cafetf Could not keep quiet in his confcience, ^ Wearing the crown of France^ till fatisfy'd * That fair CJueen Jfahl, his grandmother. Was lineal of the Lady Ermengere^ Daughter to Charles the forefaid Duke of Lorain t By the which match the line of Charles the great Was re-nnite^ to ^rhe crown of France* So that, as clear as is the fummer's fun, Jiin^ Pepinh tille, and Uk^V Cc^et^^O^i^
BTing BBNRr Y. \ a^j^
Chg Einvis his fadsfaflioii, all appear (4). To hold in right and title of the female. So do the Kings of France until this day : Howbeit they woald hold up this SnH^e law. To bai^your Miehnefs •claiming from the female^ And rather chn^ to hide them in a net. Than ampl]i: to imbare their crooked titles (5), ITforpt from you and your progenitors. [clkim?
X. Henrjt. May I with right and confcience make thi» Cant* The fin upon my head, dread Sovereign ^ For in the book of Numben it is writ, When the fon dies, let the inheritance Defcend unto the daughter. Gracious Lord, Stand for your own, unwind your bloody Rag : Look back into your mighty anceftors ;. Go, my dread Lord, to your great grandfire's tornh^ £rom whom you claim ; invoke his warlike fpirit. And your great uncle Edward the black Prince; Who on t^e French ground play*d a tragedy, Makine defeat on the full pow*r of France :, . While his mod mighty father, on a hill, «
Stood fmiling, to behold his lion's whelp Forage in b^ood of French nobility.
(4) Xifig Lewis bh faixtfadion,] Thus all the authenttck c«:n«f ^ Mr. Pope in the room of it, either out of a particular delicacy of en . •i teligiout adherence to the Ci>ro0/V/M; h^s fubditutcd />.9^i^'fr. But ll^Hevetbe other to have been the author^s wr^rd,. ot choice: he f«eim to be briefly recapitulating his oAn tern^.?, and he had told v« j^aft above, that Litim IX* couid not wear die ccowa with a qmtt confcience,
tm fatisfie^
Uiat fair ^tm Ifabcl, bis grandmotbtr, &C.
(5) 7iait openly imbracel This is Mr. Pete's reading, and not anf wa>8 aothorlz*d that I can find. But where is the Antitbefii betw'tt hHi in the preceding line, and imbrace in this ? the two old Folio" ^ read, tban amply fft imbam^-^Bot here is a flight corruption in the fpelting, by the^ foperfliious reduplication «f a letter. We certainly SiafI either read (as l/iuJf^itrhtrtom advis*4 ise,)«— T<^«ff tmply ti Msbare— (or, as I had fufpedled, unbare i) i. e. lay open, make naked, 4ifplay to view. I am furpris'd Mr. Ptpe did sot ftart this conjcAurc, Mn Mr. Rome has led the way to it in his tdlkioo^ ^h»|Ui^\
^^lag oKJip^^amuke bam their crooked itilM^
N3
O Doble EngUftff that could entertain With half their forces the foil pow*r of France \ And let another half ftand laughing by. All out of work, and cold for adion I
Elj. Awake remenbrance of the(e valiant dead^ And with your puilTant arm renew their feats ! Yon are their heir, you fitopon their throne ; The blood, and courage, that renowned them. Runs in your veins ; and noy thrice puiiTant Liege Is in the very A/^-morn of his youth. Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprifes.
Exe, Your brother Kings and Monarchs of the earth Do all expe£l that you fhould rouze yourfelf ; As did the former lions of your blood.
Weft, They know, your Grace hath caufe> and meansi and might (6), So hath your Highnefs % never King of England Had nobles richer, and more loyal fubje£ts ; Whofc hearts have left their bodies here in England, And lie pavilion'd in the £eld of France.
Cant, O, let their bodies follow, my dear Liege, V^'nh blood, and fvvord, and fire, to win your right i Jn aid whereof, we of the fpiritualty Will raife your Highnefs fuch a mighty fum. As never did the clergy at one time Bring in to any of your anceftors.
K. Henry, We m oft not only arm t* invade the French, But lay down our proportions to defend Again ft the Scot, who will make road upon us With all advantages.
Cant, They of thofe marches, gracious Sovereign^ Shall be a wall fufiicient to defend Our inland from the pilfering borderers.
K,.Hcnry, We do not mean the couriing fnatchers only» But fear the main intendment of the Scot^
(6) ney knnvyour Grace bath cavfi, and mtans and might i £o baibymr Highnefs t ntver King »/ England
If ad nobUt ricUt,^^] Thus has thie fpecch hitherto been moft ftopidly poinied, wixhouttnx regard to commofi fsnfe. ' As I have regulated it, ^c ice the poet*s drift, aad come at an eafy and natural itaibtttrg::
Who
Kihg H fi K R y V. 295
Who hath been ftill a giddy neigbboar to ns : For you fhall read, that my great grandfather Never went with his forces into France ^ But that the Scot on his unfurniflit kingdosy Came pouring, like a tide into a breach, "With ample and brim fulnefs of his force ; Galling the gleaned land with hot aflays; Oirding with grievous fiege caftles and towns ; That England^ being empty of defence. Hath (hook, and trembled, at th' j]] neighbourhood.
Ctfff/. She hath been then more fear'd than harm'dr my For hear her but exampled by herfelf ; [Liege ;
When all her chivalry hath been in France^
And (he a mourning widow of her nobles.
She hath herfelf not only well defended.
But taken and {impounded as a ftray
The Kine of Scots ; whom (he did fend to France^
To fill King £i^ii;^ir//'s fame with prifoner Kings ;
And make his chronicle as rich with praife.
As is the oazy bottom of the fea
With funken wrack and fumlefs treafuries. Ely. Bat there's a faying very old and true,
If that you wU France wi», then ivitb Scotland/)^ begin*
For once the eagle England being in prey.
To her unguarded nett the weazel, Scot^
Comes fneaking, and (b fucks her princely eggs ;
Playing the moufe in abfence of the cat,
To taint, and havock, more than (he can eat (7). Exe, It follows then, the cat mud ftay at homej
Yet that is but a *scus'd neceflity (8) ;
Since we have locks to fafeguard neceiTaries,
(7) To tear tnd bavock more than/be can eai,} 'Tis not moch th# foaltty of the moafe to tear the food it comes at, but to run ove# and defile it. The old quarto reads, fpoUe ; and the two firft folio*t, /^Rv: from which laft corrupted word, I think, I have retriev'd the potVi genuine reading, taint,
(8) Tet tbst is hut 0 cur8*d neeeffity ;] So the old quartd. Thtfdrti^i read crup^dt Neither of the words convey any tolerable idea ; but give ut a couoter-reafonnag, and not at all pertinent. *Tit £jr#frr*i buB^ 0cfs to (hew^ there is no real neceflity for ftaying at home « He muft therefore mean, that though there be a fcetning neceflity, yet it is QAC that maa be well mcus'd, %n6got avfr, Mr. H^Mrhrfn,
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%^6 King H B NJL Y V*
And pretty tnipt to catch the petty tluevet.
While th^t the armed hand doth £ght abroad,
Th* advifed head defends iti^ at iiome :
For government, thoogh high, and low, and lower (9),
Put into parts, doth keep in one confent;
Congreeing in a full and natural clofe.
Like muiick.
Cant, Therefore heaven tloth divide The Hate of man in divers fundlions, Setting endeavour in <ontinual motion : To which if fixed, as an aim or butt. Obedience ; for {o work the honey bees ; , t^reatures, that by a rule in nature teach The art of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a King, and officers of fort ; Where fome, like magiftrates, correal at hone: Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad : Others^ like foldiers, armed in their ftings, Make boot npon the fummer's velvet buds : > Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their Emperof : Who, bufied in his Majefty; furveys The finging mafon building, roofs of jgold ; ifhe civil citizens kneading up the honey ; The poor' mechanick porters crowdittg.in . Their heavy hardens at his narrow gate t The fad-eyM juftice with his iurly htim, Delivering o'er to executors pale The la^y yilwjauig drone. I this kif^r, That many things, having fuH refeKtnte *2^oone confent, m»y work con(rarioa%4 /Is many arrows, looied feveral ways. Come CO one mark : As many ways meet in oae town f As many frefii fireami meet in one (alt fea ; . As tanthy Irhes Ctefein the dial's center,; $0 may a thoufand aflions, once a-foot,
* (9) l^'^ C^cmftMat, thoi^ hitth, and low. and h^vet } Tke foQ»« 4«tt9n aM Opl^fiioa of thitcbougbt feems to be borrow'^ from Cictm^ 4*M^fmtJic0f ilk' %* Su€K Aioitnii, ^ mediic, 6sf infimts imrr}e3m Qiiimmt^ 90$ fonWi «k«dtrAt«m r«twA< Ciwtt«c««t. Coafcalii d^mtU^ ^^mm CBDtciaew & «s« Haf aMBaa«Hai^aik ia^tm 'wC«*»« «^^ \ - ^\At
King H E K ft r V. 297
End in one purpoTe, and be all wett borne Without defeat. Therefore to France, my Laege:. Divide your happy Englamd into four. Whereof take you one quarter into France^ And you withal ihall make all 'Gallia (bake: If we, with thrice fuch powers kft at homc^ Cannot defend our own doors from ihe dog« ~ Let us be worried ; and our nation lofe The name of hardine(a and policy.
£.. Hmry. Call in the meflengers, fest ^rom ihtDmfhm. lAovf are we well i-efolv'd ; and by God's iielp And yours* the nobje finewt of onr power, 'Trance beiog ours, we'll bend it to o«r awe. Or break it all to pieces* There we'll fit, Hulwg in large and ample erapery, O'ei" France, and all her almoft lungly dttkcdomif Or lav thefe bones tn an ma worthy urn, Tomblefs, with no remembrance over them. Zither our hiitory fliall with full mouth Speak freely of our ads^ or elfe our graire» Like Turkijk t^ite, ihall have a tonguelefs moutk; Not worihipt with a waxen epitaph.
Enter Amhaffadors of France. Now we are well prepar'd to know the pleafiir ; Of our fair confin DaeUfbin ; for we hear, Voor greeting is from him, not from the King.
Ami. Maj^'t plcafe your Ma}e% to give us leave Fceely to render what we have in charge-: Or (hail we ibaringl^^ &ew you far oS The Dauphin s meaning, atid our embaify ?
R. Henry, We are no tyrant, bctachriftian Cingt Unto whofe grace our paffion is as lubjcct. As are our wretches fetter'd in oilr prifons : Therefore, with frank and with uncari»ed plaionefo, Tell 4is the Daapbin^-t mind.
Amb, Thus then, in few^ Your Highncfs, lately fending into Franre^ Did claim fome certain dukedoms in ihc right 0i.yoor£fCiU pred^tSot, Edward Cat OcJvt»i.
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298 King Henry V,
In anfwer of which claim, the Prince our mailer Say)» that you favour too much of your youth ; And bids von be advis'd : There's nought in Francif That can be with a nimble galliard won ; You cannot revel into dukedoms there ; He therefore fends you (meeter for your fplrlt) This tun of treafure ; and in lieu of this, Defires you, let the dukedoms, that you claim. Hear no more of you. This the Dauphin fpeaks« P. Henry, What trc^furc, uncle ?* Exi. Tennis- balh, my Liege. K. Henry. We're glad, the Dauphin is fo pleafant with us# His prefent, and your pains, w« thank you for. When we have match'd our rackets to thefe balls. We will in France^ by God's grace, play a fct. Shall fWke his fether's crown mto the hazard. Tell him, h'ath made a match with fuch a wrangler, That ^11 the courts of France will be difturb'd With chaces. And we underhand him well, How he comes o'er us with bur wilder days ; Not meafuring, what ufe we made of them* We never valu'd this poor-feat of £»^A7ff//, And therefore, living hence, did give ourfcif To barbVous licence ; as 'tis ever common , That men are merrieft, when they are from home. But tell the Dauphin y I will keep my ft ate. Be like a King, and Ihew my fail of greatncfsj When I do rouze me in my throne of France* For that I have laid by my Majefty, And plodded like a man for working days ; But I will rife there with fo full a glory, That4 will dazzle all the eyes of France ? Yea, ftrike the Dauphin bVirtd to look on us* ' And tell the pleafant Prince, this mock of his , .
Hath turn'd his balls to gun-ftones ; and his foul Shall ftand fore charged for the wafteful vengeance. That ihall fly with them : Many thoufand widows Shall this his mock mock out of their dear hufbands; Mock mothers from their {bt\s» mock caftles down : And foaie are yet unfroueiv ^x^^ xxtv^^ottv^ . -'
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k
Kteg He n i^ y -^V; a9f
Tbat (hall bave caafe to curfe the Vanpbitft fcortt,
Sot tlii9 lies all within the will of Go^»
To whom I do appeal ; and in whofe naine»
Tell you the Dauphin^ I am coming on . .
To venge mp a$ 1 may ; and to pot forth
My rightfai hand in a well-hallow'd canie.
So get you hence in peace ; and tell the Dwfhitt^
Hi5 jeft will favour bMt of ihallow wit>..
When thoy()M)ds weep» more than did laugh at it.
Convey them with fafe Condu^ Fare ye w^U*
\Exfunt Jmiaffador$%
hxi. This was a merry mefTage.
K. Henry. We hope to make the fender blulh at it i therefore, my Lords, omit no happy hour. That may give furth 'ranee to ouir expedition*; >
For we have now no thoughts in us but Frame^ I
Save thofe to God, that run before our buitoefs* Therefore, let our proportions for, thefe wars Be foon colle£ted, and all things thought upon^ That may with reafonable fwiftnefs add More feathers to our wings : For, God before^ We'll chide this 2>^*5^^/« at his father's door, . . Therefore let every man now talk his thought^. That this fair atton may on foot be broqgh). [Exiuuii
Etttir Chorea. Chorus* Ylovi all the youth of Englattd^x^ on £re (ia)»
And (to) N«w all the y§utb tf Esglan^.] I have replaced y^hyCbortii litre, by the aotborky of the <o\4 folio*% ; and ended the iirft yiff; M the poet certainly intended. Mr* P^pe removM it\ becaofe ' (fayt he) " ThhCborus manifeflly is intended toadverdfe the fpedatorsof •* the fcne to Southampton; and therefore ou^t to be placed jttt ^ before that change, and not here.** 'Tifftme^thefpefbtorrare to-^ be informed, that, when they next fe« the ^tt%, they are to fup^ pofe him at Southampton, But this does tiat imply any necefiity of • this Chorui being contiguous to that change^ On the coBtraryj the Tcry concluding lines vouch abfolutelymgeinft iti
But, till the King come forthoaad mot till tbtn ,-•
Vnt^ Southampton iovftihiift>0}itktw, *
For how abfurd is fuch a notice^ if the feene is to ehaflge, fo Toon vl
ever the C^onw ^t» the ftage ? bcfidos, unlefsthisCborusbe pre5x'd
to the fccac betwixt iV;«i|..^ii^,iftf,%sihiU draw the poet iattf
.^ N- 6 aaothcf^^
AwiUkmMihttm ki tli« wardrobe lies : Now tSniwe fibe «iWK)tti«r», and Kooo«r*s thoft|jte RcigM kkfy m the breaft of every maa. Tb^ fell tbe paAtK now, to buy the horfe i FolkMRTMg dw aurrarof M cbrifttaa Kii^n Vrkfk mmpi Imis, at JTa^ Mrf«»i«^ | \
For now fittcxpaAadon la dw aifiy And btdei a iwaid ftoi» like ftaco tKe jM^iit Wkh ciqwmigipciial; crowns, andcoctmtl^ Pronif '4I to Bmrt «nd kk foUawers. Tht FrsMt^ 4KlinM*d by f|Ood ioteUigenca Of chis vMt dreidfiil ^Miepai«tioo« Sludoe ia their fear^ and with pslle f>olicf Seek to ^Uveit the S^gUJk parpofet . O Eiifiamdf model to diy inward grea^efty LitBeiftde body widi a an^hty hearty What mlgWt thon ^de* that bononr wovld tbae dOb Were all thy children bind and natarall Bat tee, thy fankJ^Murf hath in i!hee foand oot; A iieft<o^ bollow botfooM, ^ludi he £lls Wkh treach^roos cvqwas ; and three corrapted men. One, SiUboMl Eulxj^ Camhklgt, and the fecond« ihmy Lord Scro^ <si Mij/ham^ and tbe third, Sir Simat ^$y iKnight of NtfthumhiriantL, aaotficr iWoriltjr* ^^, ^mh and %mi^ aM hi this frenettntiBf -af goiqf tothe mvn in Fttmu:: But the Rm^badjbut joft, «t kit <^itt>ng «lic <bge, declared hit relblution of conMihitang this wtM ilsd •without theiiMrM/ of an ^<0, betwixt »liatf«eoe ksd thccomic ^har^dcrfefltMog, bow could tbejr with any -pfobabikity be nSmm'i ^ ebb iAtaDdcd'expcdftioiit if Mr. P^had ever read Monliear A* dbfii*taMft«QUOttt-tBoatye»c^*d, €.« JV«f%M.ia lOitfif^ he wooM liave lifiot«a, •dtat'oac mohi »fe^f the intervals of afia it, that facb a fayft ^Aoidd r/«Mfi«e §m§.mgmMtiUufim qm'U f^t fatmstH^fyiOt^ •artin^) Caciliute that ngrceaole deecptioa, which maft be ^t opoa the f^datori. Though 1^ tiuie«betwee« the aAa taket up -but a Ycry littk iiiD^ ^t-tbe aodknces ^aie alwsye wiliWig to help their o«a ^eeepUon "A) far, to attow attBooh'time ipeot in it» afth^fotf-fiodi neeefiMpy Aoiild be em^loy^d in the«ondoft of fait iablo. 'And theie* f^t *dt the tprcdMe<of «U baowiag peett, ^vhere nore time is te / %e fltip*4 •omr tban «ould be tlbcn «» in the aAioA upon tbe 'A«f % <lo fiippofe that ifftcffBi^dktif time ^cnt dfirmg «tba Uitrwtk of the Mftit Avvwhich artifice the ipedatoit coiae dalothe dactt^^ aad-ain a^ADOTd l94iMQ4U(,i«av^Bi«tAfft0&M^
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King HuNR t V. 30f
Have For the gilt of Br^nct (O guilt, indeed !)
C4|iAniCd ONi(pirac|r witk fearfol Franct :
A«d by tbeir hands this grace of Kings muft die.
If bell and treafofi hold their pfomifei,
Ere lie take (hip for Frame ; and in Soutbamftom^
Ljboittv Y^'i^^ P'^^^^^ ^^* ^^^ ^^'^ digeil ^
•til* abufe ot diftancc, while we force a play.
The fam is paid,, the traitors are agreed^
The King is fet from LM/fcM, and the fcene
Is now tranfported, gentles, to SeMt^mptoM .*
There is the play-hoafe now, there muk you fit;
And thence to FrtHki (hall we convey you fafe.
And bring yoft back; cfcannin? Ihe narrow {ezs
T^ give yott gentle pafs : for if we may ( 1 1),
W^^ hot •flfend cme ftonttch with oar play.
But, tiU Ate Ki hg come fbrch. and not till then.
Unto ^buthamfiifn do we %k\£t oor fcene. [Exii*
. (dJ) ■ ■ (harmktg.tbt nstrvm feas
To give ymi fentle pafs i] Bern J^hnfek^ in th« Prologue to hit Bv€9f Mom im ids Uumwr, leems to mc to have &iried imrUionQy at Hkig (l^y of our author's.
' He rSrKir ^r*y«, yo\i wfll he pleai'dto fte
One fucb to- day, as other f^a^s fho^U be;
li^hett neitjier Ckott» w^tt^ouVer thfe fes% 6fr. Mow. this comodj o( fi^'t Mraca^ed in Um y«ar i^t, io that If#iii3f 5th, con^f ^Oeati/^ ha4 nade iti tMteaiiwc oa tltic ^nifB^CMlisf 44mm dUc^oci4>4.
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301 King H E N R y V, i
ACT IL
SCENE, before ^icify's houfe in Eq/kba^ Enitr Corporal Nim» and LhutinOnt Bardolpli,
Bardolph,
WELL mety corporal Nim (i:^). }^im. Good-morrow» WtVittWit Bardehb^
Bard. What, are antienc Pijtol and you friends yet ? '
Nim* For my part, I care not : I fay little ; bot when time (hall ferve, there ihall be fmiles ;- but that ihall be at it may. I dare not fight, bat I will wink and hold out mine iron ; it is a fimple one ; but what though ? it will toad cheefe^ and it will endure eold as another man's fword will ; and there's an end.
Bard. I will beftow a breakfaft to make you friends, and we'll be all three fworn brothers to France : Let it be (Of good corporal Nim.
Nim. Faith, I will live (b long as I may, that's the tertain of it, and when I ci^nnot Hve any longer, I will, dd as I Aay : That is my reft^ that is the rendezvous of it*
(is) Bard, jyeli met, corporal Nun.] I have chofe to bej^ the Tccond aB here, bccaufe each ad may clofe regularly with a Cbenu, Not that I am perfwaded, this was the poet's intentioa to mark the inttrvaU of his affs .* As the Chorus did on the old Gntism ftage« He bad nooccafion of this fort : Sioce, in his thne, the paufes of afBoa were fili'd up, as now, with a leflbn of mofick. And therefore he night tbiolc himfelf at liberty to introduce his Cbvrut where he pleat*d} and whenever any gap was made lo hiftory, which was neceflary C0 be explained for the connexion betwixt ^dioB and adion. In Pgrieksp Prince of Tyre, (a play, which hai been attributed to our author | and, indeed, ib'me part of it is certainly of his writing :) it is evident that the Chorus fometimes fpeaks in the middle of the a3s, 1*11 make one obfervaiioni thai in the obfolete plays, t little before our author's time, tbefe ftage-divifions were more piecifely a(bertain*d. For then a dumh Jbow, reprefenting what wu expected tcr follow, was pre^ £x*d at the head of Vftry jtS» . . .t Bard*
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King H E N R Y V. 303
BarJ^ It is certain, corporal, that he if married to '/ Richly \ and certainly fhe did you wrong, for yon ;re troth- plight to her.
Ntm. I cannot tell, things muft be as they may ; men ay ileep, and they may have their throats about them ' that time ; and fome fay, kniTes have edges : It mnft \ ! as it may ; though patience be a tir'd mare, (13) yet e will plodi there mull be condufions ; well, I cannot IL — -•
Enter Piftol and Quickly.
Bard. Here comes antient Piftol and his wife; good »rporal, be patient here. How now, mine hoft Pifiol T Ftp. Bafc tyke, call'ft thou me hoft ? now by thia md, I fwear, I fcom the term ; nor fhall my Nel keep tdgers.
^icL No, by my troth, not long: For we cannot idge and board a dozen or fourteen gentlewomen, that ?e honeilly by the prick of their needles, but it will be lought we keep a bawdy-houfe ilraight. O welliday ady, if he be not drawn (14) ! Now we ihall fee wilAil ittltery, and murder committed. Bard.Good lieutenant,good corporal,offer nothing hel*e« iWiw. Pilh!— Pifi. Pilh for thee, IJanddog; thou prick-ear'd cur of
ading from the old S^uarte, (14) 0 vfd&dtyZadft if be be Mi hewn ffcto,] I cannot underftan4 le drift of this expreffion. If he be not bevm, muft iignify, if he t n»t cut down \ and inthat cafe, the very thing is foppos*d, which. •kkfy wai appceheofive.of. But I rather think, her flight arifes Ton ieeUig their fwords drawnr: And I have v^ntuiM to make a ight alteration accordingly. Jfhebe noi drawn, for', ifbe bas not bit oerd drawn, is an expreffion familiar with our poet : So, in the tmpefi.
Why, how now, ho ? awake? why are you drawn f mk ia Romea and Juiki\ .
. What, art thou ^r«fV9 amoog thefe besrtlefs hinds ^
yf^ King * H I II It V V.
j^Vi. Oeod corporal Nim^ fliew thy vakar aad pet tip tlby fword.
IJtm. Will you Ihog^? I wotld hautt ytmjolu^.
Pifi, SolMf, tgregittis dogi O viper vHe ! Tlie yr/tti. in thy moft marvel Loot face, TlieyUh/ iadiy todhe md ui iiky«hfMt» i^ad in thy hatri'iil inags; jrea, ia thy maw« perdy; And, which is worfe, wkhkk thy aa% oioach. i do retort tht/olus in thy bowels ^ For 1 can lake, and Pjfiors cock is op, i^nd Aalhing &r^ will foOowt*
iViM. I am not £ar6q/om, you cannot cooJOTe ine:^ t have an httmoar to knock you indifieiiently welt ; it yoa grow foul with me, PtficI^ I will-fcour you with my la- pier »« 1 may, in fair terms. If you would walk off, I would prick your guts a little iu good ienns as I may« and that's the humour of it.
Pifi. O br^gard vile, and danaed furious wqghti The grave doch gape, and duataug <kadi ia acar. Therefore exhale.
Baril. Hear me, hear lue, wkat t iay : %e thai ftriker the firft ftrobe, I'll run him up to ihe hilts as I am a (bldi(^»
pyf. An oath of mickle might; aod Aify fluU abate Oive Ae thy fiA, thy fore-foot to Bie give; Thy fpirits are moft tall.
Nim. I will cut thy thfuat one time or other in fair terms, that is the humour of it.
Pi/. C^iag$rgi9 that is the word. Idefy thae jfaia.
0 hound of Cne^ thank'A tbau my fyodk to guti No, to the fpittle go,
And from the powdering tub of infamy Fetch forth the laEar kite of Cn^ffidh kind, JDol Temr-flMa^, ifte by naniie, and hcjr e^ulii.
1 have, aod I will hoki the ^miuhm ^mMif
for th* only fht^ ^ud /as^^, there's enough; go fo.
Bw^ Mine heft Pj^^/, you muft <eom€ to my mat^ 4md your hoUeia^ He ia very t(ick» And.UKMlU to badL
O'QUd
King H E K R Y V, 507
£t$ in heart- grief and aneafinefs
:r the fweet ihade of your government*
ey. True ; thofe, that were your father's enemiei^
f deept their gauls in honey, and do ierve yon
I hearts create of duty and of zeal.
Henry, ^t fherefore have great caufeof thankfolnefil
(hall forget the office of our hand,
er than quittance of deiert and merits
rding to the weight and worthinefs.
'oop. So fervice (hall with Jleeled iinews toil ;
labour fhall refreih itfelf with hope»
0 your Grace incefTant fervices.
Henry, We judge no lefs. Uncle of Exiter% ^e the man committed -yefterday,
rail'd againft our perfon : we coniider» s excefs of wine that fet him on, on his more advice we pardon him. oop. That's mercy, but too much fccority t im be punifh'd. Sovereign, left example
1 (by his fuff'rance) more of fnch a kind. Henry. O let us yet be merciful.
m. So may your Highnefs, and yet punifh toOr f^. You {hew great mercy, if you give him life, the tafte of much correftion. Henry. Alas, your too much love and care of mtf j leavy orifbns 'gain il this poor wretch, tie faults, proceeding on diftemper, not be wink'd at, how iOiall we ftretch our eye, I capital crimes, chew'd, fwallowM and digefted, ar before us ? we'll yet enlarge that man, « gh Cambridge^ Scroops and Grey^ in their dear care lender prefervation of our perion, d have him ponifh'd. Now to our French caufeif are the late Commiffioners ? w. I one, my Lord. Highnefs bade me afk for it to-day« oop. So did you me, my Liege. y. And I, my Sovereign.
Hen. Then Richard Earl of Cambridge^ there is yoori t ' yoars. Lord Scroop of Majham % aftA Sk ^LIi\^^.* .
^S Khig Henry V.
Grey of NerthumherlMidy this fame is yours t
Head them* and kuow, I know yonr worthinofit,
M^ IiOfd of Wefinmland And. uncle Exeter^
We will abeard to-night. Why, how now» gentkmM^
What fee you in thoie papers,, that you lofe
$0t miich complexion ? look y«, how th«y change 1
Their cheeks are paper^ Why, what read you thcre^^
That hath fo ^warded, and chasM your blood
Out of appearance ?
Cam. I confefs ray fault,. And do fuhmit me to yx>ur Highnel^* mttcy*
Grey. Scroop, To which we all appeal*
K. Henry, The inercy, that was quick ia us bat late^ By yoor own connfe! is fupprefs'd and klU'd : You muft not dare for (hame to talk oC mercy ;. For your ov^n reafons turn upon your bofoms. As dogs upon their mailers, worrying you* See you,. »y Prioces a«d my iioble ?e«rs, Thefe £ir^f^ mongers I my Lord Qamhridge \itMt9. You know, how apt our love was to accora To furnish him with all appertinents Beloirging to kis Honour ; and this man Hath for ajfew Ughj crowns lightly confpiff*d^ And fwom iin(o iht; pra^ices of Frema To kill OS here in Hampton. To the which. This Knight, no lefs for bounty bound to vi Than Cambriii^e is, hath likewife fwom. But O \ What Aall I fay co tbee. Lord Scruap^ thou crueU Ingraceful, favage» and iaboman creature I' Thou, that did ft bear the key of Ml my counfels^ That kncw'ft the very bottom of my foul. That aimoft might^fl have coin*d me into gold, Wouldd tboitvhaive pra^is'd on me for thy «ie^ |
May it be poflible, that foreign hire Could out of thee extradi oae fpark of evil,. That might anaoy ray finger? 'tis fo ftraoge^. That tho«gh the truih of it ftand ofF as grois As black and whke, my eye will fcarce^y fee i|. Trcafon and mwrdet ever ke^ tofc&her, Aa two y oak-dbw\l^ teoaa ia %«)a«t' % v!W¥jSr.^
Itmg H £ 1^ I Y v. ftf
Torkitr^ ib g^oAy in a natatal oanie,
'hat admiration did «ot wkoep mt them*
iut tho«, 'gaiaft all jpsoportiony didft bring ip
V'onder to wait on treafon, «nd on m order :
^nd'whatibever cunning fiend it was.
That wrought n pen thee roprepoft'rottfly*
HLath got the voice in hell iion- excellence:
^ad fl^r devilry that fuggeft by-tr«a^$9
poth botch and btstiglc op damnationy
with patches, colours, and with forms beiQ|r fecclit
From glillVing femblances of piety :
Bat he> that temperM thee, bade thf e ftand op:;
Gave thee no inftance why thou ihouldfttdo trtaftm <
tJnlefs to dob thee with the name of tiraitor.
If that fane Daemo»y that hath gvUM th^ t4int»
Should with his lion-gate walk the whole worlds
He might re corn to vady Tartar back)
^nd t«ll the legions, I can never win
A foul fo eafy as that 'Englijhman^%,
Oh, how hall thou with jcilotify iflfefted
The fweetnefs of affiance! fliew men dutiful ^
Why ib didft thotf: or feem they gtave and karaedf' '
Why ib didft thou : come tl»ey isi noble family f
Why fo didft thou: feem they religious?
Why f6 didft thou : or are they fpare in diet,
I^ree from git>fs paffion or of mirth, or anger* -
Conftaiit in fpirit, nor iwerving with the bloody
Garnifli'd and deck*d in modell compliment,
J^ot working withdiie ear, but with the eye (15),
And but in pa rged judgment trufting neither ?
Snch, and fo finely boulted didd thott feem.
(xc) Not working tt^th the eye without the ear)] He is Jbere giving the character of a compleat gentleman, and (ays, he did not tryfi bif ■«yr vfkhout the conflrMation of "his edr, B\it was ever any thing fo pre- ^Aeious ? when men have eyel^ht-^jroof, they think they have fuffi* ctent evidence, a^d don*c ftay'for the confirmation of an hear-fay. Bu^ prudent men^ mi the contrary, Wan*t trud the credit of the cxtf till ic be confirmed by the demofiHrltion of the eye. And this is tha^t icondo^ for which the King would here com»iiend him. So that wt ttaft aiTuredly read,
^otVHfHttf^ VM Ibrk^, Hut widi the Sje. >lt«^ar6umn.
)to King H E N R Y V.
And that thy fall hath left a Idiid of Mot (16), To mark the fofl-fraiight fnan, the beft endu'dt Wkh fome fofpicion. I will weep for thee. For this revolt of thine, methinksy is Hke Another fall of man— Their faults are open ; Arreft them to the anfwer of the law. And God acquit them of their pradices !
Exe. I arreft thee of high treafon, by the name ef Richard Earl of Camhriiige,
I arreft thee of high tr^on, by the name ti Henry (17} Lord Scroop of Majham.
I arreft thee of high treafon, by the name of Thmm Crtf^ Knight of Nortbumherland.
Scroop. Oar purpofes God juftly hath difcoVer'd, And 1 repent my fault, more than my death ; Which I befeech your Highnefs to forgive. Although my body pay the price of it.
Cam. For me, the gold of France did not fedace,
{l^) And thus tby fall bath kft a kind of bht.
To ttkfke the full-frsugbt man, the beft, endoed Wub fame fujpicim.l Thus Mr. Pefe hat ftopM this paflafe. If Ub onderftandt die ieofe of it, as it ftaads here, it is more than I do ; or if he believes^ that, to makt a turn tndued with fmfpichH, «as the phrafe of our author, I moft beg to be excosM if 1 have not To much credulity. I am perfuaded, I have refcued the text from tbf obfcurity aod" corruption it lay under. Our author has the fasK thought again in his CymbeKoe.
So thou, Poftbumuip V(^!lt lay the levtn to all pr^r men ; Goodjf, and gaUant, ihall hefalfejLnd perjurM^ From thy great /i//. 1 had almoft forgot to obferve, that in Timon of Atbais, we again oM with mark*d, employ*d as in this paflase.
■ For mine own part, I never tafted Timon in my life ; Nor any of his bounties came o*er me. To mark me for bis friend. (17) ■ ' ij tbe name of Thomas Lord Scroop of MaAam.] The Uander of the editors in the firft Folio^z led Mr. Rowe and Mr. Poft into an error here : which they might have been aware of, had the; either confolted the Cbronkles, or the readi/^g of the old 4to*s in thif paflTage. Nay, had they but turn'd back to the Cboms at the end-of tbe firft aa, they mi^ht have found that Lord Majbam*t chriftiaa jane was Henrys and noi^rhomou
1
King Henry V# jit
Althoogli I did admit it ^ a motive The fotfner to efied what I intended ; Bat God be thanked for prevention. Which I in fofF'rance heartily rejoice for^ Befeeching God and you to pardon me.
Gr€j. Never did faithfa) fobjeft more rejoice At the difcovery of mod dangerous treafon» Than I do at this hour joy o'er myfelf. Prevented from a damned enterprize : My faulty but not my body, pardon, Sovereign.
K.Hixfy.God quit you in his mercy ! hear your fentence; You have confpir'd againft ottr royal perfon,
ioin'd with an enemy proclaimed, and from his coffehP leceiv'd the golden earneft of our death ; Wherein yon would have fold your King to flaughter> His Princes and his Peers to fervitude. His fubjedh to oppreffion and contempt^ And his whole kingdom into defolation« Touching our perfon, feck we no revenge ; Bat we our kingdom's fafety mufl fo tender, Whofe ruin you three fought, that to her lawft We do deliver yoo. Go therefore hence, (Poor roiferable wretches) to your death ; The tafte whereof God of his mercy give You patience to endure; and true repentance Of all your dear offences ! bear them hence. [Exeunt, Now, Lords, for France ; the enterprize whereof Shall be to you, as us, like glorious. We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. Since God fo gracioufly hath brought to light This dangerous treafon lurking in our wav. To hinder our beginning. Now we doubt not^ But every rub is (moothed in our way : Thfen forth, dear countrymen ; let us deliver Our puiiTance into the hand of God, Putting it ftrait in expedition. Chearly to fea ; the f\gns of war ad;irance ; No King of England^ if not King of France* [Exeunt.
SCENE
1
£U King H^^H Y It
SCENE chaRgos w^^liklft botife in Sajicktl^
Enter ?i^oU l^im, fial^t^lph, %, und Qnidljr." |^/V/(.T)R']rtbee, honey-fwett )i«(b«tidi ^kt me bri^
Psftei. Nof for my mao]^ Ji^ait d^tji fern* Bardohb^ be blith : Ami^ romte tby vriitnUfi|; veins i Boy, briftietby coarse up s lor Ap^f^-bc IS deadf . .Aii(ijwe>inuft yera tharefpre. ^
iBar</. Would I wer^wiih fhim vberefome'er be is» citber in heaven or b^H.
^/V^. Nay^ Aire> be's .not in bell i Ws in yA^jir's bofom^ if ever man went to ^/r/^'s bofom* He made a finer end, and went aA¥«yft :S« it bgdfbcfn any cbriftool child ; a' parted ^ven jqA betvifeffi twelve «adonei efOi at the turning o^hV tide : ^^or ^fter I faW htm fumble «i^ith the (beets, apd play «irub flowers, and fniil&4ipeii bis finger's, end, I knew ibere w»8 bat doewi^; hi (i8) bisftofewas^6(ha|-pa&aj>en,4fid:a' babied of men
fields*
(t8) Htf note yoit ai Jhdrfi di d pen, ajld ft table tf grecD fieldiil So the firft FOA0. Mr. Po^ has obferv^d, that thefe words, ndatm tf g^^^* fo^t sre not In the old 4to*i. *' This noofenfe, {comhiad «' £tf) get into j11 the IbUowhig editions bv a pleefant miftake of the ^* ftage-edftots, who rotated frqafi the ccnvfiloo ptacemeal-writtcfl «* parts in the play-houfe. A table il^as here directed to be brof^t « in (it being a kene in a tavern where they drink at parting;) aad ** this dtreftion crept into the text from the margin. GreetfUimMi ** the name of shv property-man in that time who fumiflied impfe-
<« ments, &c. foriheftaors.** A Sdkliof Gretnfi$ld*a, As to the
biftory oi Gr4emJkid\c)A% then propcrty-min, whether it.was rc41y fo, or it being on^ igratii.M&um, is a point ,whkh I flball aot coo* tend about. But were we to allow this marginal (^iref^ion, . and fttppofe that a table of (7r^eff/F«/t/*s was wanting $ ytt it never was cvilomary in the promptor^sbuok, (mueh lefs, 10 the peacemeal parts j) where any fuch dirtflions mc margiaaliy inferted for pioperties wtttk- ylements wanted, to- add the paoperty-itian^s nan^e, whofc bufinifs^it was to proridethem. Befides, the famiihiog chaih and tables is not the province of the property-man^ bot of the fcen«- keepers. Hut ^ere is a ftronger objedion yet againft this ob/ervation advaoctd by the edirer. He fecms to ituHmt, tl^ix^Yitik \m^%mvi*^ %sft wanted U
King Hekkt V. $ti
^Ids. How now, Sit^oIm? qaoth I: what nan? b« .#f good cheer : fo a* cned out God, God, God, three or four times. Now I, to comfort him, bid him a'ihou'd not think of God ; I hop'd, there was no need to trouble bimfelf with any fuch thoughts yet : fo a' bade me lay infore dcGthes^n his feet : 1 put my hand into the bed and £elt them, and they were as cold as a ftone : then I felt^o his knees, and fo upward, and upward, and all was as cold as any flone.
Nim, They fsiy^ he cried out of fack.
^ici. Ay, that a' did,
Bar^, And of women.
^ick. Nay, that a' did not.
^«f . Yes, that he did ; and faid, they were devils in- eamate.
^icL A' could never abidt carnation 'twas a colout be never fik^.
' Boj^, He faid once, the deule would have bim about women.
^eL tie did in fome fort, indeed, handle womer ;
anjr fcenc, the direction for them it xnarkM to' the middle of that fceae, thovgb the things are to be got ready againft the beginninfof lt« But the diredlions for entrances and properties waoctngj (*t)* well kaown,) are always marked in the took at about a page io qaaoCttf before the adloia quoted are to enter, or the proper -ies tn be ufed \ that the ftage may not ftand ilill. An i therefore, GreetiJuUft M\3\t ca« be of no ufe to us for this fcens. Nor, indeed, is any table rc^uiiite« The fcene, *tis true, is in a tavern j b«t the company have nabufiaefa to^tdo^a. There is not the leaft Intimation of anydriok gobg roand : it'is in f'tfioTt own hou.e, as he hid married ^aUklyi he and his comrades are on their feet, and jud fettmg out for Fnmce, The defcripcionofFtf^lfa^*8dea.hi and whathetalkM of, U the only thing that retards them for a fefr minutes : after which they kifs thcif hoftefs, and fart. The conjectural emendation I have given, is fo . near to the traces of tbte letters in the corrupted text ; that I have vea- tnr*d toiafertitu the genuine reading, ft has certainly beeoobiert'd (io particular, by the ^perftition of women }) of people near deaths when they are delirious by a fever, that they talk of removiMg .* as it has of thufe in a caleoture, that they have their heads run on greem JUlds»^^Xo babitt or babbk^ Is to mutter, or fpeak indifarimlnately ; like children, that cannot yet talk ^ or like d^ing petfons, when they «re iofing the ofe of fpeech.
Vol. IV. O ^i^J^►
314 Kkig HE-wny'V;
bat tliea fce Jm rl^unatklct and talkM of At v^hcnrt dT
ISoj. 0aye« not remeniber, iie faw a; flea ffiik upoa £ar^Ifh*s»oCpp and faid, it was a-4>lack fool bamiaff in hell?'
BarH^SVelU tlie fael if gone» &atinaiataih*d t&at iSxe^* that's in the riches I got in bis (ertiee.
iVi^Ei. Shall we ihqgg? the King will bOjgoae fioai^ Soufhampipn. ■ m
/»^. Came, letVawaf. Mflovei^^vftme^y Look to my chattels, and my movcablei; ^
Let fenfes role; the word i^, jHtcKand pM^^i -^^ Truftnone, for oaths are ftraws; men's faiths aiei^__. And hoid-faft is the ^nly dog, my dnck» £ca^^
Therefore CavHo be thy. couBfellor. Go, clear thy ctyftals. Yoke-fellows in arms. Let OS t0r/*rMK-#; like horf<* leeches, mv boysi^ To fockt to fuck,^ the my blood toihck.
Si^. And^that^s buMinwholibme food, they fiy.
^Ftft. Toadi her fi)ft month and march*
ljf«r^. Farewel, hoftefs.
Nim. Icannotkifs, thatisthehunK>urofiit; bntadita*
Tifi.Jjtt hiiafewiftry appear^; ke^ dofe, I tfjee com- jnand.
,j%fet. f Farfwel j a<Ueo.- ^Sxami.
S C£:K E cbaoges to the i^^M^fCingV Palacew
^i0r fit ^French JCiiigf the DatifiMi, tie Dmke tf Bof- gundy, 4*4/ tbiConftdtU*
^. X*i^f .np* HlU S come ^the Engbfi witS fiiQ j)owcr
jL upon.us. And more than eare&lly it us concerno ^o' anfwer royalty in our defeneer. Therefore the Dukes of Berry ^ zr^ubt B^HAt^ :OY JSrahant, ztd pf -OrkofUf ihilll aaake f<»rth, And^yon, tnwx Dauphin, with all fwift dij^paccbe; 'Proline, and new rti^dir onr towns of war, <^4^'h.m^ of Sfxpx^y^y vsA ti\tkTMtoi4eliBBdiiit:
King Hb^hv V. 31^
)Bmi bb ajpjm>sdi«8 makes as fierce^
rs to the fucking of a gulf*
then to^^ ^ provident,
tnajr; teadi lu onfof late etamidei;
the ikttil Md negleOed tnglifi
iir fields.
My moftitdonbted father,
ft meet we ttrm its *gainft the foe^
:e itfelf flicMld not (b dnll a Idngdito,
hwar, dot nlo kaowh quarrel, werein'^eAlon)
tdefaftoety mofters^ prepai^txons,
be maintifin'd, afleittUcd^ and cofle&d^
s a war in txpedation.
)re» I far^, ^fis meet we aJl go finth,
V the fick and feeUe parts g( France:
1 08 do it with no ikew of fear ^
th no more, than if we heard thict Bn^Umi
ufied with tiWhr^ mohii-dtoce :
y good Liejge, ihe b fo Idly kii^^d,
pter fo fantaiHcdfy bbm^
lis giddv^ tulfowy hwnoiotts yotttki
ar attends her not.
O peace, Vnncc Dauphin I
t too much miftakcn in this Sing':
m yoor Grace the la^ ambaiIadors>
rhat great &at« he heard th^ embairjr |
^11 rapply'd with noUe counfellors,
jodeft in t3tception> and withal
inihle hi conttant lefblndon i
mfliallfind, his vanities fore-(jpent
mt the on^fide of the Rman Brutmp
org ^f^retion With a coat of folly ;
detiers do Widi ordure hide thofe roots^
liall fiift fpriag and be moft delicate. .
. Well, 'tis not fo, my Lord high confiabli^
a' we think it ib, it is no matter :
Pes of defence, 'tis beft to weigh
lemy more mighty than he feems ;
proportions of defence arfc filPd ;
of a weak and niggardly prcgeftioli^
O a DchIl
f
3i6 King H E k r y V.
Doth> like a mifer, fpoil hu coat with fcanting A little cloth.
Fr. King. Think we King Harry ftrong ; And, Princes, look, yon drongly arm to meet him* The kindred of him hath been fielh'd upon ns ; And he is bred out of that bloody ftrain^ That haunted us in our familiar paths :.* Witncfs our toojnuch memorable fhame. When Cr^- battle fatally was ftruck ; And all our princes captivM by the hand Of that black name, Ed^ward hWck Prince oV Wales: While that his mounting Ere, on mountain ftanding (i9]« Up in the air, crown'd with the golden fun. Saw his heroick feed, and fmil'd to fee him Mangle the work of nature : and deface The patterns, that by God and by French fathers Had twenty years been made. This is a fiem Of that vidiorious dock ; and let us fi^ar The native mightinefs and fate of him Enier a M^Jenger.
MeJ/l Anabaflado^s from Harry ^ King of En^land^ Do crave admittance to your Majefty. [thenu
Fr. A/ff^. We'llgivethem prefent audience.Go,and bring You fee, this chafe is hotly follow'd, friends.
Dan» Turn head, and (lop purfuit ; for coward dogs Mod fpend their mouths, when,what they feem to threaten,
(19) iVhile tbar hit mountain /r«, $n mGuntalnftandtng.'\ But why mountain fire ? the French King dncs not nlean to fay any thing dero* gatory, orfcoffingly of K\Ti% Edward the third ;-as Fhullem afterwatds, in thi» play, as a U^ekbm^, U ftilM mMHtain/fuin : ser is- the Btt, or flature of King Edward ^Woded to, as if he had keen in/hr nnuth* I have no doubt,' hut our author intended mounting firt^ i. e. higb- miflded, afpiring. In this fenfe, in the firft ad, the Archbiihop of Canterbury feems to be fpeaking of this Prince.
fVhile bit moft m\%Yity fatbtr on a hill| &c» • And the epithet, tnwnting^ our jpoet i^t more than once eniploy*^ in thcfc fignifications. So in Love's Labour loft ;
Whoe'er he was, he ihewM a mounting mind. And in King John*
But this is worfliipful fociety;
And fiu the mo«nttii^(\ivi\xYvVAm^lrXl«
King Henry V. 317
Runs far before them. Good my Sovereign, Take up the Englifi (hort; and let them know Of what a monarchy you are the head : Self-love, my Liege, is not fo vile a iin» Aa felf-negleding.
£/r/^r Exeter.
Fr, King. From our brother England?
Exe, From him ; and thus he greets your Majcfty :
He wills you in the name of God Almighty,
That you diveft yourfclf, and lay apart
The borrow'd glories, that, by gift of heaven.
By law of nature and of nations, *long
To him and to his heirs ; namely, the crown ;
And all the wide-ftretch'd honour?, that pertain
By cuftom and the ordinance of times,
Unto the crown of France. That you mr.y know,
'Tis no iinifter nor no aukward claim,
Pick'd from the worm -holes of long vanilh'd days,
Nor from the duft of old oblivion rak'd ;
He fends, you this moil memorable line.
In every branch truly demonftrative,
[Gi*ves the French King a Paptr^ Willing you cver-look this pedigree ; And when you find him evenly derivM
From his moft fam'd of famous anceflors,
Ed'w^rd the Thirds he bids you then refifi;Q
Your crown and kingdom, indirei^ly held
From him the native and true challenger. Fr, King, Gr elfe what follows f Exe. Bloody conflraint; for if you hide the crown
Ev*n in yocr hearts, there will he rake for it. '
And therefore in fierce temped is he coming.
In thunder, and in earthquake, like a Jonje :
That, if requiring; fail, he may compel.
He bids yo\i, in the bowels of the Lord,
Deliver up the crown ; and to take mercy
On the pooribuls, for whom this hunj^ry war
Opens his vafty jaws ; upon your head
Titrahg the widows tears, the Orphaiis 'cu^^«
O 3 . 'W^
|i& JCing HtiiiiY y.
The ini neat bloody the pining m^dens gmajit biflfU
For htt0>ands, fathers, and betrothed lovers^
That flidl be fcrallow'd in this controvcHy.
This is his claim; his threatning^ and my meflage;. [
Unlefs the Dmtphin^ be in prefence here^
To whom expreify I bring sreeting too.
/v. Ki»g^ For US9 we wifl confider of thxe fvrthqi^: To-morrow ihall yoa bear oqr full Intend Back to our brother Snglsm^.
Dai^ For the Dut^hin^ I ftand here for him ; what to^ Um from Mngt^f
Esie. Scorn and defiance, flight regard, contefapVi And an|r thing that may not mifbecome The mighty fender, doth he prize you at. Thus fays my King ; and if yx)ur rather'^ HighoeA Do not,^ in grant of all demands at laige,, Sweeten the bitter mock you fent ht« Majefly ;^ He'll call you to fo hot an anfwer for it. That caves apd womby vaultagc» oF Francg Shall hide your tre%afs, and return yoor mocJc In fecond accent to his ordinance.
Bau* Say, if ro^ father render fair reply^ ft is againft my will ; for I de£re Nothing but odds with ingUndi to that ^^d^ Ai inatchkg to his yomh and vanity, I did prefent him with thofe Paris balls*
Ex€. He41 make ypqr If* oris Louvrt (hake for i^ Were it the mifh-efs court of nUghty Euraftf :■ And, be aflur'd, you'll 4nd a difference,. (As we his ftibje^s have in wonder found,)
(10) •— Tift^ p>Ain| maidens iroauij. This h the epithet Mr* P^ h«i efpoufed from the old 410' s. Mr. J{0W» read with tht Mt foWh^
7kf priff mft^^Ms groans f, Whieh, accQrdin^ to pof tjcal Miage, night fisi^i^, i^ fie«Af pf maidens ventea In ptiyatt* From d^s word lyhicti h^ £i|«emf a c^ I'uptiof), Mr. 9f^ar$ufttp ingenioufly wou)d fifbilttute ^
7bt prived snaukntgfrMns, i. e. the d^rtvtd i the verlfe, which imiinediitelf foUowf» aeeefirily requiring luch a feafe. At all th« f ptthfti nciake fenfey f htvt con* teiired nyfeu With! ptb^tbA ^Q^ji tta4ii>&f m^^fi' w>th<99f //jMid*! coojc^onti
SItweep Aie piottiie of Us greener day>»' And thde lii^maftM ndw ; now he weighs tunoc Bvea to the utmoft ^ain» which yoo flitll read' In yonr own lofts; if he-ftiy in Frana.
Ft. King. To-nomnr yoa fhall know our miod^at foil;.
[Fiouriflk
Exi. IKfpatch us with aU fpeed, Idl that our King: Gome here himfelf to queftioh our delay ;• fior he is footed in this land already* [tion $ ::
jPr. Khg. You fhall i)e foon diipatch'd with fair condi*- A night is but fmall breath, and little paufo' l^o i^wer flKatters;of * this confequeace* \^9ee*^[
Entir Chorus.
Thus witlriongin'd wingour fWifrfcene flies^i'
In motion t)f no lefs celerit}^
Than thatof thought. Si4>pofe^ that you4iave leen;
The well-appointed King at Hampden peer (21)
Embark his roysdty ; and his brave fleet
With filken ftr^mer^ the young Pbephm fanning*
Play with vour fancies ; and in them behold»
Upon the nempen tackle, ihip boys climbing ;
Near the ihrill whifUe, which doth order ^ive
To founds confusM ; behold th^ threaden falls,.
Borne with th' invifible and creeping wind,.
Draw the huge bottoms tbro^ the furrow'd Tea,
Breaking the loftv furge. O, do but think*
You ftand upon the rivage, and behold
A city on th' inconftant oillows dancing ;
For fo appears this fleet majeflical.
Holding due oourfe to Harfiur. Follow, Ipllo w.
C«t) 7%r Will-iMfartifi JCflf tff Dover ^nrr Mmh»k bit ivfa^r*! ^hat all the editioiis downward t, imp^'rh^r after the fnhlFoSi. But eot4|^ the poet poflibly be £> dKc^tdmc from himrelf, (and the chronicles, -which he copied \) to /iQSike the King; here embark at D9v»\ when he has before told as fo precifely,. and . that (o often ^ver, that he embark'd at Southampton f I dare acc^uit the poet fr«n £> fiagraat a Tariatioii* The indolence of a tranfcribrr, er a workaiaji atpreif, maft give rife to fuch an error. ' They, kcW.i per at the end of the Terfe, unlockUy thoa|]tit t& D«<otf -v^^^ ^vnX^^ . bta kft^wii^to duuft. sfMl fo unawarei cwtu^XAd \]^t >ax«
320 King Hft N R V V.
Grapple your minds to (lernage of this navy. And lesivt your EnglanJf as dead midnight ilillr , Guarded with grandfires, babies and old wom^n;. Or p; ft, or not arriv'd, to pith aiid puiffance : For who is he, whofc chin is hot cnnch'd "With one appearing hair, that will not follow Thefe cuU'd and choice- drawn cavaliers to France? Work, work70ur thoughts, and therein fee a fiegc: Behold the ordnance on their carriages With fatal mouths gaping on girded Harfieur, Suppofe, th' ambaiTadcrfrom France com^s back;, Tells ^flrry, that the King doth offer him Catbarine his daughter, and with' her to dowry ' Some petty and unprofitable Dukedoms : The offer iikcs not 5 and the nimble gunner With lynftock now the devilifh cannon touches, And down goes all before him Still be kind. And eke out our performance with ycur mind. \ExiU
ACT IIL
S C E N E, before Harfieur.
\^ Alarm ^ and Cannon go »§> • Ik. . Enter King Henry, Exter, Bedford, i7»^ Glonccfter; SoUierSf in^ith fcaling ladders.
King Henry.
ONce more unto the breach, dtar friends once more; Or clofe the wall up with the Rnglifl> dead. In peace, there's nothing fo becomes a man As modeft ffillnefs and homilky : Bnt when the blaff of war blows in our ears. Then imitate the aftion of the tyger; Stiffen the (inews, fummon up. the blood, Difgixife^air nature with hard-favourM rage; Then icnd the eye a lexnbYt ^^^^5^ •,
* 6 ' \iiv
^" King H B K R Y V. 321
^t it piy thro^ the portage of the head.
Like the braf^ cannon : let the brow overwhelm it,
\s fcarfallyy as doth a galled rock
D*er-hane and jutty his con found ed-bafe^
Swill*d with the wild and wafteful ocean.
Now fet the teeth, and flretch the noflril wide;
Hold hard the breath, and bend up every fpirit
To his full height. Now on, you noblcft Englijb^
Whoie blood is fetcht^from fathers of war- proof ;
Fathers, that, Hkp fo many Alexanders^
Have in thefe parts from morn till even fought,
And (heath'd their fwords for lack of argument.
Diihonour not yOur mothers ; now attcft.
That thofe, whom you call'd fathers, did beget yoo.
Be copy now to men of groffer blood,
And teach them how to war; and you, good yeomen,
Whofe limbs were made in England, (hew us here
The mettle of your pafhire : let us fwear
That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not :
For there is none of you fo mean and bafe,
That hath not noble lullre in your eyes ;
I fee yoQ (land like greyhounds in the flips.
Straining upon the ftart. The game*s a- foot :
Follow your fpirit; and upon this charge.
Cry, God for Harry! England ! and St. George!
[Exeunt iLmgt and Train, • ■ ■ [Alarniy and Cannon go off.
Enter Nim, Bardolph, Piftol, and Boy.
Bardx On, on,' on, on, on, to the breach, to the breach.
Nim. '?r^y thee, corporal, ftay; the knocks are tQo
hot; and for mine oWii part,' Ihave not a cafe of lives :
the hstnour of it is too hot, that is the very plain fong
cf it. ' \ -
-Pift.Tht plait) fotig is moftjuft ; for humours do ahounrf: Knocks go and come : God's vafTals drop and die ; And fword and fliield, in bloody. fi^ld, doth win imm9rtal fame. Bty* Wou*dIWerein an ale- hodfe in 'Lbnion^ lN*c>viii^ g^rcaJl my fame fox a pot of ale miA isikw ^ ' \
^-\ G s t\!t.
3«x mug If liir&y T; ^
fifi. And I; if wii(b^ «ircittl(i W^^ I wo0*4 BQI Ibyt b^ thiAer would I hy^
f a/#r Pl4iellen.
Ilu. Up to tBc breach, you doga ; avauat, ypi| caliroAf^ ^
P^. Bis merciful,, great Bake,, to vne^of ino^4» ^ Abate thy rage, i|l^aie thy npiai^y sm^ Id
Good b4W<ock» batf thy lage; uie l^pitj^ fweerehnclfe; it
Nim* T}ieip l^ goodhanoai^; yoi^ l^l^ouf wiuf M kvnonra^ \Mlsm*
Bn. As young #»! ^» ^ I'^ve oi^fefv^ thc& t^r^ fwamen. t aim tSy to them all three ; bat allthei^ l|u<er ^M«|h diey would (erve me» eouid not \^ m^n tp ^f;; foi,. i&dee4» tkcpe iiich s^lticka ^Q uot ^;v^)ui|t to a lui^i* For Mmrdo^K be is wbitt-Uver'd and ni^>'^^A\ by ^ nMeanswhereofheSicesj^toutjfbutiglitf not. l^arPiftilt • lie hath t kilGag tongue and a fpie^Twprd } t^ die ine«B» whereof be brcaki words, and keeps w^ple weapons. For JGp, he hath Iward,. that men of few words zfrt the beft men; and therefore he icorus to^fa^ hie prayers,. left he* * ftoidd be thought a coward ;- buf hts few bad words ar» matched with as few good deeds, for he nev6r bi^ke any nan's bead but his own, and that was ^^n&a poft when hr was drunk* They wsU Seal any thing* and caliit pufcha%. Sardo^iiMt t^lutC'Czk^ borelt twelve lea«i^,. Utt^ iold it ibr three half-pence. Nim and Raridph are* fwoni brothers in filching ;, and in Calms they ftole a fire-r ftovek I fcnew« by that piece of ftrvice, the men would carry ceal^ They would have ra» as- familiar with men» pockets, as their gloves or their hand-kercher^-f which Bukes asuch againft my manhood; for if I would take- Itpm another^s pocket t» put into mine,, it » |ilM» .Mcketting up of wiqnga^ I piuft^leaTe tbem^ %;^ iedk *ibme better ierviee ; their villainy ^» againft my wod^ temach^ aad therefore I maft caft it ufK^ [Wnt fi^f^
Mfttir Gower, air^ FlueUeasw ^pw«r. Capttts /Asr/fav, you muft c^ome prefbatTy t» <be miaei^ Ike Diil^ of ffim^ woiM fpcu^ widi
yoH^
. King H rN R ir V. 32?
Fh. Te the nines? tdl yoQ the Doke» iti^notfo gdod to oome 16 the mines; fbr» look you, the mines iileiioeaDeordiB|;tothedif€]plineiof thewar; thecoa- cavitiet of it is not AiiEcient ; for, Jook you, th* athver- kfy (von may diftofi nnto the Dnke, look yon) is digt himielf four yasds vnder the conntennines ; by Cba/hu^ I think, a^ will plow ap all, if there is not petter di- te^ions.
Ganjoir. ThpDvktof Gbuctjhr^ to whom theorder of the fiege is given, is altogether dimfted by an Irijb man, a vny iraliant gentleman, i' ftith*
Flm. It is captain Mackmom'ci, is it not ?
Gowir. 1 dnnk, it be.
F&r. By Ci&r/^«, he is an afs, as is in the woild; I will ytnff as much in his beard ; he ku no more diredions in the true difciplines of the wars, look you, of the lU* mam difciplines, than is a puppy-dog.
Jnr/rAhekaorris, mmJ Cmft. Jimy.
G§wtr. Here he tomes, and the 8cm Captain, Captam 7mv with him.
#&• Cq^tain Jamj^ is a marvellous valorous geotTemao, duit is certain ; and of great expedition and knpwledee in ^c andent wars, upon my oarticidar knowledge of his direffionsi hf Ckijbu, he wul inaintain his argument as well as any nulitary man in the world, in the difciplines cf the primne wars of the XtfMwx.
?amjt* I fa?, gttdday, Cantain FtwUen. b. Goddien 10 your wormip, good Captjun Jams. G^moif. How now. Captain Machrfrrda, have you knitted the mnes f hate the pioneers given o'er^
MaeA* By Chrilh law, tiflt ill done ; the work i(h give ever^ the trumpet found the retreat. 6^ my hand, I fwenr, and by my father's ibol, the work i(h ill done ; it • ifli give over; I would have blowed up the town, fo 'Chnib fave me law, in an hour. O tiih ill done, tiih itl done ; by my hand, tilh ill done.
#&» OifCain Macimtrricif I befeech you now will y9tt ironchfiifii me, look yon, a few di^macions with ^oo, O 6 ^
3^4 K*"g Hb K n Y V.
'9A partly touching or concenibg the difdplinesof
}MLft the Roman ^rs» iu the way of argament, look ] and friendly co^HDanicadon ; paitly,to (atisfy my opioi and partly for the faiisfaiflion, look you, of my mil as touching the diredion of the military difcipline, is the point«
' Ja/igf. It fall be ^ery gud» gad feith, gud Capti bath ; and I fall quit you with gud leve» as I may p ocraHon ; that fall I, marry.
Alack, It is no time to difcourfe, fo Chri(h fave the day is hot, and the weather and the wars, and King and the Duke ; it is not time to difcourfe, the ti is befeechM : and the trumpet calls us to the breach, we talk, and by ChriOi do nothing, 'tis ihame for us ; fo God fa' me, 'tis ihame to (land flill ; it is ihame, my hand ; and there is throats to be cut, and works u done, and there i(h nothing done, fo Chriih fa' me law
Jamj. By the mcfs, ere theife eyes of mine take them- /elves to ilomber, aile do gad fervice,. or aila liggci* th' ground for it; ay, or go to death; and aije payitat valoroufly as I may, that fall I furely do, the breff and the long ; marry, I wad full fain he^rd fome quefiioft *iween you tway.
F/u. Captain Mackmorria^ I think, look you, under your corredlioo, there is not many of your nation---
Mack. Of my nation I what iih my nation } i(h a vil* lain, ad a badard, and a knave, and arafcal? what ilk my nation? who talks of my nation?
FJa, Look you, if you take the matter otherwife than is meant, Captain Madmorrkt, peradvaenturey I (hall think you do not nfe me with that ajffability as in dif- cretion you ought to ufe me, look you ; being as good' a man as yoarfelf, both in the difcipUnes of wat, and in the derivation of my birth, and in other particularities*
Mac A. I do not know you fo good a man as myfelf > fo Chrilh fave me, I will cut off your head.
Gcnver. Gentlemen both, you will mifiake each othei*. . Jamy. A,^ that'^ a foul fault. [^ Parbjt fiunJed.
iCanAun The town ibaiids a parley.
King H 1 M R y V. it$S
Fk. Captain Mackwiofricif when there is mdre bettir opportanicy to be reqdr^<l, look you,' V\\ be fo bold at to tell you, I knov(^ the liifciplines o^ war ^ and thece's in end. [E:^ni*
SCENE, before the Gates of Har^.
EnUf King Henry and his trahtk
K.£farry.T TOW jf^trefolves the Govehiorof the towa^
XjL '^bis is the iateft parle we will admit ^ Therefore to oor beft mercy give yoarfeiires^ Or, like to men proud of deftrudlion. Defy us to our worft : as Vm a foldier, (A name, that» in my thooghts^ becomes me bejfty If I begin the batt*ry once again^ I will not leave the half-atchieved Harfieur, "*
Till in her aihe> ihe lie buried. The gates of mercy ihall be all ihut up; And the flefli'd foldier, rough and hard of heart, Jn liberty of bloody hand mall ran|;e With con(cience wide as hell, mowing like graf» ' Your frefh fair virgins, and your flow'ring infants^ What is it then to me, if impious war, Array*d in Barnes like to the Prince of fiends. Do with his imircht comfi^exion all fell feats, Enlinkt to wafte and defolation i What is't'tq me, when you yourfelves are caufe,. If your pure maidens fall into the hand Of hot and forqifig violation ? What rein can hold licentious wickedaefs, « When down the hill he holds his fierce career ? We may, as bootlefs, fpend our vain command Upon ih* engraged foldiers in their (poil. As fend our precepts to th^ Le'viathan To come a-fhoar. Therefore, ycfti men of HarflewTt - Take pity of your town and of your people. While yet my foidicrs are in nty command ^ '
While yet the cool and temperate wind of grace O*cr-blows the filchy and ^^ontagious clouds ^
k
§k4 King Utn Kr V.
Of beady mvdcf, (potl and viHaiBy* If not ; why 9 io b monieiit, lodk to (ae Vlie blind and tba blood v foUHer witk tovH haxd 0tffie the locks of your inrill-fhneking daughten^ ' Yoar fathers taken by ike filler beafds^ And tbrir moft re verbid kaads daflit to the w^Ui | Your niked infants fpitted upon pikes, ^hile their mad mothers with their howb cenfiit'd Do break the clouds ; as did the withes of Jiwyf ^kt HeroJ'i blqody-huming flanghter-aien. What fsLj you) will you yield, and this aToid? Or9 guilty in defence, be thus delboyM ?
inter G^vermr^ i^» th4 IFaUf.
G^- Our expe^tion h^th this day an eod : The Dau/hin, of whom fiitcours we entreated, * Returns us that his pow'rs are yet not feady To raife fo great a fiege. Therefore, great King# We yield our town and lives to thy A>ft mer^l" Enter our gates, dHpefe of ns and oora, iPor we no longer are defenfible.
K. Henry. Open yoor gates: Come, mifle £#IKrf Go you and enter Harfitur^ there remain, - And fortify it ftrongly 'gaiiif^ \\i»Fr€neb: IXe mercy to them all. For «is, dear i»dea The winter coming on, and ficknefs gromng Upon our foldiers, we'll retire to Cedmii. To-night in Harfteur we will be yoor gawft^ To-morrow for the march we are addreft.
S C E .N E the /Vmr* Court
£ater Catharine, eufd em M giniltwematf. '
Ca^ A ^^» tn 0i ifii en Angletme» ii M ^erto jf\ Hen k hnguagi ^2%)^ Alice. Un fei^ $ie04am% Catht
(it) Ctth. AUcc, rv.<i* mi I hfn r%^^^ imral fi^itfhw iik %M#r«ift:l»rcciics Soffit^wJuccof iietc %hitmtf^/Uke, lairttevldeBUr 3 Mf^^
Kiog; H B K n y V. 9«7
ifstrhr. Cmmni t^pMen imu hm^in §m JagUis I
^2S(^. Jh band. EiUdoytr
fouwindra k doyf ijtpenfi, j«V^ ««f ^^lUdtsfi^a ^g^ di fingret.
Cadi. lii mamx ^ k^i k dfiih U fiffgm* Je fmtfe^ ^uejefids h bonifuikr. J' mjt gisuff^dmx m$U 4' Jlillui
Alice, ti 9MgUSp hs ftpf^m 4t luffjef^ Cath. Di nayUs. ^fi^Hien ; Mw m^, fijt pmh Uetn dk i^fd, ^ fingtu^ 0fifn4Vfief.
AUc^t Dfoifmt i(Mdmtr m
C^. Mt ft (9p4t^
wots^ que nfou^ m* A'Vix aftrint dh « f^^M ^
Alkc. ihfitrop dificiki m9d4fmit c$iitnu je pufi, CatH. Exet^i may^ slug; e/ccuu»', dt kind, di fd^rt^'
Afice. D' el tow, madame.
Cath. O ^igueur Die^ f ji wfm §uUii 4^ ilfifw ; liiiffiyf etffellex <vous Te celF
Alice. De neek, madame. Q^h,Jfetieei*, biUmm(9iif
Alice. Ouj. Sa^f vpe bfinmur, m verki, «wm fff*' 99tt€ii4 k m^f ¥¥0 i^oi^t f»< /« 90tifj 4' Anghfern.
leVmg^d to Cath^jfte t an4 (b. ^ «cr^. ^c !• apt QiaterUl f» i\%l^ gnifli tlM particcAar tranfpo6tion< I have aade. Mr. G'tU«m^m Ific •oiai rcmarli, I thiak, wilM regard to oi»r poet*a ^n^^ sa the ^kac|6ier of this Prinecft « « For why he Aauld net allow Imt (/b^i M M) to fpcak in EmgVjk at well Mall the other ftmcb^ icWltma- •* gtAe t Since it adds 49 beauty ; hyt givet 4 pAl(||f4 Sl|kd .f|f>h^kl M 4i«io{oc ^f M^ >taut/ Of ^icc^**
^ King H E K R y VI
' Cath. Ji nt doute point d* afft^iuhri far la grace ^ Dieu^ ^ in peu de ump$.
Alice. iV' anttv n/ous pas deja ouhUi a qut ji voMf'tfjf tnfeignif
Cach. Nonrji reciter op a *oous fr^iptiminti d* ^^% ^ Jmgre, demayliSf di aruu.
Alice. Dinayleif madami*
Cath. Dini^jf di arme, de iUonu,
^ice. Smaf *u9fln hinneur^ d^ elbo<w,^
Czth.'AinJi deje d* elio*w* de netk^ de Jin: nmmnt appellix *vouj les piedi H de roln, ^ Alice. Lefodt, madame, l^ It coun,
Cath. Le foot^ li le coun ! O Seigneur Dieu ! ees feet .dmmetsmawvais^ corruptihlesVS impudiquesy l^ nonpeurh ^ames d* honneur d* u/er : je ne voudrois prononcer cetsmeti de*vant le^Seigneurs de Frame ^ pour tout le monde 1 il fait lefoott W le coun, neant-moins, ye reciteray un autfefiii ma iefon enfemblei d^ band^ defngre^ de nt^les^ d* e&me, i i4M|^ denecki defin^ defeat^ dteoun*
Alice. Exeellent^ madame.
Q9X\. Cefi ajjez pourunefiis^ allons nous en difinr, [ixt*
S C EN E, Prefence-Chamber in iht French Court.
Enter the King ^"France, the Dauphin, Duke ^Bourbon, the Conftahle of France, and others.
fr. King*'*^"W^ 1 S certam, he hath paIsM the river Senu* J^ Cott. And if he be not fought withal> Let us not five in Frame ; let us quit all, [my Lord, ' And give our vineyards to a barb'rous people. Dau, O dieu *vi*uant / ittM Sk few f^mys of asf (The emptying of our fathers luxury,) Our.Syens, put in wild and fkvage ftbck, 'SproVt up fo. fuddenly into the clouds^ •
And over-look their grafters ?
SourJNorntanSf but baftard Normans i Norman hiAaxi^* Mortide ma ntie /. if thus they march along Unfought withal, but I will fell my dukedom^ To buy a ftggy a^tiA a dv:i^ Iwta
I
Kirvg Henry V. $2^
In tbat nook-ibott^fle of Jllien (23).
Con.DimdeBataiiies/ why whence have they this mettlb? Is DOt their climate foggy, raw and doll ? On whom, as in defpighc, the fun looks pale, miling their frait with frowns^ can fodd^n water, A drench for fur-reyn'd jades« their barley-broth, Deco£t their cold blood to fuch valiant heat^ And iliall our quick blood, fpirited with wine. Seem frofty ? Oh ! for honour of our land. Let us not hang like frozen ificles Upon our houfe-tops, while more frofly people Sweat drops of gallant blood in our rich fields : Poor, we may call, them, in their native XiOrds {2/^)»
Dau, By faith and honour, Our madams mock at us, and plainly fay, > Our mettle is bred out ; and they will give
(aj) In that Aort nooky ijle of Mion.] If the editor meant by tbii Tcad-Dg Httie ijlanti, it will be h ird to reconcile it to the [ar^>Ji ijlaad *n the known world. If he means yb«r^ in regard to its circumfer- ence, it i« lliil a greater blunder, as every one knows. And if b« means, that the ncfrli, or angles of it, utjbort, that will ctown the »bfurdity. Nothing, fo ridiculous as tbia reading, could have comt from th« pen of Sbakef/>eare, who certainly wrote it. juft at his editor foond it, nooijbotten ifle. tbit on execution will be proved to be as true and proper a defcription of Gre^ Britain^ at Cambden, or the moft exa£l topographer, could have given. For pmtn fignifies any tbiffg that is proje£ted \ cr, as we dy^Jbot out. So woiA^temis a place tbae ihoots out into cafieSf proimnltr'm, and ntcki of land | the very fitua* tion of our ifland ! Anorymts*
(14) while more frofty people.
Sweet drop* of gaSant bhod in our rich fields : Fo&Tt %oe mny cqll tbem, in their native Lv'dt,']
As the la/t vfrfe here vkas a long time obfcure, and fturk with i^e, though I now clearly onderftaQd it; it ma^ not be amifs, left fome readers /hould iikewife be at a lofs, to give a (bort comment on it* The Lord Conpable is wondering, how4he Englt^ fhoold derive ftfch fpirit and courage, as they fliew*d, under the difadvantages of tj^r climature and beverage; and tbat hit own coanirymen &ould ieesi cold and frof^y. when their blood was fyirited up v^ith generous wipe, and they had fo warm a fun, and fo rich a fuil t But he has no fooner hid thit, than a reflection on their cold behaviour makes him correft MmTetf ; what ralli: I of a rich fcil? furely, we may call it poor cnottgh, if it may receive d fparagement from the (^uaiity of its ^«
ff9^ King H B n,K v Tl.
Their hodiis to ilie Inft of EngU/B jrontk,. To new-ftoK Frmui with bawd wariiort •
^Mr, They hicl vs to tile JBTivf A^ft-dancing IchogV^ And teach £««ni!ra's hi^h, aod fwift Cmrantt^sy Sayings our grace is only in our heels ;. And that we are mofi lofty ran*aaray»«
Fr. K. Where is Mountjty^ the herald f ^^peedkifli 1 Let him greet England with our (haq^f demnce. XJp, Princely and with fpirit of honoar edg'd^ Yet (harper than jpour fwords» hyo ta the St\^ : Cbarlis Deia^refhf high conftablfe 6t Framf^ ^ ^
You, Dukes of Orlmns^ B$uthtm, and of Biny^, Almmfopf Brahant^ Bar a«d Burgundj^f
Jaquis ChMtUiont Ramhur4Si VaudetMnti. taumontf GruMdfne, Rouffie^ and FauUonhit^t L^f Leftrnilii Bouciqualt^ andCharaUyst H]ghbukes,greatPrinces,Barous,LordsandKnight8(3s)7 ^ fior your great ieats now quit you of great fhamer; ^ $ar Harry EuglajUt that fweepS'rtirough OW iandr. With pefiOQS painted in the blood ofHar/buri Ruih on hit hoft» as doth the melted fnow Upon the vallies ; whpfe low vaiTal feat The 4ifs doth fpit and void his rbeom upon. Go down upon Kim^ (yoah^ve pow*! QDpngbjJ And in a captive ^haiiot^into J{«m Bring him our prifoner.
Cn, This becomes the great. Sorry am I, his numbers ar^ fo fewt His £oMiers £c1c» and iami^t in their marcfc: For, I am ftt|-e, when he &a]l fte our arniy. He'll drop his heart into the fink of feac* And for atchievement offer us his ranfom.
Fr, fCifif. Thefefor^, JLord Cbnilable, hafteOA MMmfJafi And let him fay ti» E^hi$df that we ftnd «^ knew what willing ranfom he will ^ive* Prince Daaphini you fl)all flay with us in Rwh Pan, Not foy I do jtkefeech your Majeffy.
(a^) "BariH^ herds, and Riogt j] Thtt IC IbaHi ^ia
#h« 0/^ FM* \ bull cni«t^«i Vt \o iCni^t in. my SjiAKastBAfie a^r*di tak^l/U^fl§^V^%^)9^^s^^\^iio^^
ICifig He h It y V. jji
R*. Kfi^^ Be ptiiriitw fii>r yoa (ktl\ tetoA until us.*
<Aii4 %«iddy being n$ w«ni of l«g<MN^t £di* {JjMMtfw
S C £ H E^ tte Jiif A>» Camgu
jEplfr Gow«r n/ii FluoUen*
CWv.TJFO W BOW,, captain FftufUth ^^^^ joiB^ttom Xjl the bridge!
FUt, I aflkre yoq^ ^ere isreiy excellent fiKV|cet c<4bb» Ibitted at the pridge.
Gew, Is the Dnke of Exetfr fafc ? ^
P/«. The Stuke of Rx^er is as magnanimous o ^ga-^ numnoftf and a man tbat I love and honour ^ith my TopU and my bearr*. and my duty^ and my Mky and my living*. and my atterraoft power. He is not^ God be pfiiiijsd a^d ple£ed» any hurt in tbe world ; he is maintain the fridge moft vabantly». wkh> excellent difcipline. Thera as an ancient Ufrotenant there at the pridge, I thkif:, inr iny X^tj confci^nce, he is as valiant a man as M'arJtAp'^ •My, and he Is a man of no eftimation in the wiOrid« Uu 1 4i4 f«c hka dp g^Jl^nt fervices,
Q9^. I^MI do 1^ cjili htm f
Fh* He lis cdlM^ andent Pi/ht
^0<Mfe I know hmi nQtw
4aiiif PiftoL
Fhh Mere is the man»
F/fi. C^pfalni. ( thee be&ech to do me f^vovr^;^ The ]}iike qF SxfMtf dgth lav# tkt e weU.
Fbi. h I praifeGody. and I have aAeiked ibrae lave a| lis hands,
Fifi. BarMfB^ a folder firm find fifiipd M* I^e#r^ A^'4 bfxow vajojw^ haih by f mej fa^, /
And giddy fortuned ffmoas fickle wherlv That Goddefe blind Aat ftands upon the s0}lln|^ fetlel^ ftonc— —
Fh^ "Py^ ypvf pattei^ee^ ancient PiJJ: Fortune is pajited l^^indi yii^ a muAer before her ^ytu to fig^ify to yo9
f3« King H I N R y V.
ta fignify to yoa, which is the moral of it, thit flitf is turning and inconftant, and mutabilities and Vari** iiOAii ; and her loot, look yoa, is Bxed npos a^phencal^ fone, which rowlcs, and rowles, and rowles ; in good troth, the pOet makes a moft excellent defcriptionof k: Ibrtnne is an excellent moral.
Pg/f, Fortnnr it Bardolfb^^ foe, and frowns on biro; For he hath ftoln a PiXf and hanged muft j|' be; damned
death (26)! Xct gallows gape for dog, kt man go free,^ And let not neinp his wind-pipe fuffocate ; Bat Exeter hath given the doonr of death. For Pix of little price. Therefore go fpeak. The Duke will hear thy voice ;- And let not Bardolpb^s vital thread be cut With edge of penny- cord, and vile reproach. Speak, captain, for his life, and I will thee reqaitc;
//tf . A ncient Pijiolyl do partly, underiland your meaning.
Pift. Why then rejoice therefore.
//». Certainly, ancient, it is not a thing to rejoice af ; . for if, look you, he were my brother, I would defire tke
r«6) For hi hath ftoln a Pax,] Thui all the edition», from the ?6y
firjiz " And this is conformable to biftory, (fay» Mr. P^>)J
<' foldier (as HaH tell tis) Being hang*d at this time for fuch a fa6t."
—But to fee this gentleman*s accuracy, and inaccoracy, ia one and
the fame circomftaace ! Both HaU and HoHni/bead agree as to tbe
foint of the theft $ but as to the thing fioin, there is net that cob*
for mity betwixt them and Mr. Pope. But let us fee, what is oodtr-
ft3od by a Pax. It was an ancient cuftom, at the celebration of mafi,
that when the prieft pronounc*d thefe words, Pax Domini Bt Jewfff
y ve6ifcam t the f>eace of the Lord be always witli you ! both dergy ao^
I people kifsM ooe,another. And this was call*d ofmUmfacUf the tufsflf
X pface. But thatcuftom being abrogated, a certain image is now prefeoted
; to be kifs*d, which, as moft catholicks know, is call*d a Pax* (Vid.
Du Prefne*$ Gloffary Medue tS Infima LatinitatU $ and from'htin^ tbe
Cloflary CubjoinM to Urrtj*z Craucke : For that poet talks of kif«
£ng paxy in his Parfon*i Tale. ) But it was not this image, wlHch
Mardolph ftde{ it was a p'tXt^ or kittle eheft, (from theXa/i« «erif
pixit, a box;) in which the confecrated hoft was.jjfed to be kept*
. ** A foolifli foldier (fays Hall exprefsly, zn& HoUnyftuad after hioi})
«< ftole a pix out of a church ; and unreverently ^id eat the hofy he/tit
f " wkhin tbi fame contaWisd.^^ U \.V^«.t« ^e leaft qoeftion, but that
#ttr p#et't teat mu& U fci ntja*. ^i^«^ "^^^^ CtovwAfc\R.\%>
Ka«g H B N R Y V. 335*.
^i|ketoo(e his eood pleafore, and pat him to cxeciu. {^8 ; for dirciplines ought to be ufed. i^ftft* Die and be damnM, and Figo for thy friendlhip ! J, Flu, It is well, ,
:\ Fift. The fig of Sfaik-'-^^ [Exit ViSU
\ Flu. Very good.
^ Gcw, Why, this is an arrant counterfeit rafcal, I re- ^ liiember him now ; a bawd, a cut-purfe.
Flu. I'll aiTure you, he ntt'red as prave words at the pridge, as you (hall fee in a fummer's day : But it is veiy well ; what he has fpoke to me, that is well, I warrant ^ you, when time is ferve.
: G(W. Why 'tis a gull, a fool, a rogue, that now an4
tken goes tathe wars, to grace himfelf at his return in*
to Lofulorif under the form of a ibldier. Such fellows are
Perfect in the great commanders names, and they will
icarn you by rote where fervices were done; at fuck
and fuck a fconce, at fudi a breach, at fuch a convoys
Who came oiF bravely, wio was fhot, who di^ac'd,
^liat terms the enemy flood on ; and this they con per- .
^Aly fh the phrafe of war, which they trick up with new*
turned oaths: And what a beard of the general's cttt^
and a horrid fute of the camp, will do amono; foaming
bottles and ale- waih'd wits, is wonderful to be .thought
On ! but you muft learn to know fuch danders of tke
age, or elfe you may be marivelloafly miftock.
.Flu, I tell you what, captain G0<u;fr; I do perceive^
'he is not the man that he would gladly make ihew to
the world be is ; if I find a hole in his coat, I will teU
liim my mind; hear you, the King is coming, and I
9nll fpeak with hi^i from the pndge (zy).
r* Drum
( ij) The Khtg is eomng. andlmufi fpeak with htm from the piidge.] <* Speak %i^b bim from tb« bridge, 'tAu Pope tells ut, is added in the <* latter erfitionsj but that it it plain from the fequel, that thefceoe *f here cootimics, add tb^ affair of the bridge is over.** It is plain, this is a moft inaccurate cricicifm, f nd wrrthy only of its author» The fcene, *tis true, continues, and the affair of the bridge is overf but thefe words are to be continued for all that. Though the affair of che bridge be over, is that a reafon, that theK\ii%m>i^t«c/t\^«.Tk% MitcWsence from tbence f fludUn^ who conies iiQVk ^<t V\^\^«
I
Flu. God plefs yoor M:^eftt,
K. Htury. Uos9 now, Flmlkk^ cam% dKm froA tile bridge? '
Flu. I, fo pleafe your Majefty : Th^ I>ttk6 of ^Mfrf has very gallantly inaintainM the pridgt; the Frmcif'li gont oWt look yoo» and there h ^lai» aitd m6iF pn^ paflages ; marry, th' athverfary wa3 hkVe pttb^on of \, the pridge, but he it ^forced to ittilt, «&tl the Duke of Arff^r ir oiafter of the pYidge^ I cafi tell ytihfr Mayefij^ the Duke is a pravc man.
K. ^/ff7- What men have yon loft, FkeibnF ,
FU. The perdition of th* jfthver&fy hath htttk yen gteat, very reafonable great; ittaETry, ibr my p«rt, i Slink, the Duke harth loft never a ofan b6t cite tfiat ii like to be executed for robbing a c&urc)h ^ne SarMf^ if your Majefty kn6>V the man : his fa^e is all bulmklps» and whelks^ and knob)r, and flf^'el of Hit ^ and hia lipi Mows at his fitHfe,' and it h fike'a t6al of fii^ ibmcftiiDei
Slue, and fometintea red; \kt \&t ik>fe is execBted, aaA \i Kie% out.
• K. Hiitry. We would iMt fcth oficitadert fo cat oif| iind give exprefs charge, that in all our march 'fhere fialf be timhing taken ftom the viUajgea, Bttt (hall be paid fb^i and no Ftifuh Bpbiraickd> Or yet abufed in diiH^tiftil language; When'Mity atid cratrlty plav for ldngdoma» The gentle gamefter n the looneif winher.
9uekiif9mA. fiiarr Monnfjof^ Moum. Yott InraMT me bv my habit. TL Hinry. Well thenj I know thees what ftall I kno# •f thee \
M«Mr/. Thus fays my Rifijg: Saythoffto&rrfdfii^^^
aiiiflk so moffe than tbit, thit he wantii to acqtiaiiit tbie Kici|f with Chtrtrmrifaionf tbtt bid bapi)ea*d tbere, iid v^iththe Duke of ^4t* f»l»*s bfiriiig fcpiilk^d the Trtnch from thence* A^ this is what he caiia jjMftfi^ i» r^ A^/ /vi^ lit ^^^.
AhhoUgk
lAmtli we feeliied detdf we did bot fleept ivanugf'it a better ibllier than raftnefs. ell him* we could «C Ihrjlmrhzve rebukM liim | bI diat we th6ii^Iit- adt ^Dod to bnuTe an injury^ ill it were ripe# ^ I^ow tpeak we en our cue, rith TCMce imoerials Et^kmd (hall repent [is folly^ iee nis weakn<d5, and admire Kir fuff'raace. Bid him therefore to coniider, nut maft the Tanibm be» which muft proportion lie lofl^ we hftve borne, the fabjcAs we [ave lofty and the dHgrace we have digeiled; ['o anfwer which, hts.pettineft woald bow and«. 'iHl ibr our lofs, too poor }s his exche^r; [or the eiTiifion of oor blood, his army [oo S^at a number ; and for our di^ace» i^v'nllift own perfon kneeling at ourfe^t \ wbdK and worthlefsfatisfadion. Tolliis, defiance add; andibr condufion. Fell him he hath betrayM his followers, i^hofe condemnation is pronouncM. .^o far Iff King and mailer; and firi»ndi my (XBee.
k. Himy. What if t^r namer? ^ knew thy quality*
Motmt* Mcwtt/9y,
K. Heify. Thou do*& thy dffice'fafljly. Tartt theebaai^ bid tell thy Kin|r, j do not feek him now) talt oonld be wilhngco march on to Calais Vithont impeachment; ^fcft, to fay the fbotlip Though 'tis no wifdonik to corffefs Co muA. ' Jnto aa enemy of icraft and taiftage) Vfy people are with 'iickn^miich enfeebled^ My numbers tleflen'dr; and^thoie few I have^ ^Imoft no better than fo many French i Who wheir they were iff healthy I tell thee^ faeMdd^ [ thought, upon one pair of Engltfo legs Did march three Trenchmetg. Yet, forgive me^ God; That I do btae thus ; this your air of Frofki Hath blown that vice in me ; f muft repent. Go, therefore, tell thy mafter^ here I am; My ranfom is this frail and worthlefs trunk ; l/Ly army but a weak and fickly gjftafd t
Yet,
3j6 King H E 1^ R Y V.
Yet, God before, tell him we will come on^^
Though Fru^na himfelf, and fach another neighbour,
Stafid ia our way. There's for thy h hour, Mountjoj^
Go, bid thy maftcr well advife himfelf : /
If we may pafs, we will ; if we be hindered.
We (hall your tawny -ground with your red blood
Difcolour; and fo, Mountjoy^^ fare you well.
The fum of all our anfwer is but this ;
We would not feek a battle as we are.
Yet, as we are, we fay, we will not flinn it :
So tell your maftcr.
M9unt\^2\\ deliver fo: Thanks to yoqr Highnefs.[£«7.
Glou. I hof>e, they will not come upon us now.
K. Henry, We are in God's hand, brother, not in thinrs : March to the bridge; it now draws toward night;. Beyond the river we'll encamp ourfelves ; And on to-morrow bid them march away. ^ [ExeuMt*
S C E N £f the French Camp near Jgincourt,
Enter the ConftabU of France, the Lord Raihbares, Or- leans, Dauphin* ^ith'oihers.
0«.^Tp U T, I have the bcft armour of the world. 1 Would, it were day !
OrL You have an excellent armour; but let my horfi . have his due/
Con. It is the beft horfe of Europe*,
OrL Will it never be morning?^
Dau. My Lord of Orleans, and my Lord high Confta- ble, you talk of horfe, and armour,-^
Or/. You are as well provided of both, as any Pnnce in the world.
Dau. What a long night is this ! I will not change my horfe with any that treads but on four pallerns ; fa, ha! U Che*vai ^ant, the Fegafus^ che% Us Narines de fen I he bounds from the earth, as if his entrails were hairs; when I beftride him, I foar, I am a hawk; he trots the air, the earth fings when he touches it ; the bafeft hora of his hoof is more muiical than the pipe of Hermes.
OrL He's of ibe coVyai ^i ^^ ^^xxvcsit^.
PfT^ ; k(^i^ pitrfc iifl^^ntf Kre ; «bd the doll debems of, earth and w^rrerni^ef aj^iii^ak' ik him, but only in patient' ^nefs while his.rklqr nipunts bim f he i s« inde!ed« a korfe | and all othefjU^Vormk/catl brail's,
' Con. itOiisiSt '^y I^rd,' h ii a mbil abfcliate and cp^ ? cell^nt horfe. ...... r
"^ Anr. It h tic prtnte cf pilWcys'; bis neigh' is like tie. . lidding of a Monarch, and his countenance enforces' h6nian', ' ,
Oil. Nfe mbtfei coufiVi.
Dmm.^zyf the ida^ h^th no wit,, tbiit cannot, from t^iB rifing of the lark to the Ibd^ing of the lamb, vary de- ffh*ved pra% on mv palfrey ; it is a theme as flaent as the fea : Tnnn the fimi into eloquent tongues, and my horfe is argument for them all ; 'tis a Aibjed for a Sovereign to reafBn oh, and for a Sovereign's Sovereign to ride on ; and,for the world, faniiliar to us and unknown, to lay apitt tbdr paiti'cnlar funf^ions and wonder at him. I once writa foiinet in his praife, &nd began thus, ^wonder
OrL I \)kke hetifd a ibnbet begin fo to one's miftrefs.
Dau". Then did they imitate that, whiclil compos'd to T^y cotrrfer; for my horfe is midrefs.
QrL Your miltrefs bears well.
Dan, ,Me, well— which is the prefcript praife, an^ p^rfefifidn; of a good and particular miftrefs.
Con, Methonjrht,, yeflerday yourniiilrefs ihrewdly fliook y^orbsCck.
Dau. So^ per^ap^ did yours*
C€H.tiL\ilLt¥t^ trot bridled.
DoH. O, then belike (be was old and gentle; and you rode, lik^ a Kerne of Irelaudt your French hofe off, iand in your fb-aic irol&rs (aS).
Con.
(4S) XJI» 4I'Kbi^^ «f keUikl, >Nir French hefe af^ rnni in fwr /^«ti:Stroink|fiii Tlivt^ali (he edtiiOQS hare miftak«nduf word, which ihouM be Tr^rt; aAdCigiiifies, a pair of boeechet. So Seaumcnt tini^ Fiett^, io th^ir CojteomBj
■ " O you hobby- headed rafcal, 1*11 hare you flea*d, and Tf£irs m^deof thy ikin to tambltia$
^Ccft. Yba lurre a eood jodfiment u| berfananfli^. ; .7 Dam. Be warpM-^ me tocin;-thev that ride' lo and
• tide not warily. falHnto fobl bo|(s^; I had rather have my ftMbrfe to my miftrds. ^
• Cmt. f h^d* as \hvi ftav0> my imftnA ajj^ie* .
Dtfa. I4ell tbcei Co(iR^lc«*my4mftreMwtars toowa
jCotiA coold. fliakc # ivna ft teaft is that. If I had a ffSw tamf ntiftr^
T)aM. Li chiiH eft fiimnriiS a fin profn ^fOfkiJhueMtf & ..la traii lavet aa ^urUer; thoQ mak'it aft of "kny thing* Ofn, Yet do I TiQi.pfC' my horfe for my miftre(s| or
• aiy Tach provi^b, fo Kttle kin to the purpofe- .
Ram/ My Lord Condable, the armour, that'I &\V ia ' ybup tent to^ni^ht, are thofe ilars, or funs vpon it ? ' r^^^r. Stars, my Lord. fDau. Some of them will fait to«morrowj Ihope«
• Con* And yet my IkyThall not want.
. Dau. That may be, for you bear many fuperfluoufly; «4md 'twere more honour, fome were away.
'lC«)r. Ev'n aa your horfe*bearayour praifes, who would .trot as well,, were fomcof your brags difnaottnted.
Van. Would I were able to load him with hii defert. Will it never be day ? I will trot to-morrow a mile, ad my way (hall be paved with Engli/b faces.
Ceu. I. will not6y fo, for fear Ifhould be fac'd out df' my way^; butl would it were morning, for J would, fain belabour the ears of the'EngljJJ^.
"liam. V^ho wi^l go to hazard with me for twenty En^ifi- prifoners ?
C#». You muft firft g6 yourfelf to hiaa^ard, ere yoa kavethcoi. !t>au. Tis mid-night, I'll go arm myfelf. XExit.
' 'OrL Thef Dauphin longs for morniiig. H^m. He longs to eat the Englijh*
The Trtnch ' c«U, to trofs^r ps«k «p, • tt^Jfif f ^Vlri^ber ow Wdi^, 'Trcw/tfri, be derived from thesce, I am not. idtfrtii'fi : !Btit, By 'fitaH' Troilers, oar fottbufliooroufiy 'pitaiWy^/iAwftri^ dtnuiatH : For thie Kermet of irtfi^m^ wear 410 -breeches, ai^ moi« tbiin che^^cffffi)-^^-
King U B N R Y V; 139
. C0«. I tiuQks !« wiQ eat all he killai^
Orl. By the white hand of mf Ladf , he^t a gaUant Crinoe.
Cm. Swear by her fbot» that flit aay Head out ^e •ath. , O/i He is fimply the mofi a^verentkinaa otFrmce. Cpm. Doiqg is aoivity,' and he wilf fliU be doing. OrL He acverdid harm, that i heard of. Cf». Nor will do aone to-morrow; he will keep that good name fiilL
OrL I know Hm to be valiant. Com. I was told that, by one diat knows him better than yon.
tt^Whafshe?
Con. Marry, he told me fo himfdf $ and lie faid) he xar^d not who knew it. . Orl, He needs not, it is no hidden virtue In him.
Con. By ray faith. Sir, bat it is-i never any body Aw it, but his lacquey; 'tis a hooded valour, and when it appears, it wiU bate.
Orl. Ill will never faid well.
Cmt. I will cap that proverb with, Ti^ift ii flattery m firiindjhip.
Orl. And I will take «p that mth, Gi<vt thtdrvil hij due.
Con. Well plac'di there Aands your friend for the devil ; have at the very eye of that4>roverb with,-^ fo^ of the de'vil.
Or/. You are the better at proverbs, by how fnach a fooTs holt is foon Jhot.
Con. You have fliot over. ^
Or/. *Tis not the firft time you were t>Ver.fliot. ^
Enter a Mfjfenger, . ;
Mef. My Lord high Condi^le, the £ii|^ lie witM^ fifteen hundred paces of your tents. Con. Who hath meafur'd the ground j Mef The Lord Grandpree.
Con. A valiant and af^ft expat gentleman. Would P a ^ it
3t4ix King: H E K ft y Vi
it were day ! AlaMpoos^ltAv^yof ikgUMf-ht long^ m l^r ckc d(iWBtiig cs..we ^
Or/. What a wretched and peeviih fellow is thia'^f^g^
out of his knowledge? '*
. C«r. rf ikc£Mii^ bmlktiyuffriAttnObp, titef wodld run away.
Orl. Tbatthejr lack^ to if «Mr 4Kad^ Jiad «iiy in- tfUfaualacisoaiv tfa^ could uglier ^wttit^^l^ktatvy head- pieces.
^iSJKr. That ifland o£ i$igliaii h^tMi ^my^^lHs^Vikz* U^^i their naftifs are otnn>Q»atd)ia!bl)e'<M>ttf«r^.
Or/. Foolifh curs, that run winking into the liiioatii dl a Ruffian Bear, and have their heads di^iH'd like loken apples. Ybii may as well (i»yr ^at'^ ^^alisfdt ilea, that dares eat his breakfaft on the lip of a Ifbn.
C0«. Juil, jufti and ike men do fyitipaihize wfthHfhe naftitfs in robuAtous a»d rottgh coming on, leaving theii: wits with.tbeii: wives ; and chtn give them g^t meals of beef, and iron and fteel, they •will eat like- wo!ve»» and fight like devils.
OW. Avi but thefe d9xr|/i>& are flirewdly cnt of beef.
Con, Then ihall we find to morrow, they have only. ftomachs to eat» and none to .fight* Now is it titne to arm ; come, fhall we about it ? ', Orl. 'Tis two a clock ; bat (let Aie £se) by ten^ W« &a^ hKvt each v^\kWBi6xei£itg&JhmHi. [Exmr*
iFn/^r Chorusi Now entertain conjedlure of a time^ When creeping murmur, and the poring dark. Fills the wide veflel of ttie oniverfe; From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night. The hum of either army (lilly founds ; That this &(t centinelf almoft receive The fecret whifjpers of each other's watch. Fire anfwers fire; and through their paly flaihes Each battle fees the other\umberM face. Steed threatens deed, in high and boafHtii nei^s Piercing the night's dull ear *, and from the tents.
Xing Hiwk V y^. .^341
Tbe armourers, accborplrfhin^ the Kntghfts,
With bafy hammers clofing n rets up,
Give drea^oi note of preparatfot).
The country ^c^cks do'crow, the clocks ^o td)!;
And (the third hour of dronfy morning nam'd)
Prou<Fof themiMiiirba^ aadHecureifi foul/
'XrMic}ca9A4m%tidoYerA\t(fy French
Do the low -rated EngUftr play at dice ;
Aird eiikle the cr>pple tardy-^ted ta^tp
Who, Hke a foul and ugly witch, does limp
So tedioufly away. The poor condemned Englifiy
Like facfifices, ^y ^heir watchful fires
Sit patiently, and inly ruminate ...
The mormn^c dmigcrt a^d their feftaf« ^i, -^ -
levelling lank-lean cheeks, and war-worn coats^
Prefeotcidtheailxiittt the gaaraig moon
So many horrid ghofts. Who now beholds
The royal captain of this ruin'd band
Walki«(g from wai€h to watch, from tent to tent*
Lethhncry^ praife and f lory on his head 1 ' -^
For forth he goes and viits all his hoft; ' ' y
Bids them^goed-morrow with a mdd^H finite, • * " ;^
And calls them brothers, friends, and countrymen. ^ '
Upon his royal face there is no note.
How dread an army hath ennoonded hiiH ;
Nor doth he dedicate-one jot of colpur
Unto the weary and all- watched night :
But frelhly looks and over- bears attaint, r . './■
With chearfnl femblance and fweet majefty :
That cv*ry wtetch, pinhig-and pale befbrp, - ^
Beholding him, plucks comfort fr6m his loiJfcj; - *'-^»**
A iargefs univeruJ, like the fan.
His liberal eye doth give to ^v*ry Qft^\^ , . *
Thawing cold fear. Then, mean. and gaojtle, all
Behold, (as may «liw«nhiMl8 de ft^Ht^') Y -^ ^
(>^) ■■.. ^^eari that mean ani gnnU all . t^»< j- '
Meb9ldf{at may, &c.] As this f)o<Nl/rt was a inof ^|pifV4 An4 poo(enf}C4) pair^ge : aa<f c»uld net be ^tcU\%\UtvV^V^'^\^^^'«*<^^"^- re^iedit. The poet, ^r^, cxpaliares on t\\t Tca\ iTv^^^uct vV^Hart^''^ #fc h*d OA hit ca^ap t and tbcA addreff^o^ Yutaltii ta ^>a\1 ^t.v^^^
P 3 ^
^4A King U E.K R y V,
A Httte toucb of Bony 19 the night. w^
And fo oar fccnt nail co the batue Hy : 1^
Where, O for pity ! we (ball raoch diigrace^ 1^
Wkh fooc or five moft vile afid rageed foiby 1^
(Right ill dtf^s'd» in brawl ndicubas) i'" The name of JgiMcatrt. Yet fit and ib^ MuuliBg true things by what their siock'nes be. [Exit*
ACT IV.
SCENE, ttw Etigiiji Caoft at j^itittmt,
intif King Heniy^ Bedford^ muf Gloncefteiv Kini Hi H%:%p
GLfit^fler^ 'tis true^ that we are ia great danger; The greater therefore^oa*d our courage be. Good-morrow, brothec j?#^/** God Almighty ! There is fone ibal of goodneis in things evil>^ Would snen obferviugly difiil it oiife. For oor bad neighbour makes us early flirrers ;; Which is both healthful,, and gpod hufhandry^
^» aadieoce, he t«Us tJien, he^U^esr («s well. as hU uiurorthy pefr and ptwtf can defcfibe k} a little touchy or ikctchof thU hero io tbr sight I a fatnt refemblatice of that chearfulneft aad refalation which ^us brave P^iaee eiprcA*d in himMf, andinrptfed ifk his followers^ The poet hat in the like maimer hefttv^ io the fietafue lochitpli^i ijiiaitra himlMf to the foeaators.
•« this wmrndtfyntg^ t9> bring firtlt
Aad IShewtie tiKMM i^ lHpraiiiatChwiit*)h
I I mil m^ pet
Ji^iM«lnMv{Mr^ Gentles, SfSotithaaietaii. So wc fiM hiai too, la the E^hffit to ihh^fl&y, again aadeftljr fytaSbt
iflg^of hisism inaViUty.
T4»>/»rwitb r%ufjh fl«a oil u^cJilt ten
King mt n r y ' T^. ^ 343.
Kfidest they are our oati^ard'conrciencesy. ' ^
And preachen to ns all ; admonifhing, w * Timt we fliould drefr vs^ fairiv fdr our end. \^
THUS may we gather honey from the weed» , / >"
Aod make a moxal of the devil himfelfi
JW^ Erpbghaihi
Good-morrowr old Sir nomas Ei^pingham^ A goodufoft pillow for that good wMte head * Were better than a c^urliih curf of France,
Erfiffg* Not ib, my Liege ; this^lod^ng likes me better; -r Since I may fay^ now lie I like a King.
IknHimy. *TU good ibr men to hive their pi-^eAi ftia Upon example ; fo the fpirit is eafed : And^when uie mind is oaickenM, oat oP:doQbtft^ * The organs, though defunct and dead b<;fore, . Break up their drdwfy grave, and newly more With oiftM floogh and frefli legerity. Lend me thy clcnk. Sir Tkomas: brothers both^ . Commend me to the Prinzes in oar camp ^ Do i»y gpod-morrow to them, and amuk . Defire them all to my pavtlHofn*. *
Ghu, We flmll# my IXep.-
Brping. Shall I attend your Grace ?
Kv^xrry. No, my good Knight; * Go with my brothers to my Lords it^Engtandi: . I am^my-bofi^mmnft'^debatea whUe,.. ^ .^
And ihen-I would no othercomnany*^
Erpk^ Tht LoixHn^hiaavett olefs thee, noble TlarryJ
[Exeufit.
K.^Mf7'God-amei€y^ldbeart,thourp«ak*fichearf(!lI}r»
Enter Piftql. .
K. Hi9u^* A friend; Pifii Difcufi unto m^ art thba ofRcer, 6r att thou |^, coomoii and popular ? K. Hnuy. I am a geaieaan of a compail)^ £(/f. TraiPft tho^ the puiffant pike? JL.&«gi« Efft» tilt what are you i
1«4 IM^.
344 iCin^ ]Hzw^^ Y.
&. Heniy. Theo yon are a-bettei- tbao U^jKffog. r^'
JRiJI. Tbc King's a btwwk^ Vir^^l^r* 1>f tf>l4i I A lad of life, an imp of i^Bii;^ l^
Of parents good, of Vk moft valiant : 1^
I ki{< hisdir(y iboe, and from my heart- (! ring I love the lovely bi^y. What^ -tl^ came f
K. Hitny. ,ffarrj k Xn*
P//f. Lt Roy / a Qffnifimmp : aft4)Km of C^rni/b crtv ?
K. tliHfy. No, I am a Welfim^.
Pifi. Know'ft thou IlMeili^ /
¥.. Henry. Ytt. - V
^i/. Tcll.him, riiknocjc Vil k^ '^^ V^ P»tr^ Upon St. David*> d»y*
^. HfMty, Do A0| ;fao wear ypur di^gfif in your ap that day, Uft he k^ock tb^t i^bfO^t yfi^i.
Pifi. Art thou his friend i
K. Henry. And hi3 kinfnpi^ tQO*
P//?. Tho //># fcr thcc thcij I; r. .-jy
K. i5r?»ry. I thankjrpi^ j jQpd i^ wit]^70tt«
Pifl. My name i^ Pipl, ^1^. {£;rff.
K. ^T/Jiry.it forts wellwilj^ yQui^effewfu.
(^<i«r *y»^ Henry.
J«//r Fluelfen, a^d Qow^fi Jifyfr^ly*
G0W. Captain FkelUu ■ ■■■i* ■
J/v. So; in the najpe pf Jefo Qhiift, (peak fevififi «t ia the gxeateft admiration in th^ luijvfurfiil worlds whan > t)ie true and auncient PF^Si^fifes ^ Jawff 9f tba wars is Dock^pt : if you would take the pains bat to examine the wars of P^mfey the areata y^i^Diflljfiild; I j«ia«imt yon, that there is no tiddle taddle» nor pibble pabble, in Pom* peys camp : I warrantyoo, yon ihall find the ceremonies of ihe wars, and the cares of it, and<l|9 fount^ffV,^ and the fobrieties of it, and the modefiy of fm> be ptiierwife.
Gcw. Why the ai^cyiy is JoOii^ ypu ijf^ hiiq &Ui)ight.
Flu. If the enemy is an af^a^^kfo^lijai^ a AcailSg coxQomby, is it xneety^ think ju^ U)^ ^ 4^l|li4 fl{b» Icok you, be an afs and a fool, ap JV JPI^iMS rCOicqpb^ in your own confcie3jceno\y,i\, ;i^ f ^
King " He ffkt *?. 345
^(?w. I will fpeik' lower. ' ^
Fiu, I pray ybu, s^id befeech yocr tlxff^u wfll. *
' *' ' • ffxeuuri
K. Henry. Though it ||>p€«r a little oatX)f fai^iioli, There is much care arid valour in thh' Vl^efjhman,
inter tbftf Soldiers^ John Bates, AlexaoderCoorty Ml# . Miditel WiUsaiDi* ^ :
Off/*/. Brother 7^« Bfttes, h not' ttiat the monung: >R^hith breaks yonclcr I
Bafes. 1 thmk it be, bft we huVe n.o great cau(e to Idefire the approach 6f day. • ' ^
WtlUums, We fct yofiddr lire begiTminj of the day^ but, 1 think, we (hall never fee the endof |t. ^fho goe» there? . ^ .<- : ^
Wili Under what captaiti fenr^yoti ? ^ . ' ^ ' K. jyf/rr;. Utider &;t rhofk^'ErftngbOm {^t^ .'^ '* ;' iTi//. A gpo4 olji command^t!, ind ^ boll Jth;f3 ge«t tleman : I pray yop, what thin kS W bf^otrrieifete?^^
K\ Henry, Even a§'nien Wii^'^' upoti t' faiidj that fooK tto be w^ihM oiF the'nc^t tidc^ ' ^^ ^•^'' •' " ]' • j&^j. HeJhatt not toM W# tht/i^W^to the ^t^f]^ K. ^<f«r)^ No; tior is it mm he flrod'd;. fof thy*% lj>eak it to voii, 1 think,. theKing is but a man as*I am*i tbe'violet MeiYs to hkn asit doth to me> th^ el^medl ftews to hint as it doth to ine 1^ all his fenCei )iaV6 hA human condinoos. JEHs ceremonies Taid ^7'^ ' ^ 1\$ nakednefs he appears hot a man;, and tlifo^his^ccHoni are higher mounted than ours, yet when they (tOop,'thej ftoop with the Hke wing^;^ ihigreferc when he fbesreafoa of fears as we do,, his fears,, out of doubt, be of the fam^ KliAias^ouPs are; yet in reafbn no man (h6u?d pofTefa^ him with any appearance of feas^ left he, by Ihcfwing il!^ fcoirid diftearten his army. ;"*'i «♦
Safes, He may fiiewwhat outward courage fle will f
(50) K. ITewry. Under Sir ]iMTi'%tftn%\i%m.} that all the editfoA^ tiloodermgly. tiU I con e^d it, in mf SHAictspiAKi f0/kr% Sic 7Jhm4s Br/tngJ^m :. £ncf which, Mr. P^e lEkUi|^^«)^V%V^\Xk\t!bL\Vfi #tf jiaae m ha lail ^t/ea.
34S l^nig .H E » R r T.
|>nt r believe, as coM a n%htas 'lb,, be conUwiOi hiam. felf m ehe fihMr» u[^ tp^che neckj. and & £ would, her WCf«» tnd t hf Urn at alt advcatufes, b We wenfr quit kerej,
K>>ffinr^^ Fy my tuo^,. KwiUfpeak my coaCiieiia of thrKing ; I thiok he would, not wilh himfeif any where: fiac wheoUie ifc. \
Bates. Then wooU he were bcrt alone; fo ihoold he ))elare.io he rzxSowAftxki many foor mens lives (awd..
K.. £Krffr^. I dare (ay, you lovejbiim not fo ill. to wi^ jb^mi hicxealone^ howf^evor )^u fpeak this to feel other iBien» niinda. lidethinkst I could not die any where f<r i^mtentedas in theKi|}g'a^co^an.y j^his canie beingvjl^ttftf and his ouartt]))i^liOttrah^ |:^«
WilL ThaiSi^ mone i^an, we know*
Bates, Ay 9, % mom than we flioiird feekr after ;. j\ know eaonglit i£ wt kntw we are the iing*s^ fubji if hiacaufe be.pviMi^ oor obedience to the lUng .|he Clime of it ovi^ Sfvu.
WUL But i£ the caofe be not; good* the King him&lf ^Hth a heavy reclponing to make ; when all thofe 1^». zfki arms, and heads, cEop'd off in a^battle, ihall jpin tOf (ethrr i^ t|)e lanea da]^ and ciy all. We 4^V at /ucb Oi fau ; ftoie,.fweasin{; i,ibme,,cry]ng for a farg^n ^ Tome,, vpon.iheir wive^. left poor behind them ; fbme^ upon the delits thekowei;. fome» apon.tJbeirchildreaiawly left.. I lun 9Lk9fri. there are &w die well, that die in battle ;, fc^ ]k>w, ea^ th^. chariubly difpofe of any thing,. whe^» Wood is ^ex» ai;gumentl now if thefe men. do not die well, it will be a black matter for the King that led them to it,, whom to diibbey were againft. all proportion ofi* ibbjc^n.
K. Hem^ So,, if a/on,^ that is fentby. his father aboua inerchaadiiBe, d^ fall, into fiime lewd adion and miiV 4arry, the imputation of his wickednefs, by yom rul^i, j|iauld.be Imgo^d upon his father, that fent him ;, or it a. fervanl oinjder his matter's command tranfporting ai lim.of mone^,^ be ailkilfd by robber*, and die in many- irreconciled iniquities; yon may call the bofineiii of the 9iaAcr ike author of the fiMrvant'a damnaiioa ; btttthi9<>
il
King H £ N R y V. 347
r ib: tlie King is not bomid to amfwer the particalar - igs of ^8 foldiersy the father of his foo, nor the »* of his icNrvant ; lor the^ porpofe aot their death ». they parpofe their fervices. Bcfides> there is no > V be Ms cavfe atver to fyptltist if it come to tho^^ rement of fwm4i» can^try it out vrith all nnfpotted > ;rs: ^Nne,- peiadvtntDre, liave on them the^gailtof editated and contrived murder; fome, of beguiling ; Ds with the bfoken fisals of peijury ; fomei making*: ars their bniwaris, thathave before gored the gentle - Q of peace.wjth pillagt and robbery. Itowif thefe^^ have defeated the law, and om^rnn native pnniih- ; though they can obt^ftrip^ men, they have no > I to Ay from^God. Waaiahia beadicy wmt- i^bia • amce; b that here men arc punifked, for<before h of the King's laws, in the King's qnarrel nt>wcr t they feaied &e dea«h>^ tkey have borne life away $ ^here they would be ftib ^bif penfln. Then if;^ iit 'ttBprovided» nainore'ia tie King gnilty of their ^ attMy.tkan he* was:rbefi>ii^^liito)F^](l^thore impiea^ ht . which* they are now fifittd«< E ver^. fubjed'a is. the King's,, but evenr ftbjeAV foul is his own.^ tfbre ihould every foldierin the wars do as every nan in his bed^ waih every moth oot of his con- e ; and dying foy death is to him advantage ; or iriog, the time was blefiM1^4oi^ wherein fuch pre* on was gained ; and, to htm that efcapes, it were- n tocchink, that meking God ib free an offer, he - m oot- live that day to fee his ^ reatnefSr and to others how they fhpuld prepare. U. 'Tis-certab, every man : that dies ilU^tfae ill is his own head^ the King is not to anfwer for it« f/. 1 do not defire he &ould anfwer- for me, 4in4 ^ leterintne to ftght luftily for him. Henry ^ I myfe^f heard the King fay, Ji^ would not Scm*d. J
/. Ay» befaidfo, to make ns fight chearfuily; but our throats are cat»; hejnay.be ranfom'dt .and ^ the wifcr.
P6 ^^Iwi^..
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J4S Ring HiRHiiL T ^*
frfter. . ti^
Willk Y^apay him tke^i ; tluit'9 a ptrifeaa.ihot om of
an elderwgnoi ithat a pdMr.a«bi pmate dt^pkaft^txan da
a^inik a monarch ! fw^ may as vwil go aboot to tium^lie
Ton to ice, with Iftnnbg ita lus. im. wkfa a peacock?fi
feather ; yon'tt navct trn4^ fab wdid^altcxi oome, 'tis t
tix>UQi iayti^ 1^
K. Ii€mfy* Yonr leproof is fomadtbg too roaad : I IC
Jkcnld ba >uft|mr widi yoo^ i£ iha liiBB nwre conveaifoc^ I '^
Will. Itfun be a qoaiMkbmiricaa «•» i£ yoq liv«« H
£. AMTir. 1 unbrace it. . •
iifW. Har Hull I kiiaiif tiMeaaaiftt
K. Hewry. Qiva xifi aayigage ortMary and I will wear
it in my fatoQiMi :. thon ifreneraimi^darfi; aoknowkdge it»
1 mil make it my quMf H.
1^/. Hoit't o^vglDve^ giva «ic anochar 4)f - tfaiat.
K. »ifi>t. There.
IP«J7. This will I alfbcwtar. in mjtai^ ; i£ evcf thoa xoivat to ma and fay» niter . to- moiraw, this is my |^oief by this hand> I will giMe ^m» a box on the car. K. H0tfy. If eve?l live toieeitf I wtU challenge it ^1//. Thon dar'ft as-^vell be hang'd. K. Htmy. Well» i will do >t> ifaongii I take thae in the itiog'f company.
Will. Keep thy word : far^ thee welt. Boies. Be friendly yon Bngtijk fooU» be fiieads; we hava French quaorcls enow> if )aott coold tell how to reckon^. [Sxitrnt /Miiru
[3f««r/ Kh^ Henry» £. Bkwry. Indeed, the French maif lay twenty French crowns to one, they will best us, for they bear them on their ftooniders; but it is ao EngUJh treafoa tacnt French crowns, and to-morrow the King hin^elf wtU beaclippea. tlpon die King I let ns oor lives, onr fouls,. Our debts, our careful wives, our children and Oar fins, lay on the King ; he »uift bear ail. i> hard GMudiiioii, an4 twin- born with greatnefs^
SobjeA
IBng H t N A Y V. 349
Sfil9|eA to breath of tT«ry foo^ wltofeienlb
No more can. feel bat his own wnngixi^.
What infinid/e he^t-eafe muft Kings negle6^.
That pimte aien e&joy ? and what have Kiiij^,
That privates have noc too, iiivt ceremony f
Save gen'ral coenonv ?-«-*
And what art t^oo, tho« Idol ceremony?
What kind of iSod aft thou f that fufer** n»oiir
Of mortal griefs, ^thaa do Uiy wodhip^rs.
What are thy rentsi what are thy oommgs^m (5?) f
0 ceremony, ihew me but thy woitht What is thy toll,, O adoration f
Art tlioii Jtag£t ehk but place, degree, and ibrm^
Creating awe and fear m other men ?
Wherein tbfia artlefe happy^ being feai^dl^
Than they in fearing.
Wh^tdsink^ft thoa oft, inftead of homage (Woetv
But poifon^ flattery f O be fick, great greatoefs^
And bid thy ceremony giv« thee core.
Tlunk'R. thoa, the fiery fever will go oot
With titles l|lowa fipom jadolation 1
Will it give place to fiex4ire and lew bending T
Can'fl tnon, when thou command 'ft the begg^fr't kfiee>
Command the health of it ? no, thou proud dfeam>
That play'ft fo fubtEy with a KingVrepofe;:
1 am a King, that find theer and I' know, ^'Tis not the ba^m, the fcepter and the bal],. The fwOitd» the mace, the crown irpperial, The ente^'ti filled robe of gold and pearl,. The fairfed title running *fyre the Kinc;,, The throne he fits on, nor the tide or pomp* That heats upon the high fiioar of this worlds No, not all thefe thme-gorgeous ceremonies^.
(31) Pfl>at are fi^ rents ? lobat are tljj co|nings-ia ?. . ^t) ceremony, fie'wbiu tky wr^TiAii • .
What! htby foul of adoration f] Thus » the iaft Une giiv^ vt^' M^ •the nonfenfe of it made worfe by the ridkulouA pomtifig. Let utr es« amine; bow^the context Aandrwkh my em^undatfon. . What are thyi Y«nfif what are thy eomings-in? what is thy vjsrtbf what is thy toli f— — n(i. e. the duties, and mfofii^ xUom ttctWtft '^^ Ml K«t. A% ^nfooMitj, Mnd «grttetl>:s to a feafibke txc\%mai\.\Qti« \(tt« WatWrvm^
Hot all thefe^ laid in b«d majefttctl,
Can deep (6 foiindly as the wretched ilave ;
Who, with a body 611'd^. and vacaoc liiiiy.
Gets hiia to reft, cramni'd with diftrefsfal bread;:
Never fees horrid night, the chtild o£ hell i
Bat, like a lacquey, from the rife to fee.
Sweats in the eye of \Pi&dr^;y/ ; and all night
Sleeps in Elj^um ; nex t day, after<diwn>
Doth rife, and help ^/m«« to hb h^rfe;.
And followt fo the ever-runoing year
With profitable Uheur. to bis grave :
And (but for ceremony) foch a wretch,.
Winding, up days with toil, andnig^u widi dktf^.
Hath the fore-hand and vaatagei of a King :.
The ilave, a oiember of tl^e coon try's peacey*
Bnjoys h ; bot in ^rofs brain little wots.
What watch the King leeeps to maintain the peace;x
Whofehottra.the peafant beitadvaatagei,
EnOr Erpihgham.
Erp. My Lordi yonr nobles, jealooa of yoojrabicBcrr Seek through your camp to find yoo.
"Si. Henry. Good old Knigbt, Colleft them all togfthe^at my tent: I'll be before thee.
Erf, i ihall Jo't^ my Lord; [Exit*
K. Henry i O God of battles ! fled my foldicrs hearts^: Bofiefs them. not wi^h fearr take from them now (32) The fenfe of reckoning j leil ih' oppofed numbers
Pluck thtir hearts from thenu ^Not to-day» O Lord>,
€) not to-diiy, think net upon the iaalt My father n^e in compa&ng the crowa« I Ricbardh body have iiKerre^ new,
(3») — takt fr^tn t$em mnf-
7bt finfi 6f Mc/ffung of tb^ sfpofid numbirs ;
BUi tbm bturti frcm ib*m,'] Thus the firft^^^ reads and pipints thit |M6*age. The poet m«gKt intend, <• take fronv ihem the icnfe of «• reckoning thoie oppofed numben; w^ir^migbt pluck their courage «< from them.*' But the reiativt not bring exprefs'd, the fenfe is »^ ^fefcure) and the following verb feems a petition, in the imperatite »ood> The /Itgbc coirc^oa litate given, m^kci it clear aiid.ejfy..
And.
ikni Ml k bave beftow*4 sore contrite tearv Than from it ilTiied Ibvctd 4rop3 of blood. Five limired poor I have in yearly pay^ Who iwice a-oay theu* withea'd hands hold np Tow*tdi hefven to ^don blood ^ and I have boitt Tw» Aaiwtiies^ where the iad and ibknvo pdefts. Sins Oiy for i^VAm/^s feol. MofCwiUIdof Tho*' ail that 1-can do» is nothing worth. Since that my penitence come aft£r call (jj),. Imploring pardoa.
BmUt Glouceiier..
&ttu My Liege;.
K. Henry. My brother Qk*J^€r\ voice f ' ;
I know thy errand^ I will go with* thee :. , The day». my friends^ and all things iUy Soam^^ j
[£4rriMafW
SCENE changes t% the trnck' Camp.
EfgiT ittt ]>a4jphifi« Qaleana^ &amb««f s and Beaomoni^
OrL 'np H E fmi doth gSd our armour y up» my Lords.. Jt Dan. Maniix CJbeva/z my horie, 'vakt^ lae^ fMaj: ha^
OrL O hnvt fpirit f
Dau. Via /— — /^/ eaux V Ik Urre^^ ■
Orf; Rien pnu / // air fcT y< ji^ ■ ■ ■
Dau. C/V/^ Couffn Orkanw^'^^
{xi) Sket'thai my ftnlHnce comet after alP, Iki/Lrbw farJoK,] We muft obferve, tbac tfiwryllC itj rofnmiftedi an irjoftice, of wbicb he aod hit Jm fc»p*d the fruata. But juftke aad rffbt reafoh telii u»» that they,, who (hare the gfofttsof. ini^iiityy AaU fhafe likewifein the puniftmem. Scrigture again tells os, thac» when men have Tmn'd, the grace of 6i>d gives frequent invitations to atpenlMice ; which, in fciiptiire iangoage, are ftyled Callsi Thefc, if they have been carelefsiy dallie<t with, and negleAcd, are at length inevocably withdrawn j and then repentance comes too late. Thta, 1 hope^ will fufHciently. vouch for my cmcodatitfay. ^nd evplain- what the foetwooldmak« the: King fay.. _ Ur. ^r^irrfMS.
5SZ King H kv% r, Vl
Novr» my Lord Conftablc !
Con. Hark, how our fteeds foi* pfcfcnt femcc ne^.
I>tf«K« Motrnt them, and make ihcif^ in theif Hhiesf^ That ihctr hot bbod maf fpin in Englifi eyt^^ Attd da^ftt ehem with fuperftuoos cotifage . mi^f
J?tfOT. What» wittjott bate them weep oarliorfcsblbod? How ftiall wc then behoid- their natural tears :
Enttr Mifing€0^
Mejf, The EmUfi are embattel'd, y^^ French Peer»w Con. To horfe ! yoir gatlaol Princes, ftrait to horftt So but behold yon poor and ftarved band^ And your im ihew ihall fubk away their i&sl\^% Leaving them h^ the fisaies and huiks of inenv Vhere i& not work cnougb for all our hands^ Scarce blood enough in ail their fickty vein» I
To ^e each naked-curtk-ax a ftain - I
That our French gallants (hall to-day draw ont, |
Andiflmah fe» kkok oC fporf»^ Let'd but Hl0w» on fiiiein» The vapoar of pur valour will o'^brtufft them. 'TIS pofitive 'gainft all exception, Lords, *
That our fuperfluous lacq^oeys and our peafants^ * Who in unneceiTary a^on fwarm About our fquares of battle> were enow. To purge this field of fuch ai hrldin^^ foe;: Tho' we, upon this mountain's ba£ by. Took ftand for idle fpeculacion r But that ouE honours muft not. WhatPs toiaylf . A very little, little, let u«df»,) And all is done. Tbe» let Hie trumpets foj^nd The tucket fonoance, and the note to mount : For our approach Avail fo much dare the fteld^^ * .Hiat Enghnd fhall couch ^ma in fear, and yield.^
Eniir Grandpree. ^rand, Wh)^do*you itay fo long, nly Lords of J^ranca? "Von ifland carrioTvs, deiiy rate tif tUeir hones,, ^
iUiMaKOOx'dly become ti^ mQimti%^^%\^v
I
Jting « B Nn y V. 353
Their rflgged eurtaiM poorly ate let k)oie9 % And our air ihakes them paffing fcornfoily. ^ig Mori feems bankrupt in their beggar'd holly And faintly through aroftyhcver peep8« ^ ^
The horfemen fit like fxedcandkHickt, .With torth-ftaves in their hand; and their poor iadei Lob down tlieir heads, dropping their hide aiii hi^ : The ^um down roping from their pale dead eyei \ I And^n their pale dull i^outh^ the jymold bitt Lies foul with chawM graft, fUH aird motionlefi i And their e>cecutor8. At knaviAi crows, FFy oV;thcte,Jali impatient for thear hoar. Defcription cannot fuit itfeif Ju wordt, '^
To demon flrate the lifci 4^ ikch a battki -^
In live fo )ivele£i aait flks^ft ttfelf. * ^ "
Cm. They've faid their prayers, and they ftay fordeatb* Dau. Shall we go fend ^m dsoners and frefli ttkn And give ,^uh hmmg horfci pfovcadei» And, M&erp %ht mui them?
Con. I flay but for my g«ard : on, to the fieM $, I will the baattcs.ft[om a trumpet take, ' And ufe it ;fi»r any JuAfr Cmdt, come, awtf ! The fun n-Ugil^ fttd we oot^wear the dajr. {Extvia.
S C E N E, the Engltfi Camp.
£«//r.Gloucefter, Bedford, Sxeter, Erpingham, 'viMk M $hiM9fi\ Saliil^or^ m»d WeftmotlaAd.
cWlT7il4Fe ia the King?
W. . BeJ. TheKing hiiftfelf isfodeioview their battk, .
^^.Of fighting men they have full threefcore thoufand, Jk#; There's five to one ; befidcs, they all are frefli* Sal. God's arm ftrike with us, 'tis a fearful odd^i God be wP^ou^ Princes *11; I'll to tny charge, ^If. we<Ap mor^ meet till we meet in heav'n, , Tien jf))fe6Jly, my noble Lord of Bedfrrd^ My'dea# hw^ OU*^trr and piy good LotA Eaelcr >. Aad my kiad UafmHt\ warriotiaUi, sid\t\i\ V^
Bed. Barewely goodSaii/htyt and 2^Qod.luckrgo wtOK thcc/j4)!
Exi. to £a/« Farewel, kind Lord; %bt yaliaioly to-dajt: And vet 1 do Uiee wrosg to msod tbce of! it^ For thoa art framed of: & bm troth oS valour.
B$d% He is as full of i^Iottfi. a&^of Uadnefa^. FriaorJy in. both.
£?r/45r King Henrj.
Wijt. Q, tbat we now had here Bat one ten-thoofaad of thofc men lA England^^ That do no work to-day \[
K. Henfy. What'i he, thatwiflle^-ftf Ifiy coufin WtfimvUmif no, my faur oottfin^^
' If w& are mark'd to die» we are enow Tadboar oountry lols ; and if to liv^ ^he fewer men, the greater fliare of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wifii nottone maa mo7f». By ^iKw>.I am not eovetons of yoid;: Nor ctffr 1; whor^docb feed ufon my €00"! J^ y ems me not, if men my garments wear r; V Btickcmtward tlRfigs.dwell.not ino^ defilR^&tT .: ^ ^ Bat if it be a fin to covet hononn I nm the moft oflending fool alive.. No, faith, my Lord; wilh not a man fKom Bi|f £i»/^
, God's peace» I woald not lofe ib great «[| hoinoiar» As one nMo mom, . mediinlu^ would dure &Qm m^ For the bcft hopes I have,, jDon't wi(b one more : Rather procbim it {IViftmwrUnd) throu^h^myi h<^r^ l%at he^ wht^h hath no (lomach to this^figkrt. Iiet him dej^art ; . his pafTport fhall be i *
(H) ^^^' Jfirmve/, ^ SalifDury) ami fmiUukj^miiih^lifU
/"or tbm Aft frarn4 of the frmtfutk.^ nftikWm ' )■ T.ytt, FsrrmeU ^kind Lord zj^bt vallarnhfU'dtyJ^ VfhAXl does lie do Salijlfuty wreng, to wtfh'bim* g06d tttck ? ^C^a'tttftr iMfif be mdve tU\c«i\ou« iV^%ik-\A iv^ CQ?'tlie infeiiiett« 'Dt* Tbir^y
Iting Hbmrt V. 355
An4 crowns for convoy put into his purfc :
We would not die in that man's company.
That fears his fellowlhip to die wUh as.
This day. is caliM the feaft of CriJ^an : "^
He that outlives this day* and comes Aft hcm^ Will iland a tip- toe when this day is nam'dy
. And rouze him at the name of Oi/fiitn :
-He that (hall Jive this day, and fte old age^ Will yearly on the vigil ^aft Us netghbosrs, i^nd fay, to-morrow is Saint Qri^imn: Then will he flrip his fleeve, and (hew Us Icttsl Old men forget ; yet (hall not all feigttt But they'll remember, with advantages. What feats the^ did that day. Thea ftall out nitteS;^ Familiar in their jnooth as hollfil0^d vmidf^ Harry the Xlngt Biifird^ and Exeter^ WariKuk and TMti^ Sidijbwy and Glifjiir^ Be in their flowing cops frelhly remembered* This ftiory Oiall the good man teach his Ton ; And Criffim Cri/piam flull ne'er go t^, «
From this dav to th^ ending of the worU, Bnc we in it fiiaU be reitteaibered ; ~[ ^
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers t For he, to-day that fbeds hit blood with me, ^
Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er fo vile. This day (hall gentle his condition^ And gentlemen in MhghnSf now a-bed. Shall think theflsfelvesaccqrs'd, they were not hers ^ And hold their rau^n|K)ods ches^, while any fpei^s. That fought with ns upon St. Criffrm^% day« ' ^
Entn SaliflNiry.
Sal* My ibv'reign I^ord, bellow yoorfeff with fpeedt The French are bravely in their battles kx^ And will with alf expedience charge on us. ^ K. Hetsry, All things are ready, jf 0T|r minds be (b# . W^. PertIK the man, whofe mind fs backward now! K* Htnry, Thou iloft not wllh more help from Englqnda^ fduSn f ^
M^. God'i wiU, my Lfege, would nom ?ou^\ ^c>xv%^^ ,
35^ King H 1 H Jt. T V.
Witkoot nofebelf couM fighl this royal battle I
K./£rji»7. Why,M>wcbou baftanwiihMfive thottfand mt n: Which likes mc better than to wifh us oi\e. Yoa know yonr places ; God be with yoa all !
• A Tucket Jpunds* Emtn Moontjoy.
Mfmai. Once mote I come to know of thee. King Hanj^ If for thy ra»ibm cboo. wiU now compound, Ibi
Before thy, inoft a£iifed overthrow : \m
For» certainly » tbo« art fo near the gulf, ThoQ^eeds wank be eaglutted. Thus, in mercy. The Con liable; defiles thee, ebon wilt mind Thy followers of repeatancc ; that their fooh May foakie a peactM and a fweet retir^ From off thefeMds } wbere, wretches, their poor bodte Mnft lie and fefterw
K. HeMfy. Who bath (tnt tkee now ?
McMtt^ The CtsftaUe of Franti.
K. Hewyt. I pray thee, bur my former aafWer batb* 3id them atchievo me, and thea feH my boact. Good God ! ,iyky iboald they mock poor fellows tbtts^ The man that once did iell die lion'3 ikin WhUe tbe beaftSVd, was itiird with hantiag bim. -And many, of our bodies fiiall, no doubt, Fbd native graves ; upon the which, 1 tmft. Shall witnefs live in brais of this day^s work. And thofe that leave their vaisant bones in Frofut, "Dyi^g^likis men, tho* buried in your duiifhiUs^ They (hall be fam'di for there the fun (ball greet tkem^ t And draw jtheir JiQn^UNJreekiA|^ up to heaven ; ' Leaving their earthly parts to choak your clime. The fmell whereof mail breed a plague in Frantic |if«rk then a bounding valour in our BngUJh (^5) ^
(35) Mark then ab<%fidiog vahur in or Eligliih t] Thus the ofti ?li2i»'t« The 4to*s nore^crroneouily Aiil,
AbrA #ixji.abunda»t— |ifr. Ptpi degraded the psflage in both hts e^itloef, befeSufis, I pr^<tMBe> ^e i\^ floc ynderftand it. I corxeAed it feme tione Sgo In pilnt, ^ t tttre now rrfnrm*d the test, and the allufion it exceedingly befatiful| comparing^ the revival of the Englifr vaiolMr ^ the rAnadiil of ^ esAAon-hslls
Thit
King H B K R y V. 35^
That being cEead^ Uke to thr beliefs fnfiojf,
$reak^ out into a feoond cottle of mSok^C
KJilliug in relapie of n^lnaUrf^.
Let me fpeak ptoadiy ? * ttU fih« ^OnlbUe,
W^e are but warriors for the worU ng <ky ;
Our gaynefsy and our gilk» are Si Se^fmircVil
With raioy orarehittg ia ih^ jMnaful AeU.
There's not a pkce of feather « in our ko(l ;
(Good argument, I hope, we will not fiy:)
Atfed ttaoe hath Worn ti$4kiQ>'floiiF«njr7.
B«t^ bj the mafs, our hearts are in th^ tnnt t
Andmy.pqmMdiknteihtmi )»st'«re night
They'll be In freflier robes ; or they will pluck
The gay new coatft o*tt the Ff^tMch kliicfs headft f
J^nd torn them out of iervice. If they do^ (As, if God pleafe, they (hall) my ranfom than
^ill foon be tery?d« Herald, fave thy laboan Come thou no more for r^nfont» gentk kcrald^ The^ fhall have noiie^ I fwaar, but i^ie ny jobli t^ Which if they baire as I wiU leMr« 'em tke»» Shall yield them little, tell the Conftabto. il!£mtt//I&d1, i^ingfibrir^- Andfo^^f^ Thou never flialt hear herald any more, [Exit^
K.j^if8rr.Ifear,thou*lc on ve more come ogaia: for ranf<mu
Jjinsrr York.
Tori. My Lord, moft humbly oni my knee I beg Theleadifig«f 4b?rvaward« , [awtty.
K. Hmy. 'X^ »^ ^^^^ve tiri ; now, foldiers, marcb And how thou pleafcfi, God, dU^of^ tbe day I {E^mtiU
S C E N E,. the field of Battle.
Jianuf Excurfions. Emttr Piijo},, French jQUkKyand h^»
4e bonm qualUL
Fift. QoiaUtT^, (0itmy# cifttn«< me^ act thon a gentle^ man ; what is thy name ? difeufs,
Fr. SoL O 5^i>ai^ftV»A
}5< King H 1 N It Y V.
Tift. 0> SigfiiMur Dewe ffluMikl be a gemtemaa : Perpend ny wofdt, O Smueor Dewe, and mark;
0 Sigaim Dewe, tboa dieft on ppint of fox. Except, O Signiettf, cboa do give lo me EgregKHis raJoBu
^t. Sol.' O, frtimm mijmitwde^ d^ws fitii di mtfk fift. Moy ihall not femt I will kare forty rooys; ifit
1 will fetch thy rym o«t al thy throat> in dit>ps c^crim* fon blood.
Fr. SoU EJi-ii imf^/Hk i^ ^b^fpir Ufira de t9u trmf
Pift. Brafrt car? [bnfi?
^Thoa damned and laxarioaa monatain goat, offePftait
Fr. SoK O faniotnuK awf •
Pift^ Say'ft thoa me fo ? is that a ton of moyt i Come hi|her» boy ; aflt me this flaive in Fr^mb^ What is hit name ?
Bof. ^coutiKt imnmeni i^0s nfms i^pettiP
Fr. Sol. Mo^fUmr U Fer. ^
M9f* He fays, his aame is Mr« Fer^
Pift. Mr. Ftrl Pll kr him, and ferkhim^ ind ferret him : Difcufi the iiune in Frexei unto him. [/iri*
Boy. I d6 not know the Freucb for fer, zn6 fimtf and . Pift. Bid him prepare, for I will cut his throats
¥r. Sol. ^dii'ih Mm^arf
Boy. // me ccmnumde dt n)oui dire pu nfoms ^f9ms Omot frift I car ce foUat icy eft iiffofi tout a eetie bemre de cmftt fif^ftre gorge.
Pifti Owy, cuppelle gorge, parmafoy, pefant, nnlefs thou give me crowns, brave crowns : Or mangled flialt dioo be by this my fword.
Fr. Sol. 0,y> 'oeusfiifpUefourVameur de Dieu^ mefeff* denner ; jefttis ge/ttiliomme de hmie maifom^ ^etrdix wui vit% i^Je n/eus donnera^ detm cents ^ctu. • Pift. What arc his words? ^ ^
Boy, He prays you to fave his life, be is a gendeman wf a good houfe, and for his ranibmhe will give yoo two hnndred crowns.
Pift. Tell him, my foiy fluU abate, and I the arowns will take.
Ft. SoL Peiit Monfieur^ guedif-ilP
Spy*
iSng HiNTiy Y* ^^
Boy. Encort qu*sl eft contre/on juremtmt^ dt purd^miit aucun prifonn'ter : Niant mains p9ur Us efcus fut *u%us P ««rx brometUs^ il eft content de <V£«/ dommtr ta liberti, U fian^ :hi/ement* .
Fr. S^I. Smt mes genouxje ^mr Afm^ mittii rmerciiMifUf \li jf mi eftimt heunux fH^Jt/uii t^mti entrt les mams d*un GlA'v alter ^ je pe^ft^ l^,^ irmifit ^kw/r^fn/j H tns iftimi ^ignieut d^ AngUurre.
Fift. Expound anto tne, boy«
Boy. He gives yoa upon his knteili'tlioafand thankti and eileems himfelf luppy» that he )iaCh fall'n into the hands of one, as he thiiiks, the noft bntve^ valdnmsy and thrice- worthy Sigaieur of EnfUnd.
fift. As 1 fuck bloodt 1 Will foiiie mercy dieir* Follow roe, cur.
Boy. Smi'Vi^U grmnd tapitain. y^set. Pift. tfWFr. Sol. I did never know {o full a voice liTue from fo empty a heart (|6) ; but the faying is true, the empty veiTel makea^ th^^eaieft ionnd.^ Bmrdolph and Him had ten timet tBiaxt vakur thap this roaring devil i*lh^ old play ; eveijr ene may' pare hia nails with a woodefi dagger : yet thef are4»eth ttuig'd; a»d to woold this be» if he durft deal ajiy thing ad vern'roolly. I moft ftay with tlie lacqueys» nirith the Htggiige of our camp ; the tmiA might have % good |>iev of Of, if he Imew of it; for there is none t6 guard it Mit faojt. \Exit*
SCENE, anptiier part of the FieM of Battle* £iifrrC6nfia^le,6rUai>SfBottrbon,Pa¥iphin4«^Ram1nmi#
\J Orl. O Signkur ! !i jour eft pe^dn^ tma eftperdu% Dan. Mof^t dtma^uitt all is counfoUnded, all I 'Reproach and everkiliDg Aame ^
f 36) / du/ HeifetfncW ft woefufl a twet ijuefr'om Ja empty a heart ;] Trhu to^l^itft |ifi^^efi|.« blunder of th^.^^cond edifioir in^ic/b. But 4^X* woe/uU T Tf/h(.^9% al( hoan^ *^^ <>^^* BeBdes, whereas th« J9niitht/it f we isu^-cfttHnfy TtaA Vith the (if ft F§iio,-^I did nt^er know Jo full a vMff— "Bot t^eti tht ami boy immedUtelj corrc£l^ ^^9^* feif from the oM lajtog, tbi tA^^ tfejel makn the greaCefi fiuttd.
3 vt Sits
|S» King HtfTRY V.
Sits mocluDg im dvr pluftiet. [A^Jkwt diam%
0 mefchamti firtum /^-*^do not ran away. Cm. Wfay, all trox ranks are broke.
/>««. O perdarable ihatne! let's ftab oarfelvei: Be thefe the wfetehes, that we playM at Ath for f
Or/. Is this the Ring we fent to for his Taofom ? • Bwt. 8haine» and eternal ftam^ nothing; bvt Aamet Let us die, inftant :— Once more back agam (37} ; The man, that will not follow 'BoufhonnG^^ Let him go hence> and with hh cap in hand Like a bade pander hold the chamlir- door, Whilft by a Have, no gctitler thati my dog, His.faireft daughter is contaminated.
Con. Diibrdery th^rt hath fpoil'd us, friend us nowt Let us on heaps go ofier up our lives.
Orl We are enow, yet living in the field, Yo fmother up the EngUJb in oar throngs y If any order might be thought upon. ^ '^B^r: The'devil take order now ! I'ft'lfe'thc ttrong} n^lSe be Aort, eUe (hairie will be toblon^^ {JSxenMi
Jbirm. Enter tU King mi bU ttfajn, ;<ii^ :fr^aw^u
K.^<Mfry. Wellliave wedone,^hric€^vafH^«t todiitrytacttS But airs not done; the Fr^^ri^ yet keep the field. Ext, TheOnheof Totk commdiids him tb yodrlSf^efty. K* Uinrjf* Lives he, good uncle f thrice within this hoiir
1 faw him down; thrice up again, and fighting: , Fr0ai^^helmetto4ihei)iitrk}l M6eding6^^ ' -
E^e, In which airayj bravt foldier, doth he Jte, Landing the ftein; iind«By4i}s bld^ fide (Yoke-fellow to his honour-owing wouhds) y^ • The noble Sari: of ^i^i^atrolie^ ^
Suffolk firft.dy'4 and fork, all hailed over, ^^ Comes to him where in gore he lay infte4^!lii» ^ And takes him by the beard ; kiflcj the gaflies, .
(57>i:r^«f<«p, ip^titvOndhitreiacl^ai^ttiy^^itikttit Which Si quite ItAr out ia Mtl ftff% k^xxxM'^^ ft^ds itnWfeei m the firft F#/w. By the ml<Ktioii of a'fylftWc. 1 thf^k, J hate retritvM the fiet^i ftnfc. It is thus in the omopy j ' ^ Le»^t 4tt xit*eace ttorr balk ^gain.
6 That
Hiat bloodily did yawn upon his /ace»
\nd cries iloud', ''tarry, my coufio 5^^,
* My foul (b^l thlj^e k^ep jsoinpany t^ hcav'n :
^« Tar/y, fwect foul ^ {or mine, then fly a^bneaft ;
'* As in thisrglqrio.gs j^jQjd welUfoughtcn field
'* We k^pt together in our chivalry.
CJpoR thefe words I cape, and checr*d him upj
Hfe fmll'd me in the 'face, gave me his hand.
And yith ^ feeble gripe, fays, ** dear my Lord,
** Commend taf fervice to my Sovereign;
So did he turn, and over ^^iSf's neck
He threw his wounded arni, and ki^ his lips ;
And fo©fppu$y 10 4c?tlu^ with blood he' feal'dl » ,
A teiiiament of noble- ending iovc*
The pretty and fweet manner pf it forcM
Thofe waters from me, which I would have ftopMj
But I had not fo much of man in me.
But all my mother came into mine eye«>
And gave me hp to teafs.
K. ;W5?*rj;, I bla?me you not ; For, hearing this, I muft perforce compound (38) With miflful eyes, or they will iiTue too. [i^&n^^
But, hark, what n^w alarm is this fame? The FriTtch have re-inforc'd their fcattCr^d men; Then every foldier kill his prifoners. Give the word through. [Exm^Um
Alarms cominuedi afier nvHch, Snter Fluellen and Gowcr,
Flu* Kill the poye« smd the lu|;gage ! 'tis exprefsly a-i gainil the law of arms (39) ; 'tis as arraunt a piece of
knavery,
{'^%\ For i hearing tbhy I muft ptrfira comppuni Wttb oii^tfjiH g^«,] What moflftcr of a word is this mhetfullf The poet certainly wrote, wj/?/«//.\i. e. juft ready to over-run with teurs* Th« wprd he too If ftpm his obfervation of nature: For juft before tears burd out, it appears as if there was a mift before our eyes. ^
J Mr, fFarhrftn, '
.(39) JCtlhhe. poyts and tbt lu^age ! 'tis exprefsly ^gmnft tie kku of' armi\\ Xn the old ^oiio^s, the 4.th aS is made to begin here. But at the ipatter pf .the. ChQrm, which is to come betwixt the 4rh and 5th a6ls, wili by no means fo/t with the Scenery that here fallows \ I have cbofe to Tall in with t|ie other regulation. Ht, Pife gives a rCifon,
Vol. IV. Ct. . Ncte.^
'kiuivery, nark jrou now, as csn be dcfit'din your C(Xh •^encenow, itxtnot?
< Gmv: Tis certain, there'motm'b^ left alive ; and tke
<^cowasdly raicals, that ran away 6om* the battle, ha* done
•this daughter ; Befidet, they have bnmM or carried aws^
all ihat was in the King's tetit; wherefbit the King noli
wonhil^f hath caused ev'ry foldier to cat his pmoaeft
'throat. O 'tis a gallantiSing !
Flu^iJ^ he was porn at Shmnomtbg captain Gev;ii^ «what call you the town's name^ whtrC'JkMuklir the pig> «was bom ?
jG^w. Mxsnder die great.
r'Fh. Why, I pray yon, iarnotpig, great? theplj;,^ 'the great, or the mighty, or the mige,*or the magnau- .nons^ are all* one reckonings, Are the,phraft ia a little variaifo;)s.
G9W. I think, MxanJer' the great was bom in Jlfii^- ./mi ; his fathcrMra5 called PJ^iUf OfSfmce^, as I take It.
why this fcene Aottld be conne^ive to the preceding fceoej but bis reafi»Q, according to coftom, ii a imil^akea one. 7be vonis of Fk- aUcn, (he UySiYiMimAiiat^ 'filkw Ih^fi rf tUKmgiJMfibgfon, tbe .||li8g*8 laft words, at his going ofT, irere | Ihen tvrf JMtr iUl lis friju JGive tbt wtrJ lhr6ti£h*
agataft martial difcipline. Bnt this it a moft abiard-fiippo6tioii. Fbith • 'Im iieHher 0¥er bears, nor replies to, what the'Kiag had (aid t Kor bci ^kiU the^tyfiamttbt kiggfig4 any reference to the feldjcrs killing thor . priroi.crs. N^y, op the contryy (as therrit no iuitrmstof an oB belt,) Jihere moft be fome little paole betwixt the King's gdngoflF, aad/Ai« ' '«/2Sra*8 entering s (And therefore I have faid, t^Urwa e99timttdi) for wt find by G9wtp*% ntft fpreth, that the foldiert had alreadycot iheir cprifenera throats, which re<]oir*d ibme tirajB to da. The ouittcf ii Vhis. The baggage, 'during the battle, (at^K. flm hid no nKn to ifpare,} was guarded only hy boys and lac^it^s { which fome Frtmk jrunawayt getting notice cf, they came down upon the EngUJb caibp* baas, whom they ktird,. and plonderM and burnM the baggage-: In • rritntcntat'of which viUtiny it was, that the King, contrary lo bis wonted* lenity, order*d all prifoners throati toi»rcot. And to this ▼tllainy of the Fn»ek runaways fiuelkn ?• alinding, when hefayii KUi tUifvyn ^ni tht la^jro^t. TVv^ S%et \% Cn <i«t^ Qw ||r, |>^^rtntgbl iravc obtcr vcd) bo\\i b^ Hall a»^ B««RntP^aai«
Itiog Hbnii V V. ^63
iFk» I tlunk* it is in HaUd^mwhert JlixmulerU'p^m z il tell yotty captain, if yoo look m ehe maps 6f the drM : % warrant* diat yon fall<find» in the compttrHbns bcMveeQ iAuufen anil MomnMiift that the fituatioris, look yon, is both dike. There-is a river in lli^#Win», there is alfo moreover a river at "Mmmiah: It is call'd Wje at ATm- muihf bnt it is ont of my prains, whit is the same of the odier riv^ ; but it is aU one, ^tis^ likt as my fingers to my £nge^s, and there is JTalmons in both, If you mark-^/MWvi^r's life well, H^fny of Mtnmoutk^t life is come softer it indifeei^ent well^ ror Aiere is fignres in all things* Akxandtr^ God knows and yOti know»Jii his •rages* and his furies, and his wraths^ and his chblers, ^nnd his moods, and his Afpleafures, andhis indig^nations ; •and alfo bdiig a-lktleihtoxicaces^io his4>raiifSy did in his ales and l^s an^rs, look vouy kill his bed friend Clpus.
Gtf(u;. Otfr£ingis«)tliicehimin that, benev^kiird any of hi^*fHends.
Flu. It IS not well ^one, mark you now, to take the tales out of my mouth, ere it is made sind ^ni)h'd. I Tpeak bht in figures, and^omparifons of it ; as AUxandsr kiil'd his friend C^tuu beiiig in his ales and his cups >; fo aUb Hasty ifoMnumfit being In his right wits and his go6a judgments, turned away tlie fat Knight with the great belly-doublet; lie was full of jefts and gypes, and knaveries, and mocks : I have forgot his name.
<ionv,^iTjo}mFalfiqff'.
'Flu. That is he : I tell you, there is good men porn ^t McMnMifb.
Ganu. Here comes his MajeJIy.
JUarum. Fnter ^ing Ttt!nry, nKttb Bolui^ofn and other frifinirs\ Lmis and jittindattts. Fkurijh.
K. Himy. I was not angry ftnce \ came to France^ Until this inftant. Take a trumpet, herald, •Ride thou unto the liddemen on yon hill •: )f thev win fight with lis, bid thehi come ciown, 'Or void the field ; cbey do offend our fight. If they^ll do ne'tcher, we will cotee to them ; Amd jDMke tbem Act away, as fwift a% &otv<:^
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364 King H E N |L Y Vj.
Enforced from the old /^n'an Jlw^s: . iJffides, wc*II cut the throats of thofe we ba^e; And not a man of them, thi^t y/e fhrtll take. Shall tafte our mercy. Go, and tc(l thefn fo.
.Efiter.MauTitjay^ i
^xe. Here comes the' herald of the'Frenc^^ my I^iege.
G/ou^ His ej'es are humbler than /they uVd to be.
K. Htny. J^low now, what means ^heir herald ? kpow'ft tbou not, That I have fi.n'd thcfe bonps of mine for ranfom? Com*{l thou again for ranfom? .
Afe^ff/. Np, ^reat Kmg':' * .
I come to thee fpr cliaritable, licence That wc may wander o*er this blbo^dy iiel(f. To book our dead, and then to bi^ry them : , To fort our noble? from pur common men; For many of our Princes (woe, the while!) Lie drown'd, and foak'd in mercenary blood: So do our vulgar drench their peafant limbs In blood of Princes, while their wounded ftceds Fret fet-lock deep in gore, and with wild rage Yerk out their armed heels at th^ir deaq mailers» Killing them twice. O, give us leave, great King, To view the field in fafety, and difpofc OF their dead bodies. ,
K. Henry, I tell thee truly; herald, J know notf if the day be ours or no ; For yet a many of ^oui* horftmen |)ecr, And gallop o'er the field.
Meant. The day is yours.
K. Htnry, Praifed bc God, and not opr ftrepgth^ forit What is this cadle cali'd, that Aaads hard by ?
Mount, Tbey call it Jgincourt.
K. Henry, Then call we this the field of Jgincourt^ Fouf^ht on the day of Crtfpin CH/pjanus, '
fIu Your grandfather of famous memory^ an't plejfc your Majefty, and your great uncle td'ward the jplack Piinceof /f^/p/, as I have read in the chronicles, fought a moft prave pau\e Vvere \t\ Frcmte,
I
T/v, yd'urMajelty fays very true: If ypur Majefties is remembcr'd* of it, ihe tVelJhmen did good fervice in a garden where leeks did grow^ wearing leeks in their ifomouih caps, which your Majefty knows to this hour fs an honourable padge of the fervice; and I do believe, 'our Majelly takes no fcOrn to wear the leek upon St. ^iwf's day.
K. Henry, T wear it for a memorable honour : For I am tVetJhj you know, good countryriian.
Flu* All the water in IVye cannot wafli your Majefty's Welfl? plood out of your pbdy, I can tell you that: 6.od plefs and preferve it, as long as it pleafesi his Grace and his Majefty too.
K. ^^arj>. Thanks, godd tny countrynian.
• Flu, By Jefhu, I am your Nfaje fly's countryman, I
• care not whd krio\V it : I ^i\\ confefs it to all the orfd ; Ineed not to be aihamedof your Majefty, praifed be Cody fo long as your Majedy is an honell man.
K. a«ry. tSod keep me fo ! / . , "^ ,
Enter ^ilWimSk.
Ottf hetiHs go ipvith him : '' '
[Exeunt HeraUsy' nJvitB Mountjof'. Briii? iiie juftAotice of the numbers dead On Goth our parts. — Call yonder fellow hitherr
Exe, Soldier, you muft come to the King.
'K,:Henry, Soldier,why we^r'ftrthou that glove in thy cap^
WiL And'tplrafe your Majefty; 'tis the g^geof one^ha^ Ilhould fight withal, if he be alite. * . ^
IL- Henry, An Englijhman? '/ ' *
WH, And't pleafe your Majdfty, a rafcil thafVw»ag- ger'd with me laft night; who, if alive, and ifever. he dafre to challenge this glove, I have fworn to lalie fiiih a box o'th* ear ; or if I can fee my glqve in his cap, which he fwore as he was a foldier he Wodld Wear, (tf alive) 1 will ftrikli it out foundly. • ^ ^ . •.
K. Henry. What think yod, taptain M^fe/i,*^ i$ it fit this ibid ier keep his oath ? ' ' ' ' * ^ ^ ,
Flu, He is a craven and a>illdn elfe, aij't pleafe youV Majefty 9 in my confcience. . .
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K^MiMiy, It may be, his enemy is i.gendemittoF^ forr, quite from the anfwer of ms d^me^
Flk. Though he be as good a geomman as the d< is» as l^ci/er and ^//a^Aurhiaifelf, it-is neceflSiry, h your Grace,, that he keep his vow and Ms- oath : If be pefjur'd, fee you now,. his reputatioa is as arntt villain and' a jackfawce, as ever his black ihoe t upon God's ground and his earth, in my confdenceli
K. Hmrjf. Then keep thy vow, furah* when thoumec the fellow.
H^il So twil^ my Liege, as- 1: live*'
K. Ifettfy. Who fcrv*ft thou under f
H^il: Under captain Gonver^^ my Liege.
FU. G6*wer is a good captain, and. is good knowlec and literature in the wars*
K Henry. Call him hither, to. me».. foldien
JTiV. I wit!, my Liege. [E;
K. Henrj. Here FhelJen, wear thou thts favour roe, and ftlck it in thy cap ;. when Alanfiu and. myl were down together, 1 pluckM this glove from his he] if any man cnkllenge. this^ he isa^friend to AUmfvtti an enemy to our perfon ; if thou encoiinter/any. fn apprehend him. if thou doft love me.
'^lu* Your Grace does me as great hxmoarsas can dffir'd in, the hearts of his fubjcds : I. would fain, fte man, thai has but two legs, .that ibali Hnd himfelfagrie aMhisgbve; that Is all: But I would fain fee. itiOn an pleaO; God of. bi9 grace that I might fee.'
K. Henry. Know'il taon.Gd*?<i#jt/>
Flu, He is iny dear friend, an. pleafa yovv
K* Hetrry. Pray thee,^.gp feck him, and bring him ray ten<t. '"
Flk. I will fetch hint. [£.
K. He/iry, My Lord of ^^nR4;/ciand my brother G/a])! FoUow F/f^ff.clofeJy. ar the heels : The glove, wiich I have given .him fcM* a favour. May I haply, purchase him a.boxoW ear« Itis the loldier'si I fyv bargain^ fhould Wear it myfclf. Fo\Ww»,^<s»^^OMfi!a IVarivicij li that the SA&ntx Rnkc \i\ia>-^&, A *vi,^%5r^
Bf Hb }ifaml'bcariD^,.be wOl keep hh wwrti. Some ^fadien mifchief may arife of ^ ic : Bor I do know FiM/fr« valiaM^
Andy loudi'd wiih^holery hot as gnn-powder;;
Aa4 f tticUy he'll retom^^an injaiy.
JSoUow; and feer there be no hariii^JielweeBthemsr
CoflK yoifc wid» jney nacle of; £xettr* [Bxeimh^
« SCENE,, before King /MrryVPavUioiu.
£«/^r GowcTiuni Williams. H^L^ WaxraxU^ it Ja to: Knight yoiv captalan^
F4ui God's wilt and Ms pleafnre^. captain, I bcfeedTn yott^novr come apace to die Kin^: There is more good! toward yoo, per«dvenlare, than is in^your knowledge to^ dreaarofi
/5^#7. Sir, knowiroitthls glore?;
Flu, Know the gWe ?• I know» tKe*gl6ve is a glore.-.
WiL I'know thisy and thns I challenge it; {Strikesklm-.
i^lu. 'Sbliidi an arrant traitor as aB)?s ia^tWuaiveriall world, in Franct or in Ei^lan^l,
G^nv. How nowy Sir ? ' VOQ vilkin ! *
IVti: 1^0 yon think IMl be forfworn l ' /7tf. Stand away, captain Goac;fr, I will g^te*^ treafdn<<r his paymentinto plows, Lwafrant yoon
JT/V. I am no tratlor.
. Flm. That's a lye inihy throat; rch^ge-yooih hm Majefly's natoeapprehead^hira, he'sa^frieadof tiePuketr of Alanfof^%.
EnUr W^wick and Gloucefler, War, How now, how now, what's the matter ?^ Flu,, My Lprd of ^4r<^/Vi, here is, praifed be God*, for it, ^ a mpft contagious treafon come to lieht, loojc. vpUt as yoii (hall deure ina fummer's day. Here is hi$\ Majefty— -r-
Enmr King Henry, and. Ejretcr, K. /^/fffX' ifow now, what's t\\c maxut^
3^8 K?fig H B N li Y V.^
Flu. My Iiege» htrt k at yWhin and a tnritor, \i^, look yoar Grace, has ftracfc th« gl6vc,> wbick ywx Ma- jelly IS take out of the helmet of Atanfik, •
fft'L My Lieger thw wa» rty gkrvc, here is the felfpw of it; and he, that I gave it to in chan^> prbmis'dto wear it in his cap; I promised to ftrike htrby if he did; I met this nan with my gleve ia his cap, and I have been as good as my word.
Fhu YonrMajefty hear now, fantring yiftir Majefty's manhood, what an arraut, rafcally, beggarly, Ipwfy knave it is; 1 hope, yonr Majeffy is f ear m^ teftimonies, and witne/Ies, and avDUichments, that this IB the glofe of Jlanfon that your Majefty is give me, in your confcfencc now.
K. tJetarj. Give me thy glove,' fpl^i^^ Icwk,-^ here iy the fellow of it.: *Twas-me, indeed^ jinw promiied'^to ftrike, and thou haf} gi^en oie mojl bitter terms.
Flu. An pleafe your Majefty, let his neck anfwer for it, if there is any martial law iif the w^d.'
K» Henry, How canft thou make n^e fati^f^dioii ? . WiL h\\ ofiences, my Lord, come ft^pia the beant; ^ever came aay from mine» that might offend yottr -Majefiy.
&« lltnry, tt was otfrfelf thou didft abu£b.
WiL Your Majefty came not like' ydarfelf 5 yoo ap- pe^rM to me,- but as a common man ; witnefs the night, your garments, your lowlinefs ; and what y4ur Highncfs fuffer'd under that (hape, I bcfeech youy tfJ^e it for your fault and not mine ; for had you|;befen asl took yo^ for, I made no offence ; therefore! bei^h yottr Higlmers» pardon me. . .
K. Henry. Here, uncle JF^^/^r, fill thi&glpvewithcrowns> . And give it to this fellow. Keep it, fellow ; - And wear it for an honour in thy c^^, Till 1 do challenge it. Give him the crowds : And, captain, you muft needs be ftxttii wjth him.
Flu, By this* day and this light,' the ffcHow has mettle enough in his peily ; hold, thei^is twplve-pence for you; dadipny yo\i to Cent G^d/axxd kfee^ fit out of prawls
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and pnibble», and quarrels and dii&ntipn«, and, i[ i^ar- rant you, it is the better for you.
Jf?/. I will none of your money.
Flu, It is with a eood will; lead teli yoa» it will ferve you to mend your moes; come* wiwcefore ihould you be lb paibfttl; yomr^iots is not fo.good; 'tis a guni filing* I warrant yoa« 6r 1 will cbangt it. .
interior aid.
SL. Henry. Now, Herald^ are the dead nnmber'd ?
Her. Here is the number of thd flaughter'd French,
:K.:jEKri/rjr^ Whar4>fironim of good fort are taken, uncle ?
Exe. Charhi Duiceiof Orieam, nephe>Vi to the King ; John DaVc of B^bpn^ i^d Lord BouthiquaJd: Of other Lords, and Barons, Knights, and 'Squires, Foil fifteen hundred, befide^ comitidn men.
K. Henry. This note doth tell me of ten thoufand French^ Sldn lii tbe fielth; of Printes in this number. And Nobles bearing banners, there lie dead One handrtd 'twenty -fix; idded to thefe, Of Knights, Efquires, and gallant gentlemen. Eight thoufand Md four hundred; oif the which. Five hundred were But yefterday dubb'd Knights ; So that in thefe ten thoufand they have lofl, 'BhtTt are bat fixteen hundred mercenaries : The reft are Princes, Barons, Lords, Knights, 'Squires, And gentlemen of blood and quality. The nam^s^ of tSofe theiV ndMes, that lie dead, Charles DeUthrefh, high conftal^e of France^ Jacques of Cbatilion, Jldnfiral of France ; ?
The*mii^r of ^lle crofs-bbws. Lord Rambures; G reat maftef of France^ the brave Sir Qmchard Damphin % John Duke of Jlanfoftj Anthafty Duke 6i Brabant The brother to the Duke of Burgundy^ And Eduoatd Doke of Bar : Of luily Earls, * *
Qreiridpree anfd Rtuffiei Fatdc^bridge and Foyesi ■ '- ■ Beaumont vtA Marie i Vhudemmf^Vi^Leftr ale.'' Here was'a royil feirowftiip of death ! Where is tbe number of our Englijh dead ? ^
JU-A EiiwMtdilitJHVt of rarit> \Yi^ IL^i^tA ^uJ-AV^
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Sif Itichard KetUy^ Dav^^ G^tm^ E^iatre ; : ,^
None die of oame i, aad^^f all ocker meny, flic five and twenty.
K. Airr;. O Go4^ tky> arm^ was here ! - Aad not to ns bnft. to thf arm alooe^ . Afenbe we all.- When, wtthont flralagera^. Bat in plain . Alock and iev'n pky of. battle. . Was ever known fo great, and little lofs. On one party and on ^' other Ptake it, God^:. JTor i t ir only tkinAi Exi. 'Tis wonderful \*
K« ^tjpij. Come, go we i» pnocefioii to^che village<: And he it death prodaimttd tkiau^h our holl, 7o boaft of this» ortafca that praifefroot God,. WUch ia hisredily.
Flu. h it notfkiwful^ a& pleaft yonrrMajiefly, to teffi kow many is kiU'd f*
K. Htnn* Yes, captain ; but with tkis^eknowfedgniait That God foi^ht foi* us. Flu. Yt»9 my confcience^herdid oe gieat good*. K. Henry, "Qo we all holy^ rites \- Let there be ftmg Iftn nohis^ and Te dttmn:: The dead with cnari^ endos'd in^day ;; And then to Calms; and to England then ; Where neVr ftom-Franci arriv'd more kapgir men. [£i»(
£«/<?/- Chorus./ Vouchfafe to thofe that have not i^ead t]se> Aory,. That I may prompt them ; . and.to fuch as have,, f humbly pray them to admit»th' excufe Of time, of numbers^ and duecomfe of things ^i Which cannot in their huge and p^roper li£^ Be here preieated. Now we bear die King Tow'rd Caiai* : Grant him there ; and there being ieeoi^ Heave him away upon your, winged thoughta Athwart the iear Behold, the £i^i(!^ beack Pales in the Sood witk men^ with wivesrand ^boys»> . Whofe (houts and claps out- voice tbe deep-moiith!dJea; Which, like a mighty whiter 'fore the King^, SecAM to prt^e^ift vi^^ \ ^\^\V\eo^\vcAv
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Kjllg H B N R V V. gftl
mjoly tbt him let on to Umhn.
a face Imth thought, that even noir
' imagine him opon Black-be^tb :
lat his Lorda denre him to htve borne '
fed helmet, and his bended fword,
im throngh the city ; he forbids it ; -
f from vainnefs and iel^lorioas pride: -
nil trophir, fignal, and o^ent; '
>m himfeif to 6od.« Biit now behold,
Mck forM and working-hoofe of thoaghtg <•
tdM doth pour out her citizens :
yor and all his brethren in beft* (brt, .
the Senators; of antique J?«mms •
s PPetianrivhantking at their heels, •
I and fetch their conqq'ring.Ci^SKr in;
low, ;bQt loving likenbood, .
iw the General of oar gracious Emprefi •
ood time he may) horn IreiaMsf coming,^
r rebellion broached on his fword ; >
ay :woald the peaceful city qaxt,
ome himi much more (and much more eauief 4
^ this Hmtry. Now in Z^«<^» place him^.^
the lamentation of the French
he King of EniUauTsMf at home :
peror's^coming'in behalf i>f Ffancg, «
r peace between them ;> and omit ^ '
)ccurrences« whatever chanc'd, • •
^r^s back return again to /^riiifrr/ '
kuft we bring him ; -and myfelf have^layV^
rim, by rcmembringyoB,«*ti8 paft.
ook abridgment, ' and Vour eyes advance *
»ur thoughts, ftrait back again to Fivuicr*'*
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AV, tliat'rf right: Birt^hy^earyoiiyoafleetto^ ^ , day? St. i^tfwV/*s day is pkiF. Fiu, Tncrc 18 octafibns and' caufes why and wherefore in all things ; I wilKtell foa ast a fHend; captain Convtr', the rafcally, • (cauldy be^g«!yi l^vffy, pragging knave Pijiol, which yott arid yourfdt a'rtd all the i^orld know^ to be ho petter than a fellow (look yon how) of so merits ; 'he is come to me and pVings me pread and fait yefterday, look you, and bid me eat my leelc. It was in a place where 1 coald bl^ed^ po contentions mA him; but I will be fo pold as to wear it iii my cap» till I fee him once again ; arid' thexi'I wil! telf him ^ little piece of my duties.
Enter TiAoi
Go*w. Why, here he coines; fwellinglikeatttrby-cock*
flu,^T\% no matter for hi* fwelling, not liis turky- cocks. God pleffe you, aunchient /^i/^vVou fcurvy loufy knave, God pleffe yoii.
PW. Hla ! art thou bedlam ? doft thou thirftj bafe ?Vv^««> To have me ifold vx^ Parca^s fatitlweb? Hence, '/ 1 am qualmi ft at the fmell of leek.
Fiu, I jpefeech you heartily, fcurvy loufy knave, at my deiires ^nd my requefls and my petitions, to eat, look yoU| this leek : Becaufe, iook you, you do not love it; and your affections, and your appetites, and your digeftions, does not agree with it; I would delire you to e^t it.
J^ifi, Not for Cadnvallader and all his goats.
Flu, There is one goat for you, [Strikes him.
Njfi\\ you be fo good» fcsCld knave, as eat it?
Pift.
Klfig Ha w It y^ V. J7J
• Pifli BaTe Tr§faMf thoo (halt die. V J"/*. You fay very true, fcald knave, when God's will is : Iiwill defire you to live in the mean time and
eat your viduafs; come, there is (awce for it —
[Strikes, him] Yott cali'd she yefterday monntain-fqiurey but I will make ypii ^to-day d ^iiire of low degree. I pray youy fall to ;^ if yon can^niock a leek, you can eat a leek.
G9W. I^piigh,' captain $ yoo have aftonilh'd him.
Fin, I fay, I. will make him eat fome part of my leek, or I will peat his pate four days and four nights. Pite, I pray you*; it is good for your green woand and your ploody coxcomb.
P/V?. Mufti bite?
Flu. Yea, out of doubt, and ont of qneftioni too, and ainlMgaities.
Fifi, By this leek, I mil moft horribly revenge; I eat andfwear—
Flu. £at» Ipray yon; will you have fome more fawce to ypur leek ? there is npt enough leek to fwear by.
J^. Quiet thy cudgel ; thou doft fee, I eat.
ffu. Much good do yoii^ fcald knave, heartily. Nay, prav you throvir none away, the ikin is good for your proken coxcomb t when you take occafions to fee leeks hereafeBT, I pray you^ mock at 'em, that's all.
Pijg. Goodw
J/k. Ay, leeks is good ; hold you, there is a grcfat t6 heel youjr pate.
Pffi. Me a groat!
F/u. Yes, verily, and in truth, you fhall take it; or I have another leek in my pocket, which you (hall eat.
P^; I take thy groat in earncft of revenge.
Fuf. If I owe yon any thing, I will pay you in cud- gels; you (hall be a woodmonger, and buy nothing of me but cudgels ; God pe wi' you; and keep you, and heal y0ur patb. [Exit.
Fift. All hell fiiaU ftir for this.
Gow, Go, ffo, you are a counterfeit cowardly knave: Will you moi& alt an ancient tradition, began upon an honourable rei^ft, and worn as a memorable trophy . i of
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of predcceaicd Yiloar* and dare not tTOocIi ui yosr dtcdtany of yomt words 9 1 luive iben yoo gleeking^airi ftBinr at this sfQileinaii twke or ikxm. Yo« choii^hty oecanfe he could not fpeak Emgiyb in the native garb, he could DOttherefbrehaiidttvan Jii;fJ|g([fr^^ r yoniadit •therwife; and hcocelbith kc n §F<^ xamOioiti teach yon a good Ef^/k<»odmoa : iaie jfon areiU : [Exiu
Fiji. Doth fortane play the hnfwife with me now? News liave I» that my JM if dcod o£ mi^Udy of Frami ■. Aid there my^endezTonsis ^cite ctttoff :r. Ohi'I do v\^ax# and frommv weary limbs Hbnoar is cudgeU'd*. Wel|». bawd^wslL I tmn ; ^ And fomething lean to cut*parie of quick hand : To Eitihnii wall I ileal, and there HI deal ; . And patches will I get antothefe fears, . And.fwear« I got themip the GaUia^wu^*^ [£Aifo
SCJ£NEy the Z'^^ff^i^ Court, atTmi 'mChampaiffm
Enter at fine door King Henrys Exeter, Bedford, Warwicki and other Lords \ at another f the French King^ ^tten likbel, Pnf«r//r Catharine,* the DuAe 0/ Bifrgumlyf emd . other French.
'i.,Hinry^TyBie&^!Oit\Ai meetiiig, wherefore we aie mcT) JL Unto our brother Frojvr^, and to eor^fter, . Health and . firir time of d«y ; joy, and good wifhes, - To our moft fair and princely coufin Catharine % And as a branch and member of this rovalty, . By whomthis great' afTembly is- cotttriv^d^K We do falate yoo,' Duke of Ba/fmni^. And, Princes French and Peers^ liealth to you all* *
Fr. King. Right j6you«>are we to behold yoar fate; 4 Moft worthy brother EngianS, fairly met ! So are you, Princes Engltfifi^^rtrj omti ■ Qa I/a. So happy be the ifTue, Brother Eagiand, , Of tliis good day, and of this gradous meeting, . As we are now glad to behold your eyes: Your eyes, which hitherto have borne in them * Again^ the f/v«^,i that met^ them in their beat^ . / Tho^
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TMe fatal balktif murclering baiHifics :
The venom qf Aich looks, mc fairly bope,..
Haveioft their, qiiality ; and that this day.
Shall chainge all grieh, aud quarrels into lover K. Henrj, To cry jimMta that, thus ive appear. Q^^.^Yoa EngU/h Priace« aU| It^ofalute yotui. Bwrt* My duty to yoa botlw on equal. love.
Great Kings o( Eranu^ uABngUml. That I've labour'd'>
With all my,witSy my painst and firong endeavoiirsA..
To bring yoor moft imferial Majefties^
Unto this bar and royal interview^ .
Your Mightpieffits on both pants can -witnefi^x.
Since then my oiEse hathib far prevaird»
Thaty face to face aDddt>yal eye to eyCi .
You have congreeted.: Jet it not difgrace me^
]£» Itdemauid, before this royal view, .
What rub or- what impediment there is.
Why that the nakod, poor, and maDgled peace».
Dear nurfe of arts, plenties^ and. joy fui births. Should not in this bell garden of the world, Our fertile. /*r«j|rf» put upvher lovely^ viiiigj? ? ^^Uas ! (he hath from France too long been^chat'd ;x And all her hufbandry doth lie on heaps. Corrupting in its own fertility. Her vine, .the merry cbearer of the heart (4C^« : Unpruned lies ; her hedges even pleach'd. Like prifciners,. wildIy>over-grow« with hair^v But forth difordcr'd twigs : her fallow leas The darnel, hemlook, and rank fumitory Doth roo^ upout; while that the*c^lcej%ruils,^ That fhould deracinate fueh favagery : . TJieeven n(|»ead, that erfl brought fweetly forth The freckled cowilip, burnet, and green clover. Wanting the fcythe, all uncorrefted, rank^. Conceives by idlencfs ;; and nothing teems. But hateful dockis, rough thifltes, keckiies, biirs,;.
(40) Hir Vint ■ ■ " Unptuntd. dies :] WcmuA read ss tMr. 9fdrhurt9ti iotioutcd to xne, I'm .'.for negle£l of piuningjdoes,not kill the vio^, but caufet itta ramify iminoderately^ and ^row.wild j kjf 'Which the rc^iiite nouxiihxncfii is-withdrawn from its fruit*
LoHn^
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Lofing both beauty and atility ; And all our vineyards, fallowsy meads and hedges, Dcfcftive in their nurtures, grow to wildnefs (|i)." Even (6 our houfev, and oormves and children Have loll, or do not learn, for want of 4ime, The fciences, that fliould become oilr couiHry ; But grow like ravages, (as foldiefs will, ' That nothing do but raeditatte on blood) To fwearing and ft^rn looks; difBis'd SLttitt, And every thing that feems unnatural. Which to reduce into our former favour. You are aflembied ; and my fjpeeth intreats. That I may knOw the ler, why gende peace Should not expel thefe inconveniendess And blefs us with her fotmer qualities.
K. Henry. If, Duke of BurgHnd/j you would the peicf, Whofe want gives growth to th' imperfeflions Which you have cited ; you muft buy that peace With full accord to all our juft demands : Whofe tenours and particular effeds You have, enfchedul'd briefly, in your hand^.
Burg. The King hath heard them ; to the which as yet There is no ani]wer made. , .
K. Henry. Well, then ; the peace, Which yott before fo urg'd, lies in his anfwer. .
jFr. King. I have but with a curforary eye O'er-glanc'd the articles ; pleafeth your Grace I
T* appoint fome of ybot Council prefently To fit with us, once more with better heed To re-furvey them ; we will fuddenly (42) Pafs, or, accept, and peremptory anfwer-
K.Henry.
(41) DefeBive in their natures, grtw to vnid/iefs.'] Quite ooauarj; they were not defeflive, but exuberant in their natures, aod crefci?e faculty 5 , Only, Mraiiting their due cultivation, they degenerated, JWe muft th'erefore rCad, tiurCurn. ' Mr; jyarhurteit,
(42) — — nve vtUl fuddenh^ ,
Pafsovit accept, d'nd peremptory anfwer,] As \fit French KiiJg de6res
xnore time* to con&dex icUbetatety of the articles, 'tis odd and abfuni
for him ta {ay abfo\ute\^, xVv^t \vt vniv^U w.w'^x ^JwmvlU He c«N
taifliy mvft mun» th*x Va t?ts>M ^x. ^t«.vn««w «6.^4«VvKt-«v»x^iv
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K,7/ww^. Brother, wefhall. Go, nntU Extur, Atid brother Clarence^ and you, brother Glouceftet^ ^^arnjoick and Jiuntingten^ ^o with the King : And take with you htt pow*r to ratify, Aiigment, oY aker, as your wtfdoms bcft Shall fee advantageable for our dignity, Anf thine in, or out of,; Our demands; And we'll coniign thereto. Will you, fair After, Go with the Princes, or flay here with us ?
Q^j^. Our gracious brother, I will go with them J Haply, a woman's voice may do fome good. When articles, too nicely urg*d, be flood on.
K. Henry ^ Yet leave our coufin Catharine here with tt$V Sbe is our capital demand, comprised *
"Within the fore-rank of our articles.
Q^j^. She hath good leave. [Exen^*
Manent King Henry, Catharine, anJ a LaJj*'
K. Henry. Fair Catharine^ m6ft fair, VtiTi you touchfafe to teach a foldier t^rms, SucH as will enter at a Lady's' ear, Ahi ^lead his IbVe-fuit to her gentle h^art? ^ Catb, Your Majefty ffaall mock at itt^ I cannot fpcalc ybi^r England.
K. Henry, O fair Catharine, if you will love me foundly With your French heart, I will be glad to hear you confe& it brokenly with your Englijh tbngue. Do you like me^ Kate^ - ;
Cath. Parionne% moyl I cannot tell vat is liie me.
K. Henry. An angel is like you, Katef and you are lik^ sm angel.
Cath. ^e dit'il, queje fuis femhlahU a les Anges ? .'' Xady, Quy^ furityemenr^ yauf 'v$ftre £race) ainji diiH.
diniVd, and coflfign to fuch as he approvM of. Our author ViCexfafi
iSk this manner, in othtr places. K. Jobn $
But if you fondiy faft our ptoffer'd love j
And Othiiio J • t
Yct^ furcly, Caffio, I believe, received Froin him that fled fume ftran^e indi^tiUy,
j7* King HzvupY V.
K. £&«y> I faid fo, dear CatJkarimtt and I atttft B«(t blttOi to affirm it.
Cath. O hon, DUa ! ki Itmpui Jet bonanf$ fint pl^mi dit Uotnperies.
K. Hcmj. WhaV fays ihCy fats one?, that, topgnes tf meo are full of deceits h
Lady. Ouy, dat de tongjiesof dc mans is be fail of de- ceits: dat U de Princes »
K. Hemj, The Fiiacefs is the better Emglijk womaii.^ V £aithMA^^/» my wooiag is fit for«thy uDderftanding; I am glad thou cand fpeak no better EvgUjb^ for if tbot: cbuld^ft, thoa wou)d!fl find me fttch a plain King, tkat^ thoji. would'il (hink I had fold my farm to buy a(iy crown., } know no ways to mince it in love, butdire^. to fay, I love you ; then if you tirge mc further than tor fay^.do you in faith ? Iwearouit my fuii. Give me your aniwf r ; f fiith, do ; and fo clap hands and a bargaiAf how i2^y. ypo, Lady ?
Cath SMff<voJ!re honmew^ me underfiaad well.
K- Henry. Marry, if you would put me to y&[As^ ortOr dance for yoar fake, KaUt why yoa undid me ; for the. one I have neither words nor meafure ; and for the otbet 1 have no ftrengih in meafure, yet aj-eafonable. meafore ih ftkngth. J? I conld win a Lady at leap^f^og^ or bf, vaulting iota my faddle with my armour on my back; utider the correftion of bragging be it fpoken, I ihoald. quickly leap into a wife:, or if I might buffet for my Ibve, or bound my horfe for her favours, I could lay, on like a butcher, and fit like ajack-an-apes,. never off. Stu» before God; Kaie^ J cannot look greenly, norgafp but my eloquence, nor have I cunning in protefiation ;, only downright .o:uhs» which I never uie till tirg*d, and never break for urging. If thou, can ft love a fellow of this temper, Kate^ whcfe facets not worth fun-barning;. that never. looks in hisglafs for love of any things: he fees Cntrt ; let thine eye be thy. cook. I fp^eak. plain foldier ;. if thou canft love me for this, tal^e-me ; if oot^ to fay to thee that I (hall die« is true ; but for thy love, by tht* lord, no : yet 1 love thee too. And while thou liv*ft, 4f ar JEtf/ir, take a fellow of plain and uncoined cqnfUncyt 3v w«
King^ H B >i R» V V: ^7)^;
perforce mail do thee right, becaufe he baith DOt> c to WOO in Other places-: for thefe fellows of in-- ;oDgiie» that can> rhime themfclves in Ladies fa* they do always reafon themfelvea outagain . What ^ :er is but a prater ; a rhime is but a bSlad; a good I fall, a ilrajght- back wiU : floop, atblack beard rn white,, a cturd piate wiU grow bald,^ fair faco ither,. a full eye will wax hollow ;. bat a good hearty is the fun and the moon; or rather the fan and imoon ; fomt (hinesbright and neverchang^s, but his courfo Kuly . If thou would 'ft hove fuch a one*- ne; take a^foldier ;, take a King: and what fay*^ len to my love r fpeak,,my*fair, and.fairly,.I.pia](.
h, Uit poffible dat I fhould love de enemyof France $ Henty^ No, it is not peflible that you ihould lovf imyoi France^ KmU\ butin loving me you (hoold le frieml of France ; . for' Move France fo well, tha|^ not part with a village of it : I will have it vl% zndj^ie^ whetiFraneeris mine and 1:9m yotirs>« oiinU France^ ^nd yoiLare mine.. &. I cannot, tell. vhatj's dat. ^my^ NoyK^/ef I will tell thee in French, (wMchi lire, will hang upon ray tongue like a new married bout her hufbapd's neck, hardly to be (book off) y. ay le poj/ej/ion de France ^ W quand 'wsus a*ues /# « de mot (let. me fee, what then r St» Dennis b^ eed \) dene iioftre' efi France y 6f vqus ejles mienne* 5 eafy for me, Kate,, to conquer the kingdom, as ikxfo much cfiore French: Lfhall^ never nov^ thef nch, unlefs it be to laugh at me. h. Sauf litfire honneur, U Francois ftu wous.garJeZ'f lieur qii V jinghh lequihje parh» Henry, No faith,, is't not, J^<i/r;. but'thy- fpeak^ 'my tongue and. rthine^^ moft truly fali^, muf be granted to be much at one. But, Kate^ dofl thoU' (Idnd thus moieh BfigUJk? canft thou le^e tkt ^ hi Icannot tell.
Henry, Can any of your neighb(Dors tell, Kate? VM ?m.. Cbme,,I:k«ow tKou Ibveftmc^. and' at night
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when ybii come into your clofct, you'll qQeflion this gcn- tlev(^oman about 'inc; and J know, Kate, you wiH to her difpraife thofe parts in me, that. you love with yOiif keart; but g6od Kate mock me mer,cifiil)y, the rather, ^ntle Princcfs, bccaufe I love thee cruelly. If ever thoo Deed mine, Kate, (as I have (aving faith Within me, tells me, thou (halt) I get thee with fcambling, and thoo moft therefore needs prove a good fold ier- breeder : fh all not ^fiou and 1 between St. Dennis and St. George, coRiponbd a boy hzlfFre/tcb, |ialf Englijb, ^th^t ihall go to Confiath finople and take the Turk by the beard ? (hall we not^ ^hat fay'ft thou, my fair Flower-de-luce (43) ?
Cuth* I do not know dat. .
K. Henry. Noj 'tis hereafter to know, but now td promife; do but now promife^ Kate, yoti will endea- vour for your French part of fuch a boy ; and for my Englifl} moiety, take the word of a King and a bachelor; How anfwer you, La plui belle Cdtharint du monJe, mn tres chere fsf dhuine deejffe,
Cath. YovLi Majeftee ave faUfc Frenchc enough to,d^ Ceive de moft fage damoifd dat is en France*
K» tlemy, Now^ fy upon my hlfe French ; by iri!nc Jionotrr, in trtfe Snglijb 1 love thee, Kate ; by which ho* Dour I dare not fwear tho^ loveft me, yet my blood be« gins to flatter me that thou doi(, notwithftanding the poor and untempering effedt of my vifage. Now be- Ihrew my father's ambition, he was thinking of civil wars when he got me i therefore was I created with a fiiabbom l>ut(ide, with an afj^eft bf ir6n, that when I come to wo6 Ladies I fright them : but, in faith, Kate, the elderl wa^r^ the better I (hall appear. My comfort is, that old a^ (that ill layer up of beauty) can do no more fpoil upon my face. Thou haft me, if thou haft me, at the worft ; and thou (halt wear me', if thou wear me^ better and better; and therefore tell me^ moft fair C^/i^tfrm^, Will
{i^i)7batJbaUgfto Conftiiitlnople, and take the Turk by the beard ?] The poet is unwittihgly guilty of an A'nachrbnifm iq this pa0age j for Ike Tcrrii were not maftersof ConftantmopU rill the year 1453, (^<^ ^^^ fceginiUDgof Mahomet the lid. his Rdgn,) when K. HtntyV. had .^een dead 31 years,
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you have me? put ofF your maidert bluflbes, avouch th^ thoughts of your heart with the looks bf an E'mprefs, take me by the hand and fay, Harry of Englamf, I am thine i which word thou fhalt no fooher 'blefs mine ear with^S hut I will tell thed* it\ovt6, JBfrgland is thine, Ireland is ihine, France is thine, and Henry Plantagenet is thine*; ;ivho, tho' I fpeak it b?forc his face, if he.be -not fellow with the beft King, thou (halt find the beftXing of good fellows. Come, jronr ^nfivcr ii) broken oi^fick ; for thy voice is mufick, and thy J?zr^/^ broken ; therefore Queea of all, Catharine^ break thy mind to me in broken tngUJh^ wilt thou have me?
Catb* Dat is, as it (Halt pleafb Urpy mon pere* i
. K. Henry, Nay, it will pleafe him well^ a^//; it fliall pleafe him, Kate.
Cath. Den it ftiall alfo content me. JL. Henry, Upon that I kifs your hand, and I call yoii xny Queen.
Cath. LaiJpZj mon feigneur^ Ulffez^ laiffex: ma fey ^ je fie I'cux point que 'vous abbaiffha ^voftre grandeur ^ en iai/ani lamain d*un 'voftre indigne ferviteure ; excufez, mty^ Je vous fupplie^ ^mon tres-puijfant fetpnetttr, K. Henry, Then I- will kifs your Rps, Kate. Cath. Les dames ^ damoi/els pour efire baijees devant leur nopces, il n*efl pas le coutume de France,
K. Henry. Madam my interpretej;, what fays (he? Lady, Dat it is not be de faihion pour les Ladies of Trance ; l cannot tell, what is -batjjier en Englijb* K. H<vry..Tokirs.
Lady. Your Majefty entendre bettrc que mey. K. Henry, Is it not a faihion for the maids in France to kifs before they are married, would ihe fay?
Lady. 0«y, vrayement, * K. Henry. O Kaie^ nice cuftoms cort'fy to great Kings. "DeztKafey you and I cannot be confin'd within the weak lifl of a country's faihion ; we are the makers of man- ners, Kate\ and the liberty, that folloi^s our place^» ftops the mouth of all find'-faults, as I will do yours, for the upholding the nice faihion of your countty in denying me a kifs ; therefore patiently and yielding. IKiJ/ing ber^
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^'oa bate n^tclicrAft la yoar lijM, 4Cagei thaie is moi^ eloquence to t touch* of them, than in the tongues of the Freucb ooancil; and •they fliooki fooner perfuade Hwn^ 4>r Englmd^ ^thaa a general q^liltaa of monarclxs. ^Here comes your father.
^£nttr fUVttw^kt'*^ attJ^uiiny^ih Prenchmr/Englilh
Burg. tSod iave yoar Majefty'! my rdyalcdofib^ teach iyou our Friiicefs EngUjh?
K. Henry. I would have her learn, my fair coi£n» hbW fCifcQXy I love her, and that is good Englijh.
Burg Ab ihe apt f
*K. ffeufy. Our tongue is rou|rh, and my jSoniitio© is not fmootfa ; fo that liaving neither the voice nor ti^ heart of flattery abdut me« I cannot fo conjure nip the Ipirit oflove in her, that he will appearln his true likc- ticfs (44). "
Burg, t^ardon the franlcnefs'of my mirth, if I anfwer you for that. If yon would conjure in her, you muft make a circle; ^f conjure Up love in her in his true like- nefs, he muft appear naked and blind. Can .you blame her then, being a maid Vet ros'd Over with the 'virgin crimfon of modefty, if ihe deny the appearance of a naked blind bpy, in her naked feeing felw it were, my Xord, a hard condition for a maid to con6gn to.
K. Heftty, Yet they do wink and yield, as l(}ve is blind and enfortcs.
Burg. They are then excusM^ Iny Lord, "when they fee not what they do,
K. Henry. Then, good my Lord, teach ycfor coofin to confcnt to winking.
(44.) Our tongue is rough, anJ »if coJiditioB ntt fmoot^^ fi that having neither the voice nor the^tnX •/* hatred abeut jn^,— -] What Mock-reafoning is here t wheie the tODioe n roii§h ami harih, and the difpofition rugged too, do not both the ▼otcc trrd heart give fofpi- ' cion of hatred, or, at leaft, tflflike ? If the late cditor^urpofely departed ' from the text here, he fliould have given us hiv reasons for it : if he did not, the deviitien is no great praife to hit dtlrgence as a collator. The old F0/f#*t read,-^«F/«/lff7 ihout i»C|—— which m^ket all eafjr and confonant.
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*Bm;g. T will wink on Her to confent, my Xord, if yoa Mill teach her to know my meaning. Maids, well fum- fnerM and warm kept, are like flies at^tfr/^/Mnrov-tida, 1>lin3» though they have their eyes : and then they wiH endure handling, which before would not abide lookiqg on.
K. ISemy. This moral ties me over to dme, and a hot Tttmmer ; and fo I ihall calch the flie ydm coufin in the 'latter end» and (he malt be blind too.
Bwrg, As love is, ^y Xord, before it loves.
K. Himy. It is fe; and yon may Tome of yon thank love for my blindnefs, who cannot fee many a fair Fnncb xity, for one Kit Trench maid^that ftands in my way.
Fr. *King. Yes, my Lord^ yOn fee them perfpediively $ the cities tum'd into a maid ; for they are all girdled ^ith maiden walls, that war hath never enter'd.
"K. Hiufy. Shall Kate be my ^i£ci
jFr. Ktftg, So pleaife yon.
K. Hemi^, 1 am contetit, ib the maiden cities you talk of may wiait on her ; fo the maid, that flood in the way ^lor my wiih, fliallihew me the way to my will.
Fr, King. We have confented to all terms of leafdiu
K. ^^^* Is't fo, mvXiOrds oi^Engiand?
Wei. The King hath granted ever^^ article: 'His daaghter'fifft ; and then inTequel all, ^According to -their firm propofed nature.
'JEW. Only he hath not yet fobfcribed this: Where your Majefty demands. That the Kingof Jr/z/trrr, ^hiving occafion to^write for msttterof grant, (hall name your Highneirsln this form, and with, this addition in ^ttmeh : Seftre tres eker Jlx fktiry Key iPAngUterre^ ife^ reiierJeFrMue : and thus in jLtf//« ; 'Prseclariffimus fiiue 'nofier ItUnrkui Rex Jin^gt & b^eres Trakttit.
Fr, King. Yet this 1 have not (brother) fo deny'd» But yoer nque& (hatt m^e me kt it pals.
C ihmy. J prav you then, in love and dear alliance, •Let that one af ticle rank with the reft, 'And thereupon give me your daughter.
.Fir.KingJTi^e her, fat#fcA| and from her blood raifeup
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Ifluetame; that thefe cpntendiDg Kuigdoms, Enpland and France^ whofc ycjy £orcs Took gale With envy of each other's happinefs, ' May ceafe their hatred ; and this dear conjunfiion Plant neighboarhood and chriflianlike accord In their fwect breads; that never war advance [
His bleeding .fword 'twixt England and fair Frasuce.
Lords, Amen !
K Henry. Now welcome, Kate ; and bear me witnef^aj, That here I kifs her, a3 my Sovereign Queen. [Flwrifi*
Q^I/a. God, the beft maker of all marriages, Combine your hearts in one, yoiir realms in one: ^ As man and wife, being two, are one in love. So be there 'twixt your Kingdoms fuch a* fpoufal, That never may ill office, or fell jealoufy, Which troubles oft rbe bed of bleffed marriage, Thrnft in between the padion of thefe Kingdoms (45)) To make diYorce of their incorporate league : Tnat Engltjh may as French^ French Englijhmen^ Receive each other. God /peak this Amen !
All, ^men.
£. Henry, Prepare we for our marriage ; on which day, My Lord of Burgundy^ we'll take your oath And all the Peers, for furety of our leagues. Then ihall I fwear to Kate^ and you to me. And may our oaths well kept; and profpVous be!
Enter Chorus.
'ThM far with rotigh, and all-unable, pen
Our bending author bath purfu'd the ^ry ; In little room conhning mighty men,
MangHng by fttfts the full cpurfe of their glory.
(45) *rbrufi injetweefltbf paflion oftbeff ktngdmsj The ol^Foli9** have t, the patUii '^ .^h ih -.nakes ine believe, the aothor*a word «>} p»Bkn\ t word snore profyer oa ihe;occafion of a peace ftruidi up* A pafllion of two kingdonu for pne a0othrr, is an odd expreApi|« AA amity and political haranony may be fix'4 betwixt two couotriet, m^ yet either people be far from havijig a pftffion for the other.
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timet but, inthatflntlU moft mitly fiv V I {tar of EwUmi. Fartooe made liis (word; Ich the world'i beft garden lie atchiev^d, of it left Lis ion impeiial Lord. :he Sixth, In infant bands crown'd King f ranee and iw^Umi^ did this King fiioceed : "ftate fo many %ad i* th"* mana^ng, t they loft iVwMVt and made hu MngUtnd bleed : oft onr ftage bath fliewn ; and, for their Afce, r fait ndndt let this ncocptance take.
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FIRST PART
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ing HENRY VI.
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Dramatis PcrfonaB. V
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I)^ if Ofopceflitr^ tneltt$ tUXSkg, 'mUPHiia$r. ■ <
jQM< 4f J^ifbri, i,mck f the lOngt ^noT RigaU ofYnafti \i
Diritf d^ Exeter. DttJU §/ Somerfet. Earl of Warwick* ^£tfr/o^ Salifburj. j^tfr/^/* Suffolk.
XorJ Talbot. f . ' . i'
r«»«pi^ Talbot, Wi /wi.
Kichard Plaritagenct, afitrwiriiJ>uU ^ ^vik% Aioittmer Earl of Mirth. ^^M- John Faftolfe. Woodvile, Litutenant of the Tower* Z,ord. Mayor of Atoni^n. ' ,'
^rV Thomas GirgraVe. Sir William Olanfoale* Sir William Lucy*
Vernoa, of the White- tofc, «r York fa8iHt» •BafTety of the Red rcfe, or Lancafter faSiiKU
'Charles, Dauphin, and afterwards kmgof TnndB,^
Keignier, Duke of Anjou, and titular iGtigof Naptessr
^uke of Burgundy. "*
Dyke of Alanfon.
Bafiard of Orleans.
^(j'^trnor of Paris* ♦ - • . * ^
Maftevgutmer of ^xloMU ^ \ . » ' ' .: ^
Soy, bis fort,
^n old Jbepberd, father to Joan la '^cdle*
Margaret, daughter to Reignier, tfwJ afterwards Siuien fRng Hefli^i
Couvtefs of Auvergne.
Joan J a Pucellc, a Maid pretending to it itifbir*ifr9m Hto^Ott m^.'j*f'
'^ ting up fir the Championefs tf Fraii&« *Ftends, atttndifig her,
tords, Captains, Soldi&s^ Meffengm, and ftoetai Attind^lt hotb on tht Eagii/h and French.
^/^z S G E N E is partly in EngUnd, andfarilj in Frante.
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The F WIST Fa a T of (I )^
Kin^ K EN R Y VL
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S C E "N E,, /r?to>r-Abbejrv ^
jp/tfrf i(ftfni&; Enter tbb Rimral of King Henry r*^ /j/?A, atttndid on if ih Dukt of Bedford, Recent of France ; ibo Dkko «/ Gkmcener, Prou^or ; //^^* .I>irf# if Exeter, ani'tbt Earl of Warwick, tht, Bijbop ^xWihchcftcr,. and tb^ Dttke of Somerfct.
TTUhg be the H^av'ns with :fa)ack, jield day to n\g\x \ iX CometSy importing. change of times aiHi ftates, K^ndifh your cjyftal treffes in the iky ^ And with them icooirge the bad revokiog ftars^
That
CohtainM fo this p^a^, takie in the corapafjf of above 30 years. I mud 0^rve# bpweverl that dUr author^ in the three p^ru of King Henry V i « l^i B^ ^ea v^ pricffe to the date and difpo^ticn of his f^ds; but ikffle^ them, backwards and forwards, out of time. For inftaiKr ^ that Lord 7a/^/ it kllPd at the end of the 4th aA of this play, who ittresltty <Md not fall till the 13th af July 145^ : And the fecond part; «f H*nr^yi» opens ^jth the marrfage of the KLiog* which wis folcm'* AU^dejght .yean bcf9f,eTa^0i's death, wtKeyear 1445^ Again, in the
390 The ¥ ftLZT P^t of
That have confented unto Hinry^s 4^z%kk,\ HtmM the Fifth, too famous to live Ui»g ! MngLand ne*er loft a Ki>g of 'f<> ilvucK WpHh.
Gku. EufUnd ne'er had a Kiig nntjtl his \ixnt i Virtue he had, defervine to command. His brandifh'd fword did bliiwi^men with lU beams; Hts arms fpread wider than a dragon's wings ; His rparkline eyes, repleat with awful fire, JMore dazzled an<i drove back hts^eiiteieSf Than mid-<)ay fun fierce bent againft their faces. What Aoald^ ^7 ?.. j^is d^^ ex^d a|ljrpeecb^^ He never lifted up^bie hand, baMk>nqciend. .\
Exi* We moorn in black ; why mourn we not in blood t ^<yf9fia dead* JUid.neiter (hall revive; ~- * - Upon a wooden cofBn we attend : And death's difhononrablafvdlorjfr We with our ftately prefence glorify. Like captives, bound to a j^ri^ph wt car. . - . . What ? A^ali we ciipfe the pjavetscbi mkhtp^ - ' That plotted thus our glory's overthrow ? Or fhall we think the fabile-wiceed 4^i^i& ConjVers and forc'rers, that, 'afraid .of '^Uw, By magick verfe.haye thus coairiv'd hif-end/
Win, He was a KiBj Unto the Frencbi the < So dreadful wiH nbt T
nS» ^J?^.^ *« fA^Zof Xi»g«. e df cadG^ 4i)(teftff^i**y be as was ^18 ugh t.
' .hpft5;l|C fought ; Eiijm lo |>n)i(|erqys« • fjikfnottlfirrjh-dienprajfi^
ftceod parr. Dame Effawor (Ubbam it inerodocM tp Ji^AlU ^%^ Bf^' £Mrtki though her Benaace and banlfliWtnt for n^rcefy iis^peh*d thret jeart bafore Uut Fiincafii casve ovor ri Eng^mif, fcoiiM poi&t out
many other tranfgre&ona againft hifiory, at far as the order of timt 18 concern'd. Indeed, thoug^ there ;irc^.fe!«erJv)/m|(;r-ftrfk;ftJLBthalt three playt, which incontci^ibly bitr^y Ui^ w'or£|i)^j^p .(^f 4/b^i^>' jf>'earei yet I am ainioft doo.btful, w^et^ber thj(y yr^re e^^r^o^ hi» W'ritjag. And unleia they %vtre wrote ^y,bi.iaB y<;ry,Cj^ly« j piWoW rather imag^ine tbem to have been hiooj^t Jio ifljfa ^ AJ&t^ffi^ if the Stage I and fo to ba^ rec^eiy'd (o.ncie^finiiilng t^^tie|i jit-Kishan^* An accartte obferver will ea.fily fee* tJb/Ci^ffic^Qf f^fSUkj^s Vfi/anM' lete, and the ttumhers more mean V^A $rfij^km *k^^^^%^ Sl^^^P'^f «f hif genuine coonpofitioAi.
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King H'i'ir^ k f -ITl. 3^1
His thread of life had not fo foon decay'd.
X^ooe do you like burcniftemin&Ce "Prince,
Who(q» h'ke a ifolvMil^bO)S you mity dy^«.a\Ve.
IT/*. GWfttnf wh8tte^>#e lite, thoti^art P«rtcftoh,
And looked to covaHnc^the foinct atid realih ;
Thy wife.it ipmidl^ fhe^okldtfr thee ki ^afVc*, ' ^
More than Gdi, <h? fdigiiotts tb«i%4iv^^n'^ ftiay^. ^ ^ GiipK. N«iae90t religion, for Oioi Ibv'^ft the Aeih;
And ae'«r thron^out the yei«^lb dMiroh th(^ go^ft, ;
E«oepc it xbe to pray ff^aindU 1% it€i. ]
J?//Ceafe, ceac'theiejars,^fatfretl yottipinds in peac^ \
J^t*a to the altar: Heralds, waJtOaus^ :!, t
Ijxilead of geH w^U offer up oik ajrip«^, i .. r ^
fisoQt armf^ aiiail n^ now ihat iktivf^ dead I 9^«rity await for wretth«d years, When at their mothers moid eyes bahrs (hall fuck ; . Our iJIe be made a nourice of fait tears (a). And none but women left to 'wail the dead ! AW the Fifth ! thf ghoft" I invwate f Frtflpcr this realm, keep it ^tt civit broils. Combat with adverfe p&n^t's in the Heavens t A i^r more glorioos ftar.thy ^oul will make (3}^ Ihsok yuUmCtefar^ or bright ' ■- «.
(i) Our tfit hi made a mariib tffalt t$ari,'i Thxit it is in both the smptcflioiis by fAr,Pcfet Upon whit aathority* I cannot f»fi All the old copies read, a nitrify •* tnd confUcring it is (aid in tbe line imsQediafely piecediag, that babes fiitlX foclL at th^ir motbert 01^ ft
Set, itfeems very probtbk that our «ai;lior,wroca, aJVMirtMi um, at the whole ide ibould. btooe^ommon HMtrfe, or tMtri/btrttittutt And thole be the nouriffunent of its mi^able sflue. The word) '(tt true, is purely FrtmcJki hoi it had been adopted long be/ofe dvati* lhor*s time into our tongue, and fre^ueatly ufed by CSa9cert (3) jifir maregUrioui Jhr tJy fm^l naW «MAe
^a» Julius CaeCir, or hf^^t -] Whether tkif wan a dafignfd-
break of the author*^i> occalaoa^.d hy thoi«ddea aild«bru|lt>aQMrailct 6f the me0*ejigcr I or whether the latur ead of t^evarfe W41 loft, by its »ot heiaa Icg'ble to the firft editors, !# not ye|y fa^nmr jBO de«ei>T Mine. Mr. P^ thinks (firrhyme'fAl^c, J fiippoi€|^tb«crih«pooC might poAbly have ^Pdup the hemiftieh thus \, « • . •'
■ ■ T ktigki ^it Fraacii Drake. «
Bot there are inore obje^tons than one to be made to this con^eOuitft
In the firft pliice, Sir Francis Jl)rak$ did not die till the ye^c. 1591^ 1
hefere which time, I believe, this play had made iu appearance. Be>-
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Mfjf My koBOnraWt Losd^^ vhfealdi to yon. $&jf, S li cidiaga l^riog I to y#il ^mto£ Frmuu Ot Ms, of {kaghugf afi4dHcoiiifiEiijre; Guienne, ^Obsmfofgih and Rhrimsf tnAXirlian^ Paris, Gujfirs, P^OUr^. aie all qni^ Ipft.
Pied. What fay'ft t|KNi» in«»» beforrdeai Om^'s coarfeP Ade9» tlCt^|K>«t, sii he flKBtkml' tht aai^of JtiUk^C^at^^^ W fiippofed, to talk fenfe Mi^^tliecli^fC'^f ^ti^/vtilci^tioiiiftaAce Jo toni^ sther deified berOj^ uA who bad tiiera!eUkffwifeof « (|M.',Mr»Pi^ ptsitieinptfd to be fmart upon m'e forreftort^g a genttiae.^lJucAmt/ir to oar peet} a«4 >4ti« lit>« for lidi(tl4)| afiitltlout one tipt»f h!tt| \rKlcb, I 4«re fay, tht f%% Acveronce cvlioei?*^ iii' bU imtgbatioBi la all jfnachrmH/mtf «• in tttbtt licittfe^ »# f<Mr7,ltb!t fvlc oogbt ti)r« tainly to be obfert'd j that th« tott it^tt bave rtgtrd to Vit^yim»iit\di% Bjt there it no f^mfimlBtudt, wbeo ihtJn^hrsitf/m^lattt xa cbefioe of therommoi) peopki- For this falQlood is, like all oth<r faKKoodiif' rpctry to be only toleritedi #bert cIn fa1Aci»d ii bid under Verirt-^ .'Uilitude. No fbbea ciltSclie»wbiame#ffMfi9,7(^ inftance^ >f»tihaldii|: »!</• aod iCjMtff coctyamtfif^. ;(8dilliY i^p4^i DSAy tejuAiMJ^ .iie e:cafBple8 of the gKatefl (oelatq^ Mii^atty!^ Bv^bM Mm^l 'STxr^iK mcDtMin ffamili^,'yifhAi rf^M^hiB \w^i wovld have-ihough^ ff an excofe fior h^tnf'for if\t ^Aait ot Hamlhdr^ tfjo* a forc'jiifj^ tiivai tco recent mlhe aiqua*i»«rj*e df-lhepeotile} as "he Ha^ fcrfi^j^ Vari^ together infefled the ceaft ^rf />«^ j^^^nd after ibar,. bcgmh^Ui^ tecoffd Fn'rir war upon them. Tb^ c^t^ of our authof 4'ifhTt in ^\* tB»nAtn\n% MachiavU in (bWi of hft p^ys» the adflon cf which viae eailiertilan that Jl^iefmanS hmh. For Matliavel' ^2A a' foreigner; wbtte'li«b, yre ibay nipp«f!e, tWc ccwtnon audience' hot (b well 4(^<ii!«PM'wlth^"M bcinglir/beftiVc-tHeirtmfc, and| iiideed, Verjr akuir the fim^«<* vb* aattto of ^tFrtfc^flVj-sv' Beflles he having fo ettt-^ blifli'd a repiirationi Ja'^betitf^e*of\J\Jt^\Jth«r, almongfr.the politicilitrt^ femgbtweil be fapp<(^*d''by t4lore^'v.ho'were not chronolbgdrsy toM| of tosach longer (landing th*iPhlf''wasi This, therefere, was withi)f the rule»)Rf Ifcenc^}; and if there wis not chronological trut^, theiv* was at ieaft ehronolo^lcal 4ikeUhoddr Wftbdot wbtcb>^poet goeidv^ if ble JiAin»€^!on, llrd t^iat% i^6tf the penally of the criticic* bswfi^ |)b«t««^«he^rhbf ttiMHc'^^tb make upon tb'e'tnpick in ttU. imd ^ Ihtlt^thlf ^\ete«bei^M)bnty ^ alf the b6^|gk niakes 'thd yMt «(MfKtt\i IfdAdJ^l',' f%hbfel^Ve>a1 VniarV^ i^ tiet^to he^^ciy «IM^^ *«i«!thfli d«tf bf & editbfto Ae«» hlnfkVi^ Ve Ts.; apijio d<Etea a!l fraudvlent tampcHng to <nak« him b'efter. ' Butt^^fill i]^ a chaTni. by conjodoie, with^ ^Mr^r^mJ^ rhat #iteS Tenfe out ^f countenance | c^a'#iiihYtfbmiffiofl to'Mr. Pff/r^ Vuknuintf^ nee M, mif co»ieM«^e
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King H £ N R Y VI. 593.
Speak foftly, or the Ms of thofe great towns Will make him burft his lead, and rife from death.
Ghu. Is Paris loft, and Reajt yielded up? If Htnrj were recalled to life again, Tlkefe news woald canfe him once "more yield the ghofti.
Exe. How were they loft ? Avhat treachery was us'd ?r
Mdffl No treachery, hut wantx>f men and money. . Amon^ft the foldiers this is muttered; That here you maintain fevVal fadions ; . A)]d whilft a field ihould be difpatch'd and fought, , You ace difpuline of ^oor Generals. One Avoidd h'a^e nngring wars with little coft; . Abocher would Ar iwift, but wanteth wings : A third man thinic^, without expehce at all, 1^ guileful fktr words, peace may be obtained. . Awake, awake, Sngiijh nobility ! ' liet not flotk dim your honours, new^begot ;.. CropM are the Flower-de-luces in your arms, . Of 2^£»M^ coat one half is cut away.
Mx€. Were .our tears wanting tp this funeral, . Thefe tidings would call forth their flowing tidesr
Bid* Me they concern. Regent I am of France; : Give Qifl thy fteeled coat, Plf fi^ht for France. Away with thefe difgracefiil, wailing robes; WouitAi I will lend the French^ inftead of eyes,. To weepljheir intcrmifflwe miferies. .
Biar to tbem another Mtjfenger.
2 Mejfi Lords^ view thefe letters, full of bad mifchaace« Ftanct is revolted from the EftgUJh quite, ^Bdtce^fome petty towns of no import. The feaupjiiit €W/w is crowned King in RUimSf The baftard Orletmi with him is joined : klfii>uer, Duke of Anjon, doth take his part, . Yhel)uke of Aldnfon flies to his flde. * ' \Eki:*>. - j?*^;. The Dauphin crownedKiflg? all Bv to him? O^ wiiither fliall we fly from this reproach r
GUu We will not fly but to our enemies throats. . jj/^ff/v/, if thou be flack, ril fight it out. ' r Jii4* GWfier^' why doubt'ft thou of jny forwarduefa? : ^
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Ad anny UiV I moftfr'd in my Amtf^th Whermck idffady /*r««ri^ii ovcf-nift*
Mfttgr a Third M0e9pr.
3 Mef. My gracioM LQir<I^ f o ada to ypur lameiitsi Wherewith you now btifif ^ing Hp^r^fi be$Mfe| I muft inforin yoa of a di(ip4 %H Betwixt th€ (lout Lord T^/^^^/ aod t4e ff^^'
Hln. What ! wherein Tn/^^/ oyerca^ I i&*t fc?
3 ilf(^. O, no ; whereia Lor^ STfl/iftfif was D'ertlilt)«XH The ciic^imftance Til tell you cpo^e at large* The tenth of Auguft laft, \\iU dreadii^lXoxd Retiring from the liege of Orleawf Having fcarce full Ax thoof^ndm hi$ tropp^' By three and twenty thouf^nd of the /V^ito^ Was round encompaffed and fet upon. 1^0 leifure bad he to en rank his nied i He wanted pikes to fet befpre h|| axcherp; In ftead whereof, (harp flakes, p^fuckt out of &edge|> . They pitched in the ground confufe^ly. To keep the horfea(ien off from breaking iiu More than three hours the fight continQed ; Where valiant Talbot above human thought Enadled wonders with his /word and lance* Hundreds he fent to hell, and none durft ftand hjfD| Here, there, and every where, enrag -d he flew* The French exclaimed, the dcvi^ was in arms f A\\ the whole army Hood aga^'d On hiv* His foldiers, fpying his undaunted fpirit, A Talhot ! Talbot ! Cried oat amain, And ru(h'd into the bowels of the battle. Here had the conqucft fully been feaPd up. If Sir Jahu Faftolfg had not play'd the coward (4) j
(4) If Sir John Falflaffe] Mr. Pi>f>e^ btt tak«n notUe, b a aota vpofi the tbiid ad of this play, « That Fa'/afff is here iotroduc*^ ** agaiA, who Was dead in Bemy V| the occafion whereof is, that •« this play was written before He/try IV. or Uittry V." This feeiri to me but an idle^iece of cjii(i(ifm« It is tbte hi^ofical Sir Jfbn Faftplfe, (fffrfo he iscaJU'd by boih our chroniclers) ibat is hcie men^ tioo'd ; who was a lieotenant-generi^ in the wars with Frmmc$t deputy KgtAt to iJif Dokc if Mfitd \A ifttmandf^ and i iCnil^tti^hlt
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King li^E wii i Vft^ i^
He being in the vaward, (pfacM behind, . ' '
With. P^x/pofe to felievc and%lloW* themy ' '^
€krmmy fM, not Having «ftstk xHA ftrolfei Hcnce'gffeVtfie'^H'i^l iv/arck a(;h*d rtaificre;/ ; - Enclofcd were they <«^ftSl!feeit citeMW, * ! \ A bafe ^a/fi^ijrto:tv3if Aft'IJkiJpttSlS'i^ ^ ' ^ - VhntHrf^Maf wiitti a fpcar into th.c back ; , Whow aH ^i^ii^r wkh her chief a(ftirtbla*ilrft»gd> - ^ Darft not prefume to Idok 6nce in the fafCc. ' '
£M, Is ral6ot (lain ttfen f 1 i^ifl'fliy rtiyW,' '^-
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- Jiilft fuch a worthy' f^def, t<^ajatiil(g aid, •' ; Unto his daftard for-6idh i^b^i^'^i. . • ':: ^'[^
3 i^^ O no, he? li^^li biit U tdSk ptiftba-; • ^ ; ^ Attd iord 5f«/f/ «^fc Mm, and LcfrAtfuA^ty/b^i' '*''^ Moft of the reft flaughter'd, or took likewiie.
Bed, iit» pAifMn Weteh ttOBebat^tihdlpa)^.?. I'll hale the Dauphin headlong from his throne, Hk cn)^ftdirbrtheiiUi(5mF«f-|^ lO ^^^r.^
Four of their Lord s. I'll 4lfiii^ge fiMr^ne of ours.
Bullies i» Fratfce fortj^wltji, 1 am to jnatce#
To teep oor great Sfc'OV^^«'s feaf^ witfcat.
Ten thoufand ibldief* ^ijh tne I will tafee^ / '"".■,
Whofe bloody, deed^ l^inuk^^ilJlurofeq^^ke. r ,^
3 Mej: So you ha4^^.9^ 1^^ ^1T^ ^ t^fi^k'^ ' . \ The EngU^ armf.45 gJJ6!WI>^«cak aji^ laict ; ? •/ '♦ lL\ie'^zx\'otSaUfiurfQx^<^^^ . , . I
And hardly Jteeps KiBineiifro^ ill utitjyV \
Since they fo few watcHjuph a ihultitude. , [ r
jE'jir^. Remember^ ho^i^i^ your oaths to Hitntj. fworb :^ Either to quell -the tJauphin "Utterly,
#4^/V9 .• and n6t the Ci^r t^itiebtt\^^^m ihfrfr^^ by <ktr Wthoi'; anaSfliicl^waf k (ireiftq^ ni^^tTypf liU owft bfain. li»*T *r1»*iB h^ nAttM him Taljftifi, ioTBcHfeVt, he hadlSfiy iflt^ntloii ^ t&c^iHiig afJhiJT on ttte%iferticrty<tf tltii renowhetf «1tt'wiitior. • Bill p^ia^, ifthe tradition btf trirt, tfcat tKfe hirtnOfthia cllWafter #af| *t fiTft cahM O/rfA/^/i by doV attthcfr 5 affi afiemtTdS chartg'd to ^ff/J JU0e^ op^n a reprefeA'atioA if^atft to Queeill SJheahth ; fome of the 0&i^f ftfirviting, who thooj^ht theitildm aggriev^^ in that cht^ raOcr li;:ariflfrtftcf ttHait dP^trtt ftmi^.
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GUm. Vn a lie j>^^ with til theji^I^f^B, . To view th**arttildg;i^'amm r. %
And then I wilLpf9fl|UD yiOfu% Hemy^Kh^g^y - \x
£r^. To J|/i4w will I» wheif the jo^mg King is. Being ordain'<i his foecialgoVemor ; And for hUiafetytoere I!l| heft devife. / lExit*
Win, Bach lihtK his ^isam,^^ t^vi^o^^ t am left oat: ^r m^ notbing^remains : But long I will nothe.thiu bot of o)^ : The King AomJ/ziiii^t iBteud tpfendfr And fit at thiefcft ilem lof pnbEck weal. ££«&
JaTfr Charktf^ Akirfon^ Mrif Reigniect^flvorvi&iiy mtii*
Cbar. Ti^jfR^^s feruembyWgi^y'n wb t^jj Ifenr^iistj)^ IVJ. So in thrcaithf ta thw'day isnot fcfaowi. i Late» did he ihine i^jponthe' EngiiM^ fidte t ' .Now wc are viftors, upon ns h^ ra^ifts. \
/lSI*at jO#nJ of any^^n^^ . "
At pteafafe henc wc lie ^^t wkAn: . - ' • ^
Tho* ftill thefamiih'd i?iuri|^ tiKft paK j^c^, \
;^aintly befiege os one lidof In tf ^ttionth.
^i{m.Theywanttheirpcxrndet»^^ Either they moii^ be dieted, )ub^ mules.
And h^ve their proTender ty^d to their months ;
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iA^\ M^mtiJKm'*' ••fMfol' OiMj3|0Ctlik aii'hiiii4rea parget of lii% ^pid^s, h«i thew4» ut bit ac^iMintai)^ ^ wi^li Juitlaid ^froU^r^ he l^erc
8rei ot a fJiflfp^pf bis JLAo¥r)ed^iQ./^9«o«f. The revjlutk>a^ tf Q planet il2^ wf u woy found ootitjU the 1>egiAnii^of tb^ v^th ceiM ^liHy. X»^,l thiolc, was. the fer£»p^ wbo ^rft {aveltj^t tf dif- C^«i7 upon fHis /ubje^, frc^ the ob6;r;vations of TychPfBratCt iahm 7rf atife Dg Motibus SiUta Martit, of which Tt?atife I have (een o« Okriier edition. than that from Frankjert pubiifh'd [a l6c^^,^l \e^ >5 ycais^ if not mo^, after th( a^^wjinc^ of this ^lay« ^
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King 'H'lE >r K V VT. if^
Or pitecus tUcy «rill look like drowned mice. ^ ^ ; /^^/giv. Let'»i«if;i t4te £ege: .Whjr'lhrewe idl)» beteiL ^J9/^^is tMk^n, ;Who« we wctnc to^t^? c V . 4 ^\.
Remainech xu>ii« biivnud>bra^*d SiUiJ^ry%^ . ^ 1
Kor men, >,iior. mjooeyv htsh ke t*^ make war. r
Ci^n Soandr. found alarm : We will rttih^on tbem r. I^ow for the hoiMMir of the forlorn FmtKb : \
Him I forme my death, diac kiUetb me;. When he ms me go back> one fMf^i or Ay-.. {iEW^ynA ^Hire stiffs j^^Mrfiiaf€» i4^fy.th^t^%tinmthgrtat kfu
J^-/ff/#x; Charlesy. Alanfun, ^xi/ KeigUien
Ci&tfrv Wbq ever faw the like ? what^en have \f Dogs, cowards, dailards !' I would ne'er bate fled,. But that tfiey left me 'midft my enemies..
Reig^.l^diflmry is a defpfrate bomicide*. He figfjtetb a»*one we^y of his life ;< The other Lords^.^ke lions wanting food^^ ^
Co rufhdiuppn us ^s their hi|ngry^ FT^X- .
Alan, Frayfard^ a countryman of ours, records, Mngland all Olnftrs and Md*iviafids bi'ed, XwiiBg thetime Edward the Third did re^n f More troly now may this be yeri^d ; . i^or nt^ne but ^omffiftts and Goliafit Jt fendeth forth to fldrmiih ; one to ten f Lean raw-bpn'd rafcalsl wbo would e'er riip|Krfev Tbey had fucb courage and audacity i
Ci^/f.Let'sleave this town,fortheyare hair-braia'd flaires» And hunger will enforce them be more eager: C>f old 1 RBOw ihem; rather with th^ir teethe The walls they'll tear down, than forfaketle fiege. ^ Reig, I tbink, by fome odd gimmals or device Their arms are fet Uke clocks, ftill to ftrike on ? , p Elfe they could ne'er bold out {b, as they do ; ]^ my confenf w^'ll e'tpk lelttbeni alone» ^ 4lan. Be if fo.
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Smiir tbi Baft^Jrf Orleaiii.
i?i^. Where's clii Prince ]>ta{>hiil \ I have new^f Ibr hifii.
Dau. Baftard of O^leMnt^ ikrtce welcome to vs.
Baft, Metbinks, yoor looks are fad, your chearappalM, Hath the late ovtfthrow wroa^ht this ofente .' Be Bdt dirftiay*d, for fvccow it at hand : A holy maid hkber with me I bring; Which by a Wfton, fcnt to-htr from HeaVo, Ordained is to raife this tedious fiege^ And drirc the MngUft> forth the boonds df Ffoiki. The fpirit of d^p prophecy (he hath, Exceeding the hine ^ibytli of dd R»m {hf: What's peft, and irhat'a to come, fte can defd-y. Speak, fiiaH I call her inf bdieve my^words^ For they are certain and infallible.
Dau. Go, cail her in ; but firft to try her fkill, Jteignier^ ftand thon as Dauphin in my plice ; Qneftion her proudly, let thy looks be ftern : By this means ihali we foond what ficill (he ha^.
Entit Joan h Facelle* .
Mtig. Fair imtfld, is't thou wilt do the(e wond'rons ftats \ PuceL Reignier^ ifi't thoB that thtnkeft to besnile me?*
Where is the Dauphin ? come, come from behind^
1 know thee well, tho* never/feen before.
Be not amaft'd : There'^ nothing hid from me :
in private will I talk with thee apart :
l^tSind back, you Lords, and give us leare awhile. Reig. She takes upon her bravely at (irft dafi»« *•
PuceL Dauphin,'! am by birth a (hephcrd's davghtcii
My wit untrained in any kind of »t:
Hcav'n, and our Lady gracious hath it pleat'd^
To (hine on my contemptible eilate.
(6) Excteiing tb^ niiM.Sibylll ^ ^^ R^pie,] Bither the poet 4 forgetful here of tradition, or purpofcly givei Jiiqifelf^a laliiutfeV' expreifion. The Cumitan Si/jU ii the only one'fuppofed to Have \iiiiti Jtaly\ asdl (he it was, according toJboie authors, who broo|ht tbe nku volomf t of SUylHtif oracles to Tarquhm Stfn^s* Te tlua fsblf, a^4oabt, out aatbor hoc alMfi*
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Ring H £ n K v VI. §ff
XiO, whilfl I wshed on my tenitt kmbs^
And to fun's parckittg \keMlt4iCp\^j*d tnj dietbt
Gad% fliotlier 4^n«^ ^ *PP^^ to me ;
And, in t Mifioii tult of Miijeftjr,
WilM me to leavo my baifo vocation, -
And free my cQiiHry ^fti c|il$mkjt
Her aid flie piomis^d, and tffliir'd IneoeA*
In oompleac glory fte Yeveal'd berfelf ;
Aod» wh^eas I was biaek and Avart bchrtp
With- d^p^ clear rays whiith fte infbs'd on mtp )
That beauty am I blefl witb^ iwkicb you fee^
Afk me whlit qaeftiea thon eanfl: poflibk, *
And I will aniWr unpremeditated.
M)i>oourajge try by dombat, if than darV»
And thoo (bait find tbat 1 exeeed my fex.
Refolve on this, thou ibalt be fortanate.
If thou receive me for thy warlike mate.
Dau. Thon h«il aftooiibM me with thy high teitiKl Only this proof I'll of thy valoar make. In iingle combat then ibalt buckle with me; And 'S tbo«i, vanqufiheft^ thy words are tme; Otherwife, I renounce all cOaMence.
PueeL I am preparM ; here if my keen-edg^d Araid»^ Deck'd with fiae ftow'r-de'lUces on each fide; The which, at Tmrain in St. Catharin^i cburdl. Out of a deal of old iron 1 chofe fortlu
Dau. Then come o* God's name, ^Gt I fear no woman*
FuctL And while I live, I'll n^Vr fly from a man. Here i hey fight ^ and Joan la Puce Me o*vercemei*
Dau. Stay, ftay thy hands, thoa art an jf/nMH/tt And fighteft with the fword of Dehora,
Pucd. Chrift's mother helps rac, elfe I were loo weak*
Beiu, Who- e'er he! ps thee, 'tis thou that muft help me: Impatiently I burn with thy defire, My heart and hands thou haft at once fubdu'di Excellent /^xM>f//f^ if thy name be ib,^ v '
Let me thy fetvant and not Sovereign be, 'TJs the French Dauphin fueth to thee thus.
PuceL I muft not yie^d to any rites of lovCi For my profeiiion's facrcd from above ;
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WkeQil lave cl^aM adl tky toc9 tmxa hbaot, TbcD vMlj^^t^ipon a i^^wnpeooe.
i)«#.Mean tiq^cu Jo0k graooiM on thy proftrate AttK
Reig. My Lor4» iDethfnks,.is very long in. talk. . ,
ui'/ffjv.l^^obtlfri, .ke Arivca^this woman to iierilBOGk Elfe ne'er tcookl lie fq Imti^protrafi iiii fpeech,
i?f/]^. Shall v(g diAorb him» dace he keeps no mean?
Jhn^Ht may ni|e|io mor^ th9n we poor mensda know. Thefe womoi ate flii«w4 tempteri with their toogu^.
RkHg. K^.Xofdt. where are yctoJ whaidevift yoUvOii Shall we giy^^ oyer OriSMnr prtno^
PsmK Why, ,n9p:J lay ; iifirttftftl recreants V Fight till the laft gafpr ibr I'll be yoqr ffoard^
/}««. What^e %;$• rnc9nfirm; we% fight jtOQl^
i»«^/il AffigiCd I am to be tl^e JSi^^&^/couige. This night the i;egc ailijrc4ly>I*ll raife : . l^xpeft baiat MfirtinU fumm^rr^iUgt^M^tkyip^ SincQ«j have encjer'4,thusj«tp thele wara^ . \
Ofory is like apircl^in^the.MKater;. i . I •.
Which never ceafeth to. enlarge itfel^ . Till by broad, rpreadit^g it dilperre.fo nonght;*. With Hetny^s death the Engji^ circle end* i . . Dijfperfed are^tbe gloti^ it in^la^ed \ .- ^ Now am IJika that proud inA^ltipg ihip* . Which ^jG^r and his fortujue bore at oncf^ ,
Dau, Was AhiJifafmtinfyncd with a do.^^. Thou ^ith an eagle art in^ired then. . ^
J^^i^^ thfl naother of great Cj^ Nor yet Si- PJtHff>*s daughters, .were like t^te.-. Bright (tariff K^mi^ faU'n down on the vi^, . How may I reverently ^or&ipthef^-^ . \ jfht9^ Leave <^ delays, and let us ra)(e the fiegea : .iR^/^..Woinan« <}o«what thpucindto Tavaoorhotimili j)rive them from OrfeoM, nod be immortaljz^d*
Dau. PrefetitJv try ; €«rae, let> away ahpiu it. No prophet w^l I MHft^ H ihe pi^vei falfe*^ £iimi
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^ S C E N E, the 7cw«r-gatcs, in London. ^
Enter Glbticefter, ivith his fernfing-men. ^
tSlbkrriKm this day cOme to fofvejCtHc Tower ',
X Sincd Henrf% deaths I fear, there is convcyanC(^» Where be thefe warders, that they^ wait not here? » Open the gates. 'Tis Gkucejfer that calls. .
1 l^ard. Who^s there, that knocketh fo fmperioofiy t t Mhn. It is the noble Duke of G'louctftet. .
2 Ward. Who e^er he be,, you may not be let in* » xM,an^ ViUaiRSj ,an(Wer you fd rhc Lord PrgK<^^A
1 'Ward» The Lord proicft hi'm t: fo wc anfwer him;r» W« do no othcrwife than wc arc will'd". -
<^hu. Who willed youi or whofe will llandi^but mine X' .There's notie Protc^lor of the realm bat U '
Break iip the gate», I'll be yoim warrantiBe ; , '
Shall I be floated thus by dunghill' grooms T \
- ^ &lovice§l:eT^s men-fti/k at tJ^ Tomer-iaiis, mi'^ ^ ' / ' ■ * Wood vile the Lieuteimm Jfeafts ivk^in. ' \
. Wood* What noife 19^ thi^ I what traitors llAve we heref
Ghu. Lieutenant, is it you* whofe voice I hear f * ippcij the* gates ; here's Gio*Jier^ that would' enter. ,' Wood' Have patience*, noble Duke ; lii||iX> npt.pgea^ jThe Cafdi^af of ^/Vzft&i^^ forhid$ ;. . / r
From him I have exprefs commandment^ • \^ -^
That thou, nor none of thine, fhal^ be leHn.
G/i7«.,FaiWt*- hearted Wocd^nhy prized him *fore.nje?i^ J^txogdiVil Winchefler^ that haughty, prelate. Whom. Henry, our l^e Sovereign,, ne'er could brook?: .Thoujart no friend to God% erto the King^:- 'C^n the gate, or PH Ihut thee out fliorriy^ \ ^erv. Open the gates there to the Eord'Pfote~6lor;, • .We'll burft- them open,, if yoa, come notinwckly* . ^. t
¥»ut«ar
40% The First Part of
Xm/er to tin ffttQtr Mt tie T^wcr^gaUs^ WincJicAtr and his men in tauutrf coats,
WiM.^QmMm^M\AwiU%H»mfMojh^^%vitwm tbis(7] ?
€/««. PiePd prieft) doll thou command me be fluUQiHi
Win, 1 do, thou mod ufurping proditor, And Bot Pxote&or» of the Kjng or realm.
Glou, Stand back, thoa manifefl confpirator ; Thou, that contrivMIl to murder our dead Lord ; Tkou, that giv'fl wliores indulgencies to fin (8) ; m canvafs thee in thy broad Cardinal's hat^ If thoo proceed in this thy icfolcpce.
0%r. Najr, (land tl^ou back, I will not budgC k foOii This be DaHtafiuti be thou curfed Cain (9),
(7) 'H*tv mw, arkbhms omfrire, what means tbh /} This readlai kat obit jin*d in all tb« cditiens fince the fccond foHo. The irrft fiH* hM it, Umpbeir, it is obieiwibic that, in both, the word b 4i^ tingui/h'd in Juilich, But why, Uw^Wef Or of what ? GhMttJIar WH ProtcAor of the realm In the Ring*t minority, but not an umpire ia any pvticular aut^r t^t wa fcoovr of. The trace* of t%f Ictten, and the word being printed priginally in JltalUht cooTiace ma, lint the Dnke^i chrifiian namefurkM under this corroption. Ihave there* fane ventor'4 ti nfint it ia the text 1 Aad Ghtit^kr 'n nor firfe(« dom at fifty times caU*d HumpbH^ in jthit and tho toccccdiog pl#f •
(8) 7bw, tbttSgiv'JlMitbores.] The brothcl-houfcs, ct/Uwumki^ were of old licensed on the BaMkfiJeztSmihwetrkt i»ere wuhio ^diH \t\€tf aad under the jurifdiiHooi^ of the Bi/hop of WtmcMjter, Tf thii our poet has again alladed Intht laft fpce^ of bit wibn aai Creffidas
■ ■■■ ! but that my fear fa thia. Some galled ^s^e of U^tmb^er wouia hlfi. For the venereal tumour, ciird a Winebtper gtefe^ dcfftv*i Its 1 from that Biihop giving dilpenlations to itrompett. Nor w — ^'
akMK permitted to exercise liheir fiMiAion at xiitBMk£de\
bawds ware likewife indnlg'dto heap puhlick havfifs for the reWj^ ef fttch cattle. And thafe becama ia infamous, that In the alaaeirih year of Henry VI. «vc find, a llatete waa B»ade, that Aone, wha 4walt at the ftevrs in Soutbwark, flioold be impaoneird in juries, asr. keep any inn, or tatem, but there. Theie ftews, in the thTtty-ftt^d^ ytit of King Henry VIII. (jfmie ^$46) were, by proclamation aa4 * loand of trumpet, fupprefsM ) and the hoofes let to people of repa- 'lation> and honeft cslliofi,
(9) T/>ii be Damai(cu«.y KbouXlvm tkC\\«^<t<^m Damsfeut is a btgb ^ilJ, reported tube tVvt C%m\ tiii^\)Mn.^:«q?i>KfiK^\k\%\aw5««x Mauadr. 7r««* p* ly •
iv*i Its aiaaii r were hail^ \e\ batmiii-
king H c N R y VI. 40^
To fl«y thy brother Mel, if thou wilt.
(^ir. I will not (lay thee, bat PIl drive^ tbec badt : Thy fcarfet robes, as a cKild's bearing ^iM^ JWl irfc to carry thee out of this p^ice.
/f7i7. Do, what thou dar'ft; I beard tke^ to t&y fac^r*
Giou. y^H^ ? am I dar'd, and beardi»^ «o ny ^e ^ , Draw, me.Q, for all tJus pivileged j^ade. B iuf <^^tB to^fawmy. Prieft, beware thv* beard ; I mean t(> tt3^ it, and to cafiT yo« 4iinidiy. Under.npy het FH ftamp th^ CardinaPft hat t In fpight Qf Pop^ or dtgnitics of churchy l^ftf^i^P cheeks PH drag thee op a«d down. fTin, G/y^fr, thouflt anfwer thir b«f3re the Ft>pC!»
\Gf9i^* ^ificJbeJier gooie!^ I cry,^ a rope, a rope. i^W Iw^t t^^w heDce^ why do yo« let them ftay f Theq I'll clvafiB hence, ^uhoit wolf in ftieep** array. Oil, ».wf y coats j out. (cylet by pwjrite I '
Ben QJlpucf ft^*/.«vi^ ^^<fftf -^ Cwr^in^t ; mijmiir tm ibi iurfy-iurfy tie Major of London, and bis ^trs*
lig^ffh C)r,;LQr4f I tHatyOp, bei»g>fo|>teme magiftratess Thi^ conti^neliouilyihouid' break the pea^e I G/«jvi^eace^^or,fQr thon.know'ft little of my wioogs x
One'ti^kt mi¥ inotipns war, lu^d ^ever peace* 0*er-charging ypiir free pHi^fes wi|J> large ftnfsj; That ieeks to overthrow religion, Becaafe he is Pxote^lQr of the r«alin ; And would hdVe armjp|a; hqre o^t of the ?i<u;^> To crown himfelf ^ing, i^nd liipprefs die Priac^ Ghu. I wiU npt^i^^r thee with word3, bat bk9¥».
Major. Nouglit refts for me in this tomiiltuou^ Atmn^ But to make ppe n prQclamatioo. Come, offi^ti^ ^IpUd a% e'er tho» cdinil.
A«
4^4* The F I R s t: ^rt of (
Jftlmanmr of men affemhled here in arm^ this daj% ag^nf^ GoJTt peace and the Kiri^^s^'we charge and command pu^ ik kh Wghne/i^s ndme^ to repair to ycur Jeveraf-dweUing places 9 and teotio*wecwi handle, or uje any /worj, 'weflpenp^ or dagger bincefoiHvoard^ upon pain of deaths
^/tftf.CiM'diiild^ I/ll be tu> hroaker of tbe law : But we fhall mect^ and uU oujr miiifis ftt^hirge.
Win, GUjfietf.wc'llmeot to thy doar c^y beftut; Thy heart- blopd I will i»ave for thit day^si f/fitk.
Major, ril call iof dubft, if- yoa* will not awiy : This Cardinal \^- moi« fUuglity'tt^n^tte ji^ih
Gleu. Wl^yQT, faff wel t Thoa^loftborwhat thira tRtjr^ib;
^MT. Aboraioal^le G/aV^iAT^'gaii^tliy haadi Eor t intend torh^ve it^ er^bd ^i'^. [Skemh^ '
Mayfr. See the coalJb.dbar'dV.sfnnheiiLWe wilt dentrt*. GoodGo^! that I^bles ihoiildAKli^m^^ bear r I^ myfeir fight k^os* qjkc^ in krif^yt^ « ' ' - . IMtaufH^
Enter thiU^f'QukiOr.if Oileann' untUhh A^. '
jtf. G«f , Q^rra, thou.knowfft how OrUamh beficg'd,. ' O AYid how the Rngttfif hatre th* fabnrbs wbn*/
Boy. Father, I'l:ftow, arid oftha;»e.(hot H ihem, ' How e'er unfortaoate I mifs'd inv aim* • , . , ^
M.Gun fi6tii6W thoafiialfnoV Be t|iiQRi.]:^'jb;inc^^ Chief mafter-ratner am f^f thii town, ) ]
Something' Tmsft do to procuf erne grace? . : ' 1
The Prince's Ypials have informed me, I
The Englifi>i ip the fu burbs clofe in^iench'd,^ Went thro^a ffecret gate of ireft bars, . In yonder tow' r, to over*]jcer the ci^y;\. And thesce difcover how, with mod advaDtagc,\ T^ey niay^ vex i», wieb flix)t or witl^ aff^alt^.- \ . Ta intercept this'iftcoffveoience, ^ , *«
A piece of ord'nimcc 'gaihllitThave -placed ; . ^
And fully cv'n tfceft three day^ hav<i I watch'd; *
If I couW fee lV\em» "t^Q^^ > ^^^ > ^^ i^^spa.j^v«k\ Ho/ 1 . can day no Iw^ex >~-^ ^
King He n r^ yI. ^4t>5
tf thou fpy*Q^2Afy trmMkd^hting |^« i»^ And thpo (halt find me At the^ Goveraoi-'i. * . 3 \B^li. £fy. 'Palter, I warrant you ; tike.y'ffanoi^9^i, , ^ ril nev^r troobk yo^, if I fipa^ fpy them. , ^^ ^ ;^
Sai. Tali^i^ tay1i|re,>Mr jpy, again muruy^I -
How i^ejt'tlioa kand%|9^ MingptiTdner^
:Or by «irli^iRl«lns got'ft ^6u to bib >eleas*d ?
I>ilcourfe, I pr^yt)^, on this turret's top. %bJ' The PiiidB of tli^/pri'}iad a-^irifonery ^
-Cdl^: the brave rX^rd ftf/tfM ^ ^#i!«<fp« Porfiim '^s^$ re)cc)f4)a^4» jmd ^^ But with ^ bafef man'of araw by far^ j
.Once* < in con^eoipt^ they wotild have barter^ me :
^Which I WQsiniri^&Mh^ds atLi:cnyed death, ^ * ^. ]Uftl*)r than 1 wq^d be fp ylle ,?fteeni*d.
^ fine, redeen^Mrw^St afldcGr^*. Uflt*0, the 'treacherous F^oljfi wounds my he^rt 1 -» Whom Wifli ii^ ^are'fi^Vl>c^d w?c«^te, : ^ , ., / ^ Jf I noWvh^S ^up'J^rougHt lojo Wji^ '. ' - ' , . >
taun^
To be a jmblif J«: i^ftacle to allc
•Here, ffid thby, u theterrdrof thcPrencfi:; ^ - . ^ -
't'he (c&fe^fpwt '<h^V ^ffnglits our cliil^ vn ifo^ ,/■ ' {
Th^\>rQp:Xrrom;i^^^ i J.I ; .y
yo hurl ii%f:pj^i^^ f , ^ ^: . .^^ i*
My grifly cbunt^Qan!ci^ imac(e others Hy ; . , j • f )4one durft coirfe jijear, Vor fear of Tudden d^idh^ ; In iron wall^ they deem^-d me not fecure: ' " / So great a ft'ar piy n^une ampngft them ijpreadr , v .: That they fnp^'^d^.I could jrend b'a.rs.ojP tteei>' . ,.
WherelojTB a guard of cholen 0^qt Tha^ f , ^ ,^ to ' '
And*ifT<ria%u/„m^ ; v^ .^x. ^v
,»f^d^cfh<^'»K^e io ihbot'faur W 't^^
Etv\er
4o6 The F I R 8 T Part of
, 4(Ji. I gri^f ft t6 httt ^Iiat tdMeiits jctfo^dla^i^
Bat we WflPb^fVirengM fdStientljr.
Now It it fac^-time mHAdAsr
Here MmVi^jOiU I^cii^iQaMn^My^HMfti
And view the Fremcbmen how they fortify : ,
Let us lode in; the %ht wiff 1i^^cli%|tiVtl|H>
Sir Thomas Gargrievt, aifd^Sit HmtdA^VlurfdSUi
Let me hate yoor expreft 'o|jih]J6ciSi
Where is beft'jdacte^to nidte cftti^ bat^ty fMi f'
Gar. I MiA^zxtientfirAg)t\ti ll^riA^^iil^iidJjDfdi.
Clam. And Ihrtfl^.' at thtUQt^ib^iyf tSii>fl^^^
Tai. For oagMI&^thi^ tity ttiUtf Ve'^A^^?/ ; Or with light ikiniililtie^ eiiK^^feai ^
rfl^/^^ t*ef JH^;am Sid»Bary7^//3&i.
^tf/. OLordf, havetitercy tni^uif/ Wf^tc^dTuinii^.
G«r. O Lon^,' hattjtetcy dto itie» wOeful'ni&n.
Tal. What chance ir this; that fuddefhly liatK eto!ttU SpuM^dillfifirvi atla^, if tboti catfft in5eik i How far'ft tfaddrnfiM>Airdrtniutial tt^B r On^pf \hy eyfctf and^ chfc<5ft^s fid^lfbiid^'^ir! Afedirf»^^>, 4eti<rfea'flti(f%iuird^ 9hi^hat!i^c6tfMvHt diiiw^^fiittnigc^yt' In thirteen battfdr iiUjftMifttCkpit : Htnn the Fifth he firft ntti^d^td thft wil*). Whilft any^tfinhbdid'fboild, oirdllitt fbiitk^^^ His fword'dia^e'iy M^imti^ W^t'Wm^ Yet liv'ft tho«^' ^4rAvi^ /' tliof t% fj^h' d^h fait; Oneeye iNotrhitf tolooV^d liei^% &.^iib^: . The fun with one t^VMtiSi HY'm^iiMi Heav'n^ be.thod]g£^iis'ct^n)iteft"ail^<i; If SaUfliayvtiWi^[tkkj^\t\^ Bear hence hir body; I wfinieljitotiiiy It. Sir TbommQmiihfi^ hut^thoft att)r U&ff ^ Speak imtoiTim^'/ iiay; look W to li!^^ O Salijb'fy, thtBX^t^rfmiU^Mtt^^ Thoalhaltnordite; Whllb-i^^^^ ' -*-*He bed^kwitK WU^di andihi!U 6ii':ifte;i
As who ihottid £iy,* m^'nfk^mi^rgiiki;;
I^iog H £ N R y VJ» 40J5
KememU^ to aviBri4m m thi Freadu Plantagenetf I will ; and ATiirv-lake* Play oh the lute, beholdiflg^ the towos baro : Wretched (hall Tremu be ooly in* my name.
r Here an alarm^ ^nd it ibmuten sand Ugi$mu Wha( iHr is this ? what tujauk> b* tke fieav'm ? Whence coxoetb thi^ alarum M^ thi« noife?
Br0Stf « M^^fn^
Mejr.Uy Lord, Wy Uofd, the /'r*«r/8' have gattor^a%ei4i ThiB DoMphiu^ with ohe Joan la F4if^/& joinM, i^ hol>t pi^tphetefs newrifen up» Is come wirha great |>dwer td ralf^ Hktfitgt.
\Unt Skllib'tirjr lifiithhifrSetf itf^ and groanU
TaL Hear; hear/ how ayli)|r SaJ0uiy ddthgroixi ! It irks l!is heart, he cannot be r^veifig'd. Freftehmen^ 1*11 be a SdliJhurytQybxx: Pucelh or Puffllf Dtutplkn ox Dog^Jh^ Your hearts 1^1 llamp out with ufy hbrfts heelsj And. make & quagltfiw 6)F yddr tnlngled brain's. Obitrey brave iiUifiwy into his tent,. And then w^ <tiy ^dX di&kid Fren'Smi tkit^
I4kirm. FJceuftt, hsaring S^tifttiry anlj iuk
^homisc^ GkrfirarveHM^*
Htre an alarm again% mid^Mbtf^/tt0fi^}tl^DMtfi^ and drpvttb kim^ i?tiii4ri»m^J«^aft'kcFMlllti dfi^h^ ^SaljSSbanm^JIm^^^ ^kn enter Talbot. Tal. Where u irtf ftreflg*, , ts$ vntotrt', BAd irtj^ iWrie!* Our £ff^/i^ troops retift^ I iD«itiK}tiU/:thm^ ' A womai^MtiUdtttait&dtirvchifttk^em; '
£«ar?Pacellei Here, here, fliec^Wl^i. I'ttliiv^itbtit^iflrthcrir*
tfkM^%itt4^)niW'^<Mi'lhlBe, thou art a witch ; And ftr^tway ^vf thvJbol^o him ihou. ferv'fir
.■::■...-■ *?^«:
Tai. Heavens, cm yoa ftiffer heft fo to prey srH?*"' My breaft 1*11 barft with ftraining of my courag^ And from my ihoulders crack my arms aftrnder. Bill } will chaise this high-minded ftrampet. ' ^'1ftrf#/. ftftftf/, farcwcl, thy hour i« tfotyiqtcp^ic, I muft go vidnal X)rkaas forthwith. ' ; / '
[ji jSboft alarm. Th^n enter the t^^i W^p fiUii. Overtake mc if thot^-caiift, I fcoirn Iby ftr^^. Qoy go* chear op thy hunger-ilarved m^ 7 . ■ ^- H^p ZaViJbury to make his telbment:' This day is ours* as man jr ftiore fliall W* \]^xit Pucdl
fd. My tjiough^ are whirled likp a i^^ter's wheel I know not where I am, nor What I do ^^ A wi«eh« hy TCar, not forcci wu^Jiarm^^lt Drives 1>ack our troops, and con^n^erias Ihe lifts* So bees with fm'oak, and (loves vmh noirfome ilencb^ Are from their hifes, and hotiTei, drlv^ii away. 71i«y call'4 oa for oiir (erceoeTl ^9.^i!^ Now, like Aeir whelps, we piyin^ rjtfti; aw^. » ^
fA Jhdft alan
Or tear the lions out of. $y;l4tt4t$ coat 1 Kcno^ce your foil^ glY^ M^eep in liohs ftekd : dheep run not half lb tim^rourfrom the wolf, Pr'horfll ol* oten fititm^^ tb^ leopard/ ' '^^^W^ % f'Wl your oft.fwbdg^
/: jdli ^ • / i t4&ra»%TJHrrc\i^^ JtwiH nof bf j: Rcnijif '^tp YOw:^trf«che> t . , n: ' 1* : YbWUrconfenii^.iil[tpf<j^ ^ • v- .-^iv
For none would ilri^(K .aJpioke i)^ mt rmsoge. ; ^
Fitceiie IS enterd into TjrUetm»
In fpight of ufi, or ou^hc xtuit iste^uld do»
O, jwoitld Iwcre to dw yi\t\i'Sslifiuryri ^ » ^"^ ,..\ ,--
The ihalae hereof wijlmalu/ne}iidieim^^^
/ fucel* Advance oxut ^WvEk^wAo^t^ on the wall»> Refca'd is OrUam hoia ^t \w^^ ^^m^^\
Hhg Hi^r^Y VI. 409
tk^yoOk ta Pucette hath pcrfbrmM her wor4. Dim. Biyineft crtaturc, bright Aftrea*s daughter^ w fliall I honoar thee for this faccefs ! \j proiQifes are like Adotiis^ garden (1^)9^
That
16) ^hf 'promija are 1Skt Adanit* gtwdtn^l This ifl t piKe ef - tical hiftory, which, I 6wn, I have not been able to trace, jilti' r*s garden, in the Odyjht ^^^ fomething in it, I know, that might ntenance this fitmU of our author. *< Tbire a perpetual zephyr Mvwlngt fime fiuh» hhjffhm^d, others were ripen* d, by it,^' ■ aX>tt ftiX' aiil
t our poet rpeakrhere/0rtf//|r of jidoms*a garden, as Homer there doel /ilctn0ttt*i i For which I cao find no warrant in any ancient writer. i read, 'tis tmb, of 'Altoft^c it^ieoh but thty v/trc moveable gardens machine, and not capable of fuch improvements. In the feftival ebrated to the memory of Adonis, bit Image yas carried in pomp i irerealfo certain fiells, or velTels, fiilM with earth, in which feveral tt of grahi and herbs were fown, efpeciaily letrices : Becaofe Adonis 9 thought to hive been laid out hyVetius upon a bed of lettices. lis plantation witt ma<ie fo long before the feftivxl, as to fprout tfa, and be green ^t that drae. 7l!>eocritus, I remember, defcribin^ fimef l^o&iRf*r Qoeen, in Ker 'celebration of this feftival, takes ice tiiat ibe had prepar*d thefe gardens of Adonis in filver flafkets. nk^ y amUiil kSv^ vt^XayfAhot h >ra\a^torxois
ih fpeaes of porfabk gardens In .honour of Ado^iis (a fuperfUtionf It has been variodfly explainM j) is mentioned by Tbeopbrafius. Arif" % Phto, Paufiniitti Atbenteas, "Eufiatbius, and a crowd of authors >ie, who areqooted by Caftellantts, and Meurjius iii his Gracia Feri" f» To any other garden belonging to-Adonis, I am utterly a ftranger. hat author Our SbA^eare traded with for this hint, 1 cannot pre- id to fay t Kore daret, on the other hand, alTert that his mind was j^c^ous, though his copies tl\ exhibit Adonis. A learned and re- rend gentleman hkvin^ attempted to impeach Dr. Benttey of error» - maintaining that there never was eidftent any magniAcent or fpa- lus Gtfri/ar of A U9NI 8 9 an opinion, in which ithas been my fortune fecond the i)o>8or upon this head, I thought myfeif concerned in liepattto weigh thofe authorities, which afe allcdg'd by the OhjeSIor ' Adonis having any feal garden. Pihy, (in the xitth book of his itoral Hiftory, trb. iv.) hu thefe* words : Antlquitas nihil prim mi- \a eft fuim Hefperidkfn Hc^tos, ac R^m Adonidis & AUioni, The ft and third ortfaei^ fuppos^d gardens^ It muft be granted, are merely Utious «kd inythologlcal } and -depend only on the teitimony of" edc Imagination: and therefdte there is very little reafon to con« lii^ ^nn^the ffaittfa^lft meaht any mote by ildon\$*% %vtek«txA^ \icv^^ ^fitvflalxjrlionoor of hittit and carried a\>out ^\.Vv\& fe^v*^A • "^V^ ■iKatf on Tjhtacritus CdJf n^ it was a cuftom xo fe^ vVt*x.»V»^^^^^\
440 The FiAST Part of *
That one day bloom'd, and fruitful were the next* France, triumph in thy glorious Prophetefs 1 Recover'd is the town of OrUans ; More blefTed hap .did ne'er befal our ftate.
Rtig. Why ring not outthe bells throughout the towti? Dauphin, command the citizens make ^niiresy . And feaf! and banquet in the open ftreets; To celebrate the joy, that God hath giv'n us.
and other grain. In the fuburbs of their towns; (where AdonUyin worfliip*d $) and thefe planted fpots were cali'd Adotwi gardens, and confecrated to him : and the fruits and plants, which were pioduc*d there, .were of thofe that were carried about an the cereflDonies per* fornaM to his woribip. But xt will not be pretended, I hope, that thefe were gardens cultivated by him$ but barely confecrated to hfs mcmoijr. The learned Huitiui, indeed, in his Demopftrat, EvangeiU. mentions, that the Creds relate of. Alonis, tha he was exceedingly devoted to the cnltureof gardens : Jiegem Adonidem Hortoruin cur^ imptnfe Juijfi deditum narranta* But what does (his imply more, than that he was -an admirer of rural pleafures \ of gardens, as well as lawns and chafes? Not that there was any known or celebrated garden, formed and cultivated by himfelf, and which theiefore carried his name. Nay, Huttiui was fo far from believing any fuch matter, that he thinks, the original of the fortablt gardem came from the refemblance of the name Aion to that of Eden: And that Gan-Eden, or the garden of pleafure, the term which the Tbcenician women gave to thefe por* table gardens, in procefa of time was changed into Can- Aden, the gardens of jidtnh* So Gerard Crofiutt in his Homerus Hchratis,^rti it as his opinion, that whatever the old fables have faid of the Beffe' rides, and the gardens of j^donis, as well as what Homer has faid of ^^cirtous's gardens, have all rheir foundaiion from the Mofaic EoiVi And I'll add, that the Elyjian Fields, in many refpe^s, are a copy ft cm the fame picture.— ilf^ar/ffo, indeed, the Italian poet, has planted a fi^litioos garden for Aioint ; as our Spenfer has likewife done fmce, upon the other's plan. But thefe are poetic defcriptions, aid founded on nobafis of truth or real locality. When I wrote the notCi to which I make this a fupplement, 1 obferv*d, that what author Qur Sbakejj^eare traded with for his hint about Adonh^a gardens, I could not pretend to fay : But I an) now cbnvinc*d» that he copicci the thought of his Similt from the following paflage of Spenjern
There is continual fpring, and barveft there Continual, both meeting at one time f
For both the bought do laughing ^/i^mu bear,
And vntbfrejb colourt dtck the wanton prime %
And eke at once the b€»vy trees they climb,
VfKich Cftcm x»\aL\so^ >\tk&«t \2ci«.vc fr^t*t Uadt ftc«
F aVr| ^tea> '^. m« ^Usil«^« %».. «».%
King HfiNk V VI.^ 41*
jilan. All Franci will be replete with mirth and jq/t. "When they (hall hear li^w we have play'd the msJk*
Dau, 'Tis Joan^ not we, by whom the day is won : For which I will divide my crown with her; And all the priefts and friers' in my realm Shall in proceflion fing her endlefs praile. A ftatelier pyraniid to her I'll rear. Than Rbodopi*s or Mmphis tvtx. was ! In memory of her» wheii flic is dead. Her aihes, in an urn more precious Than the rich-jewePd coffer of Darius (l i)»; Tranfportedrihall be at high fcftivals, Before the Kings and Queens pf France. No longer on St. Dennis viiW we cry. But Joan la PueelU fliall be Frances Saint. Com^Jn, and let as banquet royally. After this golden day of vidlory. [Fiourijh, Exeunt m
(I x) '''^Coffer tf Darius] When Altxandar the Great took
thei«ity Caxd^ the met^ropolis of BynA^ amtdft the other fpoils tod wealth 6f Dariui treafur'd up there, he found an exceeding rich an4 beautiful litfle cheft, or ca/ket. Having furveyed the fingular rarity of if, and aijeed thofe about him what thejp thought iitteft to be laid up in it j When , they Kad feverally deliverM their Opinionia, he told them. He eOeem*d nothing fo worthy to be prefeivM in it as &Mwr*« ZM«. Vide Tlutarcbim in Vita AUxand* Magn'u
S 2 KCi-V
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ACT n.
* S C E >I E, befort Qr&ww. Umira Siijeant af a J9W^ *nuiik^tn^§ Cuaituh^
'^ IRS, talccyourplaccs, and be vigHant: 1^ If any noife or ioldier yo4 percdve iNear to the waU| by fomie apparent ii^n ^<^t-us hare kftoyvledgelM^ the court or guard.
*€*«/. Serjeant, yon/lhaiK Thu$ are poor femtoi^ (^lien otb^rs'fleep uj^on their quiet beds) 'COiiihilih'd to watch in darkiiefs> rain, and cold.
-Entit^iShoX^ Bedford, tmJ Burgandy, wth/calH^Ui^ liers. ^heir drums heating a dtadmarcb^
Vol* Lord Regent, and redoabted Bmrguf^ %y whofe apjiiroach the regidns of Jrtns^ ^t^alhofif and P'uardt are friends to os ; This happy night t^e FrencMem are fectirey Hiaving all day cardusM and banquetted. Embrace we then thh "opportunity, •As fittine bed to quittance their deceit, ^ontriv'd by art and baleful forcery.
Sid, Coward oVFrome ; how much he Wrd»gs his fiUf^ iDefpafftig of his own arms fortitude. To join >Vith witches and the Kelp of hell !
Bur* Trdftdrs have never othdr company^ •But what's 'fhati^fcri^^/Zf, whom they term fo piue?
r*/. A mid, they fay.
Bid. A maid ? and be fd martial ?
'Bur. Pray God, ilie prove not mtfciirine eie long, ff underneath the ftalndard of the Fnnch She carry armoiif, as Ihe hath begun.
King HE'Hjty Vt 4j»3.
Crod it our tBttrtdf in wbofe conqoMng name^ , Let us refolve to fcale their flipty bulwark^.
Bfii, Afcendy bifave TMof, we will fbllav thee^.
TV- Not all together ; better far I gucfs, That we do make our entrance feveraf ways : . That if it chance the one of 0$ do fail. The other yet may rife againft their force. .
£ed. Agreed ; 1*11 to your corner*
Bur. I to this.
TaL And here will Ta/^^/.moanty or make his g|raye% Ifow, Salijbury! fOr thee^ and for the right Of Eug;hfi Hinrjy ihsll this night appear ij[ow much in dutyi am bound to both.
CinfA^itbin^lPirmf arm ; theenenty doth make affault^ y^^bi Engliih, JcttUt^tbc *walljf Cry St, George !« ^-Talbot!*
Tbi IPrench /rag oVr tbe. lualti inibeir Jhirts. Ehtir, fe* oferal ways fBa&9xd, AlwcLfonttUignicr, balf'reaifyAs^^^^ Mf unready^ -
Man. How now, my Lords h wh*at all unfeadv fo f^
;ft^. Unreadjr ^ I, and ff ad we ^fcapM fo well.
R(ig. 'Twas time, I trow, to wake and leave otur beds-; Bearing ahurums at oar chamber doofs*
Alatu Of all exploits, fince firft t follow *d arms^ Ne'er heard I of a warlike enterprize M<Jre venturous, or defperate than this.
Baft, I think, this Talbot is ar^fiend of hclT) _ .
J?</|^ H nbtof hell, die hetivVs, fare, f:lvt)tir Mfi^..
uf/dxr. Hej^ cometh Ci&«>'/f/, I mar\*el how he fpcd^
Enter Char4es amd Joam
Baft* Tut! holy Joam was hii defenilve gwapd^ Chc^, Is this thy c'uAning, thou deceitful dame?^
Bidft %hou it ^rft, to Matter us wirhal/
Make us partakers of a little gain ; •That aow our lofB m^ht be ten times as rtvuch ? * Fucd. Wherefore is CAJsrZf/ impatient with his frfeiCd??
At all times will yf)i^ have my pow^t iWeitY >
Sl€eping, or wtidng^ muft I M\\ piceN^i: ' " ' ^
414 *Th€ First Part of
Or will yoQ blame and lay the fault op me ? •
Improvident foldiers, had your watch betn good. This fudden mifchief never could have fal'n.
Char» Duke of AtAufon^ this was your default^ That, being Captain of the watch to-night. Did look no better to that weighty charge.
Alan, Had all your quarters been as fafely kept, . As that whereof I had the government. We had not been thus (hamefully furprisM*
j?^. Mine was iecure.
Jttign, And fo was mine» my Lord. .
Ckar, And for myfelf, moft part of all this night» Within her quarter, and mine own precin6l, J was em ploy 'd in pafiing to and fro. About relieving of the centinels. Then how, or which way,' (hould they firft break in ?
PuciU Qneftion, my Lords, no further of the cafe, . How, or which way ; *tis fure, they found fbnie part But weakly guarded, where the breach was made: And now there r^fts no other Ihift but this. To gather our foldiers, fcatter'd and difperft. And lay new platforms to endamage them. \EMniiA* a - ■ ■ - ■ >
SCENE, within tbe Walls pf OrUam.
Alarum. Enter a Soldier crying, a Talbot! a Jalbot! . '^0' jPy* leaving their clothes behind,
^^.T'LL be fo bold to take what they have left:
X The i;,iy of Talbot ferves me for a fword. For I have loaden me with many fpoils, tJfing no other weapon but his name. [fx//.
J?»/^ Talbot, Bedford, 412^ Burgundy.
Bed, The day begins to break, and night is fled» Whofe pitchy mantle over veil'd the earth. Here found retreat, and ceafe our hot purfuit. \Ritrtat*
7i/. Bring forth the body of old 5/i/j^«ry> i4 nd h ere adv ance vt \t^ xXvc^ tRvtV^x. ^Vwl^^ The middle tcnuc o£ xV\^ cN»^t^ xa^xi^
King Henry VL 415
Now bave I pay'd my Vow anto his foul :
For cv^ty drop of blood was drawn from him.
There hiavc at Icaft five Frettcbmen dy'd to- night.
And that hereafter ages may behold
What ruin happen'd in revenge of him.
Within their chiefefttempje I'll ered>
A tomb, wherein his corps fhall be interred ;
Upon the which, that every one may read.
Shall be engrav'd the fack of Orleans ;
The treach'rous manner of his mournfui dearh,
And what a terror he had been to Franck,
But, Lords, in all our bloody mai&cre,
I mufe, we met not with the Dauphin's Grace,
His new-come champion, virtuous Joan of Jrct
Nor any of his falfe confederates.
Bed. *Ti8 thought, Lord Tdhoty when the fight began, Rous'd on the fudden from their drowfy beds. They did amongft the troops of armed men Leap o'er the walls, for refuge in the field.
Bur. Myfelf, as far as 1 could well difcern For fmoalrand dufky vapours of the night. Am fore, licar'd the Dauphin and his trull : When, arm in arm, they both came fwiftly running,^ Like to a pair of loving turtle doves. That could not live afander day or night. After that things are fet in order here^ We'll follow them with all the pow'r wt have*
h$iter m Meffengtr*
Meffl All hail, my Lords ; which of thii princely train
Call ye the warlike Talhot^ for his a6ls
So much applauded through the realm of France T TaL Here is the Talbot^ who would fpeak with him t Mejf. The virtuous Lady, Countcfs of Awvergne^
With modedy, admiring thy renown.
By me intreats^ great Lord, thou would*ft vouchfafe
To vifit her poor caftle where (he lies ;
That (he may boaft (he hath beheld the man,
Whofe glory fills the world with loud rejjort* '
S 4 "fe^iv.
4i6 The Fir ST. Part oF
Rifr. Is it ev'n fo ? nav, tben»^ I fee, oar waxa Will torn iiuo a peacefd coinick fport ; When Ladies crave to be encounter'd with. Yoa can't, my Lord, defpife her gentle fuit.
TaL Ne^er troft me then ; for when a world of mea Could not prevail with all their oratory. Yet hath a woman's kindnefs over-rul'd : And therefore tell her» I return great thanks i And in fubmiffion will attend on her. Will not your honours bear me company?
Beii. Noy truly, that is more than manners mlH And I haye heard it fiid, unbidden gDefis Are often welcomeft when they are gone.
Tal. Well then, alone, fince there^s no rcpiicdyf I mean to prove th]« Lady's courtefy. Come hither, Captain ; you perceive my mini!, [jyhij^i
Capt, \ do, my Lord, ana mean acccfrdingly. [^Exem
S C £ N £9 the Ccuiiters of JkVirgm\ Cafile. Enter the Qimnujs^ mdJm Forur*
\Ceunt,Y\tit\t^ remember what T gave in charge ;
Jf And, when yau*v« done fo,lxrii\g the keys to«i Port, Madam, I will. (^
Count. The plot i$ laid : If all things fall out right I (hall as famous be by this exploU, As Scjthtan 7omyris by CyTus' death. Great is the rumou/of this dr^cadfhl Knight, And his atchievements of no le^ account : Fain \vould Inine eyes, be witneis with miae ««ur8» To give their cenfure of thefe rare leports.
Enter Mcjfenger and Talbot. Mejf. Madam, according as your Lady (hip By meflage crav'J, fo is Lord Talbot come.
'Count. And he is welcome i what! is this the man?
Mejf. Madam, it is.
Count* Is this the f^urge of trance?
h tfatl tlie njht ib muck fear'd abroad, , Tliac with his ntmethe mothers (UlUfadi babe» (iz) ? Jl'fee, report is fkbnioas and faUe. I thought, I flkoald hvft (ten Vom€ ikraJes % , A\fscondHiamr, for-hisgnm aijped. And larve proportiM of hi* ftron^ knit linbn . Alas I ttis is a child, nJllv dwaSr:, It cannot be, this weak and wfitUcdShiimpf/ Should drike fach terror in kis enemiesi
Tioi. Madam^ I kavobeen boM to tiMkk yoin Bot fince your Lndylbip is not at kifiuro^. Vdl fort Imne other timo to vifit yon,
CM«/.Whatmeans konow ?Goaikhl0,frkidber befOfS^^
Mef. SUy, my Lotd nUa i for ay^dy cnnrea . To know the caufe of your abrupt departwo.
Tal. Marry for that Om'i in « wiong belief^ I go to certify her^ TMot'$ kere.
Emtir P§rtir nmih K^s^
Gaunt. If thou be he, then art tkoapyiibnif.*
Tai Prisoner? to whom ?
Count. To me, blood-thirSy Loidt And for that cauft ItrainM tkee to mv houie. Lop|; time thy fliadow hath been tkraU to me, . For m my gallerv. thy nidnff hang9 ir^ But now i;be fobftance fliall endnre the like, , And 1 will ichatn thefe legs and arms of thine, « That haft by tyranny thcic nanjr years^ Wafted pur country, llftin odrcttizens, . And fent our Tons and hnflNuids capuvatf «
TaL Ha, ha» ha. .
(fi) tbat With bis Name tht mothtM ftiU their bsbdt ?}Thir(}?^ fcf;ption of the terror, which Talhot Atuck into the frencht feemt to « me to be rldicuIM by Beaumont and Fletcher in their Knight ol the Burning PeJUf, in Which fevcral other paflaget ^f our aiithor.&ro. £u«errd a^: -/ ■'•
9fYJI fetr ewr children witb ^»»-| If they be Mefver fo unruly, do but cry^ Ra'ph CMRT^s / Ralph r9>;:M / to them I if«//-6^ 7/ *# as quiet a« Utfkb^t - ^
4i8 The FiitsT Pkrt of
Count, Laugheft thou, wretch? thy mirth (hall turn to - TaL I laugh to fee your Lady (hip fo fond, - [moan. To think, that you have aught but Talbot^s (hadow Whereon to pra£^e your f^efrity.
Count. Why ? art not thou the man >
TaL I ami- indeed.
Count. Then have I fabftance too.
Tal Nd, no, 1 am but (hadow of my felf : You are deceivM, my fubftdnce is not here; For V*hat yoti fee, is but the fmalleft part And le^ proportion of humanity : ] tell you^ Madapn^ were the whole frame here, •-It:is of *^ch a fpacious lofty pitch, Your roof were not fufitcient to contain it. *
Count. This is a riddling merchant for the nonce; Re will be here, and yet he is not here : How can thefe contrarieties ^gree ? .
Tal. That will I (hew you pref(^ntly.
Winds bis hong; drums, ft rike up; a petd tf Ordnanct*
Enter Soldiers*
How fay yon, Midam I are you now per(uaded. That TMot is but (hadow of himfelf ? Thefe are his fubflance, finews, arms and ilrengtbi With which he yoaketh your rebellious necks ; Razeth your cities, and fubVerts your towns ; And in a-Drioment makes them defolate. .
Count, Viftorious Talbot^ pardon my abufe ; 1 find, tkon art no lefs than fame hath bruited. And more thati may be gfatherM by thy (hape. Let my prefumption not provoke thy wrath ; For, I am forry, that with reverence \
I did not entertain thee as thon art.
Tal. Be not diCmayM, fair Lady ; nor mifconfirue T^e mind of Talbot^ as you did miflake The outward compofition of his body. Wha4 you have done, h«th not offended me : Nor other fatisfaftion do I crave, £at only willi yout prntu!):.^ \W\>h^ m^'{
King HtVKY VJ. 4t^
l^aile of your wine, and iee what eates you have ; For foldiers ftomachs alwaya ferve them well.
Cou9a. With all my heart, and think me honoured To fea(l fo great a warrior in my hoafe. [Exeunt.
.' ■ .- \
SCENE changes to^ London, in the TempU'-
J?if//r Richard Plantagenet, Warwick, Somerfct, Suffolk^ t , . amf otbp*s*
Plan. ^'^Reat Lords and Getttlemen, what means thit/i- Vj Dare no matt aififwerin acafeof truth ? [Icnce ?
Srf. Within the Temple-hall we were too loud. The garden here i«^mor^ convenient.
flan. Then fay at onee, if I maintain'd the truth : Or elfc was wrangling Somer/et in th* error?
Suf^ Faith, I have been a truant in the law; I never yet could frame my will to it, And therefore frame the law onto my will.
Som. Judge you, my Lord of Pfarn^icki then between us.
War* Between twO hawks, which flies the higher pitch ; Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth ; Between two blades, which bears the better temper ; Between two horfes, which doth bear him bed ; Between two girls, which hath the merrieft eye; I have, perhaps, fome fhallow fpirit of judgment : But in thefe nice (harp quillets of the Law, Good faith, I am netwifer than a daw.
- Plan, Tut, tut, here is a mannerly. forbearance. The truth appears fo naked on my fide. That -any pur- blind eye may find it out.
Sam. And on my fide it is fo well apparelPd, So clear, fo fhining, and fo evident. That it will glimmer through a blind man's eye»>
Plan. Since you are tongue-ty'd, and fo loth to fp^ak/ In dumb fignificants proclaim your thoughts t Let him, that is a true-born Gentleman, And (taada np«n the honour of Ki^ bialK
&6 IS.
4ft» The FifttT Pflretf
If he tmpok Aa/t I fu^e pleaded trtith,
Fffom off this hiiar i^i^ck a whke rofe vkiHi mr«.
Sim. Ijtt him thai n do Goward, and na flatteur,. But dare maiai^a the f ^ty pf the trothyi. Pluck a red rofe from qg thie thorn with me. . fTm-. I love no cokptt ; and without aU eofov^ Of bafe infianatilig flattery, I pftt^k this whM^eofe ^ilh MnH^fpufft.
^M/C I plac^ t|rfs red rofe witkyooar tmmrfi/t^ And (ay witfad> I thxnk, he held i&e ngl«.
^«r. Stay, Lords mk Geademeiiy aad plack no ii0ff)i Till yon eo^clode, thai he, npoii whofe Ihie The feweft rofes are crop^d ftom die im^ Shall yield the other in the iMifr^funion.
S^m. Good mafter Vtrwm^ it is well'olijefiod'i If I have fewel^ I faUcribe in filence.
Flan. And I.
Vtr. Then for the troth and platMeA of die ^aS^ I pluck this pale and maiden bloflbm here, Giving mv verdift on the white rofe fide.
S^m, Prick not yonr fin|(er as yoa plock it oil^ Left, bleeding, you do paint the n^ite rofe red|; And fall on my fide fii againft yoar wilL
Vtr. If'I» my Lord, formy e^iaioa bleeds Opinion (hall be fargeon to aty hurt; And keep me on the fide, where fiill I am*
S^m. Well, well, come on ; who elfel
Lanuyer. Unlefs my ftady and aiy books be hXfcp The argument, you held^ was wiwg in yon ;;
[Ttf Somerfefci In fign whereof I pluck a white role too.
Plan, Now, Somer/ett where b your argam^t ^
Som, Here in my fcabbard, meditating th|MI. Shall die yonr white rofe to a bloody red.
Plan, Mean time, your cheeks do counterfeit our rofe^ ^ For pale Aey look with fiear, aswitneffing The truth, on our fide.
Som. No, Plantageneit 'Tis apt for f(;^r^ but imger, that thy chedu
K\f\g FrEiTRvY vr. 41B
ndL for piive ihame to ooaoter&it our xotkg ;. And yec my. tongue wrU not oonfds thy erron
PAm. Hath not ihy roie acanker^ S$9ier/et^> . ^Mb Hath Boc&^y refe a chorn,, Eiamagifut f
Plam. Ay, fliaif aiMkpbrciiif to jnamtain his tnuh;.- Whiles thy coofumiAg canker jeat» hit faIihoo4«
Som. Wellf I'll find friends to wcftrmy bleeding wfti,. That (hall maintain what I have £ud is true. Where faKc Flantmrenai ^tia» not. be feeii.
Plan. Now by this maiden bloflbm in iny haord^ f fcorn thee andihy fa^ion, peevilh boy (13)4
Suf. Turn not thy foorns diis way, PloMt^^trnt.
Bum* Proud PW, I will ; and. Icora .both him and thcfe^
St^, ril turn my part thereof into tiny throat*
Som, AwsLYf away,, good IVtUiam di U PcoU, We grace the Yeoman by cooverfing with him.
War. Now^ by God*s will, thou wtrong'il him, Sdmtrjh^ Mis grandfather was LyM§l Duke of Chrenctt Third fon to the third MJwaniKing of England: Spring crefllefs Yeomen fron> fo deep a root?
Plan. He bears him on the place's privilege. Or durft not fo£ his craven heart fay thus.
Som. By him that made me, ril maintain my wofd». On any plot of ground in Chriftendom. Was not thy^ father, Ricbnrd^ E&rl of Camln'dg^,^ For treafon beaded in our late King's days f And by his treafon liand'ft not thou attainted. Corrupted and exenpt fnom anient gentry L
{1%) t fctrn thet Mnd, thy paflion. peivifi bty.l The old Copif»^. read, Fafihn :, which the B^ithtt i^eevi^, 1 prefume^ induced Mt»^ Fb^ t^ change in'.o Fajpon. But I daro fay, I have rcf^or*d ths^true word, TaBwi i- \\ e. 1 fcorn thee, tnd tho^ that uphold the«« &^ jMi^had ()ii4 hot juft befoie, /
Well, ril find Friends to near mj hUtdkng ro/ei. Afld PUmt0gjtiiit {gy% a Jif tie afiar ^
■ this pale and angry rofe
H^l I fir ever and my Faction wear } Befides, if Faa'ua. werd sot thfr t£ue reading, why ihooli Stfilk Itfj^ mediately reply,
7urn tifi tky /cprnt tkU vt^t PUata^aCt I
422 The First Part of
His trcfpafs yet lives guilty in thy blood ; And, till thoa be reftor'd, thoo art a yeoman.
Plan, My father was attached, not attainted ; Condemned to die for treafoq, but no tfidtor; And that Fll prove on better men thitti Somtr/ttt Were growing time once ripen'd to my will. - ' Por your partaker Ptol^ and you yourfelf, 1*11 note you in my book of memory. To fcourge you for this reprehenfion (14) ; Look to It well, and fay, you are well warned.
Som. Ah, thou (halt find us ready for thee flill^ And. know us b^ thefe colours for thy foes^
• Por thefe my friends, in fpight of thee, (hall wear.
Plan. And by my foul, this pde and angry rofe. As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate» IVill 1 for ever and my fadlion wear;
* Until it wither with me to my grave. Or flourifh to the height of my degree.
Suf. Go forward", and be choak'd with thy ambition: And fo farcwel, until I meet thee next. [Exit.
Som. Have with thee, Pooly farewel, ambitious Hicharl
[Exit.
Plan. How I am brav*d, and muft perforce endure it J
Jf^ar. This blot, that they objedl againft your hottfc, Shall'be wipM out in the next Parliament, Call'd for the truce of IVincbefter and Gloucefter z And if thou be not then created Yorky I will not live to be accounted War^uAck. Mean time, in fignal of my love to thee, Againft proud Somer/et and IVilUam Poel^ Will I upon thy party wear this rofe. And here I prophefy ; this brawl to-day. Grown to thisjfadion. In the Temple garden^
(14) to jc9ur^ you for thii np^ttYienTion,'] Tho* this word p#f- fefles all the copies, I arii perfuaded, it did not ceme from the «o* thor. 1 ha?e vcntur <1 to read, Reprebenfi^n ; and Piania^enet meant, that Smerfet had rej^reheaded or rep roaciicd bixQ with hii father chc £arl of Cambnfi^t\ treafoa* .
King Henry ,VI. 423
Shall fend 9 between the red rofe and the white, A thonfand fouls to death and deadly night.
Plan, Good mafter Vernon^ I am boand to yoo ? That you on my behalf would pluck a flower.
Fer. In your behalf ft ill will I wear the fame.
Lawyer, And fo will I.
Plati, Thanks, gentle Sir, Gome, let us four to dinner; I dare fay. This quarrel will drink blood another day. [Exeuntf
SCENE, a Prifon.
Enter Mortimer, brought in a ebair^ and Jailor^,
Mor.in^ ln^ keeners of my weak decaying age (15),
JV. Let dyiijg Mortimer here reft himfclf, Ev'n like a man new haled from the rack. So fare my limbs with long imprifonment : And thefe grey locks, the purfuivants of death, JST^^r-like aged in an age of care. Argue the end of Edmund Mortimer, Thefe eyes, like lamps whofe wafting oil is fpent^ Wax dim, as drawing to their exigent. Weak (boulders over- borne with burthening grief. And pithlefs arms, like to a witherM vine That droops his faplefs branches to the ground :
(15) This Edmund Martamr^ when King Richard II. fet out upon his fatal Irjjb expedition, was decUred by that Prince heir apparent to the crown : for which reafon King Henry IV. and V. took care ta keep him in prifon during their whole reigns. Mortimer''^ preten- fions to the crown, by defceot, in right of his mother, ftood thus*
King Edward III.
J.yonei, Duke of Clarence*
I
FhVif>paf (who married Edmond ^ I Mortimer^ Bail of March,)
Roger, Earl of March*
Edmund AUrtimert
4^4 The Frrs i-Part of
Vet are thcilc feet, whofe flrengthltrs fta^ isiMiihi^.
(JCfnabk toX«|^)C>rt thU lump of clay)
Swift -winged with defire to get a grave ;
As witting*. I ao other comfort have.
Bat tdl Bhef . keeper, will my nephew come f :
Knp. Richard rlantagenet 9 myLord, will come;: We fent onto the.Tcmplc, to his chamber ; And tnfwer wasTetumM» that he will come.
Hbr. Enough; niy foul th^n fliall be fatisfy'c^. floor gentleman, hts wronc; doth equal mine.. Since Hinn MonmBntb firft oc^an to reign,, (before whofe glory I was great in arms,) Tim tetthlbm fi^oeft»atioa have I had ; And^ ev'n fince then, hath jR/c/&<sr^ been obfcarM^, Depriv'd of honour and ihheritancet But iiow the arbitrator of deipairs/ fbft death, kind umpire of men's miferies. With fweet enlargement doth difmifs me hence. . I.would, his troilkbles likewife were expir'd, TChBLtJo he might recover what was loft !
Enttr Richard Plantagenet;
Kfif* My Lord, your loring nephew now is come/.
Mor, Richard Plantagenet^ my friend, is-he come?'
Blan. I» noble unole, thus ignobly us'd. Your nephew, late defpifed Richard^ comes.
Mor. Dired mine arms, I may embrace his neck„. And in his bofom fp«»d my latcft gafp. Qh, telljne, when iny lips do touch bis cheeks ; That I may kindly give one fainting kifs. And now declare, fweet ftem from Torkh great flock. Why didft thou fay, of late thou wert defpis'd ?
Plan, Firftj lean thine aged back againd mine arni». And in that eafe Til tell thee my difeaie. This day, in argument upon a cafe, Some word s> there grew 'twrxt^cw^r/^ and me:- Amoneft which terms ke ns*d his lavifh tongue, . And did upbraid me with my father's death j Wiiich obk)C[tty fet b^rs before my tongue.
King: Ft* ntR y YI; 4Pt
B^ with the like I had ritqpted hins Therefore, good uncle, for mjr fath«r'& fake,. In honom* of a tru^ Planti^ntett Aod for alliance fake, declare the cauie M^ father Earl^of Camhrid^ loll hi« head*
Jlii?f*. This caufe, fair nephew, that iaiprUbn'4fna;. And hath detaip!d<me all isy fipw'ri^^ youyik. Within a loachfom dungeon, there to pia^. Was carfed inllFiimeat of his.deceafe*
PUiM, IMToovcr more Qt lar^. what caafe that wafl^. 'Sot 1 am ignorai^ and caanot^ guefs. .
Mcr.Ji will,, if that my fadiag bfcath peraait ;. And death abroach not^. ci& a^. tale be done. Henry the Fourth, graDdfather to this Kin|g[>. Depos'd his.coufia !^/Vi&ftry/, E^fiwtrd^siom t: The firft- begotten, aad the U^ful heir ef EdfumullLwf^ the ihird of that dafcdfit,. Paring whofe rei^ga the fyrftH of tke fiorlh^ (iadiag hk ufiiu:pf^tiaa.«ioil*onj«iA> EndeavoarM my advaiuseiaeat tb<^ tl^foaa. The 4«af0a4iM9v'd ^hefa warlike Lordi to this*. . W^, fQrtibflt^ou«)gjtiv^g J^ri|»r/th«i^ Leaving no binr b^|pttea^f hit A^ody^ I. was tni^ next by birth ! Ukd par^a^^ }. Mox by ntyinoUier d 4eri«ed ajp From LjomlDukc of Clarence^ tde third {ba> 1^ the TUfd ^ihim^,\ whftcae Mi^ig^Mkr From John of ^inmi doth Mag hit pedigffetK , Veing but the fourth of that htroick line. But mark ^ as in this haugbt}^ great attempts They laboured. to plant the ri^tfal hetrj^ S loir A)K liberty, sa^4 ^*y ^^oi<^ ^^cs. iiong after this, when HfMfy the Fifth After, hls^father JWirV^irMb didjirign. Thy father. Earl of Cemiridge,^ (ibcn derivMi From hmo\i^£dfmtnd lautfi^t Duke of Tori^ Marrying my fifiei^. that tliyt mother wasjj Again in pity of my hard diftrefs IfCvitd an lymy, wMiun£ tia.fiisdtcmk
4)6 The FmsT Hirt of
And re-inft|il me in the diadem : Bot as the reft, fo fell that noble Earl, And was beheaded. Thus the Mortimers , lo whom the title refted, were fuppreft.
Plan. Of which, my Lord, your Honour is the ladt.
Mo^. Troe ; and thoa feeft, t hat I no iflue have ; And that my fainting words do warrant death : Thou art my heir ; the reft 1 wifli thee gather: But yet be wary in thy ftudious care.
Pian. Thy grave admonifhnvents prevail with me: But yet, methinkt, my father's execution Was nothing lefs than bloody tyranny^
Mor. With filence, nephew, be thou politick: Strong-fixed is the hoafe of £«»ai^jr, And, like » mountain, not to be removed. But now thy uncle is removing hence ; As Princes^do their courts, when they are cloyM With long continuance In a fettled place.
Plan. O uncle, would Tome part of my young years Might but redeem the paflage of your age !
Mor, Thou doft then wrong me, as that flaught*rer dotbf Which giveth many wounds when one will kllL Mourn not, except thou forrow for my good ; Only give order for my foneral •
And fo farewel; and fair befal thy hopes (i6)
(i6) and fmr be tU th hofuA Mortimer knew Ptta*
fagenee^ hope% were ftir, bat that the eftabfiiliineat of the L««r«-
ftrUm line diuppointed them : fure, he would wlih, that his nephew*! fair hopes might have a fair ifTue} and this reftitution of a fingla letter, which* might eafily have dropt out at prefs, will give os \ at,
' 1 am perfuaded^ the Poet wrote $ '
•— — ^ and fair hth\ dy hopet ? So, in Lovi4 Labour* t /tft;
Bir. Now fair befaJ your ma/k I
Rof». Fair fall tbi face^ it iovert I And fo FaUonbridgt in King John j .
FtffV fall tbi hnes, (bat tocdt the pains far me!
Befidet, the firft line of PlamagenitU reply to Mortmn^ confirms my toieDdation s
King Henry VI. 4117
And profp'rous be thy life, in peace and war! [DUsm
Flan. And peace, no war, befal thy parting foiul In prifon haft thou fpent a pilgrimage, And, like a hermit, over-paft thy days. 'VVell ; I will lock his coonrelln my/breaftj And what I do imagine, let that reft. Keepers, convey him hence ; and I myfelf Win fee his burial better than his life. Here dies the dufky torch of Mortimer, Choak'd with ambition of the meaner fort. And for thofe wrongs, thofe bitter injurieSf Which Somer/et hath offerM to my houfe, I doubt not but with honoar to redrefs. "^ And therefore hafte I to the parliament; Either to be reftored to my blood. Of make my ill th*» advantage of my good (17). [£vi/.
(17) Or m^e mf will' th^ ad*oantagt,if my to^iJ] , So aH the printed copies : but with very little tegard to the Poet's mctning. What wi9 Plantdganeth vfiii, but to be re6or*d to his blood? The conjuoAion disjunftive, therefore here is abfurd and ungramma* tical,. Befidet, I dare fay, a contraft wai defigned in the terms, tslkich is loft by the cotruptioA of the text. I reftore, only throwing cue a (ingle letter,
Cr make my 111 tb* ddvtnt^t ^ my good* Thus we recover the antitbefii of the exprellion ; and the disjon^tive becomes proper and neceflary to the meaning* « Either I wiU pro- ^ cure the honours of my blood to be reftor*d ; or my misfortuM, toy *' hard/hip in being refufed thiS| ihall at Itaft gain me friends^ and «« turn to my advantage**'
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4A$: The Fm s t Paist of^
ACT III.
S C: E N E, th€ Parliament.
fjwrijk. Enter King Henry, Exeter, Gloucefter, ^ift?
chefler, /'Warwick, Somerfet, Suffolk, «W Ricbtrdt) Plantagenet ;, Gloucefter c^z to put up^ a Sili: WiiK €j^tSier /rtofci^ei it, and tears it.
W 1 N C. il £ S T B k»
With written pamphlets iktuiloufiy devisM h Hmphrty of CWfiwy if <I»oa €M*ft aocuft^. ^ Ort>i]ght itxtend'A to lay ui»to mj c!iitfge>. Do it withpnt invention fuddenly; As I with Todd en and extemporal tpeech t^urpofe to anfw^ what thou cai^ft ocjed. {tienief;
GUu. Prefamptuous pried, this place cosioB^awiaiaiJ^I^ 9r thou.(hoaU'ft,fifid» ijioa haft difbonoui'd tne.. 'Ehibit not*, altho' in writiog I ^referM The mannev^ of thy vilt oatragious cHtties, That therefore I have forgM, or am not i^4e ytrbatim to rehearfe the method of my pen. No, prelate,^ fvch is thy audacious Wickedne(%. Thy lead, peftiProus, and difTentious granks^. The very, iofanti prattle of thy prideu. Thou arc a mod pcrnicioos ufurer, Frdward by nature,, enemy to peace,, ^
X^fcivious,. wanton, iiKtt«. than well befeems- '
h man of thy pro/efil#»and degree. And for thy treaph'ry, what's more man ifeft ?: In that thou lard'fta trap to take my. life, As well;at London- Bridge , as at the Tovht. tefide^ I fear mc» \f tVv^ \\vo>^^u N««e (ifted; The King iky. Sovtw^T^ *u uftvc^vu ^iwwvt^ ^^^^
Icing ft E Say V\. %^^
iFrom eovfOtts malice of thy fweUiiig hesut.
01fi. Glol/ier^ I do defy thee. Lords, voucMafe To give me hearing what I (hall reply. If I were coTetotis, perverfe» imbitiou^ As he will have mq; how abi I fo poor ? ^ow haps it then, I feck not td advance Or raife my fclf? but keep liiy wonted Scallin^ And for diflentiooy who. preferreth peace ^More than I do ? except I be'provok'd. K09 iiiy good Lords, it is not that offliimk's It is not that, which hath incens'd the Duke: It is, becauft no one ihoold fway hiit he; ^o one, but he, fhould be stbout the Kiug^ And that Engenders thbnder in his hre^ft, ^ And makes hiih roar thefeaccu&tions ibrtln ^at he Ihall know I am as gi|od<«-^^^
G/w. As^food^? Thou baftard of my grandfather 1
fFin. Ay, lordly Sir;. Jos wbat are you, I pray, %ut one imperiojas in asothi^r's throne I
Glou, Am nott th^'Proteftor, fawcy priefl? Win. And &xn no^I ^ pr4ate 6f ^the church ? Glou, Yes, as ah out- law ina caftle keeps^ And ufeth it to patronage hi^ th^t* Win. UnrevVend Glo%r! Glou. Thott art reverend Touching thy. fpiritual fnn^on^ not thy life. Win. This Rm$ fliall rcinedy* 'War. Roam thither then. . SoM. My Lord, it were your duty to forbear* War. Ay, fee, the biihop be not over-bo'tne^ , ^tffff. Methinks, my Lord fhould be religious) ^nd know the QffipethAthe)9ng3.tp,fuc]i« *
War. Methiqks, his Lordfliip. fhould be htUnUort^eO^ Xt £tteth not aprclate fp to plead. . . ^
Sovh Yes, when his holy ftate is toticHM fo>aear«^ War. State, lioly or iinhallow'd, what o£ that 1 )s not his Grace Prptedor to the King ?
^cb. PlaniagMftetf I fee^ muft hold' his toagiie \
430 The First Part of
Left It be Aid, < Speak, firrah, when yoa ihoald; « Muft yoar l>oId verdid enter talk with Lords V Eife would I have a fling at Winchefler.
K. Henry, Uncks of Glo'ftfr, and of Winchefter^ The fpecial watchmen of our Englifi weal ; 1 would prevail, if prayers might ^revailj To join your hearts in love and amity. Oh, what a fcandal is it to our crown. That two fiich noble peers, as ye, (hould jar! Believe me. Lords, my tender years can tell. Civil diflention is a vip'rous worm. That gnaws the bowels of the common wealth.
\A noife luithin ; Down with th<j tawny coats.
K. Henry. What tumult^s this?
W^, An uproar, I dare warrant. Begun thro* malice of the biihop^s men.
[A noije again. Stones, Stones*
Enter May»r.
Mayor, O, my good Lords, and virtuous Henrys Pity the city of London^ pity us ; The Bifliop and the Duke of Glo'Jler*^ men. Forbidden late to carry any weapon. Have fill'd their pockets full of pebble flones^ And, banding themfelves in contrary parts. Do pelt fo faft at one another's pates. That many have their giddy brains knockM out^ Our windows are broke down in t\i*ry flreet, And we for fear compell'd to ihut our ihops.
Enter, injkirmijhf *with ilecdjf pateu
K. Henry. We charge you on allegiance to ourfelves. To hold your flaughf^rin^ hands, and keep the peace : Pray, uncle Glo^fer, mitigate this ftrife.
^ 1 ^imt. Nay, if we are forbidden ftoaes, weil fall to it with our teeth. 2 ^eru. Do what ye dare, we are as refolute.
-6 \J^kirmiJh again.
King He n r y VI. . 4^1
Ciou* You of ihy houfliold, leave this peevifh broil ; Jlnd fet this unaccixftoin'd fight afide.
^ Serv. M/ Lord, we know your prace to be a maa Juft and upright ; and for your royal birth Inferior to none but to his Majefty : And ere that we will fufFer fnch a Prince, So kind a father of the •common-weal, ,
To be diigraced by an inkhorn mate ; We, and our wives, and children, all will fight: And have our bodies flaughter'd hj thy foes.
I Stm/m Ay, and the veiy paringa of our nails Shdl pitdi a field, 'when we are dead* [Begin agam*
Qfouk Stay, Jftay, I lay; And if you love ihe, as you fay you do, Let me perfoade yen to forbear a while.
K. He^. O, how this dtfcord doth afflifl my foul!' Can you, my Lord of Wincbefter^ behold ,
My iishs attd tears, and will not once relent ? Who uioald be pitiful, if yon be not ? Or who Aiottld ftudy to prefer a peace, ' li holy churchmen take delight m broils ?
War. My Lord ProtCiftor, yield: yield, Winchtftit\ £xcept you mean with obftinate repulfe l^o jlay your Sovereign, and deftroy the Realm. Vou (ee, what mifchi^, and what murder tOQ^ Hath been ena&ed thro' your enmity : Then be at peace, except ye thirft for blood«
Win, He (hall fubmit, 6r I will never yield. . i^lou, Compaffioh on the King commands me ftoop; Or I would fee his heart out, ere the prieft Should ever get that privilege of me.
War, Behold, my Lord of Wincbefltr^ the Duke Hdth banifh'd moody difcon tented raiy. As by his finoothed brows it doth appear. Why look you ftiU ib ftern and tragical?
Glou, Here Winchefter, I offer thee my hand.
K. Henr^, Fy, mitWBtarfort : I have heard yoa preachy That malice was a great and grievous fin : And will not yen maintain the thing yo\i tt«^^li^
S^TjV the -T I R'S T PAt trf
%ot prenre a tiiief dflhrder in the fame ?
liT^r^ Sweet'King ! die bifiiop hatfar a kindly "^iM t 'For (hAine, ny Lor^t of fVincbtfttr^ relent ; "What, ftiall t child iifftrttA^ yoirwhat to do^
Win. Well, Duke of ^by?*r, I Will yield fco'iJittl ^ve for thy love^ and hand for band I give.
Glou, Ay, but I feslr me with a hollow heart* 'See here, my friends and lovinr count^'ftienv .This tokcni ^reth for a fli^ of trace betwixt oarfehrea, sLnd all ddr fblldwefsr: ^o help no God, as iditfemblrnot! ' Win. [4^.|;Sohelp.me69d, aslinttoditnot^
K. Hinrv. Ol6ving uocle, ^H^ Dukttbf QU^prj^ 'How joyra! am I made by this contract! Away, my mailers, troable oa no more ; 'But join 'in friendfliip, at your Lofds^ have "^ne*
1 Smrv. Content, Pll to the fttrgeon^s.
2 Ser^f. So will I.
3 &r<v. AhdPllfte^wliat'phyficKtheF'iiavejttafibrds.
War. Accept this fcrowU moiVgjfadous Sovereign! Which in the right of Richard Plmt^mH We do exhibit to your ^)(a^€i%,
GUu. Welliirg'd,myLordof^^mviVihfbr»fweetPrincff^ An if yduR Qraoe nfark ev^ry dreumftasce, Vou have great reafontodo'J^fi^iwWTXghtt Efpecially^ fbrthciboocafions At Eltbam-^lMA^S xxM jovlt^ Bfoje^. ,
K. Himy* AxA thofe oMAata^ nncle, wete of force t Therefore, myWingLords, our pleafare ia» That Richard be reflored to hit Uoodi
Wop. J^tliViiiarWbereftoiied'to^hiablodd^ So (hall his fathers wnifeqg^beiecoinpensf^d.
ITin As willthereft^ fo wiileth^PiaciMb'*
Y;^ Henry. V RiikardvAYLh^txtit^ tioc ttat aloiiey But all the whole iidieritnce I |ivei That doth belong unto the hooto of: iTonf,; From whence yea %riag by lineal' defcent.
Rich. Tb«M«iAfti«iHiBXtf9jii%5AK^
King Henry V|. 433
And faiA&l fenrice, till 4he point of death..
K. Tieufy* Stoop then» luid fet your knee agaiDft my foot. And in regutrdon of that duty done, 1 gird thee ivith the valiant fwrord of Ttrk. •Rife, Richard^ like ft troe Tlanmgeneti And rifexrettied princely Dnke of foA.
Rich. And ib thnve RiebmJ, as thy foes may fall ! And as my duty fprings. To perith they« That grudge one thonght «gainft your Majefty !
^//.Welcome, hi^hPjrincey the migh«v Duke of Tori/
Som. Pctiilv, bafe rrince, ignoble Duke of f^rkf
Clnt. Noi|v will it beft avail yonr Majeily To cro{6 the feas, and to be crown*d in FrsMCi .* The prefeflce of a King engenders love Amoneft his ft^bjedd ami his loyal friends, As it wfanimates his enemies.
K.Henry. When Glo^fter fays the word. King Htnry goes ; For friendly coviifel cuts off many foes.
<^Io9u Vour flitps already are in readinefi. [Exeunt.
Mantt ExttST.
^xi. Ay, we may march in England or in France^ Not feeing what is likely to enfue % This late diflention, grown betwixt the Peers, Burns under feigned aflies of forgM love ; And will at laft oreak oat into a flame. As fefter'cf members rot but by degrees. Till bones, and lleih, and iinews, fall away ; So will this bafe and envious difcord breed. And now 1 fear that fatal prophecy. Which in the time of Henrj^ namM the Fifth, Was in the month of evVy fucking babe; ~ That Hemy^ born at Monmouth^ flioald win all ; And Himty^ horn at PTind/or, fliould lofe all : Whicb is fo plain, that Exeur doth wifti. His days may finiih ere that kaplefs time. [Exii.
Vol, IV. T ^C^^^
,434 Tlic F JUS -r Part, cf
S C E 1^ E changes to' Rgan in Franci.
Entir Joan la Pacclle difguifed^ ok^ fom^^Soldiits nuith facks upon their hacks.
Piffr/.^TpHcfe'are tke cttf -j^aooi^ the Mtea of Rnth
X ^**^* whkh^Ov policy mtitt mak^a^itacii. Take heed» be wary, bow you place ypur wofds; \ Talk like tlHs vulgar fart.of aarket-imn, That come to gatSer money for tkeir'cpr9« ]f wehaveeotratite, (a6> I bope«.we^^I ;). And that we find the Hothfiil watch but weak, ril by a fign give floMe (Oomr Mends r . That Cbarin theDauphin may enconnier theai.
SoL Oar facks fiiall be a mean to Tack tke city» And we be lords and rulers over %R^m^ Therefore we'll knock. JKi/Kk*
VvLCtl. Pai/afrs9 fauwif ,gi/is Ji France. •Poor nrarketrfetks, thai epme to^fell their coi^. . , Ifatch, Enter, go in» the market-bell is rung. Pkcel.NoWf Rea»i Hl^ake thy bulwarks to the groand.
, f «/^r.Daaphin» Baftardi atfd Alanfen.
Dau. it. tknuis blefs this happy ilratagem I And once again we*ll fleep fecure in kitaa.
Baft, Here enter'd Pucetley an^ her pradiiaats : Now ihe is there, how will fhe fp^cify Where is the beft and fafeft pa/tage in ? \
Reig. By thruiling out a torch from yonder towV, Which, once ^tfcern'dy ihews, that her oieaiiing is. No Y^ay to that (for 4veaknefs} which flie enteir'dv
EnNr Joan la Ptecelle en the 19^ fbrmfifng okf a^Mti
bufmng. * ' • '» •
Pfuil. Behold, this is the happy wfddillgtorc^> ^h^tjoinethi?tftf« unto heVcduntr/ineiiv ^ ' ' kat burning fatal to the Talhefkeu
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Xing iHtt H n Y -V9. ^4j^
Baft. See, noble Charhsi the beacoif of oilf iHtpd« • l^Jbtf biA'ninjg torch iii yoader mniet ftasd*.
Dan. Now fivinca it like a comet of re?ieilg<^ A prophet to the fall of ill osf fbei.* > ^
Riig. 'Dtht no tioie, delay 9 have dafrgetoiiflf ends ; ^ Enter and cry » fbtJkwfbm! pre^ntly, And then do exeoatkm on the watch; • ^
; • [Ju alarm; TA\hot itt^m exear/^m.
Tal. FroHit^ thou (halt rne this ireafoii with*4hy teaii» ^^alhtySKsX fanrive thy treachery. FwnlUf that witch^ that damned ^orctrth^ - Ha^ wrotigbtthia helBfii mifchtef unawares ; ^iMt hardiy jp^euefea^'d the priae of Frtf^r^ {li)* [Exiti
Jin alarm: Excurfians^ ^ Bedford .jr«fr^/ '^.fai% in a tbair. Enter iTalbot W Burgundy, nvi4hcut\ njukhht, Joan la Pucelle, Dauphin, ^Ballard^ a«i/ Reignieri v.0» the nvalh. . \
TVnNf. Good'ttorrciw; gallants, .want y^ com for tread ? I think,, the^Duke of :5ir/w*//F ^\t(kft, { ; /
Before he'll blrjr a|ahi atiucha rdte, ^' ' - »Twai fell of darnel y d6 jo^ Itke the taft^ ? . '
j8«r^. ^coff oti, vile ifiehd^ attd (Haideleft cnrtisiah^* : f itjroil, ere Jong to choalf thfee with fbine own ; ^' " . Aod make thee curfe the harveft of that corti.
Dau.Yow Grace may ^ar^e» perh^p^^ beftrc thW time.
Bid. Oh, let not words, baedeeds, rerengfc this treafot !
/'»rf/.What wttl you do,gd€kl|;rey^bcarc>H>rcak aj^ce,
( tS) That b»iiy VH tfcMp^d «br pride ^f^rmHot :] ^, AH ttM^fOfnes co-'cur in this reading; bar it feetns.to be an abOiid tv^ ^Ikiaeaoing one. The beft conflrufVton, that can arKe/rpm efcaphtg t)»e ^rUf tf France, it, efcmping the proud French : which' would come very im- properly from *Ta hot's mouth. I hive ren^orcd to fijjtpofc, 6ur Author wrote, the prissi: u «• We havdiy «fcftp*d being Jtks^d hy, becoming the pr^^of tht FrtiKff, : Sq '%a ^h^4 the Illd*' \ ,", . A fbfatryjpvainin^, ?md,diflM«ied wi^/^ .. ^ ^ , .• ■ Ev'n the afternoon 9f her heft days,., ^, -7 '-. t^ ■^adc ^fefrand'nOr^hafc6?^hl$'ivarito«i'eve, V, * * _ So likeWifo in^ the ^htniB tongue. Id pfife, -H^^iie^' tlit^fitiiurt. or «>^«bMii/fiiX0f;aflyihii^; tc^ellasthetiaaj/da^ il^'/ . v^
• ri T t And
*36 Tflic FiRSt Part of
An4 rw(i a At at death within a chair ?
7W. Foul fiend of Frgutce, and hag of alf defpighti Incompa^'d with thy Inft^l patamonfs. Becomes it thee to tannt his valiant a^ And twit with cowardice a nan half doui ? Damfcl, ril have a bont with ^ on again. Or elfe let Talht perifli with his fliaaie.
PuciL Are yoo io hot^ yet, PueelU^ hold thy t>eace; If TalUi do but thunder, rain will follow.
\Thej^ nubifper tegaAer in wmnfL God fpeed the parliament I who (hall be the fpeaker \
Tal. Dare ye come forth, and meet as in the field f
Ph€tL Belike, your Lordihip takes os then for iool^ To try if that pur own be oun, or no.
9W. I fpeak not to that railing Hecate^ Bat unto thee, Jlanfin^ and the reft. Will ye, like foldiers, come and fight it out?
Jtmm. Seignior, no.
Tai. Seignior, hang : — bafe muleteers of Fratuef Like peafanc foot-lH>ys do they keep the walls, And dare not take up arms like gentlemen.
PufeL Captains, away $ let's get ui from the walls, For TmlUt means no gqodnefs by his looks. God be wi' you, my Lord : we came, Sir, but to tell yoa That we are here. ^ ^ [Exeunt from tbe*waib,
^iJ, And there will we be too ere it be long. Or elie reproach be TalSot'a greateft fame ! Vow, Burgiaufyt by honour of thy hoqfe, Prick'd on by publick wrbngs fuftain'd in France^ Either to get the town again, or die. And I, as fore as Englijh Henry lives. And as his father here was conqueror. As fure as in this late beti;ayed town Great QaurdilUn*% heart was buried ; So fure I fwear, to get the town, or dk.
Burg, My ¥Ows are equal partners with thy vows.
7W. But ere we go, regard this dying Prince, .^The valiant Duke of Bedford: tome, my Lord, ' tVe Will bcAow you in fojiie better pla^ ;
Jitter
King H E v^K Y VI. 437
Fitter for ficknefs, and for crazy age.
Beif, Lord TalBot^ do not fo difhononr mc: Here I will fit before the walls of Roan^ And will be partner of your weal and wOe. ,
Burg, Courageous Btdford^ let us now perfiiiad^ you.
Bid. Not to be gone from hence ? for once I read. That ftout Pendragont in his litter fick. Came to the field, and vanquifhed his foes. Methinksy I (hould revive the foldiers hearts; Becanie I ever found them as my felf.
7W. Undaunted (pirit in a dying bread \ Then, be it fo : heavens keep old Bedford fafe ! And now no more ado, brave Burgundy^ But gather we our forces out of hand. And fet upoii our boafiing enemy. [Exii.
4n alarm i Excwrfam: Enur Sir John Fafiolfe, and a Caftam.
Cap. Whither away, SxtJ^hn Faftolfe, in fuch haflc? * Faft. Whither away ! to fave my felf by flight. We are like to have the overthrow again.
Cff/. What! will you fly, and leave Lord Talbot? Faft. Ay, all the Talbot $ in the world to fave my life.
{Exit, Cap. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee! \Exit. Retrtat: Excurfiens, Pucelle, Alanfon, <Mr^ Dauphin y?^. Bid. Now, qtiiet foul, depart when heav'n fiiall pleafe ; For I have feen our enemies overthrow. What is the tr uft or ftren?th of foolifh man ? They, that of late were daring with their feoffs. Are glad and fain by flight to fave then^felves.'
[Diis^ and is carried vff in Bit €ha!r.
SCENE, within the Walls of Roan.
AnjUarmi £«irr Talbot, Burgundy, aadiherifi.
Tai. T Oft and recovered in a day again ? ■I ^ This is a noble honour Burgundy ; Yet heav'ns have glory for this viftory I
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43%, Tfie F I Jt s T rPart ot
Bur. Warlike and fpar^al Taiioe,, Burgnndf Inihrioes thee in his heart ; and there ere&s Thy noble deeds, as valour's fnonunients* .
Tal. Thanks, gentle Duj^e; but.wherfti&JV'//'^<>wi I thinkj her old famtliar is aileep* ^. , ,
Now Where's the bailard'b braves, and Chdrhs his ^Kkfs ^ What, alla-jiiort? Rom hangs her head for grief j.,^ That fach a valiant company are fled. ' '* -
Now we will take Tome order in the town* Placing therein fome expert officers. And then depart to /'tfrf.r to the King ; For there young Henry with his nobles lies.
Burg. What wills Lord TalhtU', pleafeth^#r^«»f^*
TaL But yet before we gOj^ let's not forge; _ , \ The noble Unkc of Betifordy late deceased i ;;
But fee his exequies fulfilled in Bgan. A braver fbldier never cottchcd lanee, . V ...
A gentler heart did never fway ki court. Sut Kings and nughtieU potentates o^juil <Ue» . ,
For that's the end of human miffry. {S^fiiMf^^
fa/#rDaqphin, Bafiard, Alanfoa, andjoz^ fa PttCtlj^'
Pufd. Difmay not. Princes^ at this accident^ iF^or grieve that R§an is To recovered. Care is Do cnre, bat rather a)rrofivi^ For things that are not to be remtdy'd. . let franttck Talh^t triumph for a while ; .
And» like a peacock, fwcep along his tail: We'll pall his pluases and tfkc aw#y ^is traiSf , If Dauphin and the lett «|«H be but rul'd.
Z>tfa. We have heea|indcd ^ thee htthertqt^ ^
An,d pf thy cunojog hajil i|o difidenee. One fudden foil (hall never breed di^ruft.
Bafi, Search ont thy «wit> for fecret poltciea. And we will make thee famous through the world.
JUui. WeHl fat ttiy AtttueAi fome h^y^^iap. And have thee reverenced Jibe a ble&d Saint* Employ thee then, fweet virgin, for our goojk «
PuceL Then thus it muft be« thia doth joan devlfe : -
N R y VI. 439
By fair perfoafions, njiixt with fogarM wordi»
Wc will entice the ^oke of Bmrgundf \
To leave the TMoti and to follow us.
Dau, Ay 9 marry, fweeting, if we coold do thatf France weieno place for Henry* s warriors; Nor (hall tbai nation boaft it fo with as/ But be extirped from our provinces.
jilmm. For ever fhoold they be expals'd from France And not have title of aa Earldom here. ' PiueLYoar honours ftiall perceive bow I will work. To bring this mauer to the wiihed end.
[Drum hats affar cf, Harky by the (bund oT drum yon may perceive Their powers are marchiag tinto /^ar//-ward. '
[/£r/^a/inK Engltfh cviirr/k THiere goes the TMoi with his colours fpread, And all the troops of £4r//r>d^ after him. [French march. Now, in. tha rfrewardy coaows tbe ]>ttkaand his i ' Fortone, ia favour, nukes^lnm lag bthtiild. SaauBon a parley, we will talk with him.
[Trumpeis found a park;^
Sutirtii Duii 0/ BiirguT\dy marcit/^. Dim. A parley with the Doke of Burgundy, --'^^ ■■ - Burg* Who craves a parley with the 'J?«r/»ff<^^ l^ar«f. The pnncely^iivJlr/ of /*raar#, thy c6u«trymair.r Burg. What ia/ft thou, Ckm^s f for I am mafchiajK »'; hence* - • - - Doar. Speak, PiRn/b^^aad enchant him with thy wordsi fuai. Brave Burgumfy, aodoabied hope of Fraace f ' Stay, let thy humble hand-maid fpcak to thee. >
Bur. SMak on, but be not «ver*tedioas« Pucd. Look on thfcoanary^ look oa fertile Frdka% ' And fee the citieit and fthe towns, defaced ^
By waftinff aoin of the cruel i^. ... ^
As looks die mother on her lowly babe. When death doth clofe his tender dying eyes } See, fee the pining malady of France. '
Behold the wounds, the moil uni^atVal wounds,
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440 The First Fi«r of
Which tho|i thfttM h3(l giv'n her w>^M brea^. Oh, turn thy edzc4 (word an6th«r way; Scr^ethofe, rhirl^r^; apnd^ bart not chofe, datheTp: One drop of bloody draWn froih thy cottn try's bofoa, Shouid grieve thee mo^d fhan ftreams of eommou gore> Reroro thee, thi^ftfo^eV^tth a flood of tcars^ ^ And wafh away thy country's ftained ^ts.
Burg, J^Ker file balk ISewitcli'd mt wkH ber wordsir Or n aiare makes. ^e fj^deidy. relent*
PiUiL BeiicfM, all Frenfi ,af d Fnmte exclaim on Ah} Doubting thy birth, and lawful progeny* Whom join'ft tboii with, but with a lordly nation That w:ill not tmftttte^ but fer'siyofit's hkti When Tal^i k^h'ict'^ting Hbcc in Frame, And fafhion'd tbetf that ihfttument of ill ; Who then but EjigU^ Hefi^\9rtlbe Lord^ A nd thou be thri»ft oik Uk« a fa^itive } Call we to mind, apd r^r k* but this for *^roof^ Was not theDiik««f Orkain ihf^fotl And was not he id EnghiaJ p6fentr ^ , Bitt wlen tb^y beai^ he was thine eneror. They fet him free 'without his ranfom paid j In fpight of Burgundy^ and all his friends. Stt then thou fighc^ft agaiHft thy couAtrymeo $ ' And join'fl with them, wtU be thy daughter- raem Come, come, return i seturn, thou wand'ring Lord ^ i^rkst aiui t)|e hII will taJte tkeeia tbeic arms.
Burg, Vm vanqai(hed. Thefe haughty words of heift Have hatterM inf» like loaringj eaondfi^ftiot/ And made me almoil yield upon My knees. Forgive me, country, aad fweet conntryroeir ; And, Lords, accept this keaity kt»d embrace* X)y forces 4iid my piw'r of men arc yottrs.. So farewel 7«/^<?/, TJ I na longer troA tbee*
/'iy.Done,like dJnncbmoH i Uirf)>aBd torn again (19) tr— , . Daw.
(19) DMe like a Frenchman : htrn^ and tupii ageU,^ I m»ke na dnubt but this was a ftcret wipe on Hetiry IVth of France, who To on tura'd his TtVi^iotif «• the exigencies of ftatc re^if^ii : j^iid whoTe ' M
King H t N R Y VI. 441
Dii. Welcome, bravef)oke! thy friendikip makes us frtfk..
Baft. Aim! doth beget new courage in our breails.
Alan. Fucelli hath bravely played her part in dii«. And doth deferve a coronet of edd.
Dau. Now let us on, m^ Lords, and join our powers ; And feek how we may prejudice the foe. lExatm.
^ SCENE changea to Paris. ,
Enter King Henry, Gloncefter, Winchefter, York, Suffolk, Somer&t, Warwick, Exeter, f5fr. To $him Talbot» nvtth bis foldieru
TaL IV /f Y gracious Prince, and hcoionrable peers
XYX Hearing^of your arrival in this realm, I have a while giv'n truce unto, my wars. To do my duty, to my Sovereign, lu fign whereof, this arm (that hath reclaimed *ro yx>ur obedience ikfxy fortrefles. Twelve cities, and fev'n walled towns of ftrengthf Befide five hundred priibners of efteem ;) Lets fall the fword before your Highnefs' feet : And with fubmifllve loyalty of heart Afcribes the glory of his conqueft got, Firil to my God, and ncixt unto your Grace.
K. Henry. Is this the fam'd Lord Talbot, uncle Gh^fter^ That hath fo long been refident ^n Trance f
Glotu Yes, if at pleafe your Majefty, my Liege.
K. Henry Welcome, brave captain, and vidorious lord.^^ When I was young, (as yet I am not old)
^aft turn, which was in the year 1593, when he reconciled hiinfclf to the Church of Honu, was lb ungrateful to his eld faft friend ' Qaeen EiiKtketb, that it thif w her into a kind of melanchcly r in the pomp and parade of which, ihe is faid to have pafa^d fome of lier time in tranflating Boetius de CtnfiJatiati Pbil^opbia. Our au- thor could not have paid his court with more addreft to his royal niilxefs's refentment, than by the facrifice of this pi-rce of fatire on Htnry of t^a^^'arn for his apoflacy from the reformed church.
Ts I
44ft The f lit S4^Vm of
t do rtmtnhtrioiw my iktherfidd (m),
A floMer'tlMUbpionDeyer handled fword.
LODg^iict w^ fvier^^eiblfKd^of yoiir* truth, -
Your faithful fervice and -yoor toil ih war; \
Yet n^tof hive yotti ufled oar reward, •• ■"
^Or bi^ regoetdoo'd wttE To hiuch^iii fhankiy '
Becaufe till now we never faw your face:^
Tberefort ftand op, «aDd for thdfe good defertSf
We here create you Earl of Sbrt'u^fy,
^nd in ^or cognation tfike your place* . [M^f^^
Kfamnt Vernon and Baflet
y&^fkmr Sif > td you. that were lb hot at fea^ DifgriKiiig.of thefet colours thfti wear In honour of my aohlc Lord of Tork; VtiT^at thou maiotain the former words thon fpak'A?
£a/. Yes, Sir,, as well as you dare patronage The envious barking of your fawcy toagoo Againll my Jiurdf the Duke of ^onurfit.
Ftr, Sirrah^ thy Lord I honour as he is.
Baf. Why, what is he ? as |^ood a mais at IVi.
Vir. Hark ye ; not fo : in witnefs, take yon that.
[SiriAej him* > Baf. ViUaio> thoa know'ft, the laws of arms is fncbi
(to) Id§ rmtmker k^m wy ftihtr fridt] Bot HtMry Vh was bot nine ipontbs old, when hit fairer dy'b-; We have thtt tviice from this o\fh mouth, in the two iubfeqoent parti of this hiftorj. * 2 Henri Yl. Aft 4.
Wo fooner was I crept o«t of my cradle.
But I was made a King at nlmi mnuht old* ^ Henry Vl,Aa, 3.
I was anointed King at n'mt months old* A forgetfttlnefty tbcrefcre, -of thii pitch, (careleft ts oar aothor wil in Tome rer^ftt,) coitld hardly come froA bim, had theiii plays been hta tn the iirft concodion : however he might paft fuch an abfurd c'r<am/faoce inadvertently, while he was only putting the iiaiihiAg ' hand to them. Contradiftiont of fo grofi a ftamp pot me in mind •f Sir AftfftM Marr^'aPt (tn«:2)rj|iirji,) who fayt, «« he wat born, at «• CamhriJft\ and he remembers ic as peifcdly as if it were but yef* «* ttrday.*'
That,
That, whofo draws a fword, 'ds prefent Anth {2 1} $ Or elk this blow (hould, broach th; 4'6AAPft bIpoijU ..^ -Sat I'll wrto hts Maj«ily> and crk^ -^ •' ■ . .^ ^ i>- I may have liberty to venge this wrong ; When thou ihalt fee, Til meet ik^e to thy coft
Fer. Well, mifcr^ant, PU be tlierras ioon as yoa ; And, after, meet yoa fooner than yoa would. [£,mr»«^
(a I ) '■ tbe law of arm h fttch,
TiiUt vbofo draws a fward ^tis J>rejent diath.\ We %x^ not pi tiA^fir* ftaod this, #i(h regiUct to aay penart^fbr drawing ifwotd in thepA* ^lencty or witk!» the.v«fee ot tho royal fakct I ti^eitberca^^bf poet neaiiy that by the law of armi in general it<VM jd<^ t#^4Q^w a JWord. Why then does Baffit (ay, he*ll crave liberty of the Kinf «p revenge his wrong»> \,ti us hear what the King fays afiefwardt| WhcA both parties coifie b aik his Irar^ ^f the combat*
■ ■ ; 'ramemhtr, whertwtAfiy ' . ^ f f tafrinct,amfi£filaj!ckfiv;av*iwgn4ti9nt^,
^ Jf tbey fereehve dijfenim in our Uoki,
<^ And tbatnmtbfn ourfehvti '01$ difagrlte, '^ ** * . ,
Btnt^wili tlkirgruhiiir /l9ma€biUfr9mk^4i ■' \ ^ ' • ro'unlfuidifibfdkmei andttkiUf >' m • n . I *Tie probablo therefore^ that tbe Kiiig> cadkdetiiii hlmAlfy wk it were, in an eoemy*t copotry, and fearful of ill coa^t^e^ip^ frOtat'oHy bf his own Ibbjieds bandying tad quarrelling tbari with one another, bad made it a capital offence by the martial law for any of hit peo* pie to draw a weapon opos one another y And, this granted, there*^ ■ibme reafon, why thefe combatjtots could not canre for their own Mvenge^ without firft obtaining a di^nlEition i^oiQ tl^i AritH ordir : ood why they coul'd oo mete drayr their fwof^a ia *noUi«f piake^ thaa ia the/r^di(#| widioot ItcciiBC gfaated ihcm.
'*t% •^^'- ■■ ■Iwt:'^
444 Thi 1^ lit s T Part of |
ACT IV.
'J^ur Kjpg Hcary, ClbucedeE, WincHcftct, York, Sot ) ) fbll^ iSomerfeCy Waswkk* Talbat, Exeies, and Gi- » » n)0mw rf Paris-
' ^ ' CxkOUCB8.T ER-
10 R I>BHhopy fet the crown upon hia head;^ V ^//i. Gddfave King /ftitr^ of t^ name the fixth! GIou^ Now, governor of Patis^ take yomr oath*. That you ele^' no other King but him ^ Efteem none friends, boc (bck as-arehiiinend»;: 9 An d none jom fbc^»> but fuch^ at (hall pretend \ Malrciofi9 pra^Hces againft his ftate* Thh flialf ye de, fo help yow righteous God !*
-B«/fr Faftolfe.
Fafi, My graeioos Sovereign,, as I f«de £bom Calais^ Tq h^lle unco yonr coronation ;^ A letter was t§cltver*d to my hands. Writ to your Grace from th*^ Duke of Burguntfyj
TaL Shame to the Duke of Burgundy and thee h 1 vow'd, bafe Kaigh't, when, l did meet thee nejO^i. To tear the garter fcom ^y craven leg, Y/hich 1 have done ; becauib unworthfly ^Fhctt wait inilaUed rn that hrgh degree. TPar^OD^ my Princely Uinry^, and the reftr. This dallard, at the battle of PoiQstriy. Whei^ but in all I was fix thoufand ftrong,« And that the Fnmb were almoft ten to one^ Btfofc we met,, or that a firoke was given. Like to .a trolly Yqutre, did run away. dU vihich afi^uk we (oil twelve hundred men ;
. King He n r y Vtl 445
Mffelf and divers gentlemen befide M^rc there ftrrpriz'd, and taken prtfoners. Then j«dge, great Lt>rds, if I have done aimA; 6r whether that fuch cowards otrght to Wear This ornament of knigklhood, yea or no ?
G/ou. To fay the trcrth, this fadi was infamous^ And ill befeemtng any common man ; Mock more a koight, a captain, and a leaden
Ti/.^When firft this order was ordatn'd, my Lords^ ' Knights of the Garter were of noble birth ; l
Valiant and vtrtuos$, fbH of haughty courage ; Sach as were grown to credit by me wars ; Not fearing death, nor fhrinkitfg for diftrefi^ But always refoltfte in moft extremes. ^ He then> that is not ftrrnr^'d in this A>rr, Dotk bnt ufurp the (acred name of Ksight* Prophantog this moft honourable Order ; And fhoatd, if } were worthy to be jodge. Be quite degraded, like a hedge- bom fwain That doth prefiune to boaft bf gentle blood.
K Ntn.Stzin to>rtiy coanirymen I* thou hear'ft Ay doom % Be packing therefore, thou that waft a knight; Henceforth we baniih thee On pain 0f death.
[£»// FafloMe* And now, my Lord Proteftor, view the letter Sent from our uncle Duke of Burgutufy.
G/tftt.What meai^isGrace, that he hath chang'd his ftile? No more bat plain and bluntly, 9'o she King, [Rea^it^. Hath he forgot, he is his Sovereign ? Or doch this chttrlifh fuperfcription Portend fome alteration in good wiD? What's here ? ' / Bave up§n efpedat cauji^ [Reads,.
Mo'u'd iJoUh compaffioft of my country* i wraci^ »
Together wih the pttiful complainti '
Of /tub as your oppreffion feeds upon, Forfaken yomr permckus faSionfy
• Jnd joined njoith Charks, the righlfut king ef Finance* O monilrous treachery ! can this be fo ? That in alliance, amity, and oaths.
446 The First Part of
Tbere Oionld be found fiioh AUe diffeHOiling gHSc h K. Hnny. What! ^oth my vacle BmrgmMdf revolt f G/Mr< He dotb, my Lord» aad is become yoor foe. , K. Hemy. It thai th« wosft thU letter doth contain f GUu* It is the worft, and all» my Lofd, he writes. K. Hm.yfhy then Lord 7Wi«< there Aall talk with hiffl»
And give him chaftiiement §or this abaie.
My Lord, how £iy yon, are yon not content? Smt* Conteo^ my Liege? yes: but that Pm prevented,
I ihould have begg*d I might have been employ 'd. K.H^m. Then gather Arength,s^id march unt&faimftndt;
Let him perceive how ill we , brook his treafoau
And what.o^nce it is to flout hia friends. 7W/. I go, my Lord, in heart defiring ftin
Yoo may behold eoofufion of your foes. [Ixii Talbot.
Enttr Vernon, iuui Baflet.
IVr. Grant me the cpmbi^> gracious SorereigfU
jBa/, And me^ my Lord; grant me the combat po^
York. This is my fervant; hearhim» noble Prince. I Urn. And this is mine; fweet&aryi favour him.
K. ihn. Be patient, Lords, and give them leave to fpeak< Say, gentlemen^ what makes you thus exclaim^ . And wherefore crave yon combat ? or with whom I
Ver. With him, my Lord, for he hath doneipie wrong.
Ba/» And I with him, for he hath done me wrong.
K. Him. What is the wrong whereon you both complaia ? jPitft let me know, and then TU anfwer you.
j?tf/'Crofling the fea from EngUwii into tranu. This fellow here, with envious, carping tongue. Upbraided me about the rofe I we^r ; Sayij^g, the faoguine colour of the leaves Did reprefent my mailer's blqiliing cheeks; When ftttbbornly he did J:epugn the truth About a certain qu^ion in the law, Ai^gu'd betwixt the Duke of fork and him i Wxdi other vile apd ignominious terms. In confutati n of whicn rude reproach. And in defeiice oi^my Lord's lyorthin^.
I crave the benefit of Itw of arms.
Fgr» And that is >my ttetitiORt noble LorAi ^ For tbottgh he'f^n witii forged quaint conceil To fet a glofs upoci> bis bold intent^ r
Yet know, my Lofd, 1 was provok'd bjrbiaa'^ , And he firil too4ex^eptionratilbis bad|r,f . ._ Pronouncing, that thepafenefs^f this Spw'c BewrayM the faintnefs of my ma^r's heart,
yori, y^li not this malice, SMur/it, be It&l
Som. Your private grudge, my Lord of 2Vi^ wiB put. Though ne'er ib cunningly yoo fmother it«
K. tf.Good Lohi ! what madnefs rules in taum^klRQll ( When, for fo (Ughi and frivolous a caufe^ v
Such factious emulatioftb ibalhariie I Good coufitis^bocb of Tork and Smtrfit^. Quiet yourfelves^ I pray, and be at peace,
Tork. Let this diflention firft be try*d by ^1^ And then' your Highnefs ikall command a peace.
Somt The quarrd touCheih none but us alone f Betwixt ourfelyes let us decide it then.
York. There is ttkf pledge ; accept it, ^ifm;feU
Vtr, Najv let it reft, where it began at firft.
BaJ, Confirm it (b, mine honour Ale Lord.
Ghu. Confirm it ib ? confounded be your^rifey And perifh ye with your audacious prate }^^ Prefump^uous va^als ! are you not afhamM ^
With this immodeft clamorous outrage To tDDuble and difturb the King, and us f And you, my Lord*, methinks, yoiidonotwett > To bear with their perterie ofaje^ions : ^ ^ Much lefs to take occafion from their momha To raife a mutiny betwixt yourfelves ; .
Let me periuade you take a better ^onrie. • <
Exe. It grieves his Highnefs: aood my Lords^ be.frien|I$«
K. Htnry, Come hither-you, that vyould he combatanlB :
Henceforth I ctharge you, as you love our favour.
Quite to forjjet thi^ qt^arrel and the cauf^.
And you, isi^ Lords ; remember Where we arej
tn France^ amongft a idde wavering nadoji \ . . -.i
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448 The F 1 R s t Ptrt *f
^f riiey perceive dii&iidon in oar looks^ And that ^rithrn ourielvef we difagreCy How will their grudging ftoinach» be profok'd To wilfal difobedieoce* and rebell k Befide» y^luit ii^fainy will tbere arife, When foreiga princes, fliall be certifyMp That for a toy, a thing of no regard* King Hemrft peeri and chief nobility Deftro^d themfelves, and loft the realm* of JTr^/ic^ ^ . O, think upon the conqueft of nay father. My tender yeart» and let us not forego That for a trifle, which was bought with blood. Let me be umpire in this doubtful flrife: I fee no reafon^ if i wear this ro(e» That any one ihoold therefore be fufpicious I more incline to* Somer/et^ th^n Tork, Both alk'e my kinfmen, and I love them both. As well they may upbraid me with my crown, Becau&t forfooth» the King of Scots is crown*d* But your difcretions better can perfnade. Than 1 am able to indru^l or teaph : And therefore, as we hither came in peace> So let us ftill continue peace and love. Coufifi of Tprkt we inliitute your Grace To be our regent in thefe parts of Fraiue : Andy good iny Lord of Somer/etf unite Your^roops of horfemen with his bands of foot ; ,. And like triifc fubjefts, fons of your progenitors. Go cliearfully together, and digeft Your angry choler on your enemies. ^
Oarfe)f» my Lord Protedor, and the reft. After fome'refpite, will return to CsJah ;, From thence to Englatuli where I hope ere long "To be prefentcd by your vidlories, 'Vf'ixYk CharUsp Alan/on, and that traitorous rout.
[Flourijb, Excimt*
ManintTioiV,^ Warwick, Exeter, andVtrnon. War. My Lprd oiTork, I p/«mife you, the King
Prettily,
, King H E N: R V VL 449
FiettiFy^ mcthought, did play the orator.
TorL And fo he^id ; but yet I like it not» lo that he «^ears the badge of Somerfet>
War. Tufb, that was but his fancy, blame hiia not i I dare preHRne, fw^ect Prince, he iKouglit ao harcfh.
Tork. An if I wis, he did.— But let u reft (22) ; Other aiairs muft now be managed.. [Exeutth
Manet Exeter.
Exe, Wefl didft thoii, Ricbarjy to fupprcfo thy voice: For had the paffions Of thy heart burft out> 1 fear, we (hould have fecn decyphet'd there ^ore rancVous Cpaghr, noore furious raging broils^ Than yet can be imagln'd of fupposM^ But howfoe*er,^ no fimple mam that fee& This jarring difcord of nobility, Thii fiioald'ring of each other in the courts This fad^ious bandying of their favourites ; But that he doth prefage. fome ill event. ^
*Tis Biiich, when fcepters axe in cbildrcns hand$; But more,,v/hen envy breeds unkind divifion : There conies the ruiaj there bcgin& cosfufion. * [RxiH * ■ • «•.
SCENE, before the Walb etBtmrdeaux.
Bnter Talbot wth trumfitt, and drvm.
€al.^^ O to the gates of Bowrd^aux; trumpeter,
VJ Summon their geikeral anto the Wall* \^iiundt^
(ai) Andiflwiftk ht did.'] Thutthe edition* hate Hjgh'ly corrupt- €d thii paflTage. By the pwntinp reform*d, aad » fingle letter ex- rong*d, 1 have reft«sed the text to in purity. And tf I wit. be </«f» — The fenfe is this, Pf^arwick had f^id, thr King meant no haroi in weating 5Mur/'4rf*s role: to which York itf^ily roplie* j •* Nay, if •* I think right, or know any thr»g of the matter, he did tbinit ^ harm.** To wU and wi/f, (frona the Saxon word «r^fl/r, c»g^ wfcerei) U a word &e<)uent in this fenps, both with Chaucer and S^nfir, Nor it thii the only place, in which it occult tii our author.
MuhardUh Ae t .
I wis, yov gf andam had a worfer match. ilr. fo^t^ in his la^ ediclojv ^* emhtaccs my coricAion.
Enttt
45^ The First Part of
Mviir GituriJ^ aloft.
Enghjh Jphm TMtt, Captatns* calls yoQ fortb,^ Servant in arms to Harrj Kiog of England; And tlius he would.— Open youf city-gat6s. Be humbled to us» call mv Sovereign yours. And do. him homage as obedient fubjedls, And I'll withdraw me and my bloody powV. But if you frown upon this profierM peace, ¥ou tempt the fury of my three attendants. Lean famine, quartering fteel, and climbing fire ; Who in a moment even with the earth Shall lav your (lately and air-braving tow'^s* If you rorfake the oiFer of their love*
Geti. Thou ominbns and fearful owl of deiatb. Our nation's terror, and their bloody feourgc t The period of thy tyranny a]^proachellw On us thoa taaft not enter, bot by dea^ r For, 1 proteft, we are well fortifyM; And ffrong enongh to iffue out and ight* If thou redre, the Banphin, well appoiiitejl*^ ' Stands with the (ktres of war ta tangle thee. On either hand thee» there are ftpaorons pitdi'd To wall thee from the liberty c^ flight ; ' And no wavr caaft thoa turn thee for redrefs : Bat death dot& ftont dieewith apparent fpoit.^ And pale deftniffion meets thee m the face; Ten thodftnd Fnati have ta*en tke ftcnunenl^
^ ^o rive their dmigerons artillery Upon no chriftian Ibnl but i?s;g4^ 7ai!i#/. Lo I there tiiou iland'ft, a breathing valiant nan^
• Of an invincible nnconquer^d (pirit ; This is the latcft glory of thy ipik. That I thy enemy due thee witiial f for ere the glafs, that now begins tonin»
Tiniih the procefs of his fandy houry Thefe eyei, that fee t^e now welt CQlotti'*'d> S4iall fee thee withered, bloody, pale and dead.
[Drum mfar offT HarSf
King; H « VK Y VU 45*
Hark f hark 1 the Dauphin's draai» a warning bell* Sings heavy mafic to thy timorous foul ; Ai^diBi;ne Aall ring thy dire departure oot
' [£xii frim tht ^kSki
TaL He fables not. I hear the eneny : Oot fome light horfemen, and perufe their wiogjk, O, negligent and heedlefs diAriplfne I HoW are we parkM and fooonded ia a pale ^ A little, herd of EnglatuTi tim'rous deer, Maz?d with a yelping kennel of French curs». J f we be MMgU/h dietr^ be thea im blood f Not rafeal like to/all down with a pinch». But rather moody,^ iiiad» and defperate fiagi. Tarn on the blaody bottstds with neadaof fteef^ And make the cowards ftand aloof at bay. . Sell every man his Kfe as itar as mine, Aad they-'ihal^ find dear Atex of us* my fnends* God tmi SuCitfrfi, Tkt$9ii aad Enghmd^M righty. Profper our colours in ihjs daagerous fight ! [Efcm^
t '-'-•' - ■■...-
=8 C E N E, anoAcr Fart of FtMu.
SMr a Ufffif^iT^ iiai imets Ydrli. EmUr York, voiti^ « irmMf^if and ftum^ filiitrtm
2Vri. A B B not the fpeed)r fcouts returned mxn^
x\. That ctogg'd the mighty army of the Dapphinf
MeJ: They are returned, my Lord, aad girc it out That he is march'd to B$ur^eaux with his pow'r. To fight with Talht ; as he marchM along, B^ yoar efpj^als were'diibov^red TwQ pijghtter troops than that the Dauphia led, WKtch joinM witKhioMod made th^ir m»xchksBwduiM^
Tori. A plague upon that villain Somtrfet^ That tbiif delays my promifed ftrpply Of horfemen, that were levied for this fiege \ Renowned Tafttf doth ^pca my aid. And I am lowted by i| Iraitor villaia. And paniiot help the noble Chevalnrr God comfort him ia this necefitf | VM^ mifc»rry, farewcl wars ia Fr«»cc»
45^ The F i r s t *Part of
Enter Sir William Lucy^
Litey. Thou'princely leader of our EfigiijSb flrengtlr. Never To needful on the earth of France^ Spur to the refcne of the noble TaJ6of ; Who now is girdled with a wafte of. iron» | <
And heniM about with grim deilrudion : I
To Biurdeaux^ warlike Doke ; to Bourdeduxt York h. |
filfe farewcl Talbot^ France^ and England^s honour. \
Tork, O God ! that Samer/ft^ who in proad heart |
Doth flop my cornets, were m Talhet^ place I \
So ihould we fave a valiant gentleman, \
By forfeiting a traitor and a coward : . 1
Mad ire, /and wrathful fury, makes we weep. That thus we die, while remifs traitors ileep* I
Lucy, O, fend i'ome fnccour to the diftrefs'd Lord. |
Tork. He dies, w« lofe ; I break. my warlike word : Wc mourn, France (miles : we lofe, they daily ^ : All long of this vile traitor Somer/ei.
Lucy, Then God take mercy on brave 7nlM% fool. And on his fon young Jph^ ! who, two hcmrs;^n€ey I met in travel towards his warlike father; This fev'n years did not fathot fee his fon. And now they meet, where both their lives are done*
York, Alas ! what joy ihall noble Talbeit ha¥e. To bid his young fon welcome to his erave I Away! vexation almoft flo^s my breatn. That fundred friends greet in the hour of death. . ^ - Lucyy farewel; no more my fortune can> But curfe the caufe ; I cgnnot aid the mao* Maine^ Bloys, Po^iers^ and Tours are won a^iyay^ X«ong dl\ ofSomerJitj and his delay ^ [£^*
Lucy. Thus while the vulture of fedltioji Feeds in the bdfom of fuch great commanders^ .. Sleeping negledion doth betray to lofe \
The conquefts of our fcarce-col4 conquerof ^ j
That ever-living man of memory, , - /
Henry the Fifth. !-TW,hile they each otijcr ciofs*. , . ^ ', Lives, honours. Iands> and all, hurry to Ipfs* X^^
SCEHE
King H E M R t VI. 453
SCENE, another part of IPranct.
En/er SomerftU njoith his army.
Som. T ^ ^s ^^^ ^^^ < ^ cannot feiKLtheni now : X This expedition wa« by JTcrA and Taiiot Too raihiy plotted. All our genial force Might with a Tally of the very town Be Dtickled with. The overTdaring TaUof Hath fullied all his glofs of former honour* Bv this ttiiheedfal, 4iefp'rate, wild, adventure: Jerk fet him on to fighr» and die in (hame. That, TaJ60i de|id| great TorJk might bear the name»
Ci^i. Here is Sir JViiUam Lucy, who with me Set from our o*er-match'd forces forth for aid.
Entef Sir William Lucy,
Stm. How now. Sir Wii lit am^ whither were you fentf L«.Whither>myLord?from bought and fold LordTalion
Wha» ringM about with bold adverfity,
Cries out for noble TorA and Somer/et^
To beat aflailing death from his weak legions*
And while the honourable Captain there
Drops bloody fweat from his war- wearied limbs^
Andy in advantage ling'ring,. looks for refcue ;
You, his falie hopesj the trod of Eng^Iand^^ honour^
Keep off aloof with worthlefs emulation.
Let oot your private difcord keep away
The levied fncoours, that ihould lend him aid^
While he, renowned noble gentleman,. ^
Yields up his life vnto a wcirld of odds.
Orieiuts th€ Ba/hrd, C6arh*t 2tkd Burgwufyp
Alanfim^ Rdgmer^ compafs him about;
And TM9t periAMch by your default.
Stm. Y^rk let him on, Ymk ihould have ient him aid* Z«rf. And Yhrk as Ikft npon your Grace exclaims |.
Swearing, that y^awith*hohi hit levied hofif
CoikAiilbrthis expedidoA,
4^5^ The F titsT PafMrf
SoM, Tori lies : he might have fent, and had thehorfe: I owe hin little d«(y, and le£i Ipfe,. : * .^^ j And uke fosl fcorn to fawn on hiin \iy fending*
Lmey. The fraud of EmgUM^, nottV %cc of FrMci, Hath now entrapt the noble-minded Tallot «* Never ip EMgland (hall he bM* hit life ; ' -1 ^ But dies, betray'd to foriimc by yoiir firifc.
Som. Come; go ; I will difpattb the horiettieb %w% Within fix hoars they will be at his aid.
Luty, Too late comes reftoe : hie is^taVn, orHi^';^ For fly he coald not, if he wo«ld hav<e 4M : '^
And fly would Talbot neve!-, though he might;
Som, If he be dead, brave TWtti^i UiAv 4dkii t
'tucy. His fafl:ie live» in the w^Hd, \A 4kiuni in^yoi.
S C E N £, a Field of 3«tde lurar Bourdeaux.
Cuter TaHibt, ami his fin.
Td.r\\ow^Jobntdhf»,\m.k!DAU^ '
\/ To tutor thee in ftratae^mf of war);. j
That YMot\ name might be in Mtt revivM^ When faplefs age« and weak unable limhiS» Should biing thy father to Ms drdqung^chaic, . But, O malignant and ill-boading ftarsl New mt ihon <6me unto a feaft ol deaths- A terrible and unavoided'dahg«^ : Therefore, dear boy, iBonnton myfipifif|jeftrhories And I^ dire^ tboe how thou ftalt'eiin^ : By fudden flight. Come, daily> lioefrhe gonei
John. Is my name TMotf and am' I your foa And fliall I fly ? Ol 'if yoaJoi^ my tfother^ DifliODOur not iier honoaaabie^tmrne, To make a baftard, and «flaveb£«il.. . . ^ :
^heWbrld^iilfay^ haisiiidf ^^li^^fsi hle4d^\ ,^ ThHtafely fledv> whefi MUe^ni^Avf^ltaod. A v
TaU JTl^ to^e^cage m/d6ath» If 1 be flaiiK . \ John. He that flies fo,.4f91he!erif^tiini a|;aifK *
K^ing HftNuy VI. 455
TmI. If we both ftay, we both are Am to die. .y^hn. Then let ne iay* and, i«ther» doyoo flf« - Vour I0& is great. To your regard iiould be; My worth unknown, no lofs is known in nc. Upon lay death the Ftvxk^ can little boafi 1 ,
In yours they will, in yon all hopes are loft, flight cannot ftain the honour you liave woii'4 , Bu?snine it will, that 410 exploit have done. ' You fled for vantage, ev^ one will fwear ; But if I bow, they'll /ay, it was for fear. There is no hope that ever I will day. If the firft hour I (brink, and run away. Here, on my knee, I beg mortality, ^Rather thati life prcfcrv'd with infamy.
TaL Shall all thy tnotHer*s hopes lie in one tomb ?
yohn. Ay, rather than I*U (faame my mother's womlk
Tal. ITpon my bleffing I command thee go.
yohn. To fight I will, but not to Jy the foe.
TaL Part oT thy father may be favM in thee.
^oifn. No part of him, but will be Jhame in me. '
TaL Thou never hadft renown, nor canft not lofe if.
?ohn.. Yes, your renowned namb ; fhall fUght abufe it? aL Thy fathei-'s charge (hall clear thee from Chat ftaiir
y^hn» Ybu cannot witnefs for me, being (Iain. If death be fo apparent, then both fly.
7W. A|id leave my followers here to fight, attd die } My age was never tainted with fuch'fliame.
y^hn. And (hall my ycmth be guilty of fu^h blamed No more can I be fcverM from your fide. Than can yourfdfyourfelf in twain divide: Stay^ go, do what you i^l, the like do I ; For live I will not; if my father die.
Tai. Then here I take my leave of thee, fair fon^ Born toeclipfe thy Kfe this afteroooh: Come, fidcbyiide, together live and die; ^ . And foul with foul &om Frainci to heaven &y, l^iceukti
JDarmi
"45^ The F 1 R ff T Part of
jtbrm : Exatrfinsj 'wbenin Talbot*/ y&« is hemm^id aiouf^ ^ki Tjtlbot re/cuts him.
Tal. St. X2e9rge^ and viaorjr \ fight> foldicrs, fight: The regent hath with Talhot broke his word. And left us to the rage of Franah fword. Where is John TMot? paafe, and take thy breatli ; I gave thee life^ acd re(cu^d thee from death.
j0bn. O, twice any father! twice am I thy ion : The life, thou gav'ft me firft was loft and iione ; Till with thy. warlike fword, defpight of fate. To my determined time thou gav'ift new date.
To/. When from theDauphin'screfi thy ^ord ftruck £r^ It warmed thy father's heart with proud defire Of bold-fac*d viflory. Then leaden age, QuickenM with youthful fpleen and warlike r^e^ '. Beat down Alan/otij Orleam^ B^trovmiy^ And from the pride of Gallia refcu'd thtf^. The ireful baftard Orkansy that drew blood From thee, my boy, and had the maidenhood Q^ thy firft £ght, 1 foOn encountered ; And, iflterchan^in? blows, 1 quickly Aied Some of his baftard blood ; and ,in di (grace Befpoke him thus : Contaminated, bate. And roif-be|;otten blood I fpill of thine. Mean and right poor, for that pure blood of mine, : Which thou didfl force from Talhot^ my brave boy-«« Here, purpofing the badard to deftroy, Came to ftrong refcue. Speak, thy father's care. Art not thou weary, John ? how doft thoo fare i Wilt thou yet leave the battle, bo^, and fly. Now thou art feal'd the Ton of Chivalry ? Fly, to revenge my death, when I am dead ; The help of one ftands me in little dead. Oh, too much folly is it, well I wpt. To hazard all our litres in Gtt fmall boat. If I today die not with Frencbmin^s ragp^ To-morrow I fiiall die with mickle age.
Kiftg He n II V tl, 457
ty me they nochinc g»in ; and; if I ftay^
^s but the fiiortmn|: of my life one day.
[ft thee thy mother dfe», oftr honftiold's natne«
My deatK^5 reveiige> thy yooth, and iSiK^ltifii'i fame:
All thefe, and morev we ha^rd by thy iUy $
All thefe.are fav'^, if thou wih fly away.
y^bn. The fv/ord of *0rkan} hath not made fne unan» Thefe woilds of ydiiirs draw li^blood TrOih thy heai't* lOut on that vanU|;e bon^ht with &ch a fliame '(^j), ^o lav© a paltry life, and ilay -brieht famel • Before youne Ta/ht from old TalSot&p 7fae -coward horfe, thatb^ar^ me» lall and die! And lOce me to the peafant boys of PrAncff To be^me^ fcorn, and^ fabjed of mifchance* Sufclyt by all the glory- yoa have v/oh^ An if i fly » 1 am not T^aligf^s <bn : Then talk noviore of flight, it is no boot^ If fon to Talict, 4ie at falict\ foot.
Td* Then foiled Thoa thy defpVate Sire of Cm^t Then Icams ! liiy life to rte is fweet : if tbott wilt fight, «ght by thy father's fide ; And, commendable prov VI, let^i die in pride. {Bxcunt^^
Alarm* JExeurfiont* Enter old Talbot, M,
7iA Where i^ my other life? m!ne oWn is gone, r O ! Where's young ^aliot f \vhere is vzlUntJobk ? Triumphant dea», fmear'd with captivity 1 Voung TaUM*% valdat mak^s me iimle at thee. tt^hen he perceiv'd me (hrbk, and on my knee. His bloody IWord he btandifii'd over me ;
(ft)) On that ttdvctaagt^ houAt Hbltb fu(b s fiame^
V« AKTf tf ftbhf tif€f and fin bright fame !
Btfert young Talbdt y^om wTslbot j^,
Tbt eowoflbtrfe^ thai keUrt me, fattand die,} tliii f afla^ (cemt to lie obfAii^, and di<}oimed» Ketther the Grammar is to be Joftified i nor it the fesiCsmeot better. I hare ventured at a i)fgbt alteration, which departs fo little from the read> zing which haa obtained, but fo much raifes the fenfe, as well as takes away the obfcniity, that I am willing to think it reftores the author's meaning.
Vol. IV. IS And
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458 Tbe F I R. s X fut of
And, like a hungry Uoot didrODipfKPce Roogh deeds of rage, 9^ fttm mpatieiK« t But when Qny aP^ gt^^fdiiM ftpod akm, Tendring ttiv rum, ^ aflail'd ofi iVQne, Dmy-eyM.fqry^ a^^ grei^ ngfc of heart Suddenly niadeViin m^B ipy fide to ftirt. Into the cluftring ba^l^ of thf Frimek:^ And, in that Tea of b](H>4, in^ b#3r4id dltodi HW over-mounting fipirit; ^ Abcu-e dy'd My'/rorir// ,xny b^lfpm^ Jlis pdd^l
^«rrr Jdhu Talbo^, ,^^^* :
f.fr<cr. O tny dear Lord! Id I whefe yovr (on it: tbrae. 7«/. Thou 'an tick deaths wb^cb ^lugh^fllif hereto ftom, Anon, from thy infuliinig ^yifaiin^i ' .. . i*^
Coupled in bond^ of ncrp^ti^iry, - \. tc 1 ^ » - Two 7W&// winged through the l^er ikf* ' ' In thy defpight, thajl Toipe iQprialiq^ . O thouy whofe^ptinds ^coyie haid^jGnrooi'd ^feads Sperik to thy father, ere thoii^yi^d th]( br^tli. . ^rave death hy fpeaklng, whf tjhpr. kp will oi jm : Imagine, hiih a FnMrci&i7i^% an4 thy f^e* Poor boy ! he frntles, metbinlcs, as whq (hould Qiy, *' Had dea^h boei JVyik^, theii ^detth had died to-day." Come^ come* andlay him ii has fiitlitt^ arms; ^ My fpirit can no loiter- hw fiicft harpni. / "'] Soldiers, adieu : I h^irciwhkatlanoaidlnnpv^ * '' '. ' jNow my old aoi^l ii^ffig9^pim9!^MitH ^n^m. f 0ifr/.
A^T
Kin^ ^ g^ ^ R y VJ} 45J
SLQ {^"N E, eontmiies near BourdiauM. £HterX^izr\t%^ Alanfea^ Bbrgtiady, i^i^^4^ « ;r^ Pucelle,
6 H A H 1/ E «•
HAD Tofi an4 &»^f>i// b^ We (bouJS h^e foUnd a Moody dav of tWs.
Baft. Hb^ the young ^telp of Ttf/^^rs raoiog brood Did flefti his puny fWord ill Frenchmen' & blpodl
PuceL Once I eucoiliitet'd him, and thus I faid : *• Thou maid^en youtfc, be yanquifh'd by a inai4.'* But with aproudy maj^ftical, hieh fcorn , He an^Wd^a tljiu^ t *• Voua^ t'alhhiwz^ not borjj \ - ** To be the pillage of 3^ giglot wench."' So, ruihii^ in the bowels ot the French^ He left me proudly^ as unwdrthy fight.
Bur. Do^bcIer$, ^e would hav^ made 4 noble Knight t See, where he lies inherfedin the arms Of the moft blood[y nurfer of his harms.
Baft. Hew th^ to pieces,, hack their bones afqi^der ; Whoft HTe Was ingland^s glo-ry, GaJlia^s wonder.
Cbar. Q)ii no : forbeai* : for that which we have fled^ During ihe Ufei let us not wrong it dead.
£ff//^ ^/r William Lucy.
^Lttcy. Condu6; me to the jPlaMphin's tent, to know Who hath obtained the glory of the day. , . Char. On. what, fubmuffiye OAelTage art them fent t Lucy, SuDmiflipn, Dauphip ? 'tis' a mer^ French word i Wc ^«g/^ warriors wot not, wjiat it means. I^o^xe to know what prifoners thou hall ta'en»
U X ^^^
45o The Pi It « 1^ frart tf
kni to hmy ibe bodies o^ the' dead.
Giar. for prifoQJBrt tik*ft ckoo f hdf oar pnfom ll« BotcellfliewJMmclMwrcek^il? I J
£«r^. Where if t!he great ^/r/^ of tiie fieU> I i
Valiant Lord Taliai, £arl of Sbrihxfmiy f Created* for his rare facceft ia anns» Great Earl of Waflfftrd, ^«r#f/^i^ahd P'hUna^ Lord Ttf/k/ of Gaodrig and Urdnt^md ; Lord Staai^ of Bitukmere^ Lord rm^n of j«f^0i#^. Lord CrmnutlltA iVimgfieU, Lord Fm-Mmli^ Siffiel^ The thrice viftoriou^ Lctd of FaUomhidgt^ Kniglft of the noble Order of St. 'Qe9rge^ Worthy St. MicbaeK and the GobUnFiieci^ Great Mtfihal to our Ring Anrr^p the Sixth 1 1
Of all his "wars tvithin the ^ealm of ^rmtet. ]
TmhU Here is a filly, ftately, ftile, indeed t The Tttrk^ that two and fifty kingdoms hath» Writes Hot fo tedions a ilile as this. 1 '
Hira that ttiOo maffnify'ft with an theft titles^ Stinking, andflv-blown, lies here at oar feet.
tmn* Is TMqI flain, the Trencbm€pf% only fcbnrgei ITdor kihgdomU terror and black Nimtfis f Qh, were mine ^r«balls into ballets ttirnM, That I in tage nnght ihoot them at your faces ! Oh, that I conld but call thefe dead to life* It were eno'|]igh to ftieht the realm of Franai Were but his piQure left aino^g yon here> It would amaze the p^ouileA: ofyctL all* diVe me their bodies, ^that I ihJiy bear ibein kenciti And give them bnrial, as befeems their worth. ,
Pit&i I think this upftart is old T'^^at^s gHoft ; iFJe fpeaks with fnch a proud commanding ipirit': For God's fake, let him hare *ero ; to keep them herev <
They wo^ld bnt ftinkj and putrify the air^ i
Clar. Go, ta^kt their bbdie) hence.
Jlyry. ril ^ar thelRi hence; int from their afiiei, &aaphin, fliall be reiar'^ A Pheenix, that fhall make all France afearM.
Citar. So we be iid of Wkctnj do what (iiou wilt : ^
King HtMRY YI. 4^1
And now to Furhr >n this conqji'rin^ vein ; >
AU will be oors,, now blpodjf fsMt^s iUia* (f ;ifiKii|ik
SCENE changes lo Rnghnii -
X. Hriir^. TTAvr yoit penis'd die ktter$ ffom tb« F^ope^ X J. The Emperor, and the Earl of .^A'WMr^jsriicf G&». I have my Liord ; and their iateotiitbu ji«- They hombly Aie onto your Excellencies fo have a godly peace concluded of. Between tM realms of England and oS Fpomct. K- i^«^« Bow doth voor Grace aSeft thk morion ^ Glm. WeiU my food Lord ; and as the only meaoa To Hop effbfion of our Chriftiao blbo^ And (lablilh quietnefs on ev^ry fi<ie*
K. JStmry. Ay, marry,, nn^, for I alwayt Aoughi It was both impious and annati|ral» . That fuch immanity and bloody ftrife Should reign among profeilbrs of one faith*
GIO10. Rrade, m^ lord* the fooner to tScSk And furer bind tfats knot of aa)ity» The Earl of jA-mutgnact^ aeaf kin 10 CJM^h A man of great authority in FKomif. Froiftrs his only daughter to Your Grace . . :«• : In marriage^ with a Targe and fmptnotts dowr^r..
K. tt»ry^ Marriage ? iuai I in^ yfafs are yet too young : And fitter is mv ftudy ^d my book9» . Than wanton dalliance with a paramoiut. Yet call th* AmbafTadors; and, as yo»pleale» So let them have their anfwer? ev'sy ^m^ I (hall be weh content with any choice^ Tenda to God*s glory» and my country'* weal*
Entir Winckefter» arndthm AnAaffadvrt^
iMf. What, is mv Lord c^ ITtnebefiir inftaU'd^ And calPd unto a Cardinal^ demt> Tkeu Jpatctift tkat wUl be vtniY^d^ .^_
]Mf«n^ the Fiftbdid foinetime prophefy :
•* 4i once he come to be a Cardinal,
•* He'il make kis cap coequai with the crown. ^*
K. Hfnty, My Lords Amba^adors, your fey'ral faiti Have beenconfidex'd find^ieMtedjPii ; Yoar purpofe is both good and /eafonable ; And therefofc are ym'cefumiy ftiaifi'd . . ^ To draw conditions of a friendly peace,. Which by my Lord of Whithejhr w% mean fihall be tranff>Ofted pfefemly tb franti. .^^
G/i^ Aad ioT th« proflfer of iny Lord ycuT mafte^ ^ J have inforin'd ^his Highnds fo at large ; As, liking of the Lady*s virttion? gifts. Her beauty and ilfe» value of hcfr qdwer, *
H^ doth intead ihe'lblll Iwf JF»^&A^£ Qgern. \
iL. Utfuy* In argttihent aDdjproof of which contfa^ir Bear her this jewel, pledge of my afFe^bb. ^^
And fo, my Lord Piotf»ft0r, ht them' guaj'ded, Amd faMy brought to D^eri where, inlhipp'd^ " r Commit them to the feitone of the fea. <
[Exeunr King Ani Trtfi*,
Win. Stay^aiy Loid I/^ij/f, yoa ftiall i5rR ticAit . ^ The fum ot moiieyv swhk^ I pt^iiaikt-d ' ' i^
Should bedeliver'd tc» M« Hefinefs, \y
For cloathing me i« tkf^ ^rave ornamennr. \. ..\
Legale. I will attend tipon'^ our Lordihip^s leifure, ^^
Hitt. Now Winthtfter will Ac^ fttbmit> 1 trow, '
Or be inferior to the pr6iid<!^' Peer. ' hvaphv^^fi. G^f^r^ thoo crfs^w^H ptrcehne;'- *; ^ • That nor in birth, oir for iUWhoitt)^ - ^^ ''"" ' ^ i , TheBilhop willbeo%^r4bbrne*y niee: ';'/'*''
111 either {Bkiot thee fUiop» >nd ^eod thy knee;,' ^^ ' *, Or fack this country wilh « metiny. ]^^J^^\
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tonfe H^ HRY vr. 4^i^
SCENE changes to Frai$cii ^
^Mter Danphitii Burg undy, AhoCoft ^Ba/anf, Ktiffukr^ . and Jaan U Pttcdle*
^ ■ • • , ■-.•':. I>tf«y I ^Hcfc BCW8, my Lords, may cheer our drooping X 'Tis fkid,^ f he flout /'tfrr/^0«ido:fevok9|%lfics ^ And turn ajgain unto the warlike Fnncfjt- ^•
u^/tf». TTien march to Pflrw, roj^^J Clnstht^i frmu^f And keep not back yOur pow'rs la daU^ivfie^
Fucil. Peace be ^mpngft them,,; if they tm» M w, : Elfe ruin combat With their Palaces I
Fnier Scout. * . !
ScoMtr ^uccefs unto our valiant General, And happinefs to his accomplices ! \
Daif. What ti(}ings fend our fcouts .M pr'ythef, fpeaiu^
^f««/. The £«|^/(/» army, that divide^ ^W , . '-
Into two parts, is now c6njoin'd in one ; ■ \ - \
Atid means to give yop battle prefently, , .
Dav* Somewhat too fttddcn» Sirs, the warning is i ' But we will prefently provide fpr them.
Bitrg* J, truft, tke ghoft of Tali&t is not theM ; i
Now he IS gone, my Lor4, you need not fear. v
Piyi^/. Of, all bafe paflions fear is lifioftaccurft. ', .1 Comtxland the toni^u^ft, Charles^ it (hail be thine : Xti Hei^jf fret, aod.all the wOf Id lepine.^ J \ i
Dau. Then on, my liOrdi ; asd Frma be fortunate.
JUrm: Exeurjtons., Enter 'J02Ln la PiKcHe.
JPuceL The Regent conquers, and.the FtxfKimemSy. . Now help, ye charming fp^lU and periapts; , ?
Andyechbice fpirits, thai ^dmonifh m^, ■. . And giye n^e iigns of fumre accideintfi ; [Thmdtr^
You Ipeedy helpers, that are fubftitutea Under the lordly Monarch of the Norjh, •_ ; ,4
Appefi^f and aid me in this enterprise.
U 4 Eatif
4^4 ^^^ f » * s T Part of
Eftf^ Fkstdh This tpttdy quick appearaoce argues proof Of your accuiloin'd diUgeoccto me. ^0W> yt familf Af fpiritis, fhali afe culPd Oiu of the pow'rfui regions under earth, Helj^ me this oner, that Fran^i may get the field.
[Theyi *walAt and J^ak no^ Oh^ hioU sve nol with fitexice orer long ; Where I was. wott to fted ]^oa i^kh my blood» III )s>f a member o9» upd give it ^oii ^ }b earneft of a Ibrthev l^nefit : So yoa 4o tMdeicesid t0 help me now.
No hope to have rcdfffif ndir bd<jy (hall Pay iecompence» if yoi wiU griior my Aftit.
; ' V i^ka J^ati tine iauf^
Cannot my body^ ndr bfooi^-l^t^tiiice, Uureat yot» to yoor wottted. fiirtl^erance ^ Then* take my fBofi'myM^y^ foul and aH> ScfOfe that EnghnJpMt the /r/nr^ the foil. [Th^ difafh. See» they ^uke me. Mow the time is €ome». That FraKci mufl vail her lofty plumed creft» And let her head fall \mxo. En^faft£% la|b My ant tent incantations are too weak,, i^nd hcU too ftrong for n>e to buckle with t Mow» Ftmci% Ihy glory droopeth to the duft. [tMh,
Mxcurfipm. PuceUe and York Mk hand u haad* Pu^^ ceUeii/tfi^ 7^ French;^. To^k. Damfel of Francit 1 thtak> 1 have yoa faft.
Unchain yoar fpirits now with fpeHing charms^
And trv if they can gain your libeity.
A goodly priie, fit ^ the devilS grace!
See, how the agly witch ioiA^ bend her brow9„
As if,, with Cira^ (he woiUd change my fhape. Fmtth Cbang'd to a worftr fhape thou canft not feek Tori. Oh, Charles the Daiqphin is a proper man|
No ibape^ but his, can pteafe youx damty eye.
P«c«ft.
Kbg Hb^nr Y VI. 4«5
^ucii. A phgttiag mifchief Ii|;lit on GhirAsf ani ibee I And itiaj ye both be foddeidf lorprii'd B/ bloody hands, in fleepbg on yoiir bedsl
JVi* Pe^h bannti^ hag ! inchaatrels»iiold thy tongaow FuceL I pr^ythee, give me leave to curie a> while:. • York. Corfei nifcveant, wbeft (boa comefi to che^ ftalce.
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Jk^m. Enter Snffblk^ nwMI teijf Margaret m ^r bani.
Suff Be what thou wilt» thoo art ny prifener.
iGaxu 0K Arfk 'Oh, fairefl beanty, do not fear» 80r fly ; For I will tench thee bat with reverend bands : I ktTs thefe fingers for eternal peace,. And lay them gently on thy tender fide, . f
Who art thou? fay ; that I may honour thee.
Mar. MargarHf my name ; and daughter to a Kings The King of Nafks; whofoeVr thou art.
Suf. An Earl 1 am, and SttfiU am I cali'd. Be not offended, nature's miracle. Thou art allotted to be ta'en by me : So doth the fwan her downv cignets fave. Keeping them prisoners underneath her wings. Yet if this fervile ufage once offend. Go and be free again,, as SuJhWs friend. [SJhe it goings Oh, ftay ! I have no pow'r to let her pafs : My hand would free her, but my heart fays, no^ As plays the fun upon the glafly ilream, Twinkling another counterfeited beam. So feems this gorgeous beauty to mine eyes. Fain would I woo her, yet I dare not fpeak : PH call for pen and ink, and write my mind* Fy, Dt la Pole, difable not thyfelf : Haft not a tongue ? is (he here thy prisoner ? Wilt thou be daunted at a woman's fight I Ay ; beauty's princely majefty is fuch. Confounds the tongue, and makes the fenfes rough*
, Mar, Say, Earl of SuJblJt, if thy lUme be fo. What ranfom muH I pay before I pafs ? '
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Fpr, I pcrcewe,rl ^.ip xky i)^ft?wr.. . ^
Suf, How canff ihou jcrU,.r(U$5 will depy it^yUj
Belore thou makp Vtri^lpX^hipr lov^>^
A/^r. WbyTpeik'It t)Tou;nptii wJbajtrapfQnainuft]^
^m/. She's bcaiitiful.; ao4[ l5)fJjr«/oce ip^i^i)oeiJ; . , She. lb a woman ; iherefprc ipbcL«(P)a* ; ' . _. _» jv^^^^^f •
A/<ir. VVilc ihou accept of ranTom, yea, or no ?
Suf. Fond man ? remember, that thou baft a wife; Thiu how ^fi Mm-gareth^^^ fSLXMOui f ' [j^HM^
Mar. 'Twerc belt to l^av£ him, fo^r l>e will nx>e bi^K*
Suf, There ^ilJ his man d ; there lies a cooling card.
liar. lie talks ai raodom^ fure, f he man is mad. ,
tfft/". And yet a difpeni^iou may be had.
Mar. And yet 1 wouJd, that you wo uW aofwer ine« :
Su/.^ V\\ win thi^a tady M^rgar^, For whom ? Why, for my JRijig : lufb, that's a wjooden ihiag*
Mar, He lalkt oi" vvogd : it is ftw ca^|xentc#.
i^. Yet fo my fancy nxj>y. be fatisfy'il. And peace eRabliflied bi^ween tbefe realms. But there remains a fcruple in that too: _ ^
For though her father be the King ©f Hapks^ Duke of Anjou ap.d Maiut jet he is poor ; And our Nojjility will fcorn the m^tcb. ^ JJ^W^*
Mar, Hear ye me, Captain ? are ye not at leisure?- ^j^. It fhall be fo, difdain they ne'er {o much: Henrj is youthful, and will quickly yield. Macfom, I have a fecret to reveali
, Mar, What tho* 1 be iothrall'd, he feems ^ Knight, A«d will not any way difhonour me. \^Jlftdt^'
tttf. Lady, vouchfafe to liileu what I fay. Mar, Perhaps, I (hall be refcu'd by thp French i ;
And then I need not crave his courtefy. » [Afid$*>
Sid/, Sweet Madam, give me bearing in a oaufe.
Mar, Tttih, women have been captivate ere now. [Aji^^^
(»4) Hotf catCfi thou tetl, &c.] This inatteaticn of Suffolk to Margaret y whiJe he is lumifiatiog to himfelf, is pfaftitM btior^ by" our author, (aod with infinitely moie RialKiry, and humour}) i»* liis fecbnd part of Kii^iMetry the iVch. in a icene betwkt the Lord a#r/ Ju/iiit and Sir 3Vi* Falfieffu
king Henry Vl. ^ 467
Su/,LvLdy, v/herefore tg]k yoa fo f
Mar. I cry you m€rty/*til but §*iV for ;5?^%
Su/, Say, gentle Friocefs, wou{d you not fuppofc ;
Vour bondage happy, to be made a (^ecn ? . r^ Mar, To b^ a Queen in bondage, js more vil« ' '
Than is a flairc in btfc fervilitf ;
por Piinces (hould be free, ' , -
^v/l And ib (hall you, \
If happy EnglamPs Royal Kin^ be free.
M^r, Why, what concerns bis freedom unto inf ^ £iy/l ril undertake to make tbee Henry i Qucen>
To put a golden rcej>ter in thy hand.
And fet a precious cK>wn upon thy he^d» . .
If thou wiltcoAdefcend toi>e my— »--9 Jlf^r. What? Suf, His love.
Mar. 1 am unworthy to be ffenryh wife. ^
Su/.'SOf gentle Madam; 1 unwofthy am
To woo Jo fair a dame to bcliis wife ; ; ^
And have no portion in the choice my(e]f.
How fay you» Madam, are you fo content? Mar. An if my father pleafe, 1 am content* Su/. Then call our Captains and our colours fortli.
And, Madam, at your father's caftle^walis,
Wc*ll crave a parley, to confer with him.
SeunJ. Enter Kt\gv\tY on the nxjaJtu
&^. See, i?«;f»/Vir, .fee thy daughter prifoner* . *
Reig. To whom I • - . y
Suf. To me.
J^^. ^i^/if, what remedy? I am a foldier and unapt to weep, Or to exclaim on fortune's fickleHeft.
Sitf> Ycfj there is remedy enough, myX>Qrd: Coii4ent,«and for thy honour give con^t,. • *
Thy daughter (hall be wedde<i to my King; • Whom I with pain have woo'd and won thereto | : ^ ' * And this hereafyheM imprifonment - Hatb gainM thy dauffbtcr princely liberty* ^ ,.
fyff. Speaks. SuJfoSk as he thinks ? -T
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4^8 The FifcST Part U
Si/: furMtapmiiktiowSf. That SmfiJk dotE not flattcs, hxc^ or ftio.
Rtif.Upon ihjf prmccly warrant I defi:ettd To give thee aaiweiof th; jail demand.^
Sm/. And here I win expcft thy comingk .
Tritmfits found, Siuer JLeignier*
f^ig. Wekome^ brave Earl». into ouc territories-^ Command in Awjom what yoor Honour pleafes^
Suf: Thanks, Ritigmir^. happy in fo Mveetachild^ Fit to be made companion ox a King;: What anfwer makes yotir G^ace uatomy fuit ?
Rag. Since thou doft ddcn to woo her Uttk worthy. To be the princely bride of fiich a Loid ;; Uj;>oa condition I may qnietly Enjoy mine own, the country Maine ^nA Jnioup, Free from oppreffion.ox the ftroke of war. My daotfhter ihall be Henrj^ i£ he pleafe*
St^jf: That W her ranfom^ X deliver her ;, And thoie two counties, f will undertake*. Your Grace (kali well and quietly enjoy..
Mjjig' And I again in i&nfyfi lloyal name,, Asy&pttfy 'ttnto that gracious King,, Give thee her hand for fign of plighted itdth*.
.9u/. Beifftisr of France^. I give thea kingly thankst. S^iaTc th,u is in traAck of a King. Andiyft/mtthinks,, I could bawelLconten|(:(5} To Ik xmne own auorney la this cafe. [^^^^
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^ ^tft$> «— - 1 ronA/ ^« tnrZr. r0«f All
*^f9$g ttunt^xmm attorney intth caftA u e. I could^like Co aft in mj^
nUh%t§ iii^ tius a&Uj to nq^buate {atmykkf. So, before, ia-
Xa* Ht, tliat arc our ntw grc.t 4^ty ^ «.•• ii% me, who ad fai mykif^ in my own ri^t^ Tho* this kind of eflpieAoD, 10 Str/Stnch of ienie,,or languaf e, may not lie fo joai- Aabtt I ye| thrf ate citiier of them vetj infeUtgiUe hy iw^Hcaihm ^• and theio aie many authorities in our autbnr, and olliet |K>ett« to keep them.lii countenance, where there ia fucb.a contradiAion in tie tcxnos, that thej cannot he reconciled but by hei^g explained iaio a fiacwiag. To ioAtace ia.a few laflagcaj;-
King Henry VI. 469
TH over then to Eniland with this newt» And make this marriage ta be fokmnit^'d t
7W0 CntlcilMO of r«r0iitf ;
It it mme eye, or ytUntino^t praife>
Her itue ^ife^eii, or my falfe xmi^Hhi^
Thit makes me tuafonlefi^ to rtafta. thus > So liktwife in HtfiMAtf 1
■ ■ Try what r^tutanct can {i
Yet what r»n tf, when one MMor refftut f Mer are esamf^et of thst fort iKantiag in Bwtmou and fXtfdkr» Qitui uf CnJMi
Come, we flMft do tMe «Mic»al^ofiMi f
Wt »»ft fce i^ n»y jtcmdi* ISm; and «• Xiiy ;
Thinky bow thit want o£ grtef diKtediti you»
And yoA wUi «m^, bocaoie yoii cJUMr ev^//.
Thofe moo> Wl^ thmfihM9t allow ao Mif A^eorK S have pfoducOd tkefe aathorkiet^ in lepiy to a crkidfoi^ of MPh. Pi^*s iy becaufo, ia. the gaiety o^ hb «o( aod pod humour, he waa ple«i^4 to he very ^rt upon mc^ at he thoofht, for a line, uk a poflhtm9tu f\xy of oor aoihor't whieb I brought upon the ftago. DuuhleFalilMwd:
Nought, hi^hfJfi eaa.helCt|MwolSr/» k is fpokeo of an.aaion fo enormoot*. that the poet meant,, it had. ■A eqoal upoo re^d. X have tfbewa from exampleij, that fuch a. Ucence in expreftoo was praais*d ki oar Bmglifi writers : Til fubjbi^ ^few snilancta of the fame liberty, taken by the heft J&b«MO chfics^ 1. — lam confoU* ^ alfut ego.
Flaut. to. Afflphitf^ ^— m9io Jormof/fwua mfiutf Jkm jmftmi^ jam vir, jam. k formofior ipfo.
Ovid. AUtam^ — ^uitrh Akidsrparem ? Nemo ej^ ni/f i pfe^ ^ Senec. Birc. fku.
froasmus /mm. Egomet mihi*. TcreM* Andria*
— — CratSf qmldgitmkmkwMii 9kt advoiuta, fuid prgm itMomitom doont ^
Sencc. TMaUL, Tatriam ptitndo ferJi^t »#j^tua» yU iffe nullam ? Idem iAuf*
Sed vetooie Fmut fimd noa potoeif vetare.
, Ovid Metam»
tMnomf fome learned men. have fnfpeAcd the pointing of this lad nailanBi aad cia^^'d the latter pan of the hcniftich to agree with a,
fubOS^ueat.
47C^ T*l^ F I R I T Pait of
So fireweU Reignier; fet this diamond fsife
In golden palaces, as ic becomes. ^
Meig, I do embrace thee, as I would embrace The Chriflian Priiice King Henty^ were he here.
Mar. l^arewel, my LorJ: good wiihes, pjraife and pray Vs Shall SnJbU^vtT have of Margarita [SJ^ isgnng.
$yf. FarewelyiWeet Madam | bark yoo, Margarai No princely commendations to my Kiag^f "
Mar. Such .commendation I as become a ma!d« - A virgin and his fervant, fay to him.
Suf. Words fweetly placed, and modeflI)» dlK^lod* ' But, Madam, I moft trouble yt) a again. No loving token to his Majeity ? ^ ';,
Mar.ytSt my good Lord, a pmr« npfpotted heart/ " Never yet taint with love, I fe^ci the King.
52i/. And this withal. [Kifis hm
Mar, That for thy fctf *-*-.! will wbr'lbfprcfume. To fend foch peevif!j tokens toa King* • *
Suf, O, wert thou fof myfelf ! — hxit/ Stiffblk^ fyif* * . ^hou may'il not wander ifi th^t labyrinth; There minotaurs, and ugly treafons, lark, j Sollicit Henry with' her WlD^d'rOtfs praJfcV Bethink thee on 'her virtues that furmount. Her nat'ral graces that extinguifli art; - Jf^^peat their femblance often on the feas ; . .
That, when «bou cony'il to kn«€^ at Henrys fcct» Thou may'fl brt-eave him of his wits with wonder.
< , '• [Exeunt.
Snter York, W^rfkk^aShffterJ, ^WFucelle.
Tork* Bring forth- that forcerefs, condemned to burn.
Shep. Ah, Joan ? this kiils thy fathcr*s heart outright.: Have I fought ev'ry country fa|- and near, A'fld aOfw U U my chance to £nd thee out, Muft 1 behold thy timeless, xrael, death !
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fubfequent liije there. But, I>h'nk,'dhe vcrfeis pethB^y OvyUi^ > ' fts ic is, aod nesini this ; But the farentt forbad wkt tbey^ <oulJ n9i hinder. ~ Pot n/it0irt fi^ni(5cs> probibtrt iUlii & fa&Uf fti MgriU^ Wilts tells ur. ' . . .
' Ah,.
Rmg ;H E M E .y' Vi.T 4711,
Ab, Jaan^ fw^ daittiifer, I will die widi tliee.
PuceU D«trcfiit miler ! baiib ignoble wretch ! 1 am defcended of a girntler blood, i ^* Thou art noJatker, oior bo frkud^of :imii« • Shep, Out, out Ir-r-tn^Lbtils, an^^le^fe yoii^ ^fifr BOt/#;l ] did beget her, all the;partlkJctiowst \^' . ft Her mother, living ^t^ Ofo te^fy^ » " t
She was the i/ft^A-uixW liiy baefa'lorfliip. '
ffar- GrmtdoA,: wilt thou deny*xky papentogaf <'
TorJ^. This arfoesy what her kind of li^ hm bc«ii^ Wickeci amif vsle*f ^and fo her death concludes.
SJbep. Fy, yoM, that thoo wilt be,& oblbaQtet • * God knows, thou 4rt a colldp of jDy Aeibj r:
And for thy fake hay«I fiied ma^yatear; Deny me not, i ptky thee, gentle J^hm^ \ ^ \
PvciL Peafant, awLHot! You have fobom'd tii|^ nua * Of purpofe toMprbfcwcnjiy noble birth* ^ ^*
Sbep. *Tis true, i gave a noble to the pirieft^ I
The morn thiu.lwas^weddrd toiler mothers. Kneel down and take jny bleffiag, good iny^girl. Wilt thou not ibiopl .now curfed be the tia^a Of thy natbrity ! I w^uld,. the niilk. Thy mother gave ^bee when thoa fuck'dft her bfcaft^ t Had boev a little ratfbane for thy faie : Or elfe, when thpo didil keep my lambs at fields !
1 wifby fome rav'noQs wolf had eaten thee* Doft thou djcny thy father, curfed drab I I
O, b)»ra her, burn her ; haBc;ing is too good. ■ ^[Exit^
York. Take her away, for flie hathiliv'd too long. To fill the wbkid with vidoas ^alities.
Pucel. Firft, let me teli; you, whom ^ou have condemned >I Not me begot ten of a fhepherd fwam^ But ifftt'd from the progeny, of Kings;. '
Virtuous and holy, chofen from above, . j.
By infpiradoa of cebedial grace, Xb'WOrk escceeding miracles on earth \ .. .\
I never had to do wttb wicked fpirits. ')
But you, that are poiJuted with your Ittfts, StainM with the giiUclefs 'bloc^ ^ iaao(ei^% :
.'6 Corrupt
47^ The F I a s T Part of
Cormpt tmA taioted widi a dionlaftd vioet» Bccaufe you want tke ftace, Hiat othcn hife^ Yoo judge it freight a. thrag impoftble To compaft «ironirn, bat bjc kelp of derili* ^o» ntlbon^tived ^Mr of ^m hath been A virgto from her tender safaacYr Cbafte aad immJKruUte w ver|r toovghr; WhoTe maiden blood, th«« rtg'rodfy eff«a*d; Will cty for vcBgeaace at the gatet of heavV^^
lark. Aft ay ; away witb her to exe^mion.
)f«r. And hark ye. Sirs t becaoTe iii it « atU^ Spare for nafiiggottr let there be enow : Place pitchy bamb on the fetal iake^ That K> her torture inay be fiK>rteMd.
Pucil. Will nothing tarn yoor anrefendog hearts I J Then* ycoMf dHcover thine ufirmky ; That wajrraouth by law to be thy jmrilege. I am with !chtl4» ye bloody homicides : Murder not then the £ratt within my womb^ AI though ye hale me to a iriolent death. ^
Tori. Now» heav^ forefend ! the h^y maid n^th dlild?
ITar. The ^reateft miracle that ere ^ron wrought : Is aUi your in€t prectieoefs come to this ?
Tori. She and the Dauphin have been jrUggling i I did imagine, what would be her refuge.
^ar. Well, go to ; we wQl have no baftardt live ; Efpecially, iince Ckdrks muff father it.
Piuel. You are decetv'd» my child is none of his ;. It was Alanfom^ that enjoy 'd my love.
York. Aian/on! that notorious Afocifo'av/// It dies* an if it had a thouiaad lives.
Pucti. 0» give me leave, I have deluded you^ Twas neither CbaxUsy nor yet the Duke I nam*d» But Res^nUr^ K\n9 of IfapUs^ that prevailM.
fTar. A married man L that's moft intolerable.
Tori. Why» heK*s a girl ; I think, ifae knows not welt^ (There were fo many) whom (he may accuie.
iTar. It'i ftgn, (he hath been liberal and frte^
TorL And yet, forfooth, fhe is a \iTpB pure.
Strumpet
King HiNfeY VR 4n
Struoipet, Uiy wQFdfr coudemn tby brat anil thee : Ufe no intreaty, for it is in vain.
fiueJ. Then lead me hence; with whom Ilcave my Corfta May never glof k)u& fan r«flex his beams Upon the coontry where yott make abode i But darknefs aod the gloomy (hade of death Inviron you« t^ill mifchief and defp^ir Drive you to bxeak your necks, or kaag yourfelves ?
[ExitfguardeJ^
York, Break thou in piece Sj^ and confujx^ to aihjCA^ Thott: £)u] accursed miniller of hell 1
Exter Cardinal cf^inche^tf 9.
Car, Lord Regent, I d» gpeet your Excellence With letters of commi^on from the King. For knoii% my i«.ords, the fVates of Chriftendonu MovM with remocfe of thefe oHtr:)geoas bfoilSf. Have earneflly inpln^'d a ges'ra^ peace Betwixt oiisr nationiand th'' afpxring Jrencb ;; iliid fee at hand the Daoohin, and hit traina, Approachfn^ to confer aoont foxtie matters.
Tairk. Is all onr travel mrn'd to this cffcft i .^
After the /laughter of fo many Peers, So many cap^^ns, gentlemen an4 foldiers,. That in this qnarrefhavebeeiv overthrown, And ibid their, bodies for their country's benefi^,, Shall we at laft conclude effeminate peace ? Hare we npt loft moft part of alt the towns» By treafon^ falftood» and by tiieachery». Oar greajl progenitors had conquered } Oh> JVanwickt ^tfroviV^ .'- J fovelbe with griief The utter lofs of all the realm of France. •
J#W. Be patient, Tork: if we conclude a peace>, ]l fliall be with fii(h ilri£t and icver^ co.venants» As little fliall the Erenchmft> gak thereby.
Eniir Charfef,^ Alan/bn^ t^ftard^ tfWReignirK €har. Since^ Lords of hnghnd^ it is thus agreed*. That peacefol trt^e &ail be proclaim*dini'r«iir« ;
474 '^^ F 1 R I T Part of
Wc come tQ be infonned by Yoarfelves,
What the cooditiont'of that league moil be» ^'
2Vi. Speak, M?«^i^^ ; for boiling chokr choked The hollow pafikge of my pfiibn'd voice. By fight of tbefe oor halefiil enemies.
fFin. Cbarki and the reil, it is enaAed thisa : That in regard Ki«g Htnry gives confent^ Of mere comp aipi^ils and of fenity, ^
To eafe your country of diftrefsful war. And fuffer you to bi^jlthe in fruitful peace ; You (hall become true liegemen to hia crowit. '
And» Charles i upon condition thou wilt fwear To pay him tribute and fubmit thyfelf. Thou ihalt be plac'-d as Viceroy under him t And ftill enjoy thy reeal dignity.
jflan^ Muft he be then a fliadow of bio^lf ^ Adorn his temples with a Coronet^ '
And yet io fubftance and authority Retain but privilege of a private man I This paoier ia abfitrd and realoalcfiK
Char, *Ti8 known, already that I am poiet Of more than half the GaUian territoriesi And therein rev'renc'd for their lawfnl King. Shall I, for lucre of the reft nn-yanquifli'd. Detract fo much from that prerogativet As to be caird but Viceroy of the whole f No, Lord AmbafTador^ TU rather keep That which , I have, than, coveting for moxe^« Be caft from pofiibility of ail. ' ^
I forJ^. Infulting Charles, haft thou by fecrct meuit \ Us*d ittterceffion to obtain a league ; ^ \
And now the matter grows to compromrie^ Stand^ft thou aloof upon comparifon ? .
Either accept the title thou ufarp'fly .
Of benefit proceeding from our King^ *
And not of any challenge of de(ert,
Or we firiU plagnct:thee with incefTant «^ars.
•^^/k- My Lord, you do not weU in obftinaej To (avil kk the coutb ^Cxk^t caft<raift>
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If once it be negle^ed, ten to 9De, We /hall not find like opportunity ^
JloH, To fay the truth, it is ypur policy,^ To fave your fubjefts from fucb maiTaiQrc, . And ruthlefs daughters, as are daily feen , By our proceeding in hoftiljty. . ... - . And therefore take this com^a£l of atruce» ,
Although' you break it, when yoWr pleafure ferves.
[J/idii to the DAMfkim^
tFar.Ho^ fay'ft thou, C^ar/ri f ihallouf cottdiUoa ft^dl
Ciar. It (hall : . . .\ . . J
Only referv'd» )^ou claim no interefl ; In any of our towns of garrifon.^
Tork\ Then fwear allegiance to his Ma|efty« ,
As thou art Knight, never to difobey, Nor be rd>ellious to the Crown of England: . ^ . \ Thou, nor thy Nobles, to the Crown of England. So now difmils your army, when you pletfe : Hang up your enfign^,^ let your dr^ms be fliU» For he/e we entertain a fokmii f^t. [£;ir<iM^
SCENE change! to E^knd. i
Ettit Sofiblk, in eonftrimci nvith King Henry | Qftttt ce^r, nW Exciter, ^[
K«J7ifav}r.^i^Ourwond'r0ua^rarrdercr}ption,^b1eEar)^ I Ofbeiluteottsit£zf;^ar^hath^aftoniIb'dmeT
Her virtues, grao^ with external gifts, * ' \ Do breed love'» Settled paffions m my heart; • And, like as rigour of tempeHuous g\ifts ' *
Provokes the mightieil hulk again ft the tide^ ^
So am I driv'n by breath of her renown, ' i Eitllet to iisffer Aiipwfack, or arrive *'
Where I may have fruition of hei" love. ' ■^' ' ; • ^
•Z^^ Teft, ray good Lord, this fuptfi-ficia! tile * ^
Is but a prefab t6 her worthy praHe ; ' \
The chief jlei4fti<Ms of that lovely dame^ ' V - (Had I fufRcient &ill (x^ utter them,) '
47< The Fiftat Fwi eil^
Wovid make % rolume of inticiog liaes»
^ble to raviih any d^l conceit.
Aody which Is inoif» (ke is not fo diviivp^
So fall replete with choice of aU debgbcs^ -'
Bat with as humble lowliDefsof misd
She is content lo be at your command :. J
Command^ t meao^t of virtooas chafl:e wteats^ ]
To love and honoar HfJ^fy as her Lord. . |
K* Henty. And otherwife. wUI Htnrj^fkt^er prefumiS \
Therefore, my t.ord Prorc£lor, give confent. That Marg*rit may be England's Royal Qijeen.
Clou. So jhould I give con fen t to flatter fin. You kno(v» my Lora» yoor Highnefs is betrotb'di Unto another Lady of efleem : How (hall we then dtfpenfe with that contra^^ And n,ot deface your hoBOiu with reproach I *
Suf. As doth a rtiler vvkh unlawful oaths | Or one> that, at a trromph having vow*d To try his ftrerigth, fb#fakeih yet the UHs By reafoB of his adverfary's odds. A poor EarPs daughter is uneqoal odds $ And therefore may be broke without oSenee.
Glcu. Whpr^ what, I pray, is Mur^m mote than that I Her father is no better than an £an,, Although in glorioAs titles he excel.
Sif.Ye$t my good Lord, her father it4;]Uag» The King of N^es^tnd ^ertffulim % And of fuch great authority in Fr$m€i^ That his alliance will con&rm our peace {. And keep the Frernhmn in allegiance.
Clw. And &> the Earl of Arwu^gnac may do^ Xecaufe he is near kiniinaa unto Cfeor/r/.
JLr#. Befide, his wealth dock warrant lib*nd d«w% While Reignur fooner will receive, th^n give.
5i/i A.:dow% my Lardt \ di&racc not to jnwt %Jm%% That he (hould be lo abjedl, bate aad poor. To chafe for wealth, and not lor perim lonw Mtnn 18 able to ctvticVk Yi\% Q^wt^ti \ A«d «^t to fcek a CJuetn^ \ft TOS»>ttSkitf^ ^^
Ring iKt E N it V VL jgig
Qo Worthlefs peafancs bargain for their wlvei^ As mark'et-mea for oxen, (heep or horf '^ But maMage is a niafter of ihore W0rdl» ^han to be dealt tn by Htcmiejrihip : Not whom we will; but whotn hit XSrite afled%* ^aft be coapinton of hb mipdal bed. And therefore^ Lotds^ fince he aiffe^i her mofl^ It nofi of all thvfe itafon^ Undeth lil. In oor opinions (he Ihotild be jpfvf^M ) For what i« wcfdlock foited, but a helh An a^ of difcord and C(Alttt^al ilrife ? Whereat tihe contrary brin^ethibrthblifs^ < And it a pi'ttttn of celeftial peace* . . Whota fronM ^k match with ffehy^ b^itig a Kin^ kntJI({tr^'fVf» th4t ii daughter to a King ? ' Her peerieG feaittit, joined with her birth^ Appfovct her fit Ibl' llldllek but for a Kin^. , Her Taliant 'eoarage» alA Imdaunted fpirit^ (More thain in woman Commonly it feen, ) Anfwer oar hope in iBtie of a Kti^ : tor. Hmtjf ton «nto a ConqoerOo U likely to beget more Oonqnerorr ^ If with a Lady of lb high tefOlve> At it fair Mur^rk. he be linked in Iot^» Then yield* my Lords^ and hcsre conclnde frith jie^ That Margaret (hall be Qiieett» ^nd hone but (he.
SL. Hemy. Whether it be through force of your tetoH^ lHy noble Loid of SijfhU ; 6r for that My tender youth was never^ yet attaint Vith any pamon of rnRamingTloVr, X cannot teit ; bat this 1 atn afToi^d, I feel fnch (harp diflentibn in my breaft* Such fierce alArmt both bf hop); and fea)*. As I am fick with working of my thoUghtt* ^nke therefore flipping; poft^ my Lord^ tOpfMtvii Agree to any covenants ; and prticdrci 'ithat Lady hUrf^ni do Voachfafe to cohie To crofs the feas to Erf land i and be crbwn'd
i>7^ THl*F?R§V>aVt'or,'W . -
For 3rourexpencQ»^d lufficMnt charge, .
Among the peopU^gaUicf up'^ t^tb*^
Be gone, I fay ; Tot ^Jl-yQ»^4p|t^»rPf I am pci^c«^wM^ a t;^9»^fM»d CMPS. .
And yoO, godcf unfle^ :)?Rnift all q^w^^l v c. :
If you dorccgf^ri ^tt^ by^wWyo? W^ff.. . . ; Not whit you are, iJc^Wr M W^^ ^^s^Cjife : This fudderi execji|k|i^ ^^y, >^}U. • ' \.
And fo condnd nif, vfh^f!^ fn^o^-pinraapy I may revolve ancl rgpif ^ my g^lS^ LSW^
i^/pn. Ay ; griefr JE feur RH^y Poit]^ a^ fis^ apdO^
^^/-Thf*^ *!rf«* Ml priy^Ol'rf^.lMftd (tv*^ jQ«^ As did-the yonthftl Papi4 p^^ tQ^ Grfiffmi •^ ^ " ' v .^ With hope to^Jp4tl^c^kc»veatj^la¥f;> . i
But profper better *»» tjif ^r^i^jJMt ^ Margaret (hall Aow^oe QyeeoKi apd ruje U|^ $li^g;: Bat 1 will rufe^t>9U«]^s^ t)»e Ii4i«f a«L4 r^ilfm Ig^fi^^
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