dolph, look to our horfes. [Exeunt Shallow, Bardolph, &c.]

-If I were faw'd into quantities, I fhould make four dozen of fuch "bearded hermit's-ftaves as mafter Shallow. It is a wonderful thing, to fee the femblable coherence of his men's fpirits and his: They, by obferving of him, do bear themselves like foolish juftices; he, by converfing with them, is turn'd into a juftice-like ferving-man: their fpirits are fo married in conjunction with the participation of fociety, that they flock together in confent, like fo many wild-geefe. If I had a fuit to mafter Shallow, I would humour his men, with the imputation of being near their master: if to his men, I would curry with mafter Shallow, that no man could better command his fervants. It is certain, that either wife bearing, 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 Harry in continual laughter, the wearing-out of fix fashions, (which is four terms, or two actions) and he shall laugh without intervallums. O, it is much, that a lie, with a flight oath, and a jeft with a fad brow, will do with a fellow that never had the ache in his fhoulders! O, you fhall fee him laugh 'till his face be like a wet cloak ill laid up.

Shal. [within.] Sir John!

r

Fal. I come, mafter Shallow; I come, mafter Shallow, [Exit Falstaff.

bearded hermit's-ftaves]—with the,heads of hermits cut upon them. I would humour his men, with the imputation]—1 would pay his men the compliment.

P four terms, or two actions)]—the time taken for the operation of two actions for debt.

9 the ache in bis fhoulders !]—the cares of the world upon him. ▾ like a wet cloak ill laid up.]—full of wrinkles.

VOL. III.

X x

SCENE

SCENE II.

The Court, in London.

Enter the Earl of Warwick, and the Lord Chief Justice.

War. How now, my lord chief justice? whither away?
Ch. Juft. How doth the king?

War. Exceeding well; his cares are now all ended.
Ch. Juft. I hope, not dead.

War. He's walk'd the way of nature;

And, to our purposes, he lives no more.

Ch. Just. I would, his majesty had call'd me with him: The fervice that I truly did his life,

Hath left me open to all injuries.

War. Indeed, I think, the young king loves you not.
Ch. Juft. I know, he doth not; and do arm myfelf,
To welcome the condition of the time;

Which cannot look more hideously upon me
Than I have drawn it in my fantasy.

Enter Lord John of Lancaster, Glofter, and Clarence, &c.

War. Here come the heavy iffue of dead Harry :O, that the living Harry had the temper

Of him, the worft of thefe three gentlemen!

How many nobles then should hold their places,
That must strike fail to fpirits of vile fort!
Ch. Juft. Alas! I fear, all will be overturn'd.
Lan. Good morrow, coufin Warwick.

Glo. Cla. Good morrow, coufin.

Lan. We meet like men that had forgot to fpeak.
War. We do remember; but 'our argument

Is all too heavy to admit much talk.

Lan. Well, peace be with him that hath made us heavy! Ch. Juft. Peace be with us, left we be heavier!

Glo. O, my good lord, you have loft a friend, indeed: And I dare swear, you borrow not that face Of seeming forrow; it is, fure, your own.

Lan. Though no man be affur'd what grace to find, You ftand in coldest expectation :

I am the forrier; 'would, 'twere otherwise.

Cla. Well, you must now speak fir John Falstaff fair; Which fwims against your ftream of quality.

Ch. Juft. Sweet princes, what I did, I did in honour, Led by the 'impartial conduct of my foul;

And never fhall you fee, that "I will beg
A ragged and foreftall'd remiffion.-
If truth and upright innocency fail me,
I'll to the king my mafter that is dead,
And tell him who hath fent me after him.
War. Here comes the prince."

Enter King Henry.

Ch. Juft. Good morrow; and heaven fave your majesty! K. Henry. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, Sits not so easy on me as you think.

Brothers, you mix your fadness with fome fear;

W

This is the English, not the " Turkish court;
Not Amurath an Amurath fucceeds,

But Harry, Harry :-Yet be fad, good brothers,
For, to speak truth, it very well becomes you;
Sorrow fo royally in you appears,

impartial conduct of my foul ;]-imperial conduct—the predominancy of virtue o'er my mind, its abfolute control.

"I will beg a ragged and forestall'd remiffion.]-meanly fue for a pardon, which the king may have already determined not to grant. Turkish court;]-where the new Sultan was wont to put his brethren to death.

W

That I will deeply put the fashion on,
And wear it in my heart.

Why then, be fad:
But entertain no more of it, good brothers,
Than a joint burthen laid upon us all.
For me, by heaven, I bid you be affur'd,
I'll be your father and your brother too;
Let me but bear your love, I'll bear your cares.
Yet weep, that Harry's dead; and fo will I:
But Harry lives, that fhall convert those tears,
By number, into hours of happiness.

Lan. &c. We hope no other from your majefty.

K. Henry. You all look ftrangely on me :-and you [To the Ch. Juft.

most ;

You are, I think, affur'd I love you not.

Ch. Just. I am affur'd, if I be measur'd rightly,

Your majefty hath no juft cause to hate me.

K. Henry. No! How might a prince of my great hopes forget

So great indignities you laid upon me?

What! rate, rebuke, and roughly send to prifon
The immediate heir of England! Was this eafy?
May this be wash'd in Lethe, and forgotten?

Ch. Juft. I then did use the person of your father
The image of his power lay then in me:
And, in the adminiftration of his law,
Whiles I was bufy for the commonwealth,
Your highness pleafed to forget my place,
The majefty and power of law and juftice,
The image of the king whom I prefented,
And struck me in my very feat of judgment;
Whereon, as an offender to your father,

I

gave bold way to my authority,

eafy to be borne.

And

1

2

And did commit you. If the deed were ill,
Be you contented, wearing now the garland,
To have a fon fet your decrees at nought;
To pluck down justice from your awful bench;
To trip the courfe of law, and blunt the fword
That guards the peace and safety of your person:
Nay, more; to spurn at your most royal image,
And mock your workings in a fecond body.
Question your royal thoughts, make the cafe yours;
Be now the father, and propose a fon :
Hear your own dignity fo much profan'd,
See your most dreadful laws fo loosely flighted,
Behold yourself so by a fon disdained;
And then imagine me taking your part,
And, in your power, fo filencing your son :-
After this cold confiderance, fentence me;
And, as you are a king, speak in your state,—
What I have done, that mifbecame my place,
My person, or my liege's fovereignty.

K. Henry. You are right, justice, and you weigh this well;

Therefore ftill bear the balance, and the fword :

And I do wish your honours may encrease,

'Till you do live to fee a fon of mine
Offend you, and obey you, as I did.
So fhall I live to speak my father's words ;-
Happy am I, that have a man so bold,
That dares do justice on my proper fon:
And not lefs happy, having fuch a fon,
That would deliver up his greatness fo

Into the bands of justice.-You did commit me:

To trip the course of law,]-defeat the procefs of juftice. Z workings in a fecond body.]-acts performed by your deputy. a propofe]-imagine you had.

in your ftate,]-your regal capacity, difpaffionately.