Descend unto the daughter. Gracious lord, Ely. Awake remembrance of these valiant dead, Exe. Your brother kings and monarchs of the Do all expect that you should rouse yourself, So hath your highness; never king of England Cant. O, let their bodies follow, my dear liege, [French K. Henry. We must not only arm to invade the 5 10 When all her chivalry hath been in France, The king of Scots; whom she did send to France, With sunken wreck and sunless treasuries. Then with Scotland first begin : For once the eagle England being in prey, 15 Comes sneaking, and so sucks her princely eggs; Ely. It follows then, the cat must stay at home: 20 Since we have locks to safeguard necessaries, 25 Cant. True: therefore doth heaven divide 40 The lazy yawning drone. I this infer,— Cant. They of those marches', gracious sove- For hear her but exampled by herself, As many several ways meet in one town; 55 As many fresh streams run in one self sea; As many lines close in the dial's centre; So may a thousand actious, once afoot, End in one purpose, and be all well borne Without defeat. Therefore to France, my lege. 60 Divide your happy England into four; The marches are the borders, the limits, the confines. Hence the Lords Marchers, i. e. the lords presidents of the marches, &c. 1i. e. inconstant, changeable. 1i. e, an unfortunate necessity, or a necessity to be execrated. * Consent is unison. The sense is, that all endeavour is to terminate in obedience, to be subordinate to the public good and general design of government. Whereof Whereof take you one quarter into France, [Dauphin. Enter Ambassadors of France. Amb. Thus then, in few. Your highness, lately sending into France, Did claim some certain dukedoms, in the right [with us; K.Henry. We are glad the Dauphinis so pleasant His present, and your pains, we thank you for: Tell him, he hath made a match with such a wrangler, That all the courts of France will be disturb'd 15 And plodded like a man for working-days; Shall thishis mock mock out of their dear husbands; 25 Mock mothers from their sons, mock castles down; And some are yet ungotten, and unborn, That shall have cause to curse the Dauphin's scorn. But this lies all within the will of God, To whom I do appeal; and in whose name, 30 Tell you the Dauphin, I am coming on, To venge me as I may, and to put forth My rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause. So, get you hence in peace; and tell the Dauphin, His jest will savour but of shallow wit, 35 When thousands weep, more than did laugh at Convey them with safe conduct.-Fare you well. [Exeunt Ambu, & idors. [it. Exe. This was a merry message. 45 [Exeunt. When we have match'd our rackets to these balls, 50 That this fair action may on foot be brought. 2 A 'Empery signifies dominion, but it is now an obsolete word, though formerly in general use. galliard was an ancient dance, now obsolete. Chace is a term at tennis. So is the hazard; a place in the tennis court into which the ball is sometimes struck. * i. e. not in the court, the place in which he is now speaking. ⚫ When ordnance was first used, they discharged balls, not of iron, but of stone. Bard. What, are ancient Pistol and you friends vet? Nym. For my part, I care not: I say little but when time sbali serve, there shall be siniles;-but Now thrive the armourers, and honour's thought! 5 that shall be as it may. I dare not fight; but I Reigns solely in the breast of every man: 10 will wink, and hold out mine iron: It is a simple one; but what though? it will toast cheese; and it will endure cold as another man's sword will : and there's the humour of it. Bard. I will bestow a breakfast, to make you friends; and we'll be all three sworn brothers to France: let it be so, good corporal Nym. Nym. Faith, I will live so long as I may, that's the certain of it; and, when I cannot live any 13longer, I will do as I may: that is my rest, that is the rendezvous of it. 20 O England!--model to thy inward greatness, Before Quickly's house in East-cheap. Nym. Good morrow', lieutenant Bardolph. Bard. It is certain, corporal, that he is married to Nell Quickly: and, certainly, she did you wrong; for you were troth-plight to her. Nym. I cannot tell; things must be as they may: Men may sleep, and they may have their throats about them at that time; and, some say, knives have edges. It must be as it may: though patience be a tir'd mare, yet she will plod. There must be conclusions. Well, I cannot tell. Enter Pistol and Quickly. Bard. Here comes ancient Pistol, and his wife: ---good corporal, be patient here.-How now, mine host Pistol? Pist. Base tyke", call'st thou me-host? Now, by this hand I swear, I scorn the term; Nor shall my Nell keep lodgers. Quick. No, by my troth, not long: for we cannot lodge and board a dozen or fourteen gentle35 women, that live honestly by the prick of their needles, but it will be thought we keep a bawdyhouse straight.-O well-a-day, lady, if he be not drawn now! We shall see wilful adultery and murder committed. 40 451 Burd. Good lieutenant', good corporal, offer nothing here. Nym. Pish! Pist. Pish for thee, Iceland dog! thou prickear'd cur of Iceland! Quick. Good corporal Nym, shew the valour of a man, and put up thy sword. Nym. Will you shop off? I would have you solus. Pist. Solus, egregious dog! O viper vile! [50]The solus in thy most marvellous face; Mr. Tollet says, that in the horse armoury in the Tower of London, Edward III. is repre sented with two crowns on his sword, alluding to the two kingdoms, France and England, of both which he was crowned heir. Perhaps the poet took the thought from this representation. 2 Gilt, which in our author generally signifies a display of gold, in the present instance means golden money. i. e. he who does great honour to the title...By the same kind of phraseology the usurper in Hamlet is called the Vice of kings, i. e. the opprobrium of them. To force a play, is to produce a play by compelling many circumstances into a narrow compass. That is, you shall pass the sea without the qualms of sea-sickness. "At this scene begins the connection of this play with the latter part of King Henry IV. Dr. John on thinks we should read, We'll all go sworn brothers to France, or, we'll all be sworn brothers in France. Tike is a small kind of dog. We should read Good ancient, for it is Pistol to whom he addresses himself. 10 Meaning, will you march, or go off" ? 2 The The solus in thy teeth, and in thy throat, Nym. I am not Barbason'; you cannot conjure me. I have an humour to knock you indifferently well: If you grow foul with me, Pistol, I will Scour you with my rapier, as I may, in fair terms: If you would walk off, I would prick your guts a little, in good terms, as I may; and that's the humour of it. Pist. Sword is an oath, and oaths must have their course. Bard. Corporal Nym, an thou wilt be friends, be friends: an thou wilt not, why then be ene5mies with me too. Pry'thee put up. 10 Pist. Obraggard vile, and damned furious wight! The grave doth gape, and doating death is near;15 Therefore exhale. Bard. Hear me, hear me what Lsay:-he tha strikes the first stroke, I'll run him up to the hilts, as I am a soldier. Pist. An oath of mickle might; and fury shall 20 30 35 Boy. Mine host Pistol, you must come to my master, and you hostess ;-he is very sick, and would to bed.-Good Bardolph, put thy nose between his sheets, and do the office of a warmingpan: faith, he's very ill. Bard. Away, you rogue. Quick. By my troth, he'll yield the crow a pudding one of these days: the king has killed his heart.-Good husband, come home presently. 40 [Exit Quickly 45 Bard. Come, shall I make you two friends? We must to France together; Why, the devil, should we keep knives to cut one another's throats? Nym. I shall have my eight shillings, I won of you at betting? Pist. A noble shalt thou have, and present pay; And liquor likewise will I give to thee, And friendship shall combine, and brotherhood: Nym. I shall have my noble? Nym. Well then, that's the humour of it. Quick. As ever you came of women, come in quickly to sir John: Ah, poor heart! he is so shak'd of a burning quotidian tertian, that it is most lamentable to behold. Sweet men, come to him. Nym. The king hath run bad humours on the knight, that's the even of it. Pist. Nym, thou hast spoke the right; His heart is fracted, and corroborate. Nym. The king is a good king: but it must be as it may; he passes some humours and careers. Pist. Let us condole the knight; for, lambkins, we will live. SCENE II. Southampton. [Exeunt. Enter Exeter, Bedford, und Westmoreland. Bed. 'Fore God, his grace is bold, to trust these traitors! Exe. They shall be apprehended by and by. West. How smooth and even they do bear themselves! As if allegiance in their bosoms sat, Bed. The king hath note of all that they intend, By interception which they dream not of. Ere. Nay, but the man that was his bedfellow', Whom he hath cloy'd and grac'd with princely favours, That he should, for a foreign purse, so sell His sovereign's life to death and treachery! [Trumpets sound. Pist. Let floods o'erswell, and fiends for food 50 Enter the King, Scroop, Cambridge, Grey, and howl on! Nym. You'll pay me the eight shillings I won of you at betting? Pist. Base is the slave that pays. Nym. That now I will have: that's the hu-55 mour of it. Pist. As manhood shall compound; Push home. [Draw. Bard. By this sword, he that makes the first thrust, I'll kill him; by this sword, I will. Attendants. K. Henry. Now sits the wind fair, and we will abroad. My lord of Cambridge,-and my kind lord of 60 For which we have in head' assembled them? 1 Barbason is the name of a dæmon mentioned in the Merry Wives of Windsor. 2 The familiar appellation of bedfellow, which appears strange to us, was conunon among the ancient nobility. A head means an army formed. Scroop. No doubt, my liege, if each man do his best. K. Henry. I doubt not that: since we are well We carry not a heart with us from hence, [lov'd, [Read them; and know, I know your worthiness.— 5 What see you in those papers, that you lose Cam. Never was monarch better fear'd and Than is your majesty; there's not, I think, a 10 subject, That sits in heart-grief and uneasiness Grey. Even those, that were your father's ene- Have steep'd their galls in honey; and doserve you K. Henry. We therefore have great cause of And shall forget the office of our hand, Scroop. So service shall with steeled sinews toil; K. Henry. We judge no less.--Uncle of Exeter, 15 20 That hath so cowarded and chas'd your blood Cam. I'do confess my fault; And do submit me to your highness' mercy. K. Henry. The mercy, that was quick in us By your own counsel is suppress'd and kill'd: 25 Hath, for a few light crowns, lightly conspir'd, 30 Cam. So may your highness, and yet punish too. 35 Grey. Sir, you shew great merey, if you give him life, After the taste of much correction. K. Henry. Alas, your too much love and care of me And tender preservation of our person,— What shall I say to thee, lord Scroop; thou cruel, Could out of thee extract one spark of evil, 45 Would have him punish'd. And now to our 50 He hath got the voice in hell for excellence: French causes; Who are the late commissioners? Cam. I one, my lord; Your highness bade me ask for it to-day. K. Henry. Then, Richard, earl of Cambridge, There yours, lord Scroop of Masham;-and, sir knight, Grey of Northumberland, this same is yours : And other devils, that suggest by treasons, 55 But he, that temper'd thee, bade thee stand up, 1i. e. made up of duty and zeal. 2 On his return to more coolness of mind. 3 i. e. from intoxica tion. * i. e. living. "To stand off is étre relevé, to be prominent to the eye, as the strong parts of a picture. i. e. palpably. i. e. Tartarus, the fabled place of future punishment. A soul |