My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame: | Alarums. Exeunt Soldiers and Servant, leaving John. The sword of Orleans hath not made me sinart, [heart:1 These words of yours draw life-blood from my On that advantage, bought with such a shame (To save a paltry life, and slay bright fame,) Before young Talbot from old Talbot fly, The coward horse, that bears me, fall and die : And, like me to the peasant boys of France; To be shame's scorn, and subject of mischance! Surely, by all the glory you have won, An if I fly, I am not Talbot's son: Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot;3 3 Tal. Then follow thou thý desperate sire of Thou Icarus; thy life to me is sweet: If thou wilt fight, fight by thy father's side; the two Bodies. Enter CHARLES, ALENÇON, Did flesh his puny sword in Frenchmen's blood! Bur. Doubtless, he would have made a nobie See, where he lies inhersed in the arms Bas. Hew them to pieces, hack their bones asunder ; [Exeunt. SCENE VII. Another Part of the same. Alarum: Excursions. Enter TALBOT wounded, supported by a Servant. Tal. Where is my other life?-mine own is O, where's young Talbot?-where is valiant John?- 6 Enter Soldiers, bearing the Body of JOHN TALBOT. borne ! Tal. Thou antic death, which laugh'st us here to Anon, from thy insulting tyranny, o Talbots, winged through the lither sky, say • Are there not poisons, racks, and flames, and swords, 3 See note on King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 1. 5 Triumphant death, though thy presence is made more terrible, on account of the stain of dying in captivity, yet young Talbot's valour makes me smile at thee. 6' Watching me with tenderness in my fall.' That rounds the mortal temples of a king Whose life was England's glory, Gallia's wonder During the life, let us not wrong it dead. Enter SIR WILLIAM LUCY, attended, a French Lucy. Herald, Conduct me to the Dauphin's tent; to know12 Char. On what submissive message art thou sent? We English warriors wot not what it means. Char. For, prisoners ask'st thou? hell our pr But tell me whom thou seek'st? Lucy. Where is the great Alcides of the field, The thrice victorious lord of Falconbridge; Of all his wars within the realm of France? Puc. Here is a silly stately style indeed! Lucy. Is Talbot slain; the Frenchman's only scourge, Your kingdom's terror and black Nemesis? 9 Wood signified furious as well as mad: raging wood is certainly here furiously raging. 10 A giglot is a wanton wench. A minx, gigle (or giglet,) flirt, callet, or gixie,' says Cotgrave. 11 We have a similar expression in the First Part of Jeronimo, 1605: . Meet, Don Andrea! yes, in the battle's bowels.' 12 Lucy's message implied that he knew who had obtained the victory: therefore Hanmer reads: 'Herald, conduct me to the Dauphin's tent.' 13 Wexford, in Ireland, was anciently called Weys ford. In Crompton's Mansion of Magnanimitie, 1599, it is written as here, Washford. This long list of titles is from the epitaph formerly existant on Lord Talbot's tomb at Rouen. It is to be found in the work above cited, with one other, Lord Lovetoft of Worsop,' which would not easily fall into the verse. It concludes as here, and adds, 'who died in the battle of Burdeaux, 1453,' It would anze1 the proudest of you all. Puc. I think, this upstart is old Talbot's ghost, They would but stink, and putrefy the air. And now to Paris, in this conquering vein; [Exeunt. ACT V. K. Hen. Have you perus'u the letters from the pope, The emperor, and the earl of Armagnac ? Glo. I have, my lord; and their intent is this,— K. Hen. How doth your grace affect their motion? As-liking of the lady's virtuous gifts, K. Hen. In argument and proof of which contract, Bear her this jewel, [To the Amb.] pledge of my affection. And so, my lord protector, see them guarded, [Exeunt KING HENRY and Train; GLOSTER, For clothing me in these grave ornaments Leg. I will attend upon your lordship's leisure. Char. These news, my lords, may cheer our 'Tis said, the stout Parisians do revolt, K. Hen. Ay, marry, uncle; for I always thought, And keep not back your powers in dalliance. It was both impious and unnatural, That such immanity3 and bloody strife Glo. Beside, my lord-the sooner to effect, And surer bind, this knot of amity, The earl of Armagnac-near knit to Charies, In marriage, with a large and sumptuous dowry. And fitter is my study and my books, Exe. What! is my lord of Winchester install'd, If once he come to be a cardinal, He'll make his cap co-equal with the crown. Puc. Peace be amongst them, if they turn to us Else, ruin combat with their palaces! Mess. The English army, that divided was Char. Somewhat too sudden, sirs, the warning is; But we will presently provide for them. ; Bur. I trust the ghost of Talbot is not there Let Henry fret, and all the world repine. Char. Then on, my lords; And France be fortu K. Hen. My lords ambassadors, your several suits Now help, ye charming spells, and periapts; Have been consider'd and debated on. master, I have inform'd his highness so at large, 1 To amaze is to dismay, to throw into consternation. • A citie amazed or astonied with feare. Urbs lymphata horroribus,' Baret. 2 A word is wanting to complete the metre, which Hanmer thus supplied : • But from their ashes, Dauphin, shall be rear'd.' 3 Immanity (immanitas, Lat.) outrageousness, cruelty, excess. Bient. 'A belluine kind of inmunity never raged so amongst men.' Howell's Letters, iii. 15. 4 The king was, however, twenty-four years old. 5 The poet has here forgot himself. In the first act Gloster says :— And ye choice spirits that admonish me, Enter Fiends. This speedy quick appearance argues proof advancement. It appears that he would imply that Winchester obtained his hat only just before his present entry. He in fact obtained it in the fifth year of Henry's reign. 6 Periapts were certain written charms worn about the person as preservatives from disease and danger. Of these the first chapter of St. John's Gospel was deemed the most efficacious. See Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft, 1584, p. 213, &c. 7 The monarch of the north was Zimimar, one of the four principal devils invoked by witches. The north 'I'll canvas thee in thy broad cardinal's hat.' was supposed to be the particular habitation of bad And it is strange that Exeter should not know of his spirits. Milton assembles the rebel angels in the nor Out of the powerful regions1 under earth, suit. [They hang their heads. No hope to have redress ?My body shall Pay recompense, if you will grant my [They shake their heads. Cannot my body, nor blood-sacrifice, Entreat you to your wonted furtherance? Then take my soul; my body, soul, and all, Before that England give the French the foil. [They depart. See! they forsake me. Now the time is come, That France must vail3 her lofty-plumed crest, And let her head fall into England's lap. My ancient incantations are too weak, And hell too strong for me to buckle with: Now, France, thy glory droopeth to the dust. [Exit. Alarums. Enter French and English, fighting. LA PUCELLE and YORK fight hand to hand. La PUCELLE is taken. The French fly. York. Damsel of France, I think I have you fast; Unchain your spirits now with spelling charr And try if they can gain your liberty.A goodly prize, fit for the devil's grace! See, how the ugly witch doth bend her brows, As if, with Circe, she would change my shape. Puc. Chang'd to a worser shape thou canst not be. York. O, Charles the Dauphin is a proper man ; No shape but his can please your dainty eye. Puc. A plaguing mischief light on Charles, and And may ye both be suddenly surpris'd By bloody hands, in sleeping on your beds! York. Fell, banning hag! enchantress, hold thy tongue. Pur. I pr'ythee, give me leave to curse a while. Fak. Curse, miscreant, when thou comest to the [Exeunt. stake. Alarums. Enter SUFFOLK, leading in LADY O fairest beauty, do not fear, nor fly; I kiss these fingers [Kisses her hand.] for eternal peace: Who art thou? say, that I may honour thee. Mar. Margaret my name; and daughter to a king, The king of Naples, whosoe'er thou art. Suff. An earl I am, and Suffolk am I call'd. says-no. [She turns away as going. O, stay!-I have no power to let her pass; My hand would free her, but my heart As plays the sun upon the glassy streams, Twinkling another counterfeited beam, So seems this gorgeous beauty to mine eyes." 1 Warburton thought that we should read legions here, the same mistake having occurred before in this play. 2 Where for whereas, a common substitution in old writers; whereas is also sometimes used for where. 3 To vail is to lower. See note on Merchant of Venice, Act i. Sc. 1. 4 To ban is to curse. 5 This comparison, made between things sufficiently unlike (Johnson observes,) is intended to express the softness and delicacy of Lady Margaret's beauty, which delighted, but did not dazzle: which was bright, but "ave no pain by its lustre. .6 Fain would I woo her, yet I dare not speak : Suff. How canst thou tell she will deny thy suit, Before thou make a trial of her love? [Aside. Mar. Why speak'st thou not? what ransom must I pay? Suff. She's beautiful; and therefore to be woo'd : She is a woman; therefore to be won. [Aside. Mar. Wilt thou accept of ransom, yea, or no? Suff. Fond man! remember, that thou hast a wife: Then how can Margaret be thy paramour? [Aside. Mar. I were best leave him, for he will not hear. Suff. There all is marr'd; there lies a cooling care.8 Mar. He talks at random; sure, the man is mad. Suff. And yet a dispensation may be had. Mar. And yet I would that you would answer me. Suff. I'll win this lady Margaret. For whom? Why, for my king: Tush! that's a wooden thing.9 Mar. He talks of wood: It is some carpenter. Suff. Yet so my fancy10 may be satisfied, And peace established between these realms. But there remains a scruple in that too ; For though her father be the king of Naples, And our nobility will scorn the match. Duke of Anjou and Maine, yet he is poor, [Aside. Mar. Hear ye, captain? Are you not at leisure? Henry is youthful, and will quickly yield.— Suff. It shall be so, disdain they ne'er so much : Madam, I have a secret to reveal. Mar. What though I be enthrall'd? he seems a Ana will not any way dishonour me. knight, [Aside. say. Suff. Lady, vouchsafe to listen what I And then I need not crave his courtesy. Mar. Perhaps, I shall be rescu'd by the French: [Aside. Suff. Sweet madam, give me hearing in a cause— Mar. Tush: women have been captivate ere now. [Aside. Suff. Lady, wherefore talk you so ? Mar. To be a queen in bondage, is more vile, Suff. And so shall you, If happy England's royal king be free. Mar. Why, what concerns his freedom unto me? Suff. I'll undertake to make thee Henry's queen ; To put a golden sceptre in thy hand, And set a precious crown upon thy head, Suff. His love. What? Mar. I am unworthy to be Henry's wife. Suff. No, gentle madam; I unworthy am To woo so fair a dame to be his wife, And have no portion in the choice myself. How say you, madam; are you so content? Mar. An if my father please, I am content. 6' Do not represent thyself so weak.' To disable was to dispraise, or impeach. 7 The meaning of rough here is not very evident. Sir Thomas Hanmer reads crouch. 8 A cooling card was most probably a card so deci sive as to cool the courage of the adversary. Meta phorically, something to damp or overwhelm the hopes of an expectant. 9 i. e. an awkward business, an undertaking not likely to succeed. 'It is sport to see a bold fellow out of countenance, for that puts his face into a most shrunken ́ and wooden posture.' 10 i e. love. Suff. Then call our captains, and our colours, | Thou may'st not wander in that labyrinth ; forth: And, madam, at your father's castle walls [Troops come forward. A Parley sounded. Enter REIGNIER, on the Walls. Suff See, Reignier, see, thy daughter prisoner. Reig. To whom? Suff. Reig. To me. Suffolk, what remedy? I am a soldier, and unapt to weep, Or to exclaim on fortune's fickleness. Suff. Yes, there is remedy enough, my lord: Consent (and for thy honour, give consent,) Thy daughter shall be wedded to my king; Whom I with pain have woo'd and won thereto : And this her easy-held imprisonment Hath gain'd thy daughter princely liberty. Reig. Speaks Suffolk as he thinks? Suff. Fair Margaret knows, That Suffolk doth not flatter, face,1 or feign. Reig. Upon thy princely warrant, I descend, To give thee answer of thy just demand. [Exit from the Walls. Suff. And here I will expect thy coming. Trumpets sounded. Enter REIGNIER, below. Reig. Welcome, brave earl, into our territories: Command in Anjou what your honour pleases. Suff. Thanks, Reignier, happy for so sweet a child. Fit to be made companion with a king: Reig. Since thou dost deign to woo her little worth, To be the princely bride of such a lord Enjoy mine own, the county Maine, and Anjou, Suff. That is her ransom, I deliver her ; Reig. And I again,-in Henry's royal name, As deputy unto that gracious king, Give thee her hand, for sign of plighted faith. Suff. Reignier of France,I give thee kingly thanks, Because this is in traffic of a king: And yet, methinks, I could be well content To be mine own attorney in this case. I'll over then to England with this news, And make this marriage to be solemniz'd So, farewell Reignier! Set this diamond safe In golden palaces, as it becomes. ; [Aside. Reig. I do embrace thee, as I would embrace The Christian prince, King Henry, were he here. Mar. Farewell, my lord? Good wishes, praise, and prayers, Shall Suffolk ever have of Margaret. [Going. Suff. Farewell, sweet madam! But hark But hark you, Margaret; No princely commendation to my king? Mr Such commendations as become a maid, A virgind his servant, say to him. Suff. W sweetly plac'd and modestly directed. But madam, 1ust trouble you againNo loving token to his majesty? Mar. Yes, my good lord; a pure unspotted heart, Never yet taint with love, I send the king. Suff. And this withal. [Kisses her. Mar. That for thyself:-I will not so presume, To send such peevish2 tokens to a king. [Exeunt REIGNIER and MARGARET. Suff. O, wert thou for myself!-But, Suffolk, stay; 1 To face is to carry a false appearance, to play the hypocrite. Hence the name of one of Ben Jonson's characters in The Alchymist. 2 i. e. silly, foolish. There Minotaurs, and ugly treasons, lurk. SCENE IV. Camp of the Duke of York, in Anjou York. Bring forth that sorceress, condemn'd ic burn. Enter LA PUCELLE, guarded, and a Shepherd. Shep. Ah, Joan! this kill thy father's heart outright! Have I sought every country far and near, 3 Mad has been shown by Steevens to have been occasionally used for wild, in which sense we must take it here; if we do not, with others, suspect it an error of] the press for And or Her. Shep. Out, out!-My lords, an please you, 'tis not so; I did beget her, all the parish knows : War. Graceless! wilt thou deny thy parentage? been; Wicked and vile; and so her death concludes. Shep. Fye, Joan! that thou wilt be so obstacle!" God knows, thou art a collop of my flesh : And for thy sake have I shed many a tear: Deny me not, I pr'ythee, gentle Joan. Puc. Peasant, avaunt!-You have suborn'd this man, Of purpose to obscure my noble birth. Shop. 'Tis true, I gave a noble to the priest, The morn that I was wedded to her mother.Kneel down and take my blessing, good my girl. Wilt thou not stoop? Now cursed be the time Of thy nativity! I would the milk Thy mother gave thee, when thou suck'dst her breast, Had been a little ratsbane for thy sake! Puc. First, let me tell you whom you have condemn'd; Not one begotten of a shepherd swain York. Ay, ay-away with her to execution. War. And hark ye, sirs; because she is a maid, Spare for no fagots, let there be enough: 4 Timeless is untimely. 5 Miser has no relation to avarice in this passage, but simply means a miserable creature. 6 This vulgar corruption of obstinate has oddly lasted till now, says Johnson. 7 No, ye misconceivers, ye who mistake me and my | qualities War. The greatest miracle that e'er ye wrought; Is all your strict preciseness come to this? York. She and the Dauphin have been juggling; I did imagine what would be her refuge. War. Well, go to; we will have no bastards live: Especially, since Charles must father it. Puc. You are deceived; my child is none of his; It was Alençon, that enjoy'd my love. York. Alençon! that notorious Machiavel!1 It dies, an if it had a thousand lives. Puc. O, give me leave, I have deluded you; "Twas neither Charles, nor yet the duke I nam'd, But Reignier, king of Naples, that prevail'd. War. A married man! that's most intolerable. There were so many, whom she may accuse. Puc. Then lead me hence; with whom I leave my curse: May never glorious sun reflex his beams Thou foul accursed minister of hell! Enter CARDINAL Beaufort, attended. York. Is all our travail turn'd to this effect? After the slaughter of so many peers, So many captains, gentlemen and soldiers, That in this quarrel have been overthrown, And sold their bodies for their country's benefit, Shall we at last conclude effeminate peace? Have we not lost most part of all the towns, By treason, falsehood, and by treachery, Our great progenitors had conquer'd ?O, Warwick, Warwick! I foresee with grief The utter loss of all the realm of France. War. Be patient, York: if we conclude a peace, It shall be with such strict and severe covenants, As little shall the Frenchman gain thereby. Enter CHARLES, attended; ALENÇON, Bastard, REIGNIER, and others. Char. Since, lords of England, it is thus agreed, The hollow passage of my poison'd voice, 1 The character of Machiavel seems to have made Win. Charles, and the rest, it is enacted thus To ease your country of distressful war, Alen. Must he be then as shadow of himself? Char. "Tis known, already, that I am possess'd With more than half the Gallian territories, And therein reverenc'd for their lawful king: Shall I, for lucre of the rest unvanquish'd, Detract so much from that prerogative, As to be call'd but viceroy of the whole? No, lord ambassador; I'll rather keep That which I have, than, coveting for more, Be cast from possibility of ail. York. Insulting Charles! hast thou by secre means Used intercession to obtain a league; Alen. To say the truth, it is your policy, And therefore take this compact of a truce, Although you break it when your pleasure serves. [Aside to CHARLES War. How say'st thou, Charles? shall our condition stand? Char. It shall: Only reserv'd, you claim no interest In any of our towns of garrison. York. Then swear allegiance to his majesty ; As thou art knight, never to disobey, Nor be rebellious to the crown of England, Thou, nor thy nobles, to the crown of England.- [CHARLES, and the rest, give tokens of fealty. So, now dismiss your army when ye please; Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still. For here we entertain a solemn peace. [Exeunt. SCENE V. London. A Room in the Palace. Enter KING HENRY, in conference with Sur FOLK; GLOSTER and EXETER following. K. Hen. Your wondrous rare description, noble earl, Of beauteous Margaret hath astonish'd me: Suff. Tush! my good lord' this superficial tase so very deep an impression on the dramatic writers of ful. It is an epithet frequently bestowed on poisonous this age, that he is many times introduced without re-plants and reptiles. gard to anachronism. 2 Compassion pity. 4 Coronet is here used for crown. 5 Be content to live as the beneficiary of our king 3 Bainful had anciently the same meaning as bane- Benefit is here a term of law |