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Chronicle  HH 


OF 


HENRY   THE    FIFTH 


REPRINT  OF  FIRST  QUARTO,  1600. 


L. 


OF 


HENRY  THE  FIFTH. 


REPRINT  OF  FIRST  QUARTO,  1600. 


PUBLISHED   FOR 

Sf)afespere 

BY  N.  TRUBNER  &  CO.,  57,  59,  LUDGATE  HILL, 
LONDON,  1875. 


fft 


Stries  II.     |fo.  5. 


JOHN   CHILDS   ANU   SON,    PRINTERS. 


ERRATA  IN  THE  REPRINT  OF  THE  QUARTO  1600. 


I.  ii.  Enter,  etc.,  Bijhops  should  be  Bifhops, 
I.  ii.  line  1 60,  leau  should  be  leaue 
II.  ii.    ,,    104,  death,  should  be  (death, 


IV.  vii.   line  61,  no  should  be  not 
IV.  viii.    ,,    85,  Maicftie.  should  be  Maieftie, 
V.  ii.       ,,    29,  any  should  be  any. 


ERRATA  IN  THE  REPRINT  OF  THE  FOLIO  1623. 


Page  I,  Prol.,  line  33,  like,  should  be  like, 

„  5,  line    97,  /  should  be  Is 

,,  15,  ,,      10,  Coronets,  should  be  Coronets, 

»  1 6,  ,,  37,  fafe.  should  be/afe, 

,,  23,  ,,  85,  heere.  should  be  heere, 

,,  29,  ,,  24,  its  should  be  vs 

»  3°>  »      7°»  present  should  be  prefent 

»>  33>  »      X7»  follow  should  be  follow: 

,,  36,  ,,  23,  Honour  should  be  Honor 

»>  36>  ))      3O>  means  should  be  meanes 

,,  41,  ,,  42,  auoyd  should  be  auoyd? 

,,  49,  ,,  108,  winne  should  be  winner. 

,,  51,  ,,  1 68,  away  should  be  away. 

,,  51,  ,,        7,  Lord    Con-    should    be    Lord 

High  Con- 
it  S3>  »  6 1,  have  should  be  haue 
»  55>  »  I25>  ^az/*  should  be  haue 
»  55.  »  r4°>  tellectual  should  be  tellectuall 
>.  56,  ,,        6,  almost  should  be  almoft 
„  58,  „      26,  /^;«  should  be  them, 


Page    60,  line    62,  Piftoll  should  be 
,,       6r,    ,,      85,  Z?ffto.  should  be  Bates, 
,,       64,    ,,    202,  between  should  be  behveene 
,,       66,    ,,    278,  Days  should  be  Dayes 
,,       67,  the  numbers  of  lines  304  and  308  to  be 

raised  one  line. 

,,       68,  line    13,  tears  should  be  teares 
>»       69,    ,,      52,  Fly  should  be  Flye 
»       69,    ,,      55,  Jhews  should  be/Aeives 
„       8 1,    ,,      79,  mafters  should  be  mafters, 
„       90,    ,,      41,  again  should  be  againe 
»       93>    >»      73»  native  should  be  natiue 
,,       93,    ,,        9,  face,  should  \>zface, 
»       95  >    »      54>  Hedges  should  be  Hedges, 
„       98,    ,,    145,  proteftation :   should  be  pro- 

teftation  ; 

.)  99.  »  I75.  <i/"^.-  should  be  of  it: 
,,  100,  ,,  236,  hand  should  be  Hand 
>•>  i°5>  »  372>  Leagues,  should  be  Leagues. 


NOTICE. 


fyt 


QUARTO  1600. 


THE  following  reprint  was  set  up,  through  the  liberality  of  Mr 
F.  W.  Cosens,  from  his  copy  of  the  Ashbee  fac-simile  of  1868. 
The  proofs  were  then  read  with  the  British  Museum  original,  C. 
12.  g.,  King's,  and  where  there  was  a  blurred  letter  or  other  cause 
of  doubt,  Mr  W.  Aldis  Wright  referred  for  me  to  the  Capell 
quarto.  Afterwards  the  revises  were  read  with  Mr  Henry  Huth's 
quarto  kindly  lent  me  for  that  purpose. 

Each  page,  in  its  general  arrangement  and  in  each  line,  fac- 
similes the  original  as  much  as  possible.  The  old  and  worn,  and 
sometimes  more  than  worn  type,  is  not  of  course  imitated.  Nor 
the  paper,  which  may  be  said  to  be  of  about  the  average  quality 
of  these  quarto  pamphlets,  thin,  but  not  so  poor  as  in  some,  nor 
so  good  as  in  others.  Nor  have  those  occasional  curvings  and 
irregularities  of  the  lines  which  betoken  over-carelessness  in  the 
compositor  been  followed.  Nor  that  over-size  of  the  Roman 
capitals  which  caused  him  now  and  then  to  place  them  rather 
below  line,  nor  the  somewhat  varied  shapes  of"  some  of  the  italic 
capitals.  Nor  is  the  occasional  non-spacing  of  a  colon  or  semi- 
colon, nor  the  frequent  non-spacing  after  a  comma,  followed,  unless 
occasionally  by  way  of  example  ;  had  it  been,  the  openness  of  the 
reprint  as  compared  with  the  greater  closeness  of  the  words  in  the 
original  would  have  over-exaggerated  an  irregularity,  which,  as 
regards  the  comma,  is  so  constant  a  practice  in  books  of  that 
period  that  it  can  hardly  be  called  an  irregularity.  Nor  except 
on  p.  1 6  have  the  displacements  of  letters  a  little  out  of  the  level 
of  the  rest  been  imitated.  But  all  other  irregularities  and  errors 
have,  that  the  reader  may  know  something  of  what  the  old  quarto 
is  like,  and  be  enabled  to  judge,  as  far  as  may  be,  of  its  character. 
With  this  view  it  may  be  worth  adding  by  way  of  note,  that  as  the 
substitutions  of  italic  capitals  for  Roman,  and  the  reverse,  occur 
chiefly  in  groups,  it  may  be  inferred  that  they  were  not  so  much 
due  to  error,  as  to  the  temporary  exhaustion  of  the  case. 

The  original  being  unpaged,  its  signatures  are  given,  and  below 


Notice. 


these  the  reprint  signatures  and  paging.  There  being  also  no 
division  into  scenes  or  acts,  and  the  folio  division  being  into  acts 
only  and  that  wrongly,  the  modern  numberings  of  the  folio  or 
received  text  have  been  added,  each  in  its  corresponding  place. 
Thus  the  first  scene  of  the  quarto  corresponds  with  Act  I.  Sc.  2 
of  the  full  text,  and  is  numbered  [I.  2],  and  so  onwards.  1.  I, 
III.  I,  and  IV.  2  are  wanting,  but  as  the  order  of  sequence  is  the 
same, — except  that  IV.  5  precedes  IV.  4, — inter-reference  is  made 
more  easy. 

Second  and  third  editions  of  this  quarto  were  printed  by 
Thomas  Creede  for  Thomas  Pavier  in  1602  and  1608.  Of  these  the 
second  may  be  called  a  mere  reprint.  The  third — which,  whether 
from  exhaustion  of  the  second  edition  or  other  cause,  was  also 
printed  from  the  first — re-divides  some  of  the  lines  and  adds  a  few 
words,  chiefly  with  an  intent  to  improve  what  the  improver  took  to 
be  the  metre.  The  variations  of  both  will  be  given  in  the  parallel- 
text  edition  of  the  quarto  and  folio,  but  they  neither  aid  in  deter- 
mining the  character  of  this  first  quarto,  nor  in  the  correction  of 
the  folio  text. 

B.  NICHOLSON. 


N  C    , 


Hiftory  of  Henry  the  fift, 

With  his  battell  fought  at  Agin  Court  in 

France.     Togither  with  Auntient 

PistoLL 


As  it  hath  lenefundry  times  playdly  the  Right  honorable 
the  Lord  Chamlerlaine  hisferuants. 


LONDON 

Printed  by  Thomas  Creede,  for  Tho.  Milling- 

ton,and  lohn  Busby     And  are  to  be 

fold  athis  houfe  in  Carter  Lane,  next 

the  Powle  head.      1600. 


The  Chronicle  Hifborie 

of  Henry  the  fift :  with  his  battel  fought 

at  Agin  Court  in  France.     Togither  with 

Auncient  Pistoll. 

[I.  2]  Enter  King  Henry,  Exeter,  2.   Bifhops    Clarence,  and  other 
Attendants. 

Exeter. 

SHall  I  call  in  Thambaffadors  my  Liege  ? 
King.  Not  yet  my  Coufin,  til  we  be  refolude 
Of  fome  ferious  matters  touching  vs  and  France. 
4  Bi.  God  and  his  Angels  guard  your  facred  throne, 

And  make  you  long  become  it. 

King.  Shure  we  thank  you.  And  good  my  Lord  proceed 
Why  the  Lawe  Salicke  which  they  haue  in  France, 
8  Or  ihould  or  mould  not,  flop  vs  in  our  clayme  : 
And  God  forbid  my  wife  and  learned  Lord, 
That  you  fhould  fafhion,  frame,  or  wreft  the  fame. 
For  God  doth  know  how  many  now  in  health, 
12  Shall  drop  their  blood  in  approbation, 
Of  what  your  reuerence  {hall  incite  vs  too. 
Therefore  take  heed  how  you  impawne  our  perfon, 
How  you  awake  the  fleeping  fword  of  warre  : 
1 6  We  charge  you  in  the  name  of  God  take  heed. 
After  this  coniuration,  fpeake  my  Lord  : 
And  we  will  iudge,  note,  and  beleeue  in  heart, 
That  what  you  fpeake,  is  waflit  as  pure 
ao  As  fin  in  baptifme. 

A    2  B'i/h. 

a — Q.         1 


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Then  heare  me  gracious  foueraigne,  and  you  peeres,  [I.  2] 

Which  owe  your  Hues,  your  faith  and  feruices 

To  this  imperiall  throne. 

There  is  no  bar  to  ftay  your  highnefle  claime  to  France  24 

But  one,  which  they  produce  from  Paramount, 

No  female  (hall  fucceed  in  falicke  land, 

Which  falicke  land  the  French  vniuftly  gloze 

To  be  the  realme  of  France :  28 

And  Faramont  the  founder  of  this  law  and  female  barre : 

Yet  their  owne  writers  faithfully  affirme 

That  the  land  falicke  lyes  in  Germany, 

Betweene  the  flouds  of  Saleck  and  of  El  me,  32 

Where  Charles  the  fift  hauing  fubdude  the  Saxons, 

There  left  behind,  and  fetled  certaine  French, 

Who  holding  in  difdaine  the  Germaine  women, 

For  fome  dimoneft  maners  of  their  Hues,  3<5 

Eftablilht  there  this  lawe.     To  wit, 

No  female  fhall  fucceed  in  falicke  land  : 

Which  falicke  land  as  I  faid  before, 

Is  at  this  time  in  Germany  called  Mefene  :  40 

Thus  doth  it  well  appeare  the  falicke  lawe 

Was  not  deuifed  for  the  realme  of  France, 

Nor  did  the  French  pofletfe  the  falicke  land, 

Vntill  400.  one  and  twentie  yeares  44 

After  the  function  of  king  Faramont, 

Godly  fuppofed  the  founder  of  this  lawe  .• 

Hugh  Capet  alfo  that  vfurpt  the  crowne, 

To  fine  his  title  with  fome  fliowe  of  truth,  48 

When  in  pure  truth  it  was  corrupt  and  naught : 

Conuaid  himfelfe  as  heire  to  the  Lady  Inger, 

Daughter  to  Charles,  the  forefaid  Duke  of  Lorain, 

So  that  as  cleare  as  is  the  fommers  Sun,  $z 

King  Pippins  title  and  Hugh  Capets  claime, 

King  Charles  his  fatisfa&ion  all  appeare, 

To  hold  in  right  and  title  of  the  female : 

So  do  the  Lords  of  France  vntil  this  day,  $6 

Howbeit  they  would  hold  vp  this  falick  lawe 

To 


of  Henry  thejlft. 

[I.  2]  To  bar  your  highnefle  claiming  from  the  female, 

And  rather  choofe  to  hide  them  in  a  net, 
60  Then  amply  to  imbace  their  crooked  caufes, 

Vfurpt  from  you  and  your  progenitors,     (claime  ? 
K.  May  we  with  right  &  confcience  make  this 
BL  The  fin  vpon  my  head  dread  foueraigne. 
64  For  in  the  booke  of  Numbers  is  it  writ, 

When  the  fonne  dies,  let  the  inheritance 

Defcend  vnto  the  daughter. 

Noble  Lord  ftand  for  your  owne, 
68  Vnwinde  your  bloody  rlagge, 

Go  my  dread  Lord  to  your  great  graunfirs  graue, 

From  whom  you  clayme  : 

And  your  great  Vncle  Edward  the  blacke  Prince, 
72  Who  on  the  French  ground  playd  a  Tragedy 

Making  defeat  on  the  full  power  of  France, 

Whileft  his  moft  mighty  father  on  a  hill, 

Stood  fmiling  to  behold  his  Lyons  whelpe, 
76  Foraging  blood  of  French  Nobilitie. 

O  Noble  Englifh  that  could  entertaine 

With  halfe  their  Forces  the  full  power  of  France  : 

And  let  an  other  halfe  ftand  laughing  by, 
80  All  out  of  worke,  and  cold  for  a6tion. 

King.  We  muft  not  onely  arme  vs  againft  the  French, 

But  lay  downe  our  proportion  for  the  Scot, 

Who  will  make  rode  vpon  vs  with  all  aduantages. 
84      BL  The  Marches  gracious  foueraigne,  fhalbe  fufficient 

To  guardyour  England  from  the  pilfering  borderers. 
King.  We  do  not  meane  the  courfing  meakers  onely, 

But  feare  the  mayne  entendement  of  the  Scot, 
88  For  you  fhall  read,  neuer  my  great  grandfather 

Vnmaskt  his  power  for  France, 

But  that  the  Scot  on  his  vnfurnimt  Kingdome, 

Came  pouring  like  the  Tide  into  a  breach, 
92  That  England  being  empty  of  defences, 

Hath  fhooke  and  trembled  at  the  brute  hereof. 

Bi.  She  hath  bin  then  more  feared  then  hurt  my  Lord : 

A    3  Fot 


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For  heare  her  but  examplified  by  her  felfe,  [I.  2] 

When  all  her  chiualry  hath  bene  in  France  96 

And  ihc  a  mourning  widow  of  her  Nobles, 

She  hath  her  felfe  not  only  well  defended, 

But  taken  and  impounded  as  a  ftray,  the  king  of  Scots, 

Whom  like  a  caytirte  Ihe  did  leade  to  France,  100 

Filling  your  Chronicles  as  rich  with  praife 

As  is  the  owfe  and  bottome  of  the  fea 

With  funken  wrack  and  fhiplefle  treafurie. 

Lord.  T'.iere  is  a  faying  very  old  and  true,  104 

If  you  will  France  win, 
Then  with  Scotland  rirft  begin  : 
For  once  the  Eagle,  England  being  in  pray, 

To  his  vnfurnilh  neft  the  weazel  Scot  108 

Would  fuck  her  egs,  playing  the  moufe  in  abfence  of  the 
To  fpoyle  and  hauock  more  then  me  can  eat.  (cat : 

Exe.  It  followes  then,  the  cat  muft  ftay  at  home, 
Yet  that  is  but  a  curft  neceHitie,  112 

Since  we  haue  trappes  to  catch  the  petty  theeues  : 
Whilfte  that  the  armed  hand  doth  tight  abroad 
The  aduifed  head  controlles  at  home  : 

For  gouernment  though  high  or  lowe,  being  put  into  parts,        n6 
Congrueth  with  a  mutuall  confent  like  muficke. 

BL  True  :  therefore  doth  heauen  diuide  the  fate  of  man 

in  diuers  functions. 

Whereto  is  added  as  an  ayme  or  but,  obedience  : 
For  fo  liue  the  honey  Bees,  creatures  that  by  awe  120 

Ordaine  an  a£t  of  order  to  a  peopeld  Kingdome  : 
They  haue  a  King  and  officers  of  fort, 
Where  fome  like  Magiftrates  correct  at  home  : 
Others  like  Marchants  venture  trade  abroad  :  124 

Others  like  fouldiers  armed  in  their  ftings, 
Make  boote  vpon  the  fommers  veluet  bud : 
Which  pillage  they  with  mery  march  bring  home 
To  the  tent  royall  of  their  Emperour,  I28 

Who  bufied  in  his  maieftie,  behold 
The  finging  mafons  building  roofes  of  gold  : 

The 


of  Henry  the  fifth. 

» 

[I.  2]  The  ciuell  citizens  lading  vp  the  honey, 
132  The  lad  eyde  luftice  with  his  furly  humme, 

Deliuering  vp  to  executors  pale,  the  lazy  caning  Drone. 

This  I  infer,  that  20.  actions  once  a  foote, 

May  all  end  in  one  moment. 
136  As  many  Arrowes  loied  feuerall  wayes,  flye  to  one  marke  : 

As  many  feuerall  wayes  meete  in  one  towne  : 

As  many  frefh  ftreames  run  in  one  felfe  fea : 

As  many  lines  clofe  in  the  dyall  center : 
140  So  may  a  thoufand  actions  once  a  foote, 

End  in  one  moment,  and  be  all  well  borne  without  defe£t. 

Therefore  my  Liege  to  France, 

Diuide  your  happy  England  into  foure, 
144  Of  which  take  you  one  quarter  into  France, 

And  you  withall,  mail  make  all  Gallia  make. 

If  we  with  thrice  that  power  left  at  home, 

Cannot  defend  our  owne  doore  from  the  dogge, 
148  Let  vs  be  beaten,  and  from  henceforth  lofe 

The  name  of  pollicy  and  hardinefle. 

Ki.  Call  in  the  meflenger  fent  fr5  the  Dolphin, 

And  by  your  ayde,  the  noble  finewes  of  our  land, 
152  France  being  ours,  weele  bring  it  to  our  awe, 

Or  breake  it  all  in  peeces  : 

Eyther  our  Chronicles  fhal  with  full  mouth  fpeak 

Freely  of  our  a6ts, 
156  Or  elfe  like  toonglefle  mutes 

Not  wormipt  with  a  paper  Epitaph  : 

Enter  ThamlaJJadors  from  France. 

Now  are  we  well  prepared  to  know  the  Dolphins  pleafure, 

For  we  heare  your  comming  is  from  him. 
160      AmlaJJa.  Pleafeth  your  Maieftie  to  giue  vs  leau 

Freely  to  render  what  we  haue  in  charge : 

Or  (hall  I  fparingly  mew  a  farre  off, 

The  Dolphins  pleafure  and  our  Embafiage  ? 
164      King.  We  are  no  tyrant,  but  a  Chriftian  King, 

To  whom  our  fpirit  is  as  fubie6t, 

As  are  our  wretches  fettered  in  our  prifons. 

There- 


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Therefore  freely  and  with  vncurbed  boldnefle  [I.  2] 

Tell  vs  the  Dolphins  minde.  168 

Aml-af.  Then  this  in  fine  the  Dolphin  faith, 
Whereas  you  clayme  certaine  Townes  in  France, 
From  your  predecelfor  king  Edward  the  third, 
This  he  returnes.  172 

He  faith,  theres  nought  in  France  that  can  be  with  a  nimble 
Galliard  wonne  :  you  cannot  reuel  into  Dukedomes  there  : 
Therefore  he  fendeth  meeter  for  your  ftudy, 

This  tunne  of  treafure  :  and  in  lieu  of  this,  176 

Defires  to  let  the  Dukedomes  that  you  craue 
Heare  no  more  from  you :  This  the  Dolphin  faith. 

King.  What  treafure  Vncle  ? 

Ejce.  Tennis  balles  my  Liege.  180 

King.  We  are  glad  the  Dolphin  is  fo  pleafant  with  vs, 
Your  meflage  and  his  prefent  we  accept  : 
When  we  haue  matched  our  rackets  to  thefe  balles, 
We  will  by  Gods  grace  play  fuch  a  fet,  184 

Shall  ftrike  his  fathers  crowne  into  the  hazard. 
Tell  him  he  hath  made  a  match  with  fuch  a  wrangler, 
That  all  the  Courts  of  France  mail  be  difturbd  with  chafes. 
And  we  vnderftand  him  well,  how  he  comes  ore  vs  188 

With  our  wilder  dayes,  not  meafuring  what  vfe  we  made 

of  them. 

We  neuer  valued  this  poore  feate  of  England. 
And  therefore  gaue  our  felues  to  barbarous  licence : 
As  tis  common  feene  that  men  are  merrieft  when  they  are         \gi 

from  home. 

But  tell  the  Dolphin  we  will  keepe  our  ftate, 
Be  like  a  King,  mightie  and  commaund, 
When  we  do  rowfe  vs  in  throne  of  France : 

Forthis  haue  we  laid  by  our  Maieftie  ip6 

And  plodded  lide  a  man  for  working  dayes. 
But  we  will  rife  there  with  fo  full  of  glory, 
That  we  will  dazell  all  the  eyes  of  France, 

I  ftrike  the  Dolphin  blinde  to  looke  on  vs,  (ftones,       200 

And  tell  him  this,  his  mock  hath  turnd  his  balles  to  gun 

And 


of  Henry  thejift. 

[I.  2.]  And  his  foule  fhall  fit  fore  charged  for  the  waftfull 

(vengeance 

That  fhall  flye  from  them.     For  this  his  mocke 
204  Shall  mocke  many  a  wife  out  of  their  deare  husbands. 
Mocke  mothers  from  their  fonnes,  mocke  Caftles  downe, 
I  fome  are  yet  vngotten  and  vnborne, 
That  fhall  haue  caufe  to  curfe  the  Dolphins  fcorne. 
208  But  this  lyes  all  within  the  will  of  God,  to  whom  we  doo 

(appeale, 

And  in  whofe  name  tel  you  the  Dolphin  we  are  coming  on 
To  venge  vs  as  we  may,  and  to  put  forth  our  hand 
In  a  rightfull  caufe  :  fo  get  you  hence,  and  tell  your  Prince, 
212  His  left  will  fauour  but  of  mallow  wit, 

When  thoufands  weepe,  more  then  did  laugh  at  it. 
Conuey  them  with  fafe  con  duel; :  fee  them  hence. 

Exe.  This  was  a  merry  meffage. 
216      King.  We  hope  to  make  the  fender  blufh  at  it : 

Therfore  let  our  colle6tio  for  the  wars  be  foone  prouided  : 
For  God  before,  weell  check  the  Dolphin  at  his  fathers 

(doore. 

Therefore  let  euery  man  now  taske  his  thought, 
220  That  this  faire  a6tion  may  on  foote  be  brought. 

Exeunt  omnes. 
[II.  i]  Enter  Nim  a?id  Bardolfe. 

Bar.  Godmorrow  Corporal  1  Nim. 
Nim.  Godmorrow  Lieftenant  Bardolfe. 
Bar.  What  is  antient  Pistoll  and  thee  friends  yet  ? 
4      Nim.  I  cannot  tell,  things  muft  be  as  they  may  : 
I  dare  not  fight,  but  I  will  winke  and  hold  out  mine  Iron  : 
It  is  a  fimple  one,  but  what  tho  j  it  will  feme  to  tofte  cheefe, 
And  it  will  endure  cold  as  an  other  mans  fword  will, 
8  And  theres  the  humor  of  it. 

Bar.  Yfaith  miftreffe  quickly  did  thee  great  wrong, 
For  thou  weart  troth  plight  to  her. 

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Nim.  I  muft  do  as  I  may,  tho  patience  be  a  tyred  mare,        [II. 
Yet  flieel  plod,  and  fome  fay  kniues  haue  edges,  1 2 

And  men  may  fleepe  and  haue  their  throtes  about  them 
At  that  time,  and  there  is  the  humour  of  it. 

Bar.  Come  y  faith,  He  beftow  a  breakfaft  to  make  Pi/loll 
And  thee  friendes.     What  a  plague  mould  we  carrie  kniues       16 
To  cut  our  owne  throates. 

Nim.  Yfaith  He  liue  as  long  as  I  may,  thats  the  certaine  of  it. 
And  when  I  cannot  liue  any  longer,  He  do  as  I  may, 
And  theres  my  reft,  and  the  randeuous  of  it.  20 

Enter  Piftoll  and  Hoftes  Quickly,  his  wife. 

Bar.  Godmorrow  ancient  Pistoll. 
Here  comes  ancient  Pistoll,  I  prithee  Nim  be  quiet. 

Nim.  How  do  you  my  Hofte  ? 

Pist.  Bafe  flaue,  calleft  thou  me  hofte  ?  24 

Now  by  gads  lugges  I  fweare,  I  fcorne  the  title, 
Nor  {hall  my  Nell  keepe  lodging. 

Hoft.  No  by  my  troath  not  I, 

For  we  canot  bed  nor  boord  half  a  fcore  honeft  getlewome     28 
That  liue  honeftly  by  the  prick  of  their  needle, 
But  it  is  thought  ftraight  we  keepe  a  bawdy -houfe. 

0  Lord  heeres  Corporall  Nims,  now  mall 

We  haue  wilful  adultry  and  murther  committed :  32 

Good  Corporall  Nim  mew  the  valour  of  a  man, 
And  put  vp  your  fword. 

Nim.  Pufh. 

Pijl.  What  doft  thou  pufh,  thou  prickeard  cur  of  Ifeland  ?     36 

Nim.  Will  you  Ihog  oft'?  I  would  haue  you  folus. 

Pist.  Solus  egregious  dog,  that  folus  in  thy  throte. 
And  in  thy  lungs,  and  which  is  worfe,  within 
Thy  meffull  mouth,  I  do  retort  that  folus  in  thy  40 

Bowels,  and  in  thy  law,  perdie :  for  I  can  talke, 
And  Pistolls  flaming  firy  cock  is  vp. 

Nim.  I  am  not  Barl-qfom,  you  cannot  coniure  me : 

1  haue  an  humour  Pistoll  to  knock  you  indifferently  well,     44 
And  you  fall  foule  with  me  Pistoll,  Ile/coure  you  with  my 

Rapier 


of  Henry  tliejift. 

[II.  i]  Rapier  in  faire  termes.     If  you  will  walke  off  a  little, 

lie  prick  your  guts  a  litle  in  good  termes, 
48  And  theres  the  humour  of  it. 

Pift.  O  braggard  vile,  and  damned  furious  wight, 
The  Graue  doth  gape,  and  groaning 
Death  is  neare,  therefore  exall. 

They  drawe. 

52       Bar.  Heare  me,  he  that  ftrikes  the  firft  blow, 
lie  kill  him,  as  I  am  a  fouldier. 

Pist.  An  oath  of  mickle  might,  and  fury  {hall  abate. 
Nim.  lie  cut  your  throat  at  one  time  or  an  other  in  faire 
56  And  theres  the  humor  of  it.  (termes, 

Pist.  Couple  gorge  is  the  word,  I  thee  defie  agen  : 
A  damned  hound,  thinkft  thou  my  fpoufe  to  get  ? 
No,  to  the  powdering  tub  of  infamy, 
60  Fetch  forth  the  lazar  kite  of  Crefides  kinde, 
Doll  Tear-lheete,  me  by  name,  and  her  efpowfe 
I  haue,  and  I  will  hold,  the  quandom  quickly, 
For  the  onely  (he  and  Paco,  there  it  is  inough. 

Enter  the  Boy. 

64      Boy.  Hoftes  you  muft  come  ftraight  to  my  maifter, 
And  you  Hoft  Pistoll.     Good  Bardolfe 
Put  thy  nofe  betweene  the  fheetes,  and  do  the  office  of  a 

(warming  pan. 

Host.  By  my  troath  heele  yeeld  the  crow  a  pudding  one 

(of  theie  dayes. 
68  He  go  to  him,  husband  youle  come  ? 

Bar.  Come  Pistoll  be  friends. 
Nim  prithee  be  friends,  and  if  thou  wilt  not  be 
Enemies  with  me  too. 

72    Ni.  I  flial  haue  my  eight  millings  I  woon  of  you  at  beating? 
Pi/I.  Bafe  is  the  flaue  that  payes. 

Nim.  That  now  I  will  haue,  and  theres  the  humor  of  it. 
Pi/I.  As  manhood  mall  compound.         They  draw. 
76      Bar.  He  that  ftrikes  the  firft  blow, 
lie  kill  him  by  this  fword. 

Pi/I.  Sword  is  an  oath,  and  oathes  muft  haue  their  courfe. 

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Nim.  I  (hall  haue  my  eight  fhillings  I  wonne  of  you  at          [II.  i] 
beating  ? 

Pi/?.  A  noble  fhalt  thou  haue,  and  readie  pay,  80 

And  liquor  likewife  will  I  giue  to  thee, 
And  Iriendlhip  mall  combiud  and  brotherhood  : 
He  Hue  by  Nlm  as  Nim  mall  liue  by  me  .- 

Is  not  this  iuft  ?  for  I  (hall  Sutler  be  84 

Vnto  the  Campe,  and  profit  will  occrue. 

Nim.  I  lhall  haue  my  noble  ? 

Pist.  In  caih  moft  truly  paid. 

.  Why  theres  the  humour  of  it.  88 


Enter  Hojles. 

Hojles.  As  euer  you  came  of  men  come  in, 
Sir  lohn  poore  foule  is  fo  troubled 
With  a  burning  tafhan  contigian  feuer,  tis  wonderfull. 

Pist.  Let  vs  condoll  the  knight  :  for  lamkins  we  will  liue.      92, 

Exeunt  omnes. 
Enter  Exeter  and  Gloster.  [II. 

Gloft.  Before  God  my  Lord,  his  Grace  is  too  bold  to  trull 
thefe  traytors. 

Exe.  They  fhalbe  apprehended  by  and  by. 

Glost.  I  but  the  man  that  was  his  bedfellow 
Whom  he  hath  cloyed  and  graced  with  princely  fauours  4 

That  he  mould  for  a  forraine  purfe,  to  fell 
His  Soueraignes  life  to  death  and  trechery. 

Exe.  O  the  Lord  of  Mafsham. 

Enter  the  King  and  three  Lords. 

King.  Now  firs  the  windes  faire,  and  we  wil  aboord  ;  8 

My  Lord  of  Cambridge,  and  my  Lord  of  Mqfsham, 
And  you  my  gentle  Knight,  giue  me  your  thoughts, 
Do  you  not  thinke  the  power  we  beare  with  vs, 
Will  make  vs  conquerors  in  the  field  of  France  ?  12 

Majha.  No  doubt  my  Liege,  if  each  man  do  his  beft. 

Cam.  Neuer 


of  Henry  thejift. 

[II.  2]      Cam.  Neuer  was  Monarch  better  feared  and  loued  then 

is  your  maieftie. 

Gray.  Euenthofe  that  were  your  fathers  enemies 
1 6  Haue  fteeped  their  galles  in  honey  for  your  fake. 

King.  We  therefore  haue  great  caufe  of  thankfulnefle, 
And  {hall  forget  the  office  of  our  hands  : 
Sooner  then  reward  and  merit, 
20  According  to  their  caufe  and  worthinefie. 

Ma/ha.  So  feruice  {hall  with  fteeled  finewes  mine, 
And  labour  fhall  refrefh  it  felfe  with  hope 
To  do  your  Grace  inceflant  feruice. 
24      King.  Vncle  of  Exeter,  enlarge  the  man 

Committed  yefterday,  that  rayled  againft  our  perfon, 
We  confider  it  was  the  heate  of  wine  that  fet  him  on, 
And  on  his  more  aduice  we  pardon  him. 
28       Majha.  That  is  mercie,  but  too  much  fecuritie  : 

Let   him   bee  punifht  Soueraigne,  leaft  the  example  of 

(him, 
Breed  more  of  fuch  a  kinde. 

King.  O  let  vs  yet  be  mercifull. 
32       Cam.  So  may  your  highneffe,  and  punifh  too. 

Gray.  You  {hew  great  mercie  if  you  giue  him  life, 
After  the  tafte  of  his  correction. 

King.  Alas  your  too  much  care  and  loue  of  me 
36  Are  heauy  orifons  gainft  the  poore  wretch, 

If  litle  faults  proceeding  on  diftemper  {hould  not  bee 

(winked  at, 

How  {hould  we  ftretch  our  eye,  when  capitall  crimes, 
Chewed,  fwallowed  and  difgefted,  appeare  before  vs  : 
40  Well  yet  enlarge  the  man,  tho  Cambridge  and  the  reft 
In  their  deare  loues,  and  tender  preferuation  of  our  ftate, 
Would  haue  him  puniftit. 
Now  to  our  French  caufes. 
44  Who  are  the  late  Commiflioners  ? 

Cam.  Me  one  my  Lord,  your  highnefle  bad  me  aske  for 
it  to  day. 

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Mq/h.  So  did  you  me  my  Soueraigne.  [II.  2] 

Gray.  And  me  my  Lord. 

King.  Then  Richard  Earle  of  Camlridge  there  is  yours.          48 
There  Is  yours  my  Lord  of  Majham. 

And  fir  Thomas  Gray  knight  of  Northumberland,  this  fame  is 
Read  them,  and  know  we  know  your  worthineffe.  (yours : 
Vnckle  Exeter  I  will  aboord  to  night.  52 

Why  how  now  Gentlemen,  why  change  you  colour  ? 
What  fee  you  in  thofe  papers 
That  hath  fo  chafed  your  blood  out  of  apparance  ? 

Cam.  I  do  confefle  my  fault,  and  do  fubmit  me  56 

To  your  highnelle  mercie. 

Mq/h,  To  which  we  all  appeale. 

King.  The  mercy  which  was  quit  in  vs  but  late, 
By  your  owne  reafons  is  foreftald  and  done .-  60 

You  mufl.  not  dare  for  Ihame  to  aske  for  mercy, 
For  your  owne  confcience  turue  vpon  your  bofomes, 
As  dogs  vpon  their  maifters  worrying  them. 

See  you  my  Princes,  and  my  noble  Peeres,  64 

Thefe  Englim  monfters  : 
My  Lord  of  Cambridge  here, 
You  know  how  apt  we  were  to  grace  him, 

In  all  things  belonging  to  his  honour :  68 

And  this  vilde  man  hath  for  a  fewe  light  crownes, 
Lightly  confpired  and  fworne  vnto  the  pracYifes  of  France : 
To  kill  vs  here  in  Hampton.     To  the  which, 

This  knight  no  lelfe  in  bountie  bound  to  vs  Jz 

Then  Cambridge  is,  haah  likewife  fworne. 
But  oh  what  fliall  I  fay  to  thee  falfe  man, 
Thou  cruell  ingratefull  and  inhumane  creature, 
Thou  that  didft  beare  the  key  of  all  my  counfell,  76 

That  knewft  the  very  fecrets  of  my  heart, 
That  almoft  mighteft  a  coyned  me  into  gold, 
Wouldeft  thou  a  pra£tifde  on  me  for  thy  vfe  : 
Can  it  be  poffible  that  out  of  thee  80 

Should  proceed  one  fparke  that  might  annoy  my  finger  ? 

Tis 


of  Henry  thejift. 

[II.  2]  Tis  fo  ftrange,  that  tho  the  truth  doth  fhowe  as  grofe 

As  black  from  white,  mine  eye  wil  fcarcely  fee  it. 
84  Their  faults  are  open,  arreft  them  to  the  anfwer  of  the  la  we, 
And  God  acquit  them  of  their  pradlifes. 

Exe.  I  arreft  thee  of  high  treafon, 
By  the  name  of  Richard,  Earle  of  Cambridge. 
88  I  areft  thee  of  high  treafon, 

By  the  name  of  Henry,  Lord  of  Ma/ham. 
I  areft  thee  of  high  treafon, 

By  the  name  of  Thomas  Gray,  knight  of  Northumberland. 
92       Majh.  Our  purpofes  God  iuftly  hath  difcouered, 
And  I  repent  my  fault  more  then  my  death, 
Which  I  befeech  your  maieftie  forgiue, 
Altho  my  body  pay  the  price  of  it. 

96      King.  God  quit  you  in  his  mercy.     Heare  your  fentence. 
You  haue  confpired  againft  our  royall  perfon, 
loyned  with  an  enemy  proclaimed  and  fixed. 
And  fro  his  coffers  receiued  the  golden  earneft  of  our  death 
100  Touching  our  perfon  we  feeke  no  redrefle. 
But  we  our  king  domes  fafetie  muft  fo  tender 
"Whofe  mine  you  haue  fought, 

That  to  our  lawes  we  do  deliuer  you.  death, 

104  Get  ye  therefore  hence :  poore  miferable  creatures  to  your 
The  tafte  whereof,  God  in  his  mercy  giue  you  (amilfe : 

Patience  to  endure,  and  true  repentance  of  all  your  deeds 
Beare  them  hence. 

Exit  three  Lords. 

1 08  Now  Lords  to  France.     The  enterprife  whereof, 
Shall  be  to  you  as  vs,  fucceffiuely. 

Since  God  cut  off  this  dangerous  treafon  lurking  in  our  wav 
Cheerly  to  fea,  the  fignes  of  war  aduance : 
Ji2  No  King  of  England,  if  not  King  of  France. 

Exit  omnes. 

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Enter  Nim,  Pi/loll,  Bardolfe,  Hojles  and  a  Boy.  [II.  3] 

Ho/I.  I  prethy  fweete  heart,  let  me  bring  thee  fo  farre  as 

(Stanes. 

P'lft.  No  fur,  no  far. 

Bar.  Well  fir  John  is  gone.     God  be  with  him. 

Hojl.  I,  he  is  in  Arthors  bofom,  if  euer  any  were :  4 

He  went  away  as  if  it  were  a  cryfombd  childe, 
Betweene  twelue  and  one, 
luft  at  turning  of  the  tide: 

His  nofe  was  as  fharpe  as  a  pen:  8 

For  when  I  faw  him  fumble  with  the  fheetes, 
And  talk  of  floures,  and  fmile  vpo  his  fingers  ends 
I  knew  there  was  no  way  but  one. 

How  now  fir  lohn  quoth  I  ?  12 

And  he  cryed  three  times,  God,  God,  God, 
Now  I  to  comfort  him,  bad  him  not  think  of  God, 
I  hope  there  was  no  fuch  need. 

Then  he  bad  me  put  more  cloathes  at  his  feete:  16 

And  I  felt  to  them,  and  they  were  as  cold  as  any  ftone  .- 
And  to  his  knees,  and  they  were  as  cold  as  any  ftone. 
And  fo  vpward,  and  vpward,  and  all  was  as  cold  as  any  ftone. 

Nim.  They  fay  he  cride  out  on  Sack.  20 

Hofl.  I  that  he  did. 

Boy.  And  of  women. 

Hofl.  No  that  he  did  not. 

Boy.  Yes  that  he  did  .•  and  he  fed  they  were  diuels  incarnat.  24 

Hojl.  Indeed  carnation  was  a  colour  he  neuer  loued. 

Nim.  Well  he  did  cry  out  on  women. 

Hojl.  Indeed  he  did  in  fome  fort  handle  women, 
But  then  he  was  rumaticke,  and  talkt  of  the  whore  of  28 

(Babylon. 

Boy.  Hoftes  do  you  remember  he  faw  a  Flea  ftand 
Vpon  Bardolfes  Nofe,  and  fed  it  was  a  black  foule 
Burning  in  hell  fire  ? 

Bar. 


of  Henry  thejlft. 

[II.  3]       Bar.  Well,  God  be  with  him, 

That  was  all  the  wealth  I  got  in  his  feruice. 

Nim.  Shall  we  fliog  off? 
The  king  wil  be  gone  from  Southampton. 
36      Pi/I.  Cleare  vp  thy  criftalles, 

Looke  to  my  chattels  and  my  moueables. 
Truft  none :  the  word  is  pitch  and  pay : 
Mens  words  are  wafer  cakes, 
40  And  holdfaft  is  the  only  dog  my  deare. 
Therefore  cophetua  be  thy  counfellor, 
Touch  her  foft  lips  and  part. 

Bar.  Farewell  hoftes. 

44      Nim.  I  cannot  kis :  and  theres  the  humor  of  it. 
But  adieu 

Pist.  Keepe  faft  thy  buggle  boe. 

Exit  omnes. 

[II.  4]  Enter  King  of  France,  Bourbon,  Dolphin, 

:.  and  others. 

King.  Now  you  Lords  of  Orleance, 
Of  Bourbon,  and  of  Berry, 
You  fee  the  King  of  England  is  not  flack, 
4  For  he  is  footed  on  this  land  alreadie. 

Dolphin.  My  gratious  Lord,  tis  meet  we  all  goe 
And  arme  vs  againft  the  foe :  (foorth, 

And  view  the  weak  &  fickly  parts  of  France : 
8  But  let  vs  do  it  with  no  (how  of  feare, 
No  with  no  more,  then  if  we  heard 
England  were  bufied  with  a  Moris  dance. 
For  my  good  Lord,  me  is  fo  idely  kingd, 
12  Her  fcepter  fo  fantaftically  borne, 

So  guided  by  a  (hallow  humorous  youth, 
That  feare  attends  her  not. 

Con.  O  peace  Prince  Dolphin,  you  deceiue  your  felfe, 

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Queftion  your  grace  the  late  Embaflador,  [II.  4] 

With  what  regard  he  heard  his  Embatfage, 

How  well  fupplied  with  aged  Counfellours, 

And  how  his  refolution  andAvered  him, 

You  then  would  lay  that  Harry  was  not  wilde.  20 

King.  Well  thinke  we  Harry  ftrong : 
And  ftrongly  arme  vs  to  preuent  the  foe. 

Con.  My  Lord  here  is  an  EmbalTador 
From  the  King  of  England.  24 

Kin.  Bid  him  come  in. 
You  fee  this  chafe  is  hotly  followed  Lords. 

DoL  My  gracious  father,  cut  vp  this  Englifh  fliort, 
Selfeloue  my  Liege  is  not  fo  vile  a  thing,  a8 

As  felfe  neglecting. 

Enter  Exeter. 

King.  From  our  brother  England  ? 

Exe.  From  him,  and  thus  he  greets  your  Maieftie: 
He  wils  you  in  the  name  of  God  Almightie,  32 

That  you  deueft  your  felfe  and  lay  apart 
That  borrowed  tytle,  which  by  gift  of  heauen, 
Of  lawe  of  nature,  and  of  nations,  longs 

To  him  and  to  his  heires,  namely  the  crowne  3^ 

And  all  wide  ftretched  title8  that  belongs 
Vnto  the  Crowne  of  France,  that  you  may  know 
Tis  no  finifter,  nor  no  awkeward  claime, 

Pickt  from  the  wormeholes  of  old  vaniiht  dayes,  40 

Nor  from  the  duft  of  old  obliuion  rackte, 
He  fends  you  thefe  moft  memorable  lynes, 
In  euery  branch  truly  demonftrated  : 

Willing  you  ouerlooke  this  pedigree,  44 

And  when  you  finde  him  euenly  deriued 
From  his  moft  famed  and  famous  anceftors, 
Edward  the  third,  he  bids  you  then  refigne 

Your  crowne  and  kingdome,  indirectly  held  48 

From  him,  the  natiue  and  true  challenger. 

King. 


of  Henry  thejift. 

[II.  4]      King.  If  not,  what  followes? 

Exe.  Bloody  coftraint,  for  if  you  hide  the  crown 
52  Euen  in  your  hearts,  there  will  he  rake  for  it : 

Therefore  in  fierce  tempeft  is  he  comming, 

In  thunder,  and  in  earthquake,  like  a  loue, 

That  if  requiring  faile,  he  will  compell  it : 
56  And  on  your  heads  turnes  he  the  widowes  teares, 

The  Orphanes  cries,  the  dead  mens  bones, 

The  pining  maydens  grones. 

For  husbands,  fathers,  and  diftrefled  louers, 
60  Which  ihall  be  fwallowed  in  this  controuerfie. 

This  is  his  claime,  his  threatning,  and  my  mefiage. 

Vnles  the  Dolphin  be  in  prefence  here, 

To  whom  exprefly  we  bring  greeting  too. 
64      Dol.  For  the  Dolphin  ?  I  Hand  here  for  him, 

What  to  heare  from  England. 

Exe.  Scorn  &  defiance,  flight  regard,  contempt, 

And  any  thing  that  may  not  misbecome 
68  The  mightie  fender,  doth  he  prife  you  at.- 

Thus  faith  my  king.     Vnles  your  fathers  highnefle 

Sweeten  the  bitter  mocke  you  fent  his  Maieftie, 

Heele  call  you  to  fo  loud  an  anfwere  for  it, 
72  That  caues  and  wombely  vaultes  of  France 

Shall  chide  your  trefpaffe,  and  return  your  mock, 

In  fecond  accent  of  his  ordenance. 

Dol.  Say  that  my  father  render  faire  reply, 
76  It  is  againft  my  will : 

For  I  defire  nothing  fo  much, 

As  oddes  with  England. 

And  for  that  caufe  according  to  his  youth 
80  I  did  prefent  him  with  thofe  Paris  balles. 

Exe.  Heele  make  your  Paris  Louer  fhake  for  it, 

Were  it  the  miftrefle  Court  of  mightie  Europe. 

And  be  affured,  youle  finde  a  difference 
84  As  we  his  fubie£ts  haue  in  wonder  found  : 

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Betweene  his  yonger  dayes  and  thefe  he  mufters  now,  [II.  4] 

Now  he  wayes  time  euen  to  the  lateft  graine, 
Which  you  (hall  rinde  in  your  owne  lofies 
It'  he  ftay  in  France. 

King.  Well  for  vs,  you  (hall  returne  our  anfwere  backe 
To  our  brother  England. 

Exit  omnes. 

Enter  Nim,  Bardolfe,  Piftoll,  Boy.  [HI.  2] 

Nim.  Before  God  here  is  hote  feruice. 
Pist.  Tis  hot  indeed,  blowes  go  and  come, 
Gods  vaflals  drop  and  die. 

Nim.  Tis  honor,  and  theres  the  humor  of  it.  4 

Boy.  Would  I  were  in  London  : 
Ide  giue  all  my  honor  for  a  pot  of  Ale. 

Pijl.  And  I.     If  willies  would  preuaile, 
I  would  not  ftay,  but  thither  would  I  hie.  8 

Enter  Flewellen  aud  leates  them  in. 
Flew.  Godes  plud  vp  to  the  breaches 
You  rafcals,  will  you  not  vp  to  the  breaches  ? 

Nim.  Abate  thy  rage  fweete  knight, 
Abate  thy  rage.  ia 

Boy.  Well  I  would  I  were  once  from  them  : 
They  would  haue  me  as  familiar 
With  mens  pockets,  as  their  gloues,  and  their 
Handkerchers,  they  will  fteale  any  thing.  16 

Bardolfe  ftole  a  Lute  cafe,  carryed  it  three  mile, 
And  fold  it  for  three  hapence. 
Nim  ftole  a  fier  fhouell. 

I  knew  by  that,  they  meant  to  carry  coales  :  20 

Well,  if  they  will  not  leaue  me, 
I  meane  to  leaue  them. 

Exit  Nim,  Bardolfe,  Piftoll,  and  the  Boy. 

Enter  Gower. 

Gower.  Gaptain  Flewellen,  you  muft  come  ftrait 
To  the  Mines,  to  the  Duke  of  Glojier.  24 

Looke 


of  Henry  tliejift. 

[III.  2]      Fleu.  Looke  you,  tell  the  Duke  it  is  not  fo  good 

To  come  to  the  mines  :  the  concuaueties  is  otherwife. 
You  may  difcuffe  to  the  Duke,  the  enemy  is  digd 
28  Himfelfe  fiue  yardes  vnder  the  countermines  : 
By  lefus  I  thinke  heele  blowe  vp  all 
If  there  be  no  better  dire6tion. 

[III.  3]  Enter  the  King  and  his  Lords  alarum. 

King.  How  yet  refolues  the  Gouernour  of  the  Towne  ? 
This  is  the  lateft  parley  weele  admit : 
Therefore  to  our  beft  mercie  giue  your  femes, 

4  Or  like  to  men  proud  of  deftru<5tion,  defie  vs  to  our  worft, 
For  as  I  am  a  fouldier,  a  name  that  in  my  thoughts 
Becomes  me  beft,  if  we  begin  the  battery  once  againe 
I  will  not  leaue  the  halfe  atchieued  Harflew, 

8  Till  in  her  alhes  me  be  buried, 
The  gates  of  mercie  are  all  fhut  vp. 
What  fay  you,  will  you  yeeld  and  this  auoyd, 
Or  guiltie  in  defence  be  thus  deftroyd  ? 

Enter  Gouernour. 

12       Gouer.  Our  expectation  hath  this  day  an  end: 
The  Dolphin  whom  of  fuccour  we  entreated, 
Returnes  vs  word,  his  powers  are  not  yet  ready, 
To  raife  fo  great  a  liege  .•  therefore  dread  King, 

1 6  We  yeeld  our  towne  and  Hues  to  thy  foft  mercie : 
Enter  our  gates,  difpofe  of  vs  and  ours, 
For  we  no  longer  are  defenfiue  now. 

[III.  4]  Enter  Katherine,  Allice. 

Kate.  Allice  venecia,  vous  aues  cates  en, 
Vou  parte  fort  bon  Angloys  englatara, 
Coman  fae  palla  vou  la  main  en  francoy. 

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Allice.  La  main  madam  de  ban.  [III.  4] 

Kate.  £  da  bras. 

Allice.  De  arnia  madam. 

Kate.  Le  main  da  han  la  bras  de  arma. 

Allice.  Owy  e  madam.  8 

Kate.  E  Coman  fa  pella  vow  la  menton  a  la  coll. 

Allice.  De  neck,  e  de  cin,  madam. 

Kate.  E  de  neck,  e  de  cin,  e  de  code. 

Allice.  De  cudie  ma  foy  le  oblye,  mais  le  remembre,  12 

Le  tude,  o  de  elbo  madam. 

Kate.  Ecowte  le  reherfera,  towt  cella  que  lac  apoandre, 
De  han,  de  arma,  de  neck,  du  cin,  e  de  bilbo. 

Allice.  De  elbo  madam.  16 

Kate.  O  lefu,  lea  obloye  ma  foy,  ecoute  le  recontera 
De  han,  de  arma,  de  neck,  de  cin,  e  de  elbo,  e  ca  bon. 

Allice.  Ma  foy  madam,  vow  parla  au  fe  bon  Angloys 
Afie  vous  aues  ettue  en  Englatara.  20 

Kate.  Par  la  grace  de  deu  an  pettie  tanes,  le  parle  milleur 
Coman  fe  pella  vou  le  peid  e  le  robe. 

Allice.  Le  foot,  e  le  con. 

Kate.  Le  fot,  e  le  con,  6  lefu  /  le  ne  vew  poin6t  parle,          24 
Sie  plus  deuant  le  che  cheualires  de  franca, 
Pur  one  million  ma  foy. 

Allice,  Madam,  de  foote,  e  le  con. 

Kate.  O  et  ill  aufie,  ecowte  Allice,  de  han,  de  arma,  28 

De  neck,  de  cin,  le  foote,  e  de  con. 

Allice.  Get  fort  bon  madam. 

Kate.  Aloues  a  diner. 

Exit  omnes. 


Enter  King  of  France  Lord  ConJIalle,  the  Dolphin, 
and  Burbon. 

King.  Tis  certaine  he  is  paft  the  Riuer  Some. 
Con.  Mordeu  ma  via  :  Shall  a  few  fpranes  of  vs, 


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[Ill  5]  The  emptying  of  our  fathers  luxerie, 
4  Outgrow  their  grafters. 

Bur.  Normanes,  bafterd  Normanes,  mor  du 
And  if  they  pafle  vnfoughtwithall, 
He  fell  my  Dukedome  for  a  foggy  far  me 
8  In  that  fhort  nooke  He  of  England. 

Con/I.  Why  whence  haue  they  this  mettall  ? 
Is  not  their  clymate  raw,  foggy  and  colde. 
On  whom  as  in  difdaine,  the  Sunne  lookes  pale  ? 
12  Can  barley  broath,  a  drench  for  fwolne  lades 
Their  fodden  water  decockt  fuch  liuely  blood  ? 
And  mall  our  quick  blood  fpirited  with  wine 
Seeme  frofty  ?     O  for  honour  of  our  names, 
16  Let  vs  not  hang  like  frozen  licefickles 

Vpon  our  houfes  tops,  while  they  a  more  frofty  clymate 
Sweate  drops  of  youthfull  blood. 

King.  Conftable  difpatch,  fend  Montioy  forth, 
20  To  know  what  willing  raunfome  he  will  giue  ? 
Sonne  Dotphin  you  {hall  ftay  in  Rone  with  me. 
DoL  Not  fo  I  do  befeech  your  Maieftie. 
King.  Well,  I  fay  it  ftialbe  fo. 

Exeunt  omnes. 

[III.  6]  Enter  Gower. 

Go.  How  now  Captain  Flewellen,  come  you  fro  the  bridge? 
Flew.  By  lefus  thers  excellet  feruice  comitted  at  y  bridge. 
Gour.  Is  the  Duke  of  Exeter  fafe? 

4    Flew.  The  duke  of  Exeter  is  a  ma  whom  I  loue,  &  I  honor, 
And  I  worfhip,  with  my  foule,  and  my  heart,  and  my  life, 
And  my  lands  and  my  liuings, 
And  my  vttermoft  powers. 
8  The  Duke  is  looke  you, 

God  be  praifed  and  pleafed'for  it,  no  harme  in  the  worell. 
He  is  maintain  the  bridge  very  galleutly  :  there  is  an  Enfigne 

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There,  I  do  not  know  how  you  call  him,  but  by  lefus  I  think   [III.  6] 
He  is  as  valient  a  man  as  Marke  Anthonie,  he  doth  maintain    12 
I  he  bridge  mofl  gallantly :  yet  he  is  a  man  of  no  reckoning : 
But  I  did  fee  him  do  gallant  feruice. 

Gouer.  How  do  you  call  him  ? 

Flfu:  His  name  is  ancient  PistolL  16 

Gouer.  I  know  him  not. 

Enter  Ancient  Pifloll. 

Fleu\  Do  you  not  know  him,  here  comes  the  man. 

Pist.  Captaine,  I  thee  befeech  to  do  me  fauour, 
The  Duke  of  Exeter  doth  loue  thee  well.  20 

Flew,  I,  and  I  praife  God  I  haue  merrited  fome  loue  at 

(his  hands. 

Pist.  Bardolfe  a  fouldier,  one  of  buxfome  valour, 
Hath  by  furious  fate 

And  giddy  Fortunes  fickle  wheele,  24 

That  Godes  blinde  that  (lands  vpon  the  rowling  reflleffe 

(ftone. 

Flew.  By  your  patience  ancient  Pistoll, 
Fortune,  looke  you  is  painted, 

Plind  with  a  mufler  before  her  eyes,  28 

To  fignifie  to  you,  that  Fortune  is  plind  : 
And  me  is  moreouer  painted  with  a  wheele, 
Which  is  the  morall  that  Fortune  is  turning, 
And  inconftant,  and  variation ;  and  mutabilities  :  32 

And  her  fate  is  fixed  at  a  fphericall  flone 
Which  roules,  and  roules,  and  roules : 
Surely  the  Poet  is  make  an  excellet  defcriptio  of  Fortune. 
Fortune  looke  you  is  and  excellent  morall.  36 

Pist.  Fortune  is  Bardolfcs  foe,  and  frownes  on  him, 
For  he  hath  ilolne  a  packs,  and  hanged  muft  he  be  : 
A  damned  death,  let  gallowes  gape  for  dogs, 
Let  man  go  free,  and  let  not  death  his  windpipe  flop.  40 

But 


of  Henry  thefft. 

[III.  6]  But  Exeter  hath  giuen  the  doome  of  death, 
For  packs  of  pettie  price  : 

Therefore  go  fpeake,  the  Duke  will  heare  thy  voyce, 
44  And  let  not  Bardolfes  vitall  threed  be  cut, 
With  edge  of  penny  cord,  and  vile  approach. 
Speake  Captaine  for  his  life,  and  I  will  thee  requite. 

Flew.  Captain  Piftoll,  I  partly  vnderftand  your  meaning. 
48      Pist.  Why  then  reioyce  therefore. 

Flew.  Certainly  Antient  Piftol,  tis  not  a  thing  to  reioyce  at, 
For  if  he  were  my  owne  brother,  I  would  wifh  the  Duke 
To  do  his  pleafure,  and  put  him  to  executions :  for  look  you, 
52  Difciplines  ought  to  be  kept,  they  ought  to  be  kept. 

Pist.  Die  and  be  damned,  and  figa  for  thy  friendlhip. 
Flew.  That  is  good. 

Pist.  The  figge  of  Spaine  within  thy  lawe. 
56      Flew.  That  is  very  well. 

Pist.  I  fay  the  fig  within  thy  bowels  and  thy  durty  maw. 

Exit  Pistol/. 

Fie.  Captain  Gour,  cannot  you  hear  it  lighten  &  thunder? 
Gour.  Why  is  this  the  Ancient  you  told  me  of? 
60  I  remember  him  now,  he  is  a  bawd,  a  cutpurfe. 

Flew.  By  lefus  heeis  vtter  as  praue  words  vpon  the  bridge 
As  you  mail  defire  to  fee  in  a  fommers  day,  but  its  all  one, 
What  he  hath  fed  to  me,  looke  you,  is  all  one. 
64      Go.  Why  this  is  a  gull,  a  foole,  a  rogue  that  goes  to  the  wars 
Onely  to  grace  himfelfe  at  his  returne  to  London  : 
And  fuch  fellowes  as  he, 
Are  perfect  in  great  Commaunders  names. 
68  They  will  learne  by  rote  where  feruices  were  done, 
At  fuch  and  fuch  a  fconce,  at  fuch  a  breach, 

At  fuch  a  conuoy :  who  came  off  brauely,  who  was  mot, 
Who  difgraced,  what  termes  the  enemie  flood  on. 
72  And  this  they  con  perfectly  in  phrafe  of  warre, 

Which  they  trick  vp  with  new  tuned  oathes,  &  what  a  berd 
Of  the  Generalls  cut,  and  a  horid  ihout  of  the  campe 

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Will  do  among  the  foming  bottles  and  alewamt  wits  [III.  6] 

Is  wonderfull  to  be  thought  on  :  but  you  muft  learne  76 

To  know  fuch  flaunders  of  this  age, 
Or  elfe  you  may  maruelloufly  be  miftooke. 

Flew.  Certain  captain  Gower,  it  is  not  the  man,  looke  you, 
That  I  did  take  him  to  be  :  but  when  time  mall  ferue,  80 

I  lhall  tell  him  a  litle  of  my  defires :  here  comes  his  Maieftie. 
Fnter  King,  Clarence,  Glofter  and  others. 

King.   How  now  Flewellen,  come  you  from  the  bridge  ? 

Flew.  I  and  it  mall  pleafe  your  Maieftie, 
There  is  excellent  feruice  at  the  bridge.  84 

King.  What  men  haue  you  loft  Flewellen  ? 

Flew.  And  it  mail  pleafe  your  Maieftie, 
The  partition  of  the  aduerfarie  hath  bene  great, 
Very  reafonably  great :  but  for  our  own  parts,  like  you  now,      88 
I  thinke  we  haue  loft  neuer  a  man,  vnlefle  it  be  one 
For  robbing  of  a  church,  one  Bardolfe,  if  your  Maieftie 
Know  the  man,  his  face  is  full  of  whelkes  and  knubs, 
And  pumples,  and  his  breath  blowes  at  his  nofe  92 

Like  a  cole,  fometimes  red,  fometimes  plew : 
But  god  be  praifed,  now  his  nofe  is  executed,  &  his  fire  out. 

King.  We  would  haue  all  offenders  fo  cut  off", 
And  we  here  giue  exprefie  commaundment,  96 

That  there  be  nothing  taken  from  the  villages  but  paid  for, 
None  of  the  French  abufed, 
Or  abraided  with  difdainfull  language : 

For  when  cruelty  and  lenitie  play  for  a  Kingdome,  100 

The  geutleft  gamefter  is  the  fooner  winner. 
Enter  French  Herauld. 

Hera.  You  know  me  by  my  habit. 

Ki.  Well  the,  we  know  thee,  what  fhuld  we  know  of  thee  ? 

Hera.  My  maifters  minde.  104 

King.  Vnfold  it. 

Herat.  Go  thee  vnto  Harry  of  England,  and  tell  him, 
Aduantage  is  a  better  fouldier  then  raftmefie  : 

Altho 


of  Henry  thejlft. 

[III.  6]  Altho  we  did  feeme  dead,  we  did  but  flumber. 

Now  we  fpeake  vpon  our  kue,  and  our  voyce  is  imperiall, 
England  fhall  repent  her  folly  :  fee  her  ralhnefle, 
And  admire  our  fufferance.     Which  to  raunfome, 

112  His  pettinefle  would  bow  vnder  : 

For  the  effufion  of  our  blood,  his  army  is  too  weake : 

For  the  difgrace  we  haue  borne,  himfelfe 

Kneeling  at  our  feete,  a  weake  and  worthlefle  fatiffa&ion. 

116  To  this,  adde  defyance.     So  much  from  the  king  my  maifter. 
King.  What  is  thy  name  ?  we  know  thy  qualitie. 
Herald.  Montioy. 
King.  Thou  doft  thy  office  faire,  returne  thee  backe, 

1 20  And  tell  thy  King,  I  do  not  feeke  him  now  : 
But  could  be  well  content,  without  impeach, 
To  march  on  to  Callis :  for  to  fay  the  footh, 
Though  tis  no  wifdome  to  confefle  fo  much 

124  Vnto  an  enemie  of  craft  and  vantage. 

My  fouldiers  are  with  ficknefle  much  infeebled, 
My  Army  leflbned,  and  thofe  fewe  I  haue, 
Almoft  no  better  then  fo  many  French  : 

128  Who  when  they  were  in  heart,  I  tell  thee  Herauld, 
I  thought  vpon  one  paire  of  Englilh  legges, 
Did  march  three  French  mens. 
Yet  forgiue  me  God,  that  I  do  brag  thus : 

132  This  your  heire  of  France  hath  blowne  this  vice  in  me. 
I  muft  repent,  go  tell  thy  maifter  here  I  am, 
My  raunfome  is  this  frayle  and  worthlefle  body, 
My  Army  but  a  weake  and  fickly  guarde. 

136  Yet  God  before,  we  will  come  on, 

If  France  and  fuch  an  other  neighbour  flood  in  our  way : 

If  we  may  pafle,  we  will :  if  we  be  hindered, 

We  Ihal  your  tawny  ground  with  your  red  blood  difcolour. 

140  So  Montioy  get  you  gone,  there  is  for  your  paines  : 
The  fum  of  all  our  anfwere  is  but  this, 
We  would  not  feeke  a  battle  as  we  are  .- 

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Nor  as  we  are,  we  fay  we  will  not  fhun  it.  [III.  6] 

Herauld.  I  lhall  deliuer  fo  :  thanks  to  your  Maieftie.  144 

Glof.  My  Liege,  I  hope  they  will  not  come  vpon  vs  now. 

King.  We  are  in  Gods  hand  brother,  not  in  theirs : 
To  night  we  will  encampe  beyond  the  bridge, 
And  on  to  morrow  bid  them  march  away.  148 

Enter  Burbon,  Conftable,  Orleance,  Gebon.  [III.  7] 

Conft.  Tut  I  haue  the  beft  armour  in  the  world. 

Orleance.  You  haue  an  excellent  armour, 
But  let  my  horfe  haue  his  due. 

Burbon.  Now  you  talke  of  a  horfe,  I  haue  a  fteed  like  the     4 
Palfrey  of  the  fun,  nothing  but  pure  ayre  and  fire, 
And  hath  none  of  this  dull  element  of  earth  within  him. 

Orleance.  He  is  of  the  colour  of  the  Nutmeg. 

Bur.  And  of  the  heate,  a  the  Ginger.  8 

Turne  all  the  fands  into  eloquent  tongues, 
And  my  horfe  is  argument  for  them  all : 
I  once  writ  a  Sonnet  in  the  praife  of  my  horfe, 
And  began  thus.     Wonder  of  nature.  12 

Con.  I  haue  heard  a  Sonnet  begin  fo, 
In  the  praife  of  ones  Miftrefle. 

Burb.  Why  then  did  they  immitate  that 

Which  I  writ  in  praife  of  my  horfe,  16 

For  my  horfe  is  my  miftrefle. 

Con.  Ma  foy  the  other  day,  me  thought 
Your  miftrefle  fhooke  you  fhrewdly. 

Bur.  I  bearing  me.     I  tell  thee  Lord  Conftable,  20 

My  miftrefle  weares  her  owne  haire. 

Con.  I  could  make  as  good  a  boaft  of  that, 
If  I  had  had  a  fow  to  my  miftrefle. 

Bur.  Tut  thou  wilt  make  vfe  of  anything.  24 

Con.  Yet  I  do  not  vfe  my  horfe  for  my  miftrelle. 

Bur.  Will  it  neuer  be  morning  ? 
lie  ride  too  morrow  a  mile, 

And  my  way  fhalbe  paued  with  Englifh  faces.  28 

Con.  By 


of  Henry  tkejift. 

[III.  7]      Con.  By  my  faith  fo  will  not  I, 
For  feare  I  be  outfaced  of  my  way. 

Bur.  Well  ile  go  arme  my  felfe,  hay. 
32       Gebon.  The  Duke  of  Burlon  longs  for  morning 
Or.  I  he  longs  to  eate  the  Englifh. 
Con.  I  thinke  heele  eate  all  he  killes. 
Orle.  O  peace,  ill  will  neuer  faid  well. 
36       Con.  Ile  cap  that  prouerbe, 
With  there  is  flattery  in  friendfhip. 

Or.  O  fir,  I  can  anfwere  that, 
With  giue  the  diuel  his  due. 
40       Con.  Haue  at  the  eye  of  that  prouerbe, 
With  a  logge  of  the  diuel. 

Or.  Well  the  Duke  of  Burlon,  is  fimply, 
The  moft  a£tiue  Gentleman  of  France. 
44      Con.  Doing  his  a&iuitie,  and  heele  ftil  be  doing. 
Or.  He  neuer  did  hurt  as  I  heard  off. 
Con.  No  I  warrant  you,  nor  neuer  will. 
Or.  I  hold  him  to  be  exceeding  valiant. 

48       Con.  I  was  told  fo  by  one  that  knows  him  better  the  you. 
Or.  Whofe  that  ? 

Con.  Why  he  told  me  fo  him  felfe  : 
And  faid  he  cared  not  who  knew  it. 
52       Or.  Well  who  will  go  with  me  to  hazard, 
For  a  hundred  Englifh  prilbners  ? 

Con.  You  muft  go  to  hazard  your  felfe, 
Before  you  haue  them. 

Enter  a  Meffenger. 

56      Me(f.  My  Lords,  the  EngliQi  lye  within  a  hundred 
Paces  of  your  Tent. 

Con.  Who  hath  meafured  the  ground  ? 
Mejf.  The  Lord  Granpeere. 
60       Con.  A  valiant  man,  a.  an  expert  Gentleman. 

Come,  come  away : 

The  Sun  is  hie,  and  we  weare  out  the  day.         Exit  omnes. 

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Enter  the  King  dif gulfed,  to  him  Piftoll.  [IV.  i] 

Pist.  Ke  ve  la  ? 

King.  A  friend. 

Pyi.  Difcus  vnto  me,  art  them  Gentleman  ? 
Or  art  thou  common,  bafe,  and  popeler  ?  4 

King.  No  fir,  I  am  a  Gentleman  of  a  Company. 

Pist.  Trailes  thou  the  puitfant  pike  ? 

King.  Euen  fo  fir.     What  are  you  ? 

Pifl.  As  good  a  gentleman  as  the  Emperour.  8 

King.  O  then  thou  art  better  then  the  King  ? 

Pifl.  The  kings  a  bago,  and  a  hart  of  gold. 

Pifl.  A  lad  of  life,  an  impe  of  fame  : 

Of  parents  good,  of  fift  moft  valiant  :  12 

I  kis  his  durtie  fhoe :  and  from  my  hart  firings 
I  loue  the  louely  bully.     What  is  thy  name  ? 

King.  Harry  le  Roy. 

Pist.  Le  Roy,  a  Cornifh  man:  16 

Art  thou  of  Cornifh  crew  ? 

Kin.  No  fir,  I  am  a  Wealchman. 

Pifl.  A  Wealchman  :  knowft  thou  Flewellen  ? 

Kin.  I  fir,  he  is  my  kinfman.  20 

Pi/I.  Art  thou  his  friend  ? 

Kin.  I  fir. 

Pifl.  Figa  for  thee  then :  my  name  is  Piftoll. 

Kin.  It  forts  well  with  your  fiercenefTe.  24 

P\ft.  Piftoll  is  my  name. 

Exit  Piftoll. 
Enter  Gower  and  Flewellen. 

Gour.  Captaine  Flewellen. 

Flew.  In  the  name  of  lefu  fpeake  lewer. 

It  is  the  greateft  folly  in  the  worell,  when  the  auncient  28 

Prerogatiues  of  the  warres  be  not  kept. 

I  warrant  you,  if  you  looke  into  the  warres  of  the  Romanes, 
You  fhall  finde  no  tittle  tattle,  nor  bible  bable  there  .- 

But 


Of  Henry  thefft. 

[IV.  i]  But  you  mall  finde  the  cares,  and  the  feares, 
And  the  ceremonies,  to  be  otherwife. 

Gour.  Why  the  enemy  is  loud :  you  heard  him  all  night. 
Flew.  Godes  follud,  if  the  enemy  be  an  AfTe  &  a  Foole, 
36  And  a  prating  cocks-come,  is  it  meet  that  we  be  alfo  a  foole, 
And  a  prating  cocks-come,  in  your  confcience  now  ? 
Gour.  He  fpeake  lower. 
Flew.  I  befeech  you  do,  good  Captaine  Gower. 

Exit  Gower,  and  Flewellen. 
40      Ki/z.  Tho  it  appeare  a  litle  out  of  faihion, 
Yet  theres  much  care  in  this. 

Enter  three  Souldiers. 

I.  Soul.  Is  not  that  the  morning  yonder  ? 
z.  Soul.  I  we  fee  the  beginning, 
44  God  knowes  whether  we  mall  fee  the  end  or  no. 

3.  Soul.  Well  I  thinke  the  king  could  wifh  himfelfe 
Vp  to  the  necke  in  the  middle  of  the  Thames, 
And  fo  I  would  he  were,  at  all  aduentures,  and  I  with  him. 
48      Kin.  Now  mafters  god  morrow,  what  cheare  ? 

3.   S.  I  faith  fmall  cheer  fome  of  vs  is  like  to  haue, 
Ere  this  day  ende. 

Km.  Why  fear  nothing  man,  the  king  is  frolike. 
52      2.  S.  I  he  may  be,  for  he  hath  no  fuch  caufe  as  we 

Km.  Nay  fay  not  fo,  he  is  a  man  as  we  are. 
The  Violet  fmels  to  him  as  to  vs : 
Therefore  if  he  fee  reafons,  he  feares  as  we  do. 
56      2.  Sol.  But  the  king  hath  a  heauy  reckoning  to  make, 
If  his  caufe  be  not  good  :  when  all  thofe  foules 
Whofe  bodies  fhall  be  flaughtered  here, 
Shall  ioyne  together  at  the  latter  day, 
60  And  fay  /  dyed  at  fuch  a  place.     Some  fwearing : 
Some  their  wiues  rawly  left : 
Some  leauing  their  children  poore  behind  them. 

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Now  if  his  caufe  be  bad,  I  think  it  will  be  a  greeuous  matter     [IV.  i] 

(to  him. 

King.  Why  fo  you  may  fay,  if  a  man  fend  his  feruant  64 

As  Factor  into  another  Countrey, 
And  he  by  any  meanes  mifcarry, 
You  may  fay  the  bufinefle  of  the  maifter, 

Was  the  author  of  his  feruants  misfortune.  68 

Or  if  a  fonne  be  imployd  by  his  father, 
And  he  fall  into  any  leaud  a&ion,  you  may  fay  the  father 
Was  the  author  of  his  fonnes  damnation. 

But  the  matter  is  not  to  anfwere  for  his  feruants,  72 

The  father  for  his  fonne,  nor  the  king  for  his  fubie6ts  : 
For  they  purpofe  not  their  deaths,  whe  they  craue  their  fer- 
Some  there  are  that  haue  the  gift  of  premeditated       (uices  : 
Murder  on  them  :  76 

Others  the  broken  feale  of  Forgery,  in  beguiling  maydens. 
Now  if  thefe  outftrip  the  lawe, 
Yet  they  cannot  efcape  Gods  punifhment. 

War  is  Gods  Beadel.     War  is  Gods  vengeance  :  80 

Euery  mans  feruice  is  the  kings  : 
But  euery  mans  foule  is  his  owne. 

Therfore  I  would  haue  euery  fouldier  examine  himfelfe, 
And  warn  euery  moath  out  of  his  confcience  :  84 

That  in  fo  doing,  he  may  be  the  readier  for  death  : 
Or  not  dying,  why  the  time  was  well  fpent, 
Wherein  fuch  preparation  was  made. 

3.  Lord.  Yfaith  he  faies  true  :  88 

Euery  mans  fault  on  his  owne  head, 
I  would  not  haue  the  king  anfwere  for  me. 
Yet  I  intend  to  fight  luftily  for  him. 

King.  Well,  I  heard  the  king,  he  wold  not  be  ranfomde.       92 

a.   L.  I  he  faid  fo,  to  make  vs  fight : 
But  when  our  throates  be  cut,  he  may  be  ranfomde, 
And  we  neuer  the  wifer. 

King.  If  I  Hue  to  fee  that,  lie  neuer  truft  his  word  againe.     96 

2.  Lord, 


of  Henry  the  f ft. 

[IV.  i]      2.   So/.  Mas  youle  pay  him  then,  tis  a  great  difpleafure 
That  an  elder  gun,  can  do  againft  a  cannon, 
Or  a  fubiedt  againft  a  monarke. 
100  Youle  nere  take  his  word  again,  your  a  nafTe  goe. 

King.  Your  reproofe  is  fomewhat  too  bitter  .• 
Were  it  not  at  this  time  I  could  be  angry. 

2.  So/.  Why  let  it  be  a  quarrell  if  thou  wilt. 
104      King.  How  fhall  I  know  thee  ? 

2.  So/.   Here  is  rny  gloue,  which  if  euer  I  fee  in  thy  hat, 
lie  challenge  thee,  and  ftrike  thee. 

Km.  Here  is  likewife  another  of  mine, 
1 08  And  aflure  thee  ile  weare  it. 

2.  So/.  Thou  dar'ft  as  well  be  hangd. 

3.  So/.  Be  friends  you  fooles, 

We  haue  French  quarrels  anow  in  hand  : 
112  We  haue  no  need  of  Englifh  broyles. 

Kin.  Tis  no  treafon  to  cut  French  crownes, 
For  to  morrow  the  king  himfelfe  wil  be  a  clipper. 

Exit  the  fouldiers. 

Enter  the  King,  Glqfter,  Epingam,  and 
Attendants. 

K.  O  God  of  battels  fteele  my  fouldiers  harts, 
116  Take  from  them  now  the  fence  of  rekconing, 

That  the  appofed  multitudes  which  ftand  before  them, 
May  not  appall  their  courage. 

0  not  to  day,-not  to  day  6  God, 

1 20  Thinke  on  the  fault  my  father  made, 
In  compafling  the  crowne. 

1  Richards  bodie  haue  interred  new, 

And  on  it  hath  beftowd  more  contrite  teares, 
124  Then  from  it  iflued  forced  drops  of  blood  : 
A  hundred  men  haue  I  in  yearly  pay, 

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Which  euery  day  their  withered  hands  hold  vp  [IV.  i] 

To  heauen  to  pardon  blood, 

And  I  haue  built  rwo  chanceries,  more  wil  I  do:  128 

Tho  all  that  I  can  do,  is  all  too  litle. 

Enter  Gloster. 
Glost.  My  Lord. 

King.  My  brother  Glosters  voyce. 

Glost.  My  Lord,  the  Army  ftayes  vpon  your  prefence.  133 

King.  Stay  Gloster  ftay,  and  I  will  go  with  thee, 
The  day  my  friends,  and  all  things  Hayes  for  me. 

Enter  Clarence,  Glofter,  Exeter,  and  Salisburie.  [IV.  3] 

War.  My  Lords  the  French  are  very  ftrong. 

Exe.  There  is  fiue  to  one,  and  yet  they  all  are  frefh. 

War.  Of  fighting  men  they  haue  full  fortie  thoufand. 

Sal.  The  oddes  is  all  too  great.     Farewell  kind  Lords  :  4 

Braue  Clarence,  and  my  Lord  of  Gloster, 
My  Lord  of  Wanvicke,  and  to  all  farewell. 

Clar.  Farewell  kind  Lord,  fight  valiantly  to  day, 
And  yet  in  truth,  I  do  thee  wrong,  8 

For  thou  art  made  on  the  rrue  fparkes  of  honour. 
Enter  King. 

War.  O  would  we  had  but  ten  thoufand  men 
Now  at  this  inftant,  that  doth  not  worke  in  England. 

King.  Whofe  that,  that  wi  flies  fo,  my  Coufen  Warwick  ?        12 
Gods  will,  I  would  not  loofe  the  honour  ' 
One  man  would  fliare  from  me, 
Not  for  my  Kingdome. 

No  faith  my  Coufen,  wifh  not  one  man  more,  16 

Rather  proclaime  it  prefently  through  our  campe, 
That  he  that  hath  no  ftomacke  to  this  feaft, 
Let  him  depart,  his  pafport  mail  bee  drawne, 
And  crownes  for  conuoy  put  into  his  purfe,  10 

We 


of  Henry  thejift. 

[IV.  3]  We  wguld  not  die  in  that  mans  company, 

That  feares  his  fellowlhip  to  die  with  vs. 

This  day  is  called  the  day  of  Cryfpin, 
24  He  that  out  Hues  this  day,  and  fees  old  age, 

Shall  ftand  a  tiptoe  when  this  day  is  named, 

And  rowfe  him  at  the  name  of  Cryfpin. 

He  that  out  Hues  this  day,  and  comes  fafe  home, 
28  Shall  yearely  on  the  vygill  teaft  his  friends, 

And  fay,  to  morrow  is  S.  Cryfpines  day : 

Then  (hall  we  in  their  flowing  bowles 

Be  newly  remembred.     Harry  the  King, 
32  Bedford  and  Exeter,  Clarence  and  Glosier, 

Warwick  and  Yorke. 

Familiar  in  their  mouthes  as  houfhold  words. 

This  ftory  mall  the  good  man  tell  his  fonne, 
36  And  from  this  day,  vnto  the  generall  doome  : 

But  we  in  it  mall  be  remembred. 

We  fewe,  we  happie  fewe,  we  bond  of  brothers, 

For  he  to  day  that  flieads  his  blood  by  mine, 
40  Shalbe  my  brother.-  be  he  nere  fo  bale, 

This  day  fhall  gentle  his  condition. 

Then  mall  he  ftrip  his  fleeues,  and  mew  his  skars, 

And  fay,  thefe  wounds  I  had  on  Crilpines  day  : 
44  And  Gentlemen  in  England  now  a  bed, 

Shall  thinke  themfelues  accurft, 

And  hold  their  manhood  cheape. 

While  any  fpeake  that  fought  with  vs 
48  Vpon  Saint  Crifpines  day. 
Glost.  My  gracious  Lord, 

The  French  is  in  the  field. 

Kin.  Why  all  things  are  ready,  if  our  minds  be  fo. 
52       War.  Perifh  the  man  whofe  mind  is  backward  now. 

King.  Thou  doft  not  wifh  more  help  fro  England  coufen  ? 
War.  Gods  will  my  Liege,  would  you  and  I  alone, 

Without  more  helpe,  might  fight  this  battle  out. 

E    2  King.  Why 


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Why  well  faid.     That  doth  pleafe  me  better,  [IV.  3] 

Then  to  wifh  me  one.     You  know  your  charge, 
God  be  with  you  all. 

Enter  the  Herald  from  the  French. 

Herald.  Once  more  I  come  to  know  of  thee  king  Henry, 
What  thou  wilt  giue  for  raunfome  ?  60 

Kin.  Who  hath  fent  thee  now  ? 

Her.  The  Conftable  of  France. 

Kin.  I  prethy  beare  my  former  anfwer  backe  : 
Bid  them  atchieue  me,  and  then  fell  my  bones.  64 

Good  God,  why  mould  they  mock  good  fellows 
The  man  that  once  did  fell  the  Lions  skin,  (thus  ? 
While  the  beaft  liued,  was  kild  with  hunting  him. 
A  many  of  our  bodies  mail  no  doubt  68 

Finde  graues  within  your  real  me  of  France  : 
Tho  buried  in  your  dunghils,  we  lhalbe  famed, 
For  there  the  Sun  mail  greete  them, 

And  draw  vp  their  honors  reaking  vp  to  heauen,  72 

Leauing  their  earthly  parts  to  choke  your  clyme  : 
The  fmel  wherof,  mall  breed  a  plague  in  France : 
Marke  then  abundant  valour  in  our  Englifh, 
That  being  dead,  like  to  the  bullets  crafing,  76 

Breakes  forth  into  a  fecond  courfe  of  mifchiefe, 
Killing  in  relaps  of  mortalitie  : 
Let  me  fpeake  proudly, 

Ther's  not  a  peece  of  feather  in  our  campe,  80 

Good  argument  I  hope  we  mall  not  flye : 
And  time  hath  worne  vs  into  flouendry. 
But  by  the  mas,  our  hearts  are  in  the  trim, 

And  my  poore  fouldiers  tel  me,  yet  ere  night  84 

Thayle  be  in  frefher  robes,  or  they  will  plucke 
The  gay  new  cloathes  ore  your  French  fouldiers  eares, 
And  turne  them  out  of  feruice.     If  they  do  this, 
As  if  it  pleafe  God  they  ihall,  88 

Then  mail  our  ranfome  foone  be  leuied. 

Saue 


of  Henry  thejift. 

[IV.  3]  Saue  thou  thy  labour  Heranld : 

Come  thou  no  more  for  ranfom,  gentle  Herauld. 
92  They  {hall  haue  nought  I  fweare,  but  thefe  my  bones  : 
Which  if  they  haue,  as  7wil  leaue  am  them, 
Will  yeeld  them  litle,  tell  the  Conftable. 
Her.  I  fhall  deliuer  fo. 

Exit  Herauld. 

96       Yorke.  My  gracious  Lord,  vpon  my  knee  /  craue, 
The  leading  of  the  vaward. 

Kin.  Take  it  braue  Yorke.     Come  fouldiers  lets  away  : 
And  as  thou  pleafeft  God,  difpofe  the  day. 

Exit. 

[IV-  5]  Enter  thefoure  French  Lords. 

Ge.  O  diabello. 
Conft.  Mor  du  ma  vie. 
Or.  O  what  a  day  is  this  / 
4      Bur.  O  lour  dei  houte  all  is  gone,  all  is  loft. 

Con.  We  are  inough  yet  liuing  in  the  field, 
To  fmother  vp  the  Englifh, 
If  any  order  might  be  thought  vpon. 
8       Bur.  A  plague  of  order,  once  more  to  the  field, 
And  he  that  will  not  follow  Burbon  now, 
Let  him  go  home,  and  with  his  cap  in  hand, 
Like  a  bace  leno  hold  the  chamber  doore, 
12  Why  leaft  by  a  flaue  no  gentler  then  my  dog, 
His  faireft  daughter  is  contamuracke. 

Con.  Diforder  that  hath  fpoyld  vs,  right  vs  now, 
Come  we  in  heapes,  weele  offer  vp  our  liues 
1 6  Vnto  thefe  Englifh,  or  elfe  die  with  fame. 

Come,  come  along, 
Lets  dye  with  honour,  our  fhame  doth  laft  too  long. 

Exit  omnes. 
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Enter  Pifloll,  the  French  man,  and  the  Boy.  [IV.  4] 

/*{/?.  Eyld  cur,  eyld  cur. 

French.  O  Monfire,  ie  vous  en  pree  aues  petie  de  moy. 

Pyj.  Moy  fliall  not  ferue.     /  will  haue  fortie  moys. 
Boy  aske  him  his  name.  4 

Boy.  Comant  ettes  vous  apelles  ? 

French.  Monfier  Fer. 

Buy.  He  faies  his  name  is  Mafter  Fer. 

Pijl.  71e  Fer  him,  and  ferit  him,  and  ferke  him  :  8 

Boy  difcus  the  fame  in  French. 

Boy.  Sir  I  do  not  know,  whats  French 
For  fer,  ferit  and  fearkt. 

Pift.  Bid  him  prepare,  for  I  wil  cut  his  throate.  12 

Boy.  Feate,  vou  preat,  ill  voulles  coupele  votre  gage. 

Pist.  Ony  e  ma  foy  couple  la  gorge. 
Vnlefle  thou  giue  to  me  egregious  raunfome,  dye. 

One  poynt  of  a  foxe.  1 6 

French.  Qui  dit  ill  monfiere. 
Ill  ditye  fi  vou  ny  vouly  pa  domy  luy. 

Boy.  La  gran  ranfome,  ill  vou  lucres. 

French.  O  lee  vous  en  pri  pettit  gentelhome,  parle  20 

A  cee,  gran  capataine,  pour  auez  mercie 
A  moy,  ey  lee  donerees  pour  mon  ranfome 
Cinquante  ocios.     Ie  fuyes  vngentelhome  de  France. 

Pist.  What  fayes  he  boy  ?  24 

Boy.  Marry  fir  he  fayes,  he  is  a  Gentleman  of  a  great 
Houfe,  of  France :  and  for  his  ranfome, 
He  will  giue  you  500.  crownes. 

Pist.  My  fury  fhall  abate,  28 

And  I  the  Crownes  will  take. 
And  as  I  fuck  blood,  I  will  fome  mercie  fhew. 
Follow  me  cur. 

Exit  omnes. 
Enter  the  King  and  his  Nobles,  Piftoll.  [IV.  6] 

King.  What  the  French  retire  ? 

Yet 


of  Henry  thejlft. 

[IV.  6]  Yet  all  is  not  done,  yet  keepe  the  French  the  field. 

Exe.  The  Duke  of  Yorke  commends  him  to  your  Grace. 
4      King.  Liues  he  good  Vnckle,  twife  I  fawe  him  downe, 
Twife  vp  againe : 
From  helmet  to  the  fpurre,  all  bleeding  ore. 

Exe.  In  which  aray,  braue  fouldier  doth  he  lye, 
8  Larding  the  plaines,  and  by  his  bloody  fide, 
Yoake  fellow  to  his  honour  dying  wounds, 
The  noble  Earle  of  Suffolke  alfo  lyes. 
Suffolke  firft  dyde,  and  Yorke  all  halted  ore, 
12  Comes  to  him  where  in  blood  he  lay  fteept, 
And  takes  him  by  the  beard,  kiffes  the  games 
That  bloodily  did  yane  vpon  his  face, 
And  cryde  aloud,  tary  deare  coufin  Suffolke  : 
16  My  foule  mall  thine  keep  company  in  heauen  : 
Tary  deare  foule  awhile,  then  flie  to  reft : 
And  in  this  glorious  and  well  foughten  field, 
We  kept  togither  in  our  chiualdry. 
20  Vpon  }hefe  words  I  came  and  cheerd  them  vp, 
He  tooke  me  by  the  hand,  faid  deare  my  Lord, 
Commend  my  feruice  to  my  foueraigne. 
So  did  he  turne,  and  ouer  Sujfolkes  necke 
24  He  threw  his  wounded  arme,  and  fo  efpoufed  to  death, 
With  blood  he  fealed.  An  argument 

Of  neuer  ending  loue.     The  pretie  and  fweet  maner  of  it, 
Forft  thofe  waters  from  me,  which  I  would  haue  ftopt, 
28  But  I  not  fo  much  of  man  in  me, 
But  all  my  mother  came  into  my  eyes, 
And  gaue  me  vp  to  teares. 

Kin.  I  blame  you  not :  for  hearing  you, 
32  I  muft  conuert  to  teares. 

Alarum  Jbundes. 
What  new  alarum  is  this  ? 
Bid  euery  fouldier  kill  his  priibner. 

Pi/I.  Couple  gorge.  Exit  omnes. 

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Enter  Flewellen,  and  Captains  Gower.  [IV.  7] 

Flew.  Godes  plud  kil  the  boyes  and  the  lugyge, 
Tis  the  arrants  peece  of  knauery  as  can  be  defired, 
In  the  worell  now,  in  your  conference  now. 

Gour.  Tis  certaine,  there  is  not  a  Boy  left  aliue,  4 

And  the  cowerdly  rafcals  that  ran  from  the  battell, 
Themfelues  haue  done  this  flaughter : 
Befide,  they  haue  carried  away  and  burnt, 

All  that  was  in  the  kings  Tent :  8 

Whervpon  the  king  caufed  euery  prifoners 
Throat  to  be  cut.     O  he  is  a  worthy  king. 

Flew.  I  he  was  born  at  Monmorth. 

Captain  Gower,  what  call  you  the  place  where  1 2 

Alexander  the  big  was  borne  ? 

Gour.  Alexander  the  great. 

Flew.  Why  I  pray,  is  nat  big  great  ? 

As  if  I  fay,  big  or  great,  or  magnanimous,  16 

I  hope  it  is  all  one  reconing, 
Saue  the  frafe  is  a  litle  varation. 

Gour.  I  thinke  Alexander  the  great 

Was  borne  at  Macedon.  20 

His  father  was  called  Philip  of  Macedon, 
As  /  take  it. 

Flew.  I  thinke  it  was  Macedon  indeed  where  Alexander 
Was  borne :  looke  you  captaine  Gower,  24 

And  if  you  looke  into  the  mappes  of  the  worell  well, 
You  fhall  finde  litle  difference  betweene 
Macedon  and  Monmorth.     Looke  you,  there  is 
A  Riuer  in  Macedon,  and  there  is  alfo  a  Riuer  .  28 

/n  Monmorth,  the  Riuers  name  at  Monmorth, 
h  called  Wye. 

But  tis  out  of  my  braine,  what  is  the  name  of  the  other  .- 
But  tis  all  one,  tis  fo  like,  as  my  fingers  is  to  my  fingers,  32 

And  there  is  Samons  in  both. 
Looke  you  captaine  Gower,  and  you  marke  it, 

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of  Henry  thejift. 

[IV.  7]  You  fliall  finde  our  King  is  come  after  Alexander. 
36  God  knowes,  and  you  know,  that  Alexander  in  his 

Bowles,  and  his  alles,  and  his  wrath,  and  his  difpleafures, 
And  indignations,  was  kill  his  friend  Clitus. 

Gower.  I  but  our  King  is  not  like  him  in  that, 
4°  For  he  neuer  killd  any  of  his  friends. 

Flew.  Looke  you,  tis  not  well  done  to  take  the  tale  out 
Of  a  mans  mouth,  ere  it  is  made  an  end  and  finilhed  : 
I  fpeake  in  the  comparifons,  as  Alexander  is  kill 
44  His  friend  Clitus  :  fo  our  King  being  in  his  ripe 
Wits  and  Judgements,  is  turne  away,  the  fat  knite 
With  the  great  belly  doublet  :  I  am  forget  his  name. 

Gower.   Sir  lohn  Falftaffe. 

48      flew.  I,  I  thinke  it  is  Sir  lohn  Falftaffe  indeed, 
I  can  tell  you,  theres  good  men  borne  at  Monmorth. 

Enter  King  and  the  Lords. 

King.  I  was  not  angry  fince  1  came  into  France, 
Vntill  this  houre. 
J>2  Take  a  trumpet  Herauld, 

And  ride  vnto  the  horfmen  on  yon  hill  .- 
If  they  will  fight  with  vs  bid  them  come  downe, 
Or  leaue  the  field,  they  do  offend  our  fight : 
^6  Will  they  do  neither,  we  will  come  to  them, 
And  make  them  skyr  away,  as  faft 
As  ftones  enforft  from  the  old  Aflirian  flings. 
Befides,  weele  cut  the  throats  of  thofe  we  haue, 
60  And  not  one  aliue  mall  tafte  our  mercy. 

Enter  the  Herauld. 

Gods  will  what  meanes  this  ?  knowft  thou  no 
That  we  haue  fined  thefe  bones  of  ours  for  ranfome  ? 

Herald.  I  come  great  king  for  charitable  fauour, 
64  To  fort  our  Nobles  from  our  common  men, 
We  may  haue  leaue  to  bury  all  our  dead, 
Which  in  the  field  lye  fpoyled  and  troden  on. 

Kin.  I  tell  thee  truly  Herauld,  I  do  not  know  whether 

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The  day  he  ours  or  no  :  [IV,  7] 

For  yet  a  many  of  your  French  do  keep  the  field. 

Hera.  The  day  is  yours. 

Kin.  Praifed  be  God  therefore. 
What  Caftle  call  you  that  ?  7a 

Hera.  We  call  it  Agincourt. 

Kin.  Then  call  we  this  the  field  of  Agincourt. 
Fought  on  the  day  of  Cryfpin,  Cryfpln. 

Flew.  Your  grandfather  of  famous  memorie,  76 

If  your  grace  be  remembred, 
Is  do  good  feruice  in  France. 

Kin.  Tis  true  Flewellen. 

Flew.  Your  Maieftie  fayes  verie  true.  80 

And  it  pleafe  your  Maieftie, 
The  Wealchmeu  there  was  do  good  feruice, 
In  a  garden  where  Leekes  did  grow. 

And  I  thinke  your  Maieftie  wil  take  no  fcorne,  84 

To  weare  a  Leake  in  your  cap  vpon  S.  Dauies  day. 

Kin.  No  Flewellen,  for  I  am  wealch  as  well  as  you. 

Flew.  All  the  water  in  Wye  wil  not  warn  your  wealch 
Blood  out  of  yon,  God  keep  it,  and  preferue  it,  88 

To  his  graces  will  and  pleafure. 

Kin.  Thankes  good  countryman. 

Flew.  By  lefus  I  am  your  Maiefties  countryman  : 
I  care  not  who  know  it,  fo  long  as  your  maiefty  is  an  honeft      92 

K.  God  keep  me  fo.     Our  Herald  go  with  him,  (man. 

And  bring  vs  the  number  of  the  fcattred  French. 

Exit  Heralds. 
Call  yonder  fouldier  hither. 

Flew.  You  fellow  come  to  the  king.  96 

Kin.  Fellow  why  dooft  thou  weare  that  gloue  in  thy  hat  ? 
Soul.  And  pleafe  your  maieftie,  tis  a  rafcals  that  fwagard 
With  me  the  other  day :  and  he  hath  one  of  mine, 
Which  if  euer  I  fee,  I  haue  fworne  to  ftrike  him.  100 

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[IV.  7]  So  hath  he  fworne  the  like  to  me. 

K.  How  think  you  Flewellen,  is  it  lawfull  he  keep  his  oath  ? 
Fl.  And  it  pleafe  your  maiefty,  tis  lawful  he  keep  his  vow. 
104  If  he  be  periur'd  once,  he  is  as  arrant  a  beggerly  knaue, 
As  treads  vpon  too  blacke  fhues. 

Kin.  His  enemy  may  be  a  gentleman  of  worth. 
Flew .  And  if  he  be  as  good  a  gentleman  as  Lucifer 
108  And  Belzebub,  and  the  diuel  himfelfe, 
Tis  meete  he  keepe  his  vowe. 

Kin.  Well  firrha  keep  your  word. 
Vnder  what  Captain  ferueft  thou  ? 
112       Soul.  Vuder  Captaine  Gower. 

Flew.  Captaine  Gower  is  a  good  Captaine : 
And  hath  good  littrature  in  the  warres. 

Kin.  Go  call  him  hither. 
116      Soul.  I  will  my  Lord. 

Exit  fouldier. 

Kin.  Captain  Flewellen,  when  Alonfon  and  I  was 
Downe  together,  /  tooke  this  gloue  off  from  his  helmet, 
Here  Flewellen,  weare  it.     7f  any  do  challenge  it, 
1 20  He  is  a  friend  of  Alonfons,  ' 
And  an  enemy  to  mee. 

Fie.  Your  maieftie  doth  me  as  great  a  fauour 
As  can  be  defired  in  the  harts  of  his  fubie&s. 
124  /  would  fee  that  man  now  that  mould  chalenge  this  gloue  : 
And  it  pleafe  God  of  his  grace.  /  would  but  fee  him, 
That  is  all. 

Kin.  Flewellen  knowft  thou  Captaine  Gower  ? 
128      Fie.  Captaine  Gower  is  my  friend. 

And  if  it  like  your  maieftie,  /  know  him  very  well. 
Kin.  Go  call  him  hither. 
Flew.  I  will  and  it  {hall  pleafe  your  maieftie. 
132      Kin.   Follow  Flewellen  clofely  at  the  heeles, 
The  gloue  he  weares,  it  was  the  fouldiers : 

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It  may  be  there  will  be  harme  betweene  them,  [IV.  7] 

For  I  do  know  Flewellen  valiant, 

And  being  toucht,  as  hot  as  gunpowder:  136 

And  quickly  will  returne  an  iniury. 

Go  lee  there  be  no  harme  betweene  them. 

Enter  Gower,  Flewellen,  and  the  Souldier.  [IV.  8] 

Flew.  Captain  Gower,  in  the  name  of  lefu, 
Come  to  his  Maieftie,  there  is  more  good  toward  you, 
Then  you  can  dreame  off. 

Soul.  Do  you  heare  you  fir  ?  do  you  know  this  gloue  ?  4 

Flew.  I  know  the  the  gloue  is  a  gloue. 

Soul.  Sir  I  know  this,  and  thus  I  challenge  it. 

Hejlrikes  him. 

Fleu'.  Code  plut,  and  his.     Captain  Gower  ftand  away  : 
He  giue  treafon  his  due  prefently.  8 

Enter  the  King,  Warwicke,  Clarence,  and  Exeter. 

Kin.  How  now,  what  is  the  matter  ? 

Flew.  And  it  {hall  pleafe  your  Maieftie, 
Here  is  the  notableft  peece  of  treafon  come  to  light, 
As  you  mall  defire  to  fee  in  a  fommers  day.  12 

Here  is  a  rafcall,  beggerly  rafcall,  is  ftrike  the  gloue, 
Which  your  Maieftie  tooke  out  of  the  helmet  of  ALonfon  : 
And  your  Maieftie  will  beare  me  witnes,  and  teftimony, 
And  auouchments,  that  this  is  the  gloue.  16 

Soul.  And  it  pleafe  your  Maieftie,  that  was  my  gloue. 
He  that  I  gaue  it  too  in  the  night, 
Promifed  me  to  weare  it  in  his  hat : 

I  promifed  to  ftrike  him  if  he  did.  20 

I  met  that  Gentleman,  with  my  gloue  in  his  hat, 
And  I  thinke  I  haue  bene  as  good  as  my  word. 

Flew.  Your  Maieftie  heares,  vnder  your  Maiefties 
Manhood,  what  a  beggerly  lowfie  knaue  it  is.  24 

Kin.  Let  me  fee  thy  gloue.     Looke  you, 
This  is  the  fellow  of  it. 
It  was  I  indeed  you  promifed  to  ftrike. 

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of  Henry  thejijt. 

[IV.  8]  And  thou  thou  haft  giuen  me  moft  bitter  words. 
How  canft  thou  make  vs  amends  ? 
Flew.  Let  his  necke  anfwere  it, 
If  there  be  any  marfhals  lawe  in  the  worell. 
32       So«/.  My  Liege,  all  offences  come  from  the  heart  : 
Neuer  came  any  from  mine  to  offend  your  Maieftie. 
You  appeard  to  me  as  a  common  man  : 
Witnefie  the  night,  your  garments,  your  lowlineffe, 
36  And  whatfoeuer  you  receiued  vnder  that  habit, 

I  befeech  your  Maieftie  impute  it  to  your  owne  fault 
And  not  mine.     For  your  felfe  came  not  like  your  felfe  : 
Had  you  bene  as  you  feemed,  I  had  made  no  offence. 
40  Therefore  I  befeech  your  grace  to  pardon  me. 

Kin.  Vnckle,  fill  the  gloue  with  crownes, 
And  giue  it  to  the  fouldier.     Weare  it  fellow, 
As  an  honour  in  thy  cap,  till  I  do  challenge  it. 
44  Giue  him  the  crownes.     Come  Captaine  Flewellen, 
I  muft  needs  haue  you  friends. 

Flew.  By  lefus,  the  fellow  hatn  met  tall  enough 
In  his  belly.     Harke  you  fouldier,  there  is  a  fhilling  for  you, 
48  And  keep  your  felfe  out  of  brawles  &  brables,  &  diffentios, 
And  looke  you,  it  fhall  be  the  better  for  you. 
Soul.  He  none  of  your  money  fir,  not  I. 
Flew.  Why  tis  a  good  fhilling  man. 

52  Why  fhould  you  be  queamifh  ?     Your  fhoes  are  not  fo  good 
It  will  ferue  you  to  mend  your  fhoes. 

Kin.  What  men  of  fort  are  taken  vnckle  ? 
Exe.  Charles  Duke  of  Orleance,  Nephew  to  the  King. 
jj6  lohn  Duke  of  Burlon,  and  Lord  Bowchquall. 
Of  other  Lords  and  Barrens,  Knights  and  Squiers, 
Full  fifteene  hundred,  befides  common  men. 
This  note  doth  tell  me  of  ten  thoufand 
60  French,  that  in  the  field  lyes  flaine. 
Of  Nobles  bearing  banners  in  the  field, 

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Charles  de  le  Brute,  hie  Conftable  of  France.  [IV.  8] 

laijues  of  Chattillian,  Admirall  of  France. 

The  Maifter  of  the  crosbows,  lohn  Duke  Altifon.  64 

Lord  Ranl-ieres,  hie  Maifter  of  France. 

The  braue  fir  Gwigiard,  Dolphin.  Of  Nolelle  Charillas, 

Gran  Prie,  and  R<>ffe,  Fawconbr'ulge  and  Foy. 

Gerard  and  for  ton.  Vandemant  and  Leflra.  68 

Here  was  a  royall  fellowship  of  death. 

Where  is  the  number  of  our  Englilh  dead  ? 

Edward  the  Duke  of  Yorke,  the  Earle  of  Sujfolke, 

Sir  Richard  Ketly,  Dauy  Gam  Efquier :  ^2 

And  of  all  other,  but  flue  and  twentie. 

O  God  thy  arme  was  here, 

And  vnto  thee  alone,  afcribe  we  praife. 

When  without  ftrategem,  76 

And  in  euen  fhock  of  battle,  was  euer  heard 

So  great,  and  litle  lofie,  on  one  part  and  an  other. 

Take  it  God,  for  it  is  onely  thine. 

Exe.  Tis  wonderfull.  80 

King.  Come  let  vs  go  on  proceffion  through  the  camp  : 
Let  it  be  death  proclaimed  to  any  man, 
To  boaft  hereof,  or  take  the  praife  from  God, 
Which  is  his  due.  84 

Flew.  Is  it  lawful,  and  it  pleafe  your  Maieftie. 
To  tell  how  many  is  kild  ? 

King.  Yes  Flewellen,  but  with  this  acknowledgement, 
That  God  fought  for  vs.  88 

Flew.  Yes  in  my  confciencr,  he  did  vs  great  good. 

King.  Let  there  be  fung,  Nououes  and  te  Deum. 
The  dead  with  charitie  enterred  in  clay  : 

Weele  then  to  Colics,  and  to  England  then,  92 

Where  nere  from  France,  arriude  more  happier  men. 

Exit  omnes. 
Enter  Gower,  and  Flewellen.  [V.  i] 

Gower.  But  why  do  you  weare  your  Leeke  to  day  ? 

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[V.  i]  Saint  Dailies  day  is  paft  ? 

Flew.  There  is  occafion  Captaine  Gower, 
4  Looke  you  why,  and  wherefore, 
The  other  day  looke  you,  Plstolles 
Which  you  know  is  a  man  of  no  merites 
In  the  worell,  is  come  where  I  was  the  other  day, 
8  And  brings  bread  and  fault,  and  bids  me 
Eate  my  Leeke  :  twas  in  a  place,  looke  you, 
Where  /  could  moue  no  difcentions  : 
But  if  /  can  fee  him,  /  fhall  tell  him, 
J2  A  litle  of  my  defires. 

Gmv.  Here  a  comes,  fwelling  like  a  Turkecocke. 

Enter  Pi/loll. 

Flew.  Tis  no  matter  for  his  fwelling,  and  his  turkecocks, 
God  plefle  you  Antient  Pi/loll,  you  fcall, 
1 6  Beggerly,  lowfie  knaue,  God  plefle  you. 

Pift.  Ha,  art  thou  bedlem  ? 
Doft  thou  thurft  bafe  Troyan, 
To  haue  me  folde  vp  Parcas  fatall  web  ? 
20  Hence,  /  am  qualmifh  at  the  fmell  of  Leeke. 

Flew.  Antient  Pistoll.  I  would  defire  you  becaufe 
It  doth  not  agree  with  your  ftomacke,  and  your  appetite, 
And  your  digeftions,  to  eate  this  Leeke. 
24      Pi/I.  Not  for  Cadwalleder  and  all  his  goates. 

Flew.  There  is  one  goate  for  you  Antienl  Piftol. 

He  firikes  him. 

Pift.  Bace  Troyan,  thou  fhall  dye. 
Flew.  I,  I  know  I  fhall  dye,  meane  time,  I  would 
28  Defire  you  to  liue  and  eate  this  Leeke. 

Gower.  Inough  Captaine,  you  haue  aftonifht  him. 
Flew .  Aftonifht  him,  by  /efu,  He  beate  his  head 
Foure  dayes,  and  foure  nights,  but  He 
32  Make  him  eate  fome  part  of  my  Leeke. 
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You  muft  byte. 

Plst.  Good  good.  36 

Flew.  I  Leekes  are  good,  Antient  Pistoll. 
There  is  a  (hilling  for  you  to  heale  your  bloody  coxkome. 

Plst.  Me  a  (hilling. 

Flew.  If  you  will  not  take  it,  40 

I  haue  an  other  Leeke  for  you. 

Pist.  I  take  thy  milling  in  earneft  of  reconing. 

Flew.  If  I  owe  you  any  thing,  ile  pay  you  in  cudgels, 
You  fhalbe  a  woodmonger,  44 

And  by  cudgels,  God  bwy  you, 
Antient  Pistoll,  God  blefle  you, 
And  heale  your  broken  pate. 

Antient  Pistoll,  if  you  fee  Leekes  an  other  time,  48 

Mocke  at  them,  that  is  all  :  God  bwy  you. 

Exit  Flew  ell  en. 

Pift.  All  hell  mall  ftir  for  this. 
Doth  Fortune  play  the  hufwye  with  me  now  ? 
Is  honour  cudgeld  from  my  warlike  lines  ?  52 

Well  France  farwell,  newes  haue  I  certainly 
That  Doll  is  ficke.     One  mallydie  of  France, 
The  warres  affordeth  nought,  home  will  I  trug. 
Bawd  will  I  turne,  and  vfe  the  flyte  of  hand  :  56 

To  England  will  I  fteale, 
And  there  Ile  fteale. 

And  patches  will  I  get  vnto  thefe  skarres, 

And  fweare  I  gat  them  in  the  Gallia  warres.  60 

Exit  Piftoll. 

Enter  at  one  doore,  the  King  of  England  and  his  Lords.    And  at  [V.  2] 
the  other  doore,  the  King  of  France,  Queene  Katherine,  the 
Duke  q/'Burbon,  and  others. 

Harry.  Peace  to  this  meeting,  wherefore  we  are  met. 

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of  Henry  thejlft. 

[V.  2]  And  to  our  brorher  France,  Faire  time  of  day. 
Faire  health  vnto  our  louely  coufen  Katherine. 
A  And  as  a  branch,  and  member  of  this  ftock : 
We  do  falute  you  Duke  of  Burgondie. 

Fran.  Brother  of  England,  right  ioyous  are  we  to  behold 
Your  face,  fo  are  we  Princes  Engliih  euery  one. 
8      Duk.  With  pardon  vnto  both  your  mightines. 
Let  it  not  difpleafe  you,  if  I  demaund 
What  rub  or  bar  hath  thus  far  hindred  you, 
To  keepe  you  from  the  gentle  fpeech  of  peace  ? 
12      Har.  If  Duke  of  Burgondy,  you  wold  haue  peace, 
You  muft  buy  that  peace, 
According  as  we  haue  drawne  our  articles. 

Fran.  We  haue  but  with  a  curfenary  eye, 
1 6  Oreviewd  them  pleafeth  your  Grace, 
To  let  fome  of  your  Counfell  fit  with  vs, 
We  ihall  returne  our  peremptory  anfwere. 

Har.  Go  Lords,  and  fit  with  them, 
20  And  bring  vs  anfwere  backe. 

Yet  leaue  our  coufen  Katherine  here  behind. 
France.  Withall  our  hearts. 

Exit  King  and  the  Lords.  Manet,  Hrry,  Kathe- 
rine, and  the  Gentlewoman. 

Hate.  Now  Kate,  you  haue  a  blunt  wooer  here 
24  Left  with  you. 

If  I  could  win  thee  at  leapfrog, 

Or  with  vawting  with  my  armour  on  my  backe, 

Into  my  faddle, 
28  Without  brag  be  it  fpoken, 

Ide  make  compare  with  any 

But  leaning  that  Kate, 

If  thou  takeft  me  now, 
32  Thou  {halt  haue  me  at  the  worft : 

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And  in  wearing,  thou  {halt  haue  me  better  and  better,  [V.  2] 

Thou  flialt  haue  a  face  that  is  not  worth  fun -burn  ing. 

But  dooft  thou  thinke,  that  thou  and  I, 

Betweene  Saint  Denis,  36 

And  Saint  George,  lhall  get  a  boy, 

That  (hall  goe  to  Constantinople, 

And  take  the  great  Turke  by  the  beard,  ha  Kate  ? 

Kate.  Is  it  poflible  dat  me  fall  40 

Loue  de  enemi  e  de  France. 

Harry.  No  Kate,  tis  vnpoflible 
You  fliould  loue  the  enemi  e  of  France  : 

For  Kate,  I  loue  France  fo  well,  44 

That  He  not  leaue  a  Village, 
He  haue  it  all  mine  :  then  Kate, 
When  France  is  mine, 

And  I  am  yours,  48 

Then  France  is  yours, 
And  you  are  mine. 

Kate.  I  cannot  tell  what  is  dat. 

Harry.  No  Kate,  c2 

Why  He  tell  it  you  in  French, 
Which  will  hang  vpon  my  tongue,  like  a  bride 
On  her  new  married  Husband. 

Let  me  fee,  Saint  Dennis  be  my  fpeed.  56 

Quan  France  et  mon. 

Kate.  Dat  is,  when  France  is  yours. 

Harry.  Et  vous  ettes  amoy. 

Kate.  And  I  am  to  you.  6O 

Harry.  Douck  France  ettes  a  vous  : 

Kate.  Den  France  fall  be  mine. 

Harry.  Et  le  fuyues  a  vous. 

Kate.  And  you  will  be  to  me.  64 

Har.  Wilt  beleeue  me  Kate  ?  tis  eafier  for  me 
To  conquer  the  kingdome,  the  to  fpeak  fo  much 
More  French. 


of  Henry  thejift. 

[V.  a]      Kate.  A  your  Maiefty  has  falfe  France  inough 
To  deceiue  de  bell  Lady  in  France. 

Harry.  No  faith  Kate  not  I.     But  Kate, 
In  plaine  termes,  do  you  loue  me  ? 
72      Kate.  I  cannot  tell. 

Harry.  No,  can  any  of  your  neighbours  tell  ? 
He  aske  them. 

Come  Kale,  I  know  you  loue  me. 
76  And  foone  when  you  are  in  your  cloflet, 
Youle  queftion  this  Lady  of  me. 
But  I  pray  thee  fweete  Kate,  vfe  me  mercifully, 
Becaufe  I  loue  thee  cruelly. 
80  That  I  mall  dye  Kate,  is  fure : 

But  for  thy  loue,  by  the  Lord  neuer. 
What  Wench, 

A  ftraight  backe  will  growe  crooked. 
84  A  round  eye  will  growe  hollowe. 
A  great  leg  will  waxe  fmall, 
A  curld  pate  proue  balde  : 

But  a  good  heart  Kate,  is  the  fun  and  the  moone, 
88  And  rather  the  Sun  and  not  the  Moone  : 
And  therefore  Kate  take  me, 
Take  a  fouldier  :  take  a  fouldier, 
Take  a  King. 

92  Therefore  tell  me  Kate,  wilt  thou  haue  me  ? 
Kate.  Dat  is  as  pleafe  the  King  my  father. 
Harry.  Nay  it  will  pleafe  him  : 
Nay  it  mail  pleafe  him  Kate. 
96  And  vpon  that  condition  Kate  He  kifle  you. 

Ka.  O  mon  du  le  ne  voudroy  faire  quelke  chofle 
Pour  toute  le  monde, 
Ce  ne  poynt  votree  fachion  en  fouor. 
too      Harry.  What  faies  me  Lady? 

Lady.  Dat  it  is  not  de  faiion  en  France, 
For  de  m aides,  before  da  be  married  to 

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May  foy  ie  oblye,  what  is  to  baffie  ?  [V.  2] 

Har.  To  kis,  to  kis.     O  that  tis  not  the  104 

Faihion  in  Frannce,  for  the  maydes  to  kis 

Before  they  are  married. 

Lady.  Owye  fee  votree  grace. 

Har.  Well,  weele  breake  that  cuftome.  108 

Therefore  Kate  patience  perforce  and  yeeld. 

Before  God  Kate,  you  haue  witchcraft 

In  your  kitfes : 

And  may  perfwade  with  me  more,  na 

Then  all  the  French  Councell. 

Your  father  is  returned. 

Enter  the  King  of  France,  and 
the  Lordes, 

How  now  my  Lords  ? 

France.  Brother  of  England,  116 

We  haue  orered  the  Articles, 
And  haue  agreed  to  all  that  we  in  fedule  had. 

Exe.  Only  he  hath  not  fubfcribed  this, 

Where  your  maieftie  demaunds,  120 

That  the  king  of  France  hauing  any  occafion 
To  write  for  matter  of  graunt, 
Shall  name  your  highnefie,  in  this  forme  : 

And  with  this  addition  in  French.  124 

Nojlre  trejherjilz,  Henry  Roy  D'anglaterre, 
E  hears  de  France.     And  thus  in  Latin  : 
Preclariffimus  Jilius  nojler  Henricus  Rex  Anglic, 
Et  heres  Francie.  128 

Fran.  Nor  this  haue  we  fo  nicely  flood  vpon, 
But  you  faire  brother  may  intreat  the  fame. 

Har.  Why  then  let  this  among  the  reft, 

Haue  his  full  courfe  :  And  withall,  132 

Your  daughter  Katherine  in  mariage. 

France. 


of  Henry  thejift. 

[V.  2]       Fran.  This  and  what  elfe, 

Your  maieftie  fhall  craue. 
136  God  that  difpofeth  all,  giue  you  much  ioy. 

Har.  Why  then  faire  Katherine, 
Come  giue  me  thy  hand  : 
Our  mariage  will  we  prefent  folemnife, 
140  And  end  our  hatred  by  a  bond  of  loue. 

Then  will  I  fweare  to  Kate,  and  Kate  to  mee : 
And  may  our  vowes  once  made,  vnbroken  bee. 

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The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift. 


Enter  Prologue. 


TCOL.  il  (~\  F°r  a  Mufe  of  Fire,  that  would  afcend 

^-J     The  brightest  Heauen  of  Inuention : 

A  Kingdoms  for  a  Stage,  Princes  to  AS, 
4  And  Monarch*  to  behold  the  Jwe lling  Scene. 

Thenjhould  the  Warlike  Harry,  like  himfelfe, 

Affume  the  Port  of  Mars,  and  at  his  heeles 

(LeaJJit  in,  like  Hounds')  JJwuld  Famine,  Sword,  and  Fire 
8  Crouch  for  employment.     But  pardon,  Gentles  all: 

The  flat  vnrayfed  Spirits,  that  hath  dar'd, 

On  this  <unwort/iy  Scaffold,  to  bring  forth 

So  great  an  Obiect.     Can  this  Cock- Pit  hold 
12  The  <vaftie  fields  of  France  ?     Or  may  we  cramme 

Within  this  Woodden  0,  the  very  Cashes 

That  did  affright  the  Ayre  at  Agincourt.  ? 

O  pardon  :  fence  a  crooked  figure  may 
1 6  Attefl  in  little  place  a  Million, 

And  let  <vs,  Cyphers  to  this  great  Accompt, 
[COL.  2]  On  jour  imaginarie  Forces  worke. 

Suppofe  within  the  Girdle  ofthefe  Walls 
20  Are  now  confin"d  two  mightie  Monarchies, 

Whofe  high,  ^up-reared,  and  abutting  Fronts, 

The  perillous  narrow  Ocean  parts  a/under. 

Peece  out  our  imperfections  'with  your  thoughts : 
24  Into  a  thoufand  parts  diuide  one  Man, 

And  make  imaginarie  Puiffance. 

Thinke  when  we  talke  of  Horfes,  that  you  fee  them. 

Printing  their  prowd  Hoofes  ith"  receiuing  Earth  : 
28  For  'tis  your  thoughts  that  now  mujl  deck  our  Kings, 

Carry  them  here  and  there  :  lumping  o're  Times ; 

Turning  t/i'  accomplifJiment  of  many  yeeres 

Into  an  Howre-glaffe  :  for  the  which  fupplie, 
32  Admit  me  Chorus  to  this  Historie ; 

Who  Prologue-like. your  humble  patience  pray, 

Gently  to  heare,  kindly  to  iudge  our  Play,  Exit. 

a — FOL.  1  I 


[The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift] 


rictus  Primus.     Sccena  Prima. 


Enter  the  two  Bifliops  of  Canterbury  and  Ely.  [COL.  il 

B'i/h.   Cant. 

Y  Lord,  He  tell  you,  that  felfe  Bill  is  vrg'd,  [I.  j] 

Which  in  th'eleueth  yere  of  y  laft  Kings  reign 
Was  like,  and  had  indeed  againft  vs  paft, 


But  that  the  fcambling  and  vnquiet  time 
Did  pufh  it  out  of  farther  queftion. 

E'l/h.  Ely.  But  how  my  Lord  mail  we  refill  it  now  ? 

Bi/h.  Cant.  It  muft  be  thought  on  :  if  it  pafTe  againft  vs, 
We  loofe  the  better  halfe  of  our  PofTeflion : 
For  all  the  Temporall  Lands,  which  men  deuout 
By  Teftament  haue  giuen  to  the  Church, 
Would  they  ftrip  from  vs  j  being  valu'd  thus, 
As  much  as  would  maintaine,  to  the  Kings  honor, 
Full  fifteene  Earles,  and  fifteene  hundred  Knights, 
Six  thoufand  and  two  hundred  good  Efquires  : 


COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  69 

[I.  i]  And  to  reliefe  of  Lazars,  and  weake  age 
16  Of  indigent  faint  Soules,  paft  corporall  toyle, 
A  hundred  Almes-houfes,  right  well  fupply'd  : 
And  to  the  Coffers  of  the  King  befide, 
A  thoufand  pounds  by  th'yeere.     Thus  runs  the  Bill. 
20      Eijli.  Ely.  This  would  drinke  deepe. 

E'{fh.  Cant.  'Twould  drinke  the  Cup  and  all. 
Eijli.  Ely.  But  what  preuention  ? 

[COL.  2]       Bifli.  Cant.    The    King    is    full    of   grace,    and    faire   re- 
gard. 
24      Elfh.  Ely.  And  a  true  louer  of  the  holy  Church. 

E\fh  Cant.  The  courfes  of  his  youth  promis'd  it  not. 
The  breath  no  fooner  left  his  Fathers  body, 
But  that  his  wildneffe,  mortify'd  in  him, 
28  Seem'd  to  dye  too  :  yea,  at  that  very  moment, 
Confideration  like  an  Angell  came, 
And  whipt  th'offending  Adam  out  of  him  j 
Leauing  his  body  as  a  Paradife, 
S2  T'inuelop  and  containe  Celeftiall  Spirits. 
Neuer  was  fuch  a  fodaine  Scholler  made  : 
Neuer  came  Reformation  in  a  Flood, 
With  fuch  a  heady  currance  fcowring  faults : 
36  Nor  neuer  Hidra-headed  Wilfulnefie 

So  foone  did  loofe  his  Seat ;  and  all  at  oncej 
As  in  this  King. 

Eljh.  Ely.  We  are  blefled  in  the  Change. 
40      Eljh.  Cant.  Heare  him  but  reafon  in  Diuinitie ; 
And  all-admiring,  with  an  inward  wifh 
You  would  defire  the  King  were  made  a  Prelate : 
Heare  him  debate  of  Common-wealth  Affaires ; 
44  You  would  fay,  it  hath  been  all  in  all  his  ftudy : 
Lift  his  difcourfe  of  Warre ;  and  you  fhall  heare 
A  fearefull  Battaile  rendred  you  in  Mufique. 

h  Turne 

3 


;o  The  Life  of  Hewy  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

Turne  him  to  any  Caufe  of  Pollicy,  [I.  j] 

The  Gordian  Knot  of  it  he  will  vnloofe,  48 

Familiar  as  his  Garter  :  that  when  he  fpeakes, 

The  Ayre,  a  Charter'd  Libertine,  is  Hill, 

And  the  mute  Wonder  lurketh  in  mens  eares, 

To  fteale  his  fweet  and  honyed  Sentences :  52 

So  that  the  Art  and  Pra&ique  part  of  Life, 

Muft  be  the  Miftrefie  to  this  Theorique. 

Which  is  a  wonder  how  his  Grace  mould  gleane  it, 

Since  his  addiction  was  to  Courfes  vaine,  $6 

His  Companies  vuletter'd,  rude,  and  fhallow, 

His  Houres  fill'd  vp  with  Ryots,  Banquets,  Sports  j 

And  neuer  noted  in  him  any  ftudie, 

Any  retyrement,  any  fequeftration,  60 

From  open  Haunts  and  Popularitie. 

B.  Ely.  The  Strawberry  growes  vnderneath  the  Nettle, 
And  holefome  Berryes  thriue  and  ripen  beft, 

Neighbour'd  by  Fruit  of  bafer  qualitie  :  64 

And  fo  the  Prince  obfcur'd  his  Contemplation 
Vnder  the  Veyle  of  WildnefTe,  which  (no  doubt) 
Grew  like  the  Summer  GrafTe,  fafteft  by  Night, 
Vnfeene,  yet  crefliue  in  his  facultie.  68 

B.  Cant.  It  muft  be  fo ;  for  Miracles  are  ceaft : 
And  therefore  we  muft  needes  admit  the  meanes, 
How  things  are  perfected. 

B.  Ely.  But  my  good  Lord  :  72 

How  now  for  mittigation  of  this  Bill, 
Vrg'd  by  the  Commons  ?  dolh  his  Maieftie 
Incline  to  it,  or  no  ? 

B.  Cant.  He  feemes  indifferent :  ?6 

Or  rather  fwaying  more  vpon  our  part, 
Then  cherifhing  th'exhibiters  againft  vs :_ 
For  I  haue  made  an  offer  to  his  Maieftie, 


COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  70 

[I.  i]  Vpon  our  Spiritual!  Conuocation, 

And  in  regard  of  Caufes  now  in  hand, 
Which  I  haue  open'd  to  his  Grace  at  large, 
As  touching  France,  to  giue  a  greater  Summe, 
84  Then  euer  at  one  time  the  Clergie  yet 
Did  to  his  PredecelTbrs  part  withall. 

B.  Ely.  How  did  this  ofter  feeme  receiu'd,  my  Lord? 
B.  Cant.  With  good  acceptance  of  his  Maieftie  : 
88  Saue  that  there  was  not  time  enough  to  heare, 
As  I  perceiu'd  his  Grace  would  faine  haue  done, 
The  feueralls  and  vnhidden  palTages 
Of  his  true  Titles  to  fome  certaine  Dukedomes, 
p2  And  generally,  to  the  Crowne  and  Seat  of  France, 
Deriu'd  from  Edward,  his  great  Grandfather. 

B.  Ely.  What  was  th' impediment  that  broke  this  off' 
B.  Cant.  The  French  Embafiador  vpon  that  inftant 
96  Crau'd  audience ;  and  the  howre  I  thinke  is  come, 
To  giue  him  hearing  :  I    it  foure  a  Clock  ? 
B.  Ely.  It  is. 

B.  Cant.  Then  goe  we  in,  to  know  his  Embaflie : 
zoo  Which  I  could  with  a  ready  gueffe  declare, 
Before  the  Frenchman  fpeake  a  word  of  it. 

B.  Ely.  He  wait  vpon  you,  and  I  long  to  heare  it. 

Exeujit. 
[I.  2]  Enter  the  King,  Humfrey,  Bedford,  Clarence, 

Warwick,  Westmerland,  and  Exeter. 
King.  Where  is  my  gracious  Lord  of  Canterbury  ? 
Exeter.  Not  here  in  prefence. 
King.  Send  for  him,  good  Vnckle. 
4       Weftm.  Shall  we  call  in  th' AmbafTador,  my  Liege  ? 
King.  Not  yet,  my  Coufin  :  we  would  be  refolu'd, 
Before  we  heare  him,  of  fome  things  of  weight, 
That  taske  our  thoughts,  concerning  vs  and  France. 


70  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 


Enter  two  B'i/Jiops.  [I 

B.  Cant.  God  and  his  Angels  guard  your  facred  Throne,       8 

And  make  you  long  become  it. 
King.  Sure  we  thanke  you. 

My  learned  Lord,  \ve  pray  you  to  proceed, 

And  iuftly  and  religioufly  vnfold,  I2 

Why  the  Law  Sallke,  that  they  haue  in  France, 

Or  mould  or  ihould  not  barre  vs  in  our  Clayme  : 

And  God  forbid,  my  deare  and  faithfull  Lord, 

That  you  Ihould  faihion,  wreft,  or  bow  your  reading,  l* 

Or  nicely  charge  your  vnderftanding  Soule, 

With  opening  Titles  mifcreate,  whole  right 

Sutes  not  in  natiue  colours  with  the  truth  : 

For  God  doth  know,  how  many  now  in  health,  20 

Shall  drop  their  blood,  in  approbation 

Of  what  your  reuerence  lhall  incite  vs  to. 

Therefore  take  heed  how  you  impawne  our  Perfon, 

How  you  awake  our  fleeping  Sword  of  Warrej  24 

We  charge  you  in  the  Name  of  God  take  heed  : 

For  neuer  two  fuch  Kingdomes  did  contend, 

Without  much  fall  of  blood,  whole  guiltlelfe  drops 

Are  euery  one,  a  Woe,  a  fore  Complaint,  28 

'Gainft  him,  whofe  wrongs  giues  edge  vnto  the  Swords, 

That  makes  fuch  wafte  in  briefe  mortalitie. 

Vnder  this  Coniuration,  fpeake  my  Lord  : 

For  we  will  heare,  note,  and  beleeue  in  heart,  32 

That  what  you  fpeake,  is  in  your  Confcience  wamt, 

As  pure  as  finne  with  Baptifme. 

B.  Can.  Then  heare  me  gracious  Soueraign,  &  you  Peers, 

That  owe  your  felues,  your  Hues,  and  feruices,  3<5 

To  this  Imperiall  Throne.     There  is  no  barre 

To  make  againft  your  Highnefle  Clayme  to  France, 


COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Flfl.  70 

[I.  2]  But  this  which  they  produce  from  Pharamond, 

40  In  terram  Sallcam  Mulieres  nefuccedaul, 
No  Woman  mall  fucceed  in  Salike  Land  : 
Which  Salike  Land,  the  French  vniuftly  gloze 
To  be  the  Realme  of  France,  and  Pharamond 

44  The  founder  of  this  Law,  and  Female  Barre. 
Yet  their  owne  Authors  faithfully  affirme, 
That  the  Land  Salike  is  in  Germanic, 
Betweene  the  Flouds  of  Sala  and  of  Elue  : 

48  Where  Charles  the  Great  hauing  fubdu'd  the  Saxons, 
There  left  behind  and  fettled  certaine  French : 
Who  holding  in  difdaine  the  German  Women, 
For  fome  difhoneft  manners  of  their  life, 

52  Eftablimt  then  this  Law ;  to  wit,  No  Female 
Should  be  Inheritrix  in  Salike  Land : 
Which  Salike  (as  I  faid)  'tvvixt  Elue  and  Sala, 
Is  at  this  day  in  Germanic,  call'd  Meifen. 

56  Then  doth  it  well  appeare,  the  Salike  Law 
Was  not  deuifed  for  the  Realme  of  France  : 
Nor  did  the  French  pofletfe  the  Salike  Land, 
Vntill  foure  hundred  one  and  twentie  yeeres 

60  After  defun&ion  of  King  Pharamond, 
Idly  fuppos'd  the  founder  of  this  Law, 
Who  died  within  the  yeere  of  our  Redemption, 
Foure  hundred  twentie  fix  :  and  Charles  the  Great 

64  Subdu'd  the  Saxons,  and  did  feat  the  French 
Beyond  the  Riuer  Sala,  in  the  yeere 
Eight  hundred  flue.     Befides,  their  Writers  fay, 
King  Pepin,  which  depofed  Childerike, 

68  Did  as  Heire  Generall,  being  defcended 

Of  Blithild,  which  was  Daughter  to  King  Clothair, 
Make  Clayme  and  Title  to  the  Crowne  of  France. 
Hugh  Capet  alfo,  who  vfurpt  the  Crowne 

Of 

7 


71  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i, 

Of  Charles  the  Duke  of  Loraine,  fole  Heire  male  [I.  2] 

Of  the  true  Liue  and  Stock  of  Charles  the  Great : 

To  find  his  Title  with  ibme  fhewes  of  truth, 

Though  in  pure  truth  it  was  corrupt  aud  naught, 

Conuey'd  himfelfe  as  th'Heire  to  th'  Lady  Lingare,  76 

Daughter  to  Charlemaine,  who  was  the  Sonne 

To  Lewes  the  Emperour,  and  Lewes  the  Sonne 

Of  Charles  the  Great :  allb  King  Lewes  the  Tenth, 

Who  was  fole  Heire  to  the  Vfurper  Capet,  80 

Could  not  keepe  quiet  in  his  conicience, 

Wearing  the  Crowne  of  France,  'till  fatisfied, 

That  faire  Queene  Ifabel,  his  Grandmother, 

Was  Lineall  of  the  Lady  Ermengare,  "4 

Daughter  to  Charles  the  forefaid  Duke  of  Loraine  : 

By  the  which  Marriage,  the  Lyne  of  Charles  the  Great 

Was  re-vnited  to  the  Crowne  of  France. 

So,  that  as  cleare  as  is  the  Summers  Sunne, 

King  Pepins  Title,  and  Hugh  Capets  Clayme, 

King  Lewes  his  fatisfa&ion,  all  appeare 

To  hold  in  Right  and  Title  of  the  Female  : 

So  doe  the  Kings  of  France  vnto  this  day.  92 

Howbeit,  they  would  hold  vp  this  Salique  Law, 

To  barre  your  Highnelfe  clayming  from  the  Female, 

And  rather  chufe  to  hide  them  in  a  Net, 

Then  amply  to  imbarre  their  crooked  Titles,  96 

Vfurpt  from  you  and  your  Progenitors. 

King.  May  I  with  right  and  confcience  make  this  claim  ? 

B[/h.  Cant.  The  finne  vpon  my  head,  dread  Soueraigne  : 
For  in  the  Booke  of  Numbers  is  it  writ,  100 

When  the  man  dyes,  let  the  Inheritance 
Defcend  vnto  the  Daughter.     Gracious  Lord, 
Stand  for  your  owne,  vnwind  your  bloody  Flagge, 
Looke  back  into  your  mightie  Anceftors  :  104 

8 


COL.  i.J  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  71 

[I.  2]  Goe  my  dread  Lord,  to  your  great  Grandfires  Tombe,     . 

From  whom  you  clayme ;  inuoke  his  Warlike  Spirit, 

And  your  Great  Vnckles,  Edward  the  Black  Prince, 
1 08  Who  on  the  French  ground  play'd  a  Tragedie, 

Making  defeat  on  the  full  Power  of  France  : 

Whiles  his  moft  mightie  Father  on  a  Hill 

Stood  fmiling,  to  behold  his  Lyons  Whelpe 
1 12  Forrage  in  blood  of  French  Nobilitie. 

O  Noble  Englilh,  that  could  entertaine 

With  halfe  their  Forces,  the  full  pride  of  France, 

And  let  another  halfe  fland  laughing  by, 
116  All  out  of  worke,  and  cold  for  a6lion. 

Bi/li.  Awake  remembrance  of  thefe  valiant  dead, 

And  with  your  puiflant  Arme  renew  their  Feats ; 

You  are  their  Heire,  you  fit  vpon  their  Throne  : 
1 20  The  Blood  and  Courage  that  renowned  them, 

Runs  in  your  Veines  :  and  my  thrice-puiflant  Liege 

Is  in  the  very  May-Morne  of  his  Youth, 

Ripe  for  Exploits  and  mightie  Enterprifes. 
124      Exe.  Your  Brother  Kings  and  Monarchs  of  the  Earth 

Doe  all  expect,  that  you  fhould  rowfe  your  felfe, 

As  did  the  former  Lyons  of  your  Blood.  (might ; 

Weft.  They  know  your  Grace  hath  caufe,  and  means,  and 
128  So  hath  your  Highneffe  :  neuer  King  of  England 

Had  Nobles  richer,  and  more  loyall  Subie6ts, 

Whofe  hearts  haue  left  their  bodyes  here  in  England, 

And  lye  pauillion'd  in  the  fields  of  France. 
132      Eifh.  Can.  O  let  their  bodyes  follow  my  deare  Liege 

With  Bloods,  and  Sword  and  Fire,  to  win  your  Right : 

In  ayde  whereof,  we  of  the  Spiritualtie 

Will  rayfe  your  Highnefle  fuch  a  mightie  Summe, 
136  As  neuer  did  the  Clergie  at  one  time 

Bring  in  to  any  of  your  Anceftors. 


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King.  We  muft  not  onely  arme  t'inuade  the  French,  [I.  2] 

But  lay  downe  our  proportions,  to  defend 

Againft  the  Scot,  who  will  make  roade  vpon  vs,  140 

With  all  aduantages. 

B\/h.  Can.  They  of  thofe  Marches,  gracious  Soueraign, 
Shall  be  a  Wall  fufficient  to  defend 
Our  in-land  from  the  pilfering  Borderers.  144 

King.  We  do  not  meane  the  courfing  lhatchers  onely, 
But  feare  the  maine  intendment  of  the  Scot, 
Who  hath  been  ftill  a  giddy  neighbour  to  vs.- 
For  you  iliall  reade,  that  my  great  Grandfather  148 

Neuer  went  with  his  forces  into  France, 
But  that  the  Scot,  on  his  vnfurniiht  Kingdome, 
Came  pouring  like  the  Tyde  into  a  breach, 

With  ample  and  brim  fulneffe  of  his  force,  152 

Galling  the  gleaned  Land  with  hot  Afiayes, 
Girding  with  grieuous  fiege,  Caftles  and  Townes  : 
That  England  being  emptie  of  defence, 
Hath  fhooke  and  trembled  at  th'ill  neighbourhood.  i$6 

B.  Can.  She  hath  bin  the  more  fear'd  the  harm'd,  my  Liege: 
For  heare  her  but  exampl'd  by  her  felfe, 
When  all  her  Cheualrie  hath  been  in  France, 
And  fhee  a  mourning  Widdow  df  her  Nobles,  160 

Shee  hath  her  felfe  not  onely  well  defended, 
But  taken  and  impounded  as  a  Stray, 
The  King  of  Scots  :  whom  fhee  did  fend  to  France, 
To  fill  King  Edwards  fame  with  prifoner  Kings,  164 

And  make  their  Chronicle  as  rich  with  prayfe, 
As  is  the  Owfe  and  bottome  of  the  Sea 
With  funken  Wrack,  and  fum-lefle  Treafuries. 

Bi/k.  Ely.  But  there's  a  faying  very  old  and  true,  168 

If  that  you  will  France  win,  then  with  Scotland  first  legia. 
For  once  the  Eagle  (England)  being  in  prey, 


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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  71 

[I.  2]  To  her  vnguarded  Nefl,  the  Weazell  (Scot) 
172  Comes  fneaking,  and  fo  fucks  her  Princely  Egges, 

Playing  the  Moufe  in  abfence  of  the  Cat, 

To  tame  and  hauocke  more  then  me  can  eate. 

Exet.  It  folio wes  theu,  the  Cat  muft  Hay  at  home, 
176  Yet  that  'is  but  a  crufh'd  necefsity, 

Since  we  haue  lockes  to  fafegard  necefiaries, 

And  pretty  traps  to  catch  the  petty  theeues. 

While  that  the  Armed  hand  doth  fight  abroad, 
1 80  Th'aduifed  head  defends  it  felfe  at  home : 

For  Gouernment,  though  high,  and  low,  and  lower, 

Put  into  parts,  doth  keepe  in  one  confent, 

Congreeing  in  a  full  and  natural  clofe, 
184  Like  Muficke. 

Cant,  Therefore  doth  heauen  diuide 

The  ftate  of  man  in  diuers  functions, '[ 

Setting  endeuour  in  continual  motion  : 
1 88  To  which  is  fixed  as  an  ayme  or  butt, 

Obedience  :  for  fo  worke  the  Hony  Bees, 

Creatures  that  by  a  rule  in  Nature  teach 

The  Acl  of  Order  to  a  peopled  Kingdome. 
192  They  haue  a  King,  and  Officers  of  forts, 

Where  fome  like  Magiftrates  correct  at  home : 

Others,  like  Merchants  venter  Trade  abroad  : 

Others,  like  Souldiers  armed  in  their  flings, 
196  Make  boote  vpon  the  Summers  Veluet  buddes  : 

Which  pillage,  they  with  merry  march  bring  home 

To  the  Tent-royal  of  their  Emperor  : 

Who  bufied  in  his  Maiefties  furueyes 
200  The  finging  Mafons  building  roofes  of  Gold, 

The  ciuil  Citizens  kneading  vp  the  hony; 

The  poore  Mechanicke  Porters,  crowding  in 

Their  heauy  burthens  at  his  narrow  gate : 

h   2  The 

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73  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fiji.  [COL.  i. 

The  fad-ey'd  luftice  with  his  furly  humme,  [I.  2] 

Deliuering  ore  to  Executors  pale 

The  lazie  yawning  Drone  :  I  this  inferre, 

That  many  things  hauing  full  reference 

To  one  confent,  may  worke  contrarioufly,  208 

As  many  Arrowes  loofed  feuerall  wayes 

Come  to  one  marke :  as  many  wayes  meet  in  one  towne, 

As  many  frem  ftreames  meet  in  one  fait  feaj 

As  many  Lynes  clofe  in  the  Dials  center :  212 

So  may  a  thoufand  a<Stions  once  a  foote, 

And  in  one  purpofe,  and  be  all  well  borne 

Without  defeat.     Therefore  to  France,  my  Liege, 

Diuide  your  happy  England  into  foure,  216 

Whereof,  take  you  one  quarter  into  France, 

And  you  withall  lhall  make  all  Gallia  {hake. 

If  we  with  thrice  fuch  powers  left  at  home, 

Cannot  defend  our  owne  doores  from  the  dogge,  220 

Let  vs  be  worried,  and  our  Nation  lofe 

The  name  of  hardinefle  and  policie. 

King.  Call  in  the  MelTengers  fent  from  the  Dolphin. 
Now  are  we  well  refolu'd,  and  by  Gods  helpe  224 

And  yours,  the  noble  finewes  of  our  power, 
France  being  ours,  wee'l  bend  it  to  our  Awe, 
Or  breake  it  all  to  peeces.     Or  there  wee'l  fit, 
(Ruling  in  large  and  ample  Emperie,  228 

Ore  France,  and  all  her  (almoft)  Kingly  Dukedomes) 
Or  lay  thefe  bones  in  an  vnworthy  Vrne, 
Tomblefle,  with  no  remembrance  ouer  them   : 
Either  our  Hiftory  {hall  with  full  mouth  232 

Speake  freely  of  our  A&s,  or  elfe  our  graue 
Like  Turkifh  mute,  mall  haue  a  tonguelefie  mouth, 
Not  woiihipt  with  a  waxen  Epitaph. 

Enter  Amlaffadors  of  France. 


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COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  72 

[1.  2]  Now  are  we  well  prepar'd  to  know  the  pleafure 
Of  our  faire  Cofin  Dolphin  :  for  we  heare, 
Your  greeting  is  from  him,  not  from  the  King. 
Ami.  May't  pleafe  your  Maieftie  to  giue  vs  leaue 

240  Freely  to  render  what  we  haue  in  charge  : 
Or  fhall  we  fparingly  fhew  you  farre  off 
The  Dolphins  meauing,  and  our  Embafsie. 

King.  We  are  no  Tyrant,  but  a  Chriftian  King, 

244  Vnto  whofe  grace  our  pafsion  is  as  fubie6t 
As  is  our  wretches  fettred  in  our  prifons, 
Therefore  with  franke  and  with  vncurbed  plainneife, 
Tell  vs  the  Dolphins  miude. 

248      Ami.  Thus  than  in  few  : 

Your  Highnefle  lately  fending  into  France, 

Did  claime  fome  certaine  Dukedomes,  in  the  right 

Of  your  great  Predeceflbr,  King  Edward  the  third. 

252  In  anfwer  of  which  claime,  the  Prince  our  Matter 
Sayes,  that  you  fauour  too  much  of  your  youth, 
And  bids  you  be  aduis'd  :  There's  nought  in  France, 
That  can  be  with  a  nimble  Galliard  wonne  : 

256  You  cannot  reuell  into  Dukedomes  there. 
He  therefore  fends  you  meeter  for  your  fpirit 
This  Tun  of  Treafure;  and  in  lieu  of  this, 
Defires  you  let  the  dukedomes  that  you  claime 

260  Heare  no  more  of  you.     This  the  Dolphin  fpeakes. 
King.  What  Treafure  Vncle  ? 
Exe.  Tennis  balles,  my  Liege. 
Kin,  We  are  glad  the  Dolphin  is  fo  pleafant  with  vs, 

264  His  Prefent,  and  your  paines  we  thanke  you  for  : 
When  we  haue  matcht  our  Rackets  to  thefe  Balles, 
We  will  in  France  (by  Gods  grace)  play  a  fet, 
Shall  flrike  his  fathers  Crowne  into  the  hazard. 

268  Tell  him,  he  hath  made  a  match  with  fuch  a  Wrangler, 

'3 


72  TJte  Life  of  Henry  the  Flft.  [COL.  2. 

That  all  the  Courts  of  France,will  be  difturb'd  [I.  2] 

With  Chaces.     And  we  vnderftand  him  well, 

How  he  comes  o're  vs  with  our  wilder  dayes, 

Not  measuring  what  vfe  we  made  of  them.  272 

We  neuer  valew'd  this  poore  feate  of  England, 

And  therefore  liuing  hence,  did  giue  our  felfe 

To  barbarous  licenfe  :  As  'tis  euer  common, 

That  men  are  merrieft,  when  they  are  from  home.  276 

But  tell  the  Dolphin,  I  will  keepe  my  State, 

Be  like  a  King,  and  fhew  my  fayle  of  Greatneffe, 

When  I  do  rowfe  me  in  my  Throne  of  France. 

For  that  I  haue  layd  by  my  Maieftie,  280 

And  plodded  like  a  man  for  working  dayes  : 

But  I  will  rife  there  with  fo  full  a  glorie, 

That  I  will  dazle  all  the  eyes  of  France, 

Yea  ftrike  the  Dolphin  blinde  to  looke  on  vs,  284 

And  tell  the  pleafant  Prince,  this  Mocke  of  his 

Hath  turn'd  his  balles  to  Gun-ftones,  and  his  foule 

Shall  ftand  fore  charged,  for  the  waftefull  vengeance 

That  fhall  flye  with  them :  for  many  a  thoufand  widows  288 

Shall  this  his  Mocke,  mocke  out  of  their  deer  hnsbands ; 

Mocke  mothers  from  their  fonnes,  mock  Caftles  downe : 

And  fome  are  yet  vngotten  and  vnborne, 

That  ihal  haue  caufe  to  curfe  the  Dolphins  fcorne.  292 

But  this  lyes  all  within  the  wil  of  God, 

To  whom  I  do  appeale,  and  in  whofe  name 

Tel  you  the  Dolphin,  I  am  comming  on, 

To  venge  me  as  I  may,  and  to  put  forth  206 

My  nghtfull  hand  in  a  wel-hallow'd  caufe. 

So  get  you  hence  in  peace  :  And  tell  the  Dolphin, 

His  left  will  fauour  but  of  {hallow  wit, 

When  thoufands  weepe  more  then  did  laugh  at  it.  300 

Conuey  them  with  fafe  condud.     Fare  you  well. 

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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  72 

[I.  2]      Exe.  This  was  a  merry  Meflage. 

King.  We  hope  to  make  the  Sender  blufh  at  it  : 

3°4  Therefore,  my  Lords,  omit  no  happy  howre, 
That  may  giue  furth'rance  to  our  Expedition  : 
For  we  haue  now  no  thought  in  vs  but  France, 
Saue  thofe  to  God,  that  runne  before  our  bufinefle. 

308  Therefore  let  our  proportions  for  thefe  Warres 
Be  foone  collected,  and  all  things  thought  vpon, 
That  may  with  reafonable  fwiftnefle  adde 
More  Feathers  to  our  Wings :  for  God  before, 

312  Wee'le  chide  this  Dolphin  at  his  fathers  doore. 
Therefore  let  euery  man  now  taske  his  thought, 
That  this  faire  A6tion  may  on  foot  be  brought.         Exeunt. 

[II.]  Flourifh.     Enter  Chorus. 

Now  all  the  Youth  of  England  are  on  fire, 
And  filken  Dalliance  in  the  Wardrobe  lyes  : 
Now  thriue  the  Armorers,  and  Honors  thought 
4  Reignes  folely  in  the  breaft  of  euery  man. 
They  fell  the  Pafture  now,  to  buy  the  Horfe} 
Following  the  Mirror  of  all  Chriftian  Kings, 
With  winged  heeles,  as  Englifh  Mercuries. 
8  For  now  fits  Expectation  in  the  Ayre, 
And  hides  a  Sword,  from  Hilts  vnto  the  Point, 
With  Crownes  Imperial!,  Crownes  and  Coronets. 
Promis'd  to  Harry,  and  his  followers. 
12  The  French  aduis'd  by  good  intelligence 
Of  this  moft  dreadfull  preparation, 
Shake  in  their  feare,  and  with  pale  Pollicy 
Seeke  to  diuert  the  Englifh  purpofes. 
1 6  O  England  :  Modell  to  thy  inward  Greatnefle, 
Like  little  Body  with  a  mightie  Heart: 

What 


73  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

What  mightft  thou  do,  that  honour  would  thee  do,  [II.] 

Were  all  thy  children  kinde  and  naturall : 

But  fee,  thy  fault  France  hath  in  thee  found  out,  20 

A  neft  of  hollow  bolbmes,  which  he  filles 

With  treacherous  Crownes,  and  three  corrupted  men: 

One,  Richard  Earle  of  Cambridge,  and  the  fecond 

Henry  Lord  Scroope  of  Mq/ham,  and  the  third  24 

Sir  Thomas  Grey  Knight  of  Northumberland, 

Haue  for  the  Gilt  of  France  (O  guilt  indeed) 

Confirm'd  Confpiracy  with  fearefull  France, 

And  by  their  hands,  this  grace  of  Kings  muft  dye.  28 

If  Hell  and  Treafon  hold  their  promifes, 

Ere  he  take  {hip  for  France;  and  in  Southampton. 

Linger  your  patience  on,  and  wee'l  digeft 

Th'abufe  of  diftance  ;  force  a  play  :  2 2 

The  fumme  is  payde,  the  Traitors  are  agreed, 

The  King  is  fet  from  London,  and  the  Scene 

Is  now  tranfported  (Gentles)  to  Southampton, 

There  is  the  Play-houfe  now,  there  muft  you  fit,  36 

And  thence  to  France  mall  we  conuey  you  fafe, 

And  bring  you  backe  :  Charming  the  narrow  feas 

To  giue  you  gentle  PafTe  :  for  if  we  may, 

Wee'l  not  offend  one  ftomacke  with  our  Play.  40 

But  till  the  King  come  forth,  and  not  till  then, 

Vnto  Southampton  do  we  mift  our  Scene.  Exit. 

Enter  Corporall  Nym,  and  Lieutenant  Bardolfe.  [u.  i\ 

Bar.  Well  met  Corporall  Nym. 

Nym.  Good  morrow  Lieutenant  Bardolfe. 

Bar.  What,  are  Ancient  Pi/loll  and  you  friends  vet  ? 

Nym.  For  my  part,   I   care  not :    I  fay  little  :    but  when  4 
time  mall  ferue,  there  mall  be  fmiles,  but  that  fhall  be  as 
it  may.     I  dare  not  fight,  but  I  will  winke  and  holde  out 

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COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  73 

[II.  i]  mine  yron  :  it  is  a  fimple  one,  but  what  though?     It  will 
8  tofte    Cheefe,    and    it   will    endure    cold,    as    another    mans 
fword  will  :  and  there's  an  end. 

Bar.    I   will    beftow    a   breakfaft   to    make  you    friendes, 
and  wee'l   bee   all   three   fworne   brothers  to  France:    Let't 
12  be  fo  good  Corporall  Nym. 

JVyw.  Faith,  I  will  Hue  Ib  long  as  I  may,  that's  the  cer- 
taine  of  it  :  and  when  I  cannot  liue  any  longer,  I  will  doe 
as  I  may  :  That  is  my  reft,  that  is  the  rendeuous  of  it. 
1  6  Bar.  It  is  certaine  Corporall,  that  he  is  marryed  to 
Nell  Quickly,  and  certainly  fhe  did  you  wrong,  for  you 
were  troth-plight  to  her. 

Nym.    I  cannot  tell,  Things    muft  be   as  they  may:  men 

20  may   fleepe,  and    they  may  haue   their   throats   about   them 

at   that   time,    and   fome   fay,    kniues    haue   edges  :   It    mut 

be   as   it   may,  though  patience   be  a  tyred  name,  yet   fhee 

will    plodde,    there    muft    be    Conclufions,   well,    I    cannot 

24  tell. 

Enter  Pi/loll,  &  Quickly. 

Bar.    Heere   comes   Ancient    Pi/loll   and    his   wife:    good 
Corporall   be   patient   heere.      How    now    mine    Hoafte   Pi- 


28  Plft.  Bafe  Tyke,  cal'ft  thou  mee  Hofte,  now  by  this 
hand  I  fweare  I  fcorne  the  terme  :  nor  fliall  my  Net  keep 
Lodgers. 

Hoft.  No  by  my  troth,   not    long  :    For   we   cannot    lodge 

32  and  board  a  dozen  or  fourteene  Gentlewomen  that  liue 
honeftly  by  the  pricke  of  their  Needles,  but  it  will  bee 
thought  we  keepe  a  Bawdy-houfe  ftraight.  O  welliday 
Lady,  if  he  be  riot  hewne  now,  we  {hall  fee  wilful  adulte- 

36  ry  and  murther  committed. 

Bar.    Good    Lieutenant,    good    Corporal    offer     nothing 
heere.  Nym.  Pifli. 

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73  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  a. 

Pi  ft.   Pi  ih   for   thee,    Ifland    dogge  :    thou    prickeard    cur  [I  I.  i] 
of  I  il.nul.  40 

//»/?•    Good    Corporall    Nym    fliew    thy    valor,  and    put 
vp  your  fword. 

Nym.  Will   you   fliogge   off?     I   would    haue  you   folus. 

Pi/1.    Solus,   egregious    dog  ?     O    Viper   vile ;     The    iblus  44 
in   thy  moft   meruailous   face,   the   folus    in    thy  teeth,  and 
in  thy  throate,  and  in  thy  hatefull   Lungs,  yea  in  thy  Maw 
perdy  j    and  which  is  worfe,   within   thy    naftie   mouth.      I 
do  retort  the  folus  in  thy  bowels,  for  I  can  take,  and  Pi-  48 
Jlols  cocke  is  vp,  and  flaming  fire  will  follow. 

Nym.  I  am  not  Barbafon,  you  cannot  coniure  mee  :  I 
haue  an  humor  to  knocke  you  indifferently  well :  If  you 
grow  fowle  with  me  Piftoll,  I  will  fcoure  you  with  my  52 
Rapier,  as  I  may,  in  fayre  tearmes.  If  you  would  walke 
off,  I  would  pricke  your  guts  a  little  in  good  tearmes,  as 
I  may,  and  that's  the  humor  of  it. 

Pift.  O  Braggard  vile,  and  damned  furious  wight,  5^ 

The  Graue  doth  gape,  and  doting  death  is  neere, 
Therefore  exhale. 

Bar.  Heare  me,  heare  me  what  I  fay  :    Hee  that  ftrikes 
the  firft  ftroake,  He  run  him  vp  to  the  hilts,  as  I  am  a  fol-  60 
dier. 

Pi/I.  An  oath  of  mickle  might,  and  fury  mall  abate. 
Giue   me   thy  fift,  thy  fore-foote    to    me  giue  :  Thy   fpirites 
are  moft  tall.  .  ^4 

Nym.  I  will  cut  thy  throate  one  time  or  other  in  faire 
termes,  that  is  the  humor  of  it. 

PlftoLl.  Couple  a  gorge,  that  is  the  word.     I  defie  thee  a- 
gaine.  O  hound  of  Greet,  think'ft  thou  my  fpoufe  to  get  ?  68 
No,  to  the  fpittle  goe,  and  from  the  Poudring   tub  of  in- 
famy,  fetch   forth   the   Lazar   Kite   of   Crefjids   kinde,   Doll 
Teare-Jlieete,  (he  by  name,  and  her  efpoufe.     I  haue,  and  I 

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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  73 

[II.  i]  will   hold   the    Quondam   Quickely  for  the   onely  fhee  :  and 
Pauca,  there's  enough  to  go  to. 

Enter  the  Boy. 

Boy.  Mine    Hoaft   Piftoll,   you   muft   come   to   my  May- 
fter,  and  your  Hoftefie :  He  is  very  ficke,  &  would  to  bed. 
7<5  Good  Bardolfe,  put    thy  face    betweene   his   fheets,    and   do 
'the  Office  of  a  Warming-pan  :  Faith,  he's  very  ill. 
Bard.  Away  you  Rogue. 

Hojt.  By  my  troth  he'l   yeeld   the    Crow  a   pudding  one 

80  of  thefe  dayes :    the  King  has   kild   his   heart.     Good    Huf- 

band  come  home  prefently.  Exit 

Bar.  Come,  fhall  I   make  you   two   friends.     Wee   muft 

to   France   together :  why  the   diuel  mould  we  keep   kniues 

84  to  cut  one  anothers  throats  ? 

Pift.    Let   floods   ore-fwell,    and    fiends    for    food    howle 
on. 

Nym.    You'l   pay  me   the   eight   millings    I  won    of  you 
88  at  Betting? 

Pift.  Bafe  is  the  Slaue  that  payes. 
Nym.  That  now  I  wil  haue  :  that's  the  humor  of  it. 
Pift.  As  manhood  fhal  compound  :  pufh  home.     Draw 
92       Bard.    By   this   fword,    hee   that   makes   the    first    thruft, 
He  kill  him  :  By  this  fword,  I  wil. 

Pi.  Sword   is  an   Oath,   &  Oaths  muft   haue  their  courfe 
Bar.  Coporall   Nym,   &   thou   wilt   be   friends   be   frends, 
96  and  thou  wilt  not,  why  then  be  enemies  with  me  to :  pre- 
thee  put  vp. 

Pift.  A  Noble  (halt  thou  haue,  and  prefent  pay,  and 
Liquor  likewife  will  I  giue  to  thee,  and  friendfhippe 
loo  fhall  combyne,  and  brotherhood.  He  liue  by  Nymme,  & 
Nymme  fhail  liue  by  me,  is  not  this  iuft  ?  For  I  fhal  Sut- 
ler be  vnto  the  Campe,  and  profits  will  accrue.  Giue  mee 
thy  hand. 

h    3  Nym. 


74  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Flft,  [COL.  i. 

Nym.  I  (hall  haue  my  Noble?  [II.  ]] 

Ptfl.  In  cafh,  moft  iuftly  payd. 

Nym.  Well,  then  that  the  humor  oft. 
Enter  HojleJJe. 

Hoft.    As   euer  you   come   of   women,   come   in   quickly 
to  fir  lohn  :  A  poore  heart,  hee   is  fo  fhak'd  of  a  burning  108 
quotidian   Tertian,   that    it    is   moft   lamentable    to    behold. 
Sweet  men,  come  to  him. 

Nym.    The  King  hath  run   bad   humors   on   the  Knight, 
that's  the  euen  of  it.  i  r  2 

Pi/I.  Nym,   thou   haft   fpoke  the    right,  his    heart   is   fra- 
cted  and  corroborate. 

Nym.  The  King  is  a  good  King,  but   it   muft  bee  as  it 
may  :  he  pafles  fome  humors,  and  carreeres.  116 

Pi/I.    Let  vs   condole  the    Knight,   for    (Lambekins)    we 
•will  liue. 

Enter  Exeter,  Bedford,  &  Weftmerland.  [II.  2] 

Bed  Fore  God  his  Grace  is  bold  to  truft  thefe  traitors 

Exe.  They  fhall  be  apprehended  by  and  by. 

Weft.  How  fmooth  and  euen  they  do  bear  themfelues, 
As  if  allegeance  in  their  bofomes  fate  4 

Crowned  with  faith,  and  conftant  loyalty. 

Bed.  The  King  hath  note  of  all  that  they  intend, 
By  interception,  which  they  dreame  not  of. 

Exe.  Nay,  but  the  man  that  was  his  bedfellow,  8 

Whom  he  hath  dull'd  and  cloy'd  with  gracious  fauours ; 
That  he  mould  for  a  forraigne  purfe,  fo  fell 
His  Soueraignes  life  to  death  and  treachery. 

Sound  Trumpets. 
Enter  the  King,  Scroope,  Cambridge,  and  Gray. 

King.  Now  fits  the  winde  faire,  and  we  will  aboord.  i  a 

My  Lord  of  Cambridge,  and  my  kinde  Lord  of  MqJIiam, 
And  you  my  gentle  Knight,  giue  me  your  thoughts: 


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COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  74 

[II.  2]  Thinke  you  not  that  the  powres  we  beare  with  vs 
1 6  Will  cut  their  paflage  through  the  force  of  France  ? 
Doing  the  execution,  and  the  a6te, 
For  which  we  haue  in  head  afTembled  them. 

Scro.  No  doubt  my  Liege,  if  each  man  do  his  beft. 
20      King.  I  doubt  not  that,  fince  we  are  well  perfwaded 
We  carry  not  a  heart  with  vs  from  hence, 
That  growes  not  in  a  faire  confent  with  ours: 
Nor  leaue  not  one  behinde,  that  doth  not  wiih 
24  Succefle  and  Conqueft  to  attend  on  vs. 

Cam.  Neuer  was  Monarch  better  fear'd  and  lou'd, 
Then  is  your  Maiefty ;  there's  not  I  thinke  a  fubiecl: 
That  fits  in  heart-greefe  and  vneafinefle 
28  Vnder  the  fweet  fhade  of  your  gouernment. 

Kni.  True  :  thofe  that  were  your  Fathers  enemies, 
Haue  fteep'd  their  gauls  in  hony,  and  do  ferue  you 
With  hearts  create  of  duty,  and  of  zeale. 
32      King,  We  therefore  haue  great  caufe  of  thankfulnes, 
And  fhall  forget  the  office  of  our  hand 
Sooner  then  quittance  of  defert  and  merit, 
According  to  the  weight  and  worthinefle. 
36      Scro.  So  feruice  {hall  with  Heeled  finewes  toyle, 
And  labour  fhall  refrefh  it  felfe  with  hope 
To  do  your  Grace  incefTant  feruices. 

King.  We  ludge  no  lefle.     Vnkle  of  Exeter, 
40  Inlarge  the  man  committed  yefterday, 

That  rayl'd  againft  our  perfon:  We  confider 
It  was  excefle  of  Wine  that  fet  him  on, 
And  on  his  more  aduice,  We  pardon  him. 
44      Scro.  That's  mercy,  but  too  much  fecurity  : 
Let  him  be  punim'd  Soueraigne,  leaft  example 
Breed  (by  his  fufferance)  more  of  fuch  a  kind. 
Kiug.  O  let  vs  yet  be  mercifull. 


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74  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

Cam.  So  may  your  Highnefle,  and  yet  punifh  too.  [II.  2] 

Grey.  Sir,  you  fliew  great  mercy  if  you  giue  him  life, 
After  the  tafte  of  much  corre&ion. 

King,  Alas,  your  too  much  loue  and  care  of  me, 
Are  heauy  Orifons  'gainft  this  poore  wretch:  52 

If  little  faults  proceeding  on  diftemper, 
Shall  not  be  wink'd  at,  how  lhall  we  ftretch  our  eye 
When  capitall  crimes,  chew'd,  fwallow'd,  and  digefted, 
Appeare  before  vs  ?     Wee'l  yet  inlarge  that  man,  $6 

Though  Cambridge,  Scroope,  and  Gray,  in  their  deere  care 
And  tender  preferuation  of  our  perfon 
Wold  haue  him  puniih'd.  And  now  to  our  French  caufes, 
Who  are  the  late  Commiflioners  ?  60 

Cam.  I  one  my  Lord, 
Your  Highnefle  bad  me  aske  for  it  to  day. 

Scro.  So  did  you  me  my  Liege. 

Gray.  And  I  my  Royall  Soueraigne.  64 

King.  Then  Richard  Earle  of  Cambridge,  there  is  yours: 
There  yours  Lord  Scroope  of  Mafham,  and  Sir  Knight : 
Gray  of  Northumberland,  this  fame  is  yours  : 
Reade  them,  and  know  I  know  your  worthinefle.  68 

My  Lord  of  Wejlmerland,  and  Vnkle  Exeter, 
We  will  aboord  to  night.     Why  how  now  Gentlemen  ? 
What  fee  you  in  thofe  papers,  that  you  loofe 
So  much  complexion  ?  Looke  ye  how  they  change  :  71 

Their  cheekes  are  paper.     Why,  what  reade  you  there, 
That  haue  fo  cowarded  and  chac'd  your  blood 
Out  of  apparance. 

Cam.  I  do  confefle  my  fault,  76 

And  do  fubmit  me  to  your  Highnefle  mercy. 

Gray.  Scro.  To  which  we  all  appeale. 

King.  The  mercy  that  was  quicke  in  vs  but  late, 
By  your  owne  counfaile  is  fuppreft  and  kill'd :  80 


COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  74 

[II.  2]  You  muft  not  dare  (for  ftiame)  to  talke  of  mercy, 
For  your  owne  reafons  turne  into  your  bofomes, 
As  dogs  vpon  their  maifters,  worrying  you  : 

84  See  you  my  Princes,  and  my  Noble  Peeres, 

Thefe  Euglifh  monfters  :  My  Lord  of  Cambridge  heere. 
You  know  how  apt  our  loue  was,  to  accord 
To  furnifh  with  all  appertinents 

88  Belonging  to  his  Honour ;  and  this  man, 

Hath  for  a  few  light  Crownes,  lightly  coufpir'd 

And  fworne  vnto  the  practifes  of  France 

To  kill  vs  heere  in  Hampton.     To  the  which, 

92  This  Knight  no  lefle  for  bounty  bound  to  Vs 

Then  Cambridge  is,  hath  likewife  fworne.  But  O, 
What  mall  I  fay  to  thee  Lord  Scroope,  thou  cruell, 
Ingratefull,  fauage,  and  inhumane  Creature  ? 

96  Thou  that  didft  beare  the  key  of  all  my  counfailes, 
That  knew'fl  the  very  bottome  of  my  foule, 
That  (almoftj  might'ft  haue  coyn'd  me  into  Golde, 
Would'ft  thou  haue  pra6tis'd  on  me,  for  thy  vfe  ? 
100  May  it  be  pofsible,  that  forraigne  hyer 

Could  out  of  thee  extract  one  fparke  of  euill 
That  might  annoy  my  finger  ?  'Tis  fo  ftrange, 
That  though  the  truth  of  it  ftands  off  as  grofle 
104  As  blacke  and  white,  my  eye  will  fcarfely  fee  it. 
Treafon,  and  murther,  euer  kept  together, 
As  two  yoake  diuels  fworne  to  eythers  purpofe, 
Working  fo  groflely  in  an  naturall  caufe, 
1 08  That  admiration  did  not  hoope  at  them. 

But  thou  (gainft  all  proportion)  didft  bring  in 
Wonder  to  waite  on  treafon,  and  on  murther  : 
And  whatfoeuer  cunning  fiend  it  was 
112  That  wrought  vpon  thee  fo  prepofteroufly, 
Hath  got  the  voyce  in  hell  for  excellence  : 

And 
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75  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

And  other  diuels  that  fuggeft  by  treafons,  [II.  2] 

Do  botch  and  bungle  vp  damnation, 

With  patches,  colours,  and  with  formes  being  fetcht  1 16 

From  glift'ring  femblances  of  piety  : 

But  he  that  temper'd  thee,  bad  thee  ftand  vp, 

Gaue  thee  no  inftance  why  thou  fhouldft  do  treafon, 

Vnlefle  to  dub  thee  with  the  name  of  Traitor.  120 

If  that  fame  Daemon  that  hath  gull'd  thee  thus, 

Should  with  his  Lyon-gate  walke  the  whole  world, 

He  might  returne  to  vaftie  Tartar  backe, 

And  tell  the  Legions,  I  can  neuer  win  124 

A  foule  fo  eafie  as  that  Engliftimans. 

Oh,  how  haft  thou  with  iealoufie  infected 

The  fweetnefie  of  affiance?  Shew  men  dutifull, 

Why  fo  didft  thou  :  feeme  they  graue  and  learned  ?  1 28 

Why  fo  didft  thou.     Come  they  of  Noble  Family  ? 

Why  fo  didft  thou.Seeme  they  religious  ? 

Why  fo  didft  thou.     Or  are  they  fpare  in  diet, 

Free  from  grofle  pafsion,  or  of  mirth,  or  anger,  I3a 

Conftant  in  fpirit,  not  fweruing  with  the  blood, 

Garnim'd  and  deck'd  in  modeft  complement, 

Not  working  with  the  eye,  without  the  eare, 

And  but  in  purged  iudgement  trufting  neither,  136 

Such  and  fo  finely  boulted  didft  thou  feeme : 

And  thus  thy  fall  hath  left  a  kinde  of  blot, 

To  make  thee  full  fraught  man,  and  beft  indued 

With  fome  fufpition,  I  will  weepe  for  thee.  140 

For  this  reuolt  of  thine,  me  thinkes  is  like 

Another  fall  of  Man.     Their  faults  are  open, 

Arreft  them  to  the  anfwer  of  the  Law, 

And  God  acquit  them  of  their  pra6lifes.  144 

Exe.    I   arreft   thee   of  High   Treafon,   by  the    name    of 
Richard  Earle  of  Cambridge  . 


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COL.  I.]  Tne  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  75 

[II.  2]      I   arreft  thee  of  High  Treafon,  by  the  name  of  Thomas 
148  Lord  Scroope  of  Marjliam. 

I   arreft   thee  of  High  Treafon,  by  the  name  of  Thomas 

Grey,  Knight  of  Northumberland. 

Scro.  Our  purpofes,  God  iuftly  hath  difcouer'd, 
152  And  I  repent  my  fault  more  then  my  death, 

Which  I  befeech  your  Highnefie  to  forgiue, 

Although  my  body  pay  the  price  of  it. 

Cam.  For  me,  the  Gold  of  France  did  not  feduce, 
156  Although  I  did  admit  it  as  a  motiue, 

The  fooner  to  effect  what  I  intended : 

But  God  be  thanked  for  preuention, 

Which  in  fufferance  heartily  will  reioyce, 
1 60  Befeeching  God,  and  you,  to  pardon  mee. 

Gray.  Neuer  did  faithfull  fubieft  more  reioyce 

At  the  difcouery  of  moft  dangerous  Treafon, 

Then  J  do  at  this  houre  ioy  ore  my  felfe, 
164  Preuented  from  a  damned  enterprize ; 

My  fault,  but  not  my  body,  pardon  Soueraigne. 

King.  God  quit  you  in  his  mercy:  Hear  your  fentence 

You  haue  confpir'd  againft  Our  Royall  perfon, 
168  loyn'd  with  an  enemy  proclaim'd,  and  from  his  Coffers, 

Receyu'd  the  Golden  Earneft  of  Our  death  : 

Wherein  you  would  haue  fold  your  King  to  ilaughter, 

His  Princes,  and  his  Peeres  to  feruitude, 
172  His  Subie&s  to  opprefsion,  and  contempt, 

And  his  whole  Kingdome  into  defolation  : 

Touching  our  perfon,  feeke  we  no  reuenge, 

But  we  our  Kingdomes  fafety  uiuft  fo  tender, 
1 76  Whofe  ruine  you  fought,  that  to  her  Lawes 

We  do  deliuer  you.     Get  you  therefore  hence, 

(Poore  miferable  wretches)  to  your  death: 

The  tafte  whereof,  God  of  his  mercy  giue 


75  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  a. 

You  patience  to  indure,  and  true  Repentance  [II.  2] 

Of  all  your  deare  offences.     Beare  them  hence.  Exit. 

Now  Lords  for  France  :  the  enterprife  whereof 

Shall  be  to  you  as  vs,like  glorious. 

We  doubt  not  of  a  faire  and  luckie  Warre,  184 

Since  God  fo  gracioufly  hath  brought  to  light 

This  dangerous  Treafon,  lurking  in  our  way, 

To  hinder  our  beginnings.     We  doubt  not  now, 

But  euery  Rubbe  is  fmoothed  on  our  way.  188 

Then  forth,  deare  Countreymen  :  Let  vs  deliuer 

Our  Puilfance  into  the  hand  of  God, 

Putting  it  ftraight  in  expedition. 

Chearely  to  Sea,the  fignes  of  Warre  aduance,  192 

No  King  of  England,if  not  King  of  France.  Flour'i/h. 

Enter  Pi/loll,  Nim,  Bardolph,  Boy,  and  Hofleffe.  [II.  3] 

HofteJJe.    'Prythee    honey   fweet    Husband,  let    me    bring 
thee  to  Staines. 

Pijloll.    No  :   for  my  manly  heart  doth  erne.     Bardolph, 
be   blythe :    Nim,   rowfe   thy  vaunting   Veines :  Boy,   brifsle  4 
thy   Courage  vp  :  for   Falftaff'e   hee  is   dead,  and  wee  muft 
erne  therefore. 

Bard.   Would    I    were  with    him,   wherefomere    hee    is, 
eyther  in  Heauen,  or  in  Hell.  8 

Hojleffe.    Nay  fure,  hee's   not  in   Hell :    hee's  in  Arthurs 
Bofome,  if  euer  man  went  to  Arthurs  Bofome  :    a   made   a 
finer  end,  and  went  away  and  it  had  beene  any  Chriftome 
Child  :  a  parted  eu'n  iuft  betweene  Twelue  and  One,  eu'n  12 
at  the  turning  o'th'Tyde :  for  after  I  faw  him  fumble  with 
the  Sheets,  and  play  with  Flowers,  and  fmile  vpon  his  fin- 
gers end,  I  knew  there  was  but  one  way :  for  his  Nofe  was 
as  lharpe  as  a  Pen,  and  a  Table  of  greene  fields.  How  now  16 
Sir  lohn   (quoth  I P)  what  man  ?    be  a  good  cheare :    fo   a 
cryed  out,  God,  God,  God,  three  or  foure  times  :  now  I, 

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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  75 

[II.  3]  to  comfort  him,  bid  him  a  fhould  not  thinke  of  God ;    I 
20  hop'd   there   was   no   neede   to    trouble   himfelfe  with    any 
fuch   thoughts   yet :  fo  a  bad  me  lay  more  Clothes  on  his 
feet :  I  put  my  hand  into  the  Bed,  and  felt  them,  and  they 
were  as  cold  as  any  ftone  :  then  I  felt  to  his  knees,  and  fo 
a4  vp-peer'd,  and  vpward,  and  all  was  as  cold  as  any  ftone. 
Nim.  They  fay  he  cryed  out  of  Sack. 
Hojleffe.  I,  that  a  did. 
Bard.  And  of  Women. 
2  8      Hojleffe.  Nay,  that  a  did  not. 

Boy.  Yes   that  a   did,  and   faid   they  were   Deules   incar- 
nate. 

Woman.    A   could    neuer    abide   Carnation,   'twas    a   Co- 
32  lour  he  neuer  lik'd. 

Boy.    A   faid   once,   the   Deule  would    haue    him   about 
Women. 

Hojiejfe.  A   did    in    fome     fort  (indeed)  handle   Women : 
36  but   then   hee  was   rumatique,  and  talk'd  of  the  Whore  of 
Babylon. 

Boy.  Doe   you   not    remember  a  faw  a  Flea   fticke  vpon 
Bardolphs  Nofe,  and  a  faid  it  was  a  blacke   Soule  burning 
40  in  Hell. 

Bard.  Well,  the  fuell   is   gone   that   maintain'd   that   fire : 
that's  all  the  Riches  I  got  in  his  feruice. 

Nim.  Shall   wee   fhogg?    the   King    will    be    gone    from 
44  Southampton. 

Pifl.  Come,  let's  away.  My  Loue,  giue  me  thy  Lippes : 
Looke  to  my  Chattels,  and  my  Moueables :  Let  Sences 
rule:  The  world  is,  Pitch  and  pay:  truft  none:  for  Oathes 
48  are  Srrawes,  mens  Faiths  are  Wafer-Cakes,  and  hold-fart 
is  the  onely  Dogge :  My  Ducke,  therefore  Caueto  bee 
thy  Counfailor.  Goe,  cleare  thy  Chryftalls.  Yoke- 
fellowes  in  Armes  ,  let  vs  to  France,  like  Horle 

leeches 
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76  Tht  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

leeches   my   Boyes,   to  fucke,  to  fucke,   the  very  blood   to  [II.  3] 
fucke. 

Boy.  And  that's  but  vnwholefome  food,  they  fay. 

Pi/?.  Touch  her  foft  moutb,and  march. 

Bard.  Farwell  Hoftefle.  56 

Nim.    I   cannot    kifle ,   that    is    the    humor    of   it :    but 
adieu. 

Pift.    Let     Hufwiferie     appeare :     keepe     clofe  ,   I     thee 
command.  60 

HofleJJe.  Farwell  :  adieu.  Exeunt. 

Flouri/k.  [II.  4] 

Enter  the  French  King,  the  Dolphin,  the  Dukes 
of  Berry  and  Britaine. 

King.  Thus  comes  the  Engliih  with  full  power  vpon  vs, 
And  more  then  carefully  it  vs  concernes, 
To  anfwer  Royally  in  our  defences. 

Therefore  the  Dukes  of  Berry  and  of  Britaine,  4 

Of  Brabant  and  of  Orleance,  mail  make  forth, 
And  you  Prince  Dolphin,  with  all  fwift  difpatch 
To  lyne  and  new  repayre  our  Townes  of  Warre 
With  men  of  courage,  and  with  meanes  defendant:  8 

For  England  his  approaches  makes  as  fierce, 
As  Waters  to  the  fucking  of  a  Gulfe. 
It  fits  vs  then  to  be  as  prouident, 

As  feare  may  teach  vs,  out  of  late  examples  12 

Left  by  the  fatall  and  neglected  Engliih, 
Vpon  our  fields. 

Dolphin.  My  moft  redoubted  Father, 

It  is  moft  meet  we  arme  vs  'gainft  the  Foe  :  16 

For  Peace  it  felfe  fhould  not  fo  dull  a  Kingdome, 
(Though  War  nor  no  knowne  Quarrel  were  in  queftion) 
But  that  Defences,  Mufters,  Preparations, 
Should  be  maintaiu'd,  aflembled,  and  collected,  20 

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COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  76 

[II.  4]  As  were  a  Warre  in  expectation. 

Therefore  I  fay,  'tis  meet  we  all  goe  forth, 

To  view  the  lick  and  feeble  parts  of  France : 
24  And  let  us  doe  it  with  no  fhew  of  feare, 

No,  with  no  more,  then  if  we  heard  that  England 

Were  bufied  with  a  Whitfon  Morris-dance  : 

For,  my  good  Liege,  fhee  is  fo  idly  King'd, 
28  Her  Scepter  fo  phantaftically  borne, 

By  a  vaine  giddie  mallow  humorous  Youth, 

That  feare  attends  her  not. 

Const.  O  peace,  Prince  Dolphin, 
32  You  are  too  much  miftaken  in  this  King : 

Queftion  your  Grace  the  late  Embafladors, 

With  what  great  State  he  heard  their  Embaffie, 

How  well  fupply'd  with  Noble  Councellors, 
36  How  modeft  in  exception  ;  and  withall, 

How  terrible  in  conftant  refolution  : 

And  you  mall  find,  his  Vanities  fore-fpent, 

Were  but  the  out-fide  of  the  Roman  Brutus, 
4°  Couering  Difcretion  with  a  Coat  of  Folly  ; 

As  Gardeners  doe  with  Ordure  hide  thofe  Roots 

That  fhall  firft  fpring,  and  be  moft  delicate. 

Dolphin.  Well,  'tis  not  fo,  my  Lord  High  Conftable. 
44  But  though  we  thinke  it  fo,  it  is  no  matter  : 

In  cafes  of  defence,  'tis  beft  to  weigh 

The  Enemie  more  mightie  then  he  feemes, 

So  the  proportions  of  defence  are  fill'd  : 
48  Which  of  a  weake  and  niggardly  proieftion, 

Doth  like  a  Mifer  fpoyle  his  Coat,  with  scanting 

A  little  Cloth. 

King.  Thinke  we  King  Harry  flrong  : 
52  And  Princes,  looke  you  ftrongly  arme  to  meet  him. 

The  Kindred  of  him  hath  beene  flelht  vpon  vs : 


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76  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  a. 

And  he  is  bred  out  of  that  bloodie  ftraine,  [II.  4] 

That  haunted  vs  in  our  familiar  Pathes : 

Witneile  our  too  much  memorable  fhame,  36 

When  Crefly  Battell  fatally  was  ftrucke, 
And  all  our  Princes  captiu'd,by  the  hand 
Of  that  black  Natne,E^ard,black  Prince  of  Wales : 
Whiles  that  his  Mountaine  Sire,on  Mountaine  flanding  60 

Vp  in  the  Ayre,crown'd  with  the  Golden  Sunne, 
Saw  his  Heroicall  Seed,and  fmil'd  to  fee  him 
Mangle  the  Worke  of  Nature,and  deface 

The  Patternes,that  by  God  and  by  French  Fathers  64 

Had  twentie  yeeres  been  made.     This  is  a  Stem 
Of  that  Victorious  Stock  :  and  let  vs  feare 
The  Natiue  mightinefle  and  fate  of  him. 
Enter  a  MeJJenger. 

Me(f.  Embafiadors  from  Harry  King  of  England,  68 

Doe  craue  admittance  to  your  Maieftie. 

King.  Weele  giue  them  present  audience. 
Goe,and  bring  them. 
You  fee  this  Chafe  is  hotly  followed,  friends.  Jz 

Dolphin.  Turne  headland  flop  purfuit:for  coward  Dogs 
Moft  fpend  their  mouths,  whe  what  they  feem  to  threaten 
Runs  farre  before  them.     Good  my  Soueraigne 
Take  vp  the  Engliih  fliort,and  let  them  know  76 

Of  what  a  Monarchic  you  are  the  Head  : 
Selfe-loue,my  Liege,is  not  fo  vile  a  finne, 
As  felfe-negle6ting. 

Enter  Exeter. 

King.  From  our  Brother  of  England  ?  80 

Exe.  From  him,and  thus  he  greets  your  Maieftie  : 
He  wills  you  in  the  Name  of  God  Almightie, 
That  you  deueft  your  felfe,and  lay  apart 
The  borrowed  Glories,that  by  gift  of  Heauen,  84 


3° 


COL.  a.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  76 

[II.  4]  By  Law  of  Nature,  and  of  Nations,  longs 

To  him  and  to  his  Heires,  namely,  the  Crowne, 

And  all  wide-ftretched  Honors,  that  pertaine 
88  By  Cuftome,  and  the  Ordinance  of  Times, 

Vnto  the  Crowne  of  France  :  that  you  may  know 

'Tis  no  finifter,  nor  no  awk-ward  Clayme, 

Pickt  from  the  worme-holes  of  long-vaniftit  dayes, 
92  Nor  from  the  duft  of  old  Obliuion  rakt, 

He  fends  you  this  moft  memorable  Lyne, 

In  euery  Branch  truly  demonftratiue  ; 

Willing  you  ouer-looke  this  Pedigree  : 
p6  And  when  you  find  him  euenly  deriu'd 

From  his  moft  fam'd,  of  famous  Anceftors, 

Edward  the  third ;  he  bids  you  then  refigne 

Your  Crowne  and  Kingdome,  indireftly  held 
100  From  him,  the  Natiue  and  true  Challenger. 
King.  Or  elfe  what  followes  ? 
Exe.  Bloody  conftraint :  for  if  you  hide  the  Crowne 

Euen  in  your  hearts,  there  will  he  rake  for  it. 
104  Therefore  in  fierce  Tempeft  is  he  comming, 

In  Thunder  and  in  Earth-quake,  like  a  loue  : 

That  if  requiring  faile,  he  will  compell. 

And  bids  you,  in  the  Bowels  of  the  Lord, 
1 08  Deliuer  vp  the  Crowne,  and  to  take  mercie 

On  the  poore  Soules,  for  whom  this  hungry  "Warre 

Opens  his  vaftie  lawes:  and  on  your  head 

Turning  the  Widdowes  Teares,  the  Orphans  Cryes, 
112  The  dead-mens  Blood,  the  priuy  Maidens  Groanes, 

For  Husbands,  Fathers,  and  betrothed  Louers, 

That  fliall  be  fwallowed  in  this  Controuerfie. 

This  is  his  Clayme,  his  Threatning,  and  my  Meflage  : 
116  Vnleffe  the  Dolphin  be  in  prefence  here ; 

To  whom  expreflely  I  bring  greeting  to. 

King.  For 


77  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

King.  For  vs,  we  will  confider  of  this  further:  [II.  4] 

To  morrow  fliall  you  beare  our  full  intent 
Back  to  our  Brother  of  England.  I2° 

Dolph.  For  the  Dolphin, 
I  ftand  here  for  him  :  what  to  him  from  England  ? 

Exe.  Scorne  and  defiance,  Height  regard,  contempt, 
And  any  thing  that  may  not  mil-become  i^4 

The  mightie  Sender,  doth  he  prize  you  at. 
Thus  fayes  my  King :  and  if  your  Fathers  Highneife 
Doe  not,  in  graunt  of  all  demands  at  large, 

Sweeten  the  bitter  Mock  you  fent  his  Maiefliej  12° 

Hee'le  call  you  to  fo  hot  an  Anfwer  of  it, 
That  Caues  and  Wombie  Vaultages  of  France 
Shall  chide  your  Trefpas,  and  returne  your  Mock 
In  fecond  Accent  of  his  Ordinance.  132. 

Dolph.  Say  :  if  my  Father  render  faire  returne, 
It  is  againft  my  will :  for  I  delire 
Nothing  but  Oddes  with  England. 

To  that  end,  as  matching  to  his  Youth  and  Vanitie,  I3^ 

I  did  prefent  him  with  the  Paris-Balls. 

Exe.  Hee'le  make  your  Paris  Louer  make  for  it, 
Were  it  the  Miftrefle  Court  of  mightie  Europe : 
And  be  aflur'd,  you'le  find  a  difference,  140 

As  we  his  Subie&s  haue  in  wonder  found, 
Betweene  the  promife  of  his  greener  dayes, 
And  thefe  he  mafters  now :  now  he  weighes  Time 
Ellen  to  the  vtmoft  Graine:  that  you  mail  reade  144 

In  your  owne  Lofles,  if  he  ftay  in  France. 

King.  To  morrow  mall  you  know  our  mind  at  full. 

Flouri/h. 

Exe.  Difpatch  vs  with  all  fpeed,  leaft  that  our  King 
Come  here  himfelfe  to  queftion  our  delay)  148 

For  he  is  footed  in  this  Land  already. 


COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  77 

[II.  4]       King.  You  fhalbe  foone  difpatcht,  with  faire  conditions. 

A  Night  is  but  fmall  breathe,  and  little  pawfe, 
i52  To  anfwer  matters  of  this  confequcnce.  Exeunt. 


[III.]  Actus  Secundus. 


Flouri/h.     Enter  Chorus. 

Thus  with  imagin'd  wing  our  fwift  Scene  flyes, 
In  motion  of  no  lefle  celeritie  then  that  of  Thought. 
Suppofe,  that  you  haue  ieene 
4  The  well-appointed  King  at  Douer  Peer, 
Embarke  his  Royaltie  :  and  his  braue  Fleet, 
With  filken  Streamers,  the  young  Phebus  fayningj 
Play  with  your  Fancies  :  and  in  them  behold, 
8  Vpon  the  Hempen  Tackle,  Ship-boyes  climbing ; ' 
Heare  the  fhrill  Whittle,  which  doth  order  giue 
To  founds  confus'd :  behold  the  threaden  Sayles, 
Borne  with  th'inuinble  and  creeping  Wind, 

12  Draw  the  huge  Bottomes  through  the  furrowed  Sea, 
Brefting  the  loftie  Surge.     O,  doe  but  thinke 
You  fland  vpon  the  Riuage,  and  behold 
A  Citie  on  th'inconftant  Billowes  dauncing : 

1 6  For  fo  appeares  this  Fleet  Maiefticall, 

Holding  due  courfe  to  Harflew.     Follow,  follow 
Grapple  your  minds  to  fternage  of  this  Nauie, 
And  leaue  your  England  as  dead  Mid-night,  frill, 

20  Guarded  with  Grandfires,  Babyes,  and  old  Women, 
Eyther  paft,  or  not  arriu'd  to  pyth  and  puiflance  : 
For  who  is  he,  whofe  Chin  is  but  enricht 

a — FOL.         3  33 


77  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  a. 

With  one  appearing  Hayre,  that  will  not  follow  [JH-J 

Thefe  cull'd  and  choyfe-drawne  Caualiers  to  France  ?  24 

Worke,  worke  your  Thoughts,  and  therein  fee  a  Siege : 
Behold  the  Ordenance  on  their  Carriages, 
With  fatall  mouthes  gaping  on  girded  Harflew. 
Suppofe  th'Embaflador  from  the  French  comes  back  :  28 

Tells  Harry,  That  the  King  doth  offer  him 
Katherine  his  Daughter,  and  with  her  to  Dowrie, 
Some  petty  and  vnprofitable  Dukedomes. 

The  offer  likes  not :  and  the  nimble  Gunner  «a 

With  Lynftock  now  the  diuellifh  Cannon  touches, 
Alarum,  and  Chambers  goe  off". 
And  downe  goes  all  before  them.     Still  be  kind, 
And  eech  out  our  performance  with  your  mind.  Exit 

Enter  the  King,  Exeter,  Bedford,  and  Gloucefter.  rjjj    jl 

Alarum  :  Scaling  Ladders  at  Harjlew. 
King.  Once  more  vnto  the  Breach, 
Deare  friends,  once  more ; 
Or  clofe  the  Wall  vp  with  our  Englim  dead  : 
In  Peace,  there's  nothing  fo  becomes  a  man,  A 

As  modeft  ftillnefle,  and  humilitie : 
But  when  the  blaft  of  Warre  blowes  in  our  eares, 
Then  imitate  the  adion  of  the  Tyger  : 

Stiffen  the  linewes,  commune  vp  the  blood,  g 

Difguife  faire  Nature  with  hard-fauour'd  Rage : 
Then  lend  the  Eye  a  terrible  afpe6t : 
Let  it  pry  through  the  portage  of  the  Head, 
Like  the  Braffe  Cannon  :  let  the  Brow  o'rewhelme  it,  12 

As  fearefully,  as  doth  a  galled  Rocke 
O're-hang  and  iutty  his  confounded  Bafe, 
Swill'd  with  the  wild  and  waflfull  Ocean. 
Now  fet  the  Teeth,  and  ftretch  the  Nofthrill  wide.  ,$ 


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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  77 

[III.  i]  Hold  hard  the  Breath,  and  bend  vp  euery  Spirit 

To  his  full  height.     On,  on,  you  Noblilh  Englifh, 
Whofe  blood  is  fet  from  Fathers  of  Warre-proofe : 

20  Fathers,  that  like  fo  many  Alexanders, 

Haue  in  thefe  parts  from  Morne  till  Euen  fought, 
And  iheath'd  their  Swords,  for  lack  of  argument. 
Dishonour  not  your  Mothers  :  now  atteft, 

24  That  thofe  whom  you  call'd  Fathers,  did  beget  you. 
Be  Coppy  now  to  me  of  grofler  blood, 
And  teach  them  how  to  Warre.     And  you  good  Yeomen, 
Whofe  Lyms  were  made  in  England;  (hew  vs  here 

28  The  mettell  of  your  Pafture  :  let  vs  fweare, 

That  you  are  worth  your  breeding :  which  I  doubt  not : 
For  there  is  none  of  you  fo  meane  and  bafe, 
That  hath  not  Noble  lufter  in  your  eyes. 

32  I  fee  you  ftand  like  Grey-hounds  in  the  flips,    . 
Straying  vpon  the  Start.     The  Game's  afoot : 
Follow  your  Spirit  3  and  vpon  this  Charge, 
Cry,  God  for  Harry,  England,  and  S.  George. 

Alarum,  and  Chambers  goe  off. 

[III.  2]  Enter  Nim,  Bardolph,  Piftoll,  and  Boy. 

Bard.  On,  on,  on,  on,  on,  to  the  breach,  to  the  breach. 
Nim.     'Pray   thee   Corporall    ftay,    the    Knocks    are    too 
hot :    and  for  mine  owne  part,  I  haue  not  a  Cafe  of  Liues : 
4  the   humor   of  it   is   too   hot,  that   is   the   very  plaine-Song 
of  it. 

Pi/I.    The  plaine-Song   is   moft   iuft :    for  humors  doe   a- 
bound :    Knocks    goe    and    come :     Gods    Vaflals    drop   and 
8  dye :    and   Sword  and   Shield,  in   bloody   Field,  doth  winue 
immortal!  fame. 

Soy.    Would    I   were    in    an    Ale-houfe    in    London ,    I 
would  giue  all  my  fame  for  a  Pot  of  Ale,  and  fafetie. 

Pi/l.And 


78  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Flft.  [COL.  i. 

Pift.    And   I :    If  wilhes   would    preuayle   with    me,   my  [III.  a] 
purpofe   fhould   not   fayle   with   mej    but   thither   would   I 
high. 

Boy.    As   duly,   but   not   as   truly,  as   Bird   doth   ling  on 
bough.  1 6 

Enter  Flue  1 1  en. 

Flu.     Vp     to     the     breach,    you     Dogges;     auaunt    you 
Cullions. 

Pift.    Be    mercifull   great   Duke   to  men   of  Mould :    a- 
bate   thy   Rage,   abate   thy   manly    Rage ;    abate   thy  Rage,  20 
great   Duke.       Good    Bawcock    bate   thy    Rage :    vfe   lenitie 
fweet  Chuck. 

Nim.   Thefe   be   good   humors :    your   Honour   wins   bad 
humors.  Exit.  24 

Boy.    As   young   as   I    am,  I   haue   obferu'd   thefe   three 
Swafhers :  I  am  Boy  to  them   all  three,  but  all  they  three, 
though   they  would   ferue   me,  could   not   be  Man  to  me; 
for  indeed  three  fuch  Antiques  doe  not  amount  to  a  man :  28 
for   Bardolph,.  hee    is   white-liuer'd,    and    red-fac'd;    by   the 
means   whereof,    a   faces    it   out,  but  fights  not :    for  Pi/toll, 
hee   hath   a   killing   Tongue,   and   a   quiet   Sword ;    by  the 
meanes     whereof,     a     breakes    Words,    and    keepes    whole  32 
Weapons :     for    Nim,   hee    hath    heard,    that   men    of    few 
Words  are  the  beft  men,  and   therefore   hee    fcornes  to  fay 
his    Prayers,   left    a    fhould    be   thought   a    Coward :    but  his 
few    bad  Words   are   matcht  with   as    few    good  Deeds;  for  36 
a  neuer  broke  any  mans  Head  but  his  owne,  and  that  was 
againft  a  Poft,  when  he  was  drunke.      They  will  fteale  any 
thing,    and    call   it    Purchafe.      Bardolph    ftole    a    Lute-cafe, 
bore   it   twelue    Leagues,   and   fold   it   for   three  halfepence.  40 
Nim   and   Bardolph   are   fworne    Brothers    in   filching:    and 
in  Callice  they  ftole  a   fire-mouell.     I  knew  by  that  peece 
of    Seruice,   the    men    would    carry   Coales.      They   would 

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COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  78 

fill.  2]  haue  me  as  familiar  with  mens  Pockets,  as  their  Gloues 
or  their  Hand-kerchers :  which  makes  much  againft  my 
Manhood,  if  I  mould  take  from  anothers  Pocket,  to  put 
into  minej  for  it  is  plaine  pocketting  vp  of  Wrongs. 
48  I  muft  leaue  them,  and  feeke  fome  better  Seruice :  their 
Villany  goes  againft  my  weake  ftomacke,  and  therefore 
I  muft  caft  it  vp.  Exit. 

Enter  Gower. 

Gower.    Captaine    Fluellen,   you   muft   come    prefently    to 
52  the    Mynes  j    the   Duke   of    Gloucefter   would   fpeake   with 
you. 

Flu.    To   the   Mynes  ?     Tell   you   the  Duke,  it   is  not  fo 
good    to   come    to   the    Mynes :    for   looke   you,  the   Mynes 
56  is   not  according   to   the  difciplines  of  the  Warre  j    the  con- 
cauities   of   it   is   not   fufficient :     for    looke   you,    th'athuer- 
farie,  you    may    difcufie   vnto   the   Duke,  looke  you,  is  digt 
himfelfe   foure   yard   vnder   the    Countermines :    by    Chefliu, 
60  I    thinke  a  will  plowe  vp  all,  if  there  is  not  better  directi- 
ons. 

Gower.    The   Duke   of   Gloucefter,    to    whom    the    Order 
of   the   Siege   is    giuen,   is   altogether  dire<5ted   by   an   Trim 
64  man,  a  very  valiant  Gentleman  yfaith. 

Welch.  It  is  Captaine  Makmorrice,  is  it  not  ? 
Gower.  I  thinke  it  be. 

Welch.  By  CheJJiu  he  is  an  AlTe,  as  in  the  World,  I  will 
68  veriiie   as   much    in    his  Beard :    he  ha's  no   more  directions 
in    the   true   difciplines   of    the   Warres,   looke   you,    of  the 
Roman  difciplines,  then  is  a  Puppy-dog. 

Enter  Makmorrice,  and  Captaine  lamy. 
Gower.    Here  a  comes,  and  the  Scots  Captaine,  Captaine 
j2  lamy,  with  him. 

Welch.     Captaine    lamy   is    a    maruellous    falorous    Gen- 
tleman, that  is   certain,  and  of  great  expedition  and  know- 


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78  The  Life  of  Henry  tht  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

ledge   in   th'aunchiant   Warres,   vpon   my   particular   know-  [III.  2] 
ledge  of  his   directions :    by   Chq/Jiu   he   will  maintaine   his  /6 
Argument   as   well   as  any  Militarie  man  in   the   World,  in 
the  difciplines  of  the  Priftine  Warres  of  the  Romans. 

Scot.  I  fay  gudday,  Captaine  Fluellen. 

IVelch.      Godden     to     your     Worfhip,     good     Captaine  80 
James. 

Gower.  How  now  Captaine  Mackmorrice,  haue  you 
quit  the  Mynes  ?  haue  the  Pioners  giuen  o're  ? 

lr\fh.     By    Chrilh    Law    tifh    ill    done :    the    Worke    ifli  84 
giue   ouer,  the  Trompet   found  the  Retreat.     By  my  Hand 
I  fweare,  and   my  fathers   Soule,  the   Worke   ifh   ill   done : 
it   ilh   giue  ouer :    I   would  haue    blowed   vp   the    Towne, 
fo  Chrifh  faue  me  law,  in  an  houre.     O  tifh  ill  done,  tilh  ill  88 
done :  by  my  Hand  tilh  ill  done. 

Welch.      Captaine     Mackmorrice,    I     befeech    you    now, 
will   you   voutfafe   me,  looke  you,  a  few   difputations   with 
you,   as    partly    touching   or   concerning    the    difciplines   of  92 
the  Warre,  the  Roman  Warres,  in  the   way  of  Argument, 
looke   you,    and   friendly  communication :    partly    to   fatisfie 
my  Opinion,  and   partly  for   the   fatisfa&ion,  looke  you,   of 
my   Mind :    as    touching   the    direction    of  the  Militarie  dif-  96 
cipline,  that  is  the  Point. 

Scot.  It  fall  be  vary  gud,  gud  feith,  gud  Captens  bath, 
and  I  fall  quit  you  with  gud  leue,  as  I  may  pick  occafion  : 
that  fall  I  mary.  100 

Ir\jh.  It  is  no  time  to  difcourfe,  fo  Chrifh  faue  me : 
the  day  is  hot,  and  the  Weather,  and  the  Warres,  and  the 
King,  and  the  Dukes :  it  is  no  time  to  difcourfe,  the  Town 
is  befeech'd:  and  the  Trumpet  call  vs  to  the  breech,  and  104 
we  talke,  and  be  Chrilh  do  nothing,  tis  fhame  for  vs  all: 
fo  God  fa'me  tis  fhame  to  ftand  ftill,  it  is  fhame  by  my 
hand :  and  there  is  Throats  to  be  cut,  and  Workes  to  be 

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COL.  a.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  ;8 

[III.  2]  done,  and  there  ifh  nothing  done,  fo  Chrifl  fa'me  law. 

Scot.  By  the  Mes,  ere  theife  eyes  of  mine  take  them- 
felues  to  flomber,  ayle  de  gud  feruice,  or  lie  ligge  i'th' 
grund  for  it ;  ay,  or  goe  to  death:  and  He  pay't  as  valo- 
112  roufly  as  I  may,  that  fal  I  fuerly  do,  that  is  the  breff  and 
the  long :  mary,  I  wad  full  faine  heard  fome  queftion 
tween  you  tway. 

Welch.     Captaine     Mackmorrice,    I     thinke,     looke     you, 
Ii6vnder    your    correction,  there    is   not    many  of   your    Na- 
tion. 

Ir'i/k.    Of  my   Nation?      What   ifh  my   Nation?      Ifh   a 
Villaine,  and  a  Bafterd,  and  a  Knaue,  and  a  Rafcall.     What 
120  ifh  my  Nation  ?     Who  talkes  of  my  nation  ? 

Welch.  Looke  you,  if  you  take  the  matter  otherwife 
then  is  meant,  Captaine  Mackmorrice,  peraduenture  I 
fhall  thinke  you  doe  not  vfe  me  with  that  affabilitie,  as  in 
124  difcretion  you  ought  to  vfe  me,  looke  you,  being  as  good 
a  man  as  your  felfe,  both  in  the  difciplines  of  Warre,  and 
in  the  deriuation  of  my  Birth,  and  in  other  particula- 
rities. 

128      Iri/h.    I  doe  not   know  you   fo  good  a  man  as  my  felfe: 
fo  Chrifh  faue  me,  I  will  cut  off  your  Head. 

Gower.  Gentlemen  both,  you  will  miftake  each  other. 
Scot.  A,  that's  a  foule  fault.  A  Parley. 

132      Gower.  The  Towne  founds  a  Parley. 

Welch.      Captaine     Mackmorrice,    when     there     is     more 
better    oportunitie    to    be    required,   looke    you,    I   will    be 
fo  bold   as   to   tell  you,  I   know   the  difciplines  of  Warre : 
136  and  there  is  an  end.  Exit. 

[III.  3]  Enter  the  King  and  all  his  Traine  before  the  Gates. 

King.  How  yet  refolues  the  Gouernour  of  the  Towne  ? 
This  is  the  lateft  Parle  we  will  admit : 

There- 
39 


79  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  I . 

Therefore  to  our  beft  mercy  giue  your  felues,  [III.  3] 

Or  like  to  men  prowd  of  deftruction,  4 

Defie  vs  to  our  worft  :  for  as  I  am  a  Souldier, 

A  Name  that  in  my  thoughts  becomes  me  beft  j 

If  I  begin  the  batt'rie  once  againe, 

I  will  not  leaue  the  halfe-atchieued  Harflew,  8 

Till  in  her  allies  me  lye  buryed. 

The  Gates  of  Mercy  fhall  be  all  Ihut  vp, 

And  the  flefh'd  Souldier,  rough  and  hard  of  heart, 

In  libertie  of  bloody  hand,  fhall  raunge  12 

With  Confcience  wide  as  Hell,  mowing  like  Graffe 

Your  frefh  faire  Virgins,  and  your  flowring  Infants. 

What  is  it  then  to  me,  if  impious  Warre, 

Arrayed  in  flames  like  to  the  Prince  of  Fiends,  i<5 

Doe  with  his  fmyrcht  complexion  all  fell  feats, 

Enlynckt  to  waft  and  defolation  ? 

What  is't  to  me,  when  you  your  felues  are  caufe, 

If  your  pure  Maydens  fall  into  the  hand  20 

Of  hot  and  forcing  Violation  ? 

What  Reyne  can  hold  licentious  Wickednefle, 

When  downe  the  Hill  he  holds  his  fierce  Carriere  ? 

We  may  as  bootlefle  fpend  our  vaiue  Command  24 

Vpon  th'enraged  Souldiers  in  their  fpoyle, 

As  fend  Precepts  to  the  Leuiathan,  to  come  afhore. 

Therefore,  you  men  of  Harflew, 

Take  pitty  of  your  Towne  and  of  your  People,  28 

Whiles  yet  my  Souldiers  are  in  my  Command, 

Whiles  yet  the  coole  and  temperate  Wind  of  Grace 

O're-blowes  the  filthy  and  contagious  Clouds 

Of  headly  Murther,  Spoyle,  and  Villany.  32 

If  not :  why  in  a  moment  looke  to  fee 

The  blind  and  bloody  Souldier,  with  foule  hand 

Defire  the  Locks  of  your  fhrill-ihriking  Daughters : 


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COL.  I.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  79 

.[III.  3]  Your  Fathers  taken  by  the  filuer  Beards, 

And  their  moft  reuerend  Heads  dafht  to  the  Walls  : 

Your  naked  Infants  fpitted  vpon  Pykes, 

Whiles  the  mad  Mothers,  with  their  howles  confus'd, 
4°  Doe  breake  the  Clouds  j  as  did  the  Wiues  of  lewry, 

At  Herods  bloody-hunting  flaughter-men. 

What  fay  you  ?     Will  you  yeeld,  and  this  auoyd 

Or  guiltie  in  defence,  be  thus  deftroy'd. 

Enter  Gouernour. 
44      Gouer.  Our  expe6tation  hath  this  day  an  end : 

The  Dolphin,  whom  of  Succours  we  entreated, 

Returnes  vs,  that  his  Powers  are  yet  not  ready, 

To  rayfe  fo  great  a  Siege  :  Therefore  great  King, 
48  We  yeeld  our  Towne  and  Liues  to  thy  foft  Mercy  : 

Enter  our  Gates,  difpofe  of  vs  and  ours, 

For  we  no  longer  are  defensible. 

King.  Open  your  Gates  :  Come  Vnckle  Exeter, 
$2  Goe  you  and  enter  Harflew  ;  there  remaine, 

And  fortifie  it  ftrongly  'gainft  the  French  : 

Vfe  mercy  to  them  all  for  vs,  deare  Vnckle. 

The  Winter  comming  on,  and  Sicknefle  growing 
56  Vpon  our  Souldiers,  we  will  retyre  to  Calis. 

To  night  in  Harflew  will  we  be  your  Gueft, 

To  morrow  for  the  March  are  we  addreft. 

Flouri/h,  and  enter  the  Towne. 

[III.  4]  Enter  Katherine  and  an  old  Gentlewoman. 

Kathe.  Alice,  tu  as   ejle  en  Angleterre,   &  tu  bien  parlas 
le  Language. 

Alice.  En  pen  Madame. 

4      Kath.  le  te  prie  menfigniex,  il  faut  que  ie  apprend  a  par- 
len  :  Comient  appelle  vous  le  main  en  Anglois  ? 
Alice.  Le  main  il  &  appelle  de  Hand. 


79  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  a. 

Kath.  DC  Hand.  [III.  4] 

Alice.  E  le  doyts.  8 

Kat.  Le  doyts,  mafoy  le  oullie,  e  doyt  mays,  ie  mefouemeray 
le  doyts  ie  penfe  quils  ont  appelle  dejingres,  ou  dejingres. 

Alice.  Le  main  de  Hand,  le  doyts  le  Fingres,  ie  penfe  que  ie 
fuis  le  Ion  efcholier.  12 

Kath.    Pay  gaynie  diux  mots  d'  Anglois  viftement,   coment 
appelle  vous  le  angles  ? 

Alice.  Le  ongles,  les  appellons  de  Nayles. 

Kath.  De  Nayles  efcoute :  dites  may,  fi  le  parle  lien:  de  16 
Hand,  de  Fingres,  e  de  Nayles. 

Alice.   Ceft  lien  di6l  Madame,  il  &fort  Ion  Anglois. 

Kath.  Dites  moy  I  Anglois  pour  le  Iras. 

Alice.  De  Arme,  Madame.  20 

Kath.  E  de  coudee. 

Alice.  D' Elbow. 

Kath.  D' Elbow:  Ie  men  fay  le  repiticio  de  touts  les  mots 
que  vous  moves,  apprins  des  a  prefent.  24 

Alice.  II  £s*  trop  difficile  Madame,  comme  Ie  penfe. 

Kath.    Excufe   moy    Alice   efcoute,    d' Hand,   de   Fingre,   de 
Nayles,  d'Arma,  de  Bilbow. 

Alice.  D' Elbow,  Madame.  28 

Kath.  O  Seigneur  Dieu,  ie  men  oullie  d' Elbow,  coment  ap- 
pelle vous  le  col. 

Alice.  De  Nick,  Madame. 

Kath.  De  Nick,  e  le  men  ton.  32 

Alice.  De  Chin. 

Kath.  De  Sin :  le  col  de  Nick,  le  menton  de  Sin. 

Alice.  Ouy.     Sauf  vojlre   honneur  en  verite  vous  pronoun- 
cies  les  mots  aufi  droi£l,  que  le  Natifs  d"  Angle  (err  e,  36 

Kath.  Ie  ne  doute  point  d'apprendre  par  de  grace  de  Dieu, 
£5*  en  pen  de  temps. 

Alice.  Naue  vos  y  dejia  oullie  ce  que  ie  vous  a  enjignie. 


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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  79 

[III.  4]      Kath.  Nome  ie  recitera  a  vous  promptement,   d'Hand,   de 
Fingre,  de  Maylees. 

Alice.  De  Nayles,  Madame. 
Kath.  De  Nayles,  de  Arme,  de  Ilbow. 
44      Alice.  Sans  vojlre  honeus  d Elbow. 

Kath.  Ainjl  de  ie  d  Elbow,  de  Nick,  &  de  Sin :  content  ap- 
pelle  vou?  les  pied  &  de  roba. 

Alice.  Le  Foot  Madame,  &  Ie  Count. 

48  Kath.  Le  Foot,  &  Ie  Count :  0  Seignieur  Dieu,  il  font  Ie 
mots  de  fon  mauvais  corruptible  grqffe  &  impudique,  &  non 
pour  Ie  Dames  de  Honeur  d'vfer :  Ie  ne  voudray  pronouncer  ce 
mots  deuant  Ie  Seigneurs  de  France,  pour  toute  Ie  monde,fo  Ie 
52  Foot  &  Ie  Count,  neant  moys,  Ie  recitera  vn  autrefoys  ma  lecon 
enfembe,  d  Hand,  de  Fingre,  de  Nayles,  d'Arme,  d  Elbow,  de 
Nick,  de  Sin,  de  Foot,  Ie  Count. 

Alice.  Excellent,  Madame. 

56      Kath.   C'ejl  ajjes  pour  viie  foyes,  alons  nous  a  diner. 

Exit. 

[III.  5]  Enter  the  King  of  France,  the  Dolphin,  the 

Conjlable  of  France,  and  others. 
King.  'Tis  certaine  he  hath  pafl  the  Riuer  Some. 
Conft.  And  if  he  be  not  fought  withall,  my  Lord, 
Let  vs  not  liue  in  France  :  let  vs  quit  all, 
4  And  giue  our  Vineyards  to  a  barbarous  People. 

Dolph.   O  Dieu  viuant :  Shall  a  few  Sprayes  of  vs, 
The  emptying  of  our  Fathers  Luxurie, 
Our  Syens,  put  in  wilde  and  fauage  Stock, 
8  Spirt  vp  fo  fuddenly  into  the  Clouds, 
And  ouer-looke  their  Grafters  ? 

Brit.  Normans,  but  baftard  Normans,  Norman  baftards  : 
Mort  du  ma  vie,  if  they  march  along 
I  a  Vnfought  withall,  but  I  will  fell  my  Dukedome, 

To 
43 


8o  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  T. 

To  buy  a  flobbry  and  a  durtie  Farrne  [III.  5] 

In  that  nooke-lhotten  He  of  Albion. 

Confl.  Dieu  de  Battailes,  where  haue  they  this  mettell  ? 
Is  not  their  Clymate  foggy,  raw,  and  dull  ?  T<5 

On  whom,  as  in  defpight,  the  Sunne  lookes  pale, 
Killing  their  Fruit  with  frownes.     Can  fodden  Water, 
A  Drench  for  fur-reyn'd  lades,  their  Early  broth, 
Decoft  their  cold  blood  to  fuch  valiant  heat  ?  2o 

And  fhall  our  quick  blood,  fpirited  with  Wine, 
Seeme  froftie  ?  O,  for  honor  of  our  Land, 
Let  vs  not  hang  like  roping  Ilyckles 

Vpon  our  Houfes  Thatch,  whiles  a  more  froftie  People  24 

Sweat  drops  of  gallant  Youth  in  our  rich  fields  : 
Poore  we  call  them,  in  their  Natiue  Lords. 

Dolphin.  By  Faith  and  Honor, 

Our  Madames  mock  at  vs,  and  plainely  fay,  28 

Our  Mettell  is  bred  out,  and  they  will  giue 
Their  bodyes  to  the  Luft  of  Englifh  Youth, 
To  new-ftore  France  with  Baftard  Warriors. 

Brit.  They  bid  vs  to  the  Englifli  Dancing-Schooles,  32 

And  teach  Lauoltas  high,  and  fwift  Carranto's, 
Saying,  our  Grace  is  onely  in  our  Heeles, 
And  that  we  are  moft  loftie  Run-awayes. 

King.  Where  is  Montioy  the  Herald  ?  fpeed  him  hence,          36 
Let  him  greet  England  with  our  fharpe  defiance. 
Vp  Princes,  and  with  fpirit  of  Honor  edged, 
More  fharper  then  your  Swords,  high  to  the  field  : 
Charles  Delabreth,  High  Conftable  of  France,  40 

You  Dukes  of  Orleance,  Burlon,  and  of  Berry, 
Alanfon,  Brabant,  Bar,  and  Burgonie, 
laques  Chattillion,  Ramlures,  Fandemont, 

Beumont,  Grand  Free,  Roijffi,  and  Faulconlridge,  44 

Loys,  Leflrale,  Bouciyuall,  and  Charaloyes, 


44 


COL.  i.]  The  Life  oj  Henry  the  Flft.  80 

[III.  5]  High  Dukes,  great  Princes,  Barons,  Lords,  and  Kings  j 

For  your  great  Seats,  now  quit  you  of  great  {names  : 
48  Barre  Harry  England,  that  fweepes  through  our  Land 

With  Penons  painted  in  the  blood  of  Harflew  : 

Rum  on  his  Hoafl,  as  doth  the  melted  Snow 

Vpon  the  Valleyes,  whofe  low  Vaflall  Seat, 
52  The  Alpes  doth  fpit,  and  void  his  rhewme  vpon. 

Goe  downe  vpon  him,  you  haue  Power  enough, 

And  in  a  Captiue  Chariot,  into  Roan 

Bring  him  our  Prifoner. 
56      Const.  This  becomes  the  Great. 

Sorry  am  I  his  numbers  are  fo  few, 

His  Souldiers  lick,  and  famiiht  in  their  March : 

For  I  am  fure,  when  he  fhall  fee  our  Army, 
60  Hee'le  drop  his  heart  into  the  fiuck  of  feare, 

And  for  atchieuement,  offer  vs  his  Ranfome. 

King.  Therefore  Lord  Conftable,  haft  on  Montioy, 

And  let  him  fay  to  England,  that  we  fend, 
64  To  know  what  willing  Ranfome  he  will  giue. 

Prince  Dolphin,  you  ihall  ftay  with  vs  in  Roan. 
Dolph.  Not  fo,  I  doe  befeech  your  Maieftie. 
King.  Be  patient,  for  you  mall  remaine  with  vs. 
68  Now  forth  Lord  Conftable,  and  Princes  all, 

And  quickly  bring  vs  word  of  Englands  fall.         Exeunt. 

[III.  6]  Enter  Captaines,  Engli/h  and  Welch,  Cower 

and  Fluellen. 

Gower.    How    now    Captaine    Fluellen,   come    you    from 
the  Bridge  ? 

Flu.    I   aflure  you,  there  is  very  excellent  Seruices    com- 
4  mitted  at  the  Bridge. 

Gower.  Is  the  Duke  of  Exeter  fafe  ? 

Flu.  The   Duke   of  Exeter    is    as   magnanimous   as   Aga- 


8o  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  a. 

memnon,  and  a  man  that  I  loue  and  honour  with  my  foule,  [III.  6] 
and  my  heart,  and  my  dutie,  and  my  liue,  and  my  lining,  8 
and  my  vttermoft  power.     He  is  not,  God  be  prayfed  and 
blefled,   any  hurt    in    the   World,   but    keepes    the    Bridge 
moft  valiantly,  with  excellent  difcipline.      There  is  an  aun- 
chient  Lieutenant  there  at  the  Fridge,  I  thinke  in  my  very  12 
confcience  hee  is  as  valiant  a  man  as  Marke  AntJiony,  and 
hee  is  a  man  of  no  eflimation  in  the  World,  but  I  did  fee 
him  doe  as  gallant  feruice. 

Gower.  What  doe  you  call  him  ?  16 

Flu.  Hee  is  call'd  aunchient  Pi/loll. 

Gower.  I  know  him  not. 

Enter  Pi/loll. 

Flu.  Here  is  the  man. 

Pift.  Captaine,  I  thee   befeech    to   doe   me   fauours :    the  20 
Duke  of  Exeter  doth  loue  thee  well. 

Flu.  I,  I  prayfe  God,  and  I  haue  merited   fome  loue  at 
his  hands. 

Pist.    Bardolph,   a    Souldier   firme    and    found    of    heart,  24 
and  of   buxome   valour,   hath    by   cruell    Fate,   and    giddie 
Fortunes   furious   fickle   Wheele,    that    Goddefie    blind,    that 
ftands  vpon  the  rolling  reftlefle  Stone. 

Flu.    By  your    patience,    aunchient    Pi/loll:     Fortune    1528 
painted    blinde,   with   a   Muffler   afore   his   eyes,   to   fignifie 
to  you,   that   Fortune   is   blinde  j    and   fhee   is   painted   allb 
with  a  Wheele,  to  fignifie  to  you,  which  is  the   Morall  of 
it,   that  fhee    is    turning    and    inconftant,   and    mutabilttie,  32 
and   variation :    and    her   foot,    looke   you,    is   fixed    vpon    a 
Sphericall    Stone,   which    rowles,    and    rowles,    and   rowles  : 
in   good   truth,  the    Poet   makes  a  moft   excellent    defcripti- 
on  of  it :  Fortune  is  an  excellent  Morall.  36 

Pi/I.    Fortune    is    Bardolphs   foe,    and    frownes    on    him  : 
for  he  hath  ftolne  a  Pax,  and  hanged  muft  a  be :  a  damned 

46 


COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henri/  the  Fift.  80 

[III.  6]  death :    let   Gallowes   gape   for   Dogge,   let    man   goe    free, 

40  and   let   not    Hempe   his   Wind-pipe    fuffocate :    but  Exeter 

hath   giuen    the    doome   of    death,    for    Pax   of    little   price. 

Therefore    goe    fpeake,   the    Duke    will    heare    thy   voyce; 

and   let    not    Bardolphs  vitall   thred    bee   cut   with   edge   of 

44  Penny-Cord,    and    vile     reproach.       Speake     Captaine     for 

his  Life,  and  I  will  thee  requite. 

Flu.    Aunchient    Piftoll,    I    doe    partly    vnderftand    your 
meaning. 
48      Pi/I.  Why  then  reioyce  therefore. 

Flu.     Certainly   Aunchient,    it   is   not   a    thing   to   reioyce 
at :  for  if,  looke  you,  he  were  my  Brother,  I   would  defire 
the  Duke  to  vfe  his  good  pleafure,  and  put  him  to  execu- 
52  tion  j  for  difcipline  ought  to  be  vfed. 

Pifl.  Dye,  and  be  dam'd,  and  Figo  for  thy  friendship. 
Flu.  It  is  well. 

Pi  ft.  The  Figge  of  Spaine  Exit. 

56      Flu.  Very  good. 

Gmver.   Why,   this    is    an    arrant    counterfeit    Rafcall,    I 
remember  him  now :  a  Bawd,  a  Cut-purfe. 

Flu.  lie    aflure    you,    a    vtt'red    as    praue   words   at    the 
60  Pridge,  as   you    fhall   fee  in  a  Summers  day  :  but  it  is  very 
well :  what  he  ha's  fpoke  to  me,  that  is  well  I  warrant  you, 
when  time  is  ferue. 

Gower.  Why  'tis  a  Gull,  a  Foole,  a  Rogue,  that  now  and 

64  then  goes  to  the  Warres,  to    grace    himfelfe   at   his  returne 

into    London,   vnder   the   forme    of    a    Souldier :    and    fuch 

fellowes    are   perfit   in    the  Great  Commanders    Names,  and 

they  will    learne   you   by   rote   where    Seruices   were   done ; 

68  at  fuch  and  fuch  a  Sconce,  at  fuch  a  Breach,  at  fuch  a  Con- 

uoy :    who    came    off    brauely,    who    was    fhot,    who    dil- 

grac'd,   what    termes   the   Enemy   flood   on  .-    and    this   they 

conne  perfidy  in   the  phrafe  of  Warrej    which   they  tricke 


8 1  The  Life  of  Henry  the  F'ift.  [COL.  I. 

vp  with  new-tuned  Oathes :    and  what  a   Beard  of  the  Ge-  [III.  6] 
neralls  Cut,  and  a  horride   Sute  of  the  Campe,  will  doe  a- 
mong    foming    Bottles,    and    Ale-waftit    Wits,    is    wonder- 
full  to  be  thought  on :    but  you  rnuft   learne  to  know  fuch 
flanders   of  the  age,  or   elfe  you   may   be   maruelloufly  mi-  7<5 
ftooke. 

Flu.    I  tell  you  what,  Captaine  Gower :    I   doe   perceiue 
hee  is  not  the  man  that   hee  would  gladly  make  fhew   to 
the  World  hee  is :  if  I  finde  a  hole  in  his  Coat,  I  will  tell  80 
him  my  minde :    hearke  you,  the   King  is   comming,  and  I 
muft  fpeake  with  him  from  the  Fridge. 

Drum  and  Colours.     Enter  the  King  and  his 

poore  Souldiers. 
Flu.  God  plefle  your  Maieftie. 

King.  How  now  Fluellen,  cam'ft  thou  from  the  Bridge?        84 
Flu.    I,   fo   pleafe  your   Maieftie :    The   Duke  of  Exeter 
ha's   very   gallantly   maintain'd    the   Fridge  -}    the   French   is 
gone  off,   looke  you,   and   there  is  gallant   and  moft  praue 
paflages :      marry,     th'athuerfarie     was    haue     poflefiion     of  88 
the   Fridge,  but   he  is  enforced  to  retyre,  and   the    Duke  of 
Exeter   is    Mafter  of  the  Fridge :    I  can  tell    your    Maieftie, 
the  Duke  is  a  praue  man. 

King.  What  men  haue  you  loft,  Fluellen  ?  92 

Flu.    The    perdition    of    th'athuerfarie    hath    beene    very 
great,  reafonnable  great :    marry  for   my  part,  I    thinke   the 
Duke  hath  loft  neuer  a  man,  but  one  that  is  like  to  be  exe- 
cuted for   robbing   a  Church,  one    Bardolph,  if  your   Maie-  96 
ftie   know   the   man :    his  face  is  all  bubukles  and  whelkes, 
and  knobs,  and  flames  a  fire,  and    his   lippes  blowes  at  his 
nofe,   and  it  is   like   a   coale   of  fire,  fometimes   plew,   and 
fometimes    red  ,  but    his    nofe    is   executed,   and    his    fire's  100 
out. 


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COL.  i.J  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  81 

[III.  6]  King.  Wee  would  haue  all  fuch  offenders  fo  cut  off: 
and  we  giue  exprefie  charge,  that  in  our  Marches  through 

104  the  Countrey,  there  be  nothing  compell'd  from  the  Vil- 
lages; nothing  taken,  but  pay'd  for:  none  of  the  French 
vpbrayded  or  abufed  in  difdaineful  Language ;  for  when 
Leuitie  and  Crueltie  play  for  a  Kingdome,  the  gentler 

Jo8  Gamefter  is  the  fooneft  \vinne 

Tucket.     Enter  Mountioy. 
•  Mountioy.  You  know  me  by  my  habit. 

King.    Well    then,   I   know   thee :    what  mall  I  know  of 
thee? 

112      Mountioy.  My  Mafters  mind. 
King.  Vnfold  it. 

Mountioy.     Thus    fayes    my    King :     Say    thou    to    Harry 
of  England,  Though  we  feem'd    dead,   we   did   but    fleepe : 

1 1 6"  Aduantage  is  a  better  Souldier  then  raflinefle.  Tell  him, 
wee  could  haue  rebuk'd  him  at  Harflewe,  but  that  wee 
thought  not  good  to  bruife  an  iniurie,  till  it  were  full 
ripe.  Now  wee  fpeake  vpon  our  Q.  and  our  voyce  is  im- 

I2operiall.-  England  fliall  repent  his  folly,  fee  his  weake- 
nefle,  and  admire  our  fufterance.  Bid  hi.n  therefore  con- 
fider  of  his  ranfome,  which  muft  proportion  the  lolfes  we 
haue  borne,  the  fubie£ts  we  haue  loft,  the  difgrace  we 

124  haue  digefted ;  which  in  weight  to  re-anfwer,  his  petti- 
nefle  would  bow  vnder.  For  our  loifes,  his  Exchequer  is 
too  poore ;  for  th'  effufion  of  our  bloud,  the  Mufter  of  his 
Kingdome  too  faint  a  number;  and  for  our  difgrace,  his 

128  owne  perfon  kneeling  at  our  feet,  but  a  weake  and  worth- 
lelTe  fatisfadion.  To  this  adde  defiance:  and  tell  him  for 
conclufion,  he  hath  betrayed  his  followers,  whole  con- 
demnation is  pronounc't :  So  farre  my  King  and  Mafterj 

132  fo  much  my  Office. 

a — FOL.         4  49 


8 1  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

King.  What  is  thy  name?     I  know  thy  qualitie.  [III.  6] 

Mount.  Mountioy. 

King.  Thou  doo'ft  thy  Office  fairely.     Turne  thee  back, 
And  tell  thy  King,  I  doe  not  feeke  him  now,  136 

But  could  be  willing  to  march  on  to  Callice, 
Without  impeachment :  for  to  fay  the  footh, 
Though  'tis  no  wifdome  to  confefle  fo  much 

Vnto  an  enemie  of  Craft  and  Vantage,  j^o 

My  people  are  with  fiekneffe  much  enfeebled, 
My  numbers  leffen'd :  and  thofe  few  I  haue, 
Almoft  no  better  then  fo  many  French ; 

Who  when  they  were  in  health,  I  tell  thee  Herald,  144 

I  thought,  vpon  one  payre  of  Englim  Legges 
Did  march  three  Frenchmen.     Yet  forgiue  me  God, 
That  I  doe  bragge  thus ;  this  your  ayre  of  France 
Hath  blowne  that  vice  in  me.     I  muft  repent :  148 

Goe  therefore  tell  thy  Mafter,  heere  I  am ; 
My  Ranfome,  is  this  frayle  and  worthlefle  Trunke  j 
My  Army,  but  a  weake  and  fickly  Guard : 

Yet  God  before,  tell  him  we  will  come  on,  152 

Though  France  himfelfe,  and  fuch  another  Neighbor 
Stand  in  our  way.  There's  for  thy  labour  Mountioy. 
Goe  bid  thy  Mafter  well  aduife  himfelfe. 

If  we  may  pafie,  we  will :  if  we  be  hindred,  i^<5 

We  {hall  your  tawnie  ground  with  your  red  blood 
Difcolour :  and  fo  Mountioy,  fare  you  well. 

The  fumme  of  all  our  Anfwer  is  but  this  :  • 

We  would  not  feeke  a  Battaile  as  we  are,  160 

Nor  as  we  are,  we  fay  we  will  not  fhun  it : 
So  tell  your  Mafter. 

Mount.     I     fhall    deliuer    fo  :     Thankes    to    your    High- 
nefle. 

Glouc.  I  hope  they  will  not  come  vpon  vs  now.  164 


COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  rfi 

[III.  6]      King.  We  are  in  Gods  hand,  Brother,  not  in  theirs  : 
March  to  the  Bridge,  it  now  drawes  toward  night, 
Beyond  the  Riuer  wee'le  encampe  our  felues, 
1 68  And  on  to  morrow  bid  them  march  away  Exeunt. 

[III.  7]  Enter  the  Conftalle  of  France,  the  Lord  Ramlurs, 

Orleance,  Dolphin,  with  others. 

Con  ft.  Tut,    I    haue    the    bed    Armour    of    the   World : 
would  it  were  day. 

Orleance.    You    haue    an   excellent   Armour :    but   let   my 
4  Horfe  haue  his  due. 

Con/I.  It  is  the  beft  Horfe  of  Europe. 
Orleance.  Will  it  neuer  be  Morning? 

Dolph.     My    Lord    of    Orleance,    and     my    Lord    Con- 
8  ftable,  you  talke  of  Horfe  and  Armour? 

Orleance.     You    are    as    well    prouided    of    both,    as   any 
Prince  in  the  World. 

Dolph.    What  a   long  Night   is   this?     I  will  not  change 

12  my    Horfe   with   any    that    treades    but    on    foure    poftures : 

ch'ha :    he   bounds    from    the  Earth,  as  if  his  entrayles  were 

hayres :    le   Cheual  volants,  the  Pegafus,   ches   les   narines  de 

feu.     When  I  beftryde  him,  I  foare,  lama  Hawke :  he  trots 

1 6  the  ayre  :  the  Earth    lings,  when    he  touches   it:    the  bafeft 

home   of    his    hoofe,    is    more    Muficall    then   the    Pipe    of 

Hermes. 

Orleance.     Hee's  of  the  colour  of  the  Nutmeg. 
20      Dolph.  And   of  the    heat   of  the    Ginger.     It   is   a   Beaft 
for  Perfeus :  hee  is  pure  Ayre  and  Fire  j    and  the  dull  Ele- 
ments   of  Earth    and   Water  neuer   appeare  in  him,  but  on- 
ly in   patient    ftillnefle   while    his    Rider   mounts   him :    hee 
24  is    indeede    a    Horfe,    and    all    other    lades    you    may    call 
Beafts. 

i  Const.  In- 


82  Vie  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

Conjl.     Indeed   my    Lord,   it   is   a   molt  abfolute  and  ex-  [III.  7] 
eel  lent  Horfe. 

Dolph.    It    is   the    Prince   of  Palfrayes,  his    Neigh    is   like  28 
the    bidding   of   a    Monarch,    and   his   countenance   enforces 
Homage. 

Orleance.  No  more  Coufin. 

Dolph.    Nay,    the    man    hath    no   wit,    that   cannot   from  32 
the    riling   of    the     Larke    to    the    lodging   of    the    Lam  be, 
varie  deferued  prayfe  on    my    Palfray :     it    is    a    Theame   as 
fluent   as   the  Sea  :    Turne  the  Sands  into  eloquent  tongues, 
and   my    Horfe    is   argument    for   them    all  :     'tis    a    fubieft  36 
for  a    Soueraigne   to   reafon    on,  and    for   a  Soueraignes  So- 
ueraigne   to  ride   on :    And   for    the    World,  familiar  to   vsj 
and    vnknowne,    to    lay    apart    their    particular     Functions, 
and    wonder   at    him,    I    once  writ    a    Sonnet  in  his  prayfe,  40 
and  began  thus,  Wonder  of  Nature. 

Orleance.  I  haue  heard  a  Sonnet  begin  fo  to  ones  Mi- 
ftrefle. 

Dolph.    Then    did    they    imitate    that    which    I    compos'd  44 
to  my  Courier,  for  my  Horfe  is  my  Miftrefle. 

Orleance.  Your  Miftrefle  beares  well. 

Dolph.  Me»  well,  which  is  the  prefcript  prayfe  and  per- 
fection of  a  good  and  particular  Miftrefle.  43 

Conft.  Nay,  for  me  thought  yefterday  your  Miftrefle 
ftirewdly  fhooke  your  back. 

Dolph.   So  perhaps  did  yours. 

Conjl.  Mine  was  not  bridle  1.  52 

Do! ph.  O  then  belike  fhe  wa>  old  and  gentle,  and  you 
rode  like  a  Kerne  of  Ireland,  your  French  Hofe  off,  and  in 
yonr  ftrait  Stroflers. 

Conjl.       You      haue     good      iudgement     in      Horfeman-  56 
(hip. 

Dot  ph.    Be   warn'd  by  me   then :    they    that  ride  fo,  and 


COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  82 

[III.  7]  ride  not  warily,    fall  into  foule    Boggs:    1    had   rather   haue 
60  my  Horfe  to  my  Miftreile. 

Conjl.  I  had  as  Hue  have  my  Miflrelfe  a  lade. 
Do/ph.     I  tell  thee    Conflable,    my    Miftreffe    weares    his 
owne  hayre. 

64  Conjl.  I  could  make  as  true  a  boaft  as  that,  if  I  had  a 
Sow  to  my  Miftrefle. 

Do/ph.    Le  chien  eft  retourne  a  fon  propre  vemiflement  eft 
la  leuye  lauee  au  lourbier:  thou  mak'ft  vfe  of  any  thing. 
68       Conjl.    Yet   doe  I    not    vfe   my    Horfe   for   my   Miftreffe, 
or  any  fuch  Prouerbe,  fo  little  kin  to  the  purpofe. 

Raml.    My    Lord    Conftable,    the    Armour    that  I  faw  in 
your  Tent  to  night,  are  thofe  Starres  or  Sunnes  vpon  it  ? 
72       Conjl.   Starres  my  Lord. 

Do/ph.  Some  of  them  will  fall  to  morrow,  I  hope. 
Conjl.  And  yet  my  Sky  fhall  not  want. 
Dolph.    That    may   be,    for   you   beare   a    many    fuperflu- 
76  oufly,  and  'twere  more  honor  fome  were  away. 

Conjl.  Eu'n  as  your  Horfe  beares  your  prayfes,  who 
would  trot  as  well,  were  fome  of  your  bragges  difmoun- 
ted. 

80  Do/ph.  Would  I  were  able  to  loade  him  with  his  de- 
fert.  Will  it  neuer  be  day  ?  I  will  trot  to  morrow  a  mile, 
and  my  way  fhall  be  paued  with  Englifli  Faces. 

Conjl.    I    will  not  fay  fo,  for  feare  I  mould  be  fac't  out 
84  of  my  way :     but    I    would  it   were  morning,  for    I   would 
faine  be  about  the  eares  of  the  Englilh. 

Ramb.  Who  will  goe  to  Hazard  with  me  for  twentie 
Prifoners  ? 

88  Conjl.  You  muft  firft  goe  your  felfe  to  hazard,  ere  you 
haue  them. 

Dolph.  'Tis  Mid-night,  He  goe  arme  rny  felfe.  Exit. 

Orleance.  The  Dolphin  longs  for  morning. 


8a  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Flft.  [COL.  2. 

Ramb.  He  longs  to  eate  the  Englifh.  [III.  7] 

Conjl.  I  thinke  he  will  eate  all  he  kills. 

Orleance.    By  the  white  Hand  of  my   Lady,  hee's   a   gal- 
lant Prince. 

Con/1.    Sweaie  by  her  Foot,    that  me  may  tread  out  the  96 
Oath. 

Orleance.     He  is   fimply   the   moft   adiue    Gentleman   of 
France. 

Conjl.   Doing  is  a&iuitie,  and  he  will  ftill  be  doing.  100 

Orleance.  He  neuer  did  harme,  that  I  heard  of. 

Conjl.    Nor   will   doe   none   to   morrow :    hee   will  keepe 
that  good  name  ftill. 

Orleance.  I  know  him  to  be  valiant.  104 

Conjl.    I   was   told  that,  by  one  that   knowes   him  better 
then  you. 

Orleance.  What's  hee  ? 

Conjl.  Marry  hee  told  me  fo  himfelfe,  and  hee  fayd   hee  108 
car'd  not  who  knew  it. 

Orleance.     Hee   needes   not,   it    is    no    hidden   vertue   in 
him. 

Const.    By  my  faith  Sir,  but   it    is:    neuer    any  body  faw  112 
it,    but   his    Lacquey :     'tis    a    hooded    valour,    and    when    it 
appeares,  it  will  bate. 

Orleance.  Ill  will  neuer  fayd  well. 

Conjl.    I  will  cap    that   Prouerbe    with,    There  is    flatterie  116 
in  friendfhip. 

Orleance.  And  I  will  take  vp  that  with,  Giue  the  Deuill 
his  due. 

Conjl.    Well    plac't:     there    ftands    your    friend    for    the  120 
Deuill :    haue   at   the   very   eye   of  that   Prouerbe   with,   A 
Pox  of  the  Deuill. 

Orleance.  You  are  the  better  at  Prouerbs,  by  how  much 
a  Fooles  Bolt  is  foone  mot.  124 


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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  83 

fill.  7]       Const.  You  have  fhot  ouer. 

Orleance.  'Tis  not  the  firil  time  you  were  ouer-fliot. 

Enter  a  Mejffeng,  r. 

Me(f.    My   Lord   high  Conftable,   the    Englith    lye  within 
128  fifteene  hundred  paces  of  your  Tents. 

Con/I.  Who  hath  mea  ur'd  the  ground  ? 
MeJJ]  The  Lord  Grandpree. 

Conjl.    A   valiant    aid    moft    expert    Gentleman.     Would 
132  it   were    day  ?     Alas    poore    Harry  of  England :     hee    longs 
not  for  the  Dawning,  as  wee  doe. 

Orleance.    What   a   wretched    and    peeuifh   fellow   is    this 
King   of  England,    to    mope    with   his    fat-brain'd    followers 
*36  fo  farre  out  of  his  knowledge. 

Conjl.      If    the    Englim     had     any     apprehenfion,     thsy 
would  runne  away. 

Orleance.    That  they  lack  :    for  if  their  heads  had  any  in- 
140  telle&ual    Armour,    they    could    neuer    weare    fuch   heaaie 
Head-pieces. 

Raml.      That    Hand    of    England    breedes    very     valiant 
Creatures  ;      their      Maftiffes     are     of     vnmatchable      coa- 
144  rage. 

Orleance.      Foolifh     Carres,     that     runne     winking     into 

the  mouth  of  a  Ruffian  Beare,  and  haue  their  heads  crufht 

like   rotten   Apples :    you  may  as  well   fay,    that's  a  valiant 

148  Flea,   that    dare    eate    his    breakefaft    on    the    Lippe   of   a 

Lyon. 

Conjl.     luft,    iuft :     and    the    men    doe    fympathize    with 

the     Maftiffes  ,    in     robuftious     and     rough     commiug    on, 

152  leauing    their    Wits    with     their     Wiues :     and    then     giue 

them   great   Meales    of  Beefe,   and    Iron    and    Steelej    they 

will  eate  like  Wolues,  and  fight  like  Deuils. 

Orleanc?.  I, 

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83  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

Orlcance.     I,    but    thefe     Englim    are    ihrowdly    out    of  [III.  7] 
Beefe.  156 

Const.  Then  fliall  we  finde  to  morrow,  they  naue  only 
ftomackes  to  eate,  and  none  to  right.  Now  is  it  time  to 
arme  :  come,  mall  we  about  it  ? 

Orleance.  It  is  now  two  a   Clock  :  but  let  me  fee,  by  ten  160 
Wee  mall  haue  each  a  hundred  Ensflilh  men.  Exeunt. 


Act  us  Tertius.  [IV.] 


Chorus. 

Now  entertaine  conie&ure  of  a  time, 
When  creeping  Murmure  and  the  poring  Darke 
Fills  the  wide  Vellell  of  the  Vniuerfe. 

From  Camp  to  Camp,  through  the  foule  Womb  of  Night          4 
The  Humme  of  eyther  Army  ftilly  founds ; 
That  the  fixt  Centinels  almost  receiue 
The  fecret  Whifpers  of  each  others  Watch. 

Fire  anfwers  fire,  and  through  their  paly  flames  8 

Each  Battaile  fees  the  others  vmber'd  face. 
Steed  threatens  Steed,  in  high  and  boaftfull  Neighs 
Piercing  the  Nights  dull  Eare  :  and  from  the  Tents, 
The  Armourers  accompliming  the  Knights,  12 

With  bulie  Hammers  clofing  Riuets  vp, 
Giue  dreadfull  note  of  preparation. 
The  Countrey  Cocks  doe  crow,  the  Clocks  doe  towle : 
And  the  third  howre  of  drowfie  Morning  nam'd,  iO 

Prowd  of  their  Numbers,  and  fecure  in  Soule, 
The  confident  and  ouer-luflie  French, 


COL.  i .]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  83 

[IV.]  Doe  the  low-rated  Englifli  play  at  Dicej 
20  And  chide  the  creeple-tardy-gated  Night, 

Who  like  a  foule  and  ougly  Witch  doth  limpe 

So  tedioufly  away.     The  poore  condemned  Englifli, 

Like  Sacrifices,  by  their  watchfull  Fires 
24  Sit  patiently,  and  inly  ruminate 

The  Mornings  danger  :  and  their  gefture  fad, 

Inuefting  lanke-leane  Cheekes,  and  Warre-worne  Coats, 

Priefented  them  vnto  the  gazing  Moone 
28  So  many  horride  Ghofts.     O  now,  who  will  behold 

The  Royall  Captaine  of  this  ruin'd  Band 

Walking  from  Watch  to  Watch,  from  Tent  to  Tent  j 

Let  him  cry,  Prayfe  and  Glory  on  his  head  : 
32  For  forth  he  goes,  and  vifits  all  his  Hoaft, 

Bids  them  good  morrow  with  a  modeft  Smyle, 

And  calls  them  Brothers,  Friends,  and  Countreymen. 

Vpon  his  Royail  Face  there  is  no  note, 
36  How  dread  an  Army  hath  enrounded  him ; 

Nor  doth  he  dedicate  one  iot  of  Colour 

Vnto  the  wearie  and  all-watched  Night : 

But  frelhly  lookes,  and  ouer-beares  Attaint, 
40  With  chearefull  femblance,  and  fweet  Maieftie  : 

That  euery  Wretch,  pining  and  pale  before, 

Beholding  him,  plucks  comfort  from  his  Lookes. 

A  Largefle  vniuerfall,  like  the  Sunne, 
44  His  liberall  Eye  doth  giue  to  euery  one, 

Thawing  cold  feare,  that  meane  and  gentle  all 

Behold,  as  may  vnworthinelfe  define. 

A  little  touch  of  Harry  in  the  Night, 
48  And  fo  our  Scene  muft  to  the  Battaile  flye  : 

Where,  O  for  pitty,  we  fliall  much  difgrace, 

With  foure  or  fiue  moft  vile  and  ragged  foyles, 

(Right  ill  difpos'd,  in  brawle  ridiculous) 

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83  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

The  Name  of  Agincourt :  Yet  fit  and  fee,  [IV.] 

Minding  true  things,  by  what  their  Mock'ries  bee. 

Exit. 

Enter  the  King,  Bedford,  and  Gloucejler.  [-jy    ji 

King.  Glojler,  'tis  true  that  we  are  in  great  danger, 
The  greater  therefore  mould  our  Courage  be, 
God  morrow  Brother  Bedford:  God  Almightie, 
There  is  forae  foule  of  goodnefle  in  things  euill,  A 

Would  men  obferuingly  diliill  it  out. 
For  our  bad  Neighbour  makes  vs  early  ftirrers, 
Which  is  both  healthfull,  and  good  husbandry. 
Befides,  they  are  our  outward  Conferences,  3 

And  Preachers  to  vs  all ;  admoniming, 
That  we  mould  drelfe  vs  fairely  for  our  end. 
Thus  may  we  gather  Honey  from  the  Weed, 
And  make  a  Morall  of  the  Diuell  himfelfe.  I3 

Enter  Erpingham. 

Good  morrow  old  Sir  Thomas  Erpingham  : 
A  good  foft  Pillow  for  that  good  white  Head, 
Were  better"  then  a  churlifh  turfe  of  France. 

Erping.  Not  fo  my  Liege,  this  Lodging  likes  me  better,          16 
Since  I  may  fay,  now  lye  I  like  a  King. 

King.  'Tis  good  for  men  to  loue  their  prefent  paines, 
Vpon  example,  fo  the  Spirit  is  eafed : 

And  when  the  Mind  is  quickned,  out  of  doubt  20 

The  Organs,  though  defunct  and  dead  before, 
Breake  vp  their  drowfie  Graue,  and  newly  moue 
With  cafted  flough,  and  freih  legeritie. 

Lend  me  thy  Cloake  Sir  Thomas :  Brothers  both,  24 

Commend  me  to  the  Princes  in  our  Campe; 
Doe  my  good  morrow  to  them  and  anon 

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[IV.  i]  Defire  them  all  to  my  Pauillion. 
28       Glojter.  We  mall,  my  Liege. 

Erping.  Shall  I  attend  your  Grace  ? 
King.  No,  my  good  Knight  : 
Goe  with  my  Brothers  to  my  Lords  of  England : 
32  I  and  my  Bofome  muft  debate  a  while, 
And  then  I  would  no  other  company. 

Erping.    The     Lord     in     Heauen     blefle     thee  ,     Noble 
Harry.  Exeunt. 

King.    God    a    mercy   old    Heart ,    thou    foeak'ft    cheare- 
fully.  Enter  Pi/loll. 

36       Pljl.   Che  vous  la  ? 
King.  A  friend. 

Pijl.    Difcufle   vnto    me  ,    art    thou    Officer,   or   art    thou 
bafe,  common,  and  popular  ? 
40       King.  I  am  a  Gentleman  of  a  Company. 
Pijl.  Trayl'ft  thou  the  puifiant  Pyke  ? 
King.  Euen  fo  :  what  are  you  ? 
Pi/I.  As  good  a  Gentleman  as  the  Emperor. 
44       King.  Then  you  are  a  better  then  the  King. 

Pi/}.  The    King's   a    Bawcock,   and   a    Heart   of  Gold,    a 
Lad   of  Life,  an    Impe   of  Fame,  of  Parents  good,  of  Fift 
moft   valiant  :     I    kifTe    his   durtie    fhooe,   and   from    heart- 
48  firing  I  loue  the  louely  Bully.     What  is  thy  Name  ? 
King.  Harry  le  Roy. 

Pijl.  Le  Roy  ?  a  Cornifh  Name  :  art  thou  of  Cornifli  Crew  ? 
King.  No,  I  am  a  Welchman. 
52       Pi/I.  Know'ft  thou  Fluellen  ? 
King.  Yes. 

Pi/I.  Tell  him  He  knock  his  Leeke  about  his  Pate  vpon 
S.  Dauies  day. 

56       King.  Doe   not   you  weare  your   Dagger   in   your   Cappe 
that  day,  leaft  he  knock  that  about  yours. 

'i  2  Pist.  Art 

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84  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

Pi/1.  Art  thou  his  friend  ?  [IV.  i] 

King.  And  his  Kin  (man  too. 

Pi/I  The  fjgo  for  thee  then.  60 

King.  I  thanke  you  :  God  be  with  you. 

Pift.  My  name  is  Piftoll  call'd.  Exit. 

King.  It  forts  well  with  your  fiercenefle. 

Manet  King. 

Enter  Fluellen  and  Gower. 

Gower.  Captaine  Fluellen.  64 

Flu.  'So,   in    the    Name   of  lefu   Chrift,   fpeake  fewer:  it 
is   the   greateft    admiration    in    the   vniuerfall    World,    when 
the    true    and    aunchient   Prerogatifes    and    Lawes   of    the 
Warres   is   not  kept :    if  you  would   take  the   paines  but  to  68 
examine  the  Warres   of  Pompey  the    Great,  you   fhall   finde, 
I  warrant  you,  that   there  is   no  tiddle  tadle  nor  pibble  ba- 
ble   in    Pompeyes   Campe :    I  warrant   you,   you    mail   finde 
the   Ceremonies   of  the   Warres,  and   the   Cares   of  it,  and  72 
the  Formes  of  it,  and  the  Sobrietie  of  it,  and  the  Modeftie 
of  it,  to  be  otherwife. 

Gower.  Why  the  Enemie  is  lowd,  you  heare  him  all 
Night.  76 

Flu.  If  the  Enemie  is  an  Afie  and  a  Foole,  and  a  pra- 
ting Coxcombe;  is  it  meet,  thinke  you,  that  wee  mould 
alfo,  looke  you,  be  an  Afle  and  a  Foole,  and  a  prating  Cox- 
combe,  in  your  owne  confidence  now  ?  80 

Gow.  I  will  fpeake  lower. 

Flu.  I  pray  you,  and  befeech  you,  that  you  will.  Exit. 

King.  Though  it  appeare  a  little  out  of  fafhion, 
There  is  much  care  and  valour  in  this  Welchman.  84 

Enter  three  Souldiers,  lohn  Bates,  Alexander  Court, 
and  Michael  Williams. 


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c°L-  !•]  The  Life  of  Henry  Hie  Fift.  84 

[IV.  i]       Court.     Brother   lohn    Bates  ,    is    not    that    the    Morning 
which  breakes  yonder  ? 

Bates.  I  thinke  it  be  :    but  wee   haue   no  great  caufe    to 
88  defire  the  approach  of  day. 

Williams.  Wee    fee   yonder    the    beginning    of    the    day, 
but  I   thinke  wee  {hall   neuer  fee  the  end  of  it.     Who  goes 
there  ? 
92       King.  A  Friend. 

Williams.  Vnder  what  Captaine  ferae  you  ? 
King.  Vnder  Sir  lohn  Erpingham. 

Williams.    A  good    old    Commander,    and    a    moft    kinde 
P^  Gentleman  :   I  pray  you,  what  thinkes  he  of  our  eftate  r 

King.    Euen   as  men  wrackt  vpon    a    Sand,  that  looke  to 
be  walht  oft"  the  next  Tyde. 

Bates.  He  hath  not  told  his  thought  to  the  King? 
King.  No  :  nor  it  is   not   meet   he   fhould :    for  though  I 
fpeake  it  to  you,  I  thinke  the  King  is  but  a  man,  as  I  am  : 
the  Violet  fmells  to   him,  as  it  doth   to   me ;    the  Element 
fhewes  to  him,   as  it   doth   to   me ;  all   his  Sences   haue  but 
IO4  humane    Conditions :    his    Ceremonies    layd   by,    in    his   Na- 
kednelTe  he  appeares   but   a   man ;    and    though   his   affecti- 
ons  are    h:gher  mounted    then  ours,  yet  when   they  (loupe, 
they   ftoups    with   the   like   wing:    therefore,   when    he   fees 
1 08  reafon  of  feares,  as  we   doe ;  his  feares,  out  of  doubt,  be  of 
the  fame  rellilh  as  ours  are :  yet   in  reafon,  no  man  l"hould 
polTefle   him    with    any   appearance   of  fearej    leaft    hee,    by 
mewing  it,  mould  dis-hearten  his  Army. 

112       Bates.     He    may   mew    what   outward   courage    he    will: 

but   I   beleeue,  as  cold  a  Night  as  'tis,  hee  could  wifli  him- 

felfe   in  Thames  vp  to  the  Neck ;  and  fo  I  would  he  were, 

and^I  by  him,  at  all  aduentures,  fo  we  were  quit  here. 

116      King.  By  my  troth,  I  will  fpeake   my  confcience   of  the 


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84  The  Life  if  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

King:    I  thinke  hee  would   not   wilh   himfelfe   any  where,  [IV.  i] 
but  where  hee  is. 

Bates.  Then  I  would  he  were  here  alone ;  Ib  lliould  he  be 
lure  to  be  ranlbmed,  and  a  many  poore  niens  liues  faued. 

King.  I  dare   fay,  you   loue  him  not  fo  ill,   to  wilh  him 
here   alone :    howfoeuer  you    fpeake     this     to     feele    other 
mens   minds,  me  thinks   I  could  not  dye  any  where  fo  con- 
tented, as  in  the  Kings  company;  his  Caufe  being  iutf,  and  124 
his  Quarrell  honorable. 

If^illiams.  That's  more  then  we  know. 

Bates.  I,  or  more   then   wee  mould  feeke   after  ;    for  wee 
know   enough,    if  wee    know  wee   are   the  Kings   SubiecTs :  128 
if  his    Caufe    be   wrong,    our   obedience   to    the    King  wipes 
the  Cryme  of  it  out  of  vs. 

Williams.  But  if  the  Caufe  be  not  good,  the  King   him- 
felfe  hath   a    heauie    Reckoning    to    make,    when    all    thofe  132 
Legges,   and   Armes,   and    Heads,    chopt   off   in    a   Battaile, 
(hall  ioyne  together  at  the  latter  day,  and  cry  all,  Wee  dy- 
ed at   fuch  a  place,  fome  fwearing,  fome  crying  for  a  Sur- 
gean;    fome   vpon    their   Wiues,    left    poore    behind    them;  136 
fome  vpon  the  Debts  they  owe,   fome  vpon  their.   Children 
rawly  left :    I  am  afear'd,  there  are  few  dye   well,   that  dye 
in  a  Battaile  :    for  how  can    they  charitably   difpofe   of  any 
thing,  when   Blood  is  their  argument  ?     Now,  if  thefe  men  140 
doe  not  dye  well,  it  will   be  a   black  matter   for  the   King, 
that  led  them   to  it;  who   to  difobey,  were  againft  all  pro- 
portion of  fubieclion. 

King.  So,    if  a  Sonne  that    is    by   his    Father    lent    about  144 
Merchandize,  doe  finfully  mifcarry  vpon  the  Sea;    the   im- 
putation  of  his   wickednelfe,   by   your   rule,    mould    be   im- 
pofed  vpon   his  Father  that   lent  him  :  or   if  a   Seruant,  .vn- 
der  his   Mailers   command,  tranfporting  a   fumme   of  Mo-  148 
ney,  be  aflayled  by  Robbers,  and   dye  in   many  irreconcil'd 

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COL.   2.] 


The  Life  of  Henri/  the  F'ift. 


[IV.  i]  Iniquities ;    you    may   call    the    bufmefTe    of  the   Mafter  the 
author   of  the    Seruants    damnation :    but    thi.s    is    not    fo : 

J52  The  King  is  not  bound  to  anfwer  the  particular  endings 
of  his  Souldiers,  the  Father  of  his  Sonne,  nor  the  Mafter 
of  his  Seruant ;  for  they  purpofe  not  their  death  ,  when 
they  purpofe  their  feruices.  Betides,  there  is  no  King,  be 

15^  his  Caufe  neuer  fo  fpotleife,  if  it  come  to  the  arbitre- 
ment  of  Swords,  can  trye  it  out  with  all  vnfpotted  Soul- 
diers :  fome  (peraduenture)  haue  on  them  the  guilt  ot 
premeditated  and  contriued  Murther ;  fome,  of  begui- 

160  ling  Virgins  with  the  broken  Scales  of  Periurie;  fome, 
making  the  Warres  their  Bulwarke,  that  haue  before  go- 
red the  gentle  Bofome  of  Peace  with  Pillage  and  Robbe- 
rie.  Now,  if  thefe  men  haue  defeated  the  Law,  and  out- 

164  run  tie  Natiue  punimment;  though  they  can  out-ftrip 
men,  they  haue  no  wings  to  flye  from  God.  Warre  is 
his  Beadle,  Warre  is  his  Vengeance  :  fo  that  here  men 
are  punifht,  for  before  breach  of  the  Kings  Lawes,  in 

1 68  now  the  Kings  Quarrell :  where  they  feared  the  death, 
they  haue  borne  life  away;  and  where  they  would  bee 
fafe,  they  -perilh.  Then  if  they  dye  vnprouided,  no  more 
is  the  King  guiltie  of  their  damnation,  then  hee  was  be- 

172  fore  guiltie  of  thofe  Impieties,  for  the  which  they  are 
now  vifited.  Euery  Subiecls  Dutie  is  the  Kings,  but 
euery  Subiecls  Soule  is  his  owne.  Therefore  iliould 
euery  Souldier  in  the  Warres  doe  as  euery  ficke  man  in 

176  his  Bed,  warn  euery  Moth  out  of  his  Confcience :  and 
dying  fo,  Death  is  to  him  aduantage ;  or  not  dying, 
.the  time  was  blefledly  loft,  wherein  fuch  preparation  was 
gayned :  and  in  him  that  efcapes,  it  were  not  finne  to 

180  thinke,  that  making  God  fo  free  an  offer,  he  let  him  out- 
liue  that  day,  to  fee  his  Greatnefle,  and  to  teach  others 
how  they  mould  prepare. 

frill.  'Tis 
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85  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

Will.    'Tis  certaine,  euery  man  that  dyes  ill,  the  ill  vpon  [IV.  i] 
his  owne  head,  the  King  is  not  to  anfwer  it.  184 

Bates.  I  doe  not  defire  hee  ihould  anfwer  for  me,  and 
yet  I  determine  to  tight  luftily  for  him. 

King.  I  my  felfe  heard  the  King  fay  he  would  not  be 
ranfom'd.  188 

Will.  I,  hee  faid  fo,  to  make  vs  fight  chearefully :  but 
when  our  throats  are  cut,  hee  may  be  ransom'd,  and  wee 
ne're  the  wifer. 

King.  If  I  liue  to  fee  it,  I  will  neuer    trull  his  word  at-  J92 
ter. 

Will.  You  pay  him  then :  that's  a  perillous  fhot  out 
of  an  Elder  Gunne,  that  a  poore  and  a  priuate  difpleafure 
can  doe  againft  a  Monarch :  you  may  as  well  goe  about  196 
to  turne  the  Sunne  to  yce,  with  fanning  in  his  face  with  a 
Peacocks  feather  :  You'le  neuer  truft  his  word  after  j 
come,  'tis  a  foolim  faying. 

King.    Your   reproofe    is    fomething    too    round,    I   mould  200 
be  angry  with  you,  if  the  time  were  conuenient. 

Will.  Let  it  bee  a  Quarrell  between  vs,  if  you 
liue.  , 

King.  I  embrace  it.  204 

Will.  How  {hall  I  know  thee  againe? 

King.  Giue  me  any  Gage  of  thine,  and  I  will  weare  it 
in  my  Bonnet:  Then  if  euer  thou  dar'ft  acknowledge  it. 
I  will  make  it  my  Quarrell.  208 

Will.  Heere's  my  Gloue  :  Giue  mee  another  of 
thine. 

King.  There. 

Will.    This   will    I  alfo   weare  in    my  Cap:    if  euer  thou  212 
come  to  me,  and  fay,  after  to  morrow,  This  is  my   Gloue, 
by  this  Hand  I  will  take  thee  a  box  on  the  eare. 

King.  If  euer  I  Hue  to  fee  it,  I  will  challenge  it. 

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COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  85 

[IV.  i]       inn.  Thou  dar'ft  as  well  be  hang'd. 

King.    Well,    I   will   doe    it,    though    1    take   thee  in  the 

Kings  companie. 

Will.  Keepe  thy  word  :  fare  thee  well. 
220       Bates.    Be   friends    you    Englim    fooles,    be    friends,   wee 

haue   French   Quarrels  enow,   if  you  could  tell  how  to  rec- 

kon. Exit  Souldiers. 

King.      Indeede    the    French    may    lay    twentie     French 
224  Crownes   to   one,   they   will   beat   vs,   for   they   beare   them 

on   their   moulders  :    but    it    is   no    Eriglifh   Treafon   to   cut 

French    Crownes,    and    to    morrow    the    King   himfelfe   will 

be  a  Clipper. 
228  Vpon  the  King,  let  vs  our  Liues,  our  Soules, 

Our  Debts,  our  carefull  Wiues, 

Our  Children,  and  our  Sinnes,  lay  on  the  King  : 

We  mult  beare  all. 
232  O  hard  Condition,  Twin-borne  with  GreatnefTe, 

Subieft  to  the  breath  of  euery  foole,  whofe  fence 

No  more  can  feele,  but  his  owne  wringing. 

What  infinite  hearts-eafe  muft  Kings  negle£t, 
236  That  priuace  men  enioy  ? 

And  what  haue  Kings,  that  Priuates  haue  not  too, 

Saue  Ceremonie,  faue  generall  Ceremonie  ? 

And  what  art  thou,  thou  Idoll  Ceremonie  ? 
240  What  kind  of  God  art  thou  ?     that  fuffer'ft  more 

Of  mortall  griefes,  then  doe  thy  worfhippers. 

What  are  thy  Rents  ?  what  are  thy  Commings  in  ? 

O  Ceremonie,  fhew  me  but  thy  worth. 
244  What  ?  is  thy  Soule  of  Odoration  ? 

Art  thou  ought  elfe  but  Place,  Degree,  and  Forme, 

Creating  awe  and  feare  in  other  men  ? 

Wherein  thou  art  lelfe  happy,  being  fear'd, 
2.,  8  Then  they  in  fearing. 


a  —  FOL. 


85  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

What  drink'ft  thou  oft,  in  ftead  of  Homage  fweet,  [IV.  i] 

But  poyfon'd  flatterie?  O,  be  fick,  great  Greatnefie, 

And  bid  thy  Ceremonie  giue  thee  cure. 

Thinks  thou  the  fierie  Feuer  will  goe  out  25a 

With  Titles  blowne  from  Adulation  ? 

Will  it  giue  place  to  flexure  and  low  bending  ? 

Canft  thou,  when  thou  command'ft  the  beggers  knee, 

Command  the  health  of  it  ?     No,  thou  prowd  Dreame,  2j6 

That  play'ft  fo  fubtilly  with  a  Kings  Repofe. 

I  am  a  King  that  find  thee :  and  I  know, 

'Tis  not  the  Balme,  the  Scepter,  and  tne  Ball, 

The  Sword,  the  Mafe,  the  Crowne  Imperiall,  260 

The  enter-tiirued  Robe  of  Gold  and  Pearle, 

The  farfed  Title  running  'fore  the  King, 

The  Throne  he  fits  on  :  nor  the  Tyde  of  Pompe, 

That  beates  vpon  the  high  fhore  of  this  World  :  2^4 

No,  not  all  thefe,  thrice-gorgeous  Ceremonie ; 

Not  all  thefe,  lay'd  in  Bed  Maiefticall, 

Can  fleepe  fo  foundly,  as  the  wretched  Slaue  : 

Who  with  a  body  fill'd,  and  vacant  mind,  268 

Gets  him  to  reft,  cram'd  with  diftreffefull  bread, 

Neuer  fees  horride  Night,  the  Child  of  Hell : 

But  like  a  Lacquey,  from  the  Rife  to  Set, 

Sweates  in  the  eye  of  Phelus ;  and  all  Night  272 

Sleepes  in  Elizium  :  next  day  after  dawne, 

Doth  rife  and  helpe  Hiperio  to  his  Horfe, 

And  followes  fo  the  euer-running  yeere 

With  profitable  labour  to  his  Graue  :  276 

And  but  for  Ceremonie,  fuch  a  Wretch, 

Winding  vp  Days  with  toyle,  and  Nights  with  fleepe, 

Had  the  fore-hand  and  vantage  of  a  King. 

The  Slaue,  a  Member  of  the  Countreyes  peace,  280 

Enioyes  it  $  but  in  grofle  braine  little  wots, 

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flV.  i]  What  watch  the  King  keepes,  to  maintaine  the  peace  j 
Whofe  howres,  the  Pefaut  befl  aduantages. 

Enter  Erpingham. 

284      Erp.  My  Lord,  your  Nobles  iealous  of  your  abfence, 
Seeke  through  your  Campe  to  find  you. 

King.  Good  old  Knight,  colled  them  all  together 
At  my  Tent :  lie  be  before  thee. 
288      Erp.  I  mall  doo't,  my  Lord.  Etit. 

King.  O  God  of  Battailes,  fteele  my  Souldiers  hearts, 
Poflefle  them  not  with  feare :  Take  from  them  now 
The  fence  of  reckning  of  th'oppofed  numbers  : 
292  Pluck  their  hearts  from  them.     Not  to  day,  O  Lord, 

0  not  to  day,  thinke  not  vpon  the  fault 

My  Father  made,  in  compafling  the  Crowne. 

1  Richards  body  haue  interred  new, 

29^  And  on  it  haue  beftowed  more  contrite  teares, 
Then  from  it  iflued  forced  drops  of  blood. 
Fiue  hundred  poore  I  haue  in  yeerely  pay, 
Who  twice  a  day  their  wither'd  hands  hold  vp 
300  Toward  Heauen,  to  pardon  blood  : 
And  I  haue  built  two  Chauntries, 
Where  the  fad  and  folemne  Priefts  fing  ftill 
For  Richards  Soule.     More  will  I  doe : 
Though  all  that  I  can  doe,  is  nothing  worth ; 
304  Since  that  my  Penitence  comes  after  all, 
Imploring  pardon. 

Enter  Gloucefter. 
Glouc.  My  Liege. 

King.  My  Brother  Gloucejlers  voyce  ?  I : 
308  I  know  thy  errand,  I  will  goe  with  thee : 

The  day,  my  friend,  and  all  things  ftay  for  me. 

Exeunt 

i  3  Enter 

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86  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  I 

Enter  the  Dolphin,  Orleance,  Ramburs,  and  [IV.  2] 

Beaumont. 

Orleance.    The    Sunne    doth    gild    our    Armour    vp,   my 
Lords. 

Dvlph.      Monte     Cheual:     My    Horfe,    Verlot     Lacquay: 
Ha. 

Orleance.  Oh  braue  Spirit. 

Dolph.  J'la  les  ewes  &  terre.  4 

Orleance.  Rien  puts  le  air  &  feu. 

Dolph.   Cein,  Coufin  Orleance.  Enter  Conjlalile. 

Now  my  Lord  Conftable?  . 

Con/}.     Hearke     how    our    Steedes,    for    prefent '  Seruice  8 
neigh. 

Dolph.  Mount  them,  and  make  incifion  in  their  Hides, 
That  their  hot  blood  may  fpin  in  Englifh  eyes, 
And  doubt  them  with  fuperfluous  courage :  ha. 

Ram.  What,  wil  you  haue  them  weep  our  Horfes  blood?       I2 
How  fliall  we  then  behold  their  naturall  tears  ? 
Enter  Mejfenger. 

Meffeng.      The     Englifh     are     embattail'd,     you     French 
Peeres. 

Conjl.  To  Horfe  you  gallant  Princes,  ftraight  to  Horfe. 
Doe  but  behold  yond  poore  and  ftarued  Band,  10 

And  your  faire  fhew  mail  fuck  away  their  Soules, 
Leauing  them  but  the  males  and  huskes  of  men. 
There  is  not  worke  enough  for  all  our  hands, 
Scarce  blood  enough  in  all  their  fickly  Veines,  2o 

To  giue  each  naked  Curtleax  a  ftayne, 
That  our  French  Gallants  fliall  to  day  draw  out, 
And  fheath  for  lack  of  fport.     Let  vs  but  blow  on  them, 
The  vapour  of  our  Valour  will  o're-turne  them.  24 

'Tis  pofitiue  againft  all  exceptions,  Lords, 
That  our  fuperfluous  Lacquies,  and  our  Pefants, 

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COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  86 

[IV.  2]  Who  in  vnneceflarie  a&ion  fvvarme 

28  About  our  Squares  of  Battaile,  were  enow 

To  purge  this  field  of  fuch  a  hilding  Foe  j 

Though  we  vpon  this  Mountaines  Bafis  by, 

Tooke  ftand  for  idle  fpeculation  : 
32  But  that  our  Honours  mufl  not.     What's  to  fay? 

A  very  little  little  let  vs  doe, 

And  all  is  done :  then  let  the  Trumpets  found 

The  Tucket  Sonuance,  and  the  Note  to  mount : 
36  For  our  approach  fhall  fo  much  dare  the  field, 

That  England  fhall  couch  downe  in  feare,  and  yeeld. 

Enter  Graundpree. 
Grandpree.  Why  do  you  flay  fo  long,  my  Lords  of  France? 

Yond  Hand  Carrions,  defperate  of  their  bones, 
40  Ill-fauoredly  become  the  Morning  field  : 

Their  ragged  Curtaines  poorely  are  let  loofe, 

And  our  Ayre  fhakes  them  pafling  fcornefully. 

Bigge  Mars  feemes  banqu'ront  in  their  begger'd  Hoafl, 
44  And  faintly  through  a  ruflie  Beuer  peepes. 

The  Horfemen  fit  like  fixed  Candleflicks, 

With  Torch-flaues  in  their  hand :  and  their  poore  lades 

Lob  downe  their  heads,  dropping  the  hides  and  hips  : 
48  The  gumme  downe  roping  from  their  pale-dead  eyes, 

And  in  their  pale  dull  mouthes  the  lymold  Bitt 

Lyes  foule  with  chaw'd-grafle,  ftill  and  motionlefTe. 

And  their  executors,  the  knauifh  Crowes, 
52  Fly  o're  them  all,  impatient  for  their  howre. 

Description  cannot  futeit  felfe  in  words, 

To  demonflrate  the  Life  of  fuch  a  Battaile, 

In  life  fo  liuelefle,  as  it  fhews  it  felfe. 
56       Conft.  They  haue  faid  their  prayers, 

And  they  flay  for  death. 

Dolph.   Shall  we  goe  fend  them  Dinners,  and  frefh  Sutes, 

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86  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

And  giue  their  fading  Horfes  Prouender,  [IV.  2] 

And  after  fight  with  them  ?  60 

Conjl.  I  ftay  but  for  my  Guard :  on 
To  the  field,  I  will  the  Banner  from  a  Trumpet  take, 
And  vfe  it  for  my  hafte.     Come,  come  away, 
The  Sunne  is  high,  and  we  out-weare  the  day.  Exeunt.  64 

Enter  Gloucejier,  Bedford,  Exeter,  Erpingham  [IV.  3] 

with  all  his  Hoajl :  Salisbury,  and 
Weflmerland. 

Glouc.  Where  is  the  King  ? 

Bedf.    The    King   himfelfe    is   rode    to    view    their    Bat- 
taile. 

Wefl.    Of  fighting    men    they  haue   full    threefcore    thou- 
fand. 

Exe.  There's  flue  to  one,  befides  they  all  are  frefh.  4 

Salisb.  Gods  Arme  ftrike  with  vs,  'tis  a  fearefull  oddes. 
God  buy'  you  Princes  all  j  He  to  my  Charge : 
If  we  no  more  meet,  till  we  meet  in  Heauen  j 
Then  ioyfully,  my  Noble  Lord  of  Bedford,  8 

My  deare  Lord  Gloucefter,  and  my  good  Lord  Exeter, 
And  my  kind  Kinfman,  Warriors  all,  adieu. 

Bedf.  Farwell  good  Salisbury,  &  good  luck  go  with  thee  : 
And  yet  I  doe  thee  wrong,  to  mind  thee  of  it,  r2 

For  thou  art  fram'd  of  the  firme  truth  of  valour. 

Exe.  Farwell  kind  Lord:  fight  valiantly  to  day. 

Bedf.  He  is  as  full  of  Valour  as  of  Kindnefle, 
Princely  in  both.  16 

Enter  the  King. 

Weft.  O  that  we  now  had  here 
But  one  ten  thoufand  of  thofe  men  in  England, 
That  doe  no  worke  to  day. 

King.  What's  he  that  wilhes  so?  20 


COL.  a.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  86 

[IV.  3]  My  Coufin  Weftmerland,.     No,  my  faire  Coufin  : 
If  we  are  markt  to  dye,  we  are  enow 

To  doe  our  Countrey  lofle  :  and  if  to  liue, 
24  The  fewer  men,  the  greater  fhare  of  honour. 
Gods  will,  I  pray  thee  wifh  not  one  man  more. 

By  hue,  I  am  not  couetous  for  Gold, 

Nor  care  I  who  doth  feed  vpon  my  coft  : 
28  It  yernes  me  not,  if  men  my  Garments  weare ; 

Such  outward  things  dwell  not  in  my  defires. 

But  if  it  be  a  finne  to  couet  Honor, 

I  am  the  moft  offending  Soule  aliue. 
32  No  'faith,  my  Couze,  wifh  not  a  man  from  England : 

Gods  peace,  I  would  not  loofe  fo  great  an  Honor, 

As  one  man  more  me  thinkes  would  mare  from  me, 

For  the  beft  hope  I  haue.     O,  doe  not  wifh  one  more  : 
36  Rather  proclaime  it  (We/imerland)  through  my  Hoaft, 

That  he  which  hath  no  flomack  to  this  fight, 

Let  him  depart,  his  Pafport  fhall  be  made, 

And  Crownes  for  Conuoy  put  into  his  Purfe : 
40  We  would  not  dye  in  that  mans  companie, 

That  feares  his  fellowfhip,  to  dye  with  vs. 

This  day  is  call'd  the  Feast  of  Crifpian :        ^ 

He  that  out-liues  this  day,  and  comes  fafe  home, 
44  Will  ftand  a  tip-toe  when  this  day  is  named, 

And  rowfe  him  at  the  Name  of  Crifpian. 

He  that  mall  fee  this  day,  and  liue  old  age, 

Will  yeerely  on  the  Vigil  feafl  his  neighbours, 
48  And  fay,  to  morrow  is  Saint  Crifpian. 

Then  will  he  ftrip  his  fleeue,  and  mew  his  skarres : 

Old  men  forget ;  yet  all  fhall  be  forgot : 

But  hee'le  remember,  with  aduantages, 
52  What  feats  he  did  that  day.     Then  fhall  our  Names, 

Familiar  in  his  mouth  as  houfehold  words, 

Harry 

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87  The  Life  of  Henry  Uie  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

Harry  the  King,  Bedford  and  Exeter,  [IV.  3] 

Warwick  and  Talbot,  Salisbury  and  Gloucejler, 
Be  in  their  flowing  Cups  frelhly  remembred.  56 

This  (lory  fliall  the  good  man  teach  his  fonne : 
And  Crifpine  Crifpian  fliall  ne're  goe  by, 
From  this  day  to  the  ending  of  the  World, 

But  we  in  it  fliall  be  remembred  j  do 

We  few,  we  happy  few,  we  band  of  brothers  : 
For  he  to  day  that  flieds  his  blood  with  me, 
Shall  be  my  brother :  be  he  ne're  fo  vile, 

This  day  fliall  gentle  his  Condition.  64 

And  Gentlemen  in  England,  now  a  bed, 
Shall  thinke  themfelues  accurft  they  were  not  here ; 
And  hold  their  Manhoods  cheape,  whiles  any  fpeakes, 
That  fought  with  vs  vpon  Saint  Crifpines  day.  68 

Enter  Salisbury. 

Sal.  My  Soueraign  Lord,  beftow  your  felfe  with  fpeed  : 
The  French  are  brauely  in  their  battailes  fet, 
And  will  with  all  expedience  charge  on  vs. 

King.  All  things  are  ready,  if  our  minds  be  fo.  72 

Wejl.  Perifli  the  man,  whofe  mind  is  backward  now. 

King.  Thou    do'il   not  wifli   more   helpe   from    England, 
Couze  ? 

Wejl.  Gods  will,  my  Liege,  would  you  and  I  alone, 
Without  more  helpe,  could  fight  this  Royall  battaile.  76 

King.  Why  now  thou  haft  vnwifht  fiue  thoufand  men  : 
Which  likes  me  better,  then  to  wilh  vs  one. 
You  know  your  places  :  God  be  with  you  all. 

Tucket.     Enter  Montiny. 

Mont.  Once  more  I  come  to  know  of  thee  King  Harry,  80 

If  for  thy  Ranfome  thou  wilt  now  compound, 
Before  thy  moft  aflured  Ouerthrow  : 


COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  87 

[IV.  3]  For  certainly,  thou  art  fo  neere  the  Gulfe, 

84  Thou  needs  muft  be  englutted.     Betides,  in  mercy 
The  Conftable  defires  thee,  thou  wilt  mind 
Thy  followers  of  Repentance ;  that  their  Soules 
May  make  a  peaceful!  and  a  fweet  retyre 
88  From  offthefe  fields :  where  (wretches)  their  poore  bodies 
Muft  lye  and  fefter. 

King.  Who  hath  fent  thee  now  ? 
Mont.  The  Conftable  of  France. 

92      King.  I  pray  thee  beare  my  former  Anfwer  back  : 
Bid  them  atchieue  me,  and  then  fell  my  bones. 
Good  God,  why  mould  they  mock  poore  fellowes  thus  ? 
The  man  that  once  did  fell  the  Lyons  skin 
96  While  the  beaft  liu'd,  was  kill'd  with  hunting  him. 
A  many  of  our  bodyes  fhall  no  doubt 
Find  Natiue  Graues :  vpon  the  which,  I  truft 
Shall  witnefle  Hue  in  Brafle  of  this  dayes  worke. 
loo  And  thofe  that  leaue  their  valiant  bones  in  France, 
Dying  like  men,  though  buryed  in  your  Dunghills, 
They  mail  be  fam'd  :  for  there  the  Sun  fhall  greet  them, 
And  draw  their  honors  reeking  vp  to  Heauen, 
104  Leaning  their  earthly  parts  to  choake  your  Clyme, 
The  fmell  whereof  fhall  breed  a  Plague  in  France. 
Marke  then  abounding  valour  in  our  Englilh  : 
That  being  dead,  like  to  the  bullets  crafing, 
108  Breake  out  into  a  fecond  courfe  of  mifchiefe, 
Killing  in  relapfe  of  Mortalitie. 
Let  me  fpeake  prowdly  :  Tell  the  Conftable, 
We  are  but  Warriors  for  the  working  day  : 
112  Our  GaynefTe  and  our  Gilt  are  all  befmyrcht 
With  raynie  Marching  in  the  painefull  field. 
There's  not  a  piece  of  feather  in  our  Hoaft  : 
Good  argument(I  hope)we  will  not  flye: 


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87  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

And  time  hath  worne  vs  into  ilouenrie.  [IV.  3] 

But  by  the  MaiTe,  our  hearts  are  in  the  trim : 

And  my  poore  Souldiers  tell  me,  yet  ere  Night, 

They'le  be  in  frefher  Robes,  or  they  will  pluck 

The  gay  new  Coats  o're  the  French  Souldiers  heads,  120 

And  turne  them  out  of  feruice.     If  they  doe  this, 

As  if  God  pleafe,  they  mall ;  my  Ranfome  then 

Will  foone  be  leuyed. 

Herauld,  faue  thou  thy  labour :  1 24 

Come  thou  no  more  for  Ranfome,  gentle  Herauld, 

They  mail  haue  none,  I  fweare,  but  thefe  my  ioynts : 

Which  if  they  haue,  as  I  will  leaue  vm  them, 

Shall  yeeld  them  little,  tell  the  Conftable.  128 

Mont.  I  lhall,  King  Harry.     And  fo  fare  thee  well  : 
Thou  neuer  malt  heare  Herauld  any  more.  Exit. 

King.  I   feare   thou  wilt   once   more   come   againe   for   a 
Ranfome. 

Enter  Yorke. 

Yorke.  My  Lord,  moft  humbly  on  my  knee  I  begge  132 

The  leading  of  the  Vaward. 

King.  Take  it,  braue  Yorke. 
Now  Souldiers  march  away, 
And  how  thou  pleafeft  God  ,  difpofe  the  day.  Exeunt.  136 

Alarum.     Excurfions.  [IV.  4] 

Enter  Pi/loll,  French  Souldier,  Boy. 
Pift.  Yeeld  Curre. 

French.  le  penfe  que  vous  ejles  le  Gentilhome  de  Ion  qua- 
litee. 

Pi/I.    Qualtitie    calmie    cufture    me.   Art   thou   a   Gentle-  4 
man  ?  What  is  thy  Name  ?  difcuffe. 
French.  0  Seigneur  Dieu. 
Pift.    O   Signicur   Dewe    ihould    be    a   Gentleman :    per- 

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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  87 

[IV.  4]  pend  my  words  O  Signieur  Dewe,  and  marke  :  O  Signieur 
Dewe,  thou  dyeft  on  point  of  Fox,  except  O  Signieur 
thou  doe  giue  to  me  egregious  Ranfome. 

French.   O  prennes  miferecordie  aye  pitez  de  moy. 
12      Pift.  Moy  fhall  not  ferue,  I   will  haue  fortie  Moyes :  for 
I  will   fetch   thy  rymme  out  at   thy  Throat,   in  droppes    of 
Crimfon  blood. 

French.  Eft  II  impnffible  d'efchapper  le  force  de  ton  bras. 
1 6      Pift.  Brafie,   Curre  ?    thou   damned  and   luxurious   Moun- 
taine  Goat,  offer' ft  me  Brafle  ? 
French.   0  perdonne  moy. 

Pift.    Say'il   thou   me   fo  ?    is   that   a   Tonne   of  Moyes  ? 
20  Come  hither  boy,  aske  me  this  flaue  in  French  what  is  his 
Name. 

Boy.  EJcoute  comment  efles  vous  appelle  ? 
French.  Mounjieur  le  Fer. 
24      Boy.  He  fayes  his  Name  is  M.Fer. 

Pift.  M.  Fer:  He  fer  him,  and  firke  him,  and  ferret  him  : 
difcufle  the  fame  in  French  vnto  him. 

Boy.  I  doe  not  know  the  French  for  fer,  and  ferret,  and 
28  firke. 

Pift.  Bid  him  prepare,for  I  will  cut  his  throat. 
French.   Que  dit  II  Mounjieur  ? 

Boy.    II   me   commande    a  vous  dire   que  vous  faite   vous 
32  prejl,  car  ce  foldat  icy  est  difpofee  tout  a/lure  de  couppes  vojlre 
gorge. 

Pift.    Owy,     cuppele     gorge     permafoy     pefant,     vnlefle 
thou  giue   me   Crownes,  braue  Crownes ;    or   mangled   (halt 
36  thou  be  by  this  my  Sword. 

French.  O  le  vous  fupplie  pour  I' amour  de  Dieu  :  ma  par- 
donner,  le  fuis  le  Gentilhome  de  Ion  maifon,  garde  ma  vie,  &  le 
vous  donneray  deux  cent  efcus. 
4°      Pift.  What  are  his  words  ? 

Boy.  He 

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88  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

Boy.  He  prayes  you  to  faue  his  life,  he  is  a  Gentleman  [IV.  4] 
of  a  good  houfe,  and  for  his  ranfora  he  will  giue  you  two 
hundred  Crownes. 

Pi/I.  Tell  him   my  fury  fliall   abate,  and   I    the   Crownes  44 
will  take. 

Fren. Petit  Monjieur  que  dit  il? 

Boy.  Encore  quil  et  contra  f on  lurement,  de  par  donner  au- 
cune  prifonner :  neant-mons  pour  les  efcues  que  vous  layt  a  pro-  48 
mets,  il  eft  content  a  vous  donnes  le  lilerte  le  franchifement. 

Fre.  Sur  mes  genoujc  fe   vous   donnes  milles  remercious,   et 
le  me  ejlime  heurex  que  le  intombe,  entre  les  main,  d'vn  Che-    . 
ualier  le  peufe  le  plus  Iraue  valiant  et  tres  diftinie    fignieur  52 
d '  Angle  terre. 

Pift.  Expound  vnto  me  boy. 

Boy.  He   giues  you   vpon    his   knees   a   thoufand   thanks, 
and   he   efteemes   himfelfe   happy,   that   he   hath   falne   into  56 
the   hands  of  one  (as  he  thinkes)   the  moft   braue,  valorous 
and  thrice-worthy  figneur  of  England. 

Pi/1.    As   I   fucke  blood,  I   will  fome  mercy  {hew.      Fol- 
low mee.  60 

Boy.  Saaue  vous  le  grand  Capitaine  ? 

I    did   neuer  know  fo   full   a  voyce  iflue  from  fo  emptie  a 
heart :  but  the  faying   is   true,  The  empty  velfel    makes  the 
greateft   found,   Bardolfe   and    Ny?n   had    tenne   times   more  64 
valour,   then    this   roaring    diuell    i'th   olde  play,  that   euerie 
one    may   payre    his   nay  les   with    a    woodden    dagger,    and 
they  are   both   hang'd,  and   fo  would    this    be,   if  hee  durft 
lleale     any    thing     aduenturoufly.      I    muft    ftay   with    the  68 
Lackies  with   the   luggage   of  our  camp,   the   French  might 
haue  a  good  pray  of  vs,  if  he  knew  of  it,  for  there  is  none 
to  guard  it  but  boyes.  Exit. 

Enter  Conflalle ,  Orleance,  Burton,  Dolphin,  [IV.  5] 

and  Ramlurs. 


COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  88 

[IV.  5]      Con.  0  Diable. 

Orl.   OJtgueur  le  iour  et  perdia,  toute  et  perdle. 
Dol.  Mor  Dieu  ma  vie,  all  is  confounded  all, 
4  Reproach,  and  euerlafting  fhame 

Sits  mocking  in  our  Plumes.  AJliort  Alarum. 

O  mefchante  Fortune,  do  not  runne  away. 

Con.  Why  all  our  rankes  are  broke. 
8      Dol,  O  perdurable  fhame,  let's  ftab  our  felues  : 
Be  thefe  the  wretches  that  we  plaid  at  dice  for  ? 
Orl.  Is  this  the  King  we  fent  too,  for  his  ranfome  ? 
Bur.  Shame,  and  eternall  fhame,  nothing  but  fhame, 
12  Let  vs  dye  in  once  more  backe  againe, 
And  he  that  will  not  follow  Burl-on  now, 
Let  him  go  hence,  and  with  his  cap  in  hand 
Like  a  bafe  Pander  hold  the  Chamber  doore, 
16  Whilft  a  bafe  flaue,  no  gentler  then  my  dogge, 
His  faireft  daughter  is  contaminated. 

Con.  Diforder  that  hath  fpoyl'd  vs,  friend  vs  now, 
Let  vs  on  heapes  go  offer  vp  our  lines. 
20      Orl.  We  are  enow  yet  liuing  in  the  Field, 
To  fmother  vp  the  Englim  in  our  throngs, 
If  any  order  might  be  thought  vpon. 

Bur.  The  diuell  take  Order  now,  lie  to  the  throng; 
24  Let  life  be  fhort,  elfe  fhame  will  be  too  long.  Exit. 

[IV.  6]  Alarum.     Enter  the  King  and  his  trayne, 

with  Prisoners 

King.Well     haue    we     done,    thrice-valiant     Countrimen, 
But  all's  not  done,  yet  keepe  the  French  the  field. 

Exe.  The   D.   of  York   commends   him   to  your   Maiefty 


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The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

he  good  Vnckle  :  thrice  within  this  houre  [IV.  6] 

I  faw  him  downe;  thrice  vp  againe,  and  fighting, 
From  Helmet  to  the  fpurre,  all  blood  he  was. 

Exe.  In  which  array  (braue  Soldier)  doth  he  lye, 
Larding  the  plaine  :  and  by  his  bloody  fide,  8 

(Yoake-fellow  to  his  honour-owing-wounds) 
The  Noble  Earle  of  Suffblke  alfo  lyes. 
Suftblke  firft  dyed,  and  Yorke  all  hagled  ouer 
Comes  to  him,  where  in  gore  he  lay  infteeped,  12 

And  takes  him  by  the  Beard,  kilfes  the  games 
That  bloodily  did  yawne  vpon  his  face. 
He  cryes  aloud  j  Tarry  my  Cofin  Sullblke, 

My  foule  mail  thine  keepe  company  to  heauen  :  16 

Tarry  (fweet  foule)  for  mine,  then  flye  a-breft  : 
As  in  this  glorious  and  well-foughten  field 
We  kept  together  in  our  Chiualrie. 

Vpon  thefe  words  I  came,  and  cheer'd  him  vp,  20 

He  fmil'd  me  in  the  face,  raught  me  his  hand, 
And  with  a  feeble  gripe,  fayes :  Deere  my  Lord, 
Commend  my  feruice  to  my  Soueraigne, 

So  did  he  turne,  and  ouer  Suffolkes  necke  24 

He  threw  his  wounded  arme,  and  kift  his  lippes, 
And  fo  efpous'd  to  death,  with  blood  he  feal'd 
A  Teftament  of  Noble-ending-loue  : 

The  prettie  and  fweet  manner  of  it  forc'd  28 

Thofe  waters  from  me,  which  I  would  haue  ftop'd, 
But  I  had  not  fo  much  of  man  in  mee, 
And  all  my  mother  came  into  mine  eyes, 
And  gaue  me  vp  to  teares.  32 

King.  I  blame  you  not, 
For  hearing  this,  I  muft  perforce  compound 
With  mixtfull  eyes,  or  they  will  iflue  to.  Alarum 

But  hearke,  what  new  alarum  is  this  fame  ?  36 


COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  88 

[IV.  6]  The  French  haue  re-enforc'd  their  fcatter'd  men : 
Then  euery  fouldiour  kill  his  Prifoners, 
Giue  the  word  through.  Exit 


[IV.  7]  Actus  Quartus. 


Enter  Fluellen  and  Gower. 

Flu.    Kill    the   poyes    and    the   luggage,     'Tis    expretfely 
againft  the   Law  of  Armes,  tis  as  arrant  a  peece  of  knaue- 
ry  marke  you  now,   as   can    bee   offert    in   your    Confcience 
4  now,  is  it  not  ? 

Gow.  Tis  certaine,  there's  not  a  boy  left  aliue,  and  the 
Cowardly  Rafcalls  that  ranne  from  the  battaile  ha'  done* 
this  ilaughter :  betides  they  haue  burned  and  carried  a- 
8  way  all  that  was  in  the  Kings  Tent,  wherefore  the  King 
moft  worthily  hath  caus'd  euery  foldiour  to  cut  his  pri- 
foners  throat.  O  'tis  a  gallant  King. 

Flu.    I,    hee   was    porne   at   Monrnouth   Captaine    Gower : 
12  What    call    you    the    Townes    name   where   Alexander   the 
pig  was  borne  ? 

Gow.  Alexander  the  Great. 

Flu.   "Why  I    pray  you,   is  not   pig ,  great  ?     The  pig,  or 
1 6  the   grear,    or   the   mighty,    or   the   huge,   or   the   magnani- 
mous, are  all  one  reckonings,  faue  the  phrafe  is  a  litle  va- 
riations. 

Gower.     I    thinke   Alexander    the    Great    was    borne    in 
20  Macedon,  his   Father    was   called    Phillip   of  Macedon,   as    I 
take  it. 

Flu.    I    thinke    it    is    in    Macedon    where    Alexander    is 

porne. 

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89  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  I. 

porne  :  I  tell  you  Captaine,    if  you  looke  in  the  Maps  of  [IV.  7] 
the  Orld,   I   warrant  you  fall  finde  in   the   comparifons  be-  24 
tweene    Macedon    &    Monmouth,   that    the    fituations   looke 
you,   is  both  alike.     There   is  a   Riuer  in  Macedon,  &  there 
is  alfo  moreouer  a  Riuer  at  Monmouth,  it   is  call'd  Wye  at 
Monmouth :  but  it  is   out  of  my   praines,  what  is   the  name  28 
of  the  other   Riuer  :  but  'tis  all  one,  tis  alike  as   my  fingers 
is   to  my  fingers,  and   there  is  Salmons  in   both.         If  you 
marke   Alexanders   life   well,    Harry   of  Monmouthes   life   is 
come   after    it    indifferent   well,    for   there   is   figures    in    all  32 
things.      Alexander   God    knowes,    and    you    know,    in    his 
rages,  and  his   furies,  and  his  wraths ,  and  his  chollers,  and 
his    moodes,    and    his    difpleafures,    and    his     indignations, 
and   alfo    being    a   little    intoxicates    in   his   praines,    did   in  36 
his   Ales   and   his   angers    (looke   you)    kill    his    beft    friend 
Clytus. 

•     Gow.  Our  King  is  not  like  him  in  that,  he  neuer  kill'd 
any  of  his  friends.  40 

Flu.  It  is  not  well  done  (marke  you  now)  to  take  the 
tales  out  of  my  mouth,  ere  it  is  made  and  finilhed.I  fpeak 
but  in  the  figures,  and  comparifons  of  it :  as  Alexander 
kild  his  friend  Clytus,  being  in  his  Ales  and  his  Cuppes  3  fo  44 
alfo  Harry  Monmouth  being  in  his  right  wittes,  and  his 
good  Judgements,  turn'd  away  the  fat  Knight  with  the 
great  belly  doublet :  he  was  full  of  iefts,  and  gypes,  and 
knaueries,  and  mockes,  I  haue  forgot  his  name.  48 

Gow.  Sir  lohn  Faljlaffe. 

Flu.  That  is  he :  lie  tell  you,  there   is  good   men    porne 
at  Monmouth. 

Gow.  Heere  comes  his  Maiefty.  52 

Alarum.     Enter  King  Harry  and  Burlson 
with  prifoners.     Flouri/h. 


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COL.   T.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  89 

[IV.  7]      King.  I  was  not  angry  fince  I  came  to  France, 

Vntill  this  inftant.     Take  a  Trumpet  Herald, 

Ride  thou  vnto  the  Horfemen  on  yond  hill : 
$6  If  they  will  fight  with  vs,  bid  them  come  downe, 

Or  voyde  the  field :  they  do  offend  our  fight. 

If  they'l  do  neither,  we  will  come  to  them, 

And  make  them  sker  away,  as  fwift  as  ftoues 
60  Enforced  from  the  old  Aflyrian  flings: 

Befides,  wee'l  cut  the  throats  of  thofe  we  haue, 

And  not  a  man  of  them  that  we  (hall  take, 

Shall  tafte  our  mercy.     Go  and  tell  them  fo. 

Enter  Montioy. 

64      Exe.  Here  comes  the  Herald  of  the  French,  my  Liege 
Glou.  His  eyes  are  humbler  then  they  vs'd  to  be. 
King.    How   now,    what   meanes    this    Herald   ?    Knowfl 
thou  not, 

That  I  haue  fin'd  thefe  bones  of  mine  for  ranfome? 
68  Com'ft  thou  againe  for  ranfome  ? 
Her.  No  great  King  : 

I  come  to  thee  for  charitable  Licenfe, 

That  we  may  wander  ore  this  bloody  field, 
72  To  booke  our  dead,  and  then  to  bury  them, 

To  fort  our  Nobles  from  our  common  men. 

For  many  of  our  Princes  fwoe  the  while) 

Lye  drown'd  and  foak'd  in  mercenary  blood  : 
76  So  do  our  vulgar  drench  their  peafant  limbes 

In  blood  of  Princes,  and  with  wounded  fteeds 

Fret  fet-locke  deepe  in  gore,  and  with  wilde  rage 

Yerke  out  their  armed  heeles  at  their  dead  mailers 
80  Killing  them  twice.     O  giue  vs  leaue  great  King, 

To  view  the  field  in  fafety,  and  difpofe 

Of  their  dead  bodies. 


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89  The  Life  of  Henry  Ike  Fift.  [COL.  2 

Kin.  1  tell  thee  truly  Herald,  [IV.  7] 

I  know  not  if  the  day  be  ours  or  no,  84 

For  yet  a  many  of  your  horfemen  peere, 
And  gallop  ore  the  field. 

Her.  The  day  is  yours. 

Kin.  Praifed  be  God,  and  not  our  ftrength  for  it :  88 

What  is  this  Caftle  call'd  that  Hands  hard  by. 

Her.  They  call  it  Agincourt. 

King.  Then  call  we  this  the  field  of  Agincourt, 
Fought  on  the  day  of  Crifpin  Crifplanus.  92 

Flu.  Your  Grandfather  of  famous  memory  (an't  pleafe 
your  Maiefty)  and  your  great  Vncle  Edward  the  Placke 
Prince  of  Wales,  as  I  haue  read  in  the  Chronicles,  fought 
a  moft  praue  pattle  here  in  France.  96 

Kin.  They  did  Fluellen. 

Flu.  Your  Maiefty  fayes  very  true :  If  your  Maiefties 
is  remembred  of  it,  the  Welchmen  did  good  feruice  in  a 
Garden  where  Leekes  did  grow,  wearing  Leekes  in  their  100 
Monmouth  caps,  which  your  Maiefty  know  to  this  houre 
is  an  honourable  badge  of  the  feruice  :  And  I  do  belceue 
your  Maiefty  takes  no  fcorne  to  weare  the  Leeke  vppon 
S.  Tauies  day.  1 04 

King.  I  weare  it  for  a  memorable  honor  : 
For  I  am  Welch  you  know  good  Countriman. 

Flu.  All   the  water    in   Wye,   cannot   warn    your    Maie- 
fties Welfli    plood  out  of  your  pody,   I    can    tell   you  that :  1 08 
God   plefle   it,    and   preferue   it,    as    long   as    it    pleafes    his 
Grace,  and  his  Maiefty  too. 

Kin.  -Thankes  good  my  Countrymen. 

Flu.    By   lefhu,   I    am   your    Maiefties     Countreyman,    I  1 1  a 
care  not  who   know  it :   I  will  confefle  it  to  all  the  Orld,  I 
need  not  to  be  afhamed  of  your   Maiefty,  praifed   be   God 
fo  long  as  your  Maiefty  is  an  honeft  man. 

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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fifl.  89 

[IV.  7]      King,  Good  keepe  me  fo. 

Enter  Williams. 
Our  Heralds  go  with  him, 
Bring  me  iuft  notice  of  the  numbers  dead 
On  both  our  parts.     Call  yonder  fellow  hither. 
120      Exe.  Souldier,  you  muft  come  to  the  King. 

Kin.  Souldier,   why  wear'ft  thou  that   Gloue  in   thy 
Cappe  ? 

Will,    And't   pleafe   your   Maiefty,    tis   the   gage    of    one 
124  that  I  mould  fight  withall,if  he  be  aliue. 
Kin.  An  Englifhman  ? 

Wil,  And't  pleafe  your  Maiefty,  a  Rafcall  that  fwag- 
ger'd  with  me  laft  night:  who  if  aliue,  and  euer  dare  to 
128  challenge  this  Gloue,  I  haue  fworne  to  take  him  a  boxe 
a'th  ere :  or  if  I  can  fee  my  Gloue  in  his  cappe,  which  he 
fwore  as  he  was  a  Souldier  he  would  weare(if  aliuejl  wil 
ftrike  it  out  foundly. 

132       Kin.    What    thinke   you   Captaine  Fluellen ,    is    it    fit   this 
fouldier  keepe  his  oath. 

Flu.  Hee   is  a   Crauen    and  a  Villaine  elfe,    and't   pleafe 
your  Maiefty  in  my  confcience. 

136      King.  It    may    bee,   his   enemy   is  a   Gentleman    of  great 
fort  quite  from  the  anfwer  of  his  degree. 

Flu.  Though  he  be  as  good  a  lentleman  as  the  diuel  is, 

as    Lucifer   and    Belzebub    himfelfe,    it    is    neceffary    (looke 

140  your  Grace)  that  he  keepe  his  vow   and  his  oath  :     If  hee 

bee   periur'd    (fee   you   now)    his   reputation   is    as   arrant   a 

villaine  and   a  lacke    fawce,   as  euer  his    blacke   fhoo  trodd 

vpon    Gods    ground,    and   his   earth,    in   my    confcience   law 

144      King.    Then   keepe   thy   vow  firrah,   when    thou  meet'ft 

the  fellow. 

Wil.  So,  I  wil  my  Liege,  as  I  liue. 
King.  Who  feru'ft  thou  vnder  ? 

Wil. 
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90  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

IVlll.  Vnder  Captaine  Gou'tr,  my  Liege.  [IV.  7] 

Flu.     Gower   is   a    good    Captaine,    and    is    good    know- 
ledge and  litcratured  in  the  Warres. 

King.  Call  him  hither  to  me,  Souldier. 

Will  I  will  my  Liege.  Exit.  152 

King.  Here  Fluellcn,  weare  thou  this  fauour  for  me,  and 
fticke  it  in  thy  Cappe  :  when  Alanfon  and  my  felfe  were 
downe  together,  I  pluckt  this  Gloue  from  his  Helme  :  If 
any  man  challenge  this,  hee  is  a  friend  to  Alanfon,  and  an  i$6 
enemy  to  our  Perfon  ;  if  thou  encounter  any  fuch,  appre- 
hend him,and  thou  do'ft  me  loue. 

Flu.    Your  Grace   doo's   me  as   great   Honors   as   can   be 
defir'd   in   the   hearts   of   his    Subie£bs :    I   would    faine  fee  160 
the  man,  that  ha's  but  two  legges,  that  fhall  find   himfelfe 
agreefd   at    this  Gloue  j   that   is    all :    but   I  would  faine  fee 
it  once,  and  pleafe  God  of  his  grace  that  I  might  fee. 

King.  Know'ft  thou  Gower  ?  164 

Flu.  He  is  my  deare  friend,  and  pleafe  you. 

King.  Pray  thee  goe   feeke   him,  and  bring  him   to   my 
Tent. 

Flu.  I  will  fetch  him.  Exit.  168 

King.  My  Lord  of  Warwick, and  my  Brother  Glojler, 
Follow  Fluel/en  clofely  at  the  heeles. 
The  Gloue  which  I  haue  giuen  him  for  a  fauour, 
May  haply  purchafe  him  a  box  a'th'eare.  172 

It  is  the  Souldiers :  I  by  bargaine  fliould 
Weare  it  my  felfe.     Follow  good  Coufin  Warwick  : 
If  that  the  Souldier  flrike  him,  as  I  iudge 

By  his  blunt  bearing,  he  will  keepe  his  word;  176 

Some  fodaine  mifchiefe  may  arife  of  it : 
For  I  doe  know  Fluellen  valiant, 
And  toucht  with  Choler,  hot  as  Gunpowder, 
And  quickly  will  returne  an  iniurie.  180 

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COL.  I.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  90 

[IV.  7]  Follow,and  fee  there  be  no  harme  betweene  them. 

Goe  you  with  me,  Vnckle  of  Exeter.  Exeunt. 

[IV.  8]  Enter  Gower  and  Williams. 

Will.  I  warrant  it  is  to  Knight  you,  Captaine. 

Enter  Fluellen. 

Flu.    Gods    will,  and    his    pleafure,    Captaine,    I    befeech 
you   now,  come   apace   to    the   King :    there  is   more   good 
4  toward    you    peraduenture,    then    is   in   your   knowledge    to 
dreame  of. 

Will.  Sir,  know  you  this  Gloue  ? 
Flu.  Know  the  Gloue  ?  I  know  the  Gloue  is  a  Gloue. 
8       Will.  I  know  this  ,  and  thus  I  challenge  it. 

Strikes  him. 

Flu.  'Sblud,    an   arrant   Tray  tor   as    anyes  in    the  Vniuer- 
fall  World,  or  in  France,  or  in  England. 
Gower.  How  now  Sir  ?  you  Villaine. 
12.       Will.  Doe  you  thinke  He  be  forfworne  ? 

Flu.  Stand   away    Captaine    Gower,  I   will    giue    Treafon 
his  payment  into  plowes,  I  warrant  you. 

Will.  I  am  no  Traytor. 

1 6  Flu.  That's  a  Lye  in  thy  Throat.  I  charge  you  in  his 
Maiefties  Name  apprehend  him,  he's  a  friend  of  the  Duke 
Alanfons. 

Enter  Warwick  and  Gloucejler. 
Warw.  How  now,  how  now,  what's  the  matter? 
20      Flu.    My   Lord   of  Warwick,   heere    is,   prayfed   be   God 
for   it,   a   moft    contagious   Treafon    come    to    light ,    looke 
you,  as  you  fhall   defire  in  a   Summers   day.      Heere  is  his 
Maieftie.  Enter  King  and  Exeter. 

24      King.  How  now,  what's  the  matter  ? 

Flu.  My    Liege ,    heere    is    a    Villaine,    and    a    Traytor, 
that    looke    your    Grace,    ha's     ftrooke    the    Gloue    which 

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90  .The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

your     Maieftie     is     take     out     of    die     Helmet    of    Alan-  [IV.  8] 
/on.  28 

JPlll.  My  Liege,  this  was  my  Gloue,  here   is   the  fellow 
of  it:  and  he  that  I  gaue  it  to  in  change,  promis'd  to  weare 
it  in  his  Cappe  :  I  promis'd  to  ftrike  him,  if  he  did  :  I  met 
this  man  with  my  Gloue  in  his  Cappe,  and  I  haue  been  as  32 
good  as  my  word. 

Flu.  Your  Maieftie  heare  now,  fauing  your  Maiefties 
Manhood  ,  what  an  arrant  rafcally ,  beggerly  ,  lowfie 
Knaue  it  is :  I  hope  your  Maieftie  is  peare  me  teftimonie  36 
and  witnefle,  and  will  auouchment,  that  this  is  the  Gloue 
of  Alanfon,  that  your  Maieftie  is  giue  me,  in  your  Con- 
fcience  now. 

King.  Giue  me  thy  Gloue  Souldierj  40 

Looke,  heere  is  the  fellow  of  it : 
'Twas  I  indeed  thou  promifed'ft  to  ftrike, 
And  thou  haft  giuen  me  moft  bitter  termes. 

Flu.    And    pleafe   your   Maieftie,   let   his    Neck    anfwere  44 
for  it,  if  there  is  any  Marfhall  Law  in  the  World. 

King.  How  canft  thou  make  me  fatisfa&ion  ? 

Will.  All  offences,  my  Lord,   come   from   the   heart:  ne- 
uer  came   any   from   mine ,    that    might   offend    your    Ma-  48 
ieftie. 

King.  It  was  our  felfe  thou  didft  abufe. 

Will.    Your    Maieftie    came    not   like    your    felfe :    you 
appear'd    to    me    but    as    a    common    man  j    witnefle    the  52 
Night  ,     your     Garments ,     your     Lowlinefle :     and     what 
your    Highnefle   fufter'd    vnder   that   fliape,  I    befeech   you 
take  it  for  your  owne   fault,  and   not   mine :    for  had   you 
beene  as  I  tooke  you  for,  I  made  no  offence  j  therefore  I  56 
befeech  your  Highnefle  pardon  me. 

King .  Here  Vnckle  Exeter,  fill  this  Gloue  with  Crownes, 
And  giue  it  to  this  fellow.     Keepe  it  fellow, 

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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  90 

[IV.  8]  And  weare  it  for  an  Honor  in  thy  Cappe, 

Till  I  doe  challenge  it.     Giue  him  the  Crownes : 
And  Captaine,  you  muft  needs  be  friends  with  him. 

Flu.  By  this   Day  and    this    Light,    the   fellow   ha's   met- 
64  tell  enough  in  his    belly :    Hold,    there   is   twelue-pence  for 
you,  and  I  pray  you  to  ferue  God,  and  keepe   you  out  of 
prawles    and   prabbles,    and   quarrels   and   diflentions,    and    I 
warrant  you  it  is  the  better  for  you. 
68       WILL  I  will  none  of  your  Money. 

Fin.  It  is  with  a  good  will :  I  can  tell  you  it  will  ferue 
you   to    mend   your    fhooes :    come,    wherefore    fhould    yon 
be   fo   pamfull,   your   fhooes     is    not   fo  good :  'tis :  a   good 
72  filling  I  warrant  you,  or  I  will  change  it. 

Enter  Herauld. 

King.  Now  Herauld,  are  the  dead  numbred  ? 
Herald.     Heere     is     the     number     of     the     flaught'red 
French. 

76      King.    What      Prifoners     of      good      fort      are     taken, 
Vnckle? 

Ere.  Charles  Duke  of  Orleance,  Nephew  to  the  King, 
fohn  Duke  of  Burbon,  and  Lord  Bouchiquald : 
80  Of  other  Lords  and  Barons,  Knights  and  Squires, 
Full  fifteene  hundred,  befides  common  men. 

King.  This  Note  doth  tell  me  of  ten  thoufand  French 
That  in  the  field  lye  flaine  :  of  Princes  in  this  number, 
84  And  Nobles  bearing  Banners,  there  lye  dead 
One  hundred  twentie  fix :  added  to  thefe, 
Of  Knights,  Efquires,  and  gallant  Gentlemen, 
Eight  thoufand  and  foure  hundred  :  of  the  which, 
88  Fiue  hundred  were  but  yefterday  dubb'd  Knights. 
So  that  in  thefe  ten  thoufand  they  haue  loft, 
There  are  but  fixteene  hundred  Mercenaries  : 
The  reft  are  Princes,  Barons,  Lords,  Knights,  Squires, 

And 
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9i  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i. 

And  Gentlemen  of  bloud  and  qualitie.  [IV.  8] 

The  Names  of  thofe  their  Nobles  that  lye  dead : 

Charles  Delaireth,  High  Conftable  of  France, 

la  jucs  of  Chatilion,  Admirall  of  France, 

The  Matter  of  the  Crofle-bowes,  Lord  Ramlures,  96" 

Great  Matter  of  France,  the  braue  Sir  Guichard  Dolphin, 

lokn  Duke  of  Alanfon,  Anthonie  Duke  of  Brabant, 

The  Brother  to  the  Duke  of  Burgundie, 

And  Edward  Duke  of  Barr :  of  luftie  Earles,  100 

Grandpree  and  Rnuflie,  Fauconlridge  and  Foyes, 

Beaumont  and  Marie,  Vandemont  and  Leftrale. 

Here  was  a  Royall  fellowfhip  of  death. 

Where  is  the  number  of  our  Englilh  dead  ?  104 

Edward  the  Duke  of  Yorke,  the  Earle  of  Suffolke, 

Sir  Richard  Kelly,  Dauy  Gam  Efquire; 

None  elfe  of  name  :  and  of  all  other  men, 

But  fiue  and  twentie.  108 

O  God,  thy  Arme  was  heere : 
And  not  to  vs,  but  to  thy  Arme  alone, 
Afcribe  we  all :  when,  without  ftratagem, 

But  in  plaine  mock,and  euen  play  of  Battaile,  112 

Was  euer  knowne  fo  great  and  little  lofle  ? 
On  one  part  and  on  th'other,  take  it  God, 
For  it  is  none  but  thine. 

Exet.  'Tis  wonderfull.  116 

King.  Come,  goe  me  in  proceflion  to  the  Village  : 
And  be  it  death  proclaymed  through  our  Hoaft, 
To  boaft  of  this,  or  take  that  prayfe  from  God, 
Which  is  his  onely.  120 

Flu.  Is  it   not   lawfull   and   pleafe  your   Maieftie,  to   tell 
how  many  is  kill'd  ? 

King.  Yes  Captaine  :  but  with  this  acknowledgement, 
That  God  fought  for  vs.  124 

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COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  91 

[IV.  8]      Flu.  Yes,  my  confcience,  he  did  vs  great  good. 

King.  Doe  we  all  holy  Rights : 
Let  there  be  fung  Non  nobis,  and  Te  Deum, 
128  The  dead  with  charitie  enclos'd  in  Clay  : 
And  then  to  Callice,  and  to  England  then, 
Where  ne're  from  France  arriu'd  more  happy  men. 

Exeunt. 


[V.]  Actus  Quintus. 


Enter  Chorus. 

Vouchfafe  to  thofe  that  haue  not  read  the  Story, 
That  I  may  prompt  them :  and  of  fuch  as  haue, 
I  humbly  pray  them  to  admit  th'excufe 
4  Of  time,  of  numbers,  and  due  courfe  of  things, 
Which  cannot  in  their  huge  and  proper  life, 
Be  here  prefeuted.     'Now  we  beare  the  King 
Toward  Callice  :  Graunt  him  there  ;  there  feene, 
8  Heaue  him  away  vpon  your  winged  thoughts, 
Athwart  the  Sea  :  Behold  the  Englifh  beach 
Pales  in  the  flood;  with  Men,  Wiues,  and  Boyes, 
Whofe  fhouts  &  claps  out-voyce  the  deep-mouth'd  Sea, 

12  Which  like  a  mightie  Whiffler  'fore  the  King, 
Seemes  to  prepare  his  way  :  So  let  him  land, 
And  folemnly  fee  him  fet  on  to  London. 
So  fwift  a  pace  hath  Thought,  that  euen  now 

16  You  may  imagine  him  vpon  Black-Heath  ; 
Where,  that  his  Lords  defire  him,  to  haue  borne 
His  bruifed  Helmet,  and  his  bended  Sword 
Before  him,  through  the  Citie  :  he  forbids  it, 


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91  The  Life  of  Henry  the  F'tft.  [COL.  2. 

Being  free  from  vain-nefle,  and  felfe -glorious  pride ;  [V. 

Giuing  full  Trophee,  Signal!,  and  Oftent, 
Quite  from  himfelfe,  to  God.     But  now  behold, 
In  the  quick  Forge  and  working-houfe  of  Thought, 
How  London  doth  powre  out  her  Citizens,  24 

The  Maior  and  all  his  Brethren  in  beft  fort, 
Like  to  the  Senatours  of  th'antique  Rome, 
With  the  Plebeians  fwarming  at  their  heeles, 
Goe  forth  and  fetch  their  Conqu'ring  Ccefar  in  :  28 

As  by  a  lower,  but  by  louing  likelyhood, 
Were  now  the  Generall  of  our  gracious  Emprefie, 
As  in  good  time  he  may,  from  Ireland  comming, 
Bringing  Rebellion  broached  on  his  Sword  j  32 

How  many  would  the  peaceful!  Citie  quit, 
To  welcome  him  ?  much  more,  and  much  more  caufe, 
Did  they  this  Harry.     Now  in  London  place  him. 
As  yet  the  lamentation  of  the  French  36 

Inuites  the  King  of  Englands  ftay  at  home  :  . 

The  Emperour's  comming  in  behalfe  of  France, 
To  order  peace  betweene  them  :  and  omit 

All  the  occurrences,  what  euer  chanc't,  40 

Till  Harryes  backe  returne  again  to  France: 
There  muft  we  bring  him  ;  and  my  felfe  haue  play'd 
The  interim,  by  remembring  you  'tis  pan*. 

Then  brooke  abridgement,  and  your  eyes  aduance,  44 

After  your  thoughts,  ftraight  backe  againe  to  France. 

Exit. 

Enter  Fluellen  and  Gower.  [V.  i] 

Gower.    Nay,    that's    right  :    but    why    weare    you    your 
Leeke  to  day  ?  S.  Dauies  day  is  paft. 

Flu.    There  is   occafions   and   caufes   why   and   wherefore 


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COL.  a.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  91 

[V.  i]  in   all    things :     I    will    tell    you   affe    my   friend,    Captaine 

Goiver;     the     rafcally,    fcauld,     beggerly,    lowfie,    pragging 

Knaue  Piftoll,  which  you  and  your  felfe,  and  all  the  World, 

know  to  be  no  petter  then  a  fellow,  looke  you  now,  of  no 

8  merits :    hee   is   come   to   me,   and    prings    me    pread    and 

fault  yefterday,    looke   you,    and    bid    me   eate   my   Leeke : 

it  was   in  a  place  where   I   could  not   breed   no   contention 

with  him ;  but  I  will  be  fo  bold  as  to  weare  it  in  my  Cap 

12  till  I  fee  him  once  againe,  and  then  I  will  tell  him  a  little 

piece  of  my  defires. 

Enter  Pi/loll. 

Gower.   Why   heere   hee  comes,  fwelling    like    a    Turky- 
cock. 

1 6  Flu.  'Tis  no  matter  for  his  fwellings,  nor  his  Turky- 
cocks.  God  pleffe  you  aunchient  Pistoll:you  fcuruie  low- 
lie  Knaue,  God  plefle  you. 

Plft.     Ha,    art    thou    bedlam  ?     doeft    thou    thirft,    bafe 
20  Troian,  to   haue  me  fold  vp  Parcas  fatall   Web?     Hence; 
I  am  qualmifh  at  the  fmell  of  Leeke. 

Flu.  I   pefeech    you    heartily,   fcuruie    lowfie    Knaue,    at 
my   defires,   and    my   requefts,   and    my   petitions,   to    eate, 
24  looke  you,   this   Leeke;    becaufe,   looke  you,   you   doe   not 
loue   it,    nor   your   affections,    and    your   appetites   and   your 
difgeftions   doo's    not    agree   with    it,    I    would    defire    you 
to  eate  it. 
28      Pifl'  Not  for  Cadwallader  and  all  his  Goats. 

Flu.  There  is  one  Goat  for  you.  Strikes  him. 

Will  you  be  fo  good,  fcauld  Knaue,as  eate  it  ? 

Pift.  Bafe  Troian,  thou  {halt  dye. 

32  Flu.  You  fay  very  true,  fcauld  Knaue,  when  Gods 
will  is :  I  will  defire  you  to  liue  in  the  meane  time,  and 
eate  your  Victuals :  come,  there  is  fawce  for  it.  You 
call'd  me  yefterday  Mountaine-Squier,  but  I  will  make 

you 


93  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  i, 

you  to  day  a  fquire  of  low  degree.     I  pray  you  fall  too ,  if  [V.  i] 
you  cau  raocke  a  Leeke,  you  can  eate  a  Leeke. 

Gour.  Enough  Captaine,  you  haue  aftoniflit  him. 

Flu. I  fay,  I  will  make  him  eate  fome  part  of   my  leeke, 
or  I  will  peate  his  pate  foure  dayes :  bite  I  pray  you,  it  is  4° 
good    for    your    greene    wound,    and    your    ploodie    Coxe- 
combe. 

Pi/I.  Muft  I  bite. 

Flu.    Yes   certainly,  and   out   of  doubt    and   out   of   que-  44 
ftion  too,  and  ambiguities. 

Pift.    By    this    Leeke,    I    will    moft    horribly   reuenge    I 
eate  and  eate  I  fweare. 

Flu.  Eate   I   pray  you,  will  you   haue   fome   more   fauce  48 
to  your  Leeke  :  there  is  not  enough  Leeke  to  fweare  by. 

Pift.  Quiet  thy  Cudgell,  thou  doft  fee  I  eate. 

Flu.    Much   good   do  you    fcald   knaue,   heartily.       Nay, 
pray  you   throw  none  away,  the   skinne   is   good   for   your  52 
broken     Coxcombe  j     when     you     take     occafions     to     fee 
Leekes  heereafter,  I  pray  you  mocke  at  'em,  that  is  all. 

Pift.  Good. 

Flu.  I,    Leekes   is   good:    hold  you,  there   is   a   groat   to  $6' 
heale  your  pate. 

Pift.  Me  a  gro  at  ? 

Flu  Yes  verily,  and  in  truth  you  fhall  take  it,  or  I  haue 
another  Leeke  in  my  pocket,  which  you  (hall  eate.  60 

Pift.  I  take  thy  groat  in  earneft  of  reuenge. 

Flu.  If  I  owe  you  any  thing,    I    will   pay  you   in    Cud- 
gels, you    ihall    be   a   Wood  monger,   and    buy   nothing    of 
me  but  cudgels  •'    God  bu'y  you,  and   keepe  you,   &  heale  64 
your  pate.  Exit 

Pift.  All  hell  mail  ftirre  for  this. 

Gow.  Go,    go,   you    are    a     counterfeit   cowardly   Knaue, 
will  you   mocke  at  an   ancient  Tradition   began  vppon   an  68 


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COL.  i.]  The  Life  of  Henry  t lie  Fift.  92 

[V.  i]  honourable  refpeft,  and  worne  as  a  memorable  Trophee 
of  predeceafed  valor,  and  dare  not  auouch  in  your  deeds 
any  of  your  words.  I  haue  feene  you  gleeking  &  galling 

72  at  this  Gentleman  twice  or  thrice.  You  thought,  becaufe 
he  could  not  fpeake  Englifh  in  the  native  garb,  he  could 
not  therefore  handle  an  Englifh  Cudgell :  you  finde  it  o- 
therwife,  and  henceforth  let  a  Welih  correction,  teach 

76  you  a  good  Englifh  condition,  fare  ye  well.  Erit 

Fiji.  Doeth  fortune  play  the  hufwife  with  me  now  ? 
Newes  haue  I  that  my  Doll  is  dead  i'th  Spittle  of  a  mala- 
dy of  France,  and  there  my  rendeuous  is  quite  cut  off: 

80  Old  I  do  waxe,  and  from  my  wearie  limbes  honour  is 
Cudgeld.  Well,  Baud  lie  turne,  and  fomething  leane  to 
Cut-purle  of  quicke  hand  :  To  England  will  I  fteale,  and 
there  He  fteale : 

84  And  patches  will  I  get  vnto  thefe  cudgeld  fcarres, 

And  fwore  I  got  them  in  the  Gallia  warres.  Exit. 

[V.  2]    Enter  at  one  doore,  King  Henry,  Exeter,  Bedford,  Warwicke, 
and  other  Lords.     At  another,  Queene  Ifabel , 
the  King,  the  Duke  of  Bourgongne ,and 

other  French. 

King.  Peace  to  this  meeting,  wherefore  we  are  metj 
Vnto  our  brother  France,  and  to  our  Sifter 
Health  and  faire  time  of  day  :  loy  and  good  wifhes 
4  To  our  moft  faire  and  Princely  Cofine  Katherine : 
And  as  a  branch  and  member  of  this  Royalty, 
By  whom  this  great  affembly  is  contriu'd, 
We  do  falute  you  Duke  of  Burgogne, 
8  And  Princes  French  and  Peeres  health  to  you  all. 
Fra.  Right  ioyous  are  we  to  behold  your  face. 
Moft  worthy  brother  England,  fairely  met, 
So  are  you  Princes  (Englifh)  euery  one. 


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92  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  a. 

Quee.  So  happy  be  the  Iflue  brother  Ireland  [V.  2] 

Of  this  good  day,  and  of  this  gracious  meeting, 
As  we  are  now  glad  to  behold  your  eyes, 
Your  eyes  which  hitherto  haue  borne 

In  them  againft  the  French  that  met  them  in  their  bent,  16 

The  fatall  Balls  of  murthering  Bafiliskes  : 
The  venome  of  fuch  Lookes  we  fairely  hope 
Haue  loft  their  qualitie,  and  that  this  day 
Shall  change  all  griefes  and  quarrels  into  loue.  20 

Eng.  To  cry  Amen  to  that,  thus  we  appeare. 

Quee.  You  Euglifh  Princes  all,  I  doe  falute  you. 

Burg.  My  dutie  to  you  both,  on  equall  loue. 
Great  Kings  of  France  and  England  :  that  I  haue  labour'd         24 
With  all  my  wits,  my  paines,  and  ftrong  endeuors, 
To  bring  your  moft  Imperiall  Maiefties 
Vnto  this  Barre,  and  Royall  enterview ; 

Your  Mightinefle  on  both  parts  beft  can  witnefle.  28 

Since  then  my  Office  hath  fo  farre  preuayl'd, 
That  Face  to  Face,  and  Royall  Eye  to  Eye, 
You  haue  congreeted  :  let  it  not  difgrace  me, 
If  I  demand  before  this  Royall  view,  32 

What  Rub,  or  what  Impediment  there  is, 
Why  that  the  naked,  poore,  and  mangled  Peace, 
Deare  Nourfe  of  Arts,  Plentyes,  and  ioyfull  Births, 
Should  not  in  this  beft  Garden  of  the  World,  36 

Our  fertile  France,  put  vp  her  louely  Vifage  ? 
Alas,  fhee  hath  from  France  too  long  been  chas'd, 
And  all  her  Husbandry  doth  lye  on  heapes, 

Corrupting  in  it  owne  fertilitie.  40 

Her  Vine,  the  merry  chearer  of  the  heart, 
Vnpruned,  dyes  :  her  Hedges  euen  pleach' d, 
Like  Prifoners  wildly  ouer-growne  with  hayre, 
Put  forth  diforder'd  Twigs :  her  fallow  Leas,  44 

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COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  92 

[V.  2]  The  Darnell,  Hemlock,  and  ranke  Femetary, 

Doth  root  vpon  j  while  that  the  Culter  rufts, 

That  fhould  deracinate  fuch  Sauagery  : 
48  The  euen  Meade,  that  erft  brought  fweetly  forth 

The  freckled  Cowflip,  Burnet,  and  greene  Clouer, 

Wanting  the  Sythe,  withall  vncorre6ted,  ranke ; 

Conceiues  by  idlenefle,  and  nothing  teenies, 
52  But  hatefull  Docks,  rough  Thirties,  Kekfyes,  Burres, 

Looting  both  beautie  and  vtilitiej 

And  all  our  Vineyards,  Fallowes,  Meades,  and  Hedges 

Defe£tiue  in  their  natures,  grow  to  wildnefie. 
56  Euen  fo  our  Houfes,  and  our  felues,  and  Children, 

Haue  loft,  or  doe  not  learne,  for  want  of  time, 

The  Sciences  that  fhould  become  our  Countrey  j 

But  grow  like  Sauages,  as  Souldiers  will, 
60  That  nothing  doe,  but  meditate  on  Blood, 

To  Swearing,  and  fterne  Lookes,  defus'd  Attyre, 

And  euery  thing  that  feemes  vnnaturall. 

Which  to  reduce  into  our  former  fauour, 
64  You  are  aflembled  :  and  my  fpeech  entreats, 

That  I  may  know  the  Let,  why  gentle  Peace 

Should  not  expell  thefe  inconueniences, 

And  blefle  vs  with  her  former  qualities. 
68      Eng.  If  Duke  of  Burgonie,  you  would  the  Peace, 

"VVhofe  want  giues  growth  to  th'i  in  perfections 

Which  you  haue  cited ;  you  muft  buy  that  Peace 

With  full  accord  to  all  our  iuft  demands, 
7 2  Whofe  Tenures  and  particular  effe&s 

You  haue  enfchedul'd  briefely  in  your  hands. 

Burg.    The  King  hath   heard  them:  to   the   which,  as  yet 

There  is  no  Anfwer  made. 
76      Eng.  Well  then  :  the  Peace  which  you   before  fo  vrg'd, 

Lyes  in  his  Anfwer  .- 

France.  I 

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93  The  Life  cf  Htnry  the  Fift.  [COL.  I. 

France.  I  haue  but  with  a  curfelarie  eye  [V.  2] 

O're-glanc't  the  Articles  :   Pleafeth  your  Grace 
To  appoint  fome  of  your  Councell  prefently  80 

To  fit  with  vs  once  more,  with  better  heed 
To  re-furuey  them;  we  will  fuddenly 
Pafle  our  accept  and  peremptorie  Anfwer. 

England.  Brother  we  mall.     Goe  Vnckle  Exeter,  84 

And  Brother  Clarence,  and  you  Brother  Gloucejler, 
JParwick,  and  Huntington,  goe  with  the  King, 
And  take  with  you  free  power,  to  ratifie, 

Augment,  or  alter,  as  your  Wifdomes  beft  88 

Shall  fee  aduantageable  for  our  Dignitie, 
Any  thing  in  or  out  of  our  Demands, 
And  wee'le  configne  thereto.     Will  you,faire  Sifter, 
Goe  with  the  Princes,  or  ftay  here  with  vs?  Q2 

Quee.  Our  gracious  Brother,  I  will  goe  with  them  : 
Happily  a  Womans  Voyce  may  doe  fome  good, 
When  Articles  too  nicely  vrg'd,be  flood  on. 

England.  Yet  leaue  our  Coufin  Katherine  here  with  vs,          pg 
She  is  our  capitall  Demand,compris'd 
Within  the  fore-ranke  of  our  Articles. 

Quee,  She  hath  good  leaue.  Exeunt  omnes. 

Manet  King  and  Katherine. 

King.  Faire  Katherine,and  moft  faire,  100 

Will  you  vouchfafe  to  teach  a  Souldier  tearmes, 
Such  as  will  enter  at  a  Ladyes  eare, 
And  pleade  his  Loue-fuit  to  her  gentle  heart. 

Kath.  Your  Maieftie  mall   mock   at  me,  I   cannot   fpeake  104 
your  England. 

King.  O  faire  Katherine,  if  you  will  loue  me  foundly 
with  your  French  heart,  I  will  be  glad  to  heare  you  con- 
fefle  it  brokenly  with  your  Englifh  Tongue.  Doe  you  108 

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[V.  2]  like  me,  Kate  ? 

Kath.  Pardonne  moy,  I  cannot  tell  wat  is  like  me. 
King.  An  Angell  is  like  you  Kate,  and  you  are  like  an 
112  Angell. 

Kath.   Que  dit  il  que  le  fuis  femllalle  a  les  Angesl 
Lady.   Ouy  verayment  (faufvoftre  Grace)  ainfi  dit  il. 
King.  I  faid  fo,  deare  Katherine,  and   I   muft  not   blulh 
116  to  affirme  it. 

Kath.   O  ton  Dieu,  les  langues  des   hommes  font  plein   de 
tromperies. 

King.  What   fayes    fhe,    faire   one  ?    that   the   tongues   of 
1 20  men  are  full  of  deceits  ? 

Lady.   Ouy,dat   de  tongeus  of  de  mans  is  be  full  of  de- 
ceits :  dat  is  de  Princefle. 

King.    The     Princeife     is     the      better     Englifh-woman : 
J24yfaith  Kate,   my  wooing  is  lit   for  thy  vnderflanding,  I  am 
glad    thou    canft    fpeake    no    better    Englim ,    for    if    thou 
could'ft,   thou  would'ft   finde   me  fuch   a  plaiue   King,  that 
thou   wouldft   thinke,   I   had    fold    my   Farme   to   buy   my 
128  Crowne.      I   know  no  wayes    to   mince   it   in   loue,  but  di- 
rectly  to   fay,  I    loue   you;    then    if   you   vrge   me   farther, 
then  to  fay,  Doe  you  in  faith?    I  weare  out  my  fuite :   Giue 
me  your  anfwer,  y faith  doe,  and  fo  clap   hands,  and  a  bar- 
132  gaine  :  how  fay  you,  Lady  ? 

Kath.  Saufvoftre  honeur,  me  vnderftand  well. 

King.  Marry,   if   you   would    put    me    to   Verfes,    or    to 

Dance  for  your  fake,  Kate,why  you  vndid   me:    for  the  one 

136  I   haue   neither  words   nor   meafure ;    and   for   the   other ,  I 

haue   no    ftrength   in   meafure,  yet  a   reafonable   meafure   in 

ftrength.     If  I  could  whine  a  Lady  at   Leape-frogge,  or  by 

vawting  into   my   Saddle,  with    my  Armour  on    my  backej 

140  vnder   the   correction   of   bragging   be   it   fpoken,    I    mould 

quickly   leape   into   a   Wife :    Or  if  I    might   buffet   for   my 

a — FOL.         7  97 


93  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2, 

Loue,  or  bound  my  Horle  for  her  fauours,   I  could  lay  on  [V.  2] 
like  a  Butcher,  and  fit  like  a  lack  an  Apes,  neuer  off.     But 
before   God  Kate,   I   cannot   looke  greenely,  nor  gafpe   out  144 
my    eloquence ,   nor    I    haue    no   cunning   in    proteftation : 
onely   downe-right    Oathes,   which    I    neuer  vfe    till   vrg'd, 
nor   neuer  breake   for  vrging.     If  thou   canft  loue  a  fellow 
of  this  temper,   Kate,  whole  face   is  not  worth    Sunne-bur-  148 
ning  ?    that    neuer   lookes   in   his    Glafle,   for   loue    of    any 
thing  he  fees  there  ?  let  thine  Eye  be  thy  Cooke.     I  fpeake 
to   thee   plaine   Souldier :     If  thou    canft    loue    me    for   this, 
take  me  ?  if  not  ?  to  fay  to  thee  that  I  mall  dye,  is  true;  but  152 
for   thy  loue,  by  the   L.    No :    yet    I    loue   thee   too.     And 
while    thou    liu'ft,  deare   Kate,  take   a    fellow  of  plaine   and 
vncoyned  Conftancie,   for   he    perforce    muft   do    thee   right, 
becaufe  he  hath  not  the  gift   to  wooe  in  other  places  :    for  156 
thefe  fellowes   of  iufinit   tongue,  that  can  ryme   themfelues 
into    Ladyes    fauours,    they   doe    alwayes    realun    themfelues 
out   againe.     What  9  a    fpeaker  is  but   a   prater,  a   Ryme  is 
but  a  Ballad;    a  good   Legge  will  fall,  a   ftrait    Backe   will  160 
ftoope,  a  blacke  Beard  will  turne  white,   a  curl'd  Pate  will 
grow   bald,  a   faire    Face  will  wither,  a    full    Eye   will    wax 
hollow :    but    a    good    Heart,  Kate,   is   the    Sunne    and    the 
Moone,  or  rather   the    Sunne,  and   not    the   Moone ;    for   it  164 
mines    bright,  and    neuer    changes,    but    keepes    his    courfe 
truly.      If    thou   would   haue   fuch   a   one,    take    me  ?  and 
take   me  ;    take  a   Souldier :    take   a  Souldier ;  take  a  King. 
And   what  fay'ft  thou  then   to  my   Loue?  fpeake   my  faire,  j68 
and  fairely,  I  pray  thee. 

Kath.  Is    it    poflible    dat   I    fould   loue    de    ennemie    of 
Fraunce  ? 

King.  No,   it   is  not   poflible  you   mould   loue   the   Ene-  i72 
mie  of  France,  Kate;   but   in   louing   me,   you   mould  loue 
the   Friend   of  France:    for   I   loue  France  fo  well,  that   I 


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[V.  2]  will  not  part  with  a  Village  of  it :  I  will  haue  it  all  mine : 

176  and  Kate,  when  France  is  mine,  and  I  am  yours;  then  yours 
is  France,  and  you  are  mine. 
Kath.  I  cannot  tell  wat  is  dat. 
King.   No,  Kate  ?  I  will  tell  thee  in  French,  which  I  am 

180  fure  will  hang  vpon  my  tongue,  like  a  new-married  Wife 
about  her  Husbands  Necke,  hardly  to  be  {hooke  off;  le 
quand  fur  le  pojjejfion  de  Fraunce,  &  quand  vons  aues  le  pof- 
fejjion  de  may.  (Let  mee  fee,  what  then  ?  Saint  Dennis  bee 

184  my  fpeede)  Done  vojlre  ejl  Fraunce,  &  vous  ejles  mienne. 
It  is  as  eafie  for  me,  Kate,  to  conquer  the  Kingdome,  as  to 
fpeake  fo  much  more  French  :  I  (hall  neuer  moue  thee  in 
French,  vnlefle  it  be  to  laugh  at  me. 

188  Kath.  Sauf  vojlre  honeur,  le  Francois  ques  vous  parleis,  il 
&  melieus  que  /'  Anglois  le  quel  le  parle . 

King.  No    faith    is't    not,    Kate:    but    thy    fpeaking    of 
my   Tongue  ,     and     I     thine,    moft     truely    falfely,     muft 

192  needes  be  graunted  to  be  much  at  one.  But  -Kate,  doo'ft 
thou  vnderftand  thus  much  Englifh  ?  Canft  thou  loue 
mee  ? 

Kath.  I  cannot  tell. 

196  King.  Can  any  of  your  Neighbours  tell,  Kate  ?  lie 
aske  them.  Come,  I  know  thou  loueft  me :  and  at  night, 
when  you  come  into  your  Clofet,  you'le  queftion  this 
Gentlewoman  about  me ;  and  I  know,  Kate,  you  will  to 

200  her  difprayfe  thofe  parts  in  me,  that  you  lone  with  your 
heart  :  but  good  Kate,  mocke  me  mercifully,  the  rather 
gentle  Princelfe,  becaufe  I  loue  thee  cruelly.  If  euer  thou 
beeft  mine,  Kate,  as  I  haue  a  fauing  Faith  within  me  tells 

204  me  thou  fhalt ;  I  get  thee  with  skambling ,  and  thou 
muft  therefore  needes  prone  a  good  Souldier-breeder : 
Shall  not  thou  and  I,  betweene  Saint  Dennis  and  Saint 
George,  compound  a  Boy,  halfe  French  halfe  Englifh, 

k  that 

99 


94  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Ftft.  [COL.  i, 

that    lliall   goe   to  Conftantinople,   and   take   the  Tnrke   by  [V.  2] 
the    Beard.       Shall   wee   not  ?    what    lay 'ft    thou,    my    faire 
Flower-de-Luce. 

Kate.  I  doe  not  know  dat. 

King.  No: 'tis  hereafter  to   know,    but   now    to  prom ife  :  212 
doe   but   now    promife   Kate,   you   will    endeauour   for  your 
French   part    of  luch    a    Boy ;    and    for  my    Englifh    moytie, 
take  the  Word  of  a  King,  and   a   Batcheler.     How  anfwer 
you,  La  plus  belle  Katherine  du  monde  mon  trefcher  &  deuin  216 
deefle. 

Katli.     Your    Maieftee     aue     faufe     Frenche     enough     to 
deceiue  de  moft  fage  Damoifeil  dat  is  en  Fraunce. 

King.  Now  fye  vpon    my    falle    French:  by    mine    Honor  220 
in  true  Englim,  I  loue  thee   Kate ;  by  which  Honor,  I  dare 
not  fweare  thou   loueft   me,   yet   my  blood    begins   to   flat- 
ter  me,  that    thou    doo'ft ;    notwithstanding   the   poore    and 
vntempering    effed     of     my    Vifage.       Now    befhrew    my  224 
Fathers    Ambition  ,    hee    was    thinking    of     Ciuill    Warres 
when  hee   got    me,   therefore  was    I    created    with    a    ftub- 
borne  out-fide,  with  an   afpe£l   of  Iron,  that   when    I    come 
to  wooe   Ladyes,  I   fright  them  :    but   in    faith    Kate,  the  el-  228 
der  I   wax,  the  better  I   mail  appeare.     My  comfort   is,  that 
Old    Age,  that   ill    layer  vp   of  Beautie,    can    doe    no    more 
fpoyle  vpon  my  Face.     Thou  haft  me,  if  thou  haft  me,  at 
the   worft ;    and   thou    {halt    weare    me,  if   thou  weare   me,  232 
better  and    better:    and    therefore   tell    me,    moft   faire    Ka- 
therine, will   you  haue   me  ?     Put  off  your  Maiden   Bluilies, 
auouch   the    Thoughts    of  your    Heart   with    the    Lookes    of 
an    Emprefle,    take    me    by    the    hand,    and    fay,    Harry   of  236 
England,  I   am   thine :    which    Word    thou   {halt    no  fooner 
blefle  mine  Eare  withall,  but  I   will  tett  thee  alowd,  Eng- 
land is  thine,  Ireland  is  thine,  France   is  thine,   and   Henry 
Plantaginet   is   thine  j    who,  though    I    fpeake    it   before   his  240 


COL.  i.]  The  Life  cf  Henry  the  Fift.  94 

[V.  2]  Face,  if  he  be  not  Fellow  with  the  beft  King,  thou  malt 
finde  the  beft  King  of  Good-fellowes.  Come  your  An- 
fwer  in  broken  Mulick ;  for  thy  Voyce  is  Mulick,  and 
244  thy  Engltfh  broken :  Therefore  Queene  of  all,  Katherine, 
breake  thy  minde  to  me  in  broken  Englim ;  wilt  thou 
haue  me  t 

Kath.  Dat  is  as  it  mall  pleafe  de  Roy  mon  pere. 
248      King.  Nay,  it  will  pleafe  him  well,  Kate;  it   mall   pleafe 
him,  Kate. 

Kath.  Den  it  fall  alfo  content  me. 

King.  Vpon  that   I   kiife  your  Hand,  and  I   call  you  my 
252  Queene. 

Kath.   Laiffe   mon   Seigneur,  laiQe,  laiffe,  may  foy  :    le  ne 
veus  point   que   vous    abbaiffe  vojlre  grandeus ,  en    baifant    le 
main  (Tune  nostre  Seigneur  indignie  feruiteur  excufe  may,     le 
256  vousfupplie  mon  tref-puiffant  Seigneur. 

King.  Then  I  will  kilfe  your  Lippes,  Kate. 
Kath.  Les    Dames    &   Damoifels  pour   ejire    baifee   deuant 
leur  nopcefe  il  net  pas  le  cojiurne  de  Fraunce. 
260      King.  Madame,  my  Interpreter,  what  fayes  fhee  ? 

Lady.    Dat    it   is   not    be   de   fafhon    pour    le    Ladies    of 
Fraunce ;  I  cannot  tell  wat  is  buifle  en  Anglifh. 

King.  To  kiffe. 
264       Lady.  Your  Maieftee  entendre  lettre  que  moy. 

King.    It  is    not   a  fafhion    for   the   Maids  in   Fraunce  to 
kiffe  before  they  are  marryed,  would  me  fay  ? 

Lady.   Ouy  verayment. 

268  King.  O  Kate,  nice  Cuftomes  curfie  to  great  Kings. 
Deare  Kate ,  you  and  I  cannot  bee  confin'd  within  the 
weake  Lyft  of  a  Countreyes  fafhion  :  wee  are  the  ma- 
kers of  Manners,  Kate;  and  the  libertie  that  followes 
2/2  our  Places,  ftoppes  the  mouth  of  all  finde-faults ,  as  I 
will  doe  yours,  for  vpholding  the  nice  fafhion  of  your 


JOI 


94  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  [COL.  2. 

Countrey,    in    denying    me    a    Kifle :     therefore    patiently,  [V.  2] 
and    yeelding.      You     haue    Witch-craft     in    your    Lippes, 
Kate  :     there    is    more    eloquence    in    a    Sugar    touch    of  276 
them,  then  in  the   Tongues   of  the   French  Councell ;  and 
they    fhould    fooner    perfwade    Harry   of  England,   then    a 
generall      Petition      of      Monarchs.       Heere      comes      youi 
Father.  280 

Enter  the  French  Power,  and  the  Engl(/h 
Lords. 

Burg.     God     faue     your     Maieftie,    my    Royall    Coufin, 
teach  you  our  Princefle  Englifh  ? 

King.  I   would   haue   her  learne,   my   faire   Coufin,  how 
perfe&ly  I  loue  her,  and  that  is  good  Englifh.  284 

Burg.  Is  ihee  not  apt  ? 

King.    Our    Tongue   is    rough,   Coze,   and    my   Conditi- 
on  is  not  fmooth :    fo  that   hauing   neyther   the  Voyce    nor 
the  Heart   of  Flatterie   about   me,   I    cannot    fo   coniure   vp  288 
the  Spirit  of  Loue  in  her,  that  hee  will  appeare  in  his  true 
likeneffe. 

Burg.    Pardon   the   franknefle   of  my   mirth,  if  I    anfwer 
you   for   that.       If    you    would    coniure    in   her ,   you   muft  292 
make   a    Circle  :    if    coniure    vp    Loue    in    her   in   his    true 
likenefle,    hee   muft    appeare    naked,    and    blinde.     Can   you 
blame   her   then,  being   a   Maid ,    yet   ros'd   ouer   with    the 
Virgin    Crimfon    of  Modeftie,    if    Ihee    deny   the    apparance  296 
of  a  naked  blinde  Boy  in  her  naked  feeing  felfe  ?     It  were 
(my    Lord)    a    hard    Condition    for    a    Maid    to    configne 
to. 

King.  Yet  they  doe  winke   and   yeeld,  as  Loue   is   blind  300 
and  enforces. 

Burg.    They  are   then  excus'd,  my  Lord,  when  they  fee 


102 


COL.  2.]  The  Life  if  Henry  the  Fift.  94 

[V.  2]  not  what  they  doe. 

304  King.  Then  good  my  Lord,  teach  your  Coufin  to 
con  lent  winking. 

B-irg.  I  will  winke  on  her  to  confent,  my  Lord,  if  you 
will  teach  her  to  know  my  meaning :  for  Maides  well 
308  Summer'd,  and  warme  kept,  are  like  Flyes  at  Bartholo- 
mew-tyde,  blinde,  though  they  haue  their  eyes,  and  then 
they  will  endure  handling,  which  before  would  not  abide 
looking  on. 

312  King.  This  Morall  tyes  me  ouer  to  Time,  and  a  hot 
Summer;  and  fo  I  lhall  catch  the  Flye,  your  Coulin,  in 
the  latter  end,  and  lliee  muft  be  blinde  to. 

Burg.  As  Loue  is  my  Lord,  before  it  loues. 

316  King.  It  is  fo  :  and  you  may,  fome  of  you,  thanke 
Loue  for  my  blindnefle ,  who  cannot  fee  many  a  faire 
French  Citie  for  one  faire  French  Maid  that  ftands  in  my 
way. 

320  French  King.  Yes  my  Lord ,  you  fee  them  perfpec- 
tiuely :  the  Cities  turn'd  into  a  Maid ;  for  they  are 
all  gyrdled  with  Maiden  Walls,  that  Warre  hath  en- 
tred. 

324      England.   Shall  Kate  be  my  Wife  ? 
France.   So  pleafe  you. 

England.     I     am    content ,    fo    the    Maiden    Cities    you 
talke   of,    may    wait    on    her :    fo    the    Maid   that    flood    in 
328  the   way   for    my   With ,   lhall    Ihew    me    the   way    to    my 
Will. 

France.    Wee    haue    confented    to    all    tearmes    of     rea- 
fon. 
332      England.  Is't  fo,  my  Lords  of  England  ? 

Weft.  The  King  hath  graunted  euery  Article  : 
His  Daughter  firft  j  and  in  fequele,  all, 
According  to  their  firine  propofed  natures. 

Exet.  Onely 
103 


95  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fif I.  [COL.  I. 

Exet.  Onely  he  hath  not  yet  fubfcribed  this :  [V.  2] 

Where  your  Maieftie  demands,  That  the  King  of  France 
hauing  any  occafion  to  write  for  matter  of  Graunt,  {hall 
name  your  Highneffe  in  this  forme,  and  with  this  additi- 
on, in  French  :  No/ire  trefcher  Jilx  Henry  Roy  eT  Angleterre  340 
Heretere  de  Fraunce  :  and  thus  in  Latinej  Prceclariffimus 
Filius  nq/ier  Henricus  Rex  Anglice  &  Heres  Francice. 

France.  Nor  this  I  haue  not  Brother  fo  deny'd, 
But  your  requeft  mall  make  me  let  it  patfe.  344 

England.  I  pray  you  then,  in  loue  and  deare  allyance, 
Let  that  one  Article  ranke  with  the  reft, 
And  thereupon  giue  me  your  Daughter, 

France.  Take  her  faire  Sonne,  and  from  her  blood  rayle  vp       348 
Ilfue  to  me,  that  the  contending  Kingdomes 
Of  France  and  England,  whofe  very  flioares  looke  pale, 
With  enuy  of  each  others  happinefle, 

May  ceafe  their  hatred  ;  and  this  deare  Coniun6tion  352 

Plant  Neighbour-hood  and  Chriftian-like  accord 
In  their  fweet  Bofomes  :  that  neuer  Warre  aduance 
His  bleeding  Sword  'twixt  England  and  faire  France. 

Lords.  Amen.  356 

King.  Now  welcome  Kate :  and  beare  me  witnefle  all, 
That  here  I  kifle  her  as  my  Soueraigne  Queene. 

Flouri/h. 

Quee.  God,  the  beft  maker  of  all  Marriages, 

Combine  your  hearts  in  one,  your  Realmes  in  one  :  360 

As  Man  and  Wife  being  two,are  one  in  loue, 
So  be  there  'twixt  your  Kingdomes  fuch  a  Spoufall, 
That  neuer  may  ill  Office,  or  fell  lealoufie, 

Which  troubles  oft  the  Bed  of  blelfed  Marriage,  [COL.  2] 

Thruft  in  betweene  the  Pation  of  thefe  Kingdomes, 
To  make  diuorce  of  their  incorporate  League  : 
That  Englilh  may  as  French,  French  Englimmen, 


104 


COL.  2.]  The  Life  of  Henry  the  Fift.  95 

[V.  2]  Receiue  each  other.     God  fpeake  this  Amen. 
All.  Amen. 

King.  Prepare  we  for  our  Marriage  :  on  which  day, 
My  Lord  of  Burgundy  wee'le  take  your  Oath 
372  And  all  the  Peeres,  for  furetie  of  our  Leagues, 
Then  mall  I  Iweare  to  Kate,  and  you  to  me, 
And  may  our  Oathes  well  kept  and  profp'rous  be. 
Senet.  Exeunt. 

Enter  Chorus. 

Thus  farre  with  rough,  and  all-vnable  Pen, 

Our  bending  Author  hath  purfu'd  the  Story, 

In  little  roome  confining  mightie  men, 
4  Mangling  by  ftarts  the  full  courfe  of  their  glory. 

Small  time  :  but  in  that  Imall,  moft  greatly  liued 

This  Starre  of  England.  Fortune  made  his  Sword  j 

By  which,  the  Worlds  beft  Garden  he  atchieued  : 
8  And  of  it  left  his  Sonne  Imperiall  Lord. 

Henry  the  Sixt,  in  Infant  Bands  crown'd  King 

Of  France  and  England,  did  this  King  iucceed  : 

Whofe  State  fo  many  had  the  managing, 
1 2  That  they  loft  France,  and  made  his  England  bleed  : 

Which  oft  our  Stage  hath  fhowne ;  and  for  their  fake, 

In  your  faire  minds  let  this  acceptance  take. 


FINIS. 

[Triangular   tail-piece  as    generally   inserted    in    original    whenever 
sufficient  space  is  left.] 


THE  TWO  NOBLE  KINSMEN, 


i&eprtnt  of  tjje  Quarto,  1634. 


THE 

TWO  NOBLE  KINSMEN 


REPRINT   OF  THE    QUARTO,    1634. 


EDITED   BY 


HAROLD  LITTLEDALE. 


PUBLISHED    FOR 

jjafcgpere  gocietg 

BY  N.  TRUBNER  &  CO.,  57,  59,  LUDGATE   HILL, 
LONDON,  1876. 


Stntt  II.    $to.  7. 

JOHN    GUILDS   AND   SON,    PRINTERS. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY. 


THE  Quarto,  1634,  is  here  for  the  first  time  reprinted  literally. 
The  original  arrangement  of  the  text  has  been  exactly  followed, 
even  to  the  division  of  the  pages  ;  and  care  has  been  taken  to 
render  this  virtually  a  facsimile  reproduction 

No  Collation  (properly  so  called)  of  the  two  earliest  editions 
has  hitherto  appeared.  Accordingly,  in  attempting  one  for  the 
first  time,  I  have  been  under  the  disadvantage  of  having  no  such 
predecessor  as  the  Cambridge  Shakespeare  or  Mr  Furness'  splen- 
did Variorum  to  supply  a  test  of  the  accuracy  of  my  work.1  This 
disadvantage  I  have  tried  to  remedy  by  a  very  careful  comparison 
of  the  proof-sheets  with  the  original  texts  ;  and  I  trust  that  very 
few  errors  have  escaped  correction. 

Indeed,  I  am  almost  disposed  to  fear  censure  for  over-exact- 
ness in  my  Collation  of  the  Folio  (Appendix  A)  ;  but  a  Collation 
(some  scholars  whose  opinions  are  worth  having  agree  in  this) 
should  be  virtually  a  reprint,  for  what  seems  trivial  to  one  reader 
may  yet  be  of  considerable  service  to  another. 

The  following  descriptive  list  includes  most  of  the  English 
Editions  I  have  seen,  all  I  have  collated  : — 

i.  QUARTO,  1634.  The  earliest  extant  or  known  edition  of 
this  play,  here  reprinted  from  Mr  P.  A.  Daniel's  copy.  The  text 
is  evidently  taken,  as  the  directions  and  actors'  names  (e.  g.  pp. 
14,  64,  80)  shew,  from  the  stage  copy  at  the  Blackfriars  Theatre. 
It  is  noteworthy  that  between  the,  two  copies  I  have  seen,  viz.  one 
belonging  to  P.  A.  Daniel,  Esq.  (kindly  lent  for  the  purposes  of 
this  reprint),  and  the  other  in  the  Library  of  Trinity  College, 
Dublin, — there  are  several  variations,  one  of  which  is  important 
as  clearing  up  an  old  editorial  crux,  and  (still  more  so !)  as  ex- 
plaining and  establishing  the  Folio  reading,  doubted  by  Dyce.3 
One  other  variation  is  of  some  importance.  I  have  collated  the 
Daniel  and  T.  C.  D.  quartos  carefully,  and  find  the  following 
variations  between  them  : 

Daniel  Qo  :  I.  i.  179, 1  evy — I.  ii.  77,  glory  on  [no  stop\ — I.  iv. 

20,  succard— v.  ii.  31,  honcst,— 58  He's  a— 59,  Did  you,— where 
the  Dublin  Qo  (revised  as  the  volume  was  being  issued,  probably), 
reads  : — levy — glory  on[;] — smeard — honest — He's  a— Did  you.3 

1  Mr  Skeat's  edition  was  not  published  until  all  my  Collations  of  the  other 
texts  were  completed,  still  it  has  been  of  some  service  to  me  in  this  way. 

*  I  refer  to  I.  iv.  20  :  Like  to  a  pairs  of  Lions,  succard  with  prey  (Daniel 
Qo.),  where  the  folio  reads  smeard,  and  Dyce  notes  that  the  Qo.  has  succard; 
but  Mr  Skeat,  using  the  Cambridge  copies  (and  the  Trin.  Coll.,  Dublin,  and 
Brit.  Mus.  copies  are  the  same),  reads  :  Like  to  a  paire  of  Lions,  smeard  with, 
prey,  and  therefore  noted  (p.  91)  "  Mr  Dyce  is  wrong  in  stating  that  the 
quarto  reads  succard'' 

3  See  Bacon's  Essays,  Appendix  to  the  Notes,  ed.  W.  A.  Wright.  M.A. 
Golden  Treas.  series,  p.  350,  for  an  interesting  account  of  differences  in  old 
copies  of  the  same  edition. 


vi  Bibliography. 

2.  FOLIO,  1679.  The  second  folio  edition  of  B.  and  F.     Title  : 
"  Fifty  Comedies  and  Tragedies  written  by  {Francis  Beaumont 
And  John  Fletcher,}  Gentlemen.    All  in  one  Volume.     Published 
by  the  Authors  Original  Copies,  the  Songs  to  each  Play  being 
added.    Si  quid  habent  veri  Vatum  fircesagia,  vivam.    [Device] 
London,  Printed  by  J.  Macock,  for  John  Martyn,  Henry  Her- 
ringman,  Richard  Marriot,  MDCLXXIX." 

From  the  Preface — The  Booksellers  to  the  Reader — we  learn 
that ..."  Besides,  in  this  Edition  you  have  the  addition  of  no 
fewer  than  Seventeen  Plays  more  than  were  in  the  former,  which 
we  have  taken  the  pains  and  care  to  collect,  and  Print  out  of  4to 
in  this  Volume,  which  for  distinction  sake  are  markt  with  a  Star 
in  the  Catalogue  of  them  facing  the  first  Page  of  the  Book."  .  . 
Accordingly  we  find 

47  Two  Noble  Kinsmen.* 

which  shews,  as  a  collation  of  the  texts  clearly  confirms,  that  the 
Folio  text  was  taken  from  the  Quarto  ;  and  the  revised  Quarto, 
the  reading  smear'd  tells  us. 

The  numerous  corrections  are  evidently  the  work  of  an  in- 
telligent compositor,  who  has  removed  misprints  and  modernised 
spelling  as  he  went  along.  Traces  of  an  editorial  revision  of  the 
text  are  nowhere  apparent,  though  the  fact  of  a  list  of  dramatis 
persona  being  given  would  indicate  that  some  little  attention  had 
been  paid  to  the  reprint.  Hence  for  critical  purposes  the  colla- 
tion I  have  made  is  of  small  independent  value  ;  nevertheless  I 
have  thought  it  deserving  of  a  place  at  the  end  of  the  reprint :  a 
thorough  collation  was  needed,  and  had  not  hitherto  been  sup- 
plied. This  collation,  it  may  be  added,  gives  some  interesting 
illustrations  of  the  progress  which  forty-five  years  had  caused 
towards  attaining  a  standard  orthography.  The  e  final  (agaitie, 
etc.)  is  omitted  ;  -our  (armour,  etc.)  generally  altered  to  -or ; 
terminations  in  -les,  -nes,  etc.  (careles,  busines,}  have  the  s  doubled 
(more  regard  being  had  to  uniformity  than  to  etymology) ;  and 
other  similar  modifications  appear.  I  do  not  mean  to  affirm  that 
the  changes  here  indicated  were  introduced  into  all  books  of  the 
period  ;  that  the  spelling  had  become  fixed  ;  I  only  call  attention 
to  the  noteworthy  fact  that  in  a  reprint  of  a  book  published  in 
1634,  there  were  in  1679  introduced  certain  changes  of  spelling 
which,  with  a  few  exceptions,  are  observed  consistently  through- 
out. 

3.  ED.  1711.  B.  and  F.  "in  seven  volumes. — Adorned  with 
cuts. — Revised  and  Corrected  :  with  some  account  of  the  life  and 
writings  of  the  Authors. — London  :  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonson,  at 
Shakespear's  Head  over-against  Catherine-Street  in  the  Strand. 
MDCCXI." 

The  prefatory  "  account "  is  little  more  than  a  combination  of 
Dryden's  note  on  Rymer's  Tragedies  of  the  Last  Age,  considered 
and  examined  (1673)  ;  and  the  passages  in  Gerard  Langbaine's 
Account  of  the  English  Dramatick  Poets  (1691),  relating  to  B.  and 
F.  This  Preface  cannot  be  considered  accurate.  For  instance, 
the  writer  (p.  xxvii)  quotes  27  lines  from  Langbaine,  in  which  ex- 
tensive transcript  he  inserts  one  word,  omits  thirty-two,  and  sub- 
stitutes for  the  word  decease  the  word  death.  He  then  gives,  with- 


Billiography.  vii 

out  acknowledgment,  an  alphabetical  list  of  B.  and  F.'s  plays, 
almost  verbally  from  Langbaine's  list  :  the  few  additions  to  the 
older  account  being  of  no  value. 

The  reference  to  our  play  is  as  follows  : — "  Two  Noble  Kins- 
men, a  Tragi-Comedy.  This  Play  was  written  by  Mr  Fletcher, 
and  Mr  Shakespear.  The  Story  is  taken  from  Chaucer'.?  Knight'.? 
Tale,  which  Mr  Dryden  has  admirably  put  into  modern  English  ; 
it  is  the  first  Poem  in  his  Fables"  (vol.  I.  p.  xxxix).  This— which 
is  an  unusually  wide  variation  from  Langbaine's  "  Two  Noble  Kins- 
men, a  Tragi-Comedy.  This  Play  was  written  by  Mr.  Fletcher,  and 
Mr.  Shakespear."  (p.  2 1 5) — gives  no  support  to  the  tradition  of  Shak- 
spere's  authorship  beyond  the  inference  that  no  contradiction  of 
the  tradition  had  been  put  forward.  Langbaine  is  generally  care- 
ful in  his  statements,  and  we  may  consider  that  he  knew  no  reason 
for  doubting  the  title-page  of  the  Quarto,  from  which  he  probably 
derived  his  information.  In  the  Preface,  he  tells  us  that  he  has 
given  the  reader  "  a  large  Account  of  the  Title-page  of  each  Play  " 
which  he  has  seen.  His  "  large  Account "  of  the  2  N.  K.  has  been 
given  above. 

The  text  of  this  1711  edition  is  taken  from  the  Folio,  and  is 
quite  worthless  ;  only  one  important  -var.  lect.  appears,  viz.,  Tylters 
for  Tytlers,  V.  iii.  83/95.  Strange  to  state,  not  one  of  the  Editors 
have  noticed  the  older  reading !  all  read  tilters. 

4.  ED.  1750.  B.  and  F.  ten  vols.  "  Collated  with  all  the  former 
Editions,  and  Corrected.  With  NOTES  Critical  and  Explanatory. 
By  The  Late  Mr  THEOBALD,  Mr  SEWARD  of  Eyam  in  Derbyshire, 
and  Mr  SYMPSON  of  Gainsborough.  LONDON,  Printed  for  J.  and 
R.  TONSON,  and  S.  DRAPER  in  the  Strand  .MDCCL." 

This  is  the  first  so-called  critical  edition,  with  Introductions, 
Notes,  &c.,  but  the  fact  of  the  existence  of  these  notes  is  rather  to 
be  regretted  than  otherwise  (except  perhaps  as  illustrating  the 
ignorance  of  Elizabethan  literature  which  prevailed  in  the  last 
century),  for  the  necessity  has  thereby  been  imposed  upon  subse- 
quent editors  of  transcribing,  combating,  and  exposing,  the 
miserable  displays  of  ignorance  and  vanity  which  Mr  Seward  of 
Eyam  in  Derbyshire  has  embodied  in  the  form  of  notes.  Cole- 
ridge asks,  "  Did  the  name  of  criticism  ever  descend  so  low  as  in 
the  hands  of  those  two  fools  and  knaves,  Seward  and  Sympson  ? " 
(Table  Talk,  p.  212,  ed.  1852).  And  if  this  be  thought  rather  hard 
on  the  good  easy  men,  the  following  from  Gifford's  preface  to  Ben 
Jonson  (p.  68,  ed.  1853,  Moxon)  shews  that  Coleridge  was  not 
alone  in  thinking  lightly  of  their  editorial  qualities  : — "  Whether 
Whalley  [in  his  edition  of  Jonson]  was  diffident  of  himself,  or  the 
gentlemen  volunteered  their  assistance,  I  have  no  means  of 
knowing,  but  he  availed  himself  occasionally  of  the  aid  of  Symp- 
son and  Seward,  (the  editors  of  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,)  who  led 
him  astray,  and  where  he  would  have  been  simply  wrong,  if  left 
to  himself,  rendered  him  absurd.  In  one  pleasant  way  of  making 
notes,  and  swelling  the  bulk  of  the  book,  they  all  agreed.  None 
of  them  printed  from  the  earliest  editions  ;  they  took  up  the  latest 
which  they  could  find,  and  went  smoothly  on  till  they  were  stopt 
by  some  palpable  error  of  the  press.  This,  as  the  clown  says,  was 
meat  and  drink  to  them;  they  immediately  set  themselves  to  con- 


viii  Bibliography. 

jecture  what  the  word  should  be,  and  after  a  little  burst  of  vanity, 
at  which  it  is  impossible  to  forbear  a  smile,  they  turned,  for  the 
first  time,  to  the  old  copy,  and  invited  the  public  to  witness  their 
sagacity,  and  partake  in  their  triumph." 

1  have  omitted  all  such  conjectures  of  Seward's  as  I  found 
anticipated  in  the  old  editions,  with  a  few  exceptions  preserved  as 
specimens.  Theobald,  who  died  before  the  edition  had  advanced 
very  far,  has  left  a  few  good  notes  ;  Sympson's  are  occasionally 
presentable,  but  as  for  Seward — Seward  "never  deviates  into 
sense."  I  regret  that  my  duty  as  an  Editor  has  necessitated  a  re- 
production of  so  many  of  the  notes  from  the  edition  of  1750  ;  far 
sooner  would  I  leave  them  in  obscure  repose.  Not  that  I  wish  to 
speak  uncharitably  of  any  one  ;  rather,  with  the  gentle  Coleridge, 

1  would  say  : — "  Mr.  Seward !  Mr.  Seward !  you  may  be,  and  I 
trust  you  are,  an  angel ;  but  you  were  an  ass."     (Shakesp.  Notes 
and  Lect.,  p.  286,  ed.  1874.) 

5.  ED.  1778.  B.  and  F.  ten  vols.,  the  notes  by  various  editors, 
viz.  G.  Colman,  J.  N.,  R[eed],  and  others.     This  edition  was  re- 
printed in  1811,  with  Whalley's  ed.  of  Ben  Jonson,  the  B.  and  F. 
occupying  three  of  the  four  volumes.     While  some  part  of  the 
notes  is  devoted  to  exposing  not  only  the  "  carelessness,"  but  also 
"  the  more  unpardonable  faults  of  faithlessness  and  misrepresent- 
ation," which  characterised  Messrs  Seward  and  Sympson's  edition, 
the  remaining  portion  consists  chiefly  of  quotations  from  those 
commentators,  with  a  few  insignificant  and  generally  worthless 
additions.    The  best  of  the  new  notes  are  perhaps  those  signed  R, 
(Reed) ;  Colman's  share  in  the  work  does  not  appear  to  have  been 
important. 

Although  the  text  is  not  stretched  or  lopped  as  it  had  been 
by  the  metrical  Procrustes  (of  Eyam  in  Derbyshire),  it  is  never- 
theless full  of  inaccuracies,  these  arising  mainly  from  ignorance  of 
Elizabethan  words  and  usages,  and  a  few  also  from  careless  re- 
vision of  the  proof-sheets, — Seward's  errors  being  exposed  in  a 
note,  and  yet  left  standing  in  the  text.  But,  with  all  its  imper- 
fections, this  edition  is  still  widely  separated  from  its  predecessor, 
and  must  be  regarded  as  the  first  true  critical  edition  of  Beaumont 
and  Fletcher's  works.  The  editors,  it  may  be  added,  hold  that 
our  play  has  been  falsely  ascribed  to  Shakspere  (pref.  ix). 

6.  ED.  1812.  Henry  Weber's,  fourteen  vols.  8vo.     The  text  has 
been  reprinted  by  E.  Moxon  (1839,  1851,  re-issued  lately  among 
Routledge's  "  Old  Dramatists "),  in  two  vols.,  with  a  preface  by 
George  Darley,  and  a  glossary,  but  without  notes. 

Weber  benefited  by  the  notes  of  Monck  Mason  (1798),  and 
produced  a  comparatively  accurate  text.  My  references  to  B.  and 
F.'s  plays  are,  unless  where  otherwise  stated,  to  Moxon's  ed.,  1851, 

2  vols.  roy.  8vo. 

7.  KNIGHT'S  PICTORIAL  SH.,  eight  vols.,  8vo.,  1839—1841. 
Considering  Knight's  fine  scholarship,  it  is  strange  that  the 

2  N.  K.  text  in  this  ed.  should  be  almost  worthless ;  yet  such  is 
actually  the  case.  And  the  cause  is  not  far  to  seek.  Knight  be- 
lieved that  the  non-Fletcherian  portions  were  by  Chapman,  con- 
sequently gave  the  play  a  grudging  admittance  into  his  Shakspere, 
and  only  out  of  deference  to  tradition  and  opinion  on  the  subject. 


Bibliography.  \\ 

Mr  Hickson  also  attributes  the  careless  manner  in  which  Knight 
printed  the  play  to  his  having  "  prejudged  the  question  "  of  author- 
ship (N.  SA.  Tr.  1874,  I.  26*). 

Knight's  text  is  little  more  than  a  reprint  of  that  of  1778,  with 
a  few  changes,  not  always  for  the  better,  one  or  two  readings  in 
some  degree  worthy  of  him,  and  many  marks  of  perfect  indiffer- 
ence about  the  accuracy  of  the  text. 

Dyce,  following  soon  after  with  his  ed.  of  B.  and  F.,  pointed 
out  many  blunders  of  preceding  editors,  and  Knight  in  the  2nd 
ed.  of  the  "  Pictorial "  adopted  the  majority  of  Dyce's  corrections, 
and  indeed  may  be  said  to  have  based  his  revised  text  exclusively 
upon  Dyce's.  Except  that  Knight's  second  text  might  afford 
some  corroboration  of  Dyce's  authority,  it  possesses  no  intrinsic 
value,  and  cannot  be  regarded  as  an  independent  critical  effort. 
A  few  passages  have  been  excluded  from  the  text  on  the  score  of 
grossness,  but,  as  is  usual  in  "  bowdlerised  "  editions,  others  just  as 
obnoxious  have  been  retained. 

8.  ED.  DYCE.  B.  and  F.  1843 — 6,  eleven  vols.     It  is  unneces- 
sary to  speak  at  any  length  of  this  masterly  work,  which  must 
long  remain  the  standard  edition  of  these  authors.     The  text  and 
notes  are  of  real  importance,  and,  considering  the  great  extent  of 
the  undertaking,  wonderfully  accurate.     In  the  second  edition  of 
his  Shakspere,  Dyce  admitted  the  2  N.  K,  (adopting  the  division 
made   by   Spalding  in   his   Letter,  &c.    1833),   and   revised  the 
text  and  notes  carefully.   The  3rd  edition,  1876,  with  Dyce's  latest 
corrections,  has  been  taken  as  the  basis  of  this  revised  text,  and 
I  have  to  thank  Messrs  Chapman  and  Hall  for  their  kindness  in 
enabling  me  to  use  the  proof-sheets  for  some  time  before  the  actual 
publication  of  the  eighth  vol.  of  Dyce.     This  last  edition,  so  far 
as  the  2  N.  K.  is  concerned,  is  almost  exactly  the  same  as  that  of 
1867,  even  such  a  slip  as  is  made  in  the  Preface  (Dyce's  Sh.  vol. 
viii.  p.  117),  where  it  is  stated  that  our  play  is  printed  "in  the 
folios  of  Shakespeare,  1664  and  1685,"  remaining  uncorrected.1 

9.  ED.   H.  TYRRELL.    "Doubtful   Plays,"  in  one  vol.  s.  a. 
I  had  not  been  able  to  obtain  access  to  a  copy  of  this  edition 
until  April,  1876,  when  I  found  that  Mr  Tyrrell  had  occasionally 
anticipated  me  in  my  restorations  of  the  old  readings.     But  I  also 
found  that  he  had  followed  the  Quarto  as  an  absolute  and  in- 
fallible guide  (even  in  punctuation)  in  many  places  where  I  had 
felt  myself  compelled   to   depart   from  its   authority.      All    Mr 
Tyrrell's  most  important  readings  have  been  noted  in  the  critical 
collation  affixed  to  the  revised  text,  but  I  studied  his  edition  too 
late  to  be  able  to  insert  his  readings  among  my  general  notes. 
The  annotations   are   worthless,  being  based   chiefly  upon   Mr 
Seward's  ;  and  the  text  is  occasionally  so  bad  (e.  g.  V.  iv.  10)  that 
one  cannot  help  thinking  that  its  special  merits  are  due  rather  to 
the  accuracy  of  the  Quarto  text  than  to  the  editor's  judicious  dis- 
crimination. 

10.  ED.    SKEAT,  1875.     A  school  edition,  with  Introduction, 

1  Mr  W.  C.  Hazlitt  repeats  this  mistake  in  his  ed.  of  Hazlitt's  Eliz. 
Literature  (Bell  and  Daldy,  1870,  p.  119,  n.)  :  but  Mr  Hazlitt  is,  I  regret  to 
say,  not  conspicuous  for  his  accuracy,  (e.  g.  contrast  the  prefatory  note  with 
the  mistakes  or  inaccurate  quotations  on  pp.  30,  37,  75,  88,  106,  127,  etc.) 


x  Bibliography. 

Notes,  critical  and  explanatory,  and  Index  of  words  explained,  by 
the  Rev.  W.  W.  Skeat,  M.A.  (Pitt  Press,  Cambridge).  I  can 
recommend  this  (the  first)  edition,  for  its  systematic  and  apparently 
laborious  preparation,  but  cannot  speak  very  highly  of  the  text  and 
some  of  the  critical  notes,  as  they  seem  to  be  :  (a)  not  up  to  date — 
Mr  Skeat  collated  no  edition  later  than  Dyce's  first  (1843-6),  and 
consequently  lost  both  Dyce's  later  corrections  and  the  revisions 
of  Knight's  second  edition  ;  (b)  excessively  expurgated — at  least 
the  moral  purification  of  the  text  has  occasionally  engendered 
much  critical  corruption — this  however  is  but  a  matter  of  in- 
dividual opinion,  and  need  not  be  insisted  on  ;  (c}  inaccurately 
collated  and  revised,  leading  Mr  Skeat  (i)  to  propose  (p.  119, 1. 
112  ;  p.  150, 1.  15)  as  conjectural  emendations  two  readings  which 
appear  in  the  old  editions  :  (2)  to  misquote  preceding  texts  in  the 
critical  notes  :  (3)  to  neglect  some  important  old  readings.  These 
faults,  however,  are  due  to  hasty  execution  of  the  work,  and  will 
doubtless  be  corrected  in  a  new  edition.  The  general  plan  is 
excellent ;  and  many  illustrative  and  explanatory  notes  are,  as 
was  to  be  expected,  very  suggestive.  The  Introduction,  however, 
is  plainly  the  work  of  a  scholar  new  to  the  subject ;  and  is  de- 
cidedly disappointing.  We  find  in  it  Mr  Skeat's  usual  regularity 
of  arrangement  and  inclusive  plan  of  treatment,  but  we  miss  the 
firmness  of  grasp  and  thoroughness  of  execution  which  render  his 
editions  of  Early  English  texts  so  serviceable.  The  Introduction, — 
treating  of  the  various  questions  of  origin,  authorship,  date, 
evidence,  tests,  opinion,  etc., — appears  to  have  been  written  before 
Mr  Skeat  had  reached  that  stage  of  knowledge  of  his  subject  at 
which  the  work  of  preceding  inquirers,  so  far  as  un-original,  be- 
comes merged  in  and  replaced  by  the  productions  of  his  own  in- 
dependent and  special  researches.  A  student,  tolerably  familiar 
with  his  materials,  cannot  afford  to  take  his  information  at 
second-hand  :  does  not  do  so,  at  least,  without  sufficient  verifica- 
tion of  his  authorities.  This  indicates  a  capital  defect  in  Mr 
Skeat's  prefatory  remarks, — he  has  in  certainly  two  instances  of 
importance  suffered  loss  by  not  taking  his  materials  at  first-hand. 
In  one  case,  he  misses  all  that  is  of  the  slightest  interest — viz. 
Elizabeth's  criticisms — in  Wood's  accounts  of  Edwarde's  play 
acted  before  the  queen  at  Oxford,  by  quoting  Knight's  meagre 
excerpt  from  one  of  Wood's  narratives,  in  place  of  hunting  up  the 
originals  (as  given,  for  example,  by  Nicholls,  Progr.  of  Eliz.;  see 
Introduction  to  the  present  edition)  under  date  1566.  But  Mr 
Skeat  had  a  more  serious  loss  in  not  studying  Mr  Spalding's 
Letter,  etc.,  the  most  important  dissertation  (Mr  Hickson's  review 
hardly  excepted,)  yet  published  on  the  preliminary  considerations 
about  the  authorship  of  this  play.  Mr  Skeat  contents  himself  (p. 
xv)  with  quoting  (and  not  quite  literally)  three  lines  from  Mr 
Spalding's  Letter  (p.  61),  which  lines  are  to  be  found  (also  quoted 
inexactly)  in  Mr  Hickson's  paper  (p.  29*).  Moreover,  Mr  Skeat 
repeats  the  careless  slip  made  at  p.  26*  of  the  Transactions, 
where  the  signature  is  wrongly  given.1 

1  Skeat,  Introd.  p.  xv.  :  "a  letter  signed  J.  S."  F.,  note  in  N.  S.  Trans. 
'74,  pt.  I.  p.  26",  "The  Preface  is  signed  J.  S."  The  Letter  has  no  "  Pre- 
face " — it  has  Mr  Spalding's  initials  on  the  last  page  (in)  : — "  W.  S." 


Bibliography.  xi 

The  pity  of  it  is  that  Mr  Skeat's  Introduction  omits  de- 
monstration of  the  many  really  valuable  arguments  put  forward 
by  Spalding  at  the  outset  of  his  consideration — deductions  from 
various  points  of  external  probability,  historical  evidence,  etc. 
Certainly,  opinion  must  play  an  important  part  in  an  examination 
of  the  kind,  but  it  might  rest  on  as  firm  a  basis  of  fact  and  logical 
inference  as  could  possibly  be  got  together,  remembering  that 
conviction 

"  must  be  grounded 

On  knowledge,  not  opinion,  (for  opinion 
Relies  on  probability  and  accident, 
But  knowledge  on  necessity  and  truth)." 

(Ford,  Broken  Heart,  III.  i.) 

I  have  derived  a  good  deal  of  help  from  Mr  Skeat's  book,  and 
I  believe  I  have  in  every  case  acknowledged  my  obligation,  even 
so  far  as  occasionally,  when  we  happened  to  coincide,  giving  my 
note  the  benefit  of  Mr  Skeat's  authority.  I  am  also  indebted  to 
Mr  Skeat  for  many  valuable  communications,  for  which  I  sincerely 
thank  him  ;  and,  I  may  be  allowed  to  add,  he  has  only  his  own 
high  reputation  as  a  scholar  to  thank  for  the  detailed,  perhaps 
excessively  minute,  criticisms  I  have  ventured  to  make  upon  his 
book. 

The  following  sources  should  also  be  mentioned  as  im- 
portant : — 

a.  Heath's  MS.  notes,  quoted  by  Dyce. 

b.  Monck  Mason's  Comments  on  the  Plays  of  B.  and  F.  1798  : 
containing  some  comparatively  good  notes. 

c.  Sidney  Walker's  Critical  Examination  of  the  Text  of  Shake- 
speare.   Walker's  notes  are  especially  valuable  for  the  metrical  re- 
arrangements of  particular  passages,  suggested  by  him. 

d.  Dr  C.  M.  Ingleby  and  Dr  B.  Nicholson,  two  of  my  fellow- 
editors  for  our  Society,  have  had  the  kindness  to  send  me  some 
important  critical  and  illustrative  comments  upon  this  play,  all  of 
which  will  be  found  among  the  general  notes  to  the  revised  text. 
I  beg  to  return  both  these  gentlemen  my  earnest  thanks  for  their 
assistance.     Dr   Nicholson   is  at  present  preparing  a  complete 
edition  of  the  "  Doubtful  Plays," — I  do  but  hope  that  the  present 
edition  may,  as  far  as  possible,  serve  to  lighten  his  work  on  one 
such  play. 

Present  edition.  The  plan  of  this  edition  is  Mr  FurnivalFs, 
the  execution  my  own.  In  at  least  one  respect,  I  heartily  agree 
with  Mr  Furnivall's  design,  viz.  in  the  retention  (as  far  as  possible) 
of  the  old  forms  of  spelling  in  the  revised  text.  Modernised 
Shakspere  may  be  very  well  for  people  who  won't  read  him  at  all 
if  he  is  "  wrongly  spelt ; "  but  surely  scholars  should  rather  seek 
to  have  his  works,  if  not  possibly  as  they  were  written,  at  least 
certainly  as  they  were  pronounced.  Who  ever  wades  through 
Dryden's  Palamon  and  Arcite  in  preference  to  the  old  Knightes 
Tale  ?  Who  has  ever  suggested  that  we  should  discard  old  Homer's 
dialect,  and  robe  that  ancient  person's  poetry  in  modern  Greek  ? 

And  if  modernisation  be  once  granted,  who  will  shew  us  where 
to  draw  the  line  ?  Are  we  to  hew  down  our  author  to  the  most 
sweet  understandings  of  his  readers?  or  may  we  hope  that  by 


xii  Bibliography. 

leaving  him  above  them  a  little  they  may  eventually  reach  him, 
and  that  without  their  suffering  either  "  sickness  in  will,  or  wrest- 
ling strength  in  reason  ?  " 

But  1  should  have  been  better  satisfied  if  dire  Necessity  (in  this 
instance,  not  Mr  Furnivall,  but  the  common  custom  of  Editors)  had 
spared  me  and  my  readers  the  infliction  of  explanatory  notes.  Let 
us  have  various  readings  to  any  extent,  and  a  carefully  prepared 
text,  but  why  must  the  wretched  student  of  modern  Shakspere  go 
wading  through  a  vast  quagmire  of  critical  opinion  and  con- 
futation, before  he  is  allowed  to  catch  a  glimpse  of  the  pure  Shak- 
spere stream,  as  it  gleams  faintly  and  far  out  over  the  tangled 
mazes  of  this  dismal  editorial  swamp  ? 

The  present  is  only  a  trial-edition,  in  which  some  attempt  is 
made  to  place  the  oldest  texts  before  the  student,  to  bring  the 
chief  editorial  variations  into  a  serviceable  focus,  and  to  supply  a 
concise  summary  of  the  most  important  criticisms  and  explana- 
tions. I  have  done  my  best  to  render  the  criticism  and  explanations 
useful  to  the  general  student,  but  the  first  commentators  on  this  play 
struck  a  note  so  "  compact  of  jars,"  that  even  the  last  two  editors 
have  not  succeeded  in  reducing  this  critical  discord  to  an  uniformly 
harmonious  tone.  To  this  variorum  selection,  in  deference  to  the 
ground-plan  of  this  edition,  further  notes  have  been  added,  which 
the  reader  might  have  had  the  luck  to  have  been  spared,  but  for  cer- 
tain contributions  from  friendly  hands  which  induced  me  to  let  mine 
own  ill-favoured  attempts  go  forth  in  such  respectable  company. 
After  all,  notes  are  but  excrescences,  necessary  evils  ;  and  so  long 
as  folk  accept  the  variorum  theory  of  Shakspere  study,  so  long 
must  they  submit  to  commentaries  that  are  incomparable  (save 
to  Dr  Parr's  wig)  in  their  immensity  and  density.  We  have 
"  bo wdlerised "  editions  in  plenty  ;  when  will  the  Hercules  come 
who  will  bowdlerise  the  editors  ?  when  the  critic  who,  taking  his 
stand  at  1700,  will  give  us  adequate  collations  of  the  old  texts, 
and  concise  explanations  of  any  real  difficulties  ;  who  though  he 
may  read  the  commentators  for  his  private  delectation,  will  let 
us  hear  nothing  of  them, — preferring  instead  to  disclaim  all 
originality,  and  so  truly  to  become — original?  Till  then  the 
editors  and  not  the  editee  must  hold  first  place  in  the  general 
student's  mind. 

In  addition  to  the  gentlemen  already  mentioned,  I  beg  to  ac- 
knowledge my  obligations  to  Professors  J.  K.  Ingram,  R.  Atkin- 
son, and  E.  Dowden,  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin  ;  to  Rev.  A.  S. 
Palmer,  Mr  F.  J.  Furnivall,  and  to  my  fellow-members  of  the 
"  Mermaid  Shakspere  Club,"  for  many  valuable  suggestions  and 
corrections.  The  whole  Society  owes  a  fresh  debt  of  gratitude  to 
Mr  P.  A.  Daniel  for  his  kindness  in  allowing  his  copy  of  the 
Quarto  to  be  used  for  the  purposes  of  this  reprint. 

HAROLD  LITTLEDALE. 


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ABBREVIATIONS. 
Editions  collated  marked  *. 


F.,  2d  Fol.  :679.  <>.  Edd. 

*  T.  or  ed.  1711.     Tonson's  ed.  7  vols.  )  when  they  aSree- 

*  S.  <?red.  1750.     (Se.  =)  Seward,  (Sy.  =)  Sympson,  (Th.  =) 
Theobald's  ed.  1750. 

Heath.     Heath's  MS.  notes,  quoted  by  Dyce. 

*  C.  or  Edd.  1778.    Colman,  or  the  Editors  (or  ed.,  the  edition) 
of  1778. 

Mason.     Comments  by  Monck  Mason,  1798. 

*  C.  1811.     Reprint  of  C.  1778. 

*  W.     Weber's  ed.  1812. 

*  K.  ('41).     Knight's  first  ed.  of  the  "Pictorial,"  1838-41. 

*  D.  ('46).     Dyce's  first  ed.  B.  and  F.  1843-6. 

*  Ty.     Tyrrell's  Shakspere.     "  Doubtful  Plays,"  I  vol.  s.  a 
Sid.  Walker.     Critical  Exam,  of  the  text  of  Sh.,  1860. 

*  K.  ('67).     Knight's  "  Pictorial,"  second  ed. 

*  D.  ('67).     Dyce's  Sh.,  second  ed.  1867. 

*  Sk.     Skeat's  ed.  1875. 

*  D.  ('76).     Dyce's  Sh.,  third  ed.  (vol.  viii.)  1876. 
D.  ('67,  '76)  shews  that  both  have  the  same  reading. 

K.  shews  that  Knight's  reading  is  the  same  in  all  his  edd. 
D.  shews  that  Dyce's  reading  is  the  same  in  all  his  edd. 

NOTE.  Where  similar  readings  differ  only  in  immaterial 
points  of  spelling  or  type,  I  have  given  the  spelling  as  in  the 
oldest  of  the  several  editions. 

For  convenience  of  reference,  the  number  of  the  lines  in  both 
Reprint  and  Revised  text  are  given  when  necessary.  Thus,  V. 
iii.  83/95  may  be  read  :  Act  V.,  scene  iii.,  line  83  in  Revised  text 
[numbered  metrically],  line  95  in  simple  Reprint  [numbered 
according  to  the  lines  of  type]. 


THE 

TWO 
NOBLE 

KINSMEN: 

Prefented  at  the  Blackfriers 

by  the  Kings  Maiefties  fervants, 

with  great  applaufe : 

Written  by  the  memorable  Worthies 
of  their  time ; 

/  Mr.  John  Fletcher,  and  \  r 
\Mr.  William  Shakfpeare.  _f         l' 


Printed  at  London  by  Tho.  Cotes,  for  John  Waterfon 

and  are  to  be  fold  at  the  figne  of  the  Crowne 

in  Pauls  Church-yard.   1634. 


PROLOGVE. 

s>  ana  Maydenheads,  are  neare  akin, 
Much  followed  loth,  for  loth  much  many  g'yn, 
If  they  Jiand  found,  and  well :  And  a  good  Play 
(Whofe  modejl  Sceanes  llujh  on  his  marriage  day,  4 

Andjhake  to  loofe  his  honour}  is  like  hir 
That  after  holy  Tye,  andjirjl  nights  Jtir 
Yetjlill  is  Modejlie,  andjlill  retaines 

More  of  the  maid  to  Jig/it,  than  Husbands  paines  j  8 

We  pray  our  Play  may  befo;  For  I  amfure 
It  has  a  nolle  Breeder,  and  a  pure, 
A  learned,  and  a  Poet  never  went 

More  famous  yet  twixt  Po  andjllver  Trent  12 

Chaucer  (of  all  admird)  the  Story  gives, 
There  conftant  to  Eternity  it  lives; 
If  we  let  fall  the  Nolleneffe  of  this, 

And  the  Jirjl  found  this  child  heare,  be  a  hiffe,  16 

How  will  itjhake  the  bones  of  that  good  man, 
And  make  him  cry  from  under  ground,  0  fan 
From  me  the  witles  chaffs  offuch  a  wrighter  (lighter 
That  bla/ies  my  Bayes,  and  my  famd  workes  makes  20 

Then  Robin  Hood  ?  This  is  the  fear  e  we  bring ; 
For  to  fay  Truth,  it  were  an  endlejfe  thing, 
And  too  ambitious  to  afpire  to  him ; 

Weake  as  we  are,  and  almojt  breathlejfle  fwim  24 

In  this  deepe  water.     Do  but  you  hold  out 
Your  helping  hands,  and  wejhall  take  about, 
Andfomething  doe  tofave  us  :   Youjhall  heare 
Sceanes  though  below  his  Art,  may  yet  appeare  18 

Worth  two  houres  travel/.     To  his  lonesfiveetjleepe  : 
Content  to  you.     If  this  play  doe  not  keepe, 
A  little  dull  time  from  us,  we  perceave 

Our  lojfes  fall  fo  thicke,  we  mujl  needs  leave.  32 

Florifh. 


THE  TWO  NOBLE 

Kinfmen. 

[1.  i]  Aftus  Primus. 


Enter  Hymen  with  a  Torch  burning :  a  Boy,  in  a  white 
Role  before  Jinging,  and  Jlrewing  Flowres :  After  Hymen, 
a  Nimph,  encompajl  in  her  TreJJes,  I  earing  a  wheaten  Gar- 
land. Then  Thefeus  letweene  two  other  Nimphs  with 
wheaten  Chaplets  on  their  head.es.  Then  Hipolita  the  Bride, 
lead  by  Thefeus,  and  another  holding  a  Garland  over  her 
head  (her  TreJJes  likewife  hanging.)  After  her  Emilia  hol- 
ding up  her  Traine. 

The  Song,  Mujlke. 

[Ofes  their  JJiarpe  fpines  being  gon, 
Not  royall  in  their  fmels  alone, 
But  in  their  hew. 
4  Maiden  Pinches,  of  odour  faint, 

Daxies  fmel-lejfe,  yet  mq/I  quaint 
Andfweet  Time  true. 

Prim-rofejirft  borne,  child  of  Ver, 
8  Merry  Spring  times  Herlinger, 
With  her  bels  dimme. 
Oxlips,  in  their  Cradles  growing, 
Mary-golds,  on  death  beds  blowing, 
12  Larkef-heeles  trymme. 

B  All 

a— Qi.  i 


a  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

All  deere  natures  children  :  fweete-  [I-  i] 

Ly  fore  Bride  and  Br'ulegroomes  feete  Strew 

Bleffing  their  fence.  Flowers. 

Not  an  angle  of  the  aire,  16 

Bird  melodious,  or  lirdfaire, 

Is  alfent  hence. 

The  Crow,  thejlaundrous  Cuckoe,  nor 

The  boding  Raven,  nor  C lough  hee  *  20 

A7or  chattring  Pie, 

May  on  our  Bridehoufe  pearch  orjing, 

Or  with  them  any  difcord  bring 

But  from  it  fly.  24 

Enter  3.  Queenes  in  Blacke,  with  vailes  Jlaind,  with  impe- 
riall  Crownes.  The  i .  Queene  fals  downe  at  the  foote  of 
Thefeus ;  The  2.  fals  downe  at  the  foote  of  Hypolita.  The 
3.  before  Emilia. 

1.  Qu.  For  pitties  fake  and  true  gentilities, 
Heare,  and  refpe6t  me. 

2.  Qu.  For  your  Mothers  fake, 

And  as  you  wifh  your  womb  may  thrive  with  faire  ones,  28 

Heare  and  refpe6t  me, 

3.  Qu.  Now  for  the  love  of  him  whom  love  hath  markd 
The  honour  of  your  Bed,  and  for  the  fake 

Of  cleere  virginity,  tr  Advocate  32 

For  us,  and  our  diftrefles  „•  This  good  deede 
Shall  raze  you  out  o'th  Booke  of  Trefpaffes 
All  you  are  fet  downe  there. 

Thefeus.  Sad  Lady  rife.  36 

Hypol.  Stand  up. 

Emil.  No  knees  to  me. 
What  woman  I  may  fteed  that  is  diftreft, 
Does  bind  me  to  her.  40 

Thef.  What's  your  requeft  ?     Deliver  you  for  all. 

i.   Qu.  We  are  3.  Queenes,  whofe  Soveraignes  fel  before 
The  wrath  of  cruell  Creon  ;  who  endured 

The  Beakes  of  Ravens,  Tallents  of  the  Kights,  44 

And 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  3 

[I.  i]  And  pecks  of  Crowes,  in  the  fowle  feilds  of  Thebs. 

He  will  not  fuffer  us  to  burne  their  bones, 

To  urne  their  afhes,  nor  to  take  th'  offence 
48  Of  mortall  loathfomenes  from  the  bleft  eye 

Of  holy  Phcebus,  but  infe6ts  the  windes 

With  fteuch  of  our  flaine  Lords.     O  pitty  Duke, 

Thou  purger  of  the  earth,  draw  thy  feard  Sword 
jj2  That  does  good  turnes  to'th  world  ;  give  us  the  Bones 

Of  our  dead  Kings,  that  we  may  Chappell  them  j 

And  of  thy  boundles  goodnes  take  fome  note 

That  for  our  crowned  heades  we  have  no  roofe, 
36  Save  this  which  is  the  Lyons,  and  the  Beares, 

And  vault  to  every  thing. 
Thef.  Pray  you  kneele  not, 

I  was  tranfported  with  your  Speech,  and  fuffer'd 
60  Your  knees  to  wrong  themfelves ;  I  have  heard  the  fortunes 

Of  your  dead  Lords,  which  gives  me  fuch  lamenting 

As  wakes  my  vengeance,  and  revenge  for' em' 

King  Capaneus,  was  your  Lord  the  day 
64  That  he  mould  marry  you,  at  fuch  a  feafon, 

As  nojv  it  is  with  me,  I  met  your  Groome, 

By  Mar/is  Altar,  you  were  that  time  faire ; 

Not  lunos  Mantle  fairer  then  your  Trefles, 
68  Nor  in  more  bounty  fpread  her.     Your  wheaten  wreathe 

Was  then  nor  threafhd,  nor  blafted ;  Fortune  at  you 

Dimpled  her  Cheeke  with  fmiles  :  Hercules  our  kinefman 

(Then  weaker  than  your  eies)  laide  by  his  Club, 
72  He  tumbled  downe  upon  his  Nenuan  hide 

And  fwore  his  finews  thawd :  O  greife,  and  time, 

Fearefull  confumers,  you  will  all  devoure. 

i,   Qu.  O  I  hope  fome  God, 
76  Some  God  hath  put  his  mercy  in  your  manhood 

Whereto  heel  infufe  powre,  and  preffe  you  forth 

Our  undertaker. 

Thef.  O  no  knees,  none  Widdow, 
80  Vnto  the  Helmeted-Belona  ufe  them, 

And  pray  for  me  your  Souldier. 

Troubled  I  am.  turnes  away. 

B  2  2.   Qu. 


4  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

a.  Qu.  Honoured  Hypolila  [I.  i] 

Moft  dreaded  Amazonian,  that  ha'ft  flaine  84  . 

The  Sith-tuskd-Bore  j  that  with  thy  Arme  as  ftrong 
As  it  is  white,  waft  neere  to  make  the  male 
To  thy  Sex  captive ;  but  that  this  thy  Lord 
Borne  to  uphold  Creation,  in  that  honour 
Firft  nature  ftilde  it  in,  fhrunke  thee  into 
The  bownd  thou  waft  ore-flowing  ;  at  once  fubduing 
Thy  force,  and  thy  affe&ion  :  Soldirefle 

That  equally  canft  poize  fternenes  with  pitty,  92 

Whom  now  I  know  haft  much  more  power  on  him 
Then  ever  he  had  on  thee,  who  ow'ft  his  ftrength, 
And  his,  Love  too :  who  is  a  Servant  for 

The  Tenour  of  the  Speech.     Deere  Glafle  of  Ladies  96 

Bid  him  that  we  whom  flaming  war  doth  fcortch, 
Vnder  the  ihaddow  of  his  Sword,  may  coole  us  : 
Require  him  he  advance  it  ore  our  heades  j 

Speak't  in  a  womans  key  :  like  fuch  a  woman  100 

As  any  of  us  three ;  weepe  ere  you  faile  ;  lend  us  a  knee  j 
But  touch  the  ground  for  us  no  longer  time 
Then  a  Doves  motion,  when  the  head's  pluckt  off: 
Tell  him  if  he  i'th  blood  cizd  field,  lay  fwolne  104 

Showing  the  Sun  his  Teeth ;  grinning  at  the  Moone 
What  you  would  doe. 

Hip.  Poore  Lady,  fay  no  more  : 

I  had  as  leife  trace  this  good  action  with  you  108 

As  that  whereto  I  am  going,  and  never  yet 
Went  I  fo  willing,  way.     My  Lord  is  taken 
Hart  deepe  with  your  diftrefle  :  Let  him  confider  : 
He  fpeake  anon.  112 

3.  Qu.  O  my  petition  was  kneele  to  Emilia. 

Set  downe  in  yce,  which  by  hot  greefe  uncandied 
Melts  into  drops,  fo  forrow  wanting  forme 
Is  preft  with  deeper  matter.  1 1£ 

Emilia.  Pray  ftand  up, 
Your  greefe  is  written  in  your  cheeke. 

3.  Qu.  O  woe, 

You  cannot  reade  it  there;  there  through  my  teares,  120 

Like 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  5 

[I.  i]  Like  wrinckled  peobles  in  a  glafle  ilreame 

You  may  behold  'em  (Lady,  Lady,  alacke) 

He  that  will  all  the  Treafure  know  o'th  earth 
124  Muft  know  the  Center  too;  he  that  will  fifh 

For  my  leaft  minnow,  let  him  lead  his  line 

To  catch  one  at  my  heart.     O  pardon  me, 

Extremity  that  (harpens  fundry  wits 
128  Makes  me  a  Foole. 

Emili.  Pray  you  fay  nothing,  pray  you, 

Who  cannot  feele,  nor  fee  the  raine  being  in't, 

Knowes  neither  wet,  nor  dry,  if  that  you  were 
131  The  ground-peece  of  fome  Painter,  I  would  buy  you 

T'inftruft  me  gainft  a  Capitall  greefe  indeed 

Such  heart  peirc'd  demonftration ;  but  alas 

Being  a  naturall  Sifter  of  our  Sex 
136  Your  forrow  beates  fo  ardently  upon  me, 

That  it  fhall  make  a  counter  reflect  gainft 

My  Brothers  heart,  and  warme  it  to  fome  pitty 

Though  it  were  made  of  ftone  :  pray  have  good  comfort. 
140       Thef.  Forward  to'th  Temple,  leave  not  out  a  lot 

O'th  facred  Ceremony. 

i.   Qii.  O  This  Celebration 

Will  long  laft,  and  be  more  coftly  then, 
144  Your  Suppliants  war  :  Remember  that  your  Fame 

Knowles  in  the  eare,  o'th  world :  what  you  doe  quickly, 

Is  not  done  rafhly ;  your  firft  thought  is  more. 

Then  others  laboured  meditance  :  your  premeditating 
148  More  then  their  actions .-  But  oh  love,  your  actions 

Soone  as  they  mooves  as  Afprayes  doe  the  fifh, 

Subdue  before  they  touch,  thinke,  deere  Duke  thinke 

What  beds  our  flaine  Kings  have. 
I52      *•   Qu"  What  greifes  our  beds 

That  our  deere  Lords  have  none. 
3,   Qu.  None  fit  for'th  dead  : 

Thofe  that  with  Cordes,  Knives,  drams  precipitance, 
156  Weary  of  this  worlds  light,  have  to  themfelves 

Beene  deathes  moft  horrid  Agents,  humaine  grace 

Affords  them  duft  and  fhaddow. 
i'   Qu.  But  our  Lords 

B  3  Lie 


6  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

Ly  bliftring  fore  the  vifitating  Sunne,  [I.  i] 

And  were  good  Kings,  when  living. 

Thef.  It  is  true,  and  I  will  give  you  comfort, 
To  give  your  dead  Lords  graves  .- 
The  which  to  doe,  muft  make  fome  worke  with  Creou  j  ifj* 

1.  Qu.  And  that  worke  prefents  it  felfe  to'th  doing  : 
Now  twill  take  forme,  the  heates  are  gone  to  morrow. 
Then,  booteles  toyle  muft  recompence  it  felfe, 

With  it's  owne  fweat  j  Now  he's  fecure,  !<58 

Not  dreames,  we  ftand  before  your  puifiance 
Wrinching  our  holy  begging  in  our  eyes 
To  make  petition  cleere. 

2.  Qu.  Now  you  may  take  him,  172 
Drunke  with  his  vi6tory. 

3.  Qu.  And  his  Army  full 
Of  Bread,  and  floth. 

Thef.  Artefuis  that  beft  knoweft  176 

How  to  draw  out  fit  to  this  enterprife, 
The  prim'ft  for  this  proceeding,  and  the  number 
To  carry  fuch  a  bufineffe,  forth  and  1  evy 

Our  worthieft  Inftruments,  whilft  we  defpatch  180 

This  grand  aft  of  our  life,  this  daring  deede 
Of  Fate  in  wedlocke. 

1.  Qu.  Dowagers,  take  hands 

Let  us  be  Widdowes  to  our  woes,  delay  184 

Commends  us  to  a  famiming  hope. 
All.  Farewell. 

2.  Qu.  We  come  nnfeafonably  :  But  when  could  greefe 

Cull  forth  as  unpanged  judgement  can,  fit'ft  time  188 

For  beft  folicitation. 

Thef.  Why  good  Ladies, 
This  is  a  fervice,  whereto  I  am  going, 

Greater  then  any  was  ;  it  more  imports  me  192 

Then  all  the  aftions  that  I  have  foregone, 
Or  futurely  can  cope. 

i.  Qu.  The  more  proclaiming 

Our  fuit  fhall  be  negle&ed,  when  her  Armes  196 

Able  to  locke  love  from  a  Synod,  (hall 

By 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  7 

[I.  i]  By  warranting  Moone-light  corflet  thee,  oh  when 

Her  twyning  Cherries  fhall  their  fweetnes  fall 
200  Vpon  thy  taftefull  lips,  what  wilt  thou  thinke 

Of  rotten  Kings  or  blubberd  Queenes,  what  care 

For  what  thou  feeHl  not  ?  what  thou  feelft  being  able 

To  make  Mars  fpurne  his  Drom.     O  if  thou  couch 
204  But  one  night  with  her,  every  howre  in't  will 

Take  hoftage  of  thee  for  a  hundred,  and 

Thou  {halt  remember  nothing  more,  then  what 

That  Banket  bids  thee  too. 
208      Hip.  Though  much  unlike 

You  mould  be  fo  tranfported,  as  much  forry 

I  mould  be  fuch  a  Suitour ;  yet  I  thinke 

Did  I  not  by  th'abftayning  of  my  joy 
212  Which  breeds  a  deeper  longing,  cure  their  furfeit 

That  craves  a  prefent  medcine,  I  mould  plucke 

All  Ladies  fcaridall  on  me.     Therefore  Sir 

As  I  mall  here  make  tryall  of  my  prayres, 
2I<5  Either  prefuming  them  to  have  fome  force, 

Or  fentencing  for  ay  their  vigour  dombe, 

Prorogue  this  bufines,  we  are  going  about,  and  hang 

Your  Sheild  afore  your  Heart,  about  that  necke 
220  Which  is  my  ffee,  and  which  I  freely  lend 

To  doe  thefe  poore  Queenes  fervice. 
All  Queens.  Oh  helpe  now 

Our  Caufe  cries  for  your  knee. 
224      Emil.  If  you  grant  not 

My  Sifter  her  petition  in  that  force, 

With  that  Celerity,  and  nature  which 

Shee  makes  it  in :  from  henceforth  ile  not  dare 
228  To  aske  you  any  thing,  nor  be  fo  hardy 

Ever  to  take  a  Husband. 
Thef.  Pray  ftand  up. 

I  am  entreating  of  my  felfe  to  doe 
23 2  That  which  you  k  neele  to  have  me  ;   Pyrithous 

Leade  on  the  Bride  ;  get  you  and  pray  the  Gods 

For  fuccefle,  and  returne ;  omit  not  any  thing 

In  the  pretended  Celebration  :  Queenes 

Follow 


8  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Follow  your  Soldier  (as  before)  hence  you  [I.  i] 

And  at  the  banckes  of  Anly  meete  us  with 

The  forces  you  can  raife,  where  we  (hall  iiude 

The  moytie  of  a  number,  for  a  bufines, 

More  bigger  look't ;  fince  that  our  Theame  is  hafte  240 

I  (lamp  this  kifie  upon  thy  currant  lippe, 

Sweete  keepe  it  as  my  Token  ;  Set  you  forward 

For  I  will  fee  you  gone.  Exeunt  towards  the  Temple. 

Farewell  my  beauteous  Sifter  :  Pyrithous  244 

Keepe  the  feaft  full,  bate  not  an  howre  on't. 

Pirithous.  Sir 

He  follow  you  at  heeles  j  The  Feafts  folempnity 
Shall  want  till  your  returne.  248 

Thef.  Cofen  I  charge  you 

Boudge  not  from  Athens ;  We  mail  be  returning 
Ere  you  can  end  this  Feaft ;  of  which  I  pray  you 
Make  no  abatement ;  once  more  farewell  all.  252 

1.  Qu.  Thus  do'ft  thou  ftill  make  good   the  tongue    o'th 

2.  Qu.  And  earnft  a  Deity  equal  with  Mars,  (world. 

3.  Qu.   If  not  above  him,  for 

Thou  being  but  mortall  makeft  affections  bend  256 

To  Godlike  honours  ;  they  themfelves  fome  fay 
Grone  under  fuch  a  Maftry. 

Thef.  As  we  are  men 

Thus  {hould  we  doe,  being  fenfually  fubdude  26o 

We  loofe  our  humane  tytle  ;  good  cheere  Ladies.  Florlfh. 

Now  turne  we  towards  your  Comforts.  Exeunt. 

Scaena  2.     Enter  Palamon,  and  Arcite.  [I.  2] 

Arcite.     Deere  Palamon,  deerer  in  love  then  Blood 
And  our  prime  Cofen,  yet  unhardned  in 
The  Crimes  of  nature  j  Let  us  leave  the  Citty 
Thebs,  and  the  temptings  in't,  before  we  further  4 

Sully  our  glofle  of  youth, 
And  here  to  keepe  in  abftinence  we  fhame 
As  in  Incontinence  j  for  not  to  fwim 

I'th  aide  o'th  Current,  were  almoft  to  fincke,  8 

At 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

[I.  2]  At  leaft  to  fruftrate  ftriving,  and  to  follow 

The  common  Streame,  twold  bring  us  to  an  Edy 

Where  we  mould  turne  or  drowne  ;  if  labour  through, 
12  Our  gaine  but  life,  and  weakenes.  » 

Pal.  Your  advice 

Is  cride  up  with  example  :  what  ftrange  ruins 

Since  firft  we  went  to  Schoole,  may  we  perceive 
16  Walking  in  Thebs  ?     Skars,  and  bare  weedes 

The  gaine  o'th  Martialift,  who  did  propound 

To  his  bold  ends,  honour,  and  golden  Ingots, 

Which  though  he  won,  he  had  not,  and  now  flurted 
20  By  peace  for  whom  he  fought,  who  then  (hall  offer 

To  Mar/is  fo  fcornd  Altar  ?  I  doe  bleede 

When  fuch  I  meete,  and  wifh  great  lu.no  would 

Refume  her  ancient  fit  of  lelouzie 
24  To  get  the  Soldier  worke,  that  peace  might  purge 

For  her  repletion,  and  retaine  anew 

Her  charitable  heart  now  hard,  and  harfher 

Then  ftrife,  or  war  could  be. 
28      Arcite,  Are  you  not  out  ? 

Meete  you  no  ruine,  but  the  Soldier  in 

The  Cranckes,  and  turnes  of  Thebs  ?  you  did  begin 

As  if  you  met  decaies  of  many  kindes  : 
32  Perceive  you  none,  that  doe  arowfe  your  pitty 

But  th'un-confiderd  Soldier  ? 
Paj.  Yes,  I  pitty 

Decaies  where  ere  I  finde  them,  but  fuch  moft 
36  That  fweating  in  an  honourable  Toyle 

Are  paide  with  yce  to  coole  'em. 
Arcite,  Tis  not  this 

I  did  begin  to  fpeake  of:  This  is  vertue 
40  Of  no  refpecl:  in  Thebs,  I  fpake  of  Thebs 

How  dangerous  if  we  will  keepe  our  Honours, 

It  is  for  our  refyding,  where  every  evill 

Hath  a  good  cullor  ;  where  eve'ry  feeming  good's 
44  A  certaine  evill,  where  not  to  be  ev'n  lunipe 

As  they  are,  here  were  to  be  ftrangers,  and 

Such  things  to  be  meere  Monfters. 

C  Pal. 


io  The  Two  Noble  Kitifmen. 

Pal.  Tis  in  our  power,  [I.  2] 

(Vnletfe  we  feare  that  Apes  can  Tutor's)  to  48 

Be  Mafters  of  our  manners  :  what  neede  I 
Arleft  anothers  gate,  which  is  not  catching 
Where  there  is  faith,  or  to  be  fond  upon 

Anothers  way  of  fpeech,  when  by  mine  owne  52 

I  may  be  reafonably  conceiv'dj  fav'd  too, 
Speaking  it  truly ;  why  am  I  bound 
By  any  generous  bond  to  follow  him 

Followes  his  Taylor,  haply  fo  long  untill  56 

The  follow'd,  make  purfuit  ?  or  let  me  know, 
Why  mine  owne  Barber  is  unbleft,  with  him 
My  poore  Chinne  too,  for  tis  not  Cizard  iuft 

To  fuch  a  Favorites  glafle .-  What  Cannon  is  there  60 

That  does  command  my  Rapier  from  my  hip 
To  dangle't  in  my  hand,  or  to  go  tip  toe 
Before  the  ftreete  be  foule  ?  Either  I  am 

The  fore-horfe  in  the  Teame,  or  I  am  none  64 

That  draw  i'th  fequent  trace :  thefe  poore  fleight  fores, 
Neede  not  a  plantin ;  That  which  rips  my  bofome 
Almoft  to'th  heart's, 

Arcite.  Our  Vncle  Creon.  68 

Pal.  He, 

A  moft  unbounded  Tyrant,  whofe  fuccefles 
Makes  heaven  unfeard,  and  villany  afTured 

Beyond  its  power  :there's  nothing,  almoft  puts  72 

Faith  in  a  feavour,  and  deifies  alone 
Voluble  chance,  who  onely  attributes 
The  faculties  of  other  Inftruments 

To  his  owne  Nerves  and  a6t ;  Commands  men  fervice,  76 

And  what  they  winne  in't,  boot  and  glory  on 
That  feares  not  to  do  harm  ;  good,  dares  not ;  Let 
The  blood  of  mine  that's  fibbe  to  him,  be  fuckt 
From  me  with  Leeches,  Let  them  breake  and  fall  80 

Off  me  with  that  corruption. 

Arc.  Cleere  fpirited  Cozen 
Lets  leave  his  Court,  that  we  may  nothing  fliare, 
Of  his  lowd  infamy  :  for  our  milke,  84 

Will 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  1 1 

[I.  2]  Will  relifli  of  the  pafture,  and  we  muft 
Be  vile,  or  difobedient,  not  his  kinefmen 
In  blood,  unlefle  in  quality. 
88      Pal-  Nothing  truer  : 

I  thinke  the  Ecchoes  of  his  fhames  have  dea'ft 
The  eares  of  heav'nly  luftice  :  widdows  cryes 
Defcend  againe  into  their  throates,  and  have  not :  Enter  lra- 
92  Due  audience  of  the  Gods  :   Valerius  (lerius. 

Fal.  The  King  cals  for  you ;  yet  be  leaden  footed 
Till  his  great  rage  be  off  him.     Phelus  when 
He  broke  his  whipftocke  and  exclaimd  againft 
96  The  Horfes  of  the  Sun,  but  whifperd  too 
The  lowdenefle  of  his  Fury. 

Pal.  Small  windes  lhake  him, 
But  whats  the  matter  ? 

too       Vol.  Thefeus  (who  where  he  threates  appals,)  hath  fent 
Deadly  defyance  to  him,  and  pronounces 
Ruine  to  Thebs,  who  is  at  hand  to  feale 
The  promife  of  his  wrath. 
104      -Arc.  Let  him  approach  ; 

But  that  we  feare  the  Gods  in  him,  he  brings  not 
A  jot  of  terrour  to  us ;  Yet  what  man 
Thirds  his  owne  worth  (the  cafe  is  each  of  ours) 
1 08  When  that  his  actions  dregd,  with  minde  afford 
Tis  bad  he  goes  about. 

Pal.  Leave  that  unreafond. 
Our  fervices  ftand  now  for  Thebs,  not  Creon, 
112  Yet  to  be  neutrall  to  him,  were  diflionourj 
Rebellious  to  oppofe  :  therefore  we  muft 
With  him  ftand  to  the  mercy  of  our  Fate, 
Who  hath  bounded  our  laft  minute. 
1 16      Arc.   So  we  muftj 

111  fed  this  warres  a  foote?  or  it  (hall  be 
On  faile  of  fome  condition. 

Vol.  Tis  in  motion 

120  The  intelligence  of  ftate  came  in  the  inftant 
With  the  defier. 

C  2  pal. 


12  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Pal.  Lets  to  the  king,  who,  were  he  [I.  2] 

A  quarter  carrier  of  that  honour,  which 

His  Enemy  come  in,  the  blood  we  venture  124 

Should  be  as  for  our  health,  which  were  not  fpent, 
Rather  laide  out  for  purchafe  :  but  alas 
Our  hands  advanc'd  before  our  hearts,  what  will 
The  fall  o'th  ftroke  doe  damage  ?  128 

Arci.  Let  th'event, 
That  never  erring  Arbitratour,  tell  us 
When  we  know  all  our  felves,  and  let  us  follow 
The  becking  of  our  chance.  Exeunt.  132 

Scaena  3.     Enter  Pirithous,  Hipolita,  Emilia.  [[.  3] 

Pir.  No  further. 

Hip.  Sir  farewell  j  repeat  my  wimes 
To  our  great  Lord,  of  whofe  fucces  I  dare  not 
Make  any  timerous  queftion,  yet  I  wifh  him  4 

Exces,  and  overflow  of  power,  and't  might  be 
To  dure  ill-dealing  fortune ;  fpeede  to  him, 
Store  never  hurtes  good  Gouernours. 
..  Pir.  Though  I  know  8 

His  Ocean  needes  not  my  poore  drops,  yet  they 
Muft  yeild  their  tribute  there .-  My  precious  Maide, 
Thofe  beft  affections,  that  the  heavens  infufe 
In  their  beft  temperd  peices,  keepe  enthroand  \i 

In  your  deare  heart. 

Emil.  Thanckes  Sir ;  Remember  me 
To  our  all  royall  Brother,  for  whofe  fpeede 

The  great  Bellona  ile  follicitej  and  16 

Since  in  our  terrene  State  petitions  are  not 
Without  giftes  underftood  :  He  offer  to  her 
What  I  fhall  be  advifed  me  likes  j  our  hearts 
Are  in  his  Army,  in  his  Tent.  2o 

Hip.  In's  bofome  : 

We  have  bin  Soldiers,  and  wee  cannot  weepe 
When  our  Friends  don  their  helmes,  or  put  to  fea, 
Or  tell  of  Babes  broachd  on  the  Launce,  or  women  24 

That 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  T 

[I.  3]  That  have  fod  their  Infants  in  (and  after  eate  them) 

The  brine,  they  wept  at  killing  'em ;  Then  if 

You  flay  to  fee  of  us  fuch  Spincflers,  we 
28  Should  hold  you  here  for  e  ver. 
Pir.  Peace  be  to  you 

As  I  purfue  this  war,  which  fhall  be  then 

Beyond  further  requiring.  Exit  Pir. 

32      Emit.  How  his  longing 

Followes  his  Friend  ;  fince  his  depart,  his  fportes 

Though  craving  ferioufnes,  and  skilll,  pafl  flightly 

His  careles  execution,  where  nor  gaine 
36  Made  him  regard,  or  lofle  confider,  but 

Playing  ore  bufines  in  his  hand,  another 

Directing  in  his  head,  his  minde,  nurfe  equall 

To  thefe  fo  diffring  Twyns  j  have  you  obferv'd  him, 
40  Since  our  great  Lord  departed  ? 
Hip.  With  much  labour  : 

And  I  did  love  him  fort,  they  two  have  Cabind 

In  many  as  dangerous,  as  poore  a  Corner, 
44  Perill  and  want  contending,  they  have  skift 

Torrents  whofe  roring  tyranny  and  power 

I'th  leafl  of  thefe  was  dreadfull,  and  they  have 

Fought  out  together,  where  Deaths-fejfe  was  lodgd, 
48  Yet  fate  hath  brought  them  off :  Their  knot  of  lov 

Tide,  weau'd,  intangled,  with  fo  true,  fo  long, 

And  with  a  finger  of  fo  deepe  a  cunning 

May  be  outworne,  never  undone.  I  thinke 
52  Thefeus  cannot  be  umpire  to  himfelfe 

Cleaving  his  confcience  into  twaine,  and  doing 

Each  fide  like  luftice,  which  he  loves  befl. 

Emil.  Doubtleffe 
56  There  is  a  befl,  and  reafon  has  no  manners 

To  fay  it  is  not  you :  I  was  acquainted 

Once  with  a  time,  when  I  enjoyd  a  Play-fellow ; 

You  were  at  wars,  when  me  the  grave  enrichd, 
60  Who  made  too  proud  the  Bed,  tooke  leave  o'th  Moone 

(which  then  lookt  pale  at  parting)  when  our  count 

Was  each  a  eleven. 

C  3  Hip. 


2.  Hearfes  rea- 
dy with  Pala- 
mon  :  and  Arci- 
te  :  the  3. 
Queenes. 
Theseus  .•  and 
his  Lordes 
ready. 


14  The  Two  Nolle  Kinjmen. 

Hip.  Twas  Flauia.  [I.  3] 

Emit.  Yes  64 

You  talke  of  Pirithous  and  Thefeus  love ; 
Theirs  has  more  ground,  is  more  maturely  feafond, 
More  buckled  with  ftrong  Judgement,  and  their  needes 
The  one  of  th'other  may  be  faid  to  water  68 

Their  intertangled  rootes  of  love,  but  I 
And  (hee  (I  figh  and  fpoke  of)  were  things  innocent, 
Lou'd  for  we  did,  and  like  the  Elements 

That  know  not  what,  nor  why,  yet  doe  effect  72 

Rare  iflues  by  their  operance  ;  our  foules 
Did  fo  to  one  another;  what  fhe  lik'd, 
Was  then  of  me  approov'd,  what  not  condemd 
No  more  arraignement,  the  flowre  that  I  would  plncke  76 

And  put  betweene  my  breafts,  oh  (then  but  beginning 
To  fwell  about  the  bloflbme)  fhe  would  long 
Till  fhee  had  fuch  another,  and  commit  it 

To  the  like  innocent  Cradle,  where  Phenix  like  80 

They  dide  in  perfume  .•  on  my  head  no  toy 
But  was  her  patterne,  her  affections  (pretty 
Though  happely,  her  careles,  were,  I  followed 
For  my  moft  ferious  decking,  had  mine  eare 
Stolne  fome  new  aire,  or  at  adventure  humd  on 
From  mificall  Coynadge ;  why  it  was  a  note 
Whereon  her  fpirits  would  fojourne  (rather  dwell  on) 
And  fing  it  in  her  {lumbers ;  This  rehearfall  88 

(Which  fury-innocent  wots  well)  comes  in 
Like  old  importments  baftard,  has  this  end, 
That  the  true  love  tweene  Mayde,  and  mayde,  may  be 
More  then  in  fex  individuall.  pa 

Hip.  Y'are  ont  of  breath 
And  this  high  fpeeded-pace,  is  but  to  fay 
That  you  fhall  never  (like  the  Maide  Flavina) 
Love  any  that's  calld  Man.  96 

Emil.  I  am  fure  I  mail  not. 

Hip.  Now  alacke  weake  Sifter, 
I  muft  no  more  beleeve  thee  in  this  point 

(Though,  in't  I  know  thou  doft  beleeve  thy  felfe,)  100 

Then 


The  Tivo  Nolle  Kinfmen.  15 

[I.  3]  Then  I  will  truft  a  lickely  appetite, 

That  loathes  even  as  it  longs ;  but  fare  my  Sifter 
If  I  were  ripe  for  your  perfwanon,  you 
104  Have  faide  enough  to  {hake  me  from  the  Arme 
Of  the  all  noble  Thefeus,  for  whofe  fortunes, 
I  will  now  in,  and  kneele  with  great  alTurance, 
That  we,  more  then  his  Pirothous,  pofieife 
108  The  high  throne  in  his  heart. 

Emil.  I  am  not  againft  your  faith, 
Yet  I  continew  mine.  Exeunt. 

Cornets. 

[I.  4]  Scaena  4.  A  Battaile  Jlrooke  withim  :  Then  a  Retrait :  FLorlfli. 
Then  Enter  Thefeus  (vi£lor)  the  three  Queenes  meete 
him,  and  fall  on  their  faces  before  him. 

1.  Qu.  To  thee  no  ftarre  be  darke. 

2.  Qu.  Both  heaven  and  earth 
Friend  thee  for  ever. 

4      3.   Qu.  All  the  good  that  may 

Be  wifhd  upon  thy  head,  I  cry  Amen  too't.  (vens 

Thef.  Th'imparciall    Gods,   who   from    the    mounted   hea- 
View  us  their  mortall  Heard,  behold  who  erre, 
8  And  in  their  time  chaftice  :  goe  and  finde  out 
The  bones  of  your  dead  Lords,  and  honour  them 
With  treble  Ceremonie,  rather  then  a  gap 
Should  be  in  their  deere  rights,  we  would  fuppl'it. 
12  But  thofe  we  will  depute,  which  (hall  inveft 
You  in  your  dignities,  and  even  each  thing 
Our  haft  does  leave  imperfect ;  So  adiew 
And  heavens  good  eyes  looke  on  you,  what  are  thofe  ? 

Exeunt  Queenes. 

i(5  Herald.  Men  of  great  quality,  as  may  be  judgd 
By  their  appointment ;  Some  of  Thebs  have  told's 
They  are  Sifters  children,  Nephewes  to  the  King. 

Thef.  By'th  Helme  of  Mars,  I  faw  them  in  the  war, 
20  Like  to  a  paire  of  Lions,  fuccard  with  prey, 
Make  lanes  in  troopes  agaft.     I  fixt  my  note 
Conftautly  on  them ;  for  they  were  a  marke 

Worth 


1 6  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Worth  a  god's  view  :  what  prifoner  was't  that  told  me  [I.  4] 

When  I  enquired  their  names  ?  24 

Herald.  We  leave,  they'r  called 
Arctic  and  Palawan, 

Thef.  Tis  right,  thofe,  thofe 
They  are  not  dead  ?  28 

Her.   Nor  in  a  ftate  of  life,  had  they  bin  taken 
3.  Hearfes  rea-      When  their  laft  hurts  were  given,  twas  poflible 

They  might  have  bin  recovered ;  Yet  they  breathe 

And  haue  the  name  of  men.  32 

Thef.  Then  like  men  ufe  'em 
The  very  lees  of  fuch  (millions  of  rates) 
Exceede  the  wine  of  others  :  all  our  Surgions 
Convent  in  their  behoofe,  our  richeft  balmes  36 

Rather  then  niggard  waft,  their  lives  concerne  us, 
Much  more  then  Thebs  is  worth,  rather  then  have  'em 
Freed  of  this  plight,  and  in  their  morning  ftate 
(Sound  and  at  liberty)  I  would  'em  dead,  40 

But  forty  thoufand  fold,  we  had  rather  have  'em 
Prifbners  to  us,  then  death ;  Beare  'em  fpeedily 
From  our  kinde  aire,  to  them  unkinde,  and  minifter 
What  man  to  man  may  doe  for  our  fake  more,  44 

Since  I  have  knowne  frights,  fury,  friends,  beheaftes, 
Loves,  provocations,  zeale,  a  miftris  Taske, 
Defire  of  liberty,  a  feavour,  madnes, 

Hath  fet  a  marke  which  nature  could  not  reach  too  48 

Without  fome  impofition,  ficknes  in  will 
Or  wraftling  ftrength  in  reafon,  for  our  Love 
And  great  Appollos  mercy,  all  our  beft, 

Their  beft  skill  tender.     Leade  into  the  Citty,  ^2 

Where  having  bound  things  fcatterd,  we  will  poft          Flori/h. 
To  Athens  for  our  Army.  Exeunt. 

Miijicke. 

Scaena  $.     Enter  the  Queenes  with  the  Hearfes  of  their         [I.  5] 
Kuightes,  in  a  Funerall  Solempnity,  d^c. 

Vrnes,  and  odours,  bring  away, 
Vapours,  fights,  darken  the  day  ; 

Our 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  17 

[I.  5]         Our  dole  more  deadly  lookes  than  dying  . 

4        Ba lines,  and  Gummes,  and  heavy  cheer es, 
Sacred  vials  Jilfd  with  teares, 
And  clamors  through  the  wild  ayre  flying. 

Come  all  fad,  andfolempne  Showes, 
8         That  are  qnick-eyd  pleafures  foes ; 

We  convent  nought  elfe  but  woes.  We  convent,  <5r*c. 

3.   Qu.  This  funeral  path,  brings  to  your  houfholds  grave: 
loy  ceaze  on  you  againe  :  peace  fleepe  with  him. 
12      2.   Qu.  And  this  to  yours. 

i.  Qu.  Yours  this  way  .•  Heavens  lend 
A  thoufand  differing  waies,  to  one  fure  end. 

3.   Qu.  This  world's  a  Citty  full  of  ftraying  Streetes, 
1 6  And  Death's  the  market  place,  where  each  one  meetes. 

Exeunt  fever  ally. 


[II.  i ]  ASlus  Secundus. 


Scaena  i.     Enter  lailor,  and  Wooer. 

lailor.  I  may  depart  with  little,  while  I  live,  fome  thing  I 
May  caft  to  you,  not  much  :  Alas  the  Prifon  I 
Keepe,  though  it  be  for  great  ones,  yet  they  feldome 
4  Come ;  Before  one  Salmon,  you  mall  take  a  number 
Of  Minnowes  :  I  am  given  out  to  be  better  lyn'd 
Then  it  can  appeare,  to  me  report  is  a  true 
Speaker :  I  would  I  were  really,  that  I  am 
8  Deliverd  to  be  :  Marry,  what  I  have  (be  it  what 
it  will)  I  will  affure  upon  my  daughter  at 
The  day  of  my  death. 

Wooer.  Sir  I  demaund  no  more  then  your  owne  offer, 
12  And  I  will  eftate  your  Daughter  in  what  I 
Have  promifed, 

D  lailor. 

a — Q  r .  2 


1 8  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

Jailor.  Wei,  we  will  talke  more  of  this,  when  the  folemnity  [II.  j] 
Is  paft ;  But  have  you  a  full  promife  of  her  ? 

Enter  Daughter. 
When  that  ihall  be  feene,  I  tender  my  confent.  16 

If^ooer.  I  have  Sir  ;  here  fliee  comes. 

lailor.  Your  Friend  and  I  have  chanced  to  name 
You  here,  upon  the  old  bufines :  But  no  more  of  that. 
Now,  fo  foone  as  the  Court  hurry  is  over,  we  will  2° 

Have  an  end  of  it  :   I'th  meane  time  looke  tenderly 
To  the  two  Prifoners.     I  can  tell  you  they  are  princes. 

Daug.  Thefe  ftrewings  are  for  their  Chamber ;  tis  pitty  they 
Are  in  prifon,  and  twer  pitty  they  (hould  be  out :   I  24 

Doe  thinke  they  have  patience  to  make  any  adverfity 
Afliam'd  j  the  prifon  it  felfe  is  proud  of  'em  j  and 
They  have  all  the  world  in  their  Chamber. 

lailor.  They  are  fam'd  to  be  a  paire  of  abfolute  men.  28 

Daugh.  By  my  troth,  I  think  Fame  but  ftammers  'em,  they 
Stand  a  greife  above  the  reach  of  report.  (doers. 

lai.  I  heard  them  reported  in  the  Battaile,  to  be  the  only 

Daugh.  Nay  moft  likely,  for  they  ar<^ noble  fuffrersj  I  32 

Mervaile  how  they  would  have  lookd  had  they  beene 
Vi6tors,  that  with  fuch  a  conftant  Nobility,  enforce 
A  freedome  out  of  Bondage,  making  mifery  their 
Mirth,  and  affliction,  a  toy  to  jeft  at,  «£ 

lailor.  Doe  they  fo  r 

Daug.  It  feemes  to  me  they  have  no  more  fence  of  their 
Captivity,  then  I  of  ruling  Athens  .•  they  eate 
Well,  looke  merrily,  difcourfe  of  many  things,  40 

But  nothing  of  their  owne  reftraint,  and  difafters  : 
Yet  fometime  a  devided  figh,  martyrd  as  twer 
I'th  deliverance,  will  breake  from  one  of  them. 
When  the  other  prefently  gives  it-fo  fweete  a  rebuke,  44 

That  I  could  wifh  my  felfe  a  Sigh  to  be  fo  chid, 
Or  at  leaft  a  Sigher  to  be  comforted. 

IVooer.  I  never  faw  em. 

lailor.  The  Duke  himfelfe  came  privately  in  the  night,          48 

Enter  Palamon,  and  Ardte,  above. 
And  fo  did  they,  what  the  reafon  of  it  is,  I 

Know 


The  Two  Nolle  K'uifmen.  19 

[II.  i]  Know  not :  Looke  yonder  they  are  j  that's 

Arcite  lookes  out. 

52      Daugh.  No  Sir,  no,  that's  Palamon  :  Arcite  is  the 
Lower  of  the  twaine  j  you  may  perceive  a  part 
Of  him. 

Ia>.  Goe  too,  leave  your  pointing ;  they  would  not 
56  Make  us  their  objeft  jout  of  their  fight. 

Daugh.  It  is  a  holliday  to  looke  on  them  :Lord,  the 
Diffrence  of  men.  Exeunt, 

[II.  2]  Scaena  2.     Enter  Palamon,  and  Arcite  in  prifon. 

Pal.  How  doe  you  Noble  Cofen  ? 
Arcite.  How  doe  you  Sir  ? 
Pal.  Why  ftrong  Inough  to  laugh  at  mifery, 
4  And  beare  the  chance  of  warre  yet,  we  are  prifoners 
I  feare  for  ever  Cofen. 
Arcite.  I  beleeve  it, 
And  to  that  deftiny  have  patiently 
8  Laide  up  my  houre  to  come. 

Pal.  Oh  Cofen  Arcite, 

Where  is  Thebs  now  ?  where  is  our  noble  Country  ? 
Where  are  our  friends,  and  kindreds  ?  never  more 
1 2  Muft  we  behold  thofe  comforts,  never  fee 

The  hardy  youthes  ftrive  for  the  Games  of  honour 
(Hung  with  the  painted  favours  of  their  Ladies) 
Like  tall  Ships  under  faile:then  ftart  among'il  'em 
1 6  And  as  an  Eaftwind  leave  'em  all  behinde  us, 
Like  lazy  Clowdes,  whilft  Palamon  and  Arcite, 
Even  in  the  wagging  of  a  wanton  leg 
Out-ftript  the  peoples  praifes,  won  the  Garlands, 
20  Ere  they  have  time  to  wifh  'em  ours.O  never 
Shall  we  two  exercife,  like  Twyns  of  honour, 
Our  Armes  againe,  and  feele  our  fyry  horles 
Like  proud  Seas  under  us,  our  good  Swords,  now 
24  (Better  the  red-eyd  god  of  war  nev'r  were) 
Bravilhd  our  fides,  like  age  muft  run  to  ruft, 
And  decke  the  Temples  of  thofe  gods  that  hate  us, 

D  2  Thefe 


20  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Thefe  hands  fliall  never  draw'em  out  like  lightning  [II.  2] 

To  blaft  whole  Armies  more.  28 

Arcite.  No  Palawan, 

Thofe  hopes  are  Priibners  with  us,  here  we  are 
And  here  the  graces  of  our  youthes  muft  wither 
Like  a  too-timely  Spring  ;here  age  muft  tinde  us,  32 

And  which  is  heayieft  (Palamon)  unmarried, 
The  fweete  embraces  of  a  loving  wife 
Loden  with  kilfes,  armd  with  thoufand  Cupids 
Shall  never  clafpe  our  neckes,  no  ilfue  know  us,  3$ 

No  figures  of  our  felves  mall  we  ev'r  fee, 
To  glad  our  age,  and  like  young  Eagles  teach  'em 
Boldly  to  gaze  againft  bright  armes,  and  fay 

Remember  what  your  fathers  were,  and  conquer.  40 

The  faire-eyd  Maides,  fliall  weepe  our  Baniiliments, 
And  in  their  Songs,  curfe  ever-blinded  fortune 
Till  fhee  for  fliame  fipe  what  a  wrong  me  has  done 
To  youth  and  nature  jThis  is  all  our  world ;  44 

We  fliall  know  nothing  here  but  one  another, 
Heare  nothing  but  the  Clocke  that  tels  our  woes. 
The  Vine  fliall  grow,  but  we  fliall  never  fee  it : 
Sommer  fhall  come,  and  with  her  all  delights ;  48 

But  dead-cold  winter  muft  inhabite  here  ftill. 

Pal.  Tis  too  true  Ardte.     To  our  Theban  houndes, 
That  fliooke  the  aged  Forreft  with  their  ecchoes, 
No  more  now  muft  we  halloa,  no  more  fliake  52 

Our  pointed  lavelyns,  whilft  the  angry  Swine 
Flyes  like  a  parthian  quiver  from  our  rages, 
Strucke  with  our  well-fteeld  Darts  :A11  valiant  ufes. 
(The  foode,  and  nourishment  of  noble  mindes,)  56 

In  us  two  here  fliall  perilh  jwe  fliall  die 
(which  is  the  curfe  of  honour)  laftly 
Children  of  greife,  and  Ignorance. 

Arc.  Yet  Cofen,  60 

Even  from  the  bottom  of  thefe  miferies 
From  all  that  fortune  can  infli6t  upon  us, 
I  fee  two  comforts  ryfing,  two  meere  bleflings, 
If  the  gods  pleafe,  to  hold  here  abrave  patience,  64 

And 


The  Tico  Nolle  Khifmen.  21 

[II.  2]  And  the  enjoying  of  our  greefes  together. 

Whilft  Palawan  is  with  me,  let  me  perim 

If  I  thinke  this  our  prifon. 
68      Pa/a.  Certeinly, 

Tis  a  maine  goodnes  Cofen,  that  our  fortunes 

Were  twyn'd  together ;  tis  moft  true,  two  foules 

Put  in  two  noble  Bodies,  let  'em  fuffer 
72  The  gaule  of  hazard,  fo  they  grow  together, 

Will  never  fincke,  they  muft  not,  fay  they  could 

A  willing  man  dies  fleeping,  and  all's  done. 

Arc.  Shall  we  make  worthy  ufes  of  this  place 
76  That  all  men  hate  fo  much  ? 
Pal.  How  gentle  Cofen  ? 
Arc.   Let's  thinke  this  prifon,  holy  fanctuary, 

To  keepe  us  from  corruption  of  worfe  men, 
80  We  are  young  and  yet  delire  the  waies  of  honour, 

That  liberty  and  common  Converfation 

The  poyfon  of  pure  fpirits;  might  like  women 

Wooe  us  to  wander  from.     What  worthy  blefling 
84  Can  be  but  our  Imaginations 

May  make  it  ours  ?  And  heere  being  thus  together, 

We  are  an  endles  mine  to  one  another ; 

We  are  one  anothers  wife,  ever  begetting 
88  New  birthes  of  love  j  we  are  father,  friends,  acquaintance, 

We  are  in  one  another,  Families, 

I  am  your  heire,  and  you  are  mine :  This  place 

Is  our  Inheritance  :  no  hard  OpprelTbur 
92  Dare  take  this  from  us ;  here  with  a  little  patience 

We  mail  live  long,  and  loving .-  No  furfeits  feeke  us  : 

The  hand  of  war  hurts  none  here,  nor  the  Seas 

Swallow  their  youth  :  were  we  at  liberty, 
p5  A  wife  might  part  us  lawfully,  or  bumies, 

Quarrels  confume  us,  Envy  of  ill  men 

Crave  our  acquaintance,  I  might  ficken  Cofen, 

Where  you  fhould  never  know  it,  and  fo  perim 
100  Without  your  noble  hand  to  clofe  mine  eies, 

Or  praiers  to  the  gods  53  thoufand  chaunces 

Were  we  from  hence,  would  feaver  us. 

D  3  Pal. 


22  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Pal.  You  have  made  me  [II.  2] 

(I  thanke  you  Cofen  Arcite)  almoil  wanton  ro4 

With  my  Captivity  :   what  a  mifery 
It  is  to  live  abroade  ?  and  every  where  : 
Tis  like  a  Bead  me  thinkes :   I  finde  the  Court  here, 
I  am  fure  a  more  content,  and  all  thole  pleafures  /o8 

That  wooe  the  wils  of  men  to  vanity, 
I  fee  through  now,  and  am  fufficient 
To  tell  the  world,  tis  but  a  gaudy  Jhaddow, 

That  old  Time,  as  he  palfes  by  takes  with  him,  112 

What  had  we  bin  old  in  the  Court  of  Creon, 
Where  fin  is  luftice,  luft,  and  ignorance, 
The  vertues  of  the  great  ones  :  Cofen  Arcite, 

Had  not  the  loving  gods  found  this  place  for  us  116 

We  had  died  as  they  doe,  ill  old  men,  unwept, 
And  had  their  Epitaphes,  the  peoples  Curies, 
Shall  I  fay  more  ? 

Arc.  I  would  heare  you  ftill.  120 

Pal.  Ye  mall. 

Is  there  record  of  any  two  that  lov'd 
Better  then  we  doe  Arcite  : 

Arc.   Sure  there  cannot.  124 

Pal.  I  doe  not  thinke  it  poflible  our  friendship 
Should  ever  leave  us. 

Arc.  Till  our  deathes  it  cannot 

Enter  Emilia  and  her  woman. 

And  after  death  our  fpirits  (hall  be  led  128 

To  thole  that  love  eternally.     Speake  on  Sir. 
This  garden  has  a  world  of  pleafures  in't. 

Emil.  What  Flowre  is  this  ? 

Worn.  Tis  calld  NarcilTus  Madam.  132 

Emil.  That  was  a  faire  Boy  certaine,  but  a  foole, 
To  love  himfelfe,  were  there  not  maides  enough  ? 

Arc.  Pray  forward. 

Pal.  Yes.  136 

Emil.  Or  were  they  all  hard  hearted  ? 

IVom.  They  could  not  be  to  one  fo  faire. 

Emil.  Thou  wouldit  not. 

Worn, 


The  Two  Noble  Kinjmen.  23 

[II.  2]       Worn.  I  thinke  I  ihould  not,  Madam. 

Etnil.  That's  a  good  wench  : 
But  take  heede  to  your  kindnes  though. 

Worn.  Why  Madam  ? 
J44       Emil.  Men  are  mad  things. 

Arclte.  Will  ye  goe  forward  Cofen  r 

Emil.  Canft  not  thou  worke  fuch  flowers  in  lilke  wench  ? 
Worn.  Yes. 

148      Emil.  He  have  a  gowne  full  of 'em  and  of  thefe, 
This  is  a  pretty  colour,  wilt  not  doe 
Rarely  upon  a  Skirt  wench  ? 

Worn.  Deinty  Madam. 

J52      Arc.  Gofen,  Cofen,  how  doe  you  Sir?  Why  Palamon? 
Pal.  Never  till  now  I  was  in  prifon  Arcite. 
Arc.  Why  whats  the  matter  Man  ? 
Pal.  Behold,  and  wonder. 
156  By  heaven  ihee  is  a  Goddefle. 
Arcite.  Ha. 
Pal.  Doc  reverence. 
She  isa  Goddeife  Arcite. 
160      Emil.  Of  all  Flowres. 
Me  thinkes  a  Rofe  is  beft. 
Worn.  Why  gentle  Madam  ? 
Emil.  It  is  the  very  Embleme  of  a  Maide. 
I(^4  For  when  the  weft  wind  courts  her  gently 

How  modeftly  ihe  blowes,  and  paints  the  Sun, 
With  her  chafte  blulhes  ?  When  the  North  comes  neere  her, 
Rude  and  impatient,  then,  like  Chaftity 
1 68  Shee  lockes  her  beauties  in  her  bud  againe, 
And  leaves  him  to  bafe  briers. 

Warn.  Yet  good  Madam, 
Sometimes  her  modefty  will  blow  fo  far 
i?2  She  fals  for't :  a  Mayde 

If  fhee  have  any  honour,  would  be  loth 
To  take  example  by  her. 

Emil.  Thou  art  wanton, 
i  /6      Arc.  She  is  wondrous  faire. 

Pal.  She  is  all  the  beauty  extant. 

Emil. 


24  The  Tu'o  Nol'/e  Kinfmen. 

Emil.  The  Sun  grows  high,  lets  walk  in,  keep  thefe  flowers,  [II.  2] 
Weele  fee  how  neere  Art  can  come  neere  their  colours  j 
I  am  wondrous  merry  hearted,  I  could  laugh  now.  180 

Worn.  I  could  lie  downe  I  am  fare. 

Emil.  And  take  one  with  you  ? 
Worn.  That's  as  we  bargaine  Madam, 

Emil.  Well,  agree  then.  ^4 

Exeunt  Emilia  and  woman. 

Pal.  What  thinke  you  of  this  beauty  ? 

Arc.  Tis  a  rare  one. 

Pal.  Is't  but  a  rare  one  ? 

Arc.  Yes  a  matchles  beauty.  J88 

Pal.  Might  not  a  man  well  lofe  himfelfe  and  love  her  ? 

Arc.  I  cannot  tell  what  you  have  done,  I  have, 
Befhrew  mine  eyes  for't,  now  I  feele  my  Shackles. 

Pal.  You  love  her  then  ?  102 

Arc.  Who  would  not  ? 

Pal.   And  defire  her  ? 

Arc.  Be  fore  my  liberty. 

Pal.  I  law  her  firft.  i<p6 

Arc.  That's  nothing 

Pal.  But  it  (hall  be. 

Arc.  I  faw  her  too. 

Pal.  Yes,  but  you  mufl  not  love  her.  200 

Arc.  I  will  not  as  you  doe;  to  worfliip  her; 
As  flie  is  .heavenly,  and  a  blefled  Goddes  j 
(I  love  her  as  a  woman,  to  enjoy  her) 
So  both  may  love.  204 

Pal.  You  (hall  not  love  at  all. 

Arc.  Not  love  at  all. 
Who  {hall  deny  me  ? 

Pal.  I  that  firft  faw  her;  I  that  tooke  poflefiion  208 

Firft  with  mine  eye  of  all  thofe  beauties 
In  her  reveald  to  mankindc  :  if  thou  lou'ft  her, 
Or  entertain' ft  a  hope  to  blaft  my  wi flies, 

Thou  art  a  Traytour  Arcite  and  a  fellow  2T2 

Falfe  as  thy  Title  to  her :  friendfhip,  blood 
And  all  the  tyes  betweene  us  I  difclaime 

If 


The  Two  Noble  Kin f men.  25 

[II.  2]  if  thou  once  thinke  upon  her. 
216      Arc,  Yes  I  love  her, 

And  if  the  lives  of  all  my  name  lay  on  it, 
I  muft  doe  fo,  I  love  her  with  my  foule, 
If  that  will  loie  ye,  farewell  Pal  am  on, 
220  I  fay  againe,  I  love,  and  in  loving  her  maintaine 
I  am  as  worthy,  and  as  free  a  lover 
And  have  as  juft  a  title  to  her  beauty 
As  any  Palamon  or  any  living 
224  That  is  a  mans  Sonne. 

Pal.  Have  I  cald  thee  friend  ? 

Arc.  Yes,  and  have  found  me  fo  jwhy  are  you  mov'd  thus  \ 
Let  me  deale  coldly  with  you,  am  not  I 
228  Part  of  you  blood,  part  of  your  foule  ?  you  have  told  me 
That  I  was  Palamon,  and  you  were  Arcite. 
Pal.  Yes. 

Arc.  Am  not  I  liable  to  thofe  affections, 

232  Thofe  joyes,  greifes,  angers,  feares,  my  friend  fliall  fuffer  ? 
Pal.  Ye  may  be. 

Arc.  Why  then  would  you  deale  fo  cunningly, 
So  ftrangely,  fo  vnlike  a  noble  kinefman 
236  To  love  alone  ?  fpeake  truely,  doe  you  thinke  me 
Vnworthy  of  her  fight  ? 
Pal.  No  ;  but  unjuft, 
jf  thou  purfue  that  fight. 
240      Arc.  Becanfe  an  other 

Firft  fees  the  Enemy,  (hall  I  ftand  ftill 

And  let  mine  honour  downe,  and  never  charge  ? 

Pal.  Yes,  if  he  be  but  one. 
244      Arc.  But  fay  that  one 
Had  rather  combat  me  ? 

Pal.  Let  that  one  fay  fo, 

And  ufe  thy  freedome ;  els  if  thou  purfueft  her, 
248  Be  as  that  curfed  man  that  hates  his  Country, 
A  branded  villaine. 
A^c.  You  are  mad. 
Pal.  I  muft  be. 
252  Till  thou  art  worthy,  Arcite,  it  concernes  me, 

E  And 


26  The  Tii'O  Nolle  Kwfinen. 

And  in  this  madnes,  if  I  hazard  thee  [II.  2] 

And  take  thy  life,  I  deale  but  truely. 

Arc.  Fie  Sir. 

You  play  the  Childe  extreamely  :  I  will  love  her,  256 

I  muft,  I  ought  to  doe  fo,  and  I  dare, 
And  all  this  juftly. 

Pal.  O  that  now,  that  now 

Thy  falfe-felfe  and  thy  friend,  had  but  this  fortune  260 

To  be  one  howre  at  liberty,  and  grafpe 
Our  good  Swords  in  our  hands,  I  would  quickly  teach  thee 
What  tw'er  to  filch  affection  from  another  : 

Thou  art  bafer  in  it  then  a  Cutpurfe  ;  264 

Put  but  thy  head  out  of  this  window  more, 
And  as  I  have  a  foule,  He  naile  thy  life  too't. 

Arc.  Thou  dar'ft  not  foole,  thou  canft  not,  thou  art  feeble. 
Put  my  head  out  ?  He  throw  my  Body  out,  268 

And  leape  the  garden,  when  I  fee  her  next 

Enter  Keeper. 
And  pitch  between  her  armes  to  anger  thee. 

Pal.  No  more  ;the  keeper's  comrning ;   I  fliall  live 
To  knocke  thy  braines  out  with  my  Shackles.  2/2 

Arc.  Doe. 

Keeper.  By  your  leave  Gentlemen  : 
Pala.  Now  honeft  keeper  ? 

Keeper.  Lord  Arcite,  you  muft  prefently  to'th  Duke  j  276 

The  caufe  I  know  not  yet. 
Arc.  I  am  ready  keeper. 

Keeper,  Prince  Palamon,  I  muft  awhile  bereave  you 
Of  your  faire  Cofens  Company.  2go 

Exeunt  Arcite,  and  Keeper. 
Pal.  And  me  too, 

Even  when  you  pleafe  of  life  jwhy  is  he  fent  for  ? 
It  may  be  he  lhall  marry  her,  he's  goodly, 

And  like  enough  the  Duke  hath  taken  notice  284 

Both  of  his  blood  and  body  :But  his  falfehood, 
Why  mould  a  friend  be  treacherous  ?  If  that 
Get  him  a  wife  fo  noble,  and  fo  faire ; 
Let  honeft  men  ne're  love  againe.     Once  more  288 


The  Two  Xot'le  Kinfmen.  27 

[II.  2]  I  would  but  fee  this  faire  One .-  BlefTed  Garden, 

And  fruite,  and  flowers  more  blelfed  that  flill  bloffbm 
As  her  brighr  eies  fhine  on  ye.  would  I  were 
292  For  all  the  fortune  of  my  life  hereafter 
Yon  little  Tree,  yon  blooming  Apricocke ; 
How  I  would  fpread,  and  fling  my  wanton  armes 
In  at  her  window  ;I  would  bring  her  fruite 
296  Fit  for  the  Gods  to  feed  on  :youth  and  pleafure 
Still  as  the  tailed  mould  be  doubled  on  her, 
And  if  {he  be  not  heavenly  I  would  make  her 
So  ueere  the  Gods  in  nature,  they  nSould  feare  her. 

Enter  Keeper. 

3°°  And  then  I  am  fure  me  would  love  me :  how  now  keeper 
Wher's  Arcite, 

Keeper,  Banilhd  : Prince  Pirithous 
Obtained  his  liberty  ;  but  never  more 
304  Vpon  his  oth  and  life  muft  he  fet  foote 
Vpon  this  Kingdome. 

Pal.  Hees  a  blefled  man, 
He  fhall  fee  Thebs  againe,  and  call  to  Armes 
308  The  bold  yong  men,  that  when  he  bids  'em  charge, 
Fall  on  like  fire :  Arcite  mall  have  a  Fortune, 
If  he  dare  make  himfelfe  a  worthy  Lover, 
Yet  in  the  Feild  to  ftrike  a  battle  for  her ; 
312  And  if  he  lofe  her  then,  he's  a  cold  Coward ; 
How  bravely  may  he  beare  himfelfe  to  win  her 
If  he  be  noble  Arcite  jthoufand  waies. 
Were  I  at  liberty,  I  would  doe  things 
316  Of  fuch  a  vertuous  greatnes,  that  this  Lady, 

This  blufhing  virgine  fhould  take  manhood  to  her 
And  feeke  to  ravifh  me. 

Keeper,  My  Lord  for  you 
320  I  have  this  charge  too. 

Pal.  To  difcharge  my  life. 

Keep.  No,  but  from  this  place  to  remoove  your  Lordfliip, 
The  windowes  are  too  open. 
324      Pal.  Devils  take  'em 

That  are  fo  envious  to  me ;  pre'thee  kill  me. 

E  2  Keeper 


28  The  Tti'o  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Keep.  And  hang  for't  afterward.  [II.  2] 

Pal.  By  this  good  light 
Had  I  a  fword  I  would  kill  thee.  3^8 

Keep,  Why  my  Lord  ? 

Pal.  Thou  bringft  fuch  pelting  fcuruy  news  continually 
Thou  art  not  worthy  life;I  will  not  goe. 

Keep.  Indeede  yon  muft  my  Lord.  33  2 

Pal.  May  I  fee  the  garden  ? 

Keep.  Noe. 

Pal.  Then  I  am  refolud,  I  will  not  goe.  (rous 

Keep.  I  muft  conftraine  you  then :  and  for  you  are  clange-  336 
lie  clap  more  yrons  on  you. 

Pal.  Doe  good  keeper. 
He  fhake  'em  fo,  ye  fliall  not  fleepe, 
He  make  ye  a  new  MorrifTe,  muft  I  goe  ?  340 

Keep.  There  is  no  remedy. 

Pal.  Farewell  kinde  window. 
May  rude  winde  never  hurt  thee.     O  my  Lady 
If  ever  thou  haft  felt  what  forrow  was,  344 

Dreame  how  I  fuffer.Come  jnow  bury  me. 

Exeunt  Palamon,  and  Keeper. 
Scaena  3.  Enter  Arcite.  [II.  3] 

Arcite.  Banimd  the  kingdome  ?  tis  a  benefit, 
A  mercy  I  muft  thanke  'em  for,  but  banimd 
The  free  enjoying  of  that  face  I  die  for, 

Oh  twas  a  ftuddied  punifhmenr,  a  death  4 

Beyond  Imagination  :  Such  a  vengeance 
That  were  I  old  and  wicked,  all  my  fins 
Could  never  plucke  upon  me.  Palamon ; 

Thou  ha'ft  the  Start  now,  thou  (halt  ftay  and  fee  8 

Her  bright  eyes  breake  each  morning  gainft  thy  window, 
And  let  in  life  intojhee ;  thou  malt  feede 
Vpon  the  fweetenes  of  a  noble  beauty, 

That  nature  nev'r  exceeded,  nor  nev'r  fliall :  12 

Good  gods  ?  what  happiues  has  Palamon  ? 
Twenty  to  one,  hee'le  come  to  fpeake  to  her, 
And  if  fhe  be  as  gentle,  as  fhe's  faire,     . 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  29 

[II.  3]  I  know  flic's  his,  he  has  a  Tongue  will  tame  (can  come* 

Tempefts,  and  make  the  wild  Rockes  wanton.     Come  what 
The  worft  is  death ;  I  "will  not  leave  the  Kingdome, 
I  know  mine  owne,  is  but  a  heape  of  ruins, 
20  And  no  redrefTe  there,  if  I  goe,  he  has  her. 
I  am  refolu'd  an  other  fhape  mall  make  me, 
Or  end  my  fortunes.     Either  way,  I  am  happy : 
lie  fee  her,  and  be  neere  her,  or  no  more. 

Enter  .4.   Country  people,  &  one  with  a  garland  lefore  them. 

24      i,  My  Matters,  ile  be  there  that's  certaine. 

2.  And  Ile  be  there. 

3.  And  I. 

4.  Why  then  have  with  ye  Boyesj  Tis  but  a  chiding, 
28  Let  the  plough  play  to  day,  ile  tick'lt  out 

Of  the  lades  tailes  to  morrow. 

1.  I  am  fure 

To  have  my  wife  as  jealous  as  a  Turkey  : 
32  But  that's  all  one,  ile  goe  through,  let  her  mumble. 

2.  Clap  her  aboard  to  morrow  night,  and  ftoa  her, 
And  all's  made  up  againe. 

3.  I,  doe  but  put  a  feskue  in  her  fift,  and  you  fhall  fee  her 
36  Take  a  new  leflbn  out,  and  be  a  good  wench. 

Doe  we  all  hold,  againft  the  Maying  ? 

4.  Hold  ?  what  mould  aile  us  ?• 
3.  Areas  will  be  there. 

40      2.  And  Sennois. 

And  Rycas,  and  3.  better  lads  nev'r  dancd  under  green  Tree, 

And  yet  know  what  wenches  :  ha  ? 

But  will  the  dainty  Domine,  the  Schoolemafter  keep  touch 
44  Doe  yon  thinke  :  for  he  do's  all  ye  know. 

3.  Hee'l  eate  a  hornebooke  ere  he  faile  :  goe  too,  the  mat- 
ter's too  farre  driven  betweene  him,  and  the  Tanners  daugh- 
ter, to  let  flip  now,  and  fhe  muft  fee  the  Duke,  and  {he  muft 

48  launce  too. 

4.  Shall  we  be  lufty. 

2.  All  the  Boyes  in  Athens  blow  wind  i'th  breech  on's, 

E  3  and 


30  The  Tti'o  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

and  heere  ile  be  and  there  ile  be,  for  our  Towne,  and  here  [IF.  3] 
againe,  and   there   againe :    ha,  Boyes,  heigh    for   the   wea-  52 
vers. 

1.  This  muft  be  done  i'th  woods. 
4.   O  pardon  me. 

2.  By  any  meanes  our  thing  of  learning  fees  fo  .-  where  he  56 
himfelfe  will  editic  the  Duke  moft  parloufly  in  our  behalfes  : 
hees  excellent   i'th  woods,  bring  him  to'th  plaines,  his  lear- 
ning makes  no  cry. 

3.  Weele  fee  the  fports,  then  every  man  to's  Tackle  .•  and     60 
Sweete  Companions  lets  rehearfe  by  any  meanes,  before 

The  Ladies  fee  us,  and  doe  fweetly,  and  God  knows  what 
May  come  on't. 

4.  Content  j  the  fports  once  ended,  wee'l  pcrforme.     Away  64 
Boyes  and  hold. 

Arc.    By   your   leaves    honeft   friends :    pray   you    whither 
goe  you. 

4.  Whither?  why,  what  a  quefiion's  that  ?  68 

Arc.  Yes,  tis  a  queftion,  to  me  that  know  not. 

3.  To  the  Games  my  Friend. 

2.  Where  were  you  bred  you  know  it  not  ? 

Arc.  Not  farre  Sir,  ~2 

Are  there  fuch  Games  to  day  ? 

1.  Yes  marry  are  there  : 

And  fuch  as  you  neuer  faw  ;  The  Duke  himfelfe 
Will  be  in  perfon  there.  -g 

Arc.  What  paftimes  are  they  ? 

2.  Wraftling,  and  Running ;  Tis  a  pretty  Fellow. 

3.  Thou  wilt  not  goe  along. 

Arc.  Not  yet  Sir.  go 

4.  Well  Sir 

Take  your  owne  time,  come  Boyes 

1.  My  minde  mifgives  me 

This  fellow  has  a  veng'ance  tricke  o'th  hip,  g, 

Marke  how  his  Bodi's  made  for't 

2.  lie  be  hangd  though 

If  he  dare  venture,  hang  him  plumb  porredge, 
He  wraftle  ?  he  roil  eggs.     Come  lets  be  gon  Lads.  Exeunt  4.  go 

Arc. 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  31 

[II.  3]       Arc.  This  is  an  offerd  oportunity 

I  durft  not  wifh  for.     Well,  I  could  have  wreftled, 

The  beft  men  calld  it  excellent,  and  run 
02  Swifter,  then  winde  upon  a  feild  of  Corne 

(Curling  the  wealthy  eares)  never  flew  :  lie  venture, 

And  in  fome  poore  difguize  be  there,  who  knowes 

Whether  my  browes  may  not  be  girt  with  garlands  ? 
96  And  happines  preferre  me  to  a  place, 

Where  I  may  ever  dwell  in  fight  of  her.  Exit  Arcite, 

[II.  4]  Scaena  4.     Enter  lailors  Daughter  alone. 

Daugh.  Why  mould  I  love  this  Gentleman  ?  Tis  odds 

He  never  will  affc6t  me  ;  I  am  bafe, 

My  Father  the  meane  Keeper  of  his  Prifon, 
4  And  he  a  prince ;  To  marry  him  is  hopelefle  j 

To  be  his  whore,  is  witles ;  Out  upon't  j 

What  pufhes  are  we  wenches  driven  to 

When  fifteene  once  has  found  us  ?     Firft  I  faw  him, 
8  I  (feeing)  thought  he  was  a  goodly  man ; 

He  has  as  much  to  pleafe  a  woman  in  him, 

(If  he  pleafe  to  beftow  it  fo)  as  ever 

Thefe  eyes  yet  lookt  on  j  Next,  j  pittied  him, 
12  And  fo  would  any  young  wench  o',my  Confcience 

That  ever  dream'd,  or  vow'd  her  Maydenhead 

To  a  yong  hanfom  Man ;  Then  I  lov'd  him, 

(Extreamely  lov'd  him)  infinitely  lov'd  him  j 
1 6  And  yet  he  had  a  Cofen,  faire  as  he  too. 

But  in  my  heart  was  Palamon,  and  there 

Lord,  what  a  coyle  he  keepes  ?  To  heare  him 

Sing  in  an  evening,  what  a  heaven  it  is  ? 
20  And  yet  his  Songs  are  fad-ones ;  Fairer  fpoken, 

Was  never  Gentleman.     When  I  come  in 

To  bring  him  water  in  a  morning,  firft 

He  bowes  his  noble  body,  then  falutes  me,  thus  : 
24  Faire,  gentle  Mayde,  good  morrow,  may  thy  goodnes, 

Get  thee  a  happy  husband ;  Once  he  kift  me, 

I  lov'd  my  lips  the  better  ten  daies  after, 

Would  he  would  doe  fo  ev'ry  day ;  He  greives  much, 
28  And  me  as  much  to  fee  his  mifery. 

What 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


This  short  flo- 
rish  of  Cor- 
nets and 
Showtes  with- 
in. 


What  fliould  I  doe,  to  make  him  know  I  love  him,  [H.  4] 

For  I  would  faine  enjoy  him  ?     Say  I  ventur'd 

To  fet  him  free  ?  what  faies  the  law  then  ?  Thus  much 

For  Law,  or  kindred  :  I  will  doe  it,  32 

And  this  night,  or  to  morrow  he  fhall  love  me.  Exit. 

Scaena  4.     Enter  Thefeus,  Hipolita,  Pirithous,  [H.  5] 

Emilia  :  Arcite  with  a  Garland,  &c. 

Thef:  You  have  done  worthily  j  I  have  not  feene 
Since  Hercules,  a  man  of  tougher  fynewes  j 
What  ere  you  are,  you  run  the  beft,  and  wraftle, 
That  thefe  limes  can  allow.  4 

Arcite.  I  am  proud  to  pleafe  you. 

Thef.  What  Countrie  bred  you  ? 

Arcite.  This  j  but  far  off,  Prince. 

Thef.  Are  you  a  Gentleman  ?  8 

Arcite.  My  father  faid  foj 
And  to  thofe  gentle  ufes  gave  me  life. 

Thef.  Are  you  his  heire  ? 

Arcite.  His  yongeft  Sir.  i  a 

Thef.  Your  Father 
Sure  is  a  happy  Sire  then  :  what  prooves  you  ? 

Arcite.  A  little  of  all  noble  Quallities  .- 

I  could  have  kept  a  Hawke,  and  well  have  holloa'd  16 

To  a  deepe  crie  of  Dogges  ;  I  dare  not  praife 
My  feat  in  horfemanfhip  :  yet  they  that  knew  me 
Would  fay  it  was  my  beft  peece :  laft,  and  greateft, 
I  would  be  thought  a  Soutdier.  2O 

Thef.  You  are  perfecl. 

Pirith.  Vpon  my  foule,  a  proper  man. 

Emilia.  He  is  fo. 

Per.  How  doe  you  like  him  Ladie  ?  24 

Hip.  I  admire  him, 

I  have  not  feene  fo  yong  a  man,  fo  noble 
(If  he  fay  true,)  of  his  fort. 

Emil.  Beleeve,  ag 

His  mother  was  a  wondrous  handfome  woman, 
His  face  me  thinkes,  goes  that  way. 

Hyp.  But  his  Body 

And 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  33 

[II.  <]  And  fine  minde,  illuftrate  a  brave  Father. 

Per.  Marke  how  his  vertue,  like  a  hidden  Sun 
Breakes  through  his  bafer  garments. 

Hyp.  Hee's  well  got  fure. 
36      Thef.  What  made  you  feeke  this  place  Sir  ? 

Arc.  Noble  Thefeus. 

To  purchafe  name,  and  doe  my  ableft  fervice 
To  fuch  a  well-found  wonder,  as  thy  worth, 
40  Fo  onely  in  thy  Court,  of  all  the  world 
dwells  faire-eyd  honor. 

Per.  All  his  words  are  worthy. 
Thef.  Sir,  we  are  much  endebted  to  your  travell, 
44  Nor  (hall  you  loofe  your  wim  :  Perithous 
Difpofe  of  this  faire  Gentleman. 

Perith.  Thaukes  Thefeus. 

What  ere  you  are  y'ar  mine,  and  I  (hall  give  you 
48  To  a  mofl  noble  fervice,  to  this  Lady, 

This  bright  yong  Virgin  ;  pray  obferve  her  gooduefle  j 
You  have  honourd  hir  faire  birth-day,  with  your  vertues, 
And  as  your  due  y'ar  hirs  :  kifle  her  faire  hand  Sir. 
52      Arc.  Sir,  y'ar  a  noble  Giver  :  deareft  Bewtie, 

Thus  let  me  feale  my  vowd  faith  :  when  your  Servant 
(Your  moft  unworthie  Creature)  but  offends  you. 
Command  him  die,  he  lhall. 
56       Emil.  That  were  too  cruell. 

If  you  deferve  well  Sir ;  I  fliall  foone  fee't :  (you. 

Y'ar   mine,  aud  fomewhat  better  than  your  rancke  He  ufe 

Per.  He  fee  you  furnifh'd,  and  becaufe  you  fay 
60  You  are  a  horfeman,  I  muft  needs  intreat  you 
This  after  noone  to  ride,  but  tis  a  rough  one. 

Arc.  I  like  him  better  (Prince)  I  fliall  not  then 
Freeze  in  my  Saddle. 
64      Thef.  Sweet,  you  muft  be  readie, 

And  you  Emilia,  and  you  (Friend)  and  all 
To  morrow  by  the  Sun,  to  doe  obfervance 
To  flowry  May,  in  Dians  wood  :  waite  well  Sir 
68  Vpon  your  Miftris  :  Emely,  I  hope 
He  fliall  not  goe  a  foote. 

F  Emil. 

a—GH.  3 


34  The  Tu'o  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

Emit'  That  were  a  fliame  Sir,  [H.  <j"l 

While  I  have  horfes :  take  your  choice,  and  what 
You  want  at  any  time,  let  me  but  know  it  j  72 

If  you  ferve  faithfully,  I  dare  allure  you 
You'l  h'nde  a  loving  Miftris. 

Arc.  If  I  doe  not, 

Let  me  linde  that  my  Father  ever  hated,  "]6 

Difgrace,  and  blowes. 

Thef.  Go  leade  the  way ;  you  have  won  it : 
It  (ball  be  foj  you  fhall  receave  all  dues 

Fit  for  the  honour  you  have  won  ;  Twer  wrong  elfe,  So 

Sifter,  befhrew  my  heart,  you  have  a  Servant, 
That  if  I  were  a  woman,  would  be  Mafter, 
But  you  are  wife.  Flori/h. 

Emil.  I  hope  too  wife  for  that  Sir.  Exeunt  omnes.  84 

Scaena  6.     Enter  lay  tors  Daughter  alone.  [II.  6] 

Daughter.  Let  all  the  Dukes,  and  all  the  divells  rore, 
He  is  at  liberty  :  I  have  venturd  for  him, 
And  out  I  have  brought  him  to  a  little  wood 
A  mile  hence,  I  have  fent  him,  where  a  Cedar  4 

Higher  than  all  the  reft,  fpreads  like  a  plane 
Faft  by  a  Brooke,  and  there  he  mall  keepe  clofe, 
Till  I  provide  him  Fyles,  and  foode,  for  yet  " 
His  yron  bracelets  are  not  off.     O  Love  3 

What  a  ftout  hearted  child  thou  art  /  My  Father 
Durft  better  have  indur'd  cold  yron,  than  done  it : 
I  love  him,  beyond  love,  and  beyond  reafon, 

Or  wit,  or  fafetie  :  I  have  made  him  know  it  12 

I  care  not,  lam  defperate,  If  the  law 
Finde  me,  and  then  condemne  me  for't  j  fome  wenches, 
Some  honeft  harted  Maides,  will  fing  my  Dirge. 
And  tell  to  memory,  my  death  was  noble,  16 

Dying  almoft  a  Martyr :  That  way  he  takes, 
I  purpofe  is  my  way  too  :  Sure  he  cannot 
Be  fo  unmanly,  as  to  leave  me  here, 

If  he  doe,  Maides  will  not  fo  eafily  20 

Truft  men  againe  :  And  yet  he  has  not  thank'd  me 
For  what  I  have  done :  no  not  fo  much  as  kift  me, 

And 


The  Tu'o  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


35 


[II.  6]  And  that  (me  thinkes)  is  not  fo  well ;  nor  fcarcely 

24  Could  I  perfwade  him  to  become  a  Freeman, 
He  made  fuch  fcruples  of  the  wrong  he  did 
To  me,  and  to  my  Father.     Yet  I  hope 
When  he  confiders  more,  this  love  of  mine 

28  Will  take  more  root  within  him :  Let  him  doe 
What  he  will  with  me,  fo  he  ufe  me  kindly, 
For  ufe  me  fo  he  (hall,  or  ile  proclaime  him 
And  to  his  face,  no-man  :   Ile  prefently 

32  Provide  him  necellaries,  and  packe  my  cloathes  up, 
And  where  there  is  a  path  of  ground  Ile  venture 
So  hee  be  with  me ;  By  him,  like  a  fhadow 
Ile  ever  dwell ;  within  this  houre  the  whoobub 

36  Will  be  all  ore  the  prifon  :   I  am  then 

Kiffing  the  man  they  looke  for  :  farewell  Father ; 
Get  many  more  fuch  prifoners,  and  fuch  daughters, 
And  fhortly  you  may  keepe  your  felfe.     Now  to  him 


[III.  I] 


Aflus  Tertius. 


Scaena  i.      Enter  .Arcite  alone. 
Arcite.  The  Duke  has  loft  Hypolita  ;  each  tooke 
A  feverall  land.     This  is  a  folemne  Right 
They  owe  bloomd  May,  and  the  Athenians  pay  it 
4  To'th  heart  of  Ceremony  .•  O  Queene  Emilia 
Frefher  then  May,  fweeter 
Then  hir  gold  Buttons  on  the  bowes,  or  all 
Th'  enamelld  knackes  o'th  Meade,  or  garden,  yea 
8  (We  challenge  too)  the  bancke  of  any  Nymph 
That  makes  the  ftreame  feeme  flowers  j  thou  o  lewell 
O'th  wood,  o'th  world,  haft  likewife  bleft  a  pace 
With  thy  fole  prefence,  in  thy  rumination 
12  That  I  poore  man  might  eftfoones  come  betweene 
And  chop  on  fome  cold  thought,  thrice  Welled  chance 
To  drop  on  fuch  a  Miftris,  expectation 
moft  giltlefle  on't :  tell  me  O  Lady  Fortune 
!<5  (Next  after  Emely  my  Soveraigne)  how  far 

F  2 


Cornets  in 
sundry  places. 
Noise  and 
hallowing  as 
people  a  May- 
ing- 


36  The  Tu'o  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

I  may  be  prowd.     She  takes  ftrong  note  of  me,  [HI.  r] 

Hath  made  me  neere  her ;  and  this  beuteous  Morne 
(The  prim'ft  of  all  the  yeare)  prefents  me  with 
A  brace  of  horfes,  two  fuch  Steeds  might  well  20 

Be  by  a  paire  of  Kings  backt,  in  a  Field 
That  their  crownes  titles  tride  :  Alas,  alas 
Poore  Cofen  Palamon,  poore  prifoner,  thou 

So  little  dream'ft  upon  my  fortune,  that  24 

Thou  thinkft  thy  felfe,  the  happier  thing,  to  be 
So  neare  Emilia,  me  thou  deem'ft  at  Thels, 
And  therein  wretched,  although  free;  But  if 
Thou  knew'ft  my  Miftris  breathd  on  me,  and  that  28 

I  ear'd  her  language,  livde  in  her  eye  j  O  Coz 
What  paffion  would  enclofe  thee. 

Enter  Palamon  as  out  of  a   Bujli,  with  his  Shackles  :    lends 
hisjijl  at  Arcite. 

Palamon.  Traytor  kinfeman, 

Thou  mouldft  perceive  my  paffion,  if  thefe  fignes  32 

Of  prifonment  were  off  me,  and  this  hand 
But  owner  of  a  Sword  :  By  all  othes  in  one 
I,  and  the  iuftice  of  my  Jove  would  make  thee 
A  confeft  Traytor,  o  thou  moft  perfidious  36 

That  ever  gently  lookd  the  vqyxles  of  honour. 
That  eu'r  bore  gentle  Token  ;  falfeft  Cofen 
That  ever  blood  made  kin,  call'ft  thou  hir  thine  ? 
He  prove  it  in  my  Shackles,  with  thefe  hands,  40 

Void  of  appointment,  that  thou  ly'ft,  and  art 
A  very  theefe  in  love,  a  Chaffy  Lord 
Nor  worth  the  name  of  villaine  .•  had  I  a  Sword 
And  thefe  houfe  clogges  away.  44 

Arc.  Deere  Cofin  Palamon, 

Pal.  Cofoner  Arcite,  give  me  language,  fuch 
As  thou  haft  fhewd  me  feate. 

Arc.  Not  finding  in  48 

The  circuit  of  my  breaft,  any  grolfe  ftuffe 
To  forme  me  like  your  blazon,  holds  me  to 
This  gentlenefle  of  anfwer  ;  tis  your  paffion 

That  thus  miftakes,  the  which  to  you  being  enemy,  52 

Cannot  to  me  be  kind :  honor,  and  honeftie 

I 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  37 

[III.  i]  I  cherifh,  and  depend  on,  how  fo  ev'r 

You  skip  them  in  me,  and  with  them  faire  Coz 
$6  He  maintaine  my  proceedings  j  pray  be  pleaf 'd 

To  fliew  in  generous  termes,  your  griefes,  fince  that 

Your  queftion's  with  your  equall,  who  profefles 

To  cleare  his  owne  way,  with  the  minde  and  Sword 
60  Of  a  true  Gentleman. 

Pal.  That  thou  durft  Ardte. 

Arc.  My  Coz,  my  Coz,  you  have  beene  well  advertif'd 

How  much  I  dare,  y'ave  feene  me  ufe  my  Sword 
64  Againft  th'advice  of  feare  :  fure  of  another 

You  would  not  heare  me  doubted,  but  your  faience 

Should  breake  out,  though  i'th  Sanctuary. 

Pal.  Sir, 
68  I  have  feene  you  move  in  fuch  a  place,  which  well 

Might  juftifie  your  manhood,  you  were  calld  (faire 

A   good    knight    and   a   bold;    But    the  whole    weeke's   not 

If  any  day  it  rayne  :  Their  valiant  temper 
72  Men  loofe  when  they  encline  to  trecherie, 

And  then  they  fight  like  compelld  Beares,  would  fly 

Were  they  not  tyde. 

Arc.  Kinfman,  you  might  as  well 
76  Speake  this,  and  a6l  it  in  your  Glafle,  as  to 

His  eare,  which  now  difdaines  you. 
Pal.  Come  up  to  me, 

Quit  me  of  thefe  cold  Gyves,  give  me  a  Sword 
80  Though  it  be  ruftie,  and  the  charity 

Of  one  meale  lend  me  ;  Come  before  me  then 

A  good  Sword  in  thy  hand,  and  doe  but  fay 

That  Emily  is  thine,  I  will  forgive 
84  The  trefpafTe  thou  haft  done  me,  yea  my  life  * 

If  then  thou  carry't,  and  brave  foules  in  fhades 

That  have  dyde  manly,  which  will  feeke  of  me 

Some  newes  from  earth,  they  mail  get  none  but  this 
88  That  thou  art  brave,  and  noble. 
Arc.  Be  content, 

Againe  betake  you  to  your  hawthorne  houfe, 

With  counfaile  of  the  night,  I  will  be  here 
92  With  wholefome  viands  5  thefe  impediments 

Will 


38  The  Two  Nolle  Kin/men. 

Will  I  file  off,  you  fhall  have  garments,  and  fill,  il 

Perfumes  to  kill  the  fmell  o'th  prifon,  after 

When  you  mall  ftretch  your  felfe,  and  lay  but  Arcite 

1  am  in  plight,  there  (hall  be  at  your  choyce  p<5 

Both  Sword,  and  Armour. 

Pal.  Oh  you  heavens,  dares  any 
So  noble  beare  a  guilty  bufineslnone 

But  onely  Arcite,  therefore  none  but  Arcite  100 

In  this  kinde  is  fo  bold. 

Arc.  Sweete  Pa/amon. 

Pal.   I  doe  embrace  you,  and  your  offer,  for 

Your  offer  doo't  I  onely,  Sir  your  perfon  104 

Without  hipocrify  I  may  not  wifh 

IVinde  homes  of  Cornets. 
More  then  my  Swords  edge  ont. 

Arc.  You  heare  the  Homes  ; 

Enter  your  Muficke  leaft  this  match  between's  108 

Be  croft,  er  met,  give  me  your  hand,  farewell. 
He  bring  you  eveiy  needfull  thing  .-   I  pray  you 
Take  comfort  and  be  ftrong. 

Pal.  Pray  hold  your  promife  ;  112 

And  doe  the  deede  with  a  bent  brow,  moft  crtaine 
You  love  me  not,  be  rough  with  me,  and  powre 
This  oile  out  of  your  language  j  by  this  ay  re 

I  could  for  each  word,  give  a  CufFe :  my  ftomach  116 

not  reconcild  by  reafon, 

Arc.  Plainely  fpoken, 
Yet  pardon  me  hard  language,  when  I  fpur 

Wlnde  homes. 

My  horfe,  I  chide  him  nor  ;  content,  and  anger  \  20 

In  me  have  but  one  face.     Harke  Sir,  they  call 
The  fcatterd  to  the  Banket ;  you  muft  guetfe 
I  have  an  office  there. 

Pat.  Sir  your  attendance  124 

Cannot  pleafe  heaven,  and  I  know  your  office 
Vnjuftly  is  atcheev'd. 

Arc.  If  a  good  title, 

I  am  perfwaded  this  queftion  ficke  between's,  128 

By 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  39 

[III.  il  ty  bleeding  muft  be  cur'd.I  am  a  Suitour, 

That  to  your  Sword  you  will  bequeath  this  plea 
And  talke  of  it  no  more. 
132      Pal.  But  this  one  word  : 

You  are  going  now  to  gaze  upon  my  Miftris, 
For  note  you,  mine  me  is. 

Arc,  Nay  then. 
1 3  6      Pal.  Nay  pray  you, 

You  talke  of  feeding  me  to  breed  me  ftrength 
You  are  going  now  to  looke  upon  a  Sun 
That  ftrengthens  what  it  lookes  on,  there 
140  You  have  a  vantage  ore  me,  but  enjoy't  till 

I  may  enforce  my  remedy.     Farewell.  Exeunt. 

[III.  2]  Scaena  2.      Enter  laylors  daughter  alone. 

Daugh.  He  has  miftooke  ;the  Beake  I  meant,  is  gon 
After  his  fancy,  Tis  now  welnigh  morning, 
No  matter,  would  it  were  perpetuall  night, 
4  And  darkenes  Lord  o'th  world,  Harke  Us  a  woolfe  .- 
In  me  hath  greife  flaine  feare,  and  but  for  one  thing 
I  care  for  nothing,  and  that's  Palawan. 
I  wreake  not  if  the  wolves  would  jaw  me,  fo 
8  He  had  this  File  ;  what  if  I  hallovvd  for  him  ? 
I  cannot  hallow  :  if  I  whoop'd  j  what  then  ? 
If  he  not  anfweard,  I  mould  call  a  wolfe, 
And  doe  him  but  that  fervice.     I  have  heard 
12  Strange  howles  this  live-long  night,  why  may't  not  be 
They  have  made  prey  of  him  ?  he  has  no  weapons, 
He  cannot  run,  the  lengling  of  his  Gives 
Might  call  fell  things  to  liften,  who  have  in  them 
1 6  A  fence  to  know  a  man  unarmd,  and  can 
Smell  where  refiftance  is.     lie  fet  it  downe 
He's  torne  to  peeces,  they  howld  many  together 
And  then  they  feed  on  him  :  So  much  for  that, 
20  Be  bold  to  ring  the  Bell  j  how  Hand  I  then  ? 
All's  char'd  when  he  is  gone,  No,  no  I  lye, 
My  Father's  to  be  hang'd  for  his  efcape, 
My  felfe  to  beg,  if  I  prizd  life  fo  much 
24  As  to  deny  my  a6t,  but  that  I  would  not, 

Should 


40  The  Ttvo  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Should  I  try  death  by  dulTons :  I  am  mop't,  \l\l.  2] 

Food  tooke  I  none  thefe  two  daies. 

Sipt  fome  water.     I  have  not  clofd  mine  eyes 

Save  when  my  lids  fcowrd  off  their  bine  ;  alas  28 

Ditlblue  my  life,  Let  not  my  fence  unfettle 

Leaft  I  fhould  drowne,  or  ftab  or  hang  my  felfe. 

0  ftate  of  Nature,  faile  together  in  me, 

Since  thy  beft  props  are  warpt:  So  which  way  now  ?  32 

The  beft  way  is,  the  next  way  to  a  grave  : 

Each  errant  ftep  betide  is  torment.     Loe 

The  Moone  is  down,  the  Cryckets  chirpe,  the  Schreichowle 

Calls  in  the  dawnej  all  offices  are  done  36 

Save  what  I  faile  in :  But  the  point  is  this 

An  end,  and  that  is  all.  Exit. 

Scaena  3.     Enter  Arcite,  with  Meats,  IFlne,  and  Files.         [III.  3] 

Arc.  I  mould  be  neere  the  place,  hoa.     Cofen  Palamon. 

Enter  Palamon. 

Pal.  Arcite. 

Arc.  The  fame  .-  I  have  brought  you  foode  and  files, 
Come  forth  and  feare  not,  her'esno  Thefeus.  4 

Pal.  Nor  none  fo  honeft  Arcite. 

Arc'  That's  no  matter, 

Wee'l  argue  that  hereafter  :  Come  take  courage, 
You  (hall  not  dye  thus  beaftly,  here  Sir  drinke  g 

1  know  you  are  faint,  then  ile  talke  further  with  you 

Pal.  Arcite,  thou  mightft  now  poyfon  me. 

Arc.  I  might. 

But  I  muft  feare  you  firft  :  Sit  downe,  and  good  now  j  2 

No  more  of  thefe  vaine  parlies,  let  us  not 
Having  our  ancient  reputation  with  us 
Make  talke  for  Fooles,  and  Cowards,  To  your  health,  &c. 

Pal.  Doe.  16 

Arc.  Pray  fit  downe  then,  and  let  me  entreate  you 
By  all  the  honefty  and  honour  in  you, 
No  mention  of  this  woman,  t'will  difturbe  us, 
We  (hall  have  time  enough.  20 

Pal.  Well  Sir,  Ile  pledge  you.  (blood  man. 

Arc.    Drinke   a    good    hearty    draught,    it   breeds   good 

Doe 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  41 

[III.  3]  Doe  not  you  feele  it  thaw  you  ? 

24      Pal.  Stay,  He  tell  you  after  a  draught  or  two  more. 

Are.  Spare  it  not,  the  Duke  has  more  Cuz  :  Eate  now. 
Pal.  Yes. 

Arc.  I  am  glad  you  have  fo  good  a  ftomach. 
28      Pal.  I  am  gladder  I  have  fo  good  meate  too't. 

Arc.  Is't  not  mad  lodging,  here  in  the  wild  woods  Cofen 
Pal.  Yes,  for  then  that  have  wilde  Conferences.  (I  fee, 

Arc.  How  tafts  your  vittails  ?  your  hunger  needs  no  fawce 
32      Pal.  Not  much. 

But  if  it  did,  yours  is  too  tart :  fweete  Cofen  :  what  is  this  ? 
Arc.  Venifon. 
Pal.  Tis  a  lufty  meate  : 
36  Giue  me  more  wine  j  here  Arcite  to  the  wenches 

We  have  known  in  our  daies.     The  Lord  Stewards  daughter. 
Doe  you  remember  her  ? 

Arc.  After  you  Cuz. 
4°      Pal.  She  lov'd  a  black-haird  man. 
Arc.  She  did  fo;  well  Sir. 

Pal.  And  I  have  heard  fome  call  him  Arcite.  and 
Arc.  Out  with't  faith. 
44      Pal.  She  met  him  in  an  Arbour  : 

What  did  (lie  there  Cuz  ?  play  o'th  virginals  ? 
Arc.  Something  Ihe  did  Sir. 

Pal.  Made  her  groane  a  moneth  for't;  or  2.  or  3.  or  10. 
48       Arc.  The  Marfhals  Sifter, 

Had  her  {hare  too,  as  I  remember  Cofen, 
Elfe  there  be  tales  abroade,  you'l  pledge  her  ? 

Pal.  Yes. 

52      Arc.  A  pretty  broune  wench  t'is-There  was  a  time 
When  yong  men  went  a  hunting,  and  a  wood, 
And  a  broade  Beech  .•  and  thereby  hangs  a  tale :  heigh  ho. 

Pal.  For  Emily,  upon  my  life ;   Foole 
$6  Away  with  this  ftraind  mirth ;  I  fay  againe 
That  ligh  was  breathd  for  Emily,  bafe  Cofen, 
Dar'ft  thou  breake  firft  ? 

Are.  you  are  wide. 
60       Pal.  By  heaven  and  earth,  ther's  nothing  in  thee  honeft. 

G  Arc. 


42  The  Tii'o  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Arc,  Then  He  leave  you  :  you  are  a  Beaft  now  :  [III.  3] 

Pal.  As  thou  makft  me,  Traytour.  (fumes  : 

Arc.  Ther's  all  things  needfull,  files  and  fliirts,  a. id,  per- 
Ile  come  againe  fome  two  howres  hence,  and  bring  64 

That  that  lhall  quiet  all, 

Pal.  A  Sword  and  Armour. 

Arc.  Feare  me  not;  you  are  now  too  fowle ;  farewell. 
Get  off  your  Trinkets,  you  (hall  want  nought  j  68 

Pal.  Sir  ha  : 

Arc.  He  heare  no  more.  Exit. 

Pal.  If  he  keepe  touch,  he  dies  for't.  Exit. 

Scaena  4,     Enter  layl.ors  daughter.  [III.  4] 

Daugh.  I  am  very  cold,  and  all  the  Stars  are  out  top, 
The  little  Stars,  and  all,  that  looke  like  aglets  : 
The  Sun  has  feene  my  Folly  :  Palamon ; 

Alas  no  ;  hees  in  heaven  ;  where  am  I  now  ?  4 

Yonder's  the  lea,  and  ther'sa  Ship  ;  how't  tumbles 
And  ther's  a  Rocke  lies  watching  under  water ; 
Now,  now,  it  beates  upon  it ;  now,  now,  now, 
Ther's  a  leak  fprung,  a  found  one,  how  they  cry  ?  8 

Vpon  her  before  the  winde,  you'l  loofe  all  els  .- 
Vp  with  a  courfe  or  two,  and  take  about  Boyes. 
Good  night,  good  night,  y'ar  gone  ;  I  am  very  hungry, 
Would  I  could  finde  a  fine  Frog ;  he  would  tell  me  i  ^ 

Newes  from  all  parts  o'th  world,  then  would  I  make 
A  Carecke  of  a  Cockle  Ihell,  and  fayle 
By  eaft  and  North  Eaft  to  the  King  of  P'tgmes, 
For  he  tels  fortunes  rarely.     Now  my  Father  16 

Twenty  to  one  is  truft  up  in  a  trice 
To  morrow  morning,  He  fay  never  a  word. 

For  He  cut  my  greene  coat,  qfoote  above  my  knee, 

And  lie  dip  my  yellow  lockes  ;  an  inch  below  mine  eie.  2° 

hey,  nonny,  nonny,  nonny, 
He's  buy  me  a  white  Cut,  forth  for  to  ride 
And  He  goe  feeke  him,  throw  the  world  that  isfo  wide 

hey  nonny,  nonny,  nonny.  24 
O  for  a  pricke  now  like  a  Nightingale,  to  put  my  breaft 

Againll 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  43 

[III.  4]  Againft.     I  fhall  fleepe  like  a  Top  elfe.  Exit. 

[III.  5]        Scaena  6.     Enter  a  Schoole  majler.  4.   Countrymen  :  and 

Baum.  2.  or  3.  wenches,  with  a  Taborer. 

Sch.  Fy,  fy,  what  tediofity,  &  difenfanity  is  here  among  ye  ? 

have  my  Rudiments  bin  labourd  fo  long  with  ye?  milkd  unto 

ye,  and  by  a  figure  even  the  very  plumbroth  &  marrow  of 

4  my  underftanding  laid  upon  ye  ?  and  do  you  ftill  cry  where, 

and  how,  &  wherfore  ?  you  moft  courfe  freeze  capacities,  ye 

jave   Judgements,  have  I  faide  thus   let  be,  and  there  let  be, 

and  then  let  be,   and  no    man   uuderftand  mee,  proh  deum, 

8  medius  Jldius,   ye   are   all    dunces  :     For  why   here   Hand   I. 

Here  the  Duke  comes,  there  are  you  clofe  in  the  Thicket ;  the 

Duke  appeares,  I    meete  him   and  unto  him  I  utter  learned 

things,  and  many  figures,  he  heares,  and  nods,  and  hums,  and 

12  then  cries  rare,  and  I  goe  forward,  at  length  I  fling  my  Cap 

up ;  marke  there ;  then  do  you  as  once  did  Meleager,  and  the 

Bore  break  comly  out  before  him  :  like  true  lovers,  caft  your 

felves  in  a  Body  decently,  and  fweetly,  by  a  figure  trace,  and 

1 6  turne  Boyes. 

1.  And  fweetly  we  will  doe  it  Matter  Gerrold. 

2.  Draw  up  the  Company,  Where's  the  Taborour. 

3.  Why  Timothy. 

20      Tab.  Here  my  mad  boyes,  have  at  ye. 
Sch.  But  I  fay  where's  their  women  ? 

4.  Here's  Friz  and  Maudline.  (Barbery. 

2.  And  little   Luce  with  the  white  legs,  and   bouncing 
24       i.  And  freckeled  Nel;  that  never  faild  her  Mafter. 

Sch.  Wher  be  your  Ribands  maids  ?  fwym  with  your  Bodies 
And  carry  it  fweetly,  and  deliverly 
And  now  and  then  a  fauour,  and  a  friske. 
28      Nel.  Let  us  alone  Sir. 

Sch.  Wher's  the  reft  o'th  Muficke. 

3.  Difperfd  as  you  commanded. 
Sch.  Couple  then 

32  And  fee  what's  wanting ;  wher's  the  Bavian  ? 
"  My  friend,  carry  your  taile  without  offence 
Or  fcandall  to  the  Ladies;  and  be  lure 
You  tumble  with  audacity,  and  manhood, 

G  2  And 


44 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 


Daughter. 


Chaire  and 
ft  odles  out. 


And  when  you  barke  doe  it  with  judgement.  [III.  5] 

Bau.  Yes  Sir. 

Sch.  Quo  usyue  taudem.     Here  is  a  woman  wanting 

4.  We  may  goe  whittle  :  all  the  fat's  i'th  fire. 

Sch.  We  have,  4° 

As  learned  Authours  utter,  wafhd  a  Tile, 
We  have  beenefatuus,  and  laboured  vainely. 

2.  This  is  that  fcornefull  peece,  that  fcurvy  hilding 

That  gave  her  promife  faithfully,  fhe  would  be  here,  44 

Cicely  the  Sempfters  daughter  : 

The  next  gloves  that  I  give  her  fliall  be  dog  skin ; 

Nay  and  {he  faile  me  once,  you  can  tell  Areas 

She  fwore  by  wine,  and  bread,  (he  would  not  breake.  48 

Sch.  An  Eele  and  woman, 
A  learned  Poet  fayes :  unles  by'th  taile 
And  with  thy  teeth  thou  hold,  will  either  faile, 
In  manners  this  was  falfe  pofition  52 

i .  A  fire  ill  take  her j  do's  (lie  flinch  now  ? 

3.  What 

Shall  we  determine  Sir  ? 

Sch.  Nothing,  56 

Our  bufines  is  become  a  nullity 
Yea,  and  a  woefull,  and  a  pittious  nullity. 

4.  Now  when  the  credite  of  our  Towne  lay  on  it, 

Now  to  be  frampall,  now  to  pilfe  o'th  nettle,  60 

Goe  thy  waies,  ile  remember  thee,  ile  fit  thee, 

Enter  laylors  daughter. 
The  George  alow,  came  from  the  South,  from 
The  coo/2  of  Barlary  a. 
And  there  he  met  with  brave  gallants  of  war  64 

By  one,  ly  two,  by  three,  a 
Welt  haild,  well  haild,  you  jolly  gallants, 
And  whither  now  are  you  bound  a 

0  let  me  have  your  company  till  come  to  the  found  a  68 

There  was  three  fooles,  fell  out  about  an  howlet 

The  one  fed  it  was  an  owle 
The  other  he  fed  nay, 

The  third  he  fed  it  was  a  hawke,  and  her  bels  wer  cut  away.        72, 

3.  Ther's 


The  Two  Nolle  Kin f men.  45 

[III.  5]         3.  Ther's  a  dainty  mad  woman  Mr.  comes  i'th   Nick  as 
mad  as  a  march  hare :  if  wee  can  get  her  daunce,  wee  are 
made  againe  :  I  warrant  her,  fhee'l  doe  the  rareft  gambols. 
76      i.  A  mad  woman  ?  we  are  made  Boyes. 
Sch.  And  are  you  mad  good  woman  ? 
Daugh.  I  would  be  forry  elfe, 
Give  me  your  hand. 
80      Sch.  Why? 

Daugh.  I  can  tell  your  fortune. 
You  are  a  foole  .•  tell  ten,  I  have  pozd  him  :  Buz 
Friend  you  muft  eate  no  white  bread,  if  you  doe 
84  Your  teeth  will  bleede  extreamely,  mail  we  dance  ho  ? 
I  know  you,  y'ar  a  Tinker  :  Sirha  Tinker 
Stop  no  more  holes,  but  what  you  mould. 

Sch.  Dij  bojii.     A  Tinker  Damzell  ?  (play 

88      Daug,  Or  a  Conjurer :  raife  me  a  devill  now,  and  let  him 
Quipaffa,  o'th  bels  and  bones. 

Sch,  Goe  take  her,  aud  fluently  perfwade  her  to  a  peace  : 
Et  opus  exegi,  quod  nee  louis  ira,  nee  ignis. 
92  Strike  up,  and  leade  her  in. 

2,  Come  Lafle,  lets  trip  it. 

Daugh.  He  leade.  (Winde  Homes: 

3.  Doe,  doe. 

96      Sch.  Perfwafively,  and  cunningly  :  away  boyes, 

Ex.  all  but  Schoolemajler. 
I  heare  the  homes  :  give  me  fome 
Meditation,  and  marke  your  Cue ; 
Pallas  infpire  me. 

Enter  Thef.  Pir.  Hip.  Emil.  Arcite  :  and  traine. 
ioo      Thef.  This  way  the  Stag  tooke. 
Sch.  Stay,  and  edifie. 
Thef.  What  have  we  here  ? 
Per.  Some  Countrey  fport,  upon  my  life  Sir. 
104       Per.  Well  Sir,  goe  forward,  we  will  edifie. 

Ladies  fit  downe,  wee'l  ftay  it  (Ladies. 

Sch.    Thou   doughtie   Duke    all    haile;    all    haile    fweet 
Thef.  This  is  a  cold  beginning. 
1 08      Sch.  If  you  but  favour ;  our  Country  paftime  made  is, 

G  3  We 


46  The  Tu'O  Noble  Kinfmen. 

\Ve  are  a  few  of  thofe  colle&ed  here  [III. 

That  ruder  Tongues  diltinguim  villager, 

And  to  fay  veritie,  and  not  to  fable; 

We  are  a  merry  rout,  or  elfe  a  rable  r  i  ^ 

Or  company,  or  by  a  figure,  Choris 

That  fore  thy  dignitie  will  dance  a  Morris. 

And  I  that  am  the  rectifier  of  all 

By  title  Pedagogus,  that  let  fall  \  16 

The  Birch  upon  the  breeches  of  the  fmall  ones, 

And  humble  with  a  Ferula  the  tall  ones, 

Doe  here  prefent  this  Machine,  or  this  frame, 

And  daintie  Duke,  whofe  doughtie  difmall  fame  iao 

From  Dis  to  Dedalus,  from  poft  to  pillar 

Is  blowne  abroad ;  helpe  me  thy  poore  well  wilier, 

And  with  thy  twinckling  eyes,  looke  right  and  ftraight 

Vpon  this  mighty  Morr — of  mickle  waight  124 

Is — now  comes  in,  which  being  glewd  together 

Makes  Morris,  and  the  caufe  that  we  came  hether. 

The  body  of  our  fport  of  no  fmall  ftudy 

I  firft  appeare,  though  rude,  and  raw,  and  muddy,  128 

To  fpeake  before  thy  noble  grace,  this  tenner  : 

At  whofe  great  feete  I  offer  up  my  penner. 

The  next  the  Lord  of  May,  and  Lady  bright, 

The  Chambermaid,  and  Servingrnan  by  night  132 

That  feeke  out  filent  hanging  :  Then  mine  Hoft 

And  his  fat  Spowfe,  that  welcomes  to  their  coil 

The  gauled  Traveller,  and  with  a  beckning 

Informes  the  Tapfter  to  inflame  the  reckning :  136 

Then  the  beaft  eating  Clowne,  and  next  the  foole, 

The  Bavian  with  long  tayle,  and  eke  long  toole, 

Cum  muitls  aliijs  that  make  a  dance, 

Say  I,  and  all  fliall  prefently  advance.  140 

Thef.  I,  I  by  any  meanes,  deere  Domine. 

Per.  Produce.  Muficke  Dance. 

Intrate  fill},  Come  forth,  and  foot  it, 
Knoclce  for 
Schoole.     Enter    Ladies,  if  we  have  beene  merry  144 

The  Dance.  £nd  have  pleafd  thee  with  a  derry, 

And  a  derry,  and  a  downe 

Say 


The  Two  Nolle  Khifmen.  47 

[III.  5]  Say  the  Schoolemajter  s  no  Cloume: 
148  Duke,  if  we  have  pleafd  three  too 

And  have  done  as  good  Boyesjliould  doe. 
Give  us  but  a  tree  or  tivaine 
For  a  Maypole,  and  againe 
152  Ere  another  years  run  out, 

Wee  I  make  thee  laugh  and  all  this  rout. 

Thef.  Take  20.  Domine ;  how  does  my  fweet  heart. 
Hip.  Never  fo  pleafd  Sir. 
156      Emit.  Twas  an  excellent  dance,  and  for  a  preface 

I  never  heard  a  better.  (warded. 

Thef.    Schoolemafter,    I   thanke   yon,    One    fee'em    all   re- 
Per.  And  heer's  fomething  to  paint  your  Pole  withall. 
1 60      Thef.  Now  to  our  fports  againe. 

Sch.  May  the  Stag  thou  huntfl  fland  long, 
And  thy  dogs  be  fwift  and  ftrong  : 
May  they  kill  him  without  lets, 
164  And  the  Ladies  eate  his  dowfets  :  Come  we  are  all  made. 

Winde  Homes. 

Dij  Deaq ;  omnes,  ye  have  danc'd  rarely  wenches.  Exeunt. 

[III.  6]  Scaena  7.     Enter  Palamonfrom  the  Bufli. 

Pal.  About  this  houre  my  Cofen  gave  his  faith 
To  vifit  me  againe,  and  with  him  bring 
Two  Swords,  and  two  good  Armors  ;  if  he  faile 
4  He's  neither  man,  nor  Souldier  j  when  he  left  me 
I  did  not  thinke  a  weeke  could  have  reftord 
My  loft  ftrength  to  me,  I  was  growne  fo  low, 
And  Creft-falne  with  my  wants :  I  thanke  thee  Ardte, 
8  Thou  art  yet  a  faire  Foe ;  and  I  feele  my  felfe 
With  this  refrefhing,  able  once  againe 
To  out  dure  danger  .•  To  delay  it  longer 
Would  make  the  world  think  when  it  comes  to  hearing, 
12  That  I  lay  fatting  like  a  Swine,  to  fight 

And  not  a  Souldier  .•  Therefore  this  bleft  morning 
Shall  be  the  laft ;  and  that  Sword  he  refufes, 
If  it  but  hold,  I  kill  him  with;  tis  luftice  .• 
16  So  love,  and  Fortune  for  me :  O  good  morrow. 

Enter  Arcite  with  Armors  and  Swords. 

Ardte. 


48  The  Tu-o  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Arc.  Good  morrow  noble  kinefman,  [III.  6] 

Pal.  I  have  put  you 
To  too  much  paines  Sir. 

Arc.  That  too  much  faire  Cofen,  20 

Is  but  a  debt  to  honour,  and  my  duty. 

Pal.  Would  you  were  fo  in  all  Sir ;  I  could  wiih  ye 
As  kinde  a  kinfman,  as  you  force  me  finde 

A  beneficiall  foe,  that  my  embraces  24 

Might  thanke  ye,  not  my  blowes. 

Arc.  I  (hall  thinke  either 
Well  done,  a  noble  recompcnce. 

Pal.  Then  I  (hall  quit  you.  28 

Arc.  Defy  me  in  thefe  faire  termes,  and  you  mow 
More  then  a  Miftris  to  me,  no  more  anger 
As  you  love  any  thing  that's  honourable  j 

We  were  not  bred  to  talke  man,  when  we  are  arm'd  32 

And  both  upon  our  guards,  then  let  our  fury 
Like  meeting  of  two  tides,  fly  ftrongly  from  us, 
And  then  to  whom  the  birthright  of  this  Beauty 
Truely  pertaines  (without  obbraidings,  fcornes,  36 

Difpifings  of  our  perfons,  and  fuch  powtings 
Fitter  for  Girles  and  Schooleboyes)  will  be  feene 
And  quickly,  yours,  or  mine  :  wilt  pleafe  you  arme  Sir, 
Or  if  you  feele  your  felfe  not  fitting  yet  40 

And  furnifhd  with  your  old  ftrength,  ile  flay  Cofeu 
And  ev'ry  day  difcourfe  you  into  health, 
As  I  am  fpard.  your  perfon  I  am  friends  with, 
And  I  could  wim  I  had  not  faide  I  lov'd  her  ^* 

Though  I  had  dide  ;  But  loving  fuch  a  Lady 
And  justifying  my  Love,  I  muft  not  fly  from't. 

Pal.  Arcite,  thou  art  fo  brave  an  enemy 

That  no  man  but  thy  Cofen's  fit  to  kill  thee,  48 

I  am  well,  and  lufty,  choofe  your  Armes. 

Arc.  Choofe  you  Sir. 

Pal.  Wilt  thou  exceede  in  all,  or  do'fl  thou  doe  it 
To  make  me  ipare  thee  ?  52 

Arc.  If  you  thinke  fo  Cofen, 
You  are  deceived,  for  as  I  am  a  Soldier. 


The  Two  Nolle  Kin  (men.  49 

[III.  6]  I  will  not  fpare  you. 

56       Pal.  That's  well  faid. 
Arc.  You'l  finde  it 

Pal.  Then  as  I  am  an  honeft  man  and  love, 
With  all  the  juftice  of  affe&ion 
60  He  pay  thee  foundly  .•  This  ile  take. 

Arc.  That's  mine  then, 
Ile  arme  you  firft. 

Pal.  Do  ?  pray  thee  tell  me  Cofen, 
64  Where  gotft  thou  this  good  Armour. 

Arc  :  Tis  the  Dukes, 
And  to  fay  true,  I  ftole  it ;  doe  I  pinch  you  ? 

Pal  Noe. 
68      Arc.  Is't  not  too  heavie  ? 

Pal.   I  have  worne  a  lighter, 
But  I  (hall  make  it  ferve. 
Arc.  lie  buckl't  clofe. 
72       Pal.  By  any  meanes. 

Arc.  You  care  not  for  a  Grand  guard  ? 
Pal.  No,  no,  wee'l  ufe  no  horfes,  I  perceave 
You  would  faine  be  at  that  Fight. 
76      Arc.  I  am  indifferent. 

Pal.  Faith  fo  am  I :  good  Cofen,  thruft  the  buckle 
Through  far  enough. 

Arc.  I  warrant  you. 
80      Pal.  My  Caske  now. 

Arc.  Will  you  fight  bare-armd  ? 
Pal.  We  thall  be  the  nimbler. 

Arc.  But  ufe  your  Gauntlets  though ;  thole  are  o'th  leaft, 
84  Prethee  take  mine  good  Cofeii. 

Pal.  Thanke  you  Arcite. 
How  doe  I  looke,  am  I  falne  much  away  ? 

Arc.  Faith  very  little ;  love  has  ufd  you  kindly. 
88      Pal.  Ile  warrant  thee,  Ile  flrike  home. 

Arc.  Doe,  and  fpare  not ; 
Ile  give  you  caufe  fweet  Cofen. 

Pal.  Now  to  you  Sir, 
92  Me  thinkes  this  Armo'rs  very  like  that,  Arcite, 

H  Thou 

a — Qi.  4 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


They  bow  fe- 
verall  wayes  : 
then  advance 
and  ftand. 


Thou  wor'ft  that  day  the  3.  Kings  fell,  but  lighter.  [II [.  6\ 

Arc.  That  was  a  very  good  one,  and  that  day 
I  well  remember,  you  outdid  me  Cofen, 

I  never  faw  fuch  valour  :  when  you  chargd  96 

Vpon  the  left  wing  of  the  Enemie, 
I  fpurd  hard  to  come  up,  and  under  me 
I  had  a  right  good  horfe. 

Pal.  You  had  indeede  100 

A  bright  Bay  I  remember. 

Arc.  Yes  but  all 

Was  vainely  labour'd  in  me,  you  outwent  me, 

Nor  could  my  wifhes  reach  you  j  yet  a  little  104 

I  did  by  imitation. 

Pal.   More  by  vertue, 
You  are  modeft  Cofen. 

Arc.  When  I  faw  you  charge  firft,  108 

Me  thought  I  heard  a  dreadfull  clap  of  Thunder 
Breake  from  the  Troope. 

Pal.  But  ftill  before  that  flew 

The  lightning  of  your  valour  :  Stay  a  little,  112 

Is  not  this  peece  too  ftreight  ? 

Arc.  No,  no,  tis  well. 

Pal.  I  would  have  nothing  hurt  thee  but  my  Sword, 
A  bruife  would  be  difhonour.  116 

Arc.  Now  I  am  perfedl. 

Pal.  Stand  off  then. 

Arc.  Take  my  Sword,  I  hold  it  better. 

Pal.  I  thanke  ye  :  No,  keepe  it,  your  life  lyes  on  it,  120 

Here's  one,  if  it  but  hold,  I  aske  no  more, 
For  all  my  hopes :  My  Caufe  and  honour  guard  me. 

Arc.  And  me  my  love  :  *  Is  there  ought  elfe  to  fay  ? 

Pal.  This  onely,  and  no  more  :  Thou  art  mine  Aunts  Son.    124 
And  that  blood  we  delire  to  flied  is  mutuall, 
In  me,  thine,  and  in  thee,  mine  :  My  Sword 
Is  in  my  hand,  and  if  thou  killft  me 

The  gods,  and  I  forgive  thee  j  If  there  be  128 

A  place  prepar'd  for  thofe  that  fleepe  in  honour, 
I  wifh  his  wearie  foule,  that  falls  may  win  it : 

Fight 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  51 

[III.  6]  Fight  bravely  Cofen,  give  me  thy  noble  hand. 

132      Arc.  Here  Palamon  :  This  hand  fhall  never  more 
Come  neare  thee  with  fuch  friendlhip. 
Pal.  I  commend  thee. 

Arc.  If  I  fall,  curie  me,  and  fay  I  was  a  coward, 
136  For  none  but  fuch,  dare  die  in  thefe  juft  Tryalls. 
Once  more  farewell  my  Cofen, 

Pal.  Farewell  Arcite.  Fight. 

Homes  within  :  they  Jland. 
Arc.  Loe  Cofen,  loe,  our  Folly  has  undon  us. 
r4o      PaL  Why? 

Arc.  This  is  the  Duke,  a  hunting  as  I  told  you, 
If  we  be  found,  we  are  wretched,  O  retire 
For  honours  fake,  and  fafely  prefently 
144  Into  your  Bufh  agen  ;  Sir  we  lhall  finde 
Too  many  howres  to  dye  in,  gentle  Cofen  : 
If  you  be  feene  you  perilh  inftantly 
For  breaking  prifon,  and  I,  if  you  reveale  me, 
j^.8  For  my  contempt  j  Then  all  the  world  will  fcorne  us, 
And  fay  we  had  a  noble  difference, 
But  bafe  difpofers  of  it. 
PaL  No,  no,  Cofen 

152  I  will  no  more  be  hidden,  nor  put  off 
This  great  adventure  to  a  fecond  Tryall  _ 
I  know  your  cunning,  and  I  know  your  'caufe, 
He  that  faints  now,  ihame  take  him,  put  thy  felfe 
1 56  Vpon  thy  prefent  guard. 
Arc.  You  are  not  mad  ? 

Pal.  Or  I  will  make  th'advantage  of  this  howre 
Mine  owne,  and  what  to  come  fhall  threaten  me, 
j6o  I  feare  lefle  then  my  fortune  :  know  weake  Cofen 
I  love  Emilia,  and  in  that  ile  bury 
Thee,  and  all  crofles  elfe. 

Arc.  Then  come,  what  can  come 
164  Thou  malt  know  Palamon,  I  dare  as  well 

Die,  as  difcourfe,  or  fleepe  :  Onely  this  feares  me, 
The  law  will  have  the  honour  of  our  ends. 
Have  at  thy  life. 

H  2  Pal. 


52  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

Pal.  Looke  to  thine  owne  well  Arcite.  [III.  6] 

Fight  againe.     Hornei. 
Enter  Thefeus,  Hipolita,  Emilia,  Perithous  and  traine. 

Thefeus.  What  ignorant  and  mad  malicious  Traitors, 
Are  you?  That  gainft  the  tenor  of  my  Lawes 
Are  making  Battaile,  thus  like  Knights  appointed, 
Without  my  leave,  and  Officers  of  Armes  ?  172 

By  Cajlor  both  mall  dye. 

Pal.  Hold  thy  word  Thefeus, 
We  are  certainly  both  Traitors,  both  defpifers 

Of  thee,  and  of  thy  goodnelfe  :   I  am  Palamon  176 

That  cannot  love  thee,  he  that  broke  thy  Prifon, 
Thinke  well,  what  that  deferves ;  and  this  is  Arcite 
A  bolder  Traytor  never  trod  thy  ground 

A  Falfer  neu'r  feem'd  friend  .•  This  is  the  man  j8o 

Was  begd  and  banifh'd,  this  is  he  contemnes  thee 
And  what  thou  dar'ft  doe ;  and  in  this  difguife 
Againft  this  owne  Edi£t  followes  thy  Sifter, 

That  fortunate  bright  Star,  the  faire  Emilia  /gj. 

Whofe  fervant,  (if  there  be  a  right  in  feeing, 
And  firft  bequeathing  of  the  foule  to)  juftly 
I  am,  and  which  is  more,  dares  thinke  her  his. 
This  treacherie  like  a  moft  trufty  Lover,  188 

I  call'd  him  now  to  anfwer  j  if  thou  bee'ft 
As  thou  art  fpoken,  great  and  vertuous, 
The  true  defcider  of  all  injuries, 

Say,  Fight  againe,  and  thou  fhalt  fee  me  Thefeus  192 

Doe  fuch  a  luftice,  thou  thy  felfe  wilt  en  vie, 
Then  take  my  life,  lie  wooe  thee  too't. 

Per.  O  heaven, 
What  more  then  man  is  this  !  ip6 

Thef.  I  have  fworne. 

Arc.  We  feeke  not 

Thy  breath  of  mercy  Thefeus,  Tis  to  me 

A  thing  as  foone  to  dye,  as  thee  to  fay  it,  200 

And  no  more  mov'd  :  where  this  man  calls  me  Traitor, 
Let  me  fay  thus  much;  if  in  love  be  Treafon, 
In  fervice  of  fo  excellent  a  Beutie,  . 

As 


The  Two  Folle  Kinfmen.  53 

[III.  6]  As  I  love  moft,  and  in  that  faith  will  perifh, 

As  I  have  brought  my  life  here  to  confirme  it, 
As  I  have  ferv'd  her  trueft,  worthieft, 
As  I  dare  kill  this  Cofen,  that  denies  it, 
208  So  let  me  be  moft  Traitor,  and  ye  pleafe  me : 
For  fcorning  thy  Edicl  Duke,  aske  that  Lady 
Why  (he  is  faire,  and  why  her  eyes  command  me 
Stay  here  to  love  her ;  and  if  Ihe  fay  Traytor, 
212  I  am  a  villaine  fit  to  lye  unburied. 

Pal.  Thou  malt  have  pitty  of  us  both,  o  Thefeus, 
If  unto  neither  thou  (hew  mercy,  ftop, 
(As  thou  art  juft)  thy  noble  eare  againft  us, 
216  As  thou  art  valiant ;  for  thy  Cofens  foule 

"Whofe  1 2.  ftrong  labours  crowne  his  memory, 
Lets  die  together,  at  one  inftant  Duke, 
Onely  a  little  let  him  fall  before  me, 
220  That  I  may  tell  my  Soule  he  lliall  not  have  her. 

Thef.   I  grant  your  wifh,  for  to  fay  true,  your  Cofen 
Has  ten  times  more  offended,  for  I  gave  him 
More  mercy  then  you  found,  Sir,  your  offentes 
224  Being  no  more  then  his  .-  None  here  fpeake  for  'em 
For  ere  the  Sun  fet,  both  mall  fleepe  for  ever. 

Hipol.  Alas  the  pitty,  now  or  never  Sifter 
Speake  not  to  be  denide  ;  That  face  of  yours 
228  Will  beare  the  curies  elfe  of  after  ages 
For  thefe  loft  Cofens. 

EmiL  In  my  face  deare  Sifter 
I  finde  no  anger  to  'em ;  nor  no  ruyn, 
232  The  mifadventure  of  their  owne  eyes  kill  'em  ; 
Yet  that  I  will  be  woman,  and  have  pitty, 
My  knees  mail  grow  to'th  ground  but  He  get  mercie. 
Helpe  me  deare  Sifter,  in  a  deede  fo  vertuous, 
236  The  powers  of  all  women  will  be  with  us, 
Moft  royall  Brother. 

HipoL  Sir  by  our  tye  of  Marriage. 
Emit.  By  your  owne  fpotleffe  honour. 
240      Hip.  By  that  faith, 

That  faire  hand,  and  that  honeft  heart  you  gave  me. 

H  3  Emit. 


54  The  Two  Nolle  Kin/men. 

Emil.  By  that  you  would  have  pitty  in  another,  [III.  6] 

By  your  owne  vertues  infinite. 

Hip.  By  valour,  244 

By  all  the  chafte  nights  I  have  ever  pleafd  you. 

Thef.  Thefe  are  ftrange  Conjurings.  (our  dangers, 

Per.  Nay  then  He  in  too :  By  all  our  friendship  Sir,  by  all 
By  all  you  love  moft,  warres  ;  and  this  fweet  Lady.  248 

Emil.  By  that  you  would  have  trembled  to  deny 
A  blufhing  Maide. 

Hip.  By  your  owne  eyes  :  By  ftrength 

In  which  you  fwore  I  went  beyond  all  women,  252 

Almoft  all  men,  and  yet  I  yeelded  Thefeus. 

Per.  To  crowne  all  this  j  By  your  moft  noble  foule 
Which  cannot  want  due  mercie,  I  beg  firft. 

Hip.  Next  heare  my  prayers.  256 

Emil.  Laft  let  me  intreate  Sir. 

Per.  For  mercy. 

Hip.   Mercy. 

Emil.  Mercy  on  thefe  Princes.  260 

Thef.  Ye  make  my  faith  reele  :  Say  I  felt 
Companion  to'em  both,  how  would  you  place  it? 

Emil.  Vpon  their  lives  :  But  with  their  baniihments. 

Thef.  You  are  a  right  woman,  Sifter ;  you  have  pitty,  264 

But  want  the  vnderftanding  where  to  ufe  it. 
If  you  defire  their  lives,  invent  a  way 
Safer  then  banilhment :  Can  thefe  two  live 

And  have  the  agony  of  love  about  'em,  268 

And  not  kill  one  another  ?  Every  day 
The'yld  fight  about  yov ;  howrely  bring  your  honour 
In  publique  queftion  with  their  Swords ;  Be  wife  then 
And  here  forget  'em  ;  it  concernes  your  credit,  272 

And  my  oth  equally  :  I  have  faid  they  die, 
Better  they  fall  by'th  law,  then  one  another. 
Bow  not  my  honor. 

Emil.  O  my  noble  Brother,  276 

That  oth  was  rafhly  made,  and  in  your  anger, 
Your  reafon  will  not  hold  it,  if  fuch  vowes 
Stand  for  exprefle  will,  all  the  world  muft  perifh. 

Befide 


The  Tivo  Nolle  Kinfmen.  55 

[III.  6]  Betide,  I  have  another  oth,  gainft  yours 

Of  more  authority,  I  am  fure  more  love, 

Not  made  in  paflion  neither,  but  good  heede. 

Thef.  What  is  it  Sifter  ? 
284      Per.  Vrge  it  home  brave  Lady. 

Emit.  That  you  would  nev'r  deny  me  any  thing 

Fit  for  my  modeft  fuit,  and  your  free  granting  : 

I  tye  you  to  your  word  now,  if  ye  fall  in't, 
288  Thinke  how  you  maime  your  honour ; 

(For  now  I  am  fet  a  begging  Sir,  I  am  deafe 

To  all  but  your  compaflion)  how,  their  lives 

Might  breed  the  mine  of  my  name  j  Opinion, 
292  Shall  any  thing  that  loves  me  perifh  for  me? 

That  were  a  cruell  wifedome,  doe  men  proyne 

The  ftraight  yong  Bowes  that  blufh  whh  thoufand  Bloflbms 

Becaufe  they  may  be  rotten  ?  O  Duke  Thefeus 
296  The  goodly  Mothers  that  have  groand  for  thefe, 

And  all  the  longing  Maides  that  ever  lov'd, 

If  your  vow  ftand,  {hall  curfe  me  and  my  Beauty, 

And  in  their  funerall  fongs,  for  thefe  two  Cofeus 
300  Defpife  my  crueltie,  and  cry  woe  worth  me, 

Till  I  am  nothing  but  the  fcorne  of  women  ; 

For  heavens  fake  fave  their  lives,  and  banim  'em. 

Thef.  On  what  conditions  ? 
304      Ernil.  Sweare'em  never  more 

To  make  me  their  Contention,  or  to  know  me, 

To  tread  upon  thy  Dukedome,  and  to  be 

Where  ever  they  {hall  travel,  ever  ftrangers  to  one  another. 
308      Pal.  He  be  cut  a  peeces 

Before  I  take  this  oth,  forget  I  love  her  ? 

0  all  ye  gods  difpife  me  then  .-  Thy  Banifliment 

1  not  miflike,  fo  we  may  fairely  carry 

312  Our  Swords,  aud  caufe  along  :  elfe  never  trifle, 
But  take  our  lives  Duke,  I  muft  love  and  will, 
And  for  that  love,  muft  and  dare  kill  this  Cofen 
On  any  peece  the  earth  has. 

316      Thef.  Will  you  Arcite 
Take  thefe  conditions  ? 

Pal. 


56  The  Tit'O  No/ile  Kinfmen 

Pal.  H'es  a  villaine  then.  [III.  6] 

Per.  Thefe  are  men. 

Arcite.  No,  never  Duke:  Tis  worfe  to  nie'than  bigging        .320 
To  take  my  life  fo  bafely,  though  I  thinke 
I  never  mail  enjoy  her,  yet  ile  preferve 
The  honour  of  affe&ion,  and  dye  for  her. 
Make  death  a  Devill.  324 

Thef.  What  may  be  done  ?  for  now  I  feele  companion. 

Per.  Let  it  not  fall  agen  Sir. 

Thef.  Say  Emilia 

If  one  of  them  were  dead,  as  one  muff,  are  you  328 

Content  to  take  th'other  to  your  husband  ? 
They  cannot  both  enjoy  you ;  They  are  Princes 
As  goodly  as  your  owne  eyes,  and  as  noble 

As  ever  fame  yet  fpoke  of;  looke  upon'em,  332 

And  if  you  can  love,  end  this  difference, 
I  give  confent,  are  you  content  too  Princes  ? 

Both.  With  all  our  foules. 

Thef.  He  that  (he  refufes  336 

Muft  dye  then. 

Both.  Any  death  thou  canfl  invent  Duke. 

Pal.  If  I  fall  from  that  mouth,  I  fall  with  favour, 
And  Lovers  yet  unborne  mall  bleife  my  allies..  340 

Arc.  If  Ihe  refufe  me,  yet  my  grave  will  wed  me, 
And  Souldiers  fing  my  Epitaph. 

Thef.  Make  choice  then. 

Emil.  I  cannot  Sir,  they  are  both  too  excellent  344 

For  me,  a  hayre  fhall  never  fall  of  thefe  men. 

Hi/).  What  will  become  of  'em  ? 

Thef.  Thus  I  ordaine  it, 

And  by  mine  honor,  once  againe  it  (lands,  348 

Or  both  {hall  dye.     You  fhall  both  to  your  Countrey, 
And  each  within  this  moneth  accompanied 
With  three  faire  Knights,  appeare  againe  in  this  place, 
In  which  Ile  plant  a  Pyramid;  and  whether  352 

Before  us  that  are  here,  can  force  his  Cofen 
By  fayre  and  knightly  ftrength  to  touch  the  Pillar, 
He  mail  enjoy  her :  the  other  loofe  his  head, 

And 


.  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  57 

[III.  6]  And  all  his  friends ;  Nor  (hall  he  grudge  to  fall, 
Nor  thinke  he  dies  with  intereft  in  this  Lady  : 
Will  this  content  yee  ? 

Pal.  Yes  :here  Cofen  Arcite 
360  I  am  friends  againe,  till  that  howre. 
Arc.  I  embrace  ye. 
Thef.  Are  you  content  Sifter  > 
bmil,  Yes,  I  muft  Sir, 
364  Els  both  mifcarry. 

Thef.  Come  fhake  hands  againe  then, 
And  take  heede,  as  you  are  Gentlemen,  this  Quarrell 
Sleepe  till  the  howre  prefixt,  and  hold  your  courfe. 
368      Pal.  We  dare  not  faile  thee  Thefeus. 

Thef.  Come,  He  give  ye 
Now  ufage  like  to  Princes,  and  to  Friends  .• 
When  ye  returne,  who  wins,  He  fettle  heere, 
372  Who  loofes,  yet  He  weepe  upon  his  Beere.  Exeunt. 

[IV.  i]  Aclus  Quartus. 

Scaena  i.      Enter  lailor,  and  his  friend, 
lailor.  Heare  you  no  more,  was  nothing  faide  of  me 
Concerning  the  elcape  of  Palamon  ? 
Good  Sir  remember. 
4      i.   Fr.  Nothing  that  I  heard, 
For  I  came  home  before  the  bufines 
Was  fully  ended  :  Yet  I  might  perceive 
Ere  I  departed,  a  great  likelihood 
8  Of  both  their  pardons  :  For  Hipolita, 
And  faire-eyd  Emilie,  upon  their  knees 
Begd  with  fuch  hanfom  pitty,  that  the  Duke 
Me  thought  flood  ftaggering,  whether  he  mould  follow 
J2  His  rafh  o'th,  or  the  fweet  compaflion 
Of  thofe  two  Ladies  ;  and  to  fecond  them, 
That  truely  noble  Prince  Perithous 
Halfe  his  owne  heart,  fet  in  too,  that  I  hope 
16  All  lhall  be  well :  Neither  heard  I  one  queftion 

I  Of 


58  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Of  your  name,  or  his  fcape.  Enter  2.  Friend.  [IV.  \~\ 

lay.  Pray  heaven  it  hold  fo. 

2.  Fr  :  Be  of  good  comfort  man  j  I  bring  you  newes, 
Good  newes.  20 

fay.  They  are  welcome, 

2.  Fr.  Palamon  has  cleerd  you, 

And  got  your  pardon,  and  difcoyerd  (Daughters, 

How,   and   by   whofe  meanes   he   efoapt,   which   was    your  24 
Whofe  pardon  is  procurd  too,  and  the  Prifoner 
Not  to  be  held  ungratefull  to  her  goodnes, 
Has  given  a  fumme  of  money  to  her  Marriage, 
A  large  one  ile  aflure  you.  28 

lay.  Ye  are  a  good  man 
And  ever  bring  good  newes. 

1.  Fr.  How  was  it  ended  ? 

2.  Fr.  Why,  as  it  fhould  bej  they  that  nev'r  begd  .32 
But  they  prevaild,  had  their  fuites  fairely  granted, 

The  prifoners  have  their  lives. 

1.  Fr.  I  knew  t' would  be  fo. 

2.  Fr.  But  there  be  new  conditions,  which  you'l  heare  of     36 
At  better  time. 

lay.  I  hope  they  are  good. 
2.  Fr.  They  are  honourable, 

How  good  they'l  prove,  I  know  not.  40 

Enter  Wooer. 

1.  Fr.  T'will  be  knowne. 

Woo.  Alas  Sir,  wher's  your  Daughter  ? 

lay.  Why  doe  you  aske  ? 

Woo.  O  Sir  when  did  you  fee  her  ?  44 

2.  Fr.  How  he  lookes  ? 

lay.  This  morning.  ((he  fleepe  ? 

Woo.  Was    {he  well?  was   (he    in   health?    Sir,  when   did 

i.  Fr.  Thefe  are  ftrange  Queftions.  48 

lay,  I  doe  not  thinke  me  was  very  well,  for  now 
You  make  me  minde  her,  but  this  very  day 
I  ask'd  her  queftions,  and  {he  anfwered  me 

So  farre  from  what  {he  was,  fo  childiflily.  52 

So  fillily,  as  if  {he  were  a  foole, 

An 


The  Two  Koble  Kinfmen.  59 

[IV.  i]  An  Inocent,  and  I  was  very  angry. 

But  what  of  her  Sir  ?  (as  good  by  me 

56      Woo.  Nothing  but  my  pitty ;  but  you  muft  know  it,  and 
As  by  an  other  that  lefie  loves  her : 
lay.  Well  Sir. 
i.  Fr.  Not  right? 

60      2.  Fr.  Not  well  ? Wooer,  No  Sir  not  well. 

Woo.  Tis  too  true,  me  is  mad. 
i.  Fr.  It  cannot  be. 
Woo.  Beleeve  you'l  finde  it  fo. 
64      lay.  I  halfe  fufpeded 

What  you  told  me  :  the  gods  comfort  her : 
Either  this  was  her  love  to  Palamon, 
Or  feare  of  my  mifcarrying  on  his  fcape, 
68  Or  both. 

Woo.  Tis  likely. 
lay.  But  why  allthis  hafte  Sir  ? 
Woo.  He  tell  you  quickly.     As  I  late  was  angling 
72  In  the  great  Lake  that  lies  behind  the  Pallace, 

From  the  far  more,  thicke  fet  with  reedes,  and  Sedges, 
As  patiently  I  was  attending  fport, 
I  heard  a  voyce,  a  mrill  one,  and  attentive 
76  I  gave  my  eare,  when  I  might  well  perceive 
T'was  one  that  fung,  and  by  the  fmallnefle  of  it 
A  boy  or  woman.  I  then  left  my  angle 
To  his  owne  skill,  came  neere,  but  yet  perceivd  not 
80  Who  made  the  found ;  the  names,  and  the  Reeds 
Had  fo  encompaft  it :  I  laide  me  downe 
And  liftned  to  the  words  fhe  fong,  for  then 
Through  a  fmall  glade  cut  by  the  Fifher  men, 
84  I  faw  it  was  your  Daughter. 
lay.  Pray  goe  on  Sir  ? 

Woo.  She   fung   much,  but  no  fence  5    onely  I  heard  her 
Repeat  this  often.     Palamon  is  gone, 
88  Is  gone  to'th  wood  to  gather  Mulberies, 
He  finde  him  out  to  morrow. 
i.  Fr.  Pretty  foule. 
Woo.  His  (hackles  will  betray  him,  hee'l  be  taken, 

I  a  And 


60  The  Tti'o  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

And  what  fliall  I  doe  then  ?  He  bring  a  heavy,  [IV.  i] 

A  hundred  blacke  eyd  Maides,  that  love  as  I  doe 

With  Chaplets  on  their  heads  of  Daffadillies, 

With  cherry-lips,  and  cheekes  of  Damaske  Rofes, 

And  all  wee'l  daunce  an  Antique  fore  the  Duke,  96 

And  beg  his  pardon  j  Then  (he  talk'd  of  you  Sir  ; 

That  you  muft  loofe  your  head  to  morrow  morning, 

And  flie  muft  gather  flowers  to  bury  you, 

And  fee  the  houfe  made  handfome,  then  (he  fnng  100 

Nothing  but  Willow,  willow,  willow,  and  betweene 

Ever  was,  Palamon,  faire  Palamon, 

And  Palamon,  was  a  tall  yong  man.     The  place 

Was  knee  deepe  where  {he  fat ;  her  careles  TrefTes,  104 

A  wreake  of  bull-rum  rounded ;  about  her  ftucke 

Thoufand  frefh  water  flowers  of  feverall  cullors. 

That  me  thought  {he  appeard  like  the  faire  Nimph 

That  feedes  the  lake  with  waters,  or  as  Iris  108 

Newly  dropt  downe  from  heaven  j  Rings  me  made 

Of  ruflies  that  grew  by,  and  to  'em  fpoke 

The  prettieft  pofies  .•  Thus  our  true  love's  tide, 

This  you  may  loofe,  not  me,  and  many  a  one  :  i  r  3, 

And  then  {he  wept,  and  fung  againe,  and  figh'd, 

And  with  the  fame  breath  fmil'd,  and  kift  her  hand, 

2.   Fr.  Alas  what  pitty  it  is  ? 

Wooer.  I  made  in  to  her.  1 16 

She  faw  me,  and  ftraight  fought  the  flood,  I  fav'd  her, 
And  fet  her  fafe  to  land  :   when  prefently 
She  flipt  away,  and  to  the  Citty  made, 

With  fuch  a  cry,  and  fwiftnes,  that  beleeve  me  120 

Shee  left  me  farre  behinde  her ;  three,  or  foure, 
I  faw  from  farre  off  crolfe  her,  one  of  'em 
I  knew  to  be  your  brother,  where  {he  ftaid, 
And  fell,  fcarce  to  be  got  away  :  I  left  them  with  her.  124 

Enter  Brother,  Daughter,  and  others. 
And  hether  came  to  tell  you :   Here  they  are. 

Daugh.  May  you  never  more  enjoy  the  light,  &c. 
Is  not  this  a  fine  Song  • 

Bro.  O  a  very  fine  one.  128 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  6 1 

[IV.  i]       Daugh.  I  can  fing  twenty  more. 
Bro.  I  thinke  you  can, 

Daugh  Yes  truely  can  I,  I  can  fing  the  Broome, 
132  And  Bony  Robin.     Are  not  you  a  tailour> 
Bro.  Yes, 

Daugh.  Wher's  my  wedding  Gowne  ? 
Bro.  He  bring  it  to  morrow. 

136      Daugh.  Doe,  very  rarely,  I  muft  be  abroad  elfe 
To  call  the  Maides,  and  pay  the  Minftrels 
For  I  muft  loofe  my  Maydenhead  by  cocklight 
Twill  never  thrive  elfe. 

140  O  faire,  ohfweete,  &c.  Singes. 

Bro.  You  muft  ev'n  take  it  patiently. 
lay.  Tis  true, 

Daugh.  Good  'ev'n,  good  men,  pray  did  you  ever  heare 
144  Of  one  yong  Palamon  ? 

lay.  Yes  wench  we  know  him. 
Daugh.  Is't  not  a  fine  yong  Gentleman  ? 
lay.  Tis,  Love. 

148       Bro.  By  no  meane  crofle  her,  {he  is  then  dillemperd 
For  worfe  then  now  (he  mowes. 
i.  Fr.  Yes,  he's  a  fine  man. 
Daugh.  O,  is  he  fo  ?  you  have  a  Sifler. 
152       i.   Fr.  Yes' 

Daugh.  But  (he  mall  never  have  him,  tell  her  fo, 
For  a  tricke  that  I  know,  y'had  beft  looke  to  her, 
For  if  fhe  fee  him  once,  {he's  gone,  {he's  done, 
i$6  And  undon  in  an  howre.     All  the  young  Maydes 

Of  our  Towne  are  in  love  with  him,  but  I  laugh  at  'em 
And  let  'em  all  alone,  Is't  not  a  wife  courfe  ? 

1.  Fr.  Yes.  (by  him, 
160      Daugh.  There   is   at   leaft   two   hundred   now   with   child 

There  muft  be  fowre ;  yet  I  keepe  clofe  for  all  this, 
Clofe  as  a  Cockle ;  and  all  thefe  muft  be  Boyes, 
He  has  the  tricke  on't,  and  at  ten  yeares  old 
164  They  muft  be  all  gelt  for  Mufitians, 
And  fing  the  wars  of  Thefeus. 

2.  Fr.  This  is  ftrange. 

I  3  Daugh. 


6 a  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

Daugh.  As  ever  you  heard,  but  fay  nothing.  [IV.  i] 

i.  Fr.  No.  (him,  168 

Daugh.  They  come  from  all  parts  of  the  Dukedome   to 
He  warrant  ye,  he  had  not  fo  few  laft  night 
As  twenty  to  difpatch,  hee'l  tickl't  up 
In  two  howres,  if  his  hand  be  in.  172 

lay.  She's  loft 
Paft  all  cure. 

Bro.  Heaven  forbid  man. 

Daugh.  Come  hither,  you  are  a  wife  man.  176 

i.  Fr.  Do's  (he  know  him  ? 

i.  Fr.  No,  would  me  did. 

Daugh.  You  are  mafter  of  a  Ship  ? 

lay.  Yes.  180 

Daugh.  Wher's  your  Compafle  ? 

lay.   Heere. 

Daugh.  Set  it  too'th  North. 

And  now  direcl  your  conrfe  to'th  wood,  wher  Palamon  184 

Lyes  longing  for  me  ;  For  the  Tackling 
Let  me  alone ;  Come  waygh  my  hearts,  cheerely. 

All.  Owgh,  owgh,  owgh,  tis  up,  the  wind's  faire,  top  the 
Bowling,  out  with  the  maine  faile,  wher's  your  188 

Whittle  Mafter  ? 

Bro.  Lets  get  her  in. 

lay.  Vp  to  the  top  Boy. 

Bro.  Wher's  the  Pilot  ?  jpa 

1.  Fr.  Heere, 

Daugh.  What  ken'ft  thou  ? 

2.  Fr.  A  faire  wood. 

Daugh.  Beare  for  it  mafter  .•  take  about:  Singes.  \o6 

When  Cinthia  with  her  borrowed  light,  £5*c.  Exeunt. 

Scaena  2.     Enter  Emilia  alone,  with  2.  PifHures.  [IV.  2] 

Emilia.  Yet    I    may   binde    thofe   wounds   up,    that    muft 
And  bleed  to  death  for  my  fake  elfe  j  He  choofe,  (open 

And  end  their  ftrife :  Two  fuch  yong  hanfom  men 
Shall  never  fall  for  me,  their  weeping  Mothers,  4 

Following  the  dead  cold  afhes  of  their  Sonnes 
Shall  never  curfe  my  cruelty  :  Good  heaven, 

What 


The  Two  Folle  Kinfmen.  63 

[TV.  2]  What  a  fweet  face  has  Arcitel  if  wife  nature 
8  With  all  her  beft  endowments,  all  thofe  beuties 
She  fowes  into  the  birthes  of  noble  bodies, 
Were  here  a  mortall  woman,  and  had  in  her 
The  coy  denialls  of  yong  Maydes,  yet  doubtles, 

1 2  She  would  run  mad  for  this  man  :  what  an  eye  ? 
Of  what  a  fyry  fparkle,  and  quick  fweetnes, 
Has  this  yong  Prince  ?  Here  Love  himfelfe  fits  fmyling, 
luft  fuch  another  wanton  Ganimead, 

1 6  Set  Love  a  fire  with,  and  enforcd  the  god 
Snatch  up  the  goodly  Boy,  and  fet  him  by  him 
A  {hining  conftellation  :  What  a  brow, 
Of  what  a  fpacious  Majefty  he  carries  ? 

20  Arch'd  like  the  great  eyd  luno's,  but  far  fweeter, 
Smoother  then  Pelops  Shoulder  ?  Fame  and  honour 
Me  thinks  from  hence,  as  from  a  Promontory 
Pointed  in  heaven,  fhould  clap  their  wings,  and  fing 

24  To  all  the  under  world,  the  Loves,  and  Fights 
Of  gods,  and  fueh  men  neere  'em.  Palamon, 
Is  but  his  foyle,  to  him,  a  meere  dull  fhadow, 
Hee's  fwarth,  and  meagre,  of  an  eye  as  heavy 

28  As  if  he  had  loft  his  mother ;  a  ftill  temper, 
No  ftirring  in  him,  no  alacrity, 
Of  all  this  fprightly  {harpenes,  not  a  fmile ; 
Yet  thefe  that  we  count  errours  may  become  him  : 

32  Narciffus  was  a  fad  Boy,  but  a  heavenly  .• 
Oh  who  can  finde.the  bent  of  womans  fancy? 
I  am  a  Foole,  my  reafon  is  loft  in  me, 
I  have  no  choice,  and  I  have  ly'd  fo  lewdly 

36  That  women  ought  to  beate  me.     On  my  knees 
I  aske  thy  pardon  .-  Palamon,  thou  art  alone, 
And  only  beutifull,  and  thefe  the  eyes, 
Thefe  the  bright  lamps  of  beauty,  that  command 

40  And  threaten  Love,  and  what  yong  Mayd  dare  crofle  'em 
What  a  bold  gravity,  and  yet  inviting 
Has  this  browne  manly  face  ?     O  Love,  this  only 
From  this  howre  is  Complexion  :   Lye  there  Arcite, 

44  Thou  art  a  changling  to  him,  a  meere  Gipfey. 

And 


64  The  Tit'o  Noble  Kinfmen. 

And  this  the  noble  Bodie :  I  am  lotted,  Hy.  2] 

Vtterly  loft  :  My  Virgins  faith  has  fled  me. 

For  if  my  brother  but  even  now  had  ask'd  me 

Whether  I  lov'd,  I  had  run  mad  for  Arcite,  48 

Now  if  my  Siller ;  More  for  Palamon, 

Stand  both  together:  Now,  come  aske  me  Brother, 

Alas,  I  know  not :  aske  me  now  fweet  Sifter, 

I  may  goe  looke;  What  a  meere  child  is  Fancie,  5* 

That  having  two  faire  gawdes  of  equall  fweetnefle, 

Cannot  diftinguifh,  but  muft  crie  for  both. 

Enter  Emil.  and  Gent. 

Emil.  How  now  Sir  ? 

Gent.  From  the  Noble  Duke  your  Brother  56 

Madam,  I  bring  you  newes  :  The  Knights  are  come. 

Emil.  To  end  the  quarrell  ? 

Gent.  Yes. 

Emil.  Would  I  might  end  firft  „•  60 

What  linnes  have  I  committed,  chaft  Diana, 
That  my  unfpotted  youth  muft  now  be  foyld 
With  blood  of  Princes  ?  and  my  Chaftitie 

Be  made  the  Altar,  where  the  lives  of  Lovers,  64 

Two  greater,  and  two  better  never  yet 
Made  mothers  joy,  muft  be  the  facritice 
To  my  unhappy  Beautie  ? 

Enter  Thejeus,  Hipolita,  Perithous  and  attendants. 

Thefeus.  Bring  'em  in  quickly,  68 

By  any  meanes,  I  long  to  fee'em. 
Your  two  contending  Lovers  are  return'd, 
And  with  them  their  faire  Knights  :  Now  my  faire  Sifter, 
You  muft  love  one  of  them.  72 

Emil.  I  had  rather  both, 
So  neither  for  my  fake  ftiould  fall  untimely 

Enter  MeJJengers.^Curtls. 

Thef.  Who  faw'em  ? 

Per.  I  a  while.  -6 

Gent.  And  I. 

Thef.  From  whence  come  you  Sir  ? 

Mejf.  From  the  Knights. 

Thef. 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  65 

[IV.  2]      Thef.  Pray  fpeake 

You  that  have  feene  them,  what  they  are. 

Metf.  1  will  Sir, 

And  truly  what  I  thinke :  Six  braver  fpirits 
84  Then  thefe  they  have  brought,  (if  we  judge  by  the  outfide) 
I  never  faw,  nor  read  of :  He  that  ftands 
In  the  fitft  place  with  Arcite,  by  his  feeming 
Should  be  a  flout  man,  by  his  face  a  Prince, 
88  (His  very  lookes  fo  fay  him)  his  complexion, 

Nearer  a  browne,  than  blacke ;  llerne,  and  yet  noble, 
Which  fliewes  him  hardy,  fearelefle,  proud  of  dangers  : 
The  circles  of  his  eyes  mow  faire  within  him, 
92  And  as  a  heated  Lyon,  fo  he  lookes ; 

His  haire  hangs  long  behind  him,  blacke  and  mining 
Like  Ravens  wings  :  his  ihoulders  broad,  and  ftrong, 
Armd  long  and  round,  and  on  his  Thigh  a  Sword 
96  Hung  by  a  curious  Bauldricke ;  when  he  frownes 
To  feale  his  will  with,  better  o'my  coufcience 
Was  never  Souldiers  friend. 

Thef.  Thou  ha'ft  well  defcribde  him, 
100      Per.  Yet  a  great  deale  ihort 

Me  thinkes,  of  him  that's  firft  with  Palamon. 
Thef.  Pray  fpeake  him  friend. 
Per.  I  gheffe  he  is  a  Prince  too, 
104  And  if  it  may  be,  greater ;  for  his  mow 
Has  all  the  ornament  of  honour  in't : 
Hee's  fomewhat  bigger,  then  the  Knight  he  fpoke  of, 
But  of  a  face  far  fweeter ;  His  complexion 
1 08  Is  (as  a  ripe  grape)  ruddy :  he  has  felt 

Without  doubt  what  he  fights  for,  and  fo  apter 
To  make  this  caufe  his  owne .-  In's  face  appeares 
All  the  faire  hopes  of  what  he  undertakes, 
112  And  when  he's  angry,  then  a  fetled  valour 

(Not  tainted  with  extreames)  runs  through  his  body, 
And  guides  his  arme  to  brave  things :   Feare  he  cannot, 
He  fhewes  no  fuch  foft  temper,  his  head's  yellow, 
116  Hard  hayr'd,  and  curld,  thicke  twind  like  Ivy  tops, 
Not  to  undoe  with  thunder ;  In  his  face 

K  The 

a— Qi.  5 


66  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

The  liverie  of  the  warlike  Maide  appeares,  [IV.  2] 

Pure  red,  and  white,  for  yet  no  beard  has  blefl  him. 

And  in  his  rowling  eyes,  fits  victory,  120 

As  if  (he  ever  ment  to  cored  his  valour  : 

His  Nofe  ftands  high,  a  Character  of  honour. 

His  red  lips,  after  fights,  are  fit  for  Ladies. 

Eniil.  Muft  thefe  men  die  too?  124 

Per.  When  he  fpeakes,  his  tongue 
Sounds  like  a  Trumpet ;  All  his  lyneaments 
Are  as  a  man  would  wim  'em,  ftrong,  and  cleane, 
He  weares  a  well-fteeld  Axe,  the  flaffe  of  gold,  j  28 

His  age  fome  five  and  twenty. 

Meff.  Ther's  another, 

A  little  man,  but  of  a  tough  foule,  feeming 

As  great  as  any  :  fairer  promifes  132 

In  fuch  a  Body,  yet  I  never  look'd  on. 

Per.  O,  he  that's  freckle  fac'd  ? 

Mejf  The  fame  my  Lord, 
Are  they  not  fweet  ones  ?  136 

Per.  Yes  they  are  well. 

Meff]  Me  thinkes, 

Being  fo  few,  and  well  difpofd,  they  mow 

Great,  and  fine  art  in  nature,  he's  white  hair'd,  140 

Not  wanton  white,  but  fuch  a  manly  colour 
Next  to  an  aborne,  tough,  and  nimble  fet, 
Which  fhowes  an  active  foule  j  his  armes  are  brawny 
Linde  with  ilrong  finewes  :  To  the  moulder  peece,  144 

Gently  they  fwell,  like  women  new  conceav'd, 
Which  fpeakes  him  prone  to  labour,  never  fainting 
Vnder  the  waight  of  Armes  ;  flout  harted,  ftill, 
But  when  he  ftirs,  a  Tiger  j  he's  gray  eyd,  ^8 

Which  yeelds  companion  where  he  conquers :  fharpe 
To  fpy  advantages,  and  where  he  finds  'em, 
He's  fwift  to  make  'em  his  „•  He  do's  no  wrongs, 
Nor  takes  nonej  he's  round  fac'd,  and  when  he  fmiles  152 

He  fliowes  a  Lover,  when  he  frownes,  a  Souldier  : 
About  his  head  he  weares  the  winners  oke, 
And  in  it  ftucke  the  favour  of  his  Lady  : 

His 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  67 

[IV.  2]  His  age,  fome  fix  and  thirtie.     In  his  hand 

He  beares  a  charging  Staffe,  emboft  with  filver. 
Thef.  Are  they  all  thus  ? 
Per.  They  are  all  the  fonnes  of  honour. 
1 60      Thef.  Now  as  I  have  a  foule  I  long  to  fee'em. 
Lady  you  mall  fee  men  fight  now. 

Hip.  I  wifh  it, 

But  not  the  caufe  my  Lord ;  They  would  fhow 
164  Bravely  about  the  Titles  of  two  Kingdomes  ; 
Tis  pitty  Love  mould  be  fo  tyrannous  : 
O  my  foft  harted  Siller,  what  thinke  you? 
Weepe  not,  till  they  weepe  blood ;  Wench  it  muft  be. 
1 68       Thef.    You   have   fteel'd'em   with   your   Beautie  :    honord 
To  you  I  give  the  Feild  ;  pray  order  it,  (Friend, 

Fitting  the  perfons  that  muft  ufe  it. 

Per.  Yes  Sir. 

172      Thef.  Come,  He  goe  vifit  'em :  I  cannot  ftay, 
Their  fame  has  fir'd  me  fo  j  Till  they  appeare, 
Good  Friend  be  royall. 

Per.  There  mall  want  no  bravery. 
176      Emilia.  Poore  wench  goe  weepe,  for  whofoever  wins, 

Loofes  a  noble  Cofen,  for  thy  fins.  Exeunt. 

[IV.  3]  Scaena  3.     Enter  lailor,  Wooer,  Do£lor. 

DoB.  Her  diffraction  is  more  at  fome  time  of  the  Moone, 
Then  at  other  fome,  is  it  not  ? 

lay.  She  is  continually  in  a  harmelefie  diftemper,  fleepes 
4  Little,  altogether  without  appetite,  fave  often  drinking, 
Dreaming  of  anorher  world,  and  a  better ;  and  what 
Broken  peece  of  matter  fo'ere  fhe's  about,  the  name 
Palamon  lardes  it,  that  me  farces  ev'ry  bufines 

Enter  Daughter. 

8  Withall,  fyts  it  to  every  queftion ;  Looke  where 
Shee  comes,  you  mall  perceive  her  behaviour. 

Daugh.  I  have  forgot  it  quite ;  The  burden  o'nt,  was  downe 
A  downe  a,  and  pend  by  no  worfe  man,  then 
12  Giraldo,  Emilias  Schoolemafter ;  he's  as 

Fantafticall  too,  as  ever  he  may  goe  upon's  legs, 
For  in  the  next  world  will  Dido  fee  Palamon,  and 

K  2  Then 


68  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

Then  will  fhe  be  out  of  love  with  Eneas.  [IV.  3] 

Dofl.  What  fluffs  here  ?  pore  foule.  16 

loy.  Ev'n  thus  all  day  long. 

Daugh.  Now  for  this  Charme,  that  I  told  you  of,  you  muft 
Bring  a  peece  of  filver  on  the  tip  of  your  tongue, 
Or  no  ferry  :  then  if  it  be  your  chance  to  come  where  20 

The  bleffed  fpirits,as  the'rs  a  fight  now;we  maids 
That  have  our  Lyvers,  perifli'd,  crakt  to  peeces  with 
Love,  we  {hall  come  there,  and  doe  nothing  all  day  long 
But  picke  flowers  with  Proferpine,  then  will  I  make  24 

Palamon  a  Nofegay,  then  let  him  marke  me, — then. 

Dofl.  How  prettily  fhe's  amifle  ?  note  her  .a  little  further. 

Dau.  Faith  ile  tell  you,  fometime  we  goe  to  Early  breake, 
We  of  the  blefled  ;  alas,  tis  a  fore  life  they  have  i'th  28 

Thother  place,  fuch  burning,  frying,  boyling,  hifiing, 
Howling,  chattring,  curfing,  oh  they  have  flirowd 
Meafure,  take  heede ;  if  one  be  mad,  or  hang  or 
Drowne  themfelves,  thither  they  goe,  lupiter  blefle  32 

Vs,  and  there  {hall  we  be  put  in  a  Caldron  of 
Lead,  and  Vfurers  greafe,  amongft  a  whole  million  of 
Cutpurfes,  and  there  boyle  like  a  Gamon  of  Bacon 
That  will  never  be  enough.  Exit.  36 

Do6l.  How  her  braine  coynes  ? 

Daugh.  Lords  and  Courtiers,  that  have  got  maids  with 
Child,  they  are  in  this  place,  they  mail  ftand  in  fire  up  to  the 
Nav'le,  and  in  yce  up  to'th  hart,  and  there  th'offending  part  40 
burnes,  and  the  deceaving  part  freezes;  in  troth  a  very  gree- 
vous  punithment,  as  one  would  thinke,  for  fuch  a  Trifle,  be- 
leve  me  one  would  marry  a  leaprous  witch,  to  be  rid  on't 
lie  aflure  you.  44 

Dofl.  How  {he  continues  this  fancie  ?  Tis  not  an  engraffed 
Madnefle,  but  a  moft  thicke,  and  profound  mellencholly. 

Daugh.  To  heare  there  a  proud  Lady,  and  a  proud  Citty 
wiffe,  howle  together :  I  were  a  beaft  and  il'd  call  it  good  48 
fport :  one  cries,  o  this  fmoake,  another  this  fire;  One  cries,  o, 
that  ever  I  did  it  behind  the  arras. and  then  howles ;  th'other 
curfes  a  fuing  fellow  and  her  garden  houfe. 

Sings,  I  will  le  true,  my  Jlars,  my  fate,  fefc.  Exit.  Daugh.  $2 

laylor. 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen  69 

[IV.  3]      lay.  What  thinke  you  of  her  Sir  ?  (minifter  to. 

Do£l.  I  think  ihe  has  a  perturbed  minde,  which  I  cannot 
lay.  Alas,  what  then  ? 

56      Do6l.  Vnderftand  you,  me  ever  affefted  any  man,  ere 
She  beheld  Palamon  ? 

lay.  I  was  once  Sir,  in  great  hope,  (he  had  fixd  her 
Liking  on  this  gentleman  my  friend.  (great 

60       Woo.  I  did  thinke  fo  too,  and  would  account  I  had  a 
Pen-worth  on't,  to  give  halfe  my  ftate,  that  both 
She  and  I  at  this  prefent  flood  unfainedly  on  the 
Same  tearmes.  (the 

64      Do.  That   intemprat   furfeit   of  her   eye,  hath   diftemperd 
Other  fences,  they  may  returne  and  fettle  againe  to 
Execute  their  preordaind  faculties,  but  they  are 
Now  in  a  moft  extravagant  vagary.     This  you 

68  Muft  doe,  Confine  her  to  a  place,  where  the  light 
May  rather  feeme  to  fteale  in,  then  be  permitted ;  take 
Vpon  you  (yong  Sir  her  friend)  the  name  of 
Palamon,  fay  you  come  to  eate  with  her,  and  to 

72  Commune  of  Love  j  this  will  catch  her  attention,  for 
This  her  minde  beates  upon ;  other  objects  that  are 
Inferted  tweene  her  minde  and  eye,  become  the  prankes 
And  friskins  of  her  madnes ;  Sing  to  her,  fuch  greene 

76  Songs  of  Love,  as  fhe  fayes  Palamon  hath  fung  in 
Prifon ;   Come  to  her,  ftucke  in  as  fvveet  flowers,  as  the 
Seafon  is  miftres  of,  and  thereto  make  an  addition  of 
Som  other  compounded  odours,  which  are  grateful  to  the 

80  Sence .-  all  this  fhall  become  Palamon,  for  Palamon  can 
Sing,  and  Palamon  is  fweet,  and  ev'ry  good  thing,  defire 
To  eate  with  her,  crave  her,  drinke  to  her,  and  ftill 
Among,  intermingle  your  petition  of  grace  and  acceptance 

84  Into  her  favour  .•  Learne  what  Maides  have  beene  her 
Companions,  and  play-pheeres,  and  let  them  repaire  to 
Her  with  Palamon  irTtReir  mouthes,  and  appeare  with 
Tokens,  as  if  they  fuggefted  for  him,  It  is  a  falfehood 

88  She  is  in,  which  is  with  fafehoods  to  be  combated. 

This  may  bring  her  to  eate,  to  fleepe,  and  reduce  what's 
Now  out  of  fquare  in  her,  into  their  former  law,  and 

K  3  Regiment, 


70  The  Tii'O  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Regiment  j  I  have  feene  it  approved,  how  many  times  [IV.  3] 

I  know  not,  but  to  make  the  number  more,  I  have  92 

Great  hope  in  this.     I  will  betweene  the  paffnges  of 

This  proje6t,  come  in  with  my  applyance :  Let  us 

Put  it  in  execution  j  and  haften  the  fuccefle,  which  doubt  not 

Will  bring  forth  comfort.  Flori/h.  Exeunt.  96 


ASlus  Quintus.  [V.  T] 

Scaena  I.     Enter  Thejius,  Peritkous,  Hipolita,  attendants. 

Thef.  Now  let'em  enter,  and  before  the  gods 
Tender  their  holy  prayers  :   Let  the  Temples 
Burne  bright  with  facred  fires,  and  the  Altars 
In  hallowed  clouds  commend  their  fwelling  Incenfe  4 

To  thofe  above  us  .-   Let  no  due  be  wanting, 

Flori/h  of  Cornets. 

They  have  a  noble  worke  in  hand,  will  honour 
The  very  powers  that  love  'em. 

Enter  Palamon  and  Arcite,  and  their  Knights. 

Per    Sir  they  enter.  8 

The)'.  You  valiant  and  ftrong  harted  Enemies 
You  royall  German  foes,  that  this  day  come 
To  blow  that  nearenefle  out  that  flames  betweene  ye ; 
Lay  by  your  anger  for  an  houre,  and  dove-like  12 

Before  the  holy  Altars  of  your  helpers 
(The  all  feard  gods)  bow  downe  your  ftubborne  bodies, 
Your  ire  is  more  than  mortall ;  So  your  helpe  be, 
And  as  the  gods  regard  ye,  fight  with  luftice,  j<5 

I  le  leave  you  to  your  prayers,  and  betwixt  ye 
I  part  my  wifhes. 

Per.  Honour  crowne  the  worthieft. 

Exit  Thefeus,  and  his  traine. 

Pal.  The  glaffe  is  running  now  that  cannot  finifh  20 

Till  one  of  us  expire  :  Thinke  you  but  thus, 
That  were  there  ought  in  me  which  ftrove  to  mow 
Mine  enemy  in  this  bufineffe,  wer't  one  eye 
Againft  another :  Arme  oppreft  by  Arme  :  24 

I 


The  Two  Nobte  Kinfmen.  7 1 

[V.  i]  I  would  deftroy  th'offender,  Coz,  I  would 

Though  parcell  of  my  felfe  :  Then  from  this  gather 

How  I  Ihould  tender  you. 
28      Arc.  I  am  in  labour 

To  pufh  your  name,  your  auncient  love,  our  kindred 

Out  of  my  memory ;  and  i'th  felfe  fame  place 

To  feate  fomething  I  would  confound :   So  hoyft  we 
32  The  fayles,  that  muft  thefe  veflells  port  even  where 

The  heavenly  Lymiter  pleafes. 
Pal.   You  fpeake  well ; 

Before  I  turne,  Let  me  embrace  thee  Cofen 
36  This  I  fhall  never  doe  agen. 
Arc.  One  farewell. 
Pal.  Why  let  it  be  fo  :   Farewell  Coz. 

Exeunt  Palamon  and  his  Knights. 
Arc.  Farewell  Sir; 
40  Knights,  Kinfemen,  Lovers,  yea  my  Sacrifices 

True  worlhippers  of  Mars,  whofe  fpirit  in  you 

Expells  the  feedes  of  feare,  and  th'apprehenfion 

Which  ftill  is  farther  off  it,  Goe  with  me 
44  Before  the  god  of  our  profeflion  :  There 

Require  of  him  the  hearts  of  Lyons,  and 

The  breath  of  Tigers,  yea  the  fearceneire  too, 

Yea  the  fpeed  alfo,  to  goe  on,  I  meane  .- 
48  Elfe  wilh  we  to  be  Snayles ;  you  know  my  prize 

Muft  be  drag'd  out  of  blood,  force  and  great  feate 

Muft  put  my  Garland  on,  where  fhe  ftickes 

The  Queene  of  Flowers  :  our  interceflion  then 
32  Muft  be  to  him  that  makes  the  Campe,  a  Ceftron 

Brymd  with  the  blood  of  men  .•  give  me  your  aide 

And  bend  your  fpirits  towards  him.  They  kneele. 

Thou  mighty  one,  that  with  thy  power  haft  turnd 
56  Greene  Nepture  into  purple. 

Comets  prewarne,  whofe  havocke  in  vafte  Feild 

Vnearthed  skulls  proclaime,  whofe  breath  blowes  downe, 

The  teeming  Ceres  foyzon,  who  doft  plucke 
60  With  hand  armenypotent  from  forth  blew  clowdes, 

The  mafond  Turrets,  that  both  mak'ft,  and  break'ft 

The 


72  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

The  Itony  girthes  of  Citties  :  me  thy  puple,  [V.  i] 

Yongeft  follower  of  thy  Drom,  inftrucT:  this  day 

With  military  skill,  that  to  thy  lawde  64 

I  may  advance  my  Streamer,  and  by  thee, 

Be  ftil'd  the  Lord  o'th  day,  give  me  great  Mars 

Some  token  of  thy  pleafure. 

Here  they  fall  on  their  faces  as  formerly,  and  there  is  heard 

clanging   of  Armor,  with  a  Jliort  Thunder  as  the  lurfl  of 

a  Battaile,  whereupon  they  all  rife  and  low  to  the  Altar. 
O  Great  Corrector  of  enormous  times,  68 

Shaker  of  ore-rank  States,  thou  grand  decider 
Of  duftie,  and  old  tytles,  that  healft  with  blood 
The  earth  when  it  is  ficke,  and  curft  the  world 
O'th  plurefie  of  people;  I  doe  take  72 

Thy  fignes  aufpicioufly,  and  in  thy  name 

To  my  defigne  ;  march  boldly,  let  us  goe.  Exeunt. 

Enter   Palawan    and    his   Knights,   with    the  former    ob/er- 

vance. 

Pal.  Our  ftars  muft  glifter  with  new  fire,  or  be 
To  daie  extin6t ;  our  argument  is  love,  76 

Which  if  the  goddefle  of  it  grant,  me  gives 
Victory  too,  then  blend  your  fpirits  wiih  mine, 
You,  whole  free  noblenefie  doe  make  my  caufe 
Your  peribnall  hazard  ;  to  the  goddefle  Venus  80 

Commend  we  our  proceeding,  and  implore 
Her  power  unto  our  partie.  Here  they  kneele  as  formerly. 

Haile  Soveraigne  Queene  of  fecrets,  who  haft  power 
To  call  the  feirceft  Tyrant  from  his  rage  ;  84 

And  weepe  unto  a  Girle ;  that  ha'ft  the  might 
Even  with  an  ey-glance,  to  choke  Mar/is  Drom 
And  turne  th'allarme  to  whifpers,  that  canft  make 
A  Criple  floriih  with  his  Crutch,  and  cure  him  88 

Before  Apollo ;  that  may'ft  force  the  King 
To  be  his  fubje6ts  vaflaile,  and  induce 
Stale  gravitie  to  daunce,  the  pould  Bachelour 
Whofe  youth  like  wanton  Boyes  through  Bonfyres  02 

Have  skipt  thy  flame,  at  feaventy,  thou  canft  catch 
And  make  him  to  the  fcorne  of  his  hoarfe  throate 

Abufe 


The  Tivo  Nolle  Kinfmen.  73 

[V.  i]  Abufe  yong  laies  of  love;  what  godlike  power 
96  Haft  thou  not  power  upon  ?  To  Phoebus  thou 

Add'ft  flames,  hotter  then  his  the  heavenly  fyres 

Did  fcortch  his  mortall  Son,  thine  him  ;  the  huntreffe 

All  moyft  and  cold,  fome  fay  began  to  throw 
100  Her  Bow  away,  and  figh :  take  to  thy  grace 

Me  thy  vowd  Souldier,  who  doe  beare  thy  yoke 

As  t'wer  a  wreath  of  Rofes,  yet  is  heavier 

Then  Lead  it  felfe,  flings  more  than  Nettles ; 
104  I  have  never  beene  foule  mouthd  againft  thy  law, 

Nev'r  reveald  fecret,  for  I  knew  none ;  would  not 

Had  I  kend  all  that  were ;  I  never  praftifed 

Vpon  mans  wife,  nor  would  the  Libells  reade 
1 08  Of  liberall  wits  :  I  never  at  great  feaftes 

Sought  to  betray  a  Beautie,  but  have  blufh'd 

At  fimpring  Sirs  that  did :  I  have  beene  harfh 

To  large  ConfelTbrs,  and  have  hotly  ask'd  them 
i  ra  If  they  had  Mothers,  I  had  one,  a  woman, 

And  women  t'wer  they  wrong'd.     I  knew  a  man 

Of  eightie  winters,  this  I  told  them,  who 

A  Lalfe  of  foureteene  brided;twas  thy  power 
116  To  put  life  into  duft,  the  aged  Crampe 

Had  fcrew'd  his  fquare  foote  round, 

The  Gout  had  knit  his  fingers  into  knots, 

Torturing  Convulfions  from  his  globie  eyes, 
1 20  Had  almoft  drawne  their  fpheeres,  that  what  was  life 

In  him  feem'd  torture  :  this  Anatomie 

Had  by  his  yong  faire  pheare  a  Boy,  and  I 

Beleev'd  it  was  his,  for  fhe  fwore  it  was, 
124  And  who  would  not  beleeve  her?  briefe  I  am 

To  thofe  that  prate  and  have  done ;  no  Companion 

To  thofe  that  boaft  and  have  not  j  a  defyer 

To  thofe  that  would  and  cannot ;  a  Rejoycer, 
128  Yea  him  I  doe  not  love,  that  tells  clofe  offices 

The  fowleft  way,  nor  names  concealements  in 

The  boldeft  language,  fuch  a  one  I  am, 

And  vow  that  lover  never  yet  made  figh 
132  Truer  then  I.     O  then  moft  foft  fweet  goddelTTe 

L  Give 


74  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen, 

Give  me  the  vi&ory  of  this  queftion,  which  [V.  i] 

Is  true  loves  merit,  and  blefle  me  with  a  figne 

Of  thy  great  pleafure. 

Here    Mujicke   is    heard,    Doves    are  feene    to  flutter,    they 

fall  againe  upon  their  faces,  then  on  their  knees. 
Pal.  O  thou  that  from  eleven,  to  ninetie  raign'ft  l^ 

In  mortall  bofomes,  whofe  chafe  is  this  world 

And  we  in  heards  thy  game ;  I  give  thee  thankes 

For  this  faire  Token,  which  being  layd  unto 

Mine  innocent  true  heart,  armes  in  alTiirance  They  low.  140 

My  body  to  this  bufineffe .-  Let  us  rife 

And  bow  before  the  goddeffe  :  Time  comes  on  :  Exeunt. 

Still  Mujicke  of  Records. 

Enter  Emilia  in  white,  her  haire  about  her  JJioulders,  a  whea- 
ten  wreath:  One  in  white  holding  up  her  traine,  her  haire 
Jlucke  with  flowers :  One  before  her  carrying  a  filver 
Hynde,  in  whic  his  conveyd  Incenfe  and  fweet  odours, 
which  being  fet  upon  the  Altar  her  maides  Jlanding  a 
loofe,Jliefetsflre  to  it,  then  they  curtfey  and  kneele. 
Emilia.  O  facred,  fhadowie,  cold  and  conflant  Queene, 

Abandoner  of  Revells,  mute  contemplative,  144 

Sweet,  folitary,  white  as  chafte,  and  pure 

As  windefand  Snow,  who  to  thy  femall  knights 

Alow'ft  no  more  blood  than  will  make  a  blum, 

Which  is  their  orders  robe.     I  heere  thy  Prieft  148 

Am  humbled  fore  thine  Altar,  O  vouchfafe 

With  that  thy  rare  greene  eye,  which  never  yet 

Beheld  thing  maculate,  looke  on  thy  virgin, 

And  facred  filver  Miflris,  lend  thine  eare  jij2 

(Which  nev'r  heard  fcurrill  terme,  into  whofe  port 

Ne're  entred  wanton  found,)  to  my  petition 

Seafoud  with  holy  feare ;  This  is  my  lait 

Of  veftall  office,  I  am  bride  habited,  l  -^ 

But  mayden  harted,  a  husband  I  have  pointed, 

But  doe  not  know  him,  out  of  two,  I  fhould 

Choofe  one,  and  pray  for  his  fucccfle,  but  I 

Am  guiltlefle  of  election  of  mine  eyes,  i$0 

Were  I  to  loofe  one,  they  are  equall  precious, 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  75 

[V.  i]  I  could  doombe  neither,  that  which  perifh'd  mould 

Goe  too't  unfentenc'd  :  Therefore  moft  modeft  Queene, 
164  He  of  the  two  Pretenders,  that  beft  loves  me 
And  has  the  trueft  title  in't,  Let  him 
Take  off  my  wheaten  Gerland,  or  elfe  grant 
The  fyle  and  qualitie  I  hold,  I  may 
168  Continue  in  thy  Band. 

Here    the    Hynde    vani/hes    under    the    Altar:     and    in    the 

place  afcends  a  Rofe  Tree,  having  one  Rofe  upon  it. 
See  what  our  Generall  of  Ebbs  and  Flowes 
Out  from  the  bowells  of  her  holy  Altar 
With  facred  act  advances  :  But  one  Rofe, 
T72  If  well  infpird,  this  Battaile  ftial  confound 

Both  thefe  brave  Knights,  and  I  a  virgin  flowre 

Muft  grow  alone  unpluck'd. 

Here   is    heard    a  fodaine   twang    of    Injlruments,   and    the 

Rofe  fah  from  the  Tree. 

The  flowre  is  falne,  the  Tree  defcends  :  O  Miftris 
r?6  Thou  here  difchargeft  me,  I  mall  be  gather'd, 
I  thinke  fo,  but  I  know  not  thine  owne  will ; 
Vnclafpe  thy  Mifterie  :   I  hope  (he's  pleas' d, 
Her  Signes  were  gratious. 

They  curtfey  and  Exeunt. 

[V.  a]  Scaena   2.     Enter   DoSlor,    laylor    and    Wooer,   in    halite   of 
Palamon. 

DoB.  Has  this  advice  I  told  you,  done  any  good  upon  her  ? 
Wooer.  O  very  much ;  The  maids  that  hept  her  company 
Have   halfe  perfwaded  her  that  I  am   Palamon;    within  this 
4  Halfe  houre  Ihe  came  fmiling  to  me,  and  asked  me  what  I 
Would  eate,  and  when  I  would  kiffe  her  :  I  told  her 
Prefently,  and  kift  her  twice. 

Dott.  Twas  well  done ;  twentie  times  had  bin  far  better, 
8  For  there  the  cure  lies  mainely 

Wooer.  Then  (he  told  me 

She  would  watch  with  me  to  night,  for  well  (he  knew 
What  houre  my  fit  would  take  me. 
1 2      Do6l.  Let  her  doe  fo, 

And  when  your  fit  comes,  fit  her  home, 

L  2  And 


76  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

And  prefently.  [V.  2] 

Wooer.  She  would  have  me  fing. 

Do&or.  You  did  fo  ?  16 

Wooer.  No. 

Dofl.  Twas  very  ill  done  then, 
You  fhould  obferve  her  ev'ry  way. 

Wooer.  Alas  20 

I  have  no  voice  Sir,  to  confirme  her  that  way. 

Doflor.  That's  all  one,  if  yee  make  a  noyte, 
If  (he  intreate  againe,  doe  any  thing, 
Lye  with  her  if  {he  aske  you.  24 

laylor.  Hoa  there  Do6lor. 

Doftor.  Yes  in  the  waie  of  cure. 

laylor  But  firft  by  your  leave 
I'th  way  of  honeftie.  28 

Doftor.  That's  but  a  nicenefle, 
Nev'r  caft  your  child  away  for  honeftie  ; 
Cure  her  firft  this  way,  then  if  fhee  will  be 
She  has  the  path  before  her.  32 

laylor.  Thanke  yee  Do6lor. 

Do&or.  Pray  bring  her  in 
And  let's  fee  how  fhee  is. 

laylor.  I  will,  and  tell  her  36 

Her  Palamon  ftaies  for  her :  But  Do£lor, 
Me  thinkes  you  are  i'th  wrong  itill.  Exit  laylor. 

Doft.  Goe,  goe  .-  you  Fathers  are  fine  Fooles  :  her  honefty  ? 
And  we  fhould  give  her  phyficke  till  we  finde  that :  40 

Wooer.  Why,  doe  you  thinke  {he  is  not  honeft  Sir  ? 

Do£lor.  How  old  is  fhe  ? 

Wooer.  She's  eighteene. 

Do6lor.  She  may  be,  44 

But  that's  all  one,  tis  nothing  to  our  purpofe, 
What  ere  her  Father  faies,  if  you  perceave 
Her  moode  inclining  that  way  that  I  fpoke  of 
Videlicet,  the  way  offlejh,  you  have  me.  ^3 

Wooer.  Yet  very  well  Sir. 

Do£ior.  Pleafe  her  appetite 
And  doe  it  home,  it  cures  her  ipfo  facto, 

The 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  77 

[V.  2]  The  mellencholly  humour  that  infefts  her. 
Wooer.  I  am  of  your  minde  Doftor. 

Enter  laylor,  Daughter,  Maide. 

Docter.  You'l  finde  it  fo ;  me  comes,  pray  honour  her. 
laylor.  Come,  your  Love  Palamon  ftaies  for  you  childe, 
56  And  has  done  this  long  houre,  to  vifite  you. 

Daughter.  I  thanke  him  for  his  gentle  patience, 
jje's  a  kind  Gentleman,  and  I  am  much  bound  to  him, 
Djd  you  nev'r  fee  the  horfe  he  gave  me  ? 
60      laylor.  Yes. 

Daugh.  How  doe  you  like  him  ? 
laylor.  He's  a  very  faire  one. 
Daugh.  You  never  faw  him  dance  ? 
64      laylor.  No. 

Daugh.  I  have  often. 
He  daunces  very  finely,  very  comely, 
And  for  a  ligge,  come  cut  and  long  taile  to  him, 
68  He  turnes  ye  like  a  Top. 

laylor.  That's  fine  indeede. 

Daugh.  Hee'l  dance  the  Morris  twenty  mile  an  houre, 
And  that  will  founder  the  bell  hobby-horfe 
72  (If  I  have  any  skill)  in  all  the  pariih, 
And  gallops  to  the  turne  of  Light  a' love, 
What  thinke  you  of  this  horfe  ? 
laylor.  Having  thefe  vertues 
76  I  thinke  he  might  be  broght  to  play  at  Tennis. 
Daugh.  Alas  that's  nothing. 
laylor.  Can  he  write  and  reade  too. 
Daugh.  A  very  faire  hand,  and  cafls  himfelfe  th'accounts 
80  Of  all  his  hay  and  provender  .•  That  Hoftler 
Muft  rife  betime  that  cozens  him ;  you  know 
The  Cheftnut  Mare  the  Duke  has  ? 

laylor.  Very  well. 

84      Daugh.  She  is  horribly  in  love  with  him,  poore  beaft, 
But  he  is  like  his  matter  coy  and  fcornefull. 
laylor.  What  dowry  has  {he  ? 
Daugh.  Some  two  hundred  Bottles, 
88      And  twenty  ftrike  of  Gates ;  but  hee'l  ne're  have  herj 

He 


7 8  The  Two  Noble  Kin/men. 

He  lifpes  in's  neighing  able  to  entice  [V.  2] 

A  Millars  Mare, 

Hee'l  be  the  death  of  her. 

DoBor.  What  ftufle  ihe  utters  ?  pa 

laylor.  Make  curtfie,  here  your  love  comes. 

Wooer.  Pretty  foule 
How  doe  ye  ?  that's  a  fine  maide,  ther's  a  curtfie. 

Daugh.  Yours  to  command  ith  way  of  honeftiej  96 

How  far  is't  now  to'th  end  o'th  world  my  Matters  ? 

DoSlor.  Why  a  daies  lorney  wench. 

Daugh.  Will  you  goe  with  me  ? 

Wooer.  What  lhall  we  doe  there  wench  ?  100 

Daugh.  Why  play  at  ftoole  ball, 
What  is  there  elfe  to  doe  ? 

Wooer.  I  am  content 
If  we  (hall  keepe  our  wedding  there.-  104 

Daugh.  Tis  true 

For  there  I  will  affure  you,  we  mall  finde 
Some  blind  Prieft  for  the  purpofe,  that  will  venture 
To  marry  us,  for  here  they  are  nice,  and  fooliih  j  108 

Befides  my  father  muft  be  hang'd  to  morrow 
And  that  would  be  a  blot  i'th  bufineffe 
Are  not  you  Palamon  ? 

Wooer.  Doe  not  you  know  me  ?  iI2 

Daugh.  Yes,  but  you  care  not  for  me  ;  I  have  nothing 
But  this  pore  petticoate,  and  too  corfe  Smockes. 

Wooer.  That's  all  one,  I  will  have  you. 

Daugh.  Will  you  furely  ?  ri6 

Wooer.  Yes  by  this  faire  hand  will  I. 

Daugh.  Wee'l  to  bed  then. 

Wooer.  Ev'n  when  you  will. 

Daugh.  O  Sir,  you  would  faine  be  nibling.  120 

Wooer.  Why  doe  you  rub  my  kiffe  off  ? 

Daugh.  Tis  a  fweet  one, 

And  will  perfume  me  finely  againft  the  wedding. 
Is  not  this  your  Cofen  Ardte  ?  124 

Do£lor.  Yes  fweet  heart, 
And  I  am  glad  my  Cofen  Palamon 

Has 


The  Two  Nolle  Kiiifmen.  79 

[V.  2]  Has  made  fo  faire  a  choice. 

128      Daugh.  Doe  you  thinke  hee'l  have  me  ? 
Doctor.  Yes  without  doubt. 
Daugh.  Doe  you  thinke  fo  too  ? 

laylor.  Yes.  (growne, 

132      Daugh.  We   mall   have    many  children  :    Lord,  how   y'ar 
My  Palamon  I  hope  will  grow  too  finely 
Now  he's  at  liberty  .-  Alas  poore  Chicken 
He  was  kept  downe  with  hard  meate,  and  ill  lodging 
136  But  ile  kifle  him  up  againe. 

Enter  a  Meffenger. 

Meff.      What  doe  you  here,  you'l  loole  the  nobleft  fight 
That  ev'r  was  feene. 

laylor.  Are  they  i'th  Field  ? 
140      Me[}\  They  are 

You  beare  a  charge  there  too. 

laylor.  Ile  away  ftraight 
I  muft  ev'n  leave  you  here. 
144      Docter.  Nay  wee'l  goe  with  you, 
I  will  not  loofe  the  Fight.     ' 
laylor.  How  did  you  like  her  ? 
Do6lor.  Ile  warrant  you  within  thefe  3.  or  4.  daies 
148  Ile  make  her  right  againe.     You  muft  not  from  her 
But  ftill  preferve  her  in  this  way. 
Wooer.  I  will. 
Doc.  Lets  get  her  in. 

i$2       Wooer.  Come  fweete  wee'l  goe  to  dinner 
And  then  weele  play  at  Gardes. 
Daugh.  And  mall  we  kifle  too  ? 
Wooer.  A  hundred  times 
156      Daugh.  And  twenty. 
Wooer.  I  and  twenty. 
Daugh.  And  then  wee'l  fleepe  together. 
Doc.  Take  her  offer. 
160       Wooer.  Yes  marry  will  we. 

Daugh.  But  you  ihall  not  hurt  me. 
Wooer.  I  will  not  fweete. 

Daugh.  If  you  doe  (Love)  ile  cry.  Flori/h  Exeunt. 

Scaena. 


8o  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Seaena  3.    Enter   Thefeus,   Hipolita,   Emilia,  Perithousi    and  [V.  3] 

fame  Attendants,  T.  Tucke  :   Curtis. 

Emit.  He  no  ftep  further. 

Per.  Will  you  loofe  this  fight  ? 

Emil.  I  had  rather  fee  a  wren  hawke  at  a  fly 
Then  this  decifion  ev'ry ;  blow  that  falls  4 

Threats  a  brave  life,  each  ftroake  laments 
The  place  whereon  it  fals,  and  founds  more  like 
A  Bell,  then  blade  .•  I  will  flay  here, 

It  is  enough  my*  hearing  fhall  be  punifhd,  8 

With  what  fhall  happen,  gainft  the  which  there  is 
No  deaffing,  but  to  beare  j  not  taint  mine  eye 
With  dread  fights,  it  may  fhun. 

Pir.  Sir,  my  good  Lord  12 

Your  Sifter  will  no  further. 

Thef.  Oh  me  muft. 

She  mall  fee  deeds  of  honour  in  their  kinde, 

Which  fometime  fhow  well  pencild.     Nature  now  16 

Shall  make,  and  a<5t  the  Story,  the  beleife 
Both  feald  with  eye,  and  eare ;  you  muft  be  prefent, 
You  are  the  viftours  meede,  the  price,  and  garlond 
To  crowne  the  Queflions  title.  20 

Emil.  Pardon  me, 
If  I  were  there,  I'ld  winke 

Thef.  You  muft  be  there  ; 

This  Tryall  is  as  t'wer  i'th  night,  and  you  24 

The  onely  ftar  to  fhine. 

Emil.  I  am  extin6t, 

There  is  but  envy  in  that  light,  which  fhowes 
The  one  the  other  :  darkenes  which  ever  was  28 

The  dam  of  horrour,  who  do's  ftand  accurft 
Of  many  mortall  Millions,  may  even  now 
By  cafting  her  blacke  mantle  over  both 

That  neither  could  finde  other,  get  her  felfe  32 

Some  part  of  a  good  name,  and  many  a  murther 
Set  off  wherto  fhe's  guilty. 

Hip.  You  muft  goe. 

Emil,  In  faith  I  will  not.  36 

Thef. 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  81 

[V  3]      Thef.  Why  the  knights  muft  kindle 

Their  valour  at  your  eye  .-  know  of  this  war 

You  are  the  Treafure,  and  muft  needes  be  by 
40  To  give  the  Service  pay. 
Emil,  Sir  pardon  me, 

The  tytle  of  a  kingdome  may  be  tride 

Out  of  it  felfe. 
44      Thef.  Well,  well  then,  at  your  pleafure, 

Thofe  that  remaine  with  you,  could  wim  their  office 

To  any  of  their  Enemies. 

Hip.  Farewell  Sifter, 
48  I  am  like  to  know  your  husband  fore  your  felfe 

By  fome  fmall  ftart  of  time,  he  whom  the  gods 

Doe  of  the  two  know  beft,  I  pray  them  he 

Be  made  your  Lot. 

Exeunt  Thefeus,  Hipolita,  Perithous,  &c. 
52      Emil.  Arcite  is  gently  vifagd  ;  yet  his  eye 

Is  like  an  Engyn  bent,  or  a  fharpe  weapon 

In  a  foft  fheath  ;  mercy,  and  manly  courage 

Are  bedfellowes  in  his  vifage  :  Palamon 
56  Has  a  moft  menacing  afpecl:,  his  brow 

Is  grav'd,  and  feemes  to  bury  what  it  frownes  on, 

Yet  fometime  tis  not  fo,  but  alters  to 

The  quallity  of  his  thoughts  ;  long  time  his  eye 
60  Will  dwell  upon  his  obje6t.     Mellencholly 

Becomes  him  nobly;   So  do's  Arcites  mirth, 

But  Palamons  fadnes  is  a  kinde  of  mirth, 

So  mingled,  as  if  mirth  did  make  him  fad, 
64  And  fadnes,  merry  ;  thofe  darker  humours  that 

Sticke  misbecomingly  on  others,  on  them 

Live  in  faire  dwelling. 

Cornets.  Trompets  found  as  to  a  charge, 

Harke  how  yon  fpurs  to  fpirit  doe  incite 
68  The  Princes  to  their  proofe,  Arcite  may  win  me, 

And  yet  may  Palamon  wound  Arcite  to 

The  fpoyling  of  his  figure.     O  what  pitty 

Enough  for  fuch  a  chance ;  if  I  were  by 
72  I  might  doe  hurt,  for  they  would  glance  their  eies 

M  Toward 

a— Qi.  6 


8 a  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

Toward  my  Seat,  and  in  that  motion  might  [V.  3] 

Omit  a  ward,  or  forfeit  an  offence 

Which  crav'd  that  very  time .-  it  is  much  better 

(Cornets,  a  great  cry  and  noice  within  crying  a  Palamon.) 

1  am  not  there,  oh  better  never  borne  76 

Then  minifter  to  fuch  harme,  what  is  the  chance  ? 

Enter  Servant. 

Ser.  The  Crie's  a  Palamon. 

Emil.  Then  he  has  won  .-  Twas  ever  likely, 

He  lookd  all  grace  and  fuccefie,  and  he  is  80 

Doubtlelfe  the  prim'ft  of  men  :  J  pre'thee  run 
And  tell  me  how  it  goes. 

Showl,  and  Cornets  :   Crying  a  Palamon. 

Ser.  Still  Palamon. 

Emit.  Run  and  enquire,  poore  Servant  thou  haft  loft,  84 

Vpon  my  right  fide  ftill  I  wore  thy  picture, 
Palamons  on  the  leff,  why  fo,  I  know  not, 
I  had  no  end  in't ;  elfe  chance  would  have  it  fo. 

Another  cry,  andJJiowt  within,  and  Cornets. 

On  the  linifter  fide,  the  heart  lyes  ;   Palamon  88 

Had  the  beft  boding  chance  .-  This  burft  of  clamour 
Is  fure  th'end  o'th  Combat.  Enter  Servant. 

Ser.  They  faide  that  Palamon  had  Arcites  body 
Within  an  inch  o'th  Pyramid,  that  the  cry  p2 

Was  generall  a  Palamon  ;  But  anon, 
Th'Afliftants  made  a  brave  redemption,  and 
The  two  bold  Tytlers,  at  this  inftant  are 
Hand  to  hand  at  it.  n<5 

Emil.  Were  they  metamorphifd 
Both  into  one  ;  oh  why  ?  there  were  no  woman 
Worth  fo  compofd  a  Man  :  their  fingle  (hare, 

Their  noblenes  peculier  to  them,  gives  IOO 

The  prejudice  of  difparity  values  fhortnes 

Cornets.   Cry  within,  Arcite,  Arcite. 

To  any  Lady  breathing More  exulting  ? 

Palamon  ftill  ? 

Ser.  Nay,  now  the  found  is  Arcite.  104 

Emil.  I  pre'thee  lay  attention  to  the  Cry. 

Cornets, 


The  Two  Noble  Kin f men.  83 

[V.  3]  Cornets,  a  greats/howl  and  cry,  Arcite,  victory. 

Set  both  thine  eares  to'th  bufines. 

Ser.  The  cry  is 
1 08  Arcite,  and  vi&ory,  harke  Arcite,  victory, 

The  Combats  confummation  is  proclaim'd 

By  the  wind  Inftruments. 
Emil.  Halfe  fights  faw 
112  That  Arcite  was  no  babe  ;  god's  lyd,  his  richnes 

And  coftlines  of  fpirit  look't  through  him,  it  could 

No  more  be  hid  in  him,  then  fire  in  flax, 

Then  humble  banckes  can  goe  to  law  -with  waters, 
1 16  That  drift  windes,  force  to  raging :  I  did  thinke 

Good  Palamon  would  mifcarry,  yet  I  knew  not 

Why  I  did  thinke  fo ;  Our  reafons  are  not  prophets 

When  oft  our  fancies  are  :  They  are  comming  off.- 
1 20  Alas  poore  Palamon.  Cornets. 

Enter    Thefeus,    Hipolita,    Pirithous,    Arcite    as    vic~lor,    and 
attendants,  &c. 
Thef.  Lo,  where  our  Sifter  is  in  expectation, 

Yet  quaking,  and  unfetled :   Faireft  Emily, 

The  gods  by  their  divine  arbitrament 
124  Have  given  you  this  Knight,  he  is  a  good  one 

As  ever  ftrooke  at  head  :   Give  me  your  hands  ; 

Receive  you  her,  you  him,  be  plighted  with 

A  love  that  growes,  as  you  decay ; 
128       Arcite.  Emily, 

To  buy  you,  I  have  loft  what's  deereft  to  me, 

Save  what  is  bought,  and  yet  I  purchaie  cheapely, 

As  I  doe  rate  your  value. 
132       Thef.  O  loved  Sifter, 

He  fpeakes  now  of  as  brave  a  Knight  as  ere 

Did  fpur  a  noble  Steed  ."   Surely  the  gods 

Would  have  him  die  a  Batchelour,  leaft  his  race 
136  Should  {hew  i'th  world  too  godlike  .•  His  behaviour 

So  charmd  me,  that  me  thought  Alcides  was 

To  him  a  fow  of  lead  :  if  I  could  praife 

Each  part  of  him  to'th  alljl  have  fpoke,  your  Arcite 
140  Did  not  loofe  by't ;  For  he  that  was  thus  good 

M  2  Encountred 


84  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

Encountred  yet  his  Better,  I  have  heard  [V.  3] 

Two  emulous  Philomels,  beate  the  eare  o'th  night 

With  their  contentious  throates,  now  one  the  higher, 

Anon  the  other,  then  againe  the  firft,  144 

And  by  and  by  out  breafted,  that  the  fence 

Could  not  be  judge  betweene  'em  :  So  it  far'd 

Good  fpace  betweene  thefe  kinefmen  j  till  heavens  did 

Make  hardly  one  the  winner  :  weare  the  Girlond  148 

With  joy  that  you  have  won  :  For  the  fubdude, 

Give  them  our  prefent  luftice,  fince  I  know 

Their  lives  but  pinch  'em  ;  Let  it  here  be  done  : 

The  Sceane's  not  for  our  feeing,  goe  we  hence,  152 

Right  joyfull,  with  fome  forrow.     Arme  your  prize, 

I  know  you  will  not  loofe  her  :   Hipolita 

I  fee  one  eye  of  yours  conceives  a  teare 

The  which  it  will  deliver.  Flori/h.  156 

Emil.  Is  this  wynning  r 

Oh  all  you  heavenly  powers  where  is  you  mercy  ? 
But  that  your  wils  have  faide  it  muft  be  fo, 

And  charge  me  live  to  comfort  this  unfriended,  160 

This  miferable  Prince,  that  cuts  away 
A  life  more  worthy  from  him,  then  all  women  j 
I  fhould,  and  would  die  too. 

Hip.  Infinite  pitty  164 

That  fowre  fuch  eies  mould  be  fo  fixd  on  one 
That  two  muft  needes  be  blinde  fort. 

Thef.  So  it  is.  Exeunt. 

Scaena  4.   Enter  Palamon  and  his  Knightes  pyniond :  lay  lor,  [V.  4] 

Executioner  6°c.  Card. 
Ther's  many  a  man  alive,  that  hath  out  liv'd 
The  love  o'th  people,  yea  i'th  felfefame  ftate 
Stands  many  a  Father  with  his  childe  ;  fome  comfort 
We  have  by  fo  confidering  :  we  expire  4 

And  not  without  mens  pitty.     To  live  ftill, 
Have  their  good  wifhes,  we  prevent 
The  loathfome  mifery  of  age,  beguile 

The  Gowt  and  Rheume,  that  in  lag  howres  attend  8 

For  grey  approaches  j  we  come  towards  the  gods 

Yung 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  85 

[V.  4]  Yong,  and  unwapper'd  not,  halting  under  Crymes 

Many  and  Hale  .•  that  fure  mall  pleafe  the  gods 
12  Sooner  than  luch,  to  give  us  Ne&ar  with  'em, 

For  we  are  more  cleare  Spirits.     My  deare  kinfemen. 

Whole  lives  (for  this  poore  comfort)  are  laid  downe, 

You  have  fould  'em  too  too  cheape. 
16      i     K.  What  ending  could  be 

Of  more  content  ?  ore  us  the  vi6tors  have 

Fortune,  whole  title  is  as  momentary, 

As  to  us  death  is  certaine  .•  A  graine  of  honour 
20  They  not  ore'-weigh  us. 

2.   K.  Let  us  bid  farewell ; 

And  with  our  patience,  anger  tottring  Fortune, 

Who  at  her  certain'ft  reeles. 
24      3.   K.  Come  ?  who  begins  ? 

Pal.  Ev'n  he  that  led  you  to  this  Banket,  {hall 

Tafte  to  you  all  :  ah  ha  my  Friend,  my  Friend, 

Your  gentle  daughter  gave  me  freedome  once  ; 
28  You'l  fee't  done  now  for  ever :  pray  how  do'es  flie  ? 

I  heard  fhe  was  not  well  j  her  kind  of  ill 

gave  me  fome  forrow. 

laylor.  Sir  {he's  well  reftor'd, 
32  And  to  be  marryed  {hortly. 
Pal  By  my  fhort  life 

I  am  moft  glad  on't ;  Tis  the  lateft  thing 

I  fhall  be  glad  of,  pre'thee  tell  her  fo  .- 
36  Commend  me  to  her,  and  to  peece  her  portion 

Tender  her  this. 

1.  K.  Nay  lets  be  offerers  all. 

2.  K.  Is  it  a  maide  ? 
40      Pal.  Verily  I  thinke  fo, 

A  right  good  creature,  more  to  me  deferring 
Then  I  can  quight  or  fpeake  of. 

All  K.  Commend  us  to  her.  They  give  their  purfes. 

44      laylor.  The  gods  requight  you  all, 
And  make  her  thankefull. 

Pal.  Adiew ;  and  let  my  life  be  now  as  fliort, 
As  my  leave  taking.  Lies  on  the  Blocke. 

M3  i.  A'. 


86  The  Tiro  Nolle  Kinfmen. 

i.  AT.  Leade  couragiour  Cofin.  [V.  4] 

i.  2.  A^.  Wee'l  follow  cheerefully. 

A  great  noife  within  crying,  run,  fave  hold : 
Enter  in  haft  a  Meffenger. 

Meffl  Hold,  hold,  O  hold,  hold,  hold. 

Enter  Pirithous  in  hafte. 

Pir.  Hold  hoa  :  It  is  a  curfed  haft  you  made 
If  you  have  done  fo  quickly  :  noble  Palamon,  52 

The  gods  will  {hew  their  glory  in  a  life. 
That  thou  art  yet  to  leade. 

Pal.  Can  that  be, 
When  Venus  I  have  faid  is  falfe  ?  How  doe  things  Fare  ?  56 

Pir.  Arife  great  Sir,  and  give  the  tydings  eare 
That  are  moft  early  fweet,  and  bitter. 

Pal.  What 
Hath  wakt  us  from  our  dreame  ?  60 

Pir.  Lift  then  :  your  Cofen 
Mounted  upon  a  Steed  that  Emily 
Did  firft  beftow  on  him,  a  blacke  one,  owing 
Not  a  hayre  worth  of  white,  which  fome  will  fay  64 

Weakens  his  price,  and  many  will  not  buy 
His  goodnefie  with  this  note  :  Which  fuperftition 
Heere  findes  allowance  :  On  this  horfe  is  Arcite 
Trotting  the  ftones  of  Athens,  which  the  Calkins  68 

Did  rather  tell,  then  trample  ;  for  the  horfe 
Would  make  his  length  a  mile,  if t  pleafd  his  Rider 
To  put  pride  in  him :  as  he  thus  went  counting 
The  flinty  pavement,  dancing  as  t'wer  to'th  Muficke  72 

His  owne  hootes  made ;   (for  as  they  fay  from  iron 
Came  Mufickes  origen)  what  envious  Flint, 
Cold  as  old  Saturne,  and  like  him  pofleft 

With  fire  malevolent,  darted  a  Sparke  76 

Or  what  feirce  fulphur  elfe,  to  this  end  made, 
I  comment  not ;  the  hot  horfe,  hot  as  fire 
Tooke  Toy  at  this,  and  fell  to  what  diforder 

His  power  could  give  his  will,  bounds,  comes  on  end,  80 

Forgets  fchoole  dooing,  being  therein  traind, 
And  of  kind  mannadge,  pig-like  he  whines 

At 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  87 

[V.  4]  At  the  fharpe  Rowell,  which  he  freats  at  rather 
84  Then  any  jot  obaies;  feekes  all  foule  meanes 
Of  boyftrous  and  rough  ladrie,  to  dif-feate 
His  Lord,  that  kept  it  bravely  :  when  nought  ferv'd, 
When    neither  Curb   would   cracke,  girthbreake  nor  diffring 
88  Dif-roote  his  Rider  whence  ne  grew,  but  that  (plunges 

He  kept  him  tweene  his  legges,  on  his  hind  hoofes 

on  end  he  ftands 

That  Arcites  leggs  being  higher  then  his  head 
92  Seem'd  with  ftrange  art  to  hang.-  His  viclors  wreath 
Even  then  fell  off  his  head  :  and  prefently 
Backeward  the  lade  comes  ore,  and  his  full  poyze 
Becomes  the  Riders  loade  :  yet  is  he  living, 
96  But  fuch  a  veflell  tis,  that  floates  but  for 

The  furge  that  next  approaches .-  he  much  defires 
To  have  fome  fpeech  with  you  :   Loe  he  appeares. 

Enter  Thefeus,  Hipolita,  Emilia,  Arcite,  in  a  chaire. 
Pal.  O  miferable  end  of  our  alliance 
100  The  gods  are  mightie  Arcite,  if  thy  heart, 
Thy  worthie,  manly  heart  be  yet  unbroken 
Give  me  thy  laft  words,  I  am  Palamon, 
One  that  yet  loves  thee  dying. 
104      Arc.  Take  Emilia 

And  with  her,  all  the  worlds  joy  .•  Reach  thy  hand 
Farewell  :  I  have  told  my  laft  houre  ;  I  was  falJe, 
Yet  never  treacherous  :   Forgive  me  Cofen  : 
108  One  kifle  from  faire  Emilia  :  Tis  done  : 
Take  her  .-  I  die. 

Pal.  Thy  brave  foule  feeke  Elizium.  (thee, 

Emit.  He  clofe  thine  eyes   Prince ;   blefled  foules  be   with 
112  Thou  art  a  right  good  man,  and  while  I  live, 
This  day  I  give  to  teares. 
Pal.  And  I  to  honour. 

Thef.  In  this  place  firft  you  fought :  ev'n  very  here 
li 6  I  fundred  you,  acknowledge  to  the  gods 
Our  thankes  that  you  are  living  : 
His  part  is  playd,  and  though  it  were  too  fhort 
He  did  it  well :  your  day  is  lengthned,  and, 

The 


88  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 

The  bliflefull  dew  of  heaven  do's  arowze  you.  [V.  4] 

The  powerfull  Venus,  well  hath  grac'd  her  Altar, 

And  given  you  your  love  :  Our  Mafter  Mars 

Haft  vouch'd  his  Oracle,  and  to  Arcite  gave 

The  grace  of  the  Contention  :   So  the  Deities  124 

Have  ftiewd  due  jultice  :  Beare  this  hence. 

Pal.  O  Cofen, 

That  we  fhould  things  defire,  which  doe  coft  us 
The  lofle  of  our  defire  j  That  nought  could  buy  128 

Deare  love,  but  lofle  of  deare  love. 

Thef.  Never  Fortune 

Did  play  a  fubtler  Game  :  The  conquerd  triumphes, 
The  vi<5tor  has  the  Lofle  :  yet  in  the  paflage,  132 

The  gods  have  beene.  moft  equall :   Pal  am  on, 
Your  kinfeman  hath  confeft  the  right  o'th  Lady 
Did  lye  in  you,  for  you  firfl  faw  her,  and 

Even  then  proclaimd  your  fancie  :  He  reftord  her  136 

As  your  ftolne  lewell,  and  defir'd  your  fpirit 
To  fend  him  hence  forgiven  ;  The  gods  my  juftice 
Take  from  my  hand,  and  they  themfelves  become 
The  Executioners  :   Leade  your  Lady  off;  140 

And  call  your  Lovers  from  the  flage  of  death, 
Whom  I  adopt  my  Frinds.     A  day  or  two 
Let  us  looke  fadly,  and  give  grace  unto 

The  Funerall  of  Arcite,  in  whofe  end  144 

The  vifages  of  Bridegroomes  weele  put  on 
And  fmile  with  Palamon ;  for  whom  an  houre, 
But  one  houre  fince,  I  was  as  dearely  forry, 

As  glad  of  Arcite  :  and  am  now  as  glad,  j^.8 

As  for  him  forry.     O  you  heavenly  Charmers, 
What  things  you  make  of  us  ?  For  what  we  lacke 
We  laugh,  for  what  we  have,  ar6  forry  ftill, 

Are  children  in  fome  kind.     Let  us  be  thankefull  152 

For  that  which  is,  and  with  you  leave  difpute 
That  are  above  our  queftion ;  Let's  goe  off", 
And  beare  us  like  the  time.  Florjjh.     Exeunt. 

Epilogue. 


EPILOGVE. 


T   Would  now  aske  ye  how  ye  like  the  Play, 
•*•  But  as  it  is  with  Schoole  Boyes,  cannot  fay, 
I  am  cruellfearefull :  pray  yetjlay  a  while, 
4  And  let  me  looke  upon  ye  :  No  man  J mile  ? 
Then  it  goes  hard  I  fee  ;  He  that  has 
Lov'd  a  yong  hanfome  wench  then,Jliow  hisjace  : 
Tisjlrange  if  none  be  heere,  and  if  he  will 
8  Again/I  his  Confcience  let  him.  hiffe,  and  kill 
Our  Market :  Tis  in  vaine,  I  fee  tojiay  yee, 
Have  at  the  worfl  can  come,  then  ;  Now  what  Jay  ye  ? 
And  yet  miftake  me  not :  I  am  not  bold 

12  We  have  nofuch  caufe.     If  the  tale  we  have  told 
(For  tis  no  other)  any  way  content  ye) 
(For  to  that  honejl  purpofe  it  was  ment  ye) 
We  have  our  end ;  and  yejhall  have  ere  long 

1 6  I  dare  fay  many  a  better,  to  prolong 

Your  old  loves  to  us :  we,  and  all  our  might, 
Rejl  at  yourfervice,  Gentlemen,  good  night. 

Floriih. 


FINIS. 


N 


91 


APPENDIX  A. 

» 

A  LIST  OF  ALL  VARIATIONS 

IN  TEXT  OF  FOLIO,  1679,  FROM  ORIGINAL  QUARTO,  1634. 


THE  PERSONS  REPRESENTED  IN  THE  PLAY. 


Sisters  to  Theseus 


Hymen, 

Theseus, 

Hippolita, 

Emelia, 

Nymphs. 

Three  Queens, 

Three  valiant  Knights, 

Palamon,  \  The  two  Noble  Kinsmen,  in 

Arcite,      )      love -with  fair  Emelia 


Perithous, 

Jaylor, 

His  Daughter,  in  love  with  Palamon, 

Countreymen, 

Wenches, 

A  Taborer, 

Gerrold,  A  Schoolmaster. 


1.  Plays     [om.,]  \  Maiden 
heads  [cm.,]  \  «[-]/£*«, 

2.  money  gfnt 
4.  Scenes 

6.  Tie, 

7.  Modesty,  \  retains 

8.  Maid  \  pains  ; 

9.  I'm 

10.  breeder, 

1 1.  Learned, 

12.  'twixt  Po  |  Trent 

13.  Chaucer 

14.  eternity 

15.  Nobleness 

1 6.  Child  hear,  \  hiss, 

1 8.  undei[-}ground,  Oh 

19.  witless  chaff  \  writer 

20.  blasts  |   Works 

21.  Than  Robin  Hood[,]  | 
fear  \  bring  [om. ;] 

22.  endless  thing\:\ 

24.  breathless 

25.  deep 


PROLOGUE 

26.  tack 

27.  do  |  hear 

28.  Scenes  \  appear 

29.  hours  travel.  \  sleep  : 

30.  Play  |  keep, 

31.  perceive 

32.  thick, 

I.  i.  Actus  Primus.  Sccena 
Prima. 

Torch  |  befor^,}  \  Flowers  :\ 
Nymph,  encompassed  \ 
between  \  Nymphs,  \ 
heads.  \  Hippolita  |  Bride 

[am.,]  |  Train. 

The  SONG.     Musick. 

1.  sharp  |  gone, 

2.  royal  \  smells 

3.  heu^,] 

4.  Maiden- Pinks, 

5 .  Daisies  smell  [om.  -]  less, 
7.  Prim  [om.  -]  rose  first 


born, 

8.  Harbinger, 

9.  dimm. 

10.  Oxlips  [om.  ,] 

11.  Marigolds      [om.  ,]  | 
death-beds 

12.  Larks-heels  trim. 

13.  dkwr  |  children  [om.  :] 

JHW/f,  ] 

14.  ZzV      |      Bridegrooms 

/'4J 

16.  Angel  \  Air, 

17.  Bird  fair, 

19.  slanderous  Cuckooe, 

20.  heading  \  Clough  hi 

21.  chat?  ring 

three   Queens     \    Black    \ 
vails  stain'd,   \  Imperial 
Crowns.     \   first    Queen 
falls   down\foot\ 
|  second  \  foot  \  Hippo- 
lita. I  third 


Variations  in  F°.    1679,  from  Q°.    1634. 


25.  pities  sakef.l 

26.  Hear  [om  ,]  and 

27.  sakef.J 

28.  fair 

29.  Hear 

30.  mark'd 

31.  honor 

32.  clear  Virginity, 

33.  deed 

34.  o'th'Book 

35.  down 
37-  Hip. 

42.  three    Queens  |  Sove- 
reigns fell 

43.  cruel  |  emlur'd 

44.  Beaks  |  Kites 

45.  Crows    [om.,]    |  foul 
field 

46.  bum 

48.  mortal  loathsomness 

49.  winds 

50.  slain  |  pity 

51.  fear*d 

52.  turns  |  to  th' 

53.  Chappel 

54.  boundless  goodness 
55-  roof[;] 

56.  Lions  |  Bears, 
58.  kneel  not[,J 
62.  for  'em[:J 

65.  Groom, 

66.  Marts  Attar[-^  \  fair  ; 

67.  Juno's  Afantl^,]  \  than 

68.  wreath 

69.  not  thrash'd, 

70.  Cheek  |  kinsman 

71.  eyes)  laid 

73.  thaw'd  :  Oh  grief, 

74.  Fearful  |  devour. 
75-  Oh 

77.  he'll  |  power,  |  press 

79.  Oh  |  knees,  |  Widow, 

80.  Unto   |    Helmeted-^- 
lona 

81.  Soldier 

82.  Troubl'd   |  Turns 
away. 

83.  HippoUta 

84.  hast  slain 

85.  Sith  -  tusk'd  -  Bore  ;  | 
Arm 

86.  was't  near 

88.  honor 

89.  stil'd  I  shrunk 

90.  bound  |  o'er-flowing ; 

91.  Soldieress 

92.  sternness  |  pity, 
95.  his  [om.,]  Love 


96.  Tenor  |  Dear  Glass  of 
Ladiesf.] 

97.  scorch, 

98.  Under  |  shadow  |  cool 

99.  o'er  |  heads  ; 

IOI.  weep  e'r  you  fail ; 
103.  Than 

105.    i'th'  |  blood[-]ciz'd  | 
swoln 

105.  Shewing    [    Teeth[,] 
|  Moon 

1 06.  do. 

107.  Poor  I^ady  [om. ,] 

108.  leif 

109.  I'm 

in.  Heart  deep  |  distress  : 

112.  I'll  speak 

113.  Oh  |  was[,]  |  Kneel 

1 14.  Ice,  |  grief 

115.  form 

1 1 7.   Emit. 

ti8.  grief  |  cheek. 

119.  Oh 

1 20.  read  |  tears, 

121.  wrinkl'd    pebbles    | 
Glass  stream 

122.  alack) 

123.  treasure  |  o'th' 
126.  me[;] 

128.  fool. 

129.  Emit. 

130.  feel,  |  rain 

131.  Knows 

132.  ground-piece 

133.  gainst  |  capital  grief 

134.  heart[-]pierc'd 

135.  natural 

136.  beats  |  me[:] 

137.  counter[-]reflect  'gainst 

138.  warm  |  pity 

140.  to  th'  |  jot 

141.  O'th'  |  ceremony. 

142.  Oh  |  celebration 

143.  than 

145.  Knowls  |  ear  [om.  ,] 
o'th'  |  do 

146.  more[,] 

147.  Than 

148.  than  |  Jove, 

149    Soon  |  move[,]  |  As- 
prays  do 

150.  touch[:]  think,   dear 
Duke  think 

151.  slain 

152.  griefs 

153.  dear 

154.  for  th' 

155.  Cords,  |  Drams 


157.  Been  deaths  |  humane 

158.  shadow. 

1 60.  Lie  blist'ring  'fore  | 

Sun, 

162.  tme[,l 

164.   do  [om.  ,]  |  Creon[.] 
164.  work  |  to  th' 
166.   'twill   |  form,  |  heats 

|  morrowf,] 
167  Then  [om. ,]  |  bootless 

toil  |  it  self, 

1 68.  its  own 

169.  dretms, 
171.  clear. 
173.  Drunk 

176.  Artesis 

177.  out[,]  |  enterprize, 

179.  business, 

180.  dispatch 

1 8 1.  deed 

182.  wedlock. 
184.  Widows 
187.  grief 

192.  than 

193.  Than 

196.  Arms[,] 

197.  lock  Jove 

198.  Moon-light 

199.  twining  |  sweetness 

200.  Upon  |  tastful     Lips, 
|  think 

201.  Kings[,]   |    blubber'd 
Queens, 

202.  feel'st 

203.  spurn  |  Oh 

204.  hour 
207.  Banquet 

210.  Suitor  ;  |  think 

211.  th'  abstaining 

213.  med'cine,  |  pluck 

214.  scandal 

215.  trial  |  Prayers, 

217.  vigor  dumb, 

2 1 8.  business, 

219.  Shield  |  heart,  |  neck 
220    Fee, 

221.  do  |  poor  Queens 

222.  help 

227.  She  |  I'll 

228.  ask 

231.  intreating  |  self  |  do 

232.  kneel 

233.  Lead  |  gods 

234.  success,  |  return 
[om.  ;] 

235.  c  e  1  eb  r  a  t  i  o  n  [;] 
Queens 

237.  banks  |  Anly 


Variations  in  F°.    1679,  from  Q'.    1634. 


93 


238.  find 

239.  moiety  |  business, 

240.  Theme 

241.  kiss  uppon  |  Lip, 

242.  Sweet  keep  |  token  ; 

244.  Farewel  |  Sister[;]    | 

245.  Keep  |  Feast  |  hour 

246.  Pyri.     Sir[,] 

247.  1 11 1  heels  ;  |  solemnity 

248.  return. 

249.  Cosin 

250.  Budge  |  Athens  ; 

251.  E'r 

252.  Ma  e  |  farewel 

253.  dost  |  o'th' 

254.  Mars[.] 

256.  mortalf,] 

257.  godlike  honors  ; 

258.  Groan  |  Mast'ry. 

260.  subdu'd 

261.  Title  ;  |  cheer 

262.  turn  j  our 

I.  ii.     Sccena  Secunda. 
Enter  Palamon  and  Arcite. 

1.  Dear  |   dearer    |   Love 
than 

2.  Cosin,  |  unhard'ned 
3-  City 

4.  Thebs, 

5.  gloss 

6.  keep 

8.  I'thf  aid  o'th'  current,  | 

sink, 

10.  stream,  'twould  |  Eddy 
ir.  turn  |  drown  ; 
12.  gain  |  weakness. 

14.  cry'd 

15.  School, 

1 6.  Thebst  \  weeds 

17.  o'th' 

1 8.  honor, 

20.  peace[,] 

21.  Mar  is     \     scorn'd 
Altar  ?  |  bleed 

22.  meet,  |  Juno 

23.  antient  |  jealousie 

24.  work, 
25    retain 

27.  Than 

28.  Arcite^} 

29.  Meet  |  ruin, 

30.  crancks   [om. ,]  |  turns 
|  Thebsl 

31.  kinds  : 

32.  do  arouse  |  pity 

33.  th'  unconsider'd 


34.  Pal.  |  pity 

35.  where[-]e  er  |  find 

36.  toil 

37.  paid  |  Ice  |  cool 

38.  Ardt^.}  |  'Tis 

39.  speak  of[,]  this  |  virtue 

40.  Thebs, 

41.  keep  |  honors, 

42.  residing,  |  evil 

43 .  colour  ;  |  ev'ry 

44.  certain  evil,  |  jump 
46.  meer 

47-  'Tis 

48.  (Unless  |  fear 

49.  need 
52.  own 

56.  long[,]  until 

59.  poor  Chinn  |  'tis  |  just 

60.  glass  : 
62    goe 

63.  street  |  foul  ?  |  either 

64.  Team, 

65.  i'th'  |  poor  slight 

66.  Need  |  Plantain;  |  tips 

67.  toth' 

68.  Uncle 

71.  Heaven  unfear'd, 
73.  Feavor, 

76.  own 

77.  win    |    glory   on  [;   so 
T.  C.  D.  Qo.] 

78.  fears 

79.  bloud 

80.  let  |  break 

82.  Clear  spirited  Cosin 

83.  Let's 

84.  loud  |  milk, 

86.  kinsmen 

87.  unless 

89.  think  I  ecchoes  |  deaft 

90.  ears  |  Justice  :  |  cries 

91.  again   |   throats,   |  not 
[om.  :] 

92.  gods  : 

93.  calls  |  leaden[-]footed 

95.  whipstock[,]  |  ex- 
claim'd 

96.  whisper'd  to 

97.  loudness  |  fury. 

98.  winds 

99.  what's 

100.  threats 

101.  defiance 

102.  Ruin  |  TAebs,  \  seal 

104.  approach[:] 

105.  fear  |  gods 

1 06.  terror  |  yet 

107.  own 


108.  dregg'd,  |  assur'd 

1 10.  unreason'd. 

111.  Thebs, 

112.  neutral  |  dishonor; 

1 1 6.  wars  afoot  ? 

117.  fail 

122.  Let's 

123.  honor, 

124.  enemy  came  |  bloud 
128.  o'th'  |  do 

130.    never[-] erring    Arbi- 
trator, 

1.  iii.        Scena  Tertia. 

Enter  Perithous,  Hippo!  ita, 
Emilia. 

2.  farewel ; 

3.  success 

4  question[?j 

5.  Excess, 

6.  speed 

7.  hurts  |  Governors 

9.  needs  |  poor 

10.  yield  |  Maid, 

11.  affections  [om. ,] 

12.  temper'd  pieces,  keep 
enthron'd 

13.  dear 

14.  Thanks  |  remember 

15.  all[-]Royal  |  speed 

16.  Bellona  I'll  solicite  ; 

17.  State[,] 

18.  gifts  I  I" 

19.  advis  d 

21.  bosom  : 

22.  been  |  we  ]  weep 

23.  do'n  |  helms,  |  Sea, 

24.  broach'd  |  Women 

25.  eat 

26.  brine[,] 

27.  Spinsters, 

28.  ever[,] 

31.  Exit  Pir. 

33.  Follows  |  sports 

34.  seriousness,  |  skill, 

35.  careless  |  gain 

36.  loss 

37.  o'er  business 

38.  mind,  |  equal 

39.  diff'ring  Twins  ; 

42.  for't,  |  Cabin'd 

43 .  poor  a  corner, 

44.  Peril 

45.  roaring 

46.  I'th'  !  dread  VI, 

47.  Death's-self  |  lodg'd, 

48.  Fate 


94                    Variations  in  F?   1679,  from  Q?   1634. 

49.  Ti'd,  weav'd,  intangl'd, 

102.  loaths  I  longs[,] 

50.  wrestling 

5a  deep 

104.  said  |  Arm 

51.  A  polios 

51.  out[-Jworn,  |  think 

106.  kneel 

52.  skills  |  Lead  \  City, 

52.  himself 

107.  than  |  Pirathous,  pos- 

53. scatter  'd,  |  willl  post[.] 

53.  twain, 

sess 

54.  Athens 

54.  Justice, 

108.  Throne 

Mustek. 

55.  Doubtless 

109.  Ewil, 

58.  enjoy'd. 

no.  continue. 

I.  v.     Scena  Quinta. 

59*   enncn  u, 
60.  took  |  o'th*  Moon 
61.  (Which 
62.  Was  each  eleven. 
63.  'Twos  Flavia[.  ] 

I.  iv.      Scena  Quarta. 

Battel  struck  within  :  then 
\   Retreat  :  \  Theseus   | 
Queens  meet 

Queens\,~\  \  Knights,  \  Fu- 
neral Solemnity,  &c. 

I.  Urns  [om.  ,~\aml  Odours, 
2.    Vapors,  sighs, 
3.  looks[,~\ 

Two    Hearset    ready    with 
Palamon,    and    Arcite  : 
The  three  Queens.     The- 

I.  Star  |  dark. 
2.  Heaven  |  Earth 
5.  wish'd  |  Amen  to't. 

4.  Gumms,  \  cheers, 
5.  -viols  \  teats, 
6.  clarnors[,}  \  air  flying[:\ 

seus,      and     his     Lords 

j 

6.  Th'  impartial  gods, 

7.     sad     [om.  ,]    |    solemn 

ready. 

7.  mortal  Herd, 

Shows, 

64.  Yes[,] 

8.  chastise  :  |  find 

8.  qmck-ey'd 

65.  talk 

9.  honor 

10.  houshold  graver  [om.  :] 

66.  season'd, 

10.  ceremony,  |  than 

II.   Joy  seize   |   again: 

67.  judgement[,]  |  needs 

11.  dear  |  supply't. 

peacef,]  sleep 

69.  roots 

14.  haste  |  adieu 

14.   ways  [om.  ,] 

70.  she 

15.  look 

15.  City  |  streets, 

71.  Lov'd 

Queens. 

1  6.  Market[-]place,  |  meets. 

72.  do 

1  6.  judg'd 

73.  souls 

17.   Thebs 

II.  i.      Scana  Prima. 

75.   approv'd,  |  condemn'd 
76.  arraignment,    |    flower 

1  8.  Nephews 
19.   By  th'  |  Mars, 

Jaylor  [om.  ,] 

pluck 

20.  pair  |  smear'd  |  [Dan- 

I. Jail,  [so  throughout  the 

77.  between 

iel  Qo.  succard     T.  C.  D. 

scene.] 

78.  blossom) 

Qo.  smeard] 

3.  Keep,  |  seldom 

79.  she 

21.  troops 

5.  Minnows  :  |  lin'd 

22.  mark 

6.  Than  |  appear, 

81!  di'd 

23.  view  : 

8.  Deliver'd 

82.  pattern 

24.  enquir'd 

9    It 

83.  happily,  |  careless, 

27.  'Tis 

II.    Sirf,]  |  demand  |  than 

84.  ear 

Three  Hearses  ready. 

|  own 

85.   stol'n  |  air,   |  humm'd 

29.  been 

12.  Daughterf,] 

on 

30.  'twas 

14.  Well,  |  talk 

86.    musical       Coynagef,] 

31.  been  recover'd  ; 

1  6    seen 

why[,]  |  Note 

32.  have 

17.  she 

87.  sojourn 

35.  Exceed  |  Wine  |   Sur- 

19. business  : 

88.  rehearsal 

geons 

20.  soon  |  Court[-]hurry 

89.   fury  [om.  -]  innocent 

36.  behoof, 

21.  I'th'  mean  |  look 

90.  importments[-]  bastard 

37.  than  niggard  waste,  | 

22.  prisoners.  |  Princes. 

1  end[;] 

concern 

23.    tis  pity 

01-    'tween      Maid,      and 

38.  than  Thebs  1  than 

24.   'twere  pity 

Maid, 

40.  liberty) 

25.  Do  think 

92.  than  |  individual. 

42.  than  |  bear  em 

26.  it  self 

93.  out 

43.  kind  air,  |  unkind,  ' 

28.  pair 

xj        95.   Maid 

44.  do 

30.  grief 

98.  alack  wea  k     . 

45.  known  |  beheasts, 

31.  battel, 

99.  believe 

46.  zeal,  |  Mistriss  taske, 

32.  Nay[,]  |  sufferers  ; 

100.  (Though  [om.  ,]  |  be- 

47. feavor,  |  madness, 

33.    Marvel    |    look'd[,]    | 

lieve  thy  self) 

48.  mark 

been 

101.   sickly 

49.  sickness  |  Will 

35.  freedom  |  bondage. 

Variations  in  F°.    1679,  from  Qf.    1634. 


95 


36.  affliction  [om.  ,] 

clock 

38.  seems  |  me[,] 

48.  Summer 

39.   than  |  Athens  :  \  eat 

49.  dead-cold  |  inhabit 

40.   look 

50.  'Tis  |  hounds, 

41.  own 

51.  shook 

42.  divided    |   martyr'd    | 

52.  hollo 

'twere 

53.  Javelins, 

43.  I'th'  |  break 

54.   Flies  |  Parthian 

44.  sweet 

55.  Struck  |  well-steel'd 

45    my  self  |  sigh 

56.  food  [om.  ,]  |  minds, 

46.  sigher 

58.  (Which  |  honor) 

48.  himself  |  night[.] 

59.  grief,  j  Ignorance[,] 

Palamon,  |  Arcite  [om.  ,] 

60.  Cosin, 
63.  rising,  |  meer 

50.  Look[,] 

64.  please  [om.  ,] 

51.  looks 

65.  griefs 

53.  twain  ; 

67.  think 

55.  Go  to, 

68.  Certainly, 

57.  look 

69.  'Tis   |  main  goodness, 

58.  Diff'rence  |  Exeunt^.] 

Cosin, 

70.  twin'd  |  souls 

II.  ii.     Sccena  Secunda. 

71.  bodies, 

Palamon,  |  Arcite 

72.  gaul 
73.  sink, 

I.  do  you[,l  |  Cosin? 

74.  sleeping, 

2.  do  you[,  ] 

77.   Cosin? 

3.  enough 

78,  think  |  Holy  Sanctuary, 

4.  bear  |  war 

79.  keep 

5.  fear  |  Cosin. 

80.  young[,]  |  wayes 

6.  believe 

81.  conversation[,] 

8.   Laid  |  hour 

82.     poison    |    spirits[,]    | 

9.  Cosin 

might[,]  |  women[,] 

10.    Thebs  \  Countrey  ? 

84.  imaginations 

13.  youths  |  honor[,] 

85.  here 

15.   Sail  : 

86.  endless 

16.  behind 

87.  Wife, 

17.   Clouds,  !  Arcite[.] 

88.  births  |  Father,  Friends, 

20.  E'r 

Acquaintance, 

21.  twins  |  honor, 

89.  are[,] 

22.    Arms     again,  |  feel  | 

90.  Heir, 

fiery  horses[,] 

91.  oppressor 

24.  red-ey'd  |  War 

93.  seek 

25.   Bravish'd  |  age[,] 

94.  War 

26.   deck 

96.  Wife  |  business, 

27.  light'ning 

97-  us[:] 

30.   prisoners 

98.  Cosin, 

31.  youths 

ico.  eyes, 

32.  find 

101.  prayers  |  chances 

34.  sweet 

102.  sever 

35.  Load  en  |  arm'd  | 

104.  thank  |  Cosin 

Cupids 

106.  abroad  ? 

36.  necks, 

107.  'Tis  |  me  thinks:  |  find 

39.  arms, 

1  08.  I'm 

40.  Fathers 

109.  Wills 

41.  fair-ey'd  Maids,  |  weep 

no.  now[;] 

|  banishments, 

III.   'tis  |  shadow, 

43-  she 

112.  by[,] 

46.     Hear      nothing!,]     | 

113.  been 

114.  Justice,     Lust,    |    Ig- 
norance, 

115.  virtues  |  Cosin  Arcite 
[om.  ,] 

117.  di'd  |  men  [om.  ,] 

118.  Epitaphs, 
120.  hear 

123.  we  two  Arcite  ? 

125.  think 

127.  deaths  |  cannot[.] 

Emilia  |  Woman. 

129.  Speak 

130.  Garden 

131.  Flower 

132.  'Tis  call'd  Narcissus^,] 

133.  fair  |  certain,  |  fool, 

134.  himself,  |  Maids 

137.  hard[-jhearted  ? 

138.  fair. 

140.  think 

141.  wench  : 

142.  kindness 

145.  forward[,]  Cosin  ? 

146.  work    |    Flowers    | 
Silk 

148.  I'll  |  Gown  |  'em[,] 

149.  wil't  |  do 

150.  skirt 

151.  Dainty 

152.  Cosin,    Cosin,    |    do 

you[,] 

153.  now[,] 

154.  Why[,] 

156.  she  |  Goddess. 

158.  Do 

159.  is  a  Goddess 

1 60.  Flowers, 

161.  Methinks 

163.  Emblem  |  Maid. 

164.  West 

165.  blows 

1 66.  near 

167.  then  [om. ,] 

1 68.  She  locks  |  again, 

169.  briers[,] 

172.  falls  |  Maid 

173.  she  |  honor, 
176.  fair. 

178.  let's 

179.  We'll  |  near  |  near 

180.  I'm  |  merry[-]hearted, 

181.  down 
183.  bargain[,] 

Emilia  |  Woman. 

185.  think 

186.  'Tis 


96 


Variations  in  F?   1^79,  from  Q'.    1634. 


188.  Yes[,]    a    matchless 
beautyf,] 

189.  himself[,] 
191.  feel 

201.  do  ; 

202.  goddess  ; 

206.  all[:] 

207.  denie 

208.  took 

210.  reveal  M  |  mankind  :  | 
lov'st  herf ;] 

212.  Traitor  Arcite, 

213.  bloud 

214.  ties    between    |    dis- 
clain 

215.  If  |  think 

216.  Arc[.]  Yes[, 

2 1 8.  so,  I  soul, 

219.  farewel 

220.  again,  |  loving  her[,] 
maintain 

221.  worthy[om.,]  |  Lover 
223.   Palamon\j\ 

225.  call'd 

227.  deal 

228.  Your  blood,  |  soul  ? 
232.  griefs,  |  fears, 

234.  deal 

235.  unlike  |  Kinsman 

236.  speak    truly,    j   do   | 
think 

237.  Unworthy 

238.  No[,] 
240.  another 
242.  honor  down, 

247.  freedom[:]  else 

248.  Countrey, 

249.  villain. 

252.  concerns 

253.  madness, 

254.  deal  |  truly. 

256.  child  extreamly  : 

257.  do 

259.  Oh 

260.  false-sellf,] 

261.  hour 

262.  swords 

263.  What  'twere 

264.  than 

266.  soul,  |  I'll  nail  |  to't. 

267.  fool, 

268.  I'll 

269.  leap  |  Garden,  | 
next[.] 

270.  Arms 

271.  Keepers  coming  ; 

272.  knock  |  brains 
Keep,    [name    of    speaker 


thus     noted    throughout 

the  scene.] 

II.  iii.  Scana  Tertia. 

274.  leavef,]  Gentlemen[.] 

Arcite. 

275.  Keeper? 
276.  to  th 

I.    Banish'd    |    Kingdom? 

278.  Keeper. 
280.  fair  Cosins  company. 

'tis 
2.  thank  |  banish'd 

Arcite, 

4.  'twas 

285.  Bloud   and   Body  :  | 

7.  pluck  |  me[,] 

falshood, 

8.  hast 

287.  Wife  |  fair  ; 

9.  break  |  'gainst 

288.  ne'er  |  again. 

IO.  feed 

289.  fair  one  :  blessed 

II.  Upon  |  sweetness 

290.  Fruit,  and  Flowers 

12.  never 

291.  bright 
293.  Apricock  ; 

13.  happiness 
14.  he'll  |  speak 

294.  arms 

15.  fair, 

295.  fruit 

18.  Kingdom, 

296.  gods. 

19.  own  [om.  ,]  |  heap 

298.  heavenlyf,] 
299.  near  |  gods  |  fear 

20.  redress  |  go,  |  her[,] 
21.  resolv'd  an  other 

300.  I'm  |  Keeperf,] 

22.  I'm 

301.  Where's  Arrite[f] 

23.  I'll  |  near 

302.  Keep.   Banish  'd  : 
303.  Obtain'd 

garland. 

304.  Upon  |  oath  |  foot 

24.  i[.]  |  I'll  |  certain. 

305.  Upon  |  Kingdom. 
306.  He's 

25.  I'll 
27.  Boys  ;  'Tis  but  [om,  a] 

307.  Thebes  again,  |  Arms 

chiding, 

308.  young 
310.  himself 

28.  I'll  ticktl' 
29.  jades  tails 

311.  Field  |  battel 

30.  I'm 

313.  bear  himself 

32.  I'll 

314.  ways. 

34.  again. 

315.  do 

35.  fesku 

316.  virtuous  greatness, 

38.  ail 

317.  Virgin 

39.  Arcas[,} 

318.  seek 

41.  danc'd 

322.  remove 

43.  Domine, 

323.  windows 

44.  think  :  For 

325.  prethee 

45.  He'll  eat  |  hornbook  | 

330.  bring'st  |  scurvy 

fail: 

33  *•  g°- 

46.  far  |  between 

332.   Indeed  you 

48-  dance 

333.  Garden? 

50.  Boys  |  i'th' 

334-  No. 

51.  here  I'll  |  I'll  |  Town, 

335.  resolv'd,  |  go. 

52.   again,    |    again  :     Ha, 

336.  constrain  |  then[:] 

Boys, 

337.  I'll  |  irons 

54-  i'th' 

338.  Keeper. 

56.  means 

339.  I'll  |  sleep, 

57.  himself  |  behalfs  : 

340.  I'll 

58.    He's   j    i'th'    |    to'th' 

342.   Farewel  kind 

plains, 

343.  wind  |  Oh  |  Lady[,] 

60.  We'll 

345.  Dream 

61.   Sweet  |  means, 

Palamon  [om.  ,] 

64.  we'll  perform. 

65.  Boys 

66.  wither 

Variations  in  F°.    1679,  from  Of.    1634. 


97 


68.  Why, 

20.  Soldier. 

Father[,] 

69.  'tis 

22.  Upon  |  soul, 

39.   keep  your  self.  !  him[:] 

70.  G  a  m  e  s[,  ]  \  F  r  i  e  n  d 

26.  seen  |  young 

[The  marginal  dir.  Cor- 

[om. .] 

28.  Believe, 

nets,     etc.,     printed 

72.  far 

30.  me  thinks, 

(in  italics)  at  foot  of 

73.  Carnal,'] 

31.  Hip. 

this    sc.    instead   of 

75.  never  |  £>ufo[,~\ 

33.  virtue,  |  Sun[,] 

heading  III.  i.]  hol- 

78. 'Tis 

34.  Breaks 

lowing. 

82.  own  |  Boys[.] 

35.  Hip.  He's 

83.  mind 

36.  seek 

III.  i.     Sccena  Prima. 

84.  trick 

40.  only  |  world 

86.  I'll  |  hang'd 

41.  fair-ey'd 

i.  Each  took 

87.  plumb[-]porredge, 

46.   Thanks 

3.  bloom'd 

88.  wrestle? 

47.  y'  are  mine, 

4.  To'  th'  |  Queen 

89.  offer  'd 

49.  young  I  goodness  ; 

5.  than 

91.  call'd 

50.    honour'd    her    fair    | 

6.  her  |  bows, 

92.  than  wind  |  Corn 

virtues, 

7.  Th'  enamell'd  knacks  o' 

93.  ears)  |  I'll 

51.  y'    are    hers:    kiss   | 

th'  Mead,  |  ye 

94.  poor  |  knows 

fair 

8.  banck 

95.  brows 

52.  y3  are  |  Beautie, 

9.  stream  seem  |  Jewell 

96.  happiness  prefer 

53.  seal  |  vow'd 

12.  poor  |  bet  wen 

Arcite  [om.  ,] 

57.  soon 

15.  guiltless 

58.  Y  'are  |  ranck  I'll 

1  6.  Sovereign) 

II.  iv.     Scana  Secutida. 

59.  I'll 

17.  proud. 

(Y     '/ 

61.  noon  |  'tis 

1  8.  near  |  beauteous  Morn 

Jailors 

67.  Dian's  \  wait  |  Sir[,] 

19.  year) 

2.  affect  |  I'm 

68.  Upon 

21.  pair 

3.  mean 

69.  foot. 

22.  crowns  |  tried  : 

4.  Prince  ;  |  hopeless  ; 

74.  You'll  find 

23.  Poor  |  poor 

7.  fifteen 

76.  find 

25.  thy  self, 

8.  though  the 

78.  lead 

26.  near 

14.  young 

79.  receive 

28.  breath'd 

15.  Extremely 

80.  honor  |  'Twere 

29.  liv'd  |  Coz[.] 

1  8.  coyl 

31.  kinsman, 

19.  Heaven 

II.  vi.      Sccena  6. 

32.  signs 

23.  bows 

34.  oaths 

24.  Fair,  |   Mayd,  |  good- 

Jaylors 

35.  justice 

ness, 

2.  ventur'd  |  him[:] 

36.    Traytor[:]  |  perfidious 

28.  misery[  :] 

4.  Cedar[,] 

37.  look'd  |  honor. 

30.   fain 

6.  Brook,  |  keep 

38.  ev'r 

[The  stage  dir.  at  side 

7.  food[;] 

39-  her 

wrongly  printed   at 

II.  him  [om.  ,] 

40.  I'll 

end   of    II.   iv.    (in 

12.  safetie[:] 

42.  theef 

italics.)] 

13.  desperate[:]  |  Law 

43.  villain  : 

14.  Find 

44.  cloggs 

II.  v.     Scana  Secunda, 

15.  hearted  Maids, 

45.   Dear  j  Pa/amon[.] 

20.  Maids 

47.  shew'd  |  feat. 

Hippolita, 

21.  again  : 

49.  gross  stuff 

I.  seen 

23.  (me  thinks)  |  Nor 

50.  form 

2.  sinews  ; 

24.  persuade 

51.  gentleness  |  'tis 

3.  wrestle, 

30.  I'll  proclaim  him[,  | 

55.   fair  Coz[.] 

5-  I'm 

31.  no  [om.  -]  man  : 

56.  I'll  maintain 

ii.  heir? 

32.  pack  |  cloaths 

57.   terms,  |  griefs  [om.  ,] 

1  2.  youngest 

33-  I'H 

59.  clear  |  own  |  mind 

14.   Suie[,]  then  :  |  proves 

34-  he 

61.  thon 

15.  Qualities  : 

35.  I'll  |  hour 

63.  seen 

1  6.  Hawk,  |  hollow'd 

36.  o'er  |  I'm 

64.  fear  : 

17.  Dogs; 

37.  look   1   Farewell 

65.  hear 

a—  Ql.               7 

98 


Variations  in  Pf    1679,  from  Q°.    1634. 


.66.  i'  th' 

4.  darkness  |  o'  th'  |  Hark 

50.  abroad,  you'll 

68.  seen 

|  wolf: 

52.  brown  |  'tis[:] 

69.  call'd 
70.  week's  |  fair 

5.  grief  slaiu  fear, 
7.  wreak 

53-  young 
54.  broad  beech  : 

71.  rayn  : 

8.  hollow'd 

55.  life[,]  fool 

73.  coupel'd  Beeres, 
74.  ty'd. 

9.  hollow  : 
IO.  answer'd,  |  wolf, 

56.  A  way  |  strain'd  |  again 
57.  breath'd 

76.  Speak  |  Glass, 

12.  howls 

58.  break 

77.  ear,  |  disdains 
Si.  meal  |  then[,] 

14.  Jengling 
1  6.  unarm'd, 

59.  You 
60.   there's 

84.  trespass   |   done     my, 
ye 

17.  I'll  |  down 
18.  torn  |  howl'd 

61.  Arc[.}  \  I'll 
62.  mak'st  |  Traytor. 

85.  souls 

19.  fed 

63.  There's  |   and   [om.  ,] 

86.  di'd  |  seek 

23.   My  self  |  priz'd 

perfumes[.] 

87.  news  |  this[,] 

26.  took  1  non 

64.  I'll  |  again  |  hours 

90.  Again  |  hawthorn 

27.  water[,]  |  clos'd 

65.  all[.] 

91.  counsel 

29.   Dissolve 

66.  Armor[.] 

94.  o'  th' 

30.  drown,  |  my  self. 

67.   Fear  |  fowl  ; 

95.  your  self, 

31.  fail 

70.  I'll  here 

96.  I'm  |  choice 

35.    Moon    |    Cr'ckets    | 

71.  keep 

97.  Armor. 

Screich[-]owl 

98.  dare 

36.  dawn  ; 

III.  iv.  Scana  Quarto. 

99.  bear  |  business  ! 
100.  only 

37-  fail 

Jaylors 

101.  kind 

III.  iii.   Sccena  Tertia. 

2.  look 

102.  Sweet 

3.  seen 

104.  do't  |  only, 

Meat, 

4.  he's 

105.  hypocrisy 
Wind  horns 

i.  near 
2.  Arcite\f\ 

5.  sea[,]  1  there's  a 
6.  there's  |  Rock 

106.  than 

3.  food 

7.  beats 

107.  hear  |  Horns  ; 

4.  fear  |  here's  no 

8.  There's 

1  08.  Musick 

7.  We'll 

9.  Upon  |  wind, 

109.  crost  [om.  ,]  e'r 

1  10.   I'll 

8.  drink[:l 
9.  you're  f  I'll  talk 

10.  Up  |  tack  |  Boys. 
ii.  y  'are  |  I'm 

113.  deed  |  certain 

12.  fear  |  down, 

12.  find 

114.  pour 

13.   vain 

13.  News  |  o'  th' 

115.  oil  ont  |  ayr 

15.     talk      |      Fools,      | 

14.  A  Careck  |  Cockle[-] 

116.  Cuff: 

health[.] 

shell,  |  sayll 

117.  Not  reconcil'd 

17.  dowu  |  entreat 

15.  Pigtnies, 

Il8.  Plainly 

1  8.  honor 

18.  I'll 

Wind  horns. 

19.  't  will  disturb 

19.  Til  \  green  \  afoot 

120.  not  ; 

21.    I'll 

20.  m  \  locks  ; 

121.  Hark 

23.  feel 

21.  hey,     nonny,     nonny, 

122.  scatter'd  |  guess 

24.  I'll 

nonny[.] 

126.  Unjustly  |  atcheiv'd. 

25.  Spare  |  Eat 

23.  m  goe  seek  \  -wide\_^\ 

128.  I'm  persuaded  j  sick 

27.  I'm 

25.  prick  |  brest 

129.   I'm  |  Suitor, 

28.  I'm  |  meat  to't. 

26.  sleep 

131.  talk 

29.  1  o  d  g  i  n  g     [o  m.  ,]  | 

137.  talk 

Cosen  [?] 

III.  v.     Scana  Sexta. 

138.  look 
139.  looks 

30.  wild            tS-tm 
31.  victuals?  |  see[.] 

School[-~\master 

140.  o'er 

33.  sweet 

I.  6VA[,] 

35.  meat  : 

2.  labour'd  |  milk'd 

III.  ii.  Scana  Secunda. 

36.  Give 

3.  ye,  and[,]  figure[,] 

O         7 

40.  black  -hair'd 

6.  Judgements,  |  said 

jaylors 

44.  Arbor  : 

7.  me, 

I.  mistook  ;  j  Beak 

45.  o'  the 

10.  appears,  |  meet  him[,] 

2.  'Tis 

47.  groan  |  Month 

II.  hears, 

Variations  in  F°.    \6~jg,  from  Q".    1634. 


99 


13.  mark  |  do 
14.  comely 

03-  I>ass, 

94.  I'll  lead.  (  Wind  Horns: 

III.  vi.  Sccena  Sejdima. 

16.  turn  Boys. 

96.  Persuasively,     |     cun- 

i.  hour 

18.  Taboror[?] 

ningly[:]  |  boys, 

2.  again, 

19.    Timothy^ 

97.  hear  |  horns  : 

3-  fail 

20.  boys, 

98.  mark. 

4.  Soldier  ; 

21.  woman[;] 

99.  Pallas 

5.  think  |  week  |  restor'd 

23.  Barbary. 

7.  Crest-fal'n  |  thank 

24.  freckled  |  fait'd 

train  . 

8.  fair  |  feel  |  self 

25.  Where 

100.  took 

9.  again 

27.  favor, 
29.  Where's  |  o'th'  Musick. 
30.   Dispers'd 

105.  down,  we'll 
106.  hail  :  |  hail 
108.  favor  * 

10.  out[-]dure 
13.  Soldier  : 
15-  'tis  Justice  : 

32.  where's 

113.    Chorus 

17.  kinsman, 

33-  tail 
36.  bark 
38.  tandem  [?]  |  wanting[.] 
39-  i'th' 
41.  Authors  |  wash'd 

119.   frame  [om.  ,] 
122.  blown  |  help  |  poor 
125.  glew'd 
126.  hither  [om.  .] 

19.  pains 
20.  fair 
21.  honor, 
23.  kind  |  find 
25.  blows. 

42.  labour'd  vainly. 
43.  scornfull 

I2o.  appear, 
129.  speak 
i  *?o    feet 

26.  think 
29.  fair  terms, 

45.  Cicely 
46.  dogs[-]skin  ; 
47.   fail  |  Arcas\_,~\ 
48.  break. 
49.  Eeel 

133.   seek 
134.  Spouse, 
135.  beck'ning 
136.  reck'ning: 
137.  Clown,  |  fool, 

30.  than 
31.  honorablef:] 
32.  talk 
36.  pertains  |  scorns, 
38.  seen 

50.  by  'th'  tail 
51.  fail, 

138.  Bavian[,~\  \  tail,  |  tool 

39.  Sir  [?] 
40.  feel  I  self 

52.  position[.] 
57-   business 
59.  credit  |  Town 
60.  piss  o'th' 
61.  ways,  I'll  |  I'll 

[om.  ,] 
139.  aliis, 
141.  means,  dear  Domine. 
Musick  Dance\\\ 
143.  filii,  \  it[.] 

41.  furnish'd  |  I'll 
43.  spar'd,  |  I'm 
44.  said 
45.  had  did  ; 
49.  I'm 

63.  Daughter[,] 

65-  40 

Knock  1  Schoolm. 

51.  exceed  [  do'st 
52.  spare 

66.  hatfd, 

144.  been 

53.  think 

67.  bound  a  [?] 

145.  pleased 

54.  deceiv'd 

Chair  and  stools  out[.] 

146.  down 
147.    School\/\  master's    \ 

57.  You'll  find  it[.] 
58.  as  I'm 

68.  sound  4-] 

Clown  : 

60.  I'll  |  I'll 

69.  fools,  \  howle^_{\ 

148.  pleased  thee 

62.  I'll 

70.  owl 

149.  Boys 

64.  Armor  [?] 

72.   hawk,  \  were 

150.  'twaine 

67.  No. 

73.  Mr.  comes  i'  th'  Nick[,] 

151.  again 

69.  worn 

74.  Hare[;]  |  we   |   dance, 

152.  year 

71.  I'll 

we 

153.    We'll 

72.  means. 

75.  again  :  |  she'll  do 

154.  Domine;  \  sweet 

74.  we'll  |  perceive 

76.  Boys. 

heart  [?J 

75-  fain 

82.   fool  :  |  poz'd  |  Buz[.] 

155.  pleas'd 

76.  I'm 

83.  eat  |  do 

156.  'Twas 

77.  Good 

84.  bleed  extremely, 

157.  better[,] 

80.  Cask 

85.  y  'are  |  Sir[,j  ha 

158.    School  [-]  master,    | 

81.  bare-arni'd  ? 

86-  Dii 

thank  you, 

83.  Gantlets  |  o'  th' 

88.  play[.] 

1  60.  again. 

85.  Thank 

89.  o'  th' 

164.  eat 

86.  look,  |  falen 

90.  Sch^  Go  |  and 

Wind  Horns. 

87.  us'd 

91.  Jouis 

165.  Dii  detzq;  Omnes, 

88.  I'll  |  I'll 

92.  lead 

90.  I'll 

1OO 


Variations  in  ft   1679,  from  Q°.    1634. 


92.  Me  thinks  |  Armor's  | 

193.  Justice  |  thy  self 

285.  never 

Arcitt  •;.] 
9$.  out[-]did 

194.  I'll  |  to't 
195.  Heaven, 

288.  maim  |  honor  ; 
289.  I'm  |  I'm  deaf 

96.  charg'd 

196.  than 

293.  wisdom,  |  proyn 

97.  Upm 

197.  sworn. 

294.  Bows 

98.  spur'd 

198.  seek 

296.  groan'd 

100.  indeed 

199.  'Tis 

297.  Maids 

103.  out[-]went 

200.  soon 

301.  I'm  I  scorn 

KM.  Yet 

203.  Beautie, 

302.  Heavens 

106.  virtue, 

210.  fair, 

304.   Swear  'em 

HO.  Break  |  Troop. 

213.   pity  |  O 

306.  upon  the 

114.  'tis 

214.  stop  [om.  ,] 

309.  oath, 

116.  dishonor. 

215.  ear 

311.  fairly 

117.  I'm 

216.  soul 

312.  Else 

120.  thank  j  keep 

217.  labors  crown 

318.  He's  |  villain 

122.  honor 

218.   Let's  |  instant[,] 

320.  'Tis 

[stage  dir.  after  1.  122.] 

219.  Only 

321.  think 

123.  love[:]  [om.  *] 

220.  Soul 

322.  I'll 

124.  only, 

223.  than  |  offences 

323.  honor 

129.  sleep  |  honor, 

224.  than  |  speak 

325.   feel 

130.  soul, 

225.  sleep 

326.   again 

133.  near 

226.  Hippol.  \  pity, 

331.  own 

137.  Cosenf.] 

227.   Speak  |  denied  ; 

332.  of[:]  Look 

Horns 

228.  bear 

334-  too[,] 

139.  undone 

231.  Nor 

335.  souls. 

142.  we're 

232.  own 

339.  fall  from  |  favor, 

143.  honors 

234.  to'  th'  |  I'll 

340.  unborn 

145.  hours 

235.  Help  |  dear  |  deed  | 

342.  Soldiers 

146.  seen 

virtuous, 

345.  hayr 

147.  reveal 

239.  own  spotless  honor. 

347.  ordain 

148.  scorn 

241.  fair 

348.  again 

153.  Tryall  [displaced  :  in 

243.  virtues 

350.  month 

Q.,  om.  in  F.J 

244.  valor, 

351.  fair  |  appear  again 

155.  thy  self 

245.  chast  |  pleas'd 

352.  I'll 

156.  Upon 

247-  I'll 

354.  fair 

158.  hour 

248.  wars  ; 

356.  friends[:J 

159.  own, 

250.  Maid. 

357.  think 

1  60.  fear  less  |  weak 

251.  own 

360.  I'm  |  again,  |  hour. 

161.  I'll 

253.  yielded 

363.  Emil\_.} 

165.  sleep  :  Only  |  fears  | 

254.  crown  |  soul 

364.  Ecel  both 

166.  honor  |  ends[,J 

256.  hear 

365.  again 

1  68.  Look  |  own 

257.  intreat 

366.  heed, 

again.  Horns. 

260.  Princes. 

367.   Sleep  |  hour  perfixt, 

Hippolita,  \  train. 

261.   reel  : 
263.  Upon 

368.  fail 
369.    Toes.  \  I'll 

170.  'gainst  j  Laws 

265.  understanding 

371.   return,  |  I'll  ]  here, 

171.  Battail, 

267.  than 

372.  loses,    |    I'll  weep    | 

176.  goodness  :  I'm 

270.  They  'Id  |  you;  Hourly 

Beer. 

178.  Think 

|  honor 

I  80.  never 

273.  o'  th 

IV.  i.     Scana  Prima. 

181.  beg'd 
183.  own  |  follows 

274.  byth'  |  than 
277.  o'  th  |  yonr 

Jailor  [om.  ,]  \freind. 

184.  fair 

278.  vows 

I.  Jail.     Hear   |    more  [?] 

1  86.  soul 

279.   expres 

|  said 

187.  I'm  |  think 

280.  oath, 

4.     I     [om.  .]     Fr.    [so 

189.  be'st 

281.  I'm 

throughout  sc.] 

190.  virtuous, 

282.  heed. 

5.  business 

192.  again, 

284.  Urge 

7.  E'r  |  likelyhood 

Variations  in  Fa.    1679,  fro™  Q°- 


101 


8.  for  Hippolita, 

9.  fair  -  ey'd      Emilia,    \ 
knees[,J 

10.  Begg'd  [  handsome 

1 1.  staggering  [om.  ,] 

12.  oath, 


Perithous^.] 


14.  truly 

15.  Half 

2  Friends. 

18.  Jail.  |  Heaven 

19.  2  Fr.  |  news  [oiu.  ,] 

20.  news. 

21.  Jail. 

22.  clear'd 

23.  discover'd 

24.  means   |  sea p'd,  | 
(Daughter's, 

25.  procured  |  prisoner 

26.  ungrateful  |  goodness, 

27.  sum 

28.  I'll 
30.  news. 

32.  ne'er  begg'd 

33.  prevail'd,  |  suits   fairly 
granted  [.] 

35  'twould 

36.  you'll  hear 

38.  Jail. 

40.  they'll 

41.  'Twill  |  known. 

42.  where's 

43.  do  |  ask? 

44.  Oh  Sir f,] 

45.  looks[?] 

46.  Jail. 

47.  health  [om.  ?]  Sir[?]  | 
sleep  ? 

48.  questions. 

49.  Jail.  |  do  |  think 

50.  mind 

51.  answer' d 

52.  far  |  childishly [,] 
53-  fool, 

54.  Innocent, 
55-    Sir[:] 

56.  pity[,J 

57.  less 

58.  Jail. 

60.  Woo.     No    Sir[.]    not 
well.        [printed     as     a 
separate  line] 

61.  Tis 

63.  Believe,  you'll  find 

64.  half 
67.  fear 

69.  'Tis 

70.  haste[,] 


71.  I'll 

72.  Palace, 

73.  thick  |  Reeds  [om. ,] 

75.  voice, 

76.  ear, 

77.  'Twas  |  smallness 

78.  Boy  |  Woman. 

79.  near,  |  perceiv'd 

80.  Rushes, 

81.  laid  |  down 

82.  sung, 

83.  Fisher[-]men, 

88.  to  th'  |  Mulberries, 

89.  I'll  find 

90.  soul. 

91.  he'll 

92.  do  |  I'll 

93.  black  [-]  ey'd      Maids 
[om. ,]  |  do 

94.  heads  with  DafFadillies, 

95.  cherry  [om.  -]    lips,  | 
cheeks  |  Damask 

96.  we'll  dance  |  'fore 

97.  then  |  talk'd  |  you[,] 

98.  lose  |  morning  [om. ,] 

99.  Flowqrs 

100.  sung 

101.  but  willow,  |  between 

102.  fair 

103.  young 

104.  deep  |  sate  ;  |  careless 

105.  wreak  |  Bull-rush  | 
stuck 

106.  Water      Flowers    | 
several  colours. 

107.  methought  |  appear'd 
|  fair  Nymph 

108.  feeds  |  Iris 
ill.  Thus  |  ty'd, 
113.  again, 

1 1 6.    Woo.  |  her[,] 

119.  city 

1 20.  swiftness, 

121.  far  behind  |  four, 

122.  far  |  cross 

123.  where  we  staid, 
125.  hither 

128.  Oh[,] 

130.  think 

131.  Daugh\^    |    truly    | 
Broom, 

132.  Bonny  Robbin.  \ 
Tailor  ? 

133.  Yes[.] 

134.  Where's  |  wedding[-] 
Gown  ? 

135-  I'H 
137.  Maids 


138.  Maidenhead  |  cock[-] 
light 

139.  'Twill 

140.  Oh  fair,  \  sweet,  &c. 

143.  Good  [om. ']  ev'n,  | 
hear 

144.  young 

145.  wench[,] 

146.  young 

147.  Jay.  'Tis  [om.  ,] 

148.  mean    cross  |  distem- 
per'd 

149.  than  |  shows. 
151.  Oh, 

153.  trick  |  look 

156.  undone     |     hour.     | 
Maids 

157.  Town 

158.  is't 

161.  four  ;  |  keep 

162.  boys, 

163.  trick  |  years 

164.  Musicians, 

169.  Dukedom 

170.  I'll 

171.  twentyf,]   |   he'll 
tickle't 

172.  hours, 

173-  Jay- 

176.  Daug. 

177.  Does 

1 80.  Jay. 

181.  Where's  |  Compass? 

182.  Jay.   Here. 

183.  to  th' 

184.  course  to  th' 

185.  Lies  |  for  the 

1 86.  weigh  |  cheerly. 

187.  fair, 

1 88.  main  sail,  where's 

190.  Let's 

191.  Jay.     Up 

192.  Where's 

193.  Here[.] 

195.  fair 

196.  Bear  |  tack  |    Sings. 

197.  Cinthia 

IV.  ii.  Sctena  Secunda. 
Emilia  alone,  |  two 

1.  bind 

2.  I'll 

3.  young  handsome 

5.  Sons 

6.  Heavenf;] 

7.  Arcite\j\ 

8.  beauties 


Variations  in  F°.    1679,  from  0°.    1634. 


9-  She  shews  |  births 

So.  speak 

144.  Lin'd  |  sinews  :  |  to  | 

10.  mortal 

Si.  seen 

shoulder[-]piece, 

II.  denials  |  young  Maids, 

83.  think  :  six 

145.  Women  |  conceiv'd, 

|  doubtless, 

84.  Than  those 

146.  speaks 

12.   fiery  |  sweetness  : 

85.  he 

147.    Under    |    weight    | 

14.  young  |  here  I  himself 

86.  first 

Arms[,]  |  stout[-]hearted 

i       ••" 
|  smiling, 

88.  looks 

[om.  ,] 

15.  Just 

89.  brown,     than     black  ; 

148.  grey  ey'd, 

16.  enforc'd 

stern, 

149.  yields  |  sharp 

17.  what 

90.  shews  |  fearless, 

150.  spie 

20.  ey'd  Juno's, 

91.  eyes[,]  |  fair  1  him[.] 

151.  does 

21.  than  |  Honor 

92.  Lion,  |  looks[:J 

153.  shows    |    frowns,     | 

22.  Methinks 

93.  black 

Soldier  : 

25.  such  |  near  'em. 

95.  Arm'd 

154.  wears  |  oak, 

26.  foil,  |  mere 

96.  Bauldrick[:]  |  frowns 

155.  stuck 

27.  He's 

97.  seal  |  Will 

156.  thirty. 

30.  sharpness, 

98.  Soldiers 

157.    bears    |    Charging   | 

31.  errors  |  him[?] 

99.  hast  |  describ'd 

emboss'd  |  Silver. 

33.  find 

100.  deal 

159-  sons  |  honor. 

34.  I'm  |  fool, 

IOI.  Methinks, 

1  60.   soul[,] 

36.  Women  |  beat 

102.  speak 

161.  Lady[,] 

37.  ask 

103.  ghess 

164.  Kingdoms  ; 

38    beautiful,  |  thy 

105.  honor 

165.  'Tis  pity 

39.  Beauty  [om.  ,] 

106.  He's  |  bigger    [om.  ,] 

1  66.  Oh  |  soft[-]hearted  | 

40.  young  Maid  |  cross  'em 

than 

think 

42.  brown 

107.  his 

167.  Weep  |  weep  bloud  ; 

43.  hour  |  complexion  :  lye 

1  08.   Grape) 

1  68.     Beauty  :      honor  'd 

44.   mere  Gipsie. 

109.  doubt[,] 

(friend  [om.  ,] 

46.  Utterly 

1  10.  own  :  in's  |  appears 

169.  Field  ; 

47.  Brotheif,] 

III.  fair 

172.  I'll  go 

48.  Ardte[.] 

113.  extreams) 

173.  till  |  appear, 

50.  now,  |  ask 

114.  arm  |  Fear 

174.  friend  j  royal. 

51.  ask 

115.  shews  |  temper, 

176.   Poor  |  go  weep, 

52.  go  look  ;  what 

116.  hair'd,  |  curl'd,   thick 

177.  Cosin, 

53.     fair     gawds    |    equal 

twin'df,] 

sweetness, 

117.   Nor  to  |  in 

IV.  iii.     Scena  Tertia. 

54-  cry 

Emil. 

1  1  8.  Livery  |  Maid  appears, 
119.  red  [om.  ,] 

Jailor, 

1  20.  eyes  [om.  ,] 

i.  Moon, 

57-  news  : 

121.  meant  |  correct 

2.  Than 

58.  quarrel  ? 

6  1.  sins  |  chaste 

/"  -»     ,  ~;IM 

122.  honor, 
123.  Lips, 

3.  harmless  |  sleeps 
6.  piece  |  so  e'er 

O2.  soil  a 
63.    bloud    |     Princes?    | 

125.  speaks, 
126.  all  |  lineaments 

7.  lards  |  business[.] 
8.  Withal,  fits  |  Look 

Chastity 

127.  clean, 

9.  She 

64.  Lives 
66.  Mothers 
67.  Beauty? 

128.  wears  1  well-steel'd  1 
Gold, 
130.  There's 

10.  on't  [om.  ,]  |  Down 
II.    down     a[:]    \    penn'd 
|  than 

Enter  Theseus,  Hippo- 

133.  Body  [om.  ,] 

12.   Schoolmaster  ; 

lita,    Perithous,  aud 

134.  Oh  [om.  ,] 

13.  Fantastical 

Attendants  [om.  .] 

135.  JOnM 

15.  JEneas. 

68.   Thes. 

137-  Yes[,] 

1  6.  poor  soul. 

69.  means  [om.  ,] 

138.  Methinks[.] 

1  8.  Charm, 

71.  fair  |  fair 

139.  dispos'd,  |  shew 

19.  piece 

73.  untimelyf.] 

140.  Art 

21.  there's  |  Maids 

Messenger.    Curtis. 

142.  abom, 
143.  shows  |  soul  :   |  arms 

22.     Livers,       perisht,     | 
pieces 

78.  you[,] 

are 

23.  do 

Variations  in  F°.   16  J  9,  from  Of.  1634. 


103 


24.  pick  Flowers  |  Proser- 
pine, 

25.  mark 

26.  amiss?  |  farther. 

27.  Ill  |  Barly[-]break, 

28.  'tis  |  i'th' 

29.  Other  |  boiling 

30.  chatt'ring, 

31.  heed;  |  hang[,] 

32.  Drown  |  Jupiter  bless  - 

33.  Us,  |  Cauldron 

34.  Usurers 

35.  cut[-]purses,  |  boil 

37.  brain  coins  ? 

38.  Maids 

39.  child, 

40.  Navel,   [   Ice   |  to   th' 
heart, 

41.  burns,    |    deceiving    | 
grie-vous 

42.  think,  |  be-lieve 

43.  leprous 

44.  I'll 

45-    Tls 

46.  madness,     |    thick,     | 
melancholly. 

47.  hear  |  City 

48.  wife,  howl  I  beastf,]  I 
Il'd 

49.  oh  |  smoak,  |  one  cries 
[om. ,]  oh  [om. ,] 

50.  that   I  ever  |  Arras,  | 
howls ; 

51.  Garden[-]house. 

52.  Stars,  |  Fate,  &c. 

53.  Jay.  |  think  |  her[,] 

54.  mind, 

56.  Understand  |  man,  e'r 

58.  Jay.    |    once[,]  |  hope 
[om.  ,]  |  fix'd 

59.  Gentleman 

60.  think 

61.  Pen' worth  |  half 

63.  terms. 

64.  intemperate  |distemper'd 

65.  return  |  again 

66.  preordained 

68.  doe[,]  confine 

69.  seem  |  steal  [  than 

70.  Upon  |  (young  Sir[,] 

71.  Falamon\_\\  \  eat 

73.  mind  beats 

74.  'tween  |  mind  |  pranks 

75.  madnessf;]    sing  |  her 
[om. ,]  |  green 

76.  says 

77    stuck  |  Flowers  [om. ,] 
78.  mistriss 


79.  Some  |  odors, 

80.  Sense  : 

8 1.  thing  [om.  ,] 

82.  eat  |  carve  |  drink 

84.  learn  |  Maids  |  been 

85.  Play-pheers  ;  |  repair 

86.  mouths,  |  appear 

87.  falshood 

88.  falshoods 

89.  eat,  |  sleep, 

90.  Law, 

91.  seen 
93.  between 
95  success, 

Florish. 

V.  i.     Scana  Prima. 

Thesius,  Perithous,  Hip- 
polita,  Attendants. 

2.  Prayers  : 

3.  Burn 

6.  work  |  honor 

Palamon  |  Arcite, 

9.  strong[-]hearted  enemies 

10.  royal 

11.  nearness    out[,]    |    be- 
tween 

12.  hour,  |  Dove-like 

14.  all[-]fear'd    |    down    | 
stubborn 

15.  Ire  |  mortal ;  |  help 

1 6.  Justice, 

17.  I'll 

19.  Honor 

Theseus  |  train. 

20.  glass 

21.  think 

22.  shew 

23.  business,  were't 

24.  Arm  |  Arm  : 

25.  Coz[.] 

26.  parcel  |  self:  then 

29.  antient 

30.  i*  th'  self[-]same 

31.  seat  |  so  hoist 

32.  sails,  |  vessels 

34.  speak 

35.  turn,  |  Cosin 

36.  do 

37.  farewel. 

38.  Farewel 

Palamon 

39.  Farewel 

40.  Kinsmen, 

41.  Mars, 

42.  seeds  |  fear, 


43-  goe 

45.  Lions, 

46.  Tygers,   yea[,]  |  fierce- 
ness 

47.  Yea[,]    |    go    |  mean 
[om.  :] 

48.  snails[:] 

49.  dragg'd  |  bloud,  |  fear 

50.  sticks 

51.  Queen 

52.  Camp, 

53.  Brim'd  |  aid 

55.  turn'd  |      kneel. 

56.  Green  Neptune 

57.  prewarn,    |    havock   J 
vast  Field 

58.  Unearthed  |  proclaim, 
blows  down, 

59-  Cores  |  pluck 

60.  armenipotent  from  both 
|  clouds, 

61.  mason'd  |  mak'st  [om. ,] 

62.  girths  |  cities  :  |  pupil, 

63.  Youngest  |  Drum, 

64.  laud 

65.  streamer, 

66.  o'  th'  |  Mars 

67.  Pleasure. 
Thunder^,]   \   battel,    \ 

rise[,} 

68.  Oh 

69.  o'er-rank 

70.  dusty,  |  Titles,  |  heal's 

71.  sick 

72.  O'th'  pleurisie  |  do 
73-  signs 

74.  design  ; 

Palamon 

75.  Stars 

76.  day 

77.  goddess 

79.  nobleness  do 

80.  personal  |  goddess 

kneel 

83.  Hail  Sovereign  Queen 

84.  fiercest 

85.  weep  |  Girl ;  |  hast 

86.  eye  -  glance,    |    choak 
|  Drum 

87.  turn  th'  allarm 

88.  Cripple 

90.  vassal, 

91.  gravity     to      [,  omits 
daunce]  |  Batchelor 

92.  boys  |  Bonfires 

93.  seventy, 

94.  scorn  |  throat 


104                  Variations  in  F".  1679,  from  Q°.   1634. 

95.  young  lays  |  Love  ; 

146.  wind[-]fan'd    |   femal 

26.  Yes[,]  |  way 

97.  than  |  fires 

Knights 

27.  Jail.  \  first[,] 

98.   scorch  |  mortal  |  hunt- 

147. Allow'st 

28.  I'th'  |  honesty. 

ress 

148.  Orders  Robe.  |  here 

29.  Doct.  \  niceness, 

99.  moist  !  say[,] 

149.  for  thine 

30.  honesty  ; 

IOI.  vow'd    Soldier,   |   do 

150.  green 

31.  she 

bear  1  yoak 

151.  look  |  Virgin, 

33.  Jail.  Thank  ye  Doctor. 

IO2.  'twere 

152.   Mistriss,  |  ear 

34.  Doct. 

103.  Than  |  it  self, 

153.  ne'r  |  scurril  term, 

35-  she 

104.  been  foul[-]mouth'd  | 

154.  Ne'er 

36.  Jail. 

Law, 

155.   Season'd  |  fear;  this 

37.  Doctor, 

105.  Ne'er  reveal'd 

156.  vestal  |  I'm     Bride[-] 

38.    Methinks    |    i'  th'    | 

106.  ken'd  1  practis'd 

habitedf,] 

Jaylor. 

107.  Upon  1  Libels  read 

157.  Maiden[-]hearted[:]  | 

39.  fools  : 

108.  liberal  J  feasts 

Husband 

40.  physick  |  find 

109.  beauty, 

158.  do 

41.    Woo.    \   do    |   think   | 

in.  ask'd  'em 

159.  success, 

honestf,] 

113.  't  were 

1  60.  guiltless 

42.  Doct. 

114.  eighty 

161.  lose  |  equal 

43.  eighteen. 

115.     Lass    |    fourteen    | 

162.  doome 

44.  Doct. 

'twas 

163.  to't  |  Queen, 

45-  'tis 

ii(j.  Cramp 

165.  Title  |  let 

46.  ev'r  |  perceive 

117.  foot 

1  66.  Garland, 

47.  Mood  |  of[.J 

119.  globy  eies, 

167.  file  |  quality 

48.    Videlicet,  The 

1  20.  drawn  |  spheres, 
122.  young  fair  Sphere 

Hind  \  Rose^Tree, 

49.    Woo.  Yes 
51.  do 

123.  Believ'd 

169.  Flows 

52.  melancholly  humor 

124.  believe  |  brief 

170.  bowels 

53.    Woo.  \  mind[,] 

125.  prate[,] 
127.  Kejoycer[.] 

172.  inspir'd,  |  Battel 
173.  Virgin  Flower 

Jailor,  \  Maid. 

128.  do 

174.  sodain  \  falls 

54.  Doct.     You'll    find    | 

129.    foulest     |     conceal- 

175. Flower  |   fall'n,  |  oh 

honor 

ments 

Mistriss 

55.  Jail.  \  stays  |  child, 

132.  than  |  Oh  |  goddess 

177.   think  |  own  Will  ; 

56.  hour,  |  visit  you  [om.  .] 

134.  bless  |  sign 

178.  Unclaspe  the  Mistery: 

57.  Daugh.  \  thank 

Musick  \  seen  \  again 

179.  Signs  |  gracious. 
curfsey\_,  ] 

59.  never. 
60.  Jail. 

136.  Oh  |  eleven  [om.  ,]  | 

61.  do 

ninety  reign  'st 

V.  ii.     Scana  Secunda. 

62.  fair  one  [om.  .] 

137.  mortal       bosoms,     | 
Chase 
138.     Herds   |   Game;    | 

Jaylor,  \  Wooer, 
habit  \  Palamon  [om.  .] 

64.  Jail. 
65.  often[,] 
66.  dances 

thanks 

2.   Woo.  Oh  |  the  Maids  | 

67-  Jigg,  I  tail 

139.  fair  |  laid 

kept 

68.  turns 

140.  arms 

3.  half 

69.  Jail,  indeed. 

141.  body  |  business[;] 

4.   Half  hour  |  ask'd 

70.  He'll  |  Morris  \  hour, 

142.  goddess  :        Musick 

5.  eat,  |  kiss  |  told  her[,] 

73.  turn 

hair  \  uAite[,]  holding 
train,  |  hair\  stuck 
\  Flowers  :  \  Hynd, 
which  is  conveyed 
odors,   \    Altar\_,~\ 
Maids    \    aloof,    \ 
curt'sy  \  kneel. 

7.  'Twas  |  twenty  |  been 
8.  mainly. 
9.    Woo. 
n.  hour 
12.  do 
20.    Woo. 
21.  confirm 
22.  ye  |  noise, 

74.  think 
75.  Jail.  \  virtues 
76.  think  |  brought 
78.  Jail.  \  read 
79.  fair  |  himself 
80.  Hay  |  Provender  :  that 
83.  Jail. 
84.  poor 

143.    Oh    |    shadowy,    | 

23.  intreat  again,  do 

85.  Master[,]  |  scornful. 

Queen, 

24.  Lie  |  ask 

86.  Jail.  \  Dowry 

144.  Revels, 

25.  Jail.  \  Doctor. 

88.  Oats  ;  |  he'll  ne'er 

Variations  in  F°.    1679,  from  Q".    1634. 


89.  lispst,]                             1 

152.    Woo.  \  Sweetf,]  we'll 

51.   Lot[,] 

90.  Millers 

g° 

[for      Exeunt      reads] 

91.  He'll    her[,] 

153.  we'll  |  Cards. 

Enter  Theseus,  Hip- 

92. Doct.     stuff 

154.  kiss 

polita,        Perithous, 

93.  yail.  \  curt'sie, 

155.   Woo.  times[.] 

6°£. 

94.    Woo.     soul 

157.    Woo.     ![,] 

52.  visag'd  ; 

95.  Maid,  there's  j  curt'sie. 

158.  we'll  sleep 

53.  Engine  |  sharp 

96.  i'  th'  |  honesty  ; 

159.  Doct. 

55.  bedfellows 

97.  to  th'     o'  th' 

1  60.    Woo. 

57.  seems  |  frowns 

98.  Doct.     days  journey 

162.    Woo.  \  Sweet. 

58.  sometimes  'tis 

99-  go 

163.  do  |  I'll        Florish 

59.  quality 

loo.    Woo.  \  do 

60.  Melancholly 

101.  Stool[-]ball. 

V.  iii.    Tertia.   \   These  us, 

6l.  so  does  A  trite1  s 

102.  do. 

Hippolita,   Emilia,  Per- 

62.  Palawan's    sadness   | 

103.    Woo. 

ithous  :  |  T.  Tuck  :  Cur- 

kind 

104.  keep  |  there  [om.  :] 

tis. 

64.  sadness,  |  humors 

105.  'Tis 

65.   Stick  mis[-]becomingly 

106.  find 

I.  I'll 

66.  fair 

109.  Besides[,]  |  Father 

3.  Wren  hawk  |  Fly  . 

Trumpets  \  Charge. 

no.  i'  th'  business 

4.  Than  |  decision[;]  ev'ry 

67.  Hark  how  your  |  spirit 

112.    Woo.   Do 

[om.  ;] 

68.   proof, 

114.     poor      Petticoat,     | 

5.  stroke 

69.   Arcite[,~\ 

two  course  Smocks. 

6.  falls, 

70.   spoiling  |  Oh  |  pity 

115.    Woo. 

7.  than  Blade[,] 

72.  do 

117.    Woo.   Yes[,]  1  fair 

8.  enough[,]  |  punish'd, 

74.  Ward, 

1  1  8.  We'll 

9.   'gainst 

A  great  \  noise  •<(>it/iin[,~\ 

119.    Woo. 

10.  deafing,  |  hear  ; 

\  Palamon.) 

1  20.  fain  he 

12.  Per. 

76.  born 

121.    Woo.  \  do  |  kiss 

15.  Honor  |  kind,' 

77.  Than  |  harm, 

122.    'Tis 

16.  shew  |  pencill'd. 

78.  cry's 

124.  Cosin 

17.  belief 

79.   'twas 

125.  Doct.  \  Sweet  heart, 

1  8.  seal'd  |  ear  ; 

80.  look'd  |  success, 

126.  Cosin 

19.  victors  meed,  |  garland 

81.  Doubtless  |  prethee 

127.  fair 

20.  crown  |  Title. 

Shout,  \  cry  ing  a  Palamon. 

128.  Do  |  think  he'll 

22.  I'd  wink 

84.  poor 

129.  Doct. 

24.  trial  |  'twere  i'  th' 

85.  Upon  |  Picture, 

130.  Do  |  think 

25.   only  Star 

86.    Palamon's  \  left,    why 

131.  Jail. 

27.  shows 

so  [om.  ,] 

132.     Lord,  |  y'are    [omits 

28.  darkness 

cry[pm.  ,]  and  shout 

(growne,] 

29.  dame    of   horror[;]    | 

88.  side  [om.  ,]  |  lies  ; 

134.  poor  Chicken[,] 

does 

89.   clamor 

135.  down  |  Meat,  |  Lodg- 

30.  mortal 

90.  o'  th'  combat. 

ing[,] 

31.  black 

91.  said 

136.   I'll  kiss  |  again. 

32.  find  |  self 

92.  o'  th' 

137.  do    |    you'll    lose    | 

34.  whereto 

93-  general 

sightf,] 

35-  go 

97.  metamorphos'd 

138.  e'er  was  see. 

36.  £mit[.] 

99.   compos'd  |  man  : 

139.  Jail.  \  field? 

37.  Knights 

loo.  [At  the  foot  of  p.  447 

141.   bear 

39.  needs 

in    F2,    the    catchword 

142.  Jail.     I'll 

41.  Emil[.~\  Sir[,] 

"  Their  "    is   given,   but 

144.  Doct.  \  we'll 

42.    Title    |    Kingdom    | 

at  top  of  p.  448,  "  The 

145.  loose 

try'd 

prejudice,'  &c.  ;  the  line 

146.  Jail. 

43.  self. 

"  Their  noblenes  peculier 

147.  Doct.     I'll  |  three    or 

45.  remain 

to    them,    gives  "   being 

four  days 

46.  enemies. 

left    out,    obviously    by 

148.  I'll  |  again. 

47.   Farewel 

mistake.     First  restored 

150.    Woo'. 

48.   Husband  'fore  |  self 

in  ed.  1778.] 

151.  Doct.  Let's 

50.  two[,]  |  them[,] 

io6 


Variations  in  F?    1679,  from  Q?    1634 


Arcitc,  Arcite. 

105.  prethee 

shout[,}  |  Arcite, 

106.  tars  to  th'  business. 
1 08.   hark 

111.  Half 

112.  babef;]  |  richness 

113.  costliness  |  lookt 

114.  than 

115.  Than  |  banks  |  go 

1 1 6.  winds,  |  think 
uS.  think 

119.  coming 

120.  poor 

Theseus,  Hippolita,  Peri- 
thous,  Arcite  as  Victor 
[om.  ,~\and  Attendants, 
&c, 

122.  fairest  Emilia, 

123.  Divine 
125.  struck 
127.  grows, 

129.  you  [om.  ,]  |  dearest 

130.  cheaply, 

131.  do 

132.  Oh 

133.  speaks  |  e'er 

134.  surely 

135.  batchelor,  lest 

136.  show  i'  th  |  his 

137.  charm'd  |  methought 

138.  Sow  of  Lead  : 

139.  to  th'  all; 

140.  lose  |  for 

142.  beat  |  ear  o'  th' 

143.  throats,     |    now     on 
the 

144.  again 

145.  out[-]breasted,  |  sense 

146.  between  |  so 

147.  between    these    kins- 
men ; 

148.  wear  the  Garland 

149.  for  the  subdu'd, 

150.  Justice 

151.  em[,]  let 

152.  Scene's 

153.  joyful,  |  Arm 

154.  lose  |  Hippolita 

155.  tear 

157.  winning? 

158.  powers[,j     your 

159.  wills  |  said 

161.  Prince  [om.  ,] 

162.  than 

163.  die  too[,] 


164.  pity 

165.  four  |  eyes  |  fix'd 

1 66.  needs  |  blind  for't[,] 

V.  iv.     Scena  Quarta. 

Palamon  |  Knights  pin- 
ion'd  :  Jailor  [om . ,]  | 
[,]  &c. 

1.  There's  |  alive  [om. ,] — 
out[-]liv'd 

2.  o'  th'  |  yea[,]  i'  th'  self[-] 
same 

3.  child  ; 

5-  pity. 

7.  lothsome 

8.  Gout  |  Rheum,  |  hours 
10.    Young,    |    u  n^v  a  p- 

per'd[,]    not    [om.    ,]  | 
Crimes 

13.  clear  |  dear  kinsmen. 

14.  poor  |  down, 

15.  sold  |  cheap. 

17.  o'er 

1 8.  Title 

19.  certain :     a    grain    of 
honor 

20.  o'er-weigh 

21.  farewel  ; 

22.  tott'ring 

23.  reels. 

24.  Come[:] 

25.  Banquet, 

27.  freedom 

28.  does 

31.  Jail.  Siif,] 

32.  married 
34-  'tis 

35.  prethee 

36.  piece 

38.  i.  AT.,]  Nay[,]  let's 

39.  maid? 

40.  think 

42.  Than  |  speak 

44.  Jail.  |  requite 

45.  thankful. 

46.  Adieu  ; 

Block. 

48.  Lead  courageous 

49.  We'll  |  cheerfully. 
within[,\  |  savt^,]  \  haste 

50.  oh 

Pirithous 


51.  Hold[,] 

54.  lead. 

56.  do 

57.  tidings  ear 


haste 


60.  wak't  |  dream  [om.  ?] 

61.  Cosin 

63.  black 

64.  hayr 

66.  goodness 

67.  Hear  finds 

69.  than  |  For 

70.  pleas'd 

72.  {'were  to'  th'  Musick 

73.  own  hoofs  |  (For 

74.  Musicks 
76.  Spark[,] 

78.  The  |  fire[,] 

79.  Took 

81.  Forgets  [-]  school    | 
train'd, 

82.  mannage, 

83.  sharp  |  frets 

84.  Than  |  obeyes ;    Seeks 
|  foul  means 

85.  lad'rie,  |  dis-seat 

86.  When 

87.  crack,  |  break[,]  |  dif- 
f'ring 

88.  Dis[-]root 

89.  'tween  |  legs,  |  hoofs 

90.  [(]  on   end   he  stands 
[as  if  part  of  1.  89]. 

91.  Arcites[,}  legs  |  than 

93.  And 

94.  Backward  |  jade  |  o'er, 

95.  load  :  Yet 

96.  'tis  [om.  ,]  |  floats 
97..  He 

98.  appears. 

Hippolita,  [  chair. 

102.  I'm 

106.  hour  ; 

108.  kiss  |  fair  |  'Tis 

no.  soul 

in.  I'll  |  eyes[,]  |  souls  | 
thee  [om.  ,] 

113.  tears. 

114.  honor. 

115.  Even 

1 1 6.  acknowledg 

117.  thanks 

1 1 8.  play'd, 

119.  length'ned,  and  [om. ,] 

120.  blissfull  |  you[:] 

122.  Mars[,1 

123.  Ard£eU\ 
125.  shew'd  |  Bear 

128.  loss 

129.  Dear  |  loss  |  dear 

131.  conquer'd  triumphs, 

132.  Loss  : 


Variations  in  Ft   1679,  from  0°.    1634. 


107 


133.  been 

134.  kinsman  |  o'  th' 

136.  proclaimed  |  restor'd 

137.  stolen  Jewell, 
140.  Lead 

142.  Friends. 

143.  look 

145.  we'll 

146.  hour, 


147.  hour  |  dearly 
150.  lack 
155.  bear 

EPILOGUE 

2.  School  Boys, 
4.  look 
6.  young 


7.  'Tis  |  here, 

8.  hiss  [om.  ,] 

9.  vain,  |  ye, 

12.  tK  tale 

13.  'tis 
15.  And 
17.    We, 


[FINIS  omitted.] 


Cto0    toble   fimsrom 


WILLIAM  SHAKSPERE  AND  JOHN  FLETCHER. 


THE 


TWO  NOBLE  KINSMEN 


WILLIAM  SHAKSPERE  AND  JOHN  FLETCHER. 


(Bbiteb  horn  the  Quarto  at  1634 


BY 


HAROLD     LITTLE DALE 


PART  I. 

REVISED  TEXT  AND  NOTES. 


PUBLISHT    FOR 

Ifoto  &f)afcS}jere 

BY  N.  TRUBNER  &  CO.,  57,  59,  LUDGATE  HILL, 
LONDON,  E.G.,  1876. 


brics  II.     8. 


JOHN   CHILDS   AND  SON,    PRINTERS. 


DRAMATIS  PERSONS. 


THESEUS,  duke  of  Athens. 
PIRITHOUS,  an  Athenian  general. 
ARTESIUS,  an  Athenian  captain. 

PALAMON,  ) 

[  nephews  to  Creon  king  of  1  hebes. 
ARCITE,      * 

VALERIUS,  a  Theban  nobleman. 

Six  Knights. 

Herald. 

Jailor. 

Wooer  to  the  Jailor's  Daughter. 

Doctor. 

Brother ) 

.   }  to  the  Jailor. 
Friends ' 

Gentleman. 

GERROLD,  a  schoolmaster, 

HIPPOLYTA,  an  Amazon,  bride  to  Theseus. 
EMILIA,  her  sister. 
Three  Queens. 
Jailor's  Daughter. 
Waiting-women  to  Emilia. 

Countrymen,  Messengers,  a  man  personating  Hymen,  Boy,  Executioner, 
Guard,  and  Attendants.  Country  wenches,  and  women  personating 
Nymphs. 

SCENE — Athens  and  the  neighbourhood,  except  in  part  of  the  first  actt 
where  it  is  Thebes  and  the  neighbourhood. 

Dramatis  Persona]  Dyce ;  given  imperf.  in  I       Gaoler.  Waiting-women]   L.       D. 

F.;   no  list  in  Q.        Jailor]  L.      D.  |      Waiting- woman 
b  I 


PROLOGUE. 

Fieri lh.]  ~]VT  EU'  playes  and  maydenheads  are  neare  akin  ; 

1\|     Much  followed  loth,  for  loth  much  money  gien, 

If  they  Jland  found  and  well :  and  a  good  pi  ay, 
4  IWiofe  modejl  fcenef  llujli  on  his  marriage-day, 

Andjhake  to  loofe  his  honour,  is  like  hlr 

That  after  holy  tye  andfrft  nights  ftir, 

Yetftill  is  modejiie,  andjiill  retaines 
8  More  of  the  maid  tojlght  than  husband's  paines ; 

Jfo  pray  our  play  may  be.  fo  ;  for  I'm  fure 

It  has  a  nolle  breeder  and  a  pure, 

A  learned,  and  a  poet  never  went 
i  a  More  famous  yet  twixt  Po  andjiluer  Trent : 

Chaucer — of  all  admir'd — the  story  gives ; 

There  conftant  to  eternity  it  lives. 

If  we  let  fall  the  nobleneffe  of  this, 
1 6  And  the  Jirjl  found  this  child  heare  le  a  hiffe, 

How  will  itfliake  the  bones  of  that  good  man, 

And  make  him  cry  from  under  ground,  "  O,fan 

From  me  the  witles  chajfe  offuch  a  wrighter 
20  That  llajles  my  layes,  and  my  fam'd  workes  makes  lighter 

Then  Rolin  Hood  !  "   This  is  thefeare  we  bring ; 

For,  to  fay  truth,  it  were  an  endleffe  thing, 

And  too  ambitious,  to  afpire  to  him, 
24  Weake  as  we  are,  and  almojt  Ireathleffe  fwim 

In  this  deepe  water.     Do  but  you  hold  out 

Your  helping  hands,  and  wejliall  take  about, 

Andfomething  doe  tofave  us.     YouJJiall  heare 
28  Scenes,  though  below  his  art,  may  yet  appcare 

Worth  two  houres  travell.     To  his  bones  fiveetjleepe! 

Content  to  you  !     If  this  play  doe  not  keepe 

A  little  dull  time  from  us,  we  perceave 
32  Our  Iqffes  fall  fo  thicke,  we  muji  needs  leave.  [Florifli. 


Knight  omits  this  prol.  entirely. 
23.  him,]  L.     Q.  him  ;     D.  him. 
25.  -Mater.  Do}  Q.     D.  water,  do 


26.  take]  Q.  (=)  F.  etc.  lack 
29.  travell.]  Q.     D.  travail. 


THE  TWO  NOBLE 

Kinfmen. 


ACT  I.  [r.  j] 

[SCENE  I.     Athens.     Before  a  temple.] 

Enter  Hymen  with  a  torch  burning :  a  Boy,  in  a  white 
role,  before,  Jinging  and  Jireu'ing  floivers.  After  Hymen, 
a  Nimph,  encompajl  in  her  treffes,  bearing  a  wheaten  gar- 
land. Then  Thefeus,  betweene  two  other  Nimphs  with 
wheaten  Chaplets  on  their  keades.  Then  Hippolyta,  the  bride, 
led  by  [Pirithous],  and  another  holding  a  garland  over  her 
head,  her  treffes  likewife  hanging.  After  her,  Emilia,  hol- 
ding up  her  trains.  [Artesius  and  Attendanls.~\ 


The  Song. 

[Of ex,  their  JJiarpe  fpines  being  gone, 
Not  royall  in  their  fmels  alone, 
But  in  their  hew. 
Maiden  pinches,  of  odour  faint, 
Dazies  fmel-leffe,  yet  mojl  quaint, 
Andfweet  time  true. 

Prim-rofe,firjt-borne  child  of  Ver, 
Merry  fpring-time's  herbinger 
JVith  her  bels  dimme. 
Oxlips,  in  their  cradles  growing, 
Mary-golds,  on  death-beds  blowing, 
Larkes -heeles  trinnne. 


\_MuJicke. 


Hippolyta,  .  .  led  by  Pirithous\  S.  etc.      O. 

Edd.    Ty.  Nicholson,   lead  by  Theseus 

(Edd.  led) 
7.  Prim-rose,  first-borne  ckild\  Edd.       Q. 

Prim-rose  first  borne, 


8.  herbinger    WitK\    L.  om.  [,]      Q.  sqq. 
Herbinger,  With 

9.  her  bels]    Q.  F.  etc.  (bells;,  except  Sk. 
hair-bells 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 


[I.I. 


[I.  i]  All  deere  Natures  children  fweete, 

Lyfore  bride  and  bridegroomesfeete,  [Strew  Flowers 

Bluffing  their  fence .' 
1 6  Not  an  angel  of  the  aire, 
Bird  melodious  or  birdfaire, 
[Be]  abfent  hence  ! 

The  crow,  the  Jlaundrous  cuckoe,  nor 
20  The  boding  raven,  nor  [chough  /;ore,] 

Afar  chattring  pie, 

May  on  our  Iridehoufe  pearch  orjing, 

Or  with  them  any  difcord  bring, 
24  But  from  it  fly  ! 

Enter  three  Queenes  in  blacke,  with  vailes  Jlaind,  with  impc- 
riall  crownes.  The  firjl  Queene  fals  downe  at  the  foote  of 
Thefeus ;  the  second  fals  downe  at  the  foote  of  Hippolyta  j 
the  third  before  Emilia. 

1.  Qu.  For  pittie's  fake  and  true  gentilitie's, 
Heare,  and  refpeft  me ! 

2.  Qu.  Qu.  For  your  mother's  fake, 
And  as  you  wifh  your  womb  may  thrive  with  faire  ones, 

28  Heare,  and  refpeft  me ! 

3.  Qu.  Now,  for  the  love  of  him  whom  Jove  hath  markd 
The  honour  of  your  bed,  and  for  the  fake 

Of  cleere  virginity,  be  advocate 
32  For  us  and  our  diftreffes  !     This  good  deede 
Shall  raze  you  out  o'  th'  booke  of  trefpaffes 
All  you  are  fet  downe  there. 
Thef.  Sad  lady,  rife. 
Hip.  Stand  up. 

Emit.  No  knees  to  me: 

36  What  woman  I  may  fteed  that  is  diftreft 
Does  bind  me  to  her. 


13.  sweet,    Lie]    F.    sqq.      C.    Lye       Q. 

sweete-Ly 
16.  angel}  Edd.    Q.  angle    Th.  conj.  augel 


18.  Be  absent]  S.  etc.      O.Edd.  Is  absent 
20.  chough  hoar\  S.  etc.      Q.  dough  het 
F.  Clough  he    T.  Clough  he 


I.  I.J 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 


Thef.  What's  your  requeft  ?     Deliver  you  for  all.  [I.  j] 

I    Qu.  We  are  three  queenes,  whofe  foveraignes  fel  before 

The  wrath  of  cruell  Creon ;  who  [endure]  40 

The  beakes  of  ravens,  tallents  of  the  kights, 

And  pecks  of  crowes,  in  the  fowle  feilds  of  Thebs. 

He  will  not  fuffer  us  to  burne  their  bones, 

To  urne  their  allies,  nor  to  take  th'  offence  44 

Of  mortall  loathfomenes  from  the  bleft  eye 

Of  holy  Phoebus,  but  infecls  the  windes 

With  flench  of  our  flaine  lords.     O  pitty,  duke  ! 

Thou  purger  of  the  earth,  draw  thy  feard  fword  4^ 

That  does  good  turnes  to  th'  world ;  give  us  the  bones 

Of  our  dead  kings,  that  we  may  chappell  them  ; 

And  of  thy  boundles  goodnes,  take  fome  note 

That  for  our  crowned  heades  we  have  no  roofe  52 

Save  this,  which  is  the  lyon's,  and  the  beare's, 

And  vault  to  every  thing ! 

Thef.  Pray  you,  kneele  not : 

I  was  tranfported  with  your  fpeech,  and  fuffer'd  5^ 

Your  knees  to  wrong  themfelves.     I  have  heard  the  fortunes 

Of  your  dead  lords,  which  gives  me  fuch  lamenting 

As  wakes  my  vengeance  and  revenge  for  'em. 

King-Capaneus  was  your  lord,  the  day  60 

That  he  mould  marry  you,  at  fuch  a  feafon 

As  now  it  is  with  me,  I  met  your  groome 

By  Mars's  altar ;  you  were  that  time  faire, 

Not  Juno's  mantle  fairer  then  your  trefies,  64 

Nor  in  more  bounty  fpread  her ;  your  wheaten  wreathe 

Was  then  nor  threafhd  nor  blafted ;  fortune  at  you 

Dimpled  her  cheeke  with  fmiles  ;   Hercules  our  kinefman — 

Then  weaker  than  your  eies — laide  by  his  club ;  68 

He  tumbled  downe  upon  his  [nemean]  hide, 


40.  endure]  M.  D.   K.('67)  Sk.      Q.    W. 
endured     F.  etc.  K.  ('41)  endur'd 

41.  Tallents]  Q.      Edd.  talons 

42.  feilds]  Q.      F.  T.  S.  field     C.  W.  etc. 
fields 


63.  Mars's]  F.     Q.   Marsis 
65.  spread  her]  Edd.       S.  om.  her 
69.  Nemean]  S.      O.Edd.  Nenuan 
on  his 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 


[I.i. 


[I.  i]  And  fwore  his  finews  thavvd.     O,  greife  and  time, 

Fearefull  confumers,  you  will  all  devoure 
72       i   Qu.  O  I  hope  fome  God, 

Some  God  hath  put  his  mercy  in  your  manhood, 

Whereto  hee'l  infufe  powre,  and  prefle  you  forth 

Our  undertaker ! 

Thef.  O  no  knees,  none,  widdow  ! 

76  Unto  the  helmeted  Bellona  uie  them, 

And  pray  for  me,  your  fouldier. 

Troubled  I  am.  [Turtles  away. 

2    Qu.  Honoured  Hippolyta, 

Moft  dreaded  Amazonian,  that  haft  ilaine 
80  The  fith-tuskd  bore ;  that,  with  thy  arme  as  ftrong 

As  it  is  white,  waft  neere  to  make  the  male 

To  thy  fex  captive,  but  that  this  thy  lord — 

Borne  to  uphold  creation  in  that  honour 
84  Firft  nature  ftilde  it  in — Ihrunke  thee  into 

The  bow nd  thou  waft  ore-flowing,  at  once  lubduitig 

Thy  force  and  thy  affecYion  ;  ibldierefle, 

That  equally  canft  poize  fternenes  with  pitty; 
88  [Who]  now,  I  know,  haft  much  more  power  on  him 

Then  e'er  he  had  on  thee,  who  ow'ft  his  ftrength 

And  his  love  too,  who  is  a  fervant  for 

The  tenour  of  [thy]  speech  ;  deere  glafle  of  ladies, 
92  Bid  him  that  we,  whom  flaming  war  doth  fcortch. 

Under  the  lhaddow  of  his  iword  may  coole  us  j 

Require  him  he  advance  it  ore  our  heades ; 

Speak  't  in  a  woman's  key  :  like  fuch  a  woman 
96  As  any  of  us  three  ;  weepe  ere  you  faile  j 
Lend  us  a  knee ; 

But  touch  the  ground  for  us  no  longer  time 

Then  a  dove's  motion  when  the  head's  pluckt  off; 
100  Tell  him  if  he  i'  th'  blood-cizd  field  lay  fwolne, 
Showing  the  fun  his  teeth,  grinning  at  the  moone, 


88.    Who\  D.     Q.  Whom  now  I  know 
90.  for]  O.Edd.  D.  Ty.  K.('6;)  Sk.     S. 
C.  W.  to 


91.  thy  speech]  S.  etc. 
Speech 


O  Edd.   Ty.  the 


1, 1.] 


The  Tii'o  Nolle  Kinfrnen. 


What  you  would  doe!  [I.  i] 

Hip.  Poore  lady,  fay  no  more  : 

I  had  as  leife  trace  this  good  aclion  with  you 

As  that  whereto  I  'm  going,  and  nev'r  yet  104 

Went  I  fo  willing,  way.     My  lord  is  taken 
Heart  deepe  with  your  diftrelfe  :  let  him  confider ; 
He  fpeake  anon. 

3   Qu.  O,  my  petition  was  \_Kneele  to  Emilia. 

Set  downe  in  yce,  which,  by  hot  greefe  uncandied,  108 

Melts  into  drops;  fo  forrow,  wauling  forme, 
Is  preft  with  deeper  matter. 

Emilia.  Pray  ftand  up  : 

Your  greefe  is  written  in  your  cheeke. 

3   Qu.  O,  woe ! 

You  cannot  reade  it  there;  there  through  my  teares,  112 

Like  wrinckled  pebbles  in  a  [glaflie]  ftreame 
You  may  behold  'em  !     Lady,  lady,  alacke ! 
He  that  will  all  the  treafure  know  o'  th'  earth 
Muft  know  the  center  too ;  he  that  will  fifh  n6 

For  my  leaft  minnow,  let  him  lead  his  line 
To  catch  one  at  my  heart.     O,  pardon  me ! 
Extremity,  that  fharpens  fundry  wits,    - 
Makes  me  a  foole. 

Emit.  Pray  you  fay  nothing,  pray  you  :  1 20 

Who  cannot  feele  nor  fee  the  raine,  being  in  't, 
Knowes  neither  wet  nor  dry.     If  that  you  were 
The  ground-peece  of  fome  painter,  I  would  buy  you 
T'  inftru£t  me  gainft  a  capitall  greefe  indeed; —  124 

Such  heart-peirc'd  demonftration  ! — but,  alas  ! 
Being  a  naturall  lifter  of  our  fex, 
Your  forrow  beates  fo  ardently  upon  me, 
That  it  mall  make  a  counter-reflect  gainft  128 


105.  -willing,  way]  O.Edd.  S.  etc.  will- 
ing way.  Sy.  willing.  Ay  !  Ty.  will- 
ing 'way. 

112.  there  through}  O.Edd.  W.  Ty.  K. 
('67).  S.  C.  K.('4i).  here  D.  etc. 


there,  through 

113.  glassie]    S.   sqq.    glassy      Q.  glasse 
F.  T.  glass 

114.  fofolti 'etti]  Q.     D.  behold  it 


8  The  Two  Nolle  K'mfmen.  [T 

[I.  i]  My  brother's  heart,  and  warme  it  to  fome  pitty, 

Though  it  were  made  of  ftone  :  pray  have  good  comfort. 

T/ief.  Forward  to  th'  temple  !  leave  not  out  a  jot 
O'  th'  facred  ceremony. 

J32       i    Qu.  O,  this  celebration 

Will  [longer]  laft,  and  be  more  coftly,  then 
Your  suppliants'  war  !     Remember  that  your  fame 
Knowles  in  th'  eare  o'  th'  world :  what  you  doe  quickly 

J3^  Is  not  done  ralhly;  your  firft  thought  is  more 

Then  other*'  labour'd  meditance  :  your  premeditating 
More  then  their  actions  :  But,  oh  Jove  !  your  actions, 
Soone  as  they  [moove],  as  afprayes  doe  the  fifh, 

*4°  Subdue  before  they  touch;  thinke,  deere  duke,  thinke 
What  beds  our  flaine  kings  have  ! 

2  Qu.  What  greifes  our  beds, 
That  our  deere  lords  have  none! 

3  Qu.  None  fit  for  th'  dead  ! 
Thofe  that  with  cordes,  knives,  drams,  precipitance, 

I44  Weary  of  this  world's  light,  have  to  themfelves 
Beene  death's  moft  horrid  agents,  humaine  grace 
Affords  them  duft  and  fhaddow. 

i    Qu.  But  our  lords 

Ly  bliftring  fore  the  vifitating  sunne, 
148  And  were  good  kings  when  living. 

Tfief.  It  is  true  j 

And  I  will  give  you  comfort, 
To  give  your  dead  lords  graves :  the  which  to  doe, 
Muft  make  fome  worke  with  Creon. 

i    Qu.  And  that  worke 


133.  longer}  S.  etc.  O.Edd.  Ty.  long 
139.  moove]  F.  sqq.  move  Q.  mooves 
143.  Drams,  Precipitance,]  S.  C.  W.  D. 

O.Edd.   drains   precipitance,       K.    Sk. 

Cords',     knives',     drams'    precipitance, 

Ty.  drams-precipitance, 
145.  humaine]  Q.      F.  humane      T.  sqq. 

human 
149-150.  will  give  .  .  .  To  give}  O.Edd.  S. 


C.  W.  K.  D.  Ty.  Se.  conj. ,  Sk.  will  give 
you  Comfort,  [and  engage  Myself  and 
Pow'rs]  to  give  Mason,  to  give  .  .  . 
will  give  Sid.  Walker's  arrangement : 
so  D.('67,  '76). 

151.  Ami  that  worke]  O.Edd  Ty.  D.('67, 
'76).  S.  etc.  Sid.  Walker,  work  now 
Arrangement  Walker's. 


1. 1.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


Prefents  it  felfe  to  th'  doing  :  [I.  i 

Now  'twill  take  forme,  the  heates  are  gone  to  morrow  j 

Then,  booteles  toyle  muft  recompeuce  it  felfe 

With  it's  owne  fweat ;  now  he  's  fecure, 

Not  dreames  we  ftand  before  your  puirTance,  Ij6 

Wrinching  our  holy  begging  in  our  eyes, 

To  make  petition  cleere. 

2  Qu.  Now  you  may  take  him 
Drunke  with  his  vi&ory. 

3  Qu.  And  his  army  full 

Of  bread,  and  floth.  1 60 

Thef.  Artefius,  that  beft  know'ft 

How  to  draw  out  fit  to  this  enterprife 
The  prim'ft  for  this  proceeding,  and  the  number 
To  carry  fuch  a  bufinefle  j  forth  and  levy 

Our  worthieft  inftruments  ;  whilft  we  defpatch  164 

This  grand  acl:  of  our  life,  this  daring  deede 
Of  fate  in  wedlocke. 

1  Qu.  Dowagers,  take  hands ; 
Let  us  be  widdowes  to  our  woes ;  delay 

Commends  us  to  a  familhing  hope.  168 

All  Qu.  Fafewell ! 

2  Qu.  We  come  nnfeafonably  j  but  when  could  greefe 
Cull  forth,  as  unpanged  judgement  can,  fitt'ft  time 

For  beft  folicitation  ? 

Thef.  Why,  good  ladies, 

This  is  a  fervice,  whereto  I  am  going,  172 

Greater  then  any  [war]  j  it  more  imports  me 
Then  all  the  actions  that  I  have  foregone, 
Or  futurely  can  cope. 

i   Q.U.  The  more  proclaiming 

Our  fuit  fhall  be  neglected  :  when  her  armes,  176 


156.  Notdreames\  Q.  T.  C.  W.  Ty.  K.  D. 
Sk.       F.    Not    dretms        S.    etc.   Nor 
dreams 

157.  Wrinching]  O.Edd.       S.  etc.  Rinsing 
159.  Andhis\  O.Edd.  etc.      Sid.  Walker, 


And  's 

161.  draw  out  fit]  Q.     D.  out,  fit 
167.  widdowes]  Edd.      Sy.  conj.  wedded 
173.  any  war;]  Th.  S.  etc.      O.Edd.  Ty. 

any  was; 


10  The  Ttvo  Noble  Kinfmen.  [I.  i. 

[I.  i]  Able  to  locke  Jove  from  a  fynod,  fliall 

By  warranting  moone-light  corflet  thee,  O,  when 

Her  twynning  cherries  fliall  their  fweetnes  fall 
1 80  Upon  thy  taftefull  lips,  what  wilt  thou  thinke 

Of  rotten  kings  or  blubberd  queenes  ?  what  care 

For  what  thou  feel  ft  not,  what  thou  feelft  being  able 

To  make  Mars  fpurne  his  drom  ?     O,  if  thou  couch 
184  But  one  night  with  her,  every  howre  in  't  will 

Take  hoftage  of  thee  for  a  hundred,  and 

Thou  {halt  remember  nothing  more  then  what 

That  banket  bids  thee  to  ! 

Hip.  Though  much  unlike  [Kneele. 

1 88  You  fliould  be  fo  tranfported,  as  much  lorry 

I  fliould  be  fuch  a  fuitour ;  yet  I  thinke, 

Did  I  not  by  th'  abftayning  of  my  joy, 

Which  breeds  a  deeper  longing,  cure  their  furfeit 
*92  That  craves  a  prefent  medcine,  I  fliould  plucke 

All  ladies'  fcandall  on  me :  therefore,  Sir, 

As  I  ihall  here  make  tryall  of  my  prayres, 

Either  prefuming  them  to  have  fome  force, 
196  Or  fentencing  for  aye  their  vigour  dombe, 

Prorogue  this  bulines  we  are  going  about,  and  hang 

Your  flieild  afore  your  heart,  about  that  necke 

Which  is  my  fee,  and  which  I  freely  lend 
aoo  To  doe  thefe  poore  queenes  fervice. 

All  Qu.  Oh  helpe  now  ! 

Our  caufe  cries  for  your  knee. 

Emit.  If  you  grant  not  [Kneele. 

My  fifter  her  petition,  in  that  force, 

With  that  celerity  and  nature,  which 
204  Shee  makes  it  in,  from  henceforth  He  not  dare 

To  aske  you  any  thing,  nor  be  fo  hardy 

Ever  to  take  a  husband. 

Thef.  Pray,  ftand  up  : 

I  am  entreating  of  my  felfe  to  doe 

179.  twynning\  L.     Q.  twyning    F.  T.  twining    Th.  etc.  twinning- 


Li.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


ji 


That  which  you  kneele  to  have  me. — Pirithous,  [I.  i] 

Leade  on  the  bride  :  get  you  and  pray  the  Gods 

For  fuccefle  and  returne  ;  omit  not  any  thing 

In  the  pretended  celebration. — Queenes, 

Follow  your  soldier.     [To  Artefius.]  As  before,  hence  you,         212 

And  at  the  banckes  of  [Aulis]  meete  us  with 

The  forces  you  can  raife,  where  we  lhall  finde 

The  moytie  of  a  number,  for  a  bufines 

More  bigger  lookt.     Since  that  our  theame  is  hafte,  216 

I  ftamp  this  kifie  upon  thy  currant  lippe ; 

Sweete,  keepe  it  as  my  token.     Set  you  forward ; 

For  I  will  fee  you  gone.  [Exit  Artefius. 

Farewell  my  beauteous  sifter.     Pirithous,  220 

Keepe  the  feaft  full ;  bate  not  an  howre  on  *r. 

Plr.  Sir, 

He  follow  you  at  heeles  :  the  feaft's  folempnity 
Shall  want  till  your  returne. 

Thef.  Cofen,  I  charge  you 

Boudge  not  from  Athens  ;  we  fhall  be  returning  224 

Ere  you  can  end  this  feaft,  of  which,  I  pray  you, 
Make  no  abatement.     Once  more,  farewell  all. 

1  Qu.  Thus  doft  thou  ftill  make  good 

The  tongue  o'  tli'  world.  228 

2  Qu.  And  earn'ft  a  deity 
Equal  with  Mars. 

3  Qu.  If  not  above  him  ;  for 
Thou  being  but  mortall,  mak'ft  affections  bend 
To  godlike  honours ;  they  themfelves,  fome  fay, 

Grone  under  fuch  a  maftry.  232 

Thef.  As  we  're  men, 

Thus  fhould  we  doe ;  being  fenfually  fubdude, 


212.  Follow  your  soldier.    As  before,  hence] 
M.  W.  D.  Sk.     Q.  F.  S.  C.  Follow  your 
Soldier    (as    before)    hence    you      (T. 
Soldiers)      K.  Ty.    soldier,  as    before  ; 
hence 

213.  Aulis]    Th.    S.    etc.    O.Edd.    Anly 
Ingleby,  Auly     Heath,  Ilisse     Se.  conj. 


At  the  Gates,  or  Port,  or  Back,  of  Aulis 
216.  bigger  look'f]  Q.  F.       T.  sqq.  bigger 

look'd     D.  bigger-look'd 
223.  wanf\  O.Edd.  etc.     S.  (approved  by 

Sid.  Walker)  wait 
226-9]  Sid.  Walker's  arrangement,  D.('67, 


i-j  The  Tu'o  Noble  Kinfmen.  [I.  i,  2. 

[I.  i]  We  loofe  our  humane  tytle.     Good  cheere,  ladies! 

Now  turne  we  towards  your  comforts.  [Flori/h.    Exeunt. 

[I.  a]  SCENE  II.     [Thebes.     The  court  of  the  palace.] 

Enter  Palamon  and  Arcite. 

Arcite.     Deere  Palamon,  deerer  in  love  then  blood, 

And  our  prime  cofen,  yet  unhardned  in 

The  crimes  of  nature  ;  let  us  leave  the  citty 
4  Thebs,  and  the  temptings  in  't,  before  we  further 

Sully  our  glofle  of  youth  : 

And  here  to  keepe  in  abftinence  we  fhame 

As  in  incontinence ;  for  not  to  fwim 
8  I'  th'  aide  o'  th'  current,  were  almoft  to  fincke, 

At  leaft  to  fruftrate  ftriving ;  and  to  follow 

The  common  ftreame,  'twold  bring  us  to  an  edy 

Where  we  mould  turne  or  drowne  ;  if  labour  through, 
12  Our  gaine  but  life  and  weakenes. 

Pal.  Your  advice 

Is  cride  up  with  example  :  what  ftrange  ruins, 

Since  firil  we  went  to  fchoole,  may  we  perceive 

Walking  in  Thebs  ?     Skars  and  bare  weedes 
16  The  gaine  o'  th'  martialift,  who  did  propound 

To  his  bold  ends,  honour  and  golden  ingots, 

Which  though  he  won,  he  had  not ;  and  now  flurted 

By  peace  for  whom  he  fought.     Who,  then,  {hall  offer 
20  To  Mars's  fo-fcornd  altar  ?     I  doe  bleede 

When  fuch  I  meete,  and  wiih  great  Juno  would 

Refume  her  ancient  fit  of  jelouzie, 

To  get  the  foldier  worke,  that  peace  might  purge 
14  For  her  repletion,  and  retaine  anew 

Her  charitable  heart,  now  hard,  and  harlher 

Then  ftrife  or  war  could  be. 

Arc.  Are  you  not  out ' 


234.  humane\  Q.     Edd.  human  24.  retaine\   Edd.      Heath   conj.    reclaim 

8.  aide]  O.Edd.  etc.     Th.  conj.  C.  head  Sk.  conj.  regain 


1.2,1 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 


Meete  you  no  ruine  but  the  foldier  in 

The  cranckes  and  turnes  of  Thebs  ?     You  did  begin 

As  if  you  met  decaies  of  many  kindes  : 

Perceive  you  none  that  doe  arowfe  your  pitty, 

But  th'  unconfiderd  foldier  ?    • 

Pal.  Yes ;  I  pitty 

Decaies  where  ere  I  finde  them ;  but  fuch  moft 
That,  fweating  in  an  honourable  toyle 
Are  paide  with  yce  to  coole  'em. 

Arc.  'Tis  not  this 

I  did  begin  to  fpeake  of;  this  is  vertue 
Of  no  refpect  in  Thebs ;  I  fpake  of  Thebs, 
How  dangerous,  if  we  will  keepe  our  honours, 
It  is  for  our  refyding ;  where  every  evill 
Hath  a  good  cullor ;  where  every  feeming  good' 
A  certaine  evill  j  where  not  to  be  ev'n  jumpe 
As  they  are  here,  were  to  be  ftrangers,  and 
Such  things  to  be,  meere  monfters. 

Pal.  'Tis  in  our  power — • 

Unlefle  we  feare  that  apes  can  tutor's — to 
Be  matters  of  our  manners  :  what  neede  I 
AfFe6t  anothers  gate,  which  is  not  catching 
Where  there  is  faith  ?  or  to  be  fond  upon 
Anothers  way  of  fpeech,  when  by  mine  owne 
I  may  be  reafonably  conceiv'd,  fav'd  too, 
Speaking  it  truly  ?  why  am  I  bound 
By  any  generous  bond  to  follow  him 
Followes  his  taylor,  haply  fo  long  untill 
The  follow'd  make  purfuit  ?  or  let  me  know 
Why  mine  owne  barber  is  unbleft,  with  him 
My  poore  chinne  too,  for  'tis  not  cizard  juft 
To  fuch  a  favorite's  glaffe  ?  What  cannon  is  there 
That  does  command  my  rapier  from  my  hip, 
To  dangle't  in  my  hand,  or  to  go  tip-toe 


[La] 

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40 


44 


48 


5» 


41.  are  here,]  Mason.  D.  Ty.     O.Edd.  S. 
C.  W.  K.  Sk.  are,  here 

42.  to  be,  meere]  Nicholson.      Edd.  to  be 


mere    (F.  T.  S.  meer) 
51.  ««/w7]Q.     F.sqq.  until     Sid.  Walker, 
till 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


[1.2. 


[I-  2]  Before  the  ftreete  be  foule?     Either  I  am 

The  fore-horfe  in  the  teame,  or  I  am  none 
60  That  draw  i'  th'  fequent  trace.     Thefe  poore  fleight  fores 

Neede  not  a  plantin ;  that  which  rips  my  bolbme, 

Almoft  to  th'  heart's — 

Arc.  Our  uncle  Creon. 

Pal.  He, 

A  moft  unbounded  tyrant,  whofe  fucceffes 
64  Makes  heaven  unfeard,  and  villany  amired 

Beyond  its  power  there's  nothing ;  almoft  puts 

Faith  in  a  feavour,  and  deifies  alone 

Voluble  chance  j  who  onely  attributes 
68  The  faculties  of  other  inftruments 

To  his  owne  nerves  and  a6t ;  commands  men  fervice, 

And  what  they  winne  in  't,  boot  and  glory ;  [one] 

That  feares  not  to  do  harm  ;  good,  dares  not ;  let 
72  The  blood  of  mine  that's  fibbe  to  him,  be  fuckt 

From  me  with  leeches  j  let  them  breake  and  fall 

Off  me  with  that  corruption  ! 

Arc.  Cleere-fpirited  cozen, 

Let 's  leave  his  court,  that  we  may  nothing  {hare 
76  Of  his  lowd  infamy  ;  for  our  milke 

Will  relifli  of  the  pafture,  and  we  muft 

Be  vile  or  difobedient ;  not  his  kinfmen 

In  blood,  unlefle  in  quality. 

Pal.  Nothing  truer : 

80  I  thinke  the  ecchoes  of  his  fliames  have  deaft 

The  eares  of  heav'nly  juftice  :  widdows'  cryes 


61.  rips]  Q.  etc.     F.  T.  tips 

63.  successes]  O.  Edd.  etc.     Heath,  K.  suc- 
cess 

64.  Makes]  O.Edd.  K.  Ty.     S.  etc.  Make 
S.  C.  Ty.  Sk.  assur'd,  Beyond 

65.  power    there's    nothing ;]   S.    D.    Sk. 
O.  Edd.  power  :  there's  nothing,  almost 
C.  power ;  there's  nothing  almost     Ty. 
power  there's  nothing — almost 

66.  feavour]  Q.  etc.     Th.  conj.  Fear 

67.  chance;]  D.  Ty.    O.Edd.  chance,     C. 


K.  chance—     S.  W.  Sk.  Chance : 

69.  men  service]  O.Edd.       S.  sqq.  men's 
service      €.(1778).      mens'      C.(i8u). 
men's 

70.  boot  and  glory ;  one]  Ingram.  (Daniel 
Qo. )  boot  and  glory  on  That     (T.  C. 
D.  Qo.)  F.  T.  Ty.  on ;  That      S.   etc. 
Boot  and  Glory  too  ;  That     Nicholson, 
boots  and  glories  on  : 

71.  good,  dares  not ;]   O.Edd.     S.  C.  W. 
K.  D.  Ty.  Sk.  good  dares  not : 


I.  2.]  The  Tuuo  Nolle  Kinfmen.  15 

Defcend  againe  into  their  throates,  and  have  not  [I.  2] 

Due  audience  of  the  gods. — Valerius  !  [Enter  Valerius. 

Vol.  The  king  cals  for  you  j  yet  be  leaden-footed,  84 

Till  his  great  rage  be  off  him  :  Phoebus  when 
He  broke  his  whipftocke,  and  exclaimd  againft 
The  horfes  of  the  fun,  but  whifperd,  to 
The  lowdenefie  of  his  fury. 

Pal  Small  windes  {hake  him  ! 

But  what's  the  matter  ? 

Fdl.  Thefeus — who  where  he  threates  appals — hath  fent 
Deadly  defyance  to  him,  and  pronounces 

Ruine  to  Thebs ;  who  is  at  hand  to  feale  92 

The  promife  of  his  wrath. 

Arc.  Let  him  approach  : 

But  that  we  feare  the  gods  in  him,  he  brings  not 
A  jot  of  terrour  to  us  :  yet  what  man 

Thirds  his  owne  worth — the  cafe  is  each  of  ours — •  96 

When  that  his  action's  dregd  with  minde  affurd 
'Tis  bad  he  goes  about  ? 

Pal.  Leave  that  unreafond  5 

Our  fervices  ftand  now  for  Thebs,  not  Creon : 
Yet  to  be  neutrall  to  him  were  difhonour,  100 

Rebellious  to  oppofe ;  therefore  we  muft 
With  him  ftand  to  the  mercy  of  our  fate, 
Who  hath  bounded  our  laft  minute. 

Arc.  So  we  muft. — 

Is't  fed  this  warres  a  foote?  or  it  fhall  be,  104 

On  faile  of  fome  condition? 

Vol.  'Tis  in  motion  ; 

Th'  intelligence  of  ftate  came  in  the  inftant 
With  the  defter. 

Pal.  Let's  to  the  king;  who,  were  he 

A  quarter  carrier  of  that  honour  which  ioS 

His  enemy  come  in,  the  blood  we  venture 
Should  be  as  for  our  health ;  which  were  not  fpent, 

109.  come\  Q.  Ty.     F.  T.  S.  came    C.  etc.  comes 


1 6  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [I.  2,  3 

("I.  a]  Rather  laide  out  for  purchafe  :  but,  alas  ! 

112  Our  hands  advanc'd  before  our  hearts,  what  will 
The  fall  o*  th'  ftroke  doe  damage  ? 

Arc.  Let  th'  event, 

That  never-erring  arbitratour,  tell  us 
When  we  know  all  ourfelves,  and  let  us  follow 
i  *6  The  becking  of  our  chance.  [Exeunt. 

[I.  3]  SCENE  III.     [Before  the  gates  of  Athens.] 

Enter  Pirithous,  Hippolyta,  and  Emilia. 

Pir.  No  further ! 

Hip.  Sir,  farewell :  repeat  my  wifhes 

To  our  great  lord,  of  whofe  fucces  I  dare  not 
Make  any  timerous  queftion ;  yet  I  wifh  him 
4  Exces  and  overflow  of  power,  an't  might  be 
To  [dare]  ill-dealing  fortune.     Speede  to  him; 
Store  never  hurtes  good  governours. 

Pir.  Though  I  know 

His  ocean  needes  not  my  poore  drops,  yet  they 
8  Muft  yeild  their  tribute  there.     My  precious  maide, 
Thofe  beft  affections  that  the  heavens  infufe 
In  their  beft-temperd  peices,  keepe  enthroand 
In  your  deare  heart ! 

Emit.  Thanckes,  fir  !     Remember  me 

2  To  our  all-royall  brother ;  for  whofe  fpeede 
The  great  Bellona  He  follicite;  and 
Since,  in  our  terrene  ftate,  petitions  are  not 
Without  giftes  underftood,  lie  offer  to  her 
1 6  What  I  Ihall  be  advifed  ihe  likes.     Our  hearts 
Are  in  his  army,  in  his  tent. 

Hip.  In  's  bofome. 

We  have  bin  foldiers,  and  wee  cannot  weepe 
When  our  friends  don  their  helmes,  or  put  to  fea, 


5.  dare]    Se.    Sy.    conj.,  Heath.  D.    Sk. 
Nicholson.     S.  C.  cure    O.Edd.  Mason. 


W.  K.  dure    Ty.  'dure    Se.  conj.  T'out- 
dure  or  T'out-dare  or  To  dare 


I.  3.]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen  1 7 

Or  tell  of  babes  broachd  on  the  launce,  or  women  [I.  3] 

That  have  fod  their  infants  in — and  after  eate  them-— 

The  brine  they  wept  at  killing  'em ;  then,  if 

You  ftay  to  fee  of  us  fuch  fpinfters,  we 

Should  hold  you  here  for  ever.  24 

Pir.  Peace  be  to  you, 

As  I  purfue  this  war!  which  (hall  be  then 
Beyond  further  requiring.  [Exit  Pir. 

Emil.  How  his  longing 

Followes  his  friend  !  fince  his  depart,  his  fportes, 
Though  craving  ferioufnes  and  skill,  paft  ilightly  28 

His  careles  execution,  where  nor  gaine 
Made  him  regard,  or  lofle  confider ;  but 
Playing  [one]  bufines  in  his  hand,  another 

Directing  in  his  head,  his  minde  nurfe  equall  32 

To  thefe  fo  dim-ing  twyns.     Have  you  obferv'd  him 
Since  our  great  lord  departed  ? 

Hip.  With  much  labour  ; 

And  I  did  love  him  for  't.     They  two  have  cabind 
In  many  as  dangerous  as  poore  a  corner,  36 

Perill  and  want  contending ;  they  have  skift 
Torrents,  whofe  roring  tyranny  and  power 
I'  th'  leaft  of  thefe  was  dreadfull ;  and  they  have 
Fought  out  together,  where  death's  felfe  was  lodgd  j  40 

Yet  fate  hath  brought  them  off.     Their  knot  of  love 
Tide,  weav'd,  intangled,  with  fo  true,  fo  long, 
And  with  a  finger  of  fo  deepe  a  cunning 

May  be  outworne,  never  undone.     I  thinke  44 

Thefeus  cannot  be  umpire  to  himfelfe, 
Cleaving  his  confcience  into  twaine,  and  doing 
Each  fide  like  juftice,  which  he  loves  beft. 

Emil.  DoubtlefTe 


27.  sports]  Edd.     Coleridge  conj.  imports 
31.  Playingone}  M.  (Heath  MS.)  sqq.     Q. 

ore     F.  T.  S.  C.  o'er 
36.   dangerous   as  poor]    D.('67,    '76)    Sk. 

conj.     Edd.  dangerous,  as  poor 
I 


37.  contending;  they}  D.  Sk.     O. Edd.  etc. 
contending,  they 

39.  least  of  these]  Edd.     Se.  conj.  best  of 
Ships  were 

40.  Fought}  Edd.     L.  quer.  Sought 


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The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


[1-3- 


[I.  3] 


52 


2.  Hearfes  rea- 

m^and  A?" 
cite  :  the  3. 

Theseus'  and 
his  Lordes 
ready. 

64 


68 


72 


There  is  a  beft,  and  reafon  has  no  manners 

To  fay  it  is  not  you.     I  was  acquainted 

Once  with  a  time,  when  I  enjoyd  a  play-fellow  j 

You  were  at  wars,  when  (he  the  grave  enrichd, 

Who  made  too  proud  the  bed,  tooke  leave  o'  th'  moone 

Which  then  lookt  pale  at  parting  —  when  our  count 

Was  each  eleven. 

Hip.  'Twas  [Flavina.] 

Emil.  Yes 

You  talke  of  Pirithous'  and  Thefeus'  love  : 
Theirs  has  more  ground,  is  more  maturely  feafond, 
More  buckled  with  ftrong  judgement,  and  their  needes 
The  one  of  th'  other  may  be  faid  to  water 

Their  intertangled  rootes  of  love  ;   but  I, 

And  fhee  I  figh  and  fpoke  of,  were  things  innocent, 

Lov  ^  ^or  we  &&,  and  like  the  elements 

That  know  not  what  nor  why,  yet  doe  effect 

Rare  iffues  by  their  operance,  our  foules 

Did  fo  to  one  another  :  what  me  lik'd 

Was  then  of  me  approov'd  ;  what  not,  condemd, 

No  more  arraignement  j  the  flowre  that  I  would  plucke 

And  put  betweene  my  breafts,  O  —  then  but  beginning 

To  fwell  about  the  bloffome  —  fhe  would  long 

Till  mee  had  fuch  another,  and  commit  it 

To  the  like  innocent  cradle,  where,  Phoenix-like, 

They  dide  in  perfume^  on  my  head  no  toy 

But  was  her  patterne;  her  affections  —  pretty, 

Though  happely  her  careles  [wear]  —  I  followed 

For  my  moft  ferious  decking  ;  had  mine  eare 

Stolne  fome  new  aire,  or  at  adventure  humd  [one] 


54.  each  eleven]  F.  sqq.  Q.  each  a  eleven 
Flavina}  S.  sqq.  Q.  Flauia  F.  T. 
Flavia 

67.  oh  (then  .  .  blossome)}  O.Edd.  S.  (oh 
then  C.  sqq.  (oh,  then  Sid.  Walker, 
Ty.  oh  !  (then  .  .  D.('67,  '76)  om.  oh 

72.  (pretty,  .  .  .  her  careless  wear)~\  C.  sqq. 
Q.  happely,  her  careles,  were,  [om.  )  ]. 
F.  happily,  her  careless,  were,  I  T. 


careless  were,  Sy.  conj.  (i)  (so  Dodd, 
Beaut,  of  Sh.  I.  92,  C)  they  careless 
were)  I  (2)  her  careless  Wear  I  S. 
affection ;  her  Pretty,  tho'  haply  care- 
less Wear,  I  Dodd  conj .  her  affect ; 
her  Lamb,  hers  careless  were 
75.  hummed  one]  C.etc.  Q.  humd  on 
F.  T.  S.  W.  humm'd  on  Ty.  hum'd  on 


I.  3,  4-1 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


From  muficall  coynadge,  why,  it  was  a  note  [I.  3] 

Whereon  her  fpirits  would  fojourne, — rather  dwell  on, — 

And  fing  it  in  her  (lumbers  :  this  rehearfall — 

Which,  ev'ry  innocent  wots  well,  comes  in 

Like  old  importments  baftard — has  this  end,  80 

That  the  true  love  tweene  mayde  and  mayde  may  be 

More  then  in  fex  [dividuall.] 

Hip.  Y"  are  out  of  breath  j 

And  this  high-fpeeded  pace  is  but  to  fay, 

That  you  fhall  never — like  the  maide  Flavina —  84 

Love  any  that's  calld  man. 

Emit.  I'm  fure  I  mail  not. 

Hip.  Now,  alacke  !  weake  lifter, 
I  muft  no  more  beleeve  thee  in  this  point — 
Though  in  't  I  know  thou  doft  beleeve  thy  felfe—  88 

Then  I  will  truft  a  lickely  appetite, 
That  loathes  even  as  it  longs.     But,  fure,  my  lifter, 
If  I  were  ripe  for  your  perfwalion,  you 

Have  faide  enough  to  fhake  me  from  the  arme  92 

Of  the  all  noble  Thefeus,  for  whofe  fortunes 
I  will  now  in  and  kneele,  with  great  affurance 
That  we,  more  then  his  Pirithous,  pofTeffe 
The  high  throne  in  his  heart.  n<5 

Emil.  I  am  not 

Againft  your  faith ;  yet  I  continew  mine.       [Cornets.  Exeunt. 

SCENE  IV.     \Afield  before  Thebes.]  rj^  *~\ 

A  lattaile  Jlrooke  within :  then  a  retrait :  flori/h.  Then 
enter  Theseus  (vittor),  [Herald,  and  Attendants.]  The  three 
Queenes  meete  [Theseus],  and  fall  on  their  faces  before  him. 

1  Qu.  To  thee  no  ftarre  be  darke ! 

2  Qu.  Both  heaven  and  earth 


79-  every  innocent]  Lamb.  W.  sqq.  Q. 
fury-innocent  wots  well)  comes  in  Like 
old  importments  bastard,  has  this  end, 
F.  T.  (as  Q.  with  varr.  fury  [om.  -  ] 
innocent  .  .  importments[-]bastard[,  T.] 
.  .  end[;j).  Sy.  S.  C.  surely  Innocence 


wots  well)  Mason,  (Which  fury  inno- 
cent, wot  I  well,  .  t  .  old  emportment's 
bastard) 

82.  dividual]  S.  sqq.  Q.  individuall  F. 
T.  individual 

96-7]  Dyce's  arrangement. 


20 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


[1.4- 


[!•  4]  Friend  thee  for  ever ! 

3   Qu.  All  the  good  that  may 

Be  wifhd  upon  thy  head,  I  cry  amen  to  't ! 
4      Thef.  Th'  imparciall  gods,  who  from  the  mounted  heavens 
View  us  their  mortall  heard,  behold  who  erre, 
And  in  their  time  chaftice.     Goe,  and  finde  out 
The  bones  of  your  dead  lords,  and  honour  them 
8  With  treble  ceremonie  :  rather  then  a  gap 
Should  be  in  their  deere  [rites,]  we  would  fupply  't. 
But  thofe  we  will  depute  which  mall  inveft 
You  in  your  dignities,  and  even  each  thing 

12  Our  haft  does  leave  imperfect.     So,  adiew,      [Exeunt  Queenes. 
And  heavens  good  eyes  looke  on  you  !     What  are  thofe  } 

Herald.  Men  of  great  quality,  as  may  be  judgd 
By  their  appointment ;  some  of  Thebs  have  told  's 
1 6  They  're  fillers'  children,  nephewes  to  the  king. 

Thef.  By  th'  helme  of  Mars,  I  faw  them  in  the  war, 
Like  to  a  paire  of  lions  fmeard  with  prey, 
Make  lanes  in  troopes  agaft :  I  fixt  my  note 
20  Constantly  on  them ;  for  they  were  a  marke 

Worth  a  god's  view.     What  [was  't  that  prifoner]  told  me 
When  I  enquired  their  names  ? 

Herald.  We  'leave,  they  're  called 

Arcite  and  Palamon. 

Thef.  'Tis  right  j  thofe,  thofe. 

24  They  are  not  dead  ? 

Her.  Nor  in  a  ftate  of  life  :  had  they  bin  taken 
3    Hearfes       When  their  laft  hurts  were  given,  'twas  poflible 
ready.  They  might  have  bin  recovered;  yet  they  breathe, 

28  And  have  the  name  of  men. 

Thef.  Then  like  men  ufe  'em  : 


9.  rites}  D.     Q.  rights 

18.  smear'cf]  F.  T.  S.  W.  K.  D.  Ty.  Sk. 

(Brit.  Mus.,   Camb.   Univ.,   Trin.  Coll. 

Dub.)  Qq.  smeard     (Colman's,  Dyce's, 

P.  A.  Daniel's)  Qq.  succard       C.  suc- 

cour'd 
21.  what  was't  that  prisoner]  D.  K.('67) 


Sk.     O.Edd.  etc.  K.('4i)  what  prisoner 
was't  that 

22.  We  'leave]  L.  O.Edd.  We  leave  S. 
C.  W.  K.  Sk.  With  leave  D.('46)  Wi* 
leave  Ty.  We  leave ;  they  Heath, 
D.('67,  '76)  We  learn  Ingleby  conj. 
Believe  L.  conj.  'lieve 


I.  4,  5-1 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


21 


The  very  lees  of  fuch,  millions  of  rates,  [I.  4] 

Exceede  the  wine  of  others  :  all  our  furgions 

Convent  in  their  behoofe  ;  our  richeft  balmes, 

Rather  then  niggard,  waft  :  their  lives  concerne  us  32 

Much  more  then  Thebs  is  worth  :  rather  then  have  'em 

Freed  of  this  plight,  and  in  their  morning  ftate, 

Sound  and  at  liberty,  I  would  'em  dead  ; 

But,  forty  thoufand  fold,  we  had  rather  have  'em  36 

Prifoners  to  us  then  death.     Beare  'em  fpeedily 

From  our  kinde  aire,  —  to  them  unkinde,  —  and  minifter 

What  man  to  man  may  doe  ;  for  our  fake  more, 

Since  I  have  knowne  frights,  fury,  friends'  beheafts,  40 

Loves'  provocations,  zeale,  a  miftris'  taske, 

Defire  of  liberty,  a  feavour,  madnes, 

Hath  fet  a  marke  —  which  nature  could  not  reach  to 

Without  fome  impofition,  —  ficknes  in  will,  44 

Or  wraftling  ftrength  in  reafon.     For  our  love, 

And  great  Apollo's  mercy,  all  our  beft 

Their  beft  skill  tender  !     Leade  into  the  citty  ; 

Where,  having  bound  things  fcatterd,  we  will  poft  48 

To  Athens  [fore]  our  army.  \_Flori/h.     Exeunt. 

SCENE  V.     [Another  part  of  the  same,  more  remote 
from  Thebes.] 

Enter  the  Queenes  with  the  hearfes  of  their  knightes,  in  a 
funerall  folempnity  ,  6°c. 


j,  e~\ 


Urnes  and  odours  Iring  away  ! 
Vapours,  Jighes,  darken  the  day  t 


[Muficke. 


40.  frights,    fury,    friends'     beheasts]     S. 
(Friends  Behests)      W.  K.('4i)  frights, 
fury,    friends'  behests      F.    T.   frights ; 
fury,      O.Edd.  C.  Ty.  friends,  behests 
(Q.  beheastes)      Heath,  fights,  fury     D. 
K.('67)  Sk.  fight's  fury,  friends'  behests 

41.  Loves'  provocations']  S.   W.  K.('67)  D. 
Sk.     O.Edd.  Ct-Ty.  Loves,  provocations 
zeal,  a   mistris'  task,]  C.    sqq.  mistress' 
task     S.  mistress  task     Q.  mistris  Taske 
D.  K.('67)  Sk.  zeal  [in]  a  mistress'  task 


42.  liberty,  a  feavour,  madness ^\  Edd.     Sk. 
liberty — a  fever,  madness — Hath 

43.  HatK\  O.Edd.  K.('4i)  Ty.  Sk.      S.  C. 
W.  D.  K.('67)  'T  hath      Heath,  Have 
S.  C.  arranged  42 — 45  :  madness,  Sick- 
ness in  will,  or  ...  reason  ;  'T  hath  set 
.  .  .  reach  to  Without  some  imposition 

43,  44.]  L.     Edd.  omit  the  marks  of  paren- 
thesis. 
49.  'fore]  S.  sqq.     O.Edd.  for 


22  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.      [I.  5  ;  II.  I. 

[I.  5]         Our  dole  more  deadly  lookes  than  dying ; 
4        Balmes,  and  gummes,  and  heavy  cheeres, 
Sacred  vials  JilCd  with  teares, 
And  clamors  through  the  wild  ayre flying! 

Come  all  fad  andfolempnejhowes, 
8         That  are  quick-eyd  pleafure' s  foes  ! 
We  convent  nought  elfe  but  woes  : 
We  convent,  dr*c. 

3   Qu.  This  funeral  path  brings  to  your  houfhold's  grave  : 
12  Joy  ceaze  on  you  againe  !     Peace  fleepe  with  him  ! 

2  Qu.  And  this  to  yours. 

i   Qu.  Yours  this  way.     Heavens  lend 

A  thoufand  differing  waies  to  one  fure  end. 

3  Qu.  This  world's  a  citty  full  of  ftraying  ftreetes, 
16  And  death's  the  market-place,  where  each  one  meetes. 

[Exeunt  fever  ally. 


ACT  II. 

[II.  i]  SCENE  I.    [Athens.    A  garden,  with  a  cafile  in  the  lack-ground} 
Enter  Jailor  and  Wooer. 

Jail.  I  may  depart  with  little,  while  I  live;  fome  thing  I 
may  cart  to  you,  not  much.  Alas !  the  prifon  I  keepe,  though 
it  be  for  great  ones,  yet  they  feldome  comej  before  one 

4  falmon,  you  (hall  take  a  number  of  minnowes.  I  am  given 
out  to  be  better  lyn'd  then  it  can  appeare  to  me  report  is  a 
true  fpeaker :  I  would  I  were  really  that  I  am  deliverd  to  be. 
Marry,  what  I  have — be  it  what  it  will — I  will  affaire  upon  my 

8  daughter  at  the  day  of  my  death. 

Woo.  Sir  I  demaund  no  more  then  your  owne  offer  -}  and 
I  will  eftate  your  daughter  in  what  I  have  promifed. 


3.  looks  than  dying ;]  D.  Q.  looks  than 
dying  [om.  ;  ]  F.  T.  looks,  than  dying 
[om.  ;  ]  C.  etc.  dying[!]  S.  Ty.  looks 
than  dying[,] 

6.  ioilJ\  O.Edd.     Sid.  Walker  conj.  wide 


II.  grave:}  Q.  K.  D.  Ty.  Sk.     F.  graver 
[om.  :  ]     T.  S.  Graves,     C.  W.  graves  : 

5.  appears  to  me}  Edd.      Q.  Ty.  appeare, 
to  me 


II.  I.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


Jail.  Wei,  we  will  talke  more  of  this  when  the  folemnity  is  [II. 
paft.     But  have  you  a  full  promife  of  her  ?  when  that  fhall  be  12 
feene,  I  tender  my  confent.  [Enter  Daughter. 

Woo.  I  have,  fir.     Here  fhee  comes. 

Jail.  Your  friend  and  I  have  chanced  to  name  you  here, 
upon  the  old  bufines  j   but  no  more  of  that  now,  fo  foone  as  16 
the  court  hurry  is  over,  we  will  have  an  end  of  it :    i'   th' 
rneane  time,  looke  tenderly  to  the  two  prifoners ;    I  can  tell 
you  they  are  princes. 

Daugh.  Thefe  ftrewings  are  for  their  chamber.     'Tis  pitty  20 
they  are  in  prifon,  and  'twere  pitty  they  ihould  be  out.     I  doe 
thinke  they  have  patience  to  make  any  adverfiry  alham'd  ;  the 
prifon  it  felfe  is  proud  of  'em  ;  and  they  have  all  the  world  in 
their  chamber.  24 

Jail.  They  are  fam'd  to  be  a  paire  of  abfolute  men. 

Daugh.  By  my  troth,  I  think  fame  but  ftammers  'em ;  they 
stand  a  greife  above  the  reach  of  report. 

Jail.  I  heard  them  reported  in  the  battaile  to  be  the  only  28 
doers. 

Daugh.  Nay,  moft  likely;    for  they  are  noble  fuffrers.     I 
mervaile  how  they  would  have  lookd,  had  they  beene  vi&ors, 
that,  \vith  fuch  a  conftant  nobility,  enforce  a  freedome  out  or  32 
bondage,  making  mifery  their  mirth,  and  affliction  a  toy  to 
jeft  at. 

Jail.  Doe  they  fo  ? 

Daugh.  It  feemes  to  me  they  have  no  more  fence  of  their  36 
captivity   then    I    of  ruling   Athens :    they   eate  well,   looke 
merrily,  difcourfe  of  many  things,  but  nothing  of  their  owne 
reftraint  and  difafters.     Yet  fometime  a  devided  figh,  martyrd 
as  't  were  i'  th'  deliverance,  will  breake  from  one  of  them ;  4° 
when   the  other  prefently  gives  it  fo  fweete  a  rebuke,  that  I 
could  wifh  my  felfe  a  figh  to  be  fo  chid,  or  at  leafl  a  figher  to 
be  comforted. 

Woo.  I  never  faw  'em.  44 


27.  greise]  Q.  D.  ('46)  Ty.  Sk.     S.  Griese 
F.   T.  C.  W.   K.('4i)  grief      Se.   Sy. 


conj.  Gree    K.{'67)  grice    D.('67,  '76) 
grise 


24  The  Two  Noble  Kinjmen.  [II.  i,  2. 

[II.  i]       Jail.  The  duke  himfelfe  came  privately  in  the  night,  and 
fo  did  they,  what  the  reafon  of  it  is,  I  know  not.     [Enter 
Palamon  and  Arcite,  above.]     Looke,  yonder  they  are  !  that's 
48  Arcite  lookes  out. 

Dough.  No,  fir,  noj  that's  Palamon  :  Arcite  is  the  lower  of 
the  twaine  ;  you  may  perceive  a  part  of  him. 

Jail.  Goe  to !    leave  your  pointing ;    they  would  not  make 
52  us  their  obje6t ;  out  of  their  fight. 

Daugh.  It  is  a  holliday  to  looke  on  them.     Lord,  the  diff- 
rence  of  men.  [Exeunt. 

[II.  2]  SCENE  II.     [The  same.] 

Enter  Palamon  and  Arcite  [above]. 

Pal.   How  doe  you,  noble  cofen  ? 

Arc.  How  doe  you,  fir  ? 

Pal.  Why,  ftrong  inough  to  laugh  at  mifery, 
And  beare  the  chance  of  warre  yet.     We  are  prifoners 
4  I  feare  for  ever,  cofen. 

Arc.  I  beleeve  it ; 

And  to  that  defliny  have  patiently 
Laide  up  my  houre  to  come. 

Pal.  Oh  cofen  Arcite, 

Where  is  Thebs  now  ?  where  is  our  noble  country  ?. 
8  Where  are  our  friends  and  kindreds  ?     Never  more 
Muft  we  behold  thofe  comforts,  never  fee 
The  hardy  youthes  ftrive  for  the  games  of  honour, 
Hung  with  the  painted  favours  of  their  ladies, 
12  Like  tall  ships  under  failej  then  ftart  amongtt  'em 
And,  as  an  eaftwind,  leave  'em  all  behinde  us 
Like  lazy  clowdes,  whilft  Palamon  and  Arcite, 
Even  in  the  wagging  of  a  wanton  leg, 
1 6  Out-ftript  the  people's  praifes,  won  the  garlands, 
Ere  they  have  time  to  wilh  'em  ours.     O,  never 
Shall  we  two  exercife,  like  twyns  of  honour, 

17.  have~\  Edd.     D.  queries  :  had 


II.  3.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


Our  armes  againe,  and  feele  our  fyry  horles  [II.  2] 

Like  proud  seas  under  us  !     Our  good  swords  now, —  20 

Better  the  red-eyd  god  of  war  nev'r  [wore] — 

[Raviihd]  our  fides,  like  age,  muft  run  to  ruft, 

And  decke  the  temples  of  thofe  gods  that  hate  us ; 

Thefe  hands  fhall  never  draw  'em  out  like  lightning,  74 

To  blaft  whole  armies,  more  ! 

Arc.  No,  Palamon, 

Thofe  hopes  are  prifoners  with  us  :  here  we  are, 
And  here  the  graces  of  our  youthes  muft  wither, 
Like  a  too-timely  fpring ;  here  age  muft  finde  us,  28 

And,  which  is  heavieft,  Palamon,  unmarried  j 
The  fweete  embraces  of  a  loving  wife, 
Loden  with  kifles,  armd  with  thoufand  cupids, 
Shall  never  clafpe  our  neckesj  no  iflue  know  us,  32 

No  figures  of  our  felves  fhall  we  e'er  fee, 
To  glad  our  age,  and  like  young  eagles  teach  'em 
Boldly  to  gaze  againft  bright  armes,  and  fay 

"  Remember  what  your  fathers  were,  and  conquer  ! '  36 

The  faire-eyd  maides  mail  weepe  our  banifhments, 
And  in  their  fongs  curfe  ever-blinded  fortune, 
Till  fhee  for  fhame  fee  what  a  wrong  me  has  done 
To  youth  and  nature  :  this  is  all  our  world ;  40 

We  fliall  know  nothing  here  but  one  another ; 
Heare  nothing  but  the  clocke  that  tels  our  woes  j 
The  vine  (hall  grow,  but  we  fhall  never  fee  it ; 
Sommer  fhall  come,  and  with  her  all  delights,  44 

But  dead-cold  winter  muft  inhabite  here  ftill. 

Pal.  'Tis  too  true,  Arcite.     To  our  Theban  houndes, 
That  fhooke  the  aged  forreft  with  their  ecchoes, 
No  more  now  muft  we  halloa  ;  no  more  make  48 

Our  pointed  javelyns,  whilft  the  angry  fwine 
Flyes  like  a  Parthian  quiver  from  our  rages, 
Strucke  with  our  well-fteeld  darts  :  all  valiant  ufes — 


21.  wore}  S.  sqq.  K.('4i).     O.Edd.  were 
D.  K.('67)  ware 

22.  Ravish'd\  S.  sqq.       Q.  Bravishd      F. 


T.  Ty.  Bravish'd 

51.  Sttucke\  Q.     F.  T.  S.  C.  W.  K.('4i) 
Ty.  Struck     Heath,  D.  K.('67)  Stuck 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


[II.  3. 


[II.  2]  The  foode  and  nourishment  of  noble  mindes — 
In  us  two  here  fhall  perifli ;  we  (hall  die — 
Which  is  the  curfe  of  honour — laftly, 
Children  of  greife  and  ignorance. 

Arc.  Yet,  cofen, 

56  Even  from  the  bottom  of  thefe  miferies, 
From  all  that  fortune  can  infli6t  upon  us, 
I  fee  two  comforts  ryfing,  two  meere  bleifings, 
If  the  gods  pleafe,  to  hold  here  a  brave  patience, 

60  And  the  enjoying  of  our  greefes  together. 
Whilft  Palamon  is  with  me,  let  me  perifli 
If  I  thinke  this  our  prifon  ! 

Pal.  Certeinly 

'Tis  a  maine  goodnes,  cofen,  that  our  fortunes 

64  Were  twynn'd  together  :  'tis  moft  true,  two  foules 
Put  in  two  noble  bodies,  let  "em  fuffer 
The  gaule  of  hazard,  fo  they  grow  together, 
Will  never  fincke ;  they  muft  not,  fay  they  could  : 

68  A  willing  man  dies  fleeping,  and  all's  done. 

Arc.  Shall  we  make  worthy  ufes  of  this  place, 
That  all  men  hate  fo  much  ? 

Pal.  How,  gentle  cofen  ? 

Arc.  Let's  thinke  this  prifon  holy  fari&uary, 

72  To  keepe  us  from  corruption  of  worfe  men  : 

We  're  young,  and  yet  defire  the  waies  of  honour  j 

That,  liberty  and  common  converfation, 

The  poyfon  of  pure  fpirits,  might,  like  women, 

76  Wooe  us  to  wander  from.     What  worthy  blefling 
Can  be,  but  our  imaginations 

May  make  it  ours  ?  And  heere  being  thus  together, 
We  are  an  endles  mine  to  one  another; 

80  We  are  one  another's  wife,  ever  begetting 


54.  lastly}  O.Edd.  etc.  S.  C.  (Ingleby, 
L.,  quer.)  lazily 

59.  please,  to  hold  here  a  brave]  Q.  Ty. 
(Sk.  conj.)  F.  T.  please  to  hold  here 
a.  please  to  hold  here,  a  C.  W.  please 


to  hold  here  ;  a  brave     D.  K.  Sk.  please 
to  hold  here, — a  brave 
64.  twynn'd}  L.      Q.  twyn'd      F.  T.  D. 
K.('67)  Sk.  twin'd    S.  C.  K.('4i)  twinn'd 
W.  Ty.  twined 


II.  a.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


New  birthes  of  love ;  we  are  father,  friends,  acquaintance ;         [II.  2] 

We  are,  in  one  another,  families, 

I  am  your  heire,  and  you  are  mine  :  this  place 

Is  our  inheritance  j  no  hard  opprerTour  84 

Dare  take  this  from  us  :  here,  with  a  little  patience, 

We  fhall  live  long,  and  loving  5  no  furfeits  feeke  us  j 

The  hand  of  war  hurts  none  here,  nor  the  seas 

Swallow  their  youth.     Were  we  at  liberty,  88 

A  wife  might  part  us  lawfully,  or  bufines; 

Quarrels  confume  us  j  envy  of  ill  men 

Crave  our  acquaintance  j   I  might  ficken,  cofen, 

Where  you  (hould  never  know  it,  and  fo  perifh  92 

Without  your  noble  hand  to  clofe  mine  eies, 

Or  praiers  to  the  gods ;  a  thoufand  chaunces, 

Were  we  from  hence,  would  feaver  us. 

Pal.  You  've  made  me — 

I  thanke  you,  cofen  Arcite — almoft  wanton  96" 

With  my  captivity  :  what  a  mifery 
It  is  to  live  abroade,  and  every  where  ! 
'Tis  like  a  beafl,  me  thinkes :  I  finde  the  court  here, 
I  am  fure,  a  more  content ;  and  all  thofe  pleafures  100 

That  wooe  the  wils  of  men  to  vanity 
I  fee  through  now ;  and  am  fufficient 
To  tell  the  world,  'tis  but  a  gaudy  fhaddow, 

That  old  time,  as  he  pafles  by,  takes  with  him.  104 

What  had  we  bin,  old  in  the  court  of  Creon, 
Where  fin  is  juftice,  luft  and  ignorance 
The  vertues  of  the  great  ones  ?     Cofen  Arcite, 
Had  not  the  loving  gods  found  this  place  for  us,  1 08 

We  had  died  as  they  doe,  ill  old  men,  unwept, 
And  had  their  epitaphes,  the  people's  curfes. 
Shall  I  fay  more  ? 

Arc.  I'd  heare  you  ftill. 

Pal.  Ye  fhall. 


91.  Crave]  O.Edd.  C.  W.  K.('4i)  Ty.     S. 
Reave    Th.  conj.  Craze    Sy.  conj.  Carve 


Heath,  Raze    Mason,  Cleave    D.  K.('67) 
Sk.  Grave 


28  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [II.  a. 

[II.  a]  Is  there  record  of  any  two  that  lov'd 
Better  then  we  doe,  Arcite  ? 

Arc.  Sure  there  cannot. 

Pal.  I  doe  not  thinke  it  poflible  our  friendfhip 
Should  ever  leave  us. 

Arc.  Till  our  deathes  it  cannot  j 

[Enter  Emilia  and  her  Woman  \l>elow\. 
1 1 6  And  after  death  our  fpirits  (hall  be  led 

To  thofe  that  love  eternally.     Speake  on,  fir. 

[Emil.]  This  garden  has  a  world  of  pleafures  in't. 
What  flowre  is  this  ? 

Worn.  'Tis  calld  NarcifTus,  madam. 

tao      Emil.  That  was  a  faire  boy  certaine,  but  a  foole 
To  love  himfelfe :  were  there  not  maides  enough  ? 

Arc.  Pray  forward. 

Pal.  Yes. 

Emil.  Or  were  they  all  hard  hearted  ? 

Worn.  They  could  not  be  to  one  fo  faire. 

Emil.  Thou  wouldft  not. 

124       Worn.  I  thinke  I  fhould  not,  madam. 

Emil.  That's  a  good  wench  : 

But  take  heede  to  your  kindnes  though  ! 

Worn.  Why,  madam  ? 

Emil.  Men  are  mad  things. 

Arc.  Will  ye  goe  forward,  cofen  ? 

Emil.  Canft  not  thou  worke  fuch  flowers  in  filke,  wench  ? 
128      Worn.  Yes. 

Emil.  He  have  a  gowne  full  of  'em ;  and  of  thefe ; 

This  is  a  pretty  colour :  wilt  not  doe 
Rarely  upon  a  skirt,  wench  ? 

Worn.  Deinty,  madam. 

Arc.  Cofen,  Cofen !  how  doe  you,  Sir  ?     Why,  Palamon  ! 
13  2      Pal.  Never  till  now  I  was  in  prifon,  Arcite. 

Arc.  Why,  what's  the  matter,  man  ? 

Pal.  Behold,  and  wonder ! 

1 1 8.  Emi.  This  garden]  S.  sqq.    O.Edd.  Ty.  give  this  as  part  of  Arcite's  speech. 


II.  2.]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  29 

By  heaven,  fhee  is  a  goddefie !  [II.  a] 

Arc.  Ha ! 

Pal.  Doe  reverence ! 

She  is  a  goddeffe,  Arcite  ! 

Emil.  Of  all  flowres, 

Me  thinkes,  a  rofe  is  beft.  136 

Worn.  Why,  gentle  madam  ? 

Emil.  It  is  the  very  embleme  of  a  maide  : 
For  when  the  weft  wind  courts  her  gently 
How  modeftly  (he  blowes,  and  paints  the  fun 
With  her  chafte  blufhes  !     When  the  north  comes  neere  her,    140 
Rude  and  impatient,  then,  like  chaftity, 
Shee  lockes  her  beauties  in  her  bud  againe, 
And  leaves  him  to  bafe  briers. 

Worn.  Yet,  good  madam, 

Sometimes  her  modefty  will  blow  fo  far  144 

She  fals  for  't :  a  mayde, 
If  fhee  have  any  honour,  would  be  loth 
To  take  example  by  her. 

Emil.  Thou  art  wanton. 

Arc.  She  is  wondrous  faire  !  ^g 

Pal.  She  is  all  the  beauty  extant ! 

Emil.  The  fun  grows  high}  lets  walk  in.    Keep  thefe  flowers, 
Wee'le  fee  how  neere  art  can  come  neere  their  colours. 
I  am  wondrous  merry-hearted ;  I  could  laugh  now. 

Worn.  I  could  lie  downe,  I  am  fure.  lija 

Emil.  And  take  one  with  you  ? 

Worn.  That 's  as  we  bargaine,  madam. 

Emil.  Well,  agree  then. 

[Exeunt  Emilia  and  Woman. 

Pal.  What  thinke  you  of  this  beauty  ? 

Arc.  'Tis  a  rare  one. 

Pal.  Is  't  but  a  rare  one  ? 

Arc.  Yes,  a  matchles  beauty. 

Pal.  Might  not  a  man  well  lofe  himfelfe,  and  love  her  ?          156 

138.  gently]  O.Edd.  etc.      S.  Farmer,  gentily     Th.  conj.  her  Beauties  gently 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinsmen. 


[II.  a. 


[II.  a]      ^rc.  I  cannot  tell  what  you  have  done ;  I  have, 

Beflirew  mine  eyes  for  't.     Now  I  feele  my  fhackles. 
Pal.  You  love  her,  then  ? 
Arc.  Who  would  not  ? 

Pal.  And  defire  her  ? 

j 60      Arc.  Before  my  liberty. 
Pal.  I  faw  her  firft. 
Arc.  That's  nothing. 

Pal.  But  it  (hall  be. 

Arc.  I  faw  her  too- 

Pal.  Yes,  but  you  muft  not  love  her. 

Arc.  I  will  not  as  you  doe,  to  worfhip  her, 
164  As  {he  is  heavenly,  and  a  blefled  goddes  j 
I  love  her  as  a  woman,  to  enjoy  her  : 
So  both  may  love. 

Pal.  You  fhall  not  love  at  all. 

Arc.  Not  love  at  all !     Who  mall  deny  me  ? 
1 68      Pal.  I,  that  firft  faw  her  ;  I,  that  tooke  pofleffion 
Firft  with  mine  eye  of  all  thofe  beauties  in  her 
Reveald  to  mankinde.     If  thou  loveft  her, 
Or  entertain'ft  a  hope  to  blaft  my  wiflies, 
I72  Thou  art  a  tray  tour,  Arcite,  and  a  fellow 
Falfe  as  thy  title  to  her  :  friendihip,  blood, 
And  all  the  tyes  betweene  us,  I  difclaime, 
If  thou  once  thinke  upon  her  ! 

Arc.  Yes,  I  love  herj 

176  &nd  if  the  lives  of  all  my  name  lay  on  it, 
I  muft  doe  fo ;  I  love  her  with  my  foule ! 
If  that  will  lofe  ye,  farewell,  Palamon ! 
I  fay  againe,  I  love ;  and  in  loving  her,  maintaine 
1 80  I  am  as  worthy  and  as  free  a  lover, 
And  have  as  juft  a  title  to  her  beauty, 
As  any  Palamon,  or  any  living 
That  is  a  man's  fonne. 


I68-]  Edd.     Sid.  Walker,  deny  me?    Pal. 

I ;  I  that 
179.  I  say  againe,  Hove:  and]  Edd.     (O. 


Edd.  S.  love,  and) 
her;  and 


Sid.  Walker,  I  love 


II.  3.]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  31 

Pal.  Have  I  cald  thee  friend  ?  [II.  2] 

Arc.  Yes,  and  have  found  me  fo.    Why  are  you  mov'd  thus  ?  1 84 
Let  me  deale  coldly  with  you :  am  not  I 
Part  of  [your]  blood,  part  of  your  foule  ?  you  've  told  me 
That  I  was  Palamon,  and  you  were  Arcite. 

Pal.  Yes.  188 

Arc.  Am  not  I  liable  to  thofe  affections, 

Thofe  joyes,  greifes,  angers,  feares,  my  friend  fhall  fuffer  ? 

Pal.  Ye  may  be. 

Arc.  Why,  then,  would  you  deale  fo  cunningly, 
So  ftrangely,  fo  unlike  a  noble  kinfman,  192 

To  love  alone  ?     Speake  truely,  doe  you  thinke  me 
Unworthy  of  her  fight  ? 

Pal.  No  ;  but  unjuft 

If  thou  purfue  that  fight. 

Arc.  Becaufe  an  other 

Firft  fees  the  enemy,  {hall  I  ftand  ftill,  196 

And  let  mine  honour  downe,  and  never  charge  ? 

Pal.  Yes,  if  he  be  but  one. 

Arc.  But  fay  that  one 

Had  rather  combat  me  ? 

Pal.  Let  that  one  fay  fo, 

And  ufe  thy  freedome ;  elfe  if  thou  purfueft  her,  200 

Be  as  that  curfed  man  that  hates  his  country, 
A  branded  villaine ! 

Arc.  You  are  mad. 

Pal.  I  muft  be, 

Till  thou  art  worthy,  Arcite ;  it  concernes  mej 
And,  in  this  madnes,  if  I  hazard  thee  2,04 

And  take  thy  life,  I  deale  but  truely. 

Arc.  Fie,  fir! 

You  play  the  childe  extreamely  :  I  will  love  her, 
I  muft,  I  ought  to  doe  fo,  and  I  dare ; 
And  all  this  juftly.  208 

Pal.  O,  that  now,  that  now 

1 86.  your  blood}  D.     Q.  you  blood 


32  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [II.  2. 

[II.  2]  Thy  falfe  felfe  and  thy  friend  had  but  this  fortune, 

To  be  one  howre  at  liberty,  and  grafpe 

Our  good  fwords  in  our  hands !  I  'Id  quickly  teach  thee 
212  What  'twere  to  filch  affection  from  another ! 

Thou  art  bafer  in  it  then  a  cutpurfe  : 

Put  but  thy  head  out  of  this  window  more, 

And,  as  I  have  a  foule,  He  naile  thy  life  to  't ! 
216      Arc.  Thou  dar'ft  not, foole;  thou  canfl  not;  thou  art  feeble: 

Put  my  head  out !     He  throw  my  body  out, 

And  leape  the  garden,  when  I  fee  her  nexr, 

And  pitch  between  her  armes  to  anger  thee. 
220      Pal.  No  more  !  the  keeper's  comming ;  I  mall  live 

To  knocke  thy  braines  out  with  my  shackles. 

Arc.  Doe. 

Enter  [Jailor.] 

[Jai/.]  By  your  leave,  gentlemen. 

Pal.  Now,  honeft  keeper  ? 

[/a//.]  Lord  Arcite,  you  muft  prefently  to  the  duke : 
224  The  caufe  I  know  not  yet. 

Arc.  I'm  ready,  keeper, 

[/az/.]  Prince  Palamon,  I  muft  awhile  bereave  you 
Of  your  faire  cofen's  company.         [Exeunt  Arcite  and  Jailor.] 

Pal.  And  me  too, 

Even  when  you  pleafe  of  life.     Why  is  he  fent  for  ? 
228  It  may  be,  he  lhall  marry  her  5  he's  goodly, 
And  like  enough  the  duke  hath  taken  notice 
Both  of  his  blood  and  body.     But  his  falfehood  ! 
Why  mould  a  friend  be  treacherous  ?     If  that 
232  Get  him  a  wife  fo  noble  and  fo  faire, 

Let  honeft  men  ne'er  love  againe.     Once  more 
I  would  but  fee  this  faire  one. — Blefled  garden, 
And  finite  and  flowers  more  blefled,  that  ftill  bloflbm 
236  As  her  bright  eies  mine  on  ye  !     Would  I  were, 
For  all  the  fortune  of  my  life  hereafter, 

222.  Enter  Jailor}  L.      Q.  Enter  Keeper    D.  Re-enter  Gaoler 


II.  2.]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinsmen.  33 

Yon  little  tree,  yon  blooming  apricocke  !  [II.  2] 

How  I  would  fpread,  and  fling  my  wanton  armes 

In  at  her  window  !     I  would  bring  her  fruite  240 

Fit  for  the  gods  to  feed  on ;  youth  and  pleafure, 

Still  as  flie  tafted,  mould  be  doubled  on  her ; 

And  if  me  be  not  heavenly,  I  would  make  her 

So  neere  the  gods  in  nature,  they  mould  feare  her ;  244 

[Enter  Jailor.] 
And  then  I  am  fure  me  would  love  me.     How  now,  keeper! 

Wher's  Arcite  ? 

/ 

[Tai/.]  Banifhd.     Prince  Pirithous 

Obtained  his  liberty  ;  but  never  more, 

Upon  his  oth  and  life,  muft  he  fet  foote  248 

Upon  this  kingdome. 

Pal.  Hee's  a  blefled  man  ! 

He  fhall  fee  Thebs  againe,  and  call  to  armes 
The  bold  yong  men  that,  when  he  bids  'em  charge, 
Fall  on  like  fire  :  Arcite  fhall  have  a  fortune,  252 

If  he  dare  make  himfelfe  a  worthy  lover, 
Yet  in  the  field  to  ftrike  a  battle  for  her ; 
And  if  he  lofe  her  then,  he's  a  cold  coward  ; 

How  bravely  may  he  beare  himfelfe  to  win  her  2^6 

If  he  be  noble  Arcite  :  thoufand  waies  ! 
Were  I  at  liberty,  I  would  doe  things 
Of  fuch  a  vertuous  greatnes,  that  this  lady, 

This  blufhing  virgine,  fhould  take  manhood  to  her,  260 

And  feeke  to  ravim  me. 

[/az/.]  My  lord,  for  you 

I  have  this  charge  too — 

Pal.  To  difcharge  my  life. 

[Taj/.]  No ;  but  from  this  place  to  remoove  your  lordfliip  : 
The  windowes  are  too  open.  264 

Pal.  Devils  take  'em 

That  are  fo  envious  to  me  !     Pre'thee  kill  me. 

[Jail.]  And  hang  for't  afterward  ? 

238.  Apricocke}  Q.      F.  T.  S.  D.  K.('6;)  Sk.  Apricock      C.  W.  K.('4i)  Ty.  apricot 
*  3 


34 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinsmen.  [II.  2,  3. 

By  this  good  light 


[II.  2]       Pal. 

Had  I  a  fword  I  'Id  kill  thee. 

[Jail.]  Why,  my  lord  ? 

268      Pal.  Thou  bring'ft  fuch  pelting  fcurvy  news  continually, 
Thou  art  not  worthy  life.     I  will  not  goe. 

[Jail.]  Indeede  you  muft,  my  lord. 

Pal.  May  I  fee  the  garden  ? 

[Jai/.]  Noe. 

Pal.  Then  I  am  refolvd,  I  will  not  goe. 

[Jail]  I  muft 

272  Conftraine  you,  then  ;  and  for  you're  dangerous, 
He  clap  more  yrons  on  you. 

Pal.  Doe,  good  keeper  : 

He  fhake  'em  fo,  ye  fhall  not  fleepe ; 
He  make  ye  a  new  morrifle.     Muft  I  goe  ? 
276      [J«i7.]  There  is  no  remedy. 

Pal.  Farewell,  kinde  window; 

May  rude  winde  never  hurt  thee  ! — O,  my  lady, 
If  ever  thou  haft  felt  what  forrow  was; 
Dreame  how  I  fuffer  ! — Come,  now  bury  me.  [Exeunt. 


[II-  3] 


SCENE  III.     [The  country  near  Athens.] 
Enter  Arcite. 


Arc.  Banifhd  the  kingdome  ?  'tis  a  benefit, 
A  mercy  I  muft  thanke  'em  for ;  but  baniihd 
The  free  enjoying  of  that  face  I  die  for, 
4  Oh  'twas  a  ftuddied  punifhment,  a  death 
Beyond  imagination  !     Such  a  vengeance, 
That,  were  I  old  and  wicked,  all  my  fins 
Could  never  plucke  upon  me.     Palamon, 
8  Thou  haft  the  start  now,  thou  (halt  ftay,  and  fee 
Her  bright  eyes  breake  each  morning  'gainft  thy  window, 
And  let  in  life  into  thee ;  thou  fhalt  feede 
Upon  the  fweetenes  of  a  noble  beauty, 
12  That  nature  ne'er  exceeded,  nor  ne'er  fhall : 
Good  gods,  what  happines  has  Palamon ! 


II.  3-]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  35 

Twenty  to  one,  hee'l  come  to  fpeake  to  her;  [II.  3] 

And,  if  fhe  be  as  gentle  as  fhe's  faire, 

I  know  flie's  his;  he  has  a  tongue  will  tame  16 

Tempefts,  and  make  the  wild  rockes  wanton.     Come  what 

can  come, 

The  worft  is  death ;  I  will  not  leave  the  kingdome : 
I  know  mine  owne  is  but  a  heape  of  ruins, 

And  no  redrefle  there  :  if  I  goe,  he  has  her.  20 

I  am  refolv'd  :  an  other  fhape  fliall  make  me, 
Or  end  my  fortunes;  either  way,  I'm  happy : 
lie  fee  her,  and  be  neere  her,  or  no  more. 

Enter  four  Country-people;  &  one  with  a  gar  Ion  d  l-efore  them. ' 

1.  My  matters,  lie  be  there,  that's  certaine.  24 

2.  And  lie  be  there. 

3.  And  I. 

4.  Why,  then,  have  with  ye,  boyes  !   'Tis  but  a  chiding : 

Let  the  plough  play  to-day ;  He  tickle't  out  28 

Of  the  jades'  tailes  to-morrow. 

1.  I  am  fure 
To  have  my  wife  as  jealous  as  a  turkey : 

But  that's  all  one;  lie  goe  through,  let, her  mumble. 

2.  Clap  her  aboard  to  morrow-night,  and  ftoa  her,  32 
And  all's  made  up  againe. 

3.  I,  doe  but  put 
A  feskue  in  her  fift,  and  you  fliall  fee  her 
Take  a  new  leflbn  out,  and  be  a  good  wench. 

Doe  we  all  hold  againft  the  maying  ?  36 

4-  Hold  ? 

What  fliould  aile  us  ? 

3.  Areas  will  be  there. 

2.  And  Sennois, 

And  Rycas ;  and  three  better  lads  nev'r  dancd 
Under  green  tree;  and  [ye]  know  what  wenches,  ha! 


21.  resolvd :  another"}  D.      Q.  resolu'd 

«*!-.  «.«. 


other  39.  ve  know}  S.  sqq.     O.Edd.  yet  know 

24.  sqq.]  Dyce's  arrangement,   ed.   1876,   | 


here  followed. 


36  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [II.  3. 

[II.  3]  But  will  the  dainty  domine,  the  schoolemafter, 

Keep  touch,  doe  you  thinke  ?  for  he  do's  all,  ye  know. 

3.  Hee'l  eate  a  hornebooke  ere  he  faile  :  goe  to ! 
The  matter's  too  farre  driven  betweene 

44  Him  and  the  tanner's  daughter,  to  let  flip  now  j 
And  fhe  muft  fee  the  duke,  and  me  muft  daunce  too. 

4.  Shall  webelufty? 

2.  All  the  boyes  in  Athens 

Blow  wind  i*  thf  breech  on  us  :  and  here  He  be 
48  And  there  He  be,  for  our  towne,  and  here  againe, 
And  there  againe :  ha,  boyes,  heigh  for  die  weavers  ! 

1.  This  muft  be  done  i'  th'  woods. 

4.  O,  pardon  me  ! 

2.  By  any  meanes  j  our  thing  of  learning  [fays]  fo  ; 
$2  Where  he  himfelfe  will  edifie  the  duke 

Moft  parloufly  in  our  behalfes  :  hee's  excellent  i'  th'  woods; 
Bring  him  to  th'  plaines,  his  learning  makes  no  cry. 

3.  We'll  fee  the  fports  j  then  every  man  to  's  tackle ! 
56  And,  fvveete  companions,  let's  rehearfe  by  any  meanes, 

Before  the  ladies  fee  us,  and  doe  fweetly, 
And  god  knows  what  may  come  on  't. 

4.  Content :  the  fports 
Once  ended,  wee'l  performe.     Away,  boyes,  and  hold ! 

60      Arc.    By   your   leaves,  honeft   friends  j    pray  you,  whither 

goe  you  ? 

4.  Whither  !  why,  what  a  queftion  's  that ! 
Arc.  Yes,  'tis  a  queftion, 
To  me  that  know  not. 

3.  To  the  games,  my  friend. 

64      2.  Where  were  you  bred,  you  know  it  not  ? 

Arc.  Not  farre,  fir. 

Are  there  fuch  games  to-day  > 

i .  Yes,  marry,  are  there  : 

And  fuch  as  you  nev'r  faw  j  The  duke  himfelfe 
Will  be  in  perfon  there. 

51.  says  so]  S.  sqq.     O.Edd.  sees  so 


n.  3,  4-] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


37 


Arc.  What  paftimes  are  they  ?  [II.  3] 

2.  Wraftling,  and  running. — 'Tis  a  pretty  fellow.  68 

3.  Thou  wilt  not  goe  along? 

Arc.  Not  yet,  fir. 

4.  Well,  fir, 
Take  your  owne  time.     Come,  boyes. 

1.  My  minde  mifgives  me 
This  fellow  has  a  vengeance  tricke  o'  th'  hip ; 

Marke  how  his  body  's  made  for  't.  72 

2.  He  be  hangd  though 
If  he  dare  venture ;  hang  him,  plumb  porredge  ! 

He  wraftle  ?  he  roft  eggs  !     Come,  let's  be  gon,  lads. 

[Exeunt  Countrymen. 
Arc.  This  is  an  offerd  oportunity 

I  durft  not  wifh  for.     Well  I  could  have  wreftled,  76 

The  beft  men  calld  it  excellent ;  and  run 
Swifter  then  winde  upon  a  feild  of  corne, 
Curling  the  wealthy  eares,  nev'r  flew.     He  venture, 
And  in  fome  poore  difguize  be  there :  who  knowes  80 

Whether  my  browes  may  not  be  girt  with  garlands, 
And  happines  preferre  me  to  a  place 
Where  I  may  ever  dwell  in  fight  of  her  ?  [Exit. 


SCENE  IV.     [Athens.     A  room  in  the  prifon.] 
Enter  Jailor's  Daughter. 

Dough.  Why  mould  I  love  this  gentleman  ?  'tis  odds 
He  never  will  affe£t  me ;  I  am  bafe, 
My  father  the  meane  keeper  of  his  prifon, 
And  he  a  prince ;  To  marry  him  is  hopelefle, 
To  be  his  whore,  is  witles.     Out  upon  't ! 
What  puihes  are  we  wenches  driven  to, 


[n.  4] 


76.   Well  I]  S.  C.  W.  K.  D.  Sk.      O.Edd. 

Ty.  Well,  I 
78.  then  ivinde  .  .  .  nev'r  flciv.  ]    L.      Q. 

then  winde  .  .  .  never  flew :   (so  F.  T. 

Ty.  than  wind)      Th.    conj.   then  .  .  . 


near     Se.  Sy.  S.   C.  W.  the  ...  ne'er 
Mason,  D.  than  wind  .  .  ever  flew     K. 
Sk.  than  .  .  .  e'er 
3.  his  prison}  Q.  etc.     S.  this  prison 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 


[II.  4- 


[II.  4]  When  fifteene  once  has  found  us  !     Firft  I  faw  him} 
8  I,  feeing,  thought  he  was  a  goodly  man ; 

He  has  as  much  to  pleafe  a  woman  in  him — 

It"  he  pleafe  to  beftow  it  fo — as  ever 

Thefe  eyes  yet  lookt  on;  next,  I  pittied  him, 
12  And  fo  would  any  young  wench  o'  my  confcience 

That  ever  dream'd,  or  vow'd  her  maydenhead 

To  a  yong  hanfom  man ;  then  I  lov'd  him, 

Extreamely  lov'd  him,  infinitely  lov'd  him  j 
1 6  And  yet  he  had  a  cofen,  faire  as  he  too  j 

But  in  my  heart  was  Palamon,  and  there, 

Lord,  what  a  coyle  he  keepes  !     To  heare  him 

Sing  in  an  evening,  what  a  heaven  it  is  ! 
20  And  yet  his  fongs  are  fad  ones.     Fairer  fpoken 

Was  never  gentleman  :  when  I  come  in 

To  bring  him  water  in  a  morning,  firft 

He  bowes  his  noble  body,  then  falutes  me,  thus  : 
24  "  Faire,  gentle  mayde,  good  morrow  :  may  thy  goodnes 

Get  thee  a  happy  hulband  !  "     Once,  he  kilt  me ; 

I  lov'd  my  lips  the  better  ten  daies  after : 

Would  he  would  doe  fo  ev'ry  day  !     He  greives  much, 
28  And  me  as  much  to  fee  his  mifery  : 

What  mould  I  doe,  to  make  him  know  I  love  him  ? 

For  I  would  faine  enjoy  him.     Say  I  ventur'd 

To  fet  him  free  ?  what  faies  the  law,  then  ?     Thus  much 
32  For  law,  or  kindred  !     I  will  doe  it, 

And  this  night  or  to-morrow  he  {hall  love  me.  [Exit. 

8.  /,  seeing,}  S.  C.  W.  K.  D.  Sk.      Q.   I 

(seeing)     F.  I  (seeing)  though  the     Sid. 

Walker,  And  seeing 
14.  then  Ilwd\  O.Edd.  S.  D.  Ty.     C.  W. 

K.  Then,  I     Sk.  [and]  then,  I 
1 8.  To  heare  hint]  O.Edd.  etc.      Se.  S.  To 

sit  and  hear  him 
31.  thus  much  For]  O.Edd.  Ty.      S.  thus 

much  For  .  .  Kindred  :   I  will  do  it,  ay 


And  this  night ;  and  toMorrow  he  shall 
love  me.  €.(1778)  W.  K.('4i)  And  this 
Night,  or  tomorrow:  He  (he  C.  1811). 
Q.  night,  or  to  morrow  he  D.  Sk.  night 
or  tomorrow  he  K.('67)  night,  or 
to-morrow,  he  L.  qy.  I  will  do  it,  And 
this  night ; — or  tomorrow  he 
32.]  cf.  metre  of  IV.  ii.  144. 


5-] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


39 


SCENE  V.     [An  open  place  in  Athens.] 


["• 


nets,  and 
showtes  with- 
in. 


Enter  Thefeus,    Hippolyta,    Pirithous,   Emilia;    Arcite   [as  ttrfshofcor- 
Country-man,  wearing]  a  Garland ;   [and  Country -people]. 

Thef.  You  have  done  worthily ;  I  have  not  feene, 
Since  Hercules,  a  man  of  tougher  fynewes  : 
What  e'er  you  are,  you  run  the  bell,  and  wraflle,       . 
That  thefe  times  can  allow.  4 

Arc.  I'm  proud  to  pleafe  you. 

Thef.  What  countrie  bred  you  ? 

Arc.  This  ;  but  far  off,  prince. 

Thef.  Are  you  a  gentleman  ? 

Arc.  My  father  faid  fo ; 

And  to  thofe  gentle  ufes  gave  me  life. 

Thef.  Are  you  his  heire  ?  8 

Arc.  His  yongeft,  fir. 

Thef.  Your  father 

Sure  is  a  happy  fire,  then.     What  prooves  you  ? 

Arc.  A  little  of  all  noble  quallities  : 
I  could  have  kept  a  hawke,  and  well  have  holloa' d 
To  a  deepe  crie  of  dogges  ;  I  dare  not  praife 
My  feat  in  horfemanlhip,  yet  they  that  knew  me 
Would  fay  it  was  my  beft  peece ;  laft  and  greateft, 
I  would  be  thought  a  fouldier. 

Thef.  You  are  perfect. 

Pir.  Upon  my  foule,  a  proper  man  ! 

Emil.  He  is  fo. 

Pir.  How  doe  you  like  him,  ladie  ? 

Hip.  I  admire  him  : 

I  have  not  feene  fo  yong  a  man  fo  noble — 
If  he  fay  true, — of  his  fort. 

Emil.  Beleeve, 

His  mother  was  a  wondrous  handfome  woman ;  20 


12 


16 


Scene  V]  Qo.  Scsena  4.      D.  Arcite  dis- 
guised, wearing Countrymen 

7.  me  life']  Edd.     Se.  conj.  my 


9.  proves  you  ?]  Q.  F.  T.  W.  D.  Ty. 
K.('67)  Sk.  proves  S.  C.  K.('4i)  prove 
Ingram  conj.  profess 


4o  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [II.  5. 

[II.  5]  His  face  me  thinkes  goes  that  way. 

Hip.  But  his  body 

And  fine  minde  illuftrate  a  brave  father. 

Pir.  Marke  how  his  vertue,  like  a  hidden  fun, 
24  Breakes  through  his  bafer  garments  ! 

Hip.  Hee's  well  got,  fare. 

Thef.  What  made  you  feeke  this  place,  fir  ? 
Arc.  Noble  Thefeus, 

To  purchafe  name,  and  doe  my  ableft  fervice 
To  fuch  a  well-found  wonder  as  thy  worth ; 
28  For  onely  in  thy  court,  of  all  the  world, 
Dwells  faire-eyd  honor. 

Pir.  All  his  words  are  worthy. 

Thef.  Sir,  we  are  much  endebted  to  your  travell, 
Nor  fliall  you  loofe  your  wifli. — Pirithous, 
32  Difpofe  of  this  faire  gentleman. 

Pir.  Tha  nkes,  Thefeus  <— 

What -e'er  you  are,  y'  are  mine ;  and  I  fliall  give  you 
To  a  moft  noble  fervice, — to  this  lady, 
This  bright  yong  virgin ;  pray,  obferve  her  goodneffe  : 
36  You  have  honourd  hir  faire  birthday  with  your  vertues, 
And,  as  your  due,  y'  are  hirs  j  kiffe  her  faire  hand,  fir. 

Arc.  Sir,  y'  are  a  noble  giver. — Deareft  bewtie, 
Thus  let  me  foale  my  vowd  faith  [kisses  her  hand]  :  when  your 

fervant — 

40  Your  moft  un  wort  hie  creature — but  offends  you, 
Command  him  die,  he  fhall. 

Emit.  That  were  too  cruell. 

If  you  deferve  well,  fir,  I  mall  foone  fee  it : 
Y'  are  mine  :  and  fomewhat  better  than  your  rancke  He  ufe  you. 
44      Pir.  He  fee  you  furuiih'd,  and  becaufe  you  fay 
You  are  a  horfeman,  I  muft  needs  intreat  you 
This  afternoone  to  ride ;  but  tis  a  rough  one. 

Arc.  I  like  him  better,  prince ;  I  fhall  not,  then, 


42.  see  it}  L.     Q.  D.  see't 

43.  lie  use  you]  Q.  arrangement.     D.  prints 


as  a  separate  line. 


11.5,6]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen  41 

Freeze  in  my  faddle.  [II.  5] 

Thef.  Sweet,  you  muft  be  readie, — 

And  you,  Emilia, — and  you,  friend, — and  all, — 
To-morrow,  by  the  fun,  to  doe  obfervance 
To  flowry  May,  in  Dian's  wood. — Waite  well,  fir, 
Upon  your  miftris. — Emily,  I  hope  52 

He  (hall  not  goe  afoote. 

Emil.  That  were  a  (hame,  fir, 

While  I  have  horfes. — Take  your  choice ;  and  what 
You  want  at  any  time,  let  me  but  know  it ; 

If  you  ferve  faithfully,  I  dare  affure  you  56 

You'l  finde  a  loving  miftris. 

Arc.  If  I  doe  not, 

Let  me  finde  that  my  father  ever  hated : 
Difgrace  and  blowes. 

Thef.  Go,  leade  the  way ;  you've  won  it ; 

It  (hall  be  fo  :  you  mail  receave  all  dues  60 

Fit  for  the  honour  you  have  won ;  'twere  wrong  elfe. — 
Sifter,  beflirew  my  heart,  you  have  a  fervant, 
That,  if  I  were  a  woman,  would  be  matter  : 
But  you  are  wife.  64 

Emil.  I  hope  too  wife  for,  that,  fir. 

[Flori/h.     Exeunt. 

SCENE  VI.     [Athens.     Before  the  prif on. ~]  \ll.6] 

Enter  Jailor's  Daughter. 

Daugh.  Let  all  the  dukes  and  all  the  divells  rore, 
He  is  at  liberty  :  I  have  ventur'd  for  him ; 
And  out  I  have  brought  him  to  a  little  wood 
A  mile  hence  :  I  have  fent  him,  where  a  cedar,  4 

Higher  than  all  the  reft,  fpreads  like  a  plane, 
Faft  by  a  brooke ;  and  there  he  mall  keepe  clofe, 
Till  I  provide  him  fyles  and  foode ;  for  yet 
His  yron  bracelets  are  not  off.     O,  love,  8 

What  a  ftout-hearted  child  thou  art !     My  father 
Durft  better  have  indur'd  cold  vron  than  done  it. 


42  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [II.  6. 

[II.  6]  I  love  him  beyond  love  and  beyond  reafon, 
12  Or  wit,  or  fafetiej  I  have  made  him  know  it  : 

I  care  not  j  I  am  defperate  j  if  the  law 

Finde  me,  and  then  condemne  me  for  't,  fome  wenches 

Some  honeft-harted  maides,  will  fing  my  dirge, 
1 6  And  tell  to  memory  my  death  was  noble, 

Dying  almoft  a  martyr.     That  way  he  takes, 

I  purpofe  is  my  way  too  :  fure  he  cannot 

Be  fo  unmanly,  as  to  leave  me  here  : 
20  If  he  doe,  maides  will  not  fo  eafily 

Truft  men  againe  :  and  yet  he  has  not  thank'd  me 

For  what  I've  done  :  no,  not  fo  much  as  kift  me ; 

And  that,  me  thinkes,  is  not  fo  well ;  nor  fcarcely 
24  Could  I  perfwade  him  to  become  a  freeman, 

He  made  fuch  fcruples  of  the  wrong  he  did 

To  me  and  to  my  father.     Yet,  I  hope, 

When  he  confiders  more,  this  love  of  mine 
28  Will  take  more  root  within  him  :  let  him  doe 

What  he  will  with  me,  fo  he  ufe  me  kindly  5 

For  ufe  me  fo  he  lhall,  or  lie  proclaime  him, 

And  to  his  face,  no  man.     He  prefently 
32  Provide  him  neceflaries,  and  packe  my  cloathes  up, 

And  where  there  is  a  [patch]  of  ground  lie  venture, 

So  hee  be  with  me :  by  him,  like  a  fhadow, 

He  ever  dwell.     Within  this  houre  the  whoobub 
36  Will  be  all  o'er  the  prifon  :  I  am  then 

Rifling  the  man  they  looke  for.     Farewell,  father ! 

Get  many  more  fuch  prifoners  and  fuch  daughters, 

And  fhortly  you  may  keepe  yourfelfe.     Now  to  him  !      [Exit. 

33.  patch}  Ingleby.     Edd.  path 


III.  I.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


43 


ACT  III. 

SCENE  I.     [Aforejl  near  Athens]  [III. 

Enter  Arcite. 

Arc.  The  Duke  has  loft  Hippolyta  ;  each  tooke 
A  feverall  land.     This  is  a  folemne  rite 
They  owe  bloomd  May,  and  the  Athenians  pay  it 
To  th'  heart  of  ceremony.     O  queene  Emilia,  4 

Freflier  then  May,  fweeter 
Then  hir  gold  buttons  on  the  bowes,  or  all 
Th'  enamelld  knackes  o'  th'  meade  or  garden  :  yea  ! 
We  challenge  too  the  bancke  of  any  nymph,  8 

That  makes  the  ftreame  feeme  flowers ;  thou,  O  Jewell 
O'  th'  wood,  o'  th'  world,  haft  likewife  bleft  a  [place] 
With  thy  fole  prefence  !     In  thy  rumination 
That  I,  poore  man,  might  eftfoones  come  betweene,  12 

And  chop  on  fome  cold  thought !  thrice  blefled  chance 
To  drop  on  fuch  a  miftris,  expectation 
Moft  giltlefle  on't.     Tell  me,  O  lady  fortune, — 
Next  after  Emily  my  foveraigne, — how  far  16 

I  may  be  prowd.     She  takes  ftrong  note  of  me, 
Hath  made  me  neere  her,  and  this  beuteous  morne, 
The  prim'ft  of  all  the  yeare,  prefents  me  with 
A  brace  of  horfes  :  two  fuch  fteeds  might  well  20 

Be  by  a  paire  of  kings  backt,  in  a  field 
That  their  crownes'  titles  tride.     Alas,  alas, 
Poore  cofea  Palamon,  poore  prifoner !  thou 

So  little  dream'ft  upon  my  fortune,  that  24 

Thou  thinkft  thy  felfe  the  happier  thing,  to  be 
So  neare  Emilia ;  me  thou  deem'ft  at  Thebs, 
And  therein  wretched,  although  free ;  but  if 
Thou  knew'ft  my  miftris  breathd  on  me,  and  that  28 


Cornets  in 
sundry  places. 
Noise  and 
hallowing  as 
people  a-May- 
ing. 


2.  land]  O.Edd.  sqq.     Spalding,  Ty.  Sk. 

(D.  gloss.)  laund     Heath,  stand 
IO.  place\  S.  sqq.     O.Edd.  pace 


II.  presence!  In  thy\T>.   K.   Sk.     O.Edd. 
Ty.  presence,  in    S.  C.  W.  presence. — In 


44  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [III.  i. 

[III.  i]  I  ear'd  her  language,  livde  in  her  eye,  O  coz, 
What  paflion  would  enclofe  thee  ! 

Enter  Palamon  as  out  of  a  lufh,  with  his  JfiacUes :  lends 

hisjift  at  Arcite. 
Pal.  Traytor  kinfman ! 

Thou  fhouldft  perceive  my  paflion,  if  thefe  fignes 
32  Of  prifonment  were  off  me,  and  this  hand 

But  owner  of  a  fword.     By  all  othes  in  one, 

I,  and  the  juftice  of  my  love,  would  make  thee 

A  confeft  traytor.     O  thou  moft  perfidious 
36  That  ever  gently  lookd  !  the  [voyd'ft]  of  honour 

That  ev'r  bore  gentle  token  !  falfeft  cofen 

That  ever  blood  made  kin  !  call'ft  thou  hir  thine  ? 

lie  prove  it  in  my  fhackles,  with  thefe  hands, 
4°  Void  of  appointment,  that  thou  ly'ft,  and  art 

A  very  theefe  in  love,  a  chaffy  lord, 

Nor  worth  the  name  of  villaine  !     Had  I  a  fword, 

And  thefe  houfe  clogges  away, — 

Arc.  Deere  cofin  Palamon, 

44      Pal.  Cofener  Arcite,  give  me  language  fuch 

As  thou  haft  fhewd  me  feate ! 

Arc.  Not  finding  in 

The  circuit  of  my  breafl  any  grofle  ftuffe 

To  forme  me  like  your  blazon,  holds  me  to 
48  This  gentleneffe  of  anfwer  :  'tis  your  paflion 

That  thus  miftakes ;  the  which  to  you  being  enemy, 

Cannot  to  me  be  kind.     Honor  and  honeftie 

I  cherifh  and  depend  on,  how  fo  ev'r 
52  You  skip  them  in  me;  and  with  them,  faire  coz, 

lie  maintaine  my  proceedings.     Pray,  be  pleaf'd 

To  fliew  in  generous  termes  your  griefes,  fince  that 

Your  queftion's  with  your  equall,  who  profefles 
56  To  cleare  his  owne  way  with  the  minde  and  fword 

Of  a  true  gentleman. 


36.  voyd'st]     S.  sqq.  void'st     Q.  F.  voydes 
T.  voids 


42.  Nor  worth}  Edd.     L.  quer.  Not  worth 


III.  I.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


45 


Pal.  That  thou  durft,  Arcite  !  [III.  i] 

Arc.  My  coz,  my  coz,  you  have  beene  well  advertif  d 
How  much  I  dare :  y'ave  feene  me  ufe  my  fword 
Againft  th'  advice  of  feare.     Sure,  of  another  60 

YOU  would  not  heare  me  doubted,  but  your  filence 
Should  breake  out,  though  i'  th'  fan<£tuary. 

Pal.  Sir, 

I  have  feene  you  move  in  fuch  a  place,  which 
Might  juftirie  your  manhood ;  you  were  calld  64 

A  good  knight  and  a  bold :  but  the  whole  weeke's  not  faire, 
If  any  day  it  rayne.     Their  valiant  temper 
Men  loofe  when  they  encliue  to  trecherie ; 

And  then  they  right  like  compelld  beares,  would  fly  68 

Were  they  not  tyde 

Arc.  Kinfman,  you  might  as  well 

Speake  this,  and  act  it  in  your  glaffe,  as  to 
His  eare,  which  now  difdaines  you. 

Pal.  Come  up  to  me, 

Quit  me  of  thefe  cold  gyves,  give  me  a  fword,  72 

Though  it  be  ruftie,  and  the  charity 
Of  one  meale  lend  me  ;  come  before  me  then, 
A  good  fword  in  thy  hand,  and  doe  but  fay 

That  Emily  is  thine,  I  will  forgive  76" 

The  trefpafle  thou  haft  done  me,  yea,  my  life 
If  then  thou  carry  't ;  and  brave  foules  in  fhades, 
That  have  dyde  manly,  which  will  feeke  of  me 
Some  newes  from  earth,  they  mail  get  none  but  this,  80 

That  thou  art  brave  and  noble. 

Arc.  Be  content, 

Againe  betake  you  to  your  hawthorne  houfe  : 
With  counfaile  of  the  night,  I  will  be  here 

With  wholefome  viands  j  thefe  impediments  84 

Will  I  file  off;  you  mall  have  garments,  and 
Perfumes  to  kill  the  fmell  o'  th'  prifon ;  after, 


68.  compelld  beares]     Q.  compelld  Beares 
F.  coupel'd  Beeres      T.  coupel'd  Bears 


S.  sqq.  compell'd  Bears 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 


[III. 


[III.  i]  When  you  fliall  ftretch  your  felfe,  and  fay  but,  "  Arcite, 
88  I  am  in  plight,"  there  fliall  be  at  your  choyce 
Both  fword  and  armour. 

Pal.  Oh  you  heavens,  dares  any 

So  noble  beare  a  guilty  bufines !   none 
But  onely  Arcite  j  therefore  none  but  Arcite 
92  In  this  kinde  is  fo  bold. 

Arc.  Sweete  Palamon, — 

Pal.  I  doe  embrace  you  and  your  offer  :  for 
Your  offer  doo  't  I  onely,  fir ;  your  perfon 
Without  hipocrify  I  may  not  wim        [IPl/ide  homes  of  cornets. 
96  More  then  my  fword's  edge  on  *t. 

Arc.  You  heare  the  homes  : 

Enter  your  [mufite]  leaft  this  match  between  *s 
Be  croft,  er  met.     Give  me  your  hand  ;  farewell : 
lie  bring  you  eveiy  needfull  thing  :   I  pray  you, 
100  Take  comfort,  and  be  ftrong. 

Pal.  Pray  hold  your  promife, 

And  doe  the  deede  with  a  bent  brow :  moft  certaine 
You  love  me  not :  be  rough  with  me,  and  powre 
This  oile  out  of  your  language.     By  this  ayre, 
104  I  could  for  each  word  give  a  cuffe  j  my  ftomach 
Not  reconcild  by  reafon. 

Arc.  Plainely  fpoken ! 

Yet  pardon  me  hard  language ;  when  I  fpur 
My  horfe,  I  chide  him  [not]  j  content  and  anger 
108  In  me  have  but  one  face. 

Harke,  fir  !  they  call     \JVinde  homes. 
The  fcatterd  to  the  banket :  you  muft  gueffe 
I  have  an  office  there. 

Pal.  Sir,  your  attendance 


89.  dares']  Q.  Ty.     F.  sqq.  dare 

90.  So   noble  beare  a  guilty  busines  /]    Q. 
[om.  !  ]    F.  T.  business  !     S.  C.  W.  K. 
Ty.    bear  .  .  business?       D.('67,    '76) 
noble  .  .  .  baseness?       Sk.    nobly  .  . 
business? 

97.  musiu\     Q.  Musicke      F.  T.  Musick 


D'Avenant,  muise  S.  C.  (Ty.  notes, 
p.  484:  "music,  evidently  a  corrup- 
tion.") muse  quick  W.  muse  K. 
D.('46)  Sk.  musit  Ty.  (text,  by  mis- 
take) music  quick  D.  ('67,  '76)  muset 
107.  cMde  him  not]  F.  sqq.  Q.  him  nor 


III.  i,  2.]  The  Two  Noble  Khifmen. 


47 


Cannot  pleafe  heaven  j  and  I  know  your  office  [III.  i] 

Unjuftly  is  atcheev'd.  112 

Arc.  [I've]  a  good  title, 

I  am  perfwaded  :  this  queftion,  ficke  between  's, 
By  bleeding  muft  be  cur'd.     I  am  a  fuitour 
That  to  your  fword  you  will  bequeath  this  plea, 
And  talke  of  it  no  more.  116 

Pal.  But  this  one  word  : 

You  are  going  now  to  gaze  upon  my  miftris ; 
For  note  you,  mine  fhe  is, — 

Arc.  Nay,  then, — 

Pal.  Nay,  pray  you, — 

You  talke  of  feeding  me  to  breed  me  ftrength  j 
You  're  going  now  to  looke  upon  a  fun  120 

That  flrengthens  what  it  lookes  on ;  there  you  have 
A  vantage  ore  me  :  but  enjoy  it  till 
I  may  enforce  my  remedy.     Farewell.  [Exeunt. 

SCENE  II.     [Another  part  of  the  fore/I  ?\  [III.  al 

Enter  Jailor's  Daughter  alone. 

Daugh.  He  has  miftooke  the  [brake]  I  meant ;  is  gone 
After  his  fancy.     'Tis  now  welnigh  morning ; 
No  matter :  would  it  were  perpetuall  night, 
And  darkenes  lord  o'  th'  world  ! — Harke  !  'tis  a  woolfe  :  4 

In  me  hath  greife  flaine  feare,  and,  but  for  one  thing, 
I  care  for  nothing,  and  that's  Palamon  : 
I  [reck]  not  if  the  wolves  would  jaw  me,  fo 
He  had  this  file.     What  if  I  hallowd  for  him  ?  8 

I  cannot  hallow  :  if  I  whoop'd,  what  then  ? 
If  he  not  anfweard,  I  mould  call  a  woolfe, 
And  doe  him  but  that  fervice.     I  have  heard 


112.  fve  a  good  title}  S.  C.  K.  D.  Ty.  Sk. 
O.Edd.  If  W.  I  have  T.  I'm  per- 
suaded 

121.  there  you  have  A]  D.  Q.  there  You 
have  a  Q.  enjoy 't 

I.  brake]  Th.  M.  W.  K.  D.  Ty.  Sk.      Q. 


Beake  F.  T.  Beak  D'Avenant,  beach 
Sy.  conj.  Brook  Se.  conj.  mistook  ;  the 
Hawk  I  sent  is  gone  Se.  S.  (text)  C. 
Nares,  Hickson,  Beck  L.  Brake  (spelt 
Breake  ?) 
7.  reck]  Edd.  Q.  wreake 


48 


The  Tivo  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


[III.  3. 


[III.  2]  Strange  howles  this  live-long  night :  why  may  't  not  be 

They  have  made  prey  of  him  ?  he  has  no  weapons  j 

He  cannot  run  ;  the  jengling  of  his  gyves 

Might  call  fell  things  to  Men,  who  have  in  them 
1 6  A  fence  to  know  a  man  unarmd,  and  can 

Smell  where  reliftance  is.     lie  fet  it  downe 

He's  torne  to  peeces ;  they  howld  many  together, 

And  then  they  fed  on  him  :  fo  much  for  that ! 
20  Be  bold  to  ring  the  bell ;  how  ftand  I,  then  ? 

All  's  char'd  when  he  is  gone.     No,  no,  I  lye  j 

My  father  's  to  be  hang'd  for  his  efcape  j 

My  felfe  to  beg,  if  I  prizd  life  fo  much 
24  As  to  deny  my  a£t ;  but  that  I  would  not, 

Should  I  try  death  by  duflbns. — I  am  mop't, 

Food  tooke  I  none  thefe  two  dales, — 

Sipt  fome  water.     I  have  not  clofd  mine  eyes 
28  Save  when  my  lids  fcowrd  off  their  [brine.]     Alas, 

Diffolve,  my  life !  let  not  my  fence  unfettle, 

Leaft  I  mould  drowne,  or  flab,  or  hang  my  felfe ! 

O  ftate  of  nature,  faile  together  in  me, 
32  Since  thy  beft  props  are  warpt !     So,  which  way  now  ? 

The  beft  way  is  the  next  way  to  a  grave  : 

Each  errant  ftep  betide  is  torment.     Loe, 

The  moone  is  down,  the  cryckets  chirpe,  the  schreich-owle 
36  Calls  in  the  dawne  !  all  offices  are  done, 

Save  what  I  faile  in  :  but  the  point  is  this, 

An  end,  and  that  is  all.  [Exit, 


19.  fed}  Edd.     Q.  feed 

25.  death}  Edd.     Sk.  qy.  deaths 

26.  dates, — Sipt  some  water.}  L.     Q.  daies. 
Sipt  some  water.     I   have      F.  took  I 
non  these  two  daies.      Sipt  some  water, 
I  have.     (T.  none  .  .  Days,  .  .  Water.) 
Sy.  conj.  Mason,  Ty.  'cept  some  Water 
S.    days,  only  sipt   Some  Water,   two 


Nights  I've  C.  K.  days,  Sipt  some 
water;  I've  W.  (re-arr.  11.  26—31, 
v.  n.)  days ;  sipt  some  water  ;  I  have 
D.  days  ;  once,  indeed,  I  sipp'd  some 
water ;  I've  So  Sk.  (places  once,  indeed, 
I  within  [  ]  ). 

28.  brine'}  T.  sqq.      Q.  F.  bine  (cf.  I.  iii. 
22.) 


III.  3.]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  49 

SCENE  III.     [The  fame  part  oftheforejl  as  in  Scene  I.]        [III.  .3] 

Enter  Arcite,  with  meate,  wine,  files,  &c. 
Arc.  I  mould  be  neere  the  place.     Hoa,  Cofen  Palamon  ! 

Enter  Palamon. 

Pal.  Arcite? 

Arc.  The  fame  :  I  Ve  brought  you  foode  and  files. 

Come  forth  and  feare  not  j  here  's  no  Thefeus. 

Pal.  Nor  none  fo  honeft,  Arcite.  4 

Arc.  That's  no  matter : 

Wee'l  argue  that  hereafter.     Come,  take  courage ; 
You  fhall  not  dye  thus  beaftly :  here,  fir,  drinke  j 
I  know  you  're  faint  j  then  He  talke  further  with  you. 

Pal.  Arcite,  thou  mightft  now  poyfon  me.  8 

Arc.  I  might; 

But  I  muft  feare  you  firft.     Sit  downe  j  and,  good,  now, 
No  more  of  thefe  vaine  parlies  :  let  us  not, 
Having  our  ancient  reputation  with  us, 
Make  talke  for  fooles  and  cowards.    To  your  health.   [Drinks.]  12 

Pal.  Doe. 

Arc.  Pray,  fit  downe,  then  ;  and  let  me  entreate  you, 

By  all  the  honefty  and  honour  in  you, 
No  mention  of  this  woman  !  't  will  diflurbe  us  j 
We  (hall  have  time  enough.  16 

Pal.  Well,  fir,  He  pledge  you. 

Arc.  Drinke  a  good  hearty  draught ;  it  breeds  good  blood, 

man. 
Doe  not  you  feele  it  thaw  you  ? 

Pal.  Stay ;  He  tell  you 

After  a  draught  or  two  more. 

Arc.  Spare  it  not  3 

The  Duke  has  more,  coz.     Eate  now.  20 

Pal.  Yes. 

Arc.  I  am  glad 

4.  Nor  none  so]  Edd.      Sid.  Walker,  No,       12.  health  [Drinks.}  D.     Q.  health,  &c. 
nor  none  so 


50  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  [HI.  3. 

[III.  3]  You  have  fo  good  a  ftomach. 

Pal.  I  am  gladder 

I  have  fo  good  meate  too  't. 

Arc.  Is  't  not  mad  lodging, 

Here  in  the  wild  woods,  cofen  ? 

Pal.  Yes,  for  them 

24  That  have  wilde  conferences. 

Arc.  How  tafts  your  vittails  ? 

Your  hunger  needs  no  fawce,  I  fee. 

Pal.  Not  much : 

But  if  it  did,  yours  is  too  tart,  fweete  cofen. 
What  is  this  ? 

Arc.  Venifon. 

Pal.  'Tis  a  lufly  meate. 

28  Give  me  more  wine :  here,  Arcite,  to  the  wenches 

We  have  known  in  our  dales  !     The  lord-fteward's  daughter  j 
Doe  you  remember  her  ? 

Arc.  After  you,  coz. 

Pal.  She  lov'd  a  black-haird  man. 

Arc.  She  did  fo ;  well,  fir  ? 

32      Pal.  And  I  have  heard  fome  call  him  Arcite ;  and — 

Arc.  Out  with  't,  faith  ! 

Pal.  She  met  him  in  an  arbour : 

What  did  me  there,  coz  ?  play  o'  th'  virginals  ? 

Arc.  Something  me  did,  fir. 

Pal.  Made  her  groane  a  month  for  't$ 

36  Or  two,  or  three,  or  ten. 

Arc.  The  marftial's  fitter 

Had  her  {hare  too,  as  I  remember,  cofen, 
Elfe  there  be  tales  abroade ;  you'l  pledge  her  ? 

Pal.  Yes. 

Arc.  A  pretty  broune  wench  't  is :  there  was  a  time 
40  When  yong  men  went  a-hunting,  and  a  wood, 
And  a  broade  beech ;  and  thereby  hangs  a  tale. — 
Heigh-ho ! 

Pal.         For  Emily,  upon  my  life  !     Foole, 
Away  with  this  ftraind  mirth  !    I  fay  againe, 


III.  3,  4-]  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  51 

That  figh  was  breathd  for  Emily  :  bafe  cofen,  [III.  3] 

Dar'fl  thou  breake  firlt  ? 

Arc.  You  're  wide. 

Pal.  By  heaven  and  earth, 

Ther  's  nothing  in  thee  honeft. 

Arc.  Then  He  leave  you  : 

You  are  a  beaft  now. 

Pal.  As  thou  makft  me,  traytour. 

Arc.  Ther's  all  things  needfull, — files,  and  fhirts,  and  per-  48 

fumes  : 

He  come  againe  fome  two  howres  hence,  and  bring 
That  that  fhall  quiet  all. 

Pal.  A  fword  and  armour  ? 

Arc.  Feare  me  not.     You  are  now  too  fowle  :  farewell : 
Get  off  your  trinkets ;  you  (hall  want  nought.  $2 

Pal.  Sir  ha,— 

Arc.  He  heare  no  more.  [Exit. 

Pal.  If  he  keepe  touch,  he  dies  for't.  [Exit. 

SCENE  IV.     [Another  part  of  the  fore/I. ]  [III   4] 

Enter  Jailor's  Daughter. 

Dough.  I'm  very  cold ;  and  all  the  ftars  are  out  too, 
The  little  ftars  and  all,  that  looke  like  aglets  : 
The  fun  has  feene  my  folly.     Palamon ! 

Alas,  no  !  hee  's  in  heaven. — Where  am  I  now  ? —  4 

Yonder  's  the  fea,  and  there  's  a  ihip ;  how  't  tumbles ! 
And  there  's  a  rocke  lies  watching  under  water ; 
Now,  now,  it  beates  upon  it ;  now,  now,  now, 
Ther's  a  leak  fprung,  a  found  one ;  how  they  cry  !  8 

[Spoom]  her  before  the  winde,  you'l  loofe  all  els  j 
Up  with  a  courfe  or  two,  and  take  about,  boyes : 
Good  night,  good  night ;  y'ar  gone. — I  am  very  hungry  : 
Would  I  could  finde  a  fine  frog  !  he  would  tell  me  1 2 

9.  Spoom}  W.  D.  K('67).     Th.  conj.  Spoon 


Q.  Vpon  her     F.  T.  Ty.  K.('4i)  Upon 
her    Sy.  S.  C.  Up  with  her  'fore    Sk. 


Run  her 
10.  take]  Q.  (=)  F.  sqq.  tack 


52  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.          [III.  4,  5. 

[III.  4]  Newes  from  all  parts  o'  th'  world ;  then  would  I  make 
A  carecke  of  a  cockle-lhell,  and  fayle 
By  eaft  and  north-cart  to  the  King  of  Pigmies, 
16  For  he  tels  fortunes  rarely.     Now,  my  father, 
Twenty  to  one,  is  truft  up  in  a  trice 
To-morrow  morning  :  He  fay  nev'r  a  word. 

For  lie  cut  my  greene  coat  a  foots  above  my  knee ;        [Sings. 

20      And  lie  clip  my  yellow  lockes  an  inch  below  mine  ee  : 

Hey,  nonny,  nonny,  nonny. 
He  s'  buy  me  a  white  cut,  forth  for  to  ride, 
And  lie  goefeeke  him,  throw  the  world  that  is  fo  wide  : 

24  Hey  nonny,  nonny,  nonny. 

O  for  a  pricke  now,  like  a  nightingale, 

To  put  my  breaft  againft  !    I  mall  fleepe  like  a  top  elfe.  [Exit. 

[III.5]  SCENE  V.     [Another  part  of  the  for  ejl.] 

Enter  [Gerrold,]  four  Countrymen  [as  Morris-dancers,  another 
as  the  Bav\an,Jive]  Wenches,  with  a  Taborer. 

Ger.  Fy,  fy ! 

What  tediofity  and  difenlanity 
Is  here  among  ye  !  have  my  rudiments 

4  Bin  labourd  fo  long  with  ye,  milkd  unto  ye, 
And,  by  a  figure,  even  the  very  plum-broth 
And  marrow  of  my  underftanding  laid  upon  ye, 
And  do  you  ftill  cry  "Where,"  and  "  How,"  and"Wherfore"  ? 

8  You  moft  coarfe  freeze  capacities,  ye  [jane]  judgements, 
Have  I  faide  "Thus  let  be,"  and  "There  let  be," 
And  "Then  let  be,"  and  no  man  underftand  mee? 
Proh  Deum,  medius  Jidius,  ye  are  all  dunces ! 
12  For  why,  here  ftand  I ;  here  the  duke  comes  j  there  are  you, 
Clofe  in  the  thicket ;  the  duke  appeares,  I  meete  him, 


14.   Carecke]  Q.      F.  Careck      T.   S.   D. 

Carack  C.  W.  Ty.  K.  Sk.  Carrack 
22.  He  j']  Skeat  MS.  O.Edd.  S.  C.  W. 

K.  D.  Sk.  He  's  Mason,  Ty.  He'll 
Scene  V.]  Edd.  Q.  scama  vi.  Bavian\ 

S.  sqq.     Q.  F.   Baum      T.  and  Baum 


[as  if  a  proper  name.]        five  Wenches] 
D.     Q.  2.  or  3.  wenches 
8.  jans\   D.   Sk.       O.Edd.  W.    Ty.  jave 
Se.  conj.  bays      Se.  S.  C.  Nares,  sleave 
K.  jape 


III.  5-]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  53 

And  unto  him  I  utter  learned  things  [III.  5] 

And  many  figures ;  he  heares,  and  nods,  and  hums, 

And  then  cries  "  Rare  !  "  and  I  goe  forward ;  at  length  16 

I  fling  my  cap  up ;  marke  there  !  then  do  you, 

As  once  did  Meleager  and  the  bore, 

Break  comly  out  before  him,  like  true  lovers, 

Caft  your  felves  in  a  body  decently,  20 

And  fweetly,  by  a  figure,  trace  and  turne,  boyes. 

1.  And  fweetly  we  will  doe  it,  mafter  Gerrold. 

2.  Draw  up  the  company.     Where's  the  taborour? 

3.  Why,  Timothy  !  24 
Tab.                             Here,  my  mad  boyes  ;  have  at  ye  ! 

Ger.  But,  I  fay,  where's  their  women  : 

4.  .  Here  's  Friz  and  Maudline. 

2.  And    little    Luce   with    the   white   legs,  and    bouncing 
Barbery. 

1.  And  freckeled  Nel,  that  never  faild  her  matter. 

Ger.  Wher  be  your  ribands,  maids  ?  fwym  with  your  bodies,  28 
And  carry  it  fweetly,  and  deliverly; 
And  now  and  then  a  favour  and  a  friske. 

Nel.  Let  us  alone,  fir. 

Ger.  Wher  's  the  reft  o'  th'  muficke  ? 

3.  Difperfd  as  you  commanded.  32 
Ger.                                                  Couple,  then, 

And  fee  what's  wanting.     Wher's  the  Bavian  ? 

My  friend,  carry  your  taile  without  offence 

Or  fcandall  to  the  ladies ;  and  be  fure 

You  tumble  with  audacity  and  manhood ;  3^ 

And  when  you  barke,  doe  it  with  judgement. 

Bav.  Yes,  fir. 

Ger.  Quo  ufque  tandem  ?  here  's  a  woman  wanting. 

4.  We  may  goe  whittle  :  all  the  fat  's  i'  th'  fire. 

Ger.  We  have, 

As  learned  authours  utter,  wafhd  a  tile,  4° 

We  have  beenefatuus,  and  laboured  vainely. 

2.  This  is  that  fcornefull  peece,  that  fcurvy  hilding, 
That  gave  her  promife  faithfully  fhe  would 


54 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


[III.  5. 


[III.  5]  Be  here,  Cicely  the  lempfters  daughter  : 

The  next  gloves  that  I  give  her  lhall  be  dog-skin ; 
Nay  and  (he  faile  me  once —  You  can  tell,  Areas, 
She  fwore,  by  wine  and  bread,  fhe  would  not  breake. 

48      Ger.  An  eele  and  woman, 

A  learned  poet  layes,  unles  by  th'  taile 

And  with  thy  teeth  thou  hold,  will  either  faile. 

In  manners  this  was  falfe  pofition. 

5 2       i.  A  tire  ill  take  her  !  do's  fhe  flinch  now  ? 

3.  What 

Shall  we  determine,  fir  ? 

Ger.  Nothing; 

Our  bufines  is  become  a  nullity, 
Yea,  and  a  woefull  and  a  pittious  nullity. 

56      4.  Now,  when  the  credite  of  our  towne  lay  on  it, 
Now  to  be  frampall,  now  to  pifle  o'  th'  nettle ! 
Goe  thy  waies  j  He  remember  thee,  He  fit  thee ! 

Enter  Jailor's  Daughter  \andjings.] 

The  George,  alow  !  came  from  thefouth, 
60      From  the  coajl  of  Barbary-a; 

And  there  he  met  with  brave  gallants  of  war, 
By  one,  ly  two,  by  three-a. 

Well  haild,  well  haild,  you  jolly  gallants! 
And  whither  now  are  you  bound-a  ? 
O  let  me  have  your  company 
Till  [/]  come  to  thefound-af 

There  was  three  fooles  fell  out  about  an  howlet : 
68  The  one  fed  it  was  an  owle  ; 

The  other  he  fed  nay  ; 
The  third  he  fed  it  was  a  hawke, 
And  her  bels  were  cut  away. 


Chaire  and 
ftooles  out. 


52.  fire  ill}  O.Edd.   C.   W.   K.    D.       S. 

feril      Sk.  (D.  conj.)  wild-fire 
59.  George,  alow .']  L.      Q.  George  alow, 

Edd.  George  alow  came    L.  conj.  George 

— alow  ! —  (=  halloo  !) 


66.   Till  I  come}  T.  S.  C.  K.  D.  Sk.     Q.  F. 

till  come      W.  till  [we]  come      Ty.  till 

We  come 
68.   The  one  sed}  Edd.     L.  quer.  The  one 

he  sed  or  one  sed  'twas 


III.  5.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


55 


3.  Ther  's  a  dainty  mad  woman,  master,  [III. 

Comes  i'  th'  nick;  as  mad  as  a  March  hare: 
If  wee  can  get  her  daunce,  wee  're  made  againe ; 
I  warrant  her,  fliee'l  doe  the  rareft  gambols. 

1.  A  mad  woman  !  we  are  made,  boyes.  76 
Ger.  And  are  you  mad,  good  woman  ? 

Daugh.  I  'Id  be  forry  elfe 

Give  me  your  hand. 

Ger.  Why  ? 

Daugh.  I  can  tell  your  fortune  : 

You  are  a  foole.     Tell  ten  ?  I  have  pozd  him.     Buz  ! 
Friend,  you  muft  eate  no  white  bread  ;  if  you  doe  80 

Your  teeth  will  bleede  extreamely.     Shall  we  dance,  ho  ? 
I  know  you,  y'  ar  a  tinker  j  lirha  tinker, 
Stop  no  more  holes  but  what  you  mould. 

Ger.  Dij  loniJ 

A  tinker,  damzell !  84 

Daugh.  Or  a  conjurer  : 

Raife  me  a  devill  now,  and  let  him  play 
Qui  paffa  o'  th'  bels  and  bones. 

Ger.  Goe,  take  her, 

And  fluently  perfwade  her  to  a  peace ; 

Et  opus  exegi,  quod  nee  louis  ira,  nee  ignis —  88 

Strike  up,  and  leade  her  in. 

2.  Come,  lafle,  let's  trip  it. 
Daugh.  He  leade.  \Wlnde  homes. 

3.  Doe,  doe.  » 

Ger.  Perfwafively,  and  cunningly  ;  away,  boyes  !  92 

[Ex.  all  but  Gerrold.] 

I  heare  the  homes :  give  me  fome  meditation, 
And  marke  your  cue. 

Pallas  infpire  me ! 

Enter  Thefeus,  Pirithous,  Hippolyta,  Emilia,  Arcite,  and  traine. 
Thef.  This  way  the  ftag  tooke. 


72.  master]  D.     S.  Magister.     Q.  Mr 
87.  a  peace]  Edd.      R[eed].  conj.  appease 
Mason,  a  place     W.  conj.  a  pace     W. 


a  peace 

8.  Et  opus]  O.Edd.      D.  S.  C.  W.  K. 
Ty.  Atque  opus    Sk.  En,  opus 


The  Tu'o  Noble  Kinfmen. 


[III.  5- 


[III.  5]      Ger.  Stay  and  edifie. 

96      Thef.  What  have  we  here  ? 

Pir.  Some  countrey  fport,  upon  my  life,  fir. 
[7^e.s.]  Well,  fir,  goe  forward ;  we  will  edifie. — 
Ladies,  fit  downe,  wee'l  Hay  it. 

ioo      Ger.  Thou  doughtie  duke,  all  haile !  all  haile,  fweet  ladies ! 
Thef.  This  is  a  cold  beginning. 

Ger.  If  you  but  favour,  our  country  paftime  made  is. 
We  are  a  few  of  thofe  collected  here, 

104  That  ruder  tongues  dillinguifh  villager  5 
And  to  fay  veritie  and  not  to  fable, 
We  are  a  merry  rout,  or  elfe  a  rable, 
Or  company,  or,  by  a  figure,  choris, 

1 08  That  fore  thy  dignitie  will  dance  a  morris. 
And  I,  that  am  the  rectifier  of  all, 
By  title  pcedagogus,  that  let  fall 
The  birch  upon  the  breeches  of  the  fmall  ones, 

112  And  humble  with  a  ferula  the  tall  ones, 

Doe  here  prefent  this  machine,  or  this  frame; 
And,  daintie  duke,  whole  doughtie  difmall  fame 
From  Dis  to  Daedalus,  from  poll  to  pillar, 

116  Is  blowne  abroad,  helpe  me,  thy  poore  well-wilier, 

And,  with  thy  twinckling  eyes,  looke  right  and  ftraight 
Upon  this  mighty  morr — of  mickle  waight — 
Is — now  comes  in,  which,  being  glewd  together, 

1 20  Makes  morris,  and  the  caufe  that  we  came  hether. 
The  body  of  our  fport,  of  no  fmall  ftudy, 
I  firft  appeare,  though  rude,  and  raw,  and  muddy, 
To  fpeake,  before  thy  noble  grace,  this  tenner ; 

124  At  whofe  great  feete  I  offer  up  my  penner : 
The  next  the  Lord  of  May  and  Lady  bright, 
The  Chambermaid  and  Servingman,  by  night 
That  feeke  out  filent  hanging  :  then  mine  Hofl 

128  And  his  fat  Spowfe,  that  welcomes  to  their  coll 


98.   Thes.]  Edd.     Q.  Per,  Well  Sir, 
120.  hether.      The  body  .  .  .  study,  7]  Q. 
(study  I)     D.  Sk.  hither,  The  body  .  .  . 


study.  I       L.   quer.  sport.      Of  .   .    . 
study,  I 
128.  -welcomes  to  their  cost]  O.Edd.  S.  Ty. 


III.  5.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


57 


The  gauled  traveller,  and  with  a  beckning 
Informes  the  tapfter  to  inflame  the  reckning : 
Then  the  beaft-eating  Clowne,  and  next  the  Foole, 
The  Bavian,  with  long  tayle  and  eke  long  toole ; 
Cum  multis  alijs  that  make  a  dance : 
Say  "  I,"  and  all  fhall  prefently  advance. 

Thef.  I,  I,  by  any  meanes,  deere  domine. 

Pir.  Produce. 

[Ger.]  Intrate  Jilij,  come  forth ;  and  foot  it. 

\_Muficke. 
Ladies,  if  we  have  beene  merry, 
And  have  pleafd  [ye]  with  a  derry, 
And  a  derry,  and  a  downe, 
Say  the  schoolemafter  's  no  clowne. 
Duke,  if  we  have  pleafd  thee  too, 
And  have  done  as  good  boyes  mould  doe, 
Give  us  but  a  tree  or  twaine 
For  a  maypole,  and  againe, 
Ere  another  ye  are  run  out, 
Wee'l  make  thee  laugh,  and  all  this  rout. 

Thef.  Take  twenty,  domine. — How  does  my  fweet  heart  ? 

Hip.  Never  fo  pleafd,  fir. 

Emit.  'Twas  an  excellent  dance  j  and  for  a  preface, 
I  never  heard  a  better. 

Thef.  Schoolemafter,  I  thanke  you. — 

One  fee  'em  all  rewarded. 

Pir.  And  heer  's  fomething 

To  paint  your  pole  withall. 

Thef.  Now  to  our  fports  againe. 

Ger.  May  the  flag  thou  huntft  ftand  long, 
And  thy  dogs  be  fwift  and  ftrong  ! 


[HI.  5] 


132 


136 

Knocke  for 

T-.  7,  r      •  -i  schoole.     En- 

Dance  a  Morris. \  ter  T 


140 


144 


148 


Sk.      C.   etc.  welcome      Sid.  Walker, 
D.  ('67,  '76)  welcome  to  his 

130.  Informes}  Q.  F.       T.  sqq.  Ty.   Sid. 
Walker,  Informs     D.  K.  Inform 

131.  beast-eating}     Edd.        Edd.     Mason, 
beef-eating 


137.  Ger.  Intrate}  C.  sqq.  O.Edd.  S.  give 
to  Pir.  Ty.  arranges :  School.  Produce. 
Intrate  &c. 

139.  pleas' }d  ye}  S.  sqq.  O.Edd.  Ty.  thee, 
S.  om.  have 

142.  thee  too}  F.  sqq.     Q.  three  too 


58  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [III.  5,  6. 

[III.  5]  May  they  kill  him  without  lets, 

And  the  ladies  eate  his  dowfets  !  \JVlnde  homes. 

[Exeunt  Thefeus,  Pirithous,  Hippolyta,  Emilia,  Arcite, 

and  traine^\ 
158  Come,  we  're  all  made.     Dij  deceque  omnes  / 

Ye  have  danc'd  rarely,  wenches.  [Exeunt. 

[IIL  6]  SCENE  VI.     [Fore/?,  as  In  Scene  7/7.1 

Enter  Palamon  from  the  Eujh. 

Pal.  About  this  houre  my  cofen  gave  his  faith 

To  vifit  me  againe,  and  with  him  bring 

Two  fwords,  and  two  good  armors ;  if  he  faile, 
4  He  's  neither  man  nor  fouldier.     When  he  left  me, 

I  did  not  thinke  a  weeke  could  have  reftord 

My  loft  ftrength  to  me,  I  was  growne  fo  low 

And  creft-falne  with  my  wants  :  I  thanke  thee,  Arcite, 
8  Thou  art  yet  a  faire  foe  j  and  I  feele  my  felfe, 

With  this  refreming,  able  once  againe 

To  out-dure  danger.     To  delay  it.  longer 

Would  make  the  world  think,  when  it  comes  to  hearing, 
12  That  I  lay  fatting  like  a  fwine,  to  fight, 

And  not  a  fouldier :  Therefore,  this  bleft  morning 

Shall  be  the  laft  j  and  that  fword  he  refufes, 

If  it  but  hold,  I  kill  him  with ;  'tis  juftice  : 
1 6  So,  love  and  fortune  for  me  !     O,  good  morrow. 

Enter  Arcite  with  armors  and  fwords. 

Arc.  Good  morrow,  noble  kinfman. 

Pal.  I  have  put  you 

To  too  much  paines,  fir. 

Arc.  That  too  much,  faire  cofen, 

Is  but  a  debt  to  honour  and  my  duty. 
20      Pal.  Would  you  were  fo  in  all,  fir !  I  could  wifti  ye 
As  kinde  a  kinfman,  as  you  force  me  finde 

157.  dowsets  f]  Q.  sqq.     D.  doucets  !      Scene  vt.]  Edd.     Q.  scaena  7. 


III.  6.]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  59 

A  beneficiall  foe,  that  my  embraces  [III.  6] 

Might  thanke  ye,  not  my  blowes. 

Arc.  I  (hall  thinke  either 

Well  done,  a  noble  recompence.  24 

Pal.  Then  I  mall  quit  you. 

Arc.  Defy  me  in  thefe  faire  termes,  and  you  {how 
More  then  a  miftris  to  me  :  no  more  anger 
As  you  love  any  thing  that  's  honourable  : 

"We  were  not  bred  to  talke,  man ;  when  we  're  arm'd  28 

And  both  upon  our  guards,  then  let  our  fury, 
Like  meeting  of  two  tides,  fly  ftrongly  from  us  ; 
And  then  to  whom  the  birthright  of  this  beauty 
Truely  pertaines — without  obbraidings,  fcornes,  32 

Difpilings  of  our  perfons,  and  fuch  powtings 
Fitter  for  girles  and  fchooleboyes — will  be  feene, 
And  quickly,  yours  or  mine.     Wilt  pleafe  you  arme,  fir, 
Or,  if  you  feele  your  felfe  not  fitting  yet  36 

And  furnifhd  with  your  old  ftrength,  lie  flay,  cofen, 
And  ev'ry  day  difcourfe  you  into  health, 
As  I  am  fpard  :  your  perfon  I  am  friends  with, 
And  I  could  wifli  I  had  not  faide  I  lov'd  her,  40 

Though  I  had  dide  j  but,  loving  fuch  a  lady, 
And  juftifying  my  love,  I  muft  not  fly  from  't. 

Pal.   Arcite,  thou  art  fo  brave  an  enemy, 

That  no  man  but  thy  cofen  's  fit  to  kill  thee  :  44 

I  am  well  and  lufty ;  choofe  your  armes. 

Arc.  Choofe  you,  fir. 

Pal.  Wilt  thou  exceede  in  all,  or  do'ft  thou  doe  it 
To  make  me  fpare  thee  ? 

Arc.  If  you  thinke  fo,  cofen, 

You  are  deceived,  for  as  I  am  a  foldier,  48 

I  will  not  fpare  you. 

Pal.  That 's  well  faid. 

Arc.  You  '11  finde  it. 

Pal.  Then,  as  I  am  an  honeft  man,  and  love 
With  all  the  juftice  of  affeftion, 
He  pay  thee  foundly.     This  He  take.  5a 


60  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [III.  6. 

[III.  6]      Arc.  That 's  mine,  then. 

He  arme  you  firft. 

Pal.  Do.     Pray  thee,  tell  me,  cofen, 

Where  gotft  thou  this  good  armour  > 

Arc.  'Tis  the  duke's, 

And  to  fay  true,  I  ftole  it.     Doe  I  pinch  you  ? 

Pal.  Noe. 

56      Arc.  Is 't  not  too  heavie  ? 

Pal.  I  have  worne  a  lighter  j 

But  I  mall  make  it  ferve. 

Arc.  He  buckl't  clofe. 

Pal.  By  any  meanes. 

Arc.  You  care  not  for  a  grand-guard  ? 

Pal.  No,  no ;  wee'l  ufe  no  horfes  :  I  perceave 
60  You  'Id  faine  be  at  that  fight. 

Arc.  I  am  indifferent. 

Pal.  Faith,  fo  am  I.     Good  cofen,  thruft  the  buckle 
Through  far  enough. 

Arc.  I  warrant  you. 

Pal.  My  cafke  now, 

Arc.  Will  you  fight  bare-armd  ? 

Pal.  We  thall  be  the  nimbler. 

64      Arc.  But  ufe  your  gauntlets  though  :  thofe  are  o'  th'  leaft  , 
Prethee  take  mine,  good  cofen. 

Pal.  Thanke  you,  Arcite. 

How  doe  I  looke  ?  am  I  falne  much  away  ? 

Arc.  Faith,  very  little ;  love  has  ufd  you  kindly. 
68      Pal.  He  warrant  thee,  He  ftrike  home. 

Arc.  Doe,  and  fpare  not. 

He  give  you  caufe,  fweet  cofen. 

Pal.  Now  to  you,  fir. 

Me  thinkes  this  armour  's  very  like  that,  Arcite, 
Thou  wor'ft  that  day  the  three  kings  fell,  but  lighter. 
72      Arc.  That  was  a  very  good  one;  and  that  day 
I  well  remember,  you  outdid  me,  cofen ; 

54-5.]  Sid.  Walker's  arrangement,  D.  ('67,  '76). 


III.  6.]  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  61 

I  never  faw  fuch  valour  :  when  you  charge!  [III.  6] 

Upon  the  left  wing  of  the  enemie, 

I  fpurd  hard  to  come  up,  and  under  me  J6 

I  had  a  right  good  horfe. 

Pal.  You  had  indeede  j 

A  bright  bay,  I  remember. 

Arc.  Yes.     But  all 

Was  vainely  labour'd  in  me ;  you  outwent  me, 
Nor  could  my  wifhes  reach  you  j  yet  a  little  80 

I  did  by  imitation. 

Pal.  More  by  vertue  j 

You  're  modeft,  cofen. 

Arc.  When  I  faw  you  charge  firft, 

Me  thought  I  heard  a  dreadfull  clap  of  thunder 
Breake  from  the  troope.  84 

Pal.  But  ftill  before  that  flew 

The  lightning  of  your  valour.     Stay  a  little  : 
Is  not  this  peece  too  ftreight  ? 

Arc.  No,  no ;  'tis  well. 

Pal.  I  would  have  nothing  hurt  thee  but  my  fword 
A  bruife  would  be  difhonour.  88 

Arc.  Now  I  'm  perfect. 

Pal.  Stand  off,  then. 

Arc.  Take  my  fword  ;  I  hold  it  better. 

Pal.  I  thanke  ye.     No,  keepe  it ;  your  life  lyes  on  it : 
Here  's  one,  if  it  but  hold,  I  aske  no  more 
For  all  my  hopes.     My  caufe  and  honour  guard  me  !  92 

Arc.  And  me  my  love  ! 

[They  low  fever  all  wayes  ;  then  advance  andjland. 
Is  there  aught  elfe  to  fay  ? 

Pal.  This  onely,  and  no  more.    Thou  art  mine  aunt's  fon, 
And  that  blood  we  defire  to  flied  is  mutuall ; 
In  me,  thine,  and  in  thee,  mine  :  my  fword  96 

Is  in  my  hand,  and,  if  thou  killft  me, 
The  gods  and  I  forgive  thee  ;  if  there  be 

90.  /  thanke  ye.    No,~\  L.     Q.  I  thanke  ye  :  No,     D.  I  thank  ye,  no ; 


62 


The  Tu-o  Noble  Kiiifmen. 


[III.  6. 


[III.  6]  A  place  prepar'd  for  thofe  that  fleepe  in  honour, 
100  I  wifli  his  wearie  foule  that  falls  may  win  it. 
Fight  bravely,  cofen  :  give  me  thy  noble  hand. 

Arc.  Here,  Palamon  :  this  hand  {hall  never  more 
Come  neare  thee  with  fuch  friendlhip. 

Pal.  I  commend  thee. 

IO4      Arc.  If  I  fall,  curfe  me,  and  fay  I  was  a  coward  j 
For  none  but  fuch  dare  die  in  thefe  juft  tryalls. 
Once  more,  farewell,  my  cofen. 

Pal.  Farewell,  Arcite.  {.Fight. 

\_Hornes  within  :  they  jiand. 
Arc.   Loe,  cofen,  loe !  our  folly  has  undon  us. 
108      pai.  Why? 

Arc.  This  is  the  duke,  a-hunting  as  I  told  you ; 

If  we  be  found,  we  're  wretched  :  O,  retire, 
For  honour's  fake  and  [fafety,]  prefently 
Into  your  buih  agen,  fir ;  we  fhall  finde 
112  Too  many  howres  to  dye  in.     Gentle  cofen, 
If  you  be  feene,  you  perifti  inftantly 
For  breaking  prifon  ;  and  I,  if  you  reveale  me, 
For  my  contempt :  then  all  the  world  will  fcorne  us, 
1 1 6  And  fay  we  had  a  noble  difference, 
But  bafe  difpofers  of  it. 

Pal.  No,  no,  cofen ; 

I  will  no  more  be  hidden,  nor  put  off 
This  great  adventure  to  a  fecond  tryall : 
1 20  I  know  your  cunning  and  I  know  your  caufe  : 

He  that  faints  now,  fliame  take  him  !    Put  thy  felfe 
Upon  thy  prefent  guard, — 

Arc.  You  are  not  mad  i 

Pal.  Or  I  will  make  th'  advantage  of  this  howre 
124  Mine  owne;  and  what  to  come  lhall  threaten  me, 
I  feare  lefie  then  my  fortune.     Know,  weake  cofen, 
I  love  Emilia ;  and  in  that  lie  bury 


103.  J  commend  .   .  tryalls]   Edd.       Se. 
would  give  to  Pal.  ;   and  1.  106   Once 
.  cousin  to  Arc. 


no.  sake  and  safety ',]  S.  [sake,!  Mason, 
W.  K.  D.  Sk.  O.Edd.  C.  Ty.  sake, 
and  safely  presently 


III.  6.]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  63 

Thee,  and  all  crones  elfe.  [III.  6] 

Arc.  Then,  come  what  can  come, 

Thou  fhalt  know,  Palamon,  I  dare  as  well  128 

Die,  as  difcourfe  or  fleepe  :  onely  this  feares  me, 

The  law  will  have  the  honour  of  our  ends. 

Have  at  thy  life  ! 

Pal.  Looke  to  thine  owne  well,  Arcite. 

[Fight  againe.     Homes. 

Enter  Thefeus,  Hippolyta,  Emilia,  Pirithous,  and  trains. 

Thef.  What  ignorant  and  mad  malicious  traitors  132 

Are  you,  that,  'gainft  the  tenor  of  my  lawes, 
Are  making  battaile,  thus  like  knights  appointed, 
Without  my  leave,  and  officers  of  armes  ? 
By  Caftor,  both  (hall  dye.  j^g 

Pal.  Hold  thy  word,  Thefeus  : 

We  are  certainly  both  traitors,  both  defpifers 
Of  thee  and  of  thy  goodnefie  :   I  am  Palamon, 
That  cannot  love  thee,  he  that  broke  thy  prifon ; 
Thinke  well  what  that  deferves  :  and  this  is  Arcite  j  140 

A  bolder  traytor  never  trod  thy  ground, 
A  falfer  nev'r  feem'd  friend  :  this  is  the  man 
Was  begd  and  banifh'd  :  this  is  he  contemnes  thee 
And  what  thou  dar'ft  doe  ;  and  in  this  difguife,  ^A     - 

Againft  [thy]  owne  edift,  followes  thy  fifter, 
That  fortunate  bright  ftar,  the  faire  Emilia ; 
Whofe  fervant — if  there  be  a  right  in  feeing, 

And  firfl  bequeathing  of  the  foule  to — juftly  148 

I  am ;  and,  which  is  more,  dares  thinke  her  his. 
This  treacherie,  like  a  moft  trufty  lover, 
I  call'd  him  now  to  anfwer  :  if  thou  bee'ft, 

As  thou  art  fpoken,  great  and  vertuous,  152 

The  true  defcider  of  all  injuries, 
Say,  "  Fight  againe !  "  and  thou  fhalt  fee  me,  Thefeus, 


145.  thy  mvne\  D.   K.('67)  thy  own      Q. 
this   owne      F.   this   own      T.    S.   C. 


W.  K.('4i)  Ty.  this  known      Sk.  thine 


own 


64  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  [III.  6. 

[III.  6]  Doe  fuch  a  juftice,  thou  thy  felfe  wilt  envie : 
156  Then  take  my  life;  He  wooe  thee  too't. 

Per.  O  heaven, 

What  more  then  man  is  this  ! 

Thef.  I  've  fworne. 

Arc.  We  feeke  not 

Thy  breath  of  mercy,  Thefeus  :  'tis  to  me 

A  thing  as  foone  to  dye  as  thee  to  fay  it, 
160  And  no  more  mov'd.    Where  this  man  calls  me  traitor, 

Let  me  fay  thus  much;  if  in  love  be  treafon, 

In  fervice  of  fo  excellent  a  beutie, 

As  I  love  moft,  and  in  that  faith  will  perifli, 
1 64  As  I  have  brought  my  life  here  to  confirme  it, 

As  I  have  ferv'd  her  trueft,  worthieft, 

As  I  dare  kill  this  cofen  that  denies  it, 

So  let  me  be  moft  traitor,  and  ye  pleafe  me. 
1 68  For  fcorning  thy  edi6t,  duke,  aske  that  lady 

Why  me  is  faire,  and  why  her  eyes  command  me 

Stay  here  to  love  her ;  and,  if  fhe  fay  "  tray  tor," 

I  am  a  villaine  fit  to  lye  unburied. 
172      Pal.  Thou  malt  have  pitty  of  us  both,  O  Thefeus, 

If  unto  neither  thou  mew  mercy ;  flop, 

As  thou  art  juft,  thy  noble  eare  againft  us  j 

As  thou  art  valiant,  for  thy  cofen's  foule, 
176  Whofe  twelve  ftrong  labours  crowne  his  memory, 

Let 's  die  together,  at  one  inftant,  duke ; 

Onely  a  little  let  him  fall  before  me, 

That  I  may  tell  my  foule  he  (hall  not  have  her. 
1 80      Thef.   I  grant  your  wim  ;  for,  to  fay  true,  your  cofen 

Has  ten  times  more  offended,  for  I  gave  him 

More  mercy  then  you  found,  fir,  your  offenfes 

Being  no  more  then  his. — None  here  fpeake  for  'em ; 
184  For,  ere  the  fun  fet,  both  (hall  fleepe  for  ever. 
Hip.  Alas  the  pitty ! — Now  or  never,  fitter, 

Speake,  not  to  be  denide  :  that  face  of  yours 

Will  beare  the  curfes  elfe  of  after  ages 
1 88  For  thefe  loft  cofens. 


III.  6.]  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  65 

Emil.  In  my  face,  deare  fifter,  [III.  6] 

I  finde  no  anger  to  'em,  nor  no  ruyn ; 
The  mifadventure  of  their  owne  eyes  kill  'em  ; 
Yet  that  I  will  be  woman,  and  have  pitty, 

My  knees  fhall  grow  to  th'  ground  but  He  get  mercie.  193 

Helpe  me,  deare  fifter :  in  a  deede  fo  vertuous 
The  powers  of  all  women  will  be  with  us. — • 
Moft  royall  brother, —  [They  kneel. 

Hip.  Sir,  by  our  tye  of  marriage, — 

Emil.  By  your  owne  fpotlefle  honour, —  106 

Hip.  By  that  faith, 

That  faire  hand,  and  that  honeft  heart  you  gave  me, — 

Emil.  By  that  you  would  have  pitty  in  another, 
By  your  owne  vertues  infinite, — 

Hip.  By  valour, 

By  all  the  chafte  nights  I  have  ever  pteafd  you, —  200 

Thef.  Thefe  are  ftrange  conjurings. 

Pir.  Nay,  then,  He  in  too  : — 

By  all  our  friendship,  fir,  by  all  our  dangers,  [Kneels. 

By  all  you  love  moft,  warres,  and  this  fweet  lady, — 

Emil.  By  that  you  would  have  trembled  to  deny  204 

A  blufhing  maide, — 

Hip.  By  your  owne  eyes,  by  ftrength, 

In  which  you  fwore  I  went  beyond  all  women, 
Almoft  all  men,  and  yet  I  yeelded,  Thefeus, — 

Pir.  To  crowne  all  this,  by  your  moft  noble  foule,  208 

Which  cannot  want  due  mercie,  I  beg  firft. 

Hip.  Next,  heare  my  prayers. 

Emil.  Laft,  let  me  intreate,  fir. 

Pir.  For  mercy. 

Hip.  Mercy. 

Emil.  Mercy  on  thefe  princes. 

Thef.  Ye  make  my  faith  reele  :  fay  I  felt  a  12 

Compaffion  to  'em  both,  how  would  you  place  it  ? 

Emil.  Upon  their  lives  :  but  with  their  banifhments. 

190.  kill}  O.Edd.  D.  Ty.  Sk.     S.  etc.  kills 

b  5 


66 


The  Tu'o  Noble  Kinfmen. 


[TIT.  6. 


[III.  6]      Thef.  You  're  a  right  woman,  lifter  j  you  have  pitty, 
216  But  want  the  underftanding  where  to  ufe  it. 

If  you  defire  their  lives,  invent  a  way 

Safer  then  banilhment :  can  thefe  two  live, 

And  have  the  agony  of  love  about  'em, 
220  And  not  kill  one  another  ?  every  day 

They'ld  fight  about  you ;  howrely  bring  your  honour 

In  publique  queftion  with  their  fwords.     Be  wife,  then, 

And  here  forget  'em  ;  it  concernes  your  credit 
224  And  my  oth  equally  ;  I  have  faid  they  die  : 

Better  they  fall  by  th"  law  then  one  another. 

Bow  not  my  honour. 

Emit.  O,  my  noble  brother, 

That  oth  was  rafhly  made,  and  in  your  anger; 
228  Your  reafon  will  not  hold  it :  if  fuch  vowes 

Stand  for  exprefle  will,  all  the  world  muft  perifh. 

Befide,  I  have  another  oth  'gainft  yours, 

Of  more  authority,  I  'm  fure  more  love ; 
232  Not  made  in  patfion  neither,  but  good  heede. 
Thef.  What  is  it,  fitter  ? 

Pir.  Urge  it  home,  brave  lady  ! 

Emil.  That  you  would  nev'r  deny  me  any  thing 

Fit  for  my  modeft  luit,  and  your  free  granting  : 
236  I  tye  you  to  your  word  now,  if  ye  fall  in't, 

Thinke  how  you  maime  your  honour, — • 

For  now  I  am  fet  a-begging,  fir,  I  'm  deafe 

To  all  but  your  compaflion, — how  their  lives 
240  Might  breed  the  mine  of  my  name,  opinion  ! 

Shall  any  thing  that  loves  me  perifh  for  me  ?        * 

That  were  a  cruell  wifedome  :  doe  men  proyne 

The  ftraight  yong  bowes  that  blufh  with  thoufand  blofibms, 


236.  fall]  Q.  F.  Ingleby.     T.  etc.  fail 

237.  honour, — ]   D.('6j,   76).      Sk.   hon- 
our!—     Q.    S.  sqq.   honour;      D. ('46) 
om.  [, — ].     F.  honor ;     T.  Honour  ; 

239.  compassion, — ]  L.     D.  compassion  ; 

240.  name,  opinion  1}  C.  W.     O.Edd.  Ty. 
[Opinion  !]  name  ;  Opinion,     S.  Name 


— Opinion  ;  Se.  conj.  O  Pity !  or  O 
piteous!  or  O  Juno!  Sy.  quer.  Opine 
Th.  conj.,  Mason,  W.  conj.,  K.  D.  Sk. 
name's  opinion  ! 

242.  proyne}  Q.      F.  T.  proyn      S.  C.  W. 
K.  Ty.  prune     D.  Sk.  proin 


III.  6.]  The  Two  Noble  Kinsmen.  67 

Becaufe  they  may  be  rotten  ?     O  duke  Thefeus,  [HI.  6] 

The  goodly  mothers  that  have  groand  for  thefe, 

And  all  the  longing  maides  that  ever  lov'd, 

If  your  vow  ftand,  {hall  curfe  me  and  my  beauty, 

And  in  their  funerall  fongs  for  thefe  two  cofens  248 

Defpife  my  crueltie,  and  cry  woe  worth  me, 

Till  I  am  nothing  but  the  fcorne  of  women. 

For  heaven's  fake  fave  their  lives,  and  banim  'em. 

Thef.  On  what  conditions?  152 

Emil.  Sweare  'em  never  more 

To  make  me  their  contention  or  to  know  me, 

To  tread  upon  thy  dukedome,  and  to  be, 

Where  ever  they  (hall  travel,  ever  ftrangers 

To  one  another.  i$6 

Pal.  lie  be  cut  a-peeces 

Before  I  take  this  oth :  forget  I  love  her  ? 

0  all  ye  gods,  difpife  me,  then.     Thy  banifliment 

1  not  mifJike,  fo  we  may  fairely  carry 

Our  fwords  and  caufe  along ;  elfe,  never  trifle,  2^0 

But  take  our  lives,  duke  :  I  muft  love,  and  will ; 
And  for  that  love  muft  and  dare  kill  this  cofen, 
On  any  peece  the  earth  has. 

Thef.  Will  you,  Arcite, 

Take  thefe  conditions  ?  264 

Pal.  He's  a  villaine,  then. 

Pir.  Thefe  are  men  ! 

Arcite.  No,  never,  duke ;  'tis  worfe  to  me  than  begging, 
To  take  my  life  fo  bafely.     Though  I  thinke 

I  never  mail  enjoy  her,  yet  He  preferve  268 

The  honour  of  affection,  and  dye  for  her. 
Make  death  a  devill. 

Thef.  What  may  be  done  ?  for  now  I  feele  companion. 

Pir.  Let  it  not  fall  agen,  fir. 

Thef.  Say,  Emilia,  a;» 

If  one  of  them  were  dead,  as  one  muft,  are  you 


246.  /oz/X]  O.Edd     W.  loved,      Sid.  Walker,  D.('67,  '76)  lov'd  them, 


68  The  Two  Nolle  Kinsmen.  [III.  6. 

[III.  6]  Content  to  take  the  other  to  your  husband  ? 

They  cannot  both  enjoy  you  j  they  are  princes 
2 76  As  goodly  as  your  owne  eyes,  and  as  noble 
As  ever  fame  yet  fpoke  of  j  looke  upon  'em, 
And,  if  you  can  love,  end  this  difference ; 
I  give  confent. — Are  you  content  too,  princes  ? 
280      Both.  With  all  our  foules. 

Thef.  He  that  (he  refufes 

Mufl  dye,  then. 

Both.  Any  death  thou  canft  invent,  duke. 

Pal.  If  I  fall  from  that  mouth,  I  fall  with  favour, 
And  lovers  yet  unborne  fhall  bleffe  my  afhes. 
284      Arc.  If  £he  refufe  me,  yet  my  grave  will  wed  me, 
And  fouldiers  ling  my  epitaph. 

Thef.  Make  choice,  then. 

Emil.  I  cannot,  fir,  they  're  both  too  excellent : 
For  me,  a  hayre  fhall  never  fall  of  thefe  men. 
288      Hip.  What  will  become  of  'em  ? 

Thef.  Thus  I  ordaine  it ; 

And  by  mine  honour,  once  againe  it  flands, 
Or  both  fhall  dye. — You  fhall  both  to  your  countrey  j 
And  each  within  this  month,  accompanied 
292  With  three  faire  knights,  appeare  againe  in  this  place, 
In  which  lie  plant  a  pyramid ;  and,  whether, 
Before  us  that  are  here,  can  force  his  cofen 
By  fayre  and  knightly  ftrength  to  touch  the  pillar, 
296  He  fhall  enjoy  her  j  th*  other  loofe  his  head, 
And  all  his  friends ;  nor  fhall  he  grudge  to  fall, 
Nor  thinke  he  dies  with  intereft  in  this  lady. 
Will  this  content  yee  ? 

Pal.  Yes. — Here,  cofen  Arcite, 

3°°  I  am  friends  againe  till  that  howre. 

Arc.  I  embrace  ye. 

Thef.  Are  you  content,  fitter  ? 
Emil.  Yes ;  I  muft,  fir, 

Els  both  mifcarry. 

Thef.  Come,  make  hands  againe,  then ; 


III.  6;   IV.  i.]      The  Two  Nolle  Kinsmen.  69 

And  take  heede,  as  you  're  gentlemen,  this  quarrell  [III.  6] 

Sleepe  till  the  howre  prefixt,  and  hold  your  courfe.  304 

Pal.  We  dare  not  faile  thee,  Thefeus. 

Thef.  Come,  lie  give  ye 

Now  ufage  like  to  princes,  and  to  friends. 
When  ye  returne,  who  wins,  lie  fettle  heere ; 
Who  loofes,  yet  He  weepe  upon  his  beere.  [Exeunt.  308 

ACT  IV. 
SCENE  I.      [Athens.     A  room  in  the  prifonJ]  [IV.  i] 

Enter  Jailor,  and  Firft  Friend. 

Jail.  Heare  you  no  more  ?  was  nothing  faide  of  me 
Concerning  the  efcape  of  Palamon? 
Good  fir,  remember. 

1  Fr.  Nothing  that  I  heard ; 

For  I  came  home  before  the  bulines  4 

Was  fully  ended  :  yet  I  might  perceive, 
Ere  I  departed,  a  great  likelihood 
Of  both  their  pardons ;  for  Hippolyta 

And  faire-eyd  Emilie  upon  their  knees  8 

Begd  with  fuch  hanfom  pitty,  that  the  duke 
Me  thought  flood  daggering  whether  he  mould  follow 
His  raih  oth,  or  the  fweet  companion 

Of  thofe  two  ladies  ;  and  to  fecond  them,  12 

That  truely  noble  prince  Pirithous, 
Halfe  his  owne  heart,  fet  in  too,  that  I  hope 
All  lhall  be  well :  neither  heard  I  one  queftion 
Of  your  name  or  his  fcape.  16 

Jail.  Pray  heaven,  it  hold  fo  ! 

Enter  Second  Friend. 

2  Fr.  Be  of  good  comfort,  man  ;  I  bring  you  newes, 
Good  newes. 

Jail.  They  're  welcome. 

2  Fr.  Palamon  has  cleerd  you, 

And  got  your  pardon,  and  difcoverd  how 

19.  how]  C.  etc.     O.Edd.  S.  Ty.  place  How  at  beginning  of  1.  20. 


;o 


The  Two  Noble  Kinsmen. 


[IV.  i. 


|"IV.  i]  And  by  whofe  meanes  he  efcapt,  which  was  your  daughter's, 
Whofe  pardon  is  procurd  too  ;  and  the  prifoner — 
Not  to  be  held  uugratefull  to  her  goodnes — 
Has  given  a  fumme  of  money  to  her  marriage, 
24  A  large  one,  He  afiure  you. 

Jail.  Ye  're  a  good  man, 

And  ever  bring  good  newes. 

1  Fr.  How  was  it  ended  ? 

2  Fr.  Why,  as  it  mould  be;  they  that  nev'r  begd 
But  they  prevaild,  had  their  fuites  fairely  granted : 

28  The  prifoners  have  their  lives. 

1  Fr.  I  knew  'twould  be  fo. 

2  Fr.  But  there  be  new  conditions,  which  you'l  heare  of 
At  better  time. 

Jail.  I  hope  they  're  good. 

2  Fr.  They  're  honourable, 

How  good  they'l  prove,  I  know  not. 

1  Fr.  'Twill  be  knowne. 

Enter  Wooer. 

32       Woo.  Alas,  fir,  wher's  your  daughter  ? 

Jail.  Why  doe  you  aske  ? 

Woo.  O,  fir,  when  did  you  fee  her  ? 

2  Fr.  How  he  lookes  ! 
Jail.  This  morning. 

Woo.  Was  {he  well  ?  was  {he  in  health,  fir  r 

When  did  {he  fleepe  ? 

i   Fr.  Thefe  are  ftrange  queftions. 

36      Jail.  I  doe  not  thinke  {he  was  very  well ;  for,  now 
You  make  me  minde  her,  but  this  very  day 
I  ask'd  her  queftions,  and  {lie  anfwered  me 
So  farre  from  what  {he  was,  fo  childimly, 
40  So  fillily,  as  if  me  were  a  foole, 
An  inocent ;  and  I  was  very  angry. 


20.  escapt}  Q.      F.  D.  Sk.  scap'd    T.  etc. 
'scap'd     W.  'scaped    Ty.  escap'd 


35.   When\  Edd.     D.  quer.  Where 


IV.  I.]  The  Tivo  Nolle  Kinsmen.  71 

But  what  of  her,  fir  ?  flV.  i] 

Woo.  Nothing  but  my  pitty  ; 

But  you  muft  know  it,  and  as  good  by  me 
As  by  an  other  that  lefle  loves  her.  44 

Jail.  Well,  fir  > 

1  Fr.  Not  right  ? 

2  Fr.  Not  well  ? 

Woo.  No,  fir,  not  well : 

'Tis  too  true,  (lie  is  mad. 

i   Fr.  It  cannot  be. 

Woo.  Beleeve,  you'l  finde  it  fo. 

Jail.  I  halfe  fufpefted 

What  you  [have]  told  me  ;  the  gods  comfort  her  !  48 

Either  this  was  her  love  to  Palamon, 
Or  feare  of  my  mifcarrying  on  his  fcape, 
Or  both. 

Woo.     'Tis  likely. 

Jail.  But  why  all  this  hafte,  fir? 

Woo.  He  tell  you  quickly.     As  I  late  was  angling  5 2 

In  the  great  lake  that  lies  behind  the  patlace, 
From  the  far  more,  thicke  fet  with  reedes  and  fedges, 
As  patiently  I  was  attending  fport, 

I  heard  a  voyce,  a  fhrill  one  ;  and  attentive  56 

I  gave  my  eare ;  when  I  might  well  perceive 
'Twas  one  that  fung,  and,  by  the  fmallnefle  of  it 
A  boy  or  woman.     I  then  left  my  angle 

To  his  owne  skill,  came  neere,  but  yet  perceivd  not  60 

Who  made  the  found,  the  ru flies  and  the  reeds 
Had  fo  encompaft  it :  I  laide  me  downe, 
And  liftned  to  the  words  (he  fong ;  for  then, 
Through  a  fmall  glade  cut  by  the  fifher  men,  5^ 

I  law  it  was  your  daughter. 

Jail.  Pray,  goe  on,  fir. 

Woo.  She  fung   much,  but  no  fence ;    onely  I  heard  her 

48.  vou  \have\  told]  S.  etc.  (om.  [  ]  ).     W.  I  54.  far  shore,}  Q.     D.('67)  far'  shore, 
Sk.  [have]     O.Edd.  Ty.  omit  have 


73  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [IV.  I. 

[IV.  j]  Repeat  this  often  :  "  Palamon  is  gone, 

68  Is  gone  to  th'  wood  to  gather  mulberies  ; 
He  finde  him  out  to  morrow." 

i   Fr.  Pretty  foule  ! 

Woo.  "  His  (hackles  will  betray  him,  hee'l  be  taken, 
And  what  fhall  I  doe  then  ?     He  bring  a  beavy, 

72  A  hundred  blacke-eyd  maides  that  love  as  I  doe, 
With  chaplets  on  their  heads  of  daftadillies, 
With  cherry  lips,  and  cheekes  of  damaske  rofes, 
And  all  wee'l  daunce  an  antique  fore  the  duke, 

76  And  beg  his  pardon."     Then  (lie  talk'd  of  you,  fir  j 
That  you  muft  loofe  your  head  to-morrow  morning, 
And  {he  muft  gather  flowers  to  bury  you, 
And  fee  the  houfe  made  handfome.     Then  me  fung 

80  Nothing  but  "Willow,  willow,  willow ;  "  and  betweene 
Ever  was,  "  Palamon,  faire  Palamon," 
And  "  Palamon  was  a  tall  yong  man."     The  place 
Was  knee-deepe  where  fhe  fat ;  her  careles  trelles 

84  A  wreathe  of  bull-rum  rounded ;  about  her  ftucke 
Thoufand  frefh  water-flowers  of  feverall  cullors  j 
That  me  thought  Ihe  appeard  like  the  faire  nimph 
That  feedes  the  lake  with  waters,  or  as  Iris 

88  Newly  dropt  downe  from  heaven.     Rings  Ihe  made 
Of  rufhes  that  grew  by,  and  to  'em  fpoke 
The  prettieft  pofies, — "  Thus  our  true  love's  tide," 
"This  you  may  loofe,  not  me,"  and  many  a  one  j 

92  And  then  me  wept,  and  fung  againe,  and  figh'd, 
And  with  the  fame  breath  fmil'd,  and  kift  her  hand. 
a  Fr.  Alas,  what  pitty  'tis  ! 
Woo.  I  made  in  to  her : 

She  faw  me,  and  ftraight  fought  the  flood  j  I  fav'd  her, 

96  And  fet  her  fafe  to  land  :  when  prefently 
She  flipt  away,  and  to  the  citty  made, 
With  fuch  a  cry,  and  fwiftnes,  that,  beleeve  me, 
Shee  left  me  farre  behinde  her.     Three  or  foure 

84.  wreathe]  L.     Q.  wreake    F.  T.  wreak     S.  sqq.  wreath 


IV.  i.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinsmen. 


73 


I  faw  from  farre  off  crofle  her,  one  of  'em  [IV.  i] 

1  knew  to  be  your  brother ;  where  fhe  ftaid, 

And  fell,  fcarce  to  be  got  away  :  I  left  them  with  her, 

And  hether  came  to  tell  you.    Here  they  are. 

Enter  Brother,  Daughter,  and  others. 

Daugh.  [Jings]  May  you  never  more  enjoy  the  light,  &c. 
Is  not  this  a  fine  fong  ?  104 

Bro.  O,  a  very  fine  one ! 

Daugh.  I  can  fing  twenty  more. 

Bro.  I  thinke  you  can. 

Daugh.  Yes,  truely,  can  I ;  I  can  ling  The  Broome, 
And  Bonny  Robin.     Are  not  you  a  tailour? 

Bro.  Yes.  108 

Daugh.        Wher's  my  wedding  gowne  ? 

Bro.  He  bring  't  to-morrow. 

Daugh.  Doe,  very  rarely ;  I  muft  be  abroad  elfe, 
To  call  the  maides  and  pay  the  minftrels  j 
For  I  muft  loofe  my  maydenhead  by  cocklight  j 
'Twill  never  thrive  elfe.  112 

0  faire,  O  fweete,  &c.  [Singes. 

Bro.  You  muft  ev'n  take  it  patiently. 

Jail.  'Tis  true. 

Daugh.  Good  even,  good  men.     Pray,  did  you  ever  heare 
Of  one  yong  Palamon  ? 

Jail.  Yes,  wench,  we  know  him. 

Daugh.  Is't  not  a  fine  yong  gentleman  ?  n6 

Jail.  'Tis,  love. 

Bro.  By  no  meane  crofle  her ;  fhe  is  then  diftemperd 
[Far]  worfe  then  now  fhe  fhowes. 

i  Fr.  Yes,  he's  a  fine  man. 

Daugh.  O,  is  he  fo  ?  you  have  a  fifter  ? 

i    Fr.  Yes. 

Daugh.  But  fhe  fhall  never  have  him,  tell  her  fo,  120 


107.  Bonny]  F.  etc.     Q.  Bony      F.  T.  S. 

Robbin 
109.  rarely]   O.Edd.  Ty.   Sk.      Sy.  conj. 

Mason,  W.  K.  D.  rearly      Th.  Se.   S. 


C.  early 

117.  meane]  Q.  F.  T.  S.  Ty.  mean     C. 
etc.  means 

118.  Far}  T.  sqq.     Q.  F.  Ty.  For 


74  The  Tu>o  Nolle  Kinsmen.  [IV.   i. 

[IV.  l]  For  a  tricke  that  I  know  :  y'  had  beft  looke  to  her, 
For,  if  ihe  fee  him  once,  ilie  's  gone  ;  flie  's  done, 
And  undon  in  an  howre.     All  the  young  maydes 
124  Of  our  towne  are  in  love  with  him,  but  I  laugh  at  'em 
And  let  'em  all  alone  j  is 't  not  a  wife  courfe  ? 

1  Fr.  Yes. 

Daugh.  There    is   at    leaft    two   hundred    now    with    child 

by  him, — 

There  muft  be  fowre ;  yet  I  keepe  clofe  for  all  this, 
128  Clofe  as  a  cockle  j  and  all  thefe  muft  be  boyes, — 
He  has  the  tricke  on  't;  and  at  ten  yeares  old 
They  muft  be  all  gelt  for  mufitians, 
And  fing  the  wars  of  Thefeus. 

2  Fr.  This  is  ftrange. 
'3 2      Daugh.  As  ever  you  heard  :  but  fay  nothing. 

i   Fr.  No. 

Daugh.  They  come  from   all    parts   of  the    dukedome   to 

him; 

He  warrant  ye,  he  had  not  fo  few  laft  night 
As  twenty  to  difpatch ;  hee'l  tickl't  up 
136  In  two  howres,  if  his  hand  be  in. 

Jail.  She  's  loft 

Paft  all  cure. 

Bro.  Heaven  forbid,  man. 

Daugh.  Come  hither;  you  're  a  wife  man. 

1  Fr.    '  Do's  flie  know  him  ? 

2  Fr.  No,  would  me  did  ! 

Daugh.  You  're  mafter  of  a  (hip  ? 

140      Jail.  Yes. 

Daugh.       Wher's  your  compafie  ? 

Jail.  Heere. 

Daugh.  Set  it  too  th'  north  ; 

And  now  dired  your  courfe  to  th'  wood,  wher  Palamon 
Lyes  longing  for  me  ;  for  the  tackling 
Let  me  alone  ;  come,  waygh,  my  hearts,  cheerely  ! 
144      All.  Owgh,  owgh,  owgh  !  'tis  up,  the  wind  is  faire  : 
Top  the  bowling  j  out  with  the  maine  faile  : 


TV.  i,  2.]  The  Two  Noble  Ki?ifmen. 


75 


Wher  's  your  whiiUe,  mafter  ?  [IV.  i  ] 

Bro.  Let 's  get  her  in. 

Jail.  Up  to  the  top,  boy  ! 
Bro.  Wher  's  the  pilot  ? 

1  Fr.  Heere. 

Daugh.  What  ken'ft  thou  ?  148 

2  Fr.  A  faire  wood. 

Daugh.  Beare  for  it,  mafter ; 

Take  about !  \_Singes. 

IVhen  Cynthia  with  her  borrowed  light,  &c.  \_Rxeunt. 

SCENE  II.     [Athens.     A  room  in  the  Palace^]  [IV.  2] 

Enter  Emilia  with  two  pictures. 

Emil.  Yet  I  may  binde  thofe  wounds  up,  that  ran  ft  open 
And  bleed  to  death  for  my  fake  elfe  :  lie  choofe, 
And  end  their  ftrife :  two  fuch  yong  hanfom  men 
Shall  never  fall  for  me ;  their  weeping  mothers,  4 

Following  the  dead-cold  allies  of  their  fonnes, 
Shall  never  curfe  my  cruelty.     Good  heaven, 
What  a  fweet  face  has  Arcite  !     If  wife  nature, 
With  all  her  beft  endowments,  all  thofe  beuties  8 

She  fowes  into  the  birthes  of  noble  bodies, 
Were  here  a  mortall  woman,  and  had  in  her 
The  coy  denialls  of  yong  maydes,  yet  doubtles, 
She  would  run  mad  for  this  man  :  what  an  eye, —  12 

Of  what  a  fyry  fparkle  and  quick  fweetnes, 
Has  this  yong  prince  !  here  Love  himfelfe  fits  finyling  ! — 
Juft  fuch  another,  wanton  Ganimede 

Set  [Jove]  a- fire  with,  and  enforcd  the  god  16 

Snatch  up  the  goodly  boy  and  fet  him  by  him, 
A  fhining  conftellation  :  what  a  brow, — 
Of  what  a  fpacious  majefty,  he  carries, 

Arch'd  like  the  great-eyd  Juno's,  but  far  fweeter,  ao 

Smoother  then  Pelops'  moulder ! — Fame  and  honour 


9.  sowes]  Q.     F.  T.  shews     S.  etc.  sows 
12,  14.  eye, —  ....  smiling! — ]  L.      Q. 
eye?  .  .  .  smyling,     D.  eye,  .  .  .  smiling ; 
1 6.  Set  Jove  afire  with']  Sy.  conj.  C.  W. 


D.  Sk.  O.Edd.  Set  Love  afire  with, 
Sy.  conj.  (2).  Jove  such  another  .  .  .  Set 
Love  afire  with  Se.  conj.  Ganimede  He 
set  Jove  afire  with  S.  K.  Ty.  omit  -with 


76 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


[IV.  2. 


[IV.  2]  Me  thinks  from  hence,  as  from  a  promontory 

Pointed  in  heaven,  fhould  clap  their  wings,  and  ling 

24  To  all  the  under  world,  the  loves  and  fights 
Of  gods,  and  fuch  men  neere  'em.     Palamon 
Is  but  his  foyle  j  to  him,  a  meere  dull  fhadow  : 
Hee's  fwarth  and  meagre,  of  an  eye  as  heavy 

28  As  if  he  had  loft  his  mother  j  a  ftill  temper, 
No  ftirring  in  him,  no  alacrity  j 
Of  all  this  fprightly  fharpenes,  not  a  fmile; — 
Yet  thefe  that  we  count  errours,  may  become  him  : 

32  Narcillus  was  a  fad  boy,  but  a  heavenly. 

O,  who  can  finde  the  bent  of  woman's  fancy  ? 

1  am  a  foole,  my  reafon  is  loft  in  me  j 

I  have  no  choice,  and  I  have  ly'd  fo  lewdly 

36  That  women  ought  to  beate  me.     On  my  knees 
I  aske  thy  pardon,  Palamon  5  thou  art  alone, 
And  only  beutifull  j  and  thefe  the  eyes, 
Thefe  the  bright  lamps  of  beauty,  that  command 

40  And  threaten  Love  j  and  what  yong  mayd  dare  crofle  'em  ? 
What  a  bold  gravity,  and  yet  inviting, 
Has  this  browne  manly  face?     O  Love,  this  only 
From  this  howre  is  complexion.     Lye  there,  Arcite : 

44  Thou  art  a  changling  to  him,  a  meere  gipfey, 
And  this  the  noble  bodie.     I  am  fotted, 
Utterly  loft ;  my  virgin's  faith  has  fled  me  j 
For,  if  my  brother  but  even  now  had  ask'd  me 

48  Whether  I  lov'd,  I  had  run  mad  for  Arcite ; 
Now  if  my  lifter,  more  for  Palamon. 
Stand  both  together. — Now,  come,  aske  me,  brother ; — 
Alas,  I  know  not ! — Aske  me  now,  fweet  filter ; — 

52  I  may  goe  looke ! — What  a  meere  child  is  fancie, 
That,  having  two  faire  gawdes  of  equall  fweetnelfe, 
Cannot  diftinguilh,  but  muft  crie  for  both  ! 


28.  As  if  he  had  lost  his  mother}  O.Edd. 
etc.  C.  conj.  As  h'  had  not  lost  his 
mother  S.  C.  K.  As  if  he'd  lost 

38.  the  eyes}  Q.  Ty.  Sk.     F.  etc.  thy  eyes 


Mason,  And  these  bright  eyes,  They're 
the  bright  lamps 

46.  virgin's]  T.  etc.     Q.  F.  Virgins     S.  D. 
Virgin  Faith 


IV.  2.] 


The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 


77 


Enter  a  [Gentleman.]  [IV.  2] 

Emil.  How  now,  fir  ! 

Gent.  From  the  noble  duke  your  brother, 

Madam,  I  bring  you  newes  :  the  knights  are  come.  56 

Emil.  To  end  the  quarrell  ? 

Gent.  Yes. 

Emil.  Would  T  might  end  firft  ! 

What  finnes  have  I  committed,  chaft  Diana, 
That  my  unfpotted  youth  muft  now  be  ibyld 
With  blood  of  princes,  and  my  chaftitie  60 

Be  made  the  altar,  where  the  lives  of  lovers — 
Two  greater  and  two  better  never  yet 
Made  mothers  joy, — muft  be  the  facrifice 
To  my  unhappy  beautie  ?  64 

Enter  Thefeus,  Hippolyta,  Pirithous,  and  Attendants. 

Thef.  Bring  'em  in 

Quickly  by  any  meanes  j  I  long  to  fee  'em. 
Your  two  contending  lovers  are  return'd, 
And  with  them  their  faire  knights  :  now,  my  faire  fitter, 
You  muft  love  one  of  them.  68 

Emil.  I  had  rather  both, 

So  neither  for  my  fake  fhould  fall  untimely. 

Thef.  Who  faw  'em  ? 

Pir.  I  a  while. 

Gent.  And  I. 

Enter  a  Meflenger  ;  (Curtis.) 
Thef  From  whence  come  you,  fir  ? 
Metf.  From  the  knights. 

Thef-  Pray,  fpeake, 

You  that  have  feene  them,  what  they  are.  72 

Enter  a  Gentleman\1.     Q.  F.  Enter  Emil.  67.  faire]  Q.     F.  etc.  fair      Sid.  Walker 

and  Gent.  conj.  sixe  knights 

63.  mothers  joy]  O.Edd.  S.  D.  Ty.  K.  ('67)  Messenger]  Edd.     Q.  Messengers 

Sk.     C.  W.  K.('4i)  mothers'  joy 


The  Tivo  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


[IV.  2. 


[IV.  2]      MeJJ.  I  will,  fir, 

And  truly  what  I  thinke.     Six  braver  fpirits 
Then  thefe  they  've  brought — if  we  judge  by  th'  outfide — 
I  never  faw  nor  read  of.     He  that  ftands 
7<5  In  the  firft  place  with  Arcite,  by  his  feeming 
Should  be  a  ftout  man,  by  his  face  a  prince, — 
His  very  lookes  fo  fay  him ;  his  complexion 
Nearer  a  browne  than  blacke ;  iterne,  and  yet  noble, 
80  Which  fhewes  him  hardy,  fearelefle,  proud  of  dangers ; 
The  circle  of  his  eyes  mow  [fire]  within  him, 
And  as  a  heated  lyon  fo  he  lookes ; 
His  haire  hangs  long  behind  him,  blacke  and  mining 
84  Like  ravens'  wings ;  his  moulders  broad  and  ftrong ; 
Armd  long  and  round ;  and  on  his  thigh  a  fword 
Hung  by  a  curious  bauldricke,  when  he  frownes 
To  feale  his  will  with ;  better,  o'  my  confcience, 
88  Was  never  fouldier's  friend. 

Thef.  Thou'ft  well  defcribde  him. 

Pir.  Yet  a  great  deale  fliort, 

Me  thinkes,  of  him  that 's  firft  with  Palamon. 
Tkef.  Pray,  fpeake  him,  friend. 

Pir.  I  ghefle  he  is  a  prince  too, 

92  And,  if  it  may  be,  greater ;  for  his  ihow 
Has  all  the  ornament  of  honour  in't : 
Hee's  fomewhat  bigger  then  the  knight  he  fpoke  of, 
But  of  a  face  far  fweeter ;  his  complexion 
96  Is  as  a  ripe  grape  ruddy ;  he  has  felt, 

Without  doubt,  what  he  fights  for,  and  fo  apter 
To  make  this  caufe  his  owne  ;  in  's  face  appeares 
All  the  faire  hopes  of  what  he  undertakes  ; 
100  And  when  he's  angry,  then  a  felled  valour, 

Not  tainted  with  extreames,  runs  through  his  body, 
And  guides  his  arme  to  brave  things ;  feare  he  cannot, 
He  Ihewes  no  fuch  foft  temper ;  his  head  's  yellow, 


74.  these]  Q.  C.  W.  K.  Ty.  Sk.      F.  etc. 

those 
8l.  fire]  Heath.  D.  K.('67)  Sk.      Q.  faire 


F.  T.  K.('4i)  fair     S.  C.  W.  Ty.  far 
85.  Arm'd]  F.  T.  Mason,  W.  K.  D.  Sk. 
Q.  Armd     S.  C.  Ty.  Arms 


IV.  2.]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


79 


Hard  hayr'd,  and  curld,  thicke  twind,  like  [ivy-tods,]  [IV.  2] 

Not  to  undoe  with  thunder ;  in  his  face 

The  liverie  of  the  warlike  maide  appeares, 

Pure  red  and  white,  for  yet  no  beard  has  bleft  him  j 

And  in  his  rowling  eyes  fits  vi6tory,  Jf»H 

As  if  (he  ever  ment  to  [court]  his  valour ; 

His  nofe  ftands  high,  a  character  of  honour ; 

His  red  lips,  after  fights,  are  fit  for  ladies. 

Emil.  Muft  thefe  men  die  too  ?  T  T  2 

Pir.  When  he  fpeakes,  his  tongue 

Sounds  like  a  trumpet ;  all  his  lynearnents 
Are  as  a  man  would  wifh  'em,  ftrong,  and  cleane ; 
He  weares  a  well-fteeld  axe,  the  ftafre  of  gold  ; 
His  age  fome  five  and  twenty.  x  j^ 

Me[f.  Ther  's  another, 

A  little  man,  but  of  a  tough  foule,  feeming 
As  great  as  anyj  fairer  promifes 
In  fuch  a  body  yet  I  never  look'd  on. 

Pir.  O,  he  that 's  freckle-fac'd  ?  120 

Meff:  The  fame,  my  lord  : 

Are  they  not  fweet  ones  ? 

Pir.  Yes,  they  are  well. 

Mejf.  Me  thinkes, 

Being  fo  few  and  well-difpofd,  they  {how 
Great  and  fine  art  in  nature.     He  's  white-hair'd, 
Not  wanton- white,  but  fuch  a  manly  colour  124 

Next  to  an  aborne ;  tough,  and  nimble-fet, 
Which  fhowes  an  attive  foule ;  his  armes  are  brawny, 
Linde  with  itrong  finewes ;  to  the  (houlder-peece 
Gently  they  fwell,  like  women  new-conceav'd,  128 

Which  fpeakes  him  prone  to  labour,  never  fainting 
Under  the  waight  of  armes  ;  ftout-harted,  ftill, 
But,  when  he  ftirs,  a  tiger ;  he's  gray-eyd, 
Which  yeelds  compaflion  where  he  conquers;  fharpe  132 


104    ivy- tads']  L.     O.Edd.  etc.  Ivy  tops  or 
ivy-tops 


F.  T.  Ty.  correct 
130.  stouthearted,   still]    Q.    etc.       F.    T. 


109.  court]  L.      S.  etc.  crown      Q.  cored  j      stout-hearted  om.  [,]  still, 


8o  The  Two  Noble  Kin f men.  [IV.  2,  3. 

[IV.  2]  To  fpy  advantages,  and  where  he  finds  'em, 

He  's  fwift  to  make  'em  his ;  he  do's  no  wrongs, 
Nor  takes  none ;  he's  round-fac'd,  and  when  he  fmiles 
136  He  Ihowes  a  lover,  when  he  frownes,  a  fouldier ; 
About  his  head  he  weares  the  winner's  oke, 
And  in  it  ftucke  the  favour  of  his  lady ; 
His  age,  fome  fix  and  thirtie ;  in  his  hand 
140  He  beares  a  charging-ftafFe,  emboft  with  filver. 
Thef.  Are  they  all  thus  ? 

Pir.  They  're  all  the  fonnes  of  honour. 

Thef.  Now,  as  I  have  aYoule,  I  long  to  fee  'em — 
Lady,  you  lliall  fee  men  fight  now. 

Hi/).  I  wifli  it, 

144  But  not  the  caufe,  my  lord  :  they  would  mow 
Bravely  about  the  titles  of  two  kingdomes  : 
"Tis  pitty  love  mould  be  fo  tyrannous. — 
O  my  foft-harted  fitter,  what  thinke  you  ? 
148  Weepe  not,  till  they  weepe  blood,  wench :  it  muft  be. 

Thef.    You   've   fteel'd  'em  with  your   beautie. — Honord 

friend, 

To  you  I  give  the  feild  ;  pray,  order  it, 
Fitting  the  perfons  that  muft  ufe  it. 

Pir.  Yes,  fir. 

152      Thef.  Come,  He  goe  vifit  'em  :  I  cannot  ftay — 
Their  fame  has  fir'd  me  fo — till  they  appeare. 
Good  friend,  be  royall. 

Pir.  There  (hall  want  no  bravery. 

Emit.  Poore  wench,  goe  weepe ;  for  whofoever  wins, 
156  Loofes  a  noble  cofen  for  thy  fins.  [Exeunt. 

[IV.  3]  SCENE  III.     [Athens.     A  room  in  the  prifon.~\ 

Enter  Jailor,  Wooer,  and  Do&or. 

DoB.  Her  diftra&ion  is  more  at  fome  time  of  the  moone 
then  at  other  fome,  is  it  not  ? 

144.  stow  Bravely  about}  Q.      F.  T.  C.  I       about 

(shew)      S.  C.  Mason,  bravely  Fighting  |  2.  other  some]  Edd.     Mason,  other  time 


IV.  3  ]  The  Two  Nolle  Ki??fmen.  81 

Jail.  She  is  continually  in  a  harmelefie  diflemper,  fleepes  [IV.  3] 
little ;  altogether  without  appetite,  fave  often  drinking,  dream-  4 
ing  of  another  world,  and  a  better;  and  what  broken  peece  of 
matter  fo  e'er  (he's  about,  the  name  Palamon  lardes  it,  that  me 
farces  ev'ry  bu(mes  withall,  fyts  it  to  every  queftion. — Looke 
where  (hee  comes ;  you  mall  perceive  her  behaviour. 

Enter  Daughter. 

Daugh.   I   have   forgot    it   quite;    The   burden    on  't  was 
Doivne-a,  downe-a,  and  pend  by  no  worfe  man  then  Geraldo, 
Emilia's  fchoolemafter  ;  he  's  as  fantafticall,  too,  as  ever  he  may 
goe  upon  "s  legs,  for  in  the  next  world  will  Dido  fee  Palamon,  i* 
and  then  will  (he  be  out  of  love  with  -.Eneas. 

Do£l.  What  (tuffs  here  !  pore  foule ! 

Jail.  Ev'n  thus  all  day  long. 

Daugh.  Now  for  this  charme  that  I  told  you  of.     You  muft  i<5 
bring  a  peece  of  lilver  on  the  tip  of  your  tongue,  or  no  ferry  : 
then,  if  it  be  your  chance  to  come  where  the  blefled  fpirits — as 
ther  's  a  fight  now  ! — we  maids  that  have  our  lyvers  perim'd, 
crakt   to   peeces  with    love,   we  (hall   come   there,   and   doe  20 
nothing  all  day  long  but  picke  flowers  with  Proferpine ;  then 
will  I  make  Palamon  a  nofegay;  then  let  him — marke  me — 
then — 

Do£i.  How  prettily  (lie  's  amifle  !  note  her  a  little  further.      24 

Daugh.  Faith  lie  tell  you,  fometime  we  goe  to  barly-breake, 
we  of  the  blefled.     Alas,  'tis  a  fore  life  they  have  i'  th'  other 
place,  fuch  burning,  frying,  boyling,  hiding,  howling,  chattring, 
curfing.     O,  they  have  (hrowd  meafure  !     Take  heede  :  if  one  28 
be  mad,   or  hang,  or   drowne  themfelves,  thither  they  goe, 
Jupiter  blefle  us !  and  there  (hall  we  be  put  in  a  caldron  of 
lead  and  ufurers'  greafe,  amongft  a  whole  million  of  cutpurfes, 
and  there  boyle  like  a  gamon   of  bacon  that  will  never  be  32 
enough. 


18-19.  (as  there's}  F.  T.  S.  C.  K.  (O.Edd. 
om.  (  )  ).  Q.  as  th'ers  Mason,  are, 
(there's  a  sight)  we  maids  W.  [are,] 
(there  's  a  sight  now)  we  D.  Sk.  are — 
there's  a  sight  now  ! — we  Ty.  spirit's, 
as  there's  a  sight  now ;  L  qy.  ay,  there's 
b  6 


22.  lei  him — marke  me — then — ]   D.       Q. 

let  him  marke  me, — then 
26-27.  *'  th'  other  place}    Edd.       Q.   i'th 

Thother     F.  T.  Ty.  i'th'  Other 
30.  shall  we  be  puf\  Edd.      L.  quer.  they 

be  put 


82  The  Two  Noble  K'mfmeh.  [IV.  3. 

[IV.  3]       Doft.  How  her  braine  coynes  ! 

Daugh.    Lords   and    courtiers,   that   have   got    maids    with 

36  child,  they  are  in  this  place ;  they  fhall  ftand  in  fire  up  to  the 

navle,  and  in  yce  up  to  th'  hart,  and  there  th'  offending  part 

burnes,  and  the  deceaving  part  freezes ;  in  troth,  a  very  greev- 

ous  puniihment,  as  one  would  thinke,  for  fuch  a  trifle ;  be- 

4°  leve   me,  one  would  marry  a  leaprous  witch,  to  be  rid  on  't, 

He  allure  you. 

Do6l.  How  me  continues  this  fancie  !     'Tis  not  an  engrafted 

madnefle,  but  a  moft  thicke  and  profound  mellencholly. 

44      Daugh.   To  heare  there  a  proud  lady  and  a  proud  citty- 

wife  howle  together !     I  were  a  beaft  and  Il'd  call  it  good 

fport :  one  cries,  "  O  !  this  fmoake  !  "  [th'  other]  "  This  fire  !  " 

one  cries,  "O,  that  ever  I  did  it  behind  the  arras !  "  and  then 

48  howles  j  th'  other  curfes  a  fuing  fellow  and  her  garden  houfe. 

/  w ill  le  true,  my  Jlars,  my  fate,  &c.         [Sings. 

[Exit. 

Jail.  What  thinke  you  of  her,  fir  ? 

Do6l.  I  think  fhe  has  a  perturbed  minde,  which  I  cannot 
$2  jninifter  to. 

Jail.  Alas,  what  then  ? 

Do£l.  Understand  you  me  ever  affe£ted   any  man  ere  fhe 
beheld  Palamon  ? 

56      Jail.  I  was  once,  fir,  in  great  hope  fhe  had  fixd  her  liking 
on  this  gentleman,  my  friend. 

Woo.  I  did  thinke  fo  too,  and  would  account  I  had  a  great 
pen' worth  on  't,  to  give  halfe  my  ftate,  that  both  Ihe  and  I  at 
60  this  prefent  flood  unfainedly  on  the  fame  tearmes. 

Do£l.  That  intemprat  furfeit  of  her  eye  hath  diftemperd  the 
other  fences :  they  may  returne  and  fettle  againe  to  execute 
their  preordaind  faculties}  but  they  are  now  in  a  moft  extrava- 
64  gant  vagary.  This  you  muft  doe :  confine  her  to  a  place 
where  the  light  may  rather  feeme  to  fteale  in  then  be  per- 
mitted j  take  upon  you,  yong  fir  her  friend,  the  name  of 
Palamon,  fay  you  come  to  eate  with  her,  and  to  commune  of 

46.  tK  other}  D.     O.Edd.  etc.  another 


IV.  3  ;   V.  i.]        The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  83 

love;  this  will  catch  her  attention,  for  this  her  minde  beates  [IV.  3] 
upon ;  other  obje6ts,  that  are  inferted  tweene  her  minde  and 
eye,  become  the  prankes  and  friskins  of  her  madnes  :  fing  to 
her,  fuch  greene  fongs  of  love  as  fhe  fayes  Palamon  hath  fung 
in  prifon ;    come   to  her,  ftucke  in   as   fweet   flowers   as   the  72 
feafon  is  miftres  of,  and  thereto  make  an  addition  of  fom  other 
compounded  odours,  which  are  grateful  to  the  fence ;  all  this 
fhall  become  Palamon,  for  Palamon  can  fing,  and  Palamon  is 
fweet,  and  ev'ry  good  thing :  defire  to  eate  with  her,  [carve]  76 
her,  drinke  to  her,  and  ftill  among  intermingle  your  petition  of 
grace  and  acceptance  into  her  favour  :  learne  what  maides  have 
beene  her  companions  and  play-pheeres,  and  let  them  repaire 
to  her  with    Palamon    in    their   mouthes,  and    appeare  with  80 
tokens,  as  if  they  fuggefted  for  him.     It  is  a  falfehood  fhe  is  in, 
which  is  with  falfehoods  to  be  combated.     This  may  bring  her 
to  eate,  to  fleepe,  and  reduce  what 's  now  out  of  fquare  in  her, 
into  their  former  law  and  regiment :  I  have  feene  it  approved,  84 
how  many  times  I  know  not ;  but  to  make  the  number  more, 
I  have  great  hope  in  this.     I  will,  betweene  the  paffages  of 
this  project,  come  in  with  my  applyance.     Let  us  put  it   in 
execution  ;  and  haften  the  fuccefle,  which  doubt  not,  will  bring  88 
forth  comfort.  [Florijh.     Exeunt. 

ACT  V. 

SCENE  I.     [Athens.     Three  Altars  prepared,  and  infcribed      [V.  i] 
feuerally  to  Mars,  Venus,  and  Diana.'] 

Enter  Thefeus,  Pirithous,  Hippolyta,  and  Attendants. 

[A  flouri/h. 
Thef.  Now  let  'em  enter,  and  before  the  gods 

Tender  their  holy  prayers  :  Jet  the  temples 

Burne  bright  with  facred  fires,  and  the  altars 

In  hallowed  clouds  commend  their  fwelling  incenfe  4 


76.  carve  her]  F.  T.  C.  W.  D.  K.('67) 
Sk.  Q.  Ty.  crave  her  S.  K.('4i)  carve 
for  her 

83.  what's  nmv\  O.Edd.  W.  D.  Sk.  S. 
C.  K.  what  are 


84.   regiment]  O.Edd.  etc.  S.  Regimen  ; 
Three  Altars,  &c.~\  L.     D.  A  Court  before 
the  temples  of  Mars,  Venus,  and  Diana. 
4.  swelling]  Edd.     Th.  conj .  smelling 


84  The  Two  Noble  Kinfrnen.  [V.  i. 

[V.  i]  To  thofe  above  us  :  let  no  due  be  wanting  : 

They  have  a  noble  worke  in  hand,  will  honour 

The  very  powers  that  love  'em. 

F/ori/h  of  Cornets.     Enter  Palamon,  Arcite,  and  their  Knights. 

Pir.  Sir,  they  enter. 

8       Thef.  You  valiant  and  tfrong-harted  enemies, 
You  royall  german  foes,  that  this  day  come 
To  blow  that  neareneiTe  out  that  flames  betweene  ye, 
Lay  by  your  anger  for  an  houre,  and  dove-like 
I2  Before  the  holy  altars  of  your  helpers, 

The  all-feard  gods,  bow  downe  your  flubborne  bodies  : 
Your  ire  is  more  than  mortall ;  fo  your  helpe  be  ! 
And  as  the  gods  regard  ye,  fight  with  juftice : 
16  He  leave  you  to  your  prayers,  and  belwixt  ye 
I  part  my  wifhes. 

Pir.  Honour  crowne  the  worthieft  ! 

[Exeunt  Thefeus  and  his  traine. 
Pal.  The  glafle  is  running  now  that  cannot  finilh 
Till  one  of  us  expire  :  thinke  you  but  thus, 
20  That  were  there  aught  in  me  which  ftrove  to  mow 
Mine  enemy  in  this  bufinefle,  wer't  one  eye 
Againft  another,  arme  oppreft  by  arme, 
I  would  deftroy  th'  offender ;  co/,  I  would, 
24  Though  parcell  of  my  felfe  :  then  from  this  gathei 
How  I  Ihould  tender  you. 

Arc.  I  am  in  labour 

To  pulh  your  name,  your  auncient  love,  our  kindred, 
Out  of  my  memory;  and  i'  th'  felfe-fame  place 
28  To  feate  fomething  I  would  confound :  fo  hoyfl  we 
The  fayles,  that  mutt  thefe  veffells  port  even  where 
The  heavenly  lymiter  pleafes. 

Pal.  You  fpeake  well. 

Before  I  turne,  let  me  embrace  thee,  cofeii : 
32  This  I  (hall  never  doe  agen. 

10.  nearenesse]  Edd.      Ingleby  conj .  fierce-       29.  port]  Q.  F.  etc.     T.  S.  part 
nesse 


V.  i.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


Arc.  One  farewell !  [V.  i] 

Pal.  Why  let  it  be  fo  :  farewell,  coz ! 

Arc.  Farewell,  fir ! 

[They  embrace. — Exeunt  Palamon  and  his  Knights. 
Knights,  kinfmen,  lovers,  yea,  my  facrifices, 
True  worfhippers  of  Mars,  whofe  fpirit  in  you 
Expells  the  feedes  of  feare,  and  th'  apprehenfion  3*> 

Which  ftill  is  farther  off  it,  goe  with  me 
Before  the  god  of  our  profefiion  :  there 
Require  of  him  the  hearts  of  lyons,  and 

The  breath  of  tigers,  yea,  the  fearcenefie  too,  40 

Yea,  the  fpeed  alfo, — to  goe  on,  I  meane, 
Elfe  wifh  we  to  be  fnayles  :  you  know  my  prize 
Muft  be  drag'd  out  of  blood  ;  force  and  great  feate 
Muft  put  my  garland  on,  where  fhe  ftickes  44 

The  queene  ef  flowers  ;  our  interceflion  then 
Muft  be  to  him  that  makes  the  campe  a  ceftron 
Brymd  with  the  blood  of  men  :  give  me  your  aide, 
And  bend  your  fpirits  towards  him.  4° 

[They  advance  to  the  altar  of  Mars,  and  fall  on  their  faces; 

then  kneel. 

Thou  mighty  one,  that  with  thy  power  haft  turnd 
Greene  Neptune  into  purple ;  [whofe  approach] 
Comets  prewarne ;  whofe  havocke  in  vafte  feild 
Unearthed  skulls  proclaime ;  whofe  breath  bl owes  downe  52 

The  teeming  Ceres'  foyzon ;  who  doft  plucke 
With  hand  [armypotent]  from  forth  blew  clowdes 
The  mafond  turrets ;  that  both  mak'ft  and  break'ft 
The  ftony  girthes  of  citties  j  me  thy  puple,  5^ 

Yong'ft  follower  of  thy  drom,  inftrucl:  this  day 


37.  farther  off  it}  Q.  F.  S.  Ty.  T.  farther 
of  it  C.  K.  further  off  Heath,  Mason, 
W.  D.  Sk.  father  of  it 

44.  she  stickes]  Q.  F.  T.  D.  K.('67)  Ty. 
she  sticks  S.  etc.  K.('4i)  she  will 
stick  L.  quer.  on  me,  where  she  stickes 

48.  They  advance,  &c.~\  D.  Q.  They 
knecle 


50.  Neptune"]  F.     Q.  Nepture.         [whose 

approach}   S.  etc.  insert,     lacuna  in  O. 

Edd. 
54.  armipotenf}  S.  sqq.     Q.  armenypotent 

F.  T.  armenipotent     Ty.  omnipotent 
57.    Young'sf]  D.     Q.  Yongest     F.  T.  W. 

Ty.  K.  Youngest      S.  Young 


86 


The  Two  Nolle  Kin/men. 


[V,  i. 


[V.  i]  With  military'  skill,  that  to  thy  lawde 

I  may  advance  my  ftreamer,  and  by  thee 
60  Be  ftil'd  the  lord  o'  th'  day ; — give  me,  great  Mars, 
Some  token  of  thy  pleafure. 

[Here  they  Jail  on  their  faces  as  formerly,  and  there  is  heard 
clanging   of  armor,  with   a  JJiort  thunder,   as  the   bur/I 
of  a  lattaile,  whereupon  they  all  rife  and  low  to  the  altar. 
O  great  corre6tor  of  enormous  times, 
Shaker  of  ore-rank  ftates,  thou  grand  decider 
64  Of  duftie  and  old  tytles,  that  heal'ft  with  blood 
The  earth  when  it  is  ficke,  and  cur'ft  the  world 
O'  the  plurefie  of  people ;  I  doe  take 
Thy  fignes  aufpicioufly,  and  in  thy  name 
68  To  my  defigne  march  boldly.     Let  us  goe.  [Exeunt. 

Re-enter  Palamon  and  his  Knights. 

Pal.  Our  ftars  muft  glifter  with  new  fire,  or  be 

To-daie  extin6t ;  our  argument  is  love, 

Which  if  the  goddefle  of  it  grant,  fhe  gives 
"pi  Victory  too  :  then  blend  your  fpirits  wilh  mine, 

You,  whole  free  noblenefle  doe  make  my  caufe 

Your  perlbnall  hazard  :  to  the  goddefle  Venus 

Commend  we  our  proceeding,  and  implore 
/6  Her  power  unto  our  partie. 

[They  advance  to  the  altar  of  Venus,  and  fall  on  their  faces; 
then  kneel. 

Haile,  foveraigne  queene  of  fecrets,  who  haft  power 

To  call  the  feirceft  tyrant  from  his  rage 

And  weepe  unto  a  girle  j  that  haft  the  might 
80  Even  with  an  ey-glance  to  choke  Mars's  drom, 

And  turne  th'  allarme  to  whifpers  j  that  canft  make 

A  criple  florilh  with  his  crutch,  and  cure  him 

Before  Apollo  j  that  may'ft  force  the  king 


68.  Re-enter,  6v.]  D.  Q.  Enter  Palamon 
and  his  Knights,  with  the  former 
observance 

76.   They  advance,  &><:.  ]  D.     Q.  Here  they 


kneele  as  formerly, 

79.  And  weepe]  Q.     F.  T.  Ty.  And  weep 
S.  etc.  To  weep     Th.  conj.  weep  into 


Y.I.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


To  be  his  fubjecYs  vaflaile,  and  induce  [V  i."] 

Stale  gravitie  to  daunce ;  the  poul'd  bach'lour — 
Whofe  youth,  like  wanton  boyes  through  bonfyres, 
Have  skipt  thy  flame — at  feaventy  thou  canft  catch, 

And  make  him,  to  the  fcorne  of  his  hoarfe  throate,  88 

• 

Abufe  yong  laies  of  love.     What  godlike  power 

Haft  thou  not  power  upon  ?  to  Phoebus  thou 

Add'ft  flames  hotter  then  his ;  the  heavenly  fyres 

Did  fcortch  his  mortall  fon,  thine  him  ;  the  huntrefie  92 

All  moyft  and  cold,  fome  fay,  began  to  throw 

Her  bow  away,  and  figh.      Take  to  thy  grace 

Me,  thy  vowd  fouldier,  who  doe  beare  thy  yoke 

As  'twer  a  wreath  of  rofes,  yet  is  heavier  96 

Then  lead  it  felfe,  flings  more  than  nettles :  1 

Have  never  beene  foule-mouthd  againft  thy  law ; 

Nev'r  reveald  fecret,  for  I  knew  none, — would  not, 

Had  I  kend  all  that  were  ;  I  never  pra6tifed  100 

Upon  man's  wife,  nor  would  the  libells  reade 

Of  liberall  wits  ;  I  never  at  great  feaftes 

Sought  to  betray  a  beautie,  but  have  blufh'd 

At  fimpring  firs  that  did ;  I  have  beene  harih  104 

To  large  confeflfors,  and  have  hotly  ask'd  them 

If  they  had  mothers  ?  I  had  one,  a  woman, 

And  women  'twer  they  wrong' d  :  I  knew  a  man 

Of  eightie  winters, — this  I  told  them, —  who  108 

A  laife  of  foureteene  brided  ;  'twas  thy  power 

To  put  life  into  duft  j  the  aged  crampe 

Had  fcrew'd  his  fquare  foote  round, 

The  gcut  had  knit  his  fingers  into  knots,  1 1  a 

Torturing  convulfions  from  his  globie  eyes 

Had  almoft  drawne  their  fpheeres,  that  what  was  life 

In  him  feem'd  torture ;  this  anatomie 


85.  Stale  gravity]  Edd.   Mason,  quer.  state- 
gravity         poul'd}  L.       O.Edd.    pould 
S.  C.  W.  K.  Ty.  polled     D.  Sk.  polled 
L.     bacKloiir\  Q.  Bachelour 

86.  Whose  youth}  O.Edd.  etc.     S.  whose 


Freaks  of  Youth 
87.  Jfave]  Edd.     Mason,  hath 
97.  nettles:  /]  D.('6j,  '76).     Sk.  prints  / 

at  beg.  1.  98.     S .  Nettles  ;     I've  never 


88 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


[V.  T. 


[V.  i]  Had  by  his  yong  faire  pheare  a  boy,  and  I 
Beleev'd  it  was  his,  for  Ihe  fwore  it  was, 
And  who  would  not  beleeve  her  ?     Briefe,  I  am 
To  thofe  that  prate,  and  have  done,  no  companion ; 
120  To  thofe  that  boaft,  and  have  not,  a  defyer ; 
To  thofe  that  would,  and  cannot,  a  rejoycer ; 
Yea,  him  I  doe  not  love,  that  tells  clofe  offices 
The  fowleft  way,  nor  names  concealements  in 
124  The  boldeft  language  j  fuch  a  one  I  am, 
And  vow  that  lover  never  yet  made  figh 
Truer  then  I.     O,  then,  moft  foft  fweet  goddefle, 
Give  me  the  victory  of  this  queftion,  which 
128  Is  true  love's  merit,  and  blefie  me  with  a  figne 
Of  thy  great  pleafure. 

[Here   mujicke   is  heard,   doves  are  feene  to  flutter :    they 

fall  againe  upon  their  faces,  then  on  their  knees. 
Pal.  O  thou  that  from  eleven  to  ninetie  raign'ft 
In  mortall  bofomes,  whofe  chafe  is  this  world, 
132  And  we  in  beards  thy  game,  I  give  thee  thankes 
For  this  faire  token  ;  which  being  layd  unto 
Mine  innocent  true  heart,  armes  in  aflurance 
My  body  to  this  bufinefle. — Let  us  rife 
136  And  bow  before  the  goddefle  :  time  comes  on. 

[They  low.     Exeunt. 

[Still  muficke  of  records.  Enter  Emilia  in  -white,  her  haire 
about  her  Jhoulders ,  [and  wearing]  a  wheaten  u'rcath:  One 
in  white  holding  up  her  traine,  her  haire  flucke  with  flowers; 
one  before  her  carrying  a  jilver  hynde,  in  which  is  conveyd 
incenfe  and  fweet  odours,  which  being  fet  upon  the  altar  [of 
Diana,]  her  maides  ftanding  aloof e,  file  fetsflre  to  it ;  then 
they  curtfey  and  kneele. 
Emil.  O  facred,  ftiadowie,  cold  and  conftant  queene, 


Il6.  pheare}    Q.        F.    T.    Sphere        S. 

(conj.!)   Ty.  Pheer      C.   W.  K.   pheer 

D.  fere 
119 — 121.]   S.    sqq.     Wrongly  pointed  in 

O.Edd.      Q.  prate  and  have  done;  no 

Companion     To  those  that  boast  and 


have  not ;  a  defyer    To  those  that  would 

and  cannot ;  a  &c. 
126.  soft  sweet]  Q.    D.  soft-sweet 
136.   maides]  Q.       F.  T.   K.  D.   Ty.  Sk. 

Maids      S.  C.  W.  Maid 


V. 


The  Tu>o  Nolle  K'uifmcn. 


89 


Abandoner  of  revells,  mute,  contemplative,  [V.  i] 

Sweet,  folitary,  white  as  chafte,  and  pure 

As  winde-fand  fnow,  who  to  thy  femall  knights  140 

Allow'ft  no  more  blood  than  will  make  a  blulh, 

Which  is  their  order's  robe ;  I  heere,  thy  prieft, 

Am  humbled  fore  thine  altar  :  O,  vouchfafe, 

With  that  thy  rare  greeue  eye — which  never  yet  144 

Beheld  thing  maculate — looke  on  thy  virgin ; 

And,  facred  filver  miftris,  lend  thine  eare — 

Which  nev'r  heard  fcurrill  terme,  into  whofe  port 

Ne're  entred  wanton  found — to  my  petition  148 

Seafond  with  holy  feare.     This  is  my  laft 

Of  veftall  office ;  I  'm  bride-habited, 

But  mayden-harted ;  a  husband  I  have  'pointed, 

But  doe  not  know  him  ;  out  of  two,  I  (hould  152 

Choofe  one,  and  pray  for  his  fucceife;  but  I 

Am  guiltlefle  of  election  :  of  mine  eyes 

Were  I  to  loofe  one, — they  are  equall  precious, — 

I  could  doombe  neither  j  that  which  perifh'd  mould  jijg 

Goe  too't  unfentenc'd  :  therefore,  moft  modeft  queene, 

He,  of  the  two  pretenders,  that  beft  loves  me 

And  has  the  trueft  title  in  't,  let  him 

Take  off  my  wheaten  gerland,  or  elfe  grant  160 

The  fyle  and  qualitie  I  hold  I  may 

Continue  in  thy  band. 

\_Here  the  hynde  vaniflies  under  the  altar,  and  in  the  place 

afcends  a  rofe-tree,  having  one  rofe  upon  it. 
See  what  our  generall  of  ebbs  and  flowes 

Out  from  the  bowells  of  her  holy  altar  164 

With  facred  a£l  advances  ;  but  one  rofe  ! 
If  well  infpird,  this  battaile  fhal  confound 
Both  thefe  brave  knights,  and  I,  a  virgin  flowre, 
Muft  grow  alone  unpluck'd.  168 


144.  greene]  Q.     F.  etc.  green     S.  sheen 
147.  port}  O.Edd.  etc.     Th.  conj.  Ingleby 

(quer.)  porch 
1 54.  election  :  of  mine  eyes  Were  /  to  loose 

one, —  .  .  .  precious, — /]   D.  ('67,  '76). 


Q.  (F.  T.  guiltless  T.  Election  .  .  . 
Eyes,)  Am  guiltlesse  of  election  of  mine 
eyes,  Were  S.  sqq.  D.('46)  Sk.  Election 
of  mine  Eyes  ;  Were  Ty.  election  of 
mine  eyes.  Were 


90  The  Two  Nolle  Kbifmen.  [V.  i,  2. 

[V.  i]       [Here  is  heard  a  fodaine  twang  of  inftruments,  and  the  rofe 

fals  from  the  tree,  which  van\jhes  under  the  altar. 
The  fltnvre  is  falne,  the  tree  defcends. — O  miftris, 
Thou  here  difchargeft  me;  I  mail  be  gather'd, 
I  thinke  fo ;  but  I  know  not  thine  owne  will : 
i  72  Unclafpe  thy  myrterie. — I  hope  fhe's  pleas'd  ; 

Her  (ignes  were  gratious.  [They  curtfey,  and  exeunt. 

SCENE  II.     [Athens.     A  room  in  the  prifon.] 
[V.  2]         Enter  Do6tor,  Jailor,  and  Wooer  in  halite  ofPalamon. 

Do£l.  Has  this  advice  I  told  you  done  any  good  upon  her  ? 

Woo.  O  very  much ;  the  maids  that  kept  her  company 
Have  halfe  perfwaded  her  that  I  am  Palamon  ; 
4  Within  this  halfe  houre  Hie  came  finiling  to  me, 
And  asked  me  what  I  'Id  eate,  and  when  I  'Id  kiffe  her  : 
I  told  her  prefently,  and  kift  her  twice. 

Do£i.  'Twas  well  done  :  twentie  times  had  bin  far  better; 
8  For  there  the  cure  lies  mainely.  • 

Woo.  Then  me  told  me 

She  'Id  watch  with  me  to-night,  for  well  me  knew 
What  houre  my  fit  would  take  me. 

Do6l.  Let  her  doe  fo  ; 

And  when  your  fit  comes,  fit  her  home,  and  prefently. 
J2       Woo.  She  would  have  me  fing. 

Dott.  You  did  fo  ? 

Woo.  No. 

Do6i.  'Twas  very  ill  done,  then  ; 

You  mould  obferve  her  ev'ry  way. 

Woo.  Alas, 

I  have  no  voice,  fir,  to  confirme  her  that  way ! 
1 6      Do£l.  That 's  all  one,  if  yee  make  a  noyfe  : 
If  (he  intreate  againe,  doe  any  thing; 
Lye  with  her,  if  fhe  aske  you. 

Jail.  Hoa,  there,  do6tor  ! 

Do6l.  Yes.  in  the  waie  of  cure. 

1 8.  Hoa,  there\  Edd.  Ho  or  Hoa     Mason,  Hold  there 


V.  2.] 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


Jail.  But  firft,  by  your  leave,  [V. 

I'  th'  way  of  honeftie.  20 

Do6l.  That 's  but  a  nicenefle  ; 

Nev'r  caft  your  child  away  for  honeftie  : 
Cure  her  firft  this  way ;  then,  if  ihee  will  be  honeft, 
She  has  the  path  before  her. 

Jail.  Thanke  yee,  doctor. 

Dofl.  Pray,  bring  her  in, 
And  let 's  fee  how  fhee  is.  24 

Jail.  I  will,  and  tell  her 

Her  Palamon  ftaies  for  her :   but,  do&or, 
Me  thinkes  you  are  i'  th'  wrong  Itill.  [Exit. 

Dotl.  Goe,  goe ; 

You  fathers  are  fine  fooles  :  her  honefty  ! 
And  we  fhould  give  her  phyficke  till  we  finde  that —  23 

Woo.  Why,  doe  you  thinke  fhe  is  not  honeft,  fir  ? 

DoB.  How  old  is  fhe  ? 

Woo.  She  's  eighteene. 

Do£i.  She  may  be  j 

But  that 's  all  one,  'tis  nothing  to  our  purpofe : 
What  e'er  her  father  faies,  if  you  perceave  32 

Her  moode  inclining  that  way  that  I  fpoke  of, 
Videlicet,  the  way  of  flelh — you  have  me? 

Woo.   [Yes,]  very  well,  fir. 

Do6l.  Pleafe  her  appetite, 

And  doe  it  home  ;  it  cures  her,  ipfo  facto,  36 

The  mellencholly  humour  that  infects  her. 

Woo.  I  am  of  your  minde,  doctor. 

Do£l.  You'l  finde  it  fo.     She  comes,  pray  [humour]  her. 

Re-enter  Jailor,  Daughter,  and  Maide. 

Jail.  Come  ;  your  love  Palamon  ftaies  for  you,  childe,  40 

And  has  done  this  long  houre,  to  vifite  you. 

Daugh.  I  thanke  him  for  his  gentle  patience; 
He  's  a  kind  gentleman,  and  I  'm  much  bound  to  him. 


35.    Yes,  very]  C.  sqq. 
T.  S.  Yes  very 


Q.  Yet  very     F. 


39.  humour]  S.  sqq.       Q.  T.  honour      F. 
honor 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmeii. 


[V.  3. 


[V   2]  Did  you  nev'r  fee  the  horfe  he  gave  me  ? 

44      Jail.  Yes. 

Daugh.  How  doe  you  like  him? 

Jail.  He  's  a  very  faire  one. 

Daugh.  You  never  faw  him  dance  ? 
Jail.  No. 

Daugh.  1  have  often  : 

He  daunces  very  finely,  very  comely ; 
48  And,  for  a  jigge,  come  cut  and  long  taile  to  him  ; 
He  turnes  ye  like  a  top. 

Jail.  That 's  fine  indeede. 

Daugh.   Hee'l  dance  the  morris  twenty  mile  an  houre, 
And  that  will  founder  the  beft  hobby-horfe, 
52  If  I  have  any  skill,  in  all  the  parilh  ; 

And  gallops  to  the  [tune]  of  Light  a'  love  : 
What  thinke  you  of  this  horfe  ? 

Jail.  Having  thefe  vertues 

I  thinke  he  might  be  broght  to  play  at  tennis. 
56      Daugh.  Alas,  that 's  nothing. 

Jail.  Can  he  write  and  reade  too  ? 

Daugh.  A  very  faire  hand  j  and  cafts  himfelfe  th'  accounts 
Of  all  his  hay  and  provender  .•  that  hoftler 
Muft  rife  betime  that  cozens  him.     You  know 
60  The  cheftnut  mare  the  duke  has  ? 

Jail.  Very  well. 

Daugh.  She  's  horribly  in  love  with  him,  poore  beaft ; 
But  he  is  like  his  mafter,  coy  and  fcornefull. 
Jail.  What  dowry  has  me  ? 

Daugh.  Some  two  hundred  bottles, 

64  And  twenty  ftrike  of  oates  ;  but  hee'l  ne'er  have  her  : 
He  lifpes  in  's  neighing,  able  to  entice 
A  millar's  mare ;  hee'l  be  the  death  of  her. 

Dott.  What  ftuffe  {he  utters  ! 
68       Jail.  Make  curtfie,  here  your  love  comes. 


53.  tune]  S.  sqq.      Q.  turne      F.  T.  Ty. 
turn        Light  a'    Lffve :]   O.Edd.       D. 


Light  o'  love  :  Ty.  Light-a-love  ! 


V.  2.]  The  Two  Nolle  K'uifmen.  93 

Woo.  Pretty  foule,          [V.  2] 

How  doe  ye  ?    That  's  a  fine  maide  ;  ther  's  a  curtfie ! 

Daugh.  Yours  to  command,  i'  th'  way  of  honeftie. 
How  far  is  't  now  to  th'  end  o'  th'  world,  my  matters  ? 

Do£l.  Why,  a  day's  jorney,  wench.  72 

Daugh.  Will  you  goe  with  me  ? 

Woo.  What  lhall  we  doe  there,  wench  ? 

Daugh.  Why,  play  at  ftoole  ball : 

What  is  there  elfe  to  doe  ? 

Woo.  I  am  content, 

If  we  lhall  keepe  our  wedding  there. 

Daugh.  "Pis  true, 

For  there,  I  will  afiure  you,  we  lhall  finde  7^ 

Some  blind  priell  for  the  purpoie,  that  will  venture 
To  marry  us,  for  here  they  're  nice  and  foolifh  ; 
Befides,  my  father  muft  be  hang'd  to-morrow, 
And  that  would  be  a  blot  i'  th'  bufineile.  80 

Are  not  you  Palamon  ? 

Woo.  Doe  not  you  know  me  ? 

Daugh.  Yes ;  but  you  care  not  for  me  ;  I  have  nothing 
But  this  pore  petticoate  and  too  corfe  fmockes. 

Woo.  That 's  all  one ;  I  will  have  you.  84 

Daugh.  Will  you  furely  ? 

Woo.  Yes,  by  this  faire  hand,  will  I. 

Daugh.  Wee'l  to  bed,  then. 

Woo.  Ev'n  when  you  will.  [Kiffes  her.'] 

Daugh.  O,  fir,  you  'Id  faine  be  nibling. 

Woo.  Why  doe  you  rub  my  kille  off"  ? 

Daugh.  'Tis  a  fweet  one, 

And  will  perfume  me  finely  'gainft  the  wedding.  88 

Is  not  this  your  cofen  Arcite  ? 

Do6l.  Yes,  fweet  heart  j 

And  I  am  glad  my  cofen  Palamon 
Has  made  fo  faire  a  choice. 

Daugh.  Doe  you  thinke  hee'l  have  me  ? 

86.   Daugk.]  O.Edd.  C.  D.  Ty.      S.  Mason,  W.  give  to  Jailor 


94  The  Tti'O  Nolle  Kinfmen.  [V.  2. 

[V.  2]      Do#.  Yes  without  doubt. 

Dough.  Doe  you  thinke  fo  too  ? 

92       ./a/7.  Yes. 

Daugh.  We  (hall   have  many  children. — Lord,  how  y  'ar 

growne  ! 

My  Palamon  I  hope  will  grow,  too,  finely, 
Now  he  's  at  liberty  :  alas,  poore  chicken, 
96  He  was  kept  downe  with  hard  meate  and  ill  lodging ; 
But  He  kille  him  up  againe. 

Enter  a  MrJJengcr. 

Meff.  What  doe  you  here  ?  youll  loole  the  nobleft  fight 
That  ev'r  was  feene. 

Jail.  Are  they  i'  th'  field  ? 

Me(f.  They  are : 

100  You  beare  a  charge  there  too. 

Jail.  He  away  ftraight. — 

I  muft  ev'n  leave  you  here. 

Do6l.  Nay,  wee'l  goe  with  you  ; 

I  will  not  loofe  the  [fight.] 

Jail.  How  did  you  like  her  r 

Do6l.  He  warrant  you,  within  thele  three  or  four  daies 
104  He  make  her  right  againe.     You  muft  not  from  her, 
But  ftill  preferve  her  in  this  way. 

Woo.  I  will. 

Doct.  Let 's  get  her  in. 

Woo.  Come,  fweete,  wee'l  goe  to  dinner } 

And  then  weele  play  at  cardes. 

Daugh.  And  (hall  we  kifle  too  ? 

108       Woo.  A  hundred  times. 

Daugh.  And  twenty  ? 

"    Woo.  I,  and  twenty. 

Daugh.  And  then  wee'l  fleepe  together  ? 

Doct.  Take  her  offer. 

Woo.  Yes,  marry,  will  we 

loo.  lie  away]  Qo.     Edd.  I'll     I/,  qucr.  I   !    102.  sight]  D.  lose  the  sight.      Q.  I  will 
vrill  not  loose  the  Fight. 


V.  2,  3-]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  95 

But  you  fhall  not  hurt  me.          [V.  2] 

[Exeunt.  112 


Daugh. 

IVoo.  I  will  not,  fweete. 

Daugh.  If  you  doe,  love,  He  cry. 


SCENE  III.      \_A  part  oftheforefl  near  Athens,  and  near  the      [V.  3] 
place  appointed  for  the  combat.] 

Flouri/h.     Enter  Thefeus,  Hippolyta,  Emilia,  Pirithous  :  and 
fame  Attendants,  (T.  Tucke :   Curtis.) 

Emil.  He  no  -ftep  further. 

Pir.  Will  you  loofe  this  fight  ? 

Emit.  I  had  rather  fee  a  wren  hawke  at  a  fly, 
Then  this  decifion  :  ev'ry  blow  that  falls 

Threats  a  brave  life ;  each  ftroake  laments  4 

The  place  whereon  it  fals,  and  founds  more  like 
A  bell  then  blade :  I  will  ftay  here, — 
It  is  enough  my  hearing  fhall  be  punilhd 

With  what  fliall  happen,  gainft  the  which  there  is  8 

No  de^ffing,  but  to  beare, — not  taint  mine  eye  /CL 

With  dread  fights  it  may  fhun. 

Pir.  Sir,  my  good  lord, 

Your  fifter  will  no  further. 

Thef.  O,  fhe  muft  : 

She  fhall  fee  deeds  of  honour  in  their  kinde,  12 

Which  fometime  mow  well,  pencild  :  nature  now 
Shall  make  and  acl  the  ftory,  the  beleife 
Both  feald  with  eye  and  eare.     You  muft  be  prefent ; 
You  are  the  vidtour's  meede,  the  price  and  garlond  16 

To  crowne  the  queftion's  title. 

Emil.  Pardon  me ; 


A  part  of  the  forest]  D.  W.  An  Apart- 
ment in  the  Palace  Ty.  A  Place  near 
the  Lists 

6.  here, — ]  L.  Q.  here,  It  is  enough  my 
hearing  shall  be  punishd,  With  .  .  . 
happen,  gainst  .  .  .  deaffing,  but  to 
heare ;  not  C.  W.  here  :  .  .  .  happen, 
('gainst  .  .  deafing)  but  to  hear,  not 
D.  ('67,  '76)  happen, — 'gainst .  .  .  deaf- 
ing, — but  to  hear,  not  Sk.  happen, 


gainst  .   .   .   deafing,    but  to  hear,— not 
S.   and  against 

13.  show  well,  pencil!1  d~\  D.  Heath,  Mason, 
W.  Sk.  O.Edd.  Ty.  well  [om.  ,]  S. 
time  shall  show  well  pencill'd  C.  K. 
well-pencil  'd 

1 6.  price}  Edd.     L.  quer.  prize 

1 7.  question's  title}  O.Edd.  sqq.  Sk.    D.('67, 
'76)  questant's  title 


96  The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen.  [V.  3. 

[V.  3]  If  I  were  there,  I'ld  winke. 

Thef.  You  muft  be  there  ; 

This  tryall  is  as  'twer  i'  th'  night,  and  you 
20  The  onely  ilar  to  lliine. 

Emit.  I  am  extincl:  : 

There  is  but  envy  in  that  light,  which  (howes 
The  one  the  other.     Darkenes,  which  ever  was 
The  dam  of  horrour,  who  do's  ftand  accurft 
24  Of  many  mortall  millions,  may  even  now, 
By  cafting  her  blacke  mantle  over  both, 
That  neither  could  finde  other,  get  her  felfe 
Some  part  of  a  good  name,  and  many  a  murther 
28  Set  off  wherto  flic's  guilty. 

Hi/).  You  muft  goe. 

Ewil.  In  faith,  I  will  not. 

Thef.  Why,  the  knights  muft  kindle 

Their  valour  at  your  eye  :  know,  of  this  war 
You  are  the  treafure,  and  muft  needes  be  by 
32  To  give  the  fervice  pay. 

Emit.  Sir,  pardon  me  ; 

The  tytle  of  a  kingdome  may  be  tride 
Out  of  it  felfe. 

Thef.  Well,  well  then,  at  your  pleafure ; 

Thofe  that  remaine  with  you  could  willi  their  office 
36  To  any  of  their  enemies. 

Hip.  Farewell,  fifter : 

I  'm  like  to  know  your  husband  fore  your  felfe, 
By  fome  fmall  ftart  of  time  :  he  whom  the  gods 
Doe  of  the  two  know  beft,  I  pray  them  he 
40  Be  made  your  lot. 

[Exeunt  all  except  Emilia  and  fome  of  the  Attendants.} 
Emil.  Arcite  is  gently  vifagd  j  yet  his  eye 
Is  like  an  engyn  bent,  or  a  fharpe  weapon 
In  a  foft  (heath  ;  mercy  and  manly  courage 
44  Are  bedfellowes  in  his  vifage.     Palamon 

23.  dam]  Q.  S.  sqq.     F.  T.  dame  44.  in  fiis]  Edd.     Sid.  Walker,  In  's 


V.  3-]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen.  97 

Has  a  moft  menacing  afpeft;  his  brow  [V.  3] 

Is  grav'd,  and  feemes  to  bury  what  it  frownes  on ; 

Yet  fometime  'tis  not  fo,  but  alters  to 

The  quallity  of  his  thoughts  ;  long  time  his  eye  48 

Will  dwell  upon  his  obje6t ;  mellencholly 

Becomes  him  nobly ;  fo  do's  Arcite's  mirth  ; 

But  Palamon's  fadnes  is  a  kinde  of  mirth, 

So  mingled,  as  if  mirth  did  make  him  fad,  ij2 

And  fadnes,  merry ;  thole  darker  humours  that 

Sticke  misbecomingly  on  others,  on  [him] 

Live  in  faire  dwelling. 

[Cornets.     Trompets  found  as  to  a  charge. 

Harke,  how  yon  fpurs  to  fpirit  doe  incite  ij6 

The  princes  to  their  proofe  !    Arcite  may  win  me  j 
And  yet  may  Palamon  wound  Arcite  to 
The  fpoyling  of  his  figure.     O,  what  pitty 

Enough  for  fuch  a  chance.     If  I  were  by,  60 

I  might  doe  hurt ;  for  they  would  glance  their  eies 
Toward  my  feat,  and  in  that  motion  might 
Omit  a  ward,  or  forfeit  an  offence, 

Which  crav'd  that  very  time  :  it  is  much  better  64 

I  am  not  there  ;  O,  better  never  borne 
Then  minifter  to  fuch  harme. 

[Cornets ;  a  great  cry  and  noice  within  ;  crying  "  A  Palamon ! " 

What  is  the  chance  ? 

Ser.  The  crie's  "A  Palamon  !  " 

Emil.  Then  he  has  won.     'Twas  ever  likely  :  68 

He  lookd  all  grace  and  fuccefle,  and  he  is 
Doubtleffe  the  prim'ft  of  men.     I  pre'thee,  run 
And  tell  me  how  it  goes. 

\_Showt,  and  cornets;  crying  "A  Palamon  !  " 

Ser.  Still  Palamon. 

Emil.  Run  and  enquire.     Poore  fervant,  thou  haft  loft  :  72 

Upon  my  right  fide  ftill  I  wore  thy  picture, 
Palamon  's  on  the  left :  why  fo,  I  know  not  j 


47.  sometime]  Q.     D.  sometimes         54.  on  him}  S.  etc.     O.Edd.  Ty.  on  them 
b  7 


98 


The  Two  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


[V.  3- 


[V.  3]  I  had  no  end  in  't  elfe ;  chance  would  have  it  fo : 
76  On  the  finifter  fide,  the  heart  lyes  j  Palamon 
Had  the  beft  boding  chance. 

[Another  cry,  andjhowt  within,  and  cornets. 

This  burft  of  clamour 
Is  fure  the  end  o'  th'  combat.  [Re-enter  Servant, 

Ser.  They  faide  that  Palamon  had  Arcite's  body 
80  Within  an  inch  o'  th'  pyramid,  that  the  cry 
Was  generall  "A  Palamon  !  "  but  anon, 
Th'  afliftants  made  a  brave  redemption,  and 
The  two  bold  tytlers  at  this  inftant  are 
84  Hand  to  hand  at  it. 

Emil.  Were  they  metamorphifd 

Both  into  one  ! — O,  why  ?  there  were  no  woman 
Worth  fo  compofd  a  man  :  their  fingle  mare, 
Their  noblenes  peculier  to  them,  gives 
88  The  prejudice  of  difparity,  values  lliortnes 
To  any  lady  breathing. 

[Cornets  ;  cry  within  :  "  Arcite,  Arcite  ! ' 

More  exulting  ? 
"  Palamon  "  ftill  ? 

Ser.  Nay,  now  the  found  is  "  Arcite." 

Emil.  I  pre'thee  lay  attention  to  the  cry  : 
92  Set  both  thine  eares  to'  th'  bufines. 

[Cornets ;  A  great  Jhowt  and  cry,  "Arcite,  victory  !  " 
Ser.  The  cry  is 

"Arcite  !  "  and  "  victory  !  "  harke  :  "Arcite,  victory  !  " 
The  combat's  confummation  is  proclaim'd 
By  the  wind-inftruments. 

Emil.  Halfe-fights  faw 

96  That  Arcite  was  no  babe  ;  god's  lyd,  his  richnes 


75.  in' t  else;  chance]  Mason,  W.  D.  K.('67) 
Sk.  O.Edd.  in't;  else  chance  Sy. 
conj.  less  chance  S.  C.  Ty.  omit  else 

83.  Tytlers]  Q.  F.  T.  Tylters  S.  Tillers 
C.  W.  K.  D.  Ty.  Sk.  tillers 

85.  into  one  I — ]  L.     Q.  one;     D.  one — 

87.  Their  noblenes  peculier  to  them,  gives']  Q. 


C.  sqq.  This  1.  om.  in  F.  T.  by  chance  ; 
S.  could  nol  restore  il ! 
S.  disparity,  values  shortness  To]  Ty.  Q. 
F.  disparily  values  C.  K.  D.  Sk.  dis- 
parity, value's  shortness,  To  W.  value's 
shorlness  To 


V.  3-]  The  Two  Nolle  Kinjmen.  99 

And  coftlines  of  fpirit  look't  through  him  j  it  could  [V.  3] 

No  more  be  hid  in  him  then  tire  in  flax, 

Then  humble  banckes  can  goe  to  law  with  waters 

That  drift  windes  force  to  raging.     I  did  thinke  100 

Good  Palamon  would  mifcarry ;  yet  I  knew  not 

Why  I  did  thinke  fo :  our  reafons  are  not  prophets, 

When  oft  our  fancies  are.     They  're  comming  off:      [Cornets. 

Alas,  poore  Palamon  !  104 

Enter  Thefeus,  Hippolyta,  Pirithous,  Arcite  as  vi6lor,  and 
Attendants,  &c. 

Thef.  Lo,  where  our  lifter  is  in  expectation, 
Yet  quaking  and  unfetled. — Faireft  Emily, 
The  gods,  by  their  divine  arbitrament, 

Have  given  you  this  knight :  he  is  a  good  one  108 

As  ever  ftrooke  at  head.     Give  me  your  hands  : 
Receive  you  her,  you  him ;  be  plighted  with 
A  love  that  growes  as  you  decay. 

Arc.  Emily, 

To  buy  you,  I  have  loft  what 's  deereft  to  me,  lia 

Save  what  is  bought  j  and  yet  I  purchafe  cheapely, 
As  I  doe  rate  your  value. 

Thef.  O  loved  fifter, 

He  fpeakes  now  of  as  brave  a  knight  as  e'er 

Did  fpur  a  noble  fteed  :  furely,  the  gods  116" 

Would  have  him  die  a  batch'lour,  leaft  his  race 
Should  fhew  i'  th'  world  too  godlike  :  his  behaviour 
So  charmd  me,  that  me  thought  Alcides  was 

To  him  a  fow  of  lead  :  if  I  could  praife  120 

Each  part  of  him  to  th'  all  I  have  fpoke,  your  Arcite 
Did  not  loofe  by  't ;  for  he  that  was  thus  good 
Encountred  yet  his  better.     I  have  heard 

Two  emulous  Philomels  beate  the  eare  o'  th'  night  124 

With  their  contentious  throates,  now  one  the  higher, 
Anon  the  other,  then  againe  the  firft, 


121.  to  tK  all  Fve  spoke,}  S.  D.  K.  Sk. 
Q.  to  'th  all;  I  have   spoke,       Ty.   to 


thee    All  I  have  spoke, 


IOO 


The  Ttt'o  Noble  Kinfmen. 


[V.  3,  4- 


[V.  3]  And  by  and  by  out-breafted,  that  the  fence 
128  Could  not  be  judge  betweene  'em  :  fo  it  far'd 

Good  fpace  betweene  thefe  kinfmen  ;  till  heavens  did 

Make  hardly  one  the  winner. — Weare  the  girlond 

With  joy  that  you  have  won. — For  the  fubdude, 
132  Give  them  our  prefent  juftice,  fince  I  know 

Their  lives  but  pinch  'em  :  let  it  here  be  done. 

The  fcene's  not  for  our  feeing :  goe  we  hence, 

Right  joyfull,  with  fome  forrow. — Arme  your  prize, 
136  I  know  you  will  not  loofe  her. — Hippolyta, 

I  fee  one  eye  of  yours  conceives  a  teare, 

The  which  it  will  deliver.  [Flori/Ji. 

Emit.  Is  this  wynning  ? 

O  all  you  heavenly  powers,  where  is  [your]  mercy  ? 
140  But  that  your  wils  have  faide  it  inuft  be  fo, 

And  charge  me  live  to  comfort  this  unfriended, 

This  miterable  prince,  that  cuts  away 

A  life  more  worthy  from  him  then  all  women, 
144  I  lliould  and  would  die  too. 

Hip.  Infinite  pitty, 

That  fowre  fuch  eies  fhould  be  fo  fixd  on  one, 

That  two  muft  needes  be  blinde  for  't. 

Thef.  So  it  is.  [Exeunt. 

[V.  4]  SCENE  IV.      [Tke  fame ;  a  Block  prepared.] 

Enter  Palamon  and  his  Knights  pyniond,  Jailor, 
Executioner,  &c.     Gard. 

Pal.  Ther  's  many  a  man  alive  that  hath  out  liv'd 
The  love  o'  th'  people ;  yea,  i'  th'  felfefame  flate 
Stands  many  a  father  with  his  childe  :  fome  comfort 
4  We  have  by  fo  confidering ;  we  expire, 
And  not  without  men's  pitty ;  to  live,  ftill 


139.  your  mercy  t]  Edd.     Q.  you  mercy? 

St.  IV.  7 he  same;  &c.]  L.  D.  The  same 
part  of  the  forest  as  in  Act  III.  Scene 
VI.  W.  An  open  place  in  the  City 
with  a  Scaffold 

5.  fitly;  to  live,  still}  L.  (cf.  V.   iv.   133). 


O.Edd.  Ty.  pitty.  To  live  still,  Have 
their  good  wishes,  we  S.  sqq.  Pity  ;  to 
live  still,  Have  their  good  Wishes  ;  we 
D.  Sk.  to  live  still  Have  C.  (1778,) 
mens'  C.  (1811,)  men's 


V.  40 


The  Two  Nolle  Khifmen. 


101 


Have  their  good  wifhes ;  we  prevent  [V.  4] 

The  loathfome  mifery  of  age,  beguile 

The  gowt  and  rheume,  that  in  lag  howres  attend  8 

For  grey  approachers ;  we  come  towards  the  gods 

Yong,  and  unwapper'd,  not  halting  under  crymes 

Many  and  Hale ;  that,  lure,  lhall  pleafe  the  gods 

Sooner  than  fuch,  to  give  us  nectar  with  'em,  1 2 

For  we  are  more  cleare  fpirits.     My  deare  kinfmen, 

Whofe  lives  for  this  poore  comfort  are  laid  downe, 

You  have  fould  'em  too  too  cheape. 

1  K.  What  ending  could  be 

Of  more  content  ?  O'er  us  the  vi&ors  have  16 

Fortune,  whole  title  is  as  momentary 

As  to  us  death  is  certaine ;  a  graine  of  honour 

They  not  o'er-weigh  us. 

2  K.  Let  us  bid  farewell ; 

And  with  our  patience  anger  tottring  fortune,  20 

Who,  at  her  certain'lt,  reeles. 

3  K.  Come  j  who  begins  ? 
Pal.  Ev'n  he  that  led  you  to  this  banket  fliall 

Tafle  to  you  all. — Aha,  my  friend,  my  friend ! 

Your  gentle  daughter  gave  me  freedome  once  ;  24 

You'l  fee  't  done  now  for  ever  :  pray,  how  does  {he  ? 

I  heard  Ihe  was  not  well ;  her  kind  of  ill 

Gave  me  fome  forrow. 

Jail.  Sir,  Ihe  's  well  reftor'd, 

And  to  be  marryed  Ihortly.  28 

Pal.  By  my  lliort  life, 

I  am  moft  glad  on't ;  'tis  the  lateft  thing 
I  fhall  be  glad  of ;  pre'thee,  tell  her  foj 
Commend  me  to  her,  and,  to  peece  her  portion, 
Tender  her  this.  [Gives  purfe.  32 

i   K.  Nay,  let 's  be  offerers  all. 


6.  wishes ;    -we  prevent}    Edd.       Q.    Ty. 

wishes,   we      Sk.   wishes ;    [herein]  we 

prevent 
10.  unwapper'd,   not}  T.  Sy.  W.  D.   Sk. 

Q.  F.  unwapper'd  not,     Th.  Se.  S.  C. 


Ty.  unwarp'd  not      K.  unwappen'd,  not 
15.  too  too  cheape.}  O.Edd.  (F.  cheap  T. 
Cheap)  S.  Sk.  (conj.)      C.  W.  D.('46) 
Ty.  K.  too,  too    D.('67,  '76)  too-too 


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The  Two  Noble  Kinfmen. 


[V.4. 


[V.  4]      a  K.  Is  it  a  maide  ? 

Pal.  Verily,  I  thinke  fo  ; 

A  right  good  creature,  more  to  me  deferving 
Then  I  can  quight  or  fpeake  of. 

All  K.  Commend  us  to  her. 

[They  give  their  purfes. 
36      Jail.  The  gods  requight  you  all,  and  make  her  thankefull ! 

Pal.  Adiew ;  and  let  my  life  be  now  as  fhort 
As  my  leave-taking. 

i  K.  Leade,  couragious  cofin. 

2.  3.  K.  Wee'l  follow  cheerefully. 

[Palamon  lays  his  head  on  the  block.     A  great  noife  within, 
crying,  "  Run,  fave,  hold  !  " 


40 


Enter  in  hajl  a  Meflenger. 
Metf.  Hold,  hold  !  O,  hold,  hold,  hold ! 


Enter  Pirithous  in  hajle. 

Pir.  Hold,  hoa  !  It  is  a  curfed  haft  you  made, 
If  you  have  done  fo  quickly. — Noble  Palamon, 
The  gods  will  {hew  their  glory  in  a  life 
44  That  thou  art  yet  to  leade. 

Pal.  Can  that  be,  when 

Venus  I  've  faid  is  falfe  ?    How  doe  things  fare  ? 
Pir.  Arife,  great  lir,  and  give  the  ty dings  eare 
That  are  moft  [dearly]  fweet  and  bitter. 

Pa..  What 

48  Hath  wakt  us  from  our  dreame  ? 

Pir.  Lift  then.     Your  cofen, 

Mounted  upon  a  steed  that  Emily 
Did  firft  beftow  on  him, — a  blacke  one,  owing 
Not  a  hayre-worth  of  white,  which  fome  will  fay 
52  Weakens  his  price,  and  many  will  not  buy 

His  goodnefle  with  this  note  j  which  fuperftition 


35.  quight}  Q.  F.  T.  S.  C.  D.('67,  '76) 
quit  W.  K.  D.('46)  Sk.  quite  Ty. 
quite 

39.]  D.     Q.  Lies  on  the  Blotke. 


39.  2.  3.  A".]  L.     Q.  i.  2.  K.     D.  All  the 

Knights 

47.  dear/}']  S.  sqq.      O.Edd.   early      Sy. 
rarely 


V-4-] 


The  Tivo  Nolle  Kinfmen. 


103 


Heere  findes  allowance, — on  this  horfe  is  Arcite  [V.  4] 

Trotting  the  ftones  of  Athens,  which  the  calkins 

Did  rather  tell  then  trample  ;  for  the  horfe  56 

Would  make  his  length  a  mile,  if 't  pleaf  d  his  rider 

To  put  pride  in  him :  as  he  thus  went  counting 

The  flinty  pavement,  dancing  as  'twer  to  th'  muficke 

His  owne  hoofes  made ; — for,  as  they  fay,  from  iron  60 

Came  muficke's  origen, — what  envious  flint, 

Cold  as  old  Saturne,  and  like  him  poifeft 

With  fire  malevolent,  darted  a  fparke, 

Or  what  feirce  fulphur  elfe,  to  this  end  made,  64 

I  comment  not ;  the  hot  horfe,  hot  as  fire, 

Tooke  toy  at  this,  and  fell  to  what  diforder 

His  power  could  give  his  will,  bounds,  comes  on  end, 

Forgets  fchoole-dooing,  being  therein  traind,  68 

And  of  kind  mannadge;  pig-like  he  whines 

At  the  fharpe  rowell,  which  he  freats  at  rather 

Then  any  jot  obaies ;  feekes  all  foule  meaues 

Of  boyftrous  and  rough  jadrie,  to  dif-feate  72 

His  lord,  that  kept  it  bravely  :  when  nought  ferv'd, 

When  neither  curb  would  cracke,  girth  breake,  nor  diffring 

plunges 

Dif-roote  his  rider  whence  he  grew,  but  that 

He  kept  him  tweene  his  legges,  on  his  hind  hoofes  76 

[  .          .          .          .      ]  on  end  he  Hands 

That  Arcite's  legs,  being  higher  then  his  head, 
Seem'd  with  ftrange  art  to  hang :  his  victor's  wreath 
Even  then  fell  off  his  head ;  and  prefently  80 

Backeward  the  jade  comes  ore,  and  his  full  poyze 
Becomes  the  rider's  loade.     Yet  is  he  living ; 
But  fuch  a  veflell  'tis  that  floates  but  for 

The  furge  that  next  approaches  :  he  much  defires  84 

To  have  fome  fpeech  with  you.    Loe,  he  appeares. 

Enter  Thefeus,  Hippolyta,  Emilia,  Arcite  in  a  chaire. 
Pal.  O  miferable  end  of  our  alliance  ! 


77.  on  end  he  stands}     Here  left  as  in  Qo, 
the  space  being  indicated,  as  some  words 


have  dropt  out  of  the  old  text.      F.  (on 
end  he  stands 


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The  Tivo  Noble  Kinfmen. 


[V.4. 


[V.  4]  The  gods  are  mightie. — Arcite,  if  thy  heart, 
88  Thy  worthie,  manly  heart,  be  yet  unbroken, 
Give  me  thy  laft  words ;  I  am  Palamon, 
One  that  yet  loves  thee  dying. 

Arc.  Take  Emilia, 

And  with  her,  all  the  world's  joy.    Reach  thy  hand  : 
92  Farewell ;  I  've  told  my  laft  houre.     I  was  falfe, 
Yet  never  treacherous  :  forgive  me,  cofen. — 
One  kifle  from  faire  Emilia.     [Kiffes  her.~] — 'Tis  done : 
Take  her.     I  die.  [Dies. 

Pal.  Thy  brave  foule  feeke  Elizium  ! 

96      Emil.  He  clofe  thine  eyes,  prince  j   blefled  foules  be  with 

thee  ! 

Thou  art  a  right  good  man  ;  and,  while  I  live, 
This  day  I  give  to  teares. 

Pal.  And  I  to  honour. 

Thef.  In  this  place  firft  you  fought  j  ev'n  very  here 
100  I  fundred  you :  acknowledge  to  the  gods 
[Your]  thankes  that  you  are  living. 
His  part  is  playd,  and  though  it  were  too  fhort, 
He  did  it  well ;  your  day  is  lengthned,  and 
IO4  The  bliflefull  dew  of  heaven  do's  arrowze  you  : 
The  powerfull  Venus  well  hath  grac'd  her  altar, 
And  given  you  your  love ;  our  mafter  Mars 
Haft  vouch 'd  his  oracle,  and  to  Arcite  gave 
108  The  grace  of  the  contention  :  fo  the  deities 
Have  fhewd  due  juftice. — Beare  this  hence. 

Pal.  O  cofen, 

That  we  ihould  things  defire,  which  doe  colt  us 
The  lofle  of  our  defire  !  that  nought  could  buy 
112  Deare  love  but  lofle  of  deare  love  ! 

Thef.  Never  fortune 

Did  play  a  fubtler  game  :  the  conquerd  triurophes, 
The  vi6tor  has  the  lofle ;  yet  in  the  paflage 
The  gods  have  beene  moft  equall.      Palamon, 


87.  gods]  Edd.     Th.  conj.  The  Cords 
101.   Your]  D.  Sk.     O.Edd.  etc.  Our 


104.  arrowze}   L.       O.Edd.    arowse       S. 
arouze     C.  sqq.  arrose     Ty.  arouse 


V.  4-]  The  Two  Nolle  Kitifmen.  105 

Your  kinfman  hath  confeft  the  right  o'  th'  lady  [V.  4] 

Did  lye  in  you  j  for  you  firft  faw  her,  and 

Even  then  proclaimd  your  fancie  ;  he  reftord  her 

As  your  ftolne  Jewell,  and  defir'd  your  fpirit 

To  fend  him  hence  forgiven  :  the  gods  my  juftice  120 

Take  from  my  hand,  and  they  themfelves  become 

The  executioners.     Leade  your  lady  off; 

And  call  your  lovers  from  the  ftage  of  death, 

Whom  I  adopt  my  friends.     A  day  or  two  I24 

Let  us  looke  fadly,  and  give  grace  unto 

The  funerall  of  Arcite  j  in  whofe  end 

The  vifages  of  bridegroomes  weele  put  on 

And  fmile  with  Palamon;  for  whom  an  houre,  128 

But  one  houre  fince,  I  was  as  dearely  forry, 

As  glad  of  Arcite,  and  am  now  as  glad 

As  for  him  forry. — O  you  heavenly  charmers, 

What  things  you  make  of  us  !  For  what  we  lacke  132 

We  laugh,  for  what  we  have,  are  forry ;  ftill 

Are  children  in  fome  kind.     Let  us  be  thankefull 

For  that  which  is,  and  with  you  leave  difpute 

That  are  above  our  queftion. — Let 's  goe  off,  13$ 

And  beare  us  like  the  time.  [Flori/h.     Exeunt. 

133.  are  sorry ;  still]  W.  sqq.     O.Edd.  S.  Ty.  sorry  still,     C.  sorry  still ; 


EPILOGUE. 


T   Would  now  aske  ye  how  ye  like  the  play  ; 
*~    But,  as  it  is  withfchoole-boyes,  cannot  fay 
I  am  cruell  fearefull.     Pray,  yetjlay  a  while, 
4  And  let  me  looke  upon  ye.     No  man  J mile  ? 
Then  it  goes  hard,  I  fee.     He  that  has 
Lov'd  a  yong  hanfome  wench,  then,JJww  his  face, — 
'Tisjlrange  if  none  be  heere, — and,  if  he  will 
8  Again/I  his  confcience,  let  him  hiffe,  and  kill 
Our  market.     'Tis  in  vaine,  I  fee,  to  flay  yee : 
Have  at  the  worjl  can  come,  then  /     Now  what  fay  ye  ? 
And  yet  mi/take  me  not ;   I  am  not  lold  ; 

12  We  have  nofuch  caufe.     If  the  tale  we  have  told — 
For  'tis  no  other — any  way  content  ye, — 
For  to  that  honejl  purpofe  it  was  ment  ye, — 
We  have  our  end  ;  and  yefliall  have  ere  long, 

16  I  dare  Jay,  many  a  letter,  to  prolong 

Your  old  loves  to  us.      We,  and  all  our  might, 
Reji  at  your  fervice :  gentlemen,  good  night. 

[Florifh. 


Knight  omits  this  Epilogue. 

2.  But,  as  it  is  with.  Schoole-Boyes,  cannot 
say]  D.  pointing  O.Edd.  S.  point. :  But 
[om.  ,]  .  .  .  Boyesfj]  cannot  say,  (P\ 


Boys,)  C.  sqq.  But,  as  ...  schoolboys 
cannot  say,  D.  But,  as  ...  schoolboys, 
cannot  say  I  'm  cruel-fearful. 


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NOTES. 


WHEREVER  the  text  of  the  Quarto  has  been  materially  altered  in  this  revised 
text,  the  change  has  been  indicated  by  enclosing  the  new  reading  in  brackets. 
Changes  of  punctuation  have  not  been  indicated  in  this  way. 

Such  of  the  stage-directions  as  are  enclosed  in  brackets  have  been  added 
from  Dyce's  edition,  1 876.  For  an  account  of  the  various  editions  referred  to, 
see  preface  to  the  Quarto  Reprint. 

DRAMATIS  PERSONS.  List  first  given  in  Fol.  1679,  imperfectly;  the  list 
here  as  given  by  Dyce,  1876. 

PROLOGUE.  Probably  by  Fletcher.  Several  of  his  favourite  images  are 
employed  in  it,  and  the  general  style  resembles  that  of  his  undoubted  prologues. 
See  General  Introduction  for  a  few  remarks  on  this. 

5.  shake  to  loose\  i.  e.  at  losing.  See  Note,  I.  i.  150/162,  lose  frequently  so 
spelt  in  old  books,  and  almost  invariably  in  this  play. 

24.   almost  breathlesse  swimme\  See  Note,  IV.  i.  139/180. 

29.  two  hours'  travel]  The  various  allusions  to  the  length  of  performances 
which  occur  in  the  prologues  and  epilogues  of  this  period  are  worth  noting ; 
three  hours  is  sometimes  mentioned,  but  two  seems  to  have  been  oftener  promised, 
perhaps  as  a  sop  to  the  'understanding  gentlemen  of  the  ground.'  (v.  Prol. 
Humorous  Lieutenant — 'and  short  enough,  we  hope;'  and  to  The  Coxcomb.) 
Most  plays  probably  took  from  two  and  a  half  to  three  hours  for  representation. 
The  following  list  will  illustrate  this,  containing  all  the  allusions  in  Sh.,  B.  and 
F.,  Ben  Jonson,  Massinger,  and  Ford's  prologues  and  epilogues,  with  a  few 
from  other  sources.  Two  Hours :  Sir  R.  Stapylton's  Verses  on  Fletcher's  Works 
(ed.  Darley,  I.  li. )  ;  Loves  Pilgrimage,  prol.  ;  Four  Plays  in  One,  Induction  ; 
Henry  VIII.,  prol.  ;  Romeo  and  Julu't,  prol.  ;  Ram  Alley,  or  Merry  Tricks, 
epil.  (Hazlitt's  Dodsley,  x.  380)  ;  D'Avenant,  Unfortunate  Lovers,  prol. ;  Sir 
Aston  Cokain's  lines  "To  my  friend  Mr  Thomas  Randolph,"  etc. ;  Cleveland's 
Works,  p.  312,  ed.  1742,  Elegy  on  Ben  Jonson ;  and  "To  the  Memory  of  Ben 
Jonson,"  by  Ja.  Mayne.  Three  Hours:  Shirley's  Preface,  B.  and  F. ;  The 
Loyal  Subject,  epil.  ;  7*he  Lover's  Progress,  prol.  (this,  like  several  other  prologues 
and  epilogues  in  the  Fol.  B.  and  F.,  was  written  after  Fletcher's  death,  for  a 
revival  of  the  play). 

ACTS  AND  SCENES.  The  Quarto  division  has  been  followed  throughout. 
Some  editors  (Weber,  Dyce,  Skeat)  have  joined  the  first  two  scenes  of  Act  II. 
together,  as  one  scene.  But  the  Quarto  rightly  makes  a  distinction,  II.  i.  being 
by  Shakspere,  II.  ii.  by  Fletcher ;  the  very  fact  of  the  scenes  overlapping  in 


io8  Notes.  [ACT  i.  sc.  i. 

point  of  time  goes  to  prove  the  separate  authorship.  Dr  Ingram  has  pointed  out 
an  example  of  the  confusion  caused  by  the  modern  arrangement  (A7".  S.  S.  Trans. 
pt  II.  p.  455.  Note  the  "unconscious  testimony"  there  afforded  of  the  value  of 
the  '  stopt-line '  test).  See  also  Mr  Skeat's  Pref.,  p.  xii.  «. 

ACT  I. 
Scene  l. 

Enter  Hymen]  See  As  You  Like  It,  V.  iv.  (and  the  '  wedlock-hymn '  there 
sung)  ;  Philaster,  V.  iii.  ;  B.  Jonson's  Hymenai ;  Pericles,  III.  prol.  9  ;  L? Alle- 
gro, 126  ;  Four  Plays  in  One  (Tr.  of  Death,  sc.  iv.) ;  Taming  of  A  Shreiv 
(Shakespeare  Soc.  ed.  1844,  p.  38) ;  B.  Jonson's  Hue  and  Cry  after  Cupid; 
Chapman's  Widmrfs  Tears. 

Her  tresses  likewise  hanging]  Cf.  stage-dir.  V.  i.  136/142-3,  where  Emilia  is 
"bride-habited,  but  mayden-hearted."  Dr  Nicholson  notes  here:  "this  ap- 
pearance of  the  bride  in  dishevelled  hair,  apparently  a  classic  custom  (Jonson 
refers  to  Sext.  Pompon.  F. ),  betokened  virginity,  and  was  in  use  up  to  Jacobian 
times  at  least.  The  most  remarkable  example  was  that  of  the  Countess  of 
Essex  when  married  to  Somerset. — '  She,  thinking  all  the  world  ignorant  of  her 
slie  practices,  hath  the  impudence  to  appear  in  the  habit  of  a  Virgin,  with  her 
hair  pendent  almost  to  her  feet ;  which  Ornament  of  her  body  (though  a  fair  one) 
could  not  cover  the  deformities  of  her  soul.'  A.  Wilson's  Life  of  James  I.,  p. 
72.  Donne,  in  his  Epithalamium,  also  alludes  to  it.  See  Webster's  White 
Devil,  p.  27,  ed.  1859  ;  and  Jonson's  Hymencei  on  the  first  marriage  of  this  same 
Countess  of  Essex. " 

wheaten  garland]  The  origin  of  this  custom  is  not  clear ;  the  wheaten  wreath 
seems  to  have  been  worn  as  an  emblem  of  fertility,  and  perhaps  also  of  peace  (the 
causer  of  plenty.  —  "As  peace  should  still  her  wheaten  garland  wear,"  Hml.  V. 
ii.  41).  That  this  wheaten  wreath  "  was  well  in  the  writer's  mind"  is  shewn  by 
I.  i.  65/68.  "  Ceres  appears  in  the  masque  in  the  Tempest  to  bless  with  Juno  the 
marriage,  and  she  (Demeter)  as  the  goddess  of  fertility  was  considered  a  goddess 
of  marriage.  In  the  representations  also  she  wore  a  wheat-ear  chaplet.  Was, 
however,  the  wheat-ear  chaplet  a  known  custom,  or  did  the  authors,  remember- 
ing this  of  Ceres,  and  remembering  perhaps  the  only  religious  marriage  of  the 
Romans — confarreatio — invent  this  show?"  (Dr  Nicholson.) 

Led  by  Pirithous]  Theobald's  correction  (O.  Edd.  reading  Theseus)  clearly 
rendered  necessary  by  the  direction — "  Then  Theseus,  betwcene  two  other  Nimphs 
with  wheaten  chaplets  on  their  heads," — when  considered  with  the  later  direction 
— "  The  i.  Queene  fals  downe  at  the  foote  of  Theseus  ;  The  2.  fals  downe  at  the 
foote  of  Hypolita  " — shewing  that  Theseus  and  Hippolyta  were  walking  at  some 
little  distance  from  one  another.  Subsequent  editors  (Mr  Tyrrell  excepted)  have 
adopted  Theobald's  reading,  but  Dr  Nicholson  opposes  the  change,  and  considers 
that  the  authors  were  here  thinking  of  the  phrase  (founded  on  the  custom) 
uxorem  ducere.  "It  is  true  that  this  referred  to  the  leading  home,  but  that  would 
not  matter.  It  is  evidence  of  the  strength  and  significance  of  the  custom  that  in 
Greek  marriages  a  widoiver  did  not  condttct  his  wife,  but  that  this  office  then  fell 


ACT  i.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  109 

to  a  friend  such  as  Pirithous.  The  passage  that  will  probably  be  quoted  against 
me,  I  take  to  be  pretty  decisive  in  favour  of  the  old  reading.  When  Theseus 
makes  up  his  mind  to  leave  his  bride  on  the  instant  to  march  against  Creon,  and 
says — 

'  Pirithous 
Lead  on  the  bride,' 

he  does  so  because  he  clearly  makes  Pirithous  his  proxy  in  the  marriage  ceremony 
and  ensuing  feast " — [But  does  not  Theseus  mean  that  Pir.  is  to  continue  leading 
the  bride  and  not  to  go  with  him  ?] — 

"  '  Omit  not  anything 
In  the  pretended  celebration," 

Where,  as  usual  in  Shakspere,  pretended  is  a  word  of  curiosa  felicitas,  having  a 
double  significance." 

SONG.  Spalding  assigns  this  song  to  Shakspere,  and  thinks  it  "very  unlike 
the  more  formal  and  polished  rhymes  of  Fletcher"  (Letter,  p.  28).  Mr  Furnivall, 
Dr  Nicholson,  Prof.  Dowden.  and  many  others,  dissent  from  this  opinion,  and, 
although  at  first  I  opposed,  I  am  every  day  more  and  more  inclined  to  agree 
with  the  latter  view.  It  is  certainly  remarkable  to  notice  the  selection  of  flowers 
and  the  resemblance  of  some  of  the  epithets  to  those  in  Shakspere's  plays ;  it  is 
especially  significant  if  (as  however  we  have  no  right  to  do  in  a  consideration  of 
the  kind)  we  add  Mr  Skeat's  ingenious  (but  mistaken)  emendation  hairbells  to 
the  list ;  and  all  the  birds  of  ill  omen  may  also  be  more  or  less  closely  paralleled 
from  Shakspere.  To  these  facts  add  that  not  a  single  line  or  even  epithet  in  the 
song  can  be  paralleled  from  Beaumont  and  Fletcher's  whole  works,  and  we  have 
seemingly  a  very  strong  case  of  internal  evidence  to  support  Spalding's  view. 
But,  on  the  other  hand,  we  can  notice  that  the  flowers  are  paralleled  from  two  or 
three  'posy'  passages  in  certain  plays,  viz.,  Winter s  Tale  (IV.  iv.  loo — 132), 
Cymbeline  (IV.  ii.  219 — 225),  and  Midsummer  Nighfs  Dream  (II.  i.  250) ;  we 
can  also  notice  that  the  list  of  birds  is  a  mere  catalogue  with  very  formal  and 
commonplace  attributes  :  the  slanderous  cuckoo,  the  boding  raven,  the  chattering 
pie, — and  if  Seward's  chough  hoar  be  admitted,  the  insertion,  for  mere  rhyme's 
sake,  of  an  epithet  without  any  ethical  significance.  Taking  this  song  with  that 
in  the  fifth  scene,  some  resemblance  in  the  mere  stringing  together  of  sym- 
bolic objects  will  be  noticed  ;  while  both  songs  are  deficient  in  clearness  and 
directness  of  reference.  On  the  whole,  it  is  difficult  to  decide,  and  opinion  must 
vary  as  each  reader  hears  more  or  less  distinctly  the  ring  of  Shakspere's  tone  in 
the  verse,  and  links  this  perception  to  the  internal  evidence  ;  or  else,  refusing  to 
recognize  Shakspere  as  the  writer  on  aesthetic  grounds,  he  will  abstain  from 
referring  the  song  to  Shakspere,  Fletcher,  or  perhaps  some  third  writer  (perhaps 
the  lost  play  of  1594?)  on  the  merits  of  the  literal  evidence  in  its  present 
incomplete  state.  Mr  Skeat  (Introd.  p.  xxii.)  thinks  that  Fletcher  may  have 
added  this  song.  It  must  be  admitted  that  the  song  is  essentially  and  indispens- 
ably part  of  the  scene,  and  sufficient  for  all  dramatic  purposes.  Even  its 
seemingly  fragmentary  state  (noticed  by  Sidney  Walker)  might  be  accounted  for 
by  the  fact  that  Shakspere  only  tells  us  enough  to  acquaint  us  with  the  "neces- 
sary question  of  the  play,"  directly  and  explicitly.  Where  the  evidence  is  incon- 


no  Notes.  [ACT  i.  sc.  i. 

elusive,  conjecture  tends  only  to  mislead ;  and  (though,  following  Hickson's 
arrangement,  I  treat  the  song  as  if  it  were  Shakspere's,  perhaps  more  fully 
because  not  certainly  so)  I  refrain  from  expressing  any  definite  view  on  the 
question  of  its  authorship. 

4.  Maiden  pinckes]  i.  e,  '  fresh  pinks '  (Skeat)  ;  or  the  matted  pinck  specially 
commended  for  its  smell  by  Bacon,  Of  Gardens ;   see  Mr  Wright's  Glossary, 
Golden  Treas.  ed.  s.v.  Pinck. 

5.  Daisies]  Included  among  Bacon's  "  Low  Flowers,  being  withal  sweet,  and 
sightly."     See  too  Notes  &>  Queries,  May  I,  1875,  p.  347.     This  line  is  especi- 
ally urged  by  Mr  Furnivall  as  un-Shaksperian.     Cowley  calls  "Daisies  the  first- 
born of  the  teeming  spring,"  Sylva,  p.  5'»  ed.  1684. 

6.  sweet  time  true]  thyme.    Cf.  Oth.,  I.  iii.  326.    M.  'N.  D.,  II.  i.  249.    And — 

"  Time  is  to  trie  me, 

As  eche  be  tried  must, 

Trusting,  you  know  while  life  doth  last 

I  will  not  be  unjust." 

See  "A  Nosegaie  alwaies  sweet,"  in  A  Handeful  of  Pleasant  Delites,  15^4 
(Park's  Ifeliconia,  II.  pp.  I — 6).  The  significances  of  the  following  flowers  are 
explained: — Lavender,  'for  lovers  true,"  'desiring;'  Rosemarie,  'for  remem- 
brance ; '  Sage,  '  for  sustenance  ; '  Fenel,  '  for  flaterers  ; '  Violet,  '  for  faithful- 
nesse ; '  Roses,  '  to  rule  me,  with  reason,  as  you  will  ; '  Jelifloivers,  '  for  gentle- 
nesse  ; '  Carnations,  '  for  gratiousnesse  ; '  Marigolds 
"is  for  marriage, 

That  would  our  minds  suffise, 

Least  that  suspicion  of  us  twaine 

By  anie  meanes  should  rise  : "  etc. 
Penirial,  ' to  serve  as  a  remembrancer ;'   Cowsloppes,  'for  counsel.' 

7.  Prime-rose]  Cf.  Quarles,  Stanzas,  quoted  in  Chambers'  Cyclop.  Eng.  Lit.; 
Lycidas,  142  ;  Wint.  T.,  IV.  iv.  122  ;  Cymb.,  IV.  ii.  222  ;  B.  Jonson,  Pan's  An- 
niversary.    For  derivation  (which  is  not  very  certain),  see  Wordsworth,  River 
Duddon,  xxii.  (cf.  Eccles.  Sonn.  xlvi. ) ;  Prior's  Names  of  English  Plants.     Mr 
Skeat  has  kindly  sent  me  the  following  note,  amending  the  note  already  published 
in  his  edition  : — 

"  There  is  an  allusion  here  to  the  apparent  etymology  of  the  French  name  for 
the  primrose,  viz.  primevb-e.  Primevere  is,  or  was  thought  to  be,  for  prima  veris  ; 
or  in  other  words,  the  '  first-born  child  of  Ver. '  The  true  etymology  is  rather 
primula  veris,  if  the  word  was  taken  from  Latin  ;  but  Brachet  supposes  that  it 
was  merely  borrowed  from  the  Ital.  primavera,  a  name  used  of  flowers  that  come 
in  the  early  spring."  Prime-roses,  the  usual  spelling  in  old  writers,  is  that  used 
by  Bacon,  Of  Gardens.  Chaucer,  pryme-rose.  Ver.  cf.  Chapman,  Minor  Poems 
(ed.  1875,  p.  40). 

9.  With  her  bels  dimme]  Qo.  F2  bels  dimm,  the  rest  bells  dim,  except 
Skeat,  hairbells  dim.  Mr  Skeat's  emendation  is  veiy  ingenious,  and  supported 
by  strong  presumptive  evidence,  but  I  cannot,  for  my  own  part,  admit  the 
validity  of  his  arguments.  He  says  in  his  Introduction  (p.  xxii. )  that  the  Song  is 
such  a  piece  as  Fletcher  "  might  have  added,"  and  yet  he  bases  his  change  mainly 


ACT  i.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  in 

upon  the  fact  of  an  apparently  analogous  passage  in  Shakspere  (Cymbelinc,  IV.  ii. 
218).  It  should  be  remembered  that  if  we  have  not  Shakspere  in  this  song,  we 
are  under  no  necessity  of  assimilating  it  to  his  undoubted  work  ;  especially  as 
such  an  assimilation  might  tend  to  prejudice  us  on  the  question  of  authorship. 

In  the  first  place,  Mr  Skeat  argues  that  the  rhythm  of  the  line  positively 
requires  the  accent  on  the  second  syllable.  But  is  this  really  so  ?  do  not  the 
irregularity  of  the  number  of  syllables  and  the  words  used  in  these  third  lines, 
rather  indicate  that  there  is  but  one  emphatic  word  in  the  line  :  hue,  true,  dim, 
trim,  sense,  hence,  pie,  fly  ?  Besides,  there  is  another  and  important  structural 
obstacle  to  Mr  Skeat's  arrangement.  Looking  through  the  song  we  see  one  half 
(3  lines  exactly)  of  each  stanza  occupied  by  one  idea  (v.  11.  I — 3,  7 — 9,  13 — 15, 
22 — 24),  and  the  remaining  half  devoted  to  a  group  of  objects  ;  Mr  Skeat's 
change  would  destroy  this  designed  symmetry.  Again,  Mr  Skeat  urges  :  "  ( i ) 
that  her  bells  makes  no  sense  at  all;  (2)  that  Shakespeare  couples  the  'azured 
harebell '  with  the  '  pale  primrose '.  .  .  ;  and  (3)  that  there  is  no  objection  to  the 
epithet  dim  as  applied  to  such  a  flower.  See  Shak.  Winter's  Tale,  IV.  iv.  118  : 

daffodils, 

That  come  before  the  swallow  dares,  and  take 
The  winds  of  March  with  beauty  ;  violets  dim, 
But  sweeter  than  the  lids  of  Juno's  eyes, 
Or  Cytherea's  breath  ;  pale  primroses,  &c." 

These  arguments  do  not  appear  to  me  to  establish  Mr  Skeat's  case.  Take  them 
in  the  inverted  order.  (3)  violets  dim  is  not  a  parallel  to  hairbells  dim,  as  the 
sweetness  of  the  violet's  smell  is  contrasted  with  the  radiant  beauty  of  the  daffodils 
that  conquers  the  winds  of  March,  dim  serving  to  subordinate  the  colour  to  the 
perfume,  and  perhaps  meaning  "  half- hidden  from  the  eye,"  retiring,  modest; 
or,  as  Chapman  {Minor  Poems,  p.  130,  cf.  p.  39,)  has  it:  "with  bosom-hung  and 
hidden  heads."  Schmidt  explains  dim  :  "  wanting  beauty,  homely,"  but  against 
this  prosy  interpretation  of  the  "glowing  violet,"  see  Sonn.  xcix.,  and  Ven.  124. 
In  the  Phoenix  Nest,  1593  (Park's  Heliconia,  vol.  II.  p.  135)  : — 
"  Sweete  violets  (Loves  paradice),  that  spred 

Your  gracious  odours,  which  you  couched  beare 

Within  your  palie  faces, 

Upon  the  gentle  wings  of  some  calme  breathing  winde, 

That  plaies  amid  the  plaine,"  &c. 
(Preferring  to  some  special  kind  of  sweet  violet,  as  perhaps  in   W.  T.}. 

Again,  though  the  epithet  dim  might  be  applied  to  one  variety  of  the  hairbell 
proper  (whose  flowers  are  sometimes  white},  it  is  scarcely  applicable  either  to  the 
bluebell  or  to  the  ordinary  hairbell.  Shakspere  speaks  of  the  azure  veins,  that 
is,  the  clear,  translucent,  blue  veins,  "  of  heaven's  own  tinct ; "  and  similarly 
therefore  of  the  azured  harebell,  like  thy  veins  (v.  Lucr.,  419  ;  Cymb.,  II.  ii.  22  ; 
Temp. ,  v.  43).  Dim,  on  the  contrary,  is  applicable  to  the  pale  primrose :  cf. 
M.  N.  D.,  I.  i.  215  : — 

"  And  in  the  woods,  where  often  you  and  I 

Upon  faint  primrose  beds  were  wont  to  lie." 
(2)  The  fact  that  Shakspere  couples  the  '  azured  harebell '  with  the  'pale  primrose ' 


iia  Notes.  [ACT  I.  sc.  I. 

in  Cymb.  IV.  ii.  219  (even  assuming  him  to  have  written  this  song)  does  not  involve 
that  we  should  have  them  coupled  here,  else  why  not  have  the  violet  or  daffodil, 
instead  of  two  summer-flowers,  the  marigold  and  larkspur  ?  Mr  Skeat  adds  on 
to  his  note  the  remark  that  "  The  true  hairbell  (so  called  in  modern  works,  with 
reference  to  the  slenderness  of  its  stalk)  is  the  Campanula  rotundifolia,  but  the 
name  was  frequently  applied  to  fae.Agraphis  nutans,  the  wild  hyacinth  or  blue- 
bell ;  and  the  latter  is  probably  here  intended,  both  because  it  is  an  earlier 
flower  and  because  the  epithet  dim  suits  it  better."  Not  "  probably,"  but  certainly, 
the  wild  hyacinth  or  bluebell  (ffy.  non  scriptus)  is  here  to  be  the  meaning, 
unless  we  understand  the  boy  to  strew  flowers  which  blossom — the  primrose 
in  March  and  April,  and  the  hairbell  {proper)  in  July  and  August.  (See  Jen- 
kinson's  Brit.  Plants,  pp.  26,  31,  ed.  1775.)  But  though  bluebell  must  be  the 
meaning  in  the  Two  Noble  Kinsmen  song,  it  is  not  so  certainly  the  sense  in  Cym- 
beline.  "  While  summer  lasts,"  Arviragus  will  strew  Fidele's  grave  (cf.  Per.,  IV. 
i.  18);  and  it  is  just  possible  that  the  four  seasons  may  be  symbolized  by  their 
respective  emblems :  pale  primrose  of  spring  and  early  summer;  the  azured  hairbell, 
reflecting  the  blue  midsummer  sky  ;  the  leaf  (coming  forth  in  May,  but  Autumn's 
very  type)  of  eglantine,  linking  May's  sweetness  to  the  "  moist  rich  smell  of  the 
rotting  leaves  "  in  the  late  season  ; — 

"  Yea,  and  furr'd  moss  besides,  when  flowers  are  none, 

To  winter-ground  thy  corse." 

Such  a  succession  is  both  possible  and  natural,  and  may  be  signified  by  the 
passage.  The  point  is,  at  all  events,  open  to  doubt  until  it  can  be  shown  that 
Shakspere's  age  knew  not  of  the  Campanula  rotundifolia  as  the  harebell,  but 
solely  denominated  Hyacinthus  non  scriptus  by  that  name  ;  certainly,  while  doubt 
on  this  point  exists,  it  takes  a  good  deal  of  ground  from  beneath  any  hypothesis 
founded  on  the  analogy.  (It  is  certain  that  harebell 'was  formerly  a  common  name 
for  the  bluebell;  e.  g.  see  Parkinson,  Paradisus,  p.  122  =r  lacinth  (q.  Dr  Prior) ; 
Jenkinson,  Brit.  Plants,  p.  jQ—ffyacittth;  Mackay's  Flora  Hibernica,  p.  137 
=  Campanula,  p.  286  =  Hy.  ;  Henfrey's  Elem.  Botany,  p.  303=:  Cam.} 
But  (i)  bells  "makes  no  sense  at  all?"  This  maybe  objected  to  on  various 
grounds,  e.g.  (a)  if  (as  Mr  Skeat  writes  to  me)  "  Primrose,  first-born  child  of 
Ver "  —prinmla  verts,  the  cowslip  is  included  under  that  term,  and  this  is  sus- 
tained by  the  mention  of  oxlips  aftenvards, — "cowslips  wan  that  hang  the 
pensive  head  "  maybe  said  to  have  bells  dim  ;  and  "  a  cowslip's  bell "  in  Temp., 
V.  89,  clenches  the  argument.  But  (b)  this  "  cowslip's  bell "  suggests  another 
and  better  explanation,  for  it  shews  that  Shakspere  used  the  word  bell—  blossom, 
not  confining  it  to  the  campanulacecz  (as  indeed  we  do  not  when  we  speak  of  blue- 
bells), but  even  applying  it  to  the  primulacece,  and  apparently  deriving  the 
epithet  less  from  the  precise  form  than  from  the  general  appearance  and  bell-like 
movements  of  the  flower. 

Similarly  Mr  Tennyson  has  "flower-bells,"  etc  ;  and  Darwin,  Botanic 
Garden  (IV.  576),  "silver  bells"  (=  orange  blossoms),  "close  the  timorous 
floret's  golden  bell "  (of  the  anemone,  tragopogon,  and  other  sensitive  plants,  III. 
460) ;  cf.  Loves  of  the  Plants  (IV.  514),  "and  each  chill  Floret  clos'd  her  velvet 
bell ;"  (I.  36)  "  a  blossom's  bell ;  "  I.  490,  etc. 


ACT  i.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  113 

Having  vindicated  the  old  reading  formally,  to  some  extent  at  least,  does  Mr 
Skeat's  assertion  receive  assent,  that  ' '  her  bells  makes  no  sense  at  all "  ? 

I  explain  (as  Dr  Nicholson  has  also  suggested)  that  the  significance  of  har- 
binger is  attracted  into  the  expression  her  bells,  and  the  passage  means,  bring  the 
Primrose,  harbinger  that  belleth  the  advent  of  spring,  as  a  welcome  guest  is  pre- 
luded by  peals  of  the  "sweet  poetry  of  steeples."  (Perhaps  the  idea  was  sug- 
gested by  a  recollection  of  the  scene  :  the  bells  at  Theseus'  wedding  ?)  Mr  Ten- 
nyson (Adeline)  warrants  this  idea  of  the  flowers  ringing  : 
"  Or  when  little  airs  arise, 

How  the  merry  bluebell  rings, 

To  the  mosses  underneath  ?  " 

I  do  not  insist  on  all  or  any  of  these  points  as  facts  proving  that  Mr  Skeat  is 
wrong  ;  I  merely  plead  for  the  old  text — do  not  these  few  reasons  warrant  us  at 
least  in  retaining  the  old  reading  "until  further  notice;"  will  Mr  Skeat  still 
"have  no  hesitation  in  this  case,"  and  will  it  still  be  "astonishing"  to  him 
"that  no  one  has  thought  of"  his  reading  before? 

10.  Oxlips]  Wint.  T.,  I.  c.     M.  N,  D.,  II.  i.  250. 

11.  Marigolds  on  deathbeds  blowing]  cf.  Per.,  IV.  i.  16  : 

"...  and  marigolds 
Shall  as  a  carpet  hang  upon  thy  grave 
While  summer-days  do  last." 

"  The  peculiarity  in  the  text  is  that  they  are  'blowing,'  therefore  'growing,'  and 
it  is  worth  enquiry  in  addition  to  the  parallelism  in  Pericles—  which  is  only 
parallel  as  refers  to  strewing — whether  the  custom  of  planting  marigolds  on 
graves  was  common  ?  Looking  to  the  significance  of  the  marigold  (see  yV.  and 
Q.  s.  v.)  the  custom  would  be  likely  to  obtain"  (Dr  Nicholson).  Visitors  to 
Bettwys-y-Coed,  N.  Wales,  can  see  graves  planted  with  many  flowers,  including 
(1875)  marigolds  and  "sweet  thyme  true,"  in  the  old  churchyard  there. 

13.  nature's  children  sweet}  Flowers  are  called  "Nature's  lovely  children"  by 
Ann  Radcliffe,  Mysteries  of  Udolpko,  c.  I. 

1 6.  Not  an  angel  of  the  air]  This,  the  reading  of  all  editions,  has  been 
objected  to  by  Theobald,  who  proposed  Augel,  from  Ital.  augello,  a  bird. 
However,  Dyce's  explanation  is  evidently  right :  "  'bird  of  the  air,'  (angel  in 
this  sense  is  a  Grecism, — ayyeXoc,  i.  e.  messenger,  being  applied  to  birds  of 
augury.  Our  early  writers  frequently  use  the  word  as  equivalent  to  bird  ;  so  in 
Massinger  and  Dekker's  Virgin  Martyr,  the  Roman  eagle  is  called  'the  Roman 
angel,'  Massinger's  Works,  vol.  i.  p.  36,  ed.  Gifford,  1813)."  The  passage  in 
Massinger — not  a  close  parallel — was  first  noted  by  Monck  Mason,  1798,  and  is 
found  in  Act  II.  sc.  ii.  sp.  17 :  "the  Roman  angel's  wings  shall  melt."  Closer  is 
this  from  Ben  Jonson's  Sad  Shepherd,  II.  ii. — "The  dear  good  angel  of  the 
spring,  the  nightingale"  (i.  e.  that  bringeth  glad  tidings  of  spring).  Cf.  "And 
aerie  birds  like  angels  ever  sing,"  Barnabe  Barnes,  Spiritual  Sonnets,  x.  I  have 
found  no  example  of  the  word  in  this  sense  in  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  nor  does 
it  occur  in  Shakspere.  "  Angel  refers  to  birds  who  would  be  likened  to  the  good 
spirits  or  angels,  exclusive  of  the  birds  of  prey  and  ill-omen  who  rather  represented 
the  angels  who  had  fallen"  (Dr  Nicholson).  Cf.  Iliad,  XXIV.  202  (Mr  Skeat). 
I  8 


H4  Notes.  [ACT  i.  sc.  i. 

19.  The  crow]  References  selected  from  Schmidt's  Shakesp.  Lex.  show  how 
ill-omened  the  crow  was  held  to  be  : — S0nn.,  Ixx. ;  M.  N.  £>.,  II.  i.  97  ;   W.  T., 

III.  ii.  192;  Jf.$.,  II.  i.  91  ;  IV.  ii.  51  ;  2  H.6.,  IV.  x.  90;  V.  ii.  II ;   Troil., 

IV.  ii.  9  ;  Cymb.,  III.  i.  83  ;  V.  iii.  93. 

slanderous  cuckoo]  The  slander  of  the  "  cukkow  ever  unkinde "  (Chaucer, 
Assemb.  F.,  358)  is  explained  in  L.  L.  L.,  V.  ii.  908.  See  too  "The  Cuckoo" 
in  Love-Poems  and  Httmorous  Ones,  Ballad  Soc.  1874,  p.  1 8.  Cf.  Epistolu:  Ho- 
Eliana,  p.  462,  ed.  1688  (vol.  IV.  let.  xix.). 

20.  Boding  raven]  cf.  Trail.,  V.  ii.  191  ;  Oth.,  IV.  i.  22, — "the  raven  o'er 
th'  infected  house,  Boding  to  all."     The  night -raven  (as  Dyce  shows)  is  a  differ- 
ent bird,  though  of  similar  omen  : 

"and  the  night  raven, 

Which  doth  use  for  to  call 

Men  to  death's  haven." — (Robin  Good/Mow,  his  Mad 
Pranks  and  Merry  Jests,  Qo,  black-letter,  1628.    q.  Beloe,  Anecd.  I.  275.) 
This  latter  is  the   "night-crow"  mentioned  in  3  H.6.,  V.  vi    45.      Lt.-Col. 
Cunningham  has  noted  that  Cavendish,  in  the  life  of  Wolsey,  tells  us  the  Car- 
dinal used  to  call  Anne  Bullen  the  "  night-crow." 

20.  chough  hoar]  Qo  Cloughhee;  F2  Clough  he,  ed.  1711,  Clough  he;  Seward, 
etc.,  chough  hoar.  "There  can  be  no  reason  to  doubt  therefore  of  our  having 
got  the  true  substantive ;  for  He  we  must  have  an  adjective  that  suits  the  Chough, 
and  also  rhimes  to  nor;  hoar  will  do  both,  the  Chough  having  grayish  feathers  on 
his  head,  from  whence  Shakespeare  calls  him  the  russet-pated  chough"  (M.  IV.  D., 
III.  ii.  21).  But  russet-pated,  as  Prof.  Newton  points  out  (in  Mr  Skeat's  ed.),  is 
really  nisset-patted  =  a  pattes  rousses  (cf.  for  the  single  /  the  ordinary  spelling  of 
twinned,  twined,  etc.) ;  and  the  rhyme  is  questionable.  See  Dyce's  Glossary, 
Rolfe's  n.  on  Temp.  II.  i.  266,  and  Mr  Skeat's  note  here.  Charles  Lamb  (Lieut. - 
Col.  Cunningham  kindly  informed  me)  "considered  that  cuckoo  and  chough 
rhymed,  and  altered  his  copy  accordingly, 

'  The  crow,  the  slanderous  cuckoo, 
The  boding  raven  nor  the  chough, 

Nor  chatt'ring  pie.' " 

The  pronunciation  choo  (still,  I  believe,  to  be  heard  in  the  north  of  England)  is 
no  objection,  as  the  word  comes  from  A.S.  ceo  (Skeat),  and  enow,  enough,  give  us 
a  parallel ;  though  chuff  (v.  Nares)  must  have  been  more  usual.  Lamb's 
mode  of  complete  excision  seems  even  preferable  to  Seward's  very  feeble  bit  of 
tinkering.  For  a  most  fatal  objection  to  the  arrangement  chough  hoar  exists  in 
the  fact  that  hoar  is  a  purely  descriptive  epithet,  and  utterly  devoid  of  any 
symbolic  bearing,  while  all  the  rest  have  some  reference  to  the  requirements 
of  the  case.  Assuredly,  if  Seward's  conjecture  give  the  original  reading,  Shakspere 
never  wrote  the  song.  It  is  true  that  chough  was  probably  a  colloquial  name  for 
jack-daw  ;  nearly  all  the  passages  in  Shakspere  would  bear  such  an  interpreta- 
tion ;  and  even  here,  as  betokening  dishonesty,  it  might  perhaps  be  admitted. 
Besides,  the  name  chough  in  this  sense  cannot  be  considered  peculiar  to 
Shakspere,  for  what  lover  of  the  sainted  bird  of  Rheims  can  fail  to  identify  him 
here : — 


ACT  i.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  115 

"The  owle  eke,  that  of  dethe  the  bode  bryngeth, 


The  thefe  the  choghe,  and  eke  the  janglynge  pye." 

Chauc.  Assetnb.  F.,  11.  343 — 345. 

(Cf.  . .  .  "like  the  foolish  chough,  which  loves  to  steal  money  only  to  hide  it." 
Cowley,  Essays,  7.  Of  Avarice,  p.  127,  sig.  U,  u.  u.  4.  ed.  1684.)  Probably  the 
name  choo,  ceo,  was  once  used  of  the  whole  class  :  have  we  not  got  the  original 
word  still  in  caw,  caw  / 

Dr  Nicholson  warns  us  against  confining  "colloquial  names  to  scientific  species," 
the  more  so  as  the  former  were  often  variously  applied  in  different  parts.  "  Pals- 
grave (Halliwell,  Arch.  Diet.}  gives  'choughe,  a  yong  crowe,  corneille ;'  and 
Cotgrave  under  the  similar  French  Chouette  has  not  only  chough,  cadesse,  daw, 
jackdaw,  but  the  little  horn  owle  (a  thievish  night-bird)  as  well.  Hence  it  does 
not  follow  that  the  chough  of  Dover  Cliff  is  the  jackdaw,  because  Shakspere 
chooses  to  call  (perhaps  some  special)  chough  russet-pated  in  M.  JV.  D.  If  I 
speak  of  a  red-legged  partridge,  is  it  to  be  said  that  I  am  speaking  of  that  species 
whenever  I  mention  the  word  partridge,  and  is  this  to  be  proved  of  me  by  quoting 
my  red-legged  partridge?"  Gilbert  White  tells  us  that  "Cornish  choughs 
abound,  and  breed  on  all  the  cliffs  of  the  Sussex  coast ; "  a  fact  which  confirms 
Dr  Nicholson's  defence  of  the  Lear  passage. 

21.  chatfring pie]  cf.  3  H.6.,  V.  vi.  46-7  : 

"  The  raven  rooked  her  on  the  chimney's  top, 
And  chattering  pies  in  dismal  discords  sung." 

22.  Bride-house']  cf.  Taming  of  A  Shrew  (ed.  1844.  Sh.  Soc.),  p.  23  : 

"Boy.  Why  come  man,  we  shall  have  good  cheere 
Anon  at  the  bride  house,  for  your  maisters  gone  to 
Church  to  be  married  alreadie,  and  thears 
Such  cheere  as  passeth. 

San.  O  brave,  I  would  I  had  eate  no  meate  this  week 
For  I  have  never  a  corner  left  in  my  bellie 
To  put  a  venison  pastie  in,"  etc. 

Enter  3.  Queens}  Sidney  Walker  (Crit.  Exam,  of  the  Text  of  Sh.  1860,  III.  340) 
asks:  "Is  the  Epithalamium  broken  off  by  the  entrance  of  the  Queens?  It 
seems  unfinished  ;  and  it  is  more  natural  I  think  it  should  be  interrupted.  So  of 
Paris's  speech  at  the  tomb,  Romeo  and  Juliet,  V.  iii." 

The  entire  introduction  illustrates  Shakspere's  directness  and  clearness  in 
putting  us  in  possession  of  the  "exact  state  of  affairs  at  the  opening  of  the  play, 
without  any  circumlocution  or  long-winded  harangues,  but  naturally  and  dramatic- 
ally "  (Hickson,  JV.  S.  S.  Tr.,  p.  30*).  The  procession  and  song  are  only  inserted 
for  this  purpose,  and  we  quickly  enter  on  the  dramatised  Knightes  Tale.  The 
chief  Chaucer  parallels  to  this  Act  are  :  Sc.  i.  cf.  11.  35 — 106  ;  Sc.  iii.  cf.  11. 
107 — 116;  Sc.  iv.  cf.  11.  117 — 132,  143—171  ;  Sc.  v.  cf.  11.  133—142  (Aldine 
Chaucer,  vol.  II.  ed.  1866). 

33/34-  book  of  trespasses}  This  form  of  speech  was  very  common  in  Sh.'s 
day:  cf.  "the  book  of  virtue,"  W.  T.,  "the  book  of  life,"  R  2.,  "the  devil's 
book,"  2  ff.^.,  "book  of  memory,"  I  H.6.,  "Jove's  own  book,"  "the  book  of 


n6  Notes,  [ACT  i.  sc.  i. 

his  good  acts,"  Cor.,  etc.  Speaking  of  this  passage,  Spalcling  (p.  29)  observes  : 
"  These  latter  lines  (29/30-35)  are  of  a  character  which  is  perfectly  and  singularly 
Shakespeare's.  The  shade  of  gravity  which  so  usually  darkens  his  poetry,  is 
often  heightened  to  the  most  solemn  seriousness.  The  religious  thought  pre- 
sented here  is  most  alien  from  Fletcher's  turn  of  thought. — His  energy,  sometimes 
confined  within  due  limits,  often  betrays  him  into  harshness  ;  and  his  liking  for 
familiarity  of  imagery  and  expression  sometimes  makes  him  careless  though  both 
should  be  coarse,  a  fault  which  we  find  here,  and  of  which  Fletcher  is  never  guilty." 

40/43.  who  endure}  Qo  endured,  F2  endur'd,  as  in  later  edd.  Monck  Mason 
proposed  the  reading  I  (following  Dyce  and  Skeat)  have  adopted,  who  endure, 
"  as  they  were  still  in  that  situation  "  (Comments  on  the  Plays  of  B.  and  F.,  &c. 
By  the  Right  Hon.  J.  Monck  Mason,  1798).  endure  is  also,  Dr  Nicholson  has 
noted,  the  more  dramatic  form,  and  was  probably  that  used  by  the  authors.  Cf. 
'  If  he  i'th'  blood-siz'd  field  lay  swoln.' 

41/44.  beakes  of  ravens,  &c.]  cf.  Jul.  CCES.,  V.  i. : 

"  And  in  their  steads  do  ravens,  crows,  and  kites, 
Fly  o'er  our  heads,  and  downward  look  on  us, 
As  we  were  sickly  prey." 
Tallents  is  the  usual  spelling  in  old  books. 

45/48.  eye  of  holy  Phcebus}  cf.  H.$.,  IV.  i.  290:  "Sweats  in  the  eye  of 
Thoebus"  (Skeat). 

48/51.  Thou  purger  of  the  earth]  Spalding,  Letter,  p.  30,  calls  attention  to 
this  form  of  speech,  and  adds  :  ' '  Verbal  names  expressing  the  agent  occur,  it  is 
true,  in  Fletcher  and  others,  but  they  are  in  an  especial  manner  frequent  with 
Shakspere,  who  invents  them  to  preserve  his  brevity,  and  always  applies  them 
with  great  force  and  quaintness."  Purgers,  Jul.  CCES.,  II.  i.  180. 

47/50.  duke]  "  a  leader,  a  general,  a  commander  (Lat.  Dux)."  This  explan. 
(Dyce's  and  Var.  Sh.  on  M.  N.  D.,  I.  i.  p.  177)  suits  the  wide  application  of 
the  word  better  than  Dr  Schmidt's.  Cf.  "Theseus,  our  renowned  duke," 
M.  N.  D.,  I.  i.  19  (not  in  Schmidt). 

50/53.  chapel theiti]  See  Ur  Abbott's  Sh.  Gr.,  $  290.  This  word,  and  "to  urn 
their  ashes,"  Spalding  italicises  as  instances  "of  those  bold  coinages  of  words,  forced 
on  a  mind  for  whose  force  of  conception  common  terms  were  too  weak"  (p.  30). 

56/59.  transported]  rapt.     Cf.  1.  188/209. 

59/62.  vengeance  and  revenge]  These  words  are  similarly  coupled  in  Rich.  2., 
IV.  i.  66 :  "  shall  render  vengeance  and  revenge : "  apparently  to  intensify  the  threat. 

62/63.  Cdpaneus]  Chaucer's  pronunciation  of  the  word — "  Was  whilome 
wyf  to  Kyng  Capaneus  " — though  different  from  this,  is  still  quadrisyllable. 
Spalding  (I  think  without  sufficient  grounds)  says  :  "  Probably  Fletcher  would 
not  have  committed  this  false  quantity." 

63/66.  Mars 's  altar]  Qo  Marsis,  disyll.  cf.  Tr.  and  Cress.,  II.  i.  58  ;  IV.  v. 
177,  255,  etc.  The  Lover's  Progress,  II.  iii.  Peele's  Polyhymnia,  ix. 

65/68.  spread  her.~\  Seward  stupidly  notes  :  "  The  Reader  will  see  that  her 
is  prejudicial  to  the  Sense  and  Measure,  and  to  be  discarded."  The  construction 
is  simplified,  and  the  pause  softened,  by  her  [sc.  mantle']. 

67/70.  our  kinsman]  See  North's  Plutarch,  ed.  Skeat,  p.  279  to  p.  290. 


ACT  i.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  117 

69/72.  nemean.]  Cf.  Ilml.,  I.  iv.  83,  L.  L.  L,  IV.  i.  90.  There  is  a 
similar  reference  to  "  Alcicles,  that  master'd  monsters,"  in  (Beaumont's  part  of) 
Four  Plays,  Tr.  of  Honour,  sc.  ii.  Hercules,  disyll.  "Ercles." 

75/78.  undertaker'}  Dyce  (quoting  Ritson)  explains  to  be  "one  who  under- 
takes or  takes  up  the  quarrel  or  business  of  another."  Cf.  Tw.  JV.,  III.  iv.  350, 
Lover 's  Progress,  I.  i.,  and  see  a  good  note  in  Skeat's  ed.  p.  101. 

91/96.  for  The  tenour  of  thy  speech}  Seward  ("rightly  perhaps,"  Dyce) 
changed  the  passage  to  :  "a  Servant  to  The  Tenor  of  thy  Speech "  (O.  Edd.  the 
speech).  Servant  (as  in  Philaster,  III.  ii.,  Knight  of  Malta,  III.  ii.,  Hazl.  Dodsl., 
VII.  489,  and  often  in  Sh.),  the  correlative  of  Mistress,  was  applied  not  merely 
to  gentlemen  by  themselves,  but  was  a  regular  term  of  address  from  the  ladies  to 
whom  they  made  their  court,  v.  Schmidt,  s.  v.  cf.  The  Pkcenix,  Nest,  1593  (Park, 
Hdiconia,  II.  p.  113)  :  "Mistress  and  Servant,  titles  of  mischance,"  ib.  p.  117  : 
"Mistress  this  grace  unto  your  servant  give."  "A  Lady  Forsaken,  complayn- 
eth  "  (in  The  Paradise  of  Daintie  Devices,  xxii.)  of  her  lover  :  "  Yet  since  his  serv- 
ant I  became,  most  like  a  bondman  have  I  beene,"  shewing  still  further  the 
special  significance  of  the  word. 

99/103.  a  dove's  motion}  cf.  Lticrece,  457:  "Like  to  a  new-kill'd  bird  she 
trembling  lies." 

100/104.  blood-sis' d}  HmL,  II.  ii.  484  :   "  o'er-sized  with  coagulate  gore."     '•< 

108/114.  uncandied}  This  word  does  not  occur  elsewhere  in  Sh.,  though  we 
have  candy  (to  become  hard)  in  Temp.,  II.  i.  279,  and  Tim.,  IV.  iii.  226 ;  and 
discandy,  Ant.  and  Cleop.,  III.  xiii.  165,  and  IV.  xii.  22. 

112/120.  there  through  my  tears'}  This,  the  reading  of  the  old  Edd.,  was 
changed  by  Seward  and  Sympson  into  here,  etc.,  as  the  queen  is  supposed  to  be 
pointing  to  her  heart  !  "  But  though  she  speaks  of  her  heart  afterwards,  she 
alludes  in  this  place  to  her  eyes,  which  she  compares  to  pebbles  viewed  through 
a  glassy  stream  ;  a  description  which  would  not  apply  to  her  heart." — Monck 
Mason.  Dr  Nicholson  notes  also  that  the  change  is  to  the  plural  'em,  "either 
because  she  is  thinking  of  her  eyes  as  ostents  of  her  grief,  or  what  is  much  the 
same,  though  not  perhaps  in  such  accord  with  the  English  of  the  day, 
because  she  is  thinking  of  the  grief  in  either  eye,  and  therefore  griefs. " 

117/125.  lead  his  line}  weight  as  with  lead. 

118/127.  Extremity,  that  sharpens  sundry  wits,  Makes  me  a  fool}  cf.  The  Honest 
Man's  Fortune,  III.  i.  : — 

"  Cunning  Calamity, 
That  others'  gross  wits  uses  to  refine, 
When  I  most  need  it,  dulls  the  edge  of  mine." 

Who  has  here  said  in  19  words  what  Sh.  says  better  in  9  ?  The  Hon.  M.  Fortune 
was  acted  in  1613,  and  perhaps  written  not  long  after  the  2  N.  K.  had  its  first 
run  at  the  theatre.  Dyce  considers  Beaumont  to  have  shared  the  authorship 
with  Fletcher,  and  Professor  Ward  (Hist.  Eng.  Dram.  Lit.,  II.  189)  hesitatingly 
expresses  the  same  view.  But  the  Rev.  F.  G.  Fleay  (N.  S.  S  Trans.,  pt.  L  p. 
51)  considers  it  to  have  been  written  by  Fletcher  "  and  Anon."* 

*  P.S.  Mr  Fleay's  new  Sh.  Manual  does  not  add  to  my  knowledge  of  his  views  on  the 
authorship  of  this  play,  as  on  p.  151  he  ascribes  it  to  "  F.  and  Anon.,"  but  on  p.  93  to  "  B.  and 

F."  (20/5/76). 


n8  Notes.  [ACT  i.  sc.  i. 

I  regret  very  much  that  Mr  Fleay's  tables,*  by  not  containing  the  total 
number  of  verse-lines  in  the  plays  tabulated,  do  not  enable  me  to  say  if  the  follow- 
ing proportions  are  those  generally  found  in  Beaumont's  verse.  In  Act  III.  sc.  I. 
of  the  Hon.  M.  F.  we  have  168  verse-lines,  56  of  which  have  double-endings,  or 
exactly  I  in  3  ;  and  20  rhyme-lines,  or  2  in  l6'8.  These  proportions  shew 
plainly  that  the  poem  at  end  "Upon  the  Honest  Man's  Fortune,  by  Mr  John 
Fletcher  "  is  no  evidence  of  single  authorship,  as  Fletcher's  average  of  double- 
endings  is  about  i  in  2,  or  even  higher,  and  as  this  title  really  means  that  the 
lines  "  Upon  An  Honest  Man's  Fortune  "  are  by  Mr  John  Fletcher.  The  number 
of  rhyme-lines  looks  like  Beaumont,  and  the  verse  often  dips  into  prose  for  a  few 
speeches  and  then  rises  again  ' '  prepared  for  longer  flight, " — a  characteristic  of 
his  manner.  Again,  the  turns  of  thought  and  expression  seem  (to  me)  quite  like 
e.  g.  those  in  the  non-Fletcherian  part  of  the  Woman- Hater ;  if  (as  Mr  Fleay 
thinks)  Beaumont  had  part  in  this  latter,  I  can  see  no  reason  (metrical  tables 
being  absent)  for  departing  from  Dyce's  opinion  on  the  authorship  of  the  Honest 
Man's  Fortune.  Probably  then  it  was  Beaumont  who  has  thus  borrowed  this 
striking  expression. 

123/132.  the  ground -peece]  The  general  sense  is  : — "If  you  were  merely  a 
painter's  dull,  lifeless,  pictured-surface  I  would  buy  you,  you  exhibit  such  heart- 
deep  grief,  to  teach  me  to  know  a  genuine  case  of  sorrow  when  I  might  meet  it  : 
but  as  you  are  much  more — a  very  woman  like  myself, — your  distress  (which  is 
heart-deep)  shines  so  strongly  upon  my  heart  that  it  shall  make  a  return-impres- 
sion upon  my  brother's,  and  cause  him  to  pity  you  as  I  do."  Emilia  means  that 
the  Queen's  is  a  presentation  of  sorrow,  and  not  a  representation  merely.  Heart 
sorrow,  not  face  sorrow.  With  this  passage  we  may  cf.  Hml.,  IV.  vii.  108  : — 

' '  Laertes,  was  your  father  dear  to  you, 
Or  are  you  but  the  painting  of  a  sorrow, 
A  face  without  a  heart  ?  " 
Webster,  The  Devtfs  Law  Case,  I.  i.  : — 

.     .     .     .     "  But  indeed, 

If  ever  I  would  have  mine  drawn  to  the  life, 

I  would  have  a  painter  steal  it  at  such  time 

I  were  devoutly  kneeling  at  my  prayers  : 

There  is  then  a  heavenly  beauty  in  't,  the  soul 

Moves  in  the  superficies." 

And  especially,  Lucrece,  11.  1366 — 1582.  Piece  was  the  regular  word  for  a  work 
of  art,  picture  or  statue  (v.  Schmidt,  s.  v.  and  for  its  use  in  composition,  cf. 
Webster,  Vitt.  Cor.  2d-last  sp.— "I  limned  this  night-piece,  and  it  was  my 
best "). 

The  precise  signification  of  ground  is  not  so  clear.  It  may  ( i )  be  taken  in 
the  general  sense  of  surface,  and  ground-piece  =  pictured  as  distinguished  from 
sculptured  work,  superficial  seeming.  Or  (2)  ground  in  the  sense  of  foundation 
(cf.  ground-work},  and  ground-piece  =  model,  subject  matter.  Or  (3)  ground  may 

*  ..."  some  of  the  particulars  being  of  that  impressive  order  of  which  the  significance  is 
entirely  hidden,  like  a  statistical  amount  without  a  standard  of  comparison,  but  with  a  note  of 
exclamation  at  the  va<ii"—MiddIemarck,  p.  327,  one  vol. 


ACT  i.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  jig 

mean  principal,  main,  chief;  and  ground-piece  •=.  master-piece,  chef  cTceuvre.  Or 
(4)  in  the  technical  sense  of  foil,  dull  "  ground  "  of  a  picture,  as  contrasted  with 
the  glare  and  prominence  of  her  sorrow.  Compare  Ger.  Grund,  Grundriss, 
Grundstiick,  etc.  In  any  case  the  general  sense  is  the  same  ;  seeming  and  being 
are  contrasted.  Read  Tht  Winter  s  Tale,  V.  iii.,  if  you  cannot  realise  how  the 
soul  may  be  wrought  by  the  instruction  of  a  "poor  image." 

The  word  ground-piece  does  not  occur  elsewhere  in  Shakspere,  nor  in  Beau- 
mont and  Fl. ;  however,  none  of  the  editors,  Mr  Skeat  excepted,  have  vouch- 
safed to  notice  it.  Mr  Skeat  explains:  "(perhaps)  a  study  for  a  picture,  a 
sketch."  With  the  Shakspere-like  tone  of  the  passage,  we  may  contrast  somewhat 
similar  scenes  in  the  Maid's  Tragedy,  II.  ii.,  and  The  Lover's  Progress,  IV.  iv. 

139/149.  asprays}  cf.  Coriol.,  IV.  vii.  36,  and  see  Staunton's  n.  Dyce  refers 
to  Yarrell's  British  Birds,  I.  25  ;  and  Nares  (in  addition  to  the  above  instances) 
quotes  from  Drayton,  Polyolb.  Song  xxv.  : — 

"The  osprey,  oft  here  seen,  though  seldom  here  it  breeds, 
Which  over  them  the  fish  no  sooner  do  espy, 
But  betwixt  him  and  them  by  an  antipathy, 
Turning  their  bellies  up  as  though  their  death  they  saw, 
They  at  his  pleasure  lie,  to  stuff  his  gluttonous  maw." 

Messrs  Wright  and  Halliwell  (whose  ed.  of  Nares  I  have  used)  add  :  "  Chapman 
(Horn.  //. xviii., infin. )  calls  it  t\\Qossprmger."  See  Halliwell,  Arch.  Diet.,  s. v.  Aspere. 
143/155-  drams,  precipitance]  Seward  and  Sympson  placed  a  comma  between 
these  words  in  I75°»  since  when  Editors  have  vied  in  discovering  recondite  sig- 
nifications for  the  word  precipitance,  e.  g.  the  Edd.  1778  think  it  means  "  the  un- 
happy precipitation  of  suicides,  in  getting  rid  of  their  lives."  However,  the 
Queen  is  here  enumerating  the  various  agents  or  means  of  suicide,  viz.,  hanging, 
stabbing,  poison,  and  ("  leaping  down  precipices,"  Seward  ;  "  the  act  of  precipita- 
tion," Mason  ;  "  precipitation  from  heights,"  Weber  ;  "  the  act  of  throwing  one's- 
self  down  a  precipice,"  Dyce.)  Precipitance  does  not  occur  elsewhere  in  Sh.  ;  but 
Dyce's  explanation  is  confirmed  by  Sf.8,  V.  i.  140  (?F1.)  ;  Lear,  IV.  vi.  50. 
(Coriol.  III.  ii.  4,  precipitation,  "the  steep  Tarpeian  death, "  i.  e.  being  thrown, 
not  self-throwing.)  Generally,  Sh.  includes  drowning  in  his  lists  of  suicidal 
agencies,  and  possibly  Mason's  explanation,  as  most  inclusive,  may  be  the  right 
one.  See  note  on  III.  ii.  29.  Knight  (followed  by  Mr  Skeat)  reads  "Cords', 
knives',  drams'  precipitance;"  with  the  meaning  "headlong  haste,  desperate 
rashness"  (Skeat). 

145/157.  humaine\  "Humane  (such  invariably  is  the  spelling  of  O.  Edd., 
never  human} ;  the  accent  is  always  on  the  first  syllable,  even  in  Wint.,  III.  ii. 
166."  Dr  Schmidt.  Cf.  1.  234/261  of  this  scene. 

147/160.  visitating"\  "  Visiting  [Ant.  and  Cl.,  IV.  xv.  68]  and  visitating, 
inspecting,  surveying." — Dyce.  Sidney  Walker  on  Temp.,  I.  ii.,  "We'll  visit 
Caliban,  my  slave,"  notes,  "i.  e.  look  after  him,"  and  refers  to  this  passage. 
Visitation  is  a  common  word  in  Sh.  in  the  sense  of  Visit. 

150/162.  I  will  give  you  comfort,  To  give  your  dead  lords  graves']  To  give,  i.  e. 
by  giving,  one  of  the  commonest  constructions  in  Shakspere.  Cf .  to  be  •=.  by  being, 
infra,  III.  i.  25  ;  Night  Walker,  III.  iii. ;  Faithful  Friends,  I.  i.,  etc.  Dr  Abbott 


I2O  Notes.  [ACT  i.  sc.  i. 

(quoting  nearly  thirty  examples  of  this  "gerundive  use  of  the  infinitive,"  SA. 
Gr.,  §  356)  explains  it  thus  : — "  To  was  originally  used  not  with  the  infinitive 
but  with  the  gerund  in  -e,  and,  like  the  Latin  *  ad'  with  the  gerund,  denoted  a 
purpose.  Thus  lto  love"  was  originally  ' to  lovene,'  i.e.  'to  (or  toward]  loving' 
(ad  amandum).  Gradually,  as  ^.superseded  the  proper  infinitival  inflection,  to 
was  used  in  other  and  more  indefinite  senses,  'for,'  'about,'  'in,'  'as  regards,' 
and,  in  a  word,  for  any  form  of  the  gerund  as  well  as  for  the  infinitive."  Truly 
Monck  Mason  went  parlously  nigh  the  Still  Lion  when  he  wrote  :  "The  words 
•will  in  the  first  line,  and  to  in  the  last,  appear  to  have  been  erroneously  trans- 
posed. The  passage  must  originally  have  run  thus : — 
'  And  I,  to  give  you  comfort, 

Will  give  your  dead  lords  graves.'  " 

But  what  would  Dr  Ingleby  say  of  this? — "As  both  the  Sense  and  Measure  are 
somewhat  deficient,  there  is  reason  to  suspect  a  Part  of  the  Sentence  dropt, 
perhaps  somewhat  like  the  following  might  have  been  the  Original : — 
But  I  will  give  you  Comfort,  and  engage 
Myself  and  Pow'rs  to  give  your  dead  Lords  Graves.'  " 

(I  had  written  thus  much  some  months  before  Mr  Skeat's  edition  appeared,  and 
it  was  with  no  little  surprise  I  found  that  Mr  Skeat  had  accepted  Mr  Seward's 
ingenious  conjecture.)  Weber  agrees  with  Seward  "that  some  omission  has 
probably  taken  place,  but  cannot  assent  to  Mason's  thinking  an  amendment 
necessary."  Sidney  Walker  suggests  a  good  arrangement  of  the  lines  which 
(with  Dyce)  I  have  adopted,  merely  omitting  now  (gratuitously  inserted  by 
Seward)  from  "And  that  work  [now]  Presents,"  etc.  Dyce  and  Skeat  adopt 
Seward's  insertion  of  now,  the  former  however  placing  it  between  brackets  in  his 
early  ed.  and  omitting  it  entirely  in  edd.  '67,  '76. 

155/168.  with  it's  own]  Its  (gen.  spelt  it's)  is  found  ten  times  in  Fol.  1623.  I 
have  noted  over  thirty  instances  in  Darley's  (i.  e.  Weber's)  Beaumont  and 
Fletcher,  but  cannot  say  whether  there  are  so  many  in  the  old  edd.  As  in  Sh., 
the  word  will  be  found  two  or  three  times  in  a  single  scene,  and  then  not  for 
whole  plays  (e.  g.  thrice  in  Beggars  Brisk,  II.  iii.).  Its  occurs  again,  I.  ii.  65/72. 
157/172.  Wrinching\  Of  course  "corrected  in  1750."  The  old  spelling  is 
probably  phonetic,  and  I  find  the  folio  reading  (also  noticed  by  Dyce)  Henry 
VIII.,  I.  i.  167,  to  be  :— 

' '  and  like  a  glasse 
Did  breake  i'  th'  wrenching." 

(Cf.  rinch,  in  The  optick  glasse  of  humors,  1607,  fo.  2. — Dr  Ingleby.)  This 
pronunciation  is  still  heard  in  parts  of  Ireland.  Seward  compares  Lear,  IV.  iii. 

159/1 74.  And  his  army  full]  Sidney  Walker  quotes  these  lines  as  one  with  the 
preceding  speech  : 

"  Now  you  may  take  him 
Drunk  with  his  victory,  and  his  army  full 
Of  bread  and  sloth." 
Simply  noting  "  And's,"  and  adding  V.  iii.  44/55, 

"  Are  bedfellows  in  his  visage.     Palamon 
Has  a  most  menacing  aspect;"  etc.,  with  the  note  "/«'*." 


ACT  i.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  121 

167/184.  Let  us  be  -widows  to  our  woes]  Hickson  illustrates  Shakspere's 
"certain  boldness  of  metaphor,  carried  sometimes  to  that  extreme  that  it  requires 
a  considerable  effort  of  the  understanding  to  follow  it,"  by  quoting  these  lines. 
I  confess  I  do  not  see  the  meaning  at  all  clearly  ;  it  seems  to  be  :  "Let  us  be 
widows  to  our  woes,  as  well  as  to  our  husbands ;  for  as  Creon  has  left  our  dead 
lords  unburied,  so  our  woes  have  been  left  unburied  by  Theseus."  I  only  throw 
out  this  as  the  best  explanation  I  can  attempt ;  and  as  Seward's  may  appear 
clearer  to  my  readers  than  it  does  to  me,  I  add  it.  "  Let  us  continue  still  in  the 
most  distress'd  Widow-hood  by  the  continuance  of  our  Woes.  The  expression 
tho'  not  quite  clear,  will  give  this  Sense  which  is  certainly  a  fine  one ;  and  in 
such  Writers  as  our  Authors  we  must  not  always  expect  that  Perspicuity  as  we 
meet  with  in  Poems  of  less  Depth.  For  this  reason  I  cannot  admit  a  Conjecture 
of  Mr  Sympson,  tho'  ...  it  is  undoubtedly  an  ingenious  one. 
Let  us  be  wedded  to  our  woes. " 

177/197.  Jove  from  a  synod}  The  regular  word  in  Sh.  for  an  assembly  of  the 
Gods  :  A.  Y.  L.,  III.  ii.  158  ;  Cor.,  V.  ii.  74 ;  Hml.,  II.  ii.  516 ;  Ant.  and  Cl.t 
III.  x.  5  ;  Cymb.,  V.  iv.  89.  Cf.  B.  and  F.,  The  Prophetess,  III.  iii.  :  "the 
synod  of  the  gods." 

179/199.  twinning  cherries]  Qo  twyning,  F2  and  ed.  1711,  tivining.  Altered 
by  Theobald.  See  Note,  II.  i.  64/70.  So  in  Wint.  T.,  I.  ii.  67,  "  We  were  as 
twyn'd  Lambs,"  is  the  Fol.  reading  (Schmidt),  and  Cleveland  spells  twinn'd 
with  one  «  (  Works,  ed.  1687).  Shaksp.  does  not  use  the  word  twinning  of  lips 
elsewhere ;  B.  and  F.  have  it,  Philaster,  II.  ii.  (Fol.  1679  :  tivirid  cherries,  cf. 
ib.  IV.  iii.),  and  Night  Walker,  III.  vi.  (Fol.  1679  :  two  twinri d  cherries}.  And 
cf.  Gesta  Grayorum  (Nicholls,  Progresses  of  Q.  Elizabeth,  vol.  II.  p.  7°)  : 

"  Musicke  is  the  soule  of  Measure,  speeding  both  in  equall  grace, 
Twines  are  they  begot  of  pleasure,  when  she  wishly  numbred  space.'' 

180/200.  tasteful]  Not  elsewhere  in  Sh. 

183/203.  Mars  spurn  his  drum]  Mars'  drum  is  mentioned  twice  again,  V.  i. 
63  and  V.  i.  86.  Sidney  Walker,  on  Ven.  and  Adon.,  xviii.  (Mars  .  .  .  "scorn- 
ing his  churlish  drum"),  notes  "giving  Mars  a  drum  instead  of  the  classical 
trumpet,"  and  refers  here  and  to  All's  Well,  III.  iii.  II.  But  Mars'  drum  is 
frequently  alluded  to  by  the  other  writers  of  the  time,  e.  g.  several  times  by  G. 
Peele. 

210/234.  For  success,  &°r.]  Alexandrine. 

212/236.  Follow  your  soldier.  As  before,  henceyou]  Mason.  Qo  to  ed.  1778,  Fol- 
low your  Soldier  (as  before)  hence  you.  ' '  The  sense  of  this  passage  is  obscured  by  the 
parenthesis  and  false  pointing  :  it  should  stand  thus —  ...  [as  in  the  text]  .  .  . 
The  first  three  words  are  addressed  to  the  Queens ;  the  remainder  to  Arbesius 
[sic],  whom  he  had  before  desired  to  draw  out  troops  for  the  enterprize.'' — Monck 
Mason.  Weber  quotes  this  note,  and  spells  Arbesius  in  the  direction  [Exit 
ARBESIUS],  but  rightly  in  the  text. 

2I3/i37-  Aulis]  Theobald.  O.  Edd.  Anly.  Theobald  proposed  Aulis, 
which  Seward  believes  to  be  "the  true  Word,"  although  "it  would  indeed  be 
more  convincing  were  there  a  River  of  that  Name,"  and  "  perhaps  Banks  may 
be  also  a  Corruption ;  it  might  have  been  At  the  Gates,  or  at  the  Port,  or  at  the 


122  Notes.  [ACT  i.  sc.  2. 

Back  of  Aulis."  But  bank,  as  Mr  Skeat  has  noted,  is  applied  by  Sh.  to  the  sea- 
margin  in  I  H.^.,  III.  i.  45  ;  and  (Schmidt  enables  me  to  add)  in  Sonn.,  Ivi.  it ; 
2  Jf.6.,  III.  ii.  83  ;  R.$.,  IV.  iv.  525  ;  and  sea-bank,  M.  ofV.,  V.  n  ;  Of  A.,  IV. 
i.  138.  The  reading  Aulis  is  probably  right ;  Seward's  geographical  objection 
("very  far-fetched  and  ridiculous,"  in  Weber's  opinion)  is  certainly  of  very  little 
weight.  It  is  a  curious  coincidence  that  in  Peele's  Battle  of  Alcazar,  III.  iii., 
"Lying  for  want  of  wind  in  Aulis'  gulf,"  the  Qo  reads  Aldest.  Cf.  "Aulis' 
strand,"  Peele,  Tale  of  Troy.  Heath  proposed  to  read  "Ilisse"  for  the  river 
Ilissus  (Dyce).  Dr  Ingleby  suggests  that  we  should  merely  invert  the  n  to  give 
us  Aiily.  But  is  for  y  would  have  been  a  very  likely  mistake  for  a  reader  of 
Elizabethan  handwriting  to  make.  Cf.  n.  III.  vi.  144/183. 

216/240.]  Explaining  the  fact  of  a  standing  army. 

217/241.  stamp.  .  .current. .  .token]  Seward  notes  that  the  sense  is  equivocal, 
referring  to  the  currency  of  coin  and  also  "to  his  Haste." 

223/248.  The  feast's  solempnity  Shall  want  till  your  return]  Edd.  1 750,  wait, 
which  Sidney  Walker  thinks  is  the  true  reading.  All  other  texts,  want,  which 
seems  genuine,  "signifying,  the  celebration  of  the  nuptials  should  remain 
incomplete  till  his  return,  as  Pirithous  had  rather  accompany  Theseus  than  stay 
behind  to  be  his  proxy,  as  the  latter  desires''  (Edd.  1778)-  Solemnity  is  here 
used  in  the  second  sense  given  by  Dr  Schmidt :  ' '  awful  grandeur,  stateliness, 
dignity,"  and  not  in  the  first  and  commoner  one  :  "  ceremony  performed  (especi- 
ally of  the  celebration  of  nuptials,  cf.  solemn),"  v.  Schmidt,  s.  v. ;  Dryden,  Globe 
ed.  p.  97  ;  and  Furness,  Variorum  Macbeth,  III.  vi.  8. 

233/260.  being  sensually  subdued]  cf.  A  King  and  No  King,  IV.  iv. : 

"  Know  that  I  have  lost, 
The  only  difference  betwixt  man  and  beast, 
My  reason." 

Scene  2. 

Ascribed  to  Shakspere  and  Fletcher.  That  Spalding  had  a  sense  of 
some  incongruity  may  be  inferred  from  his  criticism: — "The  scene,  though 
not  lofty  in  tone,  does  not  want  interest,  and  contains  some  extremely  original 
illustrations."  Hickson,  after  a  review  to  which  I  need  only  refer  (p.  36*) 
concludes  :  "We  think  that  either  Shakspere  and  Fletcher  wrote  the  scene  in 
conjunction,  or  that  it  was  originally  written  by  Fletcher,  and  afterwards  re- 
vised and  partially  rewritten  by  Shakspere.  From  the  entrance  of  Valerius, 
however,  it  appears  to  be  entirely  by  the  latter."  (Does  it  not  therefore  appear 
more  likely  that  the  view  put  forward  by  Spalding,  and  upheld  by  Messrs  Dyce, 
Skeat,  and  Swinburne, — that  Shakspere  was  the  first  sketcher  of  the  piece, 
Fletcher  the  "padder;"  that  the  play  is  "gilt  o'er-dusted, "  rather  than  "dust 
that  is  a  little  gilt," — gives  after  all  the  true  explanation  of  the  mystery?  Spec- 
ulation on  this  point,  however,  must  to  a  very  great  extent  depend  upon  con- 
jecture and  individual  opinion,  founded  on  certain  modes  of  regarding  the  work.) 
Compare  with  the  scene,  The  Captain,  II.  i.,  and  The  Double  Marriage,  II.  iii. 
(and  with  this,  II.  ii.  of  the  present  play). 

16/17.  Martialist]  Not  elsewhere  in  Sh. ;  B.  and  F.  have  it  twice,  A  King 


ACT  i.  sc.  2.]  Notes.  123 

and  No  King,  II.  ii. ;  and  The  Laws  of  Candy,  V.  i.     Cf.  Spanish  Tragedy,  I. 
pp.  8,  9.     (Hazlitt's  Dodsley,  vol.  v.)     See  Hickson  on  this  speech,  p.  36*. 

18/20.  flurted\  flurt-gills  occurs  once  in  Sh.,  flurt  never.  Nares,  quoting  one 
instance  (from  Peele's  Old  Wives  Tale,  1595)  has  "Flurting,  Scorning?"  Exam- 
ples of  the  words  flurt  andflirt  may  be  found  in  B.  and  F.  The  Pilgrim,  I  i.  : 
"I'll  not  be  fool'd,  nor  flurted  ! "  Rule  a  Wife,  III.  v.  :  "a  flirted  fool." 
Span.  Curate,  V.  ii.,  "  flirts  "  =  tricks.  Cf.  also  Hudibras,  I.  450;  Chapman, 
May  Day,  II.  iii. :  "If  you  think  good,  you  may  flirt  away  again  as  soon  as  you 
see  him"  (ed.  Shepherd,  p.  282  b).  Hazl.  Dodsl.  vii.  295  (v.  n. )  :  "Mistress 
Flirt — yea,  foul  strumpet,  Light-a-love,  short-heels."  Mr  Seward,  pref.  B. 
and  F.,  p.  lix.,  ed.  1750,  says  .  .  "it  is  still  the  fashion  to  flurt  at  the 
names  of  Critic  and  Commentator,  and  almost  to  treat  the  very  science 
with  derision."  ' '  To  flirt  a  fan  "  is  still  a  common  expression,  and  Dr  Nichol- 
son gives  me  the  following  lesson  on  flirtation: — "Though  a  flirt  in  our 
sense,  and  in  the  much  stronger  Elizabethan  sense,  was  probably  of  the  same 
origin  withflurf  (scorn),  yet  they  branched  off"  sufficiently  to  be  considered  two 
words.  The  original  meaning  seems  (as  rightly  given  by  Richardson)  to  be  to 
toss.  To  flirt  or  flurt  water  by  an  action  of  the  finger  and  thumb  is  still  in  use  ; 
and  from  this  action — still  a  disdainful  movement  in  common  use — it  came  to 
signify  to  scorn,  jeer,  or  cast  a  disdainful  joke  upon.  That  it  arose  thus  or  from 
any  other  casting,  just  as  we  have  the  metaphoric  phrase  of  "  casting  mud  on 
one,"  is  shewn  by  quotations  from  Udall  and  Milton  in  Richardson,  the  very 
happy  and  idiomatic  use  of  it  in  Quarles,  given  by  Halliwell  and  Wright  in 
Nares,  as  by  "flurted  fool "  in  B.  and  F.  Commentators  on  Sh.  have  I  think 
erred  in  giving  flurt  in  flurt-gill,  R.  and  J.,  II.  iv.,  the  mere  sense  of  flirt — a 
woman  of  light  behaviour.  Gill-flirt  about  1 700  seems  to  have  had  that  meaning, 
but  if  one  looks  well  into  what  the  Nurse  meant,  and  compares  it  with  B.  and  F. 
flurt-gillian,  it  will  be  evident  that  she  means  '  I  am  none  of  your  light  wenches, 
that  you  can  jeer  and  flout.' "  That  the  word  denoted  any  quick  tossing  move- 
ment, is  shewn  from  the  reference  to  Hudibras  above  : 

"  His  draggling  Tail  hung  in  the  Dirt, 
Which  on  his  Rider  he  wou'd  flurt." 

Ed.  Z.  Grey,  Pt.  I.  c.  i.  I.  450. 

The  Rev.  A.  S.  Palmer  has  given  ("Leaves  from  a  Word-hunter's  Note- 
book," pp.  33  —40)  reasons  for  believing  that  these  are  but  secondary  meanings 
of  the  word,  and  that  it  is  originally  "nothing  else  but  a  slightly  contracted 
form  of  the  French  fleureter  (fcomfleur),  to  go  a-flowering,  or,  as  old  Cotgrave 
gives  it  in  his  dictionary  (1660),  '  Fleureter,  lightly  to  pass  over  ;  only  to  touch 
a  thing  in  going  by  it  (metaphorically  from  the  little  Bee's  nimble  skipping  from 
flower  to  flower  as  she  feeds) ; '  and  so  the  cognate  word  in  Spanish,  florear,  means 
'  to  dally  with,  to  trifle  '  (Stevens,  1706)."  See  the  entire  note. 

24/25.  purge  For  her  repletion]  For,  against,  as  a  remedy  for.  "For  (in  oppo- 
sition to)  :  hence  'to  prevent.'"  Abbott,  Sh.  Gr.,  §  154.  Repletion  not  elsewhere 
found  in  Sh. 

24/25.  retain]  i.  e.  employ,  take  into  service,  as  in  Henry  VIII,  I.  ii.  192.  Cf. 
retainer,  a  person  so  retained.  Heath  proposed  reclaim;  Mr  Skeat  "would 


124  Notes.  [ACT  i.  sc.  2. 

rather  read  regain ;  at  any  rate  that  is  the  sense  intended. "  (But  then,  would 
not  regain  anew  be  the  same  as  saying  gain  anew  anew  ?) 

41/45.  As  they  are  here,  were  to  be  strangers,  and  such  things  to  be,  mere  mon- 
sters] Mason  first  placed  the  comma  after  here,  the  O.  Edd.  put  it  after  are.  The 
second  line  has  no  comma  after  to  be  in  any  preceding  edition.  I  am  indebted  to 
Dr  Nicholson  for  the  reading  and  explanation: — "It  does  not  matter  to  the 
sense  whether  we  punctuate  are,  here  or  are  here,  but  the  latter  seems  to  me  more 
idiomatic  and  rhythmical,  and  in  such  things  the  authority  of  the  old  editions 
is  no  authority.  But  Weber's  explanation  of  the  rest  is  quite  incorrect,  and  the 
true  sense  requires  a  comma,  as  I  have  placed  it,  after  be.  '  Not  to  be  as  they 
are,'  says  Arcite,  'were  to  be  strangers,  and  tp  be  such  things  [as  they  are] 
[were  to  be]  mere  monsters.'  The  form  of  thought  and  expression  is  as  in  a 
previous  passage  : 

.  .  .  for  not  to  swim,  &c. 
.  .  .  and  to  follow,  &c. 

I  am  surprised  that  Dyce,  with  his  great  knowledge  of  Elizabethan  English, 
did  not  see  this."  The  note  in  Weber  (which  Mr  Skeat  quotes)  is :  "  Arcite 
says,  '  If  we  were  not  exactly  as  they  are,  we  should  be  here  (in  Thebes)  strangers, 
and  such  things  as  would  be  considered  mere,  that  is,  absolute,  monsters,  or 
things  out  of  the  common  track  of  human  customs.' " 
46/51.  Where  there  is  faith]  i.  e.  self-reliance. 

51/56.  haply  so  long  untill]  Sidney  Walker  queries  "haply  so  long  ////." 
With  the  double  sense,  cf.  Cymb.,  III.  iii.  21-6. 

6 1/66.  a  plantain]  Qo  plantin.  ¥2  plantain.  The  word  is  spelt  Plantan  in 
Fol.  1623,  being  found  in  L.  L.  L.,  III.  i.  74,  and  Rom.  and  Jul.,  I.  ii.  52. 
"The  leaves  of  the  plantain  (the  herb  so  called, — plantago  major,  —  not  the 
tree)  were  supposed  to  have  great  efficacy  in  healing  wounds,  stanching  blood, 
&c." — Dyce.  See  A  Physical  Directory,  by  Nich.  Culpeper,  3rd  ed.  Lond.  1651, 
p.  24,  a:  ...  "Outwardly  it  cleers  the  sight,  takes  away  inflamations,  Scabs, 
Itch,  the  Shingles,  and  all  spreading  sores,  and  is  as  wholesome  a  Herb  as  can 
grow  about  a  house." 

63/71-72.]  This  passage  in  the  O.  Edd.  reads: — (Qo) 
A  most  unbounded  Tyrant,  whose  successes 
Makes  heaven  unfeard,  and  villany  assured 
Beyond  its  power :  there's  nothing  almost  puts 
Faith  in  a  feavour,  &c. 

And  this  was  altered  in  1 750  (followed  by  Mason  and  Weber)  to : 
Make  Heaven  unfear'd,  and  Villany  assurd 
Beyond  its  PovJr  there's  Nothing ;  almost  puts,  &c. 

Seward  explaining:  "The  Successes  of  the  Tyrant  makes  Heav'n  unfear'd, 
and  Villany  assur'd  that  nothing  is  beyond  its  Povv'r  ;  which  almost  staggers  the 
Faith  of  good  Men,  and  makes  them  think  that  Chance,  and  not  a  just  Provi- 
dence, governs  the  World."  Notice  that  Seward  makes  the  very  "mistake"  he 
corrects :  successes  makes.  But  in  fact  it  is  only  ignorance  of  Shaksperian  usage 
that  has  led  editors  to  admit  any  change  in  either  the  noun  or  the  verb  here.  See 
Abbott's  Sh.  Gr.,  §  333,  for  an  accurate  statement  of  the  case.  Edd.  1778  offer 


ACT  I.  sc.  2.]  Notes.  125 

an  explanation  "which  can  satisfy  no  one,  and  renders  the  rest  of  the  sentence 
entirely  devoid  of  meaning"  (Weber). 

Whose  successes 

Make  Ileav'n  unfeard,  and  villainy  assured, 
Beyond  its  powtr ;  there's  nothing  almost  puts 
Faith  in  a  fever,  &c. 

The  "first  line  and  half"  of  which  "plainly  signifies,  that    '  Creon's  success 
diminishes  our  fear  of  the  gods,  by  making  us  suppose  that  guilt  can  oppose 
their  power,  and  defend  itself  from  their  justice.' — ITS  pmver  refers  to  Heav'n, 
not  to  villainy.     The  next  sentence  a  pears  to  be  incomplete,  probably  by  a 
casual  omission,  or  possibly  on  purpose  broken  off  abruptly  ;  if  the  latter,  there 
should  be  a  dash  after  voluble  chance"  (which  dash  the  Edd.  accordingly  plant  in 
their  text).     Heath  and  Knight  read  success.     Mr  Skeat  reads  : 
Make  Heaven  unfear'd,  and  villainy  assurd, 
Beyond  its  power  there's  nothing :  &c. 

But — not  to  take  exception  to  make — why  should  there  be  a  comma  after  assured? 
Its,  v.  Trench,  Eng.  Past  and  Pres.,  p.  126  (3rd  ed. ). 

67/74.  Vohible\  Not  so  accented  elsewhere  in  Shakspere  (who  always  uses  it 
of  discourse  =:  fluent).  vSluble,  L.  L.  L.,  II.  i.  96  ;  Errors,  II.  i.  92.  How- 
ever, we  can  never  infer  accent  safely  from  the  initial  foot  of  English  blank- 
verse.  In  Par.  Lost,  IV.  594,  Milton  has  volubil  in  the  classical  sense,  as  here. 
For  the  formation,  cf.  debile,  Cor.,  I.  ix. 

70/77.  And  what  they  win  in  'f,  boot  and  glory ;  one\  Daniel  Qo,  boot  and 
glory  on  That  fear es,  &c.  T.  C.  D.  Qo  and  ¥2  place  a  semicolon  after  on; 
Seward  reads  boot  and  glory  too  ;  which  all  modern  editors  have  accepted.  Dr 
Nicholson  thinks  it  "  more  after  the  old  style  to  read  :  And  what  they  win  in  V, 
boots  and  glories  on.  This  seems  to  me  like  one  of  the  fuller  sentences  which 
Shakspere  in  his  later  writings  affected,  for  besides  the  general  meaning  that  he 
appropriated  all  and  made  their  renown  his,  the  words  are  so  chosen  as  to 
convey  this,  that  he  seized  on  all,  their  material  boot  and  their  material  glory, 
and  also  that  tyrant-like  he  gloried  in  his  act  of  appropriation."  But  Dr  J.  K. 
Ingram  has  suggested  what  only  needed  suggesting  to  be  admitted  the  right 
reading  : — "  .  .  .  But  is  it  not  likely  that  the  reading  in  the  old  edition  [Daniel 
Qo]  is  right,  wanting  only  a  stop?  boot  and  glory  ;  on  That  fears  not,  etc.  on,  as 
usual,  representing  our  one."  For  this  spelling  of  one,  cf.  I.  iii.  85,  Qo  :  humd 
on  From,  &c. ,  and  Love's  L.  L.,  Booth's  reprint  Fi,  p.  133.  See  Collier's  n. 
Macb.,  II.  ii.  63,  Furness,  p.  107.  Moreover,  the  word  is  vulgarly  pronounced 
•wan  in  Ireland  at  the  present  day ;  this  would  explain  the  phonetic  spelling  (want 
won,  'on)  on  ;  as  the  English  (one,  wun)  'un. 

72/79.  sibbe]  akin. 

79/8  r.  in  blood,  unless  in  quality]  not  in  kin,  unless  in  kind.  Cf.  M.  of  V.t 
II.  iii.  :  "  though  I  am  a  daughter  to  his  blood,  I  am  not  to  his  manners."  Cf. 
the  beginning  of  this  scene 

86/95.  whipstock]  Phoebus'  "whip  of  steel,  Whose  bitter  smart  he  made  his 
horses  feel,"  and  "his  fiery  whip,"  mentioned  in  Beaumont's  transl.  Salmons  and 
Hermaphrodites. 


126  Notes.  [ACT  i.  sc.  3. 

88/98.  Small -unnds  shake  him}  cf.  Cymb.,  II.  iii.  136  :  "  South-fog  rot  him." 

96/107.  Thirds  his  own  worth}  An  easy  ellipsis  :  "What  man  (is  there,  but 
that  he)  Thirds  his  power,"  &c. 

106/120.  intelligence]  "  i.  e.  messenger,  as  in  K.  John,  IV.  ii.  116 :  'Oh, 
where  hath  our  intelligence  been  drunk?'  " — Skeat.  Schmidt,  on  the  same  line 
in  K.  John  and  I  H.  IV.,  IV  iii.  98,  says:  "Abstr.  pro concr.  =  spy,  informer." 
It  is  worth  adding  that  intelligence  is  therefore  not  (as  Mr  Skeat  seems  to  take  it) 
an  exact  equivalent  for  intelligencer,  i.  e.  "one  who  entertains  the  communication 
and  discourse  between  two  parties — an  agent,  mediator." — Schmidt. 

109/124.  come]  Qo.  doth  is  understood  before  come. 

127.  before]  further  than.  Quite  a  different  use  from  the  word  in  Coriol.,  I. 
iv. :  "  Now  put  your  shields  before  your  hearts,  and  fight  with  hearts  more  proof 
than  shields." 

Scene  3. 

Spalding  and  Hickson  agree  in  praising  this  scene  very  highly,  and  Lamb  has 
selected  the  episode  of  Flavina  as  one  of  his  specimens  from  the  Play.  "  Much 
of  this  scene  has  Shakspeare's  stamp  deeply  cut  upon  it :  it  is  probably  all  his. " 
— Spalding,  Letter,  p.  33. 

5/6.  To  dare  ill-dealing  fortune]  O.  Edd.  Weber,  Mason,  and  Knight  read 
dure.  Seward,  Edd.  1778,  cure.  Sympson  conj.  dare  (which  Seward  says  "may 
signify  to  bid  defiance  to : "  and  probably  Sympson  so  understood  it  too).  Dyce 
and  Skeat  read  dare,  quoting  Heath  :  "that,  if  possible,  he  may  defy  Fortune  to 
disappoint  him,"  v.  Dyce,  n.  But  the  word,  as  Dr  Nicholson  notes,  if  the  right 
reading,  is  here  used  in  the  more  significant  "  fowling  and  hawking  sense  of  ter- 
rifying till  it  lay  still  and  subdued,  or  not  daring  flight,  fled  crouching  on  the 
earth.  See  a  very  good  note  on  the  word  with  quotations  in  Nares.  The  same 
sense  renders  the  supposed  obscure  passage  in  Meas.  for  Meas.,  IV.  iv.,  perfectly 
intelligible.  '  When  she  thinks  over  it, '  says  Angelo,  '  reason  will  so  terrify  her 
that  she  will  lie  quiet  and  not  tongue  ; '  the  reference  being  to  the  fact  that  birds 
become  silent  when  the  hawk  is  circling  aloft."  See  Richardson,  s.  v.  Dare ; 
and  cf.  Chapman,  The  Gentleman  Usher,  I.  i.  (p.  78,  ed.  Shepherd) :  — 
"  A  cast  of  falcons  on  their  merry  wings, 

Daring  the  stooped  prey,  that  shifting  flies. " 

Schmidt  refers  to  H.%.,  III.  ii.  282,  and  ff.$.,  IV.  ii.  36.    And  cf.  Lucrece,  506— 
511.     However,  cf.  III.  vi.  10. 

7/9.  His  ocean  needs  not,  &c.]  Weber  compares  Ant.  and  Cleop.,  III.  xii. 
8 — 10. 

21/24.  women  That  have  sod  their  infants  in,  &c.]  There  is  a  somewhat  simi- 
lar allusion  (though  under  very  different  circumstances)  in  The  Sea  Voyage, 
III.  L  :— 

"...  Unroasted  or  unsod  ? 
Mor.  I  have  read  in  stories — 
Lam.   Of  such  restoring  meats  we  have  examples, 
Thousand  examples,  and  allowed  for  excellent ; 
Women  that  have  eat  their  children,  men 
Their  slaves,  nay  their  brothers,"  &c. 


ACT  i.  sc.  3.]  Notes.  127 

The  Sea  Voyage  was  licensed  June  22nd,  1622  (Darley.  See  Ward,  Eng.  Dram. 
Lit.,  II.  218,  on  "  the  revolting  realism  of  much  in  this  play,  and  in  the  midst  of 
its  fanciful  connection,"  &c.)  Cf.  Pericles,  I.  iv.  42—50.  "Probably,"  Dr 
Nicholson  writes,  "  the  main  instance  that  gave  rise  to  these  allusions  was  The 
Siege  of  ^Jerusalem .  Nashe's  book  was  very  popular,  and  it  was  probably  alluded 
to  in  sermons  constantly."  I  have  since  noted,  apropos  of  this,  in  Love's  Cure, 
II.  i.  :  "I  say  unto  thee,  one  pease  was  a  soldier's  provant  a  whole  day  at  the 
destruction  of  Jerusalem."  Mr  Skeat  refers  to  Josephus,  Wars  of  the  Jtws,  VI. 

3,4- 

27/34.  sports']  Coleridge  conj.  imports — "a  wretched  conjecture  !  "  Dyce. 

37/44 — 7.]  Seward,  finding  the  expression  here  obscure,  has  repaired  it  :  "I 
will  not  obtrude  my  Conjecture  upon  the  Reader,  as  the  Original ;  it  departs 
rather  too  far  from  the  Trace  of  the  Letters,  but  it  is  offer'd  as  what  I  could  have 
wish'd  the  Poets  to  have  wrote. 

They  have  shift 

Torrents,  whose  roaring  Tyranny  and  Power 
P  th'  best  of  Ships  were  dreadful ; 

i.  e.  in  a  small  Skiff  they  have  endur'd  Storms  which  would  have  been  terrible  to 
the  largest  Ships."  To  which  Edd.  1778  add  :  "The  text  is  obscure,  but  the 
conjectural  reading  ridiculous.  The  sense  seems  to  be  '  That  the  very  least  of 
their  dangers  and  distresses  was  dreadful.'  "  The  meaning  seems  to  Weber  to  be  : 
"  Peril  and  want  contending  who  should  injure  them  most,  they  have  passed  in  a 
slight  bark  over  torrents  whose  roaring  tyranny  and  power,  even  when  at  the 
minimum  of  power,  were  dreadful."  Clearly  it  is  :  contending  against  peril  and 
want,  &c.  Compare  the  speech  with  Coriol.,  IV.  iv.  13  seqq. 

67/77.  oh  {then  but  beginning  To  swell  about  the  blossom}  she  would  long]  This 
is  the  reading  of  the  old  editions  ;  Seward  and  other  editors  include  oh  in  the 
parenthesis.  Sidney  Walker  writes  "Dele  O."  This  certainly  is  necessary  if  we 
wish  to  regulate  the  metre,  and  Dyce  adopts  Walker's  suggestion.  The  irregu- 
larity of  the  metre,  as  well  as  the  inappropriateness  of  the  parenthesis,  have  sug- 
gested to  me  that  possibly  the  words  (then  but  beginning  To  swell  about  the  blossotrf) 
were  interpolated  by  Fletcher,  and  the  lines  originally  read  : 

Theflowre  that  /  would  plucke 
And  put  betweene  my  breasts, — oh,  she  would  long 
Till  she  had  such  another,  &c. 

In  any  case,  oh  should  be  read  with  she  would  long.  The  statement  cannot  be 
objected  to  physiologically,  but  it  certainly  seems  a  superfluous  piece  of  informa- 
tion from  a  dramatic  point  of  view.  Dr  Ingleby  thinks  that  "if  the  parenthesis 
*had  been  Fl.'s  interpolation,  the  '  oh '  would  have  gone  with  '  she '  in  next  line. 
The  '  oh '  now  seems  to  me  an  impertinence.  Why  not  put  it  [oh]  ?  " 

72/82.]  The  reading  in  the  text  (from  ed.  1778,  and  so  all  subseq.  edd.)  may 
be  explained  :  "  Met  fancy  (which  was  sure  to  be  pretty,  even  in  her  most  care- 
less dress)  I  copied  in  my  most  studied  adornments  "  (Colman,  ed.  177^)- 

75/85.  humm'd one}  O.  Edd.  on.  Seward  changed  to  one;  v.  n.  I.  ii.  70/77. 
Weber  replaces  the  old  reading,  thinking  it  "  far  better."  No  subsequent  editor, 
except  Mr  Tyrrell,  has  agreed  with  him. 


128  Notes.  [ACT  i.  sc.  3. 

77/87.  sojourn  (rather,  dwell  on),}  The  editors,  1778,  give  "the  following 
very  ingenious  remark  "  from  Dr  Dodd  : — "  Do  not  the  last  words  sound  as  if 
they  had  been  a  marginal  note  of  some  critic,  or  a  remark  of  a  prompter  ?  "  The 
editors  add  :  "  The  conjecture  is  so  very  probable,  and  the  passage  would  be  so 
much  amended,  we  are  almost  inclined  to  discard  the  words."  But  the  words 
are  by  no  means  synonymous :  dwdl  on  denoting  far  longer  duration  than  sojourn,  — • 
and  Emilia  is  the  "critic"  who  corrects  herself. 

78/88.  This  rehearsal  ( Which,  every  innocent  wots  well,  comes  in  Like  old  im- 
portmenfs  bastard]  has  this  end,}  This  passage  as  here  given  may  be  paraphrased  : 
"  The  end  of  this  long  relation  (rehearsal),  as  every  innocent  is  aware,  comes  in 
like  the  '  illegitimate  conclusion  '  of  a  long  story  told  very  consequentially 
\old-importment ;  or  else  ?  bastard  •=.  hybrid,  abortive  offspring  (cf.  Comzts, 
727),  ==  full  of  sound  and  fury,  signifying  nothing,  '  ridiculus  mus '],  simply  means 
that  the  love,"  &c.  I  only  attempt  that  explanation,  as  I  do  not  understand 
those  given  by  my  predecessors  ;  however,  in  the  hope  that  others  may,  I  add 
their  various  readings  and  interpretations.  Qo  has  : 

This  rehearsall 

( Which  fury-innocent  wots  well)  comes  in 
Like  old  importments  bastard,  has  this  end, 

F2  and  ed.  1711  variations  being:  rehearsal:  fury[pm.  -]  innocent:  importments 
[-"\bastard:  and  «?</[:].  Sympson  and  Edd.  1778  read:  Which  surely  Innocence 
wots  well).  Monck  Mason  would  read  "  emportment,  from  the  French  emportement, 
which  signifies  passion,  or  transport, "  and  wot  I  well  instead  oiwots  well ;  his  paren- 
thesis then  being  :  ( Which  fury  innocent,  wot  I  well,  comes  in  Like  old  emportmenf  s 
bastard)  has  this  end, — "  And  Emilia's  meaning  is  this — This  recital,  the  innocent 
enthusiasm  of  which,  I  well  know,  comes  in  like  the  spurious  offspring,  the  faint 
resemblance,  of  the  passion  I  formerly  felt  for  Flavina,  is  intended  to  prove,  that 
the  love  between  maid  and  maid  may  be  stronger  than  that  between  persons  of 
different  sexes."  Weber  explains:  "This  rehearsal  of  our  affections  (which 
every  innocent  soul  well  knows  comes  in  like  the  mere  bastard,  the  faint  shadow 
of  the  true  import,  the  real  extent  of  our  natural  affections)  has  this  end,  or  pur- 
pose, to  prove  that  the  love  between  two  virgins  may  be,"  &c.  Dr  Nicholson 
notes  that  "  If  I  understand  Weber's  interpretation  aright,  that  the  love  of  two 
innocents  is  the  rehearsal  of  'the  real  nature  of  our  natural  affections,'  then 
Emilia  is  made  by  calling  it  Importments  bastard  to  contradict  her  own  conclu- 
sion that  the  true  love  of  maid  and  maid  exceeds  the  love  of  the  sexes.  Hence 
Mason's  explanation  is  right,  and  this  is  further  shown  by  the  word  old,  which 
both  refers  to  passed  affection,  and  expresses  (as  often)  the  strength  of  that  im- 
portment.  See  Todd,  Nares,  etc.  s.  v.  Old."  Lamb  first  introduced  the  read- 
ing every  innocent  for  fury-innocent.  The  mistake  is  obvious,  f  for  e,  '  every ' 
being  spelt  (as  commonly)  'eury.'  Seward  compares  M.  N.  D.,  III.  ii.,  and  Mr 
Skeat  The  Lover's  Progress,  II.  i.,  for  the  general  sense  of  the  passage.  Mr 
Skeat  frees  old  Importment's  character  from  all  imputations,  by  changing  the  line 
to  "  [Comes  in  with  this  importment]  has  this  end." 

82/92.  sex  dividual]  Seward  and  Sympson's  correction  ;  the  O.  Edd.  sex  in- 
dividual (Qo  indivuiuall).  Dr  C.  M.  Ingleby  informs  me  that  this  misprint  also 


ACT  i.  sc.  4.]  Notes.  139 

occurs  in  Sir  E.  Brydges'  ed.  of  Milton,  P.  L.  xii.  85  ;  "no  individual  being"— 
in  1st  ed.  ;  "dividual  being  "  in  Todd's  and  Masson's  edd. 

96/109.  /  am  not  against  your  faith,  Yet  I  continue  mine]  Sidney  Walker 
queries  : 

1  am  not\_ 

Against  your  faith,  yet  I  continue  mine. 

Scene  4. 

Misprinted  Scene  VI.  in  ed.  1750. 

"The  phraseology  of  this  short  scene  is  like  Shakspeare's,  being  brief  and 
energetic,  and  in  one  or  two  instances  passing  into  quibbles." — Spalding,  Letter, 
p.  36.  "...  the  mark  of  Shakspere's  hand  too  strongly  to  be  mistaken." — 
Hickson,  p.  37*. 

13/15.  what  are  those  i\  There  is  no  stage  direction  here,  as  the  'warning* 
at  1.  68  (margin)  of  the  preceding  sctne  was  sufficient.  Dyce  wrongly  heads  the 
scene  :  "Dead  bodies  lying  on  the  ground ;  among  them  Palamon  and  Arcite." 
The  Kinsmen,  as  the  old  direction  shows,  are  borne  in  on  "  hearses." 

18/20.  smear' d  with  prey\  See  Critical  Notes  (and  Preface  to  Qo  reprint  for 
complete  list  of  the  variations  between  the  two  copies  of  the  quarto  collated  by 
me).  Dyce  notes  "  smear'd.  So  the  folio  of  1679  (Qy.  if  rightly  ?) — The  quarto 
has  '  succard.'  "  Mr  Skeat  was  not  aware  of  the  reading  of  the  Daniel  Qo  when 
he  noted  (p.  91)  that  Dyce  was  wrong,  as  Dyce  was  similarly  ignorant  of  the 
other  reading.  Smear  is  regularly  used  by  Sh.  in  this  sense :  cf.  Cor.,  I.  vi.  69. 

22/25.  We  'leave]  "  It  is  just  questionable  whether  We  leave  be  not  a  misprint 
for  believe,  as  in  II.  iv.  19/28." — Dr  Ingleby.  We  Cleave  (believe),  says  the  herald 
doubtfully;  "'Tis  right,  those,  those,"  exclaims  Theseus. 

31/36.  convent}  Summon.  Meas.,  V.  158;  ff.8.,  V.  i.  52;  Cor.,  II.  ii.  58. 
Schmidt. 

32/37.  niggard]  a  verb.     v.  Abbott,  Sh.  Gr.  Introd. ;  cf.  Sonn.  I.  12. 

40/45  —9]  On  this  "  cataloguing  of  circumstances  altogether  peculiar  to 
Shakspere,"  see  Hickson,  p.  32*,  and  the  quotations  from  Hamlet  and  Trail. 
The  passage  appeared  to  Monck  Mason  to  be  "a  strange  nonsensical  bombastical 
rhapsody,  incapable  of  explanation. " 

Since  1  have  knowne  frights,  fury,  friends,  beheastes, 
Loves,  provocations,  zeal,  a  mistris  Taske, 
Desire  of  liberty,  afeavour,  madnes, 
Hath  set  a  marke  which  nature  could  not  reach  too 
Without  some  imposition,  sicknes  in  will,  &c.]  Qo. 

Theseus'  meaning  is  plain  enough  ;  the  only  difficulty  is,  how  far  should  we  im- 
prove on  that  meaning  by  altering  the  old  punctuation  or  even  the  old  read- 
ing. Dyce,  inter  alia,  reads  fighfs  fury,  suggested  (to  his  authority,  Heath,  who 
read  :  fights,  fury,}  probably  by  the  fact  that  a  battle  had  just  been  '  struck  '  (the 
technical  phrase).  Theseus  directs  that  the  prisoners  shall  be  removed  from  all 
sights  that  might  be  suggestive  of  their  captivity  and  so  hinder  their  recovery, 
since  he  knows  that,  among  other  causes,  "desire  of  liberty"  hath  sometimes 
produced  a  degree  of  mental  apathy  or  delirium  ("  set  a  marke"  of  "  sickness  in 
b  9 


Notes.  [ACT  i.  sc.  5. 

will  or  wrestling  strength  in  reason  "y  which  ("  nature  could  not  reach  to,")  could 
only  be  combated  by  practising  some  deception.  Compare  what  the  Doctor  says 
of  the  daughter's  "wrestling  strength  in  reason"  (in  her  case  produced  by 
"  Love's  provocations  ") :  "  It  is  a  falsehood  she  is  in,  which  is  with  falsehoods  to 
be  combated"  IV.  iii.  81/87.  I  only  admit  the  following  changes  :  friends'  behests, 
Love's  provocations,  .  .  misfris'  taske ;  and  enclose  the  words  "Which  nature 
could  not  reach  to  without  some  imposition "  in  a  parenthesis,  to  indicate 
that  they  refer  to  the  first  order:  "Bear  them  hence,"  &c.  Alternatives 
Are  enumerated,  each  separately  governing  Hath.  (Imposition  might  else 
mean  penalty,  equivalent  surrender,  quittance  ;  viz. — sickness  in  will,  or  wrestling 
strength  in  reason  =  mental  apathy,  or  delirium.)  fright  •=.  "violent  fear, 
terror;"  zeal-=.  "intense  and  eager  interest  or  endeavour"  (Schmidt).  If  this 
arrangement  makes  sense,  it  has  the  old  text  to  authorise  it,  but  my  prede- 
cessors have  not  been  satisfied  with  the  old  text,  and  still  less  with  one  another's 
amendments. 

All  the  Edd.  from  Seward  read  mistress"  task ;  all  (except  Edd.  1778,  who 
follow  Qo),  friends'  behests,  Love's  provocations.  Seward  proposed  ' '  T  hath  set, ' 
which  all  Edd.,  except  Knight  and  Skeat,  adopt.  Seward  also  transposed  the 
lines,  inserting  Sickness  .  .  .  reason,  after  madness,  and  Edd.  1778  accept  this 
derangement.  Heath  proposed  fights,  fury,  friends'  behests,  and  Have  for  Hath. 
Dyce  added  two  original  changes  to  those  he  adopted  from  Seward,  viz.,  fight' i 
fury,  and  zeal  \in~\  a  mistress'  task.  If  we  agree  to  disregard  the  old  text,  Mr 
Skeat's  readings  and  interpretation  seem  the  most  probable  : — 

Since  I  have  known  fight's  fury,  friends'  behests, 

Love's  provocations,  zeal  [in]  a  mistress'  task 

Desire  of  liberty a  fever,  madness 

Hath  set  a  mark,  &c. 

Mr  Skeat  understands  that  before  Hath,  and  explains  :  "For  I  have  known  the 
fury  of  fight,  the  requisitions  of  friends,  the  provocations  of  love,  the  zeal  em- 
ployed in  executing  a  mistress'  task,  or  the  desire  of  liberty,  — to  be  (or,  to  amount 
to)  a  fever  or  a  madness,  which  has  proposed  an  aim  (or  endeavours)  which  the 
man's  natural  strength  could  not  attain  to,  without  at  least  some  forcing,  or  some 
fainting  of  the  will,  or  some  severe  struggle  in  the  mind.  .  .  .  Imposition 
means  demand  or  requirement,  in  an  excessive  degree." 

Scene  5. 

"  The  last  scene  of  this  act  is  of  a  lyrical  cast,  and  comprised  in  a  few  lament- 
ations spoken  by  the  widowed  queens  over  the  corpses  of  their  dead  lords." — 
Spalding,  Letter,  p.  36.  "The  internal  evidence  in  the  fifth  scene,  which  is  a 
dirge,  is  not  so  strong  ;  it  is  the  only  scene  throughout  the  entire  play  -with  regard  to 
which  we  entertain  doubt;  but  we  incline  to  the  belief  that  it  is  by  Shakspere." 
— Hickson,  p.  37*.  It  is  only  out  of  deference  to  the  authority  of  these  critics 
that  I  have  inclined  to  the  same  belief ;  at  the  same  time,  the  evidence  seems  to 
me  to  point  rather  the  other  way.  The  final  couplet  is  (I  think)  not  to  be  con- 
sidered as  evidence,  being  probably  not  original.  The  epithet  "quick-eyed,"  a 
favourite  one  with  Fletcher,  does  nol  occur  once  in  Shakspere  (v.  Schmidt,  p. 


ACT  i.  sc.  5.]  Notes.  131 

1435)  ;   and  the  whole  tone  of  the  song  seems  to  me  Fletcherian. 

1 1/ 10.  hoiisholds  grave:}  Qo  hous  hold's  grave  : ,  ¥2  graver  [om.  :],  ed.  1711 
graves.  "Mr  Dyce  wrongly  ascribes  the  last  reading  to  Seward  instead  of  Ton- 
son,"  1711  (Mr  Skeat).  "  Each  king,"  as  Knight  discovered,  "  had  one  grave." 

15/16.  This  world's  a  city]  I  have  to  thank  my  friend,  the  Rev.  A.  S.  Palmer, 
for  the  following  interesting  parallels  to  these  well-known  lines.  We  have  not 
been  able  to  ascertain  the  dates  of  any  of  these  epitaphs,  but  they  appear  sufficiently 
ancient  to  have  been  lenders,  not  borrowers. 

In  Monuments  and  Monumental  Inscriptions  in  Scotland,  by  Rev.  Charles 
Rogers,  Lond.  1871-2,  these  epitaphs  are  given  (Vol.  II.  pp.  363  and  370)  :— 

Elginshire. 
Parish,  of  Abernethy. 

"  On  gravestones  in  the  churchyard  are  these  rhymes  : — 
[Two  EPITAPHS.] 

The  world's  a  city 

Full  of  streets, 

And  death's  a  market 

That  every  one  meets ; 

But  if  life  were  a  thing 

That  money  could  buy, 

The  poor  could  not  live 

And  the  rich  would  ne'er  die." 
[No  date  or  other  detail.] 

Parish  of  Elgin. 

"  From  the  area  of  the  cathedral  and  the  surrounding  churchyard  we  have  the 
following  rhymes  : — 

»*.**• 

This  world  is  a  city 
Full  of  streets  ; 
Death  is  the  mercat 
That  all  men  meets. 
If  lyfe  were  a  thing 
That  money  could  buy 
The  poor  could  not  live 
And  the  rich  would  not  die. 
[No  date  or  other  detail.] 

Southey,  Commonplace  Books  (Vol.  IV.  p.  48),  gives  the  following  version,  an 
epitaph  at  Worpleton : 

Life  is  a  city  full  of  crooked  streets, 

And  Death  the  Marketplace  where  all  men  meets. 

If  life  were  a  merchandize  which  men  could  buy, 

The  rich  would  purchase  it,  and  only  the  poor  would  die." 


132  Notes.  [ACT  u.  sc.  I. 

With  the  idea  we  may  also  compare  Massinger,  speaking  of  "  that  difficult  les- 
son, how  to  learn  to  die," — 

"  All  studies  else  are  but  as  circular  lines, 
And  death  the  centre  where  they  must  all  meet." 

Old  Law,  V.  i. 

In  Ancient  Poems,  Ballads  and  Songs  of  the  Peasantry  of  England  (ed.  J.  H. 
Dixon,  Percy  Soc.,  1846,  re-edited  1857,  by  R.  Bell),  is  printed  a  curious  old 
poem  entitled  The  Messenger  of  Mortality,  or  Life  and  Death  contrasted  in  a  Dia- 
logue behvixt  Death  and  a  Lady,  the  last  four  lines  of  which  are  an  expanded  and 
corrupted  version  of  the  passage  in  question.  The  '  moral '  of  the  Dialogue, 
with  this  quatrain  appended  as  a  tag,  is  as  follows  : — 

Thus  may  we  see  the  high  and  mighty  fall, 

For  cruel  Death  shows  no  respect  at  all 

To  any  one  of  high  or  low  degree, 

Great  men  submit  to  Death  as  well  as  we. 

Though  they  are  gay,  their  life  is  but  a  span — 

A  lump  of  clay — so  vile  a  creature's  man. 

Then  happy  those  whom  Christ  has  made  his  care, 

Who  die  in  the  Lord,  and  ever  blessed  are. 

The  grave's  the  market-place  where  all  men  meet, 

Both  rich  and  poor,  as  well  as  small  and  great. 

If  life  were  merchandize  that  gold  could  buy, 

The  rich  would  live,  the  poor  alone  would  die." 

It  is  probably  owing  to  the  popularity  of  this  traditional  poem,  which  seems  to 
have  been  widely  current,  that  the  concluding  lines,  with  slight  differences  of 
form,  are  so  frequently  found  in  country  church-yards  inscribed  on  the  tombstones 
of  the  peasantry.  They  are  not,  however,  contained  in  the  broadside  with  which 
Mr  Bell  collated  the  version  printed  in  the  above  volume.  (A.  S.  Palmer.} 

ACT  II. 

We  have  now  reached  the  most  doubtful  and  most  disputed  part  of  our  play, 
the  underplot.  On  this  subject  the  reader  is  referred  to  Spalding's  Letter,  in 
which  it  is  maintained  that  the  underplot  "  is  clearly  the  work  of  a  different  artist 
from  many  of  the  leading  parts  of  the  drama ;  "  and  to  Hickson's  examination 
and  refutation  of  this  view,  N.  S.  S.  Trans.,  pp.  38-9*. 

It  must  be  tolerably  plain  to  any  reader  that  certain  parts  of  this  underplot 
are  by  a  different  hand  from  other  parts ;  and  that  hand,  Hickson  asserts, 
Shakspere's.  Note  that  the  two  scenes  do  not  fit  together  exactly  ;  in  the  prose 
scene  the  kinsmen  are  referred  to  as  if  in  conversation,  but  in  the  verse  dialogue 
which  ensues  they  are  made  to  begin  with  mutual  salutations.  Hickson  notes 
another  inconsistency,  p.  38*.  So,  too,  all  their  lamentations  about  Thebes,  II. 
ii.,  are  not  very  akin  to  their  resolution,  "Let  us  leave  Thebs,"  etc.,  in  I.  ii.  The 
parallels  to  this  act  from  \hzICnightes  Tale  are  :  Sc.  ii.  cf.  11.  172—360,  417—475  ; 
Sc.  iii.  cf.  11.  361—416,  476—558  (this  passage  especially  deserves  comparison, 
and  on) ;  Sc.  v.  cf.  11.  559—592. 


ACT  ii.  sc.  2.]  Notes.  133 

Weber,  Dyce,  and  Skeat  print  this  first  scene  as  part  of  the  long  second 
scene,  but  the  Qo  distinguishes  them  ;  they  overlap  in  point  of  time,  the  author- 
ship is  different,  and  the  juncture  is  confusing  (v.  N.  S.  S.  Tr.,  1874,  pt.  II.,  p. 

455)- 

i.  depart]    part.  v.  Nares.       "  Followed  by  with  =  to  resign,   give  up." 

Schmidt. 

5.  better  lyn1  d]  Cf.  Cleveland,  Works,  p.  93:  "  But  though  he  came  alone, 
yet  well  lin'd  it  seems,  with  I33/.  8^." 

30.  a  greise]  Qogreife.  ¥2,  ed.  1711, 1778,  Weber,  Knight  ('41),  grief.  Seward 
and  Sympson  "both  read  and  conjecture  Gree"  (Seward's  note),  but  as  Qo  in 
their  text.  Edd.  1778  think  grief  "is  a  stiff  expression,"  but,  nevertheless, 
"think  it,  both  in  expression  and  sentiment,  every  way  superior  to  the  proposed 
restoration  "  greise  !  Knight  (1867)  reads  grice,  Dyce  grise,  and  quotes  Lydgate, 
Warres  of  Troy  (B.  i.  sig.  E  I  verso,  ed.  1555)  :  — 

"  She  gan  anone  by  greces  to  asende 

Of  a  Touret  in  to  an  hye  pynacle," 

and  refers  to  Twelfth  Night,  III.  i.  135  ;  Timon,  IV.  iii.  16  ;  Othello,  I.  Hi.  200 
(Grize,  Schmidt).  See  Nares,  s.  v.  Grice,  and  Mr  Skeat's  note  here.  Greise 
seems  to  have  been  the  usual  word  for  ascending  platforms  on  a  stage  :  e.  g.  Ben 
Jonson,  Part  of  the  King's  Entertainment .  .  "  the  daughters  of  the  Genius,  and 
six  in  number  ;  who  in  a  spreading  ascent,  upon  several  grices,  help  to  beautify 
both  the  sides."  Chapman,  Mask  of  Middle  Temple  and  Gray's  Inn  (p.  343,  ed. 
Shepherd), — "This  rock  was  in  the  undermost  part  craggy,  and  full  of  hollow 
places,  in  whose  concaves  were  contrived  two  winding  pair  of  stairs,  by  whose 
greeces  the  persons  above  might  make  their  descents,  and  all  the  way  be  seen." 

49.  And  so  did  they .]  As  the  sense  appears  defective  to  Seward,  he  would 
strike  out  these  words,  but  (horrible  consequence  !)  "the  Measure  would  be  lost." 
See  Coleridge,  Table  Talk,  p.  212,  ed.  1852. 

58.  Lord,  the  difference  of  men]  Lear,  IV.  ii.  26  (Skeat), 

Scene  2. 

"On  the  whole,  however,  this  scene,  if  it  be  Fletcher's,  (of  which  I  have  no 
doubt, )  is  among  the  very  finest  he  ever  wrote  ;  and  there  are  many  passages  in 
which,  while  he  preserves  his  own  distinctive  marks,  he  has  gathered  no  small 
portion  of  the  flame  and  inspiration  of  his  immortal  friend  and  assistant." — Spald- 
ing,  Letter,  p.  37. 

21/24.   never  wore]  Mr  Skeat  compares  •wor'st,  III.  vi.  93. 

24/27-  like  lightning}  A  favourite  image  of  Fletcher's.  Cf.  III.  vi.  81/108 ; 
Loyal  Subject,  IV.  v.  ;  Lover's  Progress,  I.  ii.,  etc. 

37/40.  The  fair-ey'd  maids]  Prospective  lamentations,  curses,  rejoicings,  of 
the  same  kind  as  in  the  passage  in  the  text,  are  at  once  the  commonest  and  most 
striking  of  Fletcher's  many  peculiarities.  E.  g.  in  this  play  alone,  cf.  II.  vi.  15  ; 
III.  vi.  187/228,  246/297  ;  IV.  i.  72/94  ;  ii.  4  ;  and,  amongst  others,  passages  in 
the  following  scenes:  Monsieur  Thomas,  II.  v. ;  A  Wife  for  a  Month,  V.  iii.; 
Thierry  and  Theodoret,  IV.  i. ;  A  King  and  No  King,  IV.  ii. ;  The  Mad  Lover, 
III.  iv. ;  The  Lover's  Progress,  III.  iv.  ;  Custom  of  the  Country,  I.  i. ;  V.  iv.  ; 


J34  Notes.  [ACT  n.  sc.  2. 

The  Maid's  Tragedy,  II.  i.     (Some  of  these  may  be  better  compared  with  other 
of  the  passages  in  our  play  than  with  this  one.) 

46/50.  our  Thcban  hounds]  Perhaps  a  reminiscence  of  Edwardes'  play  of 
Paltemon  and  Arcite  (see  Introduction),  or  of  Theseus'  hounds  in  M.  N.  D. 

50/54.  a  Parthian  quiver.'\  There  is  a  somewhat  similar  allusion  in  Vahn- 
tinian,  I.  i. :  "  quivers  for  the  Parthians."  Nash,  Summer's  Last  Will,  &c. 
(Hazlitt's  Dodsley,  viii.  19):  "As  the  Parthians  fight  flying  away,"  &c. ;  cf. 
(Skeat)  Cymb.  I.  vi.  20. 

54/58.  lastly]  Seward,  ed.  1778  (and  Dr  C.  M.  Ingleby)  read  lazily  ;  perhaps 
a  necessary  change,  as  Palamon  is  lamenting  the  privation  of  "all  valiant  uses" 
and  consequent  inertness ;  though  I  do  not  feel  confident  enough  to  admit  the 
amendment.  Where  the  old  text  makes  some  sort  of  sense  we  are  bound  to 
respect  it.  O.  Edd.  and  the  rest,  lastly,  meaning  "  that  which  is  worst  of  all." — 
Mason.  The  line  hardly  wants  a  syllable,  and  gently  (which  Mr  Skeat  quotes 
as  a  parallel  instance  of  this  metrical  defect)  is  a  trisyllable  :  For  when  the  west 
wind  courts  her  gently,  II.  ii.  138/164  (see  note  here).  The  same  objection  holds 
of  /?-3,  IV.  iv.  428  :  shortly.  There  is  no  parallel  in  V.  i.  103  :  stings  more  than 
nettles,  if  the  text  were  rightly  arranged  (as  Dyce,  '67,  '76,  has  it)  by  placing  /of 
the  next  line  at  the  end  of  1.  103,  and  so  making  them  both  metrical. 

58/63.  mere]  absolute.     Mr  Skeat  compares  Woman  Hater,  III.  ii.  : — 

"  Yet  do  I  see 
Thro1  this  confusedness,  some  little  comfort. " 

64/70.  twynn'd]  Qo  twyn'd.  The  old  spelling  for  (Seward,  ed.  1778  reading) 
twinn'd.  F2,  ed.  1711,  Weber,  Dyce,  Skeat,  read  twin'd,  and  Weber  compares 
Lover's  Progress,  III.  iii.  :  "two  hearts  that  have  been  twined  together" 
(where  F2  reads  twin'd,  i.e.  twinn'd).  See  note,  I.  i.  179/199.  And  cf. 
Cotiol.,  IV.  iv.  17. 

75/82.    The  poyson  of  pure  spirits']  Cf.  Custom  of  the  Country,  IV.  iii. 

79/87.  an  endles  mine]  Philaster  (III.  i. )  says  of  Arethusa  :  "  Is  she  not  all  a 
lasting  mine  of  joy." 

91/98.  Crave]  O.  Edd.  Dyce,  Knight  ('67),  and  Skeat :  Grave,  i.  e.  Bury, 
"  entomb  "  (Skeat).  Crave  =  require.  The  whole  speech  is  only  an  expansion 
of  the  first  two  lines.  The  fact  that  Sh.  uses  grave  =.  bury  does  not  strengthen 
an  emend,  of  Fletcher's  text  very  much. 

119/132.  Narcissus'}  Cf.  IV.  ii.  32.  Knights  Tale,  1.  1084  :  "Ne  Narcisus  the 
fayr  of  yore  agon."  Faithful  Shepherdess,  II.  i.,  the  plant  is  mentioned,  as  "  for 
swellings  best." 

136/162-9.    A  rose,  &c.]  There  is  a  striking  parallel  to  this  intensely  Fletcher- 
ian  passage  in  The  Loyal  Subject  (acted  in  1618  :  Ward),  IV.  iii.  : — 
"  Here,  ladies,  here  (you  were  not  made  for  cloisters), 
Here  is  the  sphere  you  move  in  ;  here  shine  nobly, 
And,  by  your  powerful  influence,  command  all  ! — 
What  a  sweet  modesty  dwells  round  about  'em,  [Aside. 

And  like  a  nipping  morn,  pulls  in  their  blossoms  I  " 
Cf.  too,  The  Mad  Lover,  IV.  i. 

138/164.  gently]  "  Dr  Farmer  (Appendix  to  Shakespeare,  1773)  quotes  this 


ACT  ii.  sc.  2.]  Notes.  135 

speech,  and  with  Seward  (line  2)  reads  gentily  for  gently.  I  mention  this  minute- 
ness of  the  doctor,  because  (line  5)  he  substitutes  charity  for  chastity,  and  (line  6) 
shuts  for  locks.  The  quotation  is  made  in  support  of  a  proposal,  by  '  an 
eminent  critic,'  to  alter  the  word  shakss  to  shuts,  in  the  following  passage  in 
Cymbeline  : 

' like  the  tyrannous  breathing  of  the  north, 

Shakes  all  our  buds  from  growing.' 

I  dare  say,  the  doctor  did  not  intentionally  violate  the  poet's  text ;  but  think 
each  of  the  errors  very  remarkable." — jf.  N.,  ed.  1778  (here  quoted  from  reprint, 
1811).  Theobald  proposed  to  insert  Beauties  after  courts  her,  but  Seward  points 
out  ftuA.  gentily  is  trisyllabic.  Edd.  1778  prefer  Theobald's  variation,  "  but  neither 
is  necessary ; "  v.  n.  supra,  1.  54/58. 

159/192 — 207.]  This  form  of  short-lined  (Box-and-Cox-like)  dialogue  is  very 
common  in  Fletcher's  writings.  See  Mr  Fleay's  paper  and  the  discussion  of  it 
(in  N.  S.  S.  Trans.,  pt.  I.  1874)  for  a  good  account  of  the  Fletcherian  metres. 

163/201 — 4]  Cf.  Knightes  Tale,  294  seqq.  It  is  worth  noting  that  Shakspere 
shows  his  early  acquaintance  with  this  sophism  of  Arcite's,  in  the  sonnet  in 
L.  L.  Lost  (given  also  with  a  few  verbal  changes  in  Pass.  Pilgr.  iii.),  IV.  iii. 
64-7  :— 

' '  A  woman  I  forswore  ;  but  I  will  prove, 
Thou  being  a  goddess,  I  forswore  not  thee  : 
My  vow  was  earthly,  thou  a  heavenly  love  ; 
Thy  grace  being  gained  cures  all  disgrace  in  me." 

The  passage  forms  a  suggestive  link  between  L.  L.  Lost,  M.  N.  D.,  and 
Chaucer's  Theseus.  "  In  transferring  his  story  from  Chaucer,  the  poet  has  here 
been  guilty  of  an  oversight.  The  old  poet  fixes  a  character  of  positive  guilt  on 
Arcite's  prosecution  of  his  passion,  by  relating  a  previous  agreement  between  the 
two  cousins,  by  which  either,  engaging  in  any  adventure  whether  of  love  or  war, 
had  an  express  right  to  the  co-operation  of  the  other.  Hence  Arcite's  interference 
with  his  cousin's  claim  becomes  with  Chaucer  a  direct  infringement  of  a  knightly 
compact  ;  while  in  the  drama  no  deeper  blame  attaches  to  it  than  as  a  violation 
of  the  more  fragile  rules  imposed  by  the  generous  spirit  of  friendship." — • 
Spalding,  Letter,  p.  40.  Seward  has  also  noted  this  disagreement,  II.  ii. 
243/298. 

179/220.]  "  Arrange  and  write, 

'  I  say  again, 
love  her  ;  and,  in  loving  her,  maintain,' &c." 

Sidney  Walker. 

188/232.  Am  not  I  liable  &c.]  On  this  "  mere  flash  in  the  pan,"  see  Hickson, 
p.  48*. 

243/298.]  And  if  she  be  not  heavenly]  Seward  praises  this  speech,  and  con- 
tinues :  "  Our  Authors  have  improved  upon  Chaucer,  in  making  Palamon  and 
Arcite  such  very  distinct  Characters ;  but  Arcite,  who  is  not  crown'd  with  Success, 
becomes  by  this  means  the  more  amiable,  and  has  the  Reader's  Wishes  in  his 
Favour.  This  is  a  Fault  that  Chaucer  particularly  guards  against,"  etc.  It  may 
be  remarked,  apropos  of  this,  that  no  one  can  read  the  Shakspere  part  of  the 


136  Notes.  [ACT  n.  sc.  3. 

play  by  itself,  without  feeling  throughout  that  Palamon  is  the  central  figure  and 
true  hero  of  the  piece  ;  but  reading  the  Fletcher  scenes,  on  the  contrary,  our  sym- 
pathies are  involuntarily  turned  away  from  Palamon  and  towards  Arcite.  This 
fact  illustrates  Mr  Spedding's  observations  on  the  want  of  congruity  as  a  whole 
in  the  kindred  play  Henry  VIII.  "  The  strongest  sympathies  which  have  been 
wakened  in  us  run  opposite  to  the  course  of  the  action." — N.  S.  S.  Trans., 
1874,  pt.  I.  App.  p.  3*. 

268/330.  pelting}  paltry.  M.  for  M.,  II.  ii.  112;  M.  N.  £>.,  II.  i.  91 ;  R.2, 
i.  60;  Trail.,  IV.  v.  267;  Lear,  II.  iii.  18  (Schmidt). 

Scene  3. 

Of  course,  by  Fletcher.  "  Neither  this  scene,  nor  the  following,  in  which 
the  jailor's  daughter  meditates  on  the  perfections  of  Palamon,  .  .  .  have  anything 
in  them  worthy  of  particular  notice." — Spalding,  p.  41. 

"  In  my  paper  on  Fletcher,  I  have  shown  that  Fletcher  never  wrote  prose  in 
any  of  his  plays." — Rev.  F.  G.  Fleay,  N.  S.  S.  Trans.,  pt.  I.  1874,  App.  p. 
62*.  I  follow  Dyce's  arrangement,  in  the  hope  that  these  lines  may  appear 
metrical :  certainly  not  a  few  seem  to  me  prose. 

16.  a  tongue  will  tame  tempests'}  Cf.  Philaster,  IV.  ii.,  where  the  king  exclaims 
(of  himself)  : — 

".  .  .  .  Tis  the  king 

Will  have  it  so  ;  whose  breath  can  still  the  winds, 
Uncloud  the  sun,  charm  down  the  swelling  sea, 
And  stop  the  clouds  of  heaven.     Speak,  can  it  not  ? 

Dion.     No." 
The  two  passages  are  about  equally  bombastic. 

32/33.  Clap  her  aboard}  A  common  expression  in  Fletcher :  e.  g.  The  Pil- 
grim, IV.  iii.;  Scornful  Lady,  III.  ii.  ("Clap  her  aboard,  and  stow  her"). 
Chapman,  Widovfs  Tears,  Li.:  "by  this  you  had  bore  up  with  the  lady,  and 
clapped  her  aboard,"  etc.,  and  cf.  sp.  48  of  same  scene. 

34/35-  foskue\  "A  wire,  stick,  or  straw,  chiefly  used  for  pointing  to  the  let- 
ters, in  teaching  children  to  read." — Nares.  See  Weber's  note,  and  cf.  Dr 
Ingleby's  Centurie  of  Prayse,  p.  152. 

41.  keep  touch}  The  origin  of  this  phrase  is  not  very  clear.  Dyce  (quoting 
from  Johnson's  Diet.}  explains  touch  as  "exact  performance  of  agreement."  Nares: 
"to  be  faithful,  to  be  exact  to  an  appointment."  Cf.  III.  iii.  53/72;  Love's 
Pilgrimage,  III.  ii.,  ;  Rule  a  Wife,  IV.  iv.  Some  one  has  suggested  that  the  idea 
is  connected  with  '  touchstone '  (as  in  Edw.  3,  III.  iii.  :  "your  intended  force  must 
bide  the  touch,"  p.  43,  Tauchnitz  Ed.) ;  but  touch  in  the  sense  of  keeping  a  pro 
mise,  Dr  Nicholson  tells  me,  probably  came  from  the  custom  of  shaking  hands  on 
a  bargain  or  agreement.  Cf.  the  O.E.  word  handfast. 

45/48.  and  she  must  see  the  duke}  Cf.  The  Bloody  Brother,  II.  ii. :  — 

"  I  must  deliver 

A  bevy  of  young  lasses,  that  must  look  on 
This  night's  solemnity,  and  see  the  two  dukes, 
Or  I  shall  lose  my  credit." 


ACT  II.  SC.  5.] 


Notes. 


J37 


48/51.  our  town,  .  .  .  ha,  boys,  heigh  for  the  weavers]  The  resemblance  be- 
tween these  countrymen  and  the  rude  mechanicals  of  M.  N.  D.  is  more  apparent 
than  real ;  v.  n.  III.  v.  12/9.  With  the  speeches  here,  cf.  Ralph's  May-day 
address  : 

"With  bells  on  legs,  and  napkins  clean,  unto  your  shoulders  tied, 
With  scarfs  and  garters  as  you  please,  and  '  Hey  for  our  town'  cried." 

Knight  of  the  Burning  Pestle. 

With  the  preceding  line,  cf.  same  play,  Induction.     In  the  Moral  Play  of  Wyt 
and  Science,  by  John  Redford  (v.  Warton,  on  Tusser),  Idellnes  says  : 
"  But  yet  to  take  my  leve  of  my  deere,  lo  ! 
With  a  skyp  or  twayne,  heere  lo  !  and  heer  lo  ! 
And  heere  againe  !  "  (Ed.  Halliwell,  Sh.  Soc.,  p.  30.) 

"  Weavers  supposed  to  be  good  singers  and  particularly  given  to  singing  psalms 
(being  most  of  them  Calvinists  and  refugees  from  the  Netherlands) " :  Twelfth 
N.,  II.  iii.  61 ;  I  77.4,  II.  iv.  147  (Schmidt).  Perhaps  we  have  here  a  remin- 
iscence of  the  well-voiced  Nick  Bottom. 

75/89.  This  is  an  offered,  &c.]  "  From  Turne  quod  optanti,  &c."  [Virg.  ^«. 
ix.  6.]  Sid.  Walker  (q.  Dyce). 

78/82.  Swifter  then  nev'r flew. ]  "Many  irregularities  maybe  explained  by 
the  desire  of  emphasis  which  suggests  repetition,  even  where  repetition,  as  in  the 
case  of  a  negative,  neutralizes  the  original  phrase"  (Abbott,  Sh.  Gr.,  §  406);  and 
the  sentence  here  may  be  explained  somewhat  similarly  : — I  could  have  .run 
swifter  than  the  wind,  had  it  flown  never  so  swiftly.  I  change  never  to  nev'r. 
Perhaps  suggested  by  Virg.  &n.  vii.  808-9.  Cf.  Peek's  Polyhymnia,  vi. 

Scene  4. 

Fletcher's  :  matter  and  metre.  Wrongly  headed  Scene  2,  and  the  following, 
Scene  3,  in  ed.  1 750. 

2.  affect]  "feel  desire  towards." — Dryden,  Globe  ed.  glossary. 

14.  young  handsome]  These  adjectives  may  be  found  together  in  any  of 
Fletcher's  plays.  Cf.  infra,  IV.  ii.  3,  Epil.  6. 

31.  Thus  much  For  law]  O.  Edd.  arrange  the  lines  so,  and  rightly;  Thus 
much  forming  one  of  Fletcher's  heavy  monosyllabic  double-endings  ;  the  follow- 
ing line  can  also  be  sufficiently  eked  out,  if  properly  pronounced,  kindred  almost 
trisyllabic,  and  followed  by  a  pause.  Edd.  1778  and  subseq.  edd.  place  JTius 
much  at  beginning  of  line  For  law,  etc.,  thereby  spoiling  a  line,  and  an  important 
metrical  peculiarity,  and  giving  us  instead  an  ordinary  double  ending  line. 
Seward  ("very  licentiously,"  Weber)  reads: 

For  Law  or  Kindred :  I  will  do  it,  ay 

And  this  night :  and  to  Morrow  fa  shall  love  me. 

Edd.  1 778  punctuate  :  And  this  night,  or  tomorrow :  he  shall  love  me  1  Mr  Skeat 
omits  all  points  from  the  line  ;  Qo  places  a  [,]  after  night.  Perhaps  or  tomorrow 
may  mean  ere  morning? 

Scene  5- 

Fletcher's. 

4.  ...  can  allow]  =  approve,  praise ;  cf.  Chapman,  Shadow  of  Night  (p.  6,  b. 


138  Notes.  [ACT  n.  sc.  6. 

ed.  Shepherd).  Webster,  Westward  Ho,  III.  iv.: — "I  have  acquainted  Wafer 
and  Honeysuckle  with  it,  and  they  allow  my  wit  for  it  extremely."  v. 
Schmidt,  s.v. 

14.  what  proves  you]  sc.  to  be  a  gentleman.  (Cf.  Webster,  Vitt.  Cor,  p.  II, 
ed.  Dyce,  1866  :  "  My  father  prov'd  himself  a  gentleman.")  Arcite  answers,  a 
little  of  all  noble  professions, — sportsman,  horseman,  soldier.  He  is  disguised  as 
a  countryman  ("a  pore  laborer,"  Chaucer),  and  therefore  rather  confidently  enu- 
merates his  professions  (not  necessarily  his  possessions,  as  Hippolyta  under- 
stands him  :  "  if  he  say  true,"  she  says  ;  v.  Schmidt,  s.v.  quality}.  Sire  is  to  be 
pronounced  as  a  disyllabic ;  cf.  Tennyson,  Fatima,  3rd  stanza,  fire ;  and  infra, 
V.  i.  3,  fires.  Qo.  prooves.  F2  ed.  1711,  Weber,  Dyce,  Skeat,  proves.  Seward, 
Edd.  1778,  Knight,  prove.  Dr  J.  K.  Ingram  proposes  the  reading  profess  for 
prooves,  comparing  Arcite's  answer  ("A  little  of  all  noble  qualities")  with  : — 
"  because  my  selfe  have  scene  his  demeanor  no  lesse  civill  than  he  exelent  in  the 
qualitie  he  professes."  Chettle,  Kind-Harts  Dreame,  p.  2  (q.  Ingleby,  Centurie 
of  Prayse,  p.  3).  [Cf.  infra,  III.  i.  56.]  But  v.  Rich.  3,  IV.  iii.  69  ;  Tw.  N.,  III. 
iv.  416 — 420;  and  Ward's  Eng.  Dram.  Lit.,  I.  275. 

30/43.  travel]  labour,  or,  referring  to  1.  25/36,  journey. 

50/64.  do  observance]  Chaucer's  word,  Knighfs  T.,  642.  Cf.  M.  N.  D.,  I.  i. 
167  ;  IV.  i.  129,  130  (Schmidt  wrongly,  137).  Mr  Skeat  has  also  noted  these 
parallels.  Edd.  1778  refer  to  Bourne's  Popular  Antiq.,  ed.  Brand,  1777,  p.  255  ; 
and  Mr  Skeat  to  Brand,  ed.  Ellis,  I.  179. 

Scene  6. 

Unmistakeably  Fletcher's.  Spalding  thinks  the  scenery  of  the  wood  "  prettily 
described. " 

I.  divells  rare]  Probably  we  have  here  a  relic  of  the  old  Mysteries.  Cf.  Rich. 
3,  IV.  iv.,  "  fiends  roar,  saints  pray ; "  Hen.^,  IV.  iv. ,  "  this  roaring  devil  i'  th* 
old  play;"  Monsieur  Thomas,  II.  ii.,  "though  the  devil  roar." 

15.]  Seen.  II.  ii.  37/40. 

32.  necessaries]  pronounced  nessaries,  as  in  Jill.  Cces.,  II.  i.    178,  "  our  pur- 
pose necessary  and  not  envious."  Cf.  princess  for  princesses,  Temp.,  I.  ii.  173  ;  A. 
Y.  Z.,  ii.  175  (but  v.  Schmidt).    See  Abbott,  Sh.  Gr.,  §  468,  etc. ;  and  for  a  full 
discussion  of  Sh.'s  pronunciation,  Mr  A.  J.  Ellis's  great  contribution  to  phonetic 
science,  Early  English  Pronunciation,  with  especial  reference  to  Shakspere  and 
Chaucer.     The  internal  sources  of  information  on  Sh.'s  pronunciation  (viz.  puns, 
metre,  and  rhyme),  are  particularly  considered,  pp.  917 — 996. 

33.  patch  of  ground]  Dr  C.  M.  Ingteby's  correction  of  the  reading  of  all 
former  editions,  path  ;  cf.  Hml.,  IV.  iv.  1 8.     Dr  Ingleby  also  compares  the  Lin- 
colnshire term  spoon,  "being  a  path  into  a  cornfield  ending  in  a  round  space,"  or 
patch. 

35.  -whoobub}  Cf.  W.  T.,  IV.  iv.  629. 


ACT  in.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  139 


ACT  III. 
Scene  I. 

Spalding  (p.  41)  and  Hickson  (pp.  40—42)  are  agreed  in  assigning  this  Scene 
to  Shakspere,  and  in  praising  it  very  highly. 

Chaucer  originals  :  Sc.  i.  cf.  11.  593 — 765  ;  Sc.  iii.  cf.  11.  758-9 ;  Sc.  vi.  cf.  11. 
766—1022. 

2.  land\  All  Edd.  land,  except  Skeat,  who  reads  laund,  from  Dyce's  sugges- 
tion. Dyce  has  laund  in  his  glossary  (though  land  in  his  text),  and  Spalding, 
quoting  the  passage,  laund.  Heath  conj.  stand.  The  word  may  have  been  sug- 
gested by  the  Knightes  Tale,  1.  833  :  ' '  And  to  the  launde  he  rydeth  him  ful  right ; " 
but  it  was  common  at  the  time  Shakspere  wrote  (see  Nares,  Schmidt,  s.v.,  and 
Hales'  Longer  English  Poems,  p.  219),  and  is  now  familiar  to  us  under  the  form 
lawn. 

6.  gold  buttons}  Cf.  Hamlet,  I.  iii.  40.    "  Bouter,  v.a.  to  put,  set,  push.     O.Fr. 
boter,   from  M.   H.   G.  bdzen. — Der.  bout  (verbal  subst.,  properly  that  part  of 
a  body  which  pushes  or  touches  first),  boutvxt  (a  cutting,  the  piece  one  puts  into 
the  ground),  bouton  (that  which  pushes  out,  makes  knobs  on  plants ;  thence  by 
analogy,  pieces  of  wood  or  metal  shaped  like  buds),"  etc. — Brachet,  Etym.  Diet. 
tr.  Kitchen. 

7.  knacks}  Cf.  M.  N.  D.,  I.  i.   34;  Shr.,  IV.  iii.  67;    Wint.,  IV.  iv.  360, 
439  (Schmidt).    Chapman,  Casar  and  Pompey,  II.  i.  20  : — "as  if  good  clothes 
were  knacks  to  know  a  knave."     "  He  sent  me  a  very  rich  present  of  perfumes, 
skins,  gloves,  and  purses  embroidered,  with  other  nacks  of  the  same  kind." — • 
Memoirs  of  Lady  Fanshawe,  p.   192,  ed.   1829.     Cf.   Peele,   Armignement  of 
Paris,  IV.  i.  2,  and  Hazlitt's  Dodsley,  I.  349. 

9.]  Mr  Skeat  well  compares  Spenser,  Prothal.,  73 — 82. 

13.  chop}  "  exchange,  make  an  exchange. " — Skeat. 

cold}  chaste,  as  freq.  in  Sh.  (v.  Schmidt)  ;  e.  g.  Temp.,  IV.  66. 

36/37.  the  voydest}  Sympson  first  "cleared  up  "  this  " difficult  Passage  (which 
had  long  puzzled  us  all  three)." — Seward.  O.  Edd.  voydes  (voids,  ed.  1711). 

44/45.  Cosin  .  .  .  Cosener. }  This  was  a  common  pun  ;  e.  g.  Mons.  Thomas, 
I.  iii.  :  "  Cousin,  Cozen  thyself  no  more  ;"  Rich.T,,  IV.  iv.  :  "Cousins  indeed, 
and  by  their  uncle  cozened  Of  comfort."  See  Trench,  Eng.  Past  and  Present, 
8th  ed.  p.  305. 

68/73]  Cf.  Mcb.,  V.  vii.  I. 

72/79.  cold  gyves}  i.  e.,  as  Dr  C.  M.  Inglebyhas  pointed  out,  iron  bonds.  Cf. 
Cymb.,  V.  iv.  28  :  "  cancel  these  cold  bonds  "  (not  in  Schmidt).  Cf.  II.  v.  10. 

89/98.  dares'}  either  the  plural  in  s  (v.  Abbott,  SA.  Gr.,  §  333),  or  any,  sc. 
one,  with  the  reply,  none-=.no  one.  F2  dare,  and  so  Edd. 

90/99.  so  noble  bear  a  guilty  busines  ?}  i.  e.  Dares  any  one  who  shews  himself 
so  noble  be  capable  of  aught  base  ?  None,  save  Arcite,  could  be  so  ;  and  there- 
fore in  proportion  to  the  height  of  his  generosity  is  the  depth  of  his  baseness. 
Dyce  (1867,  1876)  reads  baseness.  Mr  Skeat  changes  noble  to  nobly,  and  does  not 
notice  Dyce's  change.  All  other  Edd.  as  here,  from  Qo. 


140  Notes.  [ACT  in.  sc.  2. 

97/108.  Enter  your  musite]  Qo  Musicke.  "Is  not  musick  an  old  form  of 
musit?"  Ingleby.  Nares  quotes  from  Greene's  Thieves  falling  out  (muse),  and 
from  Ven.  and  Aden,  (musets]  ;  explaining:  "Muse,  Muset  or  Musit,  s.  The 
opening  in  a  fence  or  thicket  through  which  a  hare,  or  other  beast  of  sport,  is  ac- 
customed to  pass.  Muset,  French."  See  Mr  Skeat's  note  (which  corrects  Nares' 
French,  Muset,  to  mussette  and  musse. — Cotgrave).  Alken,  The  National  Sports 
of  Great  Britain  (fol.  p.  18,  ed.  1821),  translates  "  by  the  same  meuses  "  "  par  les 
memes  sentiers."  He  says  of  the  hare  :  "  This  animal  is  extremely  attached  to 
the  place  of  her  birth,  and  will  make  htrform,  or  resting-place,  as  near  to  it  as 
possible  ;  and  to  this  she  will  constantly  return,  by  the  same  meuses  or  paths,  even 
after  having  been  chased  from  it,  to  the  nearest  possible  risk  of  life ."  The  some- 
what similar  mistake  k  for  /  occurs  again,  IV.  i.  106,  where  Qo  has  ivreake  for 
wreathe. 

104/116.   my  stomach  not]  "i.  e.  if  my  stomach  were  not" — S.  Walker. 

112/127.  I've  a  good  title,}  O.  Edd.  If.  Seward,  Edd.  1778,  Knight,  Dyce, 
Skeat,  I've.  Weber,  I  have. 

Scene  2. 

Spalding  assigns  this  scene  to  Fletcher,  noting  that  the  jailor's  daughter  now 
first  "begins  to  shew  symptoms  of  unsettled  reason.  There  is  some  pathos  in 
several  parts  of  her  soliloquy,  but  little  vigour  in  the  expression,  or  novelty  in 
the  thoughts." — Letter,  p.  43.  Hickson  ascribes  this  censure  of  Spalding's  to  the 
fact  that  "he  assumed  the  whole  of  the  underplot  to  be  by  one  writer."  As 
the  evidence  of  the  "  stopt-line "  test  is  slightly  against  this  scene  being  by 
Shakspere,  I  add  a  few  of  Hickson's  remarks.  (Mr  Furnivall,  in  his  table, 
N.  S.  S.  Tr.,  p.  65*,  gives  the  "stopt-line"  proportions  of  this  scene,  viz.,  38 
verse-lines,  9  unstopt,  giving  a  proportion  of  I  to  4'22.  I  make  12  unstopt  lines 
in  the  scene,  viz.,  11.  I,  7,  n,  12,  14,  15,  16,  17  (?),  23,  27,  35,  36.  This 
would  give  the  proportion  I  to  3'i6.)  "It  is  to  this  scene,"  Mr  Hickson 
observes,  "that  we  referred  by  anticipation,  as  giving  an  instance  of  Shak- 
spere's  judgment.  It  can  hardly  be  said  to  explain  any  necessary  circum- 
stance of  the  play  ;  and  so  many  scenes  in  which  this  character  appears  alone, 
are  rather  injurious  to  the  action :  but  it  supplies  the  due  gradation  between  a 
mind  diseased  and  madness  ;  and  in  connection  with  another  scene  at  which  we 
shall  shortly  arrive,  it  displays  a  depth  of  insight  into  the  psychological  character 
of  this  state  only  excelled  by  Shakspere  himself,  in  King  Lear.  Let  our  readers 

observe  in  particular  .  .  [11.  5>  7,  8,  14,  15,  29 — 32]  .  .  . the  unselfish  anxiety  of 

the  jailor's  daughter  for  Palamon's  safety,  and  her  subsequent  terror  at  her  own 
disordered  senses.  The  introduction  of  the  popular  notion  [v.  Carpenter's 
Mental  PAysiol,,  p.  88,  3rd  ed.  ]  that  wild  beasts  have  '  a  sense  to  know  a  man 
unarm'd '  is  quite  a  Shaksperian  illustration  ;  and  we  do  not  know  an  instance 
of  finer  drawing  than  this  of  her  imagination  painting,  as  absolute  reality,  the 
subject  of  her  first  fear.  From  this  conviction  (of  Palamon's  death)  we  come 
naturally  to  the  concluding  lines,  beyond  which  the  next  step  is  madness."  See 
the  whole  passage,  pp.  42*,  43*. 

I.  the  brake}  Theobald,  Weber,  Knight,  Dyce,  Skeat,  Brake.      Qo  Beake,  F2, 


ACT  in.  sc  3.]  Notes.  141 

ed.  171 1,  Beak.  Sympson  prop.  Brook,  Seward  (from  association  of  the  idea  Beak} 
first  proposed  to  read  Hawk  I  sent  is  gone,  but,  with  Edd.  1778.  printed  beck  ;  and 
Hickson  quotes  the  line  with  beck.  Qo  reading  seems  most  likely  a  misprint  for 
Brake  (or  Breake,)ss  may  partly  be  inferred  from  comparing  III.  i.  82/90  ('  haw- 
thorn house '),  1.  97/108,  and  stage  direction  in  same  scene,  1.  30 ;  III.  vi.  direction, 
and  1.  111/144,  etc.;  cf.  1.  28,  brine,  Qo  reading  bine.  D'Avenant  (R[eed],  in  ed. 
1778,  informs  us)  reads  beach.  Beck  seemed  to  Nares  "an  excellent  and  undoubted 
emendation,  because  the  jailor's  daughter  had  appointed  Palamon  to  wait  for  her 
at  a  cedar  '  fast  by  a  brook  '  "  (q.  Dyce).  Chaucer,  K.  T.,\.  659  :  "  This  Pala- 
moun  Was  in  a  busche."  In  confirmation  of  beck  from  Beake  might  be  noted  that 
reck  is  spelt  ivreake  a  few  lines  down., 

21.  all^s  chared]  "  That  is,  '  My  task  is  done  then.'  Chare  is  frequently  used 
for  task  work." — Weber.  See  a  very  interesting  note  on  this  word  in  Mr  Skeat's 
edition 

25.  mop\I\  Nares  explains  mope-eyed  as  short-sighted.  So  in  Hand.,  III.  iv. 
8l,  mope  means  "to  act  blindly."  Temp.,  V.  240;  H.$,  III.  vii.  143  (v. 
Schmidt,  who  explains  differently).  Hence,  To  be  moped  signifies  metaphorically, 
to  be  dazed,  bewildered,  as  in  The  Humorous  Lieut.,  IV.  vi.  : — 

' '  Sure,  I  take  it, 

He  is  bewitch'd,  or  mop'd,  or  his  brains  melted  ;  " 
and  Queen  of  Corinth,  II.  iii.  : — 

"  How  am  I  tranced,  and  moped  !  " 
Mr  Skeat  says  :   "  perhaps  for  death  we  should  read  deaths." 

26—8.]  Qo  dales.  Sipl  some  water.     I  have.     Sympson  conjectured  ''cept  some 
water,  which  Monck  Mason  has   "no  doubt  is  right;"  but  Seward  filled  up 
"  both  verses  with  what  seems  perfectly  natural  for  her  to  say  : — 
'  Food  took  I  none  these  two  days,  only  sipt 

Some  Water,  two  Nights  I've  not  clos'd  mine  eyes,'  "  etc. 

Dyce  says  "that  some  words  have  dropt  out  is  quite  evident,"  and  reads  :  once 
indeed  I  sipped  &c.  Mr  Skeat  adopts  this,  placing  the  words  (which  Dyce  has 
omitted  doing)  between  brackets  ;  but  cf.  IV.  iii.  4  (an  evidence  of  unity  in 
the  authorship  of  these  two  scenes).  Weber  re-arranges  the  lines  :  Food,  etc. ;  / 
have  not,  etc. ;  Scoivered  off,  etc. ;  Let  not,  etc. ;  Or  stab,  etc. ;  Oh,  state,  etc.  Edd. 
1778  and  Knight  follow  the  old  text.  It  is  possible  that  some  words  have 
dropped  out ;  guessing  can  avail  little  in  such  a  case. 

29.]  The  enumeration  of  deaths  should  be  noticed,  and  their  connection  with 
insanity.  Cf.  I.  i.  155,  IV.  iii.  29/31,  Temp.,  III.  iii., — 

"  I  have  made  you  mad  ; 

And  even  with  such-like  valour,  men  hang  and  drown 
Their  proper  selves." 

31.  state  of  natum.]  Cf.  Lear,  I.  iv.  290  (Skeat) ;  Macb.,  I.  iii.  140. 

Scene  3. 

This  is  one  of  those  scenes,  by  the  introduction  of  which  Fletcher  succeeded 
in  spoiling  a  good  play.  "  In  most  respects  the  scene  is  not  very  characteristic 
[  ?  ]  of  either  writer,  but  leans  towards  Fletcher  ;  and  one  argument  for  him  might 


142  Notes.  [ACT  in.  sc.  4. 

be  drawn  from  an  interchange  of  sarcasms  between  the  kinsmen,  in  which  they 
retort  on  each  other  former  amorous  adventures :  such  a  dialogue  is  quite  like 
Fletcher's  men  of  gaiety;  and  needless  degradation  of  his  principal  characters  is 
a  fault  of  which  Shakspeare  is  not  guilty. " — Spalding,  Letter,  p.  43  ;  v.  Hick- 
son,  p.  44. 

4.  Here's  no  Theseus]  S.  Walker  proposed  to  complete  the  line  by  making 
Palamon  exclaim  :  No,  Nor  none  so  honest,  Arcite.  "  'Theseus'  is  Shakespeare's 
pronunciation,  not  Fletcher's  (see  Mid.  N.  D.) ;  besides,  the  sentence  seems  to 
require  '  No  '  "  (q.  Dyce). 

6/9.  beastly]  like  a  beast,  adv.,  cf.  T.  of  S.,  IV.  ii.  34;  2  H.$,  II.  i.  16  ; 
Ant.,  I.  v.  50 ;  Cymb.,  V.  iii.  27,  and  adj.  Cymb.,  III.  iii.  40.  Cf,  M.  IV.,  V.  v. 
10  ;  Tim.,  IV.  iii.  329  (Schmidt). 

42/55 — 61.]  Spalding  quotes  these  lines  as  "  one  strikingly  animated  burst  of 
jealous  suspicion  and  impatience." 

Scene  4. 

"  The  fourth  scene  introduces  the  jailor's  daughter  again  ;  she  is  now  mad. 
She  fancies  she  sees  a  ship,  and  there  is  some  affectation  of  nautical  language, 
(why,  Heaven  only  knows) ;  and  the  rest  is  mere  incoherent  nonsense.  Now, 
though  this  last,  indeed,  may  be  the  frequent  birth  of  madness  (or  rather,  so  seem- 
ing, in  default  of  being  able  to  follow  the  infinitely  fine  associating  links),  it  can 
have  no  place  in  poetry,  which,  whatever  it  may  be,  is  certainly  not  a  literal 
transcript  of  common  things  in  their  common  aspects.  In  a  subsequent  scene 
we  shall  find  the  speeches  given  to  this  character  full  of  meaning  ;  the  present 
bears  every  mark  of  the  hand  of  Fletcher. " — Hickson,  p.  44*. 

2.  aglets]  Here,  Spangles.  Cotgrave  explains  Aguillette,  Esguill'ette,  as  A  point. 
Nares  has  a  good  note  on  the  word,  and  quotes  from  Dodsley's  Old  Plays,  III. 
194  (the  passage  is  also  given  in  a  note  to  Coleridge's  Table  Talk,  April  5th,  1833, 
p.  223,  ed.  1852,  from  the  Spanish  Tragedy,  IV.  See  Hazlitt's  Dodsley,  vol.  V. 

P-  "5)s— 

"  And  yonder  pale-faced  Hecate  there,  the  moon, 

Doth  give  consent  to  that  is  done  in  darkness  ; 

And  all  those  stars  that  gaze  upon  her  face 

Are  aglets  on  her  sleeve,  pins  on  her  train." 

Dyce  gives  an  example  from  Faerie  Queene,  II.  iii.  26  ;  and  notes  on  the  word  : 
aglets — "  were  worn,"  says  Sir  F.  Madden,  "  by  both  sexes  ;  by  the  men  chiefly 
as  tags  to  their  laces  or  points  (aiguillettes},  which  were  made  either  square  or 
pointed,  plain  or  in  the  form  of  acorns,  or  with  small  heads  cut  at  the  end,  or 
topped  with  a  diamond  or  ruby.  .  .  .  They  were  worn  also  by  ladies,  as  pend- 
ants or  ornaments  in  their  head-dress.  .  .  .  Junius  is  therefore  evidently  mistaken 
in  explaining  aglet  by  spangle,  into  which  error  Archdeacon  Nares  has  also  partly 
fallen."  Note  on  Privy  Purse  Expenses  of  the  Princess  Mary,  p.  205  :  but  (Dyce 
says)  Coles  gives  both  "An  Aglet  (tag  of  a  point),  ALramentum  ligulcz,"  and 
"  An  Aglet  (a  little  plate  of  metal),  Bractea,  Bracteola."  [Cf.  Handful  of  Plea- 
sant delites,  1584  (Park,  Heliconia,  II.  25)  : 

"  Thy  garters  fringed  with  gold, 
And  silver  aglets  hanging  by, 
Which  made  thee  blithe  for  to  beholde,"  &c. 


ACT  in.  sc.  4.]  Notes.  143 

Cf.  T.  of  Shrew,  I.  ii.  79,  "aglet-baby" — i.  e.  a  point  device.  See  also  Park,  1. 
c.  p.  1 02,  n.] 

9.  Spoom  her]  Qo   Vpon  her ;  F2,  ed.   1711,  Knight  (early  ed.),    Upon  her. 
Seward  and  Sympson,  Ed.  1778,  Up  -with  her  'fere :  Theobald  proposed  to  read 
spoon,  which  Weber,  Dyce  (who  hesitates),  and  Knight  (1867)  adopt,  spelling  it 
spoom.     Spoom  is  found  in   The  Double  Marriage,  II.  i.  :  "  we'll  spoom  before 
her."     Cf.  Dryden,  Hind  and  Panther,  III.  96: 

"  When  virtue  spooms  before  a  prosperous  gale, 

My  heaving  wishes  help  to  fill  the  sail." 

Spoom  her  before  the  wind  is  the  same  as  saying :  Let  her  spoom,  etc.  Still,  the 
reading  is  very  uncertain,  and  Mr  Skeat  places  a  different  word  in  his  text :  Run 
her.  The  misprint  in  the  old  text,  Mr  Skeat  rightly  refers  to  "  the  repetition  of 
the  Up  of  the  next  line ;  and  the  most  likely  word  is  one  which  shall  be  a  short 
monosyllable,  ending  with  n.  Nearly  all  the  modern  editions  read  Spoom  her, 
from  a  conjecture  of  Weber's  [from  Theobald's],  founded  on  the  fact  that  spoom 
occurs  in  Beaumont  and  Fletcher's  Double  Marriage,  Act  II.  sc.  i.  ;  but  the 
word  spoom,  in  that  passage,  is  an  intransitive  verb,  meaning  to  sail  steadily,  and 
is  a  mere  variation,  apparently,  of  spume  (foam),  as  if  the  sense  were  to  throw  up 
foam."  Mr  Skeat  also  quotes  Nares'  opinion  against  the  reading  Spoom. 

10.  course]  "  The  courses  meant  in  this  place  are  two  of  the  three  lowest  and 
largest  sails  of  a  ship,  which  are  so  called,  because,  as  largest,  they  contribute 
most  to  give  her  way  through  the  water,  and  consequently  enable  her  to  feel  her 
helm,  and  steer  her  course  better,  than  when  they  are  not  set  or  spread  to  the 
wind."    Holt,   q.   Dyce.     take,   i.  e.  tack;  the  usual  spelling  in  O.   Edd.     Cf. 
Prol.  26. 

14.   Carecke\  Trading  vessels  often  alluded  to  by  B.  and  F.  ;  e.  g.    The  Cox- 
comb, I.  iii. :   "  like  Carracks,  only  strength  and  stowage  "  (v.  Nares). 

Song.]  Mr  Skeat  notes  that  this  song  resembles  st.  19  of  the  Nutbrown  Maid. 
R[eed],  in  ed.  1778,  gives  D'Avenant's  alteration  : — 

"  For  straight  my  green  gown  into  breeches  I'll  make, 
And  my  long  yellow  locks  much  shorter  I'll  take. 

Sing  down  a-down,  &c. 

Then  I'll  cut  me  a  switch,  and  on  that  ride  about, 
And  wander  and  wander  till  I  find  him  out. 

With  a  heigh  down,  &c." 

Sir  William's  change  from  the  line  "  He  s'  buy  me  a  white  cut,  forth  for  to 
ride,"  is  curious.  Cut,  Dyce  explains  as  "a  familiar  term  for  a  common  horse 
(either  from  its  being  docked  or  gelded),"  &c.  Dyce  retains  the  old  reading  He 
's  buy  me,  instead  of  Weber's  He'  II  buy  me,  He 's  being  a  contracted  form  of  He 
shall.  See  Dr  Abbott's  Sh.  Gr.,  §461,  "  shall  is  abbreviated  into  'se  and 's  in  Lear, 
iv.  6,  246 ;  JR.  and  y.,  i.  3,  9.  In  the  first  of  these  cases  it  is  a  provincialism, 
in  the  second  a  colloquialism.  A  similar  abbreviation  'I  'st '  for  '  I  will,' 
'  thou  'st'  for  '  thou  wilt,'  '  thou  shalt,'  &c.,  seems  to  have  been  common  in  the 
early  Lancashire  dialect  (Gill,  quoted  by  Mr  Ellis),"  &c.  Mr  Skeat  (MS.)  has 
suggested  the  slight  change  in  the  position  of  the  apostrophe ;  He  s1 ;  the  old 
Editions  print  He  's,  as  'th  for  tti,  etc. 

25.  nightingale']  I  only  remark  on  this,  perhaps  the  commonest  allusion  in  our 


144  Notes.  [ACT  in.  sc.  5. 

poetry,  that  Fletcher's  references  to  the  story  are  generally  of  a  burlesque  cast : 
e.  g.  Lover's  Progress,  III.  ii.  : 

"  If  I  had  but  a  pottle  of  sack,  like  a  sharp  prickle, 
To  knock  my  nose  against  when  I  am  nodding, 
I  should  sing  like  a  nightingale." 
The  Nice  Valour,  V.  i.  : 

"  Set  a  sharp  jest 
Against  my  breast, 
Then  how  my  lungs  do  tickle  ! 
As  nightingales 
And  things  in  cambric  rails, 
Sing  best  against  a  prickle." 

For  the  story  of  Philomene  (given  in  The  Legende  of  Good  Women),  the  translation 
from  "  Dan  Nasoes  verse  "  was  made  by  George  Gascoigne,  1576,  and  has  been 
reprinted  by  Mr  Arber.  Cf.  Pass.  Pilgr.,  xxi.  380;  Faithful  Shepherdess,  V.  iii. ; 
Giles  Fletcher's  Chrisfs  Victorie  (pp.  219,  257,  ed.  Grosart) ;  etc.,  etc. 

Scene  5. 

The  scene  is  headed  "  Scsena  6  "  in  Qo,  "  Scsena  Sexta,"  F2. 
This  scene  is,  in  Hickson's  opinion,  "  not  only  imitation,  but  the  imitation  of 
a  young  and  inexperienced  writer  "  (p.  57*) ;  and  Spalding  criticises  Gerrold  as 
"a  personage  who  has  the  pedantry  of  Shakspere's  Holofernes,  without  one 
solitary  spark  of  his  humour."  Perhaps  this  is  a  little  too  hard  on  the  "high- 
fantastical  "  pedant. 

Bavian\  Qo,  F2,  Baum.  Bavian,  Babion  (B.  J.,  Cynthia' 's  Revels,  I.  i.),  or 
Babian,  a  man  dressed  up  as  a  baboon.  The  word  Bavian  is  derived  from  the 
Dutch ;  cf.  Swed.  bawian.  See  Douce  (whom  Weber  quotes),  Nares,  Dyce,  and 
Skeat,  for  some  remarks  on  this  character,  and  Douce  and  Ritson  (Robin  Hood 
Ballads,  Notes  and  Illustrations)  for  some  account  of  the  Morris-dance.  There  is 
"  a  mockmask  of  baboons,  attired  like  fantastical  travellers,  in  Neapolitan  suits  and 
great  ruffs,  all  horsed  with  asses,"  etc.,  in  Chapman's  Masque  of  the  Middle  Temple 
and  Lincoln's  Inn  (p.  342,  ed  Shepherd). 

I  sqq.]  Compare  these  opening  lines  with  The  Spanish  Curate,  III.  ii.  : — 
"  I  have  taught  these  twenty  years, 

Preach'd  spoonmeat  to  ye,  that  a  child  might  swallow, 
Yet  ye  are  blockheads  still. " 

8/6.  most  coarse  freeze  capacities'}  This  seems  to  mean  mental  grossness,  and  is 
a  simple  metaphor  from  frieze — cf.  "  russet  yeas  and  honest  kersey  noes,"  Z.  Z. 
Z.,  V.  4i.  413  (Skeat).  Freeze  had  another  signification — which  may  be  alluded 
to  here — as  in  Cleveland's  description  of  a  wedding-party  (Works,  p.  258,  ed. 
1742:— 

"  When  at  the  last  they  had  fetched  their  Freeze, 
And  mired  their  Stomacks  quite  up  to  the  Knees 

In  Claret  for  and  Good  Cheer,"  etc. 

?  Freeze—  Friesland  Beer.     Cf.  "a  frolic  up-se-freeze, "  Nash,  Summer's  last 
Will,  &c.     (Hazlitt,  Dodsley's  O.  P.,  viii.  58,  refers  to  Popular  Antiquities  of 


ACT  in.  sc.  5.]  Notes.  145 

Great  Britain,  vol.  ii.  p.  259.)     Up-se  =  drunk  ;  half-seas-over,    v.  Hazlitt,  xiv. 

471- 

8/6.  jane  judgements}  Dyce,  Skeat.  O.  Edd.  jave ;  Seward  (suggested  bays, 
but)  followed  by  Edd.  1778  (and  approved  by  Nares,  s.  v.  sleave-silk],  read  sleave, 
i.  e.  floss-silk  ;  Knight,  jape.  Dyce's  emendation  is  certainly  right,  and  jane 
(=  Jean)  was  "a  stuff  well  known  in  England  long  before  the  present  play 
was  written:  'Fustian  called  Jean,'  &c.  The  Rates  of  the  Custome-house,  &c. 
1582,  sig.  C2."  javel  (v.  Cotgrave)  or  ravel  (  =  confused,  Cleveland)  would 
be  preferable  to  Seward's  change,  had  we  not  Dyce's  correction. 

12/9.  Here  the  Duke  comes,  etc.]  If  Fletcher  borrowed  this  scene  from  Shak- 
spere,  the  author  of  the  Masque  of  the  Inner  Temple  and  Grays  Inn  has  given  us 
an  outline  of  what  must  have  been  a  precisely  similar  exhibition.  Compare  the 
whole  scene  carefully  with  the  following  description  : — "  The  second  Anti-masque 
rush  in,  dance  their  measure,  and  as  rudely  depart  ;  consisting  of  a  Pedant,  May 
Lord,  May  Lady  ;  Servingman,  Chambermaid ;  a  Country  Clown,  or  Shepherd,- 
Country  Wench  ;  an  Host,  Hostess ;  a  He-Baboon,  She-Baboon  ;  a  He-Fool,  She- 
Fool,  ushering  them  in.  All  these  persons,  apparelled  to  the  life,  Men  issuing  out  of 
one  side  of  the  boscage,  and  the  Women  from  the  other.  The  music  was  extremely 
well-fitted,  having  such  a  spirit  of  country  jollity,  as  can  hardly  be  imagined ; 
but  the  perpetual  laughter  and  applause  was  above  the  music,"  etc.  (Works 
of  B.  and  F.,  ed.  Darley  (Weber's  text),  p.  688,  vol.  II.) 

21/15.  trace  and  turn,  boys}  "  Which  is  followed  by  the  trace  and  tract  of  an 
excellent  juggler,  that  can  juggle  with  every  joint  about  him  from  head  to  heel." — 
Ben  Jonson,  Pan's  Anniversary.  "  Now  for  the  honour  of  our  town,  boys,  trace 
sweetly." — Fletcher,  Women  Pleased,  IV.  i.  (see  the  scene),  tract,  sb.  is  used  in  the 
modern  sense  of  trace  by  Spenser,  F.  Q.,  VI.  xii.  22  :  "Him  follow'd  by  the 
tract  of  his  outragious  spoile  ;  "  and  as  the  verb,  II.  vi.  39. 

Mr  Skeat  explains  trace,  "  follow  out  your  proper  track  :  "  but  the  word  seems 
to  have  been  regularly  used  of  dances  : 

"  And  light-foot  Nymph  es,  can  chace  the  lingring  Night 
With  Heydeguyes,  and  trimly  trodden  traces." 

Spenser,  Shep.  Cal.,  June,  1.  28. 

where  E.  K.  glosses  :  "  Heydeguies,  A  country  daunce  or  rownd.     The  conceipt 
is,    that  the  Graces  and  Nymphes  doe  daunce  unto  the  Muses   and  Pan  his 
musicke  all  night  by  Moonelight.     To  siguifie  the  pleasauntnesse  of  the  soyle." 
cf.    "  He  hops  without  the  ring, 
Yet  daunceth  on  the  trace, 
When  some  come  after,  soft  and  faire 
A  heavie  hobling  pace." 

Handful  of  Pleasant  Delites,  1584. 

(p.  60,  Park)  and  Park  (Heliconia,  II.  101)  is  perhaps  right  in  querying  "if  an 
allusion  to  hopscotch  ? "  See  The  Four  P.  P.  (Hazlitt's  Dodsley,  I.  360)  : 
"  Here  were  a  hopper  to  hop  for  the  ring  !  &c.  .  .  .  To  hop  so,  that  ye  shall  hop 
without  it "  (=.  outside  it).  But  these  terms  were  also  used  of  the  Morris  and 
Hobbyhorse  dancing  (as  possibly  in  the  lines  quoted  from  Park),  perhaps  from 
training,  '  ringing,'  a  horse  ;  v.  Had.  Dodsley,  vii.  281.  Cf.  Nash,  Summers 
b  JO 


146  Notes.  [ACT  in.  sc.  5. 

Last  Will  (Hazl.  Dodsley,  viii.  25)  :  "  You,  friend  with  the  hobby-horse,  go  not 
too  fast  .  .  .  Ver.  So,  so,  so ;  trot  the  ring  twice  over,  ancl  away."  And  see  The 
Four  Elements,  Dodsley,  i.  47  (cf.  ib.  vii.  318)  :  "  Follow  all  :  I  will  lead  a 
trace.  ...  So  merrily  let  us  dance  ey,  so  merrily,  &c."  Note  the  exclamation 
"ey ;"  cf.  Hazl.  D.  vii.  421.  Strutt  (Spyrts  and  Pastimes,  ed.  Hone,  1831,  p. 
225)  says  that  "  Hopping  matches  for  prizes  were  occasionally  made  in  the 
sixteenth  century,"  and  quotes  from  Heywood's  Proverbs,  1566, 

"  Where  wooers  hoppe  in  and  out,  long  time  may  bring, 
Him  that  hoppeth  best  at  last  to  have  the  ring — 
— I  hoppyng  without  for  a  ringe  of  a  rushe," 

and  from  the  Four  P.'s,  ubi  supra.  "  Hence  it  appears  a  ring  was  usually  the 
prize,  and  given  to  him  who  could  hop  best,  and  could  continue  to  do  so  the 
longest."  An  inference,  surely,  founded  on  a  misunderstanding  of  the  passages? 

28/24.  swim  with  your  bodies.}  Cf.  "carry  your  bodies  in  the  swimming 
fashion,"  Chapman,  Tlte  Ball,  II.  (p.  494,  ed.  Shepherd). 

29/26.  deliverly}  "nimbly,  actively,"  Dyce. 

39.  allthefafs  ftK  firi\  Many  of  these  "curious  comparisons,  borrow'd  from 
the  pond  and  kitchen"  (Lover  s  Progress,  II.  ii.),  are  still  to  be  found  in  various 
parts  of  the  kingdom ;  this  one  has  survived  amongst  others.  Cf.  B.  Jonson, 
Love's  Welcome  (at  Welbxk}. 

41.   washed  a  tile]  laterem  lavare,  vMvOavf  ir\vvnv. 

43.  hilding\  Used  of  both  sexes,  though  probably  it  was  orig.  a  dimin.  of 
hind,  man-servant.  See  Nares,  and  to  the  examples  he  quotes  of  its  application 
to  woman,  add  :  The  Pilgrim,  I.  ii.,  "  If  the  proud  hilding  Would  yield  but  to 
my  will,  and  know  her  duty." 

49/50.  An  Eele  and  a  -woman  a  learned  Poet  says,  ]  Who  was^  the  learned 
poet  ?  I  can  find  no  classical  quotation  at  all  like  this,  except  the  proverbial 
phrase  in  Plaut.  Pseiid.  2,  4,  56  :  "  anguilla  est,  elabitur."  "Anguillam  cauda 
tenes  "  is  given  in  Bohn's  Diet.  Class.  Quotations ;  neither  of  these  expressions 
being,  however,  applied  to  women.  Cf.  Pope,  Dundad,  I.  280,  "  Holds  the 
eel  of  Science  by  the  tail."  Fletcher  has  the  proverb  again  in  The  Scornful  Lady, 
II.  i.,  "  I  will  end  with  the  wise  man,  and  say,  '  He  that  holds  a  woman  has  an 
eel  by  the  tail.'  "  Valentinian,  I.  i.,  "  and  if  all  fail,  This  is  the  first  quick  eel 
that  saved  her  tail."  The  Chances,  III.  iii.,  "an  eel's  tail."  The  Prophetess, 
HI.  ii.,  "hold  her  fast,  she  will  slip  through  your  fingers  like  an  eel  else." 

In  the  Paradise  of  Dainty  Devices,  p.  62  (ed.  1810,  Brydges'  Brit.  JBibliog.')  : 
"held  the  Eele  by  the  tail"  (speaking  of  a  fickle  "sainct").  Hazlitt's  Dodsley, 
v'i-  355  :  "whosoever  hath  her,  hath  but  a  wet  eel  by  the  tail."  Mr  Skeat 
has~kindly  added  two  more  references  (in  reply  to  a  query  in  N.  and  Q.) : — 
"  Ray  (Proverbs)  has  air'  ot'pcic  ri]v  iy\t\w  fx£|C  (no  reference).  'As  trusty  as 
is  a  quick  eel  by  the  tail.' — Hazlitt's  Old  Plays,  iii.  288."  I  agree  with  Mr 
Skeat,  that  the  "  learned  poet  "  is  probably  a  fiction  :  (but  ?  Rabelais  might  have 
suggested  the  idea). 

53.  afire  ill  take  her]  O.  Edd.  fire  ill  ("  is  unmeaning,"  Skeat.  Hence  this 
note.)  Plainly  the  right  reading  (v.  Nares,  s.  v.  Ferril ;  Halliwell,  Arch.  Diet., 
I-  357  >  or  Fielding,  Jjseph  Andrews,  c.  xviii.),  as  this  passage  needs  no  comment 


ACT  in.  sc.  5.]  Notes.  147 

to  show  : — "  a  tobacco-shope  and  a  bawdy-house  are  coincident ;  for  a  smoak  is 
not  without  a  fyer."  Gesta  Grayorum  (in  Nicholls'  Progresses  of  Q.  Eli:,  vol. 
II.  p.  68).  take=  infect.  Seward  hoped  he  restored  the  original  in  reading  :  A 
feril  take  her.  Edd.  1778  ask:  "  May  we  not  understand  by  fire  ill,  a  mighty 
ill,  a  severe  punishment?"  Weber  suspects  we  should  transpose  :  an  ill  fire,  but 
retains  the  old  reading,  as  do  Edd.  1778,  Knight,  and  Dyce.  Mr  Skeat  adopts  a 
suggestion  of  Dyce's,  and  reads  :  A  wildfire  take  her,  explaining  -wildfire  as 
equivalent  to  Greek  fire.  But  even  wildfire  had  a  two-fold  sense  :  (a)  Greek  fire, 
which  sense  it  bears  when  used  with  such  a  word  as  burn,  etc.,  as  in  Philaster, 
II.  iv.,  and  in  Calisto  and  Melibixa  (referred  to  by  Mr  Skeat);  (b)  when  used 
with  such  a  word  as  take^  i.  e.  infect  (v.  Schmidt),  wildfire  means  rash,  as  in  the 
Mad  Lover,  V.  iii.  (q.  Dyce)  and  Rule  a  Wife,  III.  v.,  "a  wildfire  take  her." 
"Fire  also  gives  the  denominations  to  divers  diseases,  as  Fire,  St  Anthony's" 
Rees'  Cyclopedia,  art.  Fire.  The  exclamation  is  very  old  :  "A  wilde  fyr  upon 
thair  boclyes  falle."  Chaucer,  Reeve's  Tale,  1.  252.  This  is  scarcely  a  parallel, 
from  Faust :  "  Die  Feuerpein  Euck  ins  Gebdn  !  " 

58/60.  frampalf]  "peevish,  fro  ward,"  Dyce.  nettle,  ?  mettle. 
60/62.]  George  alow.  Edd.  "lit.  low  down  ;  possibly  referring  to  the  appear- 
ance of  a  ship  on  the  horizon,"  Skeat.  (The  sense  is  not  very  clear ;  was  there 
ever  a  ship  called  the  George  Aloel  aloe  is  spelt  alowe  in  the  Paradise  of  Dainty 
Devices,  p.  59  !)  Most  probably  alow  is  merely  an  exclamation,  as  in  Lear,  III. 
iv.  80  (Booth's  repr.  Fi,  p.  787)  :  — 

"  Pillicock  sat  on  Pillicock  hill,  alow  :  alow,  loo,  loo," 
where  Camb.  Edd.  Halloo.     Cf.  1.  64,  "  Well  hail'd." 

74/76.  March  hare\  Cf.  "  I  came  from  a  world  of  mad  women,  Mad  as  March 
hares."—  The  Wildgoose  Chase,  IV.  iii. 

80/84.  teH  ten~\  "^  was  a  trial  °f  idiotcy  to  make  the  person  count  his 
fingers. " — Weber. 

84/87.  y1  are  a  f  inker]  Cf.  IV.  i.  133  :  "Are  not  you  a  tailour?"  and  note 
the  exclamation  "  Buz,"  1.  84.  Cf.  Hamlet,  II.  ii.  412.  We  are  reminded  of 
Hamlet's  "you  are  a  fishmonger,"  by  these  lines  ;  with  the  difference  (noticed  by 
Hickson,  p.  48*)  that  "  the  retort  to  Polonius  is  full  of  meaning." 

87/91.  Qui passa\  an  unexplained  line.  v.  Skeat's  n.  Strutt  separates  these 
accompaniments,  giving  the  bells  to  the  Morris  as  commonly  danced,  the  bones  to 
the  Morisco  dance  properly  so  called.  A  questionable  distinction.  (Sports, 
&c.,  ed.  Hone,  p.  223.) 

88/92.  a  peace}  R[eed],  in  ed.  1778,  proposes  "appease,  i.e.  be  quiet  or 
silent."  Mason:  a  place.  Weber  suspects  "the  original  was  a  pace,  i.e.  a 
dance  "  .  .  to  a  peace  may  simply  mean,  to  be  quiet  (Skeat);  or  persuade  her  to  a 
peace  is  Gerrold's  grandiloquent  mode  of  saying,  persuade  her  to  ally  herself  with 
us,  to  join  in  our  dance.  Somewhat  similarly  the  Duke  says  of  Malvolio,  "  Pursue 
him,  and  entreat  him  to  a  peace  "  ( Twelfth  Night,  V.  i. )  =  pacify  him. 

89/93.  Et  opus}  O.  Edd.,  Dyce,  Seward,  ed.  1778,  Weber,  Atque.  Mr 
Skeat  substitutes  En  for  et,  but  reads  ignis  with  the  Edd.  "Strictly,  Ovid 
has  '  Jamque opus, '  and  'ignes,'  not  ignis ;  Metamorph.  xv.  871." — Skeat.  Dyce, 
last  2  edd.,  has  also  given  the  reference  to  Ovid. 


148  Notes.  [ACT  in.  sc.  6. 

lOl/loS.  all  haile]  "  I  know  not  whether  it  is  necessary  to  observe,  that  there 
is  a  play  on  hail,  as  in  Love's  Labour's  Lost,  v.  2, — 

'  All  hail,  sweet  madam,  and  fair  time  of  day ! 

Prin.  Fair,  in  all  hail,  is  foul,  as  I  conceive." 
Dekker,  Old  Fortunatus,  Old  English  Drama,  1831,  p.  34, — 

'  Andelocia.  Brother,  all  hail.  Shadow.  There's  a  rattling  salutation.'" — Sid- 
ney Walker. 

Cf.  also,  The  Faithful  Friends,  III.  ii., — 

"  Pergamits.  All  hail ! 

Learchus.  He  begins  to  storm  already." 

Cleveland,   Works,  p.  380  :  A  zealous  Discourse  between  the  Person  of  the  Parish, 
and  Tabitha  : 

"  Hail  Sister  to  your  snowy  Breast 
The  Word  permitteth  us  to  jeast,"  &c. 

114/121.  Machine]  The  pronunciation  (a  long)  in  Co.  Wicklow  at  the  present 
day.  Probably  Gerrold's  "machine"  and  "frame"  mean  simply  the  arranged 
dance  and  address. 

125/132.  penner]  However  Gerrold  may  have  derived  the  word,  he  surely 
meant  thing  penned ;  not  "a  case  for  holding  pens,"  as  the  Edd.  from  Weber 
explain  it  ? 

126/133.]  v.  n.  1.  12/9  of  this  scene. 

129/136.  welcomes  to  their  cost}  With  Mr  Skeat,  I  have  left  this  passage  as  it 
stands  in  O.  Edd.,  objections  to  the  grammar  seeming  hypercritical,  and  to  a 
student  of  Dr  Abbott's  Shakespearian  Grammar,  almost  absurd.  Sidney  Walker 
reads  welcome  to  his  cost,  and  two  lines  on,  Informs.  Cf.  IV.  iii.  90,  for  the  use  of 
their ;  but  traveller  may  be  a  plural,  as  soldier  so  often  is  in  B.  and  f. 

132/139.  beast-eating}  "  Why  the  beast-eating  clown  ?  I  should  read  beef-eat- 
ing." (Monck  Mason.)  Why  beef- eating  1 

138/145.  Intrate  filij]  Edd.  1778  rightly  place  Ger.  before  this  speech;  in 
preceding  Edd.  it  is  given  to  fir.,  though  the  marginal  instruction  in  Qo  shows 
that  Gerrold  was  the  speaker. 

157/166.  dowsets~\  "The  testes  of  a  deer." — Dyce.  This  word,  not  found  in 
Shakspere,  is  often  used  by  Fletcher  ;  e.  g.  Thierry  and  Theod.,  II.  ii. ;  Philaster, 
IV.  ii.  ;  Elder  Brother,  V.  i.  ;  Coxcomb,  II.  iii.  ;  and  by  Benjonson,  Sad  Sheph., 
I.  ii.  ;  Gipsies  Metamorphosed,  etc.  v.  Nares,  s.v. 

Scene  6. 

"  The  scene  is  a  spirited  and  excellent  one  ;  but  its  tone  is  Fletcher  s,  not 
Shakspeare's." — Spalding,  Letter,  p.  44.  Hickson  praises  the  scene  slightly. 

30/34.  Like  meeting  of  hvo  tides"}  See  Spalding,  Letter,  p.  16,  for  some  judicious 
observations  on  the  vagueness  and  lack  of  precision  in  Fletcher's  ideas.  Spald- 
ing lays  particular  stress  on  "  the  want  of  distinctness  in  grasping  images,  and  the 
inability  to  see  fully  either  their  picturesque  or  their  poetical  relations  ;  "  and  il- 
lustrates the  remark  by  quoting  this  passage,  and  11.  82/108—112,  "  When  I  saw 
you  charge  first,"  etc.  v.  n.  II.  ii.  24/27. 


ACT  in.  sc.  6.]  Notes.  149 

58/73.  grand-guard]  Narcs  does  not  give  any  satisfactory  explanation  of  this 
word,  but  Dyce  quotes  from  Meyrick's  Critical  Inqttiry  into  Ancient  Armour,  &c., 
vol.  ii.  p.  164,  ed.  1842.  Describing  a  suit  of  armour  at  Goodrich  Court,  he  says 
that  "  It  has,  over  the  breast,  for  the  purpose  of  justing,  what  was  called  the  grand- 
garde,  which  is  screwed  on  by  three  nuts,  and  protects  the  left  side,  the  edge  of 
the  breast,  and  the  left  shoulder." 

98/128.  If  there  be  A  place  prepared}  Perhaps  suggested  by  Chaucer's  lines, 
Knighfs  Tale,  1951-2  :— 

"  His  spiryt  chaunged  was,  and  wente  ther, 

As  I  cam  never,  I  can  nat  tellen  wher." 

106/137.]  Seward  proposes  to  give  11.  103/134-6,  to  Palamon,  1.  106/137  to 
Arcite:  "once  more  farewell,  my  cosen."  His  reasons  are  not  worth  quoting; 
subseq.  edd. ;  "  cannot  see  any  need  of  change"  (Edd.  177^)- 

110/143.  honour's  sake  and  safety,]  O.  Edd.  sake,  and 'safely presently.  Seward, 
etc.,  safety,  except  Edd.  1778,  who  reject  the  emendation:  it  "being  merely  con- 
jectural, and  not  necessary  "  —  a  precaution  they  might  have  exercised  in  several 
other  cases  with  greater  propriety. 

131/167.  Have  at  thy  life'}  "Have  at  your  life  then!"  Lovers  Progress,  II. 
iii.  The  usual  exclamation  of  warning. 

134/170-2.]  Cf.  Chaucer,  K.   T.,  11.  848—857. 

145/183.  Against  thy  owne\  Dyce,  thy.  Qo  this  owne.  [Note_y  mistaken 
for  is.  Cf.  note  I.  i.  213/237.  F2  this  <nvn.  Ed.  1711,  etc.  (except  Dyce  thy, 
and  Skeat  thine  own),  this  known.  "  Look  to  thine  own  well,  Arcite  !  "  occurs  a 
few  lines  above,  and  perhaps  is  the  right  reading  here  :  but  thy  own  seems  more 
rhythmical,  and  is  borne  out  by  the  misprint. 

190/232.  kill\  O.  Edd.,  Dyce,  Skeat,  kill.  Seward,  etc.,  kills.  Mr  Skeat 
points  out  the  tendency  to  make  the  verb  "  agree  with  the  nearest  substantive,  the 
ear  deciding  against  the  requirements  of  logic;"  a  common  irregularity  in  old 
authors. 

201/246.    These  are  strange  conjurings]  Cf.  Little  F.  Lawyer,  IV.  v.  : — 
Lam.   "Dinant,  as  thou  art  noble— 
Ana.   As  thou  art  valiant,  Clermont — 
Lam.  As  ever  1 

Appeared  lovely 
Ana.  As  you  ever  hope 

For  what  I  would  give  gladly — 
Clere.    Pretty  conjurations  !  " 

Shakspere  has  a  skit  at  these  conjurations  in  Hamlet,  V.  ii.  38 — 43,  although  in 
Coriol. ,  I.  vi. ,  zzd  speech,  this  mode  of  address  is  used. 
227/277.]    Cf.  Maid's  Tragedy,  II.  i.,— 

"Thou  hast  ta'en  an  oath, 
But  such  a  rash  one,  that  to  keep  it  were 
Worse  than  to  swear  it." 

236/287.  fall  Qo,]  F2.  Ed.  1711,  etc.,  read/z*7,  Dr  C.  M.  Ingleby  confirms 
me  in  thinking  that_/tt//  is  the  right  reading  here.  He  writes  : — Compare  1.  272: 
Let  it  not  fall  agen,  Sir.  These  are  remarkable  instances  of  the  use  of  this  intran- 


150  Notes.  [ACT  in.  sc.  6. 

sitive  verb  as  a  synonym  of  fail.  Shakspere  affords  us  only  two  certain  examples 
of  this  :— 

"  Her  will,  recoiling  to  her  better  judgement, 

Mayyfr//  to  match  you  with  her  country  forms 

And  happily  repent." — Othello,  III.  iii.  237. 
Here  fall  is  not  happen  [Schmidt,  wrongly,  begin,  get  into],  \)vAfail. 

"  Our  indiscretion  sometimes  serves  us  well, 
When  our  deep  plots  &ofall."     (pall,  Folio.) 

Hamlet,  V.  ii.  9. 

Here /I*//  is  nonsense;  andy«//,  the  reading  of  the  quartos,  makes  sense.  Fall,  of 
course,  is  the  opposite  of  succeed.  Now,  our  word  for  this  \s,fail.  Cf. 

"  London  you  say  is  safely  looked  into  ; 
Alas  !  poor  rebels  there  your  aid  must  fall." 

Sir  John  Oldcastle. 

There  is  also  one  example  in  T/ie  London  Prodigal,  and  two  in  Isaiah,  namely, 
xxxi.  3,  and  Ivii.  in  two  verses. 

240/290.  name,  opinion  f\  O.  Edd.  name;  opinion.  "Seward  and  Sympson 
propose  different  amendments,  but  inform  us  that  Theobald,  in  a  marginal  note, 
proposed  to  read,  My  name's  opinion,  which  is  much  in  the  style  of  our  authors, 
and  I  have  no  doubt  is  the  true  reading."  (Monck  Mason.)  Weber  also  suspects 
that  this  is  the  right  reading,  and  is  followed  by  Knight,  Dyce,  and  Skeat. 
But  opinion  is  emphatic,  and  is  used  here  (as  again  by  Fletcher)  in  the  sense  of 
notoriety,  disrepute.  Cf.  Thierry  and  Theodoret,  II.  ii.  : 

"  But  wisdom,  Sir,  and  weight  of  what  is  on  me, 

( )  tells  me  directly, 

Beside  my  person,  my  fair  reputation, 

If  I  thrust  into  crowds,  and  seek  occasions, 

Suffers  opinion." 

Elsewhere  it  usually  means  simply,  reputation  ;  e.  g.  Island  Princess,  III.  iii., 
Lover  s  Progress,  IV.  iv.  Ford,  Broken  Heart,  III.  i.  v.  Schmidt  (p.  8ll,  b.) : — 
"  Peculiar  passage:  that  he  might  stick  the  smallest  opinion  on  my  least  misuse, 
Oth.,  IV.  ii.  109  (  —  ill  opinion)." 

242/293.  proyne\  Qo  proyne,  Fa,  ed.  1711,  proyn.  Later  edd.  prune,  Dyce 
and  Skeat,  proin.  The  word  was  certainly  pronounced  as  here  spelt.  According 
to  Nares  (s.v.  Proin)  it  was  "  very  little  used  in  the  age  of  Elizabeth,  but  common 
before  that  time."  I  think  I  have  met  it  not  unfrequently,  though  I  can  only 
recall  a  few  instances,  viz.  B.  Jonson's  Discourse  with  Ctipid,  "where  I  sit  and 
proyne  my  wings  ";  Milton,  Comtts,  1.  378  ;  Gascoigne's  Complaint  of  Philomene, 
"  prekie  her  plumes  "  (p.  98,  Arber)  ;  Bacon's  Essay  Of  Studies,  "  For  Naturall 
Abilities,  are  like  Naturall  Plants,  that  need  Proyning  by  Study."  (p.  204,  ed. 
Wright. ) 

246/297.  And  all  the  longing  maids  that  ever  loved}  Sidney  Walker  says : 
"Both  sound  (the  Fletcherian  rhythm  especially)  and  sense  require  'that  ever 
lov'd  them. '  "  I  do  not  feel  at  all  sure  that  any  addition  is  proper  or  necessary. 
Dyce  (later  edd.)  follows  Walker's  conj.  Mr  Skeat  has  the  old  reading.  See 
note  on  II.  ii.  37/40. 


ACT  iv.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  151 

270/324.  Make  death  a  devil]  "This  is  obscure.     It  seems  to  mean — I  will 

turn  death  into  a  horrible  monster  :  cf.Ttv.  and  Cress.,  III.  ii.  74."  (Skeat.)  May 

it  not  simply  mean  :  '  though  you  should  make  death  as  formidable  as  a  devil '  ? 

282/339 — 342-J  Fletcher  here,  clumsily  enough,  indicates  the  distinguishing 

characteristics  of  the  Kinsmen. 

292/349.  three]  Chaucer,  Knight's  Tale,  993, — • 
"  And  this  day  fyfty  wykes,  fer  ne  neer, 
Everich  of  you  shall  bryng  an  hundred  knightes." 

ACT  IV. 

Chaucer  originals  to  this  act  are  : — sc.  ii.  :  11.  1236—1350.  The  descriptions 
of  the  Knights  deserve  close  comparison. 

Scene  I. 

A  certain  resemblance  between  the  descriptive  passages  in  this  scene  and  the 
Queen's  picture  of  Ophelia's  death,  has  been  the  chief  agent  in  misleading  critics 
to  suppose  that  the  Jailor's  Daughter  is  a  copy  of  Ophelia.  No  view,  Hickson 
points  out,  can  be  more  erroneous,  for  "not  only  the  circumstances,  but  the 
springs  of  action,  are  di.Terent  from  those  of  Ophelia  ;  and  we  beg  to  assure  such 
as  may  not  have  examined  the  question  for  themselves,  that  the  language  and 
sentiments  are  still  more  unlike.  But  the  description  in  this  scene  has  a  certain 
resemblance  to  the  circumstances  of  the  death  of  Ophelia,  and  was  probably 
written  with  that  scene  in  view.  It  has  no  reference  whatever  to  the  character  of 
the  jailor's  daughter,  and  it  is  the  only  circumstance  in  the  whole  play  common 
to  her  and  to  Ophelia."  (Hickson,  p.  43*.  See  the  entire  passage.) 

The  following,  from  Weber's  preface,  illustrates  the  diversity  of  critical 
opinion  : — "  Tha  Jailor's  Daughter,  which  is  our  authors'  own  addition  to 
Chaucer's  Tale,  has  been  long  admired  as  an  extremely  well-wrought  copy  of 
Ophelia."  (Vol.  xiii.  p.  3.)  Here  is  the  other  extreme  : — "  a  wretched  inter- 
polation in  the  story,  and  a  fantastic  copy  of  Ophelia."  (Hazlitt.  Eliz.  Lit.,  p. 
125,  ed.  1870.) 

25/30.  Ever  bring  good  nevus]  Cf.  Wit  at  Several  Weapons,  IV.  i. : — 
"  Thou  never  brought'st  good  news  i'  thy  life  yet ; 
And  that's  an  ill  quality." 

41/54.  innocent]  "In  the  northern  parts  of  this  kingdom,"  says  R[eed]  in 
ed.  1778,  "  the  common  appellation  of  an  ideotis  an  innocent  to  this  day."  Is 
the  term  peculiar  to  the  northern  part  nowadays  ?  It  is  commonly  so  used  in 
Ireland. 

45/59-  not  right\  i.  e.  not  sane,  not  in  her  right  mind.  The  expression  is  still 
heard  in  Ireland  in  this  sense,  and  is  also  used  of  a  person  supposed  to  be  con- 
nected with  supernatural  agents  of  evil. 

60/80.  To  his  own  skill,]  See  Abbott,  Sh.  Gr.  §  228.  i.  e.  "  to  its  own  skill 
in  catching  fish  "  (Skeat)  ;  or  ?  skill  =  care  :  to  take  care  of  itself. 

71/93.  heavy]  "A  lovely  bevy  of  faire  Ladies,"  Spenser,  F.  Q.,  II.  ix.  34. 
"This  bevie  of  Ladies  bright,"  Sh.  Kal.  April,  1.  118,  on  which  E.  K.  glosses  : 
"  JBevie,  a  beavie  of  ladies,  is  spoken  figuratively  for  a  company,  or  troupe  :  the 


Notes.  [ACT  iv.  sc.  i. 

tenne  is  taken  of  Larkes.     For  they  say  a  Bevie  of  Larkes,  even  as  a  Covey  of 
Partridge,  or  an  eye  of  Pheasaunts."     (Globe  ed.  p.  457.) 

80/102.  Willaiv}  This  song,  often  alluded  to,  is  found  in  various  forms ; 
one  version  by  John  Hey  wood  is  given  amongst  the  additional  poems  in  Mr  Hal- 
liwell's  ed.  of  The  Moral  Play  of  Wit  and  Science,  p.  86,  ed.  Sh.  Soc.  1848.  See 
the  Commentators  on  Othello,  IV.  iii. 

90/112.  posies.]  Fletcher  is  full  of  allusions  to  these  mottoes,  e.  g.  Knightof  B. 
P.,  V.  iii.  ;  Loyal  Subject,  II.  ii.  ("  the  jewel's  set  within.") ;  Pilgrim,  I.  ii.  ("  Be 
constant,  fair,  still?"  Tis  the  posy  here,  and  here  without,  "Be  good.");  ib. 
IV.  i.  ("Prick  me,  and  heal  me.")  ;  Woman  Hater,  IV.  i.  ("poesies  for  chim- 
neys.") ;  Rule  a  Wife,  IV.  i.  ("a  blind  posy  in  't,  '  Love  and  a  mill-horse  should 
go  round  together.' ").  Eastward  Hoe,  IV.  i.  (Shepherd's  Chapman,  p.  474, 
"  thou  and  thy  acts  become  the  posies  for  hospitals  ").  See  a  note  on  the  word 
in  Hales'  Longer  English  Poems,  p.  207.  Mr  Skeat  refers  to  Chambers'  Book 
of  Days,  I.  221.  Rings  made  of  rushes  are  alluded  to  again  in  The  Faithful  Shep- 
herdess, I.  iii.,  "  Or  gather  rushes,  to  make  many  a  ring  For  thy  long  fingers." 
For  some  interesting  facts  about  old  rings,  see  Fairholt's  Rambles  of  an  Archteo- 
logist. 

91/113.  loose]  i.  e.  lose.  Mr  Skeat  is  the  only  editor  who  has  noticed  this. 
Commonly  so  spelt  in  books  of  the  period,  and  through  this  play,  passim  ;  e.  g. 
Prol.  1.  5,  etc. 

106/132.  The  Broome\  Sometimes  spelt  Brome  (as  Rome  used  to  be  pro- 
nounced Roome;  v.  Ellis's  Pronunciation,  p.  925).  Weber  gives  this  song  from 
Wager's  The  Longer  Thou  Li-vest,  The  More  Fool  Thou  Art  ;  it  is  also  found  in 
Captain  Cox,  p.  cxxvii,  ed.  Furnivall : — 

' '  Moros.     BRome,  brome,  on  hill, 
The  gentle  Brome  on  hill  hill : 
Brome,  Brome  on  Hiue  hill, 
The  gentle  Brome  on  Hiue  hill, 
The  brome  standes  on  Hiue  hilla." 

Dyce   (vol.  viii.,  p.   182,  ed.    1876)  refers  to  Chappell's  Popular  Music  of  the 
Olden  Time,  &c.,  vol.  ii.  p.  459,  sec.  ed. 

107/133.  Bonny  Robin]  Ophelia  sings,  "  For  bonny  sweet  Robin  is  all  my 
joy,"  Hml.,  IV.  v.  187.  See  Dyce's  footnote  (last  two  edd.),  vol.  viii.  p.  184. 

107/134.  tailour?]  v.  n.  III.  v.  84/87;  cf.  1.  118/152. 

110/137.  rarely]  or  rearly,  as  the  word  is  also  spelt,  i.e.  early.  Grose, 
Glossary  (ed.  1839)  :  "Rear  (corruptly  pronounced  Rare),  early,  soon.  Meat 
undei^roasted,  boiled,  or  broiled,  is  said  to  be  rear,  or  rare,  from  being 
taken  too  soon  off  the  fire.  See  Raid  and  Rathe.  Kent."  Mr  Skeat  has 
an  interesting  note  on  the  word.  O.  Edd.,  Skeat,  rarely.  Sympson  conj.  rearly, 
"  i.  e.  betimes  in  the  morning  ;  "  but  as  he  quoted  no  authority  for  this,  Seward, 
followed  by  Edd.  1 778,  read :  early.  Mason,  Weber,  Knight,  Dyce,  adopt 
Sympson 's  reading.  "  Sympson  had  the  authority  of  Gay,  who  uses  rear,  in 
his  Shepherd's  Week,  as  a  provincial  word  for  early."  Weber. 

112/141.  0  Fair,  0  sweet}  Dyce  (viii.  182,  last  two  edd.)  says  this  is  found 
among  Certaine  Sonets  at  end  of  Sidney's  Arcadia,  p.  474,  ed.  1598  : 


ACT  iv.  sc.  2.]  Notes.  153 

"  O  Faire,  o  sweet,  when  I  do  looke  on  thee, 

In  whom  all  ioyes  so  well  agree,"  etc. 
119/152—5]  Cf.  Hml,  II.  ii.  182—7. 

139/180.  Ship.]  Fletcher  has  a  lot  of  sea-talk  on  the  course  and  management 
of  a  ship  in  The  Loyal  Subject,  III.  ii. 

148/196.  A  faire  wood]  A  wood  is  mentioned,  1.  140/184,  but  is  there  not  a 
pun  intended  here — wood  meaning  mad,  as  in  M.  N.  D.,  II.  ii. — a  fair  wood  =  a 
mad  beauty  ? 

Scene  2. 

"Fletcher's  masterpiece." — Hickson.  "In  the  soliloquy  of  the  lady,  while 
the  poetical  spirit  is  well  preserved,  the  alternations  of  feeling  are  given  with  an 
abruptness  and  a  want  of  insight  into  the  nicer  shades  of  association,  which  re- 
semble the  extravagant  stage  effects  of  the  King  and  No  King,  infinitely  more 
than  the  delicate  yet  piercing  glance  with  which  Shakspeare  looks  into  the  human 
breast  in  the  Othello ;  the  language,  too,  is  smoother  and  less  powerful  than 
Shakspeare's,  and  one  or  two  classical  allusions  are  a  little  too  correct  and 
studied  for  him." — Spalding,  Letter,  p.  46. 

1 6.  Set  Jove  afire  with]  O.  Edd.  Set  Love  afire -with.     Sympson,  (l)  suggested 
Set  Jove  afire  -with,  but  thinking  it  still  not  sense,  proposed,  (2) 
"Jove  such  another  wanton  Ganimede 

Set  Love  afire  with." 

Seward  omits  with,  and  reads  :  Set  Jove  afire ;  making  afire  a  trisyllable,  and 
Knight  adopts  this  reading.  Seward  also  proposes  to  retain  the  old  reading,  and 
insert  he  after  Ganimede;  but  prefers  the  former  change.  Edd.  1778,  etc., 
adopt  Sympson's  change  (i).  Mason's  explanation  (which,  strange  to  say,  Dyce 
and  Skeat  accept  as  the  right  one)  is  :  "Just  such  another  (sc,  smile)  wanton  Gani- 
mede Set  Jove,"  etc.,  smile  being  "understood  from  the  preceding  'smiling'1'" 
(Dyce).  How  any  one  can  have  read  these  lines  attentively,  without  seeing  that 
the  noun  is  "  eye,"  passes  all  comprehension.  Emilia  first  mentions  his  face,  and 
dwells  reflectively  on  it ;  then  his  eye,  of  "  fiery  sparkle  and  quick  sweetness," 
where  "  Love  himself  sets  smiling" — O  rare  eye  ! 

"Just  such  another  [eye]  wanton  Ganimede 
Set  Jove  afire  with,  and  enforc'd  the  god 
Snatch  up  the  goodly  boy,"  etc. 

Then—  having  done  justice  to  this  particular  feature,  Emilia  next  describes  his 
brow — 

"  What  a  brow, 

Of  what  a  spacious  majesty  he  carries," — 

and  in  comes  another  classical  parallel — of  brow,  as  the  former  of  eye — to  balance 
the  Ganimede  bit  : — 

"  Arch'd  like  the  great-ey'd  Juno's,  but  far  sweeter 

Smoother  than  Pelops'  shoulder." 
For  the  position  of  with,  compare  11.  85/95 — 7,  infra  : — 

"  on  his  thigh  a  sword 

Hung  by  a  curious  baldrick,  when  he  frowns 
To  seal  his  will  with." 


Notes.  [ACT  iv.  sc.  2. 

See  Hickson,  p.  44*,  on  the  "elaborate  imitation"  of  Shakspere  in  this  speech. 
21.  Pdops'  shoulder]  A  very  common  allusion  ;  e.  g.  Faithful  Shepherdess,  II. 
ii.,  etc. 

27.  eye  as  heavy"}  Cf.  "How  dull  and  heavily  he  looks  upon  me,"  Prophetess, 
I.  ii. 

28.  As  if  he  had  lost  his  mother]  Edd.  1778  (he'd)  note  :  "  This  seems  directly 
opposite  to  the  sense  intended,  the  effeminacy  of  Palamon,  compared  with  Arcite* 
Perhaps  we  should  read,  As  K  had  NOT  lost  his  mother,  i.  e.  the  mother  in  his 
mind."     "  This  note  is  worth  preserving  for  its  curious  and  quaint  absurdity." — 
Weber.     (A  good  argument  for  a  B.  and  F.  Variorum  /) 

39.]  In  the  Lover's  Progress,  I.  ii.,  a  rich  "heir,"  Madam  Olinda,  has  to 
choose  between  two  rival  lovers  ;  see  the  whole  scene.  She  says  of  one  : 

"  in  his  face  appears 

A  kind  of  majesty  which  should  command, 
Not  sue  for  favour." 

44.  a  mere  gipsy]  Commonly  used  as  a  term  of  contempt,  as  in  Four  Plays  in 
One,  Triumph  of  Death,  sc.  vi.  :  ' '  thou  damn'd  gipsy ;  "  Monsieur  Thomas,  I.  i., 
"and  all  complexions  beside  hers,  to  gipsies."  v.  Schmidt,  s.v. 

67/70.  their  faire  knights]  S.  Walker  proposes  to  read  sixe  hrfaire,  but  Dyce 
well  compares,  "  With  three  fair  knights,"  III.  vi.  292/351. 

70/75.  Enter  Messenger.  Curtis.]  Qo  Messengers.  Curtis'  services  are  re- 
quired again,  in  company  with  T.  Titcke,  stage  direction,  V.  iii.  Probably  these 
were  a  couple  of  intelligent  "  supers  "  at  the  Blackfriars  ;  I  have  not  succeeded  in 
finding  out  any  facts  about  their  connection  with  the  theatre  ;  but  I  think  I  am 
justified  in  leaving  all  these  relics  of  the  old  times  on  the  page  as  they  were  written, 
at  least  in  a  trial  edition  like  the  present.  They  can  do  no  harm,  and  possibly 
may  help  us  to  some  clue  of  date  or  performance  hereafter. 

74/82.  these]  The  description  of  the  knights  should  be  carefully  compared 
with  the  corresponding  pictures  in  Chaucer. 

81/91.  Show  fire  within  Aim]  Cf.  Chaucer,  K.  T.,  1.  1273—5  : 
"  The  cercles  of  his  eyen  in  his  heed 
They  gloweden  bytwixe  yolw  and  reed, 
And  lik  a  griffoun  loked  he  about,"  etc." 

87/97.]  Like  a  copy  from  Oth.,  V.  ii.  260  (Skeat). 

104/116.  ivy  tods']  All  former  Edd.  read  ivy  tops.  But  tops  seems  obviously 
a  misprint  for  tods,  the  d  being  inverted.  The  same  misprint  occurs  in  the  Span- 
ish Tragedy  (v.  Hazlitt's  Dodsley,  vol.  V.  p.  9),  shapes  for  shades,  and  the  oppo- 
site, in  R.  and  J.,  Q2,  V.  iii.  41,  friendshid  for  friendship.  I  have  never  seen 
Ivy-tops,  except  here,  in  any  book,  but  Ivy-tods  are  often  alluded  to  by  B.  and 
F., — Wit  -without  money,  IV.  ii.,  "old  tod-ivy;"  Rule  a  Wife,  &C.,  IV.  iii., 
"tod  of  aged  ivy;"  Bonduca,  I.  i.,  "tods  of  ivy,"  The  Pilgrim,  I.  ii.,  "tod 
of  hay"  (where,  as  Nares,  q.  v.,  has  also  noticed,  Ivy  seems  the  true  reading). 

108/121.  court]  Qo  cored,  F2,  ed.  1711,  correct,  Seward,  etc.,  crown.  Mr 
Skeat  compares  V.  iii.  17/20.  I  have  ventured  to  substitute  court  for  Seward 's 
conjecture,  crown.  It  suits  the  sense,  and  in  MS.  might  easily  have  been  mis- 
f-xken  for  corect. 


ACT  iv.  sc.  3.]  Notes.  155 

125/142.  aborne]  Qo.  Nares  gives  abron,  auberne,  aburne  (auburn,  "quasi 
Alburn,  from  whiteness.  A  colour  inclining  to  white"),  as  various  forms  of  the 
word.  v.  Schmidt ;  cf.  Coriol.,  II.  iii.  21,  Two  Gent.,  IV.  iv.  194.  Schlegel  and 
Tieck  translate  the  words  in  Coriol. — "  weil  von  unsern  Kopfen  einige  schwarz, 
einige  schackig  und  einige  kahl  sind,"  and  note  : — "  einige  schackig,  im 
Original :  some  abram,  welches  die  Editoren  in  auburn  verandert  haben.  Das 
Wort  kommt  aber  ofter  vor,  bedeutet  seltsam,  gemischt,  grau  und  schwarz,  und 
hangt  mit  Abraham  (wie  die  Englander  meinen)  nicht  zusammen  ;  im  Altdeut- 
schen  haben  wir  es  als  abraumisch,  abramsc  h."  Ed.  1844,  vol.  viii.,  p. 

384- 

131/148.  gray-ey'd}  v.  Schmidt,  s.  v.  Cry,  and  the  commentators  on  Romeo 
and  Juliet,  II.  iv.  39  (p.  124,  ed.  Furness).  Note  their  blunders  about  blue-ey'd. 
Cf.  B.  and  F.,  Honest  Mail's  Fortune,  V.  iii. 

145/164]  Seward  (followed  by  Edd.  1778  and  Mason)  reads  : — 

"  they  would  shew  bravely 
Fighting  about  the  titles,"  &c. 
Cf.  III.  i.  21. 

Scene  3. 

On  the  way  in  which  we  determine  the  authorship  of  this  scene,  must  depend 
our  view  of  Shakspere's  share  in  the  play  as  a  whole.  But — as  Spalding  (p.  58) 
lays  down — "In  truth,  a  question  of  this  sort  is  infinitely  more  easy  of  decision 
when  Fletcher  is  the  author  against  whose  claims  Shakspeare's  are  to  be  balanced, 
than  it  could  be  if  the  poet's  supposed  assistant  were  any  other  ancient  English 
dramatist.  .  .  .  When  Fletcher  is  Shakspeare's  only  competitor,  ...  we  are  not 
compelled  to  reason  from  difference  in  degree,  because  we  are  sensible  of  a  striking 
dissimilarity  in  kind."  In  continuation  therefore  of  the  principle — that  the 
underplot  is  entirely  from  one  hand, — which  he  assumed  in  order  to  prove, 
Spalding,  without  a  single  word  of  criticism,  gives  this  scene  to  Fletcher ;  but 
Hickson — and  let  no  one  refuse  to  accept  his  judgment  without  a  careful  weighing 
of  his  arguments — confidently  declares  Shakspere  to  be  the  author.  Be  it  Shak- 
spere's or  another's,  can  any  one  read  by  themselves  the  scenes  composing  the 
underplot  without  feeling  satisfied  that  we  have  here  the  very  thing  Spalding 
describes,  an  absolute  dissimilarity  in  kind,  and  not  a  merely  relative  difference 
in  degree  !  (See  JV.  S.  S.  Trans.,  pp.  45* — 50*.) 

Compare  Macb.,  V.  i.  and  iii.  Seward  says  :  The  printers  have  divided  the 
whole  scene  into  verse,  "  though  it  is  evidently  all  prose  ;"  Edd.  1778  think  the 
fact  that  the  printers  have  done  so  is  "a  strong  presumption  "  of  the  lines  having 
been  so  written. 

18/21.  as  there's}  Qo  as  ttiers,  F2,  etc.  (except  Weber,  Dyce,  Skeat),  as  there's. 
Mason,  are,  (there's  a  sighf)  we  maids,  [sic]  &c.  Weber,  [litre]  (there  s  a  sight 
now)  we  ;  Dyce,  Skeat  (from  Mason),  are — there's  a  sight  now  f — we.  The  old 
reading  admits  of  two  defences  :  a.  As  (~  so)  was  used  to  introduce  exclamations, 
though  so  was  more  commonly  employed..  The  speaker  is  thinking  of  the  place 
where  the  "  blessed  spirits  "  are — but  before  she  can  describe  it  or  complete  her 
sentence,  she  breaks  into  the  exclamation,  as  there's  a  sight  now  !  b.  sight  may 
be  used,  as  it  is  used  at  the  present  day  in  Co.  Wicklow,  to  mean  number.  One 


156  Nofes.  [ACT  iv.  sc.  3. 

often  hears  such  expressions  as  :  "  there's  a  sight  of  people  in  the  fair,"  "he's  a 
sight  of  cattle,"  "  I'd  a  sight  sooner  "  (  =a  deal  sooner),  etc.,  and  this  provincial 
use  (Mr  P.  A.  Daniel  informs  me)  still  survives  in  England  also.  Thus  the 
passage  might  mean,  "  Come  where  the  blessed  spirits — for  there's  a  great  number 
at  present."  I  at  least  do  not  look  for  very  connected  utterances  from  this 
speaker  ;  her  other  sentences  are  not  so  coherent  as  to  justify  me  in  rectifying  her 
grammar  here.  The  parenthesis  is  Seward's. 

21/24,  26.]  Mr  Skeat  refers  to  W.  T.,  IV.  iv.  116,  and  Hml.,  IV.  v.  189. 

25/27.  Barly-breake\  "  '  He  is  at  barley-break,  and  the  last  couple  are  now  in 
hell.'  (The  Virgin  Martyr,  Act  V.  Sc.  i )  This  game  is  thus  described  by  Gif- 
ford,  chiefly  from  a  passage  in  Sir  P.  Sidney's  Arcadia.  '  It  was  played  by  six 
people  (three  of  each  sex)  who  were  coupled  by  lot.  A  piece  of  ground  was  then 
chosen,  and  divided  into  three  compartments,  of  which  the  middle  one  was  called 
hell.  It  was  the  object  of  the  couple  condemned  to  this  division,  to  catch  the 
others,  who  advanced  from  the  two  extremities  :  in  which  case  a  change  of 
situation  took  place,  and  hell  was  filled  by  the  couple  who  were  excluded  by  pre- 
occupation from  the  other  places  ;  in  this  "catching,"  however,  there  was  some 
difficulty,  as  by  the  regulations  of  the  game,  the  middle  couple  were  not  to 
separate  before  they  had  succeeded,  while  the  others  might  break  hands  whenever 
they  found  themselves  hard  pressed.  When  all  had  been  taken  in  turn,  the  last 
couple  were  said  to  be  in  hell,  and  the  game  ended.'  "  Massinger's  Works,  ed.  H. 
Coleridge,  Glossary.  Dyce  adds  :  "  On  the  Scottish  mode  of  playing  it  (which  is 
very  different),  see  Jamieson's  Etymol.  Diet,  of  the  Scot.  Lang,  in  '  Barla-breikis, 
Barley-bracks. ' "  The  game  is  still  a  favourite  with  boys,  although  the  names  and 
rules  differ  at  almost  every  school.  Allusions  to  it  are  common  in  old  plays  ;  e.  g. 
The  Scornful  Lady,  V.  iv.,  "here's  the  last  couple  in  hell;"  The  Captain,  V. 
iv. ;  Massinger  (q.  supra,  and)  The  Parliament  of  Love,  IV.  v.  ;  Jonson,  Sad 
Shepherd,  I.  ii.  See  Nares  for  a  good  note  on  the  word. 

29/32.]  See  n.  III.  ii.  29. 

35/38 — 44.  See  Hickson,  p.  47*,  for  a  note  on  this  speech.  I  have  not  noticed 
any  parallels  in  B.  and  F.  closer  than  these,  not  very  close  ones  :  — 

Orpheus,  describing  Hell,  says, 

"  Now  in  cold  frosts,  now  scorching  fires, 

They  sit  and  curse  their  lost  desires." — The  Mad  Lover,  IV.  i. 
and  The  Night  Walker,  IV.  v.,  "  the  ravisher's  soul  in  eternal  frost." 

46/49.  tK  other,  this  fire]  O.  Edd.,  etc.,  another.  Dyce,  th'  other,  plainly  the 
right  reading,  as  she  is  speaking  of  the  "proud  Lady"  and  the  "proud  Citty 
•wife ; "  the  one  cries,  .  .  .  ,  th'  other  cries ;  the  one  cries  .  .  th'  other  curses,  etc. 
The  occurrence  of  tK  other  in  the  last  clause  shews  that  the  description  is  not  of  a 
general  "  whoobub,"  but  of  two  typical  figures  in  the  crowd. 

76/82.  carve  her]  Qo,  crave  her,  corr.  Fz  carve  her.  Seward  inserts^;-,  and  so 
Edd.  1778  and  Knight  (ist  ed.);  Weber,  Dyce,  Knight  (2nd  ed.  Pictorial  Sh. 
1867),  follow  F2.  In  the  addenda  to  his  B.  and  F.,  vol.  I.,  p.  civ.,  1843,  Dyce 
says:  "That  Seward  and  Mr  Knight  were  wrong  in  making  the  alteration, 
'carve  for  her,''  is  proved  by  the  following  line  of  Beaumont's  Remedy  of  Love, 
'  Drink  to  him,  carve  him,  give  him  compliments.'  " 


ACT  v.  sc.  i.]  Notes  157 

Mr  Skeat  quotes  this  passage,  and  from  Love's  Pilgrimage,  I.  i.,  "I'll  carve  you, 
sir." 

If  we  made  any  addition,  the  more  correct  idiom  would  be,  carve  to  her  (Com. 
Err.,  II.  ii.  120,  Viitor.  Corombona,  p.  8,  ed.  1866).  It  was  a  mark  of  great 
respect  to  carve  to  or  for  a  person.  Cf.  Chaucer,  Prol.  C.  T.,  1.  100.  Sh.  M.  IV., 
I.  iii.  49;  Z.  Z.  Z.,  V.  ii.  323  ;  IV.  i.  55  (Schmidt,  who  refers  to  Dyce's  Glos- 
sary). Prior,  in  The  Ladle  (Poems,  vol.  i.,  p.  74,  Dublin  ed.  1728)  : — • 
"  Well  then,  things  handsomely  were  serv'd  : 

My  mistress  for  the  strangers  carv'd." 

Chapman,  Minor  Poems,  p.  30  :  "  His  eye  did  carve  him  on  that  feast  of  feasts." 
77/83.  among]  See  Sidney  Walker,  Crit.  Exam.,  vol.  iii.   p.  344,  fora  long 
note  on  this  use  of  among,  per  se,  as  fitra  occasionally  in  Greek.     This  use  is 
common  ;  e.  g.  see  Hazlitt's  Dodsley,  vol.  I. ,  pp.  7,  22,  329. 

83/90.  out  of  square}  Cf.  R.  Edwardes'  Damon  and  Pythias  (Hazlitt's  Dods- 
ley, IV.  66)  : 

"The  king  himself  museth  hereat,  yet  he  is  far  out  of  square, 

That  he  trusteth  none  to  come  near  him,"  etc.  ; 
i.  e.  disordered,  "out  of  sorts."     v.  Schmidt,  s.  v.,  and  cf.  "all  square,"  &c. 

ACT  V. 

Weber  divided  Sc .  i.  into  3  scenes,  but  has  not  been  followed  in  this. 

Critics  are  unanimous — I  may  almost  say — in  assigning  this  act,  with  the 
exception  of  Scene  ii.,  to  Shakspere.  See  Spalding,  Letter,  pp.  46 — 57,  Hickson, 
p.  52*.  At  the  same  time,  I  think  it  may  be  shewn  that  Fletcher  was  probably 
the  author  or  enlarger  of  (at  least)  the  preface  to  Scene  i.  Especially  contrast  the 
metre  of  the  first  19  lines  (17  verse-lines,  13  (not  15,  Skeat,  Pref.  xxii.)  double- 
endings  !)  with  that  of  any  other  ordinary  dialogue  in  the  Shakspere  part  of  the 
play ;  the  two  will  be  found  very  different.  I  had  formed  the  above  opinion 
some  time  before  Mr  Skeat's  edition  appeared,  and  I  find  that  Mr  Skeat  holds 
-the  same  views.  See  his  Introd.  pp.  xix,  xxii,  xxiii. 

The  following  words  of  De  Quincey's  may  be  fitly  prefixed  to  any  commentary 
on  this  act : — 

"In  retracing  the  history  of  English  rhetoric,  it  may  strike  the  reader  that  we 
have  made  some  capital  omissions.  But  in  these  he  will  find  we  have  been 
governed  by  sufficient  reasons.  Shakspere  is  no  doubt  a  rhetorician,  majorum 
gentium,  but  he  is  so  much  more,  that  scarcely  an  instance  is  to  be  found  of  his 
rhetoric  which  does  not  pass  by  fits  into  the  higher  element  of  eloquence  or 
poetry.  The  first  and  the  last  acts,  for  instance,  of  The  Two  Noble  Kinsm:n, 
which,  in  point  of  composition,  is  perhaps  the  most  superb  work  in  the  language, 
and  beyond  all  doubt  from  the  loom  of  Shakspere,  would  have  been  the  most 
gorgeous  rhetoric,  had  they  not  happened  to  be  something  far  better.  The  sup- 
plications of  the  widowed  Queens  to  Theseus,  the  invocations  of  their  tutelar 
divinities  by  Palamon  and  Arcite,  the  death  of  Arcite,  &c. ,  are  finished  in  a  more 
elaborate  style  of  excellence  than  any  other  element  of  Shakspere's  most  elaborate 
scenes.  In  their  first  intention,  they  were  perhaps  merely  rhetorical ;  but  the 


158  Notes.  [ACT  v.  sc.  i. 

furnace  of  composition  has  transmuted  their  substance.  Indeed,  specimens  of 
mere  rhetoric  would  be  better  sought  in  some  of  the  other  great  dramatists,  who 
are  under  a  less  fatal  necessity  of  turning  everything  they  touch  into  the  pure 
gold  of  poetry." — De  Quincey,  Works,  X.  49  (Black's  ed.  1862). 

Chaucer  originals  :  Sc.  i.  11.  1351 — 1591  (and  for  scenery,  11.  1023 — 1235); 
Sc.  iii.  11.  1625 — 1804;  Sc.  iv.  11.  1805,  ad  fin,  Palamon  prays  first,  Emelye 
second,  and  Arcite  third,  in  Chaucer's  story. 

4.  Swelling  incense]  So  all  edd.  None  of  the  later  Editors  appear  to  have 
noticed  Theobald's  conjecture  here,  smelling  incense.  But  ^veiling  seems  the 
right  word,  and  means  :  rising  up  in  increasing  volume  of  "  hallo w'd  clouds." 

9/IO.  german]  simply  akin.     v.  Schmidt. 

lo/n.  nearness]  intimacy,  confidence,  close  friendship.  Cf.  "  The  nearness 
his  alliance  claims,"  Honest  Afau's  Fortune,  I.  i.  Dr  Ingleby  con],  fercenesse ; 
but  cf.  Mcb.,  III.  i.  116;  distance. 

29/32.  part]  O.  Edd.,  etc.,  port,  except  Seward,  part,  "port  may  mean  either 
(i)  transport,  carry,  or  (2)  bring  into  port." — (Skeat.)  But  though  Mr  Skeat 
"  can  adduce  no  clear  example  "  of  port  in  this  latter  sense,  it  seems,  as  he  thinks, 
the  signification  here. 

30/33.  ly miter]  Not  found  elsewhere  in  Sh..,  nor  in  B.  and  F.  It  may  have 
been  suggested  by  the  Chaucerian  word,  Lymitour,  "a  friar  licensed  to  beg 
within  a  certain  district."  Spenser  and  Drayton  use  the  word  in  this  old  sense. 
v.  Nares.  Here,  however,  it  is  a  substantive  derived  from  limit,  and  means  the 
Divine  Shaper  of  our  destinies. 

34/40.  lovers']  friends.     Friend  was  often  used  conversely  when  we  would  say 

lover. 

34/40.  sqq.]  Spakling,  p.  55,  observes  that  "  the  description  which  we  have 
read  of  Mars'  attributes  reminds  one  strongly  and  directly  of  the  fine  speech  in  the 
poem,  when  old  Saturn,  the  god  of  time,  enumerates  his  own  powers  of  destruc- 
tion. It  is  far  from  unlikely,"  he  adds,  "that  the  one  passage  suggested  the 
other.  The  rich  can  afford  to  borrow." 

37/44.  which  still  is  farther  off  it]  Mason  cannot  think  this,  the  reading  the 
first  four  edd.  [Edd.  1778,  Knight,  further],  right,  because  it  does  not  appear  to 
him  "to  be  sense,  to  say  that  apprehension  is  farther  off  from  the  spirit  of  Mars 
than  fear  is."  He  is  "  therefore  inclined  to  adopt  Theobald's  amendment,  and 
to  read — 

And  the  apprehension, 
Which  still  is  father  of  it. 

For  we  may  fairly  say  that  apprehension,  that  is,  a  sensibility  of  danger,  is  the 
parent  of  fear."  Heath,  Weber,  Dyce,  Skeat,  adopt  Mason's  change  ;  and  Mr 
Skeat  thus  explains  the  amended  passage  :  "Apprehension  means  perception ;  and 
the  sense  is — whose  spirit  within  you  expels  the  seeds  of  fear,  and  that  perception 
of  danger  which  is  ever  the  cause  of  fear.  Fear  cannot  arise,  even  in  the  most 
timid,  till  there  be  first  some  sense,  or  at  any  rate,  some  imagination,  of  danger  at 
hand.  We  find  almost  the  same  thought  in  Cymbeline,  IV.  ii.  109 — 

Being  scarce  made  up, 
I  mean,  to  man,  he  had  not  apprehension 


ACT  v.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  159 

Of  roaring  terrors  ;  for  th'  effect  of  judgment 
Is  oft  the  cause  of  fear." 

But  I  do  not  see  how  we  cannot  get  this  meaning  precisely  out  of  the  text  as  it 
stands  in  the  old  editions.  Apprehension  is  the  perception  of  danger,  this  underlies 
fear,  is  therefore  farther  off  than  fear  is ;  beyond  it,  and  so  farther  to  reach  and 
harder  to  eradicate.  The  "effect  of  judgement"  is  the  perception  of  danger, 
this  perception  of  danger  is  the  antecedent  of  fear — an  indispensable  preliminary 
condition. 

50/56.   Turned  green  Neptune  into  pttrple]  Cf.  Macb.,  II.  ii.  62,  3  : — 

' '  No :  this  my  hand  will  rather 
The  multitudinous  seas  incarnadine, 
Making  the  green  one  red." 

[i.  e.  one-red].  "  i-.  e.  converting  the  green  into  one  uniform  red."  Clark  and 
Wright,  Clar.  Press  ed.  It  is  enough  to  "put  faith  in  a  fever"  to  read  all  the 
glosses  on  this  passage  in  Furness's  Macbeth,  p.  107.  Steevens  compares  Hey- 
wood's  Downfall  of  Robert  earl  of  Huntingdon,  1601  :  "  He  made  the  green 
sea  red  with  Turkish  blood."  Again,  "the  multitudes  of  seas  died  red  with 
blood."  [dyed]. 

whose  approach]  These  words  were  suggested  by  Seward  to  fill  up  an 
evident  gap  in  both  the  meaning  and  metre  of  the  passage  as  it  stands  in  O.  Edd. 
Qo  reads  : — 

Greene  Nepture  into  purple. 

Comets  prewarne,  -whose  havocke  in  vasfe  Feild,  &c. 

51/57.  vast  fidd]  vast  probably  means  boundless,  wide-spread  battle-fields 
(though  it  might  have  another  sense  of  Lat.  vastus,  desolated),  as  in  Hen.^, 
prol.  12  : — 

"  can  this  cockpit  hold 
The  vasty  fields  of  France." 

53/59.  foyzoit\  Qo,  F2  so  spell  the  word.  "Foison,  rich  harvest  "  (Schmidt). 
Lat.  fusionem.  It  occurs  in  Sh.,  Sonn.  53.  Tp.,  II.  i.  163  ;  IV.  no.-  Meas.,  I. 
iv.  43  ("Teeming  foison  ")  ;  Mcb.,  IV.  iii.  88 ;  Ant.,  II.  vii.  23  (#.). 

54/60.  armipotent]  A  Chaucerian  epithet  (Seward),  cf.  Knighfs  Ta.,\.  1124: 
"Marz  armipotent;"  1.  1583:  "  Marz  the  stern  god  armipotent."  Saturn,  1. 
1605,  says  :  "Myn  is  the  men  of  the  hihe  halles,  The  fallyng  of  the  toures  and 
the  walles,"  etc. 

62/68.  enormous]  Cf.  Lear,  II.  ii.  176  :  "From  this  enormous  state." 
66/72.  pluresie}  v.  Trench,  Eng.  Past  and  Pres.,  p.  237  (3rd  ed.).    Cf.  ///«/., 
IV.  vii.  118:— 

"  For  goodness,  growing  to  a  pmnsy 

Dies  in  his  own  too  much." 

But  Shakspere  was  not  the  only  writer  who  shewed  his  "small  Latin  and  less 
Greek  "  by  this  implied  derivation  from  plus.  Cf.  B.  and  P.,  Custom  of  the 
Country,  II.  i.,  "grow  to  a  plurisy  and  kill,"  etc.  ;  Massinger,  Unnat.  Combat, 
IV.  i.,  "Thy  plurisy  of  goodness  is  thy  ill;"  Ford,  '  Tis  Pity,  IV.  iii.,  "plurisy 
of  lust ;"  Broken  Heart,  IV.  ii.,  "that  foulness  Whose  plurisy  hath  fevered  faith 
and  modesty  "  (cf.  "  puts  faith  in  a  fever,"  2  N.  K.,  I.  ii.  66/73)  >.  The  Fancies  (q. 


160  Notes.  [ACT  v.  sc.  i. 

Weber),  "a  plurisy  of  faithless  impudence."  Add  (fromNares)  Atheist's  Tragedy, 
sig.  G.,  "plurisy  of  lust;"  Mascal,  on  Cattle,  "grow  to  a  plurisy,  and  die 
thereof;  "  and  (Wright,  Clar.  Pr.  If  ml.)  Massinger,  The  Picture,  IV.  ii. 

69/75.  Stars  must  glister,  &c.]  Cf.  Peele,  Tale  of  Troy,  "glistering  like  stars 
of  pure  immortal  fire." 

79/85.  And  weepe  unto  a  girt\  O.  Edd.  (F2,  ed.  1711,  -weep) ;  Seward,  etc., 
To  weep.  But  surely  the  idea  of  enforcement  is  sufficiently  plain  to  allow  the 
old  reading  to  stand,  and  make  him  weep  being  the  sense  if  expanded.  Theo- 
bald's marginal  note  :  "  into,  i.  e.  'till  he  become  tender  as  a  Girl,"  has  not  been 
accepted  by  any  of  the  Edd.  (I  may  note  here,  that  Edd.  1778  cannot  be  trusted 
for  the  literal  accuracy  of  their  transcripts  from  ed.  1 750 ;  e.  g.  here  they  write 
became,  and  girl. ) 

85/91.  poul'd]  O.  Edd.  pould.  The  way  it  was  pronounced,  probably ;  v. 
Ellis,  Pronun.,  p.  961.  See  Nares,  s.  v.  Poll,  and  cf.  Chauc.  Prol.  177,  627, 
Revels  Ta.,  386,  "piled  sculle ; "  Spenser,  F.  Q.,  V.  ii.  6  ;  2  Sam.  xiv.  26; 
Hazlitt's  Dodsley,  IV.  81 ;  Coriol.,  IV.  v.  215  (Booth's  repr.,  p.  621  a),  "  He 
will  mowe  all  downe  before  him,  and  leaue  his  passage  poul'd."  (Schmidt 
inaccurately:  "  O.  Edd.  pouted.")  Seward,  etc.,  polled.  Dyce  and  Skeat, 
polled,  making  the  line  an  alexandrine.  It  seems  rather  to  scan  :  Stale  gravity! 
to  dance ;  I  the  poul'd  I  bach 'lour / '.  The  position  of  the  pause  confirms  this,  and  in 
V.  iii.  117/135,  the  same  disyll.  pronun.  of  bachelour  occurs. 

86/92.  Whose  youth]  Seward  thought  the  metre  of  this  line  defective  (which 
it  is  not,  bonfires  being  trisyll.),  and  accordingly,  with  his  usual  disregard  of 
meaning  where  measure  was  concerned,  gave  :  Whose  freaks  of  youth.  Dyce 
notes  :  '  Some  word  has  probably  dropt  out  here[?]  ;  but  the  construction  of  the 
passage  is  such  as  our  writers  frequently  employ  :  the  poet  wrote  '''youth  .... 
HAVE"  on  account  of  the  intervening  "boys."'  Skipping  over  bonfires  was 
one  of  the  customs  observed  on  Midsummer's  Eve  :  v.  Strutt,  Sports  and  Pas- 
times, p.  359,  ed.  1831. 

102/108.  liberal]  "licentious,  wanton."  Schmidt  distinguishes  seven  mean- 
ings of  this  word  in  Sh.  Lex. 

1 08.]  With  this  whole  speech  of  Palamon's  we  may  compare  and  contrast  the 
following,  from  Fletcher's  Women  Pleased,  I.  i.  sp.  63  : — 

"...  I  never  call'd  a  fool  my  friend,  a  madman, 
That  durst  oppose  his  fame  to  all  opinions, 
His  life  to  unhonest  dangers  ;  I  never  loved  him, 
Durst  know  his  name,  that  sought  a  virgin's  ruin, 
Nor  ever  took  I  pleasure  in  acquaintance 
With  men,  that  give  as  loose  reins  to  their  fancies 
As  the  wild  ocean  to  his  raging  fluxes  : 
A  noble  soul  I  twin  with, "  &c 

And  with  the  special  passage,  the  old  bridegroom  and  young  bride,  compare  a 
very  interesting  dialogue  (too  long  to  quote)  of  "  An  old  Man  courting  a  young 
Girl,"  in  Cleveland's  Works,  pp.  224 — 8,  ed.  1742,  and  v.  n.  on  ttnwappered, 
infra,  V.  vi.  10. 

106/112.]  See  Hickson,  p.  30*,  on  an  instance  of  coincidence  in  sentiment 


ACT  v.  sc.  i.]  Notes.  161 

with  this  passage,  which,  as  a  proof  of  the  identity  of  the  writer,  is  "as  strong  as 
its  kind  will  admit ;"  viz.  Trail,  and  Cress.,  V.  ii.  129-133  : — 
"  Let  it  not  be  believed  for  womanhood  ! 

Think  we  had  mothers  ;  do  not  give  advantage 
To  stubborn  critics,  apt,  without  a  theme, 
For  depravation,  to  square  the  general  sex 
By  Cressid's  rule  :  rather  think  this  not  Cressid." 

For  Qo  pheare,  Fa,  ed.  1711,  have  Sphere.  For  this  latter  reading  Seward  con- 
jectured//kw^,  and  was  extremely  gratified  to  find  that  this  actually  was  the  old 
reading!  See  a  note  on  V.  iii.  in  Ed.  1778,  wherein  Se ward's  misrepresent- 
ations, etc.,  are  exemplified ;  and  Gifford's  Ben  Jonson,  pref.,  p.  68  (ed.  1838, 
Moxon). 

Mr  Skeat  omits  the  entire  passage,  but  on  IV.  iii.  70  (85),  notes  that  "  Pheer 
is  not  good  spelling  ;  it  should  be  feer  or  fere,  as  it  is  from  the  Middle  English 
fere,  A.S.  gefera,  one  \vho  fares  or  travels  with  one,  a  comrade,  companion  ;  also, 
a  playmate,  and  sometimes  a  wife"  (p.  142).  Titus  And.,  IV.  i.  89  (Booth's 
reprint,  642  a)  :  "the  wofull  Feere  And  father  of  that  chast  dishonoured  Dame." 
"In  Per.  Prol.  21  O.  Edd.  peer,  M.  Edd.  fere  or  pheere"  (Schmidt;  pheere, 
Malone,  Staunton  ;  fere,  Globe  ed.).  Byron,  Childe  ff.,  c.  \.feres. 

119/124 — 7]  The  pointing,  though  obvious,  is  most  chaotic  in  O.  Edd.,  Qo 
reading,  — . 

"To  those  that  prate  and  have  done  ;  no  Companion 
To  those  that  boast  and  have  not ;  a  defyer 
To  those  that  would  and  cannot ;  a  Rejoycer,"  &c. 

128/134.  *ntrit]  reward.      I  may  quote  (Dyce  from  Mason  from  Johnson 
from)  Prior,  Ode  to  Queen  Anne,  "Those  laurel  groves,  the  merits  of  thy  youth," 
etc.     Cf.  Rich.2,  I.  iii.  156 ;  Z.  Z.  Z.,  IV.  i.  21  (quibbling.     Schmidt). 
130/136.  from  eleven  to  ninety]  Cf.  Pope,  R.  of  L.,  IV.  :— 

"Hail  wayward  Queen, 
Who  rule  the  sex  to  fifty  from  fifteen." 

Direction.]  Records,  recorders,  a  kind  of  flute.  See  Dyce  and  Nares'  Gloss., 
and  Chappell's  Pop.  Music  of  the  Olden  Time.  v.  n.  dir.  I.  i.  See  Chapman's 
Shadow  of  Night  (Minor  poems,  &c.,  ed.  Shepherd,  I — 18).  Cynthia's  ivory 
chariot  ("  ut  ait  Calhmachus  ")  was  drawn  by  "  a  brace  of  silver  hinds."  Com- 
pare, too,  The  Phoenix  Nest,  1593  (Park's  Heliconia,  II.  133),  for  a  poem  "The 
Praise  of  Virginitie  " — "  Virginitie  resembleth  right  the  rose,"  etc.,  illustrating 
the  symbolism  of  the  shattered  rose. 

140/146.  windfann'd  snow]  Cf.  W.  T.,  IV.  iv.  373 — 6  : — 

"  I  take  thy  hand,  this  hand, 
As  soft  as  dove's  down  and  as  pure  as  it, 
Or  Ethiopian's  tooth,  or  the  fann'd  snow  that's  bolted 
By  the  northern  blasts  twice  o'er  ;  " 
and  Coriol.,  V.  iii.  64—7  : — 

"The  noble  sister  of  Publicola, 
The  moon  of  Rome,  chaste  as  the  icicle 
i-  II 


1 62  Notes.  [ACT  v.  sc.  2. 

That's  curdied  by  the  frost  from  purest  snow 
And  hangs  on  Dian's  temple  : "  etc. 

Mr  Skeat  quotes  these  lines  from  chaste  as  the  icicle,  but  The  moon  (Diana)  of  Rome 
draws  the  parallelism  much  closer. 

140/146.  female  knights]  Dian's  Knights  are  spoken  of  again  by  Sh.,  Alfs 
Well,  I.  iii.  120 ;  Much  Ado,  V.  iii.  13  (Schmidt). 

144/150.  greene  eye]  Weber  says  that  "  the  Spanish  writers  are  peculiarly  en- 
thusiastic in  the  praise  of  green  eyes,"  and  quotes  Cervantes'  novel,  Del  Zdoso 
Estremanno  (given  by  Mr  Skeat).  Spalding,  Letter,  p.  50,  refers  to  Romeo  and 
Juliet,  [III.  v.  222]  ;  Mids.  N.  D.,  [V.  i.  342] ;  and  to  Don  Quixote,  Parte  II., 
capite  xi.  : — "  Los  ojos  de  Dulcinea  deben  ser  de  verdes  esmeraldas."  Cf.  Ch. 
K.  T.,  1.  1309,  "his  eyen  bright  citryne."  Seward,  deeply  perplexed  by  the 
epithet  green,  reads  sheen.  See  Furness'  R.  and  J.,  p.  212.  The  word  has  been 
very  variously  explained,  but  the  concurrent  testimonies  of  Old  English,  French, 
Spanish,  and  Italian  writers  have  been  produced  to  show  that  green  eyes  were 
considered  very  beautiful,  and  signs  of  long  life.  That  this  colour  is  unusual 
now-a-days,  "must  be  confessed;"  and  "for  this,  let  naturalists,  if  they  can, 
account." — (Douce.) 

147/153.  scurril  term\  Cf.  Ford,  Lady's  Trial,  IV.  ii.,  "  scurril  jests ;"  Troil. 
and  Cress.,  I.  iii.  148,  "  Breaks  scurril  jests."  I  have  not  met  with  the  word  in 
B.  and  F. 

ib.  port]  Theobald  quotes  HmL ,  I.  v.  63,  to  sustain  his  reading,  por~ch,  which 
Seward  rejects.  Dr  Ingleby  suggests  the  same  emendation  and  parallel.  But 
each  word  is  peculiarly  appropriate  in  its  own  place  ;  cf.  2  H.^,  IV.  v.  24,  "That 
keep'st  the  ports  of  slumber  open  wide  To  many  a  watchful  night "  (there,  however, 
of  the  eyes,  but  in  the  same  sense,  gates).  "  The  Latin  porta  is  as  good  a  word 
as  its  derivative  porticus  "  (Skeat).  Chapman  {Shadow  of  Night,  p.  8,  cf.  Minor 
Poems,  p.  119),  "ivory  port,"  "  Night's  port  of  horn"  (Virg.  JEn.,  vi.  893). 

154/160.  7  am  guiltless  of  election ;  etc.]  All  edd.,  except  Dyce  (last  2  edd.), 
place  the  stop  after  eyes,  instead  of,  as  here,  after  election.  This,  Dyce's  reading,  is 
obviously  the  only  comprehensible  arrangement  of  the  lines.     Qo  has  : 
Am  guiltlesse  of  election  of  mine  eyes, 
Were  I  to  loose  one,  they  are  equal  precious, 
I  could  doombe  neither,  that  which,  &c. 

Scene  2. 

By  Fletcher.     Spalding,  p.  51  ;  Hickson,  p.  51*. 

18/24.  Hoa  there]  Mason  would  read,  Hold  there  ;  but  in  V.  iv.  41/51  we  have 
Hold  hoa.  v.  Schmidt,  s.  v.  Ho. 

48/67.  cut  and  long  fat/]  "...  and  though  .  .  .  the  gaoler's  daughter  is  speak- 
ing of  the  unrivalled  accomplishment  of  the  horse  which  she  imagines  Palamon 
has  given  to  her,  it  seems  to  be  agreed  that  the  expression  Come  cut  and  long  tail 
was  originally  derived  from  dogs,  and  equivalent  to  '  Come  dogs  of  all  sorts.' "  See 
a  long  note  (based  on  Nares)  in  Dyce's  Glossary.  Cf.  Wit  at  Several  Weapons, 
II.  iii.,  Jonson,  Love's  Welcome  (at  WelbecK) ;  and  see  Dyce's  n.  on  Greene's 
George  a  Greene,  p.  267  (Routledge's  ed.). 


ACT  v.  sc.  2.]  Notes.  163 

50/70.]  Alluding  probably  to  Banks'  Curtal,  a  celebrated  dancing  horse 
named  Marocco,  exhibited  in  London  about  1589.  It  is  said  that  Banks  and  his 
horse  were  burnt  at  Rome  by  order  of  the  Inquisition.  See  Nares  (ed.  Wright 
and  Halliwell)  for  an  interesting  note ;  and  Lt.-Col.  Cunningham's  Marlowe, 
p.  365,  n.  (on  Epigrams  by  J.  D[avies],  xxx.  and  xlviii).  References  to  this 
horse  are  very  numerous,  and  may  be  found  even  fifty  years  after  his  fame  had 
become  historical;  e.g.  Cleveland,  Works,  p.  86  (ed.  1742):  "Well,  he's  a 
nimble  Gentleman  ;  set  him  upon  Banks  his  horse  in  a  Saddle  rampant,  and  it 
is  a  great  question  which  part  of  the  Centaure  shews  better  Tricks."  v.  Strutt, 
Sports  and  Pastimes,  ed.  Hone,  1831,  p.  243. 

53/73-  tune\  Qo  turne,  ¥2  (urn,  Corr.  1750.  "  Whose  tongue  is  turfd"  is  mis- 
printed turned  in  The  Spanish  Tragedy,  Qo  1618.  v.  Hazlitt's  Dodsley,  vol.  v. 
p.  163.  Query,  was  turn  used  in  this  sense? 

Light  o'  love]  "  An  old  tune  of  a  dance,  the  name  of  which  made  it  a  pro- 
verbial expression  of  levity,  especially  in  love  matters.  Sir  J.  Hawkins  re- 
covered the  original  tune  from  an  old  MS.,  and  it  is  inserted  in  the  notes  to  Much 
Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  IV.  Sc.  iii." — Nares. 

57/80.  Casts  himself  tK  accounts  of  all  his  hay  and  provender.      That  Hostler 
must  rise  betimes  that  cozens  Aim.}     There  is  a  strong  family  likeness  between  this 
horse  and  one  in  Fletcher's  Love 's  Pilgrimage,  I.  i.  : — 
Diego.   ' '  Lazaro  ! 

How  do  the  horses  ? 

Laz.  Would  you  would  go  and  see,  Sir  ! 

A  plague  of  all  jades,  what  a  clap  he  has  given  me  ! 

As  sure  as  you  live,  master,  he  knew  perfectly 

I  cozen'd  him  on  's  oats  ;  he  look'd  upon  me, 

And  then  he  sneer'd,  as  who  should  say  '  Take  heed,  Sirrah  ! ' 

And  when  he  saw  our  half-peck,  which  you  know 

Was  but  an  old  court-dish,  Lord,  how  he  stampt ! 

I  thought  't  had  been  for  joy  ;  when  suddenly 

He  cuts  me  a  back-caper  with  his  heels, 

And  takes  me  just  o'  th'  crupper  ;  down  came  I 

And  all  my  ounce  of  oats  ;  then  he  neighed  out, 

As  though,"  etc. 

See  the  whole  passage.  According  to  Seward,  Shirley  took  this  scene,  after 
Fletcher's  death,  from  the  New  Inn,  III.  i.,  to  patch  up  Fl.'s  play.  The  pas- 
sages are  almost  literally  the  same ;  but  is  it  certain  that  Fletcher  is  not  the 
author  of  the  passage  ? 

63/87.  bottles'}  Bundles  of  hay,  "less  than  a  truss,"  according  to  Mr  Skeat, 
correcting  Nares'  statement.  Cf.  M.  N.  D.,  IV.  i.  37  ;  Loves  Pilgrimage, 
I.  i.,- 

"and  every  bottle 

Shews  at  the  least  a  dozen ;  when  the  truth  is,  Sir, 

There's  no  such  matter,  not  a  smell  of  provender. " 

64/88.  strike}  "four  pecks,  or  a  bushel,  a  strike  of  corn.  N."  Grose's  Glos~ 
sary  (with  Pegge's  additions,  1839).  "According  to  Bailey,  a  strike  is  four 


164  Notes.  [ACT  v.  sc.  3. 

bushels."    (Skeat.    Probably  a  mistake  of  Bailey  for  pecks.}     Cf.  Scornful  Lady, 
V.  iii. ,  ' '  brew  three  strikes  more  in  a  hogshead. " 

66/90.  A  miller's  mare]  Cf.  Tlie  Little  French  Lawyer,  IV.  v , 

Nurse.  ...    "I  can  jump  yet 
Or  tread  a  measure. 

Lam.  Like  a  miller's  mare." 
and  The  Chances,  III.  i. 

A  miller's  mare,  working  round  a  beaten  track  (to  drive  the  mill),  was  per- 
haps proverbial  for  her  steady-going  attention  to  business. 

73/101.  Stool  Ball}  Dyce  quotes  Strutt,  Sports  and  Pastimes,  for  his  account 
of  this  game.  Ed.  Hone,  1831,  p.  97. 

Strutt  (p.  98)  quotes  from  D'Urfey's  Don  Quixote  : 
' '  Down  in  a  vale  on  a  summer's  day, 
All  the  lads  and  lasses  met  to  be  merry  ; 
A  match  for  kisses  at  stool-ball  to  play 
And  for  cakes,  and  ale,  and  sider,  and  perry. 
Chorus.     Come  all,  great  small, 

Short  tall,  away  to  stool-ball." 

86/1 20.  Daugh.  0  Sir,  you  would  faine  be  nibbling]  O.  Edd.  read  Daugh., 
and  so  Edd.  1778  and  Dyce.  Seward,  Mason,  and  Weber,  give  this  speech  to 
the  Jailor,  but  "we  think  it  doubtful"  (Edd.  1778).  Nibbling  seems  to  have 
had  an  equivocal  sense,  as  in  A.  Y.  L.,  III.  iii.  83  :  "As  the  ox  hath  his  bow, 
sir,  the  horse  his  curb,  and  the  falcon  her  bells,  so  man  hath  his  desires  ;  and  as 
pigeons  bill,  so  wedlock  would  be  nibbling."  Cf.  B.  and  F.,  The  False  One, 
V.  iv.  ;  A  Wife  for  a  Month,  V.  ii.  ;  The  Night  Walker,  I.  i.  v.  Halliwell, 
Arch.  Diet.  s.  v. 

93/132.  how  y 'are  growne"]  Arcite  is  "the  lower  of  the  twaine,"  II.  i.  52. 

Scene  3. 

Shakspere's.  "  Perhaps  there  is  nothing  in  every  respect  resembling  it  in  the 
circle  of  the  English  drama.  .  .  The  manner  is  admirable  in  which  the  caution, 
which  rendered  it  advisable  to  avoid  introducing  the  combat  on  the  stage,  is 
reconciled  with  the  pomp  of  scenic  effect  and  bustle.  The  details  of  the  scene, 
with  which  alone  we  have  here  to  do,  make  it  clear  that  Shakspeare's  hand  was 
in  it.  The  greater  part,  it  is  true,  is  not  of  the  highest  excellence  ;  but  the  vacil- 
lations of  Emilia's  feelings  are  well  and  delicately  given,  some  individual  thoughts 
and  words  mark  Shakspeare,  there  is  little  of  his  obscure  brevity,  much  of  his 
thoughtfulness  legitimately  applied,  and  an  instance  or  two  of  its  abuse. " — Spald- 
ing,  Letter,  p.  51. 

6/7.  I  will  stay  here, — ]  Except  that  I  place  the  dashes  after  here,  and  hear, 
and  omit  the  comma  after  punish' d,  this  and  the  three  following  lines  are  pointed 
as  in  O.  Edd.,  and  the  meaning  is  plain  :  I  will  stay  here  (....)  not  taint  mine 
eye.  Edd.  1778  and  Weber  print  : 

....    "  ('gainst  the  which  there  is 
No  deafing)  but  to  hear,  not  taint,"  &c., 
and  Dyce  the  same,  substituting  dashes  for  the  marks  of  parenthesis,  and  (edd. 


ACT  v.  sc.  3.]  Notes.  165 

'67,  '76)  placing  a  comma  after  deafing.  Mr  Skeat  places  a  colon  after  here,  commas 
after  happen  z.\\&deafing,  and  (, — )  after  hear.  Dr  C.  M.  Ingleby  has  kindly  called 
my  attention  to  a  note  in  Notes  and  Queries  (5th  S.  I.  May  2,  '74,  p.  343),  by  F.  J. 
V.,  where  Dyce's  reading  (with  the  comma  after  deafing  omitted)  is  given,  and 
the  comment : — "  The  last  line  but  one,  thus  printed,  has  no  meaning  that  I  can 
make  out ;  should  we  not  write — 

'  'gainst  the  which  there  is 
No  deafing,  but  to  hear — not  taint  mine  eye.' 

where  '  but  to  hear  '  =  so  as  not  to  hear.  (See  Abbott's  Shakespearian  Grammar, 
§  122.)  Then  Emilia  will  say,  'I  will  stay  here,  not  taint  mine  eye,'  &c.,  the 
intermediate  words  being  in  a  parenthesis." 

13/16.  show  well,  penciled}  Heath  and  Mason  placed  the  comma  after  well, 
adopted  by  Weber,  Dyce,  and  Skeat.  O.  Edd.  omit  the  comma,  Edd.  1 778  and 
Knight  read  wett-pencifd.  Seward  read  time  shall,  because  sometimes  are  not  all 
times.  In  their  kind,  i.  e.  in  their  natural  shape,  in  reality,  which  sometime 
appear  noble  when  represented  by  art. 

16/19.  price\  Edd.  Query,  prize1)  cf.  V.  i.  42/48,  iii.  135/153  ;  but  also  iii.  31/40. 

1 7/20.  question's  title}  i.  e.  the  title  in  dispute,  the  right  of  the  controversy. 
Cf.  III.  i.  112/127-8  ;  V.  i.  127/132.  Dyce  ('67,  '76)  reads  questanfs,  and  supports 
his  change  very  strongly  by  quoting  Collier  (on  M.  IV.,  III.  iv.,  Sh.  vol.  i.,  p.  222, 
sec.  ed.),  for  the  second  folio  misprint  question  in  All's  Well,  II.  i.  16,  of  the  first 
folio  reading,  questant.  But  here,  there  were  two  questants,  so  to  crown  the 
questanfs  title,  i.  e.  the  disputant's  title,  would  be  unmeaning  (as  would  also  be 
questants',  if  it  were  proposed  as  an  amendment). 

22/28.  Darkness}  "  The  thought  here  is  frequent  in  Sh.'s  dramas  :  and  the 
expression  of  it  closely  resembles  some  stanzas  in  the  Lucrece,  especially  those 
beginning,  '  Oh  comfort-killing  night  ! '  "  (11.  764  sqq.)  Spalding,  p.  52. 

23/29.  dani\  Qo  dam.  F2  dame,  corr.  1750  (by  a  happy  conjecture  of 
Seward's  !). 

38/50.  He  whom  the  gods'] 

"  Or  if  my  destyne  be  schapid  so, 
That  I  schal  needes  have  on  of  hem  two, 
So  send  me  him  that  most  desireth  me." 

Kn.  Ta.,  11.  1465—7. 
(Note  on  for  one.) 

83/96.  tytlers]  i.  e.  contenders  about  a  title,  questants.  Qo,  F2,  Tytlers,  ed. 
1711  Tylters,  and  the  rest  filters.  None  of  the  editors  notice  this  quarto  read- 
ing !  There  were  eight  bold  Tilters,  but  only  "  two  bold  Tillers."  See  Hazlitt's 
Dodsley,  vol.  v.,  p.  157,  n.  fora  curious  parallel  mistake. 

87/100.  Their  noblenes  peculier  to  them  gives]  At  the  foot  of  p.  447,  in  Fol. 
1679  is  given  the  catchword  Their,  but  on  turning  over  the  leaf  we  read  The 
prejudice,  etc.,  the  line  Their  nobleness,  etc.,  being  left  out,  obviously  by  an 
oversight.  Seward  was  greatly  puzzled  over  the  complexity  of  the  passage  as  it 
stood  in  F2  and  ed.  1711,  and  left  the  construction  to  "  some  more  fortunate 
Expositor"!  Restored,  1778.  Edd.  1778  point  1.  88/101  :  disparity,  value  V 
shortness,  To,  etc.,  but  values  shortness  to  means  just  the  same  as  gives  the  prejudice 


1  66  Notes.  [ACT  v.  sc.  4. 

of  disparity  to  ;  cf.  I  //.4,  V.  ii.  60  (v.  Schmidt,  s.  v.  Value).   Weber,  value  's  short- 
ness To.    Mr  Skeat  gives  the  general  sense  of  the  reading  he  follows  :  "  Were  both 
made  into  one,  no  woman  were  worthy  of  a  man  so  composed.  Even  as  they  are, 
the  share  of  nobleness  which  each  singly  possesses  is  such  as  to  assign,  to  any 
lady  alive,  a  prejudicial  inequality,  a  deficiency  of  worth  as  compared  with  them." 
120/138.  a  sffw  of  lead]  Cf.  The  Woman's  Prize,  IV.  i.,  — 
"  But  in  the  way  she  ought,  to  me  especially, 

A  sow  of  lead  is  swifter." 
The  Scornful  Lady,  V.  ii.,  — 

"To  throw  the  sledge,  and  lift  at  pigs  of  lead." 

The  exact  expressions,  a  sow  of  lead,  or  a  pig  of  lead,  do  not  occur  in  S/i.,  but 
lead  is  often  spoken  of  as  an  emblem  of  heaviness  ;  e.  g.  (selected  from  Schmidt) 

2  .#".4,  I.  i.  118;    Cor.,  I.  i.  184;  Rom.,  I.  iv.  15    ("soul  of  lead"  —  Fi   soale, 
quibbling),  II.  v.  17  ;  Mcb.,  II.  i.  6  ;  Ant.,  III.  xi.  72. 

122/140.  For  he  that  was  thus  good}  Sidney  Walker  thinks  this  to  be  not  an 
accidental  coincidence  with  'EffQXbc  iwv,  a\\ov  KpiirrovoQ  a 


Scene  4. 

As  V.  iii.  132  shews,  the  scene  is  not  changed  here.  Dyce  refers  to  V.  iv.  99, 
but  the  lists  were  made  (v.  III.  vi.  292)  where  first  they  fought,  and  the  two 
places  are  therefore  identical. 

"  The  authorship  of  the  last  scene  admits  of  no  doubt.  The  manner  is  Shak- 
speare's,  and  some  parts  are  little  inferior  to  his  very  finest  passages."  Spalding, 
allowing  that  the  reference  to  the  jailor's  daughter  in  this  scene  might  be  men- 
tioned as  an  argument  against  his  "  hypothesis,"  adds  in  a  note  :  "  It  is  plain 
that  the  underplot,  however  bad,  has  been  worked  up  with  much  pains  ;  and  we 
can  conceive  that  its  author  would  have  been  loth  to  abandon  it  finally  in  the 
incomplete  posture  in  which  the  fourth  scene  of  this  act  left  it.  Ten  lines  in  this 
scene  sufficed  to  end  the  story,  by  relating  the  cure  of  the  insane  girl  ;  and  there 
can  have  been  no  difficulty  in  their  introduction,  even  on  my  supposition  of  this 
scene  being  the  work  of  the  other  author.  If  the  two  wrote  at  the  same  time,  the 
poet  who  wrote  the  rest  of  the  scene  may  have  inserted  them  on  the  sugges- 
tion of  the  other  ;  or  if  the  drama  afterwards  came  into  the  hands  of  that  other, 
(which  there  seems  some  reason  to  believe,)  he  could  easily  insert  them  for  him- 
self. In  any  view,  these  lines  are  no  argument  against  my  theory."  —  Letter,  p. 
54.  Spalding's  plea  certainly  seems  of  weight,  and  Hickson  does  not  men- 
tion this  as  an  argument  for  his  division,  although  he  does  say,  perhaps  too 
loosely,  that  all  the  last  scene  is  by  Shakspere.  Mr  Swinburne  takes  a  different 
view  ;  he  says  :  —  "  In  the  very  last  scene  of  the  Two  Noble  Kinsmen,  we  can  tell 
with  absolute  certainty  what  speeches  were  appended  or  interpolated  by  Fletcher  ; 
we  can  pronounce  with  positive  conviction  what  passages  were  completed  and 
what  parts  were  left  unfinished  by  Shakespeare."—  Fortnightly  Review,  Jan.  1876, 
p.  41.  And  Mr  Swinburne  promises  me  a  full  examination  of  this  scene  when  he 
comes  to  write  on  this  play. 

I  —  15.]  Cf.  Laws  of  Candy,  II.  i. 

5-  Pty  ;  to  live,  still}  i.  e.  we  still  have  their  wishing  that  we  should  be  spared  ; 


ACT  v.  sc.  4.]  Notes.  167 

we  have  not  yet  "  outliv'd  The  love  o'  the  people."  Or  perhaps  the  Qo  is  right : 
To  live  still,  Have  &c.  The  pointing  is  similar  in  later  Edd.,  except  Dyce  and 
Skeat :  live  still  Have. 

8.  lag  hours'}  Mr  Skeat  happily  quotes  I  ff.4,  V.  i.  23, — 
"  For  mine  own  part,  I  could  be  well  content 
To  entertain  the  lag-end  of  my  life 
With  quiet  hours, " 

and  explains  the  general  sense  to  be, — "  We  anticipate  the  loathsome  misery  of 
old  age,  and  we  beguile  the  gout  and  the  rheum,  that,  in  their  latter  hours,  lay 
wait  for  grey  old  men  that  approach  the  gods  more  slowly." 

approachers]  Cf.  Timon,  IV.  iii.  2 1 6. 

10.  unwapper'd,  nof\  Qo,  F2,  unwapper'd  not,  Sympson  explained,  "  young, 
and  unfrightened ; "  but  Theobald  and  Seward  (followed  by  Edd.  1778)  read 
unwarp'd,  Seward,  however,  adding  a  postscript :  "I  find  in  the  Glossary  to 
Urry's  Chaucer,  wapid  and  awhapid,  daunted,  astonish'd.  This  is  probably  the 
same  Word  that  Mr  Sympson  may  have  somewhere  found  spelt  wapper'd." 
(Chau.  Compl.  of  a  Lov.  Lyfe,  1.  168,  "  awaped  and  amate."  !=.  forpined,  worn 
away  with  wope,  weeping.  A.S.  wdp.)  Knight,  unwappen'd,  Weber,  Dyce,  Skeat, 
unwapper'd,  not.  Cf.  Timon,  IV.  iii.  38  : 

"  Makes  the  wappen'd  widow  wed  again." 

(JwappeSd,  v.  Halliwell,  s.  v.  wapen'd ;  however,  cf.  Rich.?,,  I.  i.  81.)  See 
Dyce,  Glossary,  and  Nares,  s.  v.  wappen'd  or  wapper'd.  Dyce  explains  unwapper  d 
to  mean  "unworn,  not  debilitated  ;  "  and  wappen'd,  "overworn."  (v.  Ingleby, 
Still  Lion,  p.  xi,  sec.  ed.)  Dyce  refers  to  Harman's  Caueat  or  Warening  for 
Common  Cursetors,  &c.,  1573,  last  sent,  of  p.  69,  reprint  1814 ;  Dekker's 
English  Villanies,  &c.,  ed.  1632,  2[3Jd  stanza  of  the  Canter's  song,  sig.  o.  verso ; 
and  Grose's  Diet.  Vulg.  Tongue,  s.  v.  "Wap."  Grose's  Glossary  (ed.  1839), 
"  Wapper'd,  restless  or  fatigued  ;  spoken  of  a  sick  person. — Glouc."  Halliwell, 
Arch.  Diet.,  gives  wapper,  "to  move  tremulously;"  and  wapper-eyed,  "having 
eyes  that  move  in  a  quick  and  tremulous  manner,  either  from  a  natural  infirmity, 
or  from  want  of  sleep." 

Wapper  in  wapper-eyed  may  be  formed  from  the  verb  wap  or  wapper,  as  (Dr 
Abbott,  Sh.  Gr.,  p.  325,  §  443)  "We  have  '  windring'  from  'winder,'  Tempest, 
IV.  i.  128,  formed  after  the  analogy  of  '  wander,'  '  clamber,'  '  wav^-,'  the  er  hav- 
ing apparently  a  frequentative  force  ; "  or — as  I  prefer  to  explain — '  winder,'  '  wap- 
per,'  'slipper'  (  =  slippy,  Par.  Daint.  Dev.,  pp.  28,  59,  63,  ed.  1810),  'litfufr' 
(  =  lithe,  Hazl.  Dodsl.  vii.  418),  'bitter,'  etc.,  are  all  forms  of  the  old  English 
adjectival  suffix  in  -or,  -er,  -r,  and  may  possess  some  frequentative  force.  ("Ad- 
jectives in  -r  (O.E.  -or,  -er,  -r),  bitter,  fair,  lither,  slipper-y  (O.E.  sliper,  and  slider) 
meagre" — Dr  Morris,  Hist.  Outl.  Eng.  Accid.,  p.  285,  §  321  :  suffixes  of  Teutonic 
origin.) 

Wapper  then  may  be  formed  from  wap,  a  word  found  in  Morte  D' Arthur 
(Globe  ed.  p.  480),  where  Sir  Bedivere  says  :  "I  saw  nothing  but  the  waters  wap 
and  the  waves  wan," — of  the  restless  action  of  the  waters  "  lapping  on  the  crag." 
This  shews  us  the  precise  force  of  wapper,  tremulous,  quivering,  restless  ;  and 
•wapper'd,  worn  by  unrest — whether  said  of  a  crag,  worn  by  the  perpetual  action 


Notes.  [ACT  v.  so.  4. 

of  the  waves,  (the  'multitudinous  seas,')  or  of  a  person — broken  down  by  sorrow 
or  infirmity.  Unwapper'd  here  means  unworn ;  free  from  traces  of  those  attendants 
upon  "grey  approachers,"  the  "gout  and  rheum,"  and  all  the  "loathsome 
misery  of  age." 

In  Cleveland's  Dialogue  of  "An  Old  Man  courting  a  Young  Girl,"  the 
Nymph  says  : 

"  If  at  the  Resurrection  we 
Shall  chance  to  marry,  call  on  me  ; 
By  that  time  I  perhaps  may  guess 
How  to  bathe  and  how  to  dress 
Thy  weeping  Legs,  and  simpathise 
With  perish 'd  Lungs  and  wopper  Eyes"  &c. 

Works,  ed.  1742,  p.  226. 

35/42.  qnight]  Qo  F2,  i.  e.  requite,  requight,  \.  44.  v.  Schmidt,  s.  v.  quite, 
vb.  It  is  a  distinct  word  from  quit,  and  is  rather  to  be  referred  to  requite,  as 
quit  to  acquit.  Schmidt  does  not  notice  this  distinction. 

47/58.  most  dearly  sweet}  O.  Edd.,  early.  Sympson,  rarely.  Seward,  etc., 
dearly,  "  in  the  sense  of  exceedingly,  or  extremely," 

48/61 — 98.]  De  Quincey,  essay  on  Lessmg,  Works,  XII.  302  (ed.  Black),  re- 
fers to  this  speech,  as  follows  :  "iv.  As  a  beautiful  object.  In  those  objects 
which  are  referred  wholly  to  a  purpose  of  utility,  as  a  kitchen  garden  for  instance, 
utility  becomes  the  law  of  their  beauty.  With  regard  to  the  Cow  in  particular, 
which  is  referred  to  no  variety  of  purposes,  as  the  horse  or  the  dog,  the  external 
structure  will  express  more  absolutely  and  unequivocally  the  degree  in  which  the 
purposes  of  her  species  are  accomplished  ;  and  her  beauty  will  be  a  more  determin- 
ate subject  for  the  judgment  than  where  the  animal  structure  is  referred  to  a 
multitude  of  separate  ends  incapable  of  co-existing.  Describing  in  this  view,  how- 
ever, it  will  be  said  that  Virgil  presupposes  in  his  reader  some  knowledge  of  the 
subject  :  for  the  description  will  be  a  dead  letter  to  him,  unless  it  awakens  and 
brightens  some  previous  notices  of  his  own.  I  answer,  that,  with  regard  to  all 
the  common  and  familiar  appearances  of  nature,  a  poet  is  entitled  to  postulate 
some  knowledge  in  his  readers  ;  and  the  fact  is,  that  he  has  not  postulated  so 
much  as  Shakspere,  in  his  fine  description  of  the  hounds  of  Theseus,  in  the  Mid- 
summer Nighfs  Dream,  or  of  the  horse  of  Arcite  ;  *  and  Shakspere,  it  will  not 
be  pretended,  had  any  didactic  purpose  in  those  passages."  *"In  the  Two  Noble 
Kinsmen.  The  first  act  has  been  often  and  justly  attributed  to  Shakspere,  but 
the  last  act  is  no  less  indisputably  his,  and  in  his  very  finest  style."  Spalding 
(p.  56)  thinks  this  long  speech  "decidedly  bad,  but  undeniably  the  work  of 
Shakspeare." 

55/60.  calkins'}  "The parts  of  a  horse-shoe  which  are  turned  up  and  pointed 
to  prevent  the  horse  from  slipping." — Dyce.  (In  Co.  WTicklow  horses'  shoes  are 
said  to  be  cocked — ? calked — when  thus  prepared.)  By  "turned  up"  probably 
Dyce  (and  Knight  and  Skeat)  understood  "turned  down."  Weber  quotes  from 
Cotgrave,  s.  v.  Zain,  "  A  horse  that's  all  of  one  dark  colour,  without  any  starry 
spot  or  mark  about  him,  and  thereby  commonly  vicious." 

62/75.  Saturn}  "The  sullen  Saturn,"  Sea  Voyage,  III.  i. ;  "might  well  have 


ACT  v.  sc.  4.]  Notes.  169 

warm'd  old  Saturn,"  Cymb.,  II.  v.  12  ;  cf.  Knighfs  70.,  11.  1818 — 41,  and 
Spalding's  Letter,  p.  55, — "A  way  is  devised  for  reconciling  the  contending 
oracles  ;  and  the  catastrophe  which  effects  that  end  is  in  the  old  poet  anxiously 
prepared  by  celestial  agency.  .  .  These  supernal  intrigues  are  in  this  play  no  more 
than  hinted  at  in  the  way  of  metaphor." 

69/82.  mannadge]  "the  management  or  government  of  a  horse." — Dyce. 
The  strict  sense  of  Fr.  manage  ;  Ital.  maneggio. 

72/85.  dis-seate\  Cf.  Mcb.,  V.  iii.  21  (Fi  dis-eate),  and  see  the  commentators 
in  Furness'  Variorum,  p.  266  (this  instance  of  the  word  dis-seate  is  not  there 
given). 

77/90.  on  end  he  stands]  F2  prints  these  words  as  part  of  1.  89,  within  a 
bracket  [  ( ] ;  but  the  manner  in  which  they  are  printed  in  Qo, — 
"  He  kept  him  tweene  his  legs,  on  his  hind  hoofes 

on  end  he  stands 

That  Arcites  leggs  being  higher  then  his  head,"  &c. 

— and  the  incompleteness  of  the  sense,  shew  that  some  words  have  here  dropped 
out  of  the  text.  Weber  has  also  observed  this  (referring  it  to  illegibility  of  the 
MS.),  but  thinks  "the  sense  is,  however,  perfect  as  it  stands;"  and  Mr  Skeat 
adds  :  "In  fact,  the  half-line  is  rather  effective." 

104/120.  arrowze]  O.  Edd. ,  arowze ;  Seward,  arouze  ;  Edd.  1778,  etc.,  arrose. 
It  was  probably  pronounced  as  I  have  spelt  it ;  note  the  spelling  of  the  French 
arrouser  in  Cotgrave. — (Skeat.)  Sidney  Walker  notes  that  this  word  is  "An 
instance,  rare  in  Shakespeare,  of  a  word  borrowed  from  the  French.  Troilus  and 
Cressida,  i.  3, — 

'  rend  and  deracinate 

The  unity  and  settled  calm  of  states, 
Quite  from  their  fixure.' " 

My  friend  the  Rev.  A.  S.  Palmer  (author  of  "  Leaves  from  a  Word -hunter's 
Note-book,  "1876,  Triibner,  &c. ),  has  sent  me  the  following  note  on  arowze ;  ' '  There 
can  be  little  doubt  that  '  arowze '  here  represents  the  French  arroser,  formerly 
spelt  arrouser,  '  To  bedeaw,  besprinkle,  wet,  moisten,  water  gently.' — Cot- 
grave.  Compare  the  Scotch  rouser  or  rooser,  a  watering-pot,  French  arrousoir, 
our  '  rose, '  the  perforated  spout  of  the  same  utensil,  a  sprinkler,  from  rosee, 
Prov.  ros,  Lat.  ros,  dew,  the  congeners  of  which  in  other  languages  are,  Slav,  rosa, 
Lith.  rasa,  Greek  fp<rw  (to  bedew),  Sansk.  rasa.,  water,  fluid  ;  all  traced  by  com- 
parative philologists  to  the  root  rs,  rsh.  We  may  recognise  as  akin  the  word 
'rouse,'  as  in  Tennyson's  'Have  a  rouse  before  the  morn,' i.  e.  a  carouse,  a 
drinking  bout.  Dekker  in  his  GiiFs  Hornbook  calls  it  'the  Danish  rowsa,' so 
that  Shakspere  would  seem  to  have  introduced  the  word  with  strict,  though 
probably  unconscious,  verbal  accuracy  when  he  made  the  King  of  Denmark 
'take  his  rouse'  (Hml.,  I.  iv.).  It  is  the  Danish  runs,  intoxication;  have  en 
lille  runs,  to  be  fuddled ;  Swedish  rus,  a  drinking  bout,  taga  sig  eft  rus,  to  get 
drunk  ;  Ger.  rausch,  Dutch  roes.  All  these  words  would  thus  have  signified 
originally  the  moistening  of  one's  clay,  as  in  the  slang  phrase  '  heavy  wet '  for 
a  toper's  boozing,  soaking,  or  drenching  himself  thoroughly.  Similarly  in  the 
Cleveland  dialect  nazzy,  drunk  (Atkinson),  is  connected  with  German  rtass,  wet, 


170  Notes.  [EPILOGUE. 

moist  (cf.  fin  nasser  Bruder,  a  toper).  In  Latin  we  may  compare  the  use  of 
udus  and  of  madidus,  (i)  wet,  drenched,  (2)  intoxicated,  mades,  to  be  wet,  and 
to  be  drunk,  the  latter  words  being  cognate  with  Sanskrit  mad,  ( i )  to  be  wet,  (2) 
to  get  drunk,  matta,  drunk,  mad,  Lat.  mattus,  drunk,  It.  matto,  foolish,  silly, 
our  '  mad.' " 

131/149.  charmers]  The  gods:    "Enchanters,  ruling   us  at   their  will." — 
Seward. 

EPILOGUE. 

By  Fletcher,  I  suppose. 

12.  the  tale]  Evidently  a  reference  to  the  Source, 


[POSTSCRIPT.  To  the  notes  on  Act  II.  sc.  ii.  add  this,  from  Dyce's  Glossary : 
"  laugh-and-lie-down  (more  properly  Laugh-and-\zy-down)  was  a  game  at  cards, 
to  which  there  is  an  allusion  in"  11.  151/180-1.  To  n.  on  Prol.  29,  Mr  Furnivall 
adds  :  "for  the  space  of  two  hours  and  a  half,  and  somewhat  more." — B.  Jonson, 
Barth.  Fair,  Induction.] 


INDEX  TO  SOME  OF  THE  NOTES.1 


Act    sc.  line 

aborne 

IV    ii  125 

buttons 

affect 

II  iv      2 

buz 

aglets 

III  iv      2 

allow 

II    v      4 

calkins 

alow 

III    v    60 

Capaneus 

among 

IV  iii     83 

carve 

angel  of  the  air 

I     i     16 

chapel,  vb. 

Anly 

I     i  213 

char'd 

apprehension 

V     i    37 

charmers 

approachers 

V  iv      8 

chop,  vb. 

armipotent 

V     i    54 

chough  hoar 

arrowze 

V  iv  104 

clap  aboard 

asprayes 

I    i  139 

conjurations 

augel 

I     i     16 

convent,  vb. 

Aulis 

I     i  213 

course,  sb. 

cousin  -r-  cozen 

bank 

I     i  213 

crave 

Banks'  curtal 

V    ii     50 

crow 

barly-break 

IV  iii     27 

cuckoo 

bastard 

I  iii     78 

current 

bavian 

III    v  dir. 

Curtis 

beast-eating 

Ill    v  132 

cut 

beastly 

III  iii      6 

cut  and  long-tail 

beck 

III  ii       i 

before 

I    ii  127 

daisies 

bells 

I    i      9 

dare 

bevy 

IV    i    71 

dearly 

blood-siz'd 

I     i  100 

deliverly 

Bonny  Robin 

IV    i  107 

depart 

book  of  trespasses 

I     i    33 

devils  roar 

bottles 

V   ii    63 

disseate 

brake 

III   ii      i 

dividual 

bride's  hair 

I    i  dir. 

dowsets 

bride-house 

I      i      22 

duke 

bride's  wheaten  wreath 

I     i  dir. 

dure 

Broome 

IV     i  106 

dwell  on 

Act    sc.  line 

III    i      6 

III  v    84 

V  iv  55 

I    i  62 

IV  iii  84 
I     i  50 

III     i  21 

V  iv  131 

HI    i  13 

I    i  20 

II  iii  32 

III  vi  201 

I  iv  31 

III  iv  10 

III  i  44 
II    ii  91 

I  i 

I  i 

I  i  217 

IV  ii     70 
III  iv     20 

V    ii    48 


19 
19 


V  iv 

III  v 

II  i 

II  vi 

V  iv 

I  iii 

III  v 

I  i 


5 
5 

47 

29 

i 

i 

72 

82 

157 

47 

5 

77 


*  Mr  Skeat's  "  Index  of  words  explained,"  added  to  his  edition,  has  suggested  the  addition 
of  this  brief  index.  For  fuller  references,  see  the  Concordance  of  the  whole  Play,  to  form  part 
of  this  edition. 


172 


Index  to  some  of  the  Notes. 


Act    sc.  line 

Act    sc.  line 

eel  and  woman 

III    v    49 

knights  (female) 

V     i  140 

endure 

I     i    40 

enormous 

V    i    62 

lag  hours 

V  iv      8 

eye  of  Phoebus 

I    i    45 

land 

III      i         2 

laund 

III      i         2 

fair  wood 

IV    i  148 

lastly 

II    ii     54 

faith 

I    ii     46 

lead 

I     i  117 

fall 

III  vi  236 

'lieve 

I  iv    22 

fat  "s  i'  th'  fire 

III    v    39 

liberal 

V    i  102 

fere 

V    i  106 

lightning 

II    ii     24 

feril 

HI    v    53 

Light  o'  love 

V   ii    53 

feskue 

II  iii     34 

loose 

IV    i  113 

fire  ill 

HI    v     53 

loose                              Prol. 

29 

flowers,  significances  of 

I    i      6 

lovers 

V    i     34 

flurted 

I    ii     18 

lymiter 

V     i     30 

for 

I    ii     24 

foyzon 

V    i    53 

maiden  pinckes 

I     i      4 

frampall 

III    v    58 

mannadge 

V  iv     69 

frieze 

III    v      8 

March  hare 

III    v     74 

marigolds,  on  graves 

I     i     ii 

gently 

II    ii  138 

Mars's 

I    i    63 

german 

V     i      9 

martialist 

I    ii     16 

gipsy 

IV   ii    44 

May-day  dancers 

II  iii     50 

glister 

V    i    69 

mere 

II    ii     58 

grand-guard 

III  vi    58 

merit 

V     i  128 

gray-ey'd 

IV   ii  131 

miller's  mare 

V    ii     66 

green  eye 

V    i  144 

mistress 

I     i     91 

green  one  red 

V    i    50 

mop'd 

III   ii    25 

greise 

II     i    30 

musicke 

III    i    97 

ground- 

I     i  123 

musite 

III    i    97 

ground-piece 

I    i  123 

Narcissus 

II    ii  119 

hail 

III     V    IOI 

nearness 

V    i     10 

hair-bells 

I     i      9 

necessaries 

II  vi    32 

heydeguies 

III     V      21 

negative  doubled 

II  iii    80 

hilding 

HI    v    43 

nemean 

I    i    69 

hoa 

V  iii     18 

news 

IV    i    25 

hopping 

III     V      21 

nibbling 

V   ii    86 

hounds 

II   ii    46 

niggard 

i    I  iv    32 

humane 

I    i  145 

nightingale 

III  iv    25 

Hymen 

I     i  dir. 

night-raven 

I    i    20 

importment 

I  iii     78 

observance 

II    v    50 

imposition 

I  iv    40 

old 

I  iii     78 

innocent 

IV     i    41 

on  =  one 

I  iii     75 

intelligence 

I    ii  106 

on  —  one 

1    ii     70 

its 

I    i  155 

opinion 

III  vi  240 

oxlq  s 

I     i     10 

jane 

III    v      8 

jave 

III    v      8 

parthian 

II    ii     50 

patch 

II  vi     33 

keep  touch 

II  iii     41 

peace 

III    v     88 

kind 

V  iii     13 

Pelops 

IV     ii      21 

knacks 

III     i       7 

pelting 

II    ii  268 

Index  to  some  of  the  Notes. 


J73 


Act    sc.  line 

Act    ic.  line 

penner 

III    v  125 

success 

I     i  210 

piece 

I     i  123 

swim 

III    v    40 

plantain 

I    ii     6l 

synod 

I    i  177 

pluresie 

V     i     66 

porch 

V    i  147 

tailour 

IV    i  107 

port,  sb. 

V    i  147 

tallents 

I     i    41 

port,  vb. 

V     i     29 

tasteful 

I    i  180 

posies 

IV    i    90 

tell  ten 

III    v    80 

poul'd 

V    i    85 

three  hours'  play           Prol. 

29 

precipitance 

I    i  H3 

thyme 

I    i      6 

pretended 

I    i  dir. 

to,  gerundive  infm. 

I     i  150 

prime-rose 

I    i      7 

tods 

IV    ii  104 

profess 

II    v     14 

trace 

III     V      21 

prospective  laments,  &c. 

II   ii    37 

transported 

I    i    56 

proves 

[    v     14 

travel 

II    v     30 

proyne 

III  vi  242 

Tucke 

IV   ii    70 

purger 

I    i    48 

tune 

V    ii    S3 

turne 

V   ii     53 

questant 

V  iii     17 

twinning 

I    i  179 

question's  title 

V  iii     17 

two  hours'  play              Prol. 

29 

quight 

V  iv    35 

tytlers 

V  iii    83 

Qui  passa 

III    v    87 

uncandied 

I    i  108 

rarely 

IV    i  no 

undertaker 

I    i    75 

raven 

I    i    20 

unwapper'd 

V  iv     10 

ravens 

I    i    41 

uxorem  ducere 

I    i  dir. 

records 

V    i  130 

retain 

I    ii     24 

vast 

V    i    51 

right 

IV    i    45 

vengeance  and  revenge 

I    i    59 

rose 

II    ii  136 

violets 

I    i      9 

russet-pated 

I     i     20 

visitating 

I    i  147 

voluble 

I   ii    67 

s'  =  shall 

III  iv     20 

Saturn 

V  iv    62 

want 

I    i  223 

scurril 

V    i  147 

wapper 

V  iv     10 

servant 

I     i    91 

wash  a  tile 

III    v    41 

sibbe 

I    ii     72 

weavers 

II  iii    48 

siege  of  Jerusalem 

I  iii    21 

whipstock 

I    i    86 

skill 

IV    i    60 

whoobub 

II  vi    35 

smear'd 

I  iv     18 

wild-fire 

HI    v    53 

square 

IV  iii     90 

Willow 

IV     i     80 

solemnity 

I     i  223 

wind-fann'd  snow 

V     i  140 

sojourn 

I  iii     77 

wood 

IV    i  148 

sow  of  lead 

V  iii  1  20 

world's  a  city 

I    v     15 

spoom 

III  iv      9 

wrinching 

I    i  »57 

spoon 

II  vi    33 

stool-ball 

V   ii     73 

young  handsome 

II  iv     14 

strike 

V   ii    64 

successes  makes 

I   ii    63 

zain 

V  iv    55 

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