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THE      YALE 
SHAKESPEARE 

KING  HENRY 

THE  FOURTH 

PART  TWO 


EDITED  BY 
S.   B.   HEMINGWAY 

YALE  UNIVERSITY 
PRESS 


THE  YALE  SHAKESPEARE 


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:  The  Tale  Shakespeare  \ 


THE  SECOND  PART  OF 
KING  HENRY  THE  FOURTH 

EDITED  BY 

SAMUEL  B.  HEMINGWAY 


NEW  HAVEN  •  YALE  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 

LONDON  •  HUMPHREY  MILFORD 
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BY  YALE  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 

First  published,  1921 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

PAGE 

THE  TEXT 1 

NOTES          .          .          .          .          .          .          .      124 

APPENDIX  A.     Sources  of  the  Play         .          .137 
APPENDIX  B.     The  History  of  the  Play  .          .146 
APPENDIX  C.     The  Text  of  the   Present  Edi 
tion  .          .          .          .151 

APPENDIX  D.     Suggestions       for       Collateral 

Reading    ,          .          .          .153 


INDEX  OF  WORDS  GLOSSED 


154 


The  facsimile  opposite  represents  the  title-page  of  the 
Elizabethan  Club  copy  of  the  only  early  Quarto  Edition. 


THE 

Second  part  of  Henrie 

the  fourth ,  continuing  to  his  death, 

and  coronation  of  Henrie 

the  fife. 

With  the  humours  of  fir  lohn  Fal- 

ftajfe-*,  andfaaggering 

Piftoll. 

it  hath  been  fundrie  times  publicly 
aflcd  by  the  right  honourable, the  Lord 

Chamberlaine  his  (emants. 


LONDON 

Printed  by  V.S.for  Andrew  Wifc,and 
William  Afplcy. 


Opposites  against  King  Henry 
the  Fourth 


Of  the  King's  Party 


[DRAMATIS  PERSON^.] 

RUMOUR,  the  Presenter 

KING  HENRY  THE  FOURTH 

PRINCE  HENRY,  afterwards  crowned  King  Henry  the  Fifth 

PRINCE  JOHN  OF  LANCASTER,  1   Sons  to  Henry  the  Fourth, 

HUMPHREY  or  GLOUCESTER,      [•  and  brethren  to  Henry  the 

THOMAS  or  CLARENCE,  j   Fifth 

NORTHUMBERLAND, 

THE  ARCHBISHOP  OF  YORK, 

MOWBRAY, 

HASTINGS, 

LORD  BARDOLPH, 

TRAVERS, 

MORTON, 

COLEVTLE, 

WARWICK, 

WESTMORELAND, 

SURREY, 

GOWER, 

HARCOURT, 

[BLUNT], 

LORD  CHIEF  JUSTICE, 

[Servant  to  the  Lord  Chief  Justice] 

POINS,  FALSTAFF,  BARDOLPH,  PISTOL,  PETO,  PAGE,  Irregular 

Humorists 

SHALLOW  and  SILENCE,  Both  Country  Justices 
DAVY,  servant  to  Shallow 
FANG  and  SNARE,  two  sergeants 
MOULDY,     SHADOW,     WART,     FEEBLE,     BULLCALF,     Country 

Soldiers 

[Porter  at  Warkworth  Castle] 
[FRANCIS,  a  Drawer] 
Drawers,  Beadles,  Grooms 
[Lords  and  Attendants,  Officers  and  Soldiers] 

NORTHUMBERLAND'S  WIFE 
PERCY'S  WIDOW 
HOSTESS  QUICKLY 
DOLL  TEARSHEET 
EPILOGUE 


Dramatis  Personae;  cf.  App.  C 
Irregular:  lawless,  unconventional 


Opposites  f  adversaries 
Drawer:  waiter 


The  Second  Part  of 
King  Henry  the  Fourth 

INDUCTION 

[Warlcworth.     Before  Northumberland's  Castle] 
Enter  Rumour,  painted  full  of  tongues. 

Rum.  Open  your  ears;  for  whigh.  of  you  will  stop 
The  vent  of  hearing  when  loutfRumour  speaks? 
I,  from  the  orient  to  the  drooping-wset^ 
Making  the  wind  my  post-horse,  still  unfold  4 

The  acts  commenced  on  this  ball  of  earth: 
Upon  my  tongues  continual  slanders  ride, 
The  which  in  every  language  I  pronounce, 
Stuffing  the  ears  of  men  with  false  reports.  8 

I  speak  of  peace,  while  covert  enmity 
Under  the  smile  of  safety  wounds  the  world: 
And  who  but  Rumour,  who  but  only  I, 
Make  fearful  musters  and  prepar'd  defence,  12 

Whilst  the  big  year,  swoln  with  some  other  grief, 
Is  thought  with  child  by  the  stern  tyrant  war, 
And  no  such  matter?     Rumour  is  a  pipe 
Blown  by  surmises,  jealousies,  conjectures,  16 

And  of  so  easy  and  so  plain  a  stop 
That  the  blunt  monster  with  uncounted  heads, 
The  still-discordant  wavering  multitude, 
Can  play  upon  it.    But  what  need  I  thus  20 

My  well-known  body  to  anatomize 
Among  my  household  ?    Why  is  Rumour  here  ? 

S.  d.  Enter  Rumour,  etc.;  cf.  n.          2  vent:  aperture         4  still:  always 
17  stop:    hole  in   wind  instrument   by   which   difference  of  pitch  is 
obtained 


The  Second  Part  of 


1  run  before  King  Harry's  victory; 

Who  in  a  bloody  field  by  Shrewsbury  24 

Hath  beaten  down  young  Hotspur  and  his  troops, 
Quenching  the  flame  of  bold  rebellion 
Even  with  the  rebels'  blood.    But  what  mean  I 
To  speak  so  true  at  first?  my  office  is  28 

\  To  noise  abroad  that  Harry  Monmouth  fell 
{ Under  the  wrath  of  noble  Hotspur's  sword, 
yAnd  that  the  king  before  the  Douglas'  rage 
JStoop'd  his  anointed  head  as  low  as  death.  32 

This  have  I  rumour'd  through  the  peasant  towns 
Between  the  royal  field  of  Shrewsbury 
And  this  worm-eaten  hole  of  ragged  stone, 
Where  Hotspur's  father,  old  Northumberland,         86 
Lies  crafty-sick.     The  posts  come  tiring  on, 
And  not  a  man  of  them  brings  other  news 
Than  they  have  learn'd  of  me:  from  Rumour's  tongues 
They  bring  sjaooth^comforts  false,  worse  than  true 
wrongs.  Exit.  40 

ACT  FIRST 
Scene  One 
[The  Same] 

Enter  Lord  Bardolph,  at  one  door. 
L.Bard.  Who  keeps  the  gate  here?  ho! 
[Enter  the  Porter  above.] 

Where  is  the  earl? 
Port.  What  shall  I  say  you  are? 

24  Shrewsbury;  cf.  n.  29  Harry   Monmouth;  cf.  n. 

33  peasant:  provincial  35  hole;  cf.  n. 

3/  crafty -sick:  feigning  sickness  tiring:  riding  until  they  are  tired 

2  \Vh.3.ti  yuho 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  I.i  8 

L.  Bard.  Tell  thou  the  earl 

That  the  Lord  Bardolph  doth  attend  him  here. 

Port.  His    Lordship    is    walk'd    forth    into    the 
orchard :  .        4 

Please  it  your  honour  knock  but  at  the  gate, 
And  he  himself  will  answer. 

Enter  Northumberland. 

L.  Bard.  Here  comes  the  earl. 

North.  What  news.  Lord  Bardolph?  every  minute 

now 

Should  be  the  father  of  some  stratagem.  8 

The  times  are  wild;  contention,  like  a  horse 
Full  of  high  feeding,  madly  hath  broke  loose 
And  bears  down  all  before  him. 

L.  Bard.  Noble  earl, 

I  bring  you  certain  news  from  Shrewsbury.  12 

North.  Good,  an  God  will! 

L.  Bard.  As  good  as  heart  can  wish. 

The  king  is  almost  wounded  to  the  death; 
And,  in  the  fortune  of  my  lord  your  son, 
Prince  Harry  slain  outright;  and  both  the  Blunts     16 
KilTd  by  the  hand  of  Douglas ;  young  Prince  John 
And  Westmoreland  and  Stafford  fled  the  field; 
And  Harry  Monmouth's  brawn,  the  hulk  Sir  John, 
Is  prisoner  to  your  son :  O !  such  a  day,  20 

So  fought,  so  follow'd,  and  so  fairly  won, 
Came  not  till  now  to  dignify  the  times 
Since  Caesar's  fortunes. 

North.  How  is  this  deriv'd? 

Saw  you  the  field?  came  you  from  Shrewsbury?      24 

L.  Bard.  I    spake  with   one,   my   lord,   that   came 
from  thence; 

3  attend:  await  4  orchard:  garden  13  an:  if 

19  brawn:  the  fleshy  part  of  the  body,  especially  the  buttocks  or  the 

calf  of  the  leg  21  follow'd:  carried  throng h 


4  The  Second  Part  of 

A  gentleman  well  bred  and  of  good  name, 
That  freely  render'd  me  these  news  for  true. 

North.  Here  comes  my  servant  T ravers,  whom  I 
sent  28 

On  Tuesday  last  to  listen  after  news. 

L.  Bard.  My  lord,  I  over-rode  him  on  the  way ; 
And  he  is  furnish'd  with  no  certainties 
More  than  he  haply  may  retail  from  me.  32 

Enter  Travers. 

North.  Now,    Travers,    what    good    tidings    comes 
with  you? 

Tra.  My  lord,  Sir  John  Umfrevile  turn'd  me  back 
With  joyful  tidings;  and,  being  better  hors'd, 
Out-rode  me.     After  him  came  spurring  hard  36 

A  gentleman,  almost  forspent  with  speed, 
That  stopp'd  by  me  to  breathe  his  bloodied  horse. 
He  ask'd  the  way  to  Chester;  and  of  him 
I  did  demand  what  news  from  Shrewsbury.  40 

He  told  me  that  rebellion  had  bad  luck, 
And  that  young  Harry  Percy's  spur  was  cold. 
With  that  he  gave  his  able  horse  the  head, 
And,  bending  forward,  struck  his  armed  heels         44 
Against  the  panting  sides  of  his  poor  jade 
Up  to  the  rowel-head,  and,  starting  so, 
He  seem'd  in  running  to  devour  the  way, 
Staying  no  longer  question. 

North.  Ha !  Again :  48 

Said  he  young  Harry  Percy's  spur  was  cold? 
Of  Hotspur,  Coldspur?  that  rebellion 
Had  met  ill  luck? 

L.  Bard.  My  lord,  I'll  tell  you  what: 

If  my  young  lord  your  son  have  not  the  day,  52 

30  over-rode:  passed  37  forspent:  exhausted 

43  able :  active  48  Staying:  awaiting  question:  talk 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  I.  i 


Upon  mine  honour,  for  a  silken  point 
I'll  give  my  barony:  never  talk  of  it. 

North.  Why   should   the   gentleman   that   rode  by 

Travers 
Give  then  such  instances  of  loss? 

L.Bard.  Who,  he?  56 

He  was  some  hilding  fellow  that  had  stolen 
The  horse  he  rode  on,  and,  upon  my  life, 
Spoke  at  a  venture.     Look,  here  comes  more  news. 

Enter  Morton. 

North.  Yea,  this  man's  brow,  like  to  a  title-leaf,  60 
Foretells  the  nature  of  a  tragic  volume: 
So  looks  the  strond,  whereon  the  imperious  flood 
Hath  left  a  witness'd  usurpation. 
Say,  Morton,  didst  thou  come  from  Shrewsbury?  64 

Mor.  I  ran  from  Shrewsbury,  my  noble  lord; 
Where  hateful  death  put  on  his  ugliest  mask 
To  fright  our  party. 

North.  How  doth  my  son,  and  brother? 

Thou  tremblest,  and  the  whiteness  in  thy  cheek       68 
Is  apter  than  thy  tongue  to  tell  thy  errand. 
Even  such  a  man,  so  faint,  so  spiritless, 
So  dull,  so  dead  in  look,  so  woe-begone, 
Drew  Priam's  curtain  in  the  dead  of  night,  72 

And  would  have  told  him  half  his  Troy  was  burn'd; 
But  Priam  found  the  fire  ere  he  his  tongue, 
And  I  my  Percy's  death  ere  thou  report'st  it. 
This  thou  wouldst  say,  'Your  son  did  thus  and  thus ;  76 
Your  brother  thus;  so  fought  the  noble  Douglas'; 
Stopping  my  greedy  ear  with  their  bold  deeds: 
But  in  the  end,  to  stop  mine  ear  indeed, 
Thou  hast  a  sigh  to  blow  away  this  praise,  80 

53  point :  lacing,  garter  57  hilding:  worthless 

62  strond:  shore  63  witness'd  usurpation :  traces  of  its  usurpation 

69  apter :  more  ready 


6  The  Second  Part  of 

Ending  with  'Brother,  son,  and  all  are  dead.' 

Mor.  Douglas  is  living,  and  your  brother,  yet; 
But,  for  my  lord  your  son, — 

North.  Why,  he  is  dead.— 

See,  what  a  ready  tongue  suspicion  hath !  84 

He  that  but  fears  the  thing  he  would  not  know 
Hath  by  instinct  knowledge  from  others'  eyes 
That  what  he  fear'd  is  chanced.    Yet  speak,  Morton: 
Tell  thou  thy  earl  his  divination  lies,  88 

And  I  will  take  it  as  a  sweet  disgrace 
And  make  thee  rich  for  doing  me  such  wrong. 

Mor.  You  are  too  great  to  be  by  me  gainsaid; 
Your  spirit  is  too  true,  your  fears  too  certain.         92 

North.  Yet,  for  all  this,  say  not  that  Percy's  dead. 
I  see  a  strange  confession  in  thine  eye: 
Thou  shak'st  thy  head,  and  hold'st  it  fear  or  sin 
To  speak  a  truth.     If  he  be  slain,  say  so;  96 

The  tongue  offends  not  that  reports  his  death: 
And  he  doth  sin  that  doth  belie  the  dead, 
Not  he  which  says  the  dead  is  not  alive. 
Yet  the  first  bringer  of  unwelcome  news  100 

Hath  but  a  losing  office,  and  his  tongue 
Sounds  ever  after  as  a  sullen  bell, 
Remember'd  knolling  a  departing  friend. 

L.  Bard.  I    cannot    think,    my    lord,    your    son    is 
dead.  104 

Mor.  I  am  sorry  I  should  force  you  to  believe 
That  which  I  would  to  God  I  had  not  seen ; 
But  these  mine  eyes  saw  him  in  bloody  state, 
Rendering      faint      quittance,      wearied      and      out- 
breath'd,  108 

To  Harry  Monmouth;  whose  swift  wrath  beat  down 
The  never-daunted  Percy  to  the  earth, 

87  is  chanced:  has  happened  108  quittance:  return  of  blows 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  I.  i 


From  whence  with  life  he  never  more  sprung  up. 
In  few,  his  death, — whose  spirit  lent  a  fire  112 

Even  to  the  dullest  peasant  in  his  camp, — 
Being  bruited  once,  took  fire  and  heat  away 
From  the  best-temper'd  courage  in  his  troops; 
For  from  his  metal  was  his  party  steel'd;  116 

Which  once  in  him  abated,  all  the  rest 
Turn'd  on  themselves,  like  dull  and  heavy  lead: 
And  as  the  thing  that's  heavy  in  itself, 
Upon  enforcement  flies  with  greatest  speed,  120 

So  did  our  men,  heavy  in  Hotspur's  loss, 
Lend  to  this  weight  such  lightness  with  their  fear 
That  arrows  fled  not  swifter  toward  their  aim 
Than  did  our  soldiers,  aiming  at  their  safety,         124 
Fly  from  the  field.    Then  was  that  noble  Worcester 
Too  soon  ta'en  prisoner;  and  that  furious  Scot, 
The  bloody  Douglas,  whose  well-labouring  sword 
Had  three  times  slain  the  appearance  of  the  king,    128 
'Gan  vail  his  stomach,  and  did  grace  the  shame 
Of  those  that  turn'd  their  backs ;  and  in  his  flight, 
Stumbling  in  fear,  was  took.    The  sum  of  all 
Is,  that  the  king  hath  won,  and  hath  sent  out        132 
A  speedy  power  to  encounter  you,  my  lord, 
Under  the  conduct  of  young  Lancaster 
And  Westmoreland.     This  is  the  news  at  full. 
North.  For    this    I    shall    have    time    enough    to 
mourn.  186 

In  poison  there  is  physic;  and  these  news, 
Having  been  well,  that  would  have  made  me  sick, 
Being  sick,  have  in  some  measure  made  me  well: 
And  as  the  wretch,  whose  fever-weaken'd  joints,    140 

112  In  few:  in  short  114  bruited:  rumored 

116-118  Cf.n.  128  Cf.n. 

129  'Gan  vail  his  stomach:  began  to  lower  his  arrogant  spirit 
did  grace:  reflected  credit  on,  set  in  a  good  light 


8  The  Second  Part  of 

Like  strengthless  hinges,  buckle  under  life, 
Impatient  of  his  fit,  breaks  like  a  fire 
Out  of  his  keeper's  arms,  even  so  my  limbs, 
Weaken'd    with     grief,     being    now     enrag'd    with 
grief,  <    144 

Are  thrice  themselves.     Hence,  therefore,  thou  nice 

crutch ! 

A  scaly  gauntlet  now,  with  joints  of  steel 
Must  glove  this  hand:  and  hence,  thou  sickly  quoif ! 
Thou  art  a  guard  too  wanton  for  the  head  148 

Which  princes,  flesh'd  with  conquest,  aim  to  hit. 
Now  bind  my  brows  with  iron;  and  approach 
The  ragged'st  hour  that  time  and  spite  dare  bring 
To  frown  upon  the  enrag'd  Northumberland!         152 
Let  heaven  kiss  earth !  now  let  not  nature's  hand 
Keep  the  wild  flood  confin'd!  let  order  die! 
And  let  this  world  no  longer  be  a  stage 
To  feed  contention  in  a  lingering  act;  156 

But  let  one  spirit  of  the  first-born  Cain 
Reign  in  all  bosoms,  that,  each  heart  being  set 
On  bloody  courses,  the  rude  scene  may  end, 
And  darkness  be  the  burier  of  the  dead!  160 

Tra.  This   strained   passion   doth   you  wrong,  my 
lord. 

L.  Bard.  Sweet  earl,  divorce  not  wisdom  from  your 
honour. 

Mor.  The  lives  of  all  your  loving  complices 
Lean  on  your  health;  the  which,  if  you  give  o'er    164 
To  stormy  passion,  must  perforce  decay. 

141  buckle:  bend  144  grid:  suffering  grief :  sorrow 

145  nice:  dainty,  effeminate  147  sickly  quoif :  sick  man's  hood 

148  wanton:  effeminate 

149  flesh'd:  made  fierce  by  combat  as  a  dog  fed  only  on  flesh 
151  ragged'st:  roughest 

161   strained  passion:  exaggerated  emotion  163  complices:  allies 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  I.  i  9 

You  cast  the  event  of  war,  my  noble  lord, 
And  suram'd  the  account  of  chance,  before  you  said, 
'Let  us  make  head.'     It  was  your  presurmise          168 
That  in  the  dole  of  blows  your  son  might  drop: 
You  knew  he  walk'd  o'er  perils,  on  an  edge, 
More  likely  to  fall  in  than  to  get  o'er; 
You  were  advis'd  his  flesh  was  capable  172 

Of  wounds  and  scars,  and  that  his  forward  spirit 
Would  lift  him  where  most  trade  of  danger  rang'd: 
Yet  did  you  say,  'Go  forth' ;  and  none  of  this, 
Though  strongly  apprehended,  could  restrain         176 
The  stiff-borne  action:  what  hath  then  befallen, 
Or  what  hath  this  bold  enterprise  brought  forth, 
More  than  that  being  which  was  like  to  be? 

L.  Bard.  We  all  that  are  engaged  to  this  loss      180 
Knew  that  we  ventur'd  on  such  dangerous  seas 
That  if  we  wrought  out  life  'twas  ten  to  one; 
And  yet  we  ventur'd,  for  the  gain  propos'd 
Chok'd  the  respect  of  likely  peril  fear'd;  184 

And  since  we  are  o'erset,  venture  again. 
Come,  we  will  all  put  forth,  body  and  goods. 

Mor.  'Tis   more  than   time:   and,   my  most  noble 

lord, 

I  hear  for  certain,  and  do  speak  the  truth,  188 

The  gentle  Archbishop  of  York  is  up, 
With  well-appointed  powers:  he  is  a  man 
Who  with  a  double  surety  binds  his  followers. 
My  lord  your  son  had  only  but  the  corpse,  192 

But  shadows  and  the  shows  of  men  to  fight ; 
For  that  same  word,  rebellion,  did  divide 
The  action  of  their  bodies  from  their  souls; 

166-179  Cf.  n.  166  cast  the  event:  considered  the  outcome 

168  make  head:  raise  an  army  169  dole:  distribution 

170  edge:  dangerous  narrow  path  172  advis'd :  awart 

177  stiff-borne:  obstinately  carried  out 

180  engaged  to :  involved  in  184  respect:  consideration 

190  well-appointed:  well-equipped 


10  The  Second  Part  of 

And  they  did  fight  with  queasiness,  constrain'd,      196 

As  men  drink  potions,  that  their  weapons  only 

Seem'd  on  our  side:  but,  for  their  spirits  and  souls, 

This  word,  rebellion,  it  had  froze  them  up, 

As  fish  are  in  a  pond.     But  now  the  bishop  200 

Turns  insurrection  to  religion: 

Suppos'd  sincere  and  holy  in  his  thoughts, 

He's  follow'd  both  with  body  and  with  mind, 

And  doth  enlarge  his  rising  with  the  blood  204 

Of  fair  King  Richard,  scrap'd  from  Pomfret  stones; 

Derives  from  heaven  his  quarrel  and  his  cause; 

Tells  them  he  doth  bestride  a  bleeding  land, 

Gasping  for  life  under  great  Bolingbroke;  208 

And  more  and  less  do  flock  to  follow  him. 

North.  I  knew  of  this  before;  but,  to  speak  truth, 
This  present  grief  had  wip'd  it  from  my  mind. 
Go  in  with  me;  and  counsel  every  man  212 

The  aptest  way  for  safety  and  revenge: 
Get  posts  and  letters,  and  make  friends  with  speed: 
Never  so  few,  and  never  yet  more  need.  Exeunt. 

Scene  Two 
[London.    A  Street] 

Enter  Sir  John  [Falstaff,]  with  his  Page  bearing  his 
sword  and  buckler. 

Fal.  Sirrah,  you  giant,  what  says  the  doctor 
to  my  water? 

Page.  He  said,  sir,  the  water  itself  was  a  good 
healthy  water;  but,  for  the  party  that  owed  it,    4 
he  might  have  moe  diseases  than  he  knew  for. 

196  queasiness:  squeamishness  204,205  Cf.n. 

204  enlarge:  widen  the  scope  or  appeal  208  Bolingbroke;  cf.  n. 

209  more  and  less:  high  and  low  214  make:  collect 
4  owed:  owned 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  I.  ii 


Fal.  Men  of  all  sorts  take  a  pride  to  gird  at 
me:  the  brain  of  this  foolish-compounded  clay, 
man,  is  not  able  to  invent  anything  that  tends    8 
to  laughter,  more  than  I  invent  or  is  invented 
on  me:  I  am  not  only  witty  in  mv^f,  lint.  tfi<» 
cause  that  "wit  is  in  ni%r  mpn       I  do  here  walk 
before  thee  like  a  sow  that  hath  overwhelmed  all  12 
her  litter  but  one.     If  the  prince  put  thee  into 
my  service  for  any  other  reason  than  to  set  me 
off,  why  then  I  have  no  judgment.    Thou  whore 
son  mandrake,  thou  art  fitter  to  be  worn  in  my  16 
cap  than  to   wait   at  my  heels.      I   was   never 
manned  with  an  agate  till  now;  but  I  will  set 
you  neither  in  gold  nor  silver,  but  in  vile  apparel, 
and  send  you  back  again  to  your  master,  for  a  20 
jewel;  the  Juvenal,  the  prince  your  master,  whose 
chin  is  not  yet  fledged.     I  will  sooner  have  a 
beard  grow  in  the  palm  of  my  hand  than  he  shall 
get  one  on  his  cheek  ;  and  yet  he  will  not  stick  24 
to  say,  his  face  is  a  face-royal  :  God  may  finish  it 
when  he  will,  it  is  not  a  hair  amiss  yet:  he  may 
keep  it  still  as  a  face-royal,  for  a  barber  shall 
never   earn   sixpence    out   of   it  ;    and   yet   he'll  28 
be  crowing  as  if  he  had  writ  man  ever  since  his 
father  was  a  bachelor.     He  may  keep  his  own 
grace,  but  he  is  almost  out  of  mine,  I  can  assure 
him.     What  said  Master  Dombledon  about  the  32 
satin  for  my  short  cloak  and  my  slops? 

Page.  He  said,  sir,  you  should  procure  him 
better  assurance  than  Bardolph;  he  would  not 

6  gird  :  jeer 

15  whoreson:   a   coarse   term   of  endearment    (as  here)    or  of  con' 
tempt  (as  in  I.  jp) 

16  mandrake:  a  poisonous  plant  whose  forked  root^  was  supposed  to 
resemble  the  human  form  18  manned  with  an  agate  ;  cf.  n. 

21  juvenal:  used  jocularly  for  'youth'  25  face-royal;  cf,  n. 

29  writ  man:  enrolled  himself  a  man  33  slops:  loose  breeches 


The  Second  Part  of 


take    his    bond    and    yours  :    he    liked    not   the  36 
security. 

Fal.  Let  him  be  damned  like  the  glutton  !  Pray 
God  his  tongue  be  hotter!     A  whoreson  Achito- 
phel  !  a  rascally  yea-f  orsooth  knave  !  to  bear  a  40 
gentleman  in  hand,  and  then  stand  upon  security. 
The  whoreson  smooth-pates  do  now  wear  noth 
ing  but  high  shoes,  and  bunches  of  keys  at  their 
girdles;  and  if  a  man  is  through  with  them  in  44 
honest  taking  up,  then  they  must  stand  upon 
security.     I  had  as  lief  they  would  put  ratsbane 
in  my  mouth  as  offer  to  stop  it  with  security.     I 
looked  a*  should  have  sent  me  two  and  twenty  48 
yards  of  satin,  as  I  am  a  true  knight,  and  he 
sends  me  security.    Well,  he  may  sleep  in  secur 
ity;  for  he  hath  the  horn  of  abundance,  and  the 
lightness  of  his  wife  shines  through  it:  and  yet  52 
cannot  he  see,  though  he  have  his  own  lanthorn 
to  light  him.     Where's  Bardolph? 

Page.  He's  gone  into  Smithfield  to  buy  your 
worship  a  horse.  56 

Fal.  I  bought  him  in  Paul's,  and  he'll  buy 
me  a  horse  in  Smithfield:  an  I  could  get  me 
but  a  wife  in  the  stews,  I  were  manned,  horsed, 
and  wived.  60 

Enter  Chief  Justice  and  Servant. 

Page.  Sir,  here  comes  the  nobleman  that 
committed  the  prince  for  striking  him  about 
Bardolph. 

Fal.  Wait  close;  I  will  not  see  him.  64 

38  glutton;  cf.  n.  39  Achitophel;  cf.  n. 

40  yea-f  orsooth  knave;  cf.  n. 

bear  .  .  .  in  hand:  delude  with  false  hopes 
42  smooth-pates:  round-heads,  or  Puritanical  citizen  class 
44  through:  serious  45  taking  up:  obtaining  goods  on  trust 

48  a':  he  51-54  Cf.  n.  57  Paul's;  cf.  n.  61,  62  Cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,,  I.  ii  1S 

Ch.Just.  What's  he  that  goes  there? 

Ser.  Falstaff,  an  't  please  your  lordship. 

Ch.  Just.  He  that  was  in  question  for  the 
robbery  ?  68 

Ser.  He,  my  lord;  but  he  hath  since  done 
good  service  at  Shrewsbury,  and,  as  I  hear,  is 
now  going  with  some  charge  to  the  Lord  John 
of  Lancaster.  72 

Ch.Just.  What,  to  York?  Call  him  back 
again. 

Ser.  Sir  John  Falstaff! 

Fdl.  Boy,  tell  him  I  am  deaf.  76 

Page.  You  must  speak  louder,  my  master  is 
deaf. 

Ch.Just.  I  am  sure  he  is,  to  the  hearing  of 
anything  good.     Go,  pluck  him  by  the  elbow ;  I  80 
must  speak  with  him. 

Ser.  Sir  John! 

Fdl.  What !  a  young  knave,  and  beg !    Is  there 
not  wars  ?   is   there  not  employment  ?   doth  not  84 
the  king  lack  subjects?  do  not  the  rebels  want 
soldiers?     Though  it  be  a  shame  to  be  on  any 
side  but  one,  it  is  worse  shame  to  beg  than  to  be 
on  the  worst  side,  were  it  worse  than  the  name  88 
of  rebellion  can  tell  how  to  make  it. 

Ser.  You  mistake  me,  sir. 

Fal.  Why,  sir,  did  I  say  you  were  an  honest 
man  ?   setting  my   knighthood   and   my   soldier-  92 
ship  aside,  I  had  lied  in  my  throat  if   I   had 
said  so. 

Ser.  I  pray  you,  sir,  then  set  your  knighthood 
and  your  soldiership  aside,  and  give  me  leave  to  96 

71  charge:  military  command 


The  Second  Part  of 


tell  you  you  lie  in  your  throat  if  you  say   I 
am  any  other  than  an  honest  man. 

Fal.  I  give  thee  leave  to  tell  me  so!     I  lay 
aside  that  which  grows  to  me!     If  thou  gett'st.100 
any  leave  of  me,  hang  me:  if  thou  takest  leave, 
thou  wert  better  be  hanged.     You  hunt  counter: 
hence!  avaunt! 

Ser.  Sir,  my  lord  would  speak  with  you.         104 

Ch.Just.  Sir  John  Falstaff,  a  word  with 
you. 

Fal.  My  good  lord!     God  give  your  lordship 
good  time  of  day.    I  am  glad  to  see  your  lord-  108 
ship  abroad  ;  I  heard  say  your  lordship  was  sick  : 
I   hope   your  lordship   goes   abroad  by   advice. 
Your  lordship,  though  not  clean  past  your  youth, 
hath  yet  some  smack  of  age  in  you,  some  relish  112 
of  the  saltness  of  time;  and  I  most  humbly  be 
seech  your  lordship  to  have  a  reverend  care  of 
your  health. 

Ch.  Just.  Sir  John,  I  sent  for  you  before  your  lie 
expedition  to  Shrewsbury. 

Fal.  An  't  please  your  lordship,  I  hear  his 
majesty  is  returned  with  some  discomfort  from 
Wales.  120 

Ch.Just.  I  talk  not  of  his  majesty.  You 
would  not  come  when  I  sent  for  you. 

Fal.  And  I  hear,  moreover,  his  highness  is 
fallen  into  this  same  whoreson  apoplexy.  124 

Ch.  Just.  Well,  God  mend  him  !  I  pray  you, 
let  me  speak  with  you. 

Fal.  This  apoplexy  is,  as  I  take  it,  a  kind  of 
lethargy,  an  't  please  your  lordship  ;  a  kind  of  128 
sleeping  in  the  blood,  a  whoreson  tingling. 

102  hunt  counter;  cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  I.  u 


Ch.Just.  What  tell  you  me  of  it?  be  it  as 
it  is. 

Fal.  It    hath    it    original    from   much    grief,  132 
from   study  and   perturbation   of  the  brain.      I 
have  read  the  cause  of  his  effects  in  Galen:  it  is 
a  kind  of  deafness. 

Ch.  Just.  I  think  you  are  fallen  into  the  dis-  136 
ease,  for  you  hear  not  what  I  say  to  you. 

Fal.  Very  well,  my  lord,   very  well:   rather, 
an  't  please  you,  it  is  the  disease  of  not  listening, 
the  malady  of  not  marking,  that  I  am  troubled  140 
withal. 

Ch.  Just.  To  punish  you  by  the  heels  would 
amend  the  attention  of  your  ears;  and  I  care 
not  if  I  do  become  your  physician.  144 

Fal.  I  am  as  poor  as  Job,  my  lord,  but  not  so 
patient:  your  lordship  may  minister  the  potion 
of  imprisonment  to  me  in  respect  of  poverty; 
but  how  I  should  be  your  patient  to  follow  your  148 
prescriptions,  the  wise  may  make  some  dram  of 
a  scruple,  or  indeed  a  scruple  itself. 

Ch.  Just.  I    sent   for   you,   when    there   were 
matters  against  you  for  your  life,  to  come  speak  152 
with  me. 

Fal.  As  I  was  then  advised  by  my  learned 
counsel  in  the  laws  of  this  land-service,  I  did 
not  come.  156 

Ch.Just.  Well,  the  truth  is,  Sir  John,  you 
live  in  great  infamy. 

Fal.  He  that  buckles  him  in  my  belt  cannot 
live  in  less.  160 


130  What:  why  132  it:  its  134  his:  its 

142  punish  by  the  heels:  commit  to  prison;  originally,  to  the  stocks 

147  in  respect  of :  on  account  of  155  land-service :  military  service 


16  The  Second  Part  of 

Ch.  Just.  Your  means  are  very  slender,  and 
your  waste  is  great. 

Fal.  I  would  it  were  otherwise:  I  would  my 
means  were  greater  and  my  waist  slenderer.  164 

Ch.  Just.  You  have  misled  the  youthful  prince. 

Fal.  The  young  prince  hath  misled  me:  I 
am  the  fellow  with  the  great  belly,  and  he  my 
dog.  168 

Ch.  Just.  Well,  I  am  loath  to  gall  a  new-healed 
wound:  your  day's  service  at  Shrewsbury  hath  a 
little  gilded  over  your  night's  exploit  on  Gads- 
hill:  you  may  thank  the  unquiet  time  for  your  172 
quiet  o'er-posting  that  action. 

Fal.  My  lord! 

Ch.  Just.  But  since  all  is  well,  keep  it  so: 
wake  not  a  sleeping  wolf.  176 

Fal.  To  wake  a  wolf  is  as  bad  as  to  smell  a 
fox. 

Ch.Just.  What!  you  are  as  a  candle,  the 
better  part  burnt  out.  180 

Fal.  A  wassail  candle,  my  lord;  all  tallow: 
if  I  did  say  of  wax,  my  growth  would  approve 
the  truth. 

Ch.  Just.  There  is  not  a  white  hair  on  your  184 
face  but  should  have  his  effect  of  gravity. 

Fal.  His  effect  of  gravy,  gravy,  gravy. 

Ch.  Just.  You  follow  the  young  prince  up 
and  down,  like  his  ill  angel.  188 

Fal.  Not  so,  my  lord;  your  ill  angel  is  light, 
but  I  hope  he  that  looks  upon  me  will  take  me 
without  weighing:  and  yet,  in  some  respects,  I 
grant,  I  cannot  go,  I  cannot  tell.  Virtue  is  of  192 

166-168  Cf.n.  173  o'er-posting:  getting  over  rapidly 

181  wassail  candle:  large  candle  used  at  a  feast 

182  wax;  cf.  n.  approve:  prove 

188  ill:  evil  189-192  Cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  I.  ii  17 

so  little  regard  in  these  costermonger  times  that 
true  valour  is  turned  bear-herd:  pregnancy  is 
made  a  tapster,  and  hath  his  quick  wit  wasted 
in  giving  reckonings :  all  the  other  gifts  apperti-  196 
nent  to  man,  as  the  malice  of  this  age  shapes 
them,  are  not  worth  a  gooseberry.  You  that  are 
old  consider  not  the  capacities  of  us  that  are 
young ;  you  measure  the  heat  of  our  livers  with  200 
the  bitterness  of  your  galls;  and  we  that  are  in 
the  vaward  of  our  youth,  I  must  confess,  are 
wags  too. 

Ch.  Just.  Do  you  set  down  your  name  in  the  204 
scroll  of  youth,  that  are  written  down  old  with 
all  the  characters  of  age  ?    Have  you  not  a  moist 
eye,  a  dry  hand,  a  yellow  cheek,  a  white  beard, 
a  decreasing  leg,  an  increasing  belly?     Is  not 208 
your  voice  broken,  your  wind  short,  your  chin 
double,  your  wit  single,  and  every  part  about 
you  blasted  with  antiquity,  and  will  you  yet  call 
yourself  young?    Fie,  fie,  fie,  Sir  John!  212 

Fal.  My  lord,  I  was  born  about  three  of  the 
clock  in  the  afternoon,  with  a  white  head,  and 
something  a  round  belly.  For  my  voice,  I  have 
lost  it  with  hollaing,  and  singing  of  anthems.  216 
To  approve  my  youth  further,  I  will  not:  the 
truth  is,  I  am  only  old  in  judgment  and  under 
standing;  and  he  that  will  caper  with  me  for  a 
thousand  marks,  let  him  lend  me  the  money,  220 
and  have  at  him!  For  the  box  o'  the  ear  that 
the  prince  gave  you,  he  gave  it  like  a  rude  prince, 
and  you  took  it  like  a  sensible  lord.  I  have 

193  costermonger:  commercial 

194  bear-herd:  one  who  leads  about  a  tame  bear 

pregnancy:  readiness  of  wit  196  reckonings:  bills 

202  vaward :  vanguard  210  single:  t hin 

220  marks:  a  mark  was  worth  about  thirteen  shillings 


is  The  Second  Part  of 

checked  him  for  it,  and  the  young  lion  repents ;  224 
marry,  not  in  ashes  and  sackcloth,  but  in  new 
silk  and  old  sack. 

Ch.  Just.  Well,  God  send  the  prince  a  better 
companion !  228 

Fal.  God  send  the  companion  a  better  prince ! 
I  cannot  rid  my  hands  of  him. 

Ch.Just.  Well,   the    king    hath    severed    you 
and  Prince  Harry.     I  hear  you  are  going  with  232 
Lord  John  of  Lancaster  against  the  archbishop 
and  the  Earl  of  Northumberland. 

Fal.  Yea;  I  thank  your  pretty  sweet  wit  for 
it.    But  look  you  pray,  all  you  that  kiss  my  lady  236 
Peace  at  home,  that  our  armies  join  not  in  a  hot 
day;  for,  by  the  Lord,  I  take  but  two  shirts  out 
with  me,  and  I  mean  not  to  sweat  extraordinarily : 
if  it  be  a  hot  day,  and  I  brandish  anything  but  240 
my  bottle,  I  would  I  might  never  spit  white  again. 
There  is  not  a  dangerous  action  can  peep  out 
his  head  but  I  am  thrust  upon  it.     Well,  I  can 
not  last  ever.    But  it  was  always  yet  the  trick  of  244 
our  English  nation,  if  they  have  a  good  thing,  to 
make  it  too  common.    If  you  will  needs  say  I  am 
an  old  man,  you  should  give  me  rest.     I  would 
to  God  my  name  were  not  so  terrible  to  the  248 
enemy  as  it  is :  I  were  better  to  be  eaten  to  death 
with  rust  than  to   be   scoured  to  nothing  with 
perpetual  motion. 

Ch.  Just.  Well,   be   honest,    be    honest ;    and  252 
God  bless  your  expedition. 

Fal.  Will  your  lordship  lend  me  a  thousand 
pound  to  furnish  me  forth? 

Ch.  Just.  Not  a  penny ;  not  a  penny ;  you  are  256 

226  sack:  Spanish  wine  241  spit  white;  cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  I.  ii  19 

too  impatient  to  bear  crosses.     Fare  you  well: 
commend  me  to  my  cousin  Westmoreland. 

[Exeunt  Chief  Justice  and  Servant.] 

Fal.  If  I  do,  fillip  me  with  a  three-man  beetle. 
A  man  can  no  more  separate  age  and  covetous-  260 
ness  than  a'  can  part  young  limbs  and  lechery; 
but  the  gout  galls  the  one,  and  the  pox  pinches 
the  other;  and  so  both  the  degrees  prevent  my 
curses.  Boy !  264 

Page.  Sir! 

Fal.  What  money  is  in  my  purse? 

Page.  Seven  groats  and  twopence. 

Fal.  I  can  get  no  remedy  against  this  con-  268 
sumption  of  the  purse:  borrowing  only  lingers 
and  lingers  it  out,  but  the  disease  is  incurable. 
Go  bear  this  letter  to  my  Lord  of  Lancaster; 
this  to  the  prince ;  this  to  the  Earl  of  Westmore-  272 
land;  and  this  to  old  Mistress  Ursula,  whom  I 
have  weekly  sworn  to  marry  since  I  perceived 
the  first  white  hair  on  my  chin.     About  it:  you 
know  where  to  find  me.     A  pox  of  this  gout !  276 
or,    a    gout   of   this    pox!    for   the    one    or   the 
other  plays  the  rogue  with  my  great  toe.     'Tis 
no  matter  if  I  do  halt ;  I  have  the  wars  for  my 
colour,   and  my  pension   shall   seem  the  more  280 
Gjcfctfionable.     A  good  wit  will  make  use  of  any- 

will  turn  diseases  to  commodity.     "Exeunt. 


257  6f.  n.  259  Cf.  n.  263  prevent:  anticipate 

267  groat:  a  coin  worth  fourpence  279  halt:  limp 

280  colour:  excuse 
282  commodity:  merchandise  to  be  sold  at  a  profit 


20  The  Second  Part  of 

Scene  Three 
[York.     The  Archbishop's  Palace] 

Enter  Archbishop,  Hastings,  Motvbray,  and  Lord 
Bardolph. 

Arch.  Thus  have  you  heard  our  cause  and  known 

our  means; 

And,  my  most  noble  friends,  I  pray  you  all, 
Speak  plainly  your  opinions  of  our  hopes: 
And  first,  Lord  Marshal,  what  say  you  to  it?          4 

Mowb.  I  well  allow  the  occasion  of  our  arms; 
But  gladly  would  be  better  satisfied 
How  in  our  means  we  should  advance  ourselves 
To  look  with  forehead  bold  and  big  enough  8 

Upon  the  power  and  puissance  of  the  king. 

Hast.  Our  present  musters  grow  upon  the  file 
To  five-and-twenty  thousand  men  of  choice; 
And  our  supplies  live  largely  in  the  hope  12 

Of  great  Northumberland,  whose  bosom  burns 
With  an  incensed  fire  of  injuries. 

L.  Bard.  The  question,  then,  Lord  Hastings,  stand- 

eth  thus: 

Whether  our  present  five-and-twenty  thousand         16 
May  hold  up  head  without  Northumberland. 

Hast.  With  him,  we  may. 

L.  Bard.  Ay,  marry,  there's  the  point : 

But  if  without  him  we  be  thought  too  feeble, 
My  judgment  is,  we  should  not  step  too  far  20 

Till  we  had  his  assistance  by  the  hand; 
For  in  a  theme  so  bloody-fac'd  as  this, 
Conjecture,  expectation,  and  surmise 
Of  aids  incertain  should  not  be  admitted.  24 

10  file:  muster  roll  12  supplies :  reinforcements 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  I.  Hi  21 

Arch.  'Tis  very  true,  Lord  Bardolph;  for,  indeed 
It  was  young  Hotspur's  case  at  Shrewsbury. 

L.  Bard.  It  was,  my  lord ;  who  lin'd  himself  with 

hope, 

Eating  the  air  on  promise  of  supply,  28 

Flattering  himself  with  project  of  a  power 
Much  smaller  than  the  smallest  of  his  thoughts; 
And  so,  with  great  imagination 

Proper  to  madmen,  led  his  powers  to  death,  32 

And  winking  leap'd  into  destruction. 

Hast.  But,  by  your  leave,  it  never  yet  did  hurt 
To  lay  down  likelihoods  and  forms  of  hope. 

L.  Bard.  Yes,  if  this  present  quality  of  war, —   86 
Indeed  the  instant  action, — a  cause  on  foot, 
Lives  so  in  hope,  as  in  an  early  spring 
We  see  the  appearing  buds ;  which,  to  prove  fruit, 
Hope  gives  not  so  much  warrant  as  despair  40 

That  frosts  will  bite  them.    When  we  mean  to  build, 
We  first  survey  the  plot,  then  draw  the  model; 
And  when  we  see  the  figure  of  the  house, 
Then  must  we  rate  the  cost  of  the  erection;  44 

Which  if  we  find  outweighs  ability, 
What  do  we  then  but  draw  anew  the  model 
In  fewer  offices,  or  at  last  desist 

To  build  at  all  ?    Much  more,  in  this  great  work, —  48 
Which  is  almost  to  pluck  a  kingdom  down 
And  set  another  up, — should  we  survey 
The  plot  of  situation  and  the  model, 
Consent  upon  a  sure  foundation,  52 

Question  surveyors,  know  our  own  estate, 
How  able  such  a  work  to  undergo, 
To  weigh  against  his  opposite;  or  else, 

27  lin'd:  strengthened 

29,  30  project  .  .  .  smaller:   anticipation   of  an   army  actually  much 

smaller                 33  winking:  with  eyes  closed  36-41  Cf.  n. 

43  figure:  plan              47  offices:  domestic  quarters  53-55  Cf.  n. 


22  The  Second  Part  of 

We  fortify  in  paper,  and  in  figures,  56 

Using  the  names  of  men  instead  of  men: 
Like  one  that  draws  the  model  of  a  house 
Beyond  his  power  to  build  it;  who,  half  through, 
Gives  o'er  and  leaves  his  part-created  cost  60 

A  naked  subject  to  the  weeping  clouds, 
And  waste  for  churlish  winter's  tyranny. 

Hast.  Grant   that    our    hopes,    yet    likely    of    fair 

birth, 

Should  be  still-born,  and  that  we  now  possess'd        64 
The  utmost  man  of  expectation; 
I  think  we  are  a  body  strong  enough, 
Even  as  we  are,  to  equal  with  the  king. 

L.  Bard.  What !    is    the    king   but    five-and-twenty 
thousand  ?  68 

Hast.  To  us   no  more;   nay,  not   so  much,   Lord 

Bardolph. 

For  his  divisions,  as  the  times  do  brawl, 
Are  in  three  heads:  one  power  against  the  French, 
And  one  against  Glendower;  perforce,  a  third         72 
Must  take  up  us:  so  is  the  unfirm  king 
In  three  divided,  and  his  coffers  sound 
With  hollow  poverty  and  emptiness. 

Arch.  That  he  should  draw  his  several  strengths 
together  76 

And  come  against  us  in  full  puissance, 
Need  not  be  dreaded. 

Hast.  If  he  should  do  so, 

He  leaves  his  back  unarm'd,  the  French  and  Welsh 
Baying  him  at  the  heels :  never  fear  that.  80 

L.  Bard.  Who    is    it    like    should   lead    his    forces 
hither? 

Hast.  The  Duke  of  Lancaster  and  Westmoreland; 

60  part-created  cost:  costly  fragment  62  churlish:  rough 

70  as  ...  brawl:  as  the  turbulent  times  dictate  81  like:  probable 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  I.  Hi  23 

Against  the  Welsh,  himself  and  Harry  Monmouth: 
But  who  is  substituted  'gainst  the  French  84 

I  have  no  certain  notice. 

Arch.  Let  us  on 

And  publish  the  occasion  of  our  arms. 
The  commonwealth  is  sick  of  their  own  choice; 
Their  over-greedy  love  hath  surfeited.  88 

A  habitation  giddy  and  unsure 
i  Hath  he  that  buildeth  on  the  vulgar  heart. 
O  thou  fond  many !  with  what  loud  applause 
Didst  thou  beat  heaven  with  blessing  Bolingbroke    92 
Before  he  was  what  thou  wouldst  have  him  be: 
And  being  now  trimm'd  in  thine  own  desires, 
Thou,  beastly  feeder,  art  so  full  of  him 
That  thou  provok'st  thyself  to  cast  him  up.  *? 
So,  so,  thou  common  dog,  didst  thou  disgorge     A 
Thy  glutton  bosom  of  the  royal  Richard,      ffr\rt       .tf 
And  now  thou  wouldst  eat  thy  dead  vomit  up,  J^t* 
And    howl'st    to    find    it.      What   trust    is    in   these 
times  ?  100 

They  that,  when  Richard  liv'd,  would  have  him  die, 
Are  now  become  enamour'd  on  his  grave: 
Thou,  that  threw'st  dust  upon  his  goodly  head, 
When  through  proud  London  he  came  sighing  on    104 
After  the  admired  heels  of  Bolingbroke, 
Cry'st  now,  'O  earth !  yield  us  that  king  again, 
And  take  thou  this!'     O,  thoughts  of  men  accurst! 
Past  and  to  come  seem  best ;  things  present  worst.  108 

Mowb.  Shall  we  go  draw  our  numbers  and  set  on? 

Hast.  We  are  time's   subjects,  and  time  bids   be 
gone.  [Exeunt.'] 

91  fond  many :  foolish  mult  it  ude 

94  trimm'd  .  .  .  desires:  supplied  with  what  thou  didst  desire 

109  draw:  assemble 


24  The  Second  Part  of 

ACT  SECOND 

Scene  One 
[London.    A  Street] 

Enter  Hostess   [Quickly  of  the  Tavern],  with  two 
Officers,  Fang  and  Snare. 

Host.  Master    Fang,    have    you    entered    the 
action  ? 

Fang.  It  is  entered. 

Host.  Where's   your  yeoman  ?     Is  't  a  lusty    4 
yeoman?  will  a'  stand  to  't? 

Fang.  Sirrah! — where's  Snare? 

Host.  O  Lord,  ay!  good  Master  Snare. 

Snare.  Here,  here.  8 

Fang.  Snare,  we  must   arrest  Sir  John   Fal- 
staff. 

Host.  Yea,  good  Master  Snare;  I  have  entered 
him  and  all.  12 

Snare.  It   may   chance   cost   some   of  us    our 
lives,  for  he  will  stab. 

Host.  Alas  the  day!  take  heed  of  him:  he 
stabbed  me  in  mine  own  house,  and  that  most  16 
beastly.  In  good  faith,  a'  cares  not  what 
mischief  he  doth  if  his  weapon  be  out:  he 
will  foin  like  any  devil;  he  will  spare  neither 
man,  woman,  nor  child.  20 

Fang.  If  I  can  close  with  him  I  care  not  for 
his  thrust. 

Host.  No,    nor    I    neither:    I'll    be    at    your 
elbow.  24 

4  yeoman:  sheriff's  officer  19  foin:  thrust  (in  fencing) 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  i  25 

Fang.  An  I  but  fist  him  once;  an  a'  come  but 
within  my  vice, — 

Host.  I  am  undone  by  his  going;  I  warrant 
you,    he's    an    infinitive    thing   upon   my    score.  28 
Good  Master  Fang,  hold  him  sure:  good  Master 
Snare,  let  him  not  'scape.    A'  comes  continuantly 
to    Pie-corner — saving  your   manhoods — to   buy 
a  saddle ;  and  he's  indited  to  dinner  to  the  Lub-  32 
ber's  Head  in  Lumbert  Street,  to  Master  Smooth's 
the  silkman :  I  pray  ye,  since  my  exion  is  entered, 
and  my  case  so  openly  known  to  the  world,  let 
him  be  brought  in  to  his  answer.     A  hundred  36 
mark  is  a  long  one  for  a  poor  lone  woman  to 
bear;  and  I  have  borne,  and  borne,  and  borne; 
and  have  been  fubbed  off,  and  fubbed  off,  and 
fubbed  off,  from  this  day  to  that  day,  that  it  is  a  40 
shame  to  be  thought  on.     There  is  no  honesty  in 
such  dealing;  unless  a  woman  should  be  made 
an  ass,  and  a  beast,  to  bear  every  knave's  wrong. 
Yonder   he    comes ;    and    that    arrant    malmsey-  44 
nose  knave,  Bardolph,  with  him.    Do  your  offices, 
do  your  offices,  Master  Fang  and  Master  Snare; 
do  me,  do  me,  do  me  your  offices. 

Enter  Falstaff,  and  Bardolph. 

Fal.  How  now!   whose   mare's    dead?   what's  48 
the  matter? 

Fang.  Sir  John,   I  arrest  you  at  the  suit  of 
Mistress  Quickly. 

Fal.  Away,    varlets !      Draw,    Bardolph:    cut  52 

26  vice:  figuratively,  grip 

28  infinitive:  infinite  (Dame  Quickly's  more  obvious  errors  in  speech 

are  not,  hereafter,  glossed")  upon  my  score:  in  my  debt 

32,  33  Lubber's  .  .  .  Street:  Libbard's,  i.e..  Leopard's,  Head  Inn,  in 

Lombard  Street  34  exion:  Dame  Quickly's  error  for  'action* 

37  one;  c/.  n.  39  fubbed:  fobbed,  i.e.,  put  off  deceitfully 

44,  45  malmsey-nose:  red-nosed 


26  The  Second  Part  of 

me  off  the  villain's   head;   throw  the   quean  in 
the  channel. 

Host.  Throw  me  in  the  channel!     Ill  throw 
thee  in  the  channel.    Wilt  thou?  wilt  thou?  thou  56 
bastardly   rogue!      Murder,  murder!     Ah,  thou' 
honey-suckle  villain!  wilt  thou  kill  God's  officers 
and   the    king's?      Ah,   thou   honey-seed   rogue! 
thou    art   a    honey-seed,    a    man-queller,    and    a  60 
woman-queller. 

Fal.  Keep  them  off,  Bardolph. 

Fang.  A  rescue !  a  rescue ! 

Host.  Good   people,   bring   a   rescue   or  two !  64 
Thou  wo't,  wo't  thou?  thou  wo't,  wo't  ta?  do, 
do,  thou  rogue !  do,  thou  hemp-seed ! 

Fal.  Away,  you  scullion!  you  rampallian! 
you  fustilarian!  I'll  tickle  your  catastrophe.  68 

Enter  Chief  Justice. 

Ch.Just.  What  is  the  matter?  keep  the  peace 
here,  ho ! 

Host.  Good  my  lord,  be  good  to  me!     I  be 
seech  you,  stand  to  me!  72 
Ch.  Just.  How    now,    Sir    John !    what !    are    you 

brawling  here  ? 

Doth  this  become  your  place,  your  time  and  business  ? 
You  should  have  been  well  on  your  way  to  York. 
Stand    from    him,    fellow:    wherefore    hang'st    upon 
him  ?  76 

Host.  O,  my  most  worshipful  lord,  an 't 
please  your  grace,  I  am  a  poor  widow  of  East- 
cheap,  and  he  is  arrested  at  my  suit. 

Ch.Just.  For  what  sum?  80 

S3  quean:  hussy  54  channel:  kennel,  i.e.,  gutter 

58  honey-suckle:  Dame  Quickly' s  error  for  'homicidal' 

59  honey-seed:  homicide  60  man-queller:  man-killer 
65  wo  t:  ivouldst             ta:  thou  67,  68  Cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  i  27 

Host.  It  is  more  than  for  some,  my  lord;  it 
is  for  all  I  have.  He  hath  eaten  me  out  of 
house  and  home;  he  hath  put  all  my  substance 
into  that  fat  belly  of  his :  but  I  will  have  some  of  84 
it  out  again,  or  I  will  ride  thee  o'  nights  like  the 
mare. 

Fal.  I  think  I  am  as  like  to  ride  the  mare  if 
I  have  any  vantage  of  ground  to  get  up.  88 

Ch.  Just.  How   comes   this,    Sir   John  ?      Fie ! 
what   man   of   good   temper   would   endure   this 
tempest  of  exclamation?     Are  you  not  ashamed 
to  enforce  a  poor  widow  to  so  rough  a  course  to  92 
come  by  her  own? 

Fal.  What  is  the  gross  sum  that  I  owe  thee? 

Host.  Marry,   if   thou   wert   an   honest   man, 
thyself  and  the  money  too.     Thou  didst  swear  96 
to  me  upon  a  parcel-gilt  goblet,  sitting  in  my 
Dolphin-chamber,  at  the  round  table,  by  a  sea- 
coal   fire,   upon   Wednesday   in   Wheeson   week, 
when  the  prince  broke  thy  head  for  liking  his  100 
father  to  a  singing-man  of  Windsor,  thou  didst 
swear  to  me  then,  as  I  was  washing  thy  wound, 
to  marry  me  and  make  me  my  lady  thy  wife. 
Canst  thou  deny  it?     Did  not  goodwife  Keech,  104 
the  butcher's  wife,   come  in  then  and   call  me 
gossip  Quickly?  coming  in  to  borrow  a  mess  of 
vinegar;    telling    us    she    had    a    good    dish    of 
prawns ;  whereby  thou  didst  desire  to  eat  some,  108 
whereby  I  told  thee  they  were  ill  for  a  green 
wound?    And  didst  thou  not,  when  she  was  gone 
down  stairs,  desire  me  to  be  no  more  so  famili- 

86  mare:  nightmare  90  temper:  character 

)7  parcel-gilt:  partly  gilded 

98  sea-coal:  mineral  coal  (brought  by  boat  from  Newcastle) 

99  Wheeson:  Whitsun  104  Keech:  literally  'a  lump  of  fat' 
109  green:  fresh 


28  The  Second  Part  of 

arity  with  such  poor  people;   saying  that  ere  112 
long  they  should  call  me  madam?     And  didst 
thou  not  kiss  me  and  bid  me  fetch  thee  thirty 
shillings?      I   put  thee  now   to   thy  book-oath: 
deny  it  if  thou  canst.  116 

Fal.  My  lord,  this  is  a  poor  mad  soul;  and 
she  says  up  and  down  the  town  that  her  eldest 
son  is  like  you.  She  hath  been  in  good  case, 
and  the  truth  is,  poverty  hath  distracted  her.  120 
But  for  those  foolish  officers,  I  beseech  you  I 
may  have  redress  against  them. 

Ch.  Just.  Sir  John,  Sir  John,  I  am  well  ac 
quainted  with  your  manner  of  wrenching  the  124 
true  cause  the  false  way.     It  is  not  a  confident 
brow,  nor  the  throng  of  words  that  come  with 
such   more  than  impudent  sauciness    from  you, 
can  thrust  me  from  a  level  consideration ;  you  128 
have,  as  it  appears  to  me,  practised  upon  the 
easy-yielding  spirit   of   this   woman,    and   made 
her  serve  your  uses  both  in  purse  and  in  person. 

Host.  Yea,  in  troth,  my  lord.  132 

Ch.  Just.  Prithee,  peace.  Pay  her  the  debt 
you  owe  her,  and  unpay  the  villainy  you  have 
done  her:  the  one  you  may  do  with  sterling 
money,  and  the  other  with  current  repentance.  136 

Fal.  My  lord,  I  will  not  undergo  this  sneap 
without  reply.  You  call  honourable  boldness 
impudent  sauciness:  if  a  man  will  make  curtsy, 
and  say  nothing,  he  is  virtuous.  No,  my  lord,  140 
my  humble  duty  remembered,  I  will  not  be  your 
suitor:  I  say  to  you,  I  do  desire  deliverance  from 
these  officers,  being  upon  hasty  employment  in 
the  king's  affairs.  144 

119  case:  circumstances  128  level:  steady 

136  current:  genuine,  with  pun  upon 'sterling'  137  sneap:  snub 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  i  29 

Ch.  Just.  You  speak  as  having  power  to  do 
wrong:  but  answer  in  the  effect  of  your  reputa 
tion,  and  satisfy  the  poor  woman. 

Fal.  Come  hither,  hostess.  148 

[Taking  her  aside.] 

Enter  Master  Gower. 

Ch.  Just.  Now,  Master  Gower !  what  news  ? 
Gow.  The   king,  my   lord,   and   Harry    Prince   of 

Wales 
Are  near  at  hand:  the  rest  the  paper  tells. 

[Gives  a  letter. ,] 

Fal.  As  I  am  a  gentleman.  152 

Host.  Faith,  you  said  so  before. 

Fal.  As  I  am  a  gentleman.  Come,  no  more 
words  of  it. 

Host.  By  this  heavenly  ground  I  tread  on,  156 
I  must  be  fain  to  pawn  both  my  plate  and  the 
tapestry  of  my  dining-chambers. 

Fal.  Glasses,   glasses,   is   the   only    drinking: 
and  for  thy  walls,  a  pretty  slight  drollery,  or  the  160 
story  of  the  Prodigal,  or  the  German  hunting  in^. 
water-work,  is  worth  a  thousand  of  these  bed- 
hangings  and  these  fly-bitten  tapestries.     Let  it 
be  ten  pound  if  thou  canst.     Come,  an  it  were  164 
not  for  thy  humours,  there's  not  a  better  wench 
in  England.     Go,  wash  thy  face,  and  draw  the 
action.     Come,  thou  must  not  be  in  this  humour 
with  me ;  dost  not  know  me  ?     Come,  come,  1 168 
know  thou  wast  set  on  to  this. 

Host.  Prithee,  Sir  John,  let  it  be  but  twenty 

145  Cf.  n.  146  in  the  effect  of:  in  a  manner  suitable  to 

159  Cf.n.  160  drollery:  humorous  painting 

161  German  hunting:  German  hunting-scene 

162  water-work :  water  colors  165  humours:  caprices 
166  draw:  withdraw 


so  The  Second  Part  of 

nobles:  i'  faith,  I  am  loath  to  pawn  my  plate, 
so  God  save  me,  la!  172 

Fal.  Let    it    alone;    I'll    make    other    shift: 
you'll  be  a  fool  still. 

Host.  Well,  you  shall  have  it,  though  I  pawn 
my  gown.    I  hope  you'll  come  to  supper.    You'll  176 
pay  me  all  together? 

Fal.  Will  I  live?      [To  Bardolph.]   Go,  with 
her,  with  her;  hook  on,  hook  on. 

Host.  Will   you   have   Doll   Tearsheet   meet  180 
you  at  supper? 

Fal.  No  more  words;  let's  have  her. 

Exeunt  Hostess,  [Bardolph,  Page,] 
and  Sergeants']. 

Ch.  Just.  I  have  heard  better  news. 

Fal.  What's  the  news,  my  lord?  184 

Ch.  Just.  Where  lay  the  king  last  night  ? 

Gow.  At  Basingstoke,  my  lord. 

Fal.  I  hope,  my  lord,  all's  well:  what  is  the 
news,  my  lord?  188 

Ch.  Just.  Come  all  his  forces  back  ? 
Gow.  No;  fifteen  hundred  foot,  five  hundred  horse, 
Are  march'd  up  to  my  Lord  of  Lancaster, 
Against  Northumberland  and  the  archbishop.          192 
Fal.  Comes  the  king  back  from  Wales,  my  noble 

lord? 

Ch.  Just.  You  shall  have  letters  of  me  presently. 
Come,  go  along  with  me,  good  Master  Gower. 

Fal.  My  lord!  196 

Ch.Just.  What's  the  matter? 

Fal.  Master  Gower,  shall  I  entreat  you  with 
me  to  dinner? 

171  nobles:  gold  coins  worth  about  six  shillings 
194  presently :  immediately 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  ii  31 

Gow.  I  must  wait  upon  my  good  lord  here ;  200 
I  thank  you,  good  Sir  John. 

Ch.  Just.  Sir  John,  you  loiter  here  too  long, 
being  you  are  to  take  soldiers  up  in  counties  as 
you  go.  204 

Fal.  Will  you  sup  with  me,  Master  Gower? 

Ch.  Just.  What  foolish  master  taught  you 
these  manners,  Sir  John? 

Fal.  Master  Gower,  if  they  become  me  not,  208 
he  was  a  fool  that  taught  them  me.     This  is  the 
right  fencing  grace,  my  lord;  tap  for  tap,  and 
so  part  fair. 

Ch.Just.  Now  the  Lord  lighten  thee!  thou  212 
art  a  great  fool.  Exeunt. 

Scene  Two 

[The  Same] 

Enter  Prince  Henry  [and]  Poins. 

Prince.  Before  God,  I  am  exceeding  weary. 

Poins.  Is  't  come  to  that?  I  had  thought 
weariness  durst  not  have  attached  one  of  so 
high  blood.  4 

Prince.  Faith,  it  does  me,  though  it  dis 
colours  the  complexion  of  my  greatness  to  ac 
knowledge  it.  Doth  it  not  show  vilely  in  me  to 
desire  small  beer?  8 

Poins.  Why,  a  prince  should  not  be  so  loosely 
studied  as  to  remember  so  weak  a  composition. 

Prince.  Belike  then  my  appetite  was  not 
princely  got ;  for,  by  my  troth,  I  do  now  re-  12 

210  Cf.n.  212  lighten :  enlighten,  used  quibblingly 

3  attached:  seized 

5  discolours  the  complexion  of  my  greatness:  makes  me  blush 

10  studied:  inclined 


The  Second  Part  of 


member    the    poor    creature,    small    beer.      But, 
indeed,  these  humble  considerations  make  me  out 
of  love  with  my  greatness.     What  a  disgrace  is 
it   to  me  to  remember  thy  name,   or   to   know  16 
thy  face  to-morrow!  or  to  take  note  how  many 
pair  of  silk  stockings  thou  hast;  viz.  these,  and 
those  that  were  thy  peach-coloured  ones!  or  to 
bear  the  inventory   of  thy   shirts ;   as,   one   for  20 
superfluity,  and  another  for  use!     But  that  the 
tennis-court-keeper  knows  better  than  I,  for  it 
is  a  low  ebb  of  linen  with  thee  when  thou  keepest 
not  racket  there ;  as  thou  hast  not  done  a  great  24 
while,  because  the  rest  of  thy  low-countries  have 
made  a  shift  to  eat  up  thy  holland:  and  God 
knows   whether   those  that   bawl   out  the   ruins 
of  thy  linen  shall  inherit  his  kingdom ;  but  the  28 
midwives  say  the  children  are  not  in  the  fault; 
whereupon   the   world   increases,    and    kindreds 
are  mightily  strengthened. 

Poins.  How    ill    it    follows,    after    you    have  32 
laboured  so  hard,  you  should  talk  so  idly !     Tell 
..  me,   how   many   good  young   princes   would   do 
I  so,  their  fathers  being  so  sick  as  yours  at  this 
f  time  is  ?  36 

Prince.  Shall  I  tell  thee  one  thing,  Poins? 

Poins.  Yes,  faith,  and  let  it  be  an  excellent 
good  thing. 

Prince.  It  shall  serve  among  wits  of  no  higher  40 
breeding  than  thine. 

Poins.  Go  to;  I  stand  the  push  of  your  one 
thing  that  you  will  tell. 

Prince.  Marry,  I  tell  thee,  it  is  not  meet  that  44 
I  should  be  sad,  now  my  father  is  sick:  albeit  I 
25-31  Cf.  n.  42  push. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  ii  33 

could  tell  to  thee, — as  to  one  it  pleases  me,  for 
fault  of  a  better,  to  call  my  friend, — I  could  be 
sad,  and  sad  indeed  too.  48 

Poins.  Very  hardly  upon  such  a  subject. 

Prince.  By  this  hand,  thou  thinkest  me  as 
far  in  the  devil's  book  as  thou  and  Falstaff  for 
obduracy  and  persistency :  let  the  end  try  the  52 
man._  But  I  tell  thee  my  heart  bleeds  inwardly 
that  my  father  is  so  sick;  and  keeping  such  vile 
company  as  thou  art  hath  in  reason  taken  from 
me  all  ostentation  of  sorrow.  56 

Poins.  The  reason? 

Prince.  What  wouldst  thou  think  of  me  if  I 
should  weep  ? 

Poins.  I    would   think   thee   a   most    princely  60 
hypocrite. 

Prince.  It  would  be  every  man's  thought; 
and  thou  art  a  blessed  fellow  to  think  as  every 
man  thinks :  never  a  man's  thought  in  the  world  64 
keeps  the  road-way  better  than  thine:  every  man 
would  think  me  an  hypocrite  indeed.  And  what 
accites  your  most  worshipful  thought  to  think  so  ? 

Poins.  Why,  because  you  have  been  so  lewd  68 
and  so  much  engraffed  to  Falstaff. 

Prince.  And  to  thee. 

Poins.  By  this  light,  I  am  well  spoke  on;  I 
can  hear  it  with  mine  own  ears :  the  worst  that  72 
they  can  say  of  me  is  that  I  am  a  second  brother 
and  that  I  am  a  proper  fellow  of  my  hands ;  and 
those  two  things  I  confess  I  cannot  help.  By  the 
mass,  here  comes  Bardolph.  76 

Enter  Bardolph  and' Page. 

67  accites:  invites  68  lewd:  worthless 

69  much  engrafted:  closely  attached        73  second  brother:  younger  son 
74  proper  fellow  of  my  hands:  good  fellow  with  my  fists 


34  The  Second  Part  of 

Prince.  And  the  boy  that  I  gave  Falstaff:  a' 
had  him  from  me  Christian;  and  look,  if  the  fat 
villain  have  not  transformed  him  ape. 

Bard.  God  save  your  Grace !  80 

Prince.  And  yours,  most  noble  Bardolph. 

Poins.  [To  the  Page.]  Come,  you  virtuous  ass, 
you  bashful  fool,  must  you  be  blushing?  where 
fore  blush  you  now  ?    What  a  maidenly  man-at-  84 
arms   are  you  become !     Is  't  such  a  matter  to 
get  a  pottle-pot's  maidenhead? 

Page.  A'  calls  me  even  now,  my  lord,  through 
a  red  lattice,  and  I  could  discern  no  part  of  his  88 
face  from  the  window:  at  last,  I  spied  his  eyes, 
and  methought  he  had  made  two  holes  in  the 
ale-wife's  new  petticoat,  and  peeped  through. 

Prince.  Hath  not  the  boy  profited?  92 

Bard.  Away,  you  whoreson  upright  rabbit, 
away! 

Page.  Away,  you  rascally  Althea's  dream, 
away !  96 

Prince.  Instruct  us,  boy;  what  dream,  boy? 

Page.  Marry,  my  lord,  Althea  dreamed  she 
was  delivered  of  a  firebrand ;  and  therefore  I  call 
him  her  dream.  100 

Prince.  A  crown's  worth  of  good  interpreta 
tion.  There  'tis,  boy.  [Gives  him  money.] 

Poins.  O!    that   this    good   blossom    could   be 
kept  from  cankers.     Well,  there  is  sixpence  to  104 
preserve  thee. 

Bard.  An  you  do  not  make  him  be  hanged 
among  you,  the  gallows  shall  have  wrong. 

Prince.  And  how  doth  thy  master,  Bardolph?  108 

Q<  fiSPr?0*''  tw°-Vuart  ^nkard  88  red  lattice:  ale-house  window 

ys-WV  (,/.  n.  104  cankers:  canker-worms 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  ii  35 

Bard.  Well,  my  lord.  He  heard  of  your 
Grace's  coming  to  town:  there's  a  letter  for  you. 

Poins.  Delivered  with  good  respect.  And  how 
doth  the  martlemas,  your  master?  112 

Bard.  In  bodily  health,  sir. 

Poins.  Marry,  the  immortal  part  needs  a 
physician;  but  that  moves  not  him:  though 
that  be  sick,  it  dies  not.  116 

Prince,  I  do  allow  this  wen  to  be  as  familiar 
with  me  as  my  dog;  and  he  holds  his  place,  for 
look  you  how  he  writes. 

Poins.    [looking  over  the  Prince's  shoulder."]  120 
'John  Falstaff,  knight,' — every  man  must  know 
that,  as  oft  as  he  has  occasion  to  name  himself: 
even  like  those  that  are  kin  to  the  king,  for  they 
never  prick  their  finger  but  they  say,  'There's  124 
some   of  the  king's  blood  spilt.'     'How   comes 
that?'  says  he  that  takes  upon  him  not  to  con 
ceive.     The  answer  is  as  ready  as  a  borrower's 
cap,  'I  am  the  king's  poor  cousin,  sir.'  128 

Prince.  Nay,  they  will  be  kin  to  us,  or  they 
will   fetch  it  from  Japhet.      But  to  the  letter: 
'Sir   John   Falstaff,   knight,   to   the   son    of   the 
king    nearest    his     father,    Harry     Prince    of  132 
Wales,  greeting.' 

Poins.  Why,  this  is  a  certificate. 

Prince.  Peace!  'I  will  imitate  the  honourable 
Romans  in  brevity:'  136 

Poins.  He  sure  means  brevity  in  breath,  short- 
winded. 

Prince.  'I   commend  me  to  thee,   I   commend 

112  martlemas;  cf.  n.  117  wen:  swelling,  i.e.,  Falstaff 

126  takes  upon  him:  pretends  conceive:  understand 

127,  128  borrower's  cap;  cf.  n. 

130  fetch  it  from  Japhet:   trace  kinship  through  Japhet,   the  son   of 

Noah 
130  ff.  Cf.  n. 


36  The  Second  Part  of 

thee,  and  I  leave  thee.    Be  not  too  familiar  with  140 
Poins;  for  he  misuses  thy  favours  so  much  that 
he  swears  thou  art  to  marry  his  sister  %Nell.     Re 
pent  at  idle  times  as  thou  mayest,  and  so  farewell. 

'Thine,  by  yea  and  no, — which  is  as  144 
much  as  to  say,  as  thou  usest  him, 
Jack   Falstaff,   with   my   familiars; 
John,  with  my  brothers  and  sisters, 
and  Sir  John  with  all  Europe.'        148 

Poins.  My  lord,  I'll  steep  this  letter  in  sack 
and  make  him  eat  it. 

Prince.  That's    to    make    him    eat   twenty   of 
his  words.  But  do  you  use  me  thus,  Ned?  must  152 
I  marry  your  sister? 

Poins.  God    send    the    wench    no    worse    for 
tune! — but  I  never  said  so. 

Prince.  Well,  thus  we  play  the  fools  with  the 
time,  and  the  spirits  of  the  wise  sit  in  the  clouds  156 
and  mock  us.     Is  your  master  here  in  London? 

Bard.  Yea,  my  lord. 

Prince.  Where   sups  •  he  ?    doth   the    old   boar 
feed  in  the  old  frank?  160 

Bard.  At   the   old   place,   my   lord,   in   East- 
cheap. 

Prince.  What  company? 

Page.  Ephesians,  my  lord,  of  the  old  church.  164 

Prince.  Sup  any  women  with  him? 

Page.  None,  my  lord,  but  old  Mistress  Quickly 
and  Mistress  Doll  Tearsheet. 

Prince.  What  pagan  may  that  be  ?  168 

Page.  A  proper  gentlewoman,  sir,  and  a  kins 
woman  of  my  master's. 

Prince.  Even  such  kin  as  the  parish  heifers 

160  frank:  sty  164  Ephesians:  slang  term  for  jolly  fellows 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  Hi  37 

are  to  the  town  bull.  Shall  we  steal  upon  them,  172 
Ned,  at  supper? 

Poins.  I  am  your  shadow,  my  lord;  I'll 
follow  you. 

Prince.  Sirrah,  you  boy,  and  Bardolph ;  no  176 
word   to   your   master  that   I   am   yet  come   to 
town:  there's  for  your  silence.  [Gives  money.] 

Bard.  I  have  no  tongue,  sir. 

Page.  And  for  mine,  sir,  I  will  govern  it.         180 

Prince.  Fare  ye  well;  go.  [Exeunt  Bardolph 
and  Page.]  This  Doll  Tearsheet  should  be  some 
road. 

Poins.  I  warrant  you,  as  common  as  the  way 
between  Saint  Albans  and  London.  185 

Prince.  How  might  we  see  Falstaff  bestow 
himself  to-night  in  his  true  colours,  and  not 
ourselves  be  seen? 

Poins.  Put  on  two  leathern  jerkins  and 
aprons,  and  wait  upon  him  at  his  table  as 
drawers.  N  191 

(  Prince.  From  a  god  to  a  bull!  a  heavy 
descension!  it  was  Jove's  case.  From  a  prince 
to  a  prentice!  a  low  transformation!  that  shall 
be  mine;  for  ia  every  thjnft  the  purpose  nmat 
weigh  with  the  folly.  Follow  me,  Ned.  Exeunt. 

Scene  Three 
[Warkworth.     Before  Northumberland's  Castle] 

Enter  Northumberland,    his    wife,   and   the   wife    to 
Harry  Percy. 

North.  I  pray  thee,  loving  wife,  and  gentle  daugh 
ter, 

186  bestow:  behave  192,  193  Cf.  n. 


38  The  Second  Part  of 

Give  even  way  unto  my  rough  affairs: 
Put  not  you  on  the  visage  of  the  times, 
And  be  like  them  to  Percy  troublesome.  4 

Lady  N.  I  have  given  over,  I  will  speak  no  more : 
Do  what  you  will;  your  wisdom  be  your  guide. 

North.  Alas!  sweet  wife,  my  honour  is  at  pawn; 
And,  but  my  going,  nothing  can  redeem  it.  8 

Lady  P.  O !  yet  for  God's   sake,  go  not  to  these 

wars. 

The  time  was,  father,  that  you  broke  your  word 
When  you  were  more  endear'd  to  it  than  now; 
When    your    own    Percy,    when    my    heart's    dear 
Harry,  12 

Threw  many  a  northward  look  to  see  his  father 
Bring  up  his  powers;  but  he  did  long  in  vain. 
Who  then  persuaded  you  to  stay  at  home? 
There  were  two  honours  lost,  yours  and  your  son's :  16 
For  yours,  the  God  of  heaven  brighten  it ! 
For  his,  it  stuck  upon  him  as  the  sun 
In  the  grey  vault  of  heaven ;  and  by  his  light 
Did  all  the  chivalry  of  England  move  20 

To  do  brave  acts :  he  was  indeed  the  glass 
Wherein  the  noble  youth  did  dress  themselves: 
He  had  no  legs,  that  practis'd  not  his  gait; 
And  speaking  thick,  which  nature  made  his  blemish,  24 
Became  the  accents  of  the  valiant; 
For  those  that  could  speak  low  and  tardily, 
Would  turn  their  own  perfection  to  abuse, 
To  seem  like  him:  so  that,  in  speech,  in  gait,  28 

In  diet,  in  affections  of  delight, 
In  military  rules,  humours  of  blood, 
He  was  the  mark  and  glass,  copy  and  book, 
That  f ashion'd  others.    And  him,  O  wondrous  him !  32 

11  endear'd:  bound  24  thick:  fast 

29  affections  of  delight :  favorite  pastimes  30  blood:  disposition 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  in  39 

O  miracle  of  men!  him  did  you  leave, — 

Second  to  none,  unseconded  by  you, — 

To  look  upon  the  hideous  god  of  war 

In  disadvantage;  to  abide  a  field  36 

Where  nothing  but  the  sound  of  Hotspur' s,  name 

Did  seem  defensible:  so  you  left  him.      / 

Never,  O !  never,  do  his  ghost  the  wrong 

To  hold  your  honour  more  precise  and  nice  40 

With  others  than  with  him:  let  them  alone. 

The  marshal  and  the  archbishop  are  strong: 

Had  my  sweet  Harry  had  but  half  their  numbers, 

To-day  might  I,  hanging  on  Hotspur's  neck,  44 

Have  talk'd  of  Monmouth's  grave. 

North.  Beshrew  your  heart, 

Fair  daughter!  you  do  draw  my  spirits  from  me 
With  new  lamenting  ancient  oversights. 
But  I  must  go  and  meet  with  danger  there,  48 

Or  it  will  seek  me  in  another  place, 
And  find  me  worse  provided. 

Lady  N.  O !  fly  to  Scotland, 

Till  that  the  nobles  and  the  armed  commons 
Have  of  their  puissance  made  a  little  taste.  52 

Lady  P.  If  they  get  ground  and  vantage  of  the 

king, 

Then  join  you  with  them,  like  a  rib  of  steel, 
To  make  strength  stronger;  but,  for  all  our  loves, 
First  let  them  try  themselves.     So  did  your  son ;      56 
He  was  so  suffer'd:  so  came  I  a  widow; 
And  never  shall  have  length  of  life  enough 
To  rain  upon  remembrance  with  mine  eyes, 
That  it  may  grow  and  sprout  as  high  as  heaven,      60 
For  recordation  to  my  noble  husband. 

38  defensible :  able  to  furnish  defense  40  nice:  scrupulous 

61  For  recordation  to :  in  memory  of 


40  The  Second  Part  of 

North.  Come,  come,  go  in  with  me.     Tis  with  my 

mind 

As  with  the  tide  swell'd  up  unto  his  height, 
That  makes  a  still-stand,  running  neither  way:         64 
Fain  would  I  go  to  meet  the  archbishop, 
But  many  thousand  reasons  hold  me  back. 

1  will  resolve  for  Scotland:  there  am  I, 

Till  time  and  vantage  crave  my  company.  68 

Exeunt. 

Scene  Four 

[London.     A  Room  in  the  Boar's  Head  Tavern,  in 
Eastcheap] 

Enter  two  Drawers  [Francis  and  another]. 

First  Draw.  What  the  devil  hast  thou  brought 
there?  apple-Johns?  thou  knowest  Sir  John  can 
not  endure  an  apple- John. 

Sec.  Draw.  Mass,  thou  sayst  true.    The  prince    4 
once  set  a  dish  of  apple-Johns  before  him,  and 
told  him  there  were  five  more  Sir  Johns;  and, 
putting  off  his  hat,  said,  'I  will  now  take  my 
leave    of    these    six    dry,    round,    old    withered    8 
knights.'     It  angered  him  to  the  heart;  but  he 
hath  forgot  that. 

First  Draw.  Why   then,   cover,   and  set  them 
down:   and  see  if  thou  canst  find  out   Sneak's  12 
noise;  Mistress  Tearsheet  would  fain  hear  some 
music.     Dispatch:  the  room  where  they  supped 
is  too  hot;  they'll  come  in  straight. 

Sec.  Draw.  Sirrah,    here    will    be    the    prince  16 
and  Master  Poins  anon;   and  they  will  put  on 

2  apple-Johns:  apples  that  keep  well  but  become  very  much  shriveled 
11  cover:  set  the  table  13  noise:  band  of  musicians 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,,  II.  iv  41 

two  of  our  jerkins  and  aprons;  and  Sir  John 
must  not  know  of  it:  Bardolph  hath  brought 
word.  20 

First  Draw.  By   the   mass^   here   will   be   old 
utis:  it  will  be  an  excellent  stratagem. 

Sec.  Draw.  I'll  see  if  I  can  find  out  Sneak. 

Exit. 

Enter  Hostess  and  Doll. 

Host.  I'  faith,  sweetheart,  methinks  now  you  24 
are  in  an  excellent  good  temperality:  your  pul- 
sidge    beats   as   extraordinarily   as   heart   would 
desire;   and  your   colour,   I  warrant  you,  is  as 
red  as  any  rose ;  in  good  truth,  la !     But,  i'  faith,  28 
you  have  drunk  too  much  canaries,  and  that's 
a   marvellous   searching   wine,   and  it   perfumes 
the  blood  ere  one  can  say,  What's  this?     How 
do  you  now?  32 

Dol.  Better  than  I  was:  hem! 

Host.  Why,  that's  well  said;   a  good  heart's 
worth  gold.    Lo !  here  comes  Sir  John. 

Enter  Falstaff  [singing]. 

Fal.  'When    Arthur    first    in    court' — Empty  36 
the     Jordan. —  [Exit     Drawer.] — 'And     was     a 
worthy  king.'     How  now,  Mistress  Doll! 

Host.  Sick  of  a  calm:  yea,  good  faith. 

Fal.  So  is  all  her  sect ;  an  they  be  once  in  a  40 
calm  they  are  sick. 

Dol.  A  pox  damn  you,  you  muddy  rascal,  is 
that  all  the  comfort  you  give  me? 

Fal.  You  make  fat  rascals,  Mistress  Doll.         44 

21,  22  old  utis:  rare  sport  36  Cf.  n. 

37  Jordan:  chamber-pot  39  calm :  mistake  for  'qualm' 

40  sect:  sex 


42  The  Second  Part  of 

Dol.  I    make    them!    gluttony    and    diseases 
make  them;  I  make  them  not. 

Fal.  If    the    cook    help    to    make    the    glut 
tony,  you  help  to  make  the  diseases,  Doll:  we  48 
catch  of  you,  Doll,  we  catch  of  you;  grant  that, 
my  poor  virtue,  grant  that. 

Dol.  Yea,  joy,  our  chains  and  our  jewels. 

Fal.  'Your   brooches,   pearls,   and   owches' : —  52 
for  to  serve  bravely  is  to  come  halting  off,  you 
know:  to  come  off  the  breach  with  his  pike  bent 
bravely,  and  to  surgery  bravely ;  to  venture  upon 
the  charged  chambers  bravely, —  56 

Dol.  Hang  yourself,  you  muddy  conger,  hang 
yourself ! 

Host.  By  my  troth,  this   is  the  old  fashion; 
you  two  never  meet  but  you  fall  to  some  discord:  60 
you  are  both,  i'  good  truth,  as  rheumatic  as  two 
dry  toasts;  you  cannot  one  bear  with  another's 
confirmities.      What    the    good-year!    one    must 
bear,  and  that  must  be  you :  you  are  the  weaker  64 
vessel,  as  they  say,  the  emptier  vessel. 

Dol.  Can  a  weak  empty  vessel  bear  such  a 
huge  full  hogshead?  there's  a  whole  merchant's 
venture  of  Bordeaux  stuff  in  him :  you  have  not  68 
seen  a  hulk  better  stuffed  in  the  hold.  Come, 
I'll  be  friends  with  thee,  Jack:  thou  art  going 
to  the  wars;  and  whether  I  shall  ever  see  thee 
again  or  no,  there  is  nobody  cares.  72 

Enter  Drawer  [Francis], 

Fran.  Sir,  Ancient  Pistol's  below,  and  would 
speak  with  you. 

52  Cf.  n.  owches:  jewels  56  chambers:  small  cannon 

57  conger:  eel  61  rheumatic:  error  for  'splenetic'  (?) 

63  good-year:  corruption  of  French  'goujere,'  'the  pox' 
73  Ancient:    ensign   or  second   lieutenant,   Peto   being   Captain   Fal- 
staff  s  first  lieutenant 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  iv  43 

Dol.  Hang  him,   swaggering   rascal!   let   him 
not  come  hither :  it  is  the  f  oul-mouthedest  rogue  76 
in  England. 

Host.  If  he  swagger,  let  him  not  come  here: 
no,  by  my  faith;  I  must  live  among  my  neigh 
bours;  I'll  no  swaggerers:  I  am  in  good  name  80 
and  fame  with  the  very  best.  Shut  the  door; 
there  comes  no  swaggerers  here:  I  have  not 
lived  all  this  while  to  have  swaggering  now: 
shut  the  door,  I  pray  you.  84 

Fal.  Dost  thou  hear,  hostess? 

Host.  Pray    ye,    pacify    yourself,    Sir    John: 
there  comes  no  swaggerers  here. 

Fal.  Dost  thou  hear?  it  is  mine  ancient.  88 

Host.  Tilly-fally,    Sir    John,    ne'er    tell    me: 
your  ancient  swaggerer  comes  not  in  my  doors. 
I  was  before  Master  Tisick,  the  debuty,  t'other 
day ;  and,  as  he  said  to  me, — 'twas  no  longer  ago  92 
than  Wedesday   last, — 'I'   good   faith,   neighbor 
Quickly,'  says  he ; — Master  Dumbe,  our  minister, 
was  by  then; — 'Neighbour  Quickly,'  says  he,  're 
ceive  those  that  are  civil,  for,'  said  he,  'you  are  in  96 
an  ill  name';  now,  a'  said  so,  I  can  tell  where 
upon;  'for,'  says  he,  'you  are  an  honest  woman, 
and  well  thought  on;  therefore  take  heed  what 
guests  you  receive:  receive,'  says  he,  'no  swag- I0e 
gering  companions.'     There  comes  none  here: — 
you  would  bless  you  to  hear  what  he  said.     No, 
I'll  no  swaggerers. 

Fal.  He's    no    swaggerer,    hostess ;    a    tame  104 
cheater,  i'  faith;  you  may  stroke  him  as  gently 
as  a  puppy  greyhound:  he'll  not  swagger  with 

80  swaggerers:  bullies  91  debuty;  cf.  n. 

104,  105  tame  cheater;  cf.  n. 


44  The  Second  Part  of 

a  Barbary  hen  if  her  feathers  turn  back  in  any 
show  of  resistance.     Call  him  up,  drawer.  108 

[Exit  Francis.] 

Host.  Cheater,  call  you  him?     I  will  bar  no 
honest  man  my  house,  nor  no  cheater;  but  I  do 
not  love   swaggering,   by   my   troth;    I    am  the 
worse,  when  one  says  swagger.     Feel,  masters,  112 
how  I  shake;  look  you,  I  warrant  you. 

Dol.  So  you  do,  hostess. 

Host.  Do  I?  yea,  in  very  truth,  do  I,  an 
'twere  an  aspen  leaf:  I  cannot  abide  swaggerers.  116 

Enter  Ancient  Pistol,  and  Bardolph  and  his  boy. 

Pist.  God  save  you,  Sir  John ! 

Fal.  Welcome,  Ancient  Pistol.  Here,  Pistol, 
I  charge  you  with  a  cup  of  sack:  do  you  dis 
charge  upon  mine  hostess.  120 

Pist.  I  will  discharge  upon  her,  Sir  John, 
with  two  bullets. 

Fal.  She  is  pistol-proof,  sir;  you  shall  hardly 
offend  her.  124 

Host.  Come,  I'll  drink  no  proofs  nor  no 
bullets:  I'll  drink  no  more  than  will  do  me 
good,  for  no  man's  pleasure,  I. 

Pist.  Then  to  you,  Mistress  Dorothy;  I  will  128 
charge  you. 

Dol.  Charge   me!    I    scorn   you,   scurvy   com 
panion.     What!  you  poor,  base,  rascally,  cheat 
ing,  lack-linen  mate !    Away,  you  mouldy  rogue,  132 
away!     I  am  meat  for  your  master. 

Pist.  I  know  you,  Mistress  Dorothy. 

Dol.  Away,  you   cut-purse   rascal!   you   filthy 

107  Barbary  hen:  a  hen  whose  feathers  naturally  turn  back 

130  companion:  a  term  of  contempt  132  mate:  fellow,  'chap' 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  iv  45 

bung,  away !     By  this  wine,  I'll  thrust  my  knife  136 
in  your  mouldy  chaps   an  you  play  the   saucy 
cuttle   with   me.      Away,   you   bottle-ale   rascal! 
you  basket-hilt  stale  juggler,  you!     Since  when, 
I  pray  you,  sir  ?     God's  light !  with  two  points  140 
on  your  shoulder?  much! 

Pist.  God  let  me  not  live  but  I  will  murder 
your  ruff  for  this ! 

[Attacking  her,  and  tearing  her  ruff.] 

Fal.  No  more,  Pistol:  I  would  not  have  you  144 
go  off  here.    Discharge  yourself  of  our  company, 
Pistol. 

Host.  No,    good    captain     Pistol;    not    here, 
sweet  captain.  148 

Dol.  Captain!      thou      abominable      damned 
cheater,    art    thou    not    ashamed    to    be    called 
captain?     An  captains  were  of  my  mind,  they 
would  truncheon  you  out  for  taking  their  names  152 
upon  you  before  you  have  earned  them.     You 
a  captain,  you  slave!   for  what?   for  tearing  a 
poor    whore's    ruff   in    a   bawdy-house?      He    a 
captain !      Hang   him,   rogue !      He   lives   upon  156 
mouldy    stewed    prunes    and    dried    cakes.      A 
captain!     God's  light,  these  villains  will  make 
the  word  captain  as  odious  as  the  word  'occupy,' 
which  was  an  excellent  good  word  before  it  was  160 
ill  sorted:  therefore  captains  had  need  look  to  't. 

Bard.  Pray  thee,  go  down,  good  ancient. 

Fal.  Hark  thee  hither,  Mistress  Doll. 

Pist.  Not  I ;  I  tell  thee  what,  Corporal  Bar-  164 

136  bung:  slang  for  'sharper"  137  chaps:  jaws 

138  cuttle:  slang  for  'cut purse' 

139  basket-hilt:   referring   to    the   basket-shaped  steel   hand-guard   on 
the  hilt  of  Pistol's  sword 

juggler:  trickster     Since  when,  etc.:  a  cant  exclamation  of  scorn 

140  two  points:  shoulder  tags,  mark  of  an  army  commission 
159  occupy;  cf.  n. 


46  The  Second  Part  of 

dolph;   I  could  tear  her.     I'll  be  revenged  of 
her. 

Page.  Pray  thee,  go  down. 

Pist.  I'll   see   her   damned   first;   to   Pluto's  168 
damned  lake,  by  this  hand,  to  the  infernal  deep, 
with  Erebus  and  tortures  vile  also.     Hold  hook 
and  line,  say  I.     Down,  down,  dogs  !  down  fai- 
tors.    Have  we  not  Hiren  here?  172 

Host.  Good  Captain  Peesel,  be  quiet;  'tis 
very  late,  i'  faith.  I  beseek  you  now,  aggravate 
your  choler. 

Pi**.  These  be  good  humours,  indeed  !    Shall  pack- 
horses,  176 

And  hollow  pamper'd  jades  of  Asia, 
Which  cannot  go  but  thirty  mile  a  day, 
Compare  with  Caesars,  and  with  Cannibals, 
And  Trojan  Greeks?  nay,  rather  damn  them  with  180 
King  Cerberus  ;  and  let  the  welkin  roar. 
Shall  we  fall  foul  for  toys? 

Host.  By  my  troth,  captain,  these  are  very 
bitter  words.  184 

Bard.  Be  gone,  good  ancient:  this  will  grow 
to  a  brawl  anon. 

Pist.  Die  men  like  dogs  !  give  crowns  like 
pins  !  Have  we  not  Hiren  here  ?  188 

Host.  O'    my    word,    captain,    there's    none 
such  here.     What  the  good-year!  do  you  think 
I  would  deny  her?  for  God's  sake!  be  quiet. 
Pist.  Then  feed,  and  be  fat,  my  fair  Calipolis.     192 
Come,  give's  some  sack. 

Si  fortune  me  tormente,  sperato  me  contento. 
Fear  we  broadsides?  no,  let  the  fiend  give  fire: 


\ll   1*0°™  imP°*te™  172  Hiren;  cf.  n. 

177,  178  Cf.  n.  179  Cannibals:  blunder  for  'Hannibals' 

182  toys:  trifles  192  Cf.  n.  194  Cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  iv  *7 

Give  me  some  sack ;  and,  sweetheart,  lie  thou  there.  196 

[Laying  down  his  sword."] 

Come  we  to  full  points  here,  and  are  et  ceteras  noth 
ing? 

Fal.  Pistol,  I  would  be  quiet. 

Pist.  Sweet  knight,  I  kiss  thy  neif.  What! 
we  have  seen  the  seven  stars.  200 

Dol.  For  God's  sake,  thrust  him  down  stairs! 
I  cannot  endure  such  a  fustian  rascal. 

Pist.  'Thrust  him  down  stairs !'  know  we  not 
Galloway  nags?  204 

Fal.  Quoit  him  down,  Bardolph,  like  a  shove- 
groat  shilling:  nay,  an  a'  do  nothing  but  speak 
nothing,  a'  shall  be  nothing  here. 

Bard.  Come,  get  you  down  stairs.  208 

Pitt.  What!    shall   we   have   incision?      Shall   we 

imbrue?  [Snatching  up  his  sword.] 

Then  death  rock  me  asleep,  abridge  my  doleful  days ! 
Why  then,  let  grievous,  ghastly,  gaping  wounds 
Untwine    the    Sisters    Three!      Come,    Atropos,    I 

say !  212 

Host.  Here's  goodly  stuff  toward! 

Fal.  Give  me  my  rapier,  boy. 

Dol.  I  pray  thee,  Jack,  I  pray  thee,  do  not 
draw.  216 

Fal.  Get  you  down  stairs.  [Drawing.] 

Host.  Here's  a  goodly  tumult!     I'll  forswear 
keeping  house,  afore  I'll  be  in  these  tirrits  and 
frights.   So;  murder,  I  warrant  now.  Alas,  alas  !  220 
put  up  your  naked  weapons;  put  up  your  naked 
weapons.  [Exeunt  Bardolph  and  Pistol.] 

197  full  points:  a  full  stop  199  neif:  fist 

200  seven  stars:  the  Pleiades    .  202  fustian:  nonsensical 

204  Galloway  nags:  small  and  inferior  breed  of  horses 

205  Quoit:  pitch  shove-groat;  cf.  n.  209  imbrue:  draw  blood 

212  Sisters  Three:  the  Fates,  Clotho,  Lachesis,  and  Atropos 

213  toward:  at  hand  219  tirrits:  blunder  for  terrors  (?) 


48  The  Second  Part  of 

Dol  I  pray  thee,  Jack,  be  quiet;  the  rascal's 
gone.     Ah !  you  whoreson  little  valiant  villain,  224 
you! 

Host.  Are  you  not  hurt  i'  the  groin?  me- 
thought  a'  made  a  shrewd  thrust  at  your  belly. 

[Enter  Bardolph.] 

Fal.  Have  you  turned  him  out  o'  doors?         228 

Bard.  Yea,  sir:  the  rascal's  drunk.  You 
have  hurt  him,  sir,  i'  the  shoulder. 

Fal.  A  rascal,  to  brave  me! 

Dol.  Ah,  you  sweet  little  rogue,  you !     Alas,  232 
poor  ape,  how  thou  sweatest !    Come,  let  me  wipe 
thy   face;  come   on,  you  whoreson   chops.     Ah, 
rogue !  i'  faith,  I  love  thee.    Thou  art  as  valorous 
as  Hector  of  Troy,  worth  five  of  Agamemnon,  236 
and  ten  times   better  than  the   Nine  Worthies. 
Ah,  villain! 

Fal.  A  rascally  slave !  I  will  toss  the  rogue  in 
a  blanket.  240 

Dol.  Do,  an  thou  darest  for  thy  heart:  an 
thou  dost,  I'll  canvass  thee  between  a  pair  of 
sheets. 

Enter  Music. 

Page.  The  music  is  come,  sir.  244 

Fal.  Let  them  play.     Play,  sirs.     Sit  on  my 

knee,  Doll.     A  rascal  bragging  slave!  the  rogue 

fled  from  me  like  quicksilver. 

Dol.  T  faith,  and  thou  followedst  him  like  a  248 

church.     Thou  whoreson  little  tidy  Bartholomew 

boar-pig,  when  wilt  thou  leave  fighting  o'  days, 

234  chops:  fat- face 

249,  250  Bartholomew  boar-pig:  roast  pig,  a  favorite  dish  at  Bartholo- 
meiv  Fair 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  iv  49 

and   foining  o'   nights,   and  begin   to   patch  up 
thine  old  body  for  heaven?  252 

Enter    [behind]    the  Prince   and   Poins,   disguised 
[like  Drawers]. 

Fal.  Peace,  good  Doll !  do  not  speak  like  a 
death's  head:  do  not  bid  me  remember  mine 
end. 

Dol.  Sirrah,   what  humour's   the   prince   of?  256 
Fal.  A  good  shallow  young  fellow:  a'  would 
have  made  a  good  pantler,  a'  would  have  chipped 
bread  well. 

Dol.  They  say,  Poins  has  a  good  wit.  260 

Fal.  He  a  good  wit !  hang  him,  baboon !  his 
wit  is  as  thick  as  Tewksbury  mustard:  there  is 
no  more  conceit  in  him  than  is  in  a  mallet. 

Dol.  Why  does  the  prince  love  him  so,  then?  264 
Fal.  Because  their  legs  are  both  of  a  bigness, 
and  a'  plays  at  quoits  well,  and  eats  conger  and 
fennel,   and   drinks    off   candles'   ends   for   flap- 
dragons,  and  rides  the  wild  mare  with  the  boys,  268 
and  jumps  upon  joint-stools,  and  swears  with  a 
good  grace,  and  wears   his   boots   very  smooth, 
like  unto  the  sign  of  the  leg,  and  breeds  no  bate 
with  telling  of  discreet  stories ;  and  such  other  272 
gambol  faculties  a'  has,  that  show  a  weak  mind 
and   an    able   body,    for   the   which    the    prince 
admits    him:    for    the    prince    himself    is    such 
another ;   the   weight   of  a   hair   will   turn   the  276 
scales  between  their  avoirdupois. 

258  pantler:  servant  in  charge  of  the  pantry 

263  conceit:  imagination  267  drinks  .  .  .  flapdragons;  cf.  n. 

268  rides  .  .  .  mare :  plays  see-saw 

269  joint-stools:  stools  made  by  a  joiner,  os  distinguished  from  those 
of  rough  make 

271  sign  of  the  leg:  a  shoemaker's  sign 

breeds  no  bate:  causes  no  strife  273  gambol:  sportive 


so  The  Second  Part  of 

Prince.  Would  not  this  nave  of  a  wheel  have 
his  ears  cut  off? 

Poins.  Let's    beat    him    before    his    whore.  280 

Prince.  Look,    whether    the    withered    elder 
hath  not  his  poll  clawed  like  a  parrot. 

Poins.  Is  it  not  strange  that  desire  should  so 
many  years  outlive  performance  ?  284 

Fal.  Kiss  me,  Doll. 

Prince.  Saturn  and  Venus  this   year  in  con 
junction!  what  says  the  almanack  to  that? 

Poins.  And,  look,  whether  the  fiery  Trigon,  288 
his  man,  be  not  lisping  to  his  master's  old  tables, 
his  note-book,  his  counsel-keeper. 

Fal.  Thou  dost  give  me  flattering  busses. 

Dol.  By  my  troth,  I  kiss  thee  with  a  most  292 
constant  heart. 

Fed.  I  am  old,  I  am  old. 

Dol.  I   love  thee   better  than   I   love   e'er  a 
scurvy  young  boy  of  them  all.  296 

Fal.  What    stuff   wilt   have    a   kirtle    of?      I 
shall   receive   money    o'    Thursday;    shalt   have 
a  cap  to-morrow.    A  merry  song!  come:  it  grows 
late ;  we'll  to  bed.     Thou'lt  forget  me  when  I  800 
am  gone. 

Dol.  By  my  troth,  thou'lt  set  me  a-weeping 
an  thou  sayst  so:  prove  that  ever  I  dress  myself 
handsome  till  thy  return.    Well,  hearken  at  the  304 
end. 

Fal.  Some  sack,  Francis! 

Prince.    )     [Coming    forward.]     Anon,    anon, 

Poins.      )       sir.  308 

278  nave  of  awheel:   Falstaff's  knavery   end  rotundity   are   both  in- 
eluded  in  this  phrase  282  poll:  head  286  Cf.  n. 

8  fiery  Trigon:  Bardolph;  cf.  n. 

289  lisping:  making  love 

old  tables:  old  account  beok,  i.e.,  the  hostess 

297  kirtle:  waist  or  skirt  or  both  304  hearken  at:  watch 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  II.  iv  51 

Fal.  Ha!  a  bastard  son  of  the  king's?  And 
art  not  thou  Poins  his  brother? 

Prince.  Why,  thou  globe  of  sinful  continents, 
what  a  life  dost  thou  lead !  312 

Fal.  A  better  than  thou:  I  am  a  gentleman; 
thou  art  a  drawer. 

Prince.  Very  true,  sir;  and  I  come  to  draw 
you  out  by  the  ears.  316 

Host.  O !  the  Lord  preserve  thy  good  Grace ; 
by  my  troth,  welcome  to  London.  Now,  the 
Lord  bless  that  sweet  face  of  thine!  O  Jesu! 
are  you  come  from  Wales?  320 

Fal.  Thou  whoreson  mad  compound  of 
majesty,  by  this  light  flesh  and  corrupt  blood 
[pointing  to  DoZZ],  thou  art  welcome. 

Dol.  How,  you  fat  fool !  I  scorn  you.  324 

Poins.  My  lord,  he  will  drive  you  out  of  your 
revenge  and  turn  all  to  a  merriment,  if  you  take 
not  the  heat. 

Prince.  You  whoreson  candle-mine,  you,  how  328 
vilely  did  you  speak  of  me  even  now  before  this 
honest,  virtuous,  civil  gentlewoman! 

Host.  God's  blessing  of  your  good  heart!  and 
so  she  is,  by  my  troth.  332 

Fal.  Didst  thou  hear  me? 

Prince.  Yea;  and  you  knew  me,  as  you  did 
when  you  ran  away  by  Gadshill:  you  knew  I 
was  at  your  back,  and  spoke  it  on  purpose  to  try  336 
my  patience. 

Fal.  No,  no,  no;  not  so;  I  did  not  think  thou 
wast  within  hearing. 

Prince.  I  shall  drive  you  then  to  confess  the  340 

326,327  take  .  .  .  the  heat:  strike  while  the  iron's  hot 
328  candle-mine :  mine  of  tallow 


52  The  Second  Part  of 

wilful  abuse;  and  then   I  know  how  to  handle 
you. 

Fal.  No    abuse,    Hal,    o'    mine    honour;    no 
abuse.  344 

Prince.  Not    to    dispraise    me,    and    call    me 
pantler  and  bread-chipper  and  I  know  not  what  ? 

Fal.  No  abuse,  Hal. 

Poins.  No  abuse !  348 

Fal.  No  abuse,  Ned,  in  the  world;  honest 
\  Ned,  none.  I  dispraised  him  before  the  wicked, 
that  the  wicked  might  not  fall  in  love  with  him; 
in  which  doing  I  have  done  the  part  of  a  careful  352 
friend  and  a  true  subject,  and  thy  father  is  to 
give  me  thanks  for  it.  No  abuse,  Hal;  none, 
Ned,  none:  no,  faith,  boys,  none. 

Prince.  See    now,    whether    pure    fear    and  356 
entire  cowardice  doth  not  make  thee  wrong  this 
virtuous  gentlewoman  to  close  with  us?     Is  she 
of  the  wicked?      Is   thine   hostess   here   of  the 
wicked  ?     Or  is   thy  boy  of  the  wicked  ?     Or  360 
honest  Bardolph,  whose  zeal  burns  in  his  nose,  of 
the  wicked? 

Poins.  Answer,  thou  dead  elm,  answer. 

Fal.  The  fiend  hath  pricked  down  Bardolph  364 
irrecoverable;   and  his   face  is   Lucifer's   privy- 
kitchen,  where  he  doth  nothing  but  roast  malt- 
worms.    For  the  boy,  there  is  a  good  angel  about 
him;  but  the  devil  outbids  him  too.  368 

Prince.  For  the  women? 

Fal.  For  one  of  them,  she  is  in  hell  already, 
and  burns  poor  souls.     For  the  other,  I  owe  her 
money ;  and  whether  she  be  damned  for  that,  I  372 
know  not. 

358  close:  make  peace  363  dead  elm;  cf.  n. 

364  pricked  down:  marked  down  366,  367  malt-worms:  ale-topers 


King  Henri/  the  Fourth,  II.  iv  53 

Host.  No,  I  warrant  you. 

Fal.  No,  I  think  thou  art  not;   I  think  thou 
art  quit  for  that.     Marry,  there  is  another  in-  376 
dictment  upon   thee,    for   suffering   flesh   to    be 
eaten  in  thy  house,  contrary  to  the  law;  for  the 
which  I  think  thou  wilt  howl. 

Host.  All  victuallers  do  so:  what's  a  joint  of  380 
mutton  or  two  in  a  whole  Lent? 

Prince.  You,  gentlewoman, — 

Dot.  What  says  your  Grace? 

Fal.  His    Grace    says    that   which    his    flesh  384 
rebels  against. 

Peto  knocks  at  door. 

Host.  Who  knocks   so  loud   at   door?      Look 
to  the  door  there,  Francis. 

Enter  Peto. 

Prince.  Peto,  how  now !  what  news  ?  388 

Peto.  The  king  your  father  is  at  Westminster; 
And  there  are  twenty  weak  and  wearied  posts 
Come  from  the  north:  and  as  I  came  along, 
I  met  and  overtook  a  dozen  captains,  392 

Bare-headed,  sweating,  knocking  at  the  taverns, 
And  asking  every  one  for  Sir  John  Falstaff. 

Prince.  By    heaven,    Poins,    I    feel    me    much    to 

blame, 

So  idly  to  profane  the  precious  time,  >-^o     399 

When  tempest  of  commotion,  like  the  south, 
Borne  with  black  vapour,  doth  begin  to  melt 
And  drop  upon  our  bare  unarmed  heads. 
Give    me    my    sword    and    cloak.       Falstaff,    good 
night.  400 

Exeunt  Prince  and  Poins  [Bardolph  and  Peto~\ . 

376  quit:  absolved          390  posts:  couriers  397  south:  south  wind 


54  The  Second  Part  of 

Fal.  Now  comes  in  the  sweetest  morsel  of 
the  night,  and  we  must  hence  and  leave  it  un 
picked.  [Knocking  within.]  More  knocking  at 
the  door!  404 

[Enter  Bardolph.] 

How  now !  what's  the  matter  ? 

Bard.  You  must  away  to  court,  sir,  presently; 
A  dozen  captains  stay  at  door  for  you. 

Fal.  [To  the  Page].  Pay  the  musicians,  sirrah.  408 
Farewell,  hostess,  farewell,  Doll.     You  see,  my 
good   wenches,   how   men    of   merit   are    sought 
after:  the  undeserver  may  sleep  when  the  man 
of  action  is  called  on.     Farewell,  good  wenches.  412 
If  I  be  not  sent  away  post,  I  will  see  you  again 
ere  I  go. 

Dol.  I    cannot    speak;    if    my    heart   be    not 
ready  to  burst, — well,  sweet  Jack,  have  a  care  416 
of  thyself. 

Fal.  Farewell,  farewell. 

Exit  [Falstaff,  with  Bardolph]. 

Host.  Well,   fare   thee    well:    I    have   known 
thee   these   twenty-nine   years,    come   peascod-420 
time;  but  an  honester,   and  truer-hearted  man, 
— well,  fare  thee  well. 

Bard.  [Within.]  Mistress  Tearsheet! 

Host.  What's  the  matter?  424 

Bard.  [Within.]  Bid  Mistress  Tearsheet  come 
to  my  master. 

Host.  O!  run,  Doll,  run;  run,  good  Doll. 
Come !  She  comes  blubbered.  428 

Yea,  will  you  come,  Doll?  Exeunt. 

413  post:  in  haste  428  S.  d.  blubbered:  in  tears 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  III.  i  65 

ACT  THIRD 

Scene  One 

[Westminster.     The  Palace] 
Enter  the  King  in  his  night-gown,  with  a  Page. 

King.  Go,  call  the  Earls  of  Surrey  and  of  War 
wick; 

But,  ere  they  come,  bid  them  o'er-read  these  letters, 
And  well  consider  of  them.     Make  good  speed. 

[Exit  Page.} 

How  many  thousand  of  my  poorest  subjects  4 

Are  at  this  hour  asleep !     O  sleep !    O  gentle  sleep ! 
Nature's  soft  nurse,  how  have  I  frighted  thee, 
That  thou  no  more  wilt  weigh  my  eyelids  down 
And  steep  my  senses  in  f orgetfulness  ?  8 

Why  rather,  sleep,  liest  thou  in  smoky  cribs, 
Upon  uneasy  pallets  stretching  thee, 
And  hush'd  with  buzzing  night-flies  to  thy  slumber, 
Than  in  the  perfum'd  chambers  of  the  great,         12 
Under  the  canopies  of  costly  state, 
And  lull'd  with  sound  of  sweetest  melody? 
O  thou  dull  god !  why  liest  thou  with  the  vile 
In  loathsome  beds,  and  leav'st  the  kingly  couch      16 
A  watch-case  or  a  common  'larum  bell? 
Wilt  thou  upon  the  high  and  giddy  mast 
Seel  up  the  ship-boy's  eyes,  and  rock  his  brains 
In  cradle  of  the  rude  imperious  surge,  20 

And  in  the  visitation  of  the  winds, 
Who  take  the  ruffian  billows  by  the  top, 
Curling  their  monstrous  heads,  and  hanging  them 
With  deaf'ning  clamour  in  the  slippery  clouds,       24 

S.  d.  night-gown :  dressing  gown 

17  watch-case:  sentry-box  19  Seel:  sew  together  (a  hawking  term) 


56  The  Second  Part  of 

That  with  the  hurly  death  itself  awakes  ? 
Canst  thou,  O  partial  sleep!  give  thy  repose 
To  the  wet  sea-boy  in  an  hour  so  rude, 
And  in  the  calmest  and  most  stillest  night,  28 

With  all  appliances  and  means  to  boot, 
Deny  it  to  a  king  ?    Then,  happy  low,  lie  down ! 
Uneasy  lies  the  head  that  wears  a  crown. 
Enter  Warwick  and  Surrey. 

War.  Many  good  morrows  to  your  majesty!         32 

King.  Is  it  good  morrow,  lords? 

War.  'Tis  one  o'clock,  and  past. 

King.  Why  then,  good  morrow  to  you  all,  my  lords. 
Have  you  read  o'er  the  letters  that  I  sent  you?       36 

War.  We  have,  my  liege. 

King.  Then  you  perceive  the  body  of  our  kingdom, 
How  foul  it  is;  what  rank  diseases  grow, 
And  with  what  danger,  near  the  heart  of  it.  40 

War.  It  is  but  as  a  body,  yet  distemper'd, 
Which  to  his  former  strength  may  be  restor'd 
With  good  advice  and  little  medicine: 
My  Lord  Northumberland  will  soon  be  cool'd.         44 

King.  O   God!  that   one   might  read  the  book  of 

fate, 

And  see  the  revolution  of  the  times 
Make  mountains  level,  and  the  continent, — 
Weary  of  solid  firmness, — melt  itself  48 

Into  the  sea !  and,  other  times,  to  see 
The  beachy  girdle  of  the  ocean 
Too  wide  for  Neptune's  hips;  how  chances  mock, 
And  changes  fill  the  cup  of  alteration  52 

With  divers  liquors!     O!  if  this  were  seen, 
The  happiest  youth,  viewing  his  progress  through, 
What  perils  past,  what  crosses  to  ensue, 

25  hurly:  tumult 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  III.  i  w 

Would  shut  the  book,  and  sit  him  down  and  die.      56 
Tis  not  ten  years  gone 

Since  Richard  and  Northumberland,  great  friends, 
Did  feast  together,  and  in  two  years  after 
Were  they  at  wars:  it  is  but  eight  years  since          60 
This  Percy  was  the  man  nearest  my  soul, 
Who  like  a  brother  toil'd  in  my  affairs 
And  laid  his  love  and  life  under  my  foot; 
Yea,  for  my  sake,  even  to  the  eyes  of  Richard         64 
Gave  him  defiance.    But  which  of  you  was  by, — 
[To  Warwick.]  You,  cousin  Nevil,  as  I  may  remem 
ber, — 

When  Richard,  with  his  eye  brimful  of  tears, 
Then  check'd  and  rated  by  Northumberland,         68 
Did  speak  these  words,  now  prov'd  a  prophecy? 
'Northumberland,  thou  ladder,  by  the  which 
My  cousin  Bolingbroke  ascends  my  throne'; 
Though  then,  God  knows,  I  had  no  such  intent,        72 
But  that  necessity  so  bow'd  the  state 
That  I  and  greatness  were  compelled  to  kiss : 
'The  time  shall  come/  thus  did  he  follow  it, 
'The  time  will  come,  that  foul  sin,  gathering  head,  76 
Shall  break  into  corruption': — so  went  on, 
Foretelling  this  same  time's  condition 
And  the  division  of  our  amity. 

War.  There  is  a  history  in  all  men's  lives,  80 

Figuring  the  nature  of  the  times  deceas'd; 
The  which  observ'd,  a  man  may  prophesy, 
With  a  near  aim,  of  the  main  chance  of  things 
As  yet  not  come  to  life,  which  in  their  seeds  84 

And  weak  beginnings  lie  intreasured. 
Such  things  become  the  hatch  and  brood  of  time; 
And  by  the  necessary  form  of  this 

68  check'd:  rebuked  81  Figuring:  symbolising 

87  necessary  form:  logical  necessity 


58  The  Second  Part  of 

•  / 

King  Richard  might  create  a  perfect  guess  88 

That  great  Northumberland,,  then  false  to  him, 
Would  of  that  seed  grow  to  a  greater  falseness. 
Which  should  not  find  a  ground  to  root  upon, 
Unless  on  you. 

King.  Are  these  things  then  necessities?     92 

Then  let  us  meet  them  like  necessities ; 
And  that  same  word  even  now  cries  out  on  us. 
They  say  the  bishop  and  Northumberland 
Are  fifty  thousand  strong. 

War.  It  cannot  be,  my  lord !  96 

Rumour  doth  double,  like  the  voice  and  echo, 
The  numbers  of  the  fear'd.    Please  it  your  Grace 
To  go  to  bed:  upon  my  soul,  my  lord, 
The  powers  that  you  already  have  sent  forth         100 
Shall  bring  this  prize  in  very  easily. 
To  comfort  you  the  more,  I  have  received 
A  certain  instance  that  Glendower  is  dead. 
Your  majesty  hath  been  this  fortnight  ill,  104 

And  these  unseason'd  hours  perforce  must  add 
Unto  your  sickness. 

King.  I  will  take  your  counsel: 

And  were  these  inward  wars  once  out  of  hand, 
We  would,  dear  lords,  unto  the  Holy  Land.  108 

Exeunt. 

Scene  Two 
{Before  Justice  Shallow's  House  in  Gloucestershire] 

Enter  Shallow  and  Silence,  with  Mouldy,  Shadow, 
Wart,  Feeble,  Bullcalf  [and  Servants']. 

Shal.  Come  on,  come  on,  come  on,  sir;  give 
me  your  hand,  sir,  give  me  your  hand,  sir:  an 

103  instance :  proof  105  unseason'd:  unseasonable 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  III.  ii  59 

early  stirrer,  by  the  rood!     And  how  doth  my 
good  cousin  Silence?  4 

Sil.  Good  morrow,  good  cousin  Shallow. 

Shal.  And  how  doth  my  cousin,  your  bed 
fellow?  and  your  fairest  daughter  and  mine,  my 
god-daughter  Ellen?  8 

Sil.  Alas !  a  black  ousel,  cousin  Shallow ! 

Shal.  By  yea  and  nay,  sir,  I  dare  say  my 
cousin  William  is  become  a  good  scholar.  He  is 
at  Oxford  still,  is  he  not?  12 

Sil.  Indeed,  sir,  to  my  cost. 

Shal.  A*  must,  then,  to  the  inns  o'  court 
•shortly.  I  was  once  of  Clement's  Inn;  where  I 
think  they  will  talk  of  mad  Shallow  yet.  16 

Sil.  You  were  called  'lusty  Shallow'  then, 
cousin. 

Shal.  By  the   mass,   I   was   called  anything; 
and   I   would  have   done   anything  indeed  too,  20 
and  roundly  too.     There  was  I,  and  Little  John 
Doit  of  Staffordshire,  and  black  George  Barnes, 
and  Francis  Pickbone,  and  Will  Squele  a  Cota- 
wold  man ;  you  had  not  four  such  swinge-buck-  24 
lers  in  all  the  inns  o'  court  again :  and,  I  may  say 
to   you,  we  knew   where  the   bonarrobas  were, 
and  had  the  best  of  them  all  at  commandment. 
Then  was  Jack  Falstaff,  now.  Sir  John,  a  boy,  and  28 
page  to  Thomas  Mowbray,  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

Sil.  This  Sir  John,  cousin,  that  comes  hither 
anon  about  soldiers? 

Shal.  The  same  Sir  John,  the  very  same.     I  32 
see  him  break  Skogan's  head  at  the  court  gate, 
when  a'  was  a  crack  not  thus  high :  and  the  very 

3  rood:  cross  9  ousel:  blackbird 

14  inns  o'  court:  colleges  of  law  21  roundly:  thoroughly 

24  swinge-bucklers :  roisterers  26  bona-robas:  showy  harlots 

28,  29  Cf.  n.             33  Skogan;  cf.  n.  34  crack:  lively  youngster 


60  The  Second  Part  of 

same  day  did  I  fight  with  one  Sampson  Stock 
fish,  a  fruiterer,  behind  Gray's  Inn.    Jesu !  Jesu !  36 
the  mad  days  that  I  have  spent;  and  to  see  how 
many  of  my  old  acquaintance  are  dead! 

Sil.  We  shall  all  follow,  cousin. 

Shal.  Certain,    'tis    certain;    very   sure,    very  40 
sure:  death,  as  the  Psalmist  saith,  is  certain  to 
all;  all  shall  die.     How  a  good  yoke  of  bullocks 
at  Stamford  fair? 

Sil.  By  my  troth,  I  was  not  there.  44 

Shal.  Death  is  certain.    Is  old  Double  of  your 
town  living  yet? 

Sil.  Dead,  sir. 

Shal.  Jesu !     Jesu !    dead !    a'    drew    a    good  48 
bow;  and  dead!   a*  shot  a  fine  shoot:  John   a 
Gaunt  loved  him  well,  and  betted  much  money 
on  his  head.    Dead !  a'  would  have  clapped  i'  the 
clout  at  twelve  score ;  and  carried  you  a  fore-  52 
hand  shaft  a  fourteen  and  fourteen  and  a  half, 
that  it  would  have  done  a  man's  heart  good  to 
see.     How  a  score  of  ewes  now? 

Sil.  Thereafter  as  they  be :  a  score  of  good  56 
ewes  may  be  worth  ten  pounds. 

Shal.  And  is  old  Double  dead? 

Sil.  Here    come   two   of    Sir    John    Falstaff's 
men,  as  I  think.  60 

Enter  Bardolph,  and  his  Boy. 

Shal.  Good  morrow,  honest  gentlemen. 
Bard.  I  beseech  you,  which  is  Justice  Shallow  ? 
Shal.  I    am    Robert    Shallow,    sir;    a    poor 
esquire  of  this   county,   and  one   of  the  king's  64 

42  How:  what  price 

51  clapped  i'  the  clout:  hit  the  white  mark  in  the  target 

52  at  twelve  score:  at  twelve  score  yards 

52,  53  forehand  shaft:  arrow  made  for  shooting  straight  forward 

53  a  fourteen,  etc.:  fourteen  score  yards 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  III.  ii  61 

justices  of  the  peace:  what  is  your  good  pleasure 
with  me? 

Bard.  My  captain,  sir,  commends  him  to  you; 
my  captain,  Sir  John  Falstaff:  a  tall  gentleman,  68 
by  heaven,  and  a  most  gallant  leader. 

Shal.  He  greets  me  well,  sir.  I  knew  him  a 
good  backsword  man.  How  doth  the  good 
knight  ?  may  I  ask  how  my  lady  his  wife  doth  ?  72 

Bard.  Sir,  pardon;  a  soldier  is  better  accom 
modated  than  with  a  wife. 

Shal.  It  is  well  said,  in  faith,  sir;  and  it  is 
well  said  indeed  too.  'Better  accommodated !'  76 
it  is  good;  yea  indeed,  is  it:  good  phrases  are 
surely  and  ever  were,  very  commendable.  Ac 
commodated!  it  comes  of  accommodo:  very 
good;  a  good  phrase.  80 

Bard.  Pardon    me,    sir;    I    have    heard    the 
word.     'Phrase/  call  you  it?     By  this  good  day, 
I  know  not  the  phrase;  but  I  will  maintain  the 
word  with  my  sword  to  be  a  soldier-like  word,  84 
and   a   word   of   exceeding   good   command,   by 
heaven.     Accommodated;  that  is,  when   a  man 
is,  as  they  say,  accommodated;  or,  when  a  man 
is,   being,   whereby,   a'   may  be   thought  to   be  88 
accommodated,  which  is  an  excellent  thing. 

Enter  Falstaff. 

Shal.  It  is  very  just.     Look,  here  comes  good 
Sir  John.     Give  me  your  good  hand,  give  me 
your  worship's  good  hand.     By  my  troth,  you  92 
look  well  and  bear  your  years  very  well:  wel 
come,  good  Sir  John. 

68  tall:  doughty  71  backsword  man:  fighter  at  single-sticks 

73  accommodated;  cf.  n. 


The  Second  Part  of 


Fal.  I  am  glad  to  see  you  well,  good  Master 
Robert  Shallow.  Master  Surecard,  as  I  think.  96 

Shal.  No,  Sir  John;  it  is  my  cousin,  Silence, 
in  commission  with  me. 

Fal.  Good  Master  Silence,  it  well  befits  you 
should  be  of  the  peace.  100 

Sil.  Your  good  worship  is  welcome. 

Fal.  Fie!  this  is  hot  weather,  gentlemen. 
Have  you  provided  me  here  half  a  dozen 
sufficient  men?  104 

Shal.  Marry,  have  we,  sir.     Will  you  sit? 

Fal.  Let  me  see  them,  I  beseech  you. 

Shal.  Where's    the    roll?    where's    the    roll? 
where's   the   roll  ?      Let   me    see,   let    me    see,  108 
So,  so,  so,  so,  so,  so,  so:  yea,  marry,  sir:  Ralph 
Mouldy !  let  them  appear  as  I  call ;  let  them  do  so, 
let  them  do  so.     Let  me  see;  where  is  Mouldy? 

Moul.  Here,  an  't  please  you.  112 

Shal.  What  think  you,  Sir  John?  a  good- 
limbed  fellow;  young,  strong,  and  of  good 
friends. 

Fal.  Is  thy  name  Mouldy?  116 

Moul.  Yea,  an  't  please  you. 

Fal.  'Tis  the  more  time  thou  wert  used. 

Shal.  Ha,   ha,   ha!    most    excellent,   f    faith! 
things  that  are  mouldy  lack  use :  very  singular  120 
good.     In  faith,  well  said,  Sir  John;  very  well 
said. 

Fal.  Prick  him. 

Moul.  I  was  pricked  well  enough  before,  an  124 
you  could  have  let  me  alone:  my  old  dame  will 
be  undone  now  for  one  to  do  her  husbandry  and 

96  Surecard:  the  name  signifies  'boon  companion' 

98  commission:  office  104  sufficient:  fit 

123  Pnck:  mark  down 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  III.  ii  63 

her  drudgery:  you  need  not  to  have  pricked  me; 
there  are  other  men  fitter  to  go  out  than  I.          128 

Fal.  Go  to:  peace,  Mouldy!  you  shall  go. 
Mouldy,  it  is  time  you  were  spent. 

Moul.  Spent! 

Shal.  Peace,  fellow,  peace !  stand  aside :  know  132 
you  where  you  are?     For  the  other,  Sir  John: 
let  me  see.     Simon  Shadow! 

Fal.  Yea,  marry,  let  me  have  him  to  sit 
under:  he's  like  to  be  a  cold  soldier.  136 

Shal.  Where's  Shadow? 

Shad.  Here,  sir. 

Fal.  Shadow,  whose  son  art  thou? 

Shad.  My  mother's  son,  sir.  140 

Fal.  Thy  mother's  son!  like  enough,  and  thy 
father's  shadow:  so  the  son  of  the  female  is  the 
shadow  of  the  male:  it  is  often  so,  indeed;  but 
not  of  the  father's  substance.  144 

Shal.  Do  you  like  him,  Sir  John? 

Fal.  Shadow  will  serve  for  summer;  prick 
him,  for  we  have  a  number  of  shadows  to  fill  up 
the  muster-book.  148 

Shal.  Thomas  Wart? 

Fal.  Where's  he? 

Wart.  Here,  sir. 

Fal.  Is  thy  name  Wart?  152 

Wart.  Yea,  sir. 

Fal.  Thou  art  a  very  ragged  wart. 

Shal.  Shall  I  prick  him,  Sir  John? 

Fal.  It  were  superfluous ;  for  his  apparel  is  156 
built  upon  his  back,  and  the  whole  frame  stands 
upon  pins:  prick  him  no  more. 

147  shadows:  names,  for  which  we  receive  pay,  though  we  have  not 
the  men 


64  The  Second  Part  of 

Shot.  Ha,  ha,  ha!  you  can  do  it,  sir;  you  can 
do  it :  I  commend  you  well.  Francis  Feeble !  160 

Fee.  Here,  sir. 

Fal.  What  trade  art  thou,  Feeble? 

Fee.  A  woman's  tailor,  sir. 

Shal.  Shall  I  prick  him,  sir?  164 

Fal.  You  may;  but  if  he  had  been  a  man's 
tailor  he'd  have  pricked  you.  Wilt  thou  make 
as  many  holes  in  an  enemy's  battle  as  thou  hast 
done  in  a  woman's  petticoat?  168 

Fee.  I  will  do  my  good  will,  sir:  you  can 
have  no  more. 

Fal.  Well    said,    good    woman's    tailor!    well 
said,  courageous  Feeble !  Thou  wilt  be  as  valiant  172 
as    the    wrathful    dove    or    most    magnanimous 
mouse.     Prick  the  woman's  tailor;  well,  Master 
Shallow;  deep,  Master  Shallow. 

Fee.  I  would  Wart  might  have  gone,  sir.         176 

Fal.  I  would  thou  wert  a  man's  tailor,  that 
thou   mightst   mend  him,  and  make   him  fit  to 
go.    I  cannot  put  him  to  a  private  soldier  that  is 
the    leader    of    so    many    thousands :    let    that  180 
suffice,  most  forcible  Feeble. 

Fee.  It  shall  suffice,  sir. 

Fal.  I  am  bound  to  thee,  reverend  Feeble. 
Who  is  next?  184 

Shal.  Peter  Bullcalf  o'  the  green ! 

Fal.  Yea,  marry,  let's  see  Bullcalf. 

Bull.  Here,  sir. 

Fal.  Tore  God,  a  likely  fellow !    Come,  prick  188 
me  Bullcalf  till  he  roar  again. 

Bull.  O  Lord!  good  my  lord  captain, — 

Fal.  What!  dost  thou  roar  before  thou  art 
pricked?  192 

167  battle:  army  180  thousands:  i.e.,  vermin 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  III.  ii  65 

Bull.  O  Lord,  sir!     I  am  a  diseased  man. 

Fal.  What  disease  hast  thou? 

Bull.  A    whoreson    cold,    sir;    a    cough,    sir, 
which  I  caught  with  ringing  in  the  king's  affairs  196 
upon  his  coronation  day,  sir. 

Fal.  Come,  thou   shalt   go  to  the  wars   in   a 
gown;  we  will  have  away  thy  cold;  and  I  will 
take  such  order  that  thy  friends  shall  ring  for  200 
thee.    Is  here  all? 

Shal.  Here  is  two  more  called  than  your 
number;  you  must  have  but  four  here,  sir:  and 
so,  I  pray  you,  go  in  with  me  to  dinner.  204 

Fal.  Come,  I  will  go  drink  with  you,  but  I 
cannot  tarry  dinner.  I  am  glad  to  see  you,  by 
my  troth,  Master  Shallow. 

Shal.  O,  Sir  John,  do  you  remember  since  we  208 
lay  all  night  in  the  windmill  in  Saint  George's 
field? 

Fal.  No  more  of  that,  good  Master  Shallow, 
no  more  of  that.  212 

Shal.  Ha!  'twas  a  merry  night.  And  is  Jane 
Nightwork  alive? 

Fal.  She  lives,  Master  Shallow. 

Shal.  She  never  could  away  with  me.  216 

Fal.  Never,  never;  she  would  always  say  she 
could  not  abide  Master  Shallow. 

Shal.  By  the  mass,  I  could  anger  her  to  the 
heart.     She  was  then  a  bona-roba.     Doth  she  220 
hold  her  own  well? 

Fal.  Old,  old,  Master  Shallow. 

Shal.  Nay,  she  must  be  old;  she  cannot  choose 
but  be  old;  certain  she's  old;  and  had  Robin  224 

200  such  order:  such  measures  216  away  with:  endure 


66  The  Second  Part  of 

Nightwork  by  old  Nightwork  before  I  came  to 
Clement's  Inn. 

Sil.  That's  fifty-five  years  ago. 

Shal.  Ha !    cousin   Silence,    that   thou   hadst  228 
seen  that  that  this  knight  and  I  have  seen.    Ha ! 
Sir  John,  said  I  well? 

Fal.  We  have  heard  the  chimes  at  midnight, 
Master  Shallow.  232 

Shal.  That  we  have,  that  we  have,  that  we 
have;  in  faith,  Sir  John,  we  have.     Our  watch 
word  was,  'Hem  boys !'     Come,  let's  to  dinner ; 
come,  let's  to  dinner.     Jesus,  the  days  that  we  236 
have  seen!    Come,  come. 

Exeunt  [Falstaff,  Shallow,  and  Silence]. 

Bull.  Good  Master  Corporate  Bardolph,  stand 
my  friend,  and  here's  four  Harry  ten  shillings  in 
French  crowns  for  you.    In  very  truth,  sir,  I  had  240 
as  lief  be  hanged,  sir,  as  go:  and  yet,  for  mine 
own  part,  sir,  I  do  not  care;  but  rather,  because 
I  am  unwilling,  and,  for  mine  own  part,  have  a 
desire  to  stay  with  my  friends :  else,  sir,  I  did  244 
not  care,  for  mine  own  part,  so  much. 

Bard.  Go  to;  stand  aside. 

Moul.  And,  good  Master  corporal  captain,  for 
my  old  dame's  sake,  stand  my  friend :  she  has  248 
nobody  to  do  anything  about  her,  when  I   am 
gone;  and  she  is  old,  and  cannot  help  herself. 
You  shall  have  forty,  sir. 

Bard.  Go  to;  stand  aside.  252 

Fee.  By  my  troth,  I  care  not;  a  man  can  die 
but  once;  we  owe  God  a  death.  I'll  ne'er  bear 
a  base  mind :  an  't  be  my  destiny,  so ;  an  't  be 
not,  so.  No  man's  too  good  to  serve's  prince ;  256 

238  Corporate:  blunder  for 'Corpora? 

239  Harry  ten  shillings;  cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  III.  ii  67 

and  let  it  go  which  way  it  will,  he  that  dies  this 
year  is  quit  for  the  next. 

Bard.  Well  said;  thou'rt  a  good  fellow. 

Fee.  Faith,  I'll  bear  no  base  mind.  260 

Enter  Falstaff  and  the  Justices. 

Fal.  Come,  sir,  which  men  shall  I  have? 

Shal.  Four,  of  which  you  please. 

Bard.    [To  Falstaff.]    Sir,  a  word  with  you. 
I  have  three  pound  to  free  Mouldy  and  Bullcalf .  264 

Fal.  [Aside  to  Bardolph.]  Go  to;  well. 

Shal.  Come,   Sir   John,   which   four  will  you 
have  ? 

Fal.  Do  you  choose  for  me.  268 

Shal.  Marry,  then,  Mouldy,  Bullcalf,  Feeble, 
and  Shadow. 

Fal.  Mouldy,  and  Bullcalf:  for  you,  Mouldy, 
stay  at  home  till  you  are  past  service:  and  for  272 
your  part,  Bullcalf,  grow  till  you  come  unto  it: 
I  will  none  of  you. 

Shal.  Sir    John,    Sir    John,   do   not   yourself 
wrong:  they  are  your  likeliest  men,  and  I  would  276 
have  you  served  with  the  best. 

Fal.  Will  you  tell  me,  Master  Shallow,  how 
to  choose  a  man  ?    Care  I  for  the  limb,  the  thewes, 
the  stature,  bulk,  and  big  as  semblance  of  a  man !  280 
Give   me   the   spirit,    Master    Shallow.      Here's 
Wart;  you  see  what  a  ragged  appearance  it  is: 
a'  shall  charge  you  and  discharge  you  with  the 
motion  of  a  pewterer's  hammer,  come  off  and  on  284 
swifter   than   he  that   gibbets    on   the   brewer's 
bucket.    And  this  same  half- faced  fellow,  Shadow, 
give  me  this  man:  he  presents  no  mark  to  the 

264  three  pound;  cf.  n.  280  assemblance :  appearance 

285  gibbets;  cf.  n. 


68  The  Second  Part  of 

enemy ;  the  f  oeman  may  with  as  great  aim  level  288 
at  the  edge  of  a  penknife.     And,  for  a  retreat; 
how  swiftly  will  this  Feeble  the  woman's  tailor 
run  off!     O!  give  me  the  spare  men,  and  spare 
me  the  great  ones.    Put  me  a  caliver  into  Wart's  292 
hand,  Bardolph. 

Bard.  Hold,  Wart,  traverse;  thus,  thus,  thus. 

Fal.  Come,    manage    me    your    caliver.      So: 
very  well:  go  to:  very  good:  exceeding  good.  296 
O,  give  me  always  a  little,  lean,  old,  chopp'd, 
bald  shot.     Well  said,  i'  faith,  Wart;  thou'rt  a 
good  scab:  hold,  there's  a  tester  for  thee. 

Shal.  He  is  not  his  craft's  master,  he  doth  300 
not  do  it  right.    I  remember  at  Mile-end  Green, 
when  I  lay  at  Clement's  Inn, — I  was  then  Sir 
Dagonet  in  Arthur's  show, — there  was   a  little 
quiver   fellow,   and   a'   would  manage  you   his  304 
piece  thus:  and  a'  would  about  and  about,  and 
come  you  in,  and  come  you  in;  'rah,  tah,  tah,' 
would  a'  say;  'bounce,'  would  a'  say;  and  away 
again  would  a'  go,  and  again  would  a'  come:  I  308 
shall  never  see  such  a  fellow. 

Fal.  These  fellows  will  do  well,  Master  Shal 
low.     God  keep  you,  Master  Silence:  I  will  not 
use  many  words  with  you.    Fare  you  well,  gentle-  312 
men  both:  I  thank  you:   I  must  a  dozen  mile 
to-night.     Bardolph,  give  the  soldiers   coats. 

Shal.  Sir  John,  the  Lord  bless  you !  God  pros 
per  your  affairs !    God  send  us  peace !    At  your  316 
return  visit  our  house;  let  our  old  acquaintance 
be  renewed:  peradventure  I  will  with  ye  to  the 
court. 

292  caliver:  light  musket  294  traverse:  march 

297  choppd:  chapped  299  tester :  sixpence 

301-303  Cf.n..  304  quiver:  nimble 

306  come  you  in:  make  a  home  thrust  307  bounce:  bang 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  III.  ii  69 

Fal.  'Fore  God  I  would  you  would,  Master  320 
Shallow. 

Shal.  Go  to;  I  have  spoke  at  a  word.     God 
keep  you. 

Fal.  Fare  you  well,  gentle  gentlemen.  324 

Exit  [Shallow,  with  Silence]. 
On,  Bardolph;  lead  the  men  away. 

[Exit  Bardolph,  with  recruits.] 
As    I    return,    I    will    fetch    off   these   justices: 
I  do  see  the  bottom  of  Justice  Shallow.  Lord, 
Lord!    how   subject   we    old   men   are   to   this  328 
vice  of  lying.     This  same  starved  justice  hath 
done  nothing  but  prate  to  me  of  the  wildness  of 
his   youth    and   the    feats    he    hath   done    about 
Turnbull  Street ;  and  every  third  word  a  lie,  duer  332 
paid  to  the  hearer  than  the  Turk's  tribute.     I  do 
remember  him  at  Clement's  Inn  like  a  man  made 
after  supper  of  a  cheese-paring:   when   a'  was 
naked  he  was  for  all  the  world  like  a  forked  336 
radish,  with  a  head  fantastically  carved  upon  it 
with  a  knife:  a'  was  so  forlorn  that  his  dimen 
sions  to  any  thick  sight  were  invisible:  a*  was 
the  very  genius  of  famine ;  yet  lecherous  as  a  340 
monkey,  and  the  whores  called  him  mandrake: 
a'  came  ever  in  the  rearward  of  the  fashion  and 
sung  those  tunes  to  the  over-scutched  huswives 
that  he  heard  the  carmen  whistle,  and  sware  344 
they  were  his  fancies  or  his  good-nights.     And 
now  is  this  Vice's  dagger  become  a  squire,  and 
talks  as  familiarly  of  John  a  Gaunt  as  if  he  had 

322  at  a  word:  briefly  but  sincerely 

326  fetch  off:  get  the  better  of,  'take  in'  332  duer:  more  duly 

343  over-scutched  huswives:  cant  term  for  'harlots' 

344  carmen:  teamsters 

345  fancies  .  .  .  good-nights:  common  names  for  little  poems 

346  Vice's  dagger;  cf.  n. 


70  The  Second  Part  of 

been  sworn  brother  to  him;  and  I'll  be  sworn  a'  348 
never  saw  him  but  once  in  the  Tilt-yard,  and 
then  he  burst  his  head  for  crowding  among  the 
marshal's  men.     I  saw  it  and  told  John  a  Gaunt 
he  beat  his  own  name ;  for  you  might  have  thrust  352 
him  and  all  his   apparel  into  an  eel-skin;   the 
case  of  a  treble  hautboy  was  a  mansion  for  him, 
a  court;  and  now  has  he  land  and  beefs.     Well, 
I'll  be  acquainted  with  him,  if  I  return;  and  356 
it  shall  go  hard  but  I'll  make  him  a  philoso 
pher's  two  stones  to  me.    If  the  young  dace  be  a 
bait  for  the  old  pike,  I  see  no  reason  in  the  law 
of  nature  but  I  may  snap  at  him.     Let  time  360 
shape,  and  there  an  end.  Exit. 


ACT  FOURTH 
Scene  One 

Enter  the  Archbishop,  Mowbray,   [Lord]   Bardolph, 
Hastings,  within  the  Forest  of  Gaultree. 

Arch.  What  is  this  forest  call'd? 

Hast.  'Tis  Gaultree  Forest,  an 't  shall  please  your 
Grace. 

Arch.  Here  stand,  my  lords,  and  send  discoverers 

forth, 
To  know  the  numbers  of  our  enemies.  4 

Hast.  We  have  sent  forth  already. 

Arch.  'Tis  well  done. 

My  friends  and  brethren  in  these  great  affairs, 
I  must  acquaint  you  that  I  have  receiv'd 
New-dated  letters   from  Northumberland;  8 

354  hautboy:  slender  reed  instrument,  oboe 
357  philosopher's  two  stones;  cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  i  7i 

Their  cold  intent,  tenour  and  substance,  thus: 
Here  doth  he  wish  his  person,  with  such  powers 
As  might  hold  sortance  with  his  quality; 
The  which  he  could  not  levy;  whereupon  12 

He  is  retir'd,  to  ripe  his  growing  fortunes, 
To  Scotland;  and  concludes  in  hearty  prayers 
That  your  attempts  may  overlive  the  hazard 
And  fearful  meeting  of  their  opposite.  16 

Mowb.  Thus  do  the  hopes  we  have  in  him  touch 

ground 
And  dash  themselves  to  pieces. 

Enter  a  Messenger. 

Hast.  Now,  what  news? 

Mess.  West  of  this  forest,  scarcely  off  a  mile, 
In  goodly  form  comes  on  the  enemy;  20 

And,  by  the  ground  they  hide,  I  judge  their  number 
Upon  or  near  the  rate  of  thirty  thousand. 

Mowb.  The  just  proportion  that  we  gave  them  out. 
Let  us  sway  on  and  face  them  in  the  field.  24 

Enter  Westmoreland. 

Arch.  What  well-appointed  leader  fronts  us  here? 

Mowb.  I  think  it  is  my  Lord  of  Westmoreland. 

West.  Health  and  fair  greeting  from  our  general, 
The  Prince,  Lord  John  and  Duke  of  Lancaster.        28 

Arch.  Say  on,  my  Lord  of  Westmoreland,  in  peace, 
What  doth  concern  your  coming. 

West.  Then,  my  lord, 

Unto  your  Grace  do  I  in  chief  address 
The  substance  of  my  speech.    If  that  rebellion        32 
Came  like  itself,  in  base  and  abject  routs, 

1 1  hold  sortance :  be  in  accord  quality :  rank 

20  form:  formation 

23  just  proportion:  exact  size  gave  them  out:  described  them 

33  routs:  gangs 


72  The  Second  Part  of 

Led  on  by  bloody  youth,  guarded  with  rags, 
And  countenanc'd  by  boys  and  beggary; 
I  say,  if  damn'd  commotion  so  appear'd,  36 

In  his  true,  native,  and  most  proper  shape, 
You,  reverend  father,  and  these  noble  lords 
Had  not  been  here,  to  dress  the  ugly  form 
Of  base  and  bloody  insurrection  40 

With  your  fair  honours.    You,  lord  archbishop, 
Whose  see  is  by  a  civil  peace  maintain'd, 
Whose  beard  the  silver  hand  of  peace  hath  touch'd, 
Whose  learning  and  good  letters  peace  hath  tutor'd,  44 
Whose  white  investments  figure  innocence, 
The  dove  and  very  blessed  spirit  of  peace, 
Wherefore  do  you  so  ill  translate  yourself 
Out  of  the  speech  of  peace  that  bears  such  grace      48 
Into  the  harsh  and  boisterous  tongue  of  war; 
Turning  your  books  to  greaves,  your  ink  to  blood, 
Your  pens  to  lances,  and  your  tongue  divine 
To  a  loud  trumpet  and  a  point  of  war?  52 

Arch.  Wherefore  do  I  this?  so  the  question  stands. 
Briefly  to  this  end:  we  are  all  diseas'd; 
And,  with  our  surfeiting  and  wanton  hours 
Have  brought  ourselves  into  a  burning  fever,  56 

And  we  must  bleed  for  it:  of  which  disease 
Our  late  king,  Richard,  being  infected,  died. 
But,  my  most  noble  Lord  of  Westmoreland, 
I  take  not  on  me  here  as  a  physician,  60 

Nor  do  I  as  an  enemy  to  peace 
Troop  in  the  throngs  of  military  men ; 
But  rather  show  a  while  like  fearful  war, 
To  diet  rank  minds  sick  of  happiness  64 

And  purge  the  obstructions  which  begin  to  stop 
Our  very  veins  of  life.    Hear  me  more  plainly : 

34  guarded:  decked  52  point:  trumpet  signal 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IF.  i  73 

I  have  in  equal  balance  justly  weigh'd 
What  wrongs   our   arms   may   do,   what  wrongs   we 
suffer,  68 

And  find  our  griefs  heavier  than  our  offences. 
We  see  which  way  the  stream  of  time  doth  run 
And  are  enforc'd  from  our  most  quiet  sphere 
By  the  rough  torrent  of  occasion;  72 

And  have  the  summary  of  all  our  griefs, 
When  time  shall  serve,  to  show  in  articles, 
Which  long  ere  this  we  offer'd  to  the  king, 
And  might  by  no  suit  gain  our  audience.  76 

When  we  are  wrong' d  and  would  unfold  our  griefs, 
We  are  denied  access  unto  his  person 
Even  by  those  men  that  most  have  done  us  wrong. 
The  dangers  of  the  days  but  newly  gone, —  80 

Whose  memory  is  written  on  the  earth 
With  yet  appearing  blood, — and  the  examples 
Of  every  minute's  instance,  present  now, 
Have  put  us  in  these  ill-beseeming  arms;  84 

Not  to  break  peace,  or  any  branch  of  it, 
But  to  establish  here  a  peace  indeed, 
Concurring  both  in  name  and  quality. 

West.  When  ever  yet  was  your  appeal  denied?    88 
Wherein  have  you  been  galled  by  the  king? 
What  peer  hath  been  suborn'd  to  grate  on  you, 
That  you  should  seal  this  lawless  bloody  book 
Of  forg'd  rebellion  with  a  seal  divine,  92 

And  consecrate  commotion's  bitter  edge? 

Arch.  My  brother  general,  the  commonwealth, 
To  brother  born  an  household  cruelty, 
I  make  my  quarrel  in  particular.  96 

West.  There  is  no  need  of  any  such  redress; 
Or  if  there  were,  it  not  belongs  to  you. 

69  griefs:  grievances  93  commotion's:  insurrection's 

94-96  Cf.  n. 


74  The  Second  Part  of 

Mowb.  Why  not  to  him  in  part,  and  to  us  all 
That  feel  the  bruises  of  the  days  before,  100 

And  suffer  the  condition  of  these  times 
To  lay  a  heavy  and  unequal  hand 
Upon  our  honours? 

West.  O !  my  good  Lord  Mowbray, 

Construe  the  times  to  their  necessities,  104 

And  you  shall  say  indeed,  it  is  the  time, 
And  not  the  king,  that  doth  you  injuries. 
Yet,  for  your  part,  it  not  appears  to  me 
Either  from  the  king  or  in  the  present  time  108 

That  you  should  have  an  inch  of  any  ground 
To  build  a  grief  on:  were  you  not  restor'd 
To  all  the  Duke  of  Norfolk's  signories, 
Your  noble  and  right  well-remember'd  father's  ?      112 

Mowb.  What  thing,  in  honour,  had  my  father  lost, 
That  need  to  be  reviv'd  and  breath'd  in  me? 
The  king  that  lov'd  him  as  the  state  stood  then, 
Was  force  perforce  compell'd  to  banish  him:  116 

And  then  that  Harry  Bolingbroke  and  he, 
Being  mounted  and  both  roused  in  their  seats, 
Their  neighing  coursers  daring  of  the  spur, 
Their  armed  staves  in  charge,  their  beavers  down,  120 
Their  eyes  of  fire  sparkling  through  sights  of  steel, 
And  the  loud  trumpet  blowing  them  together, 
Then,  then  when  there  was  nothing  could  have  stay'd 
My  father  from  the  breast  of  Bolingbroke,  124 

O !  when  the  king  did  throw  his  warder  down, 
His  own  life  hung  upon  the  staff  he  threw; 
Then  threw  he  down  himself  and  all  their  lives 
That  by  indictment  and  by  dint  of  sword  128 

104  to:  according  to  114  breath'd:  given  breath  of  life 

117  ff.  Cf.  n. 

120  armed  staves:  lances  in  charge:  in  rest  for  the  charge 
beavers:  movable  fronts  of  the  helmets 

121  sights:  eyeholes  of  the  helmet  125  warder:  staff  of  command 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  i  75 

Have  since  miscarried  under  Bolingbroke. 

West.  You  speak,  Lord  Mowbray,  now  you  know 

not  what. 

The  Earl  of  Hereford  was  reputed  then 
In  England  the  most  valiant  gentleman:  132 

Who    knows    on    whom    Fortune    would    then    have 

smil'd  ? 

But  if  your  father  had  been  victor  there, 
He  ne'er  had  borne  it  out  of  Coventry; 
For  all  the  country  in  a  general  voice  136 

Cried  hate  upon  him ;  and  all  their  prayers  and  love 
Were  set  on  Hereford,  whom  they  doted  on 
And  bless'd  and  grac'd  indeed,  more  than  the  king. 
But  this  is  mere  digression  from  my  purpose.         140 
Here  come  I  from  our  princely  general 
To  know  your  griefs;  to  tell  you  from  his  Grace 
That  he  will  give  you  audience;  and  wherein 
It  shall  appear  that  your  demands  are  just,  144 

You  shall  enjoy  them;  everything  set  off 
That  might  so  much  as  think  you  enemies. 

Mowb.  But  he  hath  forc'd  us  to  compel  this  offer, 
And  it  proceeds  from  policy,  not  love.  148 

West.  Mowbray,  you  overween  to  take  it  so. 
This  offer  comes  from  mercy,  not  from  fear: 
For,  lo!  within  a  ken  our  army  lies 
Upon  mine  honour,  all  too  confident  152 

To  give  admittance  to  a  thought  of  fear. 
Our  battle  is  more  full  of  names  than  yours, 
Our  men  more  perfect  in  the  use  of  arms, 
Our  armour  all  as  strong,  our  cause  the  best;         15« 
Then  reason  will  our  hearts  should  be  as  good: 

129  miscarried:  perished 

131  Earl  of  Hereford:  King  Henry,  actually  Duke  of  Hereford  at 

the  time  of  his  banishment  (c/.  Richard  II,  I.  Hi.  21) 
145  set  off :  ignored  149  overween :  are  arrogant 

151  within  a  ken:  within  seeing  distance 
154  names:  noble  and  soldierly  names 


76  The  Second  Part  of 

Say  you  not  then  our  offer  is  compell'd. 

Mowb.  Well,  by  my  will  we  shall  admit  no  parley. 

West.  That     argues     but     the     shame     of     your 
offence :  160 

A  rotten  case  abides  no  handling. 

Hast.  Hath  the  Prince  John  a  full  commission, 
In  very  ample  virtue  of  his  father, 
To  hear  and  absolutely  to  determine  164 

Of  what  conditions  we  shall  stand  upon? 

West.  That  is  intended  in  the  general's  name. 
I  muse  you  make  so  slight  a  question. 

Arch.  Then  take,  my  Lord  of  Westmoreland,  this 
schedule,  168 

For  this  contains  our  general  grievances: 
Each  several  article  herein  redress'd; 
All  members  of  our  cause,  both  here  and  hence, 
That  are  insinew'd  to  this  action,  172 

Acquitted  by  a  true  substantial  form; 
And  present  execution  of  our  wills 
To  us  and  to  our  purposes  consign'd ; 
We  come  within  our  awful  banks  again  176 

And  knit  our  powers  to  the  arm  of  peace. 

West.  This  will  I  show  the  general.     Please  you, 

lords, 

In  sight  of  both  our  battles  we  may  meet; 
And  either  end  in  peace,  which  God  so  frame !        180 
Or  to  the  place  of  difference  call  the  swords 
Which  must  decide  it. 

Arch.  My  lord,  we  will  do  so. 

Exit   Westmoreland. 

Mowb.  There  is  a  thing  within  my  bosom  tells  me 
That  no  conditions  of  our  peace  can  stand.  184 

163  In  ...  virtue:  by  complete  authority  166  intended :  implied 

167  muse:  wonder  slight:  trivial 

172  insinew  d:  joined  as  by  sinews  175  consign'd;  cf.  n. 

176  awful :  respectful,  reverential 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  i  77 

Hast.  Fear   you  not  that:   if   we   can   make   our 

peace 

Upon  such  large  terms,  and  so  absolute 
As  our  conditions  shall  consist  upon, 
Our  peace  shall  stand  as  firm  as  rocky  mountains.  188 

Mowb.  Yea,  but  our  valuation  shall  be  such 
That  every  slight  and  false-derived  cause, 
Yea,  every  idle,  nice,  and  wanton  reason 
Shall  to  the  king  taste  of  this  action;  192 

That,  were  our  royal  faiths  martyrs  in  love, 
We  shall  be  winnow'd  with  so  rough  a  wind 
That  even  our  corn  shall  seem  as  light  as  chaff 
And  good  from  bad  find  no  partition.  196 

Arch.  No,   no,  my  lord.      Note  this;   the  king  is 

weary 

Of  dainty  and  such  picking  grievances: 
For  he  hath  found  to  end  one  doubt  by  death 
Revives  two  greater  in  the  heirs  of  life;  200 

And  therefore  will  he  wipe  his  tables  clean, 
And  keep  no  tell-tale  to  his  memory 
That  may  repeat  and  history  his  loss 
To  new  remembrance;  for  full  well  he  knows        204 
He  cannot  so  precisely  weed  this  land 
As  his  misdoubts  present  occasion: 
His  foes  are  so  enrooted  with  his  friends 
That,  plucking  to  unfix  an  enemy,  208 

He  doth  unfasten  so  and  shake  a  friend. 
So  that  this  land,  like  an  offensive  wife, 
That  hath  enrag'd  him  on  to  offer  strokes, 
As  he  is  striking,  holds  his  infant  up  212 

And  hangs  resolv'd  correction  in  the  arm 
That  was  uprear'd  to  execution. 

189  our  valuation:  the  king's  estimation  of  us  191  nice:  trivial 

198  picking:  fastidious  206  misdoubts:  suspicions 

213  hangs: suspends 

resolv'd  correction:  chastisement  which  had  been  determined  upon 


78  The  Second  Part  of 

Hast.  Besides,  the  king  hath  wasted  all  his  rods 
On  late  offenders,  that  he  now  doth  lack  216 

The  very  instruments  of  chastisement; 
So  that  his  power,  like  to  a  fangless  lion, 
May  offer,  but  not  hold. 

Arch.  'Tis  very  true: 

And  therefore  be  assur'd,  my  good  lord  marshal,    220 
If  we  do  now  make  our  atonement  well, 
Our  peace  will,  like  a  broken  limb  united, 
Grow  stronger  for  the  breaking. 

Mowb.  Be  it  so. 

Here  is  return*  d  my  Lord  of  Westmoreland.          224 

Enter  Westmoreland. 

West.  The  prince  is  here  at  hand:  pleaseth  your 

lordship, 

To  meet  his  Grace  just  distance  'tween  our  armies? 
Mowb.  Your  Grace  of  York,  in  God's  name  then, 

set  forward. 
Arch.  Before,  and  greet  his  Grace:  my  lord,  we 

come.  228 


Scene  Two 

[The  Same] 

tinier  Prince  John  of  Lancaster  and  his  army. 

Lane.  You  are  well  encounter'd  here,  my  cousin 

Mowbray : 

Good  day  to  you,  gentle  lord  archbishop ; 
And  so  to  you,  Lord  Hastings,  and  to  all. 
My  Lord  of  York,  it  better  show'd  with  you.  4 

When  that  your  flock,  assembled  by  the  bell, 

219  offer:  attack  221  atonement:  reconciliation 

228  Before:  go  before  me  Scene  Two;  cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  ii  79 

Encircled  you  to  hear  with  reverence 

Your  exposition  on  the  holy  text 

Than  now  to  see  you  here  an  iron  man,  8 

Cheering  a  rout  of  rebels  with  your  drum, 

Turning  the  word  to  sword  and  life  to  death. 

That  man  that  sits  within  a  monarch's  heart 

And  ripens  in  the  sunshine  of  his  favour,  12 

Would  he  abuse  the  countenance  of  the  king, 

Alack!  what  mischiefs  might  he  set  abroach 

In  shadow  of  such  greatness.     With  you,  lord  bishop, 

It  is  even  so.     Who  hath  not  heard  it  spoken          16 

How  deep  you  were  within  the  books  of  God? 

To  us  the  speaker  in  his  parliament; 

To  us  the  imagin'd  voice  of  God  himself; 

The  very  opener  and  intelligencer  20 

Between  the  grace,  the  sanctities  of  heaven, 

And  our  dull  workings.     O!  who  shall  believe 

But  you  misuse  the  reverence  of  your  place, 

Employ  the  countenance  and  grace  of  heaven,         24 

As  a  false  favourite  doth  his  prince's  name, 

In  deeds  dishonourable?     You  have  taken  up, 

Under  the  counterfeited  zeal  of  God, 

The  subjects  of  his  substitute,  my  father;  28 

And  both  against  the  peace  of  heaven  and  him 

Have  here  upswarm'd  them. 

Arch.  Good  my  Lord  of  Lancaster, 

I  am  not  here  against  your  father's  peace; 
But,  as  I  told  my  Lord  of  Westmoreland,  32 

The  time  misorder'd  doth,  in  common  sense, 
Crowd  us  and  crush  us  to  this  monstrous  form, 
To  hold  our  safety  up.     I  sent  your  Grace 
The  parcels  and  particulars  of  our  grief, —  36 

20  intelligencer:  interpreter  22  workings:  actions 

26  taken  up:  levied 


so  The  Second  Part  of 

The  which  hath  been  with  scorn   shov'd   from   the 

court, — 

Whereon  this  Hydra  son  of  war  is  born; 
Whose  dangerous  eyes  may  well  be  charm'd  asleep 
With  grant  of  our  most  just  and  right  desires,        40 
And  true  obedience,  of  this  madness  cur'd, 
Stoop  tamely  to  the  foot  of  majesty. 

Mowb.  If  not,  we  ready  are  to  try  our  fortunes 
To  the  last  man. 

Hast.  And  though  we  here  fall  down,  44 

We  have  supplies  to  second  our  attempt : 
If  they  miscarry,  theirs  shall  second  them; 
And  so  success  of  mischief  shall  be  born, 
And  heir  from  heir  shall  hold  this  quarrel  up         48 
Whiles  England  shall  have  generation. 

Lane.  You   are   too  shallow,   Hastings,  much  too 

shallow, 
To  sound  the  bottom  of  the  after-times. 

West.  Pleaseth     your     Grace,     to     answer     them 
directly  52 

How  far  forth  you  do  like  their  articles. 

Lane.  I  like  them  all,  and  do  allow  them  well; 
And  swear  here,  by  the  honour  of  my  blood, 
My  father's  purposes  have  been  mistook,  56 

And  some  about  him  have  too  lavishly 
Wrested  his  meaning  and  authority. 
My  lord,  these  griefs  shall  be  with  speed  redress'd; 
Upon  my  soul,  they  shall.     If  this  may  please  you,  60 
Discharge  your  powers  unto  their  several  counties, 
As  we  will  ours :  and  here  between  the  armies 
Let's  drink  together  friendly  and  embrace, 
That  all  their  eyes  may  bear  those  tokens  home      64 
Of  our  restored  love  and  amity. 
47  success:  succession 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  ii  si 

Arch.  I    take   your   princely   word    for   these   re 
dresses. 

Lane.  I  give  it  you,  and  will  maintain  my  word: 
And  thereupon  I  drink  unto  your  Grace.  68 

Hast.  [To  an  Officer.']  Go,  captain,  and  deliver  to 

the  army 

This  news  of  peace:  let  them  have  pay,  and  part: 
I  know  it  will  well  please  them:  hie  thee,  captain. 

Exit  [Officer]. 

Arch.  To  you,  my  noble  Lord  of  Westmoreland.   72 
West.  I  pledge  your  Grace:  and,  if  you  knew  what 

pains 

I  have  bestow'd  to  breed  this  present  peace, 
You  would  drink  freely;  but  my  love  to  you 
Shall  show  itself  more  openly  hereafter.  76 

Arch.  I  do  not  doubt  you. 
West.  I  am  glad  of  it. 

Health  to  my  lord  and  gentle  cousin,  Mowbray. 

Mowb.  You  wish  me  health  in  very  happy  season; 
For  I  am,  on  the  sudden,  something  ill.  80 

Arch.  Against  ill  chances  men  are  ever  merry, 
But  heaviness  foreruns  the  good  event. 

West.  Therefore  be  merry,  coz;  since  sudden  sor 
row 

Serves  to  say  thus,  Some  good  thing  comes  to-mor 
row.  84 
Arch.  Believe  me,  I  am  passing  light  in  spirit. 
Mowb.  So  much  the  worse  if  your  own  rule  be 
true.                                                   Shout  [within]. 
Lane.  The  word  of  peace  is  render'd:  hark,  how 

they  shout! 
Mowb.  This  had  been  cheerful,  after  victory.       88 

70  part: Depart  81  Against :  when  about  to  face 

\2  heaviness  -.depression  85  passing:  exceedingly 

87  render  d:  reported 


82  The  Second  Part  of 

Arch.  A  peace  is  of  the  nature  of  a  conquest; 
For  then  both  parties  nobly  are  subdu'd, 
And  neither  party  loser. 

Lane.  Go,  my  lord, 

And  let  our  army  be  discharged  too.  92 

Exit  [Westmoreland]. 

And,  good  my  lord,  so  please  you,  let  our  trains 
March  by  us,  that  we  may  peruse  the  men 
We  should  have  cop'd  withal. 

Arch.  Go,  good  Lord  Hastings,  96 

And,  ere  they  be  dismiss'd,  let  them  march  by. 

Exit    [Hastings]. 

Lane.  I  trust,  lords,  we  shall  lie  to-night  together. 

Enter  Westmoreland. 

Now,  cousin,  wherefore  stands  our  army  still? 

West.  The  leaders,  having  charge  from  you  to 
stand,  100 

Will  not  go  off  until  they  hear  you  speak. 

Lane.  They  know  their  duties. 

Enter  Hastings. 

Hast.  My  lord,  our  army  is  dispers'd  already: 
Like     youthful     steers     unyok'd,     they     take     their 
courses  104 

East,  west,  north,  south;  or,  like  a  school  broke  up, 
Each  hurries  toward  his  home  and  sporting-place. 

West.  Good  tidings,  my   Lord  Hastings;    for  the 

which 

I  do  arrest  thee,  traitor,  of  high  treason:  108 

And  you,  lord  archbishop,  and  you,  Lord  Mowbray, 
Of  capital  treason  I  attach  you  both. 

Mowb.  Is  this  proceeding  just  and  honourable? 

West.  Is  your  assembly  so?  112 

94  peruse : inspect 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IF.  in  «» 

Arch.  Will  you  thus  break  your  faith? 

Lane.  I  pawn'd  thee  none. 

I  promis'd  you  redress  of  these  same  grievances 
Whereof  you  did  complain;  which,  by  mine  honour, 
I  will  perform  with  a  most  Christian  care.  116 

But  for  you,  rebels,  look  to  taste  the  due 
Meet  for  rebellion  and  such  acts  as  yours. 
Most  shallowly  did  you  these  arms  commence, 
Fondly  brought  here  and  foolishly  sent  hence.         120 
Strike  up  our  drums!  pursue  the  scatter'd  stray: 
God,  and  not  we,  hath  safely  fought  to-day. 
Some  guard  these  traitors  to  the  block  of  death; 
Treason's  true  bed,  and  yielder  up  of  breath.         124 

Exeunt. 

Scene  Three 

[Another  Part  of  the  Forest] 
Alarums.     Excursions.     Enter  Falstaff  and  Colevile. 

Fal.  What's   your    name,   sir?    of   what   con 
dition  are  you,  and  of  what  place,  I  pray? 

Cole.  I    am   a  knight,   sir;   and  my   name  is 
Colevile  of  the  dale.  4 

Fal.  Well  then,  Colevile  is  your  name,  a 
knight  is  your  degree,  and  your  place  the  dale: 
Colevile  shall  be  still  your  name,  a  traitor  your 
degree,  and  the  dungeon  your  place,  a  place  8 
deep  enough;  so  shall  you  be  still  Colevile  of 
the  dale. 

Cole.  Are  not  you  Sir  John  Falstaff? 

Fal.  As  good  a  man  as  he,  sir,  whoe'er  I  am.  12 
Do  ye  yield,  sir,  or  shall  I  sweat  for  you?     If 

113  pawn'd:  pledged  119  shallowly:  thoughtlessly 

120  Fondly:  foolishly  1  condition:  rank 


84  The  Second  Part  of 

I  do  sweat,  they  are  the  drops  of  thy  lovers, 
and  they  weep  for  thy  death:  therefore  rouse 
up   fear  and  trembling,   and   do   observance   to  16 
my  mercy. 

Cole.  I  think  you  are  Sir  John  Falstaff,  and 
in  that  thought  yield  me. 

Fal.  I  have  a  whole  school  of  tongues  in  this  20 
belly   of  mine,   and  not   a   tongue   of   them   all 
speaks  any  other  word  but  my  name.    An  I  had 
but  a  belly  of  any  indifferency,  I  were  simply  the 
most  active   fellow  in  Europe  :  my  womb,   my  24 
womb,  my  womb  undoes  me.     Here  comes  our 
general. 

Enter  Prince  John,  Westmoreland  and  the  rest. 

Lane.  The  heat  is  past,  follow  no  further  now. 
Call  in  the  powers,  good  cousin  Westmoreland.        28 

[Exit  Westmoreland.] 

Now,  Falstaff,  where  have  you  been  all  this  while? 
When  everything  is  ended,  then  you  come: 
These  tardy  tricks  of  yours  will,  on  my  life, 
One  time  or  other  break  some  gallows'  back.  32 

Fal.  I  would  be  sorry,  my  lord,  but  it  should 
be  thus:  I  never  knew  yet  but  rebuke  and  check 
was  the  reward  of  valour.     Do  you  think  me  a 
swallow,  an  arrow,  or  a  bullet?  have  I,  in  my  36 
poor  and  old  motion,  the  expedition  of  thought? 
I  have  speeded  hither  with  the  very  extremest 
inch  of  possibility;  I  have  foundered  nine  score 
and  odd  posts  ;  and  here,  travel-tainted  as  I  am,  40 
have,  in  my  pure  and  immaculate  valour,  taken 
Sir  John  Colevile  of  the  dale,  a  most   furious 


97  fe™nce'  ^""^  23  indifferency:  moderate  size 

27  heat:  roc*,  pursuit  34  check:  reproof 

37  expedition:  speed  40  posts  :  post-horses 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  Hi  85 

knight  and  valorous  enemy.     But  what  of  that? 
he  saw  me,  and  yielded;  that  I  may  justly  say  44 
with  the  hook-nosed  fellow  of  Rome,  'I  came, 
saw,  and  overcame.' 

Lane.  It  was  more  of  his  courtesy  than  your 
deserving.  48 

Fal.  I  know  not:  here  he  is,  and  here  I  yield 
him;  and  I  beseech  your  Grace,  let  it  be  booked 
with  the  rest  of  this  day's  deeds ;  or,  by  the  Lord, 
I  will  have  it  in  a  particular  ballad  else,  with  52 
mine    own    picture    on    the    top    on 't,    Colevile 
kissing  my  foot.     To  the  which  course  if  I  be 
enforced,  if  you  do  not  all  show  like  gilt  two- 
pences  to  me,  and  I  in  the  clear  sky  of  fame  56 
o'ershine  you  as  much  as  the   full  moon  doth 
the  cinders  of  the  element,  which  show  like  pins' 
heads  to  her,  believe  not  the  word  of  the  noble. 
Therefore   let    me   have    right,    and   let    desert  60 
mount. 

Lane.  Thine's  too  heavy  to  mount. 

Fal.  Let  it  shine  then. 

Lane.  Thine's  too  thick  to  shine.  64 

Fal.  Let  it  do  something,  my  good  lord,  that 
may  do  me  good,  and  call  it  what  you  will. 

Lane.  Is  thy  name  Colevile? 

Cole.  It  is,  my  lord.  68 

Lane.  A  famous  rebel  art  thou,  Colevile. 

Fal.  And  a  famous  true  subject  took  him. 
Cole.  I  am,  my  lord,  but  as  my  betters  are 
That  led  me  hither:  had  they  been  rul'd  by  me      '  72 
You  should  have  won  them  dearer  than  you  have. 

Fal.  I  know  not  how  they   sold  themselves: 

58  cinders:  g lowing  coals,  stars  element:  sky 


86  The  Second  Part  of 

but  thou,  like  a  kind  fellow,  gavest  thyself  away 
gratis,  and  I  thank  thee  for  thee.  76 

Enter  Westmoreland. 

Lane.  Now,  have  you  left  pursuit? 
West.  Retreat  is  made  and  execution  stay'd. 
Lane.  Send  Colevile  with  his  confederates 
To  York,  to  present  execution.  so 

Blunt,  lead  him  hence,  and  see  you  guard  him  sure. 

Exit  [Blunt}  with  Colevile. 

And  now  dispatch  we  toward  the  court,  my  lords: 
I  hear,  the  king  my  father  is  sore  sick: 
Our  news  shall  go  before  us  to  his  majesty,  84 

Which,  cousin  [addressing  Westmoreland},  you  shall 

bear,  to  comfort  him; 
And  we  with  sober  speed  will  follow  you. 

Fal.  My  lord,  I  beseech  you,  give  me  leave  to  go, 
Through    Gloucestershire,    and    when    you    come    to 
court  88 

Stand  my  good  lord,  pray,  in  your  good  report. 

Lane.  Fare  you  well,  Falstaff:  I,  in  my  condition, 
Shall  better  speak  of  you  than  you  deserve. 

[Exeunt  all  but  Falstaff .] 

Fal.  I   would  you   had   but  the   wit :    'twere  92 
better   than   your    dukedom.      Good    faith,   this 
same   young   sober-blooded  boy   doth   not   love 
me;   nor   a   man   cannot   make   him   laugh;   but 
that's  no  marvel,  he  drinks  no  wine.     There's  96 
never  none  of  these  demure  boys  come  to  any 
proof;    for   thin   drink   doth   so    over-cool   their 
blood,   and  making  many  fish-meals,  that  they 
fall  into  a  kind  of  male  green-sickness ;  and  then,  100 

80  present:  immediate  82  dispatch  we:  let  us  hasten 

59  Stand  my  good  lord:  be  my  kind  patron 

?0  condition :  official  capacity 

97,  98  come  to  any  proof:  turn  out  well 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  Hi  87 

when    they    marry,    they    get    wenches.      They 
are  generally  fools  and  cowards,  which  some  of 
us  should  be  too  but  for  inflammation.     A  good 
sherris-sack   hath    a   two-fold   operation   in   it.  104 
It  ascends  me  into  the  brain;  dries  me  there  all 
the  foolish  and  dull  and  crudy  vapours  which 
environ  it;  makes  it  apprehensive,  quick,  forget- 
ive,  full  of  nimble,  fiery  and  delectable  shapes ;  108 
which,  deliver'd  o'er  to  the  voice,  the  tongue, 
which  is  the  birth,  becomes  excellent  wit.     The 
second  property  of  your  excellent  sherris  is,  the 
warming  of  the  blood ;  which,  before  cold  and  112 
settled,  left  the  liver  white  and  pale,  which  is 
the  badge  of  pusillanimity  and  cowardice:  but 
the  sherris  warms  it  and  makes  it  course  from 
the  inwards  to  the  parts  extreme.    It  illumineth  116 
the  face,  which,  as  a  beacon,  gives  warning  to 
all  the  rest  of  this  little  kingdom,  man,  to  arm; 
and  then  the  vital  commoners  and  inland  petty 
spirits  muster  me  all  to  their  captain,  the  heart,  120 
who,  great  and  puffed  up  with  this  retinue,  doth 
any  deed  of  courage;  and  this  valour  comes  of 
sherris.     So  that  skill  in  the  weapon  is  nothing 
without  sack,  for  that  sets  it  a-work ;  and  learn-  124 
ing,  a  mere  hoard  of  gold  kept  by  a  devil  till 
sack  commences  it  and  sets  it  in  act  and  use. 
Hereof  comes  it  that  Prince  Harry  is  valiant; 
for  the  cold  blood  he  did  naturally  inherit  of  128 
his  father,  he  hath,  like  lean,  sterile,  and  bare 
land,  manured,  husbanded,  and  tilled,  with  ex 
cellent   endeavour   of    drinking   good   and   good 
store  of  fertile  sherris,  that  he  is  become  very  132 
hot  and  valiant.     If  I  had  a  thousand  sons,  the 

101  get  wenches:  beget  girls  104  sherris-sack:  sherry 

106  crudy :  crude,  raw  107  f  orgetive :  invent ive  125  Cf.n. 


88  The  Second  Part  of 

first  human  principle  I  would  teach  them  should 
be,  to  forswear  thin  potations  and  to  addict 
themselves  to  sack.  136 

Enter  Bardolph. 

How  now,  Bardolph? 

Bard.  The  army  is  discharged  all  and  gone. 

Fal.  Let  them  go.      I'll  through  Gloucester 
shire  ;   and  there   will    I   visit    Master    Robert  140 
Shallow,  esquire:  I  have  him  already  tempering 
between  my  finger  and  my  thumb,  and  shortly 
will  I  seal  with  him.     Come  away.  Exeunt. 

Scene  Four 
[Westminster.     The  Jerusalem  Chamber] 

Enter  the  King,  Warwick,  Thomas  Duke  of  Clarence, 
Humphrey  of  Gloucester  [and  others]. 

King.  Now,  lords,  if  God  doth  give  successful  end 
To  this  debate  that  bleedeth  at  our  doors, 
We  will  our  youth  lead  on  to  higher  fields 
And  draw  no  swords,  but  what  are  sanctified.  4 

Our  navy  is  address'd,  our  power  collected, 
Our  substitutes  in  absence  well  invested, 
And  everything  lies  level  to  our  wish: 
Only,  we  want  a  little  personal  strength;  8 

And  pause  us,  till  these  rebels,  now  afoot, 
Come  underneath  the  yoke  of  government. 

War.  Both  which  we  doubt  not  but  your  majesty 
Shall  soon  enjoy. 

King.  Humphrey,  my  son  of  Gloucester,  12 

141-143  tempering  .  .  .  seal:  the  allusion  is  to  sealing-wax 

Scene  Four  S.  d.  Jerusalem  Chamber;  cf.  n. 

5  address  d:  prepared  6  invested:  invested  with  authority 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  iv  89 

Where  is  the  prince  your  brother? 

Glo.  I  think  he's  gone  to  hunt,  my  lord,  at  Windsor. 

King.  And  how  accompanied? 

Glo.  I  do  not  know,  my  lord. 

King.  Is  not  his  brother  Thomas  of  Clarence  with 
him  ?  16 

Glo.  No,  my  good  lord;  he  is  in  presence  here. 

Cla.  What  would  my  lord  and  father? 

King.  Nothing    but    well    to    thee,     Thomas    of 

Clarence. 

How    chance    thou    art    not    with    the    prince    thy 
brother?  20 

He  loves  thee,  and  thou  dost  neglect  him,  Thomas; 
Thou  hast  a  better  place  in  his  affection 
Than  all  thy  brothers:  cherish  it,  my  boy, 
And  noble  offices  thou  mayst  effect  24 

Of  mediation,  after  I  am  dead, 
Between  his  greatness  and  thy  other  brethren : 
Therefore  omit  him  not;  blunt  not  his  love, 
Nor  lose  the  good  advantage  of  his  grace  28 

By  seeming  cold  or  careless  of  his  will; 
For  he  is  gracious,  if  he  be  observ'd: 
He  hath  a  tear  for  pity  and  a  hand 
Open  as  day  for  melting  charity;  82 

Yet,  notwithstanding,  being  incens'd,  he's  flint; 
As  humorous  as  winter,  and  as  sudden 
As  flaws  congealed  in  the  spring  of  day. 
His  temper  therefore  must  be  well  observ'd:  86 

Chide  him  for  faults,  and  do  it  reverently, 
When  you  perceive  his  blood  inclin'd  to  mirth; 
But,  being  moody,  give  him  line  and  scope, 
Till  that  his  passions,  like  a  whale  on  ground,          40 

27  omit:  neglect  30  observ'd:  humored 

33-35  Cf.  n. 


90  The  Second  Part  of 

Confound    themselves    with    working.      Learn    this, 

Thomas, 

And  thou  shalt  prove  a  shelter  to  thy  friends, 
A  hoop  of  gold  to  bind  thy  brothers  in, 
That  the  united  vessel  of  their  blood,  44 

Mingled  with  venom  of  suggestion — 
As,  force  perforce,  the  age  will  pour  it  in — 
Shall  never  leak,  though  it  do  work  as  strong 
As  aconitum  or  rash  gunpowder.  48 

Cla.  I  shall  observe  him  with  all  care  and  love. 

King.  Why   art   thou   not    at   Windsor   with   him, 
Thomas  ? 

Cla.  He  is  not  there  to-day;  he  dines  in  London. 

King.  And    how    accompanied?     canst    thou    tell 
that  ?  52 

Cla.  With  Poins  and  other  his  continual  followers. 

King.  Most  subject  is  the  fattest  soil  to  weeds; 
And  he,  the  noble  image  of  my  youth, 
Is  overspread  with  them:  therefore  my  grief  56 

Stretches  itself  beyond  the  hour  of  death: 
The  blood  weeps  from  my  heart  when  I  do  shape 
In  forms  imaginary  the  unguided  days 
And  rotten  times  that  you  shall  look  upon  60 

When  I  am  sleeping  with  my  ancestors. 
For  when  his  headstrong  riot  hath  no  curb, 
When  rage  and  hot  blood  are  his  counsellors, 
When  means  and  lavish  manners  meet  together,        64 
O !  with  what  wings  shall  his  affections  fly 
Towards  fronting  peril  and  oppos'd  decay. 

War.  My  gracious  lord,  you  look  beyond  him  quite : 
The  prince  but  studies  his  companions  68 

Like  a  strange  tongue,  wherein,  to  gain  the  language, 
'Tis  needful  that  the  most  immodest  word 

41  Confound:  exhaust  44.48  Ci  n 

65  affections:  inclinations  67  look  beyond:  misjudge 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  iv  91 

Be  look'd  upon,  and  learn'd;  which  once  attain'd, 
Your  highness  knows,  comes  to  no  further  use         72 
But  to  be  known  and  hated.     So,  like  gross  terms, 
The  prince  will  in  the  perfectness  of  time 
Cast  off  his  followers;  and  their  memory 
Shall  as  a  pattern  or  a  measure  live,  76 

By  which  his  Grace  must  mete  the  lives  of  others, 
Turning  past  evils  to  advantages. 

King.  'Tis   seldom  when  the   bee   doth  leave   her 

comb 
In  the  dead  carrion. 

Enter  Westmoreland. 

Who's  here?     Westmoreland!  80 
West.  Health  to  my  sovereign,  and  new  happiness 
Added  to  that  that  I  am  to  deliver ! 
Prince  John  your  son  doth  kiss  your  Grace's  hand: 
Mowbray,  the  Bishop  Scroop,  Hastings  and  all      84 
Are  brought  to  the  correction  of  your  law. 
There  is  not  now  a  rebel's  sword  unsheath'd, 
But  Peace  puts  forth  her  olive  everywhere. 
The  manner  how  this  action  hath  been  borne  88 

Here  at  more  leisure  may  your  highness  read, 
With  every  course  in  his  particular. 

King.  O  Westmoreland!  thou  art  a  summer  bird, 
Which  ever  in  the  haunch  of  winter  sings  92 

The  lifting  up  of  day. 

Enter  Harcourt. 

Look!  here's  more  news. 

Har.  From  enemies  heaven  keep  your  majesty; 
And,  when  they  stand  against  you,  may  they  fall 
As  those  that  I  am  come  to  tell  you  of !  96 

77  mete :  measure  79,  80  Cf.  n. 

90  particular :  detail  92  haunch:  end 


The  Second  Part  of 


The  Earl  Northumberland,  and  the  Lord  Bardolph, 

With  a  great  power  of  English  and  of  Scots, 

Are  by  the  sheriff  of  Yorkshire  overthrown. 

The  manner  and  true  order  of  the  fight  100 

This  packet,  please  it  you,  contains  at  large. 

King.  And  wherefore  should  these  good  news  make 

me  sick? 

Will  Fortune  never  come  with  both  hands  full 
But  write  her  fair  words  still  in  foulest  letters?     104 
She  either  gives  a  stomach  and  no  food; 
Such  are  the  poor,  in  health;  or  else  a  feast 
And  takes  away  the  stomach;  such  are  the  rich, 
That  have  abundance  and  enjoy  it  not.  108 

I  should  rejoice  now  at  this  happy  news, 
And  now  my  sight  fails,  and  my  brain  is  giddy. 
O  me!  come  near  me,  now  I  am  much  ill. 

Glo.  Comfort,  your  majesty! 

Cla.  O  my  royal  father!     112 

West.  My  sovereign  lord,  cheer  up  yourself:  look 
up! 

War.  Be  patient,  princes:  you  do  know  these  fits 
Are  with  his  highness  very  ordinary: 
Stand    from   him,    give    him    air;    he'll    straight   be 
well.  lie 

Cla.  No,  no;  he  cannot  long  hold  out  these  pangs: 
The  incessant  care  and  labour  of  his  mind 
Hath  wrought  the  mure  that  should  confine  it  in 
So  thin,  that  life  looks  through  and  will  break  out.  120 

Glo.  The  people  fear  me;  for  they  do  observe 
Unfather'd  heirs  and  loathly  births  of  nature: 
The  seasons  change  their  manners,  as  the  year 

105  stomach:  appetite  119  wrought  the  mure :  worn  the  wall 

121  fear:  frighten 

122  (Such   portents  as)  creatures   born   without   parents  and   other 
monstrosities  123  as:  as  if 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  v  $* 

Had    found    some   months    asleep    and   leap'd   them 
over.  124 

Cla.  The  river  hath  thrice  flow'd,  no  ebb  between; 
And  the  old  folk,  time's  doting  chronicles, 
Say  it  did  so  a  little  time  before 

That  our  great-grandsire,  Edward,  sick'd  and  died.  128 
War.  Speak  lower,  princes,  for  the  king  recovers. 
Glo.  This  apoplexy  will  certain  be  his  end. 
King.  I  pray  you  take  me  up,  and  bear  me  hence 
Into  some  other  chamber:  softly,  pray.  132 

[Attendants  and  Lords  take  the  King  up,  convey 
him  into  an  inner  room,  and  lay  him  upon 
a  bed.] 

Scene  Five 
[Another  Chamber 

King  Henry  lying  on  a  bed:   Clarence,   Gloucester, 
Warwick,  and  Others  in  attendance.'] 

King.  Let    there    be    no    noise    made,    my    gentle 

friends ; 

Unless  some  dull  and  favourable  hand 
Will  whisper  music  to  my  weary  spirit. 

War.  Call  for  the  music  in  the  other  room.  4 

King.  Set  me  the  crown  upon  my  pillow  here. 

Cla.  His  eye  is  hollow,  and  he  changes  much. 

War.  Less  noise,  less  noise ! 

Enter  Prince  Henry. 

Prince.  Who  saw  the  Duke  of  Clarence? 

Cla.  I  am  here,  brother,  full  of  heaviness.  8 

Prince.  How   now!    rain   within   doors,   and   none 
abroad ! 

2  dull:  soothing,  drowsy 


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How  doth  the  king? 

Glo.  Exceeding  ill. 

Prince.  Heard  he  the  good  news  yet? 

Tell  it  him. 

Glo.  He  alter'd  much  upon  the  hearing  it.  12 

Prince.  If  he  be  sick  with  joy,  he'll  recover 

without  physic. 

War.  Not  so  much  noise,  my  lords.     Sweet  prince, 

speak  low; 
The  king  your  father  is  dispos'd  to  sleep.  16 

Cla.  Let  us  withdraw  into  the  other  room. 

War.  Will  't  please  your  Grace  to  go  along  with 
us? 

Prince.  No;  I  will  sit  and  watch  here  by  the  king. 
[Exeunt  all  but  the  Prince.] 

Why  doth  the  crown  lie  there  upon  his  pillow,         20 
Being  so  troublesome  a  bedfellow? 
O  polish'd  perturbation!  golden  care! 
That  keep'st  the  ports  of  slumber  open  wide 
To  many  a  watchful  night!     Sleep  with  it  now!      24 
Yet  not  so  sound,  and  half  so  deeply  sweet 
As  he  whose  brow  with  homely  biggin  bound 
Snores  out  the  watch  of  night.     O  majesty! 
When  thou  dost  pinch  thy  bearer,  thou  dost  sit        28 
Like  a  rich  armour  worn  in  heat  of  day, 
That  scalds  with  safety.    By  his  gates  of  breath 
There  lies  a  downy  feather  which  stirs  not: 
Did  he  suspire,  that  light  and  weightless  down        32 
Perforce  must  move.     My  gracious  lord!  my  father! 
This  sleep  is  sound  indeed;  this  is  a  sleep 
That  from  this  golden  rigol  hath  divorc'd 
So  many  English  kings.     Thy  due  from  me  36 

23  ports:  gates  26  biggin:  nightcap 

30  with  safety:  while  it  gives  safety  32  suspire:  breathe 

35  rigol:  circle,  crown 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  v  96 

Is  tears  and  heavy  sorrows  of  the  blood, 

Which  nature,  love,  and  filial  tenderness 

Shall,  O  dear  father!  pay  thee  plenteously: 

My  due  from  thee  is  this  imperial  crown,  40 

Which,  as  immediate  from  thy  place  and  blood, 

Derives  itself  to  me.     Lo !  here  it  sits, 

[Putting  it  on  his  head.] 
Which  God  shall  guard;  and  put  the  world's  whole 

strength 

Into  one  giant  arm,  it  shall  not  force  44 

This  lineal  honour  from  me.     This  from  thee 
Will  I  to  mine  leave,  as  'tis  left  to  me.  Exit. 

King.   [Waking.]  Warwick!  Gloucester!  Clarence! 

Enter  Warwick,  Gloucester,  Clarence  [and  the  rest]. 

Cla.  Doth  the  king  call? 

War.  What  would  your  majesty?    How  fares  your 

Grace?  48 

King.  Why  did  you  leave  me  here  alone,  my  lords  ? 
Cla.  We  left  the  prince  my  brother  here,  my  liege, 
Who  undertook  to  sit  and  watch  by  you. 

King.  The  Prince  of  Wales !    Where  is  he  ?  let  me 

see  him:  52 

He  is  not  here. 

War.  This  door  is  open;  he  is  gone  this  way. 
Glo.  He  came  not  through  the  chamber  where  we 

stay'd. 
King.  Where  is  the  crown?  who  took  it  from  my 

pillow  ?  56 

War.  When  we  withdrew,  my  liege,  we  left  it  here. 
King.  The  prince  hath  ta'en  it  hence:  go,  seek  him 

out. 
Is  he  so  hasty  that  he  doth  suppose 

41  immediate:  next  in  line 


96  The  Second  Part  of 

My  sleep  my  death?  60 

Find  him,  my  Lord  of  Warwick;  chide  him  hither. 

{Exit  Warwick.} 

This  part  of  his  conjoins  with  my  disease, 
And  helps  to  end  me.    See,  sons,  what  things  you  are ! 
How  quickly  nature  falls  into  revolt  64 

When  gold  becomes  her  object! 
For  this  the  foolish  over-careful  fathers 
Have  broke  their  sleep  with  thoughts, 
Their  brains  with  care,  their  bones  with  industry;  68 
For  this  they  have  engrossed  and  pil'd  up 
The  canker' d  heaps  of  strange-achieved  gold; 
For  this  they  have  been  thoughtful  to  invest 
Their  sons  with  arts  and  martial  exercises:  72 

When,  like  the  bee,  culling  from  every  flower 
The  virtuous  sweets, 

Our  thighs  packed  with  wax,  our  mouths  with  honeya 
We  bring  it  to  the  hive,  and  like  the  bees,  76 

Are  murder'd  for  our  pains.     This  bitter  taste 
Yield  his  engrossments  to  .the  ending  father. 

Enter  Warwick. 

Now,  where  is  he  that  will  not  stay  so  long 

Till  his  friend  sickness  hath  determin'd  me?  80 

War.  My  lord,    I    found  the   prince   in   the   next 

room, 

Washing  with  kindly  tears  his  gentle  cheeks, 
With  such  a  deep  demeanour  in  great  sorrow 
That  tyranny,  which  never  quaff' d  but  blood,         84 
Would,  by  beholding  him,  have  wash'd  his  knife 
With  gentle  eye-drops.    He  is  coming  hither. 

King.  But  wherefore  did  he  take  away  the  crown? 

62  part:  act  69  engrossed:  amassed 

70  canker  d:  tarnished  strange-achieved:  gained  in  foreign  lands 

74  virtuous:  beneficial  80  determin'd:  ended 
82  kindly:  natural 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  v  97 

Enter  Prince  Henry. 

Lo,  where  he  comes.    Come  hither  to  me,  Harry.     88 
Depart  the  chamber,  leave  us  here  alone. 

Exeunt  \Warwicky  and  the  rest]. 
Prince.  I  never  thought  to  hear  you  speak  again. 
King.  Thy     wish     was     father,     Harry,     to     that 

thought : 

I  stay  too  long  by  thee,  I  weary  thee.  92 

Dost  thou  so  hunger  for  mine  empty  chair 
That  thou  wilt  needs  invest  thee  with  my  honours 
Before  thy  hour  be  ripe?     O  foolish  youth! 
Thou    seek'st    the    greatness    that    will    overwhelm 

thee.  96 

Stay  but  a  little;  for  my  cloud  of  dignity 
Is  held  from  falling  with  so  weak  a  wind 
That  it  will  quickly  drop:  my  day  is  dim. 
Thou  hast  stol'n  that  which  after  some  few  hours  100 
Were  thine  without  offence;  and  at  my  death 
Thou  hast  seal'd  up  my  expectation: 
Thy  life  did  manifest  thou  lov'dst  me  not, 
And  thou  wilt  have  me  die  assur'd  of  it.  104 

Thou  hid'st  a  thousand  daggers  in  thy  thoughts, 
Which  thou  hast  whetted  on  thy  stony  heart, 
To  stab  at  half  an  hour  of  my  life. 
What !  canst  thou  not  forbear  me  half  an  hour  ?       108 
Then  get  thee  gone  and  dig  my  grave  thyself, 
And  bid  the  merry  bells  ring  to  thine  ear 
That  thou  art  crowned,  not  that  I  am  dead. 
Let  all  the  tears  that  should  bedew  my  hearse       112 
Be  drops  of  balm  to  sanctify  thy  head: 
Only  compound  me  with  forgotten  dust; 
Give  that  which  gave  thee  life  unto  the  worms. 
Pluck  down  my  officers,  break  my  decrees;  lie 

102  seal'd  up:  confirmed  fully 


98  The  Second  Part  of 

For  now  a  time  is  come  to  mock  at  form. 

Harry  the  Fifth  is  crown'd !     Up,  vanity ! 

Down,  royal  state !  all  you  sage  counsellors,  hence ! 

And  to  the  English  court  assemble  now,  120 

From  every  region,  apes  of  idleness ! 

Now,  neighbour  confines,  purge  you  of  your  scum: 

Have  you  a  ruffian  that  will  swear,  drink,  dance, 

Revel  the  night,  rob,  murder,  and  commit  124 

The  oldest  sins  the  newest  kind  of  ways? 

Be  happy,  he  will  trouble  you  no  more: 

England  shall  double  gild  his  treble  guilt. 

England  shall  give  him  office,  honour,  might;         128 

For  the  fifth  Harry  from  curb'd  licence  plucks 

The  muzzle  of  restraint,  and  the  wild  dog 

Shall  flesh  his  tooth  in  every  innocent. 

0  my  poor  kingdom!  sick  with  civil  blows,  132 
When  that  my  care  could  not  withhold  thy  riots, 
What  wilt  thou  do  when  riot  is  thy  care? 

O !  thou  wilt  be  a  wilderness  again, 
Peopled  with  wolves,  thy  old  inhabitants.  136 

Prince.  O !  pardon  me,  my  liege ;  but  for  my  tears, 
The  moist  impediments  unto  my  speech, 

1  had  forestall'd  this  dear  and  deep  rebuke 

Ere  you  with  grief  had  spoke  and  I  had  heard        140 
The  course  of  it  so  far.     There  is  your  crown; 
And  he  that  wears  the  crown  immortally 
Long  guard  it  yours !     If  I  affect  it  more 
Than  as  your  honour  and  as  your  renown,  144 

Let  me  no  more  from  this  obedience  rise, — 
Which  my  most  inward,  true,  and  duteous  spirit 
Teacheth, — this  prostrate  and  exterior  bending. 
God  witness  with  me,  when  I  here  came  in,  148 

And  found  no  course  of  breath  within  your  majesty, 

117  form:  order  118  vanity:  folly  134  care:  special  study 

139  dear:  earnest  143  affect:  aspire  to 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  v  99 

How  cold  it  struck  my  heart!  if  I  do  feign, 

O!  let  me  in  my  present  wildness  die 

And  never  live  to  show  the  incredulous  world        152 

The  noble  change  that  I  have  purposed. 

Coming  to  look  on  you,  thinking  you  dead, 

And  dead  almost,  my  liege,  to  think  you  were, 

I  spake  unto  the  crown  as  having  sense,  156 

And  thus  upbraided  it:  'The  care  on  thee  depending 

Hath  fed  upon  the  body  of  my  father; 

Therefore,  thou  best  of  gold  art  worst  of  gold: 

Other,  less  fine  in  carat,  is  more  precious,  160 

Preserving  life  in  medicine  potable: 

But  thou  most  fine,  most  honour'd,  most  renown'd, 

Hast  eat  thy  bearer  up/     Thus,  my  most  royal  liege, 

Accusing  it,  I  put  it  on  my  head,  164 

To  try  with  it,  as  with  an  enemy 

That  had  before  my  face  murder'd  my  father, 

The  quarrel  of  a  true  inheritor. 

But  if  it  did  infect  my  blood  with  joy,  168 

Or  swell  my  thoughts  to  any  strain  of  pride; 

If  any  rebel  or  vain  spirit  of  mine 

Did  with  the  least  affection  of  a  welcome 

Give  entertainment  to  the  might  of  it,  172 

Let  God  for  ever  keep  it  from  my  head, 

And  make  me  as  the  poorest  vassal  is 

That  doth  with  awe  and  terror  kneel  to  it ! 

King.  O  my  son!  176 

God  put  it  in  thy  mind  to  take  it  hence, 
That  thou  mightst  win  the  more  thy  father's  love, 
Pleading  so  wisely  in  excuse  of  it. 
Come  hither,  Harry:  sit  thou  by  my  bed;  180 

And  hear,  I  think,  the  very  latest  counsel 
That  ever  I  shall  breathe.     God  knows,  my  son, 

161  medicine  potable;  cf.  n. 


ioo  The  Second  Part  of 

By  what  by-paths  and  indirect  crook'd  ways 

I  met  this  crown;  and  I  myself  know  well  184 

How  troublesome  it  sat  upon  my  head: 

To  thee  it  shall  descend  with  better  quiet, 

Better  opinion,  better  confirmation; 

For  all  the  soil  of  the  achievement  goes       *  188 

With  me  into  the  earth.     It  seem'd  in  me 

But  as  an  honour  snatch'd  with  boisterous  hand, 

And  I  had  many  living  to  upbraid 

My  gain  of  it  by  their  assistances;  192 

Which  daily  grew  to  quarrel  and  to  bloodshed, 

Wounding  supposed  peace.     All  these  bold  fears 

Thou  seest  with  peril  I  have  answered; 

For  all  my  reign  hath  been  but  as  a  scene  196 

Acting  that  argument;  and  now  my  death 

Changes  the  mode:  for  what  in  me  was  purchas'd, 

Falls  upon  thee  in  a  more  fairer  sort; 

So  thou  the  garment  wear'st  successively.  200 

Yet,  though  thou  stand'st  more  sure  than  I  could  do, 

Thou  art  not  firm  enough,  since  griefs  are  green; 

And   all    my    friends,    which    thou    must    make    thy 

friends, 

Have  but  their  stings  and  teeth  newly  ta'en  out ;      204 
By  whose  fell  working  I  was  first  advanc'd, 
And  by  whose  power  I  well  might  lodge  a  fear 
To  be  again  displac'd:  which  to  avoid, 
I  cut  them  off;  and  had  a  purpose  now  208 

To  lead  out  many  to  the  Holy  Land, 
Lest  rest  and  lying  still  might  make  them  look 
Too  near  unto  my  state.     Therefore,  my  Harry, 
Be  it  thy  course  to  busy  giddy  minds  212 

With  foreign  quarrels;  that  action,  hence  borne  out, 

188  soil:  pollution  197  argument:  story 

?8  mode;  cf.  n.  purchas'd:  acquired  by  my  own  act,  not  inherited 

iO  successively :  by  right  of  succession 

213  hence:  in  other  lands 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  IV.  v  101 

May  waste  the  memory  of  the  former  days. 

More  would  I,  but  my  lungs  are  wasted  so 

That  strength  of  speech  is  utterly  denied  me.        216 

How  I  came  by  the  crown,  O  God,  forgive! 

And  grant  it  may  with  thee  in  true  peace  live. 

Prince.  My  gracious  liege, 

You  won  it,  wore  it,  kept  it,  gave  it  me;  220 

Then  plain  and  right  must  my  possession  be: 
Which  I  with  more  than  with  a  common  pain 
'Gainst  all  the  world  will  rightfully  maintain. 
Enter  Lord  John  of  Lancaster,  and  Warwick. 

King.  Look,  look,  here  comes   my  John  of  Lan 
caster.  224 

Lane.  Health,  peace,  and  happiness  to  my  royal 
father! 

King.  Thou  bring'st  me  happiness  and  peace,  son 

John; 

But  health,  alack,  with  youthful  wings  is  flown 
From  this  bare  wither'd  trunk:  upon  thy  sight        228 
My  worldly  business  makes  a  period. 
Where  is  my  Lord  of  Warwick? 

Prince.  My  Lord  of  Warwick! 

[Warwick  comes  forward.] 

King.  Doth  any  name  particular  belong 
Unto  the  lodging  where  I  first  did  swound?  232 

War.  'Tis  call'd  Jerusalem,  my  noble  lord. 

King.  Laud  be  to  God!  even  there  my  life  must 

end. 

It  hath  been  prophesied  to  me  many  years 
I  should  not  die  but  in  Jerusalem,  236 

Which  vainly  I  suppos'd  the  Holy  Land. 
But  bear  me  to  that  chamber;  there  I'll  lie: 
In  that  Jerusalem  shall  Harry  die.  Exeunt. 

214  waste:  consume 


102  The  Second  Part  of 

ACT  FIFTH 

Scene  One 
[Justice  Shallow's  House  in  Gloucestershire'] 

Enter  Shallow,  Falstaff,  Bardolph    [and  Bardolph's 
boy]. 

Shal.  By  cock  and  pie,  sir,  you  shall  not  away 
to-night.  What!  Davy,  I  say. 

Fal.  You  must  excuse  me,  Master  Robert 
Shallow.  4 

Shal.  I  will  not  excuse  you;  you  shall  not  be 
excused;  excuses  shall  not  be  admitted;  there 
is  no  excuse  shall  serve;  you  shall  not  be  ex 
cused.  Why,  Davy!  8 

Enter  Davy. 

Davy.  Here,  sir. 

Shal.  Davy,  Davy,  Davy,  Davy,  let  me  see, 
Davy;  let  me  see:  yea,  marry,  William  cook,  bid 
him  come  hither.     Sir  John,  you   shall  not  be  12 
excused. 

Davy.  Marry,  sir,  thus;  those  precepts  can 
not  be  served:  and  again,  sir,  shall  we  sow  the 
headland  with  wheat?  16 

Shal.  With  red  wheat,  Davy.  But  for  William 
cook:  are  there  no  young  pigeons? 

Davy.  Yes,  sir.  Here  is  now  the  smith's  note 
for  shoeing  and  plough-irons.  20 

Shal.  Let  it  be  cast  and  paid.  Sir  John,  you 
shall  not  be  excused. 

Davy.  Now,    sir,   a   new   link   to   the   bucket 

1  cock  and  pie;  cf.  n.  14  precepts:  summonses 

21  cast:  reckoned 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  V.  i 


must  needs  be  had  :   and,   sir,  do  you  mean  to  24 
stop  any  of  William's  wages,  about  the  sack  he 
lost  the  other  day  at  Hinckley  fair? 

Shal.  A'     shall    answer    it.       Some    pigeons, 
Davy,  a  couple  of  short-legged  hens,  a  j  oint  of  28 
mutton,    and    any    petty    little    tiny   kickshaws, 
tell  William  cook. 

Davy.  Doth  the  man  of  war  stay  all  night, 
sir?  32 

Shal.  Yea,  Davy.  I  will  use  him  well.  A 
friend  i'  the  court  is  better  than  a  penny  in 
purse.  Use  his  men  well,  Davy,  for  they  are 
arrant  knaves,  and  will  backbite.  36 

Davy.  No  worse  than  they  are  back-bitten, 
sir;  for  they  have  marvellous  foul  linen. 

Shal.  Well  conceited,  Davy:  about  thy  busi 
ness,  Davy.  40 

Davy.  I  beseech  you,  sir,  to  countenance 
William  Visor  of  Wincot  against  Clement  Perkes 
o'  the  hiU. 

Shal.  There     is     many     complaints,      Davy,  44 
against    that    Visor:    that    Visor    is    an    arrant 
knave,  on  my  knowledge. 

Davy.  I    grant    your    worship    that    he    is    a 
knave,  sir  ;  but  yet,  God  forbid,  sir,  but  a  knave  48 
should   have   some   countenance   at   his    friend's 
request.    An  honest  man,  sir,  is  able  to  speak  for 
himself,  when  a  knave  is  not.      I   have  served 
your  worship  truly,  sir,  this  eight  years  ;  and  if  52 
I  cannot  once  or  twice  in  a  quarter  bear  out  a 
knave  against  an  honest  man,  I  have  but  a  very 
little  credit  with  your  worship.      The  knave  is 

29  kickshaws:  fancy  dishes  39  Well  conceited:  cleverly  put 

41  countenance  :  favor 


104  The  Second  Part  of 

mine  honest  friend,  sir ;  therefore,  I  beseech  your  56 
worship,  let  him  be  countenanced. 

Shal.  Go  to;  I  say  he  shall  have  no  wrong. 
Look  about,  Davy.  [Exit  Davy.]  Where  are  you, 
Sir  John  ?     Come,  come,   come ;   off  with  your  60 
boots.    Give  me  your  hand,  Master  Bardolph. 

Bard.  I  am  glad  to  see  your  worship. 

Shal.  I  thank  thee  with   all  my  heart,  kind 
Master   Bardolph: — [To    the   Page.]    and   wel- 64 
come,  my  tall  fellow.    Come,  Sir  John. 

Fal.  Ill    follow    you,    good    Master    Robert 
Shallow.      [Exit  Shallow.]      Bardolph,  look  to 
our  horses.    [Exeunt  Bardolph  and  Page.]    If  I  68 
were  sawed  into  quantities,  I  should  make  four 
dozen  of  such  bearded  hermit's  staves  as  Master 
Shallow.      It  is   a   wonderful  thing  to  see   the 
semblable  coherence  of  his  men's  spirits  and  his :  72 
they,  by  observing  him,  do  bear  themselves  like 
foolish  justices;  he,  by  conversing  with  them,  is 
turned  into  a   justice-like   serving-man.      Their 
spirits  are  so  married  in  conjunction  with  the  76 
participation  of  society  that  they  flock  together 
in  consent,  like  so  many  wild-geese.     If  I  had  a 
suit  to  Master  Shallow,  I  would  humour  his  men 
with  the  imputation  of  being  near  their  master:  80 
if  to  his  men,  I  would  curry  with  Master  Shallow 
that  no  man  could  better  command  his  servants. 
It  is  certain  that  either  wise  bearing  or  ignorant 
carriage  is  caught,  as  men  take  diseases,  one  of  84 
another:  therefore  let  men   take  heed  of  their 
company.     I  will  devise  matter  enough  out  of 
this  Shallow  to  keep  Prince  Harry  in  continual 

69  quantities:  small  pieces 

72  semblable  coherence :  approach  to  likeness 

78  consent:  agreement 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  V.  ii  105 

laughter  the  wearing  out  of  six  fashions, — which  88 
is  four  terms,  or  two  actions, — and  a'  shall  laugh 
without  inter vallums.     O!  it  is  much  that  a  lie 
with  a  slight  oath  and  a  jest  with  a  sad  brow 
will  do  with  a  fellow  that  never  had  the  ache  in  92 
his  shoulders.     O!  you  shall  see  him  laugh  till 
his  face  be  like  a  wet  cloak  ill  laid  up ! 

Shal.   [Within.]  Sir  John! 

Fal.  I  come,  Master  Shallow :  I  come,  Master  96 
Shallow.  [Exit.] 


Scene  Two 
[Westminster.     The  Palace] 

Enter  the  Earl  of  Warwick  and  the  Lord  Chief 
Justice. 

War.  How  now,  my  Lord  Chief  Justice!  whither 
away? 

Ch.Just.  How  doth  the  king? 

War.  Exceeding  well:  his  cares  are  now  all  ended. 

Ch.  Just.  I  hope  not  dead. 

War.  He's  walk'd  the  way  of  nature;  4 

And  to  our  purposes  he  lives  no  more. 

Ch.  Just.  I  would  his  maj  esty  had  call'd  me  with 

him: 

The  service  that  I  truly  did  his  life 
Hath  left  me  open  to  all  injuries.  8 

War.  Indeed  I  think  the  young  king  loves  you  not. 

Ch.  Just.  I  know  he  doth  not,  and  do  arm  myself 
To  welcome  the  condition  of  the  time, 
Which  cannot  look  more  hideously  upon  me  12 

89  terms:  i.e.,  of  court  actions:  legal  actions  for  debt 

90  intervallums:  intervals  91  sad:  sober 
94  ill  laid  up:  carelessly  put  away 


106  The  Second  Part  of 

Than  I  have  drawn  it  in  my  fantasy. 

Enter  John  of  Lancaster,  Gloucester,  Clarence 
[Westmoreland,  and  others]. 

War.  Here  come  the  heavy  issue  of  dead  Harry: 
O!  that  the  living  Harry  had  the  temper 
Of  him,  the  worst  of  these  three  gentlemen.  16 

How  many  nobles  then  should  hold  their  places, 
That  must  strike  sail  to  spirits  of  vile  sort! 

Ch.Just.  O  God!  I  fear  all  will  be  overturn'd. 

Lane.  Good  morrow,  cousin  Warwick,  good  mor 
row.  20 

°'    >•  Good  morrow,  cousin. 
L>La.    ) 

Lane.  We  meet  like  men  that  had  forgot  to  speak. 
War.  We  do  remember;  but  our  argument 
Is  all  too  heavy  to  admit  much  talk.  24 

Lane.  Well,  peace  be  with  him  that  hath  made  us 

heavy ! 

Ch.  Just.  Peace  be  with  us,  lest  we  be  heavier ! 
Glo.  O!   good  my   lord,   you   have  lost  a    friend 

indeed ; 

And  I  dare  swear  you  borrow  not  that  face  28 

Of  seeming  sorrow;  it  is  sure  your  own. 

Lane.  Though  no  man  be  assur'd  what  grace  to 

find, 

You  stand  in  coldest  expectation. 
I  am  the  sorrier ;  would  'twere  otherwise.  32 

Cla.  Well,  you  must  now  speak  Sir  John  Falstaff 

fair, 
Which  swims  against  your  stream  of  quality. 

Ch.  Just.  Sweet    princes,    what    I    did,    I    did    in 
honour, 

14  heavy:  sorrowful  23  argument:  subject  of  conversation 

31  coldest:  most  hopeless  34  Cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  V.  ii  107 

Led  by  the  impartial  conduct  of  my  soul ;  36 

And  never  shall  you  see  that  I  will  beg 
A  ragged  and  forestall'd  remission. 
If  truth  and  upright  innocency  fail  me, 
I'll  to  the  king  my  master  that  is  dead,  40 

And  tell  him  who  hath  sent  me  after  him. 
War.  Here  comes  the  prince. 

Enter  the  Prince  and  Blunt. 

Ch.  Just.  Good     morrow,     and     God     save     your 
majesty! 

Prince.  This    new    and    gorgeous    garment,    maj 
esty,  44 
Sits  not  so  easy  on  me  as  you  think. 
Brothers,  you  mix  your  sadness  with  some  fear: 
This  is  the  English,  not  the  Turkish  court; 
Not  Amurath  an  Amurath  succeeds,                            48 
But  Harry  Harry.    Yet  be  sad,  good  brothers, 
For,  by  my  faith,  it  very  well  becomes  you: 
Sorrow  so  royally  in  you  appears 
That  I  will  deeply  put  the  fashion  on                       52 
And  wear  it  in  my  heart.    Why  then,  be  sad; 
But  entertain  no  more  of  it,  good  brothers, 
Than  a  joint  burden  laid  upon  us  all. 
For  me,  by  heaven,  I  bid  you  be  assur'd,  66 
I'll  be  your  father  and  your  brother  too; 
Let  me  but  bear  your  love,  I'll  bear  your  cares: 
Yet  weep  that  Harry's  dead,  and  so  will  I ; 
But  Harry  lives  that  shall  convert  those  tears        60 
By  number  into  hours  of  happiness. 

Brothers.  We  hope  no  other  from  your  majesty. 

Prince.  You   all  look   strangely   on  me:    [To  the 
Chief  Justice.]  and  you  most; 

38  ragged:  beggarly 

forestall'd  remission :  pardon  that  is  sure  not  to  be  granted 
48  Cf.  n. 


108  The  Second  Part  of 

You  are,  I  think,  assur'd  I  love  you  not.  64 

Ch.  Just.  I  am  assur'd,  if  I  be  measur'd  rightly, 
Your  majesty  hath  no  just  cause  to  hate  me. 

Prince.  No? 

How  might  a  prince  of  my  great  hopes  forget        68 
So  great  indignities  you  laid  upon  me? 
What !  rate,  rebuke,  and  roughly  send  to  prison 
The  immediate  heir  of  England!     Was  this  easy? 
May  this  be  wash'd  in  Lethe,  and  forgotten?          72 
Ch.  Just.  I    then    did    use    the    person    of    your 

father; 

The  image  of  his  power  lay  then  in  me: 
And,  in  the  administration  of  his  law, 
Whiles  I  was  busy  for  the  commonwealth,  76 

Your  highness  pleased  to  forget  my  place, 
The  majesty  and  power  of  law  and  justice, 
The  image  of  the  king  whom  I  presented, 
And  struck  me  in  my  very  seat  of  judgment;  80 

Whereon,  as  an  offender  to  your  father, 
I  gave  bold  way  to  my  authority, 
And  did  commit  you.    If  the  deed  were  ill, 
Be  you  contented,  wearing  now  the  garland,  84 

To  have  a  son  set  your  decrees  at  nought, 
To  pluck  down  justice  from  your  awful  bench, 
To  trip  the  course  of  law,  and  blunt  the  sword 
That  guards  the  peace  and  safety  of  your  person:    88 
Nay,  more,  to  spurn  at  your  most  royal  image 
And  mock  your  workings  in  a  second  body. 
Question  your  royal  thoughts,  make  the  case  yours; 
Be  now  the  father  and  propose  a  son,  92 

Hear  your  own  dignity  so  much  profan'd, 
See  your  most  dreadful  laws  so  loosely  slighted, 

71  easy:  trivial  72  Lethe :  t he  river  of  oblivion 

r3  use  the  person:  make  use  of  my  position  as  personal  representative 
79  presented:  represented  84  garland:  crown 

90  second  body:  deputy  92  propose:  imagine 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  V.  ii  109 

Behold  yourself  so  by  a  son  disdain'd; 

And  then  imagine  me  taking  your  part,  96 

And  in  your  power  soft  silencing  your  son: 

After  this  cold  considerance,  sentence  me; 

And,  as  you  are  a  king,  speak  in  your  state 

What  I  have  done  that  misbecame  my  place,  100 

My  person,  or  my  liege's  sovereignty. 

Prince.  You  are  right,  justice;  and  you  weigh  this 

well; 

Therefore  still  bear  the  balance  and  the  sword: 
And  I  do  wish  your  honours  may  increase  104 

Till  you  do  live  to  see  a  son  of  mine 
Offend  you  and  obey  you,  as  I  did. 
So  shall  I  live  to  speak  my  father's  words: 
'Happy  am  I,  that  have  a  man  so  bold  108 

That  dares  do  justice  on  my  proper  son; 
And  not  less  happy,  having  such  a  son, 
That  would  deliver  up  his  greatness  so 
Into  the  hands  of  justice.'    You  did  commit  me :      112 
For  which,  I  do  commit  into  your  hand 
The  unstained  sword  that  you  have  us'd  to  bear; 
With  this  remembrance,  that  you  use  the  same 
With  the  like  bold,  just,  and  impartial  spirit          116 
As  you  have  done  'gainst  me.    There  is  my  hand: 
You  shall  be  as  a  father  to  my  youth; 
My  voice  shall  sound  as  you  do  prompt  mine  ear, 
And  I  will  stoop  and  humble  my  intents  120 

To  your  well-practis'd  wise  directions. 
And,  princes  all,  believe  me,  I  beseech  you; 
My  father  is  gone  wild  into  his  grave, 
For  in  his  tomb  lie  my  affections;  124 

And  with  his  spirit  sadly  I  survive, 

98  considerance :  consideration 

103  balance  and  the  sword:  emblems  of  Justice 

109  proper:  own  115  remembrance :  admonition 

123,  124  Cf.  n.  125  sadly:  soberly 


no  The  Second  Part  of 

To  mock  the  expectation  of  the  world, 

To  frustrate  prophecies,  and  to  raze  out 

Rotten  opinion,  who  hath  writ  me  down  128 

After  my  seeming.     The  tide  of  blood  in  me 

Hath  proudly  flow'd  in  vanity  till  now: 

Now  doth  it  turn  and  ebb  back  to  the  sea, 

Where  it  shall  mingle  with  the  state  of  floods        132 

And  flow  henceforth  in  formal  majesty. 

Now  call  we  our  high  court  of  parliament; 

And  let  us  choose  such  limbs  of  noble  counsel, 

That  the  great  body  of  our  state  may  go  136 

In  equal  rank  with  the  best  govern'd  nation; 

That  war  or  peace,  or  both  at  once,  may  be 

As  things  acquainted  and  familiar  to  us; 

In  which  you,  father,  shall  have  foremost  hand.      140 

Our  coronation  done,  we  will  accite, 

As  I  before  remember'd,  all  our  state: 

And,  God  consigning  to  my  good  intents, 

No  prince  nor  peer  shall  have  just  cause  to  say,      144 

God  shorten  Harry's  happy  life  one  day.          Exeunt. 


Scene  Three 

[The  Garden  of  Justice  Shallow's  House  in 
Gloucestershire] 

Enter  Sir  John,  Shallow,  Silence,  Davy,  Bardolph, 
Page. 

Shal.  Nay,  you  shall  see  my  orchard,  where, 
in  an  arbour,  we  will  eat  a  last  year's  pippin  of 

129  After  my  seeming:  according  to  appearances 

132  state  of  floods:  majesty  of  the  ocean 

137  In  equal  rank:  step  by  step  141  accite :  summon 

142  remember  d:  mentioned  143  consigning  to:  confirming 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  V.  tt't  1 1 1 

mine  own  graffing,  with  a  dish  of  caraways,  and 
so  forth;  come,  cousin  Silence;  and  then  to  bed.    4 

Fal.  Tore    God,    you    have    here    a    goodly 
dwelling,  and  a  rich. 

Shal.  Barren,    barren,    barren;    beggars    all, 
beggars  all,  Sir  John:  marry,  good  air.    Spread,    8 
Davy;  spread:  well  said,  Davy. 

Fal.  This  Davy  serves  you  for  good  uses;  he 
is  your  serving-man  and  your  husband. 

Shal.  A  good  varlet,   a  good  varlet,   a   very  12 
good   varlet,   Sir    John:    by   the   mass,    I    have 
drunk  too  much  sack  at  supper:  a  good  varlet. 
Now  sit  down,  now  sit  down.     Come,  cousin. 

Sil.  Ah,  sirrah!  quoth  a',  we  shall  16 

'Do  nothing  but  eat,  and  make  good  cheer, 
And  praise  God  for  the  merry  year; 
When  flesh  is  cheap  and  females  dear, 
And  lusty  lads  roam  here  and  there,  20 

So  merrily. 
And  ever  among  so  merrily.' 

Fal.  There's   a   merry   heart!      Good   Master 
Silence,  I'll  give  you  a  health  for  that  anon.      24 

Shal.  Give  Master  Bardolph  some  wine,  Davy. 

Davy.  Sweet  sir,  sit;  I'll  be  with  you  anon: 
most  sweet  sir,  sit.     Master  page,  good  master 
page,   sit.     Preface !     What  you  want  in  meat  28 
we'll   have   in   drink:   but   you   must   bear:   the 
heart's  all.  [Exit.] 

Shal.  Be   merry,   Master   Bardolph;   and  my 
little  soldier  there,  be  merry.  32 

3  graffing:  grafting        caraways:  confection  made  with  caraway  seeds 

9  said:  done  11  husband:  husbandman 

22  ever  among:  all  the  while 

28  Preface:  may  it  do  you  good  (Italian  'pro  vi  faccia') 

30  heart:  intention 


112  The  Second  Part  of 

Sil.  'Be  merry,  be  merry,  my  wife  has  all; 

For  women  are  shrews,  both  short  and  tall: 
'Tis  merry  in  hall  when  beards  wag  all, 

And  welcome  merry  Shrove-tide.  36 

Be  merry,  be  merry/ 

Fed.  I  did  not  think  Master  Silence  had  been 
a  man  of  this  mettle. 

Sil.  Who,  I?       I  have  been  merry  twice  and 40 
once  ere  now. 

[Enter  Davy.] 

Davy.  There's  a  dish  of  leather-coats  for  you. 

[Setting  them  before  Bardolph.] 
Shal.  Davy! 

Davy.  Your  worship !  I'll  be  with  you  straight.  44 
A  cup  of  wine,  sir? 

Sil.  'A  cup  of  wine  that's  brisk  and  fine 
And  drink  unto  the  leman  mine; 

And  a  merry  heart  lives  long-a.'        48 

Fal.  Well  said,  Master  Silence. 

Sil.  And  we  shall  be  merry,  now  comes  in  the 
sweet  o'  the  night. 

Fal.  Health    and   long   life   to    you,    Master  52 
Silence. 

Sil.  Till  the  cup,  and  let  it  come; 

111  pledge  you  a  mile  to  the  bottom.' 

Shal.  Honest  Bardolph,  welcome :  if  thou  want-  56 
est  anything  and  wilt  not  call,  beshrew  thy  heart. 
[To  the  Page.]   Welcome,  my  little  tiny  thief; 
and  welcome  indeed  too.     I'll  drink  to  Master 
Bardolph  and  to  all  the  cavaleros  about  London.  60 

36  Shroye-tide:    a   time   of  special  merriment   at    the   close   of   the 

carnival  42  leather-coats:  russet  apples 

47  leman:  sweetheart  60  cavaleros:  cavaliers 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  V.  Hi  us 

Davy.  I  hope  to  see  London  once  ere  I  die. 

Bard.  An  I  might  see  you  there,  Davy, — 

Shal.  By  the  mass,  you'll  crack  a  quart  to 
gether:  ha!  will  you  not,  Master  Bardolph?  64 

Bard.  Yea,  sir,  in  a  pottle-pot. 

Shal.  By  God's  liggens,  I  thank  thee.  The 
knave  will  stick  by  thee,  I  can  assure  thee  that: 
a*  will  not  out;  he  is  true  bred.  68 

Bard.  And  I'll  stick  by  him,  sir. 

Shal.  Why,  there  spoke  a  king.  Lack  nothing: 
be  merry.  [One  knocks  at  the  door.] 

Look  who's  at  door  there.     Ho !  who  knocks  ?  72 

[Exit  Davy.} 

Fal.  [To  Silence,  who  drinks  a  bumper.] 
Why,  now  you  have  done  me  right. 

Sil.  'Do  me  right, 

And  dub  me  knight:  76 

Samingo/ 
Is  't  not  so? 
Fal.  Tis  so. 

Sil.  Is  't  so  ?    Why,  then,  say  an  old  man  can  80 
do  somewhat. 

[Enter  Davy.] 

Davy.  An  't  please  your  worship,  there's  one 
Pistol  come  from  the  court  with  news. 

Fal.  From  the  court !  let  him  come  in.  84 

Enter  Pistol. 

How  now,  Pistol! 

Pist.  Sir  John,  God  save  you,  sir ! 

66  Hggens:  an  original  oath  of  Shallow's 

68  will  not  out:  will  not  fail   (sporting  term) 

74  done  me  right:  a  common  expression  in-drinking  healths 

76  dub  me  knight;  cf.  n. 

77  Samingo:  San  Domingo,  a  common  refrain  in  drinking  songs 


1 1 4  The  Second  Part  of 

Fal.  What  wind  blew  you  hither,  Pistol? 
Pist.  Not  the  ill  wind   which   blows   no  man  to 
good.  88 

Sweet  knight,  thou  art  now  one  of  the  greatest 
men  in  this  realm. 

Sil.  By  'r  lady,  I  think  a'  be,  but  goodman 
Puff  of  Barson.  92 

Pist.  Puff! 

Puff  in  thy  teeth,  most  recreant  coward  base ! 
Sir  John,  I  am  thy  Pistol  and  thy  friend, 
And  helter-skelter  have  I  rode  to  thee,  96 

And  tidings  do  I  bring  and  lucky  joys 
And  golden  times  and  happy  news  of  price. 

Fal.  I  prithee  now,  deliver  them  like  a  man  of  this 

world. 

Pist.  A    foutra    for    the    world    and    worldlings 
base !  100 

I  speak  of  Africa  and  golden  joys. 

Fal.  O  base  Assyrian  knight,  what  is  thy  news  ? 
Let  King  Cophetua  know  the  truth  thereof. 

Sil.  'And  Robin  Hood,  Scarlet,  and  John.*         104 

Pist.  Shall  dunghill  curs  confront  the  Helicons? 
And  shall  good  news  be  baffled  ? 
Then,  Pistol,  lay  thy  head  in  Furies'  lap. 

Shal.  Honest    gentleman,    I    know   not   your  108 
breeding. 

Pist.  Why  then,  lament  therefore. 
Shal.  Give  me  pardon,  sir:  if,  sir,  you  come 
with  news  from  the  court,  I  take  it  there's  but  112 
two  ways:   either  to  utter  them,  or  to   conceal 
them.  I  am  sir,  under  the  king,  in  some  authority. 

91  but:  except  92  Barson:  Barston  in  Warwickshire 

98  price:  value  100  foutra:  exclamation  of  contempt 

103,  104  These  lines  refer  to  popular  ballads  105  Cf.  n. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  V.  Hi  us 

Pist.  Under  which  king,  Bezonian?  speak,  or 
die.  116 

Shal.  Under  King  Harry. 

Pist.  Harry  the  Fourth?  or  Fifth? 

Shal.  Harry  the  Fourth. 
Pist.  A  foutra  for  thine  office! 

Sir  John,  thy  tender  lambkin  now  is  king; 

Harry  the  Fifth's  the  man.     I  speak  the  truth:      120 

When  Pistol  lies,  do  this ;  and  fig  me,  like 

The  bragging  Spaniard. 

Fal.  What!  is  the  old  king  dead? 
Pist.  As    nail   in    door:    the   things    I    speak   are 
just.  124 

Fal.  Away,  Bardolph!  saddle  my  horse. 
Master  Robert  Shallow,  choose  what  office  thou 
wilt  in  the  land,  'tis  thine.  Pistol,  I  will  double 
charge  thee  with  dignities.  128 

Bard.  O  joyful  day! 

I  would  not  take  a  knighthood  for  my  fortune. 
Pist.  What!     I  do  bring  good  news. 
Fal.  Carry  Master  Silence  to  bed.     Master  132 
Shallow,  my  Lord  Shallow,  be  what  thou  wilt,  I 
am  Fortune's  steward.     Get  on  thy  boots:  we'll 
ride  all  night.  O  sweet  Pistol !   Away,  Bardolph ! 
[Exit  Bardolph.]   Come,  Pistol,  utter  more  to  136 
me;  and  withal  devise  something  to  do  thyself 
good.     Boot,  boot,  Master  Shallow:  I  know  the 
young  king  is  sick  for  me.      Let  us   take  any 
man's  horses;  the  laws  of  England  are  at  my  140 
commandment.      Blessed    are    they   which    have 
been   my    friends,    and   woe   to   my    lord   chief 
justice! 

115  Bezonian:  base  beggar 

121  fig:  to  thrust  the  thumb  between  two  closed  fingers,  or  into  the 

mouth,  a  vulgar  insult,  imported  from  Spain 
124  just:  correct 


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Pist.  Let  vultures  vile  seize  on  his  lungs  also !    144 
'Where  is  the  life  that  late  I  led?'  say  they: 
Why,  here  it  is :  welcome  these  pleasant  days ! 

Exeunt. 


Scene  Four 

[London.     A  Street] 

Enter  Hostess  Quickly,  Doll  Tearsheet,  and  Beadles. 

Host.  No,  thou  arrant  knave:  I  would  to  God 
that  I  might  die  that  I  might  have  thee  hanged; 
thou  hast  drawn  my  shoulder  out  of  joint. 

First  Bead.  The     constables    have    delivered    4 
her  over  to  me,  and  she  shall  have  whipping- 
cheer  enough,  I  warrant  her:  there  hath  been  a 
man  or  two  lately  killed  about  her. 

Dol.  Nut-hook,  nut-hook,  you  lie.     Come  on;    8 
I'll  tell  thee  what,  thou  damned  tripe-visaged 
rascal,  an  the  child  I  now  go  with  do  miscarry, 
thou  wert  better  thou  hadst  struck  thy  mother, 
thou  paper-faced  villain.  12 

Host.  O  the  Lord!  that  Sir  John  were  come; 
he  would  make  this  a  bloody  day  to  somebody. 
But  I  pray  God  the  fruit  of  her  womb  miscarry ! 

First  Bead.  If  it  do,  you  shall  have  a  dozen  16 
of   cushions   again;   you   have  but   eleven   now. 
Come,  I  charge  you  both  go  with  me ;  for  the  man 
is  dead  that  you  and  Pistol  beat  amongst  you. 

Dol.  I'll   tell  you  what,  you  thin  man  in  a  20 
censer,  I  will  have  you  as  soundly  swinged  for 

145  Quotation  from  another  ballad 

8  nut-hook:  slang  for  beadle;  cf.  catchpole 

20,  21  in  a  censer:  i.e.,  a  figure  embossed  on  a  censer 

21  swinged :  whipped 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  V.v  117 

this,  you  blue-bottle  rogue!  you  filthy  famished 
correctioner !   if  you  be  not   swinged,   I'll   for 
swear  half-kirtles.  24 
First  Bead.  Come,    come,    you    she    knight-errant, 

come. 

Host.  O  God,  that  right  should  thus  overcome 
might!     Well,  of  sufferance  comes  ease. 

Dol.  Come,   you    rogue,    come :    bring   me   to  28 
a  justice. 

Host.  Ay;  come,  you  starved  blood-hound. 

Dol.  Goodman  death!  goodman  bones! 

Host.  Thou  atomy,  thou !  32 

Dol.  Come,  you  thin  thing;  come,  you  rascal! 

First  Bead.  Very  well.  Exeunt. 

Scene  Five 

[A  public  Place  near  Westminster  Abbey] 
Enter  two  Grooms,  strewers  of  rushes. 

First  Groom.  More  rushes,  more  rushes. 

Sec.  Groom.  The      trumpets      have      sounded 
twice. 

First  Groom.  'Twill  be  two  o'clock  ere  they    4 
come  from  the  coronation.     Dispatch,  dispatch. 

Exeunt  Grooms. 

Trumpets  sound,  and  the  King  and  his  train  pass 
over  the  stage.  After  them,  enter  Falstaff, 
Shallow,  Pistol,  Bardolph,  and  the  Boy. 

Fal.  Stand  here  by  me,  Master  Robert  Shal 
low;  I  will  make  the  king  do  you  grace.     I  will 

22  blue-bottle:  the  reference  is  to  the  beadle's  blue  livery 
24  half-kirtles :  waists  or  skirts  27  of  sufferance :  out  of  suffering 

32  atomy:   Dame   Quickly' s  confusion   of   'atom'  with  'anatomy'   = 
skeleton 


The  Second  Part  of 


leer  upon  him,  as  a'  comes  by;  and  do  but  mark    8 
the  countenance  that  he  will  give  me. 

Pist.  God  bless  thy  lungs,  good  knight. 

Fal.  Come    here,    Pistol;    stand    behind    me. 

0  !  if  I  had  had  time  to  have  made  new  liveries,  12 

1  would  have  bestowed  the  thousand  pound   I 
borrowed  of  you.     But  'tis  no  matter;  this  poor 
show  doth  better:  this  doth  infer  the  zeal  I  had 
to  see  him.  16 

Shal.  It  doth  so. 

Fal.  It  shows  my  earnestness  of  affection. 
Shal.  It  doth  so. 

Fal.  My  devotion.  20 

Shal.  It  doth,  it  doth,  it  doth. 
Fal.  As  it  were,  to  ride  day  and  night;  and 
not  to  deliberate,  not  to  remember,  not  to  have 
patience  to  shift  me.  24 

Shal.  It  is  best,  certain. 

Fal.  But   to   stand   stained  with   travel,   and 
sweating   with   desire  to  see  him;  thinking  of 
nothing  else  ;  putting  all  affairs  else  in  oblivion,  28 
as  if  there  were  nothing  else  to  be  done  but  to 
see  him. 

Pist.  Tis  semper  idem,  for  absque  hoc  nihil  est: 
'Tis  all  in  every  part.  32 

Shal.  'Tis  so,  indeed. 

Pist.  My  knight,  I  will  inflame  thy  noble  liver, 
And  make  thee  rage. 

Thy  Doll,  and  Helen  of  thy  noble  thoughts,  36 

Is  in  base  durance  and  contagious  prison; 
Hal'd  thither 
By  most  mechanical  and  dirty  hand: 

31,  32  Cf.  n.  39  mechanical:  common,  vulgar 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  V.  p ii» 

Rouse  up  revenge  from  ebon  den  with  fell  Alecto's 
snake,  40 

For  Doll  is  in:  Pistol  speaks  nought  but  truth. 
Fal.  I  will  deliver  her. 

[Shouts  within  and  trumpets  sound.] 
Pist.  There  roar'd  the  sea,  and  trumpet-clangour 
sounds. 

The  trumpets  sound.     Enter  King  Henry  the  Fifth, 
Brothers,  Lord  Chief  Justice. 

Fal.  God  save  thy  grace,  King  Hal !  my  royal  44 
Hal! 

Pist.  The  heavens  thee  guard  and  keep,  most 
royal  imp  of  fame! 

Fal.  God  save  thee,  my  sweet  boy !  48 

K.Hen.V.  My  lord  chief  justice,   speak  to  that 

vain  man. 
Ch.  Just.  Have  you  your  wits  ?  know  you  what  'tis 

you  speak? 
Fal.  My   king!    my   Jove!    I    speak   to   thee,   my 

heart! 

-     K.  Hen.  V.  I  know  thee  not,  old  man :  fall  to  thy 
prayers ;  52 

How  ill  white  hairs  become  a  fool  and  jester! 
I  have  long  dream'd  of  such  a  kind  of  man, 
So  surfeit-swell'd,  so  old,  and  so  profane; 
But,  being  awak'd,  I  do  despise  my  dream.  56 

Make  less  thy  body  hence,  and  more  thy  grace; 
Leave  gormandising;  know  the  grave  doth  gape 
For  thee  thrice  wider  than  for  other  men. 
Reply  not  to  me  with  a  fool-born  jest:  60 

Presume  not  that  I  am  the  thing  I  was; 
For  God  doth  know,  so  shall  the  world  perceive, 

40  ebon :  black  Alecto :  one  of  the  Furies 

47  imp:  child  49  vam:/oo/wA 


120  The  Second  Part  of 

That  I  have  turn'd  away  my  former  self; 

So  will  I  those  that  kept  me  company.  64 

When  thou  dost  hear  I  am  as  I  have  been. 

Approach  me,  and  thou  shalt  be  as  thou  wast, 

The  tutor  and  the  feeder  of  my  riots: 

Till  then,  I  banish  thee,  on  pain  of  death,  68 

As  I  have  done  the  rest  of  my  misleaders, 

Not  to  come  near  our  person  by  ten  mile. 

For  competence  of  life  I  will  allow  you, 

That  lack  of  means  enforce  you  not  to  evil:  72 

And,  as  we  hear  you  do  reform  yourselves, 

We  will,  according  to  your  strength  and  qualities, 

Give  you  advancement.     Be  it  your  charge,  my  lord, 

To  see  perform'd  the  tenour  of  our  word.  76 

Set  on.  Exit  the  King  [with  his  Train}. 

Fal.  Master  Shallow,  I  owe  you  a  thousand  pound. 
Shal.  Yea,  marry,  Sir  John;  which  I  beseech 

you  to  let  me  have  home  with  me.  80 

Fal.  That  can  hardly  be,  Master  Shallow.    Do 

not  you  grieve  at  this:  I  shall  be  sent  for  in 

private  to  him.     Look  you,  he  must  seem  thus 

to  the  world.     Fear  not  your  advancements ;  I  84 

will  be  the  man  yet  that  shall  make  you  great. 
Shal.  I  cannot  perceive  how,  unless  you  give 

me  your  doublet  and  stuff  me  out  with  straw. 

I  beseech  you,  good  Sir  John,  let  me  have  five  88 

hundred  of  my  thousand. 

Fal.  Sir,  I  will  be  as  good  as  my  word:  this 

that  you  heard  was  but  a  colour. 

Shal.  A  colour  that  I  fear  you  will  die  in,  Sir  92 

John. 

Fal.  Fear  no  colours:  go  with  me  to  dinner. 

92  colour:  pun  on  collar,  halter 

94  Fear  no  colours:  have  no  fear;  originally,  fear  no  enemy 


King  Henry  the  Fourth,  V.  v 


Come,    Lieutenant    Pistol;    come,    Bardolph:    I 
shall  be  sent  for  soon  at  night.  96 

Enter  Justice  and  Prince  John. 

Ch.  Just.  Go,  carry  Sir  John  Falstaff  to  the  Fleet; 
Take  all  his  company  along  with  him. 

Fal.  My  lord,  my  lord  ! 

Ch.Just.  I   cannot   now   speak:    I   will  hear  you 
soon.  100 

Take  them  away. 

Pist.  Si  fortuna  me  tormenta,  spero  contenta. 
Exeunt.    Mane[n]t  [Prince  John  of]  Lancaster 

and  Chief  Justice. 

Lane.  I  like  this  fair  proceeding  of  the  king's. 
He  hath  intent  his  wonted  followers  104 

Shall  all  be  very  well  provided  for; 
But  all  are  banish'd  till  their  conversations 
Appear  more  wise  and  modest  to  the  world. 

Ch.  Just.  And  so  they  are.  108 

Lane.  The   king   hath    call'd   his    parliament,   my 
lord. 

Ch.  Just.  He  hath. 

Lane.  I  will  lay  odds,  that,  ere  this  year  expire, 
We  bear  our  civil  swords  and  native  fire  112 

As  far  as  France.     I  heard  a  bird  so  sing, 
Whose  music,  to  my  thinking,  pleas'd  the  king. 
Come,  will  you  hence?  Exeunt. 

97  the  Fleet:  a  London  prison  106  conversations:  habits 


1 22  The  Second  Part  of 

EPILOGUE 

[Spoken  by  a  Dancer.] 

First,    my    fear;    then,    my    curtsy;    last    my 
speech.       My    fear    is,    your    displeasure,    my 
curtsy,  my  duty,  and  my   speech,  to  beg  your 
pardon.    If  you  look  for  a  good  speech  now,  you    4 
undo  me;   for  what   I   have   to  say  is   of  mine 
own    making;    and    what    indeed    I    should    say 
will,  I  doubt,  prove  mine  own  marring.     But  to 
the  purpose,  and  so  to  the  venture.     Be  it  known    8 
to  you, — as  it  is  very  well, — I  was  lately  here  in 
the   end   of    a   displeasing   play,    to   pray   your 
patience  for  it  and  to  promise  you  a  better.     I 
did  mean  indeed  to  pay  you  with  this ;  which,  12 
if  like  an  ill  venture  it  come  unluckily  home,  I 
break,  and  you,  my  gentle  creditors,  lose.     Here, 
I  promised  you  I  would  be,  and  here  I  commit 
my  body  to  your  mercies:  bate  me  some  and  I  16 
will  pay   you   some;   and,   as   most   debtors   do, 
promise  you  infinitely. 

If  my  tongue  cannot  entreat  you  to  acquit  me, 
will  you  command  me  to  use  my  legs  ?  and  yet  20 
that  were  but  light  payment,  to  dance  out  of  your 
debt.      But   a   good    conscience   will   make    any 
possible    satisfaction,    and   so   will    I.      All   the 
gentlewomen    here    have    forgiven    me :    if    the  24 
gentlemen  will  not,  then  the  gentlemen  do  not 
agree  with  the  gentlewomen,   which  was  never 
seen  before  in  such  an  assembly. 

One  word  more,  I  beseech  you.     If  you  be  not  28 
too   much    cloyed    with    fat    meat,    our    humble 

Epilogue;  cf.  n.  7  doubt:  fear 

14  break:  become  bankrupt  16  bate:  remit 


King  Henri/  the  Fourth,  Epil  123 

author  will  continue  the  story,  with  Sir  John  in 
it,  and  make  you  merry  with  fair  Katharine  of 
France:  where,   for  anything   I   know,   Falstaff  32 
shall  die  of  a  sweat,  unless  already  a'  be  killed 
with  your  hard  opinions;   for  Oldcastle  died  a 
martyr,  and  this  is  not  the  man.     My  tongue  is 
weary;  when  my   legs   are  too,  I  will  bid  you  36 
good  night:  and  so  kneel  down  before  you;  but, 
indeed,  to  pray  for  the  queen. 

38  to  pray  for  the  queen;  cf.  n. 


NOTES. 

Ind.  S.  d.  Rumour,  painted  full  of  tongues.  Vergil 
(Mneid  iv.  174)  describes  Fame,  or  Rumour,  as  cov 
ered  with  ears,  eyes,  and  tongues.  Cf.  also  Chaucer, 
Hous  of  Fame,  1389-90. 

Ind.  24.  Shrewsbury.  The  last  act  of  Shake 
speare's  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  is  devoted  to  the  battle  of 
Shrewsbury,  in  which  the  King  and  his  armies  over 
come  the  rebel  forces  under  young  Harry  Percy 
(Hotspur) ;  his  uncle,  the  Earl  of  Worcester;  and  the 
Scottish  Earl  of  Douglas. 

Ind.  29.  Harry  Monmouth.  Henry,  Prince  of 
Wales,  who,  according  to  Shakespeare,  killed  Hot 
spur  in  single  combat  at  the  battle  of  Shrewsbury. 
Monmouth  was  the  place  of  his  birth. 

Ind.  35.  hole.  Shakespeare  is  obviously  playing 
on  the  words  hole  and  hold.  Most  modern  editors  have 
spoiled  the  rather  poor  pun  by  substituting  the  word 
hold  for  hole. 

I.  i.  116-118.  'By  his  spirit  was  his.  party  inspired, 
i.e.,  made  keen  and  sharp  as  steel;  but,  when  once 
his  spirit  was  brought  down  (technically,  reduced  to 
a  lower  temper)  all  his  followers  became  dull  and 
heavy  as  lead/ 

^  I.  i.  128.  In  1  Henry  IV,  V.  iii.,  Douglas  kills 
Sir  Walter  Blunt,  who  was  dressed  to  resemble  the 
King,  and  tells  us  that  he  has  already  killed  the  Lord 
of  Stafford  in  the  king's  'likeness.'  When,  later, 
Prince  Hal  challenges  Douglas  to  single  combat,  he 
says: 

'the  spirits 
Of  valiant  Shirley,  Stafford,  Blunt,  are  in  my  arms/ 

I.  i.  166-179.  These  lines  are  the  first  of  a  series 
of  passages  omitted  in  the  Quarto  texts  of  the  play 


Second  Part  of  King  Henry  the  Fourth   125 

and  added  by  the  Folio.  The  other  important  Folio 
additions  are  the  following:  I.  i.  189-209;  I.  iii.  21- 
24;  I.  iii.  36-55;  I.  iii.  85-108;  II.  iii.  23-45;  IV.  i. 
55-79;  Epilogue  37,  38  (and  so  kneel  .  .  .  queen). 
Furthermore,  the  whole  of  III.  i.,  containing  the 
King's  famous  soliloquy  on  sleep,  is  omitted  in  cer 
tain  Quarto  copies,  though  added  in  others.  On  the 
other  hand,  certain  passages,  usually  shorter  and 
belonging  to  the  prose  scenes,  are  omitted  in  the 
Folio  version;  viz.,  I.  ii.  244-251  (But  it  was  .  .  . 
motion);  II.  ii.  26-31  (and  God  .  .  .  strengthened); 
II.  iv.  14,  15  (Dispatch  .  .  .  straight);  II.  iv.  144- 
146;  II.  iv.  428  f.  (Come!  .  .  .  come,  Doll?);  III. 
i.  53-56  (O!  .  .  .  die);  III.  ii.  340,  341  (yet  lech 
erous  .  .  .  mandrake) ;  III.  ii.  342-345  (and  sung 
.  .  .  good-nights);  IV.  i.  93;  IV.  i.  95. 

I.  i.  204,  205.  According  to  Shakespeare,  King 
Richard  II,  predecessor  and  cousin  of  Henry  IV, 
was  murdered  in  Pomfret  castle  at  Henry's  hint, 
after  the  latter  had  forced  Richard's  abdication.  Cf. 
Shakespeare's  Richard  II.  Richard  Scroop,  Arch 
bishop  of  York,  belonged  to  a  family  which  was 
firmly  attached  to  the  cause  of  Richard. 

I.  i.  208.  Bolingbroke.  King  Henry,  born  in 
Bolingbroke  castle,  Lincolnshire. 

I.  ii.  18.  manned  with  an  agate.  Attended  by  a 
servant  as  small  as  a  figure  cut  in  an  agate. 

I.  ii.  25.  face-royal.  A  royal  was  a  gold  coin 
worth  ten  shillings.  Falstaff  is  here  playing  on  the 
double  sense  of  a  'royal  face'  and  the  face  stamped 
on  the  coin. 

I.  ii.  38.  glutton.  The  parable  of  Dives  and 
Lazarus  (St.  Luke  16.  19-31)  is  frequently  referred 
to  by  Falstaff,  possibly  because  Dives,  'the  glutton/ 
who  'fared  sumptuously  every  day,'  but  who  went  to 
hell  and  called  out  for  the  poor  man  Lazarus  to  'dip 
the  tip  of  his  finger  in  water  and  cool  my  tongue,' 


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reminds  Falstaff  of  his  own  manner  of  life  and  prob 
able  fate. 

I.  ii.  39.  Achitophel.  The  counsellor  of  Absalom 
(II  Samuel  15-17)  who  was  cursed  by  David,  and 
who  'gat  him  home  to  his  house  and  hanged  himself 
after  Absalom  rejected  his  counsel. 

I.  ii.  40.  yea-forsooth  knave.  The  reference  is  to 
the  mild  oaths  employed  by  the  Puritanical  middle- 
class  tradespeople  of  Shakespeare's  own  day.  Cf.  Hot 
spur's  ridicule  of  this  same  trait  in  1  Henry  IF,  III. 
i.  251  ff. 

I.  ii.  51-54.  Falstaff  is  here  playing  with  the 
ancient  jest  that  deceived  husbands  wear  invisible 
horns.  Lightness  is  obviously  used  in  a  double  sense, 
and  the  old  spelling  of  lanthorn,  which  emphasizes 
the  horn  sides  of  an  Elizabethan  lantern,  carries  out 
the  jest. 

I.  ii.  57.  Paul's.  The  nave  of  St.  Paul's  Cathedral 
was  in  Shakespeare's  day  the  business  center  of  Lon 
don.  From  eleven  to  twelve,  and  three  to  six,  daily, 
men  of  all  professions  and  trades  congregated  there. 
Men  out  of  work,  and  masters  looking  for  servants, 
posted  their  advertisements  on  the  pillars  of  the  nave. 
Falstaff  is  probably  referring  here  to  a  popular  say 
ing,  quoted  in  The  Choice  of  Change,  1598:  'A  man 
must  not  make  choice  of  three  things  in  three  places: 
of  a  wife  in  Westminster,  of  a  servant  in  Paul's,  of  a 
horse  in  Smithfield;  lest  he  choose  a  quean,  a  knave, 
or  a  jade.'  Smithfield  is  the  great  cattle  market  of 
London. 

I.  ii.  61,  62.  This  episode  from  The  Famous  Vic 
tories  of  Henry  V  is  reprinted  in  Appendix  A,  see 
pp.  142,  143. 

I.  ii.  102.  hunt  counter.  A  hunting  term  mean 
ing  to  follow  the  trail  in  a  direction  opposite  to  that 
which  the  game  has  taken.  There  is  also  perhaps 


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here  a  pun  on  the  two  Compters,  or  debtors',  prisons 
in  London. 

I.  ii.  166-168.  Blind  beggars  often  had  dogs  to 
lead  them  through  the  streets. 

I.  ii.  182.  wax.  'A  poor  quibble  on  the  word  wax, 
which  signifies  increase  as  well  as  the  matter  of  the 
honey-comb/  Johnson. 

I.  ii.  189-192.  An  angel  was  a  gold  coin,  worth 
upwards  of  six  shillings,  which  took  its  name  from 
its  device,  the  archangel  Michael.  Falstaff  is  here 
punning  on  the  word,  and  in  the  phrases  cannot  go 
and  cannot  tell,  he  is  perhaps  using  terms  which  re 
fer  to  the  circulation  of  money,  meaning  'I  cannot 
pass  current.  I  cannot  count  as  good  coin.' 

I.  ii.  241.  spit  white.  Furnivall  quotes  Batman 
uppon  Bartholome  (1582):  'If  the  spettle  be  white 
viscus,  the  sicknesse  cometh  of  fleame;  if  black,  of 
melancholy; — the  white  spettle  not  knottie,  signifieth 
health.' 

I.  ii.  257.  bear  crosses.  Another  quibble  on  coins, 
many  of  which  were  marked  with  crosses. 

I.  ii.  259.  A  three-man  beetle  is  a  mallet  so  heavy 
that  it  requires  three  men  to  swing  it.  Filliping  the 
toad,  according  to  Steevens,  is  a  Warwickshire  game, 
in  which  a  toad  is  placed  on  the  end  of  a  short  board 
placed  across  a  log;  the  other  end  of  the  board  is 
then  struck  with  a  mallet,  and  the  toad  thrown  into 
the  air.  If  Falstaff  took  the  part  of  the  toad  in  this 
game,  it  would,  he  implies,  require  a  three-man  beetle 
to  fillip  one  of  his  size. 

I.  iii.  36-41.  Many  emendations  have  been  sug 
gested  for  this  apparently  corrupt  passage.  It  is 
probable  that  a  line  has  been  lost  here,  but  it  is  pos 
sible  to  understand  Lord  Bardolph's  speech  without 
changing  the  text.  Lord  Hastings  has  just  been 
remonstrating  with  Lord  Bardolph  for  his  pessimism, 
saying  that  hope  never  injured  any  cause.  Lord 


128  The  Second  Part  of 

Bardolph  replies :  'Yes,  it  does, — if,  for  example,  this 
present  business  of  war  (indeed  this  very  action  now 
contemplated,  this  cause  that  is  now  on  foot),  lives 
merely  on  such  desperate  hopes  as  buds  which  ap 
pear  too  early  in  the  spring;  for  hope  gives  less 
warrant  that  these  buds  will  become  fruit  than  de 
spair  gives  that  the  frosts  will  destroy  them.' 

I.  iii.  53-55.  'Know  how  well  able  our  estate  is  to 
undergo  such  a  work,  and  how  well  able  it  is  to  bal 
ance  the  power  of  our  opponent/ 

II.  i.  36,  37.     When  Dame  Quickly  says,  'A  hun 
dred  mark  is  a  long  one/  i.e.,  a  long  mark,  score,  or 
reckoning,  she  puns  on  a  hundred  marks  as  a  debt 
and  a  hundred  yard  mark  at  archery. 

II.  i.  67,  68.  rampallian.  Elizabethan  slang,  ras 
cal,  rapscallion;  used  also  by  Beaumont  and  Fletcher. 
Fustilarian,  a  word  coined  by  Falstaff,  suggested 
by  the  word  fustilugs,  a  fat,  frowsy  woman.  Catas 
trophe,  in  the  sense  of  conclusion,  end;  used  jocularly 
here  for  the  posteriors. 

II.  i.  145.  Falstaff  has  the  legal  right  to  demand 
protection  against  the  just  claims  of  Mistress 
Quickly,  as  he  is  about  to  set  forth  for  the  north  on 
the  King's  business.  The  Chief  Justice  admits  his 
'power  to  do  wrong'  in  this  matter,  but  urges  him  to 
answer  the  poor  woman's  suit  in  a  manner  suitable 
to  his  reputation  as  a  gentleman  and  soldier. 

II.  i.  159.  Falstaff  tries  to  comfort  Mistress 
Quickly  for  the  loss  of  her  plate  by  assuring  her  that 
glasses  are  much  more  fashionable  and  pleasanter  to 
drink  from  than  silver  goblets. 

II.  i.  210.  'This  is  the  proper  behaviour  in  fenc 
ing.'  Falstaff  refers  to  his  inattention  to  the  Justice's 
remarks  as  a  retaliation  for  the  Justice's  inattention 
to  his  questions  in  11.  184  ff. 

II.  ii.  25-31.     Shirts  were  made  of  holland  linen 


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(worth  'eight  shillings  an  ell/  cf.  1  Henry  IV,  III. 
iii.  83).  The  play  on  the  words  holland  and  low- 
countries  is  apparent.  The  Prince  proceeds  to  as 
sume  that  Poins's  shortage  in  shirts  is  due  to  the  fact 
that  his  old  shirts  are  serving  as  garments  for  his 
illegitimate  children,  who  'bawl  out'  from  'the  ruins 
of  his  linen/ 

II.  ii.  95-100.  Either  Shakespeare  or  the  Page 
confuses  the  dream  of  Hecuba  with  that  of  Althea. 
Althea  dreamed  that  the  Fates  told  her  that  her  new 
born  son  would  live  only  so  long  as  a  burning  brand 
on  the  hearth  remained  unconsumed.  Althea  snatched 
the  brand  from  the  hearth,  extinguished  the  fire,  and 
prolonged  her  son's  life. 

II.  ii.  112.  martlemas.  Corrupted  form  of  Mar 
tinmas,  or  the  Feast  of  St.  Martin,  November  11. 
This  day  was  considered  the  last  day  of  autumn, 
and  was  also  the  day  for  salting  and  hanging  the 
winter's  supply  of  beef.  The  reference  is  obviously 
to  Falstaff's  hearty  old  age  (cf.  All-hallown  sum 
mer,  1  Henry  IV,  I.  ii.  177,  note),  or  to  Falstaff  as  a 
'martlemas  beef.' 

II.  ii.  127,  128.  borrower's  cap.  A  man  asking 
for  a  loan  is  always  very  ready  to  take  off  his  cap. 

II.  ii.  130  ff.  Most  modern  editors  have  rear 
ranged  the  following  speeches,  giving  to  Poins  the 
reading  of  Falstaff's  letter  to  Hal.  The  Quarto  and 
Folio  arrangement,  followed  with  one  exception  (cf. 
Appendix  C)  in  this  text,  seems  more  natural.  In 
lines  109,  110  Bardolph  evidently  gives  the  letter  to 
the  Prince,  not  to  Poins.  In  line  119  the  Prince  shows 
the  letter  to  Poins,  but  does  not  necessarily  give  it  to 
him. 

II.  ii.  192,  193.  The  parallel  is  not  striking.  Jove 
took  the  form  of  a  bull  to  woo  Europa.  Hal  dis 
guises  himself  as  a  waiter  to  spy  upon  Falstaff.  The 
leather  jerkins  are  the  only  connecting  link. 


i  so  The  Second  Part  of 

II.  iv.  36.  The  ballad  sung  by  Falstaff  has  been 
preserved  in  Percy's  Reliques. 

II.  iv.  52.     Another  scrap  of  an  old  ballad. 

II.  iv.  91.  debuty.  Mistress  Quickly's  pronun 
ciation  of  deputy,  and  of  Wednesday  in  line  93,  both 
of  which  are  corrected  in  the  Folio  text,  indicates  that 
she  has  a  cold  in  her  head. 

II.  iv.  104,  105.  tame  cheater.  A  cant  term  for  a 
low  gamester,  especially  for  a  gamester's  decoy. 
Mistress  Quickly  understands  the  word  in  the  sense  of 
escheator,  or  officer  of  the  exchequer.  The  Cam 
bridge  editors  suggest  the  emendation  chetah,  the 
hunting  leopard,  known  in  Europe  as  early  as  the 
fifteenth  century.  The  sentence,  you  may  stroke  him 
as  gently  as  a  puppy  greyhound,  would  indicate  at 
least  that  Falstaff  is  playing  on  the  two  words 
cheater  and  chetah.  One  would  hardly  speak  of 
stroking  a  gamester's  decoy. 

II.  iv.  159.  occupy.  This  word  was  used  only  in 
an  obscene  sense  in  Shakespeare's  day.  From  the 
sixteenth  to  the  nineteenth  century  it  seldom  appears 
in  literature. 

II.  iv.  172.  Have  we  not  Hiren  here?  This 
phrase,  which  became  proverbial  in  Elizabethan 
drama,  probably  originated  in  a  lost  play  by  George 
Peele,  entitled,  The  Turkish  Mahomet  and  Hyren 
(Irene)  the  Fair  Greek.  Pistol  applies  the  name  to 
his  sword.  Mistress  Quickly  (11.  189,  190)  thinks 
he  is  inquiring  for  some  woman. 

II.  iv.  177,  178.  Pistol  misquotes  from  Marlowe's 
Tamburlaine  the  Great,  Pt.  II,  IV,  iv: 

'Holla,  ye  pamper'd  jades  of  Asia! 

What !  can  ye  draw  but  twenty  miles  a  day  ?' 

II.  iv.  192.  Another  burlesque  of  contemporary 
drama.  This  time  Shakespeare  puts  into  Pistol's 
mouth  a  reference  to  Peele's  Battle  of  Alcazar, 


King  Henry  the  Fourth  m      1 8 1 

printed  in  1594,  in  which  Muley  Mahomet  enters 
with  lion's  flesh  on  his  sword,  which  he  offers  to  his 
wife  with  the  words, 

'Feed  then  and  faint  not,  my  fair  Calypolis.' 

II.  iv.  194.  Most  editors  assume  that  Pistol  is 
speaking  bad  Italian.  The  Cambridge  editors  sug 
gest  that  it  is  perhaps  bad  Spanish,  and  that  he  is 
reading  the  motto  on  his  Toledo  blade.  Douce  gives 
an  illustration  of  a  sword  with  a  French  version  of 
this  motto  inscribed  upon  it.  Farmer  says:  'Pistol 
is  only  a  copy  of  Hannibal  Gonsaga  who  vaunted  on 
yielding  himself  a  prisoner,  as  you  may  read  in  an 
old  collection  of  tales  called  Wits,  Fits,  Fancies: 

Si  Fortuna  me  tormenta 
II  speranza  me  contenta.' 

Whatever  the  language,  the  meaning  of  Pistol's  motto 
is,  If  Fortune  torments  me,  Hope  contents  me. 

II.  iv.  205.  shove-groat  shilling.  Shove-groat 
was  a  game  which  was  a  cross  between  shuffle-board 
and  'pitching  pennies.'  It  was  played  on  a  board 
three  feet  long  and  a  foot  wide,  and  the  object  of  the 
players  was  to  shove  coins  into  numbered  spaces  at 
the  far  end  of  the  board. 

II.  iv.  267.  drinks  .  .  .  flap  dragons.  Flapdragon 
or  snapdragon  is  a  sport  which  consists  in  snapping 
raisins  or  grapes  from  burning  brandy  and  eating 
them. 

II.  iv.  286.    An  impossible  conjunction  of  planets. 

II.  iv.  288.  fiery  Trigon.  Poins  continues  the 
astrological  figure  by  referring  to  the  red-nosed  Bar- 
dolph  as  the  fiery  Trigon.  When  the  three  superior 
planets  were  in  that  division  of  the  zodiac  which 
consisted  of  the  three  so-called  fiery  signs,  Aries, 
Leo,  and  Sagittarius,  they  were  said  to  be  in  the 
fiery  Trigon,  or  triangle;  when  they  were  in  Cancer, 


132  The  Second  Part  of 

Scorpio,  and  Pisces,  they  were  in  the  watery  Trigon, 
etc. 

II.  iv.  363.    dead  elm.    Shakespeare  mentions  elms 
three  times, — here   and  in   The   Comedy   of  Errors, 
II.  ii.  176,  and  in  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  IV. 
i.  49.     In  both  C.  of  E.  and  M.  N.  D.  the  reference 
is  to  the  practice  of  training  ivy  on  elm  trees,  illus 
trating   the   relation   of    woman   to    man.      Poins   is 
therefore  probably  referring  to  the  posture  of  Fal- 
staff  and  Doll. 

III.  ii.  28,  29.     Sir  John  Oldcastle  and  Sir  John 
Fastolfe,  with  both  of  whom  Falstaff  has  been  identi 
fied  (cf.  1  Henry  IV,  this  edition,  Appendix  C  3), 
were  both  pages  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  in  their 
youth. 

III.  ii.  33.  Skogan.  Shakespeare  probably  took 
the  name  from  a  jest  book  published  in  1565,  called 
Scogin's  Jests.  This  Scogin  was  the  court  fool  of 
King  Edward  IV.  It  is  possible,  however,  that  the 
reference  is  to  Chaucer's  friend,  Henry  Scogan,  de 
scribed  by  Ben  Jonson  in  The  Fortunate  Isles  as  'a 
fine  gentleman,  and  master  of  arts,  of  Henry  the 
Fourth's  time/ 

III.  ii.  73.  accommodated.  This  is  one  of  the 
words  which  Ben  Jonson  (Discoveries)  refers  to  as 
one  of  'the  perfumed  terms  of  the  time.'  Bardolph  is 
giving  himself  airs  and  imitating  the  affectations  of 
fashionable  gallants. 

III.  ii.  239.  Bullcalf  means  to  say:  'Here,  in 
French  crowns,  is  the  equivalent  of  four  English  ten- 
shilling  pieces,  or  ten-shilling  pieces  with  King 
Henry's  head  on  them/  As  a  matter  of  fact  Henry 
VII  was  the  first  English  king  whose  head  appeared 
on  ten  shilling  pieces. 

III.  ii.  264.  three  pound.  Falstaff's  followers 
adopt  his  own  methods.  Bardolph  has  collected  four 


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pounds,  forty  shillings  from  each  of  the  two  men,  but 
decides  to  keep  a  commission  of  twenty-five  per  cent. 

III.  ii.  285.  gibbets.  A  brewer's  gibbet  was  the 
yoke  worn  across  the  shoulders  for  carrying  buckets 
of  beer  from  the  vat  to  the  barrels.  Falstaff  refers 
to  the  dexterity  with  which  brewers'  men  swing  the 
buckets  on  to  the  gibbet. 

III.  ii.  301-303.  Sir  Dagonet  was  King  Arthur's 
fool.  Arthur's  show  was  an  exhibition  of  archery 
held  annually  at  Mile-end  Green  by  a  society  called 
The  Auncient  Order,  Societie,  and  Unitie  laudable 
of  Prince  Arthur  and  his  Knightly  Armoury  of  the 
Round  Table.  There  were  fifty-eight  members  and 
each  took  the  name  of  one  of  the  knights  in  the  old 
romances. 

III.  ii.  346.  Vice's  dagger.  The  Vice,  a  character 
in  the  old  Morality  plays,  carried  a  thin  wooden 
dagger. 

III.  ii.  357.     philosopher's  two  stones.     The  phi 
losophers'  stone  is  the  reputed  stone  of  the  alchemists 
which   transmutes   base   metals   into   gold.      Falstaff 
decides  that  Justice  Shallow  will  be  as  valuable  to 
him  as  two  philosophers'  stones! 

IV.  i.  94-96.     This  passage  is  obviously  corrupt. 
The  archbishop  means  in  general:  'I  make  this  my 
quarrel  on  both  public  and  private  grounds,  that  is, 
because  of  the  sufferings  of  the  commonwealth  and 
of  my  own  family  at  the  hands  of  King  Henry.'    The 
Archbishop's  brother,  an  adherent  of  King  Richard, 
had  been   executed   by   King   Henry's   order;   cf.   1 
Henry  IV,  I.  iii.  270. 

IV.  i.  117  ff.  This  contest  is  described  in  the  first 
act  of  Shakespeare's  Richard  II. 

IV.  i.  175.  consign' d.  The  Quarto  and  Folio  read 
confin'd;  consign'd  is  Johnson's  emendation.  The 
meaning  seems  to  be  that  the  terms  of  surrender  in- 


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elude  the  stipulation  that  the  execution  of  the  wishes 
of  the  rebels  shall  be  consigned  to  their  own  hands. 

IV.  ii.  Shakespeare  evidently  had  no  thought  of 
a  change  of  scene,  or  of  pause  in  action,  here.  Even 
the  first  Folio  has  no  stage  direction  of  exeunt  at 
the  end  of  Scene  i.,  and  no  indication  of  scene  divi 
sion.  I  have  kept  the  conventional  modern  arrange 
ment  for  convenience  of  reference;  but  the  reader 
should  remember  that  the  Archbishop  and  his  party 
do  not  leave  the  stage,  —  they  merely  step  forward 
to  greet  Prince  John  as  he  enters. 

IV.  iii.  125.  a  mere  hoard  of  gold  kept  by  a  devil. 
Falstaff  refers  to  the  old  superstition  that  gold  mines 
were  guarded  by  devils. 

IV.  iv.  S.  d.  The  Jerusalem  Chamber.  An  apart 
ment  adjoining  the  southwest  tower  of  Westminster 
Abbey,  built  in  the  fourteenth  century  as  a  guest- 
chamber,  and  deriving  its  name  from  the  tapestries 
depicting  the  history  of  Jerusalem  with  which  it  was 
hung.  Since  the  seventeenth  century  it  has  been 
used  as  a  council  chamber. 

IV.  iv.  33-35.  'Nevertheless  when  he  is  incensed 
he  breaks  out  in  fiery  fashion  like  flint;  he  abounds 
in  caprices  as  winter  abounds  in  moisture;  and  he 
changes  his  moods  as  suddenly  as  water  freezes  and 
melts  at  the  edge  of  a  pond  at  daybreak/  Flaws 
are  the  blades  of  ice  seen  on  the  edges  of  water  on 
winter  mornings. 

IV.  iv.  44-48.  That  the  vessel  of  their  united 
blood  may  never  leak,  even  though  that  blood  should 
be  mingled  with  the  venom  caused  by  hints  and  sug 
gestions  tending  toward  discord,  which  in  this  age 
will  be  sure  to  be  poured  in;  and  even  though  this 
venom  should  work  with  the  strength  of  aconite  or 
gunpowder.' 

IV.  iv.  79,  80.  'It  seldom  happens  that  the  bee, 
having  deposited  her  comb  in  dead  carrion,  leaves  the 


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comb  and  the   carrion.'      The   application   is  to  the 
Prince  and  his  low  company. 

IV.  v.  161.  medicine  potable.  'There  has  long 
prevailed  an  opinion  that  a  solution  of  gold  has 
great  medicinal  virtues,  and  that  the  incorruptibility 
of  gold  might  be  communicated  to  the  body  impreg 
nated  with  it.'  Johnson. 

IV.  v.   198.     mode.     The  key  in  which  music  is 
written,  used  figuratively  and  associated  with  'mood' 
in  the  sense  of  state  of  mind. 

V.  i.  1.    cock  and  pie.    The  origin  of  this  common 
Elizabethan   oath   is   obscure.      Cock   is   probably    a 
corruption   of   God,  as   in  the   oath   Cock's   wounds; 
and  pie  is  perhaps  the   Roman  service  book  which 
was  sometimes  so  called,  though  the  word  pie  applies 
more  properly  to  the  index  of  the  service  book.     By 
Shakespeare's  time  the  meaning  of  the  oath  was  for 
gotten,  and  Justice   Shallow   doubtless   thinks  he  is 
swearing  by  a  cock  and  a  magpie. 

V.  ii.  34.  'Which  goes  against  the  grain  with  one 
in  your  position.' 

V.  ii.  48.  This  allusion  helps  to  fix  the  date  of  the 
play.  Amurath  the  Fourth  succeeded  his  father  on 
the  Turkish  throne  in  1596.  Upon  his  accession  he 
invited  his  brothers  to  dinner  and  had  them  all 
strangled. 

V.  ii.  123,  124.  This  strange  remark  of  the  Prince 
seems  to  mean  that  inasmuch  as  his  own  wild  affec 
tions  and  desires  died  at  the  moment  of  his  father's 
death,  they  are  now,  as  it  were,  buried  with  his 
father.  Hence  his  father  may  be  said  to  be  buried 
with  wild  affections,  or  to  have  'gone  wild  into  his 
grave.' 

V.  iii.  76.  dub  me  knight.  The  reference  is  to  the 
Elizabethan  custom  of  giving  the  title  of  knight  for 
the  evening  to  a  man  who,  kneeling  to  his  mistress, 
drained  a  mighty  bumper  to  her  health. 


136  Second  Part  of  King  Henry  the  Fourth 

V.  iii.  105.  Helicon  was  the  abode  of  the  Muses. 
Pistol  resents  having  such  low  fellows  as  Robin  Hood 
and  his  men  brought  into  this  very  grandiloquent 
literary  conversation. 

V.  v.  31,  32.  Pistol  quotes  two  Latin  phrases 
which  have  no  significance  here,  and  then  proceeds 
to  mistranslate  them.  The  Latin  means  literally:  it 
is  always  the  same,  for  without  this  there  is  nothing. 

Epil.  Shakespeare's  authorship  of  this  epilogue 
has  been  questioned.  The  dancer  says  it  is  of  his 
own  making,  but  he  speaks  for  the  author  in  promis 
ing  a  continuation  of  the  play  and  in  assuring  the 
audience  that  Falstaff  is  not  Sir  John  Oldcastle  (cf. 
note  on  III.  ii.  28,  29,  and  Appendix  C  3  to  1  Henry 
IV,  in  the  present  edition).  It  is  interesting  to  note 
that  Shakespeare's  original  intention  was  to  continue 
the  Falstaff  plot  through  the  play  of  Henry  V ;  but, 
as  Coleridge  remarks,  'Agincourt  is  not  the  place  for 
the  splendid  mendacity  of  Falstaff.  With  the  coro 
nation  of  Henry  V  opens  a  new  period  of  glorious 
enthusiasm  and  patriotic  fervor.  There  is  no  longer 
any  place  for  Falstaff  on  earth;  he  must  find  refuge 
in  "Arthur's  bosom."  ' 

Epil.  38.  pray  for  the  queen.  It  was  the  custom 
to  end  plays  with  a  prayer  for  the  sovereign.  This 
custom  originated  in  the  interludes. 


APPENDIX  A 

SOURCES  OF  THE  PLAY 

The  principal  source  of  the  main  plot  of  this  play 
is  the  1587  edition  of  The  Chronicles  of  England, 
Scotland,  and  Ireland,  by  Raphael  Holinshed.  Sam 
uel  Daniel's  poem,  The  Civill  Wars  of  England 
(1595),  or  its  source,  may  well  have  had  some  influ 
ence.  Several  incidents  in  the  comic  plot  are  taken, 
apparently,  from  the  play  The  Famous  Victories  of 
Henry  V,  first  acted  in  1588,  licensed  in  1594,  and 
published  in  1598. 

Holinshed's  Chronicle 

According  to  Holinshed,  the  Earl  of  Northumber 
land  was  pardoned  by  the  king  after  the  battle  of 
Shrewsbury  in  1403.  But  in  1405  when  'the  king 
was  minded  to  haue  gone  into  Wales  against  the 
rebels  that  vnder  their  cheeftane  Owen  Glendower 
ceassed  not  to  doo  much  mischeef  against  the  Eng 
lish  subiects/  he  was  'further  disquieted'  by  a  'con- 
spiracie  put  in  practise  against  him  at  home  by  the 
Earle  of  Northumberland  who  had  conspired  with 
Richard  Scroope,  Archbishop  of  Yorke,  Thomas 
Mowbraie  earle  marshall,'  and  others.  'The  King 
aduertised  of  these  matters  left  his  iournie  into  Wales 
and  marched  with  all  speed  toward  the  north  parts. 
Also  Rafe  Neuill  earl  of  Westmerland,  that  was  not 
farre  off,  together  with  the  lord  lohn  of  Lancaster, 
the  king's  sonne,  being  informed  of  this  rebellious 
attempt,  assembled  togither  such  power  as  they  might 
make  .  .  .  made  forward  against  the  rebels,  and 
coming  into  a  plaine  within  the  forrest  of  Galtree 
caused  their  standards  to  be  pitched  downe  in  the 
like  sort  as  the  Archbishop  had  pitched  his  ouer 


138  The  Second  Part  of 

against  them,  being  farre  stronger  in  number  of  peo 
ple  than  the  other,  for  as  some  write  there  were  of 
the  rebels  at  least  twentie  thousand  men/ 

Shakespeare  follows  Holinshed  closely  in  describ 
ing  the  'subtill  policie'  whereby  the  rebels  are  dis 
posed  of;  but  he  transfers  the  odium  attaching  to  this 
action  from  the  earl  of  Westmoreland  to  Lord  John 
of  Lancaster. 

The  events  of  the  next  eight  years,  as  related  by 
Holinshed,  are  unnoticed  in  the  play.  Shakespeare 
proceeds  immediately  to  the  death  of  the  king,  and 
again  follows  the  Chronicle  closely.  '1413.  The 
morrow  after  Candlemas  daie  began  a  parlement 
which  the  king  had  called  at  London,  but  he  departed 
this  life  before  the  same  parlement  was  ended;  for 
now  that  his  prouisions  were  readie  and  that  he  was 
furnished  with  sufficient  treasure,  soldiers,  capteins, 
vittels,  munitions,  tall  ships,  strong  gallies,  and  all 
things  necessarie  for  such  a  roiall  iournie  as  he  pre 
tended  to  take  into  the  holie  land,  he  was  eftsoones 
taken  with  a  sore  sicknesse,  which  was  not  a  leprosie 
striken  by  the  hand  of  God,  as  foolish  friars  imag 
ined,  but  a  verie  apoplexie.  .  .  .  During  this  sick 
nesse  he  caused  his  crowne  to  be  set  on  a  pillow  at 
his  bed's  head,  and  suddenlie  his  pangs  so  sore  trou 
bled  him  that  he  laie  as  though  all  his  vitall  spirits 
had  beene  from  him  departed.  Such  as  were  about 
him  couered  his  face  with  a  linen  cloth.  The  prince, 
his  sonne,  being  hereof  aduertised,  entered  into  the 
chamber,  tooke  awaie  the  crowne,  and  departed.  The 
father  being  suddenlie  reuiued  out  of  that  trance 
quicklie  perceiued  the  lacke  of  his  crowne ;  and  hauing 
knowledge  that  the  prince  his  sonne  had  taken  it 
awaie  caused  him  to  come  before  his  presence  requir 
ing  of  him  what  he  meant  so  to  misuse  himself.  The 
prince  with  a  good  audacitie  answered,  Sir,  to  mine 
and  all  mens  iudgements  you  seemed  dead  in  this 
world,  wherefore  I  as  youre  next  heire  apparent  tooke 


King  Henry  the  Fourth  139 

that  as  mine  owne,  and  not  as  yours.  Well,  faire 
sonne,  said  the  king  with  a  great  sigh,  what  right  I 
had  to  it  God  knoweth.  Well,  said  the  prince,  if  you 
die  king,  I  will  haue  the  garland  and  trust  to  keepe 
it  with  the  sword  against  all  mine  enemies  as  you 
haue  done.  Then  said  the  king,  I  commit  all  to  God, 
and  remember  you  to  doo  well.  With  that  he  turned 
himself  in  his  bed  and  shortlie  after  departed  to 
God  in  a  chamber  of  the  abbats  of  Westminster  called 
Jerusalem,  .  .  .  when  he  had  reigned  thirteene  yeares 
in  great  perplexitie  and  little  pleasure/ 

Holinshed  then  tells  us  that  'king  Henrie  the  fift 
was  crowned  the  ninth  of  Aprill,  being  Passion  Sun- 
daie,  which  was  a  sore,  ruggie,  and  tempestuous  daie, 
with  wind,  snow,  and  sleet,  that  men  greatlie  mar- 
uelled  thereat,  making  diuerse  interpretations  what 
that  might  signifie.  But  this  king,  to  show  that  in 
his  person  princelie  honors  should  change  publike 
manners,  he  determined  to  put  on  him  the  shape  of  a 
new  man.  For  whereas  aforetime  he  had  made  him 
self  a  companion  vnto  misrulie  mates  of  dissolute 
order  and  life,  he  now  banished  them  all  from  his 
presence,  but  not  vnrewarded  or  else  vnpreferred, 
inhibiting  them  vpon  a  great  paine  not  once  to  ap 
proach,  lodge,  or  soiourne  within  ten  miles  of  his 
court  or  presence:  and  in  their  places  he  chose  men 
of  grauitie,  wit,  and  high  policie,  by  whose  wise 
councel  he  might  at  all  times  rule  to  his  honor  and 
dignity;  calling  to  mind  how  once  to  hie  offence  of 
the  king  his  father  he  had  with  his  fist  striken  the 
cheefe  iustice  for  sending  one  of  his  minions,  vpon 
desert,  to  prison,  when  the  iustice  stoutlie  commanded 
himself  also  streict  to  ward,  and  the  prince  obeied.' 

Daniel's  Civill  Wars 

In  the  fourth  book  of  his  Civill  Wars,  Daniel  con 
denses  history  even  more  radically  than  Shakespeare. 


1 40  The  Second  Part  of 

The  king  falls  sick  immediately  after  his  victory  at 
Shrewsbury,  and  is  afflicted  by  spectres  of  Conscience 
and  Death.  He  commands 

'some  that  attending  were 
To  fetch  the  crowne  and  set  it  in  his  sight; 
On  which  with  fixed  eye  and  heauie  cheere 
Casting  a  looke,  O  God,  sayeth  he,  what  right 
I  had  to  thee  my  soule  doth  now  conceiue, — 
Thee  which  with  blood  I  got,  with  horror  leave.' 

Horror  so  overwhelms  the  king  that  he  swoons — 

'When  loe  his  Sonne  comes  in  and  takes  away 
The  f atall  crowne  from  thence  and  out  he  goes 
As  if  unwilling  longer  time  to  lose.' 

The  king  revives,  summons  the  prince,  and  says: 

'O  sonne,  what  needes  thee  make  such  speed 
Vnto  that  care  where  feare  exceedes  thy  right, 
And  when  his  sinne  whom  thou  shalt  now  succeed 
Shall  still  upbraide  thy  inheritance  of  might? 
And  if  thou  canst  liue,  and  liue  great,  from  woe, 
Without  this  carefull  trauaille,  let  it  goe.' 

The  prince  replies : 

'What  wrong  hath  not  continuance  quite  outworne? 
Yeeres  make  that  right  which  neuer  was  so  borne.' 

The  king  dies  praying  that  virtuous  deeds  and  the 
holy  wars  of  his  son  may  atone  for  his  own  sins. 

The  Famous  Victories  of  Henry  V 

In  this  crude  play  Prince  Hal  is  twice  committed 
to  prison,  once  by  the  Lord  Mayor  for  rioting  in 
the  streets  after  a  merry  evening  at  the  tavern  in 
Eastcheap,  and  once  by  the  Lord  Chief  Justice  for 
giving  him  'a  box  on  the  ear'  upon  his  refusal  to 
pardon  one  of  the  prince's  companions  who  has  been 
convicted  of  highway  robbery. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth 


The  following  are  characteristic  selections: 

Enter  Henry  the  fourth,  with  the  earle  of  Exeter  and 
the  earle  of  Oxford. 

Oxf.  Please  your  maiestie,  heere  is  my  Lord  maior 
and  the  sheriffe  of  London. 

King  Hen.  4-  Admit  them  to  our  presence. 

Enter  the  Maior  and  the  Sheriffe. 

Now,  my  good  Lord  Maior  of  London, 
the  cause  of  my  sending  to  you  at  this  time  is  to  tel 
you  of  a  matter  which  I  have  learned  of  my  councell: 
Herein  I  understand  that  you  haue  committed  my 
sonne  to  prison  without  our  leaue  and  license.  What 
although  he  be  a  rude  youth  and  likely  to  give  occa 
sion,  yet  you  might  haue  considered  that  he  is  a 
Prince  and  my  sonne,  and  not  to  be  hailed  to  prison 
by  euery  subiect. 

Maior.  May  it  please  your  maiestie  to  give  us 
leaue  to  tell  our  tale. 

King  Hen.  4-  Or  else  God  forbid,  otherwise  you 
might  think  me  an  vnequall  ludge,  hauing  more  affec 
tion  to  my  sonne  then  to  any  rightfull  iudgement. 

Maior.  Then  if  it  please  your  Maiestie,  this  night 
betwixt  two  and  three  of  the  clocke  of  the  morning, 
my  Lord  the  young  Prince  with  a  very  disordered 
companie,  came  to  the  olde  Tauerne  in  Eastcheape, 
and  whether  it  was  that  their  Musicke  liked  them  not, 
or  whether  they  were  ouercome  with  wine,  I  know 
not,  but  they  drew  their  swords  and  into  the  street 
they  went,  and  some  toke  my  Lord  the  yong  Princes 
part,  and  some  tooke  the  other,  but  betwixt  them 
there  was  such  a  bloodie  fray  for  the  space  of  half 
an  houre,  that  neither  watchmen  nor  any  other  could 
stay  them,  till  my  brother  the  Sheriffe  of  London 
and  I  were  sent  for,  and  at  the  laste  with  much  adoo 
we  staied  them,  but  it  was  long  first,  which  was  a 
great  disquieting  to  all  your  louing  subiects  there- 


142  The  Second  Part  of 

abouts :  and  then  my  good  Lord,  we  knew  not  whether 
your  grace  had  sent  them  to  trie  vs,  whether  we  would 
doe  iustice,  or  whether  it  were  of  their  owne  volun- 
tarie  will  or  not,  we  cannot  tell,  and  therefore  for 
our  owne  safegard  we  sent  him  to  ward  where  he 
wanteth  nothing  that  is  fit  for  his  grace. 

King  Hen.  4.  Stand  aside  vntill  we  haue  further 
deliberated  on  your  answere. 

Exit  Maior. 

Hen.  4-  Ah  Harry,  Harry,  now  thrice  accursed 
Harry, 

That  hath  gotten  a  sonne  which  with  greefe 

Will  end  his  fathers  dayes. 

Oh  my  sonne,  a  Prince  thou  art,  I  a  Prince 
indeed, 

And  to  deserue  punishment 

And  well  haue  they  done,  and  like  faithful!  sub 
jects: 

Discharge  them  and  let  them  go. 

Exit  omnes. 


A  little  later  the  Lord  Chief  Justice  is  conducting 
the  trial  of  one  Cuthbert  Cutter,  a  follower  of  Prince 
Hal's,  for  having  robbed  'a  poore  Carrier  vpon  Gads 
hill  in  Kent/  The  Prince  enters,  with  'Ned  and  Tom/ 
and  demands  the  release  of  his  man  who  has  but 
robbed  'in  iest.'  The  Chief  Justice  is  courteous  but 
resolute. 

Hen.  6.  Tell  me,  my  lord,  shall  I  haue  my  man  ? 

Judge.  I  cannot,  my  lord. 

Hen.  5.  But  will  you  not  let  him  go  ? 

ludge.  I  am  sorrie  his  case  is  so  ill. 

Hen.  5.  Tush,  case  me  no  casings,  shall  I  haue  my 
man? 

ludge.  I  cannot,  nor  I  may  not,  my  lord. 


King  Henry  the  Fourth 


Hen.  5.  No  :  then  I  will  haue  him. 

He  giueth  him  a  box  on  the  eare. 
Ned.  Gogs  wounds,  my  lord,  shal  I  cut  off  his  head  ? 
Hen.  6.  No,  I  charge  you  draw  not  your  swords, 
But  get  you  hence,  prouyde  a  noyse  of  Musitians, 
Away,  be  gone. 

Exeunt  the  Theefe. 
ludge.  Well,  my  Lord,  I  am  content  to  take  it  at 

your  hands. 

Hen.  5.  Nay,  and  you  be  not  you  shall  haue  more. 
ludge.  Why,  I  pray  you,  my  Lord,  who  am  I? 
Hen.  5.  You,  who  knowes  not  you  ? 

Why  man,  you  are  the  Lord  chiefe  Justice  of 

England. 

ludge.  Your  grace  hath  said  truth,  therefore  in 
striking  me  in  this  place,  you  greatly  abuse  me,  and 
not  me  onely  but  also  your  father:  whose  liuely  per 
son  here  in  this  place  I  doo  represent.  And  there 
fore  to  teach  you  what  prerogatiues  meane,  I  commit 
you  to  the  Fleete,  Vntill  we  haue  spoken  to  your 
father. 

Hen.  5.  Why  then  belike  you  meane  to  send  me  to 
the  Fleete? 

ludge.  I,  indeed,  and  therefore  carry  him  away. 

Exeunt  Hen.  5.  with  the  Officers. 

The  scene  of  the  Prince's  repentance  and  reconcilia 
tion  with  his  father,  which  Shakespeare  uses  in 
1  Henry  IV  ,  in  The  Famous  Victories  immediately 
precedes  the  following  scene  in  the  King's  death- 
chamber.  The  King  is  sleeping. 

Enter  Lord  of  Exeter  and  Oxford. 

Exe.  Come   easily,   my   Lord,   for  waking   of   the 

King. 

Hen.  4.  Now,  my  Lords. 

Oxf.  How  doth  your  Grace  feele  yourselfe? 
Hen.  4'  Somewhat  better  after  my  sleepe, 


1 44  The  Second  Part  of 

But  good  my  lords  take  off  my  croVne, 
Remove  my  chair  a  little  backe,  and  set  me  right. 
Ambo.  And  please  your  grace,  the  crowne  is  taken 

away. 
Hen.  4-  The  Crowne  taken  away, 

Good  my  lord  of  Oxford,  go  see  who  hath  done 

this  deed: 

No  doubt  tis  some  vilde  traitor  that  hath  done  it, 
To  depriue  my  sonne.     They  that  would  do  it 

now 
Would  seeke  to  scrape  and  scrawle  for  it  after 

my  death. 

Enter  Lord  of  Oxford  with  the  Prince. 

Oxf.  Here  and  please  your  Grace, 

Is  my  Lord  the  yong  Prince  with  the  Crowne. 
Hen.  4'  Why  how  now  my  sonne  ? 

I  had  thought  the  last  time  I  had  you  in  school 
ing* 

And  do  you  now  begin  againe? 

Doest  thou  thinke  the  time  so  long 

That  thou  wouldest  haue  it  before  the 

Breath  be  out  of  my  mouth? 

Hen.  5.  Most    soueraign    Lord,    and    welbeloued 
father, 

I  came  into  your  Chamber  to  comfort  the  melan 
choly 

Soule   of  your  bodie,   and   finding  you    at   that 
time 

Past  all  recouerie,  and  dead  to  my  thinking, 

God  is  my  witness:  and  what  should  I  doo 

But  with  weeping  tears  lament  the  death  of  you 
my  father, 

And  after  that  seeing  the  Crowne  I  tooke  it: 

And  tell  me  my  father,  who  might  better  take 
it  then  I, 

After  your  death?     But  seeing  you  Hue 


King  Henry  the  Fourth  145 

I   most   humbly    render   it   into   your    Maiesties 

hands 

And  the  happiest  man  aliue,  that  my  father  Hue: 
And  liue  my  Lord  and  Father  for  euer. 
Hen.  4-  Stand  vp  my  sonne, 

Thine  answere  hath  sounded  wel  in  mine  eares, 
For  I  must  nedes  confesse  that  I  was  in  a  very 

sound  sleepe. 

But  come  neare  my  sonne, 

And  let  me  put  thee  in  possession  whilst  I  liue. 
H en.  5.  Well  may  I  take  it  at  your  maiesties  hands, 
But  it  shall  neuer  touch  my  head  so  long  as  my 
father  Hues. 

He  taketh  the  crowne. 

The  King  blesses  his  son,  prophesies  a  glorious 
reign,  calls  for  music,  draws  the  curtains  of  his  bed, 
and  dies.  After  the  coronation  of  the  new  King 
there  is  a  conversation  between  the  King  and  three  of 
his  old  followers,  Ned,  Tom,  and  lockey,  who  accost 
him  as  he  appears  in  state  with  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury,  and  remind  him  of  his  promise  to  make 
Ned  Lord  Chief  Justice. 

Hen.  6.  I  prethee  Ned,  mend  thy  manners, 
And  be  more  modester  in  thy  tearmes, 
For  my  vnfeigned  greefe  is  not  to  be  ruled  by 

thy  flattering 
And    dissembling    talke.       Thou    saiest    I    am 

chaunged, 
So  I  am  indeed,  and  so  must  thou  be  and  that 

quickly, 

Or  else  I  must  cause  thee  to  be  chaunged. 
Tom.  I  trust  we  haue  not  offended  your  grace  no 

way. 

Hen.  5.  Ah,  Tom,  your  former  life  greeves  me, 
And   makes    me   to   abandon    and    abolish   your 
company  for  euer. 


146  The  Second  Part  of 

And  therefore  not  vpon  paine  of  deeth  to  ap- 

proch  my  presence 

By  ten  miles  space.    Then  if  I  heare  wel  of  you, 
It  may  be  I  will  do  somewhat  for  you, 
Otherwise  looke  for  no  more  f auour  at  my  hands 
Then  at  any  other  mans.    And  therefore  be  gone, 
We  haue  other  matters  to  talke  on. 

Exeunt  Knights. 


APPENDIX  B 
THE  HISTORY  OF  THE  PLAY 

The  success  of  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  led  Shakespeare, 
apparently,  to  write  the  second  part  as  a  sequel. 
The  date  of  its  composition  may  be  definitely  stated 
as  lying  somewhere  between  1596  and  1599.  The 
death  of  Amurath  III,  to  which  reference  is  made  in 
V.  ii.  48,  occurred  in  1596;  and  in  Ben  Jonson's 
Every  Man  out  of  his  Humour  (Act  V.  sc.  ii.),  writ 
ten  in  1599,  reference  is  made  to  Justice  Silence. 
That  Henry  IF,  Part  II,  was  written  before  Henry  V 
is  evidenced  by  the  unfulfilled  promise  in  the  Epi 
logue  of  the  present  play  (see  the  note  on  that  pas 
sage). 

An  acting  version  of  the  play,  the  only  known 
contemporary  Quarto  edition,  was  printed  in  1600 
and  entered  on  the  Stationers'  Register  on  August 
23  of  that  year.  The  full  text  of  the  play  appeared 
for  the  first  time  in  the  First  Folio  in  1623.  Of  the 
many  contemporary  allusions  to  the  play  of  Henry 
IV  and  the  characters  of  the  play,  the  following 
refer  unquestionably  to  Part  II. 

(1)  Sir  Charles  Percy,  third  son  of  the  twentieth 
Earl  of  Northumberland,  Lord  of  Dumbleton  in 
Gloucestershire,  a  follower  of  the  Earl  of  Essex,  and 


King  Henry  the  Fourth 


an  admirer,  perhaps  a  friend,  of  Shakespeare's, 
writes  in  a  letter  dated  December  27,  1600  (?):  "I 
am  here  so  pestered  with  country  business  that  I  shall 
not  be  able  as  yet  to  come  to  London.  If  I  stay 
here  long  in  this  fashion,  at  my  return  you  will  find 
me  so  dull  that  I  shall  be  taken  for  Justice  Shallow 
or  Justice  Silence." 

(2)  Dekker  in  Satiromastix  (1602),  Ad  Lectorem, 
refers  to  Master  Justice  Shallow. 

(8)  Ben  Jonson  in  Epiccene  (1609),  II.  v.,  re 
fers  to  Doll  Tearsheet. 

Of  early  performances  and  players  of  Henry  IV, 
Part  II,  there  are  even  fewer  records  than  there  are 
of  Part  I.  James  Wright  in  his  Historia  Histrionica 
(1699)  says  that  'before  the  wars'  Lowin  acted  Fal- 
staff  'with  mighty  applause.'  Pepys,  who  attended 
at  least  three  revivals  of  the  first  part  of  the  play  be 
tween  1660  and  1668,  makes  no  mention  of  any  Res 
toration  revival  of  the  second  part.  In  1700  Better- 
ton,  after  a  triumphant  revival  of  Part  I,  undertook 
a  revision  and  revival  of  Part  II.  His  version  held 
the  stage  for  many  years,  and  is  reprinted  in  Lacy's 
Acting  Edition  of  Old  Plays.  Chetwood  tells  an 
amusing  anecdote  concerning  Betterton's  interpreta 
tion  of  the  part  of  Falstaff  in  Part  II.  Johnson,  an 
actor,  while  playing  in  Dublin,  had  seen  Baker,  a 
master-pavior,  play  Falstaff.  Upon  his  return  to 
England  he  gave  Mr.  Betterton  the  manner  of  Baker's 
playing,  which  the  great  actor  not  only  approved  of, 
but  imitated,  and  allowed  that  it  was  better  than  his 
own. 

Betterton's  arrangement  of  the  play  was  as  fol 
lows: 

Act  I  begins  with  I.  ii.  ;  then  follow  the  scene  at 
the  Archbishop's,  and  the  arrest  of  Falstaff  from 
Act  II. 


148  The  Second  Part  of 

Act  II  contains  the  rest  of  Shakespeare's  Act  II, 
with  the  Warkworth  Castle  scenes  omitted. 

Act  III  begins  with  the  scene  at  Shallow's  house, 
but  the  rest  of  the  act  follows  Shakespeare. 

Act  IV  begins  with  the  King's  soliloquy  on  sleep, 
taken  from  Act  III;  then  comes  the  scene  of  the 
King's  death,  followed  by  the  scene  in  which  Silence 
sings;  and  the  act  closes  with  the  interview  between 
the  Lord  Chief  Justice  and  King  Henry  V. 

In  Act  V,  Betterton  omits  the  comic  scenes  (i.  and 
iv.),  and  opens  the  act  with  the  King's  progress  to 
Westminster  Abbey.  Falstaff  is  rebuked,  but  is  not 
sent  to  the  Fleet,  and  the  play  concludes  with  an 
abridgment  of  the  first  Act  of  Henry  V. 

Betterton  had  the  good  taste  not  to  tamper  with 
Shakespeare's  wording  to  any  great  extent. 

On  December  17,  1720,  at  Drury  Lane,  the  play 
was  revived  again.  It  was  acted  five  nights  succes 
sively  and  once  afterwards.  It  was  in  this  revival 
that  Gibber  first  appeared  as  Justice  Shallow  and 
made  'one  of  the  great  successes  of  the  day.'  Mills 
was  Falstaff,  and  Wilks  the  Prince.  Eleven  years 
later  (1731)  came  another  Drury  Lane  revival,  with 
Mills  as  the  Prince,  Harper  as  Falstaff,  and  Gibber 
still  playing  Shallow.  Five  years  later  (1736)  the 
same  company,  with  the  exception  of  Harper,  pro 
duced  the  play  again  at  Drury  Lane  for  the  benefit 
of  the  great  Quin,  who  played  Falstaff.  In  1744 
and  1749  there  were  revivals  at  the  Covent  Garden 
Theatre,  Quin  again  playing  Falstaff. 

A  performance  at  Drury  Lane  in  1758  was  made 
notable  by  Garrick's  first  appearance  in  the  role  of 
the  King.  He  had  appeared  as  Hotspur  in  Part  I 
twelve  years  before,  but  had  not  achieved  great  suc 
cess  in  that  role.  As  the  King  in  Part  II  'his  figure 
did  not  assist  him,  but  the  forcible  expression  of  his 
countenance,  and  his  energy  of  utterance,  made  ample 
amends  for  the  defect  of  person.' 


King  Henry  the  Fourth  14-9 

On  December  11,  1761,  and  for  twenty-two  con 
secutive  days,  King  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  was  presented 
at  Covent  Garden  in  honor  of  the  coronation  of  King 
George  III.  For  this  performance  an  elaborate 
coronation  pageant  was  devised  which  was  used  again 
in  1821  by  Macready  at  the  time  of  the  coronation 
of  William  IV.  Other  revivals  occurred  at  Drury 
Lane  in  1764  and  1777,  and  at  Covent  Garden  in 
1773,  1784,  and  1804.  A  sensational  feature  of 
the  1773  performance  was  the  appearance  of  an 
anonymous  'Gentleman'  as  the  King,  'his  first  per 
formance  on  any  stage/  and  of  Mrs.  Lessingham,  for 
whose  benefit  the  play  was  given,  as  Prince  Hal. 
In  the  1804  production  John  Philip  Kemble  played 
the  King,  and  Charles  Kemble  the  Prince.  Charles 
Kemble  again  appeared  as  the  Prince  in  Macready's 
production  in  June,  July,  and  August,  1821. 

Of  Macready's  performance  he  himself  writes  in 
his  Reminiscences;  'Kemble  had  revived  the  play  in 
1804,  but  produced  little  effect.  Garrick  had  not 
given  the  prominence  he  had  expected  to  the  part 
of  the  King,  and  for  these  reasons  I  begged  to  be 
excused  from  appearing  in  it.  But  my  objections 
were  set  aside.  .  .  .  To  every  line  of  it  I  gave  the 
most  deliberate  attention,  and  felt  the  full  power 
of  its  pathos.  The  audience  hung  intently  on  every 
word.  The  admission  of  the  perfect  success  of  the 
performance  was  without  dissent.  The  revival  re 
warded  the  managers  with  houses  crowded  to  the 
ceiling  for  many  nights,  nor  was  this  attributable  to 
the  pageant  only,  for  the  acting  was  of  the  highest 
order.  Fawcett  was  the  best  Falstaff  then  upon  the 
stage,  but  he  more  excelled  in  other  parts.'  The  per 
fection  of  Macready's  success  was  not,  however, 
'without  dissent.'  'An  old  playgoer,'  in  a  letter  to 
Tallis's  Dramatic  Magazine  for  April,  1851,  says  of 
Macready's  Henry  IV:  "In  this  role  he  approached 
nearest  to  an  elocutionist,  but  generally  the  effect  of 


150  Second  Part  of  King  Henry  the  Fourth 

his  declamation  was  unpleasant,  harsh,  and  grating. 
Kemble's  poses  were  studied  but  graceful,  not  like 
the  stiff  upright  poses  of  Macready  wherein  I  have 
often  wondered  how  he  could  preserve  his  equilib 
rium." 

On  March  17,  1853,  in  his  ninth  season  at  Sadler's 
Wells,  Samuel  Phelps  produced  King  Henry  IV, 
Part  II,  he  himself  playing  the  double  role  of  the 
King  and  Justice  Shallow.  Contemporary  reviews 
speak  of  his  complete  triumph,  and  say  that  sceptical 
critics  are  now  converted  to  this  as  a  stage  play. 
Phelps  used  Betterton's  version,  and  revived  the  play 
again  in  London  in  1864  and  in  1874.  In  the  1874 
production  Forbes-Robertson,  aged  21,  appeared  as 
Prince  Hal.  William  Winter  records  an  interesting 
anecdote  of  the  first  rehearsal.  Phelps,  after  watch 
ing  Forbes-Robertson  for  a  time,  said:  'Young  man, 
I  see  that  you  know  nothing  about  this.  Come  to  my 
room  tonight.' 

The  play  has  been  practically  unknown  on  the 
American  stage.  There  were  twenty-six  revivals  of 
Part  I  in  America  in  the  eighteenth  century,  but 
apparently  none  of  Part  II.  In  the  nineteenth  cen 
tury  the  American  comedian,  James  H.  Hackett, 
played  the  part  of  Falstaff  almost  annually  from 
1830  to  1870,  in  both  England  and  America,  but  it 
was  the  Falstaff  of  Part  I  and  of  The  Merry  Wives. 
In  1895-1896  Miss  Julia  Marlowe  played  the  part 
of  Prince  Hal  in  an  abridged  version  of  the  two  parts 
of  the  play;  and  in  1896-1897  Daly  planned  a  revival 
which  never  got  beyond  rehearsal.  Miss  Ada  Rehan 
was  to  play  Prince  Hal,  and  James  Lewis,  Falstaff. 
The  Delta  Psi  Dramatic  Club  of  Harvard  University 
gave  a  creditable  amateur  performance  of  Part  II  in 
the  winter  of  1915-1916. 


APPENDIX  C 
THE  TEXT  OF  THE  PRESENT  EDITION 

The  text  of  the  present  edition  is,  in  the  main,  by 
permission  of  the  Oxford  University  Press,  that  of 
the  Oxford  Shakespeare,  edited  by  the  late  W.  J. 
Craig.  Stage  directions,  when  not  bracketed,  are 
from  either  the  First  Quarto  or  the  First  Folio  or 
both;  bracketed  stage  directions  are  modern.  The 
title  of  the  play  is  from  the  First  Quarto.  The 
Dramatis  Personae  are  as  given  in  the  First  Folio 
under  the  caption  'The  Actors'  Names.' 

In  II.  ii.  131-149  the  present  editor  has  substituted 
the  original  assignment  of  speeches,  in  11.  131,  135,  as 
found  in  both  Quarto  and  Folio,  for  Craig's  assign 
ment,  as  there  seems  to  be  no  sufficient  reason  for 
emendations.  He  has  also  assigned  11.  139-148  to  the 
Prince.  Craig  divides  as  follows: 

131-133  Poins.  Sir  John  .  .  .  certificate. 

184  Prince.  Peace. 

135-149  Poins.  I  wiU  .  .  .  eat  it. 

Many  minor  departures  from  the  Oxford  text  have 
been  made  in  this  edition  in  an  attempt  to  arrive  at  a 
consistent  text.  The  Oxford  editor  has  in  the  major 
ity  of  cases  followed  the  readings  of  the  First 
Quarto,  but  in  about  fifty  instances  he  has  adopted 
the  slightly  different  expressions  used  in  the  more 
formal  and  less  colloquial  Folio  text.  For  example, 
in  the  scenes  of  low  comedy,  he  in  the  Folio  is  almost 
invariably  a'  in  the  Quarto;  is  it  is  is  't;  it  is  is  'tis; 
etc.  The  Oxford  editor  has  used  sometimes  the 
formal,  sometimes  the  informal  expression.  He 
sometimes  follows  the  Folio  in  correcting  the  gram 
mar  and  the  mispronunciations  of  Mistress  Quickly 
and  Justice  Shallow,  and  sometimes  does  not;  he 


1 52  The  Second  Part  of 

frequently  omits  the  oaths  found  in  the  Quarto  and 
expurgated  in  the  Folio,  but  more  frequently  includes 
them.  The  present  editor  has  not  thought  it  wise 
to  burden  his  pages  with  a  long  list  of  the  minor 
changes  he  has  made  in  the  Oxford  text.  His  policy 
has  been  to  follow,  in  general,  the  more  colloquial 
Quarto  text. 

In  the  following  list  of  other  variants  the  readings 
of  the  present  edition  precede  the  colon,  Craig's  read 
ings  follow  it,  and  the  Quarto  or  Folio  authority  is 
given  wherever  involved: 

Ind.35     hole  QF:  hold 

I.  i.  33     comes  QF:  come 
ii.  5     moe  Q:  more  F 

44     through  QF:  thorough 
132     it  QF:  its 

II.  i.  2     action  QF:  exion 

6  Sirrah!—:  Sirrah,  QF 

82  all  I  have  Q:  all,  all  I  have  F 

184  my  lord  Q:  my  good  lord  F 

ii.  21  another  Q:  one  other  F 

66  an  QF:  a 

75  those  QF:  these 

82  Poins  QF:  Bard. 

123  kin  QF:  akin 

137  he  sure  Q:  sure  he  F 

iii.  63  his  QF:  its 

iv.  42  a  pox  damn  you  Q:  omit  F 

51  Yea,  joy  Q:  Ay,  marry  F 

91  debuty  Q:  deputy  F 

93  Wedesday  Q:  Wednesday  F 

142  but  I  will  Q:  I  will  (passage  omitted  in  F) 

171  faitors  (faters  Q) :  fates  F 

194  fortune  Q:  fortuna  F 

298  shalt  have  Q:  thou  shalt  have  F 

428-9  Come!  (She  comes  blubbered.)  Yea,  will  you 

come,  Doll?  Q:  omit  F 

III.  ii.  210  field  QF:  fields 

339  invisible:  invincible  QF 

IV.  ii.  14  mischiefs  QF:  mischief 

v.  146  inward,  true,  and  Q:  true  and  inward  F 

V.  iii.  141  Blessed  Q:  Happy  F 

142  to  Q:  unto  F 


King  Henry  the  Fourth  153 

iv.  2     that  I  might  die  Q:  I  might  die  F 

11     wert  Q:  hadst  F 
v.25     best,  Q:  most  F 


APPENDIX  D 

SUGGESTIONS  FOR  COLLATERAL  READING 

A.  C.  Bradley:  The  Rejection  of  Falstaff  in  Oxford 
Lectures  on  Poetry.  London,  1909. 

George  Brandes:  William  Shakespeare,  a  Critical 
Study.  London,  1880. 

Stopford  Brooke:  Ten  More  Plays  of  Shakespeare. 
London,  1913. 

Beverley  E.  Warner:  English  History  in  Shake 
speare's  Plays.  New  York,  1894. 

See  also  the  corresponding  appendix  to  Henry  IV , 
Part  I,  in  this  edition. 


INDEX  OF  WORDS  GLOSSED 


(Figures  in  full-faced  type  refer  to  page-numbers) 


a':  12  (I.  ii.  48) 
able:  4  (I.  i.  43) 
accite:  110  (V.  ii.  141) 
accites:  33  (II.  ii.  67) 
accommodated:   61    (III.   ii. 

73) 

Achitophel:  12   (I.  ii.  39) 
actions:  105  (V.  i.  89) 
address'd:  88  (IV.  iv.  5) 
advis'd:  9  (Li.  172) 
affect:  98  (IV.  v.  143) 
affections:  90  (IV.  iv.  65) 
affections  of  delight:  38  (II. 

iii.  29) 

a  fourteen:  60  (III.  ii.  53) 
after  my  seeming:   110   (V. 

ii.  129) 

against:  81   (IV.  ii.  81) 
Alecto:  119  (V.  v.  40) 
an:  3  (I.  i.  13) 
ancient:  42  (II.  iv.  73) 
apple-Johns:  40   (II.  iv.  2) 
approve:  16  (I.  ii.  182) 
apter:  5  (I.  i.  69) 
argument:  100  (IV.  v.  197) ; 

106  (V.  ii.  23) 
armed    staves:    74    (IV.    i. 

120) 

as:  92   (IV.  iv.  123) 
assemblance:     67     (III.     ii. 

280) 

at  a  word:  69  (III.  ii.  322) 
atomy:  117  (V.  iv.  32) 
atonement:  78  (IV.  i.  221) 
attached:  31   (II.  ii.  3) 
attend:  3  (I.  i.  3) 
at  twelve  score:  60  (III.  ii. 

52) 


away  with:  65  (III.  ii.  216) 
awful:  76   (IV.  i.  176) 

backsword  man:  61   (III.  ii. 

71) 
balance     and     sword:     109 

(V.  ii.  103) 
Barbary    hen:    44    (II.    iv. 

107) 

Barson:  114  (V.  iii.  92) 
Bartholomew    boar-pig:    48 

(II.  iv.  249,  250) 
basket-hilt:  45  (II.  iv.  139) 
bate  (n.) :  49  (II.  iv.  271) 
bate  (vb.):  122  (Epil.  16) 
battle:  64  (III.  ii.  167) 
bear-herd:  17  (I.  ii.  194) 
bear  in  hand:  12  (I.  ii.  40) 
beavers:  74  (IV.  i.  120) 
before:  78  (IV.  i.  228) 
bestow:  37  (II.  ii.  186) 
Bezonian:  115  (V.  iii.  115) 
biggin:  94  (IV.  v.  26) 
blood:  38   (II.  iii.  30) 
blubbered:    54    (II.    iv.    428 

S.  d.) 

blue-bottle:  117  (V.  iv.  22) 
Bolingbroke:  10  (I.  i.  208) 
bona-robas:  59  (III.  ii.  26) 
borrower's  cap:  35  (II.  ii. 

127,  128) 

bounce:  68  (III.  ii.  307) 
brawl:  22  (I.  iii.  70) 
brawn:  3  (I.  i.  19) 
break:  122  (Epil.  14) 
breath'd:  74  (IV.  i.  114) 
breeds  no  bate:  49    (II.   iv. 

271) 
bruited:  7  (I.  i.  114) 


Second  Part  of  King  Henry  the  Fourth   155 


buckle:  8  (Li.  141) 

(II.  iv. 
but  f  114  (V.  iii.  91) 


136) 


bung:  45 


caliver:  68  (III.  ii. 
calm:  41  (II.  iv.  39) 
candle-mine:     51      (II.     iv. 


canker'd:  96  (IV.  v.  70) 
cankers:  34  (II.  ii.  104) 
cannibals:  46  (II.  iv.  179) 
caraways:  111  (V.  iii.  3) 
care:  98   (IV.  v.  134) 
carmen:  69  (III.  ii.  344) 
case:  28  (II.  i.  119) 
cast:  9   (I.  i.  166);  102   (V. 

i.  21) 

cavaleros:  112  (V.  iii.  60) 
chambers:  42  (II.  iv.  56) 
chanced:  6  (I.  i.  87) 
channel:  26  (II.  i.  54) 
chaps:  45  (II.  iv.  137) 
charge:  13  (I.  ii.  71) 
cheater:  43  (II.  iv.  104) 
check:  84  (IV.  iii.  34) 
check'd:  57  (III.  i.  68) 
chopp'd:  68  (III.  ii.  297) 
chops:  48  (II.  iv.  234) 
churlish:  22  (I.  iii.  62) 
cinders:  85  (IV.  iii.  58) 
clapped  i'  the  clout:  60  (III. 

ii.  51) 

close:  52  (II.  iv.  358) 
cock  and  pie:  102  (V.  i.  1) 
coldest:  106  (V.  ii.  31) 
colour:  19   (I.  ii.  280);  120 

(V.  v.  92) 

colours:  120  (V.  v.  94) 
come  to  any  proof:  86  (IV. 

iii.  97,  98) 
come   you    in:    68    (III.    ii. 

306) 

commission:  62  (III.  ii.  98) 
commodity:  19  (I.  ii.  282) 
commotion's:  73   (IV.  i.  93) 
companion:  44  (II.  iv.  130) 


complices:  8  (Li.  163) 
conceit:  49  (II.  iv.  263) 
conceive:  35  (II.  ii.  126) 
condition:  83  (IV.  iii.  1);  86 

(IV.  iii.  90) 

confound:  90  (IV.  iv.  41) 
conger:  42  (II.  iv.  57) 
consent:  104  (V.  i.  78) 
considerance:  109  (V.  ii. 

98) 

consign'd:  76  (IV.  i.  175) 
consigning    to:    110    (V.    ii. 

143) 
conversations:    121     (V.    v. 

106) 

corporate:  66  (III.  ii.  238) 
costermonger:      17      (I.     ii. 

193) 

countenance:  103  (V.  i.  41) 
counter:  14  (I.  ii.  102) 
cover:  40  (II.  iv.  11) 
crack:  59  (III.  ii.  34) 
crafty-sick:  2  (Ind.  37) 
crudy:  87  (IV.  iii.  106) 
current:  28  (II.  i.  136) 
cuttle:  45  (II.  iv.  138) 

dead  elm:  52  (II.  iv.  363) 
dear:  98  (IV.  v.  139) 
debuty:  43  (II.  iv.  91) 
defensible:  39  (II.  iii.  38) 
determin'd:  96  (IV.  v.  80) 
did  grace:  7  (I.  i.  129) 
discolours    the    complexion: 

31  (II.  ii.  5) 
dispatch:  86  (IV.  iii.  82) 
dole:  9  (Li.  169) 
done  me  right:  113   (V.  iii. 

74) 

doubt:  121  (Epil.  7) 
draw:   23    (I.   iii.    109);   29 

(II.  i.  166) 
drawer:  viii  (Dramatis  Per- 

sonae) 
drollery:  29  (II.  i.  160) 


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The  Second  Part  of 


dub  me  knight:  113  (V.  iii. 

76) 

duer:  69  (III.  ii.  332) 
dull:  93  (IV.  v.  2) 

Earl  of  Hereford:  75   (IV. 

i.  131) 

easy:  108  (V.  ii.  71) 
ebon:  119  (V.  v.  40) 
edge:  9  (Li.  170) 
effect:  29  (II.  i.  146) 
element:  85  (IV.  iii.  58) 
endear'd:  38  (II.  iii.  11) 
engaged  to:  9  (I.  i.  180) 
engraffed:  33  (II.  ii.  69) 
engrossed:  96  (IV.  v.  69) 
enlarge:  10  (I.  i.  204) 
Ephesians:  36  (II.  ii.  164) 
event:  9  (Li.  166) 
ever  among:  111  (V.  iii.  22) 
exion:  25   (II.  i.  34) 
expedition:  84  (IV.  iii.  37) 

face-royal:  11  (I.  ii.  25) 
faitors:  46  (II.  iv.  171) 
fancies:  69  (III.  ii.  345) 
fear:  92  (IV.  iv.  121) 
fetch    it    from    Japhet:    35 

(II.  ii.  130) 

fetch  off:  69  (III.  ii.  326) 
few:  7  (I.  i.  112) 
fig:  115  (V.  iii.  121) 
figure:  21  (I.  iii.  43) 
figuring:  57  (III.  i.  81) 
file:  20   (I.  iii.  10) 
flapdragons:  49  (II.  iv.  267) 
Fleet:  121   (V.  v.  97) 
flesh'd:  8  (I.  i.  149) 
foin:  24  (II.  i.  19) 
follow'd:  3  (I.  i.  21) 
fondly:  83  (IV.  ii.  120) 
fond  many:  23  (I.  iii.  91) 
forehand  shaft:  60   (III.  ii. 

52,  53) 
forestall'd     remission:     107 

(V.  ii.  38) 


forgetive:  87  (IV.  iii.  107) 
form:    57    (III.    i.    87);    71 

(IV.    i.   20);    98    (IV.   v. 

117) 

forspent:  4  (I.  i.  37) 
foutra:  114  (V.  iii.  100) 
frank:  36  (II.  ii.  160) 
fubbed:  25  (II.  i.  39) 
full  points:  47  (II.  iv.  197) 
fustian:  47  (II.  iv.  202) 

Galloway  nags:  47    (II.   iv. 

204) 

gambol:  49  (II.  iv.  273) 
'gan:  7  (I.  i.  129) 
garland:  108  (V.  ii.  84) 
gave  them   out:   71    (IV.  i. 

23) 
German  hunting:  29    (II.  i. 

161) 
get    wenches:    87    (IV.    iii. 

101) 

gibbets:  67  (III.  ii.  285) 
gird:  11  (I.  ii.  6) 
glutton:  12  (I.  ii.  38) 
good-nights:     69     (III.     ii. 

345) 

good-year:  42    (II.  iv.  63) 
grace:  7  (Li.  129) 
grafting:  111  (V.  iii.  3) 
green:  27  (II.  i.  109) 
grief:  8  (I.  i.  144) 
griefs:  73  (IV.  i.  69) 
groat:  19  (I.  ii.  267) 
guarded:  72  (IV.  i.  34) 

half-kirtles:  117  (V.  iv.  24) 
halt:  19  (I.  ii.  279) 
hangs:  77  (IV.  i.  213) 
Harry     ten     shillings:      66 

(III.  ii.  239) 
haunch:  91   (IV.  iv.  92) 
hautboy:  70  (III.  ii.  354) 
head:  9  (Li.  168) 
hearken  at:  50  (II.  iv.  304) 
heart:  111  (V.  iii.  30) 


King  Henry  the  Fourth 


157 


heat:  84  (IV.  iii.  27) 
heaviness:  81  (IV.  ii.  82) 
heavy:  106  (V.  ii.  14) 
heels:  15  (I.  ii.  142) 
hence:  100  (IV.  v.  213) 
hilding:  5  (I.  i.  57) 
Hiren:  46  (II.  iv.  172) 
his:  15  (I.  ii.  134) 
hold    sortance:    71     (IV.    i. 

11) 

hole:  2  (Ind.  35) 
honey-seed:  26  (II.  i.  59) 
honey-suckle:  26   (II.  i.  53) 
how:  60  (III.  ii.  42) 
humours:  29  (II.  i.  165) 
hunt  counter:  14  (I.  ii.  102) 
hurly:  56  (III.  i.  25) 
husband:  111  (V.  iii.  11) 

ill:  16  (I.  ii.  188) 

ill  laid  up:  105  (V.  i.  94) 

imbrue:  47  (II.  iv.  209) 

immediate:  95  (IV.  v.  41) 

imp:  119  (V.  v.  47) 

in  charge:  74  (IV.  i.  120) 

indifferency:  84  (IV.  iii.  23) 

in   equal   rank:    110    (V.   ii. 

137) 

in  few:  7  (I.  i.  112) 
infinitive:  25  (II.  i.  28) 
inns    o'    court:    59    (III.    ii. 

14) 

in  respect  of:  15  (I.  ii.  147) 
insinew'd:  76  (IV.  i.  172) 
instance:  58  (III.  i.  103) 
intelligencer:  79  (IV.  ii.  20) 
intended:  76  (IV.  i.  166) 
intervallums:  105  (V.  i.  90) 
invested:  88   (IV.  iv.  6) 
in  virtue:  76  (IV.  i.  163) 
irregular:     viii      (Dramatis 

Personae) 

is  chanced:  6  (I.  i.  87) 
it:  15  (I.  ii.  132) 

Japhet:  35  (II.  ii.  130) 


Jerusalem       Chamber:       88 

(IV.  iv.  S.  d.) 
joint-stools:  49  (II.  iv.  269) 
Jordan:  41   (II.  iv.  37) 
juggler:  45  (II.  iv.  139) 
just:  115  (V.  iii.  124) 
just  proportion:  71    (IV.  i. 

23) 
Juvenal:  11  (I.  ii.  21) 

Keech:  27  (II.  i.  104) 
ken:  75  (IV.  i.  151) 
kickshaws:  103  (V.  i.  29) 
kindly:  96  (IV.  v.  82) 
kirtle:  50  (II.  iv.  297) 

land  service:  15   (I.  ii.  155) 
leather-coats:    112    (V.    iii. 

42) 

leman:  112  (V.  iii.  47) 
less:  10  (I.  i.  209) 
Lethe:  108  (V.  ii.  72) 
level:  28  (II.  i.  128) 
lewd:  33  (II.  ii.  68) 
liggens:  113  (V.  iii.  66) 
lighten:  31  (II.  i.  212) 
like:  22  (I.  iii.  81) 
lin'd:  21  (I.  iii.  27) 
lisping:  50  (II.  iv.  289) 
look  beyond:  90  (IV.  iv.  67) 
Lubber's  Head:  25  (II.  i.  32, 

33) 
Lumbert  Street:  25    (II.   i. 

33) 

make:  10  (I.  i.  214) 
make  head:  9  (I.  i.  168) 
malmsey-nose:  25  (II.  i.  44, 

45) 
malt-worms:     52      (II.     iv. 

366,  367) 

mandrake:  11  (I.  ii.  16) 
manned  with   an   agate:    11 

(I.  ii.  18) 

man-queller:  26   (II.  1.  60) 
mare:  27  (II.  i.  86) 


158 


The  Second  Part  of 


marks:  17   (I.  ii.  220) 
martlemas:  35   (II.  ii.  112) 
mate:  44  (II.  iv.  132) 
mechanical:  118   (V.  v.  39) 
medicine    potable:    99    (IV. 

v.  161) 

mete:  91  (IV.  iv.  77) 
miscarried:  75  (IV.  i.  129) 
misdoubts:  77  (IV.  i.  206) 
mode:  100   (IV.  v.  198) 
Monmouth:  2  (Ind.  29) 
more:  10  (I.  i.  209) 
mure:  92   (IV.  iv.  119) 
muse:  76  (IV.  i.  167) 

names:  75  (IV.  i.  154) 
nave  of  a  wheel:  50  (II.  iv. 

278) 
necessary  form:  57    (III.  i. 

87) 

neif:  47  (II.  iv.  199) 
nice:  8   (I.  i.  145);  39   (II. 

iii.  40);  77  (IV.  i.  191) 
night-gown:  55  (III.  i.  S.  d.) 
nobles:  30  (II.  i.  171) 
noise:  40  (II.  iv.  13) 
nut-hook:  116  (V.  iv.  8) 

observance:     84      (IV.     iii. 

16) 

observ'd:  89  (IV.  iv.  30) 
occupy:  45  (II.  iv.  159) 
o'er-posting:  16   (I.  ii.  173) 
offer:  78  (IV.  i.  219) 
offices:  21  (I.  iii.  47) 
of    sufferance:    117    (V.    iv. 

27) 

old  utis:  41  (II.  iv.  21,  22) 
omit:  89  (IV.  iv.  27) 
one:  25   (II.  i.  37) 
opposites:     viii      (Dramatis 

Personae) 

orchard:  3   (Li.  4) 
order:  65  (III.  ii.  200) 
ousel:  59  (III.  ii.  9) 


over-rode:  4  (I.  i.  30) 
over-scutched    huswives :    69 

(III.  ii.  343) 

over  ween:  75  (IV.  i.  149) 
owches:  42  (II.  iv.  52) 
owed:  10  (I.  ii.  4) 

pantler:  49  (II.  iv.  258) 
parcel-gilt:  27  (II.  i.  97) 
part  (n.):  96  (IV.  v.  62) 
part  (vb.):  81  (IV.  ii.  70) 
part-created  cost:  22  (I.  iii. 

60) 

particular:  91   (IV.  iv.  90) 
passing:  81  (IV.  ii.  85) 
passion:  8  (I.  i.  161) 
Paul's:  12  (I.  ii.  57) 
pawn'd:  83  (IV.  ii.  113) 
peasant:  2  (Ind.  33) 
person:  108  (V.  ii.  73) 
peruse:  82   (IV.  ii.  94) 
philosopher's       stones:       70 

(III.  ii.  357) 
picking:  77  (IV.  i.  198) 
point:  5  (I.  i.  53) ;  72  (IV. 

i.  52) 

poll:  50  (II.  iv.  282) 
ports:  94  (IV.  v.  23) 
post:  54  (II.  iv.  413) 
posts:   53    (II.   iv.  390);   84 

(IV.  iii.  40) 

pottle-pot:  34  (II.  ii.  86) 
precepts:  102  (V.  i.  14) 
pregnancy:  17  (I.  ii.  196) 
present:  86  (IV.  iii.  80) 
presented:  108  (V.  ii.  79) 
presently:  30  (II.  i.  194) 
prevent:  19   (I.  ii.  263) 
price:  114  (V.  iii.  98) 
prick:  62  (III.  ii.  123) 
pricked    down:    52    (II.    iv. 

364) 

preface:  111  (V.  iii.  28) 
project  of  a  power:  21    (I. 

iii.  29) 


King  Henry  the  Fourth 


159 


proper:  109  (V.  ii.  109) 
proper  fellow  of  my  hands: 

33  (II.  ii.  74) 
propose:  108  (V.  ii.  92) 
punish  by  the  heels:  15   (I. 

ii.  142) 

purchas'd:  100  (IV.  v.  198) 
push:  32  (II.  ii.  42) 

quality:  71  (IV.  i.  11) 
quantities:  104  (V.  i.  69) 
quean:  26  (II.  i.  53) 
queasiness:  10   (I.  i.  196) 
question:  4  (I.  i.  48) 
quit:  53   (II.  iv.  376) 
quittance:  6  (I.  i.  108) 
quiver:  68  (III.  ii.  304) 
quoif:  8  (I.  i.  147) 
quoit:  47  (II.  iv.  205) 

ragged:  107   (V.  ii.  38) 
ragged'st:  8  (Li.  151) 
reckonings:  17  (I.  ii.  196) 
recordation:  39  (II.  iii.  61) 
red  lattice:  34  (II.  ii.  88) 
remember'd:  110  (V.  ii.  142) 
remembrance:    109    (V.    ii. 

115) 

render'd:  81  (IV.  ii.  87) 
resolv'd  correction:  77   (IV. 

i.  213) 
respect:  9  (I.  i.  184);  15  (I. 

ii.  147) 

rheumatic:  42  (II.  iv.  61) 
rides  the  wild  mare:  49  (II. 

iv.  268) 

rigol:  94  (IV.  v.  35) 
rood:  59  (III.  ii.  3) 
roundly:  59  (III.  ii.  21) 
routs:  71   (IV.  i.  33) 


sack:  18  (I.  ii. 
sad:  105  (V.  i.  91) 
sadly:  109  (V.  ii.  125) 
said:  111   (V.  iii.  9) 


Samingo:  113    (V.  iii.  77) 
score:  25   (II.  i.  28) 
sea-coal:  27  (II.  i.  98) 
seal'd  up:  97  (IV.  v.  102) 
second    body:    108    (V.    ii. 

90) 
second   brother:   33    (II.   ii. 

73) 

sect:  41  (II.  iv.  40) 
seel:  55  (III.  i.  19) 
semblable  coherence:  104 

(V.  i.  72) 

set  off:  75  (IV.  i.  145) 
seven  stars:  47  (II.  iv.  200) 
shadows:  63  (III.  ii.  147) 
shallowly:  83  (IV.  ii.  119) 
sherris-sack:     87     (IV.     iii. 

104) 

shove-groat:  47  (II.  iv.  205) 
Shrewsbury:  2  (Ind.  24) 
shrove-tide:  112  (V.  iii.  36) 
sickly  quoif:  8  (Li.  147) 
sights:  74  (IV.  i.  121) 
sign  of  the  leg:  49   (II.  iv. 

271) 

since  when:  45  (II.  iv.  139) 
single:  17  (I.  ii.  210) 
Sisters    Three:    47    (II.    iv. 

212) 

Skogan:  59  (III.  ii.  33) 
slight:  76  (IV.  i.  167) 
slops:  11  (I.  ii.  33) 
smooth-pates:  12  (I.  ii.  42) 
sneap:  28  (II.  i.  137) 
soil:  100  (IV.  v.  188) 
sortance:  71   (IV.  i.  11) 
south:  53  (II.  iv.  397) 
spit  white:  18  (I.  ii.  241) 
stand  my  good  lord:  86  (IV. 

iii.  89) 
state  of  floods:  110   (V.  ii. 


staying:  4  (I.  i.  48) 
stiff-borne:  9  (Li.  177) 
still:  1  (Ind.  4) 


160  Second  Part  of  King  Henry  the  Fourth 


stomach:   7    (I.   i.    129);   92 

(IV.  iv.  105) 
stop:  1    (Ind.   17) 
strained    passion:    8     (I.    i. 

161) 
strange-achieved:     96     (IV. 

v.  70) 

strond:  5  (I.  i.  62) 
studied:  31   (II.  ii.  10) 
success:  80  (IV.  ii.  47) 
successively:     100     (IV.     v. 

200) 

sufficient:  62  (III.  ii.  104) 
supplies:  20  (I.  iii.  12) 
Surecard:  62  (III.  ii.  96) 
suspire:  94  (IV.  v.  32) 
swaggerers:  43  (II.  iv.  80) 
swinge-bucklers:  59  (III.  ii. 

24) 
swinged:  116  (V.  iv.  21) 

ta:  26  (II.  i.  65) 
tables:  50  (II.  iv.  289) 
taken  up:  79  (IV.  ii.  26) 
takes  upon  him:  35   (II.  ii. 

126) 
take   the   heat:    51    (II.    iv. 

326,  327) 

taking  up:  12  (I.  ii.  45) 
tall:  61  (III.  ii.  68) 
tame    cheater:    43     (II.    iv. 

104,  105) 

temper:  27  (II.  i.  90) 
tempering:  88  (IV.  iii.  141) 
terms:  105  (V.  i.  89) 
tester:  68  (III.  ii.  299) 
thick:  38  (II.  iii.  24) 
thousands:  64  (III.  ii.  180) 
through:  12  (I.  ii.  44) 
tiring:  2  (Ind.  37) 
tirrits:  47  (II.  iv.  219) 
to:  74  (IV.  i.  104) 
toward:  47  (II.  iv.  213) 
toys:  46  (II.  iv.  182) 
traverse:  68  (III.  ii. 
Trigon:  50  (II.  iv. 


trimm'd:  23  (I.  iii.  94) 
two  points:  45  (II.  iv.  140) 

unseason'd:  58   (III.  i.  105) 
utis:  41  (II.  iv.  22) 

vail:  7  (I.  i.  129) 
vain:  119  (V.  v.  49) 
valuation:  77  (IV.  i.  189) 
vanity:  98  (IV.  v.  118) 
vaward:  17  (I.  ii.  202) 
vent:  1  (Ind.  2) 
vice:  25  (II.  i.  26) 
Vice's   dagger:    69    (III.   ii. 

346) 
virtuous:  96  (IV.  v.  74) 

wanton:  8  (Li.  148) 
warder:  74  (IV.  i.  125) 
wassail    candle:    16    (I.    ii. 

181) 

waste:  101  (IV.  v.  214) 
watch-case:  55  (III.  i.  17) 
water-work:  29  (II.  i.  162) 
wax:  16  (I.  ii.  182) 
well-appointed:  9  (I.  i.  190) 
well    conceited:    103    (V.    i. 

39) 

wen:  35  (II.  ii.  117) 
what:  2   (I.  i.  2);  15   (I.  ii. 

130) 

Wheeson:  27  (II.  i.  99) 
whoreson:  11  (I.  ii.  15) 
will  not  out:  113  (V.  iii.  68) 
winking:  21  (I.  iii.  33) 
with:  94  (IV.  v.  30) 
witness'd  usurpation:   5    (I. 

i.  63) 

workings:  79   (IV.  ii.  22) 
wo't:  26  (II.  i.  65) 
writ  man:  11  (I.  ii.  29) 
wrought:  92  (IV.  iv.  119) 

yea-forsooth   knave:    12    (I. 

ii.  40) 
yeoman:  24  (II.  i.  4) 


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