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KING    HENRY   V., 


BY 


WILLIAM    SHAKSPERE. 


THE  FIRST  QUARTO, 
l600, 

A  FACSIMILE 

(FROM    THE   BRITISH    MUSEUM    COPY,    C.    12,  g.   22.) 
BY 

CHARLES  PRAETORIUS, 

PHOTOGRAPHER    TO   THE   BRITISH    MUSEUM,  ETC.,  ETC. 

WITH     AN    INTRODUCTION 

BY 

ARTHUR  SYMONS. 


-O-Oj^joo- 


LONDON : 

Produced  by  C.  PRAETORIUS,  14  Clareville  Grove, 
Hereford  Square,  S.W. 

1886. 


27  SO 

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CONTENTS    OF    INTRODUCTION. 


PAGE 

§  I.     Date  of  the  Play iii 

§2.     Editions  of  the  Play          iii 

§  3.     Is  the  Quarto  Shakspere's  First  Sketch?     Mr  Daniel's  Argument  to 

the  contrary  ...         ...         ...          ...         ...         ...         ...         ...  iv 

§  4.     Sources  of  the  Play :  Famous  Victories  ...         ...         ...         ...         ...  vi 

§5.     Sources  of  the  Play  :  Holinshed 's  Chronicles     ...         ...         ...         ...  xi 

a.  Reprint  of  Mr  Stone's  Summary      ...         ...         ...         ...         ...  xii 

b.  Notes  on  a  few  points            ...         ...         ...         ...         ...         ...  xiv 

§6.     This  Facsimile  ;  with  a  Postscript  relating  to  Titus     ...         ...         ...  xvii 


[Shakspert-Quarto  Facsimiles,  No.  27.] 


Ill 


INTRODUCTION. 


§  i.  The  date  of  Henry  V.  is  determined  by  an  allusion  in  the 
chorus  of  Act  V.  (11.  30-34)  :— 

"  Were  now  the  general  of  our  gracious  empress, 
As  in  good  time  he  may,  from  Ireland  coming, 
Bringing  rebellion  broached  on  his  sword, 
How  many  would  the  peaceful  city  quit 
To  welcome  him  !  " 

This  is  doubtless  a  reference  to  the  Earl  of  Essex,  who  was  sent  over 
to  Ireland  in  command  of  a  large  force  against  the  rebel  Earl  of 
Tyrone  in  March,  1599.  As  Essex  returned,  not  exactly  "bringing 
rebellion  broached  on  his  sword,"  in  September  of  the  same  year, 
the  passage  must  have  been  written  between  the  date  of  his  depart- 
ure and  that  of  his  return.  A  reference  in  the  Prologue  to  "  this 
wooden  O,"  that  is,  the  Globe  Theatre,  "  a  large  circular  or  poly- 
gonal building,"  erected  in  1599,  further  points  to  that  year  as  the 
date  of  the  play's  production.  And  Meres,  who  mentions  Henry 
IV.  in  his  Wit's  Treasury,  1598,  makes  no  allusion  to  Henry  V. 

§  2.  The  first  edition  of  the  play  is  the  Quarto  "  printed  by 
Thomas  Creede,  for  Tho.  Millington  and  John  Busby,"  and  pub- 
lished in  1600.  The  second  edition,  "printed  by  Thomas  Creede, 
for  Thomas  Pauier,"  1602,  is  a  mere  reprint  of  the  first.  The  third, 
"printed  for  T.  P.  1608,"  is  likewise  printed  from  Quarto  1,  but 
differs  from  it  by  a  frequent  rearrangement  of  the  lines  and  an 
occasional  alteration  or  addition  of  words.  These  changes,  which 
are,  however,  of  comparatively  slight  importance,  will  be  marked  in 
the  margin  of  the  facsimile  of  Quarto  3. 

Unlike  many  of  the  Quartos,  those  of  Henry  V.  have  no  value 
as  regards  correction  of  the  Folio  text.  Three  lines  from  them  (Q.  1., 
II.  i.  79,  IV.  iii.  43,  and  IV.  v.  16)  have  been  received,  as  Mr  Daniel 
notes,  into  many  modern  editions.  But  it  is  doubtful  whether  even 
these  three  lines  have  any  real  authority.  The  Quarto  text  is  a 
little  less  than  half  the  length  of  the  Folio ;  it  is  without  the 
choruses.-^  the  first  scene  of  Acts  L  and  III,  and  the  second  of 
Act  IV.  are  missing  ;  the  fourth  and  fifth  scenes  of  Act  V.  are 
transposed ;  many  of  the  finest  speeches  are  wanting  or  largely 
curtailed ;  the  French  of  the  English-lesson  and  wooing  scenes  is 


IV  IS    THE    QUARTO    SHAKSPERE's    FIRST    SKETCH  1 

turned  into  a  medley  bearing  no  resemblance  to  any  possible 
language  speakable  by  man ;  all  the  prose  is  printed  as  if  it  were 
verse  ;  and  the  verse  is  frequently  displaced  and  distorted.  There 
is  thus  obviously  no  question  as  to  the  entire  superiority  of  the 
Folio  over  the  Quarto  text.  The  question  which  arises,  a  question 
of  no  small  importance,  is — Does  the  Quarto  represent  the  play  as 
Shakspere  first  wrote  it,  and  did  he  subsequently  revise  and  enlarge 
it  from  this  state  to  the  state  in  which  we  find  it  in  the  Folio  ;  or 
is  the  Quarto  merely  a  fraudulent  and  imperfect  per-version  of  the 
original  Folio  text  ? 

§  3.  The  more  general  opinion  among  the  editors  of  Shakspere 
leans  to  the  latter  hypothesis.  Knight  very  strongly,  and  some 
others  with  more  or  less  confidence,  contend  that  the  Quarto 
represents,  however  imperfectly,  Shakspere's  first  sketch  of  the 
play.  But  until  the  appearance  of  Mr  P.  A.  Daniel's  Introduction 
to  Dr  Nicholson's  Parallel  Text  Edition  (New  Shakspere  Society, 
1877),  the  question  was  still  open;  no  proof  had  been  established 
on  either  side.  Mr  Daniel,  however,  has  shown,  on  such  strong 
presumptive  evidence  as  to  be  virtually  proof,  that  the  Quarto  is 
not  the  author's  first  sketch,  but  is  an  imperfect  edition  of  a 
shortened  acting  version  of  the  already  existing  Folio  text.  As 
Mr  Daniel's  arguments  seem  to  me  conclusive,  and  in  need  of  no 
further  strengthening,  I  have  (with  his  kind  permission)  endeavoured 
to  give  the  substance  of  them  here.  They  will  be  found  at  length 
in  the  Introduction  above  referred  to. 

"The  opinion  I  have  formed,"  says  Mr  Daniel,  "  from  a  careful 
examination,  line  for  line,  of  both  texts  is,  that  the  play  of  1599 
(the  Folio)  was  shortened  for  stage  representation  ;  the  abridgement 
done  with  little  care,  and  printed  in  the  Quarto  edition  with  less, 
probably  from  an  imperfect  manuscript  surreptitiously  obtained,  and 
vamped  up  from  notes  taken  during  the  performance,  as  we  know 
was  frequently  done.  Indeed  it  is  quite  possible  '  that  the  whole 
of  the  Quarto  edition  was  obtained  in  this  manner;  and  the  fact 
that  it  is  printed  from  beginning  to  end  as  verse  would  seem  to 
lend  some  support  to  this  conjecture.  The  fact  also  that  the 
publishers  of  the  Quarto  were  Millington  and  Busbie,  and  their 
successor  Pavier,  may  of  itself  be  taken  as  evidence  that  these 
plays  are  of  doubtful  authenticity." 

This  opinion  Mr  Daniel  proceeds  to  support  by  two  instances  : 
"  these  being,"  in  his  opinion,  "  indisputable,  will  also,"  he  presumes, 
"  be  considered  sufficient ;  for  if  in  a  single  case  it  can  be  clearly 

1  I  venture  to  think  quite  probable.     Such  errors  as  "godly"  for  "idly," 
"the  function  "  foi  "defunction,"  &c,  and  the  extraordinary  hash  of  the  French 

scenes,  point  rather  to  misunderstanding  of  spoken  than  of  written  words. — A.  S. 


mr  Daniel's  argument  to  the  contrary.  v 

proved,  not  that  the  Quarto  is  merely  deficient  in,  but  that  it 
actually  omits  any  portion  of  the  Folio  version,  judgment  may  be 
allowed  to  pass  on  other  places  where  the  evidence  is  not  of  so 
convincing  a  character." 

The  two  instances  are  Act  I.  sc.  ii.  (Quarto,  11/  47-55,  Folio 
11.  67-91)  and  Act  IV.  sc.  ii.  (Folio).  The  first  occurs  in  the 
passage  where  the  Bishop  of  Canterbury  is  detailing  the  arguments 
in  favour  of  Henry's  claim  to  France.  In  Mr  Daniel's  words  : 
"  '  Hugh  Capet  also ' — says  the  Quarto.  Why  also  ?  There  is 
nothing  in  the  Quarto  to  account  for  this  adverb.  We  turn  to 
the  Folio,  and  find  that  it  is  the  case  of  King  Pepin  to  which  the 
Quarto  refers,  but  which  it  omits.  But  this  is  not  all ;  in  the  Folio, 
after  the  case  of  Hugh  Capet,  there  is  next  cited  the  case  of  King 
Lewes,  who  justified  his  possession  of  the  crown  as  being  descended 
from 

'The  daughter  to  Charles,  the  foresaid  Duke  of  Loraine/ 

The  Quarto,  which  also  has  this  line,  makes  no  previous  mention  of 
the  foresaid  Duke  of  Loraine.  Again  here  is  proof  of  omission. 
But  still  this  is  not  all :  the  Quarto  further,  by  its  injudicious 
omissions,  actually  makes  Hugh  Capet,  who  deposed  and  murdered 
Charles  of  Loraine,  fortify  his  title  to  the  throne  with  the  plea  that 
he  was  descended  from  the  daughter  of  this  very  Charles,  con- 
founding at  the  same  time  this  daughter  of  Charles  of  Loraine  with 
the  daughter  of  Charlemaine ;  and  then,  rejoining  the  current  of 
the  Folio,  with  it,  it  sums  up  all  the  three  cases  of  kings  who 
claimed  in  '  right  and  title  of  the  female,'  of  two  of  which  it  has 
no  previous  mention.  I  have  not  overlooked  the  fact,"  adds  Mr 
Daniel,  "  that  in  this  summing  up  the  Quarto  turns  King  Leives 
into  King  Charles,  but  this  I  look  upon  as  a  mere  blunder,  of  no 
significance  either  for  or  against  my  argument ;  it  might  be  noticed 
as  an  instance  of  corruption  on  the  part  of  the  Quarto,  but  has 
nothing  to  do  with  the  question  of  omission  with  which  I  am 
principally  concerned." 

Mr  Daniel's  second  instance  of  omission  is  that  of  Act  IV.  sc. 
ii.  The  scene  represents  the  French  camp  on  the  morning  of 
Agincourt,  and  ends,  with  perfect  appropriateness, 

"  Come,  come  away  ; 
The  sunne  is  high,  and  we  out-weare  the  day." 

This  scene  is  totally  absent  from  the  Quarto.  But  at  the  end  of 
Act  III.  sc.  vii.,  representing  the  French  camp  on  the  previous  night, 
and  including  the  period  of  time  between  midnight,  or  just  before 
(see  1.  97),  and  2  a.m.  (see  1.  168),  occurs  the  couplet  so  appropriate 
in  the  morning  scene,  so  comically  inappropriate  here — 


Vi  MR    BANIEI/S   ARGUMENT. 

"Come,  come  away  ; 
The  sun  is  hie,  and  we  weare  out  the  day." 

"  Here  surely,"  remarks  Mr  Daniel,  "  is  a  case  from  which  we 
may  infer  that,  at  its  best,  Quarto  i  merely  represents  a  version  of 
the  play  shortened  for  the  stage.  The  two  scenes  in  the  French 
Camp  were  to  be  cut  down  to  one ;  and  the  person  who  did  the 
job,  without  perceiving  the  blunder  he  was  committing,  wanting  a 
tag  to  finish  off  with,  brought  in  the  sun  at  midnight !  " 

It  will  be  generally  felt,  I  imagine,  that  these  two  plain  and 
undeniable  instances  (due  to  Mr  Daniel's  careful  ingenuity)  of 
omission  on  the  part  of  the  Quarto  of  lines  or  scenes  found  in  the 
Folio,  really  settle,  once  and  for  all,  the  long-debated  question  of 
precedence.  After  this  proof  that  the  Folio  version  was  in  existence 
before  the  Quarto  was  printed,  it  is  clearly  impossible  to  consider 
the  latter  a  "  first  sketch."  One  ventures  to  wonder  how  such  a 
belief  could  ever  have  obtained  at  all.  Is  it  credible  that  by  1599, 
that  is,  after  writing  plays  for  perhaps  nine  or  ten  years,  Shakspere 
would  have  done  no  better  than  this,  even  in  a  "  first  draft  "  ?  I 
at  least  cannot  think  so. 

Though  Mr  Daniel's  argument  from  omission  seems  sufficiently 
to  settle  the  matter,  he  also  brings  forward  in  his  Introduction  to 
the  Parallel  Texts  another  consideration  of  some  weight :  that  while 
certain  historical  errors  are  found  in  the  Folio,  these  are  absent 
from  the  Quarto.  "  We  must  therefore  either  believe  that  these 
errors  were  the  result  of  the  elaboration  of  the  '  first  sketch  '  (the 
Quarto),  or  we  must  conclude  that  they  were  corrected  in  the 
'shortened  play  '  (the  Quarto)."  Which  accordingly  Mr  Daniel 
concludes.     (See  his  Introduction,  pp.  xii,  xiii.) 

§  4.  The  principal  sources  of  the  play  are,  primarily  and  passim, 
Holinshed's  Chronicles ;  secondly,  and  more  slightly,  the  Famous 
Victories.     Let  us  take  the  latter  first. 

The  old  black-letter  play  of  1598 — "The  Famous  Victories  of 
Henry  the  Fifth  :  containing  the  Honourable  Battell  of  Agincourt  " 
— was  licensed  in  1594,  and  passed  into  a  second  edition  in  16 17. 
It  was  printed  by  Thomas  Creede,  the  printer  of  the  Quarto  of 
Henry  V.  Like  Shakspere's  play,  it  is  without  act  or  scene- 
division,  and  is  vilely  printed,  in  a  supposedly  metrical  manner 
that  one  charitably  hopes  has  deviated  from  the  author's  intentions. 
The  play  is  reprinted  in  Nichols'  Six  Old  Plays,  etc.,  1779,  and 
again  in  Hazlitt's  Shakespeare' s  Library,  Pt.  II.  vol.  i.  pp.  321-377. 
It  is  a  dull,  shapeless,  senseless  piece  of  work  in  the  main  ;  abso- 
lutely without  artistic  or  guiding  quality,  and  consisting  of  generally 
witless  comic  scenes  and  usually  spiritless  serious  scenes.  But  there 
is  no  doubt  that  the  thing  gave  some  hints  to  Shakspere — in  Henry 
IV.  as  well  as  Henry  V. 


COMPARISON    WITH    THE   FAMOUS    VICTORIES    (lIENRY    V.    ACT    I.),    vii 

Up  to  p.  349  (that  is,  till  nearly  half  way  through  the  play) 
we  hear  only  of  events  previous  to  the  commencement  of  Henry  V. 
On  that  page  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  rather  abruptly,  dashes 
into  the  arguments  in  favour  of  Henry's  claim  to  France.  What 
there  may  be  here  common  to  the  two  plays — little  enough — is  of 
course  in  both  cases  simply  drawn  from  the  same  historical  source.1 
But  I  observe  that  in  the  Famous  Victories  the  author  makes  the 
Earl  of  Oxford — and  not,  as  Holinshed  says,  "  the  Duke  of  Excester, 
uncle  to  the  King" — cite  a  certain  "  old  saying" — "He  that  wil 
Scotland  win,  must  first  with  France  begin,"  and  argue  that  Henry 
should  first  attack  France ;  while  Shakspere,  also  deviating  from 
Holinshed,  puts  the  opposing  argument,  that  Scotland  should  be 
first  invaded,  into  the  mouth  of  the  Bishop  of  Ely.2  He  conse- 
quently takes  the  other  form  of  the  old  adage.  Holinshed  cites 
both  :  the  latter  as,  "  Who  so  will  France  win,  must  with  Scotland 
first  begin."  3  One  can  hardly  doubt  that  Shakspere's  choice  of 
the  alternative  saying  was  due  to  his  having  the  Famous  Victories  of 
1598  under  his  eye. 

The  first  material  obligation  of  Shakspere  to  the  writer  of  the 
Famous  Victories  occurs  (a  little  further  down)  in  connexion  with 
the  well-known  "  tennis-balls  "  scene.  The  incident  is  recorded 
in  Holinshed ;  but  the  following  speech  at  least  must  have  been 
in  Shakspere's  mind  when  he  wrote  the  lines  commencing — "  We 
are  glad  the  Dauphin  is  so  pleasant  with  us  "  (I.  ii.  259) : 

"Henry  V.     My  lord  Prince  Dolphin  is  very  pleasant  with  me  : 
But  tell  him,  that  in  steed  of  balles  of  leather, 
We  wil  toss  him  balles  of  brasse  and  yron, 
Yea  such  balles  as  neuer  were  tost  in  France, 
The  proudest  Tennis  Court  shall  rue  it."— Hazlitt,  p.  353. 

Next  in  the  play,  after  an  incident  in  the  story  of  the  Lord 

1  Holinshed,  Ckron.,  hi.  546,  col.  i.  (ed.  1586). 

*  Capell,  following  Holinshed,  assigned  this  speech  to  Westmoreland,  The 
prefix  to  I.  ii.  166  in  the  Folio  is  Bisk.  Ely. 

3  "  When  the  archbishop  had  ended  his  prepared  tale,  Rafe  Neuill  earle  of 
Westmerland,  and  as  then  lord  Warden  of  the  marches  against  Scotland  .  .  . 
thought  good  to  mooue  the  king  to  begin  first  with  Scotland,  and  therevpon 
declared  how  easie  a  matter  it  should  be  to  make  a  conquest  there,  and  how 
greatlie  the  same  should  further  his  wished  purpose  for  the  subduing  of  the 
Frenchmen,  concluding  the  sumine  of  his  tale  with  this  old  saieng  :  that  Who  so 
will  France  win,  must  with  Scotland  first  begin.'"   .  . 

"  But  after  he  had  made  an  end,  the  Duke  of  Excester,  vncle  to  the  king  .  .  . 
replied  against  the  erle  of  Westmerlands  oration,  affirming  rather  that  he  which 
would  Scotland  win,  he  with  France  must  first  begin.  For  if  the  king  might 
once  compasse  the  conquest  of  France,  Scotland  could  not  long  resist  ;  so 
that  conquere  France,  and  Scotland  would  soone  obeie.  —Holinshed,  111.  p. 
546/1. 


Viii     COMPARISON  WITH  THE  FAMOUS  VICTORIES  (HENRY  V.  ACTS  III.,  IV.). 

Chief  Justice  who  sent  the  young  Harry  to  prison,1  and  an  irrelevant 
comic  scene,  the  French  King  and  his  ministers  are  represented  in 
debate  on  the  war  and  embassage,  in  the  midst  of  which  a  messenger 
from  Harfleur  enters,  begging  aid  against  the  English  for  his  "  poore 
distressed  Towne."  In  Act  III.  sc.  iv.  Shakspere  has  a  passing 
reference  to  this  embassy. 

"  Gov.  [to  Hen.]     Our  expectation  hath  this  day  an  end  : 
The  Dauphin,  whom  of  succours  we  entreated, 
Returns  us,  that  his  powers  are  yet  not  ready 
To  raise  so  great  a  siege." — III.  iii.  44-7. 

Another  matter  only  lightly  referred  to  by  Shakspere  is  in  the 
Famous  Victories  more  carefully  emphasized.  "  Prince  Dauphin," 
says  the  French  King  in  Henry  V.  (III.  v.  64),  "You  shall  stay 
with  us  at  Rouen."  •  "Not  so,  I  do  beseech  your  majesty," 
answers  the  Dauphin.  "  Ee  patient,"  returns  his  father,  "  for  you 
shall  remain  with  us."  In  the  old  play  this  incident  (mentioned  in 
a  few  words  in  Holinshed)  is  expanded,  not  ineffectively,  as  follows  : 

"  Dol.     I  trust  your  Maiestie  will  bestow, 
Some  part  of  the  Battel  on  me, 
I  hope  not  to  present  any  otherwise  than  well. 

King.     I  tell  thee  my  sonne, 
Although  I  should  get  the  victory,  and  thou  lose  thy  life, 
I  should  thinke  my  self  quite  conquered, 
And  the  English  men  to  haue  the  victorie. 

Dol.     Why  my  Lord  and  father, 
I  would  haue  that  pettie  king  of  England  to  know, 
That  I  dare  encounter  him  in  any  ground  of  the  world. 

King.     I  know  well  my  sonne, 
But  at  this  time  I  will  have  it  thus  : 
Therefore  come  away." — Hazlilt,  pp.  358-9. 

I  would  remark  in  passing,  that  Shakspere's  device  of  bringing 
French  Katherine  on  the  stage  to  talk  broken  English,  might  just 
possibly  have  been  suggested  by  a  scene  in  the  Famous  Victories 
(pp.  360-2),  where  some  French  soldiers,  talking  among  themselves, 
jabber  in  a  sort  of  nigger-English — "Awee,  awee,  awee,  Me  wil  tell 
you  what,"  and  so  forth — to  convey  the  idea,  I  suppose,  that 
they  are  foreigners.  There  is  talk  among  these  soldiers  of  the 
"braue  apparel"  they  look  to  win  from  the  English,  and  one  of 
them  says,  "  We  haue  bene  troing  on  shance  on  the  Dice,  but  none 
can  win  the  king."  The  dicing  for  the  English  is  common  to  both 
Shakspere  and  the  Chronicles ;  as  is  also  the  opinion  that  English- 
men can  fight  well  only  when  they  have  plenty  of  beef  to  eat  and 

1  See  a  paper  read  before  the  Historical  Society  in  Nov.  18S5,  proving  the 
impossibility  of  this  incident,  and  giving  the  earlier  instance  on  which  the  tradi- 
tion was  founded.     The  paper  establishes  the  high  character  of  Prince  Hal. 


COMPARISON    WITH    THE   FAMOUS    VICTORIES:    WOOING-SCENB. 


IX 


plenty  of  ale  to  wash  it  down  with.     The  Famous  Victories  follows 
Hall  almost  literally  : 

"Why  take  an  English  man  out  of  his  warme  bed 
And  his  stale  drinke,  but  one  moneth, 
And  alas  what  will  become  of  him?" — Hazlitt,  p.  362. * 

Other  coincidences  there  are  between  Henry  V.  and  the  Famous 
Victories — as  in  the  account  of  the  Herald  sent  from  the  French 
king  before  the  battle,  to  treat  of  ransom,  and  Henry's  proud 
answer  to  him  ;  and  again  Henry's  inquiry  after  the  battle  as  to 
the  name  of  the  village  hard  by ;  but  the  incidents  are  to  be  found 
in  the  Chronicles. 

Mr  Stone  {Introduction,  p.  xl)  is  of  opinion  that  the  episode 
of  Pistol  and  the  French  soldier  (IV.  iv.)  might  have  been  suggested 
by  a  scene  in  the  Famous  Victories  (pp.  368-9).  If  so,  Shakspere 
has  certainly  made  a  great  deal  out  of  a  very  little ;  for  the  scene  is 
very  short,  and  the  humour  very  thin.  Derrick,  a  comic  character, 
is  taken  prisoner  by  a  Frenchman  during  the  battle.  The  French- 
man asks  400  crowns  as  ransom.  Derrick  promises  him  as  many 
crowns  as  will  lie  on  his  sword:  the  Frenchman  lays  it  down  on 
the  ground,  and  Derrick,  snatching  it  up,  puts  him  to  flight. 

Passing  over  an  unintentionally  comic  scene  between  the 
French  and  English  Kings, — who  call  one  another  at  every  sentence 
"  My  good  brother  of  England,"  "  My  good  brother  of  France," — we 
come  to  the  famous  wooing-scene,  from  which  Shakspere  has  taken 
more  hints  than  perhaps  from  all  the  rest  of  the  play  put  together. 
I  will  give  it  in  the  text,  for  jt  is  very  short.  It  will  thus  be  evident 
that  Shakspere  is  really  beyond  doubt  indebted  to  this  old  lumbering 
play  ;  it  will  equally  be  seen  how  greatly  he  has  refined  and 
expanded  his  material. 

Enter  Lady  Katheren  and  her  Ladies. 

[Hen  V.\     But  here  she  comes: 
How  now  faire  Ladie  Katheren  of  France, 
What  newes  ? 

Kathren.        And  it  please  your  Maiestie, 
My  father  sent  me  to  know  if  you  will  debate  any  of  these 
Vnreasonable  demands  which  you  require. 

Hen.   V.     Now  trust  me  Kate, 
I  commend  thy  fathers  wit  greatly  in  this, 
For  none  in  the  world  could  sooner  haue  made  me  debate  it 
If  it  were  possible: 
But  tell  me  sweete  Kate,  canst  thou  tell  how  to  loue  ? 


1   Hall's  words   are:   "For  you   must  vnderstand,  y'  kepe  an  Englishman 
one  moneth  from  his  warme  bed,  fat  befe  and  stale  drynke,  and  let  him  that 
season  tast  colde  and  suffre  hunger,  you  shall  then  se  his  courage  abated,  his 
bodye  waxeleaneand  bare,  and  euer  desirous  to  returne  into  his  owne  countrey. 
Hall,  p.  66  (quo.  in  Stone's  Introduction  to  Henry  V.). 


X  COMPARISON    WITH    THE    FAMOUS    VICTORIES:    WOOING-SCENE. 

Kate.     I  cannot  hate  my  good  Lord, 
Therefore  far  vnfit  were  it  for  me  to  loue. 

Hen.  V.     Tush  Kate,  but  tell  me  in  plaine  termes, 
Canst  thou  love  the  King  of  England  ? 
I  cannot  do  as  these  Countries  do, 
That  spend  half  their  time  in  woing: 
Tush  wench,  I  am  none  such, 
But  wilt  thou  go  ouer  to  England  ? 

Kate.     I  would  to  God,  that  I  had  your  Maiestie, 
As  fast  in  loue,  as  you  haue  my  father  in  warres, 
I  would  not  vouchsafe  so  much  as  one  looke, 
Vntill  you  had  i-elated  all  these  vnreasonable  demands. 

Hen.  V.     Tush  Kate,  I  know  thou  wouldst  not  vse  me  so  hardly  : 
But  tell  me,  canst  thou  loue  the  King  of  England? 

Kate.     How  should  I  loue  him,  that  hath  dealt  so  hardly 
With  my  father? 

Hen.   V.     But  ile  deale  as  easily  with  thee, 
As  thy  heart  can  imagine,  or  tongue  can  require, 
How  saist  thou,  what  will  it  be? 

Kate.     If  I  were  of  my  owne  direction, 
I  could  giue  you  answere  : 
But  seeing  I  stand  at  my  fathers  direction, 
I  must  first  know  his  will. 

Hen.  V.     But  shal  I  haue  thy  good  wil  in  the  mean  season  ? 

Kate.     Whereas  I  can  put  your  grace  in  no  assurance, 
I  would  be  loth  to  put  you  in  any  dispaire. 

Hen.   V,     Now  before  God,  it  is  a  sweete  wench. 

She  goes  aside  and  speaks  as  folloiveth. 

Kat.     I  may  thinke  my  selfe  the  happiest  in  the  world, 
That  is  beloued  of  the  mighty  King  of  England. 

Hen.   V.     Well,  Kate,  are  you  at  hoast  with  me  ? 
Sweete  Kate,  tel  thy  father  from  me, 
That  none  in  the  world  could  haue  perswaded  me  to 
It  then  thou,  and  so  tel  thy  father  from  me. 

Kate.     God  keepe  your  Maiestie  in  good  health.  Exit  Kat. 

Hen.  V.     Farvvel  sweet  Kate,  in  faith  it  is  a  sweet  wench, 
But  if  I  knew  I  could  not  haue  her  fathers  good  wil, 
I  would  so  rowse  the  Towers  ouer  his  eares, 
That  I  would  make  him  be  glad  to  bring  her  me, 
Vpon  his  hands  and  knees.  Exit  King. 

Hazlitt,  pp.  370-2. 

But  for  this  last  speech,  there  is  something  rather  good  about 
the  scene.  Katherine's  business-like  practicality  and  persistence, 
her  evident  partiality  for  the  King, — held  in  check,  however,  and 
decidedly  dominated  by  filial  obedience  and  the  interests  of  her 
father, — her  frank  confession  of  this  partiailty  to  herself,  and  her 
charming  and  quaint  modesty  in  showing  it  to  the  King, — 

"  Whereas  I  can  put  your  grace  in  no  assurance, 
I  would  be  loth  to  put  you  in  any  dispaire," — 

all  this  is  well  and  brightly  brought  out  by  the  old  playwright. 


holixshed's  chronicles. 


XI 


Shakspere  has  chosen  to  represent  his  Katherine  as  a  less  practical 
and  more  timid-minded  lady  :  Henry  in  both  plays  has  a  very 
similar  character  and  style,  though  in  Shakspere's  one  is  glad  to 
see  his  manners  are  decidedly  improved.  At  least  he  is  guilty  of 
no  such  vulgar  insolence  as  in  the  famous  Victories  escapes  his  lips 
as  soon  as  the  lady's  back  is  turned.  Besides  the  general  similarity 
of  the  two  scenes,  it  will  be  noticed  that  Shakspere  has  not  disdained 
to  borrow,  in  one  or  two  instances,  almost  the  very  words — certainly 
the  very  ideas — of  his  predecessor.  (See  especially  Henry  V., 
Act  V.  sc.  ii.  11.  178-9,  267,  and  301-6;  also  148-150,  and 
thereabouts,  in  connection  with  Henry's  third  speech  in  Famous 
Victories,  above.) 

Passing  over  a  comic  scene,  we  come  to  the  conclusion  of  the 
Famous  Victories.  In  this  final  scene,  besides  the  political  business, 
the  wooing  is  concluded  in  very  summary  fashion.  Henry,  after 
stipulating  for  certain  agreements,  says  he  must  require  one  thing 
more — "a  trifle,"  he  gallantly  adds:  that  is,  he  means  to  marry 
Katherine. 

"  How  saist  thou  Kate,  canst  thou  Ioue  the  King  of  England  ?  " 

Like  Shakspere's  Katherine,  she  answers, — 

"How  should  I  loue  thee,  which  is  my  fathers  enemy?" 

Henry  replies,  with  more  truth  than  courtesy,  that  he  knows  she  is 
not  a  little  proud  that  he  loves  her.  "Agree  to  it," says  the  French 
king ;  and  Kate,  nothing  loth,  coolly  replies, — 

"  I  had  best  while  he  is  willing, 
Least  when  I  would,  he  will  not." 

Whereupon  Henry  names  the  day — just  like  a  country  bumpkin 
— "the  first  Sunday  of  the  next  moneth,  God  willing;"  and  so 
sound  trumpets,  exeunt  omnes,  and  the  play  ends. 

§  5.  We  now  come  to  Shakspere's  principal  authority,  Holinshed ; 
and  here  I  must  acknowledge  my  indebtedness  to  Mr  W.  G.  Stone, 
in  whose  elaborate  Introduction  to  the  revised  edition  of  Henry  V. 
(New  Shakspere  Society,  Series  II.  No.  10)  I  have  found  ready  to 
my  hand  a  most  careful  comparison,  scene  by  scene,  almost  line 
by  line,  of  Shakspere's  play  with  Holinshed's  Chronicles.  This 
comparison,  extending  over  upwards  of  fifty  pages,  is  summarized 
by  Mr  Stone  on  pp.  liv — lvi  in  so  close  and  admirable  a  manner  that 
I  cannot  resist  the  temptation  of  "conveying"  it  to  my  own  pages 
verbatim.  Those  who  have  Mr  Stone's  volume  by  them  will  not,  I 
hope,  be  sorry  to  meet  with  his  Summary  here ;  while  to  any  who 
have  not  that  privilege,  the  Summary  will  certainly  be  welcome. 


Xll  HOLINSHED  :    MB    STONE  S    SUMMARY. 

After  giving  it,  and  thus  laying  the  whole  position  clearly  before 
our  eyes,  in  at  once  the  most  condensed  and  the  most  complete 
way,  I  shall  note  a  few  of  what  seem  to  me  to  be  the  most  note- 
worthy matters  in  relation  to  Shakspere's  art  which  arise  from  this 
glimpse  of  his  manner  of  dealing  with  his  subject. 

I  should  mention  that  Mr  Stone  comprises  in  his  Summary  not 
only  Shakspere's  obligations  to  Holinshed,  but  his  obligations  to, 
or  coincidence  with,  all  other  authorities,  including,  of  course,  the 
Famous  Victories.  As  my  comparison  of  this  play  with  Shakspere 
has  been  made  independently  of  Mr  Stone's,  the  references  may 
possibly  not  be  in  all  cases  quite  the  same. 

"  Summary  of  Results. — Prologue.  Act  I.  11.  5-8  (Henry  and 
the  dogs  of  war),  Chronicles. 

Act  I.  sc.  i.  11.  9-19  (Confiscation  bill),  Chronicles ; — 11.  75-81, 
and  Act  I.  sc.  ii.  11. 132-135  (the  clergy's  subsidy),  Chronicles. 

Act  I.  sc.  ii.  11.  33-100  (Chicheley's  speech),  Chronicles.  In  11. 
69-71  (Hugh  Capet's  title)  the  Chronicles  have  been  copied  almost 
verbatim;— \.  77  (Lewis  X.),  Chronicles;  Hall,  Lewis  IX.; — 1.  86 
(simile  of  the  summer's  sun),  Chronicles ; — 11.  98-100  (citation  from 
Numbers  xxvii.  8),  Chronicles; — 11.  108-110,  and  Act  II.  sc.  iv. 
11.  57-62  (Edward  III.  at  Cre'cy),  Chronicles; — 11.  167, 168  (Westmore- 
land's adage),  Chronicles ; — 11.  180-183  (Exeter's  speech.  Harmony 
in  a  state),  Cicero  Be  Republica ; — 11.  183-204  (Chicheley's  bee 
simile),  Lyly's  Euphues ; — 11.  254-266  (Tennis-balls'  story),  Chronicles; 
Famous  Victories  of  Henry  V. ; — 1.  282  (the  gun-stones),  Caxton's 
Chronicles. 

Prologue.  Act  II.  1.  6,  'the  mirror  of  Christendome.' — Hall ; 
— 11.  8-10  (Expectation),  woodcut  of  Edward  III.  in  the  Chronicles; 
— 11.  20-30  (Cambridge's  conspiracy),  Chronicles. 

Act  II.  sc.  ii.  1.  8 ;  11.  96,  97;  11.  127-137  (Henry's  confidence 
in  Scrope),  Chronicles; — 11.  155-157  (Cambridge's  ambitious  designs), 
Chronicles ; — 11.  166-188  (Henry's  addresses  to  the  conspirators  and 
to  his  nobles),  Chronicles. 

Act  II.  sc.  iv.  (the  first  French  council  of  war),  Chronicles; 
Famous  Victories; — 11.  102-109  (Exeter's  speech)  are  based  on 
the  Chronicles; — 1.  102,  'in  the  bowels  of  Jesus  Christ,'  Chronicles. 
Shakspere  has  altered  the  date  of  Exeter's  embassy  from  February 
to  August,  141 5. 

Prologue.  Act  III.  11.  28-31  (the  Archbishop  of  Bourges's 
embassy),  Chronicles.  '  The  ambassador  from  the  French'  (1.  28) 
is  Exeter,  whom  Shakspere  substituted  for  the  Archbishop. 

Act  III.  sc.  ii.  11.  58-70  (siege  operations  at  Harfleur  conducted 
by  Gloucester.     The  countermines),  Chronicles. 

Act  III.  sc.  iii.  11.  44-58  (surrender  of  Harfleur.  Harfleur 
entrusted  to  Exeter.     Sickness  in  the  French  army.     The  march 


HOLINSHED  :    MR   STONE  3    SUMMARY.  xiii 

to  Calais  resolved  on).     In  11.  46,  47,  from  '  that  his  powers,'  to 
'  great  a  siege,'  the  Chronicles  have  been  copied  almost  verbatim. 

Act  III.  sc.  v.  (the  second  French  council  of  war),  Chronicles. 
The  speeches  are  Shakspere's.  For  1.  1  (passage  of  the  Somme) ; 
— 11.  40-45  (Roll  of  the  French  nobles); — 11.  54,  55  (the  captive 
chariot  for  Henry  V.) ; — and  1.  64  (the  Dauphin  detained  at  Rouen) 
the  Chronicles  are  his  authority. 

Act  III.  sc.  vi.  11.  1-12,  and  11.  94-100  (defence  of  the 
bridge  over  the  Ternoise),  Chronicles ; — 11.  41,  42,  and  11.  105,  106 
(execution  of  a  soldier  for  stealing  a  pyx),  Chronicles ; — 11.  113-118 
(Henry's  disciplinary  regulations),  Chronicles ; — 11.  149- 151,  169- 
174  (Henry's  answer  to  Montjoy),  Chronicles; — 11.  170,  171,  'I  die 
your  tawnie  ground  with  your  red  bloud,'  Chronicles  ; — 1.  167  (money 
given  to  Montjoy),  Chronicles.  Montjoy's  defiance  was  delivered 
after  the  passage  of  the  Somme,  according  to  the  Chronicles. 

Act  III.  sc.  vii.  (the  French  nobles'  swaggering  talk),  suggested 
by  the  Chronicles  ; — II.  93,  94,  and  Prol.  Act  IV.  11.  18,  19  (the 
French  cast  dice  for  the  English),  Chronicles ; — 11.  135,  136,  and 
Prol.  Act  IV.  11.  5-7  (distance  between  the  two  camps),  according 
to  the  Chronicles,  about  250  paces; — 11.  161- 166  (Englishmen  can't 
fight  if  deprived  of  their  beef),  Hall;  i  Henry  VI;  King  Edward 
III.;  and  Famous  Victories; — 11.  168,  169  (Orleans's  boast). 
According  to  the  Chronicles,  the  French  were  drawn  up  ready 
for  battle  between  9  and  10  a.m. 

Prologue.  Act  IV.  11.  8,  9  (the  watch  fires),  Chronicles  /— 11. 
22-28  (sickly  r.spect  of  the  English),  Chronicles. 

Act  IV.  sc.  i.  1.  312  (re-interment  of  Richard's  body),  Chronicles  ; 
— 11.  315-319  (Henry's  alms-deeds  and  chantries),  Fabyan;  Stow; 
possibly  Caxton's  Chronicles  also. 

Act  IV.  sc.  ii.  11.  60-62  (the  Constable's  guidon),  Chronicles. 
This  story  is  told  of  Antony,  Duke  of  Brabant. 

Act  IV.  6C.  hi.  1.  3  (number  of  the  French),  Chronicles ; — 11.  16- 
18  (Westmoreland's  wish),  Chronicles,  where  the  wish  is  attributed 
to  'one  of  the  host' ;— 11.  20-67  (Henry's  answer  to  Westmoreland) 
differs  entirely  from  the  Chronicles'  version,  except  in  11.  20,  21; — 
11.  79-81  (Henry's  ransom  demanded),  Chronicles.  According  to 
the  Chronicles ',  a  herald  was  sent; — 11.  122,  123  (the  French  shall 
have  naught  save  Henry's  dead  body),  Chronicles ; — 11.  129-132 
(command  of  the  vaward  given  to  York),  Chronicles. 

Act  IV.  sc.  iv.  (Pistol  and  the  French  soldier),  Famous  Victories  ; 
perhaps  the  Chronicles  also. 

Act  IV.  sc.  vi.  11.  36-38  (massacre  of  the  prisoners),  Chronicles. 

Act  IV.  sc.  vii.  11.  1-10  (a  raid  on  the  English  baggage  the  cause 
of  the  massacre),  Chronicles  ;— 11.  59-68  (remnant  of  the  French  host 
ordered  to  depart),  Chronicles ; — 11.  74-94  (Montjoy  asks  leave  to 


XIV  nOLINSHED    AND    TIIE    PLAY  :    NOTES    ON    A    FEW    POINTS. 

bury  the  dead.     Henry's  talk  with  Montjoy),  Chronicles ;— 11.  161, 
162  (Henry's  encounter  with  Alengon),  Chronicles. 

Act  IV.  sc.  viii.  11.  81-105  (lists  of  the  French  taken  captive  or 
slain),  the  Chronicles  have  been  followed  very  closely; — 11.  1 08-1  n 
(the  English  losses),  Chronicles.  Shakspere  has  taken  the  lowest 
estimate; — 1.  128  (thanksgiving  for  the  victory),  Chronicles. 

Prologue.  Act  V.  11.  9-1 1  (Henry's  reception  on  landing), 
perhaps  from  Stow;  11.  12,  13  (the  homeward  voyage).  The 
turbulent  sea,  which,  according  to  the  Chronicles,  Henry  encountered, 
may  be  alluded  to  here  ; — 11.  16-28  (Henry's  reception  on  Blackheath. 
His  humility),  Chronicles; — 11.  38,  39  (the  emperor  Sigismund's 
mission  of  peace),  Chronicles. 

Act  V.  sc.  ii.  11.  5-7  (the  meeting  at  Troyes  brought  about  by 
Philippe  le  Bon),  Chronicles ; — 11.  68-71  (Henry's  conditions  of 
peace),  perhaps  suggested  by  the  Chronicles ; — 11.  98-306  (the 
wooing  scene),  Fa?nous  Victories.  Special  resemblances  may  be 
traced  in  11.  149,  150  (Henry's  lack  of  eloquence);  11.  178,  179 
(Katherine  says  she  can't  love  the  national  foe);  1.  267  (she's  at 
her  father's  disposal) ;  and  11.  301-306  (her  influence  over  Plenry) ; — 
11.  142-145  (Henry's  agility),  Chronicles  ; — 11.  364-370  (Henry  styled 
Hozres  Francice),  Chronicles ; — 11.  399,  400  (oath  of  the  French 
nobles),  Chronicles. 

Dramatis  Persons.  Act  HI.  sc.  vi.  (Exeter).  According  to 
the  Chronicles,  '  certeine  captains '  were  sent  to  secure  the  bridge. 

Act  IV.  The  Chronicles  do  not  record  that  Bedford,  Westmore- 
land, Warwick,  and  Salisbury  were  present  at  Agincourt ;  they  make 
Exeter  present  at  the  battle. 

Act  V.  sc.  ii.  Exeter  was,  according  to  the  Chronicles,  present 
at  the  Meulan  conference  in  141 9.  They  make  Clarence  and 
Gloucester,  Warwick  and  Huntingdon  present  at  Troyes  in  1420. 
Westmoreland's  presence,  either  at  Meulan  or  Troyes,  is  not 
mentioned  in  the  Chronicles!1 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  foregoing  table,  Firstly,  that  Shakspere 
used  Holinshed's  Chronicles  as  his  authority,  although  taking  at 
times  hints  from  other  sources.  This  is  proved,  not  merely  from 
a  general  resmeblance,  but  by  frequent  verbal  coincidence,  and  by 
a  reproduction  of  Holinshed's  errors.  For  instance,  Act  I.  sc.  i;. 
11.  69-71,  which  read  thus, — 

"  Hugh  Capet  also — who  usurped  the  crown 
Of  Charles  the  duke  of  Loraine,  sole  heir  male 
Of  the  true  line  and  stock  of  Charles  the  Great," — 

are  almost  literally  copied  from  the  account  in  the  Chronicles: 
"  Hugh  Capet  also,  who  vsurped  the  crowne  vpon  Charles  duke 
of  Loraine,  the  sole  heir  male  of  the  line  and  stocke  of  Charles 


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XV 


the  great"  (ch.  546).  A  few  lines  further  down,  in  I.  77,  Shakspere 
has  Lewis  the  Tenth  for  Lewis  the  Ninth.  This  error  is  derived 
from  Holinshed,  who  inaccurately  gives  the  former. 

Secondly,  we  see  the  minute  and  careful  nature  of  Shakspere's 
study  of  the  Chronicles,  and  the  dramatic  genius  with  which  he 
turned  to  his  purpose,  and  vivified,  the  slightest  hints.  The 
striking  metaphor  contained  in  the  following  lines  (Prol.  of  Act  II. 
11.  8-10)  :— 

"  For  now  sits  Expectation  in  the  air  ; 
And  hides  a  sword,  from  hilt  unto  the  point, 
With  crowns  imperial,  crowns,  and  coronets," — 

a  metaphor  which  any  one  would  feel  safe  in  assigning  to  Shakspere's 
imagination  alone — is  apparently  a  reminiscence  of  the  woodcut  of 
Edward  III.  in  the  first  edition  of  the  Chronicles.  "  The  king  there 
appears,"  says  Mr  Stone,  "bearing  a  sword,  encircled  near  the 
point  by  two  crowns."  A  subtler  instance  of  Shakspere's  intuitive 
and  vivifying  power  is  found  in  Henry's  passionate  and  fearful 
appeal  on  the  eve  of  Agincourt  to  the  heaven  whose  justice  had 
been  outraged  in  Richard's  death,  and  his  foreboding  sight  of  the 
Nemesis  which  should  avenge  his  father's  fault : 

"Not  to-day,  O  Lord, 
O,  not  to-day,  think  not  upon  the  fault 
My  father  made  in  compassing  the  crown  !  " — (IV.  i.  309-311). 

Compare  wTith  this  the  Chronicles'  comment  on  Henry's  speech  to 
the  treasonous  lords  :  "  This  doone,  the  king  thought  that  suerlie 
all  treason  and  conspiracie  had  beene  vtterly  extinct :  not  suspect- 
ing the  fire  which  was  newlie  kindled,  and  ceassed  not  to  increase, 
till  at  length  it  burst  out  into  such  a  flame,  that  catching  the  beames 
of  his  house  and  familie,  his  line  and  stocke  was  clean  consumed  to 
ashes  "  (ch.  548). 

The  appropriate  ending  which  poor  Bardoph 1  has  in  the  play  was 
suggested  to  Shakspere  by  a  simple  sentence  in  the  Chronicles  (ch. 
552) :  "  A  souldier  tooke  a  pix  out  of  a  church,  for  which  he  was 
apprehended,  and  the  king  not  once  remooued  till  the  box  was 
restored,  and  the  offendor  strangled."     A  similar  instance  of  art  in 

1  While  this  is  passing  through  the  press,  a  very  curious  fact  has  come  to  light 
relating  to  the  name  of  Bardolph,  and  Shakspere's  probable  reason  for  choosing 
it.  In  a  letter  which  Dr  Furnivall  has  just  received  from  Mr  Wentworth 
Huyshe,  of  Lagham  Park,  Surrey,  Mr  Huyshe  states  that  in  the  church  of 
Lingfield,  near  Godstone,  is  the  tomb,  with  effigies  in  alabaster,  of  Sir  Reginald 
Cobham  and  his  wife  Anne  Bardolf.  "May  not  Shakspeare,"  he  suggests,  "while 
first  writing  Henry  IV.,  have  been  aware  of  the  alliance  of  the  houses  of  Cobham 
and  Bardoph  ;  and,  in  assigning  names  to  the  followers  of  Oldcastle  (Falstaff), 
have  adopted  that  of  Bardolph  for  one  of  them  from  the  fact  of  his  knowledge  of 
that  alliance  ?" 


XVi  HOLINSHED    AND    THE    PLAY  :    NOTES    ON    A    FEW    POINTS. 

realizing  a  hint  and  working  it  into  the  dramatic  action  is  found  in 
Henry's  words  to  the  herald  (III.  vi.  167),  "  There's  for  thy  labour, 
Montjoy."  Montjoy,  say  the  Chronicles,  was  dismissed  with  "a 
princelie  reward."  Better  still  is  the  last  example  which  I  shall 
give.  At  the  beginning  of  the  first  scene  of  Act  IV.  Henry  greets 
Sir  Thomas  Erpingham  in  the  three  charming  lines  : 

"Good  morrow,  old  Sir  Thomas  Erpingham  : 
A  good  soft  pillow  for  that  good  white  head 
Were  better  than  a  churlish  turf  of  France." 

The  old  knight  so  livingly  brought  before  us  in  the  few  lines  of  this 
brief  scene  is  another  of  Shakspere's  loans  from  Holinshed.  When 
the  English  army  advanced  to  the  attack  on  the  morning  of 
Agincourt,  there  went  before  them,  say  the  Chronicles  (ch.  554), 
"  An  old  knight  sir  Thomas  Erpingham  (a  man  of  great  experience 
in  the  warre)  with  a  warder  in  his  hand ;  and  when  he  cast  up  his 
warder,  all  the  armie  shouted,"  &c. 

Thirdly,  we  see  that  Shakspere,  while  following  usually  the 
strict  outlines  of  history,  and  vivifying  these  by  his  own  dramatic 
genius,  was  ready,  on  occasion,  to  depart  from  history  for  the  sake 
of  artistic  effect.  The  siege  of  Harfleur,  for  instance,  was  con- 
ducted chiefly  by  mining  operations.  Shakspere,  however,  repre- 
sents Henry  (Act  III.  sc.  i.)  as  leading  on  his  soldiers  to  the 
assault :  for  by  so  doing  he  finds  place  for  a  piece  of  warlike 
rhetoric  which  could  only  be  uttered  on  such  an  occasion — the 
vivid  and  rousing  speech  commencing — 

"Once  more  unto  the  breach,  dear  friends,  once  more." 

A  still  more  remarkable  instance  of  Shakspere's  readiness  to  sacri- 
fice strict  historic  accuracy  to  right  dramatic  effect  is  found  in  the 
great  speech  in  Act  IV.  sc.  iii.  11.  18-67.  The  point  of  this  speech 
is,  that  the  King  is  content  to  have  no  greater  army  than  he  has, 
because,  if  he  wins  with  so  small  a  number,  "  the  fewer  men,  the 
greater  share  of  honour."  Now  Mr  Stone  has  pointed  out  that  in 
the  speech  ascribed  to  Henry  in  Holinshed  (from  which,  indeed, 
Shakspere  has  taken  a  single  line  and  a  half),  it  is  Henry's  religious 
faith — "  let  no  man  ascribe  victorie  to  our  owne  strength  and 
might,  but  onelie  to  God's  assistance" — that  is  specially  given  as 
the  reason  of  his  contentment.  It  seems  at  first  sight  curious  that 
Shakspere,  who  in  so  many  parts  of  the  play  has  so  strongly 
indicated  Henry's  piety,  should  here  deliberately  set  aside  this 
motive,  to  replace  it  by  a  solely  patriotic  and  chivalrous  enthusiasm. 
But  the  reason  suggested  by  Mr  Stone  is  probably  the  right  one. 
Shakspere's  Henry  has  in  him  both  the  religious  and  the  chivalrous 


THIS    FACSIMILE.       X0TE    OX    THE    FACSIMILE    OF    TITUS. 


XVII 


e  is  made  from  the  copy  of  the  original  in  the 
12,  g.   22).     The  acts,  scenes,  and  lines  are 


element.  Each  becomes  prominent  on  a  suitable  occasion.  On  the 
night  before  the  battle,  when  anxious  and  reflective,  Henry's  piety 
inspires  in  him  the  deeply  religious  words  which  Shakspere  puts 
in  his  mouth.  Here,  where  the  martial  spirit  bears  sway,  and 
where  he  wishes  to  infuse  the  same  ardour  into  the  hearts  of  his 
hearers,  Henry  speaks  as  a  soldier,  and  a  soldier  only.  "The 
Holinshed  speech,"  as  Mr  Stone  says,  "resembles  some  sermons; 
the  sentiments  are  pious,  but  they  do  not  rouse  a  spirit  of  religious 
enthusiasm.  Finding  the  speech  wanted  energy  enough  to  produce 
this  state  of  feeling,  Shakspere  laid  it  aside  entirely,  and  constructed 
one  which  appealed  to  other  influences — the  love  of  hard  fighting, 
the  point  of  honour,  and  the  spirit  of  chivalrous  self-devotion." 

Other  striking  examples  of  Shakspere's  invention — though  not 
in  these  cases  in  actual  contrast  with  the  historical  facts — are  the 
long  speech  in  Act  II.  sc.  ii.  11.  79-144  (for  which  there  is  only 
precedent  in  the  Chronicles  to  the  amount  of  about  16  lines),  and 
the  speeches  in  Act  II.  sc.  iv.,  which  (11.  102-109  excepted)  are 
entirely  imaginary. 

§  6.  This  facsimi 
British   Museum  (c. 

numbered  in  the  outer  margin  according  to  the  Globe  edition  ;  the 
Quarto  scenes  and  lines  are  marked  on  the  inner  margin.  Lines 
which  differ  in  Quarto  and  Folio  are  indicated  by  a  dagger  [t] ; 
lines  found  only  in  Quarto  by  a  star  [*] ;  lines  omitted  in  Quarto 
by  a  caret  [<].  The  prose  scenes,  properly  so  printed  in  Folio, 
are  in  the  Quarto  invariably  broken  up  into  verse.  I  have  not, 
in  marking  the  text,  considered  this  as  a  difference;  for  to  do  so 
would  be  to  mark  every  line. 

I  take  this  opportunity  of  giving  the  true  facts  in  relation  to  the 
blemish  on  p.  23  of  the  Facsimile  of  Titus  A?idronicus,  recently 
issued,  about  which  there  has  been  an  unfortunate  confusion.  As 
soon  as  the  blemish  was  discovered,  a  Notice  was  sent  to  the  binders, 
giving  the  proper  fcrm  of  the  lines  in  question.  But  it  was  then 
supposed,  and  consequently  stated  in  the  notice,  on  the  authority  of 
the  photographer,  that  the  fault  lay  with  the  original.  Reference  to 
that  original,  however,  shows  us  that  this  is  not  the  case.  The 
original  has  been  torn,  and  then  mended  by  a  slip  of  thin  paper 
pasted  over,  leaving  the  letters,  however,  quite  decipherable,  though 
the  camera  failed  to  reproduce  them.  Most  unfortunately,  and 
much  to  my  regret,  this  fact  was  overlooked  in  making  the  fac- 
simile. 


Arthur  Symons. 


Dec.  19,  1885. 


THE 

CRONICLE 

Hiftory  of  Henry  the  fife, 

With  his  battel!  fought  at  Agm  Qmrtvsx 

F/ance.  Togither  with  Amtttnt 

PifolL 

As  it  hath  henefundry  times flaydhy  the  Right  hemubk 
the  L&rd  Chamber  Uinc  hisferuants. 


LONDON 

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oi Henry  the  fift:  with  his  battel  fought 

at  Agin  Court  in  Trance .Togither  with 

Auncicnt  PiHoll. 

J5  C.i  &*"  *«&  Henry ,  Exeter ,  2.  Bifiopj,  Clarence ,  and  ether 

Attendants, 

Exeter. 

SHall  I  call  in  Thambafladors  my  Liege? 
King.  Not  yet  my  Coufin,til  wc  be  refolude 
Of  fome  ferioos matters  touching  vs  and  France. 
Bi.  God  and  his  Angels  guard  your  (acred  throne, 
And  make  you  Ion©  become  it. 

King.  Shurc  we  thank  you.  And  good  my  Lord  proceed 
Why  the  Lavwe  Salicke  which  they  bauc  in  France, 
Or  fhould  orfhou!dnot,ftopvsinourclayme: 
And  God  forbid  my  \v  He  and  learned  Lord, 
That  you  (houid  fafliion,{rame,or  wrefl  the  fame. 
For  God  doth  know  how  many  now  in  health, 
Shall  drop  their  blood  in  approbation, 
Of  what  your  reuerence  fliall  incite  vs  too* 
Therefore  take  heed  how  you  impawneour  perfon. 
How  ypu  awake  the  fleeping  fwordof  warre : 
We  charge  you  in  the  namc^  of  God  take  heed. 
After  this  coniuration,ff  eake  my  Lord  c 
And  we  will  »udge,notCjand  bclecuc  in  heart, 
That  what  you  fpeakcpswaiht  as  pure 
As  fin  in  baptiune. 

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Then  heare  me  gracious  foueraignc,and  you  peere;} 

Which  owe  your  Iiues,your  faith  and  fcruiccs 

To  this  imperial!  throne. 

There  is  no  bar  to  ftay  your  highneflTe  claime  to  Frame 

But  onc,which  they  produce  from  Faramohnt, 

No  female  /hall  fucceed  in  falicke  land, 

Which  falicke  land  the  French  vniuftly  gloze 

To  be  the  rcalme  of  Trance: 

And  Faramont  the  founder  of  this  law  and  female  banes 

Yet  their  owne  writers  faithfully  atfirme 

That  the  land  falicke  lyes  in  Germany, 

Between  e  the  flouds  of  SabrckjmA  of  Elme, 

Where  fcharlet  the  fifthauingfubdude  the  Saxons, 

There  left  behind,  and  fctled  ccr.ainc  French, 

Who  holding  in  difdainc  the  Germainc  women* 

For  Co  me  da  fhoneft  maners  of  their  hues, 

Eftablifht  there  this  lawc.To  wit, 

No  female  (hall  fucceed  in  falicke  land: 

Whichfalicke  land  as  I  faid  before, 

3s  at  this  time  in  Germany  called  Mefenet 

Thus  doth  it  well  appeare  the  falicke  lawe 

Was  not  deuifed  for  the  realme  of  France, 

Nor  did  the  French  pofTeflc  the  falicke  bud, 

Vnlill  4OO  oneand  twemjeycares. 

After  the  function  ofkmgFaramenti 

Godly  fuppofed  the  founder  of  this  lawe: 

Hugh  Capet  alfo  that  vfurpt  the  crownc, 

To  fine  his  title  with  fome  fhowc  of  truth, 

When  in  pure  truth  it  was  corrupt  and  naught: 

Coftuaidhimrelrcas  hcire  to  the  Lady  Jnger, 

Daughter  to  Char/es,tbc  forefaid  Duke  ofLerain, 

So  that  as  cleaie  as  is  the  fommcrsSun, 

King  Pippins  title  and  Hugh  Capets  claime, 

King  fcharUi  his~fatislaction  all  appeare, 

To  hold  in  right  and  title  oi  the  ferrule: 

So  do  the  Lords  of  France  vn  til  this  day, 

Howbcit  they  would  hold  vp  this  falick  lawe 

To 


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To  fear  yottr  htghnefTe  claiming  from  the  female,  az 
And  rather  choole  to  hide  them  in  a  net, 

Then  amply  to  imbace  their  crooked  caufes,  + 
Vfurpt  from  you  and  your  progenitors,    (claimed 

K,  May  we  with  right  &  confeience  make  this  set 

2ft,  The  fin  vpon  my  head  dread  foueraigne. 
For  in  the  booke  of  Numbers  is  it  writ, 

When  the  fonne  dies,lct  the  inheritance  + 

Defcend  vnto  the  daughter.  too  f 

Noble  Lord  (land  for  your  o  wnc,  * 

Vn winde  your  bloody  flaggc,  + 

Go  my  dread  Lord  to  your  great  graunfirs  gratte,  % 

From  whom  you  clay  me :  m  < 
And  your  great  Vnclc  £dw*rdthc  blacke Prince, 
yz                Whoon  the  French  ground  playd  a Tragedy 
Making  defeat  on  the  full  power  of  Franct, 

Whileft  his  molt  mighty  father  on  a  hill,  /osf 
Stood  fmiling  ro behold  his  Ly  ns  whelpe, 

Foraging  blood  of  French  Nobil  1 1  ie.  + 
O  Noble  Englifh  that  could  eotertaine 

With  halfe  their  Forces  the  full  power  of  Frvww :  uz  f 
And  let  an  other fialfc  ftand  laughing  by, 
8c                All  out  of  woike,and  cold  for  acYion. 

King.  We  muft  not  onely  armc  vs  againft  the  French,  ass  f 

But  lay  downe  our  proportion  for  the  Scot,  * 

Who  will  make  rode  vpon  vs  with  all  aduanf  ages.  + 

Tti.  The  Marches  gracious  foucraigne ,  fhalbe  fufficienf  no* 

To  gur.rdy  our  EngUfidii om  the  pilfering  borderers.  * 

King,  We  do  not  meane  the  courting  fneakcrs  onely ,  * 

But  feare  the  maync  entendement  of  the  Scot,  w 

For  you  fball  read,  ncucr  my  great  grandfather  + 

Vnmaskt  his  power  for  Franc*,  + 

Bur  that  the  Scot  on  his  vnfurniflit  Kingdome,  l48 

Came  pouring  like  the  Tide  into  a  breach  < 

That  England  being  empty  o(  defences,  + 

Hath  fliookeand  trembled  at  the  brute  hereof.  t 

Bi,  She  hath  bin  then  more  fearedthen  hurt  my  Lord:  + 

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For  heare  her  but  ctfamplified  by  her  felfc, 
When  all  her  chiualry  hath  bene  in  Trance 

And  (lie  a  mourning  widow  of  her  Nobles* 

She  hath  her  felfc  not  only  well  defended, 

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

Whom  like  a  caytirTc  fhe  did  leadc  to  France, 

Filling  your  Chronicles  as  rich  with  praife 

As  is  the  owfc  and  bottome  of  the  fea 

With  funken  wrack  and  fliipletTetrcafurie. 
Lord.  There  is  a  faying  very  old  and  true, 

XfyouwW  France  win, 

Then  with  Sccc/andfaft  begin : 

Foronce  the  Ea»lc,England  being  in  pray* 

To  his  vnfurnifh  neft  the  weazel  Scot 

Would  fuck  her  egs,playing  the  moufe  in  abfence  of  the 

To  fpoylcand  hauock  more  then  (he  can  ear.  (cats 

Exe.  It  followes  then,  the  cat  mutt  Hay  at  home, 
Ytftfhat  is  but  acurft  ncceiTitic, 
Since  we  haue  trappes  to  catch  the  petty  theeues: 
Whilfte  that  the  armed  hand  doth  fi^ht  abroad 
Theaduifed  head  controlles  at  home. 
Forgouernment  though  high  or  lowc,  being  put  info  parts, 
Congrueth  with  a  mutuall  confent  like  mu'/cke. 

*Bu  True:  therefore  dotrrhcauen  diuidc  the  fate  of  mala 
in  diuers  f  un$hom 
Whefcro  is  added  as  an  ay  me  or  bur,obcdiencc: 
For  fo  hue  the  honey  Bees,creaf  ures  that  by  awe 
Ordajjne  an  a&  of  order  to  a  peopeld  Kingdome: 
They  haue  a  King  and  officers  of  fort, 
Where fome  like  Magiftratcs  correct  at  home: 
Others  like  Marchants venture  trade  abroad: 
Others  like  fouldicrs  armed  in  their  flings, 
Makcboote  vpon  thefommets  veluetbud  : 
Which  pillage  they  with  mery  march  bring  home 
To  the  tent  royall  of  their  Rinperour, 
Who  buried  in  his  maicitic,  behold 
The  finging  raafons  building  roofes  of  gold : 

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The chietl  citizens  lading  vp  the  honey,  _»«+ 

The  fad  eydeluftice  withhis  furly  huaime, 

Deliuertng  vp  to  executors  pale  ,the  lazy  caning  Drone, 

This  1  mfer,that  20.  aclions  once  a  foot e, 

May  all  end  in  one  moment. 

As  many  Arroweslofedfeuerall  wayes,flyeroonerrjarke.* 

As  many  feuerall  way  es  meete  in  one  towne :  t 

As  many  Irefh  ftreames  run  in  one  felfc  fca:  t 

As  many  lines  ciofc  in  the  dy all  center:  + 

So  may  a  thoufand  actions  once  a  foote, 

E nd  in  one  momenta nd  he  all  well  borne  without  detect,  '  J 

Therefore  my  Liege  to  France,  f 

Diuide  your  happy  England  into  foore, 

Of  which  take  you  one  quarter  into  France, 

Andy  ou  wit  hall, ilia  11  make  all  Gallia  make* 

If  we  with  thrice  that  power  left  at  home,  * 

Cannot  defend  our  owne  doore  from  the  dogge,  t 

Let  vs  be  bcatcn,and  from  henceforth  iofe  + 

The  name  of  pollicy  andhardincllc.  220+ 

Kf.  Call  in  the  mctTenger  fent  fro  the  Dolphin*  + 

And  by  your  ayde,ihe  noble  fincwes  of  our  land,  + 

isa.  France  being  ours,  wceie  bring  it  to  our  awe,  2  24  * 

Or  break e  it  all  in  peeces:  _  * 

£y  ther  our  Chronicles  dial  with  full  mc  uth  fpeak  t 

Freely  of  our  ac^s,  + 

Or  clfe  like  tbongleilc  routes 

Not  worfiiipt  with  a  paper  Epitaph :  f 

EnterThambaftadorsftom  France,  \ 

Now  are  we  we  11  prepared  to  know  the  Dolphins  plea/are,  f 

For  we  heare  your  comming  is  from  him.  236 1 

Antbafia.  P leafeth  your  M aicftie  to  giuc  vs  leauc  * 

Freely  to  render  what  we  haue  in  charge ; 
Or  mail  I  fpanngly  ftiewa  farre  off, 
The  Dolphins  pleasure  and  our  Erobaflage  ? 

King.  W  e  are  no  ty rancbuta  Chtiftian  King, 
To  whom  our  fpirit  Rasiubicet, 
As  areouiyffefches  fettered  in  our  prifons* . 

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Therefore  freely  and  with  vnturbed  boldaeffe 
TeH  vs  the  Dolphins  minde. 

-Amhaf.  Then  this  in  fine  the  Dolphin  faith, 
Whereas  you  clay  me  cert  a  i  nc  Townes  in  Francet 
From  your  prcdecc  (Tor  king  Edward  the  third, 
Thishereturnes. 

He  faith,  rheres  nought  in  France  that  can  be  with  a  nimble 
Galliard  wonne :  you  cannot  rcucl  into  Dukcdomes  there: 
Therefore  he  (cndcthmcetcffor  your  ftudy. 
This  tunne  of  trcafure :  and  in  lieu  of  this, 
Detircs  to  let  the  Dukedomes  that  you  craue 
Hcarc  no  more  from  you :  This  the  Dolphin  faith. 
Ktng,  VVhattreafurcVflclc? 
Exe.  Tennis  baUes  my  Liege. 
King,  We  arc  glad  the  Dolphin  is  fo  pteafant  withvs. 
Your  meflagc  and  his  prefent  we  accept : 
When  vvc  haee  matched  our  rackcrs  to  chefc  bailes* 
We  will  by  GooVgrace  p'ay  fuch  a  fer, 
Shall  flnkehisfathcwcrownc  mto  the  hazard. 
Teli  him  he  batrmr.de  a  match  with  fuch  a  wrangler, 
Tharall  the  Courrsof  France  (hall  be  ddturbd  wiUi  chafes* 
And  we  vnderftand  him  wett,how  he  comes  ore  vs 
With  our  wilder  dayts,not  meafutoig;  what  'vie  we  made 

of  them. 
We  neuer  valued  this  poore  feafe  of  England. 
And  therefore  gauc our  felues  to  barbarous licence: 
As  ti«  common  (cene  that  men  are  mcrricfl  whentheyare 

from  home* 
But  tell  the  Dolphin  we  will  kcepe  our  ftatc, 
Belikca  King,mighttcandcoromaund, 
When  we  do  rowfe  vs  in  throne  of  France? 
Fordiis  bane  we  bio  by  our  Maicitic 
And  pfcddcd  hdea  man  for  workiagdayes. 
But  we  will  nfe.thcre  with  10  full  of  glory, 
That  we  wiK  dbzcli  all  the  eyes  of  Frmct^ 
1 0  like  the  Dolphin  bli  nde  to  looke  on  vs.  (flbnes 

And  tell  him  this^is  mock  hath  wind  his  balks  to  %w 

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And  his  foule  fhall  fit  fore  charged  foi  the  waftfull 

(vengeance 
That  {frail  flyc  from  them.  For  this  his  mocke 
Shall  tnocke  many  a  wife  out  of  their  dearc  husbands. 
Mocke  mother.;  from  their  fonnes,mocke  Caftles  dcwnef 
3  (bme  are  yet  vngotten  and  vnbome, 
That  (hall  hauecaufeto  curfe  the  Dolphins  fcorne. 
Bat  this  lyes  all  within  the  will  of  God)  to  whom  we  doo 

(appcalc, 
And  in  whofe  name  tel  you  the  Dolphin  we  are  coming  on 
To  venge  vs  as  we  may , and  to  put  forth  out  hand 
In  a  rightful!  caufc:  fogec  vou  hence,  and  tell  you?  Prince, 
His  left  will  fauour  but  of  (hallow  wit, 
When  thoufands  weepe,more  then  did  laugh  at  it. 
Conuey  them  with  (afe  conduct :  fee  them  hence. 

Bxe.  This  wasa merry meilage. 

Kt*p  We  hope  to  make  the  fender  blufh  at  if  : 
Therrore  let  our  colle&io  for  the  wars  be  foone  proui  Jed: 
for  God  before, weell  check  the  Dolphin  at  his  fathers 

(doofft 
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That  this  faite  action  may  on  foote  be  brought, 


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ScjL  J^rNimWBaydoIfe. 

Ear.  Godmorrow  Corporall  Nim» 
N*m.  Godmorrow  \Mhcr\znt  Sardoife. 
*Bar4  What  is  antient  Pi&etimd  thee  friends  yec  i 
Ntm.  Jcannottell|thmg5muitbeastheyniay: 
I  dare  not  fight,but  I  will  winkc  and  hold  out  m»neIron  : 
Itisafirnplcone,but  wbattho  ;it  will  feme  to  toftechcefc 
And  it  will  endure  cold  as  an  ether  maosfwosd  will. 
And  thrres  the  humor  of  if. 
3*r,  Yfeithmrftrefte  quickly  did  thee  gf  eat  wrong, 
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Nim,  J  mutt  do  ts  1  may,  tho  patience  be  a  tyre  d  mare  J 
Yer  fiied  plod,and  fome  fay  kniucs  hauc  edges, 
And  men  may  fiecpe  and  haue  their  throtes  about  them 
At  that  time,and  there  is  the  humour  of  it. 

Bar,  Come  y  faith,Ilebcftow  a  brcakfaft  to  make  Piftitt 
And  thee  friendes.  What  a  plague  ihould  we  carrie  knmes 
To  cut  our  owne  throates. 

iViw.Yfairh  He  Hue  as  longasImay,trrats  the  cettame  of  it. 
And  when  I  caanot  hue  any  longer,  He  do  as  I  may, 
And  chercsmy  refund  therandeuousof  it* 


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Enter  Piftol!  emdHofles  Qukkfyjtis  rufe. 
Bar.  Godmorrow  ancient  'PiSlolL 
Here  comes  ancient  Pi&ottA  prithee  Nim  becjuict* 
Nim.  HowdoyoumyHoft&r 
Pi/7.  Bafeflauc.calleftthoumehofte? 
Now  by  gads  lugges  I  fweare.l  fcornc  the  title, 
Nor  (hall  my  Atikecpe  lodging. 

Hofi.  No  by  my  troath  not  I, 
For  we  canoe  bed  nor  boord  half  a  fcore  honeft  gctlewome 
That  liuc  honeftly  by  the  prick  of  their  needle, 
But  it  is  thought  (Wight  we  keeps  a  bawdy-houfe* 
O  Lord  heercs  Corporall  Nims,now  (hall 
We  haue  wilful  adultry  and  murther  committed : 
Good  Corporall  Nim  (hew  the  valour  of  a  man, 
And  put  vp  your  (word. 
Nim,  Pufli 

Tift.  What  doft  thou  puftuhou  prickeard  cm  of  Iiebrufc 
Nim,  Will  you  (hogoflfr  I  would  haue  yonfoSui* 
Pitt.  Solus  egregious  dog,rbatfouninrhy  ihrote, 
And  in  thy  lungs,and  which  isworfc9within 
Thy  mc(Ful!  mouth, I  do  retort  that  folus  in  thy 
Bowels,  and  in  thy  Iaw,perdie:  fori  can  talkc, 
And  Pifloih  flafliingfiry  cock  is  vp, 

Nm.  I  am  not  Barbafom^ou  cannot  coniurc  me : 
I  haue  an  humour  PiiloJi  to  knock  youindiffercntly  wellf 
Aj*d  you  fall  foule  with  wzPtlh/J.,  He  fcoure  you  with  my 

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lie  prick  your  guts  a  Iir!e  in  good  serines. 
And  theres  the  humour  of  it. 

Pt/k  Obraggardvilcand  damned  furious  wight* 
TheGraue  doth  gapc,and  groaning 
Death  is  near  e,  therefore  exall. 

They  drawe* 

*B*r.  Heare  me,he  that  (bikes  the  firft  blow* 
He  kill  him,as  I  am  a  fouldier. 

/*# .  An  oath  of  roickle  might  Tand  fury  (hall  abate. 

Nim.  II  coat  your  throat  ac  one  time  or  an  other  infaire 
And  theres  the  humor  of  it*  (tcrracs,  + 

P&.  Couple  gorge  b  the  word  J  thee  defTe  agen : 
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Fetch  forth  the  lazar  kite  of  Crcftdcs  kinde, 
Doll  Teat-ihcete,  (he  by  name,  and  her  efpowfe 
I  haue,and  I  will  hold,  the  quandora  quickly, 
For  the  oncly  (he  and  Paco,  there  it  isinough. 

Enter  the  Boy. 
Bey.  Hoftesyoumuitcomeftraighttomy  maiftcr,  ■'• 

And  you  Hoft  PkUB.  Good  Bardoif* 
Put  thy  nofc  betweene  the  fheet  ei>and  do  the  office  of  a 

(warming  pan. 
tfttf.  By  my  troath  heele  yeeid  the  crow  a  pudding  one 

(ofthefedayes. 
lie  goto  him,  husband  y  oule  come? 

B*u  Come  Pi&oll  be  friends. 
Nim  prithee  be  friends,and  if  thou  wilt  not  be 
Enemies  with  me  too. 
Nu  I  (bal  haue  my  eight  (hillings  I  woon  of  you  at  bearing? 
Pif.  Bafeis  the  flauc  that  paye?.  I00^ 

Nim.  That  now  1  will  haue,  and  theres  the  humor  of  ic 
Pifl.  A  s  manhood  (ball  compound.       They  draw. 
Bdr.  He  that  (hikes  the  firftblow* 
lie  kill  him  by  this  fword. 
Pjfi*  Sword  is  an  oath,  and  oathesmuft  haue  their  cowrie, 

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*  Nim.  Isnallhau?  my  eight  Shillings  I  wonne  of  you  a* 

bearing? 

Tiff.  A  nob  \cihi\t  thou  haue,ancl  rcadie  pay,  '" 

And  liquoriikewifewill  I  giuctothee, 
And  fncndilupfliallcofnbindand  brotherhood? 
lie  Iiuc  by  Nim  as  iV7»»  (hall  liuc  by  me  .* 
1$  not  this  iufl  ?  for  1  ihall  Surer  be 
Vnro  the  Campe,and  profit  will  occrue. 

Nim.  I  ihall  haue  my  noblc? 

Ptsi,  In  cafli  moit  truly  paid. 

Ntm,  Why  thetcs  rhe  humour  of  it. 

Enter  Holies. 
Hojleu  A  s  euer  you  came  of  men  come  in* 
Sir  Iebn  poore  fouic  is  fo  troubled 
Wich  a  burning  u fhan  conrigian  feuer,ris  wonderful?. 
Ftft.  Let  vs  condoll  the  knight ;  for  lamkiro  we  will  liuc. 

Exeunt  omnet* 
Enter  Exeter  And G totter.  Sc.ifi 

Gicft.  Before  God  my  Lord,  his  Grace  is  too  bold  to  truft 
thefe  tray  tors. 

Exe.  They  fhalbc  apprehended  by  and  by. 

6! ait.  I  bur  rhe  man  that  was  his  bedfellow 
Whom  he  hath  cloyed  and  graced  wich  princely  fallouts 
That  he  fhouid  for  a  forraine  pm  (e,  to  fell 
His  Soueraigncs  life  to  death  and  trcchcry. 

Exe.  O  the  Lord  ot'<JMa/jh*m. 

Enter  the  King  *nd  three  Lerdt. 

King.  Now  firs  the  windes  faire.and  we  wil  aboord  j 
My  Lord  of  Cambridge >*x\&  my  Lord  of  M«fshamy 
A  nd  you  my  gc  ntle  K mght,giuc  me  your  thoughts* 
Do  you  not  thinke  rhc  power  we  bcare  with  vs, 
Will  make  vs  conquerors  in  the  field  of  France* 
kM*Jha,  No  doubt  my  Licge^f  each  man  da  his  befl. 

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Cam*  Neuer  was  Monarehbetter  feared  and  loued  then 

isyourmaieftie. 
<jfay.  Eucnthofe  that  were  yotir  fathers  enemies 
Haue  itccped  their  galles  in  honey  for  your  fake. 

King.  We  therefore  haue  great  caufe  of  thankfulnefley  fz 

And  lhall  forget  the  office  of  our  hands : 
Sooner  then  reward  and  merit. 
According  to  their  caufe  and  worthinefTe* 

M*fb«.  So  fcruicc (hall  with  ftecled  iinewes  (Tune,  se  ? 

And  labour  fhail  refresh  it  felfc  with  hope 
To  do  your  Grace  incclTant  fcruice. 

King.  Vnclcof£*f/*r,cnlargetheman  <«?< 

Committed  y  eft  crd  ay  ,r  hat  ray  led  againft  our  perfon, 
We  confidcr  it  was  the  heate  of  wine  that  fet  him  on, 
And  on  his  more  aduke  we  pardon  him. 

M*jh*.  That  is  mcrcie,  out  too  much  (ecuritie : 
Let  him  bee  punifht  Soucraigne  ,  lead  the  example  of 

(him* 
Breed  more  of  fuch  a  kinde. 
King.  O  let  vs  yet  be  merciful  1. 
C**»-  So  may  your  highnelle)  and  punifh  too. 
C]>  *y.  You  fhew  great  mcrcie  if  you  giuc  him  life> 
After  the  taftc  of  his  correction. 

Kmg  ♦  Alas  your  too  much  care  and  loue  of  me 
Ate  hcauy  orifbns  gainft  the  poore  wretch, 
If  UtSc  faults  proceeding  on  difrempcr  fhonld  not  bee 

(winked  at,  t 

How  fhould  we  ftretch  our  ey  c,whcn  capita!!  crimes, 
Che  wcd,i  wallowed  and  difge(tcd,appearc  before  vs : 
Well  yet  enlarge  the  man^tho  Cambridge  and  the  reft 
In  their  deare  ioucs}and  tender  prcferuation  of  our  ftate»  f 

Would  haue  him  purottu,  •■ 

Now  to  our  French  caufes.  eof 

Who  are  the  late  Commiflfoners ? 
Com.  Mc  one  my  Lord,  your  rughncflc  bad  me  aske  for 
it  today* 

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M*]h„  So  did  you  me  my  Soucraigne. 

Cray.  And  me  my  Lord. 

King.  Then  Richard  Ear  1  c  of  fambridgt  there  IS  yoUrsJ 
There  is  yours  mv  Lord  of  Mafbam. 
Aod  fir  Thomat  Gray  knight  of  Northumberland jddw  fame  is 
Read  chem,and  know  wc  know  your  wonhineflc.  (youm 
Vnckle  Exeter  I  will  aboord  to  night. 
Why  how  now  Gentlemen,  why  change  you  colour* 
What  fee  you  in  thofe  papers 
That  hath  fo  chafed  your  blood  out  ofapparancct 

Cam,  I  do  confelle  ray  i a uit,and  do  fubmif  me 
To  your  highnefTe  mercie. 

Mapj.  To  which  wc  all  appeale. 

KmgK  The  mercy  which  was  quit  in  vs  but  latcf 
By  your  owoc  reafons  is  foresaid  and  done: 
You  itiuft  not  dare  for  (Lame  to  askc  for  mercy, 
For  your  owne  confidence  rurne  vpon  your  bofomtS) 
As  dogs  vpon  their  maifters  worrying  them. 
See  you  my  Princes,and  my  noble  Pccics* 
Thefc  Englidi  monftcrs : 
My  Lord  of  Cambridge  here, 
You  know  how  apt  we  were  to  grace  him, 
In  all  things  belonging  to  his  honour: 

And  this  viidc  man  hath  for  a  fc we  light  crowne  j,  e* 

Lightly  confpiiedand  fworne  vnto  the  praftifes  ofFraaCft 
To  kill  vs  here  in  Hofnptoti. Tothc  which, 
This  knight  no  leffein  bountic  bound  to  vs 
Then  Cambridge  is,haah  likewife  fworne. 
But  ob  what  (hall  I  fay  to  thee  falfc  man, 
Thou  auellineratefull  and  inhumane  creature; 
Thou  thai  didft  beare  the  key  of  all  my  counfell, 
That  knewft  the  very  fecrcts  of  my  heart, 
That  a  I  moil  mighteft  a  coyned  me  into  gold, 
W  oul  deft  thou  a  praclifdc  on  me  for  thy  vfe: 
Can  it  bepoffiblc  that  out  of  thee 
Should  proceed  one  fpaike  that  might  annoy  ray  finger* 


Sc.iii 


of  Henry  thcjifl. 

Ttf  fo'ft  range  ,thaf  rho  rhe  truth  doth  fliowe  as  grofe 

As  black  nom  whire,mine  eye  iril  farccly  fee  it. 
a*  Their  faults  arc  open,arre{t  them  to  the  anfwer  oftheiawe> 

And  God  acquit  them  of  their  pra&ilcs. 
Exet  I  arrcft  thee  of  hi^h  treafon, 

By  the  name  cf  Richard,  £arle  oi Cambridge. 
a  b  I  areft  thee  of  high  treafon^ 

By  the  name  ot Henry,  Lord  ofMafham 

I  areft  thee  of  high  treafon, 

By  the  name  of  ThomM  C-raykmght  of 'Northumberland,* 

Mafh*  Our  purpofes  God  iuitly  hath  difcoucrcd, 
And  I  repent  my  fault  more  then  my  death, 
Which  1  befeech  your  maief  tic  forgiue* 
Al  thorny  body  pay  the  price  of  it* 

Kmj*  God  quit  you  in  has  mercy  .Heare  your  fentence. 
You  muz  confpircd  again! t  our  roy  all  perfon , 
loyned  with  an  enemy  proclaimedand  fix;d» 
And  frohis  coffers  rcceiued  the  golden  earned  of  out  death 
Touching  our  pctfon  we  feckc  no  rcdrcfle. 
But  we  our  kingdomes  fafetie  muft  (b  tender 
Whofcruinc  you  haue  fought, 

That  to  our  lawes  we  do  dcliuer  you*  (deaths 

Get  ye  therefore  hencetpooreroifcrablc creatures  to  your 
The  taftc  whercof,God  in  his  mercy  giae  you        (amide: 
Patience  to  endure,and  tmc  repentance  of  all  your  deeds 

Bearet hem  hence. 

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Shall  be  toy  ou  as  vj>fucceili»eiy  ♦ 

Since  God  cut  off  this  dangerous  treafon  lurking  in  o  u  t  way 

Cheer  iy  to  tea,  the  Ggnes  of  war  aduance: 

Ho  Kjngof  England^fnot  King  of Franee, 

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The  Chronicle  Hi  ft  MM 
Enter  ^bm.FffR^ardoiftJJoftetanAd  Bay. 

&ofi,  I  pretty  fwectc  heart,  lei  me  bring  thee  (o  fane  as 

(Iambs* 

Pift*  Nofar,nofur. 

Bur.  Well  fir  Iohn  is  goncGod  be  with  him* 

Hofl.J,  he  is  in  Arthurs  bofaio.it  coer  any  were : 
He  went  away  as  if  it  were  a  c  ry  fombd  childs , 
Berwecne  twelue  and  one, 
Iuft  at  turning  of  the  tide: 
His  nofe  was  as  (harpe  as  a  pen: 
For  when  I  few  himfumble-wiehthe  (hectes, 
And  talk  of  flo  tires,  and  frciie  rpc  htsiingers  ends 
I  knew  there  was  no  way  but  or  . 
How  now  firlahtr  quoth  I? 
And  he  cry  ed  rnree  t imcsf  God  jGod,God, 
How  I  to  comforr  him,bad  him  nof  trunk  cfGod> 
I  hope  there  wis  no  fuch  rrccd, 
Then  he  bad  me  put  more  cloathes  at  his  feere : 
And  I  felt  to  them,andthey  were  as  cold  as  any  (lone? 
And  to  his  knees,  and  they  were  as  cold  as  any  (lone. 
And  Co  vp  war  cUnd  vpward,and  all  was  as  cold  as  any  (form. 

Ntm.  They  fay  he  wide  out  on  Sack. 

Hofi.  1  that  he  did. 

Bey.  And  of  women* 

Ho(l.  No  that  he  did  not. 

Boy.  Yes  that  he  did.and  hefed  they  were  d;ueh  incarnic. 

Hojl.  Indeed  carnation  was  a  colour  heneuec  loued. 

Ntm.  Well  he  did  cry  out  on  women. 

Hoft.  Indeed  he  did  in  Come  fort  handle  women. 
But  then  he  was  mmaticke ,  and  talkt  of  the  whore  of 

{Babylon. 

Boy.  Hoftcs  do  you  remember  he  (aw  a  Flea  (land 
Vpon  Btrdolfrs  Nofe^ind  fed  it  was  a  black  foiile 
Burning  in  hell  fire? 

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Sc.  iv 

of  Henry  thejjfi. 
'Bar.  Well,  God  be  with  him, 
That  was  all  the  wealth  I  gotin  hisferuice, 

Nim.  Shall  we  fhog  off? 
The  king  wil  be  gone  from  Southampton* 

Pi/?.  Clearcvp  thy  crifta  lies, 
Looke  to  my  chattels  and  ray  moueables* 
Tmft  fioneuhe  word  is  pitch  and  pay: 
Mens  word;  are  wafer  cakes, 
And  holdfa&i*  the  only  dog  my  d** are. 
Therefore  copherua  be  thy  counfellor, 
Touch  heribfe  lips  and  parr. 

Bar,  Farewell  hoftcs, 

2V»»,  I  cannot  kiscand  theres  the  humor  of  it. 
But  adieu* 

2£l*  Keepe  fad  thy  buggle  boe# 

Sxitomntt. 

Enter  King  */Tttne*,Bourfcon,Dolplim> 
^c-v  and  others. 

#«?£♦  Now  you  Lords  of  Or/eance, 
Of  B  curb  on  t  arid  of  Berry, 
You  lee  the  King  of  Englandisnot  Hack, 
For  heis  footed  on  this  land  already. 

Dolphin.  My  gratiousLord,  tis  meet  we  all  gee 
And  arme  Vs  againlr  the  foe:  (foorth, 

And  view  the  weak  &  fickly  parts  ^France: 
But  let  vs  do  it  with  no  ftiow  offeare, 
No  with  no  more,  ihen  if  we  hca^d 
England  were  bulled  with  a  Mom?  dance. 
Fot  my  good  Lord,  Hie  is  fo  idely  kmgd, 
Her  (cepter  fo  fanraitically  borne, 
So  guided  by  a  fhallo w  humorous  youth, 
That  fcare  attends  her  not. 

Ccn,  O  p«acc  Prince  Do  \phtn,y ou  deceive  your  CeHe9 

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The  ChronkkfJiitork 

Queftion  your  gTacctlic  late  EmbaiTador, 
With  what  regard  he  heafd  his  Embaflage* 
How  well  fupplicd  with  aged  CounftlSour?) 
And  how  his  rcfolution answered  him, 
You  then  would  fay  that  Htrrj  was  rot  wilde. 

King.  Well  rhinke  we  Harry  ft  i  ong  : 
And  ftiongly  armc  vs  to  prcucnt  the  foe* 

C0**  My  Lord  here  is  an  Einbailador 
From  the  King  of  England. 

-Km.  Bid  him  come  in* 
You  fee  this  chafe  is  hotly  followed  Lords; 

Do/.  My  gracious  fathcr.cut  vp  this  Englifli  Shell, 

Selfeloue  my  Liege  is  not  fo  vilea  thing, 

As  fclfe  neglecting* 

Enter  Exeter. 

King.  From  our  brother  Eng'and:* 

E xc.  From  himand  thus  he  greets  your  Maicftiei 
He  wilsyouinthenameofGodAlmightic, 
That  you  dcueft  your  fclfe  and  lay  apart 
That  borrowed  tydewhich  by  gift  of  heaucn* 
Oflaw  e  of  nature,  antlofnations3  longs 
To  him  and  to  his,  h.ires,namely  the  crewne 
Ami  ali  wide  f  Irctched  titles  that  belongs 
Vnto  the  Cro  wne  of  Fr**ce,tiai  you  may  know 
Tin  no  (inifter^nor  no  avvkeward  claime, 
Pickt  from  the  worm  holes  of  old  vaniiht  dayes. 
Nor  from  the  duft  of  old  obliuion  rackte, 
He  (ends  you  thefc  rnoft  memorable  iynes, 
Ineuery  branch  truly  demonstrated: 
Witling  yououerlookc  this  pedigree, 
A  nd  when  you  finde  him  eucnty  dcriued 
From  his  moll  famed  and  famous  anceftors, 
Edward  rhe  third ,  he  bids  youthen  refigne 
Your  cro  wne  and  kingdome,  indirectly  held 
From  birji,ehc  natiueand  true  challenges 


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King,  If nor,  what  folio wcs! 

£*r.  Bloody coftrainrjbrifyou  hide  the  crown 
Euen  in  your  hearts.therc  will  he  rake  for  it: 
Therefore  in  fierce  tempeft  is  he  comming, 
In  tbunder,ancf  in  earthquake,  like  a  lime. 
That  if  requiring  failc,he  wil  1  compell  it: 
Andon  your  hcadsturncs  he  the  widowes  tearci, 
TheOrpluncscrics,r  he  dead  mens  bones, 
The  pining  maydens  grones. 
For  Jiusbands,fathcrs,and  diftrefled  Iouett, 

Which  (hall  be fwallowed  in  this  controucrfie.  t 

This  is  his  claime,his  threatning,and  my  mcflage, 
Vnles  the  Dolphin  be  in  pretence  here, 
To  whom  cxprefry  we  bring  greeting  too. 

Dot.  For  cue  Delphin?  I  ftand  here  for  him, 
"What  to  heare  from  England.  + 

Exe.  Scorn  Qc  defiancc,flighf  regard,comcmptj 
And  any  thing  that  may  not  misbecome 
The  mightic  fender.doth  he  prifc  you  at* 
Thus  faith  my  king. Vnles your  fathers  highneflfc 
Sweeten  the  bitter  raocke  you  Tent  his  Maieftic,  + 

Heele  call  you  to  fo  loud  an  anfwere  for  it, 

That  caucs  and  wombcly  vauites  of France  12++ 

Shall  chide  your  trefpai  Jc,  and  return  your  mock, 
In  fecond  accent  of  his  ordenancc* 

Dot,  Say  that  my  father  render  fairc  reply,  + 

It  is  againft  my  will:  ,za  + 

For  I  defire  nothing  fo  much,  + 

As  oddes  with  England.  t 

A  nd  for  that  caufe  according  to  his  youth  + 

I  did  prcfent  him  with  thofc  Parit  ba  lies.  + 

Ex*.  Heele  make  your  PdruLoucv  make  for  if,  im 

Were  it  the  miftrefTc  Court  of  mighrie  Europe* 
And  be  a(Iured,youie  nWc  a  difference 
As  we  his  fubiecfc  hwe i  n  wcndei  found  1 

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Between^  his  yonger  daycs  and  thefe  he  muftei*  now* 
Now  he  way  es  time  euen  to  the  lateft  grainy 
Which  you  fhall  fiodc  id  your  owne  loflcs 
If  he  ft  ay  in  France. 

King.  Well  for  vs,y ou  (hall  returne  our  anfWere backe 
To  our  brother  England* 

Exit  emves. 
Enter  NimjBardolfc.Piftoll.Boy. 
Nim.  Before  God  here  is  hot*  ieruicc. 
Ptfl.  Tis  hot  indced.bbwcs  go  and  come, 
Gods  vaiTals  drop  and  die. 
Nim.  In  honor  ,and  tht res  the  humor  of  rt. 
Boy.  Would  I  were  in  London: 
J  de  giue  all  my  honor  for  a  pot  of  Ale. 

Ptjl.  And  I.  If  wifhes  would  preaatle> 
I  would  not  rtayjbut  thither  would  I  hie. 

Enter  Fleweiien audbeat&themith 
Tlev/t  Codes  plud  vp  to  the  breaches 
You  rafcals,  will  you  not  vp  to  the  breaches  t 

Nttn  A  bate  ray  t age  fwe  etc  kmghf , 
Abate  thy  rage. 

Ilof,  Well  I  would  1  wete  once  from  therm 
They  would  hauc  me  as  familiar 
With  mens  pockets,as  rhenr  gloues>3nd  their 
Handkerchcis,  they  wall  fteate  any  thing. 
3*rdolfe  ftolca  Lute  cafc,canyed  it  three  mile* 
And  fold  ir  for  three  hapence. 
Nim  ftole  a  fier  ihouell. 
1  knew  by  that,they  meant  to  carry  eoalei I 
Wcll.if  they  will  notlefiuc  me.» 
J  mcane  to  tcauc  them. 

Exit  Niw,Bflrdolfe,p!ftoRyW  the  Soy. 

Enter  GoWer. 

gower.  Captain  Vie uW&#,youmuft  comeifcait 

T«  the  Mine  >to  the  Duke  of  g/ofier* 

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Thu.  Looke  you,tell  the  Duke  it  is  not  To  good 
To  come  to  the  mines :  thcconcuauetiesJ5otherwife> 
You  may  difcutfe  to  the  Duke,  the  enemy  is  digd 
Himfclte  flue  yardcs  voder  the  countermines  i 
By  left*  I  thinke  hecle  bio  re  vpall 
If  there  be  no  better  dire&on. 

Enter  the  King  arulhtt  Lords  alarum. 

King.  How  yet  re(blues  the  Gouernour  of  die  Towne  i 
This  is  the  laceft  parley  wseie  admit  t 
Therefore  to  our  beft  metric  giue your  fcluoi, 
Or  hke  to  men  proud  of  deftm&ion3defifi  vs  to  our  wot  ft, 
For  « I  am  a  fouldter>a  name  that  in  my  thoughts 
Becomes  me  bcft,if  we  begin  the  battery  once  againe 
I  will  not  leaue  die  halfe  atchicued  Harflew* 
Till  in  her  aflnes  Hie  be  buried, 
The  gates  of  mere*  are  all  (hut  vp. 
What  (ay  you,wt!l  yon  y edd  and  this  anoyd* 
Or  guiltie  in  defence  be  thus  deftroyd! 

finer  Goutrrtonr. 
Cotter.  Our  expectation  hath  this  day  an  end  i 
The  Dolphin  whom  of  fiiccour  we  entreated, 
Rcturnes  vs  vrord.his  powers  are  not  yet  ready* 
To  raife  fo  great  a  fiege :  therefore  dread  King, 
We  yeeld  our  towne  and  hues  to  thy  (eft  mc tar  t 
Enter  our  gatcs>difpofe  of  vs  and  ou«S| 
For  wc  no  longer  are  defenfiue  now. 

Enter  {Catherine,  Alike* 

Kate.  Allies  venee*a,vou'>  aues  cates  en, 
Vou  parte  fort  boo  Angloys  englatara, 
Coman  (ac  pal  la  vou  la  main  enrrancoy* 


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Jilhce,  La  mara  madam  de  han. 
Kate9  E  da  bras. 

*Ailice.  Dearma  madam. 

Kaie.  I  e  main  da  han  la  bras  dc  arma. 

Alike,  Owyc madam. 

Kate.  E  Coraan  fa  pclla  vow  la  menton  a  la  colL 

Alhce.  Dc  neck,e  dc  cin, madam. 

Kate.  Edencck,edccin,e  decode. 

Alike.  Dc  cudte  ma  toy  Ic  obIyc,niais  Ic  remersbre, 
Lc  tude,o  dc  eibo  madam. 

Kate.  Ecowce  Ic  reherfera,cowt cclla qtx  Ijcapoandr*, 
Dc  ban,  dc  arma,  dc  neck,  du  cinte  dc  bilbo. 

*Al(ke,  Dcclbo  madam. 

Kate.  O  Jcfu,  lea  obloy  c  ma  foy  «c coatc  Ie  recontera 
Dc  han,  dc  arma,  dc  neck,  de  cin^e  de  elbo,c  ca  bon. 

Alike.  Ma  foy  madam,  vow  parla  au  fe  bon  Angloys 
AGc  vous  aues  eteuc  en  Englarara. 

Kate.  Par  la  grace  de  deu  an  pettie  ones,  Ieparlc  milieu* 
Coman  fe  pelU  voti  le  peid  e  lc  robe. 

Atftce*  JLefbor,  elecon. 

Kate.  Le  fot,  c  le  con  jO  Iefu  /  Ie  ne  ve  w  poind  par  I  c» 
Sie  plus  dcuanr  1  e  che  cbeualires  dc  tranca5 
Puronemillion  mafby. 

tsfllice,  Madam,de  foote ,  c  1  c  con. 

K*t>a  O  ec  ill  auficjccowtc  Al)icc,dc han,de  arms, 
Dcncck,decin,lefoote,  c  decon. 

lAMice.  Get  fort  bon  madam. 

Kate.  Alouetadiner. 

Exitotrtnes. 

Enter -Kmgoj 'France Lord  Conjtabkfhe  Delphi^ 
and  Burbon. 


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Con.  Mordtumavu:6halUfcwJpranesofvs, 


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The  emptying  of  our  fathers  luxcrie, 
Outgrow  their  grafters. 

Bur.  Normanes^aitcrdNormaneSjtnoi  cfu 
And  if  they  parte  vnfoughtwitball.  t 

lie  fell  my  Dukedome  for  a  foggy  faime  '*  f 

In  that  fhort  nook  e  lleof  England. 

Ca»Jf.  Why  whence  haue  they  this  BicCtal  2 
Is  not  their  cly  mate  raw,foggy  and  colde.  /« + 

On  whom  as  in  difdnine,the  Sunne  lookes pale  ?  + 

Can  barley  broaih,a  drench  for  fwolne  lades 
Their  fodden  water  decockt  fuch  Ikiely  blood  1 
And  /hall  our  quick  blood  fpiritcd  with  wine 
S  eeme  frofty  ?  O  for  honour  of  our  names,  + 

Let  vs  not  hang  like  frozen  Ticcilcklei 
Vpon  our  houfes  tops, while  they  a  more  frofty  clymate 
Sweate  drops  ofyouthfull  blood. 

King,  Conftablc  difpatch,fend  Montioy  forth* 
To  know  what  willing  raunfomc  he  will  giue  i 
Sonne  Dolphin  you  flial  I  ftay  in  %g nt  with  roc.  6<? + 

D«lt  Not  fo  I  do  befeech  your  Maiettie 

King.  Well,!  fay  it  flialbcfo* 


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Flew.  By  Icfns  thcrs  excellet  fcruice  comittedaty  bridge. 

Gout.  Is  the  Duke  of  Exeter  fafe* 

flew.  The  duke  oiSxeter  is  a  ma  whom  I  loue,&  1  honor. 
And  I  worfhip,with  my  foulc,and  ray  heartland  my  life* 
And  my  lands  and  my  liuings,  t 

A  nd  my  vtterrnoft  powers.  + 

The  Duke  is  looke  you, 

God  be  praifed  and  pleafed  for  it.no  harme  in  the  worell. 
He  is  maintain  the  bridge  very  gallcmly:  there  is  an  Enfign* 

There, 


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There,!  do  not  kno  w  how  you  call  him,but  by  Tefus  T  think 
He  is  as  valient  a  man  as  Mark*  Antkcvtefa  doth  maintain 
the  bi  id  •£  e  molt  gallantly  :  yet  be  "1$  a  man  of  no  reckoning: 
But  1  did  fee  him  do  gallant  (et  uke. 

Gouerx  How  do  you  call  him? 

I  lew.  His  name  it  ancient  PitteU. 

Cwer.  I  know  him  not. 

Enter  AncitrtV&oM 

Fbtot  Do  y  cu  not  know  him,here  comes  the  man. 
Pttt.  Captaine,!  thee  befeech  to  do  me  fauour. 
The  Duke  of  Exeter  doth  loue  thee  well. 
FJew.  I,and  I  praifc  God  1  hauc  wcrrited  fomeloue  at 

(his  hands. 
Pitt.  'Bardolfe  a fouldier,one  of buxfome valour. 
Hath  by  furious  fate 
A  nd  giddy  Fortunes  fickle  wheele, 
That  Godes  blinde  that  ftands  vpon  the  rowlingreftkiTc 

(ftonc* 

Piew,  By  your  pa  tience  ancient  Pifttff, 
Fortunc,looke  you  is  painted, 
Plind  with  a  mufler  before  her  eyes, 
Tofignific  to  you,that  Fortune  is  plind : 
And  fhe  is  moreouer  painted  with  a  wheele, 
Which  is  the  morall  that  Fortune  is  turning, 
And  inconftanr,and  variation  ^androutalilmes ' 
And  her  fate  is  fixed  ai  a  fphcnrall  ftonc 
Which  roules, and  roulcs,and  routes  ; 
Surely  the  Poet  is  make  an  exceliet  defcriptio  of  Fortune* 
Fortune  looke  vou  is  and  excellent  morall. 

Pish  Fortune  is  Bardotfes  foe ,and  frownes.on him, 
For  he  hath  ftoine  a  packs,and  hanged  mutt  he  be: 
A  damned  deathjictgallowcsppc  for  dogs, 
Let  man  zo  frec^nd  let  not  death  his  windpipe  ftop. 

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of  Henry  the jift. 

But  Extttr  hath  gtucn  the  dooms  «f  death,  f 

For  packs  of  petcic  ppce : 

Therefore  go  fpcake  the  Duke  will  heart  thy  voyce,  «« 

And  let  not  Bardolfes  vitall  threcd  be  cut, 

With  edge  of  penny  cord,  and  vile  approach.  + 

Spestke  Captame  tor  bis  life,  and  I  wit!  thee  requite. 
Flew,  Captain  Ptftaltt\  partly  vnderftand  your  meaning.  sz  + 

FtSl.  Why  then  rctoyccthetcforc, 

F/'w.Ccrrainly  Antient  F^/.tis  not  a  thing  to  rcioyce  at s  st 

For  if  he  were  ray  owne  brother,!  would  wifti  the  Duke  * 

To  do  his  pleafute,and  put  hirn  to  executionstfbr  look  you,  * 

DifcipUnes  ought  to  be  kept,thcy  ought  to  be  kept. 

Pift.  Die  and  be  damned,and  figa  for  thy  fhcndfliijp*  &>  + 

Flew.  That  is  good.  .  + 

SP*#.  The  flggc  of  S paint  within  thy  lawe.  f 

Flcw%  That  is  very  well.  t 

?&.  I  fay  the  fig  within  thy  bowels  and  thy  durty  maw. 

ExitPiftolt. 
Fie.  Captain  Gw^.cannot  you  hear  it  lighten  &  thunder.' 
Gour.  Whyii  this  the  Ancient  you  told  me  oft  * 

I  remember  him  now,he is  a  bawd,a  cue  put  fc  es^t 

Flevr.  By  1  cfu<  heeis  vtter  as  praue  words  vpon  the  bridge  + 

A  s  you  Hull  J  dir  e  to  fee  in  a  forarners  day , but  its  all  one,  + 

"What  he  hath  fed  to  mc,!ooke  you,  is  all  one.  «*  + 

Ge*  W by  thh  is  a  gull,a  fooie,a  rogue  that  goes  to  the  wars  * 

Oflcty  to  grace  himfelfe  at  his  terurne  to  London : 
And  fuch  fell  owes  as  he, 
Are  perfect  in  great  Commaunders  names. 
They  will  learne  by  rote  where  feruicos  were  done, 
At  fuch  and  fuch  a  fconcesat  fuch  a  breach,  o  + 

At  fuch  a  conu«y :  who  came  offbraue1v,wri3  was  (not, 
Who  difgraced.wb.it  termes  the  enemie (food  on. 
And  this  they  con  perfectly  in  plirafe  ol  warre,  + 

Which  they  trick  vp  with  new  tuned  oath  cs,&  wbatabcro  «o 

OfthcGenc#allsait*andahorid(houtotthecanjpc  t 

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Will  <fo  among  the  foming  bottle*  andalewaflit  wit* 
h  wonderfull  to  be  thought  on :  but  you  mult  learne 
To  know  fuch  (launders  of  this  age, 
Or  elfe  you  may  maruellouily  be  miftooke* 

Flew.  Certain  captain  Cjewcrjt  is  not  the  man,lookeyoty 
That  1  did  take  him  to  be :  but  when  lime  fliall  feme, 
\  (ball  tell  him  a  lide  of  my  defires :  here  comes  his  Maieftie. 
Tnter  ATw^ClarenccGlofter  and  others, 

King.  How  now  Ftew*l/en,come  you  from  the  bridge  i 

Tier*.  I  and  it  fhall  pleafc  your  Maieftie, 
There  is  excellent  feruicc  at  the  bridge* 
King.  What  men  haue  you  loft  Flewellen  ? 
Flew.  Andic  fhall  plcife  your  Maieftie, 
The  partition  of  the  aduerfarie  hath  bene  great, 
Very  reafonably  grcatrbut  foe  our  own  parts3like  you  now# 
1  thinke  we  hauc  loft  ncucr  a  man,vnU  iTe  it  be  one 
for  robbing  of  a  church,one  BArdelfeSl  your  Maieftie 
Know  the  man,his  face  is  full  of  whelkcs  and  knubs, 
And  pumples,and  his  breath  blowcs  at  his  nofe 
Like  acole,fomctimes  redjfomstimes  plew: 
But  god  be  pr af fed.no w  his  nofe  is  executed,&  his  fire  out* 

King.  We  would  haue  all  offenders  fo  cue  off, 
And  we  here  giuc  cxpreffc  comraaandroent, 
That  there  be  nothing  taken  from  the  villages  but  paid  for, 
None  of  the  French  abufed, 
Or  abraided  with  difdainfull  language  J 
For  when  cruelty  and  lenitie  play  for  a  Kingdome, 
The  gent  left  gamefter  is  the  fooncr  winner. 
Enter  French  Herauld* 

Hern.  You  know  me  by  my  habit. 

XV.  Well  the.we  knowthee,what  fhuld  we  knew  of  thee? 

Hera,  My  maifters  roinde* 

King.  Vnfoldit. 

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Attho  we  did  fceme  dead,  we  did  but  {lumber. 

Now  we  fpeake  vpon  our  kuc,  and  our  voy  cc  is  imperial!* 

England  fliall  repent  her  folly :  fee  her  rafhneiTe, 

A  nd  admire  our  fufferance.W .  ;ch  to  raunfomc, 

His  pettineiTe  would  bow  vndcr : 

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

For  the  difgracc  we  haue  borne,  himfelfe 

Kneeling  at  our  feetc}a  weake  and  worthlefle  fatitYaeYion. 

To  thisjaddcdcfyancc.  So  much  from  the  king  my  maitler. 

King,  What  is  thy  name?  we  know  thy  qualitic* 

HemU,  Mpntioy. 

Kmg.  Thou  doft  thy  office  fairc.returne  thee  backe, 
And  tell  thy  King,Ido  not  feeke  him  now : 
But  could  be  well  content, without  impeach, 
To  march  on  to  Caltis :  for  to  fay  the  (both , 
Though  tis  no  wifdomc  to  contelle  fo  much 
Vntoan  encmie  of  craft  and  vantage. 
My  fouldicrs  are  with  (ickncfle  much  infecblcd, 
My  Army  leiToned,and  thofe  fewe  I  haue, 
A  lmoft  no  better  then  fo  many  French : 
Who  when  they  were  in  heart,)  tell  thee  Hcrauld, 
1  thought  vpon  one  paire  of  Englifh  legges, 
Did  march  three  French  mens. 
Yet  rorgiue  me  God,that  I  do  brag  thus : 
This  your  hcire  of  France  hath  blownc  this  vice  in  raC 
I  muft  repent,go  tell  thy  maiftcr  hevc  I  am, 
My  raunfome  is  this  frayle  and  worthlefle  body, 
My  Army  but  a  weake  and  fickly guarde* 
Yet  God  btfore.we  will  come  on, 
Xf  F ranee  and  fuch  an  other  neighbour  (tood  in  our  way  J 
If  we  may  paCfcwe  will :  if  we  be  hindered, 
"Wc  lha!  your  tawny  ground  with  your  red  blood  difcoloiuv 
So  Montioy  get  you  gone,  there  is  for  your  paines : 
The  fum  of  all  our  anfwerc  is  but  this, 
Wc  would  not  feckc  a  battk  as  we  arc  ; 

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T&  ChmkkHtihrfc 

Sex 

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Ho  r  as  we  art,  w  c  fay  we  will  not  (hun  if, 

+  J76 

HtrMtld.  I  (hall  deliuer  fo:  thanks  toyour  Maieftie. 

114 

+ 

tf£/T  My  Licge,I  hope  they  will  not  come  vpon  vs  now. 

> 

King.  Wcarc  in  Gods  hand  brotheiyiot  in  thcirst 

t 

To  ni^ht  wc  will  encarape  beyond  the  bridge. 

f  /a/ 

And  on  to  morrow  bid  them  mat  ch  away. 

£*f*rBurbon,Con{tablc,Orlcance,Gebotu 
Cimft.  Tut  1  haue  the  beft  armour  in  the  world* 
Grleanct.  You  haue  an  excellent  armour. 

WS 

nr.vii. 

Scxi. . 

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> 

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But  let  my  horfc  hauc  his  due. 

>  , 

Burbon.  Now  you  ta«kc  of  a  horfe,l  haue  a  ft  eed  like  the 

4 

•\n-3  | 

Palfrey  of  the  fun  nothing  bur  pure  ayrc  and  fire, 

And  hath  none  of  this  dull  element  of  earth  within  him,. 

+  20 

Orlcance.  He  is  of  the  colour  of  the  Nutmeg. 

f2/ 

*Bttr.  And  of  the  heate.a  the  Ginger. 

8 

+  -?6 

Turne  all  the  fands  into  eloquent  tongues, 

37 

And  my  horfe  is  argument  for  them  all : 

+  42 

J  once  writ  a  Sonnet  in  the  praite  of  my  horfe, 

And  began  thus.  Wonder  of  nature. 

12 

44 

Con.  ]  haue  heard  a  Sonnet  begin  fo, 

•J- 

In  the  praife  of  ones  MiftrefTc. 

+ 

Bttrb.  Why  then  did  r hey  iraroitatc  that 

+ 

Which  I  writ  in  praife  of  my  horfe, 

16 

47 

For  my  horfc  is  my  miftrefle. 

t 

Con.  Ma  foy  the  other  day,me  thought 

J*  52 

Your  miftrcfTe  fhookc  you  fihrcwdly. 

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Bur.  I  bearing  me.  I  tell  thee  Lord  Conftab!^ 

20 

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My  miftrctfc  wcarcs  her  owne  haire. 

+ 

Con.  I  could  make  as  good  a  boatt  of  that. 

+ 

If  I  r»3d  had  a  fouv  to  my  miftreiJe. 

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Bur.  Tut  thou  wik  make  vfe  of  any  thing. 

24 

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> 

C*j».Yet  I  do  not  vfe  u»y  horfc  (as  my  miilrcffe. 

+  80 

Bur,  Will  ttneuer  be  morning? 

♦ 

lie  ride  too  morrow  a  mile, 

<*<S 

And  my  way  fhalbe  paued  with Eogliflj facet. 

C**,  By 

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Can.  By  roy  faith  fo  will  not  I, 
For  feare  I  be  outfaced  of  my  way. 

Bur.  Weil  lie  go  arme  my  feltchay, 

(jebon.  The  Duke  oiBi&rben  longs  for  rooming 

Or.  1  he  long*  to  eare  the  EnghSu 

&».  1  thinke  hcele  eate all  he  kiltes* 

V  rle.  O  peacc,ill  will  ncuer  (aid  well. 

Com.  Uecaprhatprouerbe, 
With  there  is  flattery  in  fritndftiip. 

Or,  Ofir,I  can  anfwere  that, 
With  giue  the  duiel  his  due. 

Ccn^  Hauc3tthceycofthatprouerbe> 
With  a  Ioggeof  the  diuel. 

Or.  Wellthc  Duke oi  B«rl>eti,is  (imply. 
The  moft  acYme  Gentleman  of  France. 

Com.  Doing  his  aftiwtie^ind  hecle  Oil  be  doing. 

Or.  He  n  cuer  did  hurt  as  1  heard  off. 

Cont  No  I  warrant  you,nor  neuer  will. 

Or.  1  hold  him  to  be  exceeding  valiant . 

£on.  I  was  told  fo  by  one  that  knows  him  better  the  you 

Or.  Whofcfhat? 

Con.  Why  hctoldmefohimfelfe: 
And  faid  he  cared  not  who  knew  it. 

Or.  Well  who  will  go  with  me  to  hazard, 
For  a  hundred  Englifli  prifoncrs  i 

Ion.  You  muft  go  to  hazard  your  felfc, 

Before  youhauc  them. 

jEttteraMiffrnger. 

iMcjf.  My  Lords,thc  Englifo  lye  within  a  hundred 
Paces  of  your  Tent. 

CV».  W  ho  hath  racafuted  the  ground  ? 

Mfjf*  The  Lord  Granpcere* 

Con.  A  valiant  man,  a.  anexpert  Gentleman. 

Gome,  come  away; 
The  Sun  is  hicand  we  wcare  out  the  day.      Exit  om»est 

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Enter  the  King  dtfguifedM  him  Piftoll. 
Ptf*.  Kcvelaf 

Scxii. 

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#«*£.  A  friend. 

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Pj/2.  Difcus  vnto  me,  art  ihcu  Gentleman* 

+ 

Or  art  thou  comrmn,bafe,and  p'opclcr  2 

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

40 

Pift*  Trailcs  thou  the  puiflant  pike? 

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King*  Eucn  (o  fir,  What  arc  you  J 

Tift,  As  good  a  gentleman  as  the  Eroperour. 

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K**g.  O  then  thou  art  better  then  the  King  J 

f  -?•/ 

Pift*  Thr  kings  a  bago,andahart  of  gold. 

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Of  parents  good,of  fill:  moft  valiant: 

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4S 

I  loue  the  loucly  bully.  What  is  thy  name  I 
King,  HArry \cKoy» 

Pi/?.  LeRoy,a  CornitLnflan: 

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Pift.  Figa  for  thee  then :  my  name  is  Tiftelt. 

3. 

Kin.  It  forts  well  with  ydur  frercenefic. 

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Flew.  In  the  nameof  Iefu  fpeake  leaver. 

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Prcrogatiues  of  the  warres  be  not  kept. 

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I  warrant  you,if  you  looke  into  the  warres  of  the  Romanes* 

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But 

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of  Henry  the fift. 

But  yon  fhall  flndc  the  cares,and  the  fcarej- 
And  the  ccve;nonics>to  be  otherwise. 

Gghy«  Why  the  enemy  is  Ioud-you  heard  hirn  all  nighr. 

J7/**?,  Godes  follud,if  the  enemy  be  an  AiTe  &  4  Foole* 
And  a  prating  cocks-comcis  it  meet  that  we  be  alfo  a  f«oie» 
And  a  prating  cocks-couie,in  your  confcicacenow^ 

Go»rt  ilefpeake  lower. 

flew,  I  befcech  you  do,goo<rCaptaine  Go»er* 

Exit  G»wer,And  Fitm/k*. 

Km,  Thoit  appeaiealitlcoutof  falhion, 
Yet  theres  much  care  in  this. 

JEnttr  three  Souldurs. 

1  .Sonl.  Is  not  that  the  morning  yonder  t 
1 .  Soul*  1  we  fee  the  beginning, 

God  knowes  whether  we  fhall  fee  the  end  or  no» 

3  Soul.  Well  I  thinke  the  king  could  wifli  himfclfe 
Vp  to  the  nccke  in  the  middle  of  the  Thames, 
And  Co  I  would  he  were,at  all  aduenturcs,and  I  with  him. 
Kin.  Now  maftcrs  godmorrow,whatchcare* 
3-S.  Ifaith  fmall  cheer  fomc  of  vs  is  like  tohaue. 
Ere  this  day  ende. 
Km,  Why  fear  nothing  man,thc  king  is  frolike# 
1 .  S.I  he  may  be,for  he  hath  no  fuch  caufc  as  we 
Kw.  Nay  fay  not  fo.he  is  a  man  as  we  ate- 
The  Violet  fmels  to  him  as  to  vs : 
Therefore  if  he  fee  reafons,he  fcares  as  we  do« 

2  Sol*  But  the  king  hath  a  heauy  reckoning  to  make, 
JFhis  caofe  be  not  good:  when  all  thofc  foulci 
Whofe  bodies  fhall  be  flaughtcrcd  here, 

Shall  ioyne  together  at  the  latter  day, 

And  fay  /dyed  at  fuch  a  place.  Some  Iwearing: 

Some  their  wines  rawly  left : 

Some  lcauing  tbeir  children  poors  behind  them. 


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Now  if  his  caufc  be  badj  chink  it  will  be  a  greeuous  matter 

(to  him* 

Kin*.  Why  fo  you  may  fay,tf  a  man  fend  his  fetuant 
As  Fadlor  into  anofher  Counrrey, 
And  he  by  any  meancsmifwrry, 
You  may  fay  the  bofineflc  of  the  raaifter, 
Was  the  author  of  his  feruants  misfortune* 
Or  if  a  fonne  be  imployd  by  his  father, 
And  he  fall  into  any  leaud  ac"iton,you  may  fay  the  father 
Was  the  author  of  his  fonncs  damnation. 
But  the  matter  is  not  to  anfwei  e  for  his  feruants, 
The  father  for  his  fot\nc,nor  the  king  for  his  fubielts : 
For  they  purpofc  not  their  deaths ,  whe  they  craue  their  fer- 
Some  there  arc  that  haue  the  gift  of  premeditated      (uiccs: 
Murder  on  them: 

Others  the  broken  fealc  of  Forgery  jin  beguiling  may  dens* 
Now  ifthefe  out  ftrtp  the  lavve, 
Yet  r hey  cannot  efcapc  Gods  pumfhment. 
War  is  Gods  Bcadel.  War  is  Gods  vengeance: 
Euery  mans  fcruice  is  the  kings: 
But  cuery  mansfouleis  hisowne. 
Therfore  i  would  haue  cuery  ibuldtcr  examine  himfelfe* 
And  wafh  eucry  moath  out  of  his  conference: 
That  in  fo  doin£,he  may  be  the  readier  for  death: 
Or  not  d>  mg.why  tlic  rime  was  well  fpent, 
Wherein  fitch  preparation  was  made. 

3  Lord*  Yfaith  he faies  true: 
Eucry  mans  fault  on  hts  owne  head, 
I  would  nor  haue  the  kins;  anfwere  for  me. 
Yet  I  intend  to  fight  luftily  for  him. 

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

2.  L.  Ihefaidfo.tomakevifijht: 
But  w  hen  our  throat  es  be  cut,  he  may  be  ranfomde, 
And  we  neuer  the  \\iUr. 

K'*£  It  i  hue  to  fee  tliat,  He  neuer  truft  his  word  again*. 

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of  Henry  thcfft, 

%.  %ol  Mas  youlc  pay  him  then.tis  s  great  difptcifure 
That  *n  elder  gun.can  do  againitacannon. 
Or  a  fubieft  againft  a  monaike, 
Youie  nere  fake  his  word  again  ,ycur  a  uaffc  goe, 

Kmg*  Your  rcproofe  is  fomewhar  too  bitter; 
Were  if  no?  at  this  time  i  could  be  anety. 

2. So/*  Why !etit bcacjuarrelhf thou wife* 

£/*£.  How  (hall  I  know  thee  i 

1  S»/,  Here  i  >  my  *loue,  which  if  cucr  I  ice  fc>  thy  hat, 
3!e  challenge  thce,and  ftrike  thee. 

.£»».  Here  is  like  wife  another  of  mine, 
And  allure  thee  sic  yeeare  it. 

3.S*/.  Thou  dar'ft  as  well  be  hangd. 

3«$s/.  Be  friends  you  fooles, 
We  haue  French  cjuarreSs  anow  in  hand? 
We  haue  no  need  of  Eng!i(h  or^yles. 

Km,  Tis  no  r  rea  f "on  to  out  French  cro  wnes* 
for  so  morrow  the  king  himfclre  wil  be  a  clipper* 

Exit  ihefoffiditrjo 

Sttirthe  XvngjCjtofter,  EpngKm/tnd 

K*  O  Go6  of  battels  ft  ecle  my  fouJdJers  harts. 
Take  from  them  rtow  the  fence  of  rekconing, 
That  the  app  vfed  multitudes  which  (bad  before  these, 
JMay  not  appall  their  couras;^ 

0  nor  to  day,  not  to  day  6  God, 
Thinkeonthcfauhmy  fathcrrnade, 
In  comparting  the  crownc. 

1  T\tob*rds  bocfie  haue  interred  new, 

And  on  it  ha«h  brftowd  more  contrite  f  cares, 
Then  from  it  iflucd  forced  drops  of  blood: 
A  bundled  men  haue  1  in  yearly  pay, 

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Wbkfc  eoerytlay  their  withered  hands  hold  vj> 
To  heaoen  to  pardon  blood, 
A nd  I  hauc  bui't  rwo  chanceries,  more  wil  I  do* 
Thoall  that  lean  do*  is  all  too  litlc. 

Enter  GMler. 

Glen.  MyLojd. 

Kino,  &1y  brother  Glo&ersvoyct- 
GUft.  My  Lord  ,the  Army  fta>  es  vpon  your  pretence. 
King.   Stay  G totter  flay  ,»nd  I  will  go  wirh  thee. 
The  day  my  friends,and  allxhings  fraye?  for  me. 

Enter  Clarctice>Gloftcr,Exctcr,and  Sa!i<;burie, 

W*r%  My  Lords  the  French  are  very  ftrong. 

Exe.  There  is  flue  mone.and  yet  they  all  3refre/h, 

War.  Of  fighting  men  they  hauc  fall  fortic  thoufand* 

Sal.  The  oddes  is  all  too  great.  Farewell  hind  Lords  % 
Br. me  Clarence, and  my  Lord  otGlofler, 
fAy  Lord  of  Waryncke,zna  to  all  farewell. 

Clar.  Farewell  kind  Lordjfighl  valiantly  to  day, 
And  yet  in  truth,!  do  thec  wrong, 
For  thou  art  made  on  the  nue  fparkes  of  honour. 
Enter  King. 

War,  O  would  we  had  but  ten  thotifand  men 
NoAf  at  this  in(tant,that  doth  not  woike  in  England. 

King.  Whofe  t hat,that  willies {b,my  Coulca  Waryvxh^ 
Gods  will,!  would  not  loofe  the  honour 
One  man  would  fhare  fromme, 
Not  for  ray  Kingdorae- 
No  faith  ray  Cou[en,wifh  not  one  man  more, 
Rather  proclaimed  prefcutly  through  our  campc? 
That  he  that  hath  no  ftotaackcto  ihis  fcaft, 
Lethiinclepar^hispafpott  fiiallbeeijrawne, 
Arid  crowncs  for  conuoy  put  into  hi>  pmfej 


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tfti envy  the  fft. 

Wewouta*  not  die  in  that  mans  company, 
That  f cares  his  fellowship  to  die  with  vs. 
This  day  is  called  theday  of  Cryfpin, 
He  that  outlines  this  day,and  feesoldage, 
Jshal I  (tand  a  tiptoe  when  this  day  is  named, 
A  od  ro  a  fc  him  at  the  name  of  Cryfpin. 
He  that  aurliuesthis  day, and  comes  fafe  home, 
Shall  y care Jy  on  the  vygill  fcaft  his  fi  lends, 
A  nd  fav,to  morrow  is  S.  Cry  fpines  day : 
Then  fliall  we  in  thcir-flowing  bowlcs 
Be  newly  rcmembred.  Harry  the  King, 
Bedford  and  Exeter tCkn*cem&  Giofler, 

Familiar  in  their  moutnes  as  boufhold  worJr* 

This  ftory  (hall  the  good  roan  tell  his  fonnc, 

And  from  elm  day,vnto  the  gcncralldoome : 

But  wi  in  it  (hall  be  rcmembred. 

"We  fewe >  we  happic  fewc,  we  bond  of  brothers, 

For  he  to  day  that  (heads  his  blood  by  mine, 

Shalbe  my  brother :  be  he  ncre  fo  bate, 

This  day  fliall  gentle  his  condition. 

Then  fh  .11  he  (trip  his  (lccues,  and  fhew  his  skat «, 

And  fay,rhcfc  wounds  I  had  on  Crifpines  day- 

And  Gentlemen  in  Fngland  nowa  bed, 

Shall  thinke  thrmfelucs  accurlt, 

And  hold  their  manhood  cheapc, 

While  any  fpeak-.  that  fought  with  VS 

Vpon  Saint  Cnfpines  day. 

g/oft.  My  ^raciou^  Lord, 
The  French  is  in  the  field. 
Kin.  Why  ail  things  are  ready ,if  our  minds  be  (6, 

War*  P«  nfh  the  man  whofe  mind  is  backward  now. 

Kmg.  Thou  «loft  net  Aim  more  help  fro  England couien? 

9Var.  Gods  will  my  Lie^c.would  you  and  f  alone, 
Without  more  hclpe,mighc  fight  this  baule  out. 

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TheChrmkk  HiHwie 

"Why  well  faid.That  doth  plesle  sac  better* 
Then  to  wsfh  me  one. You  know  your  charge, 
God  be  with  you  all 

£«*«•  r&t  Herald pom  the  French. 

Herald.   Once  more  1  come  to  know  of  thee  king  Henry, 
What  thou  wile  s.ius  for  raunumse  ? 

A'i».  Who  harh  feat  thee  now  ? 

J/«rr,  The  Conflable  of  France* 

Ki».  I  prethy  bcaremv  former  anfwer  backet 
t^td  them  atchicue  rne,and  then  fell  my  bones. 
Good  God,  why  fhould  they  mock  good  fellows 
The  man  star  once  did  fell  the  Lion<  skirt,  (thus.* 
While  the  beaft  lmed,was  kiid  with  hunting  hiro, 
A  many  of  our  bcdiCi  fhallno  doubt 
Fmdc  graues  within  your  realms  or  France: 
Tho  hu  icd  in  your  dunghits,  we  fhalbc  famed, 
For  there  the  Sun  (ivill  grcetc  ;hem, 
And  draw  vp  their  honors  rcakiog  vp  to  heaueo, 
Leaoing  then  earthly  pans  to  choke  your  c!ym«  i 
The  fmel  wherof,  (hAi  breed  a  plague  hi  Franca 
A  jui  ke  then  abundant  valour  in  our  finghih, 
Thai  bejr»gdcad,Uke  to  the  bullets  crating,, 
Bi  eakes  forth  into  a  fecond  courfc  of  tmfchiefe. 
Killing  in  rclaps ofmortalitic; 
Let  mc  fpcake  proudly, 
Ther*»  not  a  peecc  of  feather  in  our  campt. 
Good  argument  I  hope  we  (h  ill  no?  $yc: 
And  rime  hath  wornc  vsinto  rloucndry. 
Bm  by  the  t»as<,our  hearts  are  in  the  trim, 
A  nd  my  poore  (buldtrrs  te\  me,  yet  ere  ni»ht 
Thay  le  be  in  rreuSer  rob«,or  they  will  piucke 
The  gay  new  cloaihes  ore  your  French  (o  withers  cares, 
And  turne  them  out  offeuuee.  Hthey  do  this, 
As  if  it  plcafe  God  they  fni»!l, 
Then  (hall  cut  raniome  looue  be  lemed. 

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Saue  thontby  labour  Herauid: 
Come  thou  no  sxwe  for  ranfon^gentlc  Herauid.: 
They  iliall  haue  nought  I  fwcare,  bat  thefe  my  bones: 
Which  if  they  haue^as  /wil  icaueam  them, 
WiUyccW  them  litle,te]l  she  Conitable. 

Her.  Jilwlideliuerfo* 

Exit  Herauld. 

York*.  My  gracious  Lcrt^vpen  my  knee  /craue, 
Theleading  ot  the  va  ward. 

Kin*  Take  it  braue  7V%.Come  fouldkrs  lets  away; 
AndasthoKplcafclt  Godsdifpofe  she  day* 


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Ce.  Odiabello- 
Conft.  Mot  du  ma  vie* 

Or,  O  what  a  day  is  this/ 

Bur.  O  lour  det  houre  ail  isgene^ii  is  loft, 

Con.  We  are  inough  yet  liuin*  in  the  tkSd, 
To  fmother  vp  the  Engliiln, 
If  any  order  might  be  thought  vpon. 

Bur.  A  plague  of  order, once  more  to  the  Held* 
And  he  chat  will  not  follow  Bmrhnmom» 
Let  hire  go  home.and  with  his  cap  m  liaud* 
Like  a  bacc  leno  bold  the  chamber  doorc. 
Why  leaft  by  a  fliue  no  gentter  then  ray  dog9 
His  faired  daughter  is  conraoiuracke. 

Con.  Diforder  that  hath  fpoy id  vs,right  vs  now» 
Come  we  in  heapes ,  weelc  offer  vp  cur  lru£5 
Vnro  thefc  EngliOijor  elfe  die  with  fame* 

Come,coiTte  along, 
Lsts  dye  with  honour.ois?  foame  doth  iaft  too  long. 


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Enter  Pipoll,  the  French  nun,  and  the  Boy. 

Tift.  E)  Id  cur,  cy  Id  cur, 

French.  O  Monfircic  vous en  pree  aues  pctie  de  ntOfm 

Ptjl.  Moy  (hall  notferue./will  hauc  forric rnoys. 
Boy  aske  him  his  name. 

i?<7«  Comant  ettcs  vous  a  pellcs  \ 

French.  Monfier  Fer. 

Bey.  He  faies  his  name  is  M  *frcr  Fer. 

Ptft.  /lc  Fcr  him,and  fcrir  him,and  fcrkc  hinH 
Boy  difcus  the  fame  in  French. 

Boy.  Sir  I  do  not  kno  w,  what  s  French 
Forfer,ferit  and  fearkr. 

Pift*  Bid  him  prepare.for  I  wi!  cut  his  throate, 

Boy.  FeaceiVou  prcat.iU  voulfes  coupek  votre  gage* 

Pitt,  Ooye  ma  toy  couple  la  gorg<*. 
Vnlcfli  thou  giue  to  me  egregious  raunfome,dve. 

One  poy  ntof  a  foxe. 
French.  Qui  die  ill  monfierei 
111  dtrye  C  you  ny  vouly  pa  dorny  1uy. 

Boy.  La  g,ran  ranfome.ill  vou  lucres. 

French-  O  lee  vous  en  pn  pert  it  gcntelhomcparle 
A  cee,gran  capatatru  ,pour  aurz  mcrcie 
Amoy,ey  Icedonerees  pour  mo«  rar.fome 
Oiiquintc on  'S.Je iuyes vnqcncclhomc dtFrtttee* 

Pitt,  What  (ayes  he  boy? 

'Boy.  Marry  fir  hefayes,h«?  is  a  Gentleman  of  a  great 
Hr.ufc/>f  Fr*nct:zn6  fpr  his  ranlome, 
He  will  <>iuevou  500.  crownes. 

PM.  My  fury  fhal!  abate, 

And  I  the  Cro  ,vnes  wiii  take. 

And  as  1  luck  blood,  {  will  Come  mcrcie  (hew. 

Folio  a  me  cur. 

Exit  omnts. 

Enter  ike  Km*  and  hit  NobtestV\W.  jII. 

King*  What  the  Fxcnth  retire?  ^ 


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Yet  all  is  not  done,yet  kcepc  the  French  the  field. 

£xe.  The  Duke  of  York*  commends  him  to  your  Grace* 

King*  Liues  he  good  Vnckle,twife  I  fawc  him  downe> 
Twifevp  agamc: 
From  helmet  to  the  (purrc,all  bice  Jihg  ore. 

Exe.  In  which aray  .brauc  fouldier  doth  he  lye, 
Larding  the  plaints. and  by  his  bloody  fide» 
Yoikc  fellow  to  his  honour  dying  wounds, 
The  noble  farlc  ofSuffo/kf  alio  iy  es. 
Suffolk?  firft  dy  de,and  York?  a  !1  haft  cd  ore, 
Gomes  to  him  where  ia  blood  he  lay  (rcept, 
And  takes  him  by  the  beard  vkiHes  the  ga&es 
That  bloodily  didyane  vpon  his  lace, 
And  cry  tie  aloud,tary  dearc  coufin  Suffolk?: 
My  fouie  ibill  thine  keep  company  in  heauen: 
Tary  deare  foulc  awhile,thcn  flic  to  reft: 
And  in  this  glorious  and  weii  foughttn  field, 
We  kept  togithcr  in  our  chiuaMry. 
Vpon  jhcfe  words  1  came  and  chcerd  them  Vft 
He  tookc  me  by  the  hand,  f  aid  deare  my  Lord, 
Commend  my  fcruicc-to  my  foucraigne. 
So  did  he  tume,and  oucx  Suffoikes  neckc 
He  threw  his  wounded  armc^nd  (o  efpoufed  to  death, 
With  blood  he  fea'ed.An argument 
Of  ntuer  tnding  loue.Th?  prctie  and  fwect  maner  of  if* 
Forft  thofc  waters  from  rue.which  I  would  hauc  ftopt, 
But  I  not  fo  much  of  man  m  me, 
But  all  my  mother  came  iott»  my  eyes* 
And  gaue  me  vptotcares. 

Km.  1  blame  you  not :  for  hearing  you, 
I  mud  conuett  to  t caret, 

tsiUrwn  foundes. 

What  new  alarum  ia  this » 
Bid  cuery  fouldier  kill  his  prifcner* 
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Enter  F  leveclUnjind  Captaine  Gofer, 
Tier**  Gudcs  plud kil  the boy  es  and  the  lu^yge, 
T  is  the  arrant  s  peece  of  knauery  as  can  be  dcrircd, 
lit  the  wove)  I  noWjin your  confeience  now. 

Goftr.  Tis  cert  amcthcre  is  not  a  Boy  left  ahue, 
And  checowcrdly  rafcais  that  tan  froixuhc  battell* 
Thcmfelucs  haue  done  this  {laughter: 
Befide,they  haue  carried  away  and  burnt, 
All  that  was  in  the  Junes  Tent ; 


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Whervpcn  the  king  emied  cucry  prifoners 
Throat  to  be  cut.  O  he  is  a  worthy  king. 

i-Vb?,  I  lie  was  bom  at  A4enmorth. 
Captain  Gower  twhn  call  you  the  place  where 
Alexander  the  big  was  borne? 

Qiftr,  Alexander  the  sreat. 

JFVWr.  Why  I  pray,is  nat  tig  great* 
As  iflfay,bit!;  or  grcac,or  magnanimous* 
I  hope  ir  is  all  one  reconing, 
Saoe  thefrafe  is  a  litlc  varaiion. 

Gonr.  ]  thinke  *silcx*nder  the  great 
Was  borne  at  AttcetUn. 
His  father  was  called  PbiSp  niMiicsdcn^ 
As  /take  it, 

F/ew.  /thinkc it  was t^/Ucedon  inoeed  where  Alex**4er 
Was  borne :  Jookc  you  captaine  Gower, 
And  ifyoulooke  into  the  mappesoftheworell  well, 
Yott  fliall  frndc  hfle  difference  betwecne 
tJMAccdon  and  iJlfonmortk.  Lookc  you,there  is 
A  Riucr  m  Afacedt>H,and  there  is  alio  a  Riuer 
In  Mewficrth,the  Riucrs  nao?e  at  Monmortb, 
It  called  Wye, 

But  tis  out  of  my  braine,  what  is  the  name  of  the  others 
But  tis  all  one,hs  fo  likcas  mv  fin«rer s  is  to  my  fingers* 


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Andthc:cisS3rnonsinbofh. 

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You  fhafl  finde  our  King  is  come  after  Alexander. 
God  knowe;,and  you  know.that  Alexander  m  hjs 
Bowles,  and  hisalles,and  his  wrath.and  his dsfpleafures, 
And  indi°natk>ns,was  kill  his  friend  Cl<ttu. 

gerver.  /but  our  King  is  not  i;ke  hun  iruhat, 
For  he  ncuer  ktli  d  any  ofhis  friends. 

View.  Lookc  you,tis  not  well  done  to  take  the  tale  out 
Of  a  mans  mouth,  ere  it  is  madeanend  and  firrifhcd : 
I  fpeake  in  the  companions  as  Alexander  is  kill 
Hi*  friend  Chtnt :  foour  King  being  in  hi*  ripe 
Wits  and  tudgcment$,is  turnc  aivay,thc  f3t  knite 
With  t!ie  great  belly  doublet;!  am  forget  his  name, 
Gower.  Sir  Iobn  Fa/flajfe. 
Flerr.  ],  I  thinke  it  is  Sir  lohn  Fa/flaffe  indeed, 
I  can  teilyou,  theres  good  men  borne  at  Aiaatmrtb. 
Ester  Hjftg  And  the  Lords. 
King.  I  was  not  angry  fines  /came  into  France, 
Vntiil  rhis  houre. 
Take  a  trumpet  Hcrauld, 
A  nd  ride  vnto  the  horfmen  on  yon  hi!! : 
If  they  will  fight  with  vs  bid  them  come  downe. 
Or  ieaucttv. iicld.they  do  offend  our  light : 
Wili  they  do  neither, vie  will  come  to  them, 
And  make  them  ikyr  a  way, as  faft 
A  s  ftones  enforlt  from  Che  old  A  llmnn  flings. 
Befidcsjweele  cut  the  throats  ofthofe  we  iuuc, 
And  not  one  aliue  (hill  taOc  our  mercy. 

Enter  the  Herdu/d, 
Gods  will  what  mcanes  tins?  kno^fl  t!iou  not 
That  we  haue  fined  theie  bones  of  our  for  ranfome? 

Herald%  I  come  great  king  for  charitable  fauour, 
To  foTtourNoblesiromcur  common  men, 
Wcmay  haue  ieauc  to  bury  all  our  dead, 
Which  in  the  field  lye  fpoyled  and  troden  on. 
Kin*  I  tdl  thee  truly  Hei aaldjl  do  nof  know  whether 

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For  yet  a  many  of  your  French  do  keep  the  n*e!d» 

//<rra.  The  day  is  yours. 

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Hera.  We  call  it  isiginconrt. 

Kin.  Then  call  we  rhisthc  field  of  Agmcourt. 

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Flew.  Your  grandfather  of  famous  memories 

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Is  do  good  feruicc  in  France. 

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Kin*  Tisttuc  Flewellen, 

Flew.  Your  M  aic  flic  fay es  verie  true. 

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To  wearc  a  Leake  in  your  cap  vpon  S.Oauies  day. 

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Kin,  No  Flewellenfox  I  am  wcalch  as  well  as  you. 

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Flew,  Al  1  the  water  in  Wye  wil  not  wafh  your  wcalch 

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Kin.  Thankes  good  countryman. 

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Flew,  By  lefus  I  am  your  Maicfties  countryman: 

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I  care  not  who  know  it,fo  long  as  your  maiefty  is  an  honeft 

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Fltw,   You  fellow  come  to  the  king. 

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Kin,  Fellow  why  dooft  thou  wcare  that  gloue  in  thy  hat? 

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Son/,  A nd  plcafc your  inaieftie.tis a  rafcals  that  fwagard 

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With  mc  the  other  day :  and  he  hath  one  of  mine, 

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Which  if  cuer  I  ice,l  haue  fworne  to  (hike  hira. 

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So  harh  he  fwornc  the  like  to  me. 
K.  How  think  you  Flewellenjs  \%  h  wfull  he  keep  hif  oath* 

fl.  And  it  pleafe  your  mjiefty,tis  lawful  he  keep  his  vow. 
If  he  be  periur'd  oncc,he  is  as  arrant  a  beggcrly  knauc, 
As  treads  vpon  tooblacke  (hues. 

Kin.  His  enemy  may  be  a  gentleman  of  worth. 

Flew.  A  nd  if  be  be  as  good  a  gentleman  as  Lucifer 
And  Bclzcbub,and  the  diuel  himfelfc, 
Tis  meete  he  keepc  his  vowc. 

Kin.  Well  (Irrha  keep  your  word. 
Vnder  what  Captain  ferucft  thou.? 

Sou/.  Vnder  Captaine  Gower. 

Tier*.  Captaine  Gower  is  a  good  Captaine* 
And  hath  good  littraturein  the  wanes. 

Km,  Go  call  him  hither. 

Sou/,  I  will  my  Lord* 

Exkfotitdicr. 

Kin.  Captain  FIewellen,vthtn  AUnfon  and  I  was 
Downc  together,/tookc  this  gloueofffrom  his  helmet* 
Here  Fletvellen,  weare  it.  H any  do  challenge  it, 
He  is  a  friend  of  Alonfons^ 
And  an  enemy  to  mee. 

Fie.  Your  rnaieflie  doth  me  as  great  a  fauour 
As  can  be  defired  in  the  harts  of  his  (ubieftj, 
/would  fee  that  man  now  that  fiiould  chalenge  thisglotfe: 
And  it  pleafc  God  of  his  grace,/  would  but  fee  him, 
That  is  all. 

Kin.  Flewellen  kno wft  thou  Ca  ptaine  Gewer  ? 

Tie.  Captaine  Gower  is  my  friend . 
And  ifit  like  your  maie(tie,/know  him  very  well# 

Kin,  Go  call  him  hither. 

Flew,  /will  and  it  fhall  pleafc  your  maicftie. 

Kin.  Follow  F lave  lien  clofely  at  the  hecleSj 
The  gloue  he  wearcs,  it  was  the  fouldicrs: 

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It  may  be  there  will  be  barrae  betwecne  them* 
For  I  do  know  FUreellen  valiant, 
And  being  touches  hot  as  gunpowdei : 
And  quickly  v\ill  rcturne  an  iniury. 
Goicc  there  be  no  harme  betweene  them. 

Enter  <jorcer\Flewellen:and  the  Smldier, 

Fltw.  Captain  Gneerjn  the  name  of  Icfti, 
Come  to  his  Maieftic,there  i$  more  good  toward  yoUj> 
Then  you  can  dreamc  off. 

Sou/,  Do  you  hearc  yoaiir  ?  do  you  know  this  gloucf 

Flew.  1  know  the  the  gloue  is  a  glove, 

Soul.  Sir  I  know  this3and  thus  1  challenge  if. 

Hefirikes  km» 

Flew,  Code  plut,and  his.Captain  Cower  (land  away;; 
lie  giue  treafon  his  due  prefently. 

Enter  the  Kwg.Vy<irrrhkf>Ci'*rence,And  'Exeter* 

Km,  How  nowjwhat  is  the  matter  i 

Flew,  And  it  fliall  pleafe  your  Maicftie, 
Here  is  the  notable!  t  pcece  of  treafon  come  to  light. 
As  youfhalldefirc  to  fee  in  afommers  day. 
Hereis  arafca!l,beggerly  rafcall.is  ft  like  the  gloue, 
Which  your  Maieftic  tookc  out  of  the  helmet  otAlonfcm 
And  your  Maieilic  will  beare  me  witnc$,and  te(timony> 
And  aoouchmentSjthat  this  is  the  gloue. 

Soul,  A  nd  it  pieafr  your  Maieftje,that  was  my  £<oue. 
He  that  I  gaue  it  too  in  the  night, 
Promifed  me  to  weore  it  in  his  hat : 
I  promifed  to  ftnke  him  \i  he  did. 
lmct  that  Gcntlenun,with  my  gloue  in  his  har, 
And  i  thinkc  I  bauc  bene  as  good  as  my  word. 
Flew.  Your  Maieftie  hcarci,  vnder  your  Maieftic* 

Manhood, «  hat  3  beggcrly  bwfie  knaue  it  is* 
Kin,  Let  me  fee  thy  gloue-Looke  you, 

This  is  the  fellow  of  it. 

It  vvas  I  indeed  voupromiicd  to  (hike. 

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And  thou  thou  had  giucn  rue  mod  bistei  wonfc. 
Ho-v  canft  thou  make  vs  amends  I 

Fierv.  Let  his  neckcsnfwcrcifj 
If  thcic  be  any  raarfnais  lawe  in  the  worell. 

Se»/.  My  Liege*all  offences  come  from  the  heart; 
Neucr  came  any  from  mine  to  offend  your  Maieftie* 
You  appeard  to  mc  a?  a  common  man: 
Wicneftc  the  night,your  g3tments,your  lowlincfle. 
An d  vvhatfocuer  yourccciucd  vndcr  that  habit, 
I  befeech  your  Maieftie  impute  it  to  your  owne  faulc 
And  nor  mine.For  your  felfc  carac  not  like  your  felfc 
Had  you  bene  as  you  Teemed,!  had  made  no  offence. 
Therefore  I  befeech  your  grace  to  pardon  me. 

Km.  Vnckie,(iii  thegfoue  with  crownes, 
And  giueit  to  the  fou'dicr.Weare  it  fellow, 
As  an  honour  in  thy  cap,tiii  I  do  challenge  if, 
Giue  him  the  crownej.ComcOptaine  FUivcUeti, 
I  muft  needs  haueyou  friends. 

ir!«*\  By  I  cfus, the  fellow  hath  mcttall  enough 
Inhii  bclly.Haike  you  fouldier,thcrc  is  a  {hilling  for  you, 
A  nd  keep  your  felfc  ouc  of  brawles  &  brables ,  &  dilTentios  i 
Andliokeyou,it  fhalibe  she  better  for  you. 

Sou!*  He  none  ofyour  money  ilr,not  I. 

F/ew.  Why  tisa  good  (hilling  man. 
Why  thould  you  be  queamifh ;  Your  {hoes  are  not  fo  good; 
It  wiil  ferue  you  to  mend  your  (hoes. 

Kin*  What  men  of  fort  are  taken  vnckW 

Exe,  ^haries  Dukeof  Or/e*nce%\$c\\\c  w  to  the  Kingt 
John  Duke  of  BnrboM,sn\A  Lord  B<mche\HA(U 
Of  of  hct  Lords  and  BarronSjKrirghfs  and  SqUicrs, 
Full  fiftecne  huncirei,bcnVes  common  men. 
This  note  doth  tell  me  often  ihoufand 
Frcnchjihatin  the  field  lyes  lbinc. 
Of  Nobles  bearing  banncrsin  the  field, 

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The  Chronicle  HiHow 

Scxviii. 

Charles  ie  le  Brute,h\c  Conftable  of  France* 

Jaques  o(ChattilltantAd<n'Ka\l  of  France, 

The  Maifter  of  rhe  crosbows,  Iohn  Duke  Alofon. 

64 

f  97-105 

Lord  Ranbteres,  hie  Maifter  of  France. 

The  braue  brGmgzard,  Dotyhin.OINobclU QiariiiM^ 

Gran  Prie,and  RoJJe,  Fawcenbridge  and  Foj, 

Gerard and  Verton.  Vandemant  and  Lejlra* 

68 

Here  was  a  royall  fellowship  of  death* 

Where  ii  the  number  of  our  Englifh  dead* 

108 

Edward  the  Duke  of  Torl>e,the  Earle  of  Suffolk** 

Sir  %icbard Ketlj,  Dauy  Gam  Efquicr : 

72 

+ 

And  of  all  other  ,buc  fine  and  twencie. 
O  God  thy  arme  was  here, 

f//2 

And  vnto  thee  alone}afcribe  we  praife. 

t 

When  without  ftrategem, 

76 

+ 

And  in  euen  (hock  of  battle,  was  euer  heard 

+  //fi 

So  great,and  litle  1  o(Te,on  one  part  and  an  other. 

+ 

Take  it  God,for  it  is  onely  thine. 

Exe.  Tis  wondcrfulh 

80 

t 

King.  Come  let  vs  go  on  proceffion  through  the  camp : 

J. 

Let  it  be  death  proclaimed  to  any  man, 

+  /20 

To  boaft  hereof3or  take  the  praife  from  God, 

+ 

Which  is  his  due* 

8<t 

t 

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

f/24 

King .  Yes  Flewellen,but  with  this  acknowledgement, 

+ 

That  God  fought  for  vs. 

88 

t 

Flew.  Yes  in  my  confciencc,hc  did  vs  &reac  good. 

>I28 

King.  Let  there  be  fung,Nououcs  andtc  Deum* 

+ 

The  dead  with  chariticentcrred  in  clay: 

Weclc  then  to  Ca/ice,zj\d  to  England  then* 

92 

t 

Where  ncre  from  Francetitriudc  more  happier  men. 

_     + 

Exit  omnes. 
Enter  GoweryandFlewellen. 
Germ.  But  why  do  you  wcare  your  Lceke  to  day  i 

VJ.+ 

SCXK 

+ 

Saint 

■  ■-■-—           ■       ■   ■  -  — — ■—  ■  — .    —.  —  .,.            ,             .      .                   .-__.. i 

Sc.xix. 


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32 


*f  Henry  the  jift. 

Saint  Dories  day  is  paft  i 

F}4rpf.  There  is  occalion  Captaine  (Jtwtr, 
Lookeyouwhy,and  wherefore, 
The  other  day  looke  you,Ptf}o//es 
Which  you  know  is  a  man  of  no  merites 
In  the  vvorel  Lis  come  where  I  was  the  other  dayt 
And  brings  bread  and  faulted  bids  me 
Earc  my  Lcckc :  twas  in  a  place ,looke  you, 
Where  /could  mouc  no  difccntiocs: 
Bur  if /can  fee  hira,/iliall  ceil  him, 
A  litle  of  my  defircs. 

Gov.  Kcie  a  comes,fwclling  like  a  Turkecockc. 

Enter  Pip//. 

F/evrm  Tis  no  matter  for  his  fweWngjand  his  turkecocki, 
God  plefleyou  Amicnt  Pf/?<?//,youfi:all, 
BcggcrIy,lowfie  knaue,God  pletfcyou. 

*P«/?.  Ha,art  thou  bcdlem  ? 
JDoft  thouthurft  bafc  Troyan, 
To  hauc  me  foldc  vp  Pdrcas  fatall  web ! 
Hence, !  an;  qualmifh  at  the  fmell  of  I.ceke. 

F/ewt  A ntient  PisleU.  1  would  deiire  youbecaufe 
It  doth  net  agree  with  your  ftomackejana1  your  appetite, 
And  your  digcftions,ta  catc  this  Lc eke* 

7/Jl.  Not  for  CAdwallericr  and  all  his  goatcs. 

F/ew.  There  is  one  goate  for  you  Antient  PiftoU 

Hefirik$shimf 

Pift.  Bace  Troyatuhou  fliall  dye. 

F/ew.  I,  I  know  1  fhall  dyc.meanc  time*  I  would 
Dcfireyouto  iiueand  eate  this  Lcckc, 

Goreer.  Inough  Captaine,youhaue  afloniflit  him: 

r /ew.  Aftonifht bim,by  7cfu,l  le  beacc  bb  head 
Foure  dayes,and  fourc  nightSjbur  He 
Make  him  eare  fomc  part  of  my  Lcckc. 

Pitt.  Wciimuftlbyte*  .    T 


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Sc.xix 

t«w 

Tlnv.  I  out  ofcjueftion  or  doubt>or  ambiguities 

* 

YourauftbyVc. 

36 

+  5tf 

Pttt.  Good  good. 

+ 

F/ctv.  I  Leckes  arc  good,  Antient  Pifioff. 

f 

There  is  a  (hilling  for  you  to  healc  your  bloody  coxkome. 

+ 

Pitt.  Me  a  (lulling. 

10 

f  6* 

Flo*.  If  you  will  not  take  it, 

+ 

I  iiaue  another  Leckc  for  you. 

1 

Pttt.  I  take  thy  (hilling  in  earneft  of  rcconing. 

$68 

Fietv,  If  I  owe  you  any  thing,i!e  pay  you  in  cudgels, 
You  fhalbe  a  woodmonger, 

<l<h 

■L 

And  b"y  cudgcls,God  bwv  you, 

+ 

Antient  *Pis~Ml%GoA  bleiTc  you, 

t 

And  healc  your  broken  pate* 

1 

Antient  Pt$loUj& you  fee  Leekcs  an  other  time. 

18 

f.57-9  ' 

Mocke  at  thcm>that  is  all :  God  b  wy  you. 

Exit  F/ewe/Zen^ 

72 

Wfl.  All  hell  /hall  ftir  for  this. 

7* 

$85 

Doth  Fortune  play  the  hufwye  with  me  now  t 

f 

Is  honour  cudgeld  from  my  warlike  lines  J 

sz 

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Well  France  farwcll,newcs  haue  I  certainly 

+  57 

That  Doll  is  ficke.  One  mallydie  of  France, 

* 

The  warres  afford eth  nought,homc  will  I  ttug. 

+ 

Bawd  will  I  turnc,and  vfetheftyte  of  hand : 
To  England  will  I  fteale> 

5e 

92 

And  there  lie  ftcale. 

+ 

And  patches  will  I  get  vnto  theft  skarres, 

X 

And  fweatc  I  gat  them  in  the  Gallia  warres. 

BO 

+ 

ExuPiftotl. 

'Enter  at  one  doorefhe  King  ofRnghndatrdhu  Lords.  Andat 
the  other  doore jtht •  Kingof  Vr  met }  JgueeneK&thctinc,/** 

+  V.ii. 

Saxx. 

"Dukg  of  Burbon,  W  ethers. 

1 

Harry,  Peace  to  this  mecting.wbereforc^e  arc  met. 

And 

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of  Henry  the }lft. 

And  to  out  brother  Francs \  Faire  time  ofdsjr* 
fai*  e  health  vmoour  louely  coufen  Katberine. 
And  as  a  branched  member  of  this  (lock: 
We  do  dilute  you  Duke  of  *Bitrgond$e. 

Fran*  Brother  of  Englandjxvht  ioy  ou$  are  we  to  behold 
Your  face=fo  are  we  Princes  Englifh  eucry  one. 

Duks  With  pardon  vnto  both  your  mightines. 
Let  it  not  difpieafc  you,if  I  demaund 
What  rub  or  bar  hath  thus  far  hindrcd  you, 
To  keepe  you  from  the  gentle  fpeech  of  peace* 

Har.  I  f  Duke  of  Bnr gundy  yoxx  wold  hauc  peace. 
You  mud  bay  that  peace, 
A  ccordmg  as  we  hauc  drawne  our  articles. 

Fran,  We  baue  but  with  a  curfenary  eye, 
Oreyiewd  them  pl<  afeth  your  Grace, 
To  let  (pme  ofyour  Counftll  fie  with  vs, 
Wefliall  retutne  our  peremptory  anfwere. 

Har.  Go  Lords,and  fit  with  them?; 
And  bring  vs  anfwere  backc. 
Yer  leaue  our  coufen  Katberine  here  behind. 

France.  Withall  our  hearts. 

Exit  Kingandthe  Lords.  Afanet,Hrty  JCathc- 
nneyand  the  Gentlewoman. 

Hate.  Now  Katet you  haue  a  blunt  wooer  here 
Left  wiih  you. 

If  I  could  win  thee  at  leapfrog, 
Or  with  vawting  with  my  armour  on  my  backe, 
Into  mr  iaddle, 
Without  brag  be  it  fpoken, 
Idc  make  compare  with  any. 
But  leaui  ng  that  Katet 
If  f  hou  takeft  me  now, 
Thou  fhalt  baue  me  at  the  worft: 


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Ami  io  W€armg,thou  (halt  hsue  me  better  and  better, 

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Thou  thalc  hauca  face  that  is  not  worth  fun-burning, 
But  dooft  thou  thinkcthae  ehou  and  I, 

Betweenc  Saint  De-,tu, 

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And  Saint  George,  (hail  get  a  boy, 

That  fhall  goc  to  ConUantinopie%      , 

And  take  the  great  Turkc  by  the  be^rd;ha  Katrt 

, 

+  /7# 

Kate.  IsitpoiIiblcdatracfaSI 

■•( 

+ 

Loue  de  cnemi  e  de  France. 

+  /<S0 

Harry.  No  KatejAs  vnpou*ible 

+ 

You  fhould  !oue  the  cnemic  of  France: 

>.!■ 

For  KateJ  loue  France  (o  well, 

-?■? 

" 

That  lie  not  Jcaisc  a  Village, 

+  /<5<7 

llehauc  it  all  mine :  then  Kate,. 
When  France  is  mine, 

And  X  amy  our  3? 

-?<!? 

+ 

Then  France  is  yours, 
And  you  are  mine. 

+ 

Katr.  I  cannot  tell  what  as  dae* 

+/55 

Harry.  Ho  Kaie, 

+ 

Why  lie  tell  it  you  in  French, 

-J-" 

+ 

Which  w»il  hang  vpon  my  tcngue,like  i  bride 

+ 

On  her  new  married  Husband, 

+  /S4 

Le£fiie  fee>Sain«  Denm  be  my  fpeed* 

5  c 

^.i 

Quan  Francs  ct  mon« 

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Kate,  Dat  is,  when  Franc* is  yov.t  <•* 

* 

Harry,   Et  voUSCftc^aiHoy* 

* 

Kate.  And  I  ani  to  ycu. 

6(7 

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Harry t  DoucX  Francs  etf es  a  voust 

• 

A'<ef*.  Den  France  fa3l  be  msr.c 

' 

£&rr?.  Erlefyyues  avcus. 

1 

Kate,  And  vow  will  be  to  me, 

H>\  Wilt  belceus  me  fttteftis  tafkrfornse 

64 

To  conquer  the  kingdoret,  she'  to  fpeakfo  much 
Mo?e  Fiench. 

A 

Sc.xx.. 


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of  Henry  the ji ft-. 

Kate.  A  your  Maie%  has  fajfe  France  inou»h 

To  deceiuc  dc  beft  Lady  m  France, 

H*rry<  Nofaich'Kttenotl.  BucKrfttx 
f  n  plaine  tcrmes,do  you  iouc  snc  ? 
Kf?«  I  cannot  tell 

Harry,  No,can  any  of  your  neighbours  tell! 
lie  aske  them. 

Come  K*//,I  know  you  loue  me. 
And  icone  when  you  are  in  your  cloflef, 
Youle  queftion  thb  Lady  of  me. 
Bus  I  pray  thee  fwcete  K*/*,vfe  nee  mercifully, 
Becaufe  I  lom  thee  crueliy, 
Thaf  1  (hall  dye  K*tt,js  furc  * 
But  for  shy  loue^by  the  Lord  neucr, 
Whs*  Wench, 

A  ffcraight  backc  wHl  gsowe  crooked. 
Abound  eye  will  growc  hoSlowe, 
A  great  kg  will  waxe  froali? 
A  curld  pare  proue  balde  j 
But  a  good  hears  Kate,,  is  the  fun  and  the  mcone, 
And  rather  the  Sun  and  not  the  Moons  : 
And  therefore  Kate  take  sue, 
Take  a  fouldiei  :take  a  fooldicr, 
Take  a  King. 
Therefore  tell  me  K>f rjwUt  thou  haue  me? 

KW<r.  Dat  is  as  picafe  chc  King  my  father, 

Harry :  Nay  it  will  pleafc  him  : 
Nay  it  (hill  pleafc  him  Kate, 
And  vpon  that  condition  Kare  lie  kiflc  you* 
Krf.O  mondulc  nc  voudroy  fairc  cjueikc  cholTe 
Pour  toutc  ie  mondc, 
Cc  ne  poynt  votree  fachion  en  fouor, 

Harry,  what  &ies  ibe  Lady  ? 

Lady*  Dat  it  is  not  de  fafion  en  Fran&t 
For  deniaidcs,kefo?edd  bemarried  to 

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The'Chrfinkk  Hiflcric 

Sc.xx. 

+ 

May  foy  ic  oblye,what  is  to  bafli e  ? 

+  2tS9 

ffaf.  To  kis,co  ki$.  O  that  ti$  not  the 

104 

+ 

Fafhion  in  Franncefor  the  maydes  to  kis 

+ 

Before  they  are  married. 

+  2.92 

Lady.  Owyc  Ice  votree  grace. 

* 

H*r.  Well, weclebrcake  rhar  cuftoroe. 

108 

t 

Therefore  Kate  patience  perforce  and!  yedd. 

+  30/ 

Before  God  Kate, you  haue  witchcraft 

•fl 

In  your  kiflcs: 

~ 

A  nd  may  perfwade  with  me  more, 

112 

+  J04 

Then  all  the  French  Councell. 

+ 

Your  father  is  returned. 

+ 

En/er  the  Ktn^  ef  France,  and 
the  Lories. 

•M.59 

How  now  mv  Lords  ? 

+ 

France.  Brother  of  England, 

116 

+ 

We  haue  orered  the  Articles, 

4- 

And  haue  agreed  to  ail  that  we  in  fedule  had. 

4, 

Exe.  Only  he  hath  not  fiibfcribcd  ihiSi 

•36<? 

Where  your  maielriedemaunds, 

That  the  king  of  I- fame  hailing  any  occaiion 

To  write  for  matter  of  graunf , 

Shall  name  vour  lutj.hnciTc,  in  this  forme: 

120 

And  with  this  addition  in  French. 

121 

+  -J6.S 

No'sire trejberfux,,  Henry  ~Rjoy  D'angUterre- 

+ 

Ebearedc  France.  And  thus  in  Latin  : 
Vredarijjhnu>  filuu  mnjierllenr'iCH*  R.ex  Attgfo, 

St  heres  Framte. 

IZ8 

* 

Fran.  Not  this  haue  we  fo  nicely  flood  vpon> 

+ 

But  you  faire  brother  may  intteat  the  fame. 

+ 

Har.  Why  then  let  this  among  the  rcftj 

4.  i-o 

H:ue  his  full cout fe :  And  w  ichall, 

132 

+ 

Your  daughter  Katherin*  in  manage • 

Trattceu 

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140 


cf  Henry  the f ft. 

Fran.  This  and  what  clfe, 
Your  maicftie  (hall  craue. 
God  that  djfpoferh  aU,giuc  you  much  ioy, 

Har.  Why  then  f  aire  Katkeruu. 
Come  g,iue  roc  thy  hand: 
Our  manage  will  we  prcfemfolcmnifc, 
And  end  our  hatred  by  a  bond  cf  loue. 
Then  will  J  fweaic  to  K*d«f  and  Katt  to  mee  "■ 
And  may  our  vowes  once  made,  vubrokf  n  be i 

FINIS 


53 
Vii. 


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CORRECTIONS 


FOR 


"  THE  CRONICLE  HISTORY  OF  HENRY  THE  F/FT,"  1600.  Qo.  1. 


The  following  actual  mistakes,  and  worst  indistinctnesses,  should  be  corrected 

with  a  pen  : — 
p.  5,  I.  109,  correct  Ly  ns  to  Lyons 
p.  7,  1.  242,  read  subiect 
p.  8,  1.  262,  read  'fet '  ;  1.  281,  '  gun  ' 

p.  9,  1.  304,  collectio  to  collectio.     (In  1.  293,  read  '  you  '  ;  1.  294,  'lest ') 
p.  10. 1.  35,  getlewome  to  getlewome.      (In  1.   44,  read  '  Ifeland  ? '  1.    56, 

'firy')   • 

p.  1 1,  1.  98,  bearing  to  beating 

p.  16,  I.15,  vpo  to  vpo  ;  1.  16,  or  to  one  ;  1.  20,  tnree  to  three  ;  1.  28,  ftorm 

to  ftone  ;  1.  33,  make  the  last  loord  'incarnat ' ;  '  Bar.'  at  foot  should  be 

'Bar.' 
p.  17,  1.  52,  read  'pitch' 
p.  1 8,  1.  86,  worm  holes  to  wormeholes 

p.  19,  1.  51,  coftraint  to  coftraint.      (In  1.  63,  read  'exprefly') 
p.  21,  catchword  at  foot :  Allies  (?),  to  Allice 
p.    22,  1.    43,    millour    to   milleur ;    1.   65-S,   arms  to  anna  ;   under  it,  read 

'  0 in  nes  ' 
p.  23,  III.  vi.  1,  fro  to  fro 

p.  25,  1.  79)  perfectly  to  perfectly.      (In  1.  77,  read  '  conuoy ',  '  brauely ') 
p.  29,  1.  114,  the  to  the  (in  IV.  ii.  63,  read  'out ') 
p.  32,  1.  161,  read  bufineffe  of 

p.  38,  1.  45,  read  Cinquante  ocios.  le     (In  1.  50  '  fury  Shall ') 
P-  39)  L  32)  re°d  conuert.      (In  1.  24,  read  'turne') 
p.  40,  1.  24,  read  borne ;  1.   26,  difference 
p.  41,  1.  53,   read  doublet  ;  1.  72,  thefe  .   .  ours 
p.  44,  1.  2,  Maiefiie  (?)  to  Maieftie 
p.  48,  1.  49,  nWbyte  ;  ].  88,  trug 
p.  50,  1.  61  (Qo.),  read  ettes 
p.  52,  1.  293,  read  that;  1.  305,  father  ;  1.  368,  f Iz  ;  1.   370,  filius  ;  1.  371, 

Francie 
p.  53,  1.  400-1,  ;v(?</ hatred,  Kate. 

Generally  every/that  looks  like/  in  the  headlines  is  clearly/in  the  original ; 
and  every  letter  c,  e,  f,  i,  r,  f,  t,  y,  &c,  which  the  sense  shows  should  be  clear, 
when  the  lithograph  is  confused,*  may  be  safely  taken  to  be  clear  in  the  original. 
In  the  following  words  where  the  lithograph  is  clear,  the  mistakes  are  those  of 
Creede,  the  printer  of  the  Quarto  : — 

p.  8,  1.  277,  lideyi>r  like 

p.  14,  1.  93,  ha.ah  for  \mth 

p.  30,  1.  05,  \ewer  for  lower 

p.  34,  1.  14,  rrue  for  true 

p.  36,  1.  1 14,  flouendry/^  flouendry 

p.  39,  1.  20,  the  turnd  1  of  these 

p.  49,  1.  23,  Hate  for  Kate ;  2  lines  abuv,  Hrry  for  Harry 

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