Of our fair cousin Dauphin; for we hear Your greeting is from him, not from the king. First Amb. May 't please your majesty to give us leave Freely to render what we have in charge; Or shall we sparingly show you far off K. Hen. We are no tyrant, but a Christian Unto whose grace our passion is as subject As are our wretches fetter'd in our prisons: First Amb. Thus, then, in few. Your highness, lately sending into France, Did claim some certain dukedoms, in the right In answer of which claim, the prince our master K. Hen. What treasure, uncle? Exe. Tennis-balls, my liege. K. Hen. We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us; His present and your pains we thank you for : 252. galliard, a light, quick dance. 255. tun; probably a keg. 240 250 260 255. in lieu of this, in consideration of this. We will, in France, by God's grace, play a set wrangler That all the courts of France will be disturb'd Be like a king and show my sail of greatness And plodded like a man for working-days, ance That shall fly with them: for many a thousand widows 270 280 Shall this his mock mock out of their dear hus bands; Mock mothers from their sons, mock castles down; And some are yet ungotten and unborn That shall have cause to curse the Dauphin's scorn. To whom I do appeal; and in whose name So get you hence in peace; and tell the Dauphin When thousands weep more than did laugh at it. Exe. This was a merry message. K. Hen. We hope to make the sender blush Therefore, my lords, omit no happy hour [Exeunt. Flourish. 304. proportions. Cf. v. 137 formly intelligent action. above. 306. reasonable, intelligent; a swiftness consistent with uni 290 300 310 307. God before, with God's guidance. ACT II. PROLOGUE. Flourish. Enter Chorus. Chor. Now all the youth of England are on fire, Now thrive the armourers, and honour's thought And hides a sword from hilts unto the point O England! model to thy inward greatness, What mightst thou do, that honour would thee do, ΙΟ But see thy fault! France hath in thee found out 20 A nest of hollow bosoms, which he fills With treacherous crowns; and three corrupted men, One, Richard Earl of Cambridge, and the second, 16. model to, image in little of. The physical and material 23. Richard Earl of Cambridge, cousin of Henry IV., VOL. VII 33 father of Richard Duke of York, and grandfather of Edmund IV. He conspired in favour of his brother-in-law, Edmund Mortimer, whose superior title to the crown (admitted in Henry VI.) is here ignored. D Henry Lord Scroop of Masham, and the third, And by their hands this grace of kings must die, Ere he take ship for France, and in Southampton. 30 The abuse of distance, force a play : 40 SCENE I. London. A street. Enter Corporal NYм and Lieutenant BARDOLPH. Bard. Well met, Corporal Nym. 24. Henry Lord Scroop; son of Sir Stephen Scroop in Richard II., and step-brother of the Earl of Cambridge. 26. gilt, gold. 27. fearful, timid. 31. Linger on, prolong. ib. digest the abuse of distance, manage, dispose of, the awkwardness imposed by the vast and rapid movements of the action. Others interpret, 'arrange, or contrive, the illusion of distance.' 32. force a play, compel the reluctant material to assume dramatic form. Some corrup tion is however probable, from the imperfect metre. 34. set, set out. 41. But, till the king come forth, and not till then, etc. An elliptical sentence: 'Till the king comes (our scene remains in London); when he comes, and not till then, we shift it to Southampton.' |