Con. Just, just; and the men do sympathize with the mastiffs in robustious and rough coming on, leaving their wits with their wives: and then 160 give them great meals of beef, and iron and steel, they will eat like wolves and fight like devils. Orl. Ay, but these English are shrewdly out of beef. Con. Then shall we find to-morrow they have only stomachs to eat and none to fight. Now is it time to arm: come, shall we about it? We shall have each a hundred Englishmen. ACT IV. [Exeunt. PROLOGUE. Enter Chorus. Chor. Now entertain conjecture of a time When creeping murmur and the poring dark From camp to camp through the foul womb of night The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch : Fire answers fire, and through their paly flames 158. sympathize with, correspond to. 163. shrewdly, sorely. I. conjecture, imaginat on. Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, So tediously away. The poor condemned English, Sit patiently and inly ruminate The morning's danger, and their gesture sad So many horrid ghosts. O now, who will behold Walking from watch to watch, from tent to tent, For forth he goes and visits all his host, How dread an army hath enrounded him ; II. dull, drowsy. 12. accomplishing the knights, completing their equipment. 16. name. So Theobald, for Ff 'nam'd.' 19. play, play for. ΤΟ 20 30 40 38. all-watched, spent with watching. Beholding him, plucks comfort from his looks: His liberal eye doth give to every one, [Exit. SCENE I. The English camp at Agincourt. Enter KING HENRY, BEDFORD, and GLOUCESTER. K. Hen. Gloucester, 'tis true that we are in great danger; The greater therefore should our courage be. 45. that, so that. 46. as may unworthiness define, as far as their unworthy natures permit. 53. Minding, recalled to the memory of. 50 ΤΟ Sc. 1. Bedford. The historical Duke of Bedford, left as 'Custos' in England, was not at Agincourt. 10. dress, prepare. Enter ERPINGHAM. Good morrow, old Sir Thomas Erpingham: Erp. Not so, my liege: this lodging likes me better, Since I may say 'Now lie I like a king.' K. Hen. 'Tis good for men to love their present Upon example; so the spirit is eased: Brothers both, Do my good morrow to them, and anon Glou. We shall, my liege. Erp. Shall I attend your grace? K. Hen. No, my good knight; Go with my brothers to my lords of England: I and my bosom must debate a while, And then I would no other company. Erp. The Lord in heaven bless thee, noble Harry! [Exeunt all but King. K. Hen. God-a-mercy, old heart! thou speak'st cheerfully. Pist. Qui va là ? Enter PISTOL. K. Hen. A friend. Pist. Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular? 19. Upon, in consequence of. 23. legerity, lightness. 20 30 K. Hen. I am a gentleman of a company. Pist. As good a gentleman as the emperor. K. Hen. Then you are a better than the king. Pist. The king's a bawcock, and a heart of gold, A lad of life, an imp of fame; Of parents good, of fist most valiant. I kiss his dirty shoe, and from heart-string I love the lovely bully. What is thy name? Pist. Le Roy! a Cornish name: art thou of K. Hen. No, I am a Welshman. Pist. Know'st thou Fluellen ? K. Hen. Yes. Pist. Tell him, I'll knock his leek about his pate Upon Saint Davy's day. K. Hen. Do not you wear your dagger in your cap that day, lest he knock that about yours. Pist. Art thou his friend? K. Hen. And his kinsman too. Pist. The figo for thee, then! K. Hen. I thank you: God be with you! K. Hen. It sorts well with your fierceness. Enter FLUELLEN and GoWER. Gow. Captain Fluellen ! [Exit. 40 50 60 Flu. So! in the name of Jesu Christ, speak lower. It is the greatest admiration in the universal world, when the true and aunchient prerogatifes and laws of the wars is not kept: if you would take the pains but to examine the wars of Pompey the Great, you shall find, I warrant you, 70 48. bully, 'dashing fellow.' 66. lower; so Qg. Ff 'fewer.' |