Were busied with a Whitsun morris-dance: By a vain, giddy, shallow, humorous youth, Con. Dau. Well, 'tis not so, my lord high constable; But though we think it so, it is no matter: In cases of defence 'tis best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems: So the proportions of defence are fill'd; Which of a weak and niggardly projection Doth, like a miser, spoil his coat with scanting A little cloth. Fr. King. Think we King Harry strong; And, princes, look you strongly arm to meet him. The kindred of him hath been flesh'd upon us; 28. humorous, whimsical. 34. modest in exception, temperate in raising objection. 37. the Roman Brutus; the assailant of Tarquin; cf. Lucrece, 11. 1809-15. 46. of a weak and niggardly 30 40 50 projection, if planned on a mean scale. The subject of 'doth' is the projector,' implied in 'projection.' 50. flesh'd; to 'flesh was to give a hound its first taste of the flesh of the animal it was being trained to hunt. L. And he is bred out of that bloody strain Of that black name, Edward, Black Prince of Wales; Whiles that his mountain sire, on mountain Up in the air, crown'd with the golden sun, The patterns that by God and by French fathers Enter a Messenger. Mess. Ambassadors from Harry King of England Do crave admittance to your majesty. Fr. King. We'll give them present audience. [Exeunt Messenger and certain Lords. You see this chase is hotly follow'd, friends. Dau. Turn head, and stop pursuit; for coward dogs Most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten Runs far before them. Good my sovereign, Take up the English short, 54. struck, fought (battle being from 'battre'; cf. Ger. 'eine Schlacht schlagen'). 57. his mountain sire. Probably a bold image for his mighty father,' in keeping with and let them know 60 70 the following line, which makes the setting sun his crown. 70. Most spend their mouths, give tongue loudest; a technical term of hunting. Of what a monarchy you are the head: Re-enter Lords, with EXETER and train. Fr. King. From our brother England? Exe. From him; and thus he greets your majesty. He wills you, in the name of God Almighty, To him and to his heirs; namely, the crown That you may know 'Tis no sinister nor no awkward claim, Pick'd from the worm-holes of long-vanish'd days, Exe. Bloody constraint; for if you hide the crown 85. sinister, unfair. ib, awkward, perverse. 94. indirectly, wrongfully. 80 90 100 95. challenger, claimant. And bids you, in the bowels of the Lord, To whom expressly I bring greeting too. Fr. King. For us, we will consider of this further: To-morrow shall you bear our full intent Back to our brother England. Dau. For the Dauphin, I stand here for him: what to him from England? tempt, And any thing that may not misbecome In second accent of his ordinance. Dau. Say, if my father render fair return, Nothing but odds with England: to that end, 102. in the bowels of the Lord, in the name of the divine mercy (Holinshed's phrase). 120 130 124. womby vaultages, hollow caverns. Exe. He'll make your Paris Louvre shake for it, Fr. King. To-morrow shall you know our mind Exe. Dispatch us with all speed, lest that our king Come here himself to question our delay; For he is footed in this land already. Fr. King. You shall be soon dispatch'd with fair conditions: A night is but small breath and little pause 140 [Flourish. Exeunt. ACT III. PROLOGUE. Enter Chorus. Chor. Thus with imagined wing our swift scene flies In motion of no less celerity Than that of thought. Suppose that you have seen 137. masters, possesses, dis poses of. 145. breath, breathing-space. 1. imagined wing, on wings of imagination. |