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 CONTENTS VOL Xir. 
 
 KING HENRY VIII. 
 
 THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. 
 
 EDWARD THE THIRD. 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
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 THEATRE ARTS
 
 KING HENRY VIII. 
 
 DRAMATIS PERSON/E. 
 
 King Henry the Eighth. 
 
 Cardinal Wolsey. 
 
 Cardinal Campeius. 
 
 Capucius, ambassador from 
 ilie Emperor Charles V. 
 
 Cranmer, aichbishop of Can- 
 terbury. 
 
 Duke of Norfolk. 
 
 Duke of Buckingham. 
 
 Duke of Suffolk. 
 
 Earl of Surrey. 
 
 Lord Chamberlain. 
 
 Lord Chancellor. 
 
 Gard'.ner, king's secretary, 
 af'.ervt'ards bishop of Win- 
 
 • rhester. 
 
 P'''ihop of Lincoln. 
 ,ORD Abergavenny. 
 
 Lord Sands. 
 
 'Sir Hknrv Guildford. 
 
 /iR Thomas Lovell. 
 
 Sir Anthony T)enny. 
 
 Sir Nicholas Vaux. 
 
 Secretaries to Wolsey. 
 
 Cromwell, servant to Wolsey, 
 
 Griffith, gentleman-ushei to 
 Queen Katharine. 
 
 Three Gentlemen. 
 
 Doctor Butts, physician to 
 the King. 
 
 Garter King-at-Arms. 
 
 Surveyor to the Duke of Buck- 
 ingham. 
 
 Brandon, and a Sergeant-at- 
 Arms. 
 
 Door-keeper of the Council- 
 chamber. Porter, and his 
 Man. 
 
 Page to Gardiner. A Crier. 
 
 Queen Katharine, wife to 
 King Henry, afterwards di- 
 vorced. 
 
 Annk Bullen, her maid of 
 honor, afterwards queen. 
 
 An old Lady, friend to Anne 
 Bullen, 
 
 P.\riENCE. woman to Queen 
 Katharine. 
 
 Several Bishops, Lords, and Ladies in the Dumb-shows 
 
 Women attending upon the Queen ; Scribes, Officers, 
 
 Guards, and other Attendants. 
 
 Spirits. 
 
 Scene — Chiejly in Lo>idon aiid Westminster , 
 Ktmbolton, 
 
 K.H.VIU. ^J VII. asfi. 
 
 once at
 
 Act. I."] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. [.Hcenti 
 
 PROLOGUE. 
 
 I come no more to make you laugh : things now, 
 
 That bear a weighty and a serious brow. 
 
 Sat!, iiigh, and working, full of state and woe, 
 
 Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, 
 
 A\'e now present. Those that can pity, here 
 
 May, if they think it well, let fall a tear; 
 
 The subject will deserve it. Such as give 
 
 Their money out of hope they may believe, 
 
 May here find truth too. Those that come to see 
 
 Only a show or two, and so agree 
 
 The play may pass, if they be still and willing, 
 
 I'll undertake may see away their shilling 
 
 Richly in two short hours. Only they 
 
 That come to hear a merry bawdy play, 
 
 A noise of targets, or to see a fellow 
 
 In a long motley coat guarded with yellow. 
 
 Will be deceiv'd ; for, gentle hearers, know. 
 
 To rank our chosen truth with such a show 
 
 As fool and fight is, beside forfeiting 
 
 Our own brains, and th' opinion that we bring. 
 
 To make that only true we now intend, 
 
 Will leave us ne'er an understanding friend. 
 
 Therefore, for goodness' sake, and as you're known 
 
 The first and happiest hearers of the town, 
 
 Be sad, as we would make ye : think ye see 
 
 The very persons of our noble story 
 
 As they were living; think you see them great. 
 
 And follow'd with the general throng and sweat 
 
 Of thousand friends; then, in a moment, see 
 
 How soon this mightiness meets misery : 
 
 And. if you can be merr\' then, I'll say 
 
 A man may weep upon his wedding-day. 
 
 ACT I. 
 
 Scene I. Londo?i, An aiite-chamber In tJie palace, 
 
 Entc}\ on one side, the Duke of NORFOJ^K ; 07i the other, 
 
 the Duke of Buckingham and the 
 
 Lord Abergavenny. 
 
 Buck. Good morrow, and well met. HowKaveye done 
 Since last we saw in France? 
 
 VII. 256. lK.*(.vut. 4.
 
 /tc/l] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. \Sctnt I. 
 
 Nor. I thank your grace. 
 
 Healthful ; and ever snice a fresh admirei 
 Of what I saw there. 
 
 Buck. An untimely ague 
 
 Stay'd me a prisoner in my chamber, when 
 Those suns of glory, those two lights of men, 
 Met in the vale of Andren. 
 
 Nor. 'Twixt Guines and Arde : 
 
 I was then present, saw them salute on horseback ; 
 Beheld them when they lighted, how they clung 
 In their embracement, as they grew together; 
 Which had they, what four thron'd ones could have 
 
 weigh 'd 
 Such a compounded one? 
 
 Buck. All the whole time 
 
 I was my chamber's prisoner. 
 
 Nor. Then you lost 
 
 The view of earthly glory : men might say. 
 Till this time pomp was single, but now married 
 To one above itself. Each following day 
 Became the next day's master, till the last . 
 Made former wonders its : to-day, the French, 
 All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods. 
 Shone down the English ; and, to-morrow, they 
 Made Britain India; every man that stood 
 Show'd like a mine. Their dwarfish pages were 
 As cherubins, all gilt : the madams too. 
 Not us'd to toil, did almost sweat to bear 
 The pride upon them, that their very labor 
 Was to them as a painting : now this masque 
 Was cried incomparable ; and th' ensuing night 
 Made it a fool and beggar. The two kings. 
 Equal in luster, were now best, now worst. 
 As presence did present them ; him in eye. 
 Still him in praise : and, being present both, 
 'Twas said they eaw but one ; and no discerner 
 Durst wag his tongue in censure. When these suns — 
 For so they phrase 'em — by their heralds challeng'd 
 The noble spirits to arms, they did perform 
 Beyond thought's compass ; that former fabulous story, 
 Being now seen possible enough, got credit. 
 That Bevis was believ'd. 
 
 KJi.VUl. t.] VII. SS).
 
 ^c//.] KIXG HEXRY THE EIGHTH. iSccnc h 
 
 Buck. 0, }"ou g-o far. 
 
 Xor. As I belong" to worship, and affect 
 In honor honesty, the tract of every thing 
 Would by a good discourser lose some life, 
 Which action's self was- tongue to. All was royal; 
 To the disposing of it naught rebell'd, 
 Order gave each thing view; the ofifice did 
 Distinctly his full function. 
 
 Buck. Who did guide, 
 
 I mean, who set the body and the limbs 
 Of this great sport together, as you guess ? 
 
 No7'. One, certes, that promises no element 
 In such a business. 
 
 Buck. I pray you, who, my lord ? 
 
 Nor. All this was ordered by the good discretion 
 Of the right-reverend Cardinal of York. 
 
 Buck. The devil speed him ! no man's pie is freed 
 From his ambitious finger. What had he 
 To do in these fierce vanities.*' I wonder 
 That such a keech can with his very bulk 
 Take up the rays o' the beneficial sun, 
 And keep it from the earth. 
 
 Xor. Surely, sir, 
 
 There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends ; 
 For, being not propp'd by ancestr}-, whose grace 
 Chalks successors their way; nor call'd upon 
 For high feats done to the crown ; neither allied 
 To eminent assistants ; but, spider-like, 
 Out of's self-drawing web, he gives us note 
 The force of his own merit makes his way; 
 A gift that heaven gives; which buys for him 
 A place next to the king. 
 
 Ahcr. I cannot tell 
 
 What heaven hath given him, — let some graver eye 
 Pierce into that ; but I can see his pride 
 Peep through each part of him : whence has he that? 
 If not from hell, the devil is a niggard ; 
 Or has given all before, and he begins 
 A new hell in himself. 
 
 Buck. Why the devil. 
 
 Upon this French going-out, took he upon him, 
 SVithout the privity o' the king, t' appoint 
 
 VII. 258. tK.H.via &
 
 ^c7/.l KING HENRY THE EK.IITH. [Scfne l. 
 
 Wlio should attend on him ? He makes up the file 
 
 Of all the gentry ; for tlie most part such 
 
 To whom as great a charge as httle honor 
 
 He meant to hiy upon ; and his own letter. 
 
 The honorable board of council out, 
 
 Must fetch him in he papers. 
 
 .lbi'?\ I do know 
 
 Kinsmen of mine, three at the least, that have 
 By this so sickencl their estates, that ne\er 
 They shall abound as former!) . 
 
 Buck. O, many 
 
 Have broke their backs with laying manors on 'em 
 For this great journey. What did this vanity 
 But minister communication of 
 A most poor issue } 
 
 Xor. Grievingly I think, 
 
 The peace between the French and us not values 
 The cost that did conclude it. 
 
 Buck. E\ery man, 
 
 After the hideous storm that follow'd, was 
 A thing inspir'd ; and, not consulting, broke 
 Into a general prophecy, — That this tempest. 
 Dashing the garment of this peace, aboded 
 The suclden breach on't. 
 
 Xor. Which is budded out ; 
 
 For France hath flaw'd the league, and hath attach 'd 
 Our merchants' goods at Bourdeaux. 
 
 Abcr. Is it therefore 
 
 Th' ambassador is silenc'd } 
 
 Nor. Marry, is't. 
 
 Aber. A proper title of a peace ; and purchas'd 
 At a superfluous rate ! 
 
 Buck. Why, all this business 
 
 Our reverend cardinal carried. 
 
 Xor. Like't your grace, 
 
 The state takes notice of the private difference 
 Betwixt you and the cardinal. I advise you. — 
 And take it from a heart that wishes towards you 
 Honor and plenteous safety, — that you read 
 The cardinal's malice and his potency 
 T(\gether; to consider further, that 
 What his high hatred would effect wants not 
 
 i-:.H.vni.7.] VII. 259.
 
 Act/.] KIXG HENRY THE EIGHTH. iScene t, 
 
 A minister in his power. You know his nature. 
 
 That he's revengeful; and I know his sword 
 
 Hath a sharp edge : it's long-, and, 't may be said. 
 
 It reaches far; and where 'twill not extend, 
 
 Thither he darts it. Bosom up my counsel, 
 
 You'll find it wholesome. — Lo, where comes that rock 
 
 That I advise your shunning. 
 
 Enter Cardinal WOLSEV, the purse borne before him ; cer* 
 
 tain of the Guartl, and two Secretaries luith papers. 
 
 The Cardinal i?t his passage fixes his eye on 
 
 Buckingham, ancf Buckingham on 
 
 him, both full of disdain. 
 
 Wol. The Duke of Buckingham's surveyor, ha? 
 Where's his examination } 
 
 First Seer. Here, so please you. 
 
 Wol. Is he in person ready ? 
 
 First Seer. Ay, please your grace. 
 
 Wol. Well, we shall then know more ; and Buckingham 
 Shall lessen this big look. [Exeunt JJ\}lsev and Train, 
 
 Buck. This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I 
 Have not the power to muzzle him ; therefore best 
 Not wake him in his slumber. A beggar's book 
 Outworths a noble's blood. 
 
 Xor. What, are you chaf'd } 
 
 Ask God for temperance ; that's th' appliance only 
 Which your disease requires. 
 
 Buck. I read in's looks 
 
 Matter against me ; and his eye revil'd 
 Me, as his abject object: at this instant 
 He bores me with some trick : he's gone to the king ; 
 I'll follow, and outstare him. 
 
 Xor. Stay, my lord. 
 
 And let your reason with your choler question 
 What 'tis you go about : to climb steep hills 
 Requires slow pace at first : anger is like 
 A full hot-horse, who being allow'd his way. 
 Self-mettle tires him. Not a man in England 
 Can advise me like you : be to yourself 
 As you would to your friend. 
 
 Buck. I'll to the king; 
 
 And from a mouth of honor quite cry down 
 
 VII. 36a. (K.H.V111. s
 
 i4f//.l KING HESRY Till. EIGiriH. iS^en* .. 
 
 This Ipswich fellow's insolence; or proclaim 
 There's difference in no persons. 
 
 Nor. lie advis'd ; 
 
 Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot 
 That it do sing^e yourself : we may outrun, 
 By violent swiftness, that which we run at, 
 And lose by over-running. Know you not. 
 The fire that mounts the liquor till't run o'er. 
 In seeming t' augment it wastes it? Be advis'd: 
 I say again, there is no English soul 
 More stronger to direct you than yourself, 
 If with the sap of reason you would quench, 
 Or but allay, the fire of passion. 
 
 Buck. Sir, 
 
 I'm thankful to you; and I'll go along 
 By your prescription ; but this top-proud fellow, — 
 Whom from the flow of gall I name not, but 
 From sincere motions, — by intelligence. 
 And proofs as clear as founts in July, when 
 We see each grain of gravel, I do know 
 To be corrupt and treasonous. 
 
 Nor. Say not, treasonous. 
 
 Buck. To the king I'll say't ; and make my vouch as 
 strong 
 As shore of rock. Attend. This holy fox. 
 Or wolf, or both, — for he is equal ravenous 
 As he is subtle, and as prone to mischief 
 As able to perform 't ; his mind and j)lace 
 Infecting one another, yea, reciprocally, — 
 Only to show his pomp as well in France 
 As here at home, suggests the king our master 
 To this last costly treaty, th' interview, 
 That swallow'd so much treasure, and like a glass 
 Did break i' the rinsing. 
 
 Nor. Faith, and so it did. 
 
 Buck. Pray, give me favor, sir. This cunning cardinal 
 The articles o' the combination drew 
 As himself pleas'd ; and they were ratified 
 As he cried. " Thus let be : '" to as much end 
 As give a crutch to the dead : but our count-cardinal 
 Has done this, and 'tis well ; for worthy Wolsey, 
 Who cannot err, he did it. Now this follows, — 
 K.H.viii.Q., VII. a6i.
 
 ./f//.] Kl.VG IJE.VRV THE EIGHTH. {Scene 7. 
 
 Which, as I take it, is a kind of puppy 
 
 To th' old dam, treason, — Charles the emperor, 
 
 Under pretense to see the queen his aunt, — 
 
 For 'twas indeed his color, but he came 
 
 To whisper Wolsey, — here makes visitation : 
 
 His fears were, that the interview betwixt 
 
 England and France might, through their amity. 
 
 Breed him some prejudice ; for from this league 
 
 Peep'd harms that menac'd him : he privily 
 
 Deals with our cardinal ; and, as I trow, — 
 
 Which I do well ; for, I am sure, the emperor 
 
 Paid ere he promis'd ; whereby his suit was granted 
 
 Ere it was ask'd ; — but when the way was made. 
 
 And pav'd with gold, the emperor thus desir'd, — 
 
 That he would please to alter the king's course, 
 
 And break the foresaid peace. Let the king know — 
 
 As soon he shall by me — that thus the cardinal 
 
 Does buy and sell his honor as he pleases. 
 
 And for his own advantage. 
 
 yo?-. I am sorry 
 
 To hear this of him ; and could wish he were 
 Something mistaken in't. 
 
 Buck. No, not a syllable : 
 
 I do pronounce him in that ver)^ shape 
 He shall appear in proof. 
 
 Enter BRANDON, a Sergeant-at-arms before him, and two 
 or three of the Guard. 
 
 Bran. Your office, sergeant ; execute it. 
 
 Serg. Sir, 
 
 My lord the duke of Buckingham and Earl 
 Of Hereford, Stafford, and Northampton, I 
 Arrest thee of high treason, in the name 
 Of our most sovereign king. 
 
 Buck. Lo, you, my lord, 
 
 The net has fall'n upon me ! I shall perish 
 Under device and practice. 
 
 Bran. I am sorry 
 
 To see you ta'en from liberty, to look on 
 The business present : 'tis his highness' pleasure 
 You shall to the Tower. 
 
 Buck. It will help me nothing 
 
 VII. 262. [k.H.VIH. IOi
 
 Aci /."i KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. \S.tHc il 
 
 To plead mine innocence ; for that dye is on me 
 
 Which mai<es my whit'st jjart black. Tiie will c.f heaven 
 
 Be done in this and all things ! — I obey. — 
 
 my Lord Aberga'ny, fare you well ! 
 
 B7'an. Nay, he must bear you company. — [ To Abcr^^a' 
 ve7iiiy'\ The king 
 Is pleas'd you shall to the Tower, till you know 
 How he determines further. 
 
 Ahcr. As the duke said, 
 
 The will of heaven be done, and the king's pleasure 
 By me obey'd ! 
 
 Bran. Here is a warrant from 
 
 The king t' attach Lord Montacute ; and the bodies 
 Of the duke's confessor, John de la Car, 
 One Gilbert Peck, his chancellor, — 
 
 Buck. So, so : 
 
 These are the limbs o' the plot : — no more, I hope. 
 
 Bj-aii. A monk o' the Chartreux. 
 
 Buck. O, Nicholas Hopkins.^ 
 
 Bra/i. ■ He. 
 
 Buck. My surveyor is false; the o'er-great cardinal 
 Hath show'd him gold : my life is spann'd already : 
 
 1 am the shadow of ])oor Buckingham, 
 Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on, 
 
 By darkening my clear sun. — My lord, farewell. {Excunf. 
 
 Scene n. The same. The council-chainher. 
 Cornets. Enter King Henrv. Cardinal Wolsev, the 
 Lords of the Council, Sir THOMAS LovEl.L. Officers, 
 and Attendants. The King enters leaniiii; on 
 the Cardinal's shoulder. 
 K. Hen. My life itself, and the best heart of it, 
 Thanks you for this great care : 1 stood i'the level 
 Of a full-charg'd confederacy, and give thanks 
 To you that chok'd it.— Let be call'd before us 
 That gentleman of Buckingham's : in person 
 I'll hear him his confessions justify ; 
 And point by point the treasons of his master 
 He shall again relate. 
 
 r The Kifii!^ takes his state. The Lords oftJ.e Council 
 take their several places. The Cardinal places 
 himself under the k'injr's feet, on his right side, 
 
 K.H.VIII. JI.] VII. 263.
 
 Aci /.] KING HE.SRY THE EIGHIH. {Seem It, 
 
 A noise ^L'ithin, crying " Room for the Queen ! " Enter 
 
 Queen Katharine, ushered by the Dukes of NOR- 
 FOLK and Suffolk : she^ kneels. The King 
 rises from his state, takes her up, hisses 
 and places her by his side. 
 
 O. Kath. Nay, we must longer kneel : I am a suitor. 
 
 A'. Hen. Arise, and take place by us : — half your suit 
 Never name to us ; you have half our power : 
 The other moiety, ere you ask, is given ; 
 Repeat your will, and take it. 
 
 (2. Kath. Thank your majesty. 
 
 That you would love yourself, and in that love 
 Not unconsidered leave your honor, nor 
 The dignity of your office, is the point 
 Of my i)etition. 
 
 K . Hen. Lady mine, proceed. 
 
 (2. Kath. I am solicited, not by a few, 
 And those of true condition, that your subjects 
 Are in great grievance; there have been commissions 
 Set down among 'em, which have flaw'd the heart 
 Of all their loyalties: — wherein, although. 
 My good lord cardinal, they vent reproaches 
 Most bitterly on you, as putter-on 
 Of these exactions, yet the king our master, — 
 Whose honor heaven shield from soil ! — even he escapes 
 
 not 
 Language unmannerly, yea, such which breaks 
 The sides of loyalty, and almost appears 
 In loud rebellion. 
 
 Nor. Not almost appears, — 
 
 It doth appear; for, upon these taxations, 
 The clothiers all, not able to maintain 
 The many to them longing, have put off 
 The spinsters, carders, fullers, weavers, who, 
 Unfit for other life, compell'd by hunger 
 And lack of other means, in desperate manner 
 Daring th' event to the teeth, are all in uproar. 
 And danger serves among them. 
 
 K. Hen. Taxation ! 
 
 Wherein ? and what taxation } — My lord cardinal, 
 You that are blam'd for it alike with" us. 
 Know you of this taxation } 
 
 VIL 264. tK.H.VlII. I»
 
 Aci/.] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. lScenr II. 
 
 iVol. Please you, sir, 
 
 I know but of a single part, in augiil 
 Pertains to the state ; and front but in thai file 
 Where others tell steps with me. 
 
 Q. Kath. No, my lord, 
 
 You know no more than others : but you frame 
 Things that are known alike ; which are not wholesome 
 To those which would not know them, and yet must 
 Perforce be their acquaintance. These exactions, 
 Whereof my sovereign would have note, they are 
 Most pestilent to th' hearing; and, to bear 'em. 
 The back is sacrifice to the load. They say 
 They are devis'd by you ; or else you suffer 
 Too hard an exclamation. 
 
 K. Hen. Still exaction ! 
 
 The nature of it.^ in what kind, let's know, 
 Is this exaction } 
 
 Q. Kath. I am much too venturous 
 
 In tempting of your patience ; but am bolden'd 
 Under your promis'd pardon. The subjects" grief 
 Comes through commissions, which compel from each 
 The sixth part of his substance, to be levied 
 Without delay ; and the pretense for this 
 Is nam'd, your wars in France : this makes bold mouths; 
 Tongues spit their duties out, and cold hearts freeze 
 Allegiance in them ; that their curses now- 
 Live where their prayers did : and it's come to pass. 
 That tractable obedience is a slave 
 To each incensed will. I would your highness 
 AVould give it quick consideration, for 
 There is no primer business, 
 
 K. Hen. By my life. 
 
 This is against our pleasure. 
 
 Wol. And for me, 
 
 I have no further gone in this than by 
 A single voice ; and that not pass'd me but 
 By learned approbation of the judges. If I am 
 Traduc'd by ignorant tongues, which neither know 
 My faculties nor person, yet will be 
 The chronicles of my doing,— let me say 
 'Tis but the fate of place, and the rough brake _ 
 That virtue must go through. We must not stint 
 
 K.H.V1II. 13.) VII. t6i.
 
 Act I.] KIXG HENRY THE EIGHTH, \Scene It. 
 
 Our necessary actions, in the fear 
 To cope malicious censurers ; which ever. 
 As ravenous fishes, do a vessel follow 
 That is new-trinmi'd, but benefit no further 
 Than vainly lont^ing. What we oft do best, 
 By sick interpreters, once weak ones, is 
 Not ours, or not allow'd ; what worst, as oft, 
 Hitting a grosser quality, is cried up 
 For our best action. If we shall stand still, 
 In fear our motion will be mock'd or carp'd at. 
 We should take root here where we sit, or sit 
 State-statues only. 
 
 K. Hoi. Things done well, 
 
 And with a care, exempt themselves from fear; 
 Things done without example, in their issue 
 Are to be fear'd. Have you a precedent 
 ( )f this commission } I believe, not any. 
 We must not rend our subjects from our laws, 
 And stick them in our will. Sixth part of each ! 
 A trembling contribution I Why, we take 
 From every tree lop, bark, and part o' the timber; 
 And, though we leave it with a root, thus hack'd. 
 The air will drink the sap. To every county 
 Where this is question'd send our letters, with 
 Free pardon to each man that has denied 
 The force of this commission : pray, look to't ; 
 I put it to your care. 
 
 Wol. {aside to the Secretary] A word with you. 
 Let there be letters writ to every shire, 
 Of the king's grace and pardon. The griev'd commons 
 Hardly conceive of me; let it be nois'd 
 That through our intercession this revokement 
 And pardon comes ; I shall anon advise you 
 Further in the proceeding. [Exit Secretary, 
 
 Enter Surveyor. 
 
 Q. Kaih. I'm sorry that the Duke of Buckingham 
 Is run in your displeasure. 
 
 A'. Hen. It grieves many : 
 
 The gentleman is learn'd, and a most rare speaker; 
 To nature none more bound ; his training such. 
 That he may furnish and instruct great teachers, 
 
 VII. 266. [k.h.viii. 14,
 
 Actl^ KING HENRY HIE EIGHTH^ ySctnt ir. 
 
 And never seek for aid out of himself. 
 
 Yet see. 
 
 When these so noble benefits shall prove 
 
 Not well dispos'd, the nnnd growing once corrupt, 
 
 They turn to vicious forms, ten times more ugly 
 
 Than ever they were fair. This man so complete. 
 
 Who was enroll'd 'mongst wonders, and when we. 
 
 Almost with ravish'd listening, could not find 
 
 His hour of speech a minute; he, my lady. 
 
 Hath into monstrous habits put the graces 
 
 That once were his, and is become as black 
 
 As if besmear'd in hell. Sit by us; you shall hear — 
 
 This was his gentleman in trust — of him 
 
 Things to strike honor sad. — Bid him recount 
 
 The fore-recited practices ; whereof 
 
 We cannot feel too little, hear too much. 
 
 IVol. Stand forth, and with bold spirit relate what 
 you. 
 Most like a careful subject, have collected 
 Out of the Duke of Buckingham. 
 
 K. Hen. Speak freely. 
 
 Siirv. First, it was usual with him, every (l;i\ 
 It would infect his speech, — that if the kii\L; 
 Should without issue die, he'll carry 't so 
 To make the scepter his : these very words 
 I've heard him utter to his son-in-law. 
 Lord Aberga'ny ; to whom by oath he menac'd 
 Revenge upon the cardinal. 
 
 Wol. Please your highness, note 
 
 His dangerous conception in this point. 
 Not friended by his wish, to your high person 
 His will is most malignant : and it stretches 
 Beyond you, to your friends. 
 
 Q. Kath. My learn 'd lord cardinal, 
 
 Deliver all with charity. 
 
 K. Hen. Speak on : 
 
 How grounded he his title to the crown. 
 Upon our fail } to this point hast thou heard him 
 At any time speak aught } 
 
 Surv. He was brought to this 
 
 By a vain prophecy of Nicholas Hopkins. 
 
 K. Hen. What was that Hopkins } 
 
 K.H.VIII. 15.] VII. 267.
 
 Actl.^ KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. {S.eneir 
 
 Surz'. Sir, a Chartreux friar, 
 
 His confessor ; who fed him every minute 
 With words of sovereignty. 
 
 K. Htii. How know'st thou this? 
 
 Surv, Not long before your highness sped to France, 
 The duke being at the Rose, within the parish 
 Saint Lawrence Poultney, did of me demand 
 What was the speech among the Londoners 
 Concerning the French journey : I repHed, 
 Men fear'd the French would prove perfidious. 
 To the king's danger. Presently the duke 
 Said 'twas the fear, indeed ; and that he doubted 
 'Twould prove the verity of certain words 
 Spoke by a holy monk ; " that oft," says he, 
 " Hath sent to me, wishing me to permit 
 John de la Car, my chaplain, a choice hour 
 To hear from him a matter of some moment: 
 Whom after, under the confession's seal. 
 He solemnly had sworn, that what he spoke 
 My chaplain to no creature living but 
 To me should utter, with demure confidence 
 This pausingly ensu'd, — ' Neither the king nor *s heirs. 
 Tell you the duke, shall prosper: bid him strive 
 To gain the love o' the commonalty : the duke 
 Shall govern England.' " 
 
 Q. Kath. If I know you well. 
 
 You were the duke's surveyor, and lost your office 
 On the complaint o' the tenants: take good heed 
 You charge not in your spleen a noble person. 
 And spoil your nobler soul : I say, take heed; 
 Yes, heartily beseech you. 
 
 K, Hen. Let him on.^ 
 
 Go forward. 
 
 Surv, On my soul I'll speak but truth. 
 I told my lord the duke, by the devil's illusions 
 The monk might be deceiv'd ; and that 'twas dangerous 
 
 for him 
 To ruminate on this so far, until 
 It forg'd him some design, which being believ'd. 
 It was much like to do : he answer'd " Tush, 
 It can do me no damage ; " adding further. 
 That, had the king in his last sickness fail'd, 
 
 VII. 263. (k.h.viii. t6.
 
 Aci /.] KI.\G HEM<Y THE ElijUTil. \S.tnt Ml, 
 
 The cardinal's and Sir Thomas LovcH'b heads 
 Should have gone off. 
 
 K. Hen. Ha ! what, so rank ? Ah-ha .' 
 
 There's mischief in this man : — canst thou say further? 
 
 Stirv. I can, my liege, 
 
 K . Hen. Proceed. 
 
 Surv. Being at Greenwich, 
 
 After your highness had reprov'd the duke 
 About Sir William Blomer, — 
 
 K. Hen. I remember 
 
 Of such a time : — being my sworn servant. 
 The duke retain'd him his. — But on ; what hence ? 
 
 Surv. " If," quoth he, " I for this had been committed. 
 As, to the Tower, I thought, — I would have play'd 
 The part my father meant to act upon 
 Th' usurper Richard ; who, being at Salisbury, 
 Made suit to come in's presence; which if granted. 
 As he made semblance of his duty, would 
 Have put his knife into him." 
 
 K. Hen. A giant traitor ! 
 
 Wol. Now, madam, may his highness live in freedom, 
 And this man out of prison } 
 
 Q. Kath. God mend all ! 
 
 K. He?i. There's something more would out of thee ; 
 what say'st .'' 
 
 Sti?-v. After "the duke his father," with "the knife," 
 He stretch'd him, and, with one hand on his dagger, 
 Another spread on's breast, mounting his eyes, 
 He did discharge a horrible oath ; whose tenor 
 Was, — were he evil us'd, he would outgo 
 His father by as much as a performance 
 Does an irresolute purpose. 
 
 K. Hen. There's his period. 
 
 To sheath his knife in us. He is attach'd ; 
 Call him to present trial : if he may 
 Find mercy in the law, 'tis his; if none, 
 Let him not seek't of us : by day and night. 
 He's traitor to the height. [Exeunt, 
 
 CH.VIII. 17.) ^11- •*>
 
 Aci/.] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. {Scent III, 
 
 Scene III. The same. A room in the palace. 
 Enter the Lord Chamberlain and Lord Sands. 
 
 Cham. Is't possible the spells of France should juggle 
 Men into such strange mysteries ? 
 
 Sands. New customs. 
 
 Though they be never so ridiculous. 
 Nay, let 'em be unmanly, yet are follow'd. 
 
 Cham. As far as I see, all the good our English 
 Have got by the late voyage is but merely 
 A fit or two o' the face ; but they are shrewd ones ; 
 For when they hold 'em, you would swear directly 
 Their very noses had been counselors 
 To Pepin or Clotharius, they keep state so. 
 
 Sands. They've all new legs, and lame ones : one would 
 take it, 
 That never saw 'em pace before, the spavin 
 Or springhalt reign'd among 'em. 
 
 Cham. Death ! my lord. 
 
 Their clothes are after such a pagan cut too, 
 That, sure,, they've worn out Christendom. 
 
 E?tfe?- Sir Thomas Lovell. 
 
 How now ? 
 What news. Sir Thomas Lovell } 
 
 Lov. Faith, my lord, 
 
 I hear of none, but the new proclamation 
 That's clapp'd upon the court-gate. 
 
 Cham, What is't for? 
 
 Lov. The reformation of our travel'd gallants. 
 That fill the court with quarrels, talk, and tailors. 
 
 Cham. I'm glad 'tis there: now I would pray oui 
 monsieurs 
 To think an English courtier may be wise, 
 And never see the Louvre. 
 
 Lov. They must either — 
 
 For so run the conditions — leave those remnants 
 (3f fool and feather, that they got in France, 
 With all their honorable points of ignorance 
 Pertaining thereunto, — as fights and fireworks ; 
 Abusing better men than they can be, 
 Out of a foreign wisdom, — renouncing clean 
 
 VII. 270. [k.h.viii. i3,
 
 Act I KING HENRY rilE F/CI/TIf. ys,rftf ///. 
 
 The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings, 
 
 Short blister'd breeches, and those types of travel, 
 
 And understand a<^ain like honest men; 
 
 Or pack to their old playfellows : there, I take it. 
 
 They may, cum privilc^^io, wear awav 
 
 The lag-end of their lewdness, and !)e laugh *d at. 
 
 Sands. 'Tis time to give 'em physic, their diseases 
 Are grown so catching. 
 
 Cham. What a loss our ladies 
 
 Will have of these trim vanities ! 
 
 Lcn>. Ay, marry. 
 
 There will be woe indeed, lords : the sly whoresons 
 Have got a speeding trick to lay down ladies ; 
 A French song and a fiddle has no fellow. 
 
 Sands. The devil tiddle 'em ! I'm glad they're going; 
 For, sure, there's no converting of 'em : now 
 An honest countr\' lord, as 1 am, beaten 
 A long time out of play, may bring his plain-song, 
 And have an hour of hearing ; and, by'r lady, 
 Held current music too. 
 
 Cham. Well said, Lord Sands ; 
 
 Your colt's tooth is not cast yet. 
 
 Sands. No, my lord ; 
 
 Nor shall not, while I have a stump. 
 
 Cham. Sir Thomas, 
 
 Whither were you a-going .'' 
 
 Lav. To the cardinal's : 
 
 Your lordship is a guest too. 
 
 Cham. O, 'tis true : 
 
 This night he makes a supper, and a great one. 
 To many lords and ladies ; there will be 
 The beauty of this kingdom, Fli assure you. 
 
 1.07'. That churchman bears a bounteous mind indt cd. 
 A hand as fruitful as the land that feeds us ; 
 His dews fall every where. 
 
 Cham. No doubt he's nobU- ; 
 
 He had a black mouth that said other of him. 
 
 Sands. He may, my lord, — 'has wherewithal ; in hira 
 Sparing would show a worse sin than ill doctrine: 
 Men of his way should be most liberal ; 
 They're set here for examples. 
 
 Cham. True, they are so; 
 
 K.H.VIII. 19.] VII. 271.
 
 A^l.] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. [Scene IK 
 
 But few now give so great ones. My barge stays ; 
 Your lordship shall along. — Come, good Sir Thomas, 
 We shall be late else ; which 1 would not be, 
 For I was spoke to, with Sir Henry Guildford, 
 This night to be comptrollers. 
 
 Sajids. I'm your lordship's. {^Exeunt, 
 
 Scene V. The same. The presejice-chamber in York-' 
 Place. 
 
 Hautboys. A small table under a state for the Cardinal, 
 
 a lo7iger table for the guests. Enter, on one side, 
 
 Anne Bullen a7id divers Lords, Ladies, and 
 
 Gentlewomen, as guests ; on the other, enter 
 
 Sir Henry Guildford. 
 
 Guild. Ladies, a general welcome from his grace 
 Salutes ye all; this night he dedicates 
 To fair content and you : none here, he hopes. 
 In all this noble bevy, has brought with her 
 One care abroad ; he would have all as merry 
 As far's good companv, good wine, good welcome, 
 Can make good people. — O, my lord, youVe tardy : 
 
 Enter Lord Chamberlain, Lord Sands, and Sir Thomas 
 Lovell. 
 
 The very thought of this fa/r company 
 Clapp'd wings to me. 
 
 Cham. You're young, Sir Harry Guildford. 
 
 Sands. Sir Thomas Lovell, had the cardinal 
 But half my lay thoughts in ■aim, some of these 
 Should find a running banquet ere they rested, 
 I think would better please 'em : by my life. 
 They are a sweet society of fair ones. 
 
 Lov. O that your lordship were but now confessor 
 To one or two of these ! 
 
 Sands. I would I were ; 
 
 They should find easy penance. 
 
 Lov. Faith, how easy? 
 
 Sands. As easy as a down-bed would afford it. 
 
 Cham. Sweet ladies, will it please you sit .'' — Sir Harry, 
 Place you that side ; I'll take the charge of this : 
 His grace is entering. — Nay, you must not freeze ; 
 
 VII. 27a. (.K.H.VIII. ao
 
 AcU.] KING IIEXRV THE EICH III. [Scene IV. 
 
 Two women plac'd together makes cold weather: — 
 My Lord Sands, you are one will keep 'em waking; 
 Pray, sit between these ladies. 
 
 Sands. By my faith, 
 
 And thank your lordship. — Ry your leave, sweet ladies : 
 [Sea/s himself bciivcoi A)ine Bullcu and another Lady, 
 If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me ; 
 1 had it from my father. 
 
 Anne. Was he mad, sir ? 
 
 Sands. O, very mad, exceeding mad, in love too : 
 But he would bite none; just as I do now, — 
 He would kiss you twenty with a breath. \Kisses her, 
 
 Cham. Well said, my lord. — 
 
 So, now you're fairly seated. — Gentlemen, 
 The penance lies on you, if these fair ladies 
 Pass away frowning. 
 
 Sands. For my little cure, 
 
 Let me alone. 
 
 Hautboys. Enter Cardinal WOLSEY, attended, and takes 
 his state. 
 
 IVol. Ye're welcome, my fair guests: that noble lady. 
 Or gentleman, that is not freely merry. 
 Is not my friend : this, to confirm my welcome ; 
 And to you all, good health. [Drinks, 
 
 Sands. Your grace is noble : — 
 
 Let me have such a bowl may hold my thanks. 
 And save me so much talking. 
 
 HW. My Lord Sands, 
 
 I am beholding to you : cheer your neighbors. — 
 Ladies, you are not merry : — gentlemen. 
 Whose fault is this ? 
 
 Sands. The red wine first must rise 
 
 In their fair cheeks, my lord ; then we shall have "cm 
 Talk us to silence. 
 
 Anne. You're a merry gamester, 
 
 My Lord Sands. 
 
 Sands, Yes, if I make my play. 
 
 Here's to your ladyship : and pledge it. madam. 
 For 'tis to such a thing, — 
 
 Anne. You cannot show mc 
 
 K.H.VIII. ai.] VII. 273-
 
 Act /.) KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. IScene IV. 
 
 Sands. I told your grace they would talk anon. 
 \Drii7n and trumpets, and chambers discharged, within. 
 
 Wol. What's that ? 
 
 Cham. Look out there, some of ye. {^E.xit a Servant. 
 
 Wol. What warlike \'oice, 
 
 And to what end, is this ? — Nay, ladies, fear not ; 
 By all the laws of war ye're privileg'd. 
 
 Re-enter Servant. 
 
 Cham. How now ! what is't ? 
 
 Serv. A noble troop of strangers, — 
 
 For so they seem : they've left their barge, and landed ; 
 And hither make, as great ambassadors 
 From foreign princes. 
 
 Wol. Good lord chamberlain. 
 
 Go, give 'em welcome ; you can speak the French tongue ; 
 And, pray, receive 'em nobly, and conduct 'em 
 Into our presence, where this heaven of beauty 
 Shall shine at full upon them. — Some attend him. 
 
 \^Exit Chamberlain, attended. All rise, and the 
 tables are removed. 
 You've now a broken banquet ; but we'll mend it. 
 A good digestion to you all : and once more 
 I shower a welcome on ye ; — welcome all. 
 
 Hautboys. Enter the King and others, as inasquers, 
 habited like shepherds, ushered by the Lord Cham- 
 berlain. They pass directly before the Car- 
 dinal, and gracefully salute him. 
 
 A noble company! what are their pleasures } 
 
 Cham. Because they speak no English, thus they pray'd 
 me 
 To tell your grace, — that, having heard by fame 
 Of this so noble and so fair assembly 
 This night to meet here, they could do no less, 
 Out of the great respect they bear to beauty. 
 But leave their flocks ; and, under your fair conduct. 
 Crave leave to view these ladies, and entreat 
 An hour of revels with 'em. 
 
 Wol. Say, lord chamberlain, 
 
 They've done my poor house grace ; for which I pay 'em 
 A thousand thanks, and pray 'em take their pleasures. 
 
 VII. 274. [K.H.VIII. 22.
 
 Act /.] KIXG HEXR J ■ 'J//E EIUJ/ TH. [v (n< IV. 
 
 ^Ladies cJiosen for tJie dance. The K'/fii; c/iooses 
 Afuie Bitllcn. 
 
 K. Hen. The fairest hand I ever touch 'd ! O beauty, 
 Till now I never knew thee ! {Music. Dance. 
 
 Wol. My lord — 
 
 Ch a VI. Y o u r grac e ? 
 
 Wol. Pray, tell 'em thus much from me : — 
 
 There should be one amongst 'em, by his person, 
 More worthy this place than myself ; to whom, 
 If I but knew him, with my love and duty 
 I would surrender it. 
 
 Cham. I will, my lord. 
 
 \^Goes to the Masquers, and reiurns. 
 
 Wol. What say they? 
 
 Cham. Such a one, they all confess. 
 
 There is indeed ; which they would have your grace 
 Find out, and he will take it. 
 
 Wol. Let me see, then. 
 
 [ Comes from his state. 
 By all your good leaves, gentlemen ; — here I'll make 
 My royal choice. 
 
 K. Hen. Ye've found him, cardinal: [ Unmasking, 
 
 You hold a fair assembly ; you do well, lord : 
 You are a churchman, or, I'll tell you, cardinal, 
 I should judge now unhappily. 
 
 Wol. I'm glad 
 
 Your grace is grown so pleasant. 
 
 K. Hen. My lord chamberlain. 
 
 Prithee, come hither : what fair lady's that ? 
 
 Cham. An't please your grace, Sir Thomas Bullen's 
 daughter. — 
 The Viscount Rochford, — one of her highness' women. 
 
 K. Hen. By heaven, she is a dainty one.— Sweetheart, 
 I were unmannerly, to take you out. 
 
 And not to kiss you {Kisses her\— h health, gentlemen I 
 Let it go round. 
 
 Wol. Sir Thomas Lovell, is the banquet ready 
 r the privy chamber.^ 
 
 Loi.'. Yes, my lord. 
 
 Wol. Your grace. 
 
 I fear, with dancing is a little heated. 
 
 K. Hen. I fear, too much. 
 
 K.H.VIII. 23.] V3I. ivs-
 
 ActlL] KIXG HENRY THE EIGHTH. {Scene I. 
 
 IVol. There's fresher air, my lord. 
 
 In the next chamber. 
 
 K. Hen. Lead in your ladies, ever}- one : — sweet partner, 
 I must not yet forsake you : — let's be merr}' : — 
 Good my lord cardinal, I've half a dozen healths 
 To drink to these fair ladies, and a measure 
 To lead 'em once again ; and then let's dream 
 Who's best in favor. — Let the music knock it, 
 
 \_Exeuiit with trumpets. 
 
 ACT II. 
 
 Scene I. LondoJt. A street. 
 
 Enter two Gentlemen, ineeting. 
 
 First Gent. Whither away so fast ? 
 
 Sec. Gent. O, — God save ye 5 
 
 E'en to the hall, to hear what shall become 
 Of the great Duke of Buckingham. 
 
 First Gent. I'll save you 
 
 That labor, sir. All's now done, but the ceremony 
 Of bringing back the prisoner. 
 
 Sec. Gent . Were you there } 
 
 First Gent, Yes, indeed, was I. 
 
 Sec. Gent. Pray, speak what has happen'd. 
 
 First Gent. You may guess quickly what. 
 
 Sec. Gent. Is he found guilty ? 
 
 First Gent. Yes, truly is he, and condemn'd upon't. 
 
 Sec. Gent. I'm sorr}- for't. 
 
 First Gent. So are a number more. 
 
 Sec. Gent. But, pray, how pass'd it } 
 
 First Gent. I'll tell you in a little. The great duke 
 Came to the bar ; where to his accusations 
 He pleaded still, not guilty, and alleg'd 
 Many sharp reasons to defeat the law. 
 The king's attorney, on the contrar}', 
 Urg'd on th' examinations, proofs, confessions 
 Of divers witnesses ; which the duke desir'd 
 To have brought, viz'd voce, to his face : 
 At which appear'd against him his surveyor; 
 Sir Gilbert Peck his chancellor ; and John Car, 
 
 VII. 276. [K.H.V111. 941
 
 Act//.] KING HENRY THE riCHTir. [Scmr /. 
 
 Confessor to him ; with that devil-moiik, 
 Hopkins, that made this mischief. 
 
 Sec. Gent. That was he 
 
 That fed him with liis prophecies ? 
 
 First Gent. The same. 
 
 All these accus'd him strongly; which he fain 
 Would have Hung from him, but, indeed, he could not : 
 And so his peers, upon this evidence. 
 Have found him guilty of high treason. Much 
 He spoke, and learnedly, for life ; but all 
 Was either pitied in him or forgotten. 
 
 Sec. Gent. After all this, how did he bear himself? 
 
 First Gent. When he was brought again to the bar, to 
 hear 
 His knell rung out, his judgment, — he was stirr'd 
 With such an agony, he swet extremely, 
 And something spoke in choler, ill, and hasty : 
 But he fell to himself again, and sweetly 
 In all the rest show'd a most noble patience. 
 
 Sec. Gent. I do not think he fears death. 
 
 First Gent. Sure, he does not, — 
 
 He never was so womanish ; the cause 
 He may a little grieve at. 
 
 Sec. Gent. Certainly 
 
 The cardinal is the end of this. 
 
 First Gent. 'Tis likely. 
 
 By all conjectures : first, Kildare's attainder, 
 Then deputy of Ireland ; who remov'd. 
 Earl Surrey was sent thither, and in haste too, 
 Lest he should help his father. 
 
 Sec. Gent. That trick of state 
 
 Was a deep-envious one. 
 
 First Gent. At his return 
 
 No doubt he will requite it. This is noted. 
 And generally, — whoever the king favors, 
 The cardinal instantly will find employment, 
 And far enough from court too. 
 
 Sec. Gent. All the commons 
 
 Hate him perniciously, and, o' my conscience. 
 Wish him ten fathom' deep : this duke as much 
 They love and dote on ; call him bounteous Buckinghan\ 
 The mirror of all courtesy, — 
 
 K.H.VIII. 85.J VII. 277.
 
 A:t //.] KING HENRV THE EIGHTH. [Stent I. 
 
 First Gent. Stay there, sir. 
 
 And see the noble-rLiin'd man you speak of. 
 
 £";//^r Buckingham />-(?;;; his arraigtunent ; tipstaves 
 before him ; the ax with the edge towards him ; 
 halberds on each side : with him Sir THOMAS 
 LovELL, Sir Nicholas Vaux, Sir Wil- 
 liam Sands, and common people. 
 
 Sec. Gent. Let's stand close, and behold him. 
 
 Buck. All good people, 
 
 You that thus far have come to pity me, 
 Hear what I say, and then go home and lose me. 
 I have this day receiv'd a traitor's judgment. 
 And by that name must die : yet, heaven bear witness. 
 And if I have a conscience, let it sink me. 
 Even as the ax falls, if I be not faithful ! 
 The law I bear no malice for my death ; 
 'T has done, upon the premises, but justice: 
 But those that sought it I could wish more Christians r 
 Be what they will, I heartily forgive 'em : 
 Yet let 'em look they glory not in mischief, 
 Nor build their evils on the graves of great men ; 
 For then my guiltless blood must cry against 'em. 
 For further life in this world I ne'er hope. 
 Nor will I sue, although the king have mercies 
 More than I dare make faults. You few that lov'd me. 
 And dare be bold to weep for Buckingham, 
 His noble friends and fellows, whom to leave 
 Is only bitter to him, only dying, 
 Go with me, like good angels, to my end ; 
 And, as the long divorce of steel falls on me. 
 Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice. 
 And lift my soul to heaven. — Lead on, o' God's name. 
 
 Lov. I do beseech your grace, for charity, 
 If ever any malice in your heart 
 Were hid against me, now forgive me frankly. 
 
 Buck. Sir Thomas Lovell, I as free forgive you 
 As I would be forgiven : I forgive all ; 
 There cannot be those numberless offenses 
 'Gainst me I cannot take peace with : no black en\'y 
 Shall mark my grave. — Commend me to his grace ; 
 And, if he speak of Buckingham, pray tell him 
 
 VII. 278. JlCR.VIII. 26,
 
 *./^//.] KING HESRY IHE IlIGlITIl. ["crm, f. 
 
 You met him half in lieaven : my vows and pra)crs 
 Yet are tlie king's ; and, till my soul forsake mr, 
 Siiall cry for blessings on him : may he live 
 Longer than 1 have time to tell his years ! 
 Ever belov'd and loving may his rule be! 
 And when old time shall lead him to his end, 
 C'.oodness and he till uj) one monument ! 
 
 Lo7'. To the water-side I must conduct ) our grace ; 
 Then give my charge up to Sir Nicholas \'aux. 
 Who undertakes you to your end. 
 
 Vau.v. Prej)are there, 
 
 The duke is coming : see the barge be ready ; 
 And fit it with such furniture as suits 
 The greatness of his person. 
 
 Buck. Nay, Sir Nicholas, 
 
 Let it alone ; my state now will but mock me. 
 When I came hither, I was lord high constable 
 And duke of Buckingham ; now, poor Edward Bohun : 
 Yet I am richer than my !)ase accusers, 
 That never knew what truth meant : I now seal It ; 
 And with that blood will make 'em one day groan for'l 
 My noble father, Henry of Buckingham. 
 Who first rais'd head against usuri)ing Richard, 
 Flying for succor to his servant Banister, 
 Being distress'd. was by that wretch betray'd 
 And without trial fell ; God's peace be with him I 
 Henry the Seventh succeeding, truly pitying 
 My father's loss, like a most royal prince, 
 Restor'd me to my honors, and, out of ruins. 
 Made my name once more noble. Now his son, 
 Henry the Eighth, life, honor, name, and all 
 That made me happy, at one stroke has taken 
 For ever from the world. I had my trial. 
 And, must needs say, a noble one; which makes me 
 A little happier than my wretched father : 
 Yet thus far we are one in fcMtunes, — both 
 Fell by our servants, by those men we lov'd most ; 
 A most unnatural and faithless ser\-icc ! 
 Heaven has an end in all : yet. you that hear mc. 
 This from a dving man receive as certain : — 
 Where you are liberal of your loves and counsels 
 Be sure you be not loose ; for those you make friends 
 K.H.VI1I. a;.] VII. %^i^
 
 Act /I.] K1.\'G HhXRV THE EIGHTH. \Scene 1, 
 
 And give your hearts to, when they once perceive 
 
 The least rub in your fortunes, fall away 
 
 Like water from ye, never found again 
 
 But where they mean to sink ye. All good people. 
 
 Pray for me ! I must now forsake ye : the last hour 
 
 Of my long weary life is come upon me. 
 
 Farewell : 
 
 And when you would say something that is sad, 
 
 Speak how I fell, — ■ I've done ; and God forgive me ! 
 
 {^ExciDit Buckiiighani and Train, 
 
 First Gent. O, this is full of pity ! — Sir, it calls, 
 I fear, too many curses on their heads 
 That were the authors. 
 
 Sec. Gent. If the duke be guiltless, 
 
 'Tis full of woe : yet I can give you inkling 
 Of an ensuing evil, if it fall. 
 Greater than this. 
 
 First Gent. Good angels keep it from us ! 
 What may it be ? You do not doubt my faith, sir ? 
 
 Sec. Gent. This secret is so weighty, 'twill require 
 A strong faith to conceal it. 
 
 First Gejit. Let me ha\'e it ; 
 
 I do not talk much. 
 
 Sec. Gent. I am confident ; 
 
 You shall, sir : did you not of late days hear 
 A buzzing of a separation 
 Between the king and Katharine .'* 
 
 First Gent. Yes, but it held not : 
 
 For when the king once heard it, out of anger 
 He sent command to the lord mayor straight 
 To stop the rumor, and allay those tongues 
 That durst disperse it. 
 
 Sec. Gent. But that slander, sir. 
 
 Is found a truth now : for it grows again 
 Fresher than e'er \i was ; and held for certain 
 The king will venture at it. Either the cardinal, 
 Or some about him near, have, out of malice 
 To the good queen, possess'd him with a scruple 
 That will undo her : to confirm this too, 
 Cardinal Campeius is arriv'd, and lately; 
 As all think, for this business. 
 
 First Gent, 'Tis the cardinal ; 
 
 VII. >8o. [k.h.viii. 281
 
 Actii:\ Kir.c HE.\Ry THE Eianrii. iSctntir. 
 
 And merely to revenge him on the emperor 
 For not bestowing on him, at liis asking, 
 Th' archbishopric of Toledo, this is puri)os'd. 
 
 Sec. Geiit. 1 think you've hit the mark : but is't not 
 cruel 
 That she should feel the smart of this ? The cardinal 
 Will have his will, and she must fall. 
 
 First Gent. 'Tis wuful. 
 
 We are too open here to argue this ; 
 Let's think in private more. \Exeunt. 
 
 Scene II. The Sivme. An ante-chamber in the palace. 
 Enter the Lord Chamberlain, reading a letter, 
 
 Cham. " My lord, — The horses your ladyship sent for 
 with all the care I had, I saw well chosen, ridden, and 
 furnished. They were young and handsome, and of the 
 best breed in the north. When they were ready to set 
 out for London, a man of my lord cardinal's, by commis- 
 sion and main power, took 'em from me ; with this rea- 
 son, — His master would be served before a subject, if 
 not before the king ; which stopped our mouths, sir." 
 I fear he will indeed : well, let him have them: 
 He will have all, I think. 
 
 E7iter the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk. 
 
 Nor. Well met, my lord chamberlain. 
 
 Cham. Good day to both your graces. 
 
 Suf. How is the king employ 'd ? 
 
 Cham. I left him private, 
 
 Full of sad thoughts and troubles. 
 
 Nor. What's the cause.' 
 
 Cham. It seems the marriage with his brother's wife 
 Has crept too near his conscience. 
 
 Siif. No, his conscience 
 
 Has crept too near another lady. 
 
 Nor. 'Tis so : 
 
 This is the cardinal's doing, the king-cardinal : 
 That blind priest, like the eldest son of fortune, 
 Turns what he list. The king will know him one day. 
 
 Suf. Pray God he do! he'll never know himself else. 
 
 Nor, How holily he works in all his business I 
 
 K.H.VIII. 29.) VU.sSi.
 
 .-*.-/ fr.i KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. {Scene I h 
 
 And with what zeal ! for, now he has crack'd the league 
 
 'Tween us and th' emperor, the queen's great-nephew. 
 
 He dives into the king's soul, and there scatters 
 
 Dangers, doubts, wringing of the conscience, 
 
 Fears, and despairs, — and all these for his marriage ; 
 
 And out of all these to restore the king, 
 
 He counsels a divorce ; a loss of her 
 
 That, like a jewel, has hung twenty years 
 
 About his neck, yet never lost her luster; 
 
 Of her that loves him with that excellence 
 
 That angels love good men with ; even of her 
 
 That, when the greatest stroke of fortune falls. 
 
 Will bless the king: and is not this course pious? [true 
 
 Cham. Heaven keep me from such counsel ! 'Tis most 
 These news are every where ; ever}^ tongue speaks 'em. 
 And every true heart weeps for't : all that dare 
 Look into these affairs see this main end, — 
 The French king's sister. Heaven will one day open 
 The king's eyes, that so long have slept upon 
 This bold bad man. 
 
 Sitf. And free us from his slavery. 
 
 Nor. We had need pray. 
 And heartily, for our deliverance ; 
 Or this imperious man will work us all 
 From princes into pages : all men's honors 
 Lie like one lump before him, to be fashion'd 
 Into what pitch he please. 
 
 Siif. For me, my lords, 
 
 I love him not, nor fear him ; there's my creed : 
 As I am made without him, so Fll stand. 
 If the king please ; his curses and his blessings 
 Touch m£ alike, they're breath I not believe in. 
 I knew him. and I know him ; so I leave him 
 To him that made him proud, the Pope. 
 
 Nor, Let s in ; 
 
 And with some other business put the king 
 From these sad thoughts, that work too much upon him : - 
 My lord, you'll bear us company .^ 
 
 Cham. Excuse me ; 
 
 The king has sent me otherwise : besides, 
 Vou'll find a most unfit time to disturb him : 
 Health to your lordships ! 
 
 VII. 282. (K.H.VIU. 30,
 
 Act 11. \ KING HEXRY THE Eh.HTH, \S.tK, //. 
 
 Not\ Tlianks. my good lord chaiubcrli^ n. 
 
 \Exit Lord Chamberhxin. Xorfolk opens a fold- 
 ifig-door. The K/'fij^^ is d/sctnured s/t/ifii^^ 
 and ?-eading pensh'ely. 
 Suf. How sad he looks ! sure, he is much afflicted. 
 A'. Hen. Who's there, ha ? 
 
 Nor. Pray (iod he be not aiij;r\ 
 
 A'. Hen. Who's there. I say?' How dare you thus 
 yourselves 
 Into my private meditations? 
 Who am I, ha? 
 
 Nor. A gracious king, that pardons all offenses 
 Malice ne'er meant : our breach of duty this way 
 Is business of estate ; in which we come 
 To know your royal pleasure. 
 
 K. Hen. Ye'ie too bold : 
 
 Go to ; I'll make ye know your times of business: 
 Is this an hour for temporal affairs, ha? 
 
 Enter WOLSEY and Campkius. 
 
 Who's there ? my good lord cardinal ? — O my Wolsey» 
 
 The quiet of my wounded conscience ; 
 
 Thou art a cure fit for a king. — [ To Canipeiiis'] You're 
 
 welcome. 
 Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom : 
 Use us and it. — [ To VVolsey^ My good lord, have great 
 
 care 
 I be not found a talker. 
 
 Wol. Sir, you cannot. 
 
 I would your grace would give us but an hour 
 Of private conference. 
 
 K. Hen. \to Norfolk and SuJ'olk\ We are busy ; go. 
 
 Nor. [aside to Suf.^ This priest has no pride in him ! 
 
 Suf. {aside to Nor.\ Not to speak of ; 
 
 I would not be so sick though for his place : 
 But this cannot continue. 
 
 Nor. [aside to Snf.\ If it do, 
 I'll venture one have-at-him. 
 
 Si{f. [aside to Nor.\ 1 another. 
 
 [Exeunt Norfolk and Suffolk 
 
 IVoi. Your grace has given a precedent of wisdom 
 Above all princes, in committing freely 
 K.H.V111.31.I VII. 283.
 
 Actir.'] KING HEXRY THE EIGHTH. [Scene Jl 
 
 Your scruple to the voice of Christendom : 
 
 Who can be angry now? what envy reach you? 
 
 The Spaniard, tied by blood and favor to her, 
 
 Must now confess, if they have any goodness. 
 
 The trial just and noble. All the clerks, 
 
 i mean the learned ones, in Christian kingdoms 
 
 Have their free voices : Rome, the nurse of judgment, 
 
 Invited by your noble self, hath sent 
 
 One general tongue unto us, this good man. 
 
 This just and learned priest, Cardinal Campeius,--- 
 
 AVhom once more I present unto your highness. 
 
 K. Hen. And once more in mine arms I bid him wel- 
 come, 
 And thank the holy conclave for their loves : ■ 
 They've sent me such a man 1 would have wish'd for. 
 
 Ca?n. Your grace must needs deserve all strangers* 
 loves. 
 You are so noble. To your highness' hand 
 I tender my commission ; — -by whose virtue — 
 The court of Rome commanding — you, my lord 
 Cardinal o( York, are join'd with me iheir servant 
 In the ur.partial judging of this business. 
 
 K. Hen. Two equal men. The queen shall be ac- 
 quainted 
 Forthwith for what you come. — Where's Gardiner? 
 
 IVol. I know your majesty has always lov'd her 
 So dear in heart, not to deny her that 
 A woman of less place might ask by law,— 
 Scholars allow'd freely to argue for her. 
 
 K. Hen. Ay, and the best she shall have ; and my 
 favor 
 To him that does best : God forbid else. Cardinal, 
 Prithee, call Gardiner to me, my new secretary : 
 I find him a fit fellow. [Exit IVolsey, 
 
 Re-enter WOLSEY, wz't/i Gardiner. 
 
 IVol. [aside to Gard.l Give me your hand : much joy 
 and favor to you ; 
 You are the king's now. 
 
 Gard. [aside to IIW.] But to be commanded 
 For ever by your grace, whose hand has rais'd me. 
 
 A'. Hen. Come hither, Gardiner. {Tluy converse aparU 
 
 VII. 284.. [k.h.viii. 32,
 
 Act 1 1.] KING HE.\RY THE EIGHTH. \S.enelIt 
 
 Cam. My Lord of York, was not one Doctor Pace 
 In this man's place before him ? 
 
 Wol. Yes, he was. 
 
 Cam. Was he not held a learned man ? 
 
 Wol. Yes, surely. 
 
 Cam. Believe me, there's an ill opinion spread, then. 
 Even of yourself, lord cardinal. 
 
 Wol. How ! of me ? 
 
 Cam. They will not stick to say you envied him ; 
 And fearing he would rise, he was so virtuous. 
 Kept him a foreign man still ; which so griev'd him, 
 That he ran mad and died. 
 
 Wol. Heaven''s peace be with him I 
 
 That's Christian care enough: for living murmurers 
 There's places of rebuke. He was a fool ; 
 For he would needs be virtuous : that good fellow. 
 If I command him, follows my appointment : 
 I will have none so near else. Learn this, brother. 
 We live not to be grip'd by meaner persons. 
 
 K. Hen. Deliver this with modesty to the queen. 
 
 \Exit Gardiner. 
 The most convenient place that I can think of 
 For such receipt of learning is Black-Friars ; 
 There ye shall meet about this weighty business : — 
 My Wolsey, see it furnish'd. — O, my lord, 
 Would it not grieve an able man to leave 
 So sw^eet a bedfellow } But, conscience, conscience,— 
 O, 'tis a tender place ! and I must leave her. {Exeunt. 
 
 Scene III. The same. An ante-chamber in the Owkhiw'^ 
 apartments. 
 
 Enter Anne Bullen and an old Ladv. 
 Anne. Not for that neither: here's the pang tha: 
 pinches: — 
 His highness having liv'd so long with her, and she 
 So good a lady that no tongue could ever 
 Pronounce dishonor of her,— by my life, 
 She never knew harm-doing ;—0, npw, after 
 So many courses of the sun enthron'd. 
 Still growing in majesty and pomi).— the which 
 To leave's a thousand-fold more bitter than 
 
 K.H.VIII 33-1 VII. 28=;.
 
 .-.CI//.] KIXG HE::RV rilE EIGHTH. \,Scene IIL 
 
 'Tis sweet at first t' acquire,— after this process. 
 To give her the avaunt ! it is a pity 
 Would move a monster. 
 
 Old L. Hearts of most hard tempel 
 
 ^lelt and lament for her. 
 
 Ajine. O, God's will ! much better 
 
 She ne'er had known pomp : though't be temporal. 
 Yet, if that quarrel, fortune, do divorce 
 It from the bearer, 'tis a sufferance panging 
 As soul and body's severing. 
 
 Old L. Alas, poor lady ! 
 
 She's a stranger now again. 
 
 A?tne. So much the more 
 
 Must pity drop upon her. Verily, 
 I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, 
 And range with humble livers in content, 
 Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief. 
 And wear a golden sorrow. 
 
 Old L. Our content 
 
 Is our best having. 
 
 Anne, By my troth and maidenhead, 
 
 1 would not be a queen. 
 
 Old L. Beshrew me, I would, 
 
 And venture maidenhead for't ; and so would you, 
 For all this spice of your hypocrisy : 
 You, that have so fair parts of a woman on you. 
 Have too a woman's heart ; which ever yet 
 Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty ; 
 \Vhich, to say sooth, are blessings ; and which gifts <i 
 Saving your mincing — the capacity 
 Of your soft cheveril conscience would receive. 
 If you might please to stretch it. 
 
 Anne. Nay, good troth, — 
 
 Old L. Yes, troth, and troth ; — you would not be a 
 queen } 
 
 Anne. No, not for all the riches under heaven. 
 
 Old L. 'Tis strange ; a three-pence bow'd would hire 
 me, 
 Old as I am, to queen it: but, I pray you. 
 What think you of a duchess ? have you limbs 
 To bear that load of title ? 
 
 Anne. No, in truth. 
 
 VII. 2S6. [k.h.viii. 34.
 
 Act II. 1 KING IIEXR J ' THE EIGHTH. [ ' . , ,., //. 
 
 Old L. Then you are weakly made : j)luck off a lillle , 
 I would not be a young count in your way, 
 For more than blushing- comes to : if your back 
 Cannot vouchsafe this burden, 'tis too weak 
 Ever to get a boy. 
 
 Anne, How you do talk ! 
 
 I swear again, I would not be a queen 
 For all the world. 
 
 Old L. In faith, for little England 
 
 Youd venture an emballing: 1 myselt 
 Would for Carnarvonshire, although there long'd 
 No more to the crown but that. — Lo, who comes here ? 
 
 E)tter the Lord Chamberlain. 
 
 Cham. Good morrow, ladies. What were't worth o 
 know 
 The secret of your conference } 
 
 Anne. My good lord. 
 
 Not your demand ; it values not your asking . 
 Our mistress' sorrows we were pitying. 
 
 Cha/n. It was a gentle business, and becoming 
 The action of good women : there is hope 
 All will be well. 
 
 Anne. Now, I pray God, amen I 
 
 Chain. You bear a gentle mind, and heavenly blessings 
 Follow such creatures. That you may, fair laciy. 
 Perceive I speak sincerely, and high note's 
 Taen of your many virtues, the king's majesty 
 Commends his good opinion to you, and 
 Does purpose honor to you no less flowing 
 Than Marchioness of Pembroke ; to which title 
 A thousand pound a year, annual support, 
 Out of his grace he adds. 
 
 Anne. I do not know 
 
 What kind of my obechence I should tender ; 
 More than my all is nothing : nor my prayers 
 Are not word's duly hallow'd, nor my wishes 
 More worth than empty vanities ; yet i)rayersand wishes 
 Are all I can return. I^eseech y<nir lordship. 
 Vouchsafe to speak my thanks and my obedience, 
 As from a blushing handmaid, to his highness : 
 Whose health and royalty I pray for. 
 
 K.H.VIII. 35.] VII 287.
 
 A ci //.] KING HENR 1 ' THE EIGH TH, iScene III, 
 
 Chajn. Lady, 
 
 1 shall not fail t' approve the fair conceit 
 The king- hath of you. — [Aside] I've perus'd her well ; 
 Beautv and honor in her are so mingled, 
 That they have caught the king: and who knows yet 
 But from this lady may proceed a gem 
 To lighten all this isle'? — I'll to the king. 
 And say I spoke with you. 
 
 An?ie. My honor'd lord. 
 
 [Exit Lord Chamberlain^ 
 
 Old L. Why, this it is ; see, see ! 
 I have been begging sixteen years in court, — 
 Am yet a courtier beggarly, — nor could 
 Come pat betwixt too early and too late 
 For any suit of pounds ; and you, O fate ! 
 A very fresh-fish here,— fie, fie upon 
 This compell'd fortune ! — have your mouth fill'd up 
 Before you open't. 
 
 An?ie. This is strange to me. 
 
 Old L. How tastes it ? is it bitter ? forty pence, no. 
 There was a lady once — 'tis an old story — 
 That would not be a queen, that would she not. 
 For all the mud in Egypt : — have you heard it ? 
 
 Anne. Come, you are pleasant. 
 
 Old L. With your theme, I could 
 
 O'ermount the lark. The Marchioness of Pembroke ! 
 A thousand pounds a year — for pure respect ! 
 No other obligation ! By my life, 
 That promises more thousands : honor's train 
 Is longer than his foreskirt. By this time 
 I know your back will bear a duchess : — say. 
 Are you not stronger than you were ? 
 
 Anne. Good lady. 
 
 Make yourself mirth with your particular fancy. 
 And leave me out on't. Would I had no being. 
 If this salute my blood a jot : it faints me. 
 To think what follows. 
 The queen is comfortless, and we forgetful 
 In our long absence : pray, do not deliver 
 What here you've heard to her. 
 
 Old L. What do you think me i 
 
 [Exeunt, 
 VII. 288- CK.H.V111. 36,
 
 Met 1 1. \ KING HESRY THE EIGHTH. iScent IV. 
 
 Scene IV, The same. A hall in Black-Briars. 
 
 Trumpets, seiuiet, and cornets. Enter tiuo Vergers* 
 with short silver wands; next tJieni, two Scribes, in 
 the habit of doctors; after them, the Archbishop of 
 Canterbury <?/6';/tv<?//t'r him, the Bish()i)s of Lin- 
 coln, Ely, Rochester, and Saint Asai'h ; next 
 them, zvith some small distance, follows a (Jenllcmark 
 bearing the purse, with the great seal, and a cardi- 
 nal's hat; then, two Priests, bearing each a sih'er cross,- 
 then a Gentleman-usher bare-headed, accompanied 
 with a Sergeant-at-arms bearing a sih'er mace ; then: 
 two Gentlemen bearing two great sih'er pillars; 
 after them side by side^ the two Cardinals. WoLSEY^ 
 and Campeius ; two Noblemen with the sword and 
 mace. Then enter the King and Queen, and their 
 trains. The King takes place under the cloth of 
 state ; the two Cardinals sit under him as judges. 
 The Queen takes place at some distance from the 
 King. TheV^\'^\\o^s place themselves on each side t he- 
 court, in manner of a consistory ; between them, the 
 Scribes. The Lords sit next the Bishops. The Crier 
 and the rest of the Attendants stand in convenient 
 order about the hall. 
 Wol. Whilst our commission from Rome is read. 
 Let silence be commanded. 
 
 K. Hen. What's the need ? 
 
 It hath already publicly been read. 
 And on all sides th' authority allow'd ; 
 You may, then, spare that time. 
 
 lYol Be't so.— Proceed. 
 
 Scribe. Say, Henry King of England, come into thtr 
 court. 
 
 Crier, Henry King of England, &c. 
 
 K. Hen. Here. , ^ , , 
 
 Scribe. Say, Katharine Queen of England, come mla 
 
 the court. . ,, , , o 
 
 Crier. Katharine, Queen of England. cVc. 
 
 r The Queen makes no answer, rises out oj her 
 chair, croes about the court, comes to the 
 King, \uid kneels at his feet; then speaks^ 
 Q. Kath. Sir, I d'esire you do me right and justice ; 
 
 K.H.VIII. 37.] V"- '^9
 
 Act //.] KING HEXRY THE EIGHTH. [Scene IP 
 
 And to bestow your pity on me : for 
 
 I am a most poor woman, and a stranger. 
 
 Born out of your dominions ; having here 
 
 No judge indifferent, nor no more assurance 
 
 Of equal friendship and proceeding. Alas, sir, 
 
 In what have I offended you ? what cause 
 
 Hath my behavior given to your displeasure, 
 
 That thus you should proceed to put me off, 
 
 And take your good grace from me ? Heaven witness^ 
 
 I've been to you a true and humble wife. 
 
 At all times to your will conformable ; 
 
 Ever in fear to kindle your dislike. 
 
 Yea. subject to your countenance, — glad or sorry, 
 
 As I saw it inclin'd. When was the hour 
 
 I ever contradicted your desire, 
 
 Or made it not mine too ? Which of your friends 
 
 Have I not strove to love, although I knew 
 
 He were mine enemy ? what friend of mine 
 
 That had to him deriv'd your anger, did I 
 
 Continue in my liking ? nay, gave notice 
 
 He was from thence discharg'd ? Sir, call to mind 
 
 That I have been your wife, in this obedience, 
 
 L'lnvard of twenty years, and have been blest 
 
 With many children by you : if, in the course 
 
 And process of this time, you can report. 
 
 And prove it too, against mine honor aught, 
 
 My bond to wedlock, or my love and duty. 
 
 Against your sacred person, in God's name. 
 
 Turn me away ; and let the foul'st contempt 
 
 Shut door upon me, and so give me up 
 
 To the sharp'st kind of justice. Please you, sir, 
 
 The king, your father, was reputed for 
 
 A prince most prudent, of an excellent 
 
 And unmatch'd wit and judgment ; Ferdinand, 
 
 My father, king of Spain, was reckon'd one 
 
 The wisest prince that there had reign 'd by many 
 
 A year before : it is not to be question'd 
 
 That they had gather'd a wise council to them 
 
 Of ever}' realm, that did debate this business. 
 
 Who deem'd our marriage lawful. Wherefore I humbly 
 
 Beseech you, sir, to spare me, till I may 
 
 Be by my friends in Spain advis'd ; whose counsel 
 
 VII. 2QO. fK.H.VIII. 38
 
 Act //.) KIXG llESR ) • THE I.ICH TIL [^^ ,-„^ IV 
 
 I will implore : if not, i' the name of God, 
 Your pleasure be fultiil'd ! 
 
 Wol. You have here, lady, -- 
 
 And of your choice, — tiiese reverend fathers ; men 
 Of singular integrity and learning. 
 Yea, the elect o' the land, who are assembled 
 To plead your cause : it shall be therefore bootless 
 That longer you defer the court ; as well 
 For your own quiet, as to rectify 
 What is unsettled in the king. 
 
 Cam. His grace 
 
 Hath spoken well and justly : therefore, madam, 
 It's fit this royal session do proceed ; 
 And that, without delay, their arguments 
 Be now produc'd and heard. 
 
 O. Kath. Lord Cardinal, — 
 
 To you I speak. 
 
 U^ol. Your pleasure, madam ? 
 
 Q. Kath. Sir, 
 
 I am about to weep ; but, thinking that 
 We are a queen, — or long have dream'd so, — certain 
 The daughter of a king, my drops of tears 
 I'll turn to sparks of fire. 
 
 IVol. Be patient yet. 
 
 Q. Kath. I will, when you are humble ; nay, before, 
 Or God will punish me. I do believe, 
 Induc'd by potent circumstances, that 
 You are mine enemy ; and make my challenge 
 You shall not be my judge : for it is you 
 Have blown this coal betwixt my lord and me,— _ 
 Which God's dew quench ! Therefore I say again, 
 I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul 
 Refuse you for my judge ; whom, yet once more, 
 I hold my most malicious foe, and think not 
 At all a friend to truth. 
 
 Wol. I do profess 
 
 You speak not like yourself ; who ever yet 
 Have stood to chari'ty, and display 'd th' effects 
 Of disposition gentle, and of wisdom 
 
 O'ertopping woman's power. Madani.you do me wrong: 
 I have no spleen against you ; nor injustice 
 For you or any : how far I've proceeded, 
 
 K.H.VIII, 39.] VII. 2gi.
 
 ActJl.] KIXG HE.XRV THE EIGHTH* {Scene IP, 
 
 Or how far further shall, is warranted 
 
 By a commission from the consistor}-, 
 
 Yea, the whole consistory of Rome. You charge me 
 
 That I have blown this coal : I do deny it : 
 
 The king is present : if't be known to him 
 
 That I gainsay my deed, how may he wound. 
 
 And worthily, my falsehood I yea, as much 
 
 As you have done my truth. But if he know 
 
 That I am free of your report, he knows 
 
 I am not of your wrong. Therefore in him 
 
 It lies to cure me : and the cure is, to 
 
 Remove these thoughts from you : the which before 
 
 His highness shall speak in, I do beseech 
 
 You, gracious madam, to unthink your speaking. 
 
 And to say so no more. 
 
 Q. Kath. My lord, my lord, 
 
 I am a simple woman, much too weak 
 T' oppose your cunning. You're meek and humble- 
 mouth 'd ; 
 You sign your place and calling, in full seeming, 
 With meekness and humility ; but your heart 
 Is cramm'd with arrogancy, spleen, and pride. 
 You have, by fortune, and his highness' favors. 
 Gone slightly o'er low steps, and now are mounted 
 Where powers are your retainers ; and your words. 
 Domestics to you, serve your will as't please 
 Yourself pronounce their ofifice. I must tell you. 
 You tender more your person's honor than 
 Your high profession spiritual : that again 
 I do refuse you for my judge ; and here. 
 Before you all, appeal unto the Pope, 
 To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness. 
 And to be judg'd by him. 
 
 \Shc courtesies to the King, and offers io defarL 
 
 Cam. The queen is obstinate, 
 
 Stubborn to justice, apt t' accuse it, and 
 Disdainful to be tried by't : 'tis not well. 
 She's going away. 
 
 K, Hen. Call her again. 
 
 Crier. Katharine Queen of England, come into the 
 court. 
 
 Grif* Madam, you are call'd back. 
 
 VII. ags. liCH.viii. 40.
 
 A^//.] KIXG HENRY THE KICHTH. [s ,•,;,- //• 
 
 Q. KatJi. What need you note it ? pray you, keep your 
 
 WAX 
 
 When you are call'cl, return.— Now, the Lord lit-lp, 
 They vex me past my patience ! — Pray you, pass on ; 
 I will not tarry ; no, nor ever more 
 Upon this business my appearance make 
 In any of their courts. 
 
 {^Ext'unt Queen, Griffith, ami her other Attendants, 
 
 K. He)i. Go thy ways, Kate : 
 
 That man i' the world who shall report he has 
 A better wife, let him in naught be trusted. 
 For speaking- false in that : thou art, alone — 
 If thy rare qualities, sweet gentleness. 
 Thy meekness saint-like, wife-like government, 
 Obeying in commanding, and thy j^arts 
 Sovereign and pious else, could speak thee out — 
 The queen of earthly queens : — she's noble bom; 
 And, like her true nobility, she has 
 Carried herself towards me. 
 
 Wol. Most gracious sir. 
 
 In humblest manner I require ) our highness, 
 That it shall please you to declare, in hearing 
 Of all these ears, — for where I'm robb'd and bound, 
 There must I be unloos'd; although not there 
 At once and fully satisfied, — whether ever I 
 Did broach this business to your highness ; or 
 Laid any scruple in your way, which might 
 Induce you to the question on't? or ever 
 Have to you — but with thanks to God for such 
 A royal lady — spake one the least word that might 
 Be to the prejudice of her present state, 
 Or touch of her good person .'* 
 
 K. Hen. My lord cardinal, 
 
 I do excuse you ; yea, upon mine honor. 
 I free you from't. You are not to be taught 
 That you have many enemies, that know not 
 W^hy they are so, but, like to village curs, 
 Bark when their fellows do ' by some of these 
 The queen is put in anger. You're excus'd: 
 But will vou be more justified.' you ever 
 Have wish'd the sleeping of this l)usiness ; never 
 Desir'd it to be stirr'd ; but oft have hinder'd, oft, 
 K.H.vni.41.3 VII. 203.
 
 Act //.] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH {Scene IP. 
 
 The passages made toward it : — on my honor, 
 
 1 speak my good lord cardinal to this point. 
 
 And thus far clear him. Now, what mov'd me to't, 
 
 I will be bold with time and your attention : — 
 
 Then mark th' inducement. Thus it came; — give heed 
 
 to't : — 
 My conscience first receiv'd a tenderness, 
 Scruple, and prick, on certain speeches utter'd 
 By the Bishop of Bayonne, then French ambassador ; 
 Who had been hither sent on the debating 
 A marriage 'twixt the Duke of Orleans and 
 Our daughter Mary : i' the progress of this business, 
 Ere a determinate resolution, he — 
 I mean the bishop — did require a respite ; 
 Wherein he might the king his lord advertise 
 Whether our daughter were legitimate, 
 Respecting this our marriage with the dowager, 
 Sometimes our brother's wife. This respite shook 
 The bottom of my conscience, enter'd me, 
 Yea, with a splitting power, and made to tremble 
 The region of my breast; which forc'd such way. 
 That many maz'd considerings did throng, 
 And press'd in with this caution. First, methought 
 I stood not in the smile of heaven ; who had 
 Commanded nature, that my lady's womb. 
 If it conceiv'd a male child by me, should 
 Do no more offices of life to't than 
 The grave does to the dead ; for her male issue 
 Or died where they were made, or shortly after 
 This world had air'd them : hence I took a thought. 
 This was a judgment on me ; that my kingdom, 
 Well worthy the best heir o' the world, should not 
 Be gladded in't by me : then follows, that 
 I weigh'd the danger which my realms stood in 
 By this my issue's fail ; and that gave to me 
 Many a groaning throe. Thus hulling in 
 The wild sea of my conscience, I did steer 
 Toward this remedy, whereupon we are 
 Now present here together ; that's to say, 
 I meant to rectify my conscience — which 
 I then did feel full sick, and yet not well — 
 By all the reverend fathers of the land 
 
 VII. 294. [k.h.vi\ \2,
 
 Act //.] K/XG NEXK ) ■ Tin-: KICII Til. [.S\ ,«^ //' 
 
 And doctors Icarn'd : — first I began in private 
 Witli you, my Lord of Lincoln ; you renumber 
 How under my oppression I did reek. 
 When I first mov'd you. 
 
 Lin. Very well, my liej^e. 
 
 A'. Hen. I have spoke long : be pleas'd yourself to say 
 How far you satisfied me. 
 
 Lin. So please your higliness. 
 
 The question did at first so stagger me, — 
 T3earing a state of mighty moment in't, 
 And consequence of dread, — that I committed 
 The daring'st counsel which I had to doubt ; 
 And did entreat your highness to this course 
 Which you are running here. 
 
 K. Hen. I then mov'd you, 
 
 JNIy Lord of Canterbury; and got your leave 
 To make this present summons: — unsolicited 
 I left no reverend person in this court ; 
 But by particular consent proceeded 
 Under your hands and seals : therefore, go on ; 
 For no dislike i' the world against the person 
 Of the good queen, but the sharp thorny points 
 Of my alleged reasons, drive this forward: 
 Prove but our marriage lawful, by my life 
 \nd kingly dignity, we are contented 
 To wear our mortal state to come with her, 
 Katharine our queen, before the primest creature 
 That's paragon 'd o' the world. 
 
 Cam. So please your highness. 
 
 The queen being absent, 'tis a needful fitness 
 That we adjourn this court till further day: 
 ■Meanwhile must be an earnest motion 
 :Made to the queen, to call back her appeal 
 She intends unto his holiness. ( Tfuy rise to depart, 
 
 K. Hen. \aside\ I may i)erceive 
 
 These cardinals trifle with me: I abhor 
 This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. 
 I\Iy learn 'd and well-beloved servant. Cranmer, 
 Prithee, return : with thy approach, I know. 
 ]\Iy comfort comes along.— Break up the cmirt : 
 I say, set on. [Exeunt in manner as they entered^ 
 
 K.H.VIII. 43-1 VII. 295.
 
 A.'illl.l KIXG HEXRV THE EIGHTH. [Seen*/, 
 
 ACT III. 
 
 Scene I. London. Palace at Bridewell: a room in the 
 Queen's apartment. 
 
 The Queen and so?ne of her Women at work. 
 
 Q. Kath. Take thy lute, wench : my soul grows sad 
 with troubles ; 
 Sing, and disperse 'em, if thou canst: leave working. 
 
 Song. 
 
 Orpheus with his lute made trees. 
 And the mountain-tops that freeze. 
 
 Bow themselves, when he did sing : 
 To his music plants and fiowers 
 Ever sprung ; as sun and showers 
 
 There had made a lasting spring. 
 
 Every thing that heard him play. 
 Even the billows of the sea, 
 
 Hung their heads, and then lay by. 
 In sweet music is such art, 
 Killing care and grief of heart 
 
 Fall asleep, or hearing, die. 
 
 E7iter a Gentleman. 
 
 Q. Kath. How now ! 
 
 Goit. An't please your grace, the two great cardinals 
 Wait in the presence. 
 
 Q. Kath. Would they speak with me? 
 
 Gent. They will'd me say so, madam. 
 
 Q. Kath. Pray their graces 
 
 To come near. {Exit Gent.'] What can be their business 
 With me, a poor weak woman, fall'n from favor } 
 I do not like their coming, now I think on't. 
 They should be good men ; their affairs as righteous: 
 But all hoods make not monks. 
 
 Enter WOLSEY and Campeius. 
 IVol. Peace to your highness ! 
 
 Q, Kath. Your graces find me here part of a house- 
 wife : 
 
 VII. 296. [k.h.viu. 44,
 
 Act II I. '\ KIXG HENRY THE EIGHTH. \Stemt K 
 
 I would be all, aj^ainst the worst may hapjjcn. 
 What are your pleasures with me. reverend lords? 
 
 Wol. May't please you, noble madam, to withdraw 
 Into your private chamber, we shall give you 
 The full cause of our coming. 
 
 (2- Kath. Si)eak it here ; 
 
 There's nothing I have done yet, o' my conscience. 
 Deserves a corner: would all other wonun 
 Could speak this with as free a soul as I do ! 
 My lords, I care not, — so much I am happy 
 Above a number, — if my actions 
 Were tried by every tongue, every eye saw 'em. 
 Envy and base opinion set against 'em, 
 I know my life so even. If your business 
 Seek me out. and that way I am wife in, 
 Out with it boldly : truth loves open dealing. 
 
 WoL Ta)ita est crga te inoiiis intt-gritas, rcgifia st-r* 
 e?iissiina, — 
 
 Q. Kath. O, good my lord, no Latin ; 
 I am not such a truant since my coming, 
 As not to know the language I have liv'd in : 
 A strange tongue makes my cause more strange-sus- 
 picious ; 
 Pray, speak in English : here are some will thank you. 
 If you speak truth, for their poor mistress' sake, — 
 Believe me, she has had much wrong : lord cardinal, 
 The willing'st sin I ever yet committed 
 May be absolv'd in English. 
 
 Wol. Noble lady, 
 
 I'm sorr}' my integrity should breed — 
 And service to his majesty and you — 
 So deep suspicion, where all faith was meant. 
 We come not by the way of accusation. 
 To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. 
 Nor to betray you any way to sorrow, — 
 You have too much, good lady; but to know 
 How you stand minded in the weighty difference 
 Between the king and you; and to deliver, 
 Like free and honest men. our just opinions, 
 And comforts to your cause. 
 
 Cam. Most honor'd madaiP, 
 
 My Lord of York,— out of his noble nature, 
 
 K.H.VIII. 45.] VII. 2Q7,
 
 Act in:\ KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. {Scene /. 
 
 Zeal and obedience he still bore your grace, — 
 Forgetting, like a good man, your late censure 
 Both of his truth and him, which was too far,— 
 Offers, as I do, in a sign of peace, 
 His service and his counsel. 
 
 Q. Kath. \^Liside\ To betray me. — 
 
 My^lords, I thank you both for your good wills \ 
 Ye speak like honest men,— pray God, ye pro^'e sol — 
 But how to make ye suddenly an answer. 
 In such a point of weight, so near mine honor, — 
 More near my life, I fear, — with my weak wit. 
 And to such men of gravity and learning. 
 In truth, I know not. I was set at work 
 Among my maids; full little, God knows, looking 
 Either for such men or such business. 
 For her sake that I have been, — for I feel 
 The last fit of my greatness, — good your graces. 
 Let me have time and counsel for my cause ; 
 Alas, I am a woman, friendless, hopeless! 
 
 Wol. Madam, you wrong the king's love with these 
 fears : 
 Your hopes and friends are infinite. 
 
 Q. Kath. In England 
 
 But little for my profit : can you think, lords, 
 That any Englishman dare give me counsel } 
 Or be a known friend, "gainst his highness' pleasure,— 
 Though he be grown so desperate to be honest, — 
 .\nd live a subject ? Nay, forsooth, my friends. 
 They that must weigh out my afflictions. 
 They that my trust must grow to, live not here: 
 They are, as all my other comforts, far hence. 
 In mine own countr}-, lords. 
 
 Cam. I would your grace 
 
 Would leave your griefs, and take my counsel. 
 
 Q.KatJi, How, sir? 
 
 Cam. Put your main cause into the king's protection; 
 He's loving and most gracious : 'twill be much 
 Both for your honor better and your cause ; 
 For if the trial of the law o'ertake ye, 
 You'll part away disgrac'd. 
 
 Wol. ' He tells you rightly. 
 
 Q. Kath. Ye tell me what ye wish for both, — my ruin : 
 
 VII. 298. U.H.VIII. 46,
 
 Aci ///.] /CLVG in.NR \ ' Tin: j.ichtii. \SitHt /. 
 
 Is this your Christian counsel ? out upon ye! 
 Heaven is above all yet ; there sits a Judge 
 That no king can corrupt. 
 
 Cam. Your rage mistakes us. 
 
 Q. Kath. The more shame for ye : holy men I thought 
 
 ye. 
 
 Upon my soul, two reverend cardinal virtues ; 
 
 But cardinal sins and hollow hearts I fear ye ; 
 
 Mend 'em, for shame, my lords. Is this your comfort.^ 
 
 The cordial that ye bring a wretched lady, — 
 
 A woman lost amf»ng ye, laugh'd at, scorn 'd ? 
 
 I will not wish ye half my miseries • 
 
 I have more charity : but say, I warn'd ye ; 
 
 Take heed, for heaven's sake, take heed, lest at once 
 
 The burden of my sorrows fall upon ye. 
 
 Wol. Madam, this is a mere distraction ; 
 You turn the good we offer into envy. 
 
 Q. Kath. Ye turn me into nothing: woe upon ye, 
 And all such false professors ! Would you have me — 
 If you have any justice, any pity, 
 If ye be any thing but churchmen's habits — 
 Put my sick cause into his hands that hates me? 
 Alas, 'has banish 'd me his bed already, — 
 His love, too long ago ! I'm old, my lords, 
 And all the fellowship I hold now with him 
 Is only my obedience. What can happen 
 To me above this wretchedness } all your studies 
 Make me a curse like this. 
 
 Cam. Your fears are worse. 
 
 (2- Kath. Have I liv'd thus long— let me speak myself, 
 Since virtue finds no friends — a wife, a true one ? 
 A woman — I dare say, without vain-glory — 
 Never yet branded with suspicion ? 
 Have I with all my full affections 
 
 Still met the king? lov'd him next heav'n .- ^obey'd him? 
 Been, out of fondness, superstitious to him } 
 Almost forgot my prayers to content iiim } 
 And am I thus rewarded } 'tis not well, lords. 
 Bring me a constant woman to her husband. 
 One that ne'er dream'd a joy beyond his pleasure; 
 And to that woman, when she has done most, 
 Yet will I add an honor,— a great jxitience. 
 
 K.H.VIII. 47.] VII. 2^^
 
 Act I J I.] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. iSceng /. 
 
 IVoL Madam, you wander from the good we aim at. 
 
 Q. Kath. My lord, I dare not make myself so guilty. 
 To give up willingly that noble title 
 Your master wed me to : nothing but death 
 Shall e'er divorce my dignities, 
 
 Wol. Pray, hear me. 
 
 Q. Kath. Would I had never trod this English earth; 
 Or felt the flatteries that grow upon it ! 
 Ye've angels' faces, but heaven knows your hearts. 
 What will become of me now, wretched lady.? 
 I am the most unhappy woman living. — 
 [To her IVomtvi] Alas, poor wenches, where are now 
 
 your fortunes ! 
 Shipwreck'd upon a kingdom, where no pity. 
 No friends, no hope; no kindred weep for me; 
 Almost no grave allow'd me : — like the lily 
 That once was mistress of the field and flourish'd, 
 I'll hang my head and perish. 
 
 Jl^o/. If your grace 
 
 Could but be brought to know our ends are honest. 
 You'd feel more comfort. Why should we, good lady. 
 Upon what cause, wrong you ? alas, our places. 
 The way of our profession is against it : 
 We are to cure such sorrows, not to sow 'em. 
 For goodness' sake, consider what you do ; 
 How you may hurt yourself, ay, utterly 
 Grow from the king's acquaintance, by this carriage. 
 The hearts of princes kiss obedience. 
 So much they love it ; but to stubborn spirits 
 They swell, and grow as terrible as storms. 
 I know you have a gentle-noble temper, 
 A soul as even as a calm : pray, think us 
 Those we profess, peace-makers, friends, and ser\^ants. 
 
 Ca;n. Madam, you'll find it so. You wrong your virtues 
 AVith these weak women's fears: a noble spirit. 
 As yours was put into you, ever casts 
 Such doubts, as false coin, from it. The king loves you ; 
 Beware you lose it not : for us, if please you 
 To trust us in your business, we are ready 
 To use our utmo-t studies in your ser\'ice. 
 
 Q. Kath. Do what ye will, my lords ; and, pray, for. 
 give me, 
 
 VII. 3«x CK.H.vin. ifi.
 
 fictnr.\ KING liE.\KV THE E.GUIJL \S.tnf li. 
 
 If I have us'd myself unmannerly ; 
 
 You know I am a woman, lacking; wit 
 
 To make a seemly answer to such persons. 
 
 Pray, do my service to his majesty : 
 
 He has my heart yet ; and shall have my prayers 
 
 While I shall have my life. Come, reve'rencrfathers. 
 
 Bestow your counsels on me : she now begs, 
 
 That little thought, when she set footing here, 
 
 She should have bought her dignities so dear. [Ex^unr^ 
 
 Scene II. T/i^: same. Ante-chamber io the King's 
 apartment in the palace. 
 
 Enter the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Sl'FFOLk, 
 the Earl of Surrey, and the Lord Chamberlain. 
 
 Nor. If you will now unite in your complaints. 
 And force them with a constancy, the cardinal 
 Cannot stand under them : if you omit 
 The offer of this time, I cannot promise 
 But that you shall sustain n:ore new disgraces, 
 With these you bear already. 
 
 Siir. I am joyful 
 
 To meet the least occasion that may give me 
 Remembrance of my father-in-law, the duke, 
 To be reveng'd on him. 
 
 Suf. Which of the peers 
 
 Have uncontemn'd gone by him, or at least 
 Strangely neglected.^ when did he regard 
 The stamp of nobleness in any person 
 Out of himself.^ 
 
 Cham. My lords, you speak your pleasures: 
 
 What he deserves of you and me I know ; 
 What we can do to him, — though now the time 
 Gives way to us, — I much fear. If you cannot 
 Bar his access to the king, never attempt 
 Any thing on him ; for he hath a witchcraft 
 Over the king in's tongue. 
 
 Nor. O. fear him not ; 
 
 His spell in that is out : the king hath found 
 Matter against him that for ever mars 
 The honey of his language. No. he's settled. 
 Not to come off, in his displeasure. 
 
 K.H.VIII. 49,] VII. 301.
 
 .4 ci ///.} A'JyG IIEXR I ' THE EIGH TH. {Scene II 
 
 Sin\ Sir, 
 
 I should be glad to hear such news as this 
 Once every hour. 
 
 Xor. Believe it, this is true : 
 
 In the divorce his contrary proceedings 
 Are all unfolded ; wherein he appears 
 As I would wish mine enemy. 
 
 Sitr. How came 
 
 His practices to light? 
 
 Suf. Most strangely. 
 
 Siir, O, how, how ? 
 
 Suf. The cardinal's letter to the Pope miscarried. 
 And came to th' eye o' the king : wherein was read. 
 How that the cardinal did entreat his holiness 
 To stay the judgment o' the divorce ; for if 
 It did take place, " I do," quoth he, " perceive 
 ]\Iy king is tangled in affection to 
 A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne BuUen/* 
 
 Su)\ Has the king this } 
 
 Suf, Believe it. 
 
 Sur. Will this worK ? 
 
 Cham. The king in this perceives him, how he coasts 
 And hedges his own way. But in this point 
 All his tricks founder, and he brings his physic 
 After his patient's death : the king already 
 Hath married the fair lady. 
 
 Su?-. Would he had ! 
 
 Suf. May you be happy in your wish, my lord I 
 For, I profess, you have't. 
 
 Sur. Now, all my joy 
 
 Trace the conjunction ! 
 
 Suf My amen to't ! 
 
 ^yor. All men's ! 
 
 Suf. There's order given for her coronation : 
 Marry, this is yet but young, and may be left 
 To some ears unrecounted. — But, my lords. 
 She is a gallant creature, and complete 
 In mind and feature: I persuade me, from her 
 Will fall some blessing to this land, which shall 
 In it be memoriz'd. 
 
 Sur, But, will the king 
 
 VII. 302. [ICH.VIII. 50^
 
 Act ril.) KING J/EXRV THE JIGHTJl. \_S<f'if li 
 
 Dig'est this letter of the cardinal's? 
 The Lord forbid ! 
 
 Noi^, Marry, amen : 
 
 Siif. No, no ; 
 
 There be more wasps that ])uzz about his nose 
 Will make this sting the sooner. Cardinal Campeius 
 Is stol'n away to Rome ; hath ta'en no leave ; 
 Has left the cause o' the king- unhandled ; and 
 Is posted, as the agent of our cardinal. 
 To second all his plot. I do assure you 
 The king cried " Ha ! " at this. 
 
 Cham. Now, God incense him. 
 
 And let him cry " Ha ! " louder ! 
 
 Nor. But. my lord, 
 
 When returns Cranmer ? 
 
 Siif. He is return'd in his opinions; which 
 Have satisfied the king for his divorce. 
 Together with all famous colleges 
 Almost in Christendom . shortly, I believe, 
 His second marriage shall be publish'd, and 
 Her coronation. Katharine no more 
 Shall be call'd queen, but princess dowager 
 And widow to Prince Arthur. 
 
 No)-. This same Cranmer's 
 
 A worthy fellow, and hath ta'en much pain 
 In the king's business. 
 
 Suf. He has ; and we shall see him 
 
 For it an archbishop. 
 
 Nor, So I hear. 
 
 Suf. 'Tis so.— 
 
 The cardinal 1 
 
 Enter WOLSEY and Cromwell. 
 
 Nor, Observe, observe, he's moody. 
 
 Wol, The packet, Cromwell, 
 Gave't you the king.^ 
 
 Croni. To his own hand, in's bedchamber. 
 
 IVol. Look'd he o' th' inside of the papers? 
 
 Crom. . Trcscntl) 
 
 He did unseal them : and the first he view'd. 
 He did it with a serious mind ; a heed 
 K.H.VIII. 5X.) VII. 303.
 
 Act TIT.'] KIXG HEXRY THE EIGHTH. IScere IK 
 
 AVas in his countenance. You he bade 
 Attend him here this morning. 
 
 ]Vol. Is he ready- 
 
 To come abroad ? 
 
 Cro?fi. I think, by this he is. 
 
 JVol. Leave me awhile. \_Exzt CromwelL 
 
 It shall be to the Duchess of Alencon, 
 The French king's sister : he shall marry her. — 
 Anne Bullen ! No ; I'll no Anne Bullens for him : 
 There's more in'tthan fair visage — Bullen ! 
 No, we'll no Bullens. — Speedily I wish 
 To hear from Rome. — The Marchioness of Pembroke * 
 
 Nor. He's discontented. 
 
 Siif. May be, he hears the king 
 
 Does whet his anger to him. 
 
 Sur. Sharp enough. 
 
 Lord, for thy justice! 
 
 JVo/. The late queen's gentlewoman, a knight's 
 daughter, 
 To be her mistress' mistress! the queen's queen ' — ■ 
 This candle burns not clear: 'tis I must snuff it ; 
 Then out it goes. — What though I know her virtuous 
 And well deserving? yet I know her for 
 A spleeny Lutheran ; and not wholesome to 
 Our cause, that she should lie i' the bosom of 
 Our hard-rul'd king. Again, there is sprung up 
 An heretic, an arch one, Cranmer; one 
 Hath crawl'd into the favor of the king, 
 And is his oracle. 
 
 JVor. He's vex'd at something, 
 
 Stn-. I would 'twere something that would fret the 
 string. 
 The master-cord on's heart ! 
 
 Siif. The king, the king ! 
 
 Enter the King, reading a schedule, and LOVELL. 
 
 K. Hen. What piles of wealth hath he accumulated 
 To his own portion ! and what expense by th' hour 
 Seems to flow from him ! How, i' the name of thrift. 
 Does he rake this together? — Now, my lords, — 
 Saw you the cardinal ? 
 
 Nor, xVIy lord, we have 
 
 VII. 304. [k.h.viii. St.
 
 Act 1 1 1. '\ KING HESKV THE EIC.U III. [Scent H, 
 
 Stood here observing him : some strange commotion 
 Is in his brain : he bites his hp, and starts; 
 Stops on a sudden, looks upon the ground, 
 Then lays his finger on his temple ; straight 
 Springs out into fast gait ; then stops again, 
 Strikes his breast hard ; and anon he casts 
 His eye against the moon : in most strange posture* 
 We've seen him set himself. 
 
 K. Hen. It may well be ; 
 
 There is a mutiny in's mind. This morning 
 Papers of state he sent me to peruse, 
 As I requir'd : and wot you what I found 
 There, — on my conscience, put unwittingly? 
 Forsooth, an inventor}-, thus importing. — 
 The several parcels of his plate, his treasure, 
 Rich stuffs, and ornaments of household ; which 
 I find at such proud rate, that it out-speaks 
 Possession of a subject. 
 
 Nor. It's heaven's will: 
 
 Some spirit put this paper in the packet, 
 To bless your eye withal. 
 
 K. Hen. If we did think 
 
 His contemplation were above the earth. 
 And fix'd on spiritual objects, he should still 
 Dwell in his musings : but I am afraid 
 His thinkings are below the moon, not worth 
 His serious considering. 
 
 \^Takes his seat, and whispers Lcn'elL, 
 liiJio goes to W'olsey. 
 
 Wol. Heaven forgive me! — 
 
 Ever God bless your highness ! 
 
 K. Hen. Good my lord. 
 
 You're full of heavenly stuff, and bear the inventory 
 Of your best graces in your mind ; the which 
 You were now running o'er: you have scarce timt 
 To steal from spiritual leisure a brief span 
 To keep your earthly audit : sure, in that 
 I deem you an ill husband, and am glad 
 To have you therein my companion. 
 
 Wol. Sir, 
 
 For holy offices I have a time ; a time 
 To think upon the part of business whick 
 K.H.V111.53.] VII. 305.
 
 Actin.\ KIXG HENRY THE EIGHTH. \Scene Ih 
 
 I bear i' the state ; and nature does require 
 Her times of preservation, which perforce 
 i, her frail son, amongst my brethren mortal. 
 Must give my tendance to. 
 
 K. Hc)i. You have said well. 
 
 Wol. And ever may your highness yoke together. 
 As I will lend you cause, my doing well 
 With my well saying ! 
 
 K. Hen. 'Tis well said again ; 
 
 And 'tis a kind of good deed to say well : 
 And yet words are no deeds. My father lov'd you : 
 He said he did ; and with his deed did crown 
 His word upon you. Since I had my office, 
 I've kept you next my heart ; have not alone 
 Employ'd you where high profits might come home, 
 But par'd my present havings, to bestow 
 My bounties upon you. 
 
 Wol. \aside\ What should this mean } 
 
 Sur. [aside to the others.\ The Lord increase this 
 
 business I 
 
 K. Hen. Have I not made you 
 
 The prime man of the state } I pray you, tell me. 
 If what I now pronounce you have found true : 
 And, if you may confess it, say withal. 
 If you are bound to us or no. What say you .-^ 
 
 Wol. My sovereign, I confess your royal graces, 
 Shower'd on me daily, have been more than could 
 My studied purposes requite ; which went 
 Beyond all man's endeavors : — my endeavors 
 Have ever come too short of my desires, 
 Yet fil'd with my abilities: mine own ends 
 Have been mine so, that evermore they pointed 
 To the good of your most sacred person and 
 The profit of the state. For your great graces 
 Heap'd upon me, poor underserver, I 
 Can nothing render but allegiant thanks ; 
 My prayers to heaven for you ; my loyalty. 
 Which ever has and ever shall be growing, 
 Till death, that winter, kill it. 
 
 K. Hen. Fairly answer'd ; 
 
 A loyal and obedient subject is 
 Therein illustrated : the honor of it 
 Does pay the act of it ; as, i' the contrary, 
 
 VII. -xpt. [k.h.viii. 54.
 
 4ct in.'] KING HEXRY THE EIGHTH. \S.tne IL 
 
 The foulness is the punishment. I j^resume 
 That, as my hand has open'cl bounty to you, 
 My heart dropp'd love, my power rain'd honor, more 
 On you than any ; so your hand and heart. 
 Your brain, and every function of your power, 
 .Should, notwithstanding that your bond of duty, 
 As 'twere in love's particular, be more 
 To me, your friend, than any. 
 
 Wol. I do profess 
 
 That for your highness' good I ever lajjor'd 
 More than mine own ; that am, have, and will be, — 
 Though all the world should crack their duty to you. 
 And throw it from their soul ; though perils did 
 Abound, as thick as thought could make 'em, and 
 Appear in forms more horrifl, — yet my duty, 
 As dotli a rock against the chiding flood. 
 Should the approach of this wild river break, 
 And stand unshaken yours. 
 
 K. Hen. 'Tis nobly spoken. — 
 
 Take notice, lords, he has a loyal breast. 
 For you have seen him open't. — Read o'er this ; 
 
 [Gh'/nx lihn papers. 
 And after, this : and then to breakfast with 
 What appetite you have. 
 
 \Exit,froiuniitg upon Wolsey: the Xobles throng 
 after him, sniiling and ichi'sperhtg. 
 
 Wol. What should this mean } 
 
 What sudden anger's this? how have I reap'd it? 
 He parted frowning from me, as if ruin 
 Leap'd from his eyes : so looks the chafed lion 
 Upon the daring huntsman that has gall'd him ; 
 Then makes him nothing. I must read this paper ; 
 1 fear, the story of his anger.— 'Tis so ; 
 This paper has undone me : — 'tis th' account 
 Of all that world of wealth I've drawn together 
 For mine own ends ; indeed, to gain the Popedom, 
 And fee mv friends in Rome. O negligence. 
 Fit for a focSl to fall by ! what cross devil 
 Made me put this main secret in the i)acket 
 I sent the king.^ — Is there no way to cure this? 
 No new device to beat this from his brains? 
 I know 'twill stir him strongly ; yot I know 
 
 K.H.VIII. 55.] VII. 307.
 
 Act III. '\ KIXG HEXRY THE EIGHTH. [Scene II. 
 
 A way, if it take right, in spite of fortune. 
 
 Will bring me off again. — What's this ? — " To the 
 
 Pope " ! 
 The letter, as I live, with all the business 
 I writ to's holiness. Nay, then, farewell ! 
 I've touch'd the highest point of all my greatness ; 
 And, from that full meridian of my glor)', 
 I haste now to my setting : I shall fall 
 Like a bright exhalation in the evening, 
 And no man see me more. 
 
 Re-enter the Dukes of NORFOLK and SUFFOLK, the 
 Earl of Surrey, and the Lord Chamberlain. 
 
 Nor. Hear the king's pleasure, cardinal ; who commands 
 you 
 To render up the great seal presently 
 Into our hands ; and to confine yourself 
 To Asher-house, my Lord of Winchester's, 
 Till vou hear further from his highness. 
 
 \Vol. Stay,— 
 
 Where's your commission, lords ? words cannot carry 
 Authority so weighty. 
 
 Siif. Who dare cross 'em, 
 
 Bearing the king's will from his mouth expressly ? 
 
 Wol. Till I find more than will or words to do it, — 
 I mean your malice, — know, officious lords, 
 I dare and must deny it. Now I feel 
 Of what coarse metal ye are molded, — envy : 
 How eagerly ye follow my disgrace. 
 As if it fed ye ! and how sleek and wanton 
 Ye appear in every thing may bring my ruin ! 
 Follow your envious courses, men of malice ; 
 You've Christian warrant for 'em, and, no doubt. 
 In time will find their fit rewards. That seal. 
 You ask with such a violence, the king — 
 Mine and your master — • with his own hand gave me ; 
 Bade me enjoy it, with the place and honors. 
 During my life ; and, to confirm his goodness, 
 Tied it by letters-patents : — now, who'll take it.^ 
 
 Sur, The king, that gave it. 
 
 Wol, It must be himself, then 
 
 VII. 308. [k.h.viii. s6k
 
 A ct riT.'\ KING HEXR 1 ' TH E EICH Til. [S.ene If. 
 
 Sur. Thou'rt a proud traitor, priest. 
 
 Wol. Proud lord, thou liest : 
 
 Within these forty hours Surrey durst better 
 Have burnt that tongue than said so. 
 
 Sur. Thy ambition. 
 
 Thou scarlet sin, robb'd this bewailing land 
 Of noble Buckingham, my father-in-law : 
 The heads of all thy brother cardinals — 
 With thee and all thy best parts bound together — 
 Weigh'd not a hair of his. Plague of your policy! 
 You sent me deputy for Ireland ; 
 Far from his succor, from the king, from all 
 That might have mercy on the fault thou gav'st him; 
 WHiilst your great goodness, out of holy pity, 
 Absolv'd him with an ax. 
 
 Wol. This, and all else 
 
 This talking lord can lay upon my credit, 
 I answer is most false. The duke by law 
 Found his deserts : how innocent I was 
 From any private malice in his end. 
 His noble jury and foul cause can witness.^ 
 If I lov'd many words, lord, I should tell you 
 You have as little honesty as honor ; 
 That I in the way of loyalty and truth 
 Toward the king, my ever royal master. 
 Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be. 
 And all that love his follies. 
 
 Sur. By my soul. 
 
 Your long coat, priest, protects you ; thou shouldst fed 
 My sword i' the life-blood of thee else.— My lords, 
 Can ye endure to hear this arrogance } 
 And from this fellow.? If we live thus tamely. 
 To be thus jaded by a piece of scarlet. 
 Farewell nobility ; let his grace go forward. 
 And dare us with his cap like larks. 
 
 IVol. -^11 goodness 
 
 Is poison to thv stomach. 
 
 Siir. ' Yes, that goodness 
 
 Of gleaning all the land's wealth into one, 
 Into your own hands, cardinal, by extortion ; 
 The goodness of your intercepted packets 
 You writ to the Pope against the king : your goodness, 
 
 K.H.VIII. k:\ VII. 309,
 
 Act III.] KIXG HEXRV THE EIGHTH. IScene 11, 
 
 Since vou provoke me, shall be most notorious.—- 
 
 My Lord of Norfolk, — as you're truly noble. 
 
 As you respect the common good, the state 
 
 Of our despis'd nobility, our issues. 
 
 Who, if he live, will scaixe be g-entlemen, — 
 
 Produce the grand sum of his sins, the articles 
 
 Collected from his life : — I'll startle you 
 
 Worse than the sacring bell, when the brown wench 
 
 Lay kissing in your arms, lord cardinal. 
 
 IVol. How much, methinks, I could despise this man. 
 But that I'm bound in charity against it ! 
 
 yor. Those articles, my lord, are in the king's hand : 
 But, thus much, they are foul ones. 
 
 JVol. So much fairer 
 
 And spotless shall mine innocence arise, 
 When the king knows my truth. 
 
 Sh?-. This cannot save you : 
 
 I thank my memory, I yet remember 
 Some of these articles ; and out they shall. 
 Now, if you can blush, and cry guilty, cardinal, 
 You'll show a little honesty. 
 
 IVoL • Speak on, sir; 
 
 I dare your worst objections : if I blush. 
 It is to see a nobleman want manners. 
 
 Sur. I had rather want those than my head. — Have 
 at you ! 
 First, that, without the king's assent or knowledge. 
 You wrought to be a legate ; by which power 
 You maim'd the jurisdiction of all bishops. 
 
 Nor. Then, that in all you writ to Rome, or else 
 To foreign princes, Ego et Rex mens 
 Was still inscrib'd ; in which you brought the king . 
 To be your servant. 
 
 Suf'. Then, that, without the knowledge 
 
 Either of king or council, when you went 
 Ambassador to th' emperor, you made bold 
 To carry into Flanders the great seal. 
 
 Siir. Item, you sent a large commission 
 To Gregory de Cassalis, to conclude. 
 Without the king's will or the state's allowance, 
 A. league between his highness and Ferrara. 
 Siif, That, out of mere ambition, you have caus'd 
 
 VII. 310. [k.h.viii. 5&
 
 Acillf.} KING nr.SRV THE EICIITH. i^<tne t 
 
 Your holy hat to be stanip'd on tlic kind's ctJin. 
 
 Siir, Then, that you've sent innumerahlt- substance — 
 By what means <;-ot, I leave to your own conscience — 
 To furnish Rome, and to prepare the ways 
 You have for (lin^niiies; to the mere undoing 
 Of all the kintjdom. Many more there are ; 
 Which, since they are of nou. and odious, 
 I will not taint my mouth with, 
 
 Cham. O my lord, 
 
 Press not a fallings man too far ! 'tis virtue : 
 His faults lie open to the laws ; let them. 
 Not you, correct him. My heart weeps to see him 
 So little of his great self. 
 
 Siir. 1 forgive him. 
 
 Suf. Lord cardinal, the kin<;"s further pleasure is,— 
 Because all those thing^s you have done of late. 
 By your power legatine, within this kingdom. 
 Fall into the compass of ?i prccnimiiri', — 
 That therefore such a writ be su'd against you ; 
 To forfeit all your goods, lands, tenements, 
 Chattels, and whatsoever, and to be 
 Out of the king's protection : — this is my charge. 
 
 Nor. And so we'll leave you to your meditations 
 How to live better. For your stubborn answer 
 About the giving back the great seal to us. 
 The king shall know it, and, no doubt, shall thank you. 
 So fare you well, my little-good lord cardinal. 
 
 \ Exeunt all I xct-pt Wohey 
 Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. 
 Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! 
 This is the state of man : to-day he jiuts ft)rii^ 
 The tender leaves of hojie ; to-morrow blossoms. 
 And bears his blushing honors thick unon him; 
 The third dav comes a frost, a killing frost. 
 And — when he thinks, good easy man. full surely 
 His greatness is a-rijiening — ni|)s his root. 
 And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd. 
 Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. 
 This manv summers in a sea of glor)- : 
 But far bevond my depth : my high-blown jnide 
 At length broke under tiie ; and now has left me. 
 Weary and old with service, to the mercy 
 
 K.H.VIII. 59.] VII. 3IX.
 
 A£^1II.'\ KIXG HEXRY THE EIGHTH. {Scetull, 
 
 Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. 
 Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye: 
 I feel my heart new open'd. O how wretched 
 Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors I 
 There is. betwixt that smile we would aspire to. 
 That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin. 
 More pangs and fears than wars or women have; 
 And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, 
 Never to hope again. 
 
 Enter Cromwell, amasedly. 
 
 Why, how now, Cromwell ! 
 
 Crom. I have no power to speak, sir. 
 
 Wol. What, amaz'd 
 
 At my misfortunes ? can thy spirit wonder 
 A great man should decline 1 Nay, an you weep, 
 I'm fall'n indeed. 
 
 Croni. How does vour grace } 
 
 IVoL ' Why, well; 
 
 Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. 
 I know m\self now ; and I feel within me 
 A peace above all earthly dignities, 
 A still and quiet conscience. The king has cur'd me,. 
 I humbly thank his grace ; and from these shoulders. 
 These ruin'd pillars, out of pity, taken 
 A load would sink a navy,— too much honor: 
 O 'tis a burden, Cromwell, 'tis a burden 
 Too heavy for a man that hopes for heaven ! 
 
 Crom. I'm glad your grace has made that right use ol: 
 it. 
 
 IVol. I hope I have : I'm able now, methinks — 
 Out of a fortitude of soul I feel — 
 T' endure more miseries and greater far 
 Than my weak-hearted enemies dare offer. — 
 What news abroad } 
 
 Crom. The heaviest and the worst 
 
 Is your displeasure with the king. 
 
 IVol. God bless him ! 
 
 Crom. The next is, that Sir Thomas More is chosen 
 Lord chancellor in your place. 
 
 IVoi. That's somewhat sudden : 
 
 But he's a learned man. May he continue 
 
 Vn. ^12. (k.h.viii. 6q
 
 /ict ///.] KING HEXRY THE EICHTH. [u,m,//. 
 
 Lon<^ in his highness* favor, and do justice 
 F(;r truth's sake and his conscience; that his bones, 
 When he has run his course and sleeps in blessings. 
 May have a tomb of orphans' tears wept on 'em ! — 
 Wiiat more? 
 
 Crom. That Cranmer is return'd with welcome, 
 Instali'd lord archbishoj) of Canterbury. 
 
 IVol. That's news indeed. 
 
 Crom. Last, that the Lady Anne, 
 
 Whom the king hath in secrecy long married, 
 This day was view'd in open as his queen, 
 <ioing to chapel ; and the voice is now 
 Only about her coronation. 
 
 \VoL There was the weight that pull'd me down. O 
 Cromwell, 
 The king has gone beyond me : all my glories 
 In that one woman I have lost for ever : 
 No sun shall ever usher forth mine honors, 
 Or gild again the noble troojis that waited 
 Upon my smiles. Go, get thee from me, Cromwell ; 
 I am a poor falTn man, unworthy now 
 To be thy lord and master : seek the king; 
 That sun, I pray, may never set I I've told him 
 What and how true thou art: he will advance thee; 
 Some little memory of me will stir him — 
 I know his noble nature — not to let 
 Thy hopeful service perish too : good Cromwell, 
 Neglect him not ; make use now, and jirovide 
 For thine own future safety. 
 
 Crom. O my lord, 
 
 Must L then, leave you ? must 1 needs forego 
 So good, so noble, and so true a master? 
 Bear witness, all that have not hearts of iron. 
 With what a sorrow Cromwell leaves his lord. 
 The king shall have my service; but my prayers 
 For ever and for ever shall be vours. 
 
 U\)/. Cromwell, I did not tliink to shed a tear 
 In allmv miseries; but thou hast forc'd me, 
 Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. 
 Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me. Cromwell; 
 And — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, 
 And sleep in dull cold mar!)le. where no mention 
 K.H.vin. 6i.] VII. 313.
 
 Aci/y.] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. [Scent L 
 
 Of me more must be heard of — say, I taught thee. 
 
 Say, Wolsey — that once trod the ways of glory, 
 
 And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor — 
 
 Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in ; 
 
 A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it. 
 
 Mark but my fall, and that that ruin'd me. 
 
 Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : 
 
 By that sin fell the angels ; how can man, ther, 
 
 The image of his Maker, hope to win by't ? 
 
 Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee ; 
 
 Corruption wins not more than honesty. 
 
 Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, 
 
 To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : 
 
 Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, 
 
 Thy God's, and truth's : then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, 
 
 Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Serve the king; 
 
 And, — prithee, lead me in : 
 
 There take an inventory of all I have, 
 
 To the last penny ; 'tis the king's : my robe. 
 
 And my integrity to heaven, is all 
 
 I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell ! 
 
 Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal 
 
 I serv'd my king, he would not in mine age 
 
 Have left me naked to mine enemies. 
 
 Cro})i. Good sir, have patience. 
 
 Wol. So I have. Farewell 
 
 The hopes of court ! my hopes in heaven do dwell. 
 
 ACT IV. 
 
 Scene L A street in Westminster, 
 
 Enter two Gentlemen, meeting. 
 
 First Gent. You're well met once again. 
 
 Sec. Gent. So are you. 
 
 First Gent. You come to take your stand here, and 
 behold 
 The Lady Anne pass from her coronation ? 
 
 Sec. Gent. 'Tis all my business. At our last encounter 
 The Duke of Buckingham came from his trial. 
 
 VII. 314. [k.h.viii. 63,
 
 Act //'.] KING HEXRV THE FIGHTlf. {5./«</. 
 
 First Goii. 'Tis vt-ry true; hut that time offcr'd 
 sorrow ; 
 This, general joy. 
 
 Sec. Gent. 'Tis well : the citizens, 
 
 I'm sure, have shown at full their royal minds — 
 As, let 'em have their righls, they're' ever forward — 
 In celebration of this day with shows, 
 Pageants, and sights of honor. 
 
 First Gent. Never greater, 
 
 Nor, I'll assure you, better taken, sir. 
 
 Sec. Gent. Alay I be bold to ask what that contains. 
 That paper in your hand } 
 
 First Gent. Yes ; 'tis the list 
 
 Of those that claim their offices this day 
 By custom of the coronation. 
 The Duke of Suffolk is the fust, and claims 
 To be high-steward ; next, the Duke of Norfolk, 
 He to be earl marshal : you may read the rest. 
 
 Sec. Gent. I thank you, sir: had 1 not known those 
 customs, 
 I should have been beholding to your pa|)er. 
 But, I beseech you, what's become of Katharine, 
 The princess dowager } how goes her business? 
 
 First Gent. That I can tell you too. The archbishop 
 Of Canterbury, accompanied with other 
 Learned and reverend fathers of his order. 
 Held a late court at Dunstable, six miles off 
 From Ampthill, where the princess lay ; to which 
 She was often cited by them, but ap|)ear'd not: 
 And, to be short, for not appearance and 
 The king's late scruple, by the main assent 
 Of all these learned men she was divorc'd. 
 And the late marriage made of none effect : 
 Since which she was remov'd to Kimbolton, 
 Where she remains now sick. 
 
 Sec. Gent. Alas, good ladv ! — 
 
 f Trumpets. 
 The trumpets sound : stand close, the queen is coming. 
 
 K.H.vm. 63 T VTI. 315.
 
 Aa/y.} KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. {Scene I 
 
 THE ORDER OF THE PROCESSION. 
 A lively flourish of trumpets. Then enter^ 
 
 1. Two ]\xdgts. 
 
 2. Lord Chancellor, with the purse and mace before hi7n. 
 
 3. Choristers, singing. [Music. 
 
 4. Mayor of London, bearifig the mace. The?i Garter, 
 
 in his coat of arms, and o?i his head a gilt copper 
 crown. 
 
 5. Marquess DORSET, beari?ig a scepter of gold, on his 
 
 head a demi-coronal of gold. With hijn, the 
 Earl of Surrey, bearing the rod of silver with 
 the dove, crowned with an earl's coronet. Col- 
 lars of SS. 
 
 6. Duke of Suffolk, in his robe of estate, his coronet on 
 
 his head, bearing a long white wand, as high' 
 steward. With him, ///^"Duke of NORFOLK, with 
 the rod of inarshalsJiip, a coronet 07i his head. 
 Collars of SS. 
 
 7. A canopy borne by four of the Cinque-ports ; under 
 
 it, the Queen in her robe ; her hair richly 
 adorned with pearl, crowned. On each side of 
 her, the Bishops of London a7td Winchester. 
 
 8. The old Duchess of Norfolk, in a coronal of gold, 
 
 wrought with flowers, beari?ig ///,? Queen's train. 
 
 9. Certain Ladies or Countesses, with plain circlets of 
 
 gold without flowers. 
 
 A royal train, believe me. — These I know: — 
 Who's that that bears the scepter.^ 
 
 First Gent. Marquess Dorset : 
 
 And that the Earl of Surrey, with the rod. 
 
 Sec. Gent. A bold brave gentleman, — That should be 
 The Duke of Suffolk ? 
 
 First Gent. 'Tis the same, — high-steward. 
 
 Sec. Gent. And tl>at my Lord of Norfolk.^ 
 
 First Gent. Yes. 
 
 Sec. Gent, {looking on the Queen] Heaven bless thee ! 
 Thou hast the sweetest face I ever look'd on. — 
 Sir, as I have a soul, she is an angel ; 
 Oui king has all the Indies in his arms, 
 
 VIL 316. (k.h.viii. €4.
 
 A ct I V.I KING HEXR } ' TJ/E EI Gil ///. j.o < /.^ /. 
 
 And more and richer, when he strains thai lady ; 
 I cannot blame his conscience. 
 
 First Gt-nf. Tliey that bear 
 
 The cloth of honor o'er her are four barons 
 Of the Cinque-ports. 
 
 Sec. Gent. Those men are happy ; and so arc all are 
 near her. 
 I take it, she that carries up the train 
 Is that old noble lady, Duchess of Norfolk. 
 
 First Gent. It is ; and all the rest are countesses. 
 
 Sec. Gent. Their coronets say so. These are stars m- 
 deed. 
 
 First Gent. And sometimes falling ones. 
 
 Sec. Gent. No more of that. 
 
 [^Exit procession, ivith a great Jlourish of trumpets. 
 
 Enter a third Gentleman, 
 
 First Gent. God save you, sir i where have you btcn 
 broiling ? 
 
 Third Gent. Among the crowd i' th' abbey ; where a 
 finger 
 Could not be wedg'd in more : I am stilled 
 With the mere rankness of their joy. 
 
 Sec. Gent. You saw 
 
 The ceremony ? 
 
 Third Gent. That I did. 
 
 First Gent. How was it r 
 
 Third Gent. Well woi'th the seeing. 
 
 Sec. Gent. Good sir. sjieak it to iifi 
 
 Third Gent. As well as 1 am able. The rich slicain 
 Of lords and ladies, having brought the queen 
 To a prepar'd i)lace in the choir, fell off 
 A distance from her ; while her grace sat down 
 To rest awhile, some half an hour or so. 
 In a rich chair of state, opposing freely 
 The beauty of her person to the people. 
 Believe me. sir. she is the goodliest woman 
 That ever lay by man : which when the people 
 Had the full'view of, such a noise arose 
 As the shrouds make at sea in a stiff tempest. 
 As loud, and to as many tunes : hats. cK)aks. — 
 Doublets, I think,— flew up ; and had their faces 
 
 K.H.vni. 65.1 VII. .^17.
 
 Act/y.] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. [Scene/- 
 
 Eeen loose, this day they had been lost. Such joy 
 I never saw before. Great-bellied women, 
 That had not half a week to go, like rams 
 In the old time of war, would shake the press. 
 And make 'em reel before 'em. No man living 
 Could say, " This is my wife," there ; all were woven 
 So strangely in one piece. 
 
 St'c. Gent. But what follow'd ? 
 
 Third Gent. At length her grace rose, and with 
 modest paces 
 Came to the ait'^r; where she kneel'd, and, saintlike. 
 Case her fair eyes to heaven, and pray'd devoutly: 
 Then rose again and bow'd her to the people : 
 When by the archbishop of Canterbury 
 She had all the royal makings of a queen ; 
 As, holy oil, Edward Confessor's crown, 
 The rod, and bird of peace, and all such emblems. 
 Laid nobly on her : which perform'd, the choir. 
 With all the choicest music of the kingdom. 
 Together sung Te Deiim. So she parted, 
 And with the same full state pac'd back again 
 To York-place, where the feast is held. 
 
 First Gent. Sir, 
 
 You must no more call it York-place, that's past ; 
 Tor, since the cardinal fell, that title's lost : 
 'Tis now the king's, and call'd Whitehall. 
 
 Third Gent. I know it; 
 
 But 'tis so lately alter'd, that th' old name 
 Is fresh about me. 
 
 Sec. Gent. What two reverend bishops 
 
 Where those that went on each side of the queen ? 
 
 Third Gent. Stokesley and Gardiner ; the one of Winn 
 Chester, 
 Newly preferr'd from the king's secretary; 
 The other, London. 
 
 Sec. Gent. He of Winchester 
 
 Is held no great good lover of th' archbishop's, 
 The virtuous Cranmer. 
 
 Third Gent. All the land knows that : 
 
 However, yet there's no great breach ; when't comes, 
 Cranmer will find a friend will not shrink from him. 
 
 ^ec. Gent. Who may that be, I pray you ? 
 
 VII. 318. [k.h.viii. 66
 
 A ct 1 r.] KING HENR J " THE EUJI TJ/. [S<4H4 It. 
 
 Third Gent. Tlujiiias Cromwell ; 
 
 A man in much esteem with the king, and truly 
 A wortliy friend. The king 
 Has made him master o' the jewel-house, 
 And one, already, of the privy-council. 
 
 Sec. Gent. He will deserve more. 
 
 Third Gent. Yes, without all doubt.- 
 
 Come, gentlemen, ye shall go my wav, which 
 Is to the court, and there ye shall be 'my guests • 
 Something I can command. As I walk thither, 
 I'll tell ye more. 
 
 Both. You may command us, sir. \E.xeunt. 
 
 Scene H. Kimbolton. 
 
 Enter Kathari1:JE, do7i'ao-er, sick; led between GRIF- 
 FITH aiid Patience. 
 
 Grif. How does your grace } 
 
 Ka'th. O Griffith, sick to death! 
 
 My legs, like loaden branches, bow to the earth, 
 Willing to leave their burden. Reach a chair : — 
 So, — now, methinks, I feel a little ease. 
 Didst thou not tell me, Griffilh. as thou ledd'st me. 
 That the great child of honor. Cardinal Wolsey, 
 Was dead .'* 
 
 Grif. Yes, madam ; but I think your grace, 
 Out of the pain you suffer'd. gave no ear to't. 
 
 Kath. Prithee, good Griflilh. tell me how he died : 
 If well, he stepp'd before me, hapi)ily, 
 For my example. 
 
 Grif. Well, the voice goes, madam : 
 
 For after the stout Earl Northumberland 
 Arrested him at York, and brought him forward — 
 As a man sorely tainted — to his answer. 
 He fell sick suddenly, and grew so ill 
 He could not sit his mule. 
 
 Kath. Alas, poor man. 
 
 Grif. At last, with easy roads, he canu- to Leicesiei;. 
 Lodg'd in the abbey, where the reverend abbot. 
 With all his covent, honorably receiv'd him : 
 To whom he gave these words.— " O father abbot. 
 An old man, broken with the storms of state, 
 
 K.H.VIII.67.] VII. 3W.
 
 Hc^/r.] KIXG HEXRY THE EIGHTH. ' iScene !i. 
 
 Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; 
 
 Give him a Httle earth for charity ! " 
 
 •So went to bed ; where eagerly his sickness 
 
 Pursu'd him still : and, three nights after this, 
 
 After the hour of eight, — which he himself 
 
 Foretold should be his last, — full of repentance. 
 
 Continual meditations, tears, and sorrows, 
 
 He gave his honors to the world again, 
 
 His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace. 
 
 Kath. So may he rest ; his faults lie gently on him! 
 Yet thus far, Griffith, give me leave to speak him, 
 And yet with charity. He was a man 
 Of an unbounded stomach, ever ranking 
 Himself with princes ; one that by suggestion 
 Tith'd all the kingdom : simony was fair-play, 
 His own opinion was his law: i' the presence 
 He would say untruths ; and be ever double 
 Both in his words and meaning : he was never. 
 But where he meant to ruin, pitiful : 
 His promises were, as he then was, mighty ; 
 But his performance, as he is now, nothing : 
 Of his own body he ^^■as ill, and gave 
 The clergy ill example. 
 
 Grif. Noble madam. 
 
 Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues 
 We write in w^ater. May it please your highness 
 To hear me speak his good now .'* 
 
 Kath, ^ ^ Yes, good Griffith ; 
 
 I were malicious else. 
 
 Grif. This cardinal, 
 
 Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly 
 Was fashion'd to much honor from his cradle. 
 He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; 
 Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading: 
 Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; 
 But to those men that sought him sweet as summer 
 And though he were unsatisfied in getting, — 
 Which was a sin, — yet in bestowing, madam, 
 He was most princely : ever witness for him 
 Those twins of learning that he rais'd in you, 
 Ipswich and Oxford ! one of which fell with him. 
 Unwilling to outlive the good that did it; 
 
 VII. 320. [K.H.VI11. 68
 
 Aci /K] KING HEXRY THE EICHTH. \S<*nt H, 
 
 The Other, though unfinish'd, yet so famous. 
 
 So excellent in art, and still so risiM<^, 
 
 That Christendom shall ever speak his virtue. 
 
 His overthrow heap'd hai)piness uj^on him ; 
 
 For then, and not till then, he felt himself, 
 
 And found the blessedness of being little: 
 
 And, to add greater honors to his age 
 
 Than man could give him, he died fearing God. 
 
 Kath. After my death I wish no other herald. 
 No other speaker of my living actions. 
 To keep mine honor from corruption. 
 But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. 
 Whom I most hated living, thou hast made me. 
 With thy religious truth and modesty, 
 Now in his ashes honor : peace be with him ! — 
 Patience, be near me still ; and set me lower : 
 I have not long to trouble thee. — Good Griffith, 
 Cause the musicians play me that sad note 
 I nam'd my knell, whilst I sit meditating 
 On that celestial harmony I go to. \Sad and solemn music. 
 
 Grif. She is asleep : good wench, let's sit down quiet, 
 Tor fear we wake her : — softly, gentle Patience. 
 
 The vision. Enter, solemnly trippim^ one after 
 another, six personages elad in i^'hite robes, ivear- 
 ing on their heads garlands of bays, and golden 
 visards on their faees ; branehes of bays or palm in 
 their hands. They first congee unto her, then dance ; 
 and, at certain cha?iges, the first two hold a spare 
 garland over her head ; at ivhieh the other four 
 make reverent courtesies ; then the tii'o that held the 
 garland deliver the same to the other next tico, who 
 observe the same order in their changes, and hold- 
 ing the garland over her head: which done, they 
 deliver the same garland to the last two, "who like- 
 wise observe the same order ; at which {iis it were 
 by inspiration) she makes in her sleep signs of /r- 
 joici7ig, and holdeth up her hands to heaven : anti 
 so in their dancing they vanish, carrying the gar* 
 lands with them. The music continues. 
 Kath. Spirits of peace, where are ye.> are ye all gone. 
 
 And leave me here in wretchedness behind ye? 
 
 K.H.V111.69.] VII. 3««.
 
 act/y.} KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. \,Scent ii, 
 
 Grif\ Madam, we're here. 
 
 Kath. It is not you I call for : 
 
 Saw ye none enter since I slept ? 
 
 Grif. None, madam. 
 
 Kath, No } Saw you not, even now, a blessed troop 
 Invite me to a banquet ; whose bright faces 
 Cast thousand beams upon me, like the sun ? 
 They promis'd me eternal happiness ; 
 And brought me garlands, Griffith, which I feel 
 I am not worthy yet to wear : I shall. 
 Assuredly. 
 
 Grif. I am most joyful, madam, such good dreams 
 Possess your fancy. 
 
 Kath. Bid the music leave; 
 They're harsh and heavy to me. \Miisic ce^^ses. 
 
 Pat. [aside to G)'if.'\ Do you note 
 
 How much her grace is alter'd on the sudden } 
 How long her face is drawn ? how pale she looks, 
 And of an earthy color } Mark her eyes ! 
 
 Grif. [aside to Pat. ^ She's going, wench : pray, pray. 
 
 Pat. [aside to Grzf.\ Heaven comfort her! 
 
 Efiter a Messenger. 
 
 Mess. An't like your grace, — 
 
 Kath. You are a saucy fellow : 
 
 Deserve we no more reverence ? 
 
 Grif. You're to blame. 
 
 Knowing she will not lose her wonted greatness. 
 To use so rude behavior: go to, kneel. 
 
 Mess. I humbly do entreat your highness' pardon ; 
 Vl\ haste made me unmannerly. There's staying 
 A gentleman, sent from the king, to see you. 
 
 Kath. Admit him entrance, Griffith : but this fellow 
 Let me ne'er see again. [Exeunt Griffith and Messejtger, 
 
 Re-enter GRIFFITH luith CapuCIUS. 
 
 If my sight fail not, 
 You should be lord ambassador from th' emperor. 
 My royal nephew, and your name Capucius. 
 Cap. Madam, the same, — your servant. 
 Kath. O my lord, 
 
 The times and titles now are alter'd strangely 
 
 VII. 322- [K.H.V111. 7a
 
 Act Ik'.} KING HEXRY THE EIGHTH. I'Urmr/i, 
 
 With me since fiibt you knew nie. liut, I [K'dv yuu. 
 What is your pleasure with me? 
 
 >''/• . Xc^hlclady, 
 
 First, nnne own service to your grace ; the next. 
 The king's request that I would visit you ; 
 Who grieves much for your weakness, and by nie 
 Sends you his princely commendations, 
 An(l heartily entreats you take good comfort. 
 
 A'a///. O my good lord, that comfort comes loo *atc; 
 'Tis like a pardon after execution : 
 That gentle physic, given in time, had cur'd me ; 
 But now I'm past all comforts here, but prayers. 
 How does his highness ? 
 
 Cap, Madam, in good health. 
 
 Kath. So may he ever do ! and ever flourish. 
 When I shall dwell with worms, and my poor name 
 Banish'd the kingdom! — Patience, is that letter, 
 I caus'd you write, yet sent away ? 
 
 Pat. No, madam. 
 
 \Givnii![ it to Katharine, 
 
 Kath. Sir, I most humbly pray you to deliver 
 This to my lord the king; — 
 
 Cap. Most willing, madam. 
 
 Kath. In which I have commended to his goodness 
 The model of our chaste loves, his young daughter, — 
 The dews of heaven fall thick in blessings on her ! — 
 Beseeching him to give her virtuous breeding; — 
 She's young, and of a noble modest nature ; 
 I hope she will deserve well ; — and a little 
 To love her for her mother's sake, that lov'd him. 
 Heaven knows how dearly. My next j)oor j)etitioa 
 Is. that his noble grace would have some pity 
 Upon my wretched women, that so long 
 Have follow'd both my fortunes faithfully: 
 Of which there is not one, I dare avow, — 
 And now I should not lie, — but will desrrvc. 
 For virtue and true beauty of the soul. 
 For honesty and decent carriage, 
 A right good husband, let him be a nolile ; 
 And, sure, those men are hapj)y that shall have 'cm. 
 The last is, for my men ; — they are the poorest. 
 But poverty could never draw 'cm from me ; — 
 
 «.H.vin. 71.] VII. 3J3.
 
 .<c/ y.1 KING HEXRV THE EIGHTH, {Scent k 
 
 That they may have their wages duly paid *em. 
 
 And something over, to remember me by : 
 
 If heaven had pleas'd t' have given me longer life 
 
 And able means, we had not parted thus. 
 
 These are the whole contents : — and, good my lord. 
 
 By that you love the dearest in this world, 
 
 As you wish Christian peace to souls departed, 
 
 Stand these poor people's friend, and urge the king 
 
 To do me this last right. 
 
 Cap. By heaven, I will, 
 
 Or let me lose the fashion of a man ! 
 
 Katli. I thank you, honest lord. Remember me 
 In all humility unto his highness: 
 Say his long trouble now is passing 
 Out of this world ; tell him, in death I bless'd him. 
 For so I will. — Mine eyes grow dim. — Farewell, 
 My lord. — Griffith, farewell. — Nay, Patience, 
 You must not leave me yet : I must to bed ; 
 Call in more women. — When I'm dead, good wench, 
 Let me be us'd with honor : strew me over 
 With maiden flowers, that all the world may know 
 I was a chaste wife to ni)' grave : embalm me. 
 Then lay me forth ; although unqueen'd, yet like 
 A queen, and daughter to a king, inter me. 
 I can no more. \Exetint, leading Kat/iarz7te, 
 
 ACT V. 
 
 Scene I. Lojidon, A gallery i7i the palace. 
 
 Enter GARDINER, bishop of Winchester, a Page with a 
 torch before him. 
 
 Card, It's one o'clock, boy, is't not.^ 
 
 Boy, It hath struck. 
 
 Card. These should be hours for necessities. 
 Not for delights ; times to repair our nature 
 With comforting repose, and not for us 
 To waste these times. 
 
 E?iter Sir Thomas Lovell. 
 Whither so late ? 
 
 Good hour of night, Sir Thomas? 
 
 YII. 324. tK.H.vin. 73.
 
 ^ :t I '.] h'/XG NKXR J ' THE IIHIH I If [5. /«# /. 
 
 Lov. Came you from the king, my lord ? 
 
 Card. I did, Sir Thomas; ami Icfl him at j)rimero 
 With the Duke of Suffolk. 
 
 Lov. I must lo him loo, 
 
 Before he go to bed. I'll take my k-avr. 
 
 Card. Not yet, Sir Thomas I, ovcll. What'slhe matter? 
 It seems you are in haste : an if there be 
 No great offense lielongs to't, give )()ur friend 
 Some touch of your kite business : affairs that walk — 
 As they say spirits do — at midnight have 
 In them a wilder nature than the business 
 That seeks disi)atch by day. 
 
 Lov. ' My lord, I love you ; 
 
 And durst commend a secret to your ear 
 Much weightier than this work. Tin- (juecn's in labor. 
 They say, in great extremity; and fear'd 
 She'll with the labor ^^\(\. 
 
 Card. The fruit she goes w iih 
 
 I pray for heartily, that it may find 
 Good time, and live : but for the stock, Sir Thomas, 
 I wish it grubb'd up now. 
 
 Lov. Methinks I could 
 
 Cry the anien ; and yet my conscience says 
 She's a good creature, and, sweet lady, does 
 Deserve our better wishes. 
 
 Card. But, sir, sir, — 
 
 Hear me. Sir Thomas : you're a gentleman 
 Of mine own way ; I know you wise, religious; 
 And, let me tell you, it will neer be well,— 
 'Twill not. Sir Thomas Lovell. take't of me, — 
 Till Cranmer, Cromwell, her two hands, and she, 
 Sleep in their graves. 
 
 J^07>. Now. sir, you speak of two 
 
 The most remark'd i" the kmgtlo'm. As for Crom^vll.- 
 Beside that of the jewel-houst-, he"s made masttM" 
 O' the rolls, and the kings secretary; fuitlur, sir. 
 Stands in the gap and trade of more preferments, 
 With which the time will load him. Th" archbishop 
 Is the king's hand and tongue; and who dare speak 
 One syllable against him } 
 
 Gard. Ves. yes. Sir Thomas. 
 
 There are that dare; and I myself liavc vcnlurd 
 c.H.vni.73] VII. 335.
 
 Ac^ r.^ KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. [Scene i. 
 
 To speak my mind of him: and, indeed, this day — 
 
 Sir, I may tell it you, I think — I have 
 
 Incens'd the lords o' the council that he is — 
 
 For so I know he is, they know he is — 
 
 A most arch heretic, a pestilence 
 
 That does infect the land : with which they mov'd. 
 
 Have broken with the king- ; who hath so far 
 
 Given ear to our complaint, — of his great grace 
 
 And princely care, foreseeing- those fell mischiefs 
 
 Our reasons laid before him, — 'hath commanded 
 
 To-morrow morning to the council-board 
 
 He be convented. He's a rank weed. Sir Thomas, 
 
 And we must root him out. From your affairs 
 
 I hinder you too long: good night, Sir Thomas. 
 
 Lov, ]Many good nights, my lord : I rest your servant. 
 YExeuiit Gardiner and Page. 
 
 As LOVELL IS goi}ig out, enter the King and the Duke 
 of Suffolk. 
 
 K. Hefi. Charles, I will play no more to-night ; 
 I\Iy mind's not on't ; you are too hard for me. 
 
 Siif. Sir, I did never win of you before, 
 
 K. Hen. But little, Charles ; . 
 Nor shall not, when my fancy's on my play, — 
 Now, Lovell, from the queen what is the news ? 
 
 Lov. I could not personally deliver to her 
 What you commanded me, but by her woman 
 I sent your message ; who return'd her thanks 
 In the great'st humbleness, and desir'd your highness 
 Most heartily to pray for her, 
 
 A'. Hen. What say'st thou, ha.^ 
 
 To pray for her.^ what, is she crying out? 
 
 Lov. So said her woman ; and that her sufferance made 
 Almost each pang a death. 
 
 K, Hen. Alas, good lady ! 
 
 Suf. God safely quit her of her burden, and 
 With gentle travail, to the gladding of 
 Your highness with an heir! 
 
 K. Hen. 'Tis midnight. Charles; 
 
 Prithee, to bed ; and in thy prayers remember 
 Th' estate of my poor queen. Leave me alone; 
 
 VII. 326. [k.h.viii. 74.
 
 Act f-.l KING HENRY THE EIC.HTH. \Sc*nf T 
 
 For I must think of that which company 
 Would not be friendly to. 
 
 Siif. I wish your hij^hness 
 
 A quiet night; and my good mis'tresb will 
 Remember in my prayers. 
 
 K. Hen, Charles, good night. \Exit Suffolk, 
 
 Enter Sir Anthony Df.nnv. 
 
 Well, sir, what follows ? 
 
 Den. Sir, I have brought my lord the drchbishop, 
 As vou commanded me. 
 
 k. Hen. Ha ! Canterbur)- ? 
 
 De7i. Ay, my good lord. 
 
 K. Hen. 'Tis true : where is he, Denny } 
 
 Den. He attends your highness' pleasure. 
 
 K, Hen. Bring him to us. 
 
 {Exit Denny. 
 
 Lov, {aside]. This is about that which the bishop 
 spake : 
 I am happily come hither. 
 
 Re-enter Dennv, lui't/i Cr.\nmi:r. 
 
 K. Hen. Avoid the gallery. {Lovell seenis to sta\\[ 
 Ha! I have said. Begone. 
 What ! [Exeunt Lo7utl and Denny, 
 
 Cran. [aside] I am fearful : — wherefore frowns he 
 thus? 
 *Tis his aspect of terror. All's not well. 
 
 K. Hen. How now, my lord ! )ou do desire to know 
 Wherefore I sent for you. 
 
 Cran. [kneeling] It is my duty 
 
 T' attend your highness' pleasure. 
 
 K. Hen. ^''-^y )*'"- •'^rise. 
 
 My good and gracious Lord of Canterbury. \Cran. rises. 
 Come, you and I must walk a turn together ; 
 I've news to tell you: come. come, give me your hand. 
 Ah, my good lord, I grieve at what I speak. 
 And am right sorry to rejH-at what follows: 
 I have, and most unwillingly, of late 
 Heard many grievous, I do sav. my lord. 
 Grievous complaints of you; which, being consider d. 
 Have mov'd us and our council, that you shall 
 
 ICH.VIIl. 75.) VII. 337.
 
 Aci P^."] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. [Scene A 
 
 This morning come before us ; where, I know, 
 You cannot with such freedom purge yourself. 
 But that, till further trial in those charges 
 Which will require your answer, you must take 
 Your patience to you, and be well contented. 
 To make your house our Tower : you a brother of us. 
 It fits we thus proceed, or else no witness 
 Would come against you. 
 
 Cran. [^/wt'/i'/io^] I humbly thank your highness ; 
 
 And am right glad to catch this good occasion 
 Most throughly to be winnow'd, where my chaff 
 And corn shall f\y asunder : for, I know, 
 There's none stands under more calumnious tongues 
 Than I myself, poor man. 
 
 /C. Hen. Stand up, good Canterbury; 
 
 Thy truth and thy integrity is rooted 
 In us, thy friend : give me thy hand, stand up : 
 Prithee, let's walk. Now, by my halidom,. \Cra7i. rises* 
 What manner of man are you ! Aly lord, I look'd 
 You would have given me your petition, that 
 I should have ta'en some pains to bring together 
 Yourself and your accusers ; and t' have heard you, 
 Without indurance, further. 
 
 Cran. Most dread liege,. 
 
 The good I stand on is my truth and honesty ; 
 If they shall fail, I, with mine enemies. 
 Will triumph o'er my person ; which I weigh not, 
 Being of those virtues vacant. I fear nothing 
 What can be said against me. 
 
 K. Hen. Know you not 
 
 How your state stands i' the world, with the whole world? 
 Your enemies are many, and not small ; their practices 
 Must bear the same proportion ; and not ever 
 The justice and the truth o' the question carries 
 The due o' the verdict with it : at what ease 
 Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt 
 To swear against you ! such things have been done. 
 You're potently oppos'd ; and with a malice 
 Of as great size. Ween you of better luck, 
 I mean, in perjur'd witness', than your master. 
 Whose minister you are, whiles here he liv'd 
 Upon this naughty earth ? Go to, go to ; 
 
 VII. 32S. [iCH.VUI. 7&
 
 Act r.] A'/NC //AAA)' ///A- EICIITII. \Stem4 1» 
 
 Vou take a prccij)ic:c for luj kap of danger. 
 And woo your own destruction. 
 
 Cran. (jod and your majesty 
 
 Protect mine innocence, or 1 fall into 
 Tiie trap is laid for nie ! 
 
 A'. Ifcn. He of j^ood cheer; 
 
 'I'iiey shall no more pre\ail than we jjive way to. 
 Keep comfort to you; and this morning; sec 
 Vou do appear before them. If they shall chance, 
 \\\ charj^ing you with matters, to commit you, 
 'I'he best persuasions to the contrary 
 Fail not to use, and with what vehemency 
 Th' occasion shall instruct you: if entreaties 
 Will rentier you no remedy, this ring L^^^' '"^' ' "KK' 
 
 Deliver them, and your appeal to us 
 
 There make before them. — Look, the j^ood man weeps ! 
 He's honest, on mine lionor. (iod's bless'd mother I 
 I swear he is true-hearted ; and a soul 
 None better in my kingdom. — Get you gone. 
 And do as I have bitl you. [A'.r// Cnuiwcr,] He has 
 
 strangled 
 His language in his tears. 
 
 Enter old Lady. 
 
 Gent. \iuithi)i\ Come back : what mean you } 
 
 Old L. I'll not come back; the tidings that I bring 
 Will make my boldness manners.— Now. good angels 
 Fly o'er thy royal head, and shade thy j)erson 
 Under their blessed wings 1 
 
 A'. }lc)i. Now. by iliy looks 
 
 I guess thy message. Is the queen deliver'd ? 
 Say ay ; and of a boy. 
 
 Old L. Ay. ay, my liege; 
 
 And of a lovely boy : the Cod of heaven 
 Both now and ever bless her I — 'tis a girl.— 
 Promises boys hereafter. Sir, your queen 
 Desires your visitation, and to be 
 Acquainted with this stranger: "lis as like you 
 As cherry is to cherry. 
 
 A'. Hen. Lovell 1 
 
 K.H.vm. 77.] ^ "• J**
 
 A a K} KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. [Scene IT, 
 
 Re-enter Lovell. 
 
 Lov. Sir? 
 
 K. He?t. Give her an hundred marks. I'll to the queen, 
 
 {Exit. 
 
 Old L. An hundred marks ! By this light, I'll ha' more. 
 An ordinary groom is for such payment. 
 I will have more, or scold it out of him. 
 Said I for this, the girl was like to him ? 
 I will have more, or else unsay't ; and now. 
 While it is hot, I'll put it to the issue. {Exeunt, 
 
 Scene II. Lobby before the council-chaviber. 
 
 Enter Cranmer; Servants, Door-keeper, &^c., attend* 
 ing, 
 
 Cran. I hope I'm not too late ; and yet the gentleman, 
 f hat was sent to me from the council, pray'd me 
 f o make great haste. — All fast } what means this ? — Ho ? 
 Who waits there "i — Sure, you know me ? 
 
 D. Keep. Yes, my lord ; 
 
 But yet I cannot help you. 
 
 Cran. Why.^ 
 
 D. Keep. Your grace must wait till you be call'd for. 
 
 Enter Doctor Butts. 
 
 Cran. So. 
 
 Butts. [aside'\ This is a piece of malice. I am glad 
 I came this way so happily : the king 
 Shall understand it presently. {Exit, 
 
 Cran. [aside'] 'Tis Butts, 
 
 The king's physician : as he pass'd along, 
 How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me ! 
 Pray heaven, he sound not my disgrace ! For certain. 
 This is of purpose laid by some that hate me — 
 God turn their hearts ! I never sought their malice — 
 To quench mine honor : they would shame to make me 
 Wait else at door, a fellow-counselor. 
 Among boys, grooms, and lackeys. But their pleasures 
 Must be fulfill'd, and I attend with patience. 
 
 The King and BUTTS appear at a window above. 
 Butts, I'll show your grace the strangest sight — 
 
 VII. 330. [k.h.viii. y8t
 
 Act /'.] KINC HFXRV rnr F. ran Til. : . .*, //. 
 
 A'. ITcn. What's that. Butu' 
 
 Butts. I think your hij^hncss saw this many a day. 
 
 K. Hen. Body o' me, where is it ? 
 
 Butts. There, my lord ; 
 
 The hij^h promotion of his j^race of Canterhun*' ; 
 Who holds his state at door, 'mongst pursuivants. 
 Pages, and footboys. 
 
 K. lieu. Ha ! 'tis he, indeed : 
 
 Is this the honor they do one another? 
 'Tis well there's one above 'em yet. I had thought 
 They had parted so much lionesty among 'em — 
 At least, good manners — as not thus to suffer 
 A man of his place, and so near our favor. 
 To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasures. 
 And at the door too, like a post with packets. 
 By holy Mar)-, Butts, there's knaver\' : 
 Let 'em alone, and draw the curtain close: 
 We shall hear more anon. ((■/.•»/''" Jr.t-rr. 
 
 T H E CO U X C I L-C H A M I ! I K . 
 Enter the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Sl l KuLk. //i/ 
 Duke of Norfolk, Karl of SlkkKV, Lord Chaml)cr- 
 lain, Gardinkr, and Cromwell. The Chancellor 
 places himself at the upper end of the table on Ike 
 left hand : a seat benij^ left void ahnr him. as far 
 the Archbishop of CanTKRHURV. The rest seat 
 themselves in order on each side. Cro.Mwm » •' 
 the lo7ver end, as secretary. 
 Chan. Speak to the business, master secretar> : 
 Why are we met in council ? 
 
 Crom. Please your honors. 
 
 The chief cause concerns his grace of Canterbury. 
 Card. Has he had knowledge of it ? 
 Crom. Yes. 
 
 j\lor. Who waits ihertr 
 
 D. Keep. Without, mv noble lords } 
 Card. Yes. 
 
 D. Keep. ^^y ''^rd Arrhhishop ; 
 
 And has done half an hour, to know your pirnsurrs. 
 Chan. Let him come in. 
 D Keep. Your grace may enter now. 
 
 [Cranmer approaches tht coumcil-iahU. 
 
 K.H.VIII. 79.] VIL 331.
 
 na r.] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH, \Scene O. 
 
 Chan. My good lord archbishop, I'm very sorry 
 To sit here at this present, and behold 
 That chair stand empty : but we all are men, 
 In our own natures frail, and capable 
 Of our flesh ; few are angels : out of which frailty 
 And want of wisdom, you, that best should teach us, 
 Have misdemean'd yourself, and not a little, 
 Toward the king first, then his laws, in filling 
 The whole realm, by your teaching and your chaplains,^ 
 For so we are inform'd, — with new opinions, 
 Divers and dangerous ; which are heresies, 
 And, not reform'd, may prove pernicious. 
 
 Gard. Which reformation must be sudden too. 
 My noble lords ; for those that tame wild horses 
 Pace 'em not in their hands to make 'em gentle. 
 But stop their mouths with stubborn bits, and spur 'enit 
 Till they obey the manage. If we suffer — 
 Out of our easiness, and childish pity 
 To one man's honor — this contagious sickness, 
 -Farewell all physic : and what follows then ? 
 Commotions, uproars, with a general taint 
 Of the whole state : as, of late days, our neighbors, 
 The upper Germany, can dearly witness. 
 Yet freshly pitied in our memories. 
 
 Cran. My good lords, hitherto, in all the progress 
 Both of my'life and office, I have labor'd. 
 And with no little study, that my teaching 
 And the strong course of my authority 
 Might go one way, and safely ; and the end 
 Was ever, to do well : nor is there living — 
 I speak it with a single heart, my lords — 
 A man that more detests, more stirs against, 
 Both in his private conscience and his place, 
 Defacers of tlie public peace, than I do. 
 Pray heaven, the king may never find a heart 
 With less allegiance in it ! Men that make 
 Envy and crooked malice nourishment 
 Dare bite the best. I do beseech your lordships 
 That, in this case of justice, my accusers. 
 Be what they will, may stand forth face to face. 
 And freely urge against me. 
 
 Suf, Nay, my lord, 
 
 VI
 
 Act /•'.] A'/.\'( / // /. N A ) , // / /• H.li i H. \^' .tmt 11. 
 
 That cannot be : you arr a counselor, 
 
 And, "by iliat virtue, no man dare accuse you. 
 
 Gard. My lord, because w e'\ e business of more mf»mcnl» 
 We will be short with you. 'Tis his highness* pleasure. 
 And our consent, for belter trial of you. 
 From hence you be committed to the Tower; 
 Where, bein^ but a i)rivate man again. 
 You shall know many dare accuse you boldly. 
 More than, I fear, you are provided for. 
 
 Craft. Ah, my good Lord of Winchester. I ihank you; 
 You're always my good friend ; if your will pass, 
 I shall both find your lordship judge and juror. 
 You are so merciful : I see your end. — 
 'Tis my undoing : love and meekness, lord. 
 Become a churchman better than ambition : 
 Win straying souls with modesty again. 
 Cast none away. That I shall clear myself. 
 Lay all the weight ye can upon my patience, 
 I make as little doubt, as you do conscience 
 In doing daily wrongs. I could say more. 
 But reverence to your calling makes me modest. 
 
 Card. My lord, my lord, y<ju are a sectary. 
 That's the plain truth : your painted gloss discovers. 
 To men that understancj you. words and weakness. 
 
 Crom. My Lord of Winchester, yyu are a little. 
 By your good favor, too sharp ; men so noble, 
 However faulty, yet should find respect 
 For what they have bein : 'tis a cruelty 
 To load a falling man. 
 
 Card. C.ood master secretary, 
 
 I cry your honor mercy ; )()U may. w<»rsl 
 Of allthis table, say so. 
 
 Crom. Why, my lord .> 
 
 Card. Do not 1 kncnv you for a favorer 
 Of this new sect } ye are not sound. 
 
 Crom. Nt't sound } 
 
 Card. Not sound, I say. 
 
 Crom. Would you were lialf so honest} 
 
 Men's i)ravers then woukl seek vou. not the ir fears. 
 
 Card, i shall remember this bold language. 
 
 Crom. ^^ 
 
 Remember your bold life too. 
 
 K.H.vni. 8i.] VII. 33J.
 
 Act r.] KIXG HEXRV THE EIGHTH, [Scene 11, 
 
 Chan. This is too much ; 
 
 Forbear, for shame, my lords. 
 
 Gard. I've done. 
 
 Crom. And I. 
 
 Chan. Then thus for you, my lord : — it stands agreed, 
 I take it, by all voices, that forthwith 
 You be convey'd to the Tower a prisoner ; 
 There to remain till the king's further pleasure 
 Be known unto us : — are you all agreed, lords? 
 
 All. We are. 
 
 Cran. Is there no other way of mercy, 
 
 But I must needs to the Tower, my lords ? 
 
 Gard. What other 
 
 Would you expect.-* you're strangely troublesome. — 
 Let some o' the guard be ready there ! 
 
 Enter Guard. 
 Cran. For me ? 
 
 Must I go like a traitor thither } 
 
 Gard. Receive him, 
 
 And see him safe i' the Tower. 
 
 Cran. Stay, good my lords, 
 
 I've a little yet to say. Look there, my lords ; 
 By virtue of that ring I take my cause [ShoTvi?ig ring^ 
 Out of the gripes of cruel men, and give it 
 To a most noble judge, the king my master. 
 
 Chan. This is the king's ring. 
 
 Siir. 'Tis no counterfeit. 
 
 Suf. 'Tis the right ring, by heaven : I told ye all, 
 When we first put this dangerous stone a-rolling, 
 'Twould fall upon ourselves. 
 
 Nor. Do you think, my lords. 
 
 The king will suffer but the little linger 
 Of this man to be vex'd ? 
 
 Chan. 'Tis now too certain : 
 
 How much more is his life in value with him ! 
 Would I were fairly out on't ! 
 
 Crojn. My mind gave me. 
 
 In seeking tales and informations 
 Against this man, — whose honesty the devil 
 And his disciples only envy at, — 
 Ye blew the fire that burns ye : now have at ye \ 
 
 VII. 334. [k.h.viii. 82.
 
 Acn'.] KIXG HESKV THE men m. \&€mtU, 
 
 Enter the YS\x\<^,frinL<nin^ on tJum ; /u titles kit uat. 
 
 Caret. Dread sovereign, lujw much are \vc bound to 
 heaven 
 In daily thanks, that gave us such a prince ; 
 Not only good and wise, hut most n-ligious: 
 One that, in all obedience, makes tlu- church 
 The chief aim of his honor ; and, to strengthen 
 That holy duty, out of dear respect. 
 His royal self in judgment comes lo hear 
 The cause betwixt her and this great offender. 
 
 K. Hen. You were ever good at sudden commendations. 
 Bishop of Winchester. Hut know, I come not 
 To hear such flatteries now, and in my presence; 
 They are too thin and l)are to hide offenses. 
 To me, you cannot reach, you |)lay the spaniel. 
 And think with wagging of your tongue lo win me; 
 But, whatsoe'er thou tak'st me for. I'm sure 
 Thou hast a cruel nature and a bloody. — 
 \^To Crannier'] Ciood man, sit down. Now let me see the 
 
 proudest. 
 He that dares most, but wag his finger at thee : 
 By all that's holy, he had better starve 
 Than but once think this |)lace becomes thee not. 
 
 Sur. May't please your grace, — 
 
 K. Hen. No, sir, it does not pirasc mc, 
 
 I had thought I had had men of some understanding 
 And wisdom of my council ; but 1 find none. 
 Was it discretion, lords, to let this man. 
 This good man, — few of you deserve that title,— 
 This honest man, wait like a lousy foolboy 
 At chamber-door? and one as great as you are? 
 Why, what a shame was this! Did niy commissioo 
 Bid ye so far forget yourselves } I gave ye 
 Power as he was a counselor to try him. 
 Not as a groom : there's some of ye. I see, 
 More out of malice than integrity. 
 Would try him to the utmost, had ye mean ; 
 Which ye shall ne'er have while 1 live. 
 
 C/ian. Thus f.u. 
 
 My most dread sovereign, may it like y«'ur K'''-'^<^« 
 To let my tongue excuse all. What w.ui purpotd 
 
 K.H.vin.83.] VII.. ^35.
 
 aci ^.] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. {Scene III, 
 
 Concerning his imprisonment, was rather — 
 If there be faith in men — meant for his trial. 
 And fair purgation to the world, than malice, — 
 I'm sure in me. 
 
 K. Hen. Well, well, my lords, respect him ; 
 
 Take him, and use him well, he's worthy of it. 
 I will say thus much for him, — if a prince 
 May be beholding to a subject, I 
 Am, for his love and service, so to him. 
 Make me no more ado, but all embrace him : 
 Be friends, for shame, my lords ! — My Lord of Canter- 
 bury, 
 I have a suit which you must not deny me ; 
 That is, a fair young maid that yet wants baptism, 
 You must be godfather, and answer for her. 
 
 Cran. The greatest monarch now alive may glory 
 In such an honor : how may I deserve it, 
 That am a poor and humble subject to you } 
 
 K. Hen. Come, come, my lord, you'd spare your spoons : 
 you shall have 
 Two noble partners with you ; th' old Duchess of Norfolk, 
 And Lady Marquess Dorset : will these please you } — 
 Once more, my Lord of Winchester, I charge you, 
 Embrace and love this man. 
 
 Gard. With a true heart 
 
 And brother-love I do it. 
 
 Cran. And let heaven 
 
 Witness, how dear I hold this confirmation. 
 
 K. Hen. Good man, those joyful tears show thy true 
 heart : 
 The common voice, I see, is verified 
 Of thee, which says thus, " Do my Lord of Canterbury 
 A shrewd turn, and he is your friend for ever." — 
 Come, lords, we trifle time away ; I long 
 To have this young one made a Christian. 
 As I have made ye one, lords, one remain ; 
 So I grow stronger, you more honor gain. \^Exeiint. 
 
 Scene IH. The palace-ya7'd. 
 Noise and tumult luitki'n. Enter Porter and his Man. 
 Port, You'll leave your noise anon, ye rascals : do you 
 VII. 336. [k.h.viii. 84.
 
 Act /-.] KING I/KNKV THE EIGHTH. \S.,n, lit. 
 
 take the court for Parish-garden ? ye ruilc slaves, leave 
 your gai)ing. 
 
 [ lVithin\ Good master porter. I beh)ng to the larder. 
 
 Port. Belong to the gallows, and be hangrd. \r rogue! 
 is this a place to roar in ? — Fetch mc a do/'-n '< rnh-trcc 
 staves, and strong ones: these are but swii« 1 — 
 
 I'll scratch your heads: you niust be st-eing ■ ^s| 
 
 do you look for ale and cakes here, you rude r.is( .\\-> : 
 
 Man. Pray, sir, be i)atient : 'tis as inucli impossible — 
 Unless we sweep 'em from the door with cannons — 
 To scatter 'em, as 'tis to make 'em sleep 
 On May-day morning; which will never be: 
 We may as well i)ush against Paul's as stir 'cm. 
 
 Port. How got they in, and be hang'd ? 
 
 Ma?i. Alas, 1 know not ; how gets the tide in^ 
 As much as one sountl cudgel of four foot — 
 You see the poor remainder — could distribute. 
 1 made no spare, sir. 
 
 Port. You did nothing, sir. 
 
 Man. I am not Samson, nor Sir (iuy. nor Colbrand, 
 To mow 'em down before me : but if I sj)ar'd any 
 That had a head to hit, either young or old, 
 He or she, cuckold or cuckold-maker. 
 Let me ne'er hope to see a chine again ; 
 And that I would not for a cow. (iod s.ive her ! 
 
 [ /fV////;/] Do you hear, master |)orter.' 
 
 Port. I shall be with you presently, good master puppy. 
 — Keep the door close, sirrah. 
 
 Man. What would \ ou have me do ? 
 
 Port. What shouldyou do but knock 'em down by the 
 dozens? Is this Moortields to muster in? or h.i\e \sc 
 some strange Indian with the great tool come t 
 the women so besiege us? Bless me, what a fi\ 
 nication is at door! On my Christian conscience. (i..s ouc 
 christening will beget a thousand ; here will be falher, 
 godfather, and all together. 
 
 Man. The si)oons will be the bigger, sir. _ There Is a 
 fellow somewhat near the door.— he should ' 
 by his face, for, o' my conscience, twenty of i 
 now reign in's nose;'all that stand about h • i 
 
 the line'thev need no other penance : that t ■ id 
 
 I hit three times on the head, and three limes v.... . . ... sc 
 
 K.H.VIII. 85.) VII. 337.
 
 Af^ y.} KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. {.Scene I IL 
 
 discharged against me ; he stands there, like a mortar- 
 piece, to blow us. There was a haberdasher's wife of 
 small wit near him, that railed upon me, till her pinked por- 
 ringer fell off her head, for kindling such a combustion in 
 the state. I missed the meteor once, and hit that woman, 
 who cried out "Clubs ! " when I might see from far some 
 forty truncheoners draw to her succor, which were the 
 hope o' the Strand, where she was quartered. They fell 
 on ; I made good my place : at length they came to the 
 broomstaff with me ; I defied 'em still : when suddenly a 
 file of boys behind 'em, loose shot, delivered such a 
 shower of pebbles, that I was fain to draw mine honor in, 
 and let 'em win the work : the devil was amongst 'em, I 
 think, surely. 
 
 Port. These are the youths that thunder at a playhouse, 
 and fight for bitten apples ; that no audience, but the Tri- 
 bulation of Tower-hill, or the Limbs of Limehouse, their 
 dear brothers, are able to endure. I have some of 'em in 
 Limbo Patruni, and there they are like to dance these 
 three days ; besides the running banquet of two beadles 
 that is to come. 
 
 Enter the Lord Chamberlain. 
 
 Cham. Mercy o' me, what a multitude are here ! 
 They grow still too : from all parts they are coming. 
 As if we kept a fair here ! Where are these porters. 
 These lazy knaves.^ — -Ye've made a fine hand, fellows: 
 There's a trim rabble let in : are all these 
 Your faithful friends o' the suburbs ? We shall have 
 Great store of room, no doubt, left for the ladies, 
 When they pass back from the christening. 
 
 Port. An't please your honof 
 
 We are but men ; and what so many may do. 
 Not being torn a-pieces, we have done : 
 An army cannot rule 'em. 
 
 Cham. As I live, 
 
 If the king blame me fer't, I'll lay ye all 
 By the heels, and suddenly ; and on your heads 
 Clap round fines for neglect : ye're lazy knaves : 
 And here ye lie baiting of bombards, when 
 Ye should do service. Hark ! the trumpets sound; 
 They're come already from the christening : 
 
 VII. 338. (k.h.viii. 86.
 
 ^ct y.l KING I/F.XK J ' 77/ E EH .// / // f & /./ /r. 
 
 Go, break amon^r the |)rcss. aiul \\m\ a way out 
 To let the troop pass fairly; or MI find 
 A Marshalsea shall hold ve play these two months. 
 Port. Make way there for the i)rinccss ! 
 
 '^^V'\ ,,, , You ^al fellow. 
 
 btand close up, or I 11 make your head achel 
 
 Port. You i' the camlet. 
 Get up o' the rail ; Til pick you o'er the pales else. 
 
 Scene IV. The paluc 
 
 Enter trumpets, sound in^; ; then two Aldermen. Lord 
 Mayor, Garter, Cranmek. Duke of NokKni.K with 
 his marshal's staff, Duke of SUFFOLK, /r.v> Noblemen 
 beari'jig p-eat sta>ui/fig-btru'/s /or the ihriiter.:Hgm 
 gifts; then four Noblemen A<r;/>/;- a mnopv. un^ 
 der 7i>hich the Duchess of Norfolk, i^odmother, 
 bearing the child richly habited in a mantle, &*c., 
 train borne by a Lady; then folhru's the Mar- 
 chioness of Dorset, the other godmother and 
 Ladies. The troop pass once about the stage, and 
 Garter speaks. 
 
 Gart. Heaven, from thy endless goodness, send pros- 
 perous life, long, and ever happy, to the hi^jh and mighty 
 princess of England, Elizabeth I 
 
 Flourish. Enter King and Train. 
 
 Cran. \kneeling\ And to your royal grace, and the good 
 queen. 
 My noble partners and myself thus pra\ ; — 
 All comfort, joy, in this most gracious lady. 
 Heaven ever laid up to make parents hapi)y. 
 May hourly fall upon ye I 
 
 A'. //dV/. Thank you, good lord archbishop : 
 
 What is her name ? 
 
 Cran. Elizabeth. 
 
 K. Hen. Stand up. lord. — 
 
 [Cranmer rises. — '/'he King lisses the Ckild, 
 With this kiss take my blessing: God'protccl thee! 
 Into whose hand I give thy life. 
 
 Cran. ' .Amen. 
 
 K.H.VIII. 87.) ^'11 339-
 
 Aar.] KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. lSce7ie IV 
 
 K. Hen, My noble gossips, ye've been too prodigal : 
 I thank ye heartily ; so shall this lady, 
 When she has so much English. 
 
 Cran. Let me speak, sir, 
 
 For heaven now bids me ; and the words I utter 
 Let none think flattery, for they'll find 'em truth. 
 This royal infant — heaven still move about her! — 
 Though in her cradle, yet now promises 
 Upon this land a thousand thousand blessings, 
 Which time shall bring to ripeness : she shall be — 
 But few now living can behold that goodness — 
 A pattern to all princes living with her. 
 And all that shall succeed : Saba was never 
 More covetous of wisdom and fair virtue 
 Than this pure soul shall be : all princely graces, 
 That mold up such a mighty piece as this is, 
 With all the virtues that attend the good. 
 Shall still be doubled on her : truth shall nurse her. 
 Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her : 
 She shall be lov'd and fear'd : her own shall bless her, 
 Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, 
 And hang their heads with sorrow : good grows with herr 
 In her days ever}" man shall eat in safety, 
 Under his own vine, what he plants ; and sing 
 The merry songs of peace to all his neighbors: 
 God shall be truly known ; and those about her 
 From her shall read the perfect ways of honor, 
 And by those claim their greatness, not by blood. 
 Nor shall this peace sleep with her : but as when 
 The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix. 
 Her ashes new create another heir. 
 As great in admiration as herself ; 
 So shall she leave her blessedness to one, 
 When heaven shall call her from this cloud of darkness, 
 Who from the sacred ashes of her honor 
 Shall star-like rise, as great in fame as she was, 
 And so stand fix'd : peace, plenty, love, truth, terror, 
 That were the servants to this chosen infant. 
 Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him : 
 Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, 
 His honor and the greatness of his name 
 Shall be, and make new nations : he shall flourish, 
 
 VII. 340. [k.h.vih. 88.
 
 4ct r.] A'/XC ///■:. \- A' i' THE HIL}/ 
 
 IV. 
 
 And, like a mountain cedar, reach his l)ranchcs 
 
 To all ihc plains about liim : — our children's children 
 
 Shall see this, and bless heaven. 
 
 A'. Hen. Thou speakcst wondcrt. 
 
 Cran. She shall be, to the hap|)iness of Mngland, 
 An aged princess ; many days shall see her, 
 And yet no day without a deed to crown it. 
 Would I had known no more I but she must die, — 
 She must, the saints must have her.— yet a vir>;in ; 
 A most unspotted lily shall she pass 
 To the ground, and all the world shall mourn her. 
 
 K. Jlcfi. O lord archbishop. 
 Thou hast made me now a man ! never before 
 This happy child did I get any thing : 
 This oracle of comfort has so pleas'd mc. 
 That when I am in heaven I shall desire 
 To see what this child does, and i)raise my Maker.— 
 I thank ye all. — To you, my good lord mayor. 
 And your good brethren, I am nmch beholding; 
 I have receiv'd much honor by your |)resencc. 
 And ye shall find me thankful. — Lead the wav, lords: ^ 
 Ye must all see the queen, and she must thank yc; 
 She will be sick else. This day no man think 
 'Has business at his house ; for all shall stay : 
 This little one shall make it holiday. [ExtUHL 
 
 EPILOGl'E. 
 
 'Tis ten to one this play can never please 
 All that are here : some come to take their ease. 
 And sleep an act or two; but those, we fear. 
 We've frighted with our trumjx-ts ; so, 'tis clear. 
 They'll sav 'tis naught : others, to hear the citjr 
 Abus'd e.x'tremely, and to cr>', •• Thai's witty I 
 Which we have not done neither: that, 1 fear. 
 All the expected good were like to hear 
 For this play at this time, is only in 
 The merciful construction of good women ; 
 For such a one we show'd 'em: if they smile. 
 And say 'twill do, I know, within a while 
 All the' best men are ours; for 'tis ill h.ip. 
 If they hold when their ladies bid 'em clap. 
 
 K.H.Vin. 89.) VII. 141.
 
 THE TWO NOBLR KIXSMI^X. 
 
 DRAMATIS PERSONiE. 
 
 Theseus, duke of Athens. 
 
 PiRlTHOUS, an Athenian gen- 
 eral. 
 
 Artesius, an Athenian cap- 
 tain. 
 
 Palamon, ) nephews to Creon 
 
 Arcite, f king of Thebes. 
 
 Valerius, a Theban noble- 
 man. 
 
 Six Knights. 
 
 Herald. 
 
 Gaoler. 
 
 Wooer to the Gaoler's Daugh- 
 ter. 
 
 Doctor. 
 
 Brother ) 
 
 Friends ^ 
 
 Gentleman. 
 
 Gerroi.d, a school nuuter. 
 
 to the Gaoler. 
 
 HlPPOLYl A, ..11 .\iu.i/ n, I 
 
 to Theseus. 
 E.MII lA, her sister. 
 Three Queens, 
 Gaoler's Daughter. 
 Waitiug-woman to Emilii 
 
 Countrymen, Messengers, a man personating Hymen. Boy. 
 
 Executioner, Guard, and Attendants. Country wenches, 
 
 and women personating Nymphs. 
 
 Scene — Athens and the neighborhood, except in part 
 
 of the first act, luhere it is Thebes 
 
 and the neighborhood. 
 
 PROLOGUE. 
 
 {Flourish. 
 
 New plays and maidenheads are near akin ; 
 jNIuch follow'd both, for both much money K''^'". 
 If they stand sound and well : and a good play. 
 Whose modest scenes blush on his marriai;r-<lay. 
 And shake to lose his honor, is like hrr 
 That, after holy tie and tirst night's stir. 
 Yet still is moclesty, and still rt-tains 
 
 TN K >' VII. «4V
 
 Aci/.-] THE nvO NOBLE KINSMEI^. \Scen* f. 
 
 More of the maid to '^ght than husband's pains. 
 
 We pray our play m?Y be so; for I'm sure 
 
 It has a noble breede~ and a pure, 
 
 A learned, and a poe* never went 
 
 More famous yet 't\vi'>'t Po and silver Trent ; 
 
 Chaucer, of all admir'i, the story gives ; 
 
 There constant to eternity it lives. 
 
 If we let fall the nobleness of this. 
 
 And the first soimd t^is child hear be a hiss, 
 
 How will it shake the bones of that good man, 
 
 And make him cry fr-'-'m under ground, " O, fan 
 
 From me the witless ':haff of such a writer 
 
 That blasts my bayr, ^nd my fam'd works makes lightet 
 
 Than Robin Hood ! " This is the fear we bring ; 
 
 For, to say truth, it vere an endless thing, 
 
 And too ambitiouSj *o aspire to him. 
 
 Weak as we are, and almost breathless swim 
 
 In this deep water, do but you hold out 
 
 Your helping hands, and we shall tack about. 
 
 And something do to save us: you shall hear 
 
 Scenes, though below his art, may yet appear 
 
 Worth two hours' travail. To his bones sweet sleep ! 
 
 Content to you ! — If this play do not keep 
 
 A little dull time from us, we perceive 
 
 Our ]oss*i« fall so thick, we must needs leave. [Flourish, 
 
 ACT I. 
 Scene I. Athens. Befo?'e a temple. 
 
 Enie* T-Tymen 7uzth a torch burnhig ; a Boy, in a white 
 rohc, before, singing and streiuing flowers ; after 
 Hymen, a Nymph, encompassed in her tresses, bearing 
 a wheateti garland : then Tkesevs, betiaeen two 
 other Nymphs with wheaten chaplets on their 
 heads; then HiPPOLYTA, the bride, led by 
 PiRITHOUS, a7td another holding a garland over 
 her head, her tresses likeivise hajiging ; after her, 
 Emilia, holding up her train ; Artesius and 
 Attendants. 
 
 'ai. 34O, [T.N.K.
 
 Act /.) T//£ mo A'. >U/. E KiySM&Ji. I ^mt /. 
 
 Song by the Boy, 
 
 Roses, their sharp spines hcinjj goot. 
 
 Not royal in their smells alone. 
 
 But in ihcir hue ; 
 Maiden pinks, of odcjr faint. 
 Daisies sniell-less. yet most quaint. 
 
 And sweet thyme true; 
 
 Primrose, first-born child of Vcr, 
 Merry si)rinj^-iime's iiarbingcr. 
 
 With her bells dim; 
 Oxiips in their cradles j;ro\ving. 
 Marigolds on deathbeds blowing, 
 
 Lark's-heels trim ; 
 
 All dear Nature's children sweet. 
 Lie 'fore bride and bridegroom's feel. 
 
 Blessing their sense T {Strt-'.cing JUjfWfrt^ 
 
 Not an angel of the air, 
 Bird melodious or bird fair. 
 Be absent hence ! 
 
 The crow, the slanderous cuckoo, nor 
 The boding raven, nor chough hoar. 
 
 Nor chattering pie, 
 May on our bride-house perch or sing. 
 Or with them any discord bring. 
 
 But from it ily I 
 
 Enter three Queens, in black, luith veils stainrJ, amd 
 
 wearimr imperial crcm>ns. The first Queen failt 
 
 down at the foot of Thf.skus; the seionJ 
 
 falls down at the foot of Hll'POLV Y\ ; tJU 
 
 third before \\\\\\.\\. 
 
 First Queen. For pity's sake and true gentility's. 
 Hear, and respect me ! 
 
 Sec. (Jneen. ' For your mother's s,»kr. 
 
 And as^ou wish your womb may thrive with fair ones. 
 Hear, and respect me I 
 
 Third (2iicen. Now. for the love of him whom Jorf 
 halh maik'd 
 The honor of your bed, ami for the sake 
 
 T.N.K. 5.] Vil J47.
 
 fid /.] THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. \Scen£ i. 
 
 Of clear virginity, be advocate 
 For us and our "distresses ! This good deed 
 Shall raze you out o' the book of trespasses 
 All you are set down there. 
 
 Thes. Sad lady, rise. 
 
 Hii). Stand up. 
 
 Enii. No knees to me : 
 
 What woman I may stead that is distress'd 
 Does bind me to her. 
 
 Thes. What's your request ? deliver you for all. 
 
 First Queen, We are three queens, whose sovereigns 
 fell before 
 The wrath of cruel Creon ; who endure 
 The beaks of ravens, talons of the kites. 
 And pecks of crows, in the foul fields of Thebes: 
 He will not suffer us to burn their bones. 
 To urn their ashes, nor to take th' offense 
 Of mortal loathsomeness from the blest eye 
 Of holy Phoebus, but infects the winds 
 With stench of our slain lords. O, pity, duke ! 
 Thou purger of the earth, draw thy fear'd sword, 
 That does good turns to the world ; give us the bones 
 Of our dead kings, that we may chapel them ; 
 And, of thy boundless goodness, take some note 
 That for our crowned heads we have no roof 
 Save this, which is the lion's and the bear's, 
 And vault to every thing ! 
 
 Thes. Pray you, kneel not : 
 
 I was transported with your speech, and suffer'd 
 Your knees to wrong themselves. I've heard the fortunes 
 Of your dead lords, which gives me such lamenting 
 As wakes my vengeance^and revenge for 'em. 
 King Capaneus was your lord : the day 
 That he should marr}^ you, at such a season 
 As now it is with me, I met your groom 
 By Mars's altar ; you were that time fair. 
 Not Juno's mantle fairer than your trusses, 
 Nor in more bounty spread her ; your wheaten wreath 
 Was then nor thrash'd nor blasted ; Fortune at you 
 Dimpled her cheeks with smiles ; Hercules our kinsman- 
 Then weaker than your eyes — laid by his club; 
 He tumbled down upon his Nemean hide* 
 
 VII. 34S [T.N.K.&
 
 Ad n THE TUO XO/iLE h'lXSMES. [S^trnt k 
 
 And swore his sinews thaw'd. O. j^ricf and lime. 
 Fearful consumers, you will all drx our ! 
 
 Fi?'st (Jui-rn. O. I hope sonu! ;^otl, 
 Some ood jiath i)ut his mercy in your manhood, 
 Whereto he'll infuse power, and press you forth 
 Our undertaker ! 
 
 'jyii's. O, no knees, none, widow I 
 
 Unto the helmcted Bellona use them, 
 And i)ray for me, your soldier. — 
 Troubled I am. [7'/////^ ii.Lty 
 
 St'c. Queen, Honor'd Hi|)i)olyta, 
 Most dreaded Amazonian, that hast slain 
 The scythe-tusk'd boar ; that, with thy arm as strong 
 As it is white, wast near to make the male 
 To thy sex captive, but that this thy lord — 
 Born to uphold creation in that honor 
 First Nature styl'd it in — shrunk thee into 
 The bound thou wast o'erflowinj^, at once subduing 
 Thy force and thy affection ; soldieress, 
 That equally canst poise sternness with pii\ : 
 \Vho now, i know, hast much more power on him 
 Than e'er he had on thee; who ow'st his slrenjjth 
 And iiis love too, who is a servant for 
 The tenor of thy speech ; dear i;lass of ladies, 
 Bid him that we, whom riaminj^ War doth scorch. 
 Under the shadow of his sword may cool us; 
 Require him he advance it o'er our heads ; 
 Speak't in a woman's key, like such a woman 
 As any of us three ; weep ere you fail ; 
 Lend us a knee; 
 
 But touch the <(round for us no lonj^er time 
 Than a dove's motion, when the lu-ad's pluck'd of!; 
 Tell him. if he i' the blood-siz'd tu-ld lay swoln. 
 Showing the sun his teeth. <j^rinning at the moon. 
 What you would do ! 
 
 Hip. Poor lady, say no more : 
 
 I had as lief trace this jj^ood action with you 
 As that whereto Fm j^oinij. and ne'er yet 
 Went I so willing way. My lord is taken 
 Heart-deep with your distress : let him consider; 
 Fll speak anon. 
 
 Third QittYfi. [ To Emih\x\ O. my petit-— ^^ '«^
 
 Actr.'\ THE Tiro NOBLE KINSMEN. IScetut. 
 
 Set down in ice, which, by hot grief uncandied. 
 r^Ielts into drops ; so sorrow, wanting form, 
 Is press'd with deeper matter. 
 
 isw/. Pray, stand up: 
 
 Your grief is written in your cheek. 
 
 Third Queen. O, woe! 
 
 You cannot read it there : there, through my tears, 
 Like wrinkled pebbles in a glassy stream. 
 You may behold it. Lady, lady, alack. 
 He that will all the treasure know o' ih' earth 
 Must know the center too ; he that will fish 
 For my least minnow, let him lead his line 
 To catch one at my heart. O, pardon me! 
 Extremity, that sharpens sundr}- wits, 
 ]\Lakes me a fool. 
 
 Emi. Pray you, say nothing ; pray you 
 
 AVho cannot feel nor see the rain, being in't. 
 Knows neither wet nor dry. If that you were 
 The ground-piece of some painter, I would buy you, 
 T* instruct me 'gainst a capital grief indeed ; — 
 Such heart-pierc'd demonstration ! — but, alas. 
 Being a natural sister of our sex. 
 Your sorrow beats so ardently upon me. 
 That it shall make a counter-reflect "gainst 
 ^ly brother's heart, and warm it to some pity. 
 Though it were made of stone : pray, have good comfort, 
 
 Thes. Forward to the temple I leave not out a jot 
 O' the sacred ceremony. 
 
 First Queen. O, this celebration 
 
 AVill longer last, and be more costly, than 
 Your suppliants' war ! Remember that your fame 
 Knolls in th' ear o' the world : what you do quickly 
 Is not done rashly ; your first thought is more 
 Than others' labor'd meditance ; your premeditating 
 More than their actions ; but — O Jove ! — your actions, 
 •Soon as they move, as ospreys do the fish, 
 Subdue before they touch : think, dear duke, think 
 AYhat beds our slain kings have ! 
 
 Sec. Queen. What griefs our beds, 
 
 That our dear lords have none ! 
 
 Third Queen, None fit for the dead I 
 
 Those that with cords, knives, drams, precipitance, 
 
 VII. 35a. [t.w.k.1.
 
 A.-t /.] TJIi; TA O NOBLE K/NSJttEX. i v. ,^ /. 
 
 Weary of this uorld's li^'hi. have u> themselves 
 Been death's most liorrici a^'cnts, human grace 
 Affords tliem dust and shadow. 
 
 First (Jinrn. Hut our lords 
 
 Lie blisterin;^ 'fore the vishatin;,' sun. 
 And were good kings when living. 
 
 ^'/'^'•f- Iti^itruc; 
 
 And I will give you comfort, 
 To give your dead lords graves : the which to do 
 •Must make some work with Creon. 
 
 First (Jiurn. And that work 
 
 Presents itself to the doing: 
 
 Now 'twill take form ; the heats are gone lo-morrow. 
 Then bootless toil must recompense itself 
 With its own sweat ; now he is secure, 
 Not dreams we stand before your puissance. 
 Rinsing our holy begging in our eye^. 
 To make petition clear. 
 
 Sec. (2ucen. Now you may lake hitn 
 
 Drunk with his victory. 
 
 Third Qiii-oi. And his army full 
 
 Of bread and sloth. 
 
 Thes. .\rtesius, that best know'st 
 
 How to draw out, fit to this enterjirise 
 The prim'st for this i)roceeding. and the number 
 To carry such a business ; forth and levy 
 Our worthiest instruments; whilst we dispatch 
 This grand act of our life, this daring deed 
 Of fate in wedlock. 
 
 First Qut'cn. Dowagers, take hands ; 
 Let us be widows to our woes ; delay 
 Commends us to a famishing hope. 
 
 All the Queens. Farewell! 
 
 Sec. Queen. We come unseasonably; but whra could 
 grief 
 Cull forth, as un|)ang'd judgment can, fitl'st time 
 Vov best solicitation } 
 
 Thes. Why, good ladies. 
 
 This is a service, whereto I am g«'ing. 
 Greater than any war; it more imports me 
 Than all the actions that I have foregone. 
 Or futurely can cope. 
 
 T.N.K. 9.) VII 331.
 
 Aa/.} THE Tll'O NOBLE KIXSMEN. \Sccn. F, 
 
 First Queen. The more proclaiming 
 
 Our suit shall be neglected : when her arms, 
 Able to lock Jove from a synod, shall 
 ,Ey warranting moonlight corslet thee, O, when 
 .Her twinning cherries shall their sweetness fall 
 Upon thy tasteful lips, what wilt thou think 
 Of rotten kings or blubber'd queens ? what care 
 For what thou feel'st not, what thou feel'st being able 
 To make Mars spurn his drum ? O, if thou couch 
 But one night with her, every hour in't will 
 Take hostage of thee for a hundred, and 
 Thou shalt reniember nothing more than what 
 That banquet bids thee to ! 
 
 Hip. Though much unlike \^I\ne€ling, 
 
 Tou should be so transported, as much soriy 
 I should be such a suitor ; yet I think, 
 Did I not by th' abstaining of my joy, 
 AVhich breeds a deeper longing, cure their surfeit 
 That craves a present medicine, I should pluck 
 All ladies' scandal on me : therefore, sir, 
 As I shall here make trial of my prayers, 
 Either presuming them to have some force, 
 Or sentencing for aye their vigor dumb. 
 Prorogue this business we are going about, and hang 
 Tour shield afore your heart, about that neck 
 AVhich is my fee, and which I freely lend 
 To do these poor queens service. 
 
 All the Ou€£7is. [to Eviilial O, help now ! 
 Our cause cries for your knee. 
 
 Eiiii. If you grant not [Kneeling. 
 
 J\Iy sister her petition, in that force. 
 With that celerity and nature, which 
 She makes it in, from henceforth I'll not dare 
 To ask you any thing, nor be so hardy 
 JEver to take a husband. 
 
 Thes. Pray, stand up: [tiip. aiid Eniil. ?-ise. 
 
 I am entreating of myself to do 
 That which you kneel to have me. — Pirithous, 
 lead on the bride : get you and pray the gods 
 Tor success and return ; omit not any thing 
 In the pretended celebration. — Queens, 
 Follow your soldier. — [ToArtesius] As before, hence you, 
 
 VII. 352.] [t.n.k. 10,
 
 ^ ^t /.] THE TWO NOni. E KISSMEN. [ . . , ,/ //. 
 
 And at the banks of Aulis mcrt us with 
 
 The forces you can raise, wIrtc nvc shall find 
 
 The moiety of a number, for a l)usiness 
 
 More big^^er-look'd.— Since that our theme Ls haste. 
 
 I stamp this kiss upon thy currant lij) ; ( AV.v.wf llippolvta. 
 
 Sweet, keep it as my token. — Set you forward ; 
 
 F'or I will see you gone. — \l'.xit Artcsius. 
 
 Farewell, my beauteous sister. — IMrithous, 
 
 Keep the feast full ; bate not an hour on'l. 
 
 Pir- Sir. 
 
 I'll follow you at heels : the feast's solemnity 
 Shall want till your return. 
 
 riu's. Cousin, I charj;e you 
 
 Budge not from Athens ; we shall i)e returning' 
 Ere you can end this feast, of which, I pray you, 
 Make no abatement. Once more, farewell all. 
 [Hippo/yfa, Emilia, Pirithous, J/yffun, liov, Xyniphx, 
 and Attendants enter the temple. 
 
 First Quec7i. Thus dost thou still make good 
 The tongue o' the world. 
 
 Sec. Queen, And earn'st a deity 
 
 Equal with Mars. 
 
 Third Queen. If not above him; for 
 Thou, being but mortal, mak'st affections bend 
 To godlike honors ; they themselves, some say. 
 Groan under such a mastery. 
 
 Thes. As we are men, 
 
 Thus should we do; being sensually subdu'd. 
 We lose our human title. Good chrtr. ladies ! 
 Now turn we towards your comforts. [F/ourisft. Fxettnl, 
 
 Scene II. Thebes. The court of the palaee. 
 Enter Palamon <;//</ .AkflTR. 
 
 Arc. Dear Palamon, dearer in love than l)lood. 
 And our prime cousin, yet unharden'd in 
 The crimes of nature ; let us leave the city 
 Thebes, and the templings in't. before we further 
 Sully our gloss of youth : 
 And here to keep in alistinence we shame 
 As in incontinence ; for not lo swim 
 r th' aid o' the current, wtic almost to sink. 
 
 T.N.K. II.] VII. 353.
 
 Aci/.l THE TWO KOBLE KINSMEN, ^Scene II. 
 
 At least to frustrate striving ; and to follow 
 The common stream, 'twould bring us to an eddy 
 Where we should turn or drown ; if labor through. 
 Our gain but life and weakness. 
 
 Pal. Your advice 
 
 Is cried up with example : what strange ruins, 
 Since first we went to school, may we perceive 
 Walking in Thebes ! scars and bare weeds, 
 The gain o' the martialist, who did propound 
 To his bold ends honor and golden ingots, 
 AVhich, though he won, he had not ; and now flurted 
 By peace, for whom he fought ! Who, then, shall offer 
 To Mars's so-scorn'd altar? I do bleed 
 When such I meet, and wish great Juno would 
 Resume her ancient fit of jealousy. 
 To get the soldier work, that peace might purge 
 For her repletion, and retain anew 
 Her charitable heart, now hard, and harsher 
 Than strife or war could be. 
 
 Arc. Are you not out ? 
 
 ]\Ieet you no ruin but the soldier in 
 The cranks and turns of Thebes ? You did begin 
 As if you met decays of many kinds : 
 Perceive you none that do arouse your pity, 
 Eut th' unconsider'd soldier ? 
 
 Pal. Yes ; I pity 
 
 Decays where'er I find them ; but such most 
 That,' sweating in an honorable toil. 
 Are paid with ice to cool 'em. 
 
 Arc. 'Tis not this 
 
 I did begin to speak of ; this is virtue 
 Of no respect in Thebes : I spake of Thebes, 
 How dangerous, if we will keep our honors, 
 It is for our residing ; where every evil 
 Hath a good color; where every seeming good's 
 A certain evil ; where not to be even jump 
 As they are here, were to be strangers, and 
 Such things to be mere monsters. 
 
 Pal. 'Tis in our power — 
 
 Unless we fear that apes can tutor 's — to 
 Be masters of our manners : what need I 
 Affect another's gait, which is not catching 
 
 VII. 354. [t.n.k. 12.
 
 4c(/.] THE TWO SOliLE KISSMI . . ..I. 
 
 Where there is faith ? or to l)c fond upon 
 
 Anothers way of speech, when by ruitjc own 
 
 I may be reasonably conceiv'd, savd too. 
 
 Speaking it truly ? why am I bound 
 
 By any generous bonti to follow him 
 
 Follows his tailor, iiaply so lung until 
 
 The follow'd make i)ursuit ? or let inc know 
 
 Why mine own barber is unblest, with him 
 
 My poor chin too, for 'tis not scissar'd just 
 
 To such a favorite's glass ? what canon is there 
 
 That does command my rapier from my hip, 
 
 To dangle't in my hand, or to go tip-toe 
 
 Before the street be foul ? Eithei I am 
 
 The fore-horse in the team, or I am none 
 
 That draw i' the sequent trace. These poor slight sores 
 
 Need not a plaintain ; that which rips my bosom, 
 
 Almost to th' heart, "s, — 
 
 Arc. Our uncle Creon. 
 
 Pal. He, 
 
 A most unbounded tyrant, whose successes 
 Make heaven unfear'd, and villainy assur'd 
 Beyond its power there's nothing; almost puts 
 Faith in a fever, and deifies alone 
 Voluble chance ; who only attributes 
 The faculties of other instruments 
 To his own nerves and act; commands men's scnice 
 And what they win in't, boot and glory too; 
 That fears not to do harm; good dares not; let 
 The blood of mine that's sib to him be suck'd 
 From me with leeches ; let them break and fall 
 Off me with that corruption ! 
 
 Arc. Clear-spirited cousin. 
 
 Let's leave his court, that we may nothing share 
 Of his loud infamy ; for our milk 
 Will relish of the pasture, and we must 
 Be vile or disobedient; not his kinsmen 
 In blood, unless in quality. 
 
 Pal. Nothing truer: 
 
 I think the echoes of his shames ha\e dcaf'd 
 The ears of heavenly justice : willows" cries 
 Descend again into their throats, and have not 
 Due audience of tiiegods. — X'alcnus ! 
 
 T.N.ic. 13.) VII. 35y
 
 ^ct I.^ TUE Tiro XOBLE KINSMEN. [Scene//. 
 
 Etite?- Valerius. 
 
 Val. The king calls for \ ou ; ) et be ieaclen-footed. 
 Till his great rage be off him : Phcebus when 
 He broke his whipstock, and exclaim'd against 
 The horses of the sun, but whisper'd, to 
 The loudness of his fury. 
 
 Pal. Small winds shake him: 
 
 But what's the matter ? [sent 
 
 Ft^/. Theseus — who where he threats appals — hath 
 Deadly defiance to him, and pronounces 
 Huin to Thebes ; who is at hand to seal 
 The promise of his wrath, 
 
 Aj-c. Let him approach : 
 
 But that we fear the gods in him, he brings not 
 A jot of terror to us : yet what man 
 Thirds his own worth — the case is each of ours — • 
 AVhen that his action's dregg'd with mind assur'd 
 "" ris bad he goes about ? 
 
 Pal. Leave that unreason'd ; 
 
 Our services stand now for Thebes, not Creon : 
 Yet, to be neutral to him were dishonor. 
 Rebellious to oppose ; therefore we must 
 AVith him stand to the mercy of our fate, 
 AVho hath bounded our last minute. 
 
 Arc. So we must.— 
 
 Is't said this war's afoot? or it shall be, 
 On fail of some condition ? 
 
 Val. 'Tis in motion ; 
 
 Th' intelligence of state came in the instant 
 ^Vith the defter. 
 
 Pal. Let's to the king ; who, were he 
 
 A quarter carrier of that honor which 
 His enemy comes in, the blood we venture 
 Should be' as for our health ; which were not spent, 
 Hather laid out for purchase : but, alas, 
 Our hands advanc'd before our hearts, what will 
 The fall o' the stroke do damage } 
 
 Arc. Let th' event. 
 
 That never-erring arbitrator, tell us 
 AVhen we know all ourselves ; and let us follow 
 The becking of our chance. {Exeuftt. 
 
 VII. 3s6. [t.n.k. 14.
 
 Act/.] TUfC TWO NOBLE K'lNSMKX. li/.#///. 
 
 SCENK III. licforc thegitUsof Atfuns, 
 
 Enter riKiTHous, IIiim'olv r a, nW Emilia. 
 
 Pir. No furtlicr ! 
 
 ^i^P' Sir, farewell : repeat mv wishes 
 
 To our great lord, of whose success I dare not 
 Make any timorous (juesiion ; )et I wish liirn 
 Excess aiul overllow (jf power, an't niij^hl 1)^. 
 To dare ill-dealing fortune. .Speed lo him; 
 Store never hurts good governors. 
 
 P^*"' Though I know 
 
 His ocean needs not my poor dr«)ps. \tt ihty 
 Must yield their tribute' there. My precious' maid. 
 Those best affecti(jns that the heavens infuse 
 In their best-temjier'd pieces, keep enthron'd 
 In your dear heart ! 
 
 Emi. Th.mks, sir. KemrndKT mc 
 
 To our all-royal brother ; Un whose speed 
 The great Bellona I'll solicit ; and 
 Since, in our terrene stale, petitions are not 
 Without gifts understood. Ill offer to her 
 What I shall be advis'd she likes. Our hearts 
 Are in his army, in his tent. 
 
 Hi p. In's bosom. 
 
 We have been soldiers, and we cannot weep 
 When our friends don their helms, or put to sea. 
 Or tell of babes broach'd on the lance, or w«)mcn 
 That ha\e sod their infatits in — and aflcre.it t; » m — 
 The brine they wept at killing \\w', then, ;t 
 You stay to see of us such spinsters. \vc 
 Should hold you here for ever. 
 
 Pzr. Peace t)c to you. 
 
 As I pursue this war! which shall i)e then 
 lieyond further reijuiring. \ExiU 
 
 Em/. How his longini; 
 
 Follows his friend ! since his deparl. his spoits. 
 Though craving seriousness and skill, pass'd slightly 
 His careless execution, where nor gain 
 Made him regard, or loss consider; but 
 Playing one business in his hand, another 
 Directing in his head, his ni!'' --"-•• f()ual 
 
 T.N.K. IS-l ^ ' '
 
 Act /.] THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. [Sceve UL 
 
 To these so differing twins. Have you observ'd him 
 Since our great lord departed ? 
 
 Hip. With much labor; 
 
 And I did love him for't. The}' two have cabin d 
 In many as dangerous as poor a corner, 
 Peril and want contending ; they have skiff'd 
 Torrents, whose roaring tyranny and power 
 r the least of these was dreadful; and they have 
 Fought out together, where death's self was lodg'd ; 
 Yet faith hath brought them off. Their knot of love 
 Tied, weav'd, entangled, with so true, so long, 
 And with a tinger of so deep a cunning, 
 May be out- worn, never undone. I think 
 Theseus cannot be umpire to himself, 
 Cleaving his conscience into twain, and doing 
 Each side like justice, which he loves best. 
 
 E))u'. Doubtless 
 
 There is a best, and reason has no manners 
 To say it is not you. I was acquainted 
 Once with a time, when I enjoy'd a playfellow ; 
 You were at wars when she the grave enrich'd, 
 \Vho made too proud the bed, took leave o' the moor '■ 
 Which then look'd pale at parting — when our count 
 Was each eleven. 
 
 Hip. 'Twas Flavina. 
 
 Emi. Yes. 
 
 You talk of Pirithous' and Theseus' love : 
 Theirs has more ground, is more maturely season'd. 
 More buckled with strong judgment, and their needs 
 The one of th' other may be said to water 
 Their intertangled roots of love ; but I, 
 And she I sigh and spoke of, were things innocent, 
 Lov'd for we did, and like the elements 
 That know not what nor why, yet do effect 
 Rare issues by their operance, our souls 
 Did so to one another : what she lik'd 
 Was then of me approv'd ; what not, condemn 'd. 
 No more arraignment ; the flower that I would pluck 
 And put between my breasts — then but beginning 
 To swell about the blossom — she would long 
 Till she had such another, and commit it 
 To the like innocent cradle, where, phenix-like, 
 
 VII. 358. [t.n.k. 16
 
 AcU:\ THE TH'O SOBLi: KlSsytRS. 'V..*.;- 
 
 They elite! in pcrfuinc ; on my head no loy 
 But was her pattern ; her affections — prcily. 
 Though happily her careless wear — 1 f«j|low'd 
 For my most serious decking: had mine ear 
 Stol'n some new air, or at adventure huninrd one 
 From musical coinage, why, it was a note 
 Whereon her spirits wouUrsojourn,— rather dwell on. 
 And sing it in her slumbers : this rehearsal — 
 Which, every innocent wots well, comes in 
 Like old importment's bastard —has this end. 
 That the true love 'tween maid and maid may be 
 More than in sex dividual. 
 
 Hip. You're out of breath ; 
 
 And this high-speeded pace is but to say. 
 That you shall never, like the maid Flavina, 
 Love any that's call'd man. 
 
 Emi. I'm sure I siiall not. 
 
 Hip. Now, alack, weak sister. 
 I must no more believe thee in this j)oint — 
 Though in't I know thou dost believe thyself — 
 Than I will trust a sickly appetite. 
 That loathes even as it longs. But. sure, my sister. 
 If I were ripe for your persuasion, you 
 Have said enough to shake me from the arm 
 Of the all-noble Theseus ; for whose fortuiK.^ 
 I will now in and kneel, with great assurance 
 That we, more than his Pirithous, possess 
 The high throne in his heart. 
 
 Eiiii. I am not 
 
 Against your faith ; yet I continue mine. \Exeunt. 
 
 Scene IV. A field before Thebes. Peitii bodies lying on 
 the ground; among them Palamon and ArciTK. 
 
 A battle struck within ; then a retreat ; then a fiouriih. 
 Then enter THESEUS {7>ictor). Herald. •/«</ At- 
 tendants. The three Queens meet Vw F.SKL'S, 
 and fall on their faces before him. 
 
 First Queen. To thee no star be dark ! 
 
 Sec. Oueen. Both heaven and earth 
 
 Friend thee for ever! 
 r.N.K. 17.] VII. j5^
 
 Aci/.} THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. \Scene IV, 
 
 Third Queen. All the good that may 
 
 Be wish'd upon thy head, I cry Amen to"t ! 
 
 Thes. Th' impartial gods, who from the mounted 
 heavens 
 View us their mortal herd, behold who err, 
 And in their time chastise. Go, and find out 
 The bones of your dead lords, and honor them 
 With treble ceremony : rather than a gap 
 Should be in their dear rites, we would supply't. 
 But those we will depute which shall invest 
 You in your dignities, and even each thing 
 Our haste does leave imperfect. So, adieu, 
 And heaven's good eyes look on you ! \Exeu7it Queens, 
 
 What are those? 
 
 Herald. Men of great quality, as may be judg'd 
 By their appointment ; some of Thebes have told's 
 They're sisters' children, nephews to the king. 
 
 Thes. Byth' helm of Mars, I saw them in the war — 
 Like to a pair of lions smear'd with prey — 
 Make lanes in troops aghast : I fix'd my note 
 Constantly on them ; for they were a mark 
 Worth a god's view. What was't that prisoner told me 
 When I inquir'd their names .^ 
 
 Herald. We learn they're call'd 
 
 Arcite and Palamon. 
 
 Thes. 'Tis right ; those, those. 
 
 They are not dead.'* 
 
 Herald. Nor in a state of life : had they been taken 
 When their last hurts were given, 'twas possible 
 They might have been recover'd ; yet they breathe. 
 And have the name of men. 
 
 Thes. Then like men use 'em : 
 
 The very lees of such, miUions of rates 
 Exceed the wme of others : all our surgeons 
 Convent in their behoof ; our richest balms. 
 Rather than niggard, waste : their lives concern us 
 ]\Iuch more than Thebes is worth : rather than have *em 
 Freed of this plight, and in their morning state, 
 Sound and at liberty, I would 'em dead ; 
 But, forty thousand fold, we had rather have 'em 
 Prisoners to us than death. Bear 'em speedily 
 From our kind air, — to them unkind, — and minister 
 
 VII. 360. [t.k.k. i&
 
 ^ci /.] THE TWO SOni.h: KINSMEN. (Sf #■# K 
 
 What man to man may do ; for our sake, niorcr 
 Since I have known hj^ht's fury, friends' Uchcsls, 
 Love's provocations, zeal in a mistress' task. 
 Desire of Uberty. a fever, machu-ss. 
 'T hath set a mark which nature could not reach to 
 Without some imposition, sickness in will. 
 Or wrestling strength in reason. For our love. 
 And great Apollo's mercy, all ourhest 
 Their best skill tender ! — Lead into the city ; 
 Where, having hound things scatter'd, we will po£t 
 To Athens 'fore our army. [F/oiiris/i. /'.\,unt; . U/,miantt 
 carrrtNtC I\t/iitnon nnd Arciff, 
 
 Scene V. Another part of the s,i>nt'. more remote from 
 Thebes. 
 
 Ejifer the three Queens 7*;'//// the hearses of their husbunds 
 in a funeral solemnity, &»c. 
 
 Song. 
 
 Urns and odors bring away ! 
 
 Vapors, sighs, darken the day ! 
 Our dole more deadly looks than dying; 
 
 Balms, and gums, and heavy cheers. 
 
 Sacred vials fill'd with tears. 
 And clamors through the wild air nviniTf 
 
 Come, all sad and solemn shows. 
 That are quick-ey'd pleasure's foes : 
 We convent naught else but woes : 
 We convent, ^.c 
 
 Third Queen. This funeral path brings to your house- 
 hold's grave : 
 Joy seize on you again ! Peace sleep with him ! 
 
 Sec. Queen. And this to yours. 
 
 FirsT(2neen. Yours this way. Heat 
 
 A thousaTid differing ways to one sure end. 
 
 Third (lueen. This world's a city full -' ^tr .v n 
 And death's the market-place, where . 
 
 k\( II 
 
 19-1 
 
 VII.
 
 Act//.] THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. \_Scene I. 
 
 ACT II. 
 
 bCENE I. Athens. A garden, luith a castle in the back 
 groiifid. 
 
 Enter Gaoler and Wooer. 
 
 Gaoler. I may depart with little, while I live ; some- 
 thing I may cast to you, not much. Alas, the prison I 
 keep, though it be for great ones, yet they seldom conie : 
 before one salmon, you shall take a number of minnows. 
 I am given out to be better lined than it can appear to 
 me report is a true speaker: I would I were really that I 
 am delivered to be. Marry, what I have — be it what it 
 will — I will assure upon my daughter at the day of my 
 death. 
 
 Wooer. Sir, I demand no more than your own offer ; 
 and I will estate your daughter in what I have promised. 
 
 Gaoler. Well, we will talk more of this when the so- 
 lemnity is past. But have you a full promise of her.-* 
 when that shall be seen, I tender my consent. 
 
 Wooer. I have, sir. Here she comes. 
 
 Enter Gaoler's Daughter ivith strewings. 
 
 Gaoler. Your friend and I have chanced to name you 
 here, upon the old business ; but no more of that now : 
 so soon as the court-hurry is over, we will have an end of 
 it : i' the mean time, look tenderly to the two prisoners ; 
 I can tell you they are princes. 
 
 Daitgh. These strewings are for their chamber. 'Tis 
 pity they are in prison, and 'twere pity they should be 
 out. I do think they have patience to make any adver- 
 sity ashamed : the prison itself is proud of 'em ; and they 
 have all the world in their chamber. 
 
 Gaoler. They are famed to be a pair of absolute men. 
 
 Dangh. By my troth, I think fame but stammers 'em ; 
 they stand a grise above the reach of report. 
 
 Gaoler. I heard them reported in the battle to be the 
 only doers. 
 
 baicgh. Nay, most likely ; for they are noble sufferers. 
 
 I marvel how they would have looked, had they been 
 
 victors, that with such a constant nobility enforce a freedom 
 
 VII. 362. [t.n.k. 20.
 
 Ac/ //.] 7V/£ THO NOBLE K/NSMt.W \ '.,■/ /. 
 
 out of bondage, making miser)- their mirth, aud affliction 
 
 a toy to jest at. 
 
 Gaoler. Do they so ? 
 
 Daugh. It seems to me they have no more sense of 
 their captivity than I of ruUng Athens: tliry rai wril. 
 look merrily, iHscourse of many things, but : " 
 their own restraint and disasters. Yet s 
 <livided sigh, martyred as 'twere- i' the dcln- 
 break from one of them ; when the other pr* 
 it so sweet a reljuke. that I could wish mys< •; .i -.^.i ... 
 be so chid, or at least a sigher to be comforted. 
 
 Wooer. I never saw 'em. 
 
 Gaoler. The duke himself came privately in the night, 
 and so did they : what the reason of it is, I know not. 
 
 Palamon and Akcitk appear at a Ti'tntitnu of Sk. tiru'er. 
 
 Look, yonder they are,-* that's Arcite looks out. 
 
 Dangh. No, sir, no ; that's Palamon : Arcite is the 
 lower of the twain ; you may perceive a ^)art of him. 
 
 Gaoler. Go to! leave your pointing: they would not 
 make us their object : out of their sight ! 
 
 Daug/i. It is a holiday to look on them. Lord, ihe 
 difference of men I [Exit wit It Gaoler and li'ik*/'r. 
 
 Pal. How do you, noble cousin ? 
 
 Are. How do you, sir.^ 
 
 Pal. Why, strong enough to laugh at misery. 
 And beir the chance of war yet. We are prisoners 
 I fear for ever, cousin. 
 
 Arc. I believe it ; 
 
 And to that destiny have patiently 
 Laid up my hour to come. 
 
 /\il, O, cousin Arcite, 
 
 Where is Thebes now ? w here is our noble country > 
 Where are our friends and kindreds.^ Never more 
 Must we behold those comforts ; never see 
 The hardy youths strive for the ganies of honor. 
 Hung with the painted favors of iheir ladies. 
 Like tall ships under sail ; then start am«>ngst 'em. 
 And, as an east wind, leave *em .ill behind us 
 Like lazy clouds, whilst Talamon and .-Xrcitc, 
 Even in the wagging of .i w-anton leg. 
 Outstripp'd the peoples praises, won the garland*, 
 
 x.N.K. at.) Vll. 36>
 
 Act II. '\ THE TIVO NOBLE KIXSMEA'. {Scene L 
 
 Ere they have time to wish 'em ours. O, never 
 Shall we two exercise, like twins of honor, 
 Our arms again, and feel our tiery horses 
 Like proud seas under us ! Our good swords now,— 
 Better the red-ey'd god of war ne'er ware, — 
 Ravish'd our sides, like age, must run to rust. 
 And deck the temples of those gods that hate us ; 
 These hands shall never draw em out like lightning. 
 To blast whole armies, more ! 
 
 Arc. No, Palanion, 
 
 Those hopes are prisoners with us : here we are. 
 And here the graces of our youths must wither. 
 Like a too-timely spring ; here age must find us. 
 And, which is heaviest, Palamon, unmarried ; 
 The sweet embraces of a loving wife, 
 Loaden with kisses, arm'd with thousand Cupids, 
 Shall never clasp our necks ; no issue know us, 
 No figures of ourselves shall we e'er see, 
 To glad our age, and like young eagles teach 'em 
 Boldly to gaze against bright arms, and say 
 " Remember what your fathers were, and conquer ! " 
 The fair-ey'd maids shall weep our banishments, 
 And in their songs curse ever-blinded Fortune, 
 Till she for shame see what a wrong she has done 
 To youth and nature : this is all our world ; 
 We shall know nothing here but one another; 
 Hear nothing but the clock that tells our woes; 
 The vine shall grow, but we shall never see it ; 
 Summer shall come, and with her all delights. 
 But dead-cold winter must inhabit here still. 
 
 Pal. 'Tis too true, Arcite. To our Theban hounds. 
 That shook the aged forest with their echoes, 
 No more now must we holla ; no more shake 
 Our pointed javelins, whilst the angry swine 
 Flies like a Parthian quiver from our rages. 
 Stuck with our well-steel'd darts : all valiant uses — 
 The food and nourishment of noble minds — 
 In us two here shall perish; we shall die — 
 Which is the curse of honor — lastly. 
 Children of grief and ignorance. 
 
 Arc. Yet, cousin. 
 
 Even from the bottom of these miseries, 
 
 VII. :!64. [T.N.K. 22,
 
 Act n.\ THE TWO SOPl.E KIS'SMEN. \&*mt K 
 
 From all that fortune can inflict upon us, 
 
 I see two comforts ri>.ini^. two mere blessinf^. 
 
 If the gods jjlease to hohl here, — a brave patience; 
 
 And the enjoying of our griefs together. 
 
 Whilst Palamon is with ine, lei me ()erish 
 
 If I think this our prison ! 
 
 Pal. Certainly 
 
 'Tis a main goodness, cousin, that nm iMiumrs 
 Were twin'd together : 'tis most true, two souls 
 Put in two noble bodies, let 'em suffer 
 The gall of hazard, so they grow together. 
 Will never sink ; they must not ; say they could, 
 A willing man dies sleeping, and all's done. 
 
 Arc. Shall we make worthy uses of this place. 
 That all men hate so much ? 
 
 Pal. How, gentle cousin? 
 
 Arc. Let's think this jirison holy sancluar)'. 
 To keep us from corruption of worse men: 
 We're young, and yet desire the ways of honor ; 
 That, liberty and common conversation. 
 The poison of pure spirits, might, like women. 
 Woo us to wander from. What worthy blessing 
 Can be, but our imaginations 
 May make it ours? and here being thus together. 
 We are an endless mine to one another; 
 We're one another's wife, ever begetting 
 New births of love; we're father, friends, arnn.unf.mre; 
 We are, in one another, families ; 
 I am your heir, and you are mine : this plac • 
 Is our inheritance ; no hard oppress<»r 
 Dare take tliis from us: here, with a little patience. 
 We shall live long, and loving: no surfeits seek us; 
 The hand of war hurts none here, nor the seas 
 Swallow their youth. Were we at liberty, 
 A wife might part us lawfully, or business; 
 Quarrels consume us ; envy of ill men 
 (}rave our acquaintance ; I might sicken, cousin. 
 Where you should never know it. and so perish 
 Without your noble hand to close mine ryes. 
 Or prayers to the gcds : a thousand chances. 
 Were we from hence, would sever us. 
 
 p^^j Vou'x e innde mC — 
 
 T.N K 21.1
 
 Act IT."] THE Tiro NOiBLE KINSMEN. [Scene. 
 
 I thank you, cousin Arcite — almost wanton 
 With my captivity : what a miser}' 
 It is to Hve abroad, and every wheie ! 
 'Tis Hke a beast, methinks : I find the court here, 
 I'm sure, a more content ; and all those pleasure 
 That woo the wills of men to vanity 
 I see through now ; and am sufficient 
 To tell the world 'tis but a gaudy shadow. 
 That old Time, as he passes by, takes with him. 
 What had we been, old in the court of Creon, 
 AVhere sin is justice, lust and ignorance 
 The virtues of the great ones ? Cousin Arcite, 
 Had not the loving gods found this place for us, 
 AVe had died as they do, ill old men, unv/ept. 
 And had their epitaphs, the people's curses. 
 Shall I say more ? 
 
 Arc. I'd hear you still. 
 
 Pal. Ye shall. 
 
 Is there record of any two that Icv'd 
 Better than we do, Arcite ? 
 
 Arc. Sure, there cannot. 
 
 PaL I do not think it possible our friendship 
 Should ever leave us. 
 
 Arc. Till our deaths it cannot; 
 
 And after death our spirits shall be led 
 To those that love eternally. Speak on, sir. 
 
 Enter EMILIA a7id Waiting-woman be'tow^ 
 
 Emi. This garden has a world of pleasures in't. 
 What flower is this ? 
 
 \Vait.~w. 'Tis call'd narcissus, madam. 
 
 Emi. That was a fair boy certain, but a fool 
 To love himself : were there not maids enough } 
 
 Arc, Pray, forward. 
 
 Pal. Yes. 
 
 Emi. Or were they all hard-hearted ? 
 
 V/ait.-w. They could not be to one so fair, 
 
 Emi, Thou wouldst not. 
 
 Waif,~7V. I think I should not, madam, 
 
 Emi. That's a good wench I 
 
 But take heed to your kindness though ! 
 
 IVait.-w, Why, madam? 
 
 VII. 3«6. [t.n.k. 24
 
 Act II.-\ THE TWO SOBLE KISSMRN. 
 
 Enii. Men are mad tiling's. 
 
 Arc. Will ye jjo forward, cousin ? 
 
 Emi. Canst not thou work such Mowers in silk.wtn. h > 
 
 \Vait.-7u. 
 
 Emi. I'll have a gown full of 'em ; and of lhes< . 
 This is a pretty color : wiil't not do 
 Rarely upon a skirt, wench ? 
 
 Wait.-zu. Dainty, madam. 
 
 Arc. Cousin, cousin I how do you, sir ? why, Palamon ! 
 
 Pal. Never till now I was in prison, Arcitc 
 
 Arc. Why, what's the matter, man ? 
 
 Pal. Behold, and wonder! 
 
 By heaven, she is a goddess ! 
 
 Arc. Hal 
 
 Pal. Do reverence ; 
 
 She is a goddess, Arcite ! 
 
 Emi. Of all Mowers, 
 
 Methinks, a rose is best. 
 
 Wait.-7u. Why, gentle madam ? 
 
 Emi. It is the very emblem of a maid : 
 For when the west wind courts her gentl\ . 
 How modestly she blows, and |)aints the sun 
 With her chaste blushes ! when the north comes near her. 
 Rude and- impatient, thrn. like chastity. 
 She locks her beauties in her bud again, 
 And leaves him to base briers. 
 
 IVait.-w. Yet, good madam. 
 
 Sometimes her modesty will blow so far 
 She falls for it : a maid. 
 If she have any honor. wouUl be loath 
 To take example by her. 
 
 Emi. TIkhi art wanton. 
 
 Arc. She's wondrous fair ! 
 
 Pal. She's all the l)eauiy c\t.»nl ! 
 
 Emi. The sun grows high ; let's walk in. Keep ihc^ 
 flowers ; 
 We'll see how near art can come near their colors. 
 I'm wondrous merry-hearteti ; I could laugh now. 
 IVait.-w. I could lie down, I'm sure. 
 Emi. And lake one with you ? 
 
 Wait.-w. That's as we bargain, madam. 
 
 T.N. K. 25.] VII. J67.
 
 Act II ^ THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. l^cene I. 
 
 Emi. Well, agree then. 
 
 [Exit with Waiting-woinaii. 
 
 Pal. What think you of this beauty? 
 
 Arc. 'Tis a rare one. 
 
 Pal. Is't but a rare one ? 
 
 Arc. Yes, a matchless beauty. 
 
 Pal. Might not a man well lose himself, and love her .^ 
 
 Arc. I cannot tell what you have done ; I have, 
 Beshrew m.ine eyes for't ! Now I feel my shackles. 
 
 Pal. You love her, then ? 
 
 Arc. Who would not ? 
 
 Pal. And desire her ? 
 
 Arc. Before my liberty. 
 
 Pal. I saw her first. 
 
 Arc. That's nothing. 
 
 Pal. But it shall be. 
 
 Arc. I saw her too. 
 
 Pal. Yes ; but you must not love her. 
 
 Arc. I will not, as you do, to worship her, 
 As she is heavenly and a blessed goddess ; 
 I love her as a woman, to enjoy her : 
 So both may love. 
 
 Pal, You shall not love at all. 
 
 Arc. Not love at all ! who shall deny me ? 
 
 Pal. I, that first saw her ; I, that took possession 
 First with mine eye of all those beauties in her 
 Reveal'd to mankind. If thou lovest her, 
 ■Or entertain'st a hope to blast my wishes. 
 Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow 
 False as thy title to her : friendship, blood. 
 And all the ties between us, I disclaim, 
 If thou once think upon her! 
 
 Arc. Yes, I love her; 
 
 And if the lives of all my name lay on it, 
 I must do so ; I love her with my soul. 
 If that will lose ye, farewell, Palamon ! 
 I say again, I love ; and, in loving her, maintain 
 1 am as worthy and as free a lover. 
 And have as just a title to her beauty. 
 As any Palamon, or any living 
 That is a man's son. 
 
 Pal. Have I call'd thee friend? 
 
 VII. :t63. [t.n.k. 2&
 
 Aci //.] THE TWO SOlil.E K!SS.\tEN. 
 
 Arc. Yts, and have found rnc so. Whv .irr \ou 
 mov'd thus? 
 Let me deal coldly with you : am not I 
 Part of your blood, part of your soul ? you've loM nte 
 That I was I'alamon, and you were Arcilr. 
 
 Pal. Yes. 
 
 .{re. Am not I licd)le to those affections. 
 Those joys, griefs, angers, fears, my friend shall suffer? 
 
 Pal. Ye may be. 
 
 Arc. Why, then, would you deal so cunningly. 
 So strangely, so unlike a noble kinsman. 
 To love alone } Speak truly ; do you think mc 
 Unworthy of her sight ? 
 
 Pal. No ; but unjust 
 
 If thou pursue that sight. 
 
 Arc. Because another 
 
 First sees the enemy, shall I stand still. 
 And let mine honor down, and never charge? 
 
 Pal. Yes, if he be but one. 
 
 Arc. Hut say that one 
 
 Had rather combat nu- ? 
 
 Pal. Let that one say so. 
 
 And use thy freedom : else, if thou pursu'st her. 
 Be as that cursed man that hates his counir)'. 
 A branded villain ! 
 
 Arc. You are mad. 
 
 Pal. I must be. 
 
 Till thou art worthy, Arcite ; it concrrns mc; 
 And, in this madness, if 1 hazard thee 
 And take thy life, 1 deal but truly. 
 
 Arc. Tie. sir! 
 
 You play the child extremely : I will love her, 
 1 must. I ought to do so, and I dare ; 
 And all this justly. 
 
 Pal. ' O. that now, that now 
 
 Thy false self and thy friend had but this fortune. 
 To be one hour at libertv. and grasp 
 Our good sworils in our hands ! I'd quickly teach (i;rc- 
 What 'twere to tilch affection from another! 
 Thou art baser in it than a cutpurse : 
 Put but thy head out of this window n)orr. 
 And, as 1 have a soul. I'll nail thy ' '• '■''? ' 
 
 T..M.K. 27.] ^■"- 3'^>-
 
 Act Ii, 1 THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. ^Scene 1, 
 
 Arc. Thou dar'st not, fool ; thou canst not ; thou art 
 feeble : 
 Put my head out ! I'll throw my body out, 
 And leap the garden, when I see her next, 
 And pitch between her arms, to anger thee. 
 
 Pal. No more ! the keeper's coming : I shall live 
 To knock thy brains out with my shackles. 
 
 Arc. Do I 
 
 Re-enter Gaoler. 
 
 Gaoler. By your leave, gentlemen. 
 
 Pa/. Now, honest keeper? 
 
 Gaoler. Lord Arcite, you must presently to the duke : 
 The cause I know not yet. 
 
 Arc. I'm ready, keeper. 
 
 Gaoler. Prince Palamon, I must awhile bereave you 
 Of your fair cousin's company. 
 
 Pal. And me too, 
 
 E\en when you please, of life. \Exeu7it Gaoler and Arcite. 
 
 Why is he sent for } 
 It may be, he shall marr}- her ; he's goodly. 
 And like enough the duke hath taken notice 
 Both of his blood and body. But his falsehood ! 
 Why should a friend be treacherous.-' if that 
 Get him a wife so noble and so fair. 
 Let honest men ne'er love again. Once more 
 I would but see this fair one. — Blessed garden, 
 And fruit and flowers more blessed, that still blossom 
 As her bright eyes shine on ye ! Would I were. 
 For all the fortune of my life hereafter, 
 Yon little tree, yon blooming apricock ! 
 How I would spread, and fling my wanton arms 
 In at her window ! I would bring her fruit 
 Fit for the gods to feed on ; youth and pleasure, 
 Still as she tasted, should be doubled on her ; 
 And if she be not heavenly, I would make her 
 So near the gods in nature, they should fear her ; 
 And then I'm sure she would love me. 
 
 Re-e7iter Gaoler. 
 
 How now, keeper ! 
 Where's Arcite } 
 
 VII. 370. [t.n.k. 28.
 
 A.'t //.] THi: Tiro NO/iL/C A-/.VS.\/£X. \JS*0m t 
 
 Gaoler. Hanish'd. Prince Pirithous 
 
 Obtain *d his liberty : but never more. 
 Upon his oath and life, must he set fool 
 Upon this kingdom. 
 
 Pal. \asicli'\ He's a blessed man ! 
 
 He shall see Thebes again, and call to arms 
 The i)old young men that, when he bids 'em charge. 
 Fall on like fire : Arcite sh.ill have a fortune, 
 If he dare make himself a worthy lover. 
 Yet in the field to strike a battle for iier ; 
 And if he lose her then, he's a cold coward : 
 How bravely may he bear himself to win her. 
 If he be noble Arcite, thousand ways ! 
 Were I at liberty, I would do things 
 Of such a virtuous greatness, that this lady. 
 This blushing virgin, should take manhood to her. 
 And seek to ravish me. 
 
 Gaoler. My lord, for \(H1 
 
 I have this charge too — 
 
 Pal. To discharge my life } 
 
 Gaoler. No ; but from this place to remove your lord* 
 ship : 
 The windows are too open. 
 
 Pal. Devils take 'em 
 
 That are so envious to me I I'riihee. kill me. 
 
 Gaoler. And hang for't afterwarti ? 
 
 Pal. Hy this good light. 
 
 Had I a sword, I'd kill thee. 
 
 Gaoler. Why, my lonl } 
 
 Pal. Thou bring'st such pelting scurvy news conlin- 
 ually. 
 Thou art not worthy life. I will not go. 
 
 Gaoler. Indeed, you must, my lord. 
 
 Pal. May I see the g.irdcn ? 
 
 Gaoler. No. 
 
 Pal. Then I'm resolv'd I will not go. 
 
 Gaoler. I "uist 
 
 Constrain you, then ; and, for you're dangerous^ 
 I'll clap more irons on you. 
 
 Pal. Ho, good keejKrr : 
 
 I'll shake 'em so, ye shall not sleep ; 
 I'll make ye a new nn^rris. Must 1 go? 
 
 T.N.K.29.] ^l'- 37«.
 
 dct II.-] THE Tiro XOBLE KiySMEN. \Sccne 11. 
 
 Gaoler. There is no remedy. 
 
 Pal. [asz'de] Farewell, kind window ; 
 
 May rude wind never hurt thee ! — O my lady, 
 If ever thou hast felt what sorrow was, 
 Dream how I suffer I — Come, now bury me. \_Ex£u?it, 
 
 Scene II. The count 7-y 7iear Athens, 
 
 Enter Arcite. 
 
 Arc. Banish 'd the kingdom ? 'tis a benefit, 
 ,A mercy, I must thank 'em for ; but banish'd 
 The free enjoying of that face I die for, 
 O, 'twas a studied punishment, a death 
 Beyond imagination ! such a vengeance. 
 That, were I old and wicked, all my sins 
 Could never pluck upon me. Palamon, 
 Thou hast the start now; thou shalt stay, and see 
 Her bright eyes break each morning 'gainst thy window, 
 And let in life into thee ; thou shalt feed 
 Upon the sweetness of a noble beauty. 
 That nature ne'er exceeded, nor ne'er shall : 
 -Good gods, what happiness has Palamon ! 
 Twenty to one, he'll come to speak to her ; 
 And, if she be as gentle as she's fair, 
 I know she's his; he has a tongue will tame 
 Tempests, and make the wild rocks wanton. Come what 
 
 can come, 
 The worst is death ; I will not leave the kingdom : 
 I know mine own is but a heap of ruins, 
 And no redress there : if I go, he has her. 
 I am resolv'd : another shape shall make me, 
 Or end my fortunes ; either way, I'm happy : 
 I'll see her, and be near her, or no more. 
 
 Enter four Countrymen ; one with a garlafid before 
 them. 
 
 First Coun. My masters, I'll be there, that's certain. 
 Sec. Coun. And' I'll be there. 
 Third Coun. And I. 
 
 Fourth Coun. Why, then, have with ye, boys ! 'tis but 
 a chiding: 
 
 VII. 372. [t.n.k. 30,
 
 /let//.] T//E TllO xon/.F. K/Xs.\rf-:.\'. [ ,nt/l 
 
 Let the plow play to-day ; I'll ticklc't out 
 Of the jades' tails to-iiiorrow. 
 
 Firs/ Conn. \ am surr 
 
 To have my wife as jealous as a turkey : 
 ]Jut that's all one: 111 ^o lhiou;(h. lei'hcr mumble. 
 
 Sec. Coiin. Clap her aboard to-morrow nighl, and Mov 
 her. 
 And all's made up a;^Min. 
 
 Third Conn. Ay, do but put 
 
 A fescue in her fist, and you shall see her 
 Take a new lesson out. and be a >^ood wench. 
 Do we all hoUl ai^.iinst the Ma\ ini; ? 
 
 Fourth Conn. \ fold ! 
 
 What should ail us ? 
 
 Third Conn. Areas will be there. 
 
 Sec. Conn, And Scnnois, 
 
 And Rycas ; and three better lads neer daiu 'd 
 Under green tree ; and ye know what wenehrs. ha ! 
 But will the dainty domine. the schoolmaster. 
 Keep touch, do you think ? for he does ail. ye know. 
 
 Third Conn. Hell eat a hornbook, ere he fail : ;^ " ' 
 The matter is too far driven between 
 Him and the tanner's dauj^duer, to let slip now : 
 And she must see the duke, and she must daib 
 
 Fonrth Conn. Shall we be lusty ? 
 
 Sec. Conn. ' All the boys in Alher 
 
 Blow wind i' the breech on us: and hrrr 111 be. 
 And there I'll be. for our town, and lu-re a^ain. 
 And there a^^ain : ha, boys, hei^^h for ihr wravers ! 
 
 First Conn. This must be done i' the woods. 
 
 Fourth Conn. O. pnrdon m*- ! 
 
 Sec, Conn. By any means : our thinj. of learning: - - 
 so ; 
 Where he himself will edify the duke 
 Most parlously in our behalfs : he's cxcellrnt i' ll ' 
 
 woods ; 
 Brinjj him to the plains, his learning mnkes no cr>'. 
 
 Third Conn. We'll see the sports ; then r\cr\ «n.»n 
 to's tackle ! ^• 
 And. sweet companions, let's rG\"(o^rsp by inv me.uis. 
 Before the ladies see us. and v"./* V*".*"^')- 
 And Cfod knows what may come on'l. 
 
 T.N K. 3' ] VII. jrj
 
 Aci/L] THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. \Scette III. 
 
 Fourth Coun. Content : the sports 
 
 Once ended, we'll perform. Away, boys, and hold ! 
 
 Arc. By your leaves, honest friends ; pray you, whith- 
 er go you ? 
 
 Fourth Coun. Whither ! why, what a question's that ! 
 
 Arc. Yes, 'tis a question 
 
 To me that know not. 
 
 Third Coun. To the games, my friend. 
 
 Sec. Coun. Where were you bred, you know it not } 
 
 Arc. Not far, sir. 
 
 Are there such games to-day ? 
 
 First Coun. Yes, many, are there ; 
 
 And such as you never saw : the duke himself 
 Will be in person there. 
 
 Arc. What pastimes are they } 
 
 Sec. Coun. Wrestlingand running. — 'Tis a pretty fellow. 
 
 Third Coun. Thou wilt not go along ? 
 
 Arc. Not yet, sir. 
 
 Fourth Cotm. \\'ell, sir. 
 
 Take your own time. — Come, boys. 
 
 First Coun. My mind misgives me 
 
 This fellow has a vengeance-trick o' the hip ; 
 Mark how his body's made for't. 
 
 Sec. Coun. I'll be hang'd though. 
 
 If he dare venture ; hang him, plum-porridge ! 
 He wrestle.'' he roast eggs ! Come, let's be gone, lads. 
 
 [Fxeunt Country7nen. 
 
 Arc. This is an offer'd opportunity 
 I durst not wish for. Well I could have wrestled, 
 The best men call'd it excellent ; and run 
 Swifter than wind upon a field of corn. 
 Curling the wealthy ears, ever flew. I'll venture. 
 And in some pc or disguise be there : who knows 
 Whether my brows may not be girt with garlands. 
 And happiness prefer me to a place 
 Where I may ever dwell in sight of her? [Fxit. 
 
 Scene III. Athcjis. A room in the prison. 
 
 Filter Gaoler's daughter. 
 
 Daiigh. Why shoi^f c^ love this gentleman ? 'tis odds 
 He never will affect nie : I am base, 
 
 / VII. 374. [t.n.k. 32.
 
 Acf. //.] T//E Tiro AOB/.J-: A'/.V-SWr/A". [StnttV. 
 
 My father the mean keeper of his prison. 
 
 And he a prince : to marry him is hopeless. 
 
 To be his whore is witless. Out uj)on't I 
 
 What pushes are we wenches (hiven lo, 
 
 When fifteen once has found us ! First, I saw him ; 
 
 I, seeing, thought he was a goodly man ; 
 
 He has as much tt) please a woman in him — 
 
 If he please to bestow it so — as ever 
 
 These eyes yet look'don : next I pitied him ; 
 
 And so would any young w«-nch. o" my conscience. 
 
 That ever dream'd, or vow'd lur maidenht-.id 
 
 To a young handsome man : then I lo\ "d liim. 
 
 Extremely lov'd him, infinitely lov'd him ; 
 
 And yet he had a cousin, fcur .is he loo ; 
 
 But in my heart was Palamon. and there, 
 
 Lord, what a coil he keeps ! To hear him 
 
 Sing in an evening, what a heaven it is ! 
 
 And yet his songs are sad ones. Fairer spoken 
 
 Was never gentleman : when I come in 
 
 To bring him water in a morning, first 
 
 He bows his noble body, then salutes me thus, 
 
 *' Fair, gentle maid, good morrow : may thy goodness 
 
 Get thee a hapj^y husband ! " Once he kiss'd me • 
 
 I lov'd my lii)s the better ten days after : 
 
 Would he would do so every day I He grieves much. 
 
 And me as much to see his misery : 
 
 What should I do, to make him know I love him ? 
 
 For I would fain enjoy him : say I ventur'd 
 
 To set him free? wh.it says the law, th<-n ? 
 
 Thus much for law, or kindred ! 1 will do it ; 
 
 And this night or to-morrow he shall love me. [Exit, 
 
 SCKNE IV. ./// opc-n placi' i't At hens. A short Jlourisk 
 of cornets, and shouts within. 
 
 Enter Theseus. Hum'olviw. Pikithois. Kmiliaj 
 Arcite liis^uisc-tt, "u'titrini^ a ^artanti ; and 
 
 Countrymen. 
 
 T/u-s. Vou have done worthily; I have not seen. 
 Since Hercules, a man of toucher sinews : 
 Whate'er you are, you run the best, and wrestle. 
 That these times can allow. 
 
 T.N.K. 33.) Vll. i7V
 
 net //,] THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN, [Scene JP\ 
 
 Arc. I'm proud to please you. 
 
 Thes, What country bred you ? 
 
 Arc, This ; but far off, prince; 
 
 Thes. Are you a gentleman ? 
 
 Arc. ]\Iy father said so • 
 
 And to those gentle uses gave me life. 
 
 Thes. Are you his heir ? 
 
 Arc. His youngest, sir, 
 
 Thes, Your father* 
 
 Sure, is a happy sire, then. What proves you ? 
 
 Arc. A little of all noble qualities : 
 I could have kept a hawk, and well have holla'd 
 To a deep cry of dogs ; I dare not praise 
 My feat in horsemanship, yet they that knew me 
 Would say it was my best' piece ; last and greatest* 
 I would be thought a soldier. 
 
 Thes. You are perfect. 
 
 Pir. Upon my soul, a proper man ! 
 
 Emi. He is so. 
 
 Pir. How do you like him, lady.^ 
 
 Hip. I admire him : 
 
 I have not seen so young a man so noble, 
 If he say true, of his sort. 
 
 Emi. Believe 
 
 His mother was a wondrous handsome woman; 
 His face methinks goes that way. 
 
 Hip. But his body 
 
 And fiery mind illustrate a brave father. 
 
 Pir. Mark how his virtue, like a hidden sun. 
 Breaks through his baser garments ! 
 
 Hip. He's well got, sure. 
 
 Thes. What made you seek this place, sir ? 
 
 Arc. Noble Theseusfe 
 
 To purchase name, and do my ablest service 
 To such a well-found wonder as thy worth ; 
 For only in thy court, of all the world. 
 Dwells fair-ey'd Honor. 
 
 Pir. All his words are worthy, 
 
 Thes. Sir, we are much indebted to your traveU 
 Nor shall you lose your wish. — Pirithous, 
 Dispose of this fair gentleman. 
 
 Pir. Thanks. Theseus. — 
 
 VII. 376 [T.NJC34I
 
 Actri.] T//f-: Tiro xoBr.F K/NSMey. {S.*m0m 
 
 Whate'er you are, you're mine : and I shall give you 
 
 To a most noble servicr,— lo this lady. 
 This l)rij;ht y(>un;r virgin: pray. obscr>'c her jfoodneM 
 You've honor'd her fjir hirihday with your - 
 And, as your due. you're hers; kiss hrr fai: 
 
 Arc. Sir, you're a noble giver. — [ Jo Em i 
 
 beauty. fyour 
 
 Thus let me seal my vow'd faith f AVWx/i^r ha i 
 
 Your most unworthy creature — but offends y. 
 Command liim die, he shall. 
 
 I'-ffti. Thai were too cruel. 
 
 If you deserve well, sir. I shall soon sec'l : 
 You're mine; and sonuwhal better than your rank 
 I'll use you. 
 
 Pir. I'll see you furnish'd: and because you say 
 You are a horseman. I must needs entreat you 
 This afternoon to ride ; but 'tis a rough one. 
 
 Arc. I like him better, prince; 1 shall not, then. 
 Freeze in my saddle. 
 
 Thcs. Sweet, you must be ready. — 
 
 And you, Emilia, — and you, friend, — and all, — 
 To-morrow, by the sun, to do obsenancc 
 To flowery May, in Dians wood. — W.iii well, sir. 
 Upon your mistress. — Emily, I hope 
 He shall not go a-foot. 
 
 Emi. That were a shame, sir. 
 
 While I have horses. —Take yourchoice; and what 
 You want at any time, let me but know it: 
 If you serve faithfully, 1 dare assure you 
 You'll find a loving mistress. 
 
 Arc. If I do not. 
 
 Let me find that my father erer hated, — 
 Disgrace and blows, 
 
 Thcx. Go. lead the way ; you've won it ; 
 
 It shall be so : you shall receive all dues 
 Fit for the honor you have won ; 'twere wrong else,— 
 Sister, beshrew my heart. y«)U have a ser>anl. 
 That, if I were a woman, would be n)aster : 
 But you are wise. 
 
 Emi, I hope too wise for that. sir. 
 
 [F/ourisA, ExoihA 
 
 T.N.K. ^5 ) *'^^ rr.
 
 id //.I THE TIVO NOBLE KINSMEN. [Scene F. 
 
 Scene V. Athens. Befcj-e the prison. 
 
 Enter Gaoler's Daughter. 
 
 Datigh. Let all the dukes and all the devils roar 
 He is at liberty : I've ventur'd for him ; 
 And out I've brought him to a little wood 
 A mile hence : I have sent him, where a cedar. 
 Higher than all the rest, spreads like a plane. 
 Fast by a brook ; and there he shall keep close. 
 Till I provide him files and food ; for yet 
 His iron bracelets are not off. O Love, 
 What a stout-hearted child thou art ! My father 
 Durst better have endur'd cold iron than done it, 
 I love him beyond love and beyond reason, 
 Or wit, or safety ; I have made him know it : 
 I care not ; I am desperate : if the law 
 Find me, and then condemn me for't, some wenches^ 
 Some honest-hearted maids will sing my dirge. 
 And tell to memory my death was noble. 
 Dying almost a martyr. That way he takes, 
 I purpose is my way too : sure he cannot 
 Be so unmanly as to leave me here : 
 If he do, maids will not so easily 
 Trust men again : and yet he has not thank'd me 
 For what I've done ; no, not so much as kiss'd me; 
 And that, methinks, is not so well ; nor scarcely 
 Could I persuade him to become a freeman. 
 He made such scruples of the wrong he did 
 To me and to my father. Yet, I hope, 
 When he considers more, this love of mine 
 Will take more root within him : let him do 
 What he will with me, so he use me kindly ; 
 For use me so he shall, or I'll proclaim him, 
 And to his face, no man. I'll presently 
 Provide him necessaries, and pack my clothes up. 
 And where there is a path of ground I'll venture, 
 So he be with me : by him, like a shadow, 
 I'll ever dwell. Within this hour the whoobub 
 Will be all o'er the prison : I am then 
 Kissing the man they look for. Farewell, father ! 
 Get many more such prisoners and such daughters, 
 And shortly you may keep yourself. Now to him ! {Exit. 
 
 VII 378. [t.n.k. 36.
 
 Aceni.-\ THE mo S-OliLE KISSMES. i&tml 
 
 ACT III. 
 
 Scene \. A forest near .U/it-ns. Cornrts in sundry plaits, 
 noise and Iiallooini^, as of people a-Maytnc. 
 
 Enter AkciTK. 
 
 Arc. The duke has lost Hippolyta ; each look 
 A several land. This is a soirmn rile 
 They owe hlooin'd May. and the Athenians pay it 
 To th' heart of cerenujny. O queen Kiniha, 
 Fresher than May, sweeter 
 Than her gold buttons on the boughs, or all 
 Th' enamel'd knacks o* the meat! or j^arden I yea. 
 We challenge too the bank of any nymph. 
 That makes the stream seem flowers ; ihou. O jewel 
 O' the wood, o' the world, hast likewise ble<sb"d a place 
 With thy sole presence ! In thy ruminali«)n 
 That I, poor man. might eftsoons come between. 
 And chop on some cold thought I thricc-bless^ chance; 
 To drop on such a mistress. e.x|)ectalion 
 Most guiltless on't. Tell me, O Lady Fortune, — 
 Next after Emily my sovereign. — how far 
 I may be proud. She takes strong note of rue. 
 Hath made me near her, and this beauteous mom. 
 The prim'st of all the year, presents me with 
 A brace of horses ; two such steeds might well 
 Be by a pair of kings back'd. in a field 
 That their crowns' titles tried. Alas. alas. 
 Poor cousin Palamon, poor prisoner! thou 
 So little drcam'st upon my fortune, that 
 Thou think'st thyself the happier thing, to l)C 
 So near Emilia; me thou deem'st at Thebes. 
 And therein wretched, although free : but if 
 Thou knew'st my mistress bre.ilh'd on mc. and ihal 
 1 ear'd her language, liv'd in her eye. O coi. 
 What passion would inclose thee ! 
 
 Enter Palamon out of a hush, ivith his shaekUs : ki 
 
 bends his fist at ArcITK. 
 
 Pal, Traitor kinsman ! 
 
 Thou shouldst perceive my passion, if these signs 
 Of prisonment were off me, and this hand 
 
 T.N.K 37.] VII. J^^.
 
 Act III.] THE TIVO NOBLE KINSMEN. [Scene I 
 
 But owner of a sword. By all oaths in one, 
 
 I, and the justice of my love, would make thee 
 
 A confess'd traitor ! 6 thou most pertidious 
 
 That ever gently look'd ! the void'st of honor 
 
 That e'er bore gentle token ! falsest cousin 
 
 That ever blood made kin ! call'st thou her thine? 
 
 I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands 
 
 Void of appointment, that thou liest, and art 
 
 A very thief in love, a chaffy lord, 
 
 Nor worth the name of villain ! Had I a sword. 
 
 And these house-clogs away, — 
 
 Arc. Dear cousin Palamon,-« 
 
 Fa/. Cozener Arcite, give me language such 
 As thou hast show'd me feat! 
 
 A?-c. Not finding in 
 
 The circuit of my breast any gross stuff 
 To form me like your blazon, holds me to 
 This gentleness of answer: 'tis your passion 
 That thus mistakes; the which, to you being enemy> 
 CanRot to me be kind. Honor and honesty 
 I cherish and depend on, howsoe'er 
 You skip them in me ; and with them, fair coz, 
 I'll maintain my proceedings. Pray, be pleas'd 
 To show in generous terms your griefs, since that 
 Your question's with your equal, who professes 
 To clear his own way with the mind and sword 
 Of a true gentleman. 
 
 Fa/. That thou durst, Arcite ! 
 
 Arc. Aly coz, my coz, you have been well advertis'd 
 How much I dare : you've seen me use my sword 
 Against th' advice of fear. Sure, of another 
 You would not hear me doubted, but your silence 
 Should break out, though i' the sanctuary. 
 
 Fa/. ^ Sir, 
 
 I've seen you move in such a place, which well 
 Might justify your manhood ; you were call'd 
 A good knight and a bold : but the whole week's not fair, 
 If any day it rain. Their valiant temper 
 Men lose when they incline to treacher}-; 
 And then they fight like compell'd bears, would fly 
 Were they not tied. 
 
 Arc. Kinsman, you might as well 
 
 VII. ^5<o. [t.n.k. 38.
 
 Hct ///.} TUE TH'O NOBLE KISSMRS. \S4emt I 
 
 Speak this, and act it in your glass, as lo 
 His ear which now disdains you. 
 
 J'ciL Come up lo me: 
 
 (2uit nie of these cold gAvcs, jjivr me a sword, 
 Thouj^h it be rusty, and the charily 
 Of one meal lend nie ; come before mc then, 
 A good sword in thy hand, and do but say 
 That Emily is thine. I will forgive 
 The tresi)ass thou hast done me. yea, my life. 
 If then thou carry't ; and brave souls in shades. 
 That have died manly, which will seek of uw 
 Some news from earth, they shall gel none but ihii^ 
 That thou art brave and noble. 
 
 Arc. Be content. 
 
 Again betake you to your hawthorn-house: 
 With counsel of the night. I will be here 
 With wholesome viancls ; these impediments 
 Will I file off ; you shall have garments, and 
 Perfumes to kill the smell o' the prison ; after. 
 When you shall stretch yourself, and say but, " Arcilc, 
 I am in plight," there shall be at your choice 
 Both sword and armor. 
 
 Pal. O you heavens, dare any 
 
 So noble bear a guilty baseness } none 
 But only Arcite ; therefore none l)ut Arcilc 
 In this kind is so bold. 
 
 Arc. Sweet Palamon. — 
 
 Pal. I do embrace you and your « ::' : : for 
 Your offer do't I only, sir; your pir;>.iii. 
 Without hvpocrisv, I may not wish 
 More than'my sword's edge on 'l. \ Horns xvintifd witktu, 
 
 ^Ifc. You ^^-^^ ihc boms: 
 
 Enter your muset. lest this match l)elwecn's 
 Be cross'd ere met. Give mc your hand ; farc>*-cU : 
 I'll bring vou ever)- needful thing: I pray you. 
 Take comfort, and be strong. 
 
 p^jl Pray, hold your promlM^ 
 
 And do the deed with a bent brow : most certain 
 You love me not : be rough with mr. and pour 
 This oil out of vc^ur language. W) ihis air. 
 I could for each word give a cuff; my slom*cft 
 Not rcconcil'd by reason. 
 T.N.K. 39.] ^ " »**•
 
 Act lir.1 THE TVrO NOBLE KINSMEN. \Scene IK 
 
 Arc. Plainly spoken \ 
 
 Yet pardon me hard language : when I spur 
 My horse, I chide him not ; content and anger 
 In me have but one face. \^Ho7-ns winded agaiHx 
 
 Harlv, sir ! they call 
 The scatter'd to the banquet : you must guess 
 I have an office there. 
 
 Pal. Sir, your attendance 
 
 Cannot please heaven ; and I know your office 
 Unjustly is achiev'd. 
 
 Arc. I've a good title, 
 
 I am persuaded : this question, sick between's, 
 By bleeding must be cur'd. I am a suitor 
 That to your sword you will bequeath this plea. 
 And talk of it no more. 
 
 Pal. But this one word : 
 
 You're going now to gaze upon my mistress ; 
 For, note you, mine she is, — 
 
 Arc. Nay, then, — 
 
 Pal. Nay, pray you,— 
 
 You talk of feeding me to breed me strength ; 
 You're going now to look upon a sun 
 That strengthens what it looks on ; there you have 
 A vantage o'er me : but enjoy it till 
 I may enforce my remedy. Farewell. \Exeii7it severally. 
 
 Scene II. Another part of the forest. 
 
 Enter Gaoler's Daughter. 
 
 Datigk. He has mistook the brake I meant ; is gone 
 After his fancy. 'Tis now well-nigh morning; 
 No matter : would it were perpetual night, 
 And darkness lord o* the world ! — Hark ! 'tis a wolf : 
 In me hath grief slain fear, and, but for one thing, 
 I care for nothing, and that's Palamon : 
 I reck not if the wolves would jaw me, so 
 He had this file. What if I holla'd for him ? 
 I cannot holla: if I whoop'd, what then.^ 
 If he not answer'd, I should call a wolf. 
 And do him but that service. I have heard 
 Strange howls this live-long night : why may't not be 
 They have made prey of him } he has no weapons ; 
 
 VII. 382. [t.n.ic. 4«
 
 Mrtin:\ Tin: ■; .'■ ^ xom.F. Kr:KMi:s\ i 
 
 lie cannot lun; llic jinglinj; of 1.: , . .. . 
 Might call fill things to listen, who h.i\r in them 
 A sense to know a man unarm'd, an<I cm 
 Smell where resistance is. I'll set it down 
 He's torn to pieces; they howlM niaiiv logrlhcT, 
 And then they fed on hi'm : so much for that ; 
 Be bold to ring the bell ; how stand I. thrn? 
 All's char'd when he is gone. No, no. I He; 
 My father's to be hang'd for his escape; 
 Myself to beg. if 1 jiriz'd life so much 
 As to deny my act ; but that I would not. 
 Should I try' death by dozens. — I am mop'd : 
 Food took I none these two days ; oiu c, indeed. 
 I sipp'd some water; I've not clos'd mine cy«-s. 
 Save when my lids scour'd off their brine. Alas. 
 Dissolve, my life ! let not my sense unsettle. 
 Lest I should drown, or stab, or hanjj myself I 
 
 state of nature, fail together in me. 
 
 Since thy best props arc warp'd ! — So, which way now ? 
 
 rhc best way is the next way to a grave: 
 
 v\!ach errant step beside is torment. Lo, 
 
 The moon is down, the crickets chirp, the screech-owl 
 
 Calls in the dawn ! all ofTices arc done. 
 
 Save what I fail in ; but the point is this. 
 
 An end. and that is all. {/.i::. 
 
 Scene III. T/ie sam^'partoftheforf^f -?' /'/ -^ <■■ •■ /- 
 
 Enfrr .\RCITE, -with meat^wift. 
 
 Arc. I should be near the place.— IIo.coumu 1'. 
 
 IZnlt-r r.\I..\MOS. 
 
 /'rt/. Arcite? , , , . ^, 
 
 Arc, The same : I've brought you food and filcx 
 
 Come forth and fear not : here's n<> Theseus. 
 
 Pal. Nor none so honest. Arcitc. 
 
 Arc. Th • 
 
 We'll argue that here ifii r. t omc, t.d • 
 Vou shall not die thus lu.ist'y : h'l 
 
 1 know you're fainl ; then I'll talk t 
 
 Pal. Arcile, thou mightsl now poison mr. ^ 
 ^^^- I might ; 
 
 .^ut I must fear you first. Sit down; rr' •• - •' "-^^•
 
 Actm.'\ THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEM, {Scene II l. 
 
 No more of these vain parleys : let us not. 
 
 Having our ancient reputation with us, 
 
 Make talk for fools and cowards. To your health ! 
 
 {^DrifikSt 
 
 Pal. Do. 
 
 Arc. Pray, sit down, then ; and let me entreat you, 
 By all the honesty and honor in you, 
 No mention of this woman ! 'twill disturb us ; 
 We shall have time enough. 
 
 Pal. Well, sir, I'll pledge you. 
 
 ^Drinks, 
 
 A?'C. Drink a good hearty draught ; it breeds good 
 blood, man. 
 Do not you feel it thaw you ? 
 
 Pal. Stay ; I'll tell you 
 
 After a draught or two more. 
 
 Arc. Spare it not ; 
 
 Tho duke has more, coz. Eat now. 
 
 Pal. Yes. [Eats, 
 
 Arc. I'm glad 
 
 You have so good a stomach. 
 
 Pal. I am gladder 
 
 I have so good meat to't. 
 
 Arc. Is't not mad lodging 
 
 Here in the wild woods, cousin } 
 
 Pal. Yes, for them 
 
 That have wild consciences. 
 
 Arc. How tastes your victuals } 
 
 Your hunger needs no sauce, I see. 
 
 Pal. Not much : 
 
 But if it did, yours is too tart, sweet cousin. 
 What is this } 
 
 Arc. Venison. 
 
 Pal. 'Tis a lusty meat. 
 
 Give me more wine: here, Arcite, to the wenches 
 We've known in our days ! The lord-steward's daughter ; 
 Do you remember her } 
 
 Arc. After you, coz. 
 
 Pal. She lov'd a black-hair'd man. 
 
 Arc. She did so ; well, sir ? 
 
 Pal, And I have heard some call him Arcite ; and — 
 
 Arc, Out with it, faith ! 
 
 VII. 384. It.n.k. 43.
 
 A.i lU. ) Tlli-. JH'O SOBLE KI.SS^ILS. ( 
 
 P<^1. She met him in an arbor : 
 
 What (lid she there, coz ? i)I.iy o' ihc virginal . ? 
 
 A>L . Somclliin^ she did. sir. 
 
 Pill. M.idc her gro.in a inuiuli (or'l; 
 
 Or two, or three, or ten. 
 
 Arc. The marshal's sister 
 
 Had her share too, as I remeniber, t«>usin. 
 Else there be tales abroad: you'll pU-dire her? 
 
 Pal. ^ \ ^ Yes. 
 
 Arc. A pretty brown wench 'tis : tlicrc was a linnc 
 When younj,'^ men went a-huntinj^. and a wood. 
 And a broad beech ; and thereby hangs a laic. — 
 Heio-h-ho ! 
 
 Pal. For Emily. u|)on my hft- ! Fool, 
 Away with this strain'd mirth I I say again. 
 That sij^h was breath'd for Emily: base cousin, 
 Dar'st thou break tust } 
 
 Arc. You're wide. 
 
 Pal. By heaven and cartli. 
 
 There's nothing- in thee honest. 
 
 Arc. Then I'll leave you : 
 
 You are a beast now. 
 
 Pal, As thou mak'st me. traitor. 
 
 Arc, There's all things needful. — files, and shirts, and 
 perfumes : 
 ni come again some two hours hence, and bring 
 That that shall quiet all. 
 
 Pal. A sword and aniior ? 
 
 Arc. Fear me not. You are now too foul: farewell: 
 Get off your trinkets; you shall want naught. 
 
 Pal. Sirrah.-- 
 
 Arc. \'\\ hear no more, \hxtt^ 
 
 Pal If he keep touch, he dies {o\\, 
 
 \r.iir. 
 
 Scene I\'. Anotlur part of thffortit. 
 Enter Gaoler's Daughter. 
 
 Daui^Jt. I'm very coKl : and all the stars arc out 10^ 
 
 The liilie stars, and all that look like aglets: 
 
 The sun has seen mv folk . Talamon I 
 
 Alas, no! he's in heAven.— Where am I now? — 
 
 T.N.K.AVI VII. 1«V
 
 Act ni:\ THE T]rO XOBLE KINSMEN. \Scene^r. 
 
 Yonder's the sea, and there's a ship ; how't tumbles ! 
 
 And there's a rock Hes watching under water ; 
 
 Now, now, it beats upon it ; now, now, now, 
 
 There's a leak sprung, a sound one ; how they cry ! 
 
 Spoom her before the wind, you'll lose all else ; 
 
 Up with a course or two, and tack about, boys : 
 
 Good night, good night; ye're gone. — I'm very hungry; 
 
 Would I could find a fine frog ! he would tell me 
 
 News from all parts o' the world ; then would 1 make 
 
 A carack of a cockle-shell, and sail 
 
 By east and north-east to the King of Pigmies, 
 
 For he tells fortunes rarely. Now, my father. 
 
 Twenty to one, is truss'd up in a trice 
 
 To-morrow morning : I'll say never a word. \Smgs» 
 
 r or I'll cut my green coat a foot above my knee ; 
 \nd I'll clip my yellow locks an inch below mine e'e : 
 
 Hey, nonny, nonny, nonny. 
 rle's buy me a white cut, forth for to ride, 
 And I'll go seek him through the world that is so wide: 
 
 Hey, nonny, nonny, nonny. 
 
 O for a prick now, like a nightingale, 
 To put my breast against ! I shall sleep hke a top else. 
 
 {Exit, 
 
 Scene V. Another part of the forest. 
 
 Ejiter Gerrold, foitr Countrymen as Morris-dancers, 
 another as the Bavian, yfz/.? Wenches, and a Taborer. 
 
 Ger. Fie, fie ! 
 What tediosity and disensanity 
 Is here among ye I Have my rudiments 
 Been labor'd so long with ye, milk'd unto ye, 
 And, by a figure, even the ver}^ plum-broth 
 And marrow of my understanding laid upon ye, 
 And do you still cry " Where," and " How," and " Where-" 
 
 fore ? " 
 You most coarse frize capacities, ye jane judgments, 
 Have I said " Thus let be," and " There let be," 
 And " Then let be," and no man understand me.^ 
 Proh Deum, mediiisfiduis, ye are all dunces ! 
 
 VII. 386. [t.N.K. 4+
 
 /Jr/ ///.] THE TWO NOBLE KlNHht ! 
 
 For why here slatul I ; here the duke comes ; there are 
 
 you. 
 Close in the thicket ; the duke appears ; I meet him. 
 And unto him I utter learnt^d things 
 And many t"i|;ures ; he hears, and nods, and hums. 
 And then cries "Rare; " and I jjo forward; .(• i< 'v'h 
 I flin<^ my cap uj) ; mark there! then do you, 
 As once did Slelea^er and the hoar. 
 Break comely out before him. like true lovers. 
 Cast yourselves in a body decently. 
 And sweetly, i)y a ti};ure, trai e and turn. boys. 
 
 First Conn. And sweetly we will do ii. Master Gerrold. 
 
 Sec. Cotifi. Draw up the compan\ . \\ here's the laborer ? 
 
 Third Coun. Why, Timothy! 
 
 Tab. Here, my mad l)oys ; have at ye ! 
 
 Gcr. But I say wherc's their women ? 
 
 Fourth Coun. Here's Friz and Nfnudlin. 
 
 Sec. Coun. And little Luce with the white legs, and 
 bouncing Barbary. 
 
 First Coun. And freckled Nell, that never fail'd her 
 master. 
 
 Gcr. Where be your ribands, maids? swim with your 
 bodies, 
 And carry it sweetly and deliverly ; 
 And now' and then a favor and a frisk. 
 
 Nell. Let us alone, sir. 
 
 Ger, Where's the rest o* the music ? 
 
 Third Coun. Dispers'd as you commanded. 
 
 Qer. Couple, then. 
 
 And see what's wanting. Where's the Havian } 
 .My friend, carrv your tail without offense 
 Or scandal to the ladies ; and be st • 
 You tumble with audacity and mai. 
 And when you bark, do it with jud^' 
 
 Bav. Ves. sir. 
 
 Ger. Ouo usque tandem ? here's a woman wanting. 
 
 FourTh Coun. We may go whistle ; all the fat's i' the fire. 
 
 Ger. We have. 
 As learnt^d authors utter, wash'd a tile; 
 We have h^-cn fat uus. and labor'd vainly. 
 
 Sec. Coun. This is that sc(^rnful piece, that scuny hild- 
 ing. 
 
 T N.K. .C. VII. ,87.
 
 <4ct l/L] THE TWO NOBLE KIXSMEN. iScetig f. 
 
 That gave her promise faithfully she would 
 
 Ee here, Cicely the sempster's daughter : 
 
 The next gloves that I give her shall be dog-skin ; 
 
 Nay, an she fail me once — You can tell, Areas, 
 
 She swore, by wine and bread, she would not break. 
 
 Ger. An eel and woman, 
 A learned poet says, unless by the tail 
 And with thy teeth thou hold, will either fail. 
 In manners this was false position. 
 
 J^z'rst Coun. A fire ill take her 1 does she flinch now? 
 
 Third Coun. What 
 
 Shall we determine, sir ? 
 
 Ger. Nothing; 
 Our business is become a nullity, 
 Yea, and a woful and a piteous nullity. 
 
 Fourth Coun, Now, when the credit of our town lay 
 on it, 
 Now to be frampal, now to piss o' the nettle ! 
 Go thy ways ; I'll remember thee, I'll tit thee ! 
 
 Enter Gaoler's Daughter, and szngs. 
 
 The George alow came from the south. 
 
 From the coast of Barbary-a ; 
 And there he met with brave gallants of war, 
 
 By one, by two, by three-a. 
 
 Well hail'd, well hail'd, you jolly gallante! 
 
 And whither now are you bound-a? 
 O, let me have your company 
 
 Till I come to the Sound-a ! 
 
 There was three fools fell out about an howlet : 
 
 The one said it was an owl ; 
 
 The other he said nay ; 
 The third he said it was a hawk. 
 
 And her bells were cut away. 
 
 Thi'rdCoun. There's a dainty mad woman, master. 
 Come i' the nick ; as mad as a March hare : 
 If we can get her dance, we're made again ; 
 I warrant her she'll do the rarest gambols. 
 
 Firsi Coun. A mad woman ! we are made, boys. 
 
 ^'H. ?3A, fT.N.K. 4ft
 
 ^ci ///.] T//E TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. {S.»>u r. 
 
 Ger. And are you mad, good woman ? 
 
 Daugh. Id be sorry else 
 
 Give me your hand. 
 
 Ger. Wliy ? 
 
 Daitgh. I can tell your ftjrlunr; 
 
 You are a fool. Tell ten, I've i)<)s'<i him. \\wji\ 
 Friend, you must cat no wliiic bread ; if you do. 
 Your teeth will bleed extremely. Shall wi- (Ltiuc. ho? 
 I know you ; you're a tinker; sirrah linker. 
 Stop no more holes but what you should. 
 
 Ger, Dii boHi! 
 
 A tinker, damsel ! 
 
 Daugh. Or a conjurer : 
 
 Raise me a devil now, and let him play 
 Qui passu o' the bells and bones. 
 
 Ger. Go, take her. 
 
 And fluently persuade her to a peace ; 
 Et opus t'.vcg/, quod nee Joz'is ira, ncc ignis — 
 Strike up and lead her in. 
 
 Sec. CouN. Come, lass, let's trip it. 
 
 Daugh. I'll lead. 
 
 Third Coun. Do, do. \Iforn5 "winded within. 
 
 Ger. Persuasively and cunningly ; away, boys! 
 I hear the horns : give me some metlitation, 
 And mark your cue. {ExeufU all txcept Gerrold. 
 
 Pallas inspire me ! 
 
 ^;//t7- Theseus, Pirithous. Hippoi.yta. I-mh i a. 
 ArcITE, and Train. 
 
 Thes. This way the stag took. 
 
 Ger. Stay and edify. 
 
 Thes. What have we here? 
 
 Pir. Some countr)' sport, upon my life. sir. 
 
 Thes. Well, sir, go forward; we will edify.— 
 Ladies, sit down : we'll stav it. 
 
 Ger. Thou doughty duke, all hail ? All hail, sweet Udics I 
 
 Thes. This is a cold beginning. 
 
 Ger. If you but favor, our country pastime madctl. 
 We are a few of those collected here, 
 That ruder tongues distinguish villager; 
 And, to say verity and not to fable. 
 We are a merr)' rout, or else a rablc, 
 
 T.N.K.47) VII. 38^
 
 Act l/l.] THE TWO NCBLE KINSMEH. iScent f . 
 
 Or company, or, by a figure, choris. 
 
 That 'fore thy dignity will dance a morris. 
 
 And I, that am the rectifier of all, 
 
 By \.\i\Q pes d agogics, that let fall 
 
 The birch upon the breeches of the small ones, 
 
 And humble with a ferula the tall ones, 
 
 Do here present this machine, or this frame : 
 
 And, dainty duke, whose doughty dismal fame 
 
 From Disto Daedalus, from post to pillar, 
 
 Is blown abroad, help me, thy poor well-wilier, 
 
 And, with thy twinkling eyes, look right and straight 
 
 Upon this mighty nioj^r — of mickle weight — 
 
 Is — now comes in, which being glu'd together 
 
 Makes 7no?'ris, and the cause that we came hither. 
 
 The body of our sport, of no small study. 
 
 I first appear, though rude and raw and muddy, 
 
 Tj speak, before thy noble grace, this tenner ; 
 
 At whose great feet I offer up my penner . 
 
 The next, the Lord of r^Iay and Lady bright, 
 
 The Chambermaid and Servingman, by night 
 
 That seek out silent hanging : then mine Host 
 
 And his fat spouse, that welcome to his cost 
 
 The galled traveler, and with a beck'ning 
 
 Inform the tapster to inflame the reck'ning : 
 
 Then the beast-eating Clown, and next the Fool, 
 
 The Bavian, with long tail and eke long tool ; 
 
 Cufn mult is aliis that make a dance : 
 
 Say " Ay" and all shall presently advance. 
 
 Thes. Ay, ay, by any means, dear domine* 
 
 Pt7'. Produce. 
 
 Ger. Intrate,filii ; come forth, and foot it. 
 
 Re-enter the four Countrymen, t/ie Bavian, i/ie jfvt 
 
 Wenches, a7id the Taborer, accoiiipaiiied by the 
 
 Gaoler's Daughter, and others of both sexes. 
 
 They dance a morris. 
 
 Ladies, if w^e have been merry. 
 
 And have pleas'd ye with a derry. 
 
 And a derry, and a down. 
 
 Say the schoolmaster's no clown. 
 
 Duke, if we have pleas'd thee too, 
 
 And have done as good boys should do, 
 
 VII. 39<X [t.N.K. 4i
 
 Actlll.\ THE TU-n KOHLE KlS'SMF.ff. [^^m, I'i. 
 
 Give us but a tree or twain 
 For a Maypole, and again, 
 Ere another year run out. 
 We'll make thee lauj^h. and all ll..r. nut. 
 T//es. Take twenly, domlnc— How docs my swccL 
 
 heart? 
 ///p. Never so pleas'd, sir. 
 
 £m/. 'Twas an excellent dance ; and for a preface, 
 I never heard a better. 
 
 T/ies. Schoolmaster, I thank you.— 
 
 One see 'em all rewarded. 
 
 ^^'^'' And here's something [G/7rs monfy. 
 
 To paint your i)ole withal. 
 
 Thes. Now to our sports again. 
 
 Ger, May the stag thou hunt'st stand long, 
 And thy dogs be swift and strong! 
 May they kill him without lets. 
 And the ladies cnt his doucets ! 
 
 \Exeunt Theseus, Phithous, Itippolyta^ 
 Emilia, Arcite, and Train. I/hrns 
 iL'i/idcii as tluy i^o out. 
 Come, we're all made. Dii Decrque omnts f 
 Ye have danc'd rarely, wenches. [/iv^unf. 
 
 Scene VI. The same par/ of the forest as in Scene III. 
 Enter P. M.AMOS from the bush. 
 Pal. About this hour my cousin g.ive his faith 
 To visit me again, and with him bring 
 Two swords and two good armors : if he f.iil. 
 He's neither man nor soldier. W'iun he left mc, 
 I did not tliink a week couki iiave reslor'd 
 My lost strength to me, I was grown so low 
 And crest-fali'n with my wants: 1 thank thee, Arcite, 
 Thou'rt yet a fair foe; and I feel myself. 
 With this refreshing, able once again 
 To outdure danger. To delay it Kwigcr 
 Would make the world think.' when it comes to hearing 
 That I lay fatting like a swine, to fight. 
 And not a soldier : therefore, this blest morning 
 Shall be the last ; and that sword he refuses. 
 If it but hold. I kill him with; 'tis justice : 
 So, love and fortune for me? 
 
 r.N.K.49.1 '.'II,.igi.
 
 Act III.] THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEX. [Scene VI. 
 
 E7tter Arcite with armors and swords. 
 
 O, good morrow. 
 
 Arc. Good morrow, noble kinsman. 
 
 Pal. I have put you 
 
 To too much pains, sir. 
 
 Arc. That too much, fair cousin, 
 
 Is but a debt to honor and my duty. 
 
 Pal. Would you were so in all, sir! I could wish ye 
 As kind a kinsman as you force me find 
 A beneficial foe, that my embraces 
 Might thank ye, not my blows. 
 
 Arc. I shall think either, 
 
 Well done, a noble recompense. 
 
 Pal. Then I shall quit you. 
 
 Arc. Defy me in these fair terms, and you show- 
 More than a mistress to me : no more anger. 
 As you love any thing that's honorable : 
 We were not bred to talk, man ; when w^e're arm'd. 
 And both upon our guards, then let our iury. 
 Like meeting of two tides, fly strongly from us ; 
 And then to whom the birthright of this beauty 
 Truly pertains — without upbraidings, scorns, 
 Despisings of our persons, and such poutings. 
 Fitter for girls and schoolboys — will be seen. 
 And quickly, yours or mine. Wilt please you arm, sir? 
 Or, if you feel yourself not fitting yet, 
 And furnish'd with your old strength, I'll stay, cousin. 
 And every day discourse you into health. 
 As I am spar'd : your person I am friends with ; 
 And I could wish I had not said I lov'd her, 
 Though I had died ; but, loving such a lady. 
 And justifying my love, I must not fly from't. 
 
 Pal. Arcite, thou art so brave an enemy. 
 That no man but thy cousin's fit to kill thee : 
 I'm well and lusty; choose your arms. 
 
 Arc. Choose you, sir. 
 
 Pal. Wilt thou exceed in all, or dost thou do it 
 To make me spare thee ? 
 
 Arc. If you think so, cousin, 
 
 You are deceiv'd ; for, as I am a soldier, 
 I will not spare you. 
 
 VII. 392. (t.n.k, 501
 
 Act ///.-] THE TWO S'OBLE KlSS.Ml S. 
 
 P<i^' Thai's well sa;.!. 
 
 ^i^''' You'll find it. 
 
 Pa/. Then, as I am an honest man. and love 
 With all the juslict- of affi-ciion, 
 I'll pay thee soundly. This I'll lakr. 
 , ' ^'^ • Thai's mine. then. 
 
 I II arm you tirst. [Procetiis to put on /\ih»iim's armor, 
 
 /*'?/. I^o. Tray thee, tell me. cousin. 
 
 Where gott'st ihou this jjood armor ? 
 
 ^-irc. 'Tis the duke's; 
 
 And, to say true, 1 stoli'i I)., j pinch vou? 
 
 P<iL . No. 
 
 Arc. Is't not too heavy ? 
 
 PiiL I h.ivc worn a lighter ; 
 
 But I shall make it sei ve. 
 
 A?c. \'\\ buckle'l close. 
 
 Pa/. By any means. 
 
 .Ire. You care not for a grand-euard ? 
 
 Pa/. No, no; we'll use no horses: I pcrc 
 You'd fain be at that fight. 
 
 .Ire. I am indifferent. 
 
 Pa/. Faith, so am I. Good cousin, thrust the buckle 
 Through far enough. 
 
 Arc. I warrant you. 
 
 Pa/. .My casque now. 
 
 Are. Will you fight bare-arm 'd } 
 
 Pa/. We shall be the nimbler. 
 
 Arc. Hut use your g.umtlels though : those arc o' the 
 least ; 
 Prithee, take mine, good cousin. 
 
 Pa/. Thank you, Arciie. 
 
 How do I look? am I fall'n mueh aw.iy ? 
 
 ylrc. F.iilh, very little; Lo\e h.is us'd you kindly. 
 
 Pa/. I'll w.irr.uil thee I'll strike home. 
 
 , // , . Do, and spare not 
 
 I'll .i4i\c you cause, sweet cousin. 
 
 Pa/. Now to you. sir. 
 
 [/';. ' ut on Arctt/s armiyr, 
 
 Methinks this armor's \ < i. Arcitr. 
 
 Thou wor'st that day th<- i ;> ■ . s'^'i fell, bi * ' '' " - 
 
 Arc. That was a very good mu- : .md th 
 I well remejiibcr. you outdid mr. » • • 
 T.N.K51I VII. »)>
 
 Act III.] THE T]VG NOBLE KINSMEN, [Scene 1^1. 
 
 I never saw such valor : when you charg'd 
 Upon the left wing of the enemy, 
 I spurr'd hard to come up, and under me 
 I had a right good horse. 
 
 Fa/. You had indeed ; 
 
 A bright bay, I remember. 
 
 Arc. Yes. But all 
 
 Was vainly labor'd in me ; you outwent me. 
 Nor could my wishes reach you : yet a little 
 I did by imitation. 
 
 Pa/. More by virtue ; 
 
 You're modest, cousin. 
 
 Arc. When I saw you charge first, 
 
 Methought I heard a dreadful clap of thunder 
 Break from the troop. 
 
 Fa/. But still before that flew 
 
 The lightning of your valor. Stay a little : 
 Is not this piece too strait ? 
 
 Arc. No, no ; 'tis well. 
 
 Fa/. I would have nothing hurt thee but my sword; 
 A bruise would be dishonor. 
 
 Arc. Now I'm perfect. 
 
 Fa/. Stand off, then. 
 
 Arc. Take my sword ; I hold it better. 
 
 Fa/. I thank ye, no ; keep it ; your life lies on it : 
 Here's one, if it but hold, I ask no more 
 For all my hopes. My cause and honor guard me ! 
 
 Arc. And me my love ! 
 
 [ They bow sever a/ iua,ys ; then advance and standi 
 Is there aught else to say ? 
 
 Pa/. This only, and no more. Thou art mine aunt's son, 
 And that blood we desire to shed is mutual ; 
 In me thine, and in thee mine : my sword 
 Is in my hand, and, if thou killest me, 
 The gods and I forgive thee : if there be 
 A place prepar'd for those that sleep in honor, 
 I wish his weary soul that falls may win it. 
 Fight bravely, cousin : give me thy noble hand. 
 
 Arc. Here, Palamon : this hand shall never more 
 Come near thee with such friendship. 
 
 Fa/. I commend thee. 
 
 Arc. If I fall, curse me, and say I was a coward ; 
 
 VII. 304. [t.n.k 5a
 
 Actirr.-] T!/F. TUO XOni.E KIKSMEff. iS.tm0 V/ 
 
 For none but such dare die in these just trials. 
 Once more, farewell, my cousin. 
 
 Pal. Fart-wrll, Arcitr. 
 
 \Thcy flight. Horns u't'itiiftf icit/iin : tluy itan<L 
 
 Arc. Lo, cousin, lo ! our folly has undone us. 
 
 PaL Why.^ 
 
 Arc. This is the duke, a-huntinj; as I told you ; 
 If we be found, we're wretched ; O. retire, 
 For honor's sake and safety, presently 
 Into your bush again, sir; we sliall fmd 
 Too many hours to die in. Gontle cousin. 
 If you be seen, you perish instantly 
 For breakin«^ prison ; and I, if you reveal me. 
 For my contempt : then all the world will scorn US» 
 And say we had a noble difference, 
 But base disposers of it. 
 
 Pal. No. no, cousin ; 
 
 I will no more be hidden, nor put off 
 This great adventure to a secoiul trial : 
 I know your cunning and I know your cause : 
 He that faints now, shame take him ! Put thyself 
 Upon thy present guard, — 
 
 Arc. You are not mail ? 
 
 PaL Or I will make th' advantage of this hour 
 Mine own ; and what to come shall threaten me, 
 I fear less than my fortune. Know, weak cousin, 
 I love Emilia; and in that I'll bur}' 
 Thee, and all crosses else. 
 
 -/;r. Then, come what can come. 
 
 Thou shalt know, Palamon. 1 dare as well 
 Die as discourse or sleep ! only this fears me. 
 The law will have the honor of our ends. 
 Have at thy life ! 
 
 PaL Look to thine own well. Arcite. 
 
 [ Thn'fi:fit. Horns icinikii within. 
 
 Enter Theseus, Hippolyta. Kmilia, Pikithou^ 
 and Train. 
 
 Thcs. What ignorant and mad-malicious tniitorf 
 Are you. that, g^iinst llie tenor of my laws. 
 Are making battle, thus like knights appomtcd. 
 
 r.N.K.53.1 VII. 39*.
 
 Act II I. "l THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. \Scene VI. 
 
 Without my leave, and officers of arms? 
 By Castor, both shall die. 
 
 Pal. Hold thy word, Theseus : 
 
 We're certainly both traitors, both despisers 
 Of thee and of thy goodness : I am Palamon, 
 That cannot love thee, he that broke thy prison ; 
 Think well what that deserves ; and this is Arcite; 
 A bolder traitor never trod thy ground, 
 A falser ne'er seem'd friend : this is the man 
 Was begg'd and banish'd : this is he contemns thee 
 And what thou dar'st do ; and in this disguise, 
 Against thy own edict, follows thy sister, 
 That fortunate bright star, the fair Emilia ; 
 Whose servant — if there be a right in seeing. 
 And first bequeathing of the soul to — justly 
 I am ; and, which is more, dares think her his. 
 This treachery, like a most trusty lover, 
 I call'd him now to answer : if thou be'st. 
 As thou art spoken, great and virtuous. 
 The true decider of all injuries, 
 
 Say " Fight again ! " and thou shalt see me, Theseus, 
 Do such a justice thou thyself wilt envy : 
 Then take my life; I'll woo thee to't. 
 
 Pir. heaven, 
 
 What more than man is this ! 
 
 Thes. I've sworn. 
 
 Arc, We seek noi 
 
 Thy breath of mercy, Theseus : 'tis to me 
 A thing as soon to die as thee to say it. 
 And no more mov'd. Where this man calls me traitor. 
 Let me say thus much : if in love be treason, 
 In service of so excellent a beauty, 
 As I love most, and in that faith will perish. 
 As I have brought my life here to confirm it. 
 As I have serv'd her truest, worthiest, 
 As I dare kill this cousin that denies it, 
 So let me be most traitor, and ye please me. 
 For scorning thy edict, duke, ask that lady 
 Why she is fair, and why her eyes command me 
 Stay here to love her; and, if she say " traitor," 
 I am a villain fit to lie unburied. 
 
 Pal. Thou shalt have pity of us both, O Theseus, 
 
 VII. 396. [T.N.ie. 54.
 
 Aci///.] 77/ E TWO NOBLE KfXSME.S'. \fi,4m, T/. 
 
 If unto neither thou show mercy; stop. 
 
 As thou art just, thy noble ear against us; 
 
 As thou art valiant, for thy cousin's soul. 
 
 Whose twelve strong labors crown his memory. 
 
 Let's die together, at one instant, duke; 
 
 Only a little let him fall before me. 
 
 That I may teli n^y soul he shall not have her. 
 
 77it's. I grant your wish ; for, to say true, your cousin 
 Has ten times more offended, for I gave him 
 More mercy than you found, sir, vour ofTenst-s 
 Being no more than his. — None lure speak for 'cm; 
 For, ere the sun set, both shall sleep for ever. 
 
 Hip. Alas, the pity ! — Now or never, sister. 
 Speak, not to be denied : that face of yours 
 Will bear the curses else of after-ages 
 For these lost cousins. 
 
 Emi. In my face, dear sister, 
 
 I find no anger to 'em. nor no ruin ; 
 The misadventure of their own eyes kill 'em: 
 Yet that I will be woman and have pity. 
 My knees shall grow to the ground but I'll get mercy. 
 Help me, dear sister : in a deed so virtuous 
 The powers of all women will be with us. — 
 Most royal brother,— [ Thrv kn44U 
 
 Hip. ' Sir, by our tie of marriage. — 
 
 Emi. By your own spotless honor, — 
 
 Hip. Hy that faith. 
 
 That fair hand, and that honest heart you gave me,— 
 
 Emi. By that you would have pity in another. 
 By your own virtues infinite, — 
 
 Hip. By valor. 
 
 By all the chaste nights I have ever plcas'd you.— 
 
 Thes. These are strange conjurings. 
 
 Pir, Nay, then. I'll in too: — [A1 
 
 By all our friendship, sir. by all our dangers. 
 By all you love most. wars, and this sweet ladv,— 
 
 Emi. V>\ that you would have trembled lo deny 
 A blushing maid, — 
 
 //;y^. By your own eves, by strength. 
 
 In which you swore 1 went beyond all women. 
 Almost all men, ^nd yet I yielded, Theseus,-- 
 
 TN.K.55.] VII. ;j7
 
 Act HI. \ THE TWO XOBLE KINSMEN. {Scene ^A 
 
 Per. To crown all this, by your most noble soul. 
 Which cannot v/ant due mercy, I beg first. 
 
 ///j^. Next, hear my prayers. 
 
 Bmi. Last, let me entreat, sin 
 
 F/r. For mercy. 
 
 ///p. ' Mercy. 
 
 -S"////. Mercy on these princes. 
 
 TAes. Ye make my faith reel : say I felt 
 Compassion to 'em both, how would you place it ? 
 
 £:m'. Upon their lives ; but with their banishments. 
 
 T/ies. You're a right woman, sister; you have pity, 
 But want the understanding where to use it. 
 If you desire their lives, invent a way 
 Safer than banishment : can these two live, 
 And have the agony of love about 'em, 
 And not kill one another .-• every day 
 They'd fight about you : hourly bring j-our honor 
 In public question with their swords. Be wise, then, 
 And here forget 'em ; it concerns your credit 
 And my oath equally; I've said they die: 
 Better they fall by the law than one another. 
 Bow not my honor. 
 
 ^w/. O my noble brother, 
 
 That oath was rashly made, and in your anger; 
 Your reason will not hold it : if such vows 
 Stand for express will, all the world must perish. 
 Beside, I have another oath 'gainst yours, 
 Of more authority, I'm sure more love ; 
 Not made in passion neither, but good heed. 
 
 T/u's. What is it, sister ? 
 
 Pir. Urge it home, brave lady* 
 
 Emi. That you would ne'er deny me any thing 
 Fit for my modest suit and your free granting : 
 I tie you to your word now ; if ye fail in't, 
 Think how you maim your honor, — 
 For now I'm set a-begging, sir, I'm deaf 
 To all but your compassion : how their lives 
 Might breed the ruin of my name's opinion ! 
 Shall any thing that loves me perish for me ? 
 That were a cruel wisdom : do men proin 
 The straight young boughs that blush with thousand 
 blossoms, 
 
 VII. 398. fr.N.K. 56.
 
 Act f II.-] THE Tiro XOniE K/NSMEX 
 
 Because they may he rotten? O Dukr Th«s' i.n. 
 The goodly mothers that have groan'd for these. 
 And all the longing maids that ever lov'd ilum. 
 If your vow stand, shall curse me and my hrauly. 
 And in their funeral songs for these two cousins 
 Despise my cruelty, and cry woe-worth me. 
 Till I am nothing hut the scorn of women. 
 For heaven's sake save their lives, and banish Vm. 
 
 T/it's. On what conditions? 
 
 Emz. Swear Vm never more 
 
 To make me their contention or to know me. 
 To tread upon thy dukedom, and to he. 
 Wherever they shall travel, ever strangers 
 To one another. 
 
 Pa/. I'll he cut a-pircrs 
 
 Before I take this oath : forget I love her ? 
 
 all ye gods, despise me. then. Tliy banishment 
 
 1 not mislike, so we may f.iirly carry 
 
 Our swords and cause along; else, never trifle, 
 But take our lives, duke : 1 must love, and will ; 
 And for that love must and dare kill this cousin. 
 On any piece the earth has. 
 
 T/it's. ^^'iII you. Arcile, 
 
 Take these conditions ? 
 
 Pal. He's a villain, then. 
 
 Pi'r. These are men ! 
 
 .Ire. No, never, duke ; 'tis worse to me than begging. 
 To take my life so basely. Though I think 
 I never shall enjoy her. yet Til preser\e 
 The honor of affection, and die for her, 
 Make death a devil. 
 
 T/irs. What may be done? ior now I feel conin-iv^joiw 
 
 Pir. Let it not fall again, sir. 
 
 T/u's. Say, Emilia. 
 
 If one of them were dead, as one must, are you 
 Content to take the other to your husband ? 
 They cannot both enjoy you : they are nrinces 
 As goodly as your own eyes, and as noble 
 As ever fame yet spoke of : look upon Vm. 
 And, if you can love, end this difference : 
 I give consent. — Are you content loo. princes r 
 
 T.N.K. 57-1 VH. 3/)
 
 Actlll.l THE TIVO NOBLE KINSMEN, ISceneyi. 
 
 ^fj \ With all our souls. 
 
 Thes. He that she refuses 
 
 Must die, then. 
 
 f ' (• Any death thou canst invent, duke. 
 
 Pal. If I fall from that mouth, I fall with favor, 
 And lovers yet unborn shall bless my ashes. 
 
 Arc. If she refuse me, yet my grave will wed me. 
 And soldiers sing my epitaph. 
 
 T/ies. Make choice, then. 
 
 Emi. I cannot, sir ; they're both too excellent : 
 For me, a hair shall never fall of these men. 
 
 Hip. What will become of 'em } 
 
 Thes. Thus I ordain it ; 
 
 And, by mine honor, once again it stands. 
 Or both shall die. — You shall both to your country ; 
 And each, within this month, accompanied 
 With three fair knights, appear again in this place. 
 In which I'll plant a pyramid ; and whether. 
 Before us that are here, can force his cousin 
 By fair and knightly strength to touch the pillar, 
 He shall enjoy her ; th' other lose his head, 
 And all his friends ; nor shall he grudge to fall. 
 Nor think he dies with interest in this lady. 
 Will this content ye ? 
 
 Pal. Yes. — Here, cousin Arcite, 
 
 I'm friends again till that hour. 
 
 Arc. I embrace ye. 
 
 T/ies. Are you content, sister } 
 
 Emi. Yes ; I must, sir ; 
 
 Else both miscarry. 
 
 T/ies. Come, shake hands again, then ; 
 
 And take heed, as you're gentlemen, this quarrel 
 Sleep till the hour prefix'd, and hold your course. 
 
 Pal. We dare not fail thee, Theseus. 
 
 Thes. Come, I'll give ye 
 
 Now usage like to princes and to friends. 
 When ye return, who wins, I'll settle here ; 
 Who loses, yet I'll weep upon his bier. [Exeunt, 
 
 VII. 400. [t.n.k. s&
 
 A.'Uy.} THE T\iO NOBLE KINSMEN. \fiitmL 
 
 ACT IV. 
 
 Scene I. Ai/iins. A room in tiu prium. 
 
 Enttf Gaoler and Fifbl Friend. 
 
 Gaolt-r. Hear you no more ? was nothing said of mc 
 Concerninjr the escape of I'alamon ? 
 Good sir, remember. 
 
 First Fritnd. Nothing thai I hc.ird ; 
 For I came home before the Inisincss 
 Was fully ended : yet 1 mi^ht perceive. 
 Ere 1 dei)arled, a great likelihood 
 Of both their pardons; for Hippolyla 
 And fair-ey'd Emily ujion their knees 
 Begj^'d with such handsonu- i)ity. that the duke 
 Methought stood staggering whether he should follow 
 His rash oath, or the sweet c impassion 
 Of those two ladies ; and to second them, 
 That truly noble prince ririlhous, 
 Half his own heart, set in too, that 1 hope 
 All shall be well : neither heard I one question 
 Of your name or his scape. 
 
 Gaoler. Pray heaven, it hold so! 
 
 Enter Second Friend. 
 
 Sec. Friend. IJe of good comfort, man : 1 bring )-o« 
 news. 
 Good news. 
 
 Gaoler. They're welcome. 
 
 Sec. Friend. Palamon I...-. ^ .< ... ,. >.«. 
 
 And got your pardon, and discovert! how 
 And by whose means he scap'd. which x^ '^ * ui 
 
 daughter's. 
 Whose pardon isi)rocur*d too; ant! \\x nris- net — 
 Not to l)e held ungrateful to her ; 
 Has given a sum of money to her 
 A large one, I'll assure you. 
 
 Gaoler. YcVe a goo<l man. 
 
 And ever bring good news. 
 
 First Friend. I low was it ended f 
 
 T.N.IC.SO^l VII 40U
 
 Act I V.I THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. [Scene/. 
 
 Sifc. Friend. Why, as it should be ; they that never 
 begg'd 
 But they prevail'd, had their suits fairly granted : 
 The prisoners have their lives. 
 
 First Friend. I knew 'twould be so. 
 
 Sec. Frie?id. But there be new conditions, which you'll 
 hear of. 
 At better time. 
 
 Gaoler. I hope they're good. 
 
 Sec. Friend. They're honorable : 
 
 How good they'll prove, I know not 
 
 First Frie7id. 'Twill be known. 
 
 Enter Wooer. 
 
 Wooer. Alas, sir, where's your daughter ? 
 
 Gaoler. Why do you ask ? 
 
 Wooer. O, sir, when did you see her ? 
 
 Sec. Frie7id. How he looks ! 
 
 Gaoler. This morning. 
 
 Wooer. Was she well .'' was she in health, sir ? 
 
 W^hen did she sleep .'* 
 
 First Friend . These are strange questions. 
 
 Gaoler. I do not think she was ver}^ well ; for, now 
 You make me mind her, but this ver}' day 
 I ask'd her questions, and she answer'd me 
 So far from what she was, so childishly. 
 So sillily, as if she were a fool, 
 An innocent ; and I was very angr}'. 
 But what of her, sir ? 
 
 Wooer. Nothing but my pity : 
 
 But you must know it, and as good by me 
 As by another that less loves her. 
 
 Gaoler. Well, sir ? 
 
 First Friend. Not right ? 
 
 Sec. Friend. Not well ? 
 
 JVooer. No, sir ; not well : 
 
 Tis too true, she is mad. 
 
 First Friend. It cannot be. 
 
 Wooer. Believe, you'll find it so. 
 
 Gaoler. I half suspected 
 
 What you have told me ; the gods comfort her 1 
 Either this was her love to Palamon, 
 
 VII. 402. [t.n.k. 69,
 
 Act II '.] TIIK T41 O SOBL E KtSSULN. iS,,mt i. 
 
 Or fear of my miscarryin;r on his scnnr. 
 Or both. ' 
 
 Wooer. 'Tis likt-Iy. 
 
 Gaoler. Hut why all this \\.. 
 
 Wooer. I'll tell you quickly. As I l.iir 
 In the great lake that lies behind the j).ila< « . 
 From the far' shore, thick set with reeds and sedges. 
 As patiently I was attending sport. 
 ( heard a voice, a shrill one ; and attentive 
 i gave my ear ; when I mij^lu well perceive 
 Twas one that sung. and. by the smallncss of it. 
 A boy or woman, I then left my angle 
 To his own skill, came near, but yet percei\ "d not 
 Who made the sound, the rushes and the reeds 
 Had so encompass'd it : I laid me down. 
 And listen 'd to the words she sung ; for then, 
 Through a small glade cut by the fishermen. 
 I saw it was your daughter. 
 
 Gaoler. Pray, go on. sir. 
 
 Wooer. She sung much, but no sense; only I heard 
 her 
 Repeat this often, " Palamon is gone. 
 Is gone to the wood to gather mulberries ; 
 I'll find him out to-morrow." 
 
 First Frietul. Pre 1 1 y so u I ! 
 
 Wooer. " His shackles will betray him, he'll be taken | 
 And what shall I do then ? I'll brin- .1 1.. . , 
 A hundred black-ey'd maids th.it 
 With chai)lets on their heads of <■ 
 With cherry lips, and cheeks of damask rt>scs. 
 And all we'll dance an antic 'fore the duke. 
 And beg his pardon." Then she talk'd of nou. sir; 
 That you must lose your head to-morrow morning. 
 And she must gather flowers to bur)- you. 
 And see the house made handsome. Then she sung 
 Nothing but " Willow, willow, willow ; " and lielwecn 
 Ever was. " Palamon. fair Palamon." 
 And " Palamon was a tall young mar " '" - -'ice 
 Was knee-deep w here she sat : her » ^st* 
 
 A wreath of bulrush rounded ; about ... 
 Thousand fresh water-flowirs of several i. t- ; 
 That methought she appear'd likr thr f.iii r.Mnph 
 
 V.N.K. 61.] VII. 4 V
 
 ^ctlV.'] THE TWO NOBLE kinsmen: iScene /, 
 
 That feeds the lake with waters, or as Iris 
 
 Newly dropt down from heaven. Rings she made 
 
 Of rushes that grew by, and to 'em spoke 
 
 The prettiest posies,— " Thus our true love's tied," 
 
 " This you may loose, not me," and many a one ; 
 
 And then she wept, and sung again, and sigh'd, 
 
 And with the same breath smil'd, and kiss'd her hand. 
 
 S^c. Frieiid. Alas, what pity 'tis ! 
 
 Wooer. I made in to her : 
 
 She saw me, and straight sought the flood ; I sav'd her, 
 And set her safe to land : when presently 
 She slipt away, and to the city made, 
 With such a cr}', and swiftness, that, believe me. 
 She left me far behind her. Three or four 
 I saw from far off cross her, one of 'em 
 I knew to be your brother ; where she stay'd. 
 And fell, scarce to be got away : I left them with her, 
 And hither came to tell you. Here they are. 
 
 Enter QtZ.o\tx's Brother, Gaoler's Daughter, iZ^wT <?//^^A 
 
 Daugh. \sings'\ 
 
 May you never more enjoy the light, &c. 
 
 Is not this a fine song ? 
 
 Broth. O, a very fine one ! 
 
 Daugh, I can sing twenty more. 
 
 Broth. I think you can. 
 
 Daugh. Yes, truly, can I ; I can sing The Broom 
 And BotDiy Robin. Are not you a tailor ? 
 
 Broth, Yes. 
 
 Daugh. Where's my wedding gown ? 
 
 Broth. I'll bring't to-morrow. 
 
 Daugh. Do, very rearly ; I must be abroad else. 
 To call the maids and pay the minstrels; 
 For I must lose my maidenhead by cock-light ; 
 'Twill never thrive else. 
 
 O fair, O sweet, &:c. [Sings, 
 
 Broth. You must even take it patiently. 
 Gaoler. 'Tis true. 
 
 Daugh. Good even, good men. Pray, did you ever hear 
 Of one young Palamon ? 
 
 VII. 404. [t.n.k. 63.
 
 Act /r.1 Tlir. TWO NOBLE KiNSMKN 
 
 Gaoler. Yes, wench, we know him. 
 
 Danish. Is't iKJt a fine young gentleman ? 
 
 GaoUr, 'Tis love I 
 
 Broth. By no means cross her : she is then distem* 
 jjcr'd 
 Far worse than now she shows. 
 
 First Frinid. Yes. he's a fine man. 
 
 Daugh. O, is he so ? You have a sister ? 
 
 First FrifHii. 
 
 Daui^/i. But she shall never have him, U 
 For a trick that I know : y' had best look t 
 For, if she see him once, she's ^'one ; she's . 
 And undone in an hour. All iheytiung m.iui:» 
 Of our town are in love with him : but I laugh at Vm, 
 And let 'em all alone ; is't not a wise course ? 
 
 First Friend. Yes. 
 
 Daiigh. There is at least two hundred now xsiti cr::;u 
 by him, — 
 There must be four; yet I keep close for all this. 
 Close as a cockle ; and all these must be boys, — 
 He has the trick on't ; and at ten years old 
 They must be all gelt for musicians. 
 And sing the wars of Theseus. 
 
 Sec. Friend. This is strange. 
 
 Diuigh. As ever you heard : but s;»y nothing. 
 
 First Friend. No. 
 
 Daiigh. They come from all parts of the dukedom to 
 him ; 
 I'll warrant yc he had not so few last night 
 As twenty to dispatch; he'll tickle'l up 
 In two hours, if his hand be in. 
 
 Gaoler. She's lost. 
 
 Past all cure. 
 
 Broth. Heaven forbid, man ! 
 
 Vaui;h. Come hither; you're a wise man. 
 
 First Friend. Does she know hid ? 
 
 Sec. Friend. No, would she did I 
 
 Da lijr/i . You 're m aster o( a fthip f 
 
 Gaoler. Yes. 
 
 Daw-h. Where's your compass ? 
 
 GaSler. }^^^' . . 
 
 Daugh. Set a to Ibe north; 
 
 rj^J.K' «3.l VII. JDS.
 
 Act IF.) THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN, {Scene //. 
 
 And now direct your course to the wood, where Palamcn 
 
 Lies longing for me ; for the tackling 
 
 Let me alone : come, weigh, my hearts, cheerly * 
 
 All. Owgh, owgh, owgh ! 'tis up, the wind is fair : 
 Top the bowling ; out with the main-sail : 
 Where's your whistle, master ? 
 
 Brotk. Let's get her in. 
 
 Gaoler. Up to the top, boy t 
 
 Brot/u Where's the pilot ? 
 
 First Friend. Here. 
 
 Daiigh, What kenn'st thou ? 
 
 Sec. Friend. A fair wood. 
 
 Daiigh. Bear for it, master; 
 
 Tack about ! 
 
 When Cynthia with her borrow'd light, (Sec. ySings. 
 
 \Exetint. 
 
 Scene IL Athens. An apartment in the palace. 
 
 Enter EMILIA with two pictures. 
 
 Emi. Yet I may bind those wounds up, that must opcQ 
 And bleed to death for my sake else ; Til choose, 
 And end their strife : two such young handsome men 
 Shall never fall for me ; their weeping mothers, 
 Following the dead-cold ashes of their sons. 
 Shall never curse my cruelty. Good heaven, 
 What a sweet face has i\rcite I If wise Nature, 
 With all her best endowments, all those beauties 
 She sows into the births of noble bodies, 
 Were here a mortal woman, and had in her 
 The coy denials of young maids, yet doubtless 
 She would run mad for this man : what an eye. 
 Of what a fiery sparkle and quick sweetness, 
 Has this young prince ! here Love himself sits sm.iling; 
 Just such another wanton Ganymede 
 Set Jove a-fire with, and enforc'd the god 
 Snatch up the goodly boy, and set him by him, 
 A shining constellation : what a brow. 
 Of what a spacious majesty, he carries, 
 Arch'd like the great-ey'd Juno's, but far sweeter, 
 Smoother than Pelops' shoulder ! Fame and Honor, 
 Methinks, from hence, as from a promontory 
 
 VII. 4o5. tT.N.K.64,
 
 ^ct /r.] THE Til O NOBL E KINSMBH. (A^ n. 
 
 Pointed in heaven, should clap their wines, and f^f w> 
 
 To all the under-world, thi- loves and fights 
 
 Of gods, and such men near Vm. Pal.ui;. !i 
 
 Is but his foil ; to him, a mere dull sh; '' 
 
 He's swarth and meager, of an eye as !• 
 
 As if he had lost his mother; a still ten...... 
 
 No stirring in him, no alairily; 
 
 Of all this sprightly sharpness, not a smile; — 
 
 Yet these that we count err(*rs may become him : 
 
 Narcissus was a sad hoy, but a heavenly. 
 
 O, who can fmd the bent of woman's fancy? 
 
 I am a fool, my reason is lost in mc ; 
 
 I have no choice, and I have lied so lewdly 
 
 That women ought to beat me. On my knees 
 
 I ask pardon, Palamon ; thou art . ' '. 
 
 And only beautiful; and these llr. 
 
 These the bright lamj)s of be.iuly. i, ..i . ..mir.ii.d 
 
 And threaten Love ; and what young maid dare cross 'c»l 
 
 What a bold gravity, and yet inviting. 
 
 Has this brown n\inly face ! O Love, this only 
 
 From this hour is com|)Iexion. Lie there, Arcitc; 
 
 Thou art a changeling to him, a mere g\ psy. 
 
 And this the noble body. I am sotted. 
 
 Utterly lost ; my virgin faith has fled inc. 
 
 For. if my brother but even now had ask'd me 
 
 Whether I lov'd, I had run mad for Arciic; 
 
 Now if my S-ister, more for Palamon. — 
 
 Stand l)oth together.— Now. come, ask me. brother ; — 
 
 Alas, I know not ! — Ask me now. sweet sister; — 
 
 I may go look ! — What a mere child is f.inry. 
 
 That, having two fair gauds of equal swrelnrSS, 
 
 Cannot (hstinguish, but must cr)- for l)oih ! 
 
 Frtfrr a Gentleman. 
 
 How now, sir! 
 
 Ge^if. From the noble duke vour brother. 
 
 Madam, I bring you news: the knights arc come. 
 
 Em:. To end the quarrel } 
 
 GiUt. N'es. 
 
 Knii. Would I might end first ' 
 
 What sins have I cotnniitted. chaste Dian.i. 
 That my unspotted youth niust now be soiPd 
 T.w.K. 65.] VM. 407.
 
 ^ctlV.I THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. [Scene II, 
 
 With blood of princes, and my chastity- 
 Be made the altar where the lives of lovers — 
 Two greater and two better never yet 
 Made mothers joy — must be the sacrifice 
 To my unhappy beauty ? 
 
 Enter THESEUS, Hippolyta, Pirithous, a?td Attend- 
 ants. 
 
 Thes. Bring 'em in 
 
 Quickly by any means ; I long to see 'em. — 
 Your two contending lovers are return'd, 
 And with them their fair knights : now, my fair sister. 
 You must love one of them. 
 
 E;m'. I had rather both, 
 
 So neither for my sake should fall untimely. 
 
 Tkes. Who saw 'em ? 
 
 Pzr. I a while. 
 
 Ge7tt. And I. 
 
 Enter Messenger. 
 
 Thes. From whence come you, sir } -- — - 
 
 Mess. From the knights. 
 
 Thes. Pray, speak. 
 
 You that have seen them, what they are. 
 
 Mess. I will, sir, • 
 
 And truly what I think. Six braver spirits 
 Than those they've brought — if we judge by th' out- 
 side — 
 I never saw nor read of. He that stands 
 In the first place with Arcite, by his seeming 
 Should be a stout man, by his face a prince, — 
 His very looks so say him ; his complexion 
 Nearer a brown than black ; stern, and yet noble, 
 Which shows him hardy, fearless, proud of dangers ; 
 The circles of his eyes show fire within him. 
 And as a heated lion so he looks ; 
 His hair hangs long behind him, black and shining 
 Like ravens' wings ; his shoulders broad and strong ; 
 Arm'd long and round ; and on his thigh a sword 
 Hung by a curious baldrick, when he frowns 
 To seal his will with ; better, o' my conscience, 
 Was never soldier's friend. 
 
 VII. 408 [T.N. K. 66
 
 Ac//r.] T//E Tiro XiUiLE KfXSMEX. [S,0m^ //, 
 
 T/it's. Thou'st well (lcscjil)cl him. 
 
 ^'^ . ^'t•l a j;rcat deal short, 
 
 Methiiiks, of him that's first with I'alanion. 
 
 JVii^s. Pray, speak him, friend. 
 
 ^^^- I puess he is a prince loo, 
 
 And. if it may be, greater; for his show- 
 Has all the ornament of honor in'l : 
 He's somewhat bigger than the kni^'ht he .spuKi- m. 
 But of a face far sweeter ; his complexion 
 Is. as a rii)e grape, ruddy ; he has felt. 
 Without doubt, what he fights for, and so aplcr 
 To make this cause his own ; in's face appears 
 All the fair hopes of what he undertakes; 
 And when he's angry, then a settled valor. 
 Not tainted with extremes, runs through his body, 
 And guides his arm to brave things ; fear he cannot. 
 He shows no such soft tem|)er ; his head's yellow, 
 Hard-hair'd, and curl'd. thick-lwin'd, like ivy-lops, 
 Not to undo with thunder; in his face 
 The livery of the warlike maid ajijHMrs. 
 Pure red and white, for yet no beard has blest hin» ; 
 And in his rolling eyes sits Victor)-, 
 As if she ever meant to crown his valor; 
 His nose stands high, a character of honor, 
 His red lips, after tights, are fit for ladies. 
 
 E;/i/. Must these men die loo? 
 
 P/'r. When he speaks, his toni^'uc 
 
 Sounds like a trumpet ; all his line.imenls 
 Are as a man would wisirem, strong and cleao ; 
 He wears a well-steel'd ax. the staff of goH , 
 His age some five-antl-tweniy. 
 
 J/e'ss. There's another 
 
 A little man. but of a tough soul, seeming 
 As great as any ; fairer jiromises 
 In such a body yet I never l<)(>k'<l en. 
 
 P/r. O, he that's freckle-facil ? 
 
 jlffss. 1 1^<^ same, my lord ? 
 
 es 
 
 Are they not sweet on 
 
 p/r. Ves. tlK-\'re well. 
 
 J/t'SS. ' ^^ "=>» 
 
 Being so few and well-dispos'd. llicy show 
 Great and fine art in nature. He's white-li.iirU 
 
 f.N.K.67.] VII. 4'>)-
 
 Aci rr.] THE TWO NOBLE KIXSME^i. [Scene Ih 
 
 Not wanton-white, but such a manly color 
 
 Next to an auburn ; toug-h and nimble-set, 
 
 Which shows an active soul ; his arms are brawny* 
 
 Lin'd with strong sinews ; to the shoulder-piece 
 
 Gently they swell, like women new-conceivd, 
 
 Which speaks him prone to labor, never fainting 
 
 Under the weight of arms ; stout-hearted, still, 
 
 But, when he stirs, a tiger ; he's gray-ey'd, 
 
 Which yields compassion where he conquers ; sharp 
 
 To spy advantages, and where he finds 'em, 
 
 He's swift to make 'em his ; he does no wrongs, 
 
 Nor takes none ; he's round-fac'd, and when he smiles 
 
 He shows a lover, when he frowns a soldier ; 
 
 About his head he wears the winner's oak, 
 
 And in it stuck the favor of his lady ; 
 
 His age some six-and-thirty ; in his hand 
 
 He bears a charging-staff, emboss'd with silver. 
 
 T/ies. Are they all thus ? 
 
 Pi)-. They're all the sons of honor, 
 
 Tkes. Now, as I have a soul, I long to see 'em. — 
 Lady ; you shall see men fight now. 
 
 Hip. I wish it, 
 
 But not the cause, my lord : they would show 
 Bravely about the titles of two kingdoms : 
 'Tis pity Love should be so tyrannous. — 
 O my soft-hearted sister, what think you ? 
 Weep not, till they weep blood, wench : it must be, 
 
 T/ies. Youve steel'd 'em with your beauty. — Honor'd 
 friend. 
 To you I give the tield ; pray, order it 
 Fitting the persons that must use it. 
 
 Pir. Yes, sir. 
 
 Tkes. Come, I'll go visit 'em : I cannot stay — 
 Their fame has fir'd me so — till they appear. 
 Good friend, be royal. 
 
 Pi?-. There shall want no bravery. 
 
 Eiui. Poor Vv'ench, go weep ; for whosoever wins 
 Loses a noble cousin for thy sins. [Exeunt^ 
 
 'II. 410. tT-NK- 68,
 
 dctii'.] THE rn i^ soni.i: K 
 
 Scene III. Athens. A room in tJu pn.un. 
 Enter Gaoler, Wooer, and Doctor. 
 
 Doctor. Her distraction is more at some time of ihc 
 moon than at otlicr some, is it not ? 
 
 Gaoler. She is continually in a harmles r; 
 
 sleeps little; altojjether without appetite. &,i\. -Ic- 
 
 ing^ ; dreamin}^ of another world and a better ; m\<\ \\\vaX 
 broken piece of matter soe'er she's about, the name Pala- 
 nion lards it ; that she farces every business withal, fit* it 
 to every question.— Look, where' she comes; you shall 
 perceive her behavior. 
 
 Enter (laoler's Daujjhtcr. 
 
 Daugh. I have forgot it (juite; the burden on't was 
 Down-a, (hrwn-a ; an(l i)enned by no worse n)an than 
 Geraldo, Emilia's schoolmaster : he's as fantastical, too. as 
 ever he may go upon's le^^s; for in the next world will 
 Dido see Palamon, and then will she be out of love with 
 /Eneas. 
 
 Doctor. What stuff's here ! poor soul ! 
 
 Gaoler. Even thus all day long. 
 
 Dattg/t. Now for this charm that I told you of. You 
 must bring a piece of sliver on the tip of your tongue, or 
 no ferry : then, if it be your chance to come where ihc 
 blessed spirits are — there's a sight now! — wr maids 
 that have our livers perished, cracked tu . r, 
 
 we shall come there, and do nothing all (; k 
 
 flowers witii l*roser|)ine ; then will 1 ni.iNC r.ij.iiiiMn a 
 nosegay ; then let him — mark me — then-- 
 
 Doctor. I low prettily she's amiss I note her a little 
 further. 
 
 Daughter. Faith, 111 tell ndu; somctim«>. ur- ■.. ».. 
 barley-break, we of the blessed. Alas, 'tis a 
 have i' th' other place, such burning. fr)ing, i 
 ing. howling, chattering, cursing ! O. the> have 
 measure ! Take heed : if one be mad, or hani;. « ■ 
 themselves, thither they go; Jupiter bless u^ ' 
 shall we be put in a caldron of le.id an»l usu: 
 amongst a whole million of cut-purses, ami ilu jc boil 
 like a gammon of bacon that will never be enough. 
 
 Doctor. How her brain coins I 
 r.N.K. 6g.] V 11. 411.
 
 Act I V.I THE TIVO NOBLE KINSMEN. {Sccie IH, 
 
 Dangh. Lords and courtiers that have got maids with 
 child, they are in this place ; they shall stand in tire up to 
 the navel, and in ice up to the heart, and there th' of- 
 fending part burns, and the deceiving part freezes ; in troth, 
 a very grievous punishment, as one would think, for such 
 a trifle : believe me, one would marry a leprous witch to 
 be rid on't, I'll assure you. 
 
 Doctor. How she continues this fancy ! 'Tis not an 
 engraffed madness, but a most thick and profound melan- 
 choly. 
 
 Daiigh. To hear there a proud lady and a proud city- 
 wife howl together ! I were a beast, an I'd call it good 
 sport: one cries, " O, this smoke!" th' other, "This 
 fire ! " one cries, " O, that ever I did it behind the arras ! " 
 and then howls ; th' other curses a suing fellow and her 
 garden-house. \Si7igs^ 
 
 I will be true, my stars, my fate, &c. \Exit^ 
 
 Gaoler. What think you of her, sir ? 
 
 Doctor. I think she has a perturbed mind which I can- 
 not minister to. 
 
 Gaoler. Alas, what then ? 
 
 Doctor. Understand you she ever affected any man ere 
 she beheld Palamon ? 
 
 Gaoler. I was once, sir, in great hope she had fixed her 
 liking on this gentleman, my friend. 
 
 Wooer. I did think so too ; and would account I had a 
 great pen'worth on't, to give half my state, that both she 
 and I at this present stood unfeignedly on the same 
 terms. 
 
 Doctor. That intemperate surfeit of her eye hath dis- 
 tempered the other senses : they may return and settle 
 again to execute their preordained faculties ; but they are 
 now in a most extravagant vagary. This you must do : 
 confine her to a place where the light nfay rather seem to 
 steal in than be permitted. Take upon you, young sir, 
 her friend, the name of Palamon ; say you come to eat 
 with her, and to commune of love ; this will catch her at- 
 tention, for this her mind beats upon ; other objects, that 
 are inserted 'tween her mind and eye, become the pranks 
 and friskings of her madness : sing to her such green 
 songs of love as she says Palamon hath sung in prison j 
 VII. 41a. £t.n.k. 70^
 
 Ad y.j TlfK Tiro .\OBHi KtS!i.\tE.\. ,m, t. 
 
 come tu lu-r, stuck in as sweet flowers as the season U 
 
 inislress of, and ihcreto make an addilion of s« 
 compounded odors, which arc grateful to the i 
 
 this shall become I'alamon, for i'al.i; 
 
 Palamoii is sweel, and every good \ 
 
 with her, carve her, drink lo her, am. ... 
 
 mingle your petition of grace antl an t ; 
 
 favor : learn what maids have been her tt 
 
 play-feres; and let them repair to her nviiIj 1 
 
 their mouths, and api)ear with tokens, as if ihf. 
 
 ed for him. It is a falsehood slu- is in, whitii »;» v\.ii» 
 
 falsehoods to be combated. This may biing h»T to r«i 
 
 to sleep, and reduce what's now out of square r 
 
 their former law and regiment : 1 have seen it 
 
 how many times 1 know not; but to make the »i 
 
 more I have great hojie in this. 1 will, between ihr ] 
 
 ages of this project, come in with my applinnrc. I.- . 
 
 put it in execution ; and hasten the success, which, « 
 
 not, will brin;:: forth comfort. I "^ ' 
 
 ACT V. 
 
 '■ .!; 
 
 .-, 1 
 
 Scene I. Athens. A court before tl; ■ 
 Venus, and Diar. 
 
 A fiourish. i:«AvTHKSEUS, PlRin 
 ami Attendants. 
 
 Thes. Now let 'em enter, and before the gods 
 Tender their holv pravers : let the temiiles 
 Burn bright with sacred fires, and the altars 
 In hallow'd clouds commend their s\s tiling mccnit 
 To those above us; let no due be wanting: 
 They have a noble work in hand, will honor 
 The' very powers that love 'em. 
 
 /Y/ . Sir, they enter. 
 
 A flourish of cornets. Enter Pai.aMON. AkClTl, 
 their Knights. 
 Thes You valiant and sirong-hrarted cnemiei. 
 You royal germane foes, that tliis day con»c 
 To blow that nearness out that flainrs betvvcen ye. 
 Lay by your anger fo. .-,t'. lu.ur. and dove-hke
 
 Ac^ K] THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. \Scene L 
 
 "Before the holy altars of your helpers. 
 
 The all-fear'd gods, bow down your stubborn bodies ; 
 
 Your ire is more than mortal ; so your help be ! 
 
 And, as the gods regard ye, fight with justice : 
 
 I'll leave you to your prayers, and betwixt ye 
 
 I part my wishes. 
 
 Pir. Honor crown the worthiest ! 
 
 \Exeii7ii all except Palanion, Arci'fe, and their knigkis^ 
 
 Pal. The glass is running now that cannot finish 
 Till one of us expire : think you but thus, 
 That, were there aught in me which strove to show 
 ]\Iine enemy in this business, were't one eye 
 Against another, arm oppress'd by arm, 
 I would destroy th' offender ; coz, I would. 
 Though parcel of myself : then from this gather 
 How I should tender you. 
 
 Arc, I am in labor 
 
 To push your name, your ancient love, our kindred, 
 Out of my memory ; and i' the self-same place 
 To seat something I would confound : so hoist we 
 The sails, that must these vessels port even where 
 The heavenly limiter pleases. 
 
 Pal, You speak well. 
 
 Before I turn, let me embrace thee, cousin : 
 This I shall never do again. 
 
 Arc. One farewell ! 
 
 Pal, Why, let it be so ; farewell, coz ! 
 
 Arc. ^ Farewell, sir f 
 
 [ They embrace. — Exeunt Palajnon and his Knights^ 
 Knights, kinsmen, lovers, yea, my sacrifices. 
 True worshipers of Mars, whose spirit in you 
 Expels the seeds of fear, and th' apprehension 
 Which still is father of it, go with me 
 Before the god of our profession : there 
 Require of him the hearts of lions, and 
 The breath of tigers, yea, the fierceness too, 
 Yea, the speed also,— to go on, I mean, 
 Else wish we to be snails : you know my prize 
 Must be dragg'd out of blood ; force and great feat 
 Must put my garland on, where she sticks 
 The queen of flowers; our intercession, then. 
 Must be to him that makes the camp a cestron 
 
 VII. 414. [t.n.k. t%
 
 ^<t r.j n/F Tiro ^obi.e kissmes {s.*., / 
 
 Briinni'd wiili tlic Idood of men : give mc your aJd. 
 
 And bend your spiiiis towards him. 
 
 \^TIu'y advance to the altar o/ Mat s, and Jail om tkrt> 
 faces ; then kneel. 
 
 Thou nii<,duy one. llial with ihv pourr h.Tsi furn'd 
 
 Green Ncplune into purple; \\\v 
 
 Comets prewarn : whose havoc i: 
 
 Unearthed skulls proelainj; wh«>^ ■>■ .^ (C/wn 
 
 The teeniin<j Ceres' foison ; who ■ 
 
 With hand armipotent from forth .-., ^..s 
 
 The mason'd turrets; that l)oth mak'st and break'tt 
 
 The stony j^irths of cities ; me thy |>uj)il, 
 
 Young'st follower of thy drum, instruct this day 
 
 With military skill, that to thy laud 
 
 I may advance my streamer, and hy ihce 
 
 Be styl'd the lord o" the day ; — give mr, great Man. 
 
 Some token of thy pleasure. 
 
 \Herc they fall on their faces a$ before, and Iktre i% 
 heard clan<^ini^ of armor, ivith a shot I thunder^ 
 as the hurst of a battle, 'whereupon they all ris4^ 
 and hirii' to the altar. 
 
 O great corrector of enormous limes. 
 
 Shaker of o'er-rank states. th(m graiul «]. ■ m . . 
 
 Of dusty and old titles, that hralst with Mood 
 
 The earth when it is sick, and cur'st (! • ^ • •!.' 
 
 O' the i)lurisy of people ; I do take 
 
 Thy signs ausi)iciouslv. and in thy nan c 
 
 To my design march boldly. — Let us go. {Kxtumi. 
 
 Re-enter PaI.AMoN and his Knights. 
 
 Pal. Our stars must glister with new fire, or be 
 To-dav extinct; our argument is love. 
 Which' if the goddess of it grant, she givr« 
 Victory too : then blend Nc: ' ; iine. 
 
 You. whose free nobl<•^^•-^s . se 
 
 Your personal hazard : to thr g.<.< < -^ w > •»» 
 Commend we our procerding, and implore 
 Her power unto our party. 
 
 [ Thev advance to the altar of Venus, and fall 9m 
 faces : then hneel. 
 Hail, sovereign (pieen of secrets, who hast poutf 
 To call the fiercest tyrant from his rage. 
 T.N. K-. 73.1 vn 4-
 
 -.467" F.J THE TWO AOBLE KINSMEN. [Scene f. 
 
 To weep unto a girl ; that hast the might 
 Even with an eye-glance to choke Mars's drum 
 And turn th' alarm to whispers ; that canst make 
 A cripple flourish with his crutch, and cure him 
 Before Apollo : that mayst force the king 
 To be his subject's vassal, and induce 
 Stale gravity to dance ; the polled bachelor — 
 AVhose youth, like wanton boys through bonfires, 
 .'fave skipt thy flame — at seventy thou canst catch, 
 And make him, to the scorn of his hoarse throat, 
 Abuse young lays of love : what godlike power 
 Hast thou not power upon ? to Phoebus thou 
 Add'st flames, hotter than his ; the heavenly fires 
 Did scorch his mortal son, thine him : the huntress 
 All moist and cold, some say, began to throw 
 Her bow away, and sigh : take to thy grace 
 jNIe, thy vow'd soldier, who do bear thy yoke 
 As 'twere a wreath of roses, yet is heavier 
 Than lead itself, stings more than nettles : I 
 Have never been foul-mouth'd against thy law; 
 JSJe'er reveal'd secret, for I knew none, — would not, 
 TIad I kenn'd all that were; I never practic'd 
 Upon man's wife, nor would the libels read 
 •Of liberal wits; I never at great feasts 
 Sought to betray a beauty, but have blush'd 
 At simpering sirs that did ; I have been harsh 
 To large confessors, and have hotly ask'd them 
 If they had mothers ? I had one, a woman. 
 And women 'twere they wrong'd : I knew a man 
 Of eighty winters, — this I told them, — who 
 A lass of fourteen brided ; 'twas thy power 
 To put life into dust ; the aged cramp 
 Had screw'd his square foot round. 
 The gout had knit his fingers into knots. 
 Torturing convulsions from his gioby eyes 
 Had almost drawn their spheres, that what was life 
 In him seem'd torture; this anatomy 
 Had by his young fair fere a boy, and I 
 Believ'd it was his, for she swore it was, 
 And who would not believe her ? Brief, I am 
 To those that prate, and have done, no companion ; 
 To those that boast, and have not, a defter ; 
 
 VII. 416. [t.n.k. 74.
 
 Ac/ r.] n/K mo xoiiLE KissMtx (•/•**. 
 
 To those that would, and cannot, a rrjoit - : . 
 ^'t•a. him I do not love, that Iclls closr oflitti 
 Tile foulest way, nor names conccalnK-nt> in 
 Thf boldest ^anJ^uage; such a one I am. 
 And vow that lover never yet made sij-h 
 Truer than I. (). then, most sofl-sweel goddess. 
 (live nu- the victory of this question, whicli 
 Is true love's merit, and bless mc with a sij^n 
 Of 'hy great j)le.isure. 
 
 \llerc music is iititrti. atui tiiK'cs are seen I'rur.'rr: 
 tht-y fall iX'^iiin upon (heir Jaees, then on 
 their knees. 
 O lou tliat fr(»m eleven to ninety rcij^n'sl 
 In mortal bosoms, whose chase is this world. 
 And ue in herds thy game. I give thee llianks 
 Foi this fair token ; which being laid unlo 
 Miiie innocent-true heart, arms in assurance 
 My boily to this business.— Let us rise. 
 And how before the goddess: time romrs or 
 ( They bine, ar.i : 
 
 Still music of records. A/z/^r Emili \ 
 hair about her shoulders, a/uf ' 
 "wreath : one in "white holtli> 
 hair stuck "with Jlowers .- on, 
 a silver hind, in whii h /v 
 S7L >eet odors, tt '/' /< // /'' • ■ ' '' ' :' ' 
 her Maids standing 
 they courtesy and k>: 
 
 Emi. O sacred, shadowy, cold, and i 
 Abandoner of revels, mute. conlrmplati\> . 
 
 Sweet, solitary, white as ch.iste, .ind piiie 
 
 As wind-fann'd snow, who to t' ^ i. m i!. -his 
 
 Allow'st no more blood than '». 
 
 Which is their order's robe; I 
 
 Am hund)led 'fore thine altar: O. v 
 
 With that thy rare green e\c- >n ' 
 
 Beheld thing marulatt h»"k on i 
 
 And. sacred silver mistress. U nd t 
 
 Which neer heard scurrd term, intu \\: - port 
 
 Ne'er enter'd wanton sound to n)y nrttUi»n. 
 
 Season'd with holy fear. This is my Usl 
 
 T.N.W.7S.1 VII. 4...
 
 4ci y,] THE TWO NOBLE kinsmen: [Scene If, 
 
 ■-Of vestal office; I'm bride-habited, 
 
 But maiden-hearted : a husband I have 'pointed, 
 
 But do not know him ; out of two 1 should 
 
 Choose one, and pray for his success ; but I 
 
 Am guiltless of election : of mine eyes 
 
 Were I to lose one, — they are equal precious, — 
 
 I could doom neither; that which perish'd should 
 
 Go to't unsentenc'd : therefore, most modest queen. 
 
 He, of the two pretenders, that best loves me 
 
 And has the truest title in"t, let him 
 
 Take off my wheaten garland, or else grant 
 
 The tile and quality I hold I may 
 
 Continue in thy band. 
 
 [Here the /u'nd vanishes under the altar^ and in the 
 
 place asce?tds a rose-tree, having one rose upon it, 
 :See what our general of ebbs and flows 
 Out from the bowels of her holy altar 
 With sacred act advances ; but one rose ! 
 If well inspir'd, this battle shall confound 
 Both these brave knights, and I, a virgin flower, 
 Must grow alone, unpluck'd. 
 [Here is heard a sudden twang of instruments, and the 
 
 rose falls from the tree, luhich vanishes under the 
 
 altar. 
 The flower is fall'n, the tree descends. — O mistress, 
 Thou here dischargest me ; I shall be gather'd, 
 1 think so ; but I know not thine own will : 
 Unclasp thy mystery. — I hope she's pleas'd ; 
 Her signs were gracious. [ They courtesy, and then exeunt. 
 
 Scene H. Athens. A room in the prison. 
 
 E7iter Doctor, Gaoler, a7id Wooer in the habit of Pala- 
 MON. 
 
 Doctor. Has this advice I told you done any good up- 
 on her } 
 
 Wooer. O, very much , the maids that kept her company 
 Have half persuaded her that I am Palamon ; 
 Within this half-hour she came smiling to me, 
 And ask'd me what I'd eat, and when I'd kiss her : 
 1 told her presently, and kiss'd her twice. 
 
 VTI. 418. J^T.N.K. 76.
 
 ^ct r.] ruE Tiro noble a/a v •■// v. 
 
 Doc/or. 'Twas wtll done: Iwi:.;. ; . ;..i 
 
 For there the curt- lies mainly. (belter » 
 
 ll'ooff , Then she lold mc 
 
 She'd watch with me to-ni^dit. for well she knew 
 What hour my fit would lake mc. 
 
 Doctor. Lot her tin s.> ; 
 
 And, wlieii your fit comes, fit h»r home and prcscnlly. 
 
 Wooer. She wouhl have me .sin};. 
 
 Doctor. "\'ou did so } 
 
 Wooer, No. 
 
 Doctor. Twas ver}' ill <lone, then » 
 
 You should ol)s(i\i IK r every wav. 
 
 Wooer. Alas, 
 
 I have no voice, sir. to confirm her thai way! 
 
 Doctor. That's all one, if ye make a noise : 
 If she entreat aj^ain. do any thing ; 
 Lie with her. if she ask you. 
 
 Gaoler. Ho. there, doctor! 
 
 Doctor. Yes, in the way of cure. 
 
 Gaoler. But first, by your Iea\*e. 
 
 r the way of honesty. 
 
 Doctor. That's hut ;. niceness; 
 
 Ne'er cast your child away for honesty : 
 Cure her first this way ; then, if she'll be honest, 
 She has the i)ath before her. 
 
 Gaoler. Thank ye. docl« r. 
 
 Doctor. Pray, brinp;' her in, 
 And let's see how she is. 
 
 Gaoler. I w .w. .>,, . . 
 
 Her Palamon stays for her : hut. doctor, 
 Methinks you are i' the wrong sldl. 
 
 Doctor. (to. j;o ; 
 
 You fathers arc fine fools : her honestv* 
 And we should jjive her physic till we ' 
 
 ITooer. Why, do you think she is n 
 
 Doctor, How old is she ? 
 
 H'ooer. She's eight. 
 
 Doctor. She may be; 
 
 But that's all one. 'tis nothing to our purpose : 
 Whate'er her father says, if you i)erceivr 
 Her mood inclining that way that I spoke of. 
 Videlicet, the way of flesh ' - ^ 
 
 r.N.K.77.] ^ ■'
 
 Act V.^ THE TWO XOBLE KINSMEN, {Scene Ih 
 
 Wooer. Yes, ver}^ well, sir. 
 Doctor. Please her appetite. 
 
 And do it home ; it cures her, ipso facto. 
 The melancholy humor that infects her. 
 Wooer. I am of your mind, doctor. 
 Doctor. You'll find it so. She comes : pray, humor her, 
 
 Re-enter Gaoler, with his Daughter and Maid. 
 
 Gaoler. Come ; your love Palamon stays for you, child, 
 And has done this long hour, to visit you. 
 
 Dauo;h. I thank him for his gentle patience; 
 He's a kind gentleman, and I'm much bound to him. 
 Did you ne'er see the horse he gave me } 
 
 Gaoler. Yes. 
 
 Daiigh. How do you like him } 
 
 Gaoler. He's a ver)' fair one. 
 
 Daiigh, You never saw him dance } 
 
 Gaoler. No. 
 
 Da ugh. I have often : 
 
 He dances very finely, very comely ; 
 And, for a jig, come cut and long tail to him ; 
 He turns ye like a top. 
 
 Gaoler. That's fine indeed. 
 
 Daiigh. He'll dance the morris twenty mile an hour. 
 And rliat will founder the best hobby-horse. 
 If I have any skill, in all the parish ; 
 And gallops to the tune of Light o' Love: 
 AVhat think you of this horse ? 
 
 Gaoler, Having these virtues, 
 
 I think he might be brought to play at tennis. 
 
 Daiigh. Alas, that's nothing. 
 
 Gaoler. Can he write and read too } 
 
 Daugh. A very fair hand; and cast himself th' accounts 
 Of all his hay and provender ; that hostler 
 Must rise betime that cozens him. You know 
 The chestnut mare the duke has.'' 
 
 Gaoler. Very well. 
 
 Daugh. She's horribly in love with him, poor beast ; 
 But he is like his master, coy and scornful. 
 
 Gaoler, What dowry has she } 
 
 Daugh. Some two hundred bottles, 
 
 And twenty strike of oats ; but he'll ne'er have her : 
 
 VII. *?a fx.N K. 73,
 
 Aci r.] THE rn'O NOBLE KIISSMEN. [Scene 11, 
 
 He lisps ill's neighing, able to entice 
 
 A miller's mare ; he'll be the death of her. 
 
 Doctor. What stuff she utters! 
 
 Gaoler. Make court'sy; here your love comes. 
 Wooer. Pretty soul, 
 
 How do ye ? That's a fine maid ; there's a court'sy ! 
 
 Daugh. Yours to command, i' the way of honesty. 
 How far is't now to th' end o' the world, my masters ? 
 
 Doctor. Why, a day's journey, wench. 
 
 Daugh. Will you go with me ? 
 
 Wooer. What shall we do there, wench } 
 
 Daiigli. Why, play at stool-ball : 
 
 What is there else to do ? 
 
 Wooer. I am content, 
 
 If we shall keep our wedding there. 
 
 Daugh. 'Tis true : 
 
 For there, I will assure you, we shall find 
 Some blind priest for the purpose, that will venture 
 To marry us, for here they're nice and foolish ; 
 Besides, my father must be hang'd to-morrow. 
 And that would be a blot i' the business. 
 Are not you Palamon ? 
 
 U^ooer. Do not you know me? 
 
 Daugh. Yes; but you care not for me: I have nothing 
 But this poor petticoat and two coarse smocks. 
 
 Wooer. That's all one ; I will have you. 
 
 Daugh. Will you surely ? 
 
 Wooer. Yes, by this fair hand, will I. 
 
 Daugh, We'll to bed, then. 
 
 Wooer. Even when you will. [Kisses her, 
 
 Daugh. O, sir, you'd fain be nibbling. 
 
 Wooer. Why do you rub my kiss off .'' 
 
 Daugh. 'Tis a sweet one. 
 
 And will perfume me finely 'gainst the wedding. 
 Is not this your cousin Arcite } 
 
 Doctor. Yes, sweetheart ; 
 
 And I am glad my cousin Palamon 
 Has made so fair a choice. 
 
 Daugh. Do you think he'll have me ? 
 
 Doctor. Yes» without doubt. 
 
 Daugh. Do you think so too ? 
 
 Gaoler. Ye& 
 
 r.N.K. 7Q.) ^31. 421.
 
 <4<r/r.3 THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEt7, {Sc^^ia If^ 
 
 Daugli. We shall have many children, — Lord, how ye're 
 grown ! 
 My Palamon I hope will grow, too, finely, 
 Now he's at liberty: alas, poor chicken, 
 He was kept down with hard meat and ill lodging ; 
 But I'll kiss him up again. 
 
 Efiter Messenger. 
 
 Mess. What do you here? you'll lose the noblest sigh* 
 That e'er was seen. 
 
 Gaoler. Are they i' the field 1 
 
 Mess. They are : 
 
 You bear a charge there too. 
 
 Gaoler. I'll away straight. — 
 
 I must even leave you here. 
 
 Doctor, Nay, we'll go with you ; 
 I will not lose the sight. 
 
 Gaoler. How did you like her ? 
 
 Doctor. V^ warrant you, within these tliree or four days 
 I'll make her right again. — You must not from her, 
 But still preserve her in this way. 
 
 Wooer. I will. 
 
 Doctor. Let's get her in. 
 
 Wooer. Come, sweet, we'll %o to dinner ; 
 
 A.nd then we'll play at cards. 
 DaiigJi. And shall we kiss too.'* 
 
 Wooer. A hundred times. 
 Daugh. And twenty ? 
 
 Wooer. Ay, and twenty. 
 
 Daiigh. Then we'll sleep together.? 
 Doctor. Take her offer. 
 
 Wooer. Yes-, marry, will we. 
 
 Daugh. But you shall not hurt me. 
 
 Wooer. I will not, sweet. 
 Daugh, If you do, love, I'll cry. 
 
 \KxetmU 
 
 Vn. 43*. |;i.N.K. SOb
 
 Act I'.] T//E TIIO AO/!Li: A/XSM/A' , . ... 
 
 SCEx\E III. A part of the' forest near At /tens, n- ' •• -r 
 the place appointed for the eomlmt. 
 
 Flourish. AV/Z^v- 'rnKSKUs. Hiim'olyta. Emii.ia, i':ki. 
 THOUS, and AUciulaiUs. 
 
 Eini. I'll no step furtlu-r. 
 
 Pir. Will you lose tMs sigltl ? 
 
 Eini. I had rather see a wren hawk at a fly, 
 Than this decision : ever)' IjIow that falls 
 Threats a brave life ; each stroke laments 
 The place whereon it falls, and st)unds more like 
 A hell than blade : I will stay here : 
 It is enouo^h, my hearinp^ shall be |)unish'd 
 With what shall h;ippen. — 'gainst the which there is 
 No deating-, — but to hear, not taint mine eye 
 With dread sights it may shun. 
 
 /Vr. Sir, my good lord, 
 
 Your sister will no further. 
 
 Thes. O, she must : 
 
 She shall see deeds of honor in their kind. 
 Which sometime show well. |)encird : nature now 
 Shall make and act the story, the belief 
 Both seal'd with eye and ear. You must be j)restnl ; 
 You are the victor's meed, the price and garland 
 To crown the questant's title. 
 
 Fjiti. Tardon me ; 
 
 If I were there, I'd wink. 
 
 Thcs. You must he there; 
 
 This trial is as 'twere i' the night, and you 
 The only star to shine. 
 
 Emi. I am extinct : 
 
 There is but envy in that light, which show's 
 The one the other. Darkness, which ever was 
 The dam of Horror, who does stand accurs'd 
 Of manv mortal millions, may even now. 
 By casting her black mantle over both. 
 That neither could find other, get herself 
 Some part of .i good name, and many a murder 
 Set off whereto she's guilty. 
 
 Hip. Vou must go. 
 
 Emi. In faith, I will not. 
 
 Tht's. Why, the knigh;.%i;m'i Miullc 
 
 T.N.K. 81.1 VII. 4>3.
 
 Aci y.] THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN, ^Scene III 
 
 Their valor at your eye : know, of this war 
 You are the treasure, and must needs be by 
 To give the service pay. 
 
 Enii. Sir, pardon me ; 
 
 The title of a kingdom may be tried 
 Out of itself. 
 
 Thes, Well, well, then, at your pleasure : 
 Those that remain with you could wish their office 
 To any of their enemies. 
 
 Hip. Farewell, sister : 
 
 I'm like to know your husband 'fore yourself, 
 By some small start of time : he whom the gods 
 Do of the two know best, 1 pray them he 
 Be made your lot. 
 \_Exeunt all except Emilia and some of the Attendants^ 
 
 Emi. Arcite is gently visag'd ; yet his eye 
 Is like an engine bent, or a sharp weapon 
 In a soft sheath ; mercy and manly courage 
 Are bedfellows in his visage. Palamon 
 Has a most menacing aspect ; his brow 
 Is grav'd, and seems to bury what it frowns on \ 
 Yet sometimes 'tis not so, but alters to 
 The quality of his thoughts ; long time his eye 
 Will dwell upon his object ; melancholy 
 Becomes him nobly ; so does Arcite's mirth ; 
 But Palamon's sadness is a kind of mirth, 
 So mingled as if mirth did make him sad, 
 And sadness merry ; those darker humors that 
 Stick misbecomingiy on others, on him 
 Live in fair dwelling. 
 
 {Cornets ; and trumpets sound as to a c/iargf, 
 within. 
 Hark, how yon spurs to spirit do incite 
 The princes to their proof ! Arcite may win me ; 
 And yet may Palamon wound Arcite to 
 The spoiling of his figure. O, what pity 
 Enough for such a chance ! If I were by, 
 I might do hurt ; for they would glance their eyes 
 Toward my seat, and in that motion might 
 Omit a ward, or forfeit an offense, 
 *Vhich crav'd that very tmie : it is much better 
 
 VI 1 iOi (t.n.k. 8*
 
 <c/r.] Tin: r^yo SOBl.E KISSMRN. iS.rm4tli. 
 
 i am not there ; O. biiitr ncvi-r born 
 
 Than niinisicr to buch liarin. 
 
 [Corue/s ; ami a great cry of " A Palamon ! " wj/JktH, 
 
 What ib the chance > 
 hirst S^rv. The cry's " A I'alanion !" 
 /:////. Then he has won. 'Twas ever likely : 
 
 He look'cl all ^riace and success, and he is 
 
 Doubtless the priin'st of men. I prithee, lun 
 
 And tell me how it goes. 
 
 [S/iout ; cortitts ; atui cry of " \ Palanioni" within. 
 /• irst Serv. Still "1 'a laniun I " 
 
 Emi. Run and incjuire. {Exit First Servant. 
 
 Poor servant, thou l»asl lost : 
 
 Upon my ri<rhi side si ill I wore thy picture, 
 
 Palamon s oi; the left : why so, 1 know not ; 
 
 I iiad no end in't else ; chance would have it so: 
 
 On the sinister side the heart lies; Talanii i 
 
 Had the best-boding chance. 
 
 [.l/tof/wr cry, and shout, aftif (or r, . ,, u;:/:/rj. 
 
 This burst of clamor 
 Is, sure, the end o' the combat. 
 
 Re-enter lirst Ser\ant. 
 
 First Serv. They saiil that Palamon hatl Arcilc'& body 
 Within an inch o' the pyranjid, that the try 
 Was general '* A Palamon ! "' but anon 
 Th' assistants made a brave redemption, and 
 The two bold tiltersat this instant aic 
 Hand to hand at it. 
 
 /:"////. W fn- they metamorphos*d 
 
 Both into one — O. why ? there were no woman 
 Worth so comj)os'd a man : their single sh;irc. 
 Their nobleness peculiar to them, gives 
 The i)rejiidic(; of disparit), v.due's shorlncss. 
 To any lady breathing. 
 
 [Cornets ; and cry of " Arciie. Arcile f ** wit Aim, 
 More exulting ? 
 "Palamon " still? 
 
 First Ser7'. Nay, now the st>und is "Arcile," 
 
 Enn. I prithee, lay attention to the cr>'; 
 Set both thine ears to the business. 
 
 r.N.K-.8< 1 V.I. 43S.
 
 Ad r.] THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. {Scene Ilh 
 
 [Cornets; and a great shout, and cry of " Arcite, vic« 
 tory ! " within. 
 
 First Serv. The or)' is 
 
 *• Arcite, and victory ! " Hark : " Arcite, victory ! " 
 Tiie combat's consummation is proclaim'd 
 By the wind-instruments. 
 
 Enii. Half-sig-hts saw 
 
 That Arcite was no babe : God's hd, his richness 
 And costKness of spirit look'd through him ; it could 
 No more be hid in him than fire in flax, 
 Than humble banks can go to law with waters 
 That drift-winds force to raging. I did think 
 Good Palamon would miscarry ; yet I knew not 
 Why I did think so : our reasons are not prophets, 
 When oft our fancies are. They're coming off : 
 Alas, pot)r Palamon ! {Cornets within. 
 
 Re-enter Theseus, Hippolyta, Pirithous, luit/i 
 Arcite as victor. Attendants, &^c. 
 
 Thes. Lo, where our sister is in expectation, 
 Yet quaking and unsettled. — Fairest Emily, 
 The gods, by their divine arbitrement, 
 Have given you this knight : he is a good one 
 As ever struck at head. Give me your hands: 
 Receive you her, you him ; be plighted with 
 A love that grows as you decay. 
 
 Arc. Emily, 
 
 To buy you I have lost what's dearest to me, 
 Save what is bought ; and yet I purchase cheaply. 
 As I do rate your value. 
 
 Tkes. O lov'd sister, 
 
 He speaks now of as brave a knight as e'er 
 Did spur a noble steed : surely, the gods 
 Would have him die a bachelor, lest his race 
 Should show i' the world too godlike : his behavior 
 So charm'd me, that methought Alcides was 
 To him a sow of lead : if I could praise 
 Each part of him to th' all I've spoke, your Arcite 
 Did not lose by't ; for he that was thus good 
 Encounter'd yet his better. I have heard 
 Two emulous Philomels beat the ear o' the night* 
 With their contentious throats, now one the higher, 
 
 VII. 426. [t.n.k. 84.
 
 dci y.\ THE in o NObL e kinsmen li / */ / K 
 
 Anon the other, then again the first. 
 And by and by out-bri-aslcd. that the scns€ 
 Could not be judj^e between 'cm : so it far'd 
 Good space iietween these kinsmen ; till heavens did 
 Make haully one the winner. — Wear the j;arland 
 With joy that you have won. — For the suljdu'd. 
 Give them our |)resent justice, since 1 know 
 Their lives but pinch 'em : let it here be done. 
 The scene's not for our seeing : go \vc hence. 
 Right joyful, with some sorrow.— Arm your priae; 
 I know you will not lose her. — Hip|)olyla, 
 I see one eye of yours conceives a tear. 
 The which it will deliver. 
 
 PIdu', Is this winning? 
 
 all you heavenly powers, where is your mercy? 
 But that your wills have said it musi l)e so. 
 
 And charge mc live to comfort this unfriended. 
 
 This miserable prince, that cuts away 
 
 A life more worthy from him than all women, 
 
 1 should and would die too. 
 
 Hip, Infinite pity. 
 
 That four such eyes should be so tix'd on one. 
 That two must needs be l)lind for'l ! 
 
 Thes. So it is. {Flourish. Ex runt 
 
 Scene IV. TJic same part of the forest us in Ait III. 
 See/ie I' I. 
 
 Enter PalaMON and his Knights /////W//^/, Gaoler, EIx» 
 ecutioner, &c., anit Guard. 
 
 Pa/. There's many a man alive that hath oulliv'd 
 The love o' the people ; yea, i' the self-same stale 
 Stands many a father with his child : sonie comfort 
 We have by so considering ; we expire. 
 And not without men's pity ; to live still 
 Have their good wishes; we prevent 
 The loathsome misery of age. beguile 
 The gout and rheum, that in lag hours allrnd 
 For gray approachers; we con)e towards the gfxi*. 
 Young and unwapper'd. not halting under crimrs 
 Many^'and stale ; that. sure, shall ple.ise the ^jnds 
 Sooner than such, to give us nectar with 'cn». 
 r.N.K.85.] Ml. 437.
 
 Aci F.] THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN. {Seem IV, 
 
 For we are more clear spirits. My dear kinsmen. 
 Whose lives for this poor comfort are laid down, 
 You've sold 'em too-too cheap. 
 
 First Knight. What ending could bc 
 
 Of more content ? O'er us the victors have 
 Fortune, whose title is as momentary 
 As to us death is certain ; a grain of honor 
 They not o'er-weigh us. 
 
 Sec . Knight. Let us bid farewell ; 
 
 And with our patience anger tottering Fortune, 
 Who, at .her certain'st, reels. 
 
 Third Knight. Come ; who begins "? 
 
 Pal. Even he that led you to this banc|uet shall 
 Taste to you all. — Ah, ha, my friend, my friend ! 
 Your gentle daughter gave me freedom once; 
 You'll see't done now for ever: pray, how does she? 
 I heard she was not well ; her kind of ill 
 Gave me some sorrow. 
 
 Gaoler. Sir, she's well restor'd. 
 
 And to be married shortly. 
 
 Pal. By my short life, 
 
 I am most glad on't; 'tis the latest thing 
 I shall be glad of ; prithee, tell her so ; 
 Commend me to her, and, to piece her portion. 
 Tender her this. \Gives ptirse. 
 
 First K7iight. Nay, let's be offerers all. 
 
 Sec. Knight, Is it a maid .'* 
 
 Pal. Verily, I think so ; 
 
 A right good creature, more to me deserving 
 That I can quit or speak of. 
 
 All the Kights. Commend us to her. 
 
 [Giving their purses. 
 
 Gaoler. The gods requite you all, and make her thankful! 
 
 Pal. Adieu ; and let my life be now as short 
 As my leave-taking. 
 
 First Knight. Lead, courageous cousin. 
 
 All the Knights. We'll follow cheerfully. 
 
 \Palamon lays his head on the block. A great noise, 
 and cry of " Run, save, hold ! " within. 
 
 Enter Messenger in haste. 
 
 Mess. Hold, hold ! O, hold, hold, hold ! 
 
 VII. 423. [T.N.K. S&
 
 Aci r.i 7-///i nyo soble sci 
 
 Enter PiRiTHoUS in haste, 
 
 Pi'r. Hold, ho! it is a curs^tl hasir vou made 
 If you have tloiic so quickly.— Nohk- I'.il.unon. 
 The gods will show their glor)' in a life 
 That thou art yet to lead. 
 
 Pii^. Can that he. when 
 
 Venus I've said is false .^ How (hi things f.irc ? 
 
 /'/>-. Arise, great sir, and give ihc tiduigbcar 
 
 1 Palamom riset^ 
 That are most dearly sweet and hitter. 
 
 PiiL What 
 
 Hath wak'd us from our dream ? 
 
 Pir. List, ihcn. Yourcousi: 
 
 Mounted upon a steed that Emily 
 Did tirst bestow on him, — a black onr, owing 
 Not a hair-worth of while, which some will say 
 Weakens his price, and many will not buy 
 His goodness with this note; which si.i in'-', n 
 Here finds allowance, — on this hor- 
 Trotting the stones of Athens, whi* : 
 Did rather tell than trample ; for the Imrsc 
 Would make his length a mile, if'l pleas'd his ridcf 
 To put pride iii him : as he thus went counting 
 The flinty pavement, dancing as 'twere to the music 
 His own hoofs made, — for, as they sav, from iron 
 Came music's origin, — what envious tlinl. 
 Cold as old Saturn, and like him posst^s'd 
 With fire malevolent, dartrtl a spark. 
 Or what fierce suli)hur else, to • ' - adc, 
 
 I comment not; the hot horse. 
 
 Took toy at this, and fell to w ■ r ; 
 
 His i)()wer could give his will. 1 mcs on end. 
 
 Forgets school-doing, being till : d. 
 
 And of kind manage ; pig-like he whmes ' 
 
 At the sharp rowel, which he frets ;it i.ithrr 
 Than any jot obeys ; seeks all foul i 
 Of boisterous and rough jadcn.-, to . 
 His lord that ke|)t it br.ively : whei> ^^^'a - 
 
 When neither curb would crack, gi: or iliflcnng ^ 
 
 jilunges 
 Disroot his rider whence he grew, but ihat 
 
 T.N. K. 87.1 *■" ♦»<»•
 
 Ac/ r.] THE TWO XOBLE KINSMEN. \Scene IV, 
 
 He kept him 'tween his legs, on his hind hoofs 
 
 On end he stands. 
 
 That Arcite's legs, being higher than his head, 
 
 Seem'd with strange art to hang: his victor's wreath 
 
 Even then fell off his head ; and presently 
 
 Backward the jade comes o'er, and his full poise 
 
 Becomes the rider's load. Yet is he living; 
 
 But such a vessel 'tis that floats but for 
 
 The surge that next approaches: he much desires 
 
 To have some speech with you, Lo, he appears. 
 
 E?iter Theseus, Hippolyta, Emilia, and Arcite 
 carried in a chair. 
 
 Pal. O miserable end of our alliance ! 
 The gods are mighty. — Arcite, if thy heart, 
 Thy worthy, manly heart, be yet unbroken, 
 Give me thy last words ; I am Palamon, 
 One that yet loves thee dying. 
 
 Arc. Take Emilia, 
 
 And with her all the world's joy. Reach thy hand : 
 Farewell; I've told my last hour. I was false, 
 Yet never treacherous : forgive me, cousin. — 
 One kiss from fair Emilia. \^Kisses her.'\ — 'Tis done : 
 Take her. I die. \^Dies» 
 
 Pal. Thy brave soul seek Elysium ! 
 
 Evil. I'll close thine eyes, prince ; blessed souls be with 
 thee! 
 Thou art a right good man ; and, while I live. 
 This day I give to tears. 
 
 Pal. And I to honor. 
 
 Thes. In this place first you fought ; even very here 
 I sunder'd you : acknowledge to the gods 
 Your thanks that you are living. 
 His part is play'd, and, though it were too short, 
 He did it well ; your day is lengthen'd, and 
 The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you : 
 The powerful Venus well hath grac'd her altar. 
 And given you your love ; our master Mars 
 Hath vouch'd his oracle, and to Arcite gave 
 The grace of the contention : so the deities 
 Have show'd due justice. — Bear this hence. 
 
 Pal. O cousin, 
 
 VII. 43a [t.n.k. 88,
 
 /^vr.l Tirr. TWO SOBLE KISSMES. (J&/«//r 
 
 That we chould things dt'sirc, which do cost us 
 The loss of our desire ! that naught could buy 
 Dear lore but loss of dear love ! 
 
 Thes, Never fortune 
 
 Did |)l,iy a subtler game : the coiujurr'd triumphi. 
 The victor has the loss; yet in the passage 
 The i^ods have been most equal. I'alanton. 
 Your kinsman hath ronfess'd the right o' the lady 
 Did lie in you ; for you first saw hrr, and 
 Even then proclaim "d your fancv ; he restor'd her. 
 As your slol'n jewel, and desir'd your spirit 
 To send him hence forgiven : the gods my justice 
 Take from my hand, and they themselves become 
 The executioners. Lead your lady off ; 
 And call your lovers from the stage of death. 
 Whom I a(loj)t my friends. A day or two 
 Let us look sadly, and give grace unto 
 Tlie funeral of Arcite; in whose end 
 The visages of bridegrooms we'll put on. 
 And smile with P.damon : for whom an hour, 
 Ikit one hour since, I was as dearly sorry 
 As glad of Arcite, and am now as glad 
 As for him sorry,— O you heavenly charmers. 
 T\'hat things you make of us I For what we lack 
 ^Ve laugh, for what we have are sorry ; still 
 Are children in some kind. Let us be thankful 
 Tor that which is, and with you leave dispute 
 That are above our (juestion. — Let's go off. 
 And bear us like the time. {Flourish, Bxeumi, 
 
 EPILOGUE. 
 
 I would now ask ye how ye like the play ; 
 
 Ikit, as it is with schoolboys, cannot - -^ 
 
 I'm cruel-fearful. I'r.iy. yet sta\ a \ 
 
 And let me look upon ye. No man 
 
 Tiien it goes hard. I see. He that has 
 
 Lov'd a young handsome wench, then, show his face,— 
 
 ' Tis strange if none be here.— and. if he will 
 
 Against his conscience, let him hiss. an<l kill 
 
 Oiir market. 'Tis in v.iin. I s«e. t.. st iv yr : 
 
 Have at the worst can come, tlvti ! Now what say yc ? 
 
 T.N.K 80.1 ^
 
 ^.v k',1 FHR TWO NCBLE KINSMEN iScfit* iV, 
 
 And yet mistake me not ; 1 am not bold •. 
 
 We have no such cause. If the tale we've told**- 
 
 For 'tis no other — any way content ye,— 
 
 For to that honest purpose it was meant ye,— 
 
 AVe have our end ; and ye shall have ere long, 
 
 1 dare say, many a better, to prolong 
 
 Your old loves to us. We and all our might 
 
 Rest at your service : gentlemen, good night 
 
 Vli. 43a*
 
 lilJWARI) 111! 
 
 RI). 
 
 DKA.MAIIS PERSON/K. 
 
 of 
 
 EinVARI) TIIK 
 
 f>f Kiiglaiul. 
 P:i>\vaki), Friuce 
 
 his Son. 
 Earl of Warv.'ick. 
 Earl OF Dkrby. 
 Earl ofSalisulry. 
 L')Ri> Aldlky. 
 
 L(JRlJ I'ERCV. 
 
 Lc) IX) WICK, Edward's 
 
 dant. 
 Sir William Montagii:. 
 Sir John C»j1'lani>. 
 Two Esquires and a Herald 
 
 En^dish. 
 RnisKKT. styling himself 
 
 of Artois. 
 Earl ()F Montfort. 
 GoiMN DE Gray. 
 John, King of France. 
 
 Third, King i Chaki.f.s, / 
 
 i Philip, f 
 
 Wales. DiKF. f»K 
 
 11 IS .Siins. 
 
 Confi. 
 
 Earl 
 
 OkRAI 
 Vll LIKRS. a I rrsw 
 
 King of Hoh. 
 A Polish (a;. 
 Two Citi/cnsoi i 
 A Captain, and a 1-1 
 
 tant. ' ' 
 .Anoiln 
 Three ... 
 
 other Krc; 
 I>vvii). K !. 
 Eaki I ' 
 Tw o M 
 
 a Maiiorr. 
 
 Lords, and ili 
 
 )tlier 
 
 Allcndan! 
 dicrs, clt. 
 
 SC I-: N K- - Dis />,■>■ <r\ I • .•"/; /•'/; •/.;//./ FJa nj. , 
 
 ACT 1. 
 
 Scene I. — London. A Ixoot/s ,, .-,.... .-. ... / .-,.*./. 
 
 Flourish. Entir A'/fti: EpwarD. attrfiJeJ. I'kim KOF 
 
 Wai.e.s. Warwick. I)ERin ' — ■ * 
 
 and of/t, • 
 Iidwtird. Robert of Arloi.s. l).in:Mi ii tnou;;') nwni t>e 
 From France, ihv native countn*. vet with us 
 
 K. III. 3.1
 
 Met I.} SIfjrARD THS. THIRA 
 
 Thou shalt retain as great a signioiy; 
 For we create thee Earl of Richmond hen. 
 And now go forwards with our pedigree ; 
 Who next succeeded Philip Le Beau? 
 
 Arf. Three sons of his ; which all. succ€sai."V^, 
 Did sit upon their father's regal throne ; 
 Yet died, and left no issue of their loins. 
 
 Ediu, But was my mother sister unto those? 
 
 A?'f. She was, my lord ; and only Isabelle, 
 Was all the daughters that this Philip bad: 
 ^Vhom afterward your father took to wife ; 
 And, from the fragrant garden of her womb, 
 Your gracious self, the flower of Europe's hope, 
 Derived is inheritor to France. 
 But note the rancor of rebellious minds. 
 When thus the lineage of Le Beau was out. 
 The French obscur'd your mother's privilege ; 
 And, though she were the next of blood, proclaini*d 
 John, of the house of Valois, now their king: 
 The reason was, they say, the realm of France^ 
 Replete with princes of great parentage. 
 Ought not admit a governor to rule. 
 Except he be descended of the male; 
 And that's the special ground of their contem|rt. 
 Wherewith they study to exclude your grace : 
 But they shall hnd that forged ground of theirs 
 To be but dusty heaps of brittle sand. 
 Perhaps, it will be thought a heinous thing. 
 That I, a Frenchman, should discover this : 
 But Heaven I call to record of my vows; 
 It is not hate, nor any private wrong, 
 But love unto my countr}% and the right, 
 Provokes my tongue thus lavish in report : 
 You are the lineal watchman of our peace. 
 And John of Valois indirectly climbs : 
 What then should subjects, but embrace their king? 
 And wherein may our duty more be seen, 
 Than, striving to rebate a tyrant's pride. 
 Place the true shepherd of our commonwealth } 
 
 Edw, This counsel, Artois, like to fruitful showcfk 
 Hath added growth unto my dignity : 
 Andf by the fiery vigor of thy words.
 
 4t^I,\ KD1VARD THE TnntXK \ytmm I 
 
 Hot courage is cngender'd in my brcaH. 
 Which herrioforc was rak'd in ignorance; 
 But now doih iiioUDt with goldc n uings of fara^ 
 And will approve fair isabellc's d(S( t nl 
 Able to yoke their stubborn necks \sirh sled 
 That spurn against my sov'rcigniy in France. — 
 
 A messenger?— Lord Audlcy, know from whence. 
 
 JA'.r// AUDLEV. itnd returns. 
 And. The Duke of Lorrain, having cross'd the !»c.i5. 
 Entreats he may have conference with your highness. 
 Edw, Admit hiin, lords, that we may hear the news.— . 
 \Exeunt Lords, King takes Mis state. 
 
 Re-enter Lords; lut'th LORRAlN, attended. 
 
 Say, Duke of Lorrain. wherefore art thou come? 
 
 Lor, The most renownt^d prince. King John of France 
 Doth greet thee, Edward : and by me commandl^ 
 That, for so much as by his liberal gift 
 The Guyenne dukedom is enlail'd to thee; 
 Thou do him lowly homage for the same : 
 And, for that purpose, here I summon thee 
 Repair to France within these forty dayi. 
 That there, according as the custom is. 
 Thou may'st be sworn true liegeman to the kinf ; 
 Or, else, thy title in that province dies. 
 And he himself will repossess the place. 
 
 Edw. See, how occasion laughs me in the £AOt ! 
 No sooner minded to prepare for France, 
 IJut, straight, I am invited; nay, with threall^ 
 Upon a penalty, enjoin'd to come: 
 'Twere but a foolish part, to sav him nay. — 
 Lorrain, return this answer to thy lord : 
 I mean to visit him. as he requests; 
 But how ? not servilely dispos'd to bend ; 
 But like a conqueror, to make him l)Ow : 
 His lame unpolish'd shifts are come to light ; 
 And truth hath jniird the vis.ird from hu fAO% 
 That set a gloss upon his arrogance. 
 Dare he command a fealty in me? 
 Tell him, the crown, that he usurps. Is mi»e; 
 And where he sets his foot, he ought to kned: 
 
 cm. S<1 VII 4JT
 
 ^£i/.} EDWARD THE THIRD. {Scent K 
 
 *Tis not a petty dukedom that I claim, 
 But all the whole dominions of the realm; 
 Which if with grudging he refuse to yield, 
 I'll take away those borrow'd plumes of his. 
 And send him naked to the wilderness. 
 
 Lor. Then, Edward, here, in sight of all thy lords, 
 I do pronounce defiance to thy face. 
 
 Prince. Defiance, Frenchman ? we rebound it back 
 £ven to the bottom of thy master's throat : 
 And, — be it spoke with reverence of the king 
 My gracious father, and these other lords, — 
 I hold thy message but as scurrilous ; 
 And him, that sent thee, like the lazy drone, 
 Crept up by stealth unto the eagle's nest ; 
 From whence we'll shake him with so rough a storm, 
 As others shall be warned by his harm. 
 
 War, Bid him leave off the lion's case he wears; 
 Lest, meeting with the lion in the field, 
 He chance to tear him piecemeal for his pride. 
 
 Art. The soundest counsel I can give his grace, 
 Is, to surrender ere he be constrain'd* 
 A voluntary mischief hath less scorn, 
 Than when reproach with violence is borne. 
 
 Lor. Degenerate traitor, viper to the place 
 Where thou wast foster'd in thine infancy, 
 
 [Drawifig his swords 
 Bear'st thou a part in this conspiracy ? 
 
 Edw. Lorrain, behold the sharpness of this steel : 
 
 ^Drawing kts. 
 Fervent desire, that sits against my heart. 
 Is far more thorny-pricking than this blade ; 
 That, with the nightingale, I shall be scar'd, 
 As oft as I dispose myself to rest. 
 Until my colors •be display 'd in France : 
 This is thy final answer ; so be gone. 
 
 Lor. It is not that, nor any English brave, 
 Afflicts miC so, as doth his poison'd view ; 
 That is most false, should most of all be true. 
 
 [Exeunt LoRRAiN, andTratn, 
 
 Edw. Now, lords, our fleeting bark is under sail : 
 Our gage is thrown ; and war is soon begun. 
 But not so quickly brought unto an end. — 
 
 VH. 4:A [S.U1. &
 
 ^'ff'l SDll'ARD THE THIRD. IJ*#^X 
 
 Ent^ Sir William Mountacue. 
 
 But wherefore comes Sir William Mounlague? 
 How stands the lea^^ue between the Scot and us } 
 
 Moun. Crack'd and dissevtr'd, my renowned lorxi 
 The treacherous king no sooner was inform 'd 
 Of your withdrawing of our army back. 
 But straight, forgetting of his fornu-r oath, 
 He made invasion on the bordtring towns: 
 Berwick is won ; Newcastle si)()ircl and lost ; 
 And now the tyrant hath l)tgirt with sii-gc 
 The castle of Roxhorough, where inclos'd 
 The Countess Salisbury is like to perish. 
 
 Ethtf. That is thy da'ughter. Warwick, is it not ; 
 Whose husband hath in lUetagne serv'd so long, 
 About the planting of Lord Montfort there ? 
 
 War. It is. my lord. 
 
 Ed7u. Ignoble David ! hast thou none to grieve. 
 But silly ladies, with thy threatening arms? 
 But I will make you shrink your snaily horns. — 
 First, therefore, Audley, this shall be thy charge; 
 Go levy footmen for our wars in France ; — 
 And, Ned. take muster of our men at arms : 
 In every shire elect a several band ; 
 Let them be soldiers of a lusty si)irit. 
 Such as dread nothing but dishonor's blot : 
 Be wary therefore ; since we do commence 
 A famous war, and with so nnghly a nation.— 
 Derby, be thou ambassador for us 
 Unto our father-in-law. the Earl of Hainault: 
 Make him acquainted with our enterprise; 
 And likewise will him, with our own allies. 
 That are in Flanders, to solicit too 
 The EmjXTor of Almaigne in our name. — 
 Myself, whilst you are jointly thus employ'd. 
 Will, with these forces that I have at hand, 
 March, and once more repulse ihr Irail'rous ScoCIl 
 But, sirs, be resolute; we shall have wars 
 On every side : — and. Ned. thou must begin 
 Now to forget thy study and thy books. 
 And ure thy shoulders to an armor's weight. 
 
 Prince. As cheerful sounding to my youtnful s^ittm. 
 
 E.ni.7.1 Vtl KYh
 
 Act/.'] BDIVARD THE THIRD- iScene IL 
 
 This tumult is of war's increasing broils. 
 
 As, at the coronation of a king, 
 
 The joyful clamors of the people are, 
 
 When, " Ave, Csesar ! " they pronounce aloud ; 
 
 Within this school of honor I shall learn, 
 
 Either to sacrifice my foes to death. 
 
 Or in a rightful quarrel spend my breath. 
 
 Then cheerfully forward, each a several way ; 
 
 In great affairs 'tis naught to use delay. \_Exeunt» 
 
 Scene II. — Roxborough, Before the Castle. 
 
 Enter Countess ^SALISBURY, and certain of her peo- 
 ple, upon the ivalls, 
 
 Coimt. Alas, how much in vain my poor eyes gaze 
 For succor that my sovereign should send ! 
 Ah, cousin Mountague, I fear, thou want'st 
 The lively spirit sharply to solicit 
 With vehement suit the king in my behalf : 
 Thou dost not tell him, what a grief it is 
 To be the scornful captive to a Scot ; 
 Either to be woo'd with broad untuned oaths, 
 Orforc'd by rough insulting barbarism: 
 Thou dost not tell him, if he here prevail, 
 How much they will deride us in the north ; 
 And, in their vile, uncivil, skipping jigs. 
 Bray forth their conquest, and our overthrow, 
 Even in the barren, bleak, and fruitless air. 
 
 Enter King David and Forces ; with DOUGLAS, LOR- 
 RAIN, and others. 
 
 I must withdraw ; the everlasting foe 
 Comes to the wall : I'll closely step aside, 
 And list their babble, blunt, and full of pride. 
 
 [Retiri?ig behind the works^ 
 Dav. My Lord of Lorrain, to our brother of France 
 Commend us, as the man in Christendom 
 Whom we most reverence, and entirely love. 
 Touching your embassage, return, and say, 
 That we with England will not enter parley, 
 Nor never make fair weather, or take truc2 ; 
 But bum their neighbor towns, and so persist 
 
 YII. 440. U.III.II
 
 ^^^•3 SDU'AKD THE THIRD. 
 
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 With eager roads beyond their city York. 
 And never shall our bonny riders rest ; 
 Nor rusting canker have the time to cat 
 Their light-horn snaffles, nor their nimble spun; 
 Nor lay aside their jacks of gvmold mail ; 
 Nor hang their staves of grai'nW Scottish ash. 
 In peaceful wise, upon their city walls; 
 Nor from their button 'd tawny leathern i)e!ts 
 Dismiss their biting whinyards,— 'till your kinjf 
 Cry out, Enough ; spare England now'- for pity. 
 Farewell ; and tell him. that you leave us here 
 Before this castle ; say, you came from us 
 Even when we had that yielded to our hands. 
 
 Lor. I take my leave ; and fairly w ill return 
 Your acceptable greeting to my king. \ExiU 
 
 Dav. Now, Douglas, to our former task agam, 
 For the division of this certain spoil. 
 
 Doug. My liege, I crave the lady, and no more. 
 
 Dav. Nay, soft ye, sir, first I must make my choice; 
 And first I do bespeak her for myself. 
 
 Doug. Why then, my liege, let me enjoy her jewclt. 
 
 Dav. Those are her own, still liable to her. 
 And, who inherits her, has those withal. 
 
 Enter a Messenger^ hastily, 
 
 Msss. My liege, as we were pricking on the hiHi* 
 To fetch in booty, marching hithenvard 
 We might descry a mighty host of men : 
 The sun, reflecting on the armor, show'd 
 A field of plate, a wood of pikes advanc'd ; 
 Bethink your highness speedily herein : 
 An easy march within four hours will brings 
 The hindmost rank unto this place, my liege. 
 
 Da7>. Dislodge, dislodge, it is the King of England. 
 
 Doug. Jemmy my man. saddle mv bonny bl.uk. 
 
 Dai*. Mean'st thou to fight. Douglas.^ wr ■- • - acaIc, 
 
 Doug. I know it well, mv liege, and the: 
 
 Count. My lords of Scotland, will ye sl.i> k? 
 
 {Rt'sini^ from h(r . or,, ,a'mtnU 
 
 Dav. She mocks at us; Douglas. I can't endure it. 
 
 Count. Say, good my lord, wnich is he, must have Um 
 lady ; 
 B.ni. f.] ^n. 441.
 
 /I«/J EDIVARD THE THIRD. {Scene IL 
 
 And which, ner jewels ? I am sure, my lords. 
 Ye will not hence, 'till you have shar'd the spoils. 
 
 Dav. She heard the messenger, and heard our talk ; 
 And now that comfort makes her scorn at us. 
 
 Enter atiother Alessenger. 
 
 Mess. Arm, my good lord ; O, we are all surpris'd ? 
 
 Count. After the French ambassador, my liege, 
 And tell him that you dare not ride to York ; 
 Excuse it, that your bonny horse is lame. 
 
 Dav. She heard that too ; intolerable grief ! — 
 Woman, farewell : although I do not stay, — 
 
 \Alaru7ns. Exeunt Scots^ 
 
 Count. 'Tis not for fear, — and yet you run away. — 
 O happy comfort, welcome to our house ! 
 The confident and boist'rous boasting Scot, — 
 That swore before my walls, he would not back. 
 For all the armed power of this land, — 
 With faceless fear, that ever turns his back, 
 Turn'd hence against the blasting north-east wind. 
 Upon the bare report and name of arms. 
 
 Enter MOUNTAGUE, and others, 
 O summer's day ! see where my cousin comes. 
 
 Moun. How fares my aunt.^ Why, aunt, we are not 
 Scots ; 
 Why do you shut your gates against your friends } 
 
 Count. Well may I give a welcome, cousin, to thee» 
 For thou com'st well to chase my foes from hence. 
 
 Moun. The king himself is come in person hither; 
 Dear aunt, descend, and gratulate his highness. 
 
 Count. How may I entertain his majesty, 
 To show my duty, and his dignity } [Exit, from above. 
 
 Flourish. Enter King Edwwrd, Vx'arwick, Artois, 
 and others. 
 
 Ediu, What, are the stealing foxes fled and gone. 
 Before we could uncouple at their heels } 
 
 War. They are, my liege ; but, with a cheerful cr)'. 
 Hot hounds, and hardy, chase them at the heels. 
 
 Re-enter Countess, attended. 
 Edw, This is the countess, Warwick, is it not ? 
 
 vi:. 44s. [s.m. m>
 
 Act I.] EDlt'ARD THE THIRD. (i#«* /A 
 
 War. Even she, my liege : whose beauty t>Tant fear. 
 
 As a May blossom \sith pernicious winds. 
 Hath sullied, wilher'd, ovt-rcasl, and done. 
 
 Edw. Haih she been fairer, Warwick, than she U* 
 
 IVar. My gracious king, fair is she not at all, 
 If that herself were by to stain herself. 
 As I have seen her w hen she was herself. 
 
 luhu. What stiange enchantment lurk'd in those her 
 eyes, 
 When they excell'd this excellence they have. 
 That now their dim decline hath power to draw 
 My subject eyes from piercing majesty. 
 To gaze on lier with doting admiration? 
 
 Count. In duty lower than the ground I kneel, 
 And for my dull knees bow my feeling heart. 
 To witness my obedience to your-highness; 
 With many millions of a subject's thanks 
 For this your royal presence, whose approach 
 Hath driven war and danger from my gate. 
 
 Edw. Lady, stand up : I come to bring ihcc peace. 
 However thereby 1 have purchas'd war. 
 
 Count. No war to you, my liege ; the Scots arc gon^ 
 And gallop home towards Scotland w ith their haste, 
 
 Ed7L'. Lest yielding here I pine in shameful love. 
 Come, we'll pursue the Scots ; — Artois, away. 
 
 Count. A little while, my gracious sovereign, stay. 
 And let the i)ower of a mighty king 
 Honor our roof ; my husband in the wars. 
 When he shall hear it, w ill triumph for joy : 
 Then, dear my liege, now niggard not thy state; 
 Being at the wall, enter our homely gate. 
 
 Edzv. Pardon me, countess, I will come no near; 
 I dream'd to-night of treason, and I feor. 
 
 Count. Far from this place let ugly treason lief 
 
 Edw. No further off, than her conspiring eye; 
 Which shoots infected poison in my heart. 
 Beyond repulse of wit, or cure of arU 
 Now in the sun alone it doth not lie. 
 With light to take light from a mortal eye; 
 For here two day-stars, that mine eyes would teC, 
 More than the sun, steal mine own light from BM. 
 Contemplative desire! desire to be 
 
 B.UI. IX.3 VII *4»
 
 Aei/l.l EDIVARD THE THIRD. l^ttuH. 
 
 In contemplation, that may master thee ! 
 Warwick, Artois, to horse, and let's away. 
 
 Count. What might I speak, to make my sovereign 
 
 stay ? 
 
 Edw. What needs a tongue to such a speaking eye* 
 That more persuades than winning orator}' ? 
 
 Count. Let not thy presence, like the April sun, 
 Flatter our earth, and suddenly be done. 
 More happy do not make our outward wall, 
 Than thou wilt grace our inward house withal. 
 Our house, my liege, is like a country swain, 
 Whose habit rude, and manners blunt and plain, 
 Presageth naught ; yet inly beautified 
 With bounty's riches, and fair hidden pride : 
 For, where the golden ore doth buried lie, 
 The ground, undeck'd. with nature's tapestry. 
 Seems barren, sere, unfertile, fruitless, dr\' ; 
 And where the upper turf of earth doth boast 
 His pied perfumes, and party-color'd cost, 
 Delve there, and find this issue, and their pride. 
 To spring from ordure, and corruption's side. 
 But, to make up my all too long compare, — 
 These ragged walls no testimony are 
 What is within ; but, like a cloak, doth hide. 
 From weather's waste, the under garnish'd pride. 
 More gracious than my terms can let thee be, 
 Intreat thyself to stay a while with me. 
 
 Edw. As wise as fair ; what fond fit can be heard. 
 When wisdom keeps the gate as beauty's guard? — 
 Countess, albeit my business urgeth me. 
 It shall attend, while I attend on thee. — 
 Come on, m.y lords, here will I host to-night. \^Exeunii 
 
 ACT II. 
 Scene I. The same. Gardens of the Castle, 
 
 Enter LODOWICK. 
 
 Lodowick. I might perceive his eye in her eye lost. 
 His ear to drink her sweet tongue's utterance ; 
 And changing passion, like inconstant clouds, — 
 That, rack'd upon the carriage of the winds. 
 Increase, and die, — in his disturbed cheeks. 
 
 VIL 444^- [b.111. tti
 
 (id I/.) SDU'ARD THE THIRD. \S.m^ L 
 
 Lo, when she blush 'd. even then did he look pak ; 
 
 As if her checks, by sonic enchanted power, 
 
 Attracted had the cherry blood from his : 
 
 Anon, with reverent fear when she grew pale. 
 
 His cheeks put on their scarlet ornamcnis ; 
 
 But no more hke her oriental red. 
 
 Than brick to coral, or live thmgs lo dead. 
 
 Why did he then thus counterfeit her looks? 
 
 If she did blush, 'twas tender modest shame. 
 
 Being in the sacred presence of a king; 
 
 If he did blush, 'twas red immodest shame. 
 
 To vail his eyes amiss, being a king : 
 
 If she look'd pale, 'twas silly woman's fear, 
 
 To bear herself in presence of a king ; 
 
 If he look'd pale, it was with guilty fear. 
 
 To dote amiss, being a mighty king : 
 
 Then, Scottish wars, farewell ; I fear, 'twill prove 
 
 A ling'ring English siege of j)eevish love. 
 
 Here comes his highness, walking all alone. 
 
 Enter Kin^ Edward. 
 
 Edw. She is grown more fairer far since I camehilher^ 
 Her voice more silver every word than other. 
 Her wit more fluent : what a strange discourse 
 Unfolded she, of David, and his Scots ? 
 " Even thus," quoth she, "he spake,"— and then spoilt 
 
 broad. 
 With epithets and accents of the Scots ; 
 But somewhat better than the Scot could speak : 
 ''And thus." quoth she,— and answer'd then herself 5 
 For who could speak like her? but she herself 
 Breathes from the wall an angel's note fiom heaven 
 Of sweet defiance to her barbarous foes. 
 When she would talk of peace, methinks. hrr tongxie 
 Commanded war to |)ris()n : w hen of war. 
 It waken 'd Ca-sar from his Koman grave. 
 To hear war beautified by her discourse. 
 Wisdom is foolishness, but in her tongue; 
 Beauty a slander, but in her fair face : 
 There is no summer, but in her cheerful looks; 
 Nor frosty winter, but in her distlain. 
 I cannot blame the Scots, that did besiege bcr. 
 
 Ban. 13.) VII. 445-
 
 Act IS. I J^Dn^ARP THE THIRD. ISceiu A 
 
 For she is all the treasure of our land ; 
 
 But call them cowards, that they ran away. 
 
 Having so rich and fair a cause to stay. — 
 
 Art thou there, Lodowick ? give me ink and paper. 
 
 Lod. I will, my sovereign. 
 
 Edw. And bid the lords hold on their play at chess, 
 For we will walk and meditate alone. 
 
 Lod. I will, my liege. lE^iA 
 
 Edw. This fellow is well> read in poetry. 
 And hath a lusty and persuasive spirit : 
 I will acquaint him with my passion ; 
 Which he shall shadow with a veil of lawn, 
 Through which the queen of beauty's queens shall see 
 Herself the ground of my infirmity. — 
 
 Re-enter LODOWICK. 
 
 Hast thou pen, ink, and paper ready, Lodowick? 
 
 Lod. Ready, my liege. 
 
 Edw. Then in the summer arbor sit by me. 
 Make it our council-house, or cabinet ; 
 Since green our thoughts, green be the conventicle 
 Where we will ease us by disburd'ning them. 
 Now, Lodowick, invocate some golden muse. 
 To bring thee hither an enchanted pen, 
 That may, for sighs, set down true sighs indeed ; 
 Talking of grief, to make thee ready groan ; 
 And, when thou writ'st of tears, encouch the word. 
 Before, and after, with such sweet laments, 
 That it may raise drops in a Tartar's eye, 
 And make a flint heart Scythian pitiful : 
 For so much moving hath a poet's pen ; 
 Then, if thou be a poet, move thou so, 
 And be enriched by thy sovereign's love. 
 For, if the touch of sweet concordant strings 
 Could force attendance in the ears of hell, 
 How much more shall the strains of poet's wit 
 Beguile, and ravish, soft and humane minds .^ 
 
 Lod. To whom, my lord, shall I direct my style ? 
 
 Edw. To one that shames the fair, and sots the wisej 
 Whose body, as an abstract, or a brief, 
 Contains each general virtue in the world : 
 Better than beautiful, — thou must begin ;
 
 Act It.) SDiyARD THE THIRD. [St* 
 
 Devise for fair a fairer word than fair; 
 
 And every ornament tiiat thou wouldst praiie. 
 
 Fly it a pitch above the soar of praise : 
 
 For flattery fear tiiou not to be convicted; 
 
 For, were thy admiration ten times more, 
 
 Ten times ten thousand more the worth cxcecdt. 
 
 Of that thou art to praise, thy praise's worth. 
 
 Bej^in, I will to contemplate tiic while: 
 
 Forget not to set down, how passionate, 
 
 How heart-sick, and how full of languishmcnt, 
 
 Her beauty makes me. 
 
 Lod. Writs I to a woman ? 
 
 Edw. What beauty else could triumph over mc; 
 Or who, but woman, do our love-lays greet ? 
 What, think'st thou I did bid thee praise a horse? 
 
 LocL Of what condition or estate she is, 
 'Twere requisite that I should know, my lord. 
 
 Eciw. Of such a stale, that iicrs is as a throne. 
 And my estate the footstool where she treads : 
 Then may'st thou judge what her condition is. 
 By the proportion of her mightiness. 
 Write on, while I peruse her in my thoughts.— 
 Her voice to music, or the nightingale : — 
 To music every summer-leaping swain 
 Compares his sun-burnt lover when she speaki: 
 And why should I speak of the nightingale? 
 The nightingale sings of adulterate wrong; 
 And that, compar'd, is too satirical : 
 For sin, though sin, would not be so esteem'd; 
 But, rather, virtue sin, sin virtue decm'd. 
 Her hair, far softer than the silkworm's twist. 
 Like to a flattering glass, doth make more fair 
 The yellow amber : like a flattering glass 
 Comes in too soon ; for, writing of lur eyes. 
 Ml say, that like a glass ihry catch the sun. 
 And thence the hot reflection doth rebound 
 Against my breast, and burns mv heart within. 
 Ah, what a woHd of dtscanl makes my soul 
 Upon this voluntar)- ground of love ! — 
 Come, Lodowick. hast ihou turn'd thy ink logoidf 
 If not, write but in letters capital 
 My mistress' name, 
 
 m,Hi. .5.) ^"^ ••►
 
 Actll,^ SDWARD THE THIRD, [Sctnti. 
 
 And it will gild thy paper : read, lord, read. 
 Fill thou the empty hollows of mine ears 
 With the sweet hearing of thy poetry. 
 
 Lod. I have not to a period brought her praise. 
 
 Edw. Her praise is as my love, both infinite, 
 Which apprehend such violent extremes. 
 That they disdain an ending period. 
 Her beauty hath no match, but my affection ; 
 Hers more than most, mine most, and more than 
 
 more : 
 Hers more to praise, than tell the sea by drops ; 
 Nay, more, than drop the massy earth by sands, 
 And, sand by sand, print them in memory : 
 Then wherefore talk'st thou of a period, 
 To that which craves unended admiration ? 
 Read, let us hear. 
 
 Lod. " More fair, and chaste, than is the queen of 
 shades," — 
 
 Edw. That line hath two faults, gross and palpable: 
 Compar'st thou her to the pale queen of night. 
 Who, being set in dark, seems therefore light? 
 What is she, when the sun lifts up his head. 
 But like a fading taper, dim and dead ? 
 ^ly love shall brave the eye of heaven at noon, 
 And, being unmask'd, outshine the golden sun. 
 
 Lod. What is the other fault, my sovereign lord? 
 
 Edm. Read o'er the line again. 
 
 Lod. " More fair, and chaste," — 
 
 Edm. I did not bid thee talk of chastity. 
 To ransack so the treasure of her mind 
 For I had rather have her chas'd, than chaste. 
 Out with the moon-line, I will none of it, 
 And let me have her liken'd to the sun ; 
 Say, she hath thrice more splendor than the sun. 
 That her perfection emulates the sun. 
 That she breeds sweets as plenteous as the sun. 
 That she doth thaw cold winter like the sun, 
 That she doth cheer fresh summer like the sun, 
 That she doth dazzle gazers like the sun : 
 And, in this appHcation to the sun. 
 Bid her be free and general as the sun ; 
 Who smiles upon the basest weed that grows, 
 
 VJI. 448. [«.lii. 14
 
 4£t//.] SDH'ARD THE THIRD- {Sum l. 
 
 As lovingly as on the fragrant rose. 
 
 Let's see what follows that same moon-light line. 
 
 LoJ. "More fair, and chaste, than is the queen ol 
 shades : 
 More bold \\\ constancy " — 
 
 Edw. In constancy ! than w ho ? 
 
 Lod. — " than Judith was." 
 
 Edw. O monstrous line ! Put in the next a sword. 
 And I shall woo her to cut off my head. 
 Blot, blot, good Lodowick ! Let'us hear the next, 
 
 Lod. There's all that yet is done. 
 
 Edw. I thank thee then, thou hast done little ill ; 
 But what is done, is p.issing passing ill. 
 No, let the captain talk of boist'rous war; 
 The prisoner, of immured dark constraint ; 
 The sick man best sets down the pangs of death; 
 The man that starves, the sweetness of a feast; 
 The frozen soul, the benetit of fire; 
 And every grief, his hapj)y oj)|)osite : 
 Love cannot sound well, but in lovers' tongues; 
 Give me the pen and paper, 1 will write. — 
 
 Enter COUNT ESS. 
 
 But, soft, here comes the treasurer of my spirit.— 
 Lodowick, thou know'st not how to draw a battle; 
 These wings, these Hankers, and these squadrons 
 Argue in thee defective discipline : 
 Thou shouldst have plac'd this here, this other here. 
 
 Count. Pardon my boldness, my thrice gracious lord ; 
 Let my intrusion here be call'd my duly. 
 That comes to see my sovereign how he fares. 
 
 Ed7i'. Go, draw the same, I tell thee in what form. 
 
 Lod. I go. [Exit 
 
 Count. Sorr)' I am, to see my liege so sad : 
 What may thy subject flo. to drive from thcc 
 Thy gloomy consort, sullen melancholy } 
 
 Edw. Ah, lady, I am blunt, and cannot strew 
 The flowers of solace in a ground of sl^ 
 Since I came hither, countess. I am wi. 
 
 Count. Now, God forbid, that any in nn !> u'^e 
 Should think my sovereign wrong ! Thricc-gcnllc kin^ 
 Acquaint me with your cause of discontent. 
 
 •.ni. 17.] Ytl. 4¥»-
 
 AcilLl EDWARD THE THIRD iScene I, 
 
 Edw. How near then shall I be to remedy ? 
 
 Count: As near, my liege, as all my woman's power 
 Can pawn itself to buy thy remedy. 
 
 Edw. If thou speak'st true, then have I m.y redress : 
 Engage thy power to redeem my joys. 
 And I am joyful, countess ; else, I die. 
 
 Count. I will, my liege. 
 
 Edw. Swear, countess, that thou wilt. 
 
 Count. By Heaven, I will, 
 
 Edw. Then 'take thyself a little way aside ; 
 And tell thyself, a king doth dote on thee: 
 Say, that within thy power it doth lie. 
 To make him happy ; and that thou hast sworn. 
 To give me all the joy within thy power: 
 Do this ; and tell me, when I shall be happy. 
 
 Count. All this is done, mxy thrice-dread sovereign : 
 That power of love, that 1 have power to give. 
 Thou hast with all devout obedience ; 
 Employ m.e how thou wilt in proof thereof. 
 
 Edw. Thou hear'st me say, that I do dote on thee. 
 
 Count. If on my beauty, take it if thou canst ; 
 Though little, I do prize it ten times less : 
 If on my virtue, take it if thou canst ; 
 For virtue's store by giving doth augment : 
 Be it on what it will, that I can give, 
 And thou canst take away, inherit it. 
 
 Edw. It is thy beauty that I would enjoy. 
 
 Count. O, were it painted, I would wipe it off, 
 And dispossess myself, to give it thee. 
 But, sovereign, it is solder'd to my life ; 
 Take one, and both ; for, like an humble shadow. 
 It haunts the sunshine of my summer's life. 
 
 Edw. But thou may'st lend it me, to sport withaL 
 
 Count, As easy may my intellectual soul 
 Be lent away, and yet my body live, 
 As lend my body, palace to my soul. 
 Away from her, and yet retain my soul. 
 My body is her bower, her court, her abbey, 
 And she an angel, pure, divine, unspotted ; 
 If I should lend her house, my lord, to thee, 
 I kill my poor soul, and my poor soul me. 
 
 Edw, Didst thou not swear, to give me what I would f 
 VII. A2C [s.ni. t8
 
 Count. I did, iny liepe; so, what ycu would, I could. 
 
 Ediv. I wish no more of thee, than thou may'st grvt : 
 Nor beg I do not, but I rather buy. 
 That is, thy love ; and, for that love of thint. 
 In rich exchan^f, 1 tnuler to thcc mine. 
 
 Count. lUit that your lips wt-re sacred. O v; Irid 
 You would profane the holy name of love: 
 That love, you offer me, you cannot j^ivc ; 
 For CiEsar owes that tribute to his queen : 
 That love, you beg of me, 1 cannot give ; 
 Yov Sarah owes that duty to her lord. 
 He, that doih clip, or counterfeit, your stamp. 
 Shall die, my lord : and will your sacied sell 
 Commit high treason against the King of hcircfl. 
 To stamp his image in forbidd'^n metal. 
 Forgetting your allegiance, and your oath? 
 In violating marriage' sacred law. 
 You break a greater honor than yourself : 
 To be a king, is of a younger house. 
 Than to be married ; your progenitor. 
 Sole-reigning Adam on the universe. 
 By God was honor'd for a married man. 
 But not by him anointed for a king. 
 It is a penally, to brtak your statutes, ^ 
 
 Though not enacted by your highness' hand : 
 How much more, to infringe the holy act 
 Made by the mouth of God, seal'd with his harc? 
 I know, my sovereign — in my husband's love. 
 Who now doth loyal service in his wars — 
 Doth but to try the wife of Salisbur>', 
 Whether she will hear a wanton's tale, or nc ; 
 Lest being therein guilty by my stay. 
 From that, not from my liege, I turn away. [Exit 
 
 Eihi<. Whether is her beauty by her word? dixine ; 
 Or are her words sweet chapla'ins'lo her beauty ? 
 Like as the wind doth beautify a sail. 
 And as a sail becomes the unsrcn wind. 
 So do her words her bcauiv, beauty word*. 
 O, that I were a honey gathering bee, 
 To bear the comb of virtue from hi? f^cwer; 
 And not a pcison-.sucking tin ii '.is spuier, 
 Tc turn the vice I take to dcauly venom f 
 
 E.I1. .W' Vil.45»
 
 /Jff//.) EDWARD THE THIRD. l^ene i 
 
 Religion is austere, and beauty gentle ; 
 
 Too strict a guardian for so fair a ward. 
 
 O, that she were, as is the air, to me ! 
 
 Why, so she is ; for when I would embrace her» 
 
 This do I, and catch nothing but myself. 
 
 I must enjoy her ; for I cannot beat. 
 
 With reason, and reproof, fond love away. 
 
 Efiter Warwick. 
 
 Here comes her father : I will work with him» 
 To bear my colors in this held of love. 
 
 War, How is it, that my sovereign is so sad ? 
 May I with pardon know your highness' grief. 
 And that my old endeavor will remove it, 
 It shall not cumber long your majesty. 
 
 Edw. A kind and voluntary gift thou proffer'st. 
 That I was forward to have begg'd of thee. 
 But, O thou world, great nurse of flattery, 
 W^hy dost thou tip men's tongues with golden words^ 
 And peise their deeds with weight of heavy lead, 
 That fair performance cannot follow promise ? 
 O, that a man might hold the heart's close book ; 
 And choke the lavish tongue, when it doth utter 
 The breath of falsehood not character'd there ! 
 
 War. Far be it from the honor of niy age, 
 That I should owe bright gold, and render lead! 
 Age is a cynic, not a flatterer : 
 I say again, that, if I knew your grief. 
 And that by me it may be lessened. 
 My proper harm should buy your highness* good. 
 
 Edw. These are the vulgar tenders of false men. 
 That never pay the duty of their words. 
 Thou wilt not stick to swear what thou hast said \ 
 But, when thou know'st my grief's condition, 
 This rash-disgorged vomit of thy word 
 Thou wilt eat up again, and leave me helpless. 
 
 War. By Heaven, I will not ; though your majesty 
 Did bid me run upon your sword, and die. 
 
 Edw. Say, that my grief is no way med'cinable. 
 But by the loss and bruising of thine honor } 
 
 War, If nothing but that loss may vantage you, 
 I would account that loss my vantage too. 
 
 VIIc A52. [e.iii. «
 
 Ate//.} MLU'ARD THE THIRD. \S<t%t I. 
 
 Edw. Think'st, that thcu canst unswear thy ckih 
 again ? 
 
 War. I cannot ; nor I would not. if I could. 
 
 Edw. But, if thou dosl. what shall I sav to thcc? 
 
 War. What may be said to ajiy pcrjur (I villain 
 That breaks the sacred warrant of an oath. 
 
 Ed7u. What wilt thou say to one that breaks an 
 oath ? 
 
 War. That he hath broke his faith with God and 
 man, 
 And from them both stands excommunicate. 
 
 Edw. What office were it, to suggest a man 
 To break a lawful and religious vow ? 
 
 War. An office for the devil, not for man. 
 
 Edw. That devil's office must thou do forme; 
 Or break thy oath, or cancel all the bonds 
 Of love, and duty, 'twixt thyself and me. 
 And therefore, Warwick, if thou art thyself. 
 The lord and master of thy word and oath. 
 Go to thy daughter; and in my behalf, 
 Command her, woo her, win her any ways. 
 To be my mistress, and my secret love. 
 I will not stand to hear thee make reply ; 
 Thy oath break hers, or let thy sovereign die. \Ejcit 
 
 War. O doting king ! O detestable office 1 
 Well may 1 tempt myself to wrong myself. 
 When he hath sworn me by the name of God« 
 To break a vow made by the name of God. 
 What if I swear by this right hand of mine. 
 To cut this right hand off .^ the better way 
 Were, to profane the idol, than confound it: 
 But neither will I do; I'll keep my oath, 
 And to my daughter make a recantation 
 Of all the virtue I have preach'd to her: 
 I'll say, she must forget her husband Salisbury, 
 If she remember, to embrace the king ; 
 I'll say, an oath may easily be broken. 
 But not so easily pardon'd, being broken; 
 I'll say, it is true charity to love, 
 But not true love to be so charitable; 
 I'll say, his greatness may bear out the shai 
 But not his kingdom can buy out the sin ; 
 
 B.III. JX.J VII. 453.
 
 Act 11.} EDWARD THE THIRD, {Scene t. 
 
 I'll say, it is my duty to persuade, 
 Eut not her honesty to give consent. 
 
 E?iter Countess. 
 
 See, where she comes : was never father, had, 
 Against his child, an embassage so bad. 
 
 Count. My lord and father, I have sought for you J 
 My mother and the peers importune you, 
 To keep in presence of his majesty. 
 And do your best to make his highness merry. 
 
 War. How shall I enter on this graceless errand ? 
 I must not call her child ; for where's the father 
 That will, in such a suit, seduce his child } 
 Then, Wife of Salisbury, — shall I so begin } 
 No, he's my friend ; and where is found the friend, 
 That will do friendship such endamagement ? — 
 Neither my daughter, nor my dear friend's wife, 
 I am not Warwick, as thou think'st I am, 
 But an attorney from the court of hell ; 
 That thus have hous'd my spirit in his form. 
 To do a message to thee from the king. 
 The mighty King of England dotes on thee : 
 He, that hath power to take away thy life. 
 Hath power to take thine honor ; then consent 
 To pawn thine honor, rather than thy life : 
 Honor is often lost, and got again ; 
 But life, once gone, hath no recovery. 
 The sun, that withers hay, doth nourish grass ; 
 The king, that would distain thee, will advance thee. 
 The poets write, that great Achilles' spear 
 Could heal the wound it made : the moral is, 
 W^hat mighty men misdo, they can amend. 
 The lion doth become his bloody jaws. 
 And grace his foragement, by being mild 
 When vassal fear lies trembling at his feet. 
 The king will in his glory hide thy shame ; 
 And those, that gaze on him to find out thee, 
 W^ill lose their eyesight, looking in the sun. 
 What can one drop of poison harm the sea. 
 Whose hug)^ vastures can digest the ill. 
 And make it lose his operation ? 
 The king's great name will temper thy misdeeds, 
 
 VII. 454- [b.III.33.
 
 Aj^LW KDllARD THE THIRD. [S^tm /. 
 
 And give the bitter potion of reproach 
 
 A sugar'd-swect and most delicious taste : 
 
 Besides, it is no harm, to do the thitu' 
 
 Which, witiioLit shame, could not be left undent 
 
 Thus have I, in his majesty's behalf, 
 
 Apparel'd sin in virtuous sentences. 
 
 And dwell upon thy answer in his suit. 
 
 Count. Unnatural besiege ! Woe me unhappy. 
 To have escap'd the danger of my foes, 
 And to be ten times worse inwir'd by friends I 
 Hath he no means to slain my honest blood. 
 But to corrupt the author of my blood. 
 To be his scandalous and vile solicitor ? 
 No marvel then, though the branches be inleclcd. 
 When poison hath encompassed the root: 
 No marvel, though the leprous infant die. 
 When the stern dam envenometh the dug. 
 Why then, give sin a passport to offend, 
 And youth the dangerous rein of liberty : 
 Blot out the strict forbidding of the law; 
 And cancel every canon, that prescribes 
 A shame for shame, or penance for offense. 
 No, let me die, if his too boist'rous will 
 W^ill have it so, before I will consent 
 To be an actor in his graceless lust. 
 
 War, Why, now thou speak'st as I would hare th«t 
 speak : 
 And mark how I unsay my words again. 
 An honorable grave is more esteem'd. 
 Than the polluted closet of a king : 
 The greater man. the greater is the thing, 
 Be it good or bad, that he shall undertake: 
 An unreputed mote, tlying in the sun. 
 Presents a greater substance than it is : 
 The freshest summer's day doth soonest taint 
 The loathed carrion that it seems to kiss : 
 Deep are the blows made with a niighty az: 
 That sin doth ten times aggravate itscljf, 
 That is committed in a holy place: 
 An evil deed, done by authority. 
 Is sin, and subornation : deck an ape 
 In tissue, and the beauty of the rot)C 
 »-m. 2> ) VII. 455.
 
 rfrr//.J £.DIVARD THE THIRD. [Scene Ih 
 
 Adds but the greater scorn unto the beast. 
 A spacious field of reasons could I urge, 
 Between his glory, daughter, and thy shame : 
 That poison shows worst in a golden cup ; 
 Dark night seems darker by the lightning flash ; 
 Lilies, that fester, smell far worse than weeds ; 
 And every glory that inclines to sin. 
 The same is treble by the opposite. 
 So leave I, with my blessing in thy bosom ; 
 Which then convert to a most heavy curse, 
 When thou convert'st from honor's golden name 
 To the black faction of bed-blotting shame ! [Exzi:. 
 
 Coimt. I'll follow thee ; and, when my mind turns so. 
 My body sink my soul in endless woe ! \Exit, 
 
 Scene II. The Same. A room in the Castle, 
 E7iter Derby and AUBLEY, nieeting, 
 
 Der. Thrice-noble Audler, well encounter'd here : 
 How is it with our sovereign, and his peers ? 
 
 And. 'Tis full a fortnight, since I saw his highness. 
 What time he sent m.e forth to muster men ; 
 Which I accordingly have done, and bring them hither 
 In fair array before his majesty. 
 What news, my Lord of Derby, from the emperor ? 
 
 Der. As good as we desire : the emperor 
 Hath yielded to his highness friendly aid ; 
 And makes our king lieutenant-general. 
 In all his lands and large dominions : 
 Then via for the spacious bounds of France ! 
 
 Atid. What, doth his highness leap to hear these 
 news ? 
 
 Der. I have not 3'et found time to open them i 
 The king is in his closet, m.alcontent, 
 For what, I know not, but he gave in charge, 
 'Till after dinner, none should interrupt him : 
 The Countess Salisbury, and her father Warwick, 
 Artois, and all, look underneath the brows. 
 
 And. Undoubtedly, then something is amiss. 
 
 [ Trumpet within^ 
 
 Der. The trumpets sound ; the king is now abroad. 
 
 VII. 456. [e.iii. 24,
 
 ^ci//.] EDl^AhD Ti^IE THIRD. {Scr-,, : 
 
 Enter EDWARD. 
 
 Aud. Here comes his hij,'hness. 
 
 Der. Befall my sovcreij^M) all my sovereitn^'s wish ! 
 
 Ed-w. Ah, iha'i lliou wcri a witch, to make it so ! 
 
 Dt-r. The emperor grertelh \(^\x '. \l'r(Stnting letters. 
 
 Edw. 'Would it were the countess ! 
 
 Der. And hath accorded to your hij^'hncss' suit. 
 
 Ed7u. Thou liest. she hath not ; but I would, she had I 
 
 And. All love, and duty, to my lord the king I 
 
 Edw. Well, all but one is none: — what news with 
 you ? 
 
 And. I have, my liege, levied those horse and fool, 
 According to your charge, and brought them hither. 
 
 Ed'iO. Then let those foot trudge hence upcn thoM 
 horse, 
 According to our discharge, and be gone. — 
 Derby, I'll look upon the countess' mind 
 Anon. 
 
 Der. The countess* mind, my liege ? 
 
 Edw. I mean the emperor : leave me alone. 
 
 And. What's in his mind ? 
 
 Der. Let's leave him to his humor. 
 
 \ Exeunt Derby and Audlev. 
 
 Edw. Thus from the heart's abundance speaks the 
 tongue ; 
 Countess for emperor: and, indeed, why not? 
 She is as imperator over me ; 
 And I to her 
 
 Am as a kneeling vassal, that obsenes 
 The pleasure, or displeasure, of her eye. — 
 
 Enter LoDOWicK. 
 
 What says the more than Cleopatra's match 
 To Cassar now ? 
 
 Lod. That yet, my liege, ere night 
 She will resolve your majesty. {Drum tvitkin, 
 
 Edw. What drum is this, that thunders forth this 
 march, 
 To start the tender Cujiid in my bosom ? 
 Poor sheep-skin, how it brawls with him that bcalcth it f 
 Go, break the thund'ring parchment bottom out. 
 
 E.iK.as.) VII. 457.
 
 Ac/n.} edwaud the third. 13c«h*^ 
 
 ^ And I will teach it to conduct sweet lines 
 Unto the bosom of a heavenly nymph : 
 For I will use it as my writing-paper ; 
 And so reduce him, from a scolding drum. 
 To be the herald, and dear counsel-bearer, 
 Betwixt a goddess and a mighty king. 
 Go, bid the drummer learn to touch the lute, 
 Or hang him in the braces of his drum ; 
 For now we think it an uncivil thing, 
 To trouble heaven with such harsh resounds : 
 Away, — [Exit LodGixncK 
 
 The quarrel, that I have, requires no arms, 
 But these of mine ; and these shall meet my foe 
 In a deep march of penetrable groans : 
 My eyes shall be my arrows ; and my sighs 
 Shall serve me as the ventage of the wind, 
 To whirl away my sweet'st artillery ; 
 Ah but, alas, she wins the sun of me, 
 For that is she herself ; and thence it comes. 
 That poets term the wanton warrior, blind ; 
 But love hath eyes as judgment to his steps, 
 'Till too much loved glory dazzles them. — 
 
 Re-etiter LODOWICK. 
 
 How now ? 
 
 Lod. My liege, the drum, that struck the lusty march, 
 Stands with Prince Edward, your thrice-valiant son. 
 
 Enter Prince. Lodowick retires to the door. 
 
 Ediu. I see the boy. O, how his mother's face, 
 Molded in his, corrects my stray 'd desire, 
 And rates my heart, and chides my thievish eye; 
 Who being rich enough in seeing her, 
 Yet seeks elsewhere : and basest theft is that. 
 Which cannot cloke itself on poverty.— 
 Now, boy, what news ? 
 
 Prince. I have assembled, my dear lord and father. 
 The choicest buds of all our English blood, 
 For our affairs to France ; and here we come. 
 To take direction from your majesty. 
 
 Edw. Still do I see in him delineate 
 His mother's visage ; those his eyes are hers, 
 
 VII. 458. CB.tn. fl&
 
 itct/r.] IDWARD THE THIRD. {Si,n4 tt 
 
 Who, looking^ wistly on me, make me blush ; 
 
 For faults against themselves give evidence: 
 
 Lust is a tire ; and men, like lanthorns. show 
 
 Light lust within themselves, even through themselvet. 
 
 Away, loose silks of wavering vanity ! 
 
 Shall the large limit of fair liritany 
 
 By me be overthrown ? and shall I not 
 
 Master this little mansion of myself? 
 
 Give me an armor of eternal steel ; 
 
 I go to conquer kings , and shall I then 
 
 Subdue myself, and be my enemy's friend? 
 
 It must not be. — Come, boy, forward, advance! 
 
 Let's with our colors beat the air of France. 
 
 Lod. My liege, the countess, with a smiling cheer. 
 Desires access unto your majesty. 
 
 \Aih>:iiiii>ig from the door, and whisper ing him, 
 
 Edu>. Why. there it goes I that very smile of hers 
 Hath ransom 'd captive France ; and set the king, 
 The Dauphin, and the peers, at liberty. — 
 Go, leave me, Ned, and revel with thy friends. 
 
 [i.r;V Princi. 
 Thy mother is but black ; and thou, like her. 
 Dost put into my mind how foul she is. — 
 Go, fetch the countess hither in thy hand. 
 And let her chase away those winter clouds ; 
 For she gives beauty both to heaven and earth. 
 
 ( Exit LodmvicK 
 The sin is more, to hack and hew poor men. 
 Than to embrace, in an unlawful bed, 
 The register of all varieties 
 Smce leathern Adam 'till this youngest hour. 
 
 Re-enter LODOWICK, with the CoUNTESS. 
 
 Go, Lodowick. put thy hand into my purse. 
 Play, spend, give, riot, waste ; do what thou will. 
 So thou wilt hence a while, and leave me here. 
 
 {Exit Lodcwick, 
 Now, my soul's playfellow ! and art thou come. 
 To speak the more 'than heavenly word, of yea. 
 To my subjection in thy beauteous love? 
 
 Count. My father on' his blessing halh commanded-* 
 
 Ediu. That thou shall yield to me. 
 «.ni. vi.\ "^^ *^^^
 
 AeilLl BDTVARD THE THIRD. iSeent Ih 
 
 Count. Ay, dear my liege, your due. 
 
 Edw. And that, my dearest love, can be no less 
 Than right for right, and tender love for love. 
 
 CouTit, Than wrong for wrong, and endless hate foJ 
 hate. — 
 But, — sith I see your majesty so bent, 
 That my unwillingness, my husband's love, 
 Your high estate, nor no respect respected 
 Can be my help, but that your mightiness 
 Will overbear and awe these dear regards,—- 
 I bind my discontent to my content. 
 And, what I would not, I'll compel I will; 
 Provided, that yourself remove those lets. 
 That stand between your highness' love and mine. 
 
 Ediv. Name them, fair countess, and, by Heaven, I 
 will. 
 
 Con7it. It is their lives, that stand between our love, 
 That I would have chok'd up, my sovereign. 
 
 Edw. Whose lives, my lady } 
 
 Count. ]My thrice-loving liege, 
 Your queen, and Salisbury my wedded husband \ 
 Who living have that title in our love. 
 That we cannot bestow but by their death. 
 
 Edw. Thy opposition is beyond our law. 
 
 Count. And so is your desire : if the law 
 Can hinder you to execute the one. 
 Let it forbid you to attempt the other; 
 I cannot think you love me as you say, 
 Unless you do make good what you have sworn. 
 
 Ediu. No more ; thy husband and the queen shall die. 
 Fairer thou art by far than Hero was ; 
 Beardless Leander not so strong as I ; 
 He swum an easy current for his love ; 
 But I will through a helly spout of blood, 
 To arrive at Sestos where my Hero lies. 
 
 Count. Nay, you'll do more; you'll make the river too, 
 With their heart-bloods that keep our love asunder. 
 Of which, my husband, and your wife, are twain. 
 
 Edw. Thy beauty makes them guilty o^ their death. 
 And gives in evidence, that they shall die ; 
 Upon which verdict, I, their judge, condemn them. 
 
 Cojtnt. O perjur'd beauty ! more corrupted judge ! 
 
 VII. i6<^ (e.iii. 3&
 
 Act//.] EDir-iRD TF/2 THf.^D. Zttn*!'. 
 
 When, to the great star-chamber o'-r our heads. 
 
 The universal sessions calls to count 
 
 This packinj,^ evil, we both shall tremble for it. 
 
 Ediu. What says mv fair love? is she resolute? 
 
 Count, Rcsolv'd to be dissolv'd ; and. therefore, this.— 
 Keep but thy word, great king, and I am thine. 
 Stand where thou dost. I'll part a little from thct. 
 And see how I will yield mc to thy hands. 
 
 \^Tu} nin^ smidcnly upon him, and s/tawin^ tW0 
 dagj^ers. 
 Here by my side do hang my wedding knives : 
 Take thou the one, and with it kill thy cjueen. 
 And learn by me to hnd her where she lies ; 
 And witli this other I'll debi)alch my love. 
 Which now lies fast asleep within my heart: 
 When they are gone, then I'll consent to love. 
 Stir not. lascivious king, to hinder me ; 
 My resolution is more nimbler far, 
 Than thy prevention can be in my rescue. 
 And, if thou stir, I strike : therefore stand still. 
 And hear the choice that I will put thee to: 
 Either swear to leave thy most unholy suit. 
 And never henceforth to solicit me ; 
 Or else, by Heaven, [knt'i'/ing] this sharp-pointed knife 
 Shall stain thy earth with that which thou wouldst 
 
 stain, 
 My poor chaste blood. Swear, Edward, swear. 
 Or I will strike, and die, before thee here. 
 
 Ed'co, Even by that power 1 swear, that gives mc 
 now 
 The power-to be ashamt^d of myself, 
 I never mean to part my lips again 
 In any word that tends to such a suit. 
 Arise, true English lady; whom our isle 
 May better boast of. than e'er Roman might 
 Of her. whose ransack'd treasury hath lask'd 
 The vain endeavor of so many pens : 
 Arise ; and be my fault thy honor's fame. 
 Which after-ages shall enrich thee with. 
 I am awaked from this idle dream ; — 
 Warwick, my son, Derby, Artois. and Audlcy, 
 Brave warriors all, where are you all this while? 
 •4U. a^l VII. 461.
 
 ActllL^ KDWARD THE THIRD, iSctuei^ 
 
 Enter Prince a7td lords. 
 
 Warwick, I make thee warden of the north : — 
 
 You, Prince of Wales, and Audley, straight to sea; 
 
 Scour to Newhaven ; some, there stay for me : — 
 
 Myself, Artois, and Derby, will through Flanders, 
 
 To greet our friends there, and to crave their aid : 
 
 This night will scarce suffice me, to discover 
 
 My folly's siege against a faithful lover ; 
 
 For, ere the sun shall gild the eastern sky. 
 
 We'll wake him with our martial harmony. [Exeunt* 
 
 ACT III. 
 
 Scene I. Flanders, The French Camp, 
 
 Enter King John of France; his two Sons, CHARLES 
 
 Dtike of Normandy, attd PHILIP ; Duke of 
 
 LORRAIN and others, 
 
 fohn. Here, 'till our navy, of a thousand sdl. 
 Have made a breakfast to our foe by sea. 
 Let us encamp, to wait their happy speed.— 
 Lorrain, what readiness is Edward in ? 
 How hast thou heard that he provided is 
 Of martial furniture for this exploit ? 
 
 Lor. To lay aside unnecessary soothing. 
 And not to spend the time in circumstance, 
 'Tis bruited for a certainty, my lord, 
 That he's exceeding strongly fortified ; 
 His subjects flock as willingly to war, 
 As if unto a triumph they were led. 
 
 Char. England was wont to harbor malciontcntlt 
 Blood-thirsty and seditious Catilines, 
 Spendthrifts, and such as gape for nothing else 
 But change and alteration of the state ; 
 And is it possible, that they are now 
 So loyal in themselves ? 
 
 Lor. All but the Scot ; who solemnly protests. 
 As heretofore I have inform 'd his grace. 
 Never to sheathe his sword, or take a truce. 
 
 fohn. Ah, that's the anchorage of some better hope) 
 But, on the other side, to think what friends 
 King Edward hath retain'd in Netherland, 
 
 VIX. 463.
 
 AeiJJT.I BDll'ARD THE THIRD. Uir« /. 
 
 Among those ever-bibbing epicures. 
 
 Those frothy Uutcliincn, puff cl with double beer. 
 
 That drink and swill in every place they come. 
 
 Doth not a little aggravate mine ire : 
 
 Besides, we hear, the emperor conjoins. 
 
 And stalls him in his own authority : 
 
 But, all the mightier that ihcir number is. 
 
 The greater glory reai)s the victor)'. 
 
 Some friends have we, beside domestic power s 
 
 The stern Polonian, and the warlike Dane, 
 
 The King of Bohemia, and of Sicily, 
 
 Are all become confederates with us. 
 
 And, as I think, are marching hither apace. 
 
 [Vrum wit /an. 
 But, soft, I hear the music of their drums, 
 By which I guess that their approach is near. 
 
 Enter Bohemia, and forces; and aid of Danes, Poles, 
 
 and Muscoz'ites. 
 
 Boh. King John of France, as league, and neighbor- 
 hood 
 Requires, when friends are any way distress'd, 
 1 come to aid thee with my country's force. 
 
 Pole. And from great ^loscow. learful to the Turik 
 And lofty Poland, nursu «f hardy men, 
 I bring these servitors to fight for thee. 
 Who willingly will ventu'-e in thy cause. 
 
 John. Welcome, Bohemian king; and welcome, all: 
 This your great kindness I will not forget; 
 Beside your plentiful rewards in crowns. 
 That from our treasur)' ye shall receive \ 
 There comes a hair-brain'd nation, deck'd in pridc; 
 The spoil of whom will be a treble game. — 
 And now my hope is full, my joy complete : 
 At sea, we are as puissant as the force 
 Of Agamemnon in the haven of Trov; 
 By land, with Xerxes we compare of strength. 
 Whose soldiers drank up rivers in their ihint: 
 Then, Bayard-like, blind over-we«ning Ned, 
 To reach at our imperial diadem. 
 Is, either to be swallow'd of the waves, 
 Or hack'd a-pieces w hen thou com'»t ashoft. 
 «.ni. 31.) VII. ♦6.V
 
 AetriL] SDWARD THE THIRD, iScentL 
 
 Enter a Mariner^ 
 
 Mar, Near to the coast I have descried, my lord* 
 As I was busy in my watchful charge. 
 The proud armado of King Edward's ships : 
 Which, at the first, far off when I did ken, 
 Seem'd as it were a grove of wither'd pines ; 
 But, drawing near, their glorious bright aspect. 
 Their streaming ensigns wrought of color'd silk. 
 Like to a meadow full of sundr}- ilowers, 
 Adorns the naked bosom of the earth ; 
 Majestical the order of their course. 
 Figuring the horned circle of the moon : 
 On the top-gallant of the admiral. 
 And likewise all the handmaids of his train. 
 The arms of England and of France united 
 Are quarter'd equally by herald's art. 
 Thus, tightly carried with a merry gale. 
 They plow the ocean hitherward amain. 
 
 John. Dare he already crop the flower-de-luce? 
 I hope, the honey being gather'd thence, 
 He, with the spider, afterward approach'd, 
 Shall suck forth deadly venom from the leaves. — 
 But where 's our navy ? how are they prepar'd 
 To wing themselves against this flight of ravens ? 
 
 Mar, They, having knowledge brought them by the 
 scouts, 
 Did break from anchor straight; and, puff'd with rage, 
 No otherwise than were their sails with wind, 
 Made forth ; as when the empty eagle flies, 
 To satisfy his hungry griping maw. 
 
 John. There's for thy news. Return unto thy bark ; 
 And, if thou scape the bloody stroke of war. 
 And do survive the conflict, come again, 
 And let us hear the manner of the fight. — 
 
 {Exit Mariner, 
 Mean space, my lords, 'tis best we be dispers'd 
 To several places, lest they chance to land : 
 First, you, my lord, with your Bohemian troops. 
 Shall pitch your battles on the lower hand ; ' 
 
 My eldest son, the Duke of Normandy, 
 Together with this aid of ]\Iuscovites, 
 
 VII. 464. lB.ni. 3t*
 
 Art III.} XJJWARD THE THIRD, \Jic,m4 t. 
 
 Shall climb the higher ground another way ; 
 Here in the middle coast, bctwixl vou both, 
 Philip, my youngest boy, and 1 will lodge. 
 So, lords, be gone, and look unto vour charge; 
 You stand for France, an empire fair and large.— 
 
 \Excu)it Charles, Lor rain, Bohemia, and For€€U 
 Now tell me, Philiji, what is thy concrii, 
 Touching the challenge that the Knglish make } 
 
 Phi. 1 say. my lord, claim Edward what he can. 
 And bring he ne'er so plain a pedigree, 
 'Tis you are in possession of the crown, 
 And that's the surest point of all the law : 
 But, were it not ; yet, ere he should prevail, 
 I'll make a conduit of my dearest blood. 
 Or chase those straggling upstarts home again. 
 
 fohn. Well said, young Philip ! Call for bread and 
 wine, 
 That we may cheei our stomachs with repast. 
 To look our foes more sternly in the face. 
 
 \A tabic and pro7'isions broui^ht in ; King mmJ 
 his Son sit do7cn to it. Ordnance ajar ^, 
 Now is begun the heavy day at sea. 
 Fight, Frenchmen, fight ; be like the field of bears. 
 When they defend their younglings in their caves I 
 Steer, angry Nemesis, the hajipy helm ; 
 That, with the sulphur battles of your rage. 
 The English fleet may be dispers'd. and sunk! 
 
 [Ordnanci again* 
 
 Phi. O, father, how this echoing cannon-shot. 
 Like sweetest harmony, digests my catcs ! 
 
 John. Now, boy, thou hear'st what thund'ring temt 
 'tis. 
 To buckle for a kingdom's sovereignty : 
 The earth, with giddy trembling when it shakes. 
 Or when the exhalations of the air 
 Break in extremity of lightning flash. 
 Affrights not more, than kings, when they dispote 
 To show the rancor of their high-swoln hc.irti, 
 
 ( Retr$mt hmnL 
 
 Retreat is sounded : one side hath the worse : 
 O, if it be the French I— Sweet Fortune, turn : 
 And. in thy turning, change the froward windi* 
 
 E...I.3>) ^"-^
 
 Aft///.} EDIVARD THE THIRD. \Sctm I 
 
 That, with advantage of a favoring sky. 
 Our men may vanquish, and the other flyf 
 
 Enter Marmer, 
 
 My heart misgives: — say, mirror of pale death* 
 To whom belongs the honor of this day ? 
 Relate, I pray thee, if thy breath will serve. 
 The sad discourse of this discomfiture. 
 
 Mar. I will, my lord. 
 My gracious sovereign, France hath ta'en the foO* 
 And boasting Edward triumphs with success. 
 These iron-hearted navies. 
 When last I was reporter to your grace. 
 Both full of angry spleen, of hope, and fear. 
 Hasting to meet each other in the face. 
 At last conjoin'd ; and by their admiral 
 Our admiral encounter'd many shot : 
 By this, the other, that beheld these twain 
 Give earnest penny of a further wrack, 
 Like fiery dragons took their haughty flight ; 
 And, likewise meeting, from their smoky wombi 
 Sent many grim ambassadors of death. 
 Then 'gan the day to turn to gloomy night ; 
 And darkness did as well inclose the quick, 
 As those that were but newly reft of life : 
 No leisure serv'd for friends to bid farewell ; 
 And, if it had, the hideous noise was such. 
 As each to other seemed deaf, and dumb : 
 Purple the sea ; whose channel fill'd as fast 
 With streaming gore, that from the maimed fell. 
 As did her gushing moisture break into 
 The crannied cleftures of the through-shot planks; 
 Here flew a head, dissever'd from the trunk ; 
 There mangled arms, and legs, were toss'd aloft ; 
 As when a whirlwind takes the summer dust» 
 And scatters it in middle of the air : 
 Then might ye see the reeling vessels split, 
 And tottering sink into the ruthless flood. 
 Until their lofty tops were seen no more. 
 All shifts were tried, both for defense and htlft : 
 And now the effect of valor, and of fear. 
 Of resolution, and of cowardice, 
 
 VIL 466^ [E.iii. 34.
 
 Acfm,\ MXii^^Rn THF THIJIIX. [^en* tr. 
 
 We lively pictur'd ; how the one for famflb 
 
 The other by compulsion laid about . 
 Much did the Noni)ar<.iIlf. thai brave ship; 
 So did the black-snake of BouIo^mu-, tlum which 
 A bonnier vessel never yet spread sail : 
 But all in vain ; both sun, the wind and tide. 
 Revolted all unto our foenien's side, 
 That we perforce were fain to give them way. 
 And they are landed : thus my talc is done ; 
 We have untimely lost, and they have won. 
 John. Then rests there nothing, hut, with p r ei e nt 
 speed. 
 To join our several forces all intone. 
 And bid them battle, ere they ranj^'e too far. — 
 Come, gentle Philij), let us hence depart ; 
 This soldier's words have pierc'd thy father's heart. 
 
 Scene II. Picardy. Fields mar Cressi. 
 
 Enter a Frenchman, vieetim^ certain others, a Woman 
 
 and two Children, laden ivith household stujf, as 
 
 removini^. 
 
 First P. Well met, my masters : how now ? whal's tht 
 news ? 
 And wherefore are you laden thus with stuff ? 
 What, is it quarter-day, that you remove. 
 And carry bag and baggage too ? 
 
 Sec.F. Quarter-day? ay. and quartering day. I itU'. 
 Have you not heard the news that flies abroaa ? 
 
 First F. What news ? 
 
 Third F. How the French navy i% destroyed at tea. 
 And that the English army is arn'v'd. 
 
 First F. What then ? 
 
 Sec, F. What then, quoth you ? why. is't not lime tot*y. 
 When enemy and destruction is so nigh ? 
 
 First F. Content thee, man ; they are far enough I 
 hence ; 
 And will be met, I warrant you. to their cost. 
 Before they break so far into the realm. 
 
 Sec. F. Ay. so the grasshopi>cr doth spend tM tlM 
 In mirthful jollity, 'till winter come; 
 And then too late he would redeem his ttec.
 
 Art/If,'] EDWARD THE THIRD. iSctnetl 
 
 When frozen cold hath nipp'd his careless head* 
 He, that no sooner will provide a cloak, 
 Than when he sees it doth begin to rain, 
 May, peradventure, for his negligence, 
 Be throughly wash'd when he suspects it not* 
 We, that have charge, and such a train as this. 
 Must look in time to look for them and us. 
 Lest, when we would, we cannot be reliev'd. 
 
 First F, Belike, you then despair of all success, 
 And think your country will be subjugate. 
 
 Third F. We cannot tell ; 'tis good, to fear the worst 
 
 First F. Yet rather fight, than, like unnatural sons, 
 Forsake your loving parents in distress. 
 
 Sec. F. Tush, they, that have already taken arms, 
 Are many fearful millions, in respect 
 Of that small handful of our enemies : 
 But 'tis a rightful quarrel must prevail » 
 Edward is son unto our late king's sister, 
 Where John Valois is three degrees remov'd. 
 
 Worn. Besides, there goes a prophecy abroad, 
 Publish'd by one that was a friar once. 
 Whose oracles have many times prov'd true ; 
 And now he says, " The time will shortly come, 
 When as a lion, roused in the west. 
 Shall carry hence the flower-de-luce of France: ** 
 These, I can tell ye, and such-like surmises 
 Strike many Frenchmen cold unto the heart. 
 
 Eftter another Fretichman^ hastily. 
 
 Fourth F, Fly, countrymen, and citizens of France! 
 Sweet-flow 'ring peace, the root of happy life. 
 Is quite abandon'd and expuls'd the land : 
 Instead of whom, ransack-constraining war 
 Sits raven-like upon your houses' tops ; 
 Slaughter and mischief walk within your streets. 
 And unrestrain'd, make havoc as they pass : 
 The form whereof even now myself beheld. 
 Now, upon this fair mountain, whence I came* 
 For so far off as I direct mine eyes, 
 I might perceive five cities all on fire, 
 Corn-fields, and vineyards, burning like an OVeB \ 
 And, as the reeking vapor in the wind 
 
 VII «68. [B.fil* 36^
 
 AciIII.\ EDWARD THE THIMD. iit»^ J/l 
 
 Turn'd but asule. 1 likewise mieht discern 
 
 The poor iniiabitanls, escap'd ihc flame. 
 
 P\all numberless upon tlu* sol(li<rs' pikes: 
 
 Tiiree ways these dreadful ministers of unith 
 
 Do tread the measures of their Ira^'ic march ; 
 
 Upon the right hand comes the conquering king. 
 
 Upon the left his hot unl)ridlcd son. 
 
 And in the midst our nation's glittering host ; 
 
 All which, though distant, yet conspire in one 
 
 To leave a desolation where they come. 
 
 Fly, therefore, citizens, if you be wise, 
 
 Seek out some habitation further off: 
 
 Here if you stay, your wives will be abus'd. 
 
 Your treasure shar'd before your weeping e)'e»; 
 
 Shelter yourselves, for now the stomi doth rise; 
 
 Away, away! meihinks, I hear their drums: — 
 
 Ah, wretched France, 1 greatly fear thy fall; 
 
 Thy glory shaketh like a tottering wall. [Exntmt. 
 
 Scene III. The same. 
 
 Drums, Enter Kins^ Edward, viar chine:: Derby. 
 &■*€., and Forces, <7//^/CiOmN DK (.RfcY. 
 
 Ed'U}. Where is the Frenchman, by uliosc cunning 
 guidance 
 We found the shallow of this river Somme, 
 And had direction how to pabs the sea? 
 
 Gob. Here, my good lord. 
 
 Edw. How art thou call'd } thy name.^ 
 
 Gob. Gobin de C.rey, if |)lease your excellence. 
 
 Edw. Then, (lobin, for the service thou hast done. 
 We here enlarge and give thee liberty : 
 And, for a recompense, besitle this good. 
 Thou shalt receive tive hundred marks in gold.— 
 I know not how, we should have met our son ; 
 Whom now in heart I wish 1 might behold. 
 
 Enter .Artois. 
 
 Art. Good news, my lord ; the prince is hard at l)«od. 
 And with him comes Lord Audley, and the re«C 
 Whom since our landing we could never meet. 
 
 E.111.37I \\\.^
 
 Ac/ I/I.') EDWARD THE THIRD. {Scene rit» 
 
 Drums, Enter Prince, Audley, and Forces, 
 
 Edw, Welcome, fair prince ! How hast thou sped, my 
 son. 
 Since thy arrival on the coast of France ? 
 
 Prince. Successfully, I thank the gracious heavttlS: 
 Some of their strongest cities we have won. 
 As Harfleur, Lo, Crotage, and Carentan ; 
 And others wasted ; leaving at our heels 
 A wide apparent field, and beaten path. 
 For solitariness to progress in : 
 Yet, those that would submit, we kindly pardon'd ; 
 But who in scorn refus'd our proffer'd peace, 
 Endur'd the penalty of sharp revenge. 
 
 Edw, Ah, France, why shouldst thou be thus 0bsti« 
 nate 
 Against the kind embracement of thy friends ? 
 How gently had we thought to touch thy breast. 
 And set our foot upon thy tender mold. 
 But that, in froward and disdainful pride. 
 Thou, like a skittish and untamed colt. 
 Dost start aside, and strike us with thy heels? — 
 But tell me, Ned, in all thy warlike course 
 Hast thou not seen the usurping King of France ? 
 
 Prince. Yes, my good lord, and not two hours agOb 
 With full an hundred thousand fighting men, 
 Upon the one side o' the river's bank, 
 I on the other ; with his multitudes 
 I fear'd he would have cropp'd our smaller power: 
 But, happily, perceiving your approach. 
 He hath withdrawn himself to Cressi plains ; 
 Where, as it seemeth by his good array. 
 He means to bid us battle presently. 
 
 Ediu. He shall be welcome, that's the thing we crave. 
 
 Drums. Enter King John; Charles and Philip, 
 his Sons; Bohemia, Lorrain, &^c.^ and Forces, 
 
 John, Edward, know, that John, the true King of 
 France, — 
 Musing thou shouldst encroach upon his land. 
 And, in thy tyrannous proceeding, slay 
 His faithful subjects, and subvert his towns, — 
 
 VII. 470» [B.nt. Hk
 
 Action KDWARP. THF TH'.K'J. 1^#«W//. 
 
 Spits in thy face ; and in this manner following 
 
 Upbraids ihec with lliiiie arrogant inlru&ioru 
 
 First, I condemn thee for a fugitive, 
 
 A thievish pirate, and a needy mate ; 
 
 One, that hath either no abiding place. 
 
 Or else, inhabiting some barren soil, 
 
 Where neither herb nor fruitful grain is had. 
 
 Dost altogether live by pilfering : 
 
 Ntxt, — insomuch thou hast infring'd thy faith. 
 
 Broke league and solenm covenant made with mc,— 
 
 I iiold thee for a false pernicious wretch : 
 
 And last of all, — although 1 scorn to cope 
 
 With one such an inferior to myself; 
 
 Yet, in respect thy thirst is all for gold. 
 
 Thy labor rather to be fear'd than lov'd, — 
 
 To satisfy thy lust in either part, 
 
 Here am I come ; and with me 1 have brought 
 
 Exceeding store of treasure, pearl, and coin. 
 
 Leave therefore now to persecute the weak ; 
 
 And, armed ent'ring conflict with the arm'd. 
 
 Let it be seen, 'mongst other petty thefts, 
 
 How thou canst win this pillage manfully. 
 
 Eiku. If gall, or wormwood, have a pleasant Usie. 
 Then is thy saloiation honey-sweet : 
 But as the one hath no such jiroperly, 
 So is the other most satirical. 
 Yet wot how I regard thy worthless taunts ; — 
 If thou have utter'd them to soil my fame. 
 Or dim the reputation of my birth. 
 Know, that thy wolfish barking cannot hurt: 
 If slyl> to insinuate with the world, 
 And with a strumpet's arlilicial line 
 To paint thy vicious and deformed cause. 
 Be well assur'd, the counterfeit will fade. 
 And in the end thy foul defects be seen : 
 But if thou didst it to provoke me on, — 
 As who should say, I were but timorous. 
 Or, coldly negligent, did need a spur, — 
 Bethink thyself, how slack I was at sea; 
 How, sine*: my landing, I have won no tC 
 Enter'd no further but upon the coast. 
 And there have ever since securely slept, 
 e.ni. ».l VIL an-
 
 Aam.) EDWARD THE TmRD. IJSceru Hi. 
 
 But if I have been othenvise employed. 
 Imagine, Valois, whether I intend 
 To skirmish, not for pillage, but for the crown 
 U^hich thou dost wear ; and that I vow to have. 
 Or one of us shall fall into his grave. 
 
 Prince. Look not for cross invectives at our hands, 
 Or railing execrations of despite : 
 Let creeping serpents, hid in hollow banks, 
 Sting with their tongues ; we have remorseless swords. 
 And they shall plead for us, and our affairs. 
 Yet thus much, brietly, by my father's leave : 
 As all the immodest poison of thy throat 
 Is scandalous and most notorious lies, 
 And our pretended quarrel truly just. 
 So end the battle when we meet to-day ; 
 j\Lay either of us prosper and prevail. 
 Or, luckless curst, receive eternal shame ! 
 
 Eihu. That needs no further question ; and, I know» 
 His conscience witnesseth, it is my right. — 
 Therefore, Valois, say, wilt thou yet resign. 
 Before the sickle's thrust into the corn, 
 Or that enkindled fury turn to flame } 
 
 John. Edward, I know what right thou hast in France, 
 And ere I basely will resign my crown. 
 This champion field shall be a pool of blood, 
 And all our prospect as a slaughter-house. 
 
 Prince. Ay, that approves thee, tyrant, what thou art : 
 No father, king, or shepherd of thy realm ; 
 But one, that tears her entrails with thy hands, 
 And, like a thirsty tiger, suck'st her blood. 
 
 And. You peers of France, why do you follow him 
 That is so prodigal to spend your lives'? 
 
 Char. Whom should they follow, aged impotent. 
 But he that is their true-born sovereign ? 
 
 Ed-u. Upbraid 'st thou him, because within his face 
 Time hath engrav'd deep characters of age.^ 
 Know, these grave scholars of experience. 
 Like stiff-grown oaks, will stand immovable, 
 When whirlwinds quickly turn up younger trees. 
 
 Der. Was ever any of thy father's house 
 King, but thyself, before this present time ? 
 Edward's great lineage, by the mother's side, 
 
 VII. 472. (E.111. 40k
 
 ^rf///.] EDWARD THE THIRD. ^Sc€U4 lit. 
 
 Five hundred years hath held the scepter up : — 
 
 Judge then, conspirators, by this descent, 
 Which is the true-born sovcreij^n, this, or that. 
 
 Phi. Good father, range your battles, prate no more; 
 These EngHsh fain would spend the time in words, 
 That, night approaching, they might scape unfought. 
 
 loh7t. Lords, and my loving subjects, now 's the lime. 
 That your intended force must bide the touch : 
 Therefore, my friends, consider this in brief, — 
 He, that you tight for, is your natural king; 
 He, against whom you fight, a foreigner; 
 He, that you fight for, rules in clemency, 
 And reins you with a mild and gentle bit ; 
 He, against whom you fight, if he prevail. 
 Will straight enthrone himself in tyranny. 
 Make slaves of you, and, with a hea\-y hand. 
 Curtail and curb your sweetest liberty. 
 Then, to protect your countr)-, and your king. 
 Let but the haughty courage of your hearts 
 Answer the number of your able hands, 
 And we shall quickly chase these fugitives. 
 For what's this Edward, but a belly-god, 
 A tender and lascivious wantonness. 
 That t'other day was almost dead for love? 
 And what, I pray you, is his goodly guard ? 
 Such as, but scant them of their chines of beef. 
 And take away their downy feather-beds. 
 And, presently, they are as resty-stiff 
 As 'twere a many over-ridden jades. 
 
 Then, Frenchmen, scorn that such should be your lords, 
 And rather bind ye them in cai)live bands. 
 
 French. Vive le roi ! Ciod save King John of France! 
 
 John. Now on this plain of Cressi spread yourselves, — 
 And, Edward, when thou dar'st, begin the fight. 
 
 {Exeunt Kiiii^ John, Charlt-s, Phtlip^ Lorrain^ 
 Bohemia, and Forces. 
 
 Edw. We presently will meet thee, John of France : — 
 And, English lords, let us resolve the day 
 Either to clear us of that scandalous crime. 
 Or be entombed in our innocence, — 
 And, Ned, because this l)attle is the first 
 That ever yet thou fought'st in pitchW ncid, 
 
 S.ni.41.] VII. 473
 
 Acii/L'i EDWARD THE THIRD. \fic99* ilL 
 
 As ancient custom is of martialists, 
 
 To dub thee with the type of chivalry. 
 
 In solemn manner we will give thee arms : — 
 
 Come, therefore, heralds, orderly bring forth 
 
 A strong attirement for the prince my son. — 
 
 Flourish. Enter four Heralds, bringing a coat-armov^ 
 
 a helmet y a lajice, and a shield: first Herald de* 
 
 livers the armor to King Edward ; who 
 
 puts it on his Son, 
 
 Edward Plantagenet, in the name of God, 
 
 As with this armor I impall thy breast. 
 
 So be thy noble unrelenting heart 
 
 Wall'd in with flint of matchless fortitude, 
 
 That never base affections enter there ; 
 
 Fight and be valiant, conquer where thou com'st t — 
 
 Now follow, lords, and do him honor too. 
 
 Der. {Receiving the helmet from the second Heralds 
 Edward Plantagenet, Prince of Wales, 
 As I do set this helmet on thy head, 
 Wherewith the chamber of thy brain is fenc'd. 
 So may thy temples, with Bellona's hand, 
 Be still adorn'd with laurel victoiy ; 
 Fight and be valiant, conquer where thou com'st ! 
 
 Aud. {Receiving the lance from the third HernlcL 
 Edward Plantagenet, Prince of Wales, 
 Receive this lance, into thy manlike hand ; 
 Use it in fashion of a brazen pen. 
 To draw forth bloody stratagems m France, 
 And print thy valiant deeds in honor's book , 
 Fight and be valiant, conquer where thou com'st ! 
 
 Art, {Receivi?ig the shield fro)n the fourth Heralds 
 Edward Plantagenet, Prince of Wales, 
 Hold, take this target, wear it on thy arm ; 
 And may the view thereof, like Perseus' shield. 
 Astonish and transform thy gazing foes 
 To senseless images of meager death ; 
 Fight and be valiant, conquer where thou com'st ! 
 
 Edw. Now wants there naught but knighthood ; which, 
 deferr'd, 
 We leave, till thou hast won it in the field. 
 
 Prince, My gracious father, and ys forward peers.
 
 A<illl.'\ EDl^ARD TI/K THIRD. [J^/n*/*'. 
 
 This honor, you have done me, animates 
 
 And cheers my ^Teen yet-scarce-aj)j)earing strength 
 
 With comfortable good-j)resagin}^ signs ; 
 
 No otherwise than did old Jacob's words. 
 
 When as he breath'd his bUssings on his sons : 
 
 These hallow'd gifts of yours when 1 profane. 
 
 Or use them not to glory of my (iod, 
 
 To patronage the fatherless, and poor, 
 
 Or for the benefit of England's peace. 
 
 Be numl) mv joints ! wax feeble both mine arms I 
 
 Wither my heart ! that, like a sapless tree, 
 
 I may remam the map of infamy. 
 
 luhi'. Then thus our steelt^d battles shall berang'4 ; — 
 The leading of the vaward, y.ci\, is thine ; 
 To dignify whose lusty spirit the more. 
 We temper it with Audley's gravity ; 
 That, courage and experience join'd in one. 
 Your manage may be second unto none : 
 For the main battles, I will guide myself; 
 And, Derby, in the rearward march behind. 
 That orderly dispos'd, and set in 'ray. 
 Let us to horse ; and God grant us the day ! 
 
 Scene IV. T/ie Sauu. 
 
 Alarums, as of a battle joined. Enter a many Fnm, • 
 
 tn£n, flying ; Prince, and Kn^lish, pursuing ; 
 
 and txeunt : then enter King Jo UN and 
 
 LOKK.-MN. 
 
 John, O Lorrain, say, what mean our men to fly? 
 Our number is far greater than our foes. 
 
 Lor, The garrison of Genoeses. my lord. 
 That came from Paris, wear)' with their march. 
 Grudging to be so suddenly employ 'd. 
 No sooner in the fore-front took their place. 
 But, straight retiring, sodismay'd the rest. 
 As likew ise they betook themselves to flight ; 
 In which, for haste to make a safe escape. 
 More in the clust'ring throng arc press'd to deatK 
 Than by the enemy, a thousand-fold. 
 
 [ohn. O hapless' fortune ! Let us yet assay 
 If'we can counsel some of them to stay. {Exi 
 
 8.III.43-) VH. 47*.
 
 Art in. ^ SDWARD TriE THIRD, lSc«iu> 
 
 Scene V. The Same. 
 
 Drums. Enter King Edward and AUDLEY. 
 
 Edw. Lord Audley, whiles our son is in the cha«c, 
 \Vithdraw your powers unto this little hill. 
 And here a season let us breathe ourselves. 
 And, I will, my lord. \Exii. Retreat 
 
 Ed'u. Just-dooming Heaven, whose secret providence 
 To our gross judgment is unscrutable, 
 How are we bound to praise thy wondrous works. 
 That hast this day giv'n way unto the right. 
 And made the wicked stumble at themselves ? 
 
 E7iter Artois, hastily. 
 
 Art, Rescue, King Edward ! rescue for thy son ! 
 
 Edw. Rescue, Artois } what, is he prisoner ? 
 Or, else, by violence fell beside his horse ? 
 
 Art. Neither, my lord ; but narrowly beset 
 With turning Frenchmen, whom he did pursue. 
 As 'tis impossible that he should scape, 
 Except your highness presently descend. 
 
 Edw. Tut, let him fight ; we gave him arms to-day; 
 And he is laboring for a knighthood, man. 
 
 Eiiter Derby, hastily, 
 
 Der. The prince, my lord, the prince ! O succor him n 
 He's close encompass'd with a world of odds ! 
 
 Edw. Then will he win a world of honor too. 
 If he by valor can redeem him thence : 
 If not, what remedy } we have more sons 
 Than one, to comfort our declining age. 
 
 Re-enter AUDLEY, hastily. 
 
 Aud. Renowned Edward, give me leave, I pray« 
 To lead my soldiers, where I may relieve 
 Your grace's son, in danger to be slain. 
 The snares of French, like emmets on a bank, 
 Muster about him; whilst he. lion-like. 
 Entangled in the net of their assaults, 
 Franticly rends, and bites the woven toil : 
 But all in vain, he cannot free himself. 
 
 Edw. Audley, content ; i will not havr a man.
 
 it «./..] JSJJfVA/CD THR THInn (Semm r. 
 
 On pain of death, sent forth to succor him . 
 
 This is the clay orclain'd bv destiny 
 
 To season his courajj^e with those grievous thought!^ 
 
 Tliat, if he hrcatlic out Nestor's years on earth, 
 
 Will make him savor still of this ex|)loit. 
 Dcr. Ah, but he shall not live to see those days, 
 £d:u. Why, then his ejiitaph is lasting; praise. 
 Au(/. Yet, good my lord, 'tis too much willfulness 
 
 To let his blood be spill, that may be sav'd. 
 
 A\/:l'. Exclaim no more ; for none of you can tel]« 
 
 Whether a borrow'd aid will serve, or no ; 
 
 Perhaps, he is already slain, or ta'en : 
 
 And dare a falcon w hen she's in her flight. 
 
 And ever after she'll be haggard-like ; 
 
 Let Edward be deliver'd by our hands. 
 
 And still, in danger, he'll expect the like; 
 
 But if himself himself redeem from thence. 
 
 He will have vanquish 'd, cheerful, death, and fear. 
 
 And ever after dread their force no more. 
 
 Than if they were but babes, or captive slaves. 
 Auif. O cruel father! — Farewell, Edward, then! 
 Der. Farewell, sweet prince, the hope of chivalry I 
 Ar/. O, would my life might ransom him from death I 
 Ed7U. But, soft ; methinks, I hear [Iw/rc-at soufuUii, 
 
 The dismal charge of trumpets* loud retreat : 
 
 All are not slain, I hope, that went with him ; 
 
 Some will return with tidings, gootl, or bad. 
 
 Flourish. Enter Prince Edward /// triumph, bearing 
 
 in his hand his shivered lixnce; his s^uord, and 
 
 battered armor ^ borne before him, and 
 
 t/ie body of the Kin>^r of Bon KM I A, 
 
 wrapped in the colors : Lords 
 
 run and emt>raee him. 
 
 Aud. O joyful sight ! victorious Edward lives! 
 
 Der. Welcome, brave prince ! 
 
 Edw. Welcome. IMantagenet ! [Embracing him^ 
 
 Prince. First having done my duty, as beseem'd. 
 
 \Kneeh, and hisses his father s AoM^U 
 Lords, I regreet you all with hearty thanks. 
 And now, i)ehold, — after my winter's toiU 
 My painful voyage on the boisl'rous sea 
 
 «.III. 45.J VII. 47t.
 
 Act III.'] EDWARD THE THIRD. ISeftui^ 
 
 Of war's devouring gulfs and steely rocks — 
 
 I bring my fraught unto the wished port, 
 
 I\Iy summer's hope, my travel's sweet reward: 
 
 And here, with humble duty, I present 
 
 This sacrifice, this first-fruit of my sword, 
 
 Cropp'd and cut down even at the gate of death. 
 
 The King of Bohemia, father, whom I slew ; 
 
 Whose thousands had entrench'd me round about. 
 
 And lay as thick upon my batter'd crest, 
 
 As on an anvil, with their pond'rous glaives: 
 
 Yet marble courage still did underprop ; 
 
 And when my wear}^ arms, with often blows, — 
 
 Like the continual-lab'ring woodman's ax. 
 
 That is enjoin'd to fell a load of oaks, — 
 
 Began to falter, straight I would remember 
 
 My gifts you gave me, and my zealous vow. 
 
 And then new courage made me fresh again ; 
 
 That, in despite, I carv'd my passage forth. 
 
 And put the multitude to speedy flight. 
 
 Lo, thus hath Edward's hand fill'd your request. 
 
 And done, I hope, the duty of a knight. 
 
 Edza. Ay, well thou hast deserv'd a knighthood, Ned ! 
 And, therefore, with thy sword, yet reeking warm 
 
 {^Receiving it fi'oni the soldier wJio bore it, and 
 laying it on the kneeliiig Prince. 
 With blood of those that fought to be thy bane. 
 Arise, Prince Edward, trusty knight at arms: 
 This day thou hast confounded me with joy. 
 And prov'd thyself fit heir unto a king. 
 
 Prince. Here is a note, my gracious lord, of those 
 That in this conflict of cur foes were slain : 
 tlieven princes of esteem ; fourscore 
 Borons ; a hundred and twenty knights ; 
 And thirty thousand common soldiers ; 
 And, of our men, a thousand. 
 
 Edw. Our God be prais'd ! Now, John of France, I 
 hope, 
 Thftrd know'st King Edward for no wantonness, 
 No uve-sick cockney ; nor his soldiers, jades. — 
 But v/hich way is the fearful King escap'd ? 
 
 Prk'nce. Towards Poitiers, noble father, and his sons. 
 
 E(htK Ned, thou, and Audley, shall pursue them still ; 
 VII. 478. Cs-'U. ♦&
 
 4€tiy.l SDIVARD THE THIRD. \Jkma i. 
 
 Myself, and Derby, will to Calais straight. 
 
 And there bej^nrt that haven-town with siege: 
 
 Now lies it on an ui)shot ; therefore strike. 
 
 And wistly follow while the game's on fool. 
 
 \Miat picture's this ? [Pointif!^ to the colori^ 
 
 Prince. A pelican, my lord, 
 Wounding her bosom with her crooked beak, 
 That so her nest of young ones may be fed 
 \Vilh drops of blood that issue from her heart; 
 The motto, ** Sic etvos^ And so should you." 
 
 {^Flourish, Exeunt in triumph. 
 
 ACT IV, 
 
 Scene I. Bretagne, Camp of the English, 
 
 Forces under the Earl of SALISBURY; SALISBURY'S 
 Tent, Enter Sallsbuky ; to him, the 
 Earl of Mo NT FORT, attended, 
 a coronet in his hand. 
 
 Montfort, My Lord of Salisbur}-, since by your aid 
 Mine enemy Sir Charles of Blois is slain, 
 And I again am quietly possess'd 
 In Bretagne's dukedom, know, that I resolve. 
 For this kind furtherance of your king, and you. 
 To swear allegiance to his majesty : 
 In sign whereof, receive this coronet, 
 Bear it unto him ; and, withal, my oath. 
 Never to be but Edward's faithful friend. 
 
 Sal. I take it, Montfort: thus, I hope, ere long 
 The whole dominions of the realm of France 
 Will be surrender'd to his conquering hand. 
 
 {Exeunt AI on /fort and Thidtt, 
 Now, if I knew but safely how to pass, ' 
 I would at Calais gladly meet his grace. 
 Whither, I am by letters certified. 
 That he intends to have his host rt-mov'd. 
 It shall be so : this policy will serve : — 
 Ho, who's within ? Bring \'illiei-s to me. — 
 
 Enter VILLI ERS. 
 
 Villiers, thou know'st, thou art my priaoiwr. 
 
 fc.iii.4f.) ^n *-,
 
 ^eiiP'.l EDIVARD THE THIRD. [Sctm* IM, 
 
 And that I might, for ransom, if I would. 
 
 Require of thee an hundred thousand francs. 
 
 Or else retain and keep thee captive still : 
 
 But so it is, that for a smaller charge 
 
 Thou may'st be quit, an if thou wilt thyself; 
 
 And this it is, procure me but a passport 
 
 Of Charles the Duke of Normandy, that I, 
 
 Without restraint, may have recourse to Calais 
 
 Through all the countries where he hath to do, 
 
 {Which thou may'st easily obtain, I think, 
 
 By reason I have often heard thee say, 
 
 He and thyself were students once together) 
 
 And then thou shalt be set at liberty. 
 
 How say'st thou ? wilt thou undertake to do it ? 
 
 Vil. I will, my lord ; but I must speak with him, 
 
 Sal. Why, so thou shalt ; take horse, and post from 
 hence: 
 Only, before thou go'st, swear by thy faith. 
 That, if thou canst not compass my desire. 
 Thou wilt return my prisoner back again ; 
 And that shall be sufficient warrant for thee. 
 
 ViL To that condition I agree, my lord. 
 And will unfeignedly perform the same. 
 
 Sal. Farewell, Villiers.— {Exit Villiers, 
 
 This once I mean to try a Frenchman's faith. 
 
 Scene II. Picardy, The English cajnp before Calais* 
 E?tfer King Edward, and Derby, with soldiers, 
 
 Ediu. Since they refuse our proffer'd league, my lord. 
 And will not ope their gates, and let us in, 
 We will intrench ourselves on every side, 
 That neither victuals, nor supply of men, 
 May come to succor this accursed town ; 
 Famine shall combat where our swords are stopp*d. 
 
 Der, The promis'd aid, that made them stand aloof» 
 Is now retir'd, and gone another way; 
 It will repent them of their stubborn will. 
 
 Enter some poor Frenchmen. 
 But what are these poor ragged slaves, my lord ? 
 
 Editf, Ask "'Hat they are ; it seems, they come from 
 Calais. 
 
 911. 0^ [s.m. 48.
 
 Ae* /ri MDIVARD THE THIRD. [Sc^m tJ, 
 
 Der, You wretched patterns of despair and woe. 
 
 What are ye ? living men ; or gliding ghosts, 
 Crept from your graves to walk upon the earth ? 
 
 First F. No ghosts, my lord, but men that Ijreathe a life 
 Far worse than is the quiet sleep of death : 
 We are distressed poor inhabitants, 
 That long have been diseased, sick, and lame ; 
 And now, because we are not fit to serve. 
 The captain of the town hath thrust us forth. 
 That so expense of victuals may i)e sav'd. 
 
 E(hu. A charitable deed, and worthy praise*— 
 But how do you imagine then to speed? 
 We are your enemies ; in such a case 
 We can no less but put you to the sword. 
 Since, when we proffer'd truce, it was refus'd. 
 
 First F. An if your grace no otherwise vouchsafe. 
 As welcome death is unto us as life. 
 
 Ed7a. Poor silly men, much wrong'd, and more dis» 
 tress'd ! — 
 Go, Derby, go, and see they be reliev'd ; 
 Command that victuals be appointed them, 
 And give to every one five crowns a-piece: — 
 
 [Fxeufit Dt-rby and Frenchmtn. 
 The lion scorns to touch the yielding prey ; 
 And Edward's sword must flesh itself in such 
 As willful stubbornness hath made perverse. — 
 
 Enter the Lord VERC\tf^oni England, 
 
 Lord Percy ! welcome : what's the news in England ? 
 
 Per, The queen, my lord, commends her to your 
 grace ; 
 And from her highness, and the lord vicegerent, 
 I bring this happy tidings of success : 
 David of Scotland, lately up in arms. 
 (Thinking, belike, he soonest should prevail. 
 Your highness being absent from the realm) 
 Is, by the faithful service of yovir peers. 
 And painful travel of the queen herself. 
 That, big with child, was every day in arms, 
 Vanquish'd, subdu'd, and taken prisoner. 
 
 Edw. Thanks, Percy, for thy news, with all my heart f 
 What was he, took him prisoner in the field? 
 
 B.m.49.) VII. ♦81.
 
 Actiy.'i SLDIVARD THE THIRD. tSctne U 
 
 Per. A squire, my lord ; John Copland is his name : 
 
 Who since, entreated by her majesty. 
 Denies to make surrender of his prize 
 To any but unto your grace alone ; 
 Whereat the queen is grievously displeas*d. 
 
 Edw. Well, then we'll have a pursuivant despatch*<t 
 To summon Copland hither out of hand, 
 And with him he shall bring his prisoner king. 
 
 Per. The queen's, my lord, herself by this at sea; 
 And purposeth, as soon as wind will serve, 
 To land at Calais, and to visit you. 
 
 Edzu. She shall be welcome ; and, to wait her coming 
 I'll pitch my tent near to the sandy shore. 
 
 Ejifer a French Captain. 
 
 Cap. The burgesses of Calais, mighty king. 
 Have, by a council, willingly decreed 
 To yield the town, and castle, to your hands; 
 Upon condition, it will please your grace 
 To grant them benefit of life, and goods. 
 
 Edw. They will so ! then, belike, they may command. 
 Dispose, elect, and govern as they list. 
 No, sirrah; tell them, since they did refuse 
 Our princely clemency at first proclaim'd. 
 They shall not have it now, although they would; 
 I wiU accept of naught but fire and sword. 
 Except, within these two days, six of them, 
 That are the wealthiest merchants in the town, 
 ^ome naked, all but for their linen shirts. 
 With each a halter hang'd about his neck. 
 And prostrate yield themselves, upon their knees. 
 To be afflicted, hang'd, or what I please ; 
 And so you may inform their masterships. 
 
 {Exeunt Edward and Percy^ 
 
 Cap. Why, this it is to trust a broken staff. 
 Had we not been persuaded, John our king ' 
 Would with his army have reliev'd the town, 
 We had not stood upon defiance so : 
 But now 'tis past that no man can recall ; 
 And better some do go to wrack, tnan alL \Exit
 
 Act/y.} SDl^'AKD .HE THlRDs {Sent :it. 
 
 Scene III. Po/ton. l-ields near Poitiers. The French 
 Ca mp: Ten t of the Duke ^NORMANDY. 
 
 Enter CHARLES and VILLI EkS. 
 
 Char. I wonder, Villlers, thou bhouldsi imp6rtune me 
 For one that is our deadly enemy. 
 
 Vil. Not for his sake, my gracious lord, so much 
 Am I become an e.irnest advocate, 
 As that thereby my ransom will be quit. 
 
 CJiar. Thy ransom, man I why, need'st thou talk o( 
 that ? 
 Art thou not free? and are not all occasions 
 That happen for advantage on our foes, 
 To be accej)ted of, and stood upon ? 
 
 ViL No, good my lord, excej)! the same b« ttttC; 
 For profit must with honor ')c comix'd. 
 Or else our actions are but scandalous: 
 But, letting pass these intricate objections, 
 Will't please your highness to subscribe, or no^ 
 
 Char, Villiers, I will not, nor I cannot do it ; 
 Salisbuiy shall not have his will so much. 
 To claim a passport how it please himself. 
 
 Vil, Why, then I know the extremity, my lord, 
 I must return to prison whence I came. 
 
 Char, Return ! I hope, thou wilt iiot, VillicTB: 
 What bird, that hath escap'd the fowler's gin. 
 Will not be ware how she s ensnar'd again } 
 Or, what is he, so senseless, and secure. 
 That, having hardly pass'd a dangerous ^1f, 
 Will put himself in peril there again? 
 
 Vil. Ah, but it is mine oath, my gracious lord, 
 Which I in conscience may not violate. 
 Or else a kingdom should not draw me hence. 
 
 Char. Thine oath ! why, that doth biiul thee tO tbfd* 
 Hast thou not sworn obedience to thy prince ? 
 
 Vil. In all things that uprightly he command! : 
 But either to persuade, or threaten me. 
 Not to perform the covenant of my word, 
 Is lawless, and I need not to obey. 
 
 Char. Why, is it lawful for a man to kill. 
 And not, to break a promise with his foe ? 
 
 Vil, To kill, my lord, when war i» once proclarm'4 
 
 •.IU.5«.) Vli.4Bl
 
 iietn^.l SDWARD TH£ THIRD. UiMM/A 
 
 Bo that our quarrel be for wrongs receiv'<l. 
 
 No doubt, is lawfully permitted us : 
 
 But, in an oath, we must be well advis*d 
 
 How we do swear ; and, when we once have sworn* 
 
 Not to infringe it, though we die therefor : 
 
 Therefore, my lord, as willing I return, 
 
 As if I were to fly to paradise. [Gotngi 
 
 Char. Stay, my Villiers ; thy honorable mind 
 Deserves to be eternally admir'd. 
 Thy suit shall be no longer thus deferr'd ; 
 Give me the paper, I'll subscribe to it : 
 
 [Szgns, and gives it back^ 
 And, wheretofore I Iov*d thee as Villiers, 
 Hereafter I'll embrace thee as myself; 
 Stay, and be still in favor with thy lord. 
 
 Vil. I humbly thank your grace : I must despatch, 
 And send this passport first unto the earl, 
 And then I will attend your highness' pleasure. \Exit* 
 
 Ckar, Do so, Villiers ; — and Charles, when he hath 
 need, 
 Be such his soldiers, howsoe'er he speed ! 
 
 Enter Ki7ig JOHN. 
 
 John, Come, Charles, and arm thee ; Edward is en« 
 
 trapp'd. 
 The Prince of Wales is fall'n into our hands. 
 And we have compass'd him, he cannot scape. 
 Char, But will your highness fight to-day ? 
 Joh7i. What else, my son } he's scarce eight thousand 
 strong, 
 And we are threescore thousand at the least. 
 
 Char. I have a prophecy, my gracious lord, 
 Wherein is written, what success is like 
 To happen us in this outrageous war; 
 It was deliver'd me at Cressi' field. 
 
 By one that is an aged hermit there. \Read5, 
 
 *• When feather'd fowl shall make thine army tremble. 
 And flint stones rise, and break the battle 'ray. 
 Then think on him that doth not now dissemble; 
 
 For that shall be the hapless dreadful day; 
 Yet, in the end, thy foot thou shalt advance 
 As far in England, as thy foe in France," 
 
 VII. 484. [B.III. St<
 
 John, By this it seems we shall be fortunate: 
 
 For as it is iinpossihlc. that stones 
 
 Should ever rise, and break the battle 'ray; 
 
 Or airy fowl make men in arms to ouake; 
 
 So is it like, we shall not be subdu'd : 
 
 Or, say this mij,dit be true, yet, in the end. 
 
 Since he doth promise, we shall drive him hence. 
 
 And forage their country, as they have done ours. 
 
 By this revenge that loss will seem the less. 
 
 But all are frivolous fancies, toys, and dreams: 
 
 Once, we are sure we have ensnar'd the son. 
 
 Catch we the father after how we can. [EjteMm 
 
 Scene IV. The Same. The English camp. 
 Enter Prince Edward, Audley, and others. 
 
 Prince, Audley, the arms of death embrace lu 
 
 round, 
 And comfort have we none, save that to die. 
 We pay sour earnest for a sweeter life. 
 At Cressi' field our clouds of warlike smoke 
 Chok'd up those French moths, and dissever'd them: 
 But now their multitudes of millions hide, 
 Masking as 'twere, the beauteous burning sun ; 
 Leaving no hope to us, but sullen dark. 
 And eyeless terror of all-ending night. 
 
 Aud. This sudden, mighty, and expedient head. 
 That they have made, fair prince, is wonderful. 
 Before us in the valley lies the king, 
 Vantag'd with all that heaven and earth can yield ; 
 His party stronger battled than our whole: 
 His son, the braving Duke of Normandy, 
 Hath trimm'd the mountain on our right hand up 
 In shining plate, that now the as|iinng hill 
 Shows like a silver quarry, or an orb ; 
 Aloft the which, the banners, bannerets. 
 And new-replenish'd pendants, cuff the air. 
 And bcRt the winds, that, for their gaudiness. 
 Struggles to kiss them : on our left hand lict 
 Philip, the younger issue of the king, 
 Coating the other hill in such array, 
 B.in. SJ.) VII. 4lf.
 
 ^ct/K} EDIVARD THE THIRD, iSetne IV. 
 
 That all his gilded upright pikes do seem 
 Straight trees of gold, the pendant streamers, leaves; 
 And their device of antique heraldry, 
 Quarter'd in colors seeming sundry fruits, 
 ]Makes it the orchard of the Hesperides : 
 Behind us too the hill doth bear his height, 
 (For, like a half-moon, op'ning but one way. 
 It rounds us in) there at our backs are lodg'd 
 The fatal cross-bows ; and the battle there 
 Is govern'd by the rough Chatillion. 
 Then thus it stands, — the valley for our flight 
 The king binds in ; the hills on either hand 
 Are proudly royalized by his sons ; 
 And on the hill behind stands certain death. 
 In pay and service with Chatillion. 
 P?'ince. Death's name is much more mighty than ha 
 deeds ; — 
 Thy parceling this power hath made it more. 
 As many sands as these my hands can hold. 
 Are but my handful of so many sands ; 
 Then, all the world, — and call it but a power,— 
 Easily ta'en up, and quickly thrown away : 
 But, if I stand to count them sand by sand. 
 The number would confound niy memory. 
 And make a thousand millions of a task, 
 Which, briefly, is no more, indeed, than one. 
 These quarters, squadrons, and these regiments. 
 Before, behind us, and on either hand. 
 Are but a power : when we name a man. 
 His hand, his foot, his head, have sever?! strengths; 
 And being all but one self instant strength. 
 Why, all this many, Audley, is but one. 
 And we can call it all but one man's strength. 
 He, that hath far to go, tells it by miles ; 
 If he should tell the steps, it kills his heart : 
 The drops are infinite, that make a flood ; 
 And yet, thou know'st, we call it but a rain. 
 There is but one France, and one King of France, 
 That France hath no more kings ; and that same Idl^ 
 Hath but the puissant legion of one king ; 
 And we have one : then apprehend no odds; 
 i'or one to one is fair eouality. —
 
 ^rt/K] EDWARD THE THIRD. ISetu* IV. 
 
 Enter a Herald. 
 
 What tidings, messenger? be plain, and brief. 
 
 Her, The King of France, my sovereign lord andmas* 
 ter, 
 Greets thus by me his foe the Prince of Wales : 
 If thou call forth an iiundred men of name, 
 Of lords, knights, 'squires, and English gentlemen. 
 And with ih.yself and those kneel at his feet. 
 He straight will fold his bloody colors up. 
 And ransom shall redeem lives forfeited: 
 If not, this day shall drink more English blood 
 Than e'er was buried in our British earth. 
 What is the answer to his proffer'd mercy? 
 
 Prince. This heaven, that covers France, contains ihc 
 mercy 
 That draws from me submissive orisons ; 
 That such base breath should vanish from my lips, 
 To urge the plea of mercy to a man. 
 The Lord forbid ! Return, and tell thy king, 
 My tongue is made of steel, and it shall beg 
 My mercy on his coward burgonet ; 
 Tell him, my colors are as red as his. 
 My men as bold, our English arms as strong. 
 Return him my defiance in his face. 
 
 Her, I go. \Exit. 
 
 Enter another Herald. 
 
 Prifice. WHiat news with thee ? 
 
 Her, The Duke of Normandy, my lord and master. 
 Pitying thy youth is so engirt with peril, 
 By me hath sent a nimble-jointed jennet. 
 As swift as ever yet thou didst bestride. 
 And therewithal he counsels thee to fly ; 
 Else, death himself hath sworn, that thou shalt die. 
 
 Prince. Back with the beast unto the beast that sent 
 him ; 
 Tell him, I cannot sit a coward's horse : 
 Bid him to-day bestride the jade himself; 
 For I will stain my horse quite o'er with blood. 
 And double-gild my spurs, but I will catch him; 
 So tell the carping boy, and get thee gone. 
 
 {Exit HiraUL 
 
 %JXL if.] '^I 4»r
 
 letira BDWARD THE THIRD. Vk$9un 
 
 Enter another Heraia. 
 
 Her, Edward of Wales, Philip, the second son 
 
 To the most mighty Christian King of France, 
 Seeing thy body's living date expir'd. 
 All full of charity and Christian love. 
 Commends this book, full fraught with prayers* 
 To thy fair hand, and, for thy hour of life, 
 Entreats thee that thou meditate therein, 
 And arm thy soul for her long journey towards. 
 Thus have I done his bidding, and return. 
 
 Prz7ice. Herald of Philip, greet thy lord from me; 
 All good, that he can send, I can receive : 
 But think'st thou not, the unadvised boy 
 Hath wrong'd himself, in thus far tend'ring me ? 
 Haply, he cannot pray without the book ; 
 I think him no divine extemporal : 
 Then render back this commonplace of prayer. 
 To do himself good in adversity ; 
 Besides, he knows not my sin's quality. 
 And therefore knows no prayers for my avail ; 
 Ere night his prayer may be, to pray to God 
 To put it in my heart to hear his prayer ; 
 So tell the courtly wanton, and be gone. 
 
 Her, I go. [Exit. 
 
 Prince. How confident their strength and numbel 
 makes them ! — 
 Now, Audley, sound those silver strings of thine. 
 And let those milk-white messengers of time 
 Show thy time's learning in this dangerous time; 
 Thyself art bruis'd and bit with many broils. 
 And stratagems forepast with iron pens 
 Are texted in thine honorable face ; 
 Thou art a married man in this distress. 
 But danger woos me as a blushing maid : 
 Teach me an answer to this perilous time. 
 
 And. To die is all as common, as to live; 
 The one in choice, the other holds in chase: 
 For, from the instant we begin to live, 
 We do pursue and hunt the time to die : 
 First bud we, then we blow, and after seed ; 
 'Hien, presently, we fall ; and, as a shade 
 
 VII. 483. (■.»!. 5&
 
 Act IF.] SDIVARD THE THIRD. \.Sctn4 ¥ 
 
 Follows the body, so we follow death. 
 
 If then we hunt for deatli, why do we fear ft ? 
 
 If we fear it, wliy do we follow it ? 
 
 If we do fear, with fear we do but aid 
 
 The thing we fear to seize on us the sooner : 
 
 If we fear not, then no resolved proffer 
 
 Can overthrow the limit of our fate: 
 
 For, whether ripe, or rotten, drop wc shall, 
 
 As we do draw the lottery of our doom. 
 
 Przfice. Ah, good old man, a thousand thousand ai^ 
 mors 
 These words of thine have buckled on my back: 
 Ah, what an idiot hast thou made of life. 
 To seek the thing it fears! and how disgrac'd 
 The imperial victory of murd'ring dtath I 
 Since all the lives, his conquering arrows strike. 
 Seek him, and he not them, to shame his glory. 
 I will not give a penny for a life, 
 Nor half a halfpenny to shun grim death; 
 Since for to live is but to seek to die, 
 And dying but beginning of new life: 
 Let come the hour when he that rules it will I 
 To live, or die, I hold indifferent. {ExeunL 
 
 Scene V. T/ie Same, The French camp. 
 Enter King John and Charles. 
 
 John. A sudden darkness hath defac'd the sky, 
 Tne winds are crept into their caves for fear, 
 The leaves move not, the wood is hush'd and still. 
 The birds cease singing, and the wand "ring brooks 
 Murmur no wonted greeting to their shorts ; 
 Silence attends some wonder, and expcclelh 
 That Heaven should j)ronouncc some prophecy : 
 Whence, or from whom, proceeds this silence, Charles? 
 
 Char. Our men, with open mouths, and staring eyes. 
 Look on each other, as they did attend 
 Each other's words, and yet no creature speaks ; 
 A tongue-tied fear hath made a midnight hour. 
 And speeches sleep through all the waking regions. 
 
 John. But now the pompous sun, in all his pride, 
 Look'd through his golden coach upon the world, 
 
 E.III.S7.1 VII. 489.
 
 AciiV.'} EDWARD THE THIRD. {.Scene V^ 
 
 And, on a sudden, hath he hid hhnself ; 
 That now the under earth is as a grave, 
 Darkj deadly, silent, and uncomfortable. 
 
 ^A cIa7nor of ravens kearcU 
 Hark ! what a deadly outcry do I hear ! 
 
 Char. Here comes my brother Philip, 
 
 Johft. All dismay'd : — 
 
 Enter Philip, 
 
 What fearful words are those thy looks presage ? 
 
 Phi. A flight, a flight ! 
 
 Johti. Coward, what flight ? thou liest, there needs Dt 
 flight. 
 
 Phi. A flight ! 
 
 John. Awake thy craven powers, and tell OH 
 The ver}^ substance of that fear indeed. 
 Which is so ghastly printed in thy face : 
 What is the matter } 
 
 Phi. A flight of ugly ravens 
 Do croak and hover o'er our soldiers' heads. 
 And keep in triangles, and corner'd squares. 
 Right as our forces are embattled ; 
 With their approach there came this sudden fog; 
 Which now hath hid the airy floor of heaven, 
 And made at noon a night unnatural 
 Upon the quaking and dismayed world : 
 In brief, our soldiers have let fall their arms. 
 And stand like metamorphos'd images. 
 Bloodless and pale, one gazing on another, 
 
 John. Ay, now I call to mind the prophecy; 
 But I m.ust give no entrance to a* fear. — 
 Return, and hearten up those yielding souls; 
 Tell them, the ravens, seeing them in arms, — 
 So many fair against a famish'd fevv% — 
 Come but to dine upon their handiwork, 
 And prey upon the carrion that they kill : 
 For when we see a horse laid down to die. 
 Although he be not dead, the ravenous birds 
 Sit watching the departure of his life; 
 Even so these ravens, for the carcasses 
 Of those poor English, that are mark'd to diC^ 
 Hover about, and, if they cry to us, 
 
 VII. 4^0 (B.RI. Sli
 
 Ac(/y.] EDl^ARD THE THIRD. {Sctn* ^. 
 
 *Tis but for meat that we must kill for them. 
 
 Away, and comfort up my soldiers, 
 
 And sound the trumpets; and at once despatch 
 
 This little business of a silly fraud. {E.xit Philip. 
 
 Noise within. Enter a French Captain, ivith 
 Salisbury, prisoner. 
 
 Cap. Behold, my liege, this knight, and fortv more,— 
 Of whom the better part are slain and fled,— 
 With all endeavor sought to break our ranks. 
 And make their way to the encompass'd prince; 
 Dispose of him as please your majesty. 
 
 John, Go, and the next bough, soldier, that thou 
 seest. 
 Disgrace it with his body presently : 
 For I do hold a tree in France too good 
 To be the gallows of an English thief. 
 
 Sal. My Lord of Normandy, I have your past 
 And warrant for my safety through this land. 
 
 Char. Villiers procur'd'it for thee, did he not? 
 
 Sal. He did. 
 
 Char, And it is current, thou shalt freely pass, 
 
 John. Ay, freely to the gallows to be hang'd, 
 Without denial, or impediment : — 
 Away with him. 
 
 Char, I hope, your highness will not so disgrace mc. 
 And dash the virtue of my seal at arms : 
 He hath my never-broken name to show, 
 Character'd with this princely hand of mme ; 
 And rather let me leave to be a prince. 
 Than break the stable verdict of a prince : 
 I do beseech you, let him pass in quiet. 
 
 John. Thou and thy word lie both in my commandj 
 What canst thou promise, that 1 cannot break? 
 Which of these twain is greater infamy. 
 To disobey thy father, or thyself ? 
 Thy word, nor no man's, may exceed his power; 
 Nor that same man doth never break his word. 
 That keeps it to the utmost of his power: 
 The breach of faith dwells in the soul's consent; 
 Which if thyself without consent do break, 
 Thou art not charged with the breach of faith.— 
 
 tt.III.S9.] VII. tok.
 
 ActlKl BDWARD THE THtRD. iSc€iu¥^ 
 
 Go, hang him ; for thy license lies in me : 
 And my constraint stands the excuse for thee. 
 
 Char, What, am I not a soldier in my word ? 
 Then, arms adieu, and let them tight that list : 
 Shall I not give my girdle from my waist, 
 But with a guardian I shall be controll'd, 
 To say, I may not give my things aw^ay ? 
 Upon my soul, had Edward Prince of Wales 
 Engag'd his word, writ down his noble hand. 
 For all your knights to pass his father's land, 
 The royal king, to grace his warlike son, 
 Would not alone safe-conduct give to them, 
 But with all bounty feasted them and theirs. 
 
 jokn. Dwell'st thou on precedents ? Then be it SO.— 
 Say, Englishman, of what degree thou art ? 
 
 Sai. An earl in England, though a prisoner here ; 
 And those, that know me, call me Salisbur}-. 
 
 John. Then, Salisbur}', say, whither thou art bound? 
 
 Sal. To Calais, where my liege. King Edward, is. 
 
 John. To Calais, Salisbury ? Then to Calais pack ; 
 And bid the king prepare a noble grave. 
 To put his princely son, black Edward, in. 
 And as thou travel'st westward from this place, 
 Some two leagues hence there is a lofty hill, 
 Whose top seems topless, for the embracing sky 
 Doth hide his high head in her azure bosom. ; 
 Unto whose tall top when thy foot attains. 
 Look back upon the humble vale below, 
 (Humble of late, but now made proud with arms) 
 And thence behold the wretched Prince of Wales, 
 Hoop'd with a band of iron round about. 
 After which sight to Calais spur amain, 
 And say, the prince was smother'd, and not slain: 
 And tell the king, this is not all his ill ; 
 For I will greet him, ere he thinks I will. 
 Away, be gone ; the smoke but of our shot 
 Will choke our foes, though bullets hit them not. 
 
 [Exeuntt 
 
 Vn. 49t. [a.ni. <A
 
 fie: I v., EDWARD THE THIRD. \6ttn4 VK 
 
 Scene VI. The Same. A Part of the Field of Battle, 
 
 Aiarttms, as of a battle joined, skirmishings. 
 Enter Pince Edward and Ariois. 
 
 Art. How fares your grace? are you noi shot, my 
 lord ? 
 
 Prince, No, dear Ariois; but chok'd wiih dust and 
 smoke, 
 And stepp'd aside for breath and fresher air. 
 
 Art. Breathe then, and lo't aj^ain : the amazed French 
 Are quite distract with j^azing on the crows ; 
 And, were our quivers full of shafts ajjain. 
 Your grace should see a glorious day of this : — 
 O, for more arrows, lord I that is our want. 
 
 Prince. Courage, Artois! a fig for fealher'd shaft*. 
 When feather'd fowls do bandy on our side ! 
 What need we fight, and sweat, and keep a coil. 
 When railing crows out-scold our adversaries? 
 Up, up, Artois! the ground ilsdf is arm'd : 
 Fire-containing flint ; command our bows 
 To hurl away their pretly-color'd yew. 
 And to't with stones : away, Artois, away; 
 My soul doth prophesy we win the day, [Exeunt, 
 
 Alarums, and Parties skirmishing. Enter 
 A'inx John. 
 
 John. Our multitudes are in themselves confounded 
 Dismayed, and distraught ; swift-starting fear 
 Hath buzz'd a cold dismay through all our army. 
 And every petty disadvantage prompts 
 The fear-possessed abject soul to fly : 
 Myself, whose spirit is steel to liieir dull lead* 
 (What with recalling of the prophecy. 
 And that our native stones from English <irmt 
 Rebel against us) find myself attainted • 
 
 With strong surprise of weak and yielding fear. 
 
 Enter CHARLES. 
 
 Char. Fly, father, fly! the French do kill the French ; 
 Some that would stand, let drive at some that fly : 
 Our drums strike nothing but discouragement. 
 Our trumpets sound dishonor and retire; 
 
 R.in.6i.] VII. 4<n.
 
 £eiIS^.\ KDIVARD THE THTRD, {JScetuVl. 
 
 The spirit of fear, that feareth naught but deaths 
 Cowardly works confusion on itself. 
 
 Enter Philip. 
 
 Pki, Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day's 
 shame ! 
 An arm hath beat an army ; one poor David 
 Hath with a stone foil'd twenty stout GoHahs : 
 Some twenty naked starvelings, with small flints. 
 Have driven back a puissant host of men, 
 Array'd and fenc'd in all accomplements. 
 
 John. Mordieu, they quoit at us, and kill us up ; 
 No less than forty thousand wicked elders 
 Have forty lean slaves this day ston'd to death. 
 
 Char. O, that I were some other countr}-man ? 
 This day hath set derision on the French ; 
 And all the world will blurt and scorn at us. 
 
 JqIiu. What, is there no hope left ? 
 
 Phi. No hope, but death, to bur}^ up our shame. 
 
 John. ]\Iake up once more with me ; the twentieth part 
 Of those that live, are men enough to quail 
 The feeble handful on the adverse part. 
 
 Char. Then charge again: if Heaven be not oppos'd. 
 We cannot lose the day. 
 
 John, On, on ; away. [Exeunt, 
 
 Alansms, &*c. Enler Audley, wounded, and iwi 
 Esquires, his rescuers. 
 
 First Esq, How fares my lord ? 
 
 Aud. E'en as a man may do. 
 That dines at such a bloody feast as this. 
 
 Sec. Esq. I hope, my lord, that is no mortal SCar. 
 
 Aud. No matter, if it be ; the count is cast. 
 And, in the worst, ends but a mortal man. 
 Good friends, convey me to the princely Edward* 
 That, in the crimson braveiy of my blood, 
 I may become him with saluting him ; 
 ni smile, and tell him, that this open scar 
 Doth end the harvest of his Audley 's war. [Exeunt, 
 
 [Otkdr alarums; aft*rwards» a retreat, 
 
 VIL tat. [E.I1I. 62.
 
 Aet/y.i ^Dn'A/i^ THE TH.iil). \^tm« VIM. 
 
 Scene VII. The Same. The English Camp. 
 
 Flourish. Enter Prime Edwaku. /// triumph, leading 
 
 prisoners, Kini^ JuHN afui his son CllAKLtS ; 
 
 and vjjieers, soldiers, &»c. , with 
 
 ensii^ns spread. 
 
 Prince, Now, John in Trance, and lately John oi 
 France, 
 Thy bloody ensigns are my captive colors; 
 And you, high-vauiuin^^ Charles of Normandy, 
 That once to-day sent me a horse to fly. 
 Are now the subjects of my clemency. 
 Fie, lords I is't not a shame, that Knglish boyt, 
 Whose early days are yet not worth a beard. 
 Should in the bosom of your kingdom thus, 
 One against twenty, beat you up together? 
 
 John. Thy fortune, not thy force, hath conquer'd utu 
 
 Prince, An argument, that Heaven aids the right. — 
 Enter Artois, luith Philip. 
 See, see, Artois doth bring along with him 
 The late good counsel-giver to my soul ! — 
 Welcome, Artois ; — and welcome, I'hilip, tOOt 
 Who now, of you, or I, have need to pray ? 
 Now is the proverb verified in you, 
 Too brigiu a morning breeds a louring day.— - 
 
 Enter Audley, led by the two Esquires, 
 But, say, what grim discouragement comes here! 
 Alas, what thousand armed men of France 
 Have writ that note of death in Audley's face? — 
 Speak, thou that woo'^t death with thy careless smilc; 
 And look St so merrily upon thy grave 
 As if thou wert enamor'd on thine end. 
 What hungry sword hath so bereav'd thy face. 
 And lopp'd a true friend from my loving soul ? 
 
 And. O prince, thy sweet bemoaning speech tO IDt 
 Is as a mournful knell to one dead-sick. 
 
 Prince. Dear Audley, if my tongue ring out thy CDd 
 My arms sliall be liiy grave : what mav 1 do. 
 To win thy life, or to revenge thy death } 
 If thou wilt drink the blooil of captive king!,— 
 Or, that it were restorative, command
 
 4te KJ XDWARD THE THIRD. [Sc»mt M 
 
 A health ef king's blood, and HI drink to thee : 
 If honor may ( ispense for thee with death, 
 The never-dying honor of this day 
 Share wholly, Audley, to thyself, and live. 
 
 A7^(f. Victorious prince, — that thou art 80, behokt 
 A Caesar's fame in kings' captivity,— 
 If I could hold dim death but at a bay, 
 'Till I did see my liege thy ro3-al father, 
 My soul should yield this castle of my flesh, 
 This mangled tribute, with all willingness. 
 To darkness, consummation, dust, and worms. 
 
 Prince. Cheerly, bold man ! thy soul is all too proud^ 
 To yield her city for one little breach ; 
 She'ld be divorcM from her earthly spouse 
 By the soft temper of a Frenchman's sword? 
 Lo, to repair thy life, I give to thee 
 Three thousand marks a year in English land. 
 
 And. I take thy gift, to pay the debts I owe : 
 These two poor 'squires redeem'd me from the Frendli 
 With lusty and dear hazard of their lives ; 
 What thou hast given to me, I give to them ; 
 And, as thou lov'st me, prince, lay thy consent 
 To this bequeath in my last testament. 
 
 P?'ince. Renowned Audley, live, and have from me 
 This gift twice doubled, to these 'squires, and thee : 
 But, live, or die, what thou hast given away. 
 To these, and theirs, shall lasting freedom stay,— 
 Come, gentlemen, I'll see my friend bestow'd 
 Within an easy litter ; then we'll march 
 Proudly toward Calais, with triumphant pace. 
 Unto my royal father, and there bring 
 The tribute of my wars, fair France's king, [Exeunt, 
 
 ACTV. 
 Scene I. Picardy, The EitgUsk Camp before Calais, 
 
 Enter King Edward, with Philippa his Qtieejt and 
 
 Derby ; Officers, Soldiers, &^c, 
 
 Edward, No more, Queen Philippa, pacify yourself ; 
 Copland, except he can excuse his fault, 
 Shall find displeasure written in our looks. — 
 
 vil. 496. (ftm. N.
 
 d^t-y.l MDWAMJf THE THl.^^D. LtMvA. 
 
 And now unto this proud resisting town ; 
 
 Soldiers, assault ; I will no longer stay, 
 
 To be deluded by their false dda) s ; 
 
 Put all to sword, and make the spoil your own. 
 
 Trumpets sound to anus. Enter , froni the t«mm, wim 
 Citizens^ in their shirts, and bare- 
 footed, with halters about 
 their necks. 
 
 at, Mercy, King Edward ! nieic\ , gracious lord ! 
 
 Ediu, Contemptuous villains! call ye now for truce ^ 
 Mine ears are slopp'd against your bootless cries: — 
 Sound, drums; \^Alaruni\ draw, threat'ning swordtl 
 
 First at. Ah, noble i)rince. 
 Take pity on this town, and hear us, mighty King! 
 We claim the promise that your highness made; 
 The two days' respite is not yet exj)ir'd, 
 And we are come, with willingness, to bear 
 What torturing death, or punishment, you please. 
 So that the trembling multitude be sav'd. 
 
 Edw. My promise ? well, 1 do confess as much : 
 But I requir'd the chiefest ciiiztns. 
 And men of most account, that should submit j 
 Vou, peradventure, are but servile grooms. 
 Or some felonious robbers on the sea. 
 Whom, apprehended, law would execute. 
 Albeit severity lay dead in us : 
 No, no, ye cannot over-reach us thus. 
 
 Sec, at. The sun, dread lord, that in the westcn UM. 
 Beholds us now low brought through miser)'. 
 Did in the orient purple of the morn 
 Salute our coming forth, when we were known; 
 Or may our portion be with damned fu nds. 
 
 Edw. If it be so, then let our covenant stand. 
 We take possession of the town in peace : 
 But, for yourselves, look you for no remorse ; 
 But, as imperial justice hath decreed. 
 Your bodies shall be dragg'd about these wnlls. 
 And after feel the stroke of quarteiing steel : 
 This is your doom ; — go, soUhers. see it done. 
 
 Queen. Ah, be more miUI unto iluse yieldmg 
 It is a glorious thing, to 'stablish peace ; 
 
 ■411. 69.] ^"- ^^
 
 ^ctl^.':' hry^ARL THE THIRD. {Scene I. 
 
 And kings approach the nearest unto God, 
 
 By giving life and safety unto men : 
 
 As thou^ntendest to be King of France, 
 
 .So let her people live to call thee king ; 
 
 For what the sword cuts down, or fire hath spoird. 
 
 Is held in reputation none of ours. 
 
 E:iw. Although experience teach us this is true, 
 
 Th;it peaceful quietness brings most delight 
 
 When most of all abuses are controli'd, 
 
 Yet; insomuch it shall be known, that we 
 
 As well can master our affections, 
 
 As conquer other by the dint of sword, 
 
 Philippa, prevail ; we yield to thy request ; 
 
 These men shall live to boast of clemency, — 
 
 A.v\6., tyranny, strike terror to thyself. 
 
 at. Long live your highness ! happy be your reign \ 
 Ediu. Go, get you hence, return unto the town ; 
 
 And if this kindness hath deserv'd your love, 
 
 Learn then to reverence Edward as your king. — 
 
 [Exeunt Czti'sens, 
 
 u>^cw, might we hear of our affairs abroad. 
 
 We would, 'till gloomy winter were o'er-spent. 
 
 Dispose our men in garrison a while. 
 
 But who comes here } 
 
 Enter Copland and King David. 
 
 Der. Copland, my lord, and David King of Scots. 
 
 Ediu. Is this the proud presumptuous squire o* thf 
 north, 
 Tha<: would not yield his prisoner to my queen } 
 
 Cop. I am, my liege, a northern 'squire, indeed, 
 But neither proud nor insolent, I trust. 
 
 Edio. WHiat mov'd thee then, to be so obstinate 
 Tc contradict our royal queen's desire } 
 
 Cop. No willful disobedience, mighty lord. 
 But my desert, and public law of arms : 
 1 took the king myself in single fight ; 
 And, like a soldier, would be loath to lose 
 The least pre-eminence that I had won : 
 And Copland, straight upon your highness* charge. 
 Is com.e to France, and, with a lowly mind, 
 Dcth vail the bonnet of his victory. 
 
 VII. 4^3. ts.isi. 5fc
 
 /J" Kj EDWARD TUL rUIKD. f>/rv / 
 
 Receive, dread lord, the custom cf my fraught. 
 The wealthy tribute of my laboring hands; 
 Which shoukl long since have been surrcnd<r'd up. 
 Had but your gracious self beer, there in place. 
 
 Qjieen, But, Copland, thou didst scorn the king's conv 
 mand, 
 Neglecting our ccrnmission in his name. 
 
 Cop. His name i reverence, but his person more, 
 His name shall keep nic in alU-giance still, 
 But to his person 1 will btnd my knee. 
 
 Eihu. I pray thee, I'hilii)pa, let displeasure pass; 
 This man doth please me, and I like his words; 
 For what is he, that w ill attempt high deeds, 
 And lose the glory that ensues the same? 
 All rivers have recourse unto the sea; 
 And Copland's faith, relation to his king. — 
 Kneel therefore down ; now risr. King Edward'i knight : 
 And, to maintain thy state, I freely give 
 Five hundred marks a year to thee and thine. — 
 
 Enter Salisbury. 
 
 Welcome, Lord Salisbury: what news from Brelagne? 
 
 Sal. This, mighty king: the country we have w-oo; 
 And John de Monlfort, regent of that j)lacc. 
 Presents your highness with this coioiu-t. 
 Protesting true allegiance to your j;i.icc. 
 
 Eihu. We thank thee for thy service, valiant cari ; 
 Challenge our favor, for we owe it thee. 
 
 Sal. But now, my lord, as this is joyful new-fc. 
 So must my voice be tragical again. 
 And I must sing of doleful accidents. 
 
 Edw. What, have our men the overthrow at PoitifTt F 
 Or is my son beset with too nmch odds ? 
 
 Sal. He was, my lord : and as my wonhlctt sdi 
 With forty other serviceable knights. 
 Under safe-conduct of the Dauphin's sea) 
 Did travel that way, tintling him distress^ 
 A troop of lances met us on the way, 
 Surpris'd, and brought us prisoners to the kiQf ( 
 Who, proud of this, and eager of revenue. 
 Commanded straig'nt to cut off all our head** 
 And surely we had died, but that the duke 
 
 A.1I1. 67.) ^**' •*•
 
 Wtf^KJ EDWARD THE THIRD, iSctnt i. 
 
 More full of honor than his angry sire, 
 
 Procur'd our quick deliverance from thence : 
 
 But, ere we went, " Salute your king," quoth he, 
 
 *' Bid him provide a funeral for his son, 
 
 To-day our sword shall cut his thread of life ; 
 
 And, sooner than he thinks, we'll be with him. 
 
 To quittance those displeasures he hath done: " 
 
 This said, we pass'd, not daring to reply ; 
 
 Our hearts were dead, our looks diffus'd and wan. 
 
 WandVing, at last we climb'd unto a hill ; 
 
 Trom whence, although our grief were much before. 
 
 Yet now to see the occasion with our eyes 
 
 Did thrice so much increase our heaviness : 
 
 For there, my lord, O, there we did descry 
 
 Down in a valley how both armies lay. 
 
 The French had cast their trenches like a ring ; 
 
 And every barricado's open front 
 
 Was thick emboss'd with brazen ordnance : 
 
 Here stood a battle of ten thousand horse ; 
 
 There twice as many pikes, in quadrantwise : 
 
 Here cross-bows, arm/d with deadly-wounding dartS: 
 
 And in the midst, like to a slender point 
 
 Within the compass of the horizon, — 
 
 As't were a rising bubble in the sea, 
 
 A hazel-wand amidst a wood of pines, — 
 
 Or as a bear fast chain'd unto a stake. 
 
 Stood famous Edward, still expecting when 
 
 Those dogs of France would fasten on his flesh. 
 
 Anon, the death-procuring knell begins : 
 
 Off go the cannons, that, with trembling noise. 
 
 Did shake the very mountain where we stood ; 
 
 Then sound the trumpets' clangors in the air, 
 
 The battles join : and, when we could no more 
 
 Discern the difference 'twixt the friend and foe, 
 
 (So intricate the dark confusion was) 
 
 Away we turn'd our wat'r}- eyes, with sighs 
 
 As black as powder fuming into smoke. 
 
 And thus, I fear, unhappy have I tojd 
 
 The most untimely tale of Edward's fall. 
 
 Queen. Ah me ! is this my welcome into France? 
 Is this the comfort, that I look'd to have. 
 When I should meet with my beloved son ? 
 
 VII. soo. (B.ni. 6&
 
 4cty»t MDH^ARD THE THIKD. {*itm, i 
 
 Sweet Ned, I would, thy mother in the Rca 
 Had been prevented of this mortal grief f 
 
 Edw. Content ihre, Philippa ; 'tis not leart, wfllMrfw 
 To call him back, if he be taken hence: 
 Comfort thyself, as I do. gentle queen, 
 With hope of sharp, unheard-of, (hre revenge— 
 He bids me to provide his funeral ; 
 And so I will : l)ut all the peers in France 
 Shall mourners be, and weep out bloody tear^ 
 Until their empty veins be dn.- and sere': 
 The pillars of his hearse shall br their bonet; 
 The mold that covers him thtir cities* ashes; 
 His knell, the j^roaning cries of dying men ; 
 And, in the stead of tapers on his tomb. 
 An hundred fifty towers shall burning blaze. 
 While we bewail our valiant son's decease 
 
 Flourish of trumpets ivithin. Enter a HertJd. 
 
 Her. Rejoice, my lord; ascend the imperial throat ! 
 The mighty and redoubted Prince of Wales, 
 Great servitor to bloody Mars in arms, 
 The Frenchman's terror, and his countr)'s fame. 
 Triumphant rideth like a Roman i)eer : 
 And, lowly at his stirrup, comes afoot 
 King John of France, together with his son, 
 In captive bonds ; whose diadem he brings. 
 To crown thee with, and to proclaim thee king. 
 
 EdiL\ Away with mourning, Philippa, wipe thine 
 eyes; — 
 Sound, trumpets, welcome in Plantagcnet ! 
 
 A loud flourish. Enter Prince. AfDI.KY. ARTOIS.tt'/'/A 
 Kini^ John, and PHILIP. 
 
 As things, long lost, when they are found again. 
 
 So doih my son rejoice his father's heart. 
 
 For whomi even now, my soul was much prrplcx'd ! 
 
 \Runnini^ to the Prince, and einhacin^ him. 
 Queen. Be this a "token t^ expr»:ss niy joy. 
 *" I Kissing kinu 
 
 For inward passions will not let me spea'w. 
 
 Prince, My gracious father, here receive me gifl. 
 \P resenting him with Ktng John's ^ 
 
 tt.Ml.6Q.) VII. 50«.
 
 Actil EDV/ARn THE THIRD, '^Scen^S. 
 
 This wreath of conquest, and reward of war. 
 Got with as mickle peril of our lives, 
 As e'er was thing of price before this day ; 
 Install your highness in your proper right : 
 And, herewithal, I render to your hands 
 These prisoners, chief occasion of our strife 
 
 Edw. So, John of France, I see, you keep your word. 
 You promis'd to be sooner with ourself 
 Than we did think for, and 'tis so indeed: 
 But, had you done at first as now you do. 
 How many civil towns had stood untouch'd, 
 That now are turn'd to ragged heaps of stones? 
 How many people's lives might you have sav'd, 
 That are untimely sunk into their graves ? 
 
 John. Edward, recount not things irrevocable ; 
 Tell me what ransom thou requir'st to have ? 
 
 Edw. Thy ransom, John, hereafter shall be kncwn : 
 But first to England thou must cross the seas, 
 To see what entertainment it affords ; 
 Howe'er it falls, it cannot be so bad 
 As ours hath been since we arriv'd in France. 
 
 John. Accursed man ! of this I was foretold. 
 But did misconster what the prophet told. 
 
 Prince. Now, father, this petition Edward makes,-r- 
 To Thee, \k7ieels\ whose grace hath been his strongest 
 
 shield. 
 That, as Thy pleasure chose me for the man 
 To be the instrument to show Thy power, 
 So Thou wilt grant, that many princes more. 
 Bred and brought up within that little isle. 
 May still be famous for like victories ! — 
 And, for my part, the bloody scars I bear, 
 The weary nights that I have watch'd in field. 
 The dangerous conflicts I have often had. 
 The fearful menaces were proffer'd me, 
 The heat, and cold, and what else might displease, 
 I wish were now redoubled twenty-fold ; 
 So that hereafter ages, when they read 
 The painful traffic of my tender youth. 
 Might thereby be inflamed with such resolve. 
 As not the territories of France alone, 
 But likewise Spain, Turkey, and what countries else 
 
 VIL «o». fs.ui. fft
 
 Hetr.l BDIVARD THE THIRD. {S,,mti 
 
 That justly would provoke fair England's ire. 
 Might, at their presence, tremble and retire! 
 
 AV/Tf/. Here, English lords, we do proclaim a rwt. 
 And interceasing of our j)ainful arms : 
 Sheathe up your swords, refresh your weary limbs. 
 Peruse your si)oiIs ; and, after we have brcath'd 
 A day or two within this haven town, 
 God willing, then for England we'll be shipp'd ; 
 Where, in a haj)j)y hour, I trust, we shall 
 Arrive, three kings, two princes, and a queen. 
 
 [J'7uu/ is/i. KAtur^t ortnfi 
 
 Vtl-fin.
 
 A GLOSSARY 
 
 rrmrsUAL iroRDs axd iroKDS lsed in v.\usif4Ji 
 
 SENSES IN" THE WORKS OF 
 
 SH AKi: SPKA R 1 . 
 
 abate, to cast down in spirit) to 
 
 blitiit ; to take away. 
 
 Abcee-book, ;.n A-H-C-bwk. 
 
 abhor. <'t a mere- word of passion, 
 l)::t a technical term in the canon 
 
 abide, to be accountable for. 
 able, tu qualify or uphold, 
 abode, t • forebode, 
 abridg'ment a dramatic perfof 
 
 ■ i.i l:, I lie players, who represent 
 an iiltiiii^iutnt. 
 
 abrook. to brook, 
 absent. /////<-. absence. 
 
 absolute, determined, pa<utiv«. 
 abuse, l" impose upon. 
 aby. I lie same as to abiiit, 
 aCCGpt. acceptation, 
 accite. t . summon ; to impel. 
 accOiiiplish'd. 7<'/V//, attained to. 
 aCCOrdingrly. proportionably. 
 acknown. acquainted with, 
 acouitum. aconite, 
 acturo. •• ti-n. 
 adamant thr magnet. 
 
 addiction, inclination, 
 addition, title. m.irk of distinct- 
 
 in ; ' va.geration. 
 address, to prepare, 
 admiral, the chief ship of a fleet. 
 admittance, fashion, 
 advertise, lo be convenuint with. 
 
 advertisement, admonition, 
 advertising: attentive. 
 
 advice, c msiileratloti. 
 advised, ileliberatc ; cauliout. 
 affect, to love, 
 affect tilt littt-r, practice alliterA' 
 
 affection, imagination; »ymp.ithy; 
 
 ^iTccta'ion. 
 
 affecta. affection*. 
 
 affeer'd. (a Uw.|crm> conflnned. 
 
 affin'd ' •■!>'-i| b> afliiuiy. 
 
 .if*"" * '-ncounier. 
 
 a h; to ci/nfi I-. 
 
 ;i. . t 
 
 ii;i:kritvutu kitttytt, add to hia 
 
 a^let-baby. a «mall im^ige or head 
 > It un ilic tag of a point oc 
 
 ei^leta tac^ to !ace« ; pendanu (*t 
 
 oin.,nients in hejd.<*rt-»<.. 
 ag-nlB«. to acknowicd^r 
 a-ROOd. heartily. 
 a-hold Liv hfr. inakc.><i. ,. .i...<i 
 
 t ) the Wind, and keep ciear ol 
 
 land. 
 aim. conjecture. To cry Aimt 
 
 to fH^nnra^, \o giv* mtm ; to ^/« 
 
 '** 
 
 ■ii« 
 
 ■ . .../<•// 
 
 1^ I'M- Mii"-n«iiv« ol ##</, wil«ll 
 i;ir.i;'.> " .'car." 
 uIm - 
 
 AU-huIIuWU tfmmtr, Ulc Mia»> 
 Rlii.'holv ' :».lrrof Mr»,QuickIf 
 II fMr».QukUy 
 
 allow. :witi*pru^c ; ioIk««»« : tk0 
 tt'iH.f, "atand to the )e«vani o| 
 mr 
 
 allowance approbation 
 
 all-thlUff. cvct> »av.
 
 A MA IMON-BA XQ UE T. 
 
 Amaimon, the name of a demon, 
 ames-ace, the lowest throw upon 
 
 tneViice. 
 amiss, ruisfortune ; fault, 
 amort, ':ic<t aii amort. 
 anatom.y, a skeleton. 
 anclior, an anchorite. 
 ancient, a standard bearer • a 
 
 standard. 
 ang-el, bird of the air *, a gold coin, 
 
 highest value ten shillings. 
 1 -nig- lit, by night, 
 anon, coming 
 ans"wer, retaliation. 
 
 anfciiropopliag-inian,acannibaL 
 
 antres, caverns. 
 
 appaid. satisfied. 
 
 apparent, heir-apparent. 
 
 appeacb., to impeach. 
 
 appeal, according to its most an- 
 cient siijnification, implies a ref- 
 erence by name to a charge or 
 accusation, and an offer, or chal- 
 lenge, to support such charge by 
 the ordeal of single combat. 
 
 apperil. peril, 
 
 apple- Jolin, a sort of apple, con- 
 sidered to be in perfection when 
 
 shriveled and withered. 
 
 apprehension, sarcasm. 
 
 approbation, proof ; novitiate. 
 approof, approbation ; proof, 
 approve, to prove ; to confirm ; to 
 
 recommend to approbation. 
 apricock. an apricot. 
 aqua vitae, a term for ardent 
 
 spirits in general. 
 Aquilon, the North-wind. 
 Arabian bi-rd, the phoenix. 
 arch, a chief. 
 argal, a vulgar corruption of the 
 
 Lit in word €7- go. 
 Arg'ier, the old name for Algiers. 
 arg-o. a vulgar corruption of the 
 
 Latin word e7-g-o. 
 arg-ument, conversation ; subject, 
 arm. take in one's arms. 
 aroint. " Begone !'■ 
 
 arras-counterpoints, counter- 
 panes of arras. 
 
 arrose, to sprinkle. 
 
 art m, in theorj-. 
 
 article of great yOi large compre- 
 hension. 
 
 articulate, to enter into articles ; 
 to exhibit in articles. 
 
 artificial, artful. 
 
 aspersion, a sprinkling. 
 
 "as's'' of orcat charge. Here a 
 quibble is intended betv\ een as the 
 conditional particle, and ass the 
 beast of burden. 
 
 assenablance. external aspect. 
 assinico. a silly, a stupid fellow, 
 assistance, assessors. 
 
 assum'd. reached; attained. 
 
 assurance to pass, to make » 
 conveyance or deed. Deeds are 
 by law-writers called " The com- 
 mon assurances of the realm," 
 because thereby each man's prop* 
 erty is assured to him. 
 
 assured, affianced. 
 
 atomies, atoms. 
 
 atomy <,a corruption of anatomy)^ 
 
 a skeleton. 
 atone, to reconcile; to unite. 
 attach, to arrest. 
 
 attaint, stain. 
 
 attask'd. blamed. 
 
 attent, attentive. 
 
 aunt, a good old dame ; a cant 
 term for a loose woman. 
 
 avised, for advised. 
 
 away luith. to bear with. 
 
 diVJ^fxil banks, the proper limits of 
 reverence. 
 
 awful men, men who reverence 
 the laws and usages of society. 
 
 awkward, distorted. 
 
 awleSS, standing in awe of noth- 
 ing ; not reverenced. 
 
 ay me, the Italian aimi. 
 
 baccare, a cant exclamation sig- 
 nifying "Go back." 
 
 baffle, to use contemptou'^ly. 
 
 Bajazefs nmte^ the allusion in 
 this passage (where the original 
 reads ■' mule") has not yet been 
 explained. 
 
 baldrick. a belt. 
 
 iDalk'd. piled up in balks or ridges. 
 
 ballast, the contracted form of 
 bal!a>ted. 
 
 ballow, a cudgel . 
 
 balm, the oil of consecration. 
 
 Banbury cheese, a cream cheese, 
 which was proverbiall}' thin. 
 
 band, a bond. 
 
 ban-dog:s, properly hand-do^, so 
 called bec-iuse on account of their 
 fierceness they required to be 
 botind or chained, and used morft 
 particularly for baiting bears. 
 
 bank'd their t^'zuns, means most 
 probably " sailed past their towns 
 on the banks of the river." 
 
 banquet, what we now call a 
 dessert. " A running banquet, 
 literally epeaking. is a hasty re- 
 fresh>nent, as set in opposition t«J 
 a reeular and f'mtracted meal^.-
 
 HI RRA SOX-BESTRA L'O If / 
 
 Barbason. the name of a demon : 
 ihc s.ime as " M.»rt>as, alias Bar- 
 
 bxrbed. equipped with military 
 
 barbermon^er, a fop who deaU 
 
 nuicli with l>.irhcrs. 
 
 hare. m,rr and nai-cif. 
 
 barful. full of impediments. 
 
 barm, yeast. 
 
 barn, a child. 
 
 barnacles, multivalve shell-fish ; 
 anciently supposed to turn into a | 
 Solan goose ; sometimes supposed 
 to grow on trees, and thence to I 
 drop into the sea, and become i 
 j^cese 
 
 SarrabaS. invariably made short I 
 in the second syllable by iht j 
 poetical writers of Shakespeare's 
 diys. 
 
 base, prison-biise, or prison-biirs, < 
 — a rustic game. 
 
 'b'3.3& con r/,/>ass,'-cOHr, Ft. \ 
 
 bases. ^ kind of embroidered man- 
 tle, which hung down from the i 
 middle to about the knees, or 
 louer, worn by knights on horse- ) 
 b.ck. I 
 
 basilisk, an imaginary creature 
 (called also sfckatrice), supposed 
 to kill by its ver>' look ; a huge 
 piece of ordnance. 
 
 Oasta. enough. 
 
 bastard, a sweetish wine (ap- 
 proaching to the muscadel wine in 
 fl.ivor. and perhaps marie from a 
 bastard specie* of muscadine 
 srape). 
 bat, a cudgel. 
 
 bate, strife ; to flutter, to flap the 
 uin^s. a term in falconry ; to ex- 
 cept; to blunt; breeding, :x^\. to 
 cause strife. 
 
 batten, to grow fat. 
 bauble, the licensed Fool s or 
 Jcstcr"s official scepter. 
 
 3avian— /'■4<'. I'^'c I?aboon. 
 bavin wZ/j, flashing wits, Bavin 
 
 is a iagot of brushwood, but the 
 
 word is used sometimes adjcciively 
 bawblingr. contemptible. 
 bawCOCk. .1 burlesque term Of en- 
 
 .Ic.irineiit, said to be derived from 
 
 the French bniu ,-oq. 
 bay. a principal compartment or 
 
 .liviMon in the architectural ar- 
 
 r lu^ement of a building. 
 bay rrir'tf: ^rc lurtnf —Bay. 
 beadsman, one who prays for the 
 
 uelfare of another,— a praycrm.»ii. 
 
 beak, a «ir 
 
 head of «i 
 f'rec4»tle 
 
 bear. x<> ^ 
 
 t>crfe< t f- 
 lave an u: 
 
 dy M ih« 
 .c>»; lb* 
 
 - • 
 U 
 
 'H 
 
 im hand, to «mu%« with (ahc 
 tense*. 
 
 1 
 
 equcoiljr 
 
 lu cJipie^.« itic lifi 
 
 !t M 
 
 in reality the ! 
 
 ■ »». 
 
 adaptr! t . ttir 
 
 .nt 
 
 the 
 
 an 
 
 opi- 
 
 ..h 
 
 whrn 
 
 . ff. 
 
 without |<utiw>t; oil 
 
 .u hc;wct. o( 
 
 taking his repast. 
 
 
 becks. br.ws. 
 
 
 become, t" adapt or 
 
 render fit. 
 
 becoming', the i>o\» 
 Bedlam. -- 
 
 er of Ktlinc- 
 
 
 befiT../'' 
 
 to llC Ills ^ 
 
 - ,'ij 
 
 i.h'cta //.,,•;«.'. n.L 
 
 
 bepaiird. c.vercd. 
 
 benave. t.. i; s- m. 
 
 
 
 beldam. •> 
 
 ■-.— a 
 
 h..^: ..gr 
 
 
 be-lee'd. ^ 
 
 
 be-mete i - 
 
 
 bemoiled. bmurr ! 
 
 
 benefit. •« term d 
 
 bw : bcncA- 
 
 ci.iry. 
 
 
 benison. blessing. 
 
 
 bent, t'.--- "!:" '-■ ' 
 
 ri^rr .t any 
 
 pass. 
 
 lh« 
 
 exi' 
 
 ^t; 
 
 the 
 
 t t* 
 
 dr.»wn ..s !..: .. 
 
 
 Berffomaak ./ « 
 
 fter 
 ol 
 
 thp iiniiner nf 
 
 Hcrg'.iins, I., .\ . 
 
 ,:. UaXf 
 
 l.r! ,1,^.11.: I . ibr \ 
 
 rvrli >a>. 
 
 Bermoothes. H-mn •... 
 
 beshrew. 10 cui»«. 
 
 a mild form of 
 
 besonian. pror*-^ 
 
 
 iierily Irilow. . 
 
 used in the sc^ 
 
 . or 
 
 needy vildier ;"' 
 
 ■ ^^ 
 
 came a term .1 
 
 rr; • —"a 
 
 knave, a scoundrel 
 
 " 
 
 beaort. t.- -mi 
 beat, i-r.x^ 
 bested—' 
 bestow, t 
 beatraturht. 
 
 i>^
 
 BETEEM—BO]]- 
 
 beteem, to give in streaming 
 
 abundance ; to suffer. 
 "bettering', magnifying. 
 bevel, crooked. 
 
 bewray, to discover. 
 
 bias, swelled. 
 
 bid. endured. 
 
 bide upon' t— To, "My abiding 
 opinion is." 
 
 bigrgren. a cap for the head. 
 
 bilbo, a sword (so called from Bil- 
 boa, in Spain. which was famous for 
 its manufacture of sword-blades). 
 
 bilboes, a bar of iron with fetters 
 annexed to it. by which mutinous 
 or disorderly sailors were anciently 
 linked together ; (derived from 
 B 17 boa). 
 
 bill, a sort of pike or halbert, or 
 rather a kind of brttle-ax affixed 
 to a long staff, formerly carried by 
 the English infantry, and after- 
 wards the usual weapon of watch- 
 men. 
 
 tin been. 
 
 Cird-bolt. a short thick arrow 
 •vith a blun.ed extremity, for kill- 
 ins: birds without piercing them. 
 
 birthdom., birthright. 
 
 bisson, blind. 
 
 bitter sifet'tzn<;^, an apple which 
 has a compound taste of sweet 
 nnd bitter. 
 
 Black-Monda-y, Easter-Monday. 
 
 blank, the white in the center of 
 the butts. 
 
 blanks, a mode of extortion, by 
 which blank papers were given to 
 the agents of the crown, which 
 they were to fill up as they pleased, 
 to authorize the demands they 
 chose to make. 
 
 blast in proof, burst in the trial. 
 
 bleared thine eyne, imposed upon 
 you 
 
 blench.es. starts from rectitude. 
 
 blind-worm, a slo«-worm. 
 
 blister'd breeches, breeches puff- 
 ed, swelled out like blisters. 
 
 block, the hat itself ; the shape or 
 fashion of a hat. 
 
 blood, disposition, tem.perament, 
 to be in, to be in good condition. > 
 
 blood-boltered, besmeared with 
 i)lood. 
 
 bloody, ill or of the blood. 
 
 blow, to swell. 
 
 blulDber'd. weeping ; to blubber 
 did not fo'-me'-ly convey the some- 
 what ludicrous idea which it does 
 at present. 
 
 blue-bcttl© ros^te. an allusi'^n to 
 
 the dress of the beadle, which is 
 
 Shakespeare's days was blue, 
 blue-caps, a name of ridicule 
 
 given to the Scots, from their blue 
 
 bonnets. 
 blue coats, the common dress of 
 
 serving-men in Shakespeare's time 
 
 and long before. 
 blunt, dull, insensible. 
 blurted at, held in contempt. 
 blush bike a biack dcg., to have a 
 
 brazen face. 
 
 board, to accost. 
 
 bob, a taunt ; to cheat. 
 
 bogrgrler, a vicious womaiu 
 
 bold, confident. 
 
 holds, emboldens, 
 
 bolins, bowlines. 
 
 bollen, swollen. 
 
 bolt, an arrow. 
 
 bolted, sifted. 
 
 bolters, sieves. 
 
 boltingr-hutch, the wooden re. 
 
 ceptacle into which the meal is 
 
 bolted. 
 bombard, a large leathern vessel 
 
 for distributing liquor. 
 bombast, material for stuffing out 
 
 dresses. 
 
 bona-roba, a courtesan. 
 
 bond — / know it yor w/_j', know it 
 to be my bounden dutj'. 
 
 bonneted, generally explained 
 " toi k off their bonnets"; but 
 the passage is very awkward and 
 obscure. 
 
 book, one's studies, learning. 
 
 boot, booty ; to enrich ; profit ; it 
 is tioboot lit is of no avail); Grace 
 to boot (over and above, in addi- 
 tion") ; a make weight. 
 
 boots — Give me net the, a pro- 
 verbial expression signifying don't 
 make a laughing-stock of me ; 
 perhaps an allusion to the diaboli- 
 cal torture of the boot. 
 j bore, capacity. 
 
 bosky, woody. 
 
 I bosom, wish, 
 I boss'd, embossed, studied. 
 I botcher, a mender of old clothes 
 bottle of Jiay, truss of hay. 
 bottled, bunch-backed ; " that 
 bottled spider." means that hump* 
 ed or hunched venomous creature. 
 bottom, a valley ; a ball of thread t 
 
 it on vie, wind it on me. 
 bots, worms that breed in the en* 
 trails of horses ; bots on'i (a t 
 execration). 
 bourn, a brook : a boundary 
 bo-w a yoke.
 
 BD V'LfXC-CA.\ 
 
 Uvtwliu^. sec holint. 
 
 boy-queller. boy killer. 
 
 bi'aboie. .. Mjuabble. 
 
 brabblor, ihc name of a hound ; A 
 w r.iiiglcr. 
 
 brace, &iAle of defence ; armor fur 
 lii-: ;»rin. 
 
 bracb, from the French trae or 
 /■f .ii/uf, or the German, Sract^ • 
 s. ciiiiiig doj;. 
 
 braid, perhaps crafty or deceitful ; 
 I > reproach. 
 
 brain. t<> unilersland. 
 
 I'rainish upprthtHsion, brain- 
 >ick nii> 'il, or Conceit. 
 
 braiu-pan. the skull. 
 
 brakes </' vii.f, engine* r f torture. 
 
 brave, t > m.ikc fine ; to bluster; a 
 b M>t, .1 defiance. 
 
 bravery, fuiery ; bravado. 
 
 brawl, in its sij;Milic.ition of a 
 ci.tiK c i-i from the French bramU, 
 iiulicating a shaking or swinging 
 r,i.)ti'.n, 
 
 brazen tomls^ allusion *' to the 
 orn.iiucntini^ the tombs of eminent 
 pcp-ons with figures and inscrip- 
 tions on plates of trass.'" 
 
 breach o/ the tea, breaking of the 
 
 break, »</, to break open, to carve 
 — UMil metaphorirnlly of opening 
 .1 letter; lirrak o/'CH this capon. 
 Open this note). 
 
 break, xvith, to open a subject to. 
 
 breast. ■*■ voice. 
 
 breath, an exercise, 
 breathe, to t.ikc exercise, 
 braathinsr /'""•. fmc for exercise, 
 breech. 'd. covered. 
 breJCilingJ. //<7/j»-,« scholar liable 
 to I..: ll..j,-i.e.l. 
 
 breed-bate. ^ causer of strife, 
 broose. ihc gud-fly. 
 brief. ^ lirensr if marriage ; a 
 l.tiT; rife ; a short writing. 
 
 bringr o**i^ '" put out. 
 broach, to *pit. 
 
 brock. -^ hadcer. 
 
 broken t>tus:.-, what we now terra 
 
 broker, :i K -between. 
 
 bi'30k— /'/v/'*/,"'' '''^'■. hawking at 
 .V .tcr-f..'.vl. 
 
 bruit ■» l"iiJ report. 
 
 b'lbukles. .« hot, h. 
 
 bucking', t<> luck clothes means 
 in pel 1). to w.i-b tlicni in lye, and 
 lic.it them wliilc wet, wiili ,\ »ort 
 of ihutcncd pole on a tabic or bUn k 
 
 bucks, quan lilies of liaen htuketi 
 at once. 
 
 buckler ! drfcnd. 
 
 bu . . .»«- thee tAe, yield 
 
 V 
 
 bi. . 
 
 bu . i/oar.l cT 
 
 :i<.I« 
 
 bui.. 
 
 bully-rook, a .' cc r,,^. tLcaii.g 
 
 I sharper. 
 
 I bunsr. .» -^ ...i<-r. 
 
 bin i- 
 
 tht ■..^■■. :•, 
 
 end of the 
 bi. 
 
 bU88, l>ki-.s. 
 
 buttery-bar, the place in palacca 
 
 and in k^C'*^ houses whence pf^ 
 
 visions were di»|jen»ed. 
 I buxom, lively. 
 buzzard, a bretle. 
 l)y, an abbreviation of m^ (which 
 
 I Srel. 
 
 by'r /rtifw, by our little Lady. 
 
 Caddis-gttrter, worsted riband or 
 
 j:allo..n. 
 
 cade ('Z /«'•"■.■'»/»«*''»»'»''/ of bet* 
 
 I r.n^.. 
 
 Icadeut, falling, 
 cage, w.is foimerly a term (or a 
 Cain-colored, aandy-red. 
 Caliban, metathesis from Citmmi- 
 I /*,./. 
 
 ' caliver. a h-md-crtin. 
 calkins, the: . . > ... .v..« 
 
 ••hi'S ..re t "I 
 
 to i.tevrnt ' ,- 
 
 a jjuc. 
 
 C.I • . lively dance ) 
 
 to d«nc« a 
 
 rMrs.guiddy 
 
 Cu;.>... .; ' 
 
 oanker. .» t Jicj'iojr; the dog rMa. 
 
 Cannibals. Tutors blundci im
 
 CA XS TICK— CHILD. 
 
 canstick, a candlestick. 
 
 cantle, a corner. 
 
 cantons, cantos. 
 
 canvass, to toss, as in a blanket. 
 
 Oapa.ble, qualified as heir ; com- 
 prehensive ; susceptible. 
 
 capitulate agaijist 2<s, combine. 
 
 captciin. (as an adjective) chief. 
 
 captious, capable of receiving. 
 
 carack, a large ship of burden. 
 
 caraways, comfits or confections 
 jnade v%ith carawaj'-seeds. 
 
 jarbonado, a piece of meat cut 
 
 croas-wise for broiling. 
 
 2arcanet, a necklace. 
 
 Cardecu. -pr o^erW guar i d^e'cu, the 
 fourth part of the gold [French] 
 crown. 
 
 Carduus denedicties, or blessed 
 thistle ; an herb supposed to have 
 singular healing property. 
 
 carlot, a rustic. 
 
 carpet knights, knights dubbed at 
 court by mere favor, — not on the 
 field of battle for their military- 
 exploits. 
 
 Carpet-w£»K^^rj, effeminate per- 
 sons. 
 
 carpets, table-covers of ornamental 
 tapestry. 
 
 carry coals, to put up with insults. 
 
 jarry out a side, to carry out a 
 game of cards with success. 
 
 3arve, used to describe some par- 
 ticular form cf action — some sign 
 of intelligence and favor. 
 
 case, a pair ; skin. 
 
 cassocks, loose cutward militarj^ 
 coats. 
 
 cast, to d'-mic • used with a 
 quibble between its two senses, 
 "to throw" iMid "to vomit; to 
 empty. 
 
 Castiliano vnlto, *'put on your 
 Castilian countenance, that is, your 
 grave solemn looks." 
 
 castle, a close helmet, which cov- 
 ered the whole head. 
 
 cat-o'-mountain, a wild-cat. 
 
 Catalan, properly a native of 
 Cataia or Cathay, i, e. China, is 
 supposed to have become a cant 
 term for a thief or sharper. 
 
 catlings, lute strings. 
 
 Cautel. craft. 
 
 cautelous, insidious ; cautious. _ 
 
 caviare to the general. Caviare is 
 the roe of a kind of s.urgeon, and 
 of o'her fish, pickled, salted, and 
 dried, which came, and still comes 
 from Russia: Hamlet means that 
 tlie play in question was of too I 
 
 high a relish for the palates of th 
 
 multitude. 
 cease, to die. 
 censure, to pass opinion on ; opin 
 
 ion. 
 ceremonies, omens or signs; hon 
 
 orary ornaments. 
 'cerns, concerns. 
 Certes, certainly, 
 cess— C'w^ cf all. Out of all meas 
 
 ure. 
 Cestron, a cistern, 
 chalic'd, having cups. 
 
 chamberers, men of intrigue. 
 
 chambers, small pieces of ord* 
 nance. 
 
 channel, a kennel. 
 
 chape, the metal part at the end oi 
 a scabbard, sometimes used fo 
 the hook or loop at the top of a 
 scabbard. 
 
 chapmen, buyers ; sellers. 
 
 character, handwriting ; to 
 scribe. 
 
 charactery, what is written. 
 
 characts, charactv-^rs. 
 
 chare, or char, a job or task -work. 
 
 char'd. — A IPs, All is dispatched. 
 
 charg-e-hoiise, a common school. 
 
 Charles' zuain. The constellation 
 Ursa Major ; — according to some, 
 a corruption of Charles or CJiurPs 
 [/. e. rustic's] ivain / according 
 to others, the constellation was so 
 named in honor of Charlemagne. 
 
 charneco, a wine called after 
 L'harneca, a town in Portugal. 
 
 chase, an object of chase ; By this 
 kind oj" chase, " By this way of 
 following the argument." Achace 
 at tennis is that spot where a ball 
 falls, beyond which the adversary 
 must strike his ball to gain a point 
 or chace. 
 
 Chaudron, part of the entrails of 
 an animal. 
 
 cheater — A tame, a Do«r spiritles.' 
 or harmless rascal ; an e-cheator. 
 
 check, a term in falconn,-, applied 
 to a liawk when she forsakes her 
 proper game, and follows some 
 other of inferior kind that cros^ea 
 her in her flight. 
 
 cheer, countenance. 
 
 cherry-pit. a game. 
 
 cheveril, kid-leath«r. 
 
 chewet, a noisy chattering bird, a 
 
 chide, to sound. 
 chiding", noise, cry of hounds, 
 child, in O. E , denoted a youth, 
 e-pecially one of high birth, ba-
 
 aiiL nrxG- com mi t. 
 
 fore he w.i-i advanced to the I'oiior 
 :-f kiiiglithood ; in runiances and 
 D illads it frequently is equivalent 
 to *' knight." 
 Childing' autumn, fruitful au- 
 
 chill. I will. 
 
 chopine, an enormously high clog, 
 which was A'orn by the ladies of 
 Sp.-iin. 
 
 choppinR-. changing. 
 
 Christendoms, Christian names. 
 
 christom t /.'/.'</, a child ju>l chris- 
 trnvd. 
 
 chuck. .1 chicken. 
 
 chuff. A co.irs- unmannered clown. 
 
 cide. to liociiic. 
 
 cinque-pace, a d..nce, the steps 
 ■)f which were regulated by the 
 .lumber five. 
 
 circuit, a diadem. 
 
 circumstances, detail; conduct. 
 
 Cital. a recital. 
 
 cite, to incite. 
 
 citizen, townbred, delicate. 
 
 cittern-head, grotesque carved 
 heads with which citterns were 
 usually ornamented. 
 
 Civil, decent, solemn. 
 
 civil orange, a Sc-vt7/tr orange. 
 
 clack-dish, or clap-dish. a 
 wooden dish, or bo.x, carried by 
 beggars ; it had a movable cover, 
 which they clacked to attract 
 notice. 
 
 claw, to fl.itter. 
 
 cleanly, cleverly. 
 
 clear, pure ; a clfar-story is a term 
 in Gothic architecture for an 
 upper story or row of windows in 
 a church, hall, <S:c. ; seems to 
 have been used in a variety of 
 ways for any metho(i of admitting 
 light into the upper part* of a 
 building. 
 
 clepe, to call, 
 
 cliff, a key in music. 
 
 cling:, siirink or shrivel. 
 
 clinquant, glittering. 
 
 clip. K' embrace. 
 
 close, secret. 
 
 closure, an end. 
 
 clout, the nail or pin of the target. 
 
 cloy, to claw. 
 
 clubs, was originally the popul.-»r 
 
 cry to call forth the London ap- 
 )reniices. 
 clutch, to contract. 
 coach-fellow, .i horse that draws 
 
 in the same carriage with another, 
 
 — an associate. 
 eoast. to advance, i 
 
 cock, a corruption of. or euphem- 
 ism for Cod : cink and pit— By, 
 By God and the prayer book : to ttf 
 cock on horp : a phrase deri< ling 
 the excess of mirth and jollity . 
 also a|iplicd to insolence of iio, 
 giiage cir bearing. 
 
 cockatrice an imaginary crcatrt 
 (callcJ a. so Itisilisk), supuosco ic 
 kill by its very look. 
 
 cockerel, a young cock. 
 
 cockle, a weed; the cockle-sic . 
 w.rn usually in the front of tii. 
 Ii.<t w is the badge of a pilg im 
 
 cock- light, twilight. 
 
 cockney, there is hardly a doubt 
 that it originates in an L'lopi;.i» 
 region of indolence and luxur>', 
 formerly denominated the country 
 of co.iiignc: appears in the 
 Protiiptorium to imply simply a 
 child sp. ilcd by too much indulg- 
 ence; Chaucer uses the wo d ;sa 
 term of coniempt ; and it occa- 
 sionally signifies a little cock, 
 coqiiinator. 
 
 COClf shut ti***/; an expression 
 signifying "twilight." 
 
 Cofl^n. the raised crust of a pie. 
 
 CO^, to cheat ; to load a die. 
 
 COlsn, a corner stone. 
 
 coil, turmoil. 
 
 COistrel. a paltry groom, one only 
 fit to carrj' arms, but not to use 
 them. 
 
 collect, to gather by ob.servation. 
 
 collection, a conclusion, a dedi.c- 
 
 COllied, blackened. 
 
 COllop, u>cd metaphorically \y -^ 
 
 father to his child, as being - 
 
 portion of bis flesh. 
 Colme-kill, the cell or chapt' * i 
 
 St. C.-luniba. 
 
 Colme*s-inch. the Isle r( Coi 
 
 uinh.i. 
 COloquintida, the bmer cucu r. 
 
 colors, deceits/ />rtr ho colors, fear 
 
 III) enemy. 
 colt, nay ><'ungster. to fool. 
 COmbinate husband ; Contracte<» 
 
 h-i^b.m.l 
 
 combined, bound. 
 
 come'"''. I Ofay. 
 
 comfortable, ready to give coa^ 
 
 l.irt 
 COmforting^, cnc-ruraging. 
 
 commend, f offer. 
 commission, authority. 
 commit, app led particularly to ■» 
 lawful acts of love.
 
 COMMODITY '—COUNTER. 
 
 coznraodity, profit. 
 -COraiUOnty; Slys blunder for 
 
 comedy . 
 compact, composed ; leagued, 
 companion, a term of contempt, 
 
 equ.valeiic to "fellow. ' 
 
 company, a companion. 
 
 COm.parative— equal, or rival in 
 anv thing : fruitful in similes. 
 
 compassed cape, a. round cape ; 
 — crest, an arched crest; — ivin- 
 dow. a bow-window. 
 
 ';Ompassionate, lamenting. 
 
 competitor, a partner ; a confed- 
 erate. 
 
 •complement, according to its 
 ongmal meaning, the trappings or 
 ornamental appendages of a char- 
 acter. 
 
 complices, accomplices. 
 
 comply, to compliment. 
 
 compose, to agree. 
 
 composition, an agreement ; con- 
 .^iscency. 
 
 composture, a compost. 
 
 COm.posure, a combination. 
 COmpromis'd, mutually agreed. 
 COmptible. sensitive. 
 con, io con thanks exactly answers 
 
 the French scavoir grJ ; to con is 
 
 to know. 
 conceal, a blunder of Simple for 
 
 reveal, 
 conceit, imagination ; a fanciful 
 
 gewgaw ; to conceive. 
 concent, accord. 
 
 concernancy, tendency. 
 
 conclusion, an experiment ; 
 sedate determination. 
 
 COnCoHnel, perhaps the (cor- 
 rupted) title or beginning or bur- 
 den of some Italian song. 
 
 Concupy, concupiscence. 
 
 condition, temper, quality ; a 
 prutession. 
 
 COndolement, expression of grief, 
 
 conduct, a conductor. 
 
 confidence, a blunder of Mrs. 
 Quickly and of the Nurse for con- 
 ference. 
 
 SOnfijiers, borders. 
 
 confound, to consume ; to de- 
 stroy ; to annoy or perplex. 
 
 congest, to heap together. 
 
 COngreeted, saluted reciprocally. 
 
 conjecture, suspicion. 
 
 conjurations, earnest entreaty. 
 
 conscience, consciousness. 
 
 consent, a conspiracy. 
 
 consider, to requite. 
 
 consign, to seal. 
 
 -consist, to stand oa. 
 
 COnsolate, to console, 
 consort, a company ; a ban'^ ol 
 musicians ; a concert ; a febiw* 
 
 ship. 
 
 conspectuities, sights. 
 
 constancy, consistency. 
 constantly, certainly, firmly. 
 contain, to retain. 
 
 contem.ptible, contemptuous. 
 continent, that which conta' <.s 
 any thing: is contained in axiy 
 
 thing. 
 
 continuance, continuity. 
 
 COntinuate, uninteirupted. 
 
 contract, promise of future mar- 
 riage. 
 
 contrive, to pass away, to spend. 
 
 contriving, managing, plotting. 
 
 control, compulsion ; to confute. 
 
 convent, to summon, to cite ; to 
 assemble, to serve. 
 
 conversation, behavior. 
 COnvertite, a convert. 
 convey, to manage secretly, 
 conveyance, dexterity ; juggling 
 artifice. 
 
 conveyers, jugglers 
 
 convince, to conquer ; to con- 
 vict. 
 
 convive, to feast together. 
 
 cony-catch, to deceive. 
 
 cooling-card, a card so decisive 
 as to cool the courage of the ad- 
 versarj-. Met. Something to damp 
 or overwhelm the hopes of an 
 expectant. 
 
 COpatain hat, a hat rising to a 
 cop, top, or head, a hat with a 
 high crown. 
 
 cope, the canopy of heaven ; to 
 reward : to encounter ; embrace. 
 
 COpesmate, a companion. 
 
 copy, a theme ; lease. 
 
 COragio, an exclamation of en- 
 couragement. 
 
 COrantO, a very lively and rapid 
 dance. 
 
 corky, drv-, withered. 
 
 corrigible, having the power to 
 correct ; subject to correction. 
 
 COrrival, a competitor. 
 
 COSiers, cobblers. 
 
 costard, a head ; a large kind of 
 apple. 
 
 COtCKi, overtook. 
 
 COt-quean, a man who busies him- 
 self too much in female affairs. 
 
 counsel, secrecy. 
 
 countenance, hypocrisy, treat- 
 ment, patronage ; to entertain. 
 
 counter, a piece of false coin used 
 to cast accounts with. To ^un
 
 COJ.S'TLRFEir-DErRA IT.. 
 
 counur i^ to luisiakc ihc coui>c 
 of ilic K-"!'»--, • t to turn and pur- 
 sue the Ij.ii kw.irJ trail. 
 
 counterfeit, a portrait ; »ynony- 
 inous with ili\ a pittc c,f fal»€ 
 money ; couut.r/,it prtttHtmtnt, 
 mimic representation, 
 
 court 'ii)ly-;L>tttfr, fl ttery. 
 
 C0urt3hip, clcKiinLc of Uhavjor. 
 
 COVOnt, a convent. 
 
 cover, t . j.rtp.irc the table. 
 
 ■iOvetOUSneSS, intense dciire of 
 c-v.dli,,^. 
 
 ^OWl-Staflf, a stafi used for carr>-- 
 iiig a l.nryc tub or basket, vkiih 
 f.v . l..i!.dlrs. 
 
 coy, ! > cnrcss. 
 
 crab, a wild apple. 
 
 crack, an arch, lively boy ; to 
 
 Crack-h.erap, a gallows-bird, 
 crafts, <-r.. lumen. 
 
 crank, to wind. 
 
 crants, a crown ; a garland. 
 
 Crare, a small vessel of war, and 
 
 . I l.-,:rJcn. 
 cravens, makes cowardly, 
 create, compounded, 
 credent, credible ; enforcing 
 
 1 rciit. 
 crascive, incrcasinp. 
 cressets, a beacon light. 
 Cl'iop, curled, 
 crop, to briny forth, 
 cross, a pici.e cf money, so called 
 
 I c.iuic a cross was stamped on it. 
 CrO"V-keepcr, a l>oy employed I > 
 
 M ire the cruws Irom the torn- 
 
 ficlJs. 
 
 crow^n-imperial, a hly. 
 
 crowncr, a croner. 
 crownet, the diminutive of rr<n«'#». 
 Cin.iel ^irti-rs, a quibble on cru,l 
 anJ ofA-dy i. e. worsted ; kce 
 
 cni3adoe8, gold coins. 
 
 Ci'y ii::n : sec aim. A:c. 
 
 cry, a pack ; a company ; cry on, 
 
 t ) exclaim. 
 CMbiculo, a chamber. 
 CUOkoo-buds, lesser celandine, or 
 
 l)ilt:-\\"ri. 
 CuUion, a despicable fellow. 
 
 cunninq-, kiiowleiv;c. skill. 
 curiosity, an ove.-m c kcrupu- 
 
 1 ii-iK's, 111 iii.iniicrs, drc»A, At. 
 'currents, oi . urrenccs. 
 
 cnrsorary, cursory. 
 
 curst, slirewish. fierce, |.«nre;»c. 
 OUrtal </'r. a common df g— <!»»•/,»/ 
 
 i.',«i, a docked bay horse— «»»r//*- 
 
 ojc, a cutlass. 
 
 cuatard-cofikn, ii c x^'.^A <n*»% 
 
 .t. .U^tald 
 
 ouatomer, •» «' 
 
 'I 
 
 cut, 
 
 emtio. 
 cypniH, 
 
 tfan»p.tr 
 
 , daff. to dofl. 
 
 I Dan, lord. ina»ler— <omiplioa ok 
 
 l\miHut. 
 
 I danger, debt. 
 
 Dansken, Danes, 
 dare, •» 'lefiai.ce. 
 darkling, it< .iurkne»i. 
 
 darnel. •• •»-' 
 
 darrai*.!.. i* sr. armjr.o* 
 
 V ! It .ttle. 
 
 daub, 
 
 day-bod. -^ •■<■ 
 day-woman, a dairywoouub 
 deal, I V"-. 
 dear. • • -. •' - — 
 
 dearth. 
 
 death'a-man, »n exccutiuner. 
 
 debate, • . tnu. n. 
 
 dr-k, • - !». 
 
 -1 •. i 
 
 a- ^ 
 
 d 
 
 1 
 
 d 
 tl 
 
 a 
 
 dofenaible, un .wutij; 
 
 . t .'.^teiisr. 
 
 d'^*' ■ ' ■' 
 
 d 
 
 l1 
 
 .1 
 
 tl 
 
 tK. 
 
 demeriUi, 
 
 mailumigk
 
 10 
 
 DEPRIl 'E—EFTES T. 
 
 daprive, to disinherit. 
 d.cil'11, 1 iie'y, drear)', 
 darog-ate, degraded. 
 dasorved, deserving. 
 d33pora.t3, confident. 
 dotect, ti display. 
 determiuate, ended, out of 
 
 date. Ihe term is used in legal 
 
 conveya ce. 
 
 <5.8terinine, to end. 
 
 dstest, a blunder lot protest . 
 Dicty-ina, title for Diana, 
 iiffsreiice, an heraldic term : dis- 
 
 tin;:ion. I 
 
 differing-, unsteady. 
 diffuse, t ) disorder. [ 
 
 digression, a deviation from 
 
 ^';r:ue. | 
 
 diminutives, verj' small pieces of 
 
 disable, to impair; to disparage. | 
 
 disclose, to hatch : ^vhen the \ 
 young just peeps through the I 
 shell. ' 
 
 discontenting, discontented. 
 
 discourse, reason. 
 
 disdained, disdainful. 
 
 disease, trouble. 
 
 disedg-'d — Be. Having the edge of 
 
 appetite taken off. 
 
 disliabited, dislodged. 
 
 dishonesty, inchastity. 
 
 dislike, to displease. 
 
 dislimns, obliterates what was 
 
 berure limned. 
 dismes, tenths. 
 
 dismount, draw. 
 
 disnatur'd, devoid of natural 
 
 aitecti' n. . i 
 
 dispark'd, a legal term, and sig- ' 
 
 nifies to divest a park. 
 dispatcll'd, suddenly bereaved, 
 dispong-e, to discharge. 
 dispose, disposition. 
 disposer— .1/)', my merry, free- 
 
 sp ken damsel. 
 disputable, disputatious, 
 dispute, to reason upon. 
 
 dissemble, to disguise. 
 dissembling', the reverse of to 
 
 Tcscmh'e. 
 dissembly, Dogberry's blunder 
 
 f r assc7)ibly . 
 distain, to sully by contrast, 
 distemper, predominance of pas- 
 
 >ina ; int'ixication. 
 
 distemperature, perturbation. 
 
 distractions, detachments. 
 
 distrain, to seize. 
 
 dividable, distant from each 
 
 other. 
 division. vari::tions in music 
 
 do yne right, do me justice, a chal< 
 lengc to drink a bumper ; dt 
 •withal — I could not^ 1 could not 
 
 help it. 
 
 dog'-apes, dog-faced baboons. 
 
 dog's of zuar, Famine, Sword, and 
 I- ire, 
 
 dole, grief ; an allotment, distribu- 
 tion. 
 
 dolour, dollar, 
 
 dotant, a dotard. 
 
 double, deceitful. 
 
 doilbt, fear ; to fear. 
 
 doucets, the testes of a deer ; also 
 do-L'scts. 
 
 dout, to do out ; to extinguish. 
 
 dO"wle, particle of down in a 
 featlier. 
 
 dO'Wn-g'y ved, hanging d wn like 
 the loose cincture which con- 
 fines the fetters round the arkles. 
 
 draff, the refuse of any sort of 
 food ; brewers' grains. 
 
 dreadfully, with dread. 
 ; dress, to prepare. 
 j drollery, a puppet-show ; a pic- 
 tuie or sketch of some scene of 
 I low humor. 
 
 drug's, drudges. 
 
 drumble, to be slow. 
 
 dudg'eon, haft or handle. 
 
 due, to endue. 
 
 duke, a leader, a general. 
 
 dull, soothing. 
 
 dump, the term for a melancholy 
 strain in music ; also a kind of 
 dance. 
 
 dup, to open. 
 
 durance, a kind of stuff, sometimes 
 cal'ed fverlasti7ig : a robe o/ 
 durance was a cant term, implying 
 imprisonment. 
 
 E. 
 
 eag'er, sour, sharp, keen. 
 eaningr tijne, time of bringing forth 
 
 young. 
 eanlingrs, young lambs just 
 
 dropped. 
 
 ear, to till. 
 earing:, a plowing. 
 
 easy, inconsiderable. 
 
 eclie, to eke out. 
 
 ecstasy, alienation of mind. 
 
 Edward shoT'cl-boards, the broad 
 shillings of Edward VI.. used for 
 playing at the game of sho-»el' 
 board. 
 
 effects, intended deeds. 
 
 effuse, an effusion. 
 
 eftest, quickesU
 
 EGAL-FACT. 
 
 egal. '--qual. 
 
 egma, (Jost;ird's blunder (ir 
 
 eisel, vinegar. 
 
 eke. also. 
 
 eld c.i.l age 
 
 element, initiation. 
 
 element, the sky. 
 
 elf. to <-nt;iii)^l>- ; to mat together. 
 
 emballingr. the carrying the ball 
 
 embarquements. cmbar.;oe«. 
 
 ermbossed. a hunting icmi, prop- 
 erly appliel to a deer when foani- 
 in^ at the mouth from fatigue; 
 swollen. 
 
 embowol, t) eviscerate. 
 
 embrasures, embraces. 
 
 em.brewed, drenched m blood, 
 emmew, mew up, (a term in fal- 
 
 empale. to encircle. 
 
 emperial, the Clown's blunder for 
 t Hi f'cror, 
 
 empery, sovereigr* command ; a 
 klii.;dMin. 
 
 emulation, malicious riv.dry or 
 1. intention. 
 
 enactures, actions, effects. 
 
 encounter, unwarrantable famili- 
 arity. 
 
 endear'd. bound, 
 enemy, the Devil. 
 
 enfeoffed, gr.inted out as a fcofi or 
 
 c-:ue; gave up. 
 enforce with, to press with a 
 
 . har-e. 
 
 eng-ine. tho r.»ck. 
 
 eng-ines, genius, wits. 
 
 engross; to fatten ; to g.4thcr to- 
 
 ^^.:her. 
 engrossments, accumulations 
 enkindle, to incite, 
 ensconce, to protict or cover as 
 
 u ith .1 sconce. 
 
 enseamed. greasy, filthv. 
 ensear, or enscre, to dry up ; to 
 
 ni.ike sterile. 
 
 entame. to tame. 
 
 entertain, t) receive into service. 
 
 entertainment" the state of 
 
 l.( '.n;; in mihi.iry 3ay. 
 entitled, ennobled. 
 
 entreat, t'> treat : to entertain. 
 envious. m.iUrlous. 
 
 en^v^heel. to encompa.s*. 
 Epliesian. a cant term, which 
 
 seems to h.ivebeen cquivalcnl to 
 
 tc.pr, jolly companion. 
 equal, impartial. 
 Ercles, Hercules, 
 errinfir. w.inderinjj. 
 
 LJuMarf IC 
 
 orst. i <■■■ ^r!; 
 erynjfofji. i • '•' 
 
 . e8cai>o - ; : ic* :ucm. 
 
 I fSCillXMl • UK, 
 
 , e8cotc«l i • 1. 
 espeniiicc !'>pe. 
 espials, --i'lc* 
 
 estate. In^h rank. 
 
 esteem, rr. kunin^ rr e^tlmsi^ 
 
 estimation. kc:u.<.. 
 
 estridire •" -I'l- >>. 
 
 eterne. ctcn.ai 
 
 even ( 'I'j.-t.im. fellow c hri*ita«. 
 
 even-pleach'd. evenly inis^ 
 
 twmr.l. 
 ever-amon^. ever at intcrvalw 
 examin'd •' i*--!. 
 excrement. >' • • ' ••ar!. 
 
 executors. » ^r r.^ :.r:>. 
 exeaipt >-; .ir.il- ■. p.i:led 
 
 exercise. -« '•'-'■•■■■ «. 
 exhale. « • <'.:•* -it. 
 exhaust, i ■ «! '■» i rtti. 
 exhibition. ■•:i alluwaDce, a p«». 
 
 exiK'ent. an extremity, fcn enj. 
 exion. the llo»tcv»*t blundrr for 
 
 exorciser. a person who cjn rat*« 
 
 -; ri" ' one who can lay ibcMK 
 
 ex * ration. 
 
 e->. expectation, haaU I 
 
 exi"uifiil rv;>rditiou». 
 
 expense, cxj^nduur*. 
 expire, i • «-• n.Ui.lc. 
 expuls'd. c«;T:ir,! 
 exsufflicat« "*■ •'<-"• 
 
 extend, t > rvim.l the pTAlte «M a 
 
 ; r;s ,, ; to fcciic (a Uw icm>^ 
 extent, a seizure, 
 extern, external, 
 extirp, I > rxtin>a'e. 
 extrauKht. '■»;ij tf.i. 
 extrexnity. ibcutm.-!' f ralwaity. 
 eyases, you* n hawk.* jau lakea 
 
 (r :n th'' n<-\t. 
 
 eyas-musket. • y«««»f »n»l« "f^ 
 
 r « li.«» IC. 
 eye. prrs«nc«, 
 
 eyne. cyev 
 
 face, 'i* "" 
 face- royal 
 
 >{;:.
 
 yA C TIONA R Y—FOO T-CL O TH. 
 
 factionary one of a faction, an 
 
 ; dhcreti.. 
 factious, active ; urgent, 
 fadgre, to suit, to agree. 
 fading-S, a dance. 
 
 fair-betrothed, honorably af- 
 
 tianced. 
 
 fairing", making fair. 
 
 faibll'd, possessed of credibility, 
 credited. 
 
 f aitors. vagabonds. 
 
 fall, to let fall. 
 
 fallow, light brown, with a yellow 
 or reddish tinge. 
 
 false, to falsify. 
 
 familiar, a demon attendant on 
 a witch or conjuror. 
 
 fancy, love. 
 
 fang-, to gripe. 
 
 fang-led. gaudy, trifling. 
 
 fantastical, imaginary. 
 
 fantasticoes, fantastic, coxcomb- 
 ical persons. 
 
 fap, drunk. 
 
 far. extensively. 
 
 farce, to stuff. 
 
 fardel, a burden. 
 
 f ar-fet, far-fetched. _ 
 
 fartuoTlS, Mrs. Quicklj'-'a blunder 
 tor virtuous. 
 
 f asliions— 77/^, The farcy, a dis- 
 ease in horses. 
 
 iatig"ate, made weary. 
 
 fault, misfortune. 
 
 favour, countenance, appearance, 
 
 ±-XY~By my. By jny faith. 
 
 fear, to fear for ; to terrify ; reason 
 lor fear. 
 
 f 2arful, timid. 
 
 fe.at. d -.xterous, neat. 
 
 fe.ated, formed. 
 
 feature, form, person in general. 
 
 feda.ry, and federary, colleague, 
 coiitederate. 
 
 feeder, a servant. 
 
 ■fse-f arm, a grant of lands in fee, 
 that is, forever, reserving a cer- 
 tain rent. 
 
 £3e-simple, to us and our heirs 
 forever. 
 
 iell, skin. 
 
 fell of hair^ skin covered with 
 h.iir. 
 
 fellow, a companion, an equal. 
 
 feilowly, sympathetic. 
 
 fennel, an emblem of flattery, 
 
 fere, a companion, a mate. 
 
 fescue, a small wire, by which 
 t io>e who teach to read point out 
 the letters. 
 
 f estinate, quick, 
 fet. fefched 
 
 fetch, of warrant— A ^ a warranted 
 
 device. 
 
 fettle, to prepare • to put in order. 
 
 few — In, In few words. 
 
 fico, fig. 
 
 fierce, precipitate, excessive. 
 
 fig-hts, the waist-cloths that hang 
 round about the ship in a fight, to 
 hinder the men from being seen by 
 the enemy. 
 
 fig-ures, pictures created by im- 
 agination. 
 
 file, to polish ; to defile ; to keep 
 equal pace ; a number, a list. 
 
 fill-horse, shaft-horse. 
 
 fills, shafts of a cart or wagon. 
 
 ^ndi forth, to find t)ut. 
 
 fine, a conclusion ; to end ; embel- 
 lish ; full of finesse. 
 
 firag-O, a corruption for virago. 
 
 fire-drake, a meteor ; a sort of 
 fire-work ; a person with a red nose. 
 
 fire-new, bran-new. 
 
 firk. seems to mean " beat." 
 
 first, noblest. 
 
 fishmong-er, a cant terra for a 
 
 wencher. 
 fit, a grimace ; a part or division of 
 
 a song. 
 fitchew, a polecat. 
 fitly, exactly. 
 fives, inflammation of the parotid 
 
 elands in horses. 
 fixure. fixture. 
 
 flap-drag-on, some small, com- 
 bustible body, fired at one end, 
 
 and put £*float in a glass of liquor. 
 flap-jacks, pancakes. 
 flaunts, fineries. 
 flaw, a sudden and violent blast ot 
 
 wind; a stormy tumuit ; a sudden 
 
 commotion of mind ; small blades 
 
 of ice. 
 fleet, to float. 
 fleeting", inconstant. 
 fleshment. pride, encouraged by 
 
 a successful attempt. 
 flew'd, having large hangingyf^wi 
 
 or chaps. 
 flirt-grills, wenches ot light be* 
 
 havior. 
 flote, flood. 
 
 fluxive, flowing with. tears. 
 foin, to push, to thrust, in fencing, 
 foison, plenty, store. 
 folly, depravity, wantonness. 
 fond, to dote ; foolish ; silly. 
 tool—foor, a sort of term ot e»« 
 
 dcrarment. 
 foot, to seize with the foot ; to 
 
 kick ; to tread ; tc set foot on. 
 foot-cloth» a housing of cloth.
 
 lOR-ClLD/.D. 
 
 la 
 
 haiiyia^; down on both nides of a 
 
 horse. 
 for, because of. 
 for, -H'/iy, because. 
 forbid, under a curne. 
 force. Of, of necessity ; to regard ; 
 
 to stuff ; lo strengthen ; perforce. 
 
 fordo, to uiulo. 
 
 fore-end. the e.iHy part. 
 foreK-Oers, proKmilors. 
 
 forehand. prcviMns. 
 forehand-shaft, an arrow j.ar- 
 
 ticul.irly formed for khooling 
 
 straight forward. 
 forfeit, to transgress, 
 forfend, lo farl)i<i ; to avert 
 forRetive. inventive. 
 fork, a barbed arrow ; a forked 
 
 toiigiir. 
 
 forked, horned. 
 
 formal, retaining the proper and 
 
 cs-enti.il characteristic. 
 forslow. to delay, 
 forspent, exhausted, 
 forespoke. gainsaid, 
 forthcoming', in custody, 
 forthrig-ht. a straight path. 
 foily. .1 ;:rcat many. 
 
 forwearied. worn out. 
 
 fosset. f.iiicct. 
 
 foul, nJy. 
 
 found-/ *'«•//, of known excellence. 
 
 foxship, cunning. 
 
 fracted broken. 
 
 fractions, abrupt remarks. 
 
 frame. <riicr. 
 
 frampal.yr<i////t;/i/, peevish, vcx- 
 
 FrancisCO— -1/)', My Frfnchm»n. 
 frank. .. -ly. 
 franklin, a freeholder. 
 Frateretto, a fiend 
 
 free, liberal ; guiltless. 
 
 frets, the stops of instruments of (Ceui 
 
 fumiter or /• m it^ry, • v««<l , 
 mon in corii-fleld*. 
 
 furnaces, ihro«r» out m Crc 
 
 fiirii.i. c. 
 
 fumishinic*. t^mpln. 
 
 fuat. i< K'' ^ muuidy. 
 fuBtilarlan. • low term oT 
 
 O. • 
 
 ffaberdine, a coarse : 
 
 k;..rnir,.i. 
 
 jad— Z^c'nr V^.H ihf. i> -r X ... 
 
 drrdy. while ih ■ i,.., .. I 
 
 g-ain-^rivitiw ,:iv«j>fc 
 ga.it. 
 
 trallii : :if , Ll^mtns. in 
 
 lively da i»c«. 
 
 lively < 
 
 • t iK« 
 
 galliaid .> > 
 galliaases. 
 
 Rallimaufry, a »ir*jigc uecJlry. 
 
 K-allow. ! ^carc. 
 
 Ualloway »».».<i. comm-.n h*ik- 
 
 gallow^la»aea, ) <- . s .rmrd 
 
 (.,..! ^.,T,;Irr^ i.| Ir«ian.l ,*i.o <>1 ibe 
 
 Uestcrn Isle*. 
 g-allowB, a rogue (one dc»crrin( 
 
 the gallow*). 
 gramester, a frolick^ome. advaR. 
 
 lurous iK:r»on : a wo^ ; a pra»Ur 
 
 tiite. 
 
 g-apin^. shouiiiij: 
 garboila, tui!;i tv 
 
 garden. Costard'* blunder tot 
 
 garish, splendid. g«udy. 
 gaskins. Ioo»c h<^*« or brre^hcv 
 gasted. i'ii:htenc !. 
 gastness. gli.isthi.e**. 
 gaud 
 gaucl\ 
 
 geek 
 
 a b:;' ■ ■-. 
 
 geminy. a pair. 
 
 gf-norai ■' '. . The p«oj, 
 
 the lute or guitar kind 
 
 friend, a lover. 
 
 frippery, a shop for the sale of 
 -e( iiiui-hand apparel. 
 
 from. a« ay from. 
 
 front, a beginning. 
 
 frontier, an outwork in fortifi- 
 cation. 
 
 frontlet, cloth worn formerly by I Itentry. e>'nr 
 
 ladies at night to give smoothness grrmanP ' (f mmm, reUlad^iik 
 
 gCiitl. 
 
 to ihcir fori-heads. Mtt. Angry, 
 
 scowliu'" look . 
 fruitfully, fully, abundantly, 
 fnish, to liruisc; tobrtak to pteccs. 
 full, complete. 
 
 fullam : sec ^^uni an<i/n/l,im. 
 fulfil. i<^ fill completely. 
 
 fulsome, lustful. 
 
 »c«<l». 
 
 tfUtt^rt 
 
 nk."
 
 14 
 
 GIFT—HEBENON. 
 
 gilt, money ; display of gold. 
 
 g-imraal-bit, a sort of double bit, 
 in which the parts were united as 
 in a gimmal-ring. 
 
 griminers, a gimcrack, a quaint 
 contrivance (akin to, if not a cor- 
 ruption cf, gimmal). 
 
 gin. to begin. 
 
 g-injr, a gang. 
 
 ^rd, a sarcasm ; to gibe. 
 
 Gis. a corruption of Jesus. 
 
 gleek. a joke ; a sccff ; to jeer. 
 
 g-lib, to geld. 
 
 g-lory, vaunting. 
 
 g'loze, to expound ; to comment ; 
 to flatter. 
 
 g'lozes, interpretations. 
 
 g^lut him, swallow him. 
 
 God ild you, a corruption of God 
 yield (requite) you. 
 
 godded Jiie, deified me. 
 
 god-den, good e'en. 
 
 CrOd's sonties—By God's saints, or 
 By Gods sanctity, or By Gods 
 sante {i.e. health J 
 
 g:ood, good friend ; good fellow; 
 rich ; deed, in ver>' deed ; good 
 cheap: a ion niarche : leave, 
 ready assent ; masters, patrons. 
 
 grood-jer, a corruption cf gou- 
 jeer. 
 
 g-orbellied, paunchy. 
 
 gore-blood clotted blood. 
 
 gorge, throat, stomach. 
 
 g'OUJeer or gonjeers, the venereal 
 disease. 
 
 gouts, drops. 
 
 government, forbearance, self- 
 control. 
 
 grace, physical virtue ; to favor ; 
 to bless. 
 
 gracious, attractive. 
 
 grained, furrowed, rough. 
 
 gramercy. great thanks. 
 
 grange, the chief farm-house of a 
 wealthy proprietor. 
 
 grrant, argument, 
 
 grate, o offend. 
 
 gratulate, to be rejoiced at. 
 
 grave, to rr.ake an impression on. 
 
 gray, blue, azure. 
 
 Graymalkin, a familiar spirit in 
 ihe shape of a cat. 
 
 greasily, grossly. 
 greaves, armor for the legs, 
 green, sickly, inexperienced, 
 grief, pain. 
 gripe, a griffin, 
 grise, a step. 
 
 gross palpable. 
 ground, a musical term, 
 groundlings— 77;^, The spec. 
 
 ' tators who stood on the ground ia 
 1 tlie theatre. 
 
 grow, to accrue. 
 
 guard, to face ; to ornament. 
 
 guerdon, a reward. 
 
 guinea-ben, a cant term for SI 
 prostitute. 
 
 gnles, the heraldic term for "red." 
 
 gulf, swallow. 
 
 gull, a trick. 
 
 gun-stones, bullets. 
 gust, to taste ; to perceive. 
 
 H — an ache or pain. 
 
 babit, a herald's coat, behavior. 
 
 back, to do mischief; to become 
 
 cheap or vulgar. 
 baggard. a wild, untrained hawk; 
 
 wanton, libertine. 
 baggisb, deformed, or deforming. 
 bair, grain, character. 
 balcyon, the bird otherwise called 
 
 the king-fisher . 
 balf-caps, slight salutations, 
 balf -pence, minute pieces, 
 balidom, holiness, faith. 
 Hallowmas, the mass or feasU 
 
 day of A ll-Hallows or A ll-Saints. 
 bandsaw, a corruption of hern- 
 
 shavj {i.e. heron). 
 band-fast— /«, In custody ; a 
 
 contract, a betrothal. 
 bandy-dandy, a verj- old game 
 
 among children. 
 bangers, the fringed loops ap- 
 pended to the girdle, in which the 
 
 dagger or small sword usually 
 
 hung. 
 
 bangman, rascally. 
 Hannibal, Elbow's Jjlunder for 
 
 Cannibal. 
 bappily. haply. 
 
 bappiness, good fortune. 
 bappy, accomplished. 
 bard, unpleasant. 
 
 bardiment. bravery. 
 
 barlot, base. 
 
 barnesc, armor, 
 
 barried, ill-treated. 
 
 bateful. malignant. 
 
 baunt — Out of. Out of company. 
 
 bave, to conceive ; to understand. 
 
 baving, possessions, fortune. 
 
 bay, the Italian hai, '" you have 
 
 it." — an exclamation in fencing. 
 bealtb, safety generally. 
 beat, to run a heat or course, as in 
 
 a race. 
 beavy, cloudy, dark. 
 
 bebenon, "henbane" or " ebony.'*
 
 HF.F rs- IS FA MONIZE 
 
 hefts, he;ivinpi. 
 helpless, affording no hell), 
 hence, licntcforwanl. 
 
 henchman, a page, 
 
 hent, a huld, an opportunity to be 
 
 seized. 
 hermits, beadsmen, penons bound 
 
 to pray for you. 
 best, a command. 
 hig'h-day -fit, holiday termi. 
 hiffh-8tomach*d, haughty. 
 
 hicrht, named. 
 
 hildingr, a low, dcccncrate wretch, 
 hipped, lamed or hurt in the hip«. 
 hit. to agree. 
 
 hoar, to become mouldy ; to m.ike 
 white ; to infect with lcpro>y. 
 
 Sobbididance, a slight variation 
 ot Ho:-,-rd:danct, a ticnd. 
 
 hobby-horse, a ioose w om.-xn ; a 
 sillv I el low. 
 
 holaing:. consistency ; the burden 
 of a song. 
 
 holy, pure, just. 
 
 holy-ales, rural festivals. 
 
 home. i'> the utmost. 
 
 honest, .haste. 
 
 honesty, liberality, decency. 
 
 honey-seed, the Hostess's blun* 
 dcr lor hoptiicide. 
 
 honey-suckle, T'///iJ/'M,the Host- 
 ess's blunder (or homicidal vil- 
 lain. 
 
 hoodman-blind. the pame wIulK 
 
 wc niw call bii'td-mans-^Ujff'. 
 Hopdance, perhaps a variation of 
 
 Hi'l'bididixnce, 
 
 hope, to c-xpcci. 
 
 host, to lodge. 
 
 hot-house, a bagnio, (which was 
 
 olicn a bn.thcl). 
 
 housewife, or hunvi/t, (a term 
 
 ol rciiro.ich*. a wanton. 
 how, ftr what price may be had ? 
 boxes, hamstrings. 
 
 huffs:er-mu^firer— /«, Secretly, 
 hulk, a ship, generally a heavy or 
 
 h.r^c ship. 
 
 hull, to flo-it ; to swim, 
 humorous, humid, perverse, e»* 
 
 pricifUS. 
 
 hurricano. a water-spout. 
 hurtled, clashed, 
 husband, a husbandman, 
 husbandry, economical govcro- 
 
 I, the old spelling of the afBrmative 
 
 .ndvcrb ay. 
 Idle, trifling, vain, weak, infcriilc. 
 
 Mnfruitfiil. 
 
 i'fecks, n. xt probably a onrrvp 
 
 Itf"" ' 
 
 ill-ii 
 
 illus- 
 
 iintt*fiiia.ry j^ 
 
 1. 
 
 M, power* Ol 
 
 Immanity. barbarity, 
 immediacy, immediaia repf. 
 
 -ei.lj',1 II. 
 Immoiiu-nt, > *" ; ■ i mrnt. 
 imnri • 
 ini]), 
 imp.t;. 
 
 impartiu'.-i.t. 
 impasted, i • - 
 impaw^n, t > i . . 
 impeach. ;>" itni-cacLn.ctiu 
 impeachment, an ab^imctioa, 
 
 .1 irpi ... h 
 
 linpeticoa tkr t:r.,f:i:itr, "im- 
 
 p . krt l( V gl.itultV." 
 
 Impleach'd, inleru vn. 
 importance, importunuyi the 
 
 nnp..-t 
 
 importless, unimportant 
 impose, 'n im)iositiun ; to cojola t 
 
 t'j > .nun .nd. 
 impoSGible, inconccirabte. 
 impreso, a device in picture wiih 
 
 in :: r » .ird. 
 iuiputatlcn, rittributed excel- 
 
 \r: 
 
 Incni to comprehend, 
 
 inca: . Andrew'* Llun* 
 
 tier : I .- • ■ j.v. 
 
 incarnadine, to stain red or cat 
 incense, ; ' ' Vin Me. 
 
 inClipS, r: 
 
 include. r. 
 
 incor.': 
 
 incoi. 
 
 inco:, 
 
 incon f. i 
 
 incredulo- 
 
 indent, t 
 
 t . I ..inp. 
 
 indifTorency. 
 
 :,jry M/e. 
 
 IndiK-.--'* 
 
 - ...iciy. 
 rmted. 
 
 contract ; 
 
 i.t; iovard%. 
 ipartuliiy, ordt* 
 
 ifldiK 
 indi: 
 inai. 
 ii\di' 
 
 iiidit' ••«' 
 
 indu ■ 
 
 mdua 
 
 mduranc«. tonlmcmeol. 
 infamonixe. «o make infj
 
 16 
 
 INFECT— LA G. 
 
 infect, infected. 
 infer, to introduce. 
 informal, deranged, insane. 
 ingrener, an ingenious person ; an 
 
 artist. 
 ingenious, ingenuous, intelligent, 
 
 acuic. 
 inhabitable, uninhabitable. 
 inherit, to obtain possession of. 
 inhibit, to prDhibic. 
 injointed, jointed, uni'ed. 
 inkjiorn mate, a bookish man. 
 inkle, .t kind of inferior tape. 
 inland bred, brought up among 
 
 C'Vilized persons. 
 inly, inward. 
 
 innocent, an idiot, a simpleton. 
 insculp'd. carved in relief. 
 
 insinuate, to soothe. 
 
 insisture, fixedness, stability. 
 
 instance, motive, symptom, infor- 
 mation, proof. 
 
 insuppressive. insuppressible. 
 
 intend, to pretend ; to set forth ; 
 to make to appear. 
 
 intendment, intention. 
 intention, eagerness of attention 
 
 or of de>ire. 
 intentively. attentively, 
 intrenchant, which cannot be 
 
 cue. 
 intrinse intricate. 
 
 intrinsicate. intricate, 
 invectively, abusively. 
 
 invis'd. invisible, unseen. 
 inward, intimate, a familiar 
 
 friend. 
 irreguloUS, disorderly, lawless. 
 I wis. 1 \\ cen. 
 
 J. 
 
 jac'k, the small bowl aimed at in 
 the game of bowling ; " to kiss the 
 "ack" is a state of great advantage ; 
 rVill-o'-the-wisp ; an automaton 
 that in public clocks struck the 
 bell on the outside ; a common 
 term of contempt and reproach. 
 
 j ack-ar.-apes. an ape. 
 
 jacks, the keys of tne virginals or 
 
 virginal. 
 jad2, to ride ; to drive haras^d ; 
 
 to over-master. 
 jadery, the properties of a vicious 
 
 horse ; jadish tricks, 
 idLjTXQ J u d^nents . 
 jape, a jest. 
 
 jar '' /* '/t? clock, tick of the clock. 
 jauncing". jaunting, hard-riding. 
 jaWs to devour. 
 jay, a loose womac 
 
 % 
 
 jesses, the short straps of leather, 
 but sometimes of silk, which went 
 round the legs of a hawk. 
 
 jet, to strut. 
 
 jet tifon, to encroach upon. 
 
 jig-, frequently synonymous with 
 ballad. 
 
 jigging ./<^(^^-s'. silly poets. 
 John-a-dreams, a nick-name for 
 
 a dreamy, stupid fellow, 
 judicious, judicial. 
 jump, a hazard ; to agree ; to risk ; 
 
 exactly, coincident with. 
 junkets, sweetmeats. 
 justicer, a justice. 
 jutty, ox jetty, that part of a build- 
 
 mg which shoots forward beyoud 
 
 the rest. 
 
 kam, crooked ; clean kam, quite 
 
 crooked, quite wrong. 
 kecksies, dry hollow stalks of 
 
 hemlock or similar plants. 
 keech, a lump of fat. 
 
 keel, to cool. 
 
 keep, care ; to live ; to restrain ; 
 
 guard, ox fasten 
 ken, to know ; to descrj' ; a view. 
 
 kerchief, a coif. 
 
 kern, a light-armed foot-soldier of 
 Ireland and of the Western Isles. 
 
 kibe, a chap in the heel, an ulcer- 
 ated chilblain. 
 
 kicky- wicky, a -wife or mistress. 
 
 kind, nature ; possessed of natural 
 afiection. 
 
 kindle, to incite ; to bring forth, 
 unnatural. 
 
 kindly, naturally, aptly. 
 
 king'd, ruled. 
 
 kirtle, sometimes the jacket mere- 
 ly, and sometimes the train or 
 upper-petticoat attached to it. 
 
 kissing-comfits, sugar-plums 
 
 perfumed, to sweeten th- breath. 
 knapped, snapped, rapped. 
 knave, a lad, a servant. 
 
 labras, lips. 
 
 lace, to embellish. 
 
 laced muttofi — A, Common cant 
 expression for a courtesan. 
 
 lackeying, float ng backwards 
 and forwards like :i page or lackey. 
 
 lady-smocks, a common meadow- 
 plant. 
 
 lag, late •, the last or lowest pari 
 or class.
 
 LA MING- LOIS. 
 
 laming, outgoing, surpavsini^. 
 lang-uish, the state of pining, 
 
 '-ullcriiiiL;. 
 lantern, a spacious round or oc- 
 
 I 1^ n 1 tiinet full of window*, 
 lapp'd. wrapped up. 
 lapsed, f'>uiul off my Ru.-ird. 
 lai'ded, garni-.hed, strewed with, 
 larg'e. free, licentious, 
 latch, t J 1 .y hold of; to catch ; to 
 
 lii Ic over ; to anoint. 
 
 late. "••w. 
 
 lated belated, benighted, 
 tatten, a sort ot nuxed metal, 
 resembling brass in its nature and 
 
 color. 
 
 iaug'h-and-lie-dowu, a game 
 
 at . .mU. 
 laund, a lawn. 
 lavolt, or involta, a dance for two 
 
 persons. 
 lay, a wager ; to wavlay. 
 lay .A'^, to lay out {ox \ to strive to 
 
 leag"Uer, Flemish word for a camp. 
 
 leash, a tierce. 
 
 leasing, lying. 
 
 leather-coats, the apples gcn- 
 
 < rally kno.»n as golden russetUJgs. 
 leave, liccntiousn .-ss. 
 leave, to part witii ; to leave ofl. 
 leer, complexion, color, 
 leese, to lose, 
 leet. a manor court, rr private juiis- 
 
 d:. ;inn for petty offences 
 leg. a b.w. 
 
 legerity, lightness, nimbleness. 
 'leges, alleges. 
 leman, a mi^trc«s, a sweetheart, a 
 
 iiaramoiir, a lover, 
 length, ckiay. Slay. 
 
 lenten. si..irc. 
 
 I'envoy, ;« farewell or moral at the 
 end ot a poem, and sometimes of a 
 prose piece. 
 
 let. a hindrance ; to hinder ; to 
 detain ; to forbear. 
 
 letter, recommendation. 
 
 libbard. a leopard. 
 
 liberal. lil>crtine. free to excess. 
 
 lie. to reside, to sojourn. 
 
 liefest, dearest. 
 
 lieger. or l.iftr,^ reMdent am- 
 bassador at a foreign court. 
 
 Tien, lain. ... , • 
 
 lien — /". In consideration of, m 
 t'-turii for. 
 
 lifter. .1 thief. 
 
 light, lighie.l, fallen 
 light <"/ <■'»''• crcdulou* of evil, 
 rrailv to believe malicious report*, 
 lightly, commonly, usually. 
 
 like I < please ; to liken. 
 likelihood. s':.u!.t.>.!^. 
 limbeck. .>m alrM.i . 
 limb-meal, imi . i •, hn.'. 
 
 Limbo, h It ; a < <iit term f<jr ■ 
 
 prison ; condneiiicnt. 
 limit, to appoint. 
 line <^/ i'/<, «'nc ■>{ the line» in lh« 
 
 f>alni ol the h.iiiii. acKjrdingio the 
 aiiguagc ..f palii.ntry 
 line, lo strrn^ihen ; lo delineate. 
 line-gTOVe. a gn^ve of linden or 
 
 lime-trees. 
 linff. a plant. 
 link, a tour. 
 lip. to kiss 
 
 La psbury /.»;'.../. l.ipsbury 
 
 p.u.i.l. 
 liquor, to mb with oil or greaM, 
 
 in (udcr to kerp out the Hater. 
 list, desire, a limit. 
 lither. f1«-xil>le cr yielding, 
 little ■'/. I" liiinialurc 
 livelihood, livclinrv-. .tnimalion. 
 liver. aiKiciiily siij.;, ,>r ! to be lh« 
 
 in>pircr of amorous pastion and 
 
 the seat of love. 
 living, fortune, possessions. 
 
 loach, a fish. 
 
 lob, lubUr ; d,^'n t'err keadi, 
 
 h.mg d'wn. droop »h«.»r heaOs. 
 lockram. a sort of cheap linen, 
 lodge, to beat down ; to lay flat. 
 loff. Iai>.;h. 
 
 loggats, the diminutive of A'/«. 
 long. t.. belong. 
 longing, i<n£tJ, wished or de» 
 
 s.rcd. 
 longly. longingly. 
 loOi a. brought close to the wind 
 
 1 I sc.i term). 
 look. I'll k for. to lo..k out. 
 loon r i-u». a term • i rcpioach,— 
 
 .1 siuj.id rascal, a i<>rr>- (cll.-w, 
 loop'u. full of small 4(>rriatrs, like 
 
 the /(V/J in old <.a*tlrs aod 
 
 towerv 
 loose— --f/ *'"' Xrrjr. A mclaphof 
 
 derived fiom arvhery. — Avir bcin( 
 
 the - ■■ ■" I •-■■■ • ' •" -^ '• 
 
 .hj . r 
 
 lop ' 
 lordiu*«». 
 
 tcjs ; an ^ •». 
 
 Lord's /'•■■ -•«: 
 
 t kfni o\ the 
 
 term for tho»e 'pfi^on »h«" body. 
 which denoted the inlcctioa of 
 the;.'. r 
 
 losel. 
 
 loss. , w_ 
 
 lots. • ^' numb«
 
 18 
 
 LOTTERY— METE. 
 
 of tickets in a lottery, which took 
 
 its name from thence. 
 lottery, an allotment, 
 louted, mocked, contemned. 
 love-day, a day of reconciliation. 
 love-in-idleness, pansy or 
 
 heart' s-ease. 
 
 lover, a male friend. 
 
 lown, see loon. 
 
 Lubber's-head, the Hostess's 
 blunder for, or a vulgar corruption 
 of, LibbarcTt {£. e. Leopard's) 
 
 ^ head. 
 
 'uce, a pike-fkh. 
 
 Lud's-town, " Trinovantum, 
 calied Caer Ltid. and by corrup- 
 tion of the word Caer London, 
 and in process of time London, 
 was rebuilt by Lud, Cassibelan's 
 elder brrther." 
 
 lugrged, pulled, seized, by the ears. 
 
 lunes, tits of lunacy. 
 
 lurch, probably, to lie in ambush. 
 
 lurcli'd, won. 
 
 lush., luxuriant. 
 
 lust, inclination. 
 
 lustic. lusty. 
 
 luxurious, lascivious. 
 
 lym, a lime-hound, a sporting-dog. 
 
 M. 
 
 mace, a scepter, a club of metal. 
 
 maculate, stained, impure. 
 
 magnifico, a title given to the 
 grandees of Venice. 
 
 maeot-pies, magpies. 
 
 Mahu, the prince of darkness ; the 
 fiend of stealing, 
 
 mail'd, wrapped up. 
 
 main, the mainland. 
 
 mained, lamed. 
 
 make, to fasten ; to bar* to do. 
 
 make dainty, to hola out, or 
 refuse, affecting to be delicate or 
 dainty. 
 
 m.akeless, mateless. 
 
 malmsey-nose, red-nosed. 
 
 malt-hoi'se. a dull heavy horse ; 
 a term of reproach. 
 
 malt-worms, tipplers of ale. 
 
 mammering', hesitating. 
 
 mammet, punpet, breasts. 
 
 mammocked, mangled, torn in 
 pieces. 
 
 man. to make tractable. 
 
 ynanag-p, management, adminis- 
 tration, conduct ; a course, a 
 running in the lists ; the training 
 of a horse how to obey the hand 
 and voice. 
 mandrake, the English name of 
 
 viatidragoras, a powerful sopor« 
 ific. 
 
 mankind, masculine, termagant ; 
 applied even to beasts in the sense 
 of ferocious. 
 
 manner, — Taken -with the, Takea 
 in the fact (a law-term), 
 
 man-queller. a man-slayer. 
 
 many, a multitude. 
 
 marches, the borders of a country, 
 or rather a space on each side the 
 broders of two contiguous countries 
 
 march-pane, a sort of sweet 
 biscuit, which constantly formed 
 part of the desserts of Shake- 
 speare's time. 
 
 margent, margin. 
 
 raarish, a marsh. 
 
 marmoset, a kind of monkey. 
 
 m.arry trap, apparentlj' a kind o* 
 proverbial exclamation, as much 
 as to say, '"• By JMary," you are 
 caught. 
 
 mart, to traffic. 
 
 match, compact. 
 
 mate, to confound ; to bewilder ; 
 
 to equal. 
 
 material, stocked with notions. 
 
 mauger, in sptte of. 
 
 maund. a basket. 
 
 mazard, the head. 
 
 nieacock -wretch — A^ A spiritless, 
 
 dastardly wretch. 
 
 meal'd, mingled, compounded. 
 
 mean, m music was the intenn«» 
 diate part between the tenor and 
 treble. 
 
 measles, leapers— scurvy fellows. 
 
 measure, moderation, a dance. 
 
 medicine, a physician. 
 
 meed, merit, desert ; particulai 
 excellence. 
 
 meetTC'/M. to counteract. 
 
 meiny, household attendants^ 
 retinue. 
 
 mell. meddle. 
 
 memorize, to make memorable. 
 
 memory, a memorial. 
 
 mercatante. a merchant. 
 
 merchant, a familiar and con- 
 temptuous term, equivalent tc 
 '"chap-fellow ; " a merchantman, 
 a ship of trade. 
 
 mere, absolute, entire. 
 
 mered, mooted. 
 
 merit, a reward, a guerdon. 
 
 mess, a party of four. 
 
 messes— i^^rf^r, persons of ia 
 leriur rank. 
 
 metaphysical, supematurat 
 mete, to measure with the 
 yardy a measuring yard«
 
 ME TIIECLIN^KA YWARD 
 
 metheg'lin, a bcvcr.n;c. 
 
 oaichfT, a iruant. 
 
 miching' malUcho^ a fcccrct and 
 
 wicked contrivance; a conc«alcd 
 
 wickedness. 
 micKle, much, 
 mimic. ;-ii actor. 
 mind. !" intend, to he di«i)o»cd, to 
 
 rciainci ; iiublcncss of fccul. 
 mineral, a mine, 
 minikin, small, delicate, pretty, 
 tninim.. was anciently, art the 
 
 term imports, the khortcst note 
 
 in nuisic. 
 xnirable. admirable, 
 miser, a mi.scrable creature, a 
 
 wrri, h 
 misprise, to undervalue ; to mi»- 
 
 t.ikc. 
 m.isproud, vicioubly, unjustifiably 
 
 proud. _ 
 miss, misbehavior ; lois, w ant ; lu 
 
 do witliout 
 missive, a messenger, 
 mistaken. ditfereMt troin. 
 
 jnistempered. ill-tempered. 
 
 misthink, to thi :k ill of. 
 
 mistress, the small ball in the 
 game ot bowls, at which the play- 
 ers .liin. 
 
 mo. more. 
 
 mobled. muffled or covered up 
 ah lilt the head. 
 
 model, an image, a representation. 
 
 moJ.ern. trite, ordin.iry, common. 
 
 modesty, moderation. 
 
 Idiodo. another name for the 
 pi mo- of darknesi, ; the ticnd of 
 nuini.r. 
 
 m.oldwarp, a mole. 
 
 mome. a blockhead. 
 
 ]Vrr>nn.rf;hf> the nick-name of an 
 Italian who attracted a great deal 
 of attention, ami is very Irequcntlv 
 mentioned by English writers ol 
 the time. 
 
 monster, to make monstrous. 
 
 montant, the abbreviation of 
 uwiitanto, a fencing term. 
 
 p/Trtnf.a nt.f> — Sign tor. a name 
 given in jest by Beatrice to Bene- 
 dick, and implying that he was a 
 great fencer. 
 
 mood, anger. 
 
 m.OOn-Calf. ^ false conccptio*, or 
 a fiLtiis imperfectly formed, in 
 consequence, as w.is supposed, of 
 the influence of the moon ; a 
 monster. 
 
 m.OOnisll. variable, inconstant. 
 
 mop. -i grimace. 
 
 moral, a latent meaning. 
 
 moraliJM, cxp'^und, inicrpm 
 more '>nd Uu great and (iaallt 
 
 g.Cjt-. 
 
 Korisco a momt-dancrr. 
 morri3-pike. a Mwof uh btk«. 
 
 mort t; .. .. 
 
 mortal, il«- . I'v. manlrfna*, 
 mortal, rxocr.lmt, very. 
 Xnortiflod. (lead l<i th« »a«44| 
 
 av. rW 
 znose '« tkt ckimf. a d.k'.nicr ta 
 
 h rsc>. 
 moat, greale»U 
 mot. a woii. a «-:.•.'! - 
 
 motion, 
 motley. 
 
 worn l> 
 
 cr> ; a d luc:.^ :^-l cr y,.\it ,^ 
 
 UttHlif,/, { < ll»h. 
 
 mould -MfH o/, '.Men of ean^ 
 
 1> ' r in irtal men." 
 
 mountant, mouoting. rutog ea 
 
 hl^h. 
 
 mouse, (o tear in piece*, to devour 
 formerly a common term dl «•• 
 
 <lc.irmcn' 
 
 .wry 
 
 .1 c V, :rv,iL,n of 
 
 It). 
 
 moy. a I!, ., 
 
 m^U h. a:i I .1 cv 
 
 . i.icii.it .1!. 1 denial 
 mum !i4.t\^ff. a cant leitn iinplf> 
 
 iiig mIciii.c aiid se. tecs . 
 muxximy, a pici-uaiiun. fur inA^i* 
 
 cal purpose*, nulc (n m <ic»4 
 
 bodies. 
 
 znurderinK-piece. » ^ : .- ! pt«c« 
 
 o. artiilrr\ ; i- ; . :■ i ■ <- 'r-j-.x 
 
 the lo.., • 
 
 towers 
 
 were s ) . 
 
 the for., ., 
 
 murk, «'.r . 
 muse, to ' 
 muset. ' ' ani 
 
 ntMt:!K t C# 
 
 ll.tck.t. 1 r,^ 
 
 Other bca%i i i s\- i ; i» a .»;.>a»rt 
 
 to pas*. 
 music, mutical, melliduouk. 
 mutine. t > mutiny, 
 mutton, a cant term (ar a ro«ir 
 
 te/ui.. 
 m3rstery. «n »t\, a cAlimj. 
 
 N. 
 
 napkin > f > '."•Lcrchkf. 
 natural > < 
 
 nautrhty. wicked. wortiit«M 
 
 nave '■ '- na»rl. 
 
 nayward. tcndeocy \o d«aM
 
 NA V-IVORD—OSPREV. 
 
 nay-'WOrd. a watchword, a laii^h- 
 iiig-stock. 
 
 aear, admitted to one's confidence. 
 
 neb. a beak, a bill, a nose. 
 
 aeedly, needfully, necessarily. 
 
 aeeldfa needle. 
 
 neezo to sneeze. 
 
 neif, a fist. 
 
 nsther-SOcks, lower stocks, stock- 
 ings. 
 
 next, nearest. 
 
 nice, s 'upulous, squeamish, silly. 
 
 l>licholas' clerks—Saint, a cant 
 term for highwaymen and rob- 
 bers. 
 
 Hicki to cut ia nicks or notches ; 
 reckoning. 
 
 niece, a grand-daughter. 
 
 niggard, to stint, to supply spar- 
 ingly. 
 
 n..gllt-mle. mght-revel. 
 
 nigrllted, dark as night. 
 
 niil, V ill not. 
 
 nine-men's-morris. a game, 
 
 no ". In our au hers time the nega- 
 tive, in common speech, was used 
 to design, ironically, the excess of 
 a tning. 
 
 nobless. notlen ss. 
 
 nod to gii'e t,\e 7iod wcLS a term 
 ui the game at cards called Noddy. 
 
 noddy, a simpleton, a fool. 
 
 noise, music ; a company or con- 
 cert. 
 
 TiXOnCQ— For the, for the occasion. 
 
 nook-sliotten isle, an isle that 
 -shoots out into capes, promon- 
 tories, end necks of land. 
 
 nortiiem jhuh, a clown. 
 
 not, not only. 
 
 nott-pated, havins the hair cut 
 
 short round and round. 
 nousles to nurse. 
 novum, a game at dice, played^ by 
 
 fi\ e or six persons. 
 nO'wl. the head. 
 nuncle, a contraction of mine 
 
 umle and the usual address, it 
 
 pears, of the domestic fool to his 
 
 superiors. 
 rs.U*"-llOOk, a cant term for a catch- 
 
 po'e. 
 nttZZling-, nestling. 
 
 O. 
 
 3, anything circular ; marks of the 
 
 sni.tU-poX: 
 oathable, capable of having an 
 
 oath administered. 
 Ob, the abbreviation of 0bolum^ — 
 
 a halfpenny. 
 
 Obdicilt, a variation of the nam« 
 of the hend called Hoberdicut and 
 
 I laberdicut. 
 
 Obligation, a b .1 d. 
 
 obseqtlious, absorbed in funeral 
 gi let ; funereal. 
 
 observance, observation. 
 
 observants, obsequious attend'- 
 ants. 
 
 observe, to show respectful atten- 
 tion. 
 
 obstacle, a rustic corruption of 
 obstinate. 
 
 occulted, secret. 
 
 occupation, mechanics. 
 
 OCCUrrentS, occurrences, incidents^ 
 
 odd-even, the interval between 
 twelve at night and one in tbe 
 morning. 
 
 oddly, unequally. 
 
 'ods pittikins ! from God's pityy 
 diminutively used by the addition 
 of kin. In this manner we havt» 
 'od'' s bod i kins 
 
 Ceilliads. amorous glances. 
 
 o'erlooked, bewitched. 
 
 o'er-po.rted, having too cciusidera 
 ble a part or character assigned to 
 him. 
 
 O'er-postmg, getting quickly over. 
 
 O'er-raught, overtook, over- 
 reached, cheated. 
 
 o'er-sized. smeared, daubed over. 
 
 o'er-wrested, over-v/ound, over- 
 strained. 
 
 of, on. 
 
 officious, ready wirh their service. 
 
 old, plentiful, great. 
 
 Old, = W(7/i/, a plain open country, 
 downs. 
 
 omen, a portentous event. 
 
 on, of. 
 
 once, once for all ; at one time cf 
 other. 
 
 operant, operative, active, 
 
 opinion, credit, repu ation, self- 
 opinion, conceit. 
 
 opposite, an adversary ; 'hostile. 
 
 opposition, a combat, 
 
 oppress, to suppress. 
 
 orb, the circle in a iield, known by 
 the name of fairy-ring. 
 
 Orcbard, generally synonymous 
 with ffurden. 
 
 ordinance, rank. 
 
 Ordinant, ordaining, swayin . 
 ordinary, a public dining-table 
 
 u here each person pays his share, 
 orgulous, proud, haughty. 
 ort, a scrap, a leaving ; the word is 
 
 seld-im found in the singular. 
 OSprey, lishing-hawk.
 
 n<;//:xr-p.4 tt/:r.v 
 
 ostent, n show, a display. 
 OCherirates, in another manner. 
 OU^liCS, jewels, 
 ought, owed. 
 OUphs. i-.vcs Koblint. 
 ousel, ti.o hl.i.kbird. 
 
 out-breasted, out »img. 
 
 outlook, to l.iicclcwii. 
 
 overbold, to keep up, to o%cr- 
 
 over-pass'd. p.isnccI away, 
 cvei-scutcliea. ovcr-wliiii|>ed. 
 ". vex'ture. ;iii opcnini;, a ui 
 
 :loM 
 
 iscovery, 
 
 O'^ve, to own, to posses*. 
 
 Oxlips, a h.indsome plant like the 
 I 'Wblip, hut larger. 
 
 eyes, (r^YiZ, hear ye>, the ij»u;d 
 iMtrodiiction to a proclamation or 
 advertisement of the public cr^er. 
 
 P. 
 
 pack, to practise unlawful con- 
 
 Ijdcracy or collusion, 
 paction, a compact, a contract, an 
 
 a. . ..ilii C. 
 
 paddock, a toad ; a f.iinillar spirit, 
 m the sliape c>f a toad. 
 
 pagran, a cam term, implying ir- 
 r-j^ulariiy either in birth or man- 
 ners. 
 
 paid, beaten, punislied, dispatched, 
 
 pain, a paiu^iiincut. 
 
 painted cioth, u>'d a* hanging* 
 lur ro ms, was cl'-th or canv.is, 
 painted in oil, representing varimi^ 
 subjects, with devices and mottoes 
 or proverbial sayings inters|>er*ed : 
 it li.is bejii erroneously expluiued 
 to mc.m t.ipcstry. 
 
 pajOCk peacock. 
 
 p.xlabras, eipnvalent to the Span- 
 i>^ piCiis piilabraSf /. ^, "lew 
 
 pale, paleness ; to enclose «s with 
 
 a \K\\>: \ to encompass, 
 palled. ilei;.i>cd. impaired, 
 pulliament. a robe, 
 palter, to shuflle, to equivocate. 
 pan&T, to ^Ivc violent pain to. 
 pantaloon, it I\ittaU'Ht means 
 
 pr >pcrly oae of the rcgii ar i bar- 
 
 .icicrs in the old Italian conicdy . 
 pantler, t!ie servant who took care 
 
 it tlic p mtry or of the bread, 
 paper, srcnrltlcs. _ 
 papers, sets down in wntmg. 
 parcel. T pirt. 
 
 parcel-erilt, what is now called by 
 
 ■>rti-.ts/.;r."v.jc.-7/, _ 
 
 Parish-garden, a ruigansm for 
 
 Parii-^xrJen, t'.- .j.m.^s.^ bdi 
 K >!<i':ii in Soulhw«r«,. 
 
 pariah-top, a brice top wm fuf 
 
 li.r.:y I . ; ,:. r . x, ,_ ^ ^ . \^ 
 
 *hip .t 
 
 the I - rx 
 
 by CV . .:(, 
 
 ubilc: 
 I>aritOl *arit^r. 
 
 '•> -^n I , » Cuu»i, 
 
 V ho cj:!.C. out Cititwvi**, 
 
 Parle. t > parley. 
 
 parlous, a t'-rruption oiftriUmt^ 
 
 alartnin,;, amaAUiS. shrewd- 
 panzutoeti. a corrupt form of 
 
 i/>erma. e:i. 
 part, t'artly ; a partv; !■» dcjvart 
 partake, to eKtcuJ pjr:uii,.itiia 
 
 < f ; 1 . take part, 
 partaker, a (>anner, a toafedcrmte. 
 
 parted, endowed. 
 
 partialize t.. make partial. 
 
 partisan, a kind of pike or ha}> 
 
 beril. 
 
 partlet. a w oman's ruff or Land. 
 
 party, a part. 
 
 pash. to ktiike a lhiiiK«i(h such 
 
 Ticc as to cru Vi it I > | ■ ; l?.e 
 head, rather . 
 
 pass, to Mil . 
 
 to die ; to 1 
 
 for; to a^iMire J t"'Cci)\'-_. 
 I>assable. snmcicnt lo "procure a 
 
 p.iss or admisNion. 
 IWSSado, a p.'ss or molioD for> 
 
 \v .ltd* ia fciitu:^ term). 
 
 ];>assa«e, * y^-^u^^ away; th« 
 movuic to ana tro, the cru«*«ap, of 
 
 pxssenKer*. 
 passes, artful d-".;-'-.. tr -tr***, 
 
 passion, t • ^ 'W or 
 
 em It. :i \ \ 
 passionate >■ eaiirr«« 
 
 j.asM .nattiy. 
 pastry, a room where pastry i« 
 
 niaiie. 
 patch, properly • domrstk foul, 
 
 and used al%o as a term of cuo* 
 
 p.-i* ' -\ 'a fool in a piMl* 
 
 p' 
 
 p.. 
 
 
 :ery. 
 :levte4 and 
 
 faai 
 
 »-. .1. 
 
 as- 
 
 pu- 
 
 brcaUl 
 lh« a 
 
 .•■*'U|pc»p« 
 . . rpUte (l.-r 
 uve.i «ith lii« 
 Imintsiratton 
 
 (h« 
 
 '•tf 
 
 the 
 
 
 in 
 
 of 
 
 ih# 
 
 cue 
 
 iati»t. 
 
 
 
 patronage, to patrcohc, la su^ 
 
 port, ti) drfrnd. 
 pattMll, an msiaac«, aa vaampla.
 
 22 
 
 FA UC A— PLUME. 
 
 pauca, (a cant expression), the 
 abbreviation oi patica verba. 
 
 paucas pallabris : i,eQ J>aiadras. 
 
 pavin, a dance. 
 
 pax. a small plate of metal, which, 
 dunnji a certain part of the mass, 
 uas tendered to the laity tc be 
 kissed. 
 
 pay, to beat ; to punish ; to dis- 
 patch ; to lequite; to hit. 
 
 payment, a punishment. 
 
 peach., to impeach. 
 
 peak, to become emaciated, to 
 mope, to be spiritless. 
 
 peascod. the husk that cental s 
 the peas ; a peascod-branch, and 
 ccds signify pods. 
 
 peat, a pet, a fondling. 
 
 pedant, a schoolmaster. 
 
 peel'd. tonsured. 
 
 peevish., silly, foolish, trifling. 
 
 peise. o weigh down ; to poise. 
 
 pelleted, tormed into small balls ; 
 c jnsisting of small balls. 
 
 pelt, to rage clamoiously. 
 
 pelting:, pahry, contemptible. 
 
 penetrative, penetrating. 
 
 penner. a case for holdii'.g pens. 
 
 pensioners, gentlemen of the 
 band of Pensioners, who wore a 
 splendid uniform. 
 
 perdu, a soldier sent on a forlorn 
 hope. 
 
 perdurable, lasting. 
 perdurably, lastingly. 
 
 perdy. venly {par dieii). 
 
 peregrinate, of a foreign or out- 
 landish cast. 
 
 perfect, to instruct fully. 
 
 perfect, certain, well-informed. 
 
 perforce, by violence ; of neces- 
 sity. 
 
 periapts, amulets; chiirms worn 
 as preservatives against diseases 
 or mischief. 
 
 period, an end ; to put an end to. 
 
 perish, to cause to perish, to 
 destroy, 
 
 perishen, perish. 
 
 perjure, to corrupt ; perjurer, 
 perpend, to weigh, to consider 
 
 attentively. 
 perplex'd. distracted. 
 person, a parson. 
 pertly, alertly, quickly. 
 pervert, to turn away or aside, 
 pestering, crowding. 
 petar, or pettird, an engine, 
 
 charged with powder, used to 
 
 blow up gates, &c. 
 Pheezax, a made word from 
 
 Jfheezt, 
 
 pheeze, to beat, to chastise, to 
 
 humble. 
 Philip, a name for the common 
 
 sparrow, perhaps from its note. 
 
 phip. phip. 
 
 )hi 
 
 phisnomy. physiognomy. 
 
 phraseless, beyond the power of 
 l.mguage to describe justly. 
 
 pick, to pitch. 
 
 picked, scrupulously nice, foppish, 
 fastidious. 
 
 pickers and stealers— By these. 
 By these hands. 
 
 picking", insignificant. 
 
 pick-thanks, fawning parasites. 
 
 pied, pariy-colored. 
 
 piedneSS. diversity of color. 
 
 pight, pitched, fixed, settled. 
 
 pig-nuts, earth-nuts. 
 
 pilcher, a scabbard, a sheath. 
 
 pill, to pillage. 
 
 Pillicock : this word was fre- 
 quently used as a teim of endear- 
 ment. 
 
 pin, the wooden nail of the target. 
 
 pin-buttock, a sharp pointed 
 buttock. 
 
 pink eytie, small, winking, half- 
 shut eyes. 
 
 pitch and pay, Pay on delivery. 
 
 pitying, remitting his ransom. 
 
 plaee. a term in falconry, meaning 
 the greatest elevation which a 
 bird of prey attains in its flight. 
 
 place, precedence. 
 
 placket, the slit or opening in a 
 petticoat, and a stomacher. 
 
 plague, a punishment. 
 
 plain, to complain ; to make plain. 
 
 plain-song, the uniform modu- 
 lation or simplicity of the chant 
 was anciently distinguished, in 
 opposition to prick-song Q\ varie- 
 gated music sung by note. 
 
 planched. planked. 
 
 plantage. plants, vegetation. 
 
 plantain, the herb so called, not 
 the tree. 
 
 plantation, colonizing. 
 
 plants, the solos of the feet, feet. 
 
 plash, a pool. 
 
 plates, pieces of silver money, 
 platforms, plans, schemes. 
 plausibly, by acclamation. 
 plausive. pleasing, taking, spe- 
 cious. 
 
 play-feres, play-fellows, 
 
 pleached, interwoven, intertwined, 
 pleasance. pleasure, delight. 
 please-man, an officious parasite, 
 plighted, complicated, involved. 
 plurae «/, to prank up, to gratify.
 
 PL U.M»t£. i-PKlMY 
 
 plummet, a plumh-li^e. for •ound- 
 111^' ilic <it-|ilU wi Ihc water. 
 
 plumpy, plump, fat. 
 
 plurisy. u plethora, a ftupcrabuniJ- 
 ;incc . 
 
 poach, po. he, or /otiJk, to thrukt. 
 
 VOCSiB /■iii'iil'ras : sec patatraj. 
 
 point, a latiycd lacc, common in 
 a II I. lent tircN>. 
 
 point - /■•.ex.n.tly. 
 point-devise, fuiically-«xact, inU 
 
 i:_iiicly cx.ici. 
 
 poise, w'Mt'lit. importance. 
 
 poking'-Sticks. instnimentt Tt 
 V ttiii;; the pl.tits of ruffs. 
 
 Polack. a Pole. 
 
 pole, I lie standard. 
 
 polled, si orn, cle.ired. 
 
 pomander, cither a composition 
 ot various perfumes, wrought intj 
 the shape of a b.ill, or a case, fr)r 
 containing such a mixture of per- 
 fumes. 
 
 pome-water, a species of apple, 
 
 Poor-John, hake sailed and dried. 
 
 popinja ". a parrot. 
 
 popularity, plebeian intercourse. 
 
 porpentine. a purcupinr. 
 port. ^' It,-. 
 
 portagre. an outlet. — port-holes. 
 
 portance, bearing, behavior. 
 
 possess, to inform precisely. 
 
 possession, insanity. 
 
 posters. >wift travelers. 
 
 posy, a mo'.to. 
 
 potato, formerly regarded as a 
 
 str-Ui; provocative. 
 potting, drinking. 
 pottle, a measure of two quarts ; 
 
 frequently meaning a drinking 
 
 vessel. 
 pouncet-box. a box for holding 
 
 liertuMieN. wiih a perforated lid. 
 
 powder, lo ^alt. 
 
 practice, contrivance, treachery, 
 ( '.nspiracy ; practical. 
 
 practisants, confederate* in strat- 
 agem. 
 
 practise, to use arts or stratagems, 
 to plot. 
 
 •praise, to appraise. 
 
 prank, to deck out. 
 
 pray "« '»'«'', a law-term u»ed for a 
 petition made in a court of justice 
 for the calling in of help from 
 another that hath an interest in 
 the c.uisc in question. 
 
 precedence, what has preceded. 
 
 precedent, the t)ricinal draught of 
 .1 \vntmj4 ; a prognostic. 
 
 preceptial, consisting of precept*, 
 precepts, warrant!. 
 
 preclpltancf* ?' p a. t c.f ihrowb>g 
 
 I' ;>rc<.ip»<.«. 
 
 pref. 
 
 , prCK':. f. dvmivt 
 
 preti.. i 
 
 prcnuiiiiiiiiie. 
 
 r<-ir.l, !• fore 
 
 prepost«rou«. the Clown** Uua 
 
 •>r I r/r.,,/„^»,. 
 prescript, an order, • duectioa t 
 
 prev. r,;.tive. 
 
 presence, *' - • - - > ^oibo 
 
 in a p .1.1 ' 
 press, an I 
 
 f •epr, , , 
 
 pressed, forced into n>i. 
 
 press-money, •' - •• 
 
 VkU« p.4t>t I 
 
 Wcrr retail 
 
 pressures. ;.., .c 
 
 prest. ready. 
 
 Frester J^'fin. a fabulous 
 
 tian ki:)K • f I - ■ ' ' 
 
 kiiiia, or > : 
 
 His title ' 
 
 atrd, ;■ 
 
 tra . 
 
 the 
 
 Christ!.*!. . 
 
 Kgy).t, V. 
 
 service, t 
 
 longer to b« 
 
 emi)cror but /• 
 
 he wolde have t 
 
 first preest that »c 
 
 the chirvhe 
 
 John." 
 
 pretence, 
 pretend. : 
 
 li..M I'lit. I 
 pretty, p-: 
 prevail, t ■ . 
 prevent, ; 
 preyf ; '. 
 prick 
 
 in 
 rri 
 by . 
 
 a 
 
 d. - 
 priik.' 
 
 n to 
 *ty Mff* 
 
 «Hicli 
 
 Cbfb. 
 
 lb* 
 
 thai 
 
 ' ibe 
 
 .1 •! 
 
 and kU aaai« waa 
 
 pnmoro 
 primy. f-'iy, 
 apring.
 
 ^ 
 
 PRINCIPA LI TV— QUO TE. 
 
 principality, an angel of a high 
 order. 
 
 principals, the strongest rafters 
 in the roof of a building. 
 
 princox, a pert youtn. 
 
 print — In, With great exactness. 
 
 private, confidential intelligence. 
 
 prize, a privilege. 
 
 probal, probable. 
 
 probation, proof, act of proving. 
 
 process, i^ summons, a citation. 
 
 prolamation, a report, a char- 
 acter. 
 
 yrodigious, portentous, unnatu- 
 ral. 
 
 proditor, a betrayer, a traitor. 
 
 proin, to prune. 
 
 prolixioUS, prolix, causing delay. 
 
 rrclong'd, deferred. 
 
 l^rono, prompt, forward, head- 
 strong, significant. 
 
 proof hardened ; firm temper, im- 
 penetrability. 
 
 proper, one's ov^n. 
 
 proper, well-looking. 
 
 property, to appropriate ; to en- 
 dow with properties or quali- 
 ties. 
 
 propose, conversation ; to dis- 
 course ; to converse ; to image to 
 oneself. 
 
 propriety, proper state or con- 
 dra -n. 
 
 propuT-nation, defence. 
 
 prorog-UG. to prolor.g. 
 provand, provender, food. 
 provokCG. urges on, impels. 
 pro-T-oking-, stimulating. 
 Puck fiend or devil. 
 P'ldency, modesty. 
 pMi-Sringr. pri'^ging, thieving. 
 puka-StocIiing-, dark-colored, 
 
 1 'crh p-^ equivalent to /^/c^"). 
 pMlsidgG, the Hostess's corruption 
 
 pMn. to pound, to beat. 
 
 punto. a thrust, a stroke, (a fenc- 
 
 v.vg term). 
 pv.nto 7-fversOy a back-handed 
 
 thrust or stroke (a fencing- 
 
 termK 
 plirchase, gain, advantage ; a 
 
 .-M t term for stolen goods, 
 purples, the early purple orchis, 
 pursuivants, heralds, 
 pasll. an exclamation, equivalent 
 
 put on. to instigate, 
 puttock. a kite. 
 pU3zel. a foul drab. 
 pyramis, a pyramid. 
 
 quail, to overpower, to slacken. 
 
 quails, a cant term for prostitutes. 
 
 quaint, ingenious, clever, artful, 
 neat, elegant. 
 
 quak'd gladly.^ thrown into grate- 
 ful trepidation. 
 
 qualify, to soften, to weaken. 
 
 quality, (used technically to sig- 
 nify) the profession of an actor ; 
 a profession, an occupation. 
 
 quarter, an allotted post cr sta- 
 tion. 
 
 quat, a pimple. 
 
 queasiness, sickness of a nau- 
 seated stomach, distaste, disgust. 
 
 queasy, nauseated, disgusted, deli- 
 cate, unsettled. 
 
 quell, to kill ; murder, assassina- 
 tion. 
 
 quench., to grow cool. 
 
 quern, a hand-mill for grinding 
 corn, made from two correspond- 
 ing stones. 
 
 quest, a search, an inquiry, an 
 inquest, an impannelled jury, an 
 inquisition. 
 
 questant, an aspirant, a candi- 
 date. 
 
 question, conversation, a point, a 
 topic \ '.Q converse. 
 
 questionable, easy and willing 
 to b: conversed with. 
 
 qUOStrists, persons who go in 
 quest or search of another. 
 
 quick, living, alive, inventive, 
 quick-witted, pregnant. 
 
 quiddits, and quiddities, legal 
 quibblings, equivocations. 
 
 quietus, an Exchequer term, 
 which denotes that an accompt- 
 ant is quity 
 
 quillets, sly turns in argument, 
 nice and frivolous distinctions ; 
 chicanery. 
 
 quilt, a flock-bed. 
 
 quintain, originally was nothing 
 more than the trunk of a tree or 
 post set up for the practice of 
 the tyros in chivalry, 
 
 quip, a sharp retort, a taunt. 
 
 quire, a company ; to sing in con- 
 cert. 
 
 quit, to acquit, to requite, to retal- 
 late, to avenge, to set free. 
 
 quittance, an acquittance, a dis- 
 charge, a requital ; to requite. 
 
 quiver, nimble, active. 
 
 quote, to note, to mark, — formerly 
 pronounced, and often writtCB^ 
 cote.
 
 R-KF.-s:i.:.r. 
 
 K called Md Uo^'s ittl.r fr.in ii% 
 resemblance la buutid lo llie huoii- 
 ing of a dog. 
 
 rabato, a kind of ruC or band ; it 
 conies from rabattre, \.o f>ut i>.i. A\ 
 because it w.is at first mulling l.ut 
 the collar ot ihc sliirt or shift 
 turned back towards the shoul- 
 ders, 
 
 rabbit-sucker, a snckinp rabbit. 
 
 rabole, a hand of inferior spirit*. 
 
 rable,.i:ii'Me. 
 
 I'ace, inborn quality, dispnsitlf.n, 
 nature , a root. 
 
 rack, a raass of vapory clouds ; to 
 move like vapor ; to exafjcgcraic. 
 
 rag", a term of conienipt,— a rag- 
 am iiffin. 
 
 ragrged, bn ken, unequal, — rough, 
 'i-L^garly, ba^c, ignominious. 
 
 rag-ingr-WOOd. raging-mad, 
 
 rak . t < vcr. 
 
 rampaliian, a term of low abuse. 
 
 rank, ,. ruw ; grown to great 
 
 hei^^l.t, gross. 
 rankncsc, exuberance, 
 rapture, a violent seizure, a fit. 
 rar ly, nicely, happdy. 
 rascal, a deer lean and out of 
 
 >ea^on. I 
 
 rash, sudden, vifient. 
 raught, reached, snatched away, i 
 ravel out, to unfold, to disclose. . 
 ravin, t) devour eagerly ; ravening. I 
 ravin'd. ravenous. I 
 
 rawly, l.a>tily, suddenly. 
 
 rayed, bcfunlcd. 
 
 read, vr rede), coun-cl, advice 
 
 rearly, early. 
 
 reason, t) c<<nveisr, to talk. I 
 
 rebate, to make obuisc t(j dull. 
 
 rebused. (Juasi ahund. 
 
 receipt, a rcLcptacIc. 
 receivinj?. ready apprehension. i 
 recheat. •> hunting-term for certain 
 notes sounded on the horn, cm- 
 ployed to recall the do^s from a 
 wriMig scent | 
 
 reck. I.e.. c. 
 
 recOR-nizance, a badge, a token, 
 
 recomforted, comforted. 
 
 record, t jsmg. 
 
 recorder, a sort < f flute or fiasco 
 
 Ic-t 
 
 re-deliver, to reinirt, 
 
 reduce, t i bring batk. 
 
 reechy smoky, greasy, filthy. 
 
 refelled. refuted. 
 
 refiUfe. to shelter, to pallialc. . . 
 
 refuse. "^ renounce, lo diftowa. I b 
 
 rCrT-ird • •nftldcfJlKjn a virv 
 
 re^if » - • 
 
 re^ .. 
 
 rej^ .... 
 
 relent, i • irp^^^ui. 
 
 relumo. i ■ li^ht ai;ain 
 
 remain, t . d«c :. 
 remediate, ubie lu gi«« 
 
 re- I.i..:.»c. 
 
 remem]>*>r » ■ ••■•' ■ ' • •• - 
 rememb* 
 
 I nr \ II, ' 
 
 remembi.i;. 
 rcmonstruucc 
 
 a .l.Klovrfv. 
 
 remorse, t' n ; 
 
 ot heart. 
 
 remotion. a r-n; •. 
 removrc' ; -f« 
 
 rem 
 rcnil . 
 
 t . 
 renej^e. ; 
 renyniK ' 
 repair. ; 
 repast tic.. 
 rrpastur"^ l vition. 
 repeal i r .il. a recall, 
 repine, a rrj.n ing 
 replenished. cuuMimmAt*. 
 
 pric. 
 
 replication. > rr 
 
 llMll. 
 
 reprehend. D.. 
 
 f.-^tet,rtl. 
 
 reprobance. r 
 reproof. \.<' dt , 
 
 r^ 
 
 to reMftt. 
 
 repugn, i 
 
 reputing 
 requ 
 re«i 
 rer» ■: 
 reserve 
 
 curr!,.llv. 
 
 resohitns rfr^pt'tat 
 resc". 
 
 resi 
 
 reM 
 ro»i 
 
 rr8i>«*.livrly. 
 rest ■■' 
 
 \'- 
 
 rs-H'. 
 
 ia: 
 
 rd. 
 
 p«f 
 
 ilrm 
 
 'r«»L
 
 J?j;S TFUL—SEA M. 
 
 restful, quiet, peaceful, 
 resty, torpid, idle, 
 retire, a retreat, 
 retiring-, returning, 
 return, to make known to. 
 reverbs, reverberates. 
 reverse, u fencing term, 
 revolts, revolters, rebels, 
 re-word, to re-echo, 
 rhexiraatic. splenetic, peevish. 
 rib. to enclose. 
 
 ribatidred. lewd. 
 
 ricll'd, enriched. 
 
 rid. to destroy. 
 
 rig-g-isll. wanton. 
 
 rig-htly, directlj--. 
 
 rig"Ol, a circle. 
 
 rim, entrails. 
 
 Ting--time. time for marriage. 
 
 ilingrwood, a common name for a 
 
 ripingr, ripeness, maturit)'. 
 
 rivagre, a bank, a shore. 
 
 xivality, participation, equality, 
 of rank. 
 
 rivals, partners, associates. 
 
 rive, to fire. 
 
 rivo, a Bacchanalian exclamation. 
 
 road, a roadstead, a haven, a 
 journey, an inroad ; the cant term 
 for a prostitute. _ 
 
 rognes, wandering beggars, va- 
 ccrant.s. 
 
 TOiSting-, bullying, defying. 
 
 romagre, tumultnous hurry ; ano- 
 ther v\.y of writing rjimtnage, 
 
 ' Ondur;. a round, a belt. 
 'Onyon^ a mangy, scabby crea- 
 ture. 
 
 Ood — The, The cross, the crucifix, 
 ok'd squatted down, lodged, 
 •oosted. 
 
 ..opery, roguery. 
 
 roiher, a horned beast. 
 
 round, a diadem : plain-spoken, 
 unceremonious ; to whisper. 
 
 roundel, a dance. 
 
 rouse a large draught, a bumper, 
 a carouse. 
 
 rout, a tumult, a multitude, a 
 rabble. 
 
 royal, a gold coin, 
 
 roynish., mangy% scabby, paltry'. 
 
 rubious, red, ruddy. 
 
 ruddock, the redbreast. 
 
 XUdesby, a rude fellow, a blus- 
 terer. 
 
 3Mi:E3.e, to be turbulent, to swag- 
 ger. 
 
 ruinate, to bring to ruin. 
 
 Tule. behavior. 
 
 rumor a loud murmur. 
 
 S. 
 
 Saba, the Queen of Sheba. 
 
 sacred, belonging to an empress. 
 
 sad. serious. 
 
 sadness, seriousnets. 
 
 Sag-ittary, the sign of the 5c- 
 titjous creature so called, /. e. an 
 animal compounded of man and 
 horse, and armed with a bow and 
 quiver. 
 
 sain, said. 
 
 sallet, or salade, a close-fitting 
 headpiece. 
 
 salt, a salt-cellar. 
 
 Saltiers. Satyrs. 
 
 Saming'O, a corruption or abbre- 
 viation of Saft Domingo. 
 
 sanctuarize, to shelter. 
 sand-blind, very dim-sighted, 
 
 P'jrb;ind. 
 sanded, of a sandy coior. 
 sans, without (,/r.j. 
 satire, satirist. 
 sauce, (in vulgar Ianguage\ to 
 
 serve out ; to treat insolently, to 
 
 abuse. 
 savagre. silvan, uncultivated. 
 
 savagrery, wild growth. 
 sawn, sown. 
 
 say, an assay, a sample, a taste. 
 
 say, a kind of serge, made entirely 
 of wcol. 
 
 say'd, assayed. 
 
 scald, properly "scabby," but used 
 as a word of contempt, implying 
 povert}-, disease, and filth. 
 
 SCall, used by Sir Hugh Evans for 
 ssald. 
 
 SCamble. to scramble. 
 
 scantling, a certain proportion, a 
 portion. 
 
 scape, a sally, an act of lewdness, 
 a freak. 
 
 SCath.e, hurt, damage ; to hurt, tc 
 injure. 
 
 scattered, divided, unsettled, dis- 
 united. 
 
 sconce, a round fortification, a 
 I head : to ensconce, to hide. 
 
 scornful, scorned. 
 I scotch., to make incisions, to score 
 I or cut slightly. 
 
 scotches, cuts. 
 ! scrimers. fencers. 
 I scrip, a slip of writing. 
 
 scrippag-e. the contents of a scrips 
 
 scroyles, scabby fellows. 
 
 sculls, shoals. 
 
 'SCUSe, an excuse. 
 I scut, a tail. 
 
 L, grea*e, lard.
 
 SEARCH- S/ML L A Jt. 
 
 search, to yt ( .- 
 
 Shafalos. /v.vr.,. Llu»dff» (o< 
 
 season, ti.c 
 
 ..-». rrpcrU, 
 
 seconds, i \ 
 
 -C. Ml.,1 Lill.l 
 
 shells lb* oator cmu oI 
 
 leiic«l after ti.e %iu^\.rt |,f>u i» 
 
 «) 
 
 sifted. 
 
 
 sect. >cx ; a ciiiting. 
 
 
 secure, carclc**. over-conftilcnt. 
 
 
 securely, carvle«iiy, o\-er-conA- 
 
 •1> enu el Wokmi y/en- 
 
 ,|^„flv 
 
 wnr^ 
 
 B<^- ' ; - ^ , ' ' -. 
 
 •l! . : . . i 
 
 St ■ "-ve*. to l.lln.l ; 
 
 
 !.4lci>nry. 
 
 ■hr.ii.'a 
 
 3icnun«-. '■ .>;-;'«Jrjiitc, »|.«- 
 
 shearman. •'••- "*■■' ».-.' 
 
 . : UH. s.piTiU . he. '>minnlv. 
 
 V,i ,I.,ih. 
 
 aepTeg-ation. a »c|..,tjtion. a cli%- 
 
 •heav'd *'•/. • •«raw >iat 
 
 )'• r^oii. 
 
 •heen. sbnuni;. bncbt 
 
 sei3'd. I>•l^»c^*•d (4 law-icrin). 
 s-!rl. -Mom. 
 
 sheep-biter, a cam u; 
 
 soldom-when. rarely, not often. 
 
 • h.--- -•■•'-:- •' 
 
 Seld-ShOWU /.'.; //^^.i. l.ric\t% ^\\n 
 
 B). 
 
 vrl! in cxfui>it liicniNclvo in piih- 
 li : view. 
 
 8l: 
 
 self-admission, tclf- allowance. 
 
 , r ,,,,,, 1, ,t 1,111 
 
 Sli. 
 
 •self-bounty, inherent RenerA^Ity 
 
 semblable. .t resemblance, a likc- 
 
 ilrcs*. 
 
 1 ~. I'k-. simil.ir. 
 
 •hive. "lice. 
 
 Semblably. in like manner. 
 
 •hock, t • >"<-et f. rcr »■■»- f— — 
 
 Semblative. r«;*emblin|:. 
 
 shOR. ! 1 .; 
 
 seniory. *cniority. 
 
 shoon. • --^ 
 
 sennet, -t p.irticnl.»r «et of notes on 
 
 shore. 1 - ♦«■: «ii »h,.'« 
 
 t' <■ (Miniix-t or ornrt. 
 
 short. ' > ■ ^Mc »hort of. 
 
 Seiioys. iIk- Sirnnexe. 
 
 •hot. - ;rr 
 
 sense, sensation, »en«ual pa* 
 
 •hotten i:."imc. » h<'»^' 
 
 M ■ I . . 
 
 b j« c j^t II \ sp.4» n 
 
 septentrion— Tkr, The north. 
 
 •boUffh^. a sKjwCV km! 
 
 sequent, ;« JulU.wer. 
 
 .h-^Mbt-.-.^l-.^tf.... 
 
 equ ester, a ^equcktration, a •ep- 
 
 • ). 
 
 SerB-eant, a l.allifT. a »henfl*. 
 
 
 wiiK It ■I'jx^.it^ {«• ii.<«c 
 
 SCipiK'O. a sort of tetter or dry 
 
 little, if at all. from Ibal .- 
 
 f ; ..;.:i 11 on i!ie »kin. 
 
 /..J. : 
 
 servant. .i l.-vcr. 
 
 8l. frw. 
 
 si-TVauted. Mibjected. 
 
 •^ •*• ... 
 
 sessa, l-eijiiici. 
 
 • 1,; .1, »HnU tbi«-*t»d. 
 
 set. t'l V.l'uj* : a n:.: - 'M 
 
 
 appointment (in lb- 
 
 ■ brow. J »' tew. 
 
 of thievcn, pl.in i» 
 
 H^iowil. • •^' I cottctioii. 
 
 -.fit u-tii /.'.mV, a Uiiu Ji. u» 
 
 
 t'-imi» 
 
 So^^ebos. T K'"' «'«vil. 
 
 H>_ il>»l»ible. 
 
 setter, one ulio W;»ti-he», and 
 
 »' ■*'• ... 
 
 I :ni« out to t>i* comrade*, the 
 
 St, ' ifM^d is Ike 
 
 ^. ii« to be pliimlrrt-il. 
 
 
 several, t.- U iN.a wer« cn- 
 
 , \ \v '- - 111 trx\r^h. III 
 
 :;■ ^ 
 
 It^ :i 1 ■ '..•«;,•*!. 
 
 • :. . ■';»• 
 
 sewer. .»n ofti' er, who placed lh« 
 she* on the table, look ihcm 
 off. Ac. 
 
 •impliclly • ^ 
 
 • JHlllft*. a ti-^1 aUlot, cnul 
 (curd.
 
 28 
 
 SINGLE—SPRA G. 
 
 Singrle. weak, feeble, simple, void 
 of suile 
 
 singularities, curiosities, rarities. 
 
 Sink-a-pace, a corruption of 
 ■ inqne-J>ace. 
 
 sir, a gentleman, a gallant, a 
 courtier. 
 
 sirrah, a familiar address ; an ad- 
 dress to a woman. 
 
 sir-reverence, a corruption of 
 
 save-revere>ice^ an old formula of 
 apology for introducing any too 
 free or indelicate expression. 
 
 sister, to resemble closely, to be 
 near to. 
 
 sith., since. 
 
 sithence, since, 
 
 sizes, allowances, 
 
 skains-mates, companion scape- 
 graces. 
 
 skill, reason. 
 
 ^skills fiot — It, It matters not, it 
 m.ikes no difference. 
 
 skipper, a youngster. 
 
 skirr, tci m )ve rapidly, to scour. 
 
 slab, slabby, glutinous. 
 
 slack, to he remiss in, to neglect, 
 
 slanderOtlS, the object of slander. 
 
 sleave and sleave-silk, soft floss 
 silk, used for weaving. 
 
 sleeve, worn as a favor. 
 
 sleeve-hand, a cuff, a wrist-band, 
 .-iltered to sleeve-band. 
 
 sleeveless, useless, unprofitable. 
 
 sleided ^^ilk. untwisted silk. 
 
 sleight, an artifice. 
 
 slight, a contraction of by his 
 (tiod's) light. 
 
 slighted, pitched. 
 
 slip, a piece of false money, sy- 
 nonymous with coHnterfeit. 
 
 slip, the noose by which grey- 
 noundswere held before they were 
 allowed to start for the game ; 
 to loose the hounds from the 
 
 s:l'-f>. 
 
 sliver, to cleave, to slice off. to 
 tear off ; a slip, a portion cut or 
 broken off. 
 
 slobbery, sloppj'. 
 
 slop. large loose trousers or 
 breeches. 
 
 Slow'd, made slow, retarded. 
 
 slubber, to obscure, to soil, to do 
 carelessly or imperfectly. 
 
 smatch, a smack, a taste, a tinc- 
 ture. 
 
 srailets. the diminutive of smiles. 
 
 smooth, to caress, to fl.ntter. 
 
 smug, neat, spruce, trim. 
 
 Smulkin. a fiend. 
 
 smutch'd, blackened with soot. 
 
 snatches, shuffling, quibbling 
 answers. 
 
 Sneap, to check, to nip ; a check, 
 a rebuke, a snubbing. 
 
 snick-up, an exclamation of con- 
 tempt. 
 
 snipe, a silly fellow. 
 
 snuff — To take in, to be angry, to 
 take offence ; an object of con- 
 tempt. 
 
 snuffs, angers, offence-takings, 
 
 SOilure, stain, defilement. 
 
 solace, to render mirthful, to take 
 pleasure, to amuse. 
 
 solely, alone 
 
 solicit, to move. 
 
 soliciting, incitement. 
 ^ solidares. coin. 
 
 solve, solution. 
 
 sometime, formerly. 
 
 sometimes, formerly. 
 
 soon at. about. 
 
 sooth, truth, sweetness, softness, 
 
 true. 
 soothe, to flatter. 
 sore (or soare), a buck of the 
 
 fourth ycdr. 
 sorel, a buck of the third year. 
 sort, a company, a crew ; to class, 
 
 to choose, to suit, to accord, to 
 
 adapt, to frame, to associate, to 
 
 bring to a good issue, to fall out ; 
 
 rank, quality. 
 SOrtance. suitableness, agreement, 
 sorts, different degrees. 
 sot. a fool. 
 
 soul-fearing, soul- terrifying. 
 souse, to rush down on and strike 
 
 with violence. 
 SOwl. to lug, to seize. 
 Sowter — /. e. Cobbler, — the name 
 
 of a hound. 
 
 span-counter, a pastime. 
 speciously, a blunder of Mrs. 
 
 Quickly ^'V specially. 
 speculation, vision, faculty of 
 
 sight. 
 speculative, visual. 
 
 speed, hap, fortune. 
 
 sperr. to shut, to bar. to make fast. 
 
 'spials, espials, spies. 
 
 spill, to destroy. 
 
 spilth, a spilling, an effusion. 
 
 Spital, an hospital. 
 
 spleen, humor, caprice, incon- 
 stancy, haste in excess, violent 
 mirth. 
 
 Spleeny, ill-tempered, peevish, 
 
 splinter, to splint. 
 
 spotted, stained, polluted. 
 sprag, or spracky ready, quick. 
 alert.
 
 sPK/yC-STXA lAChM 
 
 spring', a beginning, a young »hooe 
 
 of ;« I ICC, 
 spurs, the UlcrjJ ihooU of the 
 
 r.M.t, of ttrcs. 
 
 squandered. ili»per»«d. Kaitercti 
 
 square, equitable, suitable ; \<> 
 
 <|u.iricl 
 squarer. a quarreler, 
 squares. vi<iadri>n». 
 squash .m unri|>e |>eaicod, 
 squiuy. v> lo k avjumt. 
 squire, a s<|ujre, a rule. 
 Stablish. t. e>labh»h. 
 Stablishment. an e>tabli»hmenl. 
 
 .1 settled inheritance, a kingdom. 
 Stag'e. tu exhibit publicly, to repre- 
 sent on the sta^e. 
 stain, tincture, di^prace. 
 stale. .< decoy, a b.<il, a pretence, a 
 
 nuisk. .4 c.int term f'.r a prostitute. 
 
 a l.tunhing stock ' to make cheap 
 
 or Common. 
 stalk, tu creep stealthily and stoop- 
 
 inely. 
 Stall, to dwell, to keep cIo*e, to 
 
 inst.ill, to invest, 
 stanch, n.t to be broken, united. 
 BtanchleSS. not to be stanched. 
 
 in-.iti.itc. 
 stand w/t't, or OH, to cncerti, to 
 
 interest, to be of consequence to ; 
 
 to pride one's self on. to insist on. 
 standard, a standard-bearer, an 
 
 cnsii;!!. 
 standing', continuance, direction 
 Staniel, .m inferior, but beautiful 
 
 sp'.cics of falcon. 
 stark stiff. 
 
 starting-hole, an evasion. 
 Btart-Vip. .Ill upstart, 
 starve, to deprive of power, 
 state .1 r.iised chair, a chair of 
 
 si.ite. a i>crson of hi>;h rank, 
 station, an attitude, the act of 
 
 st.iiuiiiiK, the stale of repose. 
 statist, a statesman, 
 statue, synonymous with " pic- 
 
 tlirr " 
 
 statute, its legal signiflcatioo, that 
 
 of a fcccuriiv or obligation for 
 
 money. 
 statutes, particular mode* of re- 
 
 co^;ni/ancc or acknowledgment for 
 
 scciirin){ debts, 
 staves, the woo<i of the lance*.- 
 
 l..Mces. 
 stead, to .-issist, to benefit. 
 stell'd fixed. 
 Stelled. starry. 
 
 stem, the prow or f"r.-;w,t .( J 
 
 slup. 
 
 8terna«e. steerage, 
 
 ■tloklar. one »h J sir. .J ty to p«M 
 lh« coin(>aian*t vkca v*<t<iry 
 could be «i«c«tmuM4 WMImwI 
 I blood%Hed. 
 
 SUir. »-■ ! . :• ^*-..r.| 
 
 Stitfi ■ »ta*« 
 
 ^Stlifl:. • >. 
 
 •tlnc> •*«ual iiaMton 
 ! Stint, to ceaM, to Slot ' 
 »t .(. 
 stltchery. ne«dlewofk 
 Stlthied. (ormrd oo ih* Uilk «• 
 
 stithy, a forge. 
 ; StOCCadO. a l>>r -.xX in fcr \:t. 
 
 staccata 
 stock a , 
 stock, a 
 
 8tix:k-ksh. 
 ■tomnch. 
 
 dried cod 
 
 s?:;' ' fr, 
 
 
 
 1 r. 
 
 , ston. 
 stono-tKjw 
 
 st^l-bill! 
 
 stoop, or i 
 
 1 sicntfy a 
 
 
 ,... 
 
 
 a r^"'- 
 
 \^j'- 
 
 
 1 .. . - 
 
 in the air 
 
 «p«« 
 
 
 1 larger v 
 -to rush 
 a height 
 prey. 
 Store, use 
 
 Story, to t 
 
 stout. U! 
 
 .tab. 
 
 )>. fn 
 
 •toutneas. 
 
 n«-\\, 
 StOVf*- ' ' 
 
 obstiaarjr. 
 
 •<mM 
 
 bant 
 
 
 
 
 Stru 
 straiVht-pi 
 
 iipiiKht. 
 
 Strain 
 
 strui: 
 
 ■trui* 
 •trui.f 
 
 stru: 
 
 i«ht. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Id* 
 
 :. tt... :«.y 
 a dr«*aftil 
 
 
 9tm 
 
 
 ■trai.*, 
 ■tra.n«f«<i il 
 •trMi>p«do 
 
 strmta^m. 
 
 calamity 
 
 aMlk.
 
 STRAY'— TAKE. 
 
 stray, a dereliction, stragglers; to ' 
 mislead. i 
 
 stricture, strictness. 
 
 strike, (a naval term), to lower the 
 -.lils ; to tap. 
 
 strikers, borrowe s, thieves. 
 
 SCroug", determined. 
 
 i crossers. tight close drawers. 
 
 SCUCii. more properly stock, an ab- 
 rc\ i (lion of stoccado. 
 
 KtuSc. luggage, movables. 
 
 t.^yX'i—Aggrnvate his : s&^ aggra- 
 7-are. 
 
 sabscribe. to yield, to give way. ' 
 
 subscription, submission, obe- 
 
 substractors, detractors. I 
 
 subtilties, confections ; when a 
 dish was so contrived as to appear 
 unlike what it really was, called ; 
 a subtilty. 
 
 subtle, smroth. 
 
 succeeding", a consequence. I 
 
 success, a succession, the issue 
 the sequel, the consequence of a | 
 thing. I 
 
 successively, by order of sue- ' 
 cessi n. 
 
 sudden, hasty, violent. i 
 
 SUg-gest, 10 tempt, to incite, to 
 seduce. 
 
 suggestion, temptation, seduc- 
 tion, 
 
 suit, to clothe ; suit-service, ser- 
 vice due to a superior lord. 
 
 suited, arranged. 
 
 SUllens. moroseness. 
 
 SUmleSS. not to be computed, in- 
 estimable. 
 
 summoners. oflRcers that sum- 
 nioii ohenders before a proper 
 tribunal. 
 
 SUmpter, a horse to carr^- neces- 
 s_iries on a journey. 
 
 SUn-btU'ned, uncomely, homely, 
 iiUfavore^?. 
 
 superfluous, possessed of more 
 tnan enough. 
 
 superserviceable. over-oflficious. 
 supplyant. suppletory. auxiliarj'. 
 Supplyment, a continuance of 
 
 supposal, a notion, a belief, 
 suppose, a supposition. 
 SUr-addition, a surname, an ad- 
 ditional name. 
 Surance an assurance, 
 surcease, to cease ; a cessation. 
 SUrfeiter. a glutton, a reveler, 
 Sur-reined. over-worked, 
 suspect, suspicion. 
 SUSpiration, the act of drawing 
 
 the breath from the bottom of the 
 breast. 
 
 suspire, to breathe. 
 
 swabber, a sweeper of the deck of 
 a vessel. 
 
 swart, or szvarth, black, "^usky. 
 
 SWasbers, swaggerers. bragga- 
 docios. 
 
 SWasMng. swaggering, blustering, 
 dashing. 
 
 sway, to incline. 
 
 sweet-and twenty, twenty 
 
 times sweet, a term oi endear- 
 ment. 
 
 sweeting, a kind of sweet apple, 
 and used as a term of endear- 
 ment. 
 
 swift ready. 
 
 SWinge-bucklers, riotous blades, 
 roisterers. 
 
 swinged, whipped. 
 
 Swithold. the contraction of Saint 
 Wit hold. 
 
 SWOOpstake, by wholesale, un- 
 distinguishingly. 
 
 SWOrder, a swordsman, a cut- 
 throat, a gladiator. 
 
 sworn-out. forsworn, renounced. 
 
 SWOUnds. swoons. 
 
 sympathy, an affection incident 
 at once to two subjects. 
 
 T. 
 
 table, in the language of palmistry 
 or chiromancy, the whole collec- 
 tion of lines on the skin within 
 the hand ; a panel surface on 
 which a picture is painted, a 
 memorandum book. 
 
 tabled, set down in writing. 
 
 tables, backgammon (and other 
 games played with the same board 
 and dice). 
 
 tabourines. small drum.s. 
 
 tag. the common people, the rabble. 
 
 tainttire. defilement. 
 
 take, to bewitch, to affect with 
 malignant influence, to strike, to 
 take refuge in ; — in, to conquer, 
 to subdue ; — on, to be angry, to 
 rage, to simulate, to pretend :^ 
 order, to adopt measures, to make 
 necessary dispositions ; — out^ to 
 copy ; — peace zvith . to forgive. tf» 
 pardon : — the head, to act with 
 out restraint, to take undue liben 
 ties ; — thought, to turn melan- 
 choly ; — icp, to settle, to make up, 
 to obtain goods on credit, to 
 take commodities upon trust, ^ 
 levy.
 
 TAKtSG- TOUCH. 
 
 takin|r< witihcry, malignanl ia- 
 
 lliiciicc. 
 
 talent. tali>ii. 
 
 tall, able, l><>lcj. fttoul. 
 
 tanff. a twang ; tu iwang, to hag 
 
 otil. 
 
 tanlingv. t>cr«on< »ul>ject to ihc 
 (.tiiniiit; iiiflitciice of the »un. 
 
 tardy. lo<icby. lu hinder. 
 
 tarre. lu provuke, tu incite, t 
 ■ III. 
 
 tarriance. a >iay, a larr)-ing. 
 
 task. i'> keep busy, to occupy, to 
 I li.illriijjc. to tax. 
 
 taS8el-e«ntle. properly tirreel- 
 i;<-ntlf, the male of ihc goshawk. 
 
 taste, a trial, tu try, tu ywts* , 
 I'l iiitMi-, ia another «kay <>( 
 saying iu »ome measure or de- 
 gree. 
 
 tawdry-lac«. a nutic nnklacc. 
 
 taxatiou, censure, !k.«tire, invec 
 
 M\r. 
 
 taxing'. ccnMire, satire, invective. 
 
 teen. >;ricf, trmiMr. vexation. 
 
 temper, tcmpcranicni, cuatlitu- 
 tion ; lu mould, tu work, tu (ash* 
 ion. to compound, to work to 
 ijcthcr to A pro(>cr consistence. 
 
 temperance. iciM(>craiurc. 
 
 tender, to ic)>ard. to take care of ; 
 
 i< .; ir'l. kind concern, care, 
 
 tenner, tcnour. 
 
 tent, a roll of lint for ftearching nr 
 clcansint; a w ound or tore, a probe ; 
 
 to J.rohr. 
 
 tercel. i">l'- hawk. 
 Termatrant •« Saracen deity, 
 terminations » "^ ir.inv 
 termless '«-\ 
 
 tt-rms <•! wiiti'. 
 test ff:"^ o|.' . , 
 
 cviilrm c. 
 tested, purr. 
 tester, a coin, the value of ua- 
 
 ,,e..e. 
 
 testril. a Mxpence 
 
 tetchy. i"ii<hy. |>ecvi»h. fretful 
 
 tetter, t" mfett with tetter, »cab 
 
 V. iirf. 
 thane. » '««'«? of honor. u»ed am >n^ 
 i(u- an iciii S< Hi*. 
 
 tharboroug-h. *« torrupu 
 
 tliooric. .1 tfir ry. 
 
 thick. t.ii>i<llv. 
 
 thick-pleached, thukly n.;' 
 woven. 
 
 thirdborough. the office . 
 
 ^..mc » ith that of cnnUable 
 thouRht. melancholy, 
 thread 'tmJ tkrmm, the 
 
 of eh* w»r|», Um »mall tuk W 
 
 th'Jri! ■ .: 
 
 thr. 
 
 thwu:' 
 
 Tib. 
 tlco 
 
 tlck-r . ,- 
 
 
 tick: 
 Uck. 
 
 
 tidy. , .B.;. 
 tlKJit 
 
 tike - 
 
 tllly-vally. an inirr;< 
 
 irnipt 
 tilth, land tilled, pfepar- 
 
 
 .1^,:. tillage. 
 
 timeless, unttmciy. 
 
 tim*»lv -■-■ ^ 
 tinct 
 
 if.<- 
 
 > u 
 
 tire. ; , 
 
 tT>- 
 
 Ollsty. |o liiiliC , •!• «i 
 
 a head «lfe»% 
 
 tire valiant, •owe »f « 
 
 
 >irj,l-<lrr»». 
 
 U m 
 
 •:''::';.- a diVltfOtI ol • pUl 
 
 19, • 
 
 in 
 of , 
 
 0»r:i 
 
 toasts and-butf r. i""* oi 
 
 toplsM 
 
 lortlvf 
 
 I thf
 
 J L-'L/O.Cl- 
 
 ■uj.^Mji:..n.r, 
 
 touse, to pull, to pluck, to tear, 
 to draw. 
 
 toward and towards, in a state of 
 preparation, forthcoming, at hand. 
 
 tower, particularly applied to cer- 
 tain hawks, &c., which tower aloft, 
 and thence swoop upon their prey. 
 
 toy. a trifle, a fancy, a freak of 
 imagination. _ 
 
 toys, rumors, idle reports, 
 
 trace, to follow. 
 
 trade, resort, traffic, general course. 
 
 traded, practised, versed, expe- 
 rience'i. 
 
 traducement, calumny. 
 
 trains, artifices, stratagems. 
 
 trammel, tie up, or, net up. 
 
 translate, to transform, to 
 change. 
 
 transport, to remove from this 
 world to the next. 
 
 trash., a strap, a rope dragging 
 loose on the ground. 
 
 trash, to cut away the super- 
 fluities ; a hunting term for check- 
 ing or stopping the dogs, when 
 too forward. 
 
 travel, stroll. 
 
 traverse, (a term in fencing) to 
 use a pos.ure of opposition, or to 
 oppose a .movement ; (a military 
 term) to march. 
 
 tray-trip, a game at cards, played 
 wuh dice as well as with cards. 
 
 treachers. traitors. 
 
 treaties, entreaties, supplications. 
 
 trench, to cut, to carve, 
 
 trencher-knight,_ one who holds 
 a trencher, a parasite. 
 
 trick, a peculiarity, a course, a 
 manner, knack, a toy. a puppet ; 
 — «/, deck out, adorn with. 
 
 tricking", decoration, dress. 
 
 tricksy, clever, adroit, dextrous, 
 quaint, affected. 
 
 trifle, a phantom ; to make of no 
 importance. 
 
 trigron. triangle. 
 
 triird. trickled. 
 
 trip and ^o, the name of a favorite 
 morris-dance ; a proverbial ex- 
 pression fur " I dare not tarry." 
 
 triple, third, one of three. 
 
 tristful, sad, sorrowful. 
 
 triumph, a general term for pub- 
 lic exhibiti'-ns of various kinds. 
 
 Trojan, a cant term, sometimes of 
 reproach, sometimes of commend- 
 ation. 
 
 troll, to sing with volubility. 
 
 troU-my-dames, the game of 
 Troll-madam was borrowed from 
 
 the French {Trou-madame) i an 
 
 old English name for it was 
 
 Pigeon-holes. 
 tropically, figuratively. 
 trot, an old w man. 
 trow, to think, to conceive, to 
 
 believe. 
 true, honest. 
 
 trundle-tail, a curly-tailed dog. 
 trunk sleeve, a large, wide sleeve. 
 try. a trial, a test. 
 tuck, a rapier. 
 tucket, a certain set of notes on 
 
 the trumpet, a flourish. 
 tuition, protection. 
 tun-dish, a wooden funnel. 
 Turk— 7«r«, a figurative expres- 
 sion for a change of condition or 
 
 opinion. 
 turn, to return. 
 twiggen, made of. or cased in, 
 
 twigs or wicker-work. 
 twinn'd, like as twins. 
 twire, to peep out, to gleam or 
 
 appear at intervals. 
 Tybalt, a cat was called Tybert or 
 
 Tybalt. _ 
 t3rpe, a distinguishing mark. 
 
 TJ. 
 
 unaccommodated, unfurnished 
 w i.h the conveniences of life. 
 
 UnaCCUStom'd, unseemly, inde- 
 cent. 
 
 unadvised, not knowing. 
 
 unavoided, unavoidable, inevit- 
 a be. 
 
 unbarbed, unshorn, untrimmed. 
 
 unbated. unblunted, without a 
 button on the point. 
 
 unbolt, to open, to explain. 
 
 Unlaolted. unsifted, gross, utter. 
 
 Unbreath'd, unexercised, anprao 
 tised. 
 
 uncape. throw off the dogs. 
 
 uncharge, acquit. 
 
 uncharged ports, unassaulted 
 gates. 
 
 unchary, incautious. 
 
 unchilded. deprived of children. 
 
 Unclew. to unwind, to undo. 
 
 uncoined real, true, umcfined, 
 unadorned. 
 
 UnCOmprehensive, incompre- 
 hensible, mysterious. 
 
 unconfirmed, unpractised in th« 
 ways of the world. 
 
 uncouth (meaning properly "un« 
 known'"), unusual, strange. 
 
 Uncurse, to free from execration/ 
 
 Undeaf, to free from deafness.
 
 USDERDED- VRCmS. 
 
 Andeeded, not »ignalitcd by ac- unnoaAfMsltiir. kaTtaf bo 
 
 tioll. 
 
 uuder-bear, to guaid to faoa, m 
 
 tiiiii, Im iiiidcriso. 
 undergo, to iiii<lcriiike. lo t>e %\x\ 
 
 i« o( 
 
 jc< t to, lo fttixtuin, lo kuppori, to ttnprlmable, inrMiflutbU. pne»* 
 
 cndiirr w ilh riimiio*. ' ^. !■ » j . •. 
 
 uuder-skinker. .«» undcr-cirnwcr: 
 
 .'>X;»..i* IS ti'ink, lo uktnk i» 4 > 
 <f'> .1 :c ./f ink. ami ;» skiuktr \% one 
 \\\.a s.f-: ft ,/r,Hk ,it l,tNf. 
 
 undertake, to en^a « wiih. to | 
 .iti.iLL, lu take chaise of. to ven- uiipt 
 
 iiiir. lo h.i/.ir-l, to aNMimc. w 
 
 undertaker, <■"« who underuikc* ' 
 
 iT l.ikcs up ttic qiiurrrl nr bu»i- , u; 
 iic^t < i aiiotlici ; aiuckcr, assail- I 
 ant. lu' 
 
 under-wrought, underworked, I u : 
 
 liiulcriiiincd. I 11 • 
 
 undeserving' //.j/i,-, praise un 
 
 c'.'-rrvcd. 
 Unear'd, unplowcd, nnlillrd. 
 unoath. s' .>rLcly, hardly. 
 unefTectual. ^hining without heat 
 unequal. imju»i. 
 iinexperient. inexperienced, 
 
 Uiipruportiuucd 
 
 i utim«(>n«ti. ur;^(ttc4 
 
 iblo >/!'il Am, K 
 atton 
 
 11 
 
 uns. iiin .1 
 unseminarM 
 
 unfurnish. to deprive, to dive»t. i i 
 unhair. to strip c.n hair. 
 
 unexpressive. incxpre»*ible, in- un.shiip*^'* 
 
 rft..Mc, _ _ U: ■ 
 
 unfair, lo deprive of faiinc»», u( ii 
 
 Unfather'd Aein, equivocal in: 
 
 t. to deprive 
 
 strip on hai 
 
 Unhair*d sitmcimets, unl>earded 
 
 unhappied m.i!'- ut.h.ippy. 
 unhappily, i ■; ''^^ -^ly. 
 iinhappinesa. no- i.iri. 
 unhappy, nuM.hicvuu», rogui»h, 
 
 unhearta. divrourage*, 
 unhoused, (rce Irom domestic 
 
 .11' ^. iiiiiii. (tried. 
 unimproved. unrepr«.ved, un 
 
 . 'iiMiicd, iiMint(>C4i he<l. 
 union. ^ pearl of ihe finest kind, 
 unjust. di-.hi.nc»i. 
 unkind, iiiinaiural. rhildlcM. 
 unliv'd. I'crell of life, 
 iinlustrous. devi.id orhi%ire, 
 unmaster'd. unre»uaine<i, liten 
 
 unmfiritable. devoid of metil 
 
 unowed. u ...wnetl. 
 
 unpink'd. not pierced with rreltt- 
 
 unpitied. immerciful. 
 unplausive. not applauding, not 
 
 •':.'i" *■•">! 
 unpolicied. withou: policy. 
 
 tihty. 
 
 I in now ed. 
 
 untaught, rudeunmannerl^r.^ 
 
 unt<»nt^ 
 
 
 uuv» ini'i'.i a — 
 
 unwlttad. depn*rd ©< 
 
 4*
 
 URCinX-SHOU'S- IVA SSAIL. 
 
 urchin-shows fairy shows. 
 
 ui'ch in-snouted, with a snout 
 
 like that of a hedgehog. 
 
 usance, interest of money. 
 
 use, usance, interest of money, 
 present possession, profit, benefit, 
 custom, common occurrence ; to 
 continue, to make a practice of. 
 
 Utis, Utis, or rather Utas, quasi 
 huitas : irom hm't, French. The 
 eighth day, or the space of eight 
 days, after any festival. It was a 
 law term, and occurs in some of | 
 our statutes. I 
 
 Utter, to sell. I 
 
 ^- i 
 
 vade, to fade. I 
 
 vail, to lower, to let fall ; a sink- 
 ing, a setting. 
 'vailful. ava'ilful. 
 vails, perquisites. 
 vain, light of tongue, not vera- 
 
 C!OU <. 
 
 valenced, fringed, 
 validity, worth, value. 
 vanity, a magical show or illusion. 
 vantagre. ^n opportunity. I 
 
 vantbrace, a vam brace — avant ' 
 
 bras, or armor for the fore arm. | 
 varlet, a servant to a knight or 
 
 warrior, (also simply) a ser%-ant. 
 varletry. a rabble. 
 vary, variation, caprice, 
 vast, a waste. 
 
 Vastidity. vastness, immensity, 
 vastly, like a waste. 
 
 vasty, vast. 
 
 vaunt, the van. — the beginning. 
 vaunt-couriers, forerunners, pre- 
 
 curs.ors. 
 Vaward, the forepart, properly, of 
 
 an army. 
 vegretives. vegetables, plants. 
 
 velure. velvet. 
 
 velvet-gruards, the higher rank 
 of female citizens. 
 
 vengeance, mischief, harm. 
 
 venomous wights, those who 
 practice nocturnal sorcery. 
 
 ventages, smaH holes or aper- 
 tures. 
 
 venue or T'eney, (a fencing term) a 
 thrust, a coming on, an onset ; a 
 turn or bout : a hit. 
 
 verbal, verbose, full of talk, plain- 
 spoken. 
 
 via, away ! an iinterjection of ex- 
 ultation or encouragement. 
 
 Viej to hazard, to put down a cer- 
 tain sum upon a hand of cards. 
 
 viewless, invisible. 
 
 vigitant. a blunder of Dogberry 
 
 f<:.r ■■ \ igiiant."' 
 vinewedst. most mouldy. 
 
 viol-de-g-amboys, a base-viol or 
 
 viol da ganiba. 
 Violenteth, acts with violence, 
 
 rages. 
 virg-in-knot, virgin-zone. 
 virtue, essence, valor. 
 virtuous, salutiferous. beneficial. 
 visiting" and ■visitating, inspect- 
 ing, surveying. 
 vizaments (in Sir Hugh's dialect, 
 
 advise}ncnts^, considerations. 
 voice, to nominate, to vote, to 
 
 rumor, to report, to proclaim. 
 void, to quit. 
 'voided, avoided. 
 VolqueSSen. the anciert name 
 
 for the country now called the 
 
 J 'ejctn, 
 voluntary, a volunteer. 
 voyage, a course, an attempt, an 
 
 enterprise. 
 vulgar, common. 
 vulgarly, publicly, openly, 
 vulgars, the common people. 
 
 w. 
 
 waft, to beckon, to turn, to direct. 
 
 waftage, a passage by water. 
 
 wafture the act of waving, a 
 motion. 
 
 wag, to go, to pack off. to stir. 
 
 wage, to be opposed as equal stakes 
 in a wager ; to prosecute, to con- 
 tinue to encounter. 
 
 waist, that part of a ship which is 
 contained between the quarter- 
 deck and forecastle. 
 
 wake, to hold a late revei. 
 
 walk, a district in a forest. 
 
 wanion, vengeance, plague. 
 
 wann'd. turned pale. 
 
 wanting, not po:>sessing, not 
 skilled in. 
 
 wanton, a childish, feeble, effem- 
 inate person. 
 
 wappen'd, over-worn. 
 
 ward, to defend, to protect ; cus- 
 tody, confinement. 
 
 warden-pies, pies made of zvar- 
 defis, large baking pears. 
 
 warder, a sort of truncheon. 
 
 warn, to summon. 
 
 wash'd a tiiCy labored in vain. 
 
 wassail, festivity, intemperance, 
 drinking bout (from the Saxon 
 7VCPS hcely " be in health," — the 
 form of health-drinking).
 
 n'A / ;//;/. 
 
 •/at. .1 familiar f.ame for ■ h«r«. 
 Water-g'alls. tMrcondary rainbow*, 
 watery i.'ar— J Ar, The moon 
 way. w :»>• of thinking, rcligioti» 
 
 weals-men, commonwealth men. 
 
 IcKi^L.turs. 
 wealth, weal, benefit, advantage, 
 wear, i.'^hion. 
 weather — 7V> ><■<•«•/ /A*-, A namlcal 
 
 plira-c. which nie.iiiA to keep to 
 
 wiiulwarci, and thu» have the ad - 
 
 vanta>;c. 
 weather-fends, defends from the 
 
 weather, shclter>. 
 wee. very small, diminutive, shrunk 
 
 up. 
 weed, a garment, a dre*«. 
 W^eek. a period of time indefi- 
 
 miciy, 
 ween, to think, to »uppo»e, to 
 
 i III. limine. 
 W^eet. t.i know. 
 
 welkin, the sky. 
 
 welkin 0'> * sky-colored, a sVy- 
 
 hluc eye. 
 well, at rest, happy. 
 
 well-a-near, equivalent to «-#//- 
 
 „ ./ay. 
 well-liking. good-conditioned, 
 
 plump. 
 W^ell sr-^n. well-skilled, proficient. 
 
 wesand. th-- tin.. at. 
 Wheeson-week, the Hostess's 
 
 1.! ■,]■ d'T for U'hitsun-u-rei-. 
 whelk'd. twisted, convolved. 
 
 whelks, pustules. 
 
 when? an expression of impa- 
 
 tif.MU e. 
 
 whenas. when. 
 
 Wher. whether. 
 where, whereas. 
 
 whereas, where. 
 
 whether, whichever, which of the 
 
 two. 
 whifS.erS. those who precede.l 
 
 armies or processions as fifers or 
 
 pipTS. 
 
 while ""111. 
 whileas while. 
 whiles, until. 
 
 whist. -I'll hushed. 
 
 white-livered, dastardly, cow- 
 
 ..r.llv. 
 
 whitely. \»>>'tish. 
 
 whitinK-time, blcaihinkC-tinie. 
 whitsters. 11<-... (■t. . ; I^ r-. 
 whittle. . '■■•'! . .. , .: .!■ 
 whoobub ' t ' • 
 whoopiuff -Out cj .%il, <)ut of All 
 
 r.rasure. 
 wide, wide of the mark. 
 
 Widow, to mkIow wUli a wtdov'a 
 ' ncht. 
 widowhood, c«cai« MitUd M • 
 
 wl 
 wi 
 
 Wl. 
 
 wil i 
 
 ^Jt f ««sal«. 
 M, wild 
 
 wildly. «liw>rdefly. 
 
 wimpled. boode«l, veiled, blta^ 
 
 r.M-.l 
 wind. I » »<«-nt. 
 wipe. br..t>d. 
 WiS« i^fHtUm ,.. f J 
 
 uitt-,i. Tf. willint;. 
 wish, to recommrix!. 
 
 wi«t I — 
 
 wis* : ■. 
 
 wit ««tM«, 
 
 . _.„...., . . kiMW. 
 
 with, r iuivaicnl to ry. 
 
 wit-snapper, one who aflvct* 
 
 repartee. 
 witty, knowing. aagacioua, of touad 
 
 ja.!i;Mirnt. 
 woe. » .'-(ill, sorrv. 
 WOman'd a - ■ ; ; ted, haunted 
 
 woman-tir'd ' <- ;-• Vc,!. 
 
 WOnder'd. al r i r;!c t » ndcrs 
 
 ni..rvll.wv:> k^iliri. 
 
 wood. I'lail 
 
 woodcock, a cant term for a »^ia> 
 
 WOodimiii I 
 wo 
 
 WOO't. ! r :i ;./ 
 
 word, a u..t. >.-» r V 
 
 workings, a !v lu' ..hi. 
 
 world— 1 •' £'' •'•■ '*'. ' " '»< n»*r» 
 
 lir.l 
 
 world - -^ t«v"».«« ty tk*t A wmt 
 
 tied -...nan 
 
 worm • -<■: . 
 woi-xi-;! 
 
 wort !i 
 
 ' nor. to dig 
 
 r. w«al>h 
 
 worts -'' ^" 
 
 J. o( Dol-^etbau 
 
 wot. to know. 
 
 wot - t 
 
 wouM 
 
 WOM' 1 
 
 wra -v 
 
 wr<-.^ 'V 
 wr» •• • 
 
 wr. • 
 
 wrii.w 
 

 
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 WRI TE—ZODIA CS. 
 
 write, to write or style one's self. 
 
 •WTitMed. wrinkled. 
 
 •wroth., Wroatk is used in some of 
 of the old books for hnisfortune, 
 and is often spelt like rUth, 
 
 "WTOUgrht, agitated. 
 
 ■WTying", swerving, going astray. 
 
 Y. 
 
 yare, ready, nimble, handy. 
 
 yarely, readily, actively. 
 
 yaw> to move on unsteadily, to 
 swagger, to vacillate. 
 
 y-clad, clad. 
 
 ycleped. called, named. 
 
 ycliped, another form of the pre- 
 ceding. 
 
 Yead. an abbreviation o{ Edward, 
 
 yearn, to grieve, to vex. 
 
 Yedward, a familiar corruption of 
 Mdweird, 
 
 yellowness, jealousy, 
 yellows— 77/^, jaundice. 
 yeoman, a sergeant's or bailiffs 
 
 follower. 
 yerk, to jerk, to fling out, to kick, 
 
 to strike with a quick smart blow. 
 yest, the spume on troubled water, 
 
 foam. 
 yesty, spumy, frothy, 
 yield, to requite, 
 young", early. 
 younker, a mvice, a greenhorn, a 
 
 young gallant. 
 
 zany, a buffoon, a merrj'-andrew, 
 
 a mimic. 
 zed, properlj"^ used as a term of con* 
 
 tempt, because it is the last l«tte9 
 
 in the English alphabet. 
 zodiacs, years.
 
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