Give that, which gave thee life, unto the worms. Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum. Peopled with wolves, thy old inhabitants! P. Hen. O, pardon me, my liege! but for my tears, [Kneeling. The moist impediments unto my speech, 1 The Variorum Shakspeare reads: "Let me no more from this obedience rise (Which my most true and inward duteous spirit The sense appears to be, "Let me no more rise from this obeisance, which my most loyal and inwardly duteous spirit teacheth this prostrate Heaven witness with me, when I here came in, O, let me in my present wildness die; And thus upbraided it :-The care on thee depending, Therefore, thou, best of gold, art worst of gold. Preserving life in med'cine potable;' But thou, most fine, most honored, most renowned, Hast eat thy bearer up. Thus, my most royal liege, Accusing it, I put it on my head; To try with it,-as with an enemy, That had before my face murdered my father, The quarrel of a true inheritor. But if it did infect my blood with joy, Or swell my thoughts to any strain of pride; If any rebel or vain spirit of mine Did, with the least affection of a welcome, Heaven put it in thy mind to take it hence, Come hither, Harry; sit thou by my bed; And hear, I think, the very latest counsel That ever I shall breathe. Heaven knows, my son, and exterior bending." Obeisance and obedience were formerly used indiscriminately the one for the other. Truth is always used for loyalty. 1 It was long a prevailing opinion that a solution of gold had great medicinal virtues; and that the incorruptibility of the metal might be communicated to the body impregnated with it. Potable gold was one of the panacea of ancient quacks. ་ By what by-paths, and indirect, crook'd ways, For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth. It seemed in me, My gain of it by their assistances; So thou the garland wear'st successively. 4 Yet, though thou stand'st more sure than I could do, 5 I cut them off; and had a purpose now To lead out many to the Holy Land; Lest rest, and lying still, might make them look With foreign quarrels; that action, hence borne out, 1 Supposed peace is imagined peace, counterfeit, not real. 2 Fears are objects of fear, terrors. 3 The mode is the state or form of things. 4 i. e. by order of succession. 5 Mason proposes to read, “I cut some off," which seems, indeed, necessary. The sense would then be," Some I have cut off, and many I intended to lead to the Holy Land." How I came by the crown, O God, forgive! You won it, wore it, kept it, gave it me: Then plain, and right, must my possession be; Which I, with more than with a common pain, 'Gainst all the world will rightfully maintain. Enter PRINCE JOHN of Lancaster, WARWICK, Lords, and others. K. Hen. Look, look, here comes my John of Lan caster. P. John. Health, peace, and happiness, to my royal father! K. Hen. Thou bring'st me happiness, and peace, son John; But health, alack, with youthful wings is flown Where is my lord of Warwick? P. Hen. It hath been prophesied to me many years, my life [Exeunt. 1 "At length he recovered his speech and understanding, and perceiving himselfe in a strange place, which he knew not, he willed to know if the chamber had anie particular name, whereunto answer was made, that it was called Jerusalem. Then said the king, Lauds be given to the Father of Heaven, for now I know that I shall die here in this chamber, according to the prophesie, of me declared, that I should depart this life in Jerusalem."— Holinshed, p. 541. ACT V. SCENE I. Glostershire. A Hall in Shallow's House. Enter SHALLOW, FALSTAFF, BARDOLPH, and Page. Shal. By cock and pye,' sir, you shall not away tonight.- What, Davy, I say! Fal. You must excuse me, master Robert Shallow. Shal. I will not excuse you; you shall not be excused; excuses shall not be admitted; there is no excuse shall serve; you shall not be excused.-Why, Davy! Davy. Here, sir. Enter DAVY. Shal. Davy, Davy, Davy,-let me see, Davy; let me see.-Yea, marry, William cook, bid him come hither. Sir John, you shall not be excused. Davy. Marry, sir, thus ;-those precepts cannot be served: and, again, sir,-Shall we sow the headland with wheat? Shal. With red wheat, Davy. But for William cook.—Are there no young pigeons? Davy. Yes, sir. Here is now the smith's note, for shoeing, and plough-irons. Shal. Let it be cast, and paid.-Sir John, you shall not be excused. Davy. Now, sir, a new link to the bucket must needs be had.—And, sir, do you mean to stop any of William's wages, about the sack he lost the other day at Hinckley fair? Shal. He shall answer it.- Some pigeons, Davy; a couple of short-legged hens; a joint of mutton; and any pretty little tiny kickshaws, tell William cook. 1 This adjuration, which seems to have been a popular substitute for profane swearing, occurs in several old plays. |