Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter: that when he speaks, Base is the slave that pays. Even at the turning o' the tide. King Henry V. Act i. Sc. 1. Act ii. Sc. 1. Sc. 3. His nose was as sharp as a pen, and a' babbled of green fields. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Ibid. Ibid. Sc. 4. Act iii. Sc. 1. Ibid. And sheathed their swords for lack of argument. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Ibid. I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. You may as well say, that's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fixed sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch; 1 Act iii. Sc. 6 in Dyce. Sc. 7.1 Fire answers fire, and through their paly flames With busy hammers closing rivets up,1 Give dreadful note of preparation. King Henry V. Act iv. Prologue. There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out. Sc. 1. Every subject's duty is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own. That's a perilous shot out of an elder-gun. Ibid. Ibid. Who with a body filled and vacant mind Gets him to rest, crammed with distressful bread. Ibid. Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. Ibid. But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. Sc. 3 This day is called the feast of Crispian : He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. Ibid. Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth 2 as household words, We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. Ibid. Ibid. There is a river in Macedon; and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth; . . . and there is salmons in both. Sc. 7. 1 With clink of hammers closing rivets up. - CIBBER: Richard III. Altered, act v. sc. 3. 2 In their mouths" in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. An arrant traitor as any is in the universal world, or in France, or in England! King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 8. There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things. Act v. Sc. 1. By this leek, I will most horribly revenge: I eat and eat, I swear. All hell shall stir for this. Ibid. Ibid. If he be not fellow with the best king, thou shalt find the best king of good fellows. Sc. 2. Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! King Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 1. Halcyon days. Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch; Delays have dangerous ends.1 She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed; Main chance.2 Sc. 2. Act ii. Sc. 4. Act iii. Sc. 2. Act v. Sc. 3. Part II. Act i. Sc. 1. Could I come near your beauty with my nails, Sc. 3. Act iii. Sc. 1. - DRYDEN: Tyrannic Love, act i. sc. 1. BUTLER: Hudibras, part ii. canto ii, 2 Have a care o' th' main chance. What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted! King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2. He dies, and makes no sign. Close up his eyes and draw the curtain close; The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Sc. 3. Ibid. Act iv. Sc. 1. There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. Sc. 2. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man? Ibid. Sir, he made a chimney in my father's house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify it. Ibid. Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown, Sc. 7. Part III. Act i. Sc. 2. And many strokes, though with a little axe, 1 See Marlowe, page 40. Act ii. Sc. 1. The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. King Henry VI. Part III. Act ü. Sc. 2. Didst thou never hear That things ill got had ever bad success? Warwick, peace, Proud setter up and puller down of kings! Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; Now is the winter of our discontent Ibid. Act iii. Sc. 3. Act iv. Sc. 8. Act v. Sc. 6. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths, But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them, |