ACT FIFTH-SCENE I THE KING'S CAMP NEAR SHREWSBURY Enter the KING, PRINCE OF WALES, LORD JOHN OF LANCASTER, SIR WALTER BLUNT, and FALSTAFF KING OW BLOODILY THE SUN ern wind Doth play the trumpet to his purposes, And by his hollow whistling in the leaves Foretells a tempest and a blustering day. KING. Then with the losers let it sympathise, For nothing can seem foul to those that win. [The trumpet sounds. (stage direction) Enter the KING . . . FALSTAFF] All the early editions include among the persons of this scene the Earl of Westmore Enter WORCESTER and VERNON How now, my Lord of Worcester! 't is not well A prodigy of fear, and a portent 10 20 Of broached mischief to the unborn times? For mine own part, I could be well content land. But it is expressly stated, V, ii, 29, infra, that he was at the moment in the rebel camp. His name has therefore been deleted here. 2 busky] bosky, wooded, bushy. 3 At his distemperature] Owing to the sun's disturbed aspect. Cf. III, i, 34, supra. 4 his purposes] the wind's own purposes of raising a storm. 13 old limbs] As a matter of history the king was only thirty-six years old, while his son was about sixteen. But Shakespeare ignores the historical chronology. 17 obedient orb] orbit of obedience. 19 an exhaled meteor] meteors were supposed to be formed of vapours drawn out of the earth by the sun. Cf. Rom. and Jul., III, v, 13: "It is some meteor that the sun exhales," and supra, II, iv, 311, "these exhalations." With quiet hours; for, I do protest I have not sought the day of this dislike. KING. You have not sought it! how comes it, then? FAL. Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it. PRINCE. Peace, chewet, peace! ļ WOR. It pleased your majesty to turn your looks 26 this dislike] this disagreeableness, this distasteful business. 29 chewet] Cotgrave in his Fr.-Engl. Dict. gives the French word "chouette," interpreting it as a chough or jackdaw. But this French word is nowhere found in Elizabethan literature, whereas Elizabethans were familiar with the like sounding word "chuet" or "chewet," which was applied to a mince pie of rich ingredients. Cotgrave explains the French word "goubelet” as a kind of "little round pie resembling our chuet." The Prince is doubtless scornfully likening Falstaff to a piece of overrich pastry. 32 remember you] remind you. 30 40 To this we swore our aid. But in short space That even our love durst not come near your sight 50-51 the injuries sufferances] the injuries done you by King Richard in the wantonness of prosperity and the apparent sufferings. 60-61 As . . . sparrow] As that churlish fledgeling the cuckoo's chick uses the sparrow. It was a common belief of naturalists of the time that sparrows hatched cuckoos' eggs, and that their service was rewarded by being devoured by the young cuckoo as soon as it was old enough. 66 head] army of rebellion. 67 we stand opposed . . . means] we stand in opposition to you because of such means. 50 60 70 As you yourself have forged against yourself, Sworn to us in your younger enterprise. KING. These things indeed you have articulate, With some fine colour that may please the eye And never yet did insurrection want PRINCE. In both your armies there is many a soul Shall pay full dearly for this encounter, If once they join in trial. Tell your nephew, The Prince of Wales doth join with all the world 72 articulate] set out in articles, formally defined. 74 face] trim, give plausible edge to. 77 rub the elbow] a gesture of satisfaction. 78 hurlyburly] boisterous, turbulent. 80 water-colours . . . cause] weak, watery forces to adorn its pretensions. 88 set off his head] struck off his record. |