King of England, to mope with his fat-brained followers so far out of his knowledge! Bur. If the English had any apprehension, they would run away. Dau. That they lack; for, if their heads had any intellectual armour, they could never wear such heavy head-pieces. Const. That island of England breeds very valiant creatures; their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage. Dau. Foolish curs, that run winking into the mouth of a Russian bear, and have their heads crushed like rotten apples! You may as well say, that's a valiant flea, that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. Bur.Just, just; and the men do sympathize with the mastiffs in robustious and rough coming on, leaving their wits with their wives: and then give them great meals of beef, and iron and steel, they will eat like wolves, and fight like devils. Const. Now is it time to arm: Come, shall we about it? Dau. I stay but for my guard :-On, to the field; I will the banner from a trumpet take, And use it for my haste. Come, come away! [Flourish of Drums and Trumpets.—Exeunt. SCENE IV. KING HENRY'S Tent. A March. Enter GLOSTER, Bedford, Exeter, WESTMORELAND, FLUELLEN, and all the ENGLISH ARMY. Glost. Where is the king? Bed. The king himself is rode to view their battle. West. Of fighting men they have full threescore thousand. Ere. That's five to one: besides, they all are fresh. Bed. Heaven's arm strike with us! 'tis a fearful odds! West. Oh, that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England, Enter KING HENRY, attended. K. Hen. What's he that wishes so ?— To do our country loss; and if to live, Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, But he'll remember, with advantages, What feats he did that day: Then shall our names, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury, and Gloster, - |