And wrap our bodies in black mourning gowns, WAR. Why, therefore Warwick came to seek you out; And therefore comes my brother Montague. 6 Their power, I think, is thirty thousand ftrong :9 7- haught Northumberland,] So, Grafton, in his Chronicle fays, p. 417: the lord Henry Percy, whom the Scottes for his haut and valiant courage called fir Henry Hotspurre." PERCY. The word is common to many writers. So, in Marlowe's King Edward II. 1598: "This haught refolve becomes your majesty." Again, in Kyd's Cornelia, 1594: Pompey, that second Mars, whofe haught renown," &c. Again, in Lyly's Woman in the Moon, 1597: "Thy mind as haught as Jupiter's high thoughts." STEEVENS. 8 —the eafy-melting king like wax.] So again, in this play, of the Lady Grey: 9 "As red as fire; nay, then her wax muft melt." JOHNSON. is thirty thousand ftrong:] Thus the folio. The old play reads "Their power, I guess them fiftie thousand strong." A little lower the fame piece has-eight and forty thousand. MALONE. Now, if the help of Norfolk, and myself, RICH. Ay, now, methinks, I hear fpeak: great Ne'er may he live to fee a funfhine day, Warwick "That cries-Retire, if Warwick bid him ftay. EDW. Lord Warwick, on thy fhoulder will I lean; < And when thou fall'ft, (as God forbid the hour!) Muft Edward fall, which peril heaven forefend! WAR. No longer earl of March, but duke of York; 'The next degree is, England's royal throne: For king of England fhalt thou be proclaim'd In every borough as we pafs along; And he that throws not up his cap for joy, • Shall for the fault make forfeit of his head. King Edward,-valiant Richard,-Montague,Stay we no longer dreaming of renown, 'But found the trumpets, and about our task. *RICH. Then, Clifford, were thy heart as hard as fteel, *(As thou haft fhown it flinty by thy deeds,) * I come to pierce it, or to give thee mine. * EDW. Then ftrike up, drums ;-God, and Saint George, for us! Enter a Meffenger. WAR. How now? what news? MESS. The duke of Norfolk fends The me, queen is coming with a puiffant host; And craves your company for speedy counsel. 'WAR. Why then it forts,' brave warriors: Let's away. SCENE II. [Exeunt. Before York. Enter King HENRY, Queen MARGARET, the Prince of Wales, CLIFFORD, and NORTHUMBERLAND, with Forces. Q. MAR. Welcome, my lord, to this brave town of York. Yonder's the head of that arch-enemy, That fought to be encompass'd with your crown: 'Doth not the object cheer your heart, my lord? 'K. HEN. Ay, as the rocks cheer them that fear their wreck ; To fee this fight, it irks my very foul.Withhold revenge, dear God! 'tis not my fault, Not wittingly have I infring'd my vow. I Why then it forts,] Why then things are as they should be. JOHNSON. all So, in Greene's Card of Fancy, 1608: "thy love fort to fuch happy fuccefs as thou thyself dost seek for." STEEVENS. CLIF. My gracious liege, this too much lenity And harmful pity, must be laid aside. To whom do lions caft their gentle looks? Thou fmiling, while he knit his angry brows: Thou, being a king, bless'd with a goodly fon, 'Which argued thee a moft unloving father.3 Should lose his birthright by his father's fault; 2 in fafeguard-] Thus the folio. The quartos read in refcue. STEEVENS. 3 4 - unloving father.] The quartos read unnatural father. STEEVENS. -fondly-] i. e. foolishly. So, in King Richard II: Ah, what a fhame were this! Look on the boy; To hold thine own, and leave thine own with him. K. HEN. Full well hath Clifford play'd the orator, Inferring arguments of mighty force. But, Clifford, tell me, didft thou never hear,- 'As brings a thousand-fold more care to keep, Ah, coufin York! 'would thy best friends did know, ' How it doth grieve me that thy head is here! 'Q. MAR. My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, 'And this foft courage makes your followers faint. 'You promis'd knighthood to our forward fon; 5 forrow and grief of heart "Makes him fpeak fondly-." STEEVENS. That things ill got had ever bad fuccefs? &c.] The proverb quoted by his majesty on this occafion, feems to militate directly against his own argument, and shows that things ill got might have good fuccefs. M. MASON. Whofe father &c.] Alluding to a common proverb: 66 JOHNSON. 7 Than in poffeffion any jot of pleasure.] Thus the folio. The quarto thus: "Than may the present profit countervaile." STEEVENS. |