Could out of thee extract one spark of evil With patches, colours, and with forms being fetch'd But he that temper'd thee bade thee stand up, If that same demon that hath gull'd thee thus 103 stands off as gross] stands out as palpable. 114 suggest by treasons] tempt to treasons. 118 temper'd thee] made thee pliable. 119 instance] reason. 122 Should with his lion gait . . world] Cf. 1 Peter, v, 8, "the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." 110 120 He might return to vasty Tartar back, Show men dutiful? Why, so didst thou: seem they grave and learned ? Why, so didst thou: or are they spare in diet, Their faults are open: 123 Tartar] Tartarus, the classical name for "hell." Cf. Tw. Night, II, v, 184," the fate of Tartar." 133 blood] passionate impulse. 134 complement] accomplishment. 135 Not working... ear] Not judging men merely by appearance, but listening to their talk. 136 but] save, except. 137 finely bolted] finely sifted, thoroughly tried or tested. 139 To mark the] Theobald's emendation of the unintelligible reading of the Folio To make thee. the full-fraught man] the man endowed with amplitude of virtue. 130 140 Arrest them to the answer of the law; And God acquit them of their practices! EXE. I arrest thee of high treason, by the name of Richard Earl of Cambridge. I arrest thee of high treason, by the name of Henry Lord Scroop of Masham. I arrest thee of high treason, by the name of Thomas Grey, knight, of Northumberland. SCROOP. Our purposes God justly hath discover'd; Although my body pay the price of it. CAM. For me, the gold of France did not seduce; GREY. Never did faithful subject more rejoice sentence. Hear your 144 God acquit them] God absolve them. Cf. line 166, infra. 157 The sooner . . . intended] Cambridge's object was to obtain the English crown for his brother-in-law, Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, a descendant of Edward III. 159 in sufferance] in my suffering (for my sin). 166 quit] absolve. Cf. line 144, supra. 150 160 You have conspired against our royal person, Join'd with an enemy proclaim'd, and from his coffers Received the golden earnest of our death; Wherein you would have sold your king to slaughter, 170 [Exeunt Cambridge, Scroop, and Grey, guarded. 169 the golden earnest] the earnest-money. 181 dear] grievous. 188 rub] obstacle; a technical term in the game of bowls. Cf. V, ii, 180 190 33, infra. Putting it straight in expedition. Cheerly to sea; the signs of war advance: No king of England, if not king of France. [Exeunt. SCENE III-LONDON BEFORE A TAVERN Enter PISTOL, HOSTESS, NYM, BARDOLPH, and Boy HOST. Prithee, honey-sweet husband, let me bring thee to Staines. PIST. No; for my manly heart doth yearn. Bardolph, be blithe: Nym, rouse thy vaunting veins: BARD. Would I were with him, wheresome'er he is, either in heaven or in hell! HOST. Nay, sure, he's not in hell: he's in Arthur's bosom, if ever man went to Arthur's bosom. A' made 10 a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew there was but one way; for his 1 bring] accompany. 2 yearn] mourn. 9-10 in Arthur's bosom] Mrs. Quickly's blunder for "in Abraham's bosom." 11 christom] Mrs. Quickly's confused rendering of "christened,” i. e., baptised, and "chrisom," a white cloth put on children who were baptised before they were a month old. |