And thrust king Henry from his native home?
And (most ungrateful) doth he use me thus

524.

-go fear thy hing] That is, fright thy JOHNSON.

king. 528. -to put armour on.] It was once no unusual thing for queens themselves to appear in armour at the head of their forces. The suit which Elizabeth wore when she rode through the lines at Tilbury to encourage the troops, on the approach of the Armada, may be still seen in the Tower. STEEVENS.

531. thy reward;—— -] Here we are to suppose that, according to ancient custom, Warwick makes a present to the herald or messenger, whom the original copies call—a Post, STEEVENS.

534. and bid false Edward battle :] This phrase is common to many of our ancient writers. So, in the Misfortunes of King Arthur, a dramatick, performance, 1587:

"To bid the battle to my proper blood."

541. In former copies :

I'll join my eldest daughter and my joy,

To him forthwith,

STEEVENS.

-] Surely this is a mistake of the copyists. Hall, in the ninth year of K. Edward

IV.

says, "Edward prince of Wales wedded Anne second daughter to the earl of Warwick." And the duke of Clarence was in love with the elder, the lady Isabel; and in reality was married to her five years before prince Edward took the lady Anne to wife.

And

And, in King Richard the Third, Gloucester, who married this lady Anne when a widow, says:

"For then I'll marry Warwick's youngest daugh

ter.

"What though I kill'd her husband and her father?"

i. e. Prince Edward, and king Henry VI. her fatherin-law. See likewise Holinshed, in his Chronicle, p: 671 and 674. THEOBALD.

543. Yes, I agree, &c.] Instead of this speech, the quarto has only the following:

With all my heart; I like this match full well.
Love her, son Edward, she is fair and young;
And give thy hand to Warwick, for his love.

ACT IV.

STEEVENS.

THIS

stage direction is sufficient proof

Line 7. that the play, as exhibited in the folio, was printed from a stage copy. I suppose these eight important STEEVENS. personages were attendants.

19.

quartos,

are you offended too?] So the folio. The

are you against us too?

Dij

STEEVENS.

29.

29. Cla. Then this is my opinion, &c.] Instead of this and the following speech, the quartos read thus : Cla. My lord, then this is my opinion;

That Warwick, being dishonour'd in his embas

sage,

Doth seek revenge, to quit his injuries.

Glo. And Lewis, in regard of his sister's wrongs, Doth join with Warwick to supplant your state. STEEVENS. 43. —with the seas,] This has been the advice of every man who in any age understood and favoured the interest of England. JOHNSON. 51. And yet, methinks, &c.] The quartos vary from the folio, as follows:

Cla. Ay, and for such a thing too, the lord
Scales

Did well deserve at your hands, to have the
Daughter of the lord Bonfield; and left your
Brothers to go seek elsewhere; but in your mad-

ness

You bury brotherhood.

STEEVENS.

56. --you would not have bestow'd the heir.] It must be remembered, that till the Restoration, the heiresses of great estates were in the wardship of the king, who in their minority gave them up to plunder, and afterwards married them to his favourites. I Know not when liberty gained more than by the abolition of the court of wards. JOHNSON.

97.

-to my marriage?] The quartos read: -to these wrongs.

STEEVENS.

123. You, that love me and Warwick, follow me.] That Clarence should make this speech in the king's hearing is very improbable, yet I do not see how it can be palliated. The king never goes out, nor can Clarence be talking to a company apart, for he answers immediately to that which the Post says to the king.

JOHNSON. You, that love me and Warwick, follow me:] When the earl of Essex attempted to raise rebellion in the city, with a design, as was supposed, to storm the queen's palace, he ran about the streets with his sword drawn, crying out, “ They that love me, folSTEEVENS. 130. Pembroke, and Stafford, &c.] The quartos the passage thus:

low me."

give

Pembroke, go raise an army presently;

Pitch up my tent; for in the field this night
I mean to rest; and, on the morrow morn,
I'll march to meet proud Warwick, ere he land
Those straggling troops which he hath got in
STEEVENS,

France, &c.

146. Ay, in despight of all that shall withstand you.] The quartos continue the speech thus:

Ay, my lord, in despight of all that shall with

stand you;

For why hath nature made me halt downright But that I should be valiant, and stand to it: For if I would, I cannot run away. STEEVENS. 167. -very easy:] Here the quartos conclude this speech, adding only the following lines:

Then

Then cry king Henry with resolved minds,
And break we presently into his tent.

STEEVENS.

213. And come now to create you duke of York.] Might we not read with a slight alteration ?

And come to new create you duke of York.

JOHNSON.

227. Then for his mind, be Edward England's king:] That is, in his mind; as far as his own mind goes. MONCK MASON.

239. What now remains, &c.] Instead of this and the following speech, the quartos have,

Clar. What follows now? all hitherto goes well,
But we must dispatch some letters into France,
To tell the queen of our happy fortune;
And bid her come with speed to join with us.
War. Ay, that's the first thing we have to do,
And free king Henry from imprisonment,
And see him seated on the regal throne.

Come, let's away; and, having past these cares, I'll post to York, and see how Edward fares. 244. Enter Rivers, &c.] Throughout this scene the quartos vary in almost every speech from the folio. The variations however are hardly such as to deserve STEEVENS.

notice.

336.

-few men rightly temper with the stars ;] I suppose the meaning is, that few men conform their temper to their destiny; which king Henry did, when finding himself unfortunate he gave the management of publick affairs to more prosperous hands. JOHNSON.