0, thou wilt be a wilderness again,

By whose fell working I was first advanc'd, Peopled with wolves, thy old inhabitants !

And by whose power I well might lodge a fear P. Hen. 0, pardon me, my liege! but for my To be again displac'd: which to avoid, tears,

(Kneeling. I cut them off: and had a purpose now The moist impediments unto iny speech,

To lead out many to the Holy Land; I had forestali'd this dear and deep rebuke,

Lest rest, and lying still, might make them look Ere you with grief had spoke, and I had heard Too near unto my state. Therefore, my Harry, The course of it so far. There is your crown; Be it thy course, to busy giddy minds And He that wears the crown immortally, With foreign quarrels; that action, hence borne ou, Long guard it yours! If I affect it more,

May waste the memory of the former days. Than as your honour, and as your renown,

More would I, but my lungs are wasted so, Let me no more from this obedience rise,

That strength of speech is utterly denied me. (Which my most true and inward duteous spirit How I came by the crown, O God, forgive! Teacheth,) this prostrate and exterior bending! And grant it may with thee in true peace live! Heaven witness with me, when I here came in P. Hen. My gracious liege, And found no course of breath within your majesty, You won it, wore it, kept it, gave it me; How cold it struck my heart! If I do feign, Then plain and right must my possession be; O, let me in my present wildness die;

Which I, with more than with a common pain, And never live to show the incredulous world 'Gainst all the world will rightfully maintain. The noble change that I have purposed !

Enter PRINCE JOHN of Lancaster, WARWICK, Coming to look on you, thiuking you dead,

Lords, and others. (And dead almost, my liege, to think you were,)

K. Hen. Look, look, here comes my John of LanI spake unto the crown as having sense, And thus upbraided it. The care on thee depending

(royal father :

P. John. Health, peace, and happiness, to my Hath fed upon the body of my father;

K. Hen. Thou bring'st me happiness, and peace Therefore, thou, best of gold, art worst of gold. Other, less fine in carat, is more precious,

son John;

But health, alack, with youthful wings is flown Preserving life in medcine potable :

From this bare, wither'd trunk: upon thy sight, But thou, most fine, most honourd, most renown'd, Hast eat thy bearer up. Thus, my most royal liege, Where is my lord of Warwick?

My worldly business makes a period.Accusing it, I put it on my head;

P. Hen. To try with it, -as with an enemy,

My lord of Warwick

K. Hen. Doth any name particular belong
That had before my face murder'd my father, -
The quarrel of a true inheritor.

Unto the lodging where I first did swoon?

War. 'Tis call'd Jerusalem, my noble lord. But if it did infect my blood with joy,

K. Hen. Laud be to God !—even there my life Or swell my thoughts to any strain of pride;

must end. If any rebel or vain spirit of mine

It hath been prophesied to me many years,
Did, with the least affection of a welcome,

I should not die but in Jerusalem ;
Give entertainment to the might of it,
Let God for ever keep it from my head,

Which vainly I suppos’d, the Holy Land.

But, bear me to that chamber; there I'll lie; And make me as the poorest vassal is,

Exeunt That doth with awe and terror kneel to it!

In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
K. Hen. O my son!
Heaven put it in thy mind to take it hence,
That thou might'st win the more thy father's love,
Pleading so wisely in excuse of it.

ACT V.
Come hither, Harry, sit thou by my bed ;
And hear, I think, the very latest counsel

SCENE I.-Glostershire. A Hall in Shallow's That ever I shall breathe. Heaven knows, my son,

House. By what by-paths, and indirect crook'd ways, Enter Shallow, Falstaff, BARDOLPH, and Page I met this crown; and I myself know well, How troublesome it sat upon my head :

Shal. By cock and pye, sir, you shall not away To thee it shall descend with better quiet,

to-night. What, Davy, I say ! Better opinion, better confirmation ;

Fal. You must excuse me, master Robert Shallow.

Shal. I will not excuse you; you shall not be exFor all the soil of the achievement goes

cused; excuses shall not be admitted; there is no With me into the earth. It seem'd, in me, But as an honour snatch'd with boisterous hand;

excuse shall serve ; you shall not be excused.

Why, Davy!
And I had many living, to upbraid
My gain of it by their assistances;

Enter DAVY
Which daily grew to quarrel, and to bloodshed, Davy. Here, sir.
Wounding supposed peace: all these bold fears, Shal. Davy, Davy, Davy,- let me see, Davy; lot
Thou see'st, with peril I have answered:

me see :-yea, marry, William ocok, bid him come For all my reign hath been but as a scene hither.-Sir John you shall not be excused. Acting that argument; and now my death

Davy. Marry, sir, thus ;-those precepts cannot Changes the mode: for what in me was purchasid, be served : and, again, sir, -Shall we sow the hea lFalls upon thee in a more fairer sort;

land with wheat ? So thou the garland wear'st sycressively..

Shal. With red wheat, Davy. But for William Yet, though thou stand'st more sure than I could do, cook; Are there no young pigeons ? Thou art not firm enough, siucc griefs are green; Davy. Yes, sir.Here is now the smith's note, And all thy friends, which thou must make thy for shoeing, and plough-irons. frien...,

Shal. Let it be cast, and paid sir John you Have but their stings and teeth newly ta en (ut;

shall not be excused.

2 E

Davy. Now, sir, a new ink to the bucket must SCENE II.-Westminster. A Room in the Palace, needs be had :-And, sir, do you mean to stop any Enter WARWICK and the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. of William's wages, about the sack he lost the other

War. How now, my lord chief justice ? whither day at Hinckley fair ?

away? Shal. He shall answer it:- -Some pigeons,

Ch. Just. How doth the king?

(ended. Davy; a couple of short-legged hens; a joint of

War. Exceeding well; his cares are now all mutton ; and any pretty little tiny kickshaws, tell

Ch. Just I hope, not dead. William cook.

War.

He's walk'd the way of nature; Davy. Doth the man of war stay all night, sir ?

(him : Shal. Yes, Davy. I will use him well; A friend And, to our purposes, he lives no more. i'the court is better than a penny in purse. Use his The service that I truly did his life

Ch. Just. I would his majesty had call’d me with men well, Davy; for they are arrant knaves, and Hath left me open to all injuries.

(not. will backbite.

War. Indeed, I think the young king loves you Davy. No worse than they are backbitten, sir;

Ch. Just. I know he doth not; and do arm myself for they have marvellous foul linen. Shat. Well conceited, Davy. About thy business, which cannot look more hideously upon me

To welcome the condition of the time;
Davy.

Davy. I beseech you, sir, to countenance William Then I have drawn it in my fantasy.
Visor of Wincot against Clement Perkes of the hill. Enter Prince John, Prince HUMPHREY,CLARENCE,
Shal. There are many complaints, Davy, against

WesTMORELAND, and others. that Visor; that Visor is an arrant knave, on my War. Here come the heavy issue of dead Harry; knowledge.

0, that the living Harry had the temper Davy. I grant your worship that he is a knave, of him, the worst of these three gentlemen! sir: but yet, God forbid, sir, but a knave should How many nobles then should hold their places, have some countenance at his friend's request. An That must strike sail to spirits of vile sort. ! honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when Ch. Just. Alas! I fear all will be overturu'a. a knave is not I have served your worship truly,

P. John. Good morrow, cousin Warwick. sir, this eight years; and if I cannot once or twice

P. Humph. Cla. Good morrow, cousin. (speak in a quarter bear out a knave against an honest man,

P. John. We meet like men that had forgot to I have but a very little credit with your worship. The War. We do remember; but our argument knave is mine honest friend, sir; therefore, I be- Is all too heavy to admit much talk. (us heavy! seech your worship, let him be countenanced.

P. John. Well, peace be with him that hath made Shal. Go to ; I say, he shall have no wrong. Look Ch. Just. Peace be with us, lest we be heavier ! about, Davy. (Exit Davy.) Where are you, sir R. Humph. O, good my lord, you have lost a John ? Come, off with your boots.-Give me your

friend, indeed : band, master Bardolph.

And I dare swear, you borrow not that face Bard. I am glad to see your worship.

Of seeming sorrow; it is, sure, your own. (find, Shal. I thank thee with all my heart, kind master

P. Jchn. Though nu man be assur'd what grace to Bardolph :-and welcome, my tall fellow. (To the You stand in coldest expectation : Page.] Come, sir John.

(Exit SHALLOW. I ain the sorrier; 'would, 'twere otherwise. [fair; Fal. I'll follow you, good master Robert Shallow.

Cla. Well, you must now speak sir John Falstaff Bardolph, look to our horses. (Exeunt BARDOLPH Which swims against your stream of quality: (nour, and Page.) If I were sawed into quantities, I should

Ch. Just. Sweet princes, what I did, I did in homake four dozen of such bearded hermit's-staves as Led by the impartial conduct of my soul; master Shallow. It is a wonderful thing, to see the And never shall you see, that I will beg semblable coherence of his men's spirits and his : A ragged and forestall’d remission.They, by cbserving him, do bear themselves like If truth and upright innocency fail me, foolish justices; he, by conversing with them, is l’ll to the king my master that is dead, turned into a justice-like serving-man; their spirits And tell him who hath sent me after him. are so married in conjunction with the participation War. Here comes the prince. of society, that they flock together in consent, like so many wild-geese. If I had a suit to master Shal

Enter King HENRY V. low, I would tumour his men with the imputation Cn. Just. Good morrow; and heaven save your of being near their master : if to his men, I would

majesty! curry with master Shallow, that no man could better King. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, command his servants. It is certain, that either Sits not so easy on me as you think.wise bearing, or ignoran: carriage, is caught as men Brothers, you mix your sadness with some fear; take diseases, one of another: therefore, let men This is the English, not the Turkish court; take heed of their company. I will devise matter Not Amurath an Amaruth succeeds, enough, out of this Shallow, to keep prince Harry But Harry Harry: Yet be sad, good brothers, in continual laughter the wearing-out of six fashions, For, to speak truth, it very well becomes you; ( which is four terms or two actions,) and he shall Sorrow so royally in you appears, laugh without intervallums. O, it is much that a That I will deeply put the fashion on, lie with a slight oath, and a jest with a sad brow, And wear it in my heart. Why then, be sad: will do with a fellow that never had the ache in his But entertain no more of it, good brothers, shoulders! (), you shall see him laugh, till his face Than a joint burden laid upon us all. be like a wet cloak ill laid up.

For me, by heaven, I bid you be assur'd, Shal. | Within./ Sir John!

I'll be your father and your brother too; Fal. I come, master Shallow; I come, master Let me but bear your love, I'll bear your cares Shallow.

[Ent l'alstapp. Yet weep, that Harry’s dead; and so will I;

But Harry lives, that shall convert those tears
By uumber, into hours of happiness.

P. John, &c. We hope no other from your majesty.' And low henceforth in formal majesty. King. You all look strangely on me :-and you Now call we our high court of parliament: most ;

(To the Chief Justice. And let us choose such limbs of noble counsel, You are, I think, assur'd I love you not.

That the great body of our state may go
Ch. Just. I am assurd, if I be measur'd rightly, In equal rank with the best govern'd nation;
Your majesty hath no just cause to hate me. That war, or peace, or both at once, may be
King. No ?

As things acquainted and familiar to us;
How might a prince of my great hopes forget In which you, father, shall have foremost hand.
So great indignities you laid upon me ?

[To the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. What! rate, Zebuke, and roughly send to prison Our coronation done, we will accite, The immediate heir of England! Was this easy ? As I before remember'd, all our state : May this be wash'd in Lethe, and forgotten ? And (God consigning to my good intents)

Ch. Just. I then did use the person of your father; No prince, nor peer, shall have just cause to say, The image of his power lay then in me:

Heaven shorten Harry's happy life one day, And, in the administration of his law,

(Ereunt. Whiles I was busy for the commonwealth, Your highness pleased to forget my place,

SCENE III.-Glostershire. The Garden of ShalThe majesty and power of law and justice,

low's House. The image of the king whom I presented, And struck me in the very seat of judgment;

Enter Falstaff, SHALLOW, SILENCE, BARDOLPH,

the Page, and Davy. Whereon, as an offender

your father, I gave bold way to my authority,

Shal. Nay, you shall see mine orchard, where, in And did commit you. If the deed were ill,

an arbour, we will eat a last year's pippin of my own Be you contented, wearing now the garland,

graffing, with a dish of carraway's, and so forth;To have a son set your decrees at nought;

come, cousin Silence ;-and then to bed. To pluck down justice from your awful bench;

Fal. 'Fore God, you have here a goodly dwelling,

and a rich. To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword That guards the peace and safety of your person :

Shal. Barren, barren, barren; beggars all, begNay, more; to spurn at your most royal image,

gars all, sir John :-marry, good air.-Spread, Ard mock your workings in a second body.

Davy; spread, Davy; Well said, Davy. Question your royal thoughts, make the case yours;

Fal. This Davy serves you for good uses ; he is Be now the father, and propose a son:

your serving-man, and your husbandman. Hear your own dignity so much profan'd,

Shal. A good varlet, a good varlet, a very good See your most dreadful laws so loosely slighted,

varlet, sir John.-By the mass, I have drunk too Behold yourself so bs a son disdained;

much sack at supper :- -A good varlet. Now sit And then imagine me taking your part,

down, now sit down :-come, cousin. And, in your power, soft silencing your son :

Sil. Ah, sirrah ! quoth-a, -we shall After this cold considerance, sentence me;

Do nothing but eat, and make good cheer, [Singing. And, as you are a king, speak in your state,

And praise heaven for the merry year ; What I have done, that misbecame my place,

When flesh is cheap and females dear, My person, or my liege's sovereignty. (well;

And lusty lads roam here and there, King. You are right, justice, and you weigh this

So merrily, Therefore still bear the balance, and the sword:

And ever among so merrily. And I do wish your honours may increase,

Fal. There's a merry heart !-Good master Si. Till you do live to see a son of mine

lence, I'll give you a health for that anon. Offend you, and obey you, as I did.

Shal. Give master Bardolph some wine, Davy. So shall I live to speak my father's words ;

Davy. Sweet sir, sit; (seating BARDOLPH and the Happy am I, that have a man so bold,

Page at another table.) I'll be with you anon :-most That dares do justice on my proper son ;

sweet sir, sit. Master page, good master page, And not less happy, having such a son,

sit : proface! What you want in meat, we'll have That would deliver up his greatness so

in drink. But you must bear; The heart's all.

[Exit. Into the hands of justice.—You did commit me: For which, I do commit into your hand

Shal. Be merry, master Bardolph ;-and my little

soldier there, be merry. The uostain'd sword that you have used to bear; With this remembrance, -That you use the same

Sil. Be merry, be merry, my wife's asall; [Singing. With the like bold, just, and impartial spirit,

For women are shrews, both short und tall ; As you have done 'gainst me. There is my hand;

'Tis merry in hall, when beards wag all,

And welcome You shall be as a father to my youth:

merry

shrove-lide.

Be My voice shall sound as you do prompt mine ear:

merry,

be

merry, &c. And I will stoop and humble my intents

Fal. I did not think, master Silence had been

man of this mettle. To your well practis'd, wise directions.And, princes all, believe me, 1 beseech you ;

Sil. Who I? I have been merry twice and once My father is gone wild into his grave,

Re-enter Davy.
For in his tomb lie my affections ;
And with his spirit sadly I survive,

Davy. There is a dish of leather-coats for you. To mock the expectation of the world;

[Setting them before BARDOLPH. To frustrate prophecies ; and to raze out

Shal. Davy, Rotten opinion, who hath writ me down

Davy. Your worship ?—I'll be with you straight After mv seeming. The tide of blood in me i To BARD--A cup of wine, sir ? Hath proudly tow'd in vamiy, till now:

Sil. A cup of wine, that's brisk and fine, Now doth it turn, and ebb back to the sea;

And drink unto the leman mine;

Singing Where .t shall mingle with the state of doods,

And a merry heart lives long-a.

ere low.

Fal. Well said, master Silence.

Pist.

A foutra for thine office ! Sil. And we shall be merry ;-now comes in the Sir John, thy tender lambkin now is king; sweet of the night.

Harry the fifth's the man. I speak the truth :
Fal. Health and long life to you, master Silence. When Pistol lies, do this; and fig me, like
Sil. Fill the cup, and let it come; [Singing. The bragging Spaniard.
I'll pledge you a mile to the bottom,

Fal. What! is the old king dead ? Shal. Honest Bardolph, welcome: If thou wantest Pist. As nail in door: the things I speak are just. any thing, and wilt not call, beshrew thy heart.- Fal. Away, Bardolph ; saddle my horse.--Master Welcome, my little tiny thief; (to the Page.) and Robert Shallow, choose what office thou wilt in the welcome, indeed, too.pl drink to master Bar- land, 'tis thine.-Pistol, I will double-charge thee dolph, and to all the cavaleroes about London. with diguities.

Davy. I hope to see London once ere I die. Bard. O joyful day !-I would not take a knightBard. An I might see you there, Davy,

hood for my fortune. Shal. By the mass, you'll crack a quart together. Pist. What? I do bring good news? Ha! will you not, master Bardolph ?

Ful. Carry master Silence to bed.-Master Shal. Bard. Yes, sir, in a pottle pot.

low, my lord Shallow, be what thou wilt, I am forShal. I thank thee :--T'he knave will stick by tune's steward. Get on thy boots : wa'll ride all thee, I can assure thee that: he will not out; he is night:-0, sweet Pistol:- Away, Bardolph. (Exit true bred.

Barv. -Come, Pistol, utter more to me; and, Bard. And I'll stick by him, sir.

withal, devise something to do thyself good.-Boot, Shal. Why, there spoke a king. Lack nothing: boot, master Shallow : I know the young king is be merry. Knocking heard.] Look who's at door sick for me. Let us take any man's horses ; the laws there: Ho! who knocks ?

[Exit Davy, of England are at my commandment. Hapny are Fal. Why, now you have done me right.

they which have been my friends; and woe to my [To SILENCE, who drinks a bumper. lord chief justice ! Sil. Do me right,

(Singing. Pisi. Let vultures vile seize on his lungs also ! And dub me knight :

Where is the life that lute I led ? say they ;
Samingo.

Why, here it is; Welcome these pleasant days. l'st not so ?

| Èreunt. Fal. 'Tis so.

SCENE IV.-London. A Street. Sil. Is’t so? Why, then say, an old man can do somewhat.

Enter Beadles, dragging in Hostess Quickly, and

Doll TEAR-SALET.
Re-enter Davy
Davy. An it please your worship, there's one Pis-

Host. No, thou arrant knave; I would I might tol come from the court with news.

die, that I might have thee hanged: thou hast drawn Fal. From the court ? let him come in.

my shoulder out of joint.

1 Bead. The constables have delivered her over to Enter PISTOL.

me: and she shall have whipping-cheer enough, I How now, Pistol ?

warrant her; there hath been a man or two lately Pist. God save you, sir John!

killed about her. Fal. What wind blew you hither, Pistol ?

Doll. Nut-hook, nut-hook, you lie. Come on; I'll Pist. Not the ill wind which blows no man to tell thee what, thou damned tripe-visaged rascal; an good.--Sweet knight, thou art now one of the great the child I now go with, do miscarry, thou hadst est men in the realm.

better thou hadst struck thy mother, thou paperSil. By'r lady, I think 'a be; but goodman Puff faced villain. of Barson.

Host. O the Lord, that sir John were come! he Pist. Puff ?

would make this a bloody day to somebody. Bu* Puff in thy teeth, most recreant coward base ! I pray God the fruit of her womb miscarry! Sir John, I am thy Pistol, and thy friend,

1 Bead. If it do, you shall have a dozen of cush And helter-skelter have I rode to thee;

ions again : you have but eleven now, Come. ! And tidings do I bring, and lucky joys,

charge you both go with me; for the man is dead, And golden times, and happy news of price. that you and Pistol beat among you.

Fal. pr'ythee now, deliver them like a man of Doll. I'll tell thee what, thou thin man in a centhis world.

ser! I will have you as soundly swinged for this, Pist. A foutra for the world, and worldlings base! you blue-bottle rogue ! you filthy famished correctI speak of Africa, and golden joys.

ioner : if you be not swinged, I'll forswear half-kirtles. Fu. O base Assyrian knight, what is thy news ? 1 Bead. Come, come, you she knight-errant, come. Let king Cophetua know the truth thereof.

Host. O, that right should thus overcome might! Sil. And Robin Hood, Scarlet, and John. (Sings. Well; of sufferances comes ease.

Pist. Shall dunghill curs confront the Helicons ? Doll. Come, you rogue, come; bring me to a jus. And shall good news be baffled ?

tice, Then, Pistol, lay thy head in Furies' lap.

Host. Ay; come, you starved blood-hound. Shal. Honest gentleman, I know not your breeding. Doll. Goodman death! goodman bones! Pist. Why then, lament, therefore.

Host. Thou atomy thou ! Shal. Give me pardon, sir ;-If, sir, you come Doll. Come, you thin thing; come, you rascal ! with news from the court, I take it, there is but 1 Bead. Very well.

(Exeunt two ways ; either to utter them or to conceal them. SCENE V.-A publick Place near Westminster I am, sir, under the king, in some authority. Pist. Under which king, Bezonian? speak, or die.

Abbey. Shal. Under king Harry.

Enter two Grooms, strewing rushes. Pist.

Harry the fourth ? or fifth ? 1 Groom. More rushes, more rushes. Surl. Harry the fourth.

2 Groom. The trumpets have sounded twice.

I Grum. It will be two o'clock ere they come So will I those that kept me company, fruin the coronation: Despatch, despatch.

When thou dost hear I am as I have been,

(Exeunt Grooms. Approach me; and thou shalt be as thou wash, Enter Falstaff, Shallow, Pistol, BARDOLPH, Till then, I banish thee, on pain of death,

The tutor and the feeder of my riots : and the Page

As I have done the rest of my misleaders,
Fal. Stand here by me, master Robert Shallow; Not to come near our person by ten mile.
I will make the king do you grace : I will leer upon For competence of life, I will allow you,
him, as 'a comes by; and do but mark the counte- That lack of means enforce you not to evil:
nance that he will give me.

And, as we hear you do reform yourselves,
Pist. God bless thy lungs, good knight. We will, -according to your strength, and quali-
Fal Come here, Pistol; stand behind me.-0,

ties,-
if I had had time to have made new liveries, I would Give you advancement — Be it your charge, my lord,
have bestowed the thousand pound I borrowed of To see perform’d the tenor of our word. -
you. To SHALLOW. But 'tis no matter; this poor Set on.

(Exeunt King and his Train. show doth better : this doth infer the zeal I had to Fal. Master Shallow, I owe you a thousand pound. see him.

Shal. Ay, marry, sir John; which I beseech you Shal. It doth so.

to let me have home with me. Fal. It shows my earnestness of affection.

Fal. That can hardly be, master Shallow. Do Shal. It doth so.

not you grieve at this; I shall be sent for in privato Fal. My devotion.

to him: look you, he must seem thus to the world. Shal. It doth, it doth, it doth.

Fear not your advancement; I will be the man yet, Fal. As it were, to ride day and night; and not that shall make you great. to deliberate, not to remember, not to have patience Shal. I cannot perceive how; unless you give me to shift me.

your doublet, and stuff me out with straw. I beShal. It is most certain.

scech you, good sir John, let me have five hundred Fal. But to stand stained with travel, and sweat- of my thousand. ing with desire to see him: thinking of nothing Fal. Sir, I will be as good as my word: this that else; putting all affairs, else in oblivion; as if there you heard, was but a colour. were nothing else to be done, but to see him. Shal. A colour, I fear, that you will die in, sir

Pist. 'Tis semper idem, for absque hoc nihil est: John. "Tis all in every part.

tal. Fear no colours; go with me to dinner. Shal. "Tis so, indeed.

Lome, lieutenant Pistol;--come, Bardolph :-) shall
Pist. My knight, I will inflame thy noble liver, be sent for soon at night.
And make thee rage.

Re-enter PRINCE JOHN, the Chief Justice,
Thy Doll, and Helen of thy noble thoughts,

Officers, &c Is in base durance, and contagious prison;

Ch. Just. Go, carry sir John Falstaff to the Fleet; Haul'd thither

Take all his company along with him.
By most mechanical and dirty hand :-

Fal. My lord, my lord,-
Rouze up revenge from ebon den with fell Alecto's Ch. Jusi. I cannot now speak: I will hear you

snake,
For Doll is in; Pistol speaks nought but truth. Take them away.
Fal. I will deliver her.

Pist. Si fortuna me tormentu, spero me contentu. [Shouts within, and the trumpets sound.

| Exeunt Fal. SHAL. Pist. BARD. Page, Pist. There roard the sea, and trumpet-clangor

and Officers. sounds.

P. John. I like this fair proceeding of the king's: Enter the King and his Train, the Chief Justice Shall all be very well provided for

He hath intent, his wonted followers

But all are banish'd, till their conversations Fal. God save thy grace, king Hal! my royal Hal! Appear more wise and modest to the world.

Pist. The heavens thee guard and keep, most Ch. Just. And so they are. royal imp of fame!

P. John. The king hath call’d his parliament, my Fal. God save thee, my sweet boy!

lord. King. My lord chief justice, speak to that vain Ch, Just. He hath.

P. John. I will lay odds,--that, ere this year exCh. Just. Have you your wits ? know you what

pire, 'tis you speak ?

We bear our civil swords, and native fire, Fal. My king ! my Jove! I speak to thee, my As far as France: I heard a bird so sing, heart !

Whose musick, to my thinking, pleas'd the king. King. I know thee not, old man: Fall to thy Come, will you hence ?

[Exeunt.
prayers;
How ill white hairs become a fool, and jester!
I have long dream'd of such a kind of man,
So surfeit-swell’d, so old, and so profane;

EPILOGUE.-Spoken by a DANCER.
But, being awake, I do despise my dream.
Make less thy body, hence, and more thy grace; First, my fear; then my court’sy: last, my speech
Leave gormandizing; know, the grave doth gape My fear is, your displeasure; my court'sy, my duty;
For thee thrice wider than for other men :- and my speech, to beg your pardons. If you look
Reply not to me with a fool-born jest;

for a good speech now, you undo me : for what I Presume not, that I am the thing I was :

have to say, is of mine own making; and what, inFor heaven doth know, so shall the world perceive, deed, I should say, will, I doubt, prove nine own That I have turu'd away my former self;

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