O, thou wilt be a wilderness again, The moist impediments unto my speech, And thus upbraided it. The care on thee depending, But thou, most fine, most honour'd, most renown'd, To try with it,-as with an enemy, That had before my face murder'd my father,- But if it did infect my blood with joy, Heaven put it in thy mind to take it hence, Come hither, Harry, sit thou by my bed; That ever I shall breathe. Heaven knows, my son, To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation; So thou the garland wear'st successively. And by whose power I well might lodge a fear You won it, wore it, kept it, gave it me; Enter PRINCE JOHN of Lancaster, WARWICK My lord of Warwic War. 'Tis call'd Jerusalem, my noble lord. ACT V. Glostershire.-A Hall in Shallow's House. Enter SHALLOW, FALSTAFF, BARDOLPH, and Page Shal. By cock and pye, sir, you shall not awa to-night. What, Davy, I say. Ful. You must excuse me, master Robert Shallow Shal. I will not excuse you; you shall not be e cused; excuses shall not be admitted; there is excuse shall serve; you shall not be excused.Why, Davy! Davy. Here, sir. Enter DAVY. Shal. Davy, Davy, Davy,-let me see, Davy; l me see: yea, marry, William cook, bid him com hither. Sir John, you shall not be excused. Davy. Marry, sir, thus ;-those precepts cannot b served: and, again, sir,-Shall we sow the head lau with wheat? Shul. With red wheat, Davy. But for Willia cook ; -Are there no young pigeons? Davy. Yes, sir.- -Here is now the smith's note for shoeing, and plough irons. Shal. Let it be cast, and paid :-sir John, yo shall not be excused. Davy. Now, sir, a new link to the bucket mus needs be had:-And, sir, do you mean to stop any d William's wages, about the sack he lost the other day at Hinckley fair! Shal. He shall answer it :- Some pigeons, Davy; a couple of short-legged hens; a joint of mutton; and any pretty little tiny kickshaws, tell William cook. Davy. Doth the man of war stay all night, sir! Shal. Yes, Davy. I will use him well; A friend i'the court is better than a penny in purse. Use his men well. Davy; for they are arrant knaves, and will backbite. Davy. No worse than they are back bitten, sir; for they have marvellous foul linen. Shal. Well conceited, Davy. About thy business, Davy. Davy. I beseech you, sir, to countenance William Visor of Wincot against Clement Perkes of the hill. Shat. There are many complaints, Davy, against that Visor; that Visor is an arrant knave, on my knowledge Dary. I grant your worship, that he is a knave, sir: but yet, God forbid, sir, but a knave should have some countenance at his friend's request. An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. I have served your worship truly, sir, this eight years; and if I cannot once or twice in a quarter bear out a knave against an honest man, I have but a very little credit with your worship. The knave is mine honest friend, sir: therefore, I beseech your worship, let him be countenanced. Shal. Go to; I say, he shall have no wrong. Look about, Davy. [Exit DAVY.] Where are you, sir John? Come, off with your boots.-Give me your hand, master Bardolph. Bard. I am glad to see your worship. War. Exceeding well; his cares are now all ended He's walk'd the way of nature; War. Indeed, I think the young king loves you not. Enter PRINCE JOHN, PRINCE HUMPHREY, CLARENCE, War. Here come the heavy issue of dead Harry; P. John. Well, peace be with him that hath made P. John. Though no man be assur'd what grace to I am the sorrier; 'would, 'twere otherwise. Ch. Just. Sweet princes, what I did, I did in honour, ragged and forestall'd remission.- Enter KING HENRY V. Shal. I thank thee with all my heart, kind master Bardolph :- and welcome, my tall fellow. [To the Page.] Come, sir John. [Exit SHALLOW. Ful. I'll follow you, good master Robert Shallow. Bardolph, look to our horses. [Exeunt BARDOLPH and Page. If I were sawed into quantities, I should make four dozen of such bearded hermit's staves as master Shallow. It is a wonderful thing, to see the sembla ble coherence of his men's spirits and his: They, by observing him, do bear themselves like foolish justices; he, by conversing with them, is turned into a justice-like serving-man; their spirits are so married in conjunction with the participation of society, that they flock together in consent, like so many wild-geese. If I had a suit to master Shallow, I would humour his men, with the imputation of being near their mas-Sits not so easy on me as you think. er: if to his men, I would curry with master Shallow, that no inan could better command his servants. is certain, that either wise bearing, or ignorant car riage, is caught as men take diseases, one of another; therefore, let men take heed of their company. I will devise matter enough out of this Shallow, to keep prince Harry in continual laughter, the wearing-out of six fashions, (which is four terms or two actions,) and he shall laugh without intervallums. O, it is much, that a lie, with a slight oath, and a jest, with a sad brow, will do with a fellow that never had the ache in his shoulders: O, you should see him laugh, till nis face be like a wet cloak ill laid up. Shal. [Within.] Sir John! Ch. Just. Good morrow; and heaven save your majesty! King. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, It Fal. I come, master Shallow; I come, master Brothers, you mix your sadness with some fear; King. No! How might a prince of my great hopes forget way Ch. Just I then did use the person of your father; The image of his power lay then in me: And, in the administration of his law, Whiles I was busy for the commonwealth, Your highness pleased to forget my place, The majesty and power of law and justice, The image of the king whom I presented, And struck me in my very seat of judgment, Whereon, as an offer der to your father, I gave bold to my authority, And did commit you. If the deed were ill, Be you contented, wearing now the garland To have a son set your decrees at nought; To pluck down justice from your awful bench; To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword That guards the peace and safety of your person. Nay, more; to spurn at your most royal image, And mock your workings in a second body Question your royal thoughts, make the case yours; Be now the father, and propose a son: Hear your own dignity so much profan'd, See your most dreadful laws so loosely slighted, Behold yourself so by a son disdained; And then imagine me taking your part, And, in your power, soft silencing your son: After this cold considerance, sentence me; And, as you are a king, speak in your state, What I have done, that misbecame my place, My person, or my liege's sovereignty. King. You are right, justice, and you weigh this well; So shall I live to speak my father's words ;- Shal. Barren, barren, barren; beggars all, beggars all, sir John-marry, good air.-Spread, Davy: spread, Davy, Well said, Davy. Fal. This Davy serves you for good uses; he is your serving man, and your husbandman. Shal. A good varlet, a good varlet, a very good varlet, sir John-By the mass, I have drunk too much sack at supper:A good varlet. Now sit down, now sit down :-come, cousin. Sil. Ah, sirrah! quoth-a,-we shall Do nothing but eat, and make good cheer, [Singing And ever among so merrily. Fal. There's a merry heart!-Good master Silence I'll give you a health for that anon. Shal. Give master Bardolph some wine, Davy. Davy. Sweet sir, sit; [seating BARDOLPH and the Page at another table.] I'll be with you anon: -most sweet sir, sit. -Master Page, good master Page, sit: proface! What you want in meat, we'll have in drink. But you must bear; The heart's all. [Exit. Shal. Be merry, master Bardolph ;—and my little soldier there, be merry. Sil. Be merry, be merry, my wife's as all; [Singing For women are shrews, both short and tall; 'Tis merry in hall, when beards wag all, And welcome merry shrove-tide. Be merry, be merry, &c. Fal. I did not think, master Silence had been a man of this mettle. Sil. Who I? I have been merry twice and once |