The tongue offends not that reports his death: L. Bard. I cannot think, my lord, your son is dead. Mor. I am sorry I should force you to believe To Harry Monmouth; whose swift wrath beat down The never-daunted Percy to the earth, From whence with life he never more sprung up. cester Too soon ta'en prisoner; and that furious Scot, IOI. a losing office, an office that brings him but loss. The bloody Douglas, whose well-labouring sword Stumbling in fear, was took. The sum of all Is that the king hath won, and hath sent out mourn. In poison there is physic; and these news, Out of his keeper's arms, even so my limbs, Are thrice themselves. Hence, therefore, thou nice crutch! A scaly gauntlet now with joints of steel Must glove this hand: and hence, thou sickly Thou art a guard too wanton for the head 129. 'Gan vail his stomach, humbled his spirit. 138. Having been well; referring to me, i. e. 'had I been well.' 145. nice, effeminate. 130 140 150 147. thou sickly quoif, the invalid's head-bandage or 'ker. chief.' 149. flesh'd, made fierce. Keep the wild flood confined! let order die ! Tra. This strained passion doth you wrong, L. Bard. Sweet earl, divorce not wisdom from your honour. Mor. The lives of all your loving complices Lean on your health; the which, if you give o'er To stormy passion, must perforce decay. You cast the event of war, my noble lord, And summ'd the account of chance, before you 'Let us make head.' It was your presurmise, Of wounds and scars, and that his forward spirit Yet did you say 'Go forth;' and none of this, 156. To feed contention in a lingering act, where civil war drags out its course through successive scenes;-a reference perhaps to the 'long jars' of York and Lancaster. 166-179. Omitted in Q. 160 17。 180 174. where most trade of danger ranged, where danger chiefly walked or haunted. Knew that we ventured on such dangerous seas Mor. 'Tis more than time: and, my most noble I hear for certain, and do speak the truth, As fish are in a pond. But now the bishop Supposed sincere and holy in his thoughts, Of fair King Richard, scraped from Pomfret Derives from heaven his quarrel and his cause; 184. respect, consideration. 189-209. Omitted in Q. 192. corpse; plur. for corpses (F1 'corpes). L. 196. queasiness, qualms. 190 200 204. doth enlarge his rising, increases the number of his supporters by posing as the avenger of Richard. 209. more and less, high and low. North. I knew of this before; but, to speak truth, This present grief had wiped it from my mind. The aptest way for safety and revenge : Get posts and letters, and make friends with speed: Never so few, and never yet more need. [Exeunt. 210 SCENE II. London. A street. Enter FALSTAFF, with his Page bearing his Fal. Sirrah, you giant, what says the doctor to my water? Page. He said, sir, the water itself was a good healthy water; but, for the party that owed it, he might have more diseases than he knew for. Fal. Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent or is invented on me: I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before thee like a sow that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one. If the prince put thee into my service for any other reason than to set me off, why then I have no judgement. Thou whoreson mandrake, thou art fitter to be worn in my cap 8. foolish compounded clay, man; clay compounded of folly. Q Ff 'foolish compounded clay man.' 10 dragore plant, the root of which was thought to resemble a human figure; hence a term of ridicule for a diminutive man, a 'mannikin.' |