Therefore, caveto be thy counsellor. Go, clear thy chrystals.-Yoke-fellows in arms, Boy. And that is but unwholesome food, they say. [Kissing her. Nym. I cannot kiss, that is the humour of it; but adieu. Pist. Let housewifery appear; keep close, I thee command. Quick. Farewell; adieu. SCENE IV. [Exeunt. France. A Room in the French King's Palace. Enter the French King attended; the Dauphin, the Duke of BURGUNDY, the Constable, and Others. Fr. King. Thus come the English with full power upon us; And more than carefully it us concerns, Therefore the dukes of Berry, and of Bretagne, With men of courage, and with means defendant: It fits us then, to be as provident As fear may teach us, out of late examples 2 clear thy chrystals.] Dry thine eyes. Dau. My most redoubted father, It is most meet we arm us 'gainst the foe: For peace itself should not so dull a kingdom,3 But that defences, musters, preparations, Therefore, I say, 'tis meet we all No, with no more, than if we heard that England For, my good liege, she is so idly king'd, By a vain, giddy, shallow, humorous youth, 4 Con. O peace, prince Dauphin! You are too much mistaken in this king: Question your grace the late ambassadors,With what great state he heard their embassy, How well supplied with noble counsellors, How modest in exception, and, withal, How terrible in constant resolution,And you shall find, his vanities fore-spent Were but the outside of the Roman Brutus, Covering discretion with a coat of folly; As gardeners do with ordure hide those roots That shall first spring, and be most delicate. Dau. Well, 'tis not so, my lord high constable, But though we think it so, it is no matter: In cases of defence, 'tis best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems, So the proportions of defence are fill'd; 3 so dull a kingdom,] i. e. render it callous, insensible. How modest in exception,] How diffident and decent in making objections. Which, of a weak and niggardly projection, Fr. King. Think we king Harry strong; Of that black name, Edward black prince of Wales; Whiles that his mountain sire, on mountain standing, Up in the air, crown'd with the golden sun,- The patterns that by God and by French fathers Enter a Messenger. Mess. Ambassadors from Henry King of England Do crave admittance to your majesty. Fr. King. We'll give them present audience. Go, and bring them. [Exeunt Mess. and certain Lords. You see this chase is hotly follow'd, friends. Dau. Turn head, and stop pursuit: for coward dogs 5-strain,] lineage. "That haunted us- - To haunt is a word of the utmost horror, which shows that they dreaded the English as goblins and spirits. fate of him.] His fate is what is allotted him by destiny, or what he is fated to perform. 7 Most spend their mouths, when what they seem to threaten, Runs far before them. Good my sovereign, Re-enter Lords, with EXETER and Train. Fr. King. From our brother England? Exe. From him; and thus he greets your ma jesty. He wills you, in the name of God Almighty, you The borrow'd glories, that, by gift of heaven, [Gives a paper. In every branch truly demonstrative; 8 spend their mouths,] That is, bark; the sportsman's term. 9- memorable line,] This genealogy; this deduction of his lineage, Fr. King. Or else what follows? Ere. Bloody constraint; for if you hide the crown Even in your hearts, there will he rake for it: And therefore in fierce tempest is he coming, In thunder, and in earthquake, like a Jove; (That, if requiring fail, he will compel ;) And bids you, in the bowels of the Lord, Deliver up the crown; and to take mercy On the poor souls, for whom this hungry war Opens his vasty jaws and on your head Turns he the widows' tears, the orphans' cries, The dead men's blood, the pining maidens' groans For husbands, fathers, and betrothed lovers, That shall be swallow'd in this controversy, This is his claim, his threat'ning, and my message; Unless the Dauphin be in presence here, To whom expressly I bring greeting too. Fr. King. For us, we will consider of this further; To-morrow shall you bear our full intent Back to our brother England. Dau. For the Dauphin, I stand here for him; What to him from England? Ere. Scorn, and defiance; slight regard, contempt, And any thing that may not misbecome The mighty sender, doth he prize you at. Thus says my king: and, if your father's highness Dau. Say, if my father render fair reply, It is against my will: for I desire • Shall chide your trespass,] To chide is to resound, to echo. |