Their neighing coursers daring of the spur, Their armed staves in charge, their beavers down, O! when the king did throw his warder down, West. You speak, lord Mowbray, now you know not what. The earl of Hereford was reputed, then, In England the most valiant gentleman: Who knows, on whom fortune would then have smil'd? Cried hate upon him; and all their prayers, and love, And bless'd, and grac'd, indeed, more than the king3. But this is mere digression from my purpose. from his grace, Here come I from our princely general, Mowb. But he hath forc'd us to compel this offer, West. Mowbray, you overween, to take it so. 3 And bless'd, and grac'd, INDEED, more than the king.] The folio, 1623, followed by the three other folio impressions, corruptly reads and did for "indeed." Thirlby proposed the present emendation. Upon mine honour, all too confident To give admittance to a thought of fear. Mowb. Well, by my will, we shall admit no parley. West. That argues but the shame of your offence: A rotten case abides no handling. Hast. Hath the prince John a full commission, In very ample virtue of his father, To hear, and absolutely to determine Of what conditions we shall stand upon? West. That is intended in the general's name. I muse you make so slight a question. Arch. Then take, my lord of Westmoreland, this schedule, For this contains our general grievances: Each several article herein redress'd; All members of our cause, both here and hence, And knit our powers to the arm of peace. West. This will I show the general. Please you, lords, In sight of both our battles we may meet: And either end in peace', which God so frame, To us, and To our purposes CONFIN'D ;] So both the quarto and folio editions; and there is no need of alteration, though Johnson proposed consign'd, and it has found its way into all modern editions: the meaning is, "the execution of our wills being confined, or restricted, to us and to our purposes." The quarto omits "to," to the injury of the metre. 5 AND either end in peace,] The old copies read, "At either," &c. The change was made by Thirlby. Or to the place of difference call the swords Arch. My lord, we will do so. [Exit WEST. Mowb. There is a thing within my bosom tells me, That no conditions of our peace can stand. Hast. Fear you not that: if we can make our peace Upon such large terms, and so absolute, As our conditions shall consist upon, Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains. And good from bad find no partition. Arch. No, no, my lord. Note this,-the king is weary Of dainty and such picking grievances: For he hath found, to end one doubt by death Revives two greater in the heirs of life. And therefore will he wipe his tables clean, That may repeat and history his loss To new remembrance. For full well he knows, That was uprear'd to execution. Hast. Besides, the king hath wasted all his rods Arch. "Tis very true: And therefore be assur'd, my good lord marshal, Our peace will, like a broken limb united, Mowb. Be it so. Here is return'd my lord of Westmoreland. Re-enter WESTMORELAND. West. The prince is here at hand. Pleaseth your lordship, To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies? Mowb. Your grace of York, in God's name then, set forward. Arch. Before, and greet his grace, my lord: we [Exeunt. come. SCENE II. Another Part of the Forest. Enter, from one side, MOWBRAY, the Archbishop, HastINGS, and Others: from the other side, Prince JOHN of LANCASTER, WESTMORELAND, Officers and Attend ants. P. John. You are well encounter'd here, my cousin Good day to you, gentle lord archbishop ; When that your flock, assembled by the bell, Than now to see you here an iron man, To us, th' imagin'd voice of God himself; Between the grace, the sanctities of heaven, Arch. Good my lord of Lancaster, I am not here against your father's peace; But, as I told my lord of Westmoreland, The parcels and particulars of our grief; The which hath been with scorn shov'd from the court, 6 Than now to see you here an iron man,] After "man" the quarto edition adds, quite unnecessarily, and to the injury of the line, talking. VOL. IV. E e |