...and tire Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraisèd spirits that hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great...fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden 0 the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? 0 pardon: since a crooked figure may Attest...

...be found in Chedworth's comment on a portion of Chorus's opening speech from King Henry the Fifth: "Can this cockpit hold / The vasty fields of France?...casques, / That did affright the air at Agincourt?" (1.1.11-14). The way the note is phrased, Chedworth appears to present his own view by intertwining...

...Adonis and Rape of Lucrece, so in Henry v he craves But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that hath dar'd On this unworthy scaffold to bring...That did affright the air at Agincourt? O pardon! This 'unworthy scaffold', 'this cockpit', 'this wooden O': spoken on the actors' behalf, these seem...

...stage is really Alexandria or Rome, a fact that, of all people, Shakespeare himself was most aware: Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France?...wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?18 Beyond exposing the absurdity of the critics' premise that artistic representation is...

...underline both the depth and the use of this disparity. An apology is offered for The flat unraised spirits that hath dar'd On this unworthy scaffold to bring...very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? (9-14) Since the "imperfections" (23) of this "unworthy scaffold" are being emphasized in terms of...

...these is given in the opening lines: But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great...very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? There had been no apologies of this kind before the representation of the battle of Shrewsbury; and...

...answer, says the chorus, is that we must use our imagination. Here are some of the Chorus's words: Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France?...very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i'th'receiving earth; For...

...pardon, gentles all ..." MAURICE. "But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great...very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?" (Wilha "hmm?"lothelefianda "Ivnm?" to the right, MAURICE lauglis and spreads his hands wide to the...

...ocean: the English Channel, which is particularly treacherous for shipping. 23 Piece out: augment. 10 On this unworthy scaffold, to bring forth So great...very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? 15 Oh, pardon: since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million, And let us, ciphers to...

...sword, and Are Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great...very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? (i. Chorus) Twice only throughout his work Shakespeare apologizes for the insufficiency of his art:...