The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_Bast._ He will the rather do it when he sees
Ourselves well sinewed to our defence.[682]
_Sal._ Nay, it is in a manner done already;[683]
For many carriages he hath dispatch'd 90
To the sea-side, and put his cause and quarrel
To the disposing of the cardinal:
With whom yourself, myself and other lords,
If you think meet, this afternoon will post
To consummate this business happily. 95
_Bast._ Let it be so: and you, my noble prince,
With other princes that may best be spared,[684]
Shall wait upon your father's funeral.
_P. Hen._ At Worcester must his body be interr'd;[685]
For so he will'd it.
_Bast._ Thither shall it then: 100
And happily may your sweet self put on
The lineal state and glory of the land!
To whom, with all submission, on my knee
I do bequeath my faithful services
And true subjection everlastingly. 105
_Sal._ And the like tender of our love we make,
To rest without a spot for evermore.[686]
_P. Hen._ I have a kind soul that would give you thanks[687]
And knows not how to do it but with tears.
_Bast._ O, let us pay the time but needful woe,[688] 110
Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs.
This England never did, nor never shall,[689]
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror,
But when it first did help to wound itself.
Now these her princes are come home again,[690] 115
Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue,[691]
If England to itself do rest but true. [_Exeunt._
FOOTNOTES:
[557] ACT V. SCENE I.] Rowe. Actus Quartus, Scæna prima. Ff.]
King John's palace.] The court of England. Pope. The same (i.e.
Northampton). A room in the palace. Capell. Bristol. A ... palace.
Halliwell.
Pandulph] Pandolph, F₁. Pandulph with the crown. Capell.
[558] [Giving the crown.] Pope. Giving back the Crown. Capell (after
_Take again_).
[559] _From this_] _This from_ Heath conj.
[560]: _their_] _the_ Warburton. _marches 'fore_] _marches; for_ Mason
conj.
[561]: _the love_] _love_ Hanmer.
[562]: _mistemper'd_] _distemper'd_ Rowe.
[563]: _incurable_] _incurably_ F₄.
[564]: _hurries_] _harries_ Staunton conj.
[565]: _your_] F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄.
[566] _where_] _whence_ Keightley conj.
_jewel of life_] _jewel, life_ Pope.
[567] _sad_] _blank_ Collier MS.
[568] _be fire_] _meet fire_ Collier MS.
[569] _forage_] _forrage_ Ff. _forward_ Long MS. _courage_ Collier
(Collier MS.).
[570] _orders_] _offers_ Singer (Collier MS.).
_compromise_] Rowe (ed. 2). _comprimise_ Ff.
[571] _idly_] _idlely_ F₁ F₂. _idely_ F₃ F₄.
[572] _cannot_] _can't_ Pope.
[573] SCENE II. The ... Edmundsbury.] Theobald. The ... camp. Pope.
... Lewis ...] ... Dolphin ... Ff.
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