Shakespeare's King Henry V

Issue to me; that the contending kingdoms
Of France and England, whose very shores look pale
With envy of each other's happiness,

May cease their hatred, and this dear conjunction
Plant neighbourhood and Christian-like accord 381
In their sweet bosoms, that never war advance

His bleeding sword 'twixt England and fair France. All. Amen!

K. Hen. Now, welcome, Kate: and bear me witness all, That here I kiss her as my sovereign queen.

[Flourish

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Q. Isa. God, the best maker of all marriages,
Combine your hearts in one, your realms in one!
As man and wife, being two, are one in love,
So be there 'twixt your kingdoms such a spousal,
That never may ill office, or fell jealousy,
Which troubles oft the bed of blessed marriage,
Thrust in between the paction of these kingdoms,
To make divorce of their incorporate league ;
That English may as French, French Englishmen,
Receive each other. God speak this Amen!
All. Amen!

K. Hen. Prepare we for our marriage: on which day,
My Lord of Burgundy, we'll take your oath,
And all the peers', for surety of our leagues.

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Then shall I swear to Kate, and you to me;

And

may our oaths well kept and

prosperous be!
[Sennet. Exeunt.

Epilogue.

Enter Chorus.

Chor. Thus far, with rough and all-unable pen,
Our bending author hath pursued the story,
In little room confining mighty men,

Mangling by starts the full course of their glory.
Small time, but in that small most greatly lived

This star of England: Fortune made his sword;
By which the world's best garden he achieved,
And of it left his son imperial lord.

Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crown'd King

Of France and England, did this king succeed; Whose state so many had the managing,

That they lost France and made his England bleed: Which oft our stage hath shown; and, for their sake, your fair minds let this acceptance take.

[Exit.

Glossary.

A', he; (Rowe, “ke"); II. iii. xx. ABOUNDING, rebounding, (f) a bounding; (Qq,"abundant"; Theobald, a bounding"); IV. iii. 104. ABUTTING, contiguous; Prol. I. 21. ACCEPT, acceptance ( accepted); V. ii. 82.

ACCOMPLISHING, equipping, giving the finishing touches to; Prol. IV. 12. ACCOMPT, account; Prol. I. 17. ACHIEVEMENT; "for a," ,"ie. "instead of achieving a victory," (Malone, others, "to bring the affair to a conclusion"); III. v. 60.

ACT, practice, working; I. ii. 189. ADDICTION, inclination; I. i. 54. ADDREST, ready; III. iii. 58. ADMIRATION, astonishment; II. ii. 108.

ADVANCE, raise, unfurl; II. ii. 192. ADVANTAGEABLE, advantageous; V. ii. 88.

ADVANTAGES, interest, additions; IV. iii. 50.

ADVENTURES, risks; IV. i. 121.
ADVICE; on his more a,' on better
consideration; II. ii. 43.
ADVISED; "be a.," consider; I. ii. 251.
AFEARD, afraid; IV. i. 148.
AFFIANCE, confidence; II. ii. 127.
AFTER, afterwards; IV. ii. 59.
ALL-UNABLE, very weak; Epil. I.
ALL-WATCHED, spent in watching;
Prol. IV. 38.

ANCIENT, ensign; II. i. 3.
ANNOY, hurt; II. ii. 102.
ANOTHER, the other; I. ii. 113.
ANSWER, be ready for battle; II.

IV. 3.

APPROBATION, attestation, tion; I. ii. 19. APT, ready; IÍ. ii. 86. ARBITREMENT, decision; IV. i. 168. ARGUMENT, cause of quarrel; III. i 21; theme, III. vii. 37.

ARMOUR, suit of armour; III. vii. 1. ASSAYS, hostile attempts; (Malone, essays"); I. ii. 151.

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AS WERE, as though there were; II. iv. 20.

ATHWART, across; Prol. V.
ATTAINT, infection; Prol. IV. 39.
AUNCHIENT, ensign; V. i. 18.
AUNCHIENT LIEUTENANT, (so Ff. 1, 2,
Ff. 3, 4,
"auncient"; Malone from
Qq., “ensign"), "Ancient," Pistol's
title according to Fluellen; III. vi. 13.
AVAUNT, away, begone; III. ii. 21.
AWKWARD, unfair; II. iv. 85.

BALLS, (1) eyeballs, (2) cannon-balls $
V. ii. 17.

BALM, consecrated oil used for anointing kings; IV. i. 277.

BANKRUPT (Ff., "banqu'rout"); IV. ii. 43.

BAR, impediment, exception; I. ii. 35; "barrier, place of congress" (Johnson); V. ii. 27.

BARBASON, the name of a fiend; II. | i. 57.

BASILISKS, (1) serpents who were supposed to kill by a glance; (2) large cannon; used in both senses of the word; V. ii. 17.

BATE, flap the wings, as the hawk does when, unhooded, she tries to fly at the game (used quibblingly); III. vi.

122.

BATTLE, army; Prol. IV. 9. BAWCOCK, a term of endearment; III. ii. 25.

BEAVER, visor of a helmet; IV. ii. 44. BECOME, grace; I. ii. 8.

BEFORE-BREACH, breach committed in former time; IV. i. 179.

BEGUILING, deceiving; IV. i. 171. BENDING, bending beneath the burden of the task; (Warburton conj. "blending"); Epil. 2.

BEND UP, strain (like a bow); III. i. 16.

BENT, (1) glance, (2) aim; V. ii. 16. BESHREW, a mild oath; V. ii. 241. BESMIRCH'D, soiled, stained; IV. iii.

IIO.

BEST, bravest; III. ii. 39.

BESTOW YOURSELF, repair to your post; IV. iii. 68.

BLOOD, temperament, passion; II. ii. 133.

BLOODY, bloodthirsty; II. iv. 51.

"b. flag," i.e. signal of bloody war; I. ii. 101. BOLTED, sifted; II. ii. 137. BONNET, covering of the head, cap; IV. i. 224.

Book, to register; IV. vii. 76. BOOT; "make b.", make booty; I. ii. 194.

BOOTLESS, uselessly; III. iii. 24. BOTTOMS, ships, vessels; Prol. III.

12.

BOUND; "b. my horse," i.e. make my horse curvet; V. ii. 146.

BRAGGART, boaster; (Ff., 'BragTM gard"); II. i. 64.

BRAVE, bravely decked, finely appointed; Prol. III. 5.

BRAVELY, making a fine show; IV. iii. 69.

BREAK, rend, III. iii. 40; disclose, V ii. 265.

BREATH, breathing time; II. iv. 145. BRIM (used adjectivally); I. ii. 150, BRING, accompany; II. iii. 1. BROACHED, Spitted; Prol. V. 32. BROKEN MUSIC; some instruments, such as viols, violins, flutes, &c., were formerly made in sets of four, which, when played together, formed a 'consort.' If one or more of the instruments of one set were substituted for the corresponding ones of another set, the result was no longer a 'consort,' but broken music (Chappell; W. A. Wright); V. ii. 263. BRUISED, battered, dented; Prol. V.

18.

BUBUKLES, a corruption of carbuncles; (Qq., "pumples"; Capell, "pupuncles"); III. vi. 108. BUFFET, box; V. ii. 146. BULLY, dashing fellow; IV. i. 48. BURNET, the name of a herb (sanguisorba officinalis); V. ii. 49. BUT, used after a strong asseveration; III. v. 12.

CADWALLADER, the last of the Welsh
Kings; V. i. 29.

CAPET, i.e. Hugh Capet, the ancestor
of the French Kings; I. ii. 78.
CAPITAL, chief; V. ii. 96.
CAPTIVED, taken captive; II. iv. 55.
CAREER, race; (Ff. 1, 2, Carriere");
III. iii. 23.

CAREERS, gallopings of a horse backwards and forwards; a course run at full speed; "passes careers pro

bably "indulges in sallies of wit"; | COMPOUND WITH, come to terms with ; II. i. 132.

CAREFUL, full of care; IV. i. 248. CAREFULLY, "more than c.", i.."with more than common care ; II. iv. 2. CARRY COALS, pocket insults; III. ii.

50.

CASE, set of four; a musical allusion; III. ii. 4.

CASQUES, helmets; (Capell's emendation; Ff. 1, 2, 3, "Caskes," F. 4, "Casket"); Prol. I. 13. CASTED, cast, cast off; IV. i. 23. CHACE, a term in the game of tennis; a match played at tennis; I. ii. 266. CHANCED, happened; Prol. V. 40. CHARGE, load, burden; I. ii. 15. CHATTELS, goods generally; II. iii.

50.

CHEERLY, cheerfully; II. ii. 192. CHILDERIC, the Merovingian king; I. ii. 65.

CHOLER, wrath, anger; IV. vii. 188. CHRISTOM, "a white vesture put upon the child after baptism; in the bills of mortality such children as died within the month were called "chrisons"; (Qq. 1, 3, “crysombd," Johnson, "chrisom"); II. iii. 12. CHUCK, a term of endearment; III. ii. 26.

CLEAR THY CRYSTALS, "dry thine eyes"; II. iii. 56.

CLOSE, cadence, union ; (F. 2, “close"); I. ii. 182.

CLOY'D, Surfeited, satiated; II. ii. 9. COMES O'ER, reminds, taunts; I. ii. 267.

COMPANIES, company, companions; 1. 55.

COMPASSING, obtaining; IV. i. 311. COMPELLED, enforced, exacted; III. vi. 116. COMPLEMENT, external appearance; (Theobald, "compliment"); II. ii.

134.

IV. vi. 33.

CON, learn by heart; III. vi. 79. CONDITION, temper, character; V. ii.

CONTRARIOUSLY, in contrary ways; I. ii. 206.

CONTRIVED, plotted; IV. i. 171. CONVEY'D, Secretly contrived to pass off; I. ii. 74.

CONVOY, Conveyance; IV. iii. 37. CORANTO, a quick and lively dance; (Johnson's emendation of Ff., “Carranto"); III. v. 33.

CORROBORATE (one of Pistol's meaningless words); II. i. 130.

COUCH DOWN, crouch down, stoop down; IV. ii. 37.

COULTER, plough-share; (Ff., " Culter"); V. ii. 46.

COUNTERFEIT, dissembling; V. i. 73. COUPLE A GORGE! Coupe la gorge, perhaps merely Pistol's blunder; II.

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