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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]

Chapter 281: FOOTNOTES:
By William Shakespeare
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This volume gathers a sequence of history plays that dramatize struggles over kingship, succession, and national identity in late medieval England. Rulers confront rebellions, papal and foreign pressure, and challenges to legitimacy, while a young prince evolves from license to wartime command. Scenes range from courtly intrigue and parliamentary deposition to battlefield councils and siege drama, intermixing solemn meditation on power and right with earthy comic relief provided by a boisterous companion. Recurring themes include the burdens of rule, honor versus expediency, the manipulation of law and ceremony, and the formation of leadership through conflict.

Bur. God save your majesty! my royal cousin, teach[5404][5405]
 you our princess English?[5405]270
K. Hen. I would have her learn, my fair cousin, how
 perfectly I love her; and that is good English.
Bur. Is she not apt?[5406]
K. Hen. Our tongue is rough, coz, and my condition[5407]
 is not smooth; so that, having neither the voice nor the275
 heart of flattery about me, I cannot so conjure up the spirit[5408]
 of love in her, that he will appear in his true likeness.
Bur. Pardon the frankness of my mirth, if I answer
 you for that. If you would conjure in her, you must make
 a circle; if conjure up love in her in his true likeness, he280
 must appear naked and blind. Can you blame her then,
 being a maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of[5409]
 modesty, if she deny the appearance of a naked blind boy
 in her naked seeing self? It were, my lord, a hard condition
 for a maid to consign to.285
K. Hen. Yet they do wink and yield, as love is blind
 and enforces.
Bur. They are then excused, my lord, when they see
 not what they do.
K. Hen. Then, good my lord, teach your cousin to290
 consent winking.[5410]
Bur. I will wink on her to consent, my lord, if you
 will teach her to know my meaning: for maids, well summered[5411]
 and warm kept, are like flies at Bartholomew-tide,
 blind, though they have their eyes; and then they will295
 endure handling, which before would not abide looking on.
K. Hen. This moral ties me over to time and a hot[5412]
 summer; and so I shall catch the fly, your cousin, in the
 latter end and she must be blind too.
Bur. As love is, my lord, before it loves.300
K. Hen. It is so: and you may, some of you, thank
 love for my blindness, who cannot see many a fair French
 city for one fair French maid that stands in my way.
Fr. King. Yes, my lord, you see them perspectively,
 the cities turned into a maid; for they are all girdled with305
 maiden walls that war hath never entered.[5413]
K. Hen. Shall Kate be my wife?
Fr. King. So please you.
K. Hen. I am content; so the maiden cities you talk
 of may wait on her: so the maid that stood in the way for[5414]310
 my wish shall show me the way to my will.[5414]
Fr. King. We have consented to all terms of reason.
K. Hen. Is't so, my lords of England?
West. The king hath granted every article:
 His daughter first, and then in sequel all,[5415]315
 According to their firm proposed natures.[5416]
Exe. Only he hath not yet subscribed this:
 Where your majesty demands, that the King of France,
 having any occasion to write for matter of grant, shall name
 your highness in this form and with this addition, in French,320
 Notre très-cher fils Henri, Roi d'Angleterre, Hèritier de[5417]
 France; and thus in Latin, Præclarissimus filius noster[5418]
 Henricus, Rex Angliæ, et Hæres Franciæ.
Fr. King. Nor this I have not, brother, so denied,[5419]
 But your request shall make me lot it pass.325
K. Hen. I pray you then, in love and dear alliance,
 Let that one article rank with the rest;
 And thereupon give me your daughter.[5420]
Fr. King. Take her, fair, son and from her blood raise up
 Issue to me; that the contending kingdoms[5421]330
 Of France and England, whose very shores look pale[5422]
 With envy of each other's happiness,
 May cease their hatred, and this dear conjunction
 Plant neighbourhood and Christian-like accord
 In their sweet bosoms, that never war advance[5423]335
 His bleeding sword 'twixt England and fair France.
All. Amen![5424]
K. Hen. Now, welcome, Kate: and bear me witness all,
 That here I kiss her as my sovereign queen. [Flourish.
Q. Isa. God, the best maker of all marriages,340
 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,345
 Thrust in between the paction of these kingdoms,[5425]
 To make divorce of their incorporate league;
 That English may as French, French Englishmen,[5426]
 Receive each other. God speak this Amen!
All. Amen![5427]350
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.[5428]
 Then shall I swear to Kate, and you to me;
 And may our oaths well kept and prosperous be!360

[Sennet. Exeunt.[5429]

Epilogue.

Enter Chorus.[5430]

Chor. Thus far, with rough and all-unable pen,
 Our bending author hath pursued the story,[5431]
 In little room confining mighty men,
 Mangling by starts the full course of their glory.
 Small time, but in that small most greatly lived5
 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.[5432]
 Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crown'd King
 Of France and England, did this king succeed;10
 Whose state so many had the managing,
 That they lost France and made his England bleed:[5433]
 Which oft our stage hath shown; and, for their sake,
 In your fair minds let this acceptance take. [Exit.[5434]

FOOTNOTES:

[5295] Act V. Prologue.] Actus Quintus. Ff. Act V. Scene I. Rowe. Theobald continues the scene.

[5296] to those] all those Collier MS.

[5297] of such] Ff. to such Pope. for such Capell.

[5298] there; there] F1. there; and there being F2 F3 F4.

see] seen awhile Steevens conj.

[5299] with wives] F2 F3 F4. wives F1. and wives Anon. conj.

[5300] the antique] antique Pope.

[5301] lower but] Edd. (Seymour conj.). lower, but by Ff. low, but Pope.

[5302] As yet] Pass o'er Hanmer. And here Capell.

[5303] Invites the ... home] In thought, the ... home Hanmer. Invites,—the ... home,— Capell.

[5304] emperor's] emperor Delius (Heath and Mason conj.).

[5305] them; and] them:—But these now We pass in silence over; and Capell.

[5306] Scene I.] Hanmer. Scene II. Pope. Johnson would place this scene at the end of Act IV.

France ...] The English Camp in France. Theobald. France. A Court of Guard. Capell.

[5307] Davy's] Davies Ff. David's Rowe.

[5308] asse my] Ff. asse a Rowe (ed. 2). as a Pope.

[5309] yourself] myself Anon. conj.

[5310] not om. Pope.

contention] contentions Pope.

[5311] swellings] swelling F4.

[5312] pless you] plesse F3 F4.

[5313] Ha!... leek] As in Pope. As prose in Ff.

[5314] bedlam] beldam Johnson.

[5315] [taking the Leek from his Cap. Capell.

[5316] nor] and Pope.

[5317] disgestions] Ff. digestions Rowe.

[5318] doo's] F1 F2 F3. does F4.

[5319] [Strikes him.] Ff.

[5320] [Strikes him] Pope. om. Ff.

[5321] [beating again. Capell.

[5322] days] and four nights (Qq) Pope.

[giving the Leek into his Hand. Capell.

[5323] certainly, and] om. Pope.

question] questions Pope.

[5324] [eating of it. Capell.

[5325] As verse in Dyce. As three lines, ending leek ... I eat ... swear. Capell conj.

I eat and eat, I swear—] I eate and eate I sweare. Ff. I eat and swear— Pope. I eat and eke I swear. Rann (Johnson conj.). I eat, and eating swear Holt White conj. I eat and— Flu. Eat! Pist. I swear— Delius conj. I eat! an I eat. I swear— Edd. conj.

[5326] 'em] them Capell.

that is] that's Rowe.

[5327] God b' wi'] Capell. God bu'y F1 F2. Gud bu'y F3 F4. God pe wi' Rowe (ed. 2).

[5328] begun] Capell. began Ff.

[5329] it] 'tis Warburton.

[5330] ye] you Pope.

[5331] Doth ... hand] As verse first by Pope. As prose in Ff.

[5332] Doll] Ff. Nell Capell. See note (XX).

i' the spital] om. Pope.

[5333] malady] Pope. a malady Ff.

France;] France; mine hostess too Farmer conj. MS.

[5334] cudgelled] Collier. cudgeld F1 F2. cudgell'd F3 F4.

I'll] will I (Qq) Pope.

[5335] cudgell'd] om. (Qq) Pope.

[5336] swear] F3 F4. swore F1 F2.

[5337] Scene II.] Hanmer. Scene III. Pope. Act V. Scene I. Johnson conj.

France ...] The same. A Room in some Palace. Capell. The French Court, at Trois in Champaigne. Theobald. Troyes. S. Peter's Church. Delius conj. (from Holinshed).

Gloucester] Malone. om. Ff.

Westmoreland] Capell. om. Ff.

the Princess Katharine,] Malone. the Lady Catharine, Capell.

the Duke of Burgundy and his train.] Capell. the Duke of Burgougne, and other French. Ff (Bourgoigne, F2. Burgoign, F3 F4).

[5338] Burgundy] Rowe. Burgogne F1. Burgoigne F2 F4. Bargoigne F3.

[5339] fairly] fairely F1. faire F2. fair F3 F4.

[5340] England] F2 F3 F4. Ireland F1.

[5341] borne in them Against] F2 F3 F4. borne In them against F1.

[5342] Have lost their] Hath lost its Long MS.

[5343] I have] I've Pope.

[5344] mightiness ... best can] mightinesses ... best can Rowe. mightinesses ... can Pope.

[5345] put] lift Collier MS.

[5346] its] it's F3 F4. it F1 F2.

[5347] dies] lyes Theobald (Warburton).

even-pleach'd] Hanmer. even pleach'd F1 F2. even, pleach'd F3 F4.

[5348] fumitory] F4. femetary F1 F2 F3.

[5349] Doth] Do Hanmer.

coulter] Johnson. culter Ff.

[5350] all] Rowe (ed. 2). withall Ff.

[5351] kecksies] F3 F4. keksyes F1 F2.

[5352] as] Capell (Roderick conj.).

[5353] as ... wildness,] Capell (Roderick conj.) all ... wildnesse Ff.

[5354] natures] nurtures Theobald (Warburton).

[5355] grow] gow F2.

[5356] diffused] diffus'd F3 F4. defus'd F1 F2.

[5357] Burgundy] Rowe. Burgonie F1. Burgony F2 F3 F4.

[5358] tenours] Theobald. tenures Ff.

[5359] have] have as yet Hanmer.

cursorary] (Q2) Pope. curselarie F1. curselary F2 F3 F4. cursenary (Q1 Q2). cursory Hamner.

[5360] us once more, with] us, once more with Rowe.

[5361] Pass our accept] Pass, or accept Theobald (Warburton). Pass, or except Malone conj. Pass our exact Jervis conj.

[5362] and you] F1. and F2 F3 F4. om. Pope.

[5363] Huntingdon] Huntington Ff.

[5364] advantageable] advantage Collier (Collier MS.).

[5365] Any ... demands] Omitted by Pope.

[5366] Haply] F4. Happily F1. Happely F2 F3.

[5367] [Exeunt all ...] Exeunt omnes. Manet King and Katharine. Ff. Exeunt. Manet King Henry, Katharine, and a Lady. Rowe (ed. 1). Scene IV. Pope. Scene III. Hanmer.

and] om. Pope.

[5368] vat] Rowe. wat Ff.

[5369] the tongues] tongues F4.

[5370] is de princess] says de princess Mason conj. is de princess say Keightley conj.

[5371] understand] understand not Keightley conj.

[5372] vaulting] F3 F4. vawting F1 F2.

[5373] no] om. Pope.

[5374] nor] and Pope.

[5375] to thee] thee Rowe. om. Pope.

[5376] by the Lord] by the L. Ff.

[5377] dear] om. Warburton.

[5378] places] paces Anon., apud Dyce, conj.

[5379] would] would'st Rowe.

[5380] take me; and take me, take a soldier; take] take me? and take me; take a souldier: take Ff. take me: take Pope.

[5381] then] thine Capell (corrected in notes and MS.).

[5382] vat] wat Ff. vhat Rowe.

[5383] new-married] married Warburton. See note (XXI).

[5384] Je quand sur] Ff. Quand j'ay Pope. Je dis, quand j'ay Long MS. Je conte sur Anon. conj.

[5385] le ... le] Ff. la ... la Capell. See note (XXII).

[5386] il est] il &c. Ff. est Pope.

meilleur] Hanmer. melieus F1 F2. melius F3 F4. melieur Rowe. mellieur Pope.

[5387] thine] of thine Keightley conj.

truly-falsely] Edd. (S. Walker conj.). truly falsely Ff.

[5388] cher et devin] Ff. chere et divine Rowe.

[5389] ave] Ff. have Collier.

[5390] demoiselle] damoiseil F1 F2. damoisel F3 F4.

[5391] untempering] untempting Warburton.

[5392] with the best king,] with the best kings, Hanmer.

[5393] all, Katharine,] all Catharines, Capell conj.

[5394] sall ... sall] shall ... sall Ff. shall ... shall Rowe.

[5395] d'une de votre seigneurie indigne] Edd. d'une nostre Seigneur indignie Ff. d'une vostre indigne Pope.

[5396] noces] Dyce and Staunton. nopeese Ff.

[5397] vat] wat F1 F2 F3. what F4.

baiser] Hanmer. buisse Ff. to bassie (Qq). baisser Theobald.

[5398] It is] F1 F2. Is it F3 F4.

[5399] courtesy] cursie Ff.

[5400] upholding] the upholding Rowe.

[5401] [Kissing her] Rowe.

[5402] sugar] om. Pope.

[5403] Re-enter ...] Enter the French Power, and the English Lords. Ff.

[5404] Scene V. Pope. Scene IV. Hanmer.

[5405] As prose in Ff. As two lines, the first ending cousin, in Capell.

[5406] not] F1 F2. om. F3 F4.

[5407] coz,] om. Pope.

[5408] flattery] hatred Rowe (ed. 2). See note (XXIII).

[5409] rosed] rosy’d Capell.

[5410] winking] F1. to winking F2 F3 F4.

[5411] for] om. Rowe (ed. 2).

[5412] ties] F3 F4 tyes F1 F2. turns Capell conj.

[5413] never] Rowe. om. Ff. not Capell.

[5414] for my] of my Heath conj.

[5415] and then in sequel] F2 F3 F4. and in sequele F1. and in the sequel Keightley conj.

[5416] natures] nature Pope.

[5417] Hèritier] heretere Ff.

[5418] Præclarissimus] Ff. See note (XXIV).

[5419] Nor] Yet Pope.

[5420] me] unto me Keightley conj.

daughter] daughter here S. Walker conj.

[5421] the] these Pope.

[5422] Of France and England] England and France Pope.

[5423] bosoms] breasts Pope.

never] ne'er S. Walker conj.

[5424] All.] Rowe. Lords. Ff.

[5425] paction] Theobald. pation F1 F2. passion F3 F4.

[5426] That] But Capell.

[5427] All.] Ff.

[5428] peers'] Capell. peers Ff.

[5429] [Sennet.] Senet. F1. Sonet. F2 F3 F4. sonnet. Rowe. om. Pope. See note (XXV).

[5430] Epilogue. Enter Chorus.] Enter Chorus. Ff. Enter Chorus, as Epilogue. Collier (Collier MS.).

[5431] bending] blending Johnson (Warburton conj.).

[5432] lord.] F1. lord, F2 F3 F4.

[5433] made] F1. make F2 F3 F4.

[5434] [Exit.] Capell. om. Ff. Exeunt. Staunton.