66 you, who will obey you, when you are a Sovereign? and therefore for this offence, I do, in your father's name, commit you prifoner to the King's Bench, there to remain till his Majefty's pleasure be further known. "At which words, the Prince ftood mute, "laid afide his weapons, and paid obeyfance "to the court, and rendred himself a prisoner. "It was a great pleasure to the King, to find "he had a Judge of fo much courage; and "to fhew his approbation of it, he remov'd "the Prince from being prefident of his counfel, and conferr'd that honour upon his third "fon, John." See Hiftory of England from authentick records, &c. 1706. vol. 1. p. 218. Sc. ib. Do not the rebels need foldiers?] "Want foldiers. Folios 1623, 1632. Sc. 6. p. 223. York. Let us on: And publifh the occafion of our arms, The commonwealth is fick of their own choice, &c.] When the Earl of Weftmoreland, and John, Duke of Lancaster, the King's fon, found the Archbishop of York, &c. too strong for them, 66 They enquired of them in a peaceable manner, what their intentions should be in taking uparms? The Archbishoppe answer'd, that he meant nothing but the good of the realm, as "he would gladly certify him, if he had fecure " and fafe receffe unto him: and therewithal "fhew'd a writing, wherein he charg'd the new King with treafon against his Sovereign "King Richard, oppreffion of the church, and "commonalty, whofe liberties he had fworne to defend; tyranny and cruelty in putting "to death the faid King, many of the nobility, "and great numbers of the commons: with impiety and facrilege, in defrauding the "church of Rome of her rights; and laftly "with evil government, perfidiousness, perju66 ry, and diverse other like heinous crimes : "for which he pronounced him excommunicate, &c." 66 Bp. Godwin's Catalogue of the Bishops of England, p. 604. &c. Act. 2 fc. 1. p. 225. Phang. If 1 can but fift him once, if he come but once within my vice.] Mr. Pope says, that "there is another reading in the old edition, namely, view; but he does not think it fo good." It is vice in folios 1623, and 1632. Id. ib. Hoftefs. I pray ye, fince my altion is entred.] Exion. Folios 1623, 1632. and more proper for a blundering hoftefs. Sc. 3 p. 230. Chief Justice. I have heard better news.] "I "have heard bitter news. Folios 1623, 1632. Sc. 4. p. 231. And God knows whether, &c.] This period, Mr. Pope obferves, was supplied out of the old edition, without mentioning the date of that edition. 'Tis wanting in folio 1632. Id. ib. Few young Princes would do fo, their fathers lying fo fick as yours at this time is.] "Lying fo fick as yours is. Folios 1623, 1632. Sc. ib. p. 232. Prince Henry. By this hand, thou thinkeft me as far in the devil's book, as thou, and Falstaff.] By this band, not in folios 1623, 1632. nor in Sir Tho. Hanmer's edition, but in Mr. Theobald's. Sc. 5. p. 233. Page. Marry, my Lord, Althea dream'd, fhe was deliver'd of a fire-brand, and therefore I call him her dream.] Althea was the wife of Eneas, King of Calydonia, who reveng'd the death of her brother, by the death of her own fon Meleager; burning the log of wood, which was to prolong his life, fo long as it lafted; and was not confumed by fire. Sc. ibid. Poins. I am your fhadow, my Lord, I'll follow.] Does not he mean, that he was an unbidden gueft, like the Umbra in Horace? Serm. lib. 2. 8. 20. &c. Summus ego, et prope me Vifcus Thurinus, & infra (Si memini) Varius; cum Servilio Balatrone Vibidius, quos Maecenas adduxerat Umbras. Sc. 6. p. 238. L. North. Flye to Scotland.] "Scotland. Folios 1623, 1632. "O Aye to Sc. 8. p. 240. I'faith, fweet heart.] I'faith, not in folio 1632, nor Sir Tho Hanmer's edit. Sc. 10. Sc. 10. p. 243. Dol. By this wine I'll thrúst my knife in your mouldy chaps, if you play the faucy cuttle with me.] Alluding to the cuttle-fifb, call'd fepia in latin, whose blood is as black and as thick as (a) ink, and which it throws out to elude the attempts of the fishermen to take it. Sc. 10. p. 245. Hoft. Here's goodly stuff toward.] "ftuff. Folio 1632. "Good Sc. II. Falstaff fpeaking of Poins, fays. Falft. He a good wit? hang him baboon bis wit is as thick as Tewksbury mustard.] The old proverb, "He looks as if he had lived on "Tewksbury mustard." ર "Tewksbury is a fair market town in the county of Gloucefter, noted for the mustard "balls made there, and fent into other parts. "This is fpoken, partly of fuch who have a "fad, fevere, and tetrick countenance. Si ecaftor bic homo finapi vititet, non cenfeam jam "triftem effe poffe. Plaut. in Trucul. Partly, "of fuch as are fnappifh, captious, and prone to take exceptions." Proverbs from Dr. Fuller's Worthies. Ray's Proverbs, p. 308. (a) Pifcis qui atrum cruorem inftar atramenti per a quam effundit, &c. cum fepeti animadvertit, et piscatoribus iter præfepit. Gefner. Vid. Ariftotel. de Hiftor. Animal. lib. 9. cap. 37. 41. Oper. tom. I. 3. 3. p. 256. Shall. Is old Double of your town living yet? Sil. Dead Sir. Shall. Dead! fee fee, he drew a good bow, and dead? be foot a fine shoot, John of Gaunt lov'd him well, and betted much money on his head. Dead! he would have clapt in the clowt at twelve Score-] Rabelais [fee Works, book 4. chap. 24.] after having described feveral famous archers, gives Pantagruel the preference, in the following hu morous manner. "The noble Pantagruel was without comparison more admirable in the art of fhoot66 ing, and darting: for with his dreadful piles " and darts, nearly refembling the huge beams, "that fupport the bridges of Nantes, Saumur, and at Paris, the miller's, and the changer's bridges, "in length, weight, fize, and iron work; he at 66 a mile's distance would open an oyster, and never touch the edges; he would snuff a can"dle without putting it out; would fhoot a magpie in the eye, take off a boot's under "fole, a riding-hood's lining without foiling "them a bit; turn over every leaf of Friar John's Breviary one after another, and not 66 This was literally fhooting in the long bow. Shallow. How a fcore of ewes now? Silence. Thereafter as they be: a score of good ewes may be worth ten pounds.] Shakespeare from |