O not to day, think not upon the fault
My father made in compassing the crown.
I King Richard's body have interred new,
And on it have beftow'd more contrite tears,
Than from it iffued forced drops of blood.
Five hundred poor I have in yearly pay,
Who twice a day their wither'd hands hold up
Tow'rd heaven, to pardon blood, and I have built
Two chantries, where the fad and folemn priests
Sing ftill for Richard's foul, &c.]

"The King reflecting on the cruelty and injustice done to the late King Richard the Se"cond, fent to Rome, defiring to be abfolv'd "from the guilt of his blood, though fhed by "his father, offering to perform any penance "that fhould be enjoin'd him on that account. "He alfo removed the corps of that (a) King "from Langley, and caufed it to be interr'd by "that of Ann his Queen, in Westminster abby,

as he defired in his will. He alfo founded "three religious houfes near Shene, the monks "whereof were to, pray for the foul of the de"ceafed King." Salmon's Hift. of England, vol. 3. p. 88.

(a) Hoc anno [1414] Rex Henricus Quintus fecit offa Ricardi nuper Regis, a Langley transferri ufque Weftmonafterium, et ibi, ipfo præfente cum magnatibus, cum folempni anniverfario fepultus eft.

Wilhelmi Wyrcefter Annal. Rer. Anglic. edit. a Tho. Hearne. P. 453

Sc. 8. p. 396.

K. Henry. This story fhall the good man teach bis fon,

And Crifpin Crifpian fhall ne'er go by,

From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it fhall be remembered.]

The battle of Agincourt was fought upon the 25th of October, St. Crifpin's day, the legend upon which this is founded; follows.

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at Rome; from whence they travelled to "Soiffons in France, about the year 303. to propagate the Chriftian religion; but because "they would not be chargeable to others for "their maintenance, they exercised the trade of fboemakers; but the Governor of the town "discovering them to be Chriftians, ordered "them to be beheaded about the year 303. "From which time, the fhoemakers made choice "of them for their tutelar Saints." Wheatley's Rational Illuftration, folio edit. p. 76. See Hall's Chronicle, folio 47. A& 4. fc. 9. P. 398.

K. Hen.-The man that once did fell the lion's Skin

While the beaft liv'd, was kill'd with hunting him.]

The proverb is, "Sell not the bears skin be"fore you have caught him." Non vender la pelle del orfo inanzi che fia prefo. Ital. Ray's Proverbs, p. 98.

Sc. II. P. 402.

Bourb. Let us die inftant-once more.] us flye in once more. Folio 1632.

"Let

Sc.

Sc. 12. p. 404.

K. Henry.

But bark, what new alarm is this fame?
The French bave reinforc'd their fcatter'd mèn ;
Then every foldier kill his prifoner;

Give the word through.]

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"News was brought that a body of the enemy had fallen upon the King's camp, and plundered his baggage; and his highness expecting to be attacked on that side, order"ed most of the prifoners to be kill'd, left "they fhould joyn the enemy, which made "the battle extremely bloody." Salmon's Hift. of England, vol. 3. p. 104. See likewife Hall's Chronicle, folio 50.

A&t 5. fc. 16. King Henry, to Williams the foldier.

K. Hen. Give me thy glove foldier, look bere is the fellow of it: 'twas me indeed thou promiffed'ft to ftrike, and thou hast given me most bitter

terms.

K. Hen. How canft thou make me fatisfaction? Williams. All offences, my Lord, come from the beart; never came. any from mine, that might offend your Majefty.

K. Hen. It was my felf thau didfi abuse.

Will. Your Majesty came not like your felf; you appear'd to me but as a common man, &c.

K. Hen. Here uncle Exeter, fill this glove with crowns, and give it to this fellow. Keepit, fellow, and wear it for an honour in thy cap till I do ekallenge it.] The bravery of Williams, and

the

the generofity of the King, feem to have been equall'd in the cafe of Captain Roderigo del Rio, and Philip the Second, King of Spain. The Captain met the King, who was unknown te him, and telling him, "That he was going "to wait upon the King, to beg a reward, on

account of his fervices, with his many "wounds and scars about him: The King afk"ed him what he would fay, provided he did "not reward him according to expectation? "The Captain anfwer'd, volo a dios que refe mi "mula en culo. If he will not, he may kiss my "mule in the tail. Thereupon the King with a fmile, afked his name, and told him, if he

brought proper certificates of his fervice, he "would procure him admittance to the King "and council, by giving the door keeper "his name beforehand. The next Day the

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Captain being let in, and seeing the King, "with his council bare about him; the King faid, Well, Captain, do you remember what you faid yesterday? and what the King should do to your mule, if he gave you no reward extraordinary? The Captain not being daunted, said,

Truly Sir, my mule is ready at the court gate, if "there be occafion. The King liking the ftout"nefs of the man, ordered four thousand crowns to be given him, and four thousand "reals for a penfion during life."

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See a tract, intit'led, Some fober Inspections in the Ingredients in the Cordial for the Cavaliers, printed 1661. p. 3, 4.

By

By an incident not much unlike this of Wil-
liams's, Prince Menfbikoff (originally a low per-
fon) was raised by Peter the Great, Czar of
Mufcovy and Ruffia, to be his prime minister.
See Preface to Mr. Confett's Prefent State of the
Regulations of the Church of Ruffia, intitled, The
Hiftory of the Rife and Fall of Prince Mensbikoff,
P. 33.

She is our capital demand compris'd
Within the fore rank of our articles]

See firft article of the treaty relating to the
King's marriage, and peace with France, in the
viii yere of King Henry the Fifth. Hall's Chro-
nicle, folio 69.

A D-