I SCENE V Another part of the field. The trumpets sound. Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster, Earl of Westmoreland, with Worcester and Vernon prison ers. King. Thus ever did rebellion find rebuke. Ill-spirited Worcester! did not we send grace, If like a Christian thou hadst truly borne 10 Wor. What I have done my safety urged me to; And I embrace this fortune patiently, Since not to be avoided it falls on me. King. Bear Worcester to the death, and Vernon too: Other offenders we will pause upon. [Exeunt Worcester and Vernon, guarded. How goes the field? Prince. The noble Scot, Lord Douglas, when he saw 14. "to the death"; "the" is used of death inflicted by authority.C. H. H. I The fortune of the day quite turn'd from him, Upon the foot of fear, fled with the rest; King. 20 With all my heart. Prince. Then, brother John of Lancaster, to you This honorable bounty shall belong: Go to the Douglas, and deliver him Up to his pleasure, ransomless and free: His valor shown upon our crests to-day Hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds Even in the bosom of our adversaries. Lan. I thank your grace for this high courtesy, Which I shall give away immediately. King. Then this remains, that we divide our power. You, son John, and my cousin Westmoreland Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speed, 31 To meet Northumberland and the prelate Who, as we hear, are busily in arms: Myself and you, son Harry, will towards Wales, 21. "he was so bruised," etc.; thus Holinshed: "To conclude, the kings enemies were vanquished and put to flight, in which flight the earle of Dowglas, for hast falling from the crag of an hie mounteine, brake one of his cullions, and was taken, and, for his valiantnesse, of the king franklie and freelie delivered.”—H. N. H. 32-33. This speech of Prince John, though in all the first four quartos, is strangely left out by Mr. Knight, merely because it is wanting in the folio.-H. N. H. I To fight with Glendower and the Earl of March. Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway, 41. "sway"; Ff. and later Qq. "way.”—I. G. 40 [Exeunt. GLOSSARY I By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A. ADMIRAL, admiral's ship with a lantern in the stern; III. iii. 29. ADVANTAGE, leisure; II. iv. 618; interest; II. iv. 624; favorable opportunity; III. ii. 180. ADVERTISE MENT, information, news; III. ii. 172; counsel, IV. i. 36. ADVISED, guided by advice; IV. iii. 5. AFFECTIONS, inclinations; III. ii. 30. AGAINST; "against his name," contrary to the dignity of his royal name; III. ii. 65. ALLHALLOWN SUMMER, i.e. summer weather at the beginning of winter; "spring at Michaelmas" ("Allhallowmas" is on the first of November) in ridicule of Falstaff's youthful frivolity at his advanced age; I. ii. 184. AMAMON, the name of a demon; II. iv. 384. AMAZE, throw into disorder; V. iv. 6. ANCIENTS, ensigns; IV. ii. 27; "ancient" standard; IV. ii. 36. ANGEL, a coin with the figure of the archangel Michael piercing the dragon with its spear; its value varied from six shillings and eight pence to ten shillings; IV. ii. 6. ANON, ANON! coming! II. i. 5. ANSWER, repay; I. iii. 185. ANYWAY, either way, on either side; I. i. 61. APACE, quickly, at a quick pace; V. ii. 90. APPLE-JOHN, a variety of apple that shrivels with keeping; III. iii. 5. APPOINTMENT, equipment; I. ii. 203. APPREHENDS, imagines, conceives; I. iii. 209. APPROVE ME, prove me, try me; IV. i. 9. ARBITREMENT, judicial inquiry; IV. i. 70. ARGUMENT, subject for conversation; II. ii. 100. ARRAS, hangings of tapestry; II. iv. 571. ARTICULATE articulated, specified, enumerated (Ff. "articulated"); V. i. 72. = ASPECTS, an astrological term; influence of a planet for good or ill; I. i. 97. ASSAY THEE, try thee, cross swords with thee; V. iv. 34. "AT HAND, QUOTH PICK-PURSE,” a proverbial expression; II. i. 53. ATHWART, adversely, as though to thwart one's purpose; I. i. 36. ATTEMPTS, pursuits; III. ii. 13. ATTENDED, waited for; IV. iii. 70. BACK; "turned back," i.e. turned of infamy, inflicted on recreant knights, one part of which was hanging them up by the heels" (Nares); I. ii. 118. BAGPIPE; "the Lincolnshire b." a favorite instrument in Lincolnshire; a proverbial expression; I. ii. 88. BAITED, v. Note; IV. i. 99. BALK'D, heaped, piled up ("balk" ="ridge," common in Warwickshire); I. i. 69. BALLAD-MONGERS, contemptuous name for "ballad-makers"; III. i. 130. BANDS, bonds; III. ii. 157. BANISH'D, lost, exiled (Collier MS. "tarnish'd"); I. iii. 181. BASE, wicked, treacherous, (Qq. "bare"); I. iii. 108. BASILISKS, a kind of large cannon; originally a fabulous animal whose look was supposed to be fatal; II. iii. 56. BASTARD, Sweet Spanish wine; II. iv. 32. BATE, fall off, grow thinner; III. iii. 2. BATTLE, armed force, army; IV. i. 129. I BAVIN, brushwood, soon burning out; III. ii. 61. BEARS HARD, feels deeply; I. iii. 270. BEAVER, helmet; IV. i. 104. BECOME, adorn, do credit to; II. iv. 567. BEGUILING, cheating, robbing; III. i. 189. BELDAM, aged grandmother; III. i. 32. BESIDE, beyond; III. i. 179. BESTRIDE ME, defend me by standing over my body; V. i. 122. BIDE, abide, endure; IV. iv. 10. BLUE-CAPS, "a name of ridicule given to the Scots from their blue bonnets"; II. iv. 406. BOLTERS, sieves for meal; III. iii. 81. BOLTING-HUTCH, a bin into which meal is bolted; II. iv. 514. BOMBARD, a large leathern vessel for holding liquors; II. iv. 515. BOMBAST; originally cotton used as stuffing for clothes; II. iv. 372. BONFIRE-LIGHT, fire kindled in the open air (originally, a bone-fire; Q. 1, "bonefire light"; Q. 2, bonfire light"; Qq. 3, 4, "bone-fire light"; the rest "Bone-fire light"); III. iii. 47. Book, indentures; III. i. 224. BOOTLESS, without profit or advantage; III. i. 67. Boots, booty; with play upon the literal sense of "boots"; II. i. 95. BOSOM, secret thoughts, confidence; I. iii. 266. Bors, small worms; II. i. 11. BOTTOM, low-lying land, valley; III. i. 105. |