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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,
Pardon and terms of love to all of you?
And wouldst thou turn our offers contrary?
Misuse the tenor of thy kinsman's trust?
Three knights upon our party slain to-day,
A noble earl and many a creature else
Had been alive this hour,

If like a Christian thou hadst truly borne
Betwixt our armies true intelligence.

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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.

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The fortune of the day quite turn'd from him,
The noble Percy slain, and all his men

Upon the foot of fear, fled with the rest;
And falling from a hill, he was so bruised
That the pursuers took him. At my tent
The Douglas is; and I beseech your grace
I may dispose of him.

King.

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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,

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To meet Northumberland and the prelate
Scroop,

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.

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To fight with Glendower and the Earl of

March.

Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway,
Meeting the check of such another day:
And since this business so fair is done,
Let us not leave till all our own be won.

41. "sway"; Ff. and later Qq. "way.”—I. G.

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[Exeunt.

GLOSSARY

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By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A.

ADMIRAL, admiral's ship with a lantern in the stern; III. iii.

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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.

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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.

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BACK; "turned back," i.e. turned
their back, fled; I. ii. 213.
BACK, mount; II. iii. 80.
BAFFLE, "originally a punishment

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.

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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.

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