never had the ache1 in his shoulders! O, you shall see him laugh, till his face be like a wet cloak ill laid up. Shal. [within.] Sir John! Fal. I come, master Shallow; I come, master Shallow. [Exit FALSTAFF. SCENE II. Westminster. A Room in the Palace. Enter WARWICK, and the Lord Chief Justice. War. How now, my lord chief justice? whither away? Ch. Just. How doth the king? War. Exceeding well; his cares are now all ended. Ch. Just. I hope, not dead. War. He's walk'd the way of nature; And, to our purposes, he lives no more. Ch. Just. I would, his majesty had call'd me with him: The service that I truly did his life, Hath left me open to all injuries. War. Indeed, I think, the young king loves you not. Ch. Just. I know, he doth not; and do arm myself, To welcome the condition of the time; Which cannot look more hideously upon me Than I have drawn it in my fantasy. Enter Prince JOHN, Prince HUMPHREY, CLARENCE, WESTMORELAND, and Others. War. Here come the heavy issue of dead Harry; O, that the living Harry had the temper Of him, the worst of these three gentlemen! low, one whose disposition to merriment time and pain have not yet impaired. How many nobles then should hold their places, Ch. Just. Alas! I fear, all will be overturn'd. P. John. We meet like men that had forgot to speak. War. We do remember; but our argument Is all too heavy to admit much talk. P. John. Well, peace be with him that hath made us heavy! Ch. Just. Peace be with us, lest we be heavier ! P. Humph. O, good my lord, you have lost a friend, indeed : And I dare swear, you borrow not that face Of seeming sorrow; it is, sure, your own. P. John. Though no man be assur'd what grace to find, You stand in coldest expectation: I am the sorrier; 'would, 'twere otherwise. Cla. Well, you must now speak sir John Falstaff fair Which swims against your stream of quality. Ch. Just. Sweet princes, what I did, I did in honour, Led by the impartial conduct of my soul; And never shall you see, that I will beg Enter King HENRY V. Ch. Just. Good morrow; and heaven save your majesty ! King. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, Sits not so easy on me as you think. Brothers, you mix your sadness with some fear; ; This is the English, not the Turkish court; But Harry Harry: Yet be sad, good brothers, That I will deeply put the fashion on, And wear it in my heart. Why then, be sad; P. John, &c. We hope no other from your majesty. King. You all look strangely on me:-and you most; [To the Chief Justice. You are, I think, assur'd I love you not. Ch. Just. I am assur'd, if I be measur'd rightly, How might a prince of my great hopes forget What! rate, rebuke, and roughly send to prison Ch. Just. I then did use the person of your father; 2 not the Turkish court;] Not the court where the prince that mounts the throne puts his brothers to death. 3 Was this easy?] That is, was this not grievous? Shakspeare has easy in this sense elsewhere. JOHNSON. The image of the king whom I presented, And did commit you. If the deed were ill, Hear your own dignity so much profan'd, King. You are right, justice, and you weigh this well; Therefore still bear the balance, and the sword: Till you do live to see a son of mine Offend you, and obey you, as I did. 4 To trip the course of law,] To defeat the process of justice; a metaphor taken from the act of tripping a runner. 5 And mock your workings in a second body.] To treat with contempt your acts executed by a representative. 6 — and propose a son:] i. e. image to yourself a son, contrive for a moment to think you have one. 7 in your state,] In your regal character and office, not with the passion of a man interested, but with the impartiality of a legislator. JOHNSON. So shall I live to speak my father's words ; - Into the hands of justice. You did commit me : - you The unstained sword that you have us❜d to bear; My voice shall sound as you do prompt mine ear; To your well practis'd, wise directions. And, princes all, believe me, I beseech you ;- 8 remembrance,] That is, admonition. 9 My father is gone twild - The meaning is - My wild dispositions having ceased on my father's death, and being now as it were buried in his tomb, he and wildness are interred in the same grave. with his spirit sadly I survive,] Sadly is the same as soberly, seriously, gravely. Sad is opposed to wild. JOHNSON. ocean. the state of floods,] i. e. dignity of floods, or of the |