Præclarissimus filius noster Henricus, Rex Fr. King. Nor this I have not, brother, so denied, But your request shall make me let it pass. K. Hen. I pray you then, in love and dear alliance, Let that one article rank with the rest; And thereupon give me your daughter. 390 Fr. King. Take her, fair son, and from her blood raise up Issue to me; that the contending kingdoms Of France and England, whose very shores look pale With envy of each other's happiness, May cease their hatred, and this dear conjunc tion Plant neighborhood and Christian-like accord All. Amen! 400 K. Hen. Now, welcome, Kate: and bear me wit ness all, That here I kiss her as my sovereign queen. [Flourish. Q. Isa. God, the best maker of all marriages, Combine your hearts in one, your realms in one! As man and wife, being two, are one in love, So be there 'twixt your kingdoms such a spousal, Rann reads "Percarissimus"; the error is, however, copied from Holinshed.-I. G. That never may ill offense, or fell jealousy, 410 To make divorce of their incorporate league: men, Receive each other. God speak this Amen! All. Amen. K. Hen. Prepare we for our marriage: on which day, My Lord of Burgundy, we 'll take EPILOGUE Enter Chorus. Chor. Thus far, with rough and all-unable pen, Our bending author hath pursued the story, In little room confining mighty men, Mangling by starts the full course of their glory. Small time, but in that small most greatly lived This star of England: Fortune made his sword; 419. "Sennet"; F. 1, "Senet"; F. 2, "Sonet," as though referring to the fourteen lines of the Epilogue.-I. G. 4. That is, by touching only on select parts.-H. N. H. By which the world's best garden he achieved, And of it left his son imperial lord. Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crown'd King Of France and England, did this king succeed; Whose state so many had the managing, 10 That they lost France and made his England bleed: Which oft our stage hath shown; and, for their sake, In your fair minds let this acceptance take. [Exit. 13. "Which oft our stage hath shown"; vide Preface to 1, 2, 3 Henry VI.-I. G. GLOSSARY By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A. A', he; (Rowe, "he"); II. iii. 11. ABOUNDING, rebounding, (?) a bounding; (Qq.; "abundant”; Theobald, "a bounding"); IV. iii. 104. ABUTTING, contiguous; Prol. I. 21. ACCEPT, acceptance (? accepted); V. ii. 82. ACCOMPLISHING, equipping, giving the finishing touches to; Prol. IV. 12. ACCOMPт, account; Prol. I. 17. ACHIEVEMENT; "for a.," i. e. "instead of achieving a victory," (Malone, others, "to bring the affair to a conclusion"); III. v. 60. ACT, practice, working; I. ii. 189. ADDICTION, inclination; I. i. 54. ADDREST, ready; III. iii. 58. ADMIRATION, astonishment; II. ii. 108. ADVANCE, raise, unfurl; II. ii. 192. ADVANTAGEable, advantageous; ALL-UNABLE, very weak; Epil. I. ANCIENT, ensign; II. i. 3. ANTICS, buffoons; (Ft. "Antiques"); III. ii. 33. APACE, quickly; IV. viii. 3. APPEARANCE, sight, visibleness; (Ff. 1, 2, “apparance'); II. ii. 76. APPERTINENTS, appurtenances; II. ii. 87. APPREHENSION, perception; III. vii. 153. APPROBATION, attestation, ratification; I. ii. 19. APT, ready; II. ii. 86. ARBITREMENT, decision; IV. i. 174. ARGUMENT, cause of quarrel; III. i. 21; theme, III. vii. 39. ARMOR, Suit of armor; III. vii. 1. ASSAYS, hostile attempts; (Malone, "essays"); I. ii. 151. As WERE, as though there were; II. iv. 20. ATHWART, across; Prol. V. 9. ATTAINT, infection; Prol. IV. 39. AUNCHIENT, ensign; V. i. 19. AUNCHIENT LIEUTENANT, (so Ff. 1, 2, Ff. 3, 4, "auncient"; Malone from Qq., “ensign”), “An cient," Pistol's title according to Fluellen; III. vi. 13. AVAUNT, away, begone; III. ii. 21. AWKWARD, unfair; II. iv. 85. BALLS, (1) eyeballs, (2) cannonballs; V. ii. 17. BALM, Consecrated oil used for anointing kings; IV. i. 288. BANKRUPT (F., “banqu’rout); IV. ii. 43. BAR, impediment, exception; I. ii. 35; "barrier, place of congress" (Johnson); V. ii. 27. BARBASON, the name of a fiend; II. i. 61. BASILISKS, (1) serpents who were supposed to kill by a glance; (2) large cannon; used in both senses of the word; V. ii 17. BATE, flap the wings, as the hawk does when, unhooded, she tries to fly at the game (used quibblingly); III. vii. 128. BATTLE, army; Prol. IV. 9. BAWCOCK, a term of endearment; III. ii. 25. BEAVER, visor of a helmet; IV. ii. 4.4. BECOME, grace; I. 11. 8. in former time; IV. i. 186. BEGUILING, deceiving; IV. i. 178. BENDING, bending beneath the burden of the task; (Warburton conj. "blending"); Epil. 2. BEND UP, strain (like a bow); III. i. 16. BENT, (1) glance, (2) aim; V. ii. 16. BESHREW, a mild oath; V. ii. 250. BESMIRCH'D, soiled, stained; IV. iii. 110. BEST, bravest; III. ii. 40. BESTOW YOURSELF, repair to your post; IV. iii. 68. BLOOD, temperament, passion; II. ii. 133. BLOODY, bloodthirsty; II. iv. 51. "b. flag," i. e. signal of bloody war; I. ii. 101. BOLTED, sifted; II. ii. 137. BONNET, covering of the head, cap; IV. i. 233. Book, to register; IV. vii. 79. Boot; "make b.", make booty; I. ii. 194. BOOTLESS, uselessly; III. iii. 24. BOTTOMS, ships, vessels; Prol. III. 12. BOUND; "b. my horse," i. e. make my horse curvet; V. ii. 148. BRAGGART, boaster; (Ff., "Braggard"); II. i. 68. BRAVE, bravely decked, finely appointed; Prol. III. 5. BRAVELY, making a fine show; IV. iii. 69. BREAK, rend; III. iii. 40; disclose; V. ii. 275. BREATH, breathing time; II. iv. 145. BRIM (used adjectivally); I. ii. 150, f. BRING, accompany; II. iii. 2. BROACHED, Spitted; Prol. V. 32. BROKEN MUSIC; "Some instru ments, such as viols, violins, flutes, &c., were formerly made in sets of four, which, when played together, formed a 'consort.' If one or more of the instruments of one set were substituted for the corresponding ones of another set, the result was no longer a 'consort,' but 'broken music" "; (Chappell; W. A. Wright); V. ii. 273. |