Chapter VI: Act V: SCENE I. London. The palace (1)

_Sennet. Enter_ KING, GLOUCESTER, _and_ EXETER.

_King._ Have you perused the letters from the pope, [aea001] The emperor and the Earl of Armagnac? [aea002]

_Glou._ I have, my lord: and their intent is this: They humbly sue unto your excellence To have a godly peace concluded of ·aea005· Between the realms of England and of France.

_King._ How doth your grace affect their motion? [aea007]

_Glou._ Well, my good lord; and as the only means To stop effusion of our Christian blood [aea009] And stablish quietness on every side. ·aea010·

_King._ Ay, marry, uncle; for I always thought It was both impious and unnatural That such immanity and bloody strife Should reign among professors of one faith.

_Glou._ Beside, my lord, the sooner to effect ·aea015· And surer bind this knot of amity, [aea016] The Earl of Armagnac, near knit to Charles, [aea017] A man of great authority in France, Proffers his only daughter to your grace In marriage, with a large and sumptuous dowry. [aea020]

_King._ Marriage, uncle! alas, my years are young! [aea021] And fitter is my study and my books Than wanton dalliance with a paramour. Yet call the ambassadors; and, as you please, So let them have their answers every one: ·aea025· I shall be well content with any choice Tends to God’s glory and my country’s weal. [aea027]

_Enter_ WINCHESTER _in Cardinal’s habit, a_ Legate _and two_
Ambassadors.

_Exe._ What! is my Lord of Winchester install’d, And call’d unto a cardinal’s degree? Then I perceive that will be verified ·aea030· Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy, ‘If once he come to be a cardinal, He’ll make his cap co-equal with the crown.’

_King._ My lords ambassadors, your several suits Have been consider’d and debated on. ·aea035· Your purpose is both good and reasonable; And therefore are we certainly resolved To draw conditions of a friendly peace; Which by my Lord of Winchester we mean [aea039] Shall be transported presently to France. ·aea040·

_Glou._ And for the proffer of my lord your master, I have inform’d his highness so at large As liking of the lady’s virtuous gifts, Her beauty and the value of her dower, He doth intend she shall be England’s queen. ·aea045·

_King._ In argument and proof of which contract, [aea046] Bear her this jewel, pledge of my affection. And so, my lord protector, see them guarded And safely brought to Dover; where inshipp’d [aea049] Commit them to the fortune of the sea. [aea050] [_Exeunt all but Winchester and Legate._

_Win._ Stay, my lord legate: you shall first receive The sum of money which I promised Should be deliver’d to his holiness [aea053] For clothing me in these grave ornaments. [aea054]

_Leg._ I will attend upon your lordship’s leisure. [aea055]

_Win._ [_Aside_] Now Winchester will not submit, I trow, [aea056] Or be inferior to the proudest peer. Humphrey of Gloucester, thou shalt well perceive That, neither in birth or for authority, [aea059] The bishop will be overborne by thee: [aea060] I’ll either make thee stoop and bend thy knee, Or sack this country with a mutiny. [_Exeunt._ [aea062]

SCENE II. _France._ _Plains in Anjou_.

_Enter_ CHARLES, BURGUNDY, ALENÇON, BASTARD, REIGNIER, LA PUCELLE, _and Forces_.

_Char._ These news, my lords, may cheer our drooping spirits: [aeb001] ’Tis said the stout Parisians do revolt And turn again unto the warlike French. [aeb003]

_Alen._ Then march to Paris, royal Charles of France, And keep not back your powers in dalliance. [aeb005]

_Puc._ Peace be amongst them, if they turn to us; Else, ruin combat with their palaces! [aeb007]

_Enter_ Scout.

_Scout._ Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices!

_Char._ What tidings send our scouts? I prithee, speak. ·aeb010·

_Scout._ The English army, that divided was Into two parties, is now conjoin’d in one, [aeb012] And means to give you battle presently.

_Char._ Somewhat too sudden, sirs, the warning is; But we will presently provide for them. ·aeb015·

_Bur._ I trust the ghost of Talbot is not there: Now he is gone, my lord, you need not fear.

_Puc._ Of all base passions, fear is most accursed. Command the conquest, Charles, it shall be thine, Let Henry fret and all the world repine. ·aeb020·

_Char._ Then on, my lords; and France be fortunate! [_Exeunt._

SCENE III. _Before Angiers_.

_Alarum. Excursions. Enter_ LA PUCELLE.

_Puc._ The regent conquers, and the Frenchmen fly. [aec001] Now help, ye charming spells and periapts; And ye choice spirits that admonish me And give me signs of future accidents. [_Thunder._ [aec004] You speedy helpers, that are substitutes ·aec005· Under the lordly monarch of the north, Appear and aid me in this enterprise. [aec007]

_Enter_ Fiends.

This speedy and quick appearance argues proof [aec008] Of your accustom’d diligence to me. Now, ye familiar spirits, that are cull’d [aec010] Out of the powerful regions under earth, [aec011] Help me this once, that France may get the field. [_They walk, and speak not._ O, hold me not with silence over-long! Where I was wont to feed you with my blood, I’ll lop a member off and give it you ·aec015· In earnest of a further benefit, So you do condescend to help me now. [_They hang their heads._ No hope to have redress? My body shall Pay recompense, if you will grant my suit. [_They shake their heads._ Cannot my body nor blood-sacrifice ·aec020· Entreat you to your wonted furtherance? Then take my soul, my body, soul and all, Before that England give the French the foil. [_They depart._ See, they forsake me! Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty-plumed crest [aec025] And let her head fall into England’s lap. My ancient incantations are too weak, And hell too strong for me to buckle with: Now, France, thy glory droopeth to the dust. [_Exit._

_Excursions. Re-enter_ LA PUCELLE _fighting hand to hand with_
YORK: LA PUCELLE _is taken. The French fly_.

_York._ Damsel of France, I think I have you fast: [aec030] Unchain your spirits now with spelling charms And try if they can gain your liberty. [aec032] A goodly prize, fit for the devil’s grace! See, how the ugly wench doth bend her brows, As if with Circe she would change my shape! ·aec035·

_Puc._ Changed to a worser shape thou canst not be.

_York._ O, Charles the Dauphin is a proper man; No shape but his can please your dainty eye.

_Puc._ A plaguing mischief light on Charles and thee! And may ye both be suddenly surprised ·aec040· By bloody hands, in sleeping on your beds!

_York._ Fell banning hag, enchantress, hold thy tongue!

_Puc._ I prithee, give me leave to curse awhile.

_York._ Curse, miscreant, when thou comest to the stake. [aec044]
[_Exeunt._

_Alarum. Enter_ SUFFOLK, _with_ MARGARET _in his hand_.

_Suf._ Be what thou wilt, thou art my prisoner. [aec045] [_Gazes on her._ O fairest beauty, do not fear nor fly! For I will touch thee but with reverent hands; [aec047] I kiss these fingers for eternal peace, [aec048] And lay them gently on thy tender side. Who art thou? say, that I may honour thee. [aec050]

_Mar._ Margaret my name, and daughter to a king, The King of Naples, whosoe’er thou art.

_Suf._ An earl I am, and Suffolk am I call’d. [aec053] Be not offended, nature’s miracle, Thou art allotted to be ta’en by me: ·aec055· So doth the swan her downy cygnets save, [aec056] Keeping them prisoner underneath her wings. [aec057] Yet, if this servile usage once offend, Go and be free again as Suffolk’s friend. [aec059] [_She is going._ O, stay! I have no power to let her pass; [aec060] My hand would free her, but my heart says no. As plays the sun upon the glassy streams, [aec062] Twinkling another counterfeited beam, So seems this gorgeous beauty to mine eyes. Fain would I woo her, yet I dare not speak: ·aec065· I’ll call for pen and ink, and write my mind. Fie, de la Pole! disable not thyself; Hast not a tongue? is she not here? [aec068] Wilt thou be daunted at a woman’s sight? Ay, beauty’s princely majesty is such, [aec070] Confounds the tongue and makes the senses rough. [aec071]

_Mar._ Say, Earl of Suffolk,--if thy name be so-- What ransom must I pay before I pass? For I perceive I am thy prisoner.

_Suf._ How canst thou tell she will deny thy suit, [aec075] Before thou make a trial of her love?

_Mar._ Why speak’st thou not? what ransom must I pay? [aec077]

_Suf._ She’s beautiful and therefore to be woo’d; She is a woman, therefore to be won.

_Mar._ Wilt thou accept of ransom? yea, or no.

_Suf._ Fond man, remember that thou hast a wife; ·aec080· Then how can Margaret be thy paramour?

_Mar._ I were best to leave him, for he will not hear.

_Suf._ There all is marr’d; there lies a cooling card. [aec083]

_Mar._ He talks at random; sure, the man is mad.

_Suf._ And yet a dispensation may be had. [aec085]

_Mar._ And yet I would that you would answer me.

_Suf._ I’ll win this Lady Margaret. For whom? Why, for my king: tush, that’s a wooden thing! [aec089]

_Mar._ He talks of wood: it is some carpenter. ·aec090·

_Suf._ Yet so my fancy may be satisfied, And peace established between these realms. But there remains a scruple in that too; For though her father be the King of Naples, Duke of Anjou and Maine, yet is he poor, [aec095] And our nobility will scorn the match.

_Mar._ Hear ye, captain, are you not at leisure? [aec097]

_Suf._ It shall be so, disdain they ne’er so much: Henry is youthful and will quickly yield. Madam, I have a secret to reveal. ·aec100·

_Mar._ What though I be enthrall’d? he seems a knight, And will not any way dishonour me.

_Suf._ Lady, vouchsafe to listen what I say.

_Mar._ Perhaps I shall be rescued by the French; And then I need not crave his courtesy. ·aec105·

_Suf._ Sweet madam, give me hearing in a cause-- [aec106]

_Mar._ Tush, women have been captivate ere now.

_Suf._ Lady, wherefore talk you so? [aec108]

_Mar._ I cry you mercy, ’tis but Quid for Quo.

_Suf._ Say, gentle princess, would you not suppose [aec110] Your bondage happy, to be made a queen?

_Mar._ To be a queen in bondage is more vile [aec112] Than is a slave in base servility; For princes should be free.

_Suf._ And so shall you, If happy England’s royal king be free. [aec115]

_Mar._ Why, what concerns his freedom unto me?

_Suf._ I’ll undertake to make thee Henry’s queen, To put a golden sceptre in thy hand And set a precious crown upon thy head, If thou wilt condescend to be my--

_Mar._ What? [aec120]

_Suf._ His love.

_Mar._ I am unworthy to be Henry’s wife.

_Suf._ No, gentle madam; I unworthy am To woo so fair a dame to be his wife And have no portion in the choice myself. [aec125] How say you, madam, are ye so content? [aec126]

_Mar._ An if my father please, I am content. [aec127]

_Suf._ Then call our captains and our colours forth. [aec128] And, madam, at your father’s castle walls We’ll crave a parley, to confer with him. [aec130] _A parley sounded. Enter_ REIGNIER _on the walls._ See, Reignier, see, thy daughter prisoner! [aec131]

_Reig._ To whom?

_Suf._ To me.

_Reig._ Suffolk, what remedy? I am a soldier and unapt to weep Or to exclaim on fortune’s fickleness.

_Suf._ Yes, there is remedy enough, my lord: ·aec135· Consent, and for thy honour give consent, Thy daughter shall be wedded to my king; Whom I with pain have woo’d and won thereto; And this her easy-held imprisonment [aec139] Hath gain’d thy daughter princely liberty. ·aec140·

_Reig._ Speaks Suffolk as he thinks?

_Suf._ Fair Margaret knows That Suffolk doth not flatter, face, or feign. [aec142]

_Reig._ Upon thy princely warrant, I descend To give thee answer of thy just demand. [aec144] [_Exit from the walls._

_Suf._ And here I will expect thy coming. [aec145]

_Trumpets sound. Enter_ REIGNIER, _below_.

_Reig._ Welcome, brave earl, into our territories: Command in Anjou what your honour pleases.

_Suf._ Thanks, Reignier, happy for so sweet a child, [aec148] Fit to be made companion with a king: [aec149] What answer makes your grace unto my suit? ·aec150·

_Reig._ Since thou dost deign to woo her little worth To be the princely bride of such a lord; Upon condition I may quietly Enjoy mine own, the country Maine and Anjou, [aec154] Free from oppression or the stroke of war, ·aec155· My daughter shall be Henry’s, if he please.

_Suf._ That is her ransom; I deliver her; And those two counties I will undertake [aec158] Your grace shall well and quietly enjoy.

_Reig._ And I again, in Henry’s royal name, ·aec160· As deputy unto that gracious king, Give thee her hand, for sign of plighted faith.

_Suf._ Reignier of France, I give thee kingly thanks, Because this is in traffic of a king. [_Aside_] And yet, methinks, I could be well content [aec165] To be mine own attorney in this case. I’ll over then to England with this news, And make this marriage to be solemnized. So farewell, Reignier: set this diamond safe In golden palaces, as it becomes. ·aec170·

_Reig._ I do embrace thee, as I would embrace The Christian prince, King Henry, were he here. [aec172]

_Mar._ Farewell, my lord: good wishes, praise and prayers Shall Suffolk ever have of Margaret. [_Going._ [aec174]

_Suf._ Farewell, sweet madam: but hark you, Margaret; [aec175] No princely commendations to my king?

_Mar._ Such commendations as becomes a maid, [aec177] A virgin and his servant, say to him.

_Suf._ Words sweetly placed and modestly directed. [aec179] But, madam, I must trouble you again; ·aec180· No loving token to his majesty?

_Mar._ Yes, my good lord, a pure unspotted heart, Never yet taint with love, I send the king.

_Suf._ And this withal. [_Kisses her._ [aec184]

_Mar._ That for thyself: I will not so presume [aec185] To send such peevish tokens to a king. [aec186] [_Exeunt Reignier and Margaret._

_Suf._ O, wert thou for myself! But, Suffolk, stay; Thou mayst not wander in that labyrinth; There Minotaurs and ugly treasons lurk. Solicit Henry with her wondrous praise: ·aec190· Bethink thee on her virtues that surmount, And natural graces that extinguish art; [aec192] Repeat their semblance often on the seas, That, when thou comest to kneel at Henry’s feet, Thou mayst bereave him of his wits with wonder. [_Exit._ [aec195]

SCENE IV. _Camp of the_ DUKE OF YORK _in Anjou_.

_Enter_ YORK, WARWICK, _and others_.

_York._ Bring forth that sorceress condemn’d to burn. [aed001]

_Enter_ LA PUCELLE, _guarded, and a_ Shepherd.

_Shep._ Ah, Joan, this kills thy father’s heart outright! Have I sought every country far and near, And, now it is my chance to find thee out, Must I behold thy timeless cruel death? [aed005] Ah, Joan, sweet daughter Joan, I’ll die with thee! [aed006]

_Puc._ Decrepit miser! base ignoble wretch! I am descended of a gentler blood: Thou art no father nor no friend of mine.

_Shep._ Out, out! My lords, an please you, ’tis not so; [aed010] I did beget her, all the parish knows: Her mother liveth yet, can testify She was the first fruit of my bachelorship. [aed013]

_War._ Graceless! wilt thou deny thy parentage?

_York._ This argues what her kind of life hath been, ·aed015· Wicked and vile; and so her death concludes.

_Shep._ Fie, Joan, that thou wilt be so obstacle! [aed017] God knows thou art a collop of my flesh; And for thy sake have I shed many a tear: Deny me not, I prithee, gentle Joan. [aed020]

_Puc._ Peasant, avaunt! You have suborn’d this man, Of purpose to obscure my noble birth.

_Shep._ ’Tis true, I gave a noble to the priest The morn that I was wedded to her mother. Kneel down and take my blessing, good my girl. ·aed025· Wilt thou not stoop? Now cursed be the time Of thy nativity! I would the milk Thy mother gave thee when thou suck’dst her breast, [aed028] Had been a little ratsbane for thy sake! Or else, when thou didst keep my lambs a-field, [aed030] I wish some ravenous wolf had eaten thee! Dost thou deny thy father, cursed drab? O, burn her, burn her! hanging is too good. [_Exit._

_York._ Take her away; for she hath lived too long, To fill the world with vicious qualities. ·aed035·

_Puc._ First, let me tell you whom you have condemn’d: Not me begotten of a shepherd swain, [aed037] But issued from the progeny of kings; Virtuous and holy; chosen from above, By inspiration of celestial grace, ·aed040· To work exceeding miracles on earth. I never had to do with wicked spirits: But you, that are polluted with your lusts, Stain’d with the guiltless blood of innocents, Corrupt and tainted with a thousand vices, ·aed045· Because you want the grace that others have, You judge it straight a thing impossible To compass wonders but by help of devils. No, misconceived! Joan of Arc hath been [aed049] A virgin from her tender infancy, ·aed050· Chaste and immaculate in very thought; Whose maiden blood, thus rigorously effused, Will cry for vengeance at the gates of heaven.

_York._ Ay, ay: away with her to execution! [aed054]

_War._ And hark ye, sirs; because she is a maid, ·aed055· Spare for no faggots, let there be enow: Place barrels of pitch upon the fatal stake, That so her torture may be shortened.

_Puc._ Will nothing turn your unrelenting hearts? Then, Joan, discover thine infirmity, [aed060] That warranteth by law to be thy privilege. [aed061] I am with child, ye bloody homicides: Murder not then the fruit within my womb, Although ye hale me to a violent death.

_York._ Now heaven forfend! the holy maid with child! ·aed065·

_War._ The greatest miracle that e’er ye wrought: [aed066] Is all your strict preciseness come to this?

_York._ She and the Dauphin have been juggling: I did imagine what would be her refuge.

_War._ Well, go to; we’ll have no bastards live; [aed070] Especially since Charles must father it.

_Puc._ You are deceived; my child is none of his: It was Alençon that enjoy’d my love.

_York._ Alençon! that notorious Machiavel! [aed074] It dies, an if it had a thousand lives. [aed075]

_Puc._ O, give me leave, I have deluded you: ’Twas neither Charles nor yet the duke I named, But Reignier, king of Naples, that prevail’d.

_War._ A married man! that’s most intolerable.

_York._ Why, here’s a girl! I think she knows not well, ·aed080· There were so many, whom she may accuse.

_War._ It’s sign she hath been liberal and free. [aed082]

_York._ And yet, forsooth, she is a virgin pure. Strumpet, thy words condemn thy brat and thee: Use no entreaty, for it is in vain. ·aed085·

_Puc._ Then lead me hence; with whom I leave my curse: May never glorious sun reflex his beams [aed087] Upon the country where you make abode; But darkness and the gloomy shade of death Environ you, till mischief and despair ·aed090· Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves! [aed091] [_Exit, guarded._

_York._ Break thou in pieces and consume to ashes, Thou foul accursed minister of hell! [aed093]

_Enter_ CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, _attended_.

_Car._ Lord regent, I do greet your excellence [aed094] With letters of commission from the king. ·aed095· For know, my lords, the states of Christendom, Moved with remorse of these outrageous broils, Have earnestly implored a general peace Betwixt our nation and the aspiring French; [aed099] And here at hand the Dauphin and his train [aed100] Approacheth, to confer about some matter. [aed101]

_York._ Is all our travail turn’d to this effect? [aed102] After the slaughter of so many peers, So many captains, gentlemen and soldiers, That in this quarrel have been overthrown ·aed105· And sold their bodies for their country’s benefit, Shall we at last conclude effeminate peace? Have we not lost most part of all the towns, By treason, falsehood and by treachery, Our great progenitors had conquered? ·aed110· O, Warwick, Warwick! I foresee with grief The utter loss of all the realm of France.

_War._ Be patient, York: if we conclude a peace, It shall be with such strict and severe covenants As little shall the Frenchmen gain thereby. [aed115]

_Enter_ CHARLES, ALENÇON, Bastard, REIGNIER, _and others_.

_Char._ Since, lords of England, it is thus agreed That peaceful truce shall be proclaim’d in France, We come to be informed by yourselves [aed118] What the conditions of that league must be.

_York._ Speak, Winchester; for boiling choler chokes ·aed120· The hollow passage of my poison’d voice, [aed121] By sight of these our baleful enemies.

_Car._ Charles, and the rest, it is enacted thus: That, in regard King Henry gives consent, Of mere compassion and of lenity, ·aed125· To ease your country of distressful war, And suffer you to breathe in fruitful peace, You shall become true liegemen to his crown: And, Charles, upon condition thou wilt swear To pay him tribute, and submit thyself, ·aed130· Thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him, And still enjoy thy regal dignity.

_Alen._ Must he be then as shadow of himself? [aed133] Adorn his temples with a coronet, And yet, in substance and authority, ·aed135· Retain but privilege of a private man? This proffer is absurd and reasonless.

_Char._ ’Tis known already that I am possess’d With more than half the Gallian territories, [aed139] And therein reverenced for their lawful king: ·aed140· Shall I, for lucre of the rest unvanquish’d, Detract so much from that prerogative, As to be call’d but viceroy of the whole? No, lord ambassador, I’ll rather keep That which I have than, coveting for more, ·aed145· Be cast from possibility of all.

_York._ Insulting Charles! hast thou by secret means Used intercession to obtain a league, And, now the matter grows to compromise, [aed149] Stand’st thou aloof upon comparison? [aed150] Either accept the title thou usurp’st, Of benefit proceeding from our king And not of any challenge of desert, Or we will plague thee with incessant wars.

_Reig._ My lord, you do not well in obstinacy [aed155] To cavil in the course of this contract: If once it be neglected, ten to one We shall not find like opportunity.

_Alen._ To say the truth, it is your policy [aed159] To save your subjects from such massacre ·aed160· And ruthless slaughters as are daily seen By our proceeding in hostility; And therefore take this compact of a truce, Although you break it when your pleasure serves.

_War._ How say’st thou, Charles? shall our condition stand? [aed165]

_Char._ It shall; Only reserved, you claim no interest In any of our towns of garrison.

_York._ Then swear allegiance to his majesty, As thou art knight, never to disobey ·aed170· Nor be rebellious to the crown of England, Thou, nor thy nobles, to the crown of England. [aed172] So, now dismiss your army when ye please; [aed173] Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still, For here we entertain a solemn peace. [_Exeunt._ [aed175]

SCENE V. _London. The royal palace_.

_Enter_ SUFFOLK _in conference with the_ KING, GLOUCESTER _and_ EXETER.

_King._ Your wondrous rare description, noble earl, [aee001] Of beauteous Margaret hath astonish’d me: Her virtues graced with external gifts Do breed love’s settled passions in my heart: And like as rigour of tempestuous gusts ·aee005· Provokes the mightiest hulk against the tide, So am I driven by breath of her renown Either to suffer shipwreck or arrive Where I may have fruition of her love.

_Suf._ Tush, my good lord, this superficial tale ·aee010· Is but a preface of her worthy praise; [aee011] The chief perfections of that lovely dame, Had I sufficient skill to utter them, Would make a volume of enticing lines, Able to ravish any dull conceit: ·aee015· And, which is more, she is not so divine, So full-replete with choice of all delights, But with as humble lowliness of mind She is content to be at your command; Command, I mean, of virtuous chaste intents, ·aee020· To love and honour Henry as her lord.

_King._ And otherwise will Henry ne’er presume. Therefore, my lord protector, give consent That Margaret may be England’s royal queen.

_Glou._ So should I give consent to flatter sin. ·aee025· You know, my lord, your highness is betroth’d Unto another lady of esteem: How shall we then dispense with that contract, [aee028] And not deface your honour with reproach?

_Suf._ As doth a ruler with unlawful oaths; ·aee030· Or one that, at a triumph having vow’d To try his strength, forsaketh yet the lists By reason of his adversary’s odds: A poor earl’s daughter is unequal odds: And therefore may be broke without offence. ·aee035·

_Glou._ Why, what, I pray, is Margaret more than that? Her father is no better than an earl, Although in glorious titles he excel.

_Suf._ Yes, my lord, her father is a king, [aee039] The King of Naples and Jerusalem; ·aee040· And of such great authority in France As his alliance will confirm our peace [aee042] And keep the Frenchmen in allegiance.

_Glou._ And so the Earl of Armagnac may do, Because he is near kinsman unto Charles. ·aee045·

_Exe._ Beside, his wealth doth warrant a liberal dower, [aee046] Where Reignier sooner will receive than give. [aee047]

_Suf._ A dower, my lords! disgrace not so your king, That he should be so abject, base and poor, To choose for wealth and not for perfect love. ·aee050· Henry is able to enrich his queen And not to seek a queen to make him rich: So worthless peasants bargain for their wives, As market-men for oxen, sheep, or horse. Marriage is a matter of more worth [aee055] Than to be dealt in by attorneyship; Not whom we will, but whom his grace affects, Must be companion of his nuptial bed: And therefore, lords, since he affects her most, It most of all these reasons bindeth us, [aee060] In our opinions she should be preferr’d. For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss, [aee064] And is a pattern of celestial peace. ·aee065· Whom should we match with Henry, being a king, But Margaret, that is daughter to a king? Her peerless feature, joined with her birth, Approves her fit for none but for a king: Her valiant courage and undaunted spirit, ·aee070· More than in women commonly is seen, [aee071] Will answer our hope in issue of a king; [aee072] For Henry, son unto a conqueror, Is likely to beget more conquerors, If with a lady of so high resolve ·aee075· As is fair Margaret he be link’d in love. Then yield, my lords; and here conclude with me That Margaret shall be queen, and none but she.

_King._ Whether it be through force of your report, My noble Lord of Suffolk, or for that ·aee080· My tender youth was never yet attaint With any passion of inflaming love, I cannot tell; but this I am assured, I feel such sharp dissension in my breast, Such fierce alarums both of hope and fear, ·aee085· As I am sick with working of my thoughts. Take, therefore, shipping; post, my lord, to France; Agree to any covenants, and procure That Lady Margaret do vouchsafe to come To cross the seas to England and be crown’d [aee090] King Henry’s faithful and anointed queen: For your expenses and sufficient charge, Among the people gather up a tenth. Be gone, I say; for, till you do return, I rest perplexed with a thousand cares. ·aee095· And you, good uncle, banish all offence: If you do censure me by what you were, Not what you are, I know it will excuse This sudden execution of my will. And so, conduct me where, from company, ·aee100· I may revolve and ruminate my grief. [_Exit._

_Glou._ Ay, grief, I fear me, both at first and last. [aee102]
[_Exeunt Gloucester and Exeter._

_Suf._ Thus Suffolk hath prevail’d; and thus he goes, As did the youthful Paris once to Greece, With hope to find the like event in love, ·aee105· But prosper better than the Trojan did. [aee106] Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king; But I will rule both her, the king and realm. [_Exit._

LINENOTES TO I KING HENRY VI.

[aaa001] Westminster Abbey.] Theobald. ¶ the Earl of Warwick,] Warwicke, Ff. ¶ Heralds, &c.] Malone. and the Duke of Somerset. Ff.

[aaa003] _crystal_] _crisped_ Hanmer. _cristed_ or _crested_ Warburton conj. ¶ _crystal...sky_] _tristful tresses in the sky_ or _tresses in the crystal sky_ Roderick conj.

[aaa005] _consented_] _concented_ Steevens conj. ¶ _Henry’s_] _Harry’s_ Johnson.

[aaa006] _King_] om. Pope.

[aaa010] _his_ _its_ Pope.

[aaa012] _wrathful_] _awful_ Rowe.

[aaa016] _ne’er lift......conquered_] _never lifted...conquer’d_ Pope.

[aaa027] _verses have_] F1. _verse have_ F2 F3 F4. _verse have thus_ Pope. _verse they have_ Long MS.

[aaa032] _church’s_] _Churches_ Ff.

[aaa033] _The church!......pray’d_] So Pope. As two lines in Ff.

[aaa049] _moist_] F2 F3 F4. _moistned_ F1.

[aaa050] _nourish_] _marish_ Pope. _nourice_ Theobald.

[aaa056] _or bright_--] Ff. _or bright Francis Drake_. Pope conj. Omitted by Hanmer. _or bright Cassiopeia_. Theobald conj. _or bright Berenice_. Johnson conj. _or bright Alexander_. Capell conj. _bright_. Jackson conj. _or bright Cassiopé_. Collier (Collier MS.). _or bright Orion_. Mitford conj. _or great Alexander_. Bullock conj. _or bright Cephéus_. Keightley conj. _or bright Charlemagne_. Anon. conj. ¶ _Cæsar or bright_--Mess. _My honourable] Cæsar’s orb_. Mess. _Right honourable_ Anon. apud Fras. Mag. conj.

[aaa057] SCENE II. Pope.

[aaa060] _Rheims_] _Rheimes_ Ff. _and Rheims and_ Pope. _Rheims, Roan_, Capell. See note (II).

[aaa062], aaa063: _man,...corse? Speak_] _man!...corse Speak_ Staunton.

[aaa065] _is Rouen_] _is Roan_ F1. _and is Roan_ F2 F3 F4. _and Roan_ Pope. _and Orleans_ Hanmer.

[aaa076] _A third thinks_] _A third thinkes_ F1. _A third man thinks_ F2 F3 F4. _A third one thinks_ S. Walker conj. _A third thinketh_ Delius conj. _A third thinks that_ Keightley conj. _While a third thinks_ Anon. conj.

[aaa078] _Awake, awake_] F1 F3 F4. _Awake, away_ F2.

[aaa080], aaa081: _arms; Of...coat_] _arms, Of...coat_ Pope. arms Of...coat, Ff.

[aaa083] _their_] Theobald. _her_ Ff.

[aaa085] _steeled_] _stealed_ F2.

[aaa087] _will I_] _I will_ Pope.

[aaa089] SCENE III. Pope.

[aaa093] _of_] om. Pope.

[aaa094] _Reignier_] Rowe. _Reynold_ Ff. _doth take_] F1. _doth_ F2 F3 F4. _takes_ Hanmer.

[aaa095] _flieth to_] _flyeth to_ F1 F2. _flieth on_ F3 F4. _flies to_ Pope. ¶ _side._] Capell. _side._ Exit. Ff.

[aaa096] _crowned_] Rowe. _crown’d_ Ff.

[aaa103] SCENE IV. Pope.

[aaa108], aaa145, aaa157: Mess.] 3. Mes. or 3. Mess. Ff.

[aaa112] _full scarce_] Ff. _scarce full_ Rowe.

[aaa124] _flew_] Rowe (ed. 2). _slew_ Ff.

[aaa126] _the_] _their_ Capell conj.

[aaa128] _A Talbot! a Talbot! cried_] _A Talbot! Talbot! cried_ Pope. _A Talbot! cried, a Talbot_ Seymour conj.

[aaa131] _Fastolfe_] Theobald. _Falstaffe_ F1 F2 F3. _Falstaff_ F4.

[aaa132] _vaward_] _Vauward_ Ff. _rereward_ Hanmer (Theobald conj.). ¶ _in...behind_] _in aidance, placed behind the vaward_ Singer conj.

[aaa137] _Walloon_] F3 F4. _Wallon_ F1 F2.

[aaa139] _their chief_] _their chiefe_ F1 F2. _their_ F3 F4. _her chief_ Pope (ed. 2).

[aaa141] _slain? then_] Johnson. _slain then_? Ff.

[aaa156] _make_] _cause_ Collier MS.

[aaa157] _for Orleans is besieged;_] _’fore Orleans besieg’d_ Hanmer.

[aaa162] _oaths_] _oath_ S. Walker conj.

[aaa165] _it_] om. Anon. conj. ¶ _my_] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.

[aaa166] [Exit.] Exit Bedford. Ff.

[aaa168] _munition_] _amunition_ Pope.

[aaa169] [Exit.] Exit Gloster. Ff.

[aaa175] _Jack_] _thus_ Pope.

[aaa176] _steal_] Singer (Mason conj.). _send_ Ff.

[aaa177] [Exeunt] Edd. Exit. Ff. Exit. Scene closes. Capell.

[aab001] SCENE II.] SCENE V. Pope. ¶ France. Before Orleans.] Before Orleans in France. Theobald. France. Pope. France. The English Posts before Orleans. Capell. ¶ Sound a Flourish.] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.

[aab007] _Otherwhiles_] _Tho’ still_ Pope. _The whiles_ Capell.

[aab011], aab12: _And have...mice_] Misplaced in F2 F3 F4 after line 13.

[aab013] Reig. _Let’s...here?_] Omitted by Rowe, Pope, and Hanmer. ¶ _live_] _sit_ Capell. _lie_ S. Walker conj.

[aab019] _forlorn_] _forborne_ Collier MS.

[aab021] _or fly_] _to fly_ Hanmer. _or flee_ Dyce (Collier MS.). ¶ Here...loss.] Ff. ¶ Re-enter...] Enter... Ff. ¶ and Reignier] Reignier and the rest. Capell.

[aab027] _The_] F1. _To_ F2 F3 F4. _Two_ Rowe.

[aab028] _hungry_] _hungred_ Johnson conj.

[aab029] _Froissart_] _Froysard_ Ff.

[aab030] _bred_] Rowe. _breed_ Ff.

[aab033] _Goliases_] _Goliahs now_ Hanmer.

[aab037] _Let’s...slaves_] Pope. As two lines in Ff.

[aab038] _to_] om. Pope.

[aab041] _gimmors_] F1. _gimmalls_ F2 F3. _gimmals_ F4.

[aab058] _my_] _her_ Johnson conj.

[aab059] _unfallible_] _infallible_ Rowe.

[aab060] [Exit Bastard.] Capell. om. Ff.

[aab063] [Retires. Capell. ¶ Re-enter...Joan La Pucelle.] Re-enter...La Pucelle. Dyce. Enter La Pucelle, usher’d. Capell. Enter Ioane Puzel. Ff.

[aab064] SCENE VI. Pope. ¶ _Fair...feats?_] As prose in Ff. ¶ _wilt_] _will_ Capell conj.

[aab074] _Lady gracious_] _gracious Lady_ Collier (Collier MS. and S. Walker conj.).

[aab086] _which you see_] F2 F3 F4. _which you may see_ F1. _you may see_ Anon. conj.

[aab090] _my_] _thy_ Anon. conj.

[aab097] _Otherwise...confidence_] _Or...confidence in you_ Collier MS. ¶ _Otherwise I_] _I otherwise_ Seymour conj.

[aab099] _five_] Steevens (from Holinshed). _fine_ Ff.

[aab100] _churchyard_] _church_ Pope.

[aab101] _Out of a great deal of_] _Out a deal of_ Steevens conj. _Out of ordeal’d_ Jackson conj. ¶ _great_] om. Pope. ¶ _forth_] om. Capell.

[aab102] _come_] _come on_ Keightley. ¶ _o’_] Theobald. _a_ Ff. ¶ _I fear_] _for I fear_ Pope. _I do fear_ S. Walker conj.

[aab103] _ne’er fly from a man_] F1. _ne’re flye no man_ F2 F3 F4 (_flie_ F3 F4). _never fly no man_ Capell. _ne’er fly from no man_ Collier MS. ¶ [Here...Joan La Pucelle...] Here...Ioane de Puzel... Ff.

[aab112] _to thee thus_] _thus to thee_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[aab113] _rites_] Pope. _rights_ Ff.

[aab125] _over_] Rowe. o’re Ff. _o’er this_ Capell.

[aab127] _I will_] Capell. _Ile_ F1. _for Ile_ F2 F3 F4.

[aab129] _am I_] F1 F2. _I am_ F3 F4.

[aab131] _halcyon_] F3 F4. _halcyons_ F1 F2.

[aab132] _entered_] _entred_ F1. _entred thus_ F2 F3 F4.

[aab138] _proud insulting_] _proud-insulting_ S. Walker conj.

[aab139] _fortune_] _fortunes_ Collier MS. ¶ _bare_] _bore_ Rowe.

[aab144] _fallen_] _falne_ F1. _faine_ F2. _fal’n_ F3. _faln_ F4.

[aab145] _reverently_] _ever_ Capell. _reverence_, Steevens conj. _reverent_ Collier MS. ¶ aab145, aab146: _thee enough?_ Alen.] _thee?_ Alen. Pope. _thee?_ Alen. _Enough:_ Anon. conj.

[aab148] _Orleans_] _Orleance_ Ff. _hence_ Capell.

[aab149] _we’ll_] om. Pope.

[aab150] _prove_] _proves_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[aac001] Scene III: SCENE III.] SCENE VII. Pope. ¶ London...] The Tower-gates in London. Theobald. ¶ in blue coats] in blue. Capell. om. Ff. ¶ _I am...day_] _I am this day come to survey the Tower_ Pope. _I am come here...day_ Seymour conj.

[aac004] _’tis Gloucester_] Pope, _’tis Gloster_ Ff. _it is Gloster_ Steevens. _Gloster it is_ Reed (1803). ¶ _calls_] _now calls_ Collier MS. ¶ [Servants knock at the gates. Capell.]

[aac005], aac007, aac009: [Within] Malone. ¶ aac005: _Who’s_] _Who is_ Malone. ¶ _knocks_] _knocketh_ Theobald. ¶ _knocks so imperiously_] _so imperiously doth knock_ Seymour conj.

[aac006], aac017, &c: _Gloucester_] Pope. _Gloster_ Ff. ¶ aac006: First Serv.] Glost. 1. Man. Ff.

[aac007] _you_] _he_ Capell.

[aac008] First Serv.] 1. Man. Ff. ¶ _Villains, answer....protector?_] _Answer......protector, villains?_ Reed (1803).

[aac011] _willed you_] _will’d you so_ Collier MS.

[aac013] _Break up_] _Break ope_ Grey conj.

[aac020] _commandment_] F4. _commandement_ F1 F2 F3.

[aac023] _that_] the Rowe (ed. 2).

[aac027] _unto_] F1 F2. _to_ F3 F4. _there to_ Pope.

[aac028] _Or we’ll...if that_] _We’ll...if_ Pope. ¶ [Servants rush at the Gates again. Capell.

[aac029] _Humphry_] Theobald. _Umpheir_ F1. Umpire F2 F3 F4.

[aac030] _Peel’d_] _Piel’d_ Ff. _Pied_ Grey conj. ¶ _to be_] _be_ Pope.

[aac034] _dead_] F1 F3 F4. _dread_ F2.

[aac035] _indulgences_] _indulgencies_ Pope.

[aac041]–aac056: Glou. _I will...hypocrite!_] Put in the margin by Pope.

[aac046] _privileged_] _is a privileg’d_ Collier MS.

[aac047] _tawny coats_] _tawny_ Pope.

[aac049] _I_] F1. _Ile_ F2 F3 F4. _ay,_ Anon. conj.

[aac052] _thou wilt_] _thou’lt_ Pope.

[aac056] Mayor] F2 F3 F4. Maior F1.

[aac059] _mayor,_] _Maior,_ F1. _Mayor, for_ F2 F3 F4. See note (III).

[aac060] _nor God_] F1 F2. _not God_ F3 F4.

[aac062] _Gloucester_] _Gloster_ F1. _Gloster too_ F2 F3 F4.

[aac072], aac073: _as e’er...canst: Cry._] Edd. _as e’re thou canst, cry:_ Ff. _as e’er...canst._ Pope. _as thou canst cry._ Collier (Collier MS.). _as ever...cry._ Staunton. ¶ aac072–aac074: _canst: Cry._ Off. _All..._] _canst._ Crier. _All..._ Anon. conj.

[aac074] Off.] Hanmer. om. Ff.

[aac080] _break_] _tell_ Pope.

[aac081] _we will_] Edd. (S. Walker conj.). _wee’le_ F1. _we’ll_ F2 F3 F4. ¶ _cost_] F1. _deare cost_ F2 F3 F4.

[aac084] _’s_] F1. _is_ F2 F3 F4.

[aac085] _Mayor_] F4. _Maior_ F1. _Major_ F2 F3.

[aac087] _it ere long_] F1 F2. _it e’re be long_ F3 F4. _it, ere’t be long_ Capell. _it off, ere long_ Collier (Collier MS.). _’t ere long_ Staunton. ¶ [Exeunt...] Exeunt either Party, severally. Capell. Exeunt. Ff.

[aac089] _these] that_ Rowe.

[aad001] SCENE IV.] SCENE VIII. Pope. ¶ Orleans.] Orleans in France. Pope. Under Orleans. Capell. ¶ Enter...] Enter the Master Gunner of Orleance, and his Boy. Ff. Enter, upon the Walls, above, a Gunner and his Son. Capell.

[aad008] _espials] ’spials_ Pope.

[aad009] _How the] The_ Pope.

[aad010] _Wont_] Steevens, 1793 (Tyrwhitt conj.). _Went_ Ff. _Watch_ Hanmer. _View_ Roderick conj. _Are wont_ Heath conj.

[aad016]–18: _And even...longer._] See note (IV).

[aad018] _longer.] longer on my post._ Collier MS.

[aad022] [Exit.] Ff. om. Rowe.

[aad023] Enter...] Enter Salisbury and Talbot on the Turrets, with others. Ff. Enter, in an upper chamber of a tower... Malone.

[aad025] _got’st_] F4. _got’s_ F1 F2 F3.

[aad027] _Duke_] Theobald. _Earle_ Ff.

[aad028] _Call’d_] _Called_ Pope. ¶ _Lord_] _Lord of_ Collier MS. ¶ _Santrailles_] _Santrayle_ F1. _Santraile_ F2 F3 F4.

[aad029] _ransomed_] Pope. _ransom’d_ Ff.

[aad033] _so vile-esteem’d_] _so vilde esteem’d_ Pope. _so pil’d esteem’d_ Ff. _so pill’d esteem’d_ Capell. _so ill-esteemed_ Mason conj. _so pile-esteem’d_ Malone conj. _so philistin’d_ Steevens conj. _sop-oil’d esteem’d_ Jackson conj.

[aad035] _Fastolfe_] Theobald. _Falstaffe_ or _Falstaff_ Ff.

[aad043] _scarecrow_] _Scar-crow_ F1 F2.

[aad050] _So...spread_] _So great a fear my name amongst them spread_ Pope. ¶ _was_] Rowe. _were_ Ff.

[aad054] _That_] _They_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[aad056] Enter...] Ff. Omitted by Pope.

[aad060] _through_] Ff. _thorough_ Malone. ¶ _grate_] _secret grate_ Dyce conj. ¶ _count each one_] F1. _can count every one_ F2 F3 F4. _count each enemy_ Anon. conj.

[aad065] _next._] Capell. _next?_ Ff.

[aad066] _stand_] F2 F3 F4. _stands_ F1.

[aad069] [Here...fall.] Here they shot, and Salisbury falls downe. Ff. ¶ shoot] Rowe. ¶ Gargrave] Capell. ¶ fall] Capell.

[aad073] _canst speak_] Pope. _canst, speak_ Ff.

[aad075] _thy eyes_] _thine eyes_ Collier MS.

[aad078]–aad086: _In......hands!_] Erased in Collier MS.

[aad084] _The sun...world_] Put in the margin by Pope.

[aad090] _Salisbury, cheer_] _O Salisb’ry, cheer_ Pope. _Cheer, Salisbury_ Seymour conj.

[aad091] _whiles_--] Ff. _while_--Pope.

[aad095] _like thee, Nero,_] Malone. _like thee_, F1. _Nero like will_, F2. _Nero like, will_ F3 F4. _Nero-like_, Pope. _like the Roman_, S. Walker conj.

[aad097] _my name_] _thy name_ S. Walker conj.

[aad099] _the noise_] _this noise_ Pope.

[aad101] _la Pucelle_] de Puzel Ff.

[aad107] _Pucelle or puzzel_] _Puzel or Pussel_ Ff. ¶ aad107–aad109: _Pucelle...brains._] Put in the margin by Pope.

[aad110] _me_] _brave_ Pope.

[aad111] _And then we’ll try_] _Then we’ll try_ Long MS. _Then try we_ Steevens conj. _And then try_ S. Walker conj. ¶ _these_] om. Pope. ¶ [Alarum.] om. Capell. ¶ Exeunt.] F1 F2. Exit. F3 F4. Exeunt, bearing Salisbury and Sir Thomas Gargrave out. Theobald.

[aae001] SCENE V.] SCENE X. Pope. ¶ The same.] The same. Before one of the Gates. Capell. ¶ Here...Joan La Pucelle...re-enter...] Here...Joane de Puzel...enter... Ff. ¶ and exit after them] Dyce. om. Ff.

[aae003] Re-enter La Pucelle.] Enter Puzel. Ff. ¶ _a bout_] _about_ F2.

[aae009]–aae012: Tal. _Heavens...strumpet_] Put in the margin by Pope.

[aae014] _forthwith_] _forwith_ F2. ¶ [A short...enter...] Ff. A short...enters... Johnson. Quitting him to head some troops. Capell.

[aae016] _hungry-starved_] F1 F3 F4. _hongry-starved_ F2. _hunger-starved_ Rowe. _hungry, starved_ Boswell conj. _hungry staid_ Jackson conj.

[aae026] _like to_] F1. _like the_ F2 F3 F4. _like their_ Pope.

[aae030] _treacherous from the_] F3 F4. _trecherous from the_ F1 F2. _tim’rous from the_ Pope. _from the treacherous_ Mitford conj.

[aaf001] SCENE VI.] Capell. SCENE XI. Pope. om. Ff. Dyce and Staunton continue the scene.

[aaf002] _Rescued_] _For rescu’d_ Keightley conj. ¶ _English_] F1. _English wolves_ F2 F3 F4. _English dogs_ Staunton conj.

[aaf004] _Astræa’s_] F1. _bright Astræa’s_ F2 F3 F4.

[aaf006] _gardens_] Hanmer. _garden_ Ff.

[aaf011] _Why...town?_] As two lines, the first ending _aloud,_ in Ff. ¶ _out the_] om. Steevens conj. ¶ _aloud_] om. Pope.

[aaf021] _pyramis_] Ff. _pyramid_ Rowe.

[aaf022] _or Memphis’_] Hanmer. _or Memphis_ Ff. _of Memphis_ Dyce (Capell conj.).

[aaf023] _when_] _wen_ F2.

[aaf024] _precious_] _gracious_ Rowe.

[aaf025] _rich-jewel’d coffer_] Ff. _rich jewel’d coffer_ Pope. _rich jewel-coffer_ Steevens conj. ¶ aaf025, aaf026: _Darius, Transported_] _Darius Transported,_ Capell.

[aaf027] _Before_] _Ever before_ Hanmer. _And borne before_ Anon. conj. ¶ _queens_] _queens and peers_ Dyce conj. ¶ _France_] _France up-born_ Capell. _France for ever_ Keightley conj.

[aba001] ACT II. SCENE I.] Actus Secundus. Scæna Prima. Ff. ¶ Before Orleans.] Theobald. Continues in Orleans. Pope. ¶ Enter...] Ff. Enter a French Serjeant, and Sentinels, to the Gate. Capell.

[aba007] and forces] Capell. om. Ff.

[aba029] _all together_] Rowe. _altogether_ Ff.

[aba033] _And_] om. Pope.

[aba037] [The English, scaling the Walls, Cry St George! A Talbot! Theobald.

[aba038] [Cry...] om. Theobald. ¶ over] ore Ff. ¶ the...Orleans,] Bastard, Ff.

[aba039] SCENE II. Pope.

[aba040] _ay, and glad_] _I and glad_ Ff. _I am glad_ Pope.

[aba046] _be_] _is_ Pope.

[aba049] Enter...] Enter...Joane. Ff (after line 48).

[aba063] _your_] F1. _our_ F2 F3 F4. ¶ _quarters_] F1 F2 F3. _quarter_ F4.

[aba076] _our_] om. Pope.

[aba077] [Exeunt. Ff. Omitted first by Capell. ¶ an English Soldier] Capell. a Souldier Ff.

[aba078] SCENE III. Within the walls of Orleans. Pope.

[abb001] SCENE II.] Capell. om. Ff. ¶ Orleans...] The same... Theobald (after line 77 of Scene I.). ¶ a Captain, and others.] Capell. om. Ff.

[abb003] [Retreat sounded.] Capell. Retreat. Ff.

[abb006] _centre_] F3 F4. _centure_ F1. _center_ F2.

[abb020] _Arc_] Rowe. _Acre_ Ff.

[abb027] _dusky_] _dusty_ Rowe.

[abb034] _of this_] _of his_ F2.

[abb038] _Auvergne_] Rowe. _Ouergne_ F1. _Auergne_ F2 F3 _Avergne_ F4.

[abb040] _great lord_] _good lord_ Reed (1803, 1813, 1821).

[abb045] _unto_] _into_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[abb047] _may not_] _can’t_ Pope. ¶ _my_] om. Capell.

[abb048] _Ne’er trust me then_] _Nay, trust me there_ Hanmer.

[abb054] _it is_] Steevens. _’tis_ Ff. _that is_ Pope.

[abb059] [Whispers.] So Johnson. After the line, in Ff.

[abc001] SCENE III.] Capell. SCENE IV. Pope. om. Ff. ¶ Auvergne...] The Countess of Auvergne’s Castle. Pope. Auvergne. Court of the Castle. Capell.

[abc002] _you have_] _you’ve_ Pope.

[abc011], abc012: As in Steevens (1793). As one line in Ff.

[abc012] _desired,_] om. Pope, reading _Madam...ladyship_ as one line.

[abc023] _writhled] wrizled_ Hanmer.

[abc024] _to_] _in_ Pope.

[abc027] [Going. Capell.

[abc028] _What...goes._] As two lines in Ff. As one (omitting _him_) in Pope.

[abc032] Re-enter...] Enter... Ff.

[abc044] _Laughest...moan_] One line in Pope: two in Ff.

[abc048] _Why,_] _Why?_ Ff.

[abc060] _That_] _That, madam,_ Steevens conj. _Lady, that_ Keightley conj. ¶ _presently_] _lady, presently_ Collier (S. Walker conj.). ¶ Enter Soldiers.] The Gates are forced; and enter certain of his Troops. Capell.

[abc069] _gather’d_] Pope. _gathered_ Ff.

[abc073] _misconstrue_] Rowe. _misconster_ Ff.

[abc078] _your_] F1. _our_ F2 F3 F4.

[abd001] SCENE IV.] Capell. SCENE V. Pope. om. Ff. ¶ London...] Pope. ¶ Enter...] Capell. Enter Richard Plantagenet, Warwick, Somerset, Poole, and others. Ff. ¶ another Lawyer.] a Lawyer. Ritson conj. ¶ Plan.] Rowe. Yorke. Ff (and throughout the scene). ¶ _Great......silence?_] One line in Pope: two in Ff.

[abd006] _or else was_] _And was not_ Hanmer. ¶ _in the error_] _i’ the right_ Capell (Johnson conj.).

[abd008] _And never_] _I never_ Pope.

[abd013] _bears_] _wears_ or _hath_ Anon. conj.

[abd024] _blind man’s_] F4. _blind-mans_ F1 F2. _blind-man’s_ F3.

[abd026] _significants_] _significance_ Pope.

[abd031] _nor no_] _and no_ Pope.

[abd035] _base insinuating_] _base-insinuating_ S. Walker conj.

[abd049]–abd054: _Prick not...I am._] Put in the margin by Pope.

[abd057] _in you_] _in law_ Anon. conj. ¶ [To Somerset.] Rowe.

[abd061] _in a_] _to a_ Pope.

[abd062]–abd074: _Meantime...be seen._] Put in the margin by Pope.

[abd065] _that_] _but_ Long MS. _and_ Collier MS. ¶ _anger_] _anger--_ Capell. ¶ _thy_] F1 F2. _my_ F3 F4.

[abd076] _fashion_] _passion_ Pope. _faction_ Theobald.

[abd086] _bears_] _braves_ Collier MS.

[abd091] _executed_] _headed_ Pope. _execute_ Steevens conj.

[abd099] _ripen’d_] Pope. _ripened_ Ff.

[abd102] _apprehension_] _reprehension_ Theobald.

[abd110] _to my grave_] _in my grave_ Collier MS.

[abd117] _wiped_] _wip’t_ F2 F3 F4. _whipt_ F1.

[abd127] _A thousand_] _Ten thousand_ Collier MS.

[abd128]–abd134: _Good...day._] Put in the margin by Pope.

[abd132] _Thanks_] _I thank you_ Collier conj. ¶ _gentle sir._] F2 F3 F4. _gentle._ F1. _gentle sir; thanks, both._ Steevens conj. _gentlemen._ Anon. conj.

[abe001] SCENE V.] Capell. SCENE VI. Pope. om. Ff. ¶ The......London.] A Prison. Theobald. A Room in the Tower. Capell. ¶ and Gaolers.] and Jaylors. Ff. supported by two of his Keepers. Capell.

[abe003] _man_] _man’s_ Capell conj.

[abe006] _an age_] _a cage_ Collier MS.

[abe011] _wither’d_] Pope. _withered_ Ff.

[abe016] _comfort_] _comfere_ F2.

[abe018], abe033. First Gaol.] 1. K. Capell. Keeper. Ff.

[abe019] _unto his_] F1. _his_ F2 F3 F4. _to his_ Rowe.

[abe021] _shall then_] F1. _then shall_ F2 F3 F4.

[abe032] Enter Richard Plantagenet.] Enter Richard. Ff.

[abe034] _my_] om. Hanmer.

[abe035] Plan.] Rich. Ff (and throughout the scene).

[abe038] _latter_] _later_ F4. _latest_ Pope.

[abe044] _disease_] _displeasure_ Pope.

[abe047] _Among_] F1. _Amongst_ F2 F3 F4. ¶ _used_] _loos’d_ Warburton conj.

[abe055] _That cause_] _This cause_ Rowe.

[abe061] _fading_] _failing_ S. Walker conj.

[abe064] _nephew_] _cousin_ Rowe.

[abe066] _the third_] _third_ F2.

[abe071] _that--young_] _that (young_ Ff. _that young_ Pope. ¶ _King_] F2 F3 F4. om. F1.

[abe075] _the third_] F2 F3 F4. _third_ F1.

[abe076] _To King...he_] _To the third Edward; whereas Bolingbroke_ Pope. ¶ _he_] _he, Bolingbroke_ Capell.

[abe078] _fourth_] F1. _the fourth_ F2 F3 F4.

[abe079] _haughty great_] _haughty-great_ S. Walker conj.

[abe082] _the Fifth_] _nam’d the fifth_ Seymour conj.

[abe083] _Succeeding_] _After_ Pope.

[abe089] _have install’d_] _re-instal_ Pope.

[abe093] _Of which_] _Of whom_ Capell conj.

[abe102] _Strong-fixed_] Theobald. _Strong fixed_ Ff.

[abe105] _do_] _from_ Hanmer.

[abe109] _that slaughterer_] F3 F4. _y^t slaughterer_ F1 F2. _that slaughter_ Rowe (ed. 2). _the slaughterer_ Capell.

[abe113] _be all_] _befall_ Theobald.

[abe121] [Exeunt...Mortimer.] Exeunt Keepers, bearing out Mortimer. Capell. Exit. Ff. om. Rowe.

[abe122] _dies_] _lies_ Warburton.

[abe123] _ambition of the_] _th’ ambition of a_ Hanmer.

[abe126] _redress_] _redress ’em_ Keightley conj.

[abe129] _ill_] Theobald. _will_ Ff. ¶ _ill the advantage_] _will the advancer_ Collier MS.

[aca001] ACT III. SCENE I.] Actus Tertius. Scena Prima. Ff. ¶ London.] The same. Capell. ¶ The Parliament-house.] Capell. The Parliament. Pope. ¶ the Bishop of Winchester,] Capell. Winchester, Ff. ¶ and others.] and many others attending. Capell. om. Ff. ¶ _deep premeditated_] _deep-premeditated_ Dyce (S. Walker conj.).

[aca027] _vouchsafe_] _vouchsake_ F2.

[aca029] _If I were...perverse_] _Were I...perverse_ Steevens conj. _Were I ambitious, covetous, or perverse_ Seymour conj. ¶ _ambitious or perverse_] _perverse, ambitious_ Pope. _ambitious, proud_ Collier MS.

[aca031] _Or how haps it_] _How haps it then_ Pope.

[aca033] _preferreth_] _preserveth_ Collier MS.

[aca036] _that that_] _that which_ Pope.

[aca041] _good_--] F2 F3 F4. _good._ F1.

[aca045] _Am I not_] F1 F2. _Am not I_ F3 F4. _Am not I then_ Pope. _And am I not_ Capell. _Am I not the_ Steevens. _Am I not lord_ S. Walker conj. ¶ _saucy_] _thou saucy_ Anon. conj.

[aca049] _Unreverent_] _Unreverend_ F4. ¶ _reverent_] _reverend_ F3 F4.

[aca051] _Rome...this_] _This Rome shall remedy_ Pope. ¶ _Roam_] _Go_ Pope. ¶ aca051–aca055: War. _Roam_...Som. _Mylord_...War. _Ay, see_...Som. _Methinks my lord...such._] Arranged as by Theobald. Warw. _Roame...forbeare._ Som. _I, see... such._ Ff. Glou. _Go...then._ War. [to Win.] _My lord_... Som. _I’ll see...such._ Hanmer. Glo. _Roam_...Som. [to Glo.] _My lord_...War. _Ay, see_...Som. _Methinks my lord...such._ Capell.

[aca053] _Ay,_] Rowe. _I,_ Ff. _I’ll_ Hanmer.

[aca056] _humbler_] _humbler then_ Pope.

[aca061]–aca064: First marked as ‘Aside’ by Hanmer.

[aca065] [Coming from his Throne. Capell.

[aca076] SCENE II. Pope.

[aca077] _of_] om. Pope.

[aca078] _bishop_] _bishop’s_ Hanmer.

[aca080] _pebble_] _peeble_ F1 F2. _peble_ F3 F4.

[aca081] _banding themselves_] _themselves banding_ Capell.

[aca082] _pate_] _pates_ Pope.

[aca085] Serving-men] om. Ff.

[aca086] _ourself_] _our selfe_ F1. _our selves_ F2 F3 F4.

[aca089], aca090: _Nay...teeth_] As prose in Ff. As two lines in Capell, the first ending _be_.

[aca096] _Inferior...majesty_] _To none inferior, but his majesty_ Steevens conj. ¶ _to his_] _his_ Hanmer.

[aca100] _children_] _our children_ Boswell.

[aca101] _have_] _leave_ S. Walker conj.

[aca103] _I say_] om. Hanmer.

[aca104] _And if_] _An if_ Dyce (S. Walker conj.).

[aca110] _prefer_] _preserve_ Collier MS.

[aca112] _Yield, my lord protector; yield_] _My lord protector yield: yield_ Pope. _Yield, lord protector, and yield_ Collier MS.

[aca124] _As_] _And_ Rowe (ed. 2). ¶ _smoothed_] _smother’d_ Pope.

[aca129] _not you_] _you not_ Capell conj.

[aca131] _king!_] Pope. _king:_ Ff.

[aca136] Marked as ‘Aside’ first by Collier.

[aca141] Marked as ‘Aside’ first by Pope.

[aca142] _kind_] _gentle_ Pope. _kind, kind_ Capell. _most kind_ Steevens conj. _and kind_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[aca146] _And so_] _So_ Pope.

[aca147] _I will_] _I’ll_ Pope.

[aca148] [Exeunt Serving-men...] Exeunt Servants... Capell. Exeunt. Ff.

[aca149] SCENE III. Pope.

[aca150] _the right_] _right_ Hanmer.

[aca153] _An if_] Theobald. _And if_ Ff.

[aca163] _alone_] F2 F3 F4. _all alone_ F1.

[aca167] _humble_] _honour’d_ Collier MS.

[aca168] _humble_] _faithful_ Pope.

[aca171] _gird_] F4. _gyrt_ F1 F2. _girt_ F3.

[aca175] _springs_] _springs_ [rising. Capell.

[aca178] Marked as ‘Aside’ first by Rowe.

[aca186] [Sennet.] Senet. F1. om. F2 F3 F4. ¶ Exeunt all...] Capell. Exeunt. Manet Exeter. Ff.

[aca187]–aca201: _Ay...time_] Erased in Collier MS.

[aca192] _degree_] Ff. _degrees_ Rowe.

[aca199] _lose] loose_ F1. _should lose_ F2 F3 F4. ¶ SCENE II.] Scæna Secunda. Ff. SCENE IV. Pope. ¶ France. Before Rouen.] Changes to Roan in France. Pope. ¶ Enter La Pucelle...] Enter Pucell... Ff (and throughout the scene). Enter Pucelle, and Soldiers, disguis’d like Countrymen,... Capell.

[acb012] [Knocks.] Knock. Ff.

[acb013] Watch. [Within] Watch. Ff. Gua. [Within. Capell. ¶ _Qui est là?_] Malone. _Che la._ Ff. _Qui va là?_ Rowe.

[acb014] _Paysans, pauvres_] Rowe. _Peasauns la pouure_ Ff.

[acb016] _is rung_] _has rung_ Capell conj.

[acb017] [Exeunt.] Ff. Guard open; and Pucelle, and her soldiers, enter the city. Capell. ¶ the Bastard of Orleans] Bastard Ff. ¶ Reignier] Edd. om. Ff. See note (V). ¶ and forces] Capell.

[acb020] _practisants_] _partizans_ Hanmer.

[acb021], acb022: _specify Where...in?_] _specifie, Where......in?_ Rowe. _specifie? Here...in._ Ff.

[acb023], acb033: Reign.] Ff. Ale. Capell.

[acb025] _No_] _Our_ Nicholson conj. ¶ _weakness_] _waxness_ F3. ¶ on the top,] Ff. on a battlement, Capell.

[acb028] _Talbotites_] Theobald. _Talbonites_ Ff. _Talbotines_ Hanmer. ¶ [Exit.] Edd. om. Ff.

[acb031] _shine_] F1 F2. _shines_ F3 F4.

[acb035] [Alarum. Exeunt.] Edd. Alarum. Ff. They shout; Force open the Gate, and enter. Capell.

[acb036] Enter Talbot......] Talbot...... Ff. Enter Talbot, and certain English. Capell.

[acb040] _the pride_] _the prize_ Theobald. _being prize_ Hanmer. _the bride_ Jackson conj. ¶ [Exit.] Ff. Enters the City again. Capell. ¶ Burgundy] Burgonie Ff. ¶ Alençon, and Reignier...] Collier. and Reigneir... Ff. Alanson... Hanmer.

[acb041] SCENE V. Pope. ¶ _Good_] F3 F4. _God_ F1 F2.

[acb042] _Burgundy_] Rowe. _Burgonie_ Ff (and passim).

[acb050], acb051: _What...chair?_] As in Pope. As three lines in Ff, ending _gray-beard...death...chayre?_

[acb052] _all_] _hell’s_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[acb057] _this_] _his_ Rowe.

[acb058] _sir_] om. Pope.

[acb059] [The English...] They... Ff.

[acb060] _the speaker_] _speaker_ Collier MS.

[acb068] _hang!_] _hang then:_ Hanmer. ¶ _muleters_] _muleteers_ Rowe.

[acb071] _Away, captains!_] _Captains away,_ Rowe.

[acb073] _God be wi’ you_] Rowe. _God b’uy_ Ff. ¶ _came_] F1. _came sir_ F2 F3 F4.

[acb092] _or woe_] _and woe_ Pope.

[acb099] _Undaunted_] _Undaunting_ F2.

[acb103] [Exeunt...] Exit. Ff. ¶ Fastolfe] Theobald. Falstaffe Ff.

[acb104] _Fastolfe_] Theobald. _Falstaffe_ Ff.

[acb107], acb108: _Ay...life_] As in Hanmer. As one line in Ff.

[acb115] Re-enter...] Enter... Ff. ¶ SCENE VI. Pope. Scene, within the walls of Roan. Theobald. ¶ _recover’d_] Pope. _recovered_ Ff.

[acb117] _Yet_] _Let_ Dyce conj. _Ye_ Anon. conj.

[acb118] _martial_] _matchless_ Collier MS.

[acb123] _gleeks_] Hanmer. _glikes_ Ff.

[acb129] _lie_] _lyes_ Pope.

[acc001] SCENE III.] Scæna Tertia. Ff. SCENE VII. Pope. ¶ The plains near Rouen.] The same. Plains near the city. Capell. om. Ff. ¶ and forces.] Capell. om. Ff.

[acc003] _corrosive_] F1 F4. _corrasive_ F2 F3. _a corrosive_ Boswell conj.

[acc023] _should_] _shall_ F4.

[acc030] Here...march.] Ff. ¶ Enter...] Capell. om. Ff.

[acc032] French march.] Ff. ¶ Enter...] Capell. om. Ff.

[acc036] SCENE VIII. Pope. ¶ [Enter the Duke of Burgundy, marching. Rowe.

[acc045] _the...the_] _her...her_ Collier MS.

[acc047] _lowly_] _lovely_ Warburton.

[acc048] _tender dying_] Pope. _tender-dying_ Ff.

[acc055] _foreign_] _forraine_ F1 F2. _common_ F3 F4.

[acc060] _exclaims_] _exclaim_ Pope.

[acc062] _Who_] F1. _Whom_ F2 F3 F4.

[acc078] _I am...hers_] As one line in Rowe. As two in Ff. ¶ _I am_] _I’m_ Pope.

[acc085] Marked as ‘Aside’ by Capell.

[acc090] _New...powers_] One line in Rowe: two in Ff.

[acd001] SCENE IV.] Scæna Quarta. Ff. SCENE IX. Pope. ¶ Paris.] Pope. ¶ The palace.] A Room in the Palace. Capell. ¶ Bishop of Winchester,] Winchester, Ff. ¶ Vernon, Basset, and others.] Vernon, and Bassett, in the Train. Capell. om. Ff. ¶ with his soldiers, Talbot.] Ff. Talbot, and some of his Officers. Capell.

[acd008] _Beside_] _Besides_ Knight.

[acd012] _my God_] _his God_ Collier MS. ¶ [Kneels.] Edd.

[acd013] _the_] _the fam’d_ Rowe. ¶ _the Lord_] _the_ Capell. _Lord_ Anon. conj.

[acd020] _were_] F1 F2. _have_ F3 F4. ¶ _your truth_] _that truth_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[acd022] _our_] _your_ Warburton. ¶ [Sennet. Flourish.] Senet. Flourish. F1. om. F2 F3 F4. ¶ Exeunt all but...] Exeunt. Manet... F1. Exeunt. Manent... F2 F3 F4.

[acd034] _my lord_] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.

[acd037] _ye_] F1 F2. _you_ F3 F4.

[acd038] _Villain...such_] One line in Rowe: two in Ff. ¶ _know’st_] Pope. _knowest_ Ff.

[acd039] _whoso draws_] Rowe. _who so draws_ Ff. ¶ _’tis present death_] _in th’ presence, ’tis death_ Warburton.