Commit them to the fortune of the sea. [Exeunt King HENRY and Train; GLOSTER, EXETER, and Ambassadors. Win. Stay, my lord legate; you shall first receive The sum of money, which I promised Should be deliver'd to his holiness For clothing me in these grave ornaments. Leg. I will attend upon your lordship's leisure. Win. Now, Winchester will not submit, I trow, Or be inferior to the proudest peer. Humphrey of Gloster, thou shalt well perceive, 8 The bishop will be overborne by thee: I'll either make thee stoop, and bend thy knee, Or sack this country with a mutiny. SCENE II. France. Plains in Anjou. [Exeunt. Enter CHARLES, BURGUNDY, ALENÇON, LA PUCELLE, and Forces, marching. Char. These news, my lords, may cheer our drooping spirits: 'Tis said, the stout Parisians do revolt, And turn again unto the warlike French. Alen. Then march to Paris, royal Charles of France, And keep not back your powers in dalliance. Puc. Peace be amongst them, if they turn to us; Else, ruin combat with their palaces! That, neither in birth,] I would read-for birth. That is, thou shalt not rule me, though thy birth is legitimate, and thy authority supreme. JOHNSON. Enter a Messenger. Mess. Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices! Char: What tidings send our scouts? I pr'ythee, speak. Mess. The English army, that divided was Char. Somewhat too sudden, sirs, the warning is; But we will presently provide for them. 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 accurs'd:Command the conquest, Charles, it shall be thine; Let Henry fret, and all the world repine. Char. Then on, my lords; And France be fortunate! SCENE III. The same. Before Angiers. [Exeunt. Alarums: Excursions. Enter LA PUCELle. Puc. The regent conquers, and the Frenchmen fly. [Thunder. Now help, ye charming spells, and periapts; 9 -ye charming spells, and periapts;] Charms sowed up. Periapts were worn about the neck as preservatives from disease or danger. Of these, the first chapter of St. John's Gospel was deemed the most efficacious. -monarch of the north,] The north was always supposed Eater Fends. steer muck nearance argues proof rur custom i ligence to me. Yow. e familiar spirits, that are cull'd Carne towerful regions under earth. Een me this once. that France may get the field. Then walk about, and speak not. J. told me not with silence over-long! Where vas vent to feed you with my blood, 01:nemper off and give it you, In carnest of 1:urther benefit: So you to condescend to help me now. They hang their heads. No hope to have redress:-My body shall "They shake their heads. Cannot my body, nor blood-sacrifice, Now, France, thy glory dreepeth to the dust. [Exit. Alarums Enter French and English, fighting. LA PUCELLE and YORK fight hand to hand. LA PUCELLE is taken. The French fly. York. Damsel of France, I think, I have you fast: to be the particular habitation of bad spirits. Milton, therefore, assembles the rebel angels in the north. JOHNSON. * Where-] i. e. whereas. •vail her-lofty plumed crest,] i. e. lower it. Unchain your spirits now with spelling charms, Puc. Chang'd to a worser shape thou canst not be. And may ye both be suddenly surpriz'd York. Fell, banning hag! enchantress, hold thy tongue. Puc. I pr'ythee, give me leave to curse a while. York. Curse, miscreant, when thou comest to the [Exeunt. stake. Alarums. Enter SUFFOLK, leading in Lady MARGARET. Suf. Be what thou wilt, thou art my prisoner. O fairest beauty, do not fear, nor fly; [Gazes on her. For I will touch thee but with reverent hands, I kiss these fingers [Kissing her hand.] for eternal peace: Who art thou? say, that I may honour thee. 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. Be not offended, nature's miracle, Thou art allotted to be ta'en by me: So doth the swan her downy cygnets save, says-no. Yet, if this servile usage once offend, Hast not a tongue? is she not here thy prisoner? Confounds the tongue, and makes the senses rough.7 Suf. How canst thou tell, she will deny thy suit, Before thou make a trial of her love? [Aside. Mar. Why speak'st thou not? what ransome must I pay? Suf. She's beautiful; and therefore to be woo'd: She is a woman; therefore to be won. [Aside. Mar. Wilt thou accept of ransome, yea, or no? Suf. Fond man! remember, that thou hast a wife; Then how can Margaret be thy paramour? [Aside. 5 As plays the sun upon the glassy streams, &c.] This comparison, made between things which seem sufficiently unlike, is intended to express the softness and delicacy of Lady Margaret's beauty, which delighted, but did not dazzle; which was bright, but gave no pain by its lustre. JOHNSON. 6 disable not thyself;] Do not represent thyself so weak, To disable the judgment of another was, in that age, the same as to destroy its credit or authority. JOHNSON. 7 and makes the senses rough.] The meaning of this word is not very obvious. Sir Thomas Hanmer reads-crouch. |