ACT IV
SCENE VIII Before KING HENRY'S pavilion.


 [Enter GOWER and WILLIAMS]

WILLIAMS I warrant it is to knight you, captain.

 [Enter FLUELLEN]

FLUELLEN God's will and his pleasure, captain, I beseech you
 now, come apace to the king: there is more good
 toward you peradventure than is in your knowledge to dream of.

WILLIAMS Sir, know you this glove?

FLUELLEN Know the glove! I know the glove is glove.

WILLIAMS I know this; and thus I challenge it.

 [Strikes him]

FLUELLEN 'Sblood! an arrant traitor as any is in the
 universal world, or in France, or in England!

GOWER How now, sir! you villain!

WILLIAMS Do you think I'll be forsworn?

FLUELLEN Stand away, Captain Gower; I will give treason his
 payment into ploughs, I warrant you.

WILLIAMS I am no traitor.

FLUELLEN That's a lie in thy throat. I charge you in his
 majesty's name, apprehend him: he's a friend of the
 Duke Alencon's.

 [Enter WARWICK and GLOUCESTER]

WARWICK How now, how now! what's the matter?

FLUELLEN My Lord of Warwick, here is--praised be God for it!
 --a most contagious treason come to light, look
 you, as you shall desire in a summer's day. Here is
 his majesty.

 [Enter KING HENRY and EXETER]

KING HENRY V How now! what's the matter?

FLUELLEN My liege, here is a villain and a traitor, that,
 look your grace, has struck the glove which your
 majesty is take out of the helmet of Alencon.

WILLIAMS My liege, this was my glove; here is the fellow of
 it; and he that I gave it to in change promised to
 wear it in his cap: I promised to strike him, if he
 did: I met this man with my glove in his cap, and I
 have been as good as my word.

FLUELLEN Your majesty hear now, saving your majesty's
 manhood, what an arrant, rascally, beggarly, lousy
 knave it is: I hope your majesty is pear me
 testimony and witness, and will avouchment, that
 this is the glove of Alencon, that your majesty is
 give me; in your conscience, now?

KING HENRY V Give me thy glove, soldier: look, here is the
 fellow of it.
 'Twas I, indeed, thou promised'st to strike;
 And thou hast given me most bitter terms.

FLUELLEN An please your majesty, let his neck answer for it,
 if there is any martial law in the world.

KING HENRY V How canst thou make me satisfaction?

WILLIAMS All offences, my lord, come from the heart: never
 came any from mine that might offend your majesty.

KING HENRY V It was ourself thou didst abuse.

WILLIAMS Your majesty came not like yourself: you appeared to
 me but as a common man; witness the night, your
 garments, your lowliness; and what your highness
 suffered under that shape, I beseech you take it for
 your own fault and not mine: for had you been as I
 took you for, I made no offence; therefore, I
 beseech your highness, pardon me.

KING HENRY V Here, uncle Exeter, fill this glove with crowns,
 And give it to this fellow. Keep it, fellow;
 And wear it for an honour in thy cap
 Till I do challenge it. Give him the crowns:
 And, captain, you must needs be friends with him.

FLUELLEN By this day and this light, the fellow has mettle
 enough in his belly. Hold, there is twelve pence
 for you; and I pray you to serve Got, and keep you
 out of prawls, and prabbles' and quarrels, and
 dissensions, and, I warrant you, it is the better for you.

WILLIAMS I will none of your money.

FLUELLEN It is with a good will; I can tell you, it will
 serve you to mend your shoes: come, wherefore should
 you be so pashful? your shoes is not so good: 'tis
 a good silling, I warrant you, or I will change it.

 [Enter an English Herald]

KING HENRY V Now, herald, are the dead number'd?

Herald Here is the number of the slaughter'd French.

KING HENRY V What prisoners of good sort are taken, uncle?

EXETER Charles Duke of Orleans, nephew to the king;
 John Duke of Bourbon, and Lord Bouciqualt:
 Of other lords and barons, knights and squires,
 Full fifteen hundred, besides common men.

KING HENRY V This note doth tell me of ten thousand French
 That in the field lie slain: of princes, in this number,
 And nobles bearing banners, there lie dead
 One hundred twenty six: added to these,
 Of knights, esquires, and gallant gentlemen,
 Eight thousand and four hundred; of the which,
 Five hundred were but yesterday dubb'd knights:
 So that, in these ten thousand they have lost,
 There are but sixteen hundred mercenaries;
 The rest are princes, barons, lords, knights, squires,
 And gentlemen of blood and quality.
 The names of those their nobles that lie dead:
 Charles Delabreth, high constable of France;
 Jaques of Chatillon, admiral of France;
 The master of the cross-bows, Lord Rambures;
 Great Master of France, the brave Sir Guichard Dolphin,
 John Duke of Alencon, Anthony Duke of Brabant,
 The brother of the Duke of Burgundy,
 And Edward Duke of Bar: of lusty earls,
 Grandpre and Roussi, Fauconberg and Foix,
 Beaumont and Marle, Vaudemont and Lestrale.
 Here was a royal fellowship of death!
 Where is the number of our English dead?

 [Herald shews him another paper]

 Edward the Duke of York, the Earl of Suffolk,
 Sir Richard Ketly, Davy Gam, esquire:
 None else of name; and of all other men
 But five and twenty. O God, thy arm was here;
 And not to us, but to thy arm alone,
 Ascribe we all! When, without stratagem,
 But in plain shock and even play of battle,
 Was ever known so great and little loss
 On one part and on the other? Take it, God,
 For it is none but thine!

EXETER 'Tis wonderful!

KING HENRY V Come, go we in procession to the village.
 And be it death proclaimed through our host
 To boast of this or take the praise from God
 Which is his only.

FLUELLEN Is it not lawful, an please your majesty, to tell
 how many is killed?

KING HENRY V Yes, captain; but with this acknowledgement,
 That God fought for us.

FLUELLEN Yes, my conscience, he did us great good.

KING HENRY V Do we all holy rites;
 Let there be sung 'Non nobis' and 'Te Deum;'
 The dead with charity enclosed in clay:
 And then to Calais; and to England then:
 Where ne'er from France arrived more happy men.

 [Exeunt]




 KING HENRY V


ACT V


 PROLOGUE.


 [Enter Chorus]

Chorus Vouchsafe to those that have not read the story,
 That I may prompt them: and of such as have,
 I humbly pray them to admit the excuse
 Of time, of numbers and due course of things,
 Which cannot in their huge and proper life
 Be here presented. Now we bear the king
 Toward Calais: grant him there; there seen,
 Heave him away upon your winged thoughts
 Athwart the sea. Behold, the English beach
 Pales in the flood with men, with wives and boys,
 Whose shouts and claps out-voice the deep mouth'd sea,
 Which like a mighty whiffler 'fore the king
 Seems to prepare his way: so let him land,
 And solemnly see him set on to London.
 So swift a pace hath thought that even now
 You may imagine him upon Blackheath;
 Where that his lords desire him to have borne
 His bruised helmet and his bended sword
 Before him through the city: he forbids it,
 Being free from vainness and self-glorious pride;
 Giving full trophy, signal and ostent
 Quite from himself to God. But now behold,
 In the quick forge and working-house of thought,
 How London doth pour out her citizens!
 The mayor and all his brethren in best sort,
 Like to the senators of the antique Rome,
 With the plebeians swarming at their heels,
 Go forth and fetch their conquering Caesar in:
 As, by a lower but loving likelihood,
 Were now the general of our gracious empress,
 As in good time he may, from Ireland coming,
 Bringing rebellion broached on his sword,
 How many would the peaceful city quit,
 To welcome him! much more, and much more cause,
 Did they this Harry. Now in London place him;
 As yet the lamentation of the French
 Invites the King of England's stay at home;
 The emperor's coming in behalf of France,
 To order peace between them; and omit
 All the occurrences, whatever chanced,
 Till Harry's back-return again to France:
 There must we bring him; and myself have play'd
 The interim, by remembering you 'tis past.
 Then brook abridgment, and your eyes advance,
 After your thoughts, straight back again to France.

 [Exit]




 KING HENRY V


ACT V