King Henry the Fifth. Duke of Glo'ster, Duke of Bedford, }brothers to the King. Duke of Exeter, uncle to the King. Earls of Salisbury, Westmoreland, and Warwick. Bishop of Ely. Earl of Cambridge, Lord Scroop, Sir Thomas Grey. conspirators against the King. Sir Thomas Erpingham, Gower, Fluellen, Mackmorris, Jamy, officers in king Henry's army. Bates, Court, Williams, soldiers in the same. Nym, Bardolph, Pistol, formerly servants to Falstaff, now soldiers in the same. Boy, servant to them. A Herald. Chorus. Charles the Sixth, king of France. Lewis, the Dauphin. Dukes of Burgundy, Orleans, and Bourbon. The Constable of France. Rambures, and Grandpree, French Lords. Governor of Har fleur. Montjoy, a French Herald. Isabel, queen of France. Katharine, daughter of Charles and Isabel. Alice, a ludy attending on the princess Katharine. Quickly, Pistol's wife, an hostess. Lords, Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Aitendants. The SCENE, at the beginning of the play, lies in England; but afterwards, wholly in France. Enter Chorus. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, And let us, cyphers to this great accompt, And make imaginary puissance: Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them B Printing their proud hoofs i' the receiving earth: For 'tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings, Carry them here and there; jumping o'er times; Who, prologue-like, your humble patience pray, KING HENRY V. ACT I. SCENE I. LONDON, AN ANTICHAMBER IN THE KING'S PALACE. Enter the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Bishop of Ely. Cant. My lord, I'll tell you,-that self bill is urg'd, Which, in the eleventh year o' the last king's reign But that the scambling and unquiet time Ely. But how, my lord, shall we resist it now? Of indigent faint souls, past corporal toil, A thousand pounds by the year: Thus runs the bill. Ely. This would drink deep. Cant. 'Twould drink the cup and all. Ely. But what prevention? Cant. The king is full of grace, and fair regard. And whipp'd the offending Adam out of him; To envelop and contain celestial spirits. Never came reformation in a flood, With such a heady current, scouring faults; So soon did lose his seat, and all at once, Ely. We are blessed in the change. Cant. Hear him but reason in divinity, And, all-admiring, with an inward wish You would desire, the king were made a prelate: |