He is a very serpent in my way; And wheresoe'er this foot of mine doth tread Thou art his keeper. Hub. And I'll keep him so, That he shall not offend your majesty. I could be merry now: Hubert, I love thee. Remember. I'll send those powers o'er to your majesty. K. John. For England, cousin, go: Hubert shall be your man, attend on you [Exeunt. SCENE IV.-The same. The French King's Tent. Enter KING PHILIP, LEWIS, PANDULPH, and Attendants. K. Phi. So, by a roaring tempest on the flood, A whole armado of convicted1 sail Is scattered and disjoined from fellowship. Pand. Courage and comfort! all shall yet go well. K. Phi. What can go well, when we have run so ill? Are we not beaten? Is not Angiers lost? Arthur ta'en prisoner? divers dear friends slain? Convicted.] This word may have been used here to signify overpowered; but convented, which agrees better with the context, is probably the right word. And bloody England into England gone, Lew. What he hath won, that hath he fortified: Of any kindred action like to this? K. Phi. Well could I bear that England had this praise, So we could find some pattern of our shame. Look, who comes here! a grave unto a soul, Enter CONSTANCE. In the vile prison of afflicted breath: I prithee, lady, go away with me. Const. Lo, now! now see the issue of your peace! K. Phi. Patience, good lady! comfort, gentle Constance ! But that which ends all counsel, true redress. Come, grin on me; and I will think thou smil'st, O, come to me! Advice.] Considerateness. 2 Defy.] Abjure. K. Phi. O fair affliction, peace! Const. No, no, I will not, having breath to cry : Pand. Lady, you utter madness, and not sorrow. K. Phi. Bind up those tresses: O, what love I note In the fair multitude of those her hairs! Where but by chance a silver drop hath fallen, That fell anatomy.] By an anatomy is meant the skeleton form of death. 2 A modern invocation.] An ordinary invocation. Shakspeare repeatedly uses modern in the sense of common, trite, ordinary. So in Macbeth, iv. 3, Violent sorrow seems a modern ecstasy;' and in As you Like it, ii. 7, 'Full of wise saws and modern instances.' 6 Even to that drop ten thousand wiry friends Const. To England if you will!1 Bind up your hairs. Const. Yes, that I will. And wherefore will I do it? I tore them from their bonds, and cried aloud, And will again commit them to their bonds, And, father cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven; If that be true, I shall see my boy again : For, since the birth of Cain, the first male child, There was not such a gracious 2 creature born. When I shall meet him in the court of heaven Pand. You hold too heinous a respect of grief. K. Phi. You are as fond of grief as of your child. 1 To England, if you will.] The import of this has been variously conjectured. I take the sense to be--I will to England, if you will allow me. 2 Gracious.] Full of grace, both of body and mind. Const. Grief fills the room up of my absent child, [Tearing of her head-dress. When there is such disorder in my wit. [Exit. K. Phi. I fear some outrage, and I'll follow her. [Exit. Lew. There's nothing in this world can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste, Even in the instant of repair and health, Lew. All days of glory, joy, and happiness. Are not you grieved that Arthur is his prisoner? 1 Show.] Appear. |