The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

SCENE VII

London. The palace.

Flourish. Enter King Edward, Queen Elizabeth, Clarence, Gloucester, Hastings, a Nurse with the young Prince, and Attendants.

K. Edw. Once more we sit in England's royal throne,

Re-purchased with the blood of enemies.
What valiant foeman, like to autumn's corn,
Have we mow'd down in tops of all their pride!
Three Dukes of Somerset, threefold renown'd
For hardy and undoubted champions;
Two Cliffords, as the father and the son;
And two Northumberlands; two braver men
Ne'er spurr'd their coursers at the trumpet's

sound;

With them, the two brave bears, Warwick and

Montague,

That in their chains fetter'd the kingly lion,
And made the forest tremble when they roar'd.
Thus have we swept suspicion from our seat,

And made our footstool of security.

Come hither, Bess, and let me kiss my boy.
Young Ned, for thee, thine uncles and myself
Have in our armors watch'd the winter's night,
Went all afoot in summer's scalding heat,
That thou mightst repossess the crown in peace:
And of our labors thou shalt reap the gain. 20

Glou. [Aside] I'll blast his harvest, if your head

were laid;

For yet I am not look'd on in the world.
This shoulder was ordain'd so thick to heave;
And heave it shall some weight, or break my
back:

Work thou the way, and thou shalt execute. K. Edre. Clarence and Gloucester, love my lovely

queen;

And kiss your princely nephew, brothers both. Clar. The duty that I owe unto your majesty I seal upon the lips of this sweet babe. Q. Eliz. Thanks, noble Clarence; worthy brother, thanks.

Glou. And, that I love the tree from whence thou

sprang'st,

Witness the loving kiss I give the fruit.
[Aside] To say the truth, so Judas kiss'd his
master,

And cried, 'all hail!' when as he meant all harm. K. Edw. Now am I seated as my soul delights, Having my country's peace and brothers' loves. Clar. What will your grace have done with Mar

garet?

Reignier, her father, to the King of France
Hath pawn'd the Sicils and Jerusalem,

And hither have they sent it for her ransom. 40

30. The Camb. editor quotes from Steevens:-"In my copy of the second Folio, which had belonged to King Charles the First, his Majesty has erased Cla. and written King in its stead. Shakespeare, therefore, in the catalogue of his restorers, may boast a Royal name." I. G.

K. Edw. Away with her, and waft her hence to

France.

And now what rests but that we spend the time
With stately triumphs, mirthful comic shows,
Such as befits the pleasure of the court?
Sound drums and trumpets! farewell sour an-
noy!

For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.

[Exeunt.

GLOSSARY

By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A.

ABODEMENTS, bad omens; IV. vii. 13.

ABODING, boding; V. vi. 45. ADVENTURE, enterprise; IV. ii. 18. ADVERTISED, informed; II. i. 116. Æsop; an allusion to the belief that he was humpbacked (hence the application of the name to Richard Crookback); V. v. 25.

AIMS AT, (1) endeavors to obtain, III. ii. 68; (2) aim, guess, III. ii. 68.

ALMS-DEED, act of charity; V. v. 79.

APPARENT, heir-apparent; II. ii. 64.

APPOINTED; "well a.," well equipped; II. i. 113.

ARGOSY, merchant ship; II. vi. 36. ARRIVED, reached, arrived at; V. iii. 8.

As, that; I. i. 234.
Assay, try, essay (Collier, "es-
say"); I. iv. 118.
ATTENDED, waited for; IV. vi. 82.
AwFul, awe-inspiring; II. i. 154.

BALM, consecrated oil; III. i. 17. BANDS, bonds; I. i. 186. BANDY, beat to and fro; I. iv. 49. BASILISK, a fabulous serpent supposed to kill by its look; III. ii. 187.

BATTLE, army, body of troops; I. i. 8, 15.

BEAVER, helmet; I. i. 12. BELGIA, Belgium; IV. viii. 1. BELIKE, I suppose; I. i. 51. BELLS, "shake his bells," an allusion to the small bells attached to hawks, to frighten the birds hawked at; I. i. 47. BETIMES, in good time, before it is too late; V. iv. 45. BEWRAY, betray; I. i. 211. BISHOP'S PALACE, the Palace of the Bishop of London; V. i. 45.

BLAZE, burn; V. iv. 71. BLOOD-SUCKING SIGHS, referring to the old belief that with each sigh the heart lost a drop of blood; IV. iv. 22.

BLOODY, blood-thirsty, cruel; I. iii. 2.

BLUNT, rough; IV. viii. 2. BODGED, yielded, gave way, budged; (Johnson conj. "budged," Collier conj. "botch'd"); I. iv. 19.

BOOTLESS, useless; I. iv. 20.
Roots, avails; I. iv. 125.
BROACH'D, begun; II. ii. 159.
BRUIT, rumor, report; IV. vii. 64.
BUCKLE, join in close fight
(Theobald's correction (from
Qq.) of Ff., "buckler"); I. iv.
50.

BUCKLER, shield; III. iii. 99.
BUG, bugbear; V. ii. 2.
But, except; IV. vii. 36.

DETECT, betray; II. ii. 143. DISANNULS, annuls, cancels; III. iii. 81.

DONE, done with, finished with; IV. i. 104.

DONE HIS SHRIFT, heard the confession and granted absolution; III. ii. 107.

DOUBT, fear; IV. viii. 37.
DOUBTED, feared; IV. iii. 19.
DOWNRIGHT, straight down; I. i.
12.

EAGER, bitter; II vi. 68.
EAN, bring forth young (Ff. 1,
2, "Eane"; Theobald, "yean");
II. v. 36.

EFFUSE, effusion; II. vi. 28.
EMBASSADE, embassy; (Capell,

from Qq., "embassage”); IV. iii. 32.

EMPTY, hungry; I. i. 268. ENCOUNTER, fight, combat; V. iii.

Buy, aby, pay for; (Grant
White, "by," from "abie" Q.
1); V. i. 68.

CALLET, a woman of bad charac-
ter; II. ii. 145.
CAPTIVATES, makes captive; I. iv.
115.

CASE, "if c.," if it be the case, if
it happen; (F. 4, "In case");
V. iv. 34.

CHAFED, infuriated; II. v. 126.
CHALLENGE, claim; IV. vi. 6.
CHAMELEON, a kind of lizard

whose color changes; III. ii.
191.

CHANNEL, gutter (Roderick
conj. "kennel"); II. ii. 141.

CHARM, silence, as by a charm;
V. v. 31.

CHASE, pursuit, game; II. iv. 12.
CHEERLY, cheerfully; V. iv. 2.
CHID, driven by scolding; II. v.

17.

CLOSE, secret; IV. v. 17.
COLORS, standards, ensigns; I. i.
91.

CONVEYANCE, trickery; III. iii.
160.

CONVEY'D, carried off; IV. vi. 81.
CONY, rabbit (F. 1, "Connie," F.
2, "Conny"); I. iv. 62.
COVERTURE, covert, shelter; (War-
burton, "overture"); IV. ii. 13.

DARRAIGN, range; II. ii. 72.
DAZZLE, “d. mine eyes," are my
eyes dazzled?; II. i. 25.
DEAREST, best, most precious; V.
i. 69.

DECK, pack of cards; V. i. 44.
DELICATES, delicacies; I. v. 51.
DEMEAN'D, behaved; I. iv. 7.
DEPART, death, II. i. 110; depar-

ture, going away, IV. i. 92. DEPARTING, parting; II. vi. 43. DESPITE, spite, malice; II. i. 59.

ENLARGEMENT, release from con-
finement; IV. vi. 5.
EXTRAUGHT, extracted, derived;
II. ii. 142.

FALCHION, scimitar, sword; I. iv.
12.

FEAR, affright, terrify; III. iii.

226.

FEAR'D, affrighted, frightened;
(Rowe, "scard"); V. ii. 2.
FEARFUL, timorous, I. i. 25; II. ii.
30; terrible, dreadful; II. ii.
27.

FENCE, defend, guard; II. vi. 75.
FIGURES, reveals; II. i. 32.
FIRES, dissyllabic; II. i. 83.
FOIL, defeat; V. iv. 42.
FONDLY, foolishly; II. ii. 38.
For, as regards; IV. iii. 48.
FORFEND, forbid; II. i. 191.
FORGERY, lie, deception; III. iii,
175.

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