A hundred alms-houses, right well fupply'd; A thousand pounds by the year: Thus runs the bill. 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 celeftial fpirits. Ely. We are bleffed in the change. Cant. Hear him but reafon in divinity, 1 Confideration, like an angel, &c.] As paradife, when fin and Adam were driven out by the angel, became the habitation of celeftial fpirits, fo the king's heart, fince confideration has driven out his follies, is now the receptacle of wisdom and of virtue. m n in a food,]-alluding to the river turn'd by Hercules through the Augean itables. Hydra-beaded wilfulness]-a criminal indulgence of every perverfe motion of the will. Lift his difcourfe of war, and you shall hear The Gordian knot of it he will unloofe, Any retirement, any fequeftration Ely. The ftrawberry grows underneath the nettle; Cant. It must be fo: for miracles are ceas'd; "I must have liberty, as large a charter as the wind." As You LIKE IT. Vol. II. p. 210. Jaq. So that the art,]-the knowledge, that masterly fkill which he displays in the theory of those sciences, muft have been the produce of experience; could not have been derived from books, but from his own commerce with the world. popularity.]-converfation with vulgar perfons. Unfeen, yet crefcive in his faculty.]—Exerting, though invifibly, his powers of improvement. t And therefore we must needs admit the means, Ely. But, my good lord, How now for mitigation of this bill Urg'd by the commons? Doth his majesty Cant. He feems indifferent; Or, rather, 'fwaying more upon our part, Upon our spiritual convocation,—— And in regard of caufes now in hand, Ely. How did this offer feem receiv'd, my lord? Of his true titles to fome certain dukedoms; Ely. What was the impediment that broke this off? Ely. It is. Cant. Then go we in, to know his embassy; $ fwaying]-inclining. Upon our Spiritual convocation ;]—when the clergy of this realm hall be affembled. "to bear-The feverals, and anbidden paffages, &c.]-to attend minutely to all the clear traces. Several. Which I could, with a ready guess, declare, SCENE II. Opens to the prefence. [Exeunt. Enter king Henry, Glofter, Bedford, Warwick, Westmoreland, and Exeter. K. Henry. Where is my gracious lord of Canterbury,? Exe. Not here in presence. K. Henry. Send for him, "good uncle. Weft. Shall we call in the ambaffador, my liege? K. Henry. Not yet, my coufin; we would be refolv'd, Before we hear him, of some things of weight, That 'task our thoughts, concerning us and France. Enter the archbishop of Canterbury, and bishop of Ely. Cant. God, and his angels, guard your facred throne, And make you long become it! K. Henry. Sure, we thank you. My learned lord, we pray you to proceed; Why the law Salique, that they have in France, Or fhould, or should not, bar us in our claim. And God forbid, my dear and faithful lord, That you should fashion, wreft, or bow your reading, 'Or nicely charge your understanding foul "good unile.]-Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Dorfet, afterwards created Duke of Exeter. * task our thoughts,]-occupy our chief attention. "While other sports are taking of their minds." MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Vol. I. p. 250. Fent. Y Or nicely charge your understanding foul, &c.]-Or knowingly burthen your confcience, with the guilt of inventing, or fophiftically gloffing over a falfe title. With opening titles mifcreate, whose right Of what your reverence fhall incite us to: 'Gainst him, whofe wrong gives edge unto the fword For we will hear, note, and believe in heart, As pure as fin with baptifm. Cant. Then hear me, gracious fovereign, and you peers, That owe yourselves, your lives, and services, To this imperial throne ;-There is no bar No woman fhall fucceed in Salique land: impawn]-engage-your perfon-pledge yourself in fupport of a bad cause. conftrue. C 4 Between |