Con. Doing is activity: and he will still be doing. Con. Nor will do none to-morrow; he will keep that good name still.. Orl. I know him to be valiant. Con. I was told that, by one that knows him better than you. Orl. What's he? Con. Marry, he told me fo himself; and he said, he cared not who knew it. Orl. He needs not, it is no hidden virtue in him. Con. By my faith, fir, but it is; never any body faw it, but his lacquey: 'tis a hooded valour; and, when it appears, it will bate. Orl. Ill will never faid well. Con. I will cap that proverb with-There is flattery in friendship. Orl. And I will take up that with-Give the devil his due. Con. Well placed; there ftands your friend for the devil have at the very eye of that proverb, with-A pox of the devil. Orl. You are the better at proverbs, by how much-A fool's bolt is foon fhot. Con. You have shot over. Orl. 'Tis not the first time you were overfhot. Enter à Meffenger. Me. My lord high conftable, the English lie within fifteen hundred paces of your tent. Con. Who hath measured the ground? Me. The lord Grandpré. Con. A valiant and most expert gentleman.-'Would it were day!-Alas, poor Harry of England! he longs not for the dawning, as we do. Orl. What a wretched and peevish fellow is this king of England, to mope with his fat-brain'd followers fo far out of his knowledge! Con. If the English had any apprehenfion, they would run away. Orl. That they lack; for if their heads had any intellectual armour, they could never wear fuch heavy headpieces. Ram. That island of England breeds very valiant crea→ tures; their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage. Orl. Foolish curs! that run winking into the mouth of a Ruffian bear, and have their heads crush'd like rotten apples: You may as well fay,-that's a valiant flea, that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. Con. Juft, juft; and the men do fympathize with the mastiffs, in robustious and rough coming on, leaving their wits with their wives: and then give them great meals of beef, and iron and steel, they will eat like wolves, and fight like devils. Orl. Ay, but these English are shrewdly out of beef. Con. Then we shall find to-morrow-they have only ftomachs to eat, and none to fight. Now is it time to arm; Come, shall we about it ? Orl. It is now two o'clock: but, let me fee,-by ten, We shall have each a hundred Englishmen. [Exeunt. ACT ACT IV. Enter CHORUS. Chorus. Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide veffel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army ftilly sounds, That the fix'd fentinels almost receive The fecret whispers of each other's watch : Steed threatens fteed, in high and boastful neighs Give dreadful note of preparation. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, Sit patiently, and inly ruminate The morning's danger; and their gesture sad, So So many horrid ghofts. O, now, who will behold Walking from watch to watch, from tent to tent, Let him cry-Praise and glory on his head! How dread an army hath enrounded him His liberal eye doth give to every one, A little touch of Harry in the night : Where, (O for pity!) we fhall much disgrace- SCENE 1. The English Camp at Agincourt. Enter King HENRY, BEDFORD, and GLOSTER. K. Hen. Glofter, 'tis true, that we are in great danger; The greater therefore should our courage be. Good Good morrow, brother Bedford.-God Almighty! For our bad neighbour makes us early stirrers, Enter ERPINGHAM. Good morrow, old fir Thomas Erpingham: Erp. Not fo, my liege; this lodging likes me better, Since I may fay-now lie I like a king. K. Hen. 'Tis good for men to love their present pains, Upon example; fo the fpirit is eased: And, when the mind is quicken'd, out of doubt, Lend me thy cloak, fir Thomas.-Brothers both, Glo. We shall, my liege. Erp. Shall I attend your grace? K. Hen. [Exeunt GLOSTER and BEDFORD. No, my good knight; I and Go with my brothers to my lords of England: |