Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them 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. Was like, and had indeed against us pass'd, 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. Cant. "Twould drink the cup and all. Ely. But what prevention? Cant. The king is full of grace, and fair regard. Ely. And a true lover of the holy church. Cant. The courses of his youth promis'd it not. 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: A fearful battle render'd you in musick: The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Which is a wonder, how his grace should glean it, His companies unletter'd, rude, and shallow; From open haunts and popularity. Ely. The strawberry grows underneath the nettle; And wholesome berries thrive, and ripen best, Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality : And so the prince obscur'd his contemplation Cant. It must be so: for miracles are ceas'd; Ely. But, my good lord, How now for mitigation of this bill Urg'd by the commons? Doth his majesty Incline to it, or no? He seems indifferent; Cant. And in regard of causes now in hand, Ely. How did this offer seem receiv'd, my lord? Cant. With good acceptance of his majesty; Save, that there was not time enough to hear (As, I perceiv'd, his grace would fain have done,) 7 The severals, and unhidden passages, Of his true titles to some certain dukedoms; Ely. What was the impediment that broke this off? Cant. The French ambassador, upon that instant, Crav'd audience: and the hour, I think, is come, To give him hearing: Is't four o'clock? It is. Ely. Ely. I'll wait upon you; and I long to hear it. [Exeunt. |