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Then, I perceive, that will be verify'd,
Henry the fifth did fometime prophecy,-
If once he come to be a cardinal,

He'll make his cap co-equal with the crown.
K. HEN. My lords ambaffadors, your feveral

fuits

Have been confider'd and debated on.
Your purpose is both good and reasonable:
And therefore, are we certainly refolv'd
To draw conditions of a friendly peace;
Which, by my lord of Winchefter, we mean
Shall be tranfported prefently to France.
GLO. And for the proffer of my lord

ter,

your maf

I have inform'd his highness so at large,
As-liking of the lady's virtuous gifts,
Her beauty, and the value of her dower,-
He doth intend fhe fhall be England's queen.
K. HEN. In argument and proof of which con-
tract,

Bear her this jewel, [to the Amb.] pledge of my

affection.

And fo, my lord protector, fee them guarded,

has obferved in his MS. notes) argues a great forgetfulness in the poet. In the firft a& Clofter fays:

"I'll canvas thee in thy broad cardinal's hat:" and it is frange that the duke of Exeter fhould not know of his advancement. STEEVENS.

It should feem from the ftage-direction prefixed to this fcene, and from the converfation between the Legate and Winchester, that the author meant it to be understood that the bifhop had obtained his cardinal's hat only juft before his prefent entry. The inaccuracy therefore was in making Gloller addrefs him by that title in the beginning of the play. He in fact abtained it in the fifth year of Henry's reign. MALONE.

And fafely brought to Dover; where, infhipp'd, Commit them to the fortune of the fea.

[Exeunt King HENRY and Train; GLOSTER, EXETER, and Ambaffadors.

WIN. Stay, my lord legate; you shall first re

ceive

The fum of money, which I promised

Should be deliver'd to his holiness

For clothing me in thefe grave ornaments.

LEG. I will attend upon your lordship's leifure. WIN. Now Winchefler will not fubmit, I trow, Or be inferior to the proudeft peer.

Humphrey of Glofter, thou fhalt well perceive,
That, neither in birth, or for authority,

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The bishop will be overborne by thee:

I'll either make thee ftoop, and bend thy knee,
Or fack this country with a mutiny.

SCENE II.

France. Plains in Anjou.

[Exeuni.

Enter CHARLES, BURGUNDY, ALENÇON, LA PʊCELLE, and Forces, marching.

CHAR. Thefe news, my lords, may cheer qur

drooping spirits:

'Tis faid, the flout Parifians do revolt, And turn again unto the warlike French.

6 That neither in birth,] I would read for birth. thou shalt not rule me, though thy birth is legitimate, authority fupreme. JOHNSON.

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ALEN. Then march to Paris, royal Charles of
France,

And keep not back your powers in dalliance.
Puc. Peace be amongst them, if they turn to us;
Elfe, ruin combat with their palaces!

Enter a Meffenger.

MESS. Succefs unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices!

CHAR. What tidings fend our scouts? I pr'ythee, fpeak.

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MESS. The English army, that divided was Into two parts, is now conjoin'd in one; And means to give you battle prefently.

CHAR. Somewhat too fudden, firs, the warning is ;

But we will presently provide for them.

BUR. I truft, the ghoft of Talbot is not there; Now he is gone, my lord, vou need not fear.

Puc. Of all bafe paffions. fear is most accurs'd:-Command the conqueft, Charles it fhall be thine; Let Henry fret, and all the world repine.

CHAR. Then on, my lords; And France be for

tunate!

parts,] Old copy-parties. STEEVENS.

[Exeunt.

SCENE III.

The fame. Before Angiers.

Alarums: Excurfions. Enter LA PUCELLE.

Puc. The regent conquers, and the Frenchmen

fly.

Now help, ye charming spells, and periapts;
And ye choice fpirits that admonifh me,

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And give me figns of future accidents! [Thunder.
You speedy helpers, that are fubftitutes
Under the lordly monarch of the north,
Appear, and aid me in this enterprize!

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7 ye charming Spells, and periapts; ] Charms fow'd up. Ezek. iii. 18: "Woe to them that fow pillows to all arm-holes, to hunt fouls." POPE.

Periapts were worn about the neck as prefervatives from difeafe or danger. Of thefe, the firft chapter of St. John's Gofpel was deemed the moft efficacious.

Whoever is defirous to know more about them, may confult Reginald Scott's Difcovery of Witchcraft, 1584, p. 230, &c.

STEEVENS. The following ftory, which is related in Wits, Fits, and Fancies, 1595, proves what Mr. Steevens has afferted: .. A cardinal feeing a prieft carrying a cudgel under his gown, reprimanded him. His excufe was, that he only carried it to defend himself againft the dogs of the town. Wherefore, I pray you, replied the cardinal, ferves St. John's Gofpel? Alas, my lord, faid the prieft, thefe curs underland no Latin.' MALONE.

8 monarch of the north, ] The north was always fuppofed to be the particular habitation of bad fpirits. Milton, therefore, affembles the rebel angels in the north. JOHNSON.

The boat of Lucifer in the xivth chapter of Ifaiah is faid to be, that he will fit upon the mount of the congregation, in the fides of the north. STEEVENS.

VOL. XIV.

L

Enter Fiends.

This fpeedy and quick appearance argues proof Of your accuftom'd diligence to me.

Now, ye familiar fpirits, that are cull'd

Out of the powerful regions under earth,"

Help me this once, that France may get the field. [They walk about, and speak not.

O, hold me not with filence over-long!

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my blood,

Where I was wont to feed you with
I'll lop a member off, and give it you,
In earneft of a further benefit;
So you do condefcend to help me now.—

[They hang their heads. No hope to have redrefs?-My body shall Pay recompenfe, if you will grant my fuit.

[They shake their heads. Cannot my body, nor blood-facrifice, Entreat you to your wonted furtherance? Then take my foul; my body, foul, and all, Before that England give the French the foil. [They depart.

Out of the powerful regions under earth,] I believe Shakspeare wrote-legions. WARBURTON.

The regions under earth are the infernal regions. Whence elfe fhould the forceress have felected or fummoned her fiends?

STEEVENS.

In a former paffage regions feems to have been printed inftead of legions; at leaft all the editors from the time of Mr. Rowe have there fubftituted the latter word inftead of the former. See p. 125, n. 4. The word call'd, and the epithet powerful, which is applicable to the fiends themselves, but not to their place of refidence, fhow that it has an equal title to a place in the text here. So, in The Tempeft:

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But one fiend at a time,

"I'll fight their legions o'er." MALONE

Where] i. e. whereas. So, in Pericles, Prince of Tyre:

"Where now you're both a father and a fon." STEEVENS.

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