Then, I perceive, that will be verify'd, He'll make his cap co-equal with the crown. fuits Have been confider'd and debated on. ter, your maf I have inform'd his highness so at large, 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, 6 The bishop will be overborne by thee: I'll either make thee ftoop, and bend thy knee, 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. That is, and thy ALEN. Then march to Paris, royal Charles of And keep not back your powers in dalliance. Enter a Meffenger. MESS. Succefs unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices! CHAR. What tidings fend our scouts? I pr'ythee, fpeak. 6 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; 7 And give me figns of future accidents! [Thunder. 8 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! 2 my blood, Where I was wont to feed you with [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: 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. |