Killing them twice. O, give us leave, great King,
To view the field in fafety, and difpofe

Of their dead bodies.

K. Henry. I tell thee truly, herald,
I know not, if the day be ours or no;
For
yet a many of your horfemen peer,
And gallop o'er the field.

Mount. The day is yours.

K. Henry. Praised be God, and not our ftrength, for it!

What is this castle call'd, that stands hard by?
Mount. They call it Agincourt.

K. Henry. Then call we this the field of Agincourt, Fought on the day of Crispin Crifpianus.

Flu. Your grandfather of famous memory, an't pleafe your Majefty, and your great uncle Edward the plack Prince of Wales, as I have read in the chronicles, fought a moft prave pattle here in France.

K. Henry. They did, Fluellen.

Flu. Your Majefty fays very true. If your Majefties is remember'd of it, the Welfomen did good fervice in a garden where Leeks did grow, wearing Leeks in their Monmouth caps, which your Majefty knows to this hour is an honourable padge of the fervice; and I do believe your Majefty takes no fcorn to wear the Leek upon St. Tavee's day.

K. Henry. I wear it for a memorable honour: For I am Welsh, you know, good countryman.

Flu. All the water in Wye cannot wash your Majefty's Welsh plood out of your pody, I can tell you that; God plefs and preferve it, as long as it pleases his grace and his majesty too.

K. Henry. Thanks, good my countryman.
Flu. By Jefhu, I am your Majefty's countryman, I
care not who know it; I will confefs it to all the orld;
I need not be afhamed of your Majefty, praised be
God, fo long as your Majefty is an honeft man.

K. Henry. God keep me fo!
4.

Enter

Enter Williams.

Our heralds go with him.

[Exeunt Heralds, with Mountjoy.

Bring me juft notice of the numbers dead

On both our parts. Call yonder fellow hither.

Exe. Soldier, you must come to the King.

K. Henry. Soldier, why wear'ft thou that glove in thy cap?

Will. An't pleafe your Majefty, 'tis the gage of one that I fhould fight withal, if he be alive.

K. Henry. An Englishman?

Will. An't please your Majefty, a rascal that fwagger'd with me laft night; who, if alive, and if ever he dare to challenge this glove, I have fworn to take him a box o'th' ear; or if I can fee my glove in his cap, which he fwore as he was a foldier he would wear, if alive, I will strike it out foundly.

K. Henry. What think you, captain Fluellen, is it fit this foldier keep his oath?

Flu. He is a craven and a villain elfe, an't please your Majefty, in my conscience.

K. Henry. It may be, his enemy is a gentleman of great fort, quite from the answer of his degree.

Flu. Though he be as good a gentleman as the devil is, as Lucifer and Belzebub himself, it is neceffary, look your Grace, that he keep his vow and his oath. If he be perjur'd, fee you now, his reputation is as arrant a villain and a jackfawce, as ever his black fhoe trod upon God's ground and his earth, in my confcience law.

K. Henry. Then keep thy vow, firrah, when thou meet'ft the fellow.

Will. So I will, my Liege, as I live.

* Great fort.] High rank. So in the ballad of Jane Shore,

Lords and ladies of great fort.
Quite from the answer of his

degree.] A man of fuch station as is not bound to hazard his perfon in anfwer to a challenge from one of the foldier's low degree.

K. Henry.

K. Henry. Who ferv'ft thou under?

Will. Under captain Gower, my Liege.

Flu. Gower is a good captain, and is good knowledge and literature in the wars.

K. Henry. Call him hither to me, foldier.
Will. I will, my Liege.

[Exit.

K. Henry. Here, Fluellen, wear thou this favour for me, and stick it in thy cap. When Alanfon and myfelf were down together, I pluck'd this glove from his helm; if any man challenge this, he is a friend to Alanfon and an enemy to our perfon; if thou encounter any fuch, apprehend him if thou dost love me.

Flu. Your Grace does me as great honours as can be defir'd in the hearts of his fubjects. I would fain fee the man, that has but two legs, that fhall find himself agriev'd at this glove; that is all; but I would fain fee it once, an pleafe God of his grace that I might fee.

K. Henry. Know'st thou Gower?

Flu. He is my dear friend, an please you.

K. Henry. Pray thee, go seek him, and bring him to my tent.

Flu. I will fetch him.

[Exit.

K. Henry. My Lord of Warwick and my brother

Glofter,

Follow Fluellen closely at the heels:

The glove, which I have given him for a favour,
May, haply, purchase him a box o'th' ear.

It is the foldier's; I by bargain fhould

Wear it myself. Follow, good coufin Warwick :
If that the foldier ftrike him, as, I judge
By his blunt bearing, he will keep his word;
Some fudden mischief may arise of it:
For I do know Fluellen valiant,

And, touch'd with choler, hot as gun-powder;
And quickly he'll return an injury.

Follow; and fee, there be no harm between them.
Come you with us, uncle of Exeter.

[Exeunt.

SCENE

Enter Gower and Williams.

Will. Warrant, it is to knight you, captain.

Enter Fluellen.

Flu. God's will and his pleasure.-Captain, I befeech you now come apace to the King; there is more good toward you, peradventure, than is in your knowledge to dream of.

Will. Sir, Know you this glove?

Flu. Know the glove? I know, the glove is a glove. Will. I know this, and thus I challenge it.

[Strikes him. Flu. 'Sblud, an arrant traitor as any's in the univerfal orld, in France or in England.

Gower. How now, Sir? you villain !

Will. Do you think I'll be forfworn?

Flu. Stand away, captain Gower, I will give treafon his payment into plows, I warrant you.

Will. I am no traitor.

Flu. That's a lye in thy throat. I charge you in his Majefty's name apprehend him, he's a friend of the Duke of Alanfon's.

Enter Warwick and Gloucefter.

War. How now, how now, what's the matter? Flu. My Lord of Warwick, here is, praifed be God for it, a moft contagious treafon come to light, look you, as you fhall defire in a fummer's day. Here is his Majefty.

VOL. IV.

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Enter

Enter King Henry, and Exeter.

K. Henry. How now, what's the matter?

Flu. My Liege, here is a villain and a traitor, that, look your Grace, has ftruck the glove, which your Majefty is take out of the helmet of Alanson.

Will. My Liege, this was my glove, here is the fellow of it, and he, that I gave it to in change, promis'd to wear it in his cap; I promis'd to ftrike him, if he did; I met this man with my glove in his cap, and I have been as good as my word.

Flu. Your Majefty hear now, faving your Majefty's manhood, what an arrant, rafcally, beggarly, lowsy, knave it is. I hope, your Majefty is pear me teftimonies, and witneffes, and avouchments, that this is the glove of Alanfon that your Majefty is give me, in your confcience now.

K. Henry. Give me thy glove, foldier; look, here is the fellow of it. 'Twas me, indeed, thou promised❜st to ftrike, and thou haft given me most bitter terms.

Flu. An please your Majefty, let his neck anfwer for it, if there is any martial law in the orld.

K. Henry How canft thou make me fatisfaction? Will. All Offences, my Lord, come from the heart; never came any from mine, that might offend your Majefty.

K. Henry. It was ourfelf thou didst abuse.

Will. Your Majefty came not like yourself; you appear'd to me, but as a common man; witness the night, your garments, your lowlinefs; and what your Highness fuffer'd under that fhape, I beseech you, take it for your fault and not mine; for had you been as I took you for, I made no offence; therefore, I befeech your Highness, pardon me.

Give me thy glove, look, here is the fellow of it.] It must bex give me my glove, for of the

foldier's glove the king had not the fellow.

K. Henry.