York. Which now they hold by force, and not by right; For Richard the firft fon's heir being dead, The Iffue of the next fon fhould have reign'd. Sal. But William of Hatfield dy'd without an heir. claim the Crown, had iffue Philip, a daughter, Sal. This Edmond, in the reign of Bolingbroke, York. His eldeft fifter, Anne, My mother, being heir unto the Crown, By her I claim the Kingdom; fhe was heir Succeed before the younger, I am King. War. What plain proceeding is more plain than this? Henry doth claim the Crown from John of Gaunt, The fourth fon; York here claims it from the third. Till Lionel's iffue fail, his fhould not reign; It fails not yet, but flourisheth in thee. And in thy fons, fair flips of fuch a stock. Then, father Salisbury, kneel we together, And in this private Plot be we the first, That fhall faluté our righful Sovereign With honour of his birth-right to the Crown. D 2 Both Both. Long live our Sov'reign Richard, England's King! York. We thank you, Lords: but I am not your King, Do you, as I do, in these dang'rous days, SCENE V. Changes to a House near Smithfield. Sound Trumpets. Enter King Henry and Nobles; the Dutchefs, Mother Jordan, Southwel, Hume, and Bolinbrook, under guard. K. Henry. STAN Glofter's wife, TAND forth, Dame Eleanor Cobham, In fight of God and us your guilt is great; From thence unto the place of execution. -You, —You, Madam, for you are more nobly born, Elean. Welcome is exile, welcome were my death. Glo. The law, thou feeft, hath judg'd thee, Eleanor I cannot justify, whom law condemns. [Exeunt Eleanor, and the others, guarded. Give up thy staff; Henry will to himself Q. Mar. I fee no reason, why a King of years As e'er thy father Henry made it mine Farewel, good King; when I am dead and gone, 2 Sorrow would folace, and my age would Eafe.] That is, forrow would have, forrow requires folace, and age requires eafe. God and King Henry govern England's realm: 1 The word realm at the end of two lines together is difpleafing; and when it is confidered that much of this fcene s written in rhyme, it will not appear improbable that the author wrote, govern England's helm. Q. Mar. Why, now is Henry King, and Marg res And Humphry, Duke of Glofter, fcarce himself, This ftaff of honour raught, there let it ftand, Suf. Thus drops this lofty pine, and hangs his Thus Eleaner's pride dies in her younger days. Q. Mar. Ay, good my Lord; for purpofely therefore Left I the court, to fee this quarrel try'd. K. Henry, A'God's name, fee the lifts and all things fit; Here let them end it, and God guard the right! Enter at one door the armourer and bis neighbours, drinke ing to bim fo much, that he is drunk; and he enters with a drum before him, and bis ftaff with a fand 3-worfe beftead,] In a worfe plight. 4 with a Sand-bag faftened to it.] As, according to the old laws of duels, Knights were to fight with the lance and fword; fo thofe of inferior rank fought with an Ebon staff or battoon, tọ the farther end of which was fix'd a bag cram'd hard with fand. To this cuftom Hudibras has alluded in these humourous lines, Engag'd with money bags, as bold As men with Sand-bags did of old. WARBURTON, bag bag fastened to it; and at the other door bis man, with a drum and fand-bag, and prentices drinking to bim. 1 Neigh. Here, neighbour Horner, I drink to you in a cup of fack; and fear not, neighbour, you shall do well enough. 2 Neigh. And here, neighbour, here's a cup of char neco. 5 3 Neigh. And here's a pot of good double beer, neighbour; drink, and fear not your man. Arm. Let it come, i'faith, and I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter. 1 Pren. Here, Peter, I drink to thee, and be not afraid. 2 Pren. Be merry, Peter, and fear not thy mafter; fight for the credit of the 'prentices. Peter. I thank you all; drink, and pray for me, I pray you; for, I think, I have taken my laft draught in this world. Here, Robin: if I die, I give thee my apron; and, Will, thou fhalt have my hammer; and here, Tom, take all the mony that I have. O Lord, bless me I pray God; for I am never able to deal with my master, he hath learn'd fo much fence already. 5 a cup of charneco.] On which the Oxford Editor thus criticifes in his Index. This feems to have been a cant word for fome fireng liquor, which was apt to bring drunken fellows to the flocks, fince in Spanish Charniegos is a term used for the flocks. It was no cant word, but a common name for a fort of fweet wine, as appears from a paffage in a pamphlet, intitled, The difcovery of a London Monster, called the black dog of Newgate, printed 1612. Some drinking the neat vine of Orleance, fome the Gafcony, fome the Bourdeaux. There wanted neither fherry, fack nor charneco, maligo nor amber-colour'd candy, nor liquerif ipocras, brown beloved hattard, fat aligant, or any quick-spirited liquor.- -And as charneca is, in Spanish, the name of a kind of turpentine tree, I imagine the growth of it was in fone diftri&t abounding with that tree; or that it had its name from a certain flavour refembling it. D 4 WARBURTON. Sal. |