of Henrie the fourth.
23982192now my whole charge con
sists of Ancients, Corporals, Lieu
- 23992193tenants, gentlemen of companies:
slaues as ragged as Lazarus in
24002194the painted cloth, where the gluttons dogs licked his
sores, and
24012195such as indeed were neuer
souldiours, but di
scarded, vniu
st ser
- 24022196uingmen, yonger
sonnes to yonger brothers, reuolted tap
sters,
24032197and O
stlers, tradefalne, the cankers of a calme world, and a long
24052198peace, ten times more di
shonourable ragged then an olde fazd
24062199ancient, and
such haue I to
fill vp the roomes of them as haue
24072200bought out their
seruices, that you woulde thinke that I had a
24082201hundred and
fiftie tottered prodigals, latelie come from
swine
24092202keeping, from eating dra
ffe and hu
sks. A mad fellowe met mee
24102203on the way, and tolde mee I had vnloaded all the Gibbets, and
24112204pre
st the dead bodies. No eye hath
seene
such
skarcrowes. Ile
24132205not march through Couentry with them, thats
flat: nay, and
24142206the villains march wide betwixt the legs as if they had giues on,
24152207for indeede I had the mo
st of them out of pri
son, theres not a
24162208shert and a halfe in all my companie, and the halfe
shert is two
24172209napkins tackt togither, and throwne ouer the
shoulders like a
24182210Heralds coate without
sleeues, and the
shert to
say the trueth
24202211stolne from my ho
st at S. Albones, or the red-no
se Inkeeper of
24212212Dauintry, but thats all one, theile
find linnen inough on euerie
24232214Enter the Prince, Lord of Westmerland. 24242215Prin. How now blowne iacke? how now quilt?
24252216Fal. What Hal, how now mad wag? what a diuel do
st thou in
24262217Warwick
shire? My good Lo. of We
stmerland, I cry you mercy,
24272218I thought your honour had alreadie bin at
shrewe
sburie.
24292219West. Faith
sir Iohn tis more then time that
I were there, and
24302220you too but my powers are there already, the king I can tel you
24312221lookes for vs all, we mu
st away all night.
24332222Falst. Tut neuer feare mee, I am as vigilant as a Cat to
steale
24352224Prin. I thinke to
steale Creame indeed, for thy theft hath al
- 24362225readie made thee butter, but tell me iacke, who
se fellowes are
24392228Prince. I did neuer
see
such pitifull ra
scals.
24402229Falst. Tut, tut, good inough to to
sse, foode for powder, foode
H.iii. for