Lord Bishop, set the crown upon his head.

God save King Henry, of that name the sixth.

Now, Governor of Paris, take your oath

4.1.41749That you elect no other King but him;

4.1.51750Esteem none friends but such as are his friends,

4.1.61751And none your foes but such as shall pretend

4.1.71752Malicious practices against his state.

4.1.81753This shall ye do, so help you righteous God.

My gracious sovereign, as I rode from Calice

4.1.101756To haste unto your coronation

4.1.111757A letter was delivered to my hands,

4.1.121758Writ to your grace, from th' Duke of Burgundy.

Shame to the Duke of Burgundy and thee.

4.1.141760I vowed, base knight, when I did meet thee next,

4.1.151761To tear the Garter from thy craven's leg,

4.1.161762Which I have done because unworthily

4.1.171763Thou was't installèd in that high degree.

4.1.181764Pardon me, princely Henry, and the rest.

4.1.191765This dastard at the battle of Poitiers,

4.1.201766When but in all I was six thousand strong,

4.1.211767And that the French were almost ten to one,

4.1.221768Before we met, or that a stroke was given,

4.1.231769Like to a trusty squire did run away;

4.1.241770In which assault we lost twelve hundred men.

4.1.251771Myself and diverse gentlemen beside

4.1.261772Were there surprised and taken prisoners.

4.1.271773Then judge, great lords, if I have done amiss,

4.1.281774Or whether that such cowards ought to wear

4.1.291775This ornament of knighthood: yea or no?

To say the truth, this fact was infamous

4.1.311777And ill beseeming any common man,

4.1.321778Much more a knight, a captain and a leader.

When first this order was ordained my lords,

4.1.341780Knights of the Garter were of noble birth,

4.1.351781Valiant and virtuous, full of haughty courage,

4.1.361782Such as were grown to credit by the wars;

4.1.371783Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress,

4.1.381784But always resolute in most extremes.

4.1.391785He then that is not furnished in this sort

4.1.401786Doth but usurp the sacred name of knight,

4.1.411787Profaning this most honorable order,

4.1.421788And should, if I were worthy to be judge,

4.1.431789Be quite degraded, like a hedge-born swain

4.1.441790That doth presume to boast of gentle blood.

[To Falstaff.] Stain to thy countrymen, thou hear'st thy doom.

4.1.461792Be packing, therefore, thou that was't a knight.

4.1.471793Henceforth we banish thee on pain of death.

4.1.481794And now, Lord Protector, view the letter

4.1.491795Sent from our Uncle, Duke of Burgundy.

What means his grace that he hath changed 1797his style?

4.1.511798No more but plain and bluntly "To the King"?

4.1.521799Hath he forgot he is his sovereign?

4.1.531800Or doth this churlish superscription

4.1.541801Pretend some alteration in good will?

4.1.551802What's here? "I have upon especial cause

4.1.561803Moved with compassion of my country's wrack

4.1.571804Together with the pitiful complaints

4.1.581805Of such as your oppression feeds upon,

4.1.591806Forsaken your pernicious faction

4.1.601807And joined with Charles, the rightful king of France."

4.1.611808O monstrous treachery. Can this be so?

4.1.621809That in alliance, amity, and oaths

4.1.631810There should be found such false dissembling guile?

What? Doth my uncle Burgundy revolt?

He doth, my lord, and is become your foe.

Is that the worst this letter doth contain?

It is the worst, and all, my lord, he writes.

Why then, Lord Talbot there shall talk with him

4.1.691816And give him chastisement for this abuse.

4.1.701817How say you, my lord? Are you not content?

Content, my liege? Yes. But that I am prevented,

4.1.721819I should have begged I might have been employed.

Then gather strength and march unto him 1821straight.

4.1.741822Let him perceive how ill we brook his treason,

4.1.751823And what offense it is to flout his friends.

I go my lord, in heart desiring still

4.1.771825You may behold confusion of your foes.

[To King Henry.] Grant me the combat, gracious sovereign.

[To King Henry.] And me, my lord; grant me the combat too.

[To King Henry, pointing to Vernon.] This is my servant; hear him, noble prince.

[To King Henry, pointing to Basset.] And this is mine, sweet Henry, favor him.

Be patient, lords, and give them leave to speak.

4.1.831832Say, gentlemen, what makes you thus exclaim,

4.1.841833And wherefore crave you combat, or with whom?

With him, my lord; for he hath done me wrong.

And I with him; for he hath done me wrong.

What is that wrong whereof you both complain?

4.1.881837First let me know, and then I'll answer you.

Crossing the sea from England into France,

4.1.901839This fellow here with envious carping tongue

4.1.911840Upbraided me about the rose I wear,

4.1.921841Saying the sanguine color of the leaves

4.1.931842Did represent my master's blushing cheeks

4.1.941843When stubbornly he did repugn the truth

4.1.951844About a certain question in the law

4.1.961845Argued betwixt the Duke of York and him,

4.1.971846With other vile and ignominious terms;

4.1.981847In confutation of which rude reproach,

4.1.991848And in defense of my lord's worthiness,

4.1.1001849I crave the benefit of law of arms.

And that is my petition, noble lord;

4.1.1021851For though he seem with forgèd quaint conceit

4.1.1031852To set a gloss upon his bold intent,

4.1.1041853Yet know, my lord, I was provoked by him,

4.1.1051854And he first took exceptions at this badge,

4.1.1061855Pronouncing that the paleness of this flower

4.1.1071856Bewrayed the faintness of my master's heart.

Will not this malice, Somerset, be left?

Your private grudge, my lord of York, will out,

4.1.1101859Though ne'er so cunningly you smother it.

Good Lord, what madness rules in 1861brainsick men

4.1.1121862When for so slight and frivolous a cause

4.1.1131863Such factious emulations shall arise?

4.1.1141864Good cousins both of York and Somerset,

4.1.1151865Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace.

Let this dissension first be tried by fight,

4.1.1171867And then your highness shall command a peace.

The quarrel toucheth none but us alone;

4.1.1191869Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then.

There is my pledge. Accept it, Somerset.

Nay, let it rest where it began at first.

Confirm it so, mine honorable lord.

Confirm it so? Confounded be your strife,

4.1.1241874And perish ye with your audacious prate.

4.1.1251875Presumptuous vassals, are you not ashamed

4.1.1261876With this immodest clamorous outrage

4.1.1271877To trouble and disturb the King and us?

4.1.1281878And you, my lords, methinks you do not well

4.1.1291879To bear with their perverse objections,

4.1.1301880Much less to take occasion from their mouths

4.1.1311881To raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves.

4.1.1321882Let me persuade you take a better course.

It grieves his highness. 1884Good my lords, be friends.

Come hither, you that would be combatants.

4.1.1351886Henceforth I charge you, as you love our favor,

4.1.1361887Quite to forget this quarrel, and the cause.

4.1.1371888And you, my lords, remember where we are:

4.1.1381889In France, amongst a fickle wavering nation.

4.1.1391890If they perceive dissension in our looks,

4.1.1401891And that within ourselves we disagree,

4.1.1411892How will their grudging stomachs be provoked

4.1.1421893To willful disobedience, and rebel.

4.1.1431894Beside, what infamy will there arise

4.1.1441895When foreign princes shall be certified

4.1.1451896That for a toy, a thing of no regard,

4.1.1461897King Henry's peers and chief nobility

4.1.1471898Destroyed themselves and lost the realm of France.

4.1.1481899O, think upon the conquest of my father,

4.1.1491900My tender years, and let us not forgo

4.1.1501901That for a trifle that was bought with blood.

4.1.1511902Let me be umpire in this doubtful strife.

4.1.1521903I see no reason if I wear this rose,

4.1.1531904That any one should therefore be suspicious

4.1.1541905I more incline to Somerset than York:

4.1.1551906Both are my kinsmen, and I love them both.

4.1.1561907As well they may upbraid me with my crown

4.1.1571908Because, forsooth, the King of Scots is crowned.

4.1.1581909But your discretions better can persuade

4.1.1591910Than I am able to instruct or teach,

4.1.1601911And therefore, as we hither came in peace,

4.1.1611912So let us still continue peace and love.

4.1.1621913Cousin of York, we institute your grace

4.1.1631914To be our regent in these parts of France;

4.1.1641915And good my Lord of Somerset, unite

4.1.1651916Your troops of horsemen with his bands of foot,

4.1.1661917And like true subjects, sons of your progenitors,

4.1.1671918Go cheerfully together and digest

4.1.1681919Your angry choler on your enemies.

4.1.1691920Ourself, my Lord Protector, and the rest,

4.1.1701921After some respite, will return to Calice;

4.1.1711922From thence to England, where I hope ere long

4.1.1721923To be presented by your victories

4.1.1731924With Charles, Alencon, and that traitorous rout.

My Lord of York, I promise you, the King

4.1.1751927Prettily, methought, did play the orator.

And so he did; but yet I like it not

4.1.1771929In that he wears the badge of Somerset.

Tush, that was but his fancy; blame him not,

4.1.1791931I dare presume, sweet prince, he thought no harm.

And if I wish he did--but let it rest,

4.1.1811933Other affairs must now be managèd.

Well didst thou, Richard, to suppress thy voice;

4.1.1831936For had the passions of thy heart burst out

4.1.1841937I fear we should have seen deciphered there

4.1.1851938More rancorous spite, more furious raging broils,

4.1.1861939Than yet can be imagined or supposed.

4.1.1871940But howsoe'er, no simple man that sees

4.1.1881941This jarring discord of nobility,

4.1.1891942This shouldering of each other in the court,

4.1.1901943This factious bandying of their favorites,

4.1.1911944But that it doth presage some ill event.

4.1.1921945'Tis much, when scepters are in children's hands,

4.1.1931946But more when envy breeds unkind division:

4.1.1941947There comes the ruin, there begins confusion.