Henry the fourth.
802702But indeed the
se humble con
siderations make me out of loue
803703with my greatne
sse. What a di
sgrace is it to mee to remember
804704thy name? or to know thy face to morow? or to take note how
805705many paire of
silke
stockings thou ha
st with the
se, and tho
se
806706that were thy peach colourd once, or to beare the inuentorie of
807707thy
shirts, as one for
super
fluitie, and another for v
se. But that
809708the Tennis court keeper knows better than I, for it is a low eb
810709of linnen with thee when thou keepe
st not racket there, as thou
811710ha
st not done a great while, becau
se the re
st of the low Coun
- 812711tries haue eate vp thy holland: and God knows whether tho
se
812.1712that bal out the ruines of thy linnen
shal inherite his kingdom:
812.2713but the Midwiues
say, the children are not in the fault where
- 812.3714vpon the world increa
ses, and kinreds are mightily
strengthe
- 814716Poynes How ill it followes, after you haue labored
so hard,
815717you
should talke
so ydlely! tell me how many good yong prin
- 816718ces woulde doe
so, their fathers being
so
sicke, as yours at this
818720Prince Shall I tel thee one thing Poynes?
819721Poynes Yes faith, and let it be an excellent good thing.
820722Prince It
shall
serue among wittes of no higher breeding
822724Poynes Go to, I
stand the pu
sh of your one thing that you
824726Prince Mary I tell thee it is not meete that I
should bee
sad
825727now my father is
sicke, albeit I could tell to thee, as to one it
826728plea
ses me for fault of a better to call my friend, I could be
sad,
828730Poynes Very hardly, vpon
such a
subie
ct.
829731Prince By this hand, thou thinke
st me as farre in the diuels
830732booke, as thou and Fal
sta
ffe, for obduracie and per
sistancie,
831733let the end trie the man, but I tel thee, my heart bleeds inward
- 832734ly that my father is
so
sick, and keeping
such vile company as
833735thou arte, hath in rea
son taken from me all o
stentation of
sor
- Prince.