The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth (Quarto, 1598)

Introduction
Texts of this edition
Contextual materials
2. Famous Victories of Henry V: Supplementary Materials

 The famous victories
 1556Enters Iohn Cobler rouing, with a packe full
 1557of apparell.
 1558Iohn. Whoope Dericke, how doest thou?
 1559Der. What Iohn, Comedeuales, aliue yet.
 1560Iohn.  I promise thee Dericke, I scapte hardly,
 1561For I was within halfe a mile when one was kild.
 1562Der. Were you so?
 1563Iohn.  I trust me, I had like bene slaine.
 1564Der. But once kild, why it tis nothing,
 1565 I was foure or fiue times slaine.
 1566Iohn. Foure or fiue times slaine.
 1567Why how couldst thou haue beene aliue now?
 1568Der. O Iohn, neuer say so,
 1569For I was cald the bloodie souldier amongst them all.
 1570Iohn. Why what didst thou?
 1571Der. Why I will tell thee Iohn,
 1572Euery day when I went into the field,
 1573I would take a straw and thrust it into my nose,
 1574And make my nose bleed, and then I wold go into the field,
 1575And when the Captaine saw me, he would say,
 1576Peace a bloodie souldier, and bid me stand aside,
 1577Whereof I was glad:
 1578But marke the chance Iohn.
 1579I went and stood behinde a tree, but marke then Iohn.
 1580I thought I had beene safe, but on a sodaine,
 1581There steps to me a lustie tall French man,
 1582Now he drew, and I drew,
 1583Now I lay here, and he lay there,
 1584Now I set this leg before, and turned this backward,
 1585And skipped quite ouer a hedge,
 1586And he saw me no more there that day,
 1587And was not this well done Iohn?
 1588Iohn. Masse Dericke,  thou hast a wittie head.
 1589Der. I Iohn,  thou maist see, if thou hadst takẽ my coũsel,
 1590But what hast thou there?
 I thinke

Internet Shakespeare Editions

Reading Room

Toolbox

About this text

The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth (Quarto, 1598)