3196that
shall goe to Con
stantinople, and take the Turke by
3197the Beard. Shall wee not? what
say'
st thou, my faire
3199Kate. I doe not know dat
. 3200King. No: 'tis hereafter to know, but now to promi
se:
3201doe but now promi
se
Kate, you will endeauour for your
3202French part of
such a Boy; and for my Engli
sh moytie,
3203take the Word of a King, and a Batcheler. How an
swer
3204you,
La plus belle Katherine du monde mon trescher & deuin 3206Kath. Your Maie
stee aue
fause Frenche enough to
3207deceiue de mo
st sage Damoi
seil dat is en Fraunce.
3208King. Now fye vpon my fal
se French: by mine Honor
3209in true Engli
sh, I loue thee
Kate; by which Honor, I dare
3210not
sweare thou loue
st me, yet my blood begins to
flat
- 3211ter me, that thou doo'
st; notwith
standing the poore and
3212vntempering e
ffe
ct of my Vi
sage. Now be
shrew my
3213Fathers Ambition, hee was thinking of Ciuill Warres
3214when hee got me, therefore was I created with a
stub
- 3215borne out-
side, with an a
spe
ct of Iron, that when I come
3216to wooe Ladyes, I fright them: but in faith
Kate, the el
- 3217der I wax, the better I
shall appeare. My comfort is, that
3218Old Age, that ill layer vp of Beautie, can doe no more
3219spoyle vpon my Face. Thou ha
st me, if thou ha
st me, at
3220the wor
st; and thou
shalt weare me, if thou weare me,
3221better and better: and therefore tell me, mo
st faire
Ka- 3222therine, will you haue me? Put o
ff your Maiden Blu
shes,
3223auouch the Thoughts of your Heart with the Lookes of
3224an Empre
sse, take me by the Hand, and
say,
Harry of
3225England, I am thine: which Word thou
shalt no
sooner
3226ble
sse mine Eare withall, but I will tell thee alowd, Eng
- 3227land is thine, Ireland is thine, France is thine, and
Henry 3228Plantaginet is thine; who, though I
speake it before his
3229Face, if he be not Fellow with the be
st King, thou
shalt
3230finde the be
st King of Good-fellowes. Come your An
- 3231swer in broken Mu
sick; for thy Voyce is Mu
sick, and
3232thy Engli
sh broken: Therefore Queene of all,
Katherine,
3233breake thy minde to me in broken Engli
sh; wilt thou
3235Kath. Dat is as it
shall plea
se
de Roy mon pere.
3236King. Nay, it will plea
se him well,
Kate; it
shall plea
se
3238Kath. Den it
sall al
so content me.
3239King. Vpon that I ki
sse your Hand, and I call you my
3241Kath. Laisse mon Seigneur, laisse, laisse, may foy: Ie ne 3242veus point que vous abbaisse vostre grandeus, en baisant le 3243main d'une nostre Seigneur indignie seruiteur excuse moy. Ie 3244vous supplie mon tres-puissant Seigneur.
3245King. Then I will ki
sse your Lippes,
Kate.
3246Kath. Les Dames & Damoisels pour estre baisee deuant 3247leur nopcese il net pas le costume de Fraunce.
3248King. Madame, my Interpreter, what
sayes
shee?
3249Lady. Dat it is not be de fa
shon pour le Ladies of
3250Fraunce; I cannot tell wat is
buisse en Angli
sh.
3252Lady. Your Maie
stee
entendre bettre que moy.
3253King. It is not a fa
shion for the Maids in Fraunce to
3254ki
sse before they are marryed, would
she
say?
3256King. O
Kate, nice Cu
stomes cur
sie to great Kings.
3257Deare
Kate, you and I cannot bee con
fin'd within the
3258weake Ly
st of a Countreyes fa
shion: wee are the ma
- 3259kers of Manners,
Kate; and the libertie that followes
3260our Places,
stoppes the mouth of all
finde-faults, as I
3261will doe yours, for vpholding the nice fa
shion of your
3262Countrey, in denying me a Ki
sse: therefore patiently,
3263and yeelding. You haue Witch-craft in your Lippes,
3264Kate: there is more eloquence in a Sugar touch of
3265them, then in the Tongues of the French Councell; and
3266they
should
sooner per
swade
Harry of England, then a
3267generall Petition of Monarchs. Heere comes your
3269Enter the French Power, and the English
3271Burg. God
saue your Maie
stie, my Royall Cou
sin,
3272teach you our Prince
sse Engli
sh?
3273King. I would haue her learne, my faire Cou
sin, how
3274perfe
ctly I loue her, and that is good Engli
sh.
3275Burg. Is
shee not apt?
3276King. Our Tongue is rough, Coze, and my Conditi
- 3277on is not
smooth:
so that hauing neyther the Voyce nor
3278the Heart of Flatterie about me, I cannot
so coniure vp
3279the Spirit of Loue in her, that hee will appeare in his true
3281Burg. Pardon the frankne
sse of my mirth, if I an
swer
3282you for that
. If you would coniure in her, you mu
st 3283make a Circle: if coniure vp Loue in her in his true
3284likene
sse, hee mu
st appeare naked, and blinde. Can you
3285blame her then, being a Maid, yet ros'd ouer with the
3286Virgin Crim
son of Mode
stie, if
shee deny the apparance
3287of a naked blinde Boy in her naked
seeing
selfe? It were
3288(my Lord) a hard Condition for a Maid to con
signe
3290King. Yet they doe winke and yeeld, as Loue is blind
3292Burg. They are then excus'd, my Lord, when they
see
3294King. Then good my Lord, teach your Cou
sin to
3296Burg. I will winke on her to con
sent, my Lord, if you
3297will teach her to know my meaning: for Maides well
3298Summer'd, and warme kept, are like Flyes at Bartholo
- 3299mew-tyde, blinde, though they haue their eyes, and then
3300they will endure handling, which before would not abide
3302King. This Morall tyes me ouer to Time, and a hot
3303Summer; and
so I
shall catch the Flye, your Cou
sin, in
3304the latter end, and
she mu
st be blinde to.
3305Burg. As Loue is my Lord, before it loues.
3306King. It is
so: and you may,
some of you, thanke
3307Loue for my blindne
sse, who cannot
see many a faire
3308French Citie for one faire French Maid that
stands in my
3310French King. Yes my Lord, you
see them per
spec
- 3311tiuely: the Cities turn'd into a Maid; for they are
3312all gyrdled with Maiden Walls, that Warre hath en
- 3314England. Shall
Kate be my Wife?
3315France. So plea
se you.
3316England. I am content,
so the Maiden Cities you
3317talke of, may wait on her:
so the Maid that
stood in
3318the way for my Wi
sh,
shall
shew me the way to my
3320France. Wee haue con
sented to all tearmes of rea
- 3322England. Is't
so, my Lords of England?
3323West. The King hath graunted euery Article:
3324His Daughter
fir
st; and in
sequele, all,
3325According to their
firme propo
sed natures.
Exet. Onely