887.1501King. Now you Lords of Orleance,

887.2502Of Bourbon, and of Berry,

887.3503You see the King of England is not slack,

887.4504For he is footed on this land alreadie.

902505Dolphin. My gratious Lord, tis meet we all goe (foorth,

903506And arme vs against the foe:

910507And view the weak & sickly parts of France:

911508But let vs do it with no show of feare,

912509No with no more, then if we heard

510England were busied with a Moris dance.

914511For my good Lord, she is so idley kingd,

915512Her scepter so fantistically borne,

916513So guided by a shallow humorous youth,

917514That feare attends her not.

918515Con. O Peace Prince Dolphin, you deceiue your selfe,

C Question

920516Question your grace the late Embassador,

921517With what regard he heard his Embassage,

922518How well supplied with aged Counsellours,

922.1519And how his resolution andswered him,

922.3520You then would say that Harry was not wilde.

938521King. Well thinke we Harry strong:

938.1522And strongly arme vs to preuent the foe.

938.2523Con. My Lord here is an Embassador

938.3524From the King of England.

938.4525Kin. Bid him come in.

960526You see this chase is hotly followed Lords.

963527Dol. My gracious father, cut vp this English short,

966528Selfe loue my Liege is not so vile a thing,

967529As self neglecting.

969531King. From our brother England?

970532Exe. From him, and thus he greets your Maiestie:

971533He wils you in the name of God Almightie,

972534That you deuest your selfe and lay apart

973535That borrowed tytle, which by gift of heauen,

974536Of lawe of nature, and of nations, longs

975537To him and to his heires, namely the crowne

976538And all wide stretched titles that belongs

978539Vnto the Crowne of France, that you may know

979540Tis no sinister, nor no awkeward claime,

980541Pickt from the worm holes of old vanisht dayes,

981542Nor from the dust of old obliuion rackte,

982543He sends you these most memorable lynes,

983544In euery branch truly demonstrated:

984545Willing you ouerlooke this pedigree,

985546And when you finde him euenly deriued

986547From his most famed and famous ancestors,

987548Edward the third, he bids you then resigne

988549Your crowne and kingdome, indirectly held

989550From him, the natiue and true challenger.

990551King. If not, what followes?

991552Exe. Bloody cōstraint, for if you hide the crown

992553Euen in your hearts, there will he rake for it:

993554Therefore in fierce tempest is he comming,

994555In thunder, and in earthquake, like a Ioue,

995556That if requiring faile, he will compell it:

999557And on your heads turnes he the widowes teares,

1000558The Orphanes cries, the dead mens bones,

1001559The pining maydens grones.

1002560For husbands, fathers, and distressed louers,

1003561Which shall be swallowed in this controuersie.

1004562This is his claime, his threatning, and my message,

1005563Vnles the Dolphin be in presence here,

1006564To whom expresly we bring greeting too.

1010565Dol. For the Dolphin? I stand here for him,

1011566What to heare from England.

1012567Exe. Scorn & defiance, slight regard, contempt,

1013568And any thing that may not misbecome

1014569The mightie sender, doth he prise you at:

1015570Thus saith my king. Vnles your fathers highnesse

1017571Sweeten the bitter mocke you sent his Maiestie,

1018572Heele call you to so loud an answere for it,

1019573That caues and wombely vaultes of France

1020574Shall chide your trespasse, and return your mock,

1021575In second accent of his ordenance.

1022576Dol. Say that my father render faire reply,

1023577It is against my will:

578For I desire nothing so much,

1024579As oddes with England.

1025580And for that cause according to his youth

1026581I did present him with those Paris balles.

1027582Exe. Heele make your Paris Louer shake for it,

1028583Were it the mistresse Court of mightie Europe.

1029584And be assured, youle finde a difference

1030585As we his subiects haue in wonder found:

C 2 Betweene

1031586Betweene his yonger dayes and these he musters now,

1032587Now he wayes time euen to the latest graine,

1033588Which you shall finde in your owne losses

1034589If he stay in France.

1034.1590King. Well for vs, you shall returne our answere backe

1034.2591To our brother England.