Shakespeare's King Henry Iv. Part 1, with Explanatory and Illustr. Notes, Adapted for Scholastic Or Private Study by J. Hunter

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...I will do it in King Cambyses' vein.4 P. Hen. Well, here is my leg.5 Fal. And here is my speech.--Stand aside, nobility. Host. O! this is excellent sport, i' faith. Fal. Weep not, sweet queen, for trickling tears are vain. 1 State. Throne, or royal chair. 2 Is taken for. Is regarded as no better than. s In passion. With emotion. 'King Cambyses' vein. This refers to an"bld play, A Lamentable Tragedy, mixed full of Pleasant Mirth, containing the Life of Cambyses, King of Persia, by Thomas Preston, 1570. 5 Here is my leg. Here I do obeisance with my leg. So in K. Richard II.-iii. 3, 'Ton make a leg, and Bolingbroke says ay.' Host. O the father, how he holds his countenance! Fal. For God's sake, lords, convey my tristful queen, For tears do stop the flood-gates of her eyes. Host. O! he doth it as like one of these harlotry players, as ever I see. Fal. Peace, good pint-pot; peace, good tickle-brain.--Harry, I do not only marvel where thou spendest thy time, but also how thou art accompanied: for though the camomile, the more it is trodden on, the faster it grows, yet youth, the more it is wasted, the sooner it wears.1 That thou art my son, I have partly thy mother's word, partly my own opinion; but chiefly, a villainous trick 2 of thine eye, and a foolish hanging of thy nether lip, that doth warrant me. If then thou be son to me, here lieth the point--why, being son to me, art thou so pointed at? Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher,3 and eat blackberries? a question not to be asked. Shall the son of England prove a thief, and take purses? a question to be asked. There is a thing, Harry, which thou hast often heard of, and it is known to many in our land by the name of pitch: this jpitch, as ancient writers do report, doth...