Der. What is he gone, masse I am glad of it,

For if he had staid, I was afraid he wold haue sturd again,
And then I should haue béene spilt,

But I will away, to kill more Frenchmen.

Enters King of France, King of England, and attendants.

Hen. V. Now my good brother of France,

My comming into this land was not to shead blood,
But for the right of my Countrey, which if you can deny,
I am content peaceably to leaue my siege,

And to depart out of your land.

Char. What is it you demand,

My louing brother of England.

Hen. V. My Secretary hath it written, read it.
Sec. Item, that immediately Henry of England

Be crowned King of France.

Char. A very hard sentence,

My good brother of England.

Hen. V. No more but right, my good brother of France.
Fr. King. Well, read on.

Sec. Item, that after the death of the said Henry,
The Crowne remaine to him and his heires for euer
Fr. King. Why then you do not onely meane to
Dispossesse me, but also my sonne.

Hen. V. Why my good brother of France, You haue had it long inough:

And as for Prince Dolphin,

It skils not though he sit beside the saddle:

Thus I haue set it downe, and thus it shall be.
Fr. King. You are very peremptorie,

My good brother of England.

Hen. V. And you as peruerse, my good brother of France.
Char. Why then belike, all that I haue here is yours.
Hen. V. I euen as far as the kingdom of France reaches.
Char. I for by this hote beginning,

We shall scarce bring it to a calme ending.

Hen. V. It is as you please, here is my resolution.
Char. Well my brother of England,

If you will, giue me a copie,

We will meet you againe to-morrow.

Exeunt King of France, and all their attendants.

Hen. V. With a good will my good brother of France. Secretary deliuer him a coppie.

My lords of England goe before,

And I will follow you.

[Exeunt Lords. Speaks to himselfe,

Hen. V. Ah Harry, thrice vnhappie Harry,

Hast thou now conquered the French King,
And begins a fresh supply with his daughter,

But with what face canst thou sceke to gaine her loue,
Which has sought to win her fathers Crowne?
Her fathers Crowne said I, no it is mine owne:
I but I loue her, and must craue her,

Nay I loue her and will haue her.

Enters Lady KATHEREN and her Ladies.

But here she comes:

How now faire Ladie Katheren of France,
What newes?

Kathren. And it please your Maiestie,

My father sent me to know if you will debate any of these
Vnreasonable demands which you require.

Hen. V. Now trust me Kate,

I commend thy fathers wit greatly in this,

For none in the world could sooner haue made me debate it
If it were possible:

But tell me swéete Kate, canst thou tell how to loue?
Kate. I cannot hate my good Lord,

Therefore far vnfit were it for me to loue.

Hen. V. Tush Kate, but tell me in plaine termes, Canst thou loue the King of England?

I cannot do as these Countries do,

That spend halfe their time in woing :

Tush wench, I am none such,

But wilt thou go ouer to England?

Kate. I would to God, that I had your Maiestie,

As fast in loue, as you haue my father in warres,

I would not vouchsafe so much as one looke,

Vntill you had related all these vnreasonable demands.

Hen. V. Tush Kate, I know thou wouldst not vse me so hardly:

But tell me, canst thou loue the King of England?

Kate. How should I loue him, that hath dealt so hardly

With my father?

Hen. V. But ile deale as easily with thee,

As thy heart can imagine, or tongue can require,

How saist thou, what will it be?

Kate. If I were of my owne direction,

I could give you answere:

But seeing I stand at my fathers direction,

I must first know his will.

Hen. V. But shal I haue thy good wil in the mean season? Kate. Whereas I can put your grace in no assurance,

I would be loth to put you in any dispaire.
Hen. V. Now before God, it is a sweete wench.

[She goes aside, and speaks as followeth. Kate. I may thinke my selfe the happiest in the world, That is beloued of the mighty King of England.

Hen. V. Well Kate, are you at hoast with me? Swéete Kate, tel thy father from me,

That none in the world could sooner haue perswaded me to

It then thou, and so tel thy father from me.

Kate. God kéepe your Maiestie in good health. [Exit Kate. Hen. V. Farwel swéet Kate, in faith it is a sweet wench, But if I knew I could not haue her fathers good wil,

I would so rowse the Towers ouer his eares,
That I would make him be glad to bring her me,
Vpon his hands and knées.

[Exit King.

Enters DERICKE with his girdle full of shooes. Der. How now? Sownes it did me good to see how I did triumph ouer the French men.

Enters IOHN COBLER rouing, with a packe full of apparell.

Iohn. Whoope Dericke, how doest thou?

Der. What Iohn, Comedeuales, aliue yet.

Iohn. I promise thée Dericke, I scapte hardly, For I was within halfe a mile when one was kild. Der. Were you so?

Iohn. I trust me, I had like bene slaine.

Der. But once kild, why it is nothing,

I was foure or fiue times slaine.

Iohn. Foure or fiue times slaine.

Why how couldst thou haue béene aliue now?

Der. O Iohn, neuer say so,

For I was cald the bloodie souldier amongst them all.
Iohn. Why what didst thou?

Der. Why, I will tell thée Iohn.

Euery day when I went into the field,

I would take a straw, and thrust it into my nose,

And make my nose bléed, and then I wold go into the neid, And when the Captaine saw me, he would say,

Peace a bloodie souldier, and bid me stand aside,

Whereof I was glad :

But marke the chance Iohn.

I went and stood behinde a tree, but marke then Iohn,

I thought I had bene safe, but on a sodaine,

There steps to me a lustie tall Frenchman,
Now he drew, and I drew,

Now I lay here, and he lay there,

Now I set this leg before, and turned this backward,
And skipped quite ouer a hedge,

And he saw me no more there that day,

And was not this well done Iohn?

Iohn. Masse Dericke, thou hast a wittie head.

Der. I Iohn, thou maist sée, if thou hadst taken my cousel, But what hast thou there?

I thinke thou hast bene robbing the Frenchmen.

Iohn. I faith Dericke, I haue gotten some reparrell,

To carry home to my wife.

Der. And I haue got some shooes,

For ile tel thee what I did, when they were dead,
I would go take off all theyr shooes.

Iohn. I, but Dericke, how shall we get home?
Der. Nay, sownds and they take thée,

They wil hang thée,

O Iohn, neuer do so, if it be thy fortune to be hangd,
Be hangd in thy owne language whatsoeuer thou doest.
Iohn. Why Dericke the warres is done,

We may go home now.

Der. I but you may not go before you aske the king leaue, But I know a way to go home, and aske the king no leaue. John. How is that Dericke ?

Der. Why Iohn, thou knowest the Duke of Yorkes Funeral, must be carried into England, doest thou not? Iohn. I that I do.

Der. Why then thou knowest wéele go with it.

Iohn. I but Dericke, how shall we do for to meet them? Der. Sownds if I make not shift to meet them, hang me. Sirra, thou knowst that in euery Towne there wil Be ringing, and there wil be cakes and drinke,

Now I wil go to the Clarke and Sexton

And kéepe a talking, and say, O this fellow rings well,
And thou shalt go and take a péece of cake, then ile ring,
And thou shalt say, oh this fellow kéepe a good stint,
And then I will go drinke to thee all the way :

But I maruel what my dame wil say when we come home,
Because we haue not a French word to cast at a Dog,
By the way?

Iohn. Why what shall we do Dericke ?

Der. Why Iohn, ile go before

And thou shalt come after and set fire on the house,

We may do it Iohn, for ile proue it,

Because we be souldiers.

[The Trumpets sound.

Iohr Dericke helpe me to carry my shooes and bootes.

Enters King of England, Lord of Oxford and Exeter, then the King of France, Prince Dolphin, and the Duke of Burgondie, and attendants.

Hen. V. Now my good brother of France,

I hope by this time you haue deliberated of your answere?
Fr. King. I my welbeloued brother of England,
We haue viewed it ouer with our learned Councell,
But cannot finde that you should be crowned
King of France.

Hen. V. What not King of France, then nothing,
I must be King: but my louing brother of France,
I can hardly forget the late iniuries offered me,
When I came last to parley,

The French men had better a raked

The bowels out of their fathers carkasses,

Then to haue fiered my Tentes,

And if I knew thy sonne Prince Dolphin for one,
I would so rowse him, as he was neuer so rowsed.
Fr. King. I dare sweare for my sonnes innocencie
In this matter.

But if this please you, that immediately you be
Proclaimed and crowned heire and Regent of France,
Not King, because I my selfe was once crowned King.
Hen. V. Heire and Regent of France, that is well,
But that is not all that I must haue.

Fr. King. The rest my Secretary hath in writing.
Sec. Item, that Henry King of England,

Be Crowned heire and Regent of France,

During the life of King Charles, and after his death,
The Crowne with all rights to remaine to King Henry
Of England, and to his heires for euer.

Hen. V. Well my good brother of France,

There is one thing I must néeds desire.

Fr. King. What is that my good brother of England?
Hen. V. That all your Nobles must be sworne to be true to

me.

Fr. King. Whereas they haue not stucke with greater Matters, I know they wil not sticke with such a trifle, Begin you my Lord Duke of Burgondie.

Hen. V. Come my Lord of Burgondie,

Take your oath vpon my sword.

Burgon. I Philip Duke of Burgondie,

Sweare to Henry King of England,

To be true to him, and to become his league-man,
And that if I Philip, heare of any forraigne power