Doug. A fool go with thy soul, whither it goes! Hot. The king hath many marching in his coats. Up, and away; Our soldiers stand full fairly for the day. [Exeunt. Other Alarums. Enter FALSTAFF. Fal. Though I could 'scape shot-free at London, I fear the shot here; here's no scoring, but upon the pate.--Soft! who art thou? Sir Walter Blunt :-there's honour for you: Here's no vanity! I am as hot as molten lead, and as heavy too: God keep lead out of me! I need no more weight than mine own bowels. I have led my raggamuffins where they are peppered : there's but three of my hundred and fifty left alive; and they are for the town's end, to beg during life. But who comes here? Enter PRINCE HENRY. P. Hen. What, standest thou idle here? lend me thy sword: Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff, Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies, Whose deaths are unreveng'd: Prythee, lend thy sword. Fal. O Hal, I pr’ythee, give me leave to breathe awhile.—Turk Gregory never did such deeds in arms, as I have done this day. I have paid Percy, I have made him sure. P. Hen. He is, indeed; and living to kill thee. Lend me thy sword, I pr’ythee. Fal. Nay, before God, Hal, if Perey be alive, thou get'st not my sword; but take my pistol, if thou wilt. P. Hen. Give it me: What, is it in the case? Fal. Ay, Hal; 'tis hot, 'lis hot; there's that will sack a city. [The Prince draws out a Bottle of Sack. F P. Hen. What, is't a time to jest and dally now? [Throws it at him, and exit. Fal. Well, if Percy be alive, I'll pierce him. If he do come in my way, so: if he do not, if I come in his, willingly, let him make a carbonado of me. I like not such grinning honour as sir Walter hath: Give me life: which if I can save, so; if not, honour comes anlooked for, and there's an end. [Exit. SCENE IV. Another part of the Field. Alarums: Excursions. Enter the KING, PRINCE HENRY, PRINCE John, and WESTMORELAND. K. Hen. I pr’ythee, P. John. Not I, my lord, unless I did bleed too. P. Hen. I do beseech your majesty, make up, K. Hen. I will do so :- lead you to your tent. moreland, [Exeunt Prince John and Westmoreland. K. Hen. I saw him hold lord Percy at the point, O, this boy [Erit. Alarums. Enter DOUGLAS. heart, Doug. I fear, thou art another counterfeit; Prince Henry P. Hen. Hold up thy bead, vile Scot, or thou art like Never to hold it up again! the spirits Of Shirley, Stafford, Blunt, are in my arms: It is the prince of Wales, that threatens thee; Who never promiseth, but he means to pay. [They fight; Douglas flies. K. Hen. Stay, and breathe awhile :- P. Hen. O heaven! they did me too much injury, [Exit King Henry. Enter HOTSPUR. Why, then I see Hot. Nor shall it, Harry, for the hour is come P. Hen. I'll make it greater, ere I part from thee; crop, to make a garland for my head. Enter FALSTAFF. Fal. Well said, Hal! to it, Hal!-Nay, you shall find no boy's play here, I can tell you. Enter Douglas; he Fights with FALSTAFF, who falls down as if he were Dead, and exit Douglas. Hotspur is wounded, and falls. Hot. O, Harry, thou hast robb’d me of my youth : I better brook the loss of brittle life, Than those proud titles thou hast won of me; They wound my thoughts, worse than thy sword my But thought's the slave of life, and life-time's fool; And time, that takes survey of all the world, Must have a stop. O, I could prophesy, But that the earthly and cold hand of death Lies on my tongue :-No, Percy, thou art dust, And food for [Dies. P. Hen. For worms, brave Percy : Fare thee well, Ill-weav'd ambition, how much art thou shrank! flesh: great heart! When that this body did contain a spirit, [He sees Falstaff on the Ground. Fal. [Rising slowly] Embowelled ! if thou embowel me to-day, I'll give you leave to powder me, and eat me too, to-morrow. 'Sblood, 'twas time to counterfeit, or that bot termagant Scot had paid me scot and Jot too. Counterfeit? I lie, I am no counterfeit: To die, is to be a counterfeit; for he is but the counterfeit of a man, who hath not the life of a man: but to counterfeit dying, when a man thereby liveth, is to be no counterfeit, but the true and perfect image of life indeed. The better part of valour is-discretion; in the which better part, I have saved my life. Zounds, I am afraid of this gunpowder Percy, though he be dead: How, if he should counterfeit too, and rise? I am afraid he would prove the better counterfeit. Therefore I'll make him sore: yea, and I'll swear I killed him. Why may not he rise, as well as I? Nothing confutes me but eyes, and nobody sees me. Therefore, G |