“O for a
muse of fire, that would ascend
The
brightest heaven of invention, -
A kingdom
for a stage, princes to act,
And
monarchs to behold the swelling scene!
Then should
the warlike Harry, like himself,
Assume the
port of Mars; and at his heels,
Leasht in
like hounds, should famine, sword and fire,
Couch for
employment.” (Shakespeare, 1992, p.485).
“Archbishop
of Canterbury:
(…) A
thousand pounds a year: thus runs the bill.
Bishop of
Ely:
This would
run deep.
Archbishop
of Canterbury:
‘Twould drink
the cup and all.” (Shakespeare, 1992, p.486).
“King
Henry:
No king of
England if not king of France.” (Shakespeare, 1992, p.493).
“Chorus:
Now
entertain conjecture of a time
When
creeping murmur and the poring dark
Fills the
wide vessel of the universe.
From camp
to camp, though the foul womb of night,
The hum of
either army stilly sounds,
That the
fixt sentinels almost receive
The secret
whispers of each other’s watch:
Fire answer
fire.” (Shakespeare, 1992, p.503).
“Michael
Williams:
We see
yonder the beginning of the day, but I
Think we
shall never see the end of it.” (Shakespeare, 1992, p.504)
King Henry:
The king
Is not
bound to answer the particular endings of
his
soldiers, the father of his son, nor the master
of his
servant.
(…) Every
subject’s duty is the king’s; but every subject’s soul is his own.”
(Shakespeare, 1992, p.505).
King Henry:
“Wherein
thou art less happy being fear’d
Than they
in fearing.
(…)
Not all
these, laid in bed majestical,
Can sleep
so soundly as the wretched slave,
Who, with a
body fill’d and vacant mind,
Gets him to
rest, cramm’d with distressful bread.
(…) Winding
up days with toil and nights with sleep,
Had the
fore-head and the vantage of a king,
The slave,
a member of the country’s peace
Enjoys it;
but in gross brain little wots
What watch
the king to maintain the peace,
Whose hours
the peasant best advantages.” (Shakespeare, 1992, p.506).
“King
Henry:
(…)
If we are
markt to die, we are enow
To do our
country loss; and if to live,
The fewer
men, the greater the share of honor.
God’s will!
I pray thee, wish not one man more.
(…)
Rather
proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he
which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him
depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns
for convoy put into his purse:
We would
not die in that man’s company
That fears
his fellowship to die with us” (Shakespeare, 1992, p.508).
“Katharine:
Is it
possible dat I should love de enemy of France.
Henry:
No; it is
not possible you should love the enemy
Of France,
Kate: but, in loving me, you should
Love the
friend of France; for I love France so well,
That I will
not part with a village of it; I will have
It all
mine: and, Kate, when France is mine and
I am yours,
then yours is France and you are
Mind.
Katharine:
I cannot
tell vat is dat.
King Heny:
No, Kate? I
will tell thee in French; which I am
sure will
hang upon my tongue like a new-mar-
ried wife
about her husband’s neck, hardly to be
shook off.
(…)
It is as easy
for me,
Kate, to
conquer the kingdom, as to speak so
Much more
French: I shall never move thee in
French,
unless it be to laugh at me.” (Shakespeare, 1992, p.517).
“King
Henry:
It is not
fashion for the maids in France to kiss
Before they
are married, would she say?
Alice
Qui,
vraiment.
King Henry:
O Kate,
nice customs court’sy to great kings.
Dear Kate,
you and I cannot be confined within
the weak
list of a country’s fashion: we are the makers of the manners.” (Shakespeare,
1992, p.517).
“Chorus:
Thus far,
with rough and all unable pen,
Our bending
author hath pursued the story;
In little
room confining mighty men,
Mangling by
starts the full course of their glory.
Small time,
but in that small, most greatly liv’d
This star
of England: fortune made his sword;
By which
the world’s best garden he achieved,
And of it
left his son imperial lord.” (Shakespeare, 1992, p.519).
