. [Works of Shakespeare] . e that S. should have assigned it toher. 91. And seek how we may prejudice the foe, We cannot thinkthat S., even when a schoolboy, would have put forth so soddenlyvapid a sentence (Clarke). Scene IV. — 13. Gloster. A trisyllable here. 18. I do remembery etc. Henry was but nine months old whenhis father died, and never even saw him (Malone). 20. Resolved. Assured, satisfied. Cf. i. 2. 91 above. 23. Reguerdon^d, Rewarded. Cf. the noun in iii. I. 170 above. 29. These colours. Referring to the badge of a rose which hewears. 32. Patronage. See on iii, i. 48 above. 38. The


. [Works of Shakespeare] . e that S. should have assigned it toher. 91. And seek how we may prejudice the foe, We cannot thinkthat S., even when a schoolboy, would have put forth so soddenlyvapid a sentence (Clarke). Scene IV. — 13. Gloster. A trisyllable here. 18. I do remembery etc. Henry was but nine months old whenhis father died, and never even saw him (Malone). 20. Resolved. Assured, satisfied. Cf. i. 2. 91 above. 23. Reguerdon^d, Rewarded. Cf. the noun in iii. I. 170 above. 29. These colours. Referring to the badge of a rose which hewears. 32. Patronage. See on iii, i. 48 above. 38. The law of arms^ etc. By the ancient law before the Con-quest, fighting in the kings palace, or before the kings judges, waspunished with death. . And by the Stat. 2)Z Hen. VIII. c. striking in the kings palace, whereby blood is drawn, ispunishable by perpetual imprisonment and fine, at the kings pleas-ure, and also with loss of the offenders right hand (Blackstone). 39. Present, Immediate ; as very Philip the Good ACT IV Scene I. — 6. Pretend. Intend, purpose. Cf. 7. G. of V. ii. : their pretended flight, etc. 19. Patay. The folios have Poictiers ; corrected by Malone(the conjecture of Capell). The battle of Poictiers was fought in1357, and the present scene is in 1428. According to Holinshed,it was at the battle of Patay that Fastolfe disgraced himself. 35. Haughty. High. See on iii. 3. 78 above. 38. Most extremes. Greatest extremities. 54. Pretend. Indicate, intimate; a sense not far from that in 6above. 56. Wrack. See on i. i. 135 above. 71. Prevented. Anticipated. Cf. T. N. iii. i. 94: But we areprevented, etc. See also Psalms^ cxix. 147. 78. Grcnt me the combat. The royal permission was necessaryfor single combat within court precincts. See on iii. 4. 38 above. 94. Repugn. Resist, oppose (Latin repugno). 102. Quaint. Artful, ingenious. Conceit = fabrication. 203 204 Notes [Act IV 107. Bewray*d. Betrayed. Cf. Cor, v. 3. 95, Lear, ii. I. 109,etc.


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