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PLAYS O F SHAKSPEA’

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W I T H A

REV I EW 20 ? m s P R IN C I P AL CH A RA C TERS ,

A N D TH Q SE or vm u ou s EM I N E N T w u r z avs.

A S R E P R E S i fi T z D

B Y M R. G A R‘

R I C K,

A ND O THER C ELE B RAT ED C OMED IA NS .

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BY T H O M A S D A V I E S,A u r non of MEM O I R S

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V I D G A R R ' I C IQ ESQg

I N T H R E E V O L U M E S:

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R . M A R CH B A N K, T . W A LKER,P . B Y R N E , R . BU R TO N

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J . C A SH , W . S LE A T ER .

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iv D E D I C A T I O N .

The ca lamities, whichbe fe lce rtain p rincesof the Plantag enet line , asre prd en ted in thefce nesof this admired writer

,were p rinci

p a lly owing to their contemp t of thofe laws,whichthey had: folemnly e ng a g e d tomainta in . The op p re ffion of the p eop le cre a t

ed rebellion to the p rince , a nd brou g ht ruin

to the king dom. The fe , fir, a re hifiorica l

facts, p ainted in the mofl live ly colou rs by

the lkillof the g re a t drama tifi,which will

e ve r clainf the fe riou s re g a rd of monarchand fu bjeét ia

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this e cou ntry,

The illufiriou sho of Hanove r'

was calle d to the throne of the fe re a lms

,by the voice

of the p eop le , to fu p port tha t fabric of g evernment

,bywhich the limitsof crown a nd

the c la ims of the (object we re the u na lte ra

ble fix ed a nd efiablifhed a t the Revolu tion.

From tha t ha p py p e riod , the (ove reig n ofEng land acquired

' the molt g loriou s ofl [a lltit les, AiKrr-NG

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O F P R'

izEMEN l!

The - many amiab le qu a lities of?you r Roy- a

a l Hig hne fls,which ende a r you

' to a g re a ta nd g ene rou s na t ion , will inva riably fiimula te you to emu la te the virtu esofiyou r ancefiors

, to fiand Forth~the frie nd of libe rty,and the ad voca te of ' the me

Joyme nt'

of whichcan fe e u rityto the p rince and ha p pine t

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s to the "p eop le 1When it} {hall p l

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e a fe Divine - Provide nce,

a t '

a dil’t‘

a nt p er io to call: you r Roya lHig hne fsto the throne

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A D‘

V ER TTI'

S E MT

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N T .

To pnblithmyrema rksonShakfpeare, afteH lté

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a p p rdved' “labou rsGP (0 triahyie nfineh’t citric-g;

will , I fea r, be termed p refamp rioir The ' lafi edi-f

timr ot'

the great by'

and]Mr.

S te eve ns, which inc l u de s, befidé's theirl owd firtotes';the obferva tionsoft lteirfiiiéndsfme nfof

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name flinthelearne d World; ou‘ghtid have de terred

!me}it‘vwill‘hé

faid,fromtryingmyRich‘

gth‘tlpoha fubje éi

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fo' be a‘

fefig

and‘F0 well underfibod” and e x pla ined .

Pn the interp ret aiion of Shakfp e are’5‘

phia te dld gy”

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M artyCommenta torsHave difl’erectwide lyfi'onieaci’i

a theismmanyc

ptiafitsle r'

eatbnshave beenreg geflfi

e dlm‘fup p ort their

?(severa l opinibaswhat noafielegy’

fe emstne edtfulf-fowone W ‘

filbhfie ~fiis‘

fefitiiment rethe g eneral cenfu re and who, in ptefu

'ming tb‘t lfihk

as» lemme is! roe farswarming -motewas: havegone before

1trim: with“ arroga nce; tha t he is ever!

ready-

noown" tbfiein'

p te‘

azmimla'

eknowé

le dg ehislobtigafiemoto' ftheifl fettebhimon new

Ine arefl tfiy’

e fa‘ininlngmyPointlohsiofifohfie’difiie uh

t e x ts, a few of them, I am oblig ed t b‘ownfe re

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of lit;

tle import 5 Othersare fe arcelymore than tranfcrip ts

from

V111 A D V E R T I S E ME N T.

from former commenta tors, whichhad e fca p ed my

obferva tion or memory. In boththefe p art icu l a rs, I’

have hot, (belie ve , often offende d.

Bu t the e x p la ining Shakfp are’s te x t was bu t the

fmallefi p art of my

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defig n.

The p l aysof Shakfp e are , which a re fou nded on.

Englilh" hifiory, and which e x hib t t hef

‘a étions

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a nd

charafiersof ou rmona rchs, I have a lways confider

cd as a va lu able tre afu re to Eng lifhmen, a nd 06

g re a t1mporta nce toking a nd fu bjcét. In them, as

in a mirror, fu tu re events, incide nta l to a mi x e d

g overnment,maybe forefe en, or, a t l ea d, with pro- a

habil ity conjefl u red .

In a fre e fia te , l ike ou r’s, encroa ch

i

ments offl

p re

rog a tive on p rivi l e g e , a nd , vice verfa , of p nvile g e on

prerog a tive , mu hoccafionallyhapp en . The p onfe . .

qu ences, a rifing from b0th no hitiorian or p oli tica l,

wr iter has p a inte d 111more live ly colou rsthan p u r

g re a t poe t. He l ived a t a t ime his tru e , when the

limitsof the crown a nd the l i be rties .oft the fu bjeét.

had not be e n du ly fix ed , a nd befdre ~ the ~

p rincip les

of the confiitu tion had g ained a firm cliablilhment bya

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le g a l -fe ttlement.

Bu t the p aflionsof men wi l l be the fame a t all

times, and no l aws can be made (0 obl ig a tory as to

p reve nt the confequ ence of the ir e x ce fl‘

eson certa inoccafions. . The u nha p p yfa te ofmifg uided a rbi traryp rinces, and the mifchiefswhich a ttend { ed ition and

rebell ion in'

the pe ople , wi l l ‘be fubje fts to interefithisnation for, ever.

A D V ERT I S E M E N T.

The charaétersofShakfp e are are the boaf’t and1107

nou rof the ‘Eng lilh fiage . O f the he roe sa nd demi

g ods, of the Gre ek and‘

Roma n drama, we ha ve no

re femblancesin ou r own mindsto’

comp a re themwi th.

The French the a tre , .which a p p roaches ne a refi to

ou r own, d e l ine a tes the p erfons of their heroes in;conformi ty to the manne rsof France . Le t thembe

Gre ekn ' Roma ns, or Tu rks, they have always

(ome thing in them of, the Fre nchman .

Shakfp e a re p re fe ntsme n to u s as they re ally e x illz

ed, fu chas a re cong enia l toou r common na tu re .

.When I u nde rtook towri te remarks on the p u nch

p al cha rafl ersof Shakfp e a re , I fou nd my‘ p lan tool a rge for my canvas; for I cou ld not , confifiently

withmy p romife 05 g iving ofiermfieman ether

ma tic poe ts, comp rehend ha lf the p rtncrp al por

tra itsof the g re a t fa the r of the Eng lifh fl a g e ; nor

qa n I, a t the verya dva nced a g e of fe ve nty, I fa a r,

make a ny fu p p lement to the Drama tic Mifce llanies,if they thou ld ha p p e n to p le a fe .

The comp aring the me ritsof ou r p rincip al°

come~

d ia nscoilme nofirm“a tte ntion to the ir difcrimina tivefacu l ties. I with this p a rt ofmy book may p rove ase ntertain ing to the p u blic, and as p rofitab l e to' the

g e ntlemen and l adiesof the the a tre , as it was labor»nous tor me t

Su chbooks and p amphl e ts, ashave fu rnifhed mewith fa ils a nd anecdotes re l a ting to a u thors a nd ac

tors, I have g ene ra l ly re fe rred to in the ma rg tn 5fame I have given from my own knowl e dg e a nd

obfe rva tion 3

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obfe rva tion manyof them I g l e ane d“ fro

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mi

oldi

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tors, long ftnce de ce afe di The r

p rincip al of the le ,

as we l l as my memory ca n we re Mrb

john Robe rts, a“ma rt

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of -

confide rable re ad ing a nd

obfe rva tion, who wrote'

a n a nfwe r to tha t '

p a rt of"

Pop e’sp reface toShak

‘

fp e a re which re l a ted to Bu rr

ba g e and othe r p l aye rs of his t ime ; Mr. Morg a n,commonlyca l l e d Drib 'MOrg a n

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Mr. Afion, fon to'

the famou s it ine ra nt a a or, Tony A fton ; a nd Mr.‘

Na tha nie l Cla rke . My a cqu a inta nce with Mr.

Crofs, l a te p romp te r ofDru ry- l a ne the a tre ,has’oe e n '

of fe rvice to me : he ha d known the fia g e' long ;

and ha d re corde d ma ny facts of the a é’

torsin his‘

days, which he p ccafiona’

lly a cqu a inte d me with.

Some obl ig a tionsof this kind I owe Mr. Mackl in.

and more toMr.Victor. Mr. Ebe nez er Forrefi, the

a ttorney, whohad be e n long c'

onve rfant with Com

vent - g arden the a tre , y e r/y kind ly fu p p lie dme withi~

feme i'

ntere fting a necdotes.

The u ne x p ected e ncou ra g ement, give n' to the .

Memoirs of'

the Life of‘ by a g e ne

rou s p u bl ic, dema nds my frnce re and g ra tefu l ac

knowle dgment

Tha t the Memoirs were not a gre e able to Mrs.

Garrick‘

gives me l ittl e u ne afinefs. Her diflike of

themmaybe a ccou nted for, mu ch to her honou r,

withou t re fl ecting a ny difg race on me .

In writing the l ife of a g re a t a nd good ma n, (a nd

inch, I p re fume , wi th fome a l lowa nce of hu ma n

infirmity, l have defcribed Mr. the ho

AA B r

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V E R T' I S ‘"

E”M E

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« neft biog ra pher mu fi re late fome circumt’tances of

condufi whicha tende rand a ffectiona te wife cannot

p eru fe withcomp l acency.

I was not ma ttentive to the fe e l ings of Mrs. Gar

.r ick.—When I was p re p aring a fe cond e d i tion of

mybook, I wrote a l e tte r to the g entleman who isthe a éting e x ecutor of Mr Garrick

’swi l l in which

I delire d him to commu nica te a ny mifiakes or ove r

fights‘

Imight ha ve incu rred in the Memoirs, a nd to

p oint ou t any p afl'

a g e in cit tha t might have g ive n

juhofi'

ence toMrs. Ga rrickor any~ofMr. G a rrick’s

fami ly p romifing , a t the fame t ime , to ree'

tify any

thing amifis, in the new ed it ion. To this letterI rece ive d no a nfwer.

It iswithp le afu re I can fa rthe r e flablilh a mofl: va

lnabl e p a rt of Mr. Garrick’s cha rafte r Isme an his

charity and g enerofity.

Dr. Ramfden, the worthyma tte r of the‘Cha rter

hou fe , .ve ry l a tely informed me , tha t a defcenda nt

of Grotiu s, who, \by the inte re‘

ft of Dr. Johnfon, (a

mamwhois never‘

fo we l l p le afe d as re l ieving the

difirefi'

esof the indig e nt a nd p romoting ethe ha p pine fs

of mankind,) wase nabled to p artake~the e x ce l l ent

chari tyof tha t hou fe , told him, tha t, by the de a th

of Mr. Garrick, he had loi’ca ve ry g re a t friend ;a nd , theing defired to e x pl a in himfe lf, he a fl

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u red the

matte r, tha t Mr. G arrick had fe ttl ed a p enfion

him of 101. 1

,p er annum du ring hisown l ife.

I cou ld mention a noble a ft of g enerofity of this

tru lybenevol ent man bu t ~refp eét for the living re c

{tra insme .

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VT

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T I S E M- E' N T.

I might , inde ed, ju fily fay, tha t fire charit ie'

s éf

David Ga rrit k we re -

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not only very ex tent'

we , bu t

ma nyof them conce aled from the world.

By the kind p artia lity of the p u b lic, 1 thalf bee nabled very foon , to p nblilh a fourthe ditionof theMemoirs of the

D R A M A T I - C

M I S C E L L A’

N I E S .

King John .

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H A P TQ

E R I .

Three p lay: written on Me fizbj ec? of K, 706m“

When Sfia k/ibéa re’r K. wa rfit]? p u b/{fwd

indebted to the‘Troq /ome Reig n of

K. 70dn.—Colley Cibber

’r P ap a l Tyra nny.

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ber’r arrog qrzce .—Tfiea trica l pmg refi af t/313 1 1

342175 41

Tyra nny—Line in Pop e’sDu ncia d

'up on ir. - Reo1

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va lof S/iakfpmre’r K. 705 11 by Ricfi.

—]t .rfizccej }a nd an a ccou nt of the afiorr

, p articu la r/yW(ti/fer,

Ha le,

a nd Mf r. Ha l/am.— Sa rcafm of

Mf/ia lt Ste eoem a nd Mr . Theoba ld":

Scene 0 -n e en Elea nor’r‘

log ic infavou rof the le anbrfdg a

- Ex p/a na tim of the

word trick— Mr . Ga rrick p uz z fea’to p rocu re a

N the fobicéiof King John thre e p lays havebe e n wri tte n. Tha t, which is ca l l ed the

T rou ble fomeQ

Reig n of King John, wa s a ttribu te dto Shakfp e a re a nd Rowl ey by Mr. P op e , a nd

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byI\zIr. Ste e ve ns to Sha kfp e a re a lone ; hu t ,

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on ma »

tu re confide ra tion, this g e nt lem a n has re tra ct e dhis O p inion l\/Ir. l\"a lone has, Will] g re a t a p p e a rVon. I .

ta nce

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a nce of p robabi l ity, at'

cribed it to Nla rlow. O u r

a u thor’s K. John wasfirll p u b

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lifhed, wi th the re fiof his works, in 16 2 3 . The la te commenta tors

have ju flly obl'

e rved, tha t ma ny of Shakfp e a fe’s

be ft p iece s a re formed on the g round-work of

othe rs. He fe emsmore indebte d to the a u thor of

the T rou ble fome Re ig n of K. John, for his p lota nd cha ra f

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te rs, a nd eve n his fe ntime nts, tha n to

a nyothe r wri te r. Col leyGibbe r’s P a p a l Tyra nny

wa s take n from Shakfp e a re’sK. John, bu t he was

not (0ha p pyinhis a l te ra tionsofhis tra g e dya sin hisKing R icha rd the Third. In this [a ll p lay, Col leyve ryde x trou fl yma de u p a ve ryp le a ting p a llicciofroma dil ig e nt p e ru fa l of a llShakfp e a r

’s hifiorica l l ays,

fca rce lyma king u l'

e of a l ine or thou g ht whic was

hisown . HisP a p a lTyra nnyhe p re te ndswa swrittento fu p p lyShakfp e a re

’sdefic i e nc ie s, bu t more e fp e ci

a l lythe wa nt ofwa rm re le ntme ntin a king ofEng la ndwhe n infu lted bya p op e

’snu nc io ; a nd, hisp laybe ing

a fie d in 1744, whe n the na tion was a la rme d wi ththe thre a ts of a n invafion by a p opifh p re te nde r,the p op u l a r fe ntime nts, a g ainfithe e ncroa chme ntsof p a p a l infl u e nce , me t with a p p la u fe . Col ley

’s

va nityfo fa r tranfporte d him,tha t

, in hisDe dica v

t ion,he told Lord Che fte rfie ld, he ha d e nde avou r

e d toma ke e his p lay more l ike one tha n wha t‘he

fou ndzit in Shakfp e a re .

’ Bu t C ibbe r l ive d longe nou ghtofe e hisP a p a l Tyra nny e nt ire lyne g lecte d,a nd

,wha t mu tt have be e n more mort ifying to

\a

man of his e x treme van i ty, the ori g ina l p l ay re

vived wi th g re a t f u cce fs. His bou nc ing , thou g hwe l l -me a nt, de c lama t ion a g ainfi the infolent p r

e

t enfionsof p a p a l powe r, cou ld not make ame nds

for hismu t i la tionsof Shakfp e a re a nd e fp eciallyforhismu rde ring two cha ra éte rsof ou r inimitabl e poe t,not infe rior p e rha ps to a nywhichfe l l from hisp e n

Lady Conf’ia nce a nd the Ba lla rd Fa lconbridg e .

Howeve r, it is to Cibbe r, I belie ve , we owe the

reviva l :

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K I N G J O H N . g

re vwa l of this tra g e dy, which had'

la in dormant

from ; the days of Shakfp e a re t i l l 1736 .

. Th'

e P a p a l Tyra nny had be e n ofi’

e re d to Mr.

F le etwood , the ma na g e r'

of Dru ry- la ne the a tre ,

a bou t nine or '

te n ye a rs be fore it'wa s a éle d. This

wa s no foone r known to the p u bl ic, tha n C ibberwa s' moft teve re ly a tta cke d by the crit ics in the

newfp a pe rs; F ie lding wrote a fa rce u pon the fu b

je é’t, whichwas p laye d a t the l i ttl e the a tre in the

Hayma rke t , thou ghu I do not,

be l ieve it is p rintedamong lt hisworks. Howe ve r, the p a rts in the

P a p a l Tyra nnywe re diflribu te d, a nd“

a t ime fix edfor its p e rforma nce : bu t the c l amou r a g ainll the

a u thor, whofe p re fump tion wa s hi g hly c e nfu red

for-da ring to meddle wi th Shakfp e a re , incre a fe d

to fu ch a he ig ht, tha t Col l ey, who had fma rtedmore t ha n onc e

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foi da bbl ing in tra g e dy, went

to the p layhou fe , a nd, wi thou t faying a’

word to

a nybody, took the p l ay from the p romp te r’s de fk,

a nd ma rche d off w i thit in his pocke t. P op e , inhisnew ed i t ionof the Du nc ia d, whichhe had ta ke nthe p a ins to a l te r, in orde r to de throne Theoba lda nd p la ce Cibbe r in his room, in the fol lowing l inehints a t the c a u tiou s conduE’t of the p oe t

- la u re a t z r

King John in filence mode ftly e x pires.Du n c . Book L

So mu ch was fa id, a nd wi th p rop rie ty, by thecri ticswhowrote a g ainll Cibbe rin the p u blic p rints,in comme nda tion of Sha kfp e are

’sK. John

,tha t hflr.

R ichve ryw i fe ly de te rm ined to take the hint, a ndre folved to re vive tha t long - forg otte n tra g e dy:The

, p rinc ip a l p a rts, t ca n tru ll mymemory,we re thu s d ivide d : King John, Mr. De la ne ; theBa lla rd, Tom Wa lke r, (the orig ina l Ma che a t.h;)Ha l e a éte d the King of

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Fra nce , a nd Rya n Ca rdinal

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P a ndu lph; , La dy Confia nc e byMrs. Ha l lam.

O f B e la ne , W a lke r, a nd Rya n, I ha ve fp oke n a t

la rg e in the l ife of Ga rrick a nd in the cou f fe ofB 2 this

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thiswork {hal l hive f requ ent’

occafion tom’

entton

them. Ha le wa sin p e rfon ta ll’ a nd 'we ll- pmportil

c ried,'his voice ftrong a nd ha rmoniou s, his ‘de

p ortme nt manly, a nd his a Etion not difp le a finghisea r was fo u nfa i thfu l , tha t he was g e ne ra l lymonotonou s; he wante d tha t ju dgme nt which

a lone knows how to g ive dig n i ty to fe ntime nt or

wa rmtha nd va rie ty to'

p afiion . His be lt p e rform~

a nce wasHotfp u r ; he was a lways to he e ndu red

Whenhe re fl rained himfe lf from doing too mu ch.

He was a favou ri te a étor in . Brifiol,whe re I

think he died in 1746 . He was fo fond ofwe a ringl a rg e fu l l - bottomed wi g s, tha t , to the a fionilh

tn ent of the a u die nce , he a fte d the p a rt of Cha r

le s the Firfiin one whichwa s rema rka blylong a nd

M’

rs. Ha l lamwas a n a étre fs of fu ch u ncommonme ri t, tha t {he de fe rves to be p a rt icu l a rly rememb e red. She ha d fig na liz e d

' he rfe lf fo g re a t ly as a

membe rof the comp a ny a éling a t Norwich, whe nhe r name was P a rke r, tha t tlie re ce ived a n invi ta t i~on fromMr. R ichto join hiscomp a nya t Lincoln

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inn Fi e lds. The re {he long fl ru g g le d wi th difficu lt ies; for I have be e n told the was by no me ans a

favou ri te of the ma na g e r : bu t on the de a thofMrs.

Boheme , many of he r p rinc ip a l p a rts fe l l to the

lot ofMrs. Ha l lam. . The g re a t e ncouia g eme nt,

the confla ntlyme t wi thfrom the a u dience , a t once

It hasbe en (aid,tha t this a étor wa smu chhu rt byMr. Ga r

rick’s'

mimickry of him in the p a rt of Baye s in the R ehe a rfa l.H a le wa s p re fe nt a t the p lay, a nd la u ghing ve ry he a rtily a t theinimica l e x hibitions of De la u e

,Rya n, B r

'idg wa te r,l

a nd Giffa rdwhen

,on a ru dde n, Ga rrick (p oke thre e or fou r lines of Prince

P re t tyma n, be ginning with

Oh! wha t s (h ang e r am I g rown of la te

in a {tyle whichconveye d t'

u ch a n e x aé’t re fembla nce of Ha le ’sVoice a nd manne r, tha t the the a tre e choe d withlou d la u ghte r a ndthu nde ring a p p lawfe . Ha le was {hocke d a t the mortifying (cu te

,

18 d fe lt the folly a nd inju fl ice of a p p roving tha t ridicu le of othe iiwhisk he cou ld not be ar himtt lf.

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the e x p refiions throu hou t this, aswe l l a s feve ra lothe r hifiorica l p laysof Shakf

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p e a re Ha l l be g inshisChronic le abou t two hu ndre dye arsafte r the ae ra

in whichJohn be g a n to re i g n. Mr. Theoba ld ha slikewil

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e committed a n e rror : he a ffe rts, tha t,a l thou gh the p lay be g insin the ;

34thye a r of K .

John’s life ,whichwas the firfiof his re ig n, ye t tha t

I t take sin only fome ' tt a nfa étions a t the t ime ofhis

d e a th; whe re as the tra g e dy ve ry p rop e rly be g inswith the c la im of John’s ne phew,

P rince Arthu r,to the crown : this was one nt

h -

the mofl: ma te ria le ventsin the king

’s l ife a nd his condu ct; to Ar

thu r, Shakfp e a re ve ry, ju diciou flymakesthe fou nda

t ion of a ll his misfortu ne s.If I do not mifl ake , Mr. Ste evenshasmifu nde r~

“ flood a p a fl'

a e in a fp e e chof (LEl e anor in thefirfl; fcene 0 this

.p lay

Thismight have bee n p revented, and‘

made wholeWithve rye a f

'

y a rg ume nt of‘love ;

Whichnow the ma na g e of two king domsmu fl:Withfe arfu l bloody’

itiu e a rbitra te . t

By the word manag e I u nde rfl a nd the fireng th a nd

p owe r of France a nd Eng l a nd, ra the r tha n, a c

cording toMr.. Ste e ve ns, the condu é’c a nd a dmini

fira tion of them,which fe emsmore remote from

the a u thor’sme a n ing ; thou gh p e rha p sv the word

may comp rehe nd both.

The fc e ne be twe e n the twobrothe rs, Robe rt a ndPhi l ip Fa lconb ridg e , is a ve ry e x traordina ry

‘

one ,a nd . hardly to be ma tche d in drama t ic p oe try.

O ne brothe r ca l ls the othe r ba fla rd, a nd a ccu fe shismothe r of a du l te ry; which cha rg e the othe r doesnot fl ailycde ny, .bu t is u nwi l l ing to p a rt wi th hisc l a im to the e fl a te . The orig ina l of thisquarre l isto be fou nd

, I be l ieve , in a n old book, qu ote d byMr. Ste eve ns

, ca l l ed the Hiftory of LordF a lconbridg e , Ba fla rd- Son to Richa rd Coe u r deLion.

' O u r a u thor has fol lowe d the old p lay, wi thfucha l tera tionsand addi tions, ashisg e nius

'

fu g ge fle

K I NG 7;

e d '

tO‘

him,which I think neve r (hone bri ghte r

tha n in hisma na g eme nt of Fa lconbridg e’s

‘

cha ra c

te r.

Shakfp e a re has avoide d a ve ry g rofs imp rop rie tybynot p e rmi tt ing the moth

’

e r of Fa’

lconbridg e to

be p re fe n t whe n he r cha fiityis ca l l e d in qu e ftionbyhe r fon ; a n e rror which the a u thor of

’

the old

p layha s fa l le ninto. In tha t , too, (b e e n El e a nor“

e x e rts a llhe r powe r in' fa vou r of the l a dy, a nd p lays

the ca fuififo a cu te ly, tha t the me rits the re p u ta

t ion of . le a rning which hifloria ns a fcrihe to

he r. The king obfe rve s, in confi rma t ion of wha t»Robe rt Fa lconbridg e had a ffirme d; tha t P hi l ip the :

Bafiard re femble d King R icha rd, whom Robe rt

a ffe rtsto have be e n his fa ther ; the qu e en’s re p ly

is, I thinlc, cu rious, a nd worth p re fe rving .

E“L E

"

A’ N O R

Nay, hear‘

you , (it : you ru n away tooPu tt:

Knowyou not, om efimile mn efiidem?w w u v v n - n Ha tkyou , good fit

‘twas thu s

,a nd noothe rwifé ;

the laywitli~S ir Robe rt, you r fa the r, a nd thou g ht u pon King .

Richa rd, my fu n a nd toyou r brothe rwas forme d in this fa fhion

In the old p l ay, the Billia rd drawshis fword u pon hismothe r, a nd thre a te ns to ki l l he r if the conce a is the tru th. In Shakfp e a re , the l a dy

’s confe f

fion is e x torte d bymirth a nd p le a fa ntry. In Sha kfp e a re

’sKing john,we en E l e a nor takesnot ice tha t »

the Ba fta rd

Ha th a trick of Coeu r- de -Lion’s face .

I am not fu re tha t Mr. S te e ve ns. ha th hit the fu l lme a ning of the word trio’s

, thou g hhe ha s brou ghtfe ve ra l a u thorities to fu p p ort his inte rp re ta t ion ofs

D

In this‘

a nd othe r p la ces, by the word trick Shakfp e a re me a ns fome difling uifhing air or fe a tu re b f .

the fa c e , inwhich a thong re fembla nce of-‘the'

p a

re nt maybe difcove red.In

3 DRAMATIC fa‘

nsa LAmE‘

s.

Inthe W inte r’sTa le, P a u l ina p roves the le gitiin a cyof (we e n He rmione ’s da u ghte r

’

by—a trick of

‘

fa ce which (he hasin common withhe r fa ther

Behold,mylords

The trick of ’s frown !e n

’s Time , A& H.

So,

Fa lftaFf, whe n re p re fe ntmg He nry the Fou rth,

in a mock- fce ne be twe e n the P rince of Wa les a nd,

himfe lf, te l ls the P rince ,Thou a rt my(on I have p artly thy mothe r

’s word, p artlx

myown Opinion ; bu t chie fl y a villainous trick qf tbiu U" and a

fl ak/b ba nging of it} ne tber It}.

In the fame fcene the Ba llard e x claims,’

With that half-face t

Tha t this e x p re flion was taken from coins, on

which the p rofile onlyof ou r p rinceswas e x hibit

e d, Theoba ldhaswel enou ghp roved._An a u thor,

I think, is a lways befiillu fira ted byhimfe lf : Hotfp u r, in He nry the Fou rth, Aét I . in the midiofhis e x trava g a nt and wi ld fl ights, e x c la ims,

Bu t ou t u pon thishaif- fac’d fe llowfhip

Va riou s have be e n the actors of this brave , g e wne rons

, roma nt ic , a nd humorou s, cha ract e r, Fa l

conbridg e : bu t thou g hGa rrick, She rida n, B e l a ne ,

a nd Ba rry, ha ve a ttemp ted it, they a ll fe l l {hortof the me ri tsof TomW a lke r. In him a lone we refou nd the fe ve ra l requifites for the cha ra cte r : a

‘

flrong‘e nd mu fc u la r p e rfon, a bold and intre p id

look ;'

ma’

nly de portme nt, vi g orou s afiion, a nd a

'

humou r which de fce ndcd to a n e a fy fami l ia rityinconveying a je fl or fa rca fm with u ncommon p oig

Ga rrick ha d ce rta inlymu ch me rit in the

t of . the me cha n ica l p art wastobe remedied a by a rt .

lofs, for fome time , to fix . u pon a’

Robert Fa lconbridg e , to fe t off hisown fig u re ;i

a t

K I N G J o a n.~

a ft he p icke d ou t poor Simfon, a Scotchman, amode fl a nd hop e d ma n

, bu t asfe eble in p e rfon a s

he wa s ' in - act ing . Fria r John, the contrafi to

Fria ra P'au l, in the Du e nna , was fca rce a g re a ter

flce le ton tha n §imfon . I t wasa ma tte r of a fl onifl ‘tment to eve ry fp e éta tor, tha t Ba rry, wi th the fu

p e rior advanta g e of a fine pe rfon, could make foli tt l e of ,

th'

e Ba lla rd . He fe emed, in tha t p art,"

to

be qu it e ou t of his roa d : a ll the humou r, g aiety,g a f e

, . and gilantry, of Fa lconbridge , we re Iofl: inBa rry.

An - odd crrcumfia nce,

ha p p e ned on his ende avou ring to re p e a t the fol lowing wordsin the firfl:act of the p l ay:

We ll now I ca n make any Joan a lady.

He was fo emba rra ffed in the de l ive ry of this {ing le line, tha t, not be ing a ble to re p e a t “

the words,he wa s forc ed to qu i t the Ra g e , amidft the e ne

ra l a p p la u fe s of the a u die nc e,

“ who faw an fe l this u ne a f me fs. Bu t

, wha t is fl i l l more fu rp rifmg ,a fte r g oing off a nd re tu rn ing thre e fe ve ra l. times,wi ththe fame kind e ncou ra g eme nt of the fp '

e é’

ta tors,he wa s

'

forc e d to g ive it u p ; a nd I be l ie ve he didnot re cove r himfe lf t i l l he was re l ieved by thee ntra nce ofLa dy Fa lconbridg e .

“

1e DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES.

C H A P T E R II .

Tie enara e‘i'

er of P bilip fl ug a/i'

u r.— P rine er, of Me

p r ef ent a g e , Tr aj a n: w/zen comp ar ed tof/zofi znMereig n of foam— Lymog er, du ke of fl afl rza .

— Sba lrf

p eare oftener a dderer toold ba llad: a nd roma nce : t/la ncaroniele or bifiory. d agile g roup e of j o

fverezg n

p rimer—Henry VI . emp eror of Germa ny.

inMe element/1 a nd twelft/z e entu'

rier r -fl -Tfie old ma n

of tbe'mou ntainf .

— P rz°

noe d rtnu r’f rig fit of p ri

m g enif u re .—C/1arafi er of d en Elea nor , a t la rg e ,

from tfie Fr enenlzi/loria nr a nd Bra ntome .—fl n of:

wearing [boeL —Reafin way Eleanor p refer : King

705 11 to d rtbu r .—Ex p la na tion of a termin nu ntzng ,

fl om,

Tu roer e ille .—Tfie word flay ex p lained

—105

firva tion on Fa lconoridg e’: fl eet/z a t tfie end 0] Me

Mird a

‘

fl .

A61 II . Sce ne I .

N the fe cond a& of King John, the poe t introdu ce s, among ft othe r cha ra é

’

t'

e rs, Phil ip A u

g u ttu s of Fra nce’

; a nd,if e x treme c u nning , u n

bou nde d ambi tion, fra u d, p e rfidy, p e rj u ry, ra p ine ,a nd inju fiic e , cou ld re nde r a mona rch a p ol i t ic ia n,he was c e rta inly the g re a te lt of his time . Shakf

p e a re was not obl ig e d to thew the whole ofhisf

cha

raéle r, a nd, inde e d, it is to comp rehe nfive ly odiou s,tha t no a u die nce wou ld have fu tl

'

e re d it . The p rinc es, who now ru l e ove r the g re a tefi

'

p a rt ofEu rop e ,thou ghma ny of them a re l ittl e a tte nt ive to the

re a l inte re fls of the ir p eop l e , and more fond of

p owe r tha n wi l l ing to make a ri g ht u f'

e ofit, mayb e te rme d by the honou ra bl e t i tl e of Traj a ns

,

if comp a red wi th the roya l monlle rsof thisp e riod .

Lymog e s, arch- duke of_Au firia , is, in this fe nce ,

rented from the de ad to\be p u niifhed for his ba fe

u fa g e

K I N G J O H N.

u fa g e of R icha rd I . whom he a rre fte d in his p a f

fa g e throu gh his dominions, a nd a fte rwa rds, for a

flip ula te d fum, de l ive red to the emp e ror of Ge r

ma ny. The offe nce , g ive n byR icha rd, wa s fome

fha rp or p rou d e x p refiion he le t fa l l a g amfl . the

du ke , whe n bothwe re e ng a g ed in the holywa rs.The old p la y cou ld not le ad Sha kfp e a re into the

e rror of a fcribing the ' de a thof Richa rd to the duke

of Au llria , a sMr. S te eve ns has a ll’

e rte d ; he wastoo we l l a cqua inte d withou r chronic les, a nd e fp e

cia llyHolling fhe ad, to miflake tha t eve nt. Bu t

Sha kfp e‘

a re oftne r flu dies fia g e e ffe ét tha n he a d

he res to the tru th of hiftory ; a nd, in tre a t ing ofremote flory, he is c e rtainlyj u ftifia ble for this devia tion. Bu t Shakfp e a re chofe too, in this p lay,a nd in molt othe rs, to fol low old roma nce aznd ba l

lad ra the r than chron ic l e or a u the nt ica te d flory.

P e rha p s no ae ra lince the cre a tion p rodu ce d f uch a

g rou p e of p e rnic iou s chie f ru l e rs a s the t ime ofwhich I am fp e aking : be fides ou r own John

,

Phi l i p , a nd the du ke of Au llria , we ca n re ckon,

among ft them, He nry VI . emp e ror of Ge rma ny,fe ve raLpop es fu cc e ffive ly in orde r, a nd a ve ry re

ma rkabl e p ote nta te , ca l l e d the O ld Ma n of theMou nta ins. As for He nry, he , of a ll

the l e a li fcru p u lou s ; p e rfidy, c ru e l ty, op p re fliona nd a va ric‘e , we re his da rling p a llions ; 3 5 “ f00!1

a s he g ot the p offe flion of R icha rd’s p erfon, hethrew him into a du ng eon ; nay, to infu lt himmore confpic u ou fly, he pmdtrce d him before the

p rince s of~~G e rma ny in a d ie t of the emp ire : bu t

R ichard’s u nda u nte d fpiiit a nd convinc ing e loqu e ncep rodu c e d a n e ffe é

’

t contra ry to the emp e ror’

sinte u -

v

t ion ; they a ll inte rce de d in his fa vou r, a nd iu lifle dhe fhou ld

,be de l ive re d from confineme nt ; bu t, .

be fore he wou ld g ra nt him his l ibe rty, he e x a éte dthe imme nfe fum of thre e h u nd re d thou fa nd

p ou nds, equ a l to a mi l l ion a nd a ha lfof ou rmoney.

The me anefi dabbl e r in billorywil l re adi ly a g re e ,I "I tha t

m DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES .

tha t’

by

'

fa r the g re a te ft '

p a rt of: the pop es, whol ive d in the e le ve nth a nd twe lfth “

c e nt u ries, {we reinfe rior to no king s, tha t info«

le nce , ava rice , inju llice , u ld

g ra nt tha t in knowle dg e fu z

p e rior to the re‘

ft offma nkihd“, be

owned, tha t they p e rve rted the fe a cqu ireme nts to

the fworll of p u rpofe s; to the de ce iving . a nd rob

b ing thofe’

who p u t a n imp licithonfide nce in them

The O ld ma n of the mounta inswa s ca l l ed ChikElcha fl if fin, from whichword Vol ta i re de rives theword a lfa fl in. This hoa ry ru fha n ha d a cqu iredfu ch a n a fc enda nt ove r his fana t ica l fu bje éts,

‘tha t

they p a id a n imp l ic it obedi e nce to his comma nds;a ll

'

a flina tion wa s me ri toriou s wi th them,whe n

u nde r the fa nétion of his roya l ma nda te they ca r

ried the ir e nth‘u fia ftic z e a l for his fe rvice fo fa r asto cou rt a llhaz a rds, a nd e ve n to t u thwi ldlyon to

c e rta in de a th in the e x e cu tion of his orde rs’l‘.The fe mife ra ble wre tche sfa nc i ed tha t , whe n theyfa crificed the ir l ives for his fake , the g a tes of p a

ra dife wou ld be op e n to them.

Eve ry p a rt of this dig re fl ion wi l l, I

'

hop e , beamu fing a t l e a li, a nd fome of it not u fe le fs, to thecommon re a de r of Shakfp e a re

’s John.

Aft I I . Sce ne II .

C H A T I L L O N .

Withhim a long . is come themothe r qu e e n,A n A te [lin ing him to blood a nd (trife .

The te rm, Ate,is ve ry p rop e rly be llowe d

u pon this l a dy in he r hu foa nd king He nry’s l ife

‘

t ime fhe was the trump e t, of re be l l ion a nd tre a fon

a nd wascont inu a l ly u rg ing he r fonsto take u p a rmsa g ainlt the ir fa the r.

P H I L I P .

For thou ha lt u nde rwrou ght its lawfu l king .

Hume’swe. orangiana, vol. 11. p . is.

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14 DRAMATIC MISCELLAN IES .

himon a cru fa de into the holy l and. The French

hitloria ns, a nd, among tl; the re tl,‘

Me z e ray, a n

a u thor whofe name I am fu rp rife d not to find

among tl the mott emine nt Fre nchhit’coria ns

, in one

of the fiu e tt p oemswhichthis a g e has p rodu cedte l ls u s tlra ng e tloriesof he r inordina te a nd u nfa tis

tie d lu tl. I t is fa id the was p a rt icu la rly fond of

Sa la din, the emp e ror ; othe rs te l l u s, , tha t , it was

S a la din, a p riva te foldie r, a nd a ve ry ha ndfome

Sa ra ce n, of whom ' the was de e p ly e namou re d.

Le t u s he a r wha t hone tt Bra ntome fays, in his

bl u nt, bu t e x p re f ftve , l a ng u a g e .

O u r (1136 6 11 Ele a nor, du che fs of Gu ie nne,

who a tte nde d the king , he r‘ hu tba nd, beyond fe a ,a nd who, by frequ e nt ly conve rting among tl a rms

a nd the foldie ry, g ave he rfe lf fu cha loofe a t la ft asto have to do wi th the Sa ra ce ns, for which the

king divorced he r, a nd which cotl u s de a r. She

had a mind to trywhe the r the fe wa rl ike me n we re

a s brave champ ions in a bed~chambe r a s in the

fie ld of ba ttl e . P otliblyit washe r humou r to loveva l ia nt me n.

”

This p l a in- fp oke n write r, in a nothe r p l a ce , fays,tha t Q e e

'

n El e a nor wa s not the only one wh’

o

we nt to the holy wa r in comp a ny with '

Louis;P lzyfeu rr g ra nder dame : 01186 16117” ma ryr fé or al/e

r ent,mair non leu r j améer, qu

’eller ouorz

’

r enl,

et les

la rg z'

rent a ban ei/Z‘ie nt j }qu

l

’a u e u ner y demezzr er ent

,

ct ler a u trer re tou rner ent,de tr er banner ocfl er

’.

Notwithtla nding El e a nor’s i l l fame

, a nd he r be

ing divorc e d from he r hu tba nd for lewdne t‘

s, in re a

lity, thou g h p re te nde dly, on a ccou nt of too ne a r

confa n‘

g uinity, ou r King He nry II . was not to

fqu e amith a s to ne g le ét the op portu ni ty. of a ddingfeve ra l nobl e a nd rich p rovinc es to his dominionsby a cce p ti ng he r ha nd . They

~we re both in the

p rime a nd vig ou r of l ife , a nd the ir e a g e rne ts to

come tog e ther was e vide n t _by the

‘

qu ick jou rneysthey

Hayley on Hitlory.

K I N G'

J O H‘

N . 1 5

they took tome e t e a chothe r. No cou p l e of a rde nt love rs fe eme d more wi l l ing to be u ni te d in thenu p t

ia l bond tha n He nry a nd Ele a nor. Their ha ppine fs did not l a tt long ; the wasa s j e a lou sofHe nryashe rfirtl hu tba nd ha d be e n of he r, a nd wi th re a

fon : bu t He nry was not fo mi ld a s Lou is; heconfined he r in p rifon du ring the g re a t e tt p a rt of

his re i g n . I tha ll conc lu de this note wi th,the re

ma rka ble words of Me z e ray: Thiswoma n,con

fumma te in a ll for‘

ts of“

wicke dne fs, l ive d e ightyye a rs, ke p t u p

a wa r for above'

fix tyye a rs, a nd fe t

tle d a ha tre d be twe e n Fra nc e a nd Eng la nd, tha t

has cont inu ed a bove thre e a g es fo tha t with. re a

fon we may fayof he r, wha t the Gre ek poe t fa idofMe ne la u s’swife , tha t we ha ve fu tfe re d

'

not a te n,

‘

bu t a fou r du ndrod yea r : wa r,wild fir e and fword,

Zy meanrof fair woma n .

”

F A L C O N B'

R I D G E M

I t lie s’

a s tight lyon the'ba ck of him

A s g re a t—A lcide s

’

fl ue : u pon a n a fs.

A more whimtical a’

nd l u dicrou s ima g e ca nnot

b e p re fe nted to the mind, tha n a n a fs trott ing u pa nd down, hishoofs cove re d ove r wi th fa ir la rg ebu tkins, fit for the fe e t of He rc u l e s. The

'

fe nfe

is ve ry c l e a r, bu t The oba ld, fu p poting tha t the

a fs cou ld ca rry thoe s no whe re bu t on his ba ck,a l te red/boer tojbewr. Mr. Ste e ve nshas

,from fe

.ve r

‘

a l p a ra l l e l p afia g e s of old a u thors, p rove d the

frequ e nt u fe of the te rm Hercu ler’fl Joer, a p p a re ntlyfrom the old, p rove rb, ear p ede Hercu lem.

Give g rahdam kingdom,a nd it g randam will

Give it a p l um,a che rry, a nd a fig .

The inve te ra te ha tre d of the fe two l adie s, the

(b e e n a nd the Du che fs of Brita nny, was fou nde donr fome thing more fu btla ntia l tha n me re p e rfona l

r

p ique. u Ele anorx ilt Is fa Id by hItlorIans, ha d a

tirong er

r6 DRAMATIC MISCELBANIES.

firong e r a tfeEtion towa rdshe r nephew Arthu r tha n

he r fon John ; bu t the - jtittly a p p rehe nded

Arthu r ha d fu cce ede d‘

to the crown,his

who was a woman of“

a n e x ce l l e nt u nde rtla nding

a nd of a n u nda u nte d - mind, wou ld have ha d ~ thé

dire c‘t ion ofhis a ffa irs; this p romp te d the dowa g e r

to e fpou fe the ca u fe of John, who p a id g re a t de

fere nce to he r cou nfe ls.

E N G' L I S H H E R A L _D .

And, like a jolly troop of hu ntfme n; come

O u r lu fl yEnglifh, a llwith p u rp le ha nds,

Dy’d in the dying fl a u g hte t of their foe s.

The re is in Ju l iu s Cae fa r, Aél lII .‘

a p affa g e

quite ‘ftmila r

‘

to this ; Ma rk Antony, in a n a pof

trophe to thede ad body of ( a fa r

, comp a reshis

mu rde re rs to hu nte rs tlained wi th the blood of thetlain de e r.

Pa rdon me , Ju liu s, he re watt thou bay’d, brave ha rt l

H e re didtt thou fa ll, a nd he re thy hu nte rs tla nd,

Sig a’d in thy fp orl, a nd crimfon

‘d in thy lethe .

Dr. Johnfon, in a nOte u p on the firtl c i ted p a ffa g e , thinks it wa s one of the fa va g e p ra é

‘tice s Of

the cha ce , for a ll the hu nte rs to fla in the ir ha ndsin the blood of the de e r a s a trophy.

Upon looking into T u rhe rville’s book of Hu nt:

mg , I ca n fe e no tra ce of tha t pra&ice bu t the re

a re two ditfe re nt a ccou nts of the Fre nch a nd Eng:

lithma nne r of ditfe éting or bre aking u p the de e r.

In dividing the fe ve ra l p a rtsof the de er, the Fre nchemp loye d the ha nd of the hu ntfman a lone ; bu tou r Eng lith king s, ba rons, a nd othe r great me n,

took p a rt of tha t offic e u pon themfeives.

i

O u r order

if,faysTu rbe rvil l e

,Ma tMe p rince or eduf e (if/o

p lea/e tfiem) do a lig /lt , a nd take afiye of tire de ere ,will: a fimrp e knife , { be t unic/I if donein tllir 37mm

tlze deere being loyde upon 61: ba ck , t/ze p rince ,

K I N G.

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file cfiiefl’ fiu ntfman kneeling , if it of to a prince ,

dot/ilie/d Ma' doer by t/ze for e foot , wfiifo Hie p rince

or cfiiqfe do ou t 215 fl it, drawn f a/ongfi bryfl ot oftfie deere .

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The de e r’she ad is a l fo cu t 067 by the p rince orchfie

f; in the re op e ra tions, the diffe ét e rs mu ll he

ce a rily be fp rinkle d or be f’

me a re d‘

wi th the bloodof the anima l , a nd to this ou r a u thor, in bothpa l?fa g e s, fe ems p la inly to a llu de .

Tha t fhakemthe rot te n carcafsof old . dea th

O u t of hisra g s.

I mu fiown, I l'

ce no g re a t difficu l ty in the

word/fay ; whichme a nsnomore , notwithli‘

a ndinga ll the a ttribu tes g ive n toit by the fp e ake r,

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than a

ve ry g re a t a nd a lmoft infu rmou ntable obfia cle .

P e rha p s the powe r of the word fl ay may be he ll:

known from a ve ry old a u thor ; from GawinDowg las

’sTranfl a tion of Virg i l take the fou r fol

lowing l ines

Ane p ort there is whom the‘

eit fl u dishas

In ma ne re of a ne , bou le or bay,

With rochis fe t forg ane the fireme fu ll fl ay,

To brek the (a lt fame of the leyis ftou re .

The e nded a nd modefl a u thor of the

Glofl a ry biiok, forhouma n knows to whomhe is 6i

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tha t e x ce l lent a nd le a rne d com

me nta ry a nd diffic u l t words, Scottifh a nd

Sa x on, e x p l a ins fiay'

by eop , as we lay in

Scot la nd, a (fay bra e, a hi gh ba nk of d ifficu l t a f

ce nt, from the ve rb fl ay, to fl op or hinde r, bec a u fe the fl e e p ne f

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s re ta rds thol'

e who c l imb it, as theLa t ins fayh iter impoditum,

[om imp rdita ; or, fromthe Be l g ic , fl ogig /z, p rmrup fw .

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Nfr.~Ste e vens a nd Mr. Ma lone have brou ght

many p ajila g e sfrom old wri te rs to p rove the u fe

h

of

t 6

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the word fl ay in the (cu te whe rein it is a p p l iedby Shakl

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p e a re .

B A s T A ~ R D“

.

Mad world ! Ma d king s ! Mad compofition l

Theoba ld,wi th g re a t p rop ri e ty, finifhe s the

fe cond act wi th this foliloqu y of Fa l conbridg e ,whichis a ve ry humorou s a nd fa tirica l

’

a p p lica tion

to the fe lfilh fe e l ing s of the fa r g re a te ft p a rt of

ma nkind. Bu t why mad world ! mad, ki ng s! a nd

ma d compolition The tre a tywas a cou nte r-

p a rt

to a lmofl a ll the tre a t i es which ha ve be e n ma de

be twe e n p rinces for ma ny a g es p ail"

. Honou r,fa i th, ju fl ice , a nd common hone lly, on the fe

oeca fions,’

a re l i tt l e re g a rded ; a nd inte reil,“

or

commodi ty, as Shakfp e a re te rms it, fole ly ke p tin view by the contractors. It is tru e , tha t tre at ies are ente red intoin the moftfolemnmanne r, andin the name of the holy and u ndivided Trini ty;bu t thisisma tte r ofme re form,

a nd bymany p rinces, asl itt le remembe re d a sa corona tion- oa th, whichis a lways take n w i th g re a t folemnity, a nd bu t fe l~

dom ca l led to mind,e x c e p t with a view to make

fre e wi th it .Had Shakfp‘e a re fa id ba d world, & c . it wou ld

have be e n ne a re r the ma rk. Bu t , in ou r a u thor’s

l a ng u a g e , whichis equ a l ly cop iou s a nd l ic e ntiou s,the word mod fome time s fig nifies, a s it doeshe re , fira ng o ! odd !

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J O H N . 9

C H A P T E R III .

Ckara c‘rer of Lady Corfiance .- Admira

_oly a c

‘i’ed

Mm. Cibber‘. - 1Wr.r. Bu tler fet up a : ker riva l.

n in’r opinion of MN . Cibber .—Hig k tides in

tke ca lenda r .~ -Mrr . Cibber a nd 'Winfi0ne .

—R

j am wky Mr . Ma ck/in e ou fd not done d fied P a n

du lp k. far cafm: -Ciéber inferior , in Me

Pop e’f Leg a te , toMe ekiin

;a nd w

cka rd rcfufi’r Colley Cibber

}; a dvice — S tep ken La ng

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ton’: c/la rafi er .

—Ska kfl )ea re not a -Roman Ca tko/ie .

- /Ynecdote of Wa lker a nd Roman.

ITHERTO the cha ra’

&e r of Confl a nce hasbe e nTe e n to l i ttl e a dva nta g e . He r fp e e ches

we re ra the r more comformable to the (cold or vira go tha n theinj u red p rince fs a nd a ffl icte d mother.In the

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firft fce ne of the third a ét the a p p e a rswi ththe dig ni ty of j‘u ft‘re fentme nt a nd maje fl

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y ofmaxte rna l g rie f. To fu p p ofe tha t the a rt of a ct ingwas not amp ly, if not p erfe é

’tly, u nde rflood a nd

p ra é’tifed, in the days of

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ou r a u thor, wou ld he a n

inj u ry to the fe e l ing s of e ve ry inte l l ig e nt re a de r.

How many v a ria tions of a ction a nd p afiion a re in

the firft fp e e ch of this fce ne , confifling only of

twe nty fix l ines, a ll na tu ra l ly re fu lting from the

a g it a t ionsof a mind a nx iou fl y inqu iring into the

tru th of tha t whichit dre ads to know l Eve n the

u nde r cha ra éte r, Sa lilb u ry, is ca lle d u p on, by the

words of Conl’ta nce , to e x p re fs the difie re nt p a f

lions of hisinind by va rie ty as we l l as ju ftne fs ofa ftion ; a sin the fol lowing l ine sWha t dofi thou me a n by fhaking of thyhe ad

Why doft thou look l'o fa dly on my fonWha t me ahs tha t hand u pon tha t bre afi of thine

Why holds thine e ye tha t lame ntable rhe um ?

Be the l'

e fad fig hs confirme rs of thywords

Lady; Confia nce’s p a fl iona te e ffufion of ra g e ,

g rie f, and indig na tion, from whichfca rce a l ine or

thou ght'

do DRAMATIC”

MISCELLANIES .

thou ght can be ,

e x p u ng ed, to his e te rna l difg ra ce ,Cibbe r ha s e i the r e ntire lyfu p p re liie d , or wre tche d

ly fpoiled, by vi l e a nd de g ra d ing inte rpola t ions ;nay, the whol e fce ne is de formed

.

a nd - mu ti l a te d,tha t l i ttl e of the cre a t ive powe r o f S lrakfp eareis to be fe e n in it

i

To u tte r, wi th the u tmoft ha rmony g ud piop riory allx the g rie f, a ng e r,re fe ntnie nt, ra g e , de fponde ncy, reviv ing cou ra g e ,a nd a nima te d defia nc e , i nc ide nta l to Lady Conf

ta nce , a nd to a ccomp a ny them with'

corre fpondent

p rop rie ty a nd veheme nce of a étio‘

n‘, wa s a ha p p i

ne fs onlyknown to Mrs. C ibbe r. Mrs. Ha l l amwa nted

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not fpirit nor p a thos in this pa rt ; nor

wou ldMrs. P ri tcha rd have fa l le n fo be low he rfe lf,if Cibbe r ha d notmill e d he r. To

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fp e ak the a ru th;Mrs, Cibbe r has had no fu ccefib r in this p a rt bu tMrs. Ya te s

,who ye t, it mu tt be eonfhll

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ed, “Qt-w

withl’tanding he r g re a t and ju ftlya a p pla u ded fltill, isinfe rior.

Whe n Mrs.“

Cibber threw he rfe lf on the g rou ndin p ronou ncing

He re ia nd forrow fit4

H e re ismy throne,le t king s

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come bovk i

foi

it.

He r voice , look, a nd p e rfon, in e ve ry l imb, fe emedto be a nima te d wi th the tru e fpirit which the a n1

thor had infu fe d into he r cha racte r.

And ye t I remembe r, whe n Cibbe r’s King John

wasin rehe a rfa l a t Dru ry-Lane the a tre , fo l i tt le

wa s the meri t of Mrs. Cibbe r known to the world;tha t, in op p ofu ion,

to he r,a p a rty was forme d in

favou r of Mrs. Bu tle r,the orig ina l a étre fsofM i l l ;

wood, in Ba rnwe l l, who wa s fa id to be a n ille giti

ma te da u ghte r of a nobl e du ke whofe monu mentrs erecte d in

’

Wefiminfl e rw abbey. Nay, when theorig ina l p l ay was afte rwa rds revived in a t

the fame the a tre , in op p ofition to Cibber’s,P apa l

Tyra nny h'lr. Ga rrick wa s (0 l i ttl e acqu a inte dWith the g enu ine powers of this charming Me l;

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d ing behaviou r of . Au flria ; if he does not contribu te to the g e ne ra l de ce p tion by fe e l ing the re

p roa ches of Comfla nce , the vig ou r of the fe ntime ntswil l be we akene d,

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a nd the inte nt ion of the

a u thor difa p pointed . The cha ra é’te r of Au flria is

ve ryu nam ia bl e ; a nd Mrs. C ibbe r, when the p laywa sfirft in rehe a rfa l

,cou ld not e afily

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p reva i l onWinfione to make Au ftria a p p e a r a s odiou s to a n

a u die nce a she ou ght . Winfione wa s a n a ctor offing u la r {hillin two or thre e p arts: he was as ho

me lt and a ukwa rd a cou ntryboobyin John Moody,in the P rovoke d Hu fba nd, a s the

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au thor defig ne d

him ; a nd, in Be n Johnfon’sDownrig ht, he made

a n e x ce l le nt g rote fqu e p ictu re of abru p t p l a inde a l ing a nd u nfa fhib na ble fimp licit He ha d the

g ood fortu ne to g a in a confide ra le fum of mo

neyin a lotte ry a bou t thirty ye a rsfince , a nd re

t ired to l ive on a n e fl a te which he p u rchafed inMonmou thfhire . Bu t it wa s imp ofl ible for anyma n long to refill; the p e rfu afiire ma nne r of Mrs.

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C ibbe r. Winfione fu l ly a nfweréd he r ide a of Auftria’scha racter.

K I N G P H I L I P .

He re come s the holy le g a te of the pop e.

The cha ra étcr of P a ndu lp hhasnot, a 5 ye t, bee nre p re fe nted with tha t dig nity a nd inportance whichit dema nds.

Ma ckl in, whofe {ki l l tn acting is a cknowl edg e dto be fu p e rior to tha t of a nyma n

,who isthe be ll

te a che r of the a rt,a nd is(ti l l

,a t a ve ry adva nced

a g e , a p owe rfu l comedia n, a s we l l a s a g oodcomic wri te r, thou ld have re fu fed this p a rt

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; neithe r his p e rfon , voice , a étion, or de p ortme nt , con

veye d a ny ide a of a g re a t de le g a te from the he a dot the chu rch

, or the fpiritu a lmona rchof Chriftendom . (min, who wa s p re fe nt a t the reviva l ofKing John a t Dru ry

- l a ne , fa id Ma ckl in was l ikea ca rdina l who had b ee n forme rly a p a rifh- cle rk.

And

K I N G J O H N . 2 3ifind ye t,

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it mu ll be owned, Ma ckl in u nde rflood

the log ic of the p a rt, it’

I may'

be a l lowe d the

e x p re fl ion, be tte r tha n a ny body. Bu t the man,

who p re fumes to controu l the wi l l of mig htyna rchs, {hou ld have a

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p e rfon whichbe fp e aks a uthority, a look comma nd ing re fp e ét , g ra ce fu lon, a nd maje flic de portme nt . Bu t Col l ey Cib

be r’s P a ndu lp hwas le fs a g re e able to a n a u die ncetha n Macklin’s; the voice of . the la tte r

, thou g h

rou gh, was a u d ibl e . The forme r’s p ip e wa s e ve r

p owe rle fs, a nd now, throu g h old a g e , towe ak,

tha t hiswords we re re nde red ina rt icu la te . Hisma nne r of fp e aking wasmu ch a p p l a u de d byfome ,

a nd by othe rsas g re a t ly difliked, in the P op e’s Lei

g a te , a sih'

moft of his tra g ic cha ra éte rs. The

u nna tu ra l (we l l ing of his words difple ai'

e d a llwho

p re fe rre d na tu ra l e locu t ion to a rt ific ia l cade nc’

e .

The old ma n was cont inu a l ly , a dvifingMrs. P ritcha rd, who afie d ,

La dy Confia nce , to

tone‘

he r words; bu t the , by obeying he r ownfe e l ing s a nd hfle ning to he r own j u dgme nt, g ain

e d a p p roba t ion a nd a p p la u fe ; which was not the

ca fe withhis fon Theophi lu s, who a éte d the Da u

phin, a nd Mrs. Be l lamy, who p layed La dyBla nch. They, b y obeying the ir dire étor’s p rec e p ts, we re molt fe ve re ly e x p lode d; Bu t Col ley

’s

de p ortme nt was, I think, as dif'

g u fting as his u t'

te ra nce . He afie éte d a fia te ly mag nifice nt tre ad,a fu p e rciliou s a fp e& ,

wi th lofty a nd e x tra vag a nt

a etion,which he dil

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p laye d bywav ing u p a nd downa rol l of p a rchme nt in his ri ght ha nd ; in fhort,his whole behaviou r was fo fia rchly Lllu die

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d, itha tit a p p e a re d em ine ntlyinfig nifica nt, a nd more re

fembling his own Lord Fop p ing ton than a g re a ta nd dig n ifie d chu rchma n.

P A N D

i

U L P H .

T- And force p e r force

Ke e p S te phe n La ng ton , chore n a rchbifhopOf Cante rbu ry, from tha t lioly fe e.

Ste phen

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S te phe n La ng ton,a rchbithOp of Ca nte rbu ry,

de fe rves to be he ld in e ve rla fting remembra nce

by a llEng lilhme n to this g e ne rou s a nd wi fe p rela te we a re more indebted tha n, p e rha p s, to a nyof the a ffocia ted ba rons, who obl ig e d King Johnto fig n the g re a t cha rte r

of ou r l ibe rt i es4§ang tonis a p roof tha t eve ryma n of ~fe nfe ~willhe inde p e n

de nt if he ca n ; for, notwithfiahding he owe d his

a dva nceme nt to the fe e of’

Ca nterbit ry‘

to the p op e ,

asfoon a s eve r it was in his p owe r,he be came a

fire nu ou s op p bfe r of a llme a fu re s which te nded ‘

to

fu bje ét the crown of Eng la nd to '

a fore ig n p ote n

ta te . Al l the cop ies of He nry the Firft’s re a t

cha rte r, whichha d be e n lodg ed in the ca pitufa riesof re l ig iou s hou fe s, we re lofl

,

'

a nd i t'

is fu pofed tha t King John had made away wi th them.

ia ng ton, by di l ig e nce or a cc ide nt, fou nd one ;

a nd this wa smade the g rou nd- work of the new

cha rte r : bu t~La ng ton had p aved the way for thisnoble efiablithme nt of ri g hts, byinfe rting , in the

oa thtake n hythe king , whe n he a bfolve d him,the

fol lowing a rtic l e , Tha t he wou ld re - e lla blifh the

g ood l awsof King Edwa rd the Confefi’

or f’ laws, ~

which Hume , in the e a rl ie r p a rt of his hifl ory,fe ems to ove rlook or u nde rva l u e , thou gh, in his

re ig n of John, he a cknowl edg es the ir e x ce l lence .

x I N G J o H N .

Thou ghyou and a ll the king sof Chrifte ndomA re lcd fo g rofsly by this meddling p rie ft,

Dre ading the cu f fe tha t moneymay bu you t,

A nd, by the me rit of vile g old, drofs, d a ft,

P u rcha fe corru p ted p a rdon of a man,

Whoin tha t fa le fe lls p ardon from himfe lf, Gee .

From this a nd the forme r fp e e chof King j ohntothe le g a te , manyg ood P roteila nts, a nd, ‘ among ftthe re fl, Col leyC ibbe r, ha ve brou ght amp l e p roofsto difcre dit the be lie f of Shakfp e a re

’s be ing a Ro

ma n Ca thol ic , which fe ems to have taken‘

its'

rifefrom the de fc

‘

rip tion'

of p u rg a tory by- the g

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ho‘

fi‘

in ’

Haml e t .

ra she s

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whoafiedxAu fl‘ria“

, on “ the revwala t M itt -Garden; i

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whe the rcthrohg hi chance, in:

{le ad of he a ting onhridg e“

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never a wasve ry‘defl u ent; in .

the ” He f re t ired‘fromthe

‘Rag e the p la c

fu p e rinte ndant to a hrewh‘

ou fe withlbecoming dig

nity.

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non—Ba ttle of Mirabel.—§fofin f cndchnau ritowinan ncpncw to bi: interc/L— Sccnc betwe en

‘Hubcf' tand Me king ,

fwna tempt: bira ata murde r fl rt/lu r,

compa red toone in aMafl t'

nggr’fi a a af

’f n efifma ion - 4fia i/bfng nwe aaf

fou nd, fromB ante’i Infirma r

—e rffiibéc a ; g rgcat

e x cellence in Lady Cowm a n—766 merit}of Qnin

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Garrick, Yl/Iafibfi, and celebra ted

fime‘

between fM éj f‘t a nd. ayaan.!-i- Str a ng e gikatfan

tion of an

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a u a’icirzce’f ta a bea u tzL/izl afirafgj,H

‘it‘ ca nnot be dou bted . tha t Shakfhad p e ru fe d the chronic le s i

o’

f'

Kinga t lea ftx thofe zof H

drawing his portra i t ; of Arthu r,lowed the old p lay in

”which,

"to be‘

a chi ld of a bou t te n or elecircumfl a nce , he

in which Arthu r a nd La dydu ced, ,more p athe t ic and

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dillre fsful. fBitt the p rincewwas, a t

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this t ime , in the'

fix teénthIorifew‘re rtt e ehth

ye ar; of his a g e, and ha d givein, . befor’

e his c‘

a p tivity, ma nyfig na l' p roofs

. of va lou r. Thou ghtheRoma n you th did not a ffame the ma nly ha bi tt i ll the fe ve nte e nth ye a r izof the ir a g e , the noblefpirit of chiva lryirifpire d he r ifonsWith a n earliera rdou r for the fie ld. It was notia n u ncommon

fightto behold a you ng fkni

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t e e n, c l ad In comp le te a rmou r, mou nting hisRe ed,a nd ru lhing to the ba ttle . P rinc e He nry, fog of

He nry IV . fou ght br ave ly a t the ba tt le of Shrew

y, when m the fiftee nthye a r of his a g e ; a nd,thou gh wou nded, re fu te d to re t ire from the

,ifie ld

T he fame P rince He nry had b e e n knig hted be;King Richa rd II . thre e ye a rs be fore , for the p rooshe g ave of his p rowe fs In I re la nd .

Arthu r had b e e n knig hte d byPhilip , a nd p re

fe nted byhim wi th ce rta in te rritories in the Poict evin, w ith the view of de ta ching him for e ve r

from the inte re fl of his u hcle King john.

O ne of the you ng p rince’s firft e nte rp rifes, a fte r ,

re ce iving thishonou r, was befie ging his g ra ndmothe r (b e e n E le anor . I n the town of Mirabe l ; thefie g e was fo clofe ly p re ffe d, tha t the Qu e e nwa sobl ig ed to re t ire into the ca ffl e john, he a ring -

b

of

his mothe r’s da ng e I , ha fieiied wi th a n a rmy tohe r re lieh An obIIina te ba ttl e was fou ght be tweenthe roya lifls a nd befie g e rs, in which the king wasvit‘ftorious . Arthu r a nd a g t e a t number of his folowe rswe re t a ke n p rifone rs‘. John wa s fo ela teda t this u ne x p efied g ood fortt

i

ne‘

, tha t he wrote to

his ba rons a p a rticu la r a nd ve rye sx u lting a ccou ntiofhis fu cce fs, in te rms not u nl ike thofe

of I n a l e tte r from a mode rn viéiorioiis monarchtohisminifl e rs of Ha te , comm m to g iveGod tha nks a nd re joice a t his The kinge nde avoured, by a ll ma nne r 5

, to

u in ove r his ne phew to his for'

th

to him the mi g hty adva niabu t the .you ng ine x pe rie nce d p rincete d his u nc le

’s oEe rs. of frie ndfiitp

bu t imp riu dentl infifle d u p on histothe crown of gla nd which he

And the wri te r (if the old p lay p u ts intothe mou thof Arthu r, whe n he Is requ efted by his u ncle -

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de p e nd u p onhimi

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re al tre afiire‘

upon the . u nlocking of.‘

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a nd the

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to mu rde r ‘

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- la te editor ‘

oi afling e rhasinde ed ca l led u pon“

5 the r'

e ade r of a”

fcene‘be twe en Sforz a a nd Fran

‘éil

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co, in it withthis

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beiwe e n‘

j ohn'

and‘

boldly a p

pe’

a ls tohis‘judgme ntrfor the décir n.

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ene inMallingeris‘wcllconce ive d andhig h

lyfinilhed ; bu t the lig htning itfe lf“is not brighter

initsPa th, nor' more afionifhing in its

efi'

eéts,

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Dante’s Infe rno.

rTfin awfizlfintmce

in Me lafl g r ea t day, faystha t'

a u thor,e ver in Me e ar: of Me damned* . Thishe e x p re fres

byR IMB OM B A in zE tfl’

num.

The feve ra la€torsof—Iohn, .in thisre e ne , ha d the ird iffe re nt anda p p rop ria ted (ha resofme rit .Q iin’svoicea ndma nne r of afiing we re we l l ada p ted to the fitu at ion a ndhafine fs of ,

it . His‘

folemn a nd a rt icu l a tewhifpe ring s

'

we re l ike foft notes in mu fic , whichfummon ou r de e p e fi a tte ntion ; bu t, whe the r the

a &ion did not corre fpond wi th the words, or the

look did not a fl ifi the fp e e ch a nd a étion, the eEe&

was not p e rfefily p rodu ce d. If eve r Ga rrick’s

qu ick inte l l ig e nce of eye a nd va ri e d a& ion fa i l e dhim, it washe re . Throu ghthe whole fc ene , hisa rt wastoovifible a nd g l a ring ; his i nc l ina t ion a nd

fe a r we re not equ allyf u fp e nde d ; the he fita tionsofa man big withmu rde r a nd de a thLwe re not ha p p ily and fu blimely e x p re ffed

O f MolTOp , fu fiice requ iresme to fay, tha t hewas ne a re r in fie ling the throes of a g u i l tymind,a nd in conveying them to his a u di tors, tha n e i the rQ tin or Ga rrick. In my memoirsofMr. Ga rrick,Iihave

'

e ndea vou red, thou ghfa int ly, to do ju fiiceto

,the who, in this fcene ,

bore '

away the p a lm from a ll comp e t i tors.

L A D Y C oi

N S T A N C‘

E .

No ! 1

"

dcfie a ll comfort ! a ll rc cl'

s '.

The g ri e f, a ng uifh, a nd de fp airT of a mothe r,site no whe re fo natural ly conce ived and (0 p a the

u

t ica l lye x pre fl'

e d, a sin the Confl a nce of Sh'

akfp '

e a re .

The .Clytemne fl ra”

'He cu ba ,‘

ax

nd Andromache , of ,

Eu ripidesf though ,ju fl ly a dmire d cha raEte rs, havenot thofe afiéaing toitches,.

i

t‘

hof'

e he a rt - re ndmge x c lama tions of ma te rnal difire fs, wi th

'

whichConiia nce

i

t De part into é‘

vcrlafiing firé,‘

p re p aredFor the Devil and his ang e ls. Matthew 30 W. 41; I

"‘K ‘I N G t

i

fiR J Ga l

-I 'N

t;2

‘

” 5 ;

Confiane e me l tsthe‘

a udience into te a rs} ; The ‘mo- n

,

de rn imitationsoff th'

e ancientsa refitllmore ‘te e ble "

sa p p roa chnthe ” fu by‘

liihe zpathosof' ou

L‘

a D Y C'

O N E

ar z

noble a'

pofiro’

phe to‘d

'

e a

'

th IsFu'

pe rIor to‘tha t

fine 'invbe'

a tibn p f theZc lioru s inthe (u ppli

’

caints of?

[ Efchylu s to the fame ri

pbww.

‘‘5 ' i

0 thou,

’

afii§ned the‘

To bid’

hismifcrie s end” ;A nd in oblivion

’s ba lm to {Be e p hiswoe ,

Come, g e ntle de a th, e re tha t had hou r

'Which"

drag sme to thc’

nu ptialvbcd'

,

Andde t xmc find” in thy foftgpowe r,A re fu g e from the

fforc

‘c I dread.

t,

V Imu rmu rs.

u L.

taken"notice ‘

of Mrs.“v

Cibb'

e r’s

Uncommon e x ce llehce Sin Confiance . ItiWasin

de ed he r molt e rfe él: cha ra é’te r. Whe n g oing off

the fl a‘

g e ,~in t isfcene ,

‘

the u tte redI 4'

QHond a : my. boy

withfu cha fi e’

m‘

pha ticfa hfcre am ofj a g ony, aswi llneve r‘be forg otte n by

"thofe who he a rd her

‘

.

*This admira ble a étre fs, du ring t he re p re fe nta ti

on of this‘

tra g edy a'

t Covent - Ga rden The a tre ,a bou t . the ye a r: 175 0, sxwa s fu dde nly.

.take n . i l l .

The p lay was, howe ve r a nnou nced in the bi l ls.wase ve r re ady to fhew

'

hei‘”

re fpe étr. to the p ub lic . fa nd .he r willing ne fsf to p ro

mote the .inte rétb of th'

e r'emp loye r, came forwa rd~

to the front of . the pit, re adydrefied for the cha ~

ra éte r of. Cohfl a'

nce , a nd offe re d wi th the'

p e rmif-l

fion of the a u die nce, to .

ICibbe r’s

p l a ce . tor : tha t might . The 05

laddre fs fe eme d

a,

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DRAMA’i‘ié ' MISCELLANIES.

to”

be ehiire ly'

Jpn fir far-

Ma e: ‘Thihinnex pe‘

a ed‘

recep tibnifd

'

émtia frafféd “

he?‘1that fight

»?wa tfpre par a

ging to r

‘

e fir'

e‘

ifWh’

e‘

ft refine; hefthe ht theyany.

wanted a hint to‘

r’

bhlkl'

ih’

e fn fremt eiririi'

efiftbi-Ji

iity, a tkg d u

the‘mnblu ntiy

é‘if ghe wou l g ive Mrs.

Wothng'ton le ave to a La y Con ane

’

e ?Thea u die nce , asif fi‘om a fit of le

sa faa lse awardsbea u tifu lwoma n

c H~A P"T ; E R V

Arthu r: aiiihHiibe r‘ttf

es‘a fubjéfi > foz teri'ie:

‘

reqnire smore than

thi‘viriter; th

' ti'e a titin fu cha nrahne t as he ither to ' fhdekihé

’

read er;nbr fill the fpe

’éia tbr lj k'ith horror». f f he enfionif

of p u t ting nu t at perfonis‘

i‘eyes zw

'

as tmiknoit'n ~tb“

dot firilifby 83100; ‘andl the liemfl bu r B ainithj zm z

Q ] 4, C) cefiors.

E I N J'

Q 'Htilfi;

The cru el.eye ‘

was‘Inaroduqe d

Tha t roya l rafiia n,

ki l l in ofl a

owu $0refisthey,

Zthis,

inhuma n¢ p raed from john. byman .mone

r

pl/a‘

cid

enerally;nothas

“ W e may fa fe ly trail to theop inion of the fa ccu ra te

’

a n’

d indu llviou s Mr. Ma

p hew to d e a th, tamperedwhom he

‘temp tedkbj ; the h

came hisp u rpofc. Some ztre a ted his. propofa lswi thdifdain and horron: othe rme ride aa’ou red zma ccom

p lifhithe de e

young p rincemg difmiffedx

the te arsofith'

e u nha p pyAitLhu r,he wou ld Ta

'

ve a nd him'

ife é‘c this, he g a tfe ' ou t» tha t he

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ifl ill b e tte r to ca rryon the de ce i t,"

the,

bu ria l fe rv ice was p e rformed for him. Thu s ia r the hit?t orIa n.

NotW Ithlia nding that .

‘ou r a u thor

,

" in thisfc

‘e ne , u nl u cki lyfa l ls into hisOld

‘

fond habi t '

of'quibi

bling'

a nd p laying u pon words, ye t the ftrong-

p le ading s

‘

of Arthur, in the na tu ra l la ng u a g e of you th-1

‘

ftll innoce nce in difire fs, wi l l tou ch the he a rt of

Eve ryre ade r. To p la ce Ma rlow a s a comp e t i tortoShakf

'

p e are , wou ld revol t - the mind of a ny re a de r ;ye t, In this fc‘e ne , he is no contemp tlble a n ra g onift : the forme r ismore a tiet

oting the l a tte rmore

e loqu ent . Some l inesinArthu r’sfp e e chtoHu be rt,afte r rea ding

'

the wa rra nt for his de a th,ou g ht not

to be‘

loft.‘

- A R . T H i n R .

a,H e avc

in we ep s; the faints do thed‘ ( e lcltial te a rs

, They;fe ar tiyfd l, and cite the cwwith remorfc

They knock thy confcicu cc,movmg pity the I e ,

Willing to: fe nce the e from the ra g e of he ll

He ll H u be rt ! Tru ftme , a ll the p la g u e s of he ll‘

Ha ng on the p e I formancc of this d amne d de ed a

This’fe a l

, the warra nt of the body’s blifs

,

I nfu re thS a ta n chie ftain of thy fou l,S u bi

’

cribc not, Hu be rt Give not Godfs

'

p a rt away i‘

‘1 fp e aky

nb t only for my eye s p rivile g e ,The chie f e x te Iior tha t I wou ld e njoyB u t for thy p e ril, fa r beyond myp ain,

. Th'

y (we e b fou l’e lofs, more tha n my eyes la c

k,~

A ca u l'

c int e rna l a nd e te rna l too‘

A dvife thee , H u be rt, for the ca fe ishard-To lol

'

e fa lva tion for a king ’srewa . d .

'

o

Hu be rt'

not fe emmg to be'moved

,Arthu r ru b

nu ts, a nd bids him obey his orde rs bu t iiill e nde avou rs

’

to afie ft him wi th' e n imp re ca t ion.

Y citolling eye

s; whore fu p e rficics‘

yct‘I do behold with eye s tha t na ture le nt,"

S e nd forth the te rror of your move r’s frown

‘1‘O tb s.

K I iN G il‘] O lH

’

flN 3 5

To wre a k mylwrong s u pon mymu rde rers, e

Tha t rob me of you r fair re fl eéting'

view.

Le t he ll) to them;“

ase artlithey‘with tome , n

Be da rk a nd dire fu Lg ue rdon of their. g u ilt !De lay not

,Hu be rt , my orifonsa re e nde d ;

Be gin,“

I p ray thee,‘re ave me tof my light

Bu t to p e rform a t ra g e die inde e d,

Conclu de the p e riodwith a morta lfi ab t

Col leyCibber haus done léfsinj u rytoShalt fp ea re ,in this fce ne , tha n 111 a ny. othe r of the p lay. Nay,

‘

it mu ll be confe ll‘

edr :he hashe ightene d the a h

fine a nd a ffecting inc iing

‘

a folemrt ‘p romifewou ld p u t his ne p hewoa ccomp lifh the de e d ;

, hé'

ove rhea rs théce p u tting u p s

’

ave n for hhe a r

"

the 1rinoc for hte t e r Ila rs his . rg g e

Ha ‘! ‘wha t ris

‘

fthit Lhe a r !

,Diflttaékjon to my. { time He. p rays for me

FonHu be rt . who hasmad e his chainsfit e afy !3 hig hhe a ve n he ha s fo kind a ke ep e r

me a ns this d amp re luCt a nce ohmy browstrembling ne rve s .

3 Tins a g u e in my blood

,Ir. had be enwe l l if Cibberhad (iop t he re . but he

goes onto comp a re tha t.which wi l l be a r no com

,p a ril'

on, the [ta b of the a lla llin wi th the wou nd

which the brave ma n g ive s a nd re ce u'

e s in thefie ld of ba tt l e . Bu t le t.. me not rob him of a nyju lt c la im to me ri t . , .He p u ts a thou g ht into themou thofArthu r, which, thou g hnot u nobviou s

, 1s

e x ce e d ing ly tou ching , from the fitm tion oi thecha racte r. Arthu rx to g ive , unde r;hishand, a edgme nt tha t his de a thwas=vol untary a ndninfiié

’ted by ht; ow

‘

n ha nd} .

‘A RTH

‘Q R .

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- ’R T H DI V -K t”

112 1 (I n"

1

Mu lt I domore thandie . Q me rcy me rcy .I

1 J

filfi

‘

finfia x

kiri

'

u . 1 l

f" Z'

O ‘: I

S u p p rel’

sthyVoice ; onthan a rt days in dyings. ‘

1

A ”R II .

‘

11 a ;

will, 0 (

pare me , Hu be rt

dt'whfl é cilll ohce méi' e

ll nothe

t‘hThe corona tlon of

W e ak p rinces a re e ve r fu l'

piciou sof the loya ltyof their fu bjefis

‘; filth, who was confciou s

of his deme rit,"re sad to “fence Mm

’

Fe lf W iththe vowsand pwhlilhsof By their

re p e a ted baths: and ,Iiizflhis,

he ma nifeiiodmore confide eg rity of

his eople tha n he ou ght . For he who flma g ra nt

ly‘volate

'

s’his ohm mdfiToQM n adit

'

l'

ra tio‘n Whenhe iscrOWne

'

tl,*bywhich

1he 11111115 hunk ” '

to 11phbi’d thé laws 1n their‘fu ll force ,

‘and 1b Marinara

bli'

eswas shis rece iving homa g e from his vafl'

a ls,

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MISCEIZLANIEs.

{ cie nce by re crimina t ion on the e normou s g u i l tfof

hisinftrume nt ,

‘whomhe de fcribes asa n u g lymon

fiér,‘formed by na tu re for 218 5's .of v i l la ny -Hu

be rt’s feizing the p rop e r mome nt whe n the king

’3

p a fl ion is a t a n e bb,a nd re fl oring his p e a ce bya

fin loword, wi th a n a rtfu l , thou g h fa lfe , v indica non of hisown innoce nce—The fe a re fu chp a inting s of the p a fl ions, a nd the ir op e ra t ions, on the

human mind, a s no othe r wri te r, a nc ie nt or mo?

de rn, I fu p pofe , wa sia cqu ainte d with.

111:r‘m

To e nte r into a long c riticifm u pon the

me ri tsof the a étors who have rep re fente d the laff

ma fierly fce ne be twee n t"

he king a nd -Hu be rtwou ldbe tediou sand u np rofitable . I t is not inde e d loaded awithd ifficu l ty, l ike the forme r, be twe en the

fame p e rfons 1n the third aEt. There the p a th

onswe re ove r- awe d, and du rfi not fheiv themfe vesin fu l l day, bu t fou ght for a cove r in nods

Jan

fhru g s, fe a rfu l looks, disjointe d phra fesfl a nd, b’

r’

oke n

fe ntence s: he re they bu rii0111 1111111 the ve

of a torre nt, a nd Na tu re 13 p e rm ittedhe r own la ng u a g e w i th a fionifhingThofe afioi‘s

'

who“

we re ha p py in the b'

voices, if they had a

'

ny {ki l l we'

re l itreDe la ne a nd Moffopwantedireirhe r fireto e x pre fs a ng er , ra ge , a nd re fe ritmehr

,with t riith

and vig ou r. She ridaha nd (brim, e ndowed w ithle fsp owe r, we re obl ig ed to fu p p ly tha t iequifit

'

e"

by’

a rt . He re Ga rrick re ig ned tri ump hant .

“he was

g re a t ly fu p e rior to them a ll; His aEtion wasmoreanima ted ; a nd his quick tranfitions from one

p a fiion to a nothe r g ave a n e x ce lleht portra itof the tu rbu l ent a nd dillra éted miiid Of “ JoliWhe n Hu be rt fh

'

ewed hiswa rra nt for the de a thofArthu r, faying to him, at

the fame time,

~r 11W

He re 13 you rhand and foal for wha t I did,

Ga rrick'

fna tched the wa rrant from his hand,

and, g ra fpmg 11 hard, in an agony of‘

de fpair a na

horror,

”

K I N ‘G J O H N. 39

horror, he threw his eyes tohe ave n, as if fe lf-s

convicted of mu rde r, a nd fianding’

be’

fore the g re a t

Ju dg eoi‘th’

e qu icka nd de ad toa '

nfwe'

r

'

for the infringeme nt of the divine comma nd ! Mr

'

.R umney,'we a re

toldbyDr.Potte r, ca llsE fchylu sthe poe tofthe'

p a'

intl

e rs: Shakfp eare hasfu relya sju ha t1tlé torba t a p p e ll a tion as a ny poe t, a nc i e nt or modem.

,

The tra

g edy'

of King lohn wou ld fu fi

p ly the fine ft ma te‘

ria ls for'

difp la'

ying the Ikill‘of ou r mofl

‘emine nt

p a 1nte rs.The two fe ch'

e sin the’tlii‘rd a nd fou rtha ét,

b e twe e n John a nd Hu be rt, m e rit the‘

noble p enc il“

of a Sir Jofhu a Reynolds or a‘W e lt; Myfrie nd,

Mr. P e nny,‘

has g ive n the p u bl ic fome v a l u a blep a int ing s from Shakfp e a re , a nd p a rtichla rly an

e x a ét'

piétu re of the fmith a nd“

the ta i lor, as de

fcribed byHu be rt .

I faw a l'

mithIt and withl

hishammeq thu s,

With e a g e r hafie (wa llowing a tailor’s news

Hu be rt is, bythe p oe t,'

ma de ' a'

p rincip a l a g ent in

the p lay, a nd requ ires no fma ll a rt in the'

a éting .

The feve ra l p laye rswhom I have fe e n in Hu be rt,Bridgwa te r, Be rry, a nd Be nfl ey, ve ry fkilfu llydifp layed the var iou s p a fl ions inc ide nta l to the p a 1t .(113111 was fo p le a fe d withBridgwa te r, (who fol lowe d‘a t the

'

fame time the ' d iffe re nt tra desof coa lfe llizr and p laye r,) tha t,

-

u pon g oing into the Gre e n

room,afteithe foe

‘

ne in the fo'

u rth aEt, he itook

him by the hand a nd tha nke d him, te l l ing himhe wa s g l ad tha t he ha d drawn his a tte nt ion fromhiscoa llwh

'

a rf '

to the Ita g e ; for,

l'

ome times, you

know, Bridg e , tha t, in the midfto‘fa fce ne, you

a re thinking of me'

a fu ring'

ou t a bu lb e l of coa ls tofome ' old crone , who c

you a re fearfu b will «ne ver

p ay you for them.

”

Arthur’s"

de a th,by a fa l l 1111111- the «wa l ls . of

Northamp ton- ca tt l e , fol lows the

‘ importa nt fce neof

’

Hu be rt'

and Arthu r. Asthe de athof thisyoungp rince is made of g re a t confequ

‘ence in the tfa g edy,

It

111wiil'not be an idle , bufine fs. to enter into a ihort

gu i l t whichOi’ f?) a tro;

ing it e.

report of hisdyio by a fa ll from‘the Wallsof his p rifon was;in a l by j ohn and his a

‘goent

'

s;a nd Shakfp e a re ha s la id hold of . it as

"

. an hi ricaIinc ident be ll fuite d toxhis

'

p umofe .

Al l wri ters on'

this pe riod re pot ty . that /eve s

ry body wajs~ftru ck withhorror a t th

de ed ; a nd tha t,» from that moms

de teibéd, 1 and his s a u thoritxy ove'

r

baronsrende red ve ry pre cariou s. The world ' haseve r 10111115 1 e x cla imed a ainfi the wre tche d john,as the mofi e x ecrabl e 0 men, fbfiv fl fi? murde rs.To-be well afiu red tha t he me rited the

‘

odiumwhichfell u pon himin confequ e nce of the . aétion

,’we

ou ght to inquire into tha t prodthg

'

king and his ne phewfi ood in re la t ion to eachother.

A l thou ghthe feu da l fyfiemhad tjted t’

he rightof inhe ri tance by l inea lde fce nt iiithe reate fih p a rtof Eu rope , it was not {0 e flablilhed in Engla nd.From the -conqu e fiof ohn, a p eriodofdred a nd fortyye a rs, t e re

“

had be e n no

three fu cce flionsto the crown, withou t any re g'

a rdto the rig ht of re p re fe nta tion. John’s t i tle, as

there was no law a ainfthim” wawas g ood a sAri.ihu r

’e, and the viriliof King Richard in his fa vour

rendered

t N'

om-

J otneNr 41

rende red-itqfirong e r; . 5 the p eople u of

land,Lhaving saelmowledg ed John {or

’

their'

,fove reig n, 1

p u tfane nd to a ll fa rther,doubts,with

Isady’

Gonlia nce a nd he

we re foi

we l l fatisfied"wi th John’s‘

jri‘

ght ,

to‘ the

throne b f Eng la nd;~ that they ,

both'

refide d’for“

fome‘

time in his court ; The s

policy of Philip y kingmf;Francen ho con trivedg to a la rm the p rince

r a nd,histmothe r for‘ - themtoJe aland wi th ,

throwgthemfelvesu nde r his;p roteétion ; the

‘

ruin of

Arthu r ; for'

Philip rhad no-othe r‘ inte nt ion than to.

u fe , him; .as arir.

infifument in his ha nds to

difzu rb '

JohnziThe‘

yogntg p rince'wasnow be come

the p rofe ffe d riva l of his u nc le , a con? e titor for~the crownmof; Eng land, as Wolli‘ae a

’

c aimantqof

t tha t time e ns

the ba tt le of

able ' adVice of:his-

u ncle ,4fake /

the king wf F rance ; and r de p en‘

d u pon,

him,

promiiing , a t thefi him. inis du e rights to the u tmofi of his pbwe r, th

'

a t he

ve ry imp ru de nt ly a nd ha u ght i lyp u t the king to defia nce ; nay, Iii

is,re corded tha t he was fo fa r tra n{ porte d by p a 1011 as 10 Tha t, tothe la flmome nt of his l ife , he wou ld neve r e ca fe

fe cking occafion to be reve ng edof Notwithftanding a ll this p rovoca t ion of Arthu r, no

man Wil l be fo daring or wicked as to_ ju fl ify his

mu rde r ; bu t fu re the ca fe wi l l admit of confide rable mi t ig a t ion.

(Lle e n Ifabel, who ca u fe d her hu tba nd, ,Edwa rd

'

I I . to endu re a molt p a infu l and {hocking de a th,may be jufily

charg ed withmu ch g re a te r a g g rava t1on of g uit. 80 mayHe nry IV. who de p ofed,and tha t}?

to dea th, his lawfu l‘

fove reig n, R icha rdJ u l}: ii II.

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42 DRAMATIC MISCEDLANIES .

11. SomayR icha rd III . who made awayzwith

hisne phews, King Edwa rd V a nd R icha rd, idu keof York, his brothe r : ye t the Glamou r a g aintl

the fe de l inqu e nts has not be e n fo ou t ra g eou s as

tha t a g ainfl King John . Afte 1 a ll,we maywi th

g re a t p robab i l i ty, in this ca fe , make the fame obi

fe rva tion a sLivy did u pon the mu rde r of Cice rcr

by Ma rk Antony Tha t Cice ro me t wi th the

fame fa te from Antony, iwhtchhe zwou ld have 1n

fliét ed u p on him.if he had fa l l e n 1nto his

A1thu r’s veheme nt e x p refiion of ang e r

me nt , whe n a p rifone r to John,‘ l e a ves no = roomto doiibt tha t he wou ld have g ra tified his reve ng eto the he ight, if his u nc le had fa l le n into his»

hands.

A Drama t ic Mil'

ce llany wil l} I hOp e , .

fu ch a n inve fiig a tion of faétias re la tes toa

p al cha ra éte r. This, inde ed, isone ma inhave m viewry, a s I be l ieve John’s infamouhiswhole re ign ha shithe rto be e n the ca u l

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e

the qu efiion of Arthu r’s de a thhas not bee n more

ne a rly and imp a rt ia l ly fcru tiniz ed. 1w

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43 A

F!

Tfie nobler revolt ta f Lou lf,Da uphin 0 - France .

Fa lconbridg e viewing the dead'

body Art/lu lu

Va riety of afi z

’

on ex a fl ed by Sbakjfiara — Bea u tzfu limag e in a filmed of Fa lwnbridg a—Refizor/E e x

p lained.—7

-Mea ning of true'

de fe nce , a nd Do not

p rove me for —Garrick, in [oak am] a fl ian, inferiortoTomWa lker .

—D{fi.

er ent dafcrjp tiom pf Ma De'vi1.

- Hu bert’.r cfia ra c‘ter not j b odiou s: a : r ep r efinted in

Me p lay—Nook imag ery in a ,fibe ecfi of Fa lconbridg e .

—Méaning of u nowedinte re fl c—Tfie mom’s

bane . —Meaning of Me word Eng land

rema inde r of the ‘

fou rtha az is emp loyedthe poe t to qu icke n the re vol t of the p e e rsj unct ion wi th Louis‘

the'

da u p hinLWhoc l a ims the king dom in ‘

rig ht of his, wifei

‘

on the faiu'

lure of Arthu r. The 'fight of Arthu r’s de ad body,

confirms the ba rons in the ir re folu tion of joiningthe ir force s;to the da u p hin.

his u fu a l intre pidity, p leads the ca u re'

of the king ;bu t isfiru ck

‘with‘a floniihme nt whe n the de a d body

is e x p ofed to his V iew“ Hisa tt itu de of filent g ri e fa nd fu rp rife is we l l . implied by,

Salifbu ry’

s qu e f~

t ions.8 A L I s B U R Y .‘

Sir Richard, what think you ? Ha ve you behe ld,O r have you re ad or heard O r cou ld

‘

yp u it'

hink é

Or do you a lmofi think, a lthoughn

T1151; you do fe e Cou ld thou ght “1115 0115 11115 objcaForth

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fu ch anothe r ?

By the fe fe ve ral inte rrog a tories, IwhichFa lconbridg e . isin nohafie ‘

to a nl'

we r, the re a der ,wi l l fe e

wha t var ie ty of act ion Shakfp eare e x afis from the

actors of his p rincip a l cha‘

ra fl e rs, and wha t ;opt

~

portu nitics

ra DRAMATIC} MISCELLANIES .

p ortu nities he‘

gives to the maile rsof the ir p ‘rofe f{ion to difp lay

fitheir ilfitie'

s:‘ After a l long p a u f

'

e ,

the noble p afiion of Fa lconbridg e bre aks forth,‘

a nd

he ca lls' the de ed b yf

its p rop er name :

r A L c o n e - a t 15 - 13 x .

16isa damned a nd a bloody'work.

s" A“

; -S ‘-B‘

u”

R"

rmis‘th'

e‘bfoodiéfi

Ta: wfl defi'

fm g tma the mat 111131119,Tha t‘e ve r '

Wallu e'

yetd Wrathor fl iring ra g e ?

P r'

crcnte d t cr the'

tea rsofi (commence ,

This1ma g e 1s e x ce ed tifulib‘

umheword remorfe doe s

“not, in me a n fince re

p e nite nce for pal} c rime st‘

erm,

‘

not- u nu l'

u a l

meannig

‘

s lwhich I'

u nde rfla nd d

commenta tor,

113 11 -

11“ a n r t

llwoola‘norh‘av'

e you ; 111111; foigu yddrt‘

dfi;Nor temp t the dang e r of myo

trl e defcnce .

Dr. Johnfon inte rpre ts tru e defiizré Homeor

wi l l wemmflfiit of‘11111rénf'

afnz 11119 1211111or op inion

tha t, in

hislife ,’

r?and f firengzthease sve lli

3 1110not Wedde da to:my;

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I'

Dfio E .

The re isnot (0 u g ly a fi end of he ll,\

A s thou fha lt be , if thou didl‘. kill thischild .

Mr. Ste evens has a cu riou s note onthis p a fl'

a g c,from a book p rinte d in the re i g n of He nry VII I.whe re we are told tha t the deformi ty of the cond emne d,

”

in the othe r world, is p rop ort ioned to the’

de g re es of g u ilt in this.'Bu t it isfrom the concep

t ion of the‘

fp e ake r tha t the cha ract e r of a’

Devil’s

u g line fsis formed he re . W i th fome , 5 o1ie of thela rg e lt liz e , wi thbra nchmg horns, big la nce r eyes,a nd a le ng thof ta i l is the lmoll de formed and odi

obs. Bu t the brave man define s hisDevi l by g ifting him

°

a qu a nt i tyof fpite a nd ma l ice , Of which

he' fu p pofes him to have a la rg e r {ha re

’

tha’

n his

brother fiends. So one of Shakf’

p e a re’scha racte r

'

s,

fp e aking o f his‘ha tre d to his enemy, fays,

1111fight withhimwith111 themaliceO f a n

'

u nde r-ficnd.

Hu be rt’s e x cu lp a tion of himl'

e lf re nde rshischara éte r odiou s. Not c,

onte nt .with de nying the com

million of the mu rde r, whichhe might have hone lfl ydone ,

‘

hé‘fays, in e Xp r

‘e fs

‘te rms,

"I , in a ft, pont

’

e nt, or fin of thou ght,

Be g u ilty of the ,fie aling tha t fwe e t bre a th,

’

Let he llwant p ains enou g h to tortu re me .

This is a re p e t ition of his imp u dent affirma t ion tothe kingWithin thisi

bol'

om inev e r entcr’d ye t

The dre a dfu l motion of a tnu rde rbu s thou ght .

Shakfp e a re has drawn thisma n, in op pofition to

a ll re cord, in a worfe l ig ht than he ne e de d to have

d one . Col ley Cibbe r, on the othe r hand, ca u fe s

Fa lconb‘ridg e to fl ab Hu bert, on the a ccu fa tion of

the p e e rs a nd the lig ht of the . de a d body .of Arthu r,

’

wi thou t fa rthe r inqu iry into his g u i l t ; a ndHu be rt,

’

K . I N 0 719 1111 3 1

ing , «owns‘

the rju llice ; of hisg t punithme nti thou g hhe did not

'

commit the , mu rde r,he de c la res

.

tha t he once’intende d fit 5 , q,

i The”

fp'

e e ch'

of the B a lla rd, whichconclu des’

the

a ft , is fu l l of. tha t noble ima g e ry p e cu l ia r to'

shakfp

’

e a r'

e,a nd was

'

u tte red by' Ga rrick wi th g re a t

I cahnot think tha tMr. Steve e nshashit the fonfo

of 12116e inte re fl , in the ilmes that fol low :

g la ndi

nm'

yisi

l'

e ft;and top art by the

te eth

p roud fWe lling '

fl a tc.

Uaawed inte re fl, fays this commentator, ls, tha

"

t

whioh has no c la ime r to own it . Bu t c la ime rsthere we re,}a nd e nou gh. 1

; 1

g itBynEngtlafidf l l u nde rfiand John, who 18 often(0,t e rme d

‘

by;hirnfe lf,;and the king p f ,in the

fe cond a& . In'

this,ve ry fp

’

ce chu Arthu

fu l he ir to the crown, is likewife ca l le d

How e a fyde ft than take a ll Eng la nd u p

The king is now force d to fig ht a nd firu g g le fortha t dominion which he forme rly e njoye d, bu twhich he does not now

, in Shakfp e a re’s phrafe ,

m e or polfe fs.

In the fame fe nfe the word is u fe’

d ‘by Ia goinO the l lo.

Not p op py normandr'

a gora,

Nor a ll the drowfy fyrnp s of‘the Ea ll,

Sha ll mcd’cine the e to tha t fwce t fl e e p

Which thou ow’dft yefict day.

O r‘

n u . Aét III.

Va l'

t confufion waits,A s doth a raven on a tick- fa llen be afi,

h

e

; Theiem

incnt de cayof wre fted p omp .

Rave ns a nd othe r birds of p rey a re not only fa idtohove r abou t the carcafes of dying anima ls, in

orde r

berville

tfie bf lfif t, Wk“Jib it mfl

1 1 1 1 1

ij c k l fl fll

olx d

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K I N G J O H N. 49

(31111) T E‘

R‘v1.

t erm11g

HE fifth na of thiswp lay ¢ 0p e1ns .w.ith1themoft difg raCefu l even t which cou ld pofl ibly

b a crowned head a nd a g 1e a t king dom. Aowerfu l-mona rchrefig ning his crown and king dommto the ha ndsof. a

'

n‘

imp e riou sp rie fl , a nd becom;

ing'hisva ll

'

ai from him,and p aying

i‘

himta n a nnu a l fta x ,.wa s . a, new .a n

'

d a ll.

toni‘lhing lig ht- te a obu ’s own . fu bje

'

éts, .and 1 toa ll

{he'wb rldfi Shak are -ha s conne éled this p a nt of

obu’s l’til’torywith/the A'

dea th of.Arthu r, concern

1ng whomthe king inte rpog a te sF a lconbridg e afte r

the re lig na tion ; bu t, infi fl , te n ,ye a rslhad e lap fed

fince the mu rde r of Arthu r. A’ wickeda nd tyrannical a€tionsha d adiena tod the ? ba tons of

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the re a lm a nd bu lk of the p eop l e from John : his

qu a rre l wi th the p op e ~had involved his fu bje élsina ll the mife ries of a n p a pa l ordina ncewhichde p rived the p rie fl of his fu nétions, a nd thec ommu ni ty of' re l ig iou s worlhip the chu rches

we re {hu t u p : ne i the r ba p ti’

fm, ma rria g e , nor bu

ria l; p e rmitted, e x ce p t in p a rt icu la r ca fe s a nd u nde rcerta in re flriétionsl I g ive the re a de r the de fcript ion

"

of~it in the l ine sof Cibbe r, ’

1n his’

P a p a l Tya g re es p re tty cx afily

‘wi thHume ’s

t ranfcrip t' of tha t a na thema , a nd to the e te rna l

{hame of the man , ca l led by himfe lf the S e rvantof the Se rva nts of

’

God, who, in a me a n {fru g

g le wi th the'

king for the nomina t ion to’

a bifhopa whole king dom of tempora l a nd

e terna l happine fs, as fa r a s it was.

in his powe r.

Cibbe r’s l ine s a re not dig nifie dwithp oe tic‘

numbe rs,bu t theyfu fficiently eX p re fsthe

‘

p op e’s malcdiéiion.

0 neve r wa sa Ra te fo t e rrible I

Now all the rite sof holy Fa nt'

tion ce arc

Infa nts u nfp rinkle d wa nt their chriftian name t !

Love rs,in vain be trothe d, re fu mc d e fp air,

Nor find a p riefi to fa nétify their vows!

I n vain the dying {inne r g roa nsforip a rdoo !

Eve n p e nite nce , d e p riv’d of abfolu tion

,

In a ll .the ag onie sof fear, e x pires !

Nor a fte r de athha s a t his g rave a p raye r,

Or for his p a rted fou l a re quiem fu ng .

Johnlwas now redu ce d to. the la lt e x tremity,ha te d a nd de fe rted byhis fu bjea s, thre a te nedwitha n invafion from Fra nc e , his king dom , g roa n ingu nde r a n inte rdifit

,’ himfe lf e x commu n ica ted, and

"his fu bje&s . forbidde n, u nde r a . cu ffe ,’

to p ay, himfobedie

‘nce . In this mife rable (la te .his on ly re fu g e

wasfu bmifiion to the p op e’sme rcy; a nd thiscou ld

onlybe obta ined byg iv ing u p tohim hiscrown a nd

d ig nity. Shakfp e a re fe emstohave Ihru nkfrom the

de te fled‘

fu bje ét : he knew the ju ft re p re fe nta tion ofc fu ch an . cvent wou ld be r fhocking to a n Eng lifh

a u dience ,

- K I N G

'

J O JH N . 5 :

a u die nce , a nd the re fore pail'

esitove rwi thasmu chce

‘l e ri ty as p ofl ible .

John lays, a fte r de l ivering his crown into the

le g a te’sha nds,

Thu sha ve I yie lde d u p intoyou r ha nd

The circle of my g lory

P A N D U L P'

H.

Take a g ain,F rom thismy ha nd,

‘

asholding of the p op e ,You r fove reig n g re a tne l

'

s a nd a u thority,

This {hame fu laf t, whichre nde re d the king a scont emp tible in the

‘eyes of the p eop le ashe had be

fore ma de himfe lif ha te fnl to them, was e rforme d with g re a t ce remony, 5 rd a t Dove r, fore an

innumerable mu l titu de of noble s, billwp sr'

ofiice rsof (la te , a nd all forts of p eop le . The c onte nttu ou s behaviou r of the leg a te {hocked a llwho we re

p rere nt, thou gh no ma n had the boldne fs to t e

fe nt hisinfole nce , or che ck his p rid e , e x ce p t the

archbifhop of Du bl in, who alone ve ntu red to incu r the difp le a fu re of the Holy Se e , by g ivingve nt tohishone ft indig na t ion“. Bu t, as if the kinga nd king dom ha d not beén

'

fu fificie ntly humbl ed bythis mof’t ,

a bje& a ét of John, fome“time a fte r he

wa s confiraine d to make a nothe r,refig nation of his

c rown a nd kingdom to'

the p‘

op e , a t Wefiminfie r;b e fore all the p e e rsof the king dom, e cc lefia ftica l

i

a nd c ivi l . He re he fig ned a nothe r cha rte r ; which,t o re nde r it more a u the nt ic , wa s

‘

f’

e a l ed wi thg old,the firfi ha ving be e n fe a l e dwi thwax onlyf Thisthe king de l ive re d into the ha nds

‘

of the le g a te,,for the u l

'

e of his matte r the p op e .

K I N G'

J o H N .

‘

O u r p eop le qu a rre lwithobedience.

K ing John, l ike a llothe r a rbitra ry p rimes, f a lls

'

t he p eop le’s fe e king re dre fs

,from op p re flion a nd

inju fiice , tre a fon. Had he conde l'

c ended to lille nD 2 to

5 : DRAMATIC‘

ms'

crjinaiirss.

to th‘e

'

voice ' of"equity'

and ‘rearon

'

, he ne ed not

have be e n redu ce d to the ,ne ce flity of yie lding his

'

é r'

dwn to the p b p c, Bu t this p rinc'

e , who neve r

knew the a rt of g aining the a ffe éftio’nsof his fu b

j e fl s, rwhe n defired by the barons to g ra ntthem ‘

a cha rte r of equ a l laws, (fu ch as the peop lemight ju fl ly c laim, a nd he bellow withou t - diminifhing his p rerog a tive ) wi tha fcornfu l fmile , de o

ma ndcd why the’

ba rons for his‘

do

minions? what theyde lired, he‘

(aid, is foolifh

'

a nd

,~idle . Then, witha n oa th, he decla red he wou ldneve rg ra nt theminchp rivi leg esaswou ld

‘

fnake hima (lave : The -mean ing of whichwas,

‘

tha t he in

fified u pon the ir be ing bou nd to obeyhim in eve rything , andg himfe lf to be fre e from a ll

‘manne r oft e llraint. "This conduct of John

'

reduced th'

e frons to

' the nec’

e f fityof cal l ing in Lou is?the da u

phin to their a llitlance ; as, in la ter tinies,’

the

p rinc ip a l me n of ithe king dom inv ited the P rinceof

'

O ra ng e to redre fs the e rrors‘

of Kin‘

g James’sg ove rnme nt , a nd to e flablilh the ir l iberties on a

{a re”

fou nda t ion.

P A N D U L P'

H .

Bu t, tim e you are a g entlei

conv'

e rtite - lv

‘I t is

'

obl'

e'

rvable that, from the t ime of John’s

fu bmifl ion'

to Rome,t he lang u a g e of tha t cou rt,

cling liimfi was g re a t ly a l te re d.

’

He who ha d

be e n p a inted, by’

the p op e a nd hisadhe re nts, asa n

imp iou s’

mo'

n’

lie r,“

Itained w ith the worft of a ll .

vices, and more e fp e cia llywi thhe re fy a nd dif'

obe v

dience ‘to the holy fe e , was now e x tp lled to the

lkies as the be lt”

of men, and the molt re l ig iou sa nd p iou sof a ll

-

p rince s.The word canveqtite us fo

a

e afily de rived fromfewer}, tha t Mr.

l

Sie eve ns‘

ne e‘ded not to have

mthentica ted it “ fromMarlow.

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fp e a re ca nnot,

‘

eve n wi th the u nremitting fpirit ofa Fa lconbridg e , enl ive n the difma l fce ne .

Hts fp e e ch to John, be g inning wi th—Whe re fore ' do you droop Why look you fad

Be g rea t in aét asyou ha ve be en in thou ght, &c.

is fu l l of tha t nobl e a rdorwith which the g e niu sof Shakfp e a re infpires this‘ favou ri te cha ra éie r.

Bu t it is obfe rva ble , a l thou ghFa lconbridg e re ta inshis g a l lantry to the l a ft, tha t, a fte r the mu rde r ofArthu r a nd the refig na tion of John, he drop s hisve in of humou r John himfe lf

, a fte r his a bj ectfu bmiliion. to the p op e , be comes life le fs a nd de f

p ondin

In fome of Shakfp e a re’shiliorica l p lays, the la fi

2 61isnot fu p porte d wi th the fame vig ou r a s thofe

which p re ce de . King John is coniia ntly fu p p lie dwi thdrama tic fu e l , whichb la z e s brig ht ly to the

e nd. The fce nesbe twe e nLou is a nd Sa lifbu ry, a ndP a ndu lph a nd Lou is, a re made imp orta nt by int e re fling bu fine fs. The cha raGte r of a n

O

Eng lilhnobl ema n

,re du ced by the ou tra g e of tyra nny to

d raw his fword a g ainl’c his fove reig n , difp lays a

wa rm p ictu re of p a triotifm,of

’

g a lla ntry, a nd te n

de rne fs. Lou is, in contemn ing the thre a ts of the

c a rdina l , a p p e a rs a ma n of cou ra g e a nd a p ol iticran.

i

D A U P H I N .

A nd come you now to te ll me John ha thmade

His p e ace withRome ? Wha t is tha t p e ace tome ?

Afte r John’s fu bmiflion to the p op e , hiliori~

a ns te l l u s tha t the l e g a te thre a te ne d K ing Phi l ipa nd his fon Lou isw i the x commu nica ticn if theydid

not,

refig n the ir p re te nfxons to, a nd imme dia te lywithdraw . their forces from , E ng land ; for tha t

king dom, he fa id, ,was now become a fie f‘

of the,

holy fe e . Notwit—hfla nding the fpirite d op pofiiionof

K I N G J o H N .

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5 ;V

of Lou is and his fa the r King Phi l ip , they) we reobl i g e d to fu bmit to the p op e ; who, not fa tisfied

wi th this comp l ia'

nce , éx a é’ted a difg racefu l p e n ~

a nce from them ; a nd e ve n wi th this l a fimort ifying inju nfiion of p a p a l a u thori ty they we re oblige d to comp ly. S u p e rflition had, in thofe day ;s a

fl rong hold on the minds of the p eop l e . Gre a t

wasihe awe of the p rieiihood . Al ta rs, relics,”

a nd

m ira c l es, fu p p ofed to be wrou ght at the lhririe of

S t .

”

Thoma s a Be cke t, a nd othe r fu chfa ints’

,we re

he ld 1n the g re a te five ne ra tton. They ma de a n

equ a l imp re fl ion on a ll ra nks of p e op l e , a nd ha d

more e ffect on the ir p a fiions tha n law,re a fon

,

‘a nd

humani ty. I t was, p e rha p s, we l l forma nkind tha t

fu chwasthe powe r of big otrya nd fu p e rilition.

’Le t

u s fu p pofe , for the fake of a rg ume nt , tha t ou r hard- a

he a rte d kings a nd the ir fava ge «ba rons had be e n

q/ibrf'

tr férir, or mode rn fre e thinke rs! wha t wotildhave be e n the lot of the common p eop l e , who a t

tha t t ime , in a ll p a rts of Eu rop e , we re l i ttl e be t

t e r tha n fl ave s?

The fu dde n e ntra nce of Fa lconbridg e 1s a bru p t,and; with1noor thre e l ive lyfiriétu res u pon Fre nch f

cou ra g e , ha s ra the r too mu ch noife a nd p a ra de ,

bu t his re p roa ch to the Eng lifh‘revol te rs is ke en ,

a nd fa rca fl ica l.

B,

A T A R D

Their thimble sinto a rmed g a u ntle tscha ng e ;Their ne e lds to l ance s

The lword neck! is flill: u fed by the common

p e Op le . 1n Shrop fhire .

In the fp e e chof Salifbu ry, 1n this a ct , a nd I thinknowhe re e lfe throu gh the p lay, doe s the a u thor '

hint a t the ttru e ca u fe of the g re a t qu a rre l be tweens

John and his ba ronsl i

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i-i - S t

‘1chis theinfeé'tion of the time?1

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5 6 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES.

We cannot de a l bu t withthe ve ryha nd

Of fte'

rn injnltice and confu fe‘

d wrong .

The niu r'

derl

offl rthu rwasnot_the ca u fe of this

conte ll ; for the de a thof tha t young p rin‘ce cou ldnot be a

,

re a fona ble p re te nce to diifolve the' bonds

of a l le g ia nce betwee n king a nd fu bje& . The fce‘

ne

I am fpg aking of, in orde r of t ime,Was a fte r the

kin had fig ned the Gre a t Cha rte r withhisba rons,a n fworn toma inta in a llitsa rtic l es a nd cove nantshisre folu tion to bre ak throu g hhismolt folemn e n

g a g eme nts, ma nifefied byhis invading the,

e lla tes

of hisnobl es, drove them into the a rmsof FranceMr. P e nna nt

,in his tou r throu gh Scotlandfire

cords an a ne cdote whichW111give my re a de rs a ju flt

gdes of the e ftima tion in whichJohn was he ld byhisfu bje éi

’

s. the king wasg re fa. northwa rds, to lay wafte the

nob i l i tywhohadn

be e n the mofl a ét ive to compe lhim to lig n the Gre a t Cha rte r of Libe rty, the ln -fhabi ta ntsof Morp e th, as foon as he a p p roa ched»

the p l a ce , (fo odious had he re nde re d himfe lf,) rathe rt han g ive e nte rtaimne nt tohim.a nd his forces,fe

'

t'

re to“the ir hou fe s, a nd conftun ed the

' townl toa thes.

” P e‘

nnant’s Tou r to Scot land.

It may be a lked, p e rha ps, for wha t re a fon

Shakfp e a re did not embra ce a n occafion fo fa irly.

g ive n in the choice of the fu bjeét, to bring the

g re a t qu e flion‘of libe rty

‘

u pon the Ra g e , Jbyin

trodu cing the'

g rand difp ute be tween the kmg and

the king dom. The f ubjizEf is g lbriou'

s, and the

pon of Shakfpe a re wou ld .haye :aiflorne d‘it. But the

p oe t p rodu ce d hisKin John inthe daysdf piei‘og a

a'

t itre ,in an writ 100, 15 e p 1p r‘eiog ativeswaspop u la r.

It Wasa t tha t rema rkabl e p eriod when the powerofthe crown was a t itsr he ight p a rul a r

-the‘

fame '

t inmthe p rince t was be love d, nay a dot e d, by the sp e o

x-v

p le : a p eop le made , hgppy. by a,,

3 adminifira -o7

i

. it ?“ J Q, ( v

K - I‘

N G"

. Jiro FIN . 5 7

a dminifl ra t‘

idn of g ove rnme nt, u nde r a re nownedand u nive rfa lly

- a dmire d qu e e n.

In a ba tt l e e x cu rfion, John a nd Hu bert p re p arethe re ade r, by the fickne fs of the king , for . the

c lol'

e of the trag edy. There thort fcenes a re of

re a l imp orta nce , . thou g h ofte n ne g lefi ed

of fome m e rit, beca u fe not a ttendedwi th ex p e a eda p p la u l

'

e . It was the g re a t e x ce l le nce of Ga rricktohold in remembra nce the

“

cha racte r he p layed,through a ll itsvar iou s fl a g esf No fitfi

'

a tiomof itwha teve r was

‘

ne g le&ed byhim. By-his ex treme

;

e a rmfine fs to a pp e ar alwayhe rou f

'

e d the a ndie n‘

ce to a xcorre l'

pondefiba tion ofhis action. In thisdia logu e withGa rrick’s look, walk, a nd fp e e

‘

ch, confe lled_ the

ma n broke n withincelTant a nx ie ty, a nd difeafed x

bothin "cody and mind. De fp airt and d eath»

,

fe emed to hove r rou nd him.

The difctwe ry of Lo‘u is’s treachery, byMe lon,

to Sa lilbu ry a nd othe rs, p u ts a n e nd t o the ‘fevoltof the Eng lilh p e e rs, ‘

who'

re tu rn to the king .

An eme nda tion of Theoba ld, in a l ine fpoke rabyMe lu n

,de

'

feives notice . .Iiifléad of,

UnthreadEthe rode eye

‘éf’rcbelhon

h‘

e p rogol'

ésto read,

Untre ad the rude wayof rebellion ,

Mr. S te eve nsju fiifie sthe old reading bya p a rallélp afi

‘

a’

g e in Le a r,‘

fpoken byfRe

‘

g ahjto Glo’

fl e r.

Thre ading da rk- ey'd night.

And ye t titcmu fl be zconfe fl’

edwha tr

Dheobla ld’s con

ie a u re fe ems tobe fu p porte d by a l ine of Sa litb u a . “

ryin thisve ryfoe ne

We willuntread the fe}: of damned flight,

5 8 DRAMATIC MiSCELLANIES .

Afte r a ll, Shakfp e a re fe ems fond of introdu c ingthe word eye on ma ny occ afions ; a s Me eye ofdear/z, be tu rn

ed a n eye of daa tfiu p rn/

ma,my mind

’s

e ye , Sac . Unthre ad the ru de eye of re be l l ion,may p . obably me a n c l e a ring the eye

- fig ht of re

b e l l ion from a llfilm a nd e x tra neou sma t te r, fo tha t

it may fe e the p a th to du tywithp e rfpicuity.

The la fl Sce ne .

Shakfp e a re has, in re l a t ing the de a th of the

king , fol lowe d Ca x tonf

s Chré nicle a nd the old p l ay,thou gh fe ve ra l hilloria ns a ttribu te his demife to a

v iol ent feve r, oe cafione d by the lofs of a ll his

ba g g a g e in the Lincoln ma rfhes, a nd his indif

c re e t a nd g re e dy e a t in’

g of p e a che s to qu e nchhis

rhit fl .* The p oifoning of John a t Swinlte d - a bbey

p re fe nte d to the p oe t’sm ind a ninte re fting fce ne of

p i ty a nd te rror. In this he has cop ied a n ide a ofb la rlow,

if we fu p pofe him to be the a u thor ofthe old p lay.

K I N G J O H N .

Philip , fome drink . Oh! for the frozen Alp s,To t u mble on a nd cool thisinwa rd be at

Tha t ra g eth as a fu rnace feve n- fold hot.

Mr. Sewa rd, in the p re fa ce tohis e d it ion of Be a umont a nd F le tche r, p refe rs the poifoning of Alphonfo, in the ir p l ay of

‘

A wife wife for a month, to

Shakfp e a‘

r’s [Gene

'

,of King John.

The me rit,of tha t fe e ns is g re a t bu t the a u

thors ha ve fu re lyfa id ‘

more tha n wa s ne ce ffa r/y.

I t is tru e, the irima g e s'

corre fp ond wi ththe fu bje ét,a nd the ir l inesin g e ne ra l a re worke d u p to g re a t

p e r

i S p e e d, from va riou s a u thors, cha rg es the monks with p oi

foning John ; a nd qu ote s, in p roof of it , a faying of He n ry I I I.

his fon a nd fu cce fl'

or, to the abbot of Cle rke nwe ll Me a n you

to tu rn me ou t; or’

the king dom, and a fterwa rds to mu rder me,

asmyfa the r wasdealtWith

K'

I N G 10 11 5 1. 5 9

p e rfe&ion: bu t‘the fitua tionwou ld‘not a dmi t of

fu ch prol i x i ty, or foch nice de fc rip tionsof he a tand with their feve ra l a ttribu tes. Shakf

p e a re knew . humanna tu re be tte r tha n the fe his

imi ta tors a nd e nviou s riva ls; He knew whe re to

fl op . The ir he adswe re a t work -whi le his he a rtwas bu fy 1n its fe e lin s

O ne fp e e ch of AA honfo, m The W ife for aMonth, a nd a nothe r nomS hakfp e a re

’s John, wi ll

p e rha p s convince the re a de r tha t I do. not wrongthe ce lebra ted drama tic twins.

W ife for a Month.

”

P H '

0 N sfo.

Give me more a n a rr,more air ; blow, blow

O p e n, thou e a lte rn g a te , a nd blow u p on mei

Diftil thy cold dews,O thou 1cymoon,

A nd, rive rs, ru n throu g hmy a ffliéte d fpirit .

l a rria ll fire , fire , fire ! The ra ging dog- (tar

R eig nsin my bl .ood 0h . which way(ha ll ! tu rnm e ?

E tna a nd a ll his fl ame s bu rn 1nmyhea d.

F ling me into the oce a n,or I p e rilh.

Dig , dig , dig , till the fp ring s fly u p ;The cold

,cold

,fp ring s, tha t I may le a p 1nto

’em

And ba the my fcorch’d limbs tn their p u rling ple atin g ,“r

O r (hoot me u p into the highe r re gion,Whe re tre a fu re s of de liciou s (now a re nou rilh

‘d,

A nd banqu e ts of Iwect hail '

King John.

P R I N

i

C E

l

H E N R Y .

Howfa resyou r maj e lty?

J o H N .

P oifon’d—ill fa re ! de a d ! forfook ! canofi

‘12 35

A nd none of you will bid the winter come ,To thru lt his icy tirig e rs 1n mymawNor le t my king dom’

s rive rs take t heir cou rt'eThrou ghmy bu rn

’d bofom,

nor intre a t the North.To make his ble ak winds kifsmyp arched lip sAnd comfort me withcold.

60 DRAMATIC MISCELLAWES.

I n this ve ryinte re fiin fitu ation the fe g rea t

l a rs a nd p oliihed g e n eme nmakefilp hontlbrill, a qu ibbl e r, and a atop

'

en ; for what {hal lof his de f rmg the frie r tobring Charitha t he may hu g he r ; for they fay{h

Infinite cold 1 devotion cannot wa rm her:

Whe n he ca l ls for drink,'

he wifliesta have

The e x p ediencfdidru nka rds L e t me lb e rt them a ll,A nd le t them drink their Worfi 1 - I

’Llmake them idiots.

Thisis not lang u age of a man in e x treme p a in

The re is, in‘

the o d p'

lay, a fp eechof John whilttin his dying agony, written with no common

p owe r, mwhich t he a u thor difp lays the rea l chara éte r of John, and more agre ea bly to”hiflo

'

rica l

informa t ion tha n wha t we find 111 Shakfp e aré himfe lf; who, ” pe rha ps, from fu p e rior j udgme nt,

threwinto ilhada fome of the w rit of hisqu a1i~t ies. The worth prefe rvin

'

gMe thinks 1 fe e a cata log u e of. tin,Wrote by.a fie nd 1hmarble cha raéie rs,

The le aiie nou gh to 10 e my p a rt in He av’m.

Methinks the de vilwhifpe rs 111mine e a rs,

A nd te lls.me’tis 1n vain to hope for g race .

l mu tt be damn‘d for Arthur’s fu dde u de a th

1fe e , 1 fe e , a thou fa nd,thoiifa nd, ri1en

Come to accu fe me formy wrong son e a rtha

And the re is none fome rcifu l a GodTha t will forgive ihe ‘nUrhbe r of my lint.How have I liv

’d bu t by a nothe r

’s'

lofs

What have I low’d bu t wre ck of otherswe alWhe re have I vow‘d, a nd not infring

’d mine oath?Whe re have I done a deitd ileférving Well?

How, wha t, whe n, “the re , We ! be ftow’d a dayTha t tended not td ihme notoriou s

H

i“?My life, re p le te withra g e

'

and tyrafihy,Cravenlittle pity fa r’lb fl ra ng e a de ath.

Why did I‘fca p e the fu ryof the F rench,

And dy’d not bythe temper 917theirw asi

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a nd fu riow g efiu re fie u ttered fir} g rief, ”Ea t Me no

5 1am” : wfia «were yore/En: well . p erceived tbsinclina

tion: of Iii: inward afiefl jom .

The g re a t ca u leof his u ne a linél

'

s fhewe th the

de p ravity of his mind. By ,

fig’ning the Gre a t

Cha rte r he wasnow be come a king ove r fre eme n

whe re as be fore he looke d u p on his fu bjefis as

fl aves, a nd tre a te d them as fu ch.

‘

So bru ta l a cha rafie r, asKing John, Shakfp e a rewas ,

force d to cle a nfe a nd qu a ltfy, be fore he du rfl

e X pol'

e it to p u bl ic V i ew.

Whowe re the orig ina l a &orsin this tra g edy, it

is now imp oliible to know. If conje éftu re we re

of a ny a u thori ty, I fhou ld f up pof'

e'

tha t Bu rba g e ,who {la nds foremofi, among lt the comedia ns of

tha t a g e , in the lill’

of Sha kfp e a re’sJohnfon

’s, a nd

Be a umont a nd Fl e tche r’s, p rinc ip a l cha ra é’te rs, wasthe re p re l

'

e nte r of John. I lhou ld g ive the'

Ba fl a rd

Fa lconbridg e to Taylor, who wa s. the orig ina lHaml e t , Ia go, a nd P a ris, in ,

the Roma n Aé’

tbrBy the p a 1tie u la r ma rks of a home ly or ra the r

u gly form, g ive n to Hu be rt by the king , a nd not

de nied byhiml'

e lF, I Thou ld fu l'

p e ét fome de formed

Sandford * of tha t a g e p laye d tha t p a rt .

J O H N .

A fellow,by the ha nd of na tu re

,marlt’d

,

(lu oted a nd fig ned to doi

a de e d of {harried

—Taklng note of thy abhorre d'

a fp eé’

t,&C.

H U B E R T.

—Yon ha ve fl ande red na tu re in my form

Which, howfoeve r -ru de e x te riot ly,

lsye t the cove r of a faire r mind, Ge e .

The word quoted; occu rsfe ve ra l t imesin Shakl'

.

p e'

are, a nd ir- 1s‘

a‘

p layhou l’

e word ; The‘

cha ra c

terswho a re to be ca l led by‘

the p romp te l’s bo

‘

y‘to

be

13 An se e : mu chcommended in Cibber’r Apology.

K I N G- J O H N . 63

be re adyfor the fce ne , a re qu oted by him in the

ma rg in of the p lay.

I fa ncy,'

a nd'

it is only a fancy, tha t Be n

Jonl'

on p oints a t thisa&or in his Poe ta fl e r, by thename otffEl

’

op .

C A P T A I N T u c‘

c a .

Do not bring you r fEfop , your politician,Unle l

'

s you can ra rn u p his mou thwith'

clove s

t osr a sr z x, Afl Ill.

I fhou ld not forg e t to fp e ak ofMr. G a rrick’s e xce lle nce in

'

the dying fce ne of John. The a g oniesof a ma n e x p iring in a de l irium we re d e l ine a te dwi th fu ch wonde rfu l e x p re fl ion in his cou nte na nce ,tha t he imp re lfed u ncommon fe nfa tions, m i x e dwi th te rror

,on the admiring fp e éla tors, who cou ld

not re fu te the lou de fl tribu te of a p p la u fe to his

inimi ta bl e a ct ion . Eve ry word'

of the me l a ncholynews, u t te red by Fa lconbridg e , fe eme d to tou ch

the te nde r fiiing s of l ife , t i l l theywe re qu i te broke n, a nd he e x p ired be fore the u nwe lcome ta lewasfinifhed.

O n the la te rev iva l of this tra g e dy, I lhou ld not

forg e t tha t Mr. Smith e x e rte d himfe lf in the '

p a rt

of Fa lconbridg e wi th mu ch fpirit a nd g a l la ntry,a nd to the g re a t fa tisfa élion of the fp e Eta tors.

To Cibbe r’s.va nitywe owe the re viva l of thise x ce l le nt tra g e dy, which ha d la in in obfcu ritya bove one hu ndre d a nd twe nty ye a rs.

I think its worth has be e n ra the r u nde rra ted.

Dr. ohnfon a l lows tha t it is va rie d wi th a p le afing inte rcha ng e of inc ide nts a nd charafie rs. In

the orde r‘of Sha kl

'

p e a re’s tra g e dies, I lhou ld

'

p la ce

it immedia te ly a fte r O the l lo, Ma cbe th, Le a r,

Hamle t, Ju l iu sCae l'

a r, and Romeo and Ju l ie t.

64 DRAMATIC ~MISCELLANIES.

King .Richard II .

C H A P T E R VII.

R eig n of Rickard divided into t/iree p eriodf .-Ricllard

II. revived a t Cavent Garden, in I 7fi sh -Tue p lay

wit/loaf a ch raéier of‘fia'méu r er p kg/anti

s

y -t

é- Cfia l

Hereférd to Norfolk.

‘T/leir c/Ia ra c

nour of tile g a u ntlet—Rickard obliqu e a

of mu rdering an u ncle Glg/ier .—‘TruL/I

tne g rea t doé'

irine of enivalry.-Yke lie given by

Cka rle: V . and retorted a] Fra neir I .—C’er emony of

(”hairy—Ryan a ndWa lker .

—Lord Rea and Mr .

Rmnj ay.—Ex p la nation of wa x e n coa tz—C'

onj efl u recéncerning Ricfiard

’: préventing file jing le canzbat

a nd Norfolk - Words clea r, and (0 fa r

a sltomine e nemy, ex p lained .

'

Hereford’r ena

rafter a nd Me king’s—05 min»

a tian .b Rickard,

and Lotti: X IV . ag er'

febam’: fl e

céu fzt of Italy cmfir‘

rned by B'

ayli.—‘C

'

nara é7er o M;Glo er .

-‘T&a t of yafin of Ga u nf. flak

eare vindicated fromili'

e a udit of David Hume .- Snar

’

t a ccou nt of Samu el Stepne'

nr.

E reign ofRicha rd II . maybe divided intope riods: the fir

'

fl confiftédof that whichin our chronicl e s, the hu rl ing time s;

whe n the infu rrea ion Of the commons had nea rldifl

'

olved a ll government : abou t themidd le of thisreig n, the nob les annihilated the p owe r of thé

crown, a nd tifu rped the dire étion of the {late } towards the end, the court

'

a'

ud minillry'

ainédafc

'

endant, a nd, by‘va r

’

iou s’

a s (if injufgc'

e'

and tyra nny, the

'king wasrendered e x treme ly odiéiis'

(6

his p eop le ; whe n fu dde nly a bold u fu rp e r { ha tched

the op portu nityg ivenhimby the g e ne ra l difconteztt

R I C H A a D IL

of the p eop le , a nd mou nte d the throne withou t

the le a fl Op pofition. The twe nty- twoye a rsof Richard’s g overnme nt form amofiinte

'

relling'

p eriod in

the Eng lifh b i llory. I {ha l l e nde avoui' to comp a refeve ra l chai’a é’te rs as d

’rawn

“

by the ma fl erlyha nd of ou r poe t wi th the a u the nt ic te flimoniesofhiftory.

Thou gh Shak’

f’

p e ai‘e has ju diciou fly confined

himl'

e lf to the la tte r p a rt of Richa rd’shii

'

tory, ,and

to thofe events which bron’

ght on his de p ofition

a nd mu rde r ; he has nu t’

withflanding made me ofmanyha p pyhiftorica l

‘incide nts p re ce ding tha t t ime ,a nd drawn a va ri e ty ofc ha ra éle rswi thfire ng tha ndve ra c i ty; ye t, u pon the whol e , he ha s be e n le fs

ha p p y in this tha n molt of his hillorie al dramas.Thou ghMr. Ste evens and Mr. Ma lone have , fromthe ila tione rs books, p lac ed this p l ay to the ye a r

1 5 97, l am indu ce d, fromitsma ny p u e ri l it ie s, to

be l ieve it wasa mu ch,

e a rlie r p rodu élion. This

p lay was revived a t Cove nt- Ga rde n in the ye ar

L738 ; a nd Haynes, the the n p rinte r of the Cra ftfma n, wasp rofe cu ted in the cou rt ofKing

’sBe nch,

for p ublifhing a le tte r, in which we re conta inedmany firong a p p l ica t ionsof fe ve ra l p a fia g esin it tothe minifiry, a nd, pa rticu larly toSirRobe rtW a l pole ;Mr. He nl ey, a fterwa rds Ea rl of Northing ton,

then a ve ryyou ng ba rriile r, was re ta ine d in beha lfofHaynes. Among ll fathe rma tte rs, more ma te ri-i

al for thefifervice of .his c l ie nt, p

he p bfe rVe d, thatShakfp e a re

’sRicha rd ll. was infe rior tomail, of his

Othe r ,trag edies: tha t, althou gh

‘ma ny be a u t ifu lp a fl

'

ag esmig ht be picked ou t of it, y e t itsblemiiheswe re cu nftde rable s tha t it g re a t ly a bounded in

qu ibb le a nd p layu pon words; a nd this characte r?is, I be l ieve , nu t ve ry difl

'

e re nt from tha t whichDr.

Johnibu dtas g ive n of jt,11t ~isworthou r obfe rva tion, tha t' Shakl

'

p eare has,imthisp lea , defa t ted hisu fua lmuta nt ofintrodu cingfetches: p f p lea fantry to

‘

é‘

ontraft wi thfu ch as a remore

66 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES .

more fe ve re a nd tra g ic . Not one g aycha ra ct eris to be fou nd in the whol e compolition ; a nd the

onlyp a rt of it whichborde rsu pon mirth1sR icha rd’

s

de fcrip tion ofHe re ford’s cou rting the lowe ll cla fsof

the p eop le .

AEt I . Sce ne I I .

B O L I N G B R O K f .

Now,ThomasMowbray, do I tu rn to the e ;

Thow a rt a traitor and a mifcre ant.

M O YV B R A Y .

I do de tie him a nd I fpit a t him

Call him a fl ande rou s coward and a villain.

The g rou nd of this qu a rre l be twe e n the dukesofHe re ford a nd Norfolk 15 no whe re a fce rtaine d byou r hillona ns. I t fe ems to have p roce e de d from a n

a cc ide nta l conve rfa tion, which theyfe l l into on the'

roa d as they trave l le d from Brentford to London.

Among l‘t othe r top ics, the du ke of Norfolk 15 fa id

to have made very fre e wi th the cha ra éte r of the

king a nd hismode of g ove rnme nt , cha rg ing himwi tha rbitra ry p roce e ding s, a nd infinu a ting tha t it

was u nfa fe to l ive u nde r fa cha n a dminifl ra tion as

the p re fe nt .

R icha rd ha d inde ed, a ccording toHolling lhe a d,fo e nt ire ly fu bdu ed ail thore he e fl e eme d his ene - J

mies, a nd was be come fo e la te d a nd (0 ve ry a rbi - 1t ra ry, tha t he thre a te ne d allme n with de a thWho

fhou ld p re fume to O p pofe his roya l wi l l and p le a'

fu re . The imp refiion'

which Norfolk’s difcou rfemade on the du ke ofHe re ford wasin a ll p roba b i l i tyv

zgdifi

'

e re nt fromwha t the fp e ake r hop ed a nd e x

cd The amb i t ion of He re ford was re g u la tedy confumma te pru dence . his g re a t ab i l i t ies :we reasu nqu e l

’tionable ashishi gh l ine a g e . He knew tha t1

R I C H A R D IK ~

a

Norfolkha d be en the ’king’sp rinc ip a l infirument in

a ll his bloodya nd tyra nnica l p roce e ding s; a nd had

be e n emp loye d byhim in the mu rde r of the duke

of (He lle r, his own a nd R icha rd’s u nc l e : he the refore , in a ll p roba b i l i ty, confide re d this confide nt ia ldifcou rfe as a p ol i tica l tra in or e ng ine of (la te , to

draw from him c e rta in e x p re fl ionswhich mi g ht bet u rne d

.tohisde ftru étion : a nd it is not u nl ike ly tha t

He re ford, by the a p p roba t ion of his fa the r, Johnof Ga u nt, de te rmined tobe be foreha nd wi thhim,

a nd a ccu fe him to the king .

B O L I N G B R O K /E .

i

P ale trembling cowa rd, the re ! throw my g ag e .

The g love wasa lwaysemp loye d asa g a g e or e a rne flof cha l l e ng ing . Se g a r, in hisDifcou rt

‘

e u pon Ho

nou r, a ve rs, Tnot be wbo lofitb bi: g a u ntlet in

fig bt i: more tobe blamed tban be wboif di/e med of izi:for Me g a u ntlet a rme tfi tbe ba nd, witbou t

wbiob member nofig bt ca n be p erformed ; a nd More

p art of a rmou r is commonlyfont tnfig n of deance.

I D E M .

F u rthe r I fay, and fu rthe rwill maintain,Tha t he did p lot

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tbe du ke of C lotte r’sde a th

,

S ug g e/ihis foon be lieving adve rfa rie s.

Tha t is, he raife d the du ke ma ny e nemies by hisfa lfe inventions a nd ba fe infinu a tions.

I B I D .

Like a traite rons cowa rd,

S luic’d ou t hisinnocent fou l throu gh fire a rm.of blood,

Which blood, like l'

a czificing Abe l’s, crie s

1 Tome for j u fiice a nd rou g hchallifeme nt ;

And by the g liriou sworthofmy de fce'

n t .

This arm {ha ll doit,or this life be fp e nt.

‘

He re ford’s

0 A p art ofthe armou rwhichg u ardsthe comba tant’s(bou lde r.

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He re ford’s bold de cla ra tion,; to p u nifhz the man

who p u t to de a th the du ke of Glofl e r, cou ld not be

p le a ting to~the king , who knew himfe lf g u i l ty of

tha t mu rde r, by the a g e ncy ofNorfolk a nd others.

He faw e vide nt ly tha t he washimfe lf fl ru ck a t bythe cha l le ng e ; a nd, in the whol e fe e ns, Shakfp e a rehas made him a n e ncou ra g e r of Norfolk, whofefpiritshe e nde a vou rs to fu p port byt a

lfolemn p rot efn

ta tion ofhis imp a rt ia l i ty.

R I C H A R D .

He isou r fu bjeét, Mowbray; fo a rt

.

thou .

Fre e fp e ech and fe arle fs l to thee a llow.

N 0 R F 0 L K.

The n Boling broke , as low as to thyhe a rt,Throu g h the filthp allag e to thythroa t, thou licfii.

The noblefi le ffon of chiva lrywas a firici‘tinju nGtion

to a conformi ty w ith tru th. To this the knight

wasobl ig ed byhisoa th to a dhe re inviol ably.,The

g iving the lie was the refore a n i g nominyWhich no

ma n of tha t orde r cou ld be a r wi thou t the {trong efire fe ntme nt, a nd byg iving : or a cce p t ing a cha l le ng e .

The point ofhonou r, in re fp eEt to the lie d irect , is{ tillmainta ined a nd p re fe rved, asa p re c iou sremna ntof the infiitu tion. Mona rchs, howeve r, can dif

p enfe e ve n with this; for, abou t one hu ndre d a nd

thirty ye a rs a fte r this conte nt ion be twe e n Bol ing a

broke‘

a nd Norfolk, Cha rl e sV . emp eror of G e r

ma ny, a nd Fra nc is I . king of Fra nce g ave a nd

re tu rned the lieo

to ea chothe r, in te rms a s b itte ra nd bru ta l a s thofe made ta le of by the two du kes;a nd, thou g h the cha l le ng e was fe nt a nd acce p ted,y

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e t nothing came of it* .

it oa r o L K.

fia t tha t my foVereig n fie ge Wasin my debt

Up on t ernainder of a de ar a ccou nt

Since laft I went to France to fe tchhis que en.

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obfole te whom,a nd defired the j u dg es to u fe a ll

l e g a l me thodstop reve nt the tria l coming to'

a n iffu e .

Lord Re a , wlo'

fe ems to have had no fioma ch

for the bu fine fs, p e ti t ione d the Cou rt of Honou r,tha t he might be p e rmi tte d to have cou nfe l wi thhim whi le in the l ifts, a nd a fu rg eon wi th hisointme nts. He was a l lowed a fe a t or p avi l ion to withimfe lf, a nd wine for re fre fhme nts. He was p e rmitte d to have , be fide s, iron nailr; . a bammer

,a

file , fay-

arr,

a nd bodbin,wit/i tbread and needle .

Afte r a few adjou rnme nts, the king fu p e rfeded hiscommifl ion to the confia ble a nd ma

'

rfha l, a nd thu s

e nded the la fl:of the fe a bfu rd tria ls.

’ye

B O L I N G B R O K E .

Tha tit may e nte rMowbray’swa x en coa t .

Mr. Ste eve nshas, on this p a ffa g e , g ive n a cu riou sde fcrip tion of a coa t ofma i l , from fome whichhehad fe e n in the Towe r. Bu t, with fu bmifl ion to

fo a ccu ra te a write r, I be g le ave to u nde rtland the

words,wa x en coa t , in a ve ry diffe re nt fe nfe . Byu

ling the fe words, Bol ing broke me a ns to e X p re fs a

high a nd confide nt op inion of the g oodne fs of his

ca u fe , ofhisown fire ng th a nd cou ra g e , a nd of the

we akne fs and cowa rd ice of his a dve rfa ryw As if

he had fa id, So l i ttle do I fe a r the powe r of .mya nta gonifi, tha t his coa t ofma i l wi l l

,to my la nce ,

be as p e ne trable asif it we re comp ofe d of wa rm”

.

The kn ightswho we nt forth to ba ttl e we re ce r

tainly not be tte r fe cu re d a nd g u a rded in the ir a r

mou r tha n tltofe who fou ght for l ife a nd honou rin

a ftng le comba t. Hiftoria nshave de fcribe d the forme r as vu lne rabl e onlyin the fa ce whe n a knightl ifted u p the vifor of hishe lme t ; in

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the tide , a t

the e x tremity of the a rmou r when he wasknock

ed

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R I C H A RD II. 7:

e d down, a fte r theyhad p u lle doffhis coa t ofmailor, infine, u nde r the

‘

a rm-

pit, whe n he l ifted u phis a rm to firike . Vol ta ire , from whofe Ge ne ra l

Hitlory I g ot this informa t ion, te l lsu s tha t Phi l ipAu g u ftus, king of Fra nce , a t the ba t t le of Bouvines,wa s knocked off his horfe , a nd for a long t imefu rrou nde d by the e nemy; who g a ve him feve ra lblows,

r

wi

ithva riou swe a p ons, wi thou t his'

abeing inthe le afi wou nde d : (0

”

tha t a knig ht, comp le a tlya rmed, fca rce ra n anyothe r ritk tha n

'

be ing difmou nted.

Not one knight , continu es this a u thor, was.kille d in thisba tt le e x ce p t W i l l iam Long champ ,

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whod ie d of a blow l eve l l e d throu gh the vifor ofhishe lme t .

R I C H A R D .

Le t them lay by their he lme tsa nd their fp e ars,And both re tire back to theirchairs ag ain

The hinde ring ofthisdu e l waseve ntu a l lythe cau fe ofthe king

’sde pofition a nd de a th nor ca n it e a filybe

conce ive d u pon wha t p rinc ip l e of p ol icy be a& e d.

AsR icha rd wasf not of a comp a fliona te na tu re ,

the de a thof e i the r, or iof both,’ wou ld not have

hu rt his'

fe e ling s.

‘In a ll p roba b i l ity, the p la n of

ba niihin'

g both‘

du ke swas conce rte d be twe e n the

king a nd his favou rites, be fore the comba ta nts e u

te red the lifts a t Cove ntry.

“ The king cou ld notbe a r the p op u la ri ty of He re ford, whofe emine nt

p e rfona l v irtu es we re a confia nt rep roa ch to illsown imbe cillity a nd worthle ffne fs. By banifhmgthe du ke ofNorfolk for eve r, he g ot into hisownha nds all the du ke

’s p a trimony, e x ce p t one thou

fa nd pou nds p er annum re fe rved‘ for his u fe when

a broad . Thisu njuiia nd impol i t ic fe ntencé, p affedon the comba tants, was confirmed by fou r and

twentyJ commifiione rs fele&ed from the u p p esan

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NHSCELLANIES .

a nd lowerhou fes of p a rl iament,‘

Who‘

w eite ,chof'

énto fu p e rinte nd the comba t .

x t N G a me n-r a a in .

The date le fs limit of thy‘dea r ex ile .

The word Idear , in Shakfp e a re , hasva riousmean,

ing s, and ve ryoften tha t’

whichis-

qu ite opp oft te nothe g ene ra l fe nfe ‘oft the word .

, In this ~

place 3 itfig nifies, ,fita l, terrible, .or\M 4191}. Soiu

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Hamle t.

Wou ld I had me t my Jean}! foe in he aven

O r ever I had fe e n that day, Hora tio

I remembe r tha t Ryanwas fo a fra id the a u dience .

thou ld miffake Haml e t’s me aning , tha t he a lwaysre p e a ted the l ine thu s

Wou ld I had metmy dire] ! foe in heaven.

B O ~ L I N‘G B: R O x x ;

Norfolk, fo fa r a s tomine e nemyThe me a ning of this addre fs, from one imp lacablefoe

‘

a n a nothe r, fe ems to be this Norfolk,the bttfinefs 'of the udu e

‘l isove r : ' howeve r thou g h

I p rofe fs myfe lf you r e nemy, le tm e now ca lmlyintre a tryou , as a man a nd Chrifiian, to dilb u rthe n

you r confcie nce a nd confe fs > you r tre a fon.

” Thee x ore fl

'

ionisfimply nomore tha n, So fa r asone

enemymay fp eak to a nothe r.

G "A U N T a

All p laces tha t the eye of he ave n vift ts

A re , toa wife man, ports and hap pyrhave ns.

Thefe linesa re evidentlyborrowed from Ovid.

Game , viro forti, folum p a txia .

Soon a fte r the de cifion '

at Coventry, the dukesofHe refond and.Ndrfolkwe nt intobanifhme nt p ;on reading ove r the p affportsof boththe fe hobl e

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iit R I C

J

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men, in Ryme r, we fee a fitting pa rtia lityof theking in thofe g ranted

‘to Norfolk,

tha t1mblrc‘..owhichisca lle d, De

W e duh} Mrfilew . R icha rd cou ld not do lot?for the ma n who feemstohave incu rred hisbanifl trhe nt p rinc ip ally for obeying his i l le g a l orde rs, andease toowhomhe ,ha d robbed of the g re a tefi p a rt ofhis efia te . Norfolk d ied, fame fewye a rs after hi!ha nithment ha ted.

R I c H A N D

Howhe did reeth todive intotheirhear:

W thhumble md fahalfm ca nnery!

In giving this cha ra étcr of'

Boling broke , Richa rdis Ju flified by the ve ry words which Sha kfp e a rep u tsinto the fu rthe r 9 monthwhen he was

'

king .

HenryIV. al& III. fe e tte b etween He nry and the”p rance ofWades.

i

And then I (ta le all cou rte fy from heat”

q,

A nd drefi: myfe lf tn fu chhumility,

Tha t l did plu ck a lle g iance from men' 5 hea rts,“Lou d {bou ts and falttt ations from their tong u es"E ven in the p re tence of the crowned king t i

{on a ve ryfa rea flic pifitu re of

t Withthallolw joke rs a nd raih haviu wits

lsoomkind led, a nd foot! bu rnt , 8m. his. I

Rechard’s familia r

‘conde fc e nfiou wastoo

'

g e ne rai

a nd too ‘

to b e efie eme d of

wdrth omp a ny a nd

u rions‘ bore norelembla nCeto his fa the r a nd g ra ndfa the r, bu t wa smore likehis u nha p p y g re a t

-

g ra ndfa the r Edwa rd II . whom3m:

old hiftorians te rm a cba tterer . Few me n of

VO L I . E p rince ly

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p rince lyra nk fu nde rfia nd the a rt of conve rfin'

g‘with

the ir infe riorsin a manne r tha t is g racefu l ly c'

onde -l

fce u ding ; a nd , forwa nt of this, the yiofte n de g rade

themfe lve sin the op inionof thofe .whofe cfl e em a nd

ve ne ra t ion theywa nt the addre l'

s to a cqu ire . H en-

3

ry IV. of France , be ing e x ercif'

e d in wan a nd a do

ve rfity from his e a rlyyou th, ,

a nd «

p e rp e tu a l lymixing with a ll?ra nksof p eop lewa cquire d fu ch a n e a fyfre edom p f conve rfa tion « a nd fog

-hap py a ta lent . ofe gtp re fl ion, tha t

'

he e nde a re d himfe lf to his fu bjea s

as,mu chbyhis a fi’

ability as"

his g re a t a nd illu flriou s

afiions. His c two'

g ra ndfons, our"?CharlesH; a nd

Lou isXIV . we re e qu a l lydifiing uilhe d f orl ence in the ir dit’fere nt fiylesfofl conve rfing . Cha r:les, whoJoved comp any, a nd had none bu tg me n of

j udg e d to be equa l;axif not fu p e rior, to a ny of his comp a nions, for thep e rt ine ncy, a sa vella sbri l l iancy, ofhisconve rfa tionehis g randfa the r He nrywou ld ~

forne time sve ntu re to

g ive a rou gh, or eve n a coa rfe , re p a rte e ; bu t Cha r

les ma inta ined his fu p e riority by neve r u tte ringa ny thing tha t cou ld or occafion an .im

re p ly. Hiswit wa s,tha t of

.

the we ll - bre da nd a ccomp lifhed g e ntl ema n. v ThQ g ra nde u r of

fiLo'uis’sm ind a p e a red irima ny fu dde n e ffinfions of

bons‘mots. he ria cou rt- la dy la p gh‘

edlat ‘the

Ma rtha l de‘

Brifa c, a nd lou dly‘

d e clared { he '

neVe r

faw fo u g ly a ma n in he r l ife , Lou is re p li e d,“JMa

dam,I dil’fe r from you ve ry. mu ch; I think him a

ve ryha ndfome ma n, for to him I owe ma ny g lori

ou swiéiofl e s.” When his g randfon Rhilip fe t ou t

for I\/Ia drid to_

a llume . the, g ove rnment of Sp a in,

f‘.Remembe r,mo

hRyre ne a n mounta ins,

”the

"

u fu alFrance ,and Sp a in. s

R Lee a a 'mfilv a t as,

Y o R it .

” Report of fa lhions tn prot'

td Ita ly,

Whole manne rs Itill our ta rdy t p llII nat ionLimp s afte r 1n bale imita tion.

1

Ita ly, , in our a u thor’s t ime, g ave1the toll of

fa lhion, as France does new, toa llEurdp efi TheinveélivesofRogerAlchem,

who 1n nine dayszfaw.

more wicke dne fscommitte d 1n It’

a ly thah1n leve raimonths1n ourgrea t me trop olis, a re ridicu le d,wi thfome fbew of re a

'

l'

on,by Bare tt i : bu t whehthe

fame man a ll’

u res u s, from his own knowledg e,tha t the Eng lilh you th, who re tu rned from the irtra ve ls in tha t cou ntry to the ir own, we re g enera l ly a ba ndoned 1n

, p r1nc1p le a nd diffolu te 1nmora ls,I ca nnot he l p be l ieving him ; btit wha t {ha l l we [laytoo if Bafl e, in the a rt ic l e of Ca lle lla n, g re a t aimone r to Fra ncis I . and who trave l le d toRomefome t ime be fore Ro

'

g e r Afcham wa s in I ta l,

lhou ld confirm a ll A cham ha d la id? Bayleg ive s the fol lowing e x tra é’t from the l ife of tha t

p re la te by I remembe r tha t whenhe was de fcribing the wanton lu fis, ava rice , a ndra p a cioufiie fs, of the Roman p ontiEs, a nd the ircodtemgt

'

of re l ig ion ; the p ride , l u x u ry, and la z ine l

’

s,ot the ca rdina ls the ir riotou s fe afl ing s, a nd

othe r vices, which he had obfe rve d 1n the cou rt

ofRome ; he wou ld be lo move d wi th indig na tion,tha t

‘hot only the colou r of his fa ce , bu t the ve ry

motions’a nd g e llu resof his body;were cha ng ed.

”

Bayle’sDi& . Vol. II . p .

'

37t .

' Lord Che flerfie ldfe ems to have be en more a nxiou s conce rn ing the

mora lsof Mr. Stanhope whe n a t Rome than in

a nyothe r p art ofcrop e .

a U N f .

x.

A g alafi infcé'

tion of war.0 413 - 1) ”I. A

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Johnfon thinks tha t, byinfifi zan, the a u thor

me a ns tha t ifl a nde rswere fee u r'

e byfitu a tion fromwa r a nd p e flile nce : not fu re ly from the la tte r, iftheyhad a nyinte rcou rfe by trade with fore ig n na

t ions. In this rha p fodica l de k rip tion of Eng la ndbyGa u nt, the poe t me ans, I think to. inclu de 1

Spain,mankind be lide .

.e' l a

i

- e

A thoufind fl atte'

r

i

ers’

fit'

wfth1i1 t‘hy croyin .

’

Thy (ole men t: 13 having poffe llion of the

crown ; a nd tha t 15 the cha riiiwhich at trafis thy’

fl a tt'

ere rs, whowith the ir a llu r'

eme nts de ce ive their11.

R I C H 'A'

R D .

Then a l‘

u natic'

llca

'

n-witted fool, arc.

The feene betwe e n the ' dy1ng Ga u nt a nd the

king 15 not borrowed from a ny chronicle , .it 15 thea u thor

’sown inve nt ion thisg rea t .maile r ofNa

takes adva nta e from Gau nt’3 re ce nt inju ry in the

bandhme nt 0 his fon and his own de l'

p cra te lickne fs, togive a kee nnelis to his re p roa che swhichnoma r t in a fe da te a nd u nru flled hour,of hea lthvtimid have ventu re d to u tte r

, z

G A’

U' N T . .

My brothe r Glofie r, p lain we llrfip e eking yman"May be a p re ce de nt a nd witne fs g ood,Tha t thou re fpe ft

zlit not

‘

fpilh’ng Edward

’sblood.

s , 1

-

As the de a th or the didi‘

e 6I'

Glolie'

r was ere ntu ally the cau l

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e of Richard’smbfortu ne more tha n,

a ny

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hou rson he r khe es. Bu rl eyhad 'be e n tu tor to the

king , a nd wasin highc re’

dit‘with Edwa rd I II . airdhis fori the Black’P rince .

’

I nibort, R icha rd wasin the fame fitu a tion,

’

re fp e a ing the du ke of Glo

tie r, asHe nry III . of Fra nce was wi th the du ke

of Guife ; who was re du ce d to the ne cefiityofa lla fl ina ting a man who wa s be come too p owe rfu lto be brou g ht to a tria l . Bu t , in both ca fe s,

‘

the

imbe cillity of the mona r'

c‘

h broug ht on the ne e e fl 1 i n

.l

.

G N 4 T .

A nd thy‘u nkindne fs be like crooke d -a g e ,

To crop a t once a too- lonn ithe r’d flowe r.

not l iking the word‘ag e in the te x t,

p

Dropof

'

e se’

a’g e in itsRe a d : andMr. S te eve ns be fiows.

a y e ry inge niou s note on the fig u re of Time witha fcythe. I ca nnot he lp thinking tha t the me aningof the te x t, asit fl a nds, 13 ve ry cle a r Do thouforg e t a ll p rox 1m1tyof blood, a nd be come a con

fe de ra te wi th my p re fe nt Iic'

kne fs a nd the manyizgfirmztie: of old ag e , to de p rive me a t once oflife .

”

M o m ma U M'

B 1; R L A N p .

”

My’liég ei

old Ga u nt corn

'

me ndshimto you .

The re 13 a fp le ndid ray of g re a tne fs, tra nfmittedfrom hiliory a nd tradi t ion, {ti l l fu rrou nding the

name .of John of Ga unt, a nd which to this dayc'

ommands a of awe and reve re nce . Ifwe

e x amine imp a rt ia l ly the ichara él e r of the du ke , wetha t 1t bu t i l l con e fpondswi th tha t cc

has a tte nded his memory. I re a d

e x p loi ts oiGa u nt which cou ld e x a ltthe t i tl e of g re a t conqu e ror or bra veke his fa the r Edwa rd I II . or his bro

the‘:

i leg

th Black P r ince , he fe ems to have be e n

raihe r a Ca u tltmstha n a n e nte rp rifing wa rrior r a nd,thou gh

Rayon A R D 11. 793

thou gh no cowa rd, iye t lie -th‘

ou ght , WithFa lfl a fl’

,

no mea n p a rt of va lour. Thé

bou ndle fs a nibition which‘imp e l l e d him' to firu g g le

for the ‘crown'

of‘

Ca Iiile , a nd the “

t i t le of king ,which he ca rrie d wi thhim to his g ra ve

“

;did ‘

not

contribu te to make him a be tt e r fuhje é‘t .

‘

He was

the'

g re a t (cou rge a nd perfe cu tor oithe commons;wh

’

or‘

n lie la bou redi to redu ce to; a'

IIa te of

He thonght,"with Dr.

‘ Ma nde‘

vil le , tha t te a chingthe

'

childre n ~’

of the 1‘

p oor towri te a nd re a d wou ldbe the me a ns or: rende ring them u nfit for fe rvice

a nd the re fore rinfit‘ted, wi th the reiiof hisbrothe r

tyra nts, the ba rons; t/iar‘

nop oor ma n’r

' fon fl an/d be

p ermitted to‘

fiave a ny infiru fl z

'

on by g oing to fcfroa f.I ca nnot ha ve a doub t - tha t, it 'wa s chie fly byhisa dvice R icha rd was p erfu aded, ‘whe n you ng , to p ro

-J

nou nce tha t molti

dif‘

g u lling a nd fhocking a nfwe r

to the p e tit ion of the commons, whop rayed to be

re l ieve d fromva°

fIala g e ,‘Tfia t fl aw: May

and fl aw : Me}: fl aw/d r emain.

If he m e ri te d . the honou r: of favou ring Wicklifife .

afid'

his doihine , we can"

fca rce‘

a ttribu‘

te‘

this condu éi

'

to g’

e ne rou s' mot ives ; he ha ted the c l erg y

,

be ca ufe they we re r ich a nd‘

. p owe rfu l . But . no'

p art of his’

con’dué’c is“more

'

lia blé to'

ce nl'

u re

'

than

his!ne g l ect of his

’

n’

e phew’s e du ca t ion “

, whomt

he'

fe ems, for

'

flno

' g ood p u rpofe, to ha ve fufiered to

become the comp a nion'ot you ng me n whol e ma n

ne rswe re fdiflolu te a nd’

u tte rly‘

u nfit to tra in himinthat

h

dii‘

cjp lini

e whichis"

,ne ce lTa ry to for’

m‘a’

g re a t:

p rince: of Iia nc

’

a fle r:was p ubl ic ly a c

c u fedl

oll

la'

ying a p lot to‘mu rde r the king a nd u l

'

u r

the ‘The‘a ccu l

'

e r was p u t intothe cufl ody}ofSir John Hol land; bu t he was fou nd

‘de ail in his

'

chambe r the ve ry n ight p re ceding the day onwhichhe wa s to a p p e a r a nd make g ood

~

his cha rg e .

S towe’maccou nt of this tra nfafiion be a rs ha rd, I

think, u pon the - du ke

80 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES.

The fc e ne be twe e n R icha rd a nd Ga u nt , on the !

reviva l of this p lay, was ‘a f’re d wi th fu ch p r0

p rie ty,“

a s g a ine d the a p p roba t ion of the a u die nc e :Mr. Johnfon, commonly ca l led ta ll ffifinfin, be ing .

n e a r fey e n fe e t hig h, the fon-in- law ofAa ron Hi ll,a nd byhim intiru Ete d, wasp rop e rly e nou gh p i tchedu p on to re p re fe nt John of Ga u nt thou ghhiscon

c e p tion was not equ a l to the a nima te d d ialog u eof the cha racte r

,or his fe e l ing p owe rfu l e nou gh

for the fitu a tion of it, his g ood u nde rfla nding a nd

de ce nt de p ortme nt re nde red him not difa g re ea ble ato the fp e éta tors. In this fce ne too, De la ne , inR icha rd, drew a g ood portra i t of a king e lat ed.

by p ride a nd p rofp e rity, a nd pofl'

e fl'

ed wi th an oh~

fiina te a nd u nfe e l ing difpotition.

Y o u

'

re .

I am the lafi of noble Edward’s (ons,O f whom thy fa the r, p rince ofW a les, wasfirft ;Hisfa ce thou halt

,for e ve n to look

’d he ,A ccomp lilh

’d with‘the number of thyye ars.

Thisre fembla nce of Richa rd to his fa the r a p ea rfip l e a ting in poe t ica l de fcrip tion ; bu t in fact, thou g hve ryha ndfome

, the'

king was fo u nl ike the Bla ckP rince , tha t it wa s infinu a te d, from tha t circumfl a nce a nd his a p p a re nt de g e ne ra cy, tha t

'

he re a l lywasnot his fon . Ifhis p ict u re , fa ys the Hon. D.

Ba rring ton, in his O bfe rva tions on the fla tu tes,

wh1ehha ng s ove r the p u l p i t in W efiminfier- a bbey,be a n orig inal, he ce rta inlyhad

i

not the comp l e x ionof his fa ther. He p roce e ds to

'

obferve , tha t the .

re fembla nce in p oin t of fe a tu res a nd comple x ion ismore to be re lied on, in p roof thananyhe reditaryqu a l i tiesof the mind.

r n }: M.

R"

I C H'

A RI

Dw

r lfi ai

I , D E ‘i we ,

Take H ereford? iridt t‘ak

'

e ft tfu‘iti’m‘eHis cha rte rs a nd hiscu ftorhaiy righti.

Le t not tm mrow,

M n e nfu e tip -day. 1

Be not thyfe lf ; for how art thou a king ? See.

DavidHume,who fe ems to efiima te Shakt'

p e are’fi

bea u t iesby his blemifl tes, a lfe r‘ts,* tha t, in

‘a llfhis

hiftorica l p lays, there is~ fca rce anyment ion of cit

vil l ibe rty:Su p pofe this

p lays, time the reite ra t ion to thts'day,doflwe

‘

find

the'

fu bjeék of c ivil difeu tfedor occafion

'

a llyinfille‘d fi‘ 11 P

i1h howmanyctr

-

ax

mas’of the Grr

‘e ek t ra gved

rio

arr‘

s'isit prefefl

'

edfyof”

ac“

cide nta llyintrodu ced' ?Tra g e dyGive sitsWe

'

m'

t he

p a thons; a nd'

thou ghitmytopic inwhich allma nkind are .

e d, fet by e Xp erience wéi’find‘ thofe '

playa re moll ' fra u ght

'

withfentiméi

nis‘in’faVoitlic l iberty, a re lca ft adrrfiredoftenisCa to eithe r! I‘ Wha t isbeeomé ot

‘

Denrris’s'

Libe rtyafl'

e rted Bu t Hu nk fi‘bfitin the

'

retgmetCommon rights

’of fu bj

'

e étswere no‘objéft‘tif p uhu

lic difcu'

flion’

. But"

is ne t the‘

l’

ce ne bét‘wee riRidi

thron‘

righiBut Y ork, tn

‘the

goes farther :i W

82 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES .

I f you dowrong fu lly feize He re ford’s rights,

Y ou p lu ck al

thou’

t'

a nd dan g e rs on you r he ad,

Y ou lofe a thou tand W e llu difpofe d he a rts, Gee .

He re the fu bje ét te l ls his p rince , tha t, if he p e r

titisin his re folu tion to act wi th v iol e nce a nd in

ju tlice , the confequ e nce wi l l be the ha tred of his

p eop le and a c ivi l wa r. ,VVa rm e x potlu la tions of'

thiskind a re,of the very e tfe nce of tra g ic d ia log u e

bu t a tra in of fe ntime n ts u p on c ivi l l ibe rtyisfitte rfor a

“

difcou rfe than a p lay. Sha kfp e a re , thou gha

cou rt p oe t, haswri t te n more t'

e e nes to ex p dfe the

tyranny a nd O p p re tlion of king s, the p ride a nd

rebe l l ion of the nobl es, a nd the tu rbu l e nt difp ofrti:on of the common p eop le , tha n a ll the wrrte rs

of p lays p u t tog e the r.

'

In the hitiory of the Ra g e the re is fca rc e a nything more ting u la r tha n the fortu ne of tha t p e r

-

7

fon who. a&e d the p a rt of .York. This wa s one

S te phe nsy a bu tton -make r, in P a te r

nottér- row. . He had be e n‘ma nyye ars a confia nt

a tte ndant'

a t the the a tre , a nd e fp e cia llywhe nBooth

a Eted a p rinc i pa l p a rt in tra g edy. Among tt hisa cqu ainta

‘nce lhe ha d frequ e ntly r e p e a ted fp e e ches,

or,favou ri te portions ,of

,

’, p lays, e fp ecia lly from

O the l lo. He wa s toldu

byhisfrie nds that his ,voicere fembled tha t of Booth, bothin ttr

'

e ng th a nd me

lp

ody; a nd tha t his 1mtta tion of tha t“ g re a t

'

aetor’s

manne r wasju tt, a s we l l . as p l e a ting . He wa sat

le ng th temp te d tomake a n offe n of his abi l it ies toMr. R ich, who had ju tl loft his‘g rje a t tra g ed ianIVIr. (Erin, who had le ft jhim to e ng a g e a t Dru rylane - the a tre . In confequ e nce of

‘

_fome temporary,

a g re ement , S te phe nsve ntu re d, inO éIbbe r, 1734,to a ft his favou r ite charaéte r; on the llo. His ,

fi-fi

g u re was not u nfuitable to the p art : hisvoicewasfirong ; and he had, by:clofe a u ricu la r a ttent ion;a cqu ired fome of Booth

’s ha p py cade nces. The

fp e‘

éta tors we re equ a l ly t’

u rp rit'

ed. and d e l ig hted .

Du ring

R r'

c'

n‘

A aR Di n;‘

835 ’

Du ring tha t motl p a tiiona te fce ne be twe e n the

IVIoor a nd Ia g o, rn the third a él ,- the pit crie d ou t,

‘

Bravo ! bra vo ! better” iba ni‘tm ! better ManSlain . For fix or feye n fu cce tiive nig hts thisma n drew a fte r him la rg e a u die nces. Q in, for a

t ime , it isfa id, avoide d g oing to the coffe e ' hou feshe u fu a ll frequ ente d, le tl he thou ld be a ffrontedwi ththeihu d p re ife s of the bu tton make r. 1

Howeve r, the cha rmwas not wound u p fo p ov h

e rfu lly as to la tl long . R ich, e ithe r bymitlake or

de fig n, p e rfu ade d the new a élor tochoofe Polydoro,in the O rphan , for his fe cond cha racte r : tha n

whichnothing cou ld have be e n more ill advifed.

S te phe ns was in form, bu lky; in the mana g e s

me nt c l his p e rfon, a u kwa rd ; a nd adva nced to

nea r his fort ic This a& of indifcre tionhe aEtor a nd ma nag e r.

The ly we re difp le a fe d withfu ch a mifrep re fe ntat ronof a you ng g ay l iber t ine ,dre ffed a la rg e fu l l bottome d wig , a nd, I be l ie ve ,in red flocking s, thou gh they ha d long be e n la ida tide by the pol ite r p a rt of the tow zn . bu t Rya n

’5

p redile 8tion for tha t colou r, it is fa id, ke p t them“

tooa long on the Howeve r

, the a u die ncedid not forg e t the u re Ste phe ns ha d a fforde d.them tu O the l lo . they fore bore on tha t accou nt,thewing a nyma rks J f difplea fure to his Polydore ,To recove r the g e od op inion of the p u blic , he wa sforce d to hide himfe lfin his bla ck vifor. S te phens

a éte d fe ve ra l cha ra éle rs, a nd p a rt icu l a rly the du keofYork with a p p roba t ion ,

bu t ashe neve r cameu p to his

ifirtia ttemp t, he g radu a l ly fe l l rn the p u bl ice tle em . He e nded a t la tl 111 a n it ine ra nt actor.

His la tl tla g e was Ba th whe re he d ied, a borit~

twe ntyyea rs tince , re fp céted for his g e ne ra l g oodbehaviou r.

a Pr en

34 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES .

C H A P T ER mi

d tomodern politievi—Wa r W MSir Rebert Walpole .- Hif dr ead

f abit err a nd dying p rag ng/fiea tian.—P artie u1ar liner .

P rintm—f ork’r { barafi en - Sfia l/p ea re

’r eondu e?

of p lot . —Re/iembla ne e betwe en Rickard a nd

Agm emnan.—De1ane’r Rickard—W110. was Me

foon as

i

Richa rd, inte nt u pon his Irifh e x

on, had l e ft the Ra g e , the a u thor int rodu ces a p ol i t ica l fce ne be twe e n"the e a rl of

Nocthumbe rla nd a nd the lords W i l lou g hby‘

a nd.

Rol'

s, fu l l of leve re re fl e étions u pon the king’smil?»

oondu& .

"The wn

'

ting is not frng u la rly g ood, bu t

it was g re a t lydiliing uilhe d by the p a rticu la rbehaviou r of the a u die nce , on the reviva l ofithis p lay,who a p p lie d a lmoft eve ry line tha t was ,

fp olee n to

the occu rre nce sof the t ime , a nd to the me a fu res

and oha t afie r of the miniliry.

Du ring a , long p e a ce of twe nty- five .

p e op le , who fe ldom know'

their own

we re e a g e r for a wa rwith Sp a in. P rovoca t ions, itmu tt be owned, had be e n g ive n by the cou rt of

Madrid. The de p redations committed by the

Sp anifh

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the noife f1om the c l a p p ing of ha nds.a nd c la tte ring of fl ickswas lou d a nd boifie rou s. And whe n

i

The earl ofWiltfhire ha th the tim in fa rm.

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it wa s immed ia te ly a p p l ied to .Wa l pole , wuh the

lou de ft thou ts a nd hu z z a s I eve r he a rd Likewife

the fol lowing obfe rva tion ofNorthumbe rla nd, tha t

the king’s reve nu e was not diminifhed by wa r, was

me t, by the a u die nce , wi thre dou bl e d fhou ts

Wa r ha thnot waited it ; for wa rr’d he ha th not .

More ha thhe fp e nt 111 p e ace”

tha n they 1n lwa r.

The tvvo followmg rema rka ble l ines, fpoke n byW i l lou ghby a nd Northumbe rla nd were he a rd witha de ad a nd re fp e étfu l file nce

W I L L O U G H B Y .’

The king ’s g rown ba nkru p t,7

11116 a bt’okenman.

N O R T H U M B E R L TX N D e

Re p roach a nd difl'

olu tion,hang e thove r high.

And now, ifMr. Hume ha d re ad ove r this fce newi th a tte nt ion, he wou ld not ha ve cha rg e d Shak

fp e a re wi thdefe t ting the c ivi l rights of mankindfor wha t a re the a ccu fa tionsof the ‘fp eakers, in this

’

d ia log u e , bu t fo ma ny v indica t ionsof the na tilra fi

a nd le g a l c la imsof the fu bjcft ?

A61 II . Sce ne II . The qu e en,’

B1ilhy, 8vc.

B U S H Y am"

1

Madam, you r maje fty ismu ch1 too fad.

Thou gh Shakfpe a re thou g ht 1t for his p urpofe tohave a qu e e n inhistra g edy, tohe ighte n the diftre fsof the fce ne , 111isce rtain tha t Richa rd, abou t a ye a rbe fore he was de throned, ma rried a da u ghte r of

France ,3 anccftors.

R I C H A R D IL wFrance , a

,child of eight

'

ye a rs old : a mofiimp ru

dent a étion, a nd‘

corr'

e fponde nt wi th the mall: of his

He had no,ilfu e byhisfirliwife , qu e en

Anne ; a nd the re fore ,fhou ld,. in right p ol icy, have

ma rri e d one who cou ld xha ve brou g ht him chi ldre n.

By we dding a chi ld, be de p rive d himfe lf of the

hop esofou e g re a t advanta g e a nd . fu p port, a t l e a lifor a

-

confide ra ble time . W i l l iam III . .whe n the

p a rliame nt i oblig e'

d him to difmifs his Wa l loon

g u a rds, re fented the a ffront in a moft l ive ly ma n

ne r, a nd not wi thou t te a rs. In the bitte rne fs of

his he a rt he fwore , tha t, if he ha d ha d'a

,fon

, he

wou ld norhave comp lie d wi th the ir requ e ll.IQ

Sce ne III.

Y 0 R K . .

f righting he r p a le - fa c’d villa g e swithwa r

A nd oftenta tion of dcfpife d a rms.

Defp zfid, 1n thisp lace ,i

me a nsdetefl ed,abborred

, Sec.

”

1 1) i; M .

We re I bu t now the Lord of fu chhot you th

A swhen brave G a u nt , thy fa the r, and myfe lf.

R e fcu’d the Black Prince , tha t you ng Ma rs ofmen, 8 a.

This ca l ls to ou r minds fe ve ra l p a lfa ge sof the I l iad,whe re old N e tior va u nts, intnoft e x u l t ing te rms,ofhis g re a t p rowe fs in hisyou ng e r ye a rs. The re

nowne d p rince ofW a les, e lde lifon of d va rd III .was

"

ca l le d the Bla ck P rince from his comp l e x ion,not his a rmou r, asis g e ne ra l ly fu p pofed.

Y O R K .

We ll, we ll, I fe e the iffu e of the fe arms. ‘

The cha ra éfte r o ork, as de l ive re d down byhif’

.

torians, isnot mu ch to. his a dva nta g e : he was e f.

te emedDalrymp le

’sMemoirs. 1

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88.

DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES .

te emed a light and ca p ric iousman . Shakfpe a‘

rc,

in this fce ne , thou gh not in a ll the re fl, con

forms to the hiftorica l ou tl ine of the duke . In

this interviewwi thBol ing broke , he firft thre a t ens,tha t, if he had power, he would attach the infur

g‘

ents; the n fays, he wil l rema in ne u te r. Afte rtha t, he invi tes the he a dsof the confpiracy intohis ca ttle ; and u p on La ncafier

’s te l l ing him tha t

he mu lt g owith him to feiz e the king’smini

in Briftol- ca file , he ca lmly fays, It may be ;I wi l l g o wi th you and ye t the

‘

good mandec la res, he is 10111 to bre ak

‘

his cou ntry’s

laws:” bu t immedia te ly a fte r compl ies Wi th the

u fu rp e r, whomakeshim a chie finfirume nt tofu pp ort his re be l l ion.

AE1III . Sce ne the king , Aume rle , bifl mp of Ca r.lifl e

’

, ore .

The fol lowing l inesbe a r a. lirong re fembla nce toAg amemnon

’s fa lu ting his cou ntry

’s foil, a nd flied:

ding te a rs for joy, in Home r’sO dylfey, book IV

R I c H A R D .

De ar e a rth, I doM u te thee withmyhand

he a long pa t ted mothe r withhe r/

child

Plays‘

fondlywith‘

he r te a rs, a nd (milesin me e ting ,Sowe e ping , fmiling , g re e t l the e , 0 e a rth

,

And do thee“

faitou r with my royal ha nds.

H TM cip ar x au pm emcwero a d e p t?“ a t“,

Km x v15 1 x m o‘u sv@4 riv wa rp that

’

mMM 3“mr

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awn

A x x pvn Signor 75 1011,

ems neoprene

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ta g 135 m y.

We ll p le as‘d, the king behe ld hisArgive foil,

And,le a ping e a g e rly u pon

'

the Qrand,

Withte a rsofjoyhe ltifs’d his

“

nativie land.

VVh'

en Phi l ip 11. hu lb a nd is (b een Mary,6111landed 111Eng land,he kne lt downonthe g rou nd,and as he rofe he drew his fword, as if refolvingtoconqu er the kingdom.

Shakfp ea rc

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a robbe r ia nd u fu x p e r ;_ a ma n who de p rived hislawfu l Eove reig n of l‘ll8 1CI'0W fl , a nd (hu t him?m a

cloifte r. This fu cce fsfu l t u flia n wa s fu p p orte d in

his tre a fon by P op e Z acha ry, who altood in ne e d .

of P e p in’s a fl illa nce , a nd who a fte rwa rds, wi th the

he lp of St . Bonifa ce , p e rformed the ofiice of a noin

ting a rebe l ,, king of Fra nce , a t Rhe ims.1 1 r .

S trive sBoling broke to be a s g re a t aswe

G rt a t e r he {ha ll noibe ; if he fe rve God,We ll fe rve him too

,a nd be his fe llows fo.

This is the na tu re ofma n . In his profp e rity heforg e ts a ll p ie ty to he a ve n, all focia l tie s a nd obl ig a rions. R icha rd, who, whi le his a ffa irswe re a

fmiling ,a fp e cft, ne i ther reve re ncedGod nor re g a rd

e d ma n, ishe re by ou r e x ce lle ntzmora liz e

'

r, madefo humble as to find a re l ie f tn hisdiltre fs. equ a l -olye fficaciou s wi th re p entance and amendment

“

of

life .

R I C H A R D .

The powe r, I have , difcha rg e , and le t them

ToC3 1 the land. -17

Mr. Ste eve ns right ly fays‘

,1 tha t e a ring thertland

'

is p lou g hing it . It is p rop e rly a

and is fp e lt er e , which 15 de rive d from a notl e r

NorthBtitifhword, erde,the e arth.

Sce ne ‘III .

O u r a u thor p u rf ue s thé threa d of hiilory've ry

]

e lofe ly, a nd ha s g ive n p rop er colou rs to the fe ig ne d fnbmifl ion of He re ford a nd the tre a che ry of

Northumbe'

rla nd . The king , de fe rte d by the

g re a te ft p a rt of his fol lowe rs, re t ire d to the ifl e of‘

Ang le fe a whe re he p u rpofe d to emba rk for’I re -w

la nd

Glotl'

ary toGawin Dou g las’sVirgil.

R I C’

H A R D‘

II . 9 1

la nd or,France , the re to wa it fome op portu ni ty

of re tu rning to Eng la nd : bu t‘

the u fu'

rp e r, a la rmed

a t this fle p , fe nt'

Northum'

be rla nd to de ce ive himwi thfa lfe p romife sof loya l tya nd fu bmiffion .

‘

T‘

he

e a rl , by folemn p rote fla tions a nd lhame fu l p e rju ry,ma de himfe lf ma tte r of the king

’s p e rfon, a nd

ca rrie d him to,,

F‘lint- ca lile . The inte rv iew betwe e n

the king a nd his cou fin of'

Lahi

calie r wasmore'

rou gh a nd a u ltere , on the p a rt of,

the du ke,tha n

the poe t hasie p re fe nted it . He told the king , inp la in te rms, tha t, his fubje éts be ing diffa tisfie dwi thhis g ove rnme nt, he was come to a fl ifl himto

g ove rn ‘be tte r. The king a nfwe red hu mbly

Dear . cou f1n, fince tha t is you r p le afu re , it isou rs a lto ”

, ”To mortifythe king on a ve ry te n

de r p oint, du ring the whole e f his journeyfromFlintlca ftle to London, he wa

'

s,- be f1

’

de'

s , be ingmou nted on a ve ry lhabby horfe , not fu ffe red to

cha ng e“

his a p p a re l . No p rince in Eu rop e had fo

rich a wardrobe asR icha rd, or de l ighted fomu chin fp lendid a nd coftly dre fl

’

es.

Aé’c IV. S ce ne I . ..The p a rl iame nt-hou fe .

A fl rong e ra nd tru e r piEtu re of the fava g e ma nne rs

.ofou r a nce ftors cannot be de l ine a ted thanin thisil l ibe ra l fce ne be twe e n the p rime nobi l ity of thela nd. A g love is thrown down by one noblema n

wi th te rms of fcorn and re p roa ch, a nd a cce p ted byanothe r with words of bru ta l ity a nd fie rce néfs.Th

'

e p re fe nce‘of the duke ofLa ncat’te r, mafie r

,of

the king dom a nd p re te nde r to.

‘the

'

throne , cou ldnot awe the difp u ta nts into re

'

p ea a nd file n'

ce .

hflr. Hume fays tha t no le fs tha n fifty cha l l e ng es .

we re g iven a nd acce p ted a t thisme e ting of the p a r»harnent.

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B o a rd r o n n o x n .

In God’sname then I

’ll a fce nd the

B I S H O P O F C A R L I

’

S L E .

Marry, God forbid !

ThomasMe rks, bifhop ofCa rlifle , (a name whichou g ht to be reve re d

'

to la tcft was, in thatg re a t concou rfe of the c l e rg y and laity a ffembledon this occa fton, the onlyman

'

Who ha d h'

on‘

e ftya nd cou ra g e to fp e ak in the

’

de fe nce of his 1111'

ha p pyfove reig n, a nd a g ainfi the viol e nce and u fu‘ra

p a rion of Bol ing broke . Hts fp e’

e ch‘

Was long,a nd

is quote d from Sir John Haywa rd,'

in the a rl iame nta ryHille ry. I t

‘

conta ins ‘

a re trofp eEtive Viewof a ll kinds of overnment a nd the bifhop

’sa rg u

l

ment isfire ng tgene d'

from‘

fcri’

p tu re a u thori ty

I D E‘ '

M

And fiiall the fig u re of God'smaje fly,

Hisca p tain, ftewa rd, dep u ty e lect,

Anointe d, c

rowne d, p lant ed many ye a rs,Be ju dg

’d by fu bjeet a nd infe rior bre a th?

In va in doesDr. W a rbu rton {hive to make Sh'

akf

p e a re a Whig in p rincip le , long be fore nthe limits

be twe en p re rog a tive a nd p rivi leg e we re de t e rmined.

The pol i tica l a nd re l ig iou s cre edsin Qg ee n El iz abe th’s re ig n we re equ a l lyfavou rab l e to the a bfolu te

p owe r of the p rince ; a nd I have often wonde redtha t lord Bol ing broke {hou ld alfe rt, tha t the do&1ine of p a llive obedie nce layu ndifcove réd, in fomeold homi ly, t i l l the t imes of ames

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of you ng Be vi l As to the come dy of The Bu l'

yBody, he de c la red tha t Ma rp lot, in which he e x

c ited a smu ch g ood l au ghte r a s e ve r {hook a me rrya u die nce , was not his p rop e r p a rt, a nd the re fore

infifle d u pon making himfe lf of no confequ e nce ,by a cting bir Georg e Ai ry. At R ichmond, too, hefl ru tted 1n the robesof King Richa rd III . to emp tybe nche s. Nothing bu t his be ing de fe rted by

‘thé

fpefi a tors cou ld re fl ore him to his fe nles. Howeve r, Tom

.

Cha pma n has ha d ma ny to ke'

e p himcomp a ny

.

in his ridicu lou s p afiion . Did not Fa r

qu ha r think himfe lf a g ood a élor, a nd e x c ite the

commife ra tion of his friends, whe n he mu rd‘

e red

hisown Sir Ha rryWildair on the Du bl in fl a g e ?Did not the tra g ic Rowe wri te The Bite r, a comedy a nd washe not the only p e rfon of the a u die ncetha t lau ghed du ring the a ct ing of it ? Did not

‘SirGodfreyKne l le r fwe a r toMr. Gay, tha t, inlte adof lindying the a rt of p a int ing , he ou ght to havebe e n bred a foldie r, be ca u fe he ha d a mart ia lmie n ? And did not Hog a rth p re fe r his lamentableSigil

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mu nda tohisNI arria g e a_la IVIode ?

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p eop le .—Slza kj1

p adre inferior to fiimj élf.— Interoiew in file Tower

between Ric/lard a nd Lamar/fen—Ricfia rd’n fblb

in up braiding ikeinfring ement of oa t/If .- Oat/irma de

an/jirfizbj efir.—Unifvelfity of Oxfird cantradifi

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own Ldafirine . Nox tfiumber

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,YorkwithyRicha rdnL

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fu ppofe’a more awfu l a nd aHe c

t ing tra nfa a ion, tha n a'

p rin'

ce brou g ht b

fore hisfu bje éls,’

comp e l l ed to de p rive himfe lf ofhis roya l ty: a nd to

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crown to the”

p op u la rElaim

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a nf,‘h1s

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néa r re la t ion. Timis a fu bje étworthy the g e n iu sof Shakfp e a re a nd ye t, it mu tt be

confe ffed, he has fa l le n infini te ly thort ofhis u fu al

powe rs to e x ci te tha t tumu l t oftp afiion which the

actionme rited : he was eve r too ond ofqu ibb le a ndconce i t ; bu t he re he has indu lg ed himfe lf beyondhis u fual p re dile é

’gion for them ; a nd I ca nnot hel

thinking , from‘this

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be asli t‘ is recorded, the a u

thormade the p u blicamp le amends byp rodu c ing ,the ye a r fol lowing , one of the molt p e rfeSt of a llh1s

w pieces,‘

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I‘he firft

‘P a rt of King Henry IV.

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te n the fe ne by introdu c ing R icha rd be fore the

p a rl iame nt to'

re noance hisrig ht to the crown, in

faE’titwasnotifo. The poe t hasworked u p the wholeat p alled in the towe r betwe en the de p u

ties'

of the p a rliame nt , La nca lhe r a nd R icha rd.

The dep u ta tion confiflzed of the chief nob ilityand commonswiththe archbifhop of York at the irhe ad, who, a fte r be ing introdu ced to the ca p tiveking , p u t himinmind of his vqlu nt a ry offer.

to re

fr n the crown in the p retenc e of the archbifi'

topcgCante rbu ryand the Earl of Northumbe rland :R icha rd a cknowle dg ed his

‘promife ,

‘a nd (letha l to

have a n inte rview with his fu cce fl’

or. After fome

e onve rfa tion be twee nhim a nd La nc afie r, the king ,with a n air of che erfu lne fs, calle d for the a ét of

refigna tion, whichIre-re ad ove r difiinfi‘ly; and

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fo

lemnlyconfirmed it by a noa th; he then corifiitu t edthe ~

a rchbilhop “

of York a nd the bilhoP of He reJford his p rocu ra tors to fig nify

' his intention to~

parliame nt , a nd drawing the royal fig ne t fromhisown fing e r, he p u t it, on tha t of the duke okLa

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ca l‘te r ; faying , a t the fame time

, he cou ld with a ll

,

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his p eop le fhou ld know”tha t if. it we re in his

powe r, the duke fhonld fucp'

e

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to the c rlogwn

of Eng land.

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There ihou ldh the n find'

one heinou s a rticle,Containing

‘the de pofing of a king ,

And cracking the (b ong wa rrant of a n oa th.

In vam“

doesthe p r1fring ing hbroke n thf nof a ll:obl

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a l iens,the oa th Richa rd t ought,withKing John a nd other a rbi tra rymonarchs, tha tjoa thswer

eonlyframed for fu bje é

’ts: but it isfu re ly

‘abfhrd to 1ma gine tha t mi l lions fliou ld be bhu nd by‘folemn ties to‘obey,

one'

mkn,’

and; tha t he {hmgd

e

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When R icha rd fe t ou t for the Irithwa rs, hav ingformed a j e a lou tiy of. the e a rl of Northumberland,more from a tcop fcio

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u fne fsof his own imbe cillitythan any.

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rea l ca‘nfo .of

.diflru ft, he'

fummone d theea rl to at tend him a t

t

Briilol,'

a nd’

tofl p a fs over

~wifh'

him to flre la nd. Northumhe r’

la nd ofife r'

ed vthe

king ma ny e x cl

u fesfor hisnot ,b eing able toc ou lp lywi thhis commands ; bu t more p a rt icul a rly one ,

t with.which‘

the ~ king wa swe l l a cqu ainted,c e had

fa i thof‘the

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Scots; intima t‘

i’

n

dg tha t they wou ld in

a ll‘

p robability 1nvade Eng la n'

t u ld they find the

a rmy remove d from the nfborde rs. The infa tu a tkin not fa tisfied wi th tl1is?a nfwer, orde red

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.the

e ar a nd a ll his adhe re nts tob e p rocla ime d t rai

1 tors.

Ente r one wi tha g lafs.

,The p e rfon who, abou t ‘forty

-five ye arsi

tinc'

e ,~W a s emp loye d

‘

to'

b ring in a mirror to

, is now, ,by the tg ene ra lwoice , a l lowed to b e the

‘ firft comedian of the a g e . He‘wa s the u ,

inde e d a

' ve ryyou ng a'

étor, a nd has g ra du a l ly rife n to tha t

e de g‘

re'

e of eflima tion which he

enjoys.

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Wasthis [the fa ce

Tha t e ve ry day, u nde r hishou fehold i1),tDid

‘ke e p ten thou fa nd men

Thisis,a fa ét whichhiftory ha sde l ive red down to

u s.‘It b e a rs. the fhew. of g rea t huma ni ty a nd the

mott e x tended benevolence, a nd the refore mer i ts afe r

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ou sidifcu fl ion: iKrom wha t fource ‘hf rwe a lth

cou d fo va ft a'

m u l tit u de be mainta ine d If fromthe. reve nu es of the a crown, the g re a tnej

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s of thee x p e nditu re mzufi have cont ribute d to le fl

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e n their

lu e : and according lywe find tha t 'Gau nt cha rgfies

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comp liance ,with“

the

bu fine fswith re at e a

de red the an or of

tVe rylu cki lyfor. the ofl'

e nde r, he ha p p ened ,

chu rchma n ; a nd, the a rchbifhops and bifhopsfa l l ing on then knees and intrea ting for him, hiswas faved

A u M 1: R r. x .

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rid the re almof thisp e rnieiou sblot.

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ume rle is, above a ll'

ti

he noblemen of his time, fiigma tiz ed byHume, . for ba fe .

ne fs, tre ache ry, a nd cru elty.

The p e rfonxwho a&e d Aumerle

‘

, was one Mr.

Adam Hallam,.who

,by a n imita tion of the a étion

of W i lks, e fp ecia lly in a ce rtainp e cu liar cu ‘fl om

of p u l l ing down his ru ffles a nd rol l ing his flockings,joined to a g ood de g re e of d i l ig e nce , fa r g a inedu pon Rich

’s wa nt of difce rnment, tha t he . hired

him for feve n yea rs a t a very la rg e fa Whenthe te rm ofhis e ng a g eme nt .

was e his em

p loye r difmiffed him, a nd for the‘g re a te ft p a rt of

his remainin l ife he was an itine ra ntga étor. Hallam, abou t 1x a nd thirty ye ars finc

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é‘,tranflated

The Be gg a r’s O p e ra into French, whichwas te

p re fented in the little the a tre in the Haymarke twi thfome fu cce fs.

-He a lfo'

invented the armou rand othe r de cora tions, p re p a ra tory to the ting lecomba t b

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e twe en the d u kes of He reford a ndiNor

ifolk.

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a : kind of. p enfione r‘to the

mana g e rs, who we re the‘

immedia te3 fu cce ffors

of R ich, to whofe fami ly he Was, I , think, t e

lated.

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éd by Horton ,‘635 :

of the molt beau t ifu l wome n tha t e ve r trod thefia g e . She wasmarrie d, when ve ryyou ng , to a

mu ficia n, who wa s infenfible to he r cha rms, a nd

tre a ted‘‘he r

,a s

,

it hasb e en l aid, ver‘y bru ta l ly.

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{he act edMa rc ia , in Cato, in. a companyof‘

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Q g e e n' Ann e’s.making it

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the p l a ce oth e r relisfe nce

feve ra lmonthsin’tlie ye a r. Ca to and his fe na tc

f

me t withlittl e r‘

e fp eé‘t’

From the a u die nce a nd poor

{u ba waslo tru lyu

va n obje ét of ridicu l e , tha t , Whe n

e c rie d'

ont, in a'

tra nl’

po’

rt ofjoy; on he a ring Ma r

c ia‘s Cdnfe l’

lion offhe r p afiion for him,'

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I hearP” myLord Ma l p a s, wi lfu l ly mifiaking the

aa or, lou dly faid, from; behind the fcenes, Up on

myword,fir, I do not know : Miniyou bad hatterfwfmj e a nd thisjoke ,

‘

I be lieve , p u te nd to the p lay}

, Howeve r, Mrs.Horton wasfo

p e rior imme rit to the re l'

t,

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and “fo a ttra é’tive in

p erfon,‘t'

ha t {he wa sfoo’

nhlie r ve r'

y p ower‘

fu llycomme nded to the ma na g e rs

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rofiDru ry- la ne.

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f

tie , who e ng a g ed he r a t a'

modera te filléli w He r

chi e f me ri t confifie d’

in giving fp tightline fs to'

g aycoqu e tsf fu ch a s Be linda in '

the O ld Ba tche lor,a ndMillama nt in theW ayof the World ; inv

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vhichla licha ra éle r {he was laid to havé

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ce lled Mrs.

O ldfie ld. Up on Mrs. You'

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la ne'

for a more a dvantag eou sincohie ai’

incoln’s-‘

finn—fie lds, fhe was

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ca lle d u pon byWillis toact the

pa rt of Phi l l is in the Confciou sLove rs. You ng era d g ive n the p u b l ic fo mu ch ente rta inme nt in tha tp a rt, tha t Mrs.Ho n

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ca ndidtre a tme nt lifom the~

Wha twasid‘u e jtome

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wi thp a t ience for fome t ime .,Ar la ti

, the advance d to the front of the lia g e , and boldly a ddre tfe dthe pit : Ge nt leme n, wha t do you mea n ? wha tdifp le a fe s you my a é

’

ting or my p e rfon i”

This thew of fpirit re cove red the fp eéta tors intog ood humou r, a nd theycried ou t, aswi thone voice ,No, no

,Mrs. Horton ; we a re not difp le a t

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ed

g o"

on,

~

g o on.

” As the a dva nc e d in l ife , thou h

the ttill re ta ined gie a t be a u ty of fe a tu res, (heg rew corp u le nt ; a nd by firiving to p re fe rve the.

a p p e a ra nce of a fine tha p e , the lacedhe ife lf t'

o’

tighttha t the u p p e r p a rt ofher fig u re bore no p re port ionto the re tt of he r body.

For many ye a rs the was a favou r ite a étie t'

sintra g edy a nd comedy, a nd comma nde d a la rg e income bu t the na tu ra l a nd e a fy dia log u e of P ri tcha rd to ca p tiva ted the p u b l ic,

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tha t poorHorton'

w as

foon dep rive d of tha t infl u e nce which the hadfe fl

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ed, a ndwas ttrip p e d ofhe r-

cha ra éte rsone byone .

A t la tt the be came To lowin credit withthe p u bl ic,"

tha t ich, ou t of comp atlion, ofi'

e red to emp loyhe r a t the re du ced fa la ryof 41. p e r we ek. This.

the re fu fed, in -a fit of i l l - t ime d re fe ntme nt, a nd

cou ld'

neve r p e rfu ade him to make a fe cond offe raMr. Ga rrick a nd Mr. La cy, byg iving hen a p a rt

of a'

be nefit a nnu a l ly, made fome addit ion. to . a

frna ll annu i ty the e njoved . Her be a u tywas l'

o re

ma rk'

abl e in the e a rly p a rt of l ife , tha t few you ngme n cou ld fe e he r wi thou t having a te ndrc tl

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e fot.

he r, w hich the neve r ldifcou ra g e d'

; for, inde e d , thewas fo tru e a coqu e t ,

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tha t a comp l ime nt to_

he r,

charms, from the me ane tt p e rfon in the thea tre , was

a cce p ta ble , a nd a lways re tu rne d wi th a fmile or

t a p wi thhe r fa n. O n the ve rg e of thre e fcore

dre tfe d’

like a'

g iriof twe nty, a nd ke p t tirrip e ringa nd a nd if fe a tu res, p re fe rve d e

ve n a t tha t cold ag e , “

cou ld ju tiify t

he r we akne fs,The ce rtainly,was

)

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p a rd0nable § forfjof a ll the wo3 men

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M ills)

ri ted litt le favou r from the Londo.

sk i

g ive n them g re a t a nd a lmott u np a rdhiiable p rovoca tion. For the offence s

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of‘

a fewimemhe rs of t hecorpora tion he had de p rived the c i tyof Londonof its p rivi l e g e s, a nd imp ri’foned the chie f ma

g itira te a nd othe rs new‘

toilrimr’

irv‘ofiie e siin hiswhole condu ét he smande‘fied a t me a na nd cru e l difpofitio

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city’s: thmrrfile z‘fnbrhitfiong 'Was

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i' mooneiledr to“

the

citiae ns, ihe*ia cr ep ted ,

"fr'

Om; the myoiy ,a lder}

men;‘

a nd p rinc ip a l inhab ita nts; Ea? , g ra nd e nte r-4

tairnment, a ti'

Ilfihéhfl ia ndcallhis pre

tent svy-The rp sofe nmt g

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ive n toRicharjd, ;hislqu e eh,a nd the cou rt i e rs

,we re e ttima ted ,@t iten thou fand

p ou nds, which, _

a t that t ime , amou nted . to a n

imme nfe fum. O n th‘is‘

oéication, towin the g ood

°

wi l l of R icha rd, the

a nd no e x p ence"

refp e& to‘royalt

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y.

e x p re tfe d himfél ti)

~Tlhis e x orbi ta nt p e na ltzy7hnd ou tra g eou s a& of“

p ower, whe n a contra ry condu & was e x p e rfied,

gcitizenry a nd theyh aven -forga ve

lofs fp endthrift, the folly tode cla re,

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e x ce

dp this

immedia t Lon on‘

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0001. The linen/"

hiswe akne fs a ndconde fce nfionwhich James p ru dent lytwe e n the cou rt a nd th

ve r p rodu ce d a ny re a lTo a ffe& a contemp t

me n,who contribu te to larg e ly the revenue ,

is fome thing more than ridic u lou

o‘

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(5 h! how it fea rn’a myhe a rt

“whe

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n rbehe ld i4

I n Loddonme e ts

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ifi‘

td thehou nd of his a ba ndoned his ma fie r

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a nd'

u pofb the conqu e ror, who fe emed mu ch p le a fed

wi th the ome n.

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To fill tip the accou nt of the actors in thisp laywhen lafi re vived, I (ha l l ju t} me ntion fome p a r

ticu la'

rs re l a t ing to Na t Clarke , who acted the

g room He was a ma n fitted by na tu re‘to re p t e

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fe nt u nde r p a rts. Cla rke was the orig ina l Filchin n

the Be g g a r’s O p era ; a nd, thou gh I g re a t ly a d

m ire Mrs. Wilfon’s a droitne f'

s m it , ye t I think his»

me a g re counte na nce and fhambling fig u remu ch be tte r a da p ted to the cha racterof a

p ocke t tha n a fema le ’s de l ica te p e rfom Na t was

the chronic le of the the at re : he kne ve the whole

hittoryof the p laye rs, a nd made himfelf a cce p t

a ble tobu fy'

e nqu ire rs a fte r the a trica l ma tte rs bycommu nica t ing to them ma ny a la u gha bl e a ne c

dote .

‘

Hischie f emp loyment (on a ccou nt of his

re fembling R ich in time and: fig u re ) was tha t OFa n u nde r ha rlequin, toto re lie ve his mafie n 1n fu ch

fitu a tionsof the p a ntomime a s we re le a liinte re tting . Na t was ha p py whe n the a u dience , fromfimila rity of form,

we re fu rp rifed in to a cla p bymiftaking the man for the ma tte r“ The fu bfiitu te ;was to l ike the orig inal, tha t Richone n ight p a idfeve re ly for the re fembla nce . O ne of the a&ors,having had fom

’

e words wi th'

. Cla rke du ring the

re p re fe nta tion of a p a ntomime , waited till he

ihou ld find an op portu nity to them his re fe ntment.

Unlu ckily. R ich threw himfélf in the wayof the

a ng ry p e rfon, as he came of? the fla g e , a nd t e

ceived foch a blow of the fill, on his fl oma ch, as

for fome t inie de p rived him of the powe r to;

bre a the . The ma n, p e rce iving his mifiake , im

p lored the ma na g e r’s p ardon ; p rotefiin u pon his

honou r, he thou g ht he had {tru ck hit Cla rke .

And p ra yi, faid Rich, wha t te rrible provocat ion cou ld Cla rke give , to me rit fu ch a violentblowi”

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1 to DRAMATIC MISCELLAN IES.

fu pp re flin'

g , by'

an a é’t‘

i

of p e rfo , and

p re fénce ofmind, a t the a g e iof

‘dah

geronsinfu'

rre aion ofWat Tyler'

ari'

d

His g re a télt e nemies were his thre e ambit iou‘

s

u nc les, the duke sofLancat'

te r'

, York, a nd Gloflér,who p urpofe ly fufl

'

ered hismind to be u ncu lt iva tedwith p rincely virtu es, and his mora ls to the cor

rup ted bydvicious companions, { they took no

care tot

’ha ve ;him, trained zin the a rt

the Only g re a t a nd thining a e com

a g e .t.

Du ring the time of the_

.fe uda l fyfiem,the p rinc e

fu p ported his powe r ,

bymil i ta ry p rowefs. W i th~ou t this, he cou ld , not g u ard himfe

‘incroachme

ints of

hhis; ba rons, who,

djftrititsp we re fo i

ma ny a rbitra ryf d

firll a nd third Edwa rd, by p e rp e tu a

c ont inent a nd the ir own p erfona lc g u ra g e,in emp tloy, a nd p re fe ryed ,

'

a

p e rfons, By the ir, warswi thof the irAllwars

Richard wa s taxad d af' . p aws,ows, and g e regnomesg Th? haYalfy,

tha t (p u t tolnobzle aEtions, fu p e rior in‘

form: re f

p e&s to"

the ;Gre ek a nd Roma,

“9115 f .3”inch,113 5111 1

136 33 rg‘iiYQdl

em;a nd

I"? his? conve rften Profl iwiaa; ta

‘

g aa

Haneyt

wa nton

of p a rl iament we re he a p e d up on to e tlablith

laws, which int e nt ion u nfa lu ta ry,a nd confequ e ntly odiou s. Hiflory ca n fca rce lyfu rnith fu ch a n infl a nce of a mona rch be ing fofu ddenly aba ndoned by a ll his fu bje&s.. The rewas, in this u nha p py ma n, one difa g re e able qu a

lity,which contribu te d not a l ittle to his downfa lhe had a n imp e riou sand infole nt ma nne r of (p eak

ing , on imp orta nt occafions, to p e rfons who,from the ir office in the Ra te , c la imed a ri ght to

g ive him advice , a nd ou g ht tohave be e n litle ned

t_

owi tha tte ntion. Whe n the lordsa nd commons,in parl iame nt a ffemble d, fe nt a de p u ta t ion to him,

to inform him, tha tit was ne ce ffa ry for the g ood

of the {late he {hou ld remove from the ir emp loyme ntshis tre a fu re r a nd chance l lor, he bade themmeddle for the fu tu re wi thno fu ch thing ; a dd ing ,

‘

T/la t he wou ld not, fir Mam,or a t Meir p lea/b ra ,

r emove the m a ne/9 fru llion in his kitchen? O fRi

cha rd II . it maywith tru thbe fa id, tha the ha d a ll

ithfieibad qu a l itiesofhis g re a f- g ra ndfa the r, Edwa rd

”

II . wi thou t a nymix tu re ofhis g ood ones.Notwithfia nding the de pofition ofR ichard -was

u nive rfally a p p roved a t tha t t ime , the confequ e nce

ofLancafter’su furp a tion, who fe t afide the right

he ir

r t‘

a DRAMATIC M SCELLANlEg .

he ir to the crown, de fc

Cla re nce , p roved more

eve n the we ak a nd a rbit

kin Shakfpof enry VI .)bi ts nothin

je&S .-W

fe t ba tt lesfu c

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ce ffion to: the cmmore than fou rfcore

were’

flain by e ach

hand of dea th did not flop till it had a&uing uithed all the ma le heirsof e ach line

0 ParliamentaryHittem .

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f .

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’

Es.

As for Fall’ca ff, of whofe cha ra a e rmo ma n can

fay toomu ch, a nd e ve ry. ma n wi ll be a lmofl a fraid

to fay an thing , lrbnr a n a p prehe nfion of,his notbe ing a b e to tre a t fo fe rti l e a fu bje ét asit de fe rvos;

ghe

, in the confe fl ion of a llme n,is the g re a t ma f

te r-

p ie ce of ou r inimitable write r; a nd of a ll dra

ma t ic poe try. Shakfp e a re had g ive n fe ve ra l {ke tches of hu morou scha racte rs

,a sif

'

t'

DXt ryhis abi

be fore he introdu ced tothe‘ tblic thistheatrica l p rodigy, which

"

then aft ed Ben Johnfon, the

g re a t poe t of humou r,“

and'

hashidd e n defia nce ‘toa llfu cce e ding a ttemp tstoriva l it . Wha t name toode fpica ble can we g ive tot thofe wre tche d imi ta t ionsof the

'

fa t kn ight, the Tu cca of Johnl’on

’s P

‘oe t

‘

a f

te r, and the Cacofog o of Fl e tche r Above fiftyyea rsfince , it was traditionar among the

“

comedia ns, tha

’

t cacofogowasthe’

intende d rivalof‘

Fa l lRaff, whom he refembles

'

iiinothing bu t in bu lka nd cowa rdice . And, as to

‘Tu cca , I fubnsit to

the re ader“

, whe ther that pail:‘

be not a fituit’

le fsat temp t of fu rly

'

Ben tome afu re fwofds'

withr his

Aél I . Sce ne I .

K I N .

G .

5 0 fhake n aswe are, fowan

~

withcare l

The aétionlof this p laybe g ins e ar ly in the re ig nofHe nry

‘

lV .r and be fore he had'

be e n a fllifi e d wi thanyda ng e rou s a nd l ing ering diflfemp er : a t l e a f}, hit;tory takesno not ice of his~beiu g dife a fed

‘be fore the

ba ttle of Shrewlbu ry.

4

Shakfpe a re thou g ht itw ou ld be lt anfwe r litis’

p tzrra

pofe tQ rep re fent‘

the king la bou ring wi thfickne fs,and re folving on his recove ry to visit the HOWb a nd, in conformityt ohis p rior. de c lara tion inthep re ceding p lay ofR icha rd, to e x p ia te the mu rde re fhisfove reig n.

H E‘N

‘

a Y'

1v.

'

ramp a rt. I f ;

Allou r hiflorians a g re e' i

'

n'

this p urpofed e x p edition df Henry, which, on e e loi

'

e'

e x aminat ion,‘

fe ems not to be very well'

fou nded in p robab ility:The crufades

'

,a t the be ginning of the fifte e nth

c entu ry, had a lmofi e nt ire ly ce a fed . The‘p afiion

ofChrifl ain p rinces tor ecove r Jéru falem from the

infide lswasthe n almofi from the ill .fu e ~

ce fsofma ny g re a t a nd

from a p e rfe é'

t knowle dg e of the cra fty de fig ns, of

the cou rt ofRome ,

"

to involve mona rchsin fore ignwa rs, tha t the fovereig n

‘

p ontifi‘

s m ig ht re a pa dva nta g es by the ir abi

'

e nce . from - ~th'

e irdominions. g Befides, Henry was

,

too,

fa g a

c ions to le ave hisking dom wrtha t i tl e fo dou btfula shiswas; If‘fo

'

wea k a nd worthlol'

s a3man as

P rince john cou ld in the abfence of his‘brothe r

R icha rd a t'

e ru falem, ex d te fu ch diforde‘r

'

s'

as to

make’

it ne ce aryfor the kiné

ilt‘

oqu icken His retu rnto Eu g landh wha t zbad not e nryBol ingbroke toa p p rehend from one whohad a fa i re r ti t le

,to the

Crown than himl'

e lf? The '

e x p edition to the"HblyLand: fe em

'

s to!

have be en a fe int ; p e rhaps,‘in.

de ed,‘

a

a t_

forrie tith es, whenin fpit e ofworldly gran:his confcience role with (c u te viole nce u p

a tranfient thou ght of e x pia t ing hiS'

guilt,by this u nive rfa l

‘p ana ce a for a ll crimes, miht

come a crolis‘

his mind, bu t, in a llp robab i lity,

wi thou t a ny’

fix e d p u rpofe or vigorou s refolu tiorr.

two : it5 { in I : M .

Nomom tlre tlfirfiy entrance of'

tbislfoil :Sha ll da u b he r li

pswithhe r own childre nsblood.

This p a ll’

a g e is ve ry difficu l t : Dr. Johnl'

on and

Mr. Ste eve ns have , .

\yit_h gre a t ing enu ity, e nde a

vou red t0'

e x p lain it, think, vvithou t lu cce fs: Thwart-amen?th

‘

é‘

ffoilis;H believe ,"an u n

ne ce I think,the foil a t

f. The e p i the t Mic/Ely is emp loyed t oconcu r

me DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES.

concu rwi ththe ve rb da ub. The whol e isa p e riphralis, fig nifying , no long e r ,

{ha l l En'

g lilh g rou nd he

flained wi th the blood of itsinhabi tants.

I D E M .

‘To cha fe thp t

'

e p a g ansin‘

thofc'

holyfie lds,O ve r whofe acre swa lk

’d thofe ble lle d fe e t ,Which, fou rte e n hu ndre d ye a rs a g o, we re nail'd

,

For ou r advanta g e , to the holy croft .

The circumfla nce of ou r Saviou r’s treading thefoilofJe ru fa lem, and dying the re for a llma nkind,fine ly a nd p a the tica l ly de fcribed byVol ta ire in

his Z a ire , a nd emp loyed a s a ». convin

‘

cing a rg u

ment to re c la im a n spolia te . to the tru e fa ith:

E’en in the p lace whe re thou be tray’ll thy‘God

He dy’d,my child, to fave the e ! Tu rn thine eyesandM»

For thou a rt ne a r hisholy l'

e p u lchrc

Thou can& not move a Re p bu t eobere I) : trad !

Thou tremblclt !1mm

“

a n tit.

The p le a fu re ofwa lking ove r tha t g rou nd , whichhad be e n trodden byChrift a nd his a p oftles, w as,

no dou bt, one g re a t indu cement to ma ny CEhril}t ians'

to a llume the crofs a nd‘

fig ht a g ainft the~

in?fide ls. Nor can this be . de emed a «me e r a 6i: of fu t

p e rfiition : for, if ou r lea rned trave l le rsca n fe e l a ne nthufiafiic de l ight in wa lking ove r thofe p arts of

Rome , whe re the Sc ip io’s, Pomp eys,. a nd Bu t

tu s’s, formerly trod, Chriftiansmayw ith the fame

or fu p erior ard’

ou r, vifit thofe p la ce swhichou r Saviou r and his a pofileswe ne known to frequ ent; :

w'

E s‘r M o n n xlAN n .

In the ve ry hea t

And p ride of their contention.

Tl'iat is, du ring thei

fury‘of th{ides fe emed

‘tobe equ allyma tched.

D‘c l I

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died a martyr , and Mistisnot Me man,” is fome »

wha t a u kward, if Shakfp eare‘

h‘ad not himfelf

ven fome’

oflfe nc'

é relbefitip g Oldg afile .n

Sir John O ldcafile , commohlycalledivhom Hehryfi fi fac rizfiooditmthetheya fiifie d himwiththeir gp u rfesin his e x p e ditioha g

’

ainfi the c rown ofFrance , was, in a llp roba bility,'

a man of a l ive lyand‘g ayhumou r ; and the

whomhe ha d p rovoke d, might, in reve ng e,fe nt him to the ’

p op u lace a s a lig ht a nd lewda dru nka rd a nd a

‘p '

rofa ne je lle r. Thiswou ldan op portu nity

’

to l tthe fi

pOe ts'

ofthe time“

to p rere nt

him on the Rag e in no favou rable l ight . Bu t,thou ghthis fa tirica l abu fe

p e rmitted‘du ring the times

hischa ra&e r be came fbe tte r

Q u ée n’

Elizahe th; fochfre edomswou ld'

give offl ine .

1 thinkit isp otfihle tha t Sha kfp e a re mig ht a t firftthave inadverte nt ly fa lle n into this e rror, iand zhas’ae‘la id hold on Sir john

’

Oldca file a s’

a'

pofbu fl

'

oone ry a nd mirth. I tha llha ve

.~the cou ffe of thefc bfbfe rva tions, to faymore on

F A L S T A F F .

A gibc'

a t'br ilhgg ’f bmr.

Amon g re a t numbe r 0

a nd fuoht'

as”

we -maytfisfielly

of the ir-

“writers d'lh the la ti

- u riderfiodd .: that lit gib‘ca t rsonelthfit

HE N R Y W: ma Pa rt. , I },have b een told in fou r or.

p re fe nts u s wi th ma nyfrom C a x ton, from

‘

the Roma nt of thetop rove tha t G ilbert ,and Tib,were a ncfig iven t ohe

- cats. Bu t how came the cri

g e t the a u thorityof Shakfp e a re himfe lf“

a nd j u l iet, ,w

’

he re‘

Me rcu tioe alls Tibba ldMeh a nd king of his name Ty

‘

éa lt?

Tybalt, ryon ra tcatcher;£ o king of ca ts, nothing bu t onesof you r nine lives,

‘Thel'

e cu riousnotesmig’

ht ‘have be e n h‘

hy‘Dr.

‘De la gu liers, to t ha

na tu red g e nt ema n,"

Frede rick,‘p rince of

(who'

de a rly,loved the ba g a tel le ,)b e twe e n a he and

{he - ca t . The p rinc e often confefl'

ed tha t the doc~tor u nde rline d ca t - lang u a g e be tter tha ix abyman in(Eng la nd.

3 "A

When Foote hri’cOp ened the/

theatre in' the Hay

ma rke t, ambng fi other p rojeéts, he p rdpp fed to en

t a tain‘

the p u bl ic w‘

ifhm

a nimi ta tion of ca

‘

t-inu fic ;tor ’this p u rpofe , he eng ag ed a ma n famou s forhis {kill in mim icking the

'

mewing of ca ts. Thisp e rlon wasc a l led Ca t Harris. He not a tte ndingthe rehe a rl

'

a l of this odd conce rt, Foote defired

Shute r wou ld e nde avou r to.

find him ou t,r a nd bringhim with’him. S hu te r wa s dire fi ed tO

‘ Tomecou rt in the Minor i

'

es,

‘

whe re 'this e x traordina rymu fician l ived. Bu t, not knowin the hou l

'

e , Shu te rbe g a n a ca t -filo.

l

U pon this t e othe r looked ou tof the w indow, a nd a nfwe red

‘

him with a c a nta ta

of t he . fame fort. Come along , .fays Shu ter, Itte r informa tion that

'

you are the ma n zy

o”

l e t'

s, iha t e

a nd boa lt of his t ime for va rie ty of comic, p a rts

In Downes’s Rofcius t licanus," we

’

have the

name

n o DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES.

‘

name of Ca rtwrig ht for Fa llialf’s rep re fe rit a tive ,

foon a fte r the‘Refiora tion.

'

Litt le is fa id of this

p laye r by a ny fia g e W e find hisnamein the Rehe a rfa l, in whichhe fpoke Bayés

’s p ro

log u e , I think, a nd acte d one of «the Maje ftiesofBrentfosd. I t is fornewhe re fa id tha t he was a

bookfe lle r. La cy, a favou rite abhor of Cha rles II.whohad him drawn in thre e diffe rent cha ra éte rs,flill to be fe e n a t Hamp ton Cou rt, fu cce eded Ca rt

g ht in Fa lfia‘ff. La n

gbaine (p e aks of him as

the molt p erfeazcomic p aye r of his t ime .

‘

Cibb e r, I fa ncy, had neve r fe e n him ; for the

of Lacy is not ment ioned inhis Ap ology. Hewasone of the recru itswhich the king

’scomp any

p icked u p foon a ft er the Refiora tion. I can find

no tra ce ofhishaving acted be fore the c ivi l wa rs.He wrote thre e p lays, in which, I be l ieve , hisownafiion wasthe p rinc ip a lre commenda tion. He diedabou t the ye ar 1683 .

The p rince ofWa leswasr ep re fente d orig ina l ly,if we may b e a l lowed to g nefs, by Burba g e , whowas ta l l

.

a nd thin. I iba ll defe r wharl have to fay

fa rthe r of the p rince a nd Falfiafi

‘

t ill their ne x t

cene.

Scene III ."

King , Northumberland, Hotfp u r,Worce fte r, fe e .

1: 1 N c .

'

The moodyfrontier of a fe rve nt brow.

Dr. Wa rbu rton p re pofes io‘

re ad fronfld .

‘ Mr.

S teéve ns fays the word frantic! does not fig nifyforehe ad z—not inits orig inal fe nfe , it is grantedbu t fu re lyin its a p p l ied a nd

{ne ta p

‘horical He did

lenot re colle ét tha t in a ra l a fl'

a e Le a r fa s

toGoneril,P3 P g a Y

Newt fieu ght er, what meu s

i

thet,hamlet on

at‘

r N c .

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m DRAMATIC MiscaLnANgss.ca p tu red in wa r. For thisre a fon, He nry

’s conduc

'

ts

in demanding a llHotfp ur’s priforie rs, a p p e a rs to be

ve ry u nju ft.By the a nc ie nt l aws of Norway, the p rifone r,

and eve ry thing he had a bou t him, be long e d to

the ca p tor ; e x ce p t the g old 111 his p u ffe , whichwasre fe rved for the king .

H O T S P U R .

A t thising ra te, thiscanke r’d Boling broke .

Ca nker ea’Baling broie was a te rm

~whichMr. Ad

difon, in conve rfa tion, a p p l ied to Henry St. John, ,

Lord Bol ing broke ; wi th wha t p rop ri e ty I do not

fe e . Tha t this g re a t fia te fma n was a rde nt bothin

his frie ndihip s a nd e nmi t ies is to be le a rne d from1113 le tte rs a nd his g e ne ra l condu ct ; bu t tha t he

ha rbou red a ra ncorou s and ca nke red difpofition Ica nnot p e rfu a de myfe lf. Addifon, howe ver bene

volent in hiswrit ing s, wa snot fre e from tha t l e avenof p a rtywhichoften fou rs the be ft minds.

I D E M .

Byhe ave ns! me thinks 1t we re a n e a fy leapTo p lu ck bright honou r from the p a le - fa c’dmoon

,

O r dive into the bottom of the de e p ,Whe re fa thom- line did ne ve r tou ch the g rou nd,A nd p lu ck u p drowne d honour by the locksSohe tha t did rede em he r thence might we a r,Withou t cc - riva l

,a llhe r dig nitie s.

This fa l lyofHotfp u rDr. VVa rbu rton hasfiamped with the e p i the tsof he roic a nd fu blime a nd,toju llify Shakfp e a re , has quote d Eu rip ides. Dr.

Johnfon has cri t ica l ly de fe nde d this ra p tu rou s e x

p lofion of a hot a nd fie ry difpofition, whichis ce rtainly not

'

qu ite fimila r to the fp e e ch.

of Eteoc lesin the Phoenilfae ofEu rip ides, nor can it be te rmed

a l le gorica l .q

it,Sp e cu lum reg sle.

“

hE N R Y N . P a rt. 115a lle g orical. The l ea rne d Mr.Woodhu ll , in a noteto his tranfl ation of tha t tra g edy, has. g ive n thisfp e e chofEteocles, a s~ve rfified byAmyot, from a n

e x tra&‘

of P l u ta rch’s tre a tife on Fra te rna l Love ;a nd a nothe r tra nfl a tion from Ga fcoig ne

’s works,

pub lithe d in 1 5 75 . I t mutt be owned tha t the

live ly Fre nchma n, in fpirit a nd e le g ance,

the Eng lifhman.

j e monte rois en l’e teile fejou r

Du clair foleil, ou comme nce le jau r;Lt je de fce ndrois de d

'

ou s la te rre ba fl'

e ;‘

Sije pou vois acqu e rir p a r lla u dacerLe roiaume fou ve rain de s die u x .

G a fcoig ne ra the r cre e ps tha n foa rs

I f I cou ld eu le or reig n in be av’a a bove ,

A nd eke command in de p thof da rkfome hell,

N o toil, no travail

,{hou ld my fp rit e s aba lh,

To take the way u ntomy te t‘t le fs will.

To climb a loft, or down for tode fcend.

I D E M :

”

Byheavens, b e 413 311not have a fe e t of them.

In ou r a u thor’s t ime thiswasa p rove rbia l e x pre f~fion, me a n ing he fba llnot have the molt worth'

J e t‘

s thing'I have

I D E M .

Oh le t the hou rs be fi'tort,Till fields, and blows, and g roans, a p p la u d ou r (port.

This fpirite d e‘kclama tion of Hotfp u r re fembles

a fp e e chof Eteocles, in the Se p tem contra Thebasof ZEfchylu s:

M 11w v, my Svnn ow at ; as7 5 7 met ers;H ag ue -9‘s, x wx w owu x g am hgs‘rtTyn e yang Aeng ,

Gom srm $ 0146 figormo

DRAMAT IC MISCELLANIES .

If ha p lylnow you r eyesbehold the

'de ad

orwou nde d; bu t l‘t not forth in lou d lame nts;

For blood“

a nd ca rna g e a re . the food of wa r.

sP or r x t .

The aEtion of, this fe ene isve ry a nima ting a nd

importa nt . The je a lou fy, fu fpicion, a nd difl ru‘fl

of ‘

He nry, a re fine ly contra fted with the hig hfpirita nd da ring imp e tu ofity of Hotfp u r ; Ag amemnon

a nd Achi l les a re not more firong ly de l ine a te d, northe ir p a llions more hig hly colou re d, by Home r,

tha n the le cha racte rsof Shakfp e a re . The condu ct

of the fcene is tru ly drama tic, from the be g inningto the clof

'

e of it .

I have fu p p oled , a nd I be l ieve wi th p robab i l i ty,tha t Bu rba g e orig ina l ly, acte d the P rince ofW a les;a nd am of op in ion-

.we may g ive Hotfpu r to Taylor,the orig ina l Hamle t . I f Ta ylor wa s, a swe mayconj e étu re from wha t the qu e e n fays of him in the

fe nc ing - fce ne be twe en Hamle t a nd La e rte s, fa t,a nd fca nt of bre a th,

’ we xca nnot fu p pofe him fit forthe ta ll and fl e nde rHa rry. Afte r the Re t

’tora tion,

Ha rt re p refente d Hotfp u r, Bu rt the P rince of

W ales, a nd Winte rfhu l the King . The e x ce lle ney of Ha rt is u nive rfa lly a cknowl e dg ed ; of

Bu rt we can only tra nfcribe wha t Downs has re

corded . He ra nks him in the l ift of g ood a&ors,with Sbotte re l and Ca rtwrig ht, bu t w1thou t a nydifcrimina ting ma rks. Tha t he wa s not a man of

fu p e rior me rit we may a the r from hisbe ing oblige d to refig n the p a rt 0 O the l lo to Ha rt, whohadforme rly a cted Ca fl io whe n Bu rt p l aye d the p rinc i

p al cha racte r. Winte rfhu l was, in the op inion ofthe be lt cri tics, a ve ry j u dic iou s actor in

“

coinedya nd tra g e dy, a nd a n e x ce l le nt te a che r of the a rt

he p rofefled . He was fo ce l e bra te d for the p a rt ofCokes, in Be n Jonfon

’s Ba rtholomew - Fa ir, tha t

the p ubl ic p re fe rred him even to Noke s in tha t

cha raéte r.

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de cla re d, wi thou t a ny ce remony tha t he wou ldtha t night

‘le t off a n Irith actor.

’ The the a tre

was e x treme ly crou de d, both in the front and ou '

the Ra g e . I ha ve he a rd Mr . La cy, the l a te ma ne r,Mr.Victor, a nd othe rs, whowe re p re fe nt , de

elit re , tha t they ne ve r faw fo a n ima te d a p e rfor

ma nce , a nd a tte nded wi thfu ch loud a nd re p e a t e d

p la u dits from a ll p a rtsof the the a tre , asBooth’sHotfp u r G iffa rd, whowa sJu ft a rive d from Du b

lin the a tre , hone fl ly owned tha t he wa s {tru ckwi tha fl onilhme nt, a nd he a rt i ly joined in the g e ne ra l

a p p roba t ion . Whe n rou fe d by a cc ide nta l je a lou fyorhumou r, Booth a lways e x ce l led himfe lf.In act ing O the l lo once , to a fma ll a u die nce ,

Booththrew fu ah a l a ng u or into fe ve ra l fce nes ofthe p a rt, which was fa id to be his

O

ma fl e r-

p ie ce ,tha t nobodycou ld difce rn the ir favou rite a nd admire d a a or Bu t, in the third act asif rou fed from a

le tha rgy to the molt a nima t ing vig ou r, he dilp layedfu chu ncommon fire a nd force , tha t the p l aye rsa nd the a u die nce fe eme d to be equ a l ly e l ectrifiedby this f adde n e x e rt ion of his powe rs. Whe n, a t

the e nd of the act, the p laye rs re t ire d into the

g re e n room, C ibbe r, who acted Ia g o, (aid to him,

P rythe e , Ba rton, wha t was the cha rm tha t

infpired you fo a ll on a fu dde n Why, Col

Iey, I faw, by cha nce , a n O x ford man in the

p it, whofe Jud gme nt I reve re more tha n tha t

of a whol e a udie nce .

’

In the a g re emen t be twe e n (l uin and Ga rrick, in1746 , toa llilt e a chothe rwiththeirmu tu a l {k i l l in feve ra l fe le ét p l ays, (Min la id hisha ndu p onHe nry IV .

and c a l l ed u pon Ga rrick to g ive him hisa fl iftance ,by e x e rting his ta le ntsinHot fp u r : Foryou know,

David, Fa lfia ff is (0 we ighty, tha t he ca nnot do

withou t a l e ve r.

’ The othe r comp l ied, thou gh

I be l ieve wi th fome re lu é’t’

a nce ; for he knew

tha t the p ort ion of Hotfp u r, which be lt fuited his.

a nima ted ma nne r of fp e aking , wou ld be e x ha u fted

in the firfl fce ne of the pa rt The old comedia n,'

by

-H E N R Y IV.

‘

Firfl Part

by‘this

‘

ma noeu vre, ftrrprif’e

'

d the ca u tion of the

you ng a Ptor.

i

i

‘The p e rfon ofGa rrick was not formed to ive

a jufi idea of the lg alla’nt a nd noble Hofp u r. he

me chanicfi, or bu lky, p a rt”

was‘wantirig ; inor‘

cou ld’

the fine fl e x ib i l i tyof his voice e ntire ly coa er‘thje

o

hig h ra nfiand con t inu ed ra g e‘of the “enthu fia fiic

wa rrior: He had‘

nOt the n a cqu ire d t\l1a t”

c0mpletf

e"

knowle dg e‘o fmodu la t ion whichhe wa sr

afte rvva rds

ta u g ht by more e x p e rience . Du ring the actingof thisp lay; he wa s

' feiz ed with a cold a nd hoa rfe

ne fs; a nd, .a fte r act ing Hotfp u r a bou t“

five‘

n ightswitha p p la u fé, thou g h not wi th tha t u nive rfa l a p

p roba tion which’

e ne ra lly a tte nde d his p e rforma nce , he fe l l lick, a nd was confin ed to his cham

be r fix or feve n we e ks. Thisha p pened about the

la tte r e nd of" Fe bru a ry; nor did he make hisa p

p e ara nCe on the Ra g e t i l l he a&ed Ra ng e r, . in

the Su fpicious B u lband, for‘

his be ne fit, in Ap ril) »

fol lowing .

His dre fs in‘

Hotfp u r was objected to : a la ced .

frock a nd a Rami l ie wig we re thou ght toowinfig ni

- e a

fica nt for the cha ra&e r.

Du ring his illne fs, as mu ch‘

conce rn was~ e x

p re ffe d‘ by the p u b l ic , for his recovery, a s if he ~

had be e n a p rince of the blood g re a t ly honou reda nd be love d. The door of his. lodging s

vwas eve ryday crou de d wi thfe rvants

‘

,Who came from p er

fonsof the firlt ra nk, a nd . inde e d“

of a ll ra nks, to. “

e nqu ire a fte r his“ he a l th; Mrs. Oldfie ld ha p p enedto be in fome

r dang e r in a Gravefe nd - boa t : a nd,whe n the 1

re ft of the p a-fl

'

e ng e rs lame nte d their‘

a p p roa ching fa te , fl1e ,: wi th a confciou s dig ni ty,told them, the ir dea ths wou ld be n o

i

nly a p riva telofs Bu t I am a p u blic. conc e rn.

’ The indif-i

p p fition of ' Garrick « mig ht, more ferioufl y, be

te rme d fu ch.

ms DRAMATIC MIS'

CELLANIES;

Ba rry’s Hotfp u r, from his noble fig u re ; rapid

a nd a nima te d e x p re fl ion, a nd“

l ive ly a étion, - .was

p le a ting - a nd re fp eé’ta ble z

‘

bu t the re is a mi lita ryp ride , a nd camp

- humou r,if I may be indu lg ed ih

'

the e x p re flion, to which Ba rry wa s a firang e r.

PM the fame re a fon, Mr. Smi th’s re p re fe nta tion

of this p a rt, thou gh we l l ma rked wi th fire , imp e tu ofity, and dig nified de portme nt, is fomewha tdefective .

C H A P T E R XII .

Pitt'

fu lambition tog ain app la u/é .-Gorbe l l ied knaves.

- La cl_yP ercy and Bra tar g reemroom qu arrel.

- Five a u tfioritier for rivo.-Mr . Stec'vcm Jig/171

°

i

ent Marat and Me wcw en .—Stra p

e x p lained, fl om Tam Caria t a —Imp rav'

crizcnt an

Sfiakfibcara fitp cnior «wit—Footie a nd

Garrick— limock- r ep rcfcnta tion f of Me P rince a nd

King —Ex tra ? from Cambyfir.—fl iz a ccou nt of

fa ck. milk—Wine of file a nciczztr.—Bet

terton’r Fdffl afii—A D u b/in. p a t/[ou r a n ex ce llent

Boot/z, Mil/f , -@ ifl ,

A151" IT;

The Ca rrie rs.

F I R S T C A R R I E RH

O u t of all t eft .

HE word cefi, is, I'

believe 5 ,derived from'

ccztfiu, a ta x .

S E C O N D C A R R I E R .

Le nd the e my la nte rnMa ri-y} 1

1

11fe e the e l’ang’

d 11111.

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or fou r au thorit ies from old p l ays. Thu s is the

ma rg in fome time s e n la rg e d to ve ry l i tt le p u rpofe .

‘

Scene III . Hotfp u r,'

folu s.

H o T s P U R .

Have I not a ll their le tters tome e t me in armsby the ninthor?

ne x t month?

This fce ne was ne ceffa ry, to a cqu a int the a u ‘

dience with the p rog re fs of the infu rre étion p roj e éte d by the P e rcys tn the la ft fcene of the firth

a ft.L A D Y P 1: R c Y .

0, my good lord why a re you thu s alone

Whyha lt thou 101? the fre fhblood in thy che e ksA nd giv

’n my trcafitre sand my rightsof the e

To thick- ey’d mu ting and cu rs

’d me lancholy

La dy P e rcy’s fp e e ch is a n e x ce lle nt comme nt

Upon Bru tu s’s de fcrip tion of the mind ofman when.

labou ring with the 1mp re ffon of a confpiracyBe twe e n the aé’cing of a dre adfu l thingA nd the firfl : motion, a ll the inte rim

Is like a phantafm or a hideou sdre a m

Sma l l ma tters, they fay, ofte n ferve asp re l u destomightyqu a rre ls. In the ye a r 1746 , this p laywas a éted a t the the a tre in Dru ry

- la ne . Ba rrywas the Hotfp u r; a ve ry be a u t ifu l and a ccomp lifhed a é’tre fs conde fcende d, in orde r to g ive fl re ng thto the p lay, to act the trifl ing cha racte r of LadyP e rcy; Be rry was the Fa lfia ff. The hou fe was

fa r from crou ded ; for the u blic cou ld no moreb e a r to fe e a nothe r Fa lfia whi le O g in was on

the Ra g e , than theywou ld now flock to fe e a new

Shylock, as long as Ma cklin cont inu es to have

fireng thfit to re p re fent‘Me ffefwwfiic/iSea t/p ears

drew.

’

A ve ry ce l ebra ted comic, aG’cre fs triumphed; inthe ba rre nne fsof the pit a nd box es the threw ou t

form: e x p reflions a g aint‘

t the confequ ence o

itl

ée

a y

3 I

Eady P e'

rcy. This p roduc ed a ve ry cool , bu t

cu tting , a nfvve r from the othe r“

; who remindedthe forme r ofhe r

‘p laying , ve ry la te ly, to a mu chthinne r a u die nce , one of he r favourite pa rts;now, '

the l adie s not be ing a ble to’ “

refirain themfe lve swi thin the bou nds of cool conver—fa tiou , a .

mofi te rrible fray enfu ed. I do not be lieve that

theywe nt fo fa r as p u l l ing of ca p s, bu t the ir a lbu ‘

t e rca tion wou ld not have difg ra ced the fema le sofBilling fg a te . Whi le the two g rea t afi tefieswe re thu s e nte rta ining , e a chothe r in one p a rt ofthe g re e n

- room,the a dmire r of La dy P e rcy, a rr

old g e ntlema n who a fte rwa rds bequ e athed he r aconfide rable fortu ne , and the brothe r of the co

mic dady, we re ~more‘ feriou fly- emp loyed. The

ciciib eo tiru ck the othe r withhis ca ne s. thu s p ro

voke d, he ve ry. ca lmly l a id hold of the old man’s

jaw. Le t g omyjaw, you villa in a nd Throwdown you rcane , fir !

’ we re re pe a tedlye choed bythe comba ta nt—s.

—h-Ba rry, whow'

as a fra id l e ft thea u di e nc e {hou ld he a r fu l l a s much of the qu a rre la s of the p lay, ru fhed into the g re en

- room, a nd

p u t a n end to the ba tt le . The p rint~fe lle rs l a id

hold of this difp u te ,'

a nd p u blifhe d a p rint ca l led?‘The Green- ream: Scufile ’

P rince Henrya nd Poins

P R I N C E H IiN R Y ;

I am‘

ndw of an humou rs that have (hewed themfelves h'

u os

mou rsfin’

c‘e the old daysof g oodi

’n an Adam.

This is the g enu ine la ng uag e of a’

you ng manwhofe body is vigorous a nd mind a

’

élive‘

; who,ha v ing more fpirits tha n he

‘knows Wh

‘

a‘t to do

wi th, a nd riot be ing'

eng a g e d bynob’

le‘eite r

‘

cifesorg e ne rous p u rfuits,. fp énds

'

hish‘

ou rs in idlenéfsa nd '

frol ic .

Riva . He re we have five a u thorit ies,

’

frorire ld

’

p l‘ays, toju fiifyShakfpe are

’su fe of theword rim.

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P R I N C E H.

E N R Y .

Pitifu l-he arted Titan ! whome lted a t the ta le of the fu n“

.

I t isimp ofl ible to make fe nfe of this p a fl

'

a g e asitnow [la nds Mr. S te eve ns’s re fiora tion from the 0

copy, which'

p lainlyl re fe rs to the fl ory of Pha e ton '

p reva i l ing on Ti ta n to g ive him the ma na g eme nt of.

his. cha riot for a day, is, I'

think, e x treme lyha p py

F A L S T A F F

I .wou d ,I we re a we ave r ; I cou ld fing a llma nne r of fa ng s

I t is a common e x p refiion thisday, in Scot l a nd, .

to fay p fa lm- ftnging we ave rs C leme nt Ma rot,

who is j uilly e fle eme d‘

the firfi'

p oe b of his t ime ,

a nd who die d in 1 5 44, tra nfl a te d the p fa lms intoFre nch me tre . I t was not u ncommon to fet

'

themto mufic a nd - ling them a t the cou rt of Fra nc is I .The P rotefia nts of Ca lvin’s p e rfu a fion had ma nyof them tfe t~ to va riou s tu nes

, ,a nd fa ng them in

the ir chu rches. Thofe , whow e re e x i le d on the

re p e a l of the e dict of N a ntz , fa ng them in a ll the

c ou ntries whe re they we re re ce ived : in Eng land,Holla nd, a nd feve ra l p a rtsof G e rma ny.

I‘

D B M.

Were I a t the fira p ado, I wou ld‘

not te llyou on t omp u lfie n.~

The p u nilhment of the firap ada, asp u t in p ra e

t ice a t Ve nice in the days of Shakfp e a re , is thu s

de fcribe d byTom Coria t :The offende r,having hisha ndsbou nd behind

him, is conveye d into a r0p e _ tha t ha ng e thby a

p u l ley; ‘a fte r whichhe is raifed u p by two fe ve ra l

fwing s, whe re he fuiiaine th fo g re a t torme nt, tha this joints a re for a time le ofed a nd .p u lle d a fu nde r ;be fides which, a bu ndance of blood is g a the re d intohis hands a nd fa ce . And” for the t ime he is inthe tortu re , his hands and fa ce look a s red as

blood.”

F‘

A L s T'

a r e .

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re p arte e wou ld file nce him for the evening . Iffu f

fe t ed to take the le ad, he wa shig hly enterta ining ;bu t he cou ld not be a r inte rru p tion .

I D E M . .

Y ou mu ll to the cou rt in the moriring ,

This is a p re p a ra t ion for the e nfuing p a the tic

fcene be twe e n the King a nd P rince .

I .

P R“

I N C E H . E N R Y

Do thou fta nd for my fa the r, a nd e x amine me u pon the p ar"

ticu la rs of my life .

The fol lowing mock- re p re fenta tion of a n interv i ew be twe e n the P rince a nd hisfa the r is g e ne ra l lyl e ft ou t on the Ra g e , as a n incumbra nce to the

a étion. It has be e n occa fiona llyrevived, bu t ne ve r

p rodu ce d the e ffe ét which the a dmi re rsof Shakf

p e a re e x p e é’te d. I t isce rta inlymana g edwi th)

g re a t

a rt; a nd l a rde d wi thwitia nd' hu mou‘

r ;~bu t it

‘is nothe i ghte ned with l incide nt, nor i fliu fi

’

e d with" tha thi g hjocu la

'

ri ty~

which throws an a u die nce into, fits

of la u ghte r.

F A L S T A F F .

A nd I will do it in King Cambyfe s’vei‘n.

’

1

Shak’

p e a re ridicu les, in this p alfa g e , a n old p lay,of one Thomas Prefion, ca l l ed A lame ntableT ra g e dy, mi x ed fu ll

’

with'

Mirt~h, conta ining thel ife of Cambyfes, KingA ta fie of this a u thor’s poe trywill a fford a fp c

c ime n of the mife ra ble tra fh ou r a nce florsw e re

force d to fwa llow downifl Tra gi- comedy was

the n the ta fie of the na t ion, as it continu es to be

now, for the e x ce lle ncyof Shakfp e a re’s g e niushas

fix e di

it u pon u s. . Norgisit ve ry fira ng e , wh‘enewe

fe e the p olit’

e li'

p eop le in Eu rop e'

obl ig ed to ta ck’

a

diverting p e t ite p iece to make a tra g edy p a la tableto

H E N R Y IV . FirfiP a rt. 133to the a u die nce . The Sp a nia rds, too, wi limot befa tisfied withou t a daihof bu ffoonryadded to the irmore fe riou s p ie ces.

Ex tra éifrom Cambyfe s.

My cou ncil g rave a nd fa pie nt ,‘

Withlordsof le g a l train,Atte ntive e a rs towa rds u s be nd,

A nd he ar wha t {ha ll be fainSo you , likewife , my va lia nt knight,

Whofe ma nly acts doth fl y,By bruit of fame

,the fou nding trump »

Dothpie rce the a l u re lky.

The l‘

afi editorshave qu oted a line or two of

this cu riou s p ie ce I thou g ht a l i t t le la rg e r famp lewou ld do juilice to the g e ni u s of Maile r P re flon.

Mr. Ste eve ns re la tes, tha t Q te e n Eliz a be thwas fowe l l p le a fe d withhis a éting a p a rt be fore her a t

the u nive rfity of Cambr idg e , tha t the ,fe t t le d

2 01. p e r a nnum on P refion ; a nd this, he fays, wa sl i tt le more tha n rs. p e r d iem . In thofe daysof

'fi‘

rif’t

oeconomy, 2 01. was a confide ra ble p e nfion : I qu e f

t ion if Rog e r Afcham’s {lip e nd was more tha n

twice tha t fum,who was the qu e e n

’s p re ce p tor

in the l e a rned la ng u a g es.

F-

A L S T A F F .

If fack and fu g ar be a fa u lt.

At this difl a nce of time , it is not a n e a fyma tter

to de te rmine wha t fort of wine this fa ckr wa s, of

whichou r ance florswe re fo fond. By the knig ht’s

mi x ing it’

withiu g a r, it ca n fc a rce ly a nfwe r

johnfon’s. defini t ion, who ca l lsit a

.

fwe e t winechie fly brou g ht from the Ca na ries.’ Minfhew derives the » word

no obje étion.

‘Skinner thinks

es its name from the Sp anith

roughand fharpv

qu ality. The

conjecture

DRAMATIC MtSCELLANtEs.conie é

‘tu re ofMa nde l l

'

o'

is, tha t fa rt is de rive d fromX egizw, a c i tyofNla u ritania , a nd the nce tra nfp lante dinto Sp a in. Afte r a ll, the fame l e a rned Dr. Skinne r: ca l ls ihe rry [berry-fl ick, a we l l - known wine

,

de rived from X araf, forme rly Efcu ris, in the p ro

Vince of Anda lufia . . Fa lfia flhhimfe lfy in‘ his p rofu l

’

e comme nda t ions- of a g oodfhe rrisf -fa ck,

’a s itt the re we re two forts‘

of fa ck,

a nd he g ave the prefe rence ,

to the fhe rris. Blou nt,in hiS ‘Glofl

'

og ra phy, fays, tha t fhe rris~ fa ck is (0c a l le d from Xe res, a (e a - town ofCordu ba

, in Sp a in,whe re tha t» kind of fhe rris isma de .

”

Tha t the fa ck, of which ou r"

a nce fl ors dra nk,had a ta rtne fs’in it re ems evide n t Fromstheir miring fu g a r withit All wine -me rcha nts

, aswe l l asold t0p e rs, , a re a g re _ed, - tha t a t p re fe nt we ha venone of tha t e x c e l l e nt - fl imsy which wa s dra nk fop l e nt i fu l ly a bou t forty or fifty ye a rs fince , a ndwhichwas. ca l l ed Bri/folmilk, tion) a common p ra ct ice of the finha bita ntsof tha t c ity, whog e ne rou flyp re fe nted fl ra ng e rswi th a g la fs of tha t

‘

p le a fa ntwane .

The liquor, which Home r pou rs ou t (0 a bu nda u tly, is' old wme , a nd ye t

~he ca llsit miu g , du lcis

Girota fl x hgzts fl own -

cm.

O DY t s. Lib. I I.

I t ca nnot fib’

e fl ip pofed tha t old‘

wine cou ld‘

re a l ly befwe e t wine , be ca u fe a g e

‘

g ivesit~

a ta rtne fs. I tis obl

'

e rve d, by a French cri t ic; tha t the“

word ”Sa g ,or du lcir, ~fhou ld:be tra nfl a ted fl ea/ang e r ag reea ble ;be ca u l

'

e , fayshe , tha t 5 flaa rp ne fs, which» wa s theconfequ e nce ofwine

’s be ing ke p t long , f e emed to

be '

a qu a l i ty ve ry a g re e a bl e to the ancients. HM:ép ub/ig u e der Lettrer, tom; I . p .

For fome time a fte r the uniontof the king’sa nd

duke of Y ork’s' comp a nies' oficomedians, Be tte r

ton, with g enera l ap p robationfl gfied Hotf‘

p u r ; a

cha racter

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fl a nde rs, tie d him ha nd and foot, a nd, in fpit e of

his refiita nCe , ca rried him home with a g re a t moba t hishee ls’V‘

Jonl'

on commu nica te d to Be tte rton this a ctor’sma nne r of p e rfona ting Fa lfl a fl

’,whichhe not only

a p p rove d, bu t a dop te d a nd fra nkly owne d tha t

the p av iou r’s drawing of Sir John wasmore cha

ra éte rifl ica ltha n hisown .

.Georg e P owe l l , whowasma l iciou s e noug h tbe nvy this g re a t actor; a nd we ak e nou gh to think

himfe lf ca p a bl e :of fu p p lying his p la ce , du ring thie

l ife of Be tte rmn a cte d Fa lfta fTin his p a rt icu la rmanne r ; a nd, to ta ke a lla dva nta g e s, he mimicke dhim in thore a cu te pa ins of the g ou t which fome é

t imes furp rife d h1m 1n the t ime of action.

S ince the de a th of Be tte rton, in rAp ril,‘

many comedia ns of Dru ry- la ne The a tre ha ve

trie d the ir flcill 1n Fa lfiafi'

; bu t mol’t of them swith

ve ry indifi'

e re nt fu cce fs. By the p a rt icu la r comma nd of (b e e n Anne , Boothve ntu rad a to p u t on

the hab i t of Fa lfta ff, for me nzg fit wily. Tha t hedid not ve ntu re a fe cond a ttemp t mi ht be owinge i the r to a coniu ou s defic ie ncy to a ume Falfl afi’shumou r, or a p re di l e ct ion for Hotf

'

p u r 1n the fame

p lay. The e lde r hdills wou ld likewif'

e try his (hill

in comic a rche ry, a nd ha ndl ed, for a fe v ni g hts,this bow ofUlyfi

'

e s. Bu t, a las, in vain l His fobe r

g ra vi ty cou ld not re a ch the inimi tab l e mirthof thisfl a g e p rod ig y. Ha rp e r

’s fa t fig u re , fu l l voice ,

rou nd fa ce , a nd hoheit la u gh, ra the r tha n his in

te lhg e nce , fix ed him a t la ft in the jol ly knight’s

e a fy cha ir.The comp any of come dia nswhichbe g an to a t

“)

u nde r the ma na g emen t of John R ich, from a

te nt oi Cha rl es I I . in 171 5 , thou g h confifimgoffome g ood old p laye rs, from recru i ts p icke d u pfrom a llp a rtsof the cou ntry, and the difconte ntsof

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139

Dru ry- la ne , we re , for a long: t ime , u nable i toc op e

wi th the e fiablifhe d comed ia ns of the ,l a ft- me nt i

ooned the a tre. Lincoln’s-inn Fi e ldshou f'

e wasfine

lydecora ted . The fce neswe re new. The Ra g e

wasmore e x te nded tha n tha t of the riva l the a tre ,fu p e

‘rbly a dorne d wi th looking -

g la fs on both i'

rd es

of the I’m e ; a circumfla nc e h which (loin fa idwa san e x e c le nt tra p-t ocat ch actre lieswho admi te dfth

‘eir

'

p‘e rfonsmore than the ir p rofe

‘

lhon‘é f ao

t ing . Bu t,whe n the nove l tywasworn away, the

a u die nce siorfook the new comp a ny for the ir oldfr ie nds a t Dror - la ne .

The Erfl: pl’

ay aEted a t Lincol n’s-inn F ie lds,whichfix e d the a tte ntion of the p u bl ic , wasTheme rry W ives of Windfor. This come dy wa s (0

p e rfectlyp layed in “

a ll its p a rts, tha t the cri t ics‘ina ct ing u nive rfa lly ce l e bra te d the me ri t of the p e r

forme rs* the cha rafi e rswe re to we l l.a da p te d tothe ab i l i t ies of the aEfors, tha t no p lay had

'

be e n

re p re fe nted with equ al'

flcill a nd p rop rie ty a t tha t

the a tre .

The g re a t a p p la u l'

e Qu in g ame d in this, thefe e ble ft p ortra i t of Fa lfl a fl

'

, e ncou ra g e d him to

ve ntu re on the molt hi g h—l e a t'

oned p a rt of the cha

ra&e r, in the Firfi: P a rt of He nry IV. O f thisla rg e compou nd of l ie s, bra g g ing a nd e x hau file fs

fu ndot’

wit and hu mou r, (loin p oli'

e lle d the ofte n

fible or me cha nica l—p a rt in a n emine nt de g re e . In

p e rfon he was ta l l a nd bu lky: his voice firong a nd

p le a ting : his cou nte na nce ma nly, a nd his eye

p ie rcing a nd . e x p refiive . In fce nes, whe re fa tirea nd fa rca fm we re p oig na nt , he g re a t ly e x ce l le d ;p a rticu la rly, in The W itty Triumph ove r Ba r

dolph’s

P a llia ti'

, (nun ; Ford, Ryan ; P a g e; O g de n ; Sir H u gh E

vans, Hip p e fl ey; J u t’

tice Sha llow,Bohe me ; S le nde r, Chrifio

phe r Bu llock ; boll of the g a rte r,told Bu llock ; Dr. Caiu s, Eg le

ton ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. S eymou r ; Mrs. P ag e , Mrs., Bu llocki

Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Eg le ton.

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dol ph’s ca rbu nc l e s, a nd the fool e riesof the holie fs.

In the whol e p a rt he was a nimate d, thou gh not

equ a l lyha p py.

‘

His fu p e rciliou s look, in fpite 61'

a lTumed g a ie ty, l'

ome times u nma fke d the fu rlirte fs

of his difp olition ; howe ve r, he wa s, n‘

otwithl’ta nd

ing fome fa u l ts, e f‘te eme d the moi’t inte l l ig e nt a nd

j u dic iou sFa ll’t afi'

fince thei

‘

days'

of Be tte rtoni.

Be r

ry, who fu ce e e ded Q u in a t Dru ry- lahe

,

’

was,nei

t‘he re e x a ét ih

'

hisou tl ine ’

nor wa rm in hiscolou ring .

He wa s inde ed, the Fa lfia fi‘

of a be e r- hoofe ;whi le the other was the d ig nifie d P refide nt, whe rethe choice ll viandsa nd the be ll l iqu ors we re to be

had. Love , who came ne x t in orde r a t Dru ry~

lane , .wa nte d not a g ood {ha re of vis comica , a nd

la u ghe d'

with ca fe a nd g a i e ty.

“ To p a fs by Ne d

Shu te r’s e x hibi t ion of thisfavou rite p a rt wou ld beu np a rdona bl e .

-Wha t Ne d wa n ted ,

’in ’

ju dgme nt

he fu p p lie d by~

a rchne fs a nd drol lery.“

~He e njoyedthe re fl ects of his rog u e ry

"with“a chu ckle of his

own compou nding , a nd -"rol led his fu ll eye , whe n

de tected, wi th a moll l a u g hable e ffe ct“ VVood-l

wa rd a nd Ya te s p u t on Fa l'

lla'

ff’shab i t for-o n e n ig htonly; The ir re fp e é

’c for the ju

’

tlgme nt’

of the ah

die nce p re ve nted the i r a lluming th‘

e boldne fs of the

cha ra éte u I think the ir difiide nce wa s g re a te r

tha n the ir de fic ie nc ies.“ The fe ”

e x ce l l e nt comicfactors might, by re p e a ted p ract ice , ha ve re a che d

the ma rk which theymode lilyde fp aired to'

hi t.The p re fe nt

‘

a g e has; in my op inion, p rodu ce da rFa llia fl’who ha s» more of the p le fa nt and g ayfe a tu re s of the c ha racte r tha n a ny a é’tor l have ye t

fe en. I 'know ve ry we l l tha t fome of the fu rvivingcomp a nionsa of (b in w i l l p ronou nce it the a trica ltre afon to fu p p ofe tha t it was pollible for this characte r to fu rvive the irde p a rted fri e nd . Bu t Na tu re

is not to n ig g a rdly in hér p roductions. The ri

{ing g e ne ra t ion may fe e new Ga‘

rricks, Ba rrys,Cibbers, and Q ins. Whi le I am wri ting this,

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ANIES.

C H A P T E’

R"

X III .

Mortimer,Hot/p ar , andOwenGlendower .

-

‘7}iefrombetween idem g enera lly omitted in rep re/Enta tion.

Mea ning of tbe word lewd—Courte/fyfrom h aven.

- Mr . Steevem a nd Mr . Ma lone—Robe pontiffioa l.-Fa vou rsin a b loody maik ex p lained—Cu rious

e x tra c‘?fromHollingfl

‘

e ad.~ - Obj eroa tion on tbe in

t erview éetfween tfie king a nd prince .—Wilkr

,

file e x cellence in tbe p rince of Wa/er .-Mr . Lewis

1111e . P a lmer .- The infide of a chu rch,—A

brewe r’shorfe

,- Artificia lnofes, - Stew’d p ru nes,

—Dea t/l of Hot/bu r .- Fal/lafl and Ho

—‘Tbc dtfileu lty of rat/ing a dead 5 0d} on a living

j bou lder—Henderj bn a nd Smith

A& III . Scene I . Hotfp u r, Worcefie r, Mortime r, G le ndowe r.

8 Inte rview of the p tincip al conf iraha s be e n ofte n p re fe nte d to the p u b ic , bu t

cou ld not p re fe rve a p e rma ne nt fl a tion on the

fla g e . I t feems'

of g re a t u fe in the oeconomyof

the p lay, to u nfold the p rogre fs of the rebe l l ion,a nd to difp lay the p a llionsa nd inte re fls of the fe ve

ra l p e rfonsconcerne d in it. By the amp u ta t ion of

thisfce ne , Hotfp u r’s p a rt a p p e a re d to be foma im

e d, tha t Mr. Ga rrickinfifled on its be ing re vived.Howe ve r, a fte r the firft or fe cond n ight

’s afiing,

finding tha t it p rodu ced no e flfec}, he confe nte d to

omit it . If I remembe r rig ht, Col ley C ibberforme rly p layed Owe n G le ndowe r. The ne cro

ma nt ic forg e ries a nd va in boa f’ting s of the W e lchma n a re we l l contrafied wi th the blu nthumou r andcontemp tuou sdifdain ofHotfp u r.

w

H E N R‘Y ' IV. Firfi Pa rt. L

Se ei

ne II . King a nd' l

i

’rinc e of Wales.

K I N G o

To p u nifhmymiftre ading s!

In this, a nd_the forme r p a rt of the fp e e ch,

whe re He nry { p e aks of the difp le afing fe rvice hehad done , Sha klip e a re , I be l ieve , a l lu de s to hisde

p ofing and mu rde ring of R icha rd II . The poe t,a g re e a bly to hil

‘tory, make shim ke e p hisg re a t oi

fe nce s to his fove reig n confiantly in mind ; a nd

He nry’s continu a l comp u nétion a nd remorl

'

e le lle nsou r ha tred to the u fu rp er.

I D E Mo

S u chlewd, fu chme an a ttemp ts!

The . word lewd has,in Shakfp e a re , va riou s

me a ning s; fu ch a s“ imp udent, illibera l, lit entiou r,a nd wa nton . Ve rfte g a n p rove s tha t it orig ina l lyfig nified ig nora nt ; he re , asMr. Ste eve ns obfe rves,it {lands for licentiow.

I D E M .

A nd then I fiole a llcou rte fy from he aven.

IVIr. Steeve nshasju ftifie d who

faysou r poe t in this a l lu de s to the {tory of P ro

me the u s fie a ling fire from he a ve n, by p rodu c ing ap a ral le l p a fl

'

a g e from Mafiing e r’s Du ke of F10

re nce , whichp roves thisa u thor u nderfl oodit in tha t(cu te , by u fing the ve rywordsof Shakfp e a re . Bu t

Mr. Ma lone de nie s tha t Shakfp e a re dre amt in thele a li- ot

’

the fab le of P rome the u a nd infifl s tha t

He nryme a ns tha t he robbe d hea ve n ofitsworfhip ,ashe 'did 'his fe l low- fu bjeéisof the ir a l le g iance .

Thisis ce rta inlymore than the a u thor inte nded.

Cou rte fy for devotion is fu re ly fomewha t firained.The p rog refs, from cou rtefy to humi l ity, isna tu

ral

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ra l e nou gh; tha t P rome the u s’s fle a ling fire fromhe ave n w as

‘not u nfami l ia r to Shakfp e a re , can be

p roved from a fimila r e x p re ffip n 1n Othe llo.

Bu t once p u t ou t thy light,Thou cu nning

’fi p a t te rn of e x ce lling N atu re,

“ I know not whe re is tha t P romeibecmhe a t

Tha t ,c an thy light re lumi'nc !

“ O T I ELLO,

'

I i) a m"

My p re fence , like a‘robe p ontifica l.

Su ch a s pop es, p a tria rchs, a nd fa rchbi

'

fhops,w e a r only a t hig hma fs.

Lord Bol ingbroke on be ing once p re fe nt a t highma fs, in the chu rch of

i

Notre D ame in P a ris, wasfo g re a tly de l ighte d wi th the hi gh ce remony a nd

folemn mu lic , tha t he . de c la re d, if he ha d . beén

king of France , he wou ld a lfo have offic ia ted asp ontiff.

P R I N .C‘

E

S tain my favou rsin a bloody

Thisis to be u nde rflood in the fame fe nfe as

the fol lowing p a lfa g e re la ting to the fame p rince ofW a l es 111 R icha rd II . a n V . of whom,

it 13 fa id,tha t he decla red,

He -wou ld u nto the fiews,A nd from the common’ft cre a tu re p lu ck a g love,A nd we a r it a s a favou r

,with tha t

He wou ld u nhorfe the lu hiefi cha lle ng e r.

This a dmirable fce ne .be twe en King He nry a nd

his fon owesitsorig in to a ve ry e x traordinary a nd

p a thet ic inte rvi ew of the fe g re a t p e rfona g es, which.

ha p p ene d abou t a ye arbe fore the de a thof the king .

Shakfp e a re does not a lways obfe rve the orde r of ,

t ime, b u t frequ ently fe leétsfitu a tions and eventsto

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dou bted lord a nd de a r fa the r, for . the honou r of

God, to ca fe you r you ,

have of me , and t thisfame da g g e r, (andda g g e rf in a llhumbletha t his life was notTo

to l ive one a’

lay w ith his‘difp le a fu re ; ; a nd, the re

fore , in thisx idding me‘

0ut"

of l ife , and ou rfe lf

froma ll‘fu lipieionr

’hore, in p re fe nce of the li'

e‘

lords,a nd b e fore of the g e ne ral j udgme nt,

‘I faithfu llygp rotefi cle arly 16‘

forg ive yp u ;herewith M ed e a“ from

'

hirfi

the da g g e r, a nd,5 cc, kifl

'

ed‘

him ;l a nd, with {he ddi ed tha t inde ed

'

he

hadhim g p a rtly thou gh'

now, ashe

a nd from the nce

ng'

and

'

maje l'

lic, we llit is lit tle morenot b le nded

“

wi thp ityor te rror, th nts of tra gic p arfion, by the 3 61131 e wri te r it is ren

l

I, who‘a fte r the Refl oranon,

‘

wasaa llér

‘lyp 1c

tu r‘

e of Kyna fion’s behaviou r in this fce ne, to

which I mu ll re fer the reade r.

The e lde r M ills w of de portmentnece ll

'

ary to re p re fe nt a nd maje fly ofthe cha raéte r, which we re

'

cmt ne ntly fu pp lied byBoheme .

- Ha va rd was de ce nt, bu tWi thou t ipirit ; Be ntley is chie fly deficie nt in p otion—TheP rince of Wa les by W i lks was one of the mhfl

p e rfefi e x hibit ions of the"

thca trc. Wilks thrg

ew3 Me

a lide the libe rtine’

g a’

ie t’

yBf Ha’

l,"whe n he a ffirme d

the t

p rince lyde portment ofi‘He nry.

‘At the‘

Bmir’sHe ad he was l ively a nd frolicl

'

ome ; in the re con

ci l ia t ion with'

his la the r,‘

his p e nite nce was g ra ce

fully becomin a nd his re folu tion sof ame ndmentm anly a nd a lfea ing . In hischa l le ng e ofHotf

'

p u r,~hisdefia nce was equ a

’

lly'

g allant’

a nd'

modefi. Inhiscombaowithaha t nob lema n

,his fire iwas tem

p e red withmode ra tion, a nd his re fl eetie nsion the

de a th of the a nd,p a the tiu

The Hotfp u noble portraitof cou ra g e , was not fu

p e‘

eior to the P ri I t is no

difg r’

ace toMr. Lewis a nd Mr. P a lme r, who a re

both actors 'of g re a t me rit, a nd de fe rve mu ch

comme nda t ion in the ir feve ra l re p re fe nta tions’

b f

P rince Henry, to be infe rior to;the a ccomp liflmd

W i lks.tr ait.

1i‘z’knii'

l have not forgotte n the infide of a chu rch I am : p g p pcr. ‘corn, 3 brewer

'

short’

e

'

!‘

The infide of a chu rch

‘1I t

’

reiJuires no fa g a '

city to fe e tha t the ~mfide of« a man t is -

not one of h ifons, a s‘P rince rHe nr te rmed

‘the in a for

me r foe ne ; it is ce rta inly a rep e tit ron of his confe lling tha t be

‘was”

u tte rly"

p nacquainted wi th a n

p la ce of devotion'

S-41be lieve ,'

in'

the days of Shakfp e a re ,

'

bre we rshorfe s' did

'

not re femble “tho

’l'e infou r days; rthey w ere p robably poor j ades, wornou t withife rvice ; a nd the re fore the comp a rifon ofthe

“

fa t,Ea lfl afilwith a fcle a nRofinhnte is not fo idle .

In the reig n of HenryIV . the bu fine fs of brewingwas ca rried on hy

~fe nna le s.

alt ‘Whe the r the me n

chie flye mp loyed ithemfe lves; in (lu ce n El iz abe th’sre ig n, in the ~ occu p a t ion of brewing , ‘I know not .

H 2 H 0 s'

r a ss.‘

z‘t nrr’sHifto

’

r‘

y of»Great-Britain?fl

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' H o s T B'

s s.

You owe me money, Sir j ohn : and now you pick a qu arrcl to

brg uile 'me ofit.

This Is a g ood p re p a ra tive for the a rre fl of,Fal

fiafl'

1n the Second P a rt of Henry IV.

E A L S .T - A F F .

~ In'

Shakfpea re’s time , a

' la rg e ca rbu ncled hole

was a riche r joke tha n it is now,as may a p p e a r

from this fa rcafiica l defcrip tioriof one by Fa lfla flfFor fochc

‘

ha raéte rs a s the J’

ew of Ma l ta a nd Bar

dolph, the a élorsmade u fe of a rt ific ia l nofe s* .

I D E M.

There isnomore”faithin the e than in a fl ewéd p rone.

Toe x p la in a t fu l l wha t isme a nt byflowed p rimer,Mr. Ste eve nshas g ive n no le fs tha n fou rte e n nu

thorities from old bOQkS’. a nd p lays. I wou ld re

comme nd to tha t g e ntleman. to be c onte nt with

one half of the fe qu otations; which, with Dr.

Fa rme r’s a ccou nt of the p rice of a ftewed pru ne ,wi l l

,I think, fa tisfy eve ry re a fonable man.

A61IV. Sce ne ,. I.

H oT s r'

u

There isno qu ailix gi110m .

The word quailing isve ry e x p re fl ive , a nd take n

from the na tu re of the qu ail; whichof a ll birds'

-is

one of the mofl timorou s a swe l l as lafciviou s.The Arabs, fays, Dr. Shaw, do not fp ring

g ame with dog s; bu t, . fl1a ding themfe lves wi th a

p ie ce of canvas {ire tche d u pon rtwo ree ds into the{bade of a door, theywa lk throu gh aVe nu eswhe re ;

they e x p e él tofind it . The ca nvasis u fu a lly { pot

ted,

1»Vidc Mr. new notesog a p alfag ctin the Jam arMalt a.

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to a wri te r who te lls us, ‘tha t

“He nry P rince ofW a les, a ndhiscomp a nions, wou ld ru n a fte r a fla g ,and take him

,wi thou t

,hou nds, or x a ny, we a pon

wha tfoeverz’

V E R N O N .

Pall p lum’d like e t'tridg e s.

The befi a ndmofi a ccu ra te a ccou nt we have OFthe oilrichis to be fou nd in Dr. . Shaw’s T rave ls,whichis inde ed a good comme nta ry on feve ra l

y e rfesof the 39thcha p te r of job . As tha t l e a rned’

wri te r’sde fcrip tion is take n from his own . p e rfona l

knowl edg e , I [ha l l qu ote a p aifa g e re la t ing to the

u ncommon fwiftne fsa nd ' be a u tyof the ofirich.

Whe n a ny of the fe b irdsarel"

coming fu ddenly u pon them,whiliithey a re

ing in fome va l ley, or behind fome rockyor fr'

na ll'

emnience in the de fe rts, theywi l l . not fl ay to be

c u riou fly v iewed a nd e x amined ; ne i the r a re the

Arabsde x trou s e nou gh to overtake them, thou g h

they a 1e mou nte d u pon the i r'

infe s, or horfes of

fami ly. Tfi‘

c’

y,fwfien

‘May'

raie Mam/elves up for'

fl igh , la ug k a t His fiarfe and fir rider .* They

a fford him a n op portu ni ty on ly ofa dmimng , a t a

diiia nce , the e x t raordinary a gil i ty, a nd the‘fl a te li

ne fslikewife , of the irmotions ;‘

the r1chnei’

sof their

p l uma g e , a nd the . g re a t p rop ri e ty the re wa s'

of aT

c ribing to them a n ex p a nded quivering wing .! No

thing ce rta inly ca n be more be a u t ifu l a nd e nte r

ta ining tha n ru ch a ' fight : the wing s, by the ir re

p e a ted, thou gh u nwe a rie d, vibra t ions, wequ a llyfe rving them for failsa

'

ndoa'

rs; ‘whilfi the 1r fe e t , no

e fs a fl ifiing in conveying them ou t of fig ht , a re no

le fs infe nfible of fa tig u e .

” Shaw’s Trave ls. into

Africa .H o T s P u R .

Tajk’d the whoie a m:

Tafl'

rdisa word, in the old Chronic l es, for ta'

x ed’

"my 1: it:

Job, eh. m ix . venfe 18.-

f Ve rfe 13.

'1

, l 0

$ 0Worccfter,‘ih' the lafi

'

fce ne of the tirlt ‘

aét

Audit isno‘

little'

reafon s bia'

s

'

u sneedy.

T9 fave‘our headsby raiiin

‘

g”

of a1

Q

1Act V Scene I I .

31> Ri

l 3 1C"? H

"

E N’

‘R' Y .

Heaven fbrbid a (hailow féfat c’

h fliou ld drive‘

The P rince . ofWalesfrom inch‘a field asthis.

“ p re fe nr, thou h the n‘

ve ry you ng ,“

fifte e n ye ars0 a g es, a t the ba ttle of

where he fou ght ,bmve lyg , and wait

"

a not o leave the fie ld of ba ttle;m

t hough cannefily,

intre a ted byi’

eve ral of the na bs 1

p

r b‘

E M.

'

And now two pacesof the vilciie ar th"

Isroom e nou g h.

Qu a ntities/in b‘

orm'

rmm cor’ufcydd a L- fl

J g V l‘

fl ‘f t ; Sit. x .

The toHall , whois cop ie d byHol l ve ry fiou tly, a nd ki l led,with thirty- fix of the

“

irebe ls.

.Thou g h.the fame a u thors e x p re fs themfe lvesfomei

what robfi'

u re ly, ye t we may. g a ther from the bon

te x t tha t P erc'

ywas fl ain bytthe iHrince of»Wa le s.

S towe fays, tha t Hotfp u r, ru nnidg fforward amongftthe thickefi of

‘the e nemy, was

‘

fl ain.

F A L s T A r'

r .

‘

The refore , firrah, witha tnewwou nd inqou ra thigh, See n 3

A ma n ofg e niu s-

has ,take n 1p ainsa totre fc u e the

charact e r of Faliiai’f from the cha rg e - of cowa r

H 4 d ice

1 5 2.1

dice i“ not confide ring , tha t,if the knig ht is

p roved to be a ma n of3 cou ra ge , ha l f the m irthheraifesisqu ite loft a nd

'mifp la ced :‘

Tt rince a nd‘

P oinsobta ine d, evide ntf

p roofs ofhisda fl a rdlyfp irit, tha t the ‘whol e imirbh’

,

in the admire d fcene of his de te af‘

e d te rgive rrfa tion,de p e ndsu pon it . _ _

Q ld Ja ckisi

fo'faijrly'

bi‘unteddown,

by the p la in tale'

a ndke e n féproa ches o the P rince ,tha t he is redu ced, to

'

th'

e ne t eiiit'

y of e x cu fing hiswa nt ofcou ra g e , by a ttribu ting whisfe ar to infiina

bu t, if a nyproof of his t imidi ty be , ye t gwa nt ing ,

we have , in this fcene , fu chasbids_derfia nce to a ll

for Fa llia fl", riot'

fa tisfied‘

wi th feeingthe de a d body

: of P e rcy before him to rh'

ake a llfu r

'

e,wou ndsthefc

'

orps

on - th’

e Charme rs foftmore ,

\

byhis a

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Nojoke ‘eve rs raife d fa chlou d a nd re p e a ted mirth'

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in the g a l l er ies, msSirijohn‘s

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labou r the

fHotfp nr onshisb a ck. ifHotRaff -ha d (be e n onzill- te rms

, oin a ny qu arre l‘hadita z

ken p la ce betwee n them ,a the . 1he ro,:if‘

he ‘was firinc line d, cou ld '

h ave te a'

z e d '

the‘

fa t‘fkn‘

ightfinifu ch»

a manhe r a s to ha ve give n ihim no litt le :m adam.

How Booth a nd = Ha rpe r ma na g ed this p a ntlo‘mimic

fce ne isnot ve ry e a fy t o te l l ; Booth’s we ight a nd

rou ndne fs of fig u re wou ld re nde r the bu lkyHa rp e r’s

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15 4 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES.

King Henry IV. Second P a rt .

C H A P T E R X IXVL

S econd P a rt of Henry IV. owing

ea ten by a g ame

lIe teach—Lady P ets-aI a nd Cib

fu cce l'

sof the Firft P a rt of He nry IV.

have be e n u ncommon, for it a p p e a rs,from Mr. Ma lone s Chronologica l (

"

cries of ou r

au thor’s p lays, t ha t it ,

was- ente red,

into the S t a t ione rs booksiii the be g inning of the ye ars t 5 98 , ere ;t i t led the Hifioryof He nry IV.

‘

The write r‘

did

not, a tstha t t ime , p e rha p s, fore fe e that he ihou ldbe e ncou ra g ed to . continu e the (tory. Howeve r,the Se cond Pa rt of He nry IV . Was regifl e re d, inthe fame book, in the be g inning of the ye a r 15 99 ,

Shakf’

p e a re wa s not more tha n thirty- fou r ye a rsold

When the fe a dmirable produ flions of his g e niuswe re e xhibi te d; If I could pofl ibly envy the p le afumes-which the a u dience s enjoye d in old t imes, it .

wou ld be ibr tha t inconce iva ble de l ight whichinte llig e nt a u di torsmu flchave fe lt a t the . firfia fl ingof Shakfp e a re

’s nobleiidramas. Methinks I . fe e

a nd hea r‘

the tumu l tu ou s joy and thu nde rin v a p

p la ul'

e whichthe,

unp ara lle led .chara&ct o Fa l

H E N R Y W Secondmast. , g xsg.

Ra ffmuiihave afiforded a t his finfi re p re fentation l

A cha ra éte r, fo (up e rior to the conce p t ion of thebrightefi fa ncy, mu tt have [tru ck them with a ltonilhme nt l To have fe e n

o

Ben Jonfon, wi th an

afi'

ume d cou nte nance of g aie ty, a nd ,w1th e nyy in

hishe a rt, join the g rou pe of la u ghersand a p p la u de rs, mu ll have added to the

re al friends a nd admirers.

R umour ii: (0 e a fy and p laidThe wavering mu ltitu de s

Rumou rzishe re comp a red to a »muficalinfirument .SoHaml e t, in {bewing a fl uie : tO

'

Gtitlde rftern f.

Ca’

u you p lay. u pntr this pipe }

Why,‘tisu se a fy as lying .

Look you, there a nd : fiap r‘w

W O R T H U M B E R L'

A N‘DW

- EVCI'Y~A mim e 110W

Shou ld be the father of tonic“t an gent.

'

Tliat 1s,;ihould bringiforth‘

fome'

g reat eve nt.

xv D a: M:

H : Ag ain» !

Saidhe you ng Harry P ercy

’s(p u t: wascold Pf

Ndrthumberla ’

nd, by the word a'

g ain, calwha t the man

son horfe ba

i , x

‘

r n 1; id.

80 l’

ookn the [trend

Ha th«left"

a witnefs’d u l'

u rp a tion.

cou nte na nce , isfinely?

Venice Pa tented;

‘I

Then, _j aflit r, fhou ldfi thoa’nrécwing» “it?!

A.

1 r "n i

" N“O fl 1. H

‘

6 fi g tfii A iN Do‘f’“ 1

Ta y lor alliliis,

Dr.

jJohnfon wou ld .

.g ive .this line “is Bardolph

howeve r, he doe s not offe r to‘a l te r thea te x t, ’

bp t

candidly p ropofe s a mode oi~dif’erilfnting the p a rts

of the fp e e ch, which ‘hé thinks be long to fe ve ra l

inte rlocu tors. ~ I ca nnot ' fee any- a dvanta g e §to beg a ined by it. and p ca n be a r no

inte rru p t ion. C ibbe r, in a da p tingv this{bottom the

oircumfl a nce 05 P rince . Edwa rd’s mu rde r, in the

tra g e dyof Richa rd HI . has'

give n t his l ine toKingHenry;

‘

The fa th'

e r‘of Edwa rd, a nd thas

‘the reby

re nde re d the fc e ne more afi’e fting .

iMorton is, I ,

think, too mu ch ove rwhe lmed fwith‘tlie weight Of

hisl u nha pp y' tiding s to

’

re a fon a fozlcohclu’

fivelfi a nd

coollyt ase in the hnes whichDr». Johnf'

on g ives to

him ; Lord~Ba rdolbhve ry pmp e rly bre a ksfilence ,by laying , q

t cannot thinkhtn);

lordh you r fon ts dead:

Gre a t part of this, fce ne,be tween gNo’rthu nabe rland

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TraV'

e r

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sisnot u nfl éill'

u lly it‘bv

i

en'

iritd thi

s?£16kof Gibbe r’s a lte ra tion tollR icha rd II I . a nd a p

p lied toHe nry..VUs- Janie nt a tion Lfort the m u nde r of :hisfon. The ce le bratedsimp reca tion of uNio

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rthumble rland

,fod e fe ryedly p r

hnTon,Cib’be rf

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wqu ldve ral

‘ l inesof it ifitb hisrema inde r he clofed‘

the .

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the rzdefig n'

not itoc omp ly, with“

.

the ‘.g e ntleman’s

req,

1 D‘1 n

' in

ibou ghtmmin P au l’s. .

Tha t is, I picked flim' up t/im : Tha t St. Pau llsChu rch-

ya rd wa s, t i ll the la t te r e nd o f (Lu e enAnne’s reig n, a common ' re fort

' for a ll fortsof p eo

p le we find‘from‘Pop e

’sElfay

'

on Criticifm :

Noris P au l’schnréhmore fre e than P auL’s (‘

Zhitrchfyei

rcht

1h Sh‘akf re

’s t ime‘, it was not only a p la ce for?

idle p eoplie

a

:che a ts, a nd knights of? the poll, bu tfbr politic ia ns, cou rt ie rs, and othe rs, who me t

»

the re tohe a r cou rt a nd city news, - a nd ~difcu fs-

po

litica lma tte rs. This informa t ion O fborne give e .

us, whowashimfelf a n ambula tor.in S t. Banks..

3J

I ’ D E M a

Y bu lie inyou r throa t it you fayl’

am anyoth’

e

The lie d irect p re cede d, or a ecom

cha l leng es from the comba ta nts, with. a nd . ba gs”to king s, a nd ' emp e rors, ;who- fou g ht a rmed'

a t a ll

. points. Fra ncis 11 king ofi'

Fra ne e , a nd hanle s

iv, . emp e romof Ge rma ny, . g ave and re t ume'

d the

lie‘

to eachothe r withequ al

” IV A L s. T . A .F; F . .

verylmn, 1

Mr. .Theobald’s rema rk tha t the word 011iin thequ a rto edit ion, laced zb

'

e fore'

this fp e ech, re fe rssto~

the worl idm 19; cannot eafilybe re fu te d . Mr. .

S te eve ns’sobfervation tha t 's/imight fin d

~for~thebe g inning of

The actor of Fa lfia

looking ove r the fe

to the editions of

H E N RY‘

IV. Second Part. - t 5 9

Bea umont a nd'

Fle tche r, the re is not one which.

be g inswi th7 g 1;

Q £~ Q

I D 1. Mi.

You hu nt cou nte r.

Withfnbmifl ion toDr; Johnl'

on and“

M?.fSte e pvens, I thinkFa lfia fl

'

byAu nt cou nter allu de s to the

bu line fsof Tipfl afi‘

, who, bythe j u dg eswa rra nts,conveysxofihnde rs

‘The ' chie f ju-f

t ice ta lksof p u nifliing-F

'

a lfiafi'

by the he e ls; a nd, ,

if he had p u t his thre a t intoe x e cu t ion, the Qfice rf

the np re fe nt'

wit‘

h him. mufi have be e n emp loyedin tha t fe rvice . The he ad

“

of the law, in thisfce ne , ,

does not a p pea r in the cha raéie r of a p riva te g e n;tleman, bu t. dse ll

'

ed 1in his robes of office , a nd, ,

confequ ently, , with p rop e r, a ttenda nts: to commitde l inqu ents to p rifon

(1mm: n r u s f r omYou r wit isfing le .

Izama lwaysdifiident‘in myOpin ionwhen

~rcano ~

not a ll‘

ént to the j u dgme nt of’

two fu ch emine nt 'crit icsasDr: t nfon The fifili

'

fu p pofes. that,: by jing le wit; Shakfpe a re me ahs~that whichis u nfa fhiona ble ; a nd

.

the la tte r, tha t

Falfiafi'

had more fa t thanwit . The chie f ju liie e ,in myopinion, .inte ndsto re proachhimwi thbe ingfole lyma tie rof tha twit which p romoted dilfip a tion, lice ntiou fn

'

e fs, a nd de ba u che ry. Tha t hiside as a nd p ra aice we re p e rfectly conformable , hewas become fo hab i tu a ted toloofe difeou rfe a nd‘a

p rofiig a te mode of liv ing ; tha t he cou ld not re form.

In fhort, fays the“

chie f ju flice ; you r witisconfinedto one (a bj ect, you a re a p erfe fl Grang e r toreafoning on a ny topic, ,

e x ce p t tha t whichisconnected .

with lu x ury, and/leads to the tavernorthe bawdy

' i60 DRAMWI‘IC Miscsmamns:

fiThe icha rac’t’

e r of the chief jufiice , in thisis tha t of g rave dig ni ty, a nd of anthdrity

stem

wi th le nity. . It was rende re d imp orta nt , ma ny

ye a rs fince , byMil‘Boma'

n, the contempora r’vx of

,Be tte rton who ma inta ined the ‘fe rions '

dEport

me nt of the j udg e with the '

g ra ce fu l e a fe of the

g entlema n.

St ene‘lll’

. Archbilq p t ork, Hafiing s, Mowb ray, and Lord Ba rdolph.

H A s‘

I“; It 0

‘

s:

Tolay down likehhoods a nd formsof hop e.

L O R D B A IR D 'O L l’ tH .

Y es,.ia this pre fe nt qu a lity.ofwa r, j

Inde e d ofinfla nt aa ion.

Ii

i

/

1

k . Pop e a lt e red the re adingf ofytlse two la fl l ines

t us

Y e s, if

'

thisp re fe ntrqu alisyo fwas

Impe de'

. the infiant ac’

t.

Which, faysDr.

"

johnlion, was. .filen tly embra ce dbyThertba ld, sSir T " Hamme r, ta nd ' DrJWarbnrte n Bu t Dr. Johnfionr with

’diliidencei, , p rmp dfiesIto-read :

Mr. S teeve ns thinks brawl ht be the word ;andMr mig ht be admitted, I a l te ra tion,

‘

whichmayM bly. re flore the g e nu ine re a ding

lit 21c ofinlta nt va ttion

Bydi‘

fi'

olving indieil, intoth'

e pQnm and the fubfiantive deed, fenfe ism

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CELLANIES ;

‘

whom it was fpoken, the mea ning may be ca ftil)

‘ 3 ’

t' l ‘

r A I. a n it'

s r .

My lord; I‘

willmt u nde rg o this fne a p :

Mr. Pop e has e x p lained a [ map to be a rebu ke

Bu t Mr. conte nt wi th this, has

fibefides re fe rring u s to Ray’s P rove rbs) produ ced

no l‘

e fs tha n thre e a u thorities tb’

prove the famething ; for, wha to

' ise teo client; bu t Sheaphas, by loling a le tte r,

'

be e n cha nged intofizap zi—fi

H 0 8 . T K 8' S »

I hop e you will come to (u p p e r..

‘He re this fo'

olifhwoma n is- cajole d byuhe knightit'

oe

in’

cre a fe he r“

de bt by p awning he r'

p la te f-i- a

'

nd

is ve ry e afily a ccou nted for,: byrefolving . he r'he

havibu r into the p owe r' of cufiom; tThe holie fs

'

cou ld not e ndu re the me lancholy thou ghts of hav

ing he r rooms tinoccu pied by he r old g u e lisL Fa llfl afi

'

a nd. his comp anie ns

Sce ne H P rince and Poms;

P “ 0 I N 3 .

P will ltecp this le tte r in ra ck, , a ndmake h1m - e at it.I

Mr. S te evens qu otes the fl ory . of an a p p a ri tor'

who wasobl ig ed to e a t a cita tiony wa x ia nd a ll, by

the famousR‘

bb'

e rt Gre e n. Mode rn time scan p ro:d u ce nothing like this, e x ce p t the tcontriva

ynce ofia

note d g ame fle r, who be ing cleie rmined‘ra t1all e :

ve nts to win a p re t ty la rg e fum'

ofmoney, re folvedto de flroy the e vide nce of a ca rd a gainfihim a nd,c a l l ing for two flices of bre ad a nd b u tte r, a nd c la pp ing the obnox iou switnefs be twe e n them,

'he fa irly“

devou red it, a nd won the g ame .

Ytom a god ta a bu ll a he avyde feca tion !

HE N R Y IV. SecondtRa rt .13fig

The word liea fvy fe ems to convey,

no a p pofiteme aning . I lhou ld ima g ine Shakfp e a re wrote lia rwn/y de fée nfi d the wordswhich fol low fe emtoju fiify this

‘

re ading ,—Tt wa r 7011135 It was

a de fc ent liomhea ve n by Ju pit e rhim‘k lf. From a t

p rime to a’

prentice , a law transforma tion, fe ems tobe contra fted wi ththe forme rme tamorphofis.

Scene III . Northumbe rland,}Lady P e rcy, 8x20;

n A n v P E R C Y . .

For thofe who cou ld fp eak low andWou ld tu rn their own f p erfefiiou s to abu fe

To {ecru like him.

Thisis the g e ne ra l p raétice of infe rior minds, toca tchr a t, a nd imi ta t e , the defe étsof

t g re a t fpirits,be ca u fe e afily a tt aine d, ra the r than emu l a te t he irnoble a nd g e ne rou s qu a l i t ie s. This a dmira blefp e ech of Lady

'

P e rcy, in which {he e nde a vou rsto

diffu ade Northumbe rla ‘

nd‘from

'

joining the revolte rs, by p ut ting him inmind ofHot l

‘

p u r’sfa te , con

e ludes wi th a molt be au t iful piétu re .

Had my fwe e t Ha rry had' ba t half their: numbe rs

,

To-daymight l, hanging on Hotfip u r’s'

ne ck,Have t ta lk

’d of Monmou th’s g rave

hwill re lolve for S cotland.

Notwithl‘sa nding the Ea rl of Nonthumbe rla nd had

‘

be e n p a rdone d-shy the , king ,, foon ~a ft e r the ba tt l e '

of Shrewfbu ry, his refl le fs m ind p e rfiliing in aa s

of rebe l l ion, he de te rmined to join Archbilhop‘

Scroo bu t was p re ve nted by forces fe nt

a g a in him, which a p p rehe nding he cou ld not‘

refifl , , he fl ed to Scot l a nd ; whe nce , ,a fte r (ome

lit tle fl ay, he re tired toWa le swi thLord Ba rdol ph.

From Wa les they ma rched into Y orkfhire , a ndi

taifed an , a rmy; , bu t we re ~op pofe d by the king’s

15 2,

DRAMATlC a/ns'

carlmmss.

forces. Northumbe rland was.

killed in the’ bat tfleof Brarnhain a nd Lord Ba rdolph died of thewou nds

'

li'

e rec e ive d there .

Scene 'IV. Fa lfiaff a ndDol l .

F A L‘s T A,

- F F .

A tame‘che ate r, he ;

By a ve ry g ood note of Mr. S te eve nson thisp a fefag e , in whichhe

iqtiot

'

es l‘ifiihil fMumcha nce , the

g ame fl e rswe re ca lle d threa ten, a nd the dice abide” .

f fu p pofe Che te rs we re fa lfe d ic e , Whichinmore

mode rn times a re ca l le d Hie dofio‘rf .

- p r 3 fr‘(5 L .

Swe e t knight, I kit'

s thyneif'

.

Naifis the Scotchword, a t thisday,

F A L S T As F F ;

K rzl’

cally fl aye l tO‘

bx-‘

ave me T“

This l‘

ce ne p re fe nts u swi th a new chara é’t e r—mPifl ol a ‘cowa rd, who talks bi e nou g h to, frig hten

away (ca n . He is a n le x ce len t p ortra it of the

fword a nd bu ckl e r’

me n or bravoes, of (LicenBe fs’s days, who we re re ady to thew c ou ra g e

whe re no Op polition wou ld be ma de . The fe ,we re

the bu l l ie s in the hou fe s of e nte rtainme nt of ou r

a u thor’s‘time . Pifiolisa hero, whe re fu ch a sBa r

vdolph, Nym, a nd, P e te , a re the u nde rl ing s. He

fe ems to be a n obviou s c ha racte r ; a nd'

r

ye t it

b e owne d tha t no, a ctor,”

howeve r we l l" Jinfiru a ed

a nd j u dic iou s, has g a ine d g re a t a r

p p la u lfe in o

the re

p re fe nta tionofthe bu rle fqu e a nd boifie rou shumou rof Pifiol fince it was p laye d by The ophilu s 9 Pbe r. He a fl

’

u med a p e cu lia r kind of fa ll'

s fp rrrt,a nd u ncommon blu fl e

‘

ring , with fu ch tu rg id a c

tion, a nd long u nme a fura ble ofis'ide s, that it wa s

impoflible not to la ug h a t (0 e x tra va g a nt a fig ure

}:Wlt

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was Dam/mm

at : H‘

A a) m R”

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Scene , king , fire .

at r N 6 .

Thou ghthen, H e ad’s knows, I ha d no‘fu ehin

'

tent.

HAKSPEARE forg e ts tha t, be fore . thisinterview be twe e n Richa rd a nd Northumbe rland,

He nry ha d la id c la im to the crown, and «wa s p awc la imed king .

l have receivld

A e e t‘tain iu ltance tha t Gle ndowe r isde ad.

I lfl a tu‘e forinforma tion. G le ndowe r wasp ardone d,

a t the requ efimf David Holbe ck, Efq; bythe king ;bu t, being drive n

‘

to g re atefl raits, a nd redu ced to

wa nd:

‘from p la ce tozp lac e , he p e rithed formere

want.

Scene II . Shal low, S i lence .8 H A L L 0 W .

How doe syou r fair da u ghter ?

8 I L B N C E.

’

n EN a y , w. Second P art 167

S '

1 (L A! N <0 B e

My da u g hte r is fo fa r from be ing fa ir, as you{te rm he r, tha t the isof a ve ry da rk comp le x ion.

S H A L L O W .

.Andtcp a g e toThomas Mo‘

wbray, Duke‘

ofna rra te.

In a note on this p a ll'

a g e , Mr. Re e d bring s fomeobferva tions, fnom a oem of ] . W e eve r, a nd a

Ep arriphle t ca lle d The Trave l l inglkw,

whichte ndto p rove tha t Shakfp e a re alte red t e name of O ldca

‘

ftle‘

to Falfiafif. Mr. Ste eve ns, a sif the honou r

of Shakf e a re we re mightily c once rned in thisma tte r, e tshimfe lff with g re at v igou r to op p ofe

the fe p roofs, a nd thinksit ve ryTira ng e tha t, be ca u feShakfpéa re borrowed a fingle circumfl ance fromthe Life of the re a lO ldca llzle , a nd imp a rted it tothe 6&itiousFa lfiafi

'

, it lhou ld be infe rred tha t thename of the forme rihou ld be a cove r to the .vicesof the la tte r.

”

Ba tisit tru e tha t the re is bu t onecircumfl a nce common tohothknights?The contrary can, withou t mu ch difiicu lty, be roved.

Tha t Sir John O ldcafile , be fore the acce ron—ofHenry V to the crown, wasmu ch abou t his p e r(011, nay, one of hisdomefiics, we lea rn from the

Life of tha t king , writte n in La tin by’

I_

“Levine .d temporir, nii/r

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te: du o egncj frirIdctfiIe , (g uiante corona tionemre

in‘Ba le’sChronic le ofhis

he kne e led down on theholding u p hisha nds towa rds he aven,ifiriw*

15 28 DRAMATIC MfSCELLANtEs.

living God, Ma t,in my fl ail yo

’

u tfi,I alfl nded M3

Lord

in can many men fiaw I hurt

mine a ng er , a nd donama ny atfier1

O ldca flile ‘wa’

s e x treme ly e fu l to the clerg yon

ma ny a ccou ntsz - not c onte nt ‘with c e nfu ring the

doctrine, { they p re ached, .svith u nbou nded' fne'

edom,

h.

e ende avoure d tO p rove that

a n

to the fl a re .

gra nde u r a nd

tha t he'

wou ldprive , them of

ha d, a t le a l’t, fu l l as mu ch z e a l,as knowledg e ;

Whe n fummone d b e fore the.

he ads»of the chu rch,he

'

tre a ted themwi tha n afp e rity‘of languag e which

no'

bodyof me n wou ld tole ra te .

He iold them a t his trial,irwed Cari/tfince a

‘fie oénoia

Whe n the a rchbifhop'

of

wha t fhe me ant 7by that ve no

‘Canwe dou bt‘

tha t'

(the

eve ryop portu ni tyoffO ldca ftl

l

ek cha

anobje& of

tha t O ldca ftl

the commonwas 31 l iar, a g lu ttonfi a p rofacowa rd ; in fhort a ny thing tha tod iou s to the

‘

common p eoPIe .

‘

Tha t Shakfp e a re fou nd ,him fu ch, it isr e a fonable to ima g ine , and tha t he adop ted the

‘

name of

O ldcallle

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170 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES .

}ohn of Ghe nt, or Ga u nt , was fo named fromGhe nt , the p la ce of his b irth.

1Bu t Ghe nt 15 p ro

nou nced a s the Fre nch word g a a r, g loves. To

thisp u n, I think, Fa lfl a ff a l ludes, a nd ne t to Sha llow 5 be ing g a u nt or le a n.

‘Tfie trufl ing aim and first

t una/e app ar el into a n e el in fe ems to favou r myconjefl u re . This fort oiqu ibble wa s a p p l ied to

the g re a tDuke ofMa rlborou gh,who, a t the clofe

of the camp aig nin‘r'

709 , a nd on the e ne ofxwinter,

having belie ge da nd taken the fame c ityofGhe nt,the news-write rsqu a intly fa id, his= Gra ce de c lare dhe cou ld not a t tha t t ime of the ye ar crofs the wa zte r wi thou t G/iont , or g loom, to ke e p him wa rm.

fl nna l: of d en Anne.

In thisfce ne Shakfp e a re e x e rtshis p owe r to fu p

p ort an e qu a l comic vein wi th his dia log u e .rin g thefirfttp a rt of thishiliorya J t rcannot be d en ie dthat,howeve r rich the humou r 15 in the forme r p lay, he

‘

{hewslittle or no infe riority in this. Fa lfl a ff a nd

Sha l low form a n admira ble contra li: the ba rre nne fs of the cou ntry fquire feltsoff t i

i

e fec u ndityofthe knight . They a re both e g re g iou s liars; a nd

,

“

thou gh Fa lfia ff’s 1m e nttons a re more fru i tfu l .in

ma tte r a nd brighte r in fancy, the l i es of. Sha l low,

"

thou g hofa colde rcomp lex ion, e ntertaint from'thein

oha ra é’te riflic forma tioni a . r "1

Tha t Kemp e a€ted Sha llow orig ihaliy, the dis-I

lig e nce ofMr. Ma lone , I think, has p rove d. I do

not fe e a ny a u thori ty to fu p p ofe . tha t the fe cond

of He nry IV. was rev ived, immed ia te ly a fte r

Refiora tion,nor t i l l a bou t the middl e or l a tte r

e n of (Lte en Anne’5 re ig n, whe nDog g e t p e rfona t

eil ha l low.

Whe n'

]ohn R ich, Efq is the a tre in

Lincoln’5 inn- fie lds;’in 171 W i lks, a nd

C ibbe r, the mana g e rs of Dru ry- la ne , folicitou s to

re ta in in the ir fe rvice c ome dia ns foime ri t, p a id a

p a rticu la r refp eé'

t toB. Jonfon the ra étor, a nd ga ve

1m,

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R Y IV . Second Part. “

17t

him, befides a n a dd i t ion ta '

hia 1ncome , fu ch p a rts

ofDog g e t (whohad ta ke n hisle ave ofthem)aswereofmolt confequ e n

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ce a nd he ft ada p ted tohismanner:Among ft‘the refi was the p a rt of Ju ftice Sha l low

“

.

Bu t Col le y Cibbe r took fu ch a fancy to the me rry,ig nora nt, a nd foolifh, old rake , tha t u pon jonfon

’s

{ udde n illne fs, he ma de himfe lf ma tte r of the..p a rt,

a nd p e rformed it fomu ch to the la tisfa étion of the

p u blic , tha t he re ta ined it ‘

a 5 1long ashe remu p on the fl a g c. C ibbe r, in his Apolog y, whfrom re a l or a ffect edmodefiy, a l l edg estha t hein the mofl: of his «cha ra&e rs,

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nomore tha n a

imita tor of a ll fu ch p laye rs ashad’formei‘ly re p re

fe nted them: This was the ca fe inhis Fondlewife ; in whichhe c0pie d fo e x a étly the tone ofvoice , ma nne r, .a nd d re fs, ofDog g e t, tha t the a n;

die nce , he fays, a t firfl b e lieved him to be tha t ccle bra te d come dia n.

Whe the r be wa sa copy‘

or anOrig ina l in'

Sha llow,

it,is ce rta in tha t no a u d ie nce was eve r more fix ed

in de e p a tte nt ion, a t hisfirfi’

a p p e a ra nce , or more{hake n with lau g hte r in the

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p rog re fs of the fce ne ,tha n a t Col leyGibb e r

’se x hibition of this ridicu lous

ja flice of p e ace . Some ye ars a fte r he 'had le ft thefl a g e , he a éte d Sha l low for his fon’s b enefit ; Ibe l ie ve in 17317, whe n (figinWas the Fa lftai’f, andIVIilwa rd the zking . Whe the r itwasowing ,to , the

p le a fu re the-fp eEta torsfe l t 011 fe e ing their old

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frire tu rn to , them a g ain, tltou g fi

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for‘

tfia t trig/it c

a fte r a n abfe nce of - fome ye a rs, I know not ; bu t,fu re ly, no a a or or a u die nce were b e t t

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e rp le afe dwi the a chothe r. .Hismanne r gwas fo . p er‘fe étly, fimple ,his look fo v aca nt, whe n he qfie ftioned hisCou finS ilenc e abosu t the ' we s, and l amente d, inthe

‘

fame b reath,- furp rife , the

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de a thofGld Double , 11hat mpofiible for

‘any

‘fu r

viving lip e éta tor not to fmile a t the -

remembranceof it. The wa nt of ide asoccafions Sha l lowto re ;

p ea t a lmoft eve ry thing he fays. Cibber’s tran11 a fitiozn

1 172 DRAMATIC MISCELLAN IES . .

fttion from a fk ing the p rice of bu l locks, to'

trite ,bu t g rave , re fl e f’tionson morta l i ty, w asfo na tu ra l ,a nd a ttended with fach a n u nme a n ing

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rol l of his

fmall pig s~eyes, a ccomp a nie d wi th a n importa nt

utte ra nce of t ick ! t ick ! tick ! not mu ch lou de rtha n the be a ting of a wa tch, tha t I qu efiion if a nya ctor wa s e ve r fu p e rior in the conce p t ion or e x:p re flion .of fu chfolemn infig nifica ncy.

Jonfon, .a ye a r or two a fte r Cibbe r ‘had l e ft thefia g e , a nd, whe n he was be twe e n feve nty a nd

eighty, u nde rtook thetp a rt of Sha l low ; a nd thou gh

the'

old hou nd had .loft a lmofi a ll his te e th, he was

fiill fo fl a u nch, . tha t he feiz ed hisg ame a nd he ld

his tru e tha t, howeve r chafie he w asin his co

lou ring a nd corre a : in hisd rawing , he wa nte d the

high finifhing a nd wa rm t ints of Col leyCibbe r ;ye t his act ing was fu ch a swe ma y de fp air to fe e

e x ce l led, if'

equ a l led : for, thou g h tha t e x ce l le ntComedia n, hasofte n g ive n

‘

g re a t p le aftire tn Sha l low, “ I ca nnot think tha t’he is(0 a bfo-o

lute lyju ft, in the de l ine a t ion of the p a rt, as- Ben

jonfon. Mr. P a rfons has, of la te ye a rs, p layedSha l low with tha t ha p py,

mirth a nd g le e whichisfu re toca p t iva te a n a u die nce z

’

for.whoca n be g rave

Whe n P a rfons e ithe r looks or fp e aksWhe the r Jonfon confide red his bemg de p rive d

ofSha l low, for a lmofl twe ntyyea rs, as‘

a ma na g e r’s

trick,‘

or dithone lt manoe u vre of Col leyC ibbe r, ishot -known ; bu t the old man neve r fp oke of himwi tha ny comp lace ncy.

A61 IV . Sce ne , Archbithop ofYork, Szc .

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The inte rview of the infu rg e nts, a nd the Ea rl

bfW efimore land a nd Du ke of La ncafie r,‘with

the ir a rmiesin fig ht , was neve r re p refe n’

ted wi tha nywa rm toke ns of a p p roba t ion from the a u di tors,who alwaysdifmiffed it with indiffe re nc e , a nd, in

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thority, frighte ne d away the p e op le a nd the mirac l e sa t the fame t ime .

Scroop e wasthe firIibiIhop tn Eng la ndwho fu ffe red de a thfor tre a fon or a ny othe r crime

, He nrywasthe firft of ou r king swho bu rned he re t ics andbehe ade d p re la tes.

A man cannot: make him la u gh bu t tha t‘s no marve l ; hedrinks nowine . Thin drinksdo Io ove r- cool the blood, a ndmak

ing ma n'

yfills-

”

me a ls,tha t they fa llinto a kind ofmale g re enofi

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ck

lid s, a nd, whe n they ma rry, they g e t we nches.

Wha t Shakfp e are fays lu dicrou flyof thin pota t ions,or wa te r- drinking , is confirmed by no le fs a u thori~

ty than tha t ofHip pocra teshimfe lf, in hisTr‘

e a tiI'

e

on Die t, lib. I . fe et. 2 0. I t hashkew1fe be en p rov

e d, tha t, in the Ea Ib Ihdies, whe re they drinknowine , the numbe r of women e x ce eds tha t of themen conIide ra bly.

As to fiIh dim

er, the common op inion is a g ainftFa‘lIla ff ; for it is bymany fu p pofe d to be of a

p rol ific 1ia tu re This washinte d by Arbu thnot inhis Tre a tife on Die t, a nd fu g g e fte d byMonte IT

qu ien in his Sp iri t ofLaws. Ha l l e r a nd Dr. Reynold Fofie r a re of a d iffe re nt O pinion. Howe ve r,a s fa r a s file nce on the fu bje ét

.

may be a l lowe d tofp e a k for the jol ly kn ight

’3 op inion, the a nc1e nt hif

toria nsa re on his Iide : for ne i the r Stra bo, Dioderu s Sicu lu s, nor Arria n,

* (a ll of whom have de

fcribed feve ral na t ions l iving on fiIh die t, have

me nt ione d thisqu a l i tybe long ing toit, or obfe rved

tha t fu chcou ntrie swe re more tha n commonly pop‘

u lou s The re is a nothe r qu a l i ty cha rg ed u pon

fifh” whichis Iiillmore ~rema rkable . Whe the r the

a u thorityofDiodoru s Sicu lu s be fowe ig hty as to

g ain

a Fa léoncr 05 101111nod.

HENRY ,

IV.“Se cond Ha rt. 175

ain anycredit I‘mu It le ave to the re a de r : b u t he

de c l a res tha t the coufiant e a te rsof‘fifl r a re e ndu ed

wi tha rema rkable a p a thy, orinfe nftbility, not on

ly to the fe ntime nts of the mind, bu t a lfo to formsof the na tu ra l a p p e tites.

I D E M .

Skill‘int the We a pon i§ n

'

othin'

g’

without Tack. '

A good Ihe rris

Iack ba th a 1 twofold op e ra tion in it it a fce nds m'

e’into. the brain;and dries

l

me 111the fooliih-and 111111vapou ts. 1

W ithEa lfiaff, wine isthe p romote r of cou ra g e a ndeve ry, g ood .qu a l ityof the m ind.

Athe nmu s, faysDr. Fa lcone r, makes a n obfe r~

va t ion Iimila r to this. . I t istru e ; and I cou ld qu ote

many Gre ek ve rI'

es top rove it z‘

bu t the doé’

to‘

r

knows the re a re I'

o many p rece p ts from variou s

poe ts, and othe r"

writers, quoted by the fame nuthor,

°

a g ainli the immode ra te u fe of"

Falftaff’s'

followe rs wou ld lofe more tha n théy’

goe :by

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the a u thorityofAthenae u s. Afte r this long note’

on fub a nd wine,I hOp e the re ade r wi l l p a rdon a

qu ota t ion from Arifl otle ’s P robl ems ; in whichtha t philofophe r g ivesa n a ccu ra te de fcrip tion of the

”

pyog re fsofwine , a nd the e ffects ofits immode ra te

u e .

When a fobe r, mode ra te , a nd Iile nt man

drinkswine in a qu a nt i tymore l ibe ra l tha n ordina ry,it has the e ffe é’t of che rifhing a nd rou ftng his fpirits

a nd g e niu s, a nd re nde ring him more commu nicat ive if take n {ti l l more fre e ly,

'

he be comes ta lka ‘t ive , e loqu e nt, a nd confide nt ofhis a b i l i t ies: if ta fke n in (ti l l la rg e r qu a nt i t i es, it re nde rshim bolda nd da ring , a nd de ft rou s to e x e rt himfe lf in a étionl:ifhe p e rftlt in a more p l e ntifu l dofe , it make shim

p e tu l a nt a nd contume l iou s. The ne x t Iie p re nde rshim 'mad a nd ou tra g eou s. Shou ld he roc e ed {ti l lfa rthe r, he be comesfiu pid and fenfele li.’ Ariflot.P robl .

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Scene .IV. King , .

Wa rwick, Cla re nce , Glpfl e ri

.

“

n

K I N G‘

Nothing bu t we ll to the e , Thoma sof Clarence .

The king’s re comme nding to the Du ke ofCla rence

a p a rticu lar .

obl'

e rva nce ofhis brothe r the P rince ofW a l e s, a nd afiu ring him.of the p rince

’sa lfefiion

for him,is g rou nde d u pon a conve rfa tion be twee n

the king and the p rince , re corde d by~S towe ; in

whichthe forme r p u tsthe l a tte r on his g u a rd a g ainfithe ma china tions of C l a re nce . The u fe whichShakl

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p e a re makes of thishifl orica l inc id'

ent eve ryre ader wi l l fe e a nd a p p rove .

I D‘

E M

Towardsfronting p e ril and op pos’d decay.

Tha t is, to de fp e ra te adve ntu res a nd a ll'

u r

i

e d defl ru ciion.

c L,

A a r: N c 13.

The river hath°

tl:r'

ce fiow‘d no e bb be twe en ‘

!

'The fhort re ig n of this king was fig na liz e d byma

nyfa d dil'

a fie rs. Be fide s this emraordmziryfiow of

the fl ood, which Mr. S te e ve ns a u the nt ica tes, a

moflde fl rufl ive la g u e de pop u l a te d the whol e kingc'

lom.

‘

In Londbn no le t'

s tha n thirty thou fa iid

w e re de fl roycd by it ; a nd the king , e nde a vou ringto re t ire bywa te r to Efl

’

e x , ve ry na rrowly e fca p e d

b e ing take n by fome a rme d ve ffe ls fromFra nce .

The mu ch~ a dmired inte rv i ew, be twe en the‘King a nd the P rince ofW a le s, .owes

”

its be a u ty

p rincip a lly tofitu a tion and cha ra éie r . The takingaway the crown by the p rince p rodu ces a mofip a -l ‘

t he t ic dia log u e ; fu ch pe rha p sasnowri te r, e x ce p t

Shakrp e a r’e , cou ld draw from(0 flende r a n inc ide nt :

Whe re

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tha t eve r a ffl icted a nation. Howeve r he ma

be e n cried Up by the c l e rgyfor his p ie tyin p e rfecu ting the fol lowe rsof Wicklifi

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, a nd be ing the firfiking of Eng la nd who b u rned he re tics, it iswe llknown that he a nd hisfa the rjohn of Ga u nt, (whowe re the g re a t p a trons of whe n theyu nde rflood tha t the c le rg y p ofi

’

efi‘

e d a lmofi ha lf

the reve nu es of the king dom,de c la red tha t they

wou ld c l ip the irwing s; or words to tha t p u rp ofe .

Bu t the king flood in ne ed of the c le rgyasmu chas

they did of him. He nry’s confl a nt je a lou fy and

fe a r of lofing the crown may be forg ive n'

for tha t

was a,ja lt p a rt of his p u nithme nt for feifrng it : bu t

his cru e l ty, in {bedding torrentsof blood to ma inta in the c rown, ca n only be ju tiifie d by the tyra nt

’s

law,

‘nece ff1ty ; a ne cefiity which, he had imp ofed

on himfe lf.

Almoft a ll the actors,‘

who have for more thanthe fe la fl fiftyye a rs re p re fe nte d this p a the t ic fce neof the king a nd his fon, have be e n fortu na te in e u

g ing the'

a tte ntion a nd raifing the a ffe a ionsof

the ir a u ditors. Booth, who p laye d the king , a nd

W i lkes, who a a ed the p rince , we re highly a ccom~

p lilhed, a nd u nde rflood dig nity a nd g ra ce of actiona nd. de portme nt, witha ll the te nde r p afiionsof thehe a rt, in a fu p e rior deg re e . The e lde r Mi l ls, inthe king , a nd his fon, a n imi ta tor of W i lks’smanne r, in the p rince , fol lowe d a lmofi imme dia tely - the fe confumma te a ims; a nd thou g h theywe re byno 1to them,

we re above me

diocri ty, e fa the r -in He nry, whichha p p e ne d

“

thisworthyma n a p

p e a redin. He was take n i l l a few days a fte r he

had acted it, a nd died, I be l ieve , in Novembe r,1736 . His name was a nnou nce d in the b i l ls forMacbe th, bu t Qu in was obl ig ed tofu p p lyI (aw him hu rrying to the p layhou fe be twe e n fiveandfix in the evening . Milward, the fu cce fl

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o

?o

H'

E N’R Y , IV. S econd P a rt . 179

of Mi l lsineHe nry, was, ,in'

p a thos, g re a tly'

bisfu

p erior. His cou nte na nce was fine ly e x p re fiiife of

g rie f, a nd the p l a int ive tones of hisvoice we re ad .

mira bly a da p ted to the l ang uor of a dying pe rfon,a nd to the fp e e ch of a n offe nded ye t a ffe étiona te

p a re nt . ,Gairick

’sfig u re did not a fl ift, him in the

p e rfona ting of thischa raé

’te r, bu t the forc ible e x -r

p re fl ion of his cou nte na nce a nd his ene rg y of fitte sr

ra ncema de ample ame ndsfor de fe ct of p e rfon. To‘

de fcribe;

the a ng uifh, mix ed wi th te rror, whichhel

fe emed to fe e l‘whe n he ca fl u p his eyes

'

tohe ave n,

and p ronou nced the fe. words

,

How -I came t by the crown, O God, forgive me 3,

‘

wou ld ca l l for the p e nizil of a (Ra p ha e l or a Reyrnolds

Thou ghGa rrick, from a me a n je a lou fy, ‘a p a f

tion which conflantly p reycd'

on hisomind,’de n i ed

to. P owe l l the 'me rit of u nde rfl a nding the p a thosofthis ce le bra te d fce ne , the a ud ience thou ht

’fa r

otherwife , a nd, by the ir te a rs“

a nd a p p la ufe , ju faitified the act ion of tha t ve ry p le a ting tra g e dian ,

In the la lt l i ng e ring fla g e of life , whe n worn bcompl ica te d difhemp e r, and tormente d w ith afilifiin g p a ins of th

’e g ou t , the fickfi a nd ema cia ted

Ba rry‘u nde rtop k to

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re pre fe nt°

the dying fc e nes of ”

He nry“

.

'

In p e rfon; if we confu lt hifl‘

ory‘

be tte r a da p ted to the pa rt tha n a n

yof lu s p rede

’

ce f

fors; for a linoll a ll the p rince s o the P la nta g ene tl ine we re rema rka ble for roce rity: bu t tha t was

bnt'

a t ri‘fling’

requifite in this g re a t actor. Thefa the rly

'

re p roofs and e a rne tt adtnonitionls, from the

confequ e nce im a rte d byBarry’s p le ating manne r,

a s well as nop fig u re , a cqu ire d a u thori ty a nd

importance . His fe e l ing s we re , p e he ightehed by the a nx ie tyof hismind in clintn{la te of

' his he a l th, a nd the frequ e nt a insof hiscru e l d

‘

il’temp e r. From his fe tting a n,” whichemi tted

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emi tte d a wa rm ' thou g h g lime ring ray, fp e él‘

a tors

m ight form a ju dgme nt wha t Ba rry had be en.in

hisme ridia n g lory. U‘

C H A P T E R XVI .

Retro/p ee? on Lowin , a nd fevera l otfier comediam,

wfio lived du ring 15 6 civilwar .

RE I take my l e ave p f Henry IV. I con

ot'

forbe a r refie é’ting ; wi th fome

"

conc e rn,

u pon the fa te of honelt j a ck Fa llla ff ; I me a n JohnLowin, the orig ina l actor of - this inimi tab l e cha

racie r ; a nd his confl a nt fri e nd a nd fe l low- la bou re r,Jofe ph Taylor, the

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firfl actor of Haml e t .Whe n the c ivi l wa rsthinthe doorsof the the a

tre s, ma ny of the come dia ns,who ha d you th,

y

fpirit , a nd v ig ou r of body, took u p a rmsin the de

fence of the ir roya l maile r. Whe n they cou ld no

long e r fe rve him by the p rofe fl ion of not ing , theyboldly vind ca te d his ca u fe in the fie ld . Thofe ,who we re too fa r a dva nced in a g e to g ive ,

ma rt ia lp roofs of the ir a tta chment to roya l ty, we re re du c

e d to the a l te rna t ive of fla rving or e ng a g ing in fome

emp loyme nt to fu p p ort ”

the ir wa nts. Lowin a nd

Taylorwe re , in the ,fa ta l'

aara of ou r c ivi l diffe nlions

, g ot beyond‘the ir

'

, g ra nd clima éte ric : for

T a ylor had a fte d Haml e t a lmofi forty- five ye a rs

before tha t t ime , a ndLowin had, for a t le a lt fortytwo ye a rs, de l ig hted the p u bl ic in Fa lllaif .

The fa na tica l z e a l of the Nonconformifls cou ldb e a r no e x hib i tions or [hows bu t the ir own : a ll

fia g e-

p lays the fe re ligionifts looked u pon a s p ro

fa ne a nd de vote d the a étors, whom theyde nomt

na te d the chi ldre n of Sa ta n, to p e rdi tion. Tha tt ediou s wri te r, W i l l iam P rynne , in his Hil’trioi

ma fiix , had, wi th asmu ch fol ly as bru ta l ity, involved the king a nd qu e e n in the g u i l t of enconra g ing , by the ir p re fcnce ,‘ the Sa tanica l dive rlions

f,o

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a nd inte rl u des we re abfolu te ly forb idden; u nde r

ve ry fe ve re p e na lt ies.Mu ch a bou t this t ime , a s fa r

°

as I‘ ca n'

col le&from the l itt le tha t has bee n ha nde d down to u s

’

of

the fe emine nt me n, Lowin'

ke p t the Thre e Pig eons a t Bre ntford, where he wasa tte nde d byJofe phTaylor ; bu t, whe the r a s fri e nd, afiilta nt, or p a rt

ne r, ca nnot be de te rmined. He re they l ing e re d ou ta n u ncomfortab le e x itte nce , with fe a re s a ny othe r

me a nsof fu p port than thofe ’ which they obta inedfrom the frie nds of roya l ty a nd the old love rsof

the drama , who,now a nd the n p a id them a

‘Vlfit,

a nd le ft' them ma rks of their‘

bou nty. Up on the fe .occa ftonsLowin a nd Taylor g ave their

,

vifitors a

tafie of the ir qu a l i ty. The firft rou fed u p the

fpirit a nd humou r of Fallta fl'

. Ag a in. the “ fa t old

rog’

u e fwe re tha t he knew the p ri nce a nd Poins aswe l l ashe tha t made them. Hamle t, too, r

'

aife d

the viliona ry te rrors of t he Gh'

oft, a nd’filled his

fe le é’c a u ditors wi th te rror a nd ama z ement ! To

e nte rta in the ir g u efis; we mu ll fu p pofe theyfume d va rious p e rfona g es, and

’

a lte t na te ly e x c i te dme rrime nt a nd g rie f. How ofte n we re thefe hone ft

fe l lows fu rp rife d into a.

be l ie f of the g ood newstha t the king a nd p a rl iame nt had come to a tre a ty !

tha t pe a ce wou ld‘

be refiore d, a nd the king re tu rn

to his ca pita l in triumph! How wou ld the ir cou nte na nce s the n be l ight ed u p w i th joy, the g la fsche e rfu l ly c ircu late , a nd

‘

the me e t ing be difmiffe dwith king [ ba ll enjoy /11

°

: own ag ain !

The ir hone flz- frie nd a nd a ffocia te , Goff, the

actor of womens'

p a rts a t Black- fri e rs a nd the‘G lobe , wa s the u fna l jacka ll toTummon the fe a t

t e red comedia ns tog e the r, tha t theymiht e x hibita t Hol la nd-Hou fe , or fome richlema n’sfie a t

,within

a few mi l es of the ca p i ta l . * The wa nt of fine

c lothes, and the p rop e r ornaments of a the a tre ,was

1 Hiftotia Hifirionica.

H E N R'

Y IV; §cenad P a rt. 183

was e x cu fed by the irn noble emp loye rs ;p e rfeve ra nce of the ir fu riou s p e rfe cu tors, a nd thev iole nc e a nd ra p ac ity of the foldie rs, had re nderedit ha za rdous towe ar a ny cofl ly g a rme nts . P a intedc loth fe rved as a good fu bt

‘titu te to richhabi tsand

roya l: tra ins.

In the fe difira fted t imes wha t be came of thofecome dianswho ha d re pre fent e d qu ee ns, pa nd r othe r fema le s, in Shakfp e a re

’s, Be n

Be a umont a nd Fle tche r’s, a nd Ma fiing e r’s, p lays,

a t this difl a nce of t ime ca nnot be le a rned ; for nohittorical tra ce of them.is to be fou nd.

'

The twomolt ce lebra ted of the fe p e rforme rs, we re JohnThomfon a nd

’

John Hu nniema na The la lt wa sthe a u thor of a play, wi th the name of which Ifhou ld be g l ad to e nrifh the drama tic ca ta log u e ,bu t I ca nnot le a rn whe the r it was a tra g edy, a

comedy, or a mi x tu re of both. From:

a copy ofve rfes to the a u thor, by Sir Afton Cockaine , .wea re informed tha t this drama t ic p i e ce wa smu cha p p roved by the p u bl ic : a s Sir Afl on’s e pillle con

t a ins the only informa t ion of Hunnie ma n’s a u thorihip , I {ha l l tra nfcribe it as a the a trica l cu rioftty

ToMr. John Hu nniema n.

O n,hop efu l you th, a nd le t thyha p pyfirain

Rede em the g lory of the lta g e a g ain ;Le fl

’

en the lofsof Shakfp e a re’s de a th

, by thyS u cce fsfu l p e n a nd fort u na te pha nta fy.

He did not onlywrite bu t aét, and to

Thou ‘dofi not. only aCt

,bu t writefi too.

Be twe e n you the re no diffe re nce a p p e ars,Bu t wha t may be made u p withe qu a lye ars.Thisismy fufi

'

rag e , and 1 (coin my p enShou ld crown the he adsof u ndefe rvin

’

g men.

Gre a t mufi have be en the lofs‘

of this p lay tothe p u bl ic, ifHu nnie

'

ma n was a riva l ofShakfp e are ,asis fu g g efte d

p

by SirAfton.

184 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES.

O f all the p layers, me ntioned in a nyna rra t ivere l a t ive to the Eng lith

' Ra g e , Eylze a rd Swanfton,the fu cce lfor of Bu rba g e in the cha ra&ct of O the l

lo, was the only one who p rofe ffe d himfe ltf a

P re lbyte rian,‘

a nd a n avowed frie nd of the p a rliame nt , in op p ofttion to the roya l ca u fe . I wi l l not

‘g o fo fa r a sCha rl e s II . who told a noblema n tha t

P re lbyte ria nifmwa r.a relig z'

an notfit for a g entlema n»;

bu t I mu chdou bt whe the r Swa nt’ton’s z e a l did not

a bridg e his charity. A conve rt is ofte n a

narrow-minde d big ot, a nd poor Lowin, Taylor,a nd the refi of his old frie nds, cou ld not e x p e él,from one of Ca lamy

’s cong re g at ion, a ny kind t e

trofp e& of friendfhip .

ls

Bu t the onlyma n,who triumphe d ove r the wi ld

fa na ticifm a nd cru e l hyp ocrify of the t ime s, was

tha t e x ce l l e nt come dia n Robe rt Cox , whofe name

I do not fe e in a ny of the old lifis of 9161013 .

Whe n a ll the the a tre swe re ftle nce d, Cox emlo r

e d himfe lf in comp u ting fma ll inte rlu des,ca lled

'

drolbr,l ike fu ch a swe re forme rly a ft ed a t

Ba rtholomew . a nd Sou thwa rk- fa irs. The molt feriou sof the fe p ie ce s, fnch as AEtx on and D ia na ,a nd Oe none , ha d a da fh of the comic in them

,

thou gh, for the molt p a rt, theywe re fa rce s’

of one

a ét, wi thfinging a nd da nc ing ; as Hobbinol, Sing

ing Simpj bn,'

a nd Simp leton Me Smith '

f By the

conaiva nce of the fta te Ce rbe rus’s, to whom this

a droi t fe l low flily g ave a n Op ia te or fop of a u rum

p a lp abi/e, he contrived to g e t his p ie ce s a €le d to

fu l l hou fe s a t the Re d Bu l l The a tre , u nde r the co

lou r of rop e- da ncinv . Cox a ét e d the p rincip a l

p a rtshimfe lf, a nd wi th fu ch l ife , fpirit, a nd na tu re,

tha t he refiore d to the p eop le the long - forg otte n

c u llom

The a u thor of Hifioria Hifirionica fays, Swa nfton took u pthe trade of a Jewe lle r. I fhou ld ima gine tha t he had bee n origina lly bre d one , and left jewelling for the Rag e.

1~ Lang baine .

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withe rs, drank a he a l th, we may"re a fonably

be l ieve , tot/ieir king owr tfie wa ter .‘‘A te a l} tha t

might be g ive n a t. t/ia t time wi thp rop rie ty a s we l las loya l ty.

In 1647, Shirley p u blifhed the p lays of. Be ans

mont a nd F le tche r, I be l i e ve , w ith a view chie fly to re l ieve the wa nts of the f urviviztg actors, who

ha d‘difl ing uilhed themfe lve sin the p rincip a l chara éle rsof the fe write rs. The names

'

of '

Jofe p hTaylor, John Lowin, Theophi lu s Bird, Robe rtBe nfie ld, S te phe n Hamme rtonfi“

: Thomas Pol~

l a rd,! and R icha rd Robinfon, a re fu bfcrihed te a

ded ica t ion p re fe nted to the Ea rl of P embroke , the

p a tron ofdrama tic poe try.

In 16 32 , Taylor and Lowin, be ing a rrive d to ave ry g re a t a g e , a nd in ve ry

‘

indig e nt circumfiances,

p u blithe d F le tche r’s come dy of the Wild<

g 00fe

Ch'

a fe for the ir mu tu a l a dva nta g e s: it was u fhe re d into the worldwith a n a dve rtifemént , in whichtheymode fl ly intima ted the ir wa nts, and ca l le d u ponthe Benevolence of a llwhoha d a ta tle for the dra

ma .

Y {hou ld not forg e t tha t Jofe phTaylor was thefrie nd of Phil ip Ma fl ing e r ; tha t he infcribed ‘ to

him a cop yof ve rfeson the fu cce fsof hisRoma nActor, in which tra g edy Taylor p e rformed . the

p rincip a l p a rt .Myve ry le a rned

/a nd kind. friend, the Reve re nd

Mr. Bowl e , of Idmifton,has informe d me tha t he

has re ad a copy of ve rfe s of Shake rly Ma rm ion,

a u thor of the Ant iqu a'

ry a nd feve ra l othe r drama tic

This playe r wa s firfi: a fama u s re p re fente r of womens charafte rs, a nd . a fte rwards

, a s mu ch ce lebra ted for a g ra ce fu lof me u s p a rts.

1 Pollard wa smore fortu nat e tha n the re lt ofhis atrociates; having a fortu ne

.

ofhisown,he re tired into the cou ntry, and lived

911thhis re lations.p

p16 CCS’

H E N R Y IV. Se cond P a rt. 1 187

p ieces, to Jol'

e phTaylor, u pon his p re fe ntme nt of

The Fa ithfu l She pherde f’

s,in whichhe fl yleshim

hisworthy frie nd.

The e x aét time , whe n Taylor a nd Lowin di e d,ca nnot be tra ce d ; bu t, it isce rta in, they p a id the

'

debt to na tu re fome few ye a rsbe fore the Refiora ti

on.

d

Lowindied a t Brentford, a nd Taylor a t R ichmon

188 ~ DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES .

King Henry VIII .

C H A P T E R XVII .

Reaj am way Mir p lay wa r written in tae r eig n ofn Elizabet/i. —King 7am“? (ii/like to tfie fa

7zii of 7izdor o

a ecou ntedfor r - Hir love of poetry a nd

reg a rd for S [ta t/p ee ra—‘T/ie a u tbor’: dlfiCu lty in

drawing a portrait of Henry VIII . Merit of taep lay—The p ro

’og u e a nd it: ela tion— Interview of

in t/ie'

oa/e of fl rde .—Bu c£ing/zam a nd

1ainea’. - :Generofi‘y of tba

ex p lained—find tie word

fie rce —Cha nt?” of the"

Emp eror C/iarle: V.

revenu e: . Wolfey.

“ MW/5? a rta’Dig g er.

-T/ie a u tfior’: a dmira b/e p or

prme er.—Betterton’r ex cellent

dating III . —‘Tfie Wolfiy of Ha rrif .

—Hirva riou smerit in comedy a nd trag edy—Boot” :

Ha rry VIII—§Z gin, Ha rp er , P rice, a nd No/ter.

R . Ma lone has labou red fire nu ou lly, a nd, Ithink, fu cce fsfu lly, to p rove tha t the hiltori

y ofHe nryVIII . mu ll have be e n a&e d‘ \d11

ring

the l ife - t ime of (me e n El iz abe th. Se ve ra lp a a g e sof the p laymaybe p rodu ce d, which, fromthe ir inte rna l evide nce , wou ld fa rthe r conv ince u s

tha t the a u thor cou ld not have p roje&ed fu chap ie ce in the re ig n of Jame s I ;Bu t the re isye t a {trong e r re a fon for infifling

u pon this a rg ume nt tha n wha t has be e n hi the rtop rod u ced : ou r author cou ld not be u na cqu a intedw i th the e x treme a ve rfion whichJame s had e nte r

tained, long before he mou nted the throne of{En

gian

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minions; and the poet wa s too g ood a cou rtie r towrite a play u pon a fu bje ét whichwas to inc lu de a

labou re d p ane g yrick on the k ing’sha te d p rede cefibr

a nd he r tamily.

I t 'wa s no e a fy ta lk for an a u thor to compofe a

drama t ic p iece which Ihou ld comp rehend feve raltra nfa étionsof a mona rchre cently de ad, who hadre nde re d himfe lf fo odious

,

to his fu bje éts. Tob ring u p on the Ra g e , be fore the re ig n ing qu e en,his dau g hte r, a cha rafi e r fo dou btfu l , a t le a ft, as

he r ‘royal fa the r ; to p re fe nt a firong re femblanccof many of his moft {hiking fe a tu res, withou tala rming hisfove reig n, or difg u fling the fp e&a torswa s a n u nde rtaking worthy the g e niu sof Shakfp e a re and in which, notwithfl a nding the a p p a

d

re nt d ifficu l ty, he hasa dmirably fu cce e de d.

Al thou gh this p lay, on a fu p e rficia lview, con

ta insnothing bu t a tiffu e of pomp a nd ce remony,made ou t of ma fqu esa nd tria ls, a corona t ion a nd a

chrille ning , .it a bou nds ih -firiking eve nts, whichembra ce the fa tesof import a nt cha ra éte rs, -withp a fl ionswhich e x c i te ou r te rror a nd commife ra tion,a nd withp rofou nd mora li ty, whichte nds to modera te , to humble , a nd to re& ify, the mind .

: .The p rolog u efidike moll: comp ofitions of tha t

fort in ou r a u thor’s days, is l i ttle more tha n g ood

fe nfe p u t into me a fu re d p rofe . O u r la fl '

e ditors,and the ir a fl il

’tants

'

,-f ufp e& ,

with re a fon, that'

it”

was not e ntire ly the work of Shakfp e a re . Ben

Jonfon, it is fu p pofed, wrote the g re a tefi p a rt of

it, if not the whole . Eve ry bodywi l l p e rce ive

tha t the be g inning be a rs no re femb a nce to tha t re

fe rve a nd modefiywithwhichou r poe t e ve r addre ffed a n a u die nce .

I come nomore tom a ke you la u gh thing s now,Tha t be ar a weighty a nd a fe rions brow,

n EN R -Y vm. 19:”

Sa d, high, a nd working , fu ll offia te and fl ow,finch”a t: fce ne s a s draw the eye to.fiow.

We now p refe nt.

Gre a t,p a rt of the p rologu e iscompofed .of feyere

fati'

re

'

on p lays which , a bou nd .

‘W i th the noife of

ta rge ts,of dru ms a nd trump ets, a nd the e x hibitioil of fools, whofe coa tsa re g u arded .

«wit/iyellow ;and, asou r a u thor come sp rop e rlywithin thisce nlitre , Jonfp n, in a ll , p robability, maliciou fly flolea n opp ortu nity tothrow in his

‘

e nviou s a nd fpite fulinve étive be fore the re p re fe nta tion of his riva l 'slay.

In a ll p robab i l ityHe nryVIII . was re vive d foon

a fte r the corona t ion of James and his'

Qg e e n, Anneof De nma rk. Jonfori: byhis cbnhé

'

é‘

tiOn‘with the

cou r t, might .occafiona lly the u fe fu l towards c‘on

du fiting -sthe " gp a g ea ntrysof the fce ne s. zXVlre the r'

Jonfon’s Seja nuswasa éied be fore I -Ie nry

'VIII . was

reiViy ed,’ ”is, not now rtobe known ; bu t , mu chabou t

thatd ime ,"a ip ea ce ife ezr'

ns to have be e n pa tched u pbe 'tkvee nflJonfonvhnd the p laye rs,a nd,

5retail; flike ly,

by the me dia t ion ofou r g e ntle ba rd for Shakfp e a re

riot on ly-fa ble d a cha ra&e r in Sejanu s, bu t wrote

of t he - tra g edy as it was orig ina lly p e rforms

, 4

0 ' ”

A 5 11. . Sce ne . I .

Du kesof,Norfolk a nd Bu ckingham.

a'

U c «I N ‘G H A u M .

Thofe fons of g lory, thofe two lights Of men,

I Me t in thie svale ofiAnde ". n

7’t f L

of ‘Henry of’England and

nothing.

‘Eu rop e anmonarchs

tha t

DRAMATIC MisceLLANias.

tha t ca n be compa red to’

it in ma g nifice nt {howa nd p e rformance ofmi l ita ry e x e rcife : the nobi l i tof both cou ntrieswe re fo ofl e nta tiouilyp rodi g aand foemu lou sin fple ndo

’

r a nd dre fs,

‘tha t the p lace

whe re the twokingsmet was ca l le d t/ie field of tfieclot/I of g old.

‘

In confequ ence of this riva lfhip in:

g ra nde u r, they involve d themfe lves ‘in fu ch e x

p e nce , tha t the p e nu ryof the ir whole l ives a fte rwa rds cou ld not rep a ir the ip roftifion

’

of‘a few

'

3 1 . H .

days.1

I D E M .

3 v

A ll the time

I wasinmy chambe r a prifone r.

The ipoe t has not mou th'ofBu cking -s

hamzthe'

tru e“

re a fon ofirhisa bfe ncesfrom t his inter? »

view a t Arde The du ke wasve ry, richand low?e d oecohomy, - a qu a l ity

'

bysnome a ns

'

p le afing‘

to'

an a rbitra ry cou r t, bywhich) inde p ende nce isie ve r,viewed with, f ufpiciou s

f eye st He ,- "finding the

’

p re p a ra t ions for thisfolemnity amou nt toimme nfefums

, threw ou t e x p re fl ions of difp le a fu r‘

e a g ainftCa rdina lWolfey, whomhe a ccu fe d a s the contrive r

,

of’

the p a rade . Lord He rbe rt, Holling lhe a d, a nd

Polydore Virg i l , ag re e in this circ umtia nce , a nd

the nce we may da te Wolfey’s

’

a’

nlmofity to the

du ke .

N O R F O L' K .

Pomp , till this time,wasfing le , bu t now ma rry

’d

Toone a bove itfe lf. _

Tha t is, p ump wa s now‘

ove rma tched . “ The

me e ting of: twofu ch)migh)tyd mvona rchs, a gd the ir

qu e e ns, with a re tinu é . of men'

a nd womel

nhthe

moft illu fl riou s foi' ibirth, be a u ty,

a nd.

e ve ry a ccompliflimeht,”

le ffe ned and difg raéed

a ll pomp sand ce remonies p re ceding .

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ma nife fling fu rp rifel

on fe e ing the mona rcha p p roach

them,he

,ca l l ed a lou d to "f‘iY ou aie my p ri

fone rs l Ca rry me‘He

'

hry‘was

a ftonifhe d a t the p re fe nce of his brothe r- king , a nd

qu ite ove rcome with this u ne x p e éted e x amp le of

g e ne rou s confide nce , took him in his a rms,a nd‘

toldhim he had p layed him a mofi ag re e ab le trick,a nd tha t he now fu rre nde red himfe lf his p rifone r

from tha t,mome nt .

The Ea rl of Some rfe t g ave an inflance of intrepidity a nd quickne fs of a p p rehe nfion, which de~fe rves to be remembe re d.

'

; I t wasone .p re l imina rya rt ic l e of the

.

inte rview,

“

Tha b the Fre nch a nd

Eng lilh lhou ld not, in numbe r, e x ce ed e a chothe r.-It wa s fou nd, on e x amina tion, tha t the Fre nchg re a t ly ou t - numbe re d the Eng lifhu Some rfe t

’

,in

fl e ad of taking umbra g‘

e a t this a p pa rent bre achofa rt ic les, cried ou t a lou d, “

,Le t‘

them p a fs it is

p la in the y have not the fpirit to tru liu s, thou g h

we have ,the cou ra g e to tru ft ou rfe lveswi th

N O R F O L K.

Allwa s rqya lTo the difpofing ofit.

By the word roya l, in Shakfp e are , we a re to

u nde rfia nd fome thing '

fu p reme ly ex ce l le nt ; as~in ~

Macbe th; A8 11.—O u r fe a rs, 1n Banquo,

S tick de e p , a nd in hisroya lty of natu re

R eig ns tha t whichwou ld be fe ar’d.

The word Cu mmifl epov, in Home r, has the fameimp ort a nd isf0a p p l iedbyTheocleme

’

ne e the fu g it ive , inhis e x clama t ion to Te l ema chus, onpbfe rving a n ome n

, whichhe inte rp re tsinhis favou r

milepa i’con sew 70m Ca t-Msvrspov nAAo

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H E N R‘

Y‘ VIII . 9 5

InWolfe '

y’si

’

p e ech'

t‘o"

jtift be fore”

he e x p ire d, it isto be obfe rvedWord roya l [lands for confirmed

’

obfiina c'

yof tern-

3a

e r.

He was a p rinc e , fa id the dying ca rdina l , ofamolt roya l ca rria g e , a nd ha th a p rincelyhe art ;a nd, ra ther tha n he wi l l mifs for a nypa rt of his

Wil l , he wi l l e nda ng e r ha lf the king dom.

”

B U C K I N G H A M .

Wha t had he to do

In there fi e rce vanities

Mr. Ste evensis of op inion tha tfierce is u fe d herea s the Fre nchwordfier . Dr. johnfon

'

g oesfarthe r,a nd fu p pofe sit mig ht p ofiibly,

me a n,

‘

the m imica lfe roc i tyof the comba ta nt s a nd. this is ne a rer thea u thor

’s inte ntion, I be l ie ve : for the fe mock fights

ofte n p rodu ced ve ry. te rrib le confequ e nce s; ma nycomba ta nts, in the va l e of

_Arde , ,were u nhorfed ;

He nry II . ion ofFra nc is, was. killedh by the fp linte r of a (p e a r, in a tou rname nt. So .many liveswe re ,

occafiona lly .

lofl a t,the fe

.tria ls, of t

p e rfona l

p rowei'

s, tha t, u tte rly to difcou rag é a nd p u ta n e nd

to them, the pop es iITu e d ca nons a nd de cre es

a g ainfi them,as p ra éiic

’

esu nlawfu la nd u nchrifiia na nd, whe n nothing e l fe cou ld p re va il, fina l ly,

to‘

e x t irp a te them, they de n ie d chriftian bu ria l tothofe who die d in fu ch e ncou nte rs.‘

In Timon of Athe ns, fierc e mea ns, I think, ex .

oefl i've, ex treme,or terrible . The fl ewa rd, { p e aking

of Timon’sfa ll from the hig he ft profp e rity to‘

the ,

lowefiRa te of p ove rty, fays,

Oi

'

thefierce wre tchedne fs whichg lory bring s!°

B U C

i

K I

M

N G H A M .

Why the de vil,Up on the Fre nchg oing ou t 0

igo DRAMATIQ unscE'

LnaNms.

Tha t is, u p on .the French confe nting tofe ttletheterms of a ccommoda t ion, tome e t the Eng lifhinthe

‘

va le of a n 1nte rv1ewc

"

with'

the twoking s.

N O R T 0 L K.

4 France ha th’

fia’

w’d the le ag u e.

”

To save aw juft knowl e dg e of He nry’s a nd his

minifl e r’s cha rafi e r'

s, it is neceffa ry to throwinfome l ight from hiftory

Thou ghthe Duke ofNorfolk cha rg esthe French

wi th bre aking the folemn comp aEt e nte red intobe twe e n the t

’wo king s, a t'

their inte rview,from

whichtheyp a rtedwi th the moft fol'

e'

mn p rote fl a

tionsflof frie ndfhip ,3 the ~diiToIving of the tre a ty

ca nnot be a fcribe d to Fra‘

nc is. C ha rles V . Emp eror of Germa ny, the moft fiibtle , inte refied, a nd

difing e nu ou s,«p rince of his t ime

,was a la rmed a t

the la te intewiew,a nd confeqUe nt confedera cy, of

two fu ch p otent mona rchs. Whe nHe nry, be forehe re tu rned tohisdominions,

‘

p a id a vifit tohim a t

Grave l ines, the -

pol it ic Charl es, who faw throu gh

the ca p ric ious temp e r~of his

'

vifitor, foon fou ndme a ns to e fface tha t friendihip towhichthe fince rea nd noble temp e r of the ’French king had given

b irth Bu t, tha t whichwasmore e ffe ntia l to

inte re ff, ~he g a ine d-ove r Wolfey to

'

hiS ' fide , by

p romifing to a fl ifi him in a cqu iring the p a p a cy,a nd byp u tting him in p offefiion of the reve nu es

of two’

bifl mp rics in Ca flile The e x orbi

tan t fincorne s which' the cardina l e njoye d were

not g re a t ly infe rior to . the reve nu es of ‘th

’

e

king himfe lf. The Duke of Bu cking hamnhints

a t the ca rdina l’s pénfion from the emp e ror in a

fol lowing p a rt of the ' fcéne'

I’m fa re the emp eror .

P aid ’ere he p romis’d.

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Scene II. Cou ncil Chambe r.

Ente r King Henry l e a ning u ponWolfe'

y

Shakfp eare 1semine nt in the drawing of hismoffdifling u ifhe dhifiorica l cha ra éte rs: he re , more p a rticu la rly, g e ni u s g u ide s his p e nc i l . If we com

p a re his feve ra l p ortra itsof ou r Eng lilh king swi ththe ir a é’rions, as re corded 1n hifiory, we {ha l l p e rc eive a {triking a nd fa ithfu l refembla nce . Theya re a s p owe rfu l ly difcrimina ted by the ir p e cu l ia rp a fl ions, v irtu es, fol l i es a nd fa cu l t ie s, a sthe he roes

of the g re a te ft poe t of the a nc ie nts. The g loomyt u xbu le nce of John ; the ra thne fs a nd efi

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emina cyof R icha rd I I . the je a lou sa nx ie ty for the crown in

He nry IV . the g e ne rou s a nd wa rl ike fpirit of He n

ry V . the p ie ty a nd imbe c i l i ty of He nryVI . thefu btle ty, p e rfidy, cru e l ty, a nd cou ra g e , of R icha rd III a nd

,la ftly, the fl ru tting g ra nde u r, imp e

n ou s fpirit, a nd u ndifg u ifed, thou g h boifte rou s

temp e r of He nry VII I . - the fe cha raE’re rs a re fo

jufily a nd {kilfu lly fe p a ra te d from e a ch othe r, bythe a u thor

, tha t no name is wa nte d to difiing uifh

them frome a ch othe r.

Be t te rton wa s ta u g ht the p a rt of Ha rry VIII.by SirW i l l iam Dave na nt, from his remembra nceof the p e rforma nce of the a dm1re d a nd a ccomp lifh

e d Lowin. O ldDowns g ivesit a shisO p inion, tha tnobodyca n eve r a p

proa ch to the g re a t e x ce l l e nce

which Be tte rton fp layed in a cting the king .

VVolfey (fays the fame fl a g e hiftoria n)was fu pI

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p orte dwi thg re a t p ride , p ort, a nd me in, byHorru ,

a n of whom we fcarce know a ny thing , e x »

cept tha t he p layed a va rie ty of cha raEie rs in tra

gedya nd come dy, a nd fu p pofe , from tha t c ircumfia nce , he mu ll have e njoye d ve ry comp rehe nfivea b i l i t ie sfor the fia g e .

’ I find hisname , in Downs,toRomeo, and toSirAndrewAg u eche ek 1n Twe lfth

N 'ght,

H E N RY wn. ,

w1”

N ight, whicha re p a rts a s dii’ta nt, in drama tict fe a

tu res, as Haml e t a nd the Gra ve dig ge r.Q

Ha rriswa s the a étor of thefe a nd ma ny othe r p a rts of

equ a l difl imila rity. Cibbe r, I fu p p ofe , not

fe e n him,for his name is not in his Ap o I

ima g ine .he l e ft the fia g e mu ch a bou t the t ime the

comp a niesof Dru ry- la ne a ndDorfe t g a rde nswe re ,

by the king’s comma nd, u ni te d. Ha rris’3 name is

not to be fou nd in the drama t is p e rfona: of a ny

plafyfince tha t pe riod . He had forme rlybe e n Joint~director of the du ke

’3 comp a ny withLa dy Ua ve

na nt a nd Be tte rton, a nd mig ht pofiibly be offe nd

e d tha t, in the t re a ty be twe e n Be t te rton , in com e

ju néiio’

n wi thDa ve na nt’s fu cce ffors, a nd Ha rt a nd "

K}na liou , of the king’s the a tre , he was le ft ou t.

Hisme ri t, in fe ve ra l chara éle rs befidesWolfey,is noticed byDowns; p a rt icu la rly in Sifta P ofitiveAtall 1h the Imp e rtinents of Shadwe l l , take n fromi

Mol i e re ’s I e s Fabhe u x , a nd the p a rt of the ma f

t e r, in The Ma n’5 the Mailer, byDavenant. His

ta l e n tswe re not confined to a é’tin g a lone ; fingingwas a nothe r of hisqu a l ifica t ions: he a nd Sa ndford

fa ng a h umorou s ba l lad e p i log u e in the cha ra éte r

of tivo {tre e t ba l lad fing e rs ; the fame , I be l i e ve ,which

,ma ny ye a rs a fte rwa rds, was fu ng _by tha t

drollj honefi, a g re e able fe l low,Jemmy Be ncroft,

a nd Na t Cla rke . ca l l him Jemmy, beca u fe itwi l l be tte r revive hismemory, among his fu rvivingfrie nds, tha n by the a ddi t ion whichhe a fte rwa rds

me ri te d of James Bencroft, Efq. p a te nte e of Co

ve nt G a rde n the a tre .

iiithe play of’

the Ma n’s the Maile r, Ham shad

the m isfortu ne to wound Ca dema n in the eye , b

nfing a {ha rp infiead of a foi l , which difable d himfrom act ing e vci' a fte r. Cademahre ce ived a

K 4

By looking ca refu lly ove r the Roftiu sA ng licahu sl I find ti‘ffi

Ha rriswas origina lly of the king 3 comp any, bu t (0011 le ft it tr» :

join Be tte rton.

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hon from the p laye rs, on tha t accou nt, we mayre a fonablyfu p pofe , as lon

gas helived, for he e rr

joyed it in 1708, thirty ve ye a rs'

a fte r the a cc i}dent.

Boothfu cce eded Be tte rton m He nry VII I. To

fu p port the dig nity of the p rince , a nd‘

ye t re t a intha t ve in ofhumou rwhich p e rvades this cha ra&e r,requ ires g re a t ca u tion in the ate

-tor." W i thou t p a r

ticu la r'

a tte ntion, Ha rrywi l l be ma nu factu red intoa roya l bu l ly or ridicu lou s bu fl

'

oon. Boothwas~

p a rt icu larly ha p pyin p re fe rvingthe tru e fpirit of

the p art throu g h the whole p ay. Mr. Mackl in,who had the g ood fortune to fe e him fe ve ral

’

time sin Ha rry, has de cla red tha t he thone in the cha

rafie r withp a rt icu la r lu flre . win, whohad the

g ood fenfe to admire a nd imita te Booth, and thehone fiy to own it, ke p t as near a s pofl ible tohis

g re a t e x emp lar’s portra it ; bu t (k in wasdefic ient

in fle x ibi l ity aswe ll as fireng thof voice he cou ldnot u tte r imp e tuou s a nd . veheme nt a ng e rwithvi:g ou r, nor da rt

‘

tremendou s looks; a ll whichwe refuited to the ha p p ie r org ans and cou nte na nce ofBooth. He wa s, befide s, a Gra ng e r to g ra ce ina&ion or de p ortme nt .—Boothwa lked withthe g a feof a g e ntlema n a nd the dig ni ty of a mona rch.

“The g randeu r a nd mag nifice ncein Booth, fu fiaine d to the heig ht.

How the ma na g e rs took - it into the ir hea ds to

g ive this p a rt toHa rp e r, du ring Booth’s la ft illne fs,

I ca nnot conce ive , u nle fshisbein a fa t 11 was

the g re a t re commenda t ion. I con d,

never-

lip a ra tehone fl Jobfon, the coble r, .from the prince :

‘

he

p u t me in mind of the old ba lla d of King Ha rrya nd the cobl e r. I ihou ld not forg e t . tha t

,when

Be tterton a nd Ha rris a éte d the kin a nd the

na l, the l i tt le cha rafie r of Lord'

a ndswas

by'

P rice , frequ e nt ly me ni1111011 admirable . low com

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du ce eve ntsnot ve ry u nl ike thofe whicha re de fcribe d fo a ffe gSting ly by ou r inimita ble poe t .The fce ne be for

he u s p re fe nts a tru e piélu re of

cou rt op p refiion a nd minifte rial j u g g l ing . The

a u thor has re la ted the ma tte r in'

qu efiion wi thfome te nde rne fs to the memory of He nry, a nd thisa ffordsa nothe rrea fon whywe ihou ld fu p p ofe the

p laywaswri tte n be fore the acce f fion of JamesI .

%e e n Ka tha rine isj u diciou fl y ,chofe n to re p re fe nt,

to the‘throne , the g rie va nces of the p eop l e , who

were bu rde ne d by a moff i l l e g a l a nd op p re fl ive impoli. Shakfp e a re he re a ffumes the p a rt of the ho

neft polit ic ia n a nd g ood c i t iz en. In the condu ét of

the fce ne , he g ivesa ca u tion to a ll fu cce e ding p rincesa g ainfithe u ndu e a nd i l le g a l e x e rcife of theirowe r.

Henry, b his me re a rbitra ry wi l l , a nd withou t a ffemb ing a p a rl iame nt, had iffu ed ou t

commiflions,‘

bywhich he comma nded to be levie d fou r {b ill ing s in the p ou nd from the

‘

c le rgy,a nd thre e {b i l l ing s a nd fou r p e nce from the l aity.

Bu t this u np re ce de nte d a nd horrible ta x a tion fo difg u lled the p eop le , in a ll p arts of the king dom,

tha t the king wasobl i ed toi'

evoke the p owe rshe

had g ive n, a ndhad re cou rfe to a nothe r u nju fl p ra et ice of ra iling money on loans or be nevol e ncethe name wa s fofte r, bu t the e x aétion e qu a l ly opp redive and u nlawfu l . When the a ftwhichhad p a licd in the re ig n of R icha rd III . by which a ll fu ch

me thodsof ra iling moneywe re a bolilhed, was op

pored'

to this mode of ta x a t ion, to the difg ra ce

of the k ing a nd minifie rs, it was a nfwe red, Tha tRicha rd be ing a n u fu rp e r, his p a rl iame nt was a n

u nlawfu l a ll'

embly, a nd their,a €ts of no va l idi ty,

’

whichwas p l a inly to .

decla re tha t a n a rbi tra ry tyrant wasmore ca re fu l to dillribu te ju tlice a nd e

quitytohisfu bje étsthan a lawfu l p rince .

NORFOLK.

H E N RW nvrrnr w m 2 03

N o R F 1 o_

L K .

The clothie rsa ll, not‘

able tomaintain

The ma nyto them‘longing , have p u t off

‘

The fpinlte rs, carde rs, fu llers, we a ve rs, who,Unfit for othe r life , a nd comp e ll

’d byhu ng e r, til

A nd lack of othe r me ans,a re a ll in u proa r.

The du ke of Su ffolk, - whowa s mu ch be loved”

,

p revailed on ma nyof the we althiefi c lothie rs to

fu bmit to the royal impofition bu t, on~ this '

com~

p liance , theyd1fcha rg e d a ll the irworkmen a nd ma

nu faEtu re rs u nde r the p re te nce tha t they cou ld not‘

ma inta in This occa fione d a g re a t infu rre ctionin the cou ntyof Su ffolk; The du ke ve ntu re d

his p e rfon among them,and a fke d who was the ir

lea de r. O ne Gre e n fl e p p ed forwa rd a nd a nfwe re d,“ "They ha d two : Poverty a nd Ne og/fity.

” T he

king , notwithfia nding his a rb i tra ry a nd boulerons

difp ofition, wasobl i g ed to p a rdon a llj

who had 0p

p ofed. his i l le g a l impofifions. This, I be l ieve , was‘

the onlyinflance‘

of Henry’s re tract ing his emc e e

fettled p ui'

pofe .

W ‘

O L S E Y

P le afe you , Sir,’I k'now bu t

.

of a ting le p a rt ma nght

P ert ains'

to the Ra te .

I . am bu f one , ,of .«manycou nfe llors, who, oft

equ a l powe rwi thmyfe lfi; .a dvife d thisu nha p py bui.fine fs.

‘

Thisi

is'

too ofte n the la ng u a g e of a minifie r,who, thou g hu nive

’

rfa llyknown to g ove rn hisma t"

.

te r, a nd take the le ad in a ll tra nfa flions, ye t , whe nqu cfii

’oned a bou t a ny [la te ma tte r, decla reshe

on lyin his own de p a rtme nt.

(L‘

u at a N .

—This makesbold mou ths,

Tong u es fpit their du tie sou t, and coldhearts freeze

A lle giance t their cu rfe snow

204 m mm MtSCELLANIE‘

S.

Live whe re their p raye rs did; andsit cornes to p afsTha t ' traét able obedience is a (lave

To e a chince nfe d will.

The la tter p a rt ofthis fp e e chis thu sing eni’

ou flye x p l a ined byMu fg ra ve ; Thofe

’

who a re tra&a ~

ble a nd obedie nt mu fig ive way to othe rswhoa re

a ng ry.

”

Bu t the qu e e n has de fcribedfihe confequ e nc es

which op p refiion a nd inju flice a re a p t to p rodu ce,a nd the re fore int ima tes tha t the ve ryp e rfons, who,be fore thisimpofition , we re obedie nt a nd traétabl

’

e

fu bje é’ts, a re now cha ng e d into re folu te j op pofe rs

of gove rnme nt, from mot ives of ju fi re fe ntment ,

W O L S E Y .

I have nofa rthe r g one in this, than.byA fiu g le voice , a nd tha t not p a fl: me , bu t

By le a rned a p p robation of the ju dg e s.

Shakfp e a re has, in,

this, fol lowed e x a‘é

'

tlyg

thethre ad ofhifl ory. The j u dg es, faysHume

,went

fo fa r aspofitive lyto a ffirm, The king mig ht e xia& a ny fum of moneyhe p le a fe d.

” W e ne ed not

be fu rp rife d tha t his majefiy’s p rivyc ou nc il g ave

a n a fl'

e nt to this decre e , which annihila ted, a t

once", a ll the p rivi le g es of the fu bjeét . . Ir. forta

ha te lyha p p e ned, in this infia nce, thou g hthe p a rliam’

e nt in g e ne ra l conf’

pire dwi ththe king ,‘

throu gh

hiswhole re ig n, to fix {ha ckl es on the p eop le , tysrannywasoblig e d to fore goitshold.

W 0 L‘S . I Y .

What we oft do be“Byfickinterp rett n , ‘

Once.we ak ones’.

Isnot ours, or not a llow’d.

interpreterr, We a re to u nde rfiand pmi/bor ill’ fl fl turt’d meniw

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hea ted

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It wasthis nobl eman’smisfortu ne to have a re

mote t i t l e to the fu cce fl ion of the crowns . He cwas

de fce nded, by a fema le , from the du ke of. Glofl e r,

you ng e fl fon of Edwa rd IIL

In the fce ne be fore u s, the de portme nt of theafiors, whe n the p lay was revive d in was

mu ch a p p roved. Boothdid not command a tte n

tion more by a ttract ion of fig u re a nd ju fie loEu tion,tha n by the p rop rie tyof

’

his a étion a nd the fia te line fsofhisfie p . The bu fine fs of

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Wolfey,in thisfce ne , be ing confined to addre fs, ca u t ion,

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a nd

na g eme nt, wasnot u nf uitablyre p re fe nte dhyCol leyC ibbe r. Bu t the dig ni ty a nd g ra ce of. a

‘

qu e en

we re neve r, p e rha p s, more ha p p i ly fe t off than

by Mrs. Porte r. The re was a n e leva ted confe

qu e nce’

in the manne r of tha t actre fs, 1'whichfince

he r t ime ," I have in va in fou ght for. in he r Tu ba

CCHOTS . ,1

He r firft fp e e ch to the king , afte r kne e l ing - to

him,wasu tte re d with fa ch inte l l ig e nce and fe nft

bility, tha t fhe comma nde d the a p p la u fe aswe l l asa tte nt ion, of the a u die nce The words a re fimp le ,a nd,

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fe eming ly, u nimporta nt ; b u t fhe u nde rflood .

he r a u thor we l l, . a nd, in d el ive ring them, conveyed the p rime du t ies of the king ly p ffice wi thenerg y‘

‘Tt y m«wou ld laveyou rj blf, zu d, in tha t law,

N at u ncaq/t'

dered lea ve you r boriaur , fl

i

er

dig nity of you r offfce , is'

the p oint

O f my p e tition.

He r condu ct , in the whole fcene , was a mi x tu reof g ra ce fu l e locu t ion a nd dig nified behaviou r.

‘

Mrs. P ri tcha rd, inwe e n Ka tha rine , was e a fyin he r addre fs a nd na tu ra l in he r e x p re fl ion, bu t

u naccomp a ni ed bytha t g ra ce a nd dig ni tywhichhe rp redeceffor, Mrs. Porte r, knew foWell to

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afi'

ume .

Scene

H E N R .Y VIII . 2 07

L

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O R/D C H A M I B E R L A ' I N .

All the g ood ou r Eng lifh

Have got byou r la I‘c voyag e is bu t mere ly

A fit or twoo’th’ fa ce .

O u r ne ighbou rs of France have, t ime ou t of

mind, conf’tantly _

led the wayin new fa fhions a ndfop p e ri es; a nd we ha ve as confia ntly imita ted ahdre proa ched them for it. .Grima ce of cou nte nanceishe re fa tiriz ed. Dryde n, in the e p i log u e to hisAfl rolog e r, cha rg es a mimic of Fre nch a bfu rditieswith a d iffe re nt kind of a ffe éta ti

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on

Up fia t ts a monfie u r, new come o’e r,a nd wa rm

In the Fre nch (hoop and p u ll- ba ck of the arm.

Sce ne IV.

S E R V A N T .

A noble troop of ftra u g e rs,

Eu r fo they fe em ; they’ve le ft their ba rg e and landed,

A nd hithe rtomake a s g re a t ambafl'

adors

From foreig n p rinces.

Thisvifit of the King a nd Cou rt ie rs, ma fqu ed,

to the Ca rdina l , is taken from Holling fhe a d ; pu r

p oe t hasa rtfu l ly introdu ced Anne Bu lleh‘

to a ttra tftthe not ice of the King for the firft t ime , a n 1mc1

de nt, which is not in the orig ina l . The ma fke rs,

fays the Chronic le , we re dre ffed moff g org eou fly,a nd brou ght with them a la rg e g old cu p fil led Withcrowns a nd othe r p ie ce sof g old, whichwe re to be

p laye d for a t a g ame ca l led mum- d ance, I fu p p ofefrom the filence obfe rved du ring p lay, a nd the

cha nce of the die . The ma fke rspou red ou t of the

cu p , before the Ca rdina l, the ir winning s and lofé

“g s,

2 08 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES .

ings, which amou nted to abou t two hu ndred

crowns. At a ll,’ fa id the Ca rd ina l; a nd, throw

ing the die , hewon the whode fl

‘s

c A R o r‘

N'

A L.‘

The re fltou ld be one amongfi: them, byhisPe rfon,More worthy this p lace than myfe lf.

This inc ide nt is likewife taken fromsH'

ollingfhe ad, thou gh

‘ Sha kfp e a re has p rop e rly enou g h

g raced ,Wolfeywi th the g ood fortu ne ti) fe le 8t his

roya l maile r from the reli. He re a l ly.

miflook Sir

Edwa rd Nevil, who wa s difg uil'

e d wi th a bla ckhe a rd, for the kin g , who l a u ghed a t the blu nde r,a nd imme dia te lyp u l led off hisma lk .

W '

O L S E Y .

Sir Thomas Love l, is the banque t re adyIn the p rivy

- chambe r B

At this a fte r-b anqu e t, whe re the king himfe l’

f

p refided,no le fs tha n twohu ndred cove r-cd difhe s

we re pla ced‘

on the ta ble .

Aft II : Sce ne the firfi.

The a ccou nt of the D of Bu cking hanf stria l isfa i thfu l ly a nd p a the t ica l ly de fcribe d from ou r old

Chronic les. The du ke of Norfolk, whowas lordhigh {lewa rd a t this memorable tria l , on p a fl ingfe nte nce u pon the noble p r

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il'

one r, cou ld not re fra infrom the dding te a rs; p e rha psre fl ecting tha t Bu ck

ingham’smisfortu ne might one day .be hisown

“

.

6 E N T L If M A N .

—C’

ertainl‘y,The Cardina lis the end

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of this.

Tha t is, Wolfey.

was tiie chie f p romoter of

Bu ckingham’s fa l l .

S E C 0‘N D

Rolling lhcad , Vol. ll.

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ing ly a nd l1ke a Chriftia n, d ec l a res, tha t malice{ha l l have no {ha re in his la tte r e nd : I tha l] de

p rive ba d m indsof the p ower to { lande r my la ltmome ntsw i th a re p ort of my dying wi th a ra nco

rou zsor u nforg iving temp e r

B U C K

I ‘

I N G H A M

I wa s lord .high confiableiAnd Duke of t kingha m.

1

The office ofihig h-confiable of Eng land e x p iredWith thisnobl eman.

1 1

I

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D E

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M .

I had my tria l,

And mu tt ne eds fay a noble one .

The king , knowing tha t the evide nce a g ainifl

the u nfortu na te du ke wa s fo fu l l a nd comp le te tha the cou ld not p ofiibly be a cqu i tted, fe nt himwei

rd

tha t he fhou ld e njoy a ll the a dva nta geswhichthelaw wou ld a l low him. Howe ve r, the king rob

bed him,in one ma te ria l infla nce , of his right ; as

a p e e r of the re a lm he had a jolt c l a imto be

tri ed by a ll the p e e rs. The Duke of Bu ckingha m’s

j u ry confifte d on ly of a du ke , a ma rqms, fe ve n

e a rls, a nd twe lve ba rons.Al thou gh the re 18 no re a fon to dou b t the ju llne fs

of the fe nte nce p a fl'

e d u p on Bu ckmg h1m ,his

c rimes p roce e ded ra the r from le vi ty a nd fol ly thande l ibe ra te ma l ice . The p eop le loved him,

a nd we re

.in hop es the king wou ld have e x tende d me rcy ti)him. Bu t his a l l ia nc e to the crown p reve nted a ll

hop esof pardon. He nry’s je a lou fy of . a ll c la ims

of tha t kind re nde re d him imp la cabl e . His

fa the r, HenryVII . mu rde red the e a rl ofWa rwickfor no othe r re a fon bu t hishaving a be tte r t it l e tothe crown tha n himfe lf. The g re a te ft c rime , too,

ofMa xyQie en of Scotland, in the eyesof f

a

il;Ct 3

H E N R Y VIII .

be th, Was the g oodne fs of he r t i t le ; a nd James

he r fon, fhame fu llyp e rfe cu te d La dyAra be l la Stewa rt, be ca u fe the was a - kin to the royal fami ly.

To the re ade r of this p lay the p a rt of Bu ckinghammayfe em to be of lit t le or no confequ e nc e

bu t the re is a n afi’

e é’

ting p a thos in it which thea é’tor

'

of me ri t wi l l difcove r a nd e x emp l ifyin a c

t ion a nd e locu tion . Whe n the '

p l aywas revive d,a s above re la te d, the incomp a rabl e W i lks thou ght

‘

Bu ckingham worthy his a t te nt ion. In the firfl

fce ne , a t the op e n ing of the p lay, the re fe ntme nt

a nd indig na t ion of the cha ra éie r to VVolfey brokeou t, in W ilks, wi th a n imp e tu ofity re femblingha fty fp a rksof fire his a étion wa s veheme nt, a nd

his‘

mot ion, qu ick a nd dillu rbe d. His deme a nou r,

whe n condemne d, was g e nt l e , g ra ce fu l , a nd p a thetic his g rie fwasma nly, re fig ne d, a nd temp e ratefu ch as became the noblema n a nd the Chritlian .

F I R S T G E'

N T L E'

M A N .

-Me re ly to re ve ng e him on the emp e ror,For not be ftowrng on him,

a t his a lkiu g ,

The a rchbifhop ric of Toledo.

Nothing cou ld fa tisfy‘

the u nbounded ambitiona nd a va rice of Wolfey. Sha kfp e a re is ju llifie din a lle dgi

i

ng this fa t}. The Archbit p ofTol edois p rima te of ‘Sp a in, g re a t cha nce llor of Cafiile ,a nd p rop ri e tor of fe ve n te e n

‘

towns a nd a g re a t nu n»

be r of v i l la g e s; his ye a rly reve nu e is comp u ted a t

The King of Sp a in g ene ra l ly re fe rves

it for the you ng e fl; branch of his fami ly.

Sce ne II f

N 0 R F O L K .

Thisimp e riou sman Wilbwork. u s

From p rincesinto p ag e s.

zr‘z DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES .

Wolfeyhad no le fs than nine nobleme n in“

hisre tinu e .

S U F F 0 L K.

As I ammade withou t him, fo I’ll ftand

Charles Bra ndon, Duke of Su ffolk, who mar

tie d the (b e e n w dowa g e rofFra nce , filte r toHe nryVI II . wasone of the molt amia bl e nobl eme n of the

a g e he l ive d in : brave , g e ne rou s, conde fce nding ,a nd huma ne , his pop u la ri ty was the

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we l l~e a rnedtribu te of his virtu es. T ha t Henry, thou g h p recipitate , tyra nnica l , a nd cru

'e l , wa s ca p able of

fince re a nd oordia l frie ndlhip , is a p p a re nt fromhisinviola ble a tta chme nt

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to Su ffolk a nd Cra nmer : thela tte r he p rote ét e d from all his owe rfu l enemies,a nd the forme r he loved wi tha fi'iendfhi tha t wasinviolable . When newswas brou ght 0 Sju tfolk

’s

de a th, he was fitting in cou nc i l . -He embracedthe occafion to e x p re fshisde e p re g re t for the lofsorhisbrother, a nd tobear teflimonytohisvirtu es:h

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e a ve rted tha t, du ring the whole p e riod of their

friendlhip , which g rew u p from infa ncy,“he had

neve r a ttemp ted to inj u re a n adve rfary, nor had

eve r, in hishe a ring , drop p ed a word‘

to the difadvanta g e of any man. The n, looking rou nd

'him‘

,

he fa id, wi thfome emotion, Is the re a ny of you ,my lords, can fayfo mu ch?"Whe n He nry ,

fp oke

the fe words, he difcove red in the ir fa ces tha t con;fufion whichisthe comp anion ofconfciou s g u ilt.

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I t is rema rkable tha t He nry a nd (k e en Ka tha

rine layin the fame bed till'

the tria l for the va l1dityof the marria g e wasOp ened.

S cene be twe e n Anne Bu l len a nd the O ld Lady.

o L D L A D Y .

P IUCk OK3 little .

i

The'

lady, in my Op inion, me ans,

D raw afide tha t affected ve i l ofmodefiyyou have

p u t on ; Do not difg uife you r fe ntime ntswith arti

ficia l cove ring s

C H A M'

B E R L A I N .

And who knows ye t,Bu t from this ladymay p roceed a g em

To lighten all thisiac

This g em wasmie e n E l izabe th; and thismayfe rve amongfi othe r p roofs tha t the a u thor wrote

thisp laydu ring the l ife of tha t p rince ls.

0 L D L A D Y .

How taftesit ? Is it bitter ?Forty-

p ence—no.

lo

The fe e of a n a ttorne y for a dvice , a swe l l aste rm~fe e , wa s the n, as now, 3 s. 4d.

A61 11. Sce ne IV.

The Tria l .

The tria l of the va l idity of a king’s ma rria g e ,

be fore p e rfons de le g a ted for ,tha t pu rpofe , in a

cou rt whe re the roya l p e rfons we re fummoned,a nd did afiu a lly a p p e a r, was a n occu rre nce new

a nd e x traordina ry, which drew the a tte nt ion of a ll

Eu rop e . The l e g a l i ty or i l le g a l ity of ma rria g esamong ft the g re a t, be fore tha t p e riod, had be e n

de te rmined a t the cou rt ofRome by the fole powe rof the . p ontilla—Nor wou ld Clement VII. the

then re ig ning pop e , have p a rted withfu ch a'

p riv i‘i

le g'

e ,

4

H E N .R- Y VIII . 2 15

l e g e , had not the re forma tion, whichbe g a n abou t

twe lve ye a rs be fore the tria l byLu the r, made fu ch

a n a la rming p rog re fs'

as indu ced ~

him to a ét jca u tiou fl ywitha p rince ofHe n

‘

i'y’sre folu te a nd u

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ndaunte d tem

’

p e r.—Howeve r, the pop e ftillkep t in his

ha nds the .powe r of fhortening or le ng the ning the

p roce fsh'

a nd of e fiablifhing or dilfolving the cou rt,

which ~was.op e ned, a t Bla ck- Frie r35 ’May 3 1,1 2 9 .

p

a

in . the dillribu tion of the fevera l p e rfonswho

comp ofe d thisle a rne d a ndillu ftriou sa llembly, Shakefp e a r ha d, I think

,wi th g re a t p rop rie ty,l fe a ted

the (lu e e n a t fome dilta nce from the King . Whymode rn ma na g e rs Ihou ld a ll concu r to make an

a l te ra tion in his fl a g s- oeconomy I ca n difcove r

no g ood re a fon : for if, in the infancyof the fia g ewhen the y

’

had fca rce ly room todifplay the ir fig u resto adva nta g e , they cou ld p la ce

' a t hrone or fe a t

for fu ch a p e rfona g e . as a (k e e n, fu re ly, witha \

mu ch( l a rg e r a re a

,e ve ry embe llifhme nt a nd ne

ce lla ry de cora t ion ne e d not be omi tted - Befides,a sit is nowmana g ed, the (hte e n is fu pp ofed towa it l ike a common fa i tor or

,

cu lp ri t ti l l [he isfummoned into the cou rt where as

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the riling from he rfe a t, whe n ca l l ed by the Crie r, wou ld be a ttend

e d wi th more coa

nfequ e nce fl a nd g ive a n op por

tu nity to the a étre fsrbyhe rde portme nt to g ain'

thca ttent ion of the fp ea a tors.

(L U E E 157.

Sir, I de fire you dome right and juftice,

And to be llow you r pity, Se e

The g re a te fi p a rt of Ka tha rine’s fp e e chisin

dee df aithfu lly tra nfcribed fromou rChronic l es, bu tmuchhe ightened byp a the t ic e kpollp la tion, warmthof p a llion, a nd dig ni ty of re fentment v

Q U E E N.

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DRAMATIC MISCELEANIES.

Q U E E GN OO

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My-

ifa ther, ,lila g (if §pain; ,q re ckp n’d one

The witch p rince tha t ther'

e had reig n’d bymany

A ye ar before.

If,<pofl'

e fling the a rt of a cqu iring te

fra u d, p e rfidy, nd pu t-

fl

t ing in p ra étice eveeymachina t ion to,

c ircumventa nd be tray; canbe te rmed the a rtsofwifdom, Fetdina nd, cal led z

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the Cathol ic, King of Sp a in, wasof a ll

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king s the wife fl. S trang e ; tha t the com

million ofe normit ies, which wou ld fu bje é’t a p ri

va te man { c a n ig nominiou s p u nifhme nt , fhou ld bee lte emed me ritoriou sin a - crowne

‘

d he ad1“

W O '

L S E Y O

5

I'

do p roféls.

Y ou { peak -not like ye brfe lfi"

The Ca rdina l’s de fence ofhis con istemp era te and a rtfu l. Shakfp e a r

‘

e , Whoin play t re adsno g rou nd wi thou t wa rra nt, hasin .Lhis

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fce ne a lfo

traced ou r be lt Chronicles.

Q u E E iN .

’

mutt‘te lly

‘

ou,

’

Tha t you tend e rmore your"

p e rfo'

n’s shoe

Tha n you r high p rofefiiou fpiritu a l.

Wolfeywas fu p p0fed‘

not tohave favou red theca u le of the

fhe had p u blicl

ou smanne rof

{ b e e n Ka tha rine ‘has{be enmu cha p p rovedy

‘

afind' e fp e cia llyin this la ne of thetria l . She ce rta inly, wasin behaviour

“

eafyh and in

fp e aking na tu ra l a nd fam i l ia r; bu t the fitu‘

a tion of

the cha racte r requ ired more force in u tte rance and

more dig nityin action. Mrs. Porter’smanne rwas

e leva ted

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I D B‘

M .

Forhe r ma le ill'

u e ,

Gr died when theywe re made,or thortly after

Thisworld had air’d them.

The King , it is fa id, was fl ru ck with4his mislbr tu ne , be ca u fe the cu rfe of be ing childle fsistheve ry threa te ning of the Mofaica l law a g ainfi tholewho e fp ou fe the brothe r

’s widow.

I ‘D E M .

I beg an, in p rivate ,Withyou , my lord of Lincoln.

The Bill-lop of Lincoln was Henry’s .e onfefl

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or .

I D E M .

How u nde r myop p refiion I did reek.

csReekis a coarfe , thou gh fig nifica nt, me ta phor,taken from a man

’s fwe ating .u nde r a he a vy bu r

den.

I D E M .

Toyou .,my lord ofCante rbu ry.

Wa rham was the n Archbilhc p of Ca nte rbu ry,a nd not Cranme r, ashinte d tn fome edit ionsof thisp lay

1 D n M .

P rove bu t ou rmarriag e lawfu l,we a re conte nted

Towe a r ou r mortal {la te to come withhe r,

Ka th‘rine , ou r qu e en, be fore the p rime tt cre a tu re

Tha t’s p a ragon

’d in the world.

Notwithfla nding thisve ry p u bl ic a nd folemn p ro

tefia tion, which I think Shakfp e a re has fa i thfu l lytra nfcribe d from the Chronic le , He riry

’5 priva te

rea lons, which he fent to the pop e , conta in ve rydille rent

. H H E N k Y'

wm ah

difi'

e rrent motives““

The“

fol lowing is a tranfl ation‘

From a

.

cu riou s La tin re cord .

The re a re , be lides, fome p a rticu la r re a fons

to be la id *be fore his‘holine l

'

sain p riva te s, thou gh

not p rop e r to b e c ommi tted to writ ing ; u p on

which a ccou nt,‘

as'we l l as

'

by, reafon of fome dif

temp e rs which(the

, qu e e n la bou rs u nde r, withouthop esof remedy, as,

‘

likewife , throu gh fome c e r

ta in - fe rn es'

which diflu rb‘the king’s c onl

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cie nc e ,Iii: majq/ymeit/ier can nor

“will, fir tfie look

u pon ber , or lit); witfi liar , farlet Me can/ég u ence be wha t it will.

”

The king’s a rde nt p afiion

*to have ma l e ifl'

u e

fe emstohave b e e n the g re a tmotive for his d ivorcefrom Ka the rine . He

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ha d a fon, by her , chrifie n

ed He nry,«who {l ied twomonths a fte r his birth

and this he u fed tofay, was a j u dgme nt Upon himfor ma rrying his -brothe r?swife . The fame e a g e r~

‘

defire to have a ma le chi ld, a ndhisdifa p pointme nt,

occafioned his u nconqu era bl e ave rfion toAnne Bullen.

’ This u nha p py l adywas de l ive red of a de ad

ma l e ; the nce , it is fu p pofe d, he fou ght a llme n

thods to ru in her.

Q D E M .

‘

Myle arned andwe ll- be love d fe rvant, Cranmer,P r

’

ythee re tu rn

(ltgin fpoke this ap oflrophe to Cra nme r m a lowv oice , bu t tome lodiou fly a nd we l l tu ned, a s to be

he a rd d1fi1n€llyin~e ve 1jyp art .of .the the a tre .

I D E M O

.Bre ak u p the cou rt.

Notwithfia nding Shakfpe a re has, in thisp a fl‘

a g e ,fe emed tohave dillb lved t his famou s a ffembly, itafiu ally continu ed to fit a nd do bufine fs forfome

* 2 < t ime ,

am DRAMATIC MISCE LLANIES.

The king wa s fipp roce eding s, tha t he emp l

me ll eng e r to them, w

flina tion ; and, ve heme nt ly link-inghisha nd, he tiild Wolfeyz Tha t,

ii: neverwaswe l l withEn and whe n ca rd ina ls hadl

zf

aar

mm t —1-W@l£ey re p liedha t if

0

it had not be en ffl r om ardiqna l

, du ke o£ Su ffolk wou ld not have kep thish onhis lhéulde rs.

Act III . Scene I‘.

(b e en Ka tharine , Wolley, and Camp eius

This fce ne 1somitted, in the re p re fe ntation, as

tedious a nd u nne ce fla ry. Howeve r, a s it fa rther

dil'

p la ys (b e e n Ka tharine’s temp er, and difpolition,

a nd conta insmany cha rafi e rillical fe a tu resof tha tu nha p py lad ,

it .we l l de fe rves ou r a tt e nt ion.

is, in g e ne ra ,a tra nfcrip t from Hollingfhe ad, p a

ra phra fcd and enla rg ed wi th correfp ondent matter.

Q U E E N .

l.was (chattwork

Among ll mymaids

When (b e en Ka tha rine wa s informe d tha t the

ca rd ina lsWolfey a nd Camp eiu s defired au dience ,{he came to themwith a nec in oft thread abou t he r

ne ck ,nor wou ld {he re tire wi ththem into he r

p riva le chambe r, a s they requ efie d, tillafte r a con

ference fu chas the poe t hasx given u s.

I ‘ D B M.

That munweighou t my aflllftions.

Fu ller,1

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the tria l , Pop e Cleme nt was feifed wi thfo da ng e hrou s a n illne fs tha t it wasfe a red it wou ld te rmina teonlywi th his l ife . Wolfey, who had be fore be e ntwice a ca ndida te for the p a p acy, a g ainfha

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d hishop esre newe d. Ha d he de c ide d the bufinefsof thed ivorce in favou r of the king ,

“he wou ld have loft

the inte rpofition of the emp e ror, (Lle e n Ka thar ine’s ne p hew,

wi thou twhofe inte re fl he cou ld not

p oflibly fu cce e d. Clement’s re cove ry p u t a n. e nd

toWolfey’sdre am of the p a a cy, a nd e x pofed

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himto the re fe ntme nt of Anne gu l le n a nd he r p a rty,who took inde fa tig able p a ins toince nfe the kinga g ainfi him. This p a rt of Wolfey

’s b illory, t e

p e é’ting the p a p a cy, has not, e x ce p t in one p lace , .

be en tou ched u p on by Shakfp e a re .

S U F F O L K.

'

I do all'

ure you

The king cry’d Ha a t this.

C H A M B, ,E R L A I N

NowCod ince nfe '

hirn,

A nd le t him cryHa ! lou de r.

Henry’sfig n of ,

difp le a fu re was u fu ally markedby a lou d e x p lofion of thEinte rfe étion Ha orHol

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a nd,this

1behavio

~

u r, more fuitable to the hog- drive r

tha n the p rince , ”

fe rve d‘

to‘

te rrify‘ a nd ke e p in awe

hisfl avifh and t imorou s cou rtie rsfix ‘For this p rog

nollic;wasma tte r of the u tmofi difmayto them.

1The re is 3 Rory, in P ol ice’sWorthies, of a we ak

e ffemina te boy, who p e rfona te d He nryVIII . in a

c enta tte n on tha t flory, who cried ho !

in fo me, tha t one Jof his brothe r p e rfortha t

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he a éie glmore l ike a,

moufe

ama n a a nd tha t,if he fpokh ho !‘ wi th no

his.pa rliament_wou ld not. g ra nt him a

enny.of moneyBCHAP

H a N R’

Y“

v111’

.

C H A P T E R XK

a ea ndle .= - Nobler betting fir a nd a

’r favou r witfi tfie King

of Me 3d afi .- Ci65 er a nd

”

lea rning a nd encou rag ement [

cf lea rned men .-Eraj

mm a nd Wolj ey.- T/ie la tter ”: filfifimfip fride‘,

a nd cru elty.- HirfuPerfl itiou ; a nd w

’

ndifiive t em

p era—So] ?mafia—LVi/fon of lzng elr.-Bayer

’r g rand

dance .—

,S>252eenKotfia rine’r cfiarnfi ei

’.

liz abet/i,a r drawn by

Mr .Hume .- Eng la nd

p rincer .—Ca lderone’r

Sp a Playon j /iefizbj efl HenryVIII .

W O L S E Y .’

This c andle /bu rns not cle a r ’t1s I mu tt fnu fi

’

.it;And ou t it goe s.

E a et ion ofColleyCibbe r, in fp e aking this,“

I have he a rd mu chcommended k hfi e wimita te d,

With his fore - fing e r a nd thumb, the e x ting uifhingof a candle wi tha p a irof fnu lfe rs; ,Bu t fu re ly the

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re a de rwi l l l a u gh a t fochmimicry, which, if p ra et ile d, wou ld ma ke a p laye r

’safiion asridicu lou sas

3 mon

Ente r the,king re ading a fche du le .

The whole foen e , to the e nd of the third a él, isthe g ehuine contriva nce of the poe t —Thou g h theKing had g iven Wolfey nt marks of hisdillp le a fu re , a nd oft en ra ted b im inhisboiile rou sman

neg—am

i

d p articu la rly once , a t G ra fton , in Northamp tonlhire , whe n the nob ili ty, who ha ted himk

l a id be ts for a nd a g ainll his re ta ining the king’s

fe étion,

-

ye t, a t tha t t ime , we have a u thori ty tofay, Wolfey fl ood hisg rou nd fo we ll, tha t he de ‘

p a rte d from the king’s p re fe nce withma rks of fa -a

you r ra the r tha n difp le a fu re .—Thiswas the 1t

t ime ofHenry andWolfey’sme e t ing .

K I N G

What pilesofwealthhathhe accumu lated I“

I t 13 impofiible to re ad the 1nve ntoryofWolfey’s

riches, asit fia ndsin‘

ou r Chronic les, wi thou t afl onifhme nt a nd indig na t ion—The wa l lsofhis p a la cewe re cove re d withc lothof g old or c loth of hlve r

his cu p boa rd conta ine d ma lfy p la te of g old—Athou fa nd p i e ces of fine Hol la nd a nd the re fl of the

fu rn i tu re in p roport ion.- To e flima te hisriches a t

ha lf a .million wi l l not, by thofe who ca re fu l ly‘

a t

t e nd to a u the ntic hifloria ns, be fu p pofed to ove r

ta te them. How impove rifhe d a nd wre tche d mu llthe p eop l e be , whe n a p rod ig a l king , a g ra fpingminifl e r, and a fl avilh

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p a rl iame nt, a ll combined todra in them of the irmoney

N o a r .o‘

r. K .

v : f “

f—L—ufi— h My10rd, WC hiveS tood he re obfe rving him. Some fla ng e commotion111111111 amid.

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.

‘ foréighe rs'

, he'

wa s fome time'

s be traye d into tha t

wa rmthof temp e r whichj ui'

lly e x pofed him'

to re

p rehe nfiom In a' dil

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p u te once withWolfey, hewas

_

fofa r tra nl'

por-ted - b

'

eyond himl‘

e lf‘

a s tb'

dra’

wthisdag g e r)”5 The t re fe ntme nt

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which the e a rl fe lt"to the minifie r, ~on

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a ccou nt of the‘

p a rtthe bore in th

‘

e tria lof

his fa the rlin- law,the Du ke ofBu cking ham; indu c

e d ou r poe t tomake u l‘

e ofhis a g e ncy tore p roa ch

the ca rdina l , wi th'

more imp e tuolity a nd bitte rnefs,

thanhe a l lotted to a nyof the other peers’

S U a R {R n };

Fiilt, tha t, withou t the ,1{ing’sconfcng m fi

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,

You wrou g ht to be a le g a te .

The a lTuming the powe r' ofa icg a te was e x p f efi-s.

ly contra ry to a n a ét p a lled in the re ig n ofRicha rdf5

I l. ,a nd left the olie nde r ou t of, elie ,king

’sp rote&ion . .

I t‘wééh howe ve r, difing enuoussand crue l totty thean oblole te 215 1, and Fore x ercifing

tha t powe r, in the face ofthe world, with the king’a r

cou le nt a nd a p p roba t ionAmong ll: above fortya rt icles; which

'w-e re la id to .

hischa rg e , the re wa s a ve ryfing u la r one ‘

f Tha tkn

’

owing hirnfe lf contamina te d wi ththe g re a t p ox ,he had the imp u dence .

to bre a the ,in the

nking

’s

w1Q L

isir: Y .

I

. p o c u h - c o n n - Q o o My highf‘blown Plmeu 4

a.

"” 0"

‘A t leng thbroke u nder me.

C "

The p rops, by whichWoll'

ey’smindwasfu p a

p orted, .

w'

ér‘

e pomp? pride , g ra nde u r,

ma g nificence Lhe fe f onee man had , nor

a t ; n P M Irma " aveQ

'T‘hqp eop le of, Enfind can,“ this time , boafi of

oftsfi rry,‘who isa t

’

ru c frie of libe rty; and a n u ndaimte d

her of the conl‘ritu tion . who e njoyswith:

ofhisg reatn ccftor unmix ed Withhis micelles.

t H E N R Y S VIIL 7

thing from wi thin to fu p p ort his fpirit, he had no

whifp e ring comfortsfrom a n u nfu llie d confcie nce tohe a r him u p a g ainll the t ide of a dve rlity whichwa sre a dyto ove rwhe lm him.

W O L S E Y .

Vain pomp and g lory of the world,I ha te you

'

!i

0.

W i thwha t fac i l i ty (lo—we renou nce wha t we ca n‘

no long e r ke e p ! And 3show l ike chi ldre n do -men

behave , whe n they give u p thofe p laything s from » x

which they a re debarred l

I U E NL .

May have a tomb of orphans te ars wep t on him.

Mayhis tomb be wa fhed with orpha ns te a rs

in g ra t i tu de for hisaé'

tsofju llice to them.

’

Wolfey himfe lf e x e rcifed the oflice of ehance lher wi thou t re p roa ch.

Tha t Cranme r is re tu rn’d with welcome , ” a

Infia ll’d Lord Archbifhop of Ca nte rbu ry, a

Thisis a’

fu fiicie nt p roof, tha t Sufi’olk

“

; in‘

a’

for;

me r p art of the fce ne , me an t tha t Cra nme r was'

re a l lyre tu rne d wi th a f ul l a p p roba t ion of hisop in i~ons a nd not , asMr. Tyrwhit f ug g e lled , tha t hewas come back onlybyhisfchedu les, or~ traconfirming the va l idi tyof a d ivorce ,uhive rfrties ne i the r is it

” l ike ly tha t Cranme rwou ld fe nd tha t by ahothe r Which he cou ld not

bring himfe lfl

w o 1: s 15 its

Che rifh thofe hea rts that bore you . 07

Dr.Wa rbu rton a l tersba te totor isknown to b e a n a rbi tra ry foifle r of hisown

'

fanc ies into the te x t. -He fayl olfe y ne g leéted3

' "3” his

DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES .

h1sde p e ndents the contra ry, in g e ne ra l , is tru e ;when he a nd his re t inu e p a rte d, mu tu a l manife llations of g rie f a nd te nde rne fs we re fe e n on bothtides. Che rifh thofe he a rts tha t ha teyou

’ wasfpoke n in condemna tion ,

of hisown condu él, whohad p rovoke d the nobi l ity by his p ride a nd infol e nce , ra the r than he wou ld foothe them by g e ntle ne fs.

‘ His p roft cu tion of Bu cking ham brou ghta g ainfi

'

him the famfly of Norfolk a nd a ll the irfri e nds, Bu t , a g ain, Che rifh thofe

’

he a rts tha tha te you

’. is, a ccording to the pre ce p t in the

Gofp e l, Bie fs them’

tha t cu rfeyou .

’ This is a

le libn which Shakfp e a re p u ts into the mou thofa he a then : Fl aviu sthe Rewa rd , on the fight ofTimon, his maile r, in mife ry, among ll othe r re ~fieétions, bre aks ou t into this

How ra re ly does it me e t with this time’s g u ll

'

e ,h

When ma n waswifh’d to love his e nemies

I D E M .

Had I bu t fe rv’d myGod withha lfthe ze al:

I'

fe rv’d myking , ,

he wou ld not in mine ag e

Have le ft me naked to mine e nemies.

This fe nte nce,fays .Dr. Johnfon , was re a l ut

‘le re d by Wolfey bu t the wordswhichhe oke

a fter thisfe nte ncé, a sre la ted byHolling fhe ad, a re

equ a l ly p a the t ic, a nd a re well.

worth. efe rvin

“ B u t“it iS '

the aifl rewa rd tha t Iv

mu llpfe ceive or

the : d ilig ent p ains a nd litrdy toba t

‘

I have ha d to do

him le tvice ,1not re g a rding mytfe rvice to‘GQd, bu t

c nly’

tO' fa tisfyhis

Whe n we look ba ck a nd cbnfide r the fore g oingfce ne , from the e ntra nce ofthe Ca rdina l tohisconc lu ding fp e e cha t the e nd of the third a ét, we mu llconfe fs tha t the poe t has wrou g ht u p the wholewithg re a t drama t ic thi l l . The h1fiorical inc idents,or eve n“, a re rendéred ex t reme ly inte

'

re llin

while she , cha racte rs and p a fl iohs of the g re a t p e rfou a g es introdu ce d fu p p ort

'

the dialog ue wi thu hcommonvigou r. The art of Shakfp e are has,i

n

t 9

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A t differe nt t imes the conde fce nde d todhewhim to

ke ns of hissfa vou n a ndw re t u rn ing frie ndlhip . The

ca rdina l . -wa s: fo t ra nfporte d with joy on his,royal.

ma ller’sfe nd ing hin

'

ia ring , which he conce ivedt o be a c e rta in e vide nce of his p rote étio

‘

n,—tha t

he difmou nted 'f rom hishorfe a nd wou ld rece ive iton his kne es. To ma nife ft his g ra t i tu de , ,he

,fe nt

to the ~king , as, the molt va lu a ble of; alhgifts,his

fl al,P a te/1

,

1 whom he had che rilhe d asone re fe rve

of.ha p pinefs, or, a t le a fl, amu feme nt, in hismisfortu ne s bu t the poor ca rdina l wasfiill

' wedded to '

va nity a nd ofl e nta tion a he tra ve l le d toYork, whithe r nhe xwasa oblig ed to

r g o1by. order of the du ke of

Norfolk, weho~thre a te ned, Ifmhe sre fu fe df to u tea r

himin piece sswithhis te e th He travell ed I fay,

wi th~

a re t inu e of one hu ndred a nd fix ty p e rfonsinorde r to be infialle d . The re p a ra t ions, for this;

infla lment , we re e x c e e dingl; ma g nifice nt, a nd

beyond a ll -re a fona b| e l imits This u nha p py re lilh~

for huma n g ra nde u r was», in , a ll p robability,‘

the

immedia te ca u fe ofhis. ru in.

’

Had he rema inedqu ietin his dioce fe

»

, .his~ e nemie 3 stwou ld, p e rha ps,

have be e n a t ria lofsf oa ma tte rt tor e x c ite the ~kihg’s

a ng e r a g ainfl him the re p ort ofhisofte n

ta tiou sma nner p f l iving , Anne Bu l l en, infl ig a tedby the du ke of neve r ce a fed

to p ly the king ‘with'

a ccu fa tionsia g ainlt him; t ill,a t la ll, He

'

nry,7notwithlla ndin

§he had g ranted him

a p a rdomdrawnu p in the mo amp le te rms, , commanded the e ar l of Northumbe rla nd.

to a rre l’t himforhigh trea fOn, a nd bring him to

’

his tria l .’ Wol

fey, who«kt

‘

iew. that his mailer ne ve r ru ined a nyman byha lve s, dre ade d the confequ e nce f omu ch,tha t, Cave ndifh difp a tched himfe lf by a

p owe rfu l dofe .—He ‘

had nolefs, faysHolling fl te ad, .

than fiftyfloolsinone day.

g yneCavendifh.

on r; 2 N.

H E 7 2 3 2

Q U E E N .

c a n Eve r ranking himf‘

e lt’

.

i

Withp rinces.

The ma n whofe ambi t ion aimed "

to be fup e rior'

to a llcrowned he ads; byg e ttingc

p offe ffion of the

p a p a l t ia ra , cou ld ne ver confide r himfe lf as a fu b

j eci; e fp e cia llywhe nhe was a cce pted a nd h'

fa lu ted é

by the fl a tte ring'

titl’

esof frie nd, fa ther, a nd com

fe l lowby emp e rors-a nd king s. H‘ume isofop inion '

tha t,‘

if Wolfeyhad once g a ine d the p a p a cy, the

wou ldjhavehad it in his‘

p owe r .

e amp ly re

p a id hisma fte rf ora llma rks of fa vou r he ha d bellowed on him

,

From the -a rrog a nce . of the man

Llhou ld ra ther ; fu fp eét he would ha ve act ed the

p a rt of Thome s- a oBe cke t, who, from-

a fa i thfu l. fe rva nt to -his. p rince , while a layma n” p rove d,whe n raife d to the fe e of Ca nte rbu ry, __

the g re a te fl:

op pofe r of. his roya l , ma lte r

’

s wi l l . Bu t, not to

dwe l l u pon conjea u re , le t mel

a fle ifWolfey’s PTO

mot ion wou ld have a lte red . the {la te of I ta ly?Wou ld not the emp e rorbe fiilLa s powe rfu l

‘

the re a s

be was—be fore the ca rdina l’s e x altation ? ,Wou ld

'

he not have fou nd it as e a fy tohu mble him as,the

p re cedingl pop e , whom he had be lie g e d in his ca ~

p ita l a nd redu ced to the lafi e x tremi ty? ‘Wolfey

mu ll of nece fiity, have nada p l

ted bis pol i t ics to. his.

‘fitu a tion .

r , H‘

A‘n

die -thig h}:fu’

g genion ,

vy.l all‘

thc kiogq‘

qfij‘

I know noword more forc ible , to e x p re fswhat'

fe ems~

;to be the a u thor’s"me a ning , tha n tyfd.

The —infinu a tionsof an u nfe e l ing ininifl e r, to..fu ade his roya l maile r. te cbaimdown the mindsofhis fu bje&s, cannot be p u t into ftmng e r lang u a g e .

Dr. Fa rme r’s propofed a l te ra tion of tiM’d is infe

riorinitsorig ina l meaning , and deficie nt in its g eaiw

ne ra l a p p l ica tion. Dr. Fa rmer isa molt re fp eéiable name on eve ry accou nt ; but Mr. Toile t hasve ry jui

‘tlyde fe nded a re ad ing whichis fu p ported

by all the editionss

,G R r

'

r r'

r T. a”.

From his cradle ” .

He wasa fcholar, , and a rip e and g ood g ee .“

Wolfey’s love of le arning y a nd his confi

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ant emcou ra g eme nt of it, was the molt amiable p a rt ofhis-

cha rafier.

To the re viva l~’

of l e a rn ing in this na t ion‘he con

tribu ted,

more tha n a ll- b u r c le rg y'

a nd nobili ty.

His mind wasc fu fce p tible'

of tha t s re p u tation and»

g lorywhich the e ncou ra g ement ofw the'

fine a s

a nd the be l l es- le ttre s ca n only be llow, a n honou r”

fu p e rior to the noify fame of mi lita rya tchieveme nts. Wol fe -y was one of the fe le ét

'

few

a g e who e njoye d a ju ft a nd e le g antzta fte for literatu re : iAn hifi

‘

oria n* ha sip refe rved‘fome e x traa s

from a*

rne thod of te a ching and e duca tin

a ddre ffeil by him to the m'

afie rsof a fchool

he ’fob nde d'

a t Ip fwich, in which he hasdifp layed fog ood a flyle , fu ch

' folid j u dgme nt ; a nd a ta fl e forefined what it re fl ects the highe ft honou r up on the~write r.

“Whe n Wolfey fp e a ks of the fifth cla fs,there is, in his

'xod

'

tru étiohs, fome thmgifo milyqi

be ra l , tha t [ cannot forbe a r tra nfcribing t héfa g e

anyti} (1 l ‘l‘ J

il ix ;

u nita fl iGu tbriet ' ” I“

; z.

in l ‘ c

q é v l qo t.

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M S‘

CELLfiNIESV

80 e x ce lle ntin a rt, a nd kill fo tiling ,

Tha t Chrifie ndom {halle ver fp e ak his virtu e

The re is, in thisle g e , a t Ox ford

,~ fome thing

"

? fure ly, tha t looksp rophe t ica l , Ne othe r femina ry in Eu rop e ha s

p e rha p s be e n fo fe rtile‘in p e rfons

- s famou s for u fe fu lle a rning , e x te nt of°g e niu s, a nd e le g ance of ta fie inthe be lles lettresI t iswi th a de g re e

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of‘

p le a fu re I have fe le é’te d

,

from the be ll hifloria ns, p a lfa g es to confirm tha t

dra u g ht of“

the lhining p a rt of Wolfey’s p ortra i t

g ive n by Shakfp e a re . Bu t it ca nnot be controve rted

tha t'

the da rk fhade s of it wa nte d the brig hte fl:t ints to f’e t them off. The emine nt fu p e riority ofhis g e n iu she p rinc ip a l ly emp loye d to the advance

me nt of his own p owe r, inte re fl, a nd g ra nde u r ;his ambi t ion was a s infa tia ble a s his ava rice , a nd ,

wi ththem hisp ride a nd cru e l tywe nt a n equ a l pa ce .

He g a ve ce rta in indica t ions of a l ittle mind, for hewas fu p e rllitiou s and v indict ive .

O ne of thol’

e e normou s croffes, which a lwaysa ccomp a nie d him whe re ve r he we nt, ha p p e n ing ,a t a n e nte rta inme nt

, to fa l l , a nd hu rt one of hisre t inu e , he a lk ed whe the r the blow had fe tched

b lood ? a nd, be ing a nfwe re d in the a ffirma t ive , hecriedMa/um omen a nd re t ired . tohischambe r.

Du ring the t ime tha t he wa s a fchool-ma lie r, a

qu a rre l ha p p e ned be twe e n him a nd Sir JamesP a ule t

,who, to g ra ti fy his a ng e r, ha d VVolfey p u t

into the flocks. -Ma nyye a rs a fte r this fray, .whe n

the Ca rdina lwa s adva nced to the p oll of lord-highcha nce l lor of Eng land, he fe nt for P a u l e t ; a nd,a fte r re p roa ching him fie rnly for his forme r behaviou r to him, he , by his own a u thority, obl ig ed ;

him to rema in in London five or fix ye a rsfit

Holling lhead;

g re ase

H EN R Y vnr. 2 35,

Q U E E N K A T H A R I N E

Gau fe the muficians p lay,mc tha t , fa d note

I ham’d my, kn e ll.

Sad note is, tha t folt a nd melancholy air which”

p le a fe sme .

’

The Emp e ror Cha rl es V . Ka tha rine ’sne phew,

whe n re tire d to the mona fle ryof Ju li, in Eftiema

du ra , ca u fed the folemn dirg e to be p l aye d be forehim whichwas to be p e rforme d a t his fu ne ra l oh~fequies.

The Vifion of Ang e ls.

ND drama t ic a u thor e ve r took fu ch inde fa t ig ablep a ins to fe e d the eye a nd the e a r, a s we l l a s the

u nde rfta nding , as Shakfp e a re . Wha t e fl e ét thisvifion might p rodu c e on the a ud ie nce orig ina l ly 13 ,

not now to be l e a rne d . Tha t it wa s 1e'

p re fe nte d

be foreMrs. Be tte rton, when the acte d Qiie e n Ka»

tha rine ,‘

foon a fte r the Re fl ora tion, is c e rta in.

Thou gh the a u thor thewsfancyin this l i tt l e p a ntormme , ye t it fe ems fitte r, a t pre fe nt, to temp t a n:

a u die nce tomirth and ridisule tha n to fe rions a tte nt ion. The g rave cong e e s, folemn danc ing s, a nd

{la te ly cou rte fies, of the fe a e ria l be ing s, p u t usinm ind of Bayes

’s g ra nd da nc e ; a nd p e rha ps the

Du ke of Buckingham borrowe d a hint of it from.

this vifion., In the third a Et ot the Rehe a rfa’

l

Baye s, chiding the p l aye rs for the ir a u kwa rdne fs:te l ls them they

“da nce worfe than the fa t fpirits

in the Temp efi or the ang e ls1n HenryVIII .’

M« E S S E N G l R

Anfi'

t dike you r g race

K A T H A R I N Ko

Y ou are a fancy fe llow.

The Me fl‘

eng e r, forg e tting to p ayKa tha rine thene fp efi du e tomaje fty, raifesherindig na t ion even

in

2 35 DRAMATIC MISCELLAN IES.

in he r le ft a g ony; a nd thisis tru ly a pa rt of tha t

la dy’scha ra éte r. .Al l the honia g e , whichwasp a id

tohe r be fore the d ivorce , (he determine d to p refe rve to the la t}. The king emp loye d commifl ioncrs to fe tt l e he r hou fe a s P riu e e fs- dowa g e r of

W a le s, whowou ld have p l a c e d fe rva ntsabou t. he r,to t1e a the r as fu ch; bu t thisimp ofition {he rej ect,e d wi thdifdain.

p

The virtu esof Qg e en Ka tha rine are ce lebra tedbya llhifl oria ns. He r form wa s littl

0

re ta in the a ffect ionsof‘fu cha man asHe nry ; bu t ,thou ghhe cau ld not le tter he r , fu chwa she r/ con

form ity tohiswi l l , a nd fu ch the innoce nce of he r.

life , he eve r fp oke of he rwi thg re a t re fp e éi, a ndp rofe ffed the hig he fireve rence ‘

for he r v irtu e s.Tha t Ka tha rine lhou ld p e rfifl in de nying r with

a n ba th, the confumma tion of he r ma rria g e wi thP rince Arthu r, confide ring the evidence whichwas

p rodu ce d of it, hifioria nsin g e neralfe em to - won

de nt " bu t, whe n we refieét . wha t"

.he rfelfit and~he r

dau ghter, the P rince fsMa ry, might lol'

e

'

byo'

wn

ing the comp l e tion of the ma rria g e , we fha ll t athe r, I be lieve , p ityhe r fitu a tion, which redu ced

he r to (o u nha p py a d i lemma , tha n condemn he r

p e rfeve ra nce . The ahfolu tion ofa confe fformightOp e ra te . l ike a ; cha rm u pon her

-mind ; not isit, I”

hop e , u ncha ritable to fu p pofe , tha t fu cha cordia lwou ld not be re fu fed .

Du ring this tru ly-

p a the t ic fce ne , the behaviou rof Mrs. P ri tcha rd, the re p re fe nte r of Ka tha rine ,was re fp eélable ; bu t he r he ft e fl

’

orts cou ld not

re a ch the g ra ce a nd d ig nityof g e llu re , mu chle fs

the he a rt- tou ching te nde rnefs, of Mrs.'

.Porte r.

In this a étre fs it was obfe rved, tha t a ve rybad

voice did not obfirné’t thje fOrcible e x p refiion of e x

cellive gu ef.~

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I’lC

a éle d, fomu ch'

trnth a nd na tu re ; tha t the a u die nce

neve r difmilfed he r withou t ma rks of a p p roba

t fl o z

Le t fme here g ive a n a ne cdote offhe r and Theo.p hilu s Cibbe r.

—I may not, p e rha p s, find a p la cefor it e lfewhe re . She l ived to a g re a t a g e withits.worll comp a nion, p ove rty. A vcha ritable colle élionfwas > fe t Jon foot for he r re l ie f among ft the p laye rs,who neve r tu rn the ir ba cks u ponwant a nd a fflic

t ion. The . Cibbe rwas the n ve ryyou ng a nd wi ld.

When {he a p p l ied to him hisfina nceswe re fo low,tha t he de nied he r with the e x cu fe that he ha d a

.la rg e fami ly. O ~dea r Sir, (fa id Mrs. W i l l is)ca n tha t be ?you have ne i the rwife nor chi ld.

t“ It may‘be fo, (re p lied he ) bu t I have a la rg e

f ami lyofwe er, madam l”—An a ttemp t a t wit »is a

omp e nfa tion for the wa nt of cha rity. I t

ju fily have b e e n re tortedb y the diftrefi'

edmisfortu ne is a g re a t e nemy to p rea nd re p a rte e tha t the Fami ly the

my come dian a l lu de d to,was fu ch a one a S

‘

itou ld be difg ra ce fu l toma inta in, a nd noble to g e t rid

of; a nd which wife condu ét wou ld e nab le him to

a llill eirtuow Fami l ies, infiea d offe e ding hisFami ly

‘C H fi flq

'

c E L L O'

R .

S p eak to the bnfinefs, Mr.l

Sccre tary.

MriTheoba ld, forg et tiu g t ha t Shakfp e are had,.in thisinfla nce , brokc t hrou g hhisorigina l de lig n,iby introdu c ing the confpira cy a ainfi Cra nme r,

w i llhave it tha t the cha nce l lor o the fcene wasSir Thomas .Au dley, ,

fu cce lfor of Sir ThomasMore ; bu t he died in 15 44, twoyearsbe fore the

H E N R Y vnr. 2 5 9

p lanwasconce rted'

to ru in the a rchbifhop . Wrio

the fly was Au dley’s fu cce ll

'

or, and confequ ently,the cha nce llor whom Shakfp e a re me ant.

G A R D I N E R .

Whichre formation mu ll be .fu dde n too

So ave rfe'

was Ga rdine r to a llinnova tion what~

roeve r, a nd fo firm'

a frie nd toe fl ab lithe d e rror, inma tte rs of me re indifi

'

e rence , tha t“

he O p p ofed,wi th a ll 'hismight, the more ac cu ra te p ronu n c iat ion of the Gre ek tong u e , introdu ced by fomele a rned imen into ou r u nive rfities. The P a piflsadhe red to the old me thod; a nd the P rote flants

favou red the new. Thiswas a re a fon ' fufiicientlyp owe rfu l, w ith this hot z e a lot, to emp loy the a uthority

'

of the king a nd cou nc i l to fu p p re fsanyp ropofed re forma t ion in this a rticu la r, byp e rp e tu ating the corru p t fou nd 0 the Gre e k a lpha be t.The p ena l t iesof difobedie nc e , infliéted by G a rdine r, we re whip p ing , de g rada tion,

'

a nd e x p u lfion.

c R o M w 1: L i. .

Wou ld you .were ha lffc honeftjl

Shakfp ea re throws ou t no idle o r ill- fou ndedcharg es. Whe n Ga rdine r was am

’

ba 'ffador a t the

cou rt of Fra nce ,‘be ing e x treme ly ave rfe to the

p rogre fsof a ny e cclefiafiiéa l

‘re forma tion, on which

he ou nd his maile r ve ry intent, it was fu fp e éledtha t he be trayed the intere flofHenry tothe Frenchking .

U R'

R E Y :

Mayit ,p lcsfe you rmajefty

x 1'

N G .

No, Sir,tit does not p lea fe me.

This ang ry inte rru p tion of the king is always

u ttered wnhvehemence . And this event fa llmgou t

ou t‘a ye a r be fore the king

’sdeath, the a uthor

tozpoint ou t Henry’s fix ed ave rfion to the e a rl ;

whom w i th his fa the r, the du ke“

of Norfolk, he

p rofe cu ted with ine x p iab le , rag e . The p re tende d

asqu a rte ring the king’sa rms wi th

their frown ; a

v

p ra‘

éti'

ce ju flifie d’

by the he ra lds. Forthis,

“

a nd other friuolous p re sence s,~ the earl was

‘

by' a ju ry. of

“

commone rs a nd c ondemned to

die . His defence : wasnoble , be comsihg hlS r bll’

tlis

and his u ndaunte d fpirit. He was e x e cu ted abou t

ten ye a rs b efore Henry died. The humble fu bmillion of the duke availefl shun . norm : all hisfe rvices, in,

de fea ting the Scotsand fubduing ffeveral.reb e llions

'

within the king domr'were forgotte n“

The rlting ap prehended tha t the duke and lhis fontwould diflurlr the fe ttleme nfl of

‘

ove rnrnent whichhe had p lanned for Edwa rd, is. fu ccefi

‘

or ; he ,

the re fore de te rmined ' to .g e t .rid of them b a the

nor cou ld his a p proaching dea th, nor the fe nfe Of‘

the e normous cru e l ties he had. committed, lbftcfnthis fava g e a nd o

‘

bdu ra te mind. Be ing u nab le to

{ ig n his name to the wa rra nt for the duke’s e x e cu

t ion, he ma de -

rife of a fe e l contrive d‘ fort ha t p u r

pofe : ha p p i ly the king d ied be fore the .

p ointe d for Norfolk’s ex ecu t ion .

’

l}‘he

thou ght it wou ld be u npopu lar to be g in the new

reig n w ith the de a thol h pop ula

as~the duke of Norfolk;

c A it n R.

Witha tru e he art and brothe r’s love.

The king obl ig esGardine r to embrace Cranmer

twice . The coldne fsof' the la tterg whoe ou ld not

c once al his ha tred a t the firll . embra ce , cau fes a

fmothe red la u gh lu g t whe n, a t

the king’s

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a nc ie ntsweie ‘of Op inion tha t ka ll

tma

we re rema rkable for vig'

ou r in .

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h p ine l'

sof fig ht . r

n the O dyfl’

ey, book the ,13th,

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bra fs wnvoea 26W " which is tra nfl a ted Vire:

firing/inn: m . In‘

the Sympofia es of'iP Iu tarch'

,book

the 3d, there is a'

ve ry,cu riou‘s

eb bfe rvation upon

the powe rof brais to invigo

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rafte‘

the

and e ve n to refiore lb’

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anfl a ted by’tu the

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.aéris,,morait t

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feng p e r ocu lorum

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p a jp e braa nu da taa

,fu e ra nt

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illinc conve liiu ntu r. Au ra e nimfl qum e x

a re p roce dit , in ocu los incide ns, ha u tit ct e x‘

cca t qu od ma le infl uit, {Hide e t Home ru s m9

do sumogz u‘gqmg 1”v

ita e

has c

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Bra fs re ems ti)have the fame p

owe r to e the lig ht, t ha tVenu shad to g ive bri l l ia nce to the

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fit lz tosocu lis afliarat honores.

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C R,sA N MiE R .

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u cce ed.

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by Shak“ fp e are , is not u nl ike tha t e nte rtaine d‘bymot}Englilhme n a nd a ll fore ig ne rs t i l l ve ry. la te ly.

'I t'

is

now becdme a lniofl a fa fhion to decla im'

viole nt lyag ainfthe r, a nd re pre fe nt he ras a moftdifa gve e ablewoman a nd a tyra nnica lA ve ry e le g a nt wri te r e

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be tvh e ri

thre e emine nt p e rfons, compol'

ed a molt fe ve re

inquifitibn into he r p‘

riva te ahd p u bl ic condu& . Ade tection of de formit ies faved from obl ivion ; the

p ubl ica t ion ofwhich can anfwe r no ra tiona l p u np ole ,

2 43

p ofe ;»might,

‘ ‘I think,"

wi th fu bmiflion, «have been

fp a red. Era fe tshe rname ofElizabe thfromthe taa a log u e of g ood Eng lith mona rchs, a ndtthe a cu tefiifight wi l l fc a rce ly be able to point ou tlonewfrom the Conqu e fi to the R evolu tion rI mean,thy a g ood p rinc e , o ne that confu lts, in the g eneralt e ndrofhisc017dufi ; the re a l in

‘

te refl of the p eo le .

I t -is p le a fa nt e nou ghtofind, tha t Mr. Add'

p n,who, in all the wri t

,

sin’

which‘

he had occafion‘

tome ntion thislady, poke of her w i ththe'

hige u log ium,

is, in this dia log u e , made to‘

hold thefca lping

- knife , and diffefi he r a feve rity a nd

k e e nne fs ve rydiffe re nt from his a fnaiflyle'

ofwriting . This is fira ng e ly a ccou nted for by the

re ve rend and le arned writ e r, whoiteils u s, that

Addifon’s p u blic and p riva te ,Op inion of this g re at

p rincefswe re ve ry difcorda ntfl ,This e x ote ri

‘

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e fote ric 'dofi rine is e x treme ly fa nc ifu l a rid dang erous ; for, a ccording

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'

writing s e x tols the'

cha raf&e r a nd pol it ica l condu & of thisqu e e n b eyond

‘me a fu re ,’

be int rodu ced as a mhfl :b it te r fa tirifl ag ainfthe r.

Afte r all, if we e xamine her Vme rit itmu fibe from a d iffe re nt p rinc ip l e‘than tha t whichfe ems to have g u ided the p e n of thisemine ntwri te r.W e thou ld confide r he r a s living

"a t

‘a t ime whe n

the p re rog aiive wa s fu p e rior to law,

. afnd not as

if {he ha d‘re igne d whe n the bou nda ries be twe en

the p rince and the p e op le we re fix e d'

a t fthe Re volu tion To bring he r condu ct to a te ft, on doctrines?a nd Cfu floms’

ei’ca blifh‘

cd e a t

wou ld vbe to t ryhe

Mr; Hume, in

ma nne r,,shasfa irly

DRAMATIC : MIsCELLANIEs.

rp u blic‘

from the p riva te cha ra éie r; {he ha sconfider fi

e d he r as a grsa tiqna l,be ing , p la ce d inau thority a nd

e ntru fted wi th ,

the zg ove rnment'

of ma nkind. We

y, fays thisfag a ciou s writer, find tit - difiicu lt ’tore conci le ou r Fa ncy

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or za millre fs

’

;Jhu t

,he rqu alitiesas .a fovereig n, t

confrdg rable e x ce p t ions; a re the .

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raEte rtis rnotgthe bufi’

pcfs whofis not~

ca lledp pon to go far the r g

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‘

g iven the fair‘

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fu chas a .

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p erhapsf asho cou ld be a r ; anddou bt oiir a u thor’s

g ht a fte r, which, inrhap s

-bq' u tte rlydif

g rilling »

; withe fs{the L ife and Dea thof King John,a nd hisRicha rd Illh p rince s

'more‘

ofi'

e nfilve to hu

mahity tha n' eVen 'He nryVIII ..To

,

‘the worfi

,

“

and‘

molig a rbitrary,

-kings thisna tion

,hase ve ntu a lly been indebted for,

itsrg re‘

a te ft

ha p pine fs. John’s

‘

e x cEefl ive cruelty a nd op pre ffion p roduced Mag ma Cha rta . The

,v iole nc e i

-

e f.He n. VJII . fre e d ~Eng land

’frt>m ipa p al zpow’

e r and

, thmpopifhre lig ion. To the we ak a nd obllina te ef

forts of Ja .

‘11. to e x te nd the p re rog a tiVe beyond

law, jwe owe theife ttlement a t the Revohitionza hd

the fiicce liion of the Ha nover llineIna p lay, c a l led La Gihna

'

de 'lng la te rra , Ca lderone , the '

ce le bra te d Sp a nifh ipoe t, has treated. of

the ‘fu bjeét of « Henry’sdivome .

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, The chaia éters ofa nd Qg e e riKa the rine , a re n ot t i ll‘Kingry ihdeed, . he fma‘kes c orbfci

ou sof act ing i l l a ll throu gh the p l ay 5 his‘violérrtlove

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in drama tic fl amina , g re a tly'

infe rior xo the Eng lifh

p lay. ”

Ca lde rone bre aks throu ghthe u nit iesof t imea nd p lace as fre e ly asonr

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a u thor:

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E -X to v 0141213 2 ,

Q ; A,

. 1 l

CTZEON a nd Di ana , p t 184.

Afiors ofHe nry t h and the P rince 01"Wale s,

A ldifon, 12 2 , 243 .

fEfchylu s,A l l e g ia nce of fu bjeéts

'

, cond i tional, 36 37Ane cdotes of Cibbe r, 3

Barry, 9 .

Qg e e n Elehnor‘r-Mlife tofiéuisVI lf i4

W a lke r a nd Bowma n, 2 5“ P rince Arthu r a nd K. John, 2 6, 2 8, 36 ,

g ewa te r, 39.

1, 5 6 ,Mr. Ramfay, 69.

—L6 u isX IV 7Rog e r Afcham a nd Bayle , re la t ive to Ita ly,

Richarsd II . and the D of Glof

’ce r, 76x

lo’mof Ga u nt, 78

—80

hamu e l Ste phe ns, 8 2 , 83the t imes of SirRobe rtWa lpolé, 8 5 , 86 .

— Richa rd II , 86 , 99, 110; 111.

-Wi l l iam 111. 87—Tom Cha pma n, 93 , 94;—a comp anyof firol

le rs, 163 , 4041.- He nry IV. 114, 11 5 , 12 1.

a g amefie rp t62He nry“VIII of Eng l and , a nd Francis oi;

i1 »i ) Fra nce , 192 ,

Henry VlI l. a nd the Daike o Su ffolk, 2 12—Lady Ca tha rine , 2 14.

“1

Ca rd ina l Wolfey, 2 30

the E of Su rrya nd theDu lreofNorfolk,Arbu thnot, 174A rifiotle , 174, 175 .

Arthu r, 2 6 36, & c. &c.

p a the tic fp ecch of, 34A l

'

cha tm Rog e r, hisde fcrip tion of Italy, 75M 4

com—um

M “

2 48 1,N

fift

gm, a fon of.Tonyhfion, 16 5 .

t enaeu s,

A u dley,Q 0

1

6

] Oi 2 3 (i“ It

A u me rle in Richa rd II. 100.

A u ftrra 1n King john, a fl ed'

hyWinlt‘

one , 2 2

Baker, 8 p aviou r,: a ndza cormc za éi’tor,”

Ba le’sChronicl e , 167.

i

Ba rdol p h, 2 41., 1101i! l‘h

Ba rring ton, 80.

Barry, 8, 13 1, za

i

t i‘n . ) ,1

“ his Hotfp u r, 12 8 .

hisHe nry IV. 179, 180.

Ba fla rdg-Cc ene’

inzaKing johnffi 1 it "

Ba tt l e ofMirabe l ,Bayea

’s

. g rand dance ; 2 3Be cke t, 2 3 1.Be l l amy, (Mrs) 2 3. 0 1

, 1; ,nrin L g nu

‘

Bancroft, 19 5 013 ” M

Benfield, 18i

Q‘a’lK aim 1~

BB otfp tn

~ fdr-Fdfia%}12 5 ;'

137.Be t te rton, (Mrs.) 2 3 5 33 .a - 1

w1

Bird , £86 . J m

Blount, 1136 ,

Boheme , 146 .

Boling broke a nd Richanrh 1 1; 1

‘

(Lord);his chera éha'

r, 11 2 32'

ane cdote of. him,. 1440

;

a nd Q xe en El izabe th, . 2 143 .

Bornanimfii'l 5”

‘

13‘1. f ‘1-3~

the Contempmtaryen etleriortu pLary’

e d the Ch.

Julius .ins thévf Se cond , Harvell-Mew the

Fou rth, 160. if ; , a 1E1n r

Booth’sHotfp u r, 12 5 , 14g ;

Bomhtam‘

iCibb'

ea, 1'

”

Ea t;a nd Ha rp er, 1 5 2 , 1 5 3 .

1110 11

—his Fa lflafi‘

. 138.

Wi lkes, a nd Cibbe r, 1

“ his Henry Vlll. zook'

zoé. 2 2.5 l. u r o wiqiv

‘I-j 7d “

a

g o?! Bfl e tltfifi

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Cha rafie rsof Richa rd

v

II

7

Henry IV.

’

ofFra nce , Charles 11. a nd Lou isof He nry IV. 177.

Cha rles V_Emp e ror ofGe rmany, and Fra ncis I . King

OiFra nce , 7 -5 8—a nd H e nry \

7I II . of Eng l a nd , 196.

Chiva l ry, a fp u r to noble actions, 1 10.

Chrztl-Chu rchCe llcg e , O x ford , 2 34.

C bbe r, 2 , 3 5 , &c.

his va nity, 2 ; 2 93

qu ie t lywithlrawshis P a p alTyra nny, whichwasa play a lt e re d from Sha kfp e a re

’5 King John, 3 .

why irfe rior toMa ck l in‘°

tn P a nc u lph, 2 3 .

- his a vice difre arde d byMrs. P°

ritchard, 2-h

°

a a l te ra tion o King John; 19 , &c.

no frie nd to Jonfon, the a fte r, 172 .

— l1is"andu p h, 2 3 .

—his lin esdcfcrip tive of the Pop e sinte rdifiion, so.—his a dmirabl e a ion in Shallow, 171.

—ca l l3 himfe lf a n 1m1t a tor, rbia’.

hisCa rdina l Wolfey, .

197, 206

a nd MofIOp criticife d'

, ,2 2 9

Cibber (Theop hilu s,) the Son of Col l ehis p e rformance of Pifiol, 164, 16 5 .

her LadyConfiance , 2 0, 2 1, 3 1-

32 .

Civi l wa r, 180

Cla rence a nd HenryIV. 1761

Cl arke , who a fte d the Groom°

1n Richard II . 199.Fru m -the original Filch111the Be g g ar

’

s

-his°

emp loyme nt 611 the fia g e , 108.

a—a- a necdote ofhirriand Rich, ibid.

—re tires toHammerfmith, 109.

Cl emen t VII . 2 14, 2 16 .

Cockaine , (SirA fl on)hisVe rfes nHu nniemanl,

’

nu'

a ftor ofwome n’s p a rts ,

183 .

Coria t’se x p l ana tion 61111 fira p ado,

CPX’ ‘SgCranme r, Arc bifhop of Ca rite rhu ry, 2 12 , fl 7.

Cru fades, 115 , 117.5

Dante’s

” Inferno, 3d.~°

4i

I N ' D ‘

E X.

Dié lane y 3—not e x ce l l ent in K. John, 5hisRicha rd [L80, 89.

e fa g u lie rS , (Db ) mficient'

in c a t- lang u ag e ,De vil,‘p ictu re ofhim, 1 !

Diodoru s Sicu lu s, 174.

Dig g es, in Woléfcy, .197'

Dog g e t , 171;

w g lag-Gawin , 17fia g e

-bifioria n} if.

Du bl in, a rchbiflw p of, commende d, r

Edward the B l ack Prince , 87:E l e a nor, (Q uee n) he r Characte r;

‘

13 , 1- ~i1er re a fon for p re fe rring K. John to A l'thfl fl

‘

j fi.

13 5 , 18 8 ,Eng la nd moi} 1nde bte d toErafmus a nd

' Wolfe fv, 1 2 3 3.

E3351)! on the cha raéter of

Eu rip id es, 12 3.

Ex tortion of Richard I I;-H—e nry

> lll. a nd j ames Inibr’

d .

Farce bridg e , viewmg the‘de a d bodyof

‘Arthu r, s43 1 ;Fa l cone r, 175 .

Fami

a fl“, «a nd hfiimme nt rivaisfrz 141

1

- . and Hotfp u r, 1 5 2 .1

.

m fu p p ofed tobe the fame withSir john Cldé’

aflief f.

1 18.

” his fu p e riorwit, 133 ;- feve 1‘a l afl orsof- this p art, 137, 141.

f

.

va in a ttemp t to re fcu e 1hi111: from the cha rg e oF‘

coward ic e , .1 5 1, 15 213 .

and Sha l low, 170.

- 1a nd'

Hip°

pocra tes,Fa rme r (Dr.) and Mr. Ste evens, 1 17, 148, 149. 1

andMr Toilet, 2 3 2 .

Fe rd ina nd , K. of Sp ain, his characte r; 2 16.

2 5 2 i: I N D E X .

Foote , 119.5 4 5 ml .

a nd Ga rrick , 1w: :

Fofl e r, 173 .r ,

1.14mi?ail

Fra nco; Philip n afl ns, .6 6, .hisrchara éite fi;Ln9 . 5mmifF re de rick , Prince of Wa les, 1

H arm‘h

Fre nch fa fl lions, 2 07.

x,1 n ew

Fu l l e r’s ch a ra ct e ro re en Ka tharine f v'

z z t .’

Worthie s, 2 17.

charafie rf,-

z39;

Hip pifiey’s, a nttTafi'

qe ll’smp f e fe ntar

t ion ofhfimf2 41" 3 5 3 ? ,

3 Mu d

M fu fp efie d of t re a che ry , 2 39. 8 5.

a nd Cranme r , 2 40.

Ga rrick , 8, 2 1, 30, 143 . t

infe r ior torTomaWa l ke r: in Far]cha va ft

t rifl ing :

h is

G ‘

t i. t fi111_ f

I .‘3

f l)

ffl’ l 0

George“

I . a nd

Gifi’a rd a rid Booth , a n a ne cdotic of, l 2 5 , I 2 6.

f i , 11 1’

GGre en r oom fcu ffl e , r30, 13 1

GroominRichard toy.

Hale mimicke d by Ga rrick , 4.

H a l l am , (Mrs)4,

hertz/d d? confifin¢ e , .S, 2 0, a 5 3 s

he r principa l pa r ts in cpmedy, anagtrag edyr, 5 .

he r de a t h , ibid .

H a l l am , the a ctor ofA ume rlefiamimitattop ofWilkfi,rl% ~

Ha l l e r , 174,r a s: . tE .fl j

‘ mu s"

H aml e t, 1 5 5 .

Hamme r, Th eobald, amd'WIarbwton,.

rzfio, L.

Harpe r’s Falftafi‘

, 138.

” w e -Henry VIII . zoo,

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Hip pifl ey, h i s Ga rd ine r 111Henry VIII.Hippocra te s , 174Hiltoria Hifirionica, 18 1 a .

Hillriorr a lfix , byWil l iam Prynne , . 180.

Hoga rth, 16 5 .

Holbe ck , . 166 .

Holling fl re a d, 69 ,&c . 81C.

Home r s O dyfl'

ey,a p afi

‘

a g e comp a redwi th one 111Rich. I I.

Home r a nd Shakl'

p e are r 12 4Horton, (Mrs her gre a t beauty , 103

laying fwithfirolle rs a t Windfor, Mid .

fier ff irited a ddrefir tothe and ie nee x ce led byM rs. Pr i tcha rd,he r coqu e t ry , ibid .

refufie d a la rge fe ttleme nt, 1115 .he r d e a th , ibid.

Hotfp u r a nd Eteoc l e s , 12 3 , 1 24.

his d e a th, 1 5 1.Hube rt in K. john, chara ftex Of, 3 2 , .33 , 34, c

the a ctors Of th is p a rt de fcribe d , 39fce ne be twe en him .a nd A rthur” 3 2—36;fcen e be twe e n h1ma and the king, 38

Hume . 2 4.40. 173. 2 04re fu ted , 2 3 1.

Hu nniema n, 18Hu rd (Il a ) a nd Mr.Hume ,

diflike to the Thdor1 8-his love a nd rcg a r lfor Shakfp e are , 189,

- a nd la d Stewa rt 2 11.

j ame sInte rdifl of th e pope d e fcribed, 5 0John (King) refig nshis crown to the pop e .49

a fecond time , 5 1.h i s difire fs, o5 °h is cha ra fl e r, 60, 6L.

01111of Gaunt , 78, 79 , 170, 241ohnfon.(Dr )4445 » 48 78, 13 5

,

3911Stceg cns, 115 ; 15 9.]Oh

i

nf

t

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i

n,

I N D E X 2 5 5

johnfon (Dr.) his difiribu tion'

ofl certain'

1i11es in the

Se cond Pa rt of Henry IV. 1

56 .

Johnfon, (commonly ca l l ed ta l johnfon,) b ise ction 1111

of Gaunt,Jo

Sha lefp eare , 15 5 , 190.

1133 5 833 11118 , 190.

Jonfon, the 1161013 1 7, 172 .

I ncid e nts conta ine d ln the p l a y of He nry VI II. 2 37.I t a ly inSha kfp e are

’ls t ime , ga v e fa fhionsto a IlEu rOPe;75~,

de fcrip tion of, by Afcham a nd Baylé, iéid.—byMa ch ia ve l , 76 .

K

Ka th a rine and Griffit h in' He nry VIII . 177.

he r re ce pt ion of Wolfey and Camp eiu s, n o.

a n a dvoca te for the p eop l e , 2 02 .

not pl a ce d p rope rly a t the t ria l, 1 1 5 .

he r cha raéte r, 2 2 1,a nd Cha rhsV. Empe ror of Ge rma ny, 2 3 5 .

Kempe ; the origina l 216e of Sha llow,

Ki ld a re (Ea rl of) 2 09.

King John, 1,th re e playswriten onthe fam e fuhjeét, r.

firtt p u blilhe d in 16 2 3, 2 .

re v ive d by Rich , w1th i ts fu cce fs, a nd an

a ccount of the a élors , 3. 5 .

p a fl'

a g es e xpl a ine d , 6 , 7, 12 , 1 5 , 16 , 17,2 1. 2 3 . 2 4. 2 9 .43.45 . 5 0. 5 1. 5 3 3 ,

54. 5 5 . 5 7»conj e étu

r es conce rning the ; p fl nctp a l a ctorsin King j ohn, 6 2 .

among Sha ltfp e ar’s tra g e dtes, 63.

Kings t h a t v iol a te t he ir corona t ion oa t h difcharg e th(obje ctsfrom th e ir a l l e ia nce . 36 .

ofEn l and confife red London as a p l ace theymig t fa te ly pilla g e , 106, 107

Kynafion, 146 .

La cy , a p l aye r ofFa lfia ff. 12 0.

not me nt ione d in Gibbe r’s Apology, 5 5 17.

wrote thre e p l a ys—Hisde a t h , zéid.

la te manag e r ofDru ryLane, 12 6 5

2 5 6“ I N D E

.

X o

Lady 2 6-101: and;Noah-umberland.La ngbaine , 120.

m ama.13431» 5

Lew1s a nd Pa lme r, infe r ior in thn rince ofiWales toWi lks , 147:

Lincoln’s-inn - figlds playhg nfieLoa ns a nd Be ne vole nce s, 2 02 .

Long Pa rl iame nt f‘ofi ds allfilag e

lp lays,

Love ’s 149 .

Edwin, e original p erfOrmeraofiig‘alfiafi}

180 1815 182 , 186 .

Ma chiave l , 76 .Ma ck l in, re afonswhy

whe fl lqlllql ae t thaye a ttcdé’apl

Ma croblu s, 2 42 .

Ma gna Cha ng . 331Ma lone

Ma lp as Lord, rep e rte e of,Mande lfo, 136 .

Ma nd e v i l le , Dr. 79.

-109Ht 0£‘b m .

Ma nny , SirWi l l iam, 12 1.

Ma r lborou ghand (31116 111.Ma rlow, 2 , 34.

Wrmiqn.‘186~M3 5 09Ma ry que e nM UMMafiing e r, 2 8, 143 . fr ;Mm}.Wires, of.Wmdfonfi nd 11111161025 .Who—alarm

.in 111 3 39 .

Me z e ra y , 1 5 .

146 .

a t tempt s Falfiafi’

, 138.

h i s de a th , ‘78 ' 1 1 1’

11? e"! t s

Mil ton, 2 3 35.

Mi lwa rd , 1711,

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Pe te r of Pomfre t’s 37.

‘1 1.

he a nd”

Au g u fiu sof Fra nce , his eh

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ara ftem{ c ha rs . u i

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ll. bulb a nd of Q Ma ry, 88 . é—I~in the t

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afl e rr

n

P l anta ge ne t prince s , 99;” f :

ct “U n

i" ;

P lu ta rch , 1 2 3K 1‘1 1: xi

iifi‘iwv‘

g‘Pol l a r d, 186 18 333 1131

Polydore Virgi l , 19 2 me g dorm ” .

Pa p e, 13, 160, qu l

the ce nfifre d , a,

d efcrip tion,hisinte rdiftion de fe ribed ,

5

Porte r, (Mrs )her qu e e n'Katharine

,

2 06 ,

Powe l , (Georg e )" his intemp e rance , iid.hisFa litafi

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