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not be de   fashion pour le ladies   of France…  I cannot   tell vat   is baiser  en 

Anglish。 KING HENRY。 To kiss。 ALICE。 Your Majestee entendre  bettre 

que moi。 KING HENRY。 It is not a fashion for the maids in France to kiss 

before   they   are   married;   would   she   say?   ALICE。   Oui;   vraiment。   KING 

HENRY。 O Kate; nice customs curtsy to great kings。 Dear Kate; you and I 

cannot be confin'd within the weak list of a country's fashion; we are the 

makers of manners; Kate; and the liberty that follows our places stops the 

mouth of all find…faults… as I will do yours for upholding the nice fashion 

of   your   country   in   denying   me   a   kiss;   therefore;   patiently   and   yielding。 

'Kissing      her'  You    have    witchcraft    in  your   lips;  Kate:    there   is  more 

eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the tongues of the 

       French council; and they should sooner persuade Henry of England 

than a general petition of monarchs。 Here comes your father。 

       Enter the FRENCH POWER and the ENGLISH LORDS 

       BURGUNDY。 God save your Majesty! My royal cousin; Teach you 

our   princess   English?   KING   HENRY。   I   would   have   her   learn;   my   fair 

cousin; how perfectly I love her; and that is good English。 BURGUNDY。 

Is she not apt? KING HENRY。 Our tongue is rough; coz; and my condition 

is   not   smooth;   so   that;   having   neither   the   voice   nor  the  heart   of   flattery 

about   me;   I   cannot   so   conjure   up   the   spirit   of   love   in   her   that   he   will 

appear   in   his   true   likeness。   BURGUNDY。   Pardon   the   frankness   of   my 

mirth; if I answer you for that。 If you would conjure in her; you must make 

a circle; if conjure up love in her in his true likeness; he must appear naked 



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and blind。 Can you blame her; then; being a maid yet ros'd over with the 

virgin   crimson   of   modesty;   if   she   deny  the   appearance   of   a   naked   blind 

boy in her naked seeing self? It were; my lord; a hard condition for a maid 

to consign to。 KING HENRY。 Yet they do wink and yield; as love is blind 

and   enforces。   BURGUNDY。 They   are   then   excus'd;   my   lord;   when   they 

see   not   what   they   do。   KING   HENRY。   Then;   good   my   lord;   teach   your 

cousin to consent winking。 BURGUNDY。 I will wink on her to consent; 

my   lord;   if   you   will   teach   her   to   know   my   meaning;   for   maids       well 

summer'd and warm kept are like flies at Bartholomew…tide; blind; though 

they   have   their   eyes;   and   then   they   will   endure   handling;   which   before 

would not abide looking on。 KING  HENRY。 This moral   ties me over   to 

time and   a   hot   summer;   and so   I   shall   catch   the   fly;   your   cousin;   in the 

latter end; and she must be blind too。 BURGUNDY。 As love is; my lord; 

before it loves。 KING HENRY。 It is so; and you may; some of you; thank 

love for my blindness; who cannot see many a fair French city for one fair 

French maid that stands in my way。 FRENCH KING。 Yes;   my lord; you 

see   them   perspectively;       the   cities   turned   into   a   maid;   for   they   are   all 

girdled   with   maiden   walls   that   war   hath   never   ent'red。   KING   HENRY。 

Shall Kate be my wife? FRENCH KING。 So please you。 KING HENRY。 I 

am content; so the maiden cities you talk of may wait on her; so the maid 

that   stood   in   the   way   for   my   wish   shall   show   me   the   way   to   my   will。 

FRENCH          KING。     We    have    consented      to  all  terms    of   reason。    KING 

HENRY。 Is't so; my lords of England? WESTMORELAND。 The king hath 

granted every article: His daughter first; and then in sequel; all; According 

to their firm proposed natures。 EXETER。 Only he hath not yet subscribed 

this: Where   your   Majesty  demands   that   the   King   of   France;   having   any 

occasion   to   write   for   matter   of   grant;   shall   name   your   Highness   in   this 

form   and   with   this   addition;   in   French;   Notre   tres   cher   fils   Henri;   Roi 

d'Angleterre; Heritier de France; and thus in Latin; Praeclarissimus filius 

noster   Henricus;   Rex Angliae   et   Haeres   Franciae。   FRENCH   KING。   Nor 

this I have not; brother; so denied But our request shall make me let it pass。 

KING HENRY。 I pray  you; then; in   love and dear  alliance; Let that   one 

article rank with the rest; And thereupon give me your daughter。 FRENCH 

KING。 Take her; fair son; and from her blood raise up Issue to me; that the 



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contending   kingdoms   Of   France   and   England;   whose   very   shores   look 

pale With envy of each other's happiness; May cease their hatred; and this 

dear   conjunction   Plant   neighbourhood   and   Christian…like   accord   In   their 

sweet bosoms; that never war advance His bleeding sword 'twixt England 

and   fair   France。   LORDS。 Amen!   KING   HENRY。   Now;   welcome;   Kate; 

and   bear   me   witness   all;   That   here   I   kiss   her   as   my   sovereign   queen。 

'Flourish'     QUEEN       ISABEL。      God;    the   best  maker     of  all  marriages; 

Combine your hearts in one; your realms in one! As man and wife; being 

two; are one in love; So be there 'twixt your kingdoms such a spousal That 

never may ill office or fell jealousy; Which troubles oft the bed of blessed 

marriage;   Thrust   in   between      the   paction  of  these   kingdoms;   To     make 

divorce of their incorporate league; That English may as French; French 

Englishmen;       Receive    each   other。  God    speak   this   Amen!   ALL。   Amen! 

KING HENRY。 Prepare we for our marriage; on which day; My Lord of 

Burgundy; we'll take your oath; And all the peers'; for surety of our leagues。 

Then shall I swear to Kate; and you to me; And may our oaths well kept 

and prosp'rous be! Sennet。 Exeunt 

     EPILOGUE EPILOGUE。 

       Enter CHORUS 

       CHORUS。   Thus   far;   with   rough   and   all…unable   pen;   Our   bending 

author     hath   pursu'd   the   story;  In  little  room    confining    mighty    men; 

Mangling by starts the full course of their glory。 Small time; but; in that 

small; most greatly lived This star of England。 Fortune made his sword; 

By   which   the   world's   best   garden   he   achieved;   And   of   it   left   his   son 

imperial lord。 Henry the Sixth; in infant bands crown'd king Of France and 

England; did   this   king succeed; Whose state so   many  had   the   managing 

That they  lost   France   and   made   his   England   bleed; Which oft   our   stage 

hath shown; and; for their sake; In your fair minds let this acceptance take。 

Exit 

     THE END 



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