ACT FOURTH
Scene One
[Paris. A Room of State]
Enter King, Gloucester, Winchester, York, Suffolk, Somerset, Warwick, Talbot, Exeter, and Governor.
Glo. Lord bishop, set the crown upon his head.
Win. God save King Henry, of that name the sixth.
Glo. Now, Governor of Paris, take your oath,—
[Governor kneels.]
That you elect no other king but him, 4
Esteem none friends but such as are his friends,
And none your foes but such as shall pretend
Malicious practices against his state:
This shall ye do, so help you righteous God! 8
[The Governor takes the oath and exit.]
Enter Fastolfe.
Fast. My gracious sovereign, as I rode from Calais,
To haste unto your coronation,
A letter was deliver'd to my hands,
Writ to your Grace from the Duke of Burgundy. 12
Tal. Shame to the Duke of Burgundy and thee!
I vow'd, base knight, when I did meet thee next,
To tear the garter from thy craven's leg;
[Plucking it off.]
Which I have done, because unworthily 16
Thou wast installed in that high degree.
Pardon me, princely Henry, and the rest:
This dastard, at the battle of Patay,
Act Fourth, Scene One; cf. n.
4 elect: accept
6 pretend: purpose
15 the garter: Order of the Garter
19 Patay; cf. n.
