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Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].

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SCENE VI. Enter Erpingham.

Erp.
My Lord, your Nobles, jealous of your absence,
Seek through your camp to find you.

K. Henry.
Good old Knight,
Collect them all together at my tent:
I'll be before thee.

Erp.
I shall do't, my Lord. [Exit.

K. Henry.
O God of battles! steel my soldiers hearts;

-- 444 --

Possess them not with fear; ⁸ ^note

take from them now
The sense of reck'ning; lest th' opposed numbers
Pluck their hearts from them.—Not to day, O Lord,
O not to day, think not upon the fault
My father made in compassing the crown.
I Richard's body have interred new,
And on it have bestow'd more contrite tears,
Than from it issu'd forced drops of blood.
Five hundred Poor I have in yearly pay,
Who twice a-day their wither'd hands hold up
Tow'rd heaven to pardon blood; and I have built
Two chauntries, where the sad and solemn priests
Sing still for Richard's soul. More will I do;
Tho' all that I can do, is nothing worth,
⁹ ^note

Since that my penitence comes after all,
Imploring pardon.

-- 445 --

Enter Gloucester.

Glou.
My Liege.

K. Henry.
My brother Glo'ster's voice?
I know thy errand, I will go with thee,
The day, my friends, and all things stay for me. [Exeunt.
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