Historical Episode

Enter Chorus.

Chor.
Vouchsafe to those that have not read the story,
That I may prompt them.
Now we bear the king
Towards Calais: cgrant him there; there seen,
Heave him away upon your winged thoughts
Athwart the sea. Behold, the English beach
Pales in the flood with men, with wives, and boys,
Whose shouts and claps out-voice the deep-mouth'd sea,
Which, like a mighty whiffler^{1 note} 'fore the king
Seems to prepare his way: so let him land;
And solemnly, see him set on to London.
So swift a pace hath thought, that even now
You may imagine him upon Blackheath.
How London doth pour out her citizens!
The mayor, and all his brethren, in best sort,—
Like to the senators of the antique Rome,
With the plebeians swarming at their heels,—
Go forth, and fetch their conquering Cæsar in.
Now in London place him. There must we bring him;
Show the occurrences, whatever chanc'd,
Till Harry's back-return again to France. [Exit.

HISTORICAL EPISODE. OLD LONDON BRIDGE FROM THE SURREY SIDE OF THE RIVER. RECEPTION OF KING HENRY THE FIFTH ON ENTERING LONDON, AFTER THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT.* ^note

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