:03:04
But pardon, gentles all,
:03:08
the flat, unraised spirits...
:03:11
that have dared
on this unworthy scaffold...
:03:14
to bring forth
so great an object.
:03:18
Can this cockpit hold
the vasty fields of France
:03:22
or may we cram
within this wooden "o"...
:03:26
the very casques that did affright
the air at Agincourt?
:03:30
Oh, pardon.
:03:33
Let us, ciphers
to this great account,
:03:35
on your imaginary forces work.
:03:38
For it is your thoughts
that now must deck our kings,
:03:41
carry them here, there,
jumping o'er times,
:03:44
turning the accomplishment of
many years into an hourglass.
:03:49
For the which supply,
admit me, chorus, to this history,
:03:54
who, prologue-like,
:03:57
your humble patience pray...
:04:00
gently to hear,
:04:03
kindly to judge...
:04:06
our play!
:04:18
My lord, I'll tell you.
:04:26
That self bill is urged,
which, in the 11th year...
:04:29
of the last king's reign was
like to have passed against us.
:04:32
But how, my lord,
shall we resist it now?
:04:35
It must be thought on.
:04:37
If it pass against us, we lose the
better half of our possession.
:04:40
But what prevention?
:04:42
The king is full of grace
and fair regard.
:04:45
And a true lover
of the holy church.
:04:48
The courses of his youth
promised it not.
:04:50
Since his addiction
was to courses vain,
:04:52
his hours filled up
with riots, banquets,
:04:56
sports and never noted
in him any study.
:04:59
But, my good lord,
how now for the mitigation...