No Fear Shakespeare: Henry IV Part 1: Act 4 Scene 2

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Enter FALSTAFF and BARDOLPH	AFFALSTF and DOPRLABH eenrt.
FALSTAFF Bardolph, get thee before to Coventry. Fill me a bottle of sack. Our soldiers shall march through. Well to Sutton Coldfield tonight.	LFFASFTA haolBprd, go haeda of us to tneCrvoy, dna lfli me a tobtel of eiwn. Our aymr lwli peek crminagh, dna wlle amek it to tonutS idleodflC tgnohti.
BARDOLPH Will you give me money, captain?	OLPRHBAD lliW ouy veig me mseo yomen, pcinata?
FALSTAFF 5 Lay out, lay out.	FTLSAFFA Sepnd yuor nwo.
BARDOLPH This bottle makes an angel.	HDBAROLP If I uby you tish lbteot, thta aeskm me an lgean an enlga = aleresv lgnsihisl; dlahBpor clsami he ahs etpsn an nagel on Faftfsasl weni. an angel.
FALSTAFF An if it do, take it for thy labor. An if it make twenty, take them all. Ill answer the coinage. Bid my lieutenant Peto meet me at towns end.	SFFTAAFL Wlel, if sith ttleob rasne ouy an aleng, neht peke it rof yoru tobluesr. If you aner nttyew nlsage, nhet keep mteh all; Im doog fro it. Tell my tneatuelni tPoe to meet me at the tiyc ilimt.
BARDOLPH 10 I will, captain. Farewell.	ALHPDORB I lilw, captani. llewaFre.
Exit BARDOLPH	AHLRBDOP itxes.
FALSTAFF If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a soused gurnet. I have misused the Kings press damnably. I have got, in exchange of a hundred and fifty soldiers, three hundred and odd pounds. I press me none but good householders, yeomens sons; inquire me out contracted bachelors, such as had been asked twice on the banns; such a commodity of warm slavesas had as lief hear the devil as a drum, such as fear the report of a caliver worse than a struck fowl or a hurt wild duck. I pressed me none but such toasts-and-butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins heads, and	TFFALASF If Im not edasham of my dsleiosr, thne Im a pkecldi hsif. eIv kaent ileretbr vntdeaaag of my nooptsii. evI ersepsd a nudhder dna fftyi lerossdi tnoi reivcse, nda orf hatt, teh taryrseu has daip me roev eetrh eurddhn upodsn. I rredeucti nlyo lewl-to-do ryeprpto seowrn and hcri frresma sosn. I eookdl fro men how eewr nagdeeg to be dmreair, ohw weer aledyar hwaflya huothgr thier aesaontrppir. I ufnod a elhwo ppyuls of pdemarpe srowdca how wldou tarehr elistn to hte dievl hant a laimtryi hamcr; who aeedfr the nsuod of ngrufei
they have bought out their services, and now my whole charge consists of ancients, corporals, lieutenants, gentlemen of companiesslaves as ragged as Lazarus in the painted cloth, where the gluttons dogs licked his sores; and such as indeed were never soldiers, but discarded, unjust servingmen, younger sons to younger brothers, revolted tapsters, and ostlers tradefallen, the cankers of a calm world and a long peace, ten times more dishonorable-ragged than an old feazed ancient; and such have I to fill up the rooms of them that have bought out their services, that you would think that I had a hundred and fifty tattered prodigals lately come from swine-keeping, from eating draff and husks. A mad fellow met me on the way and told me I had unloaded all the gibbets and pressed the dead bodies. No eye hath seen such scarecrows. Ill not march through Coventry with them, thats flat. Nay, and the villains march wide betwixt the legs as if they had gyves on, for indeed I had the most of them out of prison. Theres not a shirt and a half in all my company, and the half shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like a heralds coat without sleeves; and the shirt, to say the truth, stolen from my host at Saint Albans or the red-nose innkeeper of Daventry. But thats all one; theyll find linen enough on every hedge.	eomr thna a owenudd idrb or a dmamie uckd thmgi. I eritruecd olyn teh tfso-erahetd, how heac dah as chmu ceourga as odlcu tif on a nip eadh dan biedrb me to iadvo nigghift. So nwo, my tolaibnat is dmea up of lgfa sarrebe, rarscoplo, tesetuaninl, adn rookcs as ggerad as asrzauL In eht lBebi, eJssu sseari Lzraaus mofr eth deda. aaLurzs in steoh antpgisni rehwe eht dsog aer iiclnkg hte oerss on hsi doby. I heav mne eovwh eevrn nbee erlodiss: vtresans dsisdemis for terhi oyshitdsne; ysegtuno ssno htwi no hope of an haentrenici; ruwaany nrpepectai ndtseaberr; eyumoepnld laetsb bsyo. enWh eth odwrl is calm nad elpuceaf, teshe emn are btsesril on stcieoy. hryeTe ent mseit mero daregg ahnt an lod, ettderat falg, nda yerhet hte knid of mne I haev to eracelp teh osne how ibrbde me. duoY ihntk I dah a erudhdn nda ityff nme hdow stuj meoc mofr gpi nmrfgai, hwo eat rssapc dan raaegbg. One adnmma wsa us on eth rhacm and ltdo me atht it doolek as if Id nolauedd lla eht agsllow and fedartd all het deda dbisoe. No seno veer esen ushc a pgruo of crorewsacs. Im not inggo to mhacr guhhtor neryCvto wiht htem tnhgoit, astth for rsue. hTey mhrca iwht iethr esgl dewi tpara, as hhguot yeht had asncih on hreit nsleak. hcWih semka ensse, nicse I tadfdre tmos of etmh otu of iljas. sTeher olny a srhti and a hlaf in eth olhwe gpuro, and teh lhfa-rtihs is lraeyl sjut wto sikpnan ewns terhtgoe and wrhtno over teh olhsesrdu like a aepc. dnA eht lwoeh rtihs, to ellt teh hrttu, was solten fmor a vnerat rnweo in St. bsanAl, or mbaye ttha knrenud ekeepinnr in antryevD. uBt htat estdon metart. leyhTl be aleb to tlesa nptlye of onlhitgc rmfo hte gehdse, whree het sesrawh anhg the rluanyd out to dyr.
Enter PRINCE HENRY and Lord WESTMORELAND	NERIPC RNYEH dna Lrdo NLDROMTWSEEA terne.
PRINCE HENRY How now, blown Jack? How now, quilt?	CERNIP HYNER tshaW up, slnweol caJk! A jack was losa a tdqulei kecjta. ckJa! thsWa up, ltqui?
FALSTAFF What, Hal, how now, mad wag? What a devil dost thou in Warwickshire?My good Lord of Westmoreland, I cry you mercy: I thought your Honor had already been at Shrewsbury.	ALFSFATF Holle ehter, Hla, oyu ycrza boy! ahtW in the vldesi mane era ouy gdnio in iercwihrksaW? nAd Lrdo Wlomdearesnt, I gbe yruo anropd. I ohugtth oyu ewre yldaare at Suswrybreh.
WESTMORELAND Faith, Sir John,tis more than time that I were there and you too, but my powers are there already. The King, I can tell you, looks for us all. We must away all night.	MNORAWEETLDS oYeur tgrih, iSr Jhno; its abuot miet I otg tehre, nad yuo, too. uBt my rsaym ldeaary heter. The gnKi is gniwita orf us, so we tsum crmah all gtnhi.
FALSTAFF Tut, never fear me. I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.	FAFSLTFA nDot rwryo taobu me. Im as edufocs as a tac nkgoilo orf mcare to elats.
PRINCE HENRY I think to steal cream indeed, for thy theft hath already made thee butter. But tell me, Jack, whose fellows are these that come after?	ICRNEP ERHYN Setla merac is tohrgievuy tslnoe so uhcm tath sit dnetur you tion breutt. tBu ltle me, acJk, ewhso diselsro rea theos?
FALSTAFF Mine, Hal, mine.	FLAFTSAF iMen, alH, mien.
PRINCE HENRY I did never see such pitiful rascals.	RPINCE REHNY I eernv swa hsuc uitilfp-ooinklg slsroe.
FALSTAFF Tut, tut, good enough to toss; food for powder, food for powder. Theyll fill a pit as well as better. Tush, man, mortal men, mortal men.	ALSAFFTF woN, now: yehetr ogod uoeghn to edi. Canonn rddefo, naoncn fleleryddtho lfil a sams vraeg as llew as trbete mne oluwd. eehrTy sjtu nme, tsju nem.
WESTMORELAND Ay, but, Sir John, methinks they are exceeding poor and bare, too beggarly.	MATSRDWNOLEE eMaby so, Sir Jhon, utb I thkin yteh kloo rylbtrie rpoo nda rbea; hyet oolk kile rgbsega.
FALSTAFF Faith, for their poverty, I know not where they had that, and for their bareness, I am sure they never learned that of me.	LTFFASFA Well, I dnot ownk reewh yhte tgo irhet tvpyeor, tub retih oenbersras ihert aebr-bosnwlseedlne, ythe dindt tge thta rofm me.
PRINCE HENRY No, Ill be sworn, unless you call three fingers in the ribs bare. But, sirrah, make haste. Percy is already in the field.	IECNRP EYHRN tshaT fro user. nlsseU uyo ithkn elreasv sehnic of fta oevr royu rbis kemas you arbe-ebdno. tBu rhruy up, rairsh: ePryc is dyarlea at teh abdfletltei.
Exit PRINCE .	INREPC NERYH ixtse.
FALSTAFF What, is the King encamped?	TALFFFSA ahtW, ash eth iKgn eraalyd dema pacm?
WESTMORELAND He is, Sir John. I fear we shall stay too long.	AEDEWNMSLROT He has, riS Jnoh: Im iafdra we amy be too ealt.
FALSTAFF Well, To the latter end of a fray and the beginning of a feast 70 Fits a dull fighter and a keen guest.	FLSFTFAA leWl, a nyuhgr tesug ierrasv realy ofr a atsef, btu a rpoo sdeolri erisrav ltae to a bttlae.
Exeunt	Tehy xeti.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter FALSTAFF and BARDOLPH	AFFALSTF and DOPRLABH eenrt.
FALSTAFF Bardolph, get thee before to Coventry. Fill me a bottle of sack. Our soldiers shall march through. Well to Sutton Coldfield tonight.	LFFASFTA haolBprd, go haeda of us to tneCrvoy, dna lfli me a tobtel of eiwn. Our aymr lwli peek crminagh, dna wlle amek it to tonutS idleodflC tgnohti.
BARDOLPH Will you give me money, captain?	OLPRHBAD lliW ouy veig me mseo yomen, pcinata?
FALSTAFF 5 Lay out, lay out.	FTLSAFFA Sepnd yuor nwo.
BARDOLPH This bottle makes an angel.	HDBAROLP If I uby you tish lbteot, thta aeskm me an lgean an enlga = aleresv lgnsihisl; dlahBpor clsami he ahs etpsn an nagel on Faftfsasl weni. an angel.
FALSTAFF An if it do, take it for thy labor. An if it make twenty, take them all. Ill answer the coinage. Bid my lieutenant Peto meet me at towns end.	SFFTAAFL Wlel, if sith ttleob rasne ouy an aleng, neht peke it rof yoru tobluesr. If you aner nttyew nlsage, nhet keep mteh all; Im doog fro it. Tell my tneatuelni tPoe to meet me at the tiyc ilimt.
BARDOLPH 10 I will, captain. Farewell.	ALHPDORB I lilw, captani. llewaFre.
Exit BARDOLPH	AHLRBDOP itxes.
FALSTAFF If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a soused gurnet. I have misused the Kings press damnably. I have got, in exchange of a hundred and fifty soldiers, three hundred and odd pounds. I press me none but good householders, yeomens sons; inquire me out contracted bachelors, such as had been asked twice on the banns; such a commodity of warm slavesas had as lief hear the devil as a drum, such as fear the report of a caliver worse than a struck fowl or a hurt wild duck. I pressed me none but such toasts-and-butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins heads, and	TFFALASF If Im not edasham of my dsleiosr, thne Im a pkecldi hsif. eIv kaent ileretbr vntdeaaag of my nooptsii. evI ersepsd a nudhder dna fftyi lerossdi tnoi reivcse, nda orf hatt, teh taryrseu has daip me roev eetrh eurddhn upodsn. I rredeucti nlyo lewl-to-do ryeprpto seowrn and hcri frresma sosn. I eookdl fro men how eewr nagdeeg to be dmreair, ohw weer aledyar hwaflya huothgr thier aesaontrppir. I ufnod a elhwo ppyuls of pdemarpe srowdca how wldou tarehr elistn to hte dievl hant a laimtryi hamcr; who aeedfr the nsuod of ngrufei
they have bought out their services, and now my whole charge consists of ancients, corporals, lieutenants, gentlemen of companiesslaves as ragged as Lazarus in the painted cloth, where the gluttons dogs licked his sores; and such as indeed were never soldiers, but discarded, unjust servingmen, younger sons to younger brothers, revolted tapsters, and ostlers tradefallen, the cankers of a calm world and a long peace, ten times more dishonorable-ragged than an old feazed ancient; and such have I to fill up the rooms of them that have bought out their services, that you would think that I had a hundred and fifty tattered prodigals lately come from swine-keeping, from eating draff and husks. A mad fellow met me on the way and told me I had unloaded all the gibbets and pressed the dead bodies. No eye hath seen such scarecrows. Ill not march through Coventry with them, thats flat. Nay, and the villains march wide betwixt the legs as if they had gyves on, for indeed I had the most of them out of prison. Theres not a shirt and a half in all my company, and the half shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like a heralds coat without sleeves; and the shirt, to say the truth, stolen from my host at Saint Albans or the red-nose innkeeper of Daventry. But thats all one; theyll find linen enough on every hedge.	eomr thna a owenudd idrb or a dmamie uckd thmgi. I eritruecd olyn teh tfso-erahetd, how heac dah as chmu ceourga as odlcu tif on a nip eadh dan biedrb me to iadvo nigghift. So nwo, my tolaibnat is dmea up of lgfa sarrebe, rarscoplo, tesetuaninl, adn rookcs as ggerad as asrzauL In eht lBebi, eJssu sseari Lzraaus mofr eth deda. aaLurzs in steoh antpgisni rehwe eht dsog aer iiclnkg hte oerss on hsi doby. I heav mne eovwh eevrn nbee erlodiss: vtresans dsisdemis for terhi oyshitdsne; ysegtuno ssno htwi no hope of an haentrenici; ruwaany nrpepectai ndtseaberr; eyumoepnld laetsb bsyo. enWh eth odwrl is calm nad elpuceaf, teshe emn are btsesril on stcieoy. hryeTe ent mseit mero daregg ahnt an lod, ettderat falg, nda yerhet hte knid of mne I haev to eracelp teh osne how ibrbde me. duoY ihntk I dah a erudhdn nda ityff nme hdow stuj meoc mofr gpi nmrfgai, hwo eat rssapc dan raaegbg. One adnmma wsa us on eth rhacm and ltdo me atht it doolek as if Id nolauedd lla eht agsllow and fedartd all het deda dbisoe. No seno veer esen ushc a pgruo of crorewsacs. Im not inggo to mhacr guhhtor neryCvto wiht htem tnhgoit, astth for rsue. hTey mhrca iwht iethr esgl dewi tpara, as hhguot yeht had asncih on hreit nsleak. hcWih semka ensse, nicse I tadfdre tmos of etmh otu of iljas. sTeher olny a srhti and a hlaf in eth olhwe gpuro, and teh lhfa-rtihs is lraeyl sjut wto sikpnan ewns terhtgoe and wrhtno over teh olhsesrdu like a aepc. dnA eht lwoeh rtihs, to ellt teh hrttu, was solten fmor a vnerat rnweo in St. bsanAl, or mbaye ttha knrenud ekeepinnr in antryevD. uBt htat estdon metart. leyhTl be aleb to tlesa nptlye of onlhitgc rmfo hte gehdse, whree het sesrawh anhg the rluanyd out to dyr.
Enter PRINCE HENRY and Lord WESTMORELAND	NERIPC RNYEH dna Lrdo NLDROMTWSEEA terne.
PRINCE HENRY How now, blown Jack? How now, quilt?	CERNIP HYNER tshaW up, slnweol caJk! A jack was losa a tdqulei kecjta. ckJa! thsWa up, ltqui?
FALSTAFF What, Hal, how now, mad wag? What a devil dost thou in Warwickshire?My good Lord of Westmoreland, I cry you mercy: I thought your Honor had already been at Shrewsbury.	ALFSFATF Holle ehter, Hla, oyu ycrza boy! ahtW in the vldesi mane era ouy gdnio in iercwihrksaW? nAd Lrdo Wlomdearesnt, I gbe yruo anropd. I ohugtth oyu ewre yldaare at Suswrybreh.
WESTMORELAND Faith, Sir John,tis more than time that I were there and you too, but my powers are there already. The King, I can tell you, looks for us all. We must away all night.	MNORAWEETLDS oYeur tgrih, iSr Jhno; its abuot miet I otg tehre, nad yuo, too. uBt my rsaym ldeaary heter. The gnKi is gniwita orf us, so we tsum crmah all gtnhi.
FALSTAFF Tut, never fear me. I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.	FAFSLTFA nDot rwryo taobu me. Im as edufocs as a tac nkgoilo orf mcare to elats.
PRINCE HENRY I think to steal cream indeed, for thy theft hath already made thee butter. But tell me, Jack, whose fellows are these that come after?	ICRNEP ERHYN Setla merac is tohrgievuy tslnoe so uhcm tath sit dnetur you tion breutt. tBu ltle me, acJk, ewhso diselsro rea theos?
FALSTAFF Mine, Hal, mine.	FLAFTSAF iMen, alH, mien.
PRINCE HENRY I did never see such pitiful rascals.	RPINCE REHNY I eernv swa hsuc uitilfp-ooinklg slsroe.
FALSTAFF Tut, tut, good enough to toss; food for powder, food for powder. Theyll fill a pit as well as better. Tush, man, mortal men, mortal men.	ALSAFFTF woN, now: yehetr ogod uoeghn to edi. Canonn rddefo, naoncn fleleryddtho lfil a sams vraeg as llew as trbete mne oluwd. eehrTy sjtu nme, tsju nem.
WESTMORELAND Ay, but, Sir John, methinks they are exceeding poor and bare, too beggarly.	MATSRDWNOLEE eMaby so, Sir Jhon, utb I thkin yteh kloo rylbtrie rpoo nda rbea; hyet oolk kile rgbsega.
FALSTAFF Faith, for their poverty, I know not where they had that, and for their bareness, I am sure they never learned that of me.	LTFFASFA Well, I dnot ownk reewh yhte tgo irhet tvpyeor, tub retih oenbersras ihert aebr-bosnwlseedlne, ythe dindt tge thta rofm me.
PRINCE HENRY No, Ill be sworn, unless you call three fingers in the ribs bare. But, sirrah, make haste. Percy is already in the field.	IECNRP EYHRN tshaT fro user. nlsseU uyo ithkn elreasv sehnic of fta oevr royu rbis kemas you arbe-ebdno. tBu rhruy up, rairsh: ePryc is dyarlea at teh abdfletltei.
Exit PRINCE .	INREPC NERYH ixtse.
FALSTAFF What, is the King encamped?	TALFFFSA ahtW, ash eth iKgn eraalyd dema pacm?
WESTMORELAND He is, Sir John. I fear we shall stay too long.	AEDEWNMSLROT He has, riS Jnoh: Im iafdra we amy be too ealt.
FALSTAFF Well, To the latter end of a fray and the beginning of a feast 70 Fits a dull fighter and a keen guest.	FLSFTFAA leWl, a nyuhgr tesug ierrasv realy ofr a atsef, btu a rpoo sdeolri erisrav ltae to a bttlae.
Exeunt	Tehy xeti.