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first human principle I would teach them should

be, to forswear thin potations and to addict

themselves to sack.

How now, Bardolph?

Bard. The army is discharged all and gone.

Fal. Let them go. I'll through Gloucester-

shire; and there will I visit Master Robert

Shallow, esquire: I have him already tempering

between my finger and my thumb, and shortly

will I seal with him. Come away.

King. Now, lords, if God doth give successful end

To this debate that bleedeth at our doors,

We will our youth lead on to higher fields

And draw no swords, but what are sanctified.

Our navy is address'd, our power collected,

Our substitutes in absence well invested,

And everything lies level to our wish:

Only, we want a little personal strength;

And pause us, till these rebels, now afoot,

Come underneath the yoke of government.

War. Both which we doubt not but your majesty

Shall soon enjoy.

King.Humphrey, my son of Gloucester,

 141-143 tempering seal: the allusion is to sealing-wax

 Scene Four S. d. Jerusalem Chamber; cf. n.

5 address'd: prepared

6 invested: invested with authority 