Macbeth. One cry’d, God bless us! and, Amen! the other;
As they had seen me with these hangman’s hands.
Listening their fear, I could not say, Amen,
When they did say, God bless us.
Lady. Consider it not so deeply.
Macbeth. But wherefore could not I pronounce, Amen?
I had most need of blessing, and Amen
Stuck in my throat.
Lady. These deeds must not be thought
After these ways; so, it will make us mad.
Macbeth. Methought, I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more!
Macbeth doth murder sleep, &c.
Act 2. sc. 3.
Describing Prince Henry:
I saw young Harry, with his beaver on,
His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm’d,
Rise from the ground like feather’d Mercury;
And vaulted with such ease into his seat,
As if an angel dropt down from the clouds,
To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus,
And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
First Part Henry IV. act 4. sc. 2.
King Henry. Lord Cardinal, if thou think’st on heaven’s bliss,
Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope.
He dies, and makes no sign!
Second Part Henry VI. act 3. sc. 10.
The same author, speaking ludicrously of an army debilitated with diseases, says,
Half of them dare not shake the snow from off their cassocks, lest they shake themselves to pieces.