“Henry V.”
Act i. sc. 2. Westmoreland's speech:—
“They know your grace hath cause, and means, and might;
So hath your highness; never King of England
Had nobles richer,” &c.
Does “grace” mean the king's own peculiar domains and legal revenue, and “highness” his feudal rights in the military service of his nobles?—I have sometimes thought it possible that the words “grace” and “cause” may have been transposed in the copying or printing;—
“They know your cause hath grace,” &c.
What Theobald meant, I cannot guess. To me his pointing makes the passage still more obscure. Perhaps the lines ought to be recited dramatically thus:—
“They know your Grace hath cause, and means, and might:—