Cardinal Pandulph. (Full of point)
Mr. Brooks.
Mr. Hall, who impersonated King John, wore a chimney cowl as a helmet, surmounted by a weather cock, of which the letters N. E. W. S., translated, burlesque fashion, became “Naughty English Wrongful Sovereign.” Undoubtedly the best scene in the burlesque is that which treats of Hubert and Prince Arthur, the first scene of the fourth act in the original. This approaches more nearly to a parody of the language of Shakespeare, than is usual in most burlesques of his tragedies.
Scene V.—A Room in a Castle.
Enter Hubert, with a large pair of pinchers, followed by a Ruffian.
Hubert.
Just hold the pinchers, I’ve got here a youth,
And I’ve got orders to take out his tooth.
So when I stamp my foot come in and bind him—
His legs together and his arms behind him.