Is but the mantle to the deepest guile,

And men but stab the deeper when they smile.

[Curtain.


ACT III.

SCENE I.—(A deserted camp.) Enter Henry alone.

Hen. What is a king’s weak royalty to this Power

That lifts the crowns from kings and plucks them down

From earth-built majesties? I yesterday

Who wore a crown and called me Emperor