Enter Pistol.
Pist. Qui va lá?[5043]35
K. Hen. A friend.
Pist. Discuss unto me; art thou officer?[5044]
Or art thou base, common, and popular?[5044]
K. Hen. I am a gentleman of a company.
Pist. Trail'st thou the puissant pike?40
K. Hen. Even so. What are you?
Pist. As good a gentleman as the emperor.
K. Hen. Then you are a better than the king.[5045]
Pist. The king's a bawcock, and a heart of gold,[5046]
A lad of life, an imp of fame;[5046][5047]45
Of parents good, of fist most valiant:[5046]
I kiss his dirty shoe, and from heart-string[5046][5048]
I love the lovely bully. What is thy name?[5046][5049]