Many as harsh-sounding lines may be found, and it seems only consonant with good manners that the king should take leave of his aunt as well as of the others. There is a propriety too in his using a colder form of leave-taking to his guilty cousin than to his uncle and aunt.
[Note XXXII.]
V. 4. 94. Mr Staunton says that Q1 reads 'Spurn'd, gall'd.' Our copy has 'Spurrde, galld.' Though 'Spur-gall'd' is an extremely probable correction, we adhere to our rule of following the higher authority whenever it seems to yield a reasonable sense.
THE FIRST PART OF
KING HENRY THE FOURTH.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ[I].
| King Henry the Fourth. | |
| Henry, Prince of Wales, | sons to the King. |
| John of Lancaster, | |
| Earl of Westmoreland. | |
| Sir Walter Blunt. | |
| Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester. | |
| Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland. | |
| Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur, his son. | |
| Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March. | |
| Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York. | |
| Archibald, Earl of Douglas. | |
| Owen Glendower. | |
| Sir Richard Vernon. | |
| Sir John Falstaff. | |
| Sir Michael, a friend to the Archbishop of York. | |
| Poins. | |
| Gadshill. | |
| Peto. | |
| Bardolph. | |
| Lady Percy, wife to Hotspur, and sister to Mortimer. | |
| Lady Mortimer, daughter to Glendower, and wife to Mortimer. | |
| Mistress Quickly, hostess of a tavern in Eastcheap. | |
| Lords, Officers, Sheriff, Vintner, Chamberlain, Drawers, two Carriers, Travellers, and Attendants. | |
Scene: England.