Pist. Si fortuna me tormenta, spero contenta.
[Exeunt all but Prince John and the Chief-Justice.[4496]
Lan. I like this fair proceeding of the king's:
He hath intent his wonted followers
Shall all be very well provided for;[4497]100
But all are banish'd till their conversations[4497]
Appear more wise and modest to the world.[4498]
Ch. Just. And so they are.
Lan. The king hath call'd his parliament, my lord.
Ch. Just. He hath.105
Lan. I will lay odds that, ere this year expire,
We bear our civil swords and native fire
As far as France: I heard a bird so sing,[4499]
Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.
Come, will you hence? [Exeunt.110
FOOTNOTES:
[4274] Gloucestershire ... house.] Glostershire. Pope. Shallow's Seat in Glostershire. Theobald.
Enter ...] Enter Shallow, Falstaffe, and Bardolfe. Q. Enter Shallow, Silence, Falslaffe, Bardolfe, Page, and Davy. Ff.