King. Welcome, brave captain and victorious lord!

When I was young, as yet I am not old,

I do remember how my father said

A stouter champion never handled sword.

[20] Long since we were resolved of your truth,

Your faithful service and your toil in war;

[♦] Yet never have you tasted our reward,

Or been reguerdon’d with so much as thanks,

Because till now we never saw your face:

25 Therefore, stand up; and, for these good deserts,