K. John. A good blunt fellow; why, being younger Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance? Phil. I know not why, except to get the land; That ftill I lay upon my mother's head; (Fair fall the bones, that took the pains for me!) And were our father, and this fon like him; I give heav'n thanks, I was not like to thee. Eli. He hath a trick of Caur-de-lion's face, K. John. Mine eye hath well examined his parts, Phil. Because he hath a half-face, like my father, Rob. My gracious Liege, when that my father liv'd, Phil. Well, Sir, by this you cannot get my, land. Between my father and my mother lay, K. John. Sirrah, your brother is legitimate; Eli. Whether hadft thou rather be a Faulconbridge, And, like thy brother, to enjoy thy land: Or the reputed Son of Caur-de-lion, 2 Lord of the prefence, and no land befide? 2 Lord of Tux prefence, and no land befide?] Lord of thy prefence can fignify only, Mafter of thyself; and it is a strange expreffion to fignify even that. However that he might be, without parting with his land. We should read, Lord of THE prefence, i. e. Prince of the Blood. Phil. Madam, and if my brother had my fhape, And I had his, Sir Robert his, like him; And if my legs were two fuch riding rods, Left men should say, “look, where three farthings goes! "And to his fhape were heir to all this land; 'Would, I might never ftir from off this place, I'd give it ev'ry foot to have this face: I would not be Sir Nobbe in any cafe. Eli. I like thee well; wilt thou forfake thy fortune, Bequeath thy land to him, and follow me? I am a foldier, and now bound to France. Phil. Brother, take you my land, I'll take my chance ; Your face hath got five hundred pound a year, Eli. Nay, I would have you go before me thither, 3 my face fo thin, That in mine ear I durft not stick a rofe, Left men fhould fay, look, where three-farthings goes!] We must obferve, to explain this allufion, that Queen Elizabeth was the firft, and indeed the only Prince who coin'd in England three-half-pence, and three-farthing pieces. She at one and the fame time coin'd fhillings, fixpences, groats, three-pences, twopences, three half-pence, pence, three-farthings, and half-pence: And these pieces all had her head, and were alternately with the Rofe behind, and without the Rofe. The thilling, groat, twopence, penny, and half-penny had it not: The other intermediate coins, viz, the fix-pence, three-pence, three-half-pence, and three farthings had the Rofe. Mr. Theobald. 4. That in mine ear I durft not flick a rofe.] The sticking Rofes about them was then all the court-fashion, as appears from this paffage of the Confeffion Catholique du S. de Sancy, 1. 2. c. 1. Je luy ay appris à mettre des Roses par tous les coins, i. e. in every place about him, fays the Speaker, of one to whom he had taught all the court-fashions. Phil. Our country manners give our betters way. K. John. What is thy name? Phil. Philip, my Liege, fo is my name begun ; Philip, good old Sir Robert's wife's eldest fon. K. John. From henceforth bear his name, whofe form thou bear'st: Kneel thou down Philip, but rife up more great; Phil. Brother by th' mother's fide, give me your hand; My father gave me honour, yours gave land. Phil. Madam, by chance, but not by truth; what though? Something about, a little from the right, In at the window, or elfe o'er the hatch : Who dares not ftir by day, muft walk by night, And have his have, however men do catch; Near or far off, well won is ftill well fhot; And I am I, howe'er I was begot. K. John. Go, Faulconbridge,now haft thou thy defire; A landless Knight makes thee a landed 'Squire : Come, Madam; and come, Richard; we muft fpeed For France, for France; for it is more than need. Phil. Brother, adieu; good fortune come to thee, For thou was got i'th way of honesty. [Exeunt all but Philip. SCENE III. A foot of honour better than I was, "Good "Good-den, Sir Richard, -Godamercy, fellow; "And if his name be George, I'll call him Peter; "For new-made honour doth forget mens' names: "'Tis too refpective and unfociable "For your converfing. Now your traveller, "He and his tooth-pick at my worship's mess "And when my knightly ftomach is fuffic'd, Why then I fuck my teeth, and catechife 66 5 "My piked man of countries ;-My dear Sir, "(Thus leaning on mine elbow, I begin) "Ì fhall befeech you, -that is queftion now; "And then comes anfwer like an ABC-book: "O Sir, fays anfwer, at your beft command, "At your employment, at your fervice, Sir :"No, Sir, fays queftion, I, fweet Sir, at yours,"And fo e'er anfwer knows what queftion would, Saving in dialogue of compliment; "And talking of the Alps and Apennines, "The Pyrenean and the river Po; "It draws towards fupper in conclufion, fo. 5 Piked man,] i. e. formally bearded. 6 And fo e'er anfwer knows what question would, But Mr. Pope. SAVING in dialogue of compliment.] In this fine fpeech, Faulconbridge would fhew the advantages and prerogatives of men of worship. He observes, particularly, that be has the Traveller at command; (people at that time, when a new world was discovering, in the highest eftimation) At the first intimation of his defire, to hear ftrange ftories, the Traveller complies, and will fcarce give him leave to make his queftion, but e'er anfwer knows what queftion would-What then, why, according to the prefent reading, it grows towards fupper-time: And is not this worshipful faciety? To fpend all the time between dinner and fupper before either of them knows what the other would be at. Read SERVING inftead of faving, and all this nonfenfe is avoided; and the account stands thus, "E'er answer knows what queftion would be at, my travel"ler ferves in his dialogue of compliment, which is his standing "difh at all tables; then he comes to talk of the Alps and Ape"nines, &c. and, by the time this difcourfe concludes, it draws |