and boys,
Whose shouts and claps out-voice the deep-mouth'd sea,
Which, like a mighty whiffler[1] 'fore the king
Seems to prepare his way: so let him land;
And solemnly, see him set on to London.
So swift a pace hath thought, that even now
You may imagine him upon Blackheath.
How London doth pour out her citizens!
The mayor, and all his brethren, in best sort,--
Like to the senators of the antique Rome,
With the plebeians swarming at their heels,--
Go forth, and fetch their conquering Caesar in.
Now in London place him. There must we bring him;
Show the occurrences, whatever chanc'd,
Till Harry's back-return again to France.

[_Exit._

[Footnote Vc.1: _----a mighty +whiffler+_] An officer who walks
first in processions, or before persons in high stations, on
occasions of ceremony. The name is still retained in London, and
there is an officer so called that walks before their companies at
times of publick solemnity. It seems a corruption from the French
word _huissier_. --HANMER.]

HISTORICAL EPISODE.

OLD LONDON BRIDGE
From the Surrey Side of the River.

RECEPTION OF KING HENRY THE FIFTH
On Entering London,
AFTER THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT.[*]

[Note *: Extracts of King Henry's reception into London, from
the anonymous Chronicler, who was an eye-witness of the events he
describes:--

"And when the wished-for Saturday dawned, the citizens went forth
to meet the king. * * * viz., the Mayor[{~DAGGER~}] and Aldermen in
scarlet, and the rest of the inferior citizens in red suits, with
party-coloured hoods, red and white. * * * When they had
come to the Tower at the approach to the bridge, as it were at the
entrance to the authorities to the city. * * * Banners of
the Royal arms adorned the Tower, elevated on its turrets; and
trumpets, clarions, and horns, sounded in various melody; and in
front there was this elegant and suitable inscription upon the
wall, 'Civitas Regis justicie'--('The city to the King's
righteousness.') * * * And behind the Tower were innumerable
boys, representing angels, arrayed in white, and with countenances
shining with gold, and glittering wings, and virgin locks set with
precious sprigs of laurel, who, at the King's approach, sang with
melodious voices, and with organs, an English anthem.

[[Footnote {~DAGGER