MONTJOY with Attendants, R.H._

_Glo._ I hope they will not come upon us now.

_K. Hen._ We are in Heaven's hand, brother, not in theirs.
March to the bridge; it now draws toward night:
Beyond the river we'll encamp ourselves;
And on to-morrow bid them march away.

[_Exeunt, R.H._

_March._

[Footnote III.4: _And, for achievement, offer up his ransom._]
i.e., instead of fighting, he will offer to pay ransom.]

[Footnote III.5: _----ancient Pistol._] Ancient, a standard or
flag; also the ensign bearer, or officer, now called an ensign.]

[Footnote III.6: _Of buxom valour,_] i.e., valour under good
command, obedient to its superiors. The word is used by Spencer.]

[Footnote III.7: _----upon the rolling restless stone,--_] Fortune
is described by several ancient authors in the same words.]

[Footnote III.8: _----with a muffler before her eyes,_] A muffler
was a sort of veil, or wrapper, worn by ladies in Shakespeare's
time, chiefly covering the chin and throat.]

[Footnote III.9: _For he hath stolen a pix,_] A _pix_, or little
chest (from the Latin _pixis_, a box), in which the consecrated
_host_ was used to be kept.]

[Footnote III.10: _Fico for thy friendship!_] Fico is fig--it was
a term of reproach.]

[Footnote III.11: _The fig of Spain!_] An expression of contempt
or insult, which consisted in thrusting the thumb between two of
the closed fingers, or into the mouth; whence _Bite the thumb_.
The custom is generally regarded as being originally Spanish.
--NARES.]

[Footnote III.12: _----such slanders of the age,_] Cowardly
braggarts were not uncommon characters with the old dramatic
writers.]

[Footnote III.13: _----I must speak with him from the pridge._]
_From_ for _about_--concerning the fight that had taken place
there.]

[Footnote III.14: _----bubukles,_] A corrupt word for carbuncles,
or something like them.]

[Footnote III.15: _----and whelks,_] i.e., stripes, marks,
discolorations.]

[Footnote III.16: _----his fire's out._] This is the last time
that any sport can be made with the red face of Bardolph.]

[Footnote III.17: _----by my habit,_] That is, by his herald's
coat. The person of a herald being inviolable, was distinguished
in those times of formality by a peculiar dress, which is likewise
yet worn on particular occa