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- King
Henry
the
Fourth
129
(worth 'eight shillings an ell/ cf. 1 Henry IV, III.
iii. 83). The play on the words holland and low-
countries is apparent. The Prince proceeds to as
sume that Poins's shortage in shirts is due to the fact
that his old shirts are serving as garments for his
illegitimate children, who 'bawl out' from 'the ruinsof his linen/
II. ii. 95-100. Either Shakespeare or the Page
confuses the dream of Hecuba with that of Althea.
Althea dreamed that the Fates told her that her new
born son would live only so long as a burning brand
on the hearth remained unconsumed. Althea snatched
the brand from the hearth, extinguished the fire, and
prolonged her son's life.
II. ii. 112. martlemas. Corrupted form of Mar
tinmas, or the Feast of St. Martin, November 11.
This day was considered the last day of autumn,
and was also the day for salting and hanging the
winter's supply of beef. The reference is obviously
to Falstaff's hearty old age (cf. All-hallown sum
mer, 1 Henry IV, I. ii. 177, note), or to Falstaff as a
'martlemas beef.'
II. ii. 127, 128. borrower's cap. A man asking
for a loan is always very ready to take off his cap.
II. ii. 130 ff. Most modern editors have rear
ranged the following speeches, giving to Poins the
reading of Falstaff's letter to Hal. The Quarto and
Folio arrangement, followed with one exception (cf.
Appendix C) in this text, seems more natural. In
lines 109, 110 Bardolph evidently gives the letter to
the Prince, not to Poins. In line 119 the Prince shows
the letter to Poins, but does not necessarily give it to
him.
II. ii. 192, 193. The parallel is not striking. Jove
took the form of a bull to woo Europa. Hal dis
guises himself as a waiter to spy upon Falstaff. The
leather jerkins are the only connecting link.
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