The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-17

spar. ia rghtful heir to the throne Vas kcrtt
Aer, Earl OF March, . young maa. wASm, with nis
Es.sS SsIsasa the sns King ass youss
sent against Lord Grey OF Ruthyen, and his forces
having been utterly broken, and himself taken pri-
soner, by Owen Glendower, the King suffered MIN
to remain there in confinement, without ransom lest
a. the natural guardian Of the young Earl Of
March, he might, at some future time, as
sert the rights of his nephew shakespeare,
following Hollingshed, made the Earl himself
ble Hume had fallen into the same mistake Prince
Hal had very early shown great valor, and in 1908,
when at sixteen years Of age, he did the duty of a
man fighting always where the battle hottest; on
one occasion, continuing to do rather than dismay
his followers by Withdrawing, though severely
wounded in the face by an arrow, and repeat
edly urged to do so. 1t was true, that we
found him in his youth playing many FRANKS, but
these were atoned, and in some degree accounted
FOR. We found him thus addressing Judge Gas
coyne, that model of judicial integrity, whom he
had struck, and who committed him = ''You did
commit me for the which commit into your hands
the same upslaiDed sword, &c." 1t had been stated
by some historians, (Fuller amongst others), that
this Judge died before the Prince came to the
throne, but there was ample evidence that this was
azmistake He lived for some years afterwards.
DR. Johnson had observed, in his comments the
two plays or parts, that the second was sequel to
the fist, and that they were only divided into two
nothing was the unity more sho sn than in the pre-
seryation throughout of the character of Prince
Henry. Hotspur, in his mpetuous and ardent style,
spattered out much truth in reference to the artful
character of Bolip broke the willy politician, snbte
and overseeing, but he did not art like .
politician. GleDdower was the most enteIprizpg
spirit Of the age, and baflled the King much by
his valor his policy, in eludng the attacks when
he could not resist them and carrying a pro-
traeted guerilla warfare. At length the elements
made war against the King, and gave rse
to the superstition that Glendower could command
the elements and call the devil. The King re-
pn InaV nya hYYfo
soling himself that it vas not in the war, but by
the elements, he had been beaten. Thus the poet
makes Glendower truly say
Three times hath Henry Bongbroke made head
Against my power. Thrice from the banks of Wye
And sandy bettom'd Severn, have sent him
Bootless home, and weather beaten back.
Shortly after his usurpation, Henry W. sent an
army into Scotland, and summoned the King to
meet him at Edinburgh, and do homage for his
crown. He was. however, compelled to withdraw,
and the Scots broke into England, and many were
vaded England as far as Newcastle. Hotspur
was a general fayorite, either from SO ne
thing within himself, or the injustice done him
by the King, which creates q sympathy for
him, and it Is with reluctance we set the Prince
over him in our regards. His wife, too, was wo-
nan of the true Shakspearian stamp. Her gentle
ness was not without strength and his bravery not
without gentleness With great strength and pro-
digiors bravery, he was humane above his times,
and all his expressions gushed forth with right feel
irg Foes were continually springing up il his own
bosom or rather friends in disguise. There was no
mstaking his character. 1t stood forth broadly and
powerfully He overcame the most arrogant and
domineering temper of Bolngb -oke by his empha-
SIS and stress, and always appeared as if he had
been Graded in the iron nest Of war The expression
applied to him, speaking thick" was an old Eng
sh one for speaking his ideas too quickly
for distinct ntterance. His brain gallo ped and
caused his tongue to gallop also In his interview
with G!endower, at Bangor. we scarce know which
to admire more-his Wit or his extreme impudence,
with which he heads him off on another subject at
every point. He was chiefly remark able for his
violence Of will and speech, but yet he was made
play. With him poetry was an impulse, not pur-
pose, as 1t was with Glendower. His contempt Of
poetry was highly characteristic of his intensity of
passion. The description of the fight was by some
said not to be in good taste because it SO extra
vigant, but the very extravgance of it in good
taste, because it Characteristic And the same
thipgwas beautifully pGed in his dialogues with
his wife, whom Shakespeare, he knew not Why, called
Kate, when her right Eleanor Eliza.
beth as be might have learnt from the Chronicles.
Glendower had much Of the superstition Of his time
power which the poetica Shakespeare has fully taken
vantage Of in drawing his character. But he
he bad much practical Skill and his bssaYor in his
disputes with Hotspur proved him mu,h superior in
es ana a Of lie as be WAS super
Exceedingly well reae ana proftted
In strange concealments. Valiant lion
And wtndrous nfiable: and as bountful
Is mines Of India y
Prince Henry the favorite of the poet, and
he made him equally with the reader. on
this point Shakespeare differed from all the former
chronclers showing he must have had access to some
Evolutionary matters which had fallen the way of
being published. The great difference ID his gra-
duay accounting for the great change in the Prince
when be became king which others had attrbu ed to
some miracle Of grace True he had in his youth for
feed his est at the council which bad been taken by
younger brother and he had assaulted the judge but
this seeming contradiction Shakespeare reconciled and
brought within rational rule Of human conduct His
fathers presence and policy he could not relish and
might be forgiven If he preferred the region of East
cheap TO the court he could not re ist the wit
and hrmor Of FaltnG lie turned away from
his sober early courses, attracted by zeal and fas-
cnation, end was not thereby altogether IN
damsgsd as he appeared to have some sense, which
might be urged as justification for his after conduct
Fsstt and the gradual sundering of their connection
as the higher elements drew him His progress through
out, however wild it might be in tome inst snces,
dappied with fpots Of beauty and promise Shaks
pesre had represented them for the purpose this play
nearly of the age, whereas Fastaf was nearly
twenty years older than the Prince. The King had in
contrasting Hotspur with Henry clearly gone very wide
Of the Princes true chRrsctorthe herosm and gentle
meGesty Of which beautifully shadowed forth in
Yetnon's d. scrip;ion Il his challeB ge to Hot pur
No by my soul never in my life
DID hear challenge urged more modesty.n sc.
The lecturer announced that the next lecture would be
on "Faistaff and his companions