Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-01-03
Seward and the Trent Affair.

1t is universally admitted that Shakespeare
is the great master In portray ing human char
acter and passion, from the king TO the clown,
and from the chivalric hero TO the most cow
ardly bully. The following scene from the
play of Henry v: may illustrate some trans
actions now going on in our own country.
Pistol, who is complete type Of the bragg
CART, the bully, and the coward, had insulted
the national feelings of Captain Fluellen.
Welchman, by ridiculing the leels, which was
the nation emblem of Wales, and was worn
in the caps Of Welchmen on the celebration of
the day of st. David, their patron saint Pts
tol made a mistake in his Dragging, and it
appears that there is a great similarity be-
tween eating the leek, and delivering up Sill
dell aud Mason:
Enter FLUELLES and COVER.
Gooc Nay, that's right; but why wear you
your leek to-day? Saint Davy's day is past.
Flu. There is occasions and causes why
and wherefore in all things; | will tell you,
as my friend, captain Cover. The rascally,
scald, beggarly, lousy, pragging knave, Pts
tol, which you and yourself, and all the
'orld, know to be no better than fellow, look
you now, Of no merits--he is come to me,
and prings me pread and salt yesterday, look
you, and pid me eat my leek it was in a
place where | could not breed no contentious
with him; but will be so pold as 10 wear it
in my cap till see him once again, and then
viii tell him little piece OF my desires
Enter PIsToL.
Goe. Why, here be comes swelling like
turkey-cock.
Flu. IT'S no matter for his swellings, nor
his turkey-cocks. Got pless you, ancient
Pistol you seurvy, lousy knove, Got pless
You
Pia. Ha art thou Bedlam? dost thou thirst
base Trojan
To have me fold up Paca' ; fatal web?
Hence | am quamish at the smell Of leek.
Flu. pescech you heartily, scuryy, lousy
knavc, at my desires, and my requests, and
my petitions, to eat, look you this leek; be-
cause, look you, you do not love it, nor your
affections, and your appetites, and your d.
gestions, does not agree with it, would de-
sire you to eat II.
Pist. Not for Cadwalader and all his goats.
Flu. There Is one goat !or you. [Strikeshim
VIII be so goot, scald knave, rs eat it2
Pist. Base Trojan, thou shalt die.
Pin. You say very true, scald knave, when
Cots will is | will desire you to live ia the
mean time and cat your vctuals; come, there
is sauce for IT, Striking him again. You
called me yesterday, mountain-ssuire; but /
will make you to-day a squire Of low degree.
| pray you, fall TO- If you can mock d leek,
you can eat leek.
Cor. Enough, captain you have astonish-
ed him.
Flu. say, will make him eat some part
Of ms leek, or ! viii peat his pate four days
Pite, pray you; it is goot for your green
wound, and YOUR ploody coxcomb.
Pist. Must Fbite?
Flu. Yes, certainly and out OF doubt, and
out Of questions too, and antiquities.
Pet. By this loek, ! will most horribly re-
vcngc; ! eat, and exc swear
Flu. Eat, pray you: viii you have some
more sauce 10 your leek there is not enough
leek TO swear by.
Pist. Quiet thy cudgel; thou dost see, eat.
Flu. Much goot do you, scald knave, hear
tily. Nay, pray you, throw oneaway the
skin is goot for your proken coxcomb. When
you take occasions to see leeks hereafter, ]
pray you mock at them; that is all.
Pit. Good.
Ru. Ay, leeks is goot Hold you, there is
a groat TO heal your pate.
Pist. Nc groat
Flu' Yes, verify, and in truth you shall
take il, or I have another leck in my pocket,
which you shall eat.
Pit. take thy groat, in earnest Of revenge.
Flu. II owe you any thing, will pay you
in cudgels; you shall be a woodmonger, and
buy nothing Of me but cudgels. God be WI
you, and keep you, and heal your pate:
RET An bell shell sir for this