Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1597 [c.1597-1598] (Annals) history · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T50 Fleets, armies and generals: war by sea · 472 words · other edition — not in the analysis
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Thus have you heard our causes, & know our Means: And my most noble Friends, I pray you all Speak plainly your opinions of our hopes, And first (Lord Marshall) what say you to it? I well allow the occasion of our Arms, But gladly would be better satisfied, How (in our Means) we should advance ourselves To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the Power and puissance of the King. Our present Musters grow upon the File To five and twenty thousand men of choice: And our Supplies, live largely in the hope Of great Northumberland, whose bosom burns With an incensed Fire of Injuries. The question then (Lord Hastings) standeth thus Whether our present five and twenty thousand May hold-up-head, without Northumberland: With him, we may. I marry, there's the point: But if without him we be thought to feeble, My judgement is, we should not step too far Till we had his Assistance by the hand. For in a Theme so bloody faced, as this, Conjecture, Expectation, and Surmise Of Aids incertain, should not be admitted. 'Tis very true Lord Bardolfe, for indeed It was young Hotspurres case, at Shrewsbury. It was (my Lord) who lived himself with hope, Eating the air, on promise of Supply, Flattering himself with Project of a power, Much smaller, than the smallest of his Thoughts, And so with great imagination (Proper to mad men led his Powers to death, And (winking) leapt into destruction. But (by your leave) it never yet did hurt, To lay down likelihoods, and forms of hope. Yes, if this present quality of war, Indeed the instant action: a cause on foot, Lives so in hope: As in an early Spring, We see th' appearing buds, which to prove fruit, Hope gives not so much warrant, as Despair That Frosts will bite them. When we mean to build, We first survey the Plot, then draw the Model, And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the Erection, Which if we find outweighs Ability, What do we then, but draw anew the Model In fewer offices? Or at least, desist To build at all? Much more, in this great work, (Which is (almost) to pluck a Kingdom down, And set another up) should we survey The plot of Situation, and the Model; Consent upon a sure Foundation: Question Surveyors, know our own estate, How able such a Work to undergo, To weigh against his Opposite? Or else, We fortify in Paper, and in Figures, Using the Names of men, instead of men: Like one, that draws the Model of a house Beyond his power to build it; who (half through) Gives o'er, and leaves his part-created Cost A naked subject to the Weeping Clouds, And waste, for churlish Winter's tyranny.
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Thus haue you heard our cauſes, & kno our Means: And my moſt noble Friends, I pray you all Speake plainly your opinions of our hopes, And firſt (Lord Marſhall) what ſay you to it? I well allow the occaſion of our Armes, But gladly would be better ſatisfied, How (in our Meanes) we ſhould aduance our ſelues To looke with forhead bold and big enough Vpon the Power and puiſance of the King. Our preſent Muſters grow vpon the File To fiue and twenty thouſand men of choice: And our Supplies, liue largely in the hope Of great Northumberland, whoſe boſome burnes With an incenſed Fire of Iniuries. The queſtion then (Lord Hastings) ſtandeth thus Whether our preſent fiue and twenty thouſand May hold-vp-head, without Northumberland: With him, we may. I marry, there's the point: But if without him we be thought to feeble, My iudgement is, we ſhould not ſtep too farre Till we had his Aſsiſtance by the hand. For in a Theame ſo bloody fac'd, as this, Coniecture, Expectation, and Surmiſe Of Aydes incertaine, ſhould not be admitted. 'Tis very true Lord Bardolfe, for indeed It was yong Hotſpurres caſe, at Shrewsbury. It was (my Lord) who liu'd himſelf with hope, Eating the ayre, on promiſe of Supply, Flatt'ring himſelfe with Proiect of a power, Much ſmaller, then the ſmalleſt of his Thoughts, And ſo with great imagination (Proper to mad men led his Powers to death, And (winking) leap'd into deſtruction. But (by your leaue) it neuer yet did hurt, To lay downe likely-hoods, and formes of hope. Yes, if this preſent quality of warre, Indeed the inſtant action: a cauſe on foot, Liues ſo in hope: As in an early Spring, We ſee th' appearing buds, which to proue fruite, Hope giues not ſo much warrant, as Diſpaire That Froſts will bite them. When we meane to build, We firſt ſuruey the Plot, then draw the Modell, And when we ſee the figure of the houſe, Then muſt we rate the coſt of the Erection, Which if we finde out-weighes Ability, What do we then, but draw a-new the Modell In fewer offices? Or at leaſt, deſiſt To builde at all? Much more, in this great worke, (Which is (almoſt) to plucke a Kingdome downe, And ſet another vp) ſhould we ſuruey The plot of Situation, and the Modell; Conſent vpon a ſure Foundation: Queſtion Surueyors, know our owne eſtate, How able ſuch a Worke to vndergo, To weigh againſt his Oppoſite? Or elſe, We fortifie in Paper, and in Figures, Vſing the Names of men, inſtead of men: Like one, that drawes the Modell of a houſe Beyond his power to builde it; who (halfe through) Giues o're, and leaues his part-created Coſt A naked ſubiect to the Weeping Clouds, And waſte, for churliſh Winters tyranny.