...the ground like feathered Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropped down from the clouds To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus And witch the world with noble horsemanship. HOTSPUR No more, no more! Worse than the sun in March, This praise doth nourish agues. Let them come....

...beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel...Pegasus And witch the world with noble horsemanship. (l Henry IV, iv. i. 104) 'Horsemanship' is frequently associated with soldiership. Now in the history...

...beaver on, His cushes on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel...Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship. (1v, i, 104-10) ' Ibid., p. 57. 3 Castiglione, p. 168. 5 Elyot, pp. 140-1. 2 Elyot, p. 1 30. 4 I ЬЫ.,...

...beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather" d Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel...Pegasus And witch the world with noble horsemanship. (i Henry IV, iv. i. 104) Pegasus was the mythical flying horse on which Bellerophon, a dragon-slayer...

...beaver on, His cuisses on his thigh, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel...Pegasus And witch the world with noble horsemanship. (iv. i. 104) To this Hotspur responds, on a deeper note of rounded o's suited to his name and personality,...

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...on, 105 His cushes on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel...from the clouds To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, no And witch the world with noble horsemanship. Hotspur No more, no more ! Worse than the sun in March,...

...from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropt . The patch is kind enough; but a huge feeder, Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day More than HOTSPUR. No more, no more: worse than the sun in March, This praise doth nourish agues. Let them come;...

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...ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat. As if an angel dropp'd dotvn from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus And witch the world with noble horsemanship. (r Htnry IP, iv. i. 97) A most important speech. Observe the fine idealizing of soldiership, the vi'-'d...