...sharp pathos in his appeal to the new king, selfish though it may be, and in Hal's blunt reply: Pal, My King! My Jove! I speak to thee, my heart! King. I know thee not, old man. (Vv 4 6-47) Here at a serious level is Hals constant reply to Falstaffs fantastic wit, the test of...

...woe unto my Lord Chief Justice!' (v. iii. 137—8). But the repudiation when it comes is devastating: I know thee not, old man, fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester! I have long dreamt of such a kind of man, So surrcit-swcll'd, so old, and...

...ruffian" Falstaff. The new king's whip-lash lines stress Falstaff's age and glance at his death: 1 know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester! 1 have long dreamt of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swell'd, so old, and so profane; But being awak'd,...

...appeals to him: My King! My Jove! I speak to thee, my heart! But the response is one of total rejection: I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester! I have long dreamt of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swell'd, so old, and...

...Know you what 'tis you speak? FALSTAFF My King! My Jove! I speak to thee, my heart! KING HENRY V 50 I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester. I have long dreamt of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swelled, so old, and...

...cajole. We hear the "cajoling" theme from the Introduction. 5:15 The King rejects him cruelly, saying,"! know thee not, old man; fall to thy prayers. / How ill white hairs become a fool and jester." The procession moves on. 6:32 At the inn, where Sir John lies, near his death. Falstaff s death is...

...when, after the death of his father, he meets Falstaff, who greets him royally. Hal, now King, replies: I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester! He goes on to spell out his betrayal: Presume not that I am the thing I...

...Know you what 'tis you speak ? FALSTAFF My king, my Jove, I speak to thee, my heart ! 45 KING HENRY I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester ! I have long dreamt of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swelled, so old, and...

...crowned Henry V chides his old friend, Falstaff, for being so irresponsible at so advanced an age: "I know thee not, old man; fall to thy prayers! How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!" (Henry IV, Part 2, 5.5.51). That greatest Prince's presence might behold. But all the floor (too filthy...

...king! My Jove! I speak to thee, my heart!" Generations of critics have been chilled by Henry's reply: I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester! . . . Presume not that I am the thing I was. (2 Henry IV, Vv46) And so follows,...