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> a lot of people don't realize Harry is a nickname Does no one know Shakespeare any more? I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon th
by ninalanyon 2y ago
> a lot of people don't realize Harry is a nickname
Does no one know Shakespeare any more?
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
- Anthony-G 2y agoI had actually read Henry IV, Part 1 in school many decades ago but in that play the young prince Henry was (mostly) called Hal – not to be confused with his opponent, Henry Percy, better known as Harry Hotspur. Off-topic: I wonder if this the first recorded use of the phrase “the game’s afoot”?
- randomcarbloke 2y agoFamiliar in his mouth as household words Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester, Be in their flowing cups freshly remember’d.