Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 Faith, Sir John, ‘tis more than time that 

I were there, and you too; but my powers are 

there already. The king, I can tell you,

looks for us all: we must away all night.

 

-Earl of Westmoreland

King Henry the Fourth Part I         Act IV, Scene ii, Line 58

 

Prince Hal and the Earl of Westmoreland have come upon Sir John on the road, in the night. Falstaff is leading a very ragtag group of men/soldiers, and the Earl is telling him that they need to get moving and catch up with the king at Shrewsbury since battle is looming.

The better part of this scene is the soliloquy that Falstaff gives us before Hal and the Earl show up. It’s about his group of misfit soldiers. So if you’re going to look at this scene, that’s probably what you want to concentrate on. Here’s the link. It’s a short scene, less than one page and, like any Shakespeare, well worth the read.

I wonder how Falstaff's ragtag group would do against these guys? Well, considering they're made out of clay, Falstaff's group would probably do okay. But if these guys were real? Well that would be a different story.