God,
the best maker of all marriages,
Combine
your hearts in one, your realms in one!
-Queen Isabel
King Henry the Fifth Act V, Scene ii, Line 356
We’re very near the end of the play with this one. There are about fourteen lines left in the play proper, and then another dozen or so in the epilogue spoken by the chorus.
Everybody’s relatively happy
at this point. Henry has reached an agreement with the French king, and he’s
going to marry the king’s daughter. That’s the marriage being mentioned by the
queen, the bride’s mother. And there you go; a nice happy ending for once.
Uh oh, what's going on here? Ernie doesn't look happy at all. Didn't anyone tell him about the happy ending, because he looks like he's ready to bite someone's head off. It's a happy ending, Ernie. Honest!
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