Henry in Henry V

Henry in Henry V

The bishops refer to Henry in the first scene as "a sudden scholar"

who can "reason in divinity."

Canterbury says, "The king is full of grace, and fair regard.

Ely quotes "and a true lover of the holy church.

The two bishops, pretty much have the same view on Henry, they think

highly of him.

Henry's past is described by Ely and Canterbury, the two bishops.

Canterbury quotes,

"Since his addiction was to cause vain,

His companies unletter'd, rude, and shallow,

His hours filled with riots, banquets, sports;

And never noted in him any study,

And retirement any sequestration,

From open haunts and popularity."

Ely says, "The strawberry grows underneath the nettle."

And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best.

These two lines I think are the most two important lines in Ely's

speech. Ely is trying to say, "The strawberry grows underneath the

nettle,

And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best,"

It's saying that underneath Henry's past yobbish behaviour, tha...