![]() He toys with the traitors, letting them advocate royal mercilessness in a commoner’s case before exposing their plot and condemning them to death according to their own recommended policy. Though France bribes the English lords Scroop, Cambridge, and Grey into plotting Henry’s murder, Henry discovers the plot in time. Meanwhile, Bardolph, Nym, and Pistol bicker while Hostess Quickly and Boy attend Falstaff’s deathbed. Henry conveys his contempt back and declares war. ![]() The French Ambassadors deliver the Dauphin’s warning and box of tennis balls. ![]() ![]() Canterbury convinces Henry that war is justified because Salic law (a law that inheritance can only pass through male heirs) does not apply in France and Henry thus has an inherited right to French territory. Act 1 opens on the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely hoping to distract Henry V from passing a bill that would seize Church properties by giving Henry the Church’s approval and funds to raise an army to claim France for England. The play starts with the Chorus apologizing for the theater’s limited portrayal of history. ![]()
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