Italian fashions have come to Eastcheap.
But thou dost in thy passages of life
Make me believe that thou art only marked
For the hot vengeance and the rod of heaven
To punish my mistreadings.
(The one with the wound-fingering. )
The prince must put away childish things. Ned knows he's one of them.
Hal gets stabbed; Hickey gets invasive.
A record of an extremely small kindness.
A kiss is only a kiss.
Henry has a vested interest in the theatrics of obedience. Hal is learning fast.
Claudius picks just about the worst possible time to ship his nephew off to England. Hal benefits from the diversion.