Henry V (1944)

Robert Newton: Ancient Pistol

Quotes 

• Ancient Pistol : Pish for thee, Iceland dog! Thou prick-ear'd cur of Iceland!

• Ancient Pistol : I can take, and Pistol's cock is up, and flashing fire will follow.

• Mistress Quickly : Prithee, honey-sweet husband, let me bring thee to Staines.

  Ancient Pistol : No; for my manly heart doth yearn. Bardolph, be blithe: Nym, rouse thy vaunting veins: Boy, bristle thy courage up; for Falstaff he is dead, And we must yearn therefore.

  Boy : Well, Sir John is gone. God be with him.

  Lieutenant Bardolph : Would I were with him, wheresome'er he is, either in heaven or in hell!

  Mistress Quickly : Nay, sure, he's not in hell: he's in Arthur's bosom, if ever man went to Arthur's bosom.

• Ancient Pistol : Doth Fortune play the strumpet with me now?