The Fate of Jake Spoon...I Mean Bardolph

If you haven't watched Lonesome Dove I suggest you use the nearest 6 hours you have free you sit down and watch one of the best western films you will ever see. Low and behold, it helps in understanding Shakespeare!

When reading the scenes about hanging Bardolph for his crimes, another scene came to mind from Lonesome Dove. The plot is the same; a friend is caught in crime, and the punishment is hanging by a piece of "cheap rope." Just as King Henry had to approve of the law, and Pistol had to accept his friend's fate, Gus and Captain Call are bound by the law to approve Jake's hanging as well...