24 MAY 1957, Page 7

WHEN MR. BEVAN was reported in The Times during the

Suez debate as quoting Henry V's prayer before Agincourt as follows : 'Steal my soldiers' hearts . . . take from them now the sense of reckoning,' those familiar with Shake- speare might have wondered whether they were reading a debate on Suez or the Mutiny Act. But, of course, the mistake was intentional. Mr. Mac- millan was hoping to steel the hearts of his troops so that they might not be stolen by the eight mutineers.