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Dead March.
[Enter the Funeral of KING HENRY the Fifth, attended on by Dukes of BEDFORD,
Regent of France; GLOUCESTER, Protector; and EXETER, Earl of WARWICK, the
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, Heralds, etc.]
BEDFORD
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Hung be | the heavens | with black, | yield day to
night;
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Comets | import|ing change | of times | and
states,
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Brandish | your crys|tal tres|ses in | the sky,
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And with | them scourge | the bad | revolt|ing
stars,
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That have | consent|ed un|to Hen|ry's death:
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King Hen|ry the Fifth, | too* fam|ous to / live
long,
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England | nere lost | a king | of so | much
worth.
GLOUCESTER
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England | nere had | a king | until | his time:
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Virtue | he had,| deserv|ing to | command,
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His brand|ished sword | did blind | men with
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His arms | spread wid/er than | a drag|on's
wings:
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His spark|ing eyes,| replete | with wrath|ful
fire,
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More dazz|led and / drove back | his en|emies,
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Than mid-day sun,| fierce bent against | their
fac||es.
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What | should I say?| his deeds | exceed all
speech:
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He nere | lift^up | his hand,| but con|quered.
EXETER
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We mourn | in black,| why mourn | we not | in
blood?
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Henry | is dead,| and nev|er shall | revive:
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Upon | a wood|en cof|fin we | attend,
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And death's | dishon|ora|ble vict|ory,
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We with | our state|ly pres|ence glor|ify,
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Like^cap|tives bound | to a | triumph|ant car.
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What? Shall | we curse | the plan|ets of / mishap,
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That plot|ted thus | our glo|ry's ov|erthrow?
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Or shall | we think | the sub|tle-wit|ted French,
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Conjurers | and sor|cerers, that | afraid | of
him,
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By mag|ic ver|ses have | contrived | his end.
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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He was | a king,| blessed of | the King | of
kings.
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Unto | the French,| the dread|ful judg|ment-day
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So dread|ful will | not be,| as was | his sight.
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The bat|tles of | the Lord | of hosts | he
fought:
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The chur|ch's prayers | made him | so
pros|perous.
GLOUCESTER
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The church?| where is | it?
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Had | not church|men
prayed,
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His thread | of life | had not | so soon |
decayed:
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None do | you like,| but an | effem|inate prince,
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Whom like | a school|-boy^you | may ov|er-awe.
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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Gloucester,| what ere | we like,| thou art
pro|tector,
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And look|est to | command | the prince | and
realm.
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Thy wife | is proud,| she hold|eth thee | in awe,
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More than | God or | reli|gious church|men may.
GLOUCESTER
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Name not relig|ion, for | thou lovst | the
flesh,
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And nere | throughout | the year | to church |
thou goest,
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Except | it be | to pray | against | thy foes.
BEDFORD
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Cease, cease these | jars and | rest your | minds
in || peace:
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Let's / to the | altar:| heralds | wait on us;
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Instead | of gold,| we'll of|fer up | our arms:
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Since arms | avail not, now | that Hen|ry's
dead,
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Poster|ity | await | for wretch|ed years,
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When at their | mothers'| moist eyes, babes |
shall suck,
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Our isle | be made | a nour|ish of / salt tears,
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And none | but wom|en left | to wail | the dead.
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Henry | the Fifth,| thy ghost | I inv|ocate:
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Prosper | this realm,| keep it | from civ|il
broils,
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Combat | with ad|verse plan|ets in | the heavens;
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A far | more glor|ious star | thy soul | will
make,
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Than Jul|ius | Caesar | or bright-- \\
[Enter a Messenger]
MESSENGER
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My hon|ora|ble lords,| health to | you all:
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Sad tid/ings bring^|I to | you out | of France,
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Of loss,| of slaught|er, and | discom|fiture:
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Guienne,| Champag|ne, Rhei|ms, Orl|eans,
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Paris,| Guysors, | Poictiers,| are all quite lost.
BEDFORD
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What sayst | thou man,| before | dead Henry's
corpse?
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Speak soft/ly, or | the loss | of those great
towns
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Will make | him burst | his lead,| and rise |
from death.
GLOUCESTER
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Is Par|is lost?| is Rou|en yield|ed up?
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If Hen|ry were | recalled | to life | again,
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These^news | would cause | him once | more* yield
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EXETER
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How were | they lost?| what treach|ery | was
used?
MESSENGER
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No treach/ery, but | want of | men and | money.
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Amongst | the sol|diers this | is mut|tered,
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That here | you main|tain seve|ral fac|tions:
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And whilst | a field | should be | dispatched |
and fought,
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You are | disput|ing of | your gen|erals,
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One would | have lin|gering wars,| with lit|tle
cost;
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Anoth|er would / fly swift,| but want|eth wings:
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A third | thinks, with|out ex|pense at | all,
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By || guileful | fair words, peace | may be |
obtained.
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Awake,| awake,| English | nobil|ity,
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Let^not | sloth dim | your hon|ors, new-|begot:
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Cropped are | the flower|-de-lu|ces in | your
arms
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Of Eng|land's coat,| one half | is cut | away.
EXETER
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Were our | tears want/ing to | this fun|eral,
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These^tid|ings would / call forth | their
flow|ing tides.
BEDFORD
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Me they | concern,| Regent | I am | of France:
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Give me | my steel|ed coat,| I'll fight | for
France.
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Away | with these | disgrace|ful wail|ing robes;
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Wounds will | I lend | the French,| instead | of
eyes,
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To weep | their int|ermiss|ive mis|eries.
[Enter to them another Messenger]
MESSENGER
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Lords view these | letters, full of bad |
mischance.
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France is | revolt|ed from | the Eng|lish quite,
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Except | some pet|ty towns,| of no | import.
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The Dauph|in Charles | is crown|ed king | of
Rheims:
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The bast|ard of Orl|eans | with him | is joined:
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Reignier,| Duke of | Anjou,| doth take | his
part,
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The Duke | of Al|encon | flieth to | his side.
EXETER
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The Dauph|in crown|ed king?| All fly / to him?
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O whith|er shall | we fly | from this | reproach?
GLOUCESTER
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We will / not fly,| but to | our en|emies'
throats.
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Bedford,| if thou | be slack,| I'll fight | it
out.
BEDFORD
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Gloucester,| why doubtst | thou of | my for|wardness?
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An ar|my have | I must|ered in | my thoughts,
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Wherewith | alrea|dy France | is ov|errun.
[Enter another Messenger]
MESSENGER
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My gra|cious lords,| to add | to your | laments,
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Wherewith | you now | bedew | King Henry's
hearse,
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I must | inform | you of | a dis|mal fight,
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Betwixt | the stout | Lord Tal/bot, and | the
French.
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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What? where|in Tal|bot ov|ercame,| is it so?
MESSENGER
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O no:| wherein | Lord Tal/bot was | orethrown:
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The cir|cumstance | I'll tell | you more | at
large.
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The tenth | of Aug|ust last,| this dread|ful lord,
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Retir|ing from | the siege | of Orl|eans,
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Having | full scarce six | thousand | in his
troop.
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By three | and twen|ty thous|and of | the French
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Was round | encomp|assed,| and set | upon:
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No leis|ure had | he to en|rank his | men.
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He || wanted | pikes to | set be|fore his |
archers:
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Instead | whereof,| sharp stakes plucked | out of
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They pitched | in the ground | confus|edly,
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To keep | the horse|men off,| from break|ing in.
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More than | three hours the fight |
contin|ued:
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Where val|iant Tal|bot, a/bove hum|an thought,
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Enact|ed wond|ers with | his sword | and lance:
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Hundreds he | sent to | hell, and | none
durst^|stand him:
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Here, there, and eve|rywhere | enraged,| he flew.
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The French | exclaimed,| the dev|il was | in
arms,
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All the whole ar|my stood | agaz|ed on him.
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His sol|diers spy|ing his / undaunt|ed spirit,
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A Tal|bot, a Tal|bot, cried | out a|main,
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And || rushed in/to the | bowels | of the |
battle.
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Here had | the con|quest ful|ly been / sealed up,
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If Sir John | Falstaff had not | played the |
coward.
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He be/ing in | the va|ward, placed | behind,
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With pur|pose to | relieve | and fol|low them,
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Coward|ly fled,| not having | struck one stroke.
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Hence grew the gene|ral wreck | and mas|sacre:
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Enclos|ed were | they with | their en|emies.
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A base | Walloon,| to win | the Dauph|in's grace,
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Thrust^Tal|bot with | a spear | into | the back,
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Whom all | France, with | their chief | assem|bled
strength,
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Durst^not | presume | to look | once in | the face.
BEDFORD
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Is Tal|bot slain | then? I | will slay | myself,
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For liv|ing id|ly here,| in pomp | and ease,
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Whilst^such | a worth|y lead|er, want|ing aid,
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Unto | his dast|ard foe|men is | betrayed.
MESSENGER
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O no,| he lives,| but is / took pris|oner,
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And Lord | Scales with / him, and | Lord
Hung/erford:
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Most of the | rest slaught/ered, or | took
likewise.
BEDFORD
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His rans|om there | is none | but I | shall pay.
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I'll hale | the Dauph|in head|long from | his
throne,
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His crown | shall be | the rans|om of | my
friend:
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Four of | their lords | I'll change | for one |
of ours.
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Farewell | my mast|ers, to | my task | will I,
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Bonfires in France | forthwith | I am | to make,
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To keep | our great | Saint George's feast |
withal.
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Ten^thous|and sol|diers with | me I | will take,
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Whose blood|y deeds | shall make | all Eur|ope
quake.
MESSENGER
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So you | had need,| for Orl|eans is | besieged,
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The Eng|lish ar|my is / grown weak | and faint:
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The Earl | of Sal|isbury | craveth | supply,
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And hard|ly keeps | his men | from mut|iny,
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Since they | so few, watch such | a mul|titude.
EXETER
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Remem|ber lords | your oaths | to Hen|ry sworn:
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Either | to quell | the Dauph|in ut|terly,
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Or bring | him in | obed|ience to | your yoke.
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I do | remem|ber it,| and here | take my ||
leave,
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To go | about | my pre|para||tion.
[Exit]
GLOUCESTER
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I'll | to the Tower | with all | the haste | I
can,
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To view | the artil|lery | and mu|nition,
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And then | I will | proclaim | young^Hen|ry king.
[Exit]
EXETER
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To Elth|am will I,| where the | young king is,
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Being | ordained | his spec|ial gov|ernor,
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And for | his safe|ty there | I'll best | devise.
[Exit]
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
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Each^hath | his place | and func|tion to |
attend:
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I am | left^out;| for me | nothing | remains:
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But long | I will not | be Jack | out of |
office.
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The king | from Elth|am I | intend | to send,
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And sit | at chief|est stern | of pub|lic weal.
[Exeunt]