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*[Note: the First Folio spells "Dauphin" as "Dolphin", which is why
line 107, "Dogfish or Dolphin", is a pun.]
[Enter, on the walls, a Master Gunner and his Boy.]
MASTER GUNNER
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Sirrah,| thou knowst | how Orl|eans is
| besieged,
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And how | the Eng|lish have | the sub|urbs won.
BOY
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Father | I know,| and oft | have shot | at them,
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Howere | unfor|tunate,| I missed | my aim.
MASTER GUNNER
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But now | thou shalt / not. Be | thou ruled | by
me:
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Chief master-gun|ner am | I of | this town,
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Something | I must | do to | procure | me grace:
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The prin|ce's espi|als have | informed | me,
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How || the Eng|lish, in | the sub|urbs close |
intrenched,
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Went^through | a sec|ret grate | of ir|on bars,
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In yond|er tower,| to ov|erpeer | the city,
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And thence | discov|er, how | with most |
advant||age
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They | may vex us | with shot | or with |
assault.
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To int|ercept | this in|conven|ience,
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A piece | of ord|nance 'gainst | it I | have
placed,
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And ev|en these | three days / have I | watched,
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If I | could see | them. Now | do thou watch,
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For I | can stay | no long|er. \\
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If thou / spyst an|y, run | and bring | me word,
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And thou | shalt find | me at | the gov|ernor's.
[Exit]
BOY
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Father,| I war|rant you,| take you | no care,
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I'll nev|er troub|le you,| if I may | spy them.
[Exit]
[Enter, on the turrets, SALISBURY and TALBOT, GLANSDALE, GARGRAVE, and
others]
SALISBURY
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Talbot,| my life,| my joy,| again | returned?
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How wert | thou hand|led, be|ing pris|oner?
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Or by | what means | gotst thou | to be |
released?
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Discourse | I prith|ee on | this tur|ret's top.
TALBOT
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The Duke | of Bed|ford had | a pris|oner,
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Called the | brave Lord Pont|on de / Santrailles,
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For him | was I | exchanged | and rans|omed.
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But with | a bas|er man | of arms | by far,
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Once in | contempt | they would | have bart|ered
me:
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Which^I | disdain|ing, scorned,| and crav|ed
death,
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Rather | than I | would be | so vile | esteemed:
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In fine,| redeemed | I was | as I | desired.
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But O,| the treach|erous Fal|staff* wounds | my
heart,
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Whom with | my bare | fists I | would ex|ecute,
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If I | now had | him brought | into | my power.
SALISBURY
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Yet tellst | thou not,| how thou | wert
ent|ertained.
TALBOT
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With scoffs | and scorns,| and con|tumel|ious
taunts,
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In op|en mark|et-place | produced | they me,
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To be | a pub|lic spec|tacle | to all:
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Here, said | they, is | the ter|ror of | the
French,
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The scare|crow that | affrights | our child|ren
so.
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Then broke | I from the | offi|cers that | led
me,
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And with | my nails | digged stones out | of the
ground,
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To hurl | at the | behol|ders of | my shame.
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My gris|ly count|enance | made^oth|ers fly,
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None^durst | come^near,| for fear | of sud|den
death.
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In ir|on walls | they deemed | me not | secure:
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So great fear | of my name | amongst | them was spread,
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That they | supposed | I could / rend bars | of
steel,
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And spurn | in pie|ces posts | of ad|amant.
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Wherefore | a guard | of chos|en shot | I had,
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That walked | about | me eve|ry min|ute-while:
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And if | I did | but stir | out of | my bed,
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Ready | they were | to shoot | me to | the heart.
[Enter the Boy with a linstock]
SALISBURY
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I grieve | to hear | what tor|ments you |
endured,
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But we | will be | revenged | suffic|iently.
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Now it | is sup|per-time | in Orl|eans:
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Here,| through this grate,| I count | each one,
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And view | the French|men how | they for|tify:
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Let us look^|in, the | sight will | much de|light
thee.
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Sir Thom|as Gar|grave, and Sir | William |
Glansdale*,
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Let me | have your | express | opin|ions,
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Where is best place | to make | our bat|tery next?
GARGRAVE
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I think | at the north | gate, for | there stands
lords.
GLANSDALE
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And I | here, at | the bul|wark^of | the bridge.
TALBOT
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For aught | I see,| this^ci|ty must | be
fam||ished,
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Or | with light | skirmi|shes en|feebled.
[Here they shoot. SALISBURY and GARGRAVE fall]
SALISBURY
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O Lord | have mer|cy on us,| wretched | sinners.
GARGRAVE
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O Lord | have mer|cy on | me, woe|ful man.
TALBOT
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What chance | is this,| that sud|denly hath /
crossed us?
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Speak Sal/isbury;| at least,| if thou / canst,
speak:
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How farst | thou, mir|ror of / all mar|tial men?
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One of | thy eyes,| and thy / cheek's side |
struck^off?
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Accurs|ed tower,| accurs|ed fat|al hand,
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That hath | contrived | this woe|ful trag|edy.
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In thir|teen^bat|tles, Sal|isbury / orecame:
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Henry | the Fifth | he first | trained to | the
wars.
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Whilst^a|ny trump | did sound,| or drum | struck^up,
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His sword | did nere | leave strik/ing in | the
field.
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Yet livst | thou Sal|isbury? though | thy speech
| doth fail,
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One^eye | thou hast | to look | to heaven | for
grace.
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The sun | with one | eye* view|eth all | the world.
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Heaven | be thou | gracious | to none | alive,
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If Salis|bury wants mer|cy at | thy hands.
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Bear* hence | his body,| I will help | to bu|ry
it. ??
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Sir Thom|as Gar|grave, hast | thou an|y life?
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Speak un|to Tal|bot, nay,| look up | to him.
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Salisbury | cheer thy | spirit | with this |
comfort,
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Thou shalt not | die | whiles-- |
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He beck|ons with | his hand,| and smiles | on me:
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As who | should say, | When I | am dead | and
gone,
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Remem|ber to | avenge | me on | the French.
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Planta|genet | I will,| and like thee, Nero,
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Play on | the lute,| behold|ing the / towns burn:
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Wretched | shall France | be^on|ly in | my name.
[Here an alarum, and it thunders and lightens]
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What stir | is this?| what tum|ult's in | the
heavens?
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Whence com/eth this | alar|um, and | the noise?
[Enter a Messenger]
MESSENGER
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My lord,| my lord,| the French | have gath|ered head:
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The Dauph|in, with / one Joan | la Pu/celle
joined,
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A ho|ly proph|etess,| new ris|en up,
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Is come | with a / great power,| to raise | the
siege.
[Here SALISBURY lifteth himself up and groans]
TALBOT
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Hear,| hear how | dying | Salisbury | doth groan,
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It irks | his heart | he can|not be | revenged.
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Frenchmen,| I'll be | a Sal|isbury | to you.
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Pucelle | or puz|zle, Dauph|in* or / dogfish,
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Your hearts | I'll stamp | out with | my horse|'s
heels,
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And make | a quag|mire of | your min|gled brains.
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Convey | me Sal|isbury | into | his tent,
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And then | we'll try | what these^dast|ard
French|men dare.
[Alarum. Exeunt.]