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Henry VI part one

Act I, Scene 4

*[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
       ,               ,          ,    2   ,        ,
      Sirrah,| thou knowst | how Orl|eans is | besieged,
           ,         ,         ,         ,        ,
      And how | the Eng|lish have | the sub|urbs won.
 
BOY
       ,           ,         ,           ,         ,
      Father | I know,| and oft | have shot | at them,
          ,       ,      ,         ,         ,
      Howere | unfor|tunate,| I missed | my aim.
 
MASTER GUNNER
           ,                  ,    ,          ,         ,
      But now | thou shalt / not. Be | thou ruled | by me:
        T     Tx    T       ,      ,          ,
      Chief master-gun|ner am | I of | this town,  ??
        ,         ,        ,            ,         ,
      Something | I must | do to | procure | me grace:
            ,      2   ,       ,         ,
      The prin|ce's espi|als have | informed | me,
      <- ,          ,         ,        ,         ,           ,
        How || the Eng|lish, in | the sub|urbs close | intrenched,
              ,         ,        ,         ,      ,
      Went^through | a sec|ret grate | of ir|on bars,
          ,        x         ,     ,          x
      In yond|er tower,| to ov|erpeer | the city,  ??
             ,         ,       ,           ,        ,      ->
      And thence | discov|er, how | with most | advant||age
        ,           x            ,         ,        ,
      They | may vex us | with shot | or with | assault.
          ,      ,          ,     ,     ,
      To int|ercept | this in|conven|ience,
          ,         ,            ,        ,           ,
      A piece | of ord|nance 'gainst | it I | have placed,
           ,      ,       ,     ,                ,
      And ev|en these | three days / have I | watched,
         ,          ,           ,     T   T    T
      If I | could see | them. Now | do thou watch,
          ,         ,        ,
      For I | can stay | no long|er.  \\
                  ,    ,     ,          ,         ,
      If thou / spyst an|y, run | and bring | me word,
            ,            ,        ,        ,       ,
      And thou | shalt find | me at | the gov|ernor's.
 
[Exit]
 
BOY
       ,          ,        ,      ,             ,
      Father,| I war|rant you,| take you | no care,
            ,       ,       ,     ,  2       ,
      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
       ,            ,        ,       ,         ,
      Talbot,| my life,| my joy,| again | returned?
            ,           ,        ,       ,     ,
      How wert | thou hand|led, be|ing pris|oner?
          ,          ,       ,              ,        ,
      Or by | what means | gotst thou | to be | released?
            ,         ,       ,         ,         ,
      Discourse | I prith|ee on | this tur|ret's top.
 
TALBOT
            ,        ,        ,        ,    ,
      The Duke | of Bed|ford had | a pris|oner,
         ,           T     T    T            ,    ,
      Called the | brave Lord Pont|on de / Santrailles,
           ,        ,        ,            ,     ,
      For him | was I | exchanged | and rans|omed.
            ,       ,      ,         ,        ,
      But with | a bas|er man | of arms | by far,
        ,            ,            ,            ,        ,
      Once in | contempt | they would | have bart|ered me:
            ,        ,          ,            ,       ,
      Which^I | disdain|ing, scorned,| and crav|ed death,
       ,            ,          ,        ,         ,
      Rather | than I | would be | so vile | esteemed:
           ,         ,        ,       ,        ,
      In fine,| redeemed | I was | as I | desired.
          ,         ,      2    ,            ,          ,
      But O,| the treach|erous Fal|staff* wounds | my heart,
        ,              ,      ,              ,    ,
      Whom with | my bare | fists I | would ex|ecute,
         ,        ,           ,         ,        ,
      If I | now had | him brought | into | my power.
 
SALISBURY
             ,           ,          ,          ,       ,
      Yet tellst | thou not,| how thou | wert ent|ertained.
 
TALBOT
              ,            ,          ,     ,    2     ,
      With scoffs | and scorns,| and con|tumel|ious taunts,
         ,       ,       ,          ,           ,
      In op|en mark|et-place | produced | they me,
          ,      ,        ,     ,        ,
      To be | a pub|lic spec|tacle | to all:
        ,            ,             ,       ,          ,
      Here, said | they, is | the ter|ror of | the French,
            ,     ,              ,            ,        ,
      The scare|crow that | affrights | our child|ren so.
             ,     ,     2       ,     ,          ,
      Then broke | I from the | offi|cers that | led me,
            ,         ,        T      T    T      2       ,
      And with | my nails | digged stones out | of the ground,
           ,     ,          ,        ,        ,
      To hurl | at the | behol|ders of | my shame.
           ,       ,       ,         ,        ,
      My gris|ly count|enance | made^oth|ers fly,
             ,            ,          ,        ,        ,
      None^durst | come^near,| for fear | of sud|den death.
          ,      ,             ,         ,        ,
      In ir|on walls | they deemed | me not | secure:
       T   T     T      2     ,        ,         2       ,
      So great fear | of my name | amongst | them was spread,
             ,         ,                 ,    ,         ,
      That they | supposed | I could / rend bars | of steel,
            ,         ,        ,         ,    ,
      And spurn | in pie|ces posts | of ad|amant.
             ,        ,          ,       ,       ,
      Wherefore | a guard | of chos|en shot | I had,
              ,        ,        ,      ,        ,
      That walked | about | me eve|ry min|ute-while:
           ,      ,          ,     ,           ,
      And if | I did | but stir | out of | my bed,
       ,             ,         ,         ,         ,
      Ready | they were | to shoot | me to | the heart.
 
[Enter the Boy with a linstock]
 
SALISBURY
          ,           ,          ,         ,        ,
      I grieve | to hear | what tor|ments you | endured,
           ,         ,        ,         ,       ,
      But we | will be | revenged | suffic|iently.
       ,           ,        ,        ,    ,
      Now it | is sup|per-time | in Orl|eans:
       __       T      T    T         ,           ,
      Here,| through this grate,| I count | each one,
            ,           ,        ,          ,     ,
      And view | the French|men how | they for|tify:
       ,            ,          ,            ,       ,
      Let us look^|in, the | sight will | much de|light thee.
           ,       ,    ,       2        ,          ,
      Sir Thom|as Gar|grave, and Sir | William | Glansdale*,
       ,         ,             ,       ,     ,
      Let me | have your | express | opin|ions,
        T    .   T    T          ,         ,    2    ,
      Where is best place | to make | our bat|tery next?
 
GARGRAVE
          ,       2      ,       ,           T      T     T
      I think | at the north | gate, for | there stands lords.
 
GLANSDALE
          ,     ,             ,        ,         ,
      And I | here, at | the bul|wark^of | the bridge.
 
TALBOT
            ,        ,          ,      ,        ,         ->
      For aught | I see,| this^ci|ty must | be fam||ished,
       ,          ,       ,      ,      ,
      Or | with light | skirmi|shes en|feebled.
 
[Here they shoot. SALISBURY and GARGRAVE fall]
 
SALISBURY
          ,          ,       x        ,        ,
      O Lord | have mer|cy on us,| wretched | sinners.
 
GARGRAVE
          ,          ,      ,        ,       ,
      O Lord | have mer|cy on | me, woe|ful man.
 
TALBOT
              ,          ,          ,                  ,     ,
      What chance | is this,| that sud|denly hath / crossed us?
        ,    ,                ,                ,      ,
      Speak Sal/isbury;| at least,| if thou / canst, speak:
            ,            ,            ,   ,        ,
      How farst | thou, mir|ror of / all mar|tial men?
       ,             ,                ,       ,            ,
      One of | thy eyes,| and thy / cheek's side | struck^off?
         ,        x        ,       ,       ,
      Accurs|ed tower,| accurs|ed fat|al hand,
             ,          ,           ,       ,     ,
      That hath | contrived | this woe|ful trag|edy.
           ,        ,         ,            ,   ,
      In thir|teen^bat|tles, Sal|isbury / orecame:
       ,            ,          ,        ,               ,
      Henry | the Fifth | he first | trained to | the wars.
             ,      ,           ,          ,            ,
      Whilst^a|ny trump | did sound,| or drum | struck^up,
            ,           ,      ,     ,                  ,
      His sword | did nere | leave strik/ing in | the field.
            ,           ,    2        ,            ,            ,
      Yet livst | thou Sal|isbury? though | thy speech | doth fail,
           ,           ,         ,          x           ,
      One^eye | thou hast | to look | to heaven | for grace.
           ,          ,           ,       ,          ,
      The sun | with one | eye* view|eth all | the world.  ??
       ,        ,          ,             ,       ,
      Heaven | be thou | gracious | to none | alive,
           x    Tx    T    T      ,         ,
      If Salis|bury wants mer|cy at | thy hands.
              ,          Tx     2       ,        ,     ,
      Bear* hence | his body,| I will help | to bu|ry it.  ??
            ,      ,    ,             ,         ,
      Sir Thom|as Gar|grave, hast | thou an|y life?
        ,          ,        ,          ,       ,
      Speak un|to Tal|bot, nay,| look up | to him.
       ,   2        ,           ,        ,          ,
      Salisbury | cheer thy | spirit | with this | comfort,
        T    T    T    ___     __       oo
      Thou shalt not | die | whiles-- |
           ,        ,          ,          ,          ,
      He beck|ons with | his hand,| and smiles | on me:
          ,            ,          ,        ,          ,
      As who | should say, | When I | am dead | and gone,
         ,       ,      ,         ,          ,
      Remem|ber to | avenge | me on | the French.
           ,    ,        ,     .    T    T     x
      Planta|genet | I will,| and like thee, Nero,  ??
        ,             ,       ,               ,     ,
      Play on | the lute,| behold|ing the / towns burn:
        ,                 ,         ,     ,        ,
      Wretched | shall France | be^on|ly in | my name.
 
[Here an alarum, and it thunders and lightens]
             ,         ,          ,         ,          x
      What stir | is this?| what tum|ult's in | the heavens?
         ,    ,               ,       ,          ,
      Whence com/eth this | alar|um, and | the noise?
 
[Enter a Messenger]
 
MESSENGER
           ,         ,           ,            ,         ,
      My lord,| my lord,| the French | have gath|ered head:
            ,               ,    ,            ,      ,
      The Dauph|in, with / one Joan | la Pu/celle joined,
         ,      ,      ,         ,      ,
      A ho|ly proph|etess,| new ris|en up,
           ,               ,     ,          ,           ,
      Is come | with a / great power,| to raise | the siege.
 
[Here SALISBURY lifteth himself up and groans]
 
TALBOT
       __      ,         ,       ,   2             ,
      Hear,| hear how | dying | Salisbury | doth groan,
           ,          ,         ,       ,        ,
      It irks | his heart | he can|not be | revenged.
         ,          ,          ,      ,        ,
      Frenchmen,| I'll be | a Sal|isbury | to you.
          ,         ,        ,              ,   ,
      Pucelle | or puz|zle, Dauph|in* or / dogfish,
              ,            ,      ,              ,        ,
      Your hearts | I'll stamp | out with | my horse|'s heels,
            ,        ,    ,             ,          ,
      And make | a quag|mire of | your min|gled brains.
          ,        ,      x       ,         ,
      Convey | me Sal|isbury | into | his tent,
            ,           ,        2       ,          ,         ,
      And then | we'll try | what these^dast|ard French|men dare.
 
[Alarum. Exeunt.]

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