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Henry VI part one

Act I, Scene 5

 

The same.
 
[Here an alarum again: and TALBOT pursueth the DAUPHIN, and driveth him: then enter JOAN LA PUCELLE, driving Englishmen before her, and exit after them then Enter TALBOT]
 
TALBOT
        ,               ,          ,       ,         ,
      Where is | my strength,| my val|or, and | my force?
           ,          ,         ,       ,        ,         2->
      Our Eng|lish troops | retire,| I can|not stay || them,
         ,       ,        ,       ,        ,
      A wom|an clad | in arm|or chas|eth them.
 
      [Enter JOAN LA PUCELLE]
        T     T   .    T            ,        ,           ,
      Here, here she^comes.| I'll have | a bout | with thee:  ??
       ,          ,        ,          ,         ,
      Devil | or dev|il's dam,| I'll con|jure thee:
        ,              ,         ,          ,        ,
      Blood will | I draw | on thee,| thou art | a witch,
             ,            ,          ,        ,            ,
      And straight|way* give | thy soul | to him | thou servst.
 
JOAN LA PUCELLE
               ,           ,    ,     ,      2      ,
      Come*, come, | 'tis on|ly I | that must^dis|grace thee.  ??
 
      [Here they fight]
 
TALBOT
         x                ,        ,     ,           ,
      Heavens, can | you suf|fer hell | so to | prevail?
            ,            ,       ,     ,         2       ,
      My breast | I'll burst | with strain/ing of my | courage,
            ,         ,          ,          ,      ,      o
      And from | my shoul|ders crack | my arms | asund|er,
          ,     T    T   T           ,    ,         ,
      But I | will chastise | this high-|minded | strumpet.  (hex with prev)
 
      [They fight again]
 
JOAN LA PUCELLE
       ,             ,          ,     .  T   T    T
      Talbot | farewell,| thy hour | is not yet come,
          ,        ,    2   ,    ,          ,
      I must | go vic|tual Orl|eans | forthwith:

[A short alarum; then enter the town with soldiers]
           ,        ,          ,         ,            ,
      Oretake | me if | thou canst,| I scorn | thy strength.
       T   T    T       2      ,       ,       ,
      Go, go, cheer | up thy hung|ry-starv|ed men,
        ,   ,      2         ,          ,     ,
      Help Sal/isbury | to make | his test|ament,
            ,         ,        ,      ,           ,
      This^day | is ours,| as ma|ny more | shall be.
 
      [Exit]
 
TALBOT
             ,            ,        ,       ,          ,
      My thoughts | are whirl|ed like | a pot|ter's wheel,
          ,          ,        ,         ,       ,
      I know | not where | I am,| nor what | I do:
          ,          ,          ,           ,     ,
      A witch | by fear,| not force,| like Han|nibal,
         T     T   .     T          ,         ,         ,
      Drives back our troops,| and con|quers as | she lists:
           ,           ,           ,            ,         ,
      So bees | with smoke,| and doves | with nois|ome stench,
            ,            ,          ,         x       ,
      Are from | their hives | and hous|es driven | away.
              ,         ,           ,          ,         ,
      They called | us for | our fierce|ness, Eng|lish dogs,
       T    T   .    T         ,       ,       ,
      Now like to whelps,| we cry|ing run | away.
 
      [A short alarum]
        ,    ,             ,          ,          ,
      Hark count/rymen, | either | renew | the fight,
           ,         ,      ,        ,           ,
      Or tear | the li|ons out | of Eng|land's coat;
           ,            ,      T    T    .  T        ,
      Renounce | your soil,| give sheep in li|ons' stead:
        T    T   T      ,         ,    2        ,           ,  ->
      Sheep run not | half so | treacherous | from the || wolf,
             ,         ,       ,         ,
      Or | horse or | oxen | from the | leopard,
          ,     ,               ,       ,       ,
      As you | fly from | your oft-|subdu|ed slaves.

[Alarum. Here another skirmish]
                 ,   ,       ,     ,  2         ,
      It will / not be,| retire | into your | trenches:
           ,        ,       ,     ,     2       ,
      You all | consent|ed un|to Sal|isbury's death,
            ,             ,          ,         ,       ,
      For none | would strike | a stroke | in his | revenge.
          ,         ,        ,     ,    ,
      Pucelle | is ent|ered in|to Orl|eans,
           ,         ,        ,           ,          ,
      In spite | of us,| or aught | that we | could do.
          ,         ,        ,          ,      x
      O would | I were | to die | with Sal|isbury,
            ,          ,          ,         ,         ,
      The shame | hereof,| will make | me hide | my head.
 
[Alarum; retreat; flourish. Exit]

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