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Henry VI part one

Act II, Scene 2

 

Orleans. Within the town.
 
[Enter TALBOT, BEDFORD, BURGUNDY, a Captain, and others]
 
BEDFORD
           ,        ,         ,           ,          ,
      The day | begins | to break,| and night | is fled,
              ,       ,      ,       ,           ,
      Whose pitch|y mant|le ov|er-veiled | the earth.
             ,         ,           ,          ,         ,
      Here sound | retreat,| and cease | our hot | pursuit.
 
[Retreat sounded]
 
TALBOT
        T     T    .   T          ,   ,      x
      Bring forth the bod|y of / old Sal|isbury,
            ,        ,         ,        ,        ,
      And here | advance | it in | the mark|et-place,
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      The mid|dle cent|er of | this curs|ed town.
       ,             ,        ,       ,         ,
      Now have | I paid | my vow | unto | his soul:
           ,       ,         ,           ,           ,
      For eve|ry drop | of blood | was drawn | from him,
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      There* hath | at least five French|men died | tonight.
            ,         ,      ,     ,        ,
      And that | hereaft|er ag|es may | behold
            ,     ,         ,       ,         ,
      What ru|in hap|pened in | revenge | of him,
          ,            ,        ,        ,       ,
      Within | their chief|est temp|le I'll | erect
          ,         ,           ,            ,        ,
      A tomb,| wherein | his corpse | shall be | interred:
         ,         ,           ,  2   ,          ,
      Upon | the which,| that eve|ry one | may read,
             ,        ,           ,        ,    ,
      Shall be | engraved | the sack | of Orl|eans,
             ,     2    ,       ,         ,         ,
      The treach|erous man|ner of | his mourn|ful death,
            ,       ,       ,         ,          ,
      And what | a ter|ror he | had been | to France.
            ,         ,          ,      ,     ,
      But lords,| in all | our blood|y mas|sacre,
          ,        ,     ,               ,          ,
      I muse | we met | not with | the Dauph/in's grace,
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      His new-come cham|pion, vir|tuous Joan | of Arc,
          ,     ,         ,         ,      ,
      Nor^a|ny of | his false | confed|erates.
 
BEDFORD
              ,            ,         ,          ,        ,
      'Tis thought | Lord^Tal|bot, when | the fight | began,
         ,             ,        ,            ,       ,
      Roused on | the sud|den from | their drow|sy beds,
            ,        ,            ,         ,      ,
      They did | amongst | the troops | of arm|ed men,
            ,          ,          ,       ,         ,
      Leap^ore | the walls | for ref|uge in | the field.
 
BURGUNDY
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      Myself,| as far | as I | could well | discern,
            ,          ,      ,       ,         ,
      For smoke,| and dus|ky vap|ors of | the night,
           ,         ,           ,       ,          ,
      Am sure | I scared | the Dauph|in and | his trull,
            ,        ,           ,           ,       ,       ->
      When arm | in arm | they both | came swift|ly run||ning,
        ,      2    ,        ,        ,       ,
      Like | to a pair | of lov|ing turt|le-doves,
             ,           ,      ,       ,         ,
      That could | not live | asund|er day | or night.
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      After | that things | are set | in ord|er here,
             ,        ,          ,          ,          ,
      We'll fol|low them | with all | the power | we have.
 
[Enter a Messenger]
 
MESSENGER
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      All* hail,| my lords:| which of | this prince|ly train
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      Call ye | the warlike Tal|bot, for | his acts
           ,        ,         ,            ,           ,
      So much | applaud|ed through | the realm | of France?
 
TALBOT
        ,            ,        ,            ,           ,
      Here is | the Tal|bot, who | would speak | with him?
 
MESSENGER
           ,    2    ,       ,             ,   ,
      The vir|tuous la|dy, Count|ess of / Auvergne,
            ,     ,      ,       ,        ,
      With mod|esty | admir|ing thy | renown,
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      By me en|treats (great lord)| thou wouldst / vouchsafe
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      To vis|it her / poor cas|tle where | she lies,
            ,          ,           ,        ,         ,
      That she | may boast | she hath | beheld | the man,
             ,       ,           ,            ,       ,
      Whose glo|ry fills | the world | with loud | report.
 
BURGUNDY
        2   ,      ,    ,             ,          ,
      Is it ev|en so?| Nay, then | I see | our wars
             ,       ,       ,        ,       ,
      Will turn | unto | a peace|ful com|ic sport,
            ,        ,         ,       ,          ,
      When lad|ies crave | to be | encount|ered with.
         2     ,         ,         ,         ,        ,
      You may not |(my lord)| despise | her gent|le suit.
 
TALBOT
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      Nere trust / me then:| for when | a world | of men
             ,        ,           ,           ,    x
      Could not | prevail | with all | their or|atory,
            ,       ,         ,       ,       ,
      Yet hath | a wom|an's kind|ness ov|er-ruled:
            ,          ,                 ,    ,      ,
      And there|fore tell | her, I re//turn great thanks,
           ,       ,         ,        ,        ,
      And in | submis|sion will | attend | on her.
            ,          ,        ,        ,     ,
      Will not | your hon|ors bear | me comp|any?
 
BEDFORD
       ,   ,                ,          ,         ,
      No, tru/ly, it | is more | than man|ners will:
          ,          ,          ,       ,         ,
      And I | have heard | it said,| unbid|den guests
           ,      ,      ,           ,          ,
      Are of|ten wel|comest | when they | are gone.
 
TALBOT
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      Well then,| alone |(since there's | no rem|edy)
          ,         ,           ,        ,     ,
      I mean | to prove | this la|dy's court|esy.
             ,       ,        ,         ,          ,
      Come hith|er capt|ain, You | perceive | my mind.
 
CAPTAIN
         ,        ,          ,       ,       ,
      I do | my lord,| and mean | accord|ingly.
 
[Exeunt]

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