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Auvergne. The COUNTESS's castle.
[Enter the COUNTESS and her Porter]
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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Porter,| remem|ber what | I gave | in charge,
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And when | you have done | so, bring | the keys |
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Madam,| I will. \\
[Exit]
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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The plot | is laid,| if all things fall | out
right,
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I shall as | famous | be by | this exploit,
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As Scyth|ian Tom|yris | by Cy|rus' death.
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Great is | the rum|or of | this dread|ful knight,
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And his | achieve|ments of / no less | account:
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Fain would | mine^eyes | be wit|ness with | mine
ears,
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To give | their cens|ure of | these rare | reports.
[Enter Messenger and TALBOT]
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Madam,| accord|ing as your lad|yship | desired,
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By mes|sage craved,| so is | Lord^Tal|bot come.
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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And he | is wel|come: What?| is this | the man?
MESSENGER
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Madam,| it is.
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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Is this | the scourge | of
France?
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Is this | the Tal|bot, so | much feared | abroad?
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That* with | his name | the moth|ers still | their
babes?
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I see | report | is fab|ulous | and false.
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I thought | I should | have seen | some
Herc|ules,
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A sec|ond Hec|tor, for | his grim aspect,
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And large | propor|tion of his // strong-knit
limbs.
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Alas,| this is | a child,| a sil|ly dwarf:
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It can|not be,| this weak | and writh|led shrimp
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Should* strike | such ter/ror to | his en|emies.
TALBOT
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Madam,| I have | been bold | to troub|le you;
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But since | your lad|yship | is not | at
leisure,
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I'll sort | some oth|er time | to vis|it you.
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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What means | he now?
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Go^ask | him, whith|er he goes?
MESSENGER
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Stay my | Lord^Tal|bot, for | my la|dy craves,
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To know | the cause | of your | abrupt |
depar||ture?
TALBOT
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Mar|ry, for that | she's in | a wrong | belief,
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I go | to cer|tify | her Tal|bot's here.
[Enter Porter with keys]
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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If thou | be he,| then art | thou pris|oner.
TALBOT
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Prisoner? | To whom?
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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To me,| blood-thirsty lord:
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And for | that cause | I trained | thee to | my
house.
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Long time thy shad|ow hath | been thrall | to me,
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For in | my gal|lery | thy pic|ture hangs:
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But now | the sub|stance shall | endure | the
like,
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And I | will chain | these legs | and arms | of thine,
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That hast | by tyr|anny | these ma|ny years
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Wasted | our count|ry, slain | our cit|izens,
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And sent | our sons | and hus|bands cap|tivate.
TALBOT
Ha, ha, ha.
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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Laughest | thou wretch?
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Thy mirth | shall turn |
to moan.
TALBOT
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I laugh | to see | your lad|yship | so fond,
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To think,| that you have | aught but | Talbot's
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Whereon | to prac|tice your | sever|ity.
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Why? Art not | thou the | man?|
TALBOT
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I am | indeed.
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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Then have | I sub|stance too.
TALBOT
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No* no,| I am | but shad|ow of | myself:
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You are | deceived,| my sub|stance is / not here;
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For what | you see,| is but | the smal|lest part,
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And least | propor|tion of | human|ity:
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I tell | you mad|am, were the // whole frame
here,
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It is | of such | a spac|ious lof|ty pitch,
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Your roof | were not | suffic|ient to | contain
it.
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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This is | a rid|dling merch|ant for | the nonce,
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He will | be here,| and yet | he is / not here:
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How can | these cont|rari|eties | agree?
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That will | I show | you pres|ently.|
[Winds his horn. Drums strike up: a peal of ordnance. Enter soldiers]
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How say | you madam?| Are you | now per|suaded,
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That Tal|bot is | but shad|ow of | himself?
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These are | his sub|stance, sin|ews, arms,| and strength,
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With which | he yok|eth your | rebel|lious necks,
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Razeth | your cit|ies, and | subverts | your towns,
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And in | a mom|ent makes | them des|olate.
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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Victor|ious Tal|bot, pard|on my | abuse,
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I find | thou art | no less | than fame | hath
bruited,
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And more | than may | be gath|ered by | thy
shape.
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Let* my | presump|tion not | provoke | thy wrath,
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For I | am sor|ry, that | with rev|erence
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I did | not^ent|ertain | thee as | thou art.
TALBOT
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Be not dis|mayed, fair*| lady,| nor mis|construe
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The mind | of Tal|bot, as | you did | mistake
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The out|ward com|posi|tion of | his bo||dy.
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What | you have done,| hath not | offend|ed me:
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Nor oth|er sat|isfac|tion do | I crave,
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But on|ly with | your pa|tience, that | we may
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Taste of | your wine,| and see | what cates | you
have,
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For sol|diers' stom|achs al|ways serve | them
well.
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
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With all | my heart,| and think | me hon|ored,
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To feast | so great | a war|rior in | my house.
[Exeunt]