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The English camp near Bourdeaux.
[Enter TALBOT and JOHN his son]
TALBOT
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O young | John Tal/bot, I | did send | for thee
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To tut|or thee | in strat|agems | of war,
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That Tal|bot's name | might be | in thee |
revived,
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When sap|less age,| and weak | una|ble limbs
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Should bring | thy fath|er to | his droop|ing
chair.
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But O | malig|nant and / ill-bod|ing stars,
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Now thou | art come | unto | a feast | of death,
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A ter|rible | and un|avoid|ed dang||er:
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Therefore | dear boy,| mount on | my swif|test
horse,
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And I'll | direct | thee how | thou shalt | escape
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By sud|den flight.| Come, dal/ly not*,| be gone.
JOHN TALBOT
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Is my | name Tal/bot? and | am I | your son?
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And shall | I fly? | O, if you | love my |
mother,
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Dishon|or not | her hon|ora|ble name,
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To make | a bast|ard, and | a slave | of me:
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The world | will say,| he is / not Tal|bot's
blood,
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That base|ly fled,| when nob|le Tal|bot stood.
TALBOT
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Fly, to | revenge | my death,| if I | be slain.
JOHN TALBOT
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He that / flies so,| will nere | return | again.
TALBOT
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If we / both stay,| we both | are sure | to die.
JOHN TALBOT
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Then let / me stay,| and fath|er do / you fly:
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Your loss | is great,| so your | regard | should
be;
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My worth | unknown,| no loss | is known | in me.
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Upon | my death,| the French | can lit|tle boast;
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In yours | they will,| in you | all hopes | are
lost.
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Flight can|not stain | the hon|or you | have won,
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But mine | it will,| that no | exploit | have
done.
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You fled | for vant|age, eve|ryone | will swear:
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But if / I bow,| they'll say | it was | for fear.
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There is / no hope | that ev|er I | will stay,
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If the / first hour | I shrink | and run | away:
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Here on | my knee | I beg | mortal|ity,
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Rather | than life,| preserved | with in|famy.
TALBOT
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Shall all | thy moth|er's hopes | lie in one
tomb?
JOHN TALBOT
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Aye rath|er than | I'll shame | my moth|er's
womb.
TALBOT
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Upon | my bless|ing, I | command | thee go.
JOHN TALBOT
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To fight | I will,| but not | to fly | the foe.
TALBOT
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Part of | thy fath|er may | be saved | in thee.
JOHN TALBOT
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No part | of him,| but will | be shame | in me.
TALBOT
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Thou nev|er hadst | renown,| nor canst | not lose it.
JOHN TALBOT
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Yes, your | renown|ed name:| shall flight | abuse
it?
TALBOT
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Thy fath|er's charge | shall clear | thee from |
that stain.
JOHN TALBOT
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You can|not wit|ness for | me, be|ing slain.
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If death | be so | appar|ent, then / both fly.
TALBOT
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And leave | my fol|lowers here | to fight | and
die?
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My age | was nev|er taint|ed with / such shame.
JOHN TALBOT
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And shall | my youth | be guil|ty of / such
blame?
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No more | can I | be sev|ered from | your side,
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Than can | yourself,| yourself | in twain |
divide:
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Stay, go, do | what you will,| the like | do I;
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For live | I will | not, if | my fath|er die.
TALBOT
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Then here | I take | my leave | of thee,| fair*
son,
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Born to | eclipse | thy life | this aft|ernoon:
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Come, side by side,| togeth|er live | and die,
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And soul | with soul | from France | to heav|en
fly.
[Exeunt]