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Henry V

Act I, Scene 2

The same. The Presence chamber.
 
[Enter KING HENRY V, GLOUCESTER, BEDFORD, EXETER, WARWICK, WESTMORELAND, and Attendants]
 
KING HENRY V
        ,            ,          ,        ,       x
      Where is | my gra|cious Lord | of Can|terbury?
 
EXETER
            ,        ,
      Not here | in pres|ence.
 
KING HENRY V
                                ,       2       ,     ,
                              Send | for him, good | uncle.
 
WESTMORELAND
        ,              ,      2   ,     ,         ,
      Shall we | call^in | the ambas|sador,| my liege?
 
KING HENRY V
           ,        ,        ,          ,        ,
      Not yet,| my cous|in: we | would be | resolved,
          ,         ,          ,           ,           ,
      Before | we hear | him, of | some things | of weight,
             ,            ,          ,        ,          ,
      That task | our thoughts,| concern|ing us | and France.
 
[Enter the ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, and the BISHOP of ELY]
 
CANTERBURY
       ,             ,        ,           ,         ,
      God and | his ang|els guard | your sac|red throne,
            ,          ,          x
      And make | you long | become it.
 
KING HENRY V
                                        ,         ,
                                      Sure we | thank you.
           ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      My learn|ed lord,| we pray | you to | proceed,
            ,      ,       ,       ,       ,
      And just|ly and | relig|iously | unfold,
       ,         ,       ,                  ,          ,
      Why the | law Sa|lique, that | they have | in France,
            ,           ,      ,   ,                  ,
      Or should | or should | not bar / us in | our claim:
           ,        ,         ,          ,         ,
      And God | forbid,| my dear | and faith|ful lord,
        ,     2           ,         ,          ,          ,
      That you should | fashion,| wrest, or | bow your | reading
           ,        ,           ,      ,         ,
      Or nice|ly charge | your und|erstand|ing soul,
           ,   2     ,       ,      ,            ,
      With op|ening tit|les mis|create,| whose right
        T    T   .  T       ,        ,          ,
      Suits not in nat|ive col|ors with | the truth:
           ,           ,         ,     ,          ,
      For God | doth know,| how ma|ny now | in health,
              ,            ,         ,     ,    ,
      Shall drop | their blood,| in ap|proba|tion
           ,           ,          ,         ,        ,
      Of what | your reve|rence shall | incite | us to.
             ,           ,         ,        ,           x
      Therefore | take^heed | how you | impawn | our person,
       ,           ,          ,         ,         ,
      How you | awake | our sleep|ing sword | of war;
            ,          ,         ,     .  T    T    T
      We charge | you in | the name | of God take heed:
           ,      ,           ,        ,         ,
      For nev|er two | such^king|doms did | contend,
           ,      T    T   .   T             ,          ,
      Without | much fall of blood,| whose^guilt|less drops
           ,      ,       ,        ,          ,
      Are eve|ry one,| a woe,| a sore | complaint,
              ,            ,             ,       ,          ,
      Gainst^him,| whose^wrong | gives^edge | unto | the swords,
             ,           ,          ,         ,    ,
      That make | such^waste | in brief | mortal|ity.
       ,            ,     ,         ,          ,
      Under | this con|jura|tion, speak | my lord:
           ,          ,      ,             ,          ,
      For we | will hear,| note, and | believe | in heart,
             ,          ,         ,         ,             ,
      That what | you speak,| is in | your con|science washed,
           ,        ,          ,   ,    oo
      As pure | as sin | with bap|tism.|
 
CANTERBURY
             ,        ,          ,          ,          ,
      Then hear | me gra|cious sove|reign, and | you peers,
            ,           ,            ,          ,     ,
      That owe | yourselves,| your lives,| and serv|ices,
           ,       ,   2     ,            ,       ,
      To this | imper|ial throne.| There is | no bar
           ,        ,            ,          ,           ,
      To make | against | your high|ness' claim | to France,
            ,            ,         ,           ,     ,
      But this | which they | produce | from Phar|amond,
          ,        ,        ,     ,     ,
      In terram Salicam mulieres ne succedant,  ????
          ,       ,          ,        ,         ,
      No wom|an shall | succeed | in Sal|ique land:
             ,         ,           ,         ,       ,
      Which Sal|ique land | the French | unjust|ly gloze
          ,         ,           ,          ,      ,
      To be | the realm | of France,| and Phar|amond
            ,       ,         ,         ,       ,
      The found|er of | this law,| and fe|male bar.
                   ,   ,         ,       ,       ,
      Yet their / own auth|ors faith|fully | affirm,
                   ,   ,        ,       ,     ,
      That the / land Sal|ique is | in Ger|many,
          ,            ,         ,     ,         x
      Between | the floods | of Sa|la and | of Elbe:
               ,            ,      ,    2      ,         ,
      Where Charles | the Great | having sub|dued the | Saxons,
              ,        ,         ,        ,          ,
      There left | behind | and set|tled cert|ain French:
       ,   ,         2      ,         ,        ,
      Who hold/ing in dis|dain the | German | women,
            ,        ,       ,        ,           ,
      For some | dishon|est man|ners of | their life,
         ,           ,          ,        ,        ,      2->
      estab|lished then | this law;| to wit,| no fe||male
              ,      ,     ,        ,         ,
      Should be | inhe|ritrix | in Sal|ique land:
        ,    ,          2      ,            ,  2       ,
      Which Sal/ique (as I | said) 'twixt^|Elbe and | Sala,
       ,   2        ,        ,           ,      ,
      Is at this | day in | Germa|ny, called | Meisen.
             ,         ,        ,         ,        ,
      Then doth | it well | appear,| the Sal|ique law
           ,       ,      ,          ,           ,
      Was not | devis|ed for | the realm | of France:
       ,               ,          ,         ,         ,
      Nor did | the French | possess | the Sal|ique land,
       . T    T    T       ,          ,       ,
      Until four hund|red one | and twen|ty years
       ,          ,              ,    ,     ,
      After | defunc|tion of / King Phar|amond,
       ,  2      ,           ,        ,         ,
      Idly sup|posed the | founder | of this | law,
      <-         ,        ,         ,        ,       ,
        Who || died with|in the | year of | our re|demption,
             ,         ,      ,           ,            ,
      Four* hund|red twen|ty-six:| and Charles | the Great
           ,         ,        ,          ,           ,
      Subdued | the Sax|ons, and | did seat | the French
          ,         ,      ,      ,         ,
      Beyond | the riv|er Sa|la, in | the year
             ,         ,        ,            ,        ,
      Eight^hund|red five.| Besides,| their writ|ers say,
            ,        ,        ,       ,   ,
      King Pep|in, which | depos|ed Chil|deric,
       ,         ,   ,          ,   2     ,
      Did as | heir gen/eral,| being de|scended
           ,          ,           ,      2     ,         ,
      Of Blith|ild, which | was daught|er to King | Clothair,
             ,          ,      ,         ,           ,
      Make^claim | and tit|le to | the crown | of France.
            ,      ,      ,        ,           ,
      Hugh Cap|et al|so, who | usurped | the crown
            ,            ,      2     ,       T    T    T
      Of Charles | the duke | of Lorraine,| sole heir male
                 ,    ,          ,           ,            ,
      Of the / true line | and stock | of Charles | the Great:
           ,         ,              ,    ,          ,
      To find | his tit|le with / some shows | of truth,
         T    .   T    T      ,            ,           ,
      Though in pure truth | it was | corrupt | and naught,
           ,          ,         ,      2     ,   2     ,
      Conveyed | himself | as heir | to the La|dy Lingare,
        ,             ,      ,     ,             ,
      Daughter | to Char|lemain,| who was | the son
          ,    2     ,    ,         ,    2     ,
      To Lew|is the emp|eror,| and Lew|is the son
            ,            ,      ,           ,    2      ,
      Of Charles | the Great:| also | King^Lew|is the Tenth,
         2      ,      ,   ,          ,        ,
      Who was sole | heir to / the u|surper | Capet,
        T    T    T     ,       ,        ,
      Could not keep | quiet | in his | conscience,
       ,              ,           ,           ,      ,
      Wearing | the crown | of France,| till sat|isfied,
             ,          ,    ,          ,    ,
      That fair | Queen^Is|abel,| his grand|mother,
           ,   2   ,        ,     ,      ,
      Was lin|eal of | the La|dy Er|mengare,
        ,     2        ,            T   T    T      2     ,
      Daughter to | Charles the | foresaid duke | of Lorraine:
        2      ,      ,               ,          ,            ,
      By the which | marriage,| the line | of Charles | the Great
           ,   ,      ,         ,           ,
      Was re|unit|ed to | the crown | of France.
       ,              ,         ,        ,         ,
      So, that | as clear | as is | the sum|mer's sun,
            ,        ,              ,   ,         ,
      King Pep|in's tit|le, and / Hugh Cap|et's claim,
            ,    2     ,     ,         ,        ,
      King Lew|is his sat|isfac|tion, all | appear
           ,         ,          ,       2       ,  ,
      To hold | in right | and tit|le of the / female:
       ,            ,           ,        ,         ,
      So do | the kings | of France | unto | this day.
           x           ,           ,         ,        ,
      Howbeit,| they would | hold^up | this Sal|ique law
          ,           ,         ,         ,         ,    ,  ->
      To bar | your high|ness claim|ing from | the fe||male,
             ,          ,          ,           2   ,
      And | rather | choose to | hide them | in a net,
            ,      ,      ,            ,         x
      Than amp|ly to | imbar | their crook|ed titles,
          ,           ,          ,        ,     ,
      Usurped | from you | and your | progen|itors.
 
KING HENRY V
       ,             ,          ,            ,           ,
      May I | with right | and con|science make | this claim?
 
CANTERBURY
           ,    . T   T   T      ,    ,
      The sin | upon my head,| dread sov/ereign:
           ,         ,        ,        ,        ,
      For in | the book | of Num|bers is | it writ,
                  ,    ,     ,           ,     ,
      When the / man dies,| let the | inher|itance
          ,        ,         ,         ,          ,
      Descend | unto | the daught|er. Gra|cious lord,
        ,               ,        ,           ,       ,
      Stand for | your own,| unwind | your bloo|dy flag,
        T    T   T   2       ,      ,  ,
      Look back in|to your migh|ty an|cestors:
       T  .   T     T      2       ,      T    T      T
      Go my dread lord,| to your great-|grandsire's tomb,
             ,          ,         ,     .   T   T    Tx
      From whom | you claim;| invoke | his warlike spirit,
                   ,    ,         ,              ,      ,
      And your / great-unc|le's, Ed|ward the / Black Prince,
       ,    2         T      T      T        ,     ,
      Who on the | French ground played | a trag|edy,
       ,           ,               ,    x           ,
      Making | defeat | on the / full power | of France:
         T    .    T    T      ,       ,       ,
      Whiles his most might|y fath|er on | a hill
        ,    ,                 ,         ,        ,
      Stood smil/ing, to | behold | his li|on's whelp
       ,            ,           ,        ,    ,
      Forage | in blood | of French | nobil|ity.
         ,      ,          ,           ,      ,
      O nob|le Eng|lish, that | could ent|ertain
             ,           ,               ,    ,           ,
      With half | their for|ces, the / full Pride | of France,
           ,       ,       ,     ___      ,          , ->
      And let | anoth|er half | stand | laughing || by,
       ,               ,           ,         ,
      All / out of | work, and | cold for | action.
 
ELY
         ,       ,          ,          ,   2     ,
      Awake | remem|brance of | these val|iant dead,
            ,           ,        ,       ,            ,
      And with | your puis|sant arm | renew | their feats;
       ,                ,         ,      ,             ,
      You are | their heir,| you sit | upon | their throne:
            ,          ,         ,       ,        ,
      The blood | and cour|age that | renown|ed them,
        ,              ,                 ,     ,         ,
      Runs in | your veins:| and my / thrice-puis|sant liege
          ,        ,     ,     ,             ,
      Is in | the ve|ry May-|morn of | his youth,
        T   .   T   T           ,      ,      ,      2->
      Ripe for^exploits | and migh|ty ent|erpris||es.
 
EXETER
            ,         ,          ,    ,              ,
      Your broth|er kings | and mon|archs of | the earth
          ,        ,          ,             ,           ,
      Do all | expect,| that you | should rouse | yourself,
          ,         ,       ,      ,          ,
      As did | the form|er li|ons of | your blood.
 
WESTMORELAND
             ,           ,            ,           ,           ,
      They know | your grace | hath cause,| and means,| and might;
       ,     2         ,         ,        ,        ,
      So hath your | highness:| never | king of | England
           ,        ,              ,   ,      ,   ___
      Had nob|les rich|er, and / more loy|al sub|jects,
               ,            ,           ,        ,        ,       o
      Whose hearts | have left | their bod|ies here | in Eng|land,  (hex with prev)
           ,       ,         ,          ,           ,
      And lie | pavil|ioned in | the fields | of France.
 
CANTERBURY
         ,           ,       ,             ,    ,
      O let | their bod|ies fol|low my / dear liege
             ,            ,           x        ,           ,
      With bloods,| and sword,| and fire,| to win | your right:
          ,          ,    ,   2         x     ,
      In aid | whereof,| we of the | spiritu|alty
             ,            ,         ,        ,      ,
      Will raise | your high|ness such | a migh|ty sum,
          ,      ,          ,           ,    ,
      As nev|er did | the cler|gy at / one time
             ,      ,     ,         ,  ,
      Bring^in | to an|y of | your an|cestors.
 
KING HENRY V
           ,         ,     ,      2    ,           ,
      We must | not on|ly arm | to invade | the French,
           ,          ,        ,          ,       ,
      But lay | down^our | propor|tions, to | defend
          ,           ,       2       ,      ,     ,
      Against | the Scot,| who will make | road u|pon us,
            ,       ,     ,
      With all | advant|ages. \\
 
CANTERBURY
        T   T   T      ,         ,          ,  2
      They of those | marches,| gracious | sovereign,
             ,       ,        ,        ,      ,
      Shall be | a wall | suffi|cient to | defend
           ,        ,         ,    2     ,      ,
      Our in|land from | the pilf|ering bord|erers.
 
KING HENRY V
        2    ,      ,          ,          ,          ,
      We do not | mean the | coursing | snatchers | only,
            ,          ,        ,        ,         ,
      But fear | the main | intend|ment of | the Scot,
            ,           ,        ,       ,         x
      Who hath | been still | a gid|dy neigh|bor to us:
           ,            ,                ,     ,    ,
      For you | shall read,| that my / great-grand|father
       ,        ,              ,       ,       ,
      Never | went with | his for|ces in|to France,
       ,               ,      2     ,   ,           ,
      But that | the Scot,| on his un|furnished | kingdom,
             ,        ,          ,     ,          ,
      Came^pour|ing like | the tide | into | a breach,
            ,             ,    ,        ,         ,
      With amp|le and / brim full|ness of | his force,
       ,              ,        ,          ,     ,
      Galling | the glean|ed land | with hot | assays,
       ,               ,         ,      ,              ,
      Girding | with griev|ous siege,| castles | and towns:
            ,        ,      ,      ,       ,
      That Eng|land be|ing emp|ty of | defense,
             ,           ,        ,        ,      ,     2
      Hath shook | and trem|bled at | the ill | neighborhood*.
 
CANTERBURY
            ,           ,             ,             ,          ,
      She hath | been then | more* feared | than harmed,| my liege:
            ,         ,       ,       ,        ,
      For hear | her but | examp|led by | herself,
            ,         ,      ,          ,          ,
      When all | her chiv|alry | hath been | in France,
           ,        ,        ,  ,    2       ,
      And she | a mourn|ing wid|ow of her | nobles,
       ,      2      ,         ,       ,      ,
      She hath her|self not | only | well de|fended,
           ,      ,        ,       ,       ,
      But tak|en and | impound|ed as | a stray,
            ,         ,       ,              ,          ,
      The King | of Scots:| whom she | did send | to France,
       .   T    T   T          ,          ,    2     ,
      To fill King Ed|ward's fame | with pris|oner kings,
            ,          ,     ,         ,            ,
      And make | her chron|icle | as rich | with praise,
          ,         ,         ,       ,        ,
      As is | the ooze | and bot|tom of | the sea
            ,        ,          ,         ,      ,
      With sunk|en wreck,| and sun|less treas|uries.
 
WESTMORELAND
             ,         ,       ,     ,          ,
      But there's | a say|ing ve|ry old | and true,
       ,         ,           __     ___
      If that | you will | France | win,
        ,           ,          ,      ___
      Then with | Scotland | first be|gin.  (tetra with prev)
            ,         ,       ,          x          ,
      For once | the eag|le (Eng|land) being | in prey,
                ,   ,       ,          ,        ,
      To her / unguard|ed nest,| the weas|el (Scot)
              ,               ,   ,            ,        ,
      Comes^sneak|ing, and / so sucks | her prince|ly eggs,
        ,             ,         ,        ,        ,
      Playing | the mouse | in ab|sence of | the cat,
           ,         ,       ,          ,         ,
      To tame | and hav|oc more | than she | can eat.
 
EXETER
          ,         ,         ,           ,         ,
      It fol|lows then,| the cat | must stay | at home,
            ,        ,         ,         ,     ,
      Yet that | is but | a crushed | neces|sity,
        ,     2         ,          T   T    T      x
      Since we have | locks to | safeguard nec|essaries,
            ,       ,          ,          ,        ,
      And pret|ty traps | to catch | the pet|ty thieves.
        ,               ,       ,           ,        ,
      While that | the arm|ed hand | doth fight | abroad,
         2   ,       ,        ,         ,         ,
      The advis|ed head | defends | itself | at home:
           ,       ,             ,         ,          x
      For gov|ernment,| though high,| and low,| and lower,
       ,          ,            ,        ,         ,
      Put in|to parts,| doth^keep | in one | consent,
           ,       ,       ,         ,         ,
      Congree|ing in | a full | and na|tural close,
        ,   ,
      Like mus/ic.
 
CANTERBURY
                          ,          ,           ,
                  There|fore doth | heaven | divide
            ,         ,        ,        ,     ,
      The state | of man | in div|ers func|tions,
       ,     2    ,        ,      ,  2     ,
      Setting en|deavor | in con|tinual | motion;
           ,         ,      ,       ,         ,
      To which | is fix|ed as | an aim | or butt,
        ,    2           ,   ,         ,       ,
      Obed|ience: for / so work | the hon|ey-bees,
        ,               ,       ,        ,        ,
      Creatures | that by | a rule | in na|ture teach
           ,        ,  ,    2     ,          ,
      The act | of ord|er to a | peopled | kingdom.
        ,             ,         ,     ,         ,
      They have | a king,| and of|ficers | of sorts,
              ,          ,       ,          ,         ,
      Where some | like^mag|istrates | correct | at home:
       ,              ,          ,        ,        ,
      Others,| like^merch|ants vent|ure trade | abroad:
       ,             ,         ,      ,            ,
      Others,| like^sol|diers arm|ed in | their stings,
        T    T  . T         ,         ,        ,
      Make boot upon | the sum|mer's vel|vet buds:
             ,          ,           x       T     T     T
      Which^pil|lage, they | with merry | march bring home
                 ,   ,      ,          ,    ,
      To the / tent-roy|al of | their emp|eror:
       ,   ,                ,     ,          ,
      Who bus/ied in | his maj|esties | surveys
            ,       ,        ,         ,          ,
      The sing|ing mas|ons build|ing roofs | of gold,
           ,      ,     ,      ,     3  3       ,
      The civ|il cit|izens | kneading up the | honey;  ??
            ,        ,       ,         ,        ,
      The poor | mechan|ic port|ers, crowd|ing in
             ,      ,        ,        ,        ,
      Their hea|vy burd|ens at | his nar|row gate:
       .   T    T   T         ,         ,      ,
      The sad-eyed just|ice with | his sur|ly hum,
         ,           ,   ,     ,    2     ,
      Deliv|ering / ore to | exec|utors pale
           ,      ,        ,         ,       ,
      The la|zy yawn|ing drone:| I this | infer,
            ,       ,      ,         ,   ,
      That ma|ny things | having | full ref/erence
          ,         ,          ,        ,    2   ,
      To one | consent,| may work | contrar|iously,
          ,     ,        ,       ,        ,
      As ma|ny ar|rows loos|ed seve|ral ways
        T   .  T    T        ,      ,      T   .  T    T
      Come to one mark:| as ma|ny ways | meet in one town, ????
           x      T      T      T     .  T    T   T
      As many | fresh streams meet | in one salt sea;
          ,      ,       ,              x       ,
      As ma|ny lines | close in | the dial's | center:
          ,        ,        ,         ,       ,
      So may | a thous|and ac|tions once | afoot,
           ,    ,   ,           2      T    T    T
      And in | one pur/pose, and be | all well borne
           ,        ,           ,          ,          ,
      Without | defeat.| Therefore | to France,| my liege.
          ,          ,      ,        ,      ,
      Divide | your hap|py Eng|land in|to four,
            ,         ,          ,       ,       ,
      Whereof,| take^you | one^quart|er in|to France,
           ,        ,            ,         ,   2    ,
      And you | withal | shall make | all^Gal|lia shake.
          ,           ,       T    Tx     T         ,
      If we | with thrice | such powers left | at home,
       ,           ,         ,      ,               ,
      Cannot | defend | our own | doors from | the dog,
       ,           ,         ,         ,        ,
      Let us | be wor|ried, and | our na|tion lose
            ,        ,      ,         ,    ,
      The name | of hard|iness | and pol|icy.
 
KING HENRY V
        ,    2       ,       ,    ,                ,
      Call in the | messen|gers sent / from the | Dauphin.
       ,     2       ,        ,           T   T     T
      Now are we | well re|solved, and | by God's help
            ,          ,      ,       ,         x
      And yours,| the nob|le sin|ews of | our power,
         ,            ,            ,        ,        ,
      France be|ing ours,| we'll bend | it to | our awe,
              x      ,        ,            ,            ,
      Or break it | all to | pieces.| Or there | we'll sit,
        ,            ,          ,      ,    ,
      (Ruling | in large | and amp|le em|pery,
             ,      ,     2       ,         ,        ,
      Ore France,| and all her |(almost)| kingly | dukedoms)
          ,            ,              ,  ,      ,
      Or lay | these bones | in an / unworth|y urn,
        ,              ,      ,          ,      ,
      Tombless,| with no | remem|brance ov|er them:
       ,             ,   2    ,       T    T    T
      Either | our hist|ory shall | with full mouth
        ,     ,                ,         ,          ,
      Speak free/ly of | our acts,| or else | our grave
        T    Tx      T            ,         ,          ,
      Like Turkish mute,| shall have | a tongue|less mouth,  ??
            ,           ,       ,      ,    ,
      Not worsh|ipped with | a wax|en ep|itaph.
       ,     2       ,        ,          ,          ,
      Now are we | well pre|pared to | know the | pleasure
                 ,   ,        ,         ,         ,
      Of our / fair cous|in Dauph|in: for | we hear,
             ,        ,         ,     ,               ,
      Your greet|ing is | from him,| not from | the king.
 
[Enter Ambassadors of France]
 
FIRST AMBASSADOR
         2      ,           ,    ,         ,         ,
      May it please | your maj|esty | to give | us leave
        ,          ,        ,         ,          ,
      Freely | to rend|er what | we have | in charge:
           ,         ,       ,     ,             ,
      Or shall | we spar|ingly | show you | far^off
           ,          ,         ,         ,     ,
      The Dauph|in's mean|ing, and | our em|bassy.
 
KING HENRY V
       ,           ,        ,        ,          ,
      We are | no tyr|ant, but | a Chris|tian king,
       ,  2         ,          ,         ,       ,
      Unto whose^|grace our | passion | is as | subject*
          ,          ,         x        ,         ,
      As is | our^wretch|es fettered | in our | prisons,
        ,                ,                 ,   ,       ,
      Therefore | with frank | and with / uncurbed | plainness,
        ,             ,          ,
      Tell us | the Dauph|in's mind.
 
FIRST AMBASSADOR
                                      ,             ,
                                    Thus then | in few:
             ,         ,      ,        ,       ,
      Your high|ness late|ly send|ing in|to France,
            ,           ,         ,         ,         ,
      Did claim | some cert|ain duke|doms, in | the right
        2       ,      ,     ,             ,     2      ,
      Of your great | prede|cessor,| King^Ed|ward the Third.
          ,     2     ,       ,             ,          ,
      In ans|wer of which | claim, the | prince our | master
        ,               ,      ,      ,              ,
      Says, that | you sav|or too | much of | your youth,
            ,         ,       ,                ,           ,
      And bids | you be | advised:| there's nought | in France,
            ,         ,       ,       ,    2    ,
      That can | be with | a nim|ble gal|liard won:
           ,       ,      ,      ,         ,
      You can|not rev|el in|to duke|doms there.
           ,          ,           ,      ,            x
      He there|fore sends | you meet|er for | your spirit
            ,         ,         ,         ,         ,
      This tun | of treas|ure; and | in lieu | of this,
          ,          ,          ,         ,          ,
      Desires | you let | the duke|doms that | you claim
        T   T   T      2       ,         ,          ,
      Hear no more | of you. This | the Dauph|in speaks.
 
KING HENRY V
             ,        ,
      What treas|ure unc|le?
 
EXETER
                             ,        ,          ,
                            Ten|nis balls,| my liege.
 
KING HENRY V
        2      ,         ,      2    ,     ,              ,
      We are glad | the Dauph|in is so | pleasant | with us,
           ,                ,    ,          ,          ,
      His pres|ent, and / your pains | we thank | you for:
        ,               ,            ,             ,     ,
      When we | have marched | our rack|ets to / these balls,
           ,          ,          ,       T      T  .  T
      We will | in France |(by God's | grace, play a set,
               ,          ,          ,      ,  2       ,
      Shall strike | his fath|er's crown | into the | hazard.
          x       2         ,        ,            ,        ,
      Tell him, he hath | made a | match with | such a | wrangler,
            ,           ,           ,           ,        ,
      That all | the courts | of France | will be | disturbed
            ,        ,        ,      ,           ,
      With cha|ces. And | we und|erstand | him well,
       ,         T    T   T       2      ,       ,
      How he | comes ore us | with our wild|er days,
       ,   ,                 ,         ,         ,
      Not meas/uring | what use | we made | of them.
          ,      ,     2       ,      ,        ,
      We nev|er val|ued this poor | seat of | England,
            ,         ,        ,           ,         ,
      And there|fore liv|ing hence,| did give | ourself
          ,    2     ,         ,         x     ,
      To bar|barous lic|ense: as |'tis ever | common,
            ,         ,    2      ,          ,           ,
      That men | are mer|riest, when | they are | from home.
            ,          ,       ,          ,         ,
      But tell | the Dauph|in, I | will keep | my state,
           ,        ,          ,         ,         ,        ->
      Be like | a king,| and show | my sail | of great||ness,
        ,    ,        ,          2      ,           ,
      When | I do | rouse me | in my throne | of France.
            ,               ,   ,       ,    ,
      For that | I have / laid by | my maj|esty,
            ,        ,       ,         ,         ,
      And plod|ded like | a man | for work|ing-days:
          ,          ,      ,       2       ,       ,
      But I | will rise | there with so | full a | glory,
           ,         ,       ,          ,          ,
      That I | will daz|zle all | the eyes | of France,
              ,           ,        ,          ,        ,
      Yea* strike | the Dauph|in blind | to look | on us,
            ,          ,          ,            ,        ,
      And tell | the pleas|ant prince,| this mock | of his
              ,           ,         ,      ,                ,
      Hath turned | his balls | to gun-|stones, and | his soul
              ,       ,     ,                  ,         ,
      Shall stand | sore charged,/ for the | wasteful | vengeance
          2       ,           ,         ,   2    ,        ,      2->
      That shall fly | with them:| for ma|ny a thous|and wid||ows
              ,          ,      ,     2             ,     ,
      Shall this | his mock,| mock out of | their dear | husbands;
        ,    ,                     ,          ,         ,
      Mock moth/ers from | their sons,| mock^cas|tles down:
            ,         ,       ,             ,  ,
      And some | are yet | ungot|ten and / unborn,
             ,            ,          ,           ,          ,
      That shall | have cause | to curse | the Dauph|in's scorn.
            ,          ,        ,          ,        ,
      But this | lies^all | within | the will | of God,
           ,       ,       ,         ,           ,
      To whom | I do | appeal,| and in | whose^name
        T   T   .   T       ,       ,       ,
      Tell you the Dauph|in I | am com|ing on,
           ,         ,      ,              ,    ,
      To venge | me as | I may,| and to / put forth
           ,         ,      2    ,    ,           ,
      My right|ful hand | in a well-|hallowed | cause.
      <-       ,          ,          ,            ,         ,
        So || get you | hence in | peace: and | tell the | Dauphin,
            ,          ,      ,         ,       ,
      His jest | will sav|or but | of shal|low wit,
             ,          ,      ,               ,         ,
      When thous|ands weep | more than | did laugh | at it.
          ,        2       ,     T   T     T          ,
      Convey | them with safe | conduct. Fare | you well.
 
[Exeunt Ambassadors]
 
EXETER
        ,           ,      ,
      This was | a mer|ry mes|sage.   \\
 
KING HENRY V
           ,         ,         ,        ,         ,
      We hope | to make | the sen|der blush | at it:
        ,              ,       ,        ,       ,
      Therefore,| my lords,| omit | no hap|py hour,
            ,           ,    2      ,        ,    ,      ->
      That may | give^furth|erance to | our ex|pedi||tion:
       ,      2      ,           ,          ,          ,
      For | we have now | no* thought | in us | but France,
        T    T    .  T          ,        ,         ,        ->
      Save those to God,| that run | before | our bus||iness.
        ,         ,       2    ,         ,            ,
      There|fore let | our propor|tions for | these wars
           ,        ,        ,     T     T      T         , ->
      Be soon | collect|ed, and | all things thought || upon,
            ,          ,    3 3     ,         ,
      That may | with reas|onable swift|ness add
             ,         ,         ,          ,        ,
      More* feath|ers to | our wings:| for God | before,
              ,            ,       ,        ,          ,
      We'll chide | this Dauph|in at | his fath|er's door.
             ,         ,      ,           ,           ,
      Therefore | let eve|ry man | now* task | his thought,
             ,          ,       ,         ,          ,
      That this | fair^ac|tion may | on foot | be brought.
 
[Exeunt. Flourish]

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