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France. The KING'S palace.
[Flourish. Enter the FRENCH KING, the DAUPHIN, the DUKES of BERRI and
BRETAGNE, the Constable, and others]
KING OF FRANCE
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Thus comes the^Eng|lish with / full power | upon
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And more | than care|fully | it us | concerns,
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To ans|wer roy|ally | in our de|fenses.
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Therefore | the Dukes | of Ber|ri and | of
Bretagne,
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Of Bra|bant and of | Orle|ans, shall |
make^forth,
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And you | Prince Dauph|in, with / all swift |
dispatch
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To line | and new | repair | our towns | of war
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With men | of cour|age, and | with means |
defend||ant:
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For | England | his approach|es makes | as
fierce,
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As wat|ers to | the suck|ing of | a gulf.
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It fits | us then | to be | as prov|ident,
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As fear | may teach | us, out of | late ex|amples
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Left by the | fatal | and ne|glected | English,
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Upon our | fields.
DAUPHIN
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My | most re|doubted | father,
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It is / most meet | we arm | us against | the
foe:
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For peace | itself | should not | so dull | a
king|dom,
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(Though war | nor no | known quar/rel were | in
ques|tion) (hex with prev)
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But that de|fenses,| musters,| prepa|rations,
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Should be main|tained, as|sembled,| and
col|lected,
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As were | a war | in ex|pecta|tion.
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Therefore | I say,| 'tis meet | we all | go*
forth,
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To view | the sick | and feeb|le parts | of
France:
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And let | us do | it with / no show | of fear,
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No, with | no more,| than if | we heard | that
Eng||land
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Were bus|ied with | a Whit|sun mor|ris-dance:
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For, my | good* liege,| she is | so id|ly kinged,
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Her scep|ter so | fantas|tical|ly borne,
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By a / vain gid|dy shal|low hum|orous youth,
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That fear | attends | her not.
CONSTABLE
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O peace, Prince | Dauphin, (tri with prev)
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You are | too much | mistak|en in | this king:
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Question | your grace | the late | ambas|sadors,
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With what | great state he heard | their
em|bassy,
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How well | supplied | with nob|le couns|ellors,
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How mod|est in | excep|tion; and | withal,
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How ter|rible | in const|ant re|solu||tion:
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And | you shall find,| his van|ities | forespent,
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Were but | the out|side of the | Roman | Brutus,
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Covering | discre|tion with a | coat of | folly;
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As gard|eners do | with ord|ure* hide |
those^roots
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That shall first spring,| and be | most
del|icate.
DAUPHIN
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Well, 'tis | not so,| my lord high con|stable.
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But though | we think | it so,| it is no |
matter:
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In cas|es of | defense,| 'tis best | to weigh
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The en|emy | more migh|ty than | he seems,
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So the | propor|tions of | defense | are filled:
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Which of a | weak or | niggard|ly pro|jection,
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Doth^like | a mis|er spoil | his coat,| with scant||ing
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A lit|tle cloth.
KING OF FRANCE
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Think^we | King^Har|ry strong:
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And prin|ces, look | you strong|ly arm | to meet
him.
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The kind|red of | him hath | been fleshed | upon
us:
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And he | is bred | out of | that bloo|dy strain,
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That haunt|ed us | in our | famil|iar paths:
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Witness | our too | much mem/ora|ble shame,
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When Cres|sy bat|tle fat|ally | was struck,
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And all | our prin|ces cap|tived by | the hand
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Of that / black name,| Edward,| Black Prince of
Wales:
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Whiles that his | mountain | sire, on | mountain
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Up in | the air,| crowned with | the gold|en sun,
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Saw his he|roical | seed, and | smiled to | see
him
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Mangle | the work | of na|ture, and | deface
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The pat|terns, that | by God | and by French |
fathers
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Had twen|ty years | been made.| This is | a stem
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Of that | victor|ious stock:| and let | us fear
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The nat|ive might|iness | and fate | of him.
[Enter a Messenger]
MESSENGER
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Ambas|sadors | from Har|ry King | of Eng||land,
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Do | crave ad|mittance | to your maj|esty.
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We'll give | them pres|ent aud|ience.|
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Go, and | bring them. \\
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You see | this chase | is hot|ly fol|lowed,
friends.
[Exeunt Messenger and certain Lords]
DAUPHIN
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Turn head, and stop | pursuit:| for cow|ard dogs
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Most^spend | their mouths,| when what | they seem
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Runs | far be|fore them.| Good my | sovereign
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Take^up | the Eng|lish short,| and let | them
know
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Of what | a mon|archy | you are | the head:
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Self-love, my liege,| is not | so vile | a sin,
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As self-|neglec|ting.
[Enter Lords, with EXETER and train]
KING OF FRANCE
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From our broth|er of | England?
EXETER
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From him,| and thus | he greets | your maj|esty:
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He wills | you in the | name of | God Al|mighty,
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That you | divest | yourself,| and lay | apart
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The bor|rowed glor|ies, that | by gift | of
heaven,
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By law | of na|ture, and | of na|tions, belongs
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To him | and to | his heirs,| namely,| the crown,
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And all | wide-stretched hon|ors, that | pertain
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By cust|om, and | the ord|inance | of times,
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Unto | the crown | of France:| That you | may
know
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'Tis no | sini|ster, nor | no^awk|ward claim,
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Picked from | the worm-|holes of | long-vanished
days,
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Nor from | the dust | of old | obliv|ion raked,
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He sends | you this / most mem|ora|ble line,
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In eve|ry branch | truly | demon|strative;
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Willing | to ov|erlook | this ped|igree:
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And when | you find | him ev|enly | derived
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From his / most famed,| of fam|ous an|cestors,
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Edward | the Third;| he bids | you then | resign
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Your crown | and king|dom, in|direct|ly held
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From him,| the nat|ive and / true chal|lenger.
KING OF FRANCE
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Or else | what fol|lows? \\
EXETER
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Bloody | constraint:| for if | you hide | the
crown
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Even in | your hearts,| there will | he rake |
for it.
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Therefore | in fierce | tempest | is he | coming,
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In thund/er and in | earthquake, like | a Jove:
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That if | requir|ing fail,| he will | compel.
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And bids | you, in | the bow|els of | the Lord,
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Deliv|er up | the crown,| and to take | mercy
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On the / poor souls,| for whom | this hun|gry war
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Opens | his vas|ty jaws:| and on | your head
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Turning | the wid|ows' tears,| the orph|ans'
cries,
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The dead men's blood,| the pri|vy maid|ens'
groans,
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For hus|bands, fath|ers, and | betrothed |
lovers,
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That shall be | swallowed | in this |
contro|versy.
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This is his | claim, his | threatening,| and my |
message:
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Unless | the Dauph|in be | in pres|ence here;
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To whom | express|ly I | bring^greet|ing too.
KING OF FRANCE
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For us,| we will | consid|er of this | further:
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Tomor|row shall | you bear | our full | intent
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Back to our | brother of | England.
DAUPHIN
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For the | Dauphin,
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I stand | here for | him: what | to him from |
England?
EXETER
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Scorn and | defi|ance, slight | regard,|
contempt,
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And an|ything | that may | not mis|become
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The migh|ty send|er, doth | he prize | you at.
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Thus says | my king:| and if your | father's
| highness
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Do not,| in grant | of all | demands | at large,
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Sweeten the | bitter | mock you | sent his |
majesty*;
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He'll call | you to / so hot | an ans|wer of it,
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That caves | and wom|by vault|ages | of France
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Shall chide | your tres|pass, and | return | your
mock
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In sec|ond ac|cent of | his ord|inance.
DAUPHIN
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Say: if | my fath|er rend|er fair | return,
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It is a|gainst my will:| for I | desire
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Nothing | but odds | with Eng|land. \\
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To that end, as matching to his youth and vanity,
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I did | present | him with | the Par|is balls.
EXETER
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He'll make | your Par|is Louv|re shake | for it,
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Were it the | mistress-|court of | mighty |
Europe:
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And be | assured,| you'll find | a dif|ference,
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As we | his sub|jects* have | in wond|er found,
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Between | the prom|ise of | his green|er days,
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And these | he mast|ers now:| now he weighs time
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Even to the | utmost grain:| that you | shall
read
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In your / own los|ses, if | he stay | in France.
KING OF FRANCE
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Tomor|row shall | you know | our mind | at full.
EXETER
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Dispatch | us with / all speed,| lest that | our
king
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Come here | himself | to ques|tion our | delay;
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For he is | footed | in this | land al|ready.
KING OF FRANCE
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You shall be | soon dis|patched, with | fair
con|ditions.
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A night | is but / small breath,| and lit|tle
pause,
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To ans|wer mat|ters of / this cons|equence.
[Flourish. Exeunt]