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Henry V

Act III, Scene 5

The same.
 
[Enter the KING OF FRANCE, the DAUPHIN, the DUKE oF BOURBON, the Constable Of France, and others]
 
KING OF FRANCE
            ,        ,           ,          ,       ,
      'Tis cert|ain he | hath passed | the riv|er Somme.
 
CONSTABLE
           ,       ,           ,         ,         ,
      And if | he be | not* fought | withal,| my lord,
       ,             ,          ,       Tx     T   T
      Let us | not^live | in France:| let us quit all,
            ,     ,    ,          2     ,   2       ,
      And give | our vine/yards to a | barbarous | people.
 
DAUPHIN
          ,        ,               ,     ,         ,
      O Dieu | vivant:| shall a / few sprays | of us,
           ,     ,      2     ,         ,    ,
      The emp|tying | of our fath|ers' lux|ury,
           ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      Our sci|ons, put | in wild | and sav|age stock,
        T    T  T    ,         ,   2       ,
      Spirt up so | sudden|ly in|to the clouds,
          ,      ,            ,
      And ov|erlook | their graft|ers?
 
BOURBON
      <- ,         ,      ,         ,         ,        ,         oo
        Nor|mans, but || bastard | Normans,| Norman | bastards:|
        ,           ,     T   T    T        ,
      Mort de | ma vie,| if they march | along
           ,         ,     ,   2         ,         ,
      Unfought | withal,| but I will | sell my | dukedom,
          ,        ,     ,      2   ,       ,
      To buy | a slob|bery | and a dir|ty farm
                  ,    ,        ,        ,    ,
      In that / nook-shot|ten isle | of Al|bion.
 
CONSTABLE
        ,             ,       ,            ,          ,
      Dieu de | batailles,| where have | they this | mettle?
          ,            ,       ,       ,          ,
      Is not | their clim|ate fog|gy, raw,| and dull?
           ,        ,       ,      .   T    T     T
      On whom,| as in | despite,| the sun looks pale,
       ,                ,             ,            x      ,
      Killing | their fruit | with frowns.| Can sodden | water,
           ,                 ,     ,            ,        ,
      A drench | for sur-/reined jades,| their bar|ley-broth,
          ,            ,      T    .   T   T   2     ,
      Decoct | their cold | blood to such val|iant heat?
            ,           ,       ,      ,                ,
      And shall | our quick | blood, spir/ited | with wine,
        T    T  T   ,         ,        2      ,
      Seem frosty?| O, for | honor | of our land,
       ,             ,          ,      ,     ,
      Let us | not hang | like rop|ing i|cicles
        ,        ,        ,       ,       ,    ,     ,
      Upon our houses' thatch, whiles a more frosty people  ????
              ,         ,         ,                ,     ,
      Sweat^drops | of gal|lant youth | in our / rich fields:
        T   T   T           ,          ,        ,
      Poor we call | them, in | their nat|ive lords.
 
DAUPHIN
           ,          ,
      By faith | and hon|or,  \\
           ,        ,        ,         ,       ,
      Our mad|ams mock | at us,| and plain|ly say,
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      Our met|tle is / bred out,| and they | will give
             ,       ,         ,        ,         ,
      Their bod|ies to | the lust | of Eng|lish youth,
       .  T    T      T            ,       ,     ,
      To new-store France | with bast|ard war|riors.
 
BOURBON
            ,     ,           ,         ,         ,
      They bid | us to | the Eng|lish danc|ing-schools,
            ,        ,        ,          ,         ,     ->
      And teach | lavol|tas high,| and swift | corant||os,
         x           ,         ,     ,         ,
      Saying,| our grace | is on|ly in | our heels,
            ,               ,   ,      ,     ,
      And that | we are / most lof|ty run|aways.
 
KING OF FRANCE
        ,          T  T   .   T         ,           ,
      Where is | Montjoy the her|ald? Speed | him hence,
       ,          ,    ,           2        ,       ,
      Let him | greet Eng/land with our | sharp de|fiance.
           ,        ,            x         ,       ,
      Up^prin|ces, and | with spirit | of hon|or edged,
              ,        ,            ,      ,             ,
      More* sharp|er than | your swords,| hie to | the field:
         T     T .  T       ,    ,                ,
      Charles Delabreth,| high const/able | of France,
            ,         ,           ,   ,      2      ,
      You Dukes | of Or|leans*, Bour|bon, and of | Berri,
        ,        ,         ,         ,      ,
      Alen|con, Bra|bant, Bar,| and Bur|gundy,
          ,        ,           ,        ,     ,
      Jacques Cha|tillon,| Rambur|es, Vaud|emont,
        ,           ,          ,              ,      ,
      Beaumont*,| Grandpre*,| Roussi*,| and Fauc|onberg,
        ,         ,            ,           ,     ,
      Foix, Le|strale, Bou|ciqualt,| and Char|olois,
        T    T      T       ,         Tx      T     .    T
      High dukes, great | princes,| barons, lords, and kings;
         2       ,       T     T    T               ,      ,
      For your great | seats, now quit | you of / great shames:
       T   T  .  T                  ,      ,            ,
      Bar Harry Eng|land, that / sweeps through | our land
            ,         ,   ,    2        ,         ,
      With pen|nons paint|ed in the | blood of | Harflew:
        ,             ,         ,          ,       ,
      Rush on | his host,| as doth | the melt|ed snow
        ,         ,                 ,   ,        ,
      Upon | the val|leys, whose / low vas|sal seat,
            ,           ,          ,          ,       ,
      The Alps | doth spit,| and void | his rheum | upon.
           ,      ,          ,           x        ,
      Go down | upon | him, you | have power | enough,
           ,      ,        ,    2    ,      x
      And in | a cap|tive char|iot, in|to Rouen
        ,              ,    2
      Bring him | our pris|oner.
 
CONSTABLE
                                  ,        ,           ,
                                This | becomes | the great.
       ,         ,        ,              ,  ,
      Sorry | am I | his num|bers are / so few,
           ,          ,         ,         ,           ,
      His sol|diers sick,| and fam|ished in | their march:
          ,        ,      ,    2         ,         ,
      For I | am sure,| when he shall | see our | army,
              ,          ,      ,           ,         ,
      He'll drop | his heart | into | the sink | of fear,
       ,     2     ,          ,       ,        ,
      And for a|chievement,| offer | us his | ransom.
 
KING OF FRANCE
             ,      ,    ,            T    T   T    ,  ->
      Therefore | lord const/able,| haste on Mont||joy,
             ,         ,        ,            2     ,
      And | let him | say to | England,| that we send,
           ,          ,        ,       ,          ,
      To know | what wil|ling rans|om he | will give.
         ,     ,                     ,          ,        x
      Prince Dauph/in, you | shall stay | with us | in Rouen.
 
DAUPHIN
           ,      ,       ,           ,    ,
      Not so,| I do | beseech | your maj|esty.
 
KING OF FRANCE
          ,         ,          ,         ,          ,
      Be pa|tient, for | you shall | remain | with us.
             ,       ,    ,                ,       ,
      Now* forth | lord const/able,| and princ|es all,
            ,        ,          ,        ,           ,
      And quick|ly bring | us word | of Eng|land's fall.
 
[Exeunt]

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