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Henry V

Act IV, Prologue

CHORUS
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      Now ent|ertain | conject|ure of | a time,
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      When creep|ing mur|mur and | the pour|ing dark
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      Fills the | wide ves/sel of | the un|iverse.
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      From camp | to camp,| through the / foul womb | of night
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      The hum | of eith|er ar|my stil|ly sounds,
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      That the / fixed sent|inels | almost | receive
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      The sec|ret whisp|ers of | each oth|er's watch.
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      Fire | answers | fire,| and through | their pa|ly flames
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      Each battle sees | the oth|er's um|bered face.
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      Steed | threatens | steed,| in high | and boast|ful neighs (match prev)
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      Piercing the | night's dull ear:| and from | the tents,
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      The arm|orers | accom|plishing | the knights,
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      With bu|sy ham|mers clos|ing riv|ets up,
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      Give^dread|ful note | of pre|para|tion.
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      The count|ry cocks | do crow,| the clocks | do toll:
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      And the / third hour | of drow|sy morn|ing named,
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      Proud of | their num|bers, and | secure | in soul,
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      The con|fident | and ov|er-lus|ty French,
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      Do the / low-rat|ed Eng|lish play | at dice;
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      And chide | the crip|ple tar|dy-gait|ed night,
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      Who like a foul | and ug|ly witch | doth limp
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      So tediously away. The poor condemned English,  ??
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      Like sacrifi|ces, by | their watch|ful fires
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      Sit pa|tiently,| and in|ly rum|inate
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      The morn|ing's dang|er: and | their ges|ture sad,
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      Inves|ting lank-lean cheeks,| and war-worn coats,
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      present|ed them | unto | the gaz|ing moon
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      So many horrid ghosts. O now, who will behold  ????
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      The roy|al cap|tain of | this ru|ined band
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      Walking | from watch | to watch,| from tent | to tent;
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      Let him | cry, Praise and glo|ry on | his head:
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      For forth | he goes,| and vis|its all | his host,
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      Bids them | good mor|row with | a mod|est smile,
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      And calls | them broth|ers, friends,| and count|rymen.
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      Upon | his roy|al face | there is / no note
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      How dread | an ar|my hath | enround|ed him;
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      Nor doth | he de|dicate | one jot of color
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      Unto | the wea|ry and / all-watch|ed night:
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      But fresh|ly looks,| and ov|er-bears | attaint,
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      With cheer|ful sem|blance, and / sweet maj|esty:
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      That eve|ry wretch,| pining | and pale | before,
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      Behold|ing him,/ plucks com|fort from | his looks.
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      A largess un|ivers|al, like | the sun,
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      His libe|ral eye | doth give | to eve|ry one,
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      Thawing cold fear,| that mean | and gent|le all
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      Behold,| as may | unworth|iness | define.
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      A lit|tle touch | of Har|ry in | the night,
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      And so | our scene | must^to | the bat|tle fly:
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      Where, O for pi|ty, we | shall much | disgrace,  ??
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      With four | or five | most vile and rag|ged foils,
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      (Right ill-disposed,| in brawl | ridic|ulous)
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      The name | of Ag|incourt:| yet sit | and see,
         Tx     T     T          ,            ,    2    ,
      Minding true things,| by what | their mock|eries be.
 
[Exit]

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