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Henry V

Act IV, Scene 6

Another part of the field.
 
[Alarums. Enter KING HENRY and forces, EXETER, and others]
 
KING HENRY V
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      Well have we | done, thrice-val|iant count|rymen,
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      But all's | not^done,| yet keep | the French | the field.
 
EXETER
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      The Duke | of York | commends | him to your maj|esty.
 
KING HENRY V
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      Lives he | good unc|le: thrice | within | this hour
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      I saw | him down;| thrice^up | again,| and fight||ing,
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      From | helmet | to the spur,| all blood | he was.
 
EXETER
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      In which^ar|ray (brave sol|dier) doth | he lie,
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      Larding | the plain:| and by | his bloo|dy side,
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      (Yoke-fel/low to | his hon|or-ow|ing wounds)
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      The nob|le Earl | of Suf|folk al|so lies.
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      Suffolk | first died, and York | all hag|gled over
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      Comes to | him, where | in gore | he lay | insteeped,
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      And takes | him by | the beard,| kisses the | gashes
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      That bloo|dily | did spawn | upon | his face.
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      He cries | aloud;| tarry my | cousin | Suffolk,
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      My soul | shall thine | keep company | to heaven:
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      Tarry |(sweet* soul)| for mine,| then fly | abreast:
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      As in | this glor|ious and / well-fought|en field
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      We kept | togeth|er in | our chiv|alry.
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      Upon | these^words | I came,| and cheered | him up,
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      He smiled | me in | the face,| raught me | his hand,
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      And with a | feeble | grip, says: dear | my lord,
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      Commend | my serv|ice to | my sov|ereign.
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      So did | he turn,| and ov|er Suf|folk's neck
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      He threw | his wound|ed arm,| and kissed | his lips,
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      And so | espoused | to death,| with blood | he sealed
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      A tes|tament | of nob|le-end|ing love:
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      The pret|ty and / sweet man|ner of | it forced
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      Those^wat|ers from | me, which | I would | have stopped,
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      But I | had not | so much | of man | in me,
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      And all | my moth|er came | into | mine eyes,
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      And gave | me up | to tears.
 
KING HENRY V
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                                   I blame | you not,
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      For hear|ing this,| I must | perforce | compound
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      With mist|ful eyes,| or they | will is|sue too.
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      But hark,| what new | alar|um is | this^same?
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      The French | have re|inforced | their scat|tered men:
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      Then ev|ery sol|dier kill | his pris|oners,
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      Give the | word | through.  \\
 
[Exeunt]

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