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The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth (Quarto, 1598)
The famous victories
1277The Earle of
Huntington, I wil haue be
side
the army,
1278That
they may come fre
sh vpon
them.
1279And I my
selfe wi
th the Duke of
Bedford,
1280The Duke of
Clarence and
the Duke of
Gloster,
1281Wil be in
the mid
st of
the battell.
1282Fur
thermo
re, I wil
that my Lo
rd of
Willowby,
1283And
the Earle of
Northumberland,
1284Wi
th their troupes of ho
rsmen, be
cõtinually running like
1285Wings on bo
th sides of
the army:
1286My Lo
rd of
Northumberland, on
the left wing.
1287Then I wil,
that euery archer p
rouide him a
stake of
1288 A tr
ee, and
sharpe it at bo
th endes,
1289And at
the
fir
st encounter of
the ho
rsemen,
1290To pitch
their
stakes downe into
the ground befo
re
them,
1291That
they may go
re
them
selues upon
them,
1292And
then to recoyle backe, and
sh
oote wholly altogi
ther,
1293And
so di
scom
fit
them.
1294Oxf. And it please your Maie
stie,
1295I wil take
that in charge, if your grace be
therwi
th cõtent.
1296Hen. Wi
th all my heart, my g
ood Lo
rd of
Oxford:
1297And go and p
rouide quickly.
1298Oxf. I
thanke your highne
sse.
1300Hen.5. Well my Lo
rds, our battels are o
rdeined,
1301And
the French making of bon
fires, and at
their bankets,
1302But let
them l
ooke, fo
r I mean to
set vpon
them.
1304Soft, heres comes
some o
ther French me
ssage.
1306Herald. King of England, my Lo
rd high Con
stable,
1307And o
ther of my Lo
rds, con
sidering
the p
oore e
state of
thee 1308And
thy p
oore Countrey men,
1309Sends me to know what
thou wilt giue fo
r thy ran
some?
1310Perhaps
thou mai
st agr
ee better cheape now,
1311Then when
thou art conquered.
Hen. 5.