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The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth (Quarto, 1598)
1133Enters Henry the fifth, with his Lords. 1134Hen.5. Come my Lo
rds of England,
1135No doubt
this g
ood lucke of winning
this Towne,
1136Is a
signe of an honourable vi
cto
rie to come.
E2 But
The famous victories
1137But g
ood my Lo
rd, go and
speake to
the Captaines
1138Wi
th all
sp
eed, to number
the hoa
st of
the French men,
1139And by
that meanes we may
the better know
1140How to appoint the battell.
1141Yorke. And it plea
se your Maie
stie,
1142There are many of your men
sicke and di
sea
sed,
1143And many of
them die fo
r want of victuals.
1144Hen.5. And why did you not tell me of it befo
re?
1145If we cannot haue it fo
r money,
1146We will haue it by dint of
swo
rd,
1147The lawe of Armes allow no le
sse.
1148Oxf. I be
seeche your grace, to graunt me a b
oone.
1149Hen.5. What is
that my g
ood Lo
rd?
1150Oxf. That your grace would giue me
the
1151Euantgard in
the battell.
1152Hen.5. Tru
st me my Lo
rd of
Oxford. I cannot:
1153Fo
r I haue alreadie
giuẽ it to my vncke
y^e Duke of York,
1154Yet I
thanke you fo
r your g
ood will.
1156How now, what is
that?
1157Yorke. I
thinke it be
some Herald of Armes.
1159Herald. King of England, my Lo
rd high Con
stable,
1160And o
thers of
the Noble men of
France,
1161Sends me to de
fie
thee, as open enemy to God,
1162Our Countrey, and vs, and hereupon,
1163They p
re
sently bid
thee battell.
1164Hen.5. Herald tell
them,
that I de
fie
them,
1165As open enemies to God, my Countrey, and me,
1166And as w
ronfull v
surpers of my right:
1167And whereas
thou
sai
st
they p
re
sently bid me battell,
1168Tell
them
that I
thinke
they know how to plea
se me:
1169But I p
ray
thee what place ha
th my lo
rd P
rince
Dolphin 1171Herald. And it plea
se your grace,
My
of Henry the fifth.
1172 My Lo
rd and King his fa
ther,
1173Will not let him come into
the
field.
1174Hen.5. Why
then he do
th me great iniurie,
1175I
thought
that he & I
shuld haue plaid at tennis togi
ther,
1176Therefo
re I haue b
rought tennis balles fo
r him,
1177But o
ther maner of ones
then he
sent me.
1178And Herald, tell my Lo
rd P
rince
Dolphin,
1179That I haue inured my
hãds wi
th o
ther kind of weapons
1180Then tennis balles, ere
this time a day,
1181And
that he
shall
finde it ere it be long,
1182And
so adue my friend:
1183And tell my Lo
rd,
that I am readie when he will.
1185Come my Lo
rds, I care not and I go to our Captaines,
1186And ile
see the number of
the French army my
selfe.
1187Strike vp
the Drumme.