1254Enters the king of England and his Lords. 1255Hen.5. Come my Lo
rds and fellowes of armes,
1256What company is
there of
the French men?
1257Oxf. And it plea
se your Maie
stie,
1258Our Captaines haue numb
red
them,
And so neare as they can iudge,
1260They are about
threesco
re
thou
sand ho
rsemen,
1261And fo
rtie
thou
sand footemen.
1262Hen.5. They
threesco
re
thou
sand,
1263And we but two
thou
sand.
1264They
threesco
re
thou
sand f
ootemen,
1265And we twelue
thou
sand.
1266They are a hund
red
thou
sand,
1267And we fo
rtie
thou
sand, ten to one:
1268My Lo
rds and louing Countrymen,
1269Though we be fewe and
they many,
1270Feare not, your quarrel is g
ood, and God wil defend you:
1271Plucke vp your hearts, fo
r this day we
shall ei
ther haue
1272A valiant vi
cto
ry, o
r a honourable dea
th.
1273Now my Lo
rds, I wil
that my vncle
the Duke of
Yorke,
1274Haue
the auantgard in
the battell.
1275The Earle of
Darby,
the Earle of
Oxford,
1276The Earle of
Kent,
the Earle of
Nottingham,
The
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.
of Henry the fifth.
1312Hen. Why
then belike your high Con
stable,
1313Sends to know what I wil giue fo
r my ran
some?
1314Now tru
st me Herald, not
so much as a tun of tennis bals,
1315No not
so much as one p
oore tennis ball,
1316Ra
ther
shall my bodie lie dead in
the
field, to f
eed crowes,
1317Then euer England
shall pay one penny ran
some
1319Herald. A kingly re
solution.
1320Hen. 5. No Herald, tis a kingly re
solution,
1321And
the re
solution of a king:
1322Here take
this fo
r thy paines.
1324But
stay my Lo
rds, what time is it?
1326Hen. 5. Then is it g
ood time no doubt,
1327Fo
r all England p
raie
th fo
r vs:
1328What my Lo
rds, me
thinks you l
ooke ch
eerfully vpon me?
1329Why
then wi
th one voice, and like true Engli
sh hearts,
1330Wi
th me
throw vp your caps, and fo
r England,
1331Cry S.
George, and God and S.
George helpe vs.
1332Strike Drummer. Exeunt omnes. 
Famous Victories of Henry V