Henry V (Modern, Quarto)

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 1623.1[Scene 10]
 1624862Enter Bourbon, Constable, Orléans, Gebon.
 10.11626863Constable
 Tut, I have the best armor in the world.
 10.21628864Orléans
 You have an excellent armor, 865but let my 1629horse have his due.
 10.31628.1866Bourbon
 Now you talk of a horse, I have a steed like the 1628.2867palfrey of the sun, 1646nothing but pure air and fire, 868and hath none of this dull element 1647of earth within him.
 10.41644869Orléans
 He is of the color of the nutmeg.
 10.51645870Bourbon
 And of the heat o' the ginger. 1660871Turn all the sands into eloquent tongues, 1661872and my horse is argument for them all. 1665873I once writ a sonnet in the praise of my horse, 1666874and began thus: "Wonder of nature --"
 10.61667875Constable
 I have heard a sonnet begin so 876in the praise of one's 1668mistress.
 10.71669877Bourbon
 Why, then did they imitate that 878which I writ 1670in praise of my horse, 879for my horse is my mistress.
 10.81674880Constable
 Ma foi, the other day methought 881your mistress 1675shook you shrewdly.
 10.91687882Bourbon
 Ay, bearing me. I tell thee, lord constable, 883my mistress wears her 1688own hair.
 10.101689884Constable
 I could make as good a boast of that 885if I had had a 1690sow to my mistress.
 10.111692886Bourbon
 Tut, thou wilt make use of anything.
 10.121693887Constable
 Yet I do not use my horse for my mistress.
 10.131706888Bourbon
 Will it never be morning? 889I'll ride tomorrow a mile, 1707890and my way shall be paved with English faces.
 10.141708891Constable
 By my faith, so will not I, 892for fear I be outfaced 1709of my way.
 10.151715893Bourbon
 Well, I'll go arm myself. Hay!
 10.15.1[Exit.]
 10.161716894Gebon
 The Duke of Bourbon longs for morning.
 10.171717895Orléans
 Ay, he longs to eat the English.
 10.181718896Constable
 I think he'll eat all he kills.
 10.191740897Orléans
 Oh, peace. Ill will never said well.
 10.201741898Constable
 I'll cap that proverb 899with "There is flattery 1742in friendship."
 10.211743900Orléans
 Oh, sir, I can answer that 901with "Give the devil 1744his due."
 10.221746902Constable
 Have at the eye of that proverb 903with "A 1747jag of the devil."
 10.231723904Orléans
 Well, the Duke of Bourbon is simply 905the most active gentleman of 1724France.
 10.241725906Constable
 Doing his activity, and he'll still be doing.
 10.251726907Orléans
 He never did hurt as I heard of.
 10.261727908Constable
 No, I warrant you, nor never will.
 10.271729909Orléans
 I hold him to be exceeding valiant.
 10.281730910Constable
 I was told so by one that knows him better 1731than you.
 10.291732911Orléans
 Who's that?
 10.301733912Constable
 Why, he told me so himself, 913and said he 1734cared not who knew it.
 10.311711914Orléans
 Well, who will go with me to hazard 915for a hundred 1712English prisoners?
 10.321713916Constable
 You must go to hazard yourself 917before you 1714have them.
 10.32.11752918Enter a messenger.
 10.331753919Messenger
 My lords, the English lie within 1754a hundred 920paces of your tent.
 10.341755921Constable
 Who hath measured the ground?
 10.351756922Messenger
 The lord Grandpré.
 10.361757923Constable
 A valiant man, and an expert gentleman. 2235924Come, come away. 2236925The sun is high, and we wear out the day.
 10.36.1Exeunt omnes.

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