King Henry V by William Shakespeare
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FRENCH KING.
Think we King Harry strong; And, Princes, look you strongly arm to meet him. The kindred of him hath been flesh'd upon us; And he is bred out of that bloody strain That haunted us in our familiar paths. Witness our too much memorable shame When Cressy battle fatally was struck, And all our princes captiv'd by the hand Of that black name, Edward, Black Prince of Wales; Whiles that his mountain sire, on mountain standing, Up in the air, crown'd with the golden sun, Saw his heroical seed, and smil'd to see him, Mangle the work of nature and deface The patterns that by God and by French fathers Had twenty years been made. This is a stem Of that victorious stock; and let us fear The native mightiness and fate of him. [Enter a Messenger.] MESSENGER. Ambassadors from Harry King of England Do crave admittance to your Majesty. FRENCH KING. We'll give them present audience. Go, and bring them. [Exeunt Messenger and certain Lords.] |
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