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Scene VThe sameHere an alarum again: and Talbot pursueth the Dauphin, and driveth him: then enter Joan LA Pucelle, driving Englishmen before her, and exit after them then re-enter TalbotTalbotWhere is my strength, my valour, and my force? Our English troops retire, I cannot stay them: A woman clad in armour chaseth them.Re-enter Joan LA PucelleHere, here she comes. I’ll have a bout with thee; Devil or devil’s dam, I’ll conjure thee: Blood will I draw on thee, thou art a witch, And straightway give thy soul to him thou servest.Joan La PucelleCome, come, ’tis only I that must disgrace thee.Here they fightTalbotHeavens, can you suffer hell so to prevail? My breast I’ll burst with straining of my courage And from my shoulders crack my arms asunder. But I will chastise this high-minded strumpet.They fight againJoan La PucelleTalbot, farewell; thy hour is not yet come: I must go victual Orleans forthwith.A short alarum; then enter the town with soldiersO’ertake me, if thou canst; I scorn thy strength. Go, go, cheer up thy hungry-starved men; Help Salisbury to make his testament: This day is ours, as many more shall be.ExitTalbotMy thoughts are whirled like a potter’s wheel; I know not where I am, nor what I do; A witch, by fear, not force, like Hannibal, Drives back our troops and conquers as she lists: So bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives and houses driven away. They call’d us for our fierceness English dogs; Now, like to whelps, we crying run away.A short alarumHark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear the lions out of England’s coat; Renounce your soil, give sheep in lions’ stead: Sheep run not half so treacherous from the wolf, Or horse or oxen from the leopard, As you fly from your oft-subdued slaves.Alarum. Here another skirmishIt will not be: retire into your trenches: You all consented unto Salisbury’s death, For none would strike a stroke in his revenge. Pucelle is enter’d into Orleans, In spite of us or aught that we could do. O, would I were to die with Salisbury! The shame hereof will make me hide my head.Exit Talbot. Alarum; retreat; flourish
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William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 1), Act I, Scene II
- William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 1), Act I, Scene II
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