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Scene IIIPlains in GasconyEnter a Messenger that meets York. Enter York with trumpet and many SoldiersYorkAre not the speedy scouts return’d again, That dogg’d the mighty army of the Dauphin?MessengerThey are return’d, my lord, and give it out That he is march’d to Bourdeaux with his power, To fight with Talbot: as he march’d along, By your espials were discovered Two mightier troops than that the Dauphin led, Which join’d with him and made their march for Bourdeaux.YorkA plague upon that villain Somerset, That thus delays my promised supply Of horsemen, that were levied for this siege! Renowned Talbot doth expect my aid, And I am lowted by a traitor villain And cannot help the noble chevalier: God comfort him in this necessity! If he miscarry, farewell wars in France.Enter Sir William LucyLucyThou princely leader of our English strength, Never so needful on the earth of France, Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot, Who now is girdled with a waist of iron And hemm’d about with grim destruction: To Bourdeaux, warlike duke! to Bourdeaux, York! Else, farewell Talbot, France, and England’s honour.YorkO God, that Somerset, who in proud heart Doth stop my cornets, were in Talbot’s place! So should we save a valiant gentleman By forfeiting a traitor and a coward. Mad ire and wrathful fury makes me weep, That thus we die, while remiss traitors sleep.LucyO, send some succor to the distress’d lord!YorkHe dies, we lose; I break my warlike word; We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get; All ’long of this vile traitor Somerset.LucyThen God take mercy on brave Talbot’s soul; And on his son young John, who two hours since I met in travel toward his warlike father! This seven years did not Talbot see his son; And now they meet where both their lives are done.YorkAlas, what joy shall noble Talbot have To bid his young son welcome to his grave? Away! vexation almost stops my breath, That sunder’d friends greet in the hour of death. Lucy, farewell; no more my fortune can, But curse the cause I cannot aid the man. Maine, Blois, Poictiers, and Tours, are won away, ‘Long all of Somerset and his delay.Exit, with his soldiersLucyThus, while the vulture of sedition Feeds in the bosom of such great commanders, Sleeping neglection doth betray to loss The conquest of our scarce cold conqueror, That ever living man of memory, Henry the Fifth: whiles they each other cross, Lives, honours, lands and all hurry to loss.Exit
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William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 1), Act IV, Scene VII
- William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 1), Act IV, Scene VII
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