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Title: Stories of Shakespeare's English history plays
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: d. 1929
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead and Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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latter havingbeen sentenced to the gallows for stealing! Owingto the pedantic, disputatious temper of his inter-locutor, Pistol is interrupted time and again withcorrections, puns and comments, which so irritatehim that he becomes violently angry when his re-quest is refused. When he has gone, the Welsh-man and his subordinate discuss him, until the rollof a drum heralds the appearance of King Henry.After greeting the Welshman, he inquires whatnews has come from the bridge, and learns how theDuke of Exeter, notwithstanding repeated attacksfrom the French, still holds his own and has lostbut one man. This individual, Bardolph, is to behanged for robbing a church, a punishment whichHenry wishes might overtake all similar offenders,ere he repeats his orders to respect property and treatthe natives kindly, for when lenity and crueltyplay for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soon-est winner. A moment later, trumpets announce the arrivalof the French herald, who defiantly delivers his
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J3O LU I OO THE NEW ^ PUBLIC LIB? AS TILDEN o Life of King Henry the Fifth 141 masters haughty nu-^age. Listening calmly, Henryinquires the heralds name, ere he bids him carryhack answer that he would fain avoid an encounterat present, his men being so enfeebled by illness thatone cannot, as usual, equal three Frenchmen! Hetherefore begs for free passage, warning the herald,however, that if hindered in his retreat to Calais,he intends to cut his way through, dyeing the Frenchsoil with French blood. The Frenchmen havingwithdrawn, the English King turns to his brother,averring they are now in Gods hands, and mustcamp beyond the river. The scene next changes to the French camp nearAgincourt, where the Constable is priding himselfon his armour, and the Duke of Orleans on hishorse. The Dauphin, however, seems to think hissteed and weapons surpass those of his companions,for after some more horse talk and boasts aboutwhat they intend to do on the morrow, he departs.While the Dauphin is donn

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