No Fear Shakespeare
Henry V
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 3, Scene 7, Page 6
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CONSTABLE
By my faith, sir, but it is; never anybody saw it but his
lackey. 'Tis a hooded valor, and when it appears, it will
bate.
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CONSTABLE
Oh, but it is, sir. No one but his valet ever saw it. His courage is hidden, and when it is revealed, it will shrink.
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ORLÉANS
Ill will never said well.
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ORLÉANS
Ill will never prompted anything well said.
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CONSTABLE
I will cap that proverb with “There is flattery in
friendship.”
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CONSTABLE
I’ll challenge that proverb with one of my own: “There is flattery in friendship.”
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ORLÉANS
And I will take up that with “Give the devil his due.”
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ORLÉANS
And I’ll match that with “Give the devil his due.”
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CONSTABLE
Well placed; there stands your friend for the devil. Have at
the very eye of that proverb with “A pox of the devil.”
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CONSTABLE
Very apt! Your friend is equated with the devil. I’ll go straight for that proverb with “To hell with the devil.”
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ORLÉANS
You are the better at proverbs, by how much “A fool’s bolt
is soon shot.”
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ORLÉANS
You are better at proverbs than I am by as much as “A fool shoots quickly and overshoots his mark.”
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CONSTABLE
You have shot over.
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CONSTABLE
You have overshot.
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ORLÉANS
'Tis not the first time you were overshot.
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ORLÉANS
I’ve outshot you, and not for the first time.
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Enter MESSENGER
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MESSENGER
My Lord High Constable, the English lie within fifteen
hundred paces of your tents.
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MESSENGER
My Lord High Constable, the English lie within fifteen hundred paces of your tents.
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CONSTABLE
Who hath measured the ground?
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CONSTABLE
Who measured the ground?
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MESSENGER
The Lord Grandpré.
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MESSENGER
The Lord Grandpré.
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CONSTABLE
A valiant and most expert gentleman.—Would it were day!
Alas, poor Harry of England! He longs not for the dawning
as we do.
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CONSTABLE
A very valiant and knowledgeable gentleman. If only it were day! Poor Harry of England! He doesn’t long for the dawn as we do.
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