No Fear Shakespeare
Henry V
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 4, Scene 1, Page 3
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KING HENRY
Then you are a better than the king.
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KING HENRY
Then you’re a better man than the king.
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PISTOL
The king’s a bawcock, and a heart of gold,
A lad of life, an imp of fame,
Of parents good, of fist most valiant.
I kiss his dirty shoe, and from heartstring
I love the lovely bully. What is thy name?
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PISTOL
The king’s a dear boy with a heart of gold, he’s a lively lad, a wag, born of fine parents, good with his fists. I kiss his dirty shoe, and from the bottom of my heart I love the lovely boy. What is your name?
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KING HENRY
Harry le Roy.
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KING HENRY
Harry le Roy.
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PISTOL
Le Roy? A Cornish name. Art thou of Cornish crew?
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PISTOL
Le Roy? That’s a Cornish name. Are you with a Cornish company?
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KING HENRY
No, I am a Welshman.
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KING HENRY
No, I am a Welshman.
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PISTOL
Know’st thou Fluellen?
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PISTOL
Do you know Fluellen?
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KING HENRY
Yes.
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KING HENRY
Yes.
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PISTOL
Tell him I’ll knock his leek about his pate
Upon Saint Davy’s day.
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PISTOL
Tell him I’ll take the leek out of his hat on Saint Davy’s Day and slap his head with it.
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KING HENRY
Do not you wear your dagger in your cap that day, lest he
knock that about yours.
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KING HENRY
You’d better not wear your dagger in your cap that day, or he might slap your head with it.
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PISTOL
Art thou his friend?
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PISTOL
Are you his friend?
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KING HENRY
And his kinsman too.
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KING HENRY
Yes, and his relative, too.
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PISTOL
The figo for thee then!
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PISTOL
Then I’m giving you the finger.
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KING HENRY
I thank you. God be with you.
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KING HENRY
Thank you. God be with you.
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PISTOL
My name is Pistol called.
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PISTOL
My name is Pistol.
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