Enter GLOUCESTER, BEDFORD, EXETER, ERPINGHAM, with all his host, SALISBURY, and WESTMORELAND
GLOUCESTER, BEDFORD, EXETER, ERPINGHAM, with his troops, SALISBURY, and WESTMORELAND enter.
GLOUCESTER
Where is the king?
GLOUCESTER
Where is the king?
BEDFORD
The king himself is rode to view their battle.
BEDFORD
The king rode out alone to view their troops.
WESTMORELAND
Of fighting men they have full threescore thousand.
WESTMORELAND
They have fully sixty thousand fighting men.
EXETER
There's five to one. Besides, they all are fresh.
EXETER
That's five to one. Besides, they're fresh.
SALISBURY
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God's arm strike with us! 'Tis a fearful odds.
God be wi' you, princes all. I'll to my charge.
If we no more meet till we meet in heaven,
Then joyfully, my noble Lord of Bedford,
My dear Lord Gloucester, and my good Lord Exeter,
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And my kind kinsman, warriors all, adieu.
SALISBURY
May God's arm strike on our side! These are frightening odds. God be with all of you, princes. I'll go and join my men. If we don't meet again before we meet in heaven, still we'll meet joyfully. My noble Lord of Bedford, my dear Lord Gloucester, and my good Lord Exeter, and my kind kinsmen, warriors all, adieu.
BEDFORD
Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee.
BEDFORD
Farewell, good Salisbury; and may good luck go with you.
EXETER
Farewell, kind lord. Fight valiantly today.
And yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it,
For thou art framed of the firm truth of valor.
EXETER
Farewell, kind lord. Fight valiantly today. But then I do you wrong to say as much, since you are the very embodiment of bravery.
Exit SALISBURY
SALISBURY exits.
BEDFORD
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He is as full of valor as of kindness,
Princely in both.
BEDFORD
He is as full of courage as of kindness, princely in both.
