No Fear Shakespeare
Henry V
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 4, Scene 6, Page 2
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He threw his wounded arm and kissed his lips,
And so, espoused to death, with blood he sealed
A testament of noble-ending love.
The pretty and sweet manner of it forced
Those waters from me which I would have stopped,
But I had not so much of man in me,
And all my mother came into mine eyes
And gave me up to tears.
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married to death, he sealed a testament of love that even ended in nobility. The fineness of the moment moved me to tears. I tried to hold them back, but wept like a mother.
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KING HENRY
I blame you not,
For, hearing this, I must perforce compound
With mistful eyes, or they will issue too.
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KING HENRY
I don’t blame you. Just listening, I have to school my misty eyes, or they will brim over.
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Alarum |
Sounds of battle. |
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But hark, what new alarum is this same?
The French have reinforced their scattered men.
Then every soldier kill his prisoners.
Give the word through.
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But listen! What new battle is this? The French have reinforced their scattered men. Then every soldier must kill his prisoners. Spread the word.
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Exeunt |
They all exit. |
