Great Master of France, the brave Sir Guichard Dauphin;
John, duke of Alençon; Anthony, duke of Brabant,
The brother of the duke of Burgundy,
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And Edward, duke of Bar. Of lusty earls:
Grandpré and Roussi, Faulconbridge and Foix,
Beaumont and Marle, Vaudemont and Lestrale.
Here was a royal fellowship of death.
Where is the number of our English dead?
royal fellowship of death! Where is the number of our English dead?
HERALD shows him another paper
The HERALD shows him another aper.
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Edward the duke of York, the earl of Suffolk,
Sir Richard Ketly, Davy Gam, esquire;
None else of name, and of all other men
But five and twenty. O God, thy arm was here,
And not to us but to thy arm alone
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Ascribe we all! When, without stratagem,
But in plain shock and even play of battle,
Was ever known so great and little loss
On one part and on th' other? Take it, God,
For it is none but thine.
Edward the duke of York, the earl of Suffolk, Sir Richard Ketly, Davy Gam, esquire. No one else of name, and only twenty-five other men. Oh, God, your power was with us. What happened here is your doing alone, not ours. When was there ever before so great a loss on one side and so little on the other, in the ordinary and equal clash of battle? Take credit, God, for it is no one's doing but yours.
EXETER
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'Tis wonderful.
EXETER
It's unbelievable.
KING HENRY
Come, go we in procession to the village,
And be it death proclaimèd through our host
To boast of this or take that praise from God
Which is His only.
KING HENRY
Come, let's make a solemn procession to the village. And let it be proclaimed throughout our army that it shall be a hanging offense for anyone to boast of this or take from God the credit that belongs to Him alone.
FLUELLEN
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Is it not lawful, an please your Majesty, to tell how many is
killed?
FLUELLEN
If it pleases your Majesty, isn't it permissible to mention the number of casualties?
KING HENRY
Yes, Captain, but with this acknowledgement:
That God fought for us.
KING HENRY
Yes, Captain, but with this acknowledgement—that God fought for us.
