No Fear Shakespeare
Henry V
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 2, Scene 1, Page 5
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They draw |
They draw their swords. |
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BARDOLPH
By this sword, he that makes the first thrust, I’ll kill him. By
this sword, I will.
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BARDOLPH
By this sword, I’ll kill whichever one of you makes the first thrust. By this sword, I will.
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PISTOL
“Sword” is an oath, and oaths must have their course.
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PISTOL
“By this sword” is an oath, and oaths must be kept.
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BARDOLPH
Corporal Nym, an thou wilt be friends, be friends; an thou
wilt not, why then be enemies with me too. Prithee, put up.
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BARDOLPH
Corporal Nym, if you want to be friends, be friends. If not, then you can be my enemy, too. Come on, put it away.
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PISTOL
A noble shalt thou have, and present pay,
And liquor likewise will I give to thee,
And friendship shall combine, and brotherhood.
I’ll live by Nym, and Nym shall live by me.
Is not this just? For I shall subtler be
Unto the camp, and profits will accrue.
Give me thy hand.
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PISTOL
I’ll give you a noble right now, and I’ll give you liquor, too, and friendship and brotherhood. I’ll live for Nym, and Nym will live for me. Is that fair? For I’ll be selling provisions to the troops, and there’ll be profits to go around. Give me your hand.
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NYM
I shall have my noble?
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NYM
I’ll get my noble?
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PISTOL
In cash, most justly paid.
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PISTOL
In cash.
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NYM
Well, then, that’s the humor of ’t.
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NYM
Well, then, that’s how it is.
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Enter HOSTESS
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HOSTESS QUICKLY enters. |
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HOSTESS
As ever you come of women, come in quickly to Sir John.
Ah, poor heart, he is so shaked of a burning quotidian tertian that it is most lamentable to behold. Sweet men,
come to him.
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HOSTESS QUICKLY
If you ever had a mother, come in quickly to Sir John. The poor thing, he is so shaken with a fever that it’s terrible to see. Sweet men, come to him.
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NYM
The king hath run bad humors on the knight, that’s the
even of it.
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NYM
The king has done him a bad turn. That’s all there is to it.
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