Henry V by William Shakespeare
Act 4 - Scene 4
The field of battle.
French Soldier : Je pense que vous etes gentilhomme de bonne qualite.
French Soldier : O Seigneur Dieu!
French Soldier : O, prenez misericorde! ayez pitie de moi!
French Soldier : Est-il impossible d'echapper la force de ton bras?
French Soldier : O pardonnez moi!
Boy : Ecoutez: comment etes-vous appele?
French Soldier : Monsieur le Fer.
Boy : He says his name is Master Fer.
Boy : I do not know the French for fer, and ferret, and firk.
French Soldier : Que dit-il, monsieur?
Boy : Il me commande de vous dire que vous faites vous
[p]pret; car ce
soldat ici est dispose tout a cette
[p]heure de couper votre gorge.
French Soldier : O, je vous supplie, pour l'amour de Dieu, me
[p]pardonner! Je suis
gentilhomme de bonne maison:
[p]gardez ma vie, et je vous donnerai
deux cents ecus.
Boy : He prays you to save his life: he is a gentleman of
[p]a good house;
and for his ransom he will give you
[p]two hundred crowns.
French Soldier : Petit monsieur, que dit-il?
Boy : Encore qu'il est contre son jurement de pardonner
[p]aucun prisonnier,
neanmoins, pour les ecus que vous
[p]l'avez promis, il est content de
vous donner la
[p]liberte, le franchisement.
French Soldier : Sur mes genoux je vous donne mille remercimens; et
[p]je m'estime
heureux que je suis tombe entre les
[p]mains d'un chevalier, je pense,
le plus brave,
[p]vaillant, et tres distingue seigneur d'Angleterre.
Boy : He gives you, upon his knees, a thousand thanks; and
[p]he esteems
himself happy that he hath fallen into
[p]the hands of one, as he
thinks, the most brave,
[p]valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of
England.
Boy : Suivez-vous le grand capitaine.
[p][Exeunt PISTOL, and French
Soldier]
[p]I did never know so full a voice issue from so
[p]empty a
heart: but the saying is true 'The empty
[p]vessel makes the greatest
sound.' Bardolph and Nym
[p]had ten times more valour than this
roaring devil i'
[p]the old play, that every one may pare his nails
with
[p]a wooden dagger; and they are both hanged; and so
[p]would
this be, if he durst steal any thing
[p]adventurously. I must stay
with the lackeys, with
[p]the luggage of our camp: the French might
have a
[p]good prey of us, if he knew of it; for there is
[p]none to
guard it but boys.
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