Henry VI, Part I by William Shakespeare
Act 4 - Scene 3
Plains in Gascony.
Messenger : They are return'd, my lord, and give it out
[p]That he is march'd to
Bourdeaux with his power,
[p]To fight with Talbot: as he march'd
along,
[p]By your espials were discovered
[p]Two mightier troops than
that the Dauphin led,
[p]Which join'd with him and made their march
for Bourdeaux.
Sir William Lucy : Thou princely leader of our English strength,
[p]Never so needful on
the earth of France,
[p]Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot,
[p]Who
now is girdled with a waist of iron
[p]And hemm'd about with grim
destruction:
[p]To Bourdeaux, warlike duke! to Bourdeaux,
York!
[p]Else, farewell Talbot, France, and England's honour.
Sir William Lucy : O, send some succor to the distress'd lord!
Sir William Lucy : Then God take mercy on brave Talbot's soul;
[p]And on his son young
John, who two hours since
[p]I met in travel toward his warlike
father!
[p]This seven years did not Talbot see his son;
[p]And now
they meet where both their lives are done.
Sir William Lucy : Thus, while the vulture of sedition
[p]Feeds in the bosom of such
great commanders,
[p]Sleeping neglection doth betray to loss
[p]The
conquest of our scarce cold conqueror,
[p]That ever living man of
memory,
[p]Henry the Fifth: whiles they each other cross,
[p]Lives,
honours, lands and all hurry to loss.
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