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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Henry VI, pt. 1-2
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Henry VI pt 1-2 Author:William Shakespeare Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Than the rich-jewell'd coffer of Darius,5 Transported shall be at high festivals Before the Kings and Queens of France. No longer on Saint Denis will we... more » cry, But Joan la Pucelle shall be France's saint. Come in, and let us banquet royally, After this golden day of victory. [Flourish. Exeunt. ACT II. Scene I. France. Before Orleans. Enter, to the gate, a French Sergeant and two Sentinels. Serg. Sirs, take your places, and be vigilant: If any noise or soldier you perceive Near to the walls, by some apparent sign Let us have knowledge at the court-of-guard.1 i Sent. Sergeant, you shall. Exit Sergeant.]Thus are poor servitors When others sleep upon their quiet beds Constrain'd to watch in darkness, rain, and cold. Enter Talbot, Bedford, Burgundy, and Forces, with scaling- ladders, their drums beating a dead march. Tal. Lord regent, and redoubted Burgundy,2 6 In what price the noble poems of Homer were holden by Alexander the Great, insomuch that everie night they were layd under his pillow, and by day were carried in the rich jewel coffer of Darius, lately before vanquished by him. PUTTENHAM'S Arte of English Poesie, 1589. 1 In the military language of our time, " the court-of-guard " is called the head-quarters of the guard ; that is, the place where the guard musters. 2 The present Duke of Burgundy is known in history as " Philip the Good." He succeeded to the title in 1419, at which time his father was murdered. That treacherous assassination had the effect of knitting Philipin close alliance with England, which was further strengthened and prolonged by the marriage of Bedford with his sister in 1423. Her death, which occurred in 1432, greatly loosened the bonds between her brother and the regent. At length, under the...« less