But when my angry guardant stood alone, Enter Soldiers, bearing the body of JOHN TALBOT. Serv. O my dear lord! lo, where your son is borne ! Tal. Thou antic death, which laugh'st us here to scorn, Anon, from thy insulting tyranny, Coupled in bonds of perpetuity, Two Talbots, winged through the lither sky, O thou whose wounds become Speak to thy father, ere thouard-favour'd death, yield thy breath: : Brave death by speaking, whether he will, or no; Imagine him a Frenchman, and thy foe.- Poor boy! he smiles, methinks; as who should say Had death been French, then death had died today. Come, come, and lay him in his father's arms; Alarums. Exeunt Soldiers and Servant, leaving the two bodies. Enter CHARLES, Alençon, Burgundy, Bastard, LA PUCELLE, and Forces. Char. Had York and Somerset brought rescue in, We should have found a bloody day of this. Bast. How the young whelp of Talbot's, ragingwood, Did flesh his puny sword in Frenchmen's blood! So, rushing in the bowels of the French, Bur. Doubtless he would have made a noble knight: See, where he lies inhersed in the arms Of the most bloody nurser of his harms. Bast. Hew them to pieces, hack their bones asunder; Whose life was England's glory, Gallia's wonder. Char. O, no; forbear: for that, which we have *fled During the life, let us not wrong it dead. உ Enter Sir WILLIAM LUCY, attended; a French Herald preceding. Lucy. Herald,, Conduct me to the Dauphin's tent; to know Char. On what submissive message art thou sent? word; We English warriors wot not what it means. Char. For prisoners ask'st thou? hell our prison is. But tell me whom thou seek'st. Lucy. Where is the great Alcides of the field, Valiant lord Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury? Great earl of Washford, Waterford, and Valence; Lord Strange of Blackmere, lord Verdun of Alton, Lord Cromwell of Wingfield, lord Furnival of Sheffield, The thrice victorious lord of Falconbridge; Of all his wars within the realm of France? Him, that thou magnifiest with all these titles, . Scourge, Your kingdom's terror and black Nemesis? Puc. I think, this upstart is old Talbot's ghost, They would but stink, and putrefy the air. But from their ashes shall be rear'd A phoenix, that shall make all France afeard. "Char. So we be rid of them, do with 'em what thou wilt. And now to Paris, in this conquering vein; All will be ours, now bloody Talbot's slain. [Exeunt. ACT V. SCENE ILondon. A room in the palace. Enter King HENRY, Gloster, and Exeter. K. Hen. Have you perus'd the letters from the pope, The emperor, and the earl of Armagnac ? Glo. I have, my lord, and their intent is this,-They humbly sue unto your excellence, To have a godly peace concluded of, Between the realms of England and of France. K. Hen. How doth your grace affect their motion? Glo. Well, my good lord; and as the only means To stop effusion of our Christian blood, And 'stablish quietness on every side. K. Hen. Ay, marry, uncle; for I always thought, It was both impious and unnatural, That such immanity and bloody strife Should reign among professors of one faith. Glo. Beside, my lord,-the sooner to effect, And surer bind, this knot of amity,— In marriage, with a large and sumptuous dowry. K. Hen. Marriage, uncle! alas! my years are young; And fitter is my study and my books, Exe. What is my lord of Winchester install'd, If once he come to be a cardinal, He'll make his cap co-equal with the crown. K. Hen. My lords ambassadors, your several suits Have been consider'd and debated on. Your purpose is both good and reasonable: Gio. And for the proffer of my lord your master, K. Hen. In argument and proof of which contract, Bear her this jewel, [To the Amb.] pledge of my affection. And so, my lord protector, see them guarded, [Exeunt King Henry and Train; Gloster, |