Henry V

Exeter
The Duke of York commends him to your Majesty.
King Henry
Lives he, good uncle? Thrice within this hour
I saw him down, thrice up again and fighting.
From helmet to the spur, all blood he was.

He threw his wounded arm and kissed his lips,
And so, espoused to death, with blood he sealed
A testament of noble-ending love.
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Fluellen
Kill the poys and the luggage! ’Tis expressly
against the law of arms. ’Tis as arrant a piece of
knavery, mark you now, as can be offert, in your
conscience now, is it not?

Wherefore the King, most worthily, hath caused
every soldier to cut his prisoner’s throat.
O, ’tis a gallant king!

Gower
’Tis certain there’s not a boy left alive,
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Exeter
Here comes the herald of the French, my liege.
Gloucester
His eyes are humbler than they used to be.
King Henry
How now, what means this, herald? Know’st thou not
That I have fined these bones of mine for ransom?
Com’st thou again for ransom?

So do our vulgar drench their peasant limbs
In blood of princes,
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King Henry
Now, herald, are the dead numbered?
Herald, giving the King a paper
Here is the number of the slaughtered French.
King Henry, to Exeter
What prisoners of good sort are taken, uncle?
Exeter
Charles, Duke of Orléans, nephew to the King;
John,
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Chorus
Vouchsafe to those that have not read the story
That I may prompt them; and of such as have,
I humbly pray them to admit th’ excuse
Of time, of numbers, and due course of things,
Which cannot in their huge and proper life
Be here presented.

Behold, the English beach
Pales in the flood with men,
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My duty to you both, on equal love,
Great kings of France and England. That I have labored
With all my wits, my pains, and strong endeavors
To bring your most imperial Majesties
Unto this bar and royal interview,
Your Mightiness on both parts best can witness.

And all our vineyards, fallows, meads, and hedges,
Defective in their natures,
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King Henry
If, Duke of Burgundy, you would the peace,
Whose want gives growth to th’ imperfections
Which you have cited, you must buy that peace
With full accord to all our just demands,
Whose tenors and particular effects
You have, enscheduled briefly, in your hands.
Burgundy 
The King hath heard them, to the which as yet
There is no answer made.
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King Henry
Fair Katherine, and most fair,
Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms
Such as will enter at a lady’s ear
And plead his love-suit to her gentle heart?

An angel is like you, Kate, and you are
like an angel.

Katherine
Your Majesty shall mock at me. I cannot
speak your England.
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King Henry, to Alice
What says she, fair one? That the
tongues of men are full of deceits?
Alice
Oui, dat de tongues of de mans is be full of
deceits; dat is de Princess.

For these fellows of infinite tongue,
that can rhyme themselves into ladies’ favors,
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Marry, if you would put me to verses or
to dance for your sake, Kate, why you undid me.
For the one, I have neither words nor measure; and
for the other, I have no strength in measure, yet a
reasonable measure in strength. If I could win a
lady at leapfrog or by vaulting into my saddle with
my armor on my back,
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