Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Orleance. What a wretched and peeuish fellow is this King of England, to mope with his fat-brain'd followers so farre out of his knowledge.
Const. Const.
Const. If the English had any apprehension, they would runne away.
Orleance. Orleance.
Orleance. That they lack: for if their heads had any in- tellectuall Armour, they could neuer weare such heauie Head-pieces.
Ramb. Ramb.
Ramb. That Iland of England breedes very valiant Creatures; their Mastiffes are of vnmatchable cou rage.
Orleance. Foolish Curres, that runne winking into the mouth of a Russian Beare, and haue their heads crusht like rotten Apples: you may as well say, that's a valiant Flea, that dare eate his breakefast on the Lippe of a Lyon.
Const. Iust, iust: and the men doe sympathize with the Mastiffes, in robustious and rough comming on, leauing their Wits with their Wiues: and then giue them great Meales of Beefe, and Iron and Steele; they will eate like Wolues, and fight like Deuils.
Const. Orleance. I,
Const. The Life of Henry The Fift
Orleance. I, but these English are shrowdly out of Beefe.
Const. Then shall we finde to morrow, they haue only stomackes to eate, and none to fight. Now is it time to arme: come, shall we about it?
Orleance. It is now two a Clock: but let me see, by ten Wee shall haue each a hundred English men.
Orleance. Exeunt.