Page 237 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1

KING HENRY

When Gloucester says the word, King Henry goes;
For friendly counsel cuts off many foes.

GLOUCEST ER

Your ships already are in readiness.
Sennet. Flourish. Exeunt [all but Exeter].

EXET ER

Ay, we may march in England, or in France, [185]
Not seeing what is likely to ensue.
This late dissension grown betwixt the peers
Burns under feignèd ashes of forged love,
And will at last break out into a flame;
As festered members rot but by degree [190]
Till bones and flesh and sinews fall away,
So will this base and envious discord breed.
And now I fear that fatal prophecy
Which in the time of Henry named the Fifth
Was in the mouth of every sucking babe: [195]
That Henry born at Monmouth should win all,
And Henry born at Windsor should lose all:
Which is so plain that Exeter doth wish
His days may finish ere that hapless time.

Exit.

Scene II IT

Enter [la] Pucelle disguised, with four Soldiers with sacks upon their
backs.

PUCELLE

These are the city gates, the gates of Rouen,
Through which our policy must make a breach.
Take heed, be wary how you place your words,
Talk like the vulgar sort of market-men
That come to gather money for their corn. [5]
If we have entrance, as I hope we shall,
And that we find the slothful watch but weak,
I’ll by a sign give notice to our friends,