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King Henry the Sixth, I. ii

Char. What she says, I'll confirm: we'll fight it out.

Joan. Assign'd am I to be the English scourge.

This night the siege assuredly I'll raise:

Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days,

Since I have entered into these wars.

Glory is like a circle in the water,

Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself,

Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought.

With Henry's death the English circle ends;

Dispersed are the glories it included.

Now am I like that proud insulting ship

Which Cæsar and his fortune bare at once.

Char. Was Mahomet inspired with a dove?

Thou with an eagle art inspired then.

Helen, the mother of great Constantine,

Nor yet Saint Philip's daughters were like thee.

Bright star of Venus, fall'n down on the earth,

How may I reverently worship thee enough?

Alen. Leave off delays and let us raise the siege.

Reig. Woman, do what thou canst to save our honours;

Drive them from Orleans and be immortaliz'd.

Char. Presently we'll try. Come, let's away about it:

No prophet will I trust if she prove false.

Exeunt.  131 Saint Martin's summer; cf. n.

138, 139 Cf. n.

140 Cf. n.

142 Cf. n.

143 Cf. n. 