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22  Tal. Hear, hear how dying Salisbury doth groan!

It irks his heart he cannot be reveng'd.

Frenchmen, I'll be a Salisbury to you:

Pucelle or puzzel, dolphin or dogfish,

Your hearts I'll stamp out with my horse's heels

And make a quagmire of your mingled brains.

Convey me Salisbury into his tent,

And then we'll try what these dastard Frenchmen dare.

Alarum. Exeunt [bearing out the bodies].

Tal. Where is my strength, my valour, and my force?

Our English troops retire, I cannot stay them;

A woman clad in armour chaseth them.

Here, here she comes. I'll have a bout with thee:

Devil, or devil's dam, I'll conjure thee:

Blood will I draw on thee, thou art a witch,

And straightway give thy soul to him thou serv'st.

Joan. Come, come; 'tis only I that must disgrace thee.

Tal. Heavens, can you suffer hell so to prevail?

My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage,

 107 puzzel: lewd woman

dolphin or dogfish; cf. n.

 6 Cf. n. 