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King Henry the Sixth, III. iii

Now where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks?

What! all amort? Roan hangs her head for grief,

That such a valiant company are fled.

Now will we take some order in the town,

Placing therein some expert officers,

And then depart to Paris to the king;

For there young Henry with his nobles lie.

Bur. What wills Lord Talbot pleaseth Burgundy.

Tal. But yet, before we go, let's not forget

The noble Duke of Bedford late deceas'd,

But see his exequies fulfill'd in Roan:

A braver soldier never couched lance,

A gentler heart did never sway in court;

But kings and mightiest potentates must die,

For that's the end of human misery.

Joan. Dismay not, princes, at this accident,

Nor grieve that Roan is so recovered:

Care is no cure, but rather corrosive,

For things that are not to be remedied.

Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while,

And like a peacock sweep along his tail;

We'll pull his plumes and take away his train,

 123 braves: bravado

gleeks: gibes

124 all amort: 'à la mort,' sick to death, prostrated

126 some order: certain measures

133 exequies: obsequies

 1 Dismay: lose courage

3 corrosive: caustic, painful 