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Lucy.I'll bear them hence:

But from their ashes shall be rear'd

A phoenix that shall make all France afeard.

Char. So we be rid of them, do with 'em what thou wilt.

And now to Paris, in this conquering vein:

All will be ours now bloody Talbot's slain.

Exeunt.

 

King. Have you perus'd the letters from the pope,

The emperor, and the Earl of Armagnac?

Glo. I have, my lord; and their intent is this:

They humbly sue unto your excellence

To have a godly peace concluded of

Between the realms of England and of France.

King. How doth your Grace affect their motion?

Glo. Well, my good lord; and as the only means

To stop effusion of our Christian blood,

And stablish quietness on every side.

King. Ay, marry, uncle; for I always thought

It was both impious and unnatural

That such immanity and bloody strife

Should reign among professors of one faith.

Glo. Beside, my lord, the sooner to effect

 1, 2 Cf. n.

7 affect: incline toward

13 immanity: ferocity 