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Henry the Fifth, IV. vii

Of their dead bodies.

K. Hen. I tell thee truly, herald,

I know not if the day be ours or no;

For yet a many of your horsemen peer

And gallop o'er the field.

Mont.The day is yours.

K. Hen. Praised be God, and not our strength, for it!

What is this castle call'd that stands hard by?

Mont. They call it Agincourt.

K. Hen. Then call we this the field of Agincourt,

Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus.

Flu. Your grandfather of famous memory,

an 't please your majesty, and your great-uncle

Edward the Plack Prince of Wales, as I have

read in the chronicles, fought a most prave

pattle here in France.

K. Hen. They did, Fluellen.

Flu. Your majesty says very true. If your

majesties is remembered of it, the Welshmen

did good service in a garden where leeks did

grow, wearing leeks in their Monmouth caps;

which, your majesty know, to this hour is an

honourable badge of the service; and I do be-

lieve, your majesty takes no scorn to wear the

leek upon Saint Tavy's day.

K. Hen. I wear it for a memorable honour;

For I am Welsh, you know, good countryman.

Flu. All the water in Wye cannot wash your

majesty's Welsh plood out of your pody, I can

tell you that: Got pless it and preserve it, as long

as it pleases his grace, and his majesty too!

 89 peer: appear

96 grandfather: i.e., great-grandfather

104 in a garden; cf. n.

105 Monmouth caps; cf. n.

109 Tavy's: David's 