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Henry the Fifth, II. iv

Nym. I cannot kiss, that is the humour of

it; but, adieu.

Pist. Let housewifery appear: keep close, I thee command.

Host. Farewell; adieu.

Fr. King. Thus comes the English with full power upon us;

And more than carefully it us concerns

To answer royally in our defences.

Therefore the Dukes of Berri and Bretagne,

Of Brabant and of Orleans, shall make forth,

And you, Prince Dauphin, with all swift dispatch,

To line and new repair our towns of war

With men of courage and with means defendant:

For England his approaches makes as fierce

As waters to the sucking of a gulf:

It fits us then to be as provident

As fear may teach us, out of late examples

Left by the fatal and neglected English

Upon our fields.

Dau. My most redoubted father,

It is most meet we arm us 'gainst the foe;

 66 housewifery: economy

 Scene Four S. d. Constable; cf. n.

2 more than carefully: with more than common care

7 line: strengthen

9 England: the king of England

10 gulf: whirlpool

13 fatal and neglected: fatally neglected 