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Henry the Fifth, IV. i The royal captain of this ruin'd band

Walking from watch to watch, from tent to tent,

Let him cry 'Praise and glory on his head!'

For forth he goes and visits all his host,

Bids them good morrow with a modest smile,

And calls them brothers, friends, and countrymen.

Upon his royal face there is no note

How dread an army hath enrounded him;

Nor doth he dedicate one jot of colour

Unto the weary and all-watched night:

But freshly looks and overbears attaint

With cheerful semblance and sweet majesty;

That every wretch, pining and pale before,

Beholding him, plucks comfort from his looks.

A largess universal, like the sun,

His liberal eye doth give to every one,

Thawing cold fear, that mean and gentle all

Behold, as may unworthiness define,

A little touch of Harry in the night.

And so our scene must to the battle fly;

Where,—O for pity,—we shall much disgrace,

With four or five most vile and ragged foils,

Right ill dispos'd in brawl ridiculous,

The name of Agincourt. Yet sit and see,

Minding true things by what their mockeries be. Exit.

K. Hen. Gloucester, 'tis true that we are in great danger;

 36 enrounded: surrounded

39 overbears attaint: subdues anxiety

46 as define: so far as they are able to apprehend

53 Minding: imagining 