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 "Art thou bound For the Court Dunois?" exclaim'd the aged Knight, "I deem'd thee far away, coop'd in the walls Of Orleans; a hard siege her valiant sons Right loyally endure." "I left the town," Dunois reply'd, "thinking that my prompt speed Might seize the hostile stores, and with fresh force Re-enter. Fastolffe's better fate prevail'd, And from the field of shame my maddening horse Bore me, for the barb'd arrow gor'd his flank. Fatigued and faint with that day's dangerous toil, My deep wounds bleeding, vainly with weak hand Check'd I the powerless rein. Now thus reviv'd By Heaven's high aid, I seek the Court, and thence To that beleager'd town shall lead such force That the proud English in their fields of blood Shall perish." "I too," Tannegui reply'd, "May haply in the battle once again "Serve