Henry V St. Crispian's Monologue Flashcards

1
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  • I wish one ten thousand

- *My cousin Westmorland. ………………………….

A

What’s he that wishes so?

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  • What’s he that wishes so?
  • …………………………………No, my fair cousin.
    If we are marked to die, we are enough 20
    To do our country loss. And if to live,
    The fewer men, *the greater share of honour.
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*My cousin Westmorland.

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  • *My cousin Westmorland. No, my fair cousin.
    If we are marked to die, we are enough 20
    To do our country loss…………………………..
  • *God’s will, I pray thee wish not one man more.
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………………………………..And if to live,

The fewer men, *the greater share of honour.

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  • ………………………………………………And if to live,
    The fewer men, *the greater share of honour.
  • By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
    Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost.
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*God’s will, I pray thee wish not one man more.

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  • *God’s will, I pray thee wish not one man more.

- It *yearns me not if men my garments wear.

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By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,

Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost.

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  • By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
    Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost.
  • Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
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It *yearns me not if men my garments wear.

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  • It *yearns me not if men my garments wear.
  • But if it be *a sin to covet honour,
    I am the most offending soul alive.
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Such outward things dwell not in my desires.

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  • Such outward things dwell not in my desires.

- No, faith, my *coz, wish not a man from England. 30

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But if it be *a sin to covet honour,

I am the most offending soul alive.

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  • But if it be *a sin to covet honour,
    I am the most offending soul alive.
  • God’s peace, I would not lose so great an honour
    As one man more, methinks, would share from me,
    For the *best hope I have.
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No, faith, my *coz, wish not a man from England. 30

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  • No, faith, my *coz, wish not a man from England. 30
  • Rather proclaim it, Westmorland, through my host
    That he which hath no *stomach to this fight 35
    Let him depart. His *passport shall be made,
    And *crowns for convoy put into his purse.
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God’s peace, I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me,
For the *best hope I have.

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  • God’s peace, I would not lose so great an honour
    As one man more, methinks, would share from me,
    For the *best hope I have. ………………………………..
  • Rather proclaim it, Westmorland, through my host
    That he which hath no *stomach to this fight 35
    Let him depart. ………………………………….
  • ……………………………….His *passport shall be made,
    And *crowns for convoy put into his purse.
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………………………Oh, do not wish one more!

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  • Rather proclaim it, Westmorland, through my host
    That he which hath no *stomach to this fight 35
    Let him depart. …………………………………….
  • *We would not die in that man’s company
    That fears his *fellowship to *die with us.
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…………………………..His *passport shall be made,
And *crowns for convoy put into his purse.

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13
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  • His *passport shall be made,
    And *crowns for convoy put into his purse.
  • This day is called the *Feast of Crispian.
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*We would not die in that man’s company

That fears his *fellowship to *die with us.

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  • *We would not die in that man’s company
    That fears his *fellowship to *die with us.
  • He that outlives this day and comes safe home
    Will stand a-tiptoe when this day is named,
    And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
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This day is called the *Feast of Crispian.

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  • This day is called the *Feast of Crispian.
  • He that shall *see this day and live old age
    Will yearly on the *vigil feast his neighbours, 45
    And say ‘Tomorrow is Saint Crispian.’
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He that outlives this day and comes safe home
Will stand a-tiptoe when this day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.

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  • He that outlives this day and comes safe home
    Will stand a-tiptoe when this day is named,
    And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
  • Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
    And say ‘These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.’
A

He that shall *see this day and live old age
Will yearly on the *vigil feast his neighbours, 45
And say ‘Tomorrow is Saint Crispian.’

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  • He that shall *see this day and live old age
    Will yearly on the *vigil feast his neighbours, 45
    And say ‘Tomorrow is Saint Crispian.’
  • Old men forget, yet all shall be forgot
    But he’ll remember, *with advantages, 50
    What feats he did that day.
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Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,

And say ‘These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.’

18
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  • Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
    And say ‘These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.’
  • ………………………………Then shall our names,
    Familiar in his mouth as household words,
    Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
    Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
    Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered. 55
A

Old men forget, yet all shall be forgot
But he’ll remember, *with advantages, 50
What feats he did that day.

19
Q
  • Old men forget, yet all shall be forgot
    But he’ll remember, *with advantages, 50
    What feats he did that day.
  • This story shall the good man teach his son,
    And *Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by
    From this day to the ending of the world
    But we in it shall be remembered.
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………………………………Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words,
Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered. 55

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Q
  • ………………………………Then shall our names,
    Familiar in his mouth as household words,
    Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
    Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
    Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered. 55
  • We few, we happy few, we band of brothers – 60
    For he today that sheds his blood with me
    Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile
    This day shall *gentle his condition –
    And gentlemen in England, *now abed,
    Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, 65
    And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
    That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s Day.
A

This story shall the good man teach his son,
And *Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by
From this day to the ending of the world
But we in it shall be remembered.

21
Q
  • This story shall the good man teach his son,
    And *Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by
    From this day to the ending of the world
    But we in it shall be remembered.
A

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers – 60
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile
This day shall *gentle his condition –
And gentlemen in England, *now abed,
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, 65
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s Day.

22
Q
  • …………………………………No, my fair cousin.
  • ……………………………………….And if to live,
    The fewer men, *the greater share of honour.
A

If we are marked to die, we are enough 20

To do our country loss.

23
Q
  • ………………………Oh, do not wish one more!
  • ……………………………….His *passport shall be made,
    And *crowns for convoy put into his purse.
A

Rather proclaim it, Westmorland, through my host
That he which hath no *stomach to this fight 35
Let him depart. ………………………………….