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_ is the same as to _call to remembrance_.] ACT IV. SCENE I.--THE ENGLISH CAMP AT AGINCOURT.(A) NIGHT. _Enter KING HENRY and GLOSTER, U.E.L.H._ _K. Hen._ Gloster, 'tis true that we are in great danger; The greater therefore should our courage be. _Enter BEDFORD, R.H._ Good morrow, brother Bedford.--Gracious Heaven! There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out; For our bad neighbour makes us early stirrers, Which is both healthful and good husbandry. Thus may we gather honey from the weed, And make a moral of the devil himself. _Enter ERPINGHAM.(B) L.H._ Good morrow, old Sir Thomas Erpingham: A good soft pillow for that good white head Were better than a churlish turf of France. _Erp._ Not so, my liege: this lodging likes me better, Since I may say--now lie I like a king. _K. Hen._ Lend me thy cloak, Sir Thomas.--Brothers both, Commend me to the princes in our camp; Do my good morrow to them; and anon Desire them all to my pavilion. _Glo._ We shall, my liege. [_Exeunt GLOSTER and BEDFORD, R.H._ _Erp._ Shall I attend your grace? _K. Hen._ No, my good knight; Go with my brothers to my lords of England: [_ERPINGHAM crosses to R._ I and my bosom must debate a while, And then I would no other company. _Erp._ Heaven bless thee, noble Harry! [_Exit ERPINGHAM, R.H._ _K. Hen._ Gad-a-mercy, old heart! thou speakest cheerfully. _Enter PISTOL, L.H._ _Pist._ _Qui va la?_ _K. Hen._ A friend. _Pist._ Discuss unto me; Art thou officer? Or art thou base, common, and popular?[1] _K. Hen._ I am a gentleman of a company. _Pist._ Trail'st thou the puissant pike? _K. Hen._ Even so. What are you? _Pist._ As good a gentleman as the emperor. _K. Hen._ Then you are a better than the king.[2] _Pist._ The king's a bawcock,[3] and a heart of gold, A lad of life, an imp of fame;[4] Of parents good, of fist most valiant: I kiss his dirty shoe, and from my heart-strings I love the lovely bully. What's thy name? _K. Hen._ Harry _le Roi_. _Pist._ _Le Roi!_ a Cornish name: art thou of Cornish crew? _K. Hen._ No, I am a Welshman. _Pist._ Knowest thou Fluellen? _K. Hen._ Yes. _Pist._ Tell him, I'll knock his leek about his pate, Upon Saint Davy's day. [_Crosses to R._ _K. Hen._ Do not you
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