From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (IV: 7):
LUCY:
But where’s the great Alcides of the field,
Valiant Lord Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury,
Created, for his rare success in arms,
Great Earl of Washford, Waterford and Valence;
Lord Talbot of Goodrig and Urchinfield,
Lord Strange of Blackmere, Lord Verdun of Alton,
Lord Cromwell of Wingfield, Lord Furnival of Sheffield,
The thrice-victorious Lord of [...]
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (IV: 7):
BURGUNDY:
Doubtless he would have made a noble knight;
See, where he lies inhearsed in the arms
Of the most bloody nurser of his harms!
inhearsed: laid as in a coffin
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (IV: 7):
JOAN LA PUCELLE:
Once I encounter’d him, and thus I said:
‘Thou maiden youth, be vanquish’d by a maid:’
But, with a proud majestical high scorn,
He answer’d thus: ‘Young Talbot was not born
To be the pillage of a giglot wench:’
giglot: A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl.
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (IV: 6):
TALBOT:
If I to-day die not with Frenchmen’s rage,
To-morrow I shall die with mickle age:
mickle: Great.
(If I don’t die today in battle, I’ll die tomorrow from old age.)
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (IV: 4):
SOMERSET:
It is too late; I cannot send them now:
This expedition was by York and Talbot
Too rashly plotted: all our general force
Might with a sally of the very town
Be buckled with …
buckled: encountered; To give way; collapse
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (IV: 2):
TALBOT:
If we be English deer, be then in blood;
Not rascal-like, to fall down with a pinch,
But rather, moody-mad and desperate stags,
Turn on the bloody hounds with heads of steel
And make the cowards stand aloof at bay:
moody-mad: furious with anger
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (IV: 1):
With other vile and ignominious terms:
In confutation of which rude reproach
And in defence of my lord’s worthiness,
I crave the benefit of law of arms.
confutation: evidence that refutes conclusively
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (IV: 1):
BASSET:
… When stubbornly he did repugn the truth
About a certain question in the law
Argued betwixt the Duke of York and him;
repugn: To oppose or contend against.
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (IV: 1):
GLOUCESTER:
What means his grace, that he hath changed his style?
No more but, plain and bluntly, ‘To the king!’
Hath he forgot he is his sovereign?
Or doth this churlish superscription
Pretend some alteration in good will?
churlish: Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (III: 1):
GLOUCESTER:
The presence of a king engenders love
Amongst his subjects and his loyal friends,
As it disanimates his enemies.
disanimates: To deprive of spirit; to dishearten.
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (III: 1):
KING HENRY VI:
Stoop then and set your knee against my foot;
And, in reguerdon of that duty done,
I gird thee with the valiant sword of York:
Rise Richard, like a true Plantagenet,
And rise created princely Duke of York.
reguerdon: To reward.
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (III: 1):
GLOUCESTER:
… such is thy audacious wickedness,
Thy lewd, pestiferous and dissentious pranks,
As very infants prattle of thy pride.
pestiferous: 1. Producing or breeding infectious disease.
2. Infected with or contaminated by an epidemic disease.
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (II: 5):
RICHARD PLANTAGENET:
This day, in argument upon a case,
Some words there grew ‘twixt Somerset and me;
Among which terms he used his lavish tongue
And did upbraid me with my father’s death.
lavish tongue: unrestrained expression or language, a standard Elizabethan dramatic cliche
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Posted on January 14th, 2007 by Scott Granneman
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (II: 5):
MORTIMER:
And these grey locks, the pursuivants of death,
Nestor-like aged in an age of care,
Argue the end of Edmund Mortimer.
pursuivants: 1. An officer in the British Colleges of Heralds who ranks below a herald.
2. A follower or attendant.
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (II: 4):
WARWICK:
Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch;
Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth;
Between two blades, which bears the better temper:
Between two horses, which doth bear him best;
Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye;
I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgement;
But in these nice sharp [...]
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (II: 3):
TALBOT:
Be not dismay’d, fair lady; nor misconster
The mind of Talbot, as you did mistake
The outward composition of his body.
misconster: misconstrue
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (II: 3):
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE:
Victorious Talbot! pardon my abuse:
I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited
And more than may be gather’d by thy shape.
bruited: A din; a clamor; proclaim with noise, announce loudly
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (II: 3):
TALBOT:
These are his substance, sinews, arms and strength,
With which he yoketh your rebellious necks,
Razeth your cities and subverts your towns
And in a moment makes them desolate.
subverts: To bring about the downfall of: bring down, overthrow, overturn, topple, tumble, unhorse.
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (II: 3):
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE:
This is a riddling merchant for the nonce;
He will be here, and yet he is not here:
How can these contrarieties agree?
contrarities: contradictions
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (II: 3):
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE:
But now the substance shall endure the like,
And I will chain these legs and arms of thine,
That hast by tyranny these many years
Wasted our country, slain our citizens
And sent our sons and husbands captivate.
captivate: past participle of captured, made prisoner
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