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ADDRESS OF HENRY V. TO HIS TROOPS BEFORE THE GATES OF HARFLEUR.

ONCE more unto the | breach, | dear | friends, |

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But when the blast of | war || blows in our | ears,

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Then | imitate the | action of the tiger: 7791

Stiffen the sinews, summon | up the blood, | Disguise | fair | nature with | hard- | favor'd |

rage: 1771

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Then lend the eye | a | terrible | aspect; |

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O'er-hang and | jutty

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Swill'd with the wild Now set the teeth, and Hold | hard the | breath,

his con- | founded | base, | and wasteful | ocean. 171171711 stretch the nostril | wide, | and | bend | up | every | spirit |

To his full height! || On, | on, | you | noble English,11

Whose blood is | fet from | fathers of war- | proof! |

Fathers,

that, | like | so many | Alex | anders, |

Have, in these parts, from morn till | even fought, | And sheathed their | swords | for | lack of argument. 77711

Dis- honor not your mothers. || Now at- | test |

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That those whom you called | fathers, | did be- | get

you!

Be copy now,

to | men of | grosser | blood, |17|

And teach them | how to | war!|77|77|

And you, good | yeomen, |

Whose | limbs were | made in | England, | show us | here | The mettle of your pasture; let us | swear | | | |

That you are worth your | breeding: || which I | doubt not. |

For there is | none of you | so | mean and | base |

That hath not | noble | lustre | in your eyes.

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in the | slips,

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I see you stand, | like | greyhounds

Straining upon the start.

The game's a- | foot,

Follow your spirit: and upon | this | charge, |

Cry, God for | Harry!|| England! | and Saint

George! 191

SHAKSPEARE.

SIR WALTER RALEIGH TO HIS SON.

A-MONGST all | other | things in this world, 19 | take | care of thy es- | tate, which | thou shalt | ever pre- | serve | if thou ob- | serve | three | things. |

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First, that thou | know | what thou hast and what | | everything thou | hast is | worth, see that thou | art not wasted by thy | servants and | officers. The second | is, that thou never | spend | anything | be- | fore thou | is the | canker and | death of

have it; for | borrowing

| every man's estate.

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suffer not thy- | self to be | wounded for | other men's faults, and scourged for | other men's of- | fences, | which is

the surety for an- | other,

men have been | beggared

for | thereby millions of |

and de- | stroyed, | paying the

| reckoning of other men's | riot and the charge of |

other men's folly | and | prodi- | gality. || If thou | smart, smart for thy | own | sins;

things, be not made an
|be not | made an | ass

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and, a- | bove | all

to | carry the | burdens of other | men. If any | friend de- | sire thee | to be his surety, give him a | part of | what thou | hast to | spare; if he | press thee | further, he is not thy friend; for | friendship | rather | chooseth | harm to than | offereth it. If thou be | bound for a

it- | self

| stranger,

thou art a | fool; if for a merchant, | || |

thou puttest thy es- | tate to | learn to | swim; || he hath | no in- | heritance; 11 he will find a | word or a | syllable |

if for a churchman, if for a lawyer,

thou must

he | needs

for the

to abuse thee; | | if for a poor man, | pay it thy- | self; || if for a | rich man, | it not therefore from | suretyship, as from a manslayer or en- | chanter, || bless thyself; best profit and re- | turn will be | this; that if thou | | force | him for | whom thou art | bound to pay it him- | self, he will be- | come thine | enemy; || if thou | use to pay it thy- | self, | thou wilt be a | beggar. 1911 Believe thy | father in this, and print it in thy | thoughts; that | what | virtue so- | ever thou | hast, |▼ be it ever so manifold, || if thou art | poor withal, |

thou and thy qualities shall be des- | pised. | Be-sides, poverty is | often | sent as a | curse of | God. | I It is a | shame among | men, of the mind, a vex- | ation of

an im- | prisonment

every | worthy | spirit. | Thou shalt | neither | help thy- | self or others. Thou shalt drown thee in | all thy | virtues, | knowing | no |

means to show them; and an eyesore

company;

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thou shalt be a | burden |

to thy | friends; | every man will |

thou shalt be | driven | basely to

to de- | pend on | others, to | flatter un- | worthy

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and de- tested | deeds.

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to | make dis- | honest | shifts;

poverty pro- | vokes a man

and, to con- | to do | infamous

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suasion | draw thee to that | worst of worldly | miseries.

If thou be rich it will give thee | pleasure in

health, comfort in | sickness, |

and body | free from | many | perils,

thy | elder | years,

keep thy | mind

re- | lieve thee in

re- | lieve the | poor and thy | honest

| friends, give | means to thy pos- | terity to live

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to defend them- | selves and thine own fame.

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It is said in the | Proverbs, | "He shall be | sore | vexed who is surety for a stranger."

ship is sure." It is | further | said,

"Whoso hateth | surety

"The | poor

but the | rich

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is | hated | even of his | own | neighbor,

have many friends." |

mightier than thy- | self,

for | if thou | lendest him | count

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WHAT'S hallowed | ground? Has | earth a clod |

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By man, the | image of his | God, |

Erect and | free, |

Un-scourged by super- | stition's | rod, |

To bow the knee? ||

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