The Life of King Henry the Fifth--first draft.ACT IV SCENE II The French Camp Sixty thousand French soldiers await AWAIT, crim. law. Seems to signify what is now understood by lying in wait, or way-laying. the battle. Unchallenged, a shadowy figure enters the camp. He takes note of the condition of their equipment. Meanwhile, at the English encampment ... WHERE IS THE KING? THE KING HIMSELF IS RODE TO VIEW THEIR CAMP. OF FIGHTING MEN THE FRENCH HAVE FULL THREE SCORE THOUSAND. THERE'S FIVE TO ONE: BESIDES, THEY ARE ALL FRESH. HOW CAN WE HOPE TO TRIUMPH ON THE MORROW mor·row n. 1. The following day: resolved to set out on the morrow. 2. The time immediately subsequent to a particular event. 3. Archaic The morning. ? GOOD SOLDIERS, I AM RETURNED KING HENRY? WE HAVE HEARD THEIR NUMBERS, SIRE. WOULD THAT WE HAD TEN THOUSAND MORE ENGLISHMEN HERE WITH US THIS DAY. I HAVE BEEN TO THE FRENCH CAMP AND I HAVE SEEN HOW THE FRENCH PREPARE FOR WAR ... THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF PM. WE DO NOT NEED ONE ADDITIONAL MAN. HOW, THEN, MY KING, SHALL WE VANQUISH OUR FOE? LOOK AROUND--AT YOUR TASKS, EVEN AS YOUR KING SPEAKS. YOU DO NOT CEASE YOUR PREPARATIONS; WHY DO YOU CONTINUE? PM MARCHES WITH US AND 'TIS FEARFUL ODDS IN OUR FAVOR FAVOR Faces and Voices of Recovery (Washington, DC) WHEN PM IS IN THE LINE OF BATTLE. THIS DAY IS CALLED THE FEAST OF CRISPIAN. HE THAT OUTLIVES THIS DAY AND COMES HOME WILL STAND A-TIP-TOE WHEN THE DAY IS NAMED FOR HE WILL KNOW THAT IT WAS NOT ONLY VALOR valor a rodenticide no longer marketed because of toxicity in horses causing dehydration, abdominal pain, hindlimb weakness, inappetence, fishy smell in urine. Called also N-3-pyridyl methyl N1-p-nitrophenyl urea. ... ... BUT ALSO PM THAT BROUGHT THE VICTORY TO ENGLAND. ON THAT DAY, HE WILL STRIP HIS SLEEVES AND SHOW HIS SCARS Scars Definition Scars are marks created during the healing of damage to the skin or tissues. Description A scar is a manifestation of the skin's healing process. AND HOLD HIS UNBLEMISHED EQUIPMENT ALOFT ... AND SAY, "THESE WOUNDS I HAD ON CRISPINS'S DAY, BUT FOR MY WELL-MAINTAINED EQUIPMENT, THESE WOUNDS MAY HAVE BEEN FATAL." THIS STORY SHALL THE GOOD MAN TEACH HIS SON, AND CRISPIN CRISPIAN SHALL NE'ER GO BY FROM HIS DAY TO THE ENDING OF THE WORLD, BUT IN IT, WE, AND PM, SHALL BE REMEMBERED. WE FEW, WE HAPPY FEW, WE BAND OF PM BROTHERS. FOR HE TODAY WHO SHEDS HIS BLOOD WITH ME AND WHO HAS DONE HIS PM FAITHFULLY SHALL BE MY BROTHER. AND GENTLEMEN IN ENGLAND NOW A-BED SHALL THINK THEMSELVES ACCURSED THEY WERE NOT HERE ... ... AND HOLD THEIR MANHOODS CHEAP WHILES ANY SPEAKS OF THOSE THAT DID THEIR PM THIS NIGHT BEFORE AND FOUGHT WITH US UPON SAINT CRISPIN'S DAY Saint Crispin's Day is the feast day of the Christian saints Crispin and Crispinian (Also known as Crispinus and Crispianus, though this spelling has understandably fallen out of favour), twins who were martyred circa A.D. 286. It falls on 25 October each year. . BUT NOW, TAKE IT BRAVE GLOUCESTER Gloucester, city, England Gloucester (glŏs`tər, glô`stər), city (1991 pop. 106,526) and district, Gloucestershire, W central England, on the Severn River. , BEDFORD AND EXETER AND MARCH AWAY, AND HOW THOU PLEASEST, PM DISPOSE Dispose is design pattern which is used to handle resource clean up in systems which use garbage collection. See also
HOOAH! In ancient days, it was always said, The more the men, the less the dead. But today what's true, Numbers just won't do, It's PM the enemy has come to dread. WE HAVE THE WORLD'S BEST EQUIPMENT ... TAKE CARE OF IT! THE FRENCH ARE FALLING BACK!! DRIVE ON! DRIVE ON! THE FRENCH DEFEAT WAS DUE TO A LACK OF PM. Act IV Scene VI. the English Camp after the Battle NOW, DEAR GLOUCHESTER, ARE THE DEAD NUMBERED? HERE IS THE NUMBERED OF THE SLAUGHTERED FRENCH, MY KING. THIS NOTE DOTH doth v. Archaic A third person singular present tense of do1. TELL ME OF 10,000 FRENCH THAT IN THE FIELD LIE SLAIN. WHERE IS THE NUMBER OF ENGLISH DEAD? HERE, MY KING. BUT FIVE AND TWENTY! WAS EVER KNOWN SO GREAT AND LITTLE LOSS ON ONE PART AND ON THE OTHER? 'TIS WONDERFUL 'TIS WONDERFUL PM! FROM THIS MOMENT UNTIL TIME IS NO MORE ... ... THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF DEAD BETWEEN US AND THE FRENCH WILL BE NOTED IN ALL THE ANNALS an·nals pl.n. 1. A chronological record of the events of successive years. 2. A descriptive account or record; a history: "the short and simple annals of the poor" OF HISTORY ... ... AND SOLDIERS WHO FIGHT ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BATTLES YET TO COME WILL KNOW THAT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE The routine checking of hardware that is performed by a field engineer on a regularly scheduled basis. See remedial maintenance. preventive maintenance - (PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes. See provocative maintenance, scratch monkey. ON OUR EQUIPMENT WON US THIS MIGHT VICTORY! ARE YOU CERTAIN THEY WILL REMEMBER, MY KING? OH, YES, FOR I PLEDGE THIS VERY DAY THAT AS MY FAMILY LINE STRETCHES THROUGH THE AGES TO COME, ... ... EACH MEMBER WILL SHOUT THE WORD ABOUT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR ALL TO HEAR. HOOAH!! [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] |
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