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Henry VI, Part 1 - Act 1, scene 6
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Henry VI, Part 1 - Act 1, scene 6Act 1, scene 6
⌜Scene 6⌝
Synopsis:
The French celebrate Pucelle’s victory.
Flourish. Enter on the walls Pucelle, ⌜Charles the⌝Dauphin, Reignier, Alanson, and Soldiers.
PUCELLE
0576 Advance our waving colors on the walls.
0577 Rescued is Orleance from the English.
0578 Thus Joan ⌜la⌝ Pucelle hath performed her word.
⌜She exits.⌝
CHARLES
0579 Divinest creature, Astraea’s daughter,
0580 5 How shall I honor thee for this success?
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0581
Thy promises are like Adonis’ garden0582 That one day bloomed and fruitful were the next.
0583 France, triumph in thy glorious prophetess.
0584 Recovered is the town of Orleance.
0585 10 More blessèd hap did ne’er befall our state.
REIGNIER
0586 Why ring not bells aloud throughout the town?
0587 Dauphin, command the citizens make bonfires
0588 And feast and banquet in the open streets
0589 To celebrate the joy that God hath given us.
ALANSON
0590 15 All France will be replete with mirth and joy
0591 When they shall hear how we have played the men.
CHARLES
0592 ’Tis Joan, not we, by whom the day is won;
0593 For which I will divide my crown with her,
0594 And all the priests and friars in my realm
0595 20 Shall in procession sing her endless praise.
0596 A statelier pyramis to her I’ll rear
0597 Than Rhodophe’s ⌜of⌝ Memphis ever was.
0598 In memory of her, when she is dead,
0599 Her ashes, in an urn more precious
0600 25 Than the rich-jeweled coffer of Darius,
0601 Transported shall be at high festivals
0602 Before the kings and queens of France.
0603 No longer on Saint Dennis will we cry,
0604 But Joan ⌜la⌝ Pucelle shall be France’s saint.
0605 30 Come in, and let us banquet royally
0606 After this golden day of victory.
Flourish. They exit.