Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 6 (armies, fleece, pestle, wonted, pikes, thundering…). Matches are highlighted.
Wingefield, Lord Furnivall, of Sheffield, The thrice victorious Lord of Falconbridge, Knight of the Noble Order of S. George, Worthy S. Michael, and the Golden Fleece, Great Marshal to Henry the sixth, Of all his Wars within the Realm of France. Submission Dolphin? Ti a mere French word: We English Warriors wot not what it means.
Full speech
Whither my Lord, from bought & sold L. Talbot, Who ringed about with bold adversity, Cries out for noble York and Somerset, To beat assailing death from his weak Regions, And while the honourable Captain there Drops bloody sweated from his warre-wearied limbs, And in advantage lingering looks for rescue, You his false Hope's, the trust of England's honour, Keep off aloof with worthless emulation: Let not your private discord keep away The levied succours that should lend him aid, While he renowned Noble Gentleman Yield up his life unto a world of odds. Orleans the Bastard, Charles, Burgundy, Alanson, Reignard, compass him about, And Talbot perishes by your default. The fraud of England, not the force of France, Hath now entrapped the Noble-minded Talbot : Never to England shall he bear his life, But die betrayed to fortune by your strife. Too late comes rescue, he is taken or slain, For fly he could not, if he would have fled: And fly would Talbot never though he might. His Fame lives in the world. His Shame in you. Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtained the glory of the day. And York as fast upon your Grace exclaims, Swearing that you withhold his levied host, Collected for this epedition. 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 Vrchinfield, Lord Strange of Blackmere, Lord Verdon of Alton, Lord Cromwell of Wingefield, Lord Furnivall, of Sheffield, The thrice victorious Lord of Falconbridge, Knight of the Noble Order of S. George, Worthy S. Michael, and the Golden Fleece, Great Marshal to Henry the sixth, Of all his Wars within the Realm of France. Submission Dolphin? Ti a mere French word: We English Warriors wot not what it means. I come to know what Prisoner; thou hast taken, And to survey the bodies of the dead. Is Talbot slain, the Frenchmen's only Scourge, Your Kingdoms terror, and black Nemesis ? O were mine eyeballs into Bullets turned, That I in rage might shoot them at your faces. O, that I could but call these dead to life, It were enough to fright the Realm of France. Were but his Picture left amongst you here, It would amaze the proudest of you all. Give me their Bodies, that I may bear them hence, And give them Burial, as beseems their worth. I'll bear them hence: but from their ashes shall be reared A Phoenix that shall make all France affeared.
Plot summary
Plot — 1 Henry the Sixth
King Henry Vis dead, and England's French lands are lost. After a military setback, the French accept the offered aid of Joan Pucelle , who claims supernatural powers from the Virgin Mary; but they also release Talbot in an exchange of prisoners. With Joan 's help the French recapture the occupied town of Orleans, but the English take it back in a night attack led by Talbot. The Countess of Auvergne invites Talbot to visit her. intending treachery, but he second-guesses her and brings soldiers with him. In England, feuds brew between Gloucester and Winchester, and between Richard Plantagenet and the Duke of Somerset, whose supporters show their allegiance by picking different coloured roses. Richard , who has been deprived of his titles through the attainder of his father, learns from the imprisoned and dying Mortimer that he has a claim to the throne . King Henry restores him to his inheritance, creating him Duke of York. Joan takes Rouen by a ruse , but Talbot recaptures it the same day; she then persuades England's ally Burgundy to join the French. After King Henry's coronation in Paris, York is left in command of Prance, but personal tension between him and Somerset means that troop reinforcements arrive late; in consequence, Talbot is defeated, surviving only long enough to learn that his son has perished in battle. Joan conjures devils, but they will not help her: she is captured by York and burned at the stake. The French and English agree a peace which will entail King Henry making a diplomatic marriage, but this is pre-empted when Suffolk captures Margaret and (having fallen in love with her but being alr eady married) plans to install her as Queen of England . Henry agrees to marry her, and Suffolk goes to France to mili the arrangements.