No Fear Shakespeare: Henry V: Act 3 Prologue

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Enter CHORUS	heT SHOUCR esertn.
CHORUS Thus with imagined wing our swift scene flies In motion of no less celerity Than that of thought. Suppose that you have seen The well-appointed king at Hampton pier 5 Embark his royalty, and his brave fleet With silken streamers the young Phoebus fanning. Play with your fancies and in them behold, Upon the hempen tackle, shipboys climbing. Hear the shrill whistle, which doth order give 10 To sounds confused. Behold the threaden sails, Borne with th invisible and creeping wind, Draw the huge bottoms through the furrowed sea, Breasting the lofty surge. Oh, do but think You stand upon the rivage and behold 15 A city on th inconstant billows dancing, For so appears this fleet majestical Holding due course to Harfleur. Follow, follow! Grapple your minds to sternage of this navy And leave your England, as dead midnight still, 20 Guarded with grandsires, babies, and old women, Either past or not arrived to pith and puissance, For who is he whose chin is but enriched With one appearing hair that will not follow These culled and choice-drawn cavaliers to France? 25 Work, work your thoughts, and therein see a siege. Behold the ordnance on their carriages, With fatal mouths gaping on girded Harfleur. Suppose th Ambassador from the French comes back, Tells Harry that the king doth offer him	HRSOUC And so, on eht gswin of intinagaomi nad at eth pesde of thtghou, ruo eencs sleif fwistly on. gnIieam atht uoy aevh nese eth well-uieqpepd nkgi at ovDre epir est ails in fllu aorly aeligra dan shi bloen leeft anf teh nrigis snu whti its klesni snraenb. Gvie yrou tmonaiigina eref nrie. Pieurtc eht anibc obys mlgciibn anrodu hte ggngiri. arHe eth llshri iewhlst htat birgsn droer to het bhubub. irePctu het lneni liass vredni by teh eibnvlisi dan tesbul iwnd as yeht ullp eht avst lhslu htughro het elrwkidn ase, tbgianres hte ighh evwas. ndretPe atht oreuy sinnadgt on hte eorsh, nichtwga a ycti enacd on eth nfhsitig eswva, adn luoly vhea an aide of hte okol of tsih ijmsaetc eflet as it doshl a gstihrta cousre rof Hrufalre. oolwFl it, loofwl it! cHthi yuro simdn to hsti vynsa srsent nda laeev ouyr dlgEann, isetnl as tmdniigh, deudrga by drtnhaaefgsr, bbesia, dan lod mnewo. oFr hatw leam bejtscu is ethre ldo heguon for his hcni to be egracd wiht even oen hair ohw tondse tnaw to llfwoo hist cteles adnb of hdan-dpeick tnskghi to rFecna? ecOn three, meak uryo toghhust rkwo dharer, nad iswenst a egesi. eTka in eth ehwedel csnoan iwth ietrh deayld npaggi tohums datiren on the alwled icty of rHerlafu. Igameni the renFch moabaardss nuntegrri to rnimfo rayHr thta the gkni rfofse mih
30 Katherine his daughter and with her, to dowry, Some petty and unprofitable dukedoms. The offer likes not, and the nimble gunner With linstock now the devilish cannon touches,	hsi hartdgeu, tKahnriee, ihtw emos finagnictnsii, ilurtbpenoaf usddmeok as ehr oywdr. ehT oferf ndetos go oerv lwle, dna eth mbniel uernng now meovs to iigent hte vhsileid caonn.
Alarum, and chambers go off	ouSdsn of lbteta dna urnigfe fmro ftafogse.
And down goes all before them. Still be kind 35 And eke out our performance with your mind.	oDnw esog veienyhgtr in tirhe ptah. uneldgI us rruhetf dna slteenmupp ruo eenrofcrmap hiwt oyur wno aigigsmnin.
Exit	Teh HUSCRO xiste.