Henry V

Act 3 Scene 6

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Enter GOWER and FLUELLEN, meeting	GOWER and FLUELLEN enter from opposite sides of the stage.
GOWER How now, Captain Fluellen? Come you from the bridge?	GOWER Greetings, Captain Fluellen! Have you just come from the bridge?
FLUELLEN I assure you, there is very excellent services committed at the bridge.	FLUELLEN I assure you, there are some excellent military operations being carried out at the bridge.
GOWER Is the duke of Exeter safe?	GOWER Is the duke of Exeter safe?
FLUELLEN 5The duke of Exeter is as magnanimous as Agamemnon, and a man that I love and honor with my soul and my heart and my duty and my life and my living and my uttermost power. He is not, God be praised and blessed, any hurt in the world, but keeps the bridge most valiantly, with excellent discipline. There is an aunchient lieutenant there at the pridge. I think in my very conscience he is as valiant a man as Mark Antony, and he is a man of no estimation in the world, but I did see him do as gallant service.	FLUELLEN The duke of Exeter is as courageous as Agamemnon Agamemnon was the leader of the Greek army in the Trojan War. Mark Antony fought Brutus for control of the Roman Empire. Agamemnon and a man whom I love and honor deeply, with my soul, and my heart, and my duty, and my life, and my livelihood, to the very utmost of my being. He is not—God be praised and blessed—hurt in any way but is holding the bridge most valiantly, with excellent discipline. There is a standard-bearer there at the bridge. I truly think he is as valiant a man as Mark Antony. He is a man of no rank or consequence, but I saw him fight as gallantly as though he were.
GOWER What do you call him?	GOWER What is his name?
FLUELLEN 15He is called Aunchient Pistol.	FLUELLEN He is called Ensign Pistol.
GOWER I know him not.	GOWER I don’t know him.
Enter PISTOL	PISTOL enters.
FLUELLEN Here is the man.	FLUELLEN Here he is.