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THE THIRD.
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Regardless of the moon, and those that once were bright,
Stand only for to gaze upon their splendour!

[He here knights the Prince and other young Nobles.
 
Now let us take a just revenge for those
Brave Lords, who fell beneath the bloody axe
At Paris. Thanks, noble Harcourt, for 'twas
By your advice we landed here in Brittany,
A country not yet sown with destruction,
And where the fiery whirlwind of swift war
Has not yet swept its desolating wing.—
Into three parties we divide by day
And separate march, but join again at night;
Each knows his rank, and Heaven marshal all.

[Exeunt.





SCENE. English Court; Lionel, Duke of Clarence, Queen Philippa, Lords, Bishop, &c.
 

Clarence.


MY Lords, I have by the advice of her
Whom I am doubly bound to obey, my Parent
And my Sovereign, called you together.
My task is great, my burden heavier than
My unfledged years;