文档介绍：KING HENRY THE FIFTH
KING HENRY THE
FIFTH
William Shakespeare
1599
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KING HENRY THE FIFTH
PROLOGUE
Enter CHORUS
CHORUS. O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest
heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs
to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself,
Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should
famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all,
The flat unraised spirits that hath dar'd On this unworthy scaffold to bring
forth So great an object. Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France?
Or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright
the air at Agincourt? O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest in little
place a million; And let us, ciphers to this great pt, On your
imaginary forces work. Suppose within the girdle of these walls Are now
confin'd two mighty monarchies, Whose high upreared and abutting fronts
The perilous narrow ocean parts asunder. Piece out our imperfections with
your thoughts: Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary
puissance; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their
proud hoofs i' th' receiving earth; For 'tis your thoughts that now must
deck our kings, Carry them here and there, jumping o'er times, Turning th'
plishment of many years Into an hour-glass; for the which supply,
Admit me Chorus to this history; Who prologue-like, your humble
patience pray Gently to hear, kindly to judge, our play. Exit

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KING HENRY THE FIFTH
ACT I.
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KING HENRY THE FIFTH
SCENE I. London.
An ante-chamber in the KING'S palace
Enter the ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY and the BISHOP OF
ELY
CANTERBURY. My lord, I'll tell you: that self bill is urg'd Which in
th' eleventh year of the last king's reign Was like, and had indeed against
us pass'd But that the scambling and unquiet time Did push it out of
farther question. ELY. But