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St Crispin's Day Speech. The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare 's history play Henry V, Act IV Scene iii (3) 18–67. On the eve of the Battle of Agincourt, which fell on Saint Crispin's Day, Henry V urges his men, who were vastly outnumbered by the French, to imagine the glory and immortality that will be theirs if they ...
The St. Crispin’s Day speech from Henry V. by Private: William Shakespeare. King Henry V: What’s he that wishes so? My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin: If we are mark’d to die, we are enow. To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
St. Crispin's Day Speech: From Henry V by William Shakespeare. WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here. But one ten thousand of those men in England. That do no work to-day! KING. What's he that wishes so? My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin; If we are mark'd to die, we are enow. To do our country loss; and if to live,
Feb 22, 2021 · The ‘St Crispin’s Day’ speech is one of the most famous speeches from William Shakespeare’s Henry V, a history play written in around 1599 and detailing the English king’s wars with France during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453).
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The Feast of St Crispin’s Day speech is spoken by England’s King Henry V in Shakespeare’s Henry V history play (act 4 scene 3). The scene is set on the eve of the battle of Agincourt at the English camp in northern France, which took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin’s Day).
In his famous St. Crispin’s Day speech (so called because he addresses his troops on October 25, St. Crispin’s Day), King Henry says that they should be happy that there are so few of them present, for each can earn a greater share of honor.
Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day - HD. Watch on. Audio mp3 of Address delivered by Kenneth Branagh. what's he that wishes so? My cousin, Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin; If we are mark'd to die, we are enough. To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will!