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HENRY 5 TH AND THE BATTLE OF 

HENRY 5 THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT.

WORK IN PROGRESS THANKYOU

I'mPICTURE IRISH TIMES

THE TRUE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT IN 1415 AT WHICH KING HENRY WON A  GLORIOUS BATTLE AGAINST THE FRENCH KING .

FROM THE FILM "HENRY 5TH"  IN 1944 AND LAURENCE OLIVIER (ATTACHED)

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THESE ARE SOME OF SHAKESPEARS SOME KEY WORDS IN THE PLAY VERSION OF THE EVENT TAKEN FROM KING HENRY'S SPEECH TO HIS MEN 

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FROM THIS DAY TO THE ENDING OF THE WORLDBUT WE IN IT SHALL BE REMEMBERED:

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WE FEW WE HAPPY FEW

WE BAND OF BROTHERS

FOR HE TODAY WHO SHEDS

HIS BLOOD WITH ME 

SHALL BE MY BROTHER

                                                                          BE MY BROTHER;BE HE NE'ER SO VILE

                                                                          THIS DAY SHALL GENTLE HIS CONDITION

                                                                          AND GENTLEMEN IN ENGLAND NOW A -BED

                                                                          SHALL THINK THEMSELVES  ACCURS'D                                                                                      THEY WERE NOT HERE

                                                                          AND HOLD THEIR MANHOODS CHEEP WHILE

                                                                          ANY SPEAKS

                                                                          THAT FOUGHT WITH US ON 

                                                                           ST CRISPIAN'S DAY

  by William Shakespear 1660

David 2020

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