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" That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you. Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding,... "
The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere - Page 452
by William Shakespeare - 1851
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The dramatic works of William Shakspere, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 996 pages
...And teach them how to war! — And you, good yeomen, [Tiere Whose limbs were made in England, show us o noise, W hen they are fretteu with the gusts of...hard, 19* KXV.S /.] Hi seek to soften that •larder?) game's afoot ; Follow your spirit: and, upon this charge, Cry— God for Harry! England! and Saint...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 686 pages
...breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height! — On, on, you noble (^ English, Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof ! — Fathers that, like...greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot : Follow your spirit ; and, upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry ! England ! and Saint...
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Shakespeare's History Plays: the Family and the State

Robert B. Pierce - Domestic drama, English - 1971 - 284 pages
...fought, And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument. Dishonour not your mothers; now attest That diose whom you call'd fathers did beget you. Be copy now...and base That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. (im. 17-30) If Traversi is right in finding unconscious irony suggested by the language just before...
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The music, or melody of rhythmus of language

James Chapman - 286 pages
...grosser blood, And teach them how to war ! And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, shew us here The mettle of your pasture ; let us swear...greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot. Follow your spirit ; and, upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry ! England ! and Saint...
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A History of Finnish Literature

Jaakko Ahokas - Finnish literature - 1973 - 604 pages
...the equality felt among all men fighting for their country expressed in Henry V (III, i. 25), ". . . and you, good yeomen, / Whose limbs were made in England,...and base / That hath not noble lustre in your eyes"; this one is much like two episodes in Dobeln vid Jutas and N:o 15 Stolt from Ensign Stal. Love for...
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Peace and War: A Collection of Poems

Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - Poetry - 1989 - 216 pages
...breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height! On, on you noblest English! Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof; Fathers that, like so many...greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit; and upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry! England and Saint George!'...
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Liberation of the Actor

Peter Bridgmont - Performing Arts - 1992 - 168 pages
...from fathers of war-proof; Fathers that, like so many Alexanders, Have in these parts from morn to even fought, And sheath'd their swords for lack of...greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit; and upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry! England and Saint George!'...
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Culture and History, 1350-1600: Essays on English Communities, Identities ...

David Aers - History - 1992 - 230 pages
...inadequacies, but also of its own. At Harfkur, Henry's own vision of his troops is similarly transfiguring: For there is none of you so mean and base That hath...greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot. . . . (m, i, 29-32) This climactic image is at once followed by a farcical scene in which...
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Four Histories

William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 884 pages
...their swords for lack of argument. Dishonour not your mothers; now attest That those whom you called fathers did beget you! Be copy now to men of grosser...and base That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. 30 I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot! Follow...
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Postmodern Revisionings of the Political

Anna Yeatman - Philosophy - 1994 - 164 pages
...battle of Shakespeare's Henry V illustrates perfectly this idea of a customary national community: ...And you, good yeomen. Whose limbs were made in...there is none of you so mean and base. That hath not lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips. Straining upon the start. The game's...
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