ACT IV SCENE IV

Henry V

ACT IV SCENE IV	The field of battle.
	Alarum. Excursions. Enter PISTOL, French Soldier, and Boy.
PISTOL	Yield, cur!
French Soldier	Je pense que vous etes gentilhomme de bonne qualite.
PISTOL	Qualtitie calmie custure me! Art thou a gentleman?
	What is thy name? Discuss.	5
French Soldier	O Seigneur Dieu!
PISTOL	O, Signieur Dew should be a gentleman:
	Perpend my words, O Signieur Dew, and mark;
	O Signieur Dew, thou diest on point of fox,
	Except, O signieur, thou do give to me	10
	Egregious ransom.
French Soldier	O, prenez misericorde! ayez pitie de moi!
PISTOL	Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys;
	Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat
	In drops of crimson blood.	15
French Soldier	Est-il impossible d’echapper la force de ton bras?
PISTOL	Brass, cur!
	Thou damned and luxurious mountain goat,
	Offer’st me brass?
French Soldier	O pardonnez moi!	20
PISTOL	Say’st thou me so? is that a ton of moys?
	Come hither, boy: ask me this slave in French
	What is his name.
Boy	Ecoutez: comment etes-vous appele?
French Soldier	Monsieur le Fer.	25
Boy	He says his name is Master Fer.
PISTOL	Master Fer! I’ll fer him, and firk him, and ferret
	him: discuss the same in French unto him.
Boy	I do not know the French for fer, and ferret, and firk.
PISTOL	Bid him prepare; for I will cut his throat.	30
French Soldier	Que dit-il, monsieur?
Boy	Il me commande de vous dire que vous faites vous
	pret; car ce soldat ici est dispose tout a cette
	heure de couper votre gorge.
PISTOL	Owy, cuppele gorge, permafoy,	35
	Peasant, unless thou give me crowns, brave crowns;
	Or mangled shalt thou be by this my sword.
French Soldier	O, je vous supplie, pour l’amour de Dieu, me
	pardonner! Je suis gentilhomme de bonne maison:
	gardez ma vie, et je vous donnerai deux cents ecus.	40
PISTOL	What are his words?
Boy	He prays you to save his life: he is a gentleman of
	a good house; and for his ransom he will give you
	two hundred crowns.
PISTOL	Tell him my fury shall abate, and I the crowns will take.	45
French Soldier	Petit monsieur, que dit-il?
Boy	Encore qu’il est contre son jurement de pardonner
	aucun prisonnier, neanmoins, pour les ecus que vous
	l’avez promis, il est content de vous donner la
	liberte, le franchisement.	50
French Soldier	Sur mes genoux je vous donne mille remercimens; et
	je m’estime heureux que je suis tombe entre les
	mains d’un chevalier, je pense, le plus brave,
	vaillant, et tres distingue seigneur d’Angleterre.
PISTOL	Expound unto me, boy.	55
Boy	He gives you, upon his knees, a thousand thanks; and
	he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into
	the hands of one, as he thinks, the most brave,
	valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of England.
PISTOL	As I suck blood, I will some mercy show.	60
	Follow me!
Boy	Suivez-vous le grand capitaine.
	Exeunt PISTOL, and French Soldier
	I did never know so full a voice issue from so
	empty a heart: but the saying is true ‘The empty
	vessel makes the greatest sound.’ Bardolph and Nym	65
	had ten times more valour than this roaring devil i’
	the old play, that every one may pare his nails with
	a wooden dagger; and they are both hanged; and so
	would this be, if he durst steal any thing
	adventurously. I must stay with the lackeys, with	70
	the luggage of our camp: the French might have a
	good prey of us, if he knew of it; for there is
	none to guard it but boys.
	Exit

Henry V, Act 4, Scene 5