Henry V, Act 4 Scene 5 runs 24 lines of dialogue, spoken by 4 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 115 lines. This scene is part of Act 4 of Henry V.
Full Dialogue
Constable ♂
O diable!
Orleans ♂
O seigneur! le jour est perdu, tout est perdu!
Dauphin ♂
Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all!
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes. O merchante fortune!
Do not run away.
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes. O merchante fortune!
Do not run away.
Constable ♂
Why, all our ranks are broke.
Dauphin ♂
O perdurable shame! let's stab ourselves.
Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
Orleans ♂
Is this the king we sent to for his ransom?
Bourbon ♂
Shame and eternal shame, nothing but shame!
Let us die in honour: once more back again;
And he that will not follow Bourbon now,
Let him go hence, and with his cap in hand,
Like a base pander, hold the chamber-door
Whilst by a slave, no gentler than my dog,
His fairest daughter is contaminated.
Let us die in honour: once more back again;
And he that will not follow Bourbon now,
Let him go hence, and with his cap in hand,
Like a base pander, hold the chamber-door
Whilst by a slave, no gentler than my dog,
His fairest daughter is contaminated.
Constable ♂
Disorder, that hath spoil'd us, friend us now!
Let us on heaps go offer up our lives.
Let us on heaps go offer up our lives.
Orleans ♂
We are enow yet living in the field
To smother up the English in our throngs,
If any order might be thought upon.
To smother up the English in our throngs,
If any order might be thought upon.
Bourbon ♂
The devil take order now! I'll to the throng:
Let life be short; else shame will be too long.
Let life be short; else shame will be too long.
24 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bourbon | 9 | 37.5% |
| Dauphin | 6 | 25.0% |
| Orleans | 5 | 20.8% |
| Constable | 4 | 16.7% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 9 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 6 lines.
Total speakers on stage
4 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 4
This is Scene 5 of 9 in Act 4 of Henry V.
Scene length vs. play average
At 24 lines, this scene is shorter than the Henry V average scene in Henry V (~115 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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