The First Part of Henry the Sixth: Act II

SCENE I. Before Orleans.

Enter a Sergeant of a band, with two Sentinels.

SERGEANT. Sirs, take your places and be vigilant. If any noise or soldier you perceive Near to the walls, by some apparent sign Let us have knowledge at the court of guard.

FIRST SENTINEL. Sergeant, you shall.

[Exit Sergeant.]

Thus are poor servitors, When others sleep upon their quiet beds, Constrain’d to watch in darkness, rain, and cold.

Enter Talbot, Bedford, Burgundy, and forces, with scaling-ladders.

TALBOT. Lord Regent, and redoubted Burgundy, By whose approach the regions of Artois, Walloon and Picardy are friends to us, This...

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