Henry V Act 4, Scene 3 Translation
Let me speak proudly: tell the constable We are but warriors for the working day; Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirched With rainy marching in the painful field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.
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Let me speak proudly: tell the constable We are but warriors for the working-day; Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirch'd With rainy marching in the painful field; There's not a piece of feather in our host-- Good argument, I hope, we will not fly-- And time hath worn us into slovenry: But, by the mass, our hearts are in the trim; And my. Where is the king? The king himself is rode to view their battle. Henry V Full Text
Let me speak proudly: tell the constable We are but warriors for the working-day; Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirch'd With rainy marching in the painful field; There's not a piece of feather in our host-- Good argument, I hope, we will not fly-- And time hath worn us into slovenry: But, by the mass, our hearts are in the trim. If we no more meet till we meet in heaven, Then joyfully, my noble Lord of Bedford, My dear Lord Gloucester, and my good Lord Exeter, And my kind kinsman, warriors all, adieu. And yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it, For thou art framed of the firm truth of valor. SCENE III. The English camp.
Let me speak proudly: tell the constable we are but warriors for the working-day. Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirch'd with rainy marching in the painful field. Where is the king? Duke of Bedford.
Warriors for the Working Day
A side-by-side translation of Act 4, Scene 3 of Henry V from the original Shakespeare into modern English. .
Henry V
We are but warriors for the working day; Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirch'd With rainy marching in the painful field: There's not a piece of feather in our host (Good argument and hope we will not fly), And time hath worn us into slovenry; But by the Mass our hearts are in the trim. .
Tell the constable we are but warriors for the working
"We are but warriors for the working day; Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirched With rainy marching in the painful field But, by the Mass, our hearts are in the trim,". .
Warriors for the Working Day
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