King Henry V walloped the French in 1415 at Agincourt.
Blawgletter had the distinct honor this morning of talking with a group of state trial judges about ways to expedite and streamline civil litgation. Our presentation included a visual (above) depicting the array of English and French forces in the Battle of Agincourt. But time ran out before we could recite the last part of the bard’s recreation of how Henry V rallied his weary warriors on the eve of the decisive engagement.
We reproduce it here:
This story shall the good man teach his son
And Crispin Crispian’s shall ne’er go by
From this day to the ending of the world
But we in it shall be remembered.
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile.
This day shall gentle his condition.
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon St. Crispin’s day.
