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IA.749.017
27 Mar 1749:11,12 (65)
A Character of the Spaniards, Hollanders, Italians and
French.
. . . [at end of essay on differences in clothing, customs,
thought:]
In the play of The Life of Henry the Fifth, written by our
admirable Shakespear, is a scene which exposes this vanity
of the French with the justest humour and spirit, and is
supposed to be in the night before the famous battle of
Agin-Court, where the King commanded his troops in person,
(as our heroick Prince at Dettingen) and conquer'd, though
the French were five to one, and the English sickly and weak
for want of necessities.
The Constable of France, Ld. Rambuts, Orleans and the
Dauphin, having extolled each their armour, horses, and
valour, and expressed their ardor for the fight, the Dauphin
says,
Will it never be day? I will trot to-morrow a mile, and
my way shall be paved with English faces. . . [21 lines]
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