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The Maid of Orleans
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2017
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The rudest warrior, when he sees his king
Bear hardship and privation like the meanest
Will patiently endure his own hard lot!
CHARLES (laughing)
Ay! now is realized an ancient word
Of prophesy, once uttered by a nun
Of Clairmont, in prophetic mood, who said,
That through a woman's aid I o'er my foes
Should triumph, and achieve my father's crown.
Far off I sought her in the English camp;
I strove to reconcile a mother's heart;
Here stands the heroine – my guide to Rheims!
My Agnes! I shall triumph through thy love!
SOREL
Thou'lt triumph through the valiant swords of friends.
CHARLES
And from my foes' dissensions much I hope
For sure intelligence hath reached mine ear,
That 'twixt these English lords and Burgundy
Things do not stand precisely as they did;
Hence to the duke I have despatched La Hire,
To try if he can lead my angry vassal
Back to his ancient loyalty and faith:
Each moment now I look for his return.
DUCHATEL (at the window)
A knight e'en now dismounteth in the court.
CHARLES
A welcome messenger! We soon shall learn
Whether we're doomed to conquer or to yield.
SCENE V
The same. LA HIRE.
CHARLES (meeting him)
Hope bringest thou, or not? Be brief, La Hire,
Out with thy tidings! What must we expect?
LA HIRE
Expect naught, sire, save from thine own good sword.
CHARLES
The haughty duke will not be reconciled!
Speak! How did he receive my embassy?
LA HIRE
His first and unconditional demand,
Ere he consent to listen to thine errand,
Is that Duchatel be delivered up,
Whom he doth name the murderer of his sire.
CHARLES
This base condition we reject with scorn!
LA HIRE
Then be the league dissolved ere it commence!
CHARLES
Hast thou thereon, as I commanded thee,
Challenged the duke to meet him in fair fight
On Montereau's bridge, whereon his father fell?
LA HIRE
Before him on the ground I flung thy glove,
And said: "Thou wouldst forget thy majesty,
And like a knight do battle for thy realm."
He scornfully rejoined "He needed not
To fight for that which he possessed already,
But if thou wert so eager for the fray,
Before the walls of Orleans thou wouldst find him,
Whither he purposed going on the morrow;"
Thereon he laughing turned his back upon me.
CHARLES
Say, did not justice raise her sacred voice,
Within the precincts of my parliament?
LA HIRE
The rage of party, sire, hath silenced her.
An edict of the parliament declares
Bear hardship and privation like the meanest
Will patiently endure his own hard lot!
CHARLES (laughing)
Ay! now is realized an ancient word
Of prophesy, once uttered by a nun
Of Clairmont, in prophetic mood, who said,
That through a woman's aid I o'er my foes
Should triumph, and achieve my father's crown.
Far off I sought her in the English camp;
I strove to reconcile a mother's heart;
Here stands the heroine – my guide to Rheims!
My Agnes! I shall triumph through thy love!
SOREL
Thou'lt triumph through the valiant swords of friends.
CHARLES
And from my foes' dissensions much I hope
For sure intelligence hath reached mine ear,
That 'twixt these English lords and Burgundy
Things do not stand precisely as they did;
Hence to the duke I have despatched La Hire,
To try if he can lead my angry vassal
Back to his ancient loyalty and faith:
Each moment now I look for his return.
DUCHATEL (at the window)
A knight e'en now dismounteth in the court.
CHARLES
A welcome messenger! We soon shall learn
Whether we're doomed to conquer or to yield.
SCENE V
The same. LA HIRE.
CHARLES (meeting him)
Hope bringest thou, or not? Be brief, La Hire,
Out with thy tidings! What must we expect?
LA HIRE
Expect naught, sire, save from thine own good sword.
CHARLES
The haughty duke will not be reconciled!
Speak! How did he receive my embassy?
LA HIRE
His first and unconditional demand,
Ere he consent to listen to thine errand,
Is that Duchatel be delivered up,
Whom he doth name the murderer of his sire.
CHARLES
This base condition we reject with scorn!
LA HIRE
Then be the league dissolved ere it commence!
CHARLES
Hast thou thereon, as I commanded thee,
Challenged the duke to meet him in fair fight
On Montereau's bridge, whereon his father fell?
LA HIRE
Before him on the ground I flung thy glove,
And said: "Thou wouldst forget thy majesty,
And like a knight do battle for thy realm."
He scornfully rejoined "He needed not
To fight for that which he possessed already,
But if thou wert so eager for the fray,
Before the walls of Orleans thou wouldst find him,
Whither he purposed going on the morrow;"
Thereon he laughing turned his back upon me.
CHARLES
Say, did not justice raise her sacred voice,
Within the precincts of my parliament?
LA HIRE
The rage of party, sire, hath silenced her.
An edict of the parliament declares
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