Today is St Cripins day

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Today is St Cripins day; We will mever forget
Topic Started: Oct 25 2009, 04:17 AM (19 Views)
Sweets	Oct 25 2009, 04:17 AM Post #1
Posts: 320 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: Jan 13, 2008	In England, the 25th October, St Crispin's Day, is remembered as the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt (1415), immortalised by William Shakespeare in Henry V's speech before the battle: This day is call'd the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd, And rouse himself at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours And say "Tomorrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say "These wounds I had on Crispin’s day. Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages What feats he did on that day: then shall our names Familiar. in their mouths as household words, - Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloster, - Be in their flowing cups freshly remember’d. This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian 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 abed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap while any speaks That fought with us upon St Crispin's day.
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ReallyOrnery	Oct 26 2009, 01:59 AM Post #2
Posts: 755 Group: Members Member #23 Joined: Apr 23, 2009	Sweets: Is the Battle of Agincourt the one in which the French met the murderous English long bows? RO Edited by ReallyOrnery, Oct 26 2009, 02:52 AM.



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