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<p>[QUOTE="TheRed, post: 3220702, member: 87080"]October 25th is the feast of Saints Crispin Crispinian, the largely forgotten patron saints of cobblers and tanners. They were martyred during the reign of Diocletian in 285 or 286. What makes the 25th of October stand out is an event that took place 1130 years later. On October 25th, 1415 the outnumbered and sick army of Henry V was blocked in their retreat to the city of Calais by a numerically superior French army. That morning Henry addressed his army before the battle, and the English army thereafter won a crushing victory. While Henry's speech was chronicled by a number of contemporary Burgundian and French sources it has been the work of a fellow Englishman that immortalized his speech. </p><p><br /></p><p>William Shakespeare wrote his play <i>Henry V </i>in around 1600. In Act IV Henry delivers his speech before the battle. It is one of the most powerful and moving set of lines Shakespeare wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,</i></p><p><i>From this day to the ending of the world,</i></p><p><i>But we in it shall be rememberèd—</i></p><p><i>We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;</i></p><p><i>For he to-day that sheds his blood with me</i></p><p><i>Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,</i></p><p><i>This day shall gentle his condition;</i></p><p><i>And gentlemen in England now a-bed</i></p><p><i>Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,</i></p><p><i>And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks</i></p><p><i>That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I will include a groat of Henry V, which I have posted before. Feel free to add your English and French coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]838398[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheRed, post: 3220702, member: 87080"]October 25th is the feast of Saints Crispin Crispinian, the largely forgotten patron saints of cobblers and tanners. They were martyred during the reign of Diocletian in 285 or 286. What makes the 25th of October stand out is an event that took place 1130 years later. On October 25th, 1415 the outnumbered and sick army of Henry V was blocked in their retreat to the city of Calais by a numerically superior French army. That morning Henry addressed his army before the battle, and the English army thereafter won a crushing victory. While Henry's speech was chronicled by a number of contemporary Burgundian and French sources it has been the work of a fellow Englishman that immortalized his speech. William Shakespeare wrote his play [I]Henry V [/I]in[I] [/I]around 1600. In Act IV Henry delivers his speech before the battle. It is one of the most powerful and moving set of lines Shakespeare wrote. [I]And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be rememberèd— We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day 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 accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.[/I] [I][/I] I will include a groat of Henry V, which I have posted before. Feel free to add your English and French coins. [ATTACH=full]838398[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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