If Dauphin and the rest will be but rul'd. 8
Char. We have been guided by thee hitherto,
And of thy cunning had no diffidence:
One sudden foil shall never breed distrust.
Bast. Search out thy wit for secret policies, 12
And we will make thee famous through the world.
Alen. We'll set thy statue in some holy place
And have thee reverenc'd like a blessed saint:
Employ thee, then, sweet virgin, for our good. 16
Joan. Then thus it must be; this doth Joan devise:
By fair persuasions, mix'd with sugar'd words,
We will entice the Duke of Burgundy
To leave the Talbot and to follow us. 20
Char. Ay, marry, sweeting, if we could do that,
France were no place for Henry's warriors;
Nor should that nation boast it so with us,
But be extirped from our provinces. 24
Alen. For ever should they be expuls'd from France,
And not have title of an earldom here.
Joan. Your honours shall perceive how I will work
To bring this matter to the wished end. 28
Drum sounds afar off.
Hark! by the sound of drum you may perceive
Their powers are marching unto Paris-ward.
Here sound an English march. [Enter, and pass over, Talbot and his Forces.]
There goes the Talbot, with his colours spread,
And all the troops of English after him. 32
French march. [Enter the Duke of Burgundy and his Forces.]
Now in the rearward comes the duke and his:
10 diffidence: distrust
16 Employ thee: exert thyself
19, 20 Cf. n.
24 extirped: rooted out
