... near victory over the French troops, we are transported to the battlefield scene of the lamenting French nobles in Act IV, scene 5. This scene serves to contrast the massive but confounding state of the French army against the outnumbered yet united legions of Henry's troop. In despair, the Constable, Dauphin Orleans and Bourbon (all proud and self-serving nobles) wallow in shame and ... corpses, which included many 'gentlemen of blood and quality' (p.15! 0, line 89) with some 'full fifteen hundred' (p.150, line 78) of such men as prisoners. At the end of Act IV, scene 8, Henry commands...

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