READ STUDY GUIDE: Act 1, Scenes iv-viii |
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Act I, Scene v
| [Enter, on the walls, a Master Gunner and his Boy.] |
| MASTER GUNNER.: |
| Sirrah, thou know'st how Orleans is besieged, |
| And how the English have the suburbs won. |
| BOY.: |
| Father, I know; and oft have shot at them, |
| Howe'er unfortunate I miss'd my aim. |
| MASTER GUNNER.: |
| But now thou shalt not. Be thou ruled by me: |
| Chief master-gunner am I of this town; |
| Something I must do to procure me grace. |
| The prince's espials have informed me |
| How the English, in the suburbs close intrench'd, |
| Wont through a secret grate of iron bars |
| In yonder tower to overpeer the city, |
| And thence discover how with most advantage |
| They may vex us with shot or with assault. |
| To intercept this inconvenience, |
| A piece of ordnance 'gainst it I have placed; |
| And even these three days have I watch'd, |
| If I could see them. |
| Now do thou watch, for I can stay no longer. |
| If thou spy'st any, run and bring me word; |
| And thou shalt find me at the governor's. |
| [Exit.] |
| BOY.: |
| Father, I warrant you; take you no care; |
| I'll never trouble you, if I may spy them. |
| [Exit.] |
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