SparkNotes: Complete Text of Henry VI Part 1: Act I, Scene v

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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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