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ACT I - SCENE VI. The same.
JOAN LA PUCELLE
1    Advance our waving colours on the walls;
2    Rescued is Orleans from the English
3    Thus Joan la Pucelle hath perform'd her word.
CHARLES
4    Divinest creature, Astraea's daughter,
5    How shall I honour thee for this success?
6    Thy promises are like Adonis' gardens
7    That one day bloom'd and fruitful were the next.
8    France, triumph in thy glorious prophetess!
9    Recover'd is the town of Orleans:
10   More blessed hap did ne'er befall our state.
REIGNIER
11   Why ring not out the bells aloud throughout the town?
12   Dauphin, command the citizens make bonfires
13   And feast and banquet in the open streets,
14   To celebrate the joy that God hath given us.
ALENCON
15   All France will be replete with mirth and joy,
16   When they shall hear how we have play'd the men.
CHARLES
17   'Tis Joan, not we, by whom the day is won;
18   For which I will divide my crown with her,
19   And all the priests and friars in my realm
20   Shall in procession sing her endless praise.
21   A statelier pyramis to her I'll rear
22   Than Rhodope's or Memphis' ever was:
23   In memory of her when she is dead,
24   Her ashes, in an urn more precious
25   Than the rich-jewel'd of Darius,
26   Transported shall be at high festivals
27   Before the kings and queens of France.
28   No longer on Saint Denis will we cry,
29   But Joan la Pucelle shall be France's saint.
30   Come in, and let us banquet royally,
31   After this golden day of victory.
Flourish. Exeunt

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Scene Index
ACT I
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV
  • SCENE V
  • SCENE VI


  • ACT II
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV
  • SCENE V


  • ACT III
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV


  • ACT IV
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV
  • SCENE V
  • SCENE VI
  • SCENE VII


  • ACT V
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV
  • SCENE V

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