Henry V at Agincourt “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.”

On this day in 1415, King Henry & an outnumbered, dysentery-ridden, band of brothers crushed the French army, the gallic nobles falling like autumn leaves into the sucking mud.

#agincourt #stcrispensday

The “St Crispen’s Day” speech from Henry V by William Shakespeare

On this day in 1415, King Henry & an outnumbered, dysentery-ridden, band of brothers crushed French army, the gallic nobles falling like autumn leaves into the sucking mud.

#agincourt #stcrispensday