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"Art thou bound
For the Court Dunois?" exclaim'd the aged Knight,
"I deem'd thee far away, coop'd in the walls15
Of Orleans; a hard siege her valiant sons
Right loyally endure."
"I left the town,"
Dunois reply'd, "thinking that my prompt speed
Might seize the hostile stores, and with fresh force
Re-enter. Fastolffe's better fate prevail'd,20
And from the field of shame my maddening horse
Bore me, for the barb'd arrow gor'd his flank.
Fatigued and faint with that day's dangerous toil,
My deep wounds bleeding, vainly with weak hand
Check'd I the powerless rein. Now thus reviv'd25
By Heaven's high aid, I seek the Court, and thence
To that beleager'd town shall lead such force
That the proud English in their fields of blood
Shall perish."
"I too," Tannegui reply'd,
"May haply in the battle once again30

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