The Kings answer to the French.
Both Armies sit, and at the point to fight,
The French themselues assuring of the day;
Send to the King of England (as in spight)
[To know what he would for his Ransome pay],
Who with this answere doth their scorne requite:
I pray thee Herault wish the French to stay,
And e’r the day be past, I hope to see,
That for their Ransomes they shall send to me.
The Constables Oration to the French.