Soldiers and Sailors / or, Anecdotes, Details, and Recollections of Naval and Military Life, as Related to His Nephews, by an Old Officer.

by Old Humphrey

BATTLE OF AGINCOURT.

‘He that outlives this hour, and comes safe home,

Shall stand on tiptoe when this day is named,

And rouse him at the name of Crispian:

He that outlives this day, and sees old age,

Will yearly on the Vigil feast his neighbours,

And say, To-morrow is St. Crispin’s-day.’”

“Ay! those lines are in Enfield’s Speaker—almost every boy knows them.”

“The battle of Bosworth Field is much celebrated. King Richard III. there lost his crown and his life. The battle of Blenheim was fought by the great Marlborough and Prince Eugene, against the French and Bavarians. Twelve thousand of the enemy were slain or drowned in the river.