For, I protest, we are well fortified
20 And strong enough to issue out and fight:
If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed,
[♦] Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee:
On either hand thee there are squadrons pitch’d,
To wall thee from the liberty of flight;
25 And no way canst thou turn thee for redress,
But death doth front thee with apparent spoil
And pale destruction meets thee in the face.
[♦] Ten thousand French have ta’en the sacrament