Enter LA PUCELLE, guarded, and a Shepherd.

Shep. Ah, Joan, this kills thy father’s heart outright!

Have I sought every country far and near,

And, now it is my chance to find thee out,

[5] Must I behold thy timeless cruel death?

[♦] Ah, Joan, sweet daughter Joan, I’ll die with thee!

Puc. Decrepit miser! base ignoble wretch!

I am descended of a gentler blood:

Thou art no father nor no friend of mine.

[10] Shep. Out, out! My lords, an please you, ’tis not so;