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JOAN OF ARC.
Transmitted thro' a long and good descentThe crown remains. We know no homage dueTo English robbers, and disclaim the peaceInglorious made at Troyes by factious menHostile to France. Thy master's proffer'd grace 380Meets the contempt it merits. Herald, yes,We shall remember Meaux, and Caen, and Rouen.Go tell the mighty Earl of Salisbury,That as like Blanchard, Gaucour dares his power;Like Blanchard, he can mock his cruelty, 385And triumph by enduring. Speak I wellYe men of Orleans?""Never did I hear A shout so universal as ensued Of approbation. The assembled host As with one voice pour'd forth their loyalty, 390And struck their sounding shields. The towers of Orleans Echoed the loud uproar. The Herald went.The work of war began.""A fearful scene,"

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