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Quotation from Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
“One drop of blood drawn from thy country’s bosom Should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gore”
Henry VI, Part 1, Act 3, Scene 3 (Project Gutenberg #1500 (First Folio-based modern-spelling text))
Joan's appeal to Burgundy to stop fighting against France; it persuades him, and the argument from shared country is one the English lords never apply to themselves.
Citation: "One drop of blood drawn from thy country’s bosom Should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gore" — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act 3, Scene 3 (Project Gutenberg #1500 (First Folio-based modern-spelling text)). (id henry-vi-part-1-q7)
