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Quotation from The St Crispin's Day Speech by William Shakespeare
“If we are mark’d to die, we are enough To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour.”
The St Crispin's Day Speech, Act 4, Scene 3 (Henry's reply to Westmorland) (First Folio 1623 (Project Gutenberg text))
Henry's first answer to Westmorland, turning the army's small numbers into an advantage.
Citation: "If we are mark’d to die, we are enough To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour." — William Shakespeare, The St Crispin's Day Speech, Act 4, Scene 3 (Henry's reply to Westmorland) (First Folio 1623 (Project Gutenberg text)). (id st-crispins-day-speech-q1)
Portrait: Battle of Agincourt, St. Alban's Chronicle by Thomas Walsingham, Unknown illuminator (St Albans Chronicle), Public domain.
