Therefore, dear boy, mount on my swiftest horse,
And I 'll direct thee how thou shalt escape
By sudden flight ; come, dally not, be gone.
John. Is my name Talbot ? and am I your son ?
And shall I* fly ? o 3 If you love my mother,
Dishonour not her honourable name,
To make a bastard and a slave of me !
The world will say he is not Talbof s blood,
That basely fled when noble Talbot stood.
Tal. Fly, to revenge my- death, if I be slain,
John. He that files so will ne'er return again.
Tal. If .we both- stay, we both are sure to die.
John. Then let me stay., and, .father, do you fly ;
Your loss -is great; so your regard, should be ;
My worth unknown, no loss is known in me.
Upon iny4e^tli the French can little boast ;
In yours tliey>4,f|, in you all hopes are lost.
Flight cannot staifr the honour you have won;
But mine it will, thkt no exploit have done. ,
You fled for vantage, '^yery' one will swear;
But, if I bow, they Tl sayit was for fear.
There is no hope that ever I will stay,
If the first hour I shrink and. run away.
Here on my knee I beg mortality,
Rather than life preserved with infamy.
Tal. Shall all thy mother's hopes lie in one tomb ?
John. Ay,. rather than I 11 shame my mother's womb.
Tal. Upon my blessing, I command thee go.
John. To fight I will, but not to fly the foe.
Tal. Part of thy Father may be saved in thee,
John. No part of him but will be shame in me.
Tal. Thou never hadstreknown, nor caiist not lose it.
John. Yes, your renowned name; shall. flight abuse it?
Tal. Thy father's charge shall clear thee froin'ttiat.
stain.
John. You cannot witness for me, being. slain,
If death be so apparent, then both fly.
Tal. And leave my followers ligre to fight and .die ?.
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