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her 1415, he will abandon himself to the full excitement 

 of the striking scene. The narrow field which still 

 retains its ancient name, between the woods of Tramecour 

 and Azincour where the gallant Henry awaited the 

 attack of overwhelming numbers ; the pass through 

 which the English cavalry rushed on the French 

 flank; the spot where the English bow-men, throwing 

 aside their arrows and brandishing their formidable 

 bills, precipitated themselves with the fury of despair 

 on the noblest chivalry of France, will be caught at a 

 single glance; and the phantoms of individual valour 

 the attack of the eighteen devoted French knights the 

 courage and timely succour of David Gamm the combat 

 between Alen9on and Henry the incredible energy and 

 perseverance of the English king, who toiled like a com- 

 mon man-at-arms, and to whose indomitable resolution 

 and valour, the victory was mainly attributable, with the 

 thousand other valiant names 



" Familiar in our mouths as household words," 



will rise up before the imagination, and people with 

 stirring visions of the past, the calm tranquillity of the 

 present scene. 



Such are the first impressions, when gazing on this 

 remarkable field ; but sadder thoughts are speedily awa- 

 kened; nature once again vindicates her broken reign; 

 and the gentle evening breeze, as it sighs over the large 

 tumulus, which hides the dust of five thousand eight 

 hundred human beings, who perished amidst the din and 

 desperation of a furious fight breathes into the pensive 

 soul suggestions of a gentler character; and we turn, with 

 a subdued and melancholy feeling, from the scene of 

 useless slaughter, strong in the hope that the time is not 



