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| EPILOGUE | | | |
| Enter Chorus. | Enter Chorus | | H5 Epil.chorus.1.1 | |
| CHORUS | | | |
| Thus farre with rough, and all-vnable Pen, | Thus far, with rough and all-unable pen, | | H5 Epil.chorus.1 | |
| Our bending Author hath pursu'd the Story, | Our bending author hath pursued the story, | bending (adj.) bowing, reverential, respectful | H5 Epil.chorus.2 | |
| In little roome confining mightie men, | In little room confining mighty men, | | H5 Epil.chorus.3 | |
| Mangling by starts the full course of their glory. | Mangling by starts the full course of their glory. | starts, by / inin fits and starts | H5 Epil.chorus.4 | |
| | course (n.)course of action, way of proceeding | | |
| Small time: but in that small, most greatly liued | Small time, but in that small most greatly lived | greatly (adv.)nobly, honourably | H5 Epil.chorus.5 | |
| This Starre of England. Fortune made his Sword; | This star of England. Fortune made his sword, | | H5 Epil.chorus.6 | |
| By which, the Worlds best Garden he atchieued: | By which the world's best garden he achieved, | | H5 Epil.chorus.7 | |
| And of it left his Sonne Imperiall Lord. | And of it left his son imperial lord. | | H5 Epil.chorus.8 | |
| Henry the Sixt, in Infant Bands crown'd King | Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crowned King | | H5 Epil.chorus.9 | |
| Of France and England, did this King succeed: | Of France and England, did this King succeed, | | H5 Epil.chorus.10 | |
| Whose State so many had the managing, | Whose state so many had the managing | | H5 Epil.chorus.11 | |
| That they lost France, and made his England bleed: | That they lost France, and made his England bleed: | | H5 Epil.chorus.12 | |
| Which oft our Stage hath showne; and for their sake, | Which oft our stage hath shown; and, for their sake, | oft (adv.)often | H5 Epil.chorus.13 | |
| In your faire minds let this acceptance take. | In your fair minds let this acceptance take. | | H5 Epil.chorus.14 | |
| Exit | | H5 Epil.chorus.14 | |