King Henry V's Speech During The Battle Of Crispian

English IV King Henry V During the Battle of Crispian, King Henry V gives a speech to his men to help calm them and ready them for war. Henry lead his French troops of around 10,000 men from all class against somewhere around 30,000 British. He says many great points and ideals in his speech such as,
¨ It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires”. This to me means that Henry does not care about things such as what class you come from or who you are, only that you will help him fight for what they both believe.

To further expand of the genius of his speech Henry also say ¨Let him depart; his passport shall be made¨. Henry knows that his men are scared and he outright tells them that he does not blame them if they want to run away, but he also knows that though they may want to, they also want to help him and be heros that they know they can be. It’s almost like a form of reverse psychology, except a more honest and appealing form. To his credit this does exactly what he hoped it would and provoked his men to be heros. Sadly it does not help them win.
¨By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my chest.¨ Henry is not there to fight for gold or wealth.
He is there for his beliefs and his honor. Which means more to him than any amount of wealth. For he may not be able to share his personal wealth with every man, but he is able to share in the honor of winning a losing battle. That is what makes him finally know what it means to be a true
king.

¨ Shall be my brother, be he ne´er so vile¨. He is telling his troops that if you stay and fight for him and help him beat the British, then he will view you as brothers. Which to them helps give them courage of how close all of them will be during this battle. Also how much their King cares for them as soldier and as people. Though they may not share the same blood, they can share in the courage of willingly shedding their blood for what they believe. This made all of his men know true courage for a battle that they knew they would not win.

¨And hold their manhoods cheap while any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin´s day.¨ Henry is telling his men of the honor and respect that they will have if they fight with him on the battlefield. After all most of the men their were no their for wealth but because Henry needed and to Henry his men showed their true colors on the battlefield when they fought a battle they knew they would not win.