> Fred wrote:
>
> Henry V, at Agincourt, his rev-up-the-troops speech.
> Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more and fill
> up the gaps with our english dead. etc.
That is a slight mis-quote. It is "Once more __unto__ the breach..."
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Henry V does say "into the breach" - but elsewhere.
For you shall read that my great-grandfather
Never went with his forces into France
But that the Scot on his unfurnish'd kingdom
Came pouring, like the tide into a breach,
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