When reading the speech I understood quite quickly that he was honoring the troops on the day of St. Crispin. Words like men, die, country, live, honor, pray were used throughout the text. I gathered that Henry was saying that those who fight, and continue to fight, should be proud of themselves. Those who do not want to fight, don't have to. The soldiers are his brothers and they share great honor.
I took away all of that from just this speech; I don't know the story line or what role this speech played. Some of the lines made me question their meaning because of the word choice and language.
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