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Harfleur (ärflör`), town (1993 est. pop. 9,221), Seine-Maritime dept., N France, at the mouth of the Seine River on the English Channel. It was a flourishing port during the later Middle Ages but declined because of silting in the 16th cent. The siege and capture (1415) of Harfleur by the English in the Hundred Years War is described by Shakespeare in Henry V. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is the opening line of a speech the English monarch gave to inspire his weary troops to gather their strength and attack enemy fortifications one more time during the siege of Harfleur in 1415. This last step required the perception of analogy, whether the battleground is represented by the towered gates of besieged Harfleur threatened by "impious war/Arrayed in flames like to the prince of fiends" (Henry V 3. The rallying cry at the battle of Harfleur was "God for Harry |
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