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Act I
The play opens with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely worried that Parliament might seize Church lands.
Act II
Three of Henry's former friends, Scroop, Cambridge, and Grey, are revealed as French-paid traitors just before the fleet sails.
Act III
The English army besieges Harfleur. Henry delivers his famous call to battle to motivate his troops, then separately threatens the city's governor with brutal consequences if they…
Act IV
The night before Agincourt, Henry walks through his camp in disguise and talks with common soldiers about the justice of the war and what a king owes his men.
Act V
A Chorus fast-forwards through Henry's triumphant return to England and then back to France for the peace negotiations.
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