“I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot;
Follow your spirit: and upon this charge,
Cry — God for Harry! England and Saint George!”

—  William Shakespeare, Henry V

Source: Henry V

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English playwright and poet 1564–1616

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