On October 25th, 1415, St Crispin's Day, English long-bowmen under King Henry V defeated French chivalry at the Battle of Agincourt. Shakespeare's immortal composition of "Harry Leroy's" address to his outnumbered troops lives on 593 years later: "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..." Mayhap in these parlous times, beleaguered citizens could use a dose of Harry's spirit, withal the confidence to prevail against great odds in a far better cause:
"And gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day."
Fight the good fight, ever keep the Faith.
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