King Charles: Don’t Mention the (Hundred Years’) War

Henry V did make a speech before the battle of Agincourt, but Shakespeare undoubtedly improved on it, ending it as follows:

Agincourt was still feted, at least while I was at school, as one of the great battles of English history (and there were so many to choose from). Plucky, outnumbered bowmen routed a larger French army. Further humiliation of the enemy ensued.