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The dramatic works Volume 6; from the correct edition of Isaac Reed, Esq.: with copious annotations. King Richard II., King Henry IV. part I, King Henriy IV. part II - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822 Excerpt: ... let us make a muster speedily:. Doomsday is near; die all, die merrily. Doug. Talk not of dying; I am out of fear Of death, or death's hand, for this one half year. '. E:teunt. SCENE Il.--A public road near Coventry. Enter FALSTAEF and BuinoLPu.;Bord. Will you give me money, captain? Fal. Lay out, lay out.. Bard. This bottle makes an angel. Fal..An. if it.d.o,. take.it.for thy labour; and if it make twenty, take them all, I'll answer the coinage; Bid my lieutenant.Peto meet me at the town's end. Bard. I will, captain:-farewell. E.rit. Fal. If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a souced gurnet.' I have. misused the king's press damnahly. I have got, in exchange of a hundred and fifty soldiers, three hundred 'and' odd pounds. press me none but good householders, yeomen's sons: inquire me out contracted bachelors, such as had been asked twice on the bans; such a commodity of warm slaves, as had as lief hear the devil as a drum; such as fear the report of a caliver, worse than a struck fowl, or a hurt wild-duck. I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no biggenthan pins' heads, and they have bought out their services; and now my whole charge consists of ancients, corporals, lieutenants, gentlemen of companies, slaves' as ragged as Lazarus in the painted cloth, where the glutton's dogs licked his sores: and such as, indeed, were never soldiers; but discarded unjust serving-men, younger sons to younger brothers, revolted tapsters, and ostlers tradefallen; the cankers of a calm world, and a long peace; ten times.more dishonourable ragged than an old faced ancient: and such have I, to fill up the rooms of them that have bought out their services, that you would think, that I had a hundred and fifty tatt...
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