Reading The life and death of King Richard the Second

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Rich.

Say that againe.

The shadow of my Sorrow: ha, let's see,

'Tis very true, my Griefe lyes all within,

And these externall manner of Laments,

Are meerely shadowes, to the vnseen Griefe,

That swells with silence in the tortur'd Soule.

There lyes the substance: and I thanke thee King

For thy great bountie, that not onely giu'st

Me cause to wayle, but teachest me the way

How to lament the cause. Ile begge one Boone,

And then be gone, and trouble you no more.

Shall I obtaine it?

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