Reading The First Part of henry the Fourth, with the life and Death of Henry Sirnamed Hot-spurre

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Gad.

What talkest thou to me of the Hangman? If I

hang, Ile make a fat payre of Gallowes. For, if I hang,

old Sir Iohn hangs with mee, and thou know'st hee's no

Starueling. Tut, there are other Troians that yu dream'st

not of, the which (for sport sake) are content to doe the

Profession some grace; that would (if matters should bee

look'd into) for their owne Credit sake, make all Whole.

I am ioyned with no Foot‑land‑Rakers, no Long‑staffe

six‑penny strikers, none of these mad Mustachio‑purple‑

hu'd‑Maltwormes, but with Nobility, and Tranquilitie;

Bourgomasters, and great Oneyers, such as can holde in,

such as will strike sooner then speake; and speake sooner

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