The Second Part of the Henry the Fourth, Contaning his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift

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Section 131

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2It was (my Lord) who lin'd himself with hope,
3Eating the ayre, on promise of Supply,
4Flatt'ring himselfe with Proiect of a power,
5Much smaller, then the smallest of his Thoughts,
6And so with great imagination
7(Proper to mad men) led his Powers to death,
8And (winking) leap'd into destruction.