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

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Bish.

No, no (my Lord) note this: the King is wearie

Of daintie, and such picking Grieuances:

For hee hath found, to end one doubt by Death,

Reuiues two greater in the Heires of Life.

And therefore will hee wipe his Tables cleane,

And keepe no Tell‑tale to his Memorie,

That may repeat, and Historie his losse,

To new remembrance. For full well hee knowes,

Hee cannot so precisely weede this Land,

As his mis‑doubts present occasion:

His foes are so en‑rooted with his friends,

That plucking to vnfixe an Enemie,

Hee doth vnfasten so, and shake a friend.

So that this Land, like an offensiue wife,

That hath enrag'd him on, to offer strokes,

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