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

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Falst.

I would bee sorry (my Lord) but it should bee

thus: I neuer knew yet, but rebuke and checke was the

reward of Valour. Doe you thinke me a Swallow, an Ar

row, or a Bullet? Haue I, in my poore and olde Motion,

the expedition of Thought? I haue speeded hither with

the very extremest ynch of possibilitie. I haue fowndred

nine score and odde Postes: and heere (trauell‑tainted

as I am) haue, in my pure and immaculate Valour, taken

Sir Iohn Colleuile of the Dale, a most furious Knight, and

valorous Enemie: But what of that? hee saw mee, and

yeelded: that I may iustly say with the hooke‑nos'd

fellow of Rome, I came, saw, and ouer‑came.

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