Reading The first part of King Henry the Sixt — William Shakespeare

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A Dowre my Lords? Disgrace not so your King,

That he should be so abiect, base, and poore,

To choose for wealth, and not for perfect Loue.

Henry is able to enrich his Queene,

And not to seeke a Queene to make him rich,

So worthlesse Pezants bargaine for their Wiues,

As Market men for Oxen, Sheepe, or Horse,

Marriage is a matter of more worth,

Then to be dealt in by Atturney‑ship:

Not whom we will, but whom his Grace affects,

Must be companion of his Nuptiall bed.

And therefore Lords, since he affects her most,

Most of all these reasons bindeth vs,

In our opinions she should be preferr'd.

For what is wedloeke forced? but a Hell,

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