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That makes us wretched by the death of thee,
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Than I can wish to adders, spiders, toads,
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Or any creeping venom'd thing that lives!
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If ever he have child, abortive be it,
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Prodigious, and untimely brought to light,
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Whose ugly and unnatural aspect
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May fright the hopeful mother at the view;
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And that be heir to his unhappiness!
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If ever he have wife, let her he made
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A miserable by the death of him
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As I am made by my poor lord and thee!
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Come, now towards Chertsey with your holy load,
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Taken from Paul's to be interred there;
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And still, as you are weary of the weight,
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Rest you, whiles I lament King Henry's corse.
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GLOUCESTER:
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Stay, you that bear the corse, and set it down.
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LADY ANNE:
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What black magician conjures up this fiend,
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To stop devoted charitable deeds?
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GLOUCESTER:
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Villains, set down the corse; or, by Saint Paul,
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I'll make a corse of him that disobeys.
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Gentleman:
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My lord, stand back, and let the coffin pass.
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GLOUCESTER:
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Unmanner'd dog! stand thou, when I command:
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Advance thy halbert higher than my breast,
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Or, by Saint Paul, I'll strike thee to my foot,
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And spurn upon thee, beggar, for thy boldness.
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LADY ANNE:
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What, do you tremble? are you all afraid?
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Alas, I blame you not; for you are mortal,
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And mortal eyes cannot endure the devil.
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Avaunt, thou dreadful minister of hell!
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Thou hadst but power over his mortal body,
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His soul thou canst not have; therefore be gone.
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GLOUCESTER:
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Sweet saint, for charity, be not so curst.
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LADY ANNE:
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Foul devil, for God's sake, hence, and trouble us not;
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For thou hast made the happy earth thy hell,
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Fill'd it with cursing cries and deep exclaims.
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If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds,
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Behold this pattern of thy butcheries.
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O, gentlemen, see, see! dead Henry's wounds
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Open their congeal'd mouths and bleed afresh!
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Blush, Blush, thou lump of foul deformity;
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For 'tis thy presence that exhales this blood
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From cold and empty veins, where no blood dwells;
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Thy deed, inhuman and unnatural,
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Provokes this deluge most unnatural.
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O God, which this blood madest, revenge his death!
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O earth, which this blood drink'st revenge his death!
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Either heaven with lightning strike the
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murderer dead,
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Or earth, gape open wide and eat him quick,
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As thou dost swallow up this good king's blood
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Which his hell-govern'd arm hath butchered!
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GLOUCESTER:
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Lady, you know no rules of charity,
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Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.
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LADY ANNE:
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Villain, thou know'st no law of God nor man:
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No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity.
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GLOUCESTER:
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But I know none, and therefore am no beast.
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LADY ANNE:
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O wonderful, when devils tell the truth!
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GLOUCESTER:
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More wonderful, when angels are so angry.
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Vouchsafe, divine perfection of a woman,
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Of these supposed-evils, to give me leave,
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By circumstance, but to acquit myself.
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LADY ANNE:
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Vouchsafe, defused infection of a man,
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For these known evils, but to give me leave,
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By circumstance, to curse thy cursed self.
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GLOUCESTER:
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Fairer than tongue can name thee, let me have
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Some patient leisure to excuse myself.
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LADY ANNE:
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Fouler than heart can think thee, thou canst make
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No excuse current, but to hang thyself.
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