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Therefore I say with noble Buckingham,
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That it is meet so few should fetch the prince.
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HASTINGS:
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And so say I.
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GLOUCESTER:
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Then be it so; and go we to determine
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Who they shall be that straight shall post to Ludlow.
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Madam, and you, my mother, will you go
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To give your censures in this weighty business?
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QUEEN ELIZABETH:
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With all our harts.
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BUCKINGHAM:
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My lord, whoever journeys to the Prince,
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For God's sake, let not us two be behind;
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For, by the way, I'll sort occasion,
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As index to the story we late talk'd of,
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To part the queen's proud kindred from the king.
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GLOUCESTER:
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My other self, my counsel's consistory,
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My oracle, my prophet! My dear cousin,
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I, like a child, will go by thy direction.
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Towards Ludlow then, for we'll not stay behind.
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First Citizen:
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Neighbour, well met: whither away so fast?
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Second Citizen:
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I promise you, I scarcely know myself:
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Hear you the news abroad?
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First Citizen:
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Ay, that the king is dead.
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Second Citizen:
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Bad news, by'r lady; seldom comes the better:
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I fear, I fear 'twill prove a troublous world.
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Third Citizen:
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Neighbours, God speed!
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First Citizen:
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Give you good morrow, sir.
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Third Citizen:
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Doth this news hold of good King Edward's death?
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Second Citizen:
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Ay, sir, it is too true; God help the while!
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Third Citizen:
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Then, masters, look to see a troublous world.
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First Citizen:
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No, no; by God's good grace his son shall reign.
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Third Citizen:
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Woe to the land that's govern'd by a child!
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Second Citizen:
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In him there is a hope of government,
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That in his nonage council under him,
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And in his full and ripen'd years himself,
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No doubt, shall then and till then govern well.
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First Citizen:
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So stood the state when Henry the Sixth
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Was crown'd in Paris but at nine months old.
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Third Citizen:
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Stood the state so? No, no, good friends, God wot;
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For then this land was famously enrich'd
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With politic grave counsel; then the king
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Had virtuous uncles to protect his grace.
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First Citizen:
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Why, so hath this, both by the father and mother.
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Third Citizen:
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Better it were they all came by the father,
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Or by the father there were none at all;
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For emulation now, who shall be nearest,
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Will touch us all too near, if God prevent not.
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O, full of danger is the Duke of Gloucester!
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And the queen's sons and brothers haught and proud:
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And were they to be ruled, and not to rule,
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This sickly land might solace as before.
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First Citizen:
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Come, come, we fear the worst; all shall be well.
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Third Citizen:
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When clouds appear, wise men put on their cloaks;
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When great leaves fall, the winter is at hand;
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When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
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Untimely storms make men expect a dearth.
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