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Bates

We see yonder the beginning of the day

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Williams
We see yonder the beginning of the day, but
I think we shall never see the end of it.—Who goes there?
King Henry
A friend.
Williams
Under what captain serve you?
King Henry
Under Sir Thomas Erpingham.
Williams
A good old commander and a most kind
gentleman.
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Act 4
Scene 1
Line 92

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Methinks I could not die anywhere so contented

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King Henry
Methinks I could not die anywhere
so contented as in the King’s company, his
cause being just and his quarrel honorable.
Williams
That’s more than we know.
Bates
Ay, or more than we should seek after, for we
know enough if we know we are the King’s subjects.
If his cause be wrong,
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Act 4
Scene 1
Line 130

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Be friends, you English fools, be friends

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Bates
Be friends, you English fools, be friends. We
have French quarrels enough, if you could tell how
to reckon.
King Henry
Indeed, the French may lay twenty
French crowns to one they will beat us, for they
bear them on their shoulders. But it is no English
treason to cut French crowns,
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Act 4
Scene 1
Line 230

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