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No matter where. Of comfort no man speak.

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King Richard
No matter where. Of comfort no man speak.
Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs,
Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes
Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.
Let’s choose executors and talk of wills.

I live with bread like you, feel want,
Taste grief, need friends. Subjected thus,
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Act 3
Scene 2
Line 149

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Great Duke of Lancaster, I come to thee

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York
Great Duke of Lancaster, I come to thee
From plume-plucked Richard, who with willing soul
Adopts thee heir, and his high scepter yields
To the possession of thy royal hand.
Ascend his throne, descending now from him,
And long live Henry, fourth of that name!

O, if you raise this house against this house,
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Act 4
Scene 1
Line 112

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