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Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep.

      — King Henry V, Act IV Scene 1

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1

Henry IV, Part I
[I, 2]

Henry V

172

Thou judgest false already: I mean, thou shalt have
the hanging of the thieves and so become a rare hangman.

2

Henry IV, Part I
[I, 2]

Falstaff

255

Well, God give thee the spirit of persuasion and him
the ears of profiting, that what thou speakest may
move and what he hears may be believed, that the
true prince may, for recreation sake, prove a false
thief; for the poor abuses of the time want
countenance. Farewell: you shall find me in Eastcheap.

3

Henry IV, Part I
[II, 1]

Chamberlain

735

Nay, rather let me have it, as you are a false thief.

4

Henry IV, Part I
[II, 4]

Falstaff

1426

'Sblood, my lord, they are false: nay, I'll tickle
ye for a young prince, i' faith.

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