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The flighty purpose never is o'ertook,
Unless the deed go with it.

      — Macbeth, Act IV Scene 1

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KEYWORD: woman

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1

Henry VI, Part I
[I, 2]

Charles, King of France

300

Then come, o' God's name; I fear no woman.

2

Henry VI, Part I
[I, 2]

Duke of Alencon

318

Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock;
Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.

3

Henry VI, Part I
[I, 2]

Reignier

346

Woman, do what thou canst to save our honours;
Drive them from Orleans and be immortalized.

4

Henry VI, Part I
[I, 5]

Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury

580

Where is my strength, my valour, and my force?
Our English troops retire, I cannot stay them:
A woman clad in armour chaseth them.
[Re-enter JOAN LA PUCELLE]
Here, here she comes. I'll have a bout with thee;
Devil or devil's dam, I'll conjure thee:
Blood will I draw on thee, thou art a witch,
And straightway give thy soul to him thou servest.

5

Henry VI, Part I
[V, 3]

Earl of Suffolk

2538

She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd;
She is a woman, therefore to be won.

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