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I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

      — The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III Scene 5

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KEYWORD: perforce

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Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1]

Earl of Warwick

37

And when the king comes, offer no violence,
Unless he seek to thrust you out perforce.

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Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1]

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester)

148

He rose against him, being his sovereign,
And made him to resign his crown perforce.

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Henry VI, Part III
[V, 5]

King Edward IV (Plantagenet)

2968

Away with her; go, bear her hence perforce.

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