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I could have better spared a better man.

      — King Henry IV. Part I, Act V Scene 4

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Henry VIII
[V, 4]

Porter

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Belong to the gallows, and be hanged, ye rogue! is
this a place to roar in? Fetch me a dozen crab-tree
staves, and strong ones: these are but switches to
'em. I'll scratch your heads: you must be seeing
christenings? do you look for ale and cakes here,
you rude rascals?

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