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The edge of war like an ill sheathed knife
no more shall cut his master
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN21-22), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47v rev.

in praise of one
Amongst a grove the very straightest plant
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN85), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47v rev.

in dispraise
Dishonor stains the brow
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN88), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47v rev.

Which makes him prune himself & bristle up
the Crest of youth against your dignity
By Westmoreland, in Henry IV, part 1 (TLN101-102), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47v rev.

of a temperant man
my blood hath been too cold and temperate
Unapt to stir at these indignities
& you have found me for accordingly
you tread upon my Patience
but my condition
which hath been smooth like as oil soft as young down
And therefore lost that Title of Respect
which the proud soul ne're pays but to the proud
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN322-330), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47v rev.

Our house , my sovereign liege, little deserves The scourge of greatness
of the same greatness to be used on it, And that same greatness too which our own hands Have holp to make so portly
By Worcester, in Henry IV, part 1 (TLN331-334), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47v rev.

"at hand, quoth the chamberlain," for thou variest no more from
picking of purses than as giving direction doth from labouring
By Gadshill, in Henry IV, part 1 (TLN686-687), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47v rev.

8.
for they pray continually to their saint the commonwealth; or rather, not pray to her, but prey on her; for they ride up and down on her and make her their boots
By Gadshill, in Henry IV, part 1 (TLN716-722), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47v rev.

At my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets, and at my birth The frames and huge foundation of the earth Shaked like a coward
By Glendower, in Henry IV, part 1 (TLN1540-1543), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47v rev.

Diseased Nature oftentimes breaks forth
In strange Eruptions, oft the teeming Earth
is with a kind of colic pinched and vexed
by the Imprisoning of unruly wind
with in her womb, which for enlargement striving
shakesshakes the old beldam Earth, & topples down
steeples and moss-grown towers:
By Hotspur, in Henry IV, part 1 (TLN1551-1554), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47v rev.

Nothing so much as mincing poetry. 'Tis like the forced gait of
a shuffling nag
By Hotspur, in Henry IV, part 1 (TLN1662-1663), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 48r rev.

shallow jesters & rash bavin wits Soon kindled and soon burnt, carded his state, Mingles his royalty with cap'ring fools,
Had his great name profaned with their scorns
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN1880-1883), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 48r rev.

So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men, So stale and cheap to vulgar company
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN1859-1860), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 48r rev.

My Presence like a Robe pontifical
Ne're seen but wondered at
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN1875-1876), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 48r rev.

And then I stole all the courtesy from heaven, and dressed myself in such humility, That I did pluck allegiance from mens hearts Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths, Even in the presence of the crowned king.
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN1869-1873), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 48r rev.

bruising arms
Opinion, that did help me to the Crown Had still kept loyal to possession, And left me in reputeless banishment
A fellow of no mark nor likelihood
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN1861-1864), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 48r rev.

being no more in debt to years than you
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN1923), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 48r rev.

hung their eyelids down
slept in his face and rendered such aspect
as cloudy men use to their adversaries
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN1900-1902), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 48r rev.

through vassal fear, Base inclination and the start of spleen
By King Henry IV, in Richard II (TLN1944-1945), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 48r rev.

a valiant man taxed of feares
Do me no slander, Douglas. By my life -- And I dare well maintain it with my life --
If well respected honor bid me on
I hold as little counsel with weak fear
as you , my lord, or any Scot that this day lives.
Let it be seen tomorrow in the battle
By Vernon, in Henry IV, part 1 (TLN2471-2476), William Shakespeare
in British Library Additional MS 64078, f. 47r rev.