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Henry VIII

Epilogue

EPILOGUE
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      'Tis ten | to one,| this play | can nev|er please
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      All^that | are here:| some* come | to take | their ease,
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      And sleep | an act | or two;| but those | we fear
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      We have fright|ed with | our trump|ets: so |'tis clear,
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      They'll say |'tis naught.| Others to | hear the | city
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      Abused | extreme|ly, and to / cry that's | witty,
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      Which we | have not | done^neith|er; that | I fear
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      All the | expect|ed good | we're like to hear.
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      For this | play at this time,| is on|ly in
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      The mer|ciful | construc|tion of good | women,
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      For such | a one | we showed |'em: if | they smile,
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      And say |'twill do;| I know | within | a while,
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      All the best men | are ours;| for 'tis ill hap,
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      If they | hold, when | their lad|ies bid |'em clap.

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