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[Enter GLOUCESTER, solus]
RICHARD
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Now is | the wint|er of | our dis|content,
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Made^glor|ious sum|mer by | this sun | of York:
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And all | the clouds | that loured | upon | our
house
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In the | deep bosom / of the | ocean | buried.
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Now are | our brows | bound with | victor|ious
wreaths,
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Our bruis|ed arms | hung^up | for mon|uments;
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Our stern | alar|ums changed | to mer|ry
meet|ings;
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Our dread|ful march|es, to | delight|ful
meas|ures. (hex with prev)
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Grim visaged war,| hath smoothed | his wrink|led
front:
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And now,| instead | of mount|ing barb|ed steeds,
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To fright | the souls | of fear|ful ad|versaries,
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He cap|ers nim|bly in a | lady's | chamber,
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To the | lasciv|ious pleas|ing of | a lute.
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But I,| that am / not shaped | for sport|ive
tricks,
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Nor made | to court | an am|orous look|ing-glass:
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I, that am | rudely | stamped, and want
love's | majesty,
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To strut | before | a want|on am|bling nymph:
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I, that | am cur|tailed of this | fair
pro|portion,
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Cheated of | feature | by dis|sembling | nature,
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Deformed,| unfin|ished, sent | before | my time
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Into this | breathing | world, scarce half |
made^up,
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And that | so lame|ly and | unfash|ionable,
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That dogs | bark at | me, as | I halt | by them.
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Why I |(in this / weak pip|ing time | of peace)
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Have no | delight | to pass | away | the time,
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Unless | to see | my shad|ow in | the sun,
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And des|cant^on | mine^own | deform|ity.
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And there|fore, since | I can|not prove | a
lover,
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To ent|ertain | these fair | well-spoken days,
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I am | determ|ined | to prove | a villain,
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And hate | the id|le pleas|ures of / these days.
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Plots have | I laid,| induc|tions dang|erous,
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By drunk|en proph|ecies,| libels,| and dreams,
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To set | my broth|er Clar|ence and | the king
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In dead|ly hate,| the one | against the | other:
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And if | King^Ed|ward be | as true | and just,
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As I | am sub|tle, false,| and treach|erous,
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This^day | should Clar|ence close|ly be | mewed^up:
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About | a proph|ecy,| which says | that G,
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Of Ed|ward's heirs | the murd|erer | shall be.
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Dive thoughts down | to my soul,| here Clar|ence
comes.
[Enter CLARENCE, guarded, and BRAKENBURY]
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Brother,| good^day:| what means | this arm|ed
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That waits | upon | your grace? \\
CLARENCE
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His maj|esty | tendering | my person's | safety,
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Hath appoint|ed this con|duct, to con|vey me | to the Tower.
RICHARD
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Upon | what^cause?
CLARENCE
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Because | my name | is George.
RICHARD
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Alack | my lord,| that fault | is none | of
yours:
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He should | for that | commit | your god|fathers.
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O be|like, his | majesty | hath some | intent,
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That you | should be | new christ/ened in | the
Tower.
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But what's | the mat|ter Clar|ence, may | I know?
CLARENCE
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Yea Rich/ard, when | I know:/ but I | protest
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As yet | I do / not: but | as I | can learn,
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He heark|ens aft|er proph|ecies | and dreams,
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And from the | cross-row plucks | the let|ter G:
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And says,| a wiz|ard told | him, that | by G,
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His is|sue dis|inher|ited | should be.
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And for | my name | of George | begins | with G,
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It fol|lows in | his thought,| that I | am he.
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These (as I | learn)| and | such like toys | as
these,
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Have moved | his high|ness to | commit | me now.
RICHARD
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Why this | it is,| when men | are ruled | by
women:
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'Tis not | the king | that sends | you to | the Tower,
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My La|dy Gray | his wife,| Clarence | 'tis she,
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That temp|ers him | to this | extrem|ity.
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Was it | not^she,| and that / good man | of
wor||ship,
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Anth|ony / Woodville | her broth|er there,
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That made | him send | Lord^Hast|ings to | the Tower?
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From whence | this pres|ent day | he is
de|livered?
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We are / not safe | Clarence,| we are | not^safe.
CLARENCE
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By heaven,| I think | there is / no man | secure
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But the queen's | kindred,| and night-|walking |
heralds
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That trudge | betwixt | the king,| and mist|ress Shore.
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Heard ye | not what | a hum|ble sup|pliant
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Lord^Hast|ings was,| for her | deliv|ery?
RICHARD
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Humbly | complain|ing to | her de|ity,
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Got my | lord chamb|erlain | his lib|erty.
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I'll tell | you what,| I think | it is | our way,
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If we | will keep | in fav|or with | the king,
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To be | her men,| and wear | her liv|ery.
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The jeal|ous ore/worn wid|ow, and | herself,
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Since that our | brother | dubbed them |
gentle|women,
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Are migh|ty gos|sips in | this mon|archy.
BRAKENBURY
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I beseech | your gra|ces both | to pard|on me,
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His maj|esty | hath strait|ly given | in charge,
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That no | man shall | have priv|ate conf|erence
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(Of what | degree | soever)| with your
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RICHARD
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Even so;| and please | your worsh|ip Brak|enbury,
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You may | partake | of an|y thing | we say:
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We speak | no treas|on man;| we say | the king
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Is wise | and vir|tuous, and | his nob|le queen
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Well struck in years,| fair,| and not |
jealous.
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We say,| that Shore's | wife hath | a pret|ty foot,
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A cherry lip, a bonny eye, a passing
pleasing tongue: ????
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And that the | queen's kind/red are | made
gentle-folks.
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How say | you sir?| Can you | deny | all this?
BRAKENBURY
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With this |(my lord)| myself | have nought | to do.
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Naught to | do with | mistress | Shore?|
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I tell | thee fel|low, he | that doth naught |
with her
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(Except|ing one)| were best | to do | it
sec||retly | alone.
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What one,| my lord?|
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Her hus|band knave,| wouldst thou | betray | me?
BRAKENBURY
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do | beseech | your grace ????
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To pard|on me,| and with|al for|bear
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Your || confe|rence with | the nob|le duke.|
CLARENCE
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We know | thy charge | Braken|bury, and | will
obey.
RICHARD
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We are | the queen's | abjects,| and must | obey.
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Brother | farewell,| I will | unto | the king,
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And what|soere | you will | employ | me in,
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Were it to | call King^|Edward's | widow,|
sister,
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I will | perform | it to en|franchise you.
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Meantime,| this deep | disgrace | in broth|erhood,
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Touches | me deep/er than | you can im|agine.
CLARENCE
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I know | it pleas|eth neith|er of | us well.
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Well, your | impris|onment | shall not | be long,
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I will | deliv|er you,| or else lie | for you:
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Meantime,| have pa|tience.
CLARENCE
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I must | perforce:| Farewell.
[Exeunt CLARENCE, BRAKENBURY, and Guard]
RICHARD
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Go tread | the path | that thou | shalt nere |
return:
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Simple | plain Clar/ence, I | do love | thee so,
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That I | will short|ly send | thy soul | to
heaven,
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If heaven | will take | the pres|ent at | our hands.
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But who | comes^here? The | new-de|livered |
Hastings?
[Enter HASTINGS]
HASTINGS
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Good^time | of day | unto | my gra|cious lord.
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As much | unto | my good | lord cham/berlain:
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Well are | you wel|come to | this op|en air,
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How hath | your lord|ship brooked | impris|onment?
HASTINGS
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With pa|tience (nob|le lord)| as pris|oners must:
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But I | shall live |(my lord)| to give | them
thanks
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That were | the cause | of my | impris|onment.
RICHARD
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No doubt,| no doubt,| and so | shall Clar|ence
too,
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For they | that were | your en|emies,| are his,
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And have | prevailed | as much | on him,| as you.
HASTINGS
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More pit|y, that | the eag|le should | be mewed,
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While kites | and buz|zards prey | at lib|erty.
RICHARD
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What news | abroad? \\
HASTINGS
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No news | so bad | abroad,| as this | at
home:
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The King | is sick|ly, weak,| and mel|ancho||ly,
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And | his physi|cians fear | him might|ily.
RICHARD
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Now* by | Saint^John,| this news | is bad |
indeed.
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O he | hath kept | an ev|il di|et long,
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And ov|ermuch | consumed | his roy|al person:
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'Tis ve|ry griev|ous to | be thought | upon.
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What, is | he in | his bed? \\
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He is.
RICHARD
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Go you | before,| and I will fol|low
you.
[Exit HASTINGS]
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He can|not live | I hope,| and must | not die,
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Till George | be packed | with post-|horse up | to heaven.
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I'll in to | urge his | hatred | more to |
Clarence,
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With^lies well steeled | with weigh|ty
arg|uments,
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And if | I fail | not in | my deep | intent,
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Clarence | hath not | anoth|er day | to live:
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Which^done,| God^take | King Ed/ward to his | mercy,
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And leave | the world | for me | to bust|le in.
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For then,| I'll mar|ry War|wick's young|est
daught|er.
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What though | I killed | her hus|band, and | her
fath|er, (hex with prev)
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The read|iest way | to make | the wench | amends,
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Is to be|come her | husband,| and her | father:
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The which | will I,| not all | so much | for
love,
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As for | anoth|er sec|ret close | intent,
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By mar|rying her,| which I | must reach | unto.
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But yet | I run | before | my horse | to
mark||et:
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Clar|ence still breathes,| Edward | still^lives |
and reigns,
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When they | are gone,| then must | I count | my gains.
[Exit]