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Great Caesar fell.
O, what a fall was there, my countrymen!
Then I, and you, and all of us fell down,
Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us.

      — Julius Caesar, Act III Scene 2

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KEYWORD: knave

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1

Henry IV, Part I
[II, 1]

Gadshill

736

Go to; 'homo' is a common name to all men. Bid the
ostler bring my gelding out of the stable. Farewell,
you muddy knave.

2

Henry IV, Part I
[III, 3]

Hostess Quickly

2129

I am no thing to thank God on, I would thou
shouldst know it; I am an honest man's wife: and,
setting thy knighthood aside, thou art a knave to
call me so.

3

Henry IV, Part I
[III, 3]

Hostess Quickly

2135

Say, what beast, thou knave, thou?

4

Henry IV, Part I
[III, 3]

Hostess Quickly

2140

Thou art an unjust man in saying so: thou or any
man knows where to have me, thou knave, thou!

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