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"Poor deer," quoth he, "thou makest a testament
As worldlings do, giving thy sum of more
To that which had too much."

      — As You Like It, Act II Scene 1

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Henry VI, Part I
[I, 1]

Messenger

164

So you had need; for Orleans is besieged;
The English army is grown weak and faint:
The Earl of Salisbury craveth supply,
And hardly keeps his men from mutiny,
Since they, so few, watch such a multitude.

2

Henry VI, Part I
[V, 2]

Duke of Burgundy

2439

I trust the ghost of Talbot is not there:
Now he is gone, my lord, you need not fear.

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Henry VI, Part I
[V, 3]

Queen Margaret

2564

Perhaps I shall be rescued by the French;
And then I need not crave his courtesy.

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