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If it were done when't is done, then't were well
It were done quickly: if the assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch
With his surcease success; that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all here,
But

      — Macbeth, Act I Scene 7

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KEYWORD: slave

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Henry VI, Part I
[IV, 5]

John Talbot

2146

Is my name Talbot? and am I your son?
And shall I fly? O if you love my mother,
Dishonour not her honourable name,
To make a bastard and a slave of me!
The world will say, he is not Talbot's blood,
That basely fled when noble Talbot stood.

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Henry VI, Part I
[V, 3]

Queen Margaret

2572

To be a queen in bondage is more vile
Than is a slave in base servility;
For princes should be free.

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