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How many ages hence
Shall this our lofty scene be acted over
In states unborn and accents yet unknown!

      — Julius Caesar, Act III Scene 1

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KEYWORD: ay

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1

Henry V
[II, 3]

Hostess Quickly

860

Ay, that a' did.

2

Henry V
[III, 2]

Jamy

1243

By the mess, ere theise eyes of mine take themselves
to slomber, ay'll de gud service, or ay'll lig i'
the grund for it; ay, or go to death; and ay'll pay
't as valourously as I may, that sall I suerly do,
that is the breff and the long. Marry, I wad full
fain hear some question 'tween you tway.

3

Henry V
[III, 6]

Fluellen

1484

Ay, I praise God; and I have merited some love at
his hands.

4

Henry V
[III, 6]

Fluellen

1554

Ay, so please your majesty. The Duke of Exeter has
very gallantly maintained the pridge: the French is
gone off, look you; and there is gallant and most
prave passages; marry, th' athversary was have
possession of the pridge; but he is enforced to
retire, and the Duke of Exeter is master of the
pridge: I can tell your majesty, the duke is a
prave man.

5

Henry V
[III, 7]

Duke of Orleans

1780

Ay, but these English are shrewdly out of beef.

6

Henry V
[IV, 1]

Bates

1976

Ay, or more than we should seek after; for we know
enough, if we know we are the kings subjects: if
his cause be wrong, our obedience to the king wipes
the crime of it out of us.

7

Henry V
[IV, 1]

Williams

2040

Ay, he said so, to make us fight cheerfully: but
when our throats are cut, he may be ransomed, and we
ne'er the wiser.

8

Henry V
[IV, 1]

Henry V

2158

My brother Gloucester's voice? Ay;
I know thy errand, I will go with thee:
The day, my friends and all things stay for me.

9

Henry V
[IV, 7]

Fluellen

2530

Ay, he was porn at Monmouth, Captain Gower. What
call you the town's name where Alexander the Pig was born!

10

Henry V
[V, 1]

Fluellen

2943

Ay, leeks is good: hold you, there is a groat to
heal your pate.

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