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Like stones of worth, they thinly placed are,
Or captain jewels in the carcanet.

      — Sonnet III

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KEYWORD: peter

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1

Henry VI, Part II
[I, 3]

(stage directions)

386

[Enter three or four Petitioners, PETER, the]
Armourer's man, being one]

2

Henry VI, Part II
[I, 3]

(stage directions)

425

[Exit Servant with PETER]

3

Henry VI, Part II
[I, 3]

Earl of Warwick

575

Image of pride, why should I hold my peace?
[Enter HORNER, the Armourer, and his man]
PETER, guarded]

4

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester)

1101

I never saw a fellow worse bested,
Or more afraid to fight, than is the appellant,
The servant of this armourer, my lords.
[Enter at one door, HORNER, the Armourer, and his]
Neighbours, drinking to him so much that he is drunk;
and he enters with a drum before him and his staff
with a sand-bag fastened to it; and at the other
door PETER, his man, with a drum and sand-bag, and
'Prentices drinking to him]

5

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

Thomas Horner

1115

Let it come, i' faith, and I'll pledge you all; and
a fig for Peter!
for credit of the 'prentices.

6

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

Peter

1129

Peter, forsooth.

7

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

Earl of Salisbury

1130

Peter! what more?

8

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

Thomas Horner

1133

Masters, I am come hither, as it were, upon my man's
instigation, to prove him a knave and myself an
honest man: and touching the Duke of York, I will
take my death, I never meant him any ill, nor the
king, nor the queen: and therefore, Peter, have at
thee with a downright blow!

9

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

(stage directions)

1141

[Alarum. They fight, and PETER strikes him down]

10

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

Thomas Horner

1142

Hold, Peter, hold! I confess, I confess treason.

11

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

Peter

1146

O God, have I overcome mine enemy in this presence?
O Peter, thou hast prevailed in right!

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