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Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night!

      — King Henry VI. Part I, Act I Scene 1

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KEYWORD: jordan

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Henry IV, Part I
[II, 1]

Second Carrier

661

Why, they will allow us ne'er a jordan, and then we
leak in your chimney; and your chamber-lie breeds
fleas like a loach.

2

Henry IV, Part II
[II, 4]

Falstaff

1271

[Singing] 'When Arthur first in court'—Empty the
Jordan. [Exit FRANCIS][Singing] 'And was a worthy king'—
now, Mistress Doll!

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