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 WORCESTER
  Ay, by my faith, that bears a frosty sound.
WORCESTER
Yes, truly, that news makes me cold.
 HOTSPUR
  What may the King's whole battle reach unto?
HOTSPUR
How many men in the King's army?
 VERNON
130 To thirty thousand.
VERNON
Thirty thousand.
 HOTSPUR
                          Forty let it be.
  My father and Glendower being both away,
  The powers of us may serve so great a day.
  Come, let us take a muster speedily.
  Doomsday is near. Die all, die merrily.
HOTSPUR
Let it be forty. Even with both my father and Glendower absent, our armies may still be enough to win. Come on, let's gather our troops right now. It's almost doomsday; if we die, we die cheerfully.
 DOUGLAS
135 Talk not of dying. I am out of fear
  Of death or death's hand for this one half year.
DOUGLAS
Don't talk about dying. I won't even worry about dying for the next six months.
Exeunt
They exit.

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