No Fear Shakespeare
Henry IV Part 2
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 2, Scene 2, Page 8
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Exeunt BARDOLPH and PAGE
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BARDOLPH and the PAGE exit. |
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This Doll Tearsheet should be some road.
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This Doll Tearsheet must be some road.
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POINS
I warrant you, as common as the way between Saint Alban’s
and London.
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Truly, she’s as well-traveled as the highway to London.
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PRINCE HENRY
How might we see Falstaff bestow himself tonight in his true
colors, and not ourselves be seen?
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PRINCE HENRY
How can we see Falstaff behave like his true self tonight, and yet not be detected ourselves?
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POINS
Put on two leathern jerkins and aprons, and wait upon him
at his table as drawers.
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POINS
We’ll put on leather jackets and aprons and wait upon him as bartenders.
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PRINCE HENRY
From a god to a bull: a heavy decension. It was Jove’s case.
From a prince to a 'prentice: a low transformation that shall
be mine, for in everything the purpose must weigh with the
folly. Follow me, Ned.
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PRINCE HENRY
Should a God disguise himself as a bull? That’s quite a degradation. Well, Jove did it. And should a prince disguise himself as an apprentice bartender and transform into something so lowly? Yes, I will: in every undertaking, the ends must match the means. Follow me, Ned.
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