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  Then plain and right must my possession be,
  Which I with more than with a common pain
  'Gainst all the world will rightfully maintain.
and lawful. And I will work as hard as I can to defend this crown against any man.
Enter Lord John of LANCASTER
Lord John of LANCASTER enters.
 KING
355 Look, look, here comes my John of Lancaster.
KING
Look, look, here comes my son, John of Lancaster.
 LANCASTER
  Health, peace, and happiness to my royal father.
LANCASTER
Health, peace, and happiness to my royal father!
 KING
  Thou bring'st me happiness and peace, son John,
  But health, alack, with youthful wings is flown
  From this bare withered trunk. Upon thy sight
360 My worldly business makes a period.
  Where is my Lord of Warwick?
KING
You bring me happiness and peace, John. But health, unfortunately, has flown from this shrunken body. Now that I've seen you, I have nothing more to do in this world. Where is Lord Warwick?
 PRINCE HENRY
  My Lord of Warwick.
PRINCE HENRY
Lord Warwick!
Enter WARWICK and others
WARWICK and others enter.
 KING
  Doth any name particular belong
  Unto the lodging where I first did swoon?
KING
Does the room I first collapsed in have a name?
 WARWICK
365 'Tis called Jerusalem, my noble lord.
WARWICK
It's called the Jerusalem Room, your highness.
 KING
  Laud be to God! Even there my life must end.
  It hath been prophesied to me many years,
  I should not die but in Jerusalem,
  Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land.
370 But bear me to that chamber; there I'll lie.
  In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
KING
Praise be to God! That's where I must die. For years it's been predicted that I would die in Jerusalem; I foolishly thought that meant the Holy Land. But carry me to that room, and there I'll lie. In that Jerusalem will Harry die.
Exeunt
They exit.

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