Get this No Fear to go!
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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.
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and lawful. And I will work as hard as I can to defend this crown against any man.
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Enter Lord John of LANCASTER
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Lord John of LANCASTER enters. |
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KING
Look, look, here comes my John of Lancaster.
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KING
Look, look, here comes my son, John of Lancaster.
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LANCASTER
Health, peace, and happiness to my royal father.
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LANCASTER
Health, peace, and happiness to my royal father!
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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
My worldly business makes a period.
Where is my Lord of Warwick?
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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?
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PRINCE HENRY
My Lord of Warwick.
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PRINCE HENRY
Lord Warwick!
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Enter WARWICK and others |
WARWICK and others enter. |
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KING
Doth any name particular belong
Unto the lodging where I first did swoon?
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KING
Does the room I first collapsed in have a name?
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WARWICK
'Tis called Jerusalem, my noble lord.
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WARWICK
It’s called the Jerusalem Room, your highness.
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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.
But bear me to that chamber; there I’ll lie.
In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
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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.
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