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CHIEF JUSTICE
O God, I fear all will be overturned.
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CHIEF JUSTICE
Oh God! I’m afraid everything will be turned upside-down.
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LANCASTER
Good morrow, cousin Warwick, good morrow.
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LANCASTER
Good morning, cousin Warwick, good morning.
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GLOUCESTER AND CLARENCE
Good morrow, cousin.
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GLOUCESTER AND CLARENCE
Good morning, cousin.
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LANCASTER
We meet like men that had forgot to speak.
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LANCASTER
We’re all like men who don’t remember how to speak.
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WARWICK
We do remember, but our argument
Is all too heavy to admit much talk.
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WARWICK
We remember how, but what we have to say is so sad that we cannot speak.
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LANCASTER
Well, peace be with him that hath made us heavy.
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LANCASTER
Well, peace be with the man who has made us sad.
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CHIEF JUSTICE
Peace be with us, lest we be heavier.
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CHIEF JUSTICE
Peace be with us, or else we’ll be even sadder!
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GLOUCESTER
O, good my lord, you have lost a friend indeed,
And I dare swear you borrow not that face
Of seeming sorrow; it is sure your own.
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GLOUCESTER
Oh, my good lord, you’ve lost a friend, indeed. I’m sure you’re not borrowing that sorrowful face; it’s certainly your own.
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LANCASTER
Though no man be assured what grace to find,
You stand in coldest expectation.
I am the sorrier; would ’twere otherwise.
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LANCASTER
Even though no man can know what blessings will come his way, he must expect the worst. I am sorry; I wish it were otherwise.
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CLARENCE
Well, you must now speak Sir John Falstaff fair,
Which swims against your stream of quality.
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CLARENCE
Well, now you are only allowed to speak well of Sir John Falstaff, which goes against the nature of a man of your quality.
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CHIEF JUSTICE
Sweet princes, what I did I did in honor,
Led by th' impartial conduct of my soul;
And never shall you see that I will beg
A ragged and forestalled remission.
If truth and upright innocency fail me,
I’ll to the King my master that is dead
And tell him who hath sent me after him.
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CHIEF JUSTICE
Sweet princes, what I did, I did honorably, impartially, and with a clear conscience. You won’t see me begging vilely for a pardon, which is sure to be withdrawn as soon as it is given. If truth and honest innocence don’t help me, then I’ll join my dead King and tell him who sent me.
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