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Henry IV, Part II

William Shakespeare

Form
Form Play
Year
Year 1600
Pages
Pages 120

Two old men in Gloucestershire talk about the price of ewes at Stamford fair and the friends they have buried, and one of them says, we have heard the chimes at midnight. There is no sadder line in Shakespeare, and it is spoken almost cheerfully.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Henry IV, Part II, William Shakespeare

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