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King Henry the Fourth, II. ii

could tell to thee,—as to one it pleases me, for

fault of a better, to call my friend,—I could be

sad, and sad indeed too.

Poins. Very hardly upon such a subject.

Prince. By this hand, thou thinkest me as

far in the devil's book as thou and Falstaff for

obduracy and persistency: let the end try the

man. But I tell thee my heart bleeds inwardly

that my father is so sick; and keeping such vile

company as thou art hath in reason taken from

me all ostentation of sorrow.

Poins. The reason?

Prince. What wouldst thou think of me if I

should weep?

Poins. I would think thee a most princely

hypocrite.

Prince. It would be every man's thought;

and thou art a blessed fellow to think as every

man thinks: never a man's thought in the world

keeps the road-way better than thine: every man

would think me an hypocrite indeed. And what

accites your most worshipful thought to think so?

Poins. Why, because you have been so lewd

and so much engraffed to Falstaff.

Prince. And to thee.

Poins. By this light, I am well spoke on; I

can hear it with mine own ears: the worst that

they can say of me is that I am a second brother

and that I am a proper fellow of my hands; and

those two things I confess I cannot help. By the

mass, here comes Bardolph.

 67 accites: invites

68 lewd: worthless

69 much engraffed: closely attached

73 second brother: younger son

74 proper fellow of my hands: good fellow with my fists 