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Henry the Fifth, IV. vii

what is the name of the other river; but 'tis all

one, 'tis alike as my fingers is to my fingers, and

there is salmons in both. If you mark Alex-

ander's life well, Harry of Monmouth's life is

come after it indifferent well; for there is figures

in all things. Alexander,—God knows, and you

know,—in his rages, and his furies, and his

wraths, and his cholers, and his moods, and his

displeasures, and his indignations, and also

being a little intoxicates in his prains, did, in

his ales and his angers, look you, kill his pest

friend, Cleitus.

Gow. Our king is not like him in that: he

never killed any of his friends.

Flu. It is not well done, mark you now, to

take the tales out of my mouth, ere it is made

and finished. I speak but in the figures and

comparisons of it: as Alexander killed his friend

Cleitus, being in his ales and his cups, so also

Harry Monmouth, being in his right wits and

his good judgments, turned away the fat knight

with the great belly-doublet: he was full of

jests, and gipes, and knaveries, and mocks; I

have forgot his name.

Gow. Sir John Falstaff.

Flu. That is he. I'll tell you, there is goot

men porn at Monmouth.

Gow. Here comes his majesty.

K. Hen. I was not angry since I came to France

 34, 35 is come after: resembles

35 figures: analogues

53 gipes: jokes 