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V. Henry IV, 1599, 1600.

(A) Prologue to Sir John Oldcastle, 1599.

(B) Letter from Sir Charles Percy to a London friend, 1600?

Mr. Carlington,

''I am here so pestered with country business that I shall not be able as yet to come to London. If I stay here long in this fashion, at my return I think you will find me so dull that I shall be taken for Justice Silence or Justice Shallow; wherefore I am to entreat you that you will take pity of me, and as occurrences shall serve to send me such news from time to time as shall happen—the knowledge of which, though perhaps they will not exempt me from the opinion of a Justice Shallow at London, yet, I assure you, they will make''