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The Troublesome Reign of King John ((Quarto, 1581))
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The troublesome Raigne
170And at my Fathers back returne agen
171My Mother was deliuered as tis sed,
172Sixe weekes before the account my Father made.
173But more than this: looke but on Philips face,
174His features, actions, and his lineaments,
176He is no other but King Richards Sonne.
177Then gracious Lord, rest he King Richards Sonne,
179That am his rightfull sonne and onely heire.
183My Brother often lodged in his house:
186In absence of the man to cheere the wife?
187This will not hold, proceede vnto the next.
190To make account of womens reckonings:
191Spit in your hand and to your other proofes:
193To make a woman come before her time.
195In action, feature and proportion:
196Therein I holde with thée, for in my life
198Of Richard Cordelion, as in him.
200And let me haue my liuing and my right.
202Know you not, Omne simile non est idem?
203Or haue read in. Harke ye good sir,
204Twas thus I warrant, and no otherwise,
205She lay with Sir Robert your Father, and thought vppon
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