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Henry IV, Part 2

William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V.

“Presume not that I am the thing I was.”

William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2

Source: Henry IV, Part 2

“I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.”

William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2

Source: Henry IV, Part 2

“Enter RUMOUR, painted full of tongues."

[Stage direction, ]”

William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2

Source: Henry IV, Part 2

“Rumour is a pipe
Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures
And of so easy and so plain a stop
That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,
The still-discordant wavering multitude,
Can play upon it.”

William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2

Source: Henry IV, Part 2

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2

King Henry, Act III, scene i.
Source: Henry IV, Part 2 (1597–8)

“Thou art a very ragged Wart.”

William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2

Source: Henry IV, Part 2

“O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness?”

William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2

Source: Henry IV, Part 2

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