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Let us make an honourable retreat.

      — As You Like It, Act III Scene 2

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KEYWORD: gelding

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1

Henry IV, Part I
[II, 1]

Gadshill

676

I pray thee lend me thy lantern, to see my gelding
in the stable.

2

Henry IV, Part I
[II, 1]

Gadshill

736

Go to; 'homo' is a common name to all men. Bid the
ostler bring my gelding out of the stable. Farewell,
you muddy knave.

3

Henry IV, Part I
[III, 1]

Mortimer

1650

Yea, but
Mark how he bears his course, and runs me up
With like advantage on the other side;
Gelding the opposed continent as much
As on the other side it takes from you.

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