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'T is well said again,
And't is a kind of good deed to say well:
And yet words are no deeds.

      — King Henry VIII, Act III Scene 2

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KEYWORD: oath

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1

Henry V
[II, 1]

Pistol

571

An oath of mickle might; and fury shall abate.
Give me thy fist, thy fore-foot to me give:
Thy spirits are most tall.

2

Henry V
[II, 1]

Pistol

606

Sword is an oath, and oaths must have their course.

3

Henry V
[III, 7]

Constable of France

1729

Swear by her foot, that she may tread out the oath.

4

Henry V
[IV, 7]

Henry V

2652

What think you, Captain Fluellen? is it fit this
soldier keep his oath?

5

Henry V
[IV, 7]

Fluellen

2658

Though he be as good a gentleman as the devil is, as
Lucifer and Belzebub himself, it is necessary, look
your grace, that he keep his vow and his oath: if
he be perjured, see you now, his reputation is as
arrant a villain and a Jacksauce, as ever his black
shoe trod upon God's ground and his earth, in my
conscience, la!

6

Henry V
[V, 2]

Henry V

3352

Prepare we for our marriage—on which day,
My Lord of Burgundy, we'll take your oath,
And all the peers', for surety of our leagues.
Then shall I swear to Kate, and you to me;
And may our oaths well kept and prosperous be!
[Sennet. Exeunt]
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