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We would, and we would not.

      — Measure for Measure, Act IV Scene 4

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KEYWORD: fourth

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Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1]

Henry VI

139

Henry the Fourth by conquest got the crown.

2

Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1]

Henry VI

144

An if he may, then am I lawful king;
For Richard, in the view of many lords,
Resign'd the crown to Henry the Fourth,
Whose heir my father was, and I am his.

3

Henry VI, Part III
[III, 3]

Earl Oxford

1775

Then Warwick disannuls great John of Gaunt,
Which did subdue the greatest part of Spain;
And, after John of Gaunt, Henry the Fourth,
Whose wisdom was a mirror to the wisest;
And, after that wise prince, Henry the Fifth,
Who by his prowess conquered all France:
From these our Henry lineally descends.

4

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 7]

Soldier

2501

Edward the Fourth, by the grace of God, king of
England and France, and lord of Ireland, &c.

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Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 7]

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2506

Long live Edward the Fourth!

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