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I am a tainted wether of the flock,
Meetest for death: the weakest kind of fruit
Drops earliest to the ground.

      — The Merchant of Venice, Act IV Scene 1

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KEYWORD: patience

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Henry VI, Part III
[I, 1]

Lord Clifford

68

Patience is for poltroons, such as he:
He durst not sit there, had your father lived.
My gracious lord, here in the parliament
Let us assail the family of York.

2

Henry VI, Part III
[III, 3]

King Lewis XI

1729

Renowned queen, with patience calm the storm,
While we bethink a means to break it off.

3

Henry VI, Part III
[III, 3]

King Lewis XI

1876

What! has your king married the Lady Grey!
And now, to soothe your forgery and his,
Sends me a paper to persuade me patience?
Is this the alliance that he seeks with France?
Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner?

4

Henry VI, Part III
[V, 5]

Duke/Earl of Somerset

2899

Nor I, but stoop with patience to my fortune.

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