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We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it.

      — Macbeth, Act III Scene 2

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1

Henry VIII
[I, 4]

Lord Sands

708

Your grace is noble:
Let me have such a bowl may hold my thanks,
And save me so much talking.

2

Henry VIII
[II, 1]

Second Gentleman

816

O, God save ye!
Even to the hall, to hear what shall become
Of the great Duke of Buckingham.

3

Henry VIII
[II, 1]

First Gentleman

819

I'll save you
That labour, sir. All's now done, but the ceremony
Of bringing back the prisoner.

4

Henry VIII
[III, 2]

Earl of Surrey

2201

This cannot save you:
I thank my memory, I yet remember
Some of these articles; and out they shall.
Now, if you can blush and cry 'guilty,' cardinal,
You'll show a little honesty.

5

Henry VIII
[IV, 1]

First Gentleman

2480

God save you, sir! where have you been broiling?

6

Henry VIII
[V, 4]

Man

3291

I am not Samson, nor Sir Guy, nor Colbrand,
To mow 'em down before me: but if I spared any
That had a head to hit, either young or old,
He or she, cuckold or cuckold-maker,
Let me ne'er hope to see a chine again
And that I would not for a cow, God save her!
[Within]
Do you hear, master porter?

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