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FALSTAFF'S LAMENT OVER PRINCE HAL BECOME HENRY V

Here on this settle
He wore the true crown,
King of good fellows,
And Fat Jack was one—
Now, Beadle of England
In formal array—
Best fellow alive
On a throne flung away!

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Companions and cronies
Keep fast and lament;—
Come drawer, more sack here
To drown discontent;