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SolooksthestrandwhereontheimperiousfloodHathleftawitness’dusurpation。
Say,Morton,didstthoucomefromShrewsbury?MORTONIranfromShrewsbury,mynoblelord;
WherehatefuldeathputonhisugliestmaskTofrightourparty。NORTHUMBERLANDHowdothmysonandbrother?
Thoutremblest;andthewhitenessinthycheekIsapterthanthytonguetotellthyerrand。