Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Wol. Wol.
Wol. So farewell, to the little good you beare me.
Wol. Farewell? A long farewell to all my Greatnesse.
Wol. This is the state of Man; to day he puts forth
Wol. The tender Leaues of hopes, to morrow Blossomes,
Wol. And beares his blushing Honors thicke vpon him:
Wol. The third day, comes a Frost; a killing Frost,
Wol. And when he thinkes, good easie man, full surely
Wol. His
Wol. The Life of King Henry the Eight.
Wol. His Greatnesse is a ripening, nippes his roote,
Wol. And then he fals as I do. I haue ventur'd
Wol. Like little wanton Boyes that swim on bladders:
Wol. This many Summers in a Sea of Glory,
Wol. But farre beyond my depth: my high‑blowne Pride
Wol. At length broke vnder me, and now ha's left me
Wol. Weary, and old with Seruice, to the mercy
Wol. Of a rude streame, that must for euer hide me.
Wol. Vaine pompe, and glory of this World, I hate ye,
Wol. I feele my heart new open'd. Oh how wretched