Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Ga. For sleeping England long time haue I watcht,
Ga. Watching breeds leannesse, leannesse is all gaunt.
Ga. The pleasure that some Fathers feede vpon,
Ga. Is strict fast, I meane my Childrens lookes,
Ga. And therein fasting, hast thou made me gaunt:
Ga. Gaunt am I for the graue, gaunt as a graue,
Ga. Whose hollow wombe inherits naught but bones.
Ric. Ric.
Ric. Can sicke men play so nicely with their names?
Gau. Gau.
Gau. No, misery makes sport to mocke it selfe:
Gau. Since thou dost seeke to kill my name in mee,
Gau. I
Gau. The life and death of Richard the second.
Gau. I mocke my name (great King) to flatter thee.
Ric. Should dying men flatter those that liue?
Gau. No, no, men liuing flatter those that dye.
Rich. Rich.