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Enter the KING, NORTHUMBERLAND, WORCESTER, HOTSPUR, SIR WALTER BLUNT, with others
KING HENRY IV / My blood hath been too cold and temperate, / Unapt to stir at these indignities, / And you have found me; for accordingly / You tread upon my patience: but be sure / I will from henceforth rather be myself, / Mighty and to be fear'd, than my condition; / Which hath been smooth as oil, soft as young down, / And therefore lost that title of respect / Which the proud soul ne'er pays but to the proud.