And since this business so fair is done,
Let
us not leave till all our own be won.
-King Henry
King Henry the Fourth Part I Act V
Scene v, Line 44
Yesterday we were
at the beginning of Richard II, and today we are at the end of the subsequent
play, King Henry the Fourth Part I. I say subsequent because this is the
historical chronology of events, but not necessarily the order in which Will
wrote the plays. Though actually, I think these two might have been written in
this order. No matter.
So, we have a
rhyming couplet for today’s Totally Random lines (two lines that rhyme) which
is very typical of how Will ends scenes and whole plays. He loved his rhyming
couplets. I doubt that he invented the usage of them, but I don’t actually
know. We’d have to ask Stephen or Marjorie or one of those folks, but they’re
not readers of this blog, so never mind.
Now, since we don’t have a bunch of our own to be won, what say we consider our business so fair done, and leave.
Good-bye.
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