The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. — William Shakespeare

Shakespeare, William. "The Second Part of Henry the Sixth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. Henry the Sixth, Part 2. London: Thomas Millington, 1594, act 4, sc. 2.

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