Monologue

Hotspur Monologue from Henry IV, Part 1

From Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare

male · contemplative · 42 sec

A perilous gash, a very limb lopp’d off— And yet, in faith, it is not! His present want Seems more than we shall find it. Were it good To set the exact wealth of all our states All at one cast? To set so rich a main On the nice hazard of one doubtful hour? It were not good, for therein should we read The very bottom and the soul of hope, The very list, the very utmost bound Of all our fortunes.

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