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Oh, Lord. Let's do 2 Henry IV 4.4-5, because I'm in a masochistic mood today.

Real Shakespeare: "Will fortune never come with both hands full, / But write her fair words still in foulest letters?"

No-Fear Shakespeare: "Why can't life ever bring you things with their appropriate complements? Why is good news so often conveyed in ugly terms?"

Real Shakespeare: "O majesty..."

No-Fear Shakespeare: "Oh, you crown!"

Real Shakespeare: "How quickly nature falls into revolt / When gold becomes her object!"

No-Fear Shakespeare: "See how quickly blood bonds are broken, once money's involved."

Real Shakespeare: "Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought."

No-Fear Shakespeare: "You thought that because you wished it to be true."

Real Shakespeare: "Therefore thou best of gold art worst of gold."

No-Fear Shakespeare: "So you, the best piece of gold, are actually the worst piece of gold."

Real Shakespeare: "Upon thy sight / My worldly business makes a period."

No-Fear Shakespeare: "Now that I've seen you, I have nothing more to do in this world."

I can't bear to look at the Falstaff scenes. I may cry.