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" Her own shall bless her; Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow: Good grows with her: In her days, every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine, what he plants; and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours... "
The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and ... - Page 495
by William Shakespeare - 1821
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Beyond Tragedy: Structure & Experience in Shakespeare's Romances, Volume 10

Robert W. Uphaus - 1981 - 172 pages
..."Truth shall nurse her, / Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her" (28-29), and he later says, "God shall be truly known, and those about her / From her shall read the perfect [ways] of honor" (36-37). The first thing to notice is that Cranmer does not choose to speak; rather heaven "bids"...
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The Woman's Part: Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare

Carolyn Ruth Swift Lenz, Gayle Greene, Carol Thomas Neely - 1980 - 364 pages
...for the younger generation, but now the daughter, Elizabeth, becomes exalted in virginal radiance: Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat...plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbors. God shall be truly known, and those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor,...
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 43

Stanley Wells - 2002 - 296 pages
...the reigns of Elizabeth and James. He prophesies an England blessed with peace and prosperity, when every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what...sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours. (lines 33-5) Henry's assertion of independence also entails a break with Rome. The text neatly hints...
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Henry IV, Part 2

William Shakespeare - 1998 - 308 pages
...in All is True, when Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, prophesies that under Elizabeth I every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what...sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours. (AH is True 5-4-33-5) A more realistic and adulterated version of this pastoral would seem to be the...
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The Oxford Shakespeare: King Henry VIII: or All is True

William Shakespeare - 2008 - 246 pages
...and heavenly thoughts still counsel her. She shall be loved and feared . Her own shall bless her; 30 Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang...sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours . 35 God shall be truly known, and those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honour 23...
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Shakespeare: The Evidence: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Man and His Work

Ian Wilson - 1999 - 564 pages
...Truth shall nurse her, Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her; She shall be lov'd and fear'd. God shall be truly known; and those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honour, And by those claim their greatness, not by blood.25 When Shakespeare has his characters prophesy, they...
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Female & Male Voices in Early Modern England: An Anthology of Renaissance ...

Betty Travitsky, Anne Lake Prescott - 2000 - 440 pages
...Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her; She shall be loved and feared. Her own shall bless her, Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn And hang...plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbors.11 God shall be truly known, and those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of...
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A Mirror for Magistrates and the de Casibus Tradition

Paul Budra, Paul Vincent Budra - 2000 - 148 pages
...turn her wheel about, so Shakespeare ends his last history play with the prophesy of Thomas Cranmer: 'In her days every man shall eat in safety / Under...plants, and sing / The merry songs of peace to all his neighbors' (5.5.34-6). Shakespeare goes Niccols one better, extending this vision of peace to her successor,...
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Female & Male Voices in Early Modern England: An Anthology of Renaissance ...

Betty Travitsky, Anne Lake Prescott - 2000 - 434 pages
...safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbors. 11 God shall be truly known, and those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor And by those claim their greatness, not by blood. Nor shall this peace sleep with her, but as...
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Henry VIII

William Shakespeare - 2001 - 180 pages
...and heavenly thoughts still counsel her; 30 She shall be loved and feared; her own shall bless her; Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn And hang...plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbors. God shall be truly known, and those about her 37 From her shall read the perfect ways of...
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