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Quotation from Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
“Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world.”
Henry IV, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4 (Project Gutenberg #1516, modern spelling)
Playing Hal before Hal playing the king, Falstaff pleads not to be banished; Hal's answer, I do, I will, foreshadows the rejection to come.
Citation: "Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world." — William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4 (Project Gutenberg #1516, modern spelling). (id henry-iv-part-1-q4)
Portrait: King Henry IV, Part I: The King to the Prince of Wales: “Thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust herein.”, (Act III, Scene ii), Edwin Austin Abbey, Public domain.
