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Quotation from Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
“Think ye see The very persons of our noble story As they were living”
Henry VIII, Prologue (Project Gutenberg #1541 (First Folio text, modernized))
The Prologue asks the audience to imagine the historical figures as living and great, so that their sudden falls will move pity rather than laughter.
Citation: "Think ye see The very persons of our noble story As they were living" — William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, Prologue (Project Gutenberg #1541 (First Folio text, modernized)). (id henry-viii-q1)
