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MonkeyNotes-Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
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EPILOGUE
The closing speech is important. It could be seen as a prayer
for the sovereign. There are three paragraphs: the first is
spoken by the playwright; the second and the third need a
dancer.
The speaker kneels down before the audience and says that he
is kneeling down to pray for the Queen. It is a Court audience
and the speaker wins popularity with the ladies. “All the
gentlewoman here have forgiven me: if the gentlemen will not.”
The playwright says, “Falstaff dies of sweat,” refers to either
the plague and venereal disease. Oldcastle dies a martyr but
Falstaff has not. The speaker bids good night to the audience
saying that his tongue is weary and his legs sore.
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