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Wackerworth.Northumberland Castle front In terms of rumors, his face is full of tongues. Rumors open your ears; when rumors speak loudly, who of you will cover his ears?From east to west I am my stage-horse by the winds of heaven, and tell everywhere of the things that have happened on this earth; my tongue is ever swayed by slander, and in every language I proclaim it to the world, so that every Individual ears are full of false news.When hidden hostility pretends to be a safe smile and hurts the world secretly, I am talking about peace; , besides me, who else is there to incite them to recruit troops and prepare for war?Rumor is a flute played by surmises, suspicions, and conjectures, so easy to speak, that even the reckless monster with countless heads, the incongruent wavering crowd, can play it at will. .But why should I analyze myself to my family like this?Why did the rumors come here?My purpose is to make some mysteries before the good news about King Harry arrives.He had defeated young Hotspur and his army on a bloody field near Solusbury, and quenched the flames of rebellion with the blood of traitors.But why did I tell the truth in the first place?It is my mission to spread the word that Harry Moonmouth has fallen by the sword of the lord Hotspur, and that the king bowed his anointed body before the wrath of Douglas. head, resting with death.I have traveled all the way from the field of Solusbury, and have spread rumors of this in every country; The place where Lan Jie's illness can't come out.The messengers who reported the news dragged their weary steps one by one, and their news was all heard from me.From the mouths of rumours, they bring false good tidings, which will bring true bad tidings to greater misfortune. (Down.)

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