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From Shakespeare's King Henry VI. CADE: Brave thee! ay, by the best blood that ever was broached, and beard thee too. Look on me well: I have eat no meat these five days; yet, come thou and thy five men, and if I do not leave you all as dead as a doornail, I pray God I may never eat grass more. (see: http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/38250.html)

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