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...the peasant's lot. "O God, methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain. . . The shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out...tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys, As far beyond a prince's delicates." (Henry VI., Part 3, Act 2, Sc. 5.) All of which is natural enough...