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" There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. "
King Richard II. King Henry IV. King Henry VI, part 1 - Page 254
by William Shakespeare - 1747
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Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 pages
...all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd; The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, seeds, And weak beginnings, lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time ; And,...
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Shakespeare and the Triple Play: From Study to Stage to Classroom

Sidney Homan - Drama - 1988 - 248 pages
...all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased, The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, who in their seeds And weak beginning lie intreasured. (3.1.80-85) Indeed, as EMW Tillyard has pointed...
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The Hebrew Bible and Its Interpreters

William Henry Propp, Baruch Halpern, David Noel Freedman - Bible - 1990 - 244 pages
...the first year, his accomplishments for the rest of time: "The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, with a near aim, of the main chance of things as yet not come to life, which in their seeds and weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time" (Henry IV,...
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Shakespeare's Courtly Mirror: Reflexivity and Prudence in All's Well that ...

David Haley - Drama - 1993 - 332 pages
...when the future seems to be hatching — when, as Warwick tells King Henry, "a man may prophesy, / With a near aim, of the main chance of things / As yet not come to life, who in their seeds / And weak beginning lie intreasured" (2H4 III. i. 8285) — at such moments, the...
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Staging Politics: The Lasting Impact of Shakespeare's Histories

Wolfgang Iser - Drama - 1993 - 254 pages
...all men's lives Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd; The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, who in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time;...
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Shakespeare's Festive Tragedy: The Ritual Foundations of Genre

Naomi Conn Liebler - Communities in literature - 1995 - 279 pages
...all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd; The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, who in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time....
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Shakespeare at Work

John Jones - Drama - 1999 - 310 pages
...all men's lives Figuring the natures of the times deceased; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, who in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. (2 Henry IV, 3. i. 75-80) The eventless, unpeopled...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased; The which observed, a man may prophesy, And, in a vision full of majesty, Will'd me to leave my base vocation, And free my c seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time; And, by...
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The Hazards of Life and All That: A look at some accidents and safety ...

J Bond - Science - 1996 - 260 pages
...all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd; The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. King Henry IV, Part 2. WHERE NO ATTRIBUTION is GIVEN, the...
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King Richard II

Margaret Shewring - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 228 pages
...all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased: The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ... Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal The mounting Bolingbroke ascends my [sic] throne, The time...
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