Aconitum

Henry IV.2, [4.4.80-87]. King. “Learn this, Thomas,/ And thou shalt prove a shelter to thy friends,/ a hoop of gold to bind thy brothers in,/ That the united vessel of their blood,/ Mingled with venom of suggestion–/ As force perforce, the age will pour it in–/ Shall never leak, though it do work as strong/ As aconitum or rash gunpowder.”

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Aconitum; here, the poison.


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