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Enter RUMOUR, painted full of ton

William Shakespeare , in Henry IV, Part 2
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Rumour is a pipeBlown by surmises, jealousies, conjecturesAnd of so easy and so plain a stopThat the blunt monster with uncounted heads,The still-discordant wavering multitude,Can play upon it.

William Shakespeare , in Henry IV, Part 2
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RUMOUR:"Upon my tongues continual slanders ride,The which in every language I pronounce,Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.

William Shakespeare , in Henry IV, Part 2
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