[Read: ‘The Shakespearean Guide
to the 2016 Republican Primary’]
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I. The field of battle
Hillary Clinton
There’s order given for her coronation:
Marry, this is yet but young, and may be left
To some ears unrecounted.
Bernie Sanders
For I can raise no money by vile means.
Jim Webb
[Exeunt, fighting]
Lincoln Chafee
Who’s that? a Frenchman?
Lawrence Lessig
Th’ attempt and not the deed confounds us.
Martin O’Malley
I beseech your honour to hear me one single word.
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II. Another part of the field
Joe Biden
Darkness and devils!
Saddle my horses. Call my train together.
Al Gore
A prophet I, madam; and I speak the truth
Kanye West
Let not my love be call’d idolatry,
Nor my beloved as an idol show,
Since all alike my songs
Cory Booker
I fear neither sword nor fire.
Elizabeth Warren
Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.
Bill Clinton
The ancient saying is no heresy.
Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.
Barack Obama
Was the crown offered him thrice?