From Simran Khurana,
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King Henry IV Part 2 is a continuation of Shakespeare's previous play King Henry IV, Part 1. This play concludes the grand saga of the kingship of Prince Hal, who goes through a series of misadventures. King Henry Part 2 is the third part of a tetralogy. Eventually this tetralogy concludes with the rein of Prince Hal, who becomes King Henry V, the beloved ruler of the masses.

King Henry IV. Part II, Act II, Sc. I
He hath eaten me out of house and home.

King Henry IV. Part II, Act III, Sc. I
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

King Henry IV. Part II, Act I, Sc. II
If I do, fillip me with a three-man beetle.

King Henry IV. Part II, Act IV, Sc. V
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

King Henry IV. Part II, Act I, Sc. II
Who lined himself with hope,
Eating the air on promise of supply.

King Henry IV. Part II, Act I, Sc. II
I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.

King Henry IV. Part II, Act IV, Sc. IV
He hath a tear for pity, and a hand
Open as day for melting charity.

King Henry IV. Part II, Act IV, Sc. III
I may justly say, with the hook-nosed fellow of Rome, "I came, saw, and overcame."

King Henry IV. Part II, Act II, Sc. II
Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.

King Henry IV. Part II, Act I, Sc. II
It was alway yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing to make it too common.