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In Henry V, Act2, Scene 3, Falstaff's death is mentioned in passing to be similar to the death of Socrates (who drank hemlock to commit suicide), but it never directly states that he did in fact drink it. Falstaff also appears in Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2 and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

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