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Few men dared to tread among Newgate’s “notorious strumpets,” but the fearless Fry reached out to Ludlow and thousands of others as one mother to another, asking with simple eloquence: “What doest thou need?”

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2011

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

From Time Magazine Archive

Then He told them that one of their number was to betray Him, saying to Judas, "That thou doest, do quickly."

From The First Easter by Willard, J. H. (James Hartwell)

“Adiva, what doest thou to my arm?” questioned the girl.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster

Beloved! if thou doest it now, at this moment--then I shall surely do so too!...

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul