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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

When he awoke he saw a woman standing by him, who said to him right fiercely, "Sir Percival, what doest thou here?"

From King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Unknown

A day of freedom is a day of pleasure: And what thou doest have I never done, And understanding not might mar thy work.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

‘I am he that is called Makóma,’ answered the hero; ‘and, before I slay thee, tell me also what is thy name and what thou doest in the river?’

From The Orange Fairy Book by Various