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1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt,[…]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:

To handle the unceasing traffic increase, immense sums of money are being expended in dealing with bottlenecks.