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Enter CLOTEN and two LORDS.
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Enter CLOTEN and two LORDS.
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FIRST LORD
Sir, I would advise you to shift a shirt. The
violence of action hath made you reek as a sacrifice.
Where air comes out, air comes in. There’s
none abroad so wholesome as that you vent.
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FIRST LORD
Sir, I would advise you to shift a shirt. The
violence of action hath made you reek as a sacrifice.
Where air comes out, air comes in. There’s
none abroad so wholesome as that you vent.
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CLOTEN
5
If my shirt were bloody, then to shift it. Have I
hurt him?
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CLOTEN
hurt him?
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
No, faith, not so much as his
patience.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
No, faith, not so much as his
patience.
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FIRST LORD
Hurt him? His body’s a passable carcass if
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he be not hurt. It is a thoroughfare for steel if it be
not hurt.
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FIRST LORD
Hurt him? His body’s a passable carcass if
not hurt.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
His steel was in debt; it went o’
th’ backside the town.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
His steel was in debt; it went o’
th’ backside the town.
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CLOTEN
The villain would not stand me.
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CLOTEN
The villain would not stand me.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
15
No, but he fled forward still,
toward your face.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
toward your face.
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FIRST LORD
Stand you? You have land enough of your
own, but he added to your having, gave you some
ground.
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FIRST LORD
Stand you? You have land enough of your
own, but he added to your having, gave you some
ground.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
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As many inches as you have
oceans. Puppies!
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
oceans. Puppies!
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CLOTEN
I would they had not come between us.
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CLOTEN
I would they had not come between us.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
So would I, till you had measured
how long a fool you were upon the ground.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
So would I, till you had measured
how long a fool you were upon the ground.
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CLOTEN
25
And that she should love this fellow and
refuse me!
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CLOTEN
refuse me!
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
If it be a sin to make a true election,
she is damned.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
If it be a sin to make a true election,
she is damned.
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FIRST LORD
Sir, as I told you always, her beauty and
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her brain go not together. She’s a good sign, but I
have seen small reflection of her wit.
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FIRST LORD
Sir, as I told you always, her beauty and
have seen small reflection of her wit.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
She shines not upon fools, lest
the reflection should hurt her.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
She shines not upon fools, lest
the reflection should hurt her.
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CLOTEN
Come, I’ll to my chamber. Would there had
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been some hurt done!
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CLOTEN
Come, I’ll to my chamber. Would there had
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
I wish not so, unless it had been
the fall of an ass, which is no great hurt.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
I wish not so, unless it had been
the fall of an ass, which is no great hurt.
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CLOTEN
You’ll go with us?
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CLOTEN
You’ll go with us?
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SECOND LORD
I’ll attend your Lordship.
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SECOND LORD
I’ll attend your Lordship.
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CLOTEN
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Nay, come, let’s go together.
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CLOTEN
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SECOND LORD
Well, my lord.
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SECOND LORD
Well, my lord.
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
Enter CLOTEN and two LORDS.
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Enter CLOTEN and two LORDS.
|
FIRST LORD
Sir, I would advise you to shift a shirt. The
violence of action hath made you reek as a sacrifice.
Where air comes out, air comes in. There’s
none abroad so wholesome as that you vent.
|
FIRST LORD
Sir, I would advise you to shift a shirt. The
violence of action hath made you reek as a sacrifice.
Where air comes out, air comes in. There’s
none abroad so wholesome as that you vent.
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CLOTEN
5
If my shirt were bloody, then to shift it. Have I
hurt him?
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CLOTEN
hurt him?
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
No, faith, not so much as his
patience.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
No, faith, not so much as his
patience.
|
FIRST LORD
Hurt him? His body’s a passable carcass if
10
he be not hurt. It is a thoroughfare for steel if it be
not hurt.
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FIRST LORD
Hurt him? His body’s a passable carcass if
not hurt.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
His steel was in debt; it went o’
th’ backside the town.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
His steel was in debt; it went o’
th’ backside the town.
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CLOTEN
The villain would not stand me.
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CLOTEN
The villain would not stand me.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
15
No, but he fled forward still,
toward your face.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
toward your face.
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FIRST LORD
Stand you? You have land enough of your
own, but he added to your having, gave you some
ground.
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FIRST LORD
Stand you? You have land enough of your
own, but he added to your having, gave you some
ground.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
20
As many inches as you have
oceans. Puppies!
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
oceans. Puppies!
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CLOTEN
I would they had not come between us.
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CLOTEN
I would they had not come between us.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
So would I, till you had measured
how long a fool you were upon the ground.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
So would I, till you had measured
how long a fool you were upon the ground.
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CLOTEN
25
And that she should love this fellow and
refuse me!
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CLOTEN
refuse me!
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
If it be a sin to make a true election,
she is damned.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
If it be a sin to make a true election,
she is damned.
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FIRST LORD
Sir, as I told you always, her beauty and
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her brain go not together. She’s a good sign, but I
have seen small reflection of her wit.
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FIRST LORD
Sir, as I told you always, her beauty and
have seen small reflection of her wit.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
She shines not upon fools, lest
the reflection should hurt her.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
She shines not upon fools, lest
the reflection should hurt her.
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CLOTEN
Come, I’ll to my chamber. Would there had
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been some hurt done!
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CLOTEN
Come, I’ll to my chamber. Would there had
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
I wish not so, unless it had been
the fall of an ass, which is no great hurt.
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SECOND LORD
(aside)
I wish not so, unless it had been
the fall of an ass, which is no great hurt.
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CLOTEN
You’ll go with us?
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CLOTEN
You’ll go with us?
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SECOND LORD
I’ll attend your Lordship.
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SECOND LORD
I’ll attend your Lordship.
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CLOTEN
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Nay, come, let’s go together.
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CLOTEN
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SECOND LORD
Well, my lord.
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SECOND LORD
Well, my lord.
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