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Enter CLOTEN and two LORDS.
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.
CLOTEN
5
If my shirt were bloody, then to shift it. Have I
hurt him?
CLOTEN
If my shirt were bloody, then to shift it. Have I
hurt him?
SECOND LORD (aside)
No, faith, not so much as his
patience.
SECOND LORD (aside)
No, faith, not so much as his
patience.
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.
FIRST LORD
Hurt him? His body’s a passable carcass if
he be not hurt. It is a thoroughfare for steel if it be
not hurt.
SECOND LORD (aside)
His steel was in debt; it went o’
th’ backside the town.
SECOND LORD (aside)
His steel was in debt; it went o’
th’ backside the town.
CLOTEN
The villain would not stand me.
CLOTEN
The villain would not stand me.
SECOND LORD (aside)
15
No, but he fled forward still,
toward your face.
SECOND LORD (aside)
No, but he fled forward still,
toward your face.
FIRST LORD
Stand you? You have land enough of your
own, but he added to your having, gave you some
ground.
FIRST LORD
Stand you? You have land enough of your
own, but he added to your having, gave you some
ground.
SECOND LORD (aside)
20
As many inches as you have
oceans. Puppies!
SECOND LORD (aside)
As many inches as you have
oceans. Puppies!
CLOTEN
I would they had not come between us.
CLOTEN
I would they had not come between us.
SECOND LORD (aside)
So would I, till you had measured
how long a fool you were upon the ground.
SECOND LORD (aside)
So would I, till you had measured
how long a fool you were upon the ground.
CLOTEN
25
And that she should love this fellow and
refuse me!
CLOTEN
And that she should love this fellow and
refuse me!
SECOND LORD (aside)
If it be a sin to make a true election,
she is damned.
SECOND LORD (aside)
If it be a sin to make a true election,
she is damned.
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.
FIRST LORD
Sir, as I told you always, her beauty and
her brain go not together. She’s a good sign, but I
have seen small reflection of her wit.
SECOND LORD (aside)
She shines not upon fools, lest
the reflection should hurt her.
SECOND LORD (aside)
She shines not upon fools, lest
the reflection should hurt her.
CLOTEN
Come, I’ll to my chamber. Would there had
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been some hurt done!
CLOTEN
Come, I’ll to my chamber. Would there had
been some hurt done!
SECOND LORD (aside)
I wish not so, unless it had been
the fall of an ass, which is no great hurt.
SECOND LORD (aside)
I wish not so, unless it had been
the fall of an ass, which is no great hurt.
CLOTEN
You’ll go with us?
CLOTEN
You’ll go with us?
SECOND LORD
I’ll attend your Lordship.
SECOND LORD
I’ll attend your Lordship.
CLOTEN
40
Nay, come, let’s go together.
CLOTEN
Nay, come, let’s go together.
SECOND LORD
Well, my lord.
SECOND LORD
Well, my lord.

Original Text

Modern Text
Enter CLOTEN and two LORDS.
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.
CLOTEN
5
If my shirt were bloody, then to shift it. Have I
hurt him?
CLOTEN
If my shirt were bloody, then to shift it. Have I
hurt him?
SECOND LORD (aside)
No, faith, not so much as his
patience.
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.
FIRST LORD
Hurt him? His body’s a passable carcass if
he be not hurt. It is a thoroughfare for steel if it be
not hurt.
SECOND LORD (aside)
His steel was in debt; it went o’
th’ backside the town.
SECOND LORD (aside)
His steel was in debt; it went o’
th’ backside the town.
CLOTEN
The villain would not stand me.
CLOTEN
The villain would not stand me.
SECOND LORD (aside)
15
No, but he fled forward still,
toward your face.
SECOND LORD (aside)
No, but he fled forward still,
toward your face.
FIRST LORD
Stand you? You have land enough of your
own, but he added to your having, gave you some
ground.
FIRST LORD
Stand you? You have land enough of your
own, but he added to your having, gave you some
ground.
SECOND LORD (aside)
20
As many inches as you have
oceans. Puppies!
SECOND LORD (aside)
As many inches as you have
oceans. Puppies!
CLOTEN
I would they had not come between us.
CLOTEN
I would they had not come between us.
SECOND LORD (aside)
So would I, till you had measured
how long a fool you were upon the ground.
SECOND LORD (aside)
So would I, till you had measured
how long a fool you were upon the ground.
CLOTEN
25
And that she should love this fellow and
refuse me!
CLOTEN
And that she should love this fellow and
refuse me!
SECOND LORD (aside)
If it be a sin to make a true election,
she is damned.
SECOND LORD (aside)
If it be a sin to make a true election,
she is damned.
FIRST LORD
Sir, as I told you always, her beauty and
30
her brain go not together. She’s a good sign, but I
have seen small reflection of her wit.
FIRST LORD
Sir, as I told you always, her beauty and
her brain go not together. She’s a good sign, but I
have seen small reflection of her wit.
SECOND LORD (aside)
She shines not upon fools, lest
the reflection should hurt her.
SECOND LORD (aside)
She shines not upon fools, lest
the reflection should hurt her.
CLOTEN
Come, I’ll to my chamber. Would there had
35
been some hurt done!
CLOTEN
Come, I’ll to my chamber. Would there had
been some hurt done!
SECOND LORD (aside)
I wish not so, unless it had been
the fall of an ass, which is no great hurt.
SECOND LORD (aside)
I wish not so, unless it had been
the fall of an ass, which is no great hurt.
CLOTEN
You’ll go with us?
CLOTEN
You’ll go with us?
SECOND LORD
I’ll attend your Lordship.
SECOND LORD
I’ll attend your Lordship.
CLOTEN
40
Nay, come, let’s go together.
CLOTEN
Nay, come, let’s go together.
SECOND LORD
Well, my lord.
SECOND LORD
Well, my lord.
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