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PYRAMUS Think what thou wilt, I am thy lover’s grace.
190And like Limander am I trusty still.
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PYRAMUS I’m your love, no matter what you think. And
I’m still faithful to you, just like the famous
LimanderBottom means the mythical Greek hero Leander. who loved Hero. Limander . |
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THISBE And I like Helen, till the Fates me kill.
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THISBE And I’ll be as faithful to you as
Helen of TroyThis is funny not only because Leander loved Hero rather than Helen, but also because Helen was famous for being unfaithful to her husband. Helen of Troy , until the day I die. |
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PYRAMUS Not Shafalus to Procrus was so true.
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PYRAMUS Not even Shafalus was as faithful to his lover Procrus as I am to
you.
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THISBE As Shafalus to Procrus, I to you.
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PYRAMUS Oh, kiss me through the hole of this vile wall!
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PYRAMUS Oh, kiss me through the hole in this nasty wall.
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THISBE
195I kiss the wall’s hole, not your lips at all.
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THISBE But I’m only kissing the wall’s hole, not
your lips at all.
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PYRAMUS Wilt thou at Ninny’s tomb meet me straightway?
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PYRAMUS Will you meet me right away at Ninny’s grave?
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THISBE Tide life, tide death, I come without delay.
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THISBE Neither death nor life will stop me from coming.
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Exeunt PYRAMUS and
THISBE
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PYRAMUS and THISBE
exit.
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WALL Thus have I, Wall, my part dischargèd so.
And, being done, thus Wall away doth go.
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WALL I, Wall, have done my part. Now that I’m done, Wall can
go away.
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Exit WALL
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WALL exits.
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