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GONZALO Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground: long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be done,
but I would fain die a dry death.
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GONZALO Right now I’d give a thousand
furlongs1 furlong = 220 yards furlongs of sea for one little acre of dry ground: barren weed patch, anything at all. What’s destined to happen will happen, but I’d give anything to be dry when I die. |
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They exit.
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