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Enter CLOTEN and two LordsFirst Lord
Sir, I would advise you to shift a shirt; theCLOTEN
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.
If my shirt were bloody, then to shift it. Have I hurt him?Second Lord
[Aside] No, 'faith; not so much as his patience.First Lord
Hurt him! his body's a passable carcass, if he beSecond Lord
not hurt: it is a thoroughfare for steel, if it be not hurt.
[Aside] His steel was in debt; it went o' theCLOTEN
backside the town.
The villain would not stand me.Second Lord
[Aside] No; but he fled forward still, toward your face.First Lord
Stand you! You have land enough of your own: butSecond Lord
he added to your having; gave you some ground.
[Aside] As many inches as you have oceans. Puppies!CLOTEN
I would they had not come between us.Second Lord
[Aside] So would I, till you had measured how longCLOTEN
a fool you were upon the ground.
And that she should love this fellow and refuse me!Second Lord
[Aside] If it be a sin to make a true election, sheFirst Lord
is damned.
Sir, as I told you always, her beauty and her brainSecond Lord
go not together: she's a good sign, but I have seen
small reflection of her wit.
[Aside] She shines not upon fools, lest theCLOTEN
reflection should hurt her.
Come, I'll to my chamber. Would there had been someSecond Lord
hurt done!
[Aside] I wish not so; unless it had been the fallCLOTEN
of an ass, which is no great hurt.
You'll go with us?First Lord
I'll attend your lordship.CLOTEN
Nay, come, let's go together.Second Lord
Well, my lord.
Exeunt
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