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Enter THERSITES; then MENELAUS fighting PARIS.
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Enter THERSITES; then MENELAUS fighting PARIS.
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THERSITES
The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at
it. Now, bull! Now, dog! Loo, Paris, loo! Now, my
double-horned Spartan! Loo, Paris, loo! The bull
has the game. Ware horns, ho!
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THERSITES
The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at
it. Now, bull! Now, dog! Loo, Paris, loo! Now, my
double-horned Spartan! Loo, Paris, loo! The bull
has the game. Ware horns, ho!
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PARIS and MENELAUS exit, fighting.
Enter BASTARD.
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PARIS and MENELAUS exit, fighting.
Enter BASTARD.
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BASTARD
5
Turn, slave, and fight.
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BASTARD
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THERSITES
What art thou?
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THERSITES
What art thou?
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BASTARD
A bastard son of Priam’s.
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BASTARD
A bastard son of Priam’s.
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THERSITES
I am a bastard too. I love bastards. I am
bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind,
10
bastard in valor, in everything illegitimate. One
bear will not bite another, and wherefore should
one bastard? Take heed: the quarrel’s most ominous
to us. If the son of a whore fight for a whore,
he tempts judgment. Farewell, bastard.
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THERSITES
I am a bastard too. I love bastards. I am
bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind,
bear will not bite another, and wherefore should
one bastard? Take heed: the quarrel’s most ominous
to us. If the son of a whore fight for a whore,
he tempts judgment. Farewell, bastard.
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He exits.
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He exits.
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BASTARD
15
The devil take thee, coward!
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BASTARD
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He exits.
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He exits.
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
Enter THERSITES; then MENELAUS fighting PARIS.
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Enter THERSITES; then MENELAUS fighting PARIS.
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THERSITES
The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at
it. Now, bull! Now, dog! Loo, Paris, loo! Now, my
double-horned Spartan! Loo, Paris, loo! The bull
has the game. Ware horns, ho!
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THERSITES
The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at
it. Now, bull! Now, dog! Loo, Paris, loo! Now, my
double-horned Spartan! Loo, Paris, loo! The bull
has the game. Ware horns, ho!
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PARIS and MENELAUS exit, fighting.
Enter BASTARD.
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PARIS and MENELAUS exit, fighting.
Enter BASTARD.
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BASTARD
5
Turn, slave, and fight.
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BASTARD
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THERSITES
What art thou?
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THERSITES
What art thou?
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BASTARD
A bastard son of Priam’s.
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BASTARD
A bastard son of Priam’s.
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THERSITES
I am a bastard too. I love bastards. I am
bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind,
10
bastard in valor, in everything illegitimate. One
bear will not bite another, and wherefore should
one bastard? Take heed: the quarrel’s most ominous
to us. If the son of a whore fight for a whore,
he tempts judgment. Farewell, bastard.
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THERSITES
I am a bastard too. I love bastards. I am
bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind,
bear will not bite another, and wherefore should
one bastard? Take heed: the quarrel’s most ominous
to us. If the son of a whore fight for a whore,
he tempts judgment. Farewell, bastard.
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He exits.
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He exits.
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BASTARD
15
The devil take thee, coward!
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BASTARD
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He exits.
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He exits.
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