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O, what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do!

      — Much Ado about Nothing, Act IV Scene 1

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KEYWORD: lawful

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Merry Wives of Windsor
[IV, 6]

Fenton

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Both, my good host, to go along with me:
And here it rests, that you'll procure the vicar
To stay for me at church 'twixt twelve and one,
And, in the lawful name of marrying,
To give our hearts united ceremony.

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