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Let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!

      — King Lear, Act II Scene 4

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KEYWORD: twelve

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Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2]

Gremio

810

Yea, leave that labour to great Hercules,
And let it be more than Alcides' twelve.

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Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1]

Tranio

1230

Gremio, 'tis known my father hath no less
Than three great argosies, besides two galliasses,
And twelve tight galleys. These I will assure her,
And twice as much whate'er thou off'rest next.

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