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Some jay of Italy,
Whose mother was her painting, hath betray'd him:
Poor I am stale, a garment out of fashion.

      — Cymbeline, Act III Scene 4

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KEYWORD: meat

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Two Gentlemen of Verona
[I, 2]

Lucetta

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I would it were,
That you might kill your stomach on your meat
And not upon your maid.

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Two Gentlemen of Verona
[II, 1]

Speed

560

Ay, but hearken, sir; though the chameleon Love can
feed on the air, I am one that am nourished by my
victuals, and would fain have meat. O, be not like
your mistress; be moved, be moved.

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