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Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.

      — The Merchant of Venice, Act I Scene 1

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KEYWORD: scout

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1

Coriolanus
[I, 7]

(stage directions)

722

[TITUS LARTIUS, having set a guard upon]
Corioli, going with drum and trumpet toward
COMINIUS and CAIUS CORIOLANUS, enters with
Lieutenant, other Soldiers, and a Scout]

2

Henry VI, Part I
[V, 2]

(stage directions)

2430

[Enter Scout]

3

Love's Labour's Lost
[V, 2]

Princess of France

1971

Saint Denis to Saint Cupid! What are they
That charge their breath against us? say, scout, say.

4

Tempest
[III, 2]

Stephano

1516

At thy request, monster, I will do reason, any
reason. Come on, Trinculo, let us sing.
[Sings]
Flout 'em and scout 'em
And scout 'em and flout 'em
Thought is free.

5

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Sir Toby Belch

1715

Go, Sir Andrew: scout me for him at the corner the
orchard like a bum-baily: so soon as ever thou seest
him, draw; and, as thou drawest swear horrible; for
it comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a
swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood
more approbation than ever proof itself would have
earned him. Away!

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