As You Like It by William Shakespeare
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CELIA. I could match this beginning with an old tale. LE BEAU. Three proper young men, of excellent growth and presence, with bills on their necks,-- ROSALIND. 'Be it known unto all men by these presents,'-- LE BEAU. The eldest of the three wrestled with Charles, the duke's wrestler; which Charles in a moment threw him, and broke three of his ribs, that there is little hope of life in him: so he served the second, and so the third. Yonder they lie; the poor old man, their father, making such pitiful dole over them that all the beholders take his part with weeping. ROSALIND. Alas! TOUCHSTONE. But what is the sport, monsieur, that the ladies have lost? LE BEAU. Why, this that I speak of. TOUCHSTONE. Thus men may grow wiser every day! It is the first time |
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