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Second Brother

Most welcome, bondage

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Posthumus
Most welcome, bondage,for thou art a way,
I think, to liberty. Yet am I better
Than one that’s sick o’ th’ gout, since he had rather
Groan so in perpetuity than be cured
By th’ sure physician, Death, who is the key
T’ unbar these locks. My conscience, thou art fettered
More than my shanks and wrists.
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Act 5
Scene 4
Line 4

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Sir, by your patience: if I heard you rightly

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Jaques, to Second Brother
Sir, by your patience: if I heard you rightly,
The Duke hath put on a religious life
And thrown into neglect the pompous court.
Second Brother
He hath.

So to your pleasures.
I am for other than for dancing measures.

Jaques
To him will I.
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Act 5
Scene 4
Line 186

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