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The spinsters and the knitters in the sun
And the free maids that weave their thread with bones
Do use to chant it: it is silly sooth,
And dallies with the innocence of love,
Like the old age.
— Twelfth Night, Act II Scene 4
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Nay, Eleanor, then must I chide outright:
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You bade me ban, and will you bid me leave?
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They use to write it on the top of letters: 'twill
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Now, by my father's badge, old Nevil's crest,
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