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Thank me no thanks, nor proud me no prouds.

      — Romeo and Juliet, Act III Scene 5

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KEYWORD: nether-stocks

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King Lear
[II, 4]

Fool

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Ha, ha! look! he wears cruel garters. Horses are tied by the
head, dogs and bears by th' neck, monkeys by th' loins, and men
by th' legs. When a man's over-lusty at legs, then he wears
wooden nether-stocks.

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