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An honest exceeding poor man.

      — The Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 2

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1

Romeo and Juliet
[II, 4]

Mercutio

1162

Ah, that same pale hard-hearted wench, that Rosaline.
Torments him so, that he will sure run mad.

2

Romeo and Juliet
[II, 4]

Mercutio

1228

Nay, if thy wits run the wild-goose chase, I have
done, for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of
thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five:
was I with you there for the goose?

3

Romeo and Juliet
[IV, 1]

Paris

2391

So will ye, I am sure, that you love me.

4

Romeo and Juliet
[IV, 3]

Juliet

2556

No, madam; we have cull'd such necessaries
As are behoveful for our state to-morrow:
So please you, let me now be left alone,
And let the nurse this night sit up with you;
For, I am sure, you have your hands full all,
In this so sudden business.

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