Well, I must dot. Away, my disposition, and possess me Some harlots spirit! My throat of war be turnd, Which quierd with my drum, into a pipe Small as an eunuch, or the virgin voice That babies lull asleep! The smiles of knaves Tent in my cheeks, and schoolboys tears take up The glasses of my sight! A beggars tongue Make motion through my lips, and my armd knees, Who bowd but in my stirrup, bend like his That hath receivd an alms! I will not dot, Lest I surcease to honor mine own truth, And by my bodys action teach my mind A most inherent baseness.

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