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The tyrant custom, most grave senators,
Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war
My thrice-driven bed of down.

      — Othello, Act I Scene 3

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Measure for Measure
[II, 2]

Angelo

773

Stay a little while.
[To ISABELLA]
You're welcome: what's your will?

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Measure for Measure
[V, 1]

Vincentio

2665

Go do it instantly.
[Exit Provost]
And you, my noble and well-warranted cousin,
Whom it concerns to hear this matter forth,
Do with your injuries as seems you best,
In any chastisement: I for a while will leave you;
But stir not you till you have well determined
Upon these slanderers.

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