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Necessity's sharp pinch!

      — King Lear, Act II Scene 4

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KEYWORD: charity

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Titus Andronicus
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Aaron

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Tut, Lucius, this was but a deed of charity
To that which thou shalt hear of me anon.
'Twas her two sons that murder'd Bassianus;
They cut thy sister's tongue and ravish'd her
And cut her hands and trimm'd her as thou saw'st.

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