Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Luc. this downe‑right way of Creation: is it true, thinke
Luc. you?
Duke. Duke.
Duke. How should he be made then?
Luc. Luc.
Luc. Some report, a Sea‑maid spawn'd him. Some,
Luc. that he vvas begot betweene two Stock‑fishes. But it
Luc. is certaine, that when he makes water, his Vrine is con
Luc. geal'd ice, that I know to bee true: and he is a motion
Luc. generatiue, that's infallible.
Duke. You are pleasant sir, and speake apace.
Luc. Why, what a ruthlesse thing is this in him, for
Luc. the rebellion of a Cod‑peece, to take away the life of a
Luc. man? Would the Duke that is absent haue done this? Ere
Luc. he would haue hang'd a man for the getting a hun
Luc. dred Bastards, he vvould haue paide for the Nursing
Luc. a thousand. He had some feeling of the sport, hee knew
Luc. the seruice, and that instructed him to mercie.