Help, master, help! here's a fish hangs in the net, like a poor man's …

William Shakespeare
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Help, master, help! here's a fish hangs in the net, like a poor man's right in the law; 'twill hardly come out. ✨ William Shakespeare, Suzanne Gossett (2004). Pericles: Third Series, p.234, Cengage Learning EMEA
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Help, master, help! here's a fish hangs in the net, like a poor man's right in the law; 'twill hardly come out. ✨ William Shakespeare, Suzanne Gossett (2004). Pericles: Third Series, p.234, Cengage Learning EMEA

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