If ever thou be'st bound in thy scarf and beaten, thou shalt find what…

William Shakespeare
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If ever thou be'st bound in thy scarf and beaten, thou shalt find what it is to be proud of thy bondage. ✨ William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1806). The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, p.224
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If ever thou be'st bound in thy scarf and beaten, thou shalt find what it is to be proud of thy bondage. ✨ William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1806). The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, p.224

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